. we're live in oakland where a suspicious fire breaks out near children's hospital. we'll tell you the connection to the hospital. we just spoke to a hospital person. he tells us exactly who will be impacted today. friday morning rain. it's been an active week. we're ending the week with rain. what about the weekend, can we clear this out and warm it up.

drivers across the golden gate bridge. and urgent rescue will get underway to try and help a very sick baby who is stranded on a boat. the new insight we're getting into what the crew is going through. mornings on 2 starts now. complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu mornings on 2. you're looking live at a damaged building owned by oakland's children's hospital where investigators say an early morning fire may have been set on purpose. coming up in two minutes, ktvu's tara moriarty will reveal what firefighters told her was really odd about this fire. good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. i'm tori campbell. >> and good morning. i'm dave clark. let's talk about weather and traffic. steve, tell them to take an umbrella, please. >> for a while, here. i mean, there's not a lot left. already break in the clouds.

let's give the system credit. definitely moved through and okay totals. and a couple reports around 4/10 of an inch of rain. aroundalameda, 1/4 inch. sfo17. that's a pretty little system system here. things are pretty much done. not completely but pretty much. so far, marin county, things have quieted down. head over to richmond and the east bay, plenty around, vallejo, antioch and highway 4. oakley, brentwood and south toward the altamont pass as well. you might encounter heavy rain. things have ended toward the south bay except the foothills and still rain over oakland.

san leandro, 880 corridor and a little bit maybe baubling over san mateo bridge and over to the peninsula. 40s the temps, haven't moved all morning long because of the cloud cover and the rain. mornings rains then decreasing. afternoon soon, it will be cooler, clearing out this afternoon, mostly sunny, highs on the cool side. 50s and mainly low 60s. >> we have a look at slower than usual traffic for a friday anyway as we look at the bay bridge toll plaza. it is backed up far 25 to 30 minute delay. on friday, sometimes we have lighter than usual conditions but the rain steve mentioned is complicating things a little bit. we also do have a look at 880 northbound here in oakland. let me get out of that line, so we can put a super up. northbound 880 in oakland. there is slow traffic because of a crash at 980. someone spun out and is blocking that left lane.

traffic is backed up as you can see. down the free, down to the brick wall, north of 23rd. getting to downtown oakland. i would suggest 580 as an alternate if you want to go to the bay bridge instead of 880. this morning, if you are driving on fremont, we have a crash north and southbound in this area, so southbound 880 between 92 and 880 and getting down to fremont is going to take about 25 minutes. northbound traffic, still may be slow in the area. 7:04. back to the desk. >> thank you sal. new this morning, the investigation is underway to a suspicious morning fire that damaged a building owned by oakland's children's hospital. it started shortly before 3:00 this morning at the building on 53rd street and it's just around the corner from the hospital. ktvu's tara moriarty has been covers the story since 4:30 this morning. she just talked to workers at the scene. good morning tara. >> good morning, yeah, we spoke to somebody who works for children's hospital of oakland

in some offices across the street which caught fire. she says there are four people who work in the office and they're going to be relocated across the street until this can be fixed. you can see the tape is up here, and the fire broke out near that rubble beneath the tarp at the back of the building on the corner. whether it was done maliciously or whether a homeless person simply, you know, built a fire to keep warm and it got out of control, that is something that investigators are now looking at. this fire broke out around 3:00 in the morning, on the 600 block of 53rd avenue. what's odd is it broke out on the outside of the building where there's no electrical. investigators think that's suspicious. this building houses offices again for children's hospital of oakland just around the corner. luckily no one was inside when the fire started and by the time the crews had arrived. the fire shot up the backside of the home. >> when we arrived on scene, we found heavy flames from the by side of the building. we made an attack on the exterior. got a good knock on it.

made entry to check for extensions and it was mostly to the attic and exterior walls and roof. >> reporter: the fire captain estimates $150,000 to the building. crews have left the scene and the arson investigator has been called to another fire. we won't know if the cause of the fire is officially arson until later this morning. we know it's definitely suspicious. live in oakland. i'm tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. 7:06. bond is set at a million dollars for a cub scout leader accused of child molestation. 40-year-old franklin lee was arrested last friday by santa rosa police. a boy, almost 18 years old claimed that lee sexually abused him for almost four years before he had turned 14. the the alleged victim was not a cub scout but his brother tells ktvu the family trusted lee and considered him a close friend. >> my entire family thought that he was a good hearted guy and he liked working with children, and it's just like

really disappointing. >> the boy scout's immediately removed lee after his arrest, calling the child molestation charges reprehensible. lee who has two stepchildren worked with boys ranging in age from 6 to 18. time 7:06. happening today, disgraced form san francisco supervisor ed ju is headed to county jail to serve a sentence for perjury. for lying about where he lived when he ran for supervisor in 2006. now, he has already served five years in federal prison for a scandal during his first year in office. it involved extortion, mail fraud and bribery. meantime, a key figure leland ye is free on $250,000 bail. this is keith jackson leaving jail. he has been in jail since last wednesday facing drugs and weapons charges.

his lawyer says jackson's mothers house was used to cover his bail money. now, there was one major condition for his release. jackson is banned from contacting his son, brandon who is also a codefendant. >> that's temporary. the judge said at least we can come back in and change that. he wants to see how it goes. >> jackson was one of leland ye's top fundraisers and is now co. cold front -- codefendant on cocorporation cocorruption -- coconsideration which you do. >> reporter: good morning, that means drivers at least for the next 72 hours until sunday night will be enjoying the lower tolls but the toll goes up on monday as you mentioned and that will be the case for most going up a dollar. the toll authority, this increase is needed to keep up

with the cost of maintaining the bridge, but here's what you need to know before monday. the tolls will go up, making the bridge the most sensitive cross in the bay area. if you don't have fast track, now may be the time to get it. fast track users will pay $6. if you are car pooling the toll will be $4 and will go up 25 cents of every year between july 1st of next year to 2018. the increase in toll will keep up with projected costs. $142million short fall is expected within the next five years. this increase will reduce that greatly. they say the toll increase will raise about $138 million of that. district official says that money will go toward things like bridge maintenance, which officials estimate at 1.4 billion over the next four years, and public transportation, about 1/2 of every dollar goes toward subsidizing the bus and ferry system, and while this increase

may hit hard for some, imagine living in places like the east coast. a few examples, the george washington bridge from new jersey to manhattan, commuters pay $13 in cash. and from brooklyn, commuterrer pay $15 in cash and you go to tacoma washington, where the bridge, people they 5:25 in cash, and then 4:25 for their version of fast track. so our o tolls are somewhere in the middle, but some people still not happy about the toll increase. live in san francisco. brian flores ktvu channel 2 news. bike sharing could be coming to oakland, berkeley and emeryville, the metropolitan transportation commission is set to vote on funding to expand the program to i cities on april 9 april 9th. the m it tc launched a pilot -- mtc launched a pilot program in san francisco and san jose. the program lets you rent a bike by the hour or day and then return it to any number of stations located throughout those cities. >> your time is 7:10.

new this morning from afghanistan, an associated press photographer was killed. an ap reporter was wounded. all happened today when an afghan policeman opened fire on the two women as they sat in a car. 48-year-old ana neederringhaus was killed instantly. they were traveling in a convoy of election workers delivering ballots. an afghan police officer walked up to the car and started shooting. he then surrendered and was arrested. 60-year-old kathy began nonis an associated -- gannon is an associated press reporter and is getting medical treatment and is in stable condition. a combat vet severely injured a year ago in afghanistan plans to celebrate her remarkable recovery this weekend in san francisco. kelly hunt suffered serious injuries when a suicide bomber attacked her military convoy. she suffered a complex skull

fracture and shrapnel damage to her limbs. in celebration of her hard work and recovery, she will now run in the rock 'n' roll half marathon this sunday. exactly one year to the day of that bombing. she's hoping to honor fallen and wounded soldiers with her show of determination. >> that's is so impressive. i mean i couldn't even run a half marathon and here she is doing it in that condition. it is 7:12. a daring rescue underway off the coast of mexico. pictures from inside a sailboat believed to be stranded in the pacific ocean. the bay area's critical role in saving the life of a very sick 1-year-old girl stuck on the boat. and race car driver michael schumacher has been in a coma more than three months. this morning, reason for hope, the developing news about his condition. good morning, right now, we are looking at a wet commute in some places. the san mateo bridge looks like it's raining there now and traffic is going to be busy. we'll tell you where other commutes are not doing well.

