. >>> good morning, it is tuesday, i am dave clark. >> and i am pam cook, let's check in with steve paulson, it is cool out there. >>> they cleared the coast and a similar pattern will happen today but temperatures are held in check and they are warming up a little bit. 60s coast and bay and upper to mid-70s mid-land. >>> traffic looks good as you are going to the tunnel and a nice drive to the to 680 as you head down to the fremont area. speaking of this area, tara moriarty is live at the dumbarton bridge which just reopened hours ago, good morning tara. >> reporter: that's right, originally it was supposed to open at 5:00 but then they upped it to 3:00. the span had been closed over the memorial day weekend inn stalling a new expansion joint and we were the only ones to talk to the chief designer which allows it to move as much as 37 inches in the event of a quake. >> this side moves like this and this side moves like this. this steel plate allows these structural elements to move and still provide support so the traveling public can safely go across it. >> they can go into the new bay br

i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark.ay, may 21st. >>> well, the opening bell bang 90 minutes ago. facebook, off to a shaky start. noelle walker is live at partly cloudy headquarters. what's the feeling out there -- she's at facebook headquarters. what's the feeling out there? >> reporter: take a look. >> the stock is at $33.65. that's off about 12%. in the few minutes. it's been off between 11% to the 38%. >> right on top. >> reporter: now, the stock fell right out of the gate dipping to 7% up and then 10% up and then as well inch and -- 10%, up. now, snack regulators about potential customer claims but again, rim now, if you are a investors -- but again, if you are an invisitor or are just trading delete,ock's share is off right now by a -- is off right now more than -- is off right now. >>> tomorrow, the oakland city council will consider a new propose am to ban protesters from carrying what any call tools of violence. those include shields, poles and ears. the orie dense seems to be -- ordinance seems to be in respons

. >> it is may 31st pam, i am dave clark. >> that went by fast, how is the weather steve paulson? >> it's nice if you like sunshine and cool weather, we only have a couple of days of cool weather and then sunshine takes over, just a few patches of fog in monterey, 60s 70s and 80s. >>> and as we look at highway 4, it still looks good coming from the construction zone and coming from antioch, it is going well, and i want to show you this accident. k tv u lorraine blanco is live on the scene and has some pictures. >> reporter: good morning they arrived a short time ago and they are attempting to get that big rick off. a truck turned over in cupertino and it happened at 3:20 a.m. the truck was carrying around dry cement. we are told the driver is okay but the 85 connector is closed with no estimated time of reopening yet. a sig alert has been ruled out and you can take the foot hill accident to get around the exist, ktvu channel 2 morning news channel 2 news. >>> this one is in oakland, a big-rig crash spilled some of its load and caused a hazmat situation. claudine wong says two lane

it is tuesday may 8th, i am dave clark. >> thank you for joining us. from pleasanton. police are investigating the violent death of a 13-year-old girl and her mother. tara moriarty is in pleasanton with what investigators are saying, tara? >> reporter: well police will not say if this is a double homicide or suicide but it is looking more like the latter and there is no reason to believe there was a killer at large. a key piece of evidence, a gun was found inside this house off of stacy court. police came home and made the gruesome discovery of his wife. amy had a single gunshot wound and her 13-year-old daughter had also been shot where she later died. the husband was the one to call 911. >> exactly what transpired, we are still not sure. >> we have not found any which is yet. >> reporter: police are trying to piece together what happened and there was no sign anybody broke into the home. her husband was there answering questions for police, he is not a suspect but he is considered a person of interest. police are not ruling anything out. the police r

. >> well, good morning to you, welcome to tuesday, it is may 29thth, i am dave clark. >> let's check in with steve paulson, it may be a little warmer. some cool readings in palo alto, even in los gatos, some other locations not as much as we have seen and 60s and 70s and a few upper 70s, here is sal. >>> 101 traffic looks good approaching the 580 interchange and also highway 4 is slow, let's go back to the desk. >>> we begin with overnight news, the dumbarton bridge reopened shortly before 3:00 a few hours ahead of schedule. tara moriarty has more on that, tara? >> reporter: it was supposed to open at 5:00 but it opened shortly before 3:00 and you can see cars have been sailing through and just a little bit of tiny back up this morning. the span had been closed for a huge safety earthquake project. they were working on the expansion joint which connects two sides which allow it to move as much as 37 inches in the event of a quake. they are planning on shutting down the dumbarton again later this year. >> we don't have a weekend or a date for that yet, but we do need to do the exact s

