. they are still shaky even though the fire is out, what questions remain and what firefighters plan on doing today. and a former police officer faces a judge on allegations that he stole from seniors, we

will tell you how seniors affect more. plus very warm temperatures on monday. the fog has returned to parts of the coast and we'll see how that affectings temperatures. san francisco giants will get a warm welcome. the ktvu channel 2 morning news tense. this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. we are live one day after a huge fire burned three homes, you can see damage to quite a few cars and firefighters there on the scene they have been there all night long. janine de la vega also there and coming up in two minutes, she is going to tell us, the reason they have not been able to tell us exactly how this fire started.

it is tuesday april 8th, i am pam cook. >> and i am dave clark. yes some fog so it will still be nice for the home opener and oh, my goodness everybody should be on this warm weather and some thick fog will be sounding in the city and there is some fog returning and it will not make much of an impact and it will be mild to warm. it is 53 in the city and that's a little cooler with some fog, san jose is 58, antioch is 57, except for some thick patches

of fog it will be arm again, closer to 70s, here is sal. we are looking at a nice commute and some of the drive times are getting a little bit more or they are getting higher, 508 -- 580 westbound between the pass that is about 30 minutes which is normal to drive the whole length also in oakland this traffic continues to do well and so is 85 and i want to make sure you know that. as we look live at 880, also we are looking at the bay bridge and metering lights show up

too. questions remain how an intense fire started and it left several fears. janine dela vega is there this morning with what firefighters still need to sort out and we can still see them on the scene. >> yes, and we need to figure out how this fire started. by the time they got the fire knocked down it was dark. check out the damage you can see the car is just completely burned and behind it is a pile of rubble where it used to stand. firefighters are watching over the property because they want to make sure nothing sparks up. they wanted to get in beneath

it. it began at 3:00 and burned for around 8:00 hours. the people barely had enough time to escape because it destroyed their home and the neighboring houses. >> i am still shake did i and it is the scariest thing that ever happened to me. >> yesterday, two of the three families are being helped by the red cross, we know they have fueled the fire and there was also a lot of wind and of the homes in the neighborhood they made it easy for the flames to spread quickly and again, they have to do something live, janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 morning news. well, we have more details

on the types of homes that caught fire. and in parts of designing to bring the outside in but that type of floor plan helps to fuel the flames during yesterday's fire. it creates a draft affect and they were aware of the increased fear danger because of hots fast does it work? we are now in oakland new york and san jose. a former police officer will face a judge in just a couple of hours from now. he is accused of stealing prescription drugs from senior citizens. we have learned his arrest are

joining us : >> reporter: he is casting doubt on his credibility and that means hundreds of cases he touched could be overturned. he was a canine officer for the corp cord police department. he turned himself in and was booked into jail friday. he is accused of using his position to steal a powerful prescription drug. he said his client was stopped by him in 2012 and received dog bites after his encounter with him. >> he was the officer who was the lead investigating officer. the off sir -- officer who

decided to release a dog on my client resulted in my client being bitten. >> reporter: prosecutors never called him to the stand and now the public defenders knows why because he is on criminal investigation and on administrative leave. now they will have to paw over thousands of closed cases. and the woman has been item paid to. she had a 3-year-old daughter. her body was found saturday morning near park boulevard and third avenue. they are not sure if she was killed there or killed someplace else. her family members said she was last seen getting into a

nightclub or early saturday morning and officers are pleading to anybody to come forward. >> 33-year-old woman was last seen on surveillance video at the parking lot on march 30th, she paid for day parking and then never returned. they began searching for her over the weekend but so far no sign of her. >> we don't know if she is voluntarily lost, or if she is a victim of foul play but right now she is just lost. >> her car turnings the search a new pacific area. this is a to the tow of the

dramatic rescue at sea. they rescued a sick toddler aboard a san diego sale bowed off the coast of mexico. they played a key role in this mission. a one-year-old remains in stable condition and they are due to arrive tomorrow where the baby gill will have more treatment. they have reopened under that new ownership. and demonstrators gathered outside the slaughter house. it came to protests and the inhumane treatment animals at the facility. they went out of business in february after federal food up

expecters ordered a recall of beef. talking about baseball today. giants fans are wait being for the home owner, the new security fans are opened this year. and grainy video. it lasted no more than 20 seconds and the reason this video has gone viral and it caused him to fight for his political life. traffic is moving a long pretty well on the san rafael richmond bridge approach and we will tell you more about that and the drive time to get across the bay. critical clear and guess what some fog is coming creeping back to the coast and temperatures are closer to the beaches ♪

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welcome back, we are learning about a possible motive and the shooter, the army truck driver had asked for time off just before the shooting rampage but it didn't say whether or not it was approved or denied. they opened fire injured 16 more before killing himself. they also reported they had a soldier before that shooting. a new trend is spreading in sacramento county.

