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and a fourth bat discovered with rabies. why the latest discovery is worrying. 7:00. we are live in palo alto this morning at a senior housing complex where residents are pretty shaken up a gunman walked right into the front office and shot and killed another man before turning the gun on himself. ktvu's fox news janin de la vega is there and will tell you what police are saying about the confrontation. >> let's talk about weather and traffic. steve paulson, when will spring start? >> 3:44 today. >> not 3:45 or 3:46. >> 3:44. the poll en count continues to show, if you are suffering from allergy, those trees, they are just sky high. you can see some of the high clouds off in the distance.

send in those sunrise pics. i'm sure we'll have some here. sick mother, pine, oak, up, way up. trees, grasses will be high. we get a little bit of a break here this morning, 40s, 50s, they made it to 38 briefly for about a minute and a half. some fog came n went up to 41, now 42. a little bit of rain on the coast. mendicino county north, by this evening, even at legget you -- thank you for, that melsz ya. southern california, arizona looking far better today than yesterday. a few little pop-up showers. still above average on the temps near the coast will be closer but still should be around 62 to 68. high clouds, patchy fog, and

inland, 60s and 70s. here is the traffic update with sal. >> good morning to you. we are looking at a commute we are where traffic is doing pretty well although it is slow and crowded. westbound 92 is a little bit slow there. about a 20 to 25-minute delay before you make it on to the bridge. the bridge itself does look good getting into san francisco. a little bit lighter in some areas today. northbound 101, san jose, some slow traffic. 85 and 280, you will notice it is much slower than normal we are following breaking news out of the north bay right there. there is an active police search happening north of petaluma. it is reportedly happening in the area of a 7-eleven store on old red road highway in penn grove north of down ton petaluma. police have not released many details but there is a crime scene set up at that 7-eleven

store and petaluma police and sonoma sheriff deputies have been seeing searching the roads nearby. a police helicopter has been seen flying across the area. this is all possibly connected to a shooting. there may be a second crime scene at nearby petaluma hospital. we have a crew on the way to the scene and we'll bring you more information as we head into the ktvu newsroom. word from palo alto that later today, we may find out the names of the two men involved in a murder-suicide after their families are notified. detectives say that a gunman walked into senior housing complex and targeting the victim. janin thatjanin de la vega is

live. >> reporter: they are waiting for the coroner to identify these men. both live in this apartment complex near middlefield and charleston avenue. an officer is inside guarding the crime scene. police say gunshots were fired at the apt complex which is housing for low income seniors but no one reported hearing the gunshots. instead, this came in as a medical call a resident saw a man injured in an elevator. palo alto firefighters arrived and found the man dead with a handgun in his lap. police arrived and found the body of a second man who had been shot multiple times. police determined that the man in the elevator shot the man in the office and turned the gun on him. >> this is very unusual in palo alto. we don't see this in any basis.

this is tragic. >> reporter: officers say they have not responded to any prior incident at this complex, nor are they familiar with the two men involved. we know one man was in his 60s and the other in his 70s. detectives want to know what the relationship was between them. we're going to through computer files to figure out what led up to this. at this point, though, they believe that this is an isolated incident. >> thank you. it is 7:07. news this morning that one person was hurt in a fire in san francisco's excelsior district. they got the fire under control, within 20 minutes, one person was taken to the hospital but we don't know the extent of their injuries. the red cross was called to help two people who were displaced. the cause is still under investigation time now is 7:06. a judge will hear a motion on

whether to kick a violent sexual predator out of a walnut creek neighborhood. he was convicted of violent assaults against children 12 years ago. the decision to put him there was made by a judge in san francisco without any prior notice to the contra costa d.a.'s office. the city of richmond searching for new ways to keep thieves and vandals out of abandoned homes and also reduce blight. now, one idea is an accident that looks like a window but in this case, that material is virtually indestructible >> it's called secure view. an alternative to putting up plywood at at abandoned houses

to protect windows. city officials plan to install them on homes being rehabilitated. >> we can reuse the product and take it to the next property after we take it to rehab. >> secure view costs more money than plywood but since plywood has to be replaced so often, it will be cheaper in the long run. a lawyer who pleaded guilty to a 2010 hit-and-run is set to sentenced today. >> he pleaded guilty for the death of 58 years. pho hun who was in dublin visiting from china when he was hit and killed. smith was arrested three days after that crash. ktvu has obtained reports that show that a truck company involved in a deadly crash this week has a history of safety

violations. monday, a big rig slammed into a closed restaurant on railroad avenue in pittsburg and burst into flames. the driver was killed. the company had so many violations that the c hp was closely watching it every 120 days instead of every two years. the violations include overloaded truck, faulty steering and faulty brakes. authorities are trying to determine the cause of death for a san wane continue death row inmate. 54-year-old leon chawnsy cooper dade at the hospital, awaiting execution for the 1998 rape and murder of his stepdaughter. cooper is the second death row inmate to die in a week and 66th to die from natural causes

since california reinstated capital punishment. and california engineering contractors had the lowest bid, about 69 1/2 million dollars and that is much less than the $93 million caltrain estimated for the work. the company plans to save money by lowering large pieces of the bridge on to barges and then scrapping them elsewhere. the work is expected to take three years to complete. b.a.r.t. apparently not pleased with a specialty beer out of truckey. the brewery wants to trademark the name, b.a.r.t., as it extend production. the bay area transit filed a legal opposition saying that it would dilute the name. b.a.r.t. beer is named after a beloved dog and also fans for barrel aged really tasty.

the beer make has not decide howd to respond we have anone date from san mateo deputies about the latest mountain lion sighting. three farm animals have been killed by a mountain lion. a witness also said that they saw a big mountain lion in that same general area. students at freedom high school in oakley may have been exposed to whooping cough. a letter was sent to parents alerting them to the danger. whooping cough ace generally spread through the air when an ill person is coughing or sneezing. it is a serious illness that can cause severe choke, coughing and vomiting. the school issued a similar alert last september. it is 7:11. her son has been charged in a deadly oakland shooting. coming up, what she's now saying to the family of the

victim. and he is accused of taking to social media to threaten a bay area deputy who gave him a ticket. the very serious threats made. and we are marin bound right now as we look at the commute from the richmond san raphael bridge heading out to marin county. it looks good beau there but there is a little bit of a slowdown. temperatures were way above average. still above average today but spring begins. what about sunshine?