what has been a mostly rainy week continues this morning. we'll see if this is the last system in the old weather pipeline, or if there's more for the weekend. can wet get temps near 80 as we have been talking about by monday. [doorbell rings]

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. time 7:15. new this morning, there are hopeful signs for one of the worldest most popular race car drivers. formula one champion, michael schumacher has been in a medically induced coma for it more than three months after suffering severe head trauma in a ski accident, despite newspaper reports describing the condition as grave. the agent says the race car driver is showing moments of consciousness and awakening. the agent says he remains confident. >> time now 7:15. gay men who often travel to los angeles, are now being urged to get vaccinated against

bacterial meningitis. that's after three men recently died from that disease. health officials say the men who died were in their 20s. they were all gay, and two of them were hiv positive. the victims also socialized in north and west hollywood. 8 people have been diagnosed with bacterial meningitis in la county so far this year. thousands of would be nurses in california say a computer glitch is preventing them from being able to take their exam to become a nurse. so far, 4000 nursing school graduates have not been able to take the test since a new computer testing system was installed at the board of registered nurses in october. nursing school grads went to it a town hall hearing in modesto to complain about the backlog. we can't work. we can't test. and it's ridiculous. >> remittivess from the board of rental -- representatives from the board of nurses say

progress has been made to eliminate the backlog. cover california's executive director says a half million more people are likely to finish the enrollment process before the middle of the month. they're the people who say they tried to sign up before the deadline, and could not finish. that would mean the number of uninsured californians will be less than half of what it was at the beginning of the year. 7:17. now to the continuing coverage of wednesday's mass shooting at the fort hood army base in texas. investigators are still looking for a motive behind the attack. army specialist ivan lopez killed three people and wounded 16 others before he killed himself. it does look like mental problems drove him to kill. witnesses are being questioned to pinpoint the moment or event that may have set lopez off. there is a strong possibility that lopez argued with at least one soldier before the

shooting. lopez had a clean military record but he was taking antidepressants and was being tested for post-traumatic stress disorder. >> we have very strong evidence that he had a medical history that indicates unstable psychiatric or psychological condition. >> as we reported on mornings on 2 yesterday, lopez did not see combat while he was deployed in iraq in 2011. investigators are examining his computer files, his home and questioning his wife. so far there's no sign that he targeted anyone specific during the shooting. >> time now 7:18. let's bring sal back. if you haven't been out, the roads are wet. be careful driving. how is the toll plaza. >> it is slow. and on friday, sometimes we have lighter than usual conditions. today it's not because of the rain. and it has been raining in some parts, looks like it's kind of drying off here, but the delay time is 25 to 30 minutes. the drive time, i should say. 25 to 30 minutes and a 20

minute delay before you make it onto the bridge. i want look at the coliseum. nice ask empty parking lot. tonight that's not the case, the warriors and athletics both play tonight and sunny and good weather for the a's, and oracle obviously that doesn't matter. what matters is b.a.r.t. and the freeways are going to be extra taxed tonight because of all those people showing up at the coliseum arena complex for the warriors and a's. very important game. i'm sure that's sold out. keep that in the back of your mind. it's going to be not quite armageddon but us traffic reporters like to embellish. slow traffic as you head to the fremont area because of an earlier crash that has now been cleared. 7:19 let's go to steve. >> not a bad system that came back. rain totals in a moment. still have a little bit of an angry sky. and there's some sun on the western edge here as the front begins to plow through. out towards sacramento, heading

up towards the sierra nevada. mostly cloudy. 34 at blue cannon. rainfall totals a couple locations, bun vista park, and daily city of .40 to .44. i think officially .38 in san francisco. 10s lee toe .4. alameda quarter of an inch. sfo17/100. and 12/100 in middletown. lake town. is there more rain on the way. maybe middle of the month. next couple of days, sunny and warm. highway 4 is in there, lafayette, pretty good rain in walnut creek. san ramon, danville, about an hour ago. richmond, oakland, berkeley, emeryville getting rain. clayton, concord pleasant hill. and brentwood. dryer air moving in as well, back toward liver more and 580.

san jose, though, looks like everything has pretty much ended. still one band wants to hang out around oakland, 880 corridor, and parts parts of peninsula. the san mateo bridge. 40s and 50s. 54 mountain view. most locations within a few degrees of each other. our system is rapidly ed hadding toward the east. some still holding on a little bit over the bay. 47 ukiah. 42 in reno. 50 os down to san diego. cool for them. our system will move out today. the rain will end. high clouds spilling over the ridge as we say, tonight into saturday and then the ridge of high pressure builds in for sunday, monday and tuesday and sunny and warmer, cooler after next attitude and a possibility of 80 by monday. morning rain, afternoon sun. 60s or upper 50s. slightly cooler even though we're going to get sun in the afternoon, it's impact has been felt. so 59 half-moon bay.

67 towards gilroy. mostly sunny. higher clouds saturday and then sunshine and warmer temps, especially, sunday, monday, tuesday. >> thanks steve, and by the way, you can get weather updates anytime of day by following steve and the other ktvu meteorologists on social media. you can find them all on facebook and twitter and steve has great conversations going. got a little weather updates and some comedy going on on his twitter feed. >> i've got to check it out. >> exactly. >> time now 7:22. the latest on the performance came out two hours ago. why many think the labor market may be picking up steam despite the numbers holding steady. talk about a close call, the stunning risk a driver took in a dangerous attempt to beat a train.

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. 7:24. two children, two adults, lucky to be alive. check this out, after a dramatic crash right there caught between a car and a commuter r train. caught on camera. houston police say the driver

tried to beat the train. went around the crossing gates. that's when the train smashed into the car, remarkably, this is really the good news, everyone inside that car survived. the driver was cited for running a red light, and going around the crossing gates. >> wow time 7:25. a 3-year-old girl was diagnosed with a rare eye condition because of a photo her mom posted on facebook. family members and friends noticed an unusual glow in little riley taylor's left eye. they encouraged her mother, take her to a doctor. have it checked out. a doctor in tennessee diagnosed riley has coats disease. it can lead to blindness if not treated. >> she didn't sit close to the tv. she is actually in gymnastics. she can walk on the balance beam. no indication that there was any visual problems with her left eye. >> doctors are saying the little girl will have some vision in her left eye as long as she keeps getting medical

treatment. >> cute little girl. 7:25. a police officer is in trouble because of what he's accused to have taking from her but she is defending him. >> you just lost a good police officer. >> the unusual case that could lead to serious charges. good morning, right now, we are still dealing with wet weather on your morning commute. and that happen means that you're going to be a little slower than you probably intended to be on 8 80. the drive time between the bay bridge is 26 minutes. rain holding on. breaks to the west, a little bit over marin county. we have okay rain totals. we'll see if this lasts much longer and if there's more in the weekend. bulldog: mattress discounters good deed dogs is raising money

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7:29. you're looking live at mofette field, where an air national guard team is on a rescue mission to help a seriously ill one-year-old girl. now, this little girl is stranded on a boat, hundreds of miles off the coast of mexico. ktvu's janine de la vega has been poring over what appears to be journal entries from the boats crew. what she has learned about the family in two minutes and why a team from this area is going all the way down to mexico to help. welcome back to mornings on 2, i'm tori campbell. >> and good morning.

