janine de la vega tells us how firefighters are preparing. [ sirens ] >> reporter: calls at this station are way above afternoon this year. look around. the yellow hills, brittle brush and bone-dry conditions are evident. it's dry brush that firefighters are worried about. it doesn't take much for it to ignite which is why calfire is beefing up its staffing.

janine de la vega is there at the scene live and you just talked to a victim that escaped this fire janine. >> reporter: yeah. i did. they are all shaking their heads. they are very much until disbelief. i also spoke to a fire captain that told me the fire is under control. it was burning as of about 10 minutes ago. but it is out. they are just watching it. we're here on los gatos, saratoga road. this road has been closed down because of all the emergency vehicles here. they have hose running in the middle of the street. people that were inside the home they are still out here. they are save but they are shaken up. the fire started at 2:30 in the morning when everyone was sleeping. the female residents woke up to the sound of popping noises and sounded like spray paint cans. firefighters started to catch the flames from the outside that is because the roof partially collapsed and it wasn't safe to fight it from the inside. as i mentioned it is finally contained. we did see a arson investigator on the scene. but one of the things the battalion chief told me the fire started on the second fl

le it janine de la vega spoke with the grieve -- ktvu's janine de la vega spoke with the grieving father. >> reporter: there were tears in his father's eyes when we spoke to him. he didn't want to get into details of what happened all he would say this was a tragic accident. this happened around 8:00 near cowell road. officers were called to the home where someone reported a child had drowned. they started performing cpr. contra costa firefighters and paramedics also came and took over. the baby girl who was 13 months old was taken to the hospital but she did not survive. police say it appears the mother was outside with the baby and left to go inside for a couple of minutes. when she came back, the child was in the pool. it's unclear if there was a gate around the pool. the case is still being investigated. >> it broke my heart. it really did. you can't imagine what the family must be going through. i mean an accident like this. israel sad. >> reporter: police are handling the investigation into what happened. an officer who was patrolling the area told us it's hitting them hard. he sai

ktvu fox 2 janine de la vega is joining us live and janine, you're in the neighborhood where this child was found and you have details on what we know so tar. far. >> reporter: we are here on ridge park lane. this is just off cowell road. this is where contra costa county firefighters responded after they got a report of a child drowning. now when firefighters arrived here just shortly after 8:00 p.m., they found that concord police officers were already performing cpr on a child that was approximately one years old. paramedics took over and the child was rushed to a local hospital. they say the child had been in the pool at home in that neighborhood. now it is not clear if the child survived or not but we have calls into police to find out exactly what happened in this case. we know they are investigating and we're going to stay on top of it to find answers this morning. dave. >> all right janine de la vega, thank you. >>> right now it's 11 minutes after 5:00 and a high school home work assignment involving sex toys and selfies. up next the investigation into a very controversial extra

janine de la vega is also just arrived. what can you tell us janine? oh we might have lost janine. all right it seems like we're going to have to check in with her in a little bit. again a deadly accident on 101 san jose area. we'll check back in with janine for the details as soon as we can. >>> a vigil is being held for a man shot and killed by oakland police officers. on saturday morning police say they found the man passed out in his car at a 76 gas station on the corner of broadway and 40th. he had a handgun on the seat next to him. police say they tried to wake him several times. they say a confrontation happened between the man and the officers, the officers opened fire. tonight the vigil is being held at 6:00 p.m. on lake shore avenue. this is oakland's first deadly officer involved shooting in two years. >>> police believe she was thrown from a bridge during a street race. one of the cars lost control, crashed into the area where contreras was sitting. her body was found eight hours later and police are still investigating why no one searched for her right after the collis

janine de la vega tells us how they were operating and why despite the arrests this is still an open investigation. >> reporter: a morning workout at gym turned into a morning full of phone calls to police and insurance companies. in the past month, investigators say a crew of burglars were taking out parking lots and got away with six cars. one of them at the south valley ymca. some neighbors say the crime has trickled into the neighborhood. my son's bike was stolen. my wife's car was opened up. things like gps, cds are beingen. >> reporter: -- taken. >> reporter: police say one of the suspects distracted a front office employee and the other went to the locker room and stole car keys after breaking into gym lockers. this woman sympathizes with the victims because of what happened with her son in the parking lot a year ago. >> my son's van was vandalized. they took his cell phone. there was glass all ovaller. >> reporter: it's unknown if that case is related to the recent un-- recent one. surveillance camera captured images in that one. these are the three arrests. authorities were

ktvu fox 2 janine de la vega is joining us now from sunnyvale to talk about the reason behind this. >> many parents left the meeting confused. they say their kids love to attend west valley elementary school now the school may get a complete over haul. apparently there was strained relationships between the administration and teachers. hundreds of concerned parents and teachers packed a meeting last night held by the superintendent of the cupertino union school district. they received an e-mail announcing the district is requiring all 29 teachers and about 15 staff members they need to reapply for those jobs. those that are not interested or selected will be transferred to another opening within the district. the superintendent explained the drastic change was needed because of tension between the administration and teachers and parents and making people uncomfortable. >> really taking over the culture of the school. >> it would have been nice to know what the tension was. >> reporter: the schools principal has already been reassigned. pam. >> all right boy scary situation i'm sure. u

