tv Mornings on 2 FOX May 12, 2014 7:00am-9:01am PDT
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>> reporter: a fast start to the fire season has firefighters busy. we are live in the south bay at the scene of where the latest fire happened. we'll tell you what happened here and what's contributing to it. >> it's the first summer spare- the-air day of the season. the reason ditching the car today could be a good health decision. >> and a 1-year-old boy rushed
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to the hospital after being found under water in a backyard swimming pool in concord last night. we'll tell you about the incredible rescue effort here and what we know about this boy's condition. well, i was baited -- that's not the way i thought. i don't talk about people, for one thing, ever. >> clippers' owner, donald sterling, making his first public appearance following racial marks. we're live in san jose where fire season is off to a busy start. firefighters responded to more than a half-dozen blazes just over a day. ktvu's janine de la vega is at the site of the latest one. coming up in two minutes we'll have more on what firefighters believe started this fire and whether it's all part of a bigger problem in san jose. good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2".
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i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clarke. let's check weather and traffic. i ducked outside, steesk. it doesn't feel that bad. >> i agree. it will warm up. it's rather cool, 30s, 40, 50s. napa airport checked in at 41 last hour which is very cool follow the nights being very short. 52 to oakland. 70 at noon. downtown oakland, 83. there will not be records set today. i doubt tomorrow but maybe as we head towards wednesday. 44 now, livermore was 49. 51. san jose was 51. now 54. walnut creek, 52. fairfield was 47. now they are 50. we're starting to bounce off the morning lows. some. higher elevations are much warmer. it will be warmer. we'll get a -- a -- by tuesday, wednesday, thursday, it will be the warmest day and it will collapse.
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heat watch starts tomorrow at 1:00. it remains to be scene. sunny, warmer. a cool morning. near 90 for some well, well inland. a lot of 80s away from the coast. here's sal. we have a lot of slow traffic today. people are back on this monday. a lot of people on the road. right now, on 80 westbound, want to show you some slow traffic from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. it's taking 45 minutes and most of it is right here approaching the terrible bay bridge. we haven't had any major problems on the bay bridge. that's a big back up i told you it would take 45 minutes earlier this morning. it was taking 17. we're up there. we are at least three times as much with that commute. there are no major problems on the bridge either. it's a lot of slow traffic. everyone is trying to get into the city at the same time. you will see some slow traffic. 680 is also slow contra costa
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county. in san francisco we have record of a new injury crash involving a motorcycle. northbound 101 at silver avenue. we have northbound 101 just south of the toll plaza on the golden gate, i looked at my camera on the golden gate bridge. i don't see anything. but i don't see a lot of cars getting through. we'll investigate that. 7:04. back to the desk. new this morning, fire season began a week ago. it's been a busy start in the bay area. this morning, firefighters were on the scene of a fire at a homeless encampment at story road. janine de la vega is live to let us know how this fire started. good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning, tori. i want to show you all of the dry brush at my feet. this stuff is everywhere. it's very easy to pick up. it's very dry. if you look further down into
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this homeless encampment, there's a lot of vegetation here, a lot of trees. the potential for fire to break is great. the firefighters got on scene quick. the fire was spotted by a sheriff's deputy driving by. firefighters hiked down a trail and found a structure made by one of the homeless people on fire. it spread to the trees. and they worked quickly to put it out. they say it appeared to have started by someone cooking with propane. the dry brush and the warm, windy weather scheduled for this week could keep firefighters busy. >> we have a lot of vegetation. we have homes that are in chutes, draws, valleys. places where people would make a very fast run upslope and could endanger some of these homes. >> reporter: fire season started a week ago. calfire has increased its equipment and staffing levels. yesterday, south bay firefighters were practicing different scenarios and were
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called to at least nine vegetation fires. people are being advised to remove dry brush. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, janine. 7:06. you may recall last month a homeless man was charged with starting this fire that destroyed a former san jose television station. as many as 30 homeless people were believed to occupy the vacant building. at first, there were concerns someone may have been killed in that fire. but a painstaking search of the debris found no evidence of human remains. the building has been turned over to the city of san jose for demolition. it was a real close call for a baby in concord. a baby's in the hospital this morning after almost drowning yesterday in a backyard pool. ktvu's alex savidge joining us livl now with those -- live now with those details and the important safety tips for parents as we begin with a week
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with very hot temperatures. >> reporter: this close call for a family here in concord should serve as a remainder to other parents to keep a close eye on their kids around water, especially with the weather warming up. it's a perfect time to hang out by the pool. in this case, a 1-year-old boy was found unconscious in a backyard swimming pool last night. relatives found him unconscious in the pool. he's in stable condition now, according to concord police. this happened after 6:00 at a home on ducker court here in concord. concord police arrived and found family members already doing cpr on the child. officers took over cpr until paramedics could get there to the house. the boy was taken here to john muir hospital in concord. he was transferred to children's hospital in oakland for further treatment. we're told he was successfully revived by first responders. we're working to get an update on his condition. i did speak with police.
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no word exactly how that boy ended up in the water. but obviously concord police will be doing a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding this near drowning last night. we're live this morning in concord, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, alex. new concern for public safety in oakland. it's rising. after reports of oakland police officers working mandatory extra patrols. now, according to the oakland tribune, the mandatory overtime started in october of 2012. it's not scheduled to end until next march. that's when the police department expects to have hired enough officers for a full staff. coming up for you at 7:45, pam cook will have more on the problems the department is facing as oakland deals with the highest volume of 911 calls in the entire state. 7:08. the safety of people walking and biking will be the focus of an event at at&t park before tonight's giants' game. local law enforcement agencies
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and the city are joining together. they want to education bikers, walkers and drivers on how to interact safely with one another. the event is at lefty o'doul plaza from 5:00 until 7:00 tonight. there's new information concerning the computer glitch that recently grounded or delayed hundreds of los angeles area flights. security experts claim a design problem in the u.s. air traffic control computer system is to blame. air traffic chromers did not have altitude information for the flight plan of a spy plane flying through the area. the faa says that caused a meltdown of the computer system. in theory, experts say the same vulnerability could have been used by an attacker but it could be difficult to represently -- replicate the exact conditions. they claim to have remedied the problem. the statewide testing
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system has been hit with glitches. computers used computers and ipads for the first time to take tests. but students have reported a lot of problems. many problems trying to log onto the system. they also say the system logles them off while they are reading the test questions. some devices are frozen and don't save answers. this year's results will not count. they will not be used to evaluate students since the new system is clearly in its testing phase. >> testing phase. >> uh-huh. we're still following the aftermath of a big landfill fire in san jose. the concerns still lingering in that neighborhood hours after the fire was put out. we're still very hopeful that we're gonna find him. >> a mother's mission to bring home her son and other bay area men all last seen in san francisco. kind of a rough one out
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there. we've had a couple of major glitches. as we look at the east bay, highway 4 is beginning to slow down here in la fayette. we'll give you drive times for this region and others. [ male announcer ] it all starts with the bread. we wake up thinking about it. and bake it fresh in-store, every day. it's a pretty good job. with some nice fringe benefits. but we know you've been thinking about it, too. 'cause it's the very foundation of your sandwich. we don't take that lightly. so we're always trying to make it even better. that's why we added some ingredients and took others out. we think it's our best bread yet.
