a car thief leads the chp on a police all the way to concord.

a vehicle crashes into an innocent driver. we'll tell you about the unique phone call he made during the pursuit. an attempted kidnapping in campbell. the man police say they are looking for after police say he tried to grab a 10-year-old girl. >> reporter: real tense moments for people living in this san jose neighborhood where we are this morning after a brush fire burns dangerously close to homes in this area. we'll tell what you it took for crews to get this fire under control. we're lav in berkeley, where a -- we're live in berkeley, where a dramatic police chase ended in a crash. tara moriarty is following the story. coming up, she will tell us about the surprising phone call the suspect is said to have made right in the middle of the ordeal. good morning, well dumb to "mornings on 2." it's monday, may 18th. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. let's check weather and

traffic. was it still chilly when you came in? >> yes. very gray and cool. i don't see any changes this week. in fact, if anything, there might be more thunderstorm activity, wednesday and thursday. skies lit over lake county yesterday. mostly cloudy, partly sunny. breezy, cool, cool. a lot of clouds this afternoon. a few showers to the north again. and mostly cloudy continued cool with the possibility of more showers, later in the week. this is from chloe, lightning bolt hilt a house in clearlake, area of clearlake at 5:53. check your facebook for more. i already did. and there were a lot of reports there coming in. in fact, e-mail and facebook. good information. thank you. the moisture continues to wrap back in. things calm down. there could still be a little bit of isolated showers. light showers near modesto all asoergtsed -- associated with another low. 40s, 50s. even if you don't get any shower activity there's probably plenty clouds.

west at oakland, 13. west-southwest fairfield. west at napa. things will pick up in the afternoon. mendocino county, lake county could be in for more shower. the big screaming message, how cool it is for this time of year. way below normal. sal, you have an issue you want to get right to. that's right. hayward, southbound 88 at -- southbound 880 at winton. there's the crash on 880 south on the shoulder near winton. the damage is done. 880 will be very slow out of san leandro near marina boulevard. you can see the traffic and paul, will you tilt up for me? i want to see how bad this backup is. tilt up to 238 if you can because i want to show our viewers here and he is doing that. look at that. look at all of that slow traffic.

coming around the curb. it's backed up. see that ramp over there. that's 238 and 238 is at a standstill coming around. i mean, that ramp is just stopped. this is just terrible traffic coming in from 580 and 238 and that's because the crash was in the lanes for a while as you saw it's on the shoulder. this is what you have to deal with. use alternate routes. get yourself on the freeway. you will save a lot of time doing that. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza now. it's backed up for a 15, 20- minute delay. there are no major problems on the bridge. we continue to follow contra costa traffic and highway 4 is slow and highway 680 is the same. it's kind of the usual slow traffic, nothing out of the ordinary. 24 is a decent drive from walnut creek to oakland. back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. police have called off the search for a driver suspected of stealing a car in contra costa county and crashing it in berkeley early this morning. tara moriarty is live in berkeley to tell us about the

bizarre phone call that the suspect made in the middle of the chase. such an unusual thing, tara. >> reporter: definitely. well, not only did he steal a car, lead police on -- chp on this crazy chase and then crash into an innocent bystander's car, but he has the audacity to call 911 and tell authorities to call off the search. now, they did not, obviously. but a couple of hours ago, they did end the search after they tried looking for him for four hours and were up able to. this is some of the damage left in his wake. he crashed into a silver suv in berkeley around midnight. the suv flipped. the victim was taken to the hospital. the took -- suspect took off. the chp said it was forced to pursue the vehicle by helicopter since he was driving the wrong way, all the way from concord to berkeley. >> ran multiple traffic breaks to attempt to stop the driver at a safe location during all

of this that was going on, he called 911 and made a few statements to our dispatch and we relayed that he wasn't going back to jail. >> reporter: the chp said it couldn't halt the search out of public safety. once he started to drive the right way, officers chased him by car. the chp and berkeley police combed the area near the crash site knocking on doors, searching backyards but the search was called off. the search is described as white, short hair, medium build between 20 and 25 years old. police say the car he was driving was stolen out of martinez. live from berkeley, tara moriarty,back to you. >> thank you. fire crews are staying busy around the bay area. overnight they were on the scene of a small grass fire in san jose that briefly threatened holes. alex savidge is live to explain what it took to control those flames. good morning, alex. >> reporter: yeah, tori, good morning to you.

a real close call for people to live in this neighborhood in san jose. we're inside a mobile home park in the area. you can see as you look here at this charred hillside, just how close the flames came to some of the homes. moved up to the backyards but thankfully crews were able to get this brush fire under control pretty quickly in 45 minutes or so before it could do any damage. it started around 9:30. it was burning in the area of curtner and communications hill boulevard. now, we also want to move and show you another fire that broke out yesterday as well. crews have been busy around the bay area. this one investigators are trying to figure out how it started near the altamont pass at 2:49 in the afternoon. it was around 580 near north flynn road. firefighters were here to help put out the flames. 75 acres burned in the area. there was also a brush fire on friday in hercules. crews have been very busy around the bay area with the

brush as dry as it is. this particular fire damaged one home and threatened several others before crews were able to get it under control. coming back here to stay, this the scene behind the mobile home park. it came very close to these homes. but again, crews moved quickly on this fire and brought it under control before it did any damage here. >> scary and a reminder that we are in fire season right now. have to be very careful. thank you. we are a week away from memorial day, what's traditionally the kickoff to brentwood's you pick cherry season but this lackluster winter is putting a damper on the fun. it's not a good year for the cherries but not only the drought. the fruit ripened early. the crops have been small. some orchards opened to the public and one farmer said his

trees are picked trees. it's not expected to open next weekend even though that's when the crowds usually show up. nine people are in dead in texas, 18 others were hurt after a shootout between several motorcycle gangs yesterday afternoon. investigators say the gangs met at this restaurant in waco, texas to settle their dispute about turf and recruiting. that's when a fist fight started. it escalated into a fight and there was shooting. police moved in. that may have helped save the lives of customers and workers inside the restaurant during the shootout. one woman called back to the freezer area where some of the waitresses were hiding. >> really, really scary. we didn't know if somebody was gonna come back. they said somebody outside of the doors had guns. >> only members of the motorcycle gang are listed among the dead. one police officer was treated for a heat-related problem.

president obama now banning the federal government from giving some military-style equipment to local police departments. this comes after growing controversy over police departments receiving armored vehicles and high-powered frirles. the task force says there is a risk of police misusing that equipment and that could undermine community trust. later today, president obama will go to camden, new jersey, he will meet with young people as well as law enforcement talking about ways to build trust between the police and the community. 7:10. the air force is investigating this deadly crash of a military aircraft in hawaii that killed a u.s. marine. 22 people were on board the aircraft when it crashed during a training exercise at bellos air force base in oahu. everyone on board was hurt. survivors have injuries ranging from critical to minor.

