a fire breaks out in a san jose home. the tragic discovery firefighters made inside and the new information we just got from investigators 30 minutes ago. plus, san francisco police officers caught in gridlock during an emergency. we will tell you about the concerns over traffic in the city's new public safety building. . good morning. it's thursday, april 16. i am tori campbell. >> good morning. i am dave clark. let's check the weather and traffic. >> lots of sunshine. if you step outside the door this morning, you might be surprised. boy, it feels like i am in

hawaii or something. temperatures off to a warm start across parts of the bay area. everybody will be warming up this afternoon. back up into the 70s and 80s. look at the temperatures from yesterday. you can see santa rosa 80 degrees. warming up to 83. san francisco up into the upper 70s later on. 70 to 85. we will look at some of the current numbers out there showing you 51 in napa. san francisco 61 degrees. san jose 50. livermore last check 50 degrees. winds up across parts of the area. up above 1,000 feet and reports of some gusty winds in the oakland hills. 45 miles per hour with winds coming in out of the north. that is also the warming direction as well. so that's in full control of our weather for today. here is a closer look. under mostly sunny skies. yellow contour in the 70s. the orange counsel contour the

80s. mostly clear skies. by 3:00 -- 3:00 70s and 80s. these numbers, as i mentioned, a good five to ten degrees warmer than yesterday. san jose 82. santa rosa 83. concord 82 degrees. a few changes by the weekend. we will have more on that in a few minutes. sal has an update on the roadways. >> good morning, mark. we do have quite a bit of action. unfortunately, we have a lot of slow traffic. eastshore freeway. the drive between the carquinez bridge and the macarthur maze. that drive time has doubled from earlier. 37 minutes. and as you drive to the macarthur maze you are going to see slow traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza. we had an earlier stalled truck on the upper deck of the bay bridge. it's been gone for an hour but traffic is slow partially because of that. a lot of people showing up to the bay bridge.

candlestick an accident. traffic is backed up unexpectedly out of south city. if you are driving into the city think about using 280, which actually looks decent through daly city. that would be a decent alternate route for you. in the east bay heavy traffic on 280. 680 slow at 242. the slow traffic is picking up in many hours. back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. we are getting more details this morning after a deadly fire in san jose. ktvu's janine de la vega is outside the home where a body was found and is now talking to neighbors about what happened. janine u just got a hold of some new cell phone video? >> reporter: yes. and it is dramatic. you can hear people. they were screaming because they knew that there was a man trapped in there and they were trying to save him before the firefighters arrived. we spoke to them and they tell

us that they ran up here to the back of this home where you can see all of this damage. they could hear his cries for help. the fire was too intense. they couldn't get to him. again you can see this aftermath of what's left of this home. now lets go to some video that we have. fire officials tell us they received this 911 call before 7:30 last night about the fire at this home near story and mclaughlin avenue. before they arrived neighbors were spraying down the house trying to save it. when firefighters arrived a man told them he was in a garage when he smelled smoke. somebody else was left in one of the back bedrooms. firefighters did a search while knocking down the fire and then made the discovery. here's how a neighbor described everything. >> we are in our garage and heard a bunch of commotion. we came out and saw the a house on fire. we tried to save the guy that was there but it was too late. he was screaming.

we couldn't help him. it was too late. >> reporter: once the man's body was found police helped block off the neighborhood so an arson investigator could look into the cause. we are waiting to hear about that and what was the result of that investigation. we did ask the coroner's office if it appeared the man died from the fire and they said yes. that's what it appears, even though an autopsy hasn't been done. but there didn't seem to be anything suspicion about the extend of his injuries. neighbors tell us the man who owns this home is a retired police officer. so it's really unclear if he was home at the time. the neighbors mentioned he rented some of the rooms in the back of the home. so they think that the deceased may be a renter. we do not know at this point because the coroner's office has not released that man's identity. we are working to get that cell phone video for you within the next hour. >> thank you, gentleman.

in san francisco repair work starting today after a car crash ripped a fire hydrant from its foundation. thousands of gallons of water gushed out of the gaping hole at gary boulevard and 11th avenue. two cars were involved in the crash and at least two people were hurt. 75,000 gallons of water is estimated to have analogues. spring break police will officially unveil their new -- san francisco police will unveil their new quarter million dollars home. ktvu fox 2's alex savidge joining us liven. you are in san francisco to show us how officers can get stuck in gridlock during an emergency. >> reporter: the public safety building is here in the middle of the bustling mission bay

neighborhood and traffic tends to back up in front of the building on third street. that is especially true on game days at nearby at&t park just a few blocks away. let me show you the scene following yesterday afternoon's giants games. with cars at a stand still towards king street, in the middle of that backup we saw a number of san francisco police officers trying to leave the new he headquarters and the southern station here. now, the problem is that officers, if they pull out of the falcon facility's underground garage, can only make a right turn sending them streit into gridlock. we saw some cars waiting in the turn lane and turning around and looking for another way out of the mta admits the traffic situation certainly presents a challenge for police. a department spokesman tells ktvu it won't interfere with officers responding to emergencies. >> our officers are constantly going out on patrol, going from one call to another call. for the most partner not going

to be inside the station. >> reporter: on top of that, officers' schedules are staggered to avoid long lines of police cruisers wait to go leave the station. -- wait to go leave the station. changing this intersection won't be as easy as simply restriping the lanes. there is a concrete barrier in the middle of the road that separates the traffic lanes from the muni tracks. and as i bring you back out here live this morning, this is the new building. it has been in use for a number of days already but the official grand opening celebration, the ribbon cutting, if you will, dave, will happen later on this morning at 11:00. >> all right. alex savidge in francisco. thank you. time is now 7:08. four clayton valley charter high school students are facing charges for what's called a

brazen armed robbery. the contra costa times reports three of the students are football players. one is considered the star player of the team. according to the paper, the four students are accused of stealing marijuana and cellphones from an alleged drug dealer at gunpoint. all four are being charged now as adults. their arraignment is scheduled a week from today. the owners of a san francisco store filled with vintage jewelry and furniture are counting on modern surveillance cameras to catch the thieves in the latest smash-and-grab burglar. >> reporter: take a look at this. one of the thieves use what appears to be a slingshot right there to break the glass on the front door of the store called stuff on valencia street yesterday morning. now, this store sells furniture, jewelry, and collectibles. the four thieves ran in there, grabbed what they could in about four minutes. the store's owner says he lost as much as $5,000 in jewelry alone. >> just trying to keep up my

mess and start all over. we will have to look at if there are copycats. are they all related to a larger organizational crime spree? >> so far no arrests have been made. however, this surveillance video does show some of the faces of the burglers. if you want to get a closer look at this surveillance video we have it on our website ktvu.com. look at it under featured stories. it is 7:10. an alaska water company says it has a way to ease california's drought. according to the alaska dispatch news, alaska bulk water pranc to begin exporting -- plans to exporting water to customers in california this summer. the details on how the water will get here, who will buy it, and how much they will pay are not known. the company has the rights to export as much as nine billion gallons of water a year from blue lake. sounds like a lot. but to put that in perspective, the usgs says california uses

approximately 38 billion gallons of water a day. meanwhile, california assembly republicans plan to announce legislation this morning to improve the state's water storage system. we will get details at a press conference set for 10:30 this morning in sacramento. more coming up at ktvu fox 2news at noon. first the drought decimated the ski season in tahoe. now it's taking aim at another tourist draw. several of the busiest boat launching ramps on lake tahoe are expected to remain closed for the entire summer season due to low water levels. the summer boating season typically opens may 1st. but with the sierra snowpack at the lowest level in a century a parks official says that won't happen this year. and i was in yosemite this past weekend and we drove past don pedro lake. it was so low my husband said they need to rename it don pedro

puddle. you can see layer after layer where the water should be. it is so low. there is hardly any water left in it. really sad. time is 7:11 still ahead some catholics are asking the pope to replace san francisco's archbishop. in 20 minutes the public way they are making it known they want the archbishop ousted and how the ar shall diocese is responding this morning. up next a live report from the u.s. capitol where a small aircraft made a very illegal landing yesterday. the message its pilot was trying to send and the concern it's raising about safety. good morning. we are looking at a commute where traffic is going to be okay in san francisco. it's getting a little bit more crowded. there is the warm spot in the city that you might want to avoid. i will tell you where coming up. and we are tough to a mild start this morning across parts of the bay area. also gusty winds. this is mount diablo. winds cussing over 40 miles an hour. we will look at warm temperatures coming up after