. >> and i am dave clark, let's check your weather and traffic, steve knows all about it. >>> it is a little cool out there, 40s and 50s, still a breezy day, fog is really close. 50s, 60s and 70s and the big news will be on friday, more coming up, here is sal. >>> it is already slow in antioch, it looks good hitting the walnut creek, also a long san francisco northbound 101, let's go back to the desk. >> president barack obama wakes up in san jose and he is wrapping up his 16th visit to the bay area. live outside the hotel where the president spent the night, he has one more funds raising event, alex? >> reporter: the president will be wrapping up his world wind fundraising event here in downtown san jose you can see there is heavy security with police parked out front. asian americans will be supporting him and wealthy donors will be paying large sums of money. they will be given a chance to meet with the president. he attended a private fund raiser and later president barack obama addressed a larger crowd in red wood city. he said he needs for more years in office. he pushed what he

. >>> well, good morning, welcome to tuesday, it is may 15th, i am dave clark. >> let's check in with steve paulson, it warmed up in the afternoon, not bad. >> we will start off again with some low clouds and fog, temperatures held in check the lows are much cooler and it will develop wally get wiped out, a few 60s and 70s and a couple of low 80s. here is sal. >>> traffic looks good and you can see for yourself it is a nice looking drive on the way to concord. also traffic looks good between novato and marin county let's go to pam. >>> right now homicide investigators are at a home where a body was found last night. allie rasmus is on the scene and allie, you just spoke to a neighbor? >> reporter: yes, we will tell you what he said in just a minute but this is the first investigation of the year and alameda sheriff's investigators have been out here for 12 hours since this investigation began. there is a mobile calm man tune -- command unit and they are focusing their investigation on this house across the street. it is in caster valley and that's where the body of a homicide victim w

i am dave clark, did you notice it was cooler? >> yes. i definitely noticed it too, dave and pam. it will still be sunny today, temperatures 60s and 70s and 80s and temperatures will be setelling back in to near seasonal averages, here is sal. >>> traffic is moving well if you are driving on 101 and san rafael also through the marin county. also if you drive on the sunole grade out of pleasanton it does look good. now let's go back to the desk. >>> sal, we are following developing news this morning about a search in east oakland about a suspect in the police shooting just hours ago the alameda s.w.a.t. team was involved. alex savage has an update on the situation now, alex, what do you know? >> reporter: good morning, dave, police lieutenant told me a short time ago, he believes the man at the center has escaped and he's the man who opened fire on officers near 79th and mcarthur. he opened fire and ran off and at one point late last night a s.w.a.t. team moved on a house in this neighborhood thinking that man may have been hiding inside. the alameda s.w.a.t. team searched that hom

it is friday, may 4th i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook.is 6:30. >> a lot to tell you about. we have an update on sfo. passengers being rescreened after a security breach at terminal three. >> it was a breach of security but fortunately there was no problem with the facility. right now we are getting people rescreened. >> that is mike mccaron. a passenger sent us this photo. that is the end result. airport spokesman said a man without authorization entered the terminal that handles united airlines. dogs were brought in. police swept the area which includes restrooms and restaurants. they didn't find anything. there are residual delays as a result of all that screening out there. it should be cleared up by the middle of the day. >>> arson investigation is under way following a house fire in hayward. alex savidge joins us from the scene where that home was deliberately set on fire. alex. >> reporter: someone doused the home in gasoline and then intentionally set the place on phone and investigators -- set the place on fire and investigators s

i am dave clark. >> and i am pam cook. >> steve, do you have some temperatures? >> i do. the coast and without that wind it is only 60s and we are starting off clear, a few mid-to-upper 80s, here is sal. >>> good morning, traffic on northbound 280 looks good with no major issues and it looks good on westbound toll plaza, let's go back to dave and pam. >>> we first told you about this, firefighters are battling a house fire on martin luther king way, claudine wong has been out there, what is happening now claudine? >> reporter: take a look behind me they are still dumping water on this home from multiple directions. there is still smoke coming out and very often we see another batch of fire pop up but right now they are dousing this building with water making sure it's not hiding in any of the spots in the home. when you consider what it looked like before they got ahead of it, i want to show you some video we took this morning just after 4:30 when this fire was just booming actually when we got on the scene firefighters were still on the roof trying to vent it very quickl