witnesses saw a dust cloud and flames shot up in the air. >> flames were coming up 20 feet high. a lot of people were rushing in trying to help as much as possible. there was some melly trained -- medically trained people trying to help. >> so far the military is not releasing any other information about the crash victims. there is a gofundme page to help one of the u.s. marines killed in a crash on a rescue mission in nepal. he was one of six killed in the crash the hive willed with his family in riverside county county. apple may not be getting all of the damages it won from

samsung it won a couple of years ago in that patent lawsuit. the appeals court reversed some of the judgment. the court said there was still an infringement but it also said $382 million will are to be reconsidered by a lower -- will have to be reconsidered by a lower court. an an attempted kidnapping -- an attempted kidnapping. janine de la vega has more on that. and the wait is over. now we know who the warriors will play in the next round of the playoffs. the excitement is building up to tomorrow night's big game. good morning. we're looking at a morning commute that's been ruined by a crash in a bad spot, 880 southbound. that crash is on the shoulder. but you wouldn't believe how bad the backup is. we'll show you that -- coming up. big-time thunderstorms in lake county on sunday.

maybe that continues today. if not, it will be a cool may pattern. we'll show you how cool on this monday forecast. sfx: (roar) ♪ sfx: (roar) sfx: (engine roars)

the western conference final set. the warriors face the rockets with game 1 tomorrow night in oakland. scott reese has a look at what lies ahead. >> reporter: warriors continue their trek through the eastern most cities in the western conference. they had their way with the rockets during the regular season, winning all four games by an average of 15 points. houston plays at a pace that's more conducive to what the doves like to do. >> i wouldn't say it will be easier. it seems like in the playoffs, things take a different shape. in the western conference

finals you have to expect that to be the same. >> reporter: the same would be just fine at a team that played winning at an elite level against the games in memphis. does the momentum carry over? >> it's hard to say. there's different strengths and weaknesses of teams. you have to feel it out as you go. i think our confidence is high and that's a big factor how you play. >> reporter: confidence is high but the stakes are getting higher. think about all the warriors have accomplished winning two playoff games for if the first time in 40 years. they've won eight. now they need to win eight more. >> it's gra et to get to where we are. but we expected to be here in a way. you don't want to rest on this. we've had success but we want have more success. >> we're half bay there. it's a long grind. that's why people are so happy when they do win a

championship. it's hard to do. we're in a good place and have to keep going. >> that was scott reese reporting. again, game 1 tomorrow night at oracle arena. brian flores is out talking to fans in oakland. he will have more on playoff fever coming up in 20 minutes. >> brian flores of the three- pointer. >> yes. the brian flores. >> he can do it. >> he does extremely well. we'll talk to him and we're also gonna talk to sal. we have major traffic backup problems. yes, we do. even though the crash itself has been removed, i asked skyfox it help us out at 880 and 238, a sea of stop-and-go traffic. look at that traffic. you can see traffic is -- this is castro valley. this is 238 and as our skyfox

leans down, you can see the slow traffic there. i realize it's kind of an uncomfortable position. but 238 traffic leads way down to the ramp here. look at that ramp. it's stopped and there is 880. if you want to see what it looks like on the ramp. we can do that for you. what we just saw is right there on my map. let's go to the maps so i can show you the viewers what we're looking at. see that big loop here. that's the big loop. all of that slow traffic heading down to where the crash was. that crash is on the shoulder but the damage is done. it's backing up into castro valley. we'll keep watching this for you. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza now. that's backed up for a 15, 20- minute delay. i do want to mention -- i forgot to mention alternate routes. let's go back to the maps. 80 southbound get on the freeway -- 880 southbound get on the freeway after 92. use mission or something and you will be in much better

shape. let's go to steve in the weather center. we have a mostly cloudy morning. cloudy, almost every oner isvation at 7:00 says cloudy, some says fog. santa rosa. there is a little bit of rain out towards e ja and san joaquin -- out towards sacramento and san joaquin valley. a lot of clouds. a few few showers. mostly cloudy, continued cool this week. moisture continues do rotate around the lows which drop in and they eject out and cause all sorts of issues. they go in the four corners and out in the plains. some of these -- the thunderstorm activity dies down at night. you pick it up in the afternoon, get heating. days are longer. of the sun is -- angle of the sun is higher. thunderstorm activity around las vegas. another system drops in and keeps the peat going probably all the way to the end of the

month, although the system is coming in after the week looks weaker. antonio, this is in daly city, he says currently 53 and foggy with a 7-mile-an-hour breeze out of the north. our summer is here in dc. westerly breeze, west- southwest, it's onshore. water temps have come up a little bit. keep an eye on these. they were very, very cold. 30s up in the mountains. 50s through the valleys. also 50s up and down the coast. this is the area most concerned about. all week long scrowrs are scrowrs are in the forecast -- scattered showers are in the forecast. tuesday afternoon, 3:00, 4:00. and then wednesday another round comes in 3:00, 4:00, and

i think into thursday as well. up to the north could be very act in. partly sunny in the afternoon but a cool pattern. upper 60s, low 70s. extremely cool for inland areas. 10, 15 degrees below normal. about 5, 7 coast and bay. i don't see much change here. inland temps, upper 60s low 70s at best. it looks better and warmer as we head towards the weekend. it was pretty cool in southern california, too. and didn't get any rain. but dark clouds. very -- >> i think you got there after it left. >> steve is thinking like the rest of the month. >> it's a choice between the 60s and 90s, i will take the 60s. developing news from iraq. islamic state fighters have seized control of ramada, iraq, despite airstrikes led by the u.s. the officials say militants likely killed up to 500 iraqi civilians and

soldiers and forced 8,000 people from their homes. 7:22. concerns growing this morning. an outbreak of bird flu spreading across farms in the midwest. in 25 minutes how this contagious virus is affecting humans. what's being done to stop it from spreading. you made a gesture that many consider -- >> days after announcing her bid for u.s. senate, caught in controversy. the comment that has her running from reporters.

a paragliding accident killed a man. it happened at mussel rock beach. the man hit the cliffs and died before the rescue teams to get him back to the top. officials not releasing his name or where he lived or how much experience he had paragliding. >> with any aviation, you are taking risk. you have to think very kayfully about how to minimize that risk. >> it's safe but obviously the sport is as safe as you make it. >> there was another accident

at mus mussel -- mussel beach two years ago. loretta sanchez is apologizing for mocking native- americans in a gesture that was caught on video. >> i'm going to the office thinking i'm gonna be with -- right? and i go in there -- >> speaking saturday to a group of delegates in anaheim, she described her confusion about meeting with the indian- american caucus. sanchez who is running for u.s. senate apologized yesterday saying we all make mistakes. on saturday, sanchez was seen literally running from reporters asking her about the gesture. >> you made a gesture that -- >> hey, hey, hey. >> do you feel like you took that back? >> sanchez is running for the

u.s. senate seat being vacated by barbara boxer. kamala harris is also running. amtrak trains are rolling between new york and philadelphia this morning. in 20 minutes, the promise coming from the rail service and what crash investigators are focusing on. >> reporter: over the weekend, a young girl is almost kidnapped by a stranger in campbell. police are on the lookout for the suspect this morning. we'll let you what leads they've developed. we're looking at the morning commute and checking out contra costa county. highway 4 westbound, you can see slowing here. it's a little better that be we normally see it. we'll also check out a problem spot in the east bay. cool may. it looks like a cool week ahead.

