good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell.

>> i'm dave clark. we get to talk about weather and traffic. there is a lot to talk about. i would take an umbrella. there's steve. >> wait five minutes. you will have sun and then get some hail, thunder, lightning. some hail reported in napa county. it looks like for the morning hours. really dynamic system moving onshore. the system that came between half moon bay and san gregorio heading to palo alto, maybe belmont. that will be brief, heavy rain. also morgan hill to gilroy, good, old-fashioned rain. nothing severe there. the line has moved out. from hercules right there. that's what popped over to benicia, hercules, pinole.

that's moved off. there was hail in mill valley. it looks like things have calmed for now. pretty cold rain, petaluma, santa cruz, tecate. some snow up at cobb mountain at 2700 feet. this is a very cold rain falling to the north. cold air is not only in place buts also on the way. santa rosa, 44. 43, livermore. san jose, 44. antioch is 42 degrees. and even the city is at 48. so it will be a cold day. any sunbreaks will only help juice up the atmosphere. showers, occasionally, some of these will be severe. this is the key. this swinging in is gonna give us intense rain. and the cold core of the low will come in. plenty going on. off-and-on rain. some of it will be heavy. possibility of more thunderstorms. 50s on the temperatures. here's sal. the rain usually means more collisions, sometimes flooding. we're looking at the south bay

and traffic in the santa clara valley looks okay. a little bit slow on 101. 85 is not that slow as we look at the peninsula, 101 looks okay getting into the south bay. but there is a big mess in the santa cruz mountains. northbound 17, we've had a slow slow traffic coming in because of a crash near the summit. there was a crash reported southbound in the same area. if you come into the valley on 17, please give yourself extra time. we also have a new crash reported on highway 4 right at 80, a car hydroplaned and other vehicles may have hit this car, one car went over the side. this is westbound 4 just near highway 80 in hercules. let's go to live pictures. 880 traffic here, looks good. bay bridge toll plaza, looking like 30 to 35-minute drive time into san francisco. 7:04. back to the desk. this morning, people around the bay area are cleaning up from yesterday's storm as more rain heads our way. tara moriarty is in berkeley

with a look at the damage left behind by a large lightning strike there. good morning. >> reporter: a lot of people who live in this neighborhood say it sounded like be a huge -- incd a huge -- an incredible bolt of lightning. this is a huge piece of wood from the tree that you can see behind me or what was once the tree. this used to be 85 feet tall with huge limbs. no more. the bolt struck the near yesterday afternoon near holly and buena. the impact destroyed a parked car, it ripped roofs apart and blew out windows throughout the area. >> there was a huge lightning flash. all of the air outside of our windows seemed to go yellow and white for an instant. and there was a huge roll of

thunder. it felt like the house was shaking. >> reporter: luckily, the lightning bolt didn't spark a fire but it did knock out power in the neighborhood. the debris scattering over a three-mile radius. the cleanup is extensive. later this morning, we're expecting roofing repairmen out here. it was raining off and on, so definitely the roofs will need to be repaired so more damage doesn't happen. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. in marin cleanup is underway after two redwoods took a beating. in sausalito a tree hit by lightning basically exploded sending chunks of wood flying. fortunately, the woman who lives in the home where the windows were shattered was not home at the time. >> i would have been sitting there. i definitely would have been hurt if i had been sitting there. >> in mill valley, another redwood fell on a house, causing major damage.

but no injuries. neighbors say storm drains backed up and made the cleanup extensive. planes were struck by lightning. none of the pilots requested special assistance. the planes were from alaska, united and united emirates. there could be more close calls with steve reporting another chance of thunderstorms. we checked in with sheriff's deputies in nevada county. they are still searching for the sierra for a missing 25- year-old snowboarder from here in the bay area last seen yesterday afternoon. he was last seen in the castle peak area across 880 near bor rial mt -- boirial mountain --

boreal mountain resort. his father says his son is physically fit and he had the necessary equipment to survive the cold. >> according to his father, he knows the area and knows the sierra hut. that's one of the first places we'll check. >> deputies say they are bringing in more resources because of the limited visibility because of this latest storm. two snowmobilers were missing but they were found safe shortly after midnight. if you are heading to the sierra, you are warned. expect snow and slush on the roads. right now, caltrans is requiring chains or four-wheel drives with snow tires. those requirements are in place for both 80 as well as highway 50. snowplows, they are also working overtime and in some places, the drifts, they are as high as some buildings. now, you can keep track of all of the storms even when you are away from us on your tv.

just download ktvu's weather app. you can get it on your iphone, your ipad or your android device. 7:08. police in oakland are looking for a man who sexually assaulted a 6-year-old girl after luring her away from school. it happened on east 28th street near bella vista elementary. brian flores is at the school piecing together how this could happen and the clues police have to go on. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning. opd also looking to see whether this case is connected to two others as welt. i'm sure many parents are hoping this guy gets caught. behind me is bella vista, near where this latest incident happened. they say friday afternoon around 3:15, this girl was walking near bella vista elementary school when a man lured her away and inappropriately touched her not too far from her on 10th avenue and east 28th street. after it happened, the girl made it back here to bella vista and reported it to an

acall -- an adult. we have calls into oakland police for more information this morning. this is who police are looking for. it would be good to pay attention. the suspect is described as latino between 20, 25 years old, 5'6" to 5'10", average build, black hair. police say he was driving in a silver suv. now, also important to note is that he was wearing a blue and black jacket with black shorts. he may have a tattoo of a horse face on his left calf. all of that information coming from opd the chronicle says the opd is looking at whether this incident is related to two others in the past couple of months. in late january, another 6-year- old girl was touched by a stranger on the campus of think college now elementary off international boulevard. on march 7th, another girl reported being inappropriately touched at the campus of world academy off 28th. police looking for any witnesses or any information to

come forward to them, crimestoppers also issuing out a $7500 reward for any information leading to an arrest. we're live in oakland, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you. 7:10. san jose police are searching for suspects in a new crime wave. there have been six drive-by shootings in the past few days. the most recent was late yesterday. police say one person was wounded in the gunfire off tully road but is expected to survive. police are trying to determine if any of these shootings are connected. 7:11. despite all of the rain we're getting right now, still some residents in the south bay today, you are facing tough, new restrictions on water use. a very bumpy road this week for general motors. it has just issued a recall involving a million of its cars and today the company's ceo is facing congress over a separate recall for a flaw that's blamed for a dozen deaths. we're looking at highway

24, westbound. you can see traffic is moderately heavy getting busier. coming up we'll tell you what the toll plaza commute looks like. if you have ever wondered what midwest is, wait five minutes. today is the way. some clouds, sun, hail, lightning. back to sun, clouds. what about tonight, though? [ male announcer ] get to subway for the spicy italian, now the $3 six-inch select of april. try it fresh toasted on garlic bread with shredded mozzarella, top it with your choice of veggies like cucumbers and red onions, and it's still just $3. and that's just one of our april featured values. we've also got the tasty turkey breast and black forest ham as our featured $5 footlong. for just $5, load it up with all your favorites like green peppers and baby spinach. the $3 six inch select and the featured $5 footlong -- get both all april long! subway. eat fresh.

