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>> wildfire season heats up in california. several fires aious the state. the worst is yet to come. >> changes are coming to the rich an rafael bring -- bridge. mornings on the two start now. good morning, thank you for joining us, it is tuesday, june 22. let's get your day started with weather and traffic. >> could i use the anchor voice. the weather is not bad, not as much fog but there will be some. on the coast yesterday there was a ton. there looks to be less today. more than what the satellite image is showing. starting off in the 40s and
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60s. 48 up in santa rosa, 50s in between, not as much of a breeze, and temperature will start to rebound, ocean temps came up 1 degree, still on the cool side. high pressure in the desert south west, so is monsoon weather, morning patchy fog, highs 80s through the interiors, 60s, 70s for the rest. i had sal. >> things are doing well on the roads. not a lot going on. 880 northbound looks good, the lanes are closed, near fruit dale for roadwork. we're going to keep an eye on
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that, the bay bridge told plaza is nice. traffic looks good coming through, if you look at the east bay, we don't have a rot of slow traffic, we have slow traffic on livermore, the rest of the commute does look good. let's go back to the desk. we have breaking news out of sonoma where police are investigating a suspicious death. video in from the scene on pueblo avenue. according to police they were called to a homer in that intersection before midnight. that's where the investigation is centered. several treated are blocked off. they tonight have anyone in custody, they cannot release information on anyone or the crime at this time.
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we'll have a live update at 4:30. plans are moving forward to add a commuter lane and bike lane to the richmond-san rafael bridge. they would add an extra lane during the evening commute. and a path way for bicyclist and pedestrian. it is expected to be completed by the summer of 2017. lanes leading to and from the golden gate bridge are open after a two hour closure this morning. crews installed signs in preparation of the coyle drive, another round of closures are scheduled for tomorrow morning. workers will demolish the
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temporary connectors. wildfire season off to a rough start with crews trying to put off several across the state. with warmer weather on the way and dry conditions from the drought the worst is yet to come. >> crews in california radio trying to -- are trying to get a handle. south of lake tahoe the washington fire has burned 10,000-acres of timber and grass. >> you feel mother nature a nature. >> the fire has forced some people to leave, put others are taking a wait and see attitude. >> the wind direction can change, i'm keeping my fingers crossed, praying, drinking
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beer. >> 2000 firefighters are fighting a blaze in the san bernardino mountains, the rough terrain is a challenge. >> we're talking 10,000-foot elevation at the most, and sometimes they are hiking up 2000 feet a day or more, they are out there 16 hours, they are going to the t on this. >> california is entering the peak of the wildfire season, with the state in the midst of a drought, dry conditions are creating fuel for the fires, finding water is a challenge. >> crews have to take more time traveling to areas and finding for watter sources, crews have responded to 1100 wildfires this year, double the number they see in a normal year. new details about how much the
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fire in the san bernardino fire will cost. it's burned 17,000-acres and has cost $5 million to fight. the heat has been the biggest challenge for the crews so far. we know what started a grass fire in livermore, a homeworker working with metal equipment created a spark. the fire destroyed a house, burned 2 acres of grass and a half million dollars in damage. investigators ruled the fire an accident. a 14-year-old boy from antioch is safe. he called police yesterday morning as a man was trying to break into his home. armed with a knife the boy led his siblings into a bedroom with the dog and locked the
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door until the authorities arrived. the police found the suspect on the porch and arrested him. oakland police have a lead on the unsolved killing of a teenager a year ago. this is a sketch of the suspect. he was the driver of the ford escape suv seen driving away if a wendys restaurant last night. it appears to a 2013 or newer model. dominquez and her boy friend from orders food when someone opened fire. the leds came after the family made a call for help to find her killer. >> she was an innocent young lady who was orders food. >> the lot says he's
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hopefullies will come forward with more information. there's the sketch, the fbi helping fund the campaign to use billboards and a web site to spread the word about cold cases. funerals will be held in ire land -- ireland for four of the students who died in the balcony collapse. time is 4:08, ride sharing companies could get the green light to pick up passengers at the san jose airport. companies such as uber may be allowed to operate at the airport for one year. taxi drivers oppose the plan saying it would put them out of
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business. if approved they would be the second major airport to legalize this. taxi drivers rallied at uber offices yesterday, they were trying to get attention of mayors who were touring the headquarters. uber is choking the streets with cars. the mayors tour was part of the mayors conference. pilot who's fly for ascreen end -- allegiant air have engine failures, radar issues and smoke in the cockpit.
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allegiant said it's an attempt to worry passengers. contract talk have stalled. a 20-year-old bay area cook killed in a violent crime on a bay area highway. >> coming up, the leg snipe he left behind and the curl he's family is trying to help. we're looking at the commute in the east bay. highway 80 looks good heading to the maze. the weather is looking good, cool on some of the lows, but looks like a warmup, see what's in store for later in the week. h fleas and ticks. vets recommend it. and dogs, well they're begging for it. nexgard is for dogs only. and hasn't been evaluated for use
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the flag. >> this flag's days may be numbered. it was a democratic governor who presided as the confederate flag was raised, but it may be a republican governor who sees it's removed from the grounds. >> today we're here in a moment of unity without ill-will to say it's time to remove the flag from the capital grounds. >> the governor's announcement was urged brie civil rights leaders and backed by democratics. lindsey graham supports the premove haval -- removal. the building momentum comes after last week's massacre.