janine de la vega on this controversial proposal. >> reporter: michael paven has been an uber driver for eight months that drops travelers off quite a bit. >> i have people that i have dropped off quite a bit. we'll see what happens. >> reporter: in fact, the airport director warrants the city council to acould you uber, lyft and other ride- sharing companies. right now they are only allowed to do dropoff but the airport wants to be a leader in the industry and make services convenient for travelers. >> it's sometimes difficult to get a cab. i mean, i think just more choices are always better. >> by loading the app on a smartphone and inputting personal information including a credit card, customers find it easy to book a ride through a company such as uber. some say the wait times can be shorter with cab. but taxi drivers say they are hurting even working more hours to get enough fares. >> it's going very slow now. used to have every day like three, four pickup. now like every day we have like two or one pickup. that's it. >> reporter: taxi drivers face stricter regulation and pay h

in morgan hill, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> our meteorologist mark tamayo has a look at high temperatures are. >> tomorrow will be the big story with temperatures, the hottest locations topping 100. today we're talking about 90s for this afternoon. that's away from the coastline out toward san francisco, thankfully we have that pretty good sea breeze kicking in capping the temperatures but inland a completely different story. take a look at the current numbers. 62 in san francisco, but here we go with the warm numbers. nothing too extreme yet out to the livermore and concord area. fairfield, 79 degrees and santa rosa in the upper 70s as well. as we expand the view across the state. you see the real heat right now, it is 99 degrees in redding. right now for the 12:00 hour, 104 in palm springs. but those temperatures inland, especially the redding temperature. they will be approaching 110 as we head into thursday. for tomorrow, we are trending up toward tomorrow. tomorrow that will be the peak with temperatures inland, at least here in the bay area, right around 100 to

janine de move -- this morning. janine de la vega has been out there all morning long. she heard -- what one woman said she heard before the fire. stay tuned. >>> it's tuesday morning. junend. i'm dave clark. thank you for joining us. let's check your weather and traffic. steve is over there with your forecast. >>> we do have a lot of low cloud around. some breaks in the cloud. yesterday was all drizzle, light rain. some of that low cloud deck was very persistent. today it will burn off sooner. there's still plenty to go around. blue skies. a few high clouds. a lot of low clouds. had some fog this morning, too. if you probably noticed it feels mild. peter inn sent me this. he said the air has been more soupy. what's the cause. well, there is a couple of reasons. the water temps have warmed up. 57 to 59 degrees. we have this low coming in which meant into the north. we get a south wind ahead of that. that definitely causes some williamer conditions. these are -- it's june. the systems don't have a lot of cold air with it. they are coming in over a mild source. so the com

ktvu's janine de la vega in the noom.ea cities have gunfire detection technology. well, now, a high school in the east bay is the first school in america to install it. it's newark memorial high school. this morning they will unavailable their shot spotter system. the sensors are inside the hallways and the offices in more than 20 buildings and in other areas around the campus to alert police of an active shooter attack. police say the system will help locate an active shooter and also get medical aid to anyone who might be hurt in a shooting a lot faster. >>> san jose will announce later today it is expanding enforcement on the ban on illegal fireworks. right now, offenders can face jail time and also be fined up to $1,000 for having, for advertising, for making or selling illegal fireworks. city leaders say they may not be able to get the new rules in place before the 4th of july. but they say illegal fireworks are a problem all year long. >>> in san francisco, law enforcement officials say the court system there need t

ktvu fox's janine de la vega joins us live from san jose to explain. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tori. most everyone can agree that there's not enough affordable housing here but is it fair to make developers subsidize housing in their new developments. that's what the state supreme court is going to be deciding on later today. in 2010, san jose approved an ordinance requiring residential development to price 15 per cent of its units for sale at below market rates but that law has been on hold because the california building industry challenged it. they argued it's unstuingal taking a property. we asked -- unconstitutional taking a property. we asked some about it. >> i'm a single mom of four little boys. i hope they say yes instead of saying no. >> reporter: city officials see the lack of affordable housing silicon valley as an issue. >> janine de la vega live for us this morning. thank you. >>> 7:32. another rough day on wall street following the collapse of weekend talks between greece and its creditors around the june 30th deadline loo

janine de la vega, thank you. >>> 7:34. police in santa clara, they are searching for a hit-and-run driver who injured an 89-year-old man in the parking lot of a kaiser hospital. here is the surveillance video they released from saturday. it shows a dark colored suv right before it hit the man. just outside of the view of your camera. you can see then the driver backs up, police say he went over to the victim, then walked inside the hospital and talked to two hospital volunteers. but then he got back into his car and drove away. the victim lives in santa clara. he's expected to recover. >>> well, a south bay mother is speaking out after a camp counselor was arrested, accused of sexually abusing her son. now, this allegedly happened in january at the waulden west science camp. the man was arrested for possessing child pornography last month. now, the mother who does not want to be identified said her son was alone with the counselor while he was sick at camp. but the suspect says he's innocent and would never touch a child.

