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a grieving mother talking about the latest tragedy involving a teenager on bay area train tracks. a car crash creates a lot of damage in one east bay neighborhood early this morning. the driver tells ktvu why he lost control of his car. >> reporter: andals are caught on -- vandals are caught in san jose setting a car on fire. we spoke to the victim and why he thinks he's being targeted.
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we are live in hayward where there's breaking news. ktvu's brian flores is on the scene. you can see a lot of police activity here. coming up in twof minutes, he -- two minutes, he will tell us what we've just learned about gunfire in this neighborhood. good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> good morning, tori. >> good morning, dave. >> i'm dave clark. let's talk about your weather and traffic. steve has a lot to tell you. >> we have very light drizzle and light rain. palo alto, a little bit towards newark and east san jose. a lot of cloud cover. it's so light it doesn't show up on radar. this afternoon it might. it's up in the sierra. some people are waking up to 4 inches of the wet snow. clouds, showers. possible thundershowers later this afternoon into tonight. also shaded with a vigorous low this time of year. you can see a lot of the moisture. thunderstorms, rain or snow up in the sierra. some of that will wrap around.
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it's already heading back towards parts of the north bay. i think napa, solano, contra costa. clouds, light rain, drizzle. it's a cool pattern out there. increasing clouds this afternoon. possible showers and thundershowers later this afternoon into tonight. i think that's the best opportunity. what we're seeing now, i just can't find it. the beam goes over the top of it. this will not. i mean, there's pretty good snow being reported up up there as well. it will be a very active day. some of that moisture will peel off from the sierra and head back to us not before a cool day. a lot of low 50s. we had plenty of 40s. there's a decent breeze for some. not crazy. it will be a breezy, cool. a better opportunity from all of this coming back around. today is the best opportunity. sun and clouds, light, rain, afternoon showers, maybe some thundershowers. it will be on the go up in the sierra all day today. 60s or very low 70s.
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here's sal. good morning. traffic is moving along well in some areas. very slow in others. this is a look at the eastshore freeway on 80 westbound between the carquinez bridge and the macarthur maze. remember yesterday, we had 90- minute delays in some of these commutes. today, it's more normal. 34 minutes. not too bad. a little bit of stop-and-go traffic along the way. we'll take it compared to yesterday. also at the bay bridge toll plaza, the traffic continues to be slow as you drive up to san francisco. 35-minute drive time. 580 through tracy and livermore has been a problem. we had a crash at north flynn. as we move into the center core of the bay area, southbound 880 slows at 238. very slow traffic until you reach stevenson in fremont. 7:03. back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. we're following breaking news. right now, police are on the scene of a double shooting. this is happening in hayward. the shooting was reported about
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90 minutes ago on the corner of cooper and huntwood avenue. these now are live pictures from the scene. police just confirmed to us that the victims are two men. there's no word on their conditions right now. we don't know how seriously they've been injured. neighbors tell us they heard multiple gunshots earlier this morning. at this point, again, no information on the shooter or the motive for the gunfire. but as you can see, it's a very active scene. a lot of police there. a lot of police cars and some of the streets cordoned off as well. ktvu's brian flores is gathering information at the scene and he will have a live report on the scene of a double shooting on cooper and huntwood avenues in hayward. brian flores will have a live report coming up in 30 minutes. 7:04. new this morning, a san jose family terrified and angry. someone set their cars on fire while they were sleeping. it happened on san point drive. it was all caught on camera.
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janine de la vega is there now with more on why this family thinks they were targeted. janine? >> reporter: yes, the man who lives here says he is being targeted and he wants it to stop. he was very emotional and upset. as you can see in the driveway all that's left is the soot. two cars that were sitting there were towed away because they are destroyed. you can see the palm trees that are scorched because they caught fire. now, this all started at about 2:15 this morning at the home on san point drive near capitol expressway and quinnby. vandals were caught on cameras creeping up behind the trees at the home. one of them takes out a can and starts to douse the acura with fluid and lights it on fire. soon after the flames start. the car's owner said his daughter heard popping noises and woke the family up. by then, the fire had spread to the other car parked in the driveway. firefighters rushed to the scene and put on the the fire. tran is afraid because he said this is the third time his car
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was vandalized in the last month and a half. >> for someone to do this continuously, this is the third incident, that means that this person's very hateful. >> reporter: what are you thinking as you are watching this? >> terrible. i mean, this is heartbreaking. and, you know, i hope they catch the guy that did this. >> reporter: police are investigating the fire and two more incidents this family has endured. in mid-april, the tires of his acura were slashed. then in the beginning of may, his security cameras caught a vandal walking up to the home and throwing a gallon of paint all over the same car. tran says he doesn't know why this is happening. he said back in december someone tried to break into his home and that's why they got the security cameras installed and they also put in an alarm. police went door to door last night questioning neighbors. tran says he's cooperating with police and he really hopes that they get to the bottom of this. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel
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2 news. >> thank you, janine. 7:06. some students, koch students in the -- college students in the south bay are scrambling trying to figure out what to do after their school suddenly closed. yesterday, santa clara sheriff's deputies slapped brian college in san jose with an eviction order. students were told to pack up their things and leave with no further explanation and no advice on what's next. >> do i transfer my credits to a different school? do i wait to see if they will pay their rent and i can come back here? i have no idea what i'm gonna do. >> this student, amanda, was hoping to become a medical assistant and has paid $16,000 in tuition. bri man -- bryman other campuses remain open. a 10-year-old was airlifted to the hospital after being hit by a car in an elementary school parking lot.
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it happened around 3:00 yesterday at mmno grant elementary. police say someone was picking up another student and accidentally hit the boy. the boy was airlifted to the hospital in serious condition. police say the driver is cooperating with the investigation. a pleasanthill city clerk who had been under fire for months accused of not doing her job has resigned. she failed to produce minutes of meetings for an entire. she was the subject of a recall effort. yesterday, she e-mailed a resignation letter to the pleasant hill mayor saying she accepted a in you job in washington, d.c. all five members called for her to step down. seismologists have been warning about a big earthquake in five. now they say the bay area is more likely to have several mid- sized earthquakes instead of another strong erk like the one in -- earthquake like the one
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in 1906. the experts say that's an entirely new set of problems to cope with. they say a quake cluster could keep communities cleaning up damage constantly. the 49ers are trying to ease growing concerns about traffic and parking at the new leavey stadium. last night -- leavey stadium -- levi stadium. last night they hold a community meeting. many people say sundays will never be the same in their neighborhood with the 68,000 fans making their way past their homes. >> we go to church on sunday mornings. are they gonna let us back in the area. are we gonna have to fight the traffic coming in. >> our traffic engineers understand traffic flow and traffic counts. we put a lot of time and effort and trust in those professionals. >> the 49ers say they are working on setting up 50 live traffic camera feeds to monitor all cars heading in and out of the stadium.
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they are working with santa clara police to make sure there's plenty of security on game days. the son of jerry rice is getting a shot to try out for the san francisco 49ers. but there's another coach with ties to jim harbaugh who is also interested in him. jerry rice junior impressed john harbaugh in a recent tryout. but got enough to receive a contract. rice junior will attempt to win over the other harbaugh brother. rice junior played for ucla and the university of las vegas. jim harbaugh says the way he runs is comparable to his father. >> wow. >> smaller than him but that would be so cool to have a jerry if rice junior on the team. >> the rices and the harbaughs, yes. a terrifying scene that happened outside one east bay home earlier this morning. we'll tell you the very latest on the car crash damage. you will see what happened and who was involved.
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a texas police officer jumps 30 feet off a bridge. what forced him to make that split-second decision. good morning. we're still looking at traffic that's getting busier by the moment. northbound 280 is already very slow coming out of downtown san jose and heading into the valley. we'll tell you more about this commute. a lot of clouds and cool temperatures this morning. very light rain or drizzle. mainly drizzle. a lot of 50s here including la fayette at 50 degrees and clayton. it's a little cool but they are making more rain later today. i will show you coming off the sierra.