it is 714:67:89 man from san mateo county was arrested

after he posted threats on line targeting a sheriff deputy. it appeared to be related to a ticket. he posted the picture of the ticket online and of the deputy who gave it to him. the social media post got more mom us in from there. some who saw the post notified authorities. one post mentioned planting a bomb on the deputy's squad car. >> turned out that there were a variety of threat, very specific threats involving wanting to kill the deputy, wanting to hurt deputies in generallings blowing people up. >> the san mateo county sheriff department served a search warrant in broncio's home and took him in custody. an openly gay san francisco police officer accused of exchanging homophobic and racist slurs with other

officers has resigned. he was one of four officers reassigned because of the scandal. his lawyer called robeson's resignation a tough decision. he was very proud of the work he did, he said, but it's hard to see a successful career after a scandal like this. the judge has given the go- ahead against san francisco police chief. the suit can move forward, filed bickely o'hare, a former attorney for the department. she claims that she was wrongfully fired after he became chief. she says that the firing was retaliation for a disciplinary action that he filed against him. it's 7:15. let's get you moving. sal, things are moving pretty good on the bridges out there?

>> they are, dave, tory, good morning. friday morning. i should qualify that with the commute that is going to be just a little bit better on friday as we look at highway 4. you can see traffic is still slow, as you come in from pittsburg over bay point and over to concord. when you get to the concord area, southbound 680 traffic will be moving along relatively well as you drive from the venetia bridge. the commute continues to look good all the way to walnut creek, slowing on woodland hills. the only traffic that you will see is on the bridge, toll plaza. 580, this is friday light. usually, we have a lot of traffic through livermore and dublin. i'm looking what i'm seeing here. let's go to the toll plaza. that spider that we see on the camera will hang out for a little while. this is his home.

kind of cool, right over the sunset. let's go to steve. >> he's moved in? >> he's there. sounds good, sal. beautiful sunrise here. higher clouds. we'll go from sunny to mostly sunny. good morning, happy first day of spring. well, thank you. a lot of cloud cover beginning to move its way over, beautiful over santa rosa. 72 today, down 6 from yet. san francisco, 62. we'll go 66. mountain view, 65. san jose was 80 yesterday. are you kidding me? 74 today. normal, 67 degrees, way above, way above. the 8 to 14-day outlook which takes us into april shows well normal above the west coast and well below on the east coast. that has not changed for a long time.

so why not? looks cool for some. water temps, 54 to 56. my fear is that these are going to warm up a little bit. i'd like to see them cool down but i don't think they will, unless we get a northwest breeze, maybe monday. maybe monday. that could be in the mix. couple of tweets coming across. some guy like philly says i have never seen weather like this. washington, d.c., snowing. the forecast was for mostly rain and some lady tweeted out, this is not mostly rain. that is one of the more challenging forecast, where that line is between rain and snow. that's fun but a cuff one. new york city, snow, wet snow into boston, toronto, buffalo. south of that is rain but you can see what is going on there. that is white, not green. 21 in truckey, 40s for many and 60s in southern california.

up and over she goes. we have a lot of high clouds. we're going to have to wait for the system coming in. partly cloudy. yesterday was a lot of activities, today, a lot guyer. sun in the morning, clouds start to roll out in the afternoon, nice but cooler, yet above average on the temp. some patchy fog should be on the increase here. mostly cloudy. 76 there today. napa, 73. vallejo, rodeo, crockett, pretty close there. richmond, 68. vaccaville, 78. 60s berkeley and alameda. 79 yesterday hayward. upper 70-n santa clara valley, 60s on the coast in the city. san bruno and low to mid-70s. cloud cover on the way. especially sunday into monday. that's the best opportunity for

rain. won't be much. i think we'll get something out of it. >> a little bit cooler. >> yes. >> 62 at about 68 or 69 is normal. >> okay. >> not the 72 to 82. 7:20. this sunday marks one year since the deadly oso mudslide in washington state that killed 43 people. it was the nation's deadliest landslide. since then, the road has been rebuilt. officials are efforting changes to logging regulations and a commission is pushing for better mapping of landslide zones. people who live in the area say that life will never be the same as it was before the slide. >> as far as, you know, getting things behind us or past us, we will never be -- it's never be it will -- it will never be

behind us. >> 41 trees have been planted for the victims and a plaque is left on the tree that was left standing. >> do you remember that story -- >> of course, woo remember. >> there will be a pink saturday party in san francisco this year even though the original organizers have left. who will be running it this year? a small bay area city overwhelmed by a big city problem. the problem they had to deal with the homeless population and an environmental mess.

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model s car. >> we'll take a second and talk about pete louima in sonoma county. they are trying to deal with a growing homeless population. the people who work in local centers say it's because of the extremely tight rental market and the lack of affordable housing. some of those who are homeless are also struggling with drug addiction. police say there are about 100 homeless camps in that city and most of them are in environmentally sensitive area near the petaluma river. >> this is where it all ends up, on the water's edge and struggling to find out who can come out and clean it up. >> the police in petaluma are trying to get funding to set up a full-time homeless outreach team to help get people the resources they need. >> 7:26. a fourth bat in the east bay tests positive forrabies. why this discovery is

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the most common complaint here at the oakland police department is about response time. there are a number of steps taken to address that. >> dozens of people packed a commuter meeting to voice their concerns about crime in west oakland. we are live outside of oakland police read fares. ktvu's alex savidge will have more from the police chief about crime in the city. welcome back to morning sun. it's friday, march 20th. >> let's talk about weather and traffic. steve paulson is working hard getting ready because he knows -- >> he is not working that hard. >> not that hard. >> not much going on. >> actually it is tough to do facebook, twitter, e-mail, you know, all of it. >> yeah. >> i know. there could be some rain in the weekend forecast. what? i know, i know.

wishful thinking, maybe late sunday, monday. that's the best. temperatures upper 70s and 80s. my goodness. santa rosa, 72. they will be in the mid-20s as you might imagine. these are well above average. more sun in the clouds. we get a little bit of morning sun, clouds. 40s on the temps, 50s, 38 briefly. napa airport, a little bit of fog. some rain. mendicino county, late, this system will stall out. giving us clouds and not much else. sunday and monday, that's our best bet for rain. a little change in arizona. spring training will be much better today than yesterday. look for a little bit of morning sun as we talked about. it will be nice but clouds will

start rolling in here. mild side. cooler coastal bay. sal, still fry date light or did things pop up? >> both. friday light and things have popped up. happy friday to you, steve, and to you folks, watching. not too bad. and definitely better than what we have seen during the commute. let's go to the bay bridge backed up for about a 20 to 25 minute delay. we have seen some slowing at the bay. highway 4 is a little bit slow coming over the hill from bitzburg to bay point. 680 at pleasant hill and westbound 24, just moderate slowing. 580 is a very nice commute. there is the friday light. a little bit of slowing but much better than it does.

