. a string of suspicious fires early this morning in novato. six of them set within the span of three hours in the same neighborhood. we'll tell you what neighbors saw early this morning. >> more deadly violence in the bay area's largest city overnight. two homicides in one seven-hour

period. >> students at san francisco prep stand by a senior whose picture was banned from the yearbook because of what it seems to me she wore. >> thinking i hope is tee when i come back. >> new evacuations from those fires in san diego county. a live report on what homeowners are facing right now. mornings on 2 begins right now. complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu mornings on 2. we are live in novato this morning where there have been six suspicious fires set overnight, and that's not all. ktvu's alex savidge has been chasing this story since 3:30 this morning. coming up in minutes, he'll tell us the critical question fire investigators are asking this morning and the new details we just learned minutes ago from an eyewitness. good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. i'm tori campbell. >> good morning dave. >> good morning i'm dave clark. let's talk about weather and traffic. steve, it's cool. >> it's cooling down.

there's a lot of areas of fog, areas that were clear 24, 36 hours ago. that's not the case now. a pretty good little veil of higher clouds continues to stream over. a mix of sun and clouds, breezy, 60s, 70s and only the most inland areas approaching the upper 80s. that cooler wind direction, a lot of you bow to that west wind and it kicked in yesterday. it will kick in a lot today. 4 to 8 degrees cooler for inland areas. the coast came down 10, 15 degrees yesterday. 50s on some of the temps and 40s for others. bookends napa and santa rosa. gas see said the fog is back and i love it. 22 fairfield, trust me, trust me on this. when it gets over 20 at travis, it's coming down big time. that's a howling delta breeze, and it's increasing. yesterday it collapsed. people have asked me is it going to be breezy in the delta this week. yes, yes. i think it will be howling to

be honest with you. high clouds, coastal fog cooler. a westerly breeze or southwest in place. temperatures 60s, 70s. some upper 80s but a lot more low to mid-80s. 60s and 70s by the water's edge. steve, good morning. we are still looking at a commute that is doing pretty well in many areas. pardon me. it's only an 8 minute drive. if you're driving past lafayette b.a.r.t. station that's where most of your slowdown is. it is definitely better than it was the last few days. bay bridge toll plaza backed up for a 20 minute delay getting into san francisco, but you can also see it has improved, especially on 880 approaching. today's the day where it doesn't matter how you approach the bridge. it's kind of like the old days of the bay bridge where things are okay. it's moderate but not really really bad. if you are driving on the 680 commute to walnut creek that looks good. also looking at the south bay, northbound 101 is a little slow between 280 and 880. the rest of the south bay

commute looks okay. 7:03, let's go back to the desk. thank you sal. new this morning, police in novato are investigating six suspicious fires across the city in the past several hours. ktvu's alex savidge has been following this story since 3:30 this morning, and minuting a alex you spoke to a witness who spotted one fire and called 9-1- 1. >> yeah, good morning to you tori. that neighbor tells me his dog started barking early this morning. he looked out of his back window, and he saw this hillside behind us, much of it was on fire. this is the end of columbine lane here in novato this morning. as we push up the hill, you can see fire investigators are here. the novato police department is here. the area where this brush fire broke out has been roped off as a crime scene. this according to police is one of six suspicious fires that was set early this morning, all within the span of about three hours. now this particular fire was

fairly small, just burned about a quarter of an acre. there were other fires in different parts of the city. most of them contained very quickly we'll somehow you video from another scene. all the fires are near 101 and highway 37. five of the fires were brush fires. there was one fire that was set inside of a garage. it burned a man's car, and in that case that homeowner came down noticed the fire and tried to put it out himself and had to be taken to the hospital. a short timing a, we talked with a homeowner who called 9-1- 1 this morning after seeing flames out of his back window. >> i'm going to pay a lot more attention when the dog barks and see if we can see any people, you know, what's happening. she almost never barks, and we're going to -- my wife wants to be on the lookout so we

could do that. i'm surprised. to me that's shocking. >> reporter: the brush is dry, the temperatures have been high. any one of these fires could have taken off and done a lot more damage. they're thankful people called in these fires and they were contained. along with the six suspicious fires that broke out early this morning within the span of three hours there were also two other suspicious fires that started early yesterday morning in this neighborhood just after midnight and police right now are gathering evidence, mapping these fires and trying to figure out if they may be connected. of course the proximity of the fires and the timing of those fires, the fact they broke out so quickly one after another, all raising red flags for investigators this morning they're hoping that anyone out there with anyoneny information who may have seen someone suspicious in this neighborhood will come forward and help them solve this case. we're live this morning in novato alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news. 7:06. novato has had problems with

arson in the past. you may recall back in january of 2012 an arsonist set at least 56 small fires over the course of one weekend. a $15,000 reward was offered to catch whoever was responsible. no one was arrested. more than half a dozen agencies were involved in that investigation. novato's not the only bay area dealing with suspected cases of arson. last night in walnut creek there was a brush fire near abalado community park. it was the fourth suspicious fire in that walnut creek neighborhood in the past two weeks. investigators believe the fires are connected, and they're worried this will become more serious. so far the fires have been small. but they're happening more often and with less time between each fire. governor jerry brown is asking people all over the state be very cautious during the hot, dry weather. in the wake of those big wildfires in southern

california. >> i do know that people do stupid things. they throw a cigarette butt out of a car, or they're doing a fire somewhere and a spark gets away. they don't realize. >> that warning comes after the governor declared a state of emergency in san diego county where ten major fires have burned 10,000 acres. we'll take you live to san diego county coming up at 7:30. it is 7:07. happening today, a bay area congressman will release his report on the highly publicized security breach at san jose airport. congressman eric swalwell is a member of the homeland security committee. he toured the airport to see for himself how a santa clara teenager was able to climb the fence and hide within the wheel well of a jet bound for hawaii. his report is expected to include high-tech security improvements designed to prevent future breaches. the faa is investigating a story by a san francisco writer

who claims his united airlines flight from hawaii to l. a. x. was nearly involved in a midair collision. according to flight records, 1205 when suddenly the plane's collision alert system went off for the pilots and the plane dropped 600 feet in 60 seconds. kevin townsend who was on board said there was no warning for the hundreds of passengers. >> i'm looking down the aisle, and there's hundreds of people in front of me. people start screaming. there's noises of things that weren't secured falling around. >> both planes landed safely. townsend wants to make sure this incident is investigated thoroughly. united says it's working with federal investigators. 7:09. a san francisco catholic high school has caused a major uproar by excluding the graduation photo of a senior. officials say she was not included because of what she was wearing and some students say that's not fair.

ktvu's tara moriarty joining us live now from sacred heart cathedral prep to tell us how some of her classmates are rallying around her. good morning tara. >> reporter: one of those students just got out of the car on his way to school here and he's a friend of jessica's who decide today wear a tuxedo for her senior class yearbook photo. this is tommy. i guess you're wearing a tie this morning to show your support? >> yes, definitely. she's a very good friend of mine, and i want to show her that i'm on her side the whole way. >> all right. well, good luck this morning. as you head into class, and we want to show you the photo. this picture was pulled from the yearbook because jessica was wearing a tux and not the required female dress. she is set to graduate from sacred heart on ellison franklin soon. the school says it had to cut her photo because of rules set forth by the archdiocese of san francisco. we noticed a junior walking in with a tie on. his friends said they would

definitely stand behind jessica. >> i feel like she should follow the rules, but she just wore a tuxedo. it's her senior portrait. she's not hurting nobody. >> to do something like this, to never take a picture with a tuxedo on and not put it in the yearbook, it's shocking. what can i say. that's wrong. >> reporter: the school has released this statement. "as we prepare to pass out yearbooks it is always regretful when a student portrait is omitted for any reason. as a community we will continue to work tirelessly to ensure that all students are included in the future. many people have voiced their outrage on twitter and facebook with jessica's picture going viral under the hashtag jessica's tux. her brother says his family will be meeting with the school to talk about the matter further. and in speaking with tommy who just went into class, he said jessica had had permission to take that school photo with the tux, and it was only the decision to yank that photo was made a couple of days ago. that's why a lot of the students feel that it was

unfair. we're live in san francisco, i'm tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. 7:11. a teacher at an all boys catholic school in san mateo is suing her employers claiming the school didn't do enough to protect her after embarrassing photos of her were taken by her students and posted online. the teacher claims that last year male athletes at sarah high school competed to get up skirt photos of female instructors. six students have been expelled. six others have been suspended as a result of this case. according to the san jose mercury news, the school released a statement saying last year's incident was tragic, and the disrespect shown by certain former students did not reflect what we teach and model here at sarah high school. it is 7:12, a man gunned down in san jose overnight, and the gunman's still on the loose. coming up at 7:30, the commotion the neighbors heard at the time of the deadly shooting. >> and this there is a national

push for governor jerry brown to close a petaluma wildlife museum. the outrage a group of students caused by abusing rat. >> we're looking at a commute on highway 4 that looks pretty good as you come up to the willow pass grade. there's still a delay, a drive time i want to tell you about. we'll tell you about some of the other east bay commutes. >> a mix of low clouds, high clouds and filtered sun. it's cooler today by as much as 5 to 10 degrees. that means the afternoon highs will be cooler right. yeah, i'll show you those coming up. female narrator: it's posturepedic versus beautyrest it's posturepedic versus beautyrest with up to $400 off.

