>> reporter: 50,000 pounds of bananas and exotic melons spill out of an overturned big rig creating a traffic headache. we'll tell you how long the mess on 580 westbound is expected to last. breaking news, downed power lines have shut down a busy south bay highway in both directions. newschopper2 is showing us live pictures of the scene and ktvu's janine de la vega has just arrived. we'll have a live report. a tragic weekend at a popular bay area recreation spot. the investigation into two

deaths along the russian river. a deadly day at a popular southern california tourist attraction. the chaos after lightning hit venice beach. "mornings on 2" starts now. newschopper2, live over breaking news in the south bay. downed power lines have shut down both directions of 85 at homestead road in sunnyvale. you can traffic there at a standstill. looks like it's trying to creep forward a little bit. it's causing a major backup in the heart of the morning commute. you see an empty -- you don't see an empty freeway like that often. we have a crew on the scene. sal will have more. good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> what a way to start off monday. i'm dave clark. steve, the weather is making news, too. >> it will be. no doubt about it.

another round of tropical clouds. we have low clouds. some areas have the stun. we're kind of in between. the tropical clouds definitely starting to move into the santa clara valley. they are still mainly in central california. low clouds. mostly sunny inland for a while and then the high clouds continue to move in. these are two. another possibility of thundershowers. the programmy terse for severe weather don't look like they did last week with the lightning show off the coast. right now the cloud cover is lifting a little bit more towards the east more than the north. there's enough that the peninsula, south bay and east bay will be dealing with high clouds. mostly sunny for the north bay. 60s on the temperatures. another mild start for many mere. the clouds are on their way. they are moving in. for most of california, they are dealing with a lot of clouds. our share is on its way. a lot of clouds. some sun. 90s in the interior. 60s, 70s and 80s. here's sal. we have a big problem in

san jose/sunnyvale area. this is a freeway that's closed. 85. let's go right to newschopper2. it's shut down in both directions right near highway 280. power lines have come down. it was reported as a power pole on fire. the lines came down. you can see traffic on 85 is going to be very slow in the area. both directions, you want to avoid 85. 280 is okay. but you don't have any access to 85 from 280 in cupertino. i just want to point out on the maps here, alternate routes. just want to let you know that -- again 280 you can get in the area. but you don't have any access to highway 85. probably the best route for you to do if you are coming from the peninsula, avoid 885 altogether and use the expressway. we're about to have a live report from the scene coming up in just a moment. i do want to mention that we have another problem on 580 westbound, obviously we've been talking about it all morning.

a truck flipped over carrying several thousand pounds of bananas and 580 is a huge mess. this is having major implications for 205 and all of the traffic coming in over the altamont pass. the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic is backed up for a moderate delay. backing up to the breaking news in the south bay, downed power lines have shut down a busy highway in both directions. janine de la vega has just arrived on the scene in sunnyvale. janine? >> reporter: we're here on southbound lanes of 85. it's a mess out here. you can see this southbound traffic here is completely backed up for miles. they are going at a slow pace. i want to show you what the chp is doing here in sunnyvale. what they are doing is actually turning the cars around in the opposite direction.

this is the homestead exit. they shouldn't be going this way because this is the wrong direction. they are sending them back up cloever leaf to get -- cloverleaf to get them on the freeway. this is the power line that's down. this is a view from our chopper, where you can see this traffic nightmare here in the middle of the morning commute. northbound 85 is completely shut down. so is southbound 85 as i just showed you this traffic diversion. this is all due to a fire that occurred in the area. we hear that a power pole caught fire. i'm not sure if you can see that from your shot. my cameraman here on the ground, we can actually see it from where we're standing. you can see the bottom of that power pole is completely blackened. we did see some firefighters there on the overpass, not sure where they went. if you look underneath the overpass. you can see the wire that's hanging across the lanes of

traffic. i do spot the fire engine back in the distance. at this point, the last i was told was those are live wires. so a potentially dangerous situation, which is why they are trying to get all of the traffic off the freeway. we're told that a spokesman from the chp is on his way to tell us more. but again, all of 85 northbound and southbound traffic is closed from 280 to the fremont exit because of these downed power lines. we will stay on top of this situation and let you know how it goes as the morning goes on. at this point, we don't have an estimated time of when the freeway is gonna open up. reporting live from sunnyvale, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. a story we'll stay on top of throughout the morning here. thank you. also we're following developing news in livermore where produce has spilled over part of westbound 580. ktvu's tara moriarty is live with more on what caused the crash and the huge backup that

it has created. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. crews are taking boxes of bananas as well as exit melons. they are sort of sliding them down the hill on the flatbed truck which is located in the eastbound side of the freeway. and they've already taken out most of the bananas. they saw less than half of this -- they still have less than half of this truck to unload. definitely haveaways to go. the driver veered off greenville before 2:00 a.m. and flipped. the trailer spilled the fruit. the chain reaction happened when a pickup driver fell asleep at the wheel and hit a dump truck. >> the driver exited the vehicle when the big rig here carrying -- when we're

estimating 50,000 pounds of produce, collided with that truck, knocked it in the fast lane and the big rig struck the guardrail and went over. >> reporter: the chp says the pickup truck driver could have been killed if he had stayed in his vehicle. it's a good thing he got out. let's take a look at aerials. this backup has gotten worse. it now extends all the way into tracy to north mckaur there drive. the highway patrol estimates that it will take crews until 8:00 this morning at least to get all of this cleaned up. we actually think it may take longer than that because they still have to upright the rig. if you need to take 580 westbound across the altamont pass, definitely give yourself extra time because as you can see, there are actually -- one of these lanes just reopened. now there's three lanes. hopefully, this will help the situation. one lane closed at the moment.

live from livermore, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 7:08. it's been a tragic weekend along the russian river. the snea ma county -- sonoma county sheriff's office reports two people drowned the accident. a teenaged boy drowned yesterday. investigators say the teen vanished after leaving a campground resort just east of the highway 116 bridge. his disappearance then led to a desperate search. >> we put the underwater camera and searched for an hour and a half and found the young man 30 feet from the shore in about eight, ten feet of water. >> on saturday, a man drowned after his kayak capsized near the camp ground. authorities have not yet released the names of the two drowning victims. 7:09. the investigation goes on into a deadly lightning strike in los angeles that killed one man and injured several others on venice beach. it happened yesterday afternoon. both in the water and on the

beach. a young surfer was killed. the l.a. fire department says the injured were either in or near the water. there are conflicting reports about how many people were hurt but it may be as many as 13. one of those victims reportedly is in critical condition. many people on the beach say after that lightning strike, there was chaos. >> people that were just frightened for their lives. i mean, people running, people looking up in the air. it's scary. it was an incredibly loud flash. the thunder hit at the same time. >> the coroner said the maen who died was a 20-year-old surfer. witnesses say he was first reported missing after the lightning strike and was pulled from the water about an hour later. the national weather service is warning people who hear thunderstorms stay inside. in just two hours, city leaders in san bruno are expected to make a major announcement. it involves the deadly pipeline explosion and fire in san bruno

four years ago. the city leaders say they've uncovered documents that expose possible illegal conduct by both the state, puc and pg&e in the investigation into that disaster. congresswoman jackie speier and jerry hill will join san bruno city leaders for this morning's 9:00 news conference. the uc berkeley police department cracking down on homeless people who have been living on the campus. the university police department said there have been 75 incidents between july 1st and last wednesday of the homeless living on campus property. during the same time last year, there were only 22 reports. a lawyer who represents many of the homeless people who have been cited said university police are also enforcing curfew rules. change is coming to one of san francisco's most dangerous intersections. coming up at 7:30, the long- awaited safety future going online today.

plus -- a bench-clearing brawl at a minor league baseball game. the fitch that started it -- the pitch that started it and how one of those players is being punished. newschopper2 looking at a huge backup in san jose leading up to the closure of a major freeway because of power lines. that's 85 northbound being forced off the freeway because of downed power lines. southbound 85 is also closed. we'll tell you more about this and some other major problems for this morning. i know how much all of you love these muggy, humid conditions. another round is coming impacted by high cloud. they are on their way in. we'll tell a look when we come back.

