. fire rages through this apartment at san jose state university and we will tell you how firefighters believe it all started. state police are trying to figure out why an elderly man opened fire at a medical office, we will tell you what they found at his house. for somebody to call and

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and it is cold and other locations are cool and we are up as much as 10 to 12 degrees. we have rain on the way not until tonight or more likely tomorrow morning and rain returns tomorrow much, much, cooler and temperatures will really drop tomorrow and you can see it, eureka and excuse me never would i forget about it. a little bit of a breeze 16 miles per hour fairfield concord outth southwest, out of the west for novato, so there is a little breeze starting to show, 13-mile-per-hour 13-mile- per-hour and moffett has a little bit of a puff, turning cloudy later on and it will be more for what we had monday and

a mix of sun and clouds, clouds are on the increase and highs will be 60s and very lower 70s, here is sal. we still have traffic which is mostly doing well as you can understand the east show freeway and metering lights went on at the bay bridge toll plaza and that means there is a 20 minute delay and no major problems on the span so the 20 minute drive time is what i should say between oakland and san francisco. 580 got some slow traffic here on the pass and traffic is okay by the time you reach dublin when i look at the freeway, it still looks good coming back to the desk. we are getting a lock near is the san jose apartment

complex. it happen the out side. now there are new pictures with the damage inside, how bad is it? >> the damage is pretty bad, you can see this is where the fire was and it seems to have been focused up on the 3rd floor of this apartment building and that again is believed to be the original gin of the fire and that is looking inside of the burned unit and this fire may have started and one of the residents discarded it and on to a couch. only to realize his roommate was still inside. firefighters say the roommate who escape fire department used his moble phone then is

expected to survive. witnesses say they watched him run for his life. >> i saw one guy and i saw flames on his back. i hope he is alady. he was here earlier and they had to call paramedics. >> again, that is the man with the second degree burns and it does not appear suspiciousp but because of what that man said, 11 people are displaced because of the smoke and most are showing people and this could not come at a worse time, it is coming just one week before mid-

term examinations. >> all right, christain, we are following a new development in a frightening incident in daily city. an 84-year-old man is arrested and is a prime suspect inside of a medical office building. tara moriarty is there right now and what did police say. >> they also found funs and am knicks. this all began yesterday afternoon doctors staff and patients had to be evacuated from the medical center at 1,500 south gate avenue where a shot was fired. shortly before 1:30 a doctor spotted the asian man and the doctor ran for cover and called

911 now what remains unclear as police described it is what motivated him to fire on a doctor. >> it is really sad because there is no need for this kind of stuff. obviously they lost their mind and he couldn't take it, but it is sad though. >> tactical teams searched both floors and no suspects were found, they did fine them and we are waiting for police and we hope to speak with neighbors about what they know about him. ktvu channel 2 morning news. they plan to return to the scene where a man was hit by a car and critically injured. a man in his 20s or 30l1sl0 was hit by a car while crossing right near stern grove yesterday morning. the woman who hit him said she may have been blinded by the sun and that's what

investigators plan to look into today. now this latest crash happened while san francisco police were conducting a traffic crackdown in certain parts of the city. between market and and gary streets. they also gave them folsom and the essex. somebody pretends to be in law enforcement and gives him hundreds of dollars. a woman identified as ann is one of four known victims a man claiming to be sergeant jackson from the san francisco sheriff's department called her and told her she had to pay a fine for not showing up for jury duty. and told her for $408 and --

$480 and gave her the account number which gave her access. >> i work to supplement my income because i am retired and it hurts, it really hurts that somebody would call on my home phone and lie to me. >> now ann realized it was a scam when she went to court and was told she had never been called for jury duty. and law enforcement never calls and asking for as for money. michael claims he had an affair with audrey pots mother when she was separated from her husband. she commuted suicide in september of 2012 after embarrassing photos were put on the internet. her parents filed a wrongful

death lawsuit seeking responsibility and he shut let it go in san shows. and they are being paid to leave and don't come back. the city of albany is offering to pay $3,000 to every homeless person who right now lives at the albany bulb. 28 people live there but not all of them decided to accept the money and that's because they all had to agree to stay out of city parks. everybody who lives there including people who did not take that settlement money have until friday to move away. we are now hearing from the father of the teen, in 20

minutes and the reason and e- cigarettes, two things they want to do to crackdown on the popular smoking alternative. good morning, right now traffic is doing well if you are driving on highway 4 but it is getting busier in certain parts of this contra costa commute and we will run those down for you. good morning, we will show you the cooler temperatures, and there is that before mentioned fox and the timing on the rain.