a neighborhood in campbell on edge after a man tried to kidnap a young girl by grabbing her right off the sidewalk as she was walking her dog. ktvu fox 2's janine de la vega is looking into how she got away and the new clues police are hoping will lead to an arrest. good morning. welcome once again to "mornings on 2." it's monday, may 18th. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. let's check weather and traffic. steve has things to tell you.

i was back out there again. it's chilly. very cool for may. way below normal temps. no sign of really any warmup. maybe by sunday. but until then, we have to deal with a series of lows dropping in. they just don't to carve themselves out. water temps, cold. everything is on the cool side. but before we get going. this is kathy, she said can you wish my son luka a happy birthday? he's watching you right now. no, i can't. [laughter] >> of course we can. happy birthday. you might want to bundle up a little bit. napa, 50 to start. mostly cloudy go only 67 degrees. about 10 degrees below average. cloud cover continues to rotate around off the sierra coming up from the san joaquin/sacramento valley. boy, did the thunderstorms erupt over lake county. maybe more of the same today. 40s, mainly 50s. a no no doubt about it westerly

breeze. it's a could cool pattern in place. we get partly sunny to mostly cloudy skies. a little breeze here and there. maybe blustery for some and a few showers are possible. i would think mendocino county, lake county, northern napa maybe even solano county. 50, 60s or very low70s. hayward. there was a crash 880 bnd at winton. that's -- 880 southbound at winton. that's been cleared. skyfox is over castro valley looking at the slow traffic. that's westbound 580 in castro valley coming on through. it's backed up big time. it stays that way on 238. a lot of people are driving to 238 and then 880. some of those people go to the san mateo bridge and westbound 580 traffic is going to be slow as you drive through. now, the traffic continues to be vo. let's go to the maps. i want to show you something

here. the map commute shows you all of the red. it's extending all the way back into the dublin canyon because of this earlier crash. the crash is there where the icon is. it's out of the lanes. you need to give yourself extra time. you can use mission boulevard and get onto 880 afterwards. what's happening with 880, it was okay. a lot of people are getting through. it's very slow. give yourself extra time. that's probably the best option right there. 580 through livermore is gonna be slow. 680 is gonna be very slow as you head down to san jose and 680 is slow in walnut creek as well. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza. it's backed up for a 15, 20- minute delay before you make it on the span. 7:33. let's go back to the desk. police in campbell now asking for help. they are trying to find a man who tried to kidnap a young girl over the weekend. janine de la vega joining us live in campbell and you have brand-new evidence that police

released about their investigation. >> reporter: and police are looking for any tips to help them. they don't know if this man is gonna trike again. they are especially concerned because this attempted kidnapping happened near a park as well as two schools and the man ended up grabbing this girl during the daytime. it was 10:00 a.m. on saturday morning. now, here is a look at what the suspect sketch looks like. this man is being described as being asian or liberty, mid-30s -- or latino, mid-30s. two videos confirm he was stalking the fifth grader in his silver or tan older model sedan waiting for her to cross the street on hacienda road. she was asking her dog. police say he got out of his car, grab her, pushed her to the ground. she screamed and he ran away. >> our investigators have been

working nonstop since yesterday morning. we want to identify him as quickly as possible to prevent anything like this from happening again. >> i hope it won't be somebody doing it often. i hope they catch him and give him the punishment due. >> reporter: besides the still photograph police have released this surveillance video. the neighborhood is near fisher park but detectives were given information that he was at the john morgan park. he was wearing a black and white beanie and wearing atickettive coat that was brown or tan -- a distinctive coat that was brown or tan. meantime, the suspected drunk driver whose car hit and killed a mother and her 1-year- old daughter in livermore could be charged today. on saturday, the family and friends of the victims, they

marched in downtown livermore demanding justice. es. police say brian jones was driving drunk when his car crashed into him. he was out on jail. he could face vehicular manslaughter or second-degree murder. the family and friends will remember the life of a gilroy high school girl. she was one of the three killed after the car she was in was killed. the police was -- the driver was drunk. tighter restrictions on the sale of tobacco products and e- cigarettes could be headed to santa clara county.

later this morning, ken yeager will hold a news conference to announce his proposal to raise the purchasing age of tobacco products to 21. yeager is concerned that e- cigarettes devices are being marketed to young people with unknown health consequences. several cities across the u.s., including new york city, have raised the age to buy tobacco products to 21 largely because of the growing concern of popularity of e-cigarettes. the city of berkeley is set to reveal how much money is being collected through the new soda tax. last november, residents voted in a 1-cent per ounce tax on drinks with added sweeteners. this was the first of its kind to be successfully passed in the u.s. the city is creating a committee to advise the city council on how best to use the tax revenue. it was part race, part roving street party at yesterday's beta breakers in

san francisco. at least 11 people were arrested. a 50,000 people registered for the race that goes from the financial district to ocean beach. even more people watch from the sidelines and joined in after the runners passed. a man and woman from kenya won the elite divisions. if you would lick to see more pictures -- like to see more picture, we have them at ktvu.com. 7:38. can we talk basketball? now we know who the warriors will play in the western conference finals. the houston rockets beat the clippers yesterday. they are moving on in the playoffs. brian flores joining us live in oakland with playoff fever in the city, brian. >> reporter: getting hot here. playoff fever is all over the place. not just here but throughout the bay area. why not? everyone is talking about the warriors even on the paper this morning, this is the cover of the san francisco chronicle. if i can set that up properly,

see a bunch of smiling faces. the headline reads it's all coming together, talking about who the warriors will play next in the finals now against the rockets tomorrow night in oracle arena. many fans are hoping for a warriors clippers matchup only because of the rivalry. the regular season as scott reese mentioned about 15 minutes ago, the warriors fared well winning all four games by an average of 15 minutes. the warriors continue on to be on the -- continue to be on the playoff. we all know it's a whole different ballgame especially against a team hot in the houston rockets but fans are excited. >> honestly, i think houston is a better matchup.

it's getting tough. i think they will get past houston. >> of course we're going all the way. we've already beat the rockets in the past. so hopefully we'll stay level- headed and humble and we'll go out and play some ball. >> reporter: that's right. i agree with her exactly what she said. of course we'll go all the way. there are tickets available. not many. but just a few. the cheapest we found for this western conference semifinal is $196. that's in the nose bleed section. if you have dave clark money -- i'm joking around -- i know you got me hooked -- you can sit courtside for over $4200. i would love to see a courtside seat, dave. >> i know. i know. >> reporter: back out here line -- live, warriors have done such a good job. a lot of the fans are disappointed with them leaving

san francisco. but warriors/rockets. if you go on the website trying to get tickets, they have actually posted tickets for the finals. we checked tickets there as well. the cheapest we found, 736. >> wow. a lot of money. you are taking us to the fever and the game starts at 6:00 p.m. >> reporter: that's right. early start. we get to see it tomorrow. happening today, first lady michelle obama will present a special award to san jose's tech museum of innopevation in a ceremony at the white house. the museum will be honored with a national medal for museum and library service. the tech mule's president invited an elementary -- museum's president invited an elementary school principal. he says this is given on the

relationship the museum has. a new list, some of the most annoying things people do with their smartphones. the croppicle posted 17 no-no, standing in the middle of a walkway or blocking a grocery aisle or walking very slowly. also on the list, driving while looking at your phone or checking your phone during dinner or on a date. you can tell us some of the smartphone habits that annoy you on our facebook page. a dramatic police chase ends in a terrible crash in berkeley. the bizarre 911 call made by the suspect while officers were hot on his trail. up next an extreme athlete known for his risky base jumps has died. what we've learned about the accident that happened in

yosemite over the weekend. things are beginning to improve a little bit now that the accident is gone in hayward. our picture in 880 was a lot worse than that. now we're seeing a little bit of slowing. we'll show you what's going on coming up. our active march -- wait a minute. it's may. it's a cool may. it looks like it will continue for a while. we'll show you the cool monday forecast high.

