tv Mornings on 2 FOX April 7, 2014 7:00am-9:01am PDT
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hooded figures walk out from the corner over here. >> a new development overnight in an effort to rescue a family off the coast of mexico. how the navy is a step closer to bringing the family home. >> reporter: we're live in menlo park where the search continues for a missing hiker last seen on mount tam. "mornings on 2" starts right now. and police are going door to door after yet another shooting. you are looking live at a neighborhood that's been blocked off all morning. coming up in two minutes, the new information ktvu reporter janine de la vega has learned about the victim and the car he was found in. good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> good morning to you. >> good morning. >> i'm dave clark.
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let's talk about weather and traffic. steve, can you give tori campbell a nice day? >> i would like that. >> i always try. i always try. we have clear skies. it's already nice out there. really mild to warm. some locations in san francisco are hovering close to 60. it will be clear and we'll be out of the gate with warm temperatures. clear, nice, sunny, mild. 70s and 80s. if you enjoyed sunday, we'll bump it up more. san jose, 80. starting off at 54. a high today of 84. it will be 70 at noon. 40s, 50s. a couple of locations are on the cool side. it's clear. coast, bay, inland. system there might give us a slight cooldown. probably the warmest day today. if not today, tuesday. low to mid 80s. here's sal. we're looking at a commute that's affected by a crash, southbound it state 880 at
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stevenson. the crash was in the lanes. it has been moved from the shoulder. we're looking at 35 to 40- minute-wait delays, drive time, which is about 15 minutes longer than it normally is. you have to add extra time for that commute. we don't have a decent alternate because some of the other roads are jammed. 880 is slow. let's take a look at some live pictures. between 20 and 30 minutes. really depends on which line you are in. an average time of 20 minutes to get from the toll plaza area to the san francisco exits here. san mateo bridge about 10, 1511 minutes from hayward to foster city. back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. developing news. police in san jose are searching for suspects in an early-morning shooting. it happened on snow drive in south san jose not far from the elementary school. janine de la vega is live from
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the crime scene with new information on the victim and what victims are saying. good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning. people in the neighborhood tell me they heard, yelling, possibly arguing and then five gunshot wounds. they recognize the silver lexus that you see there in the middle of the street and say it belongs to one of the neighbors. there is a tow truck on the scene expected to pick that car up, we're assuming for evidence. police say the victim was in it before the shooting happened. people started calling 911 around 3:00 this morning after hearing the shots fired. when officers arrived, they found a black man in his 30s, suffering from one gunshot wound. he was conscious and breathing an rushed to the hospital. we're told -- and rushed to the hospital. we're told he's in stable condition. this is just a couple of blocks away from samuel elementary school. this is not considered a hot spot for police. >> i've been here for like ten years and nothing like this
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before had happened i was surprised. >> reporter: police have been going door to door doing a canvass of the neighborhood. they are trying to find out if there was an argument going on, if this was gang-related. there is an officer at the hospital. at this point, we don't know the motive and no arrests have been made. again back out here live, you can see that tow truck has backed up against that car and is going to pick up that silver lexus. police were not able to confirm if the victim actually owns that car but again, they found it in the middle of the street. the victim was not in it. he was there suffering from a gunshot wound. but they think how it's connected. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, janine. also new this morning in san jose, firefighters are trying to figure out what sparked a fire at a business complex. it started shortly after 3:00
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on old bayshore highway this morning. firefighters says several businesses are located in the complex. but it looks like the fire started in the back of a landscaping business. >> this is a scarily large building with -- fairly large building with smoke coming up. it made it difficult for us to access. >> there were workers in the building when the fire started. they were not seriously hurt. a search expected to resume for a missing menlo park woman who disappeared after heading out for a hike on mount tamalpais. brian flores is live in menlo park to tell us how her family will help out in the search. >> reporter: yes. her family is expected to arrive from maryland sometime later today. not sure exactly what time, however. the 33-year-old has been missing for over a week now. we're live in menlo park. this is the last city where she was known to live. we should mention we stopped by an apartment complex in emeryville at an address where
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she also lived. but no one was there. the search continues this morning for the 33-year-old expected to get underway, the search. yesterday, more than 100 search- and-rescue volunteers combed mount tam. this is surveillance photos of her. she's described as a caucasian woman with blonde hair, wearing a pink polo as she was paying for parking. a rental car she drove was still there with bags of groceries in the passenger seat. she's been missing for more than a week. there were concerns about the elements of the cold, rainy weather from earlier last week to the warming conditions now. >> there could be a hundred different scenarios that could play out. we don't have that much information to go on. >> reporter: she apparently told her landlord and friend she was going for a day hike. but she didn't say where.
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now, search records indicate that magdalena has lived in the state of washington, maryland and a few places here in the bay area, including san francisco, menlo park and emeryville. we're live in menlo park, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you. investigators want to know the discuss of the fire that destroyed a marin county home. it broke out at 4:30 yesterday in the morning on pan ma'amic highway -- panoramic highway. a marin county firefighter took this photo of efforts to get the flames under control. three people were asleep inside the home when the fire started. they got out okay. the suspension of say senator le has left his constituents with no representation in sacramento. the state senate suspended
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leland yee after he was charged with corruption and gun trafficking. the president of the state senate has asked yee to resign so someone else could fill his senate seat but yee has refused to do that. so his staff members are continuing to respond to questions from people or refer them to their representatives in the assembly. kamala kamala harris says she's engaged. she will marry los angeles attorney douglas emfoff sometime this year. they are both 49 years old. they met on a blind date set up by a close friend of harris's. he has offices in l.a. and san francisco and harris frequently travels to san francisco for her work soy they plan to live in both places. we're following new developments in the search for the missing malaysia airlines
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jet. a u.s. ping locater has twice picked up signals consistent with the sounds sent out by the plane's black box recorders. they say although this is encouraging news, it may take days to confirm whether these are from flight 370. time is running out. the batteries usually last just 30 days. >> already one day past the advertised shelf life. we hope that it keeps going for a little bit longer. >> there are new reports that the plane might have taken a route around indonesian airspace. experts say that would indicate whoever was piloting the plane was trying to avoid radar detection. police in santa rosa investigating the death of a man who died in their custody. 48-year-old wayne hoffman was riding a bike on nordike avenue when police tried to stop him for a traffic violation. they say he refused to stop.