. >> yeah, right now, i am dave clark, it is wednesday may 30th. >> we have some fog and not as much as we have seen the past couple of mornings, we still have to deal with some of that low cloud deck, inland a few 70s and 80s and a few upper 80s, here is sal. >>> we have from walnut creek to oakland, it is still light and also the morning drive looks good on interstate 880 in oakland. 6:00 let's go back to the desk. >>> we are following that breaking news out of oakland we first told you about at 4:30 this morning. firefighters have managed to get a handle on it and claudine wong was first on the scene this morning and she is getting some new information, claudine? >> reporter: they have changed operations now that they have this fire out and you can see firefighters are up there. they were able to determine that the floor was still structurally sound and they were able to go and clear things out but there is no roof and that's completely gone, destroyed by this fire. if you look down at the bottom level, you can see fire damage but the fire started on either the second or third flo

i am dave clark. >> let's start with steve paulson, it is definitely cold overnight. >> that is true, you two. we have temperatures and sunshine in the morning and it is mostly clear some patchy fog and today highs 50s 60s and lower 70s. here is sal. >>> we are looking at a live picture in and hose. you may want to -- in san jose, you may want to take advantage of this. also in marin county and getting to the richmond bridge, that is also off to a good start at 601, let's go back to dave and pam. >>> we are starting with breaking news. well there was a major new development just a few moments ago, claudine wong has all the details, what is going on claudine? >> reporter: the rest of them are coming out of the building and being loaded into the sheriff's vehicles and it is safe to say this building is no longer occupied by protesters. we are told by one of the protesters who came out of the building who was not arrested who of them and we do not have information but you can see a lot of police officers are still on standby in front of this pulling. there was a point where we were not s

. >>> well, good morning to you, it is thursday may 17th, i am dave clark. >> let's check in with steve paulson for a look at the weather. >> we have low clouds and higher clouds and the combination is giving us lows in the $50 and we will have some 60s but this does look like the cool day of the week here is sal. >>> traffic looks good coming to the willow pass grade and also it looks good on 237, let's go back to the desk. >> a man is responsible for attacking two men in san jose. tara moriarty is at the scene where the street is now blocked off, tara? >> reporter: well, that's right and if you take a look behind me, this is walnut woods drive apple have been combing a home looking for evidence and we are not too far from history and mcclock. '18-year-old was found beaten. that 18-year-old died at the hospital three hours ago. his identify is not being released until his family is notified. they don't have any suspects in custody but there were a number of witnesses so they are pursuing leads. walnut drive is blocked off at the moment. we will continue to stay with this developing sto

. >>> good morning, i am dave clark, let's check weather and traffic and steve is right here, how are we looking for memorial day. >> there are still some low clouds but they will burn off with highs inching upwards. 50s and 60s and low-to-mid 70s, here is an update. >>> northbound 101, central san rafael is closed because of an earlier crash, there was a bunch of oil on the roadway and chp is there directing traffic on to city streets. it is a sig alert and we can't let them through at least for now. and bay bridge looks good westbound, let's go back to the desk. >>> topping our news developing news in vallejo. law enforcement in several bay area cities are on the scene of a reported shooting. christian captain joins us live with what he has learned about this incident, christian? >> reporter: good morning, heather, this is still a very active investigation and as you can see there are agencies from around the bay and that forensics truck is from san mateo county and it is still an active investigation and there are a lot of evidence markers on the ground. behind this, there was a se

ktvu channel 2 morning news, it is memorial day t-s monday may 2 -- it is monday, may 28th i am dave clark. >> and let's get a look at weather and traffic, it is pretty nice? >> yes, a lot of low clouds and it will burn off sooner but temperatures 40s and 50s but high pressure is moving in and we will have 50s and 60s and lower 70s. here is sal. >>> we are at the central san rafael because of an oil slick spill and southbound remains open. not much of a commute on this memorial day, 6:01 let's go back to the desk. >>> developing news in vallejo, law enforcement from several bay area cities are at the scene of a reported police shooting. christian captain is there in vallejo and you have new information, what do you know, christian? >> reporter: dave, in just the last few minutes we spoke with a homeowner and you can see this home is right in the middle of this crime scene. she told me she heard shortly after 11:00, a loud police chase going into the apartment complex, and she saw a number of shots, one man on the ground he was an apparent gun victim and she also saw an officer who was inju

. >> well, good morning to you, it is tuesday, may 1st, i am dave clark. >> and i am pam cook, let's check in with steve paulson. >> we have maybe a surge inland and it has lifted, that is not the case today and we have issued in cool air, 50s and 60s and lower to mid-70s, sal? >>> they will avoid the crash and it is affecting more than normal and since people are held up there it is lighter after summersville you can do yourself a favor and get out before anybody else gets there. i want to look at the golden gate bridge, organizers told ktvu channel 2 morning news there is no longer a planned protest planned here and ferry service has been canceled out of larkspur because of a strike that will last only according to those striking so you will have to take a bus or get into your car out of marin, let's go back to the dollars being. >>> we are tracking developing news. now that fire started out in the four plex right -- four plex right near tully road. now police say the woman who died is described as an asian woman in her 30s. two other victims were taken to the hospital in critical