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welcome back. 7:13. more optimism this week from those firefighters battling the fires near san diego. firefighters say they expect to have the destructive fires contained later this week. now, the fire in northern san diego county, it is now 91%
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contained. that one started last wednesday in san marcos. it destroyed 36 homes and one business. it's just one of about a dozen wildfires. altogether, the fires burned 44 homes and 18 unis in an ale -- units in an apartment building. it is 7:14. the friends of a young man who fell to his death in the berkeley hills say they are confused about why he was there in the first place. 22-year-old lorenzo trujillo died sunday afternoon after falling from a rock near grizzly peak boulevard. his friends say he had been to the area often but always took pictures from the parking area and had no interest in hiking or exploring. as for the rock he fell from, they say they are shocked that he even attempted to climb it. >> he gets out of the car taking pictures of us or out there, but it's rare that he
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will get out of the car and walk around. that's weird to us. >> going over the edge to hike town town -- down -- >> he would not do that. his body was found at the base by a hiker. he has a brother in concord and other family in mexico. uc police would like to hear from anyone who saw lorenzo trujillo before he fell. actor michael jace best known for appearances in shows like "shield" and "southland" has been arrested and charged in the shooting death of his wife. he was handcuffed last night at his home. police responded to a domestic violence incident after neighbors heard they heard gunshots of the couple had been married nine years and had children. an 18-year-old san leandro high school student is hit and killed by an amtrak train. ktvu's tara moriarty joust arriveled at the -- just arrived at the school and is
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learning about a vigil. >> reporter: britany silva's classmates are trickling into classes right now. her stepfather said they are planning a candlelight vigil at the train tracks where she was killed. one man said britany was a very determined young woman. he said he would always see here carrying around a calculus book and she told him she wanted to be a doctor some day. she was a top-notch student here at san leandro high school. she was getting ready to graduate and had just been accepted to several colleges. she was heading southbound on the sidewalk across the train tracks just before 6:00 last night talking on her cell phone when she was struck and killed. a witness said she didn't appear to see or hear the train coming. so he yelled out to warn her but she didn't respond. meanwhile, her family is obviously in shock. >> she was a wonderful person. she always made everybody smile. she was the light of the room, the light of the party. >> reporter: now, this public service announcement was
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released last month to warn people of the danger of walking near train tracks. it shows a young man wearing ear bug earplugs. the psa is part of a national campaign. last year in california alone, 76 people were killed while walking on train tracks. that's more than any other state. britany's family said she just started a new job at a yogurt shop in dublin. she had opened up her first bank account yesterday. hopefully, we're going to be talking to some students and find out some of them who knew her and what their feelings are during this tragic time. we're live in san leandro, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. and this is the second cell phone-related deadly train accident in two months. back in march, 14-year-old jenna betty was killed by a train in martinez. police say she was with her boyfriend when they saw the train coming and ran away. betty went back to get her cell phone and was hit. there are still pink ribbons and a memorial set up in the
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area where she was killed. 7:17. let's check in with sal. let's get you to where you need to go, sal. 280 and everything else, you are keying an eye on it. >> traffic is going to be slow in the south bay as you drive on northbound 2280. we just showed you -- 280. we just showed you 280. the traffic is going to remain slow all the way up into the cupertino exits. 101 and 85 are also slow. we don't have anything major going on. but we'll see some delays. let's take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. this is pretty thick. 35-minute drive time into san francisco. so it is thicker than it was, let's say, but noes not as -- not as bad as it was yesterday. the last three, four weeks we've been bad with traffic. people have been writing to me about it on twitter, facebook and e-mail. the eastshore freeway, westbound, it was ridiculous
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yesterday. 35-minute drive time between the carquinez bridge and the macarthur maze. 580 westbound has been very slow. people were delayed from the altamont pass. we have slow traffic getting into dublin. if you look at the core of the bay area between 238 and 880 it's very slow heading down to the thornton avenue exit. let's go to steve. >> all right, sal. thank you. wonderful information coming in. a lot of reports of light drizzle around palo alto also over to fremont. laura hernandez and nicole anderson sent me a nice picture from south lake tahoe of beautiful snow up there. a couple of people woke up 2, 4 inches of snow. around sunnyvale, palo alto, redwood city, fremont, newark, san jose, very light drizzle. it does not show up. otherwise, i would say there it is on the radar. clouds, cool, breezy. more clouds this afternoon. a better opportunity for thundershowers and/or showers from all of the moisture
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peeling off, wrapping back around. it's already beginning to happen. lake county, mendocino county in line. i would say also napa county. and then eventually probably solano, contra costa and the cloud and rain forecast -- there will be a lot going on in tahoe. i think there will be pretty hefty snow totals and there's thunderstorms early this morning. see how the moisture wraps around heading towards parts of the north bay. that will be in line for the afternoon hours. by this afternoon, we'll start to watch as some of this comes back in the sacramento valley and maybe the santa clara valley right there about 10:00, 11:00, it might clip the altamont pass down towards morgan hill. one more system and then another day of thunderstorm activity or rain/snow. the next two days look really good. we talked about how the system has a good punch. we're on the western edge. it doesn't mean we can't get a little bit of rain out of the system. a lot of cloud cover for those of you reporting the drizzle, it doesn't show up. it's too low and light. but maybe this afternoon we'll have a better opportunity.
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plenty of clouds. a few sunbreaks. mostly cloudy. there's still good snow up in the sierra. some locations look impressive. 50s on the temperatures. we had a lot of 40s this morning. there will be a breeze, blustery. sfo, 15 miles an hour. even 8 out at livermore. even with the 50s. you put the breeze behind that, it will be cool. the moisture streaming back off this sierra and also up to the north is definitely putting us in line for the possibility of showers. get a little afternoon heating even though it won't be that warm. the low will be in southern california starting wednesday night into thursday. that's when we'll start to see improving conditions. but next day and a half, is up and clouds. light rain, drizzle, increasing clouds coming off the sierra this afternoon. tonight, maybe some thundershowers popping up. more east and north and south than to the west. 60s and 70s. very low 70s for many including walnut creek, danville, san marrone, pleasanton, dublin.
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70 milpitas san jose, santa clara. upper 60s, mainly on the peninsula. mountain view at 70. san bruno. 67. 61 in daly city. it's 52, thank you, antonio. partly sunny, mostly sunny. then we clear it out and after that sunshine and warmer temperatures into the weekend. a texas police officer recovering, he jumped 30 feet off a bridge as an out-of- control came straight at him. push >> there he goes, tori. that police officer had just made a traffic stop friday evening. he heard screeching tires. a car smashed into his patrol car, came right at him so he made the decision to jump off the brick to keep from be -- bridge to keep from being pinned. the driver of the car was an elementary schoolteacher. police say she was drunk at the time. she's facing charges of intoxication assault. it's the san francisco
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street known around the world for its tight hairpin turns. coming up, pam cook will tell us about the big change that could be right around the corner. >> he asked me a question. he goes, you know who quinten taratino is? >> the hollywood connection to a hey-tech crime. the scam that cost one bay area man thousands of dollars.
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today, workers rights activists will try to deliver an award of shame to the ceo of gap at a shareholders' meeting in san francisco. the activists will also display photos of workers injure and killed when a factory collapsed in bangladesh. more people were hurt, they say, at another factory there. activists say gap is not doing enough to protect its workers and families. 7:25. a warning if you plan to buy a car here in the bay area. police say a certain type of
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theft is becoming more sophisticated and you could become the next victim. investigators say thieves are cutting the vin number. the vehicle id number from stolen vehicles and replacing it from another vin number from another car. authorities say it happens all of the time. in one case, a san leandro man recently found out that a classic malibu he bought more than ten years ago was actually stolen from quentin tarantino, the movie director. >> i'm flabbergasted. how could this happen to me? >> he's out all of the money and time he put in the car. he's one good example of this happening to people all of the time. >> 12 years after he got the car from a private seller, he got a call from police saying they needed to inspect his car. the real vin number identified it as stolen from quentin tarantino in 1995. it was the very car john travolta's character drove in
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the movie "pulp fiction" and he had to give the car back. 7:26. a frightening wakeup call in san leandro. >> i heard a boom and i thought it was an earthquake. >> the mistake a young driver admits to making before barreling into two homes and two cars overnight. >> reporter: two men are injured after multiple shots are fired in a hayward neighborhood. good morning we're looking at traffic getting busier over the east bay. give you some drive times and a check of the bay bridge. well, if you are around stanford, you thought it was cold. it was. it dipped to 49. 52 now. even some drizzle this morning. we'll see if there's rain coming off the sierra for later today.
