. live in fremont where a fire broke out, we will tell you why firefighters say they think this is arson. >> another arson investigation is underway in oakland and this case involves cars and trucks. imagine how many are driving down san francisco, find out the new driving force behind the idea. and another plane took off from fso, ktvu channel 2 morning news continues. good morning, we want to take you back out to fremont

this morning, you can see there is still a pretty huge response out there even though the fire was a while ago, this is mission boulevard in fremont and fire trucks are still on the scene janine de la vega is still on the scene and it is wednesday, february 19th, i am pam cook. >> let's talk weather and traffic, steve, is something coming down from the sky in some areas? >> a little bit. >> yes. >> we do have some very, very light rain and also breezy and it will be cooler and light snow up in the sierra, there is not a lot here and our system is mainly a low cloud deck and there has been some over to sunnyvale and if you have any reports of rain, you can always tweet me.

facebook, e-mail. >> oakland 14 and santa cruz headed out towards scott valley and it will be clearing out, a little breezy and cooler, some light drizzle, upper 50s and low 60s as we see a cool down here. steve, good morning and drive times are beginning to inch up and you can see metering lights are turned on and now there is a little bit of a weight, another 10 on the bridge and you are looking at 15 minutes which is not out of the ordinary and i feel this is going to get worse before it gets better. also on the san mateo bridge, it as decent alternate

especially if you are in between the two because there is not a lot of traffic so far in hayward, now is your chance, westbound 580, we have a lot here at the pass, i keep checking it because it has containments to go up and it is now 680 and that is almost an hour at the pass and a little bit of slowed traffic in dublin and highway 4, drive time from 242 to 282, four or five minutes, let's go back to the desk. fremont, firefighters are still on the scene, ktvu channel 2 morning news janine de la vega joins us from the scene where firefighters are calling this fire suspicious. right now they are waiting for a fire investigator to show up so they can look around here

on the scene on mission boulevard and you can't really see the structure that was on fire because it is behind those houses you see. but firefighters did find signs inside that house if the fire had been intentionally set and at this point, they are in the overhaul process and they are still putting out hot spots. several people called 911 at about 4:30 and they saw heavy smoke and flames for what appeared to be a four flex. during that time the structure partially collapsed when they searched inside they found it was vacant and had been red tagged. they discovered multiple areas inside where it appears the fires had been set and they believe this could be has son.

. >> i don't know if they were staying in there. they were also red tagged but firefighters are expected to come soon and start collecting evidence but at this point, this fire is considered highly suspicious. reporting live from fremont, janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> they are trying to determine if several car fires are suspicious and they may be responsible for setting six vehicles on fire last night. they all took place in a two- hour. .. within a 10-mile radius. alex savage will have an update coming up at 6:30. >> dozens of people spoke out before the city council about a

plan to build before the port of oakland. >> what i believe them to be about is deception, accountability and corruption. >> now supporters say that center would link cameras at the port with oakland traffic cameras to help police and firefighters respond. but they raise privacy concerns. at we need other tools to monitor some of the activity which is currently happening because oakland has been challenged when it comes to crime. >> they are approve ago contract for the surveillance center and oakland postponed a vote for at least two more weeks. meantime privacy advocates are concerned about security to build a license plate data base. they are saying building it collected from license plate

readers, if that information would only be used for criminal investigation and they want to allow the scrutiniesing of citizens traveling. here is some reaction to their plan. >> well, you know a lot of people are in a rush and they didn't want to stop and talk to us. >> reporter: that is not the point much story but people are in such a rush that some of these pedestrian accidents are caused by this. they are imposing a couldn't jets fee -- congestion fee to impose a fee and they are considering a proposal to charge people who drive in and out of downtown. we asked one computer what he

thinks about the idea. >> i don't think you should have to do that. i think the city should provide that and you should be able to come straight into the city without having to pay an extra tax at all. >> they were designed to raise money but some city supervisors plea of it could redues the yum of trashes and it happened just a block away. >> it happened at 5th 5th and broadway, it's right near police headquarters and just a couple of blocks away from london square. it appears he fell on to the street after being shot. oar it appeared -- >> it appeared he stumbled out

of a vehicle that was parked and he was eventually transported to the hospital. >> at this point we don't know the name of the man who was shot and police say he is in his 20s and is from oakland. issues with the bay bridge, they were not told about problems with leaks on the new eastern span until the leaks were discovered discovered. >> water was found after it was believed to be water tight but they believe they were working on addressing this problem. many homeowners may not know about this. if your home is more than 20 years old, showers and faucets and toilets that waste water have to be replaced.

