good morning. leaving the car at home. the events happening today designed so get bay area people to ride hair bikes to work. and a filming of a rap video ends with a lawsuit against san francisco police. the charges being brought against the department after a group of people say they were harassed by officers. and good morning. you are looking at live pictures from sky fox. interesting sky there. >> yeah, it is. >> clouds. a little bit of orange. not set to clear up anytime

soon. sal is keeping an eye on traffic for us. >> i had raindrops this morning. >> that music is made for those clouds, too, and those colors. welcome back to mornings on two. it's thursday, may 14. i am tori campbell. >> good morning. i am dave clark. let's check weather and traffic. steve is back out on the third floor balcony. what's it like out there? >> we are indeed. it was a little more threatening earlier. we do have cloudy skies. temperatures on the cool side. i was out here a couple of days ago and the wind ago howling. we thought we would zoom in on these floating houses over here. if you are in that orange house, come out and wave. say good morning. if not, it's okay. there is some rain. it is off towards the monterey santa cruz area. it will make it. temperatures are in the 50s. you can see up in the sierra

nevada there is a little bit. samour, santa cruz coast, mountains, santa cruz south it will be cloudy. a possibility of thundershowers. from the third floor roof, skies ominous off towards -- thank you, sid -- off towards the east. a couple of reports of rain in lay faette. you are on top of the building. >> i am indeed, sal. >> let's take a look at the commute now. the traffic is going to be a little bit slow in some areas. this is candlestick park. we were flying nearby and i decided to just kind of have sky fox look at it. i mean, we are going to show it to you later. for those of us who grew up in san francisco, this is one of those things that's really, really weird to see.

i digress. we will show it more. i will have paul focus on highway 101 nearby in a moment. we will come back to it. let's take a look at the bay bridge. traffic is backed up to the macarthur maze. there is our spider. we want to come to the screen and look at the spider. i know the little kids like this. there it is. cool. all right. let's go to the maps now. traffic is actually moving okay if you are driving in san jose. we had an recall your accident northbound 101. near candlestick park is looking good. towards syria parkway it is nice out of the city. 7:03. back to the desk. >> thank you, sal.

new this morning, the president of afghanistan is condemning an overnight taliban attack that killed 14 people at a kabul hotel, including at least one american. these are pictures of afghan police officers guarding the park place hotel where the attack happened last night. a total of 14 people were killed, including two women. nine of the victims were foreigners, not from afghanistan. police say taliban attackers stormed the hotel as it was hosting a party and then opened fire. the u.s. victim has not been identified yesterday. a british citizen, an italian and four people from india are confirmed dead. about a dozen people unaccounted for this morning after tuesday night's deadly crash and derailment of an amtrak train in philadelphia. seven people were killed. the rescue crews think that toll will go higher as they continue to search for more victims who may still be trapped and buried in the wreckage. kusa fox two asinine flores in

our newsroom now. focus is piecing together what happened before the scene is cleared, which could happen sometime today. now, i want to go to video now from -- this is a local news chopper in philadelphia showing what crews are doing out there this morning. you see some heavy equipment removing some of the wreckage, replacing some of the damaged tracks. five of the derailed cars have been cleared, but the other two still on scene. amtrak train 188 was headed from d.c. to new york city when it derailed tuesday night. what we have learned is that a data recorder showed it was going at least 106 miles per hour as it approached a tight curve on the tracks in philadelphia. >> the speed limit through the curve is 50 miles an hour. however, right before the curve the speed limit is 80.

so 80-mile-per-hour speed limit. and then to enter the turn, enter the curve, the engineer is supposed to slow the train to 50. >> reporter: they are saying that the engineer actually did that, slowed it down to 102 miles per hour. the ntsb says the disaster could have been prevented if there was that electronic control system that automatically slows speeding trains. federal law requires that all passenger railroads and major freight carriers install the control system by the end of the year. but congress is considering extending that deadline to the year 2020 to give railroads more time to install this very expensive system. meantime, we have also learned the amtrak engineer has been identified as 32-year-old brandon bostain. he worked for amtrak here in the bay area about five years ago. he was contracted to operate the caltran corridor between san francisco and san jose. he was a contract worker and not a caltrain employee. it's being reported that the conductor has voluntarily turned

in blood samples as well as his cell phone to authorities and through his attorney he also has no recollection of the incident, but is cooperating with authorities. meantime, still several people unaccounted for this morning. dave barks to you. >> brian flores, thank you. time is now 7:07. a bay area rap artist and three other men have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against san francisco police. they are claiming the police harassed them back on march 8th while they were filming a music video in the bayview district. >> hands on your head! >> this lawsuit claims every member of this group was subjected to an unreasonable search, seizure, and arrest at gunpoint. police say two men were arrested, including taj williams of richmond who police say is suspected of being a felon who had a loaded weapon. we have reached out to san francisco police about this lawsuit. so far there has been no

response. it is 7:07. protests are scheduled at u.s. post offices across the country today against postal service cuts. it's part of a day of action by the american postal workers union which represents mail sorters and counter workers. their contract is set to expire next wednesday. in the bay area there are demonstrations schedule inside oakland, san francisco, san jose, santa roads a, petaluma and walnut creek. coming up at 8:45 i will talk to actor and activist danny glover about his support for the postal work he is. the number of people filing for unemployment benefits dropped last week. the decline was enough to put the four-week average of applications at just under 272,000. that's the lowest level in 15 years. very low levels are considered evidence that americans are enjoying solid job security and that employs are confident enough not to lay off workers.

that's good news for the overall economy, but some investors might worry the fed will boost interest rates on the strong economic news. i am just checking right now. it appears investors aren't worried at the moment. the dow is up 127. the nasdaq up 27. the s&p is up 1 into 7:07. happening today expect to see many, perhaps thousands more bicyclists on the roads today than normal. today is bike to work day in the nine bay area counties. tara moriarty is joining us live in san francisco. you are where cyclists may stop and take a break as they head off to work. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. we are at 17th and valencia now. just a couple of minutes ago we were at the 24th street bart station. about 300 cyclists all took off in mass down mission street. they were headed down the peninsula it to go to work. a lot of people from facebook, those types of companies.

they are looking very fresh faced and ready for exercise. you can see this is one of the energizer stations where people can stop and get a snack and then sort of go on their way. they were looking ominous, the skies. we were predicting rain. so far riders have managed to avoid any rain. organizers expect between 100 to 200,000 people from nine bay area counties to pedal to work and back today. it not only helps the environment by reducing carbon emissions caused by cars, but also promotes good health. are you trying to lure more people to the sport? >> today is definitely a day we hear from so many people that this was the thing that got them going again after not touching a bike for years and years. there is something infectious that happens today. and, yeah, it get people to rediscover something that again is so much fun and so convenient. >> reporter: along their route again riders can grab drinks,

snacks, and gift like bicycle bells and helmet lights at this energizer station. we are heading over to city hall. they are going to be biking to work as well. i think it is safe to say that a lot of people are going to have sore muscles tomorrow. live in san francisco, tara moriarty. back to you. >> does to make you want to hop on a bike this morning, seeing those folks? >> reporter: you know what? it does. i wasn't very excited about wearing spandex. but i would jump on a bike. if you have your helmet and everything, you know. i want to show you the sky. look at this. i am seeing some blue. that's kind of over near the sunset to our right. >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: the skies are not looking that bad. i think we might be in the clear here today. i know a lot of people were kind of hoping for rain. obviously, that would have rained a little bit on the bikers' parade. >> steve will talk about the forecast later on. tara, thank you. 7:11. no rang on the parade for the warriors. the warriors heading back to

memphis this morning with a chance to close out their series with the grizzlies. >> for three. >> after a sloppy start the warriors were on a 16-2 run to take a one point lead just at the end of the first quarter and they never trailed again, winning game five 98-78. steph curry had 18 point and a playoff career high of six steals. klay thompson led all scorers with 21 points. and social media was buzzing last night. did you see this? boxing champion floyd mayweather appeared at the game. he scored an exclusive courtside seat. i wonder how much he paid for that? he doesn't have to worry about it, right? warrior fans it appears prefer manny pacquiao. he is expected to earn

$200 million for his victory on may 2. tomorrow night as game six starts at 6:30 our time. but if memphis wins, there will be a game seven and that will be at oracle arena on sunday at 12:30. so just keep that in mind if you plan to be driving by. probably be quite a bit of traffic. >> could be busy. time now 7:12. people in the east bay may soon see higher water bills. coming up at 7:30 how much people in pleasanton are being asked to conserve on water and what is going to happen if they didn't. up next, the specific bad behavior that will no longer get students in oakland suspended. good morning. we are looking at the peninsula and looking at highway 101 through south city and brisbane. so far so good here as you head up towards the city or down to the airport. we will tell you a little bit more coming up. a lot of cloud cover. a few breaks. where is that rain? west-southwest of the santa cruz coast and monteray.