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welcome back. in eastern ukraine this morning an international police team hoping to get to the crash sign

of the malaysian plane was turned back because of fighting in a nearby town. this is the second time the team tried to get to the site where flight 17 crashed after being shot down. that area is controlled by pro- russian rebels. the investigators want to secure the area to investigate the cause of the crash and also recover any remaining bodies. the team says the constant gunfire and the shelling forced them to turn back. in the meantime, the u.s. state department is releasing new pictures from ukraine and says they show russian troops firing at ukraine from across the border. the u.s. says this is very strong evidence that allegations of direct russian involvement are correct. now, over the weekend, 13 people, including two children, were killed. the u.s. believes a russian missile brought down malaysian flight 17. happening today -- the heads of the senate and house committees on veterans affairs

will announce details on how to improve healthcare for military veterans. the plan is expected to authorize billions in emergency spending to lease 27 new clinics hire more doctors and nurses and make it easier for some veterans to get outside care. the v.a. has been criticized for making veterans wait a long time to get appointments and for falsifying records that have hidden those long delays. the deal will still need approval from the full house and senate. two bay area fathers delivered interest own sons on highway -- their own sons on highway 101 recently of the first delivery took place on friday as hanna and his wife naomi were headed to kaiser hospital in san francisco. hanna pulled over on the split between northbound 101 and i-80 just in the nick of time. >> she pushed, he popped out and landed in my hands in the middle of the freeway inside the car. >> as soon as i seen him in my

husband's arms and he put him in my arms and kept crying, that's all i wanted to hear, was him crying. >> the couple continued to the hospital to make sure their baby was okay and they named him way-way, a nod to his freeway. another man delivered his baby on the freeway with the help of a 911 dispatcher. a player is in hot water after inciting a minor league baseball brawl. this ended up in the netting behind home plate. it was started by the short stop. after the pitcher threw a pitch at him and later struck him out. now, nine of the players from

both teams and and the manager was ejected. after the game, the dodgers reassigned that infielder to their single-a team. 7:17. and big development on that freeway closure in the south bay. it's been a busy morning for you, sal. >> that's right. we're looking at live pictures from newschopper2 and just about a minute and a half ago, southbound 85 reopened. you can see this is southbound 85 moving through the scene. some of these cars were stuck there for the last half-hour. just kind of sitting there. they were between exits. they are moving through. but northbound 85 is still closed. that's because of a power line that came down after a power pole burned up and those lines came down. somehow the power -- well, it was up in flames. i saw firefighters on the yoef pass getting the lines out of the way just enough so that 85 traffic southbound can go through. in the next few minutes, things

will improve on 85 coming from 101. unfortunately, northbound 85 on the left, kind of at the bottom of your screen is still closed. maybe they have de-energized the power lines. pg&e may have taken the lines out of service and de-energized them and that's the hope to see things improve. janine de la vega is on the ground. she will let us know. i see cars moving through. getting close. i can see janine's crew down there as well. you can use 280. you just can't get off on 85. have to keep going or you can use another exit. 85 southbound just reopened. you can wait for that backup to go away. 580 still a mess of an overturned truck. quickly to the bay bridge toll

plaza, it's backed up for 25 minutes to san francisco. let's go to steve. a lot of cloud cover. mainly low clouds. some areas of sun. but the higher clouds are moving in. just tweeted out a webcam from the meteorology department showing it's mostly cloudy. the clouds are -- i mean, they are -- they want to move a little bit to the east and north but they are definitely on their way. we'll have some morning sun and then the clouds increase and the humidity is making many of you cranky. [laughter] >> the e-mails and tweets are pretty funny. i know. you can't cool off the house for crying out loud. the low clouds and ocean temperatures are cool. 59 san francisco. 60. 72. that's above average. no doubt about it. the record, not that warm. 84, 1954. 48 the low back when there were more wooden buildings and cement. a little bit of rain, shower activity. a lot of cloud cover.

not much in the way of rain. there's been some around bradley, san miguel moving north towards king city. some of that may play into the south bay around noon. 60s on the temperatures or 50s. they are held up again. some of the higher elevations. 58 gilroy, 63 san jose. 65 los gate los gatos. some of the clouds visiting monterey. some of that has been very active in southern california. the -- it's not as active for thunderstorms for us here. it looks like more clouds than anyone else. but we'll mention the possibility, it will definitely get muggy. north bay should have sun before the clouds move in.

kind of a humid afternoon. very unusual july pattern for us. i know. believe me. but we've picked up .08 on the rain for san francisco. tying us for the fifth wettest july ever. a wet july does not mean a wet, rainy season. low, high clouds, light rain, 80s, 90s inland. 60s, 70s, 80s closer to the bay. the tropical clouds will be with us through wednesday. and a stuck pattern as we go into the weekend. >> all right. 7:22. the san jose earthquakes took the field for the last game ever at candle still park. coming up in 20 minutes, the events before the stick will close for good. >> it's something you normally see in aquariums. why the drought is to blame for this. a lot of people pointing at this. ♪

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california drought is hurting business in lake tahoe. the sand harbor boat ramp will close for the rest of the season. usually it's open all year. if the lake level keeps dropping, paddle wheel cruisers may also shut down soon. the low water levels on the truckee river are forcing rafting companies there to shut down. people in oakland, saw something big and unexpected at a waterway right under the 880 freeway in oakland over the weekend. take a look. these are bat rays, kind of like a sting ray. they usually don't come this far inland. these are bigger than usual. >> i've been coming here for 40 years. never seen them up this close. >> big ones. >> oh, yeah, big. the drought may be responsible for the rays coming as far inland. the bay water is saltier and

that's bringing the food sources for the rays further inland. two breaubl greats with connection the to -- two greats with connection have been inducted into the hall of fame. larussa won three consecutive pennants and won the wrirs in 1989. he also won world series in twix and 2011 with the cardinals. frank thomas was also inducted into the hall of fame. 26,000 unarers made their way to san francisco yesterday -- runners made their way to san francisco yesterday for the marathon and half marathon. >> off you go! >> the race started at 5:30 in the morning and drew elite runners from all across the globe. the course took competitors from the embarcadero to the golden gate bridge and back through golden gate park and

the mission. homes evacuated and a busy stretch of freeway shut down because of a fire in san jose. the unusual location of the fire that made the situation especially dangerous. >> reporter: we're live in sunnyvale, where a portion of highway 85 is completely shut down because phone lines were down in some of the lanes. we'll have an update on this situation when we come back. and we have slow traffic also on 580. a huge backup on the altamont pass because of a problem there. we'll tell you more about the traffic coming through the valley here. i guess second verse same as the first. tropical clouds continue to march forward. low clouds as well. another cloudy, humid day. what about rain? it could be close. we'll find out coming up.