i'm dave clark. let's talk about weather and traffic. some areas still getting rain. holding on over oakland. they're going to be the leader of the pack after everything is said and done. some locations, north bay, things have wound down. out towards concord, lafayette. richmond, vallejo, crawford, highway 4, is probably just worse now because you get the rain. brent wood, oakley, antioch, o out it pittsburg, not too much but coming off the altamont pass at livermore, morgan hill said we had a little bit, and i can see there isn't too much. from hayward, san lorenzo, oakland, alameda, still there. highway 92, and san mateo bridge, still some rain. 40s and 50s. again, it's kind of cool chilly morning. a little bit cooler on the afternoon hides. breaks in the clouds already to the west and they're going to start punching in. 60s mainly or upper 50s on your temps. here's sal. >> right now, we are looking at the a rainy commute.

that's one of the things that you have to account for as you leave the house. bay bridge, 25 minute delay or drive time, i should say. delay is about 20, but then you have to be on the brakes as well. looking at the commute, approaching the richmond, san rafael yell bridge. however, traffic is going to be a little bit busy as you come upon the richmond bridge. a little bit slow on the bridge itself. we're looking at fremont because traffic is actually moving along relatively well. southbound on 880. but still a little bit sluggish as you approach thornton. 7:31, let's go back to the desk. >> happening now at mofette field, members of the california air national guard. they're packing up, heading out for a life saving mission. other members of the team flew out yesterday, they're at the side of a very ill 1-year-old girl who was stranding off the coast of mexico. ktvu's janine de la vega live in mofette to tell us about this. this is a daring water rescue

operation. what's going on. >> reporter: yeah, dave it certainly is. men and women of the 129th 129th rescue mission are getting ready for this complex mission. as you can see, they're loading this aircraft and in 30 minutes, they'll be taking off to help rescue a baby on board a boat in a remote location who desperately needs medical care. the rescue wing is going to help a family on a 36-foot sailing boat call the rebel heart that is in the pacific ocean, almost a thousand nautical miles off the coast of mexico. at 8 this morning, an mc130p combat shadow aircraft will depart mofette field with with the 129th rescue wing and head to cabo san lucas. to refuel the helicopters that will hoist the baby out of the 36-foot sailing boat. we found a blog online from who we believe is the family that

is stuck on the boat. in it they say they are sailing around the world and took off in 2012 from san diego with two young children and in march were heading toward new zealand. we're trying to confirm with the air national guard if this is the same family. here's what the rescue wing did last night. >> we had four pair of rescue men parachute from another aircraft yesterday. and were successfully able to board the vessel and have stabilized the baby. at this point, they are on the craft and ensuring that the baby remains stable, and the next phase is to have the helicopters reach the vessel and get the family out of there. >> the rescue wing reported that the parents are on board with another sibling and their boat does not have any power. now, we have some video of the 109th rescue wing from a

previous mission. they are well trained and prepared for this operation. they've helped save the lives of more than 1000 people. 600 of them civilians. as i mentioned today, the plan for this rescue is the crews will hoist the baby into a helicopter, take her to a medical facility. they're trying to form late a plan to also get the rest of the family on board. now, many of the crew here are parents themselves. they have very emotional, they want to make sure they get this done, that everybody's safe. we're going to be here when they take off at 8:00. we'll bring you that video coming up. reporting live from mountain view, janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. thank you. 7:34. there is new information about the two armed suspects, shot by police and federal agents in fairfield. authorities now identify them as 33-year-old corey davis of

sosoon city, and 27 markell davis of fairfield. it's not known if they are related. investigators say they were shot just 30 minutes apart on the same block of north texas street yesterday afternoon. the gunfire came after investigators with the federal task force tracked down the two attempted murder suspects. the man hunt led to the two confrontations, one outside an apartment complex, the other behind a wal-mart store. officers say they were forced to open fire when the suspects pulled out guns. both suspects survived the shooting. no word on their conditions. no police officers or federal agents were hurt. san francisco police are on high alert after death threats were made against the apartment following a deadly shooting two weeks ago. the examiner reports that the police received an anonymous call threatening threatening retaliation. investigators say officers shot 28-year-old alejandro nieto when he reached for what appeared to be a gun. it under out to be a tase -- it

turned out to be a taser. it's the 34th connect the department death since 2000. roanoke park police made an unusual drug best that started with a traffic stop. police say they found evidence the driver was linked to a marijuana growing and trafficking operation. now, the driver was allowed to leave, but police got a search warrant for his home on chapman lane west of petaluma. when they arrived there, it looked like the driver had been digging in the dirt, and they found 60 pounds of processed and packaged marijuana buds which had been hastily concealed in a manger in a sheep field next to his home. time now is 7:36. the district attorney's office leading the investigation of a suspended concord police officer facing possible drug charges. officer matthew schweitzer is a member of the k-9 department, accused of illegally obtaining precipitation drugs. and one woman says officer

schweitzer came to her home several times to ask about her pain medication. >> he asked me if i was taking marco, and i says yeah, and he wanted to borrow some. >> now, investigators stress that the charges against officer schweitzer, they're still pending. he's been on paid leave since february due to this drug investigation. a gun buy back, planned tomorrow in san francisco. mayor lee, city supervisors, is several church groups, they're all sponsoring it. in the past, 529 guns were turned in. the program's part of a comprehensive public safety strategy. now, the buy back will take place between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. tomorrow at the new grocery outlet store on bay shore boulevard near sunnydale. 100 dollars will be paid for a gun that's turned in. 200 dollars for an assault weapon. there's a limit of 5 firearms per person, and they have to be

unloaded and in working condition. 7:37. a damaged new report has surfaced about dodgers stadium and the lawsuit filed on behalf of injured giants fan brian stow. stow suffered severe brain damage when he was beaten three years ago by two dodger fans in the parking lot of dodgers stadium on opening day. stow's lawyer found a report put together by major league baseball about the attack, and it refers to a culture of apathy and indifference among the staff at dodgers stadium. stow's attorney wants to use the report in the trial against the insurance companies for former dodgers owner frank mccourt. >> a funeral will be held today for a u.s. marine killed that suspected drunk driving crash in fremont. 23-year-old andrew silva had just returned home from a tour of duty in afghanistan when he was killed last week. ruling his motorcycle near fremont boulevard and dakota

road when he was hit. a memorial continues to grow at that intersection. a funeral will be held at st. ann catholic church in union city at noon. a minor earthquake rattled nerves and caused no dang. it measured 3.6. hit just after 9:00. it was centered about 6 miles east of yanville, and felt as far away as mill valley and san ramon. no reports of after shocks this morning. and strong after shocks in chile a 6.1 quake shook the northern coast. since the main earthquake damaged 2500 homes. many families have set up tents and are forced to sleep outdoors in parks, open fields and soccer stadium, and there are widespread shortages of water and fuel and electricity still out for much of the region. time now, 7:39. back here at home, nine candidates for mayor of oakland, including the current

may r -- mayor, gene quan scared off in the debate. >> it's the mayors job to succeed in making this city safe. tonight i'm going to ask for your vote that i may make the city safer. >> now, the focus of the debate was oakland's crime problem. mayor jean quan defending her efforts to battle rampant crime in oakland. >> i want you to know that every vie crime in this city is unis accept and will personal to me. >> -- unacceptable and personal to me. >> there are 15 challengers. oakland mayor jean quan is facing criticism that fred black well is leaving the post after a month on the job. >> from the business perspective, it's a poor sign. you cannot keep r your managers and the managers you have do not speak highly of her

leadership. >> councilman noah gile pointed out oakland had trouble finding a police chief. three have stepped down since quan has been mayor, and a spokesperson says a turnover in leadership is something that happens in many cities. a patent and trademark office set to open in san jose next year may not have the positive financial impact city leaders initially expected. taxpayers will reportedly have to cover the 4 1/2 million dollars to relocate city employees now working at city hall on 4th street. those costs will cancel out money the city is earning from the new lease with the patent office. mayor chuck reid says the project is still worthwhile, given san jose is one of four satellite patent offices authorized by the white house three years ago. an early morning fire with a suspicious twist, the reason firefighters say the fire that badly damaged a building owned

by oakland's children's hospital is so unusual. and runway light black out at a busy bay area airport. what happened and what's being done to fix the problem. good morning, right now, we are still looking at a decent commute in many areas. other areas being rand on like here on highway 23 -- 24. we're going to look at drive times and commutes in the area. and .21 from dave in lafayette. same as in danville. more rain, looks like there's some. other areas are getting sunshine and the weekend forecast as welcoming up. welcome to the farm of jack.