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the investigation continues as train service continues after that hoe ren zows crash -- horrendous crash. federal investigators say the train was traveling 106 miles per hour as it headed into a curve and derailed last tuesday. eight people were killed. more than 200 were hurt.

now, this morning, philadelphia's mayor came to see passengers off on the first train out since that crash. he says he wanted to assure them that amtrak has addressed the safety issue. >> everyone knows certainly what's happened. but just the sense of reassurance for the first train going out that things are safe, secure, you should feel comfortable and there will be train service in the course of the day. >> investigators are trying to figure out if somebody hit the front of the train before the crash. there is a whole in the engine awindshield but they do not know if that has anything toe do with the re-- anything to do with the derailment. funeral services were keld yesterday for the man killed in that amtrak. he was laid to rest in hayward. he was a married father of two. he worked as wells fargo an executive in their new york commercial real estate office.

ntsb is handling the investigation. has been interviewing the engineer of the train. investigators say he's been extremely cooperative but that he says he does not remember what happened in the moments before that crash. >> all right. thank you. 7:47. growing concerns this morning about a deadly bird flu outbreak. one of the nation's biggest egg producers announced it will kill 2 million egg-laying hens because of that bird flu. it's the latest farm affected by this. so far 35 million birds in 15 states have been destroyed. it's the biggest outbreak in american history. medical experts say there's little risk to humans. >> the biggest concern is more for the producers that own those animals that are infected. >> one day your flock is good and you are getting eggs and the next day you are infected

and all eggs are cut off. >> researchers are working on a vaccine that they hope will stop this bird virus from spreading. we want to check in with sal for an update on the commute and also sal, are we at some point gonna be talking about naming the spider? >> that's right. we have a spider a shows up on our -- that shows up on your bay bridge bridge. we went to our facebook page and we have a contest to name it. that name will be announced this wednesday 7:00 on "mornings on 2." some of the names that are leading, charlotte, peter parker, the third one i'm going to veto, little sal. that's not going to happen. spider, cisco. charlotte is the leader and i can understand why. it looks like a charlotte. that's what we'll do. go to our facebook page right now and engage with us.

we'll announce wednesday this week. let's start off with skyfox. skyfox. in is -- this is 880 southbound. we had an earlier accident near winton avenue. they cleared the crash but traffic was slow. it's kind of slow here as you can see on 880 and that's 880 southbound on the left. you can see that 238 -- i'm sorry. let me see. that's 880 southbound on the right. you can see traffic is going to be slow. i misspoke there. 880 southbound on the right. northbound, 880 is on the left and very busy corridor here as you drive through the hayward area. one of our commuters on 238 right now, coming up on 880, you can see a little bit of slow traffic. it is a little bit better than it was. you can see in the car cam. this is the commuter cam getting up to 880. it will be sluggish. if i had to gas, probably going

at about 35 miles an hour, a little bit of stop. stop-and-go traffic here. let's take a look to the bay bridge toll plaza. that's backed up to a 15, 20- minute delay. and not to be outdone. 680 suddenly in concord. southbound 680 backed up from -- let's get rid of that. southbound 680 is backed up from 242 all the way down to the walnut creek interchange. westbound 24 is also slow. let's go to steve in the weather center. we have a very, very cool pattern in place, not only today but most of the weekend. thunderstorms will be erupting big time over lake county and maybe more of the same. low clouds in place, high and mid-level clouds. a mostly cloudy, partly sunny pattern today. but temperatures staying on the cool side. i wanted to get this out. if you are a weather nut, and i use that term in a positive way, there's so much information on twitter.

don't be afraid of it. embrace it. san jose meteorology department re-tweeted this. hd supercell. that's high precipitation west of walters, oklahoma on may 16th. look at that. that's a beast. patrick in redwood shores said may january tan is now gone. no kidding. el nino prob billthy raising -- probability raising. the same thing happened last year, the atmosphere and the water connection never materialized. yes, there is a lot of warm water out there. the easterly trade winds have slackened. there's a lot of typhoon. s. the water temps are still sloeld cold. these are your average highs right now and these are the forecast highs. 59, 63. 68, 66 way bea low inland.

some of that cloud cover streaming un. thunderstorm activity. northern napa, possibility of some showers even solano or contra costa county. you can see the lows and they start to move off to the four corners getting bumped along by another system. a lot of 50s. santa rosa, 46 with fog. there is a breeze in place. it's an onshore breeze and william tweety in vallejo, it's monday. currently, vallejo, 53. kind of feels like fog. it's going to continue to feel that way. we have a cool air mass in place. 30s up in the mountains. you can see the rotation coming around that. there's cool air aloft. there's no heat in the valley. we're still getting low clouds. scattered showers, possible most of this week. mostly cloudy. another low will drop in wednesday, thursday, staying cool. upper 60s, low 70s. about five, seven degrees below

average near the coast and bay. about 10, 15 to nearly 20 degrees below average for some inland areas. a lot of clouds. some fun, but a few showers popping up wednesday, thursday. there does look to be a rebound on the temps. >> just a little bit. >> not a lot. >> maybe low 80s. 7:5 4. discrimination complaint against harvard. in 23 minutes, why a group of asian-american students believe they are being treated unfairly. >> it's hard he had such a promising future. >> last month a bay area 7-year- old was running around. this morning he's confined by a wheelchair after being hit by a stray bullet. the one thing that's keeping up his spirit.

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a vallejo second grader hit by stray bullets remains in the hospital and faces an uncertain future. a month ago, kumar was anive 7- year-old but on april 2nd, kumar was with a credit card on fifth street in vallejo to mourn a neighbor who passed away when the boy was struck twice by gunfire. a bullet in his abdomen injured his spinal cord. his family is holding out hope he will be able to walk again but for now he's confined to a wheelchair. >> when he first came out of icu, we were telling him -- he was like screaming.

why? why me? i'm a 7-year-old. i'm not supposed to get shot. >> he turned 8 on friday. he said one thing that keeps his spirits up is watching the warriors. his favorite player, steph curry. the family has set up a gofundme account under his name to help pay for medical wheels and to make his home wheelchair accessible when the time comes. imagine rowing a boat 6,000 files. a woman from washington state plans to do that when she sets out today from japan heading to san francisco. now, 30-year-old sonya bombsteen packed her boat with 100 pounds of freeze-dried food, drink sipple communities and has -- supplements and has olive oil. she plans to row and burn off the calories. they will track her by gps. she will not have a support boat out there helping her.

