>> reporter: we're live near the richmond-san rafael bridge where traffic backups continue because of this truck fire you see behind me. coming up we'll give you an update on the situation. >> reporter: an early-morning pursuit by chp officers in hayward end with a violent crash. a car takes out two power poles. the driver gets out and takes off. we'll tell you about the young passenger he left behind in

that car. boy, we begin with breaking news. a major traffic problem. this is affecting a lot of people. and they are absolutely stuck. here is a live picture, a truck caught fire this morning. this is the west side of the richmond-san rafael bridge right near the 101/san again -- san quentin. there is the area near et san quentin exit. it's making it very hard. this is like when something happens in livermore, you are on a bridge, you have nowhere to go and you are stuck there. >> the damage is done. >> the damage is done. >> it's done. >> it will have to send a lot of people either into the city or they will come across highway 37 and that will cause a huge backup in marin county and affect everyone who uses wub to -- who uses wub to -- to 101 who use the golden gate.

i'm pam cook in for tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. sal will be here in a moment. but steve has your forecast. >> we'll make it quick. a little cold out here, not openly the north bay but down tonight santa cruz mountains and some temperatures checking in at 37. there were a lot of upper 30s north bay and even to the santa cruz mountains. it will be a sunny, nice day, clouds south and north. but mostly sunny, nice. a little bit warmer. napa will go downtown, 71. airport probably close to 68. there are a few high clouds. but a high of 67 degrees. and one system stays there, the other stays there. the end result is 30s, 40s and 50s. santa rosa at 39. they were at 38. there is a little breeze, not much. it's variable. but generally showing more of an easterly or northwesterly breeze.

we're good to go for sunshine. nice, mild, warm. not anything great distance above average. just upper 60s and a lot of -- a couple of mid-70s. morgan hill and antioch. the damage is done. that's right. steve, let's go right to ktvu fox 2 reporter brian flores at the scene of this truck fire. brian, it doesn't look like this truck will be gone any time soon. >> reporter: yeah. that's the latest word we got from chp as well. it will be a while this morning, sal. we're taking a live look of this truck fire. we're just westbound 580 near the san quentin offramp. as you can see, san rafael fire crews have been working this scene close to two hours. smoke is still billowing from one of the trailers. they are also trying to clear whatever this u.p.s. truck was carrying. from when we understand it was 50,000 pounds worth of household goods. until they get that under control, no way the truck will be moving any time soon. i want to pan around if we can.

our photographer sid is showing us the traffic and the situation. traffic is backed up. this is the westbound side coming off the richmond-san rafael bridge. unfortunately, we cannot show you the eastbound side but we understand that's also backed up as well. here is more from the chp on what a mess it is this morning. >> this is a major thoroughfare for traffic in the morning. we've got people going to the east bay, beam coming from the east bay -- people coming from the east bay. traffic is usually busy. this absolutely made it worse. we have both directions blocked because this big rig is partially in the other lanes and obviously with the other fire personnel they have to take the lines to help get the fire out. >> reporter: what happened, the u.p.s. driver was trying to get off westbound 580 off the san quentin road offramp when he somehow lost control. in terms of how he lost control or why he lost control, that remains under investigation. the driver is doing okay. luckily, no other drivers or commuters were injured this morning.

as we take it back out here live, an active scene. san rafael fire crews not only working to get the flames down to where it's nonexistent but they are trying to clear the debris, the household goods that was there. i want to point to you, kind of show us the k rail. chp said this is where the accident started. you see the liquid along the k rail? that's all diesel fuel. so the truck was trying to manage this curve ended up stopping right there. boy, luckily, there wasn't any other damage besides just the truck out here. we understand that u.p.s. is out here ready to move the other trailer if that's even at all possible this morning but this remains an active scene. traffic a mess this morning. sal, i don't know what to tell you in terms of alternatives. hopefully you have answer for the commuters. >> well, i would say that if you are trying to get into san rafael, root now, the richmond bridge is not a good option. i will tell you why.

as we look at the commute on the richmond bridge, it's slow all the way across the span. let's go to a picture of the richmond-san rafael toll plaza. you can see traffic is backed up into richmond just trying to get onto that span. it's a big backup now. so my recommendation for you is not to use the richmond bridge. use highway 37 or go through san francisco if you can and get up north on the golden gate bridge. this is not gonna be an eensy drive -- be an easy drive either but i wouldn't use the richmond bridge. let's go to the maps. there's the span. if you happen to be lucky enough to get onto highway 37 or 101 out of san francisco, that would be the best way to do it. let's take a look at some of the other commutes which, fortunately, have been pretty good. highway 680 looks good. 580 is a dream come through for livermore to dublin commuters. in the south bay, not much going on. it's very spring break-like

except for that one crash. at the bay bridge, though, people are trying to use the bridge, i have a feeling, to avoid the richmond bridge. and we have a big backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. this is a look at 280 in san jose and that also looks good. now, let's go back to the desk. hundreds of people still in the dark following a chp pursuit that ended with a crash in hayward this morning. that's not the most disturbing part. alex savidge joins us now with more on what officers found inside the car. >> reporter: there was a child strapped into a car seat inside this car being pursued by chp officers. there was a vine lent crash but thankfully the young child had minor injuries here. the car slammed into two power poles on tennyson road. you can see the damage left behind. pg&e crews are out here. they are still working to repair the poles.

about 100 people remain without power right now. this pursuit started after 2:00 this morning when chp officers pulled this man's car over on 880. now, initially the driver stopped but sped off and eventually lost control. after crashing his car, the driver got out, ran away, leaving that young child behind in the car along with a woman. now, chp officers searched the area for the driver. they were not able to find him. it's unclear exactly what sort of violation this man was initially stopped for or why he ran in the first place. the chp says they have been in touch with the mother of the child involved in this case and arrangements are peaking made for the child -- are being made for the child. there are damaged power poles that need to be replaced. about 100 people are in the dark. the pg&e crews are expecting it will take into the afternoon to get all of the repair work done. >> boy, it just affected a lot of things. thank you, alex.