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a brear mother spent mother's day on a -- a bay area mother spent mother's day on a mission trying to find her son lost in san francisco. the parents of jackson miller looked for him near the un plaza. jackson left his cupertino home four years ago when he was 19 years old. he drove to san francisco and his parents have not heard from him since. he suffered from anxiety and was in the process of switching medications. >> we were convinced that he was roaming around the city and not well. the sightings indicated he was not well. >> sean sidi has been missing a
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year also after suffering a severe head injury. jackson's mother works with a group of four other women who also have missing sons. all were last seen in san francisco. they say if you see any of the missing men, take a picture so the sighting can be confirmed, then call police. >> wow. all right. 7:14. here's a wow story. a mother in ohio got a surprise mother's day surprise when she gave birth to rare twins. now, take a look at this know toe. you can see two -- photo. you can see two baby girls holding hands. the twins are considered mono mono twins. this only happens in one in 10,000 pregnancies. the babies were born 45 seconds apart but once they were held next to each other, they grabbed hands. >> it was so awesome. they were both holding hands. it was so great to hear them both cry. >> even though mono mono twins
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are rare, the hospital in akron, ohio said they are expecting another set later this week. and that mother is just a couple of doors down from sara. >> wow. 7:15. good news this morning for people who commute from marin county to san francisco. the golden gate transit board of directors has decided to permanently add a 7:30 a.m. ferry right out of larkspur to san francisco. the 7:30 a.m. ferry run just finished a nine- month test period. the district says the ferry attracted more than the expected number of passengers. before the 7:30 a.m. ferry was added, the 7:50 and 8:20 ferries were frequently sold out and backup buses were needed for those who did not fit on the boat. an important traffic warning for northbound drivers headed to the golden gate bridge. the last san francisco exit before the bridge now comes a little sooner. the exit has been moved about
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1,000 feet south during a construction project which should last about a month. presidio parkway project managers say this exit will be clearly marked. however, any driver who misses it will have to go over the bridge and then pay the $7 toll for the unplanned trip back to san francisco. >> see, now you warned everybody. i have. >> sal, you are paying attention to that, too. >> guys, i have bad news. >> an accident right at that spot, right now. >> sal, come on! >> seriously. we're gonna go to the golden gate bridge. our camera shows the southbound commute, which is fine. you can tell there are not a lot of northbound cars getting through. if i were a betting man, i would say the confusion over that last exit may have caused an accident. remember, once you past that exit there's no going back. just put it in something that you can understand. let's go to the toll plaza of
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the bay bridge. it's backed up all the way out to the macarthur maze. and beyond that. 25, 30-minute delayed drive time into san francisco. highway 24 westbound as you drive from the pleasant hill area about a 10-minute drive. most of it is here, the waiting getting into the caldecott ton. northbound 101 at silver avenue, still clearing up a motorcycle crash at that interchange. the traffic will be busy. want to check out the peninsula as well if you are trying to get to the airport. traffic looks good from south city to highway 82, eight minutes. let's go to steve. thank you, sir. a beautiful picture here, estuary, calm conditions. no breeze. we are going to warm up here but there's just not that howling north-northeast wind. without that -- i'll ease into the warmup. warm air aloft. no doubt about that. but there's some areas in the upper 30s and 40s.
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it's a huge difference in some of the lows. we're already beginning to warm up. nights are getting short. by noon, 60s to 70s. i -- brentwood, i think i went 90. san jose starting off 51. we'll go 86 today. no record highs set today. i doubt tomorrow but maybe wednesday. wednesday looks to be the hottest day, we'll see how today shakes up. that's the key. 44 napa. 41 for a low this morning. you can see some of the -- some of that cool air. novato, 49 degrees. livermore at 49. now 50s. antioch is 58. probably warmer. these are about 20 minutes a lot of these. southwest 7 at travis. that's not going to do it. i know it's not strong but it's still a little bit of a delta breeze. and concord has the south wind. oakland downtown, just a hint of a northeast. but most locations hardly have any breeze. there is a tremendous difference. look at the dividing line between the cold air and record -- between that you can probably imagine what's going on. it's snowing in denver.
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again, in case you missed it, parts of wyoming, now, again, about 7,000, 10,000 feet, 3 to 4 feet of snow yesterday. you can see the snow into kansas, parts of nebraska. incredible. it's the severe weather firing you towards the great lakes. maybe travel delays to chicago, minneapolis. maybe denver, too. high pressure for us, large and in charge. it's high pressure without the surface high. hard pressed to warm it up. we'll see warmer weather. 29 up in tahoe. 44 in lakeport. 39 up in will -- in willits. that's cold. it will be a warmer pattern this week. we had a cooler pattern last week. it will be warmer this week. that's how we get average. there is a heat watch that starts tomorrow at 1:00. let's see how today works out. if we come above the forecasted highs we're set for a hot pattern. if it comes in at or below, we'll no one model was wrong on
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the highs. 80s on some of the temperatures. novato, 86. santa rosa, 86. kentfield, 84. 90 brentwood to oakley. livermore 88. oakland downtown. almeda, 78. 89 gilroy. that's 10 warmer than yesterday. nice by santa cruz. san jose in there. santa clara, cupertino, sunnyvale. also low 80s for some. upper 70s san bruno. 5 in daly city. that's pretty warm. thank you, antonio. 75 half moon bay to menlo park. tomorrow will be warmer. it looks like the hottest day of the week will be wednesday. without the northeast breeze it might be cop fined to those inland -- confined to those inland. by the weekend, the fog comes screaming back. this morning, hundreds of people are still out of their homes as firefighters work to contain a large wildfire in northern texas. the fire which has burned nearly 1500 acres started yesterday afternoon in fritch in the texas panhandle.
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crews say the enentire town was at risk, at least 100 homes have been destroyed. crews, though, say the fire is now 75% controlled. 7:21. a ktvu channel 2 investigation finds you may be buying a recalled car and don't know it or you may be driving next to a recalled car that was recently sold. >> you know, you've got three cars on your lot that have open recalls on them. >> wait. wait. i don't know anything about that one. >> 2 investigates goes from car lot to car lot and finds plenty of vehicles deemed unsafe for sale. tonight on the 10:00 news. why it's happening, who is to blame and what needs to change to keep you safe. 2 investigates tonight at 10:00. 7:21. some tense moments following an emergency landing in the east bay. the reason the pilot was take ge away in -- the reason the pilot was taken away in handcuffs. am i entitled to one mistake after 35 years?
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let's broaden the world's energy mix, let's go. it is 7:23. international aid is coming in to help the nigerian government locate hundreds of kidnapped girls. this is new video of the school where the girls were kidnapped. islamist extremists have claimed responsibility for the kidnappings. there's new video released of the girls reading from the koran. a bring back our girls vigil is being held this evening in palo alto. it begins at 6:30 at the plaza at 202 university avenue. pro rahn activists in eastern ukraine say voters have overwhelming approved a referendum for independence. over the weekend, voters cast
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ballots. 90% of the people voted to break away from ukraine. it's not yet clear if the two regions will follow the crimean peninsula in seeking to be annexed by russia. the u.s. and many european countries condemn the referendums saying they were illegal. 7:25. donald sterling making his first public comments about the racist remarks that led to his lifetime ban from the nba. the l.a. clippers owners tells cnn, it was all a horrible mistake that's overshadowed his long and successful career as an nba owner. >> am i entitled to one mistake after 35 years? i mean, i love my league. i love my partners. am i entitled to one mistake? it's a terrible mistake. i will never do it again. >> but at the same time, donald sterling said he was baited into making the racist comments. he said he was clearly set up by his former girlfriend,
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secreting recording their private conversation. sterling can be heard on the tape scolding her for bringing african-americans to clipper games. the 80-year-old clippers' owner said he waited two weeks to apologize for the remarks because he was emotionally distraught. in the meantime, donald sterling's wife said she still plans to fight to keep her share of the clippers. shelley sterling says her share adds up to a full 50%. however, the nba has made it clear there's virtually no chance sterling's chance will have any future ties with the clippers. 7:26. history was made during this weekend's nfl draft. >> for the 249th pick for the 2014 nfl draft, the st. louis rams select michael sam, defensive end, missouri. [ cheers ] >> michael sam was drafted by the st. louis rams. he is the first openly gay
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player. don jones suited omg and horrible. that post was soon -- soon taken down. but the dolphins have ordered jones to pay an undisclosed fine for his comments. a new report on muni crime. why the transit agency said it's giving riders a reason to celebrate. >> reporter: we're live in san jose where a landfill fire agra vates and --ing a grau vates an already -- aggravates a situation. right now, traffic is still slow. we're having a rough one. 237 is not too bad getting into the valley. we'll tell you more about the san jose commute -- coming up. skies are clear. it was school last week. it will be warmer this week. some of the temperatures were on the 40s and 50s. we'll talk about how much more
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the next couple of days. coming up in two minutes, ktvu's tara moriarty just spoke with fire officials and has new information about what may have started that blaze. good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. it's monday, may 12th. >> i'm dave clark. let's talk about weather and traffic. all right, steve. i ran outside. sunny -- it feels relatively comfortable outside our door. >> i just posted a picture on facebook, denver, colorado, coors field, covered in snow. >> wow. >> we have clear skies. it will be warming up. it was kind of cool here this morning. we had 30s, 40s and 50s. we'll end up in 80s. there's some warmer air aloft. it's coming in. clear, cool, calm conditions. sunny for all. it will be warmer for all as well. oakland starting off on the cool side. 52 but we'll end up 83 degrees today. today's kind of the key. we'll see. there's no offshore breeze. that's for sure. if there is, it's very, very light. 60s for a couple of.