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it is 7:30. there is a neighborhood in san leandro which is cleaning up right now and surveying the damage left behind after a teenager lost control of his car overnight crashing into two other cars, smashing through a fence and ending up crashed into a home. >> alex savidge is checking on that situation. we'll talk to him momentarily. let's check your weather and traffic. steve, you know all about the forecast. >> a lot of cloud cover up in
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the sierra nevada. pretty good snow. about 4 inches at lake level. and some areas picked up thunderstorms and we've had some light drizzle here mainly favoring the peninsula and fremont, newark, down to san jose. it's really, really light. this would be a better opportunity up toward the north and that would be wrapping around later tonight. a lot of clouds, sunbreaks. cool, breezy pattern. light drizzle, light rain. increasing clouds coming off the sierra and possible showers, thundershowers later today. that will be the best opportunity i think about 4:00 to 10:00 tonight. it's hard -- the radar beam doesn't pick up the drizzle. what's there around sunnyvale. i know around newark, palo alto, redwood city, down to san jose, just doesn't show up. it's there. it's very, very light. a lot of cloud cover over us. cool conditions. these low clouds are a by- product of the system pumping in good systems. 50s on the temperatures. we had a lot of 40s. i think we'll see a repeat performance.
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sfo, west at 15. northwest, half moon bay. it will be a mostly cloudy, kind of a breezy day. the key is right here, some of this moisture will continue to come off the sierra. it's already happening heading to development. i think north bay and east bay. everybody in line by later this afternoon. maybe some thunderstorm activity. kind of cool. we'll get development out of this. 60s, very low 70s. i will have more on the sierra snow in ten minutes. here's sal. steve, we're still looking at traffic getting busier by the moment. usually the peak is around 8:00. we're getting close. right now traffic is going be busy if you are driving on highway 24 westbound, 14 minutes between pleasant hill road and the tunnel. you can see a lot of the slow traffic is right here but also slow traffic in other spots as well. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza, the traffic here is backed up for 35, 40-minute delay. the average time it used to be was maybe 20, 25 minutes.
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it's been creeping up every week or so. it's a little bit longer to wait at the toll plaza. trust me. people have noticed. 6le 0 from -- 680 from 242 to walnut creek rut gear road, stop-and-go traffic there. 80 will be slow as you drive from the hercules area into richmond. we have slow traffic. 39 minutes this morning from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. now, let's go back to the desk. >> sal, thank you. we've been following breaking news for you from hayward. you heard tori. right now police are investigating a double shooting it. it happened at cooper and huntwood avenues. ktvu's brian flores is there. you are pulling together information. brian, if you can hear me, what did you find out? >> reporter: still a lot of unanswered questions. what i can say, there are several hayward police officers here this morning, again, on
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the corner of huntwood and cooper here in hayward. i count at least seven police officers, several overs as well, investigating a double shooting that happened at this house on the 200 block of cooper. it remains blocked off as police continue to investigate. police got the call shortly before 5:30 this this morning after many residents called in after they heard several shots fired. hayward police have confirmed that that are two men were shot. we don't know the circumstances behind it. we understand they were transported to a nearby hospital. we don't know the extent of their injuries. we know that the shooting took place at the house as well. but it's unclear if the men were shot inside the home or perhaps on the driveway. we're still working on piecing that together this morning. but again, two men injured this morning as well. it's also unclear whether the gunmen remain on the loose. but again, as we take it back out here live, pretty heavy investigation going on by hayward police. they've blocked off southbound traffic on huntwood and cooper as police investigate. northbound traffic, however, remains open to traffic. there is a public information officer here on scene. we're working to get together
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to gather more information and we'll pass along the information here on "mornings on 2." we're live here in hayward, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 7:34. new this morning, an out-of- control car caused quite a bit of damage in san leandro early this morning hitting two parked cars and two houses. it happened near the intersection of alvarado street and marina boulevard. alex savidge has been at the crash scene since 4:30 this morning talking to the driver and witnesses and joins us live. good morning, alex. >> reporter: well, a lot of damage out here, tori. but thankfully, nobody seriously hurt. the young man who caused this crash told me he simply dozed off as he was heading home from work. he barreled right through the front yard of this home, plowed through the picket fence and the car hit two cars parked in the driveway. there was also -- you can see some damage done to this home. some of the brick here at the
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home. this all happened after 3:00 this morning on alvarado street, just off marina boulevard. there was quite a bit of damage but the 19-year-old driver involved here walked away unhurt. his nissan sedan slammed into a toyota and a subaru parked in a driveway. both of them were totaled. those cars were pushed into the side of the house. the man intold us he woke up to a loud boom, what he thought was an earthquake. but his house thankfully didn't have any serious damage because he says the cars took the impact. >> i'm thinking if the cars weren't here, who knows? it might have been a different story. it could have been a lot worse other than i'm losing sleep now. >> reporter: the driver who caused all of this damage didn't want to show us his face. he told me he drifted off and woke up in someone's front yard trying to make sense of exactly what happened. the police sergeant told me there were no signs that teenaged driver was under the influence and therefore he was released and likely will not be
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cited for this crash. police say it simply was an accident and it's fortunate that no one was hurt. we're live in san leandro, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alex. 7:36. the house fire in oakland is under investigation this morning after people were seen running from the building. it was reported at 9:40 at davis street and prentice place near fruitvale avenue. firefighters say the two-story house was vacant but there are reports squatters were living there. no one was injured in the fire. firefighters say they have responded to other house fires in the same area where squatters were reportedly living. a weekend tragedy in the south bay. another sad sa reminder about children -- sad reminder about children and pool safety. a 1-year-old drowned sunday in the backyard spa on ant 0. nin avenue and cupertino. the firefighters performed cpr but he died.
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it's not clear how he ended up in the water. last week, a child drowned in a swimming pool in antioch. the man accused of kidnapping and killing teenager teenage sierra lamar will face the death penalty. sierra lamar's family members talked about the death penalty possibility with the santa clara county d.a.'s office. they say they know it will take a lot longer for the trial but that antolin garcia-torres should face the ultimate penalty if found guilty. >> it doesn't exactly take away the angst, you know, the waiting period. it's still difficult as a family to go through that. >> volunteers at the sierra lamar search area hope the threat of the death penalty will convince antolin garcia- torres to lead authorities to her body. >> the task force investigating the fatal shooting of 13-year-
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old andy lopez, they will go to san jose next month. the task force wants to see if san jose's independent police auditor program would be the best way to respond to any future incidents when officers use deadly force. that panel was formed shortly after a sheriff's deputy shot and killed the 13-year-old boy back in october. the sonoma county d.a. is still deciding whether to file criminal charges against the deputy who killed lopez after mistaking his fake gun for a real one. oakland will announce plans to upgrade parking meters around the city. the city will convert all 3800 of the current meters to new smart meters. the new meters will accept coins bup you can also pay with credit or debit cards as well as your phone. installation starts next week. city leaders stay parking rates, time and enforcement will not change. walmart plans to expand its digital operation staff in sunnyvale. the word's largest retailer
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already has 550 workers at an e commerce center on west california. now is lined a lease for more office space nearby along mathilda avenue. walmart will hire up to a,000 new tech workers. the company likes the location, not because so many talented engineers are available. it's close to transit, retail and restaurants. the sonoma county water agency will start to inflate a rubber dam. every spring the dam is inflated to provide drinking water to more than 600,000 people in sonoma and marin county. the drought has not changed this year's plans. the signs are posted. they warn people don't swim or fish near the area. it's expected to take until friday to fully inflate the dam which will stay up until fall. california's drought could end up costing the state's economy more than, $1.5 billion this year. a new uc davis study says it
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can also lead thousands of farm workers without a job. researchers say 6% of the farmland in the central valley could go unplanted this year because there's not enough water for the crops. california is the fifth biggest agricultural producer in the world. 7:40. a san jose family targeted by a suspected arsonist. in 20 minutes, the footage reported this morning that could be the proof investigators need to solve this case. and a stray cat hitches a ride during the morning commute. his story of survival that ended with him landing in a brand-new home. good morning. traffic is still pretty slow in many areas. the 680 commute is okay. but down the road there's a crash. i will tell you about that and the rest of the fremont-bound commute. a mix of sun and cloud. it was very cool. light drizzle, light rain mainly on the peninsula toward the south bay. there's pretty good snow up in
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the sierra and see if there's any of that that will make it here as far as rain. this tillamookmook old fashd vanilla ice cream is absolutely amazing. creammmmmy. it makes my tongue dance. me too. hey you two, stop that tillamook tongue dancing and get back to work! tillamook ice cream, tastes better because it's made better.
