we're live in oakland, where a 9-year-old boy is in the hospital after falling through a skylight at an elementary school. we'll tell you why he was up on top of the roof and what his condition is now. plus, this well-known waterfront restaurant is ordered to shut down by the port of san francisco. we'll tell you about the deadline that passed this past weekend and the action that could be taken later today. 7:00. you are looking live at one of the longest-standing restaurants along the san francisco bay. it's called sinbad's. according to reports, the port of san francisco has been trying to evict the restaurant for some time now but the owners are not going down

without a fight. ktvu fox 2's alex savidge is there. coming up, he will tell us battle over this prime piece of real estate. good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." it's monday, march 23rd. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. steve has been busy with precipitation. >> tori, the rain made it. >> yes. >> when you are in this drought, anything we'll take. >> it was so nice. >> it is. >> that's a lot of comments from people today. it was okay. not just a couple of 1/100ths. there was some decent amounts here. we're still getting some rain here. ben lomond, santa cruz mountains, .50. russian river, .50. la honda, .30. marin county, ross valley, san rafael 19/100ths. morgan hill, rodeo, vallejo,

.10. we are gating some really good rain over walnut creek here but it's on the back side now gone through berkeley, emeryville, piedmont, oakland. and then heading over highway 24 and 680. highway 242 as well. concord, pleasant hill, that's the cell that went through walnut creek heading towards mt. diablo. it looks like it ended in la fayette. 40s and 50s on the temps. our system will swing in a lot of clouds and some rain. it's light and it's not widespread. it's kind of hit or miss. a little cooler, breezy for some. 60s on many of these temperatures. this will be the coolest day of the week. we'll have more on a warmup later this week in about ten minutes. here he is, sal, any issues out toward the east bay. yes, steve, the rain has slowed traffic down especially where the rain has just hit. on the eastshore freeway, we have slow traffic this morning

coming in as you drive from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. the traffic is slowing down. usually it's not quite this much time to go between the carquinez bridge and the macarthur maze. but there it is. you can see the traffic is slow getting to the bay bridge toll plaza. i want to mention when you get to the toll plaza, it's more like a normal delay as you drive through. 680 has been very slow from the get-if. we had an earlier accident, 680 at 8 4. 580 westbound, traffic is backed up all the way into livermore. if this is your commute, you need to give yourself extra time. more people are on 880. they are avoiding 680. that's backed up all the way down to fremont in a some id line. all of this -- some -- solid line. all of this is slow. 7:03. back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. a 9-year-old boy from novato suffering from severe head trauma and spine arinjuries after falling

through a skylight at his elementary school. tara moriarty is live where he is now in intensive care. >> reporter: well, good morning. 9-year-old william wells suffered head trauma when he fell. they say he will make it. but it will be a long road ahead. he will need most likely a full body cast. while doctors were doing a scan, they discovered a previously undiagnosed condition, a benign cyst on his brain. let's take a look at pictures taken from inside the hospital. this is william wells. you can see the large bump on his head. he also suffered seven fractures in his spine as well as internal bleeding. >> while they were playing basketball, aparently one of them kicked the ball. they went on the roof. he's very lucky. he could have landed on something, he could have landed a lot harder. it could have been fatal. >> reporter: school officials at hamilton school have not commented on how the 9-year-old

was able to access the roof. but they have said that their hearts go out to the family. as for william's cyst, doctors say they are going to observe him before going forward with any treatment. live from children's hospital in oakland, i'm tara moriarty, back to you. >> thank you for the update. the search will continue today for a missing hiker in yosemite national park. 20-year-old michael dahl was last seen on saturday. he's described as 6'1" with reddish-brown hair and green eyes and was wearing jeans. he was last seen in lower yosemite falls. that's about half a mile from the yosemite valley visitors center. we've circled both places in red. anyone with more information is being asked to contact authorities. a well-known san francisco waterfront restaurant is fighting to keep its doors open despite being ordered by port

officials to move out. fox 2's alex savidge is joining us live this morning with more on this battle over sinbad's. >> reporter: good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the owners are -- the owners are not going quietly. they are pushing back against an order to vacate. the deadline to leave was this past saturday. that deadline has come and gone. the port of san francisco is ordering this restaurant here along the water front at pier 2 to close down so the building can be demolished to make way for more piers. they've been serving up seafood and drinks with spectacular bayviews for the past four decades. they said on their facebook page the restaurant remains open. now, the port has been trying

to close sinbad's down since 2012. the plan is to use that space to expand ferry and water taxi service near pier 2. the brothers who own the restaurant told the chronicle that they are trying to work out a deal to keep the restaurant open for one more week. the end may not be here just yet but it is in sight. and this is told a fight that could heat up as we move throughout the day as the owners may be served with an actual eviction order at some point later on today. >> all right. alex savidge in san francisco. we'll talk to you later. thank you. >> okay. well, today, the la fayette city council will consider whether to extend an agreement about a hotly debated development plan. the proposal would allow a large apartment complex or houses to be built on land along highway 24 across from the high school. the agreement, which would be extended to july, stops the clock on a lawsuit over the

terrace's apartment complex. the city considers the smaller development of houses. some of the neighbors have actively opposed this project for years. they are really concerned about traffic and what they say is an already congested area. 7:07. without acknowledging the threat is real, the pentagon is urging vigilance this morning after an online threat from isis against the families of u.s. military members. the pentagon is concerned about an online hit list posted by a group claiming to be the hacking division. the posting shows the pictures, names and addresses of 100 military members. they say the list is like marching orders for lone wolves and isis inspired operatives. >> they have a hacking disk vis. they have all of these different divisions. they are getting to a point where they are very organized and are pressing just as hard in social media and online as

they are on the battlefield. >> u.s. political sas say it doesn't appear that the information came from any hacking activity but rather from public records and social media postings. the marine corps is urging its personnel to check what kind of information they've posted online and limit how much information is available. tensions are increasing in yemen. rebels have taken over one- third of yemen, including the capital. that's prompting the u.n. security council to demand an end to the conflict. there's growing concern that tension will lead to yemen becoming like iraq, yemen and syria allowing groups like isis to benefit from the deterioration. >> okay. 7:09. back here at home, the supreme court is taking up issue of how disability laws affect the

police. coming up, the closely-watched case and how it involves san francisco. conversation over. the reason starbucks says it's decided to stop writing "race together" on coffee cups. we're looking at a commute here that's a little bit affected by wet weather. we haven't said that in a while. although on the bridge, it's dry and traffic is moderate. well, not often we can say morning rain. but that's what we've had. not for everybody. but a good cell from marin county to the east bay. we'll take another look at it -- coming up.

