arrived on the scene of the latest accident. an 8th grader from martinez hit and killed by a freight train. how the classmates of jenna betti are honoring her memory at school this morning. we're live in the south bay where there is a big push to allow community colleges to offer bachelor degrees. we'll tell you what students are doing this morning to get lawmakers to hear them. another winter storm barreling down on the east coast. how much snow is expected and the number of local flights affected so far. "mornings on 2" starts now. good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." we're live in fremont at the spot of another serious crash. this one is at washington and olive streets. ktvu's alex savidge just arrived on scene and is gathering details. we'll have a live report in a

minute. it's monday, march 3rd. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. let's talk about weather and traffic. we have rosemary in for steve. >> good morning to you. it is sun up. but not shining on us. take a look at all of this gray. you can even detect a few rain cells on the scene. let's get to the north bay. we're mostly cloudy. we remain mainly dry. perhaps a little bit of drizzle out there this morning. coming in, in time for your afternoon commute. and for the north bay, it will be sooner than that. let me time it out for you. picking it up this morning, still to the north of us. as we get into 8:00, 9:00. it creeps into sonoma county. as we get into the lunch hour, it doesn't go any farther than that. here we are in the noontime, still over the north bay, perhaps over parts of sonoma county. as we get into 2:00, 3:00, things start to change. it begins to fill in along the central and south bay in time for the evening drive, it looks like light rain on the roadways. we have another round of rain

coming our way for your back-to- work monday. temperatures right now in the upper 40s to low to mid-50s. it is a mostly cloudy start. chance for showers in the forecast by the lunch hour. as you from the model, not a lot going on and into the afternoon those rain showers will be with us. temperaturewise we'll be right about where we should be for this afternoon back in the 60s a lot like we had yesterday and the day before. 62 degrees for oakland, 59 san francisco. 62 in fremont. upper 50s in napa. again, with another wet day expected for your monday. i'll have a look into the extended forecast. i will have a look at some of the rainfall totals expected in a few minutes. good morning. we're looking at a commute that's much busier than a half- hour ago. we have a 30, 35-minute drive time between oakland and san francisco. most of that time is gonna be spent waiting here at the toll plaza, then on the bridge a little bit of time. no major problems there.

i want to mention the traffic is going to be okay on highway 92. there's a crash on highway 1 near 84. at first it was thought to be a minor injury crash but now they are sending a medical helicopter on the coast. highway 1 at 84. let's talk about the commute, southbound 680, pretty heavy and pretty slow on 680 and on 242 all the way down. i also want to mention the traffic on 80 westbound in contra costa county stop/start from the hercules area all the way down to richmond. it's not a huge traffic delay but it is certainly not a light drive as you come down into the berkeley area. 7:03. let's go back to dangerous crash on fremont city streets. several people were injured this morning now there are more streets blocked in another crash up the road. alex savidge is on the scene of that one. alex? >> reporter: well, good morning to you. we just came over to this new crash that happened a short time ago. this is a deadly pedestrian

accident. fremont police are out here piecing together exactly what took place. you can see the area blocked off here with crime scene tape. this is washington boulevard going left to right on your screen. this is right near olive avenue. this is where one person was hit and killed by a car just a short time ago while trying to cross the street. it's unclear if the victim was in the crosswalk. we're still waiting to talk to police. the driver involved in the deadly crash remained here after the accident. this is, by the way, the second serious crash in fremont just this morning. after midnight a 4-year-old girl and her mother both suffered critical injuries in a drunk driving crash a few blocks away on osgood road. police say that girl's mother was under the influence, driving a gray honda civic when she slammed head on into another car coming the opposite direction. that little girl was strapped into a car seat but police say the car seat doesn't appear to have been properly buckled in.

police believe the honda veered into a toyota camera and the driver of the other car appeared to be under the influence, according to police. but that driver suffered minor injuries. police say this whole situation was very difficult to investigate a crash involving a child. >> it makes it tough. we all have kids. we're all family people. they -- the amount of helplessness you feel when you come into something like that, it's really tough. it affects all of us. >> reporter: police say the woman driving that honda was -- is a 33-year-old woman from the fremont area. she has critical injuries but she's expected to survive. police say it's unclear if her 4-year-old daughter will survive. she's still being treated right now at the hospital. it's also possible both drivers involved in that early-morning accident could face charges because both of them were thought to be under the influence. this, again, is a new crash, just around the corner from the crash that happened around

midnight. washington boulevard near olive avenue closed down right now as fremont police piece together a deadly pedestrian accident. one person hit and killed trying to cross the street here. we're expecting to get more details from police shortly. we should have that later this morning here on "mornings on 2." we're live in fremont, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alex. 7:06. new this morning, a water main break has caused an overflow of water in a neighborhood in san rafael. it happened around 4:30 this morning at manual fretas parkway. firefighters say the water main belongs to the recycled water system used for irrigation. that's why nearby residents never had their water turned off. the street remains open to traffic. police still searching in san rafael for a missing 93- year-old man. he's robert davis, last seen by his daughter wednesday night after they had dinner together. she watched him drive away. she says her father never

arrived at the villa marin retirement community, where he's lived for the past ten years. well, since then, police, family members and friends and volunteers have been out here trying to find him. >> on thursday and friday, combined, my brother and i put 200 miles on our vehicles going left and right up and down through the county. >> now, mr. davis was driving a 2001 silver toyota camry. it has a rusted dent on the right front bumper and a missing hubcap. his family says he's in good shape, physically and mentally. he may have become lost while driving home in the rain. the man accused of snatching a 9-year-old girl from a school bathroom in san mateo and then assaulting her is due in court today. police say 26-year-old bradley marazek took the girl from parkside elementary in september of 20123 dragged her off -- 2012, dragged her off campus. she escaped by kicking him and

throwing a rock at him. he's also accused of going into a daly city school bathroom and taking photos of four girls. in exchange of pleading no contest, he's set to get 27 years and four months in prison. happening today -- a big push to allow california community colleges to offer four-year degrees. ktvu's janine de la vega joining us live now from san jose where you are out there talking to students who are going to sacramento this morning to make their case to lawmakers. good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning, dave. well, a bus full of evergreen students just left campus, headed to sacramento. they want lawmakers to know that community college students need more opportunities and they say a new bill can help accomplish that. now, dozens of students gathered on campus this morning to be part of the annual march in march event. they are joining thousands of students across the state traveling to the california to urge support for public

education. students are supporting 850, a proposal to allow community colleges to offer four-year degrees. the author of the bill says that california needs to produce 1 million more bachelor degrees than it currently does to remain economically competitive. students say it will also help them financially. >> that can have a huge impact in students' lives. college is extremely expensive. if we open the doors, we can open doors to more educational backgrounds. that way they can achieve more in their lives. this could help them financially, you know, and this could be a great step for their future. >> reporter: if the bill is approved, it would be a pilot program. community colleges would not duplicate similar programs by nearby four-year institutions. instead, each college would identify unmet work force needs in the program and tailor a program that students could earn a bachelor degree in. students will meet with

lawmakers about their concerns and needs later. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 7:09. san francisco mayor ed lee is celebrating a victory in his campaign to improve the city's public housing. the city has won approval to take part in a new federal program. it allows private housing developers to take over rundown public properties in exchange to upgrade them. residents should see improvements in the next 18 months. mayor lee says he's determined to improve these plagued with rats and mohammed and other dangerous conditions -- mold and other dangerous conditions. another winter storm plaguing the east coast. somewhere in there, that's the white house. through the haze there. not pretty. because of the weather, the u.s. and senate and house have postponed all votes of legislative business until tomorrow. east coast could get between 8 and 12 inches of new snow.