7:08. boy, a cleanup is underway from deadly tornadoes in iowa, illinois, and ohio. look at this video. the winds just knocked over a truck and then you can see how much force that twister has as it just moves through the neighborhoods. pieces of houses just flying off into the distance. just incredible. the hardest hit area, fairdale, illinois one person was killed at least, dozens of buildings were destroyed. several people still missing right now. the crews are hoping to go through the rubble today hoping to find more people alive. >> its with a very strong -- it was a very strong tornado, slow- moving tornado. as far as the strength and ef rating we don't have the information at this time. >> one of those tornadoes nearly leveled a popular restaurant out there. a dozen customers and employees they were trapped in the debris after they rode out the storm in the basement of the

building. in kansas, that same storm brought pounding hail the size of a tennis ball, strong enough to smash the windshield of the car. in michigan, there was lightning. no one was home or hurt here at the time. now this is heading to the southeast, the gulf coast and the east coast. in santa clara, a hot debate over youth soccer fields. last night there was public comment heard about the 49ers to renovate three soccer fields at public schools for $3 million. in return, the 49ers would be able allowed to use the field next to leave vie stadium -- levi stadium as a parking lot on game dames. many say the numbers don't add up. >> really what this is it about the 49ers wanting to take over the soccer facility for the parking lot. i would take it, too. 3million is better than nothing. but i want you to understand

it's way more than that. it's way more than that. we have a proposal on the table that doesn't fill the need of santa clara residents. >> people also say there should be an official presentation by board around the 49ers. the school board will make a decision at a later date on whether or not to accept the funds. >> all right, pam. 7:11. sleeping out on the streets in support of the homeless. mum at 7:30, the -- coming up at 7:30, the overnight protest happening in berkeley and the vine lent confrontation that led up to this -- violent confrontation that led up to this. her courage touched the hearts across the country. the sad news about a 19-year- old basketball player and her bat well a brain tumor. good morning. we are looking at a commute here where traffic is going to be very slow approaching the richmond bridge. coming up we'll tell you if there are decent alternates for you to avoid this mess. it will be mostly sunny and nice today. but there's cold lows coming in. just saw 34 in petaluma. also a couple of in the russian

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a 13-year-old boy has died in los angeles. an 8-year-old boy remains in grave condition. they were pulled out of a car that plunged into the port of los angeles. rescue divers pulled both boys from the car. it landed upside down in 30 feet of water. they were rushed to a nearby hospital. the older boy died. two adults were also in the car but they got out on their own. it's not clear yet why that car plunged into the water but witnesses say they heard brakes screeching just before the incident. both adults are listed in fair condition. well, we've learned that 19- year-old college basketball player lauren hill has died after her battle with a brain

tumor. you remember her. her courage touched the hearts of the nation because of her desire to play basketball for mount st. joseph's basketball team. she rallied the team and convinced the ncaa to move up her team's season opener just so she will have a chance to play. her courage also helped to raise more than $1.5 million for cancer research. just an incredible story. 7:15. we have an incredible traffic story and big problems this morning, sal. the richmond-san rafael bridge. >> that's right. this truck that caught fire almost two hours ago driving westbound. it was a u.p.s. big rig making its way across the bridge. just after the bridge, it ran into trouble, hit the center divider and burst into flames. the driver was not seriously hurt. but 580 is shut down near san quentin. they are taking traffic off the freeway and putting it back on via one of the exit ramps

there. you might imagine what this is do doing to the -- this is doing to the morning compute. this is a terrible commute. it stretches all the way across the span and over to the richmond-san rafael bridge toll plaza into richmond. this traffic stretches for miles trying to get past the scene. you won't get through. if you don't want to take an alternative leave extra time or you could use highway 37 or the bay bridge. a lot of people are using the bay bridge right now. we go to the macarthur maze and it's backed up out around the macarthur maze. 20, 25-minute delay. the rest of the east bay and the south bay commute look pretty good. 580 is lighter than usual from livermore to hayward. a little bit of slowing 880 hayward. and southbound 101 from marinwood to san rafael, not that bad. if you are not using the richmond bridge, i think 101 is okay as you drive from san rafael to the golden gate bridge. let's go to steve. we have mostly clear skies. cold for some. a lot of 30s from the north

bay, north bay, mendocino county. the forecasted temps show a little bit above average for this time of year. we'll take that into the weekend. cloud cover from southern california from that system which spins in a few high clouds. san francisco starting off 50. we'll go 65 for a high. 2 above today. oakland, downtown, looking for a slightly above average temp. 46 to begin. 68 but really there was a lot of 30s. petaluma at 34. around san jose saw a lot of 40s and a few 30s. 71 had, 48, 69, 48 is normal. the record high, 92, back in 1904. the record low 1895 when it was 34 on this date. this system stays south. that one will brush us to the north. we're looking at 30s, 40s to a few 50s. san francisco, sfo, half moon bay, 43. 20s in the mountains. 40s through the intear yore until you hit southern

california. even 43 up in arcata. not much in the way of fog, any patch or two will give way fast. high pressure builds in. this system goes south. the next one stays north. next hint of rain would be tuesday and it doesn't look favorable for us. it would be to the north. patchy morning fog, a few high clouds. 60s and also 70s. temperatures, yesterday, clearlake was 70. we'll bump you up 3 today. sonoma/napa 71. alameda and also berkeley at 66. 74 morgan hill and gilroy. san jose, 71. 60s near 70 on the peninsula. quiet is good. 7:18. president obama reaching out to cuba. his historic phone call. it's ahead of today's summit of the americas. plus, it's a beautiful

thing. a national tradition always an attraction in washington, d.c., but something is special about this year's cherry blossom. we'll take you there live and show you.

the cherry blossom starting to pop up in the nation's capital. doug luzader joining us live now in washington, d.c. to tell us why the people who love the cherry blossom festival say this year is very special. good morning, doug. >> reporter: dave, good morning. it timed out nicely. it's a little capitol hill here -- it's a little chilly here. you see the jefferson memorial here. over there, the -- the washington monument. as you look off to the left, the cherry blossom trees, there

are thousands of them. when these things pop it changes the whole look of the city. these blossoms are maybe an inch or two across. but collectively millions of these change the look and the mood here in washington. >> it's beautiful. it's a mag nif -- mag nif kent thing to see. >> reporter: the cherry blossom festival is in full swing. every year organizing this can be nerve-racking, hoping these little flowers emerge at the right time. >> every morning you wake up, you are checking the weather and seeing where we are today and we're lucky this year. >> reporter: lucky because this year, the forecast was spot on. and this is also a year-round effort. these trees have to be meticulously maintained and

occasionally replaced. >> only 100 original ones remain. through the years we've been replacing. >> reporter: in fact, a del little gags from japan is here to break ground on a -- a delegation from japan is here to break ground. >> i think they are really pretty. >> they are really pretty. it's not something you see every day. >> reporter: as we come back out live here along the tidal basin, you see the blooms are just about at full bloom. this timed out pretty well. there's always a little bit of guesswork involved. a lot of people come out. this lasts for about a month. they are expecting about 1 moi moi -- 1.5 million people. >> for good reason. that's absolutely beautiful. spectacular. this weekend is the beginning of san francisco's own cherry blossom festival in japtown. organizers expect as many as

200,000 people to enjoy the music, the food, traditional arts and crafts over the next two weekends. tomorrow night, the festival queen will be named. on sunday afternoon, the crowd will enjoy the annual cherry blossom parade. the weather should be good. organizers say you should take public transportation to get to the event. a former star of the series "game of thrones." is leading a charge to protect a hawaiian mountain. jason, his wife and madison bum barner are posting pictures to their instagram in -- bumgarner are posting pictures to their instagram of -- of mauna kea. 7:25 is the time right now. shut down for the weekend. the major closure right now on up with of folks's busy -- on

one of san francisco's busiest streets. >> reporter: and traffic continues to be bad near the richmond-san rafael bridge because of this scene, a big rig behind me. and the morning commute really has all to do with what brian just talked about. look at the traffic here at the richmond bridge. it's at a standstill. going to have a lot of sunshine today. a few high clouds. but overall, temperatures cold. it will be sunny and nice. but what about the weekend? we'll have that -- coming up.