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after a brief chase and shugle, he was taken -- struggle, he was taken into custody. that's when police say he suffered a medical emergency. he was rushed to the hospital but later died. the coroner is conducting an autopsy to determine the exact cause of his death. it will cost now to attend a california state school. in 2012, the fees were frozen. but now there will be a student success phoebing -- phoebing charged. dozens of nurses are planning to picket outside of this area. it was built as a seismic
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replacement for the hayward hospital. it's sparking controversy. protests have been held for months following the loss of the pediatric care facility in hayward. it will not be replaced in san leandro. protesters say that leaves one 100,000 families without access to care for their children in alameda county. 7:12. they were tossed around like toys. several smart cars flipped over last night. an unusual vandalism spree. we'll let you hear from a man who saw what happened. a new problem in chile after the 78:2 earthquake. find out why violent protests are breaking out. good morning. we're looking at a commute that is really at its peak right now as we look at 237. slow traffic coming up. we'll look at another problem getting into the south bay. severe clear already. temperatures are going to warm
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welcome back. a san diego husband and wife are thanking the military for rescuing them and their sick baby from a stranded boat off the coast of mexico. the rescuers including a team from moffett fieldworked for several days -- fieldworked for several days over the weekend. the coffmans set sail across the pacific back in march and a short time later, their baby developed a fever and rash and was not responding to medication. >> they are tired and resting but everything is looking good. it's a great, happy ending. >> yesterday morning, the family boarded the u.s.s. vandergriff. they are expected to arrive back in san francisco sometime later this week and then after they boarded, the family said they are bethankful to be safe
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and well. we also appreciate all of the concerns of everyone back at home for the health of our kaur. she's doing -- daughter. she's doing rel now and continues -- well now and continues to improve. president obama and the first lady will attend a memorial service on wednesday at fort hood. last week, i ivan lopez shot and killed three soldiers and wounded 16 others before taking his own life. he reportedly got into an argument with someone at the human resources office before the shooting. the obamas were scheduled it be in texas already this week to take part in democratic fund- raisers. they visited fort hood also in 2009 when tan army psychiatrist shot and killed 13 people. mark coleman was killed after a crash on an advanced run at north star ski resort. it happened at 11:00 yesterday morning on the rail splitter trail.
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he was airlifted to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. an autopsy is planned for today. investigators say he was wearing a helmet. >> in chile, people who live in the areas hardest hit by the magnitude earthquake are beginning to complain about the pace of recovery. people can be seen carrying buckets of jugs and water. authorities say 9,000 houses were damaged in the quake. the interior minister says government agencies are beginning to distribute supplies and food and water. general motors will start the repairs on the more than 2.5 million vehicles at the sent of a recall. faulty ignitions are tied to 13 deaths at least. gm said they found out about the problems with the ig official switch as early as
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2004. now, owners can bring their vehicles to a dealer to have that switch replaced. spiders are causing problems for mazda cars. that's why mazda is recalling 42,000 mazda 6 cars in the u.s. the issue is attracted to the smell of gasoline. so it call crawls up into the vent hoses and causes it to crack. they will fix the problem for free. they had a problem with spiders back in 2011 that prompted a recall. caltrans is planning to spend $12 million in solve a bird problem on the old bay bridge. right now, about 7800 double- crusted nest from april to august on the far eastern end of the old bridge. but with the demolition already six months behind schedule,
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caltrans can't wait until august and needs the birds to leave now. so far, it spent 709,000 to build condos for the birds on the new span. they consist of stainless steel nesting platforms and nesting materials but so far, those birds are not moving in. happy with their old place. well, sal is watching the birds, the bay bridge, highway 24. you are watching everything, sal. >> got it all right here. >> it's right there. >> yes. >> we do have some problems getting into the south bay as i mentioned. southbound 880. a little slow, we had a crash at stevenson. it's out of the lanes. traffic will be slow. you will start with highway 24 and we're looking at the drive time here. this is 15 minutes between walnut creek and oakland which is just a little elevated here. bay bridge that is backed up for a 20 to 30-minute delay. it bedepends on what -- depends
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what line you are in. if you are driving on the nimitz, at stevenson, slow traffic there. 580 grantline to 680 two minutes. let's go to steve. >> wasn't i just in the newsroom talking to you? >> yes. quick how i got there. >> nice. coast, bay inland. we're starting off clear. we'll end up with a lot of upper 70s and low to mid-80s. could be a pient of patchy fog. everything looks good today and on tuesday. highs on tund, very nice. concord, 79. san jose, 76 and san francisco, a beautiful 71. it's already warm in san francisco. i know china basin is 59. if you are in the city, it's mild, it is. mid-80s. doesn't take long. clearlake, antioch. this time of year.
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clear skies, sunshine, vacaville. sunny for all. coast, bay, inland. everything in on it. 74 today. officially 55. there are other areas about 57, 58. some locations in the 40s. half moon bay at 46. 10 warmer at sfo. there's that 55 in san francisco. mountain view is in there. low 50s. fairfield, walnut creek. nationally, the severe season has kicked in in a big way. warm coming out ahead of it. you would expect severe weather. you can see the severe line of thunderstorms racing through there. tornado activity likely and wrapping back around around st. louis, cincinnati and indiana as well. severe conditions there. for us, severe clear. high pressure is here. this could give us a cooldown on tuesday. inland temperatures will still be well above average.
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today is the warmest day. it will be nice, coast, bay, inland. mild to warm temperatures. low 80s in there. st. helena, novato, petaluma. clearlake, 84. same for antioch, 84 gilroy. woodside, menlo park, all in there. san bruno 74. daly city 70. jocelyn said i like this weather. please no fog. i can do that today. i can do that because the fog will be back for you. it will be warm on tuesday. then becool it down on wednesday, thursday. friday looks like the coolest day. a little rebound on the weekend. not as warm on sunday. chilling testimony in the murder trial of oscar pistorius in south africa. >> i wake up to being terrified. >> pistorius told the judge and
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scary moments on a southwest jet from seattle yesterday. a crack in the windshield forced it to make an emergency landing in boise, idaho. one of the passengers said she was frightened but she liked how the crew handled the situation. >> not to panic, that they would get us >> after landing in boise, the passengers boarded a new plane.
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the homeland security toured oso and encouraged many victims to apply for help from the government. >> when you meet a family member encountered with a tragedy, there's nothing you can say to ease the pain except to say we're here spo tort and help you. >> so far 190 people have applied for rental assistance from fema. get out your wallet. it's gonna cost you twice as much to park in one busy bay area city starting today. it's not just how much but when. >> reporter: we're live in san francisco, where vandals targeted smart cars. we'll tell you what they are doing to them and where they are doing it. good morning.
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we're looking at a toll plaza delay that's up in the 20- minute range. when we look at the toll plaza here, i will tell you more about some of the other drive times crossing the bay. we're looking at sni already. coast, bay, inland. temperatures warmed up as you know. will they continue that today and for how long.