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. new this morning, the labor department announced 192,000 new jobs were created last month and hiring was especially strong in restaurants and bars. manufacturing was the only sector that lost jobs. it was still weaker than the expected 200,000 job gain. the national unemployment rate held steady at 6.7%. crews searching for the mussing malaysian airlines flight 370 have started the underwater search for the plane's black boxes. an australian ship has lowered a ping detector into the water. the device is designed to pick up pings and the battery operated black boxes transmit pings for 30 days after a crash, so time is running out. the plane disappeared almost 28 days ago. in the meantime, crews from 8 countries continue the search and planes and ships above the water. >> i've never seen corporation as effective as what we're seeing at the moment.

8 nations out there working as one theme. to common purpose. because we need to find this downed aircraft. >> malaysian airlines flight 370 disappeared on march 8th with 239 people on board. time now, 7:45. here's an update on a story about a power problem at oakland international airport. we checked this morning, with the airport officials who say the runway lights are working properly again. wednesday night, the lights went out on the main runway. crews were able it to turn them back on manually. and all the affected flights were able to land safely. however, airport officials say they still don't know for sure what caused the problem in the first place. well, another milestone has been reached in the effort to bring down the old eastern span of the bay bridge. ktvu's pam cook is in the studio now to show us about the progress. >> it's amazing to watch. hopefully not too distracting. what is going on right now.

crews are removing the steel beams, piece by piece. now, crews are holding up this basket like piece of equipment that the crews are working in. you might notice how much of the concrete deck is actually gone. it's been replaced by a lighter wooden deck that puts less stress on the bridge but still strong enough to support the demolition equipment. now, we have highlighted some of the cults that you can see -- cuts that you can see right through the massive steel frame at the midsection. call transtells us those cuts -- caltrans tell uses those cuts were finished wednesday. you're going to be able to look straight through the gap in the old bridge. yesterday workers carefully removed all of the steel, the pieces that are shown in red here. they are using jacks and steel supporters to make sure the two remaining halfs don't collapse and fall into the bay. all of the work will allow contractors to finish the bike

and pedestrian path. our crew drove the bridge yesterday. you can see the new gap p there, right there at the bridge. right at the top. the demolition going roughly in reverse from how the span was built 77 years ago. crews are removing 58,000 tons of steel that workers put into place back in the 1930s. now, today crews have more high- tech gear of course, including 3d computer models to help figure out the best way to remove each piece of this gigantic steel puzzle. you don't have to try to see all of this as you driving across the new span. go to our web site, ktvu.com. we have posted unedited video of the demolition and watch it in its entirety in the hot top you cans section. >> very cool pictures there. b.a.r.t. is giving riders to test out its fleet of cars before they roll in in 2017. video from b.a.r.t. about what the trains look like among some of the new features,

the cars will be a lot quieter and the padded seats will be covered in wipable fabric making them easier to clean. they will have them on display, and the san francisco chronicle says they've only had a couple complaints so far. mainly it's the fact that the interior color scheme is blue and green, which happens to be the colors of the rival seattle seahawks. i don't know if they could do yellow and gold for oakland, and some black and orange for the giants and mariner. >> maybe the rest of the cars. >> and 49ers and the raiders. all sorts of color options. >> time now 7:49. our option is to go to sal. you're watching or friends on highway 24 and every place else. >> it was raining hard a while ago, and tori and i had a conversation. how hard it was raining and it's still raining hard apparently in some of these areas. 24 slowing down, although the drive time here is only about 10 minutes as you drive

through. not too bad. you just got to take it easy out there. this is look at the commute at the bay bridge toll plaza. your drive time from oakland to the san francisco exit is holding steady at just less than 30 minutes. so nothing undoable, but it's not friday light like we were hoping it was going to be. 880 is a kind of a mess between hayward and fremont because of earlier problems and has allowed me to drag the map to the south bay. on the fly. northbound 101 is slow down from about the montague expressway central area up into mountain view, and by the way, sacramento street at stockton, in san francisco, there was an auto pedestrian accident there in china town. just outside the stockton tunnel. 7:50. let's go to steve. thank you sal. >> you're welcome steve. nice shot here for those of you listening but not watching. let's give this credit. my goodness, it held together. talked about this yesterday, i'll be the first to admit i

did not think we would get this much. this gave us more than we thought. have some totals, that's a pretty shot. thank you fellows. front's moving fast here. it's rapidly into the valley now. no reports of snow yet at least up in tahoe. there might be some further to the north. things are winding down. the rain totes were good here. thanks to everybody who sent in some. buena vista park in san francisco. and .40 to .44. officially .38 in san francisco. sausalito .40. danville, .21. and .21 in laugh yet. and sfo and concord, .2. and some of the totals, still rain. you can see where it is over highway 4 to bethel island, highway 4 wrapping back around to concord, walnut creek. hercules, crockett, not a lot but this highway 4 commute is

definitely getting hammered by this rain. from the altamont pass back over to livermore, looks like lever mother is about done. winding down. south bay, peninsula not much. i guess there's a settle that wanted to hang out over oakland and san leandro. pockets of heavier rain earlier. now a steady rain. most pushing to the east or beginning to weaken. 40s, 50s, i don't think the low temperatures will budge one bit. our system holding back toward oakland. there's no doubt about it breaks to the west. so morning rain, afternoon sunshine, it will be a little cooler today. afternoon clearing. get some 50s. for a few, low to mid-60s. it looks like, you know, this will be the coolest day. i apologize. you know. i don't know why i said that. you don't know. i'm here to tell you why. mostly sunny tomorrow. we get the higher clouds. it will be warmer, upper 70s: don't hit inland areas. on monday, our first 80s.

>> whatever you say is fine with me. download our ktvu weather app. you can get the latest forecast and also live storm tracker 2. get the weather where you live anywhere, anytime on your smart phone or tablet. i just tweeted an honest weatherman, steve admits, the morning rain heavier than he expected. i got to give him credit. 8:minutes before 8:00. what set off the trigger for the fort hood shooting rampage, the information we know about what the suspect was doing just before he opened fire. also, tougher security, what yahoo is doing to protect its users.

good morning. welcome back. time is 7:55. yahoo is tightening security for its users. yahoo says it has improved the encryption technology for the e- mail and home page. also all of the traffic moving between yahoo's data is centers

is now fully incorrupted. yahoo says cyber security is an ongoing effort. it will continue to fight security attacks. a 5-year-old boy in san diego was given microsoft experts a run for their money. christopher von hassle discovered a flaw in the security system in the xbox one. a dad saw the little boy playing games he wasn't supposed to by logging into xbox live. he unlocked the password by typing the space keys. then he hit enter. >> he was going to find out. >> what was your first reaction. >> how awesome is that. >> microsoft has come up with a fix now. even acknowledged christopher on his web site. he's a security researchers. microsoft is rewarding christopher with four games, $50, and a yearlong subscription to xbox live. >> wow. 7:56. it was a late night at oakland

coliseum. thanks to coco crisp, the a's are off to a strong start in their series against the mariners. >> back and that baby is gone. and we are headed home. >> crisp opened the 12th 12th inning with the 109th 109th career home run. the a's won 3-2 after the game that lasted four hours, check this out, josh reddick slams the pie in crisp's face and drenched him with ice water. the san francisco giants wrapped up their road trip to arizona yelled. and the first inning, brandon belt whacks a solo homer to give the giants a lead. they would fall behind in the 7 7th and in the 8th, angel pagon, gives an 8-5 win. and they head to los angeles for a three game series against

the dodgers, and they will be home tuesday for the home opener. time is 7:57. there's a new development in a recently political scandal, why a disgraced san francisco supervisor who spent years in prison is expected to head back to jail today. we're live in oakland where a suspicious fire breaks out near children's hospital. we'll tell you the connection to the hospital and how some administrative staff will be impacted today. good morning if you're still trying to get into san francisco. we're looking at your ride into work here, and the toll plaza is delayed. we'll tell you what the drive time is and also have drive times for other keykey commutes. good morning. i know it might have been a pain, but rain this morning. not too much left. a little bit breaks to the west. how much longer and what about the weekend. [ 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,

