there could be still very light rain. and some of the areas to the north will be much more favorable to any measurable presip. 50s to 60s. 60 in oakland. san jose is 59. there is a lot of cloud cover and mild temperatures. look for morning drizzle or very light rain and linger to the early afternoon hours. and probably kick out of here. but cloudy and mild for most of the day. morning drizzle to light rain. 60s and 70s. here is sal. we are looking at a morning commute that looks good. thatling which things. as you can see traffic is still looking pretty good. we've had a couple fender benders already. let's take a look at toll plaza. it is light. there are no major problems getting on to the bridge. it is about a ten minute drive

time. 580 dublin to livermore. that looks good. let's go back to the desk. breaking news in fremont where crews are on the scene of three different fires all reported in the same area. again, we are live outside james leech elementary school. the fire here was reported at a portable building there on campus. police are also on the scene of a second fire at a public bathroom at a park right down the street from the school. the third fire at a building at a nearby little league field. all three fires were reported at about 3:00 this morning. firefighters and police both investigating at this penalty. ktvu alex savidge is there. he will have a live report coming up at 5:00. after shocks are expected for the next few days in humboldt county.

the earthquake hit at 10:18 last night. at least 12 after shocks have been reported since. no tsunami warning has been issued. j a suspect connected to the shooting of san francisco police officer is now in custody. ktvu channel 2 reporter tara moriarty is joining us from san francisco general hospital where the police officer is still recovering. tara. >> reporter: yeah 28-year-old officer adam shaw is recovering from shoulder surgery that he had. meanwhile his attacker is in jail. >> officer shot. units in the area. >> reporter: this is audio pulled from the initial 911 call and this is surveillance video of 5078-year-old jeffrey ruano being arrested early yesterday morning. that followed a nine-hour man

hunt through four counties. it all began saturday afternoon in san francisco's mission district. officer shaw and his partner stopped ruano to question him about vandalism. shots were fired when he started backing up his car toward officers. officer shaw was shot in the shoulder. after asking the chp for help, ruano was spotted in richmond and that sighting started the police chase. live from san francisco i'm tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. the last two days have been agonizing for the relatives of more than 200 people on board a plane that has gone missing. an international search has not found any lanes of malaysia air flight. but the family of one american is is hoping that he is somehow still alive. >> reporter: without any answers, the family of phillip

wood has turned to prayer. >> we are pretty calm and pretty strong. we are hanging in there. >> reporter: wood is among three americans. one of 239 people on board a plane that disappeared over the weekend. >> this is pretty fresh and we are processing it and we've just had a little bit of time to be together as a family. >> reporter: malaysia airlines flight 370 left early saturday morning. search teams from eight countries including the united states have been scouring the gulf of thailand. >> we have not found anything that appears to be object from the aircraft let alone the aircraft. >> reporter: this isn't the first time a modern jet has disappeared. it took crews nearly two years to find the majority of air flight france 447 that crashed from rio to paris in 2009. adding to the mystery of the missing malaysia airlines

flight, interpoll says two of the passengers had used passports stolen to board the plane. the tickets for those two passengers were later found to be purchased together. the misery has fueled theories of terrorism. but officials say it's too early to draw any conclusions. the stolen passports may have been used for illegal embrace. the family of phillip wood hopes for a miracle. >> i'm crossing my fingers that maybe there is a happy ending to this. back here in the bay area new information this morning on the east bay teacher accused of molesting children. we are now hearing ronald ginto was the executive director of camp epic. that is an out door leadership school for people from fifth grade to the college level.

he is being held in jail at this point. new this morning san francisco police are searching for a suspect in an attempted carjacking in the richmond district. police say they are searching for a man who tried to carjack the victim at gunpoint on clement and 12th street. when the victim did not comply the man fired his gun into the air and ran. the suspect was last seen walking toward park. we could learn the identity today of an oakland woman killed when a tree fell on highway 80. that -- the woman was driving in the far right lane when a tree fell and landed directly on her car. investigators now trying to determine who owns the land that, that tree was on. >> we do not believe it belonged to the state because of the fence line. but we are still investigating that. >> the accident blocked the

freeway for almost two hours. the road has since reopened. time is 4:36. the chp looking for the driver that left the and of a deadly crash. that happened at about 3:15 yesterday afternoon when a black sedan and mini van crashed on northbound 880. the mini van flipped over killing the male driver. the passenger in the vehicle was taken to the hospital. the chp says the driver of the car took off on foot. also new this morning, a new study shows more americans are taking public transportation instead of driving to their destination. the american public transportation association says americans took nearly 10.7 billion trips on public transportation this last year. here in the bay area cal train marked record ridership last year with an 11% daily increase. bart's ridership is higher than ever with a record 400,000