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happening today -- a decision on san francisco's famous lombard street could ban cars there, at least during certain days of the week. pam cook is in the newsroom with another issue. this one is pitting locals against tourists. >> yes. there are so many beautiful spots in san francisco that truly attract people from around the world. but that can be a problem for people who live in the city. this time, the debate is over lombard street. it's known as the crookedest street in the world even though technically crooked hest is not -- crookedest is not a word.
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the transportation agency will vote on a program to close the crooked part of lombard street on weekends between june 21st and july 13th and on the 4th of july. only people living there would be able to get through with a car. now, they say it can take an hour and a half to get home because of all of the people who want to drive down their street. now, this follows a similar problem surrounding san francisco's famous painted ladies in alamo square. the transportation board voted to exclude commercial buses with ten or more seats from that area. there are a number of muni stops near alamo square. locals say it's still accessible to viewers. however, tourists and people who work in the tourism business in san francisco, they are not happy. they say the restrictions will prevent many people from seeing the popular sites and maybe from coming to san francisco. reporting live in the newsroom, pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 7:45. one woman had a very unusual
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drive to work when a stray kitten darted across the freeway in oakland and then crawled into the wheel well of her car. erica says yesterday morning, she was stuck out there and in heavy traffic on westbound 580 between high street and fruitvale. that's when she saw the kitten running towards the median. it disappeared behind her car and the driver behind her said it crawled up into the wheel well. >> it was so scared. shaking. sad. horrified. >> yeah,ary cau called the -- erica called the freeway services patrol to come out and they used a tow truck to lift the back of the car. one of the workers crawled under there and found the kitten. one worker agreed to take the kitten home. >> kind of a neat thing. getting adopted so quickly. let's see if it's a neat ending for people on the commute this morning. some slow spots, sal. >> yeah, things are not as bad
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as they were yesterday. >> oh, good. >> yesterday was a bad monday. today it's a moderate day. we'll start off with a look at 280 northbound. when you look at this, you say what's moderate about it. but believe it or not, yesterday, it was worse. today it's backed up out of downtown san jose all the way up into cupertino. it's taking you a good 15 minutes to make the drive. yesterday was almost double that. this is a look at the commute now at the bay bridge toll plaza. we have a backup or a drive time, i should say, of about 40 minutes getting into san francisco. unfortunately, it sounds like this has become the new normal. very crowded traffic on the bridge. some theories people are slowing to take a look at the old bridge going away or more people are on the road. more people have jobs. everything. but something is happening for sure. we know it the we can't put our ficker on it. let's take a look at the drive from pleasant hill road to the caldecott.
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thick and crowded. 13 minutes. this is usually an eight or seven-minute drive when there's no traffic. if you are on 680 it's backed up from 242. 242 is backed up to highway 4. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. mostly cloudy skies. some sunbreaks in there. some rain especially towards fremont. we've had drizzle. redwood city, palo alto. patrick from redwood shores says nothing here. also a rainbow over sunnyvale about a half-hour ago. wonderful information. thanks to everybody on facebook, especially twitter. good pictures. really good pictures of snow up in the sierra nevada. fremont down to san jose seems to be tabic the -- seems to be taking the bulk of it. possibility of shower and thundershowers. that should show up on radar later. look at the moisture streaming around coming off the sierra. that's more towards mendocino county, andlake county and maybe the north bay, targeting areas the to rgt no.
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you can see -- to the north. i think the north first and then the east bay later. a lot of this will head towards the east bay and parts of the santa clara valley later on. it will be on the go most of the day up in the sierra and then picking up again tomorrow. look at that. if you are up there, enjoy it. there's already been a couple reports of 4 inches. the keys rain overnight turned to snow. 2 inches of snow there. about 2 to 4 covering it. even a couple of reports of thunderstorms. this low will be far enough south to start to see improving conditions. it feels fall like or early, early spring like. the rain just simply too low. that's why i can't pick it up here. otherwise i would. there's a couple of blips here. plenty stands out in the sierra. either snow. a lot of that rain has turned to snow. that will continue. then we'll watch the moisture stream. today, tomorrow, not a rip-
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roaring breeze. it will be a breezy day under partly sunny to mostly cloudy skies. we'll focus our attention as this moisture begins to stream in. keep an eye on that. areas to the west. i think it will be 4:00, 10:00 if we'll get thunderstorm activity. the low will work up in the sierra nevada. for us, today is the best opportunity. is up, cloud, light rain, drizzle -- sun, cloud, light rain. drizzle. 60s and 70s. tonight we'll see increasing clouds. a lot of 60s, 70s, these are well below average, especially for inland areas. should be closer to 70 degrees. 60s on the coast. upper 60s or very, very low 70s on the peninsula. possibility of thundershowers later tonight, afternoon i should say. maybe wednesday but more likely it's gone accept up in the sierra. thursday we start to clear it out. it looks like sunshine and warmer temperatures return for the weekend. ten minutes before 8:00.
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sprint will pay a record fine for violating the federal do not call policy. sprint says human error and technical problems kept some people off the do not call registry. sprint will pay $7.5 million for violating the rule. three years ago, sprint was hit for a $400,000 fine for similar violations. 7:51. in less than an hour from now, microsoft expected to unveil at least one new tablet. several industry analysts say microsoft will introduce a mini tablet with a 7 or 8-inch screen. there are also reports microsoft will show off another tablet with a bigger screen than the current surface pro 2. analysts are questioning the timing, though, since tablet sales have slowed down. a san mateo county that makes those video action cameras preparing to sell its stock to the public. go pro's first public filing
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hopes to raise $100 million in its initial public offering. sales grew 87% last year. revenue came in just under $1 billion. it plans to trade on the nasdaq and use the stock symbol g-pro. the cameras are often used in very extreme action photography. they are known for being small, light weight and very durable. eight minutes before 8:00. we're learning more about the man who fell to his death in the berkeley hills. >> it's a really hard thing. we were just with hill on friday. >> why friends say it was unusual for him to be there alone. i'm against bullying. but i'm getting tired of it being used as a mantra for everything. >> one mayor in hot water for what he said. the fallout about some very controversial comments. ♪
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police say a man was sitting in his car on international boulevard near 26th avenue when another car pulled up next to him and someone fired several shots. the man was pronounced -- was pronounced dead at the scene. police say 23-year-old malqesha warren was killed after a minor fepedder bender in a parking lot last november. investigators announced yesterday that michael green was arrested in florida last friday. he's now waiting for an extradition hearing to be sent back to san francisco. new developments in an fbi investigation of a major east bay real estate developer. 38-year-old iman shahid was arrested in concord. he's the president of discovery
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sales. that's the sales arm of sino construction. he's charged with 17 counts of bank fraud. he's accused of a $154 million scheme to get banks to approve loans for unqualified buyers. the scheme occurred between twix and 2008, allegedly, right at the height of the housing crisis. the fbi raided the offices in concord in connection with accusations that company executives inflated home prices. one executive pleaded guilty last year to wire fraud in exchange for her testimony in a federal case against the company. 7:56. a mother in santa rosa accused of putting her hands around the neck of a 12-year-old boy is now defending herself. >> she absolutely, adamantly denies doing anything wrong. if the evidence shows otherwise, i'm gonna fight this
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case pretty vigorously. >> 30-year-old delia garcia- bratcher admits to confronting the boy last friday. she says the boy had used racial slurs against her daughter. delia garcia-bratcher told ktvu by phone she never touched the boy but sheriff's officials say they took pictures showing red marks on the boy's neck. delia garcia-bratcher was arrested on felony child abuse and released on bail. she's scheduled to appear in court on thursday. a mayor in central california is making news for what he said about creating bully-safe zones in his city. >> i'm against bullying but i'm getting [bleep] tired of it beinged used as a mann for everything -- mantra when all people need to do is grow a pair. >> these comments came after it was asked for support for off-
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campus locations for kids to get help in dealing with bullies after school. the counselwoman quickly snapped up. >> it's hard to stand up and grow a pair when you are maybe a 10-year-old little girl. >> then maybe the other 10-year- olds that think they want to stop bullying will stand up for her. instead of a safe zone and a bunch of training. >> members of porterville gate community believe some comments were directed at him since some projects are designed with gay students in mind. 7:58. another deadly tragedy involving a teenager on bay area train tracks. coming up, you will hear from the teenager's grieving mother. it's been a frightening moment for a san jose family. their cars set on fire as they sleep and the vandals responsible are caught on camera. we'll tell you why the family thinks they are being targeted. you might want to think
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about using the san mateo bridge. it's not too bad. a little slow. but compared to what you would be facing on the bay bridge, you might want to consider it. we'll give you drive times for both straight ahead. very light drizzle or rain from fremont to san jose. but we have a better opportunity this afternoon for showers. i will show you where they are coming from. moments of certainty. when you know, you know. the all-new volvo v60 sportswagon. the s60 sedan and the xc60 crossover. test drive one today. model year end sales event. the s60 with 0.9% apr and up to $2500 in allowances.