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welcome back to "mornings on 2." 7:12. a former engineer at twitter is suing over what she calls a secretive promotional system at the san francisco-baited company. now, tina wang says twitter create as glass ceiling for women that can't be explained by any reasonable business purr pots.

her lawsuit says twitter does not have a meaningful promotion process and that she was overlooked for promotions. she also claims when she complained to twitter's ceo, she was put on administrative leave. she won $16 million to settle her gender discrimination lawsuit. also, ellen powell, who is suing klineer perkins for gender discrimination, on saturday, the judge hearing the case ruled klineer perkins can be ordered to pay punitive damages. that could possibly mean millions more if she wins. the judge said there's enough evidence for jurors to find malice or other grounds for punitive damages. the menlo park firm denies powell's allegations. 7:13. starbucks is no locker encouraging its baba reese das to engage conversations about

-- baristas to engage conversations about race relations and the ceo said they can stop writing the words "race together" on cups. the campaign has been advertised as on tunis tick -- opportunistic. the effort is far from over, he says. california created more jobs in the last year than any other state in the country. california added 498,000 new jobs in 2014 and that's almost 30% more than texas which ranks second. florida, georgia and new york rounded out the top five. southern california saw an unexpected increase in job creations boosted by tourism

construction and international trade. overtime spending topped more than $1 billion last year. state prisons accounted for more than half of overtime payments at $543 million. more fires meant more spending for calfire at 139 million. the highway patrol and the department of state hospitals also spent more than $100 million in overtime. overall, spending was up 20% from the year before. in fact, the last time overtime spending was that high was in 2008 when there were 20,000 more state employees. 7:15. a college baseball player from bloomsberg university in pennsylvania has been kicked off the team because he posted a tweet about monet davis, the little league world series star. now, junior first baseman joegy castleberry posted his reaction to hearing about a movie from davis, saying "disney is making a movie about monet davis.

what a joke." he then called her an offensive word while referencing her team's loss to nevada during the series. now, monet davis, from philadelphia was the first girl to earn a win and pitch a shutout in the little league world series. you've seen her on "sports illustrated" and bloomsburg was saddened by the tweet of that player. that player's account has been deactivated but not before he said "one stupid tweet can ruin's someone's life. i could not be more sorry about my actions." the warriors will celebrate something that's happened just once in their history. this was 40 years ago that the warriors won the nba championship. they were the underdogs when they swept the washington bullets in four games back in

1975. before tonight's game against the washington wizards, fans can tea the championship trophy and meet some members of that team. very special time for them. >> that's great. i can't say it off the top of my head, but sal, i have to figure nate thurmond was on the team. >> you know, that's a little before my time. but i think you are right. >> we can easy check that. >> there is a device on the desktop where we can check that. tori you can do that while checking the slow traffic. highway 4 coming up to the willow pass grade, slow traffic coming up and over the hill. no major problems as you drive through. the traffic continues to move along very nicely. but it is a little bit slow. look at the arrow. this is the slowest commute -- one of the slowest in the bay area and here is the other.

680 heading out of the sunol grade. that's because of earlier problems at at sunol grade -- at the sunol grade. when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza, that's backed up as you head up to the macarthur maze. metering lights are on. and the traffic is backed up for a 20-minute delay at the toll plaza. let's go to steve. rick barry? >> yes. >> clifford ray. >> yes. >> jamal -- >> nate thurmond? >> he wasn't. >> okay. >> it was a long time ago. we do have -- played the washington bullets back then. let's get to the weather. we can do a little better on the rain. but you know what? it wasn't bad. not too far for some. i'm trying to get as many in as i can, thank you to you for the

rain totals. cazadero, .02. cobb mountain. .5. la honda, .30. kentfield, 19/100ths. sausalito, .12. livermore, dublin. rodeo, vallejo, crockett, all about .10. not bad. coming up good in walnut creek. the cell has moved off. in between alameda and san lorenzo. you can see it stretching towards danville, dublin, blackhawk, alamo, right into san ramon. walnut creek took the brunt. that's moved over to baypoint and then highway 4. 40s and 50s on your temps. water temps have gone back up. these are still above average and they are way too warm.

28 in chicago. well, so. yeah. that with snow. tweets are coming in, are you kitted me? and then milwaukee and then back to central illinois and south bend, even up into lake tahoe. kirkwood right there getting the most. it's not that much. sun and clouds today. mix of some of these clouds coming in. light rain, occasionally get bursts of moderate. after today, and then tomorrow we'll start to see the transition day. we'll see temperatures warm backup. clouds and sun. light rain, occasionally maybe bursts of moderate. that main cell is going through right now. it went from marin county to the east bay. 60s on the temps. a little bit of a sunbreak or two. down to morgan hill, .10 as well. partly sunny, partly cloudy tuesday and then warm, wednesday, thursday, friday. a little cooldown on the weekend. >> all right. it will be quite a change from a little rain to the 80s and all over the map.

>> thank you. a hiker is dead after a massive cliff collapse at point reyes. the warning signs some people noticed just days before the bluff gave way. >> i've been coming here since 1969. >> but first, one of the oldest family owned restaurants of the bay area, it's being forced to close its doors. the fight by the owners to keep their restaurant alive.

happening right now, tez cruz set to tick off -- ted cruz set to pick off his presidential campaign. let's listen in. >> got on a greyhound bus to head to austin, texas. [ cheers ] >> to begin working washing dishes making 50 cents an hour coming to the one land on earth that has welcomed so many millions. when my dad came to america in 1957, he could not have imagined what lay in store for him. imagine a young married couple living together in the 1970s. >> you are watching live. this is texas freshman senator ted cruz. he's been campaigning unofficially for months. he's making it official, declaring his candidacy for

president. he has not said it in his speech but he said i'm running for president and i hope to earn your support. he's the first candidate to officially declare he's running for 2016 and he is making the announcement at liberty university, a sign he will be aggressively courting conservatives and voters. the school calls itself the world's largest christian college. claudine wong is monitoring this development. coming up, she will have a recap and also tell us why jerry brown says cruz is absolutely unfit to be running for office. dave? >> all right, tori. 7:25. back here at home. one of the oldest family-owned restaurants in the bay area is about to close. mr. magoo lost its lease. the restaurant opened on petaluma boulevard back in 1965 and for the last 50 years. it's been a favorite in town.

the landlord is out of town, not available for comment on this, but the staff and customers say they feel blindsided. >> it kills me. it absolutely kills me. >> i'm crying trying to wait on people. it's hard. >> even though the restaurant closes tonight, the bar lep open one more week. after that, the family says they will start looking around to see if they can find a new place for a new mr. mgoo's. >> tonight san francisco will play a major role in the world of game of thrones. hbo is hosting a season premiere party at the operahouse. fans can see the red carpet arifles on the facebook page. the actors and actresses will answer fan questions submitted on facebook and visuals will be shared on instagram. the fifth season starts april 12th on hbo.

a proposal that would make wood burning fireplaces a thing of the past. the controversial new rules that could burn a hole in the pockets of some homeowners. >> reporter: we're live in santa clara where there are still bullet hole markings inside this 7-eleven after a deadly weekend shooting. we'll tell you what prompted police to fire why they are still investigating. we are looking at a commute where traffic will be busy if you driving from the east bay to richmond. this is traffic from the richmond bridge. you can see traffic will be moderate. i actually have rain from san ramon, danville back to hayward. we'll take a look to see if there's any more related to this week. the volkswagen jetta is really fun-to-drive. go for it. okay. wow... woohoo! i'm dreaming... pinch me. no, not while you're driving. and, right now, you can get a one-thousand-dollar volkswagen credit bonus on jetta models.