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period. they want to expand to include more products. they also want to oversee cigars, antes -- dissorriable. the current rules focused on spoke -- smoke less tobacco. and some people living in erwin dale said they -- this burns their float. they declared it a public nuisance and if the company is declared a public nuisance, it will have 90 days to reduce the fumes the 2015 season and the 49ers will open the season on

the road. it presents the dallas cowboys and at levi stadium is september 14th against the bears, the chicago bares. now the radars will open on the east coast playing the new york jets. their home opener is the 14th and they will be playing at the coliseum. >> 616, let's check in with sal. they didn't mention but maybe the 49ers at the objecting land -- oakland and speaking of oakland we do have a delay at the bay bridge toll plaza and that's backed under here for a 20 men drive time into san francisco and there are no major problems getting into the city by the way but if you are count being it will take you 20 minutes to get that whole trip and that includes your time on the bridge.

we are also looking this morning in san francisco on northbound 101 that looks good, there are no major problems be a traffic continues to look good. there is reward of a huge crash, let's give everybody some rain overall it will be mostly sunny here in the morning and get out of the way so you can see it, fog sun or clouds for the morning and temperatures way up on the lows this morning that is for sure. clouds start to roll in and that includes low and high clouds and it will be mostly cloudy by this afternoon and a few areas will hit before all of the cloud cover gets here and san francisco is dealing with some fog, a combination 62 today and it is a cool day here, temperatures are hard pressed to get out of the 60s,

but mostly clouds in recent city, eureka there as well and develop wally this will make it. 50s on the temperatures and now they are 50s, and 48s, that is not the case and that will not be until the 30s and what we are waiting for is the weather and you may have to deal with some of that fog. especially north bay and then for everybody by tonight, it could be a little hit and miss and i doubt much falls and we will have to wait until tomorrow morning and there will be two parts of it, the front and much cooledder air comes around the noon hour and keep an eye out for possible thunder

showers activity and saturday starts off okay and we cloud it up and there is one system that brings light rain and rain fall projections have been cut way down and i expect this to be a 10th of an n to a third of an inch and clouds and sun coast, fog, a little breezy for some and foggy to the north bay and 60s and 7 oses, it should be a beautiful sun sides unless you have fog. 68 san jose to 74 gilroy and sally city, it is doled and foggy so it it is official. mostly cloud -- cloudy starts to warm up. they are picking up on durable goods about 45 minutes ago shows the biggest gain. they ordered more heavy

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90 passengers were on board. >> every wreck like every person has a story that speaks to us and connects to the heart as well as engage is the mind. >> 16 people were hurt including two children. it could have been worse if not for the heroics of the chinese people from the other ship a presentation will be held tonight at the a scare yum and we posted a slide show of images and on our website, check it out, look for the link on the images tab. >> well t- there is a new push for children to be strapped in safety seats, they are

requiring children be weighed and they don't allow them to hold children up to two years in their laps. >> it comes from the foundation and the couple. it has been there sense 2010 and 15 million babies are born too soon. they plan to work with colleague to cut down on the number of premature births. gunfire targeting police officers on the streets of oakland last night. the violent encounter which has left the department on edge. social media, the new tool which will help them interact with the people in the community. good morning, we are looking at 880 and we will give you the traffic alert which is

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24th of april. 6:30 is the time. steve, when is the rain coming in? >> at your castle? >> yes. at my castle. >> very early in the morning. but we have a ways to go before it gets here. we have fog on the coast in the city as well, temperatures in the 50s and 60s but the front is still aways, there could be some rain mainly for the north bay and into tomorrow morning and some of the rain begins to worm its way in and that's not the case this morning. it might be chilly and there is a little bit of a breeze and fog on the coast but our system is still back here. a mix of sun and clouds and it will be mostly sunny and cloudy