now we want to send it to janine de la vega. she is in the south bay covering a fatal crash that happened over night. janine. what was the situation? >> reporter: the scene is clear and the chp is back in the office and they are investigating what happened here. a sergeant that we spoke to earlier tells us that the risks the deceased driver took played a part in this accident. this accident happened just before midnight and it happened when one car rear ended another in the northbound lanes of 880 just north of montague expressway. the vehicle stopped and the driver who was in a toyota got out to check on the person in the other vehicle. officers say he crossed lanes of traffic to do that. >> after talking to the party he rear ended he went back to his as he got back into his vehicle the assumption was he was struck at that time. >> reporter: the 20-year-old man who exited his vehicle ended up dying from his injuries. the accident halted traffic on northbound 880 for nearly three hours because of debris on the road. no one else h

janine de la vega, thank you. >>> on to play off news.ls have been played in the bay area. last nights game one did not disappoint warriors fans that have been waiting a long time for this. >> good defense gets it back. >> reporter: the warriors got into a 14-point hole at one point but thanks to big contributions andre iguodala. that was despite 44 points from cleveland cavaliers store lebron james. >> over the course of the game i felt like we stuck to the game plan. lebron is going to dominate the ball and make plays and we have to just make it hard on him every potion. don't give him any easy buckets. and not let anybody else get a rhythm. >> we had a lot of break downs. a couple transition threes they made that we pinpoint. we don't want to get those up. but at the end of the day we gave ourselves a chance. and you know i missed a tough one. but we had so many opportunities to win this game. >> there was more bad news for the cavaliers. irving left the game after hitting his already hurt knee. his status for game two is still up in t

back to you. >> all right janine de la vega we'll talk to you later. >>> ntsb investigators will combrough a wreckage and plane crash. tara moriarty is joining us now what neighbors say they heard just moments before the plane went down. tara. >> reporter: we just want to mention we believe the ntsb is finally here. if you take a look behind me, you can see fire crews have just arrived as well. and there appear to be two other cars in addition to the one that was here earlier. you can see the crime scene tape they have the area quarantined off. we have noticed people combing through the area there. we know that they will be using evidence in this field combined with eyewitness reports to figure out what went wrong. we are told the pilot did call the tower. the pilot was killed in the crash. investigators say the pilot of the single engine plane reported control problems shortly after takeoff. that person was the only person on board that we know of. >> there was a considerable impact and subsequent fire. yeah we are talking to those people and i'm sure the federal authorities will be

ktvu fox 2 janine de la vega is there to explain. janine. >> reporter: san jose put an ordnance into effect several years ago and it requires some new residential development to set aside 15% of the units at sale at below market rates. developers say that is not fair. san jose put that law into effect in 2010 to help deal with the affordable housing crisis but it's been on hold since the california building industry oh, challenged it. they argue that it's an unconstitutional -- they say this ordnance is one of their last hopes for gaining more housing for low income people. legal analysts say if the the court rules with the builders then it would effect similar housing laws in nearly 200 california cities. pam. >> all right we're going to keep an eye on this one for sure. >>> a san francisco police officer recovering after a dog bit him. this happened in the bay view. police say that dog bit the officer several times as he was responding to a 911 call. the officer shot and killed the dog to stop that attack. >>> in stockton two police

janine de la vega is live at a sporting goods store in union city. we just saw the doors open right at the top of the show. is it pretty crowded in there already, janine? >> reporter: it is. people are lined up inside this sports authority. a lot of them are waiting for this shirt. that's the locker room shirt. you can see they just started letting people line up. they are taking a look at the shirts. one of the things that's a very hot item is the locker room hat. they are actually sold out of them at this store. they are waiting for a delivery to get here. hopefully in the next hour. the store is expecting numerous deliveries throughout the day to get restocked. but they can't say when the drops will happen. here is video we shot in union city. got a look at one of the designs as they came off the presses. it says the finals champions with the trophy. we're told they will crank out about 15,000 of them. fans started to arrive here early. here at sports authority, they started to line up at 5:00 a.m. >> i need to get some shirts. i tried to buy hats

