janine de la vega is joining us live. you're in san jose to tell us the reason for this increase. janine. >> reporter: dave, the study showed that santa clara county had the largest increase in the amount of bing drinking compared to any other county in the state. the pressure of a high stress job and juggling personal lives could be a factor. this study which was done by the university of washington defines bing drinking for women as having four or more drinks on a single occasion. for men it's five or more. researchers found in santa clara county bing drinking increased almost 36%. for women. and for men it was 23%. working mothers we spoke to say expectations are increasingly high to be able to do it all. have a career and kids. >> there is a lot of pressure for us to perform and look great and feel good all the time. and exercise and raise your kids. so yeah they want to let their hair down. >> reporter: drug and alcohol therapists who work in san jose tell us they have seen a 15-20% increase in clients in the past year. half are women and many work for tech companies. the stud

ktvu fox 2's janine de la vega is live now and you have more details. >> reporter: yeah, we're here in a neighborhood near mclaughlin and story road, last night our crews were held farther back but now that emergency crews have left we were able to get closer and you can see, some of the charred remains here in the back, the house still standing but you can see there is broken fence here it appears the windows have been boarded up, most likely broke during this fire, now fire officials tell us they received a #12k34r9 call just before 7:30 last night about this fire, when they arrived they found a man who told them he was in the garage when he smelled smoke in the house and quickly got out he told firefighters someone else was left in the house, the flames were coming from the back of the home in one of the bedrooms firefighters did a search while knocking down the flames. >> firefighters going in there and performing a thorough saefrl while -- search while fighting the fire, and finding someone deceased, not something us as firefighters you know, look forward to. >> reporter: once td

also coming up in two minutes janine de la vega will have more on the escape attempt he witnessed andthe chief did after. good morning. tuesday, april 21st i'm brian flores. >> good morning, i'm pam cook. thank you for joining us. it's 4:30. >> the old time. >> the first half hour is practice. >> i think we did all right. >> his will be live. [ laughter ] thank you pam and brian. brian get your tennis racquet dusted off. we immediate to play. >> we do. >> let's go. >> later this week. >> we need to see pictures. >> steve is so good. >> and then i wake up. [ laughter ] we have a lot of cloud cover over us. high clouds. high and mid level clouds. boy there is a no doubt about it delta breeze. my goodness. when you get gusts to 35 at travis, they are done. it's sold out. even at this early hour. overcast for almost everybody. unless you are far away from any marine influence. 54 oakland to start. 62 in san jose. 66 downtown san jose under cloudy skies this morning. thunderstorm activity erupts. and then falls apart but drifts over us which gives us the combination of the low clouds and h

janine de la vega tells us how law enforcement is using social media to offering their own thank you to a woman from san jose. >> reporter: i spoke with a loit from the denver -- lieutenant from the denver police who received the note. he found it wedged in the patrol of his car. he thought what did i do wrong? did i cut somebody off while i was driving? but when he actually opened it and read it, he was completely touched. here is a picture of that note that was written on a ripped piece of paper. denver police posted it on their facebook page. it says dear officer, i'm from san jose, california and we recently lost an asset to an amazing team last week. thank you for risking your life every day for my safety. you are important and i am super thankful for you. i hope you have a wonderful weekend and god bless. signed, lauren. the woman left the note the week after san jose police officer michael johnson was killed by an armed man which obviously moved her. denver police want to find lauren so they can personally thank her. >> i asked my department to post it on our facebook page to

janine de la vega is out there now -- burned rubble. janine de la vega is out there right now.t. coming up, she will tell us why this locked gate is a major part of the investigation of that fire stay tuned. i'm dave clark. thank you for joining us. let's check your weather and traffic. steve is telling you how things are changing and will be changing. >> pretty fast. >> windy, started it this morning. now the cloud cover is on the krien -- is on the increase. we'll go mostly cloudy. the breeze and cooler temps, kind of the main story. you can see the cloud cover on the increase. this system will move in. could be light rain, mendocino county, lake county. but more likely later tonight. our system is up here. it's going to make it. it looks like .25 to .50. there will be snow up in shasta/lassen and also into tahoe. that's a good sign. 50s on the temps. we had upper 40s, now it's 50s. the big news has been the breeze, west, west, west. west-southwest, west at san jose and mountain view. usually they are different. but west, west, west. you get the idea. it's a west wind. that's

janine de la vega is at the airport now. we're watching this plane land.up in three minutes, janine will tell us how the latest intruder made it all the way onto the runway, and what the airport is doing as a reaction to what happened last night. stay tuned. good morning. thank you for joining us here on "mornings on 2." wednesday, april 1st. i'm dave clark. >>> steve a new month. >> yes. it will be beautiful today at least for a while. it's noticeably colder. colder than we had in many winter morning. mostly sunny. it will be partly cloudy later on. weak system will drag across us here. 30s, 40s on many of these lows. coldest lows in a long, long time. mostly sunny, partly cloudy to the north. breezy, 39 fairfield, 39 napa. napa airport made it to 35. i think livermore made it to 41. there were a lot of 30s on the peninsula i know that especially up along skyline in the santa cruz mountains and up into lake county. seem clouds taking aim. a little bit of activity may pop up along the mendocino coast. 18 truckee. 25 south lake tahoe. finally getting some c