. >> and i'm dave clark. let's check weather and traffic. by the way ktvu general manager is already up. he needs to hear from steve about our forecast. >> he was looking good. low clouds in place. still some drizzle around. i just hear from robbie we are still getting light rain in morgan hill. temperatures today though in the 60s or very, very low 70s. >>> steve, right now there is traffic already out there that will slow you down. southbound 101 traffic looks good in marin county. no accidents or stalls reported here. traffic is moving along pretty well. this is a look at the golden gate bridge. this traffic is moving along as you head down to the toll plaza. at 5:01 let's go back to the desk. >>> just hours ago a fire in hayward leaves three people looking for a place to live now. firefighters say this fire was no accident. alex savidge is in hayward to tell us what witnesses and firefighters are saying. alex. >> reporter: good morning, dave. fire investigators are calling this a case of arson. they believe a man poured gasoline on the f

welcome to a brand new day it's friday may 11th i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. thank you for joining us this morning. let's check in with steve paul son. people have maybe out door plans. >> i think they are good to go. we are looking for sunshine and warmer weather today. had our little cool down. started the week off hot and now we are cooling it down. 60s and 70s still no fog. 80s to near 90 for some. here is sal. >> traffic is moving well on 237 as you cross 880 it's a nice drive to the morning commute so far. i want to show you video of an arrest after a high speed chase. independent videographer joshua john posted this video from his camera on his motorcycle helmet. the suspect took off with speeds reaching 100 miles an hour. the chase end on highway 680 the monument boulevard. the driver faces charges of drunk driving. driving with a suspended license and resisting arrest. the video is taken from a motorcycle cam. 5:01 let's go back to the desk. >>> we begin with developing news this morning. two children are among the four people injured in a hit and run

welcome to wednesday, may 23rd i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. thank you for waking up with us. let's check if with steve paulson. talking a little rain on friday. >> possible. now today we start off mostly sunny. 50s on the lows. there is patchy low clouds around. temperatures very close to yesterday's readings. highs today will be in the 60s and 70s. low clouds almost start to re-- low clouds all start to regroup. here is sal. >>> traffic is moving along pretty well on highway 4. at least here in bay point. we already have slowing in antioch. and this mornings commute will be looking good on 880 in oakland. northbound getting a little crowding. let's go back to the desk. >>> sal, thank you. we have an update for you. the breaking news in eastern contra costa county a fire broke out a couple hours ago in the area of stone road and bethel island road in bethel island. it started just after 3:00 this morning. one house has burned to the ground. another one is damaged. haven't heard of any injuries at this point. we are expecting to bring you pictu

i'm dave clark. >> and i'm claudine wong. let's check your weather and traffic. i have to say it feels like hot summer nights i love it. >> i'm glad you are happy. i do it for you. >> thank you. >> inland it will still be warm. cooler pattern settled in for some. 60s to 80s today. inland temps should come down a couple degrees. here is sal. >> good morning steve. highway four looks pretty good. also a good flow if you are driving on 680 nearby. overnight authorities searched for a person hit by a train in richmond. officers searched the tracks around 10:30 last night. they didn't find anything but surveillance video showed the train hitting a pedestrian that tumbled down an embankment. i guess the individual got up and ran off. investigators have been checking local hospitals to make sure that person is okay. >>> we begin with breaking news in the peninsula. crews are responding to a hazardous material alert on the 3500 block of eddison way many menlo park. authorities smelled some type of chemical in that area. >> reporter: a lot of activity for this hour of the

it is friday, it's may 11th i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. time is 6:30. >>> in the news we are following breaking news this is coming in from the east bay. a crash involving a passenger train and pickup truck. ktvu tara moriarty is in berkeley now covering this. there is important new information and this is really starting to effect bay area commuters isn't it? >> that is right. it really is. if you plan on catching a train this morning you are lookings at delays up to two hours. that is because this accident happened at 4:45. it's almost 6:45 and these trains haven't budged. police tell me they have to interview everyone involved. the accident happened when the train collided with a pickup truck parked too close to the tracks. the train was headed to sacramento from oakland so it justin left it wasn't going very fast. now there are passengers on board. we're not sure how many. union pacific railroad worker just backed up the train in the past hour or so and drove the truck off the track. there was damage to the other side. now police say t