7:32. let's go back to the desk. >> sal, thank you. dozens of west oakland residents packed a meeting last night, very important meeting. they were questioning police about the rise of crime in their part of the city. >> one of the worth area, dave, is right here between san pablo avenue, west grand and freeway 580 and 680. >> a rolling gun battle started in oakland. >> police say that the two people who were shot were taken to the hospital in serious condition. so far, there is no word of any arrest. >> that shooting happened yesterday while observing plant police were right in the middle of this meeting. some left as the call came in about that shooting and they had to respond. they had to head out. alex savidge is out with the outpouring of anger and frustration at the meeting and

the response from the police chief. >> good morning to you. during that meeting last night, many west oakland neighbors say they would like to see police officers show up sooner when there is trouble. many people feel that a faster police response to a shootout last week in west oakland may have prevented the death of a mother in front of her home. >> she was not doing anything. she was protecting her kids. we are frustrated, just beyond frustrated. >> a whole lot of neighbors say they packed this rec center in west oakland last night and they put the police chief on the hot seat. they are angry over issues of slow response time and also officer turnover in that particular neighborhood. the department is facing a lot of criticism over the killing of shamille pierce. the mother of three was caught in a cross fire. she died as she tried it get her children to safety as

bullets were flying. that shoot jot began with a fight just up the street outside of a home that neighbors say is a real problem known for drugs and violence. on that day, police did get a 911 call about a heated argument at that home but officers didn't respond to the block until gunfire was reported. chief wendt admits there could be some improvement when it comes to response time, but he is pleased with the progress made. >> you know, i'm pretty optimistic about the direction. >> reporter: the chief points out that the department is chronologically understaffed but he is looking at ways to improve response time. the chief said that the department is working with the city to try to shut down known drug houses as fast as possible and with that being said, just yesterday, police were able to clear out the vacant home, tory, that was linked to last

week's gun battle. >> thanks for the update, alex. in the meantime, the family of a man charged in the death of shamille pierce is apologizing to her family. a 19-year-old man was in court but did not enter a plea. sims' mother talked about the tragic killing outside of the courtroom and said she's sorry. >> for our children, i know how she feels. i have grandchildren and everything and children myself. so i apologize on their behalf. >> reporter: police also arrested 29-year-old jerry harbiy and 29-year-old shevlin mcdaniel. they have been charged with murder. we have an update for you on the breaking news we told you about at the top of the hour as we are speaking, an active police search is

happening north of petaluma. it's reportedly happening near a 7-eleven tore store in pet huge ya. police were on another scene in petaluma valley hospital. here is the video of the crime scene at the 7-eleven store. police have not given us many details but we do know poet louima police officers and sonoma county sheriff deputies have also been searching the roads nearby. a police helicopter has also been flying over that area. we have a ktvu crew on the way to the scene. they're going to bring us more information as soon as we can get it into our newsroom. it is 7:37. another bat with rabies has turned up in the east way. the first was discovered last pond month in san leandro.

one in son ma'am these are known as mexican free tail bats. not big or blood thursdayy, about the size of a mouse and feed on insect but rabies is a potentially deadly disease and officials are troubled by the number found. >> last year, we only had two rabid bats for the whole year. >> wildlife experts estimate that about 1% of the pat population has rabies. you should not touch a bat house speaker john boehner plans to go to israel, taking advantage of the tightened and strained relation between the white house and benjamin netanyahu. he will go to israel during the two-week con compressional recess that begins in just ten days. he angered obama administration

officials when he invited benjamin netanyahu to speak before congress this month without consulting with the white house. republicans have criticized the president over the deteriorating relations with israel about a palestinian state and also because of the nuclear talks with iran. with no end in sight to california's drought, governor jeremy brown announce add one billion dollars package to help us deal with another dry year. governor brown along with legislative leaders from both parties announced a drought relief package as winter ends with very little precipitation. >> this is a struggle. it's going to be something that we're going to have to live with for how long, we are not sure. >> now, some of the one billion dollars in drought relief will be used for emergency water supplies and food for the hard hit farming communities. 272 million will be used to improve the quality.

drinking quarter and desalinnation projects. most of the money is coming from bonds already approved by sorts. a neven crew for restaurants and shops will open near at&t park part of a pop-up trend. we are live to tell us about the yard and what it's all about. frank? >> tory, good morning to you. san francisco definitely cool and trendy. it's just one of those ideas. we are live here at the yard at mission rock right at the mission of a francois. taking a look now at some of the venues, you have the food truck, beer garden and for us morning people, whenever we do live shots, we have tea and coffee. the yard at the rocks is set to open today. timing could not be better. baseball season a couple of weeks away but before the season begins, the yard at mission opened to the public

7:00 to 9:00 p.m., seven day as week. the yard system prairie. many of the restaurants, eateries and shops are made with old shipping container, about 13 of them the main attraction is the beer garden which will be a great place to hang out, before games. this is very popular throughout the bay area. crews are out here this morning putting in the finishing touches, even right down to the paint. people we spoke to, they like it so far. >> i think that's a great place with the park down here. it will bring more cloud here. there are a lot of young people in this area and that will give them something to do. i think that will be san francisco growing. that will be good. >> and this year, this will be here for the next few years, talking about the yard at mission rock. ground will be broken for the

permanent venue here at mission rock. that development will begin until 2017. taking you back outside, beautiful shot here at at&t park this morning. if you do come here at the yard and mission rock, bleachers are set up toward at&t park. you can see some of the action on the scoreboard there. other things that make this cool, developers say if you go to a con earth, they'll work on a six-acre park. there will be something for here. dave can watch the game and tii, you can do your yoga. >> there will be drawing for kids and stuff, so, yes, that sound good. >> great time. the weather is going to cooperate also. should be a nice weekend for people. >> thank you, brian. time is 7:42. u c president janet napolitano issues a public apology. her reaction after private comments she made are caught on

an open mic and the next step for university funding. and allegations of arsenic in california wine. up next, the lawsuit filed. >> a little bit of a problem now in terra linda. southbound 101 and north san pedro. there ace crash. you can see some traffic coming down from novato. let's go yard. in fact, we'll go back to the yard there by at&t park. photo journalist, sid, you are the man, my friend, showing some clouds rolling in.

