. cutbacks in the bay area, how a reason rain has led to a big improvement in the snow

path. and an 8.2 magnitude earthquake in chile, experts warn an even bigger one can come. this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. well, take a look at the damage of a tree that came down, the cars were damaged and this is in oakland and it looks similar to what we started, we had a lot of rain down and the soil is wet and this is happening in many places this in particular in oakland, we are live out there this morning, tara moriarty is out there near the caser perm thenty. we will show you the other damage around the bay area and we will show you what happens today, it is wednesday april 2 april 2nd and i am pam cook. 0. >> let's talk about weather and traffic, you need 'umbrella by this morning. >> it will be cool so jacket

weather, still some isolated cells, mainly over marin county and parts of the peninsular and right over the san mateo, that is the main focus and there are still a couple of other guys around. it will take all of this moisture with it rapidly and some hit and miss showers and they can see some clearing taking place so dry area is beginning to to come in wrapping around close to venetia down from marin can county or the marina district getting some rain into the oakland hills. the main center has been around burlingame and foster city, maybe towards the area but not for another half hour and this is all heading down and you can

see where the focus will be. here comes the dry area and we will have a partly sunny cool day. there is nothing upstream but a weak system, that may not do much. it is cold than will be a cool day, mainly upper 50s, here is sal. steve, good morning, we are looking at rainy weather as you mentioned and that means traffic is not going to be that great, metering lights have been switched on getting into san francisco and we have been looking at other commutes around the bay area and that looks moderately heavy, no major problems we will take it from here all the way to contra costa county and we have a new crash near willow pass road and we are looking at traffic that will be a little bit slow on

highway four and we will let you know more about this coming up. now let's go back to the desk. steve just mentioned, there is some about this, this is what it looked like in oakland chinatown last night. now this morning, they were surveying the damage that the storm brought, knocked down trees brought down power, here is tara moriarty with a look at the damage there. tara? >> reporter: crews had to bring in the wood chipper because it was blocking the we and you can see the impact was so great. it actually caused a street light to go out and it is not laying on the ground just to give you an idea of the force of the fall.

near the kaiser permanente medical center, luckily nobody was hurt and power did go out but was later restored. we saw plunge willing temperatures hail and lightning between one and one and a half inches of rain. now the call came through just after 930 on 20th and eureka streets. they cleared out and the rain obviously was saturating the ground. and we are seeing quite a few crews so we will let you know if there is any major damage throughout the morning. live in oakland, ktvu channel 2 morning news. we are still following the developing news and the death toll keeps rising from a big

earthquake. this is our newsroom and brian there have been several strong after shocks. >> the main earthquake was a mag student 8.8, according to that website, there has been 21 after shocks since the first quake and they hit just after mate night and the coastal city according to officials is the death toll has nourices tone 6 and we understand two were from heart attacks and three were crushed to death. we are still working to find out how the latest victim died. according to the incident, 300 inmates broke out of a woman's prison and it did trigger some landslide and so is phone

service. tsunami issues came through and the hazard is strictly on the beach all tsunami warnings from south america to mexico were canceled and this tsunami warning was centered and the advisory was centered but it was the more of a precaution as most of the damage was centered. even bigger earthquake can strike chilly and team now 607. it is 'arc prone to having a lot of val can't nick eruptions. 500 people died in a magnitude 8.8 earthquake and that one triggered a tsunami which

shifted the geography of one city 10 feet to the west. oakland police are investigating. one person tied at the 'and the other person is in critical condition. the couple accused of killing a three-year-old girl is due back in court this morning. they are accused of beating her daughter to death and then hiding her body inside of a freezer. caylee slusher was only three years oil. they connect spent the left of they are lives. last week they divided 20% and

in the west marin they have a 2 5% reduction starting in july. the city of mount taken view has declared a water emergency. is that means urbanned from washing crash you are -- you are banned from washing your car with a hoes. it means a 2 5% reduction in water use. the sierra snow pack is still within normal levels when the snow make back. we get 8 to 10 of these storms that we had the last couple of days come through whereas this year we only had 2 or 3.

>> the improving snow pack, after one of the worst seasons in decades. they voted to locate 130 people out of the troubled area including the animals and it would cost 70,000 dollars. and once it is completed the price pros are of this would up -- indicate and they would have a surplus from last year's budget and they will be able to create a new assistant city

manp engineer position to support the and section sayings and a lot of people are using this where once dwindle porch are push for ap -- a federal move and he will point out where henry are you ford -- when rip forward said it would -- henry ford said it would be good for business with the cars they are employing. and now it's not cause being trash problems. concerns about bullying at several local high schools, the twitter accounts at the and it

main not. we still have a few little sure and we'll see how much longer this will last.