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good morning to you. welcome back to "mornings on 2." these are live pictures. we are in san jose. you can see for yourself the damage left behind. two parked cars burned in a driveway right there on san point drive near capitol expressway. and surveillance video shows someone deliberately setting one of the cars on fire. now, ktvu's janine de la vega has been out there since 4:30 this morning, talked to the owner this morning and coming up in about two minute, she will tell you why he thinks he's being targeted. tuesday, may 20th. i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm tori campbell. a quick look at weather and traffic. so still cool outside, steve. cool, drizzle. very light rain, especially fremont to san jose. just heard from stacy. she said in los gatos, there's drizzle at the bash. i like that, stacy. thank you. sounds like an episode of the big valley or something like that. we have moisture streaming off
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the sierra where they've had snow up there and felicia gonzalez, here in hayward, it's breezy. i believe it. increasing clouds off the sierra and more showers and possible thundershowers. what we have here this morning is a failure to communicate with radar. it's just not showing up. it's very light. but again, it stretches from about fremont down to san jose. sometimes i make myself laugh. partly to mostly cloudy and then the cloud cover and the snow up in the sierra nevada. that bears watching for later on today. the low responsible for it is keeping us very cool with a lot of 50s. breezy, blustery conditions. what wraps back around has a better opportunity. fremont is on the peninsula, parts of fremont, san jose. afternoon showers, possible showers. another cool day. here's sal. good morning. we're still looking at a commute where traffic is doing very well in some areas and
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terrible in others. all right. let's start off with the east bay freeway. it's better than yesterday. about a 40-minute delay. yesterday it was 90 minutes. things are better. we're still seeing a lot of slow traffic. bay bridge toll plaza, about a 40-minute drive time. i mentioned the san mateo bridge in the last mini part. the bridge time is about 40 minutes -- i'm sorlry, about 14 minutes. i was reading my list wrong here across the span. the traffic is going to be busy. i just saw a paramedic vehicle getting on the bay bridge. we'll be watching that for you. this morning's commute is gonna be busy on 880. look at all of this slow traffic on 880. your drive time here has spiked unfortunately from 238 down to thornton avenue. 52 minutes. i don't know what's going on with bay area traffic. but it's not good. 8:03. back to the desk. thank you, sal. we are following developing
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news. these are live pictures from hayward at cooperant huntwood avenues, as police investigate a double shooting. brian flores just got new information from police minutes ago. investigators say three men were arguing in the driveway of this home when the shooting happened just before 5:30 a.m. two of the men were wounded and police say those victims knew the gunmen. brian flores is continuing to gather information on the search for that gunman still on the loose. he'll have an update coming up in 30 minutes. a san jose family is terrified and angry after someone set their cars on fire while they were shing. it happened on san point drive. it was all caught on camera. janine de la vega is there with more on why this family thinks they were targeted. good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning, tori. yes, the family is shaken up. the father says his car has now
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been vandalized three times. he doesn't know who is doing this to them. if you take a look in the driveway, you can see it's completely blackened from the flames. this is where the cars were. they've been towed away for evidence. look at the palm trees. you can see they are scorched from the fire. the family doused those trees with water so the flames wouldn't spread to the home. two vandals were caught on security cameras at around 2:15 this morning. they were crouching behind the palm trees at this home near quinnby and capitol expressway. one of them takes out a can and starts putting fluid on the acura and lights it on fire. soon after, the flames start and the car's owner, tran. the daughter heard popping noises and woke the family up. firefighters rushed to the scene and put out the fires. tran is upset and doesn't know what to think.
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>> i'm afraid. this is terrible, you know. >> reporter: what do you do know? >> what can i do? i mean, either -- you know, move or rely on the police station. >> reporter: police went door to door in the neighborhood asking people if they saw anything suspicious. besides investigating this fire, tran informed officers about two other incidents. he says the tires on his acura were slashed in april. in the beginning of may, his cameras caught a vandal walking up to his home and throwing an of pivl paint all over the -- pink paint all over the same car. he hopes this investigation leads to whoever is responsible. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. 8:6. family members and friends still mourning the tragic death of an 18-year-old girl hit and killed by an amtrak train in
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san leandro. tara moriarty is at san leandro high school. ill know you are talking to -- i know you are talking to people who knew britany silva. tara? >> reporter: that's light. you know -- that's right. you know, this is really especially hard for the senior class. apparently there was another student killed less than twoments ago. this -- two months ago. this is the second death they've had to deal with. it's hitting them pretty hard. britany's stepfather says they will be planning a candlelight vigil tonight next to the train tracks where she was killed. grief counselors are being offered today on campus. the assistant principal came out near a few minutes ago and said that pritny had a -- britany had a rough start to high school but turned things around and had been accepted to colleges and was a good student. she was heading southbound on the sidewalk toward the train tracks just before 6:00 last night talking on her cell phone when she was hit or killed.
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a witness said he yelled to warner because she wasn't responding. >> she planned to go to humboldt and after there, she wanted to go become a doctor. she was ready to graduate. she had the grades for it. she -- she just really enjoyed being here and to think that we graduate in three weeks really putting a downer on all of us. >> reporter: this public service announcement was released last month to warn people of the danger of walking near train tracks. it shows a young man wearing air bug style earphones. this is part of the national campaign. last year in california alone 76 people were killed while walking on train tracks. that's more than any other state. britany's family said she just
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started a new job at a yogurt shop in dublin and just opened up a bank account the day before. she was quite excited about that. this is a tough one all the way around. not only for her family but her classmates here at san leandro high school. we're live in san leandro, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, tara. britany silva and her family, they were part of a story about a butane explosion at a homeless camp. back on april 29th, the homemade oil lab exploded near their apartment in san leandro. a woman burned in the explosion actually burst into their home and home and jumped into their bathtub. three people were hurt in the explosion. college students in the south bay scrambling this morning trying to figure out what to do after their school suddenly closed. yesterday, santa clara county sheriff's deputy slapped bryman college in san jose with an eviction order. students were told back up their things and leave.