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it was a rude awakening for some owners of smart cars. check this out. someone went after flipping over the small vehicles overnight in san francisco. ktvu's tara moriarty has been in the city all morning and coming up in two minute, you will hear from one man who said he witnessed the vandalism. good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. >> let's talk about your weather and traffic. steve is right over there. good morning. we have clear skies. it looks nice today. temperatures warming up really fast. three suns in a row. 50s, 60s, 70s. 70s and 80s by this afternoon. san jose starting off 54. we'll go for a high of 80 degrees. 70 by noon. 50s for many. 50s. 55 officially san francisco. i did see some 57, 58s. it's really mild in san francisco and parts of the coast. this system might give a slight
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cooldown on tuesday with some patchy fog but more likely on wednesday. sunny and warm. two very good friends of mine. 70s and 80s. here's sal. all right. traffic is moving along pretty well if you are driving on some commutes and not so well on others. 20 to 30-minute delay. it depended on which line you get into it. i should say the drive time is 20, 30 minutes. the delay at the toll plaza is less than that. but still you will be waiting unless you are in the carpool lane. looking at the commute here on the richmond san rafael bridge approach. you can see the traffic is gonna be busy as you drive out of richmond over to marin county. there's slow traffic hon the bridge as well. i want to mention if you are driving across the san mateo bridge, you can see some slow traffic across the span now. the traffic on the span to -- from hayward to foster city is taking about 15, 20 minutes which is more than it normally does. look at 880. we had an earlier accident in
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the lanes at stevenson. this drive has taken 30 minutes plus. back to the desk. >> all right, sal. in san francisco, a very unusual crime targeting those super compact smart cars. this all happened a couple of miles apart. now, tara moriarty has been on this story since we found out about this at 1:30 a.m. tear ray, i know you talked to some of the neighbors out there. >> yeah. >> reporter: they think it's amusing but they are upset that they are being targeted. this is a very bizarre things. these vandals are flipping these cars. some on their sides, some on their roofs. all of the cars have since been towed. you can see the glass that remains. this was the glass from one of the smart cars' car shattered windows. a vehicle was found on its roof
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and then ten minutes later a vehicle was found on its side. the last around 1:30. a couple of minutes away a smart car on its rear wheels popped up in the portola neighborhood on sweeney. a witness said he was shocked when he saw a group of a half a dozen people walk up to his roommate's car and flip it. we talked to a smart car owner nearby whose vehicle was not vandalized and she thinks it's a teenaged prank. >> it has to be -- it would take them a while to flip it over. >> would you think twice about leaving your smart smart car on the street now? >> no. it gives us time to call the companies. >> company -- to call the cops, she says. >> reporter: we're live in san francisco, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. police in san francisco also investigating the death of
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a man hit by a car last night while crossing the street. it happened about 11:00 at van ness and golden gate avenues. investigators say a car hit the man while he was crossing that busy intersection but earlier reports indicate he was not in the crosswalk. the driver did stop and is cooperating with police. seven people have now been killed this year while crossing san francisco streets. four of those accidents were right there on van ness. san francisco police are vowing. they are gonna recrack down on vehicles. changes go into effect in downtown walnut creek. parking fees are going to double. alex savidge is there with the
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other changes that will take place that will have you shelling out more money every day of the week. >> reporter: this is a steep increase. some people say it's going too far starting today if you want to park at most meters in downtown walnut creek, you will be paying twice as much money. bring along extra quarters, if you plan to shop downtown. the rate jumps from a dollar an hour up to $2. on top of that, other changes. meter enforcement hours changing. you can forget about 9:00 to 5:00, you need to pay at 10:00 a.m. until 8:00 at night. another big change, sundays will no longer be free. parking meters will be enforced seven days a week. the city approved these changes and there was a campaign to give drivers a heads up on everything. some people we talked to are a bit frustrated and say this parking price hike may keep
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them away from the downtown district. >> i'm not -- i'm not thrilled with that. i understand the city coffers are a little bit lean. i don't like being gouged. that's what this feels like. >> reporter: this series of changes to the downtown meters here in walnut creek means it will be cheaper to simply park in one of the city-owned garages and there are several here in the downtown area. at those garage, the first hour of parking will be free. that's the incentive for drivers there to not park at the metered spots. the good news, there will be a bit of a grace period. for the next two weeks, the city will be issuing warnings in the evenings and on sunday. the hours are mosted on the meters letting you -- posted on the meters letting you know the
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meters will be posed. the rate goes from a dollar an hour up to $2 an hour starting today. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. also happening today, the cost to drive over the golden gate bridge has gone up by $1. that's raised the toll to $7 for fast track users. it's $6 now. carpools and people who qualify as disabled now pay $4 and this increase is just the beginning. the toll will rise by 25 cents a year for the next four years. the bridge district says the extra money will help pay down a $142 million deficit. officials say it's game over for those gambling dens in san francisco's excelsior district. police have warned the remaining sweepstakes cafe operating on mission streets, it's time for for them to shut down on be shut down. the businesses look like internet cafes but host slot machine style gambling on computer terminals. these are blamed for a rise in crime. san jose is trying to keep
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police officers from moving away to other cities. the mercury news reports the city council is ready to ease the disability retirement benefits from its signature pension reform program. now, san jose's police union has argued that injured police officers could be left without a job, without a pension under the measure b retirement limb is that voters approved two years ago. the union says measure b is the main reason police officers keep packing up and moving away to other cities. the city council will take up this issue tomorrow night. 7:38. tomorrow people who live in the small coastal town of bodega bay decide whether to tax themselves more to pay for their nine-person police department. only a thousand people live but tourists descend and those are the ones being rescued by firefighters. >> they fall off cliffs.
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they get washed out to sea. >> first responders for the county parks and the county parks and the state parks. and yet, we receive no money from other one. we receive no money from either one. >> if measure a passes, homeowners will see their fire district tax from $500 a year to $700. opponents of measure a say they are subsidizing emergency care for out-of-towners. it will cost you more for gasoline to get to work or to go to that spring break destination if you are driving. the latest lundberg survey says the average price at the pump has gone up 5 cents in the past two weeks. here in california, we're paying 4.5. in -- 4.03.
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in the bay area recollection 4.08. san francisco, 4.08. the vacation home market is heating up. an ules sales jumped -- annual sales jumped. the national association of realtors says the sales were spurred by a stronger stock market. 7:40. a lifetime of royal duty has already begun for prince george of cambridge today. the 8-month-old along with his parents arrived in wellington, new zealand today, kicking off a three-week tour. they will spend ten days in new zealand before flying to australia. this is baby george's first but certainly not his last trip. an actor on sign meld has died -- seinfeld has died.
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>> there goes the money for the lipo. >> 50-year-old john pinette was found yesterday inside a pittsburgh hotel room. tmz said he was suffering from liver and heart disease. last year, pinette went to rehab for a prescription pill addiction. an early-morning shooting in the bay area's biggest city. coming up at 8:00, what police are telling us about the gunfire and the victim. it's called the most promising lead yet. but is this the breakthrough searchers have been hoping for in the missing malaysian jet. we're looking at the commute that's still busy at the toll plaza. we're update this and other commutes in san francisco. not a cloud to be found. temperatures will start to warm up pretty fast. how warm and for how long?