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welcome back. malaysian officials are going to double the search area for that missing malaysian airlines flight if they don't find it next week. 239 people on board more than a year ago. by next month, the searchers are expected to finish covering a 23,000 square mile area of the indian ocean near australia. now, officials say if they don't find that plane by then, they will extend the search area by another 23,000 square miles. all right. it is 7:15. we want to check in with sal to see how the thursday morning commute is going. a few trouble spots out there, sal? >> yeah, one, tori, dave. we are going out to it. had is 101 in san francisco coming in from south city and

that's because of an earlier crash near candlestick exit. most of the slow traffic is northbound on 101. the best thing you can do, i think, is to come through daly city and go into francisco doing that. southbound 101 traffic is going to be busy. the crash is gone. it was there for long enough that the traffic is still going to take a while to recover. again 280 is better than 101 at this point. san mateo bridge not bad. 880 oakland and hayward a little bit of slow traffic heading south towards fremont. we also had traffic on the sin ole grade as well. the toll plaza of the bay bridge. we had an earlier truck stall on the span. that's gone. traffic is backed up for 30-minute delay. in san jose northbound 280 up to highway 217/880 that is backed up. the south bay beginning to fill in a little bit. not any major problems on the

roads. 7:16. let's go to mark tamayo. a change in the wind direction will change your day. off to a mild starts across parts of the bay area. this afternoon back up to the 70s and low-to-mid 80s later today. with the warming pattern we have an increase in the fire danger especially in southern california where they have that fire warning in place. san francisco's current temperature right now, it is 62 degrees in san francisco. mild here. san jose 50. fairfield checking in at 60 degrees. as far as the wind speeds, the wind has kind of picked up the past hour in fairfield out of the north gusting to 22 miles per hour. some more wind reports for you not adds strong. calm winds towards sfo, hayward, san jose. towards mount diablo, 40 miles per hour. here is our microclimate

forecast for today. if you are going to be at the coast be careful because we will with building surf throughout the day and increase in the rip currents. look at the temperature sensor. it is warming back up across the bay and eventually on track to reach the 80s. lots of 80s expected across the area. the warmest locations could be around 83, 84, possibly 85 degrees by 3:00. all because of this guy. this area of high pressure building over head. the sinking air is warming air and sticks around for today. tomorrow the only change we are going to have more of an on shore breeze kick in. the coast will shave off a few degrees in the friday forecast. it will be warm this evening at the ballpark at at&t. mostly clear skies with the diamondbacks in town now with the temperatures mainly in the upper 60s. first pitch just after 7:15. forecast highs this afternoon. look at the 80s out there for santa rosa and fairfield. walnut creek 82. san leandro in the upper 70s.

san jose lower 80s. san francisco upper 70s. 77. your five-day forecast. tomorrow we are going to keep things warm. minor cooling coast side and that minor cooling will continue into the weekend. but overall a nice weekend forecast. and we are still holding on to the possibility of showers next week. we will keep an eye on that for wednesday or thursday. >> fingers crossed. >> it felt kind of a warm, tropical breeze this morning. >> i have been hearing about that. i should take a walk around the building outside. >> all right. thank you. mark. it is 7:19. a mailman from florida who made a really unexpected delivery in washington, d.c. is in a whole lot of trouble after flying his gyrocopter on the grounds of the u.s. capitol. fox news corner doug la zater outside the capitol. >> reporter: if you need.

>> reporter: this place was loaded with tourists. this gyrocopter zoomed around the washington monument down the length. national mall here. it got to this point. you see where the tourists are there taking pictures, the statue of grant. this passed over the statue and got to the end of the mall. that's where the u.s. capitol is. if we zoom in you see there is a little orange traffic cone there marking the spot where this gyrocopter sat down. you can hear the stunned tourists as that tiny helicopter, a gyrocopter, flew right over their heads on to the west lawn of the capitol. >> i said, oh my goodness, they are using drones with men to bring the mail. that's how google is going to deliver the mail. >> reporter: doug hughes from florida was quickly surrounded by u.s. capitol police. if all of this looked like it caught capitol security off

guard, maybe it shouldn't have. hughes was pretty open about his plans. >> i am going to land on the capitol mall in front of the capitol building. >> reporter: that was hughes talking to the tampa bay times in advance of his flight and telling them that as a postal worker he intended to fly to washington to deliver letters to all 535 members of congress depannedding campaign finance reform. >> he called at noon as he was on the runway about to take rough. >> reporter: in fact, the a tampa bay times reporter was outside the capitol to watch it happen and he says hughes wasn't exactly under the radar, so to speak. >> he wanted the alameda to know. he wanted the authorities to know. he was live broadcasting this. the bomb squad determined that it was no longer a threat. why weren't authorities prepared for this? the secret service did speak to hughes back in 2013, but that appears to be it. he may face federal charges now

for airspace violations at the very least. but the authorities here will face perhaps a larger question. why this seemed to catch nearly everyone unaware. >> there are going to be some familiar questions here that we always hear in the wake of incidents like this. -federal agencies communicating well enough with one another to talk about existing threats that one agency knew about and maybe another one didn't? as for mr. hughes, he is going to face a whole slew of charges, no doubt. it's against the rules here to fly a kite on capitol hill much less land an aircraft. >> yeah, i am sure he will be facing serious challenges. thank you, doug. it is 7:22. we are official on on round two of royal baby watch. st. mary's hospital in london is prepared for the large crowds expected to welcome the next prince or princess. parking has been suspended in front of the hospital for the next two weeks. the palace is telling media crews they cannot camp out near

the hospital. last year prince william and kate middleton announced they were expecting their second child. prince william is second in line for the thrown making his children future heirs. prince george, i am sure, very excited. unfamiliar sight during a changing of the guard ceremony in front of buckingham palace. one of the guards slipped and fell on a manhole. tourists often try to get them to smile or react. the man who filmed the fall says a lot of people watching were shocked. true to form the guard got back up as if nothing had happened. >> you feel for him. he got right back up. >> and they don't obviously smile or react in public. i am sure in private he is going to get a little bit of grief. >> right. time is 7:23. the warriors won again last night. they are going to the playoffs. a winning note. and coming up in 25 minutes we sat down with one of the star

players about what's ahead. but first. >> you all right? >> i am good. >> tell me, what's on your mind? >> it sucks. >> okay. okay. tension on "american idol" last night. what it was about and now esclated with a contestant approaching the judges' table.

welcome back to "mornings on 2". there is a lot of buzz this

morning around "american idol." but not necessarily about the performances. instead, everybody is talking about the heated moment between the contestant quentin alexander and the judge herrick connick jr. now, he is known for his style. he has a unique twist for his songs. last night he sang a song, are you going to go my way. it's a lenny kravetz song. it was his reaction to the appearance of his two close friends in the bottom two that stole the spotlight. >> tell me what's on your mind? >> this sucks. >> okay. >> what sucks? tell me what sucks. >> we have two of the best vocalists, my best friend is sitting over there. this whole thing is whack. i am going to shut up right now. >> oh, woi. as he walked off the stage you hear judge harry connick jr. say i don't understand those comments at all. >> if it's what whack, then you can always go home because

"idol" is paying a lot of money to give you this experience. to say this to this hand is feeding you right now i think is highly disrespectful. this is the bond, you know? >> when i said that this was whack, i wasn't saying this was whack. >> you said this whole thing was whack. i thought that's what you meant? >> yeah, yeah, i get it. >> what's whack? it's a competition. >> now, after a little back and forth here, alexander went and sat down. the competition continued on "american idol." after the show alexander says he may have been misunderstood, but he wouldn't change anything he said. now, in the end joey cook, alexander's best friend, joey was eliminated. that leaves six contestants still on "american idol" at the show. and don't forget you can watch "american idol" right here on ktvu channel channel 2. the next episode is wednesday,

april 22 at 8 p.m. >> thank you, dave. 7:28. a five-year-old girl attacked by a man as she walked down the street with her mother. what police say happened and how that little girl is doing. some catholics want the archbishop of san francisco out. this is the "san francisco chronicle." the full-page ad that they took out asking the pope to give him the boot. we will have reaction from the ar shall diocese next.