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is odd about this. stay tuned for that. it's friday morning, april 4th april 4th. i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. a quick look at weather and traffic. a final shot of rain, but just about done now. i think so. not much left. by 9:00 it will be gone east or south. there's still a little bit of wrapping back around. the focus now looks to be about hercules and a rumble of thunder two hours ago and out towards vallejo, and fairfield, vacaville, hasn't i don't -- antioch. it's definitely moving out of the area. in between tracy and livermore, altamont pass still some rain and just one area that doesn't want to let go. that's around san leandro, hayward, and a little bit back to the peninsula, but that looks very very light. 40s and 50s on temps. once the system goes through, partly cloudy, and we can see there's some cloud cover wrapping back in. we're not done yet. there could be still isolated

showers. but the general rain looks like it's about done. a little cooler today with afternoon clearing and plan, partly cloudy. 50s and low to mid-60s. here's my good friend sal. >> steve, good morning, we are still looking at slow traffic and rain as you mentioned and some of these commutes. let's look at highway 24 westbound. the drove time here about 12 minutes between the 680/24 interchange and the tunnel and more time on the way to oakland down to the 580/24 interchange. bay bridge drive time, 40 minutes or so getting into san francisco and that takes into account the toll plaza day and the time on the bridge. red road sensors, unfortunately in the livermore valley we have quite a bit. taking about 25 to 30 minutes from livermore it to dublin or actually from the outer part of livermore and dublin. kind of a long time to do that relatively short stretch. and move to 880, southbound traffic begins to slow in union city on the way to fremont.

it's 8:02. back to the desk. new this morning, the investigation is underway into a suspicious early morning fire. the damage to the building owned by oakland children's hospital started shortly before 3:00 this morning at building on 53rd 53rd street. tara moriarty has been there on the scene since 4:30 this morning talking to investigators and she tells us why they think the fire is suspicious, and tara, i want to mention the house behind you looks more like a home than an office building. >> reporter: you're right. this is the residential area but children's hospital has taken over these buildings and uses them as administrative offices. it's easy because the hospital itself is just around the corner. we know that people when they start arrive here to work, they're going to find out they can't go inside. the tape is up because this fire is being investigated as r arson. whether it was done maliciously or whether a homeless person built a fire to keep warm and that got out of control, that

is something the investigator is looking at. this fire broke out around 3:00 in the morning on the 600 block of 53rd avenue. what's odd is it broke out on the outside of the building, where there's no electrical wiring. investigators think that's suspicious. flames spread into the attic and roof, and the building again has the hospital offices. luckily no one was inside. we spoke to an administrator who was called in early this morning because of the fire. >> there's four of our staff that work in that building. and so they will be coming here, and we will redeploy them for a period of time until we're able to make the repairs. >> reporter: the fire captain estimated $150,000 damage to the building. the arson investigator was called to another fire early this morning. we don't know if the cause of this fire is officially arson. we won't be knowing that until later this morning. live in oakland, i'm tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. time is 8:04. happening today, disgraced former san francisco supervisor

ed ju is expected to surrender to authorities to start a unagile term. this time -- to start a new jail term. this time he's headed to county jail for lying about where he lived when supervisor in 2006. he has served five years in federal prison for a scandal in the first year of office, involving extortion, mail fraud and bribery. a key figure in the leland yee corruption scandal is free on $250,000 bail. this is video of 49-year-old keith jackson getting out of jail in oakland last night. he's been in jail since last wednesday facing drug and weapons charges. his lawyer says that jackson's mother's home was used to cover his bail money. there was one major condition for his release, though, jackson is banned from contacting his son brandon who was also a codefendant. >> that's temporary. the judge said, at least we can come back in and change that. he wants to see how it goes.

>> jackson was one of leland yee's top fundraisers and is codefendant on political corruption charges. bond is set at a million dollars for a cub scout leader accused of child molestation. 40-year-old franklin lee was arrested by santa rosa police. a boy almost 18 years old claimed that lee sexually abused him for almost four years before he had turned 14. the alleged victim was not a cub scout but husband brother tells ktvu the family trusted lee and considered him a close friend. >> my entire family thought that he was a good hearted guy and he liked working with children. and it's just like really disappointing. >> the boy scouts immediately removed lee f after his arrest calling the child molestation charges reprehensible. there is growing concern about a woman from san jose who disappeared wednesday morning.

53-year-old raquel rabido is described as at risk. she was last seen in the area of west alma avenues. police say she has the mental capacity of 8 to 10-year-old and suffers from alzheimer's disease, dementia and severe depression. she's latina, 5-5 weighing 165 pounds with brown hair. time is now 8:06. if you'll be driving across the golden gate bridge today or this weekend, enjoy it p because on monday the toll goes up. brian flores live at the toll plaza to tell us how much higher it's going to go. why it's going up and who's going to be affected the most. good morning. >> reporter: good morning dave. some people will be affected no question about that. many of the commuters and ones that are taken the buses making their way across the city for the last weekday commute before the toll increase on monday. we spoke with some who say that even though the toll will be going up a dollar, that's another expense they simply don't need. it is something that bridge

district officials say is needed however. starting on monday, tolls will go up making the golden gate bridge the most expensive to cross in the bay area. nonfast track users will pay $7. those that have fast track will pay $6. if you're car pooling, which is a great way to save money, the toll will be $4 and after the increase, the toll will go up by 25-cents every year between july 1st and 2018. the increase in toll will help keep up with projected costs. officials with the bridge district say they face $142 million short fall within the next five years. this toll includes however will reduce that greatly. they will raise about $138 million of that. while bridge officials say the option is gradually including, the toll every year is a -- increasing, the toll every year is a better way than increase one year in the long run. some say the increase is pretty

hard. >> as a college student, we're on a means for pricing and everything. it gets hard to have to pay tuition and then have to pay for increasing bridge toll as well. i mean, having the hard does help but still it makes a difference. >> reporter: bridge district officials say the money will go towards things like bridge maintenance which officials estimate will cost 1 $1.4 billion. and public transportation. 1/2 goes toward subsidizing the bus and ferry system, and improving doyle drive which officials estimate will cost $75 million. there are ways to save money if you don't have fast track, now might be a good time to get t. you'll save a dollar. car pooling $4 and if you are brave enough, bike or walk across the golden gate bridge and that option is free. live in san francisco. brian flores ktvu channel 2

news. timeous 8:09. warrior -- time's 8:09. warrior steph curry is fighting in africa. they have donated 1500 life saving bed nets to the people in need in africa. malaria kills more than 600,000 people worldwide every year. last summer steph curry went to a ref gee camp and helped pass out 38,000 bed nets to families in need. happening today, the man in charge of the 49ers biggest rival, the seahawks, he could be the seattle head coach for a lot longer. the seahawks called news conference this morning after reports they have reached a contract extension for coach pete carol. he's a marin county native, graduated from redwood high school. carol reached the top of the nfl season, leading the seahawks to their first super bowl title. his original five year deal with seattle was due to expire after the 2014 season.

all right. it is 8:10. and crews at moffett field are taking off on a daring rescue off the coast of mexico. these are pictures of a sailboat where a 1-year-old child is desperately ill. he has been in millionly induced coma for months, and this morning, signs of hope for change, michael schumacher's condition is making head leans. good morning, right now, we are looking at a commute that's going to be busy in many areas, but san francisco has cleared out a little bit. find out what it's like getting into san francisco from the east bay. we have some sun breaks there. there's a couple little showers still holding on. we'll take aidlesser look at this -- attack a closer look at those. updated rain totals as well. real big club card deals, the safeway app and gas rewards. this week... life's just a little sweeter