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well-known bay area chef cindy and her husband are recovering after being hurt in a violent car crash that took the life of a 4-year-old boy in napa county. the crash happened yesterday on 121 and 12. a 4-year-old boy was kill and his mother seriously hurt. the child and mother were passengers in an suv. the chp says the suv's driver 23-year-old flauv yo-- flavio crashed the daubl line before slamming into another car. the chp says he may have fallen asleep behind the wheel. the boy was strapped into a booster seat and everyone was
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wearing seat belts. paulsen in the other car was taken to the hospital along with her husband. they were in the car that was hit head on and are both expected to survive. she's a long-time napa valley chef. from south africa, very chilling testimony in the murder trial of oscar pistorius. it happened just hours ago. >> i'm scared to sleep for several reasons. i have terrible nightmares about things that happened that night. i wake up and i smell -- i can smell the blood and i wake up to being terrifyed. >> that was the voice the oscar
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pistorius. cameras were not allowed to show his face. the testimony started with an's motional apology to the family of reeva steevkamp. he admits kitting her in his home on valentine's day last year. he said he was only trying to protect her, he thought he was shooting a produder. the prosecution says it was premeditated. we're following new developments in the search for malaysian flight 370. pam cook is in the newsroom now. pam, you've got new information that the searchers say is the most promising lead so far. >> it involves high-tech equipment brought in from the united states. a u.s. ping locater has picked up signals that investigators say are consistent with the sounds that are sent out by airplane black box recorders. authorities say although the news is encouraging, it may take days to actually confirm if the signals picked up in the
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southern indian ocean are from flight 370. time is running out. the batteries in the black box recorders usually only last 30 days. >> i am more optimistic. i would like everyone to continue to pray. i'm very cautious about saying any more than that. >> there are also reports that the plane might have taken a route around indonesian airspace. analysts say that would indicate whoever was piloting the plane was trying to avoid radar detection. the questions they don't want to answer, how much has this search mission cost. that's coming up in the next hour of "mornings on 2." pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. >> good question there. all right. thank you. well, a new study shows
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airplane performance is getting worse. that's because more carriers are falling behind schedule and mishandling more bags. but the number of complaints among customers is actually down 15%. most of the worse grades were not earned by the big airlines but regional carriers. more information is expected to be released today. 7:48. hey, sal, i'm hearing that it's not easy trying to drive into the city right now. >> everyone is trying to do it at the same time. first of all, let's start off with san francisco, northbound 101 trying to get into downtown from the peninsula. if you are gonna use 101 northbound, you will see traffic that's busy now. this is a look at the toll plaza area, westbound coming up to the toll plaza. the traffic here does look okay with no major problems. i will -- is a look at the richmond bridge. the traffic here is not bad
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getting across. i think -- well, we were gonna look at 101. we'll look at that next time around. this is a look at westbound 580. quite a bit of slow traffic. this is somewhat disappointing because it started off okay but now look at all of the slow traffic getting into dublin. 7:48. let's go to steve. >> hold on there, sal. >> hello there, steve. let's go to steve now. good morning. hello, hello. clear skies. a little chill in the morning. we'll warm up pretty quick. you can feel it yesterday. people looking at their car thermometers. running a little warm. we've -- no fog, clear skies. upper 70s for some. near 80. santa rosa says we were 80. san rafael was close. 778, concord 79. san jose, 76. very nice san francisco. today they will be warmer. warmer today, probably the warmest day. it will be warm inland.
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there could be patchy fog closer to the coast. 70 to 84. sunny and warm conditions with low to mid-80s. clearlake, an tip okay, vacaville, clear skies, sunshine, sunny for all. nice to mild to warm. some areas upper 60s, 70s. san francisco, we'll bump you up 3 to 74. starting off very mild. upper 40s for a few. there's the morning trifecta. half moon bay way 46. now 50. 56 san francisco, also sfo, low 50s for some. walnut creek, livermore, fairfield. 48 for ukiah. 28, 38 ukiah. reno, and tahoe. you can see right there. that little system, not much to it. sunny and warm. nice by the coast. really nice today. 70s, 80s to mid-80s.
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clear lake 84. 81 sonoma. novato 81. fairfield, 83. same for pittsburg, antioch, brentwood. oakley, 84. 74 for alameda, 76 in berkeley and 84 in gilroy. 70s the coast. low 80s. close for redwood city, palo alto, mountain view, menlo park, woodside, san mateo with 70s on the coast. half moon bay in there. pacifica and daly city. a beautiful day. more of the same on tuesday. could be a dip on the temperatures. then everyone cools down. get more of an onshore push. the weekend looks better. slightly warmer. 7:51. two teens in vacaville killed in a cash crash. we don't know yet if three others who were seriously hurt in the crash will survive. this happened saturday afternoon in a rural part of vacaville. police say the teen's pickup truck was speeding. it went up a curve, out into an open field and rolled several
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times. it appears no one was wearing seat belts. all five of the teens were ejected from the truck. the chp says alcohol was a factor. in fairfield, police are investigating a shooting that sent four teenagers to the hospital. this happened about 10:30 saturday night during a house party on camelia and orchard streets. witnesses say a fight broke out and someone started shooting. police say all four of the victims are in stable condition. this is the second shooting in the area in a back. back on thursday, police shot and killed brothers suspected of drive-by shootings. eight minutes before 8:00. apple keeping everyone guessing, once again, when the silicon valley giant plans to make its next big announcement. he was one of the best. one of the last surviving stars of the golden age of hollywood.
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it's standing up. the winter soldier, number one at the weekend box office with a debut of $the 6.2 million. its -- $96.2 million. this is the newest installment in the movies. this one stars chris evans as "captain america." hundreds of people gathered in philadelphia watching a giant game played on that 29- stoifer building in philly -- story building in philly. l.e.d. lights were embedded in the glass facade of the building. competitors used their joysticks to maneuver the shapes saturday night. this kicked off a series of events called philly tech week and it also marks the 30th anniversary of the best-selling
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video games of all times. 7:55. hollywood is mourning the loss of a true movie legend. mickey rooney has died at age 93 after a long illness. ♪ >> george, he chopped down the tree. if they locked him up for that, where would this country be? >> he did silent movies from tv to broadway theater. he started his career in his parent' vaudeville act while still a toddler. he won two special academy awards for his film achievements. people are leaving flowers on his stars on the hollywood walk of game. he has four of them. they are for radio, tv, film and live performance. >> incredible performer. a bench-clearing brawl broke out at a charity hockey
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game between new york city police and new york city firefighters. this is wild. what do you do? call the police? >> yeah, really. >> the fight started in the second period. the score was tied at three. this fight led to a 25-minute delay. the sticks were picked up. the gloves were picked up. players were kicked out of the game. the nypd won, 8-5. but so far, neither the police department nor the fire department will comment on what happened out there on the ice. >> you kind of -- did anyone get arrested? it's kind of interesting to watch. >> yes. the search is on for a missing south bay hiker last seen on mount tam. the response today and the clues investigators have to go on. police are trying to track down who is responsible for shooting a man in a south san jose neighborhood. we're live at the scene. we'll tell you what new evidence police took here that
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they hope will proclues -- will provide clues. good morning. the traffic on 28 northbound is slow. we'll give you an update straight ahead. just by looking at the window, you probably have a clue about what the weather is like. will it be warmer on monday? good morning nelly! woah. hey! have you ever tried honey nut cheerios? love 'em. neat! now you on the other hand... you need some help. why? look atchya. what is that? you mean my honey wand? [ shouting ] [ splat ] come on. matter of fact. [ rustling ] shirt. shoes. shades. ah!