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no further explanation. no advice on what is next. >> do i transfer my credits to a different school? do i wait to figure out if the school -- if they are gonna pay their rent and i can come back here? i have no idea what i'm gonna do. >> this student was hoping to become a medical assistant. she's paid $16,000 in tuition. bryman offers courses in medical college. the other campuses in the bay area, they remain open. 8:10. oakland police are trying to get more young people to consider working for the department. sean whent signed an affiliation agreement yesterday with the peralta community district. it links merit college and the police department. officers will be able to interact with students and offer support for a possible police career. mayor jean quan hopes the program attracts more people who live in oakland. >> our last class had about 16% to our oakland residents. i would like to get up to 50%
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of the candidates. programs like this will give us a steady, we hope slow of young people interested in the police department. mayor quan says the city will be hiring another 60 others. she says signing up for a summer internship can help give teenagers a good idea what the job is like. >> the 49ers trying to ease some growing concerns about traffic and parking at the new levi stadium in santa clara. last night, the team held this community meeting in santa clara. tozs of people who live near the new home of the 49ers. a lot of people say sundaying just won't be the same in their neighborhood. 68,000 fans making their way past their homes. we go to church on sunday mornings are they gonna let us back in the area. do we have to fight the traffic coming in. traffic engineers who do this for a living understand that traffic flow and traffic counts. we put a lot of time and effort
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and trust in those individuals. >> the 49ers are setting up 50 live feeds to keep an eye on the cars heading in and out of the stadium. the 49ers say they are working very closely with santa clara police to make sure there's plenty of security on game days. 8:12. a driver causes a lot of damage in san leandro. >> i realize now i crashed in the yard. >> how the man ended up driving into a fence and two parked cars and a house. he asked me a question. he goes, you know who quinten tarantino is? >> a hollywood connection to a crime. the scam that cost one bay area man thousands of dollars. right now we're still looking at slow traffic all over the place including in san jose and santa clara. we'll tell you what it is like to get through the valley straight ahead. had some light rain, drizzle. not a lot of it. peninsula, south bay. still kind of cool.
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50s on the temperatures. maybe more rain coming off the sierra today, i will show you that.
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8:15. happening now -- the city of moore, oklahoma is holding a remembrance ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the deadly tornado that killed 24 people. you can see these live pictures right now as some officials are moving toward the center part. it looks like they will ring a bell to honor those killed. hundreds of homes and businesses were destroyed.
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the tornado was on the ground for 40 minutes. the damage was 17 miles lodge, more than a mile -- long, more than a mile wide. it was an ef-5. the most destructive tornado on the scale. [bell tolling]
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>> sounded like 24 rings of the bell there. one for each person who died, including nine children. the governor today will also break ground on a new medical center which was destroyed in last year's storm. the friend of a man who fell to his death in the berkeley hills says they really don't know why he was there. 22-year-old lorenzo baltazar trujillo died after falling from a rock at grizzly peak boulevard. friends say he had been to the area often but always took pictures from the parking area and had no interests in hiking or exploring. as for the rock he fell from, they say they are shocked he attempted to climb it. >> if he gets out of the car, he will take pictures. but it's rare he gets out of the car. >> reporter: so going over the edge to hike down -- >> he with not do that. >> they say the fall is more than 100 feet. his poddy was found at -- body was found at the base near a
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hiker. uc police would like to hear from anybody who saw him before he fell. 8:17. here is a warning if you plan to buy a car in the bay area. police say a certain kind of theft is getting more sophisticated and you could become the next victim. investigators say thieves are cutting the vin number, the vehicles identification number, off stolen cars, and replacing it with a printed vin number from another stolen car. authorities say it's happening all of the time. in one case, a san leandro man recently found out a classic malibu he bought more than ten years ago, it was actually stolen from movie director quintin tarantino. >> i'm just thinking i'm flabbergasted. how could this happen to me. >> he's out all of the money and time he put in the car. he's one example of people this happens to all of the time. >> 12 years ago after he got the car from a private seller, he got a call from police saying they needed to inspect
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his car. the real vin number on the chevy is the car stolen from quintin tarantino. it was a car that john vau volta's -- travolta's character drove in pulp fiction and he had to give the car back. steve kerr, he will be officially introduced today. the team will hold a news conference at noontime at the front offices in oakland. the warriors announced a deal had been finalized with steve kerr worth $25 million over five years. steve kerr is a five-time nba champion. right now, he's a tv analyst but he has no head coaching experience. happening today, nfl owners will vote on which city gets to host the 2018 super bowl. new orleans, indianapolis and mip an police are the three city -- minneapolis are the three in the upping. houston hosts it in 2017.
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the 2016 super bowl takes place at the 49ers new levi stadium. 8:20. hey, sal, everybody behaving on the east shore and every place else. >> it's better than it was. we still have significant delay times on 80 westbound between crockett, the carquinez bridge and the macarthur maze. just under 40 minutes here which is somewhat normal for this time of the morning when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza, your drive time there is reaching to 40 minutes now westbound as you come up to the toll plaza of the bay bridge. i think we have that. you can see it's pretty crowded, especially on 880 as you drive through. just guesting word of a new crash and they've issued a sig- alert already. westbound 92 just before the san mateo bridge. remember what i said about the san mateo bridge being a decent alternate. scratch that. it's not any longer with that crash there. watch out for this crash just before the san mateo bridge toll plaza and by the way, there's also slow traffic
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heading south on 880 getting there. the east bay commute has been particularly bad. let's go to -- 8:20. back to steve. thank you, sal. partly cloudy, partly sunny. light rain, santa cruz mountains, peninsula and the south bay, fremont to san jose. we'll show you that in a second. clouds will be on the increase later on today. mostly cloudy, partly sunny. cool, some light rain will give way. afternoon clouds will be on the increase. more clouds possibility of showers, thundershowers, rotating off the sierra nevada. this system will head to nevada and head towards southern california next 48 hours. best opportunity for any shower activity will be today. you can see the moisture wrapping back around. that's what we're keeping an eye on first. our cloud and rain forecast keeps it very active up in the sierra. there's been some good reports of snow, 2 to 4 inches there. some of this moisture will continue to take aim towards
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mendocino county. i think lake county, napa, solano and santa clara later. the farther east better than west. if you are going to get any shower activity, it would be tonight. now, again tomorrow will still be good in the sierra. watch how things pop up again. most of the moisture will be more towards central california than over us. by thursday, the low will be in southern california. there's some of the rain going by there. earlier today, light drizzle, palo alto, loss los altos, sunnyvale, light rain, it cupertino, down to san jose. it looks like it zipped on out of the picture pretty quick over the santa cruz mountains towards scotts valley. a lot of it looks like it's falling apart. up in the sierra nevada, you can see some of that snow continuing. it's been pretty good. looks like it's decreasing in coverage a little bit. 50s on the temperatures. it will be a cool day. this moisture will stream off and give us increasing clouds. 53 ukiah. they were 48 this morning.
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temperatures will continue to be on the cool side. a mix of sun and clouds in the morning. increasing clouds. light rain looks like it's ending. afternoon showers, definitely popping up later here. 60s and 70s. a very cool day here. walnut creek at 70. alameda, 67. livermore only 70. 70 in san jose. saratoga, scleaur and also in palo alto and mountain view with 60s in the cities. tomorrow, breezy. partly sunny, partly cloudy. then we clear it out by thursday. a lot more sunshine and warmer temperatures. >> thank you, steve. one of san francisco's biggest tourist attractions may end up being closed for part of summer. the reason visitors may be restricted from driving down the curby part of lombard street. uber accused of discrimination. the group that says uber's drivers won't pick them up. how the company is responding to these allegations.
