ktvu's claudine wong is live at the courthouse where she spoke to witness whose described the scene. >> reporter: the courthouse is behind me and the jail is behind it. this attempted escape happened in the tunnels that connect and wind underneath the buildings. at 11:30 a.m. this morning the inmate decided to make a break for it. >> the inmate actually made it outside. here to the parking lot. but that is as far as he got. >> it happened so fast. i looked up, you know, get down. bodies flashed down. >> reporter: that was the end of an attempted escape that started when he was being transported. he sprayed three deputies, triggered a fire alarm and gotuds before he was tase -- got outside before he was tased tased and tackled. >> completing he couldn't breathe. get off me. i am not doing anything. >> reporter: the 24-year-old has a history with the law. he lives in vacaville but has been in and out of jail since he was 18. >> in and out since 2008. the majority of the charges were narcotics, vandalism, criminal threats in there and failure to afears and stuff like that. >> reporter:

ktvu's claudine wong is live where officer brian law began his law enforcement career. >> reporter: there are 90 officers here in this office and most of them did know officer brian law, even though he was based in fresno he started his career at this office. he was an officer, husband and father and to the chp family he was their brother. >> reporter: he remembers beating brian law. he was out of the academy, the new guy and brian law welcomed him. >> he was one of the first people i met. he was on the same shift i was on. he was a great guy. always there to help you out. even as the new guy. he would help you out. >> reporter: he says brian law was just that kind of guy. warm and easy going. brian law graduated in 2008 and worked that office for 5 years before transferring to fresno. >> family man and he wanted to be closer to his family. that was why he left. >> reporter: law was working with juan gonzalez a classmate on the grave yard shift when the accident happened. and while it may have happened miles away this hits home in oakland. >> loss to lose an officer. harder when it is som

ktvu's claudine wong joins us live with what she saw on campus and what the district plans to do about it. >> reporter: parents were frustrated about how much superviz there is, site -- supervision there siting a lack of response from officials. 2 investigated and tonight the district agreed more needs to be done. >> reporter: a question of supervision. we talked to more than one parent who said there is not enough. >> i would say 5 to 6 fight as week. we have videos of one girl being jumped by 10 kids. boys and girls. >> we obtained video of the fight, it was from december. one girl goes to the ground and gets kicked and as far as we could see there were no adults tornado stop it. >> who is taking the video? >> the kids. and they are floating every kid in the school had them and shown me what is going on. >> reporter: that video was taken here on the back side of the elementary school. we watched recess and saw a lot of kids. for a while we didn't see any adults. no one stopped these two kids from climbing up and over a dugout fence. the principal did eventually come out but when we c

. >> tonight 2 investigates claudine wong joins us live with the allegations and what the schools reverend has to say about them. claudine. >> these aren't the first allegations to be made against the school or its leaders but one mother now says a reverend there punched her 10-year-old son and she wants police to step in. it happened after school last wednesday at st. andrews. a k-12 school in west oakland. 10-year-old cory says after a scuffle the reverend stepped in. things escalated when lacy tried to take him home in the school's van. >> i got out the back door for a split second. he put me in the van, slammed me to the van door then put me back in the van. >> reporter: take a close look at cory's left eye because he says that's a result of what happened next. >> he socked me one time. >> reporter: st. andrews is no stranger to controversy. two investigates found a history of problems that range from allegations of abuse to misuse of public funds. in 2012 that controversy led the school district to cut off public money. but the school stayed in business. according to public records at

as claudine wong reports, he's getting ready to call it quits. >> what about this? >> reporter: 66-year-old dave thomas has been working at this for so many years he's lost count. >> you have to be crazy to want to do this. i have snorted so much glitter and styrofoam, i'm not sure anything in me functions in me anymore. >> reporter: he spends thousands of hours with a team of people glueing, painting, stapling. drilling together the floats that bring magic to the chinese new year parade. it's not an easy job. >> it makes you get up early. it underpays, overworks you. all of those companies either went bankrupt or i bought them out of business. >> reporter: people who know dave will tell you he's been talking about retiring for years. but it turns out it's not that easy to find someone who want to the take over all of this. in fact, he's gone through six different proto jays. the first five couldn't cut it. >> staple here, here, here and pull it back. >> reporter: and then he turned to stephanie. >> he asked me three times and i didn't know he was serious the first

