good morning. another twist this morning in the alleged kidnap for ransom plot in vallejo. the new e-mail sent by the reported kidnappers and what they are demanding from the police. >> a body found on the bart tracks in richmond. the death investigation now under way and the effect it had on service early this morning. mornings on 2 continues. good morning. thank you for joining us. tuesday morning, march 31st, last day of march i'm pam cook. >> good morning, i'm dave clark. let's check weather and traffic. can i ask steve paulson about the forecast if >> please do. >> steve, what is the forecast? >> cooler and breezy. you know those two. great people. >> i think the old morning team. wonderful guys. we have a cooler and breezy forecast. and temperatures today will be in the 60s and 70s. near average slightly above. even with this cooler pattern.

santa rosa west. west, southwest at fair to do. southwest, southwest at concord. novato says east. west, west, southwest. you get the idea. it will be a breezy day. higher clouds to the north. but they almost clear out pretty quick. light rain on the north coast. 40s and 50s on your temps. and stay 50s and 60s to 30s up in the mountains. this system will not have much too it but it will set the stable for a breezy, cooler day. windy at times especially along the coast. we to have a report of a crash there. but this time at the bay bridge toll plaza which was reported somewhere in the middle of this

backup here. i don't see it on the commute but it could be in one of these lane lanes. i want to take a look at that here. if we go to the mccarthur maze traffic will be a little slow coming around the corner. steve mentioned the crash free hospital southbound 880 near thornton avenue. that crash is blocking lanes, backing up into union city. i also want to mention southbound 680 heading down to sunol grade is slow. and 580 itself is going to be slow as we continue to look at the commute here. let's go up to 580. go back there. westbound 580 slow. we have a lot to work with and we'll give another update. let's two to brian flores live in richmond.

latest here is that bart police have wrapped up this part of the investigation at least. we're getting a live look at bart tracks. the corps was here earlier declared the scene clear roughly after 5:00 this morning. according to bart, the body was found just after 1:00 this morning by police officers who did a security sweep normally at the end of the night for bart. at this point the body is of a man. other details remain unclear. it looks like the man jumped from the platform and hit by a train. fen we continue to work details but at least for the commuters out there, that leave from richmond bart station all trains are moving through. there were no significant delays. keep in mind this is a multiple platform for amtrak as well.

we of course will provide updates on mornings on 2. back to you. we have new developments in the strange kidnapping case out of vallejo. a new e-mail from the alleged kidnappers obtained by the chronicle is demanding an apology from police today or else. tara moriarty is joining us now from vallejo police and tara, what is in the e-mail? what are the kidnappers threatening to do? >> they are threatening harm. they sent the chronicle this e- mail with a vailed threat and tell police apologize specifically lieutenant kelly park by noon or we may be the direct agent of harm. police are not commenting on this latest expect development. we know the chronicle is saying it's received a series of e- mails from someone claiming to be one of denise huskins' abductors saying her ordeal was real and they wanted to clear

her name. it was an orchestrated event and huskins and her boyfriend aaron quinn were involved. the e-mails include several details about the alleged kidnapping. the center claimed responsibility for an elaborate car theft. huskins showed up at her father's home in huntington beach the next day unharmed. now coming up find out why the center says the ransom was set at $8500. by many accounts a lot of people said that was a very low number so coming up in the next half hour, find out why this senator says that was the case.

live from vallejo i'm tara moriarty. back to you. >> this seems to get more, more interesting. we are getting details of the procession route for the police officer killed in the line of duty. the procession will start in los gatos, it will travel through campbell before ending in san jose. officer johnson will be laid to rest in a private ceremony. along the procession route, the police may set up rolling street closures. this may effect traffic in the area. officer johnson as you know was shot and killed one week ago responding to a 911 call about a suicidal man. police in san francisco detained a man threatening to hurt himself after a four hour stand off. it started about 6:45 last night at a home near lion and

haze streets about a block from the golden gate park panhandle. the 44-year-old man was the only person inside. after they made contact and communicated with the man, police say he surrendered about 10:40 last night he was taken to the hospital for evaluation. the backlash gets growing against indiana's controversial religious freedom law which allows discrimination against gays and lesbians. gap and levi strauss has issued this joint statement. republican lawmakers in indiana who pushed the law through are now scrape scrambling to reform it because of all the criticism. >> and to the extent that we need to clarify through legislative action that this law does not and will not be alowed to discriminate against anyone. we plan to do just that. >> this weekend indianapolis is