they are also bracing for .10 of ice on top of that. the national weather service issuing winter weather warns and advisories for -- wanting -- warnings advisories. so far this morning, more than 2,000 flights around the country have been canceled. most were announced by airlines reductant to fly into bad weather. we did check for you. bay area airports, sfo, reporting hour-long delays on even more departing flights now. a couple of flights have been canceled. all of the affected flights were headed to the east coast. now, oakland and san jose airports not reporting any problems right now. 7:11. law enforcement agencies in the sacramento area are investigating two deadly officer-involved shootings nine hours apart. the first happened around 2:15 yesterday morning.

two sacramento county sheriff deputies shot and killed a man with an assault rifle. deputies say they told the man to drop his weapon. when he didn't, they opened fire. the deputies have been placed on paid leave pending the investigation. then at 11:30 yesterday morning, police in citrus heights shot and killed a woman after they say she led them on a chase in a suspected stolen car. the chase ended when she rammed into two police cars. that's when officers opened fire. those who knew the woman say the incident started with some kind of family argument. >> she and grandma got in an accident. she grabbed the keys and grandma called the cops. a horrible story. a tragedy on the rails in martinez. just moments ago, the school suent talked about the death of an 8th grade girl killed on the

train tracks. and the protest movement in ukraine and the specific step the u.s. is considering to show their displeasure with russia. good morning. highway 24. we're looking at a drive time here. it's elevated a little bit. still about 10 to 15 minutes. also have a new crash on the peninsula to tell you about. it's a mainly dry start to the day. take the umbrella. more rain is on the way. i will time it out for you and show you how much we may get -- coming up. on a new gourmet brioche bun. n mayo get bacon in your burger. moooiiink.

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pretoria courtroom. now, he's charged with the deadly shooting of his fashion model girlfriend at his home valentine's day last year. he claims he killed her by mistake. thinking she was an intruder in his bathroom. he faces life in prison behind bars if convicted. russian's foreign minister says the thousands of troops are protecting russian citizens living there. those troops have taken control of the region and demanding that keppens be given up -- weapons given up. they've blocked 13 internet pages linked to the ukraine protest movement. the european union, the united nations and nato are demanding that russia back down. >> we call upon russia to honor all its international commitments to withdraw its forces to its bases and to

refrain from any interference elsewhere in ukraine. >> in response to russia's actions, the u.s. and six other countries are canceling plans to attend a g-8 summit in russia in joint. in a joint statement, the country says russia's advances in ukraine violates principles and values on which the g-8 operates. tomorrow, secretary of state, jrk yrk flies to ukraine to meet with the new leaders. he's condemned what he has called an ankrill act of regression on the part of russia and he warns economic sanctions could follow. well, around the nation, including in san francisco, ukrainian americans have taken to the streets to protest russia's actions. ukrainians and their supporters staged this protest yesterday outside of the russian consulate in san francisco's pacific heights neighborhood.

they say it's upsetting to see what's happening to their country. a campaign is being launched to try to double the number of u.s. students who study abroad within the next five years. hundreds of thousands of international students come here to the u.s. to study every year. but only 10% of u.s. students take part in study abroad programs. the interstut interstut says they've increased and will focus on more low-income students and others who have not participated in high numbers. speaking of numbers, forbes magazine released the 28th annual ranking for the world's richest people. this year's list not only broke records for its sizemore than 1600 but also broke records for the number of women on the list. last year, 138 women made the list. this year 172 were on the list.

facebook's mark zuckerberg came in at number 21 was the biggest net worth gainer and cheryl sandburg made the list for the first time, 1,540. top of the list, mr. bill gates. want to check in with sal. see what's happening on the roads. >> we have a serious crash on the peninsula on highway 1 along the coast at 84. this crash is blocking the entire roadway as they have to allow a medical helicopter to get on the roadway. if you are north of the crash, you can go up to highway 92 to get across. if you are south of it, you may have to go through pescadero on pescadero creek road if you have to go now. you know what a long way around that would be. soef you might want to wait -- sore you might want to wait if you can to have this accident cleared from the lanes.

i want to -- southbound 680 is slow through contra costa county from about 242 down to walnut creek and then a little bit of slow traffic from walnut creek southbound on 680 into alamo. let's go to some live pictures. this is the bay bridge toll plaza, it's about a 35-minute drive time. most of that time at the toll plaza and then off to the bridge. if you are driving through san jose, has not been too bad. out of downtown san jose into the valley it still looks pretty good. let's go to steve. >> how about rosemary? >> i'm sorry. >> that's okay. steve's not feeling well. i'm in for him giving you a look at all of the gray out there. overcast skies in the forecast for today and eventually, we will see some rain. we had a new system moving in. you can see the north corner of california getting pretty wet. we do remain dry. we will remain dry as we get through the morning hours. and then as we get into the afternoon, things are start to chaining. i'm picking up a few returns. perhaps a little bit of

drizzle. we do remain in this very moist flow. it's going to be with us at least through -- it looks like about thursday. most of the business week. as we roll through the 7:00 who hour, the -- hour, the rain is to the north. noontime, 2:00, santa rosa, napa, you we begin to see the green here. most of us will be mainly dry for most of the day. it creeps in right around 3:00, 4:00. and you can see here by the time stamp in time for the evening drive, light rain falling in most areas. it looks like we'll be picking up a few 1/100ths in some areas like livermore. more in concord 4/100ths in oakland, take a look at santa rosa. this is pretty bullish. we'll see if we pick anywhere from .5 to .75 over parts of the north bay before this system rolls out of here. it looks like by late tonight and into tomorrow, we'll wind

down. tuesday morning we could see a few scattered showers. mid-50s san francisco. mid-50s in oakland. concord, you are checking in at 51. san jose, 50 as well. our numbers are a lot like yesterday morning. for the afternoon, they will be a look like yesterday as well. concord, antioch, hayward, into the north bay, not as warm as we saw over the weekend. temperatures are ranging in the low to mid-50s. 58 in the forecast as we slide hey long the peninsula, we have 62 in san mateo, 62 san jose. the extended forecast showing you cloudy conditions for today. the rain developing a little bit later. could linger into tuesday morning. then we're dry most of tuesday. we get another chance wednesday night into thursday. so more rain by midweek wednesday into thursday. as we get into the weekend, we're mostly sunny turning partly cloudy for the second half. but we look dry. back to you. >> you were feeling hollywood last night, weren't you? >> i loved watching the oscars.

