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a richmond school teacher facing child abuse charges, it happened right in front of the shocked 7th grade students. and the many questions that still need to be answered, ktvu channel 2 morning news continues. complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. good morning, we want to take you right back out to emoryville, this is an accident involving many cars and you can see quite a bit of slow traffic there. we will have more on how much of a delay this is causing into san francisco and how far back as well. you need to know this before you head out the door if you need to go through the emoryville area. it is thursday, march 6th, and let's talk about weather and

traffic. the roads are wet, do we need an umbrella? >> there are some areas of fog and we did have thunder and lightning and i know that course very well, so if somebody could let me know what it is. it has two zip codes but we had reports of thunder and lightning. semolina, forestville, two- thirds, san bruno mountain, almost a half inch, most of it is gone, there is still a lot of breaks and there could be some very light drizzle or miss. although may be a little cooler, santa rosa 49 degrees and we are looking for partly cloudy skies and temperatures

will rebound fast. they will be held in check until sunday and temperatures are coming up, some lingering rain but not a big deal, mostly 60s to 70s. also near morgan hill, here is tara. a crash in emoryville, several cars involved near the exit and it looks like three lanes total are shut down. two on the inside and you can see emergency crews just passed the exit lanes are shut down. there may be some injuries and this is definitely impacting your commute. so give yourself some extra time if you are traveling into san francisco this morning. up he can next i probably will

not see it until normal time and that could be why folks have not made it to this point and we are seeing a little bit of a backup so give yourself some extra time. traffic on the bottom portion of your screen and it's a little bit slower than it was about a half hour ago. this is westbound as you make your drive towards concord and on to 680, let's go back to the desk. it is clean up time after wild weather, some powerful storms came through bringing heavy rain and lightning and thunder from martinez alex? >> reporter: it was mainly in concord and march teens and walnut creek and a handful of people are still without power and pg&e is still helping those folks out and it does appear

lightning from those overnight stores triggered some of the outages. >> reporter: there you hear that clap of thunder overnight windows rattled as lightning took a lot of people by surprise. this storm cell moved into the area, the lightning and thin der, this was mostly the areas that were left wet . short lived and these cells moved through very quickly. light scattered showers moved through during the early morning hours. at the height there were 5,000 customers in the dark in contra costa and power has been restored to all but a few dozen homes and they hope to have everybody back online this

morning. alex savage ktvu channel 2 morning news. well the rain is definitely good news in marin county and it means they will not have to worry about mandatory raging this year this is what it it looked look and thanks for the 21 inches of rain that fell in the past four weeks. we have a weather app and it's available for android and appel phones. a man was hit and killed at about 9:00 on southbound foxworth think avenue. the driver did stay at the scene and is cooperating with the investigation. they need to pass 9 in this

crash the most reason, a 90- year-old woman was killed after being hit boy a truck on -- by a truck on fillimore street. they will introduce some new safety measures and he plans on targeting the most dangerous streets including downtown and south of market areas. there will be some extra am markets an improvementels for the road. a map is in rich mop and here has more on how this could have been presented. -- prevented. >> reporter: they admit now more could have been done to

prevent this. counselors will be on hand to speak with students and they saw the teacher placed in handcuffs in front of his classroom yesterday. he faces at let a and hull from -- handful from being a teacher but what does come into question is the background checks. he passed those checks but at the same time he was charged from his previous school. officials say there is room for better reviews and going deeper into the processes and background checks before they ploy people. >> i am deeply concerned how he could be a teacher without that

being known something is wrong. >> that was a parent of a behind that who was in his class. now they are questioning his interview process to his previous employer. he was hired originally to replace another teacher who was simply not a good fit for the school and for the class. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 morning news. the human rights commissioner is sentenced to one year in jail for child pornography. it walls handed down as larry blinker. he can search as a compliance

officer in 2010. he. he is was arrested and accused of embezzlement. he is also accused of taking out an unor the advised -- unauthorized loan. they learn under their endowment had fallen and the symphony was almost forced to close but they were saved by donations. >> it is important to have better checks and balances regarding their finances and it is always a good idea to have more than one person in charge of the finances. >> he faces up to 18 years in prison if he is cop vicked.