hosting the ncaa men's basketball final four and charles barkley and other nba super stars want the game to be moved of indiana. san francisco state university joined the mayors to ban publicly funded travel to indiana. same sex couples in japan are celebrating approval of major rights in one part of tokyo. members voted to approve issuing the same sex. hundreds of east bay mud customers are complaining. their water smells and tastes bad. they say the water is cloudy and it tastes like metal. east bay mud is not disagreeing but reassuring customers it is okay the water is safe to

drink. it is directly related to where that water is collected. >> we typically like to pull water deeper. right now what we did this past week was pull watt fresh higher in the reservoir. the the issue is expected to linger until the end of the week but it might happen again. family, friends, and teammates still mourning the death of a ux c berkeley soccer player. coming up at 6:30 what police say happened to him shortly after he left the party in southern california and why it took so long to notify his family. apology on facebook it went viral. the reason one mother went occupy of her way to find the

woman who reprimanded her daughters. >> good morning. just looking here at the crash in fremont. not a good commute here southbound on 880. we'll tell you more about that and what it's doing to traffic here. it's backing up all the way into hayward. we have a problem on our hands. >> we have a breezy, blustery day. i've seen gusts through the delta at 28.

man hunt is under way in virginia for an inmate that escaped from a hospital with a gun. police in falls church say the inmate over powered a private security guard and fired the gun. at least one shot was fired but we don't know if anyone was hit. this inmate is being held on bank robbery charges. he was only wearing a hospital gown and no shoes when he got away. it's believed he stole a car at his attempt to get away. 1400 criminal cases handled by san francisco police are now under review because of allegations of errors that the city's crime lab. dna criminalist are under scrutiny. this all comes as the crime lab

is seeking recertification by a national board five years after a scandal involving the theft of narcotics. >> i can just tell you her errors were related to a measuring test. >> district attorney george past ton says he's forming a task force to investigate the latest scandal and also investigating a racist and home phobic texts sent by police officers. >> the widow and children of robin williams will try to settle their dispute out of court. robin williams' children zach and cody took jewelry and memorabilia out of the home

without her permission. two sides agreed in court to have a private mediation before late april. the national park service says the move may be necessary if it can't come to an agreement with the port of san francisco on a new 50 year lease. many people who live near fort mason are outraged over the prospect of having 1.5 million tourists.

a facebook apology has turned a mother from warm into the latest internet celebrity. it happened after her mother found out her teenage girls were out of control. she wept on facebook and apologized and asked the woman who rep remanded her daughters to please come forward so her daughters could apologize to her. the woman did come forward. her name is rebecca boyd. >> the real hero is her. it's miss boyd. and the reason i say that is because she took it upon herself to correct my girls. her husband just had been laid off and it was the last movie she would be able to take her daughter to see for awhale.

a 7-year-old girl is getting a new hand today. cut the flood flow to her left forearm. her new hand is called robo hand. she got to pick her own colors which take a look pink, purple, and blue. she is most excited to participate in activities that she was not able to do before. the 3d printer used to create face hand was also to create the hands of 200 other children. >> what a great story. >> fabulous. >> i wish her well. time is 6:17. i wish our commute well too. you've got things happening this morning. >> reporter: that is right. one of the things we have figured out is the crashes we

had are in the clearing stages but unfortunately the damage is already done. let's go to 880 southbound at thornton avenue. they are moving that crash out of the way. it was just minor injuries but the damage is done. one of those toll lanes is taken away. it's not taken away huge we're not adding a huge delay to the bay bridge. hopefully that will be gone soon. as we look at a live picture of highway four if you are driving on highway 4 pittsburgh and bay point is where the slow traffic and 680 you still have a small window to get out from concord to walnut creek.

we have a little bit of a pattern change. windsy at times. gusts of 30 plus for some. west at oakland. west at santa rosa. due west. west, southwest. it will pick up for mountain view and san jose. our system came by a dry front expect for on the north coast. there are few holding on for the morning hours. 40s and 50s. holding up the temps. waiting to see if this northwest breeze will give us a little up welling.

30s up in the mountains. south lake tahoe 39 degrees. windy and cooler today. mostly sunny. a few high clouds here. patchy low clouds but over all it's a main cooling trend with gusts 30 plus for some as we go into today and wednesday. a little warmer thursday and friday. breeze citi, cooler -- breezy, cooler at times. 60s and 70s. we should be about 62 to 6. 60s on the coast and mainly 60s on the coast. windy for april 1st. >> you're not fooling.

>> i'm not fooling. it looks like cooler, breezy pattern as we go into sunday. >> and for the little bunny hopping across it will be niece. >> cooler and breezy. >> but the bunny will be able to hide the eggs. >> okay good. a string of attempted kidnapping. the warnings from police and how the district plans to educate students. >> but first a new music streaming service start the by some famous musicians. how they say this one is different.