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uber is being accused of discriminating against blind passengers with service dogs. jonathan lyens says more than once he's been refused service after uber drivers refused to pick up him including his dog. >> uber and other public transportation providers are reyeared to provide equal
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access to people with disinters -- disabilities. >> it takes somebody to stand up and say this is wrong. if nobody else will, i will. >> uber said, they will deactivate driver partners from the uber platform who refuse to transport a rider with a service animal. 8:27. a story from alaska. this sounds like something out of a big screen movie. imagine going out for a run, turning a corner and then coming face to face with a mother bear protecting her cubs. it happened to a military wife at a base in anchorage. she doesn't want her face to be shown but she says the bear attacked her and left her bleeding. he she had to walk almost two miles along a hilly trail before she was ablg to find -- able to find help. very busy part of a bay area freeway is due to be shut down over the weekend. we'll tell you where and the important safety measures being
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put into place on interstate 280 in san francisco. >> reporter: and a lot of damage on this street in san leandro this morning after a car veers off the road and slams into houses and parked cars. we'll tell you why the driver says he lost control. as you look at the eastshore freeway, you can see traffic is going to be a little bit busy here. but it's not as bad as yesterday. it's only taking 40 minutes. coming up, we'll take a look at some of the south bay commute, which is very busy. a little bit of sun mixed in with clouds and light rain this morning. drizzle, light rain from the peninsula to the south bay. is it done yet? no. there might be more wrapping around the sierra. we'll have that coming up. ã
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well, good morning to you. we're live in hayward. we're following developing news. two men were shot this morning and a gunman is still on the loose right now. ktvu's brian flores was the first reporter there on the scene. bribe just talked to police and -- brian just talked to police and neighbors in the area the area. he will join us live in minutes. stay tuned for that. tuesday, may 20th. i'm dave clark. let's check your weather and traffic. steve is over there. >> thank you, dave. appreciate all of the information, be it facebook or twitter. great information. most of the rain has let up. now we'll focus our attention what's wrapping around the sierra nevada where there's been pretty good snow and showers. breezy, cool, partly cloudy, increasing clouds coming in from the east off the sierra and possible showers and thundershowers by later this
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afternoon into tonight. you can see some of that light rain that made it on the peninsula. light rain, sunnyvale had a nice viewer picture of mike from sunnyvale to rainbow there. could be another rainbow day. some of that light rain from fremont down to san jose. most of it looks like it's ended also in the santa cruz mountains. it looks like things are dying on down a little bit. up in the sierra, been pretty good snow and some of this will continue to head back towards us. 50s on the temps. even with the sun, it won't be very warm. we'll see increasing clouds. you can see the clouds increasing in the north bay and east bay. a mix of sun and clouds. light rain, drizzle looks like it's about done. maybe some afternoon showers or thundershowers. that would be the best bet for today. 60s or low 70s. here's sal. we still have a bunch of slow traffic everywhere. i want to mention caltrain delays. we had a couple of delays. if you take caltrain, check in the with the website or the app. a lot of trains are crowded because of the delays or issues. if you are a caltrain rider,
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check in with them. let's take a look at the traffic on 280 northbound and southbound. it's been pretty heavy and slow getting up in the west valley. i want to show you the map of the south bay. you will see the traffic is slow not only on 280 but 85 and 101. there isn't a clear alternative that i can point you to. some of the roads have been pretty slow. i want to show you some traffic times. highway 24 is not bad. but 880 and 580 are very slow. let's go back to the desk. >> all right, sal. we're getting new information right now about a double shooting just before 5:30 this morning at cooper and huntwood in hayward.
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brian flores was the first reporter there. he's joining us now. you have the latest on what may have led up to those sheetings. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. police say they will be here for a few more hours as they gather evidence to this double shooting that happened before 5:30 this morning at the home behind me on the 200 block of cooper. i just spoke with the hayward police sergeant moments ago. he said three people were arguing on the driveway in front of the home around 5:30. that argument apparently escalated and one of the people in the group pulled out a gun and opened fire hitting two men. hayward police say one of the victims was shot multiple times. i spoke with one person who lives next door. he heard ten gunshots this morning. when pd arrived, both victims were taken to a nearby hospital. it remains unclear this morning, their conditions. we understand they were conscious and speaking with first responders when they left the scene. as for the gunman, police are trying to nail down who it is exactly, trying to get that information from the victims. when i spoke with hayward pd, it's believed that the gunman likely knew the two men shot. that gunman remains on the loose this morning. again, as we take it back out
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here live, police have blocked off the southbound lanes. it appears that they just reopened the lanes. both lanes on huntwood remain open this morning. police also tell me that this is not the only time they've responded to the house. they say this remains an active residence for the hayward pd. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. an out-of-control car caused quite a bit of damage, hitting two parked cars and two houses. alex savidge is live with more. >> reporter: good morning to you. it sounds as those drowsy driving may be to blame. the young man behind the wheel of this car told me he simply dozed off while heading home from work early this morning. his car drifted off the road and you can see the path it took right through the front yard of this home. it plowed through this white picket fence went through the
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yard and then slammed into two parked cars parked in this driveway. you can see there was also some damage done to this home next door. this crash happened after 3:00 this morning. this is on alvarado street near marina boulevard. while there was quite a bit of damage, the 19-year-old driver walked away from this crash unhurt. his nissan sedan slammed into a toyota and a subaru that were parked in the driveway. both cars were totaled. the cars were pushed into the side of the house next door and the man inside told me he woke up to a loud boom. he thought it was an earthquake initially. now, the driver didn't want to be identified but he told me what he learned from this accident. >> stay awake. not get relaxed in my car when i'm tired. >> i feel thankful for no one being hurt. >> reporter: now, police sergeant told me there were no signs that the driver was under the influence. he was released and likely
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won't be cited. they say it was simply an accident. it's very fortunate nobody was hurt. a lot of cleanup, though, for a couple of homeowners to do in san leandro. live this morning in san leandro, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:36 an oakland house fire under investigation after several people were seen running from the building. it was reported last night at 9:40 at davis street and prentice place near fruitvale avenue. firefighters say this two-story house was vacant. there are reports that squatters were living there. no one was hurt. firefighters say they responded to other house fires in that same area where squatters reportedly were living. the man accused of kidnapping and killing sierra lamar will face the death penalty. antolin garcia-torres pleaded not guilty in february. sierra lamar was 15 when she went missing more than two years ago. sierra's family talked about the death penalty with the santa clara county d.a.'s office. they say they know it will take
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a lot longer for the trial but that antolin garcia-torres should face the ultimate penalty. >> it doesn't exactly take away the angst, you know, the waiting period. it's still difficult as a family to go through that. >> the volunteers at the sierra lamar search center hope the threat of the death penalty will convince antolin garcia- torres to lead authorities to her body. 8:38. the sonoma county task force looking into the fatal shooting of 13-year-old andy lopez will travel to san jose next month. the task force wants to see if san jose's independent police auditor program will be the best way to respond to future incidents. when officers use deadly force. the panel was formed shortly after a sheriff's deputy shot and killed the 13-year-old boy in october. the sonoma county district attorney is still deciding whether to file criminal charges against the deputy who killed lopez after mistaking his pellet gun for a real assault rifle. 8:38. today, oakland will announce
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plans to upgrade parking meters all over the city. the city will convert all 3800 of the current meters to new smart meet es. the new meters will stick take doins but you can -- coins but you can pay with credit and debit cards and do it by phone. the installation starts next week. the parking rates, the times and the enforcement, that will not change. caltrans is making fival prepare tions -- preach brakeses for the busy closure of 280 in -- preparations for the busy closure of 280. the king street onram to the pennsylvania street offramp will be closed starting 9:00 thursday night. it's not rescheduled to open until 5:00 a.m. tuesday morning. caltrans has put up signs on freeways all across the bay area alerting drivers to the memorial day weekend closure. crews will be shutting down the freeway to replace a hinge in the highway which allows the
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road to absorb movement in the event of an earthquake. >> the hinge is in the structure. so we have to demolish the roadway structure to get access to those hinges. >> the northbound lanes of 280 will remain open during this memorial day weekend but they will be closed during both the 4th of july weekend and the labor day holiday weekend during the next phases of this project. you can get more information on this weekend's freeway closure by going to our channel 2 website at ktvu.com. we posted a link where you can get more information about the project and also detours. all right, tori. 8:40. all right. she was turned down for a prom date and is proud of it. the reason the vice president of the united states turned down her invitation and what he did to try to make up for it. vandals are caught on camera this morning setting a car on fire in a san jose neighborhood. we spoke to the victim. we'll tell you why he thiferls
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he's being target -- thinks he's being targeted. we're looking at traffic getting busier by the moment. 880 is getting into the act with a little bit of slowing past the coliseum. we'll tell you where the slowest commutes are. a morning of of a couple of rainbows from sunnyvale to campbell. maybe more later today. could be. moisture coming off the sierra might give us more rain. we'll take a closer look at it coming up. [ grunts ] what? you expect me to stay up there all day? [ car alarm chirps ] [ humming ] just like you, i love everything the golden state of california has to offer. so i stay golden by managing my energy use. energy upgrade california taught me how.