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it is 7:15, an online suspicion gaining signatures in an effort to close the petaluma wildlife museum. the petition comes after photos and smith videos surfaced of students abusing rats. brian flores is live in petaluma to explain how this story is gaining national

attention. good morning brian. >> reporter: good morning tori. it is gaining national attention. it's gaining traction here in the bay area as well as petaluma. this is the front page of the petaluma argus courier. phs students allege animal abuse. for years many students from petaluma high school have come to the petaluma wildlife museum to learn the tricks of the trade to take care of animals. only recently did pictures and videos surface of some students abusing feeder rats. we want to go to the pictures that we took from the change.org website of student whistleblower of taking pictures of other students abusing rats. there is video that we should mention. we have looked it over, but it is very graphic in nature, and we're choosing not to show that this morning. according to the information from the online petition, it accuses a supervising teacher of encouraging students to inhumanely kill the rats. they include accusations of students throwing the rats against rocks, walls, railings, sometimes even drowning or

freezing them to death theme are feeder rats that are used to feed other reptiles and according to state law there is a humane way of euthanizing them. it includes the use of a co2 chamber. it has gained more than 1100 signatures. it needs 1500 signatures to reach the goal of calling on governor jerry brown to close the museum. we should also mention it's being reported that the students involved in the video have been disciplined by the district. as we take you out live, trying to reach out to museum officials to gather their recollection. coming up we'll tell you what animal control units are doing to make sure this doesn't happen again. live in petaluma, brian flores ktvu channel 2 news. 7:17. a family in gilroy is picking up the pieces this morning after their home was destroyed by a fire. the home burned down yesterday on jerry lane. it started as a grass fire, and then quickly spread to the home, which is a total loss. the homeowner says his family had lived there for 18 years.

neighbor's homes were damaged when their fences melted from the heat of the flames. the windy, dry conditions and hot temperatures made it tough for firefighters who say they are now without some of their staff. >> we have a lot of resources down south in southern california, so we hit this thing pretty hard with two air tankers. >> this is the start of the fire season here in santa clara county, and it's off, the house is a total loss and still burning. >> no one was hurt. flyers willfirefighters will continue to search through the debris. >> firefighters in antioch are trying to figure out what sparked a small grass fire that threatened some homes. it happened last night near the deer valley shopping center. it burned close to high tension electrical lines. a utility pole was damaged, but no one was hurt. a group of muni riders in san francisco want muni to cancel plans for free metered

parking on sunday. in january of last year, the city started charging for parking on sunday. this year may your ed lee and muni decided to roll back parking enforcement to just six days a week. some riders say muni will lose $11 million in revenue. they also say that would create more traffic congestion and put pedestrians and cyclists at risk. it is 7:19. we want to check in with sal. see how things are going on this friday morning, friday light sal? >> better than -- i wouldn't exactly call it light, tori but i would say friday light-ish. if that's okay with you. it's better than it was yesterday. certainly better than the last few days. let's take a look at some of these live pictures in the maps that i have. 280 is a little bit slow. northbound 280 right near highway 87 looks like there's a crash there reported. but 85's a decent alternate. the other few days, one freeway went down, you didn't have alternates. i would say stay on 85 getting

into the valley or 101 which is a little slow after 280. it is much better than before. 28 o'may have a little bit of trouble in downtown northbound and we're going to run that down for you. let's take a look at what we have with the bay bridge toll plaza. the traffic here is moving along slowly. it is backed up for about a 20 minute drive time into san francisco. i want to show you the livermore valley now. if you're driving on westbound 580, it's notice whether i noticeably better. moderate into dublin and castro valley it looks good. go ahead and take advantage. san mateo and dunbar ton are moderate. let's go to steve. happy friday, temperatures started cooling down expose bay yesterday. -- coast and bay yesterday. they'll cool down for everybody today. a lot of high clouds streaming over us. the system is not that strong, but there's enough there it's dragging across a lot of high clouds. the system that we have there

is not that strong. but it's dragging across a lot of high clouds. that you think. you can see those right there. it's mainly the onshore breeze instead of the offshore breeze. 17 degrees cooler in pacifica yesterday. 13? in san francisco and 6 in oakland. 81 santa rosa yesterday. 84 today. san francisco dropped to 75. 63 today, and san jose from 89 to 83 degrees. there's some fog underneath all that as well. 5, 0 degrees cooler for many on the lows here. we're avenue we were in -- we were in the 60s for some yesterday. look at the 40s in the north bay and a lot of 50s in between. temperatures are definitely running cooler. 22 at travis. anytime it gets over 20 that is a howling message that the sea breeze, delta breeze is kicking in. even a west wind at oakland and a northwest wind at sfo. yesterday they were calm. west there, most locations, hayward airport has a puff of an east but that will be

replaced by a west pretty fast. there's snow this morning, west of chicago, which is 39 degrees right now. just to the west watch how radar turns to snow right there. it's not going to last long, but the mere fact that it shows up this time of year is pretty incredible and heavy duty rain, torrential rain over washington d. c. this morning. they've had flood issues. i think pimlico will be fine. for us the cooling pattern has started. in fact, the higher clouds and the onshore breeze are definitely in place. 54 at monterey. they will cool off. they started yesterday. southern cal had blistering heat yesterday, 100 in l. a. inland temps drop today. the heat is moving on out. as it does, temperatures will be dropping. sunday, monday, could see upper i was, up 60s, low 70s. high clouds, coastal, cooler, a westerly breeze is in place. 60s, 70s, 80s. we'll go 87 in fairfield.

with 22 miles per hour breeze, 78 castro valley, 89 gilroy. they were 102 the other day. 60s on the coast. this will be the last day for 80s on the peninsula. cooling continues on saturday, and then sunday much cooler. the system digs into the north of us, so much cooler. i realize on sunday we also have the bay to breakers, and it looks like there will be a low cloud deck in place. i'll get that for you next time i. promise. steve we'll take it. did you feel the difference in the air? >> yeah, i did. >> a little bit. time now 7:23. another problem for the new bay bridge. coming up in 20 minutes, pam cook will tell us what it is, why it's causing concern and how long it's going to take to fix it. >> road signs hacked in san francisco. the amusing messages shown that are causing some drivers to do a double take.

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welcome back, time now 7:25. san francisco officials are still searching for whoever hacked an electronic traffic sign in the city two days in a row. we told you about this yesterday. we showed you the sign. it said the city was closed because it was too hot. turns out the sign was also hacked wednesday night to say a godzilla attack was coming. a lot of drivers stopped. they took pictures of the sign on van ess and vallejo street. workers think the hack sign is funny but don't blame them. >> actually, i had several people come by, walk by, and thought it was our construction sign. they're like that's too funny. i'm like, no, it's not ours but it is kind of cute. >> turns out pacific highway rentals in hayward owns the sign. they say it's been changed back to its original message warning drivers about delays from this coming sunday's bay to breakers

race. 7:26. we have a happy update on a story we told you last week about a chihuahua rescued from an east bay freeway. she has now been reunited with her owners. this is a picture the highway patrol tweeted last friday afternoon of the rescue on top of the center divide on 680 near north main street in walnut creek. the dog did not have any chips or tags so there was speculation it had been abandoned. but contra costa animal services says a family with two little girls who live near the freeway had been posting photos of the dog they appropriately call charm. they say she escaped from their backyard. the shelter workers posted this picture on facebook saying it was a tearful reunion. it is 7:27. a deadly police shooting in concord, what we learned this morning about the woman who was killed. and we still have slow traffic today, but it's just not quite as bad as it has been, which should put a smile

on your face. i'll give you drive times and let you know how long it's going to take you to get there. >> a lot of high clouds streaming overhead, and a westerly breeze with fog. that means it's cooler. it's as much as 5 to 10 degrees cooler on the low. those high temps we'll show you those cooler ones as well.