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welcome back to mornings on 2. a north bay boy escapes with cuts and scrapes but that is after a truck crashed into his bedroom. this is from santa rosa. the 11-year-old was asleep early monday when a pickup truck lost control, slammed into the house. the truck hit his bed and threw him across the room. the boy wound up in the closet. his mom tells the paper it's a miracle her son survived. the driver was arrested on felony hit and run and drug charges. did you hear about amazon? amazon has a new feature that is called amazon home services. it helps customers find

electricians, plumbers, housecleaning services and almost 700 other kindsover workers. amazon says last year 85 million customers bought an item that needed service like a car stereo that had to be installed. now it will help shoppers find someone to do it. but mashable chief correspondent says for this to with b a success, amazon has to screen the companies they recommend. >> and you are trusting people saying point to the house. we don't know a lot about their system. >> few amazon says its service providers they will have to compete for top billing in their fields through customer ratings through price and other factors. amazon will get a percentage of what the service provider charges and promises to help resolve any disputes between customers and the people providing those services. facebook employees have started move into the company's massive new building in menlo park. frank designed the campus.

facebook invited some influential instagram users for a sneak peek. it is basically one giant giant open room. a green roof planted with hundreds of trees and room for as many as 2800 workers to sit and enjoy. there is a new music streaming service. this one has the support of several big names. jay z introduced the streaming service. he says the service will insure that artists get paid fairly for their work. the service costs $10 a month. joining jay z on stage yesterday beyonce, alicia keys, kanye west. fire moves through a dublin

construction site. the late tight blaze that set settled. >> we're live in san jose where after today there may be more homeless people wondering the streets. we'll tell you what advocates say is happening. >> we're looking at the east bay commute and 680 heading south out of the east bay is moderately heavy on the way down the fremont. we'll tell you why this might be a better route than 880. >> a little different pattern here. some rain on the north coast.

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march 31st i'm dave clark. >> good morning, i'm pam cook. it's almost 6:30. [ laughter ] >> favorite place by the anchor. >> synthetic. >> yeah. any way. hey steve. >> thank you. all right. we have a little breezy, blustery day on tap for you today. a few high clouds. nice sunrise there. over all cooler. 40s and 50s on the lows. we'll end up with 60s and 70s. you can say goodbye at least for a little bit here. it has been way too warm for way too long. these will be near average but lightly above. 40 miles an hour wind. not that bad at the surface. gusts 25 to 35. we do have a system on the north coast that provided light rain. a few 40s, a lot of 50s. few clouds and some of that

breeze is holding the temps up. this system is a dry system. also a breezy pattern to windy at times. especially at the coast and higher elevations. temperatures 60s and low, low 70s. all right sal you have already started busy here. still issues down in fremont. something new? >> yeah. we do have slow traffic all over the place. and bay bridge toll plaza. they were clearing it from the toll plaza. it was a minor thing but some of the lanes were blocked for a bit. now the metering lights are on and a little slow. you also see traffic -- 280

northbound continues to be a nice commute it's a little bit slow as you come around the corner to highway 880. interstate 880. northbound 101 is slow from earlier crashes. 6:31 let's go back to the desk. >> sal, thank you. we have new developments for you this morning in that very strange kidnapping case out of vallejo we've been talking about since last week. someone shaming to be the kidnapper now is demanding an apology from the police. ktvu fox 2 tara moriarty is live at the vallejo police station now. what are the alleged kidnappers threatening to do? >> reporter: the group e-mailed the chronicle and they want police here in vallejo to issue a public apology otherwise they might be the agents of direct agent of harm. now so far police have not commented on this latest development. we know that the chronicle received a series of e-mails from someone claiming to be one of denise huskins' abductors. they say her ordeal was real and they wanted to clear her

name. police have said it was an orchestrated event and huskins and her boyfriend were involved somehow. the e-mails included several details about the alleged kidnapping. the offender claimed responsibility for an elaborate car theft and home burglary ring. huskins show the up at her father's home. [ inaudible ] now the ransom $8500 has been called questionable. [ inaudible ]