the office plans on closing 225 -- convicted. they are trying to focus more for online sales which make up most of their business. they are facing more from increased businesses such as amazon. they couldn't reach a deal cal state east bay in concord will continue to offer limited classes. a new ucla college survey shows more than three were chosen and only half ended up going to their dream school. they had to decide and that was

a key factor to where they ended up. an unusual a disks include an outdoor urinal. they say they don't have enough to handle the thousands of visitors who come to the park on the weekend. the urinal will be installed on 20th and church street right near the muni metro track. problems for solving in oakland. mayor jean quan will be around to settlement. and a 12-year-old boy is losing his eyesight. the places he wants to see before he goes blind. the overnight rain was okay, we will have some rain

totals and more 70s, we will take a look coming up.

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accident. ahmed wali karzai has been very critical of nato air strikes. they voted to curb sexual assaults in the military. they strongly oppose the bill that would take away power to prosecute rape. rape would be given to trial lawyers. it has the support of trial lawyers and need 60 votes to over come a filibuster. in the case of killing her mother. cindy beat her mother to death with a sledge hammer in her home sunday morning. the violent incident brought out the s.w.a.t. team and led to the evacuation of an entire neighborhood. she called several times to complain about her daughter and

grandson smoking marijuana. the 75-year-old woman pointed them to marijuana plants they were allegedly growing in her backyard. without having to pay some of those sky-high prices. you will play the first game at is the new stadium. they range from 145 to $150 a piece and those tickets go on sale to the general public march 14th. a 12-year-old boy who is losing his eyesight is on a bucket list tour. last night he was in boston watching the celtics and warriors game. it is part of one last sight

seeing tour by donations. they went to google and... >> they have been to disney land and everywhere. >> i have enjoyed the experience and it has been quite an experience. >> after boston lewis is headed to new york and he wants to see niagara falls and las vegas. >> five-year-old mild scott. he was abruptly told on sunday the segment had been pulled. they said because of the fluid nature of the live information and all expenses have been paid

for a trip to los angeles including the trip to disney land. all right, pam, time now 6:18 and we are following a major crash in emoryville. >> the good news, steve just opened the freeway, and and it make take awhile and we just got off the phone with the chp officer and seven cars were confirmed to be involved and that's why the lanes had to be shut down. luckily will were no injuries just damage to the cars which is very sluggish on the east shore freeway. lights have not gone on the east shore bridge and they are playing catch up, before you hit the maze, we will most likely see the toll. and at the bottom portion of

your sheen on 88 it looks like we don't have anything going on over there -- going on over there. we have concord area, walnut creek, i had a dream there was thunder and lightning and there actually was. most of this is long gone and there could be some light rain to the north and okay, sent lean in and a half inch at san bruno and san jose many attain view only a couple of 100s and i'm sure we can find heavier amounts. napa, 44 / 100th, 37 / 100th 100th. livermore 12 / 100th.

santa rosa finally went over 12 inches for the season and remember this is for the end of june and san francisco observer said mike has not seen it yet. san jose has only had 3 and 4 quarters and that's what goes down in the books. it looks like all the rain can still be a drizzle and watch out some fog coming from the cold could the. san jose, 150 up in santa rosa a little cooler for some and it looks like some breaks, sun and clouds and a mild pattern and this is am warm system that comes in and our next system will arrive with rain to the

north. some lingering rain to the northmost of it is long gone, 60s to mid-to-upper near 70 degrees pleasanton, same for redwood city morgan hill and gilroy, we will have 70 degrees and morgan hill, sunny mild to warm clouds roll in and mainly quiet >> federal officials want detailed information on why it took ten years to recall more than a million cars with faultty ignition problems. the switches have been linked to 13 deaths and 31 crashes since 2004. a possible break. >> it was shocking and