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we continue to follow breaking news we first told you about last hour. northbound 85 is still closed at homestead road in sunnyvale because of downed power lines. but traffic is now moving in the southbound direction. you can see a fire truck there at the top of the overpass where -- and police crews on the right side. ktvu's janine de la vega is at the scene. she will have a live report in

two minutes to tell us about the situation there. welcome, once again, to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. let's talk about the weather. steve is trying to fix it for you. [laughter] >> trying. >> trying to get the humidity out. low clouds around. water temperatures are very warm. 60s. even though the coast is not that cool. a lot of low clouds and fog looking back to the city. here come another band of -- i would say a swath of tropical clouds. they are inching into the south bay. low clouds, some sun, more to the north. high clouds on the way. muggy, humid again. a possibility of light showers. maybe some shower activity. moisture continues to stream northward. it's favoring areas to the south and east. but there's some rain embedded within that. not a lot of it reaching the ground. but there's been some. 60s or 50s. some areas did not get below 60s. a few areas already in the mid- 60s. walnut creek and brentwood. look for an increase in the

clouds. you can see there's a lot here to the south. a lot of that is moving in our direction. low clouds, high clouds, some sun. it will be muggy to humid. combination of those high cloer clouds increasing -- higher clouds increasing. we'll go 70s, 80s to 90s for most. here's sal. steve, this flipped-over big rig is going to be a big traffic problem for at least another -- what? say another hour. this truck is still flipped over. they haven't righted it yet. it's been out there since 1:45. completely loaded down with fruit. they had to get the fruit off. i think they've accomplished most of that. meanwhile, 580 is backed up near grant line road. this happened 580 at -- at the bottom of the altamont pass and traffic is very, very slow. this happened 580 near greenville. but the traffic is slow way back into tracy. in fact, we have some video from a chopper that shows us how bad the traffic is.

this is just video of just the big backup coming in. if you think the altamont pass is normally bad, it's ten times worse this morning. easily. i think people have just given up and turned around, some of them. just because of this huge backup. now, i do want to mention that 580, the drive time here between the normal commute between grant line road and the area, -- i want to get the drive time up here. 66 minutes. it's improving a little bit. let's go now and take a look at another big problem. we're following developing news in this hour's breaking news in sunnyvale. the southbound lanes of highway 85 just reopened after a closure forced by downed power lines. janine de la vega joins us live with this update. >> reporter: northbound 85 has been shut down at homestead, but right now, if you are looking live, i can see that the chp has just decided to

reopen up the freeway. you can see those cars that have been waiting to get on the freeway. they just let these back on. now, you can see southbound lanes are also back open. again, this is all because at about 6:00 a.m., a power pole caught on fire. we do have video from earlier showing those -- excuse me. it beans power lines. it was tell -- it wasn't power lines. it was telephone lines. i'm told telephone lines by the chp. this was caused because a power pole caught fire. there was a nearby fire in the israel area, and the freeway was shut down between 280 and fremont. it was causing a big backup. now, for some more information on whether this is -- whether this is causing any congestion or backup, probably 280, right, is backed up. >> yes. the point that we had the

northbound 85 shut down between 280 and fremont north, the northbound direction on 85 was being diverted to 280, so it was causing congestion on 280. >> reporter: is everything cleaned up? we know the phone company was called. we saw you raise the wires. what's happening now? >> the units that were on scene were able to work with the fire personnel who were on scene as well to move the telephone wires off of the roadway, off both lanes. we are still waiting on the phone company to come out and cut the phone lines and have them properly secured. but at this point, on-scene unites as well as the fire department were able to move the telephone lines out of the roadway and have them temporarily secured in order to allow traffic to start moving through 85 again. >> reporter: it looks like the only thing close to the overpass which is homestead road in sunnyvale, is that

correct? >> correct. the telephone lines are down from the pole that's on homestead. it appears that the fire personnel still has homestead overcrossing shut down. >> reporter: any more details about the fire. do we know how it started other than there was a fire in the area? >> i don't have the details. i am not sure how it started. it started about 6:00 atm. it looks like the fire personnel were able to get on skype and put it out quickly. >> reporter: it looks like the situation has greatly improved. we thought we were gonna be out here for at least another hour or two. but as you can see now all lanes of 85 at homestead are back open to traffic for the morning commute. reporting live from sunnyvale, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> janine, thank you. 7:36. happening today -- new traffic signals set to be turned on at a dangerous san francisco intersection. ktvu's christien kafton, live in san francisco to tell us

what neighbors are saying about these new safety measures. good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, dave. we're here at yorba and sunset. this is one of the more notorious intersections in san francisco. let's show you why. right now the way you cross the street, you hit the button, the flashing lights go off to let the passing cars know that the pedestrian is trying to cross. now, a little bit later on today, they will unveil a new system of pedestrian crossing signs in an effort to make sure its a little more safer for pedestrians to cross the street. we have video showing you how difficult that can actually be. we watched all morning long as pedestrians have come to the intersection, pushed the button to alert drivers they are trying to cross, only to have cars blow right through the crosswalk. pedestrians say it's a common sight and they are happy to see the new signs. >> i think it will help. i think it will help farce not going so fast. >> reporter: do they go pretty

fast? >> sometimes. >> reporter: the new lights are to be unveiled at a 12:30 ceremony to flip the pitch. the intersection includes ten stoplights and six countdown pedestrian crossing signs. the city has already dropped the speed limit in the area from 35 to 30 in just the last month in an effort to bring down the number of car/pedestrian accidents. a man was killed here if federal budget -- was killed here in february as he tried to cross the street. that same month, a 15-year- old.was hit and he survived. we will be here later on this morning and later on this

afternoon as mayor lee and city leaders come to flip the switch and turn on the turning signals. we're live, christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. a late night fire at an old propane yard caused a tense situation in san jose. starting at 6th and virginia near 280. firefighters say a handful of propane tanks caught fire. the risk of a major fire and explosion led to the evacuation of several moisture homes and briefly forced the foesing down of a stretch of 280. >> they were venting propap. we had an active propane fire. a very large fire. our concern was if the other tanks were impinged upon, we could have a large fire, possibly an explosion. >> no one was hurt. investigators say the fire may have started at a nearby homeless camp and spread to the

propane tank facility. temporary closures remain on a main road into yosemite national park because of a large wildfire in the area. right now, part of big oak flat road is closed. that means there's no access to the park through this road or from highway 120. the fire began in the area of el portal just after 3:00 on saturday. it's forced the temporary closure of the crane flat bridle slal creek and yosemite camp ground grounds. over the weekend, we learn the evacuation orders will stay. the fire has burned 2100 acres. it's only about 5% contained. 7:40. hundreds of people still evacuated after a wildfire in amador county, east of sacramento, tripled in size over the weekend. crews say a combippation of dry, hot weather and the steep terrain out there is fueling

the flames. this fire has burned more than 3800 acres. it's about 50% contained. 10 homes and seven other buildings have been destroyed. more than 500 homes are at risk. calfire says the fire started on friday when a vehicle drove over some dry vegetation. how many governors does it take to run the state of california? ahead in the next hour of "mornings on 2," the reason why this week the answer could be four. also, the missing u.s. weapons that are causing big concerns around the world. we do have a look at highway 85. as you just heard janine say, 85 is still going to be an issue, although they've reopened some of the freeway here and things are pea twinning to cover after -- beginning to recover after some power lines came down. some morning sun but clouds are on the increase. coastal fog is in place. here comes another round of tropical clouds and maybe rain in the forecast.