and 60s and very low 70s, here is sal. good morning, traffic is doing well around the bay area but it is getting, heavier and you will see there are no major problems lit in the left too, there is about a 20 minutes drive time and we are keeping an eye out as you drive towards the tennis road exit and one thing i want to mention, traffic is going to be doing well anyway and it hooks like that crash turned out to be nothing special and there are no major problems as you drive to fremont, let's go back to the desk. in an apartment just yard away from the san jose state camp after a big fire there, it

shows a ball of claims. one american is there to show us out badly is the damage. >> reporter: take a look, you can see this is the apartment in question and you can see the apartment on the 3rd floor that appears to be where the fire originated and firefighters say it appeared as if this all started with a discarded match. >> the reports say the roommate was in the living room and lit a candle and that the match he used was discarded and landed on the couch and that's still under investigation. >> we have some new video of the inside of the apartment where the fire appears to have originated. the fire quickly spread and

that roommate ran for his own safety. he used his mobile burns and firefighters say is he expected to survive but other residents said they too had to run from the burning building. >> i looked outside and i saw fire coming from the third floor and i saw flames coming and i ran right inside and i grabbed every single person who was in the building. >> in all, 11 people are displaced because of the fire smoke and water damage but most of the residents are allowed back in and they original said they were waiting for how isn't it tis to be turned back on and people are moving back in and it appears this is nowliable and this fire comes at a

terrible -- terrible turn and a suspicious car in cool age brook dale avenue. when they arrived they spotted a car with four men inside which then took off and they shot inside the patrol cars. the officers stopped the car and arrested the four men officers were not hurt by that fire. he hid inside the wheel well to fly from san francisco to maui. he recently moved to a home with his father stepmother and younger siblings. he first found out about his son's death defying journey in the area. they told me what happened and

i was shocked, i wondered how he went there. they gave me meatballs and the teen started attending classes just five weeks ago and his father says the son was struggling in school just four years in the united states. he was always talking about going back to africa. the teen by the way is still recovering in a hospital in hawaii. oakland police are about to become the latest police department using a private person to interact with residents. it claims to serve 32,000 neighbors nationwide. two years ago san jose police partnered for specific alerts

to neighborhoods. >> this gives us a reap and at the same time, they warned them prepare to get a large volume of messages and they will hold a press conference to give us new details 0 of the partnership. >> they are due to take the stand at his peeping tom trial. they will testify for the defense and police say the supervisor was dressed in only underwear and socks when he was arrested for peep willing into a neighbor's window last summer. he told police he had a few drinks and he has admitted he has a drinking problem. after that he checked himself in to a program.

they change venues, you have some moors alex. >> all i know is after game two blowout, i tell you what, this is the place to do it here at -- or call. -- oracle. >> come on alex. >> as they take on the clippers -- >> thank you very much. i will try another one later but this is a critical game three here and the series tied one game a piece and they split the series and this will be rocking, they are going to get lot herein -- loud here inside oracle. they are really going to be taking advantage of the series and they still have home court advantage and the series tied after after that a very tough loss in game two and they are

playing home and they can't fall behind early. >> i need to be there and be as aggressive as we get into double digit leads. >> and warriors pride is in full affect. >> reporter: you can see city hall lit up with the warriors colors and flags are flying everywhere you look. they had the gold warriors message on them and everybody is fired up for this game 3 against the clippers and things -- it has been a rough and tumble matchup and warriors are hoping to get in front of these home town fans and they are taking advantage and we'll see if he can use me tonight. >> that was real close, i'll

take it alex. >> i will keep practices. >> great job alex. pretty exciting. warriors plan to move to san francisco for 2018 and 2019 season and the team is currently paying down the debt and according to the oakland tribune, the warriors will stop the payments once the teams leave and they are expected to be $16,000 and taxpayers in alameda may have to pick up that and they will continue to make payments if the team moves before 2027. >> i would have moved that. in my dreams. well, tonight the san jose sharks will try to complete the kings in the stanley cup playoffs. 3 games to none they beat the

kings in overtime tuesday night to get a step closer to the next round. game 4 tonight in los angeles, game starts at 7:30. >> 6:40 is the time right now it has become the latest hot spot for rats, coming up how the rat invasion is tied to our record-breaking drought. and shots fired inside of a medical office building, the arrest made last night after people were forced to evacuate daily city. >> getting often to the peninsular, a little bit of fog to talk about and also the traffic and the drive times. sal is right, we do have some fog but mostly sunny for a while, increasing clouds and rain is on the way and i will give you the timing on that and some cooler temperatures. bulldog: [yawning] it's finally morning!