breaking news in marin county. this is the truck fire on westbound interstate 580 just west of the richmond bridge. this has closed the freeway. it will be closed for hours. ktvu's brian flores is on the scene. he's gonna tell us how the accident happened. i can tell you that traffic on the richmond bridge is a mess. >> damage is done. >> terrible. a lot of people stuck in that. it's friday, april 10th. i'm pam cook in for tori campbell today. >> i'm dave clark. we're also following your weather and traffic on a friday morning. steve? a little cold. it will be nice a day. a lot of sunshine. had a few high clouds.

most of that has cleared out. any fog won't last long. we're looking good. i will say. that's about as calm and peaceful as it can get. looking at the oakland, alameda estuary. some of the lows this morning, la honda, 36. petaluma, boulder creek, 36. although i did see petaluma dip to a 34 and they rebounded. some of these lows are quite brisk, also up in the russian river. everything is to the north or south of us. highs today will be close to seasonal average. slightly above. in fact, i went 65 in san francisco. about 66, 67 in berkeley. and low 70s for many to the north bay, east bay and also south bay, peninsula upper 60s and lone 70s. i went -- low 70s. i went 74 for antioch. southern california has clouds the to the north we'll have clouds. 30s and 40s, santa rosa made it to 38, now 39. looks like that's it. sunshine, nice, mild, warm.

temperatures near average. patchy morning fog. that's it. otherwise we're looking good. proableably into the weekend -- probably into the weekend as well. sal has an update on the traffic. yes. brian flores is on the scene of this richmond bridge disaster really. a truck that caught on fire. disaster for the commute, causing a horrible traffic mess. brian, we just found out from chp that the lanes will be closed for quite some time. >> reporter: yes, it will be like this throughout the morning, unfortunately. and in terms of the commute and the scene behind me there's no better way to put it. if you take a look, san rafael fire crews monitoring the scene. they had a pretty good hand on this truck fire but there was some hot spots earlier this morning, some popup fires they are removing some of that debris that was in the truck, this u.p.s. truck this morning. smoke still billowing from the u.p.s. truck that caught on fire.

but still remains an active scene. it will be like this for quite some time. this started before 5:30 this morning. the u.p.s. truck driver was carrying two trailers with it when he lost control on westbound 580 off the san quentin ramp. the truck caught on fire when the driver hit the ent iser div- - hit the center divide. the truck was carrying 50,000 pounds of household goods. san rafael fire department was quick to respond. they've been wantling small spot fires on the truck -- battling small spot fires on the bridge and the traffic remains bad. >> this is a major thoroughfare for traffic. pea have people going to the east bay and coming. this is just absolutely made it worse. we've got both directions blocked because this big rig is partially into the other lanes and with the fire personnel,

they have to take the lanes out. >> reporter: we under the driver, the u.p.s. driver is doing a okay. luckily no other commuters were hit when this happened. as we take it back out here live, this is a live look, westbound 580 coming off the bridge and it's just backed up. i don't know what else we can say about it. initial impact was just to my right over here. sid, if you can make your way to the k rail. this is all diesel fuel from how far the truck traveled according to the chp. this traveled approximately 500 feet to where it came to a rest. the latest estimated time when the scene will be clear, the eastbound lanes according to the chp, roughly around 9:00 and the westbound lanes around noontime. but of course, that's subject to change. we'll keep on updating you throughout the morning, sal. i don't know what other alternates we have or for our

commuters. >> one thing that people are doing, they've heard about the crash and they are using the bay bridge and right now, approaching the bay bridge from the macarthur maze, it is very slow. you can see it there coming around the corner. people heard about this richmond bridge problem. they decided to bypass the bridge and go down to the bay bridge and now we have a lot of company for you if you are a bay bridge driver trying to get across the bray bay -- bay. highway 101 through marin county looks kind of normal. and we've been saved by traffic volume being lighter than usual. center divide slow traffic on highway 4 as you come over the hill. as you can see, traffic is coming up from baypoint to concord and it will be slow heading over to the concord area. northbound 280 in san francisco at alemany boulevard, there's a

crash there. if you want to avoid 280 and go down to 101, use city streets. don't use 280 northbound. 7:34. back to the desk. >> thank you. bay area religious leaders spent the night sleeping out 0 on berkeley streets showing support for the home let's. this was prompted in part by a very disturbing video showing a berkeley ambassador beating a homeless man. the ambassador program is supposed to provide safety patrols in the city of the demonstrators spent the night at berkeley plaza and say the city should do a lot more to help those in need. >> there are two-year wait lists in alameda county for homeless people to get into housing. so the people that you see on the street couldn't get into housing if they tried to get into housing and -- fee, i've been working with -- for example, i've been working with one youth who has been homeless for two years. >> and the homeless advocates

say many of the homeless have mental health problems and there's not enough resources to help them. oakland police are hoping to track down two people to talk to them about the easter morning 134509ing death of a young -- shooting death of a young man. investigators say a pair drove away in a silver colored four- door her say -- mesh mesh-- mercedes. police say they are not suspects but they may have crucial information. investigators say emilio nevarez was an inknow stent bystander -- innocent bystander. he was hit by a bullet they believe was for someone else. happening today, members of the oakland police. it are hosting a block party. it will be held in the 800 block of campbell street.

that's the area where a single mother was killed by a stray bullet last month. the block party will include food and drinks, free t-shirts and free prizes. the oakland police department's recruiting section will be out there as well. the event runs from 3:00 to 7:30 p.m. happening now, we are in the height of the morning commute. people may be surprised by a major construction project in san francisco. normally busy stretch of road between post and ellis is shut down. paul chambers started monitoring the traffic at 4:30 this morning and what have you seen now? is it getting busier? >> reporter: it is getting busier but i think people are listening to our advice to come out early or stay away from the streets. this is what will run into when they are coming town van ness. you might want -- coming down van ness. you might want to find another way around. van ness is closed.