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low 50s for others. napa was 41 this morning and there was a 39 up in mendocino county. 44 up in lakeport. for some it's a cool porning. it -- morning. fairfield, southwest at 7. i know it's not much. there is a little one for oakland, it's less than 5 miles an hour. the key is how much warmer and how soon it will get. today we're going for a lot of 80s. tuesday and wednesday will be the hottest days. the fog might come back to the coast by thursday. sunny and warmer. it looks like this will be a classic pattern. sunny and warmer for everybody. although a cool morning. near 90 for a few inland. a lot of 80s. 70s closer to the coast. here's sal. >> we're having a rough one on monday. i will demonstrate by putting up a drive time for you on the eastshore freeway. it's taking more than an hour to drive from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. remember, when there is no
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traffic, the same drive can take a little bit more than 15 minutes. so we're at four times the drive time here and that's because the bay bridge is so bad and it's not because of one crash kind of wish it was. this has been happening every day for the last month. the 880 ramps are slow and the only thing i can think of, more people are going at the same time. perhaps more people have jobs and that would be good. but now we're just getting a little bit of that pushback from the infrastructure here. we'll see. we'll see what happens. this will probably even out after a month or so. people will stop going at this time if it stays this way. let's go to 680 southbound. it's backed up from 242 to 24. it slows on 680 as you pass rut gear -- ruddgear road. traffic is slow from third street as you get into san francisco and we went back to contra costa county because i
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want to show you -- i think i neglected to show you where the slow traffic begins. it starts near highway 4. back to the desk. all right, sal. thank you. we have new information about a large fire at a san jose landfill. it happened yesterday afternoon at this sanker landfill -- zanker landfill near highway 247 and 880. that's where tara moriarty is live now. you just got off the phone with firefighters. so tara what are they saying about the cause? >> reporter: a san jose firefighter says it's not considered suspicious. they believe heavy machine may have caused the fire. they are not 100% certain. the investigation will continue. the firefighters left the seen at around 11:00 last night. they have workers at the landfill who are turning up those large piles that caught fire with bulldozers and dousing it with water. on the horizon, you can see it will be smoggy. today has been declared the
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first summer spare-the-air day. people are not only smelling the remnants of this fire but car exhaustion to deal with. the fire is out but not after fighting six hours of stubborn flames. huge plumes of smoke are in the sky that can be scene by drivers on freeways. firefighters say it wasn't too hot but with temperatures pushing the triple digits. that's about to change. the intense smoke grew. many are concerned about the air quality. >> it might be poisonous, hazardous, obviously. it looks pretty ugly. >> basically as the smoke goes towards san jose. want to make sure everything is okay and not have any respiratory distress. >> reporter: the bay area air quality district says the air will be unhealthy. try not to drive, take mass
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transit and limit outdoor activities to the early morning. crews believe it can be heavy machinery that ignited this. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. this morning, san jose police still searching for suspects in the stabbing near a popular city park. it happened around 9:00 last night on archer street near al visa park. a young man was stabbed at least once but he's expected to survive. still not what led up to the attack or how many people were involved. do you feel safe riding on muni? if you do, you are not alone. new crime stats are out. and crime is down on the transit system. brian flores is live in san francisco with the particular crime that saw the biggest drop. >> reporter: good morning, tori. a drop in crime is good news. from the muni riders we spoke with, they've noticed a difference from a few months ago. as for the numbers released and
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the biggest drop in crime, actually cell phone and smartphone thefts. now, the chronicle reports -- outlines stats just released from muni. overall crime down from 30 incidents. going from 284 indents to 201. the most impressive drop was smartphone crests. they say it's dropped an impressive 77% since last may. a drop from 109 reported thefts in may to just 25 in march. muni transit officials are crediting the drop in crime to a few reasons. one of them has to do with the federal grant of $1 million which added more paid hours for officers to patrol muni lies. the other reason is a commuter vigilance campaign which urges muni riders to be more aware of what's going on behind them and not get distracted by their smartphones. >> i have noticed a few more muni employees, more employees on the bus than before. i do see a few more muni fare
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checks going on. but other than that, as it relates to problems or crime, i -- i have seen no change. it's always been good. >> reporter: the surge in police presence came shortly after an incident back in october in which 20-year-old justin valdez, a san francisco state university student was randomly killed as he was exiting a muni light railcar at ingleside heights. apparently at the time the suspect was seen waving his gun. but nobody was aware because the passengers were transfixed on their cell phones. this is good for 10,000 hours for muni officers to be out there. it should be good, for this year, the grant. we're live here in san francisco, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, brian. 7:38. police and school administrators are hoping a $1,000 reward will encourage someone to come forward with information about threatening graffiti found at a school in danville. the graffiti found near
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charlottewood middle school threatened to harm students on may 8th. it prompted an increased police presence on school campuses that day last thursday and kept almost half of the student body from even coming to school. police say they hope this reward will lead to the arrest of whoever was behind the spray painted message. the search is expected to resume today for four men who are presumed dead after their speedboat capsized on full some lake. more than 25 rangers, emergency workers and divers searched the lake yesterday. the search was suspended in the afternoon because of high winds. investigators are still trying to figure out what caused the 40-foot boat to capsize on saturday afternoon. 7:39. well, today, the amgen bicycle tour moves to folsom after kicking off yesterday in downtown sacramento. cyclists raced 120 miles to lincoln, auburn and then back to sacramento and then that
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man, mark kavendish won the first stage. today's stage two is a 12 and a half mile time trim. stage 3 is tomorrow right here in the bay area. the cyclists gase a grueling course. it will climb almost 11,000 feet. it starts in san jose at 10:45 in the morning. it finishes at the top of mt. diablo. on our channel 2 website, ktvu.com, you will find more on this year's amgen tour of california. we have information and a link to the tour's website. it's under hot topics. a key figure in the legal fight over access to a san mateo beach is due to be in court. the battle is over martins beach, south of half moon bay. it was open to the public until 2008. but that's when sun microsystems co-founder bought the property that include the only road to the beef and he
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locked the -- to the beach and he locked the gate. the surf riders's foundation says that violates the coastal act. happening right now in washington, d.c., a ceremony is underway as the washington monument gets ready to reopen to tourists. this is a live picture right now. the historic -- is that -- al roker. the historic site was closed to repair damage from an earthquake. the quake back in august of 2011 caused major damage. workers had to repair cracks, tighten bolts and replace marble tiles, the restoration, $15 million. tours to the top of the monument are already sold out through mid-june. love really does conquer all. 92-year-old jerry thomas of berkeley received a call
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inviting him to washington, d.c. the world war veteran had been asked to take part in a ceremony honoring his service. he turned down the offer because he said the same day was his 70th wedding eafer and he wanted to be -- anniversary and he wanted to be with his wife. he said it was an easy decision to make. dealing with a staffing shortage. the mandatory extra work for oakland police officers that's raising concern about public safety. got a rough one going on 880 northbound. it's beginning to slow past the coliseum. a little early for this and a lot of slow traffic approaching the bay bridge. we'll tell you more about drive times in the east bay. a little chill in the morning air.