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well, good morning. welcome back to "mornings on 2." we're taking you live to san jose. the scene, this is the scene of yet another shooting. >> the latest one happened in the 5100 block of snow drive. this is near samuel stype elementary school. janine de la vega has been out there for hours now. she'll be here in just a minute or two to tell you why police have been going door to door most of the morning. stay tuned for that. monday morning. it's april 7th. i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. quick look at weather and traffic. i heard yesterday, very nice. it will be like that today. >> absolutely, tori unless you don't like warm weather. there are those of you who don't. today will be sunny and warm. we're above average. nothing outrageous. a lot of sunshine. starting it off. continuing at noon and then finishing it off later this
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afternoon. it will be clear all the way through. san jose started off 54. 80 degrees today. 70 at noon. looks -- i jumped there? >> yes. >> 40s and 50s. sunshine and warm temperatures for you, me, everyone. warmest day probably today. i think there will be fog creeping back to the coast. today is good to go. 70s, low to mid-80s. here's sal. right now traffic is going to be busy if you are driving in many areas. we're looking at the south bay. a lot of slow traffic. northbound 101 and 280. we also have slow traffic on 85 from 87 all the way up into saratoga. we're looking at the peninsula. 101 southbound through palo alto is slow. i think 280 is a better route. let's move along to live pictures. san francisco, northbound 101, not too bad. the drive time is very low getting into the downtown area. bay bridge, 20, 30-minute drive
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time between oakland and san francisco. 8:01. let's go back to the desk. we're starting our 8:00 hour. san jose police are searching right now for suspects in an early-morning shooting. it happened on snow drive in san jose not far from samuel stype elementary school. jag is live with more. >> -- janine de la vega is live with more. >> reporter: in the last minute, a woman pulled up saying she will was the sisters of man who was shot -- she was the sister of the man who shot here. she was trying to figure out what happened here. she was very concerned. in the last hour, two cars were towed away as evidence. one was in the dribway. the -- driveway. we're told there was a woman screaming when officers first arrived. officers are trying to figure out what happened here and why the man was shot. it happened just before 3:00
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a.m. in this neighborhood located near brannam neighborhood. neighbors heard yelling and multiple gunshotped and when officers arrived they found a black nan his 30, suffering from at least one gunshot wound. he was outside but there was a lexus with the lights on. police think that the victim was in it prior to the shooting. the man was rushed to the hospital where he is in stable and in serious condition. >> i was kind of scared really. i was just hoping that nothing happened to us really. i don't know who he is. i hope they can get these guys. >> reporter: police did a canvass of the neighborhood looking for anyone who may have seen or heard anything. they are trying to figure out if there was some sort of argument that occurred. if this was gang-related. they are hoping there will be clues as to what happened. there is an officer at the hospital with the victim. when he's able to talk, they
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are hoping to get more answers. back out here live, police have cleared the scene. but there is a crime scene cleaner here sort of moving up from the aftermath of the shooting. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. also new in san jose, san francisco firefighters are searching for the cause of a fire at a business complex. several businesses are from this complex but it looks like the -- are in this complex but it looks like it started in the rear of the building. >> a fairly large building with smoke coming up from the center of it. it made it difficult r for us to access -- difficult for us to access. >> 8:04. today, searchers are expected to continue looking for a menlo park woman who disappeared after going hiking on mount tam. brian flores is live in menlo park and brian, this case is a
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real mystery. >> it certainly has been. the woman fea family is expected to arrive from maryland sometime later today. i did just get off the phone with california parks rangers a few moments ago. they say that they will not be conducting a full-blown search today as they are just received new leads on whether she may have made some contact during this time that she has been missing. now we're here live in menlo park. this is the last known ski where she was last known to live -- ski where she was last known to live before going on that day hike. we also stopped by an address in emeryville. no one was available to see if any knew who she was. more than 100 search crews and rescue volunteers combed the mountain yesterday and on saturday. several surveillance photos were released. she's described as a caucasian woman with blonde hair and blue eyes. at the time she went missing, she was last seen wearing a pink
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pullover as she was paying for parking. a rental car was still there. it's since been moved to the sheriff's department. that car had greaseries in the passenger seat -- groceries in the passenger seat. again, she's been missing for over a week. there's concern and a deep mystery about her disappearance. >> generally when a person is missing, there's reports of a person missing. there why no reports filed with any agency. we initiated the missing person's report ourselves. >> reporter: now, she apparently told her landlord or friend she was going for a day hike but she didn't say exactly where. it was only after a few days her car was parked at the lot. there were earlier reports that
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she may have changed her linked- in report. park rangers says that was not the case. it's not been changed since she went missing. park rangers will not conduct a search. they will be conducting searches. police in santa rosa, investigating the death of a man who died in their custody. 48-year-old wayne hoffman was riding a bike on nordike avenue when police tried to stop him for a traffic violation. police say he refused to stop. after a brief chase he was taken into custody. that's when police say they a medical emergency. he was rushed to a hospital but later died. the coroner is conducting an autopsy to determine the exact cause of his death.
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8:07. the suspension of leland yee has left his constituents in san francisco and san mateo counties with no representation in sacramento. the state senate suspended leland yee after he was charged in an fbi affidavit with corruption and gun trafficking. the president of the state senate has asked yee to resign so someone else could fill his senate seat and represent his constituents but yee has refused to do that. for now, his staff members are continuing to respond to questions from people and refer them to their representatives in the assembly. 8:08. happening today -- labor activists in san francisco will file papers today in an effort to raise the city's minimum wage. now, the ballot measure if approved would raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, the highest in the country. this would cover all part-time, temporary and contract employees. now, the proposal would also create a new employment standards oversight committee to make sure the new law is
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enforced. this last month, the city of richmond raised its minimum wage to $8 to $12.30 an hour. by the way, if you are looking for a job in the san jose area, head for the double tree hotel today. coast-to-coast career fairs will host a job fair from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the hotel on gateway police. re crouters are trying to -- recruiters are trying to figure hundreds of jobs. recruits will be there to represent with resumes. it will cost more to attend a california state school. the rising cost of college tuition was frozen around the state in 2012 but this fall, 11 of the 23 csu campuses will begin charging a student success fee. that money will go to things such as classes and faculty salaries. that will raise the total campus fees at san jose state to almost $2,000 a year. that's the second highest in
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the state. 8:09. san jose is taking a bold new step now trying to stop police officers from moving away to other cities. the mercury news reports the city council is aideriy to -- is ready to ease disability limits. the pension union argues that injured police officers could be left without a job or pension under the retirement limits voters approved two years ago. they say measure b is the main reason that police officers are moving away to other cities. the city council takes up the issue tomorrow night. kamala harris said she's engaged. she said told the chronicle she will marry los angeles attorney douglas emhoff sometime this year. the two have been dating since they went on a blind date.
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emhoff has offices in southern california and northern california. so they plan to live in both places. vandals are targeting a certain kind of car. wait until you see what's happening. a rash of incidents that has smart car owners and the police on high alert. results of new experimental medicine for breast cancer being called the most impressive ever. the reason why experts say this new pill is shattering expectations. we're looking at slow traffic on many of these commutes. we haven't had any major accidents. we still look at traffic getting to the richmond bridge slow. we'll take a look at some of the other east bay commutes. clear skies. a lot of sunshine. temperatures warm up. is there cooler weather on the way. place in iowa ie-o we heard of a where every thursday people ride 10 miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them
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with a better kind of taco made with jennie-o ground turkey cooked thoroughly to 165. i feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. i think they are light and they are just fresh tasting. yeah. when i eat well, i feel well. anncr: it's time for a better taco. the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. make the switch. look for jennie-o ground turkey in a store near you.