7:31. thursday, april 16. good morning once again. i am tori campbell. >> i am dave clark. let's check weather and traffic. mark tamayo, i know you are in for steve. do you have some sunshine for tori? >> we have an abundance. >> more than we want right now. >> in fact, mild temperatures as well. stepping outside the door, i had to double check the numbers this morning because we have some 60s out there right now. taking a look at the temperatures from yesterday, you can see 60s, 70s, even around 80 degrees. a big warm-up today all because we have a change in the wind direction. winds coming out of the north. there is the eventual temperature range for your thursday afternoon. 70 to 85 degrees. right now showing you some pretty mild numbers. look at san francisco checking in at 63. this is the oakland airport temp. 50s. downtown oakland 60s and 60 fairfield towards the livermore

are area as well. you can see out of the north in fairfield winds gusting to 22 miles an hour. that's a sustained wind of 17 miles per hour. and some more wind reports not nearly as strong for sfo. reporting a calm wind. stronger winds in the higher elevations, especially above 1,000 feet. oakland hills winds over 40 miles per hour this morning. here is our forecast today. showing you yellows and oranges. that links up with the 70s and 80s this afternoon. take a look at this 8:00 temperature range. 50 to 65 degrees. and then into the afternoon hours 70s mandirs. here is the temperature timeline. in the south bay today for san jose you can see temperatures on track to easily reach the lower 80s by about 3, 4, and 5:00 this afternoon. so these numbers up a good five to ten degrees over yesterday's highs. san francisco 77. lots of 80s towards fairfield and concord. we will look at the friday forecast and the weekend forecast in a few minutes.

sal is standing by with an update on the roadways. good morning to you, mark. we are going to start off with the south bay. i want to show you some things in san jose. as we look at the freeways, highway 101 is going to be slow as you drive through. the traffic is going to be slowing down. in fact, we can show you a map of the area and you can see the traffic is going to be slow as you drive through. i also want to mention that the capitol corridor train, train number 524, had an equipment problem. it could be at least an hour delay. now, they said an hour at first and then they said 42 minutes. the bottom line is train number 524 is running late by lets just say 45 minutes and split the difference. you might want to take on that if you take the capitol corridor between san jose and sacramento. let's move to live pictures now. i want to show you the bay bridge toll plaza. a live picture, i should say. it's backed up to the macarthur

maze. let's go back to the desk. >> all right, sal. san jose police are busy investigating a deadly crash that killed two people and left a car upside down on bta light rail tracks. look at the picture. five people were in the car when it crashed. two people died right there at the scene. three others were rushed to the hospital. investigators are trying to determine if alcohol and speed were factors in the crash. as for bta service, it appears to be operating normally in that area this morning. well, some very prominent catholics are making a very public call for the pope to remove the archbishop of san francisco. this comes after months of controversy over church doctrine. especially at catholic schools. ktvu fox 2's tara moriarty joining us live. you are in san francisco to tell us how this group is getting the word out.

good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. it's 100 people that signed this letter to the pope, including the father of new england patriots quarterback tom brady. this is the front page of the "san francisco chronicle." this is the back side. you can see this is full actual -- this is actually a full-page ad. it is a request, holy father, please provide us with a leader true to our values and your namesake. please replace archbishop. they say he has fostered intolerance. he said he forced them to sign a morality clause. they say his purr to change the faculty handbook is mean spirited and they are angry about the pastor that he picked who they believe marginalizes participation in the church by banning girls from altar

service. we spoke to a teacher who says she has been appalled and ashamed by the archbishop's actions. >> i was thrilled to hear that they took out a full-page ad because i am equally appalled at what the archbishop has done. i don't understand why the pope, who is moving in a progressive direction, would allow somebody who is moving in a regressive direction to lead the catholic church in san francisco. >> reporter: now, the ad draw a swift response from the archdiocese saying, quite, the signors presume to speak for the catholic community of san francisco. they do not. the leaders, the people who drafted this letter are going to be holding a press conference at 10:30 this morning and we will be there and bring you the latest at noon. live from san francisco, i am tara moriarty. back to you. >> thank you. it is 7:37a homeless man is behind bars this morning accused of attacking a five-year-old san francisco girl for no apparent

reason. 32-year-old audris cost travis ishikawa is charged with several fall knees. it happened yesterday morning as the girl and her more walked down a sidewalk near the intersection of union and octavia in the marina district. >> this man came up to the child unprovoked, grabbed her by the neck, placed her on the side of a building. >> he was booked in the san francisco county jail. the little girl was treated for minor injuries to her neck and throat. police in palo alto have arrested a man accused of exposing himself to the at least legal people. 36-year-old israel sandoval jr. of east pal he owe alto was arrested tuesday. he was seen on surveillance video flashing three people within an hour last month. our time is now 7:38. well, san leandro police and oakland police are investigating an officer-involved shooting where a woman was injured. this happened yesterday afternoon around 4:30 on 105th

in east oakland. they say officers were conducting an investigation in the city when they saw a car that had been reported stolen. police say a woman was driving the car. she had a male passenger. when police tried to pull her over she reportedly tried to drive away, hitting several parked cars and a fence. then police say she rammed a car being driven by a san leandro police officer and that officer opened fire. the woman was injured. she was taken to the hospital. the passenger was questioned by police. . >> we certainly want our community to know what happened, why it happened, and that is an important piece. but we want to make sure that we report information factual. >> as of now the police have not released any more details about the woman other than she is in her 20s. alameda county district attorney is also planning their own

investigation. this is the second shooting involving san leandro police and a stolen car in the last four months in east oakland. on december 7 officers shot 27-year-old guadalupe owe so cho a after she allegedly rammed a stolen car into several police cars. she died two days later at the hospital. a few days after that san leandro police officers reportedly received threats from an east oakland gang that had ties to ochoa. several officers reported they were being followed home. that investigation is still going on. 20 minutes after 8:00. researchers at uc davis say bay area freeways are among the deadliest in the state for wildlife. the ecology center at uc davis looked at 29,000 road kill reports over a five-year period. they found the bay area and the sacramento area are the deadliest in the state. birds are the most common

casualties. the report calls bank of america bay area freeways a ring of death for animals because of business roads running alongside marshes. the problem spots are highway 101 through marin county, highway 37 through the peninsula. a group of american war heroes is gathering right now at sfo to take a very special trip. the world war ii veterans are going on what's called an honor flight. ktvu fox 2's brian flores is at sfo. i saw you talked to some of these veterans. what are they saying about this trip? are they excited about it? >> reporter: they are, tori. i am excited for them. it is quite an honor to meet our heroes, our veterans of world war ii. many thought this day would never come to visit the world war ii memorial that opened up in 2004. today that changes.

25 will be leaving sfo about a couple hours from now. they will be flying on virgin airlines it to d.c. not just to visit the world war ii memorial. how they are able to fly for free is through honor flight. it has a local chapter here in the bay area. and simply through fundraising they were able to pay for each of the veterans' flights, meals, hotel. about $1,200 a person for our veterans to see the memorial. for many of them they thought this day would never come. >> i feel really honored to be a part of this trip and being in the service. at the time that i was in the service, maybe i wasn't too excited about it. but looking back i am proud that i was in the service. i was able to help my country and do my little part. >> and i am very proud to be in a navy veteran. yeah, i have seen most of the memorials back there. but i haven't seen the navy

memorial -- or the veterans memorial. >> reporter: and the two people you just heard from, they are brothers. they were both in the navy during world war ii. one of them served in the pacific aboard the uss california. the other in the atlantic. when they arrive back as well as the other veterans they will be met with bagpipes and a ceremony here as welcome, if you will, back at sfo on saturday. as for honor flight to make this happen it's simply through fundraising and donations. and there are plans for another honor flight for world war ii veterans sometime around june or july timeframe. and there are plans as well in the years to come to also send korean war veterans as well as vietnam veterans to see the memorials as well. so just a great program for many of our nation's heroes. back to you. >> and it's so nice to give them the attention they deserve. there are a lot of people that get attention. you are not sure they deserve it or not. these are real heroes. >> reporter: yes. >> thank you, brian. 7:43. we are just days away from

what's being called the black friday for pot smokers. the way bay area medical marijuana businesses are gearing up for 4/20. >> we are looking at the macarthur maze and seeing traffic that's a little bit slow. it's also slow at the bay bridge. we will explain. off to a mild start this morning. get ready for a warm-up this afternoon. we will update the numbers after the break.