>> that's one brave woman. 7:58. a deadly motorcycle gang shootout inside a crowded texas restaurant. after the break an eyewitness account and issues that may have triggered the witness. >> reporter: the chp has called off the search for a car thief. we'll tell you why this man was particularly brazen.

well, good morning. welcome back. look at these pictures. an hour's long police chase ended dramatically here in berkeley with a mangled wreckage you are looking at, that only tells you part of this very bizarre and dangerous story. coming up in three minutes, we'll tell you why police temporarily called off the chase and the very strange 911 call the suspect made. stay tuned for that. welcome back to "mornings on 2." it's monday, it is may 18th. i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. >> want to check on weather and traffic with steve and this cool trend is just not going away. >> not this week. maybe a little bit warmer sunday/monday. but right back into a cool pattern. i've seen out to the end of the month. there's areas of low pressure dropping in. they won't be that weak this

week. we have mostly cloudy skies. a few showers could develop in mendocino county, lake county. 50, 60s for many. very low 70s for some. there's too much cloud cover. another low has moved into the picture. see the move coming wrapping back around. even the east bay. you can see the whole thing is churning. another system is dropping in. 40, 50s on the temps. even though they are held up. it's a cool pattern. partly sunny to mostly cloudy. staying cool, though. upper 60s for many . i don't see much changer -- much change here. sal? turn your mic on.

he's testing it. maybe not. maybe the battery died. that never happens. we'll -- >> there you are. >> the battery dies. >> sal. >> good morning. we'll see if this battery makes it for this whole hit. let's take a look at the commute now and you can see the traffic is going to be busy from skyfox. you can see the traffic is gonna be slow. someone tweeted me and said they drove the entire drive and it started to get better near the end. by the time they got to the office which is in hayward, they say things had improved a little bit. that's what we're hoping for. that's 880 northbound and southbound here and you can see traffic is a lot better than when we first showed it to you. there are no major problems. it's still slow as you head south. look at that. you can still see some bunching up there on 880 as you head south and get down to highway 92. at this point, i wouldn't recommend any more alternates, they are all jammed.

let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza, westbound bay bridge backed up for 20-minute delay. 580 is still slow as you drive through livermore and we found kind of a bad commute here. look at this. 680 coming out of pleasanton town to sunol. that's very slow. back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. new this morning, police have called off the chich for a driver -- search for a driver of stealing a car. tara moriarty is live in berkeley to el -- to tell us about the bizarre phone call the driver made. >> reporter: he got tired of the chp chasing him so he put in a request to 911. he said call off the search. that didn't happen. you can see that there are remnants in the middle of the street. this is where the driver

slammed into a silver suv around midnight. that suv led to the victim being taken to the hospital and the suspect took off. chp says it was forced to pursue the helicopter by helicopter since he was driving on the wrong way on the freeway and city streets from concord all the way to berkeley the during the chase is when the suspect decided to call 911. >> he related that he knew the police were following him, that the helicopter was above and if the helicopter would stop following, he would stop his car. because of the safety to the public, our helicopter continued with it lit up that way we could alert oncoming motorists of the danger. >> reporter: once the suspect started driving the right way, officers were able to chase him by car. they say that his car was stolen out of martinez. nearly four hours, chp and berkeley police combed the area within a one-block raytyious knocking on -- radius knocked

on doors and combed backyards. they do have some lead. >> i imagine they want to get him off the streets. thank you. nine people are dead in texas. 18 others were hurt after a shootout yesterday between several motorcycle gangs. investigators say the gangs met in waco, texas at this restaurant to settle disputes about turf and recruiting when a fit fight started. it escalated into a knife fight and then someone started shooting. police knew about the planned meeting and they were close by. police moved in. that may have helped save the lives of customers and restaurant workers inside during that shootout. one woman crawled back to the freezer area where some of the waitresses were hiding. >> really, really scary. we didn't know if somebody was gonna come back.

they said people outside of the doors had guns. it was scary. >> reporter: only members of the motorcycle gang are listed among the dead. one police officer was treated for a heat rehated problem -- heat related problem. the air force is investigate osprey chopper death. everyone on board was hurt. injuries ranged from critical to minor. witnesses saw a dust cloud and flames shot into the air. >> the flames were coming up at least 20 feet high and a lot of people are just rushing in trying to help as much as possible. there was some medically trained people trying to scale over the barbed wire. the aircraft was based an camp pendleton san diego. so far the military is not releasing any other information about the crash victims.

one of the u.s. marines killed in the crash of the helicopter on a rescue initial in nep a he was one of six killed. he lived with his family in riverside county in southern california. he was married with two young children. so far, nearly 18,000 has been raised on a gofundme page. firefighters watched for flareups of a grass fire one that threatened mobile holes. what did it take to control the fire, alex? >> reporter: you know, actually, we left the scene of that fire a little while ago. we actually made our way over here to the tech museum of innovation here in san jose this morning where they are receiving a very important award. and you can see here a crowd of employees there gathered here

inside the tech museum. they are watching a live stream from the white house where the first lady is about to award the museum the national medal for museum and library service. very high honor for this museum. i'm joined by the vp of exhibits here at the museum. first of all, congratulations. what does this mean to you? >> well, it's a great validation of a lot of the work we've been doing. >> reporter: you have your ceo, tim richie will appear on the big screen and accept this's ward on -- this award on the behalf of the team. what did it take to earn the award? >> originally we were nom nateed for this a -- nominated for this award. on the screen now. we were able to supply a lot of documentation about the impact we're having in the community and getting letters of support

from everything from stanford, and officials to talk about how much impact we're having about underserved youth in particular. >> reporter: and in particular, that's your focus to try to reach out to low-income students and also you want to make sure that girls that -- that girls are getting involved. >> absolutely. we want to be the place where everyone can come and hopefully encourage them to look for careers and in particular, we offer subsidies for title 1 schools and others to come and experience our programs. >> reporter: i imagine winning an award like this will only expand your opportunities here. >> absolutely. really excited about this. >> thank you. as you can see, a viewing party here after they won a very distinguished award. they got the med -- national medal for museum and library service. so they will begin celebrating

at the tech museum in san jose. >> all right. that's a great, great story. give them our congratulations as well. all right. alex savidge, thank you. the western conference final is set. the warriors face the rockets with game one tomorrow night in oakland. scott reese has a look at what lies ahead. >> reporter: the warriors will continue to their trek -- continue their trek in the eastern conference. they had their way with the rockets winning all four games in the regular conference. >> i wouldn't say it's gonna be easier. it seems like in the playoffs things take a different shape. in the western conference finals you have to expect that to be the same. >> reporter: the same would be just fine for a team ma played