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there have been two homicides within seven hours of each other. ktvu's janine de la vega is on the scene, and coming up in a few minutes, she'll tell us what neighbors say they heard late last night. good morning welcome once again to mornings on 2. i'm tori campbell. >> and i'm dave clark. let's talk about weather and traffic. i ducked outside. >> you did? >> we don't have snow like illinois but it is a little cool this morning. >> they had some snow west of chicago this morning. for us system is toppling over but the damage is done here. it's setting up the stage for an onshore push, some fog. temperatures started to drop coast and bay yesterday. they'll drop inland today. we'll go partly cloudy, kind of a veil of high clouds, some coastal fog as well. sun and clouds, breezy, 60s, 70s, for some inland areas we'll push the upper 80s. the onshore onshore breeze for those of you who like the westerly wind, 48 degrees cooler inland. we dropped 17 degree degreess for some on the coast

yesterday. again, high, low clouds. 50s on the temps or 40s. we had a lot more 40s today and 50s than yesterday. that's for sure. when you get up to 22 on travis, that is a delta breeze in place and a sign of things to come. all week long we had a hint of an offshore. we had a little one, which still sent us into the 90s for many. we can say good-bye to those. it will be cooler today. more of a westerly breeze from 60s, 70s coast to bay. steve, good morning to you. we are still looking at a commute that is busy. this is the peak of the commute now i want to show you highway 24. the drive time has been steady and slow from pleasant hill road to the caldecott tunnel. average speeds just under 55 miles an hour. just less than 55 miles an hour. if you are driving on the other side of the tunnel it's sluggish as you approach the mini maze at 24980 and 580. westbound bay bridge backed up

for about a 30 minute drive time into san francisco. maybe a shade less. if you're driving in on 880, the ramps are actually looking better than they have all week. that's good for you getting into san francisco. especially if you use the fast track lanes, traffic is moving along relatively well. as you move over to the south bay and take a look at the freeways here, it is beginning to get slower almost everywhere. northbound 280 through downtown san jose. we had earlier problems there. you will see some slow traffic in that area. for the most part, if you've been driving every day this week, today is going to seem a little better than the other days. 7:33 let's go back to the desk. >> thank you. we're still following developing news of a deadly shooting that happened in san jose. police say a man was shot to death around 11 last night on grid lee street. ktvu's janine de la vega has been live at the scene since 5:00 this morning. she's talking now with the victim's family. we're going to keep following this story and bring you more

on this developing story as soon as we get it in. in the meantime, san jose police say they arrested a suspect for another homicide last night. police were called to the home on canyon ridge drive just before 5:00. when they got there, they found a woman who had been stabbed several times. the man was taken into custody. he's being questioned. these two homicides are the 16 16th and 17th of the year in the city of san jose. police in concord are still investigating a deadly officer involved shooting. it happened late yesterday afternoon on pacheco street near downtown concord. police went to the home of a suicidal woman who called 9-1-1 and said she had a gun and want today kill herself. police officers say they were forced to open fire on her when she pointed her gun at them outside the house. >> one officer fired one shot at the woman and struck her. we did call emergency medical aid for her to the scene. however, she was pronounced dead here at the scene.

>> police have now identified the woman who was killed as 57- year-old valerie hawkins. investigators say she had a long history of mental illness. your time's now 7:34. we want to get back to the developing news we were telling you about of a deadly shooting. it happened in san jose. we were just talking about it a couple of minutes ago. it happened outside of a home on gridly street. janine de la vega is there now and janine, you talked to the victim's family. what happened? >> reporter: yes, the mother was here as well as the aunt. they say that the victim is 25 years old. they are in shock, and they are grieving. in a couple of hours they're going to go view his body. they're in disbelief this happened. they says he was with his wife. they had just finished getting gas, and he was shot while he was in his car here on gridley street. let's go to video we had

earlier. at 11 last night, police received a 9-1-1 call that the man had been shot. when officers arrived they couldn't find the victim, and they determined that the man had been taken to the hospital by a family member. he was suffering from at least one gunshot wound, and he died early this morning. police roped off the neighborhood and started looking for witnesses and gathering evidence. >> i heard a gunshot. i heard a car kind of, you know, skirting off to the side and behind us, and then i hear a man and a woman kind of off in the distance kind of like yelling, i couldn't hear exactly what they were saying. >> reporter: police are, again, investigating. they were trying to determine if he had been shot in the car, and it appears that we just got confirmation from the family that the bullet did go through the car. his family does not know if this was random or a targeted shooting. they're hoping that police can get to the bottom of this. at this point police did not

release any suspect descriptions, and they have not had anyone under arrest. we don't have a motive in this case. all we know right now is that the victim is a latino man, again, 25 years old. he's married, and he does have a young son. this happened a couple of blocks away from mccullum elementary school. it is not going to disrupt school. school. police are reviewing the evidence trying to piece this together and track down who is responsible for the shooting. coming up in the next hour of mornings on 2 you will hear from the victim's relatives on what they have to say about this. reporting live, janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. 7:37. now to our continuing coverage of the wildfires burning across san diego county. a badly burned body was found in the ruins. it's the first death connected to the fires, which have combined to burn 10,000 acres.

reporter akiko fugita is live. are crews making any progress? >> reporter: good morning to you dave and tori. they are making progress, but the concern is that the conditions have shift sod quickly it seems like when they try to get control of one fire another one pops up. the big concern yesterday, cincinnati marcos fire. that's 1200 acres. 10% contained this morning. i want to show you what we have back here. this used to be a house. four homes destroyed on this block alone. you see the flames kicking up. that's the concern for firefighters. they want to make sure they get all of that out. 10,000 acres burned so far, and the flames have killed at least one person. >> it may be a long wildfire season for southern california. fueled by tinder dry conditions and strong gusts, the fires have raced across san diego county scorching more than

10,000 acres. at least one person has been killed, 20 homes destroyed, more than 15,000 residents evacuated fleeing a blaze the fire chief calls a moving target. >> the fire started blowing yesterday directly west with an east wind on it, and it turned and went east. it's still continuing to blow east. >> horrified neighbors say these conditions are the worst they've seen. >> it was really terrifying. i was just thinking about, you know, my dog's at home, and how am i going to get home. i was worried about my neighbors, you know, just all the families down here. it was really bad. >> bob payne was 45 minutes away from his home when the fire swept down a hillside and engulfed it in flames. >> some friends called and said that they seen your house burning on tv, so we -- we came here as soon as we can, and you know, it was gone. it was too late by then. >> there's a bit of good news for firefighters. the forecast calls for cooler temperatures and light winds.

>> reporter: and back out live here, you just see those flames kicking back up again. the air-condition actually really bad out here because of all the smoke. now there's been a lot of speculation, how did so many fires start so quickly this early in the fire season. we know that two teens were arrested overnight for trying to start a small brush fire. investigators looking into see whether they're connected to these larger wildfires in any way. back to you. >> thank you. and stay with us on ktvu.com. you'll find the latest information on the wildfires and unedited video of the firefight. time now 7:40. some san francisco business and homeowners are finding a plan to build a homeless shelter in their bay view neighborhood. it would be built on jennings street which is zoned for industrial street. the dining room has cooked and served hot meals for the homeless every day for 15 years. now there's a plan to build a