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dismantled in san jose. and homeless advocates say it's causing problems. today they will be calling attention to what happened to the camp known as the jungle since it was broken down by city employees. ktvu fox 2 janine de la vega is joining us live now from san jose. so what is this all about? what is going on janine? >> reporter: dave, i have spoken with several people who used to live in the jungle who are now staying at the temporary cold weather shelter here at the lucardo center. tonight is the last night that the emergency beds here are going o be available. a lot of people have no idea where they are going to go next. advocates say that is just a small portion of the homeless people who are wondering the streets. they are holding a news conference at noon today at the former sign of the jungle at story and center road to talk about it. nearly 300 people were living in makeshift tents city workers cleaned up the encampment saying living conditions were

dangerous. since then the homeless members have been moving from place to place. during another recent cleanup, organizers tell us that homeless woman was injured while cal tran was bulldozing their tents. >> there is a hot will of people that need -- there is a lot of people that need help. they need to have more -- even where they used to have the shelter. you know. put it to little sheds or something. you know. anything. so we can go and be safe for awhile. because us women can't be out on the street. >> every time the city cleans up on encampment outreach workers have been brought in to help clean up. advocates are asking today for

legal campgrounds to be established with sanitary officials. >> janine de la vega, thank you. aaron peskin plans to run for his old seat until november. his top priority will be the skyrocketing cost of housing. >> like the fires that destroyed san francisco in the past, the affordability crisis has been allowed these past few years to flicker, simmer, and rage out of control. >> he says middle class people are getting priced out of the city. he will seek his old seat in district 3 which covers the northeast corner of san francisco. julie christianson holds that seat now. golden state warriors hall of famer has a new job.

several sources samuelen will take over as head basketball coach at his alma matter st. john in new york. he led the red storm to the final four. that was back in 1985. mullens spent 16 seasons in the nba. he had never been a head coach. he had worked in the front office of the warriors and the sacramento kings. time is 6:39. not what they were looking for. coming up in 20 minutes we'll tell you what people shopping at an upscale mall encountered and who the police say were trying to track down. >> and recovery efforts at the site of that plane crash in the french alps. >> we have a lot of slow traffic in the east bay already. westbound 24 is getting busier on the way to the tunnel. and on the other side of that tunnel there is a lot of slow traffic on 880. >> we have a pretty good breeze kicking up its heels.

welcome back be time is 6:42. new this morning we are hearing secretary of state john kerry and other diplomats working on that iran nuclear deal are about to issue a general statement. the diplomats face a self- imposed deadline of midnight

tonight to work out a frame work of an agreement. reportedly they are pretty close to ending their latest round of nuclear talks with a statement that has no specifics but it will allow the sides to move on to the next tase of negotiations. they would then have until june 30th to come up with a final agreement. coming up in 25 minutes, we'll bring you a live report on the negotiations under way. families of the victims in the germanwings plane crash in the french alps are still holding out hope that crews will find their loved ones remains. authorities say they have been able to identify 78 remains. 150 people were on that board. crews are saying all of the victims may never be found due to the violent nature of that crash. lufthansa announced it assures they are setting aside $300 million to deal with the possible cost resulting from the crash. last week the company offered immediate help to up to $54,000

to passengers of relatives of the victims. based on data from the cockpit voice recorder the co-pilot locked the captain out of the cockpit and deliberately crashed that plane. oakland teachers are planning a rally today. they call it for the march for the schools oakland students deserve. they demand school funding be allowed for student supplies not for high level administrators. they also want smaller class sizes. especially for special education class sizes. the march is expected to arrive at the oakland school district headquarters by 4:30. hundreds of people turned up for a march in san francisco to protest the archbishop controversial morality clause for teachers at four catholic

high schools. people marched from mission dolores to st. mary's cathedral where they held a vigil and sang songs. they are upset with the requirement that teachers with required to sign a morality clause in line with church teachings. >> religious freedom is not a license to discriminate and abuse our children and teachers in our school. it is not. >> protestors also delivered petitions asking the archbishop to promote acceptance and promote teachers rights. let's check in with tori campbell to see what is coming up in the next hour on mornings on 2. good morning, tori. >> coming up in our next hour the future king of eastbound land is about to -- england is about to start a new job. and tomorrow is april 1st. and we've got a few suggestions

of some fun april fool day pranks you can do in the office that probably won't get you fired. of course we can't guarantee that. those are some of the stories we're working on for the next hour on mornings on 2. now back to you. sal, i'm going to share an april fools joke my brother and i plaid on my father -- played on my father. it was not a good decision. >> all right. i want to hear that a little later. good morning everybody. we are all on twitter so some of the stuff that is even crazier, you can hear about that on twitter. let's go to the 20 commute -- 280 commute. traffic is already backing up here in san jose heading up to the west valley. so today 101 and 280 are getting into the act with slow traffic. we also want to look at the east bay where southbound 880 we had an earlier accident in

fremont. and 580 is moderately heavy. we had a minor accident that is about a 2025 minute delay before you make it on to the bridge. as i go to steve, steve i get the sunday paper. you want to check this out. i think our director made a copy of it. there you are on the front page of the date book. care to explain? >> look who i'm next to too. >> i know crazy crab. >> bad reporter don -- he is very clever. i came home from a hike and said have you seen the paper? thank you for the chronicle not only the cover. is there a higher honor? also did a good job with the fog in the san francisco neighborhoods. >> you've made it big time now. >> yeah that is all i need.