janine de la vega live from san jose. thank you. >>> all right. thank you.le are in stable condition this morning after being stabbed inside a san leeand roe bar. police received -- san leandro bar. they received reports about a stabbing in shilo's cocktails. three men were stabbed. 6 to 7 people were involved in some kind of a fight but suspects ran off before officers got there. police were seen questioning a man with a motorcycle club but investigators told us the bikers are not suspects at this time. now, back in february, a man was arrested outside the bar, that same bar on charges of firing a gun there. no weapon was found that night and the next morning, an 11-year-old boy discovered a gun in the bushes. >>> authorities say foul play is not suspected in the death of a paleo alto man who -- palo alto man who went missing during a hike. they found the body of irwin myers yesterday afternoon. he set out for a hike on wednesday morning. his family notified police when he did not return. searchers found his 500 feet below a trail. investigators say at this

>> janine de la vega, thank you. >>> 7:36.ime, protesters here in the bay area and around the country demonstrating against police brutality vow there will be more demonstrations like yesterday's day of protest. [chanting] >> here in the bay area, there were protests in san francisco, oakland and san jose. about 200 demonstrators marched through the mission district in san francisco. a lot of them were high school students who skipped classes to rally against what they call police abuse and racial profiling. >> it's time to stop and -- i can't bear to think that my family might be next. one of my friends and -- time to stop. >> police reported no major incidents out there but some of the demonstrators were seen doing this, using chalk. protesters parked into san francisco's city hall. they took over a security desk. sheriff's deputies kept them in the lobby and away from other parts of the building. >>> critics. oakland police department are saying that a new report shows the police department has not done enough to eliminate

ktvu fox 2 janine de la vega is is joining us live now from municipal stadium in san jose. w far has bryan stow come. janine. >> reporter: he really has come very far. last night was the san jose giants home opener which was exciting for fan but what made it even more special was that bryan stow got to throw out the first ceremonial pitch. it is a move he's been practicing for months. stow was welcomed by a cheering crowd as he made his way on to the field. his son and daughter were at his side. he spent the past several years to do rehab. he was severely beaten outside of dodgers stadium which caused brain damage. the giants promised stow's family that when he was ready, they wanted him to throw out the first pitch. earlier in the day ktvu visited stow at his home where he shared how he's been doing. >> a lot of people didn't think i would live past the first 24 hours. and to be here now is amazing. so is i just want people to know that it can happen. you can make whatever you want of yourself and make it work. >> reporter: stow has kept his sense of humor when he was asked

janine de la vega is in san jose this morning with more on how this all started.ll us the suspect had just been brought in from mexico and was at a holding cell. he was handcuffed behind his back but somehow he managed to get the cuffs to the front of his body and escape. here's a picture of that suspect. you can see it looks like he was scraped up after trying to run away from custody. he was in the process of being booked from a murder of 2009. he was able to escape and run out of the building. chief larry was driving in through an electric gate when he saw arias sprinting. he jumped out of his car and chased him. he tried to tackle him once but he kept going on nearby streets. you can see from these pictures that esquivel's shirt was ripped and he got a cut. the police department will be looking into security measures and how he was able to get out of the holding facility which is supposed the to be secure. we will be reaching out to the chief to see if he will comment. >>> a shakeup in cal's football department after a recruiting coordinator and wide receivers

ktvu's janine de la vega made the trip and shows us how it will make the commute easier. >> reporter: one of the busiest freeway interchanges. 280 to 880. for two years it has been a maze of construction crews. >> a mess off and on. depending on the time and day. rush hour and all that. yeah. i would -- if it was rush hour i would avoid it. >> reporter: this morning a new fly over ramp opened that takes driver from north bound 280 to north bound 880. here is a view from the road. 17, sty the left, 880, sty the right. the -- stay to the right. the change, they were forced to intermix with traffic which takes people to the mall. >> now people from north bound going to oakland, don't have to do that. they have the fly over ramp. there is no intermixing, no weaving. >> reporter: the old interchange was built in 1959. over the years the congestion increased. it caused traffic to bottle bottleneck. now there are three ramps. one for stevens creek, one to highway 17 and one to north bound 880. >> i want to see how fast it will get me to 880. i think it is a big benefit. glad construction is

janine de la vega is joining us live from police headquarters with details on that and security issuesod morning, j mean. >> reporter: it was the police chief that ran after this suspect and tackled him. the suspect we're being told was this a holding cell facility. and that is supposed to be a scourger. i'm being told by officers this morning that that is a locked area. you need a key for it. it's a steel door. there are questions as to how this suspect got out. here's a picture of the police chief. you can see his shirt got ripped and he was bleeding from a cut after tackling the suspect. he was driving through an electric gate when he saw a handcuffed man. that man was 26-year-old hector flores he was wanted for murder in 2009. he jumped out of his car and chased him. they ran on to nearby streets where he was able to take him down. arias was handcuffed behind his back but somehow to get the cutouts front. we have reached out to the police department to find out about the security measures at that holding facility and how arias was able to escape. >> janine de la vega live in san jo