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the pilot of this small plane was taken away in handcuffs as he was forced to make an emergency landing in livermore. he landed in a high security area. officers from the protective force approached the smault plane with guns -- small plane with guns drawn. they searched it. nothing suspicious. the pilot was not hurt and later released. the plane experienced engine failure. the body of the third and final victim of a hot air balloon explosion in virginia
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has been found. jenny doyle and natalie lewis were on board the balloon friday afternoon. both worked in the women's basketball program at the university of richmond. the pilot was the third pesh on board. witnesses reported seeing the fire before the explosion separated the baskets from the -- basket from the balloon. >> you could hear them screaming, please god, sweet jesus, we're gonna die. please help us, please help us. >> on instagram doyle wrote they were supposed to go up early in the morning but it was too foggy. so they waited until later in the day. the ntsb is now investigating. new details this morning about the search for that missing malaysia airlines jet. searchers now saying some of the electronic signals detected last month did not come from the jet's black box like first thought. they still believe two transmissions heard on april 5th may have come from the jet. but an april kus tick an
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alittle sis of signals detected three days later has led them to believe they came from a manmade device. the crews are going to resume their underwater search today. a company has offered to track all large passenger planes for free. routine use of satellite tracking has been resisted by commercial airlines because it's so expensive. but the company says it will pay the cost of about $3 million a year. the company already tracks ships around the world and it relays distress calls for free. 7:47. new concerns about safety in a local city already fighting a reputation for high crime. pam cook is in the newsroom why oakland police say they worry about making mistakes on the job. oakland police officers are worried that mandatory overtime will lead to dangerous
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mistakes. the mandatory overtime for the oakland police department began in october of 2012 and it is not scheduled to end until next march. now, that's when the department expects to have hired enough officers for a full staff. the paper says officers have had to sign up to work the equivalent of two extra days per month for the past year and a half and they are sometimes ordered to extend shifts without warning. officers worry that the excessive fatigue could cause mistakes on the road and while handling an incident. the head of the police union tells the paper that the mandatory has further hurt an already low morale and. pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. let's bring sal back. >> how are your friends on 880 doing? >> they are kind of sitting
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there. the traffic backup is earlier than we normally see it on 880 northbound. it's slow driving from san leandro. this is partially because of a crash near the 880 interchange. look at the traffic here up the road approaching downtown oakland. the crash is somewhere near fifth, to be a little bit more precise. now, the traffic is going to be very slow all the way up 880. i would say for you to use 580 if you can, getting to the bay bridge. the bay bridge has been bad. we have a stalled car. people look at the construction. the whole thing is going to be a bad news situation for you. 30-minute plus drive time getting into san francisco. let's take a look at other drive times. 24 from pleasant hill road from the caldecott 17.
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880 south from fremont 26 and 580 grant line road to 680, 54 minutes. not a good monday. let's go to steve. >> thank you. it's clear. a couple of reports, bob and -- bosh and antonio from daly city said our summer has arrived. no fog and no breeze. for the coast, it will be nice. a little bit of fog. right there. i don't think it will play into anything. there's just high pressure building in. any of that fog will be smashed. 54 to start san jose. 86 degrees. normal highs this time of year, 64, 76. we'll be running above those. very cool this morning. a lot of 40s. napa airport dipped to 41. 50s now. a lot of these are almost an hour old. i think you could add a few degrees. fairfield, 47. a little chill there. but it won't take long to start warming up. speaking of warming up, 70s and
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80s. 30s and 40s behind. there's snow on the go in denver. there was three to four feet of snow in parts of wyoming. about 7,000, 8,000 feet. but still, 3, 4 feet. kansas, nebraska. out ahead of that, it will head towards green bay and milwaukee. for us, sunshine and warmer temperatures. very warm air aloft already building in. upper 50s and 60s. but again, 47 ukiah. 20s up in the mountains. we don't have the breeze. if we did, i would say okay, it's a slam dunk. we'll be hot. it will still be hot. it will probably top out on wednesday. today a little bit warmer. warm to hot. heat watch starts at 1:00. there is a big difference in some of our forecast models how warm it will get. this will be the test today. sunny and warmer for everybody after a cool morning. upper 80s to near 90 degrees.
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vallejo, 83, although they are already 60 according to william. novato, 86. petaluma, 85. kentfield, 84. 90 for brentwood. livermore, 88. danville, 87. oakland, 83. alameda, 78 degrees. 89 gilroy. that's ten warmer than yesterday. milpitas, all in there and then mid 80s. 79 san bruno and 72 in d.c. with half moon bay. tuesday, wednesday. hot. thursday cooler by the coast. the fog comes roaring back and that will take us into a cooler weekend. a multibillion-dollar air traffic control system shut down by a single spy plane. the new information about the massive glitch that affected hundreds of frights here in california and what the faa is doing to make sure it never happens again.
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also, next, a nfl priest is arrested. the -- a northern california police police -- a northern california priest is arrested. hey there. did you select these things on purpose? not a color found nature. there's nothing wrong with tha. i can hear your arteries clogging. ok. no. this is tap water. i can't let you buy this. oh. crystal geyser please. crystal geyser. bottled at the mountain source.
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crystal geyser. always bottled right at the mountain source. welcome back. a 53-year-old mountain biker being treated for traumatic injuries after falling 100 feet down a steep ravine yesterday afternoon in marin county's china camp state park. the helicopter had to be called in to help with the rescue and that man was airlifted from the woods into a parking lot. that's where an ambulance was waiting. we don't yet know how badly he was hurt. police in martinez say one man was arrested after a mother's day argument between two neighbors ended in gunfire. it happened yesterday afternoon on sentinel drive. police say a man chased a neighbor and his neighbor's mother down the street after a heated argument. they say the man then pulled out a gun and fired a single
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shot. no one was hit. police arrested the 34-year-old man. he was booked in county jail on charges of assault with a deadly weapon. parishioners as a church in save vis say they are shocked and heartbroken after a popular priest was arrested for statutory rape, accused of having a sexual rrms with a teenaged -- relationship with a teenaged girl. health ter career yowas -- heather careeryowas arrested on friday -- hector coria has been arrested and policed on leave. hundreds of nurses will gather at the state capitol to call for legislation that could increase hospital safety and provide better care for patients. nurses plan to talk to lawmakers about some of the dramatic changes underway in the healthcare system including the impacts of the affordable care act. they say they want new
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legislation to improve the quality of patient care increase access to patient services and promote workplace safety. 7:57. krill efforts to safe the -- incredible efforts to save the life of a 1-year-old. it's an important reminder for all parents. >> reporter: we're live in the south bay where the fire season is off to a fast start are fires over the weekend. we'll tell you what appears to be contributing to it and what's expected for the coming week. today has been a badtraffic day. that means people are on other routes like the san mateo bridge, dumbarton bridge. trying to stay away from the core bay bridge commute. we'll tell you about all of this. if you are watching us in denver, colorado, yes, there is a lot of snow. out here, it's sunny and warmer. how much warmer and how much will it last? we'll have all of the information -- coming up. [ male announcer ] we start the day thinking about one thing.