now in this case the problem is not with $100 bills or even 1s. one man was caught with 13,000 in fake bills and now more businesses are buying detection systems. >> they may feel there is less attention paid to a lower denomination one than a higher one. they see about 60 counterfeit money case as year and most go straight to surfaces -- services. >> he is now fighting because of a sex scandal. he issued an apology. you can see it shows him passionately kissing a member of his political staff. now mcalester is married and has five children. he can't painted as a christain

conservative championing family values. >> you may also remember mcalester made headlines at the state of the union address here as his guest. they are closing the wage gap for women. they are retaliating against those who discuss their pay. they are organized by sex and race. they fall on what activists call equal pay day. it is about the average time the women would need to work in the previous year. and labor unions took the first step to increase to $15 an

hour. it is a proposed measure and they have concerned saying it should be studied to make sure it does not have negative cons questions on the economy. stand fran has the highest at $10, 15 cents an hour. two students in santa monica have been arrested after a videotaped fight with a teacher. they have been arrested on various charges and look at this video, it shows this was on friday a long time teacher was trying to pin a student to the ground. it started about long time drug use. they said his use of physical restraint was not acceptable however parents flooded the school board defending that teacher. it is time to check back in

with traffic. >> last time, you are right, it was 2004. >> see, pam? >> are they the only schools who may have done that? >> i'm sure they will. >> good morning, yes, i don't remember anything other than that. let's look amount the commute now, traffic on westbound as you head out to the high-rise, it is about 15 minutes but i want to throw in a caution for you. today the home opener, it is going to get into the east bay and even getting in, in the middle of the day and we get this backup here now and drive time is about 15 minutes. and in the san mateo

dumbarton bridge still lookings good and let's go to steve. >> all right, sal, thank you. we have a couple of changes but not a lot, there are some areas of fog, no doubt about it, we turned to parts of the coast, fog horns are sounding, yesterday we were fog free. overall by game time, it is a little bit cooler not the 80- degree temperatures we wanted. take the sun screen, lots of 80s, san rafael, and officially they did hit 80 and at this time they are 53 so a little bit of difference, that does not amount to anything, some patches are fair and mild, nice

to warm, just not as nice but still upper 70s, 80 for oakland and 50s on the temperatures and again, running slightly cooler for some. lower 60s up in san diego, except for that fog, we are going especially away from the coast. a few high clouds but mostly sunny skies, we will go 87 in clear lake, sonoma, 81 venetia, 86 brentwood, oakland, alameda 76 and lower 80s, sunnyvale, same for redwood city, daily city half-moon bay, get that fog it definitely makes an impact. not good for inland areas, we

will just hold it for the weekend. >> you will now have more options when it comes to flying in and out of san jose. they will add more flights to denver san diego and seattle. now the addition of these new flights comes just one week after they are shutting down services in san jose this summer. they are dropping lines, a recent shortage and spike in price to stop offering this. a alaska airlines said lyme were pulled on a temporary basis and the average price of a lime was 56 cents last week and now it is increased to 37 cents compared to last year. coming up to one of the biggest company are companies. and this will help children all over the bay area.

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they want to join russia and they say the want the referenda no later than the 11th. now russia is warning them that any use of force against the protesters could lead to civil war. a fistfight broke out in ukraine parliament over the pro russian action and it happened when the head of the communist party said they are responsible for what is happening in how crane because they forced the president from power. angry lawmakers rushed the podium where he was. it is 60,000 pound tons of rocks from a cliff. they were destroying a section of the trail above the reservoir. many say nobody was hurt.

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it occurs every 26 months but the spectacle comes after the lease set of approach -- closest approach. we are now learning this was not the first time there was gunfire there. the credit card scam, how an alert cashier put 'end to this. and they look good on the span itself and we will show you some of the other approaches to the city. >> this is mainly confined to the coast, also we have the opening day forecast. ÷÷

. good morning. tuesday april 8th, i am dave clark. >> time now 6:30 i think what steve is saying it is going to be nice but it is not clear today. >> they are saying it's going to be foggy. brandon and pacifica. for some it is going to be a cooler day especially right on the coast and i know some of the fog horns will be sounding but it will not matter and it

is mostly sunny and that fog dissipates fast. there are some areas of fog and maybe a few upper 60s and 70s but they are fanning out and some temperatures are right at 50 and we have 58 warm degrees, and we have a few postal fog patterns and here is sal. all right, steve, traffic is getting busier all over the place for sure. let's go to the bay bridge and there is not a huge back up and i do want to mention, we are likely to see slow traffic all day today if it's not going into the city it will be going