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the suspect was photographed with the flag. president obama has joined in the discussion pushing gun control and talking about race in frank terms while being interviewed. >> racism, we're not cured of it. it's not just a matter of not being polite to say [bleep] in public, that's not the measure of whether racism exists or not. very interesting topic there this morning. >> ongoing for sure. time is 4:15. traffic continues to be ongoing i guess. >> no, right now it's clear. back to you? >> there's construction. >> great traffic report, sal. >> actually pam, between the three of us, pam is right. i run into it every day.
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>> it's not causing big delays. let's look at some of the commutes. they try to get the roadwork issues out of the way by 5:00. sometimes they get out there early. bay bridge no problems. driving on 880 there's roadwork up there, just after high treat, you will notice the cones, they will pick them up. now there's not a big traffic jam. south bound on 880 there's a decent commute. let's bring in steve with the weather. >> good morning, quiet on in weather department as well, delight of fog, not as much as everybody. tough yesterday, insomnia got me up eating serial -- cereal
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and watching brian flores. >> good morning. might as well join us. what kind of cereal are you eating. something with a lot of sugar? >> we have clear -- thank you for joining us at this very early hour. >> she's probably going, i don't know how you do it, you do it. >> 50s and 60s for the temps, 40 for a few. west wind, west, southwest. a puff of a breeze. slight warm up, 30s in the mountains at truckee, 50s, 60s in the interior. mostly sunny, high pressure in the desert south west, monsoon moisture very early, it's showing signs of popping up.
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arizona, southern nevada and some may pay a visit to us. some low clouds sunny and warm, mild to warm and for some it will be hot. 60s and 70s for others. we could get a rapid warm up for one day. warmer for most, near 90s to 100 for some. high clouds friday, high, midlevel clouds and thundershowers over the sierra. >> towns across the midwest are assessing the damage after storms swept through the region, one and the in -- tornado in mississippi. >> i've never seen winds that strong, i've seen strong winds but not that strong. >> clean up and recovery after strong winds in parts of the
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midwest. the strongest in portland, michigan. destroying homes, up rooting trees. >> it only lasted a few seconds, i heard there were three tornadoes coming through. >> authorities had to rescue several people from collapsed buildings there's no serious injuries. >> we've had no fatalities, minimal injury, we've had no one transported to the hospital. >> iowa getting slammed with high winds, heavy rain and large hail on monday, some are claiming it's the worst weather they've seen. >> we've had bad storms but damage like this in our immediate area. the road up to our farm, that was just tree after tree, it was closed. >> in northwest illinois strong
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winds causing the roof of a fire station to crash down, leaving three trucks inside damaged. >> this is our first collapse of a fire station and hope it will be the last. >> and the threat of severe weather is not over, parts of the ohio valine northeast are -- valley and northeast are expected to see strong storms tuesday. >> home prices are up 4%, the biggest price increases are not in the bay area, in san jose and san francisco have seen the rents jump 10%, compare that to jackson missouri -- mississippi are paying 23% more than last year. rents are down in chicago,
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here's a look at the top stories trending, james horner died in a plane crash yesterday morning near santa barbara, not only was he an pressured -- accomplished -- former san francisco giant center feeler darryl hamilton the victim of a murder-suicide in texas. the body of his girlfriend was found in the home. police say she died of self- inflicted gunshot, they leave a 14 month old child.
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hamilton played ball for 13 years. hamilton was an important part of the giants during his playing time with the organization from 97 to 98. >> trending this morning, ucla police have arrested diddy combs for assault with a said weapon. it -- deadly weapon. he got upset when a coach yelled at his son. the weapon is a weightlifting equipment. combs was released from jail on bail last night. the women's u.s. soccer team is headed to the quarterfinal round of the cup. they faced columbia yesterday,
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the team won. they will now face china. you can watch the match here on friday. you will find complete coverage at ktvu.com. there's profiles of the 23 players to u.s. team and a schedule of the games. two people on a hang glider found out they had another passenger, look at this. see in the upper part of the screen, a cat hitched a ride, hang on. the hang gliders didn't realize the cat was on board until several minutes into the flight. the cat was not hurt. what a ride. he's hanging on. the pilot doesn't look shocked. he glances up.
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is that a cat on the wing? the cat is hanging on. 4:26. preparations underway for the gay pride parade in san francisco. on everyone's mind is a looming supreme court ruling on same- sex marriage. we'll break down the possible decisions and what they would mean. >> a woody found in a home -- body found in sonoma. authorities are investigating this in a suspicious death. we're looking at the bridge commute, right now on the golden state bridge, 101 looks good. not as much in the way of low clouds, it looks sunny, starting cool for some. santa rosa 48.
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welcome back everybody. time is 4:29. we continue to follow developing news in sonoma county where a suspicious death investigation is under way. ktvu fox 2 reporter alex savidge will have the latest on the search now under way for a possible suspect in this case. good morning. welcome back to mornings on 2, it is tuesday, june 23rd i'm brian flores. >> good morning, i'm pam cook. thank you for waking up with us. 4:30 is the time. i didn't get on to twitter yet. did she tell us? >> she did not. [ inaudible ]
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