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welcome back to mornings on 7. it's 7:15. an orchestra in minnesota making history. they are to first to play in cuba. now, this orchestra has more than 100 musicians. they are going to perform this coming weekend in havana. now, besides those concerts the orchestra will visit a high school and a music school and they will be playing alongside some young cuban musicians. back here at home the oakland school district approved a measure to stop suspending students for certain bad behavior. the new policy takes effect in july of next year. students will no longer be suspended for minor acts of defines like wearing a cap or sending text messages in class.

suspensions will only be issued for more serious offenses. the u.s. education department investigated complaints that oakland schools suspended african-american students a lot more than other ethnic groups. it is 7:16. there is a warning for local boaters to be on the lookout for three humpback whales swimming in the bay. sky fox captured two of the whales yesterday. people at the marine sanctuary say a third was spotted close to sausalito. the coast guard is asking boaters to be careful and avoid hitting the whales. boaters should also know that it is illegal to follow or approach the whales. >> that's a law? >> handle it very, very carefully. yeah, it's beautiful to see from a distance. >> all right. time 7:17. hey, sal, you and our ktvu spy there, you are watching the toll plaza? >> yeah. i mean, i thought for sure that was going to be a temporary thing. that spider is living there. >> kids really like it. but you seem to like it, too.

so i think -- >> i am a kid at heart. i happen to know when that spider is on, my little girl, the older one, just loves it. she makes mom go back on the dvr a few times. >> very cute. >> it's true. hey, good morning, everyone. let's the take a look at the commute now. we are going to to start there, as tori mentioned, at the toll plaza. spider or not, there is some slow traffic. there is the spider on the right-hand side if you want to look at it. it's climbing up to the top. it's climbing up to the traffic authority sign. but the traffic is backed up for about a 20 to 25-minute delay, especially on 580. it's going to take you a little bit to get to the bridge. you have to be waiting at the metering lights as well. i want to mention northbound 101 not doing very well at all at tully road. it turned out to be a non- injury accident. that's the good part. the bad part is it was in the lanes for a long time. northbound 85 is an alternate. it's a little bit slow. i would use that if you are in the south valley. if you are after 280, i think this is good for you because

it's holding back the traffic. you might want to take advantage of that window. let's go to 101 at sierra parkway area. traffic is moving along pretty well. sky fox is near candlestick. so you can it tilt out now, paul, and some people have been bothering me about showing candlestick. you can see that traffic moves well. there is candlestick at the bottom. is that a sight? man. traffic jams. send us your requests on traffic jams at hashtag tvutomorrowistheday. our theme is 2001 a music odyssey. songs from 2001. let's go to steve in the weather center. have we named that spider? >> we haven't settled on a name yet. we are lagging. >> thank you, sir. where is the rain? it's off monterey. it's also starting to develop along point reyes. it's swinging in. it's going to be here later

than sooner. there have been a couple of lightning strikes associated that band west-southwest. so it's all rotating in. a lot of cloud cover. had a couple of little guy showers lafayette this morning. berkeley a little bit. there will be more on the way. most of the morning commute will be fine. you can see the whole system rotating in. already lighting up fresno to baker field. southern california is expecting maybe two inches of rain between now and saturday. morning rain. possible thunderstorms here. a few breaks in these clouds help. some areas may not get any rain at all or a trace. .05-inch. and a winter storm warning kicks in 11:00 this morning. our system is moving in. most of the energy though will favor areas to the south. about san francisco, oakland south, but san jose, santa cruz mountains. afternoon thunderstorms. a couple breaks in the clouds. that would certainly help. the energy rotating up. this is well on its way to southern california. not for us. it will keep us cool.

a few 40s. a lot of 50s. cloud cover responsible for that. 57 the warmest lows we have seen in a while at sfo and oakland. water temps are cold, but they have bumped up about one degree. i think that's because of that system on the coast, the cloud cover and south wind helping warm that up a little bit. sierra not much yet, but it will later on. in fact, the winter storm warning morning is the best time to go if if you can go. 5 a.m. tomorrow could be a foot of snow in the higher elevations. once it gets its act together it will linger in friday. there is the band. getting closer, but look where it is. it's san mateo coast, santa cruz monteray. could be showers embedded within that. possible thunderstorms this afternoon. breaks in the clouds would help that. mostly cloudy. some rain. cool pattern though.

60s. these are way below average for inland areas. we are not going to warm up very much the next couple of days. again travel plans in southern california it could be coming down in buckets friday into saturday. better conditions, but not much warmer for a while. >> really? okay. just get used to this at this point. >> for may. >> thank you, steve. it is coming up on 7:22. police are warning residents in san francisco about a new stamp. how the crime works and the vulnerable victims targeted. plus, working for facebook could get a little more profitable. up next the perk the social media is pushing for some of its contract workers.

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he is it. another season of "american idol" has ended and the winner of season 14 was crowned last night. here is his happy family. he is the new "american idol." he has a recording contract with big machine records. it's the same label that manages taylor swift. >> i am just so happy. it's just, you know, the most emotional thing that's happened to me. seeing my parents out there, the whole thing was insane. >> yeah, and fradian i's coronation song has surged to the top five on the itunes sales chart. that song will be the official theme song for the women's world cup this summer.

great song, tori. you will be able to watch 16 of the world cup games right here on ktvu fox 2 starting in june. and if you want to watch the full world cup anthem video, don't worry. we posted the entire song on our ktvu.com home page. 7:26. facebook is taking steps to boost the pay of some low wage workers. the social media giant says it will require that its contractors pay a minimum wage of $15 an hour. that would include employees like janitors and cooks. facebook says anyone doing substantial work for the company as a contractor should also get 15 paid days off for holidays, vacations, and sick time. some of the changes already went into effect on may 1 at the menlo park headquarters. it is 7:26. former giants slug barry bonds

is taking a swing at major league baseball. his allegations against every pro team and why he blames them for his early retirement. we are live in palo alto where police are looking for a group of thieves who plowed into the stanford shopping center and made off with a lot of loot. we will show you the surveillance video and we will have the latest on this investigation. good morning. this morning's commute has been a little bit slow in some areas, especially in san jose along 101. this is 580 now. you can see westbound 580 traffic coming into the dublin area is moving along. and moving along is our cloud cover and some rain. it's still off monteray, santa cruz coast. it is swinging a little inland. we will get a break in the morning. late morning, early afternoon some rain will move in.