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7:46. and sal was saying that there is a little bit of spring break lightness this week. but sounds like it's not necessarily the case this morning. there has been at least one big traffic problem. >> i have been able to figure out that spring break that most people have was last week. some people have it this week. then someone tweeted me yesterday that some schools start their spring break on april 20th. it's all over the months. but we don't have as much of it today. that's for sure. let's look at some of these pictures we have for you. we will start off at the bay bridge toll plaza. it has been very slow this morning. we had an earlier truck stall on the upper deck of the bridge. that was cleared an hour and a half ago now. the traffic has been slower than usual as you approach the bridge. about a 30 to 35-minute delay. we are hoping it's going to clear out a little bit. let's take a look at interstate 880. northbound 880 is beginning to

slow down. i have been looking at this camera. it's just a little bit windy. it's almost imperceptible but you see it moving from side to side. this camera is mounted on a building near a coliseum. it's possible it could be breezy there. way to put you on the spot, huh, mark? anyway, northbound 101 in san jose and 28 0 and 17 the traffic is going to be a little bit slow now. this is really the heart of the south bay commute. look at 101. the road sensors are fired up red. it's a tough time getting into mountain view. i am not seeing spring break conditions at the south bay today. 7:48. hello, mark tamayo. >> i was not prepared to talk about the wind in this segment. >> oh, okay. all right. i see how it is. >> change things around. just kidding. we are ready to go with the wind and warmer temperatures because we are all connected with at least the two. the wind warming us up, warming up the entire bay area. temperatures this afternoon ranging from the 70s all the way to the 80s.

actually, off to a mild start out there. showing you lots of 50s and some 60s out towards san francisco. 63 degrees santa rosa. still some cooler spots near san jose. walnut creek if the mid 50s. here we go. some of the wind reports. you get an idea. it's pretty localized out there. a calm wind in concord. fairfield winds out of the north sustained 17. gusting to 272 miles per hour. more wind reports for you. not too much of a big deal here. especially for the for the east bay hills the wind out of the north-northwest. these stronger winds towards mount diablo 29 miles an hour. it is gusty up there. plusry. 45 miles an hour in mount tam. the winds are a factor especially over the next two to three hours until noon this afternoon. be careful if you are heading to the coast later today because we do have an increase in the swell. here is a look at the current buoy reports out there. building surf. waves today around 5 to 7 feet. especially by late this

afternoon into tomorrow waves will continue to pick up in size. so an increase in the rip current activity. keep that in mind if you are heading to the coast. the beaches will be beautiful. mostly sunny skies. temperatures for the shore lines the 70s and the warmest locations we are thinking lots of 80s out there as high pressure still building over northern california. the sinking air, that is warming air, and that cup youled with that offshore flow, that offshore wind, that's really sent temperatures up. 70s and 80s. the change for more. an on shore breeze and cooling things off a little bit. as far as rain chances we are tracking a chance next week. so tuesday and basically wednesday to thursday next week a system dropping down. the exact track, we have to figure that out. there could be enough moisture we could have a few showers across parts of california and possibly here in the bay area as well. temperatures this afternoon. lots of 80s out there. oakland 82 degrees. hayward checks in 80. san jose lower 80s.

these temperatures up a good five to ten degrees over yesterday's highs. san francisco 77. very warm in san francisco. a look ahead at your five-day forecast. temperatures a little bit cooler near the shoreline tomorrow for the beaches, but these are minor changes. the weekend still pretty warm, especially the inland areas. we will update the forecast coming up during the 8:00 hour. fans have been waiting for 40 years. the last time the team won the world championship was in 1975. ktvu fox 2's claudia wong with a look at the warriors as they head into the playoffs with the nba's best record. that's no guarantee they will advance. they still have to play well, right in? >> reporter: of course. of course they will. when you have the best record you do get home court advantage for the playoffs. when your home court is oracle arena, things get loud. it's actually known as one of the loudest in the nba.

>> and his three is good! >> reporter: well, the warriors wrapped up their best regular season in team history last night by knocking off the denver nuggets 133-126. the warriors won despite the fact that starters like seth curry and klay thompson sat for the second half of the game. the warriors head into the playoffs with the best record in the league. >> i just got steph curry's autograph. i am excited to be here. i used my own allowance and everything to come. >> reporter: love that. the number one seed begin their playoff run this weekend at home against the new orleans pelicans. game one of this best of seven series is saturday at oracle arena. game two is monday night also at oracle. games three and four will be played in new orleans. if necessary, games five and seven will be played back in oakland. now, when it comes to guards the slash brothers arguably the best

pair in the nba. thompson had a life-changing season. now, we sat down with klay yesterday to talk about the season. he said he expects a long playoff run. >> it's a cliche. we have one goal to win. they don't care about individual athletes or recognition. that comes when you win the whole thing. we feel like we have the ability to do that this year. >> reporter: now, earlier this year thompson set an nba record with 37 points in a quarter against sacramento. he scored 26 points in a quarter just this week against memphis. tori and dave. >> very exciting. >> it really is. all right. time now 7:53. "star wars" creator george lucas is a billionaire. wants to spend millions of dollars doing something good for marin county. who would benefit from his idea for a massive housing project?

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welcome back to "mornings on 2". time 7:56. former nfl player aaron hernandez is waking up this morning in a massachusetts prison. and for the first time we are hearing what he said after he

was convicted of first-degree murder. a jury found him guilty yesterday for killing his former friend odin lloyd. hernandez was sentenced to life in prison without parole. now, as he was being led out of the courtroom a law enforcement showers heard the former new england patriots star say they got it wrong. i didn't do it. but the jury says they considered all the evidence and they're sure he was guilty. it appears the nfl is losing patience with the slow efforts to build a new stadium for the raiders in oakland. the bay area news group reports an nfl executive came to the bay area yesterday to talk it to the city and the team about development plans. a county supervisor says the league is not convinced that enough progress has been made. the nfl says oakland has failed to produce a clear plan to finance a new stadium. the league does not want projects that rely on additional development to help pay for a stadium which is cornerstone of oakland's proposal. neighbors in san jose tried to rescue a man trapped in a

burning house last fight. new cell phone video of their fran -- frantic rescue attempt. san francisco police officers potentially caught in gridlock during an emergency. we will tell you about the traffic concerns associated with the new public safety building here in san francisco. we are looking at this morning's commute and overall we are seeing something that might make you feel a little bit like spring break is over. we will tell you what that is coming up. a very warm start this morning. get ready for temperatures back up into the 70s and 80s. we will update the numbers coming up after the break.