parents and students in pleasant hill are on alert this morning after a disturbing incident involving a 17-year- old girl. police say the teenager was groped while heading to class yesterday morning. it happened on a trail used by many students to get to nearby prospect alternative high school and pleasant hill middle school. police say a man jumped out of the bushes grabbed the girl, then ran off. many parents are driving their kids to school this morning. with this, i mean, i will definitely drop her off and

keep picking her up every day. >> when we heard it, i felt like -- like why does it always happen to people like that? >> so far, police have a vague description of the attacker. a white man, 30 years old with a thin build and light-colored hair. 7:14. there is a new report that says american students are getting better when it comes to problem solving but they are still trailing kids in other nations. an spwsht test given to 15-year- olds in 2012, it shows that american students performed slightly above average. however, they still trailed kids in many other nations, including singapore, hong kong, canada and australia. the administrators are still applauding american students. they say the results suggest that kids here are open to uncertainty and are not afraid to use intuition to find an answer to a problem. happening now, these are live pictures from washington, d.c. where we're hearing from people about the long delay

general motors recall. the families of people who died when the air bags did not deploy in their gm cars are among those speaking along with two senators and also henry waxman speaking right now. let's listen in. >> now i want to acknowledge the families and some of those victims for joining us today, for speaking up about their loved ones. i know it's difficult. it takes a great deal of courage to speak out about what's happened. i know they are reexperiencing the continuing pain that they have been feeling. you've not only lost family members but you've lost them in an accident that might have been prevented had gm taken action sooner. >> henry waxman is a member of congress based in los angeles. later this morning, gm's ceo will face tough questions from a congressional subcommittee on the timing of this recall. and all of this a happening one

day after -- all of this is happening after gm issued an unrelated recall of 1.3 million cars. this problem is related to the power steering on several model cars, the malibus, hhrs and pontiac g-6 models. drivers can still steer the cars. it just takes more effort and gm says that could increase the chances of an accident. the transportation department has a new recall to make it easier for drivers of all light vehicles to see what's behind you. it would require rear-view cameras for all new cars, suvs and light trucks and vans. it would be phased in starting with the 2016 models. supporters say it will prevent drivers from backing up over little children. the government says every year 210 people die, about 15,000 are hurt in those kinds of

accidents. there is a new development in the story of mozilla's chief executive officer. if you used the fire fox to go to the cupid dating site, you will be stopped. cupid is pitting up a message asking people not to use firefox. they say the ceo, brendan ike, is an opponent for equal rights for guy couples and are offering users an opportunity to download another browser before they continue. it is 7:18. a new attraction is getting people in las vegas a new view of the city. the high roller ferris wheel officially opened yesterday. built by ceaser's. it's the world's tallest. there are 28 enclosed gas gondolas. it's expected to be overtaken

by a ferris wheel planned by staten island. that's expected to be taller. >> you go first and then i will go. >> i don't think so. hey, sal, you are ready to go. and there are things happening on the roads now. >> that's right. it's a little wet out there, as you know. we have a nice picture of the toll plaza here with the sun coming up. it's backed up beyond the 880 overcrossing. it's still slow here. it will be a big delay backed up for a 30-minute delay on the bridge unless you are in the carpool lane and then you will get by much sooner than that. also looking at 880 northbound and southbound, the traffic here looks good in both directions. there are no major problems there. i want to take a look amount some of the things here. westbound highway 4 at 80 there is a crash there. but traffic on 80 itself is not all that bad as you drive towards richmond. let's go to steve. all right, sal.

thank you. we still have a winter weather advisory in the sierra until 11:00. there will be a few sunbreaks. but that's only to going to help the formation of the possibility of -- i don't want to say severe but we've had thunder and lightning. it's too cold in the upper atmosphere and also at the surface really for us to get strong severe but out in the valley maybe, possibility here. a lot of the ingredients are in place. we get the scattered showers, thundershowers in the morning. a lot of reports of hail. this right there. very intense coming in probably late morning, early afternoon for the north bay and then for everybody by late this afternoon or into tonight and then the cold area of low pressure looks like it's tracking right close over the bay area. rainfall totals, want to get a couple in. cazadero, 1.65. 42 degrees. sausalito, .75. ben lomond 1.30. today could be one of those

countries where across the street -- across the street there's an inch and you get .3. redwood city, palo alto, menlo park, if you are getting heavy rain there, that's the cell. there is another one coming in on highway 1 south of half moon bay towards san gregorio heading up towards sky line. probably 280 there's heavy rain. the cell is moving across fremont, union city, newark, clipping sunnyvale, mountain view as well. up to the north, there's a little cell right over st. helena it looks like that popped up. but tecate had a report of hail. that's where it was. just moved off. that's the day it's going to be that you get brief, heavy rain and the sun will pop up. st. helena looks like pretty good rain, up to lake county. we've had reports of snow up at cobb at 2700 feet. that's a very cold rain.

42 in antioch. 43 santa rosa. 48 at sfo. some thunder and lightning definitely in the mix today and then it will turn more heavy rain -- when this comes in, this will be brief, heavy rain and then the possibility of more thunderstorms as the low gets closer. some of the rainfall projections about the same as we had. would be about .3 to an inch. sometimes the shower activity congress scattered wide -- shower activity scattered widely. this will all come by by wednesday morning. then we'll be on the drier side. chilly today, a lot of reports of hail. it will be a rainbow today. 50s on the temperatures. colder up north. i doubt some areas get above 51, 52. showers take us into wednesday morning and then a cool, breezy day. a brook thursday morning --

break thursday morning. a weak system brushes us. but then it's out of here. the weekend looks sunny and warm and next week looks dry and well. a criminal with a conscience in a bizarre home- invasion robbery in the east bay. >> he brought my mother kleenex. he wanted to bring her a chair. >> what prompted an armed robber to show some sympathy for his victim. back, back, back. >> you see that? an unusual encounter with a deer in the east bay, what prompted all of this? look at it.

it is 7:25. we're following developing news from new york state. these are live pictures from the scene of a deadly accident between a charter bus and a pickup truck. this is in albertson, about 45 minutes east of new york city.

it's on long island near hicksville, it looks like. it looks like the bus veered off the road somehow and it's propped up a little bit. a lot of activity near the scene. a fire truck there on the left and a lot of emergency crews as well. police say the driver of the bus died. at this point, it's still unclear what caused this crash. we'll have more details as it comes in. 7:25. a 21-year-old military veteran says her time spent in the military may have cost her a job. army specialist kala reyes is in the national guard. she recently interviewed for a job at a sales associate at macy's but says the hiring manager kept asking her about her time at war. reyes claims that manager said she wouldn't know how to approach people because of her time spent overseas. >> she explained to me, i've been here 15 years. i know you wouldn't be able to

be good here. i said well, isn't your job loss prevention. she said that's what you to. that's what you are good at. >> since she posted her story online, she has received a lot of report. she believes this is a misconception of people who have served in the military. the homeowner in contra costa county says an aggressive deer came after his dog and he got it all on video. >> whoa! >> back, back, back! >> the video was shot in the martinez/pleasant hill area last week where deer sightings are common but this one seemed different. >> it was just walking back and forth. it wasn't spooked. it was kind of odd it didn't get spooked. >> he took out his camera and started to record and that's when the deer went after the dog three times. ktvu showed the video to a vet and he says he has seen agres

gretion from deers towards -- aggression from deers towards dogs once or twice a year. the homeowner said he's spotted two little ones in the same area. not pretty enough? san francisco's considering a new law today that would address what many consider to be an ugly problem. >> reporter: we're live in fremont where water rationing starts today. there's a lot of cleanup going on today. we'll show you an accident this morning that wasted hundreds of gallons of water. we're looking at a commute that's getting busker is by the moment. busier by the moment. sun, cloud, showers, hail, low snow levels. a lot going on. we'll take a closer look at a cell at palo alto coming up in two minutes.