ktvu fox 2 janine de la vega is live in palo alto. amera and now investigators want the public to help catch him janine. >> reporter: yeah dave. i did speak to a detective sergeant by phone a little while ago. they told me they had been receiving information from people but so far no solid leads yet. they want to catch this man that they say was praying on a 12-year-old girl here at the sanford shopping center. here are some surveillance aimenings of the man that they -- surveillance images of the man they are look for. he walked up to a 12-year-old girl and brushed up against him twice. the suspect followed her to another aisle and squeezed her butt with one hand. the little girl ever went to her mom and told her exactly what happened. but police could not find him. investigators are calling this latest incident sexual battery and are hoping that if you recognize him you will call police. and while there hasn't been another case of sexual battery that occurred here recently, police were dealing with a man they say was flashing shopper

ktvu fox 2 janine de la vega is at the stanford shopping center to tell us how the police say the publicod morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning, dave. police say a surveillance camera captured a very high quality image of this man. it appears he was following her in the store. take a good look at this man in this peckture. it shows that he was in sigona's farmers market. he is 6'2" with a stocky build. it appears he is in his 40s. sunday afternoon he walked up to a 12-year-old girl that was shopping inside the market and brushed up against her backside twice while reaching for items on a shelf. officers say the girl walked away and the man followed her to another aisle where he squeezed her buttock. the girl went to her mother to tell her what happened. the police searched the mall but could not find him. just last month police received reports of another man that was exposing himself. investigators hope the public will come forward and help with this latest case. especially because they have that pretty good image of him. dave. >> janine de la vega, thank you. we'll talk to you la

ktvu fox 2 reporter janine de la vega is in san jose where the freeway is now open.that is the good news. but we understand there is still some questions about how this crash was caused. >> reporter: it's definitely still under information. all lanes on northbound 101 are clear now. it's raining right now and it was also raining when those cars were towed away that were involved. but one of the cars started smoldering while it was on the tow truck and everyone had to stop so it could be extinguished. this was alterable crash -- this was a terrible crash. it's unclear why it was stopped but chp officers say around 12:30 a.m. a white pickup truck crashed into it, sending it across the lanes where it burst into flames. the driver was trapped inside and firefighters were unable to save that person. it's unknown if the deceased was a man or woman. the driver of the pickup truck stray stayed and coop -- stayed and cooperated. he was uninjured. >> it hadn't started raining yet. the roadways were dry. and the reason for the accident we're not sure yet. >> reporter: as i ment

janine de la vega is joining us live now from san jose. and they are using social media to try to find her; right? >> reporter: yes, they are. if you know anybody who lives in san jose and her name is lauren and she visited denver earlier this month and they want to hear from you. lauren left a note on a patrol officers car thanking them and now they have gone to social media on facebook to try to find her. here is the post that is on the denver police department's facebook page which says help us find lauren. it shows a picture of a thank you note written on a ripped piece of paper and left on a police lieutenants patrol car. dear officer, i'm from san jose, california and we recently lost an asset to an amazing team lacewing. thank you for risking your life every day for my safety. you're important and i'm super thankful for you. i hope you have a wonderful weekend and god bless. th valuable asset the woman is referring to is michael johnson who was shot and killed by a man who was suicidal. lauren left the note the week after he died. d

janine de la vega is in santa cruz with the latest nicknamed criminal and the success the departmentjanine. >> reporter: pam, as the media we get bomb boarded with news releases are police departments and other news agencies. when we see something different, it stands out. we got an alert from the santa cruz police department saying that they were on the hunt for mrs. doubtfire. now here is a picture of the suspected bank robber. santa cruz police has dubbed mrs. doubtfire because she is really a he like the character played by robin williams. the man walked into a bank last friday wearing a blond wig, necklace, and purse. he handed the teller a letter demanding money stuffed cash in his purse and walked out. they posted his picture on their blog and hoped that someone would be able to identify them. we spoked to police about how they came up with that idea. >> when talking about the case that is exactly what happened with us. just round tabling it. >> reporter: this isn't the first time the department has used creative nicknames to help catch suspected criminals. in february they re

now, coming up for you in about two minutes ktvu's janine de la vega is out there. she will tell us the plans for saying the final good-byes. stay tuned for that. >>> good morning. welcome back to morning on 2, thursday. it is april 2nd. i am dave clark. >> good morning. i am tori campbell. we want to check on weather and traffic. steve joins us now. some exciting changes for the weekend coming up? >> sure looking that way. it's setting up. a couple days away, but tori is correct. there are changes for the weekend. something we have been waiting for a long time. i know it's maybe the timing is not the best. it's on its way. today lots of sunshine. first baseball forecast of the young, young season. a's-giants tonight at at&t park. clear. chilly. no clouds. rather breezy and cool. 40s and 50s. fairfield yesterday 38. today 55. napa was 35. today 52. that's because of that north breeze. if you have any kind of breeze at napa, 10. northwest gusting 21 that votto. gusting almost 30 for some. so it will be clear. it will be nice. we are good to go. the system we are wait