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welcome back. 8:14. a san diego husband and wife are thank, the military for rescuing them and -- thanking the military for rescuing them and their sick baby off a stranded boat off mexico. rescuersers, including a team from moffett field helped out. there's the coffman family. they set sail across the pacific in march. a short time later, their baby developed a feevern and rash and was not responding to med -- fever and rash and was not responding to medicine. >> they are tired and everything is looking good. it's a great happy ending.
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>> the family is expected to arrive in san francisco sometime later this week. after boarding the ship, the family released this statement. it says "we're very thankful to be safe and well. we also appreciate all of the concern of everyone back home for the health of our daughter, lyra. she is doing well and continues to improve." president obama and the first lady will attend a memorial service wednesday at fort hood. last week, army truck driver ivan lopez shot and killed three soldiers and wounded 16 others before taking his own life. he reportedly got into an argument with someone at the human resources office before the shooting. the obamas were already scheduled to be in texas this week to take part in democratic fund-raisers and visited fort hood back in 2009 when an army psychiatrist shot and killed 13 people. 8:15. today, general motors will start the repairs on the more than 2.5 million at the center of a controversial recall.
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that bad ignition switches are tied to at least 13 deaths gm announced the recall two months ago but said they found out about the problems with the ignition switches back in 2004. now, owners can bring their vehicles to a dealer to have that switch replaced. caltrans plans to spend more than $12 million. they are trying to solve a bird problem on the old bay bridge. right now about 800 of these double crested birds net from april to august on the far end of the old bridge. with the demolition already six months behind schedule, caltrans want wait until august. they need the birds to fly array now. they've spent $709,000 to build condos for the birds on the new span. it's made out of stainless steel with nesting materials but so far, none of the birds
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have moved in. we could find out apple's newest ideas in two months. they announced june 2nd for the worldwide developers' of a kens frens. that's the -- developers' conference. that's the time when they predict updates for the phones. an experimental medicine is reportedly slowing the pace for breast cancer. the medication is called palbosiblib. women seeching the -- wall street analysts say the medicine has the potential to generate as much as $10 billion in annual sales. now the company is waiting to see if the fda will consider approving the medicine base odd p this study or if it -- based on this study or if it will
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require a larger one. sal, i know you are watching highway 24. i was at the red cross gala. ran into all of these sal castanedo fans. >> they are everywhere. >> you would be surprised when i'm out, people ask about you guys, tori, dave, and they ask about steve in particular. >> i know. i know. >> let's take a look at the commute. i always tell them, steve did his time. he's on a parole. he's doing -- he's on parole. he's doing great. that was a joke. the traffic is moderate up to the calldy tut tunnel. bay bridge toll plaza traffic -- -- caldecott tunnel. bay bridge toll plaza traffic doing well. 101, i'm not that pleased with. not looking that great. first in san mateo, then palo alto. 280 looks good. that would be a decent route
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across the bay if you are driving into the area, it looks okay here as i look over to 80 westbound. the eastshore freeway is busy into richmond, let's go to steve. clear skies. it will be nice today and tomorrow. temperatures warming up. if you are heading to the giants' home opener, there -- it will be nice. might be a little fog. it will still be nice. temperatures look pretty good. a little warmer today. a slight cooldown tomorrow. still near 70 at game time. all good to go for tomorrow. today, clear skies. looks really nice. temperatures warmed up on sunday. it was nice, people reading their car thermometers today. 80. it's 80. well, it will do that again today. we'll get some maybe mid-80s.
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close. it will be close for a few. clear skies, no fog. the coast looks great as well. sunny for all. we're already bouncing off the morning lows and starting to warm up. we'll go 74 officially in san francisco. 50s already. 59 in snow. 60 in san francisco. i think the low was 59 in china basin. there's a little component of the offshore breeze. spring time difference in temperatures, 40, 50s. you get the severe weather. that's what's going through the deep south into georgia, alabama, mississippi and wrapping back around towards st. louis, indiana and cincinnati. we have nothing but severe clear. they have severe weather back there. 50 in ukiah. looks like a beautiful day for
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everybody. top to bottom down to san diego. the warmest day, i think today for everyone. tomorrow will be warm inland. coast will cool down. a little bit tomorrow. napa, 82. petaluma, 80 degrees. clearlake, 84. fairfield, 84. brentwood, oakley a shot out to oakley. walnut creek, 82. 76 in berkeley. 84 gilroy. 80 san jose. santa clara, and cupertino. fremont will be close. palo alto. upper 70s for some. daly city, half moon bay. warm again on tuesday. a little bit of a cooldown. weekend we rebound a little bit. 8:21. it's being called the most promising break yet in the search for the malaysian airplane. the big clue that could finally reveal what happened to the flight. a new problem in chile. why violent protests are
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welcome back. 8:24. in chile, people who live in the areas hardest hit by the big earthquake last week, they are starting to complain about the pace of the recovery. demonstrators set fire to barricades angry that many homes still have no water or electricity. you can see people carrying buckets of water. authorities say more than 9,000 houses were damaged in that big quake.
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chile's interior minister says government agencies are beginning to distribute food, water and sanitary supplies. the death toll from washington's deadly landslide has risen to 33. the federal government says it will continue to help the victims affected by last month's disaster. in fact, yesterday, the heads of fema and homeland security went to survey the damage in oso. the homeland security secretary jay johnson encouraged many victims to apply for help from the government. >> when you meet a family member encountered with a tragedy like this, it's -- there's really nothing you can say to ease the pain except to say that we're here to support you. we're here to help you. >> so far, 190 people have applied for rental assistance through fema. johnson says he hopes others take advantage of the help with repairing damage and insurance issues. 8:25. there is a new survey that finds a growing percentage of americans got health insurance
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as the enrollment period under the affordable care act ended. the index shows the share of adults without health insurance was 17.1% at the end of the laugh year. it fell to 15.6% for the first three months of 2013 which translates to more than 3.5 million uninsured people gaining health insurance coverage. well, several parts of the bay area are scoring high marks when it comes to managing obesity. a new gallup poll ranks the south bay has a community with the second lowest rate of obesity in america. just 19.5% of the population. san francisco and the east bay came in third overall. 19.7%. the denver, colorado, and san diego areas had the best marks in the nation, while the most obese community was memphis, tennessee. almost a third of the
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population is obese. 8:26. the prices to mark your car on the streets in one bay area city are going up. we'll tell you where the cost is doubling starting today. >> reporter: we're live in san francisco where some smart car owners are on edge after their cars are flipped by vandals. we'll tell you where the bizarre crimes are happening. if you are driving into the city right now, northbound 101 does look good approaching the 80 split but the bay bridge is another story. we'll update you on that and some of the other bay crossings. looking good for wall-to- wall sunshine. temperatures warmed up on sunday. will they continue to do that today and if so for how long?
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well good morning. welcome back to "mornings on 2." you know what these are? you know what they are for but i bet you don't know where the prices are going up, starting today. these are live pictures. in fact, the prices are doubling. coming up in about six minutes from now, we'll tell you where it may be cheaper to park in a garage than out on the street. stay tuned for that. monday morning, april 7th. i'm dave clark. we can talk about your weather and traffic. steve is right over there. >> that until 8:00 is a tough one. >> yeah, i know. all right. tomorrow, everything is fine. there will be a little bit of patchy fog. we're good to go for the giants' home opener. today will be warmer. no fog at all. but it's -- i'm not worried about it. some of that fog, you can see off the coast. it mate get enhancement -- might get enhancement tomorrow. today looks great, fabulous. san jose, a high of 80. started off at 54. temperatures are already warming up fast.