i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark -- i'm dave clark. >>> developing news right now, police activitythe site of that occupy the farm protest. a newschopper -- newschopper2 is flying over the scene right no. these are live pictures. now, in the past 30 minute, we've seen some of the protesters moving some of their tents and other items. we don't know for sure if they are actually leaving. the protesters say that -- that uc police warranted them they were trespassing and we were told they said that came cal -- chemical agents could be deployed to clear this camp out. the protesters refused to leave unless they are given continued access to this land you are looking at. now, uc berkeley says this land has to be cleared by the middle of may for research projects. again, these are live pictures. we have a crew heading to the scene. we'll have more details as soon as it's available. >>> 8:00. well, a group of men who were helting down gold triggered a hazmat scare in men low park this morning. deputies smelled a chemical odor out outside of a biotech company. noelle walker has been there s

the second half of our mourning, as you know, the lead davis joined us this morning, and we have dave clark half. dave has been an award winning newsmen for 35 years. he has been broadcasting for 35 years. he started when he was 17, so i have not had a chance to ask him what that special experience might have been about, but maybe you'll get a chance to ask him about this. i was interested in reading about all the places that he has worked. he has ben in new york city, washington d.c., he has been in los angeles. probably the most interesting for me was the fact that he was in philadelphia for a number of years. we know in the department of aging and adult services that philadelphia has one of the most interesting and creative network of services for older adults in the country. it is really accessible to older adults. some of the most creative work we have seen at around the country. dave is also on the board of several civic organizations including the challengers boys and girls club, and cure autism now. edave -- dave, take it away. >> and good morning, can you hear me? in the back, can

welcome to friday it's may 25th i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. thank you for ginning us. we will see first weather. sometimes you just have to check. >> dave and pam, good morning. we have a really interesting pattern here today. it's turning much colder. clouds are starting to increase. dropping down into mendocino county and northern sonoma county this looks like a very active day with cooler temperatures. highs 50s and 60s. here is sal. >>> good morning, right now traffic on highway 4 looks pretty good. we don't have the typical commute just yet we'll see what happens with this busy holiday weekend approaching. and the morning commute looks good if you are driving in san francisco along northbound 101. let's go back to dave and pam. >>> we are following breaking news that is coming in from vallejo. officials are telling us vallejo police are investigating an officer involved shooting. this happened a little while ago. we do have a ktvu news crew headed there now. they will bring us more information on what happened coming up in a live report. >>> the alameda county coro

i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. thank you for joining us this morning. we had a beautiful weekend. weather wise. a super moon as well. >> couldn't you just see it saturday night. i touched it. no i did. skies were clear. so sun and warm temperatures made for a nice weekend. although for some like steve i like the fog and cooler temperatures. hold on there it's on its way for tomorrow. not today. today is that between day. so 60s, 70s, 80s maybe few mid 80s. here is sal. >>> right now traffic is moving well on northbound 280 it's a nice looking drive there so far. an attempted caused late night delays for muni last night. around 11:15 a man police say a man jumped on to the tracks at civic center station. he was pinned underneath the train until they freed him. he was taken to the hospital. there is no word on his condition. muni is back on schedule. >>> thank you, sal. one woman has been killed at what police call a particularly dangerous intersection in san francisco. she was hit by a car at about 5:30 last night while crossing masonic near euclid avenu

welcome to monday it's may 21st i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. thank you for waking up with us. let's check in with steve paulson. quite a change in the weather. >> really nice weekend. lots of sunshine. hopefully everybody got in the activity without any fog increasing because it really did overnight. it's already making a move inland on top of that higher clouds. look for temperatures to slide down. it will take another day for inland areas. 50s, 60s, and 70s for some and a few low 80s. here is sal. >>> good morning. traffic is flowing freely. also the morning commute looks good at the bay bridge toll plaza. now back to the desk. >>> monday's opening bell rings in a couple hours here. this morning all eyes will be on facebook stock after a flat debut on friday. noelle walker joins us from the company headquarters in menlo park. looks a little different there this morning. noelle. >> reporter: yeah. what do you do when you essentially win the lottery? do you go to work the next day? facebook employees will be showing up for work as newly minted