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7:30. fans at oracle arena could not get enough of the home team last night as the warriors secured another win after overcome ago deficit in the first quarter. with at the 98-78 victory, the warriors one win away from the western conference finals. >> thompson! >> the warriors now head to memphis for game six of the

series. that will be played tomorrow night starting at 6:30 our time. now some live pictures from oakland airport. the warriors are expected to leave here in just about two hours. alex savage is there and will have more on last night's excitement and speculation on game six in a few minutes. it's a chess game among the coaches. welcome back to "mornings on 2". thursday, may 14. i am tori campbell. >> i am dave clark. let's check weather and traffic. interesting weather today. >> feels like february. >> it doesn't feel like may. a lot of cloud cover. some light rain. the main band is well offshore for some. it's parallel to the coast to southern california. eventually it will swing in. there is going to be heavy rain in southern california. we are waiting on this system. from point reyes you see lighting off san francisco, san mateo coast, santa cruz no doubt. it's swinging from south to north. it has to take a while to get here. late morning, early afternoon

looks better. meantime, there might be a few little hit and miss little guy showers. that's the line getting closer now. next couple of hours, most of the morning commute will be fine. a lot of cloud cover. see everything rotating in. most of in energy heading towards central and southern california where it's going to light up. a lot of 50s. more so than we have seen due to the cloud cover and a southerly breeze. the rain is on its way. embedded in that could be hefty amounts, isolated thundershowers and a few lightning strikes observed off monteray. san jose south looks to be better. this afternoon possible thunderstorms north and east. get things juiced up a little bit here. staying cool, though with a lot of 60s. well below normal temperatures. sal, what do you have at 7:32? >> a look at the bay bridge. it hasn't been that bad. as a matter of fact, we have the help of sky fox looking at it for us. and you can see the traffic is -- there is the pan toon -- traffic is going to be backed up at the toll plaza for a little bit of a delay. we will come back to that.

looks like the chopper is getting into position here. all right. let's move along it the next picture. san mateo bridge, the traffic here is going to be moderately heavy. i was looking at something on the bring. looked like there could have been a problem. but, no, there isn't a problem. it's just slow traffic. san jose has been bad. northbound 101 a non-injury accident that blocked lanes and traffic continues to move slowly on 101. 580 not that bad to livermore and pleasanton. yet another smash-and-grab crime. this time at the high end store bloomingdale's in palo alto. police have released surveillance video of a stolen suv smashing through the doors, hoping this will help track down the thieves. ktvu fox 2's janine de la vega. are you noticing more security there this morning? >> reporter: as soon as we pulled up earlier this morning i did notice more security. you can see actually there is

one of their patrol cars here in the parking lot. they are normally here in the early morning hours, but it's a big mall. so it appears they weren't near bloomingdale's when a group of burglers plowed into the store. take a look at this video. you can see the red jeep cherokee back into the doors of bloomingdale's on the el camino side of the store. this happened at 4 a.m. yesterday. then you see the three thieves who are all wearing black hoodies run in. they use a sharp object to smash through the glass cases, taking jewelry and watches. they run away and hop into the jeep and race off. police found that the jeep was dumped later on palo alto avenue. it had been reported stolen the day before. >> we are hoping that some of the stuff that we got from the vehicle and hopefully with other surveillance from that area, stanford has several video cameras, surveillance in that area, that we might be able to get some more information. >> reporter: investigators say the burglars were inside for

just over one minute, but they made off with a lot of expensive goods. ktvu took still photos of inside the store. it appears six cases were hit. police are looking into the possibility it may be connected to another burglary that took place in a camera store on california avenue in february. in that case a minivan went through the front door. police are looking for tips on this latest case. they can't make out what ethnicity they are. they can't tell if it's men or women. and back out here live i do want to mention that we're being kept on this side of the mall, bloomingdale's, but around the corner on the el camino side, that is actually where the thieves used that jeep cherokee to smash into it. now there is a black piece of plywood covering up where that broken doorway is. that definitely needs to be fixed. it's something that probably shoppers may notice today if they come in. tori. >> janine de la vega outside

bloomingdale's. thank you. time is 7:35. the driver and the only survivor of a single car crash in gilroy that killed four people now facing drunk driving charges. investigators say 24-year-old anthony 'em blownen could be charged with vehicle manslaughter. late tuesday night he was driving four friends near the gilroy outlet stores and failed to follow a turn in the road. his car crashed into a dry creek bed. all four passengers died, including three girls who were set to graduate from high school next month. >> knowing that she had three weeks left, she would have graduated with us. she should have been there with us. >> now, the girls all went to different high schools in the gilroy school district. grief counselors are helping the students as well as the school staff cope with their deaths. well, the race for the san francisco sheriff's office is

heating up. the incumbent kicked off his re-election campaign last night. he hosted this event at the delanty street restaurant. the sheriff is hoping to keep his job when the voters go to the polls november 3. last month a judge granted his request to remove from his record a misdemeanor conviction that stemmed from a domestic violence incident with his wife. the sheriff's opponent is former chief deputy sheriff vicki hennessey. she, too, held a campaign party. 7:37. warriors on the verge of advancing to the western conference final after a huge win over the memphis grizzlies last night at oracle that gave them a 3-2 series lead. the ktvu fox 2 reporter alex savage is live at the oakland airport where the players are about to leave for memphis. more an what the players say it will take to close out this series.

i am curious what they are saying, alex. >> reporter: in a few hours they are going to board a plane at oakland airport, head to memphis for game six tomorrow night. all the players agree that their defense has been the key in these past two wins. both of them blow-out victories. and when the d is there, the offense gets rolling. >> curry for three! >> reporter: steph curry was dialed in from beyond the arc last night, knocking down 63s and finishing with six steals, which was a playoff career high. his fellow splash brother snapped out of a shooting funk last night. klay thompson led all scorers with 21 points in game five. and after a slow sloppy start at oracle for the warriors, they then want on a huge run to end the first quarter and they never looked back from that point. they won by 20. 98-78. the victory gave the warriors a 3-2 lead in this best of seven

series. but the players know it will be tough to close this thing out down in memphis. >> they won't make it easy for us. obviously, we expect it every game. it's not easy to get a win. we expect a dogfight and a battle. those are the best games to win. >> reporter: so game six is in memphis tomorrow night. that gets started at 6:30 our time. and the warriors are hoping, they are planning to close things out down there at the grind house tomorrow night. but if the grizzlies manage to win they would force a game seven. fortunately for the warriors, that would be back home at oracle. and that would be on sunday with a tip-off at 12:30. and again the team taking off from memphis in just a few hours. they will be boarding the plane about 9:30 and then taking off at 10:00 this morning. >> i am sure every warrior fan would be happy not to have a game seven. >> reporter: we do not want to see them coming back to oracle. it is 7:39.

a couple of warriors fans have taking a classic song and turned it into a steph curry tribute. >> ♪ he will be the answer steph curry, make a three, make a three, make a three ♪. >> so clever. make a three set to the beatles song let it be. according to the chronicle, craig kind and emerson hoff came one the idea. they assembled a group of singers. if you like to hear the song in its entirety we just posted it on our ktvu facebook page. >> i like that. >> i do, too. time 7:40. starting tomorrow if you live in pleasanton and you use too much water, you will be hit with penalties. the city is already asking people reduce water use by 25% compared to the year 2013 and the public works department says most people are doing it. now those who don't, you will have to pay a fine.

now, the amount will vary. it depends on how much that customer went over the limit and for how long. the bills could actually double or even triple. and the city of palo alto adopted new water restrictions this week to meet a 24% city-wide water use reduction by june 1. landscape watering now limited to just two days a week. there are expectations, however, for things like an edible garden and for grassy areas at parks, at schools, and other public places. former giants star barry bonds is taking a swing at major league baseball. "the chronicle" reports he has filed a grievance through the players union claiming the team owners colluded against him and refused to sign him for the 2008 season. the year before he hit 28 home runs and led the national league in walks. bonds claims he was run out of baseball. happening today the state senate is due to vote on a controversial bill that would make it mandatory for

california school children to be vaccinated. the proposed legislation would eliminate the personal or religious belief exemption. however, a child could be exempt from the vaccinations because of medical problems. children who are not vaccinated would have to be home schooled. if the senate passes this bill, it will then head to the state assembly. also happening at the state capitol today governor jerry brown is expected to propose a tax ret credit for the working poor in california. the tax credit would apply to as many as 825,000 families making up to $13,870 a year. the average credit would be about $460. the governor has come under pressure from democrats to spend some of the state's surplus to help people most in need. it is 7:42. the search continues for more possible victims in the amtrak disaster in philadelphia. in 23 minutes the critical technology that could have

prevented the crash and the conductor's connection to the bay area. some bay area starbucks could start brewing more than your morning coffee. up next the plan to expand into happy hour. we are looking at the commute here and traffic is going to be busy if you are trying to get over to san francisco. we see a big picture of the bay bridge here and there is waiting to do. mostly cloudy. cloudy. it has that -- it's going to rain. it's right off the coast. we will get there. it's just swinging it. it's going to be later than sooner.