the shutdown will allow crews to construct a pedestrian tunnel for the new medical center campus. while that's happening, van ness will be closed between post and ellis street. the closure will not have any impact on transit in the area except possible delays to muni's 47 and 49 lines. also parking restrictions are being enforced. make sure you check the meter before leaving the car. there is a lot of signage to help you. that may create delays. as of right now we're not seeing that as a problem. after this there is a 72-hour closure expected to weaken and a full one in september. you can see that there are a lot of people walking in the area. that's allowed. there were extra crews out here to get through the street. the buses were allowed to get down to van ness. that kind -- there are people walking here. they are helping people get across and navigate this area. it will be closed until

midnight on monday. of course, i will let you know the latest as it continues to happen. >> thank you, paul. it sounds like they are getting the warning. >> don't forget, you can stay with us online if you have to head out the don' dash out the -- out the door. we have traffic cameras and you can download the ktvu app for a live traffic map on the go. 7:38. san francisco police responded overnight to reports of a shooting near a popular neighborhood sports bar. now, it happened near the abbey tavern on fifth and gearry after -- geary after midnight. a member of our staff went out there, shot the video. several police cars were outside of the bar. officers were questioning people and collecting evidence. police haven't told us any details yet but we're checking on this trying to get more information, we'll bring it to you as soon as we get updates on the situation. also san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi will hold a news conference about the investigations into two cases

that have hurt the image of the sheriff avenue defense lately -- sheriff -- sherr itch avenue department lately. last month, four were accused of organizing and betting on inmate fights and then a mistake by a deputy led to the escape of an inmate. there is a day of silence being handed out to terra linda. students have to bring a notebook or whiteboard to communicate in class. >> last year, a couple students came out to me personally and said that the day of silence made them feel comfortable to do that. that was just rewarding enough. >> the event started with one college in the '90s. it's grown ever since. the national day of silence is next friday. but because terra linda is on

spring break, they decided to hold it today. also, new this morning, you can now officially order the new apple watch. you will have to wait several weeks to get it. i want to show you video of the apple store in palo alto. up can seem a black curtain there blocking the inside of the store. later today, people with appointments will be able to try on the watch. knew, just after midnight -- now, just after midnight apple starts to accept orders. within the hour, there were orders. wait times up to june. prices start at $349 and climb up to $17,000. an. states online interest -- apple says online interest already a sellout. 7:41 is the time. an interesting story. a chase in hayward ended with a crash into a power pole. that's causing problems. the driver ran from the scene and the shocking discovery police made in the back seat of

that car. and what are you doing this weekend? up next, we'll tell you why hillary clinton is going to be especially busy. this bridge mess that we have is because of a truck fire that happened a couple of hours ago. you can see how slow it is on the traffic coming over the bridge. we'll tell you more about what you can do to get around this problem. a lot of -- a lot of sunshine. will we continue that into the weekend? we'll have the forecast -- coming up. female announcer: get on board for better sleep! it's sleep train's interest free for 3 event! get three years interest-free financing on beautyrest black, stearns & foster serta icomfort even tempur-pedic. plus, get free delivery, and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. you'll never find an interest rate lower than sleep train's interest free for 3 event, on now! ...guaranteed!

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welcome back to "mornings on 2." a piece of history is shutting its doors in marin county because it has run out of time

and money. they asked me to come out to see what we're losing. the marin history museum sits on a beautiful spot in san rafael. but the location has been both a blessing and a curse. >> this park had gotten a point where it was unsavory, not anywhere that you would want to take your families and friends. and it was very difficult for us to be tenant of the house and be contending with this right outside our door. >> door. >> the park has listen cleaned -- has been cleaned up. >> to run it on a bare minimum budget we're looking at $300,000 a year. >> a big chunk of the off rating budget is -- operating budget is the warehouse that holds the memories and history. when it's not on display, community events or in the local schools for a lesson.

a guitar signed by the members of journey. ♪ >> signed lyrics to "don't stop believin'." >> lucas valley, people think it's george lucas. lucas valley was lucas valley dairy and they had their milk processing plant and factory on 4th street. >> reporter: the big question now is what to do with all of this. more than 150 years of marin county's past. >> please if there's somebody out there even if you come with your own board of directors that would want to take over this treasure, we would certainly welcome that. >> the collection may have to be broken up and distributed to regional museums, the california history museum and back to the donor families. the ultimate desist will come from the state attorney general's office, where hope flip history will be preserved. ♪ >> what a great story.

7:46. well, in other news, several news agencies reporting president obama and cuban president raul castro, they will meet face to face today in panama or more likely tomorrow at the summit of the americans. president obama arrived in panama last night and spoke by phone to raul castro. the summit is an economic and security conference with leaders from north, central and south america as well pass the caribbean. cuba which had previously been banned from being part of this is being allowed to take part this year. the white house, is working to normalize relationships with cuba after a trade and travel embargo that spanned decades. vice president joe biden is right here in the bay area this morning. he will be talking about job training programs and mentorships. last night, ktvu and our cameras were watching. we followed the vice president's motorcade in san

francisco. the vice president took part in an invitation only event at the getdy mansion. in a couple of hours, the vice president will visit oakland at a pg&e service center. that's at 10:30 this morning. he will focus on work force development and investing in job training. the vice president's wife, dr. jill biden, also in the bay area. now, she has a doctorate in english and teaches at a community college in virginia and yesterday she sat down with students at cupertino's de anza college. now she's visited more than 60 community colleges around the country in an effort to keep students in school. >> that's why we came to see what you are doing at your college and what makes you special and different from other colleges and we've heard so many good things. >> we value clabberration.

>> de anza has 23,000 students. they are known for their civic engagement programs. hillary clinton will announce she will run for president this sunday. it's believed she will make the official announcement through social media. a british newspaper reports she will post a message on twitter at 9:00 on sunday morning pacific time. we'll track the announcement throughout this weekend's "mornings on 2." a marin county lawmaker is pushing a plan to create a third lane on the richmond/san rafael bridge. the bill to stream line the environmental review of the project has passed it first committee vote. the plan is to turn what is now into a shoulder -- what is now a shoulder into more of a commute. the plan would create a new lane in the westbound direction strictly for people walking and riding bikes. they hope the lanes can be open

as soon as next year. they can tuesday an extra lane on the richmond-san rafael bridge today. sal, that horrible commute on the richmond-san rafael bridge. >> that's because of a truck fire. in case you are just joining us, you want to get out to marin county from the east bay. i would not recommend using the richmond-san rafael bridge. at about 5:00, a truck lost control, ended up on the center divider near san quentin. just off the westbound richmond- san rafael bridge. you can still see it, a little bit of smoke coming off of it. westbound traffic is being taken off the first exit and being put back on a little bit down the road. it's causing a huge traffic jam. eastbound lanes are closed. eastbound lanes may open at 9:00 but the westbound lanes won't be open until at least 9:00. there's another u.p.s. truck coming by the scene. this is very similar to the

truck involved in the original crash. a set of doubles just like this was involved. let's go to the richmond-san rafael toll plaza westbound as you come up to the toll plaza. the traffic is backed up all the way into richmond. some people are trying to use the bay bridge as an alternate route and the bay bridge is very, very slow trying to get into san francisco. again, this is a look at 101 in san francisco. northbound 101, the central freeway there is a car fire there. might be slow traffic there. 7:50. let's go to steve. today's weather doesn't look too bad. >> not too shabby. a little cold. a lot of 30s from the north all the way to santa cruz mountains. a little bit of patchy fog. overall, it will be sunny and nice. temperatures near average to slightly above. see some of that low cloud deck kind of hang around. it's always been showing up after 7:00. some of the morning lows, i found, there were a lot of 30s. petaluma made it to 34. boulder creek, 36. rohnert park, 36. penngrove was 39. slightly above average temps.