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and took others out, making this our best bread yet. welcome back to "mornings on 2." live pictures. look at that dry brush the we're in san jose right now. california's fire season is off to a fast start. that's not good. south bay fire crews have responded to at least ten fires in the first 24 hours of the
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fire season, including a fire right out here at a homeless encampment early this morning. coming up in less than three minutes, ktvu's janine de la vega, who is out there, will tell us about the efforts fire officials are taking to make sure they are ready for this brand-new fire season, tori. monday, may 12th. i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's 8:00 on the dot. steve, people have to get ready for some really, really warm weather. >> it's warming up. nothing crazy yet. we don't have the offshore breeze yet. there is a little bit of fog forming off the coast. it's clear right now. this -- one forecast model is really hot. the other two are like it will warm up but it won't be crazy. we'll know today which one will be right. it will be warm. we had cool readings. to does look hot tuesday, wednesday, thursday, especially away from the coast. an excessive heat advisory starts at 1:00.
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again, it would be tuesday/wednesday. not today. san francisco starting off. 56. it is warm. there's a couple of 40s, 50s. 77. it probably wouldn't take much for some areas to get closer. it won't come close to that sunset district. 50, now 60 concord. starting to warm up a little bit there. 56 santa rosa, 56 napa. te made it to 41. 56 in san francisco. definitely warming up. sfo, 60. mountain view, 60. there's warm air aloft -- if we had the breeze, i would say here we go record-setting temperatures, easy. but we don't have that. it will be warmer. no doubt about it. warmer temperatures will be kicking in. a lot of it tuesday/wednesday. wednesday looks to be the hottest day. that's probably the best opportunity to set records. fire danger goes up. sunshine and warmer temperatures for you, me, everybody. even on the coast. a cool morning, near 90 for some inland.
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upper 80s to near 90s. 70s, 80s, coast and bay. here's sal. it's taking you a little longer to get to work today. i just what want to make sure you know -- want to make sure you know so when you leave the house you are prepared. 91 minutes. that's not a typo. this is not a mistake. it's taking 91 minutes to get around. turn my circle -- my circling is not that bad. but just to let you know, 80 from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. that's about five times the normal drive time getting down to the toll plaza. so what you might want to do is think about public transit or put it off for a while. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza. i'm sorry. we're going to 880 first and then to the toll plaza. 880 northbound at fifth. we had a crash. don't use 880. use 580 instead if you can. 880 is a big mess out of san leandro getting up to downtown oakland. the other way, southbound is not bad. westbound bay bridge, it's been slow. we had a stalled car. we had people slowing on the
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span. a lot of people going at it at the same time. this is a 40-minute plus delay if you start counting near the maze. so again, don't get angry, plan ahead. take transit or just adjust your plans to when you are gonna get there. let's go back to the desk. the fire season is off to a quick start. just yesterday, firefighters in the south bay responded to at least nine firefighters. they are still busy this morning. janine de la vega joins us live from san jose where the latest fire broke out in a place where there's a lot of dry brush. good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning, tori. it's everywhere. as you can see, it's brittle. there has not been much rain. so that's what's made it get drier quicker. if you look into this homeless encampment, there is a lot of trees in bushes. a santa clara county sheriff's deputy saw the glow in the distance at 3:30 a.m. firefighters arrived and
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discovered a burning structure by a homeless person. it spread to the trees and firefighters knocked down the flames. it happened near center and center road. firefighters say it appeared to be a looking fire. firefighters are preparing for the upcoming season, when they were called to nine vegetation fires yesterday afternoon. >> it's definitely ahead of schedule. with the drought, obviously, it's helping things to dry out quicker, not so much moisture throughout the winter. >> and with the temperatures expected to reach into the 90s even the 100s this week, firefighters are on alert. calfire has increased equipment and staffing levels at its nfl fire station. they want temperature homeowners to do their part and remove dry brush away from their home. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, janine. san jose has seen its share of homeless campfires over the last year. one of the largest just occurred last month.
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a homeless man was charged with starting a fire that destroyed a san jose television station. as many as 30 homeless people were said to occupy the building. the building has been sent over to the city for demolition. a 1-year-old boy now listed in stable condition after almost trowning in a backyard swimming pool in concord. alex savidge has been on the story since 4:30 this morning. alex, you are in pleasant hill with a safety message that fire officials hope parents can learn from what happened out there. good morning. >> reporter: well, yes, good morning to you. and firefighters here want to get the message out that parents need to keep an eye on their kids with the weather warming up and a lot of people sending to spend more time around those pools. let me show you video of what happened last night. it was in concord where relatives found this 1-year-old boy under water in a backyard swimming pool at a home. he's, however, in stable condition after being rescued by firefighters and rushed off to the hospital.
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everything was at 6:00. the home is on ducker court in concord. police arrived and found family members performing cpr. paramedics and firefighters got to the house and the boy was taken to the hospital. first in concord, then changen to children's hospital and -- taken to children's hospital. as if often the case, this little boy is not out of the woods just yet. with that being said, i would like to bring in robert marshall here with the contra costa county fire protection district. tell me, first of all, you guys responded to this call yesterday. this child potentially could have long-lasting effects from yesterday. >> that's correct. we never know until the child is completely stable and the doctors have had to a chance to evaluate him. any time your brain spins without oxygen is not good. we're hoping for the best. >> these are tough calls. >> yes. >> we had a lot of people involved in this call, not only the crews who went initially to the scene but the stabilization and the transport of the child
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as well. and any call involving a child is tough for responders. >> let me ask you, the weather is gonna get warm starting today and throughout this week. that means people are gonna be hanging out by pools. they will be bringing the kids to the pool. what is the message you would like to get out to parents with this warm weather on the way? >> the main think, people be aware of what their child is doing at all times. in those times where you can't, what we recommend is that people install barriers, safety barriers, either over top of the pool which is a particular kind of a barrier, we recommend that they put fences or gates around the pool and put alarms on those gates and on the sliding glass doors that lead out to the backyard. those things are proven to be effective in doing that. as you can see, it only takes a minute for there to be a problem. >> absolutely. thank you very much. robert marshall with the contra costa county fire protection district. concord police are investigating the circumstances of that near drowning that happened last night at this
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point, they sant say exactly how that 1-year-old boy wound up in the water. >> reporter: we're live in pleasant hill, ktvu channel 2 news. two people are dead and three others fighting for their lives this morning after a horrible crash in oakland near mills college. it happened around 2:30 sunday morning. firefighters say the car raced through an intersection crashed through a chain-link fence and then smashed head on into two trees. four people were trapped in a car. a fifth person was found walking a short distance away. people who live in the area say that intersection is a dangerous one. >> it's a short intersection. i think there's not a lot of time to slow down. >> it changes fast. might be coming down and try to make it. it's changed right there. so they will just be out there. they got the green. they are coming in. >> investigators believe speed played a role in the crash. according to the chronicle, the
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alameda county coroner identified one of the victims of dwayne palmer of oakland. the name of the other person who died has not been released. in another serious crash, six people were hurt in san francisco. it happened at 7th and harrison streets yesterday afternoon. police say an suv ran a red light, then hit another suv and drove on the sidewalk. five people in the two suvs and one person on the sidewalk were hurt. none of their injuries, though, are considered life- threatening. 8:09. the safety of people walking and biking on san francisco streets, it will be the focus of an event at at&t park before tonight's giants' game. local law enforcement agencies and the san francisco bicycle cole loition are -- coalition are teaming up to educate bikers, walkers and drivers on how to interact safely with each other. the event is at lefty o'doul plaza between 5:00 and 7:00 tonight. two dogs that attacked people in brentwood will be euthanized. on may 1st, a lab braer to
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retriever -- la bra door retreesher and shar-pei mix got -- retriever and shar-pei mix got loose. a contra costa county animal control officer said the owner of the dogs made the decision to put them down. 8:10. tesla of palo alto says it will stop supplying batteries to toyota before the end of the year. now, tesla's deal with toyota is worth about $15 million a year. but toyota uses those battery packs in the electric version of its rav4 crossover and tesla is developing its own cross over. it's called the model x. tesla has not said when the model x will be available. it is 8:10 a large fire is now out at a san jose landfill but a new looms -- but a new threat looms. close encounter. this one you have to see to believe. in less than six minutes, a physical reminder why it's never good to be caught between a rock and a hard place.