who needs an emmy? i was tickled pink to steal a line. we have a little change in the pattern. a breezy windy day. not for everyone yet but it's picking up. that being westerly or north westerly breeze. west at sfo. had gusts to 32. west at 12. san jose and mountain view waiting. weak system dragging across us giving us a few high clouds but mainly a cooler air mass. a little difference in the pressure gradiant. 40s and 50s on the temps. a little rain on the north coast. although there is light rain up in legged. windy and cooler. mostly sunny today. temperatures though on their way down. they started for most yesterday they will continue today and bottom out on wednesday but gusts easily 30-40. mt. diablo has had gusts to 50. higher elevations really along the coast as well. we'll take the brunt of this but 60s and 70s. i mean we've been so far above

an these temps upper 60s novato. sonoma 68. richmond 66. out of the 80s for much of the east bay and into the 70s. a lot of these are running a couple of degrees above average believe it or not. a lot of 10:s on the coast, on the peninsula. could be a couple very low 70s. over all today windy and cooler. and then level off thursday and friday. it looks like an increase in clouds. >> time for easter. and for those that are like me and didn't know who crazy crab was. >> candle stick park for the giants. it would have been one of their mascots. everybody that went to candle stick knows crazy crab. >> that is funny. congratulations. funny article. good picture. time is 6:49. get ready. brace yourself for a change. sales tax that is going up in 13 bay area cities tomorrow. in 20 minutes we'll tell you where and by how much.

>> but first it could put san francisco crime -- cyber crime case in jeopardy.

welcome back to mornings on 2. we have a follow up to

yesterday's bizarre incident at fort we'd where two men smashed a stolen suv into a police car outside the gates of a national security agency. authorities say these two young men spent sunday night at a nearby motel with an older man and then sold the man's car yesterday morning. now somehow the men ended up in a restricted exit at the campus of the nsa. the driver ignored police commands to stop and instead sped up crash into a police car. that is when police opened fire. one of the men died there at the scene. the other was rushed to the hospital. the nsa officer was also injured in the crash. investigators say the man may have been on drugs. police say they found cocaine and a gun in their suv. two federal agents who helped investigate the infamous silk road incident are charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars during the

investigation. carl force made his court appearance in maryland. investigators say the under cover agents also tried to sell government information to albright during that investigation. >> that makes them witnesses that are pretty problematic to put on the stand. unless the prosecution has other investigators that it might choose to bring on, this might damage the case. >> it's not clear if these charges against the agents could effect albright conviction in new york. he is set to be sentenced in may and still faces a charge of murder for hire in maryland. police, parents, and students in hayward they are on alert after a string of attempted kidnapping. the most recent one happened friday. a man forced a 16-year-old girl into the backseat of a white car. he pulled a gun on her but she struggled and escaped. now police say there have been two other attempted kidnappings

near is the high school within the next six weeks that may be related. >> we would like people to walk home together from school. kids to walk home together. to be careful. >> right now hayward schools are on spring break but when the students come back next week, the school district will hold assemblies on how students can protect themselves. ) to the same virus that caused severe respiratory infections in children last year. by the end of last year more than 1100 people tested positive for that virus. ucsf researchers say a new strain appears to have mow stated to become similar to polio raising concerns about

future outbreaks. researchers say further studies are needed. happening today marin county supervisors will hear from you the public about reducing the speed limit for bicycles along part of the mill valley sausalito path. right now the speed limit is 15 miles an hour. but a lot of walkers say the cyclists going that fast or even faster is a safety hazard. last week the board of supervisors approved dropping the speed limit to 10 miles an hour along a part of that path. now they are considering expanding the lower speed area. supervisor damon says there is virtually no, ma'am opposition to that idea. tomorrow by the way is the start of distracted driving awareness month for all of the month of april the chp will crack down on drivers not paying attention to the road.

and the chp says that is down from where the distracted driving awareness campaign started four years ago. mcdonalds plans to test with some people have asked the company to do for years. 20 serve breakfast all day. mcdonalds has said in the past it is impossible because of the tight kitchen spaces of the restaurant. a lot of people will be happy about that. time is 6:57. there is another twist in the alleged kidnapper ransom plot. we'll tell you about new e- mails sent by the reported kidnappers and what they are demanding by police. it's been years since the

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