is where we should on the high side. this is what we're forecasting today. a little bit above. generally, 1, 2 degrees. a few high clouds. that's it. we're surrounded by clouds to the north. only high clouds will be the end result. napa going for 71 today. maybe a few high clouds late from the system to the north and san mateo had a few high clouds this morning rather chilly. a lot of 40s. we'll end up with a high of 67 degrees. looks good to go for sunshine. that system to the north will sweep across. it will weaken considerably. 30s, 40s, to 50s for some. made it to 39 at el granada. 24-hour temperature change. pretty close, 1 to 3 degrees above yesterday. mid-50s on the water. 20s in the mountains. it looks like pretty nice. patchy morning fog. mild to warm. a few high clouds overall. a lot of sunshine. that system goes south. the next one will brush us but

the overall trend is to take it to the north. sunshine, nice to mild to warm. but a little bit above. 60s and 70s. we'll take that into the weekend with a slight warmup. but 60s near the coast around the bay. upper 60s to very low 70s. clearlake, 70. 73 today. 72 in antioch. 74. 68 oakland. 60s to 70s. a lot of low 70s. fremont, morgan hill and gilroy. 60s on the coast. a little bit of patchy fog. 60s to near 7 on on the peninsula -- to near 70 on the peninsula. cooler next week. >> thank you. 7:52 is the time right now. the indiana restaurant that closed after the owner said he would not make a cake for a gay wedding, it's now back open. coming up, the answer when asked if he would make the same choice again. plus -- it's not a galaxy far, far away. it's right here in our ktvu studios. look at them. up next, we'll explain why the

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welcome back to "mornings on 2." these are live pictures. they are moving a little bit. we're following the breaking news, a major traffic problem in marin county. a truck caught fire in morning near the west side of the richmond-san rafael bridge causing a complete traffic jam. sal said they are done. it's a mess. making it hard to go either way on the bridge.

we have live team coverage for you the latest and the cleanup you are looking at right in front of you. stay tuned. we'll have all of the details. >> i guess not until noon on that side. >> friday april 10th. i'm dave clark. >> i'm pam cook in for tori campbell. we're celebrating "star wars." steve, a bobblehead darth vader, i don't know if he would be happy about that. i don't know if he wants to have a bobblehead. they are releasing all six on dvd. >> when i went to college, chico state, i think it played there the entire smetter -- semester downtown. i think it was there the whole semester. i think so. >> it was in theaters for a while. >> that was a long time ago. [laughter] >> blond hair and -- anyway, we

do have a little bit of patchy fog. it will be a nice day. all of the cloud cover staying south for now. but that system to the north will give us some high clouds later on. 60s, yes. coast, bay, upper 60s. i went 65 in san francisco. this forecast is absolutely spot on. it's exactly what i went with. 71 concord. and then a 74 out towards antioch. to the north, to the santa clara valley, these will all be close. by the coast, and bay 60s. southern california, that will give us higher clouds. had a lot of 30s. in fact, about 34, 36 from petaluma and russian river down to the santa cruz mountains. it looks good. sunshine nice, mild, warm. temperatures just getting slightly above and over the weekend. >> we'll see slight warming. about 10, 15 minutes. 60s to mid-70s. i know richmond-san rafael bridge. anything good you can tell us? well, no one was seriously injured. when you look at the wreckage

of the truck, you can see how someone could have been injured. let's go to brian flores. he's been there since almost it happened. have they made any progress in what looks like a cleanup there? >> reporter: they are making slow progress. let's take a look there. san rafael crews, fire crews remain on scene. they are working on clearing that debris from the u.p.s. truck that caught on fire. that's the first step. they brought in construction equipment. this scene won't be clear any time soon. want to go to video. this started before 5:30 -- excuse me, right after 5:00. the u.p.s. driver was carrying two trailers with it when he somehow lost control, hit the center divide off the san quentin offramp off the richmond-san rafael bridge. soon after. chp says the left fuel tank caught on fire, fuel tank caught on fire, not only was the truck on fire but one of

the trailers as well. the truck was carrying about 50,000 pounds of household goods. the san rafael fire department has quick to respond. they've been batting small spot twice. traffic near the bridge, both eastbound on the approach and westbound across the span remains bad. >> right now we have called out one of our commercial vehicle enforcement officers. they are out here looking will at the scene as well. it's tough for us to tell. we don't want to get close to the truck. they are still trying to get the fire out and making sure there's no danger anymore. >> reporter: we under the driver is doing okay. just a bit shaken up. luckily no other commuters were hit when this happened. westbound 580 across the richmond-san rafael bridge, continues to be a mess out here. but dave mentioned that traffic moving nicely slew -- i should say a little better through

here. the chp put a traffic officer off main street to increase the flow of traffic. in all of this mess, that's the silver lining. but traffic remains across the eastbound side. no estimated time on when this scene is going to be clear. we heard anywhere from the westbound lanes around noontime, from the eastbound lanes around 9:00. those are rough estimates. it will be white a -- it will be quite a while. the vantage point can't -- i can say the eastbound traffic going to the bridge is perfectly fine. but still on the approach it remains bad. if it is going to open any time soon, that wouldn't be anything surprising but the westbound side obviously is the big mess. that's gonna take quite a

while. >> thank you, brian flores reporting live at the scene of the truck crash. i'm gonna show you the richmond- san rafael toll plaza. it's at a standstill trying to get to where brian is where the truck crashed a couple of hours back. as you heard brian say it won't be until noon until they open this. in if you are driving to san rafael, go through the city and go up the golden gate bridge. i know it's a long way around. i know it will take you a while. but you don't want to be in this. let's take a look at the bay bridge. the bay bridge traffic is ill broncking a little bit -- is improving a little bit. it's about a 25-minute delay. not that bad to take a nice jaunt into the city and then get up to marin county. northbound 280 in daly city. there is a crash -- northbound 280 in san francisco -- at alemany there is a crash.

go to 101 or use public san francisco. back to the desk. >> all right, sal. thank you. an early-morning chp pursuit ended with a crash and that's when the driver jumped out, ran away and left his young child behind in that car. alex savidge is joining us live. you are at the scene. you have been there all morning to tell us what happened. >> reporter: well, dave, good morning to you. a young child on board during this dangerous pursuit and the violent crash that followed. thankfully, that child was strapped into a car seat according to the chp and they had only minor injuries. the car that crashed, slammed into two power poles here on tennyson road. pg&e crews are out here. they are very busy doing repair work. they just brought in new poles to replace the old ones. there are about 100 people in the area still without power. we should point out that this youth center beus here and the neighboring -- behind us here

and the neighboring center have power and they are open for business. this pursuit started when chp officers pulled this man's car over on 880 nearby. now, the drive initially stopped but then sped off and then eventually lost control. after crashing his dark the driver got out and ran off, leaving behind that young child in the car along with a woman. chp officers came in and searched the area for the driver for some time but they still have not been able to find that man. now, it's unclear what sort of violation he was stopped for initially or why he ran. the chp has not identified the driver of that car. they do say they have been in touch with the mother, though, of the child who was involved in this chice-- of the chase. they were making arrangements for the child. still quite a bit of damage and repair work to do. they have to replace two power poles taken out during this early-morning crash and again