new jersey claudine wong area. >> they are assisting in security. as well. >> u.s. customs and border protection are taking to the skies. >> three black hawk helicopters. will patrol a perimeter. >> enforcing a no strike don't kzone. >> it is very close to them. and then secondly. they come to the realization that something is wrong. >> only exception is is the fleet of military planes. and they are performs in a search. and it is infence toying for them who spend time. a threatening letter send to new york's mayor did not cake white powder. >> letters with the powder which are believed to be coon starch. >> intent to former mayor. and investigators now think earth notes to the current and they happen to be sinked at the big time. >> today, it is for 3:30. >> even though they are not in the super bowl. >> they are still working that local fans could be getting away. and it is going to last well and they got started can the -- with the dui check. and and did arrest a chem on drunk drive asking charges. >> one was taken into custody. >> we don't want

ism claudine wong and we will -- i am claudine wong. >> the rain is come and gone. areas. have a look around at the valley locations. it is mostly clear skies and have a look at the temperatures in the extended forecast. increasing clouds and few scattered showers. >> i will show thank you that coming up. >> new this morning. they are trying to figure out what displaced people on tucson drive. it started on the second floor and damaged two of the four units. but it had to be turned on for all the units. >> they are finding a place to stay. >> now, it is underway and this happened at 3:00 at geary avenue. a fight broke out and the asian men talk out knives and they are in critical but stable condition. >> there are police trying to figure out to identify a burned body in the oakland hills. >> it is spotted around and into the regional park. >> they are heading up the in addition. and a sergeant told us that early indications suggest that the body was burn td at the scene and on the person's gender and now trying to determine the cause of death. >> it is open to the p

i'm claudine wong. >> i'm mike mibach. >>> happening right now.r at 7:00 this morning. the clouds have grown bigger and bigger. allie rasmus live for us outside of at&t park just about 30 minutes away from fan fest. how is it looking? >> reporter: that's right. a half-hour before the gates open and giants fan fest 2014 begins. the line is huge. take a look. easily thousands of people who have lined up outside of at&t park. you can see them wearing their giants jerseys and they are carrying their banners. a guy coming by selling programs. fans are excited for everyone to begin at 10:00 this morning is when the gates open. there's some san francisco fans, 49ers and giants fans out here. everyone here is in line to support giants fan fest. this is the fans best opportunity to come face face with some of the players. this is video from last year. thousands packed at&t park. it's a chance for fans to go in, meet the giant, coaches and players, shake their hands, get their autographs. fans said it was definitely a chilly night and they enjoyed talking a

in oakland, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> i don't knowp about you -- i don't know about you.m. a rise in robberies. calling 911 may not be enough. >> criminals know it isooniesy target -- it is an easy target. >> a woman beaten in the emergency room and now this attack has hospital staff asking for more safety measures. >> created right here in the bay area but it is not here just yet. the steps needed to bring google's internet. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 p.m. >>> woman beaten in the marriage and the attacker was another -- in the emergency room and the attacker another patient. >>> hello. i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> at san francisco general hospital. ktvu's david stevenson is there and says even the nurses are worried. david? >> reporter: the attack is prompting nurses to speak out about work conditions as they enter contract talks with the city. >> the family of mary perez says she is recovering after being assaulted friday night at san francisco general hospital. >> doing well. getting

claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> more details now. governor jerry brown released a statement extending his condolences to family, friends and colleagues, saying we join all californians in honor these officers for their courage, commitment and service and flags will be flown at half- staff in their oner. the other -- honor. the other officer also worked out of the oakland office, at 5:30 p.m. what he is saying about his friend and why he wanted to move to fresno. >>> homicide case in martinez. we have been reporting this woman is accused of murder but tonight we know it is her mother she is accused of killing. ktvu's allie rasmus spoke with police this afternoon and officers say she flat out admitted to them she did it. >> reporter: that's right. we learned the victim is 74 years old, her daughter is accused of murdering her. while police won't tell us how she was killed we know how they found out about it. the 53-year-old called police yesterday afternoon and told them over the phone she killed her mother and wanted to turn herself i

ktvu's claudine wong is live. you spoke to witnesses and they are describe agcaotic scene here. -- describing a chaotic scene here. >> reporter: the scuffle happened in the tunnels beneath the building, tunnels that connect the courthouse to the jail. >> reporter: he was working on landscaping outside the courthouse when the scuffle from below ground made its way out a backdoor. >> i hear get to the ground now and they tackled this guy, cops come out, sheriff's deputies come out, covered in a substance. >> reporter: it came from a fire expenseuisher that the inmate -- extinguisher that the inmate used. >> he tated to broadcast for a door -- attempted to escape from a door. he used the fire extinguisher on the deputies. he cause tased and -- he was tased and taken into custodies. >>> the deputies were headachen to -- were taken to the hospital for observation. it is not clear what injuries the inmate suffered but it is safe to say he did not go quietly. >> screamed for a half hour about his arm, his back. he couldn

i'm mike mibach. >> and i'm claudine wong. rain. and allie rasmus is live for us in marin county this morning where a flood advisory has been exit happened -- extended. it looks like we have her picture. it doesn't look like we have allie. but you can sew that there is rain falling there, and we'll check in with her in a little bit. if you are headed out this morning, be careful because the chp is reporting a number of accidents this morning, specifically in the north bay and east bay. let's head over to alex savage for us. he is live in emeryville with a check on this morning's drive. do we have you? there you are. >> reporter: we are here, yes, we are, in emeryville this morning. we're seeing a bit of a break with the rain right now. it was heavy at times this morning. even though it's light right now, very hazardous driving conditions. there is just a ton of standing water on the roadways and the freeways all around the bay area. and that means the conditions are still, and that is causing quite a few spin outs and crashes

live in napa, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> in san francisco, a man was hit and killed by a car today on the same day that the city was holding hearings on a new safety initiative for pedestrians. police say the man was crossing sunset boulevard near yorba street late this morning when he was struck and the impact was horrible. ktvu's david stevenson has been there all day and david, there is a crosswalk nearby. >> reporter: that's right. i just gathered new information, they identified the victim at 78-year-old, isaac of san francisco. the accident took place on the boulevard just below me and quickly became a large crime scene. the calls came into san francisco's police and fire departments at 11:00 a.m. this toyota corolla struck and killed a pedestrian on sunset boulevard. the impact wedging the victim's body in the windshield and knocking the shoes off his feet. >> it's horrible, an innocent person taken. very sad. >> police describe the victim as an adult male, three women, a driver and two passengers were taken to local hospitals with nonlife threatening injuries. >>

claudine wong ktvu channel 2 news. >>> president obama host ited a state dinner for the french leaderg the trip alone after he and his long time partner split up. tonight's dinner include 350 guests enjoyed a lavish meal on the south lawn. president obama paid tribute to the long ties between the two nations. >>> temperatures out there are cooling off. the dew points are high again tonight. so we talked about it last night the dew points are high the temperature reaches that dew point for instance dew point in santa rosa is 48. temperature in santa rosa 48. fog is starring to form in the valleys around the area. there's a dense fog advisory that is in effect for tonight through tomorrow morning. dense fog advisory for areas below a thousand feet. santa clara valley out in the contra costa county area. look for dense fog we even got coastal going to talk about as well. picking up some coastal fog around point reyes as well valley fog starting to fill in. if it bothered you messed with your morning commute tomorrow it's going to be there tomorrow morning. i've got rain in the five-day f