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we made it. had some amounts up in mendocino county. weren't too shabby. about .50 to .75. overall, the rain totals, not too bad. santa cruz mountains. ben lomond had almost .60. cobb mt. .50. larkspur .30. st. helena, .20. san rafael .21. sausalito, .12. there were a bun. of .10 -- a bunch of .10s along with morgan hill. there is our system. danville, by the way, one of my friends and observers bob said they picked up .16. 880 between san leandro. hayward, that's a good cell. stretches to blackhawk, also toward san ramon, danville, mt. diablo, clayton and baypoint and highway 4. at least there

is a little bit of rain. towards moss landing, castroville and watsonville. very mild on the temps. there is an advisory until 9:00. but it looks like they are waning on that. occasionally bursts of moderate rain. slightly cooler today. this will be by far the coolest day of the week. more on a big warmup toward the middle and end of the week in ten minutes. here is sal on your morning traffic. we're looking at slow traffic. some of the wet weather you have mentioned has been a factor in some of these commutes. let's take a look at what we have now as we take a look at the commute at the bay bridge toll plaza. the commute here is about normal a little bit -- maybe a little bit more -- a little slower than normally. i'm distracted again by the spider on the screen. if you are at home and you are listening, you want to come and watch this spider for five

seconds. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. ♪ >> that's enough air time for the spider. let's move along. thank you. let's move to another picture. the 25-minute delay at the toll plaza, this is a look at the san mateo bridge. the traffic has been moderately heavy here as you drive through. i do want to mention that the worst commute in the bay area has been 580 to 680. we can go right to it. all of it is slow. we've had a couple of minor accidents along the way. 680 has been backed up getting down to fremont because of an accident on the sunol grade. people have been trying to use 880 as an alternate. it's backed up to marina boulevard. the east bay commutes are very slow. bring your patience with you. back to the desk. a santa clara convenience store is open again it morning after a deadly shooting yesterday just outside of its doors. ktvu fox 2's janine de la vega joining us now. the police are still checking evidence. and you can tell us more on how two officers had to make a

split-second decision. janine? >> reporter: yes, police say this parking lot at 7-eleven was pull of customers and they were there when an armed robber walked out of the 7-eleven. officers were concerned for the people and now police are reviewing the surveillance video of what unfolded here. it happened just after 2:00 a.m. yesterday morning. two officers just happened to pull up to the 7-eleven on scott boulevard and saw a suspect point a gun at a clerk. the officers say he didn't follow commands and they fired killing him. the clerk in the store was not hurt. the bullet missed him and grazed the floor leaving a dent in it. >> i'm glad he didn't get hurt. i'm glad the cops did what they have to do. pretty scary having to fire the gun, too. >> reporter: police won't say how many shots officered fired but neighbors say they heard several. the clerk working this morning

told me that she was filling in for the clerk because he was too shaken up to come to work. she's also mentioned she has been robbed before here. she says it goes with the territory. the two officers involved in the shooting are on paid leave. dave? >> and looking over your shoulder, it looks like it's quite busy at that store. >> reporter: yeah, it is. it's been like that all morning. people are sort of buzzing around talking about it, asking what happened. >> right. all right. janine de la vega, thank you. 7:35. happening today, the san francisco police department is set to hold a community meeting to talk about last tuesday's deadly officer-involved shooting. officers say 24-year-old alice brown was driving recklessly on van ness and pine street. they say she drove the one way on a one-way street -- grieve

the wrong way on a one -- drove the wrong way on a one-way street. brown's sister said she lived a troubled life. the u.s. supreme court will hear arguments today in a case over how police in san francisco dealt with a mentally ill woman who threatened to kill her social worker. back in 2008, police forced their way into teresa's woman at a group home and then shot and wounded her after she came at them with a knife. attorneys for her say the merning with disabilities -- say the americans with disabilities act, the city says the ada won't require accommodations for those mentally ill and pose a threat to others. santa clara police are warning residents about a phone scam involving someone impersonating a police officer. so far, four cases have been

reported of a person pretend be ing to be a police sergeant going by sergeant gomby or sergeant gandy. the person was caught on video speeding, they say, and then the man says purchase a prepaid debit card in the amount of $300 to $800 to avoid arrest. police say they never make calls on warrants or payments. a debate is really heating up over a controversial plan aimed at making the air cleaner but it could also make your home harder to sell. brian flores joining us live now in san rafael. what does this plan have it -- have to do with fireplaces in bay area homes. >> reporter: well, bay area air quality management officials are proposing a rule change when it comes to winter spare-

the-air days. particularly fireplaces. some owners say the changes could be very expensive. now, the proposal calls for homes not to be sold or rented if it has a wood burning fireplace. home would have to be installed with gas or electrical fireplaces or a certified stove. hrnls could make the fireplace inoperable. they hope this rule goes into effect by november 1st of next year. opponents of the proposal say it will cost homeowners to comply. it could cost anywhere from $2,000 to $3,000. supporters say it would make bay area air quality heather. they say say there's a program for those who use fireplaces for heat and they can register

devices. there's been complaints for burning these excessively. over 150 tickets were issued as well. the main concern, simly to get the word out. nothing set in stone as of yet. they are holding a series of public workshops. nine throughout the counties. the first one is scheduled for march 25th in morgan hill. more information go to the bay area air quality management website. back to you. >> thank you. a deadly rockslide at point reyes national seashore killed one person and sent another person to the hospital. it happened saturday afternoon near arch rock. this image shows how big the collapse was in comparison to the people at the top of the photo. a spokesperson says a fissure or crack in the land was discovered on wednesday. morning signs were posted but no one expected the trail to give way. >> i think what shocked us just as much is how quickly we saw

this crack in the ground there and then how quickly is broke off. we've never experienced anything like this. >> there were several people on the trail when the collapse happened. two people fell about 70 feet. one of them died. area leading up to arch rock is now closed. a gofundme account has been set up for the victims. you can find that link at ktvu.com by clicking on web links. the aging sea wall along ocean beach is getting a face- lift. they have tarted to repair cracks and hole oses on the concrete -- holes on the concrete wall. construction is expected to last through next year. funding comes from the settlement of the 2007 cosco busan oil spill which closed the beach for a week. earth day is approaching. volunteers can sign up to to be part of the 2015 california state parks restoration and cleanup april 18th. this is video from a past

event. more than 2,000 volunteers are needed for 27 park improvement projects statewide. the work includes clearing trails and planning vegetation. for more information on how you can sign up to volunteer, log onto ktvu.com and click on web links. this year earth day falls on wednesday, april 22nd. 7:41. a popular seafood restaurant in san francisco could be closing its doors. mum at 8:00, the -- coming up at 8:00, the latest fight by the owner that could keep his restaurant open for a few more months. the 2016 presidential race is off and running as senator ted cruz is the first to announce his bid for the gop ticket. up next, claudine wong will tell us why governor jerry brown says he, cruz, is unfit to run. we're looking at the south bay commute. and you can see some slow traffic on some of it. southbound 101, though, you can

see traffic is slow as you drive down toward the peninsula. we'll tell you -- coming up. and a nice little band of rain stretching from about san ramon, danville, hayward, castro valley. take a lack at that and see if there's any more or if this is it.