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the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. make the switch. look for jennie-o ground turkey in a store near you. welcome back. time 8:13. new this morning, hopeful signs for former auto racing champion, michael schumacher, he's been in a medically induced coma for more than three months after a skiing accident left him with severe head injuries. his agent now says the race car driver is showing moments of consciousness and waking up. a possible recovery still a long road, but the agent says he is remaining confident. now, to our continuing coverage of wednesday's mass shooting at the fort hood army base in texas. army specialist ivan lopez killed three people, wounded 16 others before he killed himself.

investigators are still looking for a motive behind the attack. but they feel mental illness was a factor. witnesses are now being questioned to pinpoint the moment or event that may have set lopez off. there's a strong possibility that he argued with at least one soldier before the shooting. lopez had a clean military record, but he was taking antidepressants and even though he did not see combat while many iraq in 2011, he was being tested for post-traumatic stress disorder. >> we have very strong evidence that he had a medical history that indicates unstable psychiatric or psychological conditions. >> investigators are examining his computer files, his home and questioning his wife. so far there's no sign that he targeted anyone specific during the shooting. >> and congress is paying its respects soldiers killed at fort hood. house speaker john boehner posted this video of the

american flag lowered to half staff. speaker boehner called it a tribute to fort hood families: gay men who often travel to los angeles are getting urged to get vaccinated from bacterial meningitis. three men recently died. two of them were hiv positive, all guy. and the victims socialized in north and west hollywood. 8 people have been diagnosed with bacterial meningitis in los angeles county so far this year. your time now 8:16, the legal battle over the accreditation of the college of san francisco will go to court in fall. an october 27th trial is scheduled. it may last five days. the outcome could determine the fate of the college, which last summer was told it could lose its accreditation this july unless the school complied with commission standards and eligibility requirements. ccsf could be forced to close down if it loses accreditation.

8:16. later this morning, dozens of police recruits in oakland will graduate and prepare to fight crime in oakland. almost 50 recruits will be graduating as part of the 168 168th oakland police academy. that's the biggest graduating class in oakland police history. the department says these new graduates are a vital part of the continued efforts to grow the police department and includes public safety. time now 8:17. sal is back, and a lot of the roads are still wet right now, sal. >> that's right. i think all of us experience wet weather on the drove in to work today, and if you're just leaving the house, i think you should look at some of these pictures. it's destroying off at the bay bridge toll plaza and the delay time is holding steady at just under a half hour, i keep saying delay time, the driver time. the delay at the toll plaza is 20 and another 10 on the bridge. san mateo bridge doesn't look too bad, although definitely wetter than the bay bridge. we're looking at a 15 minute

drive time from hayward to foster city. 580 is getting a little bit better in livermore and dublin, but there's a new crash involving a big rig on 238 just before 880. and traffic is now beginning to back up in caster valley. some drive times, grant line road westbound to 680. 26 minutes. not too bad considering. high street, westbound 58011 minutes. b.a.r.t. has 15 minutes delays in the sf o o direction from bay point, equipment problems. caltrain and muni no delays. wizards and sacramento kings tonight, always a good game. >> and the a's are playing, too, at the same time. >> shut the front door. thank you sal. by the way, i'll be watching two people, steph curry and ray mccalm, keep an eye on this kid. he's really good. not a bad system. huh, not a bad system at all. you get, you know, if this came

in back in, you know, january or february, probably would have fallen apart but it gave us a tenth of an inch to almost a 1/2 inch of rain. buena vista park, a couple locations, forest hill, also in the same ballpark, 38/100 fell in san francisco. oakland.tv. el cerrito .21. lafayette .21. sfo, castro valley, napa concord, .20. i tried to get in as many as i could. bethel island, fairfield, a little bit. and vacaville. still a couple little showers around. you can see a few popping up in the east bay over the altamont pass and heading toward tracy, a little around walnut creek. into lafayette, danville, black hawk, a couple showers, and still in between hayward and pleasanton, union city, there's been a little cell just refuses to let go.

it looks like it's losing a lot of punch. 40s and 50s on your temps and we'll continue to see this system move out. there's breaks to the west. not done yet. see the next band coming in, might enhance showers there. morning rain, afternoon sun. tracy in marina says looks like a glorious friday to me, i think so too. especially this afternoon. and rain in the morning. 50s, also 60s on some of the temps and these are a little bit below average for this time of year, we'll rebound fast, starting tomorrow and then definitely on sunday and monday. mostly sunny, probably a lot of high clouds saturday. warmer, lots of sunshine. upper 70s. to 80 endland. sunday and monday: the old eastern span of the bay bridge is disappearing one piece at a time. a look at the work done so far and the high-tech tool crews are using to finish the project just in time for a new one. plus, did you see this, how a is selfie with president obama and a baseball star now calls controversy at the white house. ♪

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two killed, two adults, lucky to be alive after this dramatic crash in houston, there between a train and a car. the driver tried to beat the train, went around the crosses gates and the train smashed into it. believe it or not, everyone in the car survived. the driver did get a ticket for running a red light, and going around that crossing gate.

bike sharing could be coming to oakland, berkley and emeryville, the metropolitan transportation commission is due to vote on funding to expand the program to those cities on april 9th. the mtc launched a pilot program last summer in fan on the peninsula and san jose. it lets you rent a bike by the hour or by the day and bring it back to any number of stations located throughout those cities. 8:24. a 3-year-old girl was diagnosed with a rare and serious eye condition all because of a photo her mother posted on facebook. family friends noticed an unusual glow in riley taylor's left eye and encouraged her mother to take her to the doctor to have it checked out. a doctor in tennessee diagnosed riley with coat disease, which can lead to blindness if it's not treated. >> she didn't sit close to the tv. she is actually in gymnastics, she can walk on the balance

beam. no indication that there was any visual problems with her left eye. >> doctors say the little girl will still have some vision in her left eye as long as she continues to get medical treatment. time is 8:24. the white house not happy with the selfie, taken by boston red sox player, david ortiz and president obama. ortiz took the photo with the president tuesday when the red sox was honored by the white house for winning the world series in 2013. ortiz tweeted this photo thanking the president, calling it it an honor. but later, samsung revealed this was all part of an ad campaign promoting samsung's new smart phone. >> i can tell you as a rule, the white house objects for attempts to use the president's likeness for commercial purposes and we certainly object in this case. >> now, david ortiz big poppy has an endorsement deal with samsung, and is they said they worked out in advance with ortiz before the white house

visit with how to share images with the fans. that incident with the white house selfie is similar to the now famous selfie that now ellen degeneres did with the celebrities a at the os r cars. that -- at the oscars. that too turned out to be an ad promotion for samsung. time is 8:26. california is depending more and more on foreign oil. lawmakers in washington are taking note. we are live at the capitol with a hearing taking place today aimed at tug digging up -- at digging up some other options. we're live at moffett field. this aircraft will be taking off and aiding in a complex rescue operation. a baby severely ill is stuck on a boat in the middle of pacific ocean. we'll bring you a live report. good morning, looking at highway 4 now, and traffic here is backed up a little bit, and coming up, we'll take a look at some of the key east bay

commutes. our front still holding on a little bit. there are breaks to the west. we'll have rain totals and you can see blue skies. we'll see what's in store for the weekend. more rain or warmer. [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.