those sold after 94 do not have to be replaced. that new law went into effect january 1st. they hit severe turbulence after japan. it happened and went on to land safely in hong kong. that turbulence threw passengers out of their seats and they hit their heads on the overhead bins. six crew members and passengers were taken to the hospital. five people were hurt as you recall during violent turbulence on a flight that went from denver to montana on monday. it happened again here in the bay area, another young boy found carrying a toy gun which looks like the real thing. and tensions are high after 25 people died yesterday. what they are telling protesters he has been advised to do.

good morning, traffic is still doing well in most areas but it's still getting more crowded as you can see in the south bay, the traffic times how they have gone up. hayward, sunnyvale, we'll see if there is anymore upstream, will that mean a cooler day or warmer?

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country more with russia and away from the european union. they say it is taking place during the olympic games which he call is the most peaceful things in the world. it is taking place in less than a weekend clute -- including one where lindsay was skiing with his family of northstar last friday ran into a tree and was killed. a week ago, they were skiing at sugar bowl and he also hit a tree and was killed. neither skier was wearing a helmet and that's the most important safety equipment they

had. >> if you are skiing in the back woods here in sugar bowl, you have to be skiing with at least one or two other people. >> the search and rescue team say it is very unusual to have two unrelated skiers survive. they have not been able to survive the claims of the kraig's list killer. she was finally arrests but police were not able to confirm the killings. she made the claims after being arrested after the murder of a man on craigslist. it was all part of a sat and and itic -- group she joined when she was just 13 years old. they made that grim discovery at the regional parks. investigators say it appears

the 48 san lorenzo woman committed suicide. she was very upset about issues in her personal life. police are investigating a deadly accident involving a train and pedestrian. it happened in livermore. an ace computer train ran over and killed a person on the tracks. still not clear on what the person was doing there and what led up to that accident. the. bay area transit acts is say they -- agencies be installed after a deadly accident in southern california. they have installed external cameras but there are no cameras inside where the crew are. those calm ares will not be

needed once the new system is installed. >> it will be able to automatically prevent accidents. now bart has cameras that monitor the conductors but none that look out towards the tracks. he made a sweet get away and a surveillance camera caught the man breaking in and if you would your cake, it's where they posted it on there and he told police he was going to turn himself in and several days later he stopped pie and paid for the cake and he originally planned on pressing charges but has now dropped the case. >> you know i love the cakes, i wouldn't steel them but they are gorgeous. >> well, sal would eat them if

i could get them to him? >> well, i would pay for them first. >> well, of course you would. well, the toll plaza is a little bit busy here and your total drive time is 20, maybe two 5 minutes and somebody who drives this everyday knows that time and we will let you know if something happens despite that time. it has not happened yet. 101 northbound and you can see traffic is moving well. there is not a lot of brake lights getting into sunnyvale and i will show you with the maps here, 101 in red wood city palo alto, right here in sunnyvale, the road sensors are showing us some pretty good stuff. 280 to san bruno, 4 minutes, that is a great drive time, 101 from san bruno avenue, go ahead

and take advantage of that. 24 pleasant hill road from the caldecott tunnel and those are the drive times and they will change of course. 2017, let's go to sal. if you are up getting some snow, usually it is up in the keys, it is probably pretty light and some much that is turning over and the breeze has picked up and we are getting a lot of reports mainly around hayward, sun any veil and also san jose. there is not much here because it is a very weak system and you can see it right there, a little bit of a line towards regional medical center.