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7:44. today is the last day for voters to register in santa clara county for the april 7th special election. the special election is to fill a partial terrible for the office of councilmember in district 4 which includes berryessa, north san jose and alviso. this is of a canton chu was elected to the assembly. there are eight candidates in

the race. the race is on for the white house, after announcing he's running for president on twitter, ted cruz took to the stage at a christian university in virginia to talk about the race for 2016. claudine wong has been mon monitoring his speech -- has been monitoring his speech. he talked about his family and also talked about the timing of the president. >> he wants to be the first and wants to get on board with the fund-raising and getting his name out there and getting the american people to know him. he's actually still on the stage right now. want too see if we can go there live to liberty university. there he is. let's listen in for a couple of seconds. >> the very day he was sworn in, our hostages who were lang giving in -- languishing in iran would be released and within a decade we would win the cold war. >> right now, he's kind of transitioned his speech to talk about president obama's administration and kind of

going over various topics on that. he did start speaking at 7:20 our time. he's been speaking for 25 minutes. he actually started out talking about himself. he talked about his wife, children and his own childhood. he even talked about a time when he was 3 and said his father walked out on him and his father. he said his father only came back because he found his faith. >> and god transformed his heart and he drove to the airport, he bought a plane ticket. and he flew back to be with my mother and me. >> religion a big part of his speech. he's still speaking now. when we talk about the timing, we know ma marco rubio and rand paul will be following, announcing their candidacies. on the democratic side, people

expecting hillary clinton to jump in on the race, although she's not announced her intention to run. no other major democrats have come forward. in terms of reaction to ted cruz, though, announcing what he's saying. cruz said he thought science didn't back up concerns about global warming, calling global warming alarmist. brown said cruz is unfit to run for office. his speech is still going on at liberty university, we don't know how much longer he's going but he has -- when i was keepingage eye on watching it before i sat to talk to you, he has not said the word he's running for president. he did it on twitter. he talked about job creation,

energy, self-sufficiency and innovation. but he turned his attention to where he is now talking about president obama and that's brought him into healthcare, same-sex marriage, immigration, we'll keep an eye on things in the newsroom. we'll have more on what he has to say and this whole race for the white house coming up in the next hour of "mornings on 2." >> it's so fascinating to watch. one of my favorite things. i'm just curious, has there been much reaction from the audience at? >> you have to -- when he talked about same-sex marriage, for example, what he said is when this came out and liberty university took a stand against same-sex marriage and he talked about religion, he is eliciting cheers from an audience very specific to what he's talking about. that could be why he spent the first 20 minutes about faith, religion.

he's getting cheers when he talks about the right to bear arms. he's definitely talking to the audience. he knows the country is watching since he's the first. he's also talking to america trying to get his name and platform out there for the race and how the race and money gets underway. >> thank you, claudine. 7:49. three south bay students are in washington, d.c. for the fifth annual white house science fair and they are showcasing their science projects. more than 100 students from across the country were selected to attend. 14-year-old holly jackson of san jose designed a device. it measures the capacity and strength of stitched fabric. 19-year-old natalie ing very muched a model that better predicts the spread of breast cancer cells and an 18-year-old of san jose created a sensor that only needs one drop of

blood so people at risk of heart disease can test themselves at home just like a diabetic can. >> 18, 19-year-olds developing this kind of things for diabetes and breast cancer. >> can change a lot of lives. >> sal what, were you doing at 18, 19? saving the world, i'm sure. >> 18, 19? [laughter] >> you weren't coming up with cures for cancer or anything like that? >> no, no. absolutely not. thank you. we won't go into what i was doing -- well, i was at cal. that's one thing. let's take a lack at the commute now. but i was at cal not inventing the cure for anything. let's take a look at northbound 280 getting up to highway 17. that traffic has improved. it looks like it's dried off. a lot of the parts of the bay area getting up to the west valley. not all that bad. 580 at 680, someone just asked me why is it so slow. a combination of things.

earlier crashes in case you are waking up. you don't need to know about the crashes because they are gone. you do need to know that traffic is slow not only there but in castro valley and on 880 heading south. i keep going back to this commute, but i think everyone needs to know how bad it is. highway 4, though, is also very slow. i think everyone is up and at 'em on this monday morning looking at the roads. everyone is trying to get back to work, get their productivity on. let's get up to the bay bridge. that's backed up for a 15, 20- minute delay. some raindrops on our camera there. 7:51. let's go to steve. all right, sal. thank you, sir. some okay rain, especially castro valley right now. a couple of reports coming in and saying it's really coming down. we'll take a look at some. totals. also up in the sierra nevada, they got some snow. winter weather advisory is out until 9:00. not a lot. it's pretty warm. a couple of pictures coming in. showing a couple of inches of snow up there.

temperatures are barely above freezing. i don't think it will last very long. it's a nice sight. we'll take it. it's been such a grim year for mother nature. a little bit of snow up in the sierra. that goes to 9:00, 10:00. here we have a decent cell moving through. danville, 2/3. so cal, .32. walnut creek, .25. also pleasant hill. jenny checked in with that. san rafael. 21. and there were a bunch of -- 10/100ths including morgan hill. back to hayward as well. you can see just went through castro valley, pretty good heavy rain. hayward hills, getting decent rain. just south of blackhawk. san ramon to dublin. there was some around crit --

around clayton. 40s, 50s on the temps. these haven't changed all morning long. there's some of that snow in the sierra. after that things will start to abate. clouds, sun. cooler day. a lot of cloud cover, occasionally light rain. overall, today, tomorrow on the cooler side and then we warm it up. it starts wednesday, thursday and friday we get in the 80s. cooler on the weekends. >> just got a tweet from joanna butler saying there is a perfect rainbow right over the bay bridge. >> we just saw one but it disappeared. >> wanted you to know. >> and when you stand with your back to the sun, you have a better chance of seeing it. we can see a little bit of it. >> fading. >> it was pretty good about five minutes ago. >> rainbows don't last. >> thank you. it's the latest in wearable technology. coming up in 20 minutes, we're actually taking you behind the scenes at the secret place

where apple's i watch has been tested for the past two years. asked me if i wanted to stop and i'm like no. >> up next, a woman struggles to finish a race. how a police officer played a crucial role when it looked like she may not make it.

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a struggling runner finish a race. these pictures from twitter show lieutenant aubrey gregory joining asia ford for the last two miles of the annual road city run in louisville. after reaching nearly 500 pounds, ford was forced to lose weight. the last few years, have not been easy for her. that's why finishing yesterday's six-mile race was so important. when i watched her approach and i started to hear the people scream and i let her go before the end and watched her raise her hands, there aren't words. there just aren't words to the way i felt. >> teary-eyed. it was a special moment. >> louisville's mayor tweeted the photos from the race, captioned them, what a compassion knit looks like -- compassionate city looks like. awesome. good for her. there is a hiker missing in yosemite national park. we'll tell you how bay area

search teams are trying to find it. >> reporter: we're live in oakland where a 9-year-old boy falls through a skylight at an elementary school in novato. we'll tell you what he was doing up on the roof to begin with and give you an update on his condition.