we'll take a look at it.

continuing coverage now of the ongoing violence in the middle east. a couple of minutes ago, palestinian officials reported that an air strike hit a main hospital compound in gaza. this follows three other air strikes, the israeli military carried out in gaza earlier this morning. these strikes ended almost 12 hours of cease fire to mark the end of ramada. an emergency meeting was held this morning by the united nations security council. the council announced strong support for an immediate cease fire in the gaza strip. palestinians say a cease-fire

is not enough. they want withdrawal. >> there should have been a resolution a long time ago to condemn this and to call for this to be stopped immediately. >> for its part, israel says hamas is not working alone. israel says the group is getting support from iran and ka tar. so far it is looking like neither side will agree to another cease fire. the pentagon says it's lost track of more than 40% of the weapons it gave to afghan security forces. the washington times reports the pentagon gave almost 475,000 weapons to afghan forces over the past decade. sir rial numbers for those weapons are either missing or they've been duplicated. the aud didders are blaming tracking software and devices. fears are growing. those missing weapons are on the black market. bryman is officially shutting do you. students were notified but the

question is what options do they have after the closure? brian flores is live in san francisco with more on what's happening today to help those students. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning, tori. there is a lot of confused students out here this morning. part of that plan involves officials with the state department of consumer affairs. we understand many officials will be here in san francisco, san jose, hayward and l.a. to possibly help some of the students out but to what capacity? it's unclear how many students are left behind wonder after biohealth college, inc filed for chapter 11. and then the announcement for the bureau from private post second education on the website that the campuses will close. we were there when the last of the bryman college graduated. some say it's heartbroken, not only are students left with

college education in limbo. student, there's tuition. many confused students -- i want to talk to a couple of these students out here this morning. we didn't have time to catch names. bup you said you haven't received your diplomas. >> we graduated in may and we have no idea if we're gonna get a diploma. we are kind of stuck. we don't know what's gonna happen. >> reporter: you understand there will be some state officials here this morning. hoping to get some answers. >> we want some answers if we're gonna get some diplomas. >> if they are losing accreditations. if that will ruin our diplomas. we want to find out everything that's going on. >> reporter: very frustrating. >> with the amount of money that we've paid so far. it's very frustrating. >> reporter: thank you for your time. good luck to all three of you.

many students confuse. we hope to gather more answers. more students are expected to arrive later this morning as well. we're live here in san francisco, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> tough situation for them. new this morning, virgin america has filed for an initial public offering. the burlingame-based airline told the securities and exchange commission it could raise as much as $115 million. the company did not say when it expects the ipo to happen or how many shares it plans to sale or at what starting price. they do fly to 22 airports in the u.s. and mexico and the planes have live tv, leather seats and mood lighting. one discount retailer is about to spend $8.5 billion to buy arrival. dollar tree which has stores across the bay area is buying family dollar stores. that chain has stores in the central valley but not in the

bay area. the board of both companies have approved the deal. it should wrap up early next year. it's the end of an era of candlestick park. ♪ >> last night, the san jose earthquakes battled the spanish- league soccer champ madrid. it was a final sporting event ever at the 54-year-old stadium. the spanish team won in a shootout in front of 15,000 people. 7:49. we want to check in with sal who has been extremely busy. is newschopper2 still over the situation on 85? >> we're looking at the phone lines that came down. they are low-voltage lines. 85 has totally reopened. traffic has recovered. you can have access to all of the areas. power crews are still there on the homestead crossing but it's no longer a major traffic issue. let's take a look at the 580

freeway which is a big issue here as you drive because of an overturned truck that was carrying bananas. the drive time is 75 minutes from grant line road to 680. the accident is right here on 580 westbound near greenville road. please give yourself plenty of extra time. one lane is taken away. bay bridge toll plaza, that's backed up for about a 20-minute drive time into san francisco. so not all that bad. 7:50. let's go to steve. >> hold on there, sal. >> well, hello, steve. >> all right. go ahead. cloudy skies, low clouds and then some higher clouds are being worked into the south bay. it looks mostly sunny for the morning unless you have the low cloud deck. some of those high clouds are inching in towards san jose. sun to the north bay, tropical clouds slowly working their way northward. light rain towards the santa clara valley, santa cruz

mountains. some -- we're north of this right now. there's still plenty in monterey. yes, the humidity factor will be high. it will be another muggy day even on the coast. water temperatures are on the 60s. a lot of high clouds spilling in. muggy, humid, a possibility of light showers as well. maybe some shower activity although it doesn't look as promising as we had last week. there's plenty of cloud cover. it's kind of taking more of a turn away from us. some very light rain town around paso robles. south of king city, it's no doubt about it lifting northwards toward the santa clara valley. san jose, some are working their way in. 50s and 60s. some lows did not get below 61, 62. cool up in la honda, foster city, belmont, all in the low

to mid-60s already. so the lows are on the mild side. they are definitely above average. the highs, if you get the cloud cover, that's the key here. if the cloud cover comes in, the highs will be cooler. if not, it will be hot, maybe hotter especially towards the north bay. look at all of the cloud cover. it's not only today but also in the next couple of hoeys. we'll see clouds increasing, possibility of isolated showers. more likely sprinkles or late rhine -- light rain. we might get a little bit out of it. but the humidity factor continues to be ridiculously hot. low and high clouds. combination of those mean a lot of clouds, kind of muggy. farther north, better opportunity, farther south, more clouds. they are on the move. novato 87. petaluma, 85. vallejo 84. 90s, 96 antioch, brentwood, oakley. 75 oakland. alameda, 73. walnut creek, 93. i went cooler here because the clouds will come in towards

gilroy and morgan hill. san jose at 86. 60s 60sen 0 on the coast -- 60s on the coast. not much change toward the end of the week. all right. 7:52. we're just hours away from getting the details on a tentative agreement to improve healthcare for veterans. in the next hour of "mornings on 2," we'll take you live to washington, d.c., we'll tell you what we've learned ahead of that big announcement. a walk on the beach takes a tragic turn for a family in florida. the emergency in the sky that led to one man being killed and his daughter seriously injured.

walk on the beach turned tragic as a father was killed and his 9-year-old critically hurt when a small plane made a crash landing. investigators say the two were either hit by the plane or debris from the crash.