welcome back to "mornings on 2". it's 7:45. police in san francisco calling attention to what they call a

fencing scam. it involves two contractors. they show up to a house to fix fences. but actually they are robbing older single women. investigators say the men hit six times in the single week this month. they tell the residents they were called by the landlord to work on a fence. one victim tells us that while one man distracted her in the garden, the other one got into the house and stole jewelry given to her by her son and late husband more than 50 years ago. >> no, no, no, no. >> they take my bracelets, three gold rings with diamonds. >> we call this a fencing scam. literally a fencing scam. >> yeah, investigators say it appears the robbers did their research ahead of time to find out when the victims are home alone. police are advising residents contact a neighbor and that fencing company before you let anyone inside your home. it looks like starbucks is brewing up a new business plan. the seattle-based coffee house

has applied to the california alcohol beverage control for licenses to seven beer and wine at 13 locations in the bay area. ktvu learned those locations include santa rosa, petaluma, emeryville, alameda, livermore, and san francisco. can you see on the map many areas are included. reaction to the idea is mixed. a spokeswoman for starbucks says the company is evaluating the potential sites before making any announcements and if they get the permit starbucks says it would offer local wines and beers on their menu. all right. 7:47 is the time. sal, by the way, is was watching tv last night. i saw something a little unusual. check this out. >> uh-oh. >> wayward pines is no ordinary town. watch the premiere event and you could win an apple watch. look for sal revealing the secret word. >> it looks scary. >> yeah, when i was doing that,

let me show you something. >> yeah. >> okay. so they told me to not smile, but not frown either. okay? so, okay, i will try to do it with a piece of paper. it's very awkward. very, very awkward. check this out. >> okay. >> who does that? who does that? i guess i do that. >> it makes me want to watch the show. it makes me curious about how it's connected to that. >> me, too. all right. good morning, everybody. yeah. so they tell you, don't smile, but don't look too mean either. hello. let's go out to the bay bridge toll plaza from sky fox. you can see westbound traffic is going to be slow. nice picture here from our sky fox. and you can see there is waiting to do, but there hasn't been a lot of action on the bridge. and by action, i mean collisions or stalls. we love that. there will be waiting to do, especially if you are coming up from interstate 880 coming on that ramp. all right. let's go to the south bay. a lot of slow traffic on 101,

280 and 285. 580 is not bad. 680 is getting a workout from 282 to walnut creek. 7:48. let's go to steve in the weather center. >> has that twilightzon twilight zone feel to it, sal. we have -- where is the rain? it's right here. it's just taking its time getting here. it's coming in later than sooner. it's aligning itself parallel to the coast. not always the best. looks like the heaviest will be about santa cruz mountains, san jose south. it will swing in. there is some lightning airstrikes embedded in that. it has two speeds. slow and stop. it's working its way towards us. we will have some breaks in the clouds. but mostly cloudy right off half moon bay. trying to form. eventually this will get here. most of the morning commute will be dry. you can see how this is rotating in. southern california is going to get blasted. a possibility of two inches of rain between now and saturday, l.a. and san diego.

san diego if they get that could be the wettest may ever. how about that? sierra nevada waitong -- waiting on that. there could be isolated areas of .5-inch or so. morning rain working its way late morning and then afternoon. any of these breaks in the clouds certainly helps today's system. feeds it. it's may for crying out loud. days are longer. angle of the sun, that would help a little boinancy, a little lift. it's peninsula south bay for rain. as that rotates in a spin in the atmosphere. that is on its way to central and southern california. that's going to be the force for them to get that heavier rain. again, friday, saturday more so than today. a lot of 50s. a little southerly breeze helps as well. george mccray says it has that it's going to rain feel to it. you know it's going to happen. you know it's going to happen. eventually it will. a warmish 53. that's the warmest we have been

in a while. 54 degrees. wind out of the south or the southwest. water temps continue to be cold. they have come up a couple of degrees. cloud cover and a southerly breeze feeds into that coming up a couple. the winter storm warning kicks in. could get a foot of snow in some of the higher elevations. later than sooner. late tonight into friday. in fact, maybe into early saturday. this is what we are waiting for. a lot of this has time to get here. by the time it swings in may be 10, 11:00 or noon for some. mostly cloudy. some rain. it's later though. staying cool. temperatures well below average. possible thunderstorms in the afternoon. that might be a bigger story than any rain coming in. 60s on the temps and those are a far cry from normal this time of year. unsettled into thursday night. friday for us probably. and then we will see improving conditions on the weekend. it just won't be very warm. >> you know, steve, there is quite a bit of weather, as you have been telling us, and we want to show you how to use the ktvu weather app on your phone

so you can keep track of the weather when you are not watching television. just tap on the weather app and it comes up and you can see a map of the bay area. and then if you press the future button and press go you can see the weather system moving into the bay area. and on your screen you can say zoom in on oakland right now. can you see when the rain will be hitting oakland. or you could go up to the north bay. looks like over -- the south bay, look at the weather there. there is another cool feature. if you press hourly you can see in oakland what the weather is going to be like every hour. possible thunderstorms at two or three in the afternoon. if you are heading home it's going to be mostly cloudy in the afternoon. so this is a really cool app that you can have on your phone. get it at the app store for your apple, for your apple phone or also on google+ for your android phone. so a cool fun. you can become a mini

meteorologist. >> i like it, tori. time is 7:52. a disturbing new study about overweight children. coming up in 18 minutes how parents' perceptions of their children may be hurting their health. plus, why actor johnny depp and his dogs are making news overseas and why it's a matter of life and death.

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a couple in michigan welcomed the arrival of their 13th son. >> what's wrong? >> my hats off to that mother. the family had hoped for a girl this time around but it was not in the cards. so now that they have a baker's dozen worth of boys. with her oldest son now 22, the mom says maybe she will have to hope she has a bunch of granddaughters. actor johnny depp has been told he has until saturday to get his dogs out of australia or they will be put down. johnny depp and his wife are accused of not declaring their yorkshire terriers named boo and pistol after they arrived on a private jet last month. the dog's illicit entry was uncovered when a grooming salon posted pictures of the dogs on facebook. the san francisco mayor wants to use some of the city's

tax revenue to help the homeless. he wants to spend $130 $30 million. he thinks the money is needed to make a accident in the homeless problem in san francisco. it's estimated there are more than 6,000 homeless people in san francisco. >> when people say can we see less homeless on the streets, it's not easy. we have to present all the issues that are challenged by it, but then offer up some great solutions. >> there are critics and they worry about the rising cost. this fiscal year san francisco is spending $167 million for homeless services. that compares to $163 million for parks and $112 million for libraries. 7:57. police storm a group of men shooting a rap video in san francisco. >> hands up! the lawsuit now being filed over the raid. plus, all around the bay area thousands of people on

bikes. rediscovering the joy of riding a bike to work. stay tuned. we will have another live report from one of the energizing stations. and one of our employees is rides hig bike to work. he has a camera on his bike showing us what it looks like here. there we go. he is actually stopped here. this looks like the panhandle area. he is going to be riding from ocean beach to oakland somehow. all right. we will see how he does with that.