it's monday, may 21st i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. time is 6:30. >> in the news right now monday's opening bell you heard it ring on wall street a second ago with pam. this morning as she said all eyes are on facebook stock after a flat debut friday. ktvu noelle walker is at the company headquarters in menlo park. so what is the feeling out there so far this morning? >> reporter: dave, that opening bell is the beginning of a test how much do investors like facebook? you take a look at what happened this morning in premarket trading. we are monitoring it. watching the stock just tick down ever so slightly to about 3% below friday's $38.23 close. the ipo got facebook the cash infusion it wanted but left investors wanting more. >> it's surprising in the grand scheme of ipos. typically you see about a 30% pop. >> reporter: now nasdaq chief executive said the ipo launch was an embarrassment for nasdaq. a two millisecond delay meant to give investors time to change orders instead led to a 20 minute delay to the start of trading on friday. n

it's monday, may 7th i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. thank you for joining us. >> in the news for you this morning we are finding out more about the woman that died after being hit by a car in frank -- in san francisco. ktvu tara moriarty is here now to tell why that street that area is so dangerous. tara. >> reporter: now that the light is out and traffic is beginning to pick up you can see how fast these cars are zipping here along masonic. you are looking at right now is geary. a lot of the folks are trying to beat the light so they are going fast. as you pan to the right this is where euclid is. people are coming up over the hill also gaining speed. and right here in front of trader joe's this is a blind spot. this is where the woman was trying to cross the street and was struck and kill. the accident happened at 5:30 last night. the 25-year-old victim was putting groceries in her car. she was not walking in a crosswalk. she was returning her cart back when a toyota tundra hit her. this stretch of roadway is scary and dangerous. >>

it's friday, may 18th i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. friday is good because i get to be here with you but i get to sleep in tomorrow. i'm pointing in your direction. >> pam, i'm hurt. thank you. we have mostly clear skies. temperatures in the 40s for many. napa airport is down do 42. it will be sunny today and a little warmer. breezy, temperatures 60s and 70s a few near 80. here is tara. >> thanks. here's a live look at highway 24 as you make your way toward lafayette. it's a little blurry there or perhaps a little fog throughout. not too bad of a drive. here's a look at 880 near the oakland coliseum. traffic on the right hand side there as you make your way downtown. let's head back to the desk. >>> we begin with overnight news from berkeley. police are investigating a deadly overnight car crash. ktvu lorraine blanco has been talking to berkeley police this morning. lorraine. >> reporter: investigators believe the car was going rather fast before it hit that round about near california and alston and hit the tree. there are no signs of

it's wednesday, may 9th i'm dave clark. >> and i'm claudine wong.has the morning off. >> a lot to tell you about. we are following a developing story on the peninsula. emergency crews out there looking for the cause of a chemical smell in menlo park. noelle walker has been out there since 4:30 this morning. you have the authorities with you now. what are they saying? >> we will talk to him right now and find out what is happening. they are wrapping thicks upright now. they just finished their testing. what did they fine that this suspicious substance was? >> it was found to be chromatic acid. this acid was being used in beakers that were being heated by an electrical heater to melt the gold. >> reporter: they were being used in an unusual manner. in the back of a pickup truck. do you have any explanation for why? >> i don't know why. i don't know how it's connected to the business it's parked in front of. when the deputy saw that car down there with the trunk that is up, saw something was suspicious about that and smelled odor coming from pickup tru

welcome to a brand new day and it's friday, may 25th i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. let's check in with steve. a lot of people want to know what is the weather like today? >> well, don't shoot the messenger. >> i know. >> possibility of not only partly cloudy but mostly cloudy skies. i think you probably notice the cooler air filtering in. our low is settling in. as it does it will give us a wide variety of clouds, sun showers, maybe thundershowers. 60s almost for everybody. here is sal. >>> right now in san rafael you are driving from novato to san rafael it should be a nice drive for you. if you are going even farther it's a nice drive to southern marin county. also the morning commute in san francisco along northbound 101 looks good. let's go back to the desk. >>> at 6:01 we are still following breaking news from vallejo. police shot and killed a suspected robbery suspect. we have new information. what is going on? >> reporter: that attempted robbery happened about two blocks away from here. a cab driver in that area called vallejo police to report a white man wit

the second half of our mourning, as you know, the lead davis joined us this morning, and we have dave clark half. dave has been an award winning newsmen for 35 years. he has been

welcome to a brand new day the middle of the week it's wednesday may 23rd i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. thank you for joining us. let's check in billion steve paulson. i was a little chilly this morning. windy. >> really? >> i'm not complaining. i'm warning people. >> temperatures a li