it is 7:31. good morning. we're live in fremont this morning where an early-morning accident caused a lot of water to be wasted on the first day of water rationing. you can see a lot of cleanup is still taking place. we'll have more on the story in a moment. welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. some wild weather coming our way, steve. >> it's going to be a very busy

day. we've had plenty of reports of thunder, lightning and hail. snow up in the sierra nevada. we're waiting for this system here. that's the band that will move onshore late afternoon, early evening. that will give us brief, heavy rain. out ahead of us, it's severe weather. ango win, mid -- angwin 1.75. middletown, 1.61. clayton, .99. sausalito, .75. it looks like a strong cell that went overwood side. now it's over palo alto. there's one over san gregorio and then back to portolo valley. maybe skyline, you could hit heavy rain for a while. you can see the whole cell

moving off towards fremont, union city. there's still some lining up offshore. it's kind of hit and miss. this is why we call them shower. tecate, had reports of rain. napa. southern napa so far. a very cold rain with some snow mixed in mendocino county and lake county. we get the scattered showers in the morning, then this system will drive in a little bit later. that's going to give widespread rain. some of that will be heavy at times. 40s on the temperatures. bundle up, it will be a very, very chilly day. these highs are way below average. not only this has to go through but the cold low will trek over the bay area. that will be late tonight into early tomorrow morning. off and on rain. some of it will be heavy. thunderstorms again, more hail reports. thunder and lightning. early this afternoon. 50s on the temperatures. >> steve, it is busier now than it was 20 minutes ago. we reached the peak of the commute. let's go right to the pictures.

traffic on 24 is going to be pretty slow in pleasant hill and la fayette and also in orinda. it's about a 12 to 15-minute drive time as you drive through. also as we look at the commute here at the toll plaza, we're looking at a 35-minute drive time into san francisco. the south bay, 85 finally beginning to get slow, especially as you approach highway 17 here and on 101 as you drive on 85 up to 101, it is a little bit slow. santa cruz mountains has been kind of a mess because of earlier problems and morgan hill is slow as you drive through the south bay. no major problems on 101 after that. we've been looking at 80 westbound, moderate through richmond. 7:34. back to the desk. an early-morning accident in fremont caused a lot of water to be wasted on this first day of water rationing there. a car smashed into a hydrant. that caused water to just gush into a parking lot. ktvu's janine de la vega, joining us live you are in

fremont show us the mess and tell us about the new rules out there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dave. a lot of the mess is cleaned up. there's cleanup crews right there. they are using this vacuum to clean up the water and the mud and the rocks that were here. the drains help suck up a lot of the water that flooded this parking lot on mowry. i'm told about 2,000 gallons of water gushed out of this hydrant that you see right here. it was knocked down. now, this is what it looked like earlier this morning. a lot of sludge, mud and rocks covered the parking lot. the alameda county water district says after 4:00 a.m., a driver hit the hydrant, causing water to shoot up 40 feet in the area. not a good day on this first day of rationing in fremont, newark and union city. people who live in the cities can only water their landscape one day a week or face fines. there is also a ban on

refilling swimming pools and using sprays without automatic shutoffs. violaters get their first warning through the mail, the second one a visit to the home and then after that, water could be shut off to the household. >> we don't have any water. you can see the water is low at the query and lakes -- quarry and lakes. that's huge. hopefully with the rain coming in, we can get a good snowpack and we'll be able to get some water down to niles canyon. >> reporter: the alameda county water district gets almost half of its water supply from local rainfall. at the end of january. state water officials said we need the equivalent of a big storm every week through may. that's 16 major storms. we've had five. the biggest since february and march did end well but state reservoirs are still at low levels. water experts told ktvu that to get to normal precipitation we

need the wettest april, may and june that we've had in 130 years. back out here live, you can see the crews here from the water district are just finishing up all of the cleanup that they had to do out here. but again, as you can see, everything is drying out now. so still much-needed rain that we need out here. reporting live in fremont, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 7:37. today, the mountain view city council could declare a state one water emergency. that could prompt educating the public about this nonessential water use. they get 87% of water from sfpuc. at ktvu.com, you will find real- time information on the water

level on all of california's reservoirs. look for the drought section on the news menu. happening today, former san francisco school district board keith jackson, who was arrested with leland yee, is due to appear in court this morning. he's accused of distributing campaign contributions to leland yee. jackson is also accused of drug trafficking, taking part in a gun trafficking plot and being involved in a murder for hire scheme. senator yee had his second court appearance yesterday. he did not enter a plea. yee is expected to plead not guilty to seven felony counts, including gun trafficking when he goes back to court a week from today. yesterday, yee did not talk to reporters as he left the courthouse in san francisco. but his lawyer questioned why the government's three-year investigation took so long.

>> it also raises the questions about whether they themselves, the government thought they had a case. >> leland yee remains free on $500,000 bail. leland yee may have a sizable legal defense fund thanks to the tens of thousands of dollars in campaign donations he's opinion given for his abandoned run of secretary of state. right now, yee has only $134,000 in his campaign account. however, the san francisco chronicle is reporting he recently deposited an extra $518,000 with a tv buyer for campaign ads. if he gets the deposit back he will have $650,000 for his beale bills -- legal bills. there's nothing legally that prevents him from using that money for his legal defense. san francisco supervisors take action on what many people consider to be an ugly problem.

they will consider new legislation targeting dozens at&t boxes installed on city sidewalks in reap sent years -- recent years. there are growing complaints, the metal boxes are big eyesores. under the proposal, at&t will have to try to harder to place the boxes away from sidewalks. state law allows san francisco so set out rules for where they are installed. the deadline for getting health insurance under the affordable care act has passed but those who tried to enroll online and could not finish get another 15 days to wrap up the process. it's based on the honor system, the government will not require proof that people tried earlier. the next chance to enroll will be in november. and new this morning, the white house has just announced that

president obama will make a statement this afternoon on the total enrollment numbers across the country for the affordable care act. reportedly, the goal of 7 million signups was surpassed. the 7 million target was thought to be out of reach by most experts. the president is scheduled to speak at 1:15 this afternoon our time. it is 7:41. he told his father, i'll meet you at the bottom but he never showed up. the desperate search for a missing bay area snowboarder. and bringing smiles to an area hit by tragedy. who made a surprise visit to those affected by the deadly mudslide in washington state. good morning. we're looking at a commute that's busy and a little bit rainy out there. it looks like it just rained on the san mateo bridge. we'll tell you what the wet weather is doing to the drive times around the bay area.