claudine wong ktvu channel 2 news. >>> president obama host ited a state dinner for the french leader. he's making the trip alone after he and his long time partner split up. tonight's dinner include 350 guests enjoyed a lavish meal on the south lawn. president obama paid tribute to the long ties between the two nations. >>> temperatures out there are cooling off. the dew points are high again tonight. so we talked about it last night the dew points are high the temperature reaches that dew point for instance dew point in santa rosa is 48. temperature in santa rosa 48. fog is starring to form in the valleys around the area. there's a dense fog advisory that is in effect for tonight through tomorrow morning. dense fog advisory for areas below a thousand feet. santa clara valley out in the contra costa county area. look for dense fog we even got coastal going to talk about as well. picking up some coastal fog around point reyes as well valley fog starting to fill in. if it bothered you messed with your morning commute tomorrow it's going to be there tomorrow morning. i've got rain in th

i'm claudine wong. >> good morning i'm mike mibach.ceived more than a foot of rain as the north bay has been getting pounded with weather for most of the weekend. there is a flash flood watch up and running until this afternoon. john fowler live for us this morning in healdsburg where the russian river is running and appears to be at its highest level in months. >> reporter: that's right. the one thing that we've noticed is that all the fields, all the grape vineyards are wet. there's standing water everywhere. that's great news for agriculture up here and good news for the rest of the area. this is a picture we haven't seen in months. this is the russian river. it's pretty much what it should look like during any normal winter. now it's running. i'll tell you four days ago we could walk across this area right here without getting our feet wet. it was that dry. right now it's running probably about 2,000 cubic feet per second. that's about half what they expect by monday. that's still a good amount of water. now as rosemary was telling

claudine wong talked to his family and the man who may understand best why jacobs loved what he did. >> for 36 years, david johnson has heent his -- has spent his days hiding behind bushes and scaring people. he will tell you he's known as the one and only bushman. [laughter] >> i heard about him. >> he will also tell you there was another. another man who called himself just bushman. that man was gregory jacobs. he set up shop down the road. for decades also made a living the same way. the two had it out a while back. >> after that first fight, we got along. >> reporter: when was the fight? >> this was -- that was about ten years ago. >> reporter: but when you work taught for decades, ten years passes quickly. johnson didn't know jacobs had passed away. he knew he had been sick but jacobs' family said that rarely stopped him. >> he would pass by with his hospital band and he would continue to scare people as if nothing was wrong with him. >> reporter: he said sunday night his heart gave out. jacobs was a father and brother. his family sent us these pictures, showing a side of jacobs

in oakland, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> now prompting to take some of its popular hot pockets off store shelves. nestle issued a voluntary recall today and the croissant crust philly steak and cheese in the 9 and 54-ounce packages. a small quantity of beef from petaluma's rancho feeding corporation was used at a facility that makes hot pockets. >>> a new report out today suggests nearly 1 million workers could be liftded out of poverty if the federal minimum wage was raised but that it would also cost jobs. the report is from the nonpartisan congressional budget office. president obama and senate democrats are pushing for the minimum wage to be raised from $7 and a quarter to $10 by the year 2015. such a pay raise could end up eliminating half a million jobs. >>> plans are in the works for atms that buy and sell bit coins. right now bit coins are unregulated by governments or banks. the company called robo coin says it plans to install the bit coin atms in seattle and austin, texas and plans to expand to as i sha and europe. it aslous people to swap for cash and vice versa. >>

i'm claudine wong. >> good morning i'm mike mibach. rain is on the way.to rosemary for a check of today's weather. >> yeah the first system is rolling in on wednesday, going to bring bay area rain as well as mountain snow for today. the noticeable change this morning, the low clouds and fog and back with us this morning, giving you a live look over oakland. this is going to clear as we'll be partly cloudy for your afternoon. temperatures this morning, slightly up because of the overcast skies. it is still going to feel cool out there without the sun shining on us. i'm tracking the storm for you coming up. >>> happening right now, bart service is back to normal after a train derailment that shut down three bart stations east of pleasant hill. allie rasmus is live at the concord bus station awaiting the first train. hey, allie. >> reporter: hey mike, the gates are open here at the concord station. we've been watching for the past 18 minutes or so. we can show you that there are passengers that are waiting on the platform. but the bart station is back in ser