the aircraft lost power in venice, florida. the pilot radioed and said he couldn't make it back there and was gonna try to land on the beach. the pilot and his passenger were not hurt. rescue crews in san rafael jumped into action after a sailboat capsized in the bray. it happened near china park state park. tom vacar saw this and called the coast guard. he first saw the capsized yellow sailboat about 4:00 in the afternoon and saw two people in the water trying to swim to shore. almost 1500 feet away. the san rafael police rescue boat rescued both of them. >> my daughter and i we've capsized. each time we picked it back up. we kept drifting over and then the wind blew the mast. we couldn't pick it back up. >> the wind gusts out there

were about 20 miles an hour. the father says his daughter is a strong swimmer and both were wearing wet suits. in contra costa county, three people were hurt after their boat was grounded. it happened yesterday morning east of the antioch bridge. according to the contra costa times, the coast guard received a distress call from the boat asking for medical help because three of the passengers were hurt. the rescue crews say everyone is expected to be okay. all right. a big rig carrying bananas, causing big problems on an east bay freeway. after the break, find out where the accident took place and when all of the lanes are expected to reopen. >> reporter: we're live in sunnyvale, after the chp has reopened highway 85 after it was closed during the morning commute. we'll tell you what was blocking nearly all of the lanes of traffic. and we're looking at traffic that's busy in other areas as well as we take a look at 280. this may be lingering traffic

from the closure. we'll let you know more about this straight ahead. mostly sunny here. a few high clouds trying to work their way north. there's a lot of them to the south. another muggy, humid day. what about rain? it could be close. we'll explain.

these are live pictures. 580 westbound near greenville road, that big truck filled with produce overturned spilling bananas and mellons every darr. everywhere. three lanes have opened. tara moriarty has been out there. coming up, she will tell us what caused the truck to fill over and when all of the lanes are expected to reopen. stay tuned. good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." monday, july 28th. i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. a quick look at weather and traffic. steve, it's getting -- getting a lot of reaction. >> no doubt about it. this is an unusual pattern for us in july. we have not had any northwest breeze. the tropical clouds, they juent

won't stop here -- just won't stop here. we're mainly mostly sunny but there are a few isolated showers off the central coast. some of these will drift up over the next few hours. so the south bay in line more so than anybody else. mid-60s. it will be another muggy, humid day. it's kind of balmy by the coast. cooler towards part of the -- parts of the north bay. there will be very hot conditions. farther north more sun. farther south more clouds. kind of a dry area. but some of the clouds are on their way and they will filter in. there is a lot of upstream, downstream that continue to move in our direction. the next couple of days look to be another round of tropical clouds. mostly sunny to partly cloudy. then we'll cloud it up. 9 90s on the interior. 70s coast and bay. traffic is a little bit slow in some areas. we'll start off with 580

because of the overturned truck full of fruit. a lot of minor accidents in the backup. 580 westbound as you drive to near greenville road where the crash is. this is having an unusual effect on traffic west of the closure. traffic through dublin has been good getting into castro valley. at low of people are stuck in the backup. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza, that's backed up for a 15, 20 minute drive into san francisco. i want to mention 280 northbound in san jose is slow. we continue to follow developing traffic news from sunnyvale and the cupertino area. just 30 minutes ago, all 85 lanes reopened following a big problem with telephone lines that fell off a power pole. janine de la vega is live to tell us about the traffic. >> reporter: the situation out here has definitely improved. when all of the lanes of

highway 85 reopened, that happened about a half-hour ago we are at homestead. that he had been closed since 6:00 a.m. because phone lines fell down on nearly all of the lanes. at 6:00 a.m., the phone lines came down on highway 85. the chp said fortunately, no cars gout tangled up on it. it happened very close to the homestead exit. northbound and southbound 85 was closed for -- from 280 all the way to the fremont exit. northbound traffic was being diverted. while southbound traffic was stuck on the freeway for at least han hour and that created a huge backup. the chp said a nearby fire on homestead road spread and a telephone pole on the -- right before the freeway caught fire. the chp says this situation could have been much worse. >> at the time, it was not

apparent or clear if those were live lines or telephone lines. we just wanted to make sure that everybody was safely being diverted as well as being in a -- in a safe and effective way so the morning commute was not affected. >> reporter: at around 7:15, the firefighters from sunnyvale handling this situation decided that those phone lines were not a threat to handle. so they were able to lift them off of the freeway so that cars could start traveling back on highway 85. at 7:30 all of the lanes reopened. here is a live picture now of the traffic. it seems to be flowing pretty good. it's a great situation. they were able to handle this wation in an hour -- situation in an hour and a half. i'm sure the commuters are happy now that the situation

has improved. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. as sal mentioned, cleanup efforts are continuing right now along westbound 508 in livermore after a produce truck overturned early this morning. ktvu's tara moriarty is there, where olen one lane of traffic -- where only one lane of traffic is still closed but that could change in a few minutes. >> reporter: it could. we're still waiting to see when the crews will be finished with the fruit. it will be another 20 minutes. they have the assembly man. they take the bananas and melons and slide them down the hill. and then they put them them in the truck. they are trying to make sure they don't go in the lane of traffic. so basically -- there you go. this is quite the process and then what is happening after this is they have to upright the semitruck and get it out of here. that will be another hour. we're told it won't be until probably 10:00 this morning until it's all clear. right now, three lanes are open

and the chp says that the big rig driver was forced to veer off near greenville road just before 2:00 this morning. the trailer split spilling bananas and melons. the chain reaction collision happened when a pickup driver fell asleep at the wheel and hit a dump truck. the pickup was disabled and that's when the semi crashed into it. >> the trailer split open when they crashed. that's why about 40% of the load spilled out. >> reporter: now, luckily, no one was hurt. the chp says the pickup truck driver would have been killed if he had stayed in his vehicle. it's a good thing that he got out. >> here is a look at some aerials of 580 westbound. the backup was at its worse all the way to paradise road. it does seem to be easing a little bit. if you need to take 580 westbound across the altamont

pass, give yourself some extra time this morning. it may not ease up for quite a bit. you can see back here live that there are three lanes now open. one lane is still shut down. but again, the chp may have to shut down one of these lanes in order to upright this big rig. they are worried about the guardrail. so if they can do that, if they have to close another lane, then , of course, we're probably looking at all of the lanes not being open again until possibly 10:00 this morning. live in livermore, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, tara. a late-night fire at an old propane tank yard caused a very tense nation in san jose. it started after 11:00 at 6th and virginia near 280. a handful of propane tanks caught fire. the risk of a major fire and explosion, that led to the evacuation of several nearby homes and briefly forced the

closure of part of interstate 280. >> they were venting propane. we had an active gas vent fire, propane fire. our concern, if the other tanks were impinged upon, we could have a large fire, possibly an explosion. >> no one was hurt. investigators say the fire may have been started at a nearby homeless camp and spread to the propane tank facility. police are investigating a triple shooting that left one man dead. officers responded to a report of shots fired blocks from cesar chavez elementary school. a 31-year-old man from fremont died from the scene. a 24-year-old woman and a 27- year-old woman were taken to the hospital in stable condition. police have not made any arrests. investigators are asking for the public's help to gather more information on the case. it's been a tragic weekend along the russian river.

