. >> and i'm pam cook. we will get weather and traffic if a moment. >> we are talking about our weather this morning. we will begin with developing news as well. right now fire crews in san jose are investigating an early

. >>> thank you for joining us, i am pam cook. >> good morning, i am dave clark, we are ready to check weather and steve paulsen has more on the forecast. >> not everybody is in on it but there is a lot of locations where visibility is lousy. once we get this to burn off, it will be mostly sunny and temperatures low-to-mid 60s, here is sal. >>> as you mentioned, it may slow traffic on some commutes, not too bad, it has improved and we have a look at the san mateo bridge and that traffic is fine. let's go back to the desk. >> mayor jean quan is getting ready to deliver the second state of the address and give us a preview of that story, good morning, paul. >> reporter: the mayor was elected in 2010 and of course this is going into her second term. she has had issues dealing with micromanagement and the mayor last week made some major strides in the city by naming permanent police since then taken off the mayor has done a lot trying to combat the city's crime trials, but this is what some are calling the defining moment of her term is the occupied situation, they have criticized her roll

pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> thank you, pam. 8:5 -- 8:50. happening right now.ma is holing an event at the white house. he just finished speaking and he's shaking hands and hugging some of the people behind him. he was highlighting the importance of the agreement by congress to extend the payroll tax cut and some of those people behind him shared via twitter how losing the tax cut would have affected them. president obama also called on congress to pass -- to pass more bipartisan measures? >>> if you procrastinate your mail-in ballot may not get counted. the u.s. postal service plans to close more than 200 of its mail processing facilities because the budget problems. that will lengthen delivery times. meaning if you don't get your ballot in on time, it may arrive too late to be counted. more than 50% of californians voted by mail in the past two elections. >> it just hurts to think about how we've encouraged mean to -- encouraged people to vote by mail and now that can result in their ballot not being counted. >>> the secretary of state is urging the postmaster

i'm pam cook. thank you for waking up with us. it's now 5:30. we want to check in with steve paulson. >> hello. happy friday. we have a cooler pattern compared to yesterday when it was wall to wall-to-wall sunshine. you can see it moving through the morning hours, but there's also low clouds. that's going to give us a cooler pattern. temperatures 50s and low to mid- 60s. here's sal. >>> good morning. right now traffic is moving along relatively well. here on highway 4 as we look to the commute here, traffic continues to look good. there's a little bit of slow traffic already developing on highway 4 at antioch. it's not a huge delay so far. also the morning commute looks pretty good if you're driving on interstate 880 in oakland, heading up to the bay bridge. of course you know, in case you haven't heard, the bay bridge is going to be closed in the westbound direction this weekend. ktvu's tara moriarty has the details. she's out at the bay bridge live. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. if you can believe it, there's style people that

. >>> good morning, thank you for joining us, it is wednesday february 22nd, i am pam cook. >> and i am dave clark, let's check weather and traffic, i stopped and put on a scarf this morning, am i going to need it? >> well it might be cool for some, but overnight temperatures will start to warm up, high pressure is punching into the northern part of the state, except for a few high clouds, temperatures are in the mid-70s, here is sal. >>> southbound 101 as you approach the 580 interchange, that traffic is moving along well. we are starting off well on all the bridges but the caution light is out because they are changing the configuration so give them a little bit of a break, it is 5:00 let's go back to dave and pam. >>> we are following breaking news, an early morning fire breaks out and at least four people have to find a new place to live. firefighters know exactly how this fire started, chris attain? no no mystery as to how this fire started but all four residents made it out safely. you can see fire crews are still working inside the building to mixture there is no flare-up. thi

. >> good morning thank you for joining us, i am pam cook. >> and i am dave clark, let's check weather and traffic, you know the great steve paulsen? >> thank you, stop it, you too. patchy fog out at the valley but if you have a flight out of fso, the fog tends to show up a little later. a few high clouds sunny and warmer and any plans down towards monterey and the santa clara valley, near 70 degrees, here is sal. >>> traffic is moving welcoming to the willow pass grade no major problems, also the morning commute looks good if you are on 101 approaching downtown, let's go back to dave and pam. >>> topping our news, one police officer and one suspect is in the hospital after a police shooting in cast tore valley late yesterday. it involved undercover officer from berkeley, paul? >> reporter: pam, we are still trying to figure out the details in this case and there is a lot unanswered but we are still trying to find that out. here is what we do know at this hour. alameda county sheriff's deputies got a call at the intersection of caster valley. two police officers in unmarked vehicles we

