the victims were held at gunpoint and there are no reports of injuries at this point but claudine wong is on the scene talking with investigators right now and she will have a live report in just a few minutes. >>> a 19-year-old sun noma county -- sonoma county woman was last seen at a celebration in lake tahoe. tara moriarty is in lake tahoe to tell us who she is and the effort to find her. >> reporter: they are tracing alyssa burns' last movements and statements records. many of her friends including her older brother and father have headed to lake tahoe to pass this out. 19-year-old alyssa burns has not been seen since shortly before midnight according to her friends who were with her. she was in town for a three day music festival which attracts thousands of people. she disappeared from the group around 11:30 and by phone she told her friends she was taking a shuttle back to the resort. she was spotted around midnight and a facebook page has been set up to find her after working as a hostess here at petaluma. she was studying to be a paramedic firefighter and she is 123 pounds, lon

thank you claudine.s always your support and your assistance have been instrumental and it is very much appreciated. thank very much. and thank you all for joining us here today. this is an auspicious ceremony in this beautiful city of san francisco where for the second year in a row now we have been the official first day of issue city for the lunar new year stamp. i might also add that for out of the six stamps in the series san francisco has been chosen three times to be the official city. we must be doing something right in san francisco. i am honored to represent the postal service. today is an exciting service. we are proud to celebrate our special time with our friends and the asian community. appreciate the beauty of the stamps for them to use in the new year greetings to families and friends and we capture that beauty this year into celebrating the lunar year stamp. the stamp features the firecrackers that scare off evil spirits and renew hope for the future. the staff is available today at all

claudine. >> that is right. in the last 30 minutes a coroner just arrived here on scene. you've what is happening on the 300 block of drake. if you take a look down the stairway. you can see a canopy and tarp that is still up. that is where the victim is still at this hour. the body of 17-year-old williams still there. he was shot just after midnight. i want to show you a picture. his family said he'd only been visiting for the last week. he was here visiting from weed, california. his sister told me she heard around six gunshots and when she realized her brother had been hit she ran to his side. >> i held my brother in my arms. i heard him take his last breath. he died right before my eyes. they shot my brother in his head. >> deputies on scene attempted cpr and first aid. however a short time later medical personnel pronounced the subject deceased. >> reporter: police tell us this morning the victim had been shot two or three times. when they talk to the family describe a difficult life in this housing project. they all live here in different units. they also describe a

thank you claudine. as always your support and your assistance have been instrumental and it is very much appreciated. thank very much. and thank you all for joining us here today. this is an auspicious ceremony in this beautiful city of san francisco where for the second year in a row now we have been the official first day of issue city for the lunar new year stamp. i might also add

claudine wong is out there. just talked to the officials on the district on why they are changing the system and how it's going. >> reporter: the changes are coming. take a look at what is happening right now. you can see toll takers in place. you've got your typical toll lanes your fast track lanes your car pool lanes. that is how it has been business as usual. what you can't see is the testing that is going under way for the changes that are coming in late march. i'm joined now by spokesperson mary curry. let's talk about this. big changes and obviously the big thing is the toll takers are going away. tell me what is happening today and when the changes will officially go into effect. >> today is a milestone day. because we started the testing of the tolling system. we are 60 days away now. what that means is that the collectors will then come out of the lanes in 60 days. so far we have 28 full-time collectors. about half have been placed in other jobs and continuing to work with the others. we're also negotia

claudine wong is there now to tell us what was stolen. claudine?facts stolen from two separate burglaries here at the museum of california and the museum wants them back. that press conference is set to start at 9:30 this morning. we're hoping to get some more information about what happened in each theft. here's what we do know. this happened on monday when the museum was closed. this recent heist happened on monday. a museum spokesperson said surveillance video showed a single thief inside. the thief got away with what's being described as a valuable historic artifact from the museum's collection. it's a gold rush era box. the other break-in happened back in november on another monday. but this time at night after the museum was closed all day. surveillance video showed a man entered the second floor and then broke cases before stealing items and taking off. people we talked to said the thief stole history from all of us. >> if they are and we need so they will know what happened in the past. hopefully, you guys will catch him. i hope so. i hope