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let's bring you up to date on some of the top stories -- grief counselors will be at san leandro high school today after an 18-year-old girl was hit and killed by a train. britany silva was walking on the tracks at his pearian boulevard and springlake drive. witnesses say she was talking on her phone and did not see or hear the train family. she dreamed of becoming a drunk driver and was looking forward to graduating high school in just three weeks. police say two people were wounded in an early-morning shooting in hayward. it happened about 5:30 this morning at the corner of cooper and huntwood. investigators say the gunfire followed an argument that got out of hand. both those victims are in the hospital now. the gunman is still on the
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loose. and a san jose family searching for answers right now after someone set their cars on fire right in the driveway in front of their home. ktvu's janine de la vega live in san jose with more on that overnight fire and all of this was caught on video, janine. >> reporter: yes, it was. it's pretty blatant once you take a look at it. the man who lives at this home is upset. he's emotional. he knows he's being targeted. he wants all of this stop. you can see his driveway has soot in it. up above there you see the palm trees that were score offed. again, all of this was caught on security camera when the flames broke out here. it's cloer it was a very -- clear it was a very blatant act by the vandals. it happen the at his home on sandpoint drive. you can see two people near the palm trees. one of them takes out a can and then flames start.
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then the car's owner vince tran's daughter said she heard popping noises and woke the family out. we -- by then the fire spread to the other vehicle. firefighters were called to put on the the fire. tran is afraid -- to put out the fire. tran a frad -- is afraid. this is the third time this has happened to him. >> this is the third incident. that means this person is very hateful. >> reporter: what are you thinking as you are watching this? >> terrible. i mean, this is heartbreaking. and, you know, i hope they catch the by that did this. >> reporter: police are investigating the fire and two more incidents this family has endured. in mid-april, the tires of his vehicle were slashed. in the beginning of his may his security camera caught a vandal walking up to the home and throwing a gallon of pink paint all over the same car.
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he doesn't know why this is happening. he says back in december someone tried to break into his home. that's why they got the cameras and installed an alarm. again, police went door to door last night questioning neighbor is. we know -- neighbors. we know that investigators are supposed to be back here in the morning. they will look at the video and talk to people out here to try to get to the bottom of this. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. it's another issue that's pitting locals against tourists in san francisco. pam cook is in the newsroom now to explain why a car ban on the crooked part of lombard street is being considered today. good morning, pam. >> reporter: good morning. first the painted ladies of alamo square, now lombard street. locals are pushing for restrictions on their world- famous street. if you have driven down the crooked part of lombard street, you know it's usually a very long wait to do so. well, imagine for the people who live there, it can be longer and more frustrating. some say it can take them an hour and a half to get through
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the traffic near their home. today, san francisco's municipal transportation agency will vote on an experimental program to close the crooked part of lombard street on weekends between june 21st and july 13th and on the 4th of july. only people living there would be able to get through with the car. now, this is similar to the complaints living near alamo square, near the row of homes knownance the painted ladies. after years of arguments, the transportation board voted to exclude commercial buses with ten or more seats from that area. that started this year but tour buses have been spotted breaking the rules as they tried to make their customers happy. now, people who work in the tourism business in san francisco, they want visitors to be able as well. they say the restrictions in 57 around all of our famous bu -- in and around all of our famous beauty spots will keep the tourists away.
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pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:48. sal is coming back. you are taking care of the commute in the other parts of the area. >> it's been pretty slow all over the place. a lot of people are talking about the new normal. unfortunately, sometimes that means that the eastshore freeway, which is, you know -- yesterday, it was 90 minutes. people are happy to see the new normal only 40 minutes. what? only 40 minutes. i will take it. yesterday was so terrible. getting down to the bay bridge toll plaza, that's about 35, 40 minutes getting into san francisco. i think we have a picture of the toll plaza somewhere to show you. it's getting a little better. we see signs of it loosening up. 880 is solid all the way down to fremont. it's one line. this is taking more than an hour to drive that stretch of road. 580 is clearing up in dublin.
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let's go to steve. a little mix of sun and clouds. we had very light rain this morning. maybe more coming off the sierra nevada. rosemary on twitter sent me a picture of her cat pudding watching the weather not enjoying the rain. i do my best. i promise this afternoon it might be better. where was that rain? on part, of the peninsula, south bay and santa cruz mountains. it zipped out quick. it looks like things have calmed down. 2 to 5 inches. things are calming down but i expect them to pick up later. some of that cloud cover is screaming up the sierra. finally some 60s. it took a while to get there. they are soft 60s. a lot of 50s. we had a few 40s. it's cool. not too breezy. watch how some of the cloud cover is streaming toward the north and east. some of that is definitely playing in the mix for later this afternoon. partly sunny, partly cloudy. light rain, drizzle is about
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over. afternoon showers, possible thundershowers. today will be the best way if we'll see any. i think by tomorrow most of that will be in the sierra or too far east and south of it. 60s, and 70s. the temperatures inland are below average. most should be around 78 degrees. last week was above. this week is below. we will see sunshine and some warmer temperatures, especially as we head towards thursday. the low will be in southern california. still breezy but warmer weather and more sunshine by the weekend. >> thank you, steve. nine minutes before 9:00. fallout over comments from a central california mayor. >> i'm against bullying but i'm getting [bleep] of it being used as a mantra for everything. >> what he said children should do if confronted by a bully.
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michael jace best known as the police officer on "the shield" has been arrested and charged in the shooting death of his wife. jace was handcuffed last night outside his los angeles home. police say they responded to a domestic violence incident after neighbors said they heard gunshots. jace and his wife who were married for nine years had two young sons. police believe two children were at the home during the shooting are in protective custody. the nba has started the process of taking control of the los angeles clippers from owner donald sterling. sterling has been charged with damaging the league with his racist comments against african- americans. he has until next tuesday to
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respond. the hear something set for june 3rd when team owners will vote to decide the future of sterling's ownership of the clippers. sterling's lawyer has asked for a three-month delay on the hearing but sources say that request is expected to be denied. a mayor in central california is making news for what he said about creating bully-safe zones in his city. >> i'm against bullying but i'm getting [bleep] tired of it being used as a mantra for everything, when -- when all most people have to do is grow a pair. >> porterville mayor's comments came after a city councilwoman asked the city to support off campus locations to get help for dealing with bullies after school. the councilwoman snapped back. >> it's hard to stand up and grow a pair when you are maybe
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a 10-year-old little girl. >> then maybe the other 10-year- olds who think about bullying will stand up for her instead of a safe zone with a placard. >> members of the gay community believe some of the mayor's comments were directed at them since some projects are designed with gay students in mind. community members will meet tonight. this morning a none ket kit -- a none ket kit high school -- connecticut high school student is bragging about being turned down for a date from the president obama with joe biden. she was shocked when a special delivery arrived. >> i thought it was a practical joke. the guy gave me a foresauge and said -- the guy gave me a
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corsage and said the secret service said to bring it to me. >> biden said he hoped she enjoyed the prom as much as he enjoyed his prom. she's invited to the white house today. three viewers will win tickets to win tickets to lionel richie and green. the tickets are good for sunday, june 1st at the concord pavilion. to enter go to ktvu.com before midnight tonight and enter the secret word "hello" which i believe is another one of his songs. >> a lie nil richie -- lionel richie hit song. let's check in with sal about the toll plaza. >> bay bridge toll plaza, 25 to 30-minute delay. if you are driving on 880, northbound and southbound, it's slow. to end the traffic report we'll talk about 880 from oakland to
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hayward. look at this arrow, nifty arrowheaded down to tennyson. let's go to steve. we had drizzle, light rain, fremont, san jose, a little bit in the santa cruz mountains. partly sunny, partly cloudy, then possibility of showers, thundershowers later this afternoon into tonight. rest of the week books better -- looks better. >> that's our report for this morning. thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. >> thanks for watching. have a good day.
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