. >> tonight 2 investigates claudine wong joins us live with the allegations and what the schools reverendn't the first allegations to be made against the school or its leaders but one mother now says a reverend there punched her 10-year-old son and she wants police to step in. it happened after school last wednesday at st. andrews. a k-12 school in west oakland. 10-year-old cory says after a scuffle the reverend stepped in. things escalated when lacy tried to take him home in the school's van. >> i got out the back door for a split second. he put me in the van, slammed me to the van door then put me back in the van. >> reporter: take a close lo

in oakland claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details now late today opd sent us this statementsponse to our inwith in -- inquiry. it says the opd takes all crimes seriously, especially when a child is involved. it is our fundamental duty to protect our children. >>> nasdaq did better and gained 28. >>> the company behind candy crash saga is planning to go public. some analysts think it could be worth more than $5 billion. but others question whether the company king entertainment can be successful while other gaming busies such as san francisco's zynga has struggled. candy crush has been downloaded more than 500 million times times since it debuted in 2012. >>> the reason this contestant already has everyone talking. >>> i'm tracking a slight chance for wet weather in the forecast. what the latest models feel. >>> and his one of the best things about is that millions of people will qualify for financial assistance. for example, if you're a single person making less than $46,000 a year, or a family of four, earning up to $94,200, you may be eligible for premium assistance. the l

. >> claudine wong told us how lucas cortez and his teammates created a memory they'll never forget.: if life is simply made up of moments, bishop o'dowd high school just had one for the record books. >> if he went unnoticed for four years, he is noticed now. >> reporter: on the court, it's all about the other guys. cortez was born with an undeveloped heart. >> i've never seen it get in his way, ever, ever. so there's this little guy that's really big. >> reporter: he can't play, so he contributes by getting everything ready as director of basketball operations. >> neighboring sure that everybody is doing what they need to do to succeed, not only on the court, but in a classroom as well. >> reporter: on the hardwood, last friday night at the last varsity home game of the season, this school experienced a moment of magic, when lucas put on a uniform and went in. >> i looked over and saw lucas. i got a huge smile on my face. >> reporter: just getting in might have been enough. even his coach didn't think he would score. >> i would have bet against it. >> it's like the opportunity you m

in oakland, claudine wong, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> light shower streaming in off the pacific. the morning commute is going to be a wet one. you see the heavy showers toward sacramento and davis. here's your morning. late tonight, midnight, the main showers start to move onshore. about 5:00, 6:00, a.m., you get the heaviest rain. santa rosa, your commute's dry. the bulk of the bay area, 6 and 7:00 a.m., we're going to see significant rainfall, and it's going to linger through 7:00 a.m., and it's going to push out about 9:00 a.m. so the morning commute, especially south of san rafael more rain behind this one. that's your morning commute, when i come back, we'll roll this model all the way through the afternoon hours, because there's more showers there and look at the five-day forecast, and the saturday and sunday storm. >>> the presidio trust has reportedly picked the site to offer george lucas for his museum site. the san francisco chronicle says the trust has now chosen a location nearly lucas's letterman digital art center and the lombard street entrance to the presidio. luc

ktvu's claudine wong joins us live with what she saw on campus and what the district plans to do about how much superviz there is, site -- supervision there siting a lack of response from officials. 2 investigated and tonight the district agreed more needs to be done. >> reporter: a question of supervision. we talked to more than one parent who said there is not enough. >> i would say 5 to 6 fight as week. we have videos of one girl being jumped by 10 kids. boys and girls. >> we obtained video of the fight, it was from december. one girl goes to the ground and gets kicked and as far as we could see there were no adults tornado stop it. >> who is taking the video? >> the kids. and they are floating every kid in the school had them