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welcome back to "mornings on 2". we're outside of oakland children's hospital where a 9- year-old boy is recovering after he fell through the roof of an elementary school in nova toy. tara moriarty will have more on the questions authorities still hope to get an answer to. she will be here in just about two minutes. stay tuned for that. welcome back to "mornings on 2." it's a brand-new monday, march 23rd. i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. let's check weather and traffic. steve, we're officially in spring. this is the first spring weekend. a few hours. a little bit of rain here today. not too bad. from north to south, actually, it was okay. some of the totals coming in. mount tam, .23 and it's rainbow weather. over oakland here, scott, is that what you told me? yes, we do get some of the rain. castro valley, danville, pretty good cell. even this morning, over parts of marin county. most of that has moved off.

some of the rain totals, you can see. cobb mt. 50. so cal, .30. walnut creek, .25. pleasanton, .25. sausalito .12. there were a lunch of .10s including livermore. back to hayward, hayward hills, you can see dublin heading down a little bit more over pleasanton. it looks like it's moving south of blackhawk, san ramon. maybe it will head out to livermore. overall, 40s and 50s on the temps. clouds and sun. cationly bursts of moderate rain. 60s on the temps. sal? we have slow traffic

already. looking at the san mateo bridge now, the traffic here is looking good and it's getting some -- seeing some improvement on some of the commutes close to the center of the bay where it's not raining anymore. at the bay bridge toll plaza, there is improvement, you can see there is room there especially on the left-hand side as you pull up. we have slow traffic on 680 southbound from concord to walnut creek. a lot of that is slow. that will take you through danville and san ramon and down to 580, 680 where steve said the cell is moving through. we have slow traffic all the way from the altamont pass. most of it is slow. southbound 680 is slow from near the 680/580 interchange all the way down to the sunol grade. the nimitz freeway is not much of an alternate. you are see a lot of slow traffic. b.a.r.t. has a couple of minor delays but it's a good alternate for most of you. back to the desk. a 9-year-old boy is recovering after he fell through the skylight on the

roof of an elementary school. tara moriarty, you are at the ucsf bennyoff children's hospital where he's being treated for serious injuries. >> reporter: that's right. there are still a lot of unanswered questions about how 9-year-old william wells got off the roof of the school. he will make it but not without a long road ahead. >> you are okay. you are okay. you are okay. >> reporter: yesterday morning, novato paramedics worked to pull william from his mother's suv as she drove him to the hospital. he was transported to children's in oakland when staff saw how severe his injuries were. >> i was in shock. >> he was seven fractures in his spine and trauma -- trauma to the head. >> he fell through a skylight and landed on his back. >> reporter: pictures show the large lump on his head.

he also suffered internal bleeding. william climbed on top of the roof of hamilton school to retrieve a ball when the accident happened. while doctors were assessing his injuries, they found something unpreviously diagnosed, a benign cyst on his brain. they will observe him further before deciding on treatment. in the meantime, he will most likely have to be put in a full- body cast. back to you. the search will continue for a missing hiker in yosemite national park. 20-year-old michael dahl was last seen on saturday. he's described as 4'1" with reddish-brown air and green eyes. he's -- he was wearing a light blue hooded sweatshirt and jeans. he was last seen at lower yosemite falls. that's about a half-mile from the yosemite valley visitors center. we've circled both places in red and lower yosemite falls is the circle on the left.

anyone who may have more information on dahl is being asked to contact authorities. a deadly rockslide at point reyes killed one pesh and sent another -- one person and sent another to the hospital. a spokesperson for point reyes says a fissure or crack in the land was discovered on wednesday. warning signs were posted but no one expected the trail to completely give way. >> i think what shocked us just as much is how quickly we saw this crack in the ground there and how quickly is broke off. we've never experienced anything like that. >> there were several people on the trail when the collapse happened. two people fell about 70 feet. one of them died. the area leading up to arch rock is now closed. a gofundme account has been set up for the victim. you can find a link to that account on our website at

ktvu.com by clicking on webb link -- web links. students will return to to class for the first time after finding out their teacher was killed in a kayaking accident. nick died on wednesday when he fell out of his kayak. a friend who attended the college tried to save him. a memorial was held at the beach. he's taught the past ten years in life science, anatomy, physiology, preparing many students for healthcare careers. counselors will be on hand for students, staff, and faculty. a long-time san francisco waterfront restaurant is supposed to be closing its doors but it's not going without a fight. the port of san francisco says sinbad's has to go. but alex savidge is out there this morning and the owners of the restaurants insist they are open for business, alex. >> reporter: yeah, they do. good morning to you. the owners of this famous waterfront restaurant are

refusing to go quietly. the deadline to leave was saturday but the restaurant is still operating here at pier 2. the port of san francisco has ordered sinbad's to shut down. the idea is to demolish this building here so they can make way for poor piers in the area. the landmark restaurant has been serving up seafood and drinks with spectacular views of the bay for the past four derk aids. here is a message on the facebook. letting everyone know the restaurant remains open for business despite the order to vacate. the bored says they are -- port says the owners of the restaurant are trespassing. the plan is to use the space to expand ferry and water taxi service near pier 2. the brothers told the san francisco chronicle they are working on a deal to keep the restaurant open possibly for one more week. so the end may not be here just

yet. and we do understand, dave, this is potentially a fight that could begin to heat up as we move throughout the day today and that's because they are expected to be served with an actual eviction order at some point during the day today. alex savidge in san francisco, thank you. one of the bay area's oldest family owned restaurants is about to be closed. mr.goo's lost their lease. they were given 30 days' notice. they opened on petaluma boulevard back in 1965. for the past last 50 years. it's been a town favorite. the landlord is out of town and is not available for comment. but the staff and the customers say they feel blindsided. >> it fills me. it absolutely -- it kills me. it absolutely kills me. >> i'm half the time crying, trying to wait on people. >> even though the restaurant closes on, the bar will stay

open for a week. after that, the family members will start to find a place for a new mr. mgoo's. the pentagon is calling for vigilance after an online threat from isis against families of military members. a group claiming to be the islamic state hacking division posted an online hit list showing pictures, names and addresses of 100 military members. military experts say the list is like marching orders for lone wolves and isis-inspired operatives. >> they have a hacking division. they are getting a point where they are actually very organized and they are really pressing just as hard in social media and online and in their production value as they are on the battlefield. >> u.s. officials say it does not appear the information came from any hacking activity. but rather from public records and social media postings.

the marine corps is urging the personnel to check what kind of information they have posted online and limit how much personal information is available. new this morning, a demonstration in san francisco is taking place right now against allegations of police violence in san francisco. what you are looking at on your screen is video live streamed from one of the protesters. emthis are outside of the -- they are outside at 18th and valencia streets. some of the protesters out there are chained, they are blocking traffic on valencia. they say the demonstration is in commemoration of the one- year anniversary of the kills of alex nieto. he was shot and killed at bernal heights park by police officers who said he had a gun and was threatening people while acting erratically. we'll keep an eye on this in san francisco. taking a hobby to the next