out because of today's home owner at at&t park. let's look at 8:30 so you don't have to wore i would. i want to mention a new noninjury crash as i push in and it is not causing a huge delay but it is there and traffic on 101 so far is a little bit slow, 632, let's go back to the desk. fire investigators are still trying to figure out what caused a big fire which destroyed one home and damaged two more. this started on moss brook circle and it happened on campbell. janine de la vega just found out from firefighters this is going to be hard to determine, right janine de la vega? >> yes, and they did spend the

nightwatching over the home this punched and the firefighters are not concerned about anything sparking up here. they did go in yesterday and it is a possibility one may come back in when it gets lighter. head to bring in a bulldozer so firefighters could bring in the debris burning out that rubble. it began at 3:00 and burned for eight hours and the people who moved in barely had enough time to escape. it destroyed their home and destroyed two neighboring houses. some say they are very, lucky. >> i was lucky because it came very, very close. >> they are destroyed. >> this morning, most of the people are back at home.

two of the families are displaced. we know the architect ram only made it easier to spread quickly and the dirt on the property i am told is going to be difficult to get any clear answers if investigators come back out so, so far no cause has been determined as of yet. janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 morning news. yesterday san jose firefighters put out a deadly fire in a motor home. it happened near center road and the body of one person was found inside the motor home. at this point they are not telling us any information about that victim. luck has run out, an alert

cashier is being commended for noticing something that was not right. brian flores is with us for who was arrested. it is unclear how long they were running this and now this is a machine they would use, they would steel actual credit card numbers from people and use the machine to end boss it. the victim has no idea their card numbers have been represent complicated and then they make thousands of dollars in purchases and they used a room at the hotel near the casino and the manager even had suspicious -- suspicions about the people involved. >> they tried to use one credit

card, that didn't work, they tried three more and none of those worked and they finally got one to work. so they used one before the 5 5th one worked. >> they also found two mercedes card. mean team, they are seeing thousands of dollars in cash and the losses are in the tens of thousands of dollars. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 morning news. time now 6:36 we have new information about a shooting from the los angeles police department building. an officer was shot seven times. a man walked in and just started shooting. two police officers are fighting back and this happened while a community am meet being was being held and witnessed

heard at least 20 shots. >> if an individual comes into a police dent and just start shooting, and last week they ambushed two detectives outside that same place and that gunman was never caught. leyland yee is back in court and is scheduled to enter a plea. he is ready to enter a plea in federal court. he is accused of gun trafficking and corruption. shrimp boy is also scheduled to appear in court this morning. they have removed the web pages of state senator and the names of the other senators rob rite

and a number of they are district will reveal that to us. >> he and his wife gave $100 million to children's hospital and that was back in 2010. the san francisco chronicle showed its newest donation will be split. that hospital will be renamed ucs. if bennie off children's hospital and the two hospitals formed an alliance to jointly conduct research an offer comprehend sufficient medical care. here is a leave picture and they are there for four and a

half hours and alex savage has more on what you can expecting if you are -- you being expect if you are headed to the game. >> folks have waited all off season here and the giant and diamondbacks will be doing this and it will be perfect cut and we are here with senior communications and you must be excited and the fans are too? >> yes, we have been here since seven this morning or any time this season, what can people

expect. >> wewe have a whole new deck where fans can sit and watch the game and we have a number of different places where they will grow food at at&t and a million different promotions this week in particular we have fun things going on. >> do you want to mention that so fans know what to expect? >> we are overtime using metal detectors and we will not have them at any gate today. we will start phasing them in at different locations. >> i appreciate that and i want to point out, all is quiet down here at feel level. and they are inside the public maze and folks are very excited about the giants and they are getting ready to start.

they will take the mound against the diamondbacks and fans are feeling a sense much optimism here on opening day and you can listen to one of those fans. >> yes, it is great. >> as we bring you back out here live with the could he have outside of at&t, we should point out it will be a perfect day for the giants home opener of and remember, there will be metal detectors in place and the same rules as last year, none of those large bags, so keep that in mind. everybody is excited and we have that one pitch, giant are

back in sap fran, live with alex savage right there -- alex savage right there. the reward was being offered by police and desperate search for a man who will help solve a murder mystery. live in martinez where they appeared in court today on charges he allegedly stole drugs from seniors. we are looking at a commute which is getting busier by the moment and you can tell it is busy in the bay point and we will tell you about the entire contra costa commute and tell you where the slow spots are. you might be hearing the fog horns, we will tell you if they are as warm as yesterday.