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oakland has traffic problems. northbound 880, there is a crash near fifth near the construction zone. and traffic is backed up way back into san leandro. we'll run all of this down for you -- coming up. you know when the tweets are coming in showing clear skies and 50s already, it will be warm. we'll show you how warm. there's no breeze yet. that's a good thing/bad thing. i'll explain.
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a bay area mother spent mother's day on a mission to find her son and others last seen in san francisco. with the help of a k-9 search team, the parents of jackson miller looked for him near the u.n. plaza. jackson left his cupertino home four years ago when he was 19 years old, drove to san francisco and his parents have not heard from him since. he suffered from anxiety and was in the process of switching medications. >> we were convinced that he was roaming around the city and not well. the sightings indicated that he was not well. sean sidi has been missing almost a year also after suffering a severe head injury. jackson's mother works with four other women who all have missing sons. all were seen in san francisco. they say if you see any of the missing men take a picture so the sighting can be confirmed and then call police. 8:14. the state's new computertised testing system has been hit
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with major glitches. students now use computers or ipads instead of pencils to take standardized tests. but students have reported many problems logging on. they also say the system sometimes logging them off for inactivity while they were reading the test questions. some devices have also reportedly frozen and didn't save the answers. now, there is some good news. this year's results will not be used to evaluate students because this new stm is still in a -- system is still in a testing phase. happening now, michelle obama and jill biden getting ready to host their annual mother's day tea to honor military mothers at the white house. you can see some of those mothers filing into the room there at the white house. the two women will also help military kids create mother's day cards and homemade gifts. you see a pea yan yo-- piano
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there. and nora jones is featured for the event. the computer glitch that caused problems at l.a.x., they are blaming a design problem. air traffic controllers didn't have altitude information for a spy plane flying through the area. they say that caused the computer system to crash. in theory, experts say the same vulnerability could have been used by an attacker but it could be hard to re-create the exact conditions. the faa has added more memory to the computer system which it claims should prevent the problem from happening in the future. this morning, the ntsb is investigating what caused nine flight attendants on a u.s. airway flights to become so ill, the plane had to make an emergency landing. the flight was on its way from italy to philadelphia on saturday when the pilot decided he had to make an emergency
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landing in ireland. the flight crew was complaining the nausea, watery eyes and dizziness. no reports of passengers becoming ill. the airlines said doctors examined the flight attendants and later released them. it's coming up on 8:17. a nuclear pastor is claiming divine intervention after a huge boulder nearly crashed into his church. take a look at this video from massachusetts. >> missed it by one foot. >> wow. that's just inches, really. construction workers captured the scene as an exvacation project nearly -- nearly turned into a disaster. the crew was on a neighboring property when they watched the scary scene unfold. the pastor was also watching the 20-tun rock roll right -- 20 ton rock roll right toward the church. >> we were thinking the church
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is gonna get wrecked. but i had this peace about me where it really wasn't gonna get wrecked. the lord was like that's enough. >> they chipped the boulder into small pieces to remove it. >> that close. >> tipped right next to it. >> and then stopped. >> yes. >> okay. sal's not stopping but the commute on 880 -- >> very slow. >> very slow. >> we had a crash that's clearing 880 northbound near fifth near downtown, where they are doing the widening the 880. there was a crash right there and the traffic is backed up through oakland all the way to san leandro. 580 is also slow as a lot of people have heard about it. we switched to 880 northbound. it is getting slightly better but i wouldn't -- you know, i still wouldn't use 880 at this point. 580 is not gonna be much better. if it were me, i would be up on 580. it's slow.
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but it won't be terrible. let's take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, you can see -- if you look on the left, the traffic getting in from 880 at the toll plaza, it's not very -- there is's not very many people -- there's not very many people getting through. 25 to 30-minute delay at the toll plaza. i want to mention, we have a look at the south bay, 85, 101 are all very slow. this is more run-of-the-mill slow traffic. if i draw a line -- look at 280. it's slow from 101 all the way up into cupertino. 101 is slow right from 280 all the way into palo alto. so we're having a heck of a monday out there. 8:19. let's go to steve. >> hardly narrowly a breeze out there. there's a puff for some. all -- variable actually. there's no distinct direction. it's not northeast for many. there's a couple of and some fog is forming off the coast. it's pretty shallow and is staying off the coast. if you watch that here over the
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next few day, see if that makes an appearance. right now it's clear. the coast is clear. clear and cool to start. calm conditions. sun for all. it's warmer. oakland forecast started off at 52. i think it's 56. 55 right now. 70 at noon. 83 and downtown oakland today. warming up. 64 in walnut creek. 60 in concord. 62 fairfield which was 47. it was 41 at the 2345e7 airport. 61 in san francisco. there's really not much of a direction on any of the breeze for anyone. 50s and 60s. warmer air aloft translating into a warmer pattern. southwest 5 at travis. concord south at 3. a little hint of an east at oakland. santa rosa has west at 3. if we had the northeast wind, 25, 30, 40 miles an hour, i would say we're going up fast into record- setting territory. i don't see that yet. 8s 70s -- 80s, 7s from new york
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city to chicago. it's snowing in denver. there were some areas in wyoming around -- well, 7,000 feet, 8,000 feet that had 3, 4 feet of snow. unbelievable. the snow conditions. a very active pattern here. some severe, not too crazy. but a lot of cloud cover. rain moving into parts of the great lakes. for us, high pressure will be large and in charge. 38 in tahoe. 20s. it was sold up there. 30s and 40s into mendocino county and even into lake county. 44 lakeport. willits, 39 degrees and jerry says are we gonna get that hot today. i said, i don't think so, but tomorrow, tuesday, wednesday, thursday. do look warmer. we're already starting off. last week was cool. this week will be warmer. today we jump up a little bit. the key will be tomorrow. if we jump above the forecasted highs today, then one forecast model is right. the other two are not as hot. sunny and warmer. a cool morning.
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well inland, afternoon temperatures, 70s, 80s to near 90. 88 in clearlake. chloe says i don't know. feels more like 85. sonoma, 86. novato 86. vallejo, 83. they are already 62. walnut creek at 87. brentwood, oakley. oakland, 83. 88 livermore. hayward, 82. 89 for gilroy. 86 santa cruz. today would be a good day for the monday -- [inaudible] >> santa clara, 86. a lot of 80s. a beautiful day. daly city, pacifica, half moon bay and el granada. warmer on tuesday and wednesday. the hottest days. thursday will still be hot inland and then friday here comes the fog and boy, it comes pouring in on the weekend. oakland police sent back out on the beat after their shifts are over. in 20 minutes how their
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in arkansas. this morning, the attorney general asked the state's highest court to suspend a judge's ruling to strike down its gay marriage been. on friday, a judge ruled that a 2004 state constitutional amendment and a 1997 law banning same-sex marriage were unconstitutional. after that happened, dozens of gay couples got married over the weekend. the attorney general says he supports gay marriage but vows he will continue to defend the ban because he believes it's his duty to do so. 8:26. donald sterling is making his first public comments about the racist remarks that led to his lifetime ban from the nba. the los angeles clippers' owner apologized during an interview with cnn saying it was a horrible mistake. but at the same time, sterling says his former girlfriend baited him. >> i don't know why the girl had me say those things. >> you are saying you were set up? >> well, yes, i was baited. i mean, that's not the way i
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thought. i don't talk about people, for one thing ever. i talk about ideas and other things. but i don't talk about people. >> that girl, sterling is referring to is v.stiviano. sterling can be heard on the tape scolding her for bringing african-americans to clipper games. in the meantime, his estrange wife said she's still fighting to keep her share. her share adds up to a full 50%. however, the nba has made it clear there's virtually no chance she will have any future ties with the clippers. our muni buss and trains becoming safer for passengers. coming up, under nine minutes from now, find out what's being credited for a drop in crime. we're live in san jose where a landfill fire makes an unhealthy situation even worse. we'll tell you why air quality officials are so concerned
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today and what investigators are now saying about what sparked this fire. good morning. right now we're looking at a commute that still looks very slow on 880. if you can put this commute off, i would. i will tell you what's causing all of it -- straight ahead. a lot of sunshine today. temperatures warming up. no records expected today. but maybe the next couple of days. there's a lot of fog coming down the coast.