>> janine de la vega, thank you. >>> 8:09.te about that wildfire burning south of lake tahoe. it's only 5% contained. this fire has burned more than 16,000 acres in alpine county. strong, very erratic winds and the drought, it's just pushing the flames. lightning strikes on friday triggered everything. elf several campgrounds -- several campgrounds near markleeville have been evacuated. this fire has closed parts of highway 4 and 89. >>> following last week's balcony collapse, berkeley appears to be moving closer to some new safety codes. coming up in 20 minutes, the new rules that berkeley could adopt as soon as next month. >>> but first taking down the confederate flag. after the break, the state that made a desistive move this -- decisive move this morning and the reason behind it. >>> the west dublin pleasanton station is a person recall -- there's a person reported under the tracks. that section is closed. looks like the train is stopped. plenty of emergency mel personnel on the scene -- medical personnel on the scene. >>

janine de la vega is joining us from san jose to talk about this big scheme. janine. >> reporter: we've been talking to some members at this ymca and they knew this was one of the gyms that was hit. one of the thieves distracted a front desk employee. task force noticed a pattern of thefts and realized the thieves were stealing car keys after breaking through the locks. >> they have been breaking into cars in this parking lot. but we've also heard that they come into the gym and they go through break into the lockers and take things out of the lockers. i've mostly heard it being mens lockers. >> reporter: the mercury news is reporting police were able to identify the suspects through surveillance video and they were able to track them down. five cars have been recovered. police say the men arrest red transients. the traffic force is report thely looking for more suspects who are part of this ring. we are going to be reaching out to police if for more details on this case and coming up at 6:30, you'll hear from a victim. pam. >> it will be interesting. all right

ktvu's janine de la vega tells us how they stole car keys from lockers lockers and then stole the cars morning full of phone calls to police. in the past month investigators say a crew of burglars were staking out parking lots and got away with six cars. some members say the crime trickled into the neighborhoods. >> my son's bike was stolen. my wife's car was opened up and rifled through. gps, cds being taken. >> reporter: one thief distracted an employee and then a member reported their car was stolen. they noticed a pattern of thefts. they realized the thieves were stealing car keys after breaking into lockers. >> my son's van was vandalized and they took his wallet and driver's license and his cell phone. glass all over. happened many times in this parking lot. >> reporter: it is unknown if that case is related. surveillance cameras captured images of the suspects. these men were arrested for all the burglaries. they have been identified as colby worsham, anthony robert, and richard higgerson all twenty four-years-old. authorities recovered five vehicles they stole. >> makes you fee

ktvu fox 2 janine de la vega is in union city. the store that will open early. janine. >> reporter: yes pam we are here at sports authority in union city. it opens up at 7:00 a.m.. we are expecting a lot of warriors fans to be here. there are a lot of unpacked boxes here and we're assuming they were the nba champion shirts that were inside. the gray ones. and we know that fans are going to want to get their hands on those t-shirts and hats and hoodies and all the other memorabilia inside. we did visit a t-shirt printing shop in union city last night and got a look at one of the designs just as they came off the presses. it says the finals champions with a championship trophy and of course the warriors logo. employees have been working all night printing them. we're told they will crank out around 15,000 of them >> we have them watch the game and tell them if they are going to win head on in. and so this one kind of went down to the wire. so we didn't get started too early. >> reporter: and take a look at the official adidas locker room gear. these are the picture

ktvu fox 2 reporter janine de la vega says the big question is if the ride sharing companies will be allowed to pick up travelers at the airport. janine. >> reporter: yeah pam. right now travelers can use uber or lift to drop off travelers here at the airport as far as pickup it's not allowed here but today the san jose city council is set to vote on whether to permit uber, lift, and other ride sharing companies to pick up passengers at san jose international airport. these type of companies have grown in popularity and seen as a cheaper alternative. last year sfo promoted uber and other companies if the san jose city council allowed these services drivers will need to go through fingerprinting, back ground checks, and fees. the proposal has caused a big upset among cab drivers. they face stricter regulation and pay higher fees to operate because they run a dispatch center out of the airport. as the morning goes on, whether be talking to passengers and you are going to hear in the next hour from taxi driver that we just spoke with to hear how his business has already changed. pam. >>

ktvu reporter janine de la vega is there where it happened. what is the latest there janine? >> reporter: sal, the chp opened up all lanes of traffic here on northbound 101. this is just south of the blossom hill exit here. everything is on the shoulder of the road and now you can see there is a tow truck here on the scene. it's not the right type so they are waiting to bring in another one that is larger. it's soon going to be taking away the mangled vehicle you see on the shoulder. it's in bad shape. i was there ten minutes ago and it was still smolders. just before 2:00 a.m. the station wagon veered off the freeway and smacked into a tree on the shoulder. fire started and the flames were so intense that other motorists could not help the driver inside. the chp officer says the impact of the crash was so powerful that the car wrapped around the tree and pushed the motor into the passenger seat. the person died instantly because of the fire chp does not know if this was a man or a woman preponderate coroner has removed the body and will work on identifying the person. we wer

janine de la vega is there.ive report when the doors open. >> yes. >> to the beat. >> what do they say it's the hats that sold out in five minutes. you've got to get in line. >>> good morning. welcome back to mornings on 2 it's wednesday, june 17th i'm dave clark. >> good morning, i'm pam cook. thank you for joining us now 6:32. i was going to say warriors wednesday. yeah warriors wednesday. i had to think about it. is it wednesday? yes it is. >> we need warriors wednesday. >> we need warriors wednesday. that is not easy to say. >> low clouds and higher clouds. there is more of a breeze today. you can see some of that. yesterday breeze really tailed off and temperatures inland went up. upper 80s, low mid 90s and coast and bay just dealing with too much fog. so 60s and 70s. this is from khloe up in clearlake. lovely 68 degrees. i went 97 so i will buy that. low clouds and higher clouds coming up from the hawaiian islands. 47 santa rosa to 59 brentwood and a lot of between with 54 to 57. 52 and foggy. same story.