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although we are not privy to the content of the litigation, we are believe that that is false. all win sold in the u.s. marketplace are safe. the wine institute is an association of 1000 california winery. time now is 7:46. the group has come forward trying to keep the pink saturday weekend from being

canceled. the pink saturday will take place after the original organizers stepped aside. the pink saturday is the street party held days before the pride parade every june. the event draws hundreds of thousands of people to chaos throw street but a rise in violence in the area has put the party in jeopardy. the sisters of indulgence who have held the party in 20 years won't do it anymore. the lbgt center says it will produce the event with the focus of keeping it safe. >> people can en gauge in activities that are fun and really are will the lgbt community and culture. >> the size of the event may shrink and will end two hours earlier than in the past and city has agreed to help pay for more security. this year is expected to be one of the biggest pink saturdays forever because the u.s. supreme court is expected to rule on legalizing same sex

marriage nationwide some time in june. later today, once again, a lot of brave people will head over the edge of san francisco's hyatt regie hotel and doing it for a good cause. they provide summer adventures to low income students. yesterday, some local celebrities and elected officials rappeled 23 stories down the hotel to the embarcadero. people who raised money, 1600- dollar for the program will take the chance to take the thrill. our buddy abraham simmons. >> all right. >> prout of you, abraham. organizers hope to raise $3000. >> will you do it? >> i thought about doing it. i was going to do it for abraham. >> he will shows busy. >> yeah. >> stuff going on. >> i would do like three

stories. i would rappel down 3 stories, not 23. >> let's check in with sal to see how things are moving on the road >> they asked me to do it, right before my hive had the baby. i think i would have been okay with the rappel but she would have killed me. i would have been okay with rappeling. maybe next year. >> let's take a look at the commute now and take a look at marin county. southbound 101, san pedro, there was a crash in the lanes. c hp doing good work. a little bit slower than we like to see it, especially on a friday when you are used to seeing friday light conditions in the area. looking at the commute here, someone asked me, thinks friday light for the bay bridge? this is what it's like during spring and fall and during the summer, we get really light condition on a friday about this time. nimitz free way, busy on that bridge as you can see by the

red road sensors. and northbound 88. still a lot of slow traffic on northbound 101. 7:49. let's go to steve in the weather center. >> we do have increase in some higher clouds slowing working their way in. morning sun giving way to sunny skies, breaks in there. nice pictures coming in from redding and willets. the trees on the pollen count are very, very high. sycamore, mull berry, pine and oaks they are itching, raring to go. a very warm march. the last full day of winter was unbelievably warm, goods 10 to 12 degrees above average. 72 today. that's down 62 from yesterday. san francisco, 62. should be 66 today. mountain view should check in at 65. 73 an average for san jose, 67.

74 today after yesterday's 80 degrees. a little bit of a break here in the morning. clouds on the increase. up north, mendicino county. possibility of some rain up there later this afternoon, and tonight into early tomorrow but more likely late sunday into monday. 40s, 50s. finally made it to 52. san francisco, monterey, 56. those are still running a little bit above average. average temps have been there above average since june amazing what a stretch it has been. cloud cover to the north and maybe some light rain but rain and snow moving in. tweets coming across. are you kidding moo he? pennsylvania, pittsburg, philadelphia, boston to new york to washington, d.c. the biggest challenge for forecasters is that line between rain and snow. you don't want to sit this and say partly cloudy and rain and

you are shoveling six inches of rain off your driveway. that's a tough one. 21 truckee, a system will give us a lots of cloud cover, not much else. temperatures will cool off. look for partly sunny morning, mostly cloudy to cloudy afternoon. patchy fog will be returning. we'll get the low and high clouds increasing. that's going to cloud us up. 60s and 70s. clouds will roll sooner, taking a couple of degrees. not as warm as yesterday. still rather warm. mild 660s to 70s. 76 morgan hill, saratoga, 75. 63 pacifica. and better system for sunday, monday could give us some rain. >> all right. >> love the rain. >> for six sea sons, the glee

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sidney, australia, the site of a deadly hostage situation reopened today. it was on december 15th that a lone gunman entered a cafi. after a 16-hour standoff, police stormed the cafi. two hostages and the gunman were killed. plaques dedicated to the hostages killed are on display inside the cafi. officials say that reopening the cafi is the right thing to do and symbolizes the importance of moving forward. tomorrow in san francisco, you can exchange guns for cash. london breed, the board of supervisors announced the gun buybacks yesterday. anybody can turn in a gun, no questions asked. the gun buy back will take place between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. tomorrow at the ella hill hutch community center on mccallister street. >> this might not be the turn around, this gun buyback but every gun that we buy back are potential lives that we save. >> $100 will be paid for

handguns, $200 for assault weapons. 7:56. fast great story. some modesto firefighters are getting national attention for doing something extraordinary. this loose like just a normal lawn mowing. but earlier, firefighters rushed to the home for an 89- year-old in distress. they could not save him but of a talking to the family, they decided to finish what the man was doing. time is 7:57. you can see through it but you can't break it. it's virtually indestructible. the new way an east bay city is keeping criminals out of

abandoned homes. and one person hurt after an overnight fire in san francisco. and we are looking at the north bay commutes. we have been looking at san rafael and also the golden gate bridge. we'll run it down for you straight ahead. starting off with some sun but the clouds are already rolling in. it's cooler rather. what about the rain?

welcome back to morning zone 2 and we are still following developing news for you in the north bay. a crime scene at a 7-eleven store and a lot of police activity in the parking lot of a hospital. this is all part of an early morning police search in the area north of petaluma. tara moriarty will tell us more about the investigation and what exactly happened out there earlier this among. stay tuned. welcome back to mornings on 2. it is friday march 20th. i'm dave clark. >> and time tory campbell. people are interested in the weather. >> cooler and clouds. 80-degree temps. we'll cool it down. temperatures running above average for this time the year.