i'm dave clark. >> i'm heather holmes in again forker to r it's tuesday, may 29th. >>> overnight news from its lay, where the northern region was hit with yet another deadly earthquake. at least 15 people have now been confirmed dead and others are still missing. that magnitude 5.8 quake, it hit near boog -- bologna. some people affected by last week's quake are still living in tents there. be sure to stay with "mornings on 2." we'll have a live report from italy coming up for you at 7:45. >>> time is now 7:01. new this morning, a quake safety project right here in the bay area was wrapped up a couple of hours ahead of schedule. yes, the dumbarton bridge opened up shortly before 3:00 a.m. tara moriarty is live at the bridge to tell us how things are going. >> reporter: well, good morning, dave. the dumbarton bridge is back up and running. caltrans amendmented it would -- anticipated it would be open at 5:00 a.m. they opened it earlier. we were there when the first cars went through. you shouldn't really notice a huge change. it had been closed over the long holiday weekend for a big s

sal, our own dave clark was out there judging. hopefully he will tell us some of his favorite costumes. he said it was interesting. >> yeah. he had a look like i don't know what i got myself into. [ laughter ] good morning, everybody. he is right here. let's go outside and take a look at what we have now with the morning commute. i want to show you the traffic on interstate 80 westbound is doing pretty well. no major problems here as you drive out to the mccarthur maze. also this morning we are looking at the bay bridge toll plaza it's light if you are trying to get into san francisco right now would be a good time. the morning commute looks good in san jose getting up to highway 17. northbound 17 traffic looks good coming down to the bottom of the hill. let's go to steve. >> thank you. after a warm sunday the fog has been increasing overnight into this morning. in fact we'll see pretty big drop today that will continue all the way until thursday and into friday and the rest of the holiday weekend does look better. the early part

i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm tori campbell. >>> one woman has died from her injuries after being hit by a car in san francisco. the collision happened around 5:30 last night when she was crossing masonic near euclid avenue. ktvu channel 2 reporter tam has more on why this street is more risky -- tara moriarty has more on why this street is more risky. good morning, tara. >> reporter: if you look off to the left here, you can see the cars fly up the hill and also the other direction as well, whocy euclid. so -- which is euclid. so most people were not surprised to hear that a woman lost her life. she was not in a crosswalk when she was struck and killed in front of a trader joe's. you can see spaghetti sauce and other items spilled in the street. neighbors say there's always a traffic jam at the store and people do not use the crosswalks because they are simply too far. >> i don't know what trader joe's could do. that's only one way in and one way out. it's an odd trader joe's. >> maybe if they made an exit ou

i'm tori campbell. >> and good morning i'm dave clark.urs ago a huge illegal marijuana growing operation was uncovered in richmond. ktvu's tara moryiarti is live. >> authorities really stumbled upon this marijuana growing operation and now they are waiting for a search warrant so they can go in and seize hundreds and hundreds of pot plants. right now let's take a look at the inside of the warehouse. these are some pictures, here off of six and ohio is where we're located. neighbors say there's been some shady business going on here for about six years so they were not surprised. a woman heard her dog wining, opened the door and was overcome by smoke. she called the fire department and that's when they discovered upwards of 1,000 pot plants. >> this is a ladies and large scale operation. it's probably been going on for a long time. there's different rooms, different stages of growth of plants. there's also a room where they take all the buds off the plant and get rid of the stems and stuff. so there's different areas for different things i

. >> i am dave clark, let's check your weather. >>> every reporting station on at least what we call the hourly and we have some local drizzle and just dealing with too much in the way of local clouds. mid-to-upper 70s inland. >>> and highway 4 steve, we are starting off here and it is a little bit crowded on highway 4 to the antioch section, but it looks good. also the commute to the freeway traffic and it is looking good here and san rafael traffic looks good at 580. let's go back to the desk. >>> it is happening right now in the city of richmond. a police s.w.a.t. team is standing around and it is on a street and galilee avenue. >> reporter: police tell us the suspect they are pulling in on a is suspect in motive. we are where the suspect is hold up in an apartment and it is a two story apartment complex and officers have sealed off a street in a building they are not sure the suspect is in. they have been trying to coax him out. he is refusing to come out, we are not sure if he is armed or what but we have noticed several police cars and somebody from the police department is sup

. >>> well good morning to you, it is tuesday, i am dave clark. >> and i am pam cook, are we going toup for the weekend? >> a little bit. low clouds and fog, it will be nice some people love this weather, i can't say i blame you, maybe by the latter part of the weekend but it looks to be a windy week, here is sal. >>> it looks good getting to highway 17 with no major problems, also the morning commute and it is not affecting drivers to the mcarthur maze, let's go pack to dave and pam. ktvu channel 2 morning news broke the story on the 10:00 news and in just a few hours they will reveal the break in the case. deputies released a booking photo of the suspect. there he is, garcia torres. officers arrested him in morgan hill at 6:00 last night and just hours later, ktvu channel 2 morning news got these exclusive pictures of garcia torres as he was taken to the main jail. he was booked on kidnapping and murder. it links him to the chloesing found in sierra lemar's purse. >> we have probable cause to believe he has committed the murder and kidnapping and we will provide you with more inform