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good morning. we're live at martinez junior high school where students and teachers are mourning 14-year- old jenna betti. she was hit and killed by a train yesterday in martinez. the special thing her friends are doing to remember her. that's coming up in a live report. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. let's talk about your weather and traffic. rosemary is in for steve this morning. >> it's a gray start out there. before long, the rain will begin to fall. starts in the north bay and then shifts south for the afternoon and it looks like just in time for our evening drive. here is a look at where the rain reside right now. it will begin to shift. notice a few returns in the north bay, the far north bay. it will take a while before it reaches into the central bay.

in fact, i think most of us will be mainly dry for most of the day. perhaps a little bit of patchy drizzle. it looks like late in the afternoon. i will time it out in the next whether go around. right now, temperatures in the 50s if you are stepping outside. 49 in antioch. 47 livermore. but these numbers are a lot like we've been over the weekend. mild. along the peninsula, 47 menlo park. 50 in palo alto and 50 for foster city. as we get into the afternoon, upper 50s to low 60s. 59 in novato. 61 for berkeley. 62 in oakland. and 59 in san francisco. inland east bay, back to the low to mid-60s for you. the south bay? a nice day. it -- it will be mostly cloudy. 64 san jose. 66 in morgan hill. when i come back, i will time out the rain and show you when it will arrive in your area and we'll take a look at how much rainfall we'll see with the system as well. good morning sal. we're looking at traffic

that's getting busier around the bay area for sure as we get to the peak of the morning commute. southbound 101 slows at highway 37. it gets better near the civic center into central san rafael. as we move to the south bay, i would say 85 is slow from 87 all the way up into saratoga which shouldn't surprise you if you drive it every day. it's not a very good freeway. 17 is slow approaching 85. 280 is moderate. so is 101. we have slow traffic on 101 approaching 880. as we move over to 880 southbound out of fremont, most of that is slow until you pass stevenson. then it breaks free from milpitas. 35 to 40-minute wait now drive time at the toll plaza and on the bridge. that includes both times but it is about 40 minutes of your drive time here. if you are driving in san francisco, north and southbound 101 traffic does look good as

you drive through it. highway 84 at highway 1 still an issue if you are driving along the coast, expect delays because of a very serious injury accident there. now, let's go back to the desk. 7:33. we have new details about the death of a 14-year-old girl on the train tracks in martinez. just a short time ago, the superintendent of the 8th grader's middle school talked to us about the tragedy that's stunned the school campus. tara moriarty is outside this girl's school right now. tara, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we spoke to the school superintendent as well as the principal. you can understand they are very upset. very emotional and they are really support of bracing themselves for the worst this morning. that's because a lot of students, possibly have not received the bad news yet. 14-year-old jenna betti was struck and killed by a freight train yesterday often while walking along the tracks with her boyfriend. friends have been posting pictures and messages on

twitter. classmates plan to wear pink in her honor today. they say she was a popular soccer player, vibrant and always happy. >> she was always laughing. if you would see her at the lunch table, sitting with her friends, she's laughing and smiling, in class, she was a good student. but she also, like i say, had a smile and was kind of the life of the party in a very positive way and was a phenomenal athlete. >> reporter: railway officials confirm two people were walking along the tracks. when they saw the train coming, they quickly jumped out of the way. but betti got back on the tracks. police are looking into the possibility she was trying to retrieve her cell phone. students are arriving for school right now. we're not on campus. we're gonna give students their space as grief counselors are brought in today to help them cope with the tragedy. we're live in martinez. i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 7:35. a woman from newark is fighting for her life in an east bay

hospital this morning. police say she was viciously attacked inside her own home early yesterday morning. newark police called in the s.w.a.t. team after receiving the first 911 call. a small army of s.w.a.t. officers immediately sealed off the streets surrounding the house on mayhew landing road. stunned neighbors say the armed officers went door to door ordering them to leave their homes. >> he literally grabbed me by the wrist, you need to leave. we're evacuating you. we already evacuated the people. the first thing i said was what about my family in the house? >> police say another person living in the victim's home was taken into custody for questioning. it's not clear what led up to thing attack. 7:36. chilling new details about a young man accused of killing a san jose teenager more than four years ago. police found the body of 15- year-old michael russell outside of his san jose home in november 2009. detectives say he had been stabbed to death. jay williams, now 20 years old,

will soon go on trial for the death of russell. his former high school classmate. newly-released documents reveal that williams believed his religion, say tannism, a -- satanism, allowed him to kill. those documents show he previously killed two animals. the controversy continues at a santa rosa mall after the decision to fire its head of security. you may remember this video of security guards approaching friends and family of andy lopez on february 17th at santa rosa plaza. the group was wearing t-shirts in memory of the teen shot and killed by a sonoma county sheriff's deputy last october. the guards reportedly asked the group to remove their andy lopez t-shirts or leave the mall. >> we're responding and acting in accordance to their policy. we adapted the procedure years ago on days of protest. it's worked well with occupy protests as well as other andy

lopez protests. >> russell, the former head of security at the hall, says he was fired a week after the confrontation. he says he is considering legal options. 7:37. happening today -- in just about an hour from now, an elementary school in san francisco is lawn. ing a student crossing guard program. brian flores joining us live in san francisco to tell us how this is aimed at keeping pedestrians safer. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning, dave. unfortunately, we've reported on way too many pedestrian accidents and fatalities and this is something that city officials recognize is the fact there has been alarming numbers of accidents and fatalities. they say this program set to launch in about an hour will teach kids about pedestrian safety. a-20, a student crossing guard program, kicks off here at commodore sloat school. about 25 minutes students will be the first student crossing guards in the area.

the program hopes to reduce the amount of pedestrian fatalities, something that they have seen way too much of in recent months. the event will be kicked off by greg suhr, norman yee and richard karanza. both the police chief and supervisor yee say they were both crossing guards growing up. supervisor yee says he hopes the program expands to all of the schools in the district. as we take it back out here live, for now, commodore sloat and two other schools in district 7 will kick off the programs in the coming weeks. we're live here in san francisco, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> 7:39. a second fire in less than four months at a home near san leandro is being investigated this morning. the latest fire began about 5:00 yesterday morning on altamont road near san leandro. firefighters say no one was living in the house but neighbors have been parking their cars there so the house would not look vacant. neighbors say that fire was

huge and hard to get to because the house is built into a hill. >> the whole roof was on fire by the time they got the -- they got done putting it out. it started coming out of the window to the whole house was engulfed in flames. >> this is the same house that caught fire november 4th. back then, firefighters discovered legally grown marijuana plants inside. it's 20 minutes before 8:00. people in southern california are back in their homes this morning after mudslides triggered mandatory evacuations. yesterday, crews were cleaning up around homes in the foothills of los angeles county. these are areas that were burned by wildfires and are now vulnerable to mudslides and flooding, especially after the recent heavy rainfall. over the weekend. about 1,000 homes were evacuated. people say when they returned home, they found this -- several feet of mud in their yards pushing up against their houses. now they are working to get it all removed. it was a busy weekend in

the sierra. several feet of new snow fell allowing many ski resorts to finally open all of their terrain for the first time this season. while some enjoyed the slopes, others grabbed sleds and played in the snow. more snow is forecast in the sierra tonight and tomorrow. it is coming up on 7:41. new details on a deadly fighter jet crash in nevada. what the pilot was doing at the time and why it took several hours for rescue crews to reach the crash site. also, cigarettes going electronic. how one bay area city may soon crack down on this new way to smoke. good morning. right now, we're looking at a commute that is still pretty slow trying to get into san francisco. the drive times are up. we'll tell you what alternate routes you may be able to find to get into the city. more wet weather is heading to the bay area later today. when you can expect it to arrive coming up.