in oakland, claudine wong, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> light shower streaming in off the pacific.orning commute is going to be a wet one. you see the heavy showers toward sacramento and davis. here's your morning. late tonight, midnight, the main showers start to move onshore. about 5:00, 6:00, a.m., you get the heaviest rain. santa rosa, your commute's dry. the bulk of the bay area, 6 and 7:00 a.m., we're going to see significant rainfall, and it's going to linger through 7:00 a.m., and it's going to push out about 9:00 a.m. so the morning commute, especially south of san rafael more rain behind this one. that's your morning commute, when i come back, we'll roll this model all the way through the afternoon hours, because there's more showers there and look at the five-day forecast, and the saturday and sunday storm. >>> the presidio trust has reportedly picked the site to offer george lucas for his museum site. the san francisco chronicle says the trust has now chosen a location nearly lucas's letterman digital art center and the lombard street entrance to the presidio. lucas wan

in oakland, claudine wong, 2 investigates. >> we want to hear from you at 2investigates@ktvu.com. >>>street started the week with a rally. the nasdaq picked up 29. health insurers led the market higher, after medicare reimbursements will not drop as much as had been expected. >>> linked in is expanding. it hopes to increase the numbers substantially. the company plans to implement any government censorship issues with measures that would also protect the rights and privacy of its members. >>> mountain view's whatsapp plans to introduce voice activisted service later this year. facebook plans to buy the messaging service for as much as $19 billion. it allows users to exchange texts while avoiding fees. its voice service should be available on android, and iphones, come spring. >>> a silicon valley activist spoke about his idea to split california into six states. what that would look like, and reaction to the proposal. >> reporter: julie, here is the vision that tim draper has for california sectioned off into six different states, with most of the bay area in an area called silicon va

in oakland claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details now late today opd sent us this statementn response to our inwith in -- inquiry. it says the opd takes all crimes seriously, especially when a child is involved. it is our fundamental duty to protect our children. >>> nasdaq did better and gained 28. >>> the company behind candy crash saga is planning to go public. some analysts think it could be worth more than $5 billion. but others question whether the company king entertainment can be successful while other gaming busies such as san francisco's zynga has struggled. candy crush has been downloaded more than 500 million times times since it debuted in 2012. >>> the reason this contestant already has everyone talking. >>> i'm tracking a slight chance for wet weather in the forecast. what the latest models feel. >>> and his family describe him as feeble but he was shot and killed by deputies. >> this right here was unnecessary. >> the violent move that led to gunfire. >>> a san lorenzo family says they are both heartbroken and angry after a sheriff deputy shot and killed a 64

. >> reporter: claudine wong, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> parents should monitor web browser history toshould be taught to never share personal information, such as an address, a phone number, or a picture. and parents should remind children never agree to meet someone in person who they have met online. >>> tomorrow marks ten years since the launch of facebook. the menlo park company has been riding a wave of success since being larged in the harvard dorm room of mark zuckerberg. experts say the company's future now will be all about mobile. >>> bad weather has grounded flights on the east coast. a lot of flights, leaving a lot of super bowl fans stuck. at least one seahawks fan is taking it in stride. >> it's just a couple of hours. even if it was longer than that, i wouldn't care after what happened last night. >> pretty good game for you. >> absolutely. i've been waiting 30 years for this. >> more than 1,000 flights have been canceled across the country. many of them are out of philadelphia, new york, and new jersey. a winter storm moved in right after the super bowl, and dumped mor