. 6:14 the death toll is now 28 and 20 people are still

missing. floodwaters are receding in the town of oh so north of seattle but more rain is expected there and the mud, it is 70 feet thick in some places and it's also contaminated by hazardous chemicals and sewerage. andand 26-year-old abraham finkelstein who went missing has been found alive. he vanished monday in the see rather back country and searchers spend more than a day looking for him but 8:00 last night they received a call saying he was able to find a home miles from the search area. >> i am grateful. >> a missing runner also survived after spending two nights and he was with his

running club on sunday when he took a wrong turn and not lost. he was wearing shorts, and a wind breaker and he hunkered down under bushes. after he was rescued, what he wants most, an in and out hamburger. meantime a twitter paint, very popular with local students, may be taken down because of bullying. they had more than 2000 followers. students use that page to share talk but parents worry about bullying. >> there is a different level of meanness and kids are being picked on here. i don't see a lot of back and forth. >> now police say it's not clear if a crime has been committed if it goes back up.

it is a need for kids to monitor what they are together online. the twitter handle at venetia exposed had 17 tweet the boasting they would continue to put information out there despite banning that page. one parent said she has contacted police. an april fools joke said the joke landed her behind bars. she sent a text message to her daughter about a possible shooting. in the text she said she could hear gun fire and was hiding in a bathroom. her daughter called 911 and police swarmed the campus and it turned out the whole thing was a bank. she was arrested on several charges and the college has not

said whether or not sheilas her job. >> yikes. >> 6:17. you are watching and if you are driving there will it is not all that pad and the drive time between the walnut creek and caldecott, it's not that bad but when you get to oakland you will see more slow traffic coming to the 580 interchange and if you are driving on the bay bridge approach, grand line road westbound to 680, 42 minutes climbed up a little bit but we have 5 minutes and then if you are driving on or taking public transportation, caltrans or muni are not wrapping any

delays. dry air coming in to the north bay, a couple of isolated showers and they are definitely going north to south and most of this will be going to caramel valley and one of the heaviest, everything looks to be calming down over san leandro stretching moving over heading over to the san mateo three quarters of an inch and petaluma picked up a half inch as well and it covered the spread here, over some total,

your total may have some but it was more than an inch of rain and it is down to a third inch of rain almost a half inch our low part gives us a wide variety of weather. it is cold and breezy sun and clouds the cell that was parking itself was weakening same for the one out towards oakland and there is not a lot left to that and they are waiting for it and they might pick up a little later but santa cruz down to monterey, it

is going to be a cool day, breezy day maybe some on the morning showers but the rain moves south, a lot of 50s on your temperatures and it is going to be a few below 60 but we will rebound pretty quickly and we will have a little bit of light rain and sunshine and warmer temperatures on the weekend. well the appearance of one marin county neighborhood is likely to change soon. it is moving and it is selling put it would be developed by the home back in 1984 and the seminary which has been located back in 1989 is moving to

southern california many fans will be remembering the details but they will not be able to get in on that action and amazon said they signed a deal to stream all 192 of the old episodes. 6:21 a deadly fire claimed the life of a family matriarch. what they had to do in a desperate attempt to get away from those fast moving flames. and a misery winner of a powerball jackpot, he will sign and share his family fortune. mattress discounters red tag sale! through sunday, get $300 off serta perfect sleeper, and sealy posturepedic. plus, free delivery. don't wait! mattress discounters red tag sale ends sunday.

now that's a beautiful sight. ♪ mattress discounters

. 31-year-old emily davis was struck by lightning during monday's storm. >> i was scared after that and i thought what if it happens again and i thought i need to get under something. >> davis was crossing in south berkeley when she said she was hit by lightning. she said she had a metallic taste in her mouth afterwards and she kept her sense of humor

and she said not that she is aware of. he won $425 million in february 'powerball jackpot and finally claimed his money but he is still a misery man. he didn't want to show his face when he walked into a lottery office to claim his prize so he hid his face behind that big check. now he bought his winning powerball and that's all we know about him. however, buxton will help children with his new found fourth tune. >> -- fortune. >> he wanted to start a foundation to deal with childhood hunger and with help and that will be his long-term goals and use that money towards putting something positive around and making and make the world a better place. >> that is a lump some $42 million. they are now at the center

of the heated battle of parking. they wanted to stop seeing the immediaters on sunday but critics say it is a bad idea since it is brings in more than 9 million a year. the muni board will likely have the final say when they come up with this year's budget. oakland using a new tactic to keep city streets clean. they will be putting large trash dumpsters in and we have been reporting complaining trash has been dumped on their treats for months. more questions today on capitol hill. >> he died and that's not fair... >> the answers and car accident

victims' families they are demanding answers to what could have saved their lives. and good morning we are looking at a commute which still looks good although traffic times are getting higher and we will tell you more about the commute. the afternoon is getting better and it is on the way.