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rescuers about this very complex over water rescue mission. we'll tell you what he told her coming up in just minutes from right now. it is friday morning, april 4th. i'm dave clark. let's talk about weather and traffic changing steve. >> that's a pretty good little rain. a couple reports raining toward fremont, and i know it well. niles canyon, i'll show you in just a second. not a lot left of this system. a couple areas where it's still raining, bethel island, concord, walnut creek. parts of the east bay. this system around hayward, wrapping back around. sandra mono, dublin, union city, black hawk as well. not done completely yet. this system is moving south rapidly. it is still giving areas rain. temperatures stuck. haven't moved all morning long. there's still a little wrap around effect coming in. most of the front is out of the picture here.

might get a few hit and miss showers coming in. marin county and the city. general clearing here, 50s and 60s more sun this afternoon. here's sal. good morning, traffic is moving along slowly in some areas. and the wet weather as steve mentioned still kind of hanging out for the part of the morning commute, highway 4, wet weather, a little fog and slow traffic here. you can kind of barely see the traffic. let's move along and look at the bay bridge. a little bit different. seems to be clearing up and drying out. a 25 minute drive however, going to take you from oakland to the san francisco exits. and there are no major delays on 880. but 238 at 880 there's slow traffic and driving in through caster valley, some heavy rain coming up next time. we'll show you kind of a viewers perspective there from driving in. and also we're looking at northbound 280 in san jose. that's slow. we'll talk about that next time as well. 8:31. back to the desk. members of the california

air national guard are racing to save a very ill 1-year-old girl and her family in a daring rescue after they were stranded out in the pacific on a sailboat with no power. ktvu's janine de la vega live in moffett field now where another rescue plan is just about to take off on this international life saving mission. >> reporter: dave, it will be this aircraft that you see behind me carrying the 129th 129th rescue wing with the air national guard sitting here on the tarmac at moffett field. once they take off in just a few minutes, they will be on their way to help this baby's life. now, we asked the national guard what was the family doing in the ocean. how did their boat get stuck. they didn't ask. they are u.s. citizens and the priority was helping them as soon as possible. they will help the family on a 36-foot sailing boat called the rebel heart that's in the pacific ocean 1000 miles off the coast of mexico. this morning, crews from the 19

19th rescue wing have been prepared their combat shadow aircraft to fly to cabo san lucas. the primary function will be to help refuel the military helicopters that will hoist the baby out of the sailing boat that is drifting in the pacific ocean and has no power. we found a blog online from who we believe is the family that's stuck on the boat. in it they say they're sailing around the world, took off from san diego in 2012 with their two young children. they went down the baja peninsula to mexico and last month they started heading across the pacific to new zealand. we're still trying to confirm with the air national guard that this is the same family. another aircraft dropped into the ocean last night to help stabilized baby before the residents cue, a member of the rescue wing leaving today described how the operation works. >> we have a boat that we have parachutes on. we're going to kick it out the back follow it out with parachutes into the ocean. open up the boat, get it inflated and we will get

ourselves over to whoever needs help or being picked out of the ocean or whatever else we can do. >> reporter: the rescue wing reported the parents are on board with another siblings. once the helicopter reaches the boat, the baby will be the first priority. it will be hoisted into the helicopter and rushed to a medical facility. the family will also be rescued as well. the 129th rescue wing are well trained and prepared for this operation. they have helped save the life of more than 1000 people. 600 of them have been civilians. reporting live from mountain view, janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. time is now 8:34. we have new information about the two armed suspects shot and wounded yesterday by police. and federal agents in fairfield. authorities identified them as 33-year-old korey davis offseason city and 27-year-old

markell davis of fairfield. investigators say they were shot just 30 minutes apart on the same block of north texas street. the gunfire came after a federal task force tracked down the two attempted murder suspects. that led to two confrontations. one outside of an apartment complex. the other behind a wal-mart store. police say they were forced to shoot when the suspects pulled out guns. both suspects survived the shooting, but we don't know their conditions. no police officers or federal agents were hurt. it is 8:35. san francisco police are on high alert this morning after death threats were made against the department following a deadly shooting two weeks ago. the examiner reports the police received an anonymous call threatening retaliation. investigators say officers shot 28-year-old alejandro nieto at a bernal parks, he reached for a taser. the examiner reports the death

is the 33rd department connected death since 2000. time is 8:35. the district attorney's office leading the investigation of a suspended concord police officer facing possible drug charges. officer matthew schweitzer is a member of the department's k-9 unit. now, he's accused of illegally pertaining prescription drugs from senior citizens. ktvu news spoke to one woman in concord who who says officer schweitzer came to her home several times to ask about her pane medication. >> he just asked me if was taking norco and i says yeah, and he wanted to borrow some. >> investigators stress the charges against officer schweitzer are still pending. he has been on paid leave since february because of this drug investigation. a funeral will be held today for a u.s. marine killed in a suspected drunk driving crash in fremont. 23-year-old an drew silva had just come home from a tour of

duty in aversion when he was killed last week. -- afghanistan when he was killed last week. a memorial keeps growing at that intersection. a funeral will be held at st. ann catholic church in union city today at noon. california's reliance on foreign oil is at the center of a heated debate in washington d.c. this morning. republicans say california could produce much more oil if it cut red tape for drilling. kyla campbell is live in washington to explain the arguments coming out of this hearing! republicans say california has tripled its use of foreign oil over the past decade and it's time to produce more oil in this state. we're taking a live look right now at the energy sub committee hearing which looks like it's wrapping up right now. republicans at the hearing said they want california to open areas for drilling that are

currently closed. they say california has at least 5 billion-barrels of oil offshore and the u.s. energy administration estimates that more than 15-barrels of oil are trapped in the monterey shell. the california congressman, jared huffman said this morning those estimates are highly overstated. >> our view is that oil has migrated out of the formation and is found in pockets outside of the monterey shell. we don't believe it's going to compete for our investment. that company happens to be the largest oil company in california, a little company called chevron. >> reporter: and that hearing is continuing right now. democrats also say drilling puts california's lands at risk. meanwhile, republicans say every gallon of foreign oil purchased is a missed opportunity for jobs for californians. live in washington, kyla campbell ktvu channel 2 news. time is now 8:38. if you feel like someone's really watching you at the grocery store, it may not be people watching you. a very unique ad method some

cereal makers are trying to use to attract your children. we're live in oakland where a suspicious fire breaks out near oakland's children's hospital. we'll tell you what hospital staff is saying about it. good morning, still a little bit slow out there. still a little rainy, but we are seeing improvement. steve and i will be back to tell you what the traffic and weather are doing at the end of this commute. during the morning we had reports from san francisco, lake merritt, fremont, it's pouring out there. looks like things are about done. blue skies, but will it warm up by the weekend.

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your love for little debbie is something you never outgrow. don't you have a meeting or something? yes. yes, i do. welcome back. time now 8:42. let's bring you up to date on some of the top stories we're following for you. starting monday, the tolls go up on the golden gate bridge by a dollar to $7. now, if you have fast track, you'll pay 1 dollar less. $6, and if you're car pooling, the toll will be $4. disgraced former san francisco supervisor ed jew is expected to surrender today to authorities to begin a new jail term. this time he's headed to county jail. he'll be serving a sentence for perjury for lying about where he lived when he ran for supervisor in 2006. ed jew has already served five

years in federal prison for a scandal during the first year this office. the investigation in oakland goes on right now to a suspicious early morning fire. it damaged that building. it's a building owned by oakland's children's hospital. started shortly before 3:00 this morning on 53rd street. it's just a couple blocks away from the hospital. ktvu's tara moriarty has been out there since 4:30 this morning. you're learning more about what happened out there. good morning tara. >> reporter: good morning, pg&e crews pulled up one more time this morning. we're curious to see what they're doing here. we know that none of the workers who work in this building behind me here which is some administrative offices for the children's hospital of oakland will be allowed in because the tape is up and this fire is being investigated as arsonment flames broke out -- arson. flames broke out around 3:00 this morning. around the corner from the hospital. what's odd is it broke out on the outside of the building where there is no electrical wiring. investigators think that that

is suspicious. flames spread into the at i thinkic -- attic and roof, and. >> four upheaver staff that work in that building -- four of our staff that work this that building, and they will be coming here, and we'll redeploy them for a period of time until we're able to make the repairs. >> reporter: now, the fire captain estimates that about $150,000 damage was done to the building. we have been in touch with the arson investigator, but so far, this fire is still under investigation and back here live, you can see that pg&e, this man right here is turning off the meter, he said, so making sure everything is safe and sound. live in oakland, i'm tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. 8:44 another milestone has been reached in the effort to bring down the old eastern span of the bay bridge. ktvu's pam cook is here to show us some of the progress. pam. >> yeah, crews are now removing steel beams piece by piece.