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have new unemployment numbers and we will get to all of the business news in just a moment. thanks for joining us on ktvu channel 2 morning news, thursday pam, mash 6th, i am dave -- march 6th, i am dave clark. >> and i am pam cook. we have had enough rain for the month of march. >> yes, we made up for january, that is for sure. still last night was the main impact of that front. still some fog, some light rain to the north and the front has accelerated and now we can focus, we'll see some warmer temperatures. we had some of that yesterday on the santa clara valley. not much in the way of any rain and there are some breaks in the clouds. mostly cloudy morning, it will not take long to begin when you

are sending 56 or 57, it is kind of a tropical feel, overall clouds decreasing and it is a mixed bag. light drizzle and morning fog, some of that canning thick, 60s to near 70s here is tara. you will need an extra 20 minutes to get into san francisco, look at that, i wanted to show you the mcarthur maze and the resolution is not that great for some reason but you can see it is moving into the city there so it's not too bad and they are trying to catch up after that earlier crash we had on 80 westbound. finally traffic is not too bad at the sunole grade. i have seen some congestion. it has also been a bit foggy on this screech that steve has mentioned and make sure you

drive this speed limit. it is 632, and i'm sure you saw and and held it bringing heavy rain even some lightning and thunder. alex savage is in martinez, we have some problems, good morning alex. at the height of these overnight storms, there were more than 5,000 people here and at this point power has been installs. there woke up and these storms are like limb what triggerelled some of these out averages -- out damages. -- outages. you can see the lightning as

this powerful storm cell bleu through and it came -- blew through and it came around the time the thunder was finished with some heavy rain but some people are still waiting for the lights to come back on. >> we actually heard a loud bang probably 10:30 or 11:00 and we woke up and we realized there was no power in our house and no power in the street. as far as the rest of the block, there was no power. there was a strong power in passive can last night and that left the roads in thattette i moved through very quick --

quickly. as far as the outages they are hoping to everybody restored later this morning. alex savage, ktvu channel 2 morning news. a richmond school teacher is behind bars after being arrested in his classroom on child abuse sexual charges. live where there are questions you who the teacher was hired in the first place. >> reporter: here at the school system, counselors will be on hand to speak with affected students. many of the students actually saw the a rememberrests of david who was placed in handcuffs in front of his classroom yesterday. the teach every faces as the least -- at least 14 kinds of child abuse cases and they did not stem from his teaching at

this school and and what makes this happen, they ran fingerprints on him and he passed but at the same time he was being investigated from the alleged charges from his previous school. >> hindsight looking back, we need to go deeper. >> into our processes before employing people. >> i am deeply concerned how he could shall a teach are teacher. >> they say previously there were no red flags and they are

reexamineing his previous employer. we learned he was there to replace another teacher who was not a good fit for the school and for the kids and he is currently being held on $1.4 million bail. later tonight oakland mayor jean quan delivers her state of the city address. her strength unscales new initiatives and the the economy goes hand in hand. that is set for oakland city hall. tenants in the area say they have been from countingit and to living there to solve

the issues they had to deal with. i am angry, i am frustrated. >> i want to see some change. >> we are still formulating change based on the inspections right now. >> now the city is planning on a special meeting and the city manager says there is no money to from he rye now. spaulding's body was found more than two weeks after she disappeared from her hospital bed. the claim is hospital malpractice and negligence. they could seek damages beyond the 250 million malpractice cap. >> there is no cap for elder a

abuse statute. >> reporter: the legal game is the first step towards a lawsuit. san franciscoel police are searching for a plan near the hospital. the now investigators say the suspect was responsible for at least five assaults in the past week. he is described as having a partially amputated leg to propel himself at a high rate of speed. now to our continuing rises, they will hold a meeting to determine if they should become part of russia. they took over a government building waving the russian flag. the majority of people there

are ethnic russians. congress right now is working on combine being loan guarantees to ukraine's government and economic sanctions. these are live pictures and the hearing of the foreign affairs committee. the next step is getting marijuana in washington state. they have issued the first business lice sense to grow marijuana. [applauds] >> the license will allow them to grow 21,000 square feet of marijuana at a spokane facility. it will be the first marijuana grown for sale approved by voters of 2012. sales in stores are expected to begin june. colorado was the only other

state to legalize march want. heed on his usual gear. he made a half court shot. he made it look easy. yeah we saw you. harbaugh's wife is from kansas city and by the way the pep talk apparently worked. they won by a 20 points march begin. -- margin. >> 6:41 a mother accused of a terrible act. we hear from the bystanders turned rescuers who stopped the woman from driving her children into the ocean. live in san jose where they are and what they are saying

about the driver. we are a little bit sluggish and we will have more traffic hot spots coming up. . thunder and lightning for some at 10:30 or 11:00. we will have more coming up. stay tuned.