janine de la vega said he was caught on camera and now police are making that surveillance video public. >> reporter: the suspect that police are looking for appears to be clean-cut and he really blends into the crowd at the stanford shopping center. that concerns police. there are a lot of surveillance cameras inside the market. one of them captured a high quality image of him. take a good look at this suspect. officers say on sunday morning, he walked up next to a 12-year- old girl and brushed up against her back side twice with the back of his hand while reaching for items on a shelf inside the farmers market. she walked away but officers say the suspect followed her to another aisle and squeezed her butt with one hand. the victim immediately went to her mother in the store and told her what happened. police came but cont find him -- but couldn't find him. >> this is so concerning. you should be able to go to a store with your children and not worry about something like this. yes, she's very concerned, very cooperative with us. we're don'ting to work with -- continuing to work with t

janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> redwood city police arrested a man who they say arrestedion. it reportedly happened at the outpatient surgery center in redwood city. police say the 55-year-old was an operating room technician who has worked at the youth patient surgery sent r for five years. police have identified four victims and are trying to determine if there's more victims. >>> still ahead -- students really furious over the shutdown of a college campus. coming up in 14 minutes, what corinthian college officials plan to do for the students who have taken out loans and now have no degree to show for it. >>> we're looking at a commute that's finally beginning to get normallish. here it is only 8:40 but the traffic on the san mateo bridge doesn't look too bad. we'll tell you more about this straight ahead. >>> from a fog-free monday and very warm to hot terps. the fog is back. we'll see how long it lasts. >>> i would hope this is more than a -- in terms of historic consequence. if you are justice roberts and others, you know what side of history or at least where the ar

janine de la vega is in palo alto to show us what the man looks like. you say he actually followed the girl. >> yeah that is what police are saying and the girl was here shopping with her mother at the shy go that's farmers market. here is a picture of the man. the victim immediately went to her mother. police game but they could not find the man. from the picture you can see he appears to be in his 40s. 6'2" with a heavy build. just last month police caught another man who was flooring people. we hope to talk top police later on but if you recognize the man that we showed you in this story, palo alto police would like you to give them a call. back to you. >> very scary, thank you janine. >>> redwood city police arrested man who they say molested male patients under sedation at stanford hospitals. police say 55-year-old robert was an operating rheumic in addition who worked at the outpatient room for five years. police have identified fur victims. they are now looking at his employment list toy to determine if there were more -- >> good stuff. delicious

janine de la vega joining us live now.re at stanford to tell us about what happened out there and also the investigation. >> reporter: dave, students who we spoke with tell us they hope that whoever did this is not a fellow student. we did check in with campus police this morning to get an update. we haven't heard back yet but we know that they are actively looking for whoever did this and also trying to find out why. now, here are some still images. a photo of swastika and a pen pentagram spray painted. 200 beam showed up -- people showed up to a rally. it was held at memorial plaza. it was somber as various people spoke to the crowd, talk about how their family members were treated during the holocaust. >> totally surprised. i think it's atypical of what my experience has been like. i'm surprised to hear it's happened at all. i think of this as an open and tolerant community. >> an isolated incident? >> yes. nothing else that i -- has happened since i've been here has been remotely sooner. >> reporter: the university's p

. >>> in 2005, ktvu's janine de la vega met some of the children and women that were on the flight. >> reporter: they waited anxiously inside a hanger at oakland airport this morning wondering what to expect. >> can you believe my mom -- >> reporter: three decades have passed since 57 vietnamese orphans arrived here flown from in se -- saigon. now as adults, 24 of them are heading back to their homeland some for the first time. >> i'm looking forward to this trip since i found out about it. but i had no idea the magnitude of this anniversary. >> reporter: 30 years ago, world airways started operation baby lift flying to vietnam and bringing back orphans to give them a better life in the united states. flight attendant sandy cavalo remembers it well. >> the children were so small they were in little boxes. >> reporter: the crews were desperate to bring in as many children as they could. drew was 12 at the time excited to be flying to america. but vietnam police kicked him and another child off the plane because they were too old. >> daily the president took $100 bill out of his pocket

ktvu fox 2's janine de la vega reports on the efforts made by efforts to save a man trapped inside. >> reporter: that popping is the sound of bullets heating up and exploding in the garage of this home on lola lane. the cell phone video was taken shortly after 3:00 this nobodying where you -- this morning where you can see flames. inside a man was trapped. >> i thought about breaking the front door down. i knew where his bedroom was. i started to bang there and started to yell. i baked on it. the window broke. the smoke came billowing out, black economic -- black thick smoke. i knew there was no way i could go in there and have one break of air. >> reporter: firefighters arrived and started to immediately attack the fire and they found the man in the back bedroom where he was one deceased. they say he was in his 60s and not married. they've not officially identified him. >> he was -- yeah. it's heartbreaking to see this happen. >> reporter: neighbors say the reason why there was ammunition in the garage is because the man enjoyed target shooting. >> he would go do like national level