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uh-oh. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. the u.s. stocks falling global markets down sharply due to tensions over russia's military advance in ukraine and the threat of sanctions by western governments. oil climbed 1.6% on supply concerns. russia is a major exporter. taking a live look at the big board, the dow is down 152. the nasdaq is down 40 and the s&p down 15. in the last hour, ford reported sales were down 6%. general molter says sales were down 6%. chrysler, though, announced sales jumped 11% last month. that's after industry analysts expected bad were across the

eastern half the country to create huge drops in car sales. automakers are offering big discounts to bring buyers into dealerships. some san francisco city supervisors want to crack down on electronic cigarettes. the proposed legislation will be unveiled this morning. if it passes, e-cigarettes could no longer be used where smoking is banned. stores would have to obtain a tobacco permit to sale the devices and sales would be prohibited where tobacco sales are not allowed. they say it would also crack down on the sale of e- cigarettes to minors. well, the 86th academy awards show, it's in the books. people are still talking about some of the most memorable moments of last night. claudine wong is in the studio with more, including what we found out about the pizzaman making headlines. >> well, dave, oscar not is always remembered for the big winners and the unexpected moments. this year's show delivered

both. some pointed speeches and a few slices of pizza. >> and the oscar goes to -- "12 years a slave." [ cheers ] >> there you heard it. it won the oscar for best picture. history was made when the movie's director became the first african-american director to win best motion picture and the new come comer won for her role. >> when i look down at this, no matter where you are from, your dreams are valid. >> kate plan chet won for best -- cate blanchett won for her role in blue jasmine and mathew mcconaughey won for dallas

buyers club. and ellen degeneres ordered pizza. the pizzaman, he was the real deal. he works at a real shop. ellen asked people to donate money for his tip and reportedly got $300. and also twitter, what may be one of those star-studded self- fies either -- selfies. dave? >> thank you to find out more on the oscars, go to ktvu.com. we have a special section there under hot topics on the home page. >> my favorite was the musical.

ferrell williams. >> "happy." >> people on the roads, feeling happy. >> i would say they are happy -- it's a normal commute. nothing major going on. i would say if you are used to a monday back-to-work commute, this is what you are getting. let's see what we have at the bay bridge. this is a 40-minute delay or so drive time if you count the time at the toll plaza and on the bridge which is about normal. people are up and at them. unless you are in the carpool lane, that will significantly reduce the time on the bridge. perhaps you want to go down to the san mateo bridge, it would not be that bad of a call. san mateo bridge, in fact, i have a look at the bridge via the map system. it's taking about 20 minutes to cross the bridge in its entirety to the peninsula. dumbarton bridge looks okay. but it is crowded once you get to menlo park. those dry roadways will be wet in time for the evening. giving you a live look at plenty of overcast sky over the

east bay hills and most of us dealing with mostly cloudy skies for today. i want to step out of the way and show you, you know how we talk about the storm door being open. we're caught within this very moist westerly flow and so we have one system coming in already for today. we have a second system coming in, it looks like wednesday night into thursday. yesterday, just a very moist day even wetter than what the models are picking up on. this will continue at least through about thursday and then changes in time for the weekend. more on that to come. let's take a look at what's happening outside of the doors. there's the way gray. we have the rain over the northwest corner of california. picking up a few returns to sonoma county and into santa rosa. perhaps a little bit of light drizzle out there. not being picked up on the radar, i think this will pick up for most of the day, it will hit us in time for the evening drive home. 7:00 reads the time stamp. it's to the north of us. by 9:00, 10:00, it begins to fill in a little bit. as i roll you into the lunch

hour, notice it doesn't move much farther. i think by lunchtime we're still mostly gray and dry. by 2:00 or so, it's down to about the golden gate bridge. it's along the coast. by 3:00, 4:00, it begins to fill in and here we are at 5:00 smack-dab. people try to head home. it lasts through the evening hours. it doesn't begin to taper off until about 9:00. i take -- i say take this with a grain of salt. very moist air begins in place. 51 degrees right now in concord. 55 san rafael. 51 in napa. low 50s in mountain view. for the afternoon, upper 50s to low 60s. from the north bay, in and around the bay area and into morgan hill, 66 for you and that will be one of the warmer spots for today. the extended forecast here, showing you again we have rain developing a little bit later this afternoon. it will linger into the evening hours. could linger into tomorrow morning and then we begin to

dry out. tuesday afternoon looks dry. wednesday afternoon looks dry but another system pulling in wednesday night leaving showers in the forecast for thursday. your bay area weekend always in view. showing you we are dry and temperatures do rebound in time for saturday and sunday. back to the desk. >> all right. 7:50. a 93-year-old bay area man vanishes during last week's rain storms. mum how his family in marin county is trying to find him. china calls a 911. stabbings. the progress authorities have made on the case.

authorities in china has captured the surviving suspect at a deadly train suspect in southern chirn na. 29 -- china over the weekend. 29 people were slashed to death. almost 150 others were hurt. police say it was an act of

terrorism. they say the attackers were six men and two women. a fighter jet pilot was killed. a snowstorm made it hard for the rescue crews to get to the rescue site. the name of the pilot has not been released. 7:54. people are still in the hospital this morning after a more than 100-car pileup in colorado that killed one woman. this happened early saturday afternoon on interstate 25 in denver. witnesses say heavy snow began falling but drivers were not slowing down. suddenly, some of the cars lost control causing a chain reaction. 30 people were taken to local hospitals. three of them remain in serious condition. police say it could take a week to pinpoint the exact moment the collision happened.