>> this is very light rain for the morning. the breeze is a factor. fairfield, 14, a little more of a westerly northwesterly breeze headed out to brentwood, i have seen guests in some of the higher elevations and it is actually on the warmer side, you can see the system is not much here, high pressure builds back in, rainfall projections around 100 to oakland, .02 that is terrifying what we see on -- verifying what we see on radar. 63, most of you are very funny sometimes. a cold -- cold tomorrow morning and then temperatures warming

up to 70s and 6 -- 60s and 70s going into the weekend. recall with hot pockets and it affect is the philly stake and cheese of three different packets and includes the croissants and anybody who bought them should return them for a full refund. it may have come from a petaluma plant which has recalled meat. new home construction fell 16% and lists expected it to be closer to a million. bad weather is to blame but even in the west where our weather has not been very bad, housing starts did fall. time now 6:22, it calls cross over tracks to speed up service for the tracks that had

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. the hearing comes one month after a tour bus band comes and they are packed as they disrupt the neighborhoods and some are raising questions about tour bus safety. a mother in utah says a t- shirt display was so offensive, she had to do something about it. a mother and her son were walking by a pack sun store and t-shirts of nearly nude women and she asked the manager to take down the display and she needed to talk to corporate managers. >> i had the thought, i can't

leave it and i can't let it stay in the window for three or four more days while somebody makes a decision. >> so she went in and asked toyboy up all the offensive t- shirts for $600 and she will go back to the store in 60 days to get her money back. she is also asking to ban similar campaigns and the store is making no comment as of yet. teenage olympians is beginning the most important competition of her life. and wewe are live in san francisco considering a congestion fee charging you to compete downtown hours and we will tell you what we are doing for a second time. good morning, we are still following a closure on a road because of a suspicious fire on

mission boulevard and we have fire crews on the scene and we will have a report straight ahead. . there is a little bit but there are also breaks in the north and the breeze will pick up and we will have your forecast coming right up.

. good morning, they are celebrating out of pennsylvania and we will keep an eye on that this morning. a lot of concern we talked about it, we just talked about the housing starts, construction was lower than expected, the target breach, they are concerned about consumer confidence and targets

specifically and that's weighing heavily. >> we will smile, say good morning to you on the channel 2 morning news middle of the week, i am day of clark. >> when it mr. drizzle moving out? >> mainly to the north and it's cool to chilly and the breeze has picked up and it's skirting, sierra nevada and until 10:00 it is not here and we are getting light reports, milpitas over to the sunole grade, not a lot, there is a lot hear around hayward, new york and you can see there are pockets, highway 17 maybe, but toss north there are some 40s and here comes the cooler air and even though it is cloudy for most, it will be clearing

out and it is partly to mostly sunny as the system says goodbye. there is a little chill favoring fremont and sunnyville south, here is sal. all right, steve, west pound 508 and right now it's not causing a big problem but you can use city streets and that's backed up for about a 20 to 2 ever and on the road,

traffic is moving relatively well. 7 minutes, let's go back to the desk. we are following breaking news where firefighters were still on the scene after being there a few hours. janine de la vega joins us from fremont with more on the fire firefighters are calling suspicious. you cannot see where the fire broke out because it is in between these two houses and the fire investigator is on the scene and he is there collecting evidence. >> reporter: this fire started at a 2 story four flex and several people called in the area of niles and they called 911 to report it, they saw heavy smoke and flames and during that time it collapsed

and there was scattered food and debris inside and they suspect transients may have set the fire. >> it appears to be arson and there are several areas within the structure which show sets of fires so we had an vexer -- investigator come and take care of that. >> there are several and no of those rocks were damaged. they will be looking for accelerants and other evidence and there does not appear to be witnesses because the close neighbors in the occupied homes were asleep at the time. janine de la vega live in fremont, ktvu channel 2 morning news. police in vallejo are investigating the bay area case of a young boy carrying

appellate gun carrying it, carrying what looked like and it turns out it shoots pellet not bullets and that distinction really does not matter to any they spoke with. >> i would assume it was real. >> would you call somebody? >> i would not feel very safe nobody somebody was bringing that kind of thick to my daughter's school. >> this incident is similar to one that underred and they press took the thing she was -- he was carrying for the real thing. they are igniting a hot debate over a congestion fee. live in downtown, getting some