just over 100 people in this neighborhood still without power and dave, they may be -- they may be without power until this afternoon. >> yeah. alex savidge in hayward, thank you. cleanup from deadly tornadoes is underway in iowa, illinois and ohio. the video of these twisters very scary, the winds actually knocked over that truck right there. you can see how much force the tornado has, it moves through the neighborhood. those are pieces of homes flying in the distance. the hardest hit area is fairdale, illinois, where one person was killed. dozens of buildings were destroyed. several people are missing. crews hope to go through the rubble in hopes of independent fooing more people -- of finding more people alive. >> as far as the strength and ef rating we don't have the information as this time. >> one tornado nearly leveled a popular restaurant. a dozen customers and employees

were inside. they were initially trapped in the debris after riding out the storm in the building's basement. in kansas, that same storm system brought pounding hail the size of tennis balls strong enough to break car windshields. in michigan, a home was struck by lightning. no one inside the home was hurt. today the severe weather is moving out of the west but it's heading to the southeast. gulf coast and east coast. >> all right. thank you. 8:09. in santa clara, there is a hot debate right knew over youth soccer fields. last night the school board heard public comment about a proposal by the 49ers to renovate three soccer fields at public -- [audio difficulties] >> in return, the 49ers would be able to use the stadium as a parking lot on game days. many say the numbers don't add up. >> what this is about, the

49ers wanting to take over the soccer park facility for a parking lot. i would take it, too. $3million is better than nothing. but i want you to understand it's way more than that. it's way more than that. we have a proposal on the table that doesn't fill the need of santa clara residents. >> now, critics also say there should be an official presentation of the proposal by the board and by the 49ers. the school board will make a decision at a later date on whether or not they are going to accept those funds. ten minutes after 8:00. and it's sibling day. we were told that day. we're encouraging you to celebrate, get in touch with your siblings. here are pictures of some of our staff members. that's andrew. one of our editors. these are some of the pictures. there's michelle one of our producers. that's me on the porch.

>> with the hat? >> yes, with the hat. my dad built that playhouse for us. for example by the age of 11 -- >> mike. >> very nice. >> that's me and my brother. >> are you in the suit? >> i'm way down there. my baby brother up there. >> that's your smile. >> oh, gosh. >> we've learned that by the age of 11 children devote one- third of their free time to their brothers and sisters. they give more time to their friends and teachers. honor your siblings today and post some of your pictures on our facebook page. >> i want to see yours. shut down for the weekend. we are talking about a major closure in san francisco. one of the busiest streets in san francisco how this may affect your commute as well as your plans for the weekend. it is a national tradition and always draws a lot of people to washington, d.c.

after the break, what is suspectly special about this year's cherry -- particularly special about this year's cherry blossom. it's a bridge mess. no way around it. westbound as you come off the richmond bridge. it's closed. they are doing a detour. that's because of this truck fire. skyfox is over it. and the traffic is mess. the weather is not a mess. it was a little cold. we'll have a warmer day. can we carry it into the weekend and any changes on the extended outlook?

skyfox 2. look at this. this truck is completely damaged. westbound 580 coming off the richmond bridge. you will see the traffic is going to be very, very slow because it's being taken off the freeway and going around this truck fire. it won't be until about noon when we open this eastbound lanes, may reopen sooner. but that's what's causing this marin traffic mess getting to the bridge. we'll have another update soon. >> thank you, sal. also new this morning, 47 victims of a mass shooting at a texas military base received purple hearts. >> this concludes our ceremony. we thank you for attending. please remain at your seats -- >> you are listening into a little bit of that ceremony at

fort hood. it wrapped up about a half-hour ago. 13 people were killed. 34 others wounded in a shootle rampage on the base back in november 2009. we're looking at some of the ceremony at first, they were denied medals because this was classified at first as a workplace violence. more than five years later, it was reclassified as victims of terrorism. they were honored with the purple heart this morning. meantime, a pizza restaurant in indiana is open today again with a lot of support after the owner said they would never cater a same- sex wedding. the owners of memories pizza in walkerton, indiana made that statement after the state's religious freedom act was signed into law. now, the restaurant was forced to shut down eight days ago because of a lot of negative publicity. however, a gofundme page set up by supporters of the restaurant

raised $800,000 for the restaurant. one of the owners said about this controversy, i would do the same thing again. it's my belief. it's our belief. it's what we grew up on. a spring tradition is in full swing in the nation's capital. it's time for the cherry blossom festival in washington, d.c. organizers say this can be a nerve-racking time of year. everybody trying to time it just right. this year, it's very special since the flowers bloomed at the right time. the cherry trees now number about 3,000 where they were all a gift from japan more than 100 years ago and have become a huge tourist draw year after year. >> only about 100 of those trees are still around today, through the years, we've been replacing from the original trees. >> this year, a delegation from japan is in washington to plant a new tree continuing the tradition of friendship. you do not have to go all the way to washington, d.c. this

weekend marks the beginning of san francisco's own cherry blossom festival in japan town. organization earth expect -- organizers expect people to come over the next two weekends. the crowd will enjoy the annual cherry blossom parade. organizers urging people to take public transportation to that event. we keep seeing a spider pop up on our bay bridge toll plaza camera when sal is talking to you about traffic. now it has a twitter handle. someone created it. we posted it on our facebook page. you guys have been giving us naming ideas. we want to keep hearing from you. you can share your ideas on our page. all right, sal, unfortunately, covering the richmond-san rafael bridge. what a mess. >> it's a mess, if you are trying to get from the east bay to marin county.

i would not recommend the richmond bridge. skyfox 2 over the scene. up can see that the traffic is going to be a mess as they clear up this caught fire before 5:00 in the morning. eastbound and westbound traffic right near the bridge is being taken off at the exit there and getting right back on the bridge. it's a mess. and coming off the bridge westbound from the east bay to marin is really a bad proposition for you. you should probably try to use highway 37 or go to the city and get up to marin using the going bridge. let's take a look at some. these other commutes if you are driving to the city via the bay bridge, not too bad, about a 25- minute delay. that will bent solution for a lot of people. they will go into the city and head up to marin using the golden gate bridge and avoid the richmond bridge. also looking at northbound 280 as you head up to 101, there was an earlier accident near the alley mayny -- alemany

maze. let's go to steve. a little bit of patchy fog. it was rather cold this morning. colder than yesterday morning. you can see patchy fog off in the distance. overall, there's not much there. had a few high clouds this morning. we talked about the critical minimums for the wineries yesterday. it didn't get down to 32 or stay there very long. i think the coldest i saw was 33. petaluma made it to 34. boulder creek, santa cruz mountains, scotts valley, 36. rohnert park was 36. la honda in there. skyline and marin county at 36 which is rather cold. slightly above average temps today. 1 to 2 above. 6s to very, very -- 60s to very, very 70s. this system is favoring south of san francisco. this will sweep across the

northern part of the state. for us, it will be a few high clouds and kind of keep temperatures held in check. high pressure is returning. it's not very strong. temperatures are barely warming up above average. 30s, 40s, 50s. we're back in the 40s and as. we're bouncing off the morning lows. dry air is beginning to punch in. the system will give us higher clouds later. sunshine, nice to mild to warm. patchy fog. el granada near half moon bay made it to 39. it was cold for almost everybody. 60s anden 70s on the -- 60s and 70s on the temps. north to south, everyone will be within a couple of degrees of each other. alameda, 66. brentwood, oakley. low 70s to mid-70s from fremont to morgan hill and gilroy, 60s on the coast. 60s very low 70s on the peninsula. mostly sunny on saturday. looks nice on sunday. cooler on monday. but still nice for the giants'