100 bed shelter next door in a warehouse. supporters say that makes sense because the homeless already come to the dining room for food and services. however, some business owners say this move is bad for business. >> i see this as an absolute threat to my business. i'm advocating for the future of my business and for the future of employees. >> it's heartbreaking because these are human beings we're talking about. >> state funding would be used to pay for the project. city officials say there will be public hearings on the warehouse conversion idea over the next couple of months. a historic hotel in oakland is open again. you've seen it. the california hotel on san pablo avenue held a grand reopening after a $43 million renovation. all 137 apartments are reserved for low income tenants. 30 former residents have already moved back in. at one time, the california hotel was the only place that

african-american travelers would be allowed to stay in oakland. 7:41. it could soon cost more for developers to build in palo alto but it's all in the name of public safety. the city council will vote next monday on a proposal to add new fees to hotels and other major developments. that money would help pay for a new building to house the palo alto police departments and other public safety offices. the city said that could add up to $27 million over the next 20 years. it's still less than half of what the public safety headquarters will cost. we are just a few days away from the iconic bay to brakers race in san francisco. if you are planning to go, you will notice more changes this year. the race will start at 8 a.m., an hour later than in the past. as always, alcohol will not be allowed on the course, and there will also be 20% more police officers patrolling the streets. there will also be several street closures. if you're planning to go to the

city, allow yourself extra time. and san francisco supervisor scott weaner has introduced a $7.3 million budget proposal to clean up city parks and public spaces. the proposal would restore staffing levels for cleaning crews and landscapers to 2008 levels. they would also double the number of officers patrolling parks. weaner introduced the proposal in response to complaints that budget cut haves led to an increase in trash, graffiti and vandalism. there are less than three officers currently patrolling the 220 properties in the city's park system at any given time: 7:43. we're following a string of suspicious fires in one bay area city early this morning. and we've just learned the number of confirmed overnight fires has now jumped to ten. >> and a 34-year-old texas woman posing as a sophomore in high school for almost a year. how she was able to pull it off and the charges she is facing.

>> good morning, right now traffic is doing pretty well in some areas and slowing down in others. i'll tell you what the drive times are, especially in the east bay approaching the bay bridge. >> it's been a hot week. we have a little mix of 40s and 50s on the low. some fog, high clouds and sun. everything points towards a cooldown. we'll show you how much coming up.

new this morning, a record fine against general motors announced just minutes ago. the federal government is fining the automaker $35 million, the maximum allowed for delays in recalling cars

with ignition switch defects. it's been linked to 13 deaths and 32 crashes. the government plans a news conference in just about a half an hour. we hope to carry part of that news conference live here on mornings on 2. more problems for the eastern span of the bay bridge. engineers say it's something that could affect the safety of the entire bridge. ktvu's pam cook is in the studio with the new concerns about public safety. good morning pam. >> reporter: good morning. we've talked about bad wells, faulty bolts and leaky road decks. caltrans engineers are warning about steel rods. they anchor the massive cable system and have apparently shifted more than expected and are dangerously close to some plates with very sharp edges. engineers worry that if those steel rods are jolted in a major earthquake, they could be pushed into those sharp edges. a rod -- >> if a rod is sitting against the head of that pole and

there's movement or friction that could wear down that particular area of steel. >> he says that could damage the main cable and threaten the stability of the entire bridge. of course stability of the bridge during a major earthquake is precisely why the new span was built. engineers say this new problem could take months to fix and cost millions of dollars. dave and tori. time now 7:48. hey, sal you were saying it's kind of friday light but you're keeping an eye on 880. in fact, you're probably doing that right now. >> yes, i am, dave. i'm keeping an eye, and i can see, you know, all the freeways here, and i can definitely tell as a general statement, we are better off than we were on wednesday, thursday. especially monday, which i think was the worst commute of this week for the regular workweek. as we take a look at 880, it's getting more crowded. this commute doesn't usually get really slow until after 8:00. we're going to keep an eye on that unless you know what's going on with it. right now it looks like it's

less than a 5 minutes or 10 minutes getting to downtown oakland. we're looking at a commute that is moderately heavy at the bay bridge. if you look at 880, that's a very nice approach to it, especially if you use fast track, you'll be getting on the bridge soon. 50 minute drive time across the bay. concord to walnut creek. that's lighter than it has been all week, concord on 680. let's go to steve. thank you sal. a very good morning. happy friday. for those of you who want the fog bank, it's back. higher clouds as well. last week was cool. this week was hot, and that's how we get normal. it's going to drop fast over the weekend. a lot of high clouds streaming ahead. it's a mix of low clouds, high clouds and some sun. 6 degrees cooler yesterday in oakland. 13 in san francisco and pacifica drops 17 degrees. inland temps will be the ones to drop today as we start to see more of that westerly breeze. san jose yesterday, 89. 79, 68 in san francisco. and santa rosa from 91 to 84. a lot of high clouds up there.

you can see higher clouds streaming overhead, filtered sunshine. we get more of that west wind. a couple of low 60s. antioching with one. we have 40s to the north. santa rosa is 46. half-moon bay was 48 degrees. napa down at 45. now it's 52. the key is travis and the delta bridge, 22. that is a screaming message of a cooler pattern once you start to get anything over 20 at travis we'll see if that holds. it will get stronger as we go into tonight and tomorrow towards core delia and fairfield. the key is going to be a low driving into the north on sunday and monday. inland temps drop today. the heat moves up, and temperatures right on down they go, especially into sunday and monday. could be some sierra nevada rain or high elevation snow. that wouldn't be until monday. the end result for us is going to be a big cooldown. 70s and 80s on the temps. 60s closer to the coast today. temperatures again on wednesday were near 100 for some. that will not be the case here.

70s, 80s, again, temperatures running a little bit above average inland. we should be around 77. we'll be coming down into that on the weekend. 60s on most of the coast here. the extended outlook does have a cooler pattern continuing. with your weekend always in view, i realize it's going to be much cooler. we can't hold warm temperatures. the warmest temps look to be starting today and then continuing to drop right into your weekend, and as far as the bay to breakers, looks like a cool, breezy and foggy pattern. >> time now 7:51. a 34-year-old woman from east texas is making headlines nationwide this morning for allegedly pretending to be a 15- year-old girl and enrolling in high school. charity johnson was arrested. she was accused of pretending to be a high school student for almost a year. police also say she used fake documents and told school officials she was an or fan and was able to enroll with the help of a person she claimed was her guardian. >> being abused by her

biological father. then he passed away. >> school officials say johnson was sweet. she even got good grades in high school. the police connected all the dots after they went to investigate a separate trespassing incident, and johnson gave them a fake name and a fake date of birth. still no word on why she posed as a high school student. >> yeah, really strange. >> yeah, it is. 8 minutes before 8:00. a national push calling on governor jerry brown to shut down a bay area museum. the outrage over allegations that young kids are abusing rats. >> i noticed he had a pry bar in his hand about this big. >> a bay area man who walked in on a burglar in his own house, unique thing about this homeowner that turned out to be bad news for that intruder.

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while raiding a ranch in american canyon. two dozen air forces from the fairfield police department and they say yesterday's raid is connected to two other raids in recent months in core delia and fair view. >> one of our jobs in law enforcement is to try to confiscate and take guns off the street because guns are equated to violence. >> five people have been arrested in these recent raids. napa county sheriff's deputies say they've also been monitoring the property for compliance with county codes that limit the number of roosters. those codes are meant to prevent fighting. the obama administration plans to overhaul immigration enforcement. it requires that local police turn over information about everyone they arrest to the federal government. information like fingerprints, that goes to an immigration database. the people who committed immigration violations would be held and then deported.

however, the u.s. has deported some people even with minor violations. president obama is now considering executive actions because immigration legislation remains stalled in congress. a suspected burglar is behind bars after picking the wrong house in san jose. brian kuhn had just left one of two martial arts studios where he teaches when he decided to stop by his house and pick up a uniform. his 5-year-old daughter with was him. when they got inside the house he spotted a man holding a pry bar in his dining room. fearing for his daughter's safety he punched and kneed the man several times before dragging him outside. >> i was sort of relieved it ended the way it did. that it didn't end badly for me or my family. >> neighbors hearing the commotion called 9-1-1. kuhn held down the suspect until police arrived. confronting burglars is not something he recommends for others and there have been several break-ins at his home.

a defiant donald sterling is refusing to pay the nba's $2.5 million fine for his racist comments. the lawyer for the los angeles clippers' owner has written a letter to the nba saying sterling has done nothing wrong and "no punishment is warranted." so far there's been no response from the nba. two weeks ago commissioner adam silver imposed both the fine and a life type ban on sterling from the nba. silver is vowing to do everything possible to force sterling to sell the clippers. i believe sterling looked pretty hard to tuned a lawyer or law firm that had represent him. he talked to eight or almost a dozen. >> a san francisco student's photo unexpectedly left out of her high school yearbook, but clothing controversy that has erupted and the reason her friends are taking action today. >> and authorities here in the novato this morning are piecing

together a string of suspicious fires overnight. we'll tell you how many arson cases are being investigated and how one neighbor was hurt during one of these fires. >> good morning. right now we are looking at a commute that has improved in some areas already for this friday, including right here in the south bay. >> onshore push which means a westerly breeze. the lows are cooler. what's in store for a pretty good cooldown over the weekend.