. welcome back, a man is dead after being hit. janine de la vega is talking about what happened. >> reporter: pam, if you count turn lines, this is nine lanes of traffic and there is no crosswalks here, that is a question for police, was the victim trying to cross before he was hit. this is video of what happened in the southbound lanes justest of capital expressway. emergency crews rushed to help but were unable to save him. he was pronounced dead at the scene. several people stopped to talk to police including the driver. we are told that driver is cooperating went investigate terms it is up clear and as of

now the victim's identity has not been released. san jose, janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 morning news. they are scheduled to give an update on a bay area cold case. it is including very ron can and she was 18 years old at the time. she was last seen waiting for a bus to go to a birthday party. her body was found in pacifica. family and friends said they never gave up hope that her family and friends would be left. >> other victims were killed in pacifica mill bray annandale lip city -- and dale lip city. they are expected to create a it is a, force -- a task force.

it is the first anniversary of the scening lights and the -- shining lights and all 25,000 lights will go out for 10 minutes and they want to demonstrate what the bridge will look like without them. that will be followed by a must call light show and they hope to keep them and hopefully the cards can be used on a ac transit and over the next year they will be included in places like rio vista, clover dale and petaluma. they will be added to the network. we are hearing about good samaritans after the mother of

a family intentionally drove a mini haven't into the ocean. they were on the beach, heard three children screaming off in the distance. one child was wrestling with the mother for the steering wheel. they stopped the speak and pulled everybody to safety. >> she looked at us with this blank look and she just kept repeating they were okay. >> she asked police several times. that woman is now a evaluating -- awaiting a mental health evaluation and the children have been turned over to protective services. coming up on mornings on 2,

economic espionage. what a walnut creek man has been convicted of selling teucrian in -- china for $20 million. the halfs and a half nots. which bay area has been the income quality and they have had 30,000 pounds of steel into the big-rig and a man is feeling a little more sad than lucky, now back to you on the morning news. >> all right, torii, what a story. let's check in with tar tara, what is happening in the south bay? >> no major accidents near south san jose and we certainly have congestion. at the 880 dan this is a look at 280 near san jose on the right-hand side of your screen there, it has been sluggish as you make the drive towards 17 and it has been bunching up.

they are coming up on up and it really sort of delayed the backup and we have folks heading into the city and a 20 minute extra tack on to your commute. you can see traffic is looking good. >> that is so pretty. >> i painted this from me to you, tara. >> really? >> yes. >> is this joe johnson? either him or kevin. we do have mostly cloudy skies. pretty good rain last night especially from the lake to concord, walnut creek to danville. i want to show you some totals and the system is mostly

cloudy. forecast headlines, generally fog, ukiah says fog, santa rosa and mild and muggy and partly sunny mild and wrong and it was raining my gosh it was pouring. a half inch of rain and george mccray also reported some thunder and lightning as well. we did get pretty good thunderstorms which made it up to the sierra nevada as well. and in the keys, they have it 2 quarters of an inch much rain and it was okay and it was better ,it looks like the east

bay. mostly cloudy, some light rain around the coast and again, the frontal band is already flowing through and we have some low 70s and both were around 73. it is kind of a tropical feel, a lot of high and low-level clouds, upper 40s for a few and upper 50s elsewhere and livermore 56 and it will not take long to start warming up. after the system goes by, warmer in reno and already 60 in san diego. high pressure winds are in for about two days and we'll see another system coming in and it looks like that rain will stay to the north. some sun later on and some lingering rain. 60s to low-to-mid to upper 68 antioch, and redwood city,

mountain view, 68, fog will be thick, increasing clouds and mild on north money. a dog left to die in an suv, what we are learning about this car theft. this could be away couldn't lovers dream, pam, the unusual app that gives people a chance to wake up and smell bacon every morning.

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the streeting injures risk and he broke down and cried putting his head in his hands. he mistook her for an intruder. >> pretty good numbers. the dow jones industrial average gives us a -- dow jones industrial average gives us a live look and people shopped at victoria secret. a new survey shows it could be another bad year for restaurants. they are expecting to eat out this year and the survey also shows consumers expect to make more cut backs more than any other travel sector than any other. they are waking up to the sight, sound and smell to bacon. >> wake up. .. >> the morning of your screams. only... it is called the wake up

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