ktvu fox 2's janine de la vega is live in palo alto which is one of the areas, according to this new report, will be among the hardest hit that's called a 150-year storm. good morning, janine. >> reporter: it seems unlikely because we're in the drought. we're surrounded by marshlands. you can see how close we are to the bay. there's the dumbarton bridge in the background. this new report says with california's weather being so vol volatile, it's at risk. they say because of extreme climate change, the bay area could be in for a powerful 150- year storm. experts say sea levels could rise which would have a dramatic impact on the region. a map shows the threatened arias in red which includes, homes, school, power stations, hospitals and airport. 80% of the flooding damage would occur in marin, san mateo and santa clara counties. people we spoke to say the heavy rainfall of rain show us we're not as prepared as we could be. >> a bunch of streets are shut down. couldn't get around to work. it was like a weekday or a wednesday. i forget exactly. it just caused a ton of problems. basically

janine de la vega joining us live in san jose with more on how this all began. good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning. i've talked with officers as they've been coming into work. they say they can't remember anyone ever escaping from the temporary holding facility here. that is supposed to be a locked, secure area. i've been told that it has a steel door. you need a key. it's unclear how the suspect got out. here is a picture of him. he's 26-year-old heather flores aria -- hector flores arias. he was just brought in from mexico and had been a fugitive since 2009. somehow he was able to move his handcuffs from his body and scale a fence. he ran in the parking lot. chief larry esquivel was driving in when he saw arias sprinting. he jumped out of his car. he tackled him but arias got away. then esquivel tackled him again and this time he got him. a police spokesman said the department will be looking into security measures and how this all was able to happen. we'll be talking to them later this morning to get further details. dave? >> all right. thank you.

ktvu fox 2's janine de la vega joining us live now. you are in san jose and you say investigators still aren't sure if there were two or three cars involved, janine. >> reporter: they are still trying to figure that out. two for sure now. it's opinion raining out here all morning. it stopped a little while ago. chp told me that when this accident happened on 101 and de la cruz it was dry at the time. they are still trying to figure out why the car was stopped in the fast lanes. this crash happened before 12:30 this morning. witnesses say a white pickup truck hit the white sedan which was stopped near the center median of northbound 101. imim-- the impact sent the traffic on the right shoulder. the driver was trapped inside and firefighters were unable to save that person. it's unknown if the deceased is a man or a woman. the chp said the driver of the pickup works for in hand out burger and was driving a company vehicle. he was uninjured and is cooperating with authorities. there's still a lot of questions that officers have. >> i don'

janine de la vega joining us live now. you are in santa cruz with the latest nicknamed criminal and the success the police department has had. >> reporter: yeah, we're here on the street talking to people. we've shown them the picture of the suspect that they are calling mrs. doubtfire. so far, everyone is laughing. they have brought up a couple of good points. to that in a minute. here is a picture of the suspected bank robber that santa cruz police have dubbed mrs. doubtfire because she -- he is -- she's really a he. excuse me. like the character in the movie. officers say this man walked into a santa cruz bank last friday, wearing a blonde wig, necklace and purse. they say he handed the teller a note demanding money and walked out. they posted this on social media hoping someone could identify them. police say so far giving nicknames is working for them. here's what some people thought. >> if it looked like mrs. doubtfire, i would pay more attention. >> i will worry people will think it's cool and catchy, we don't want

ktvu's janine de la vega is outside the home where a body was found and is now talking to neighbors about what happened. janine u just got a hold of some new cell phone video? >> reporter: yes. and it is dramatic. you can hear people. they were screaming because they knew that there was a man trapped in there and they were trying to save him before the firefighters arrived. we spoke to them and they tell us that they ran up here to the back of this home where you can see all of this damage. they could hear his cries for help. the fire was too intense. they couldn't get to him. again you can see this aftermath of what's left of this home. now lets go to some video that we have. fire officials tell us they received this 911 call before 7:30 last night about the fire at this home near story and mclaughlin avenue. before they arrived neighbors were spraying down the house trying to save it. when firefighters arrived a man told them he was in a garage when he smelled smoke. somebody else was left in one of the back bedrooms. firefighters did a search while knocking down the fire and then made

janine de la vega is in palo alto to explain why experts say we're not prepared. janine. >> reporter: pam, the report was done by the nonprofit bay area council. and in it it says because of extreme climate change, we could experience major flooding in low lying areas of the bay area. despite california is experiencing a drought, the weather here is volatile. and experts say that sea levels are expected to rise by 11-24 inches by 2050 which would also have a dramatic impact on the region. the levies, seawalls, and channels that protect our communities are old and in need of repair. there is a map that shows the threatened areas in red which includes homes, schools, power stations, and hospitals. 80% would be in marin, san mateo, and santa clara county. the council released a video on youtube explaning its region. >> we have had a history in california of a mega flood. enormous rain event occurring every 150-if t hundred years -- 150-200 years. even though we are in a drought now, we need to be prepared for the day that may welcome when we have something like a hurr

janine de la vega is joining us live now in mountain view to tell us how he was trying to help people in that region. janine. >> reporter: dave, friedenberg worked here at google since 2007. he was the head of privacy at google. >> every day has been a completely different workout. in order to confuse my mind. confuse my body. >> reporter: this is youtube video. this was his third attempt climbing the mountain. he had been documenting his trip on social media and raising hundred for two orphanages. his friends set up an account to help continue that effort because they feel that is what freden berg would have wanted. there is no word yet on a memorial. we do know three other employees were fredden burg when the quake hit. >> ktvu will continue to follow the deadly earthquake all morning long for you. you can get the latest updates at ktvu.com or on facebook and twitter. >>> a young man is under arrest in connection with a stabbing death of a nine-year-old boy in discovery bay. william schultz was taken into custody. police are trying to establish a notice. shuts is is their only suspe