at -- team that played at an elite level. >> our confidence carries over. the momentum is -- it's hard to say. it's different, strengths and weaknesses of teams. you have to feel it out. our confidence is high. >> reporter: confidence is high but the stakes are getting higher. think about all the warriors have accomplished. winning two playoff series for the first time in 40 years. they've won eight games now they need to win eight more. >> i think it's great to get to where we are. but we expect it to be here in a way -- you don't want to rest in this. we want to be proud of that. we want to have more success. i think the group is focused on that. >> we're halfway there. it's a long grind. that's why people are so happy when they do win a championship. it's hard to do. we're in a good place and have

to keep going. >> and that was scott reese reporting. game 1 tomorrow night at oracle at 6:00. game 2 is thursday at 6:00. games 3 and 4 are in houston. brian flores is out talking to the fans. i was reading some of the reports on the series. though -- even though as scott said, the warriors beat houston four times, they don't think it will be a -- you know, a sweep but they can't imagine it going seven games. probably, five games. still ahead -- an attempted kidnapping. it happened in campbell. coming up in 20 minute, the man police are looking for. they say he tried to gra be a 10-year-old -- grab a 10-year- old girl. accepted at all ivy league schools but turned them down.

why this individual decided to continue his education in alabama instead. we're looking at the east bay commute. still looking at a lot of slow traffic. this is westbound 24. slow in la fayette. we'll give you the rundown coming up. a lot of cloud cover. cool temps. very cool for may. i don't see much change going forward. we'll have the cool monday forecast highs -- coming up.

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welcome back. we're following developing news from iraq. islamic state fighters have seized control of ramadi, iraq despite airstrikes led by the united states. frills say the millie -- officials say the militants likely killed up to 500 soldiers and civilians and forced 800 people to flee from their homes. iraq has authorized the sheet militias to help. iraq and the united states are maintaining the tide will soon turn against isis. 8:17. new this morning, president obama is banning the federal government from giving some military-style equipment to local police departments. this comes after growing controversy after police departments receiving items like armored vehicles and high powered firearms. in a new report released ta you, a task force says there is a risk of police misusing or overusing the military

equipment and that could undermine community trust. later today, president obama travels to camden, new jersey where he will meet with young people and law enforcement talking about ways to build trust between police and the community. 8:17. asian-american groups are accusing harvard university of deliberately eliminating the number of asians admitted. harvard said asian admissions have gone up in the past decade from 17% to 21%. harvard also says it is fully complying with federal law. a high school senior from tennessee who was accepted into all eight ivy league schools turned they all down -- them all down to attend the university of alabama. ronald nelson said two things swayed his decision. the university of become become offered him a full ride and he was selected for the elite

honors program. he plans to go to medical school after finishing his undergrad and wanted to save money. probably a very smart move. >> smart. >> must have been so tempting. you look at ula of those ivy -- at all of those ivy league offers. let's check in with sal. everybody behaving for you on highway 24? >> yes, they are. they are going a little bit slowly. we don't have -- the only good thing about slow traffic is that people don't tend to get into violent collisions. the bad thing is slow traffic. let's take a look at the 24 commute westbound, you can see some slowing here in la fayette. it's improving a little bit between walnut creek and oakland. you can see some slowing. taking about 1, 15 minutes to drive the stretch between 24 and the tunnel but not -- between 680 and the tunnel. not a bad commute all in all. when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza, you will see some

slow traffic there but it's improving quite a bit especially on 880 approach. look at that. it's cleared out. now i do want to mention the south bay commute. you can see here on our maps that northbound 101 is slow. it's been the same thing backed up from 280 to mountain view. 85 is vo from the almaden valley up to saratoga. 8:20. let's go to steve in the weather center. a lot of cloud cover. it's a cool, could cool pattern. more thunderstorms are possible. yesterday lake county really was dealing with pretty good thunderstorm activity. would not be surprised if that happens against. looking down the oakland alameda estuary, cool temperatures. partly sunny, partly cloudy later this afternoon. a few showers to the north and maybe to the east. mostly cloudy continued cool this whole week. one low has dropped into the picture. another one is coming in soon to bump it along. that will be here wednesday/thursday. so the pattern continues. the beat goes on. some of the shower activity

sneaking back in from the san joaquin valley. you can see the rotation around that. the next one is dropping in. 40s and 50s on the temps. a lot of 50s and temperature change from 24 hours ago. 4 degrees cooler in fairfield. 4 degrees cooler in santa rosa. if you thought sunday morning was cold, it's cooler for some. a decent breeze. there's been gusts to 20 miles an hour. some of the higher elevations might be higher than that. onshore breeze for almost everybody. water temps have been inching up a little bit. 50 to 55. remember half moon bay is about 51 last week. we'll keep an eye on that. once those turn cold. you can see some of the rain coming back in from carson city and reno. some of that might spill over to parts of the north bay later this afternoon around 2:00,

3:00. cool pattern is in place. doesn't matter if it's coast, bay or inland. everyone is in on that ma tern. temperatures, upper 60s for many. should be close to the upper 70s. not happening. mostly cloudy, partly sunny. a little breeze behind that. staying cool. not much here in the morning. some drizzle. i've had reports of san jose, palo alto. more shower activity is possible. 60s from santa rosa to san jose. concord, livermore, very low 70s. antioch, brentwood, gilroy. that's about it. and i don't think they are there very long. partly sunny, cloudy to mostly cloudy. another low on wednesday, thursday. maybe another round of thunderstorm activity. it looks better and warmer by the weekend. >> have to hold on until then. 8:22. amtrak service between new york and philadelphia back on schedule. in 22 minutes, the new mandate following the deadly crash and

the possible lead in the derailment investigation. you made a gesture that -- >> just days after she announced she's running for the u.s. senate, a southern california lawmaker is caught in a controversy. the video that captured her saying something and why she's running away from reporters.

loretta sanchez is now apologizing for mocking native- americans in a gesture caught on video. >> i'm going to this office thinking that i'm gonna go meet with -- right? and i go in there. >> while speaking saturday at the state democratic convention in anaheim, she described hadder confusion about being asked to meet with the indian american caucus. she was explaining how she mistakenly thought it was for a member of the native-american community. sanchez running for u.s. senate apologized yesterday saying we all make mistakes. on saturday, though, sanchez was seen running from reporters trying to ask her about that jess chur. >> you made a gesture. >> hey, hey, hey. >> do you feel like you took that back? >> sanchez is running for the u.s. senate seat being vacated by barbara boxer. kamala harris is also running for the seat.

8:26. the chp is out there cracking done drivers who won't wear seat belts. the chp is teaming up with law enforcement agencies statewide for the annual click it or ticket campaign. now, the office of traffic safety says 53% of people killed in crashes were not wearing seat belts. they say not only do seat belts save lives but not wearing them can cost you a lof the money. the tickets range from $161 to $490. >> if you are not wearing a seat belt, it's click it or ticket, we'll be citing you for that. >> since the click it or ticket campaign started in california in 2005, it's estimated that more than 1.5 million people in the state have started buckling up regularly, like you should 8:27. the wait is over. now you and i know who the warriors will play in the next round of the layoffs. after the break, the excitement is building up to tomorrow's

big game. >> reporter: over the weekend a young girl is nearly kidnapped by a stranger in campbell. we're seeing slow traffic on 280 approachingthe 880 inchange. we'll tell you moor about this and the rest of the commute. a cloudy, cool, monday morning. very cool for may. it doesn't look like any changes on warm up will happen any time soon. we'll have the cool forecasted temps coming up.