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some renters in san francisco's mission district hoping they can finally get their belongings today after they were forced out.

the building was considered uninhabitable. the city ordered all to get out. since then, the locks were changed. residents can't get to their belongings. a -- a tentant's rights lawyer said there a problem. >> we learned the landlord -- the checks the landlord written, he stopped payment on them. >> a sign has been posted on the gate, giving the tenant as three-hour westbound to get in and get their things -- three- hour window to get in and get their things. >> we're still following the big rig fire. live pictures. you can zee the cleanup work firefighters are doing right now. brian flores is out there. he will bring you the latest on the backup and sal will help up get around the mess.

>> reporter: a major bay area roadway will be closed all weekend long. we'll tell you where it is and the reason it's happening. good morning. we have a lot going on all of a sudden. we're looking at the slow traffic approaching the richmond bridge because of this truck fire. there is a lot of slow traffic from the marin -- getting to the marin side. we'll tell you more -- straight ahead. do not have a lot going on in the weather department. it will be nice today. we'll see about the weekend. see if we can continue the warmup.

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a truck caught fire this morning near the west side of the richmond -- near the richmond-san rafael bridge causing a complete traffic jam. it's hard to go either way on the richmond/san rafael bridge. last word, it's not expected to be cleared until noontime. stay tuned. let's check weather and traffic. it looks pretty good. cold for some. patchy fog out there. not much at all. not much of a breeze. kind of variable but a little bit maybe westerly by the coast. san jose, we will head down that way. 71, 48 forecasted high and low. i always love the record highs

and the lows for san jose. clouds in southern california from that system. some clouds to the north. but not right now. 60s by the coast. around the bay in san francisco, went 65. this forecast model agrees. 67 i think berkeley. this forecast model agrees. we're in sync here. no doubt about it. upper 60s and then up start to hit a few mid-70s. very few. far enough inland. went 74 in gilroy. the system won't affect us. that will give us a few high cloud. 40s and 50s on the temps. overall we're looking good for a lot of sunshine. nice, mild, warm, patchy low clouds mainly along the coast. i think it will be back today and tomorrow. 60s and 70s. richmond/san rafael bridge. it's been a mess. it sure is, brian.

steve, i mean traffic is still, very, very slow because of this truck that caught fire. brian, what's the latest there? >> reporter: it pretty much is a mess in terms. traffic as well as the scene behind me. we're off the san quentin offramp off westbound 580. they are still working the scene. fire crews remain on standby. construction equipment brought in to push some of that debris some of which were packaged to get that out of the wait from the u.p.s. truck that caught on fire and a tow truck remains on scene hopefully to move the truck out of the way sooner than later. it will take some time. most of the morning. as we go to video now, this -- this started before 5:30. the u.p.s. truck driver was carrying two trailers with it when he somehow lost control, hit the center divide on westbound 580 scoff san quentin off-- off san quentin offramp. the chp says the left fuel tank on the truck caught on fire. not only was the truck on fire, but one of the trailers as

well. chp says the truck again was carrying about 50,000 pounds worth of household goods. some packages as well. all morning long they've been battling small spot fires on the truck. they got a good upper hand on this. traffic near the bridge, as you can imagine, eastbound and westbound 580 remains bad. >> we've called out one of our commercial vehicle enforcement officers so they are out here looking at the scene as well. right now, it's kind of tough for us to tell only because we don't want to get close to the truck. fire still dealing with it. trying to get the fire out, sorting through the stuff that's back there making sure there's no danger. it might be a while before we know. >> and as we take it back out here live, we understand the driver is expected to be okay. no other commuters or drivers were affected. this remains a mess on the westbound side across the span this morning. also on the eastbound side on the approach. in terms of eto or estimated

time when in is expected to be clear, we hear anywhere on the eastbound side until 9:00. from the -- from the westbound side they say around noontime. those types are subject to change. it remains a mess out here. not good if you are headed toward marin county this morning. sal? you are right, brian. we have the traffic trying to get over really slow at the toll plaza and it backup extends. we would advise you not to use the richmond bridge and use highway 37 or go to the bay bridge and use that into san francisco. the bay bridge is slow but it's better than you would be facing in marin county getting to marin county to the richmond bridge. san mateo bridge, a crash on the high rise on westbound 92. the traffic, it started -- it starts to slow on the bridge. they are clearing up an injury

accident. dumbarton bridge could be a decent alternate. back to the desk. >> thank you. happening now in san francisco, traffic delays, also expected throughout day on a normally busy stretch of road in san francisco. a road is closed and it will be closed the entire weekend. ktvu fox 2's paul chambers has been out there. that traffic flow out there for the past three hours. so is there congestion? is it getting better? >> reporter: i think people are listening to us or already knew about the -- about the information. i talked to a traffic authority and they say it's light. that's the construction there. if you are gonna be down van ness avenue you might want to find another way around. that's because van ness avenue is closed temporarily. it started at midnight and will run before midnight on monday. the shutdown will allow crews to construct a pedestrian tunnel for the new california pacific medical campus. van ness will be closed between post and ellis streets to

public vehicle traffic. this won't have impact on transit except to possible blib the 47 and 49 lines -- possibly the 47 and 49 lines. there is a lot of signage out here to help you with the detours. however, that may create the delays on the surrounding streets. now, after that, there will be another 72-hour full closure expected the weekend of the 24th, a final one in -- in september. they brought extra crews out to help navigate the traffic around. going down van ness avenue, you are allowed to do it on foot, and emergency vehicles and buses are allowed. but your private vehicle will not happen. it will reopen midnight on monday. dave? >> all right. thank you and at ktvu.com, you can check live traffic cameras before you head out the door. you can also download the ktvu app for a live traffic map on the go.