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people put their lives on the line to help another person. it was just too late. screams for help. that is what neighbors in san jose heard this morning as a house went up in flames. and we want to take you out there live this morning. this is what's left of that house. the cameras taking you around there. ktvu fox 2's janine de la vega will be here in two minutes. she will show you new cell phone video we got from a neighbor. it captures how this tragedy unfolded. stay tuned. good morning. welcome back to "mornings on 2". thursday, april 16. i am dave clark. >> good morning.

i am tori campbell. a check on weather and traffic. mark tamayo in for steve. a big warm-up today. starting cool but it's going to shoot up? >> this is the day you want to be outside if you can. >> it's hot right now. it really is. >> between on the air since 4:30, just walking around, a big change. get ready for that. i will give you some research, a little walk outside between weather segments. big warm-up. lots of 70s and 80s out there. we started that process yesterday. look what happens today. san francisco will warm back up into the 70s. upper 70s. lower 80s. there is the eventual temperature range. 70s all the way to the mid 80s. we will check in on some of the current numbers out there. you can see some pretty warm ones. san francisco and oakland 64 degrees. santa rosa 67. a clear sign we have a north wind. a down sloping wind from the hills there. when that is a down sloping winds it warms up and that's what is happening in the north bay. livermore 60. walnut creek in the upper 50s. as far as the wind speeds, here we go in fairfield. that's a sustained 17, gusting

to 22 miles an hour. still a bit of a breeze in oakland. it's very localized. six miles an hour in oakland. just maybe a mile away it could be up to 15 miles an hour. as far as some more wind reports, there is sfo and san jose. winds around five miles per hour. strongest winds up above 1,000 feet, especially out towards mount diablo. winds gusting to 49 miles an hour. oakland hills 45 miles per hour. here is a plan for today. the clouds offshore and up to the north and they remain out of the weather picture for your thursday afternoon. temperatures, the eventual range will be the yellow contour, 70s. the orange expanding across the bay area to reflect that warm-up. so here we go. 9:00 this morning clear skies. 55 to right around 70. lots of sunshine and warm temperatures into the afternoon forecast. here you can see the temperature timeline. in san jose easily back up into the the low 80s.

let's show you some of the forecast highs today. oakland 82. hayward 80. san jose 82. fremont 81. in san francisco in the upper 70s. we will take a look at your five-day forecast in a few minutes. sal is standing by with an update on the roadways. >> good morning to you. we have a new crash reported southbound 101 in san francisco. our camera is looking at 101 and you can definitely tell something is going on southbound 101 at caesar chavez. an accident reported about ten minutes ago. the traffic is backing up. this could affect the traffic coming off the bay bridge westbound as you get into the city and that could have an effect on the entire bay bridge commute. it's already slow because of earlier problems. now there is that crash. 280 is a decent alternate route for you instead of heading on 101 out of the city. remember 101 is also busy northbound out of south city because of an earlier crash at candlestick. moving along and taking a look at the bay bridge, it is backed up out to about the macarthur maze. that's too bad because it just

started looking normal and now we have that problem on 101. i really hope that's cleared soon because it could go right back up to looking terrible again in just a few moments. let's talk about san jose. all of a sudden we have a lot of slow traffic on 280, 101, 85. some people have been saying, yeah, you know, spring break is over. it looks like it. we don't have a lot of light freeways. let's go back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. it is a tough morning for people in one san jose neighborhood after they witnessed one of their neighbors die in a fire. now firefighters are trying to figure out what may have started it. ktvu's janine de la vega live from san jose with more on the investigation and the new video of neighbors trying to rescue the man. janine, i imagine those neighbors are really shaken up today? >> reporter: they are, tori. they tell me that they had a hard time sleeping last night. they felt helpless because they heard this man screaming for help. he was in one of the back bedrooms here. and you can see there is

charred remains. the windows are boarded up. the flames were just too big and they couldn't save them, and neither could firefighters. >> is he in there? >> yeah. >> he's in there? are you serious? get him out! >> reporter: here is cell phone video showing the smoke and neighbors frantically running around trying to help the man trapped inside this home near story road and mclaughlin avenue. this happened at around 7:20 last night when one of the men called 911 saying he was in the garage when he smelled smoke. he escaped but knew there was someone still left inside. one neighbor told us it was heartbreaking hearing this man yelling. >> we heard like all the commotion. then we saw -- my husband saw the fire and then we ran next door and he heard him like screaming and stuff. so there is all kinds of people trying to help him get out. it was too late. >> reporter: firefighters arrived and searched for the man while they knocked down the flames. his body was found in one of the bedrooms. an arson investigator came

together with evidence to help determine the cause of the fire. neighbors say they did not hear smoke alarms going off when the fire was burning. >> actually, we didn't. there was no smoke alarms. i couldn't hear no smoke alarms. >> reporter: we haven't seen any sign of the homeowner yet. neighbors tell us he is a retired police officer. it's unclear if he was home at the time. we are told that he used to rent rooms here in the back. but it's unknown if the man who died lived here, since his identity hasn't been released yet. the coroner says that it should take some time because this man was badly burned. tori. >> thank you, janine. six minutes after 8:00. new this morning in san francisco repair work could start today after a car crash ripped a fire hydrant from its foundation. thousands of gallons of water gushed out of the gaping hold at gary boulevard and 11th

avenue. the wreck happened around midnight. at least two cars were involved in the crash and at least two people were hurt. a fire battalion chief reportedly estimated that 75,000 gallons of water was lost. time is 8:07. there will be a special ribbon-cutting ceremony in san francisco for the new police headquarters. it's part of a quarter billion dollars safety cam must in the mission bay neighborhood. however, police officers may vaughn into a serious problem -- may run into a serious problem during injuries. how police response times could be slowed down. >> reporter: yeah, that's the concern here. good morning to you, dave. as officers leave the new public safety building here in the mission bay neighborhood they head right out here on to busy third street and right into trouble potentially. here is the issue. a few blocks down there at&t park. and on game days the traffic on third is bumper-to-bumper. let me show you the scene from yesterday after the giants game ended in the afternoon.

cars were at a virtual stand still heading towards king street. in the middle of all that backup a number of san francisco police officers trying to leave the new headquarters and southern station. now, the problem is officers can only make a right turn onto third after they pull out of the garage here. we even saw some squad cars waiting to make a right turn and turning around and giving up and looking for another way out. the mta says it presents a challenge for police, but a department spokesman tells ktvu that he doesn't believe the traffic will interfere with officers responding to emergencies. one neighborhood who lives close by isn't so sure. >> when there is a game day, the traffic is bumper-to-bumper. if there is an emergency, i really don't think they can even get out. there is no way they can get out. this street, all the street is bumper to bumper. back to back. i watch this every single game. >> reporter: now, police spokesman tells ktvu that

officers' schedules are staggered to avoid long lines of police cruisers waiting to leave the station. in an emergency dispatchers of course can send officers from any of the other nine districts. meantime, the mta is exploring options to ease the traffic troubles near this new facility. but change this intersection won't be as simple as restriping the lanes. that's because there is a concrete barrier in the middle of the road that separates the traffic lanes from the muni track. so some traffic troubles here with this new public safety building which, by the way, they will have the grand opening, the ribbon-cutting ceremony, later on this morning, dave, at 11:00. >> that's an interesting dilemma. alex savidge. thank you. the owners of a san francisco store filled with vintage jewelry and furniture are counting on modern surveillance cameras to catch thieves in the city's latest smash-and-grab burglary. take a look. one of the thieves used what appears to be a slingshot to break the glass in the front door of a store named stuff on

valencia street early yesterday morning. the store sells furniture, jewelry, and collectibles. the four thieves raced in and grabbed what they could in about four minutes. the store owner says he lost at much as $5,000 in jewelry alone. >> just trying to clean up my mess and start all over. we will have to take a look at if they are copycats. are they all related to a larger organizational crime spree? >> so far no arrests have been made. however, the surveillance video shows. so burglers' faces. if you want to take a closer look we have post today to our website ktvu.com under featured stories. some bay area medical marijuana businesses are gearing up for a big day on their calendar. monday is april 20th. or 4/20. which is sort of an unofficial holiday celebrating cannabis. apparently it started when a group in san rafael always met at 4:20 in the afternoon to

smoke spot. one delivery service says they will have 300 brand ambassadors on hand at places where people gather on april 20th, including golden gate park. a number of dispensaries are getting ready. one company is planning a hab mob instead of a flash mob in the city on 4/20. time is 8:11. interesting story from marin county. george lucas has proposed a new plan for the thousand acre ranch he owns in marin county. the marin independent journal says lucas wants to build affordable housing. 224 units at his grady ranch property in lucas valley. at one time lucas wanted to build a new movie studio there, but the neighbors complained about noise and traffic. an attorney for george lucas plans to -- says lucas will be spending his own money for the entire project. we don't know the official price tag. we have heard $150 million to do it all. this development, if it's

approved, could open sometime in 2019. 8:11. it will be a special home opener tonight for the san francisco giants minor league affiliate the san jose giants. bryan stow will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before they host the bakersfield blaze. stow was brutally beaten on opening day four years ago outside dodgers stadium and suffered traumatic brain injury. pregame festivities start at 6:30 this evening. i hope he is doing well. now time is 8:12. still ahead some prominent catholics are calling on the pope to remove the archbishop of san francisco. we will tell you the reason behind this unprecedented move. next a small aircraft lands on the lawn of the u.s. capitol. why the pilot says he did it

and the serious security concerns it raises. we are looking at the san francisco commute again. we have a little bit of good news. that crash on 101 southbound seems to have cleared away and traffic is recovering. we will let you know more about the other commutes that are still full strength. a big jump in the bay area temperatures today. already a few spots in the 60s. on track to reach the 70s and 80s. look at that beautiful view guards the golden gate bridge. we will update the numbers after the break.