canes are holding up a basket like piece f of equipment, you can see the -- piece of equipment. you can see the workers standing in there. a lot of concrete bridge deck is gone. replaced by a lighter wooden material deck that puts less stress on the bay bridge but it's strong enough to support the demolition equipment. now, we highlighted some of the cuts that you can see go right through this massive steel frame there right in the mid span of the bridge. caltrans tells us the cuts were finished wednesday ahead of schedule. it's going take a few weeks before the bridge looks like this. you're going to be able to look straight through the gap in the old bridge. workers have been carefully removing each piece of steel shown in red on the drawing. they're using jacks and steel supporters to make sure the two remaining halves don't collapse and fall into the bay. now, all of this work will allow contractors to finish the bike and ped pass.

our crew drove across the bridge yesterday. take a look at the top section there, you can see the new gap in the top. the demolition is going in reverse order how the span was built 77 years ago. they are removing 58,000 tonsover steel. workers put those in place in the 1930s. of course today, crews have high-tech help, including 3d computer models to help figure out the best and safest way to take down the old bridge. now go to our web site, ktvu.com because we posted unedited video of the bridge demolition and you can watch it in its entirety under our hot topics section. >> that's really interesting. >> it is. >> time is 8:46. sal has another view of what's happening on the roads. how are our friends doing in castro valley. >> our friends are doing okay. today is national hug a news anchor day. do with that information what you will.

>> you talk amongst yourselves. i'm going to show this castro valley of someone driving through the rain from a windshield perspective. kind of dicey. driving along at freeway speeds. the big rig ahead, and all this stuff. it's not easy driving. steve says you're not going to be dealing with this in the afternoon. this morning you might be dealing with this. and just down the road a crash on 238 at 580. this is the viewers view of a drive into the valley. let's take a look at the bay bridge, westbound, that is backed up for about a 20 minute drive time between oakland and san francisco. we talked about 238. we just showed you the castro valley drive. 238 at 880 clearing a big rig accident here. didn't cause as big of a back up as i thought it would. 880 northbound past the coliseum and slows and by the way, the's and warriors play at the same time, and that means there's going to be a lot of slow traffic on 880 trying to get to that part of oakland this evening.

8:47. let's go to steve. >> hug an anchor day, not a weather man. >> i don't know, they can hug you too. >> that would be fine. we have breaks in the clouds, a decent system. great questions today, and wonderful information. thank you everybody. i try and answer everybody as much as i can. as fast as i can. sometimes i get a little behind there because there's a lot going on, like this morning, when we had this system coming by. a couple reports in san francisco. buena vista park, and again toward daly city. oakland, a quarter of an inch, more in piedmont, montclair, oakland hills had good rain for a while. el so referee toe, lafayette -- el cerrito great information and napa, there's one more. concord .2. and 27/100. not too shabby here, and a

couple systems, rain, sun, now rain is back, what are we in hawaii, it would be warmer than that. i know what she means. this is coming in wrapping around the backside, the front is pretty much gone. a couple showers. union city, fremont, pockets of the east bay, toward antioch, highway 4, bay point. this is a far cry from an hour or two where it was coming down pretty good. see this here, that has to move in. favoring areas toward sonoma, marin, san francisco and northern san mateo county. you might get breaks, and then we cloud up again, and we get some of those, trades are still 10 to 15. everything looks good. 50s and 60s on the temps here. and probably the coolest we see for a while. yes indeed, after higher clouds and a little warmer saturday. much warmer, upper 70s to near 80s. sunday, monday tuesday.

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time is 8:52678952 -- 8:55. happening at moffett field, an elite group of rescue planes headed to mexico. a huge transport plane heading down the runway, about to take

off. headed hundreds of miles off the coast of mexico, trying to help save the life of a 1-year- old girl who is very ill. she's on a boat with her parents and another sibling. a rescue crew is already on board there with them preparing the baby for the trip back to be tended to. the rest of the family will be rescued as well. we wanted to show you the huge plane taking off at this moment to save that child's life. 8:53. people living in one san jose neighborhood decided to take action after a copper thief hit three times in one month. a video camera captured this image of the man riding into their neighborhood where people say he clipped wires on two streets, but he did not get all the wiring so neighbors thought he might be back. >> we put these little signs in there can say, here, we're paying attention, we caught you in the middle of the act,

essentially, and it worked. >> neighbors were surprised when they found a pile of copper wire placed on top of one of the vaults that had been broken into earlier. police still have not made any arrests. a damaging report on dodgers stadium has surfaced in brian stow's suit against the team. the san francisco giants fan suffered severe brain damage when he was beaten by two dodgers fans on opening day three years ago. his attorney has found a report that major league baseball did on the attack. it refers to a culture of apathy and indifference among staffers r at dodgers stadium. stow's attorney wants to use the report in the trial against the insurers for the dodgers then owner frank facort. time is 8:54. a new warning about e- cigarettes, poison patrol centers, report skyrocketing children who have tried the e- cigarettes. oscar molina received it as a gift. his 5-year-old daughter and 10-

year-old son decided they wanted to try the bright purple device with the cherry flavored liquid. >> i didn't know. it looked cool. i liked the colors, the buttons. >> i can't leave that thing laying around or somebody puts something that is not vapor or harmless, and i don't know. i got rid of the thing. >> california poison control official say they handled 148 calls a the children getting sick after trying -- about children getting sick after trying cigarettes and doctors are warning one gulp of the liquid nicotine can kill a child of an adult. 8:55. the georgia restaurant at the center of a lawsuit that led to the down fall of celebrity chef paula dean has closed. uncle bubba's house announced the closure. she coowned the restaurant with her brother who over saw daily operations. a former restaurant manager sued them both in 2012 saying she was forced to put up with

rational slurs and sexual innuendos. those allegations set off a scandal that cost dean her job with the food net work. time is 8:55. researchers at cornell says characters on cereal boxes are trying to make eye contact with kids. a new study shows 2/3 of the characters you see on children's cereal boxes are looking downward where children are and found people feel more connected to the brand when the cartoon characters look at them. the researchers admit they don't know if the cereal makers are deliberately trying to make eye contact since the characters are often looking down at the cereal, but they say the strategy may boost sales. 8:56. well, today marks the anniversary of a record that will likely never be matched. ♪ she loves you yeah, yeah yeah ♪ that song, was just

one of five beatle songs on the top of the charts on this date 50 years ago, they occupied the first five slots on the billboard 500, can't buy me love, twist and shout, she loaves you, i want to hold your hand and, please, please, me. one band having the top five songs. amaze. >> it's hard to argue. let's check in with sal, get you to where you need to go. have a good weekend, we are looking at the toll plaza delay for you, and traffic is going to be a little bit busy a. 20 minute drive time into san francisco. i want to mention that tonights athletics and warriors play at the same time. it looks empty now, going to be fall. plan accordingly for a lot of traffic. this morning, driving on 880 northbound. it is a little bit slow still. let's go to steve. thank you sal. most of the morning rain is done. still some wrapping in on the marin coast, san francisco, san mateo coast, we'll see clearing later on. cooler today than mostly sewn,

warmer saturday and much warmer sunday monday. >> he'll we'll take the rain. >> that's our report for the this morning, we thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. and watch ktvu channel 2 news at noon for the graduation day at oakland's police academy, the largest class ever, always here for you on ktvu.com as well as twitter and facebook. thanks for joining us. have a great day. ♪ you have three questions. coffee or espresso? oh, coffee please. ♪ is this coffee? it's nespresso vertuoline. how do they make this froth? it's coffee crema. last question. ♪ may i have another cup please? thank you. next! [ penelope ] nespresso vertuoline. experience the revolution of coffee.

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