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we have new video of a fire in the sacramento area where four dogs had to be rescued from a burning home just a short time ago. at first, firefighters were worried the homeowners may be trapped inside. you can see all of the smoke coming out of the roof. but after a search, all of the people who live there have been accounted for. power lines are also down in the area. firefighters say the fire did

start in the attic but there's still no word on what exactly what sparked it. happening today -- cracking down on distracted driving. pam cook is in the newsroom with the alarming statistics that is offered to improve in order to save lives. >> 6,000 people are killed in the u.s. every year. that's according to the chp because of distracted driving. starting today, a month-long crackdown on distracted driving begins in the bay area. that's part of national distracted driving awareness month. officers are looking for people who are texting or holding their phone, eating, putting on makeup and everything else that takes your eyes off the road and hands off the wheel. now, according to the california office of traffic safety, 80% of accidents involve some sort of distracted driving. another campaign that begins today is from mothers against drunk driving. the group kicks off 21 days of activities to prevent underaged drinking. a survey shows teenagers who

received a message about the dangers of underaged drinking are 80% less likely to drink. there are are a number of things that can be considered distracted driving. you can get a ticket for texting while sitting at a red light. pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. we have new information about a homicide near pinole. it happened at a home near cornelius. sheriff deputies found the victim's body in the garage. they are questioning two possible suspects. we still have no information about the victim or what may have led up to the homicide. police in pleasant hill looking for a very unusual criminal who appears to have a conscience. this after a home-invasion robbery. take a look at the sketch after the strange crime on santa

lucia drive. police say the gunmen came into the house and attempted to tie up the mother and her daughter. and then the older gunman started to apologize. >> very apologetic. he brought her a clean -- kleenex, a chair, made her comfortable. >> they even brought them a tv set while they they would have something to do while he stole their valueables. the armed robber then drove off in their car. sal, how is the traffic in contra costa county? >> well, it's a little bit slow. if you are looking at highway 4, for example, you will see slow traffic coming through contra costa county from the construction zone. and then it slows in pockets from pittsburgh to concord including what you see here in baypoint. but it's going to be affected by the wet weather as well. so not only is it slow but the

roads are slick. you can see traffic is slow. i see a tow truck here at the bay bridge toll plaza with lights on. traffic at the toll plaza has been cloe. we're get -- has been slow. we're getting word now that there is an accident, a motorcycle and a compact car in one of the carpool lanes. they are sending the carpool lane out. let's take a look at 80 westbound. it's filled in in richmond. you will see a lot of slow traffic on 80 as you drive through the albany hill area. let's go to steve. all right, sal. thank you. we're in belmont here. our photographer, keith crook, i do believe. there's a big cell i do believe out to san gregorio. zoom out. i love it. this is associated with more widely scattered showers. there's been a lot of reports of thunder and lightning, crockett, pinole, hercules,

martinez, really though, things are lighting up. this has to swing in and then the low will go along the coast or over us late tonight and tomorrow. some of the rainfall totals want to get a couple of in. antonio in daly city 8/10. danville .84. angwin, 1.75. car za der row, 1.65. middletown, 1.61. sausalito, .75. we have more to go. another rainfall totals, heavier amounts, santa cruz mountains, one of the leaders of the pack. about .75 and .5 covers most of the spread. newark, fremont, union city, moderate rain here but there is a bigger cell coming onshore

heading right over san gregorio highway 1. somebody right there is getting blasted. if it's not hail, it has to be torrential rain. that will probably clams a little bit or fall apart but it will give heavy rain to parts of the peninsula if you are in line for that. kind of hit and miss on the shower activity. glen ellen is getting good rain. it's a very, very cold rain, especially up into mendocino county and lake county. a lot of reports of snow or rain/snow mix. put the whole series into motion. it's kind of picking up. you might get some sun, clouds. this will all be rain once it moves in. it won't be here for a couple of hours. really cold on the temperatures. a lot of 40s here. it's going to be a day where some areas don't get out of 53, 52. a lot of intense rain coming in with the low and late tonight/tomorrow could give us

more thunderstorms. you don't trust the comma cloud coming in. that could give heavy rain. just heard from the keys, 2 inches at lake level. 5 on the roof. 24 degrees and snowing lightly there. a lot has to swing in later this afternoon/tonight. the evening commute will probably be awful. off-and-on rain, chilly, cold. thunderstorms again possible. 50s on the temperatures. i might even be high on some of these. it will be a chilly day. if we get sunbreaks that will help with the possibility of severe weather. it will clear out after wednesday morning. we get a break on thursday and then friday morning a weak system gives us light rain. after that, it's out of here and high pressure says i'm coming back. sunny and warmer. the official death toll after the massive landslide in washington state now stands at 24. the bodies of three more people

were found. the crews are waiting for them to be identified before adding them to the list of people killed. 22 people are still missing. the governor says no survivors have been found since the day of the slide more than a week ago. but crews say they are hoping to keep working until every family has answers. >> i can't answer how long this is gonna go on. there is a lot of work to be done. a lot of work in places that -- up to 70 feet deep. >> washington's governor is now asking president obama to declare the area a disaster zone that will free up federal funds to help cover losses and expenses. yesterday, members of the seattle seahawks traveled to the area to visit some of the people affected. members of the seattle sounders, the professional soccer team, were also there. the players met with kids and signed auto graphs. they were glad to do what they can to help and boost spirits. >> it's tough to come around a tragic time like this.

but to be able to offer a little bit of release or a distraction from what's going on, i mean, that's all you can do. >> both the seattle seahawks and sounders are encouraging people to help out by donating to the red cross. 7:52. baseball season has officially started. the as' fans did not let the rain stop them from going to the home omer against cleveland -- opener against cleveland. trail gaters were getting drenched. there's ricky henderson throwing out the first pitch. nine innings later, the indians were up by 1. they scored again off jim johnson. >> the indians beat the as, 2- 0. push >> that one is well hit to left and it's gone. >> it was a better ending for the giants. they came back to win in arizona. buster posey broke a 7-7 tie in the 9th with a two-run homer.

but it was kind of a sloppy game for the giants. they committed a couple of errors. they were down 6-2 but they eventually won it, 9-8. their biggest opening day comeback since 1968. >> i think the as set a record also, ten straight opening day losses. >> yikes. >> not a record that you want. >> okay. >> and it's just beginning, tc. >> yes. deadly skydiving accident in southern california. >> everybody liked him. he had no enemies. kind of guy who never complained about anything. happy-go-lucky. >> how this tragedy has ties to the world of nascar racing. and taking new measures to avoid another airline disaster. the threat facing pilots as they fly over the indian ocean looking for that missing malaysian flight. ♪

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australia has september a jet over the indian -- has sent a jet over the indian ocean to search for missing malaysian flight 370. ten planes and nine ships are now taking part in the search. also helping out unofficially, a silicon valley startup called skybox imaging. the company launched a satellite a few months ago and the satellite captures high- definition images for skyboxes private clients. on their own time they've been looking at images of the indian ocean. a new caltrain station opens today in san bruno. since 2010, passengers have been using a temporary boarding platform but a new station opens today, just a half-mile away on san mateo avenue. it was all part of a $155 million project to celebrate the -- to elevate the track for three crossings. a 6-year-old girl sexually assaulted near an east bay

school. how this crime is similar to other recent attacks in the area. >> reporter: we're live in berkeley where a bolt of lightning strikes this gigantic tree damaging homes three blocks away. we'll tell you what crews plan to do about this, this morning. good morning. rim now we're still -- right now we're still looking at a busy commute. we've seen sob improvements -- some improvements. northbound 280 doesn't look bad getting up to highway 17. sun, clouds, thunder, lightning, hail, sun, clouds, thunder, lightning, hail maybe some low snow levels? plenty going on. we'll give you the details -- mum. [doorbell rings]