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a shelter-in-place order has been lifted but today is a spare-the-air day and we expect more hot weather over the next couple of days. coming up in two minutes, tara moriarty will tell us why people who live near this landfill say they are worried about the air quality out there. stay tuned. monday morning, may 12th. i'm dave clark. let's talk about weather. steve is right over there. >> very good morning. clear skies. hardly any breeze whatsoever. it's starting off cool. fog is just roaring down the mendocino county. it's off the coast. it won't make any impact here. it's something that bears watching. if we had a strong offshore wind, there wouldn't be any fog close boy. san jose, 64. we're going 86. so temperatures will be above average. no records set today. sunny and wearl. 67 in antioch. heidi said it feels warm out here. i believe you, heidi. 62 in fairfield. they made it to 47.
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napa airport was 41. now they are 56. if you thought it was cool. it is. i did see a 68 in the mission district. there will be a huge difference in the district. 58 san jose. livermore 56. livermore made it to 39 in morning. there's not much of a direction. it's variable. some west, some east, some south, some southwest. some locations are running higher. expect a warming trend. it started a tiny bit yesterday but it will start to kick in on tuesday. today will be warmer for everybody across the board. the biggest impact will be tuesday. sunshine and warmer temperatures. near 90 for a few inland. tomorrow looks much more likely for that. upper 80s. 70s, 80s coast and bay. here's sal. >> steve, we've had a bad one on 8 -- on 880. we had a crash that's been there for a while, and we're finding out that the truck that was involved in this incident
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has a broken axle. 880 is backed up from san leandro 238. and then you can see traffic is approaching where the truck is broken down. they have to get it out of there. really having a big effect on the east bay commute. and you can see both pictures, 880 near the coliseum, and where it finally gets better on the right after you pass the broken-down truck. let's take a look at the toll plaza of the bay bridge. that has been slow. the only bright spot is if you are getting on the freeway taking the 880 ramp. since so many are stuck, the 880 ramp is much better than it was, 25, 30-minute delay. as you are looking at traffic on the other parts of 880, southbound we've had some slowing getting down to the fremont area. southbound 880, we've had slow traffic all the way through but
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i think northbound really is the slowest. 880 south a little slow but northbound is the slowest. back to the desk. today is the first summer spare-the-air day and air quality officials say a big fire at a san jose landfill didn't help things at all. tara moriarty talked to firefighters just about an hour ago, tara, and they think they know what caused that fire. good morning. >> reporter: investigators believe this fire could have been sparked by some machinery. they are not 100% certain. that's what it is looking like. right now there are landfill workers churning through these huge piles of wood chips with bulldozers dousing them with water. fire crews left last night around 11:00 but the landfill workers are there and the fire is obviously out but not until after six hours of fighting stubborn flames yesterday afternoon. mountains of these bark chips caught fire sending huge plumes
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of smoke in the sky that could be seen by thousands of drivers on nearby freeways. with temperatures pushing the triple digits this week, it will be warmer. >> we anticipate the next -- in the next few days with the increase in heat that the fumes will be drying out a lot faster. the moisture content of them will be a lot less. they will be ready to burn. >> reporter: people who live nearby are not only smelling the remnants of this fire but now they have more still air and car exhaust to deal with it. air quality officials say the air will be unhealthy today. the first summer spare-the-air day. try not to drive. take mass transit. limit your activities to the early morning. live from san jose, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:35. a search expected to resume for four men presumed to be dead after their speed coat capsized on folsom lake. more than 25 rangers, emergency workers and divers searched the
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lag-- on the lake. investigators are still trying to figure out what caused the 40-foot boat to capsize saturday afternoon. new this morning, it's getting safer to ride muni. new crime stats are out. they show crime is down on the transit system. brian flores is live in san francisco with the particular crime that saw the biggest drop. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning tori. [no audio] >> obviously we just lost our signal there with brian flores, but again, he will be joining us to tell us about the big drop in time on muni. a key figure in the legal battle over a san mateo county beach is due to be in court this afternoon. the battle is over martins beach, south of half moon bay. it was open to the public until 2008. but that's when sun thigh crow systems co-founder bought the property that includes the only road leading to the beach and
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he locked the beats that allowed ac-- gates that allowed access to the beach. the surf rider foundation filed a lawsuit saying that violates the coastal act. 8:37. today the amgen bicycle tour of california moves to full some after kicking off yesterday in downtown sacramento. cyclists raced to lincoln, auburn, back to sacramento. british's siglist won the first -- cyclist won the first stage. today is a timed trial. stage three is in the bay area tomorrow. the cyclists face a grueling 108-mile course that climbs almost 11,000 feet. it starts in san jose at 10:45 a.m. and then finishes at the top of mt. diablo. they are gonna be doing this in pretty hot temperatures, too. on ktvu.com, you will find more on the amgen tour of california. our webb team has posted -- web
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team has posted information under hot topics. this will make sal and a lot of people happy. if you have a frosted mug, national craft beer week starts today. in the past couple of years, almost 2500 small, independent craft breweries have sprung up over the country. according to the brewers ears association, craft beers made up almost 8% of the overall beer market last year. and they had a retail value of 14.3 billion. events are planned all over the country to celebrate. >> i know a couple of people who will be enjoying that. >> yeah. well, a church parish is in shock after a northern california priest is arrested. the accusations against the priest that have hill on leave this morning -- him on leave this morning. >> reporter: a 1-year-old boy is hospitalized after nearly drowping in a -- drowning in a backyard swimming pool in concord. the safety message from firefighters as weather warles
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welcome back. our time is 8:-- just about 8:42. let's bring you up to date on the top stories -- a 1-year-old boy listed in stable condition after almost drowning in a backyard swimming pool in concord. ktvu's alex savidge has been on this story since about 4:30 this morning. you are in pleasant hill and you also have a safety message that fire officials want parents to learn from that very close call. >> reporter: absolutely, dave. good morning to you. after this baby boy nearly drowned in a backyard swimming pool, firefighters are urging all parents out there to keep a close eye on their kids when they are anywhere near water, especially as the weather warms up. a lot of families will be spending a lot of time near the pool.