claudine chang, [speaker not understood] i'm speaking. i'm someone very concerned about what is happening in north beach today. in january in support of the north beach station and a solution that would provide the kind of transit efficiency for the city, and i'm also in support of having no extractions in north beach. speaking directly to the proposed resolution today, the three appreciatevxeses, preference number 1 is to evaluate option 4 which is a favorite option so far from what i have heard. however, the way that the resolution was written, much has to depend on whether additional environmental review is necessary. and as of today from mr. funge's report or update, it appears that it may be, it may be not. [speaker not understood]. let's put it that way. preference number 2 is option 3, which again, i think has the same environmental review issue that comes to this. the last we saw -- i have the most objections to [speaker not understood] rifkin ha termed the last report ultimate [speaker not understood], that is really an issue. be

claudine wong is there and claudine, you spoke to the victims, what did they say?rter: well they are describing a terrifying ordeal just before 3:00 and let me set the scene for you. this all happened in the first floor apartment. they had three people staying over and they were all asleep. i want to show you the front of this building because there is a gate inn front and they think maybe it was stuck and that's how the home invasion suspects got in. they were all asleep and a total of five guys came in with guns and they immediately started knocking down the doors, dragged us all out into the living room. >> reporter: now this is a picture of the door they say they broke down the door to get into the bedrooms and they didn't want their identities shown but when the five people said it will be okay. >> i said it's going to be okay and he kicked me and said done talk to her. he smacked the boys grabbed the girls' heads. >> he saw at least two guns and one of the suspects dragged a nun and it was recovered from the planner rocks at 40th avenue. at this point, police

good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, pam. let me give you a look at what is happening right now. we're at this apartment complex in marin city. down there you can see active police work just beyond that canna by that has been set up is the victim who is a juvenile. we're still trying to get information right now. police officer said he will talk to us in a couple minutes. they have been actively working this scene for several hours now. let me give you a look at video shot earlier this morning when this all happened. there were multiple calls came in about gunshots fired. we do not know if that is how the victim died. we do know that is what brought police to the scene here. earlier there were a lot of people autohere. we have seen some people walking around. but again police tell us they will be out here for quite awhile. if we come back out here live they are looking to be here for quite a bit. i see the police officer who said he was going to talk to and give us all the information he can. getting ready to come out of that

good morning claudine. >>> you can see gates are in place and we are still closed this morning and the dates did not stop thieves from breaking in. they are all expected to be here to talk about the theft and to offer a reward to try to get the stolen items back. for the second time in two months they got away with a gold box with gold ornamentation depicting california. it was worth more than $800,000. we know the museum was closed and it happened to the men while making their ways through the galleries. that is at least one similarity to the same museum and that one happened at 11:30 at night and in berkeley, they broke through a door and went through when the thieves were bond and none of those items have been returned. these ninja are dressed in pick acts and -- axes and the four men are facing charges for this crime. this area has 24 hour security and until these two recent heists, they had never been burglarized before. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> the crew of a huge oil tanker was warned and it is still not clear if the pilot of the overseas vessel is responsi

claudine. >> reporter: yes. certainly have a very difficult time out here. the family lives in these apartment complexes. let me show you what is happening night right now. the coroner within the last hour has taken away the body of 17-year-old lavon williams. you can see they are out there still and they will be out there for awhile. we talked to the family about him. i want to show you the picture of the 17-year-old. the family says that you know he's had a little bit of a rough go of it but has been out of juvenile hall within the last nine months and has come here to spend time with his family. he had been here for just about a week and just celebrated his birthday now days ago. they do have a theory about why he was shot. >> i saw him five minutes before it happened. he came to check up on me to see if i was okay. because there was stuff going on by my house. this guy was acting crazy. and then i guess -- i don't know what he was doing. i don't know what he was doing. >> reporter: what did you say to your brother? >> my brother was freaked out by that a