. this is incredible. the storm we had knocked down a huge tree on to several cars and tara moriarty is there, she will tell us the efforts to clean this all up and she will be here in just two minutes, stay tuned.

welcome back, it is the middle of the week wednesday april 2nd, i am dave clark. >> we just posted a good question. hopefully he will answer that. is the rain gone or on the way? >> a little bit, this system right here. still coming from the delta, wrapping back parts of the east bay and there are still isolated cells going north to south over marin county and there was one, and also to san san san matteo. you can see in marine district richmond district, i doubt this is okay but this is really weak stuff and it was stronger a

little while ago. now not much left. the core because you can see where you are going, and it is going ting a cook day and a little breezy at times and the rain will be out of the picture and the stable is set for upper 60s, here is sal. i know we are looking at the commute and traffic is going tobies-year-old. you can see traffic on the east shore from richmond to berkeley and to the richmond area, even though it was inching up at the bay bridge toll plaza and although it is spring break being week, we have noticed it

and let's take a look and that has been light enough although things tented to change in a hurry and that's why we are watching it here for you. you know what, i always forget, now the rain this morning has caused problems including collisions across across the bay area and the main thing they wanted to do is look at how the fallen tree wrecked these two cars, pretty amazing and a street light is knocked right off the pole sin a laid there right on the street. here the keizer permanente

power did got out that is one and one and a half inches of rain and showers are expected to continue for another half hour. now a tree fell in the castro district lifting up chunks of the sidewalk. a call came in just after 9:30 on 20th and eureka streets. the rain saturated the ground and the roots cannot support these heavy treat, now that the sun is coming up, you can see is sore of fell and they blocked the entire roadway so the cars from across the street are now removed and they have been put into a wood chipper and now are grounded up.

we will let you know if there is anymore damage caused by the storm. they are investigating a deadly crash, it happened on 880 near high street. the person killed had been involved in a crash and spun out on the freeway and he hit the man as he was walking away near the slow lean of that freeway. that man was pronounced dead at the scene. the drivers involved who hit him, they are cooperating with the investigation. the investigation tips and the fire started including the

sunnyvale neighborhood. one man jumped from his third floor window to escape the fast moving flames. both worked together to rescue the others but the matriarch of the family did not survive. >> i was happy i got to kiss her on the forehead one more time and to be with my mother when we saw her, but not one day will go by where i will not think about her. >> she was named jane thompson, two of the familiar miss are is it still looking for the cause of the fire and they would ban sleeping overnight on the city property. that is not intended to criminal eyes the only -- criminalize the homeless. they cop up to a final vote and

if it is approved it will take affect. they are building their massive new campus lane closures are already in effect but more are coming from cupertino with the plans. janine? construction is set to begin in the next 30 minutes and we have seen a lot of work crews starting to show up and they are restricting where people can drive and/or walk. the new and the campus in in homestead roads they will them where to detour and on the site it used to help to pack card that demolition is done and more needs to be done to lowe kate and get the site ready.

many drivers use this as a shortcut but it is going to be affected and there are also lane reductions going on, apple sent a letter explaining the changes. >> i think it has been worse for my wife to tends to commute during the daytime hours they shut down the lanes and i am usually at work during that time but there are definitely backups there. >> the new apple headquarters will i am ploy many and it will benefit because of a additional tax revenue it should bring in but because of the of people they will bring in, it depends

on who you talk to. she is facing more questions this time from senators. this time they are demanding to know why interest they knew they had defect tip of ignition switches and they had the house of representatives committee and she told that panel why it took years to announce that. >> we have a college which is focused on the count summer. and the family. >> i am afraid for my family and my son. >> they said they will keep searching for answers no matter how long it takes. and they have 800,000 suvs and this involves the jeep grant

cherokees from 2011 to 2014 years and there has been one reported den but no problems due to than problems. and it lefted a san bruno neighborhood. eight people died in that 2010 explosion that destroyed 38 homes. federal prosecutors filed felony charges that accused pg&e of repeatedly violating the safety acts. they claim they failed to keep proper records and did not condition duct inspects. testimony committed they could have quart ordered homicide. we have taken accountability and we are deeply sorry and we

have worked hard to do the right thing for families and we will continue to do so for paint page and ceo. chilly is still relation where 6 people died and almost a million had been evacuated. we just got this to the back. >> we have news from chile's earthquake, we are thinking about the dangers we faced here in the bay area, how it differed and how we have frightening similarities. we have crashes that occurred and it is foggy as well. and it is extra slow, we will tell you what happened coming up.

and a pretty time in find -- a pretty picture, what about the sun, stay tuned for more. [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. hey. hey. anywhere in your home. [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.