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good morning. welcome back to mornings on 2. these are live pictures. we're following developing news where in novato the camera shows you the area we're focusing on. a half hour ago authorities told alex savidge there's been ten suspicious fires that were set overnight in novato. you're looking live at the scene of one of those fires. coming up in just about 2 minutes, the new photos of what that fire looked like when it was raging overnight. stay tuned for that. friday morning, may 16th. i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm tori campbell. a quick look at weather and traffic. so some relief from the heat. steve fog moving. >> that that is correct. we have low clouds and higher clouds and more of a westerly breeze. we'll go partly cloudy.

some coastal fog picking up in intensity. i expect that to increase over the next couple of days. a mix of sun and clouds, breezy for a few. the west wind has replaced that little hint of an offshore east wind. inland 4 to 8 degrees cooler today. yesterday they dropped about 6 to 17 degrees. see some of those higher clouds drifting across. have a cup of low 60s -- a couple of looves. a lot more 40s this morning. anytime it's over 22 in travis that's a good sign. buchanan 13. the breeze is picking up out of the cooler direction. this system will drag across a lot of high clouds but is setting the stage for a cooler day today and a cooler weekend. i'll have more on that in about 12 minutes. high clouds today, 80s inland, 60s, 70s, coast and bay. good morning. it is a good morning for a lot of commuters, especially compared to what they've had to teal with for this last week. the east shore freeway is a good example, even though it's

not as completely free. it's a 32 minute drive from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. earlier this week during some of the worst times, this drive was an hour, double what it is now. when there's no traffic, it's about 15 minutes. still, 32 minutes for this time of the morning is actually pretty good. bay bridge toll plaza. same thing goes. we have about a 25 minute drive time from oakland across the bridge into san francisco. and if you're approaching the bridge, my best bet for you is to use 880, especially if you have fast track, get over to the right as soon as possible. you'll get on the bridge quicker are with no issues. looking at the commute on 680 from concord to walnut creek. it's not bad and 580 through livermore. noticeably lighter. slow traffic in dublin. in the south bay 280 is beginning to fill in. 85 is okay, and we talked about the carquinez bridge commute. 880 between 238 and fremont, only 17 minutes. that's actually pretty good for this time of the morning.

it's 8:02. topping our news at 8, new developments about several suspicious fires in novato early this morning. a short time ago we found out the confirmed number of fires has climbed to 10. alex savidge has been on this story since 3:30 this morning. you're back now. you've got new information, also some new pictures to show us of those fires alex. good morning. >> good morning dave. pretty dramatic pictures. we'll get to those in just moments. novato police are trying to figure out if they're dealing with an arsonist. the number of suspicious fires continues to climb. a lot of people are waking up and noticing things that have been burned near their homes. that includes garbage can ifs in one case a wreath on someone's front door was set on fire. most of the fires have been brush fires. that includes one that's here at the end of columbine lane where we are this morning. a novato fire investigator is here at the scene. the area at the top of the hill

is roped off with crime scene tape and they are gathering evidence here at this e location. at the top of this hill about a quarter acre or so of brush is what burned. take a look at what it looked like. these are photos that were snapped bay neighbor and they show huge flames burning on this hillside. this is not far away from homes in this area. police say this was one of ten fires deliberately set overnight in this neighborhood. this is near 101 and highway 37. most of them were brush fires that started, but one burned a car inside a garage, and in that case, the homeowner was sent to the hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation after he tried to put the fire out himself. a short time ago we talked with a man whose dog alerted him to one of these fires. it was a brush fire behind his house, and he says he's troubled to hear that an arsonist may be out there. >> i'm surprise. to me that's shocking that

someone would deliberately set fires. >> reporter: and in addition to those fires that were set overnight, there were also two other suspicious fires in this same neighborhood that broke out early on thursday morning, and police are trying to figure out if those fires are also connected. investigators are mapping all the fire locations, gathering evidence at those various scenes and also searching for any witnesses who might be able to help investigators track down whoever is setting these fires. this is one of those locations, and as you can tell, the brush is dry. the temperatures have been high lately, and firefighters say any one of these fires could have taken off and done a lot more damage. we're live in morning in novato. alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news. back in january 2012, an arsonist set at least 56 small fires during one weekend in novato. a $15,000 reward was offered to catch whoever did it, but no arrests were ever made. more than a half dozen local,

state, and federal agencies were involved in the investigation. 8:05. novato is not the only bay area city dealing with suspected cases of arson. last night a brush fire started near arbaluta community park. it's the fourth suspicious fire in the neighborhood over the past two weeks. investigators believe they are connected and they're worried that the arsonist may be getting bolder. the fires are occurring more often and with less time between each fire. happening today a bay area congressman will release his report on the highly publicized security breach at san jose airport. congressman eric swalwell is a member of the homeland security committee. last month he toured san jose mineta airport to see how a santa clara teenager was able to climb the fence and then hide inside the wheel well of a jet bound for hawaii. swalwell's report is expected to include recommendations for high-tech security improvements

to prevent future breaches in airport security. time is 8:06. the faa and now investigating a story of a san francisco writer who claims his united airline flight from hawaii to l. a. x. was almost involved in a midair collision. flight 1205 was cruising at 33,000 feet on april 25th when suddenly the plane's collision alert system went off for the pilots, and that plane dropped 600 feet in 60 seconds. kevin townsend was on the plane at the time. he says there was no warning for the hundreds of passengers. >> i'm looking down the aisle, and there's, you know, hundreds of people in front of me. people start screaming. there's noises of things that weren't secured falling around. >> both of the planes did land safely. however, townsend wants to make sure this is investigated thoroughly. united airlines says it is working with federal investigators. a san francisco catholic high school's decision to exclude a high school senior's

graduation photo has some students very upset and in an uproar. they say she was not included because of what she was wearing, and it's not fair. tara moriarty joins us live now from sacred heart cathedral prep to tell us how the classmates are rallying around her. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a lot of them are wearing ties or bow ties in support of jessica arbena right now the principal is talking to the media. these students are actually really throwing their support behind jessica. she decide today wear a tuxedo for her senior graduation photo. the picture was pulled from the yearbook because she was supposed to wear the required female dress. jessica is set to graduate from sacred heart on ellison franklin street soon. the school says it had to cut her photo because of rules set forth by the archdiocese of san francisco. jessica's friend says she actually got permission to take the photo with the tux, and so for the school to yank the picture days before drawings isn't right. we did just a few minuting a

speak to jessica's girlfriend and here's what she had to say. >> i'd like my girlfriend to be proud of the four years that she's been here, and i'd like -- i'd like it to be resolved in a way that future kids feel proud to be a fighting irish. >> this is a really turbulent moment in her life, in all of our lives because this could be a very potent and changing moment for not only us but for the archdiocese over san francisco. >> i think she meant to just say who she was and be proud of who she was, and not many people can do that. i don't understand when they're telling us to build up our self- esteem that they're knocking her down and saying that it's not okay to be who she is. >> this the school has released this statement "as we prepare to pass out yearbooks it is always regretful when a student portrait is omitted for any reason. as a community we will continue to work tirelessly to ensure that all students are included in the future." many people have voiced their outrage on twitter and facebook

be jessica's picture going viral under the hashtag jessica 's tux. her family will be meeting with school administrators to talk about the matter further this morning. time is now 8:09. changes for football practice may be coming to california high schools. the state assembly passed a bill limiting full contact during football practice. drills involving full contact tackling would be limited to 90 minute sessions twice a week. this is all in response to concerns about the long-term effects of head injuries. that bill's now headed to the state senate. it is 8:10. oakland is preparing for a new half marathon and so is dave clark i think. city leaders and runners gathered last night to learn the course for what's being called the town's half marathon. it will take runners on a 13.1- mile tour of oakland through urban and historic neighborhoods as part of the

city's revitalization efforts. >> we have gone out and partnered with every major restaurateur, running club to make this a very home grown oakland event. >> the race is set for august 16 august 16th. you guys still got time to train, starting at 7 a.m., and registration is open now. so yeah,. >> it could possibly happen tori. time is now 8:11. deadly violence in the bay area's biggest city. the details on two homicides in san jose that happened in just a couple of hours. >> and there's an online petition to close the petaluma wildlife museum because of alleged rat abuse. we'll tell you what a student says he saw and why he says closing the museum would be a bad idea. >> good morning, we are looking at traffic that's still pretty heavy getting into san francisco. we'll tell you the drive time and also what the best approach is to the bay bridge.