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it's 8:15. a florida mailman landed his one-man gyrocopter on the lawn of the u.s. capitol to make a high profile call for campaign finance reform. 61-year-old postal worker doug hughes was carrying 535 letters. one for each member of congress. capitol police quickly arrested him yesterday afternoon. the secret service was familiar with hughes going back more than a year. in fact, he made no secret of what he was planning to do. >> and i am going to land on the capitol mall in front of the capitol building. >> he wanted everything to know. he wanted the media to know. he wanted the authorities to know. he was live broadcasting this, live streaming it so you could see where he was. >> a friend of his also says he called the secret service to let

them know hughes was on the way fearing his friend might get shot. still many in washington are questioning how hughes managed to get inside restricted airspace so easily. >> that is the question. time is 8:16. the most decorated olympic athlete of all time is going for more gold. michael phelps reportedly announced yesterday he is going to try to compete at the 2016 summer olympics in rio de janeiro. he is returning for the first time since being suspended last october. he was arrested for dui then. his suspension ended last week. michael phelps has won 22 olympic medals. 18 of them are gold. we are officially on round two of royal baby watch. st. mary's hospital in london is preparing for the large crowds expected to come welcome the next prince or princess. parking has been suspended in front of the hospital for the next two weeks. the palace is also telling media crews they cannot camp out near

the hospital. last year prince william and his wife kate middleton announced they were expecting their second child due this month. possible due date april 26. prince william is second in line for the throne making his children future heirs. and an unfamiliar site in the changing of the gad at buckingham palace. one of the guards slipped and fell on a manhole. it is unusual to see the guards break stride. tourists often try and fail to get them to smile and react. a lot of people watching were shocked. true to form the guard got back up as if nothing had happened. got continue on with honor. >> stiff upper lip. >> absolutely. time is 8:18. let's check in with sal, see what's happening on the roads right now. everybody behaving for you? >> things are getting better in some areas. other things are still, as i say, full strength. you are not going to get a break

it seems. starting on highway 24 this time around. a live look at traffic through lafayette and into the cal the calldy cut tunnel. you can see traffic slowing through the tunnel. slowing in oakland as well down to the bay bridge. the bay bridge is backed up a little more than usual because of an earlier accident. we are finally beginning to see some improvement here. it was an earlier truck stall. not a crash. same thing. lanes were blocked. san jose, i keep showing you this because it's very slow. the south bay commute is lit up, if you will. 280, 85, 101 are all slow getting into the valley. on the peninsula we are looking at 101 that still has not recovered getting out of south city into san francisco because of some earlier issues there. so 280 in daly city has within slow as well -- been slow as well. i can't recommend an alternate.

8:19. let's go to mark tamayo. working on a warmer forecast for today. in fact, lots of 70s and 80s. if you step outside the door right now you might be surprised because temperatures are off to a mild start. looks like we are looking towards sfo this thursday morning. time 8:19. the clear skies here. easily this area back up into the upper 70s this afternoon. so that's the headline. it will be warmer for today. coming a little closer to show you the current numbers for the 8:00 hour. 59 in san jose. look at that san francisco temperature. 65. oakland 64. walnut creek in the upper 50s and fairfield 62 degrees. still some breezy conditions out there. it's very localized. you can see a calm wind in napa. fairfield winds sustained at 17. gusting to 23 miles per hour. and some more wind reports for you out towards san jose. five miles an hour. sfo winds out of the east at five miles per hour. strongest winds up above 1,000 feet. you can see mount diablo 49 miles an hour.

oakland hills reports of someone losing their trash can. i saw that on twitter. the winds gusting to 45 miles per hour at mount tam 26 miles per hour. if you are heading to the coast a great day at the shoreline. be extra careful. here is a look at the current buoy reports. waves increasing throughout the day. building swell from the northwest. as a result we will have an increase in the rip current activity throughout the day. keep that in mind for today, but especially for tomorrow. high pressure is building in. this is warming and that coupled with an offshore flow transports the warmer air already back, clear back to the shoreline, i am trying to say. the beaches easily back up into the 70s. for san francisco at&t park this evening the giants playing the diamondbacks. clear skies. mild. readings in the upper 60s. showing you the forecast highs this afternoon. lots of 80s out there for anitoch and brentwood. oakland, look at that, 82 degrees. san jose in the lower 80s as

well. your five-day forecast. just some minor cooling near the shoreline tomorrow and that trend will continue into the weekend. but lots of 80s for the inland neighborhoods. we are talking about the nice beach weather for today. be extra careful. the conditions changing right now. it could seem safe and all of a sudden you get a larger wave in. could be pretty hazardous if you are heading to the beach today. >> good to know. >> good warning, mark. thank you. it is 8:22. snoring may be more than just a nuisance. in 25 minutes, the way breathing problems during sleep could affect your mental health. you all right? >> i am good. >> tell me. what's on your mind? >> this sucks. >> okay. >> there was tension last night on "american idol." what it was all about and how it escalated as that contestant approached the judges' table.

there is a lot of buzz this morning around "american idol." but not necessarily about the performances. instead, everybody is talking about a rather heated moment between contestant quentin alexander and judge harry connick jr. alexander is from new orleans is known for his style and unique twists on songs. last night he sang are you going to go my way by lenny kravetz. but it was his reaction to the fact that his two close friends were in the bottom two that stole the spotlight. >> tell me what's on your mind?

>> this sucks. >> okay. what sucks? tell me what sucks. >> we have two of the best vocalists, my best friend is sitting over there. this whole thing is whack. i am going to shut up right now. >> as alexander walked off the stage you could hear judge harry connick jr. saying he couldn't understand those comments at all. >> if it's that whack, then you can always go home because "idol" is paying a lot of money to give you this experience. for you to say that to this hand that is feeding you right now i think is highly disrespectful. yeah. >> this is the bond, you know? >> you can hear jennifer lopez saying whoa, whoa, whoa. alexander went and sat down and the competition continued. after the show alexander says he may have been misunderstood but he would not change anything he said. in the end, joey cook, alexander's best friend, was eliminated. that leaves six contestants now

on the show. you can watch "american idol" here on ktvu. the next episode airs on wednesday, april 22nd at 8 p.m. dave. >> i will be watching. time is 8:26. supermodel gisele bundchen, tom brady's wife, took her last walk down a fashion runway. and she can walk, too. this is video of bundchen's last show. this is part of sao paolo fashion week. 34 years old. she formally announced her retirement yesterday. she started modeling when she was 14. she is retiring as the highest paid model in the industry. she earned an estimated $386 million in her career. she wants to spend more time with her two kids and her husband. super bowl champion tom brady. time is now 8:27. in less than an hour some bay area veterans will be boarding a plane at sfo. after the break we will get a

live report on their very special trip and the big sendoff. more than 100 prominent catholics are asking the pope to remove the archbishop of san francisco. we will tell you about the very public way they did it and we will have reaction from the archdiocese. good morning. we are looking at a commute here that is a little bit slow in san jose. and i may be underplaying that. let's just say it's very slow in san jose. i will give you a look coming up. full sunshine over the bay area today. temperatures will be trending up. now, we still have a bit of a breeze out there. wind around 10 to 20 miles per hour. get ready for more 80s in the forecast. we will update the numbers after the break. ♪ at kaiser permanente