. >> reporter: claudine wong, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> parents should monitor web browser history toso children should be taught to never share personal information, such as an address, a phone number, or a picture. and parents should remind children never agree to meet someone in person who they have met online. >>> tomorrow marks ten years since the launch of facebook. the menlo park company has been riding a wave of success since being larged in the harvard dorm room of mark zuckerberg. experts say the company's future now will be all about mobile. >>> bad weather has grounded flights on the east coast. a lot of flights, leaving a lot of super bowl fans stuck. at least one seahawks fan is taking it in stride. >> it's just a couple of hours. even if it was longer than that, i wouldn't care after what happened last night. >> pretty good game for you. >> absolutely. i've been waiting 30 years for this. >> more than 1,000 flights have been canceled across the country. many of them are out of philadelphia, new york, and new jersey. a winter storm moved in right after the super bowl, an

. >> claudine wong told us how lucas cortez and his teammates created a memory they'll never forget. life is simply made up of moments, bishop o'dowd high school just had one for the record books. >> if he went unnoticed for four years, he is noticed now. >> reporter: on the court, it's all about the other guys. cortez was born with an undeveloped heart. >> i've never seen it get in his way, ever, ever. so there's this little guy that's really big. >> reporter: he can't play, so he contributes by getting everything ready as director of basketball operations. >> neighboring sure that everybody is doing what they need to do to succeed, not only on the court, but in a classroom as well. >> reporter: on the hardwood, last friday night at the last varsity home game of the season, this school experienced a moment of magic, when lucas put on a uniform and went in. >> i looked over and saw lucas. i got a huge smile on my face. >> reporter: just getting in might have been enough. even his coach didn't think he would score. >> i would have bet against it. >> it's like the opportunity you might

in oakland, claudine wong, 2 investigates. >> we want to hear from you at 2investigates@ktvu.com. >>>reet started the week with a rally. the nasdaq picked up 29. health insurers led the market higher, after medicare reimbursements will not drop as much as had been expected. >>> linked in is expanding. it hopes to increase the numbers substantially. the company plans to implement any government censorship issues with measures that would also protect the rights and privacy of its members. >>> mountain view's whatsapp plans to introduce voice activisted service later this year. facebook plans to buy the messaging service for as much as $19 billion. it allows users to exchange texts while avoiding fees. its voice service should be available on android, and iphones, come spring. >>> a silicon valley activist spoke about his idea to split california into six states. what that would look like, and reaction to the proposal. >> reporter: julie, here is the vision that tim draper has for california sectioned off into six different states, with most of the bay area in an area called silicon vall

. >> and i'm claudine wong. we'll check with rosemary, could it be that rain is coming. >> we're off to a dry start, a cloudy start this morning. a little patchy fog out there. the afternoon is going to be dry, we have rain approaching, it's going to be moving in during the evening hours. it will start in the north bay first and slide its way south. we'll have a look at the numbers, what we can expect for the afternoon and we'll timeline that rain, its arrival and how long i expect it to be around and seattle snow, more on that coming up. >> we have more information about a car chase that we first reported on the news. they tried to pull over a stolen van. the pursuit ended at 98th avenue. the van slammed into several vehicles and caught fire. it was the driver of the stolen van who died at the scene, drivers in the other vehicles were also injured. an officer suffered a cut on his wrist during the afternoon. >>> police are investigating a deadly stubbing. this he found the first victim, he died at the scene. tw

i'm claudine wong.t rosemary orozco. >> good morning to you. another pretty day in store, with only minor changes going on. this morning, waking up with patchy fog. giving you a live look at the golden gate bridge, along the coastline, seeping just inside the bay, areas like santa rosa, novato woke up with patchy fog this morning. looks like mostly sunny conditions at this point. temperatures right now in the low 40s to low 50s, so we are beginning to see a nice turnaround. we'll be mostly sunny, dry and mild for your afternoon once again. into next week, rain is coming back. not one, but at least two systems coming our way. the first one on wednesday. i'll time this out for you and have your numbers for your weekend, coming up. >>> we're following developing news this morning out of concord. crews are working to remove the bart train that derailed last night, but it could take a while before service returns to normal. ktvu's allie rasmus is live this morning in the city of concord, where progress is be