>> fog is back for some. it's a sign of things to come for a cooler pattern. maybe really cool as we get o'to sunday. i'll have more on that coming up.

an online petition is gaining signatures in an effort to close the petaluma wildlife museum. the petition comes after photos and video surfaced of students abusing rats. ktvu's brian flores is live in petaluma to explain how this story is gaining national attention and how one student worker is hoping to save the

museum. interesting twist there brian. >> reporter: good morning tori. it is getting national attention. select students have been coming to the wildlife museum to learn for years how to treat animals humanely. only recently did pictures and videos surface of a few select students also abusing feeder rats. we want to go to some of the video, some of the pictures that were taken from the change.org website of a student whistleblower taking other students abusing the rats. it is very graphic in nature and we're deciding not to show it this morning. according to to information from the petition, it accuses a supervising teacher of encouraging studenting to inhumanely kill the rats. these are accusations of the students throwing the rats against rocks, walls and railings. these are feeder rats that are used to feed the museum's reptiles. a student we spoke with moments ago says although the incident did take place, the teacher did not condone this action and

that the students acted on their own. he hopes people get the right message that the museum actually helps students learn how to humanely treat animals. >> these were two or three students and the claims on the website were that our instructor allows and encourages the abuse of animals, and that is where they're wrong. >> now i did speak with the school official who says that they did take disciplinary action against the students involved, and that they are not allowed back in the program. the museum is the only student run museum of its kind in the state. the petition has gained 1100 signatures, it requires 1500 calling on jerry brown to close it. the petition was started by a member of peta who says this person does not understand the complete story. the students involved in the museum are talking about doing another online message to positively talk about the aspects of the museum. officials say they're working with the petaluma animal

control services to make sure this does not happen again. brian flores ktvu channel 2 news. 8:16. it may soon cost more for developers to build in palo alto, but reportedly it's all in the name of public safety. the city council will vote next monday on a proposal to add new fees for hotels and other major developments. the money would help pay for a new building to house the palo alto police department and other public safety officers. the city said that could add up to $27 million over the next 20 years. it's still less than half of what the public safety headquarters will actually cost. 8:17. a group of riders in san francisco want muni to cancel plans for free metered parking on sundays. in january of last year, the city started charging for parking on sundays. this year mayor ed lee decided to roll back parking enforcement to just six days a week. riders say that means muni will now lose $11 million in

revenue. they also say that could create more traffic congestion and for pedestrians and cyclists at risk. time is 8:17. a teacher at an all boys catholic school in san mateo suing her employers. she claims the school didn't do enough to protect her after some of the students took embarrassing photos of her and posted them online. the teacher claims that last year male athletes at sarah high school competed to get up skirt photos of female instructors. six of the students were expelled. six others were suspended as a result of that case. according to the san jose mercury news, the school released a statement saying last year's incident was tragic and the disrespect shown by certain former students did not reflect what we teach and model here at sarah high school. 8:18. a new report says california schools need to do more to make sure students have access to free drinking water. state and federal laws require free drinking water on campuses

but ucsf researchers say one in four schools do not meet the requirement. they do acknowledge, however, that schools have made strides in reducing access to sodas and sugary drinks. 8:18. happening now, a record fine against general motors. we first reported this just as the news broke half an hour ago. this is a live picture from washington d. c. where the federal government is about to announce a $35 million fine against gm over its ignition situation recall. that is the maximum amount allowed. the ignition switch defects have been linked to 32 crashes and 13 deaths. the affected cars include older models of the cobalt and ion. in the past ford was fined $17 million for a delayed recall and toyota was fined nearly $50 million, but that involved three separate allegations. so, again, the picture on the

right is a room where they're waiting nor news conference to get started. we're going to monitor this situation. as soon as it is starting, getting underway we will continue to follow it. it has been a rocky start for the new chairman of general motors. >> exactly. >> one thing after another. time now 8:is the. let's check in with sal. get you to where you need to go. how's it looking out there? >> it's actually okay. it's bether than -- better than it was. i think we're having a friday break. i wouldn't call it exactly friday light. let's take a look at the bay bridge tollways it's better, especially if you're coming in on 880. that's the recommended route getting to the bay bridge. that ramp is absolutely light. if you're coming in from the other freeways there's a little bit of a wait if you're paying cash but the car pool lane is clear. no problems getting into san francisco, 25 minute drive time. also looking at the commute on the san mateo bridge. it's nice, and there are no major problems on the peninsula. new injuries accident reported northbound near camden avenue. i heard they canceled the fire

department and medics. it's only minor injuries. you might see slow traffic on 85 just after 87. let's go to steve. thank you sal. look what's returned, fog for those of you writing me all weekend long, where's that fog. it's back. it's here. it's not extensive but it will be increasing over the weekend. by monday i think there will be some rain in northern california. not here but up north and in the sierra, especially monday, tuesday. and we're going in for a big drop in our temps. it really kicked in for part of the coast. pacifica dropped 72 degrees. oakland dropped 6. today the inland areas come out of those 90s and go into the 80s. fremont, 87, we'll go 79. south freeway monday may be warm warmer. san francisco 75, 68. a mixed bag. filtered sun, high clouds, fog, low clouds. some areas warming up quick. there's going to be a west wind

behind us. the lows were 5 to 10 degrees cooler and here is the strongest signature i can tell you if you want cooler weather. fairfield 26 gusting to 32. the delta breeze is turbo charged this morning. it was dead calm yesterday. that's a huge difference, and so that's a sign that even sacramento's going to cool down. system's toppling over but the key is a low up there, down into oregon and inner harbor california and over the sierra on monday. definitely something that bears watching. the end result for us is going to be an end to this heat. the heat moved moves out and the cooler air comes in. temperatures will slide off the table. some areas maybe sunday, monday could be the upper 60s that were near 100 degrees on wednesday. big changes here. high clouds, coastal fog there. it's not extensive but it's going to increase. a westerly breeze in place. 60s, 70s, and 80s on the temps. this will be the last day of upper 80s for a while. brentwood, oakley, gilroy as

well. 80s will be disappearing to 70s over the weekend. 60s and 70s for everybody by the time we get to saturday, much cooler. sunday, though, looks to be into monday probably one of the coolest day. in fact, i think we'll start to see a pattern with the bay to breakers. mostly cloudy in the morning, breezy to windy fog or sun and also about the same towards noon. highs 59 to 64. thank you steve. a new problem for the eastern span of the bay bridge, and just about 24 minutes, sam cook will tell us what it is, why it's causing concern for the whole bridge and how long it will take to fix it. >> next, surprising messages on that road sign in san francisco. the new details we just learned about how this happened and who city officials are looking for right now. if you're so tough, crack this thick slice of

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welcome back, time now is 8:25. the san francisco's d. a.'s office wants more help handling cases involving people hit and killed by cars. the d. a. is asking the mayor for $400,000 to hire a lawyer, an investigator, and a paralegal specifically just for those types of cases. seven people have died in san francisco this year after being hit by cars. that's about the same number of homicide victims in the city. >> time is 8:26. san francisco officials are searching for whoever hacked an electronic traffic sign in the city two days in a row. we first told you about this yesterday during mornings on 2. we showed you the sign that said the city is closed because

it's just too hot. turns out the sign was also hacked on wednesday night say a godzilla attack was coming. many drivers stopped to take pictures but the sign on van ess and vallejo street. workers installing power signs say they think the hack sign is funny but it's not them. >> i had several people come by, walk by and thought it was our construction sign. i'm like, no, it's not ours but it is kind of cute. >> pacific highway rentals in hayward owns the sign. it says it has been changed back to its original message warning drivers about delays from this sunday's bay to breakers race. dave. thank you. time is 8:27. new evacuations to tell you about from the wildfires in san diego county. >> you leave thinking i hope i see it when i come back. >> a terrifying time for homeowners in the fire zone. coming up less than 10 minutes from now, a live report on how

the troubles they're facing and how they're dealing with it now. >> a young father returning home from getting gas is shot and killed early this morning. we're live in san jose. we'll tell you where police are at in this investigation and what the victim's family is saying. >> good morning, right now approaching the bay area bridges, so far so good including approaching the golden gate bridge. the traffic looks good heading down to the toll plaza. >> it is indeed fog. temperatures this morning around 5 to 10 degrees cooler. we have a couple low 60s here. this is a far cry from yesterday. we'll talk about how much cooler it will be today and a big cool down on tap for the weekend.