janine de la vega is joining us from palo alto with one of the areas that could be hardest hit. hard to imagine with the draft going on now. >> reporter: it sure is. but santa clara county is one of the areas that is at risk according to the bay area council. now the nonprofit is saying that hundreds of thousands of homes in low lying areas could flood and here is why. now the council's report claims that because of extreme climate change, the bay area could be in for a powerful 150 year super storm. experts also predict sea levels will rise by 11-24 inches by 2015 which would also have a dramatic impact on the region. the levies, seawalls, and channels that im-- according to this report, 80% of the flooding damage would occur in marin, san mateo, and santa claire ram counties. local, state, and federal officials are being encouraged to invest in infrastructure that is dated and they are also encouraging that we need to restore wetlands that serve as natural flood protectors. while some efforts are under way, the study found that not enough is being done. pam. >> all right, than

ktvu's fox 2's janine de la vega is live. you are in mountain view. you can tell us how he was trying to help people in the region. good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning, dave. dan fredinburg described himself on his twitter account at an adventure, explorer, investor and as somebody who is an energetic engineer. he worked here at google for the past eight years. he headed the privacy for google com. and those who knew him are -- google x and those who knew him are mourning his loss today. >> this is how we get ready for everest. >> reporter: this is youtube video of dan showing how he is getting ready for the conditions at mount everest. he was an experienced climber who survived and avalanche last year on mount everest. this was his third attempt climbing the mountain. he was hoping to reach the summit to raise money for two nepalese oefennages. he never -- orphanages. he never made it. his friends have set up an account on crowdrice.com -- crowdrise.com. friends and family describe him as fearless and funny. he cofounded save the ice, a ca

janine de la vega is there and janine, you drove on the new ramp just after it opened. how was it? reporter: you know, tori, it's a bit jarring. it's different. it's gonna take time to get used to. if you are traveling on northbound 280. >> you will en-- if you are traveling on northbound -- northbound 280, you will encounter two ramps. there's the one that takes you to highway 17, the one to the right. that's brand new. it takes you to 880. this new confickration opened up at about 4:30 this morning. if affects those driving on northbound 280 to get to 880. pay attention to the signs. there is a separate flyover ramp that takes you to 880. the transition is pretty smooth before drivers were forced to access 880 by taking the stevens creek exit and mixing with the local traffic. it was an area that always bottlenecked. >> now people going from 280 going to oakland and further north, don't have to do that movement. they have that direct fly overramp. there's no intermixing, no weaving. it will be much faster for them. >> reporter: the flyover ramp is the last milestone in the projec

janine de la vega is in san jose are investigators are still trying to figure out exactly what happened. j nope. >> reporter: pam, that car appeared to have stopped in the fast lane here on 101. officers don't know why it stopped but witnesses called it in and as officers a were responding, that is when that crash happened. officers say a white pickup truck crashed into the sedan just before 10:30 this morning. sending it across all the lanes of traffic where it caught on fire. it was completely engulfed in flames and the driver was trapped. firefighters could not get to that fire and they died. the driver of the pickup truck works for an out burger and driving a company vehicle. he stayed and cooperated. there was also a third vehicle found near the scene but officer don't know its role. >> the vehicle appeared to have fresh damage. like it had been in an accident but whether or not it's tied to this one, i'm not sure. >> reporter: everything reopened around 3:00 this morning. when officers left the scene, the tow trucks carrying the vehicles had to stop a couple miles away because the

ktvu fox 2 janine de la vega is joining us live now. you're in cooper tee though. you just talked to someone from apple about this. >> good morning dave. some of the workers who used to work here on the new apple campus site the construction project are no longer able to work here because of their past criminal history. apple spokeswoman told me they are focused on quality and safety and says the company is not unique. they are reporting several of the construction workers hired to build the new -- were ordered to leave the site in jan. anyone with a felony conviction or this effected a small number of people working at the new site under five i'm told. some labor analysts say it's possible that apple could face a legal challenge but the spokeswoman told me -- >>> china appears to be beefing up its investments in silicon valley tech companies. the mercury news reports a chinese group made a $639 million offer to buy milpitas based silicon solution incorporated. the paper also says another $1.6 billion bill for omani vision may have hit a snag with u.s. regulators.