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operate in 29 countries and they give care for the disabled. a spokesperson said he is aware of that shooting but didn't know whether members of the call ban were responsible. they say they may be willing to free a man who has been standing in the way of a deal to get him free. more than 2000 people, the military, cia and fbi are all working on this case and the defense department officials may be making negotiations even more difficult. time now 6:45 time to check in with a look at what is and coming up on mornings on two. in minutes on mornings on 2. visiting japan, he is saying

this is scary and we'll and we will show you what is up tim dated. san francisco is taking find out why officials feel it will still be completely safe to drink. those stories and a lot more coming up on mornings on 2. now back to you on the mornings news. sal, you are watching the bridges and there are a lot more cars out there. >> yes, it is getting to the busy part of the commute, dave and right now we are looking at a commute which is busy on highway 4 coming into bay point and antioch and there are no major problems but it's going to be slow. 680 southbound in the area especially highway 2. traffic

is here into san francis and you can see traffic report is going tobies i as you drive out of the pass into livermore. 6:46 let's go to steve. cloudy for some especially on the coast, fog bank is watched up and some areas already have sunshine and some are dealing with low clouds and higher clouds and the front is here but here as in northern california but it will get here. later on and right back there that will not be there until late tonight and tomorrow and that will give us some rain, sun and cloud fearing -- fearing the north bay and san francisco we will keep it. although it was nice yesterday and you can see some of the

rain already, eureka and crescent -- eureka and crescent city, that is the leading edge of what is moving in on the north. we had some upper 30s and cloud cover and a little bit of a breeze keeping those temperatures up and it is showing signs of not picking up that breeze maybe from the west southwest and i expect that front will get closer and that's not a big deal for him but it there is a component which brings that on shore push in. a little bit of a pattern and our front is back here and 30 up in tahoe, 40 in reno and it is warm dealing with some cloud cover and the system also has some pretty cold air coming in and we will teal that tomorrow about the noon hour, and that might trigger some activity.

not a lot but around and a half of that is gone, friday nights and saturday okay, but then one more system has to clip us to the north late saturday and i think that will stay up to the north. about a 10th of an inch to a third may cover it but that's overdone for san jose and 7:30 we will have an update. clouds and sun, coast fog, clouds favoring the north bay for now and later on it will start to move in and same with andrew, gilroy cupertino los angeles and 61 passive can and 60s on the peninsular and mostly cloudy one more system to the north saturday clears out sunday and warmer monday. . that is the sound of the opening bill and the new york -- bell and new york stock exchange looking to recover

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there was somebody inside unable to walk, with no protective fire training, he went in. >> it seemed chaotic, i saw the flames coming over the back of a house. >> with the heck of a neighbor pore, he carried her. a popular walnut creek par has been suspended after several calls. they cannot serve alcohol for 20 days and state officials say there were more than 200 calls over a 200 month period for assaults and public drunkenness. he has been meeting regularly to train its employees and also

increase security. michael is likely to be suspended after using pine tar. it was on his neck in the second inning and they alerted the umpire and checked it out. and he admitted using pine tar saying he was trying to get a better grip on the bar and it is against the rules to use any foreign subject fans and in another game he he admits using poor judgment but does not say he was trying to cheat. near san jose state university, why investigators say a bad situation -- say a bad situation could have been a lot worse. and the nba showdown at oracle arena, how the bay area is getting ready between the warriors and the clippers. and this morning, we are still seeing traffic which is

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we are live at oakland's golden gate district where police are investigating reports of shots fired minutes ago. we'll bring you the latest on the victim injured. we have a new eyewitness account at the apartment fire that swept through the campus. an 84-year-old man arrested for a frightening incident at a daly city medical center. the critical question that still needs to be answered. basketball fans, counting down the hours. the warriors are back at home getting ready for the critical nba playoff game against the clippers. "mornings on 2" begins right now. we're live at san pablo avenue on the border of oakland and emeryville. an active police investigation is underway there right now after one person was shot just about an hour ago. ktvu's brian flores just ve