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a day at the beach ended up to a trip to the hospital for a 5-year-old boy after he was bitten by a sea lion. it happened at la jolla cove when the boy's dad let him walk up to a group of sea lions and let him pet one. one of the mammals whipped its head around and bit the boy in the face. >> i saw a lot of people like crowding around the scene where the boy was hit. a few minutes after, not long after, a little boy went up and

tried to touch it and it whipped around around roared at him. >> we're trying to make sure that people are aware they need 25 feet. >> officials say the boy is expected to be fine. and while sea lion bites are ware. there have been two cases in the san diego area in the last three months. a former engineer at twitter is suing over what she calls a promotional system. tina wang says twitter creates a glass ceiling for women that can't be explained by any reasonable business purpose. her lawsuit says twitter does not have a meaningful promotional process and she was overlooked. she also said when she was complained to twitter's ceo, she was put on leave. she wants $16 million to settle. a new report shows california created more jobs in the last year than any other

state in america. the bureau of labor statistics says california added $498,000 new jobs in 2014. that's almost 30% more than texas whi came in october. florida, georgia, and new york rounded out the top five. most analysts expected strong job growth in the tech sector in the bay area. but southern california saw an unexpected increase boosted by tourism construction and international trade. achle is giving up a behind- the-scenes look at its secret health and fitness lab in cupertino where the watch is being tested. apple employees have been volunteering to take part in fitness activities at the lab over the past two years. the goal was to collect data for the development of the new apple watch. volunteers were asked to wear masks and other equipment, like running cycling and there you

see some yoga. >> many people use bicycles to get to work outside. we want to do our best to learn as much as we can. >> the apple watch is the company's first completely new gadget since jeev jobs died -- steve jobs died four years ago. doesn't look comfortable wearing the masks. interdon't know if the volunteers knew why they were wearing them or why it was going on. 8:17. sal, you've got our commute. what's happening and the bridges and the roads? >> we're looking at a commute where some of the commutes are getting better. some of them are not. let's start off, though, and take a look at the commutes in the east bay. we'll start there and take a look at highway 4, westbound. it's a little better. but now things are just a little better coming up to the

hill. 680 is still slow as you drive from concord to walnut creek. let's move along and take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. that's a little bit better. traffic on the approach about 20 minutes at the toll plaza. the slowest part of the commute has been the east bay. you can see, i'm gonna show you a map on the red. 680 and 580 while it's getting better. it's not that great. we go to the south bay where traffic here is slow on 101, 85 and 280. in general, i've seen this monday, everyone is back. everyone is going in. traffic is slow in all of the typical commutes. let's go to steve. ♪ >> sal, you will recognize this song. >> lynyrd skynyrd. ♪ >> we have a breeze behind some rain. that's a fresh breezy. a lot of people are saying the

rain beaus, nice. we have a couple of over oakland. that's that smell in the air. mount tam .23. cazadero, .50. la honda, .50. pleasanton, .25. walnut creek .25. i'm using fremont here but it's the warm springs sills thank you for that. a quarter of an inch and also bill in hayward hills had been 25. george mccray, emmer is retoe. 13. concord, .09 or 0.10s. livermore, concord all in there. vallejo. everybody was close to that .09. a little bit of rain around dublin. you can see it zipping through the 580, 680 split. the system is heading south. also up in san ramon, a couple

of people said i can turn the sprinklers off. and there's that line that moved in through danville, also san ramon. some of it made it out towards the south. some of the coldest air across the globe is in upstate. believe it or not. vermont, brutally cold with windchill advisories. unbelievable. chicago getting pretty good snow. milwaukee on the northern edge of it heading to south bend. 34 up in truckee. they did get some snow in the sierra, about 2, 4, maybe 5 inches. 34, 37. it will melt. it's nice to get rain and snow in the sierra. what a concept. that advisory again goes about 5500 feet on that level but goes until 9:00. we're almost done with it.

2 to 4 covered with. a lot of high clouds. partly cloudy skies. a mixed bag. clouds and sun. there could be a almost bit here for a while. occasionally maybe bursts of moderate. 60s on the temps. under mostly cloudy skies and temps by the end of the week, they will be getting warm. really warm. 80s. >> wow. that's quite a switch. we'll take it. thank you. republican ted cruz just wrapped up his first official speech as a presidential candidate for the 2016 election. coming up in 20 minute, claudine wong will break down what the texas senator said and the exe sigs he may be facing within -- and the competition he may be facing. there she goes. the new way adrenaline junkies can get their fix in northern california.

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area shelters. go to the channel 2 website, we have a list of some of those dogs looking for a home. with a face look that. type in puppy in the search bar. >> who couldn't love a face like a? >> well, bay area thrill seekers have a new way to get an adrenaline surge and take in spectacular views at the same time. skydive california is a new skydiving company that just opened in tracy. it takes adventure seekers 13,000 feet above the central feet for a 60-second freefall. that would be the scariest part. jumpers soar in the sky for five minutes suspended from their parachutes. >> 120 miles an hour of wind in your face and you get the flappy cheeks and see beautiful views of the san francisco bay area. packages start at $155. the only catch to this free- falling flight, if you have to

be -- you have to be at least 18 years old. my son did it for his 18th birthday. >> you are next, tori. >> no. well, starbucks no longer encouraging its baristas to talk to customers about race relations. the ceo said yesterday, they can stop putting stickers or writing the words "race together" on customers' cups. that campaign has had a lot of criticism. it's been called opportune nis -- opportunistic. he said it was just a phase of the campaign. it was always scheduled to last just a week. he says starbucks' efforts to address race issues is far from over. tonight, san francisco will may a major role in the world of "game of throne". hbo is hosting a season

premiere party. fans can see the red can't arifles on a live stream on the show's facebook page. the actors and actresses they will be answering fan questions submitted on facebook and visuals from the premiere. it will be shared on instagram. by the way, the fifth season of "game of thrones starts april 12th on hbo. 8:27. a man who was shot and killed by policeout side of a 7-eleven in the south bay. we'll tell you what happened inside the store that forced the police officers to open fire. well, remember those winter spare the air alert days? there could be changes up ahead. mum, the proposed rule changes how it could affect your fireplace and if you are a homeowner how it could affect your wallest. well, rain is done. we'll take a look at the totals and see if there's any more on way or if there is a warmup on the ray.

welcome back. >> not a bad rain. in the sierra, 2 to 4. >> not -- >> january, february, march, has been -- let's face it dry and boring. there were locations that picked up decent amounts. castro valley, it was pouring for a valley. .54. mount tam, .23. larkspur, .30. san anselmo. russian river .52. la honda, .30.

larkspur was in there as well. pleasanton, wul, .25. over .50 in danville. fremont and hape ward hills .25. el cerrito, 13/100ths. and there were a bunch of .08s and .10s. 680, 580, dublin. that was the main cell that went by. it's still raining there. really good rain around walnut creek. also in richmond. 50s and 40s on your temps. they will give way to partly sunny, mostly cloudy skies today. looks like snow is about ending there. after today we'll start to see temps rebound. it looks like one and done. some light rain holding on. breezy for a few. 60s on the temps. there is a big warmup at the end of the week. it was kind of nice rainbow weather. it was nice to have my driveway washed off a little bit.