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we're live in san jose. you're looking now at the scene of a deadly shooting that happened in san jose. it was the second one in seven hours. ktvu's janine de la vega is out there now. coming up for you in just 2 minutes she'll tell us what she's learned about the victim from family members just within the 60 minutes. stay tuned for that. it is friday, it is may 16 may 16th. i'm dave clark. let's talk about your weather and traffic now. boy, it is different this morning, steve. >> for most, yeah, definitely. mostly sunny to partly cloudy, more clouds to the north. more sun to the south. there are some areas of coastal fog, partly cloudy, coastal fog. the breeze has cranked up for some, especially out towards travis. breezy to windy and that west wind will win out pretty soon for many. just kind of a mixed bag today, low, high clouds and sun. 50s and 60s. we are running cooler. no doubt about it. when fairfield gets gusts to 32 miles per hour out of the west, southwest, that is a screaming message that it's going to be

cooler inland. high clouds, partly sunny, partly cloudy. coastal fog. it will be cooler. the westerly breeze means the inland temps out of the 90s and 80s. hello steve. we have a lot of traffic out there still, and traffic is going to be busy in some areas. it's getting lighter in others. let's take a look at interstate 880 northbound near the coliseum. it is slow as you drive up from san leandro from downtown oakland. this is taking about 10 minutes getting up to the downtown oakland exits. if you're driving to the bay bridge i would stay on the 880, because the bay bridge ramps from 880 look pretty good. this is a 15 to 20 minute drive time across into san francisco. suddenly the south bay has become slow. northbound 85 at camden, that crash not a major one. traffic is going to be busy as you drive through 85. it's not as bad as other days. 280 is slow near 17 and 101 is especially slow into mountain view. 80 and 880, some traffic times

here, 80 steady from the carquinez bridge to the maze at 33 minutes. it's 8:32. let's go back to the desk. we have developing news in san jose. new information about an overnight shooting that left a young father dead. it's the second homicide in san jose in less than 24 hours, and this one happened a couple of blocks away from an elementary school. janine de la vega joining us live from san jose. you talked to family members just a little whiling a janine. >> reporter: that's right. the family is grieving. they spent the night at the hospital and talking to police. they say that -- the aunt says her nephew lives here on gridley street. her nephew went to get gas. on their way back someone shot in the car and fired at them. when they arrived they couldn't find the victim at the scene. the family had taken him to the hospital he died early this morning. people in the neighborhood said

they heard the gunfire, screams and a car speeding away. homicide detectives combed the neighborhood looking for clues and potential witnesses. they also took the car the victim was in as evidence for the case. his aunt who didn't want to be identified describes what happened. >> the driver just drove on the side of him, shot through the car. it hit a main artery, and he passed during. >> shortly after. >> shortly after arriving at the hospital, so my sister is having a hard time of course, and they just. >> reporter: at this point police are still in the early stages of the investigation trying to piece together what happened. they don't have a motive in this case and are trying to identify a suspect. it's unknown if this was gang related or if the victim was targeted. his family says that he was 25 years old. he has a wife and a young son that they had left with the grandparents when they went to go get gas last night.

this is the city's 17th 17th homicide of the year. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. san jose police have arrested a suspect for another homicide last night. police were called to the home on canyon ridge drive just before 5:00. when they got there, they found a woman who had been stabbed several times. the man was taken into custody at the scene. he's being questioned. these two homicides are the 16 16th and 17th of the year in the city of san jose. 8:35. police this concord are investigating a deadly officer involved shooting. it happened late yesterday afternoon on pacheco street near downtown concord. police went to the home of a suicidal woman who had called 9- 1-1 telling a dispatcher she had a gun and wanted to kill herself. officers say they were forced to shoot when she pointed her gun at them. >> one officer fired one shot at the woman and struck her. we did call emergency medical

aid for her to the scene. however, she was pronounced dead here at the scene. >> police have now identified the woman killed as 57-year-old valerie hawkins. investigators say she had a long history of mental illness. happening now, five wildfires still burning at this hour in san diego county. one fire in the city of san marcos is only 5% contained. this week's wildfires have combined to burn 10,000 acres so far. that is 15 and a half square miles. now there's word of the first death connected to the fires, a badly burned body was found in a transient camp. one of the out of control fire has prompted officials to issue 76,000 evacuation notices. reporter akiko fugita is live at a fire line north of san diego ines con dee toe california. good morning again .

>> reporter: good morning you walk through these neighborhoods and it gives you a sense of what firefighters are fighting here. you can see the flames kicking back up. those hot spots are the big concern for firefighters today. 10,000 acres burned so far, and those flames claiming the life of at least one person. >> it may be a long wildfire season for southern california, fueled by tinder dry conditions and strong gusts, the fires have raced across san diego county scorching more than 10,000 acres acres. at least one person has been killed, 20 homes destroyed, more than 15,000 residents evacuated. fleeing a blaze the fire chief calls a moving target. >> the fire stated blowing yesterday directly west with an east wind on it, and it turned on us and went east. it's still continuing to blow east. >> horrified neighbors say these conditions are the worst they've seen. >> it was really terrifying.

i was just thinking about my dogs at home and how am i going to get home. i was worried about my neighbors, just all the families down here. it is really bad. >> bob payne was just 45 minutes away from his home when the fire swept down a hillside and engulfed it in flames. >> some friends called and said they seen your house burning on tv, so we -- we came here as soon as we can and it was gone. it was a too late by then. >> there's a bit of good news for firefighters. the forecast calls for cooler temperatures and light winds. >> reporter: and the fire season doesn't typically pick up until late summer, and that has a lot of people asking questions about just how these fires started. two teens were arrested overnight after trying to start a small brush fire here in escondido, but investigators say they're questioning them to see if they're also involved with these wildfires. back to you. >> akiko fugita joining us

live. >> what a story. 8:38. shifting gears, i know you've seen the video. now the celebrities involved are talking. >> coming up in 15 minutes a message from beyonce, jay-z and solange about the infamous fight in a hotel elevator. >> and we're following new developments in a string of suspicious fires in novato early this morning. >> and right now i would say things are actually improving in many commutes but there are always some that are getting worse. we'll try and sort them out for you straight ahead. >> high clouds streaming over and more of a west wind. in fact a rip roaring breeze out from the delta. how the impacts on temperature will take us into a cooler weekend. newwith two unique ingredients. to mix in however your heart desires. go on. spoon me. mixim - from the ehrmann family. it's love, your way.

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ten. ktvu's alex savidge has been on this since 3:30 this morning. you're back now with new information, and you have some new photos, pictures, too? >> reporter: dave, good morning to you. novato police do believe the number of suspicious fires here in this neighborhood will likely continue to climb as we move throughout the morning. already a lieutenant told me a lot of people have been waking up looking around their homes and finding evidence of fires, garbage cans that have been burned and thing like that. this is one location where there was a suspicious fire. this is right near a bike path just off redwood boulevard is where we are this morning. this fire, you can see fairly small. it was knocked down pretty quickly by firefighters. most of the fires were in dry brush like this, including one we want to show you here on a nearby hillside. it charred about a quarter of an acre. these are photos taken by a neighbor that show huge flames burning not far from homes. thankfully that fire was contained before it could do much damage to any of the homes in the area.