. >>> yes, it is tuesday, i am dave clark. >> and i am pam cook, let's check in with steve paulson. >> we are a little cloudy here. >> i know you are cloudy, fog has kicked up to parts of the coast and it will be noticeably cooler for the santa cruz coast line and even if you don't get the fog, still some 80s a few upper 80s and here is sal. >>> traffic looks good from sonoma county to the golden gate it is a nice drive. 5:30 let's go back to the desk. >>> firefighters at the scene of an early morning fire, ktvu channel 2 morning news' christian captain is also there, this is 99th and mcarthur, what is going on christian? >> reporter: firefighters are just now beginning to strip the roof off this building and they are talking about how it is closed down so we are hearing from the chief once they finish stripping this roof, we can also tell you the trucks that were here are departed but we have more on when it was a little more active. crews are working to development the -- vent the roof. the call initially went out at 4:00 a.m. this morning. they started searching for the fire and th

i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's tuesday, may 15th. >>> we're following developing news in castro valley where a body has been found at a home. for 13 hours, homicide detectives have been on the scene. allie rasmus has more. >> reporter: good morning. there's still crime scene tape up and the police have been investigating this for more than 12 hours. the body was discovered inside the home just after 6:00 last night. this morning we're learning more about the family would lives here. according to the neighbors, the family has been a fixture on this street for more than six years. the victim of this homicide is not one of those family members according to the neighbors. the neighbor told us the mother is on vacation in reno right now. however, her son was still at home and it is possible he had some visitors at had house yesterday. the neighbor said when she left for work yesterday morning, there were three cars she didn't recognize parked right in front of this house. >> last i heard, they couldn't find him. >>

i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. traffic moving again right now on martin luther king way in oakland after a big fire just hours ago. the raging fire -- look at these pictures -- it broke out on m.l.k. and 29th street. claudine wong has been on this since 4:30 this morning. she's back now. the fire crews are gone now, too, right in. >> reporter: yes, they left around 20 minute the ago. the mopup phase is now underway. you can see the investigation walking along the side of the yard. she got here and is now going through the scene to figure out how this started. crews took control of the fire and got it out with damage contained to -- contained to that one home. there was smoke inside the building the water was on the floor. the man has watched the home for years and doesn't know the owner but he says it's been vacant for a lodge time. >> since ten years ago, i purchased this building eight, ten years ago i haven't seen people living there. >> reporter: you've seen people coming in and out? there was one person inside

. >>> well, good morning, it is wednesday may 2nd, i am dave clark. >> good morning, i am pam cook, thank you for joining us. we begin with breaking news, police going into that building in riot gear, tell us what is happening, claudine. >> reporter: just a moment ago, police came running down the street in a tactical way, this was an issue when this building was occupied by protesters. we didn't know exactly when they were doing in but police had been preparing and watching things out here and i was toll there was a sum signed. yesterday there certainly was a lot of activity atherton least several people were throwing rocks out in front of this pooing. they department an eye on things and said yes a lot of people left overnight on their own. you can see the line of police officers who are mop touring the situation. they were very quiet and the building to your left has all one does and san francisco police staged in there but again just before 5:00 a.m. this morning, a line of police officers came down and then they just entered the pauling. police have asked them to not use the lanes. h

. >>> good morning to you welcome to thursday, it is may 17th, i am dave clark. >> i am pam cook, thank you for joining us this morning, i am wondering what the weather will be like. thank goodness we have steve. >>> we have fog and higher clouds associated with another pressure system and temperatures are staying cool today, inland temperatures are pushing 70s, here is sal. >>> good morning traffic on highway 4 is doing well and it is a little crowded in antioch but nothing major. also the commute looks good in san francisco, on northbound 101 approaching the 880 split. >>> it happened at about 30:00 -- 8:30 east of mclaughlin road. another man was beaten but he is expected to live. also a ktvu channel 2 morning news crew was on the scene just moments after a shooting in oakland. it happened on 34th and market. the victim was found in the street and had been shot two times. he is now listed in critical condition at hyland hospital. right now we have no word on suspects or even a motive on shooting. >>> copper thieves have plunged into the dark a week before celebrations are to take pla