. well, the opening bell rang this morning and it welcomed anew record for the s&p 500.

it started at an all time high just under 18, i should say, 1886, i am going to check in right now and it is just about the same and the to you do you is down, he have s&p 500 is in record territory. >> 6 people are dead and you have new video which just came in from that quake, brian? >> yes, and the shaking is not over but in terms of this quake there have been 34 after shocks since the main quake hit yesterday. i want to go to some -- something to show you, many people are waiting in hospitals

waiting to hear from their loved ones about the injured. this is inside of a store in northern chile where the earthquake began, people remained calm and all of a sudden the store manager directed people to leave immediately and you see the merchandise falling off the shelves and in one case, they almost hit a baby in the head and there have been babyies hit. >> some were cribbed and we must remain alert for local authorities. >> they have end played people the top area and the government will know more on the extent of the damage and whether more people were killed. now more tsunami warnings have been canceled, however a

tsunami advisory remains for hawaii and it's not expected but they should expect to see stronger currents. the carve a missing san rafael man disappeared and the body was found nearby. it has not been found and the car was found north of the area belonged to 93-year-old robert davis. he was last seen in february leaving a restaurant in madera. not raining everywhere but roads are wet what are you saying on the road and bridges. it has been telling us the weather there is getting kind of dicey and it is slow, it is slower than it normally is coming into concord and this is a look at the bay bridge toll

plaza. that is a little better than it normally is. it is spring break and 85 and 208 are surprising me in a good way here, again we looked at highway 4 and that traffic is slow and the drive time between grand line road is almost an hour and that is okay between 984. easting west and it is enough to give you foggy light rain conditions. it is heading east back over

towards hit and there is still some very light rain awe all a consider across the or, that looks like it is falling apart but san leandro is getting a little bit of rain and it looks like it is all falling apart so even on the san what matt brim, it is not quiet around santa cruz and and i would no be surprised and livermore is in there san jose is there, it is cold if it was not for the cloud cover and tonight and into tomorrow, everything is fading fast and it, and

everything will calm down after some morning showers and it looks martially sunny and cool and breezy and very cool this time of year. it doesn't take long for this time to warm up and and northern fill rich tap may not do much except giving some light rain and the weekend is sunny and warmer. >> sunny and warmer on the weekend. 6:50 is the time, torii is in the newsroom giving us an update on what is coming up on mornings on 2. he is seen robbing a gas station last week and the unusual weapons he used and what he threatened to do if he

didn't get what he wanted. find out why fool cool dash google is coming through back to you on the morning news. and i have would not be surprise fire department you are paying more in banking fees the average is now $30 and banks took in nearly $32 billion from those fees last year. >> all right, pam, time now 6:51 how that snowboarder survived despite how they searched in the ramping spot, we will take you behind the

scenes of a new recruitment campaign.

. welcome back, time now 6:54 we have new information into the missing malaysia flight 307. back -- 370. background checks turned up nothing but the investigation goes on into the cabin crew including the pilot and theco pilot. also cnn is reporting some new

rules for malaysia airlines pilots and under the new rules, pilots andco pilots will not be allowed to sit and if up with dose they will do it until that person compact. oakland school is taking steps to make it secure and safe near the school. the most recent attack happened on friday. police are also looking into a connection to two other sexual assaults at the world academy and think college now earlier this year. now during the most recent incident, police say the attacker went up to a six-year- old girl and duringed her with ice cream and then assaulted her. they plan toed amore school and

wave more on david and land -- allan in connection with a home invasion. he tied up a woman and her 83- year-old mother and he kept apologizing for what he was doing he faces charges for false end prisonment and elder abuse. and the sacramento office associated with leyland yee. agents went to the office yesterday and they were focused on paperwork and a computer used by leyland yee's assistant. darryl signberg, told the fbi and we wanted them to know

that. they were raided last week follow his arrest on corruption and gun trafficking charges. and police are adding a touch of hollywood in its fight against crime. and it looks like a crime are drama you would see on television or in a movie. it shows real life police officers suited up storming an empty house with their guns drawn and this is not a real raid. video is part of the recruitment drive to order more police offices. and since the city voted, they voted to cut police pay by 5% and also voted to cut benefits. well, it was one of the

best they could ask for. they won in overtime and the calais -- dallas mavericks were celebrating their 49th's birthday and it was a big team for a playoff spot. it came on time and they will face them on sunday. still ahead, we are still following developing flues on that huge earthquake in chile, what they are discovering this morning now that the daylight is there giving them a chance to see the damage and also have a search for the survivors. clean up after mother nature, the wild weather has left many people across the bay area with a heavy workload, we will show you the damage, stay

with us.

we're live in oakland, where a tree comes crashing down into the middle of the street, crushing three cars in its wake. we'll show you the incred