reaction, good morning, tara. >> reporter: we have not found anybody who is supporting this but they believe the city could come up with a better idea. last night they were talking about reducing couldn't -- congestion and they are considering charging people who drove in and out of downtown. >> i think it is ridiculous and it is expensive enough to be here and they want to charge you to drive here. >> it i am from a -- i am from a small town and for them toed a burden of additional money is ridiculous. it's too difficult. the original proposal was

used for that and they could reuse it the number of cars and crashes. obama is driving to mexico for a one day summit with the leaders in canada. here is video as president barack obama boarded air force one, this was just about an hour ago. one focus is president barack obama's efforts to negotiate an asian pacific trade task. the three north american leaders will discuss immigration, energy and security. well they are calling for a national day of action across the country. at noon there will be a valley.

and then at 4:00 there will be a rally at the pedestrian overpass. a new report suggests nearly 1 million workers could be lifted out of poverty. that report is from the nonpartisan congressional office. senate democrats are pushing to be increased from $7 to 25 cents per hour by 2016 and the report also finds such a pay raise could end up eliminating hatch a million jobs -- half a million jobs. some of them will soon get a lot less in their paychecks. starting money, they will make about $200 less every pay. workers say they are already

getting between 100,000 and 200 less because of preach yours concessions. >> you are now giving me the option between choosing between my kids medical care, my house payment and then what do we live on? >> well, they say they may go on strike because of these new concessions and the city of hayward says they are preparing for that possibility. >> now in just a few minutes, we are going to give you the current metal counts and if you don't want to know, get prepared to look the other way. paulina makes her debute and she takes ballet collapses at -- classes at the evergreen square, they are holding a watch party to see if she can compete. paulina is expected to skate sometime before 8-a m. out is

in second, follow by norway germany has 15. they said they were putting fun in funeral. a photo posted by the national guard is causing a big firestorm with national media. >> an investigator is looking into -- [inaudible] >> good morning, traffic is doing well in some areas including san francisco but we have drive times spiking up in others, and we will let you know where. we have reports of wet streets but most is confined to the santa clara valley, it's going to be a cooler day, but how much cooler, we will confirm when we come back.

. welcome back, time now 6:43, a national guards man has been suspended. it shows a group of soldiers posing in front of an empty flag draped casket. it had a caption saying we put the fun in funeral. >> it is completely unacceptable, it is an outrage and it's unfathomable, that service members who were picked to be in this highly sensitive

area would be sensitive enough to realize how awful that is. >> it included soldiers from several units and the soldier who posted the photo is getting protection after receiving death threats. a santa cruz foster parent is due in court facing charges of sexual abuse of children. he was arrested on three child molestation charges. he now faces more philly charges after a 10-year-old boy made allegations last week. he collected snakes and used them to entice his young victims. >> i think they were part of his community outreach, the way he contacted people by seemingly harmless methods and it is something that a lot of sex offenders do. >> wiseman was a foster father for 16 years but they will not

comment on whether any other foster children were among the alleged victims. he is an award-winning teacher who is accused of molesting students on campus. >> he was way too friendly and it was creepy and weird. >> 2 investigates what school officials knew about the teacher years ago and didn't tell police. we uncover documents handwritten notes and we will have more tonight on the 10:00 news. oakland investigators are looking for clues after several suspect spacing car fires. >> reporter: good morning, an arson investigator was called out to these various fires and

it appears somebody set them intention family. there were six suspicious fires and most were concentrated near bancroft and send father avenues -- sent mare avenues -- seminary avenues. many of the items caught fire and most of the debris that caught fire in the back of trucks and the fire was put out quickly and it didn't do a lot of damage to the vehicles themselves. still it is a concerning situation because if somebody is setting these fires purposefully they want to find them person as soon as possible. live is morning in oakland, alex savage ktvu channel 2 morning news. it is close to picking it a long delayed project tee signed to improve your commute.