7:54. police in san francisco searching for thieves who targeted an animal rescue organization over et weekend. they stole a vehicle filled with donated items. the car belonged to lugaro animal rescue organization. it disappeared sometime between friday night and saturday morning on 22nd avenue in san francisco's richmond district. the oh, says the theft is a big -- the organization says that theft is a big blow to the organization. >> leashes, collars, dog beds, bowls. a ton of stuff donated over the course of several months. police say the stolen vehicle is a dark colored volkswagen, lgresq is the license plate number. it's a passat. right now, the police

department says by using social media, there's been open lines of communication between the department and the police. >> by some posts and pictures, it gives them kind of an insight to we're here to help, we're here to make the community better for them. we do have a human side to us as officers and as a department. >> the richmond police department is one of many bay area law enforcement agencies that uses social media. 7:56. two lottery winners in two weeks. the lottery ticket from sacramento county now worth $60 million to a lucky powerball winner. that ticket was sold at a tule oil gas station in the sacramento county community of mclelen park. so far, no one has come forward to claim that prize. california has had its share of big lottery winners. the winner of a $425 million lottery ticket, sold at a gas station in milpitas two weeks

ago. the winner still has not come forward. two months ago, a winning ticket prsmed in san jose plit -- purchased in san jose split a megamillions jackpot. no one can explain yet why some "american idol" fans got a wrong number when they called to vote last week. there were 71 million votes cast but some people who tried to vote by phone got a pizza restaurant in washington state instead. the two phone numbers here are not even close, very different. show producers are trying to prevent the problem from happening again. it's not clear how many votes were misdirected. 7:57. heading to sacramento this morning. bus loads of bay area community college students they are on their way to the state capitol right now. the pressure they plan to put on lawmakers to expand their options. one person hit and killed by a car trying to cross this

street in fremont a short time ago. we'll tell you what we're learning from police did the sacramento and the driver involved in this crash. good morning. right now, we're looking at traffic that's getting busier in some areas and drive times are up. we'll tell you more about the bay area and other bay area bridges. it's a cloudy start with rain sliding into the bay area. a little bit later today, i'll help you time it out and show you how much rain you could see by the end of your monday -- coming up.

just about 8:00. welcome back to "mornings on 2." we are live in from mont. you can see a police officer in the middle of the road there. there have been two major crashes in fremont. you are looking at the scene of the second crash. this is near washington and olive streets. alex savidge has arrived on the scene of this fatal accident about an hour ago. we'll have more coming up. monday morning, march 3rd. time dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. a quick look at weather and traffic. rosemary is in for steve. >> we have another round of rain coming our way. it's raining over the northwest corner of california. see a few cells moving into the

north bay. a little bit of light drizzle here. but the future cast model wants to keep the rain line pretty much right about here for the entire day. sonoma county, santa rosa and a few communities here getting wet by 9:00, 10:00. now we're into the lunch hour and that rain line has not moved a whole lot. it's moved into areas maybe point reyes. most of us will be mainly dry. it's not until 3:00, 4:00, it finally begins to slide along the coast and fills in in time for the evening dry. it will be with us for the evening. it looks like the rain will be tapering off late tonight. we'll leave in a scattered shower for tomorrow morning. the rain moving in a little bit later. could see anywhere from .25 to .75. north bay will have the best shot of getting that amount. we'll have a look at another -- i'll have another look at a model and i'll try to detail some of these numbers. but the hills could pick up an

inch or so. some good news there. we have good news coming in later this week. moist air for monday. tuesday, it looks like wednesday and thursday. temperatures in the upper 40s, low 50s. i'll have a detailed look at your afternoon highs. good morning, sal. >> we're looking at slow traffic in some areas right now that wasn't slow, for example, on 880. it wasn't slow earlier. but we're gonna get a little bit of a slowdown on 880 northbound passing the oakland coliseum. drive times are up. if you are driving from downtown oakland to the hegenberger exit, five minutes. still not a bad commute. bay bridge toll plaza has been steady and slow for 40 to 45 minutes now and that includes the time on the bridge but most of that time is gonna be spent here waiting at the toll plaza. drive time about 40. if you are driving in contra costa county. 680 southbound is backed up

from 242 to 24. a look at drive times here, 580 grant line road. westbound to 680. 28. not bad. high street to 4. eight minutes and then highway 4, lone tree to loveridge has coverage. police are investigating a major crash. alex savidge has new information on the crash. >> reporter: a deadly pedestrian accident. you can see behind me here. crime scene tape is up washington boulevard is blocked off near olive avenue. police it eling us, they believe -- are telling us, they believe this was a woman hit by a car while trying to cross the street, trying to cross washington boulevard. police believe the victim was in the crosswalk. the driver involved in this deadly crash did stay here at

the scene. he's the 49-year-old man from fremont and he was speaking with investigators this morning. he told them he thought he had hit a bird. he didn't realize it was a person he struck. police say he was driving the corvette that struck the woman around 6:00 this morning. police don't believe the man was under the influence. they can't say exactly how fast he was going before that crash. but one neighbor did tell us a lot of drivers do speed here on washington boulevard near the entrance of 680 and crossing the street in this area can be risky. >> a lot of people speed on this street. 680 is right there. big part of -- of the industrial part of fremont is down on osgood. >> reporter: quite a bit more for fremont for police to figure out. they've not identified the woman who they believe was hit

and killed by that car. they are gonna work on doing that. they will continue to interview the driver involved in this crash this morning. again, a pedestrian struck and killed crossing washington boulevard right near olive. this is not far away from the entrance from 680. police say this area will be blocked off for the investigation for the next few hours. it may not open up until noon today. we're live in fremont, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:05. the first accident happened a few blocks away at osgood. it sent three people to the hospital including a 4-year-old little girl. the chp says two cars were wroved involved -- were involved. both are suspected of dui. a 33-year-old woman was one of them. she and her daughter suffered major injuries and they say the child's safety seat was not properly restrained. a water main break has flooded part of a neighborhood

street. it happened at 4:30 and manuel fretas parkway. firefighters say the water main belongs to the system used for irrigation. that's the reason nearby residents never had their water turned off. that street by the way remains open to traffic. a family in marin is continuing to search for a 93- year-old man missing for five days. robert davis was seen by his daughter on wednesday night after the two had dinner in corte madera. she said she watched him drive away towards san rafael but -- but he never arrived at the retirement where he lives. police have been searching for him ever since. >> because it was a rainy evening, the glare from headlights, the rain coming down that maybe he missed his turnoff and confusion set in. >> ground and air searches have turned up no sign of the 2001 silver toyota camera davis was

driving. it has a rusted dent on the right front bumper and a missing hubcap. hundreds of fliers have been posted throughout the county. well, happening today, the man accused of snatching a 9- year-old girl from a school bathroom in san mateo then assaulting her he's due in court. police say 26-year-old bradley took the girl from markside elementary in september of 2012, dragged her off the campus and assaulted her. now, she managed to escape by kicking him and throwing a rock at him. he's also accused of of going into a -- of going into a daly city school bathroom and taking photos of four girls. in ecchanges of pleading no contest to the charges, he's set to -- to get 27 years in prison. getting a bachelor's degree, believe it or not, that's what one lawmaker is proposing. this morning he's receiving a lot of support. janine de la vega joining us live right now from san jose to

tell us about the push there. good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning. i'm here at evergreen valley college. a lot of students here support that idea. about an hour or so idea, they climbed on a bus headed to sacramento to talk to legislators. dozens of students from evergreen valley community college this morning gathered to be part of the annual march in march event. they are joining thousands of students across the state who are traveling to the capital to urge support for public education. this year, the students from san jose are supporting sb-850 which is a proposal to allow community colleges to offer four-year degrees. the author of the bill says that california needs to produce 1 million more bachelor degrees than it currently does to remain economically competitive. if not, it will fall behind. students would benefit by saving money while living at home. >> the prices just to attend and receive a degree at the