maybe by sunday, they'll get to slow possibility of some rain. tomorrow, authorities of santa rosa, 78 yesterday. santa rosa, 82 livermore. today, we'll go 70s. cloud cover coming into the north. mendicino county, turning mostly cloudy. there could be a little bit of light rain. farther north you go, better opportunities, 40s and 50s, temperatures might be stuck a little bit for the north bay as well. for the south, sunshine. the bulk is taking aim to the north. a little change here in the pattern from sunshine and warm temperatures. still nice. nice, cooler, high clouds combination of high clouds and low. anything new to report,al. >> we do have a little bit more slow traffic in some areas as

more feel are getting a late start. we are looking at the bay bridge toll plaza which has been steady and slow all the way out to the mcarthur bay. that's very sunny every time i see that spider, sorry. about a 15 to 20 minute delay at the toll plaza. the -- i'm going to back to the east shore freeway westbound. traffic is backing up as you drive between the car carcaenas bridge. a crash 101 near san pedro, right there on the shoulder but track is backed up from alameda del prado. it's 8:02. let's go to the commute picture here in san raphael. you will see some slow traffic. now let's go back to the desk. as we have been telling you, we are following a developing story in the north

bay. a lot of police out there searching north of petaluma because of a reported shooting. ktvu's fox two tara moriarty just got there in the last 20 minutes. the search died down but still a lot of unanswered questions? why that's right. authorities have not released any details to us just yet but sources tell ktvu there was a crime scene set up here and also at the 7-eleven store which is two and a half miles away. petaluma police officers and sonoma sheriff deputies have been searching the road near the 7-eleven 1 which is near old pembroke highway. a law enforcement helicopter was spotted circling above the store. we are working to confirm reports that this may all be connected to a shooting. we're going to try to get more information from police and let you know what we find out.

live from petaluma, i'm tara moriarty, back to you. >> thank you. new this morning, one person was hurt this morning in a fire in san francisco's exelcior district. the garage of a home at he edinburg street was hurt. the red cross was called in to help two people who were displaced. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. meantime, a 13-year-old girl has died a week after her san francisco apartment caught on fire. her father died in that fire. her mother and two brothers were hurt as well but they have since been released from the hospital. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. it is 8:04. palo alto police are calling the deaths of two men at a

senior housing complex a murder- suicide. ktvu fox 2's janine de la vega is live from the scene. >> good morning. police are going that you the complex, a housing complex for low-income seniors. there is an officer inside guarding the crime scene. investigators will be looking through computer files and the office here to try to figure out what left up to this. at around 3:30, yesterday afternoon, a resident caught a glimpse of someone injured in an elevator. firefighters and police found a man with a gun in his lap dead. police arrived to discovered a second body in the office. that man had been shot multiple times. investigators determined that the man in the elevator shot the man who was in the office and then turned the gun on himself. >> we're going to be continuing to look into any possible relationship they had once we

have their identities confirmed to see whether there was some kind of ensuing argument or something that occurred in the past that may have led down what happened. police say they have not responded to any prior incident at the complex nor are they familiar with the two men involved. one man was in his 60s and the other in his 70s. both of them live here. it's unknown if the man that was found lived in the apartment complex. police are still waiting for the coroner to rethese their identities. we have not seen the officers execute the search warrant but we have been told that will happen in the next several hours. at that will help them in their investigation. it is 8:06. in about an hour, a judge will hear a motion on whether to kick a violent sexual predator out of a wall nut creek

neighborhood. contra costa county prosecutors are fighting to evict him because an unusually high number of young boys live in that neighborhood. authorities are trying to determine the cause of dead of a dead row inmate in san quentin. he was awaiting execution for the 1998 rape and murder of his 15-year-old stepdaughter in sacramento county. cooper is the second dead row inmate to die in a week and the 66th to die from natural causes since california reinstated capital punishment in 1978. the city of richmond searching for new ways to keep thieves and vandals from getting into abandoned houses. now, this may be a st. louis. looks like a window but n this case, the material is virtually

indestructdable. it's called secure view. it is an alternative to putting up plywood that's put up traditionally in abandoned houses to protect windows. city officials plan to install secure view on homes that are being rehabilitated. >> we can reuse the product and take it to the next property after we complete the rehab. >> secure view costs more money than plywood but since plywood has to be replaced so often, it will be a lot cheaper in the long run. u c president janet napolitano has issued a public apology at the made at the regents meeting caught in an open mike. she says we don't have to listen to protesters. >> we first showed you that video yesterday. it happened as u c students were protesting possible tuition hikes at the meeting.

a spokesperson said that she has met with students and is open to their concerns. >> she was anxious to move on to the agenda of the day. there were a lot of important issues on the agenda. >> napolitano also said that she and governor jerry brown are working to agree on how much funding the u c system will get from the state. time is 8:09. a company from pleasanton has won a new contract to demolish part of the old eastern span of the bay bridge. california engineering contractors had the lowest bid, about 69 1/2 million dollars and that's a lot less than the $93 million cal trans estimated for the work. the company plans on saving money by lowering pieces of the bridge on to barges and scrapping them elsewhere. a battle is brewing, so to

speak, between b.a.r.t. and a specialty beer. the brewery wants to trademark the name as it expands production. but bay area rapid transit has filed a legal opposition saying that beer would dilute b.a.r.t.'s distinctive name. the beer maker has not decided how to reresponsibility they say that the beer is named after a beloved dog and standing for barrel-aged really tasty. >> that does spell b.a.r.t. >> >> time is 8:10. now four bats with rabies have been found in the east bay. coming up, why officials say they are especially worried about this latest case. and march madness excitement almost proves too much for the coach of georgia state when his own son did at the buzzer that prompted him to fall out of his chair. and we are looking at the south bay commute. right now, traffic is going to be a little bit slow westbound as you drive into the valley.

we'll tell you a little bit more about this commute, straight ahead. no matter if i fall out of my chair, i can't save winter. it's going to say good-bye. spring will be here later today.

welcome back to mornings on 2. our time is 8:13. a man from senate yo county was

arrested accused of posting threats online targeting a sheriff deputy. officials say this it appears to be related to a ticket that he received. the social media post god more ominous after the post. someone who saw the post notified authorities. one post mentioned planning a bomb -- planting a bomb on the deputy's squad car. >> turns out there were a variety of threats, very specific threats involving wanting to kill the deputy, wanting to hurt deputies in general, blowing people up. >> the san mateo county sheriff department served a search warrant at his home and took him into custody because of those threats. the road to the women's ncaa tournament begins today. cal is hosting the first and second round games in the

albany regional. the stand ford women play tomorrow, hosting cal state north ridge at maples pavilion. he will turn around. >> the ball bounced around. nc state edged lsu. 11 games were decided by fewer than 10 points. and in a game that probably busted a lot of brackets, the university of alabama at birmingham, uab, shked the number 3 seat iowa state. and there was another exciting underdog victory when number 4 seat georgia state pulled off an incredible victory over baylor in a game winning shot that would have made any father proud. >> r j hunter for 3. >> and the crowd goes wild. his coach was on the sideline,