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. they are going in front of a judge this afternoon on charges he stole prescription drugs from senior citizens. live at the contra costa they are talking about how this case could affect other hundreds of criminal cases, tara? >> reporter: he will be

appearing before a judge and we did have a chance to talk to some concord police officers and they say they were devastated and shocked by his arrest and they said they had no idea he had an alleged drug problem and obviously the news is sending them relation. as far as court cases -- reeling, as far as court cases here they could be overturned in he had any involvement with them. switzer is accused of entering a senior living center and his client was stopped. the man suffered dog bites and he had to be treated at a hospital. a jury didn't believe him and convicted him in february. switzer was not called to the stand and he himself was under

investigation and on administrative leave. >> of course, his recourse now is to ask for a new trial and we intend to do that. >> now they have to sift through any open cases and it could lead to retrail or a request for dismissal. they are looking for the black boxes and they have not been able to relocate the sounds which have been heard over the weekend. they were consistent and the problem though, the batteries are only designed to last and we are now past that 30-day

mark so there are concerned they have died. >> oscar pistorius took the trial and he gave a tearful account leading up to the most he shot and killed his girlfriend. he woke up to the sound he heard the bathroom window sliding. >> i heard this noise, i interpreted as being somebody was coming into the bathroom and it was the first thing that ran into my mind, i needed to protect us and i got my gun. >> the judge ended their testimony today when oscar pistorius became overcome with emotion. he his took her for an intruder and he fired his gun after a heated argument..

it's being called a staggering experiment which will bring extraordinary hope for people in wheelchairs. the medical break through to reverse paralysis. and getting slammed for negative comments he made, her reaction on torture and what he said that some say shows a broader republicans hot tiltty to women and those stories coming up on mornings on 2, now back to the morning news. let's bring sal back. everybody behaving in contra costa, something? >> i would say yes it is a typical behavior. there was a vehicle and for the most part traffic tips to move relatively well in san francisco and there are no major problems here.

i do want to mention in caster valley we are getting word of a crash and all of a sudden they are getting busier getting over dublin so be aware of that. i want to show you the bay bridge between the mcarthur maze and san francisco exits. this is slow traffic into the santa clara valley already. 6:50 let's go to steve. i have outdone myself, we are listening but not watching. >> definitely some fog but it is low and on the go. we are talking about fog. it was not there until yesterday and i think in the city as well it's not as warm

as yesterday temperatures are down about 60 degrees and yesterday it was 59 and still everything is fine not as warm as monday. we are making for a beautiful sunrise pick and i will tell you, it is right down there and i know half-moon bay. that is going to cool down and he will not are have to go far for warm temperatures. a couple of degrees cooler for some and there is a hints of an offshore and even though the heat was not that strong good between i can feel it is apartment perfect here. you get half-moon bay as a puff

of an easterly breeze and for us except for those higher clouds they will clear out and be mostly sunny and 30s and 40s and 50s from sacramento ohio around the bay it is making in. inland it will be warm, a lot of mid-80s 70s and upper 60s, 86, 83 danville and san ramon berkeley 76 and 82 san jose, sunnyvale, right there, same for woodside and mountain view, big difference between daily city and bruno, 65 half-moon bay but not as nice as yesterday. it is a little bit cooler and that fog kind much roles in and

we will level it off for the weekend. >> they are inning their -- ending their support and we have an estimated report with those who use it. they can still run after today and microsoft will not be providing any new fixes except for security related problems and a majority dark oh an -- an overwhelming majority of people use x p and this could open the door for hackers. look at, this body slam act student pinning him to the ground, why parents are defending the teacher. plus, it is the only hospital around for miles but no, i they are closing their doors. the critical impact they will have down one local area.

. welcome back. they are now looking to add security measures after several cars were tipped over and it happened in the heights now they want toed a neighborhood watch program. hundreds of workers are learning they will soon be out of a job. they made the controversy decision to close by the end of

this month. it does provide the closest emergency room for outlying areas. voters voted to shut it down because they are running out of money and on average only 8 beds a day are filled and the er and hospitals are losing almost 2 million a year. they will force people in town to make a very long journey into santa rosa. 250 people will lose their jobs and a task force is reopening as an outpatient facility. many people are talking about it and the university of connecticut has learned about the basketball champion. that is how it wrapped up and they beat kentucky last night 60-54, this is the husky's 4th since 1999. and back in the scores,

connecticut students caused a lot of damage turning furniture, they broke streets signs, and at least 30 arrests were made when uconn women's play notre dame in nashville. mean while they had to use tear gas, more than a dozen were set on fire and at least 7 arrests were made. alive update on huge fires that burned many homes yesterday, the impact that a bulldozer having and they are investigating the cause. they are looking into the giants' home opener, live inside the park and there are new security measures that everybody will have to deal

with, we will take you inside and outside the ballpark, stay right here with us.

>> reporter: people who live in a san jose neighborhood where three homes caught fire are still shaky this morning. a lot of