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good morning. welcome back. live pictures. bay area drivers be alert. give yourself extra time this morning. now, during the day today the streets will be wet. there is even a chance of thunderstorms. look at those clouds. there is another reason to be careful this morning. we are out there live this morning. i like this. these are live pictures. thousands of local cyclists are on the road. >> he cut in front of him. is he allowed to do that? >> this is the ktvu commuter cam, and that's evan on his bike. now, evan making enjoying this ride. bouncing along.

in eight minutes tara moriarty will have more with an annual event happening this morning with the bikes. moving right along. good morning. welcome back to "mornings on 2". thursday, may 14. i am dave clark. >> i am tori campbell. a check of weather and traffic. steve, are you up on the roof again? >> i am indeed. it was very ominous about 6:00. not too bad now. we have some sun breaks. it's been a cool may. i know may you start to think about maybe it's time to barbecue. look at that beauty on the roof. this weber here. you have a top grill. you got a bottom right here. it's clean. and this weekend only i will be knocking a hundred dollars off. just kidding. we look towards san rafael and you see some breaks in the clouds. we will get a break. thank goodness for the morning. i think we will escape without any rain. where is the rain? parallel from the coast monteray to marin county. look for rain and a few breaks and a possible thundershower by this had afternoon.

let's go to sal now. >> all right. steve, good morning to you. we are looking at a commute where traffic is going to be not too bad. certainly some slowing out there. we are going to start off with a look at the east bay commute and eastshore freeway from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. 30 minutes. not as bad as yesterday. and no major slowdowns. when you get to the bay bridge all the approaches are backed up, including the 880 ramp. that's not that great right now. a 20 to 25-minute delay before you make it onto the bridge. i want to continue to talk about san jose. 85 is filled in. 87 slow from earlier problems. 280 is now backing up out of downtown into coupe teenio. an earlier accident on 101. give yourself extra time. happily, if you are getting on the freeway in sunnyvale or mountain view, it's not as bad as it normally is. let's go back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. investigators for the national transportation safety board are back out this morning at the scene of tuesday's

deadly amtrak train derailment in philadelphia. their focus to talk with crew members of the train and to piece together exactly what happened. ktvu fox 2's brian flores is in our newsroom with a bit of good news in connection with the derailment. >> reporter: we understand that earlier today some of the injured who-hospitalized from the train were treated and released. but there is still just heavy concern this morning as about a dozen people are reportedly still unaccounted for. i want to go to some video of crews clearing track and removing any of the debris from amtrak train number 188 which derailed on tuesday traveling from d.c. to new york city. there was an earlier press conference with an ntsb spokesperson who said that they will be examining the data recorders, video cameras on board the train, doing site distance testing and a brake test. anything to pinpoint the exact cause. what we know is that the train was traveling at 106 miles per

hour just before a curve in which the recommended speed was supposed to be 50 miles per hour. seven people were killed. dozens were injured. as crews continue to search through debris and piece together what happened some of the injured, at least according to the hospital spokes people, they are doing better. >> we still have 16 patients in the hospital this morning. i think if you were here in the afternoon yesterday, you remember that we had 23 at the end of the day yesterday. so it's good that seven folks have left. one went to another hospital to a lower level of care. >> reporter: meantime, family members of those killed continue to mourn. some of the victims killed have been identified. one of the people killed was derek griffeth pictured here. he was the dean of students at medgar college in brooklyn. the ntsb says the disaster could have been prevented if there was that electronic control system that automatically slows speeding trains. federal law requires that all passenger railroads and major freight carriers install the control system by the end of the year, but congress is considering extending the

deadline to 2020 to give railroads more time to install the expensive system. now, as for the conductor, 37-year-old brandon bostain, through an attorney he says he doesn't recall the moments before the derailment. we have also learned that he worked for amtrak here in the bay area for about five years and was a caltrain contract employee. this morning he is cooperating with authorities. but as for today, still plenty of unanswered questions, especially for the family members of the victims. tori, back to you. >> yeah, certainly a lot of unanswered questions. a lot of investigation going on. thank you, brian. it is 8:05. we checked whether the train control safety system is being used here in the bay area. caltrain told us it is in the final stages of installing it. the transit agency says the $231 million system will operate by the end of the year as required by current federal law. all of cal trains' 50 locomotives and cab cars would be equipped. bart, however, is not required

to have this technology, although federal safety regulators are suggesting it as an added layer of safety. 8:05. new this morning the president of afghanistan condemning an overnight taliban attack where 14 people were killed at a hotel in kabul, including at least one american. now, afghan police officers are now guarding the park palace hotel where that attack occurred. >> 14 people were killed, including two women. nine victims were foreigners. not from afghanistan. now, police say the taliban attackers stormed this hotel and opened fire while a party was taking place. we don't yet know the name of the u.s. citizen who was killed. also, among the dead a british citizen, an italian and four people from india. 8:06. also new this morning livermore police are looking for a gunman who fired at an officer early this morning. police were called to a reported shooting in the area of chestnut and north first streets just before 1 a.m. an officer approached the suspicious man at the scene.

police say without provocation he fired several shots at the officer who was able to duck into his patrol car to avoid the gunfire. police set up a perimeter, but so far the gunman has not been caught. a group of suspects accused of defrauding a cell phone store is now charged with trying to run over a mountain view police officer. police tweeted a photo of the scene last night at grant park plaza shopping center. the officer was responding to a complaint at an at&t store. the situation escalated and police say the suspects hit one officer with their car. the officer was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. four suspects were taken into custody. a bay area rap artist and three other men have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against san francisco police. they claim police harassed them on march 8th while they were filming a music video in the bayview district. >> everyone on your knees!

>> the lawsuit claims every member of the group was subjected to an unreasonable search, seizure, and arrest at gunpoint. police say two men were arrested, including taj williams, who is suspected of being a felon with a loaded weapon. we have reached out to san francisco police about the lawsuit. so far they have not responded. tori, time is 8:08. new this morning the labor department says the number of people filing for first-time unemployment benefits dropped last week. and it was enough to put the four-week average of applications at just under 272,000, which is the lowest level in 15 years. now, very low levels are considered a sign that americans are enjoying solid job security and that employers are feeling confident enough not to lay people off. 8:08. after a big win at home the warriors are heading back to memphis this morning with a chance to close out their series with the grizzlies.

>> curry for three. score! >> love hearing the crowd there. the warriors went on a 16-2 run to take a one point lead at the buzzer of the first quarter and they never trailed again, winning game five 98-78. steph curry had 18 points and a playoff career high six steals. klay thompson led all scorers with 21 points. >> i feel like i was pressing a little bit in the first quarter. yeah, felt good to see the ball go in. >> the warriors are flying to memphis just over 90 minutes from now. alex savidge will have a live report at 8:30. meanwhile, harrison bans was also a big part of the game five win. late in the first half, oh! he slipped and involuntarily did a split. got up a little gingerly, but stayed in the game. the move got a lot of reaction on social media.

afterwards barnes said stretching every day prepared him for that. it was, quote, very, very awkward. he scored 14 points, including three three-pointers. game six is tomorrow night in memphis. it starts at 6:30 our time. if the warriors win, it's over, baby. but if memphis wins, there will be a game seven. that would be back in oakland at oracle arena on sunday at 12:30. time is 8:10. happening today expect to see a lot more bicycles on bay area roads. today is the 21st annual bike to work day. and ktvu fox 2's tara moriarty live in san francisco. you have been out there since 4:00 this morning when we went on the air. large groups of cyclists have been gathering. san francisco mayor ed lee is supposed to be arriving and peddling up there soon, tara? >> reporter: that's right. the last word that we got he was over where we were last time, at 17th and valencia, at one of those stops. he should be make his way down polk street. meantime, we wanted to show you a new bus from money any.

they have decided to do this pilot run. they have added new bike racks to the fronts of the buses. there used to be two. new there are three. they will get feedback from passengers and see how they are going because they wanted to make more room not just for cyclists but for all passengers. earlier this morning at the 24th street bart station, so far riders have managed to avoid the rain. it looks like it's really cleared up. event organizers expect between 100 to 200,000 people from nine bay area counties to pedal to work and back today. event sponsor say bike to work not only helps the environment by reducing carbon emissions caused by cars, but it promotes good health. along the route riders can grab drinks, snacks, and gift like bicycle bells and helmet lights. we met a woman from facebook. she lives in richmond. she is actually going to be biking a total of 136 miles to

work today. so obviously there is going to be quite a few sore muscles. and we just got word that chief greg sir and the mayor are actually all pretty close by. so they should be heading in here to city hall probably in about, i would say, 20 minutes, 15, 20 minutes. and you can see back here live there is a bunch of people at one of these energizer stations having bananas, power bars. they are pumping up their tires. a lot of comraddy between the cyclists this morning. they like doing this event for a lot of the newbies, the people who aren't used to bicycling or people who had once been bicyclists and they come back and sort of get an interest in it again, it's a great network. they are all sort of on the same page. they listen to music, have that i power bars and head to work. then of course they got to

pedal back. they got to go home at some stage. so obviously we are going to have a lot of in shape people by the end of today. back to you guys. >> looks like fun. yeah, with the mayor and the police chief, they will be there in a minute. we can't rush them. they are the mayor and the police chief, right? all right. >> reporter: yeah, the mayor and police chief will be headed back in. this is where they will come in, i'm told, down this street right here. we saw a lot of folks peddling in just a little bit earlier. it's a lot easier nowadays to spot bicyclists because of these bike lanes. the ones that they have painted green. we should see them pretty soon. we will let you know when they arrive. >> all right. i will touchback to you later. >> i am sure she will tweet it out. researchers say there are disturbing findings from a study on children and obesity. scientists at new york university found that nearly 95% of parents said their children's size was just right even if their children were overweight.

