in past years, people like rosa parks, caesar chavez, people that we know and are familiar with, along with people that we are not that familiar with but have made some great contributions. today we thought we would take this opportunity to celebrate an icon of san francisco. the brown twin sisters have been with us for many decades. mary is here today, she's here in celebration and memory of her sister as we all are and we want to take this opportunity to use the arbor day to have a cedar tree, a tree that will grow taller than mary or i. it will grow to be a hundred feet tall. it will be a tree that will be celebrated here in san francisco for generations to come and we thought it would be not only appropriate, but we thought it would be our honor by planting this tree in recognition of vivian and her wonderful contributions to our city. and we are especially blessed with maryann honoring us with her presence. it's not that easy for her to get around these days but she has and continues to be part of an incredible twin sisters. but now she's also missing vivian as much as we are and

caesar chavez carried that flag as he pioneered the civil rights movement.caesar chavez iz on sunday >>> the san ramon city council outlawed smoking in public buildings and apartment units. smoking will only be allowed in designated areas of apartment complexes and must be 25 feet away from any single unit or kids' play area. >>> safety versus savings, the new risk when it comes hive brid ca of hybrid cars of putting people at morris can after a crash. >>> welcome back. live look outside san francisco. 5:24. >>> a popular hybrid car may have an unforeseen risk in an emergency. first responders say in a crash, the hybrid could be your worst enemy, because the same components that make the car fuel-efficient could make the car a potential death trap in a serious accident. there are high voltage cables running through the car's frame that are connected to the battery. if the first responder doesn't know the car, it cob a deadly result. >> most of the amperage on the hybrid can be up to 100 amps or greater. the potential to kill you instant is right there. >> if

southbound 101 caesar chavez we told you about this last time.sh is right before the 280 interchange. overturned delivery truck on southbound 101. the fog is preventing us from looking at the 101 camera that we normally have but it is there. use 280

southbound 101 caesar chavez we told you about this last time.ght before the 280 interchange. overturned delivery truck on southbound 101. the fog is preventing us from looking at the 101 camera that we normally have but it is there. use 280 as an alternate route. westbound bay bridge it's light. and this mornings commute in oakland you can see the fog is moving around. it wasn't foggy earlier but it is now. let's go to steve. >>> you are correct, sir. we talked about that. it's definitely showing up. our observer said very, very foggy. quarter mile visibility. and that will play into our weather. also playing into our weather is a break from a lot of the high mid level clouds. mostly sunny and mild. >>> also coming up on mornings on 2 a story we have been following in san francisco for the past two hours. what led us to this frightening scene. >>> also a suspect search in the south bay. you will see the video that police hope will lead to the arrest. mom, i invited justin over for lunch. good. no, not good. he's a vegetarian and he's going to be

this is where i read the children's book about abraham lincoln and caesar chavez and mahatma gandhi. this is what inspires who we are as a people, as a city. i want to thank you today. look around at this crowd today. we represent the diversity, the mows mosaic, not just of san francisco but the world. it's a library that gives us the knowledge and culture of what our world is about. i want to thank you for being part of this village that is not just the bay but san francisco. i want to thank the city staff, our mayor, our local supervisor for coming together for building the 28 libraries. i'm very excited that we finished 27. no. 28 sin my district. it's time to get to north beach. i want to thank everybody in this community because every image is one of you here wanted to make sure that this library is fit for the 21st century. congratulations. >> thank you supervisor chew. just so you know your library is under construction. it's also my pleasure to welcome supervisor and he's got libraries in his district as well. supervisor scott. >> thank you. congratulations to the community o

one will be built in one area and one will be rebuilt on caesar chavez street. they are going from 555 to 254 and expands st. lukes from 80 beds to 120. they will be downsized from the original proposal and supervisors are concerned it will cause traffic problems. >>> they have become the latest city to pull the plug on red light cameras. they will phase out cameras and five years ago they at many int critics say they are too expensive and there is little evidence that they are reducing accidents. >>> tuesday sometimes tend to be the worst day. >> oh really? >> and other times they are worst days but sometimes i find tuesdays can be rough but we are here to help you out. traffic is moving along well on 880 westbound and as you move onto the mcarthur maze. it is just a wonderful day for everybody trafficwise. westbound bridge, they have a little bit of roadwork coming to the parking lot and there are no major problems getting into san francisco right now. 280 traffic does look good as you head to highway 17 interchange. now rosemary you promised to give us all ki