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50, 60s. i don't know about the 63 in antioch. san francisco is already 60. i think their low is 55. they are warming up quick. very mild in the city. that system will give us a slight cooldown but more likely on wednesday for everybody. today, looks sunny around warm for everybody. really nice by the coast. 70s there. upper 70s. mid-70s around the bay. low to mid-80s inland. here's sal. right now traffic is going to be busy in some areas still as we get to the late commute. steady drive time between 20, 30 minutes. it depends on which line you are in, if you are fastrack or not, the average time timed around 25 minutes when you take into account the traffic on the bridge. the morning commute is okay. they just cleared a stalled vehicle on the san mateo bridge. you can see the tow truck on the right. 15-minute drive time across the bridge. 80 still pretty slow in western:00 d.c. county.
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it's -- in western contra costa county. it's slow down to the maze. 24 is improving and westbound 4 is improving as well. back to the desk. new this morning, san francisco firefighters investigating a fire that destroyed a carmer. look at this. the carmer was parked in the walgreens parking lot on lombard. one of our viewers, jay, thank you, he sent us this video in the past 30 minutes. you can see the top of the rv is fully engulfed. the firefighters are out there trying to put the flames out. thart's no word -- there's no word of anyone being injured in that. pay attention if you own a smart car. would you look at this. those cars are being targeted by vandals in san francisco. there were three incidents overnight. tara moriarty live in san francisco with more on why some say teenagers may be doing this. what happened, tara? >> reporter: well. all of these vandals have been flipping these cars over. i just got a facebook message
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from kevin reed who said the same thing happened to him three years ago and it took three tow trucks to get his vehicle up again. the video may look funny. all of the cars involved in these latest attacks have been towed away. but you can see on the ground, the glass in this street here where one of the cars had the windows shattered. this all started around 1:00 when a smart car on the 200 block of anderson was found flipped on the roof. about ten minutes later, another car was found flipped on anderson and ogden. the last occurred around 1:30 a couple of minutes away in the portola neighborhood. a witness said he was shocked when he saw a group of about a half a dozen people in hooded sweatshirts walk up to his roommates smart car and flip it vertically. >> it seems like it's some sort of organized act against smart cars or a bunch of guys trying to cause havoc. >> reporter: all of the cars
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sustained shattered windows and body damage. we did talk to a sergeant. we were told that the incident is under investigation. we're live in san francisco. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:33. san francisco police investigating the death of a man hit by a car as he crossed the street. it happened about 11:00 last night at van ness and golden gate avenues. investigators say the car hit the man as he was crossing the busy intersection but there are early reports indicating he was not in the crosswalk. the driver did stop. he's cooperating with police. seven people have been hurt crossing the street. four of them on van ness. san francisco police are gonna reduce the number of deadly number of accidents. they are cracking down on speeders, red light runners and other dangerous drivers. police have written 50% more traffic tickets this year than last year in a campaign to make
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the streets of san francisco safer. 8:34. also happening today, the cost to drive over the golden gate bridge has gone up by $1. that's raised the toll to $7 for fastrack users. it's $6. carpools and people who qualify as disabled now will pay $4 and this increase is just the beginning. the toll will rise by 25 cents a year for the next four years. the bridge district says the extra money will help pay down a $142 million deficit. happening today, visitors to downtown walnut creek are paying double to park. alex savidge has more on the changes going into effect and why some business owners are really pretty concerned. >> reporter: good morning. one shop owner said she's worried this price hike may deter customers from coming downtown. starting today, if you are coming to this area, you will want to bring along a lot of
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extra quarters. the price is park is about to double in downtown walnut creek, starting today. the rate will jump from $1 to $2. meter enforcement hours are changing. forget about 9:00 to 5:00 enforcement. now you need to pay at the meter from 10:00 a.m. all the way to 8:00 at night. and sundays no longer free. parking meters will be enforced seven days a week. the city council approved these changes late last year. there has been a campaign ever since to give drivers a head up to what was coming. the owner of forget me now flowers on main street in walnut creek is hoping this price hike doesn't discourage customers from coming downtown. >> for myself, my customers are in and out. but for the restaurants or the beauty salons and other stores
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that the customers stay here for a couple of hours, that would be hard. >> the business owner is worried about the fact that the city will be charging for parking on sunday. all. changes mean it will be cheaper to park in one of the city- owned garages and there are several. at the garage, the first hour is free for everyone. the good news for drivers is there is a bit of a grace period so you can get used to the changes to the parking meters in downtown walnut creek. for the next two weeks, the city will be issuing warnings, during the evening hours and on sundays. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:37. officials say it's game over for the gambling dens in san francisco's excelsior district. police have warned the remaining cafes still operating on mission it's time to shut down or be shut down. the businesses look like internet cafes but they host
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slot machine style gambling. some business owners have blamed the dense for a rise in crime like vandalism and assaults. price at the gasoline pump keeps going up. according to the latest lundberg survey, the average price has gone up 5 cents in the past two weeks. in california, people are paying about 4.03 to fill up. in the bay area, it's higher. the average about 4.05 a gallon. san francisco has the highest prices at 4.08. happening now -- president obama is just arriving in maryland where he's visiting a high school. he's there to announce the winners of a competition he launched last fall to bring together educators and employers to give high school students access to real world career skills and college level courses. let's listen in. >> in the midst of one of the
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economic crisis of our lifetime, and it's been hard and it's been painful. there are a lot of families that lost their homes, lost jobs, a lot of families that are still hurting out there but the work that we've done, the groundwork that we've laid has created a situation where we're moving in the right direction. our businesses have created almost 9 million new jobs over the last four years. our high school graduation rate is the highest on record. dropout rates are going down. among latinos, dropout rates have been cut almost in half since 2000. [ cheers ] >> you are listening live to president obama. i understand it's in maryland in bladensburg, talking about some of the progress that's been made with students across the country. he will be announcing the winners of a competition that he launched last fall to try to
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increase job opportunities. >> good for them. police in santa barbara say they saw violence this weekend they haven't seen in more than a decade. take a look at the pictures. the reason thousands of people were outen the streets causing all -- out on on the streets causing all kinds off problems. >> reporter: a woman shaken after learning her brother was shot in a south san jose neighborhood. what we're learning about the investigation. we're still learning about drive times. you may want to add extra time if you are commuting across the bay bridge. we'll give you the drive time. skies are clear. it will be sunny and warm today. it was yesterday but even warmer today. we'll show you how much and see if that will hold into tuesday and wednesday. bulldog: you don't need superpowers to help someone.