universities, so expensive. we want to be able to open up the availability for the massive students. >> reporter: now, if the bill is approved, it would be a pilot program. community colleges would not duplicate similar programs by nearby four-year institutions. instead, each college would identify an unmet force need and tailor a program that students could earn a bachelor's degree in. several students will be meeting with lawmakers about their concerns and needs later in sacramento. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 8:09. san francisco mayor ed lee is celebrating a victory in his campaign to improve the city's public housing. the city has won approval to take part in a new federal program. it allows private housing developers to take over rundown public properties in exchange for a requirement to upgrade them. residents should see improvements within the next 18

months. mayor lee says he's determined to improve the public housing units that are often plagued with rats, mold and other dangerous conditions. 8:09. bay area students will join thousands more from all over the country for a special school event today. it's called read across america. it's the 17th year that students, teachers and parents will get together to celebrate the joy of reading. even police chiefs get involved. read across america is held every year on or near march 2nd. that's the birthday of dr. seuss who wrote the famous cat in the hat books. a popular spot for kayakers along the seashore will be closed for the next four months between now and june 30th. drake's will be closed to protect seals and their newborn pups. now, you are being advised to stay at least 100 yards away

from those seals. it's estimated the number of seals breeding at point reyes represents about 20% of california seal population. 8:10. well, new pint-sized patrols helping keep peers safe on the roads. the program that's starting at one san francisco elementary school and it's expected to spread to others. the mid-atlantic states are bracing for more winter storm. a live report from the nation's capital and how the government is being affected today. we're looking at traffic times that are still rather high in some areas. we'll tell you more about the morning commute, including a look at the san mateo bridge when we come back. a new storm is heading our way. i will track it on the radar for you -- coming up.

lapping now -- happening now -- another winter storm on the east coast causing problems in washington, d.c. the airports are at a standstill the federal government closed offices and the white house is changing its plans for the day. kyla campbell is live in washington, d.c. with the latest on the conditions and their impact and you look all covered up there, kyla. >> reporter: the white house canceled its daily news conference and the capitol building canceled public tours. take a look. we can see the capitol building. an hour ago, we could not see it. some of the conditions are

improving. plow truck drivers are busy. it's tough for them to keep up with the fast-falling snow. we expect 5 to 7 inches. also it's about 19 degrees right now. it feels like 1 degree with the windchill. officials warn the temperature will continue to trop throughout the day in this slushy mix on the roads will freeze over. so the federal government did close offices for today. many of those employees do still work from home. we caught up with a woman who was heading to her nonprofits office even though it was closed. >> i refuse to live like this. i'm from california originally. i -- there are goggles in my backpack just in case things got real. >> it's pretty terrible. >> the senate still plans to gavel in this afternoon. votes and one hearing have been canceled. it will be tough for members of congress to get back into d.c. today. i checked the status of flights at the two main airports in washington. pretty much every flight coming into and heading out of those airports is canceled for the

next several hours. live in washington, kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. speaking of flight delays, more than 2,000 flights have been canceled. most were announced yesterday by airlines who say they are reluctant to fly into bad weather. sfo is now reporting 90-minute delays on some departing flights. a couple of flights have been canceled. all of the affected flights were headed to the east coast. oakland and san jose are not reporting any problems at their airports so far. this is a look at the current storm from the neats satellite as it move -- nasa satellite as it moves across the country. this is the same system that hit us in the bay area last wednesday before moving down to southern california. beside bringing snow and ice to the northeast, the storm is expected to hit the south with severe thunderstorms. 8:16. tomorrow, secretary of state john kerry flies to ukraine. he will meet with the new ukrainian government leaders about the russian takeover of the crimean peninsula.

thousands of russian troops have surrounded military bases. they are demanding that ukrainian soldiers give up their weapons. in response to russia's actions, the u.s. and six other nations are canceling plans to go to the g-8 summit in russia in june. in a joint statement, the countries say russia's advances in ukraine violate the principles and values on which the g-8 operates. oil refineries could feel the impact of the growing tension between russia and ukraine. the price of crude oil is already up a dollar a barrel. oil analysts are worried and economic embargo could be placed against russia. that would cut the supply and the impact would be felt around the world. russia is the second largest producer of energy. around the country, including in san francisco, ukrainian americans have taken to the streets to protest russia's actions. ukrainians and supporters

staged a protest outside of the russian consulate in the pacific heights neighborhood. they say it's upsetting to see what's happening to their country. >> they want a piece of land. it's because of the politics and money, of course, they will never say it. they will try to find other ways to explain why there are russian troops right now in creme -- in crimea. let's check in with sal, see if everyone is banking on the roads. you -- behaving on the roads. you are watching highway 24. >> yes. highway 24, we'll start right there. the drive time there is about 20 minutes which is most of it waiting here in la fayette. if you get on the road a little bit farther up, it should be less. between walnut creek interchange and the tunnel, counting all of the slowdowns you have the drive time of 20, maybe less than that. it's definitely more than 10 if

you are counting minutes here. let's move along and take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. we've been steady and slow about 40 minutes. most of that sim is waiting at the toll plaza and then on the bridge, a little bit of waiting there. 880 northbound, looks like this is actually alameda county. 880 northbound at tennyson there is a crash. but southbound traffic is going to be slow as you head down. as i move the map down all the way down to stevenson, most of this is slow as you drive through. notice that the san mateo bridge and dumbarton bridge are not bad. let's go to rosemary. it will be a different look coming home. we're looking at wet roadways for the evening drive right now. we're mainly dry. plenty of overcast skies from the coast across the bay and inland. i will show you that in a moment. i want to show you this plume that stretches from northern california all the way back to the hawaiian islands. see that? a couple of disturbances within

this moist air. one of them already bringing rain to northwest california and take a look into the bay area. i'm seeing a few -- just a few returns picking up over santa rosa, sonoma, point reyes. weelt may have a little bit -- we may have a little bit of drizzle going on. maybe to the east along i-80 in and around fairfield. this is going to be sliding from north to south. it looks like most of the rain is going to hold off most of the day but in time for that evening drive, i think the scattered showers will begin falling. it could be light but it doesn't take a lot to make it a messy roadway. up in the sierra, about 7,000 feet or so, if by chance this is your drive for today, let's take a look at how much rainfall we may see out of this system. primarily over the north bay, by 2:00 or so, again the rain shadow, you can see here over the north bay. it's still -- it's already 2:00. we're still mainly try. but by 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, it begins to fill in. by the end of the evening, i

think we'll see .25 or less over areas of the central bay, south bay. but take a look at what's going on on the far north of sonoma county, .5 to 1 inch possible. i think for the coastal hilts as well. a good amount of rain coming over parts of the north bay. we are all likely to see some of that wet weather by the end of the bay. 53 in oakland. mid 53 san rafael. 53 for mountain view. he's temperatures relatively mild. a lot like we had over the weekend. in the afternoon, like we had over the weekend, a lot of 60s out there. a few upper 50s in areas like santa rosa, san rafael. the exend ited forecast here. so rain developing later today, it will be with us during the evening dry. tapering ofl tonight, but leaving in a possibility of a few scattered showers early tomorrow morning. tuesday mainly dry. wednesday starts out dry but another storm moving in wednesday night into thursday. so we're wet but in time for

your weekend, we turn mostly sunny for the first half of your weekend, temperatures begin to rebound. back to the desk. thank you. 821. movie -- 8:21. movies' biggest night is over. everybody will be talking about the oscars. we have some of the most memorable moments like this one coming up. the reason governor brown is concerned about legalizing recreational marijuana. why he says potheads could have a bad effect on the economy.