the sheriff's office said two people drowned there. yesterday, a teenaged boy drowned. investigators say the teen vanished after leaving a campground resort east of the highway 116 bridge. hisdy appearance led -- disappearance led to a desperate search. >> we used the underwater camera and searched for another now and a half and found the -- hour and a half and found the young man in eight to ten feet of water. >> on saturday, a young man drowned. authorities have not released the name of the two drowning victims. an hour from now, city leaders in san bruno expected to make a major announcement. it involves the deadly pipeline explosion four years ago. city leaders say they've uncovered documents that expose possible illegal conduct by both the state puc and pg&e in the investigation into that

disaster. now, jackie speier and jerry hill will join san bruno city leaders for that news conference at 9:00 this morning. the uc berkeley police department cracking down on homeless people living on the campus. the university police department's activity log shows there have been 75 incidents between july 1st and last wednesday of homeless people lodging. that's basically staying overnight on campus property. during the same time last year, there were only 22 incidents. a lawyer who represents many of the homeless who were cited says university police are also enforcing curfew rules. how many governors does it take to run california? this week, the answer is four. three different acting governors will be filling in for governor jerry brown while he's on a trade mission in mexico. good afternoonen newsom be -- gavin newsom began to fill in yesterday but he leaves

tomorrow for the east coast. darrell steinberg will take over until wednesday when he heads out of town for personal business and then tony atkins will step in for nine hours until governor brown returns later that day. the rules of succession are all outlined in the state's constitution. 8:10. shut down on short notice. coming up in 20 minutes, the way one local college has left its students with more questions than answers. plus how the state is stepping in. i seen the head start to come out and i -- >> driving one minute, deliverying the next. two men deliver babies on the same freeway. we still have traffic recovering after earlier problems. 280 -- 280 at 880 is jammed.

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8:14. happening right now, i want to bring you live pictures. president obama there along with secretary of state, john kerry, are participating in the young african leaders summit. the three-day conference in washington, d.c. connects young men and women with u.s.

entrepreneurs and government officials. today, president obama is also expected to announce he's renaming the summit. it will be renamed in honor of nelson mandela. the former president of south africa who died in december. this summit was created by president obama in 2010. 60% of africa's population is under the age of 35. after six weeks of testy talks, a tentative deal is in place to help fix the troubled veterans health program. it's been plagued with long patient wait times and falsified records. the details of that agreement are net out for a few hours. jackie fell joins us live from our washington, d.c. bureau with what she's learned is in the deal. jacqueline? >> reporter: tori, i'm told an agreement was reached yesterday. it will be officially unavailabled in about two hours at the capitol. my sources say it's a $15

billion tentative deal with bipartisan support. it would allow the v.a. to hire more doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, as well as open 27 new clinics. the plan aims at improving long wait times for veterans seeking healthcare. internal investigations reveal veterans waiting months, if not years for care. this emergency bim was in trouble last week. we first told you on thursday that negotiations appeared to be falling apart but late sunday, the house and senate v.a. chairman sent out a joint statement saying tremendous progress was made towards an agreement. any plan will have to be passed between the house and the senate. time is running out because congress heads out of town for the the rest of the summer later this week. jacqueline fell, ktvu channel 2 news. san francisco hospital is

running out of beds. the need in the city is projected to be at 115% of capacity next year. many private hospitals say they are not willing to add more beds because there are not government subsidies to cover the cost of the care. two bay area fires shared a wild experience of delivering their own sons on highway 101. the first special delivery to took place on friday as hanna and his wife naomi were headed to kaiser hospital in san francisco. hanna pulled over on the split between northbound 101 and i-80 just in the nick of time. >> she pushed, he popped right out and landed in my hands in the middle of the freeway, inside the car. >> soosand i -- as soon as i seen him in my husband's arm, he was crying. that's all i wanted to hear was

him crying. >> the couple continued to the hospital to make sure their baby was okay. and they named him way way, a nod to his freeway delivery. and then another father delivered his son on northbound 101 in novato with the help of a 911 dispatcher. kind of a memorable start for the young boys. >> and then tori campbell is talking about them. >> everyone is talking about it. sal is talking about all of the commute stuff we have this morning. >> it's been a busy monday. i don't think a lot of people having these kind of mondays. 580 has been very slow because of earlier problems on the -- we still have a problem on 580 but we'll start here on 580 westbound at grant line -- greenville road where we still have the truck. it has to be righted. it was filled with fruit. that's's opened up a lot -- they've opened up a lot of the lanes. 580 is very slow. we have been looking at the

rest of the east bay. highway 4 is light. we move to marin county where traffic has recovered. still a little bit slow. some live pictures. we can show you that traffic at the toll plaza, it's about a 15- minute delay getting into san francisco. i also want to mention the traffic in the south bay is still recovering after some earlier problems as you drive through. so we have slow traffic everywhere. but it's beginning to get better. let's go to steve. a lot of low clouds around. that's for sure. plenty of low cloud deck over the oakland alameda estuary. i'm disappearing on you. now i'm back. do not try that at home. if you don't have that, it's sunny. temperatures today will be -- the challenge is on the timing of the high clouds. if they come in soon enough, then they will be cooler. if they don't, it will be in

the 90s. morning fog, coastal fog. even though the ocean temperatures are cool, sunny to the north bay, tropical clouds working their way in. maybe some light rain this evening farther south you go. there's a lot of cloud cover here. but a lot of it is just -- it's just -- it wants to take a turn more towards sacramento valley. there's more towards monterey. a lot of smoke from the el portal fire in yosemite working its way from the sierra nevada from kings beach to bridgeport. low clouds, high clouds continue to work their way in. muggy, humid pattern. possibility of light showers. possibility of a thunderstorm later. some cloud cover and a little bit of light rain towards the central coast. not a lot. it's working its way north. 60s on the temperatures for many. 66 already palo alto. low 60s.

la honda at 52. 60 already up in tahoe. 64 bookends, ukiah and sacramento. they will be mostly sunny for a while. but sacramento is getting the cloud cover. you can see there is a lot here for the next day or two. clouds increase, isolated. 60s, 7080s and also -- and also 90s. low clouds, sun, kind of muggy. clouds increase slowly throughout the day. i think if you are up to the north bay, you are fine. 60s to 100s. clearlake, 100. petaluma, 85, 76 richmond. 96 brentwood. 75 oakland. 92 danville. hayward is at 81. now, i went cooler because the clouds are moving in. morgan hill, gilroy, 60s, 70s and 80s on the coast and on the peninsula. not much change. a lot of tropical clouds through wednesday and then kind of a very stable pattern here as we go into the end of the week. >> thank you, steve.

change is coming to one of san francisco's most dangerous intersections. coming up in 11 minutes, the long-awaited safety feature going online today. but an all out brawl. this was caught on camera. look at this. after the break, surveillance video showing how a mixed martial artist gave some would- be thieves a lot more than they bargained for.