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i am really honored to be a part of this. >> world war ii heroes gathering right now at sfo to begin a very special trip to washington, d.c. we are out there live. ktvu's brian flores is with them. coming up in a couple of minutes brian will be here to tell us who is making it possible for those bay area world war ii veterans to take a once in a lifetime trip this morning. stay tuned. thursday. it is april 16th. i am dave clark. thank you for joining us. let's check your weather and traffic now. mark tamayo is right over there. >> right over here talking about some pretty warm temperatures, dave. 70s and 80s for today. it's off it a mild start this morning already. some 60s out there. keep in mind we just had 60s for afternoon highs a few days ago. here is our live camera looking towards candlestick here. is that candlestick? we have mostly clear skies.

that is at&t. at&t park. yeah, you can see in fact towards at&t park we do have nice conditions for the game tonight for the giants and diamondbacks. as far as temperatures, a big jump in the readings. 60s in san francisco yesterday. back up into the upper 70s. warmer today. temperatures up a good 5 to 10 degrees. 70s and 80s out there. francisco 65. napa 62 degrees. more reports for you with the winds gusting to 23 miles per hour. san jose checks in at the five miles an hour. sfo checking in five miles an hour as well. here is our forecast today. clouds remain offshore and to the north. lots of sunshine. you can see temperatures back up into the 70s. warmest locations back up into the 80s. you can see the weather story for today and the temperature timeline by 12:00 it will easily be back up into the mid you 60s to the mid 70s. as you can see here, the temperature timeline in say, look at that, on track to reach the lower 80s. so the forecast highs, you will notice that warm-up compared to

yesterday's readings. 70s and 80s. we will take a look at the five-day forecast in a few minutes. sal right now standing by. he has an update on the roadways. i thought that was candlestick park. >> i think people were screaming the their television set when you were saying that. you heard them and corrected yourself. >> i did. >> there is candlestick. what's left of it. >> it was an interesting angle. >> yes, sir. we get things right at channel 2. good morning. let's take a look at the commute at the bay bridge toll plaza. it is getting a little bit better, but it's still slow. we had a couple of things that got in the way of a good commute and now things are finally recovering. no major problems looking at the commute on 880 northbound it's interesting for two reasons. first of all, northbound 880 is slow and there is no spring break at all, as it looks like here. but it's windy, as mark has been saying. it's gusty and windy and our cameras are shaking a little

bit. you might want to take that into consideration. speaking of candlestick in san francisco, we have a terrible commute on the peninsula trying get into the city for a variety of reasons. a couple of accidents and 101 out of south city is slow. but 280 is no good alternate because it is backed up out of daly city both leading into downtown san francisco. the only solution i have is either to take public transportation like bart or leave earlier. 8:34. back to the desk. san jose police still investigating a deadly crash last night that killed two people and left a car upside down on bta light rail tracks. now, look at the pictures. this happened around 10:00 last night. the car flipped over. it landed on the tracks along north capitol avenue. five people were in that car when it crashed. two people died right there at the scene. three others, they were rushed to the hospital. investigators still trying to determine if alcohol and speed were factors in this. now, bta service appears to be

operating normally in that area this morning. happening today there is a new call for the catholic church and the pope to remove the archbishop of san francisco. this comes after months of conflict over the archbishop's conservative doctrines. ktvu fox 2's tara moriarty in san francisco this morning to tell us more about how this group is making their point this morning. tara. >> reporter: yeah. pretty creative way. also very public way. this is the front page of the "san francisco chronicle" this morning and this is the back side. this is a full-page ad that this group took out. it says, it's addressed to the pope. holefully father, please provide us with a leader truly valued in your namesake. replace archbishop cordileone. 100 people have signed it, including the father of new england patriots quarterback tom brady. this group said that cordileone has fostered an atmosphere of division and tolerance, intolerance. a major issue for them. they say that he has coerced

high school teachers and staffers to sign a morality clause that characters sex outside of marriage and homosexual relations as gravely evil. they say his push to change the faculty handbook is mean spirited. we spoke to dozens of parishoners here in san francisco who overwhelmingly supported this letter. >> i think the pope is progressive. i think this archbishop is not. i think it's very opposite. and i think it's a good thing that catholics and non- catholics are speaking up saying, you know, times have changed and we need to do what's right for the people who live here. >> i think it makes sense because we are just -- it's like taking a step back these days. i am not sure if we are ready to do that. i don't think it's fair to all the teachers, what they have to go through to sign something that they are not willing to do. i don't think it would be a good precedent. >> i agree with it. i do not agree with discrimination of any kind. i think living in san francisco, living here most of my life, i

am very liberal and i don't believe anybody should be discriminated against. >> reporter: now, the ad drew a swift response from the archdiocese saying the diners presume to speak for the city of san francisco. they do not. the group that orchestrated this letter will hold a press conference at 10:30. we will bring you the latest on our noon news. live from san francisco, tara moriarty, back to you. >> thank you. time is 8:37. a homeless man is in jail this morning accused of attacking a five-year-old san francisco girl for no apparent reason. adrias kosdi is charged with several felonies. the attack occurred yesterday morning as a little girl and her mother walked down the street at union and octavia. >> he lifted her off the ground and placed her against the side of a building. >> now, he was booked into san

francisco county jail. that little child was treated for minor injuries on her neck and throat. no new measles cases pop up today. california health authorities say they will officially declare the outbreak over. the measles scare originated at disneyland back in december and spread to several states and countries. in all, 131 people in california were infected. in order for the outbreak to be considered over, two back-to-back incubation periods totaling 42 days must pass without any additional cases being reported. while that period ends friday, public debate sparked by the outbreak continues. a state mandatory vaccination bill inspired by the outbreak is stalled with no vote until at least next week. let's begin, please. >> tensions ran high as hundreds of parents showed up to testify against the bill at the state

capitol in sacramento yesterday. it would require kids to get vaccinated before they can enroll in school and eliminate a loophole that allows parents to opt out of vaccinations because it conflicts with their personal beliefs. opponents say the bill is unconstitutional and tramples on personal rights. >> i am in fear of this law. i don't want the government telling me what i am going to be injecting into my children's bodies. >> i don't think that our children should be forced to be at risk because of someone he is' choices. >> california is one of 19 states allowing parent to cite personal belief or religious exemptions. the senate education committee delayed the vote and is scheduled to revisit the issue next wednesday. it's important to note similar efforts to change vaccine rules failed recently in washington and oregon. >> interesting, tori. this will be a hot top ig for a

long time. a very special group of world war ii veterans are getting ready to fly to washington, d.c. this morning for free. they are going on what's called an honor flight. ktvu fox 2's brian flores has been out there talking to these real life heroes. what are they saying is? i know you are enjoying the story. >> reporter: i am having a great time out here. what a treat to meet our national heroes here. many living in the bay area. those are world war ii veterans who up until now have not the seen the relatively new world war ii memorial that just opened up in 2004. well, today that changes. in fact, about 25 of them, world war ii veterans, as we mentioned, will be flying on virgin airlines to washington, d.c. to not only see the world war ii memorial, but other memorials as well. but how they are able to fly for free is through a wonderful organization called honor flight. it is a national organization. it has a local cap ter here in the bay area that just started in 2014.

this is their first honor flight for world war ii veterans. and it's strictly through fundraising. they were able to pay for each veteran's flight, meals, and hotel. about $2,400 per veteran for them to see the memorial. for many of the veterans that we spoke with this morning, they thought this day would never come. >> i feel really honored to be a part of this trip and being in the service. at the time that i was in the service, maybe i wasn't too excited about it. but looking back i'm proud that i was in the service. i was able to help my country and do my little part. >> reporter: i had a great time talking with that gentleman. dick abbott. he is flying with her brother, william. they both live in the bay area and they both served during world war ii. one served in the pacific. the other serving for the atlantic theater. but when they arrived back as well as the other veterans they will be met with bagpipes and a heroes ceremony, if you will,

when they arrive at sfo this weekend. as for honor flight, they do plan on having more world war ii veterans fly out to d.c. right now the plans are in june or july timeframe. and there are also plans in the years to come to send a korean war veterans as well as vietnam war veterans to see memorials in d.c. as well. what a great organization and just a great time talking with these heroes. guys, back to you. >> it is a great story. the people who made it happen for them, yeah. all right. brian, thank you. it is 8:42. a san jose father left home to go to a grocery store and never returned. >> he was found the following morning left for dead. >> now his mother and police are making a plea for help. after the break the one clue left by the victim. but first the warriors. they won again last night. her going into the playoffs on a high note. we sat down with one of the stars. klay thompson talks about what's ahead. looking at the south bay commute you can see traffic is still pretty heavy on all the

freeways. we will tell you more about the commute coming up. >> we are warming up. temperatures a good 10 to 15 degrees above the average. we will show you the neighborhoods that will hit the 80s this afternoon.