ktvu fox 2 reporter janine de la vega is joining us with more on this last minute agreement. and also this morning a big soccer match planned for cal's soccer stadium is being moved. they are relating the game to avia stadium until san jose. that is also the earthquake's home stadium. memorial stadium holds more than 62,000 fans and people have tickets to the game will get first is choice of seats or they will get refunds. >>> speaking of soccer it is number one verses number two in the world cup today. the u.s. can advance to the title game with a win over top ranked germany. the two haven't faced each other in a world cup since 2003. germany won that match. since fifa began ranking teams that year, neither country has fallen further than number two. the u.s. has allowed one goal so far this world cup but germany has scored 20. the most of the tournament. >> they are going to bring it. they are great in all aspects of the game. they are organized. they are hard to break down and they know how to attack and possess the ball. so i could talk all day about what they bring but u

we have ktvu janine de la vega there talking with police.l you so far, janine? >> reporter: well, ma'am pam, they haven't said to much. police are calling it a death investigation, however, at this point. the body has been taken away by the coroner. it was taking in this parking garage at 10th and san fernando. police say students called them just ; 9:00 after seeing a woman on the ground in the garage. officers aren't revealing any detail, if any weapons were found or how they believe she died. the scene was roped off overnight as they investigated. the coroner is examining the body and in the process of reaching out to relatives. until then we won't know if this was a student or a visitor, or even the age of the person. we know the garage is attached to the student service center. we are told a captain is expected to be in later this morning, so we are hoping to get some more answers on this investigation as the morning depose on. pam? >> a lot of question -- morning goes on. pam? >> a lot of questions. thank you, janine. >>> 5:32. we want

janine de la vega is at the chp office there with some of the details of what happened.accident. so it is the driver that is dead. the chp says the victim was so badly burned they can't even tell if it was a man or woman. this accident happened just before 2:00 a.m.. a subaru station wagon veered off the lanes of northbound 101 just south of blossom hill and smacked into a tree. the car caught on fire and so did the tree. the chp says it appears the victim died on impact. it's unknown what caused that driver to if drive off to the -- they had several lanes of traffic closed earlier this morning while they investigated but everything is back open now. the coroner almost work on identifying the person. chp told us the vehicle had washington license plates and that it appeared there was luggage in the back. pam. >> interesting. all right. thank you for that update. >>> 6:36 is the time. a vigil is is planned for this evening for a man shot and killed. they found the man passed out in a car on saturday morning. now he has a handgun on the seat next to him. police say they tr

janine de la vega is joining us now from oakland to tell us what area will be effected and why bart sayss work is so desperately needed. janine. >> reporter: pam, we are here at the west oakland bart station. this is the last east bay stop before trains go into san francisco. and all service is going to be halted between the east bay and the city for five days in the coming months. bart plans on doing this and halting service in the transbay tube over the three day labor day weekend and for the first weekend of august. bart officials say the tracks need to be updated and the work is critical. it's an aging system 34 years old and the tracks need to be replace the for safety reasons. they want to make sure people plan ahead to help. bart plans to have a bus bridge for paysages traveling between. >>> after using power tools to escape from a prison on saturday. authorities admit they have no idea where the convicts are and they are now offering a $100,000 reward for their capture. fox news correspondent kelly wright has more on the search that is under way. >> we are leaving no stone unturn

ktvu janine de la vega is joining us from san jose with the reason county workers are upset and what it will take to complete this agreement. >> reporter: pam, let me tell you both the county and union members from local 521 seiu they left here both happy and relieved because both sides wanted to avoid having to strike. now this really came down to the wire. both the county and the union were negotiating over night in the early morning hours trying to reach an agreement by 3:00 a.m. and they succeeded. here they are leaving headquarters happy with the deal that was reached. this union represents 9,000 county employees which include 911 dispatchers, jail workers, public health and hospital services, and social services. members were tighting for better -- fighting for better health benefits and wages and wanted staffing shortages addressed. >> for the last four years we did tighten the belt because we needed to make sure services were available to our community. i think we made great strides. the county is looking better. we are able to implement more services for the community and ag

ktvu fox 2 reporter janine de la vega is live in san jose and say there is is a plan to crack down on people who use illegal fire works. good morning janine. >> reporter: good morning, alex. on the fourth of july you can hear many illegal fire works being set off in various neighborhood throughout the the account. but the county supervisor wants to curb much of that as much of possible. under the new rules the board would lot vote on. they would penalized people who store or discharge illegal firearms. in the board president is concerned about the safety of the people and property. recently the u.s. determined that children under 15 years old suffered 45% of all injuries from fire works. and last year in the county there were four injuries involving fire works. property owners who are not aware or present when they are being discharged will be sent a warning letter. guests could be fined $350 for the first violation, $700 for the second, and $1,000 for the third. the county has attributed $70,000 to the rotary club is sponsoring a big display in the city of san jose for the fourth of