2.2 seconds remaining, he falls out of his chair. his son r j makes an amissing 3- points shot. you can see the shot was so epic the coach well right off his rolling stool. he had to use that stool. a week ago, he tore his achille's tendon celebrating georgia state winning the sun dealt conference championship. >> he felt to pain. >> certainly did not. he had to go with the 3-pointer and the win. so exciting. >> my boy. >> exactly. >> great, great stuff. >> all right. >> time is 8:16. >> i can hear your voice. >> to do it in front of your dad, though. >> come on. >> everything goods that ever happened to me, i called my dad, you know. >> so i understand. to have him there. >> that's incredible. >> good morning, everyone. let's go out and take a look at what we have now with the morning commute starting with a

look at the commute in san jose. highway 17. you will see traffic is not too bad. it's recovering a little bit from some earlier slow traffic. we are starting to see the friday light effect now taking place as we look at the map of the south bay. slowing on i-17. pockets of slow traffic definitely better on the peninsula. southbound 280 a little bit slow as we head down towards redwood city because of some earlier problems. i think what you should do is use 101 and give yourself a little extra time. nimitz free way is better than it normally is. driving in contra costa county, moderate. 8:17, let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza, seeing some signs of release there. today better, sun and clouds. >> you listen. you listen. >> every day, steve, i listen. >> try to do as well. lots of clouds rolling in here

pretty quick. yesterday's warmth, 80s for many inland. maybe not as high as today but trees are the culprit. average highs, 60s. still running above average, even san francisco. so if you think it was warm, it has been warm. we do get a change here. high to mid-level clouds. more clouds to the north, maybe some light rain. mendicino county, lake county north. sunday does look better for rain. 40s and 50s on our temps here, kind of stuck. cloud cover taking aim, drifting more north than anything else. 25 in truckee. and blue king, 53 degrees. interesting came across portland and seattle, normal to above normal range, just slightly below normal for

portland and seattle. some rain in northern california. some of that in the phoenix, not as bad as yesterday but some of the areas that were lit up yesterday. some cloud cover around phoenix and a few a little spray showers there. yesterday was a really crazy day. today much better. clouds on the increase right now. clouds rolling n beginning to move n mild but cooler. not much of a breeze here. 60s and 70s on your temps. we'll continue to come down here as we see temperatures continue the increase. kind of a mild pattern over. not a cold system whatsoever. we have not seen very many of those, that's for sure. clouds will be with us today. better opportunity for rain. and i like how you are very

realistic. you say it's going to rain and it does not. >> i mean, you always have so many -- >> this will give the north bay some. >> thank you, steve. time is 8:19. if you are a gleek -- i mean a fan of the tv show glee, toyed is a sad day. hit show is preparing for its curtain call. the popular series was an instant hit. the layer cory montiem care ter will make an appearance. >> glee in the fix six years was so infence. i have taken care of myself. i'm ready. >> during the show's run, the cast sold more than a million albums. they earned six emmy awards and sold out arenas with the glee live and concert tour. the two-hour series final he have for glee will air tonight

right here on ktvu channel 2 from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. >> that was such a popular show. >> it has been. >> can't imagine it going away. looks like san francisco's pink saturday party is going to be back on. who is stepping in to organize it and how the event will be different this year. >> and a city overwhelmed by a big city problem up next. the struggle with how to deal with the homeless population in petaluma.

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no winter this morning but love is in the air and so is spring. at 3:44 this afternoon. clouds. we'll go mostly cloudy, maybe rain to the north. more on that coming up. >> love the music, too. time is 8:24. fiat, the italian car maker, has a new commercial but filmed right here in the bay area but not where you might expect. take a look right over my head. the marketing campaign is that it's tiny, it's cool and italian. now, this may seem a little mediterranean to you but the setting was vallejo. the former navy shipyard. that cool little italian car race aid long fifth street to water front. electric car maker tesla

brought a software upgrade to end the so-called range anxiety. the software will warn if they are going outrange of the next charging station and guide them to another one. it will be able toll you if a charging station is busy or out of service. the upgrade is for tesla's model s cars. 8:25. the sonoma county city of petaluma is trying to deal with a growing population of homeless people. those who work at local outreach centers say it'spartly due to the extremely tight rental market and lack of affordable housing. some those who are homeless are dealing with drug addiction. there are about 100 homeless camps in the city. most of them are environmentally sensitive areas near the petaluma river. >> so this is kind of where it ends up, right on water's edge and tumbles off into the river.

>> petaluma police are trying to get funding to set up a full- time homeless outreach team. this sunday marks one year since the deadly oso mudslide in washington state where 43 people were killed. it was the nation's deadliest landslide. officials moved to change locking regulationings and there ace regulation pushing for better mapping oflandslide zones. 43 new trees have been planted for the people who died and a plaque is standing on the one tree that stood up time is 8:26. a one billion dollars package to help deal with california's drought, up next. what the money is going to be used for as our dry weather continues. plus, there was anger and frustration at a community meeting held in west oakland last night. we'll tell you why the chief of

police here in the city is facing quite a bit of criticism over the response to a shooting last week that left a mother dead. good morning. we are looking at a commute where traffic is getting better in many areas but there is always an exception, isn't there? we'll get to the bottom of why it's so low here on 880.