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welcome back. 8:43. let's bring you up to date on some of the top stories we're following for you. several workers in san jose escaped an early-morning fire. it happened at this business complex. this happened about 3:00 this morning on old bayshore highway. it appears the fire started at a landscaping business. the cause of the fire is under investigation. we're also following developing news from san jose. police are searching for suspects in an early-morning
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shooting. it happened on snow drive in san jose san jose -- in south san jose. janine de la vega has been out there for hours. you are back now. what's the latest, janine. >> reporter: people i spoke to say they heard yelling and then multiple gunshots. you're looking at snow drive. a man was found shot here. there was a car with no one in it. let's go to video wither yerm this morning. this happened at 3:00. when officers arrived, they found a black man in his 30s suffering from at least one gunshot wound. he was conscious and breeblthing and rushed to the hospital. we're told he's in stable but serious condition. the man's sister says his girlfriend lives in the neighborhood but is unsure what happened. she's very worried. neighbors are concerned as well. there's a lot of families with young children and this is just a couple of blocks away from the school. >> i've been here for like ten years and nothing like this
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before has happened. i was surprised this morning. >> reporter: police went door to door trying to find out if there was some sort of argument going on or if this was gang related. they collected evidence and towed away a lexus on snow drive as well as another drive parked in the driveway near where the shooting happened. there is an officer at the hospital. they are hoping to get more answers when the victim is able to speak to them. we don't know the motive. no arrests have been made. we do know that they are speaking to a woman, a i parentally a witness -- apparently a witness at the scene and found screaming when officers arrived. they are talking to her to see if they can get more clues. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. new developing in the search for a missing malaysia flight 370. pam cook is in our newsroom with new information that searchers say is the most promising lead so far.
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good morning, pam. >> good morning. malaysia's defense minister said he's cautiously optimistic. now, a u.s. ping locater and an australian ship have both picked up signals that investigators say are consistent with the sends sent out by an airplane black box recorder. investigators warn although the news is encouraging, it may take days to confirm if those signals are from flight 370 and time is running out. as we've been reporting, the batteries on the black box recorders usually last just 30 days. >> ladies and gentleman, the new developments has been the most promising lead we've had. i urge all malaysian and the international community to unite in prayers and not give unhope -- up hope. >> hope that some proof will be
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found about what happened to the flight. but at what cost? the u.s. billion, it's reported, is already in the millions of dollars. some countries like china sent more ships to the area than us. a senior analyst from australia says much of this is good training. australia is spending more than $500,000 a day on one of the ships it has in the indian ocean. there are new reports that the plane may have taken a route around indonesian airspace. analysts say that would indicate whoever is piloting the plane is trying to avoid radar detection. pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. let's go to sal. can you help your friends on highway 24, sal? >> well, are they really my friends. >> they are all your friends. >> they are your friends, sal. >> you know i always try to help. let's take a look at highway 24. i will help anyone out with this commute and let them know
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that the drive time between 680 and 24 is only 15 minutes. it looks worse than it is pie looking at this picture of -- by looking at this picture of la fayette. it's beginning to loosen up. if you have the luxury of waiting around, that might help as well. let's take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, it's been steady at about averaging 25- minute drive time between oakland and san francisco and that's -- you know, that's the -- that's the worse upon -- we always go by the slowest car. of you might get in quicker than that. this is 80 westbound. still a lot of red on this map. it's somewhat surprising that 80 is slow. drive time from 280, nine minutes stoped-and-go traffic. 101 is 11 minute -- stop -- stop-and-go traffic.
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1011 minutes -- 101 is 11 minutes. let's go to steve. we have clear skies and temperatures, they are already beginning to warm up. it looks good. what about tuesday at at&t? looks great. it might be slightly cooler. it will still be just fine. no worries. there will be a little bit of fog. our forecast looks good. today we get a hint of an offshore breeze. that means everybody on the coast warms up. a lot of sunshine through noon and this afternoon. temperatures warm today. sunday was nice. today in san francisco, we'll go for 47 for a high. the lows are mild. talked a couple of people who
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live in the city. 31 up in tahoe. 41 in reno. 57. looks good up and down the coast. that little system will give a tiny bit of fog. sunshine around warm temperatures. now, tomorrow inland might be. coastal cooldown a wee bit. 70s to upper 70s. santa rosa at 80. concord, 82. brentwood, 83. 77 in oakland. alameda a beautiful 74. 76 santa cruz. low 80s all over. saratoga, san mateo, millbrae, 78. san bruno, 74. pacifica, half moon bay, daly city. sunshine and 70. it will still be warm tomorrow. slight cooldown by the coast. more so wednesday, thursday. it looks like the coolest day
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opportunity to apologize to -- to riva's family. >> the cam cameras were not allowed to show his face. his testimony began with his emotional apology to the family of reeva steevkamp, the girlfriend he admits killing inside his home last year. he said he was trying to protect her thinking he was shooting an intruder. prosecutors say it was a premeditated killing. he faces 25 years to life in prison if convicted. the voting has started in india. the world's biggest election. there are 814 million eligible voters in india. they will spend the next five weeks voting for members of parliament. the voting takes place in dink parts of the country because india is so huge. many members of the parliament face a tough re-election fight
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because of corruption scandals and the resent economic slump. two teen -- two teens were killed over the weekend in a car crash. family and friends hope three others injured in the crash will survive. the accident happened saturday afternoon in a rural area of vacaville. police say the pickup truck was speeding when it went up a curve and out into an open field where it rolled several times. it appears no one was wearing seat belts. all five of the teens were ejected from the truck. the chp says alcohol was a factor. in fair field, police are investigating a shooting that sent four teens to the hospital. this happened around 10:30 saturday night during a house party on camelia and orchard streets. witnesses say a fight broke out and someone started shooting. police say all four victims are in stable condition. this is the second shooting in the area within a week. on thursday, federal and local police shot and injured two
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brothers suspected of drive-by shootings. spring break celebration in southern california turned violent. look at this. at least six law enforcement officers, dozens of partiers were hurt in santa barbara over this weekend during a street party. police tried to control -- almost 15,000 people quickly got out of control. more than 100 people were arrested. deputies say there they've never seen anything like this in 15 years. the university says all of this is under investigation. the students who took part in this may face penalties. a bench's clearing brawl broke out in a charity hockey game between new york city police officers and new york city firefighters. >> the fight started in the second period yesterday when the score was tied 3-3. the brawl led to a 25-minute delay.
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sticks and gloves were picked up. players were ejected. new york police department won 8-5. neither side is commenting on the brawl. not sure about any arrests or -- or fines anything. >> that's bizarre. 8:57. hey, sal, come on back. take care of the folks, take them where they need to go. >> one more traffic report here. nothing to be alerted about. let's go out to the live pictures. 280 is improving. if you are driving in the santa clara valley. i would say 85 is the worst freeway and 280 is the best with 101 in between. bay bridge toll plaza, that's a 25-minute drive time into san francisco. as we look at the maps here a lot of slow traffic on 880 and 580 in the east bay. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. sunshine, coast, bay, inland. 70s by the water's edge. upper 70s, mid-70s around the bay. low to mid-80s inland. slightly cooler tuesday.
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no problem for the giants' home opener. it will be cooler for everyone midweek. >> i'm looking that. >> yeah. we had a lot of rain last week. that's our report. >> be sure to stay tuned for nascar race that delayed because of the rain. it can be seen immediately following "mornings on 2." you can follow us at ktvu.com and facebook and twitter. thank you for joining us.
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