they say that number has jumped by 30% in the past 20 years. researchers say it seems so many children are obese, many parents don't know what a healthy weight looks like any more and that's concerning because it's the parents who can help the children get to a healthy weight. but it's a sensitive issue. obviously, you don't want to make them feel badly about it. 8:14. surveillance cameras in palo alto captured a smash-and-grab robbery. coming up in 22 minutes, look at this. the high end store that was targeted and how this is similar to another crime in february. but first. >> the winner of "american idol." >> another "american idol" has been crowned. after the break a live report from hollywood about the new winner and why his fan base is spreading into the world of sports. we are looking at the south bay commute and we can see some slow traffic in many of the key areas here. especially on 280 at the 880 interchange. we will tell you more coming

up. sun breaks and clouds but our system is inching closer. it will move in later. maybe some thunderstorms this afternoon.

connecticut native nick fradiani is the new "american idol."

the 29-year-old won last night, season 14. >> i am just so happy. it's just, you know, the most emotional thing that has happened to me. seeing my parents out there, the whole thing was just insane. >> fradiani now has a major contract with the same label that represents taylor swift. and his single beautiful life is in the top five of the itunes sales chart. ktvu's pam cook joins us in studio with more on the big plans for that song plus a live report from hollywood. >> reporter: beautiful life will be the official theme song for the women's world cup this summer. that's exciting. i want to get right to hollywood where matt is standing by. has the partying wrapped up or are people still out there celebrating and talking about the new "american idol"? >> reporter: hey, pam. nice to see you again. there is still a lot of buzz around town. we were just with nick, the new "american idol" winner. he said that him and clark both left the afterparty just a couple hours ago, hardly slept, and then went through a round of interviews. they tell us that they still

cannot believe last night happened. nick obviously saying that the reality really hasn't set in. the show last night was absolutely electric. i grew up watching the show on television. being there in person, hearing the sound, seeing those performers live and that final moment when ryan seacrest hesitates and then makes the announcement, i mean, it was absolutely electric. so truly an electric show. >> really, really exciting. and then nick's coronation song, beautiful life, is going to be the theme song for the women's world cup. it reminds me of phillip phillips and his song home for the women's olympic gymnastics too many. it's going to skyrocket him into stardom. >> reporter: for sure. their singles are already available obviously so you can -- online so you can see how interested the fans are in your music. i watched them take 10,000 selfies. we saw them going in and out of hotel rooms, in and out of

cars. they did not hesitate to stop with any single person. i could imagine that they are both stars in the making because when you have that attitude, i think things come your way. >> they both seem -- a lot of the competitors this year, but those two guys, they stayed really close and supportive. it's going to be really exciting to watch his career. thank you so much, matt. thanks for that update. live from hollywood. very exciting. if you want to watch the full world cup anthem video we posted the song on our ktvu.com home page. kind of nice to check it out. dave and tori. >> palm, thank you. time is 8:20. let's get you where you need to go now. sal, you are watching the south bay and everything else. how does it look? >> a little bit slow, dave, tori. northbound 280 is a little bit slow off highway 17. we are going to start there in downtown san jose. you can see the traffic is going to be slow from about bird avenue coming around. i can show you on the map that not only is 280 slow, but 85 and 101 are slow.

although it is improving. when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza you will see the traffic is still backed up there as well. the traffic at the toll plaza, well, we are moving the map to 580 and livermore. that's slow. the traffic at the toll plaza is backed up for a 15 to 20-minute delay. let's go to steve in the weather center. >> sal, i feel like we have been here since 4 a.m. >> yes, we have. >> lot to do here today. plenty going on. up live on the roof at 6 a.m. it looked ominous. we have some blue sky. the rain is beginning to move in. i also tried -- i tried to sell the ktvu third floor barbecue. dave nelson said, steve, what time does that barbecue start? wife and i will bring the hot dogs and chips. thank you for playing along. i know there is some blue sky out there. this is going to help develop this whole system that is moving in along the marin coast just off san francisco, san mateo, and santa cruz. been a couple of observed lightning strikes from that system off monteray as well. probably nothing too heavy yet.

from monteray to bodega bay over 101, it's getting there. it's inching closer. if you have something to do the morning would be good because by late morning, early afternoon this rotates in. you can see how it's all rotating here. there is going to be some really hefty totals in southern california and arizona and also in into the sierra nevada. the lows are up due to the cloud cover. mostly cloudy. some sun breaks in there. but also because of a southerly breeze. water temps have come up with teeny bit. we will keep an eye on that. upper 40s, low 50s. they will drop once the system goes through. not much happening in the sierra, but they are waiting for it to dove. that's why the winter storm warning starts at 11:00. it's going to, once it does, it will be very active through friday morning, i think friday afternoon. could be a foot of snow in some of the higher elevations. a couple of lightning strikes there. so most of the energy will be santa cruz coast, san mateo,

santa cruz mountains, san jose south towards monteray. the afternoon thunderstorms i think could focus more on the east bay. a little bit of afternoon heating even though we are below normal on the temps. get a little lift in the atmosphere. that would be something to keep an eye on this afternoon, are the afternoon thunderstorms. 60s on the temps. these are well below average. close for the coast and bay. but inland they are eight to ten degrees below where they should be. once things get going later today it will continue to early friday. we will be on the drier side. it won't be that much warmer on the weekend. it will be okay, but not -- it's below normal. >> you think afternoon rush hour? >> that's go to be more so. it's hit and miss. it's not widespread. 8:23. bay area starbucks could start brewing up more than your morning coffee. in 25 minutes the coffee chain's plan to expand into happy hour. new rules in oakland schools for suspending students. what it means for bad behavior and the reason the rules are

being changed.

welcome back to "mornings on 2". it's 8:26. the oakland school district approved a measure to stop suspending students for certain bad behavior. this new policy takes effect in july of next year. students can no longer be subs spended for minor acts of defines like wearing a cap or sending a text message in class. students will be suspended or

serious offenses. the u.s. education department investigated complaints that oakland schools suspended african-american students more than othereth mcgroups. facebook is boosting the pay of lower wage workers. it will require that its contractors pay a minimum wage of $15 an hour. that would include employees like janitors and cooks. facebook says anyone that does substantial work for the company as a contractor should also get 15 paid days off for holidays, vacation, and sick time. some of the changes already went into effect on may 1st at the headquarters in menlo park. time is 8:27. a very innovative way to keep lawns very lush, very green in the east bay. after the break the free water giveaway and the catch that's involved. plus, the doves, they are on a roll. another huge win for the warriors last night in their playoff series. we will tell you about the

players' mindset as they head into game six at the grind house. we will also tell you about a tribute song done by some local musicians that is inspiring warriors fans as they look to move on to the rest of the conference finals. good morning. we are looking at a commute that is going to be okay on highway 24. it's a little slow in lafayette and lorinda. no major problems on the way to oakland. we get a break this morning, but later today some of you might be standing in the rain.