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oh, yeah. just over two week, the 2015 major league baseball season begins. steve paulson is ready. for the past couple of weeks, both bay area teams have been working hard in spring training with the giants hoping to defend their world series title and, this year, fans will be

cheering them on with another reason to head out to at&t park early. we want to show you live pictures from the yard. admission rock. we have been out there all morning. this is a pop-up village that's opening in a portion of the parking lots by at&t park. right there, the yard. coming up in a few minutes, ktvu's brian flores will have some details on what yard has to offer you baseball fans and anybody else heading over to check it out. stay tuned. >> it's friday, march 20th. i'm dave clark. checking out your weather and traffic with you this morning, steve paulson has your forecast for the first day of -- >> 3:44 springily begins officially. cloud cover coming in.

clouding up specially north. light rain possible. i think by sunday and monday, some rain. that's a lot to ask, i know. looks like we are back to sunny and warm but weekend looks like a lot of cloud cover. some shower activity near phoenix. more clouds than anything he is. for us, we'll get a lot of clouds. loud rolling. again, best bet looks to be sunday into monday, more on that coming up. 60s and 70s. get a beer at the yard, sal? >> i think you could but that could be a little too much. especially since i'm just a light weight. let's go out and take a look at what we have right now. traffic is going to be a little bit slow in some areas on 880

although it's improved a little bit. there is a little bit of a slowdown as you drive into downtown oakland. going the other way, southbound 880 is a little bit slow from union city. there ace look at the by bridge toll plaza. i'm also looking at antioch, concord and wall walnut creek. touch of track on 680, alamo. 8:32. back to the desk. >> thank you. still no word of any arrest on that rolling gun battle and shootout that went from oakland to emeryville that left two people in serious condition. it started on adaline. the search for evidence and suspects continues. two people who were wounded, they were taken to the hospital. that shooting happened as oakland police were in the

middle of this community meeting about the rising violence in the city and also the tragic killing of an innocent mother trying to protect her kids from gunfire. our cameras were rolling. we saw police officers running out to their cars right from that meeting as the call came in. ktvu's alex savidge is now live with more on how people in west oakland were putting pressure on theoakland police chief. >> as you can imagine, there is quite a bit of anger over the shooting death last week of that mother just outside of her home. there is a lot of frustration amongst neighbors about the police response. the issues were front and center during a community meeting held last night. >> every time we call the police, they don't show up until they decide to show up. >> okay, sir, sir -- >> plenty of neighbors packed this rec center for the meeting and they put oakland's police chief on the hot seat. many are upset about issues of slow response time to 911 calls

and also officer turnover in that part of the city. and in particular, the department is facing a lot of criticism over the killing of shamille pearce. the mother of three was caught in the cross fire in front of her home and killed by a stray bullet. she died as she tried to get her children to safety as gunshots rang out. that shootout that ended pearce's life began with a fight up the street. it was just outside of a home that neighbors say ace real problem known for drug and violence. on that day, police did get 911 calls about a heated argument outside of that home but officers didn't respond to the block until gunfire was reported. we asked the chief last night about how he feels that situation was handled. >> the call initially came in as an argument which unfortunately is not an uncommon call for the oakland police department to get. we want to respond as quick as possible to those types of calls but that's all a function of how many officers are

available and how many other calls areoutstanding. >> the chief pointed out that the department is understaffed but he says that they are working right now with the city to try to shut down some those known drug houses in certain neighborhoods, especially in west oakland and try at the gets them closed down as fast as they possibly can. the chief also pointed out that violent crime has gone down in west oakland over the last five years but while he feels things are moving in the right direction, he obviously acknowledged last night that there is a whole lot more work to be done. >> alex savidge live, thank you. in the meantime, the family of a man charged in the death of shamille pearce is apologizing to her family. anthony sims, the 19-year-old defendant was in court. his mother talked about the public killing and said she is

sorry. >> i gave them my condelence and for our children, i know how i feel. i have grandchildren and everything and children myself. so i apologize on their behalf. >> police also arrested 29-year- old jerry harbin and 29-year- old sheldon mcdaniels in the case. they have been charged with murder. the investigation continues. a man suspected of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy in oakland is hyped bars. 48-year-old miguel barajas is held without bail. he was taken into custody on tuesday in fremont. the boy told police that barajas approached him on january 27th as he was walking on 92nd avenue in east oakland around 3:00. that's when barajas lured him to a nearby area, the boy said, and assaulted him. and another bat with rabies turned up in the east bay. the first was discovered last

month in san leandro. two more in fremont and the latest was discovered in sonole on saturday. these bats are known as mexican free tail bats. they are not big or blood thirsty. they are about the size of a mouse and feast on insects but rabies ace potentially deadly disease and health officials say they are troubled by the number of rabid bats found so early in the year. time is 8:37. with no end in sight to california's drought, governor jerry brown announced a one billion dollars package to help us deal with another dry year. governor brown joined by legislative leaders from both parties announced the drought relief package as the drought is ending with little precipitation. >> this is a struggle. that's something that we have to live with for how long, we are not sure. >> now, some of that one billion dollars in drought relief will be used for emergency water supplies and food for the hard hit farming

community. 272 million will be used to improve the quality of drinking water as well as desalinnation project and drinking water. most of the money has been approved in bonds already approved by voters. ktvu brian flores is live along china basin to tell us about the yard opening just in time for baseball season, just a few weeks away, brian? >> yeah, just a few weeks away. you mentioned pop-up, tori. here it is, across from at&t park, will many open later on today. definitely buzzing out here. workers putting the finishing touches. yard at mission rock set to open at noon today. the timing could not be better. that's the first day of spring. baseball season just a couple of weeks away. even before the season begins,

the yard at mission rock will be open to the public from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. seven days a week, sent for today. a couple of things make this interesting. the first thing is that the yard is interesting. called the pop-up village. many of the restaurant, eateries, shops made with old shipping containers, about 13 of them. the main attraction is the anchor's team beer garden which will be a great place to hang out, either before or after gauges. has the off the grid feel there in indoughs. crews are out here, putting the finishing touches, even right down to the pan. >> it's enjoying, took a lot of people pulling together to get this job done and get it done in a too manically matter and get it open for the giants. there was some struggle but other than that, we have overcome everything and made it in time and on schedule. it was great. >> you think about the

traditional fill filipino dish. we incorporate that into mexican dishes, we have two types of burritos. >> you know i will be hit that go food truck. the reap it's called pop judge development, took just five weeks from when the project was approved to right now. the development will be here for the next two years as least. the ground will be broken for the mix rock development in 2017. we are at the corner of terry frangois and third here. you don't even have to go to the game to enjoy the festivities here. again, yard the mission rock will open up at noon today. you have the beer garden, as we mentioned. for sal and steve, they'll watch the game and tori will be

doing her yoga right here across from at&t park. >> sound like a great time. i'm curious about security because, sometimes, fans have been carried away. >> we have not heard about security during opening call there will be some security for games. we have a view of today's solar eclipse from outer space. a slight with the european space agency took this of the cosmic event. the device views the sun with, stream ultra violet waves. the only place on earth where people could view the eclipse were near scotland and norway. the next eclipse will occur a year from now next march over indonesia. >> how did you get those pictures? >> just magic.

that's amazing >> you are incredible. >> seriously. >> beautiful images fntledz wow. >> time is 8:41. for the second day in a row, people will be going over the edge of a san francisco hotel, brave people but for a good cause. we'll tell you about a fundraising event that's giving some people the thrill of a lifetime and a new idea to cut back on your drinking. up next, the plan to moderate your weekly inmake and how much is suggested for men and women. looking at marin county, southbound 101. we'll it will you more about this coming up. still winter for the morning but this afternoon will be spring. we'll turn today inside out. around here, we're all about fast.