today apple is rolling out new software it calls car play. car play gets iphone users a safer and more intuitive way to use their phones as they drive. it lets drivers use maps, make phone calls, listen to music and access messages. mercedes benz, volvo and ferrari start to feature it. ford, bmw, hyundai, toyota and other brands plan to offer this in the future. consumers looking for free checking, you may want to leave your bank and join a credit union according to a new survey which found 72% of credit unions offer free checking accounts with no strings attached. 38% of big banks are doing the same. it's a big drop from four years ago. 8:25. governor jerry brown says he's

not sure legalizing marijuana for recreational use is a good idea because too many "potheads" could cause the country to lose its competitive edge. the governor says he's watching closely how things go in colorado and washington. the first two states to legalize recreational marijuana. and ensays he's concerned about the effects of widespread marijuana use. >> how many people can get stoned and still have a great state or a nate greation? world's pretty dangerous, very competitive. i think we need to stay alert if not 24 hours a day, more than some of the potheads might be able to put together. the los angeles state senator charged with corruption says he's taking a paid leave of absence while he fights the charges against him.

state senator ron calderon was charged last week with accepting nearly $100,000 in bribes, along with gourmet meals and high-priced golf games in exchange for actions on legislation. darrell steinberg had given calderon until today to either resign or take a leave of absence. 8:27. the former head of security at a santa rosa mall is speaking out after he says he was unfairly fired. >> i have a responsibility at the mall. >> the controversy behind the decision that one man says never should have happened. >> reporter: we're live at martinez live where students are mourning the loss of one of their own. we'll tell you howthy plan to honor -- how they plan to honor a 14-year-old killed in a train accident. we're looking at a commute that's somewhat busy. we'll give you drive times for this friday and for other commutes. it's a dry start to the day but you are going to need that

umbrella. rain developing a little bit later this afternoon. i will time it out for you coming up.

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and i see nothing but untapped potential. you have potential. you have...oh boy. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. well, good morning. it's 8:30. welcome back to "mornings on 2." this is a live look in martinez right now. martinez is where a young girl was hit and killed by a train. as family members and friend come to grips with this tragedy, investigators are trying to figure out exactly what happened and ktvu's tara moriarty has been on this story since 4:30 this morning, has new information coming straight from the mother. she'll bring that to you in just a couple of minutes. monday morning, march 3rd. i'm dave clark. let's talk about weather and

traffic for you. in for steve right now, we have rosemary. >> good morning. you may be looking outside your door thinking those clouds look like rain. yes, rain is on the way. you can see it's over northern california at this time as we slip in, we have a few cell returns that have consistently been right over areas like santa rosa. so we may add a little bit of drizzle already going on on the north edge of sonoma county perhaps along the coastline along highway 101 between windsor, santa rosa and into rohnert park. the scattered showers will be moving north. here we are with a little bit of rain. 9:00ing 10:00, the rain line doesn't move a whole lot. it continues right over the sonoma county area and even as far north as above santa rosa for the -- after the first part of the day. as we get into 2:00 or so, it begins to fill in and quills in quickly in time for the evening drive. by 5:00, i think we're all getting wet. it will be a messy evening commute for most.

53 in santa rosa right now. widespread 50s around the bay area. in san jose, you are looking at 52 right now. for the afternoon, you are going to the low 60s once again. temperatures a lot like what we have seen lately. 63 at 2:00 this afternoon. temperatures top out at 64. notice there we've got rain falling on the icon here. sun setting into the 6:00 hour. i will time it out for you again. i will show you how much rain i suspect we'll get. i will have a look at the extended forecast as well as the afternoon highs coming up. good morning, rosemary. we're looking at a commute that's still pretty busy in many areas and the drive times are still pretty high at the toll plaza, for example, you are still looking at about 40 minutes to get into san francisco. that's your drive time of the delay and also on the bridge traffic getting into the city. looking at the san mateo bridge, it might be better especially if you are closer to the bridge itself. when you get over to the peninsula, there will be slowing in san mateo but nothing that major and 101 is actually pretty do-able up to the airport.

if you are driving in the livermore valley 580 has cleared out nicely and on the way to castro valley, this is slow traffic as you drive through. a couple of minor crashes have developed there. northbound 880 is busy. let's go back to the desk. some middle school students in martinez are heading back to class at this hour. many are now learning about a tragedy involving a 14-year-old girl. ktvu's tara moriarty joining us now from martinez to tell us what the school is doing to help her classmates deal with this tragedy. tara? >> reporter: well, they do have some grief counselors that will be available today. a lot of these students didn't know what had happened. they had not heard the horrific news as they arrived at campus. you can imagine how difficult that is. we also noticed that a father got out of his car near the flagpole and placed a yellow rose there. 14-year-old jenna betti was struck and killed by a freight train yesterday evening. hours after her death, jenna's mother ported this, today our beautiful daughter kissed us

good boy. she was sitting on the train tracks with her boyfriend. why they made such a horrible decision, we'll never snow. she dropped her phone of at horn blew to get back to retrieve it. she didn't judge the approach. the train creates a vacuum and sucks you in. we are beyond devastated." today counselors are on the campus to console students. >> you know students are hurting and they have questions and they don't know what to do with the feelings they have. that's why you heard some students say let's wear pink. it was her favorite color. they want to do something. don't we all. >> reporter: friends have been posting pictures and messages on twitter about jenna. they say she was a popular soccer player, vibrant, always happy. again they are wearing pink clothes and passing out pink wristbands to wear in her

honor. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:34. we also have chilling new details about a young man accused of killing a san jose teenager more than four years ago. police found the body of michael russell outside of his san jose home in november of 2009. detectives say he had been stabbed to death. jay williams is now 20 years old, will soon go on trial for the death of russell. his former high school classmate. newly released documents reportedly reveal that williams believe his religionen, satanism, allowed him to kill. documents show he previously killed two animals. the controversy continues at a santa rosa mall after the decision -- [inaudible] >> you may remember this video of security guards approaching friends and family of andy lopez on february 17th at santa rosa plaza. the group was bearing t-shirts in -- wearing t-shirts in memory of the teen shot and killed by a sheriff deputy last

october. the guards reportedly asked the group to remove their andy lopez t-shirts or leave the mall. >> we're responding and acting in acore dance to their policy. we adapted the procedure years ago on days of protest. it's worked well with occupy protests as well as andy lopez protests. >> russell, the former head of security at the mall, said he was fired a week after the confrontation. he said he's considering legal options. happening now, a knew student crossing -- a new student crossing guard program is starting. brian flores has more about how the goal is to keep kids safer around school. >> reporter: the kid, by the way, part of the student crossing guard are doing a great job. they started about five, ten minutes ago here at commodore