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[doorbell rings] hey. hey. so you won't miss a minute of ncaa march madness. call now to get a u-verse bundle for the same great price for 2 years. guaranteed. good morning to you. welcome back to "mornings on 2." we are live looking at -- that used to be a tree. that's not funny. we're looking at just one of the ways yesterday's storm wreaked havoc around the bay area. in berkeley, lightning hit a tree, an enormous tree, split it in two. there are parts of it all over around this house. people living nearby say it sounded like a bomb. now, ktvu's tara moriarty has been in the area since 4:30 a.m. she's coming back in a minute or two, telling us more about the massive cleanup effort

underway. tuesday morning, the very first day of april. i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. a quick look at weather and traffic. a little break steve, but a lot more coming. >> absolutely. been a lot of weather already. sun, downpour, lightning, hail. lots of reports of hail. the main bulk of the system is up here. that's what's swinging in. and then overnight we could get another -- i think some very low snow levels as well. had a good cell come on the san mateo coast. went across the peninsula, parts of the peninsula. now it's heading to fremont, union city, south of newark. it looks like it's falling apart. but there is a better cell which came on sell at san gregorio heading right over towards portola valley, skyline, 280, south of woodside, towards los altos, pretty good intense rain could fall out of that. you can see the cell and a series of hit-and-miss showers. nothing too intense. there's been a couple of them

moving through the north bay. we had hail in glen ellen. tecate, winds are getting light rain. a wide variety of rain and snow mix. some of the heavier amounts have been 1.50 to 1.75. the whom system is getting enhanced -- whole system is getting enhanced. we have a ways to go before that moves in. it will be in the north bay probably about noon and then 4:00, 5:00. really cold for april 1st. i mean, a lot of 40s on the temperatures. it will be extremely active. possibility of more severe weather. until probably this time tomorrow. we might be on the drier side. off and on rain. some of it will be heavy. possibility of thunderstorms and also i think numerous reports of hail but a very chilly day. here's sal. good morning. we're still looking at wet roads even though it may not have been raining where you are just now. it has been raining in the last

few minutes. westbound bay bridge is lighter than usual. i tell ya, i think we figured out what's going on. it's spring break for a lot of schools. and a lot of schools have the week off and parents are not driving their kids to school, college students are not driving themselves to campus. and this is one of the things that we've seen better than usual traffic on the bay and on the san mateo bridge. also on the dumbarton bridge. it's not light enough that it's hoyle light. you still see slow -- holiday light. you still see slow traffic. 580 is slow through livermore and 880 is still slow from about tennyson road. it is a little bit better f it weren't raining and the roads were not wet, we would see better commutes. that may coming up in the next few days. this is the dumbarton approaches and traffic is doing well. 8:03. back to the desk. thank you, sal.

stormwatch coverage as more showers head to the area. people are still cleaning you up. tara moriarty has more information about how lightning struck an 80-feet tree. it's not 80 feet anymore. >> reporter: no. we just learned that a crane will be coming in and removing a very heavy piece of wood, about a 3,000-pound chunk of wood underneath that tarp. that crane will come in here and remove that. the man who lives inside the house, the house has been red tagged. he was perfectly fine. if we take a walk back here, this is the -- this is the house next door. you can see the damage here. and then one house down from that. wow, look at that. all of the huge wood chunks lying in the middle of the yard around the wood flew, damaging homes three blocks away. if we take a look at what the tree looked like before the

lightning struck. you can see it used to be this 80-foot tall tree with huge limbs. but no more. the bolt struck the tree around 1:00 yesterday afternoon near holly and buena avenue. the impact destroyed a parked car. it ripped roofs apart and blew out windows throughout the area. one neighbor told us she was three blocks away when it happened and she was motionless. >> i was just sitting at my desk and i didn't even see the lightning. i just felt this huge explosion and it -- i said -- i heard it was thunder. i thought it was thunder and i thought my good, that's close. >> reporter: luckily, the lightning didn't spark a fire but it did temporarily knock out power in the neighborhood. again, that house has been red tagged. we are told that the tree, if we take a look at the top of it back here live. that's gonna be chopped off sometime this morning. it will be interesting to see exactly how cold the tree is. another kind of funny tidbit. neighbors have been coming by

all morning grabbing pieces of wood like this as souvenirs. one lady said she saw the robert redford movie and wants to make a bat out of it. back to you. >> thank you. in marin, they are cleaning up of a two redwood trees took a beating there from this latest storm. in sausalito, a tree hit by lightning, it exploded, sending chunks of wood flying. it severely damaged the house and shattered its windows. fortunately the lady who lives there, she was not home at the time. >> i have been sitting right there. definitely would have been hurt if i had been sitting there. >> in mill valley, another redwood fell on the house, cautioned a lot of damage. but no injuries. neighbors say the backed of had up storm drains flooded the area and that weakened the trees. the rain in the east bay caused major problems for the commute. slick, wet roads caused a lot of accidents. on highway 24, one car spun outed, then it was hit by

another car. the oakland chp had 37 accident calls by 6:30 in the evening. they are warning drivers to be careful as the rain continues this week. right now search-and-rescue crews in the sierra are looking for a 25-year-old snowboarder who has been missing since yesterday afternoon. he was last seen with his father in the castle peak area that is across interstate 80 near boreal mountain resort. sheriff's deputy say the snowboarder was with his dad when the two got separate and the son never came off the mountain. the dad said the son knows the area well and was carrying the necessary equipment. deputies says they are bringing in more resources because of the limited visibility due this this latest storm. two snow molars were missing in the same area yesterday but they were found safe shortly after midnight. anyone heading to the sierra today, well, they are being warned to expect snow and slush on the roads. right now, caltrans is

requiring chains on all vehicles except those with four- wheel drives and snow tires. those requirements are in place for both interstate 80 and highway 50. snowplows are working overtime and in some places, the snow drifts are as high as some buildings. you can keep track of the storms even when you are away from your television, download the weather app. can get it on your iphone, ipad or android device. to developing news in oakland, police need your help to find a man who sexually assaulted a 6-year-old girl. brian flores is live at bella vista elementary in oakland to explain how this may be connected to other similar crimes in oakland. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning, tori. we've talked to several parents this morning who are very nervous for their children and they are hoping this guy gets caught. behind me is bella vista, very near where this incident happened. i spoke to a few teachers who say they will be talking with

administrators to discuss what happened. opd says last friday, roughly around 3:15 this girl was walking near the school when a man lured her away and inappropriately touched her not too far from here on 10th. after it happened, the girl made it back here to bella vista and reported it on andy -- to an adult. we have called oakland police for more information. this is who police are looking for. the suspect is described as latino, between 20, 25 years old between 5'6" to 5'10" with average build and black hair. police say he was driving in a silver suv. also important to note he was wearing a blue and black jacket and black shorts. he may have a tattoo of a horse face on his left calf. >> she looked kind of scared.