ktvu's claudine wong is there in san francisco with the latest on where a driver crashed into a caltran parking lot so what happened. >> reporter: the search is on the for the driver. father-in-law started as a traffic -- apparently it started as a traffic stop or attempted traffic stop and you can see the mess left behind. that power pole hanging there and you can see a pg&e crew just arriving. they are telling us these repairs could take a while and power is out. look at this, though, if we pan over, you can see when this car came crashing r went through a fence and ended up hitting this vehicle that's in the employee parking lot. the car that was involved in this has been towed away at this point but we want to show you video from earlier this morning when it was still here, and you can see the damage to it. chp says it started at 1:15 in the morning. the driver did the not stop and kept going. got off the freeway and ended up at 5th and townsend where he or she crashed the car and fled. they're serging for the driver at this point but they've taken away the vehicle and certainly sea

>> 880 looks pretty good dave and claudine.o hit the road and go into the office today or do your job it should be a nice job far you. westbound 580 traffic looks good coming out to the mccarthur maze. if you have to go to work at least it's a little lighter than it normally is. by next time this week we will probably see it backed up to the maze. take advantage of that. peninsula traffic looks good if you're trying to catch a flight. 101 is a good drive. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. a very good morning. we have clear skies out there. maybe a patch or two of fog. overall it's mainly cold. although right along the coast there is a little bit of a south breeze. kind of helping temperatures in the 40s. cold morning. a little warmer on the high temps today. if high clouds will make it to a dying system. the extended outlook that takes us into the system looks quiet. a drier pattern which makes a lot of sense because it's october, november, and december we're above on rainfall. i mean it just goes figure we'd have a little

claudine?reporter: well, dave, no doubt, deputies here are used to dealing with a lot of strange and unusual things but a 5-foot alligator guarding a stash of marijuana that does not happen every day. this alligator is 5 feet long and his name is mr. teeth. he is kept in a flex i glass enclosure in the bedroom of a home and he is this morning being cared for at the oakland zoo. he is described as being very sick so the zoo is taking care of him right now. >> we found out he had the alligator for 16 years and when we asked him how long he had it, he said he got the alligator to commemorate the death of two pock so that was in 1996. >> deputies went there yesterday to do a probation check on him and he had been convicted of a disturbance. neighbors say they don't know him or his wife or two-year-old child. they knew they had dogs but they certainly did not know about the 34 pounds of marijuana that mr. teeth was apparently guarding. one woman said she gets upset when she thinks about all the kids

in san francisco, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a fight between a father and a son in dalyhis morning left both men with serious injuries. it happened at the kron colony apartment complex. daly city police say the father called 911 about 2:30 to report he had been stabbed. officers found the father who is in his 30s, had been stabbed four times. his 19-year-old son had a traumatic head injury. both were taken to the hospital and are expected to survive. there's no word yet on what caused the fight or in any charges -- or if any charges will be filed. >> two placer county teenaged girls are accused of drugging one of the girls' parents just to be able to use the internet. the suspects are 16 and 15 years old. they are accused of -- accused of putting sleeping bills in a milk shake -- pimms in a mill -- pills in a milk shake. they wake up feeling groggy and took a drug test. >>> a day-long rally at the state capitol is aimed at providing new protections for the homeless. >> right now, you can't discriminate against persons because of their race, their sex, their age, their co

good afternoon, i am claudine wong, tori campbell is off today. >>> he gave his state of the state address but in an optimistic speech he says he has never been more excited about what is ahead and that includes that. ken pritchett is liver for us with more on the governor's brown. >> reporter: this is the 11th time he has addressed the joint session and given their california's budget balanced after years, this one of more optimistic in recent memory. >> california has once again confounded our critics, we have wrought in just two years a solid and enduring budget and by god we are going to preserve and keep it that way for years to come. [ applause ] >> for the rosier budget outlook the governor credited both lawmakers for keeping spending down and voters who approved proposition 30 raising taxes in november. in his speech browne called for the way education is funds and spending billions on water through that, and the governor called on moving ahead on high speed rail, all this while saying law makers must still be prudent in the future. >> the governor is right. we need to focus on a r