janine de la vega, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> a city launching a traffic app and it gives you a count downght turns green. why the city says it could improve traffic in the future. >> the secretary of defense visits the bay area and lays out a plan to keep the u.s. safe from cyber attacks and includes the idea of preemptive strikes. and youtube celebrating its 10 year anniversary, the first video ever uploaded. >>> we have been there. sitting behind someone at a stop light, the light turns green but they don't move and you just sit there. now there is an app for that. ktvu's john sasaki reports from walnut creek on a solution. >> reporter: stop lights, drivers occupy themselves themselves. >> that never happens. >> reporter: those distractions keep drivers from proceeding when the light turns green. >> honk. >> reporter: the app unveiled in walnut creek tells drivers when the light is about to change. >> there it goes. [ laughter ] >> when is the ach going to be -- app going to be ready? >> now. there you go. >> cool. >> reporter: it gives a count down a the light change and it will -- dow

janine de la vega, you've been out there for hours. you talked to neighbors who tried to save the man inside, janine. >> reporter: yeah, neighbors here are all in shock. it hasn't been confirmed that the man who died is a homeowner. but all of these neighbors are presuming it's him. you can see the house here behind me. the fire came through this garage. it was a scary situation because ammunition is kept in there. firefighters were called to the home on lola lane near el camino and grant after 3:00 a.m. this morning. when they arrived, the flames were through the roof. they were told a man was trapped in the house. when they entered to start to attack the flames, they found the body of a man in the back bedroom. neighbors were told to evacuate because of the danger. power lines had come down in the backyard and the ammunition was exploding in the garage. firefighters were able to knock down the fire and neighbors described how they tried to help before firefighters arrived. >> i was the first one over there. was yelling outside his bed

janine de la vega is joining us now from cupertino to talk about why a group of workers were let go recentlyeporter: apple has been very guarded about the latest technology it's guarding but now the san francisco chronicle is reporting that it's very particular on who has a hand in building its new campus site. san francisco chronicle is reporting that some construction workers that have been hired to build the new campus have been told to turn in their badges. it requires documents from construction companies on the project that say anyone with a felony conviction or facing felony charges does not meet owner standards for the job. generally employees do not perform background checks for construction work and were surprised. the union has reached out to ceo tim cook and the attorney general asking them far change in policy but so far they have not received a response. some say it's possible that apple could face a legal challenge. i was on the phone with someone from apple and we are expecting to get some sort of response and an explanation on their response. >> there is always mystery surro

three americans were among those killed in the avalanche and ktvu fox 2 reporter janine de la vega is in mountain view with more on the google executive who lost his life in that janine. >> reporter: dan fredinburg worked as the head executive for google x but his friends say he was so much more. they described him as an adventurer who had a passion for the outdoors and love for the planet. >> i have an oxygen deprivation mask which is not the best tool for training for high altitudes. >> reporter: you can see the 33- year-old showing how he is getting ready for the conditions and has climated mount everest. he had been documenting his trip on social media. posting pictures of his trek. he was an experienced climber who experienced a -- this was his third attempt. but over the weekend his sister shared the sad thinks on his instagram account. saying fredinburg died during the avalanche. he was raising money for a pair of nepalese or fa thans. his friends set up an account to continue that effort. those that love dan call him an incredible brother, a brilliant engineer, and explorer wh

janine de la vega is in santa cruz to talk about this technique, how it's working and the latest nickname officers have come up with. janine. >>> police tell us they have had success doing this. they say this whole concept of doing this and giving nicknames catches the public's attention. so is far nay have not focused on suspects who are suspected of committing violent crime. so far it's just been property crime and theft. the latest person that they are looking for that they have dubbed is a man dressing in drag who they call mrs. doubt fire. like the character played by actor robin williams in the movie. officers say this man walked into a santa cruz bank last friday wearing a blond wig, necklace, and purse. he handed a teller a letter demanding money and walked out. they posted his picture on his blog in hopes that somebody would help identify him. we spoke with police about how they came up with this concept. >> we give it this little crafty title. usually gets people's attention. and most of the time when we do that, the community gets a little bit more involved. it's catchy. so the

ktvu fox 2's janine de la vega joining us live now.police lieutenant who found that note. what did he say? >> reporter: well, he told me that he actually was -- had to go to a store to run anker rand. he parked his -- to run an errand. he parked his car, went into the store and came out and found a note in his patrol car and thought what did i do wrong? he was thinking it was negative. but when he opened up the note, he was completely touched. here is a picture of that note that was written on a ripped piece of lined paper and left in the -- left near the patrol car. the department posted it on their facebook page. it says "dear officer, i'm from san jose, california, and we recently lost an asset to an amazing team last week. thank you for risking your life every day for my safety. you are important and i am superthank until for you. i hope you -- i'm super thankful for you. i hope you have a wonderful weekend and god bless. lauren." this was the weekend after officer mike johnson was killed. that moved her. denver police want to find

ktvu fox 2 janine de la vega is joining us live now. you're in san jose to show us some of the designs that are making waves incusing controversy on social media right now. janine. >> reporter: we are here in front of a local coffee shop showing people pictures of some of the logos and some of the comments we have been getting is comical. the campaigns put a lot of thought into the logos. it's surprising that the reaction has been so strong. let's start with hillary clinton. here is her logo. it's all over her website. you can see it's an h with an arrow through it. some say it looks like a hospital sign or fedex logo. the website wickty leaks says it looks like clinton copy her logo. and then ted cruz's logo there is talk it looks like an american flag burning. another says it looks like the natural gas or al jazeera logos. we showed some of those these logo -- some of these logos to people. >> honestly it looks like a direction. going a certain direction. >> reporter: do you like it? >> not particularly. >> reporter: what about rand pa