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we have a cloud cover. even with some sun, it's probably on the coomb side and breezy. later today, maybe up towards i think mendocino county, lake county, thunderstorm activity could pop up. it is certainly in the mix, in the window. a lot of the cloud cover. without any heat in the valley and very -- no inversion, it's amazing how the low clouds just continue to roll right in here. low level cloudiness. not going away any time soon. series of lows dropping in reinforcing the pattern. there's one. it's on its way out. another one is poised to drop into the picture. 40s and 50ss on the temps. a lot of the weferlly breeze or some component of that, keeping this cool pattern in place. and again, the shower activity dies down but then picks up later this afternoon north and east. mostly cloudy. partly sunny. breezy to windy. a lot of 60s. these are a good, 10, 15 degrees below normal for some. sal are we still dealing with hayward or is that getting

better. that's getting better but other parts are slow. we'll start off with the east freeway, as you drive from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze, 40 minutes to do that drive and a lot of slow traffic is waiting for you. when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza, you will see traffic has improved, especially if you are driving on the 880 approach. but let's take a lack at this -- a look at this now. 880 is still slow. it's improved. it's still slow on 238 and 580 is slowing down from livermore to pleasanton as you drive through. 680 is still slowing from concord to walnut creek and 101 in san jose is slow from about the 280 interchange all the way up to mountain view. :32 -- 8:32. police in campbell asking for help to catch a man who tried to kidnap a young girl over the weekend. now they've released a sketch of the suspect and new photos of the car he was driving. janine de la vega has the latest on the investigation and

on how that girl is doing. >> reporter: police say this girl was in fifth grade and was incredibly poised being able to describe her attacker. that's what helped make the suspect sketch. he's described as asian or latino. in his third 30s, 5'7" with a medium build. he followed the 10-year-old girl walking her dog into this cul-de-sac. these two new surveillance photos show his car, a silver or tan older modeled sedan. investigators say he asked the girl for directions and then got out and grabbed her and pushed her to the ground. she screamed and the man drove away. this is reminding some parents to think about talking to their kids about strangers. >> she's 4, i was trying to

describe the stranger danger. when she's with mom, trying to create the fine line of maybe being polite to look out. >> reporter: the neighborhood where this happened is close to a middle school and westmont high school. police are very concerned and they don't want things to escalate. they are looking for any tips that may lead to his capture. reporting from campbell janine de la vega, fox 2 news. >> thank you. the suspected drunk driver whose car hit and killed a mother and her young daughter may be charged. the family and friends marched demanding justice after the woman and her daughter were killed two weeks ago outside of a family gathering. police say 35-year-old brian

jones was driving drunk when his car crashed into them. jones is out on bail but the district attorney says jones could face charges of vehicular manslaughter or possibly second- degree murder. later font, a gilroy -- tonight, a gill roye high school student killed in a drunk driving crash will be remembered bis her friends and family. she was one of three students killed when their car they were riding in crashed. the driver is suspected of being under the in -- under the influence. on friday, a vigil was held for the other two victims. the vigil for miss williams will be held at 8:30 at christopher high school in gilroy tonight. investigators are trying to find out the cause of a paragliding accident in daly city that killed a man. it happened yesterday at mussel rock beach. a very popular area for paragliders. witnesses say the man hit the cliffs and died before rescue

teams to get him back to the top. >> with any aviation you are taking risk and you have to think about how to minimize the risk. >> it's safe but the sport is as safe as you make it. >> there was another accident at that beach involving a paraglider two years ago. that person was seriously hurt. a person had to be rescued from mt. diablo state park. yesterday, they rescued a woman who fell off her car. the woman received only minor injuries but due to the remoteness of the area, the chp had to launch its helicopter. a week ago, a 74-year-old woman had to be rescued after falling during a hike. on a lighter note, now we know who the golden state warriors will flay in the finals -- will play in the finals. they defeated the clippers to move on in the playoffs.

brian flores joining us live. you've been in oakland feeling the playoff fever. >> reporter: we have been talking about the warriors. they are going to their first western conference finals in more than 40 years. the opponent is the houston rockets starting tomorrow night at oracle arena. it will be loud. many fans, they tell me they were hoping for a clippers/warriors matchup but the rockets won four straight games winning their series against the clippers yesterday. the regular season, the warriors fared well winning all four games by an average of 15 points. the warriors continue to be on the playoff high winning two playoff series for the first time in broert years but despite doing well against the rockets, we all know the

playoffs are a different ball game but fans are excite. >> i think they are doing great. if they get past houston, it's done. >> of course we're going all the way. we've already beat the rockets in the past. hopefully we'll stay level- headed and humble and go out and play some ball. >> reporter: that's right. there are some tickets variable according to the warriors' website. not many. but a few. the cheapest we found was for $196. that's gonna be in the upper level of the nose bleed section. if you have a lot of money, you can sit near courtside for over $4200. and by the way, as we take it back out here live, there are tickets for the nba finals on the warriors' website. we checked, the lowest right now is $730. by the way, warriors, i don't like to say this because -- it

kind of jinxes them. but oddsmakers do pick the warriors to go all the way to the finals and they say the opponent will be the cleveland cavaliers. but i'm one of these -- that's what they are saying. i'm one of these one step at a time type of guys. one step at a time. 8:39. tighter restricts on the sale the tobacco products and e- cigarettes could be headed to sacramento county. yeager is concerned that e- cigarettes are peaking marketed to young people and -- being marketed to young people and have unknown health consequences. several cities have raised minimum wage to buy the products to 21 largely due to

the concern of the growing popularity of e-cigarettes. there is a list out about the annoying things people do with their cell phones including standing in the middle of a walk wail while looking at your phone. blocking a grocery aisle or walking real slow while walking at your phone. i did that, too. driving while looking at your phone. >> that's illegal. >> or checking your phone during dinner or on a date. >> that's a big no-no. [laughter] >> you can join our conversation on facebook. tell us some of the smartphone habits that annoy you and put it on our facebook page. >> it was interesting. >> i will put it down. >> they say not to do it but looking at your phone in a theater because you think it's just a little phone. that one bright light can become visible. >> or before you go to sleep. >> all right.

8:40. concerns are growing as an outbreak of bird flu spreads. it's hard. he had such a promising future. >> last month a bay area 7-year- old, this young man was running around. this morning he's in a wheelchair after being hit by a stray bullet. after the break we'll tell you what he's saying about his injury and what his family says keeps his spirits up. we're looking at commute here in the south bay where traffic is still slow on 237, 880 and the nearby area. we'll tell you more about this commute -- coming up. a lot of the low clouds in place. pretty impressive for may as this cool pattern continues. no change this week. maybe another round of thunderstorms showing up. we'll talk about that coming up.