ktvu's claudine wong tell us what led up to the early- morning crash and all of the work needed to clean up the mess. >> reporter: it started at a traffic stop but ended like, a mess on a san francisco street just before 2:00 this morning. the highway patrol says officers tried to pull over the man driving this 2003 bmw registered out of oakland but after pulling off the freeway, that driver refused to stop and ended up crashing into this power pole fence and caltrain truck. he ran from the scene. pg&e crews were left to clean up the mess he left behind. residents and businesses found themself in darkness. >> i saw the accident and thought this won't be up any time soon. i went back to the office and shut down the servers and now i'm gonna stand here at wait until it's fixed. >> reporter: all about 100s abouts were up within an -- within an hour. but this power pole was just dangingling from the -- dangling from the wires. for most people, the power was back on by 7:00 in morning. but for this building, the repairs were to be a little more complicated. so pg&e brought out this generator

at the golden gate bridge, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we've got a live report coming up from new orleans. >> here at home, a local amusement park debuts its new roller coaster. warmer temperatures on the way. mark tells you when. ao?.=(=pcpcpcpcpcpcpcpcpc2h [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to get great prices on things you need. we know you look around for the best deals. that's why we give you real big club card deals each week. right now best foods mayonnaise is just $2.77. so pile it on. pizza is served. digiorno pizza is just $3.88. and here's a treat. dreyer's ice cream is only $2.88. real big deals this week and every week. only at safeway. ingredients for life. >>> there are a lot of amazing stories coming from the super bowl this week. one of the most inspiring involves a player on the baltimore ravens. his troubled childhood inspired the 2009 movie "blind side." joe spoke with michael oher. joe? >> reporter: for the second day in a row both the 49ers and ravens made their teams accessible to the entire media. they did so t

claudine wong -- from the oakland museum of california. claudine wong has the new details on the reward that's on the table. >> reporter: it's been in this museum since the 1960s giving people a glimpse into the gold rush. >> it was a wedding anniversary gift from a san francisco pioneer to his wife in the 19 -- in the 1800s. it was created by a san francisco gold smith artisan. >> reporter: that is until monday when someone snatched it. oakland police would not release a picture citing the ongoing investigation. all we can tell you it's 7 by 9, about the size of a shoebox. it's gold with images of california on the box. >> this is a theft not just on a valuable object but the theft of the history and the heritage of our children. >> reporter: it's the second time this has happened. there was another heist in november. >> the museum believes in both theft, the thief came through the garden. in both thefts, he came to this area in the museum. back in november, took an item in there and then from here and then on monday took that box located

in marin city, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the alleged killer in the colorado shooting wasigned but that has been delayed until then. then the judge granted a motion to delay that until then. the decision comes one day after the judge ruled he should stand trial for killing 12 people and wounding 58 others. >>> martinez school district is changing its security policy in the wake of school shooting. another new policy teachers must keep their doors locked during the school day and eventually district plans to add locks that teachers can use to secure the doors from the inside. >> in talking to the police department what we determined was that anything you can do seen as a deterrent is one way to slow down an intruder if they are on campus. >> some administrators have suggesting adding school resource officers to campuss that don't have them. >>> two families are suing the university of the deadly shooting rampage in oakland, several people died when he opened fire on the school campus in april. families of two of the victims filed a lawsuit there then. they say they should h

i'm claudine wong. tori campbell is off today. >>> happening now, a bomb squad is wrapping up its investigation of a suspicious package and has blocked off streets in san francisco's china basin neighborhood. those streets, however, should be opening soon. you are looking at newschopper2 over that area right now. officials did close off streets near the 100 block of terry francois street and did evacuate a nearby building. they did not want to take any chances with something that looked like a military or ordnance box. one firefighter said it's not something you get from safeway. >> it looked like it had military colors on it. >> you looking at video of the robot sent in to check out that package, that package right there on the ledge near that building, no word yet on exactly what was inside the pox. but it was s apparently deemed harm also. >>> well, the district attorney must still decide if charges will be filed after a fire broke out at a san francisco art gallery in the mission district. the fire