in a few hours san jose students will march to honor caesar chavez. the students from the elementary union school district will begin the march at 8:30. they will walk to the mexican heritage plaza and hold an assembly to celebrate his live. his birthday would have been on sunday, the 20th year the district has held the march in his honor. in the 1960's and 1970's co-foundered the labor group that became the united farm workers of america. >> san francisco attracts millions of tourists and this morning we will find out the economic impact of their visit to the city. today, the travel association will release their 2012 economic impact figures for the city's tourism industry. experts say tourism is san francisco's largest industry generating nearly $9 billion in spending and employing more than 71,000 people in 2011. >> listen to this, the state of california is suing you and everyone else in the world. it is a strike again the lawsuits they expect to be filed against the controversial high-speed rail. the suit filed on of behalf of the high-speed rail

wayne gretzky, call rip kin jr., and caesar chavez won 87 straight boxing matches. >> ten percent on important thing is the s&p. 1565 would be the closing high and that would be the big number. as the s&p has been creeping up, guess what has been creeping down? we're at the new lows on the volatility index. that is .55. that is a six-year low. let's not get too crazy about it. as we're marching forward, volatility goes down. men's warehouse look at that big move there. e-trade. citadel owned about 9%. they are exiting etrade at an 18 month high. >> okay. thank you very much. let's check on the nasdaq. >> take a look at the nasdaq. we're up on the day. semi conductor stocks continue to be a good thing. the headline on wireless infrastructure is the reason we are seeing shares get a bit of action. so the stock down on the day. take a look at google after hitting multiple several highs, breaking through key resistance levels. we're seeing the stock move lower in today's trade. that rotation of capital out of apple and into google, that trade is over. we are seeing apple shares higher to

a state holiday after caesar chavez. a lot of the people are forgotten or they have things named after them but people don't really know who they are. one of my daughters goes to mckinley will school. after a couple of years ago, dm mckinley was. she had no idea. i don't really care says he was a right wing of the president, what it will be nice if she knew who president mckinley was. and so i -- one of the people in my book is a guy named appeared ruston, probably some of you know who he is. he had four strikes against. he was born in 1919. he became an active civil rights pacifist leader. he was black. he was gay. he was a pacifist, and was a communist. so those are the four strikes that were against them. nevertheless, he made an incredible impact on our society. he was one of the early contests objectors against world war ii. he was an early freedom rider. he was one of the first freedom riders not in the 60's, 1947 he inaugurated the first free ride to integrate the interstate buses in the south. he was very active

. >>> students in san jose held a march this morning honoring seizer chavez -- caesar chavez. march. >> i think they should remember why he is celebrated, especially in this community. he had his root here and i think it needs start in the schools. >> the school district held a contest in which students wrote speeches and made posters. >>> nelson mandela is in the hospital. the 94-year-old former president was taken to the hospital this morning for a lung infection. he is responding well to treatment. he is vulnerable to respiratory problems problems. the current president is asking people to pray for nelson mandela's recovery. >>> national health group is pushing for healthier meals for kids at restaurants. they released a report that says 97% of the meals targeted at children are unhealthy. they point tafoods like chick -- to foods like chicken nuggets, pasta and whole milk. >> so kids can find something they like. >> some kids meals offer as many calories in one meal as kids should eat the entire day. subway was the only one that offered healthy choices for children. >> rep

in san francisco southbound 101 it looks like there could be some trouble brewing right before caesar chavez> we could have a little bit of rain, highs 50s and 60s and rain decreasing later today. >>> we were first on the scene at 4:30 this morning and there is a huge fire at bethel island burning right now claudine wong will have a live update. >>> we have a soggy start for the official first day of spring here in the bay area, stay right here with us. >> reporter: there's a stubborn fire continuing to burn out here on bethel island. take a look behind me as the flames continue to shoot through the roof. out here, the battalion and fire chief say they have a new plan of attack. we'll tell you about it -- coming up. >>> we finally got some rain. not much. is this it? one and done? >>> the critical item on president obama's agenda in israel. >> reporter: it's b.a.r.t. verses the birds. we'll tell you how much the agency is spending to keep their stations free and bird free. it may surprise you -- as "mornings on 2" starts now. >>> well, good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark

also caesar chavez because of all the activity here. firefighters told me they're trying to get their equipment out of the way. i did see cars moving by here on 3rd street. before they couldn't do that. two firefighters suffered minor injuries. one had a fall and got some bruises. the other suffered smoke inhalation. but both of them checked out okay. the the cause is under investigation. christie smith, "today in the bay." >>> safety concern on the bay bridge, busted bolts were found by an inspector on the bay bridge. arturo santiago is live. >> reporter: new span on the bay bridge for caltrans, the committee will be meeting to get a briefing on the problem today. even with dozens of bolts snapping, the bridge is safe, they say. a live picture of it. we'll get that, alan? thank you very much. 32 bolts have snapped. now caltrans can considering replacing all 228 bolts on the new span. bridge engineers say they're pretty confident that the problem with the bolts is not a design issue or a construction problem. what it gets down to is a p

the second is a rebuild on caesar chavez street. lowers the number of beds from 555 to 274.lukes from 80 beds to 120. the parking garage will also be down sized from the original proposal. >> time is now 818, economists are watching a new trend in recent years, more men are becoming nurses. during the recession healthcare jobs were added to the market. and men took advantage of the new opportunities. economists say in 2011 men made up 10% of the registered nurses compared to 8% in the year 2000. in recent years men have entered fields that were normally dominated by women. >>> san francisco assemblymen introduced a bill to guaranteed the rights for transgender students. require school districts to allow transgender students to use bathrooms and join sports team that correspond with the gender they identify with. discrimination against transgender people is already against the law in california but it's necessary to ensure the rights of transgender students at schools. >> 8:19. more than a dozen u.s. senators want the veteran's affairs department to keep granting waivers so s

in san francisco southbound 101 it looks like there could be some trouble brewing right before caesar chavez. >>> we could have a little bit of rain, highs 50s and 60s and rain decreasing later today. >>> we were first on the scene at 4:30 this morning and there is a huge fire at bethel island burning right now claudine wong will have a live update. >>> we have a soggy start for the official first day of spring here in the bay area, stay right here with us. >> reporter: there's a stubborn fire continuing to burn out here on bethel island. take a look behind me as the flames continue to shoot through the roof. out here, the battalion and fire chief say they have a new plan of attack. we'll tell you about it -- coming up. >>> we finally got some rain. not much. is this it? one and done? >>> the critical item on president obama's agenda in israel. >> reporter: it's b.a.r.t. verses the birds. we'll tell you how much the agency is spending to keep their stations free and bird free. it may surprise you -- as "mornings on 2" starts now. >>> well, good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave c

these are -- caesar chavez's face is part of the logo this morning he was born march 31, 1927 so his birthday today, google marking it. going to owings mills, maryland, hi, andre. caller: hello. first i would like to give you a compment for looking so well put together so early in the morning. that's really hard work. also i don't think it's actually possible to separate your mohrals from government, but you have to separate your religion from making choices while you're in government, because the institutional basis, you know, religion can kind of be seen as institution. the government is definitely an institution. now, as far as gay marriage, that is, you know, that is definitely religion. i'm a christian, so i believe in god. people that are hidden do you or buttist, i don't know exactly how they feel about marriage, but when you talk about marriage, you're actually going at god, because that's a relationship he put between man and woman. so i don't know how they do it in hidden do you or buddhist but when u dealing with others, it's a relationship between man, woman and god. host

. >> that $8 caesar salad at your restaurant could easily be $18 or whatnot if not for the hard work of the farm workers. again, the cesar chavez family having a number of events. log onto the website chavezfv.org and cetweb.org for the commemorative breakfast. we'll get more into these when we continue. >>> we're back with rudy chavez medina of the chavez events. we're kicking the celebrations off with the commemorative breakfast, and then we have the march, and then the golf tournament. tell us sequentially about each one. >> so actually, there's a real significant one that we're participating one in, and that's the flag raising of the ufw flag in -- >> at the plaza. >> -- at city hall. >> mm-hmm. >> last year was the first year it was ever done in any municipality in the entire united states. san jose was the location. and actually, san jose, as you know, is the place the birthplace of the farm worker movement. so that's really awesome that's happening on the 28th. and then on the 29th is our annual breakfast. we're going to have a speaker from the family, cesar chavez is coming. the grandson of cesar is coming. and, also, w