good morning, everyone. you don't want to hear about that. you want to hear about your drive to work. let's take a look at what we have now if you are driving onto westbound 24th. you will see some slow traffic here as you drive up to the tunnel. it seems to be a busy day. we haven't had too many major crashes. we've had a lot of slow traffic out there. bay bridge toll plaza backed up for 15, 20 minutes. main lib in the middle lanes. some of these lanes are empty. if you are paying cash and you are coming up to the left-hand side of the toll plaza, it's a little better than the other lanes. let's take a look now at 580 westbound which has been the ongoing slow traffic from altamont pass out to the dublin interchange. 880 is slow from 238 all the way down to fremont. things are getting better. we've had minor accidents there. 680 southbound from concord to walnut creek, still very much in the major commute mode. back to the desk. >> thank you.

two santa clara police officers now on paid leave after a deadly shooting. ktvu fox 2's janine de la vega reports timing played a very important part in the death of a robbery suspect. >> reporter: if police officers would have arrived a few minutes earlier this robbery suspect may have gotten away. and he could have been alive. he took the day off. police are reviewing the surveillance video from the store but the department says they already have eyewitnesses. two of their officers just happened to pull up to the convenience store on scott boulevard early sunday morning and saw a suspect point a gun at the clerk and fire a shot. he exitrd the store and was confronted by the officers who say he didn't follow their commands. they feared for their life and fired at the suspect killing hi. a loaded gun was found near the body. neighbors at a nearby apartment complex say they heard several gunshots but police won't confirm how many were fired

yet. the clerk in the store was not hurt. the bullet missed him. this is the city's second officer-involved shooting. last month and auto burglary suspect tried to mow down an officer during a traffic stop that prompted the officer to shoot that suspect dave, tori? >> thank you. police in vallejo say a man who was shot and killed by a police officer over the weekend left behind an apology note. this happened saturday night about 6:00 at the vallejo corner shopping center. police say a man had a large knife and confronted an officer. that man also had a gun that turned out to be a fake one. in the note, police later found the man reportedly apologized for the trouble he caused unknown persons and also apologized to the police for forcing them to end his life. richmond police also investigating an officer- involved shooting. police say 19-year-old daniel

tolosa was trying to run away from police after a car chase when there was an exchange of gunfire. we was shot. but is expected to survive. the police officer was not hurt. police say he has a criminal history that involves weapons violations and gangs. happening today, the san francisco police department is set to hold a community meeting to talk about last tuesday's deadly officer-involved shooting. officers say 24-year-old alice brown was driving recklessly in the area of van ness avenue an pine street. they say she -- she drove the wrong way on a one-bay street sideswiped parked cars and tried to run down officers before they shot and killed her. tonight's community meeting is set for 6:00 p.m. at st. luke's church on clay street. the u.s. supreme court will hear arguments today in a case over how police in san francisco dealt with a mentally ill won who threatened to kill

her social worker. police forced their way into teresa sheehan's room. attorneys for sheehan's said the americans with disability act requires police to make reasonable accommodations when arresting people with mental or physical disabilities but city officials say the ada does not require accommodations for armed and dangerous people who are ill and pose a threat to other people. police are warning about a phone scam. four cases have been reported of a person pretending to be either sergeant gambo or sergeant eric gandy. in each case, the scammer claims the person was caught on video speeding and that an arrest warrant was issued. the man tells the victims to purchase a prepaid pay pal debit card in the amount of

$300 to $800 to avoid arrest. santa clara police say they never make calls on warrants or payments. a new proposal for the air qar tull district could make the air cleaner. but it may also make it harder to sell your house. this plan is calling for a banning wood burning fire plates. brian flores joining us live in san rafael. why do they want the plan. air quality officials say the fireplaces are the main culprit, if you will for the harmful particulates in the air. a new proposal that still needs to be approved calls for changes when it comes to your fireplace. some homeowner, especially say it could be expensive. this calls for homes not to be sold or rented if it has a wood burning place. instead, they need to be installed with gas or electrical fireplaces or a certified stove. homeowners could also make the

fireplace inoperable. air quality officials hope this rule goes into effect by november 1st of next year. opponents say it will cost homeowners more money to comply to convert an old fireplace to one under the proposal could cost anywhere from $2,000 to $3,000. some in the trade disafree. >> it's sort of our right to have what we have in our homes. what point do you stop people knocking on your door telling you how to live your life? >> reporter: well, supporters say it would make things healthier and protect us from the particulates. air quality officials issued out more than 150 tickets each costing about $100 apiece to homeowners. as we take it back out here live, the first thing to get on the the word out, the air quality management board is holding public workshops if you

will to all nine bay area counties. >> the first one is scheduled for march 25th in morgan hill. if you want more information, go to the bay area air quality management website. back to you. >> okay. thank you. the aging sea wall along san francisco's ocean beach is getting a nas-lift -- getting a face-lift. crews have started to repair the wall. construction is expected to last through next year. funding for the project comes from the settlement of the 2007 cosco busan oil spill which closed ocean beach for about a week. 10,000 runners hit the streets of oakland this weekend for the city's annual running festival and this year's competition featured a pie -- pint-sized runner. talking about 10-year-old elliott daniels. he broke the world record for the fastest half marathon. >> the finishing time, he crossed the finish line in one

hour, 29 minutes, beating the previous record by two minutes. >> we thought that i could beat it so my dad said, why don't you try it. i decided to do it. it was pretty hard at the end. i got pretty tired. but i did it. i'm happy. >> tori -- >> oh, man. >> i know you love him. elliott's cousin set the old word more than two decades ago. >> i bet the cousin is just fine his record has been broken. i think claudine figured out it was a seven-minute mile. >> wow. >> all right. well, three bay area students will be skipping school today. but for a very good reason. up next, the mind-blowing science project that earns them a special invitation to the white house. >> and ted santa cruz announced he's running for president. what he said and the location and the timing of the announcement are -- and why the location and the timing of the

announcement are significant. eastbound traffic is slow on 880 northbound. slow traffic gets up to downtown. we'll run down the east bay commutes -- coming up. a little bit of rain this morning. some areas got decent rainfall. take a look at that. and what's in store for the rest of the week.