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in. good morning. here is a live picture. we are at oakland airport where the golden state warriors are expected to fly out of here in the next hour. ktvu's alex savidge is there as well. alex will have more on the excitement of last night's playoff victory and also the speculation over game six. stay tuned. alex will be here in a couple of minutes and so will the warriors. it's thursday morning, may 14. i am dave clark. let's talk about weather and traffic. >> it's all south and offshore. it's swinging in our direction. so we'll see some rain out of this. i know you might have blue skies over you right now, but we will cloud it up. this is a dynamic system for this late in the season. not only offshore, not only on the coast, there is a line parallel there. look what's coming up. this is going to rotate into the east bay later today. these breaks adds to the instability here. things are quiet now. some rain on the marin coast.

not a lot. in fact, some of this may not be reaching ground. some is as to begins to push north. this is what's going to rotate back in. some of that this afternoon. so that's why i think south bay, east bay. north bay will probably miss out. they are not done completely because some of that wraparound could give them some shower activity. for the morning it's mainly partly sunny to mostly cloudy. 50s on the temps. water temps are up there a little bit, although they are still on the cold side. sierra nevada winter storm warning at 11:00. things pick up later today, tonight into tomorrow. sal, what do we have going on? >> a look at the some of the busiest commutes in the east bay right now, steve. they haven't become any better. in fact, there is a quite a bit of waiting on the bay bridge from 880 ramp and 580 approach from the 80 split. it's backed up to the macarthur maze. a 25-minute delay. 580 improved in livermore. it looks pretty good. a couple of earlier problems.

but 580 does look good. as we go up to 680 from pleasanton hill and walnut creek it's moderate. today is bike to work day, and we have ktvu commuter cam. this is evan, one of our employees. he is riding to work today. he is riding right now on market street. careful, ev. you see that. okay. i don't think he can hear me. this is market street. take his bike the final way to our studios here at jack london square. i think it's a gopro or a phone. it's pretty cool though to watch that. >> that's good. we are riding with him, sal. >> exactly. 8:33. police in palo alto have released dramatic surveillance video as they keep searching for thieves who smashed a car right into bloomingdale's department store and they quickly stole a lot of jewelry. ktvu fox 2's janine de la vega

has the latest on where the investigation is. >> reporter: police don't have much to go on right now. from this surveillance video you can't tell if these burglers are men or women or what ethnicity they are. investigators are hoping by releasing this footage it may prompt someone to come forward with information. here is video from 4 a.m. yesterday morning of a red jeep cherokee bursting through the frondose of the bloomingdale department store. the thieves run in and smash the glass cases containing jewelry and watches. police say they were inside for a minute but they made off with a lot of loot. the thieves then raced away and dumped the jeep on palo alto avenue. police say it had been reported stolen the day before. in february a similar crime happened at a camera store on california avenue. someone drove a minivan through the front doors and stole equipment. >> we are surprised they are still at it. i hope the police will catch them in the end. >> we don't know if it's related to the photography store at this time. we are still going to be looking at both types of situations and see what we can find.

>> reporter: ktvu went into the store and took still photos of the cases smashed in bloomingdale's. six damaged cases. the staff is taking inventory of exactly how much was stolen. police have combed the inside of the stolen car for evidence and are looking at other surveillance video from the shopping center to see if it can provide more leads. but they should could use some help from the public on this one. reporting from palo alto, janine de la vega, ktvu fox 2 news. 8:35. the driver and the only survivor of a single car crash in gilroy that killed four people now face drunk driving charges. investigators say 24-year-old anthony embronin could be charged with vehicular manslaughter. tuesday night he was driving four friends near the gilroy outlet stores and did not follow a turn in the road. his car rolled into a dry creek bed. all four passengers died, including three girls who were due to graduate from high school

next month. >> knowing that she had three weeks left, she would have graduated with us. she should have been there with us. >> those girls all went to different high schools in the gilroy school district. grief counselors are helping the students as well as the school staff cope with their deaths. well, one of the suspects in the san jose home invasion turned himself in to police. now, police say the 17-year-old is being held at juvenile hall. the search is going on for a second man seen in this surveillance video. last friday at a home in the evergreen neighborhood this happened. the men grabbed knives out of the kitchen and went through the house room by room. they tried to kick down a bedroom door when they realized two women and a baby locked themselves inside. they ran away after one of the women called 911. recycled water that's normally dumped in the bay is being given away for free at.

all you have to do is go there and get it. pretty savvy homeowners want to keep their lawns lush and green, they are taking advantage of this giveaway. jerry liberty here of martinez says he turns his hose on twice a week with no regrets because he regularly fills a 275-gallon tank with that free recycled water and he says he got the idea from a friend. >> after church we went to dinner with some friends and we were talking about the water shortage and stuff and somebody mentioned they had the recycled water. so i checked online. went over and got certified and now i can do it. >> now, in order to stave off any neighbors who might be suspicious, homeowners who use that water put up signs on their lawns letting people know this is recycled water they are using. district officials say it's a very popular program. in fact, in just the first 12 days of this month the district has given away more than a

quarter million gallons of recycled water. warriors dominated the memphis grizzlies in a pivotal win breaking a tie in the series. up 3-2 now. steph curry and the boys head to game six tomorrow. alex savidge live from the oakland airport where the team is set to take off in just about an hour. any sight of them? >> reporter: not yet. there are expected to arrive in an hour or so. we are at one of the executive terminals here. they are going to head down there entirely focused on closing out the grizzlies on the road in game six tomorrow at the grindhouse, as we all like to call it here. it will not be easy. the warriors right now, they are playing fantastic defense. and that's leading to some great offense. >> curry for three. score! >> reporter: and there is steph.

he was dialed in last night from deep, knocking down six threes. he finished with six fields as well which was a playoff career high for him him. fellow splash brother snapped out of a shooting funk last night. klay thompson had 21 points. after the warriors got off to a slow and sloppy start in game five at oracle, they then went on a huge run to end the first quarter and from that point forward they never looked back. they won by 20. the final score 98-78. of course, this was a critical victory. they gave the warriors a 3-2 lead in the best of seven series. the players know they still have their work cut out for them. it will not be easy to close this thing out down in memphis. but they are counting on their strong defense. >> we have just done our best to really stay strong defensively and when we play good defense that leads to our offense. we are able to run. get a couple of dunks on the break. we get open shots. it seems like when we are playing good defense, it fuels our offense. >> ♪ he will be the answer,

steph curry, make a three, make a three, make a three, make a three ♪. >> reporter: all right. and if w nation is looking for inspiration today, for the first time since 1975, by the way, check out this song. it was put together by a couple of local musicians. it's a tribute to mvp steph curry. now, according to the chronicle, craig kind and emerson hoff came up with the idea. they had help from friends who work at a music studio and assembled a whole group of singers to put together that song. an amazing song. they did a fantastic job with it. it's very inspiring. >> yeah, it is. >> what they did for steph curry. and if you want to hear the whole song, by the way, we put it up on our facebook page.

>> and we should mention the winner of this series, we don't want to say oakland yet, but the winner will play the winner of the clippers-rockets series. last night houston took a 3-2 lead. that's going to be interesting. >> reporter: that got interesting. the clippers kind of had that thing in hand, and now all of a sudden it turned around. >> thank you, alex. >> so the warriors game in memphis starts tomorrow at 6:30 our time. if memphis wins, there will be a game seven at oracle arena sunday at 12:30. an important deadline for new england patriots quarterback tom brady. today is the last day he can appeal his four game suspension in the deflategate scandal. an independent reported concluded he was at the very least generally aware of inappropriate activities in regards to taking air out of footballs. brady has hired a high-powered attorney to handle his appeal. his agent called the punishment ridiculous and without any legitimate basis. let's shift gears literally

because racecar driver helio castroneves had a scare yesterday during a practice run for the indianapolis 500. he was training at the indianapolis motor speedway. he was going about 220 miles when his car wiggled, spun, and then crashed into that wall. then he went airborne landing upside down before the car tumbled and ended upright. look at this again. he really hit it. and he is going 220 miles an hour. they checked him out. he was later released from the hospital. now, castroneves has won the indianapolis 500 three times. the race is a week from sunday. well, he looks like -- it likes beyonce is giving support to a democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton. she went to a fundraiser for hillary clinton and her campaign last night in new york. here is a photo of beyonce at the event. this was tweeted out by one of her fans. the fundraiser was a $2,700 a heady vent at the home of epic

records ceo. that's l.a. reid in the background there. so beyonce was there. all right. 8:42. deportation or death? that's the choice johnny depp's dogs are facing in australia. after the break the looming deadline and the reason for the stiff and absolute ultimatum. a national day of action. tori will be talking live to actor danny glover about what bay area postal workers are demanding from the u.s. postal service. we are looking at the san francisco commute and it looks pretty good on northbound 101. and on southbound 101 also. however, it is slow getting in from the east bay. we will run that down for you. well, some rain is on the way. even if we are getting a break this morning, later today it looks like some will move in. we will talk about that and see what's in store for tonight and tomorrow.