trips being made on most days. a program that would allow shuttle buses to use muni could be stalled for months. protestors say the shuttles have increased genderification leading to higher rent and evictions. the board will vote on the appeal april 1st. the price at the the pump continues to go up. gas prices have jumped ten cents over the past two weeks. that put the average at $3.51. california the average is much higher at $3.89. hoar is a look at where gas prices stand right now. san francisco drivers are paying an average of $3.92 a gallon. san jose $3.86. in oakland people are paying $3.84 to fill up the tank. today a bay area lawmaker

plans to introduce lawmakers from sabotaging pg&e substations. the bill would help to prevent coordinated attacks that could cause wide spread blackouts. last april 17 transformers were destroyed in a coordinated sniper attack near san jose. the new legislation would require electric utilities in california to develop better security systems. police are warning people who live in the east bay about someone possibly posing as a worker for east bay mud. a ford truck was stolen thursday night. authorities are concerned the thief might try to impersonate a water district employee because a work badge, hard hat, and safety vest were all inside the truck. the vehicle bears the number 896. california license plate number 128-5077. investigators say it was

spotted over the weekend. time is 5:39. a new issue surrounding obama care in california. the problem surrounding enrollment but what those people are not doing after they sign up. plus a special meeting with the president. good morning. traffic is still doing very well but it's wet out there and that may effect your drive to work. we'll be watching the roads like the toll plaza. it still looks good here. >> cloud cover not much in the way of rain.

this is amateur videoturing a stage collapse -- capturing a stage collapsing in southern california. about 200 girls were performing saturday night for the annual

musical theater challenge when the stage suddenly collapsed. school officials say 40 of those girls were sent to the hospital with minor injuries. investigators are now looking into the school's permit for the stage to see if it included weight restrictions. happening today a day long series of events in san francisco. scheduled to protest against chinese role in tibet. this is video from last years march. president obama will meet with ukrainian prime minister at the white house on wednesday to show u.s. support for the new ukrainian government. now over the weekend pror half supporters took part in massive rallies. this comes as they are set to

vote on a referendum this coming sunday on whether to leave ukraine and join russia. olympic track star oscar pastor use back in court today in south africa for the second week of his murder trial. i want to show you video of pistorius arriving at court this morning. he is accused of shooting his girlfriend reeva steenkamp by mistake thinking she was an intruder. prosecutors say he shot her intentionally after an argument. yes or no van der sloot will be heading back to the u.s.. peru has decided to extradite van der sloot after he serves a 20 year murder sentence for killing a woman in his hotel room. he is a suspect in the 2005 disappearance of alabama teen natalee holloway. she went missing on a trip to aruba. the u.s. wants to try him on

charges that he extorted money from holloway's mother by offering her false information. today public safety officials will release more details about enhanced security for this year's bost top-- boston marathon. it follows last year's deadly terror attack. three people were killed. more than 260 injured. 36,000 runners and up to a million spectators are expected to attend this year's event. it is now 4:46. let's check in with sal for a look at traffic. hi sal. >> hello, pam. traffic will be effected by the wet roads. and right now it is still light. not a lot of people are out there, yet. we may have more collisions. that is what happens when it is wet out there. traffic on 880 looks light. it is a nice looking drive all the way up into the downtown,

oakland area. no problems from downtown to the hegenberger exit. let's take a look at the san mateo bridge. this traffic looks nice. san jose in the south bay looks nice. so if you are starting off right now and driving almost anywhere in the south bay, you will not see slow traffic. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. a very good morning. cloud cover over us. [ inaudible ] some areas a little cooler but not as warm as yesterday. send it back to pam. >> sounds a little fuzzy. we'll handle that. voluntary water cuts paying off. according to the examiner water use in the city has dropped 18% since the end of january. that is when the san francisco public utilities commission first asked customers to voluntarily cut back water use

by 10%. a series of storms helped boost california's water supply. the federal government has denied permits to widen the guadalupe river near san jose. the water district approved a plan to feed the water into san francisco bay in 2009. but both the army corp of engineers and epa refuse -- threatening several endangered species. if you have a house in the bay area and you are looking to sell, now could be the perfect time. zip realty based the top ten list on median sales price and total housing inventory. last year the sales price went up 35% verses the national

average. some realtors also attribute the areas economy for making it rise to the top. >> low interest rates. five of the top ten places on zip reality's list are here in california, sacramento, san diego, orange county, and los angeles also made the list. president obama is celebrating the achievement of the sanford women's tennis team. players will have the opportunity to meet with the president at the white house today. and he is congratulating the champions of some other sports. the lpga returning to the bay area for the first time in four years. this morning an official news conference will be held to announce the swinging skirts lpga championships.