. >>> and what started as a traffic stop ends with a crash, and claudine wong joins us with the details of what happened. >> reporter: we're at 5th and townsend where the crash happened. you can see power poll hanging up in the air, and as we pan down it's not even hitting the ground. the area has been taped off by the caltran employees while they try to figure out what to do. that truck that was simply just parked there in this employee parking lot. we'll span left and show you the pg&e truck that rival within the last -- arrived literally within the last five minutes. power along the street, at least for one block in both directions that i can see is out at this time. i want to e show you video from earlier this morning as we take you through what we know about what happened. this started as an attempted traffic stop a little before 2:00 this morning. chp confirming for us that they tried to pull the driver over. the driver as they say failed to yield, came off the freeway, and ended up here. this is just a couple of blocks from interstate 80. again, the driver fled the scene. they ar

claudine wong has talked to the victims so what are they telling you claudine wong. >> reporter: wellup of college kids live in this apartment. there are five of them. they think the suspects came here looking for drugs. they told me that they do leave their front door unlocked a lot of the time. that's because they have this gate downstairs sat the bottom. but any also said this lock tends -- but they also said this lock tends to stick. they believe that's how the suspects got in. now, this all happened just before 3:00 this morning. the victims say they were all asleep in that upstairs apartment when the five men broke in. they went from room to room, waking people up. and then they brought them all to the living room. >> i've never had a gun in my face. that was pretty intense. >> one of them grabbed a knife from our kitchen and then i saw two guns. one -- >> reporter: in the face? >> yes. >> reporter: were they covering their faces? >> no they all had baggy clothes on and hoods on. but you could see their faces. >> reporter: victims say they ransacked the place. they think they we

. >> and i'm claudine wong in for pam cook this morning. still can't talk. let's get a quick look at your traffic and weather. i may have been a few minutes later to work today i was waiting for that windshield to defrost. >> but you told us yesterday. >> is it cold out there? >> balmy. >> we do have frost warning and frost advisory and freeze warning out. take us until 9:00. already 20s and 30s. even then i think there is cool temps. it will be sunny and a little warmer today. >>> traffic on highway 4 looks pretty good. here looking at 680 heading down to the bottom of the hill that looks good. coming up on 5:00 let's go back to the desk. >>> developing news from the east bay. we've been telling you about since 4:30. a water main break on a very busy street in hayward. we're live with the camera right where the water is gurgling up. it is causing problems right now. this is on jackson street and santa clara. they've got a problem out there. the workers are out there. the police are out there. the water is flowing into the road. eastbound traffic on jackson

claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new video of clashes in egypt.t police fired tier gas at protesters who threw rocks at them. this is the 7th straight day ofles have. we've also received new video from berlin where an go law merkel is meet -- angela merkel is meeting with mohammed morsi. egypt's top commander warned that egypt will collapse if the fighting continues. >>> a new report warns of possible attacks coming from iran and lebanon target, the united states and other western countries as well asle israel. this report says the militant groups operating both independently and together are becoming more active. reportedly, the militants are planning revenge on the west for trying to disrupt iran's nuclear program. >>> the top u.s. commander in afghanistan says he thinks afghan security forces will soon be ready to take the lead in the war against the taliban. the start -- starting this spring, troops will scale back their involvement, preparing to leave afghanistan at the end of 2014. >> there is consideration for an enduring presence here whic

i'm brian flores. >> and i'm claudine wong. the huge line of people surprised even the event organizers. alex savidge joins us live from daly city for more on day two own the reason behind -- day two and the reason behind the rush. >> reporter: large number of people showing up here at the gun show. many organizers believe it's because people are concerned about new restrictions on gun sales moving forward. we are here at the cal palace where this event has been going on yesterday and throughout the weekend. you can see this morning already people are lined up to get inside. this is what things looked like here yesterday as hundreds of people turned out to check out the guns and ammunition up for sale. the organizers say gun enthusiasts are motivated to buy because they are worried about increased gun control measures being put into place soon following last months school massacre. there are a number of proposals right now at both the federal and state level. in fact just this past week east bay assemblywomanner nancy skinner a