welcome back. two greats have been inducked into the major league baseball hall of fame. tony larussa and frank thomas were among the six enshrined yesterday in new york. tone nip larussa won three straight pennants and won the world series in 1989 against the giants. frank thomas was also inducted into the hall of fame. and he became very emotional talking about his dad. >> thanks for pushing me and always pushing at me. you can be someone special if you really work at it. i took that to heart, pops. [ applause ] >> frank thomas. in 2006, he helped lead the as to their only championship appearance in the past 24 years. a los angeles dodgers infielder on a rehab assignment

in the minor is in trouble after inciting a huge minor league baseball brawl. the fight on saturday found its way into the netting behind home plate. it was started by the short stop after the pitcher threw at him and later struck him out. nine players from both teams and the manager were ejected. reno won 7-3. after the game, the dodgers reassigned the player to their sing of h team -- single a-team. i just kick him in the

face. >> looked like jason born. the clerk has been practicing mixed martial arts and was the national champion of the native sri lanka. a deadly encounter. it happened at a popular l.a. beach. >> there was a big flash of light and a boom. it felt like someone punched me in the back of the head. >> after the break, the chaos that happened after a thunderstorm and lightning caught an unsuspecting crowd by surprise. we'll tell you about the big changes coming to this intersection in san francisco. the aim is to make it safer for pedestrians. right now we're still looking at slow traffic in some of these commutes like 101. people have been avoiding 280. they are on 101. we'll tell you what happened earlier that's likely causing this slow traffic. well, a mix of sun, fog, low clouds and 0 also some high

tropical clouds. tropical clouds kind of slowly working their way north. it looks like they will play into your weather later today coming up.

well, good morning. welcome back. live pictures. it's a new push for safety. new traffic signals will be turned on at a very dangerous san francisco intersection. we're looking at it right now. coming up in two minutes, christien kafton will join us live. he's in the city's sunset district. he will tell us about the other part of this multi-million dollar plan to make the streets of san francisco safer to walk around in. thank you for joining us. monday, july 28th.

i'm dave clark. let's talk about weather and traffic. steve, can you wring some rain out of those clouds? >> maybe. >> oh, good. >> we have fog in the sunset. normally that's not a big deal. this july it has been. a lot of low clouds. on the coast and high tropical clouds. they are still pretty far south. some of these are lifting northwards towards the area. the farther north more sun, farther south, increasing high clouds. there could be a few light showers. 60s on the temperatures. very mild. 50s. i mean, some areas will be very muggy and humid. 60s. fremont and gilroy, 61. there is a lot of warm air aloft. kind of getting a little bit of break from the clouds. i think they will work their way in here. there's lot of cloud cover to the north. some sun for a while. partly cloudy, partly sunny to maybe mostly cloudy later on. 90s on some of the temperatures. 70s, 80s for others.

here's sal. we still have slow traffic in the south bay. we had a major freeway closed. 85 near homestead. highway 101 and 280 have been slow ever since. people have heard about the closure. they tried to use the other freeways and it takes a while for some of these freeways to unwind. if you are on 101 or 280 getting into the valley, you will see slow traffic. also look a at the toll plaza, that's recovered. about a 15-minute drive into san francisco. maybe less than that, as some of these lanes have recovered. 580 still slow approaching greenville road. at least one lane is taken away. traffic is slow in the livermore area. 680 westbound. this traffic here from concord to walnut creek is getting slower. 8:32. back to the desk. >> thank you. happening today -- new traffic signals due to be turned on at a dangerous san francisco intersection. chris tan kafton is live in san francisco where the --

christien kafton is live in san francisco where the changes are expected to take place and what the neighbors are saying. >> reporter: we're here at sunset and yorba a, toe another just area for -- notorious area for car/pedestrian accidents. if you look over here, there is a lot of new street lines as well as stoplights, the aim here is to make it safer for pedestrians to cross the street. we have new video that we shot. pedestrians c come to the intersection, pushed the button to alert drivers they are trying to cross the street. only to have cars blow right through the crosswalk. pedestrianing say it's a pretty common sight and they are pretty happy to see the new lights. >> i think it will be fine. i think it will help to make sure cars are not going superfast. >> reporter: do they go fast here? >> sometimes. >> reporter: the new safety measures are set to be unveiled here at a 12:30 news conference

with mayor ed lee and greg suhr onhand to flip the proverbial switch. there's ten new stoplights and signs. the speed limit has been dropped to 30 miles an hour in the last month in an effort to bring down the number of car/pedestrian accidents. a 78-year-old man was killed here in february. that same month, a 15-year-old boy was hit here at survived. you can see that speed monty out here. we -- monitor here. so far, i've seen that register as high as 42 miles an hour. the mayor today, coming out at about 12:30, also set to sign a $500 million transportation and infrastructure bond. the lion share of the money will go towards transportation. but $1million will go towards

-- but did 100 million will go forwards bicycle and pedestrian safety. a woman killed during a bank rockery and -- bank robbery and police chase will be laid to rest. misty holt-singh was shot. her funeral will be held this morning at 11:00 at bear creek community church in lodi. that service will be open to the public. it will also be streamed live. a link to the live stream can be found on our ktvu website. go to ktvu.com, click on the web link section. a state senator is demanding a criminal investigation into how the new bay bridge was built and the continuing construction prob ebles j. mark -- problems. the senator says that

substandard work was accepted at tax payer expense. the senator says this will back up problems about wedding problems and -- wedding problems. bryman college is officially shut down. students were only told about this last week and now they are wondering what does that mean for them. brian flores is at the san francisco location with reaction from some of those students. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning. there are plenty of frustrated, confused students at the bryman college. it's not just current students but students who graduated who are unsure if their degrees will hold any weight because the school is closed. part of the plan, officials will be to help students out. now, frustration and confusion best describes how many of the students are feeling. many are left wondering what's

next after biohealth college filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this month and then the announcement online for the bureau for private post second education that bryman and biohealth will close effective today. we were there last friday when the last of the bryman students graduated in san jose. some students say it's heartbroking because some only are students left in limbo but many instructors are left without a job. still others are angry at some of bry man's faculty for not giving them any warning. >> there's other students that graduated before me that still haven't gotten their diplomas. that's a big bone of contention with all of us. why didn't we get our din ploe mas when we -- diplomas when we graduated. why didn't we get notifications? current students got an e-mail. we invested a year of our life with and they didn't reach out at all. >> i'm feeling frustration.

i wasn't sure what's gonna happen to the rest of the people that finished. >> reporter: students paid between $16,000 to $18,000 in tuition for accelerated degree programs, insurance filling, pharmacy, tech, dental assistant and medical stint. many students only had a month left before graduation. some are wondering if their degrees will hold up if the school loses accreditation. many students entering to try to figure out what's next for them. many had a month left. others wonder what's next. we hope to gather more information and give you an update at on the news at noon. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 8:38. temporary closures remain in effect this morning on a main road into yosemite national park because of a large wildfire in the area. right now, part of big oak flat

road is closed. that means there's no access to the park through that road or from highway 120. the fire began in the area of el portal just after 3:00 on saturday. it's forced the temporary closure of the crane flat bridle vail creek and yosemite damp grounds. earlier -- camp grounds. earlier, those were evacuated. and orders will remain in effect until wednesday. others say they are worried about the fryer spreading -- fire spreading. >> this is only july. that part is nerve-racking. >> the red cross has set up two evacuation centers for people who need a place to stay. i want to show you some pictures from the parkary

webcam. these last two pictures show how smoky the air is around half dome and the yosemite valley. according wheel and

what he was caught doing behind the wheel after he crashed into a house. >> reporter: thousands of pound of bannan nats and exotic -- bananas and esic -- exotics lemon spill out. melons spill out. clouds are on the way. we'll see if that brings us any rain.