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senator ted cruz has officially announced that he's running for president. he made that amowbsment as a christian university in -- announcement at a christian university in virginia. claudine wong has more. how long did the stage last? >> about 25 minutes. he officialhy announced he's run -- officially announced he's running for president. >> today, i'm announcing i'm running for president of the united states. [ cheers ] >> he's a tea party favorite. liberty university was founded by jerry fallwell and is one of the largest christian universities in the world. cruz has the support of christian conservatives at this point. there's also the timing. he's the first to announce. he did that overnight on twitter. that can actually help with

fund-raising because the pie, when you are trying to get all of that money is -- there's only so much. he talked about his wife and children and he also talked about when his father walked out on him and his mother and came back because of his faith. >> god transformed his heart and he drove to the airport. he bought a plane ticket. and he flew back to be with my bauer and -- my mother and me. >> it's expected he will be joined by republicans on the same side of the aisle, democrats appear to be waiting at this point for hillary clinton to make it official. she hasn't announced her intention to run. but no other major democrats

have come forward. now that official announcements are coming and so are criticisms. >> i think that man is unfit to run for office. >> as governor jerry brun, he's pretty mad about cruz's stance on global warming. he talked about common core, obama administration, immigration, same-sex marriage. dave and tori, it appears in this race for the white house he's thrown down the gauntlet. >> they were talking about threatening to shut down the government. this is someone who is not afraid to take a stand. >> no. and he took to the floor for 20 some blurs before. he hit a lot of subjects today. >> all right. first one to do it officially. >> thank you. 8:46. let's check back with sal.

see what's happening on the roads. >> everybody behaving. we've had some improvement, dave and tori. we're looking at some of these commutes but on the eastshore freeway it has been heavy and slow ever since it rained earlier. i want to show you the commutes here when this comes to the time between the carquinez bridge and the maze about ten minutes of -- ten minutes -- that's a big misspeak. ten minutes before it gets to be an hour. 50 minutes to take between carquinez bridge and the macarthur maze. another ten minutes and you would be driving for an hour. let's go out to the bay bridge toll plaza, that's improving. this is about ten minutes getting past the metering lights getting into san francisco. you will see some slow traffic in the south bay this morning. northbound 101 is slow. mostly through santa clara and san jose. a little bit slow in mountain view. >> 85 is improving a little bit. 280 is your best bet. let's go to steve. all right, sal. thank you. well, not much left of the

rain. but a lot of great rainbow pictures coming in. there were double rainbow pictures around oakland, rockridge. rainbow weather, not something we've had much of since december. we got a system that came by and did its job. some of the heavier amounts, there were reports of .75 -- of .75. cass cazadero, .50. pleasanton, many locations. danville had .50. fremont, hayward hills. that's in warm springs, el cerrito and then there were a -- just many, many .08s, .09s. also from rodeo. chantel said can you mention pinole? i would be happy to. i try to get everybody in there. but thank you. a little bit around dublin. some rain hanging out but i

will tell you, there's not much left. and then look at this. a little bit of -- sneaking back in here. right around half moon bay. the san mateo coast. 40s and 50s. for us, though, temperatures will stay on the cool side and there's some slow up in the mountains. finally. about 2 to 5 inches fell. the temps are mild. at least they got some snow. mostly cloudy here. some sun breaks. light rain. breezy for some and a little cooler here. 60s on many of the temps. it's kind of a nice, refreshing way to start the week. that rain and nice amounts for most, not for all but for most. unfortunately, that's it. after tomorrow. then bewarm it up. wednesday -- we warm it up. that's wednesday, thursday, friday. 8:49. new this morning, we have an update for you, the protest in texas we told you about, live -- in san francisco we told you about, we're right in the middle of what you are looking

at live pictures. the demonstration outside of the mission district police station, 18th and valencia street. a lot of people out there with signs and carrying things. some of the protesters are chained together in front of the police station. others are blocking traffic on valencia. our camera is taking you to where they are right now. you can see them up against the -- the gate right there. they say the demonstration is against police violence and it's also in commemoration of the one-year anniversary of the killing of alex nieto. he was shot and killed at bernal heights park by police officers who said he pointed what looked like a weapon at him. it was later reportedly determined to be a stun gun. now, again, you can see what's happening in these live pictures. we'll keep falling this and bring you an update on the ktvu news at noon. 8:50. three south bay students are showcasing their science

projects today. more than 100 students were across the country were selected to attend. there's a device by someone that measures the capacity and design of stitched fabric. there's a model that predicts the spread of breast cancer cells more accurately and there's an 18-year-old from san jose, she created a sensor that only needs a single drop of blood so people at risk of heart disease can test themselves at home just like people with diabetes and heart disease i believe is the number one killer. to be able to get a simple way to detect that would be amazing. >> bravo for them. 8:51. a woman from kentucky struggles to finish her race. we'll tell you how police officers stepped in to help her reach her goal.

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the bodies of seven children killed in a brooklyn house fire are headed to israel for burial. the children were sleeping upstairs when a fire broke out in their home early saturday morning. they ranged in age from 5 to 16 years old. their 14-year-old sister and their mother survived but both remain hospitalized in critical condition. the children's father was out of town at the time of the fire and he's asking people to pray for his wife and surviving daughter. he says the only way to get through the tragedy is to rely on religious faith. a police officer from kentucky is making a lot of people smile. touching hearts for helping a struggling runner finish a six- mile race. these foe foes from twitters show aubrey gregory joining air shaw ford for the last two miles -- asia ford for the last two miles of the race in louisville. she used to weigh almost 500 pound. she was forced to lose weight.

finishing yesterday's race was very important. >> when i watched her approach and i started to hear the people scream and i let her go and watched her raise her hands. there aren't words, there are no word to the way i felt. >> it was a special moment. lieu i the mayor tweeted the words, this is what a compassion knit city looks like. well, chris borland will give back some of the signing bows nus he received when he signed a four-year contract. he will give back three quarters of the money about 463,000. we don't know whether the 49ers were planning to try to recoup that money. borland says he's only keeping what he earned. he's only 24 but announced his retirement last week. he has concerns about the long- term effects of repeated head

injuries. the group that wants to build a new home for the oakland raiders and san diego chargers in southern california says it's reached a key milestone. supporters of the new stadium in carson, which is 15 miles from downtown los angeles, say they have twice as many signatures as they need to put the idea on the ballot. the 14,000 signatures still needs to be verified. there's no clear timetable for building the stadium. the earlier the team could get nfl approval to move would be in january. a sellout crowd saw the san jose earthquakes win their first game in their new stadium. the stadium took two years to build with $100 million in private financing. fans wasted no time settling in at the stylish venue. >> beautiful. at first i thought -- you get inside and it's just a wonderful -- it's a festival. >> it's electrifying. >> you can feel the vibe.

it's awesome. >> the earthquakes beat the chicago fire by a score of 2-1. >> all right, quakes. let's check back with sal one more time. >> all right. we're looking at a commute where at the toll plaza we're having a lot of improvement here dave and tori. if you are driving through right now, it should be a nice drive for you. it looks like a little bit of slowing in the middle. that's about it. also 880 and nearby, the traffic is still slow getting up to downtown. in san jose, the slowest freeway is northbound 101. now let's go to steve in the weather center. >> thank you, sal. most of the rain is done. there could be a little bit still on the peninsula. a little bit there. mostly cloudy, clouds give way to partly sunny, partly cloudy on tuesday. and then warmer weather wednesday, thursday, friday. from the 60s to the 80s. >> i left my umbrella in the car. don't have to run out and get it. >> all right. thank you. and that's our report for

this moern -- for thr morning -- for this morning. >> watch the noon news for a protest going on right outside of the mission police station. some pretesters are chain and blocking traffic on -- on va -- on have len -- on have len seia -- valencia.

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