sloat school. this is a program that's resurrecting itself. it has not been here for many years. the hope is to expand that. to talk more about that, i'm here with norman yee and the superintendent. good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> reporter: talk about this program. i mean, it has not been here for many years. >> first of all, i was a crossing guard when i was a student. so was superintendent karanza. when i cam on board last year as a -- came on board last year as a supervisor, safety was a crisis. i wanted to get something started right away. one of the things i thought about, how to get students involved in this education. i thought what did i do when i was a kid. i was able to get some funding to implement the program, it took several months to work with the school district and work with the police department and others to -- as partners to

get this thing going. what's so nice, the principal at commodore has been like a rock star. >> reporter: superintendent, talk to us about the program itself and getting students involved in this program. >> sure. so students volunteer to be part of the program and then what i really appreciate about it, there's extensive training that the students receive. we have certified police officers that are out here training them and teaching them. but having been a crossing guard when i was in elementary school, it really did develop a sense of responsibility and just knowledge about when to cross, where to cross, how to cross, being defensive when you cross. it's good life skiles. that's what we're -- skills. that's what we're about, teaching life skills. >> reporter: we're reported on many pedestrian accidents and fatalities. many in your district. how will the program reduce the numbers? >> i think this a small piece of the puzzle. i'm starting to bring

consciousness in the very young. not only will these crossing guards be influenced but the other students will see them and start to think why are they here? maybe i should be careful when i cross and drivers combined will think why are they here? it has a cascading effect for me and also my feeling is that if you start them young, their consciousness about pedestrian safety will stick with them forever. >> reporter: you want to expand this to other schools. what are we looking at in terms of the district and the city? >> i was hoping to have several pilot programs in district 7, my district. and there are two other schools lined up to get started and then the idea would be if it's successful -- and i'm pretty sure it will be -- that the school district will pick it up and expand throughout san

francisco. >> reporter: all right. supervisor, and superintendent, thank you for your time. kids doing a good job. we'll keep you updated and see how things are going through just the morning -- throughout the morning. new developments on a wet and wild san situation in san francisco. the new information we just learned about a water main break. >> reporter: and a pedestrian crash here this morning. a woman hit and killed by a car trying to cross the street. what the driver of that car told investigators after the accident. good morning. we still have a look at some of these commutes that are still slow. 680, for example, from mission boulevard slow there. we'll have a look at some of the drive times on nearby interstate 580. a new batch of wet weather is heading our way for today. when you can expect it in your neighborhood -- coming up. [phones rings]

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heating bills during the harsh winter. taking a live look at the big board, the dow is currently down 185. the nasdaq is down 40. s&p down 15. 8:43. let's bring you up to date on some of the other top stories we're following for you. we have new information from the marin county water district about a water main break in san rafael. it turns out the water main break was not from a recycled water line. it's from a regular water service line. 11 homes have no water classes have been canceled at saint isabella school because of this break. it's not clear how long repairs will take. just hours ago, a pedestrian cross hit and killed a couple of blocks from this scene. this latest accident happened on washington boulevard at olive avenue. alex savidge is there. police say the driver did stop and is cooperating with the investigation. alex. >> reporter: yes, he is. good morning to you dave and we're learning more about the

victim here. this woman was walking or trying to cross the washington boulevard here near olive avenue when she was struck and killed by a car -- [no audio] [no audio]

petaluma may be a few light showers hour a little bit of drizzle falling along highway 101 you will find it here. if i shift to the north a little bit, we've got more rain reported in areas of santa rosa and over now into calistoga. the north bay likely to see most of the rain for the first part of the day and then in time for the evening likely.

this will help to serve as a time line here. santa rosa picking up 1/100ths. this happened at around 3:00 a.m. we're still dry. as we get into the -- most of us, maybe the coastline, san rafael. by 3:00, though, it's moving into the peninsula along the coast. by 5:00, 6:00, there it is. all of us are getting wet. we're picking up rain. it looks like the north bay will get the best chance as seeing the most amount of rain. .75 for napa. maybe .75 for the hills. temperature wise a lot like yesterday. 50s outside our doors. mid-50s to 60s and then for the afternoon, upper 50s to mid-

60s. morgan hill, 66 for you. you are the warmer spot. 62 in fremont. 62 in oakland. theeps numbers are a lot like yesterday. yesterday was a lot like sought. the extended forecast showing you rain developing later today, could stick around for the morning drive. then we're drive most of tuesday. dry most of wednesday, a chance of showers arrives wednesday night we're wet again on thursday with your bay area weekend always in view. we're partly cloudy and our temperatures are in the upper 60s to near 70 with dry conditions. back to you. >> the will. thank you. eight minutes before 9:00. browsing a vist of menus -- variety of menus without stepping into a restaurant from google.

welcome back. 8:55. police in san francisco searching for the thieves who targeted an animal rescue organization over the weekend. stealing a vehicle filled with donated items. the car belonged to the lugaroo animal rescue cup -- group. the car disappeared between friday night and saturday night on 22nd avenue. the organization is devastated. >> leashes, collars, dog beds, bowls, all kinds of things. just a ton of stuff that had been donated over the course of several months. >> police say the stolen vehicle is a dark-colored volkswagen passat. the license plate number reads,

lgresq. that's lg rescue. social media is helping to brick the richmond police department closer to the community. right now, the department has established accounts on facebook and twitter and they will add instagram and pinterest. the sergeant says this has opened the lines of communication between the public and police. >> by some of the posts on there, some of the pictures gives them an insight that we're here to help. we're here to make the community better for them and that we do have a human side to us as officers and as a department. >> the richmond police department is one of many bay area law enforcement agencies that uses social media. google says it's making it easier to find restaurant ren -- menus. customers can ask for a menu from the restaurant. a version of the menu will pop

up on the search results. it has parts for seafood or dessert. they have menus for most popular restaurants all over the country. >> all right. 8:56. sal, you are watching the toll plaza. >> it's still okay if you have to get into san francisco. your drive time is still going to be more than 30 minutes. it's improving a little bit, though, as you wait at the toll plaza getting into the city. also looking at the community on 880 it has slowed down past the coliseum heading up to downtown oakland. that's about a 15346 minute drive if you are at the end of the line. not too bad but it will be slow. if you are driving on 880 south. that's improved quite a bit. but when you get to the dumbarton bridge exexit, you will be slowing down heading south. i have great news. more rain on the way. the bad news is it's going to be raining on that evening drive. temperaturewise in the 50s right now. upper 50s to low to mid-60s for your afternoon. the showers will taper off tomorrow morning. we'll be left dry most of

tuesday and wednesday but a second system will move in wednesday evening into thursday. the payoff here, our weekend looks dry and temperatures look to be in the upper 60s to near 70 degrees. el. >> we'll take what we get. >> thank you. that's our report for this morning. we thank you for making ktvu news your choice for news. >> be sure to watch the noon news for more on the death of -- of the middle school student in martinez. we're always here for you on facebook and twitter. thank you for joining us. [dad] [laughs] [boy] mom! [mom] yes? [boy] whoa,whoa,whoa...

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