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♪. >> i can't sing. i can't rappel either but i can talk about it because today, once again, a lot of very brave people will big hearts, they're going to head over the edge of san francisco's hyatt regency hotel doing this for a good cause.

it ace fund raiser for a wonderful organization called outward bound california providing summertime adventures for low income students and yesterday, some local celebrities and elected officials rappeled down 23 stories. this hotel is on the embarcadero. people who raised $1600 will get a chance to rappel down. oh,ers hope to raise about $300,000. president obama issued a statement on the marin county man being held in iran as that country celebrates its new year holiday. jason roesian has been detained in iran for more than eight months and the president says it is especially painful that on a holiday centered on ridding one self of the difficulty of the past year, jason's mother and father will continue to carry the heavy burden of concern regarding jason's health and well-being into the new year. he is 39 years old, born in san

francisco, grew up in marin, his father is iranian so he has dual citizenship. he once road for the san francisco chronicle but was working as the tehran bureau chief for the washington post when he was arrested and detained in tehran. no word on the charges he has faced and he has not been allowed to talk to his attorney. we brought you an interview with jason's brother who talked about how tough this has been for jason. >> it's getting a big toll on him that he has not gotten any iranian justice that he believes he deserves. >> the president says he is committed to bringing jason and three other americans home from iran either in prison or missing there. there ace new trends emerging from heavy drinkers looking to sober up. it's called moderation management and the chairman of the monthh nonprofit group says it's like a stepping phone for people who want to cut back or

abstain from alcohol. the program asks people to take a month off from drinking. then, if you want to drink again, they're only allowed 14 drinks a week. that's for men, or nine drinks a week for women. we actually get more people into healthy drinking or abstinence than giving them a black and whiteunderstanding, it ace all or nothing. doctors say that alcohol moderation can work for some people but at least 10% of adults need a more involved treatment to manage or quit drinking completely. so it gives another option. >> to gradually back away. >> all right. time is 8:48. we're going to go right over to sal. you kind of backed away for lent, right? >> 40 days. >> not drinking at all. >> good for you. >> thank you. it was a little bit hard because i like my glass of wine

but it's easy now. >> how do you feel. >> feel a little better, truth be told. >> great. >> thank you. let's go out and take a look at what we have. let's get you out the door with a look at highway 24, shall we? westbound, look at this. i think you're going to like it. here is the friday light we have been looking for. even 680 nearby has cleared up nicely in the concord area and walnut creek. looking at the bay bridge toll plaza, the commute is still backed up, no problem getting into san francisco. at the marin county, though, we had an earlier accident southbound 101 near north san pedro. the crash has gone but the slow traffic is lingering. >> a lot of cloud cover on the way. the fact that it's been rolling n the last half of winter. sure didn't feel like it yesterday, for sure with 70s and 80s. a little bit more cloud cover.

cooler, still on the mild side. temperatures will be in the 60s, 70s, not those 80s. a little bit of rain possible. more breaks in the south, cloud cover continues to roll in. 40s, 50s, on the pass, didn't move too much. 54 bodega bay. 56 san francisco. monterey, half moon bay, 56 still running above average. we get a little cooling here over the week as two systems roll in. another one sunday and monday. that one looks better. 40s, 50s to 60s down in southern california blue canyon, 52 degrees the system beagainst we'll get some rain again, farther north, better opportunity but some of these systems look a little strong. spring training better yesterday than today but still some cloud cover over phoenix,

maybe a few scattered showers. a little better for tucson but yesterday was the day. cloudy skies on the way here. spring begins at 3:44 today. again, i think sunday ace better opportunity. 60s and 70s on the temp. mild pattern. this is not a very cold system. each though temperatures cool down, still running above average for many, many locations, maybe right at the coast. lot of clouds this weekend, better opportunity for rain sunday afternoon, into early monday. it will make it. >> nice to see a little bit of showers at least. >> something at least. >> steve, thank you. time us 8:51. house speaker john boehner planning to go to israel. he may be trying to take advantage of the strained relations between the white house and benjamin netanyahu. speaker boehner announced he will go to israel during the

two-week congressional recess that begins in two days. he angered the white house by inviting netanyahu to speak earlier this month and didn't consult the white house. republicans have criticized the white house because of the deteriorating relations with israel and also the palestinian state and the nuclear negotiations with iran. >> it's interesting, netanyahu when he was running says that he would never want a palestinian state now he is backing off. and amazon drones coming closer to reality.

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good. winter is here but spring will be this afternoon. >> very ethereal music. >> the first day of spring is the start of the cherry blossom festival. each year, people flock to watch the cherry blossom. here it happens in japantown. >> it's beautiful the federal aviation administration gave amazon permission to test drones and eventually deliver packages. however, several conditions were put. all the zone flights have to be at 400 feet and below during daylight and when the weather permit. the pilots have to be in the line of sight of the drone and have a private pilot certificate. and amazon has to make monthly

reports to the f.a.a. and a gun buyback program yesterday was announced in san francisco joined by police and other community representatives. anybody can turn in a gun, no questions asked. this buyback is between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. tomorrow at the ella hill hutch community center on mcallister street. 100-dollar will be given per handgun and 2 $200 for assault rifles. and these firefighters raced to the home because an 89- year-old man had suffered a heart attack while mowing hislawn. unfortunately, they could not revive him. when police were inside speaking to the family inside,

firefighters finished what he was doing. police came outside and saw this and snap these pictures. sal, you are watching 880 and everything else? >> yes, a little bit of slowing on 880 if you are trying to drive from san leandro, you will see some traffic there at the colyseum and beyond that. looking at show traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza. and the third is persistent flowing between no va to and san raphael. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. clouds increasing throughout the day, light rain. more likely sunday, that will be a little cooler pattern into the week, more clouds by monday morning, should be out of here and back to sunny and warmer by the middle of next week. >> first weekend of spring. >> thank you, steve. that's our report this among thank you for making ktvu

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