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8:46 protests against proposal service cuts are scheduled at u.s. post offices across the country today. it's a day of action by the american postal workers union which represents 400,000 mail sorters and counterworksers. their contract is set to expire next wednesday. in the bay area there are demonstrations scheduled in oakland, san francisco, san jose, petaluma, santa rosa and

walnut creek. joining me live from washington, d.c. is san francisco native actor danny glover getting involved on this day of action. good morning. >> good morning. how are you doing? >> doing really well. now, you have a special kinship with this group because you come from a family of postal workers. what do most people not know about the challenges of this type of work? >> well, i think on the one hand, you made me smile when you say i come from a family, you know, because most of my culturation as a young child came through -- by way of the fact that my parents were postal employees. and proud postal employees. they had good jobs. they had jobs that situated them in the middle-class. allowed them to buy their first home. allowed them to raise a family and everything else. and it was a sense of pride that went into this, you know? there was a sense of

camaraderie that went among postal employees. >> mr. glover, we are almost out of time. i am really sorry. we are almost out of time. what is your goal for this day? what do you want to accomplish? >> well, you should have given me more time. that is the first thing, okay? why don't you go on. if you don't have enough time, don't bother. don't give me two minutes. i am from san francisco and oakland. you could have given me more time. i am not somebody who moved by the wayside. i took this on because it's something important for the people to know. as a democracy, their voice has to be heard in this. >> absolutely. i apologize. because of the satellite, we are just limited with our time. but we want to let you know ktvu will have continuing coverage of today's day of action for postal workers. so tune in on air and online for the very latest throughout the day.

dave. time is 8:48. let's check traffic one more time. sal is keeping an eye on our commute this morning. how things are happening on the roads. >> that's right. it's pretty slow out there. i want to let you know that traffic has not improved in some areas where we'd like like it to. in the east bay it has been slow. people are asking me, what time does it normally improve at the bay bridge? that answer is not certain because some days by too time it's much lighter. today it is not. if you are trying to get into san francisco, it's a 25 to 30-minute delay. this is san francisco itself. northbound 101 looks okay at the 80 split. the peninsula, we can look at our maps very quickly, and southbound 101 and northbound 101 slow near the candlestick area and slow again in san mateo as you approach 92. the san mateo bridge has improved. let's go to steve and the weather. thank you, sir. most of -- i wanted to play this

song. > [music] maybe later today. we will show you why because there is a line right off the coast. all right. see the little line there right off the coast? that's not so much what i'm concerned about. it's okay. but it's weak. look what's coming up from merced. see it? boom, boom, boom, boom. that's going to develop later on especially east bay. this will give us rain. i would favor the santa cruz mountains, santa cruz coast and monteray. these sun breaks will help stabilize the atmosphere. there might be a little bit of rain to the north. not a lot. but this system is working its way towards us and embedded with few lightning strikes. it's really what's rotating up and that could come up from the valley and that's the one to keep an eye on. the whole situation is giving california some very crazy weather. especially southern california and up in the sierra nevada later on. 50s on the temps.

these are much warmer. and i think by tonight and tomorrow things could be really crazy up there. so the best time to go would be in the morning. winter storm warning 11:00 a.m. may not kick in until one or two. goes to friday morning. right here you can see where this is mainly monteray to santa cruz. that's the best bet for any steady rain or heavier rain pockets, a half-inch of rain. these showers later in the valley. possible thunderstorms. these sun breaks are helping feed that. mostly cloudy. some rain. 60s on the temps. 60s, low mid-to-upper. these are a far cry where we should be this time of year. it will be a mild pattern here but staying on the cool side here. so not really warming up that much, dave, into the weekend. it looks okay but it will be cool. let's go to tori. >> we know you are the weather authority. in case you want to keep track of the weather while you are not watching television we want to

show you this cool ktvu weather app. so you just press that button on your screen, whether it's your phone or our tablet, and then you see right here the map of the bay area and you press the future and you can see where the green is kind of moving in and then you can zoom in. maybe you want to look at what's going on in gilroy or morgan hill. you can zoom in there and go up to the east bay. see when things are going to be popping up right there on your screen. we also want to show? focusing on oakland. you could go to any city you want. let's say you want to look at san jose. and now san jose is going to be your center city and then you want to see what it's going to look like during the day by each hour and you can scroll down and see, okay, at 5:00, 6:00, there is going to be scattered thunderstorms there. but by 9:00, 10:00, it's going to be mostly cloudy. so a great app to be able to follow the weather even when you are not watching television and maybe you can become the weather authority as well. you can get this for your iphone or your ipad at the app store with apple or google+

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it is coming up on 8:55. johnny depp has been told he has to saturday to get his dogs out of australia or they will be put down. johnny depp and his wife are accused of not declaring their yorkshire terriers after they arrived in queensland last month. australia has strict quarantine laws to prevent the spread of animal disease and infection. >> there is a price. if you want to bring animals in, you need a permit, they go to quarantine and then you can have them. if we start letting movie stars, even thee he has been the sexiest man alive twice, why don't we break the laws for

everybody? it's time that pistol and boo go back to the united states. >> the dogs illicit entry was uncovered when a local grooming salon posted photos of the dogs on facebook. well, a financial incentive may help some people quit smoking. there is a study in the "new england journal of medicine" that looked at five different stop smoking programs. it found that people who paid a cash deposit that would only be refunded after they quit, they were the most successful. they were twice as likely to quit as opposed to people who were simply given cash after they quit. they were five times more likely it to quit as opposed to people who received free help, like a nicotine patch. this research says the program seems to trigger people's natural dislike of losing money. you don't want to lose money. >> no, you don't want to lose money. so, sal, quickly, i think i misspoke about the clippers-rockets series. >> yeah, the clippers are leading 3-2 in that series. houston, i think what happened is houston won the last game.

>> okay. >> so they did win. but the clippers have three to go. >> okay. >> and the warriors are up 3-2. >> yes, they are. good morning. speaking of the warriors, let's look at the area near oracle arena where traffic is moving a little bit slowly heading north up to downtown oakland. there are no major problems there. the traffic continues to be slow to about 23rd if you are heading south, there is no problem. look at this. we are not getting any love today for people who like to wait. maybe you can wait a little longer. a 25 to 30-minute wait before you make it onto the bridge. and on the peninsula 101 it's slow. 280 so much before down south. today's weather might actually be bad for the commute later, right, steve? >> more so later than this morning. there is some sun breaks. it's midwest weather. wait five minutes. we will see some rain on the coast. later today showers, possible thundershowers into friday. staying cool for a while. >> you will keep our biker evan dry for a little bit? >> for the morning.

>> for the morning anyway. >> after that he is on his own. these are cool pictures. >> i am loving it. >> that's our report for this morning. thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. >> ktvu news is back at noon. you can get your local latest headlines on our ktvu mobile app and ktvu.com. this is video of bike to work day. a lot of cyclists heading out. those helmets, of course. >> a nice way to get fresh air. thanks for watching, everyone. have a great day. ticket to tempur-pedic event. save up to $300 on the cooling comfort of tempur-breeze. plus, get up to 36 months interest-free financing. sleep risk-free with sleep train's 100-day money back guarantee. and of course, free same-day delivery! are you next? announcer: make sleep train your ticket to tempur-pedic. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪

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