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in this particular case, this 1- year-old boy was pulled by a backyard pool by some relatives last night. it happened at 6:00 at a home on ducker court in concord. concoward police officers and found family members performing cpr. officers took over cpr until the paramedics got to the house. the boy was taken to john muir and then transferred to children's hospital in oakland for further treatment. we understand he was successfully revived and is in stable condition according to police. while it's unclear how the boy wound up in the water, the fire official said parents need to be vigilant around water and put up barriers. >> it only takes a minute for a child to get into serious trouble. if it's a home pool, we recommend barriers, fences and gates around the pool. when you have those gates and doors that you put alarms on them so you know what's going on around the pool and know if a child has gotten into the
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pool without your knowledge. >> reporter: even though he was stabilized, the fire marshal said this boy may not be out of the woods. it's unclear how long he spent under the water. it's possible there could be lasting effects. police are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding this near drowning last night. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. we've re-established our connection with brian flores who is joining us to talk more about a drop in crime on muni. >> reporter: good morning, tori. from the riders that we spoke with, they've noticed a drop in time from a few months ago, the biggest drop is actually smartphone theft. now, muni's report states overall crime is down about 30%. robberies have dropped 75% this july of last year. but the most impressive drop in crime again was smartphone
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thefts, report states it's dropped 77% since last may. a drop from 109 thefts in may to just 25 in march. muni transit officials crediting the drop in crime for a few reese. one of them has to do with a federal grant of $1 million which added more paid hours. the other reason is a commuter campaign called eyes up, phones down. that was launched last august which urges muni riders to be more aware of what's going on behind them and not get distracted by their smartphones. >> i feel very safe riding muni. i've been riding funny full time for sick -- muni full time for six years. never had trouble. >> reporter: 20-year-old justin valdez, a san francisco state university student was randomly shot and killed while exiting a muni car.
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apparently the suspect was seen waving his gun but nobody was aware because the passengers were transfixed on their passengers. since that time, they've been telling people to be aware. grant money should allow officers to be out there on patrol and that should be good in the middle of this year. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. miss takes on the job -- mistakes on the job, that's the concern for oakland police officers because of staffing issues. pam cook is in the newsroom with a new report shedding light. >> the report in the oakland tribune says police officers are working mandatory overtime. that could lead to dangerous mistakes. the extra shifts are sometimes ordered without warning. no time for officers to prepare for the extra hours. it started in october of 2012. it's not scheduled to end until next march. that's when the department expects to have hired enough
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officers to be at full staff. the taper said officers had to -- paper said the officers had to sign up for two extra days a month for the past year and a half and the officers worry the excessive fatigue could cause mistakes on the road. now the head of the union says the mandatory overtime has further heard an already low more ral and contributed to resignations from the force. he has sent a letter about his concerns to the city council. dave and tori? >> thank you. let's check in with sal. sal, 880 still bad. >> it has been. one of the reasons why -- it's because we had a crash and a disstabled truck on 880 northbound near fifth. the traffic is beginning loosen up a little bit. it's backed up from 238 all the way up. 580 is slow out of the san leandro area all the way to past grant avenue. also looking at the bay bridge toll plaza, westbound, you can
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see traffic is backed up to the macarthur maze. all of a sudden, this monday has taken a turn for the worse. let's go to steve. all right, sal. thank you. clear skies, temperatures are warming you, even though this was -- warming up, even though it was cool. i'm standing in front of something interesting. no fog. a lot of fog forming here. water temperatures are very cold. bodega bay, 48 degrees. that's cold even off half moon bay at 50 degrees. if that wind turns westerly and there's hardly any breeze whatsoever, that might be something to keep an eye on. it looks like high pressure would wipe it out and keep it shallow. clear, cold, calm conditions. it will be warmer today. inland no doubt about it, a lot of 80s after last week, 70s, upper 60s and 70s. we'll go 86 in san jose.
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started off at 54. some areas are warming up. antioch, 68. i think this is a higher elevation and observation. 62 in parts of san francisco. i've seen anywhere from 55 to 68. just depends upon where you are. 60 novato. santa rosa, napa and novato all in the 40s. napa airport made it to 41. high pressure is here. it will continue to warm up. 38 up in tahoe. 46 in reno. 61 in sacramento and even monterey was in the 50s. high pressure here for the week it looks like. it will probably cool down by friday. should i be paying attention -- >> no -- >> when i see people waving, i don't know if my mic is over. possibility of records. sunny and warmer today. a cool morning. afternoon temperatures. 70s to 80s to near 90 the -- 90
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degrees. 70s, upper 70s around the bay. brentwood, 90. 80s on the peninsula. 70s on thest coast. it will be -- on the coast. it will be nice today. it will be warmer, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, especially for inland areas we'll see a much cooler weekend. >> thank you, steve. ten minutes before 9:00. talk about a rare connection. the twin babies capturing hearts everywhere. they started holding hands as soon as they were born. that's not the only thing that makes these baby girls so unique. ls, including the new tempur-choice with head-to-toe customization. plus, get 36 months interest-free financing, two free pillows, and free same-day delivery. are you next? announcer: make sleep train your ticket to tempur-pedic. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪
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the body of the third and final victim of a hot air balloon explosion in virginia has been found. jenny doyle and natalie lewis were on board the balloon that caught fire after hitting a fire prown -- power line friday afternoon. both worked in the women's basketball program. the pilot was the third person on board. witnesses reported seeing the fire before the explosion separated the basket from the balloon. >> you could hear them screaming, please, dear god, sweet jesus, help us. we're gonna die. please help us. please help us. >> they were supposed to go up early in the morning but it was too foggy so they waited until later in the day. the ntsb is investigating. the pilot of a small plane was taken away in handcuffs after he was forced to make an emergency landing in livermore.
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he landed in a high security area. it was the field belonging to sandia national laboratories. of officers from sandyia asearched the plane. the faa said the plane had engine problem. parishioners are shocked after a priest was arrested for statutory rape, accused of having a sexual relationship with a teenaged girl. police arrested hector coria on friday. investigators say he became involved with a girl last year. a spokesman for the diocese of sacramento says he's been placed on administrative leave. another critical court hearing scheduled today for the largest california city ever to file for bankruptcy. the legal tale for the city of
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stockton -- team for the city of stockton will have a judge to approve the reorganization plan to help help rescue the city -- to represent rescue the city. they've reached an agreement with all but franklin. in 2009, franklin loaned the city of stockton $35 million to build firehouses, parks and other projects. stockton is offering $350,000 to franklin as reparmt. hundreds of nurses will gather today. they will be calling for legislation that would increase hadn't safety -- hospital safety. the nurses plan to talk to lawmakers about some of the dramatic changes happening in the healthcare system including the impacts of the affordable care act. they say they want new legislation to improve the quality of patient care, increase actess to patient -- access to patient services and
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also promote workplace safety. nancy pelosi will speak at a national small business week kickoff event today at twitter's headquarters in san francisco. twitter is one of the small business administration's co- sponsors for the national small business week. closing remarks for today's event will be given by vivian harr, a 10-year-old whose lemonade stand is now sold in stores with proceeds helping to end slavery. and a mother in ohio got a very special mother's day surprise when she gave birth to rare twins. take a look at this photo which shows the two baby girls holding hands. the twins are considered mono mon twins. it only happens in one in every
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10,000 pregnancies. the peabs were born -- babies were born 45 seconds apart. once they were held next to each other, they grabbed hands. >> so awesome. they were both holding hands. so great to hear them both cry. >> even though these twins are rare, the hospital in akron, ohio are expecting another set of these twins later this week. that mother is located a few doors down from sara at the hospital. very special mother's day. >> yes. let's go back to sal. the toll plaza, sal, how is it doing? >> pretty slow. we're looking at it. it's backed you for a 30-minute delay. if you are driving on 880 and you get on of a downtown oakland. it will be easier. 880 it -- 880 itself is still slow because of earlier problems. southbound 880 will be slow as you drive to fremont. sunshine and warmer temperatures today. a lot of 80s.
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maybe near 90. by the coast, more 70s and 80s near the pay. it will continue to warm up near wednesday and a cooling trend starts on thursday. a big one. >> okay. thank you. that's our report for this morning. thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. >> be sure to watch the news at noon as temperatures climb. here is a live look at downtown oakland. we'll have live team coverage at noon of this week's heat wave. we're always here for you at twitter and facebook and ktvu.com. thank you for joining us. ♪ at kaiser permanente we've reduced serious heart attacks by 62%, which makes days with grandpa jack
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