that event will be held april 24th through the 27th. the classic will feature 122 golfers and 22 players from taiwan. it is now 4:49. pounding waters and the surfer looking for help. the dangerous rescue effort as crews try to bring a surfer to safety. he is a living piece of bay area aviation history. we will introduce you to a legendary pilot who is celebrating a major milestone. when i was living without insurance, it was very scary.

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if i would have known i was going to live this long i would have taken better care of myself. >> i think we have heard that before. incredible man. he is a legendary bay area pilot celebrating his 100th birthday. dozens of friends infamingly joined him at the san carlos airport to celebrate. he was born just 11 years after the wright brother's flight. he started his own flying here in 1973 at a south bay airstrip that is no longer there and a plane that didn't have any brakes. >> i made my first airplane solo off the stanford campus. they had an airport south of the stadium. >> he earned his engineering

degree. eventually founded rick helicopters. what was once the largest helicopter operation in the world. and he was the first president of the helicopter association. let's go back over to steve paulson for a look at the weather. your microphone up in order? >> that was a good story. >> i love hearing from people like that. >> we do have cloudy skies and some very light rain. almost all the observations say cloudy. there is drizzle out there or very light rain. this is a whole hum system. 50s or low 60s on the temps. another mild pattern. low 80s toward the santa clara valley. by this afternoon i think later this afternoon we will get sun in here. 50s and 60s for a lot of the temperatures. so not cool. it's kind of toppling over. and that is a bad sign. so drizzle mainly. or really light rain. cloudy and mild. this will all move south but

60s and 70s rain totals will be very, very light. cloudy and mild morning. morning drizzle or light rain. breeze might pick up tonight into tuesday but i'm getting ahead of myself. sunny side up here. mild to warm. >> thank you, steve. pounding surf made the rescue operation of a trapped surfer very difficult. they got a call yesterday afternoon about a surfer in distress. about an hour later a chp helicopter was able to lift the surfer off the rocks by a rope. he is from the bay area and was take ton the hospital to be treated. family and friends are remembering a shooting that happened in north richmond. friends have paid tribute to

henny by painting his name on the sidewalk where it happened. anyone with information is asked to contact the contra costa county sheriff's office. we know the identity of a man killed in a dui crash saturday night. police say the man who died is the dozen of the driver. it shows the aftermath -- the driver of the camaro was not hurt. a passenger in the integra was killed. >> i heard that he got out of the car and on his cell phone. and then he started to run when he saw the cops. i heard the police officer say he's running. he's getting away. and they got him. >> the driver of the integra was arrested for dui and gross

vehicular manslaughter. construction crew will begin work on the smart rail line. it will include removing the old track. the nearly $428 million project is expected to be finished in 2016. once completed the line will run from san rafael, all the way up to santa rosa. an extension to larkspur could follow. a simple blood test can predict who will get alzheimer's. it looks at the level of of fat. drops say current drugs may be failing because patients are treated so late. an estimated 44 million people worldwide suffer from

alzheimer's disease. that number is expected to triple by 2050. intellect the ucsf medical center will host a star studded fundraiser in san francisco tonight. jack nicholson, danny divito and many more will attend that fundraiser tonight. tickets cost $125. coming up next at 5:00, three fires break out near a fremont elementary school. the new information ktvu alex savidge just learned and the reason the fires are now being called specific. >> >> good morning. right now we are still looking at a commute that is looking good. however, it is a little wet out there. that may make for some problems

with the drive to work. >> emphasis on little wet. there is not much to this system. we'll see if it will give us any measurable rain.

search search is under way for an arsonist after crews

respond to three suspicious fires. including one set at an elementary school. we are live in violence where a police officer is still recovering after being shot over the weekend. we will tell you about massive man hunt that led to the suspect's capture. search continues this morning for that missing malaysia airline's plane. how the family of one of the americans on board say they are coping with uncertainty. big earthquake hits off the far northern california coast. what people reported feeling. that's all ahead on the ktvu channel 2 morning news. good morning everybody. here's a live look at leech elementary school in fremont. that is where one of several fires broke out just about two hours ago. alex savidge just talked to a battalion