i talked to my daughter about it over the weekend. she knows. she knows not to talk to people that she doesn't know usually when she's -- usually they the school is -- the school is good with that. they don't let people in they don't know. i don't know how he came around the school or around here. >> reporter: the chronicle is reporting that opd is looking at whether this incident is related to two others. in late january, another 6-year- old was touched inappropriately by a stranger on think college. and then earlier last month, another girl was reported being inappropriately touched on the campus of world academy off 28th. police looking for any witnesses to come forward. crimestoppers offering a $7500 reward for information leading to an arrest. we should say that opd police detective was here this morning

as well. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, brian. 8:10. san jose police busy searching for suspects in a new crime wave. there have been six drive-by shootings in the last couple of days. the most recent late yesterday. police say one person was wounded in the gunfire off tully road but is expected to survive. police are trying to figure out if any of these shootings may be connected. later on today, san francisco sumps will take another -- supervisors will take another vote about private shuttle buses. a pilot program has shuttles pay a fee for bus stops, it's scheduled to take a step in july. but reportedly the supervisors have not considered how this would affect the environment.

a disturbing incident involving a teenaged girl. the warning from the authorities about people using a popular trail. good morning. if you are driving on 24 westbound, we do see some crowded conditions but find out why some other areas are lighter than usual. we do have theories. we'll tell what you they are -- straight ahead. mostly cloudy skies. it's a cold day. been some thunderstorms. some hail. but there are some blue skies and sunbreaks. not done yet. in fact there is a stronger system upstream. we'll tell but that one coming in later.

an alert in pleasant hill after a disturbing incident involving a 17-year-old girl. police say the girl was groped while heading to school. it happened on a tram getting to prospect alternative high school and pleasant hill middle school. police say a man jumped out of the bushes grabbed the girl then ran off. the school district has advice for kids heading to school this morning. >> when a stranger approaches, you get away as quickly as you can. if a stranger approaches, you to make sure you tell an adult immediately. >> so far police only have a vague description of the attacker they are looking for a white man, 30 years old, with a thin build and light hair. the brother-in-law of jimmie johnson has died in a

freak skydiving accident. it happened sunday in san diego county. he was a respected skydiving instructor with more than 1,000 jumps. investigators say he plunged to his death after colliding with another skydiver in midair. his death has stunned san diego county see diving's -- skydiving's community. >> he was a happy go. never complained. the kind of guy that i would like my kids to grow up and be like. >> investigators want to know why his parachute failed after the collision. there are new developments around mozilla's chief executive officer. if you use the firefox browser to go to the okay cupid dating site, you will be stopped temporarily. okay cupid is putting up a message asking people not to use firefox. it says the ceo, brendan ike, is an opponent of equal rights

for guy couples and they are offering the opportunity for another browser before they continue. the mozilla foundation makes the firefox browser. it's april's fool and google is already pulling pranks. >> today we're announcing a new job challenge. in this video, the google maps said they would be adding a pokemon tracking feature. anyone who can catch them all leb eligible for the job of -- all will be eligible for the job of pokemon master. the one -- the one prank i pulled on my dad when i was a little girl. i gave my dad the newspaper but i took out the sports section. >> today is april fools. >> yes, it is.

>> you are not joking about the commute. >> no. we would not mess with your commute and weather. >> never do that. >> someone just tweeted me saying your time is wrong by an hour. i told her to go to the remote and press the live button. sometimes people get behind and they inc. it's our time. >> let's take a look at the commute now, the traffic is a little lighter than usual. i was mistaken when i said i had a theory. i had a hypothesis about what's going on. not a theory. it's spring break. and it's lighter than usual because i high poththy size that -- high poththy size that more people are not going to school. this is 880 north. not everyone has the week off. if you are driving, it will be better for you. it's a little wet out there. there is a lot of wet around. 580 has cleared out nicely.

as you drive on the nimitz freeway, it's not cleared up. 880 southbound from tennyson down to stevenson, we have stop- and-go traffic. that's about a 20-minute drive time between the tho points -- between the two points. >> is that clock right? >> 8:18. we get that a lot. very interesting weatherwise. kind of crazy weather. sun, torrential rain, hail, snow up in the mountains. up in the keys. steve bridges observe observer five inches. really cold. a lot of 40s on the temperatures. around cobb mountain at 2700 feet. and this has to swing in tonight. that's going to give us some brief heavy rain. angwin, 1.75. cazadero, 1.65. mount tam, 1.25.

danville, .84. daly city .80. some of these are updated a little bit. santa rosa, .75. napa, .23. pbt 5 hayward -- .59 hayward. this one went poeferrer palo alto. just stretching back. between san jose and fremont. might get light to moderate rain. it's coming down to beat the band. has to be. that cell there went right over san gregorio. not too many people there. probably some intense rain. down towards gilroy, santa clara valley. uprd toos the -- up towards the north bay, it lit up around 6:30. benicia, martinez, vallejo, pinole, crockett. that system has moved out. you can see that lightning strike. there's a few showers around

especially up into lake county, mendocino county. we'll wait for the next round to come in. this system will move in. the evening commute could be a real bear. some temperatures will not get above 53, 54 degrees. we're definitely in line for the possibility of more showers. severe weather would be compliant. there's plenty of energy that has to swing in. off and on rain. very chilly out there. thunderstorms or more hail. this is a classic midwest weather pattern. wait a couple of minutes. it will change. as we said, that's a soft 60. morning rain gives way to drier. cooler, breeze. thursday will be all right. increasing clouds. early rain on friday. it's out of here. on tap for the weekend. we just received this photo from john in san francisco. that's his son. he's playing with what appears to be snow. but that pile there.

it's really hail. left over from yesterday's storm. but pax seems to be having a lot of fun playing with it. we want to look at your weather pictures. you can send them to news tips at ktvu.com or you can share them on our facebook or twitter page. >> paxton -- >> just looking at it. checking it out. 8:21. bay area commuters put down those cell phones. the new crackdown starting today that could cost you money and what authorities will be on the lookout for in addition to hand-4e8d device -- hand-held devices. and macy's accused of closing the door on a job for a military veteran. why she thinks her military status is the reason. [ mom ] hi, we're the pearsons, and we love chex cereal.

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welcome back. tonight, the east palo alto city council will debate a new tenant protection ordinance. it would give fennants the right to organize on issues like rental rates and the condition of the premises. it also says a landlord cannot stop a tenant who lives in an apartment building from using common areas to pass out literature to other tenants. the other provisions include protecting against tenant discrimination. 8:25. caught on camera. a homeowner in contra costa county claims a deer came out of nowhere and attacked his dog. he's got the footage to prove it. >> whoa!