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let's bring you up to date on some of the top stories we're following for you -- all of the lanes of highway 85 in sunnyvale are back open again. they were closed early this morning after some phone lines fell off a power pole. that forced the shut down of the highway in both directions for more than an hour.

well, the chp reopened highway 85 just an hour ago. it's been a tough morning for commuters on westbound 580 in livermore. just before 2:00, this morning a produce truck flipped over spilling bananas, fuel and oil on the freeway. ktvu's tara moriarty has been out there since 4:30. you are back now with the latest on the cleanup and when all of the lanes may reopen. good morning, tara. >> reporter: the fruit is off the truck of the they've finished that process. these guys are taking a look at the big rig here and trying to decide how to upright it and tow it out. it did spill oil and diesel fuel. officers are concerned about the guardrail because they say it could hinder the whole process. officers say they may have to shut down one lane. rate now three are -- right now three lanes are open.

the trailer spilled bananas and fruit from mexico. a pickup truck driver fell asleep at the wheel and hit a dump truck. a semi hit the pickup. the crews are hoping to have the mess cleaned up within an hour an 15 minutes. >> we're look shooting for -- shooting for 10:00 or late in the 9:00. check with traffic reports and make sure it's clear before you head this bay. >> reporter: luckily nobody was hurt. the chp says the pickup truck could have been killed if he stayed in the vehicle. it's a good thing he got out. let's take a look at the aerials. the backup extends to interstate 5. it's quite a mess. if you need to take 580 westbound, make sure that you definitely give yourself some extra time. we're live in livermore, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thanks. police in oregon say a

diaper-wearing toddler crashed this jeep into a house, then ran home, jumped on the couch to watch cartoons. a witness called 911 after seeing the little boy behind the roller coaster by in the jeep. no -- behind the wheel roll by in the jeep. the mother was not paying attention when the toddler grabbed the guys and got in the vehicle and knocked it out of gear. the mother is being cited. >> how about that. sounds hike what sal has been dealing with. all kinds of stuff in our commute. >> it's been kind of an adventure. let's go off to the eastshore freeway. most of the slow traffic is in richmond. when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza, you will see a little bit of slowing. about a 15-minute drive time between there and san francisco. as tara just mentioned, 580 westbound is a mess because of that truck accident.

it's slow on 205 as well. we're looking at contra costa county and marin county, things have improved in marin and are doing so in contra costa county. i want to take a look now -- i think we're down now. at 8:47, let's go to steve. >> that's an old johnny carson line. we're done here. >> we're on here. [laughter] a lot of low clouds around. some fog. maybe on the cool side to balmy. the ocean temperatures are 60, 64. not el nino. we haven't had any upwelling or breeze. that beat has not chainged at all. a lot of -- changed at all. a lot of these are south of us. steve from pebble said he could see the tropical clouds coming in at pebble. there's been a few thunderstorms south. up in the sierra nevada, there will be a lot of clouds. down towards the central sierra, they are starting to

get their act together. for us, a lot of clouds and very muggy, humid conditions. there could be light rain. it looks like things are making their way towards the santa cruz mountains. mostly sunny here for a while. this cloud deck and tropical clouds will continue to filter in. upper 60s for some. 60s, mid-60s. 50s for some. already, a lot of 60s. very warm air aloft and the higher elevation. it was really cooking for some over the weekend. that has not modified at all. the clouds add more humidity. there is a little more of a component of a westerly breeze. there is a lot of low clouds out there. we have the combination of the clouds. and then sunshine. all three of these -- you can see there's plenty here. i think there's a better bet for us to get tropical clouds tomorrow. they are inching northward. there will be an increase in the clouds, maybe sprinkles, light rain. no doubt about it, muggy, humid conditions definitely working

their way back in. what's new? it's been a very unusual july. sun, mix of sun, clouds. muggy, high clouds on the increase ever so slowly. mostly sunny to the north and i think mostly cloudy to the south. 60s to 100. that would be at clearlake. 73, alameda. 96 in brentwood. a lot of these inland temperatures are dependent on if the cloud cover makes it or not. that's why i went cooler. san jose at 86. santa clara is in there. 60s and mild on the coast. 75 san bruno, brisbane and 80s on the peninsula. not much change here. i think the next couple of days. tuesday looks pretty good i think for an opportunity. after that, quiet, warm. going to the weekend. ten minutes before 9:00. virgin america has filed for an initial public offering. the burlingame-based airline told the securities and exchange commission it could raise as much as $1115.

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a former professor is expected to appear before a judge tomorrow. mark landis allegedly videotaped more than a dozen current and former students. prosecutors say landis hosted students at his home but one day a student found a surveillance camera in the bathroom disguised as a tissue box. the investigation started last november. landis taught accounting at sf state for the last eight years until resigning earlier this month. testimony is set to resume this morning in the trial of a former concord schoolteacher accused of molesting students. 46-year-old joseph martin has pleaded not guilty to 150 counts involving 14 male students at woodside elementary. last week, a computer expert testified that investigators found a number of child porn websites on martin's computers. but martin's attorney argued his clients may accidentally

have logged onto the websites through unintended popups. rescue crews in san rafael jumped into action after a sailboat capsized in the bay yesterday afternoon. this happened near china camp state park. tom vacar saw the boat in distress and called the kawg. he sent us these photos and video. he first noticed the capsized yellow sail boat just after had:00 in the afternoon and saw two -- after 4:00 in the afternoon and saw two people trying to swim to shore, 1500 feet away. the rescue boat was able to pull them bolt out of the water. >> my daughter and i capsized and each time we picked it back up. we kept drichting further and further out into san pablo bay. finally, we tipped it up over and the wind tipped mast. we couldn't pick it back up. >> the wind gusts on the bay were about 20 miles an hour yesterday afternoon. the father says his daughter is

a very strong swimmer and both of them were wearing wet suits. a new product is being sold in florida to help keep sharks away while you are in the water. it is an underwater electric field. when a shark comes close to someone wearing this ankle strap, the device causes spasms that keep the shark away. the elek -- the electrodes don't hurt the shark or cause any long-term damage. makes people feel better about going in the water. sal, you haven't talked much about the toll plaza. how is that working? >> it's kind of been okay. the toll plaza, moderately heavy. i want to show you there is a little bit of a delay, especially in some of those cash lanes. but i think you will like what you see getting into san francisco. also, we're looking at the commute as you drive on 880 northbound. the traffic continues to move

along. 508 is still a mess coming from the tracy triangle into livermore because of a truck accident. combination of low clouds, sunny out there. some tropical clouds continue to work their way up through central california. they will slowly play into the forecast over the next day or two. probably a better opportunity for thunderstorm activity on tuesday into wednesday. then things quiet down. not much change. strange july pattern. >> all right. coming to an end soon. >> thank you and thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. be sure to watch the news at noon for more on a big announcement on the san bruno explosion four years ago. tillamook ice cream, tastes better because it's made better.

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