that was one of ten fires deliberately set overnight in this neighborhood. this is near 101 and highway 37 with all these fires broke out overnight. most of them were brush fires. one, however, burned a car inside of someone's garage, and in that particular case, a homeowner had to be sent to the hospital for smoke inhalation after he tried to put the fire out himself. this morning we talked with a man who told us his dog alerted him to a brush fire behind his house, and he says with an arsonist possibly on the loose, he's planning to be more aware. >> i'm going to pay a lot more attention when the dog barks, and see if question see any people, you know, what's happening. normally she almost never barks and we're going to -- my wife wants you know, to be on the lookout. i'm surprised. to me that's shocking. >> reporter: and in one case,

police say that a christmas wreath on someone's front door was also intentionally set on fire this morning. it appears that fire went out on its own. those folks did not call the fire department there at that house. in addition to the overnight fires, police also say there were two other suspicious fires in this same area early on thursday morning. now investigators are mapping all of these fires. they're gathering evidence and trying to find witnesses and trying to figure out if the same person is setting all these fires and who that person is. you can see this is another fire that was set just across the street from the fire we just showed you a few moments ago. quite a bit of work for investigators to do. and at the same time, we should point out here, this is not the first time there has been an arsonist, a potential arsonist on the loose here in novato. back in 2012, there were more than 60 suspicious fires set here in this sail neighborhood -- same neighborhood just within the span of a few days. police are looking to see if there are similarities between

these cases. live in novato, alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news. another $2 million to fix a new problems on the new part of the bay bridge. ktvu's pam cook's in our studio with the concern some engineers have about the safety for the entire span. good morning pam. >> reporter: good morning. we've talked about bad welds, faulty bolts and leaky road decks. the latest problem involves the eastern span's mile long cable. it was discovered during an inspection of the steel rods that anchor the bridge's massive cable system. those rods have apparently shifted more than expected and are now dangerously close to some plates with sharp edges. engineers worry that if those steel rods are jolted in a major earthquake, they could be pushed into those sharp edges. >> the concern is over time we don't want metal on metal friction to happen. if we want to take care of the issue now, in the long run over

time this could potentially be a problem. >> and the other concern as a director with the agency overseeing the bridge project tells the chronicle that this new problem was not on the list as pending maintenance issues, and that it should be. and engineers say this new problem could take months to fix and another 2 million or so dollars. tori and dave. >> all right, pam. thank you. time now 8:47. hey, sal, you had a pretty easy day so far handling our commute right? >> it's easier, anyway. >> okay. easier. >> easier, the worst day of the week was monday when we had just a terrible traffic jam. today is just moderate. let's go out and take a look at what we have with the bridge. you can see traffic looking good on the bridge itself getting into san francisco. there's about a 20 minute drive time across the span which includes some waiting at the bay bridge toll plaza. if you're coming in on 880, people and me this all the time now, which approach is better. 880 today is much better than

580 or 80. if you are driving on 580 in livermore, it's going to be a little slow. your drive time is a little slow as you drive into dublin, but it's not anywhere near what normally is a 21 minute drive time as you drive through grant line road. south bay now very busy on 85, and some drive times here on 24 westbound, pleasant hill road through the tunnel 11 and 880, 238 to thornton 5 15á. now let's go steve. thank you sal. a very happy friday. a mix of high clouds, sun, and also some coastal fog. a westerly breeze. so it's in place, and it is really strong out towards travis. definitely a huge change from yesterday. a lot of these clouds dragging across, more clouds to the north, more sun to the south. we'll just split the difference, partly sunny, partly cloudy. some of that fog will continue to regroup. some temperatures are warming up. we are a good 5, to 10 degrees cooler than this time 24 hours ago, e personally the lows --

especially the lows. 26 of the west, southwest, gusting to 32. i think yesterday went to 9 and collapsed. south at 13 and concord, that's a good sign and a westerly breeze towards sfo. everything is in place to give us a cool pattern as we go into the weekend. northern california and the sierra will have some rain on monday. the trend over the weekend will be to cool it down, lift that fog back and also kick the high out of here. inland temps will come down here. the heat is moving out. we'll get out of those 90s. if there's any 90s they'll be very low. by sundays upper 60s, maybe 70s. a lot of high clouds, coastal fog, not sold out or widespread. there's a lot more today than yesterdays. 60s, 70s, to 80s, maybe a couple near 90. vacaville has a southwest breeze. if they get a southwest breeze that's usually a sure sign. melody said you're going to have to get that fog back here

to oakland to cool us down. on the weekend i will, maybe not the fog but it will cool down. gilroy 89. a lot of these 80s will disappear tomorrow and be completely gone by sunday as we see more 60s and 70s. even way inland. cooling continues and then sunday will be much cooler as that low starts to dig in. again, some rain maybe in northern california. sunday we have to really -- that's bay to breakers as well, if you are going out there it's going to be cooler. we'll start to see a little more in the way of fog, low clouds and very very breezy conditions. bay to breakers mostly cloudy. breezy to windy and fog or sun. a lot of 50s or very low 60s. >> thank you, steve. 10 minutes before 9:00. a 31-year-old woman posed as a teenager and enrolled in high school. the way she pulled this off for nearly a year and the reason she is now behind bars.

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8:53. new this morning, police in the east bay are looking for a missing man who was last seen in orinda last night. raymond guerrera is 70 years old. he's hispanic. 5 feet tall and weighs only about 90 pounds. he was last seen around 9:00 last night. police say he has medical problems and speaks limited english. the young woman accused of attacking a little girl with a tire iron at a san jose wal- mart this week faces a hate

crime charge in addition to attempted murder. 20-year-old transient maria gurata appeared in court yesterday. authorities say she hit the girl inside the wal-mart on story road on tuesday morning. the girl's father was also hit prosecutors say she targeted the two because their asian. she is being held without bail. the girl was taken to the hospital and is now at home recovering. time is 8:54. some fran business and homeowners are fighting a plan to put a homeless shelter in their bay view neighborhood. that shelter would be built next to mother brown's dining room on jennings street which is zoned to allow industrial use. the dining room has cooked and served hot meals for the homeless every day for 15 years. now the officials want to build a 100-bed shelter in the warehouse right next door. supporters of it say it makes sense because the homeless already come to the dining room for food and services.

however, some angry business owners say the plan is bad for business. >> i see this as an absolute threat to my business. i'm advocating for the future of my business and for the future of my employees. >> it's heartbreaking because these are human beings we're talking about. >> now state funding would be used to pay for the project. city leaders say there will be public hearings on the warehouse conversion idea over the next few months. we're two days away from the iconic bay to breakers race in san francisco. if you are planning to go you'll notice more changes. this year the race will start at 8 a.m., an hour later than in the past. as always, no alcohol will be allowed on the course. and there will also be 20% more police officers patrolling the streets. and there will be several street closures. if you're planning to go to the city, allow yourself extra time. time is 8:55. it's something a lot of people are talking about, what happened with beyonce's sister. a new york hotel says it fired

an employee accused of leaking video of that fight between beyonce's sister, solange is and her husband jay-z to the media. the standard hotel says the employee breached security policy now the hotel will pursue criminal and civil actions. beyonce and jay-z have not said what this fight was about. beyonce did release a statement saying jay and solange each assume their share of responsibility for what has occurred. they both have apologized to each other and we have moved forward as a united family. a 34-year-old woman from east texas is making national headlines this morning for allegedly posing as a 15-year- old girl and enrolling in high school. charity johnson was arrested this week on charges of pretending to be a student for almost an entire year. police say she used fake documents. she told the school she was an orphan and was able to enroll

with the help of a person who she claimed was her guardian. police connected the dots after they went to investigate a separate trespassing incident and johnson gave them a fake name and date of birth. there is still no word on why johnson posed as a high school student. a lot of people kind of scratching their heads. >> that's tricky. hey, sal, everybody behaving at the toll plaza? >> i think so. we have a little bit of a backup there. it's nothing you can't handle. we just checked on the bridge. the whole thing should take you less than 20 minutes to get across into san francisco. that's your drive time. there are no major problems by the way. also this morning's commute in san francisco a little bit busy on northbound 101 as you can see approaching the 80 split. and here's some last minute traffic times. 24 pleasant hill road to the caldecott 11 minutes, 80 westbound, 58020 minutes now. let's go steve. mostly sunny, partly cloudy, more clouds in the north, high clouds. also some fog. the cooler weather has begun. it started on the coast and bay

yesterday. it will continue inland today and a big drop by sunday into monday. there could be some rain in northern california in the sierra, monday and tuesday. >> what? what i know? >> yes, yes. oh, my goodness. >> not here i don't think, but there. >> cooler. >> that's our report for this morning, thanks for making ktvu your choice for news. watch ktvu channel 2 news at noon for more on the string of suspicious fires in novato earlier today. we're alms on ktvu.com as well as twitter and facebook. thanks for joining us. have a great weekend.

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