>> back! back! back! >> this video was shot in the martinez/pleasant hill area last week where deer sightings are common but this one was different. >> it was just walking back and forth. it wasn't spooked. it was odd that it didn't get spooked. >> he took his camera out and started to record. that's when the deer took on the dig three different times. ktvu showed this video to a veterinarian who says he sees dogs who have been injured by an aggressive deer once or twice a year. aggression is often seen from bucks mating in the fall and doughs protecting their fahn in the spring. the homeowner -- fahn in the spring. a veteran says serving her country is now costing her a job. kala reyes is in the national guard. she said she recently interviewed for a sales associate's job at macy but says the hiring manager kept asking her about her time at

war. reyes said the manager said she wouldn't know how to approach people because of her time that was spent overseas. >> she said a sales associate, i've been here 15 years, i know you wouldn't be able to do good here. >> since reyes posted her story online she said she's received a lot of support. she believes the person who interviewed her about the job macy's is operating about a misconception of those who serve in the military. >> reporter: it's the first day of water rationing in several east bay cities. we're live in fremont we'll tell you about the new rules and show you the damage caused

by an accident that wasted hundreds of gallons of water. good morning. weerm's still looking at -- we're still looking at slow traffic in many areas. coming up we'll show you what it looks like in san francisco and on the approach on the bay bridge. possibility of more thunderstorms, hail and an intense band of clouds. that's coming up in two minutes. [doorbell rings]

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kind of a dreary backdrop to the golden gate bay bridge which means we'll have another soggy day. welcome back, it's tuesday, first day of april. i'm dave clark. let's talk about weather and traffic. thank you for dancing dave. had to change the battery in my mic. a little dance to bide some time. hail in daly city. tecate, glen ellen. it's been numerous. mount tam 1.25. i know forestville will the same as that. oakmont, 1.22. crockett, 1 inch. daly city .80. san anselmo .076. not too bad for the first of april. palo alto, probably newark as well, you can see -- it's not heavy, heavy but it's probably

moderate. there was a really strong cell that went over portolo valley, west menlo park palo alto, heading between palo alto and los altos. some of that may be intense briefly. but there's pockets out. sun, showers, things seem to be calming down in the north bay but they will pick up later. there's still some upper 30s being reported for a few. the key, though, is right here. that's what's going to swing in. it will be a few hours away. i think it's after the noon hour and then maybe late this afternoon and evening for everyone else. still 40s for many. i mean, 49 san francisco. santa rosa is only 43 degrees. it's going to be a cold day and then the rain will pick up up later. the possibility of a shower. off and on rain. it's a cold one. numerous reports of hail. maybe severe out to the valley. a lot of 50s on the

temperatures. this is a look at the commute here. it will be slow. we do have slight lighter than conditions. 880 is slowing down at the coliseum. yesterday was a court holiday, a lot of the court workers were not going. it was light. but today that's not the case. also looking at the commute at the toll plaza, a little bit of rain moved through. you can see the drops on our camera. also a little bit of slow traffic but this is about a 15- minute drive time into san francisco. 880 south continues to be stub porn. not getting any lighter -- stubborn. it's not getting any lighter. this is partially due to a crash at the bottom of your screen. let me drag this to make it easier for you to see. southbound 880 mission. the traffic will be busy as you drive south. unfortunately, until the crash is gone, you will see slow traffic remaining. back to the desk. >> all right, sal. an early-morning car crash in fremont caused a lot of

water to be wasted ironically on the first day of water rationing day. a car crashed into a hydrant. the water gushed out into a parking lot. ktvu's janine de la vega joining us live in fremont to tell us about cleaning up that mess and also the new water saving rules out there. janine. >> reporter: dave, they brought in heavy equipment in the last half-hour that you can see to pull the fire hydrants that you see there on the ground that was hit in this accident. crews are working to replace that hydrant. but as you can see, it's raining right now. and it's a good thing right now that they were habl to clean up all -- able to clean up all of the mud and sludge and rocks left out here because it could have been a -- this would have been a lot messier. this looked like a lot of mud and rocks covered the parking lot. the alameda county water district says after 4:00 a.m. this morning, a driver hit the hydrant, causing the water to shoot up in the air. crews used vacuums to clean it

up. [audio difficulties] >> sprinklers turned on and off, when they are turned on and off automatically, they don't have to do anything. te just automatically turn on. >> see that quite a bit especially in the morning, the sprinklers go on. and do you need that when it is raining? no, i don't think so. >> reporter: people who live in fremont, newark and union cities can only water their landscape one day a week or face fines. there is a ban on refilling swimming pools, posing off driveways and sidewalks and using devices without a shutoff. the alameda county water district gets almost half of their supply from rain water and they said we need the equivalent of a big storm.

the levels are low. the water says the district will be watching for those people not conner is viferning -- conserving. it will be a while, it appears, before they have this cleaned up. a lot of the mess is cleaned up. repairs need to be done on that hydrant. reporting live from fremont,jack, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 8:35. in the meantime, police and firefighters in pacifica are back on stormwatch this morning. they are watching out for more possible street flooding with the latest round of rain today. take a look at some of these photos. these are still photos of the street flooding on linda mar boulevard and highway one yesterday. some drivers were trapled in the rising waters while trying to drive out of the linda mar shopping center. >> we have pumps when it rains hard, it forces the water out. >> reporter: that didn't seem to work too well. >> the pumps were running at full capacity. too much water too fast. >> heavy rain flooded streets

near the sharp park golf course. city workers say it was the worse flooding in pacifica in years. at ktvu.com, you will find realtime information on the water level of all of california's reservoirs. look for the california drought section on the news menu. former san francisco school board president keith jackson arrested along with state senator leland yee is scheduled to appear in court this morning. jackson is accused of soliciting campaign contributions for senator yee in exchange for political favors. the fbi affidavit also accuses jackson of drug trafficking, taking part in a gun trafficking plot and being involved in a murder for hire scheme. in the mean time, leland yee had his second court appearance yesterday and did not enter a plea. yee is expected to plead not guilty to gun trafficking, when he goes to court and other charges. he did not talk to reporters as

he left the courthouse in san francisco. we did speak with legal analyst jim hammer about the case. he says from what he has head in the 137-page affidavit it's gonna be a tough case for the defense. >> i can tell you on a jury appeal level, i don't think any juror will like the fact that a state senator is accused of arms dealing in california. i think that's incredibly serious for the defense. >> yee remains free on $500,000 bond. the deadline to sign up for health insurance under the affordable care act, it has passed, but some people can still enroll. california's covered california website had a lot of traffic, as many rushed to enroll at the last minute. if you tried to enroll before midnight but you couldn't get on the website, you now have two more weeks to finish up. the people who did not enroll will pay a penalty when they file their taxes next year and you won't have another chance to sign up until november.

new this morning, the white house just announced president obama is -- will be making a statement. the president, he will be talking about the total enrollment numbers ununder the affordable care act. reportedly, the goal of 7 million signups has been surpassed. the 7 million target was thought to be out of reach by a lot of the experts. after all of those computer flitches and problems -- glitches and problems slowed the system when this was first launched. the president is scheduled to speak about this at 1:15 this afternoon our time. happening right now you, the boston red sox are at the white house, they are there to celebrate their world series last year against the cardinals. there's big papi. after that, they will stop at walter reed medical center and spend time with the veterans who have been injured in the war.

happening today -- just over two hours from now, members of congress will fire some tough questions at the ceo of general motors. lawmakers want to know why it took more than a decade for gm to come clean about a safety issue that cost more than a dozen lives. kyla campbell is live in washington, d.c. where family members of victims talked about their lovessed ones at a -- loved ones at a press conference that just wrapped up. >> the ignition switch problem in gm vehicles is tied to at least a dozen deaths. 18-year-old natasha's parents say the consider company is to blame for her death. >> my wife lost everything. she was her life. no wedding day, no grandchildren for her. >> reporter: gm recalled more than 2.5 million sleeks earlier this year -- vehicles earlier this year.

but the officials knew about this back in 2001. gn confirms 12 people died in crashes in that time frame. investigators have asked for a list of serious and deadly accidents the company believes are related. >> $2. that's how little this ignition switch could have cost to repair. just $2. >> reporter: gm's ceo will have to answer for a decade of silence. i obtained a copy of her testimony ahead of today's hearing. she will apologize to the victim's families and tell lawmakers that their customers and safety are at the center of fg that gm -- center of everything that gm does. back to you. >> thank you. the massive search goes on for that missing malaysia airlines plane. the reason rescuers are even more determined to find the plane in the next week or so.