and how it is going to be utilized. * [speaker not understood] >> good morning, supervisors, claudine [speaker not understood] mayor's office of housing the community development division. i'd like to briefly provide a little background on the south of market community stabilization fund and then describe the items that are being heard today. the fund was created in 2005 by the board of supervisors in an effort to mitigate the impact of gentrification in the south of market neighborhood when rincon hill was rezoned for residential development through ordinance 217 05. the ordinance imposed the cm, a new residential development in the new district and fees are collected are deposited into the fund to address the impacts on residents and businesses in the south of market. the board of supervisors also established a community advisory committee, cac consisting of 7 community stakeholders to advise the mayor's office of housing and the board of supervisors on the uses and expenditures of the fund. the cac established a strategic plan to guide the expenditure and administration of the fund

the rain -- claudine wong. the rain came on right as scheduled.s when is it going to leave? >> it's already improving. this time it lasted about three hours. as we have been moving through the morning hours, so has the rain been moving to the south. we will remain with scattered showers in the forecast through the morning but tapering off to mainly dry conditions for the afternoon. still light rain over livermore and to the east over the altamont pass, and you will find this, but again, we will be drying out to partly cloudy skies, and we are looking at temperatures in the 50s. i will look at those numbers for you, i'll give you an hour by hour timeline of when this rain will wrap upcoming up. >>> and new this morning, it's the news many sharks fans have been waiting for. a tentative deal has finally been reached in an n.h.l. lockout, and alex savage is live in san jose for us with more on what this means and when teams could be back on the ice. alex. >> reporter: well, sharks fans, i can tell you, are celebrating this morning, as it appears we ha

claudine wong has more, claudine? >> reporter: well the numbers are out and they are up. are numbers from the regional auto theft task force and they shows numbers up across the board here in pleasanton and they are actually up -- there we go, 47% in the county and up 17% and it's a problem when you compare these numbers to 2011 and 2012. now we have spoken to some people about the rise and he said he is actually surprised about the rise and he said he actually does leave a lot of important stuff in his car. >> reporter: you always leave a lot of important stuff? >> yes, i do. >> you -- >> reporter: you never worry about it? >> no, i am always locking it up and i am never in one place for a long time. >> reporter: now they posted this on facebook pains and certainly police are asking for the public's help in stopping the trend. we will tell you more about the other scenes and we will tell you what seems to be the most important car targeted. >>> well the chp will continue patrol for the next 30 days. they are still not clear whether the chp will get paid. back in november

at the golden gate bridge claudine wong. >>> the identity of a 20-year- old pittsburg man shot and killed yesterday afternoon. timothy smith, jr. police tracked a car involved in the shooting. police named brian fox as a person of interest in the case. he was not at the home where they found the car and still looking looking for him tonight. >>> the california highway patrol is investigating a crash that crippled the commute this morning. four vehicles were involved at 6:00 a.m. in livermore. the crash started when a car rear end another car. the car came to rest in lanes of traffic where it was hit. when crews arrived the car was in flames. the driver was killed. >>> a sheriff's deputy pleaded not guilty to stealing a trumpth and a jacket -- trumpet and a jacket from a musician. he entered his plea monday. prosecutors said he was caught on surveillance video taking the items back on december 20. he was off duty and was playing pool that hotel. the trumpet was found in the owners driveway. he is on paid leave and is free on bail. >> is the blackberry making a come back. today research in