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janine de la vega joins us live from san jose to tell us about it.are people saying about this? >> reporter: tori, news of the burglaries have spread. some people, gym members say they feel vulnerable. they are trying not to bring valuables inside the lockers. but some things can't be afoeded like bringing in car keys. two men were acting sphish shusly in the -- sphish suspiciously at this ymca. one man went in and disstablthed the front desk employee while the other went in the locker room. they were stealing car keys an breaking into gym lockers. we spoke to a gym member who knew about the burglaries. listen to what he did this morning. >> i got here a few minutes late, my company lap cop, i took it with me -- laptop, i took it with me. and i ran in and left my car unlocked and i was glad to see it was still there when i came out. >> reporter: police were able to identify the suspects through surveillance video and track them down. five cars have been recovered and three men were arrested who are reportedly transients. police believe there are more

ktvu fox 2's janine de la vega joining us live in san francisco to tell us what he will be doing here and some other highlights of that event. good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning, dave. we're here in front of the hilton union square where federal agents as well as police have been stationed out here. they've been doing security sweeps. now, we know there are also no- parking signs all along o'farrell street. that's in preparation for president obama's arrival. president obama will be touching down at sfo at 1:00 this afternoon. he is the keynote speaker at this conference that nearly 300 mayors attending. he will be speaking at 2:15 this morning. the focus of the conference is to discuss economic health of the cities and the factors that contribute to growth and decline. he will be talking about topics such as water conservation, transportation, education, technology and community policing. last night at a fund-raiser in southern california, he expressed frustration that he couldn't bring about the hope and change he campaigned on, saying the system is still broken because

janine de la vega, you are in san jose.know about illegal fireworks being set off on their property, there may be hit with heavy fines -- they may be hit with heavy fines. >> reporter: that's right. right now, the only place where safe and sane fireworks are legal in santa clara county is gill troy. i've been down there in the past year at the fireworks stand and i have seen people from san jose, milpitas, campbell, you name it. they are down there buying them and then bringing them back here and then setting them off. but the president of the board of supervisors here in santa clara county. he's hoping these new proposed rules will help deter people from doing that. now, the board of supervisors is scheduled to vote today whether to adoptant ordinance that penalizes people who store ardischarge -- or discharge fireworks in the unincorporated part of the county. they would be sent a warning letter. those who are home, the responsible parties that could be the homeowners, tenants or guests could be fined $315 for the first v

janine de la vega is live there now.ent turned into a tragedy. >> reporter: yeah, it sure did. the scene is clear right now. [no audio] >> we apologize. having a bit of a problem with janine's signal. there was a crash on -- on 880. the man who hit the vehicle in front of him, got out of his car to check on that person in the second vehicle, that man ended up being hit and killed in the roadway. the takeaway here, officers remind everyone if you are involved in an accident, stay inside your car with the seat belt on. that's the safest place for you. emergency crews will arrive just as soon as they can. >>> 8:03. a fast-moving wildfire has forced more than 1,000 people from their homes in central washington state. flames broke out in web and a half chi and the fire continues to burn out of control right now. at least ten buildings have burned but there are no injuries reported. some people say they moved to safety but they watched as flames raced across acres of land. backup has been coming back quickly. unbelievable neve

janine de la vega in our newsroom. thank you. >>> 7:17. want to economic in with sal and -- check in with sal. taking a look at san mateo. some problems there at the bridge? >> we had an earlier accident. let's go right to the picture. the traffic on the san mateo bridge westbound is just now recovering. they removed a crash from the high rise. they moved it off fought foster city side -- to the foster city side. but the traffic will be busy here. if you want to go to the dumbarton bridge bridge, it's a little bit better but there's slow traffic in hayward as well. let's move to the bay bridge toll plaza. that's about a 25-minute delay getting into san francisco. the south bay has slow traffic. northbound 101 is pretty slow. we had an earlier accident there. 85 and 280 are not that bad as you drive through but watch for slow traffic in san jose. 7:18. let's go to steve in the weather center. hello, steve. >>> sal, i barely made that. i was doing my social media duties. >> i know. i know. we're all busy. >> thank you, sir. well, our pattern

ktvu janine de la vega have details. >>reporter: it was the driver who died.s or woman. >> the car caught on fire and so did the tree. other motorist who stopped could not get to the driver. the chp says the victim died on impact. it's unknown what caused that person to travel off the shoulders. officers are looking into whether speed played a factor or if the person fell asleep. there were several lanes of traffic closed while they investigated but everything is open. the coroner will work on identifying the victim. the vehicle had washington license plates and it was carrying luggage in the back. reporting from san jose, janine de la vega fox 2 news. >>> police in palo alto want your help. they're trying to solve the case of a college student killed 14 years ago. 20-year-old maria was with her friends when hit by a stray bullet. she was in front of a nightclub on alma street. despite witnesses, police have no suspects. investigators put this on the palo alto facebook page to have more leads. >> to have a homicide like this shocking to the community and so se