janine de la vega shows us how much determination and how much hard work it took to make this happen for bryan stow. what a story janine. >> yes, dave it is. you know bryan stow was so excited and honored to be invited to throw out the first pitch for the san jose giants and he did great. before bryan was actually seriously injured, he used to be a paramedic and he would sit inside the stadium alongside his gun knee ready to treat anybody who needed help. stow was welcomed by a cheering crowd as he made his way on to the field using a walker. his son and daughter were at his side. he spent the past several years doing rehab. learning to walk again. the giants fan was severely beaten in 2011 outside of dodgers stadium which caused brain damage opinion the san jose giants promise stow's family when he was ready they wanted him to throw out the first pitch. when he stepped on to the mound his practice paid off. earlier in the day ktvu visited stow at home where he shared how he has been doing and how his injury and recovery has changed him. >> trying to find me. it sounds kind of dumb i

coming up in two minutes ktvu fox 2's janine de la vega will have more on the ceremony and the processioncome to "mornings on 2". it's thursday, april 2. i am tori campbell. >> good morning, i am

ktvu fox 2 janine de la vega you are there. you've been on that ramp so how is it? >> yeah it's pretty good. it's very different. the new fly over ramp is here right behind me. it takes drivers from northbound 280 to northbound 880. it can be disoriented so it's important you pay attention to the signs leading up to it. here's what it looks like. drivers will notice an immediate change. the exit to highway 17 is on the left and the exit to 880 is on the right. before it was reversed. once you get on the fly over to 880 it is a smooth transition. you don't have to mix with local traffic. that was the problem before to access 880 freeway drivers had to mix with freeway drivers that wanted to exit stevens creek. >> this san old interchange. it has out grown itself. stevens creek that area has grown. for people to access stephs creek and the freeway on the same ramp was just not working and it was causing a lot of congestion. >> reporter: the vta and cal tran has been working on this project since 2012 and this fly over ramp is the last puzzle piece in reconfiguring the

if ktvu fox 2 news janine cd -- ktvu fox 2 news j janine de la vega is joining us live. >> reporter: we looked at some of the four main candidates who announced they are running for president and a lot of the comments that we have gotten on twitter some people are poking fun at how representatives plan to represent themselves. let's start with hillary. her logo is an h with a right arrow going through it. it's very simple but some say it looks like the hospital sign or fedex photo. some wondered if the arrow to the right was signifying that she is leaning to the right. and then there is ted cruz's logo. there is talks it looks like an american flag burning. others says it looks like natural gas or alga zier logo. here's the reaction we asked when we showed it to someone this morning. >> this looks like a total flamer. i think he should put an american flag. the flame is the torch a little too aggressive. >> reporter: and here is the last one we're going to show you. marco rubio unvailed his logo. some like the simplicity. a figure of the united states is used to dot the i in his name

janine de la vega is there. we understand the ramp just opened minutes ago? are some people concerned about it? >> reporter: you know i haven't been able to talk to any commuters because we're up here on the overpass. but it did open up i would say about 20 minutes ago and there you can see the new fly over ramp there. it looks like a pickup truck took it to the right. the vta knows a little disorienting for drivers. they want everyone to take it slow. here's a map. the new fly over ramp takes motorists to northbound 880 so they no long very to mix with people trying to get off on the busy stevens creek. drivers need to remember to stay to the right to go to 880 if they want to connect to 17 that is going to be to the left. this project has been in the o since late 2012 and was done to improve traffic flow. there will be touch up. there is also wider bicycle lanes there along the stevens creek area. the whole 280 and 88 interchange has been a congested area. so by separating them and reconfiguring the exits the vta says this will be a safer and smoother commu

janine de la vega is joining us now from san will jose. janine, police have taken to social media to try to find her. >> reporter: they have, pam. this mystery woman's name is lauren. we know that she lives in san jose and the recent death of officer michael johnson prompted her to write a note of thanks to the officers for the job they do. now here is a picture of that note that was written on a ripped piece of lined paper and left on a denver police lieutenant's patrol car. denver police are trying to find her and posted it on her facebook page. it says quote dear officer, i'm from san jose, california and we recently lost an asset to an amazing team last week. thank you for risking your life every day for my safety. you're important and i'm super thankful for you. i hope you have a wonderful weekend and god bless. signed lauren. the woman left the note a week after san jose police officer mike johnson was killed by an armed man which obviously moved her. denver police want to personally thank lauren because the note really touched them.

ktvu's janine de la vega joining us, you had now information from the coroner's office. >> reporter: yeah, told me the person who was found dead inside this home near story mchauf -- mclaughlin avenue was a man not able to identify him because he was badly hurt, fire damage to the fence here as well as the windows had to be boarded up here fire officials tell us they received a 911 call just before 7:30 last night about this fire when they arrived they found a man who told them he was in the garage when he smelled smoke, he told firefighters that someone else was still left inside, the flames were coming from one back bedrooms, firefighters did a search while knocking it doup -- down and did the discovery. >> a thorough search while actively fighting fire. as they went and continued their search to find a person that was deceased obviously not something that us as firefighters you know, hook -- look forward to. >> reporter: police helped block off the neighborhood so investigators could look in to what happened here, standard in these situations still learning to hear what caused the