ktvu's claudine wong has been at the scene since 4:30 this morning and has more. they are making some progress? >> reporter: yes, tori. since we last economicked in with you, we -- checked in with you, they've made some progress. there was a power pole hanging from the top of the hours and hanging down. the big step was to get that down. now it's laying on the tree. they said once they -- on the ground. they said once they did that, they would be able to fix the power. take a look at this scene right now. it's a mess. it's been that way for more than five hours since this chase happened. it started at 1:50 this morning. san francisco police telling me this actually started as a chp place that ended up down in the streets of san francisco. they say the driver fled from a traffic stop, ended up crashing into the power pole, into a fence and into a caltrain truck that happened to be parked in an employee parking lot. that knocked out the power, the driver fled. san francisco police got on scene and they are righting up up that accident report for this. the driver is

claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, claudine. 8:33.rancisco, cracking down on the academy of art. the for-prof art school is one of the biggest landowners in the city. the city says they've violated loss. now they have issued $26,000 fines and are threatening to pose daily fines if the school does not start to obey the deadlines. one of those compliance deadlines is today. >>> copper thieves hit the soccer park again. they stole about a half-mile of copper wiring and caused about $10,000 of damage. the theft was discovered two weeks ago. that very same soccer park was targeted in 2008 and prompted the city to install locks. but somehow those thieves got in again. >>> 8:34. san mateo county superior court will eliminate jobs and close courtrooms because of state budget cuts. the county manager's office tells ktvu five court commissioner positions will be cut, 16 to 21 staff positions will be cut. five courtrooms will be closed and most court services in south san francisco, in san mateo will be suspended. this could happen as soon as ju

. >> i'm claudine wong. let's check in with rosy chu with a quick look at your america forecast. >> yes, we are warm out there, into the afternoon you'll notice a cool down because we do have cooler weather beginning to move in. and this morning the bigger story may be that patchy dense fog out there. visibility down to a quarter mile, even in one of the local spots. i'll talk about that in just a moment. a mix of sun and clouds and isolated chance at maybe a sprinkle and we are going to be mainly dry. but cool conditions are expected. i'll detail this for you and showout temperatures coming up. >>> we're following developing news right now. a police chase that ended with the dramatic car crash in oakland just a few hours ago. six people rushed to the hospital as we just got word that one of the passengers, they have died. ktvu alex savage is live for us, including the man hunt underway right now. alex? >> reporter: police at this point are looking for the driver of the suv, but i also want to tell you here

. >>> good morning, and welcome to mornings on 2 it is sunday, january 27th i'm claudine wong. >> and'm mike mibach. walked out of the house to grab the paper today, felt the wind and cold. let's check if with rosemary. >> good morning, to you. pretty start to the day. 15 minutes until the official sunrise. mike mentioned, it is cold and brisk. for the afternoon mostly sunny skies. temperatures will be cooler than what we felt on saturday. i will line up your numbers and show you what i see coming up. >>> we begin with a developing story of a tragedy in south america. at least 245 people are now dead in a nightclub fire in southern brazil. we want to show you the first pictures of the aftermath that are coming into our newsroom. the fire broke out at the kiss nightclub during a concert. that club reached maximum capacity with up to 2,000 party goers inside. the casualty toll is expected to climb. at least 200 pay tree quantities were hurt. a nearby gym has been turned into a makeshift morgue. investigators say it's too early still to figure out the cause of the fire. stay tuned throug

good morning, claudine. >> reporter: that is right, dave, good morning. testing is under way right here at the golden gate bridge. official transition into this no toll taker policy won't happen for another couple months. let's take you through what is going on right now. take a look at this booth. we have a toll taker in there. this is obviously your biggest change when the transition goes through. there will be no toll takers in any of these booths. i want to show you some of the other stuff. take a look at the lights. those are for a reason. those lights shining down on the cars that come through here. those cameras recording license plates as they come through. the way the system works right now as we stand here, is that you can either pay a person, you can use your fast track. if you go through and don't use either of those things you could get a fine in the mail. the way the new system works it will be all automated. everyone will come through. three things could happen you pay with your fast track and get $1 discount. you go through and that happen