2 vexing construction on special cross over tracks which had been completed since 2011 and they configure out how to make the new tracks work and they are having problems and at least one bart member was there or that bart would have ever expected it to be. they ran into issues they had not anticipated. they say it will allow the trains to move onto the tracks and go back to the opposite direction. it could be in use by next month. 6:47 is the time, and it's time to look and what is coming up on mornings on 2. it is a big deal, that is

what they are saying about the legal settlement and how much will the county now spend for all county facilities. aboarder patrol act shoots to kill a suspected illegal immigrant near the border. what the suspect was doing that made the act fear for his own life. and college football players, the one big question that will determine whether this is allowed to happen. those stories. we will we we knew it was a little closer to grant then harrison and there is a backup a little before park as you come up on grant and there will be a backup there so you might want to think about using interstate 880 as alternate

routes and highway 4, long tree and leverage, 680, only 24 minutes and #0 1 -- 101, northbound into downtown two minutes, not too bad. come live minutes, this traffic looks light right through, 6:49 let's go to steve. we have a picture of mostly cloudy skies and some light rain overnight, a lot of people are noticing a discuss of rain is and coming in on the 28thth and the first. let's hope so and i am shy on saying yes but maybe next week

this time it is that way and there has been some light rain. it looks like things are winding down favoring the santa cruz mountains and all of this is closer to the radar site and we have a little bit of light rain showing up, hayward, livermore, we had some light rain and also in the mission, we had wet streets where you are, concord and new york south and fair field, southwest 14 narrows a dark san in rosa west, this is a very weak system and i don't think it will be too much and it will not last too long.

48 ukiah and our system is just about done and high pressure will build back in and start drawing things out what little rain we had. >> cooler and breezy, dave, you remember them. >> on kblx, 50s and 60s, this is probably the coolest day and we will rebound, torting tomorrow, upper 60s. more on the horrible conditions they are forced to live in. harmful affects of school children in particular. and if you are out hiking the creature you need to look out for and harmful bacteria some local researchers just

discovered.

. welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news, 6:54 is the time, a legal showdown over lane closures on the george washington bridge, a former campaign manager chris christy is refusing to hand over documents despite being served

with a subpoena. bridget kelly has cited protection against self- incrimination for not handing over those records and the decision will likely be decided in court. there is a greater chance of being infected with lyme disease more than most people think. many people come down with it after being bitten by a by a tic. a study is backed by the bay area lyme foundation showstics are more common here than expert experts had believed. >> it took place on the grass lands and not just the woods and it was one of the most important findings for us. >> it also carried another disease doctors just discovered last year and your chances of avoidingtics, stay in the middle of the trails while hiking. the poor conditions of

richmond public housing sparked a heated debate at last night's meeting. some showed us where they lived and the bad conditions. they pointed out cockroaches and mold and it has been that way for a long time. >> they don't clean it up, i got my my little girl and i don't want this like this. >> they still came back, it is not for lack of trying, we remediated and we just have to do better. >> the school board president said living conditions hurt their ability to learn and the city council will hold a special meeting within two weeks about dealing with those issues. on a lighter note, free public wi-fi is coming in a couple of months. they approved a monterey based network solutions and the service will be paid for with

city owned pittsburgh power companies and they should be up and running this summer. aspected the numbers -- as expected the numbers are higher and that's what the future indicated and there are lingering concerns. china in particular and we have a live look at the big board, 16,000 and 165 antigen roll motors -- and general motors, gm is looking for ways to meet increasingly high efficiency standards and the body is 2015, model year s- 150 is maiden tirely of a loom -- made entirely of aluminum. they said 2011, it has always been the plan and they wanted to make sure it went smoothly

so they say it it's taking time. they have been their biggest hub. time now 6:57 coming up on morning on 2, new video we just got into our newsroom to show you and the discovery which is raising red flags. also an air scare tied to the bay area, the terrifying moments on a flight that took off from fso.

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we're live in fremont, where a fire broke out early this morning at a complex. we'll tell you why firefighters think it was arson. there have been suspicious fires in oakland in the span of two hours. what most have in common. several people injured on a flight originating out of san francisco. the chaos in the air when a cathay plane hit severe tire bu lens. >> reporter: city leaders mull over a congestion tax. the surprising reaction from pedestrians on the proposal. "mornings on 2" starts now.