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amtrak is back in service between new york and philadelphia this morning. for the first time since the deadly derailment last week. pam cook joins us in the studio with more on the investigation and what's being done to keep passengers safe. my husband just booked a trip on amtrak from new york to philadelphia next month. >> yale sure he like a lot of people are nervous. over the weekend, amtrak was ordered to expand the use of a

speed control system near the crash site. that's after investigators determined that the train was traveling at around 100 miles per hour heading into a you can be that has a recommended speed of just 50 miles per hour. now, the ntsb is leading the investigation it's focusing on the drain's 32-year-old engineer who has been cooperating with investigators. he has submitted blood samples. there's also a warrant issued for his cell phone records to see if he was distracted at the time of the crash. his attorney says the engineer has no memory of what happened in the moments right before the crash. this morning, the mayor of philadelphia met passengers as they boarded the first train out since that crash. >> everyone knows certainly what's happened. but just the sense of reassurance for that first train going out, that things are safe, things are secure. you should feel comfortable and obviously there will be train service in the course of the day. >> investigators are also trying to figure out if something hit the front of the

train right before the crash. there is a hole in the engine's windshield but they don't know if that has anything to do with the derailment. funeral services were held for a man from the bay area killed in the derailment. the 50-year-old was laid at the rest at the chapel of the chimes memorial in hayward e was a married father of two. he worked at wells fargo as an executive in their new york office. this crash will be part of the ongoing discussions. >> yes. certainly might change the tone of the discussion. >> and the funding. >> yes. >> thank you. a vallejo second grader hit by stray bullets remains in oakland children's hospital facing an uncertain future. a month ago kumar polk was an

objective 7-year-old who loved to play basketball, baseball and football. on april 22nd,er was with a crowd to mourn a neighbor who passed away. when the boy was struck by gunfire. a bullet in his abdomen caused injuries to his spinal cord. his family is holding out hope he will be able to walk around. for now he's confined to a wheelchair. >> when he first came out of icu, we were telling hill. why me? why me? i'm not supposed to get shot. >> he turned 8 on friday. his family says one thing that keeps his spirits up is watching the warriors and his favorite player steph curry. the family has set up a gofundme account under kumar's name to help pay for medical bills and to make his home wheelchair accessible when he comes home. growing concerns about a

deadly flu outbreak. so far, 35 million birds in 15 cities have been destroyed. it's the biggest outbreak in american history. experts say there's little risk to humans. >> eat poultry products and eat egg products don't have for i would are about that. the biggest concern is more for the producers who own the animals that are infected. >> one day you are good and the next day they say you are infected. so it's cut off. >> egg prices are going up as the supply goes down. 8:48. i'm checking ktvu's facebook page on naming the spider. sal, you were saying charlotte was one of the leading names. i first thought of the new princess charlotte in the

united kingdom and there was a monkey being named charlotte that was -- to people thought was a little bit of an insult. >> i don't think the royals will have a lot of influence on bay area viewers. lf [laughter] >> peter parker is in there and frank is in there. >> little sal. >> i don't like that name. >> i have one veto. i might use it on that. go to the facebook page. there is the spider taken from an earlier spot. we'll announce the name wednesday 7:00 a.m. on "mornings on 2." go ahead. good morning. let's take a look at what we have. you can tell things are getting better. we're not harping on any one area. we'll start off -- northbound 101 is very slow.

if you are ayou will me to go back to the -- allow me toe go back to the east shore, carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze, 44 minutes. that's not exactly great. traffic is cleared out. i mean, that's what we like to see. that's good news. and then hayward, we've seen some slow traffic there. southbound 880 has gotten better. 238 slow from castro valley out to 880. let's go to steve in the weather center. >> the spider just tweeted out something. >> i follow it. we'll see. >> it's on the web. [laughter] >> oh. [laughter] mostly cloudy out there. entertain myself sometimes. cool, cool. for may, this is a march and february pattern. not a may pattern. it just keeps going and going. sometimes you can get locked in the patterns. they l.a. about a blocking pattern in three weeks. i don't see much change to is.

each of the lows coming in. might get weaker as we get past this week. before we get to the weather, frank, he said great tie. the colors jolted me awake. ty. you should have seen how i was at 2:45. i said i will go with that one today. we do have mostly cloudy skies. low clouds. amazing low level moisture simply won't go away. water temps have been cold. keep an eye on that. moisture continues to &c&c1 back in towards the sacramento valley. san joaquin valley. thunderstorms were blowing up. things have calmed down. you get may heat, higher sun angle. it's moving. it's moving. why? another one is dropping in to kick it along. one moves in. occasionally it's stronger than the other one. 40s and 50s on the temps. they haven't moved all morning long. there sh a braze. it's out of the west. -- there is a breeze. it's out of the west.

san francisco buoy, 52. half moon bay was 51. now, 55. we'll keep an eye on that. if they drop again, if they drop, we'll stay in this cool pattern. i haven't seen anything out ten days that says anything different. this week, scattered showers, there will be drizzle, i think adding up, this is what you have to keep an eye on, santa rosa north, mendocino county, i lake county, possibility of thundershowers. they lose the heat at night. they collapse. but then look at this. they pick up tuesday afternoon. always focused up towards mendocino county, sonoma county, napa and lake county right through wednesday and maybe even on thursday. i think wednesday, thursday is a better opportunity. mostly cloudy, breezy at times. a few showers. could be a few stray ones toward eastern solano and contra costa county. otherwise, it's a low cloud deck. it's cool, cool. well below average on the temps. long overdue but i will tell you, it's all or nothing out

here in california. it looks like a slightly warmer pattern as we head toward the weekend. >> all right, steve. we'll take what we can get. >> thank you. 8:53. coming up, the front man not the only talented member in the family. ♪ >> after the break, the event in san francisco where he brought his own daughter onto stage to wow the crowd.

a baby's first step is very important. some lucky people in alaska witnessed the first steps of baby moose. take a look. the two babies born on the side

of a road in ankg-- anchorage caused a big backup. the baby moose kept trying. the people baching -- they can't believe how lucky they were -- they can't believe how lucky they were. james headfield showed he's not the only singer in his family. [singing] >> the singer is his 19-year- old daughter callie, headlining the acoustic for a cure. money from the concert goes to the pediatric cancer program at ucsf benny off children's

hospital. she can sing. >> very cool. >> it's not surprising that someone who has a father who is musical will have kids who are great at it. >> your kids will be great traffic reporters. [laughter] 880 northbound, traffic is going to be a little bit slow getting up past oracle arena, home. golden state ware -- home of the golden state warriors. the eastshore freeway is slow. the nimitz freeway has been a problem in hayward. things are finally getting better but still a little bit slow on 238. slower than it would be at this time. steve has the weather. mostly cloudy, cool and breefers. no change here in the may pattern. i went to wednesday and looked ahead. it looks better as we go to the holiday. but not that much more. >> a lot of people off on monday, for memorial day. may be warming up. >> time to get your barbecue

game in order, folks. >> yeah. >> take care of that. >> that's our report for this morning. we thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. >> and we're back at noon but you can always get your latest headlines on our mobile app and at ktvu.com. thank you for joining us. have a great day.

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