live here in san francisco, claudine wong ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time now 6:33.hters in san jose want to know if an overnight fire at a cannabis club was deliberately set. they found a broken window and the smell of gas when they showed up. janine de la vega who's been out there since 4:30 will have a live update on the investigation: >>> san francisco firefighters respond to several christmas tree fires overnight. we saw the after math of one of them there at 21st and folsom. the fire department tells us they responded to ten different calls of christmas trees on fire in the street. out on ocean beach, federal police and park rangers are steming up their patrols because of the annual illegal tradition of burning christmas trees on the beach. in san francisco, you can legally dispose of your tree, just by putting it outside on your usual trash collection day. >>> crews are looking into the cause of a water main break in berkeley. the 6-inch water main broke on dwight way at 6:00 last night. workers had to shut down the main, cutting off water to 16 homes overnigh

claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, claudine. >>> 7:46.a woman in antioch launching a campaign to stop the number of home break-ins on her street. christine morales told us burglars robbed her house twice in one month and stole family heirlooms and jewelry and trashed her bedroom. when she started talking to neighbors and the police, she found out she was not the only victim on her street. >> just? one month in -- just in one month, on our street, we've had one burglary every week. once a week, there's a burglary. >> now, a neighbor's video surveillance system helped catch three suspects. but neighbors are calling on officials to do -- to do something. >>> well, a small santa rosa school for special needs students wants help. they want to catch the burglars who broke into the school during the christmas holidays. the new horizons learning center serves about 20 teenagers. the school says students struggled at mainstream schools but are doing better at this school. the teachers are trying to figure out how the burglars knew to get in throug

. >> i'm claudine wong. pam cook has the day off. let's start off with a quick look at your weather and traffic and steve. i don't know is brr a meteorology call term? >> it is today. frost advisories everywhere else. 29 santa rosa. highs today in the 50s. it will be sunny and nice. here is sal. hello sal. >>> steve, good morning to you. there is not a lot going on. we're hoping for not much of a commute today as we go to some of these pictures. san mateo bridge looking pretty good heading out to the high- rise. it's clear and cold. you can see on interstate 880 traffic is moving well in both directions. let's go back to the studio. >>> we're following developing news from the east bay. right now crews are working to cap a water main break on one of the busiest streets in hayward. alex savidge has just arrived on the scene with the very latest from there. >> this intersection of jackson street where we are right now quickly filling up with water as you can see. we'll push in over there. water just gurgling up out of the roadway. caus

claudine wong tells us what we've learned about the outbreak and how it's spread. >> reporter: yes, the health department now says there were 50 people sickened by the norovirus. two people that worked at this deli and 48 people that went to an event that was catered by the deli. now the deli is back open right now, the health department has given it the green light. but both the department and the owners of that deli agree there are lessons from this that everyone can learn from. the north park deli was back in business this morning, much to the relief of regular customers like kristin anderson who tried to come here yesterday. >> i wanted to come in and get one of their really good burritos and they were closed. kind of a bummer. >> reporter: you ex-- you are excited to see it back open? >> yes. >> reporter: ktvu had the only camera there after the health department gave the all clear. >> they have to throw out all of the food that was open and then really a deep cleaning of all kitchen surfaces. >> reporter: all of this started on friday, when an employee showed up to work sick. the

. >> i'm claudine wong. it is wednesday, january 23rd. tori and dave have today off. >>> well, overnight, the oakland council approved a controversial contract to hire outside experts to help police crack down on crime. ktvu's alex savidge is live for us in oakland and tells us the vote came after hundreds of speakers and a heated debate. >> reporter: well, hundreds of people spoke out on this controversial topic. there were four hours of public comment. the final vote didn't company until the morning. the council approved a consulting contract with bill bratton, a man whose past policing policies have come under fire. that vote angered many people in the audience. many in the crowd reacted strongly as the vote came down just after 2:00 this morning. ktvu had the only camera inside council chambers at the time. police moved in for a short time to maintain order. there were roughly 275 people who spoke at this lengthy council meeting. the council approved a contract with bratton's consulting firm on a 7-1 vote. bratton will help come in an