janine de la vega, let's start off by talking about how county workers feel about the deal. >> reporter: gasia, union members and county representatives left here both relieved and happy. they both wanted to avoid a strike because they knew it would have an impact on the services that the public depends on. it came down to the wire. they were negotiating, the county and the union overnight, to try to reach an agreement by 3:00 a.m. and they succeeded. here they are leaving the local 521 headquarters. they were pleased with the deal reach. the union represents 9,000 county employees which includes 911 dispatchers, jail workers, the ut push lick health and hospital system and social services. members were fighting for belter health benefits and they wanted staffing shortages addressed. >> we reached a deal that was good for all of our members. you know, we have small pockets of workers in areas that may be they think their union doesn't represent them. we took into consideration every single member and every worker will be pleased. >> reporter: we also spoke with the county expectative wh

representing the workers and the county to find out what happens next we will check in with janine de la vega who is live right in front of union headquarters in san jose. janine. >> reporter: pam, just many in the last five minutes we saw dozens of people come out of the seiu headquarters local 521. a lot of them had smile on their faces. none of them would comment. we are waiting for a spokesperson to come out. they were going to go on strike at 6:00 a.m. if a deal wasn't reached but a tentative agreement has been reached. union members were ready with picket signs and expected to protest outside of valley medical center. they were siting the unfair practices. the county had gotten a court recorder to block the strike but the judge ruled 471 county workers over the 9,000 had essential jobs and had to report to work but now that has all been avoided because negotiations went well. this union represents 911 dispatchers, jail workers, and the public health and hospital systems. now the union members must take a vote on this four-career tentative agreement and it must be approved by the board o

janine de la vega is joining us now from san jose to talk about it. anine. >> reporter: san jose's ordnance requires new developments to set aside 15% of its units for sale and to mark them at below rate values. developers are cig that is not fair. now this law in san jose was put into effect in 2010 as way to help deal with the affordable housing crisis. but it's been on hold because the california building industry association has challenged it. the state supreme court is expected to decide today to invalidate the requirements. they argue that it's unconstitutional taking of property. city officials see the lack of affordable because housing as a big issue. the medium price of home is nearly $874,000. >> i know developers are in it for money and you know you've got to do the right thing. people got to do the right thing. let's help everybody out. they should do that. you know it's only minute. once the developer sells, they are out. >> reporter: city officials say the ordnance is one of their last hopes in securing housing for low income people. buil

>> all right, janine de la vega, live for us this morning. thank you. >>> president obama is speaking in germany. this is his news conference at the close of the group of the summit. he's talking about jobs. let's listen in. >> wages for american workers continue to rise and since i took office, the united states has cut our deficit by two- thirds. so in the global economy, america is a major source of strength. at the same time, we recognize that the global economy while brew something still not performing at its full potential. we agreed on a number of necessary steps. here in europe, we support efforts to find a path to carry out key reforms and turn to growth within a strong, stable and growing eurozone. i updated congress so we can move ahead with the asia- pacific region. agreements with high standards to protect workers', public safety and the environment. we continue to make progress towards a strong global climate agreement this year in paris. all of the g-7 countries have put forward our post 2020 targets for reducing carbon emissio

janine de la vega is joining us from our newsroom to explain why some people still don't know if their vehicle is on the recall list. janine. >> reporter: the recall involving takata air bags was expanded to include makes and models but the list is still incomplete. takata officials admitted there could be delays in notifying customers to get repairs done. the website safercars.gov has been set up so owners could check to see if cars are on the list now. dealers say people may have to wait days or weeks for replacement cars to arrive at the dealerships. >> i don't think that is fair. it's not fair to the consumer. >> in a perfect world we get them all in at once. >> reporter: officials told congress they would start replacement parts. pam. >> thank you janine. we will continue to watch this developing story. >>> leader of a bay area mosque is disputing the fbi account of how his brother ended upshot and killed by agents in boston. agents had 26-year-old ah is a ma rahim under surveillance. but on his facebook page the mom of the lighthouse mosque in oakland says his brother was at a bu

janine de la vega is live in san jose. >> reporter: good morning. this passed unanimously.s raised the legal age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21 years old. so -- this is gonna affect a lot of businesses like convenience stores. the chainen was prompted -- change was prompted by health concerns. a study showed increasing the legal purchasing age of tobacco products would decrease the smoking rate by 1% and smoking related deaths by 10%. businesses must post the minimum age to buy is now 21. anyone who violates it will be fined. retailers will be required to check i.d. we spoke to a smoker this morning to get his thought. >> i smoked for two months and i felt like my lungs -- when i ran and stuff, i would get winded faster. that's why i stopped. i went from cigarettes to a scrape -- vape. >> reporter: the public health office is applauding the decision and calls santa clara county a national leader in protecting the health of residents from tobacco. it's the first county in the state to pass an ordinance like this. it goes into effect january 1st, of 2016. it does