>> reporter: we're live in berkeley already lightning causes a giant redwood tree to explode. we'll show you the damage and tell you what the city is doing about the mess this morning. as we continue to watch the freeways, we have mostly good and improving conditions. but the wet weather is kind of making it tough to completely improve. we'll tell you what the worst freeway in the bay area is right now. getting reports of hail in san francisco right now. there is a decent cell. we'll take a look at that and other areas especially on the peninsula getting good rain. so you made some bad decisions last night. make a good one this morning. try my...

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welcome back. as steve has been telling you, more rain is coming here to the bay area today and this morning people are still cleaning up from yesterday's storm. in berkeley, lightning hit what use the to be an -- tuesdayed to be an -- what used to be an 80-foot tree and a big crane will come out and pick up the pieces. >> reporter: that's rim they've already started to block the street to make way for the crane. we've seen city workers here. they will lift a 3,000-pound

chunk of wood. we found out the man who lives there was on the opposite side of the house when the lightning hit. that's the good news. if we take a look, you can see it used to be anle -- an 80- foot tall gigantic tree. the bolt struck the tree near holly street. this destroyed a parked car. it ripped roofs apart three blocks away. it blew out windows. luckily, it did not start a fire but it did knock out power to the neighborhood. the house has been red tagged. the one where the tree fell on top of it. the tree is going to be chopped off at the top. the homeowner -- it was an arborist that came out and said the tree did need some trimming after limbs came out. we've also seen a lot of neighbors come out hire to take photographs and also to pick up the chunks of wood. they want to take them as a

good luck souvenir. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. happening today -- distracted drivers are now the focus of the chp. pam cook has more. >> starting today a month-long crack down on kiss strablthed driving begins in the bay area as part of national distracted driving awareness month. according to the chp, 6,000 people are killed in the u.s. every year because of distracted driving. officers will be out looking for people who are texting or holding their phone but also who are eating, putting on makeup or everything else that takes your eyes off the road and your hands off the wheel. according to the office of traffic safety, 80% of accidents involve some sort of distracted driving. now, concerned parents also launching a safety crack down of its own today. mothers against drunk driving

kicks off 21 days of activities to prevent underaged drinking. a new survey from madd shows teens who receive a message from their parents that underaged drinking is completely unacceptable are more than 80% less likely to drink than teens who get no messages about the -- dangers of -- about the dangers of this. 8:48. a new caltrain station opens today in san bruno. want to take you there live. we can tell you that since 2010, passengers have been using a temporary boarding platform but a new station is opening today just a half-mile away on san mateo avenue. again, these are live pictures. this was all part of a $155 million project to elevate the tracks at three separate

crossings in san bruno. speaking of the commute, let's check in with sal and taking a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. >> we are, tori and dave. good morning. we're looking at the toll plaza approach. it's lighter than it normally is. there's a little bit of slow traffic. there's also a little bit of rain that moved through. as you can see our camera is wet. but no problems on the upper deck of the bay bridge. the drive time is about eight to ten minutes. we have the usual slow traffic today. as a matter of fact, yesterday, since it was a holiday, it wasn't there. it was a holiday for state workers. a lot of the people who use this freeway, i've earned are court employees. this is the late morning rush there. also look at the commute, southbound 880, the scene of an earlier accident. it's on the shoulder but traffic is slow. hailing in the mission. >> wow. >> sunset district. >> gotcha. >> john goemed, thank you.

sun, rain, and hail in san francisco. right now. had a couple of reports. sunset district by city college as well thank you for that. hail in the mission. it's that kind of a pattern. thank you to everybody sending this in. you get the sun. what are you talking about? across the street it's raining and hailing. this will swing in in the late afternoon for the north bay out ahead of that, anything goes, sun, cloud, showers, thundershowers and the possibility of more hail. forestville. oakmont. el cerrito, george, one of the good weather observers, he's a smart man in the weather. .83. dennis in buena vista park, .83. sausalito was in there. mount tam 1.25. you can see how the rain is

plowing through. napa, that's closer to town. the airport had .039. that's the big difference there. . decent totals. a line stretching south of fremont. palo alto has had good rain for the last hour. there's more right there. menlo park, palo alto. probably over stanford. some of that is starting to move onshore. bodega bay, looks like a lightning strike. marin, sonoma coast. a thunderstorm popping unthere. light snow has made it up to lake county. this will have to swing in later. that will give it brief, heavy rain. this is 40s on the temperatures. a very chilly brisk day. thunderstorms, lightning. this will bring us moderate to heavy rain. off and on rain. sun, five minutes later.

chilly, thunderstorms. 50s and 60s. a crazy day for april 1st. temperatures staying cool in the weekend. one more little system friday morning. warmer temperatures. michael jackson may be gone but he's never forgotten. there is a new album. how you can become one of the first fans to get new music by michael jackson. ?ññ;ñ;

australia has september a jet to act at a as air traffic controller jet -- has sent a jet to act as an air traffic controller jet in the search. an australian navy ship is on its way to the search area carrying an american ping detector to help find the plane's black box. it's estimated the batteries only have another week or so of power. the ship will take three to four days just to reach the search area. police in pleasant hill are looking for an unusual criminal in a bizarre home-invasion robbery. he appears to have a conscious. take a look. this was on sunday night. police say the gunman burst

into this house and started to tie up the people inside, a woman and her 83-year-old mother. but the armed rob remember started to apologize when the older woman scolded him. >> very apologetic. he brought my brother kleenex. he wanted to bring her a chair. he made sure she had water and was comfortable. >> he moved the other women to another bedroom with a television so they would have something to do while he stole their valuables. the armed robber drove off their in their car. fans of the king of pop can preorder michael jackson's new album on itunes. the eight previously unheard songs will be released on may 13th. several music producers worked on the album entitled escape. they promised to give the unfinished tracks a state of the afrt sound. michael jackson -- state-of-the- art sound. michael jackson died in june of

2009. ard to believe it's almost five -- hard to believe it's almost five years. sal is back. you are watching the toll plaza. everybody behaving. >> yeah. this is unusual. it's spring break. there is a delay, about a 15- minute drive time when you take into account driving across the bridge. 880 sill slow past the coliseum. 880 southbound is very slow as you drive from decote road or 92 to dixon landing road to the accident on the shoulder. traffic is still superslow there. let's go to steve. hail in haight-ashbury. how about that? i think it's ended. we had hail, numerous reports in san francisco. maybe snow on the hills by tonight and tomorrow. rain heavier tonight. >> still cold? >> very cold out there today. >> a couple of days. >> somebody just tweeted me and said it's cold in oakland.

it is cold. >> thank you. that's our report for this morning. thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. >> be sure to watch us at noon for more on the wild weather an as a new storm moves in. april fool's day. we're always here for you at ktvu.com as well as twitter and facebook. thank you for joining us. [doorbell rings] hey. hey. what's this? it's u-verse live tv. with at&t u-verse... you can watch live tv from your device.

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