warriors fans have been waiting 40 years. the last time the team won the world championship was way back in 1975. claudia wong with a look at them heading in the playoffs with the nba's best record. hey, claudia. >> reporter: yes, lots of excitement. lots of headlines today in sports pages across the bay area. just grab the san jose merck from our newsroom. it's tough to read but that

headline reads now the fun begins. the head coach said after the game the team doesn't seem to get nervous and said, quote, we should keep rolling. >> steph curry. his three is good! >> reporter: that's how you keep rolling. the warriors wrapped up the best regular season in team history knocking off the denver nuggets 1313-126. that is despite the fact that starters like steph curry and klay thompson sat for half the game. they are heading into the playoffs with the best record in the league. >> i just got steph curry's autograph on the front side of this jersey. i am really excited to be here. i used my own allowance and everything to come. >> reporter: the number one seed and the heavy favorite warriors begin their playoff run this weekend at home. the coach says the playoffs will come down to defensive intensity. he says teams that have that

can go deep and win the whole thing. game one of the best of seven series is saturday at oracle arena. game two is monday night also at oracle. games three and games four will be in new orleans and, if necessary, five and seven will be played back here in oakland. pretty exciting. >> yes, it is very exciting. of course, doing well in the regular season doesn't guarantee, you know, that you go all the way. >> but it has that feel. >> it does. you can't get too confident. time is 8:47. let's check in with sal. >> all right. we are looking at a commute that is finally getting a little bit better in some areas. let's go outside and take a look at what we have here with the morning commute as you drive through 280 and san jose. it is very slow still. as well highway 17 and also 101 and 280. we have had some slow traffic in the area of 880. that traffic continues to be slow. and we have been talking about the windy conditions. 580, by the way, is a decent alternate. it's slow through the grand

lake area. this is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see there is a little bit more room. it's backed up for a 25-minute delay. in san francisco, i am drawing the arrows on trying to get into the city on the bay shore and 280. it is very slow. let's go to weather. >> good morning. get ready for a warm-up today. we are in the clear. some breezy conditions out there. windy conditions out there, especially for the higher terrain. here is our live camera looking towards the bay. basically have clear skies. san rafael camera. warmer today. temperatures around 70 to 85 degrees. we have these winds cumming in out of the -- coming in out of the northeast warming up the bay. that wind strong up above 1,000 feet. we have some localized winds as well producing breezy conditions out there. right now it's pretty mild. san francisco 65 degrees. and showing you some of the wind speeds. here is fairfield. that's sustained at 17.

gusting to 23 miles per hour. some more wind reports for you now. not so strong at sfo and san jose winds at about five miles an hour. stronger winds though up above 1,000 feet. you can see out towards the oakland hills 45 miles per hour this morning at last check. so high pressure building in. keeping the storms way up to our north and also warming up the entire state of california. this sticks around for today. basically tomorrow. the only change for tomorrow we are going to have more of an on shore breeze. we will have upper 60s to upper 70 tomorrow. minor cooling for the coast beginning friday and into the weekend. temperatures this afternoon, look at the 80s for santa rosa, vacaville, walnut creek. hayward 80 degrees. more 80s for san jose. morgan hill and gilroy and san francisco in the upper 70s. 77 in san francisco. look ahead to your five-day forecast. temperatures still warm inland over the next few days. we will shave off a few degrees coast side and partly sunny skies into next week for

monday. but already just, getting a sampling outside this morning, you feel the dry and warm conditions. unfortunately, that's related to fire danger as well. let's keep an eye on that. >> a little chan of showers next week -- chance of showers next week? >> some across the state. we have to pinpoint the exact location. >> thanks, mark. speaking of rain, we are now learning how bad the drought is becoming for wildlife in the point reyes area. the national park service has acknowledged that more than 250 elk inside a fenced in area have died. it says this is likely due to a lock of year-round water. this news comes as the parks service considers a plan to remove or fence in the remaining free roaming elk herds. cattle ranchers say the elk eat the vegetation leaving little for cows and that threatens the ranchers' dairies. >> we forget about them. we think about what we're dealing with. >> exactly. they need water, too, to survive. time is 8:51.

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welcome back. san jose police want your help. they are investigating the severe beating after san jose man. back on september 14 peggy says her son left home to go to a store near winchester and payne. he never tame came back. the 36-year-old father of two was found in a coma the next morning near the taxco apartments. his skull and jaw were fractured. he was in the hospital for months and police believe he was robbed and beaten for no reason. >> right now he is aware of what he has lost. so it's, you know, he is going through grieving. unfortunately, i am, as well. i apologize for this, but i can't help but be emotional when i see what is happening to him. >> she retired to take care of

her son. she says he is learning to walk and talk again, but his memory and eyesight are cloudy. meantime, investigators say they have only one small clue. this cell phone photo of a vintage car taken by her son. police hope the owner of that car might remember something. if you have any information call san jose police. 8:54. if you snore, it may be hurting you more than just affecting the quality of your sleep and keeping your spouse awake. a new study suggests abnormal breathing patterns while sleeping like heavy snoring and sleep apnea may also affect your memory at an earlier age than normal. the study also linked breathing problems to an early onset of alzheimer's. experts say 90 million americans are affected by snoring, which is more common among men. marine biologists say we may never know what killed a 50- foot sperm whale that washed ashore at morey beach in pacifica.

this comes after biologists and veterans from the marine mammal center conducted a necropsy yesterday. scientists say the tissue samples they collected is too delayed for lab work. they are working with city officials to figure out what they are going to do with the carcass. they will probably leave it where it is for now. see if maybe the tide will carry it out. but they may decide to bury it. the final bird sickened by that mysterious guion the bay shoreline in january is back in the wild. it's tagged b85. that bird was one of the first to be brought to the rescue. after three months of rehabbing it talk off today. in all, 500 seabirds were affected by that mysterious goo. of them, 165 were rehabilitated and released. scientists haven't been able to

identify exactly what that goo is or where it came from. 8:56. a czech man is on a mission to start a new state and he already has a population of seven. the man has declared a 2.7 square mile of land is now to be known as liberland. he says the area has not been claimed by either country, so he is claiming it by himself. he has a flag and a motto which is to live and let live. people can apply for citizenship on his website, but he says economists and extremists need not apply. he has received hundreds of applications. >> after your story, he will probably get many more. >> you know, maybe more people will apply, right, sal? >> it's an idea. >> i am applying right now. >> i know you are. good morning. it's still a little bit crowded out there. we go to the 880 freeway. i have been talking with mark

about this all morning. you can see the camera every once in a while shakes. that means it's windy. it's not quite as windy as it was the other day. you will see some wind. also looking at the bay bridge toll plaza, that's backed up for a 25-minute delay. getting into san francisco along northbound 101 and northbound 280 finally improving, but it's still slow. still windy out there, mark? that's right. the wind takes a change in direction. it really has an impact on temperatures. gusty winds today 15 to 0 miles per hour. stronger for the higher terrain. it's going to warm up. do you like the 80s? >> yeah. >> it is a little warm. yeah. >> how about the decade the '80s? >> yeah. >> we will go back to the 80s today and cool things off a little bit, especially coast side tomorrow. >> thank you, mark. be sure to watch ktvu fox 2news at noon for local results of a national initiative to reduce violent crime. hear from prosecutors and police on the front lines. we will follow this to today and through the news at five and six. thanks for joining us.

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