ktvu fox 2's janine de la vega joining us live. you are in sunnyvale to tell us what's happening and what's next. janine? >> reporter: dave, this news really took parents offguard. they say their kids love coming here to west valley elementary school but now the school may get a complete overhaul. hundreds of concerned parents and teachers attended a meeting last night held by the superintendent of the cupertino union school district to discuss the shakeup at the elementary school. the district is requiring all 29 teachers and about 15 staff members at west valley. they need to reapply for the jobs. the superintendent explained the drastic change was needed because of tension between the administration and teachers and parents. it was becoming a very unhealthy culture. parents and the teachers union reacted to how the district is handling the situation. >> i just -- it's very disrespectful. these are the people who take care of our kids. they work so hard. they were told on the last day of school. >> we feel that just -- moving the

cd idea is joining us -- janine de la vega is joining us from the city to tell us what he is going tohere. >> reporter: the conference will be held here at the hilton union square and police are already here with their canines. the secret service is here. they are beefing up security with the president on his way. he is scheduled to arrive at sfo at 1:00. president obama will be the keynote speaker at the u.s. mayor's conference where nearly 300 mayors are attending. he will be speaking at 2:15 this afternoon. the focus is discussing the economic health of the nation's city. they will be talking about topics such as water conservation, technology, and community policing. last night at a fundraiser in southern california president obama expressed frustration that he couldn't bring about the hope and change he campaigned on saying because of the division in politics, the system is still broken while here the president will attend two fundraisers and so will presidential candidate hillary clinton. she also speaks at the mayor's conference so she speaks on saturday morning. she will then

janine de la vega is joining us live now. you're in san jose so what is this scheme all about? >> reporter: we are here at ymca. according to the mercury news, this is one of the gyms that the burglars hit last month. alert employees helped police catch them. two men were acting suspiciously in the south valley ymca. moments late aeromember reported their vehicle had been stolen. members of the regional auto theft task force noticed theft five cars have been recovered and three men were arrested who are reportedly transients. there are more suspects that are part of the ring we will be reaching out to the ymca as well as police to get more details on this case that is apparently still open to investigation since they are still looking for more suspects. dave. >> thank you. >>> on june 15th restrictions begin for new housing developments. the state buildings standards voted to change development rules on friday. it's up to developers to figure out how to meet the limits and for local government agencies to enforce them. developers can reduce water use by planting shrubs and bush

ktvu fox 2 reporter janine de la vega is joining us from our newsroom with advice for drivers. janine. >> reporter: members of congress are frustrated because it's still unclear what caused the air bags to be defective. the bags are exploding and releasing sharp pieces of metal and so far it's caused six deaths around 100 injuries. the latest information we have is 11 auto makers are effected by the recall. but the list is still incomplete. lawmakers are concerned because so far only 15-35% of all air bag replacements have been completed. takata officials and the national highway transportation safety administration admit there could be delays in notifying customers to get repairs done. the website safercar.gov has been set up so owners can check to see if their cars on the list now. >> it will take some time. that could be anywhere from a few days to a few weeks for the auto makers to put together an accurate list. >> reporter: dealers are also saying people may have to wait days or weeks for replacement parts to arrive at the dealership. takata officials say they will increase

ktvu janine de la vega has new information this morning about the police investigation now under way. janine? >> reporter: pam, yes, the scene is cleared now but let me show you the parking garage where the body was found. it is attached to the student services center. at this point police are not saying whether the disceased woman was a student or not. san jose state police. >> reporter: notified before 9:00 last night a body was on the ground in the garage at 10th and san fernando. police had the scene roped off for hours as they invested. they are -- investigated. they are not calling it a homicide yet but a death investigation. they would not get into details of whether there was something suspicious or weapons nearby. students are now left with lots of questions. >> i didn't know last night there was a body found here in this garage. it does concern me a little because i live here. i have never seen that much activity at once. >> reporter: police tell me it doesn't appear the witnesses saw what happened to the woman briar to her death. the coroner will examine the body for a caus

janine de la vega is in san jose this morning says the board is considering a measure that could make the holiday safer. janine. >> reporter: pam last year there were at least four people in santa clara county that were hurt by illegal fire works and with the fourth of july coming, county supervisors are looking to hold the property owners responsible for setting off illegal fire works. here is how it will work. under the new rules, property owners who are unaware or not present when they are being discharged will be sent a warning letter but those that are aware could be fined $350 for the first violation. $700 for the second. and $1,000 for the third. the ordnance applies to unincorporated parts of the county so that is under the territory of the sheriffs office. we asked residents their thoughts. >> especially the drought. there is so much dry everything around us. so our environment is very dry. there is lots of kids. there is typically alcohol involved. i think it's just not a safe environment. i think if that helps deter people thanage. >> the board of ss will vote on -- the boa