well, a high-speed chase in hayward ended with a very violent crash and the driver ran away. but that's not all to the story. the chp says the driver left behind a child in that car. the child was in a car seat and was not transported to the hospital. the car that was being chased crashed into two power poles. this happened on tenny soon road and was road-- roose road. the driver ran out and left the child inside the car. the chp searched the area trying to find the driver. he's still on the run. we're getting a look at the dashcam video taken moments before that deadly shooting in south carolina. officer michael slager approaches walter scott's car. you can see scott get out of the car before officer slager ordered him pack inside. he gets back in the -- back inside. he gets back in the car and then scott gets back out and

runs away. after that, you can hear officer slager chasing scott before the video goes black. moments later, he shot scott eight times. and then following that, officer slager was charged with murder. yesterday, erica garner spoke. air irk garner died last year after being put in a he chokehold by -- in a chokehold by new york police officers. in that case, the officers were not charged. >> i've been getting a lot of questions like do you see a difference, do you see a change coming? do you have faith in the system now? my answer is now. >> organizers of had the event say -- of the event yesterday say it's a sign people don't want another ferguson on their hands. you will have to wait several weeks to get the apple watch. want to show you new video. you can see the black curtain

blocking the inside of the store. later today people with appointments will be able to trion the watch -- try on the watch. within an hour, some of the watches were seen, wait times up to june. prices for the watches start at $349. they climb all the way up to $17,000 depending upon which watch you get. apple says that online interest already indicates a sellout. several news agencies reporting president obama and cuban president raul castro will meet face to face today in panama or maybe possibly tomorrow at the summit of the americas. now, late last night, president obama arrived in panama city. he spoke by phone with cuban president raul castro. now, the -- this summit is very important. it's an economic and security conference with leaders arriving from north, central and south america as well as

the caribbean. now, cuba in the past has been banned from taking part. they are being allowed to take part this year. the white house as you know is working to normalize relations with havana, cuba after a trade on travel and embargo has lasted for decade. a british newspaper reports hillary clinton will post she's expected to run for president in 2016 sunday morning. we expect her to campaign in iowa following her announcement. a lack of money is forcing a marin county museum to shut its doors for good. coming up, the priceless memorabilia that is on the line. but first, the kardashians causing a big commotion overseas. the reason that kim and khloe are in armenia and how locals

are reacting. good morning. we are looking at a commute that's very slow getting into marin county because of a truck fire that happened hours ago. it's gonna be there for a while. coming up we'll tell you how you can get around this problem off the richmond bridge. except for a little bit of patchy fog. we have a lot of sunshine on the weather menu. temperatures near average. we'll see if they will carry into the weekend or stay cool.

welcome back to "mornings on 2." it's 8:45. a piece of history is shutting its doors in marin county because it's run out of time and money. they asked me to come out to see what we're losing. the marin history museum sits on a beautiful spot in san rafael. >> this was -- >> reporter: but the location has been a blessing and a curse. >> this park had gotten to a pint where it was unsavory, not anywhere that you would want to take your families and friends and it was very difficult for us to be tentant of the house and -- tentant of the house and be contending with this right outside of the door. to run the history museum on a minimal budget we're looking at $350,000 a year. >> reporter: she says a

cultural organization doesn't always attract donations like feeding the hungry or housing the homeless. a big chunk of the operating budget is the monthly rent for the climate controlled warehouse that holds memories hand -- and history. when it's not on display in the -- >> this is one my favorites. >> reporter: a guitar signed by the members of journey. ♪ >> reporter: signed lyrics to "don't stop believin'," photographs, journals. >> it's lucas valley. people think it's lucas -- george lucas. it was lucas dairy. they had their milk and plant on 4th street. >> reporter: the big question now, what to do with all of this? more than 150 years of marin county's past. >> if there's somebody out there, even if you come with your own board of directors, that would want to take over this treasure, we would certainly welcome that.

>> reporter: the collection may have to be broken up and distributed to region am -- regionallals, the california history -- the regional history meal and california -- museum and the california museum. >> what a great story. in armenia, crowds are keeping up with the kardashians. kim and khloe are in their homeland in armenia making a documentary on the armenian genocide. this very high-profile visit comes ahead of events later this month, markingth centennial of the -- marking the centennial of the killings. the sisters met the prime minister and visited special locations. kim's husband kanye west was there and their daughter north were there as well. the crowds are literally following the kardashians around every place they go. 8:48 is the time.

people not going very quickly if they are on that richmond- san rafael bridge. >> that's right. no one was injured but we have the truck fire original the -- just off the bridge. it happened before 5:00. the truck caught fire. really caused a huge traffic mess on the bridge getting over from the east bay to marin. they are taking traffic off the freeway putting them right back on. now eastbound traffic should be opened any time now, but westbound traffic will be closed until about noon, i a cording to the -- according to the chp. there's the truck, it will be there for a bit as they have to -- it was just burning a little while ago. now they have to get all of the debris out of there. and they will be able to reopen the freeway. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza. some people are using that getting into san francisco and getting up to marin that way via the golden gate bridge and this morning's commute has been heavier there. on the san mateo bridge there's a crash involving a motorcycle westbound 92 they are clearing

it up now. traffic on that span is beginning to slow down approaching the tacoma. if you are using the san mateo bridge please give yourself extra time. 8:-- 8:49. we do have a lot of sunshine. cold. didn't get to 32. we will had thoughts about that. it looks like we escaped that. we had mostly sunny skies. a couple of high clouds, gave us a nice sunrise. patchy fog. petaluma made it to 34. there were a lot -- from marin county and lima boulevard 36. boulder creek, scotts valley, 36. la honda on skyline, 36. if you thought it was cold it morning, it was. the system is favoring area cans down to leaks. there is a system to the north that will favor areas to the north. this might keep fog in the forecast. 40s, 50s. kind of slow to recover. slow to recover. 30 in tahoe. 27 in truckee.

44 blue canyon. a couple of days ago they were 29. there's warm air speaking in there's also -- sneaking in. there's also patchy fog. it will be nice, to mild to warm. 60s and 70s. temperatures really not going very far today. 60s on the coast. 60s around the bay. upper 60s and then some low to mid-70s inland. some of the warmest locations are just unking maybe two, three degrees above average. looks good for the weekend. cooler next week. giants' home opener will be fine. but it will be cooler and breezy after that. >> we can handle that. pam cook is in a star wars mood. >> i'm over here. >> you see me? >> we can see you. we have the cal band. >> how did you get the cal marching band with you. >> we're celebrating the hd

release of all episodes. you will want to stick around. after this we'll get to hear some. music.

♪ all right. who can forget that? >> i'm not your father. >> starting today, the whole six episodes of star wars blockbuster movies will look better than ever. the fans can watch the films, the whole thing in hd. so because of that big release we're celebrating special star wars with some music by the cal band. >> i had to take the tie off. take off that red tie. take off that red tight. you watching at home, take off

that red shirt! [ cheers ] >> our own peanut gallery. >> my favorite star wars character, hans. he was the coolest guy and i used to work with his daughter- in-law. she used to work at my -- at my old station. she was our assignment desk editor. >> your favorite? >> darth vader. >> i figured you would be. >> what you? >> luke skywalker. >> had i a crush -- a little crush on him. i have a plant named luke actually. >> you have to tell the story. >> i still have it. we have a picture of my plant. yes. it's still alive. >> you've taken it to place to place to place. >> yeah from, a galaxy far, far away. >> we also want to let people know, you were telling us, it's

on itunes, google play, xbox, amazon. our special guests, in hopper of this, let's -- in honor of this, let's get to the music. >> these guys. >> these guys. >> can they play? >> take it away. ♪ ♪

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♪ ♪ >> you guys were terrific. the cal marching band, thank you for being here with us. your force is really with us. >> i can feel it. thank you for taking good care

of us. >> have a wonderful weekend. we'll see you next week on "mornings on 2."

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