. >> this is pam cook, i am dave clark, we are wide awake and steve and sal are here, we are checking traffic. >> we had a lot of rain going through mop pet and the system has gone through and some very light showers. look for partly sunny skies upper 60s and a big jump in our temperatures in our seven-day forecast, here is sal right now. >>> traffic is moving well heading out to the mcarthur maze with no major problems getting to the bay bridge which by the way is open and incase you are just waking up you may not have heard lanes are open. at 6:01 let's go back to the desk. >>> police in oakland are investigating an officer involved shooting. it happened late last night on 62nd avenue in east oakland. officers confronted two suspects while investigating a street robbery. an officer shot and wounded one suspect during that confrontation and the other suspect got away. no police officers were hurt but it is still not clear what led up to the gunfire. allie rasmus will have an update coming up at 6:30. >> just about a block away from the officer involved shooting a man was killed which

. >>> good morning, thank you for joining us it is tuesday, i am pam cook. >> let's check weather and traffic and let's first go to steve paulson who is right here. temperatures a lot of 30s out there some patchy fog as well, partly sunny skies and partly cloudy skies as well, diving south along the coast, highs upper 50s to near 60 degrees, here is sal. >>> westbound bay traffic looks good coming into san francisco with no major problems and on the other side of the island heading over to the city, we are also looking at san francisco himself. it looks good in downtown, 6:01 let's go back to the desk. >>> vallejo police are searching for two gunman after a terrifying shootout. five people including a three- year-old girl were hurt and it all happened on springs road near maple. tara moriarty joins us live with all the investigations, good morning tara. i just finished cleaning up the blood that you see right behind me and it was his niece who will be three soon, she was struck by bullets in the knee and twice in the stomach and she just underwent surgery and is expected to survive. p

thank you for waking up with us it's wednesday, february 15th i'm pam cook. >> and i'm dave clark. let's check weather and traffic. steve is here and i heard the rain just pounding on the window. >> i heard it. my cat heard it. and it's gone. i mean it's already down into central california. it's a fast moving system. behind that very cold air starting to move in. there is snow up in the sierra nevada. that is flying south toward las vegas. behind that expect for santa rosa with a north wind they can warm up. everyone else will be on the cool side. here is sal. >>> good morning. chp says weather and speed is to blame for this overnight crash. a driver lost control and took out a metering light. just before 2:00 this morning the driver was the only person in the car and no one was hurt. you can see quite a bit of damage was created. right now we are looking at live pictures here northbound 101 san francisco approaching the 80 split. no major problems. we are off to a decent start. let's go back to the desk. >>> investigators have me more grim discoveries. in just a few hours we will

. >> and i am pam cook, another nice day steven? >>> yes, we still have a north wind for most, so a weather wind advisory for higher elevations but nothing to be found, there was patchy fog on coast but it looks like that has been wiped out. upper 70s to near 80s, more record highs, here is sal. >>> if you are driving across to or from marin county it should be a nice drive on 580 or to marin. east bay is looking good on highway 4 if you are coming to the willow pass grade, let's go back to the desk. >>> an overnight fire badly damaged a home. now we are looking for any sign of a fire, joining us from the scene with what neighbors saw and heard, christian? >> reporter: firefighters told me this truck is getting ready to leave and activity is starting to wind down. if you take a look passed that wall, you are actually looking into the front of this home and just a moment ago, we saw a firefighter going into that home. while they are beginning to mop up, the search is underway and right now a family of four, a mother, father and two c

reporting live in the newsroom, pam cook, let's go back to the studio. >>> thank you, pam.49. disturbing details are emerge become a seattle area man who authorities say deliberately blue up his house, killing himself and his two young sons. investigators found cans of gasoline and a hatchet inside josh powell's burned out house. the medical examiner's office says smoke inhalation is the main cause of death for powell's two sons but they also say the boys had hatchet wounds on their bodies. powell was also a person of interest in the 2009 disappearance of his wife. >>> our time is 8:49. a warning for stanford students this morning after two women were attacked on campus. stanford police say a female student was walking through the kennedy grove area about 1:45 a.m. sunday when she was tackled. a passer by saw the attack and started screaming. that scared off the man. 15 minutes later a man walked into an unlocked dorm room and climb food a sleeping woman's bed. she woke up and got away. now, students say it's a reminder they have got to be vigilant. >> it definitely brought

it's friday, february 24th i'm pam cook >> and i'm dave clark. let's check your weather and traffic. steve is here. things are changing. >> still nice dave and pam. it won't be as warm as wednesday and thursday. it's sunny but wind has started to collapse at the surface. it's still offshore in some of the higher elevations. i expect this to change later today. sunny and nice but more 60s and low 70s. here is sal. >>> steve, good morning. at the toll plaza here we can see traffic is looking good. it is getting a little bit more crowded there are no major problems come into the city. this is what was left of a car involved in an overnight crash on northbound 880 in the hayward area last night overnight and in the morning. two people were killed. chp says the victims car stalled in the slow lane and one person got out of the car shortly after that a driver in a chevy avalanche slammed into the car and the person that was outside. the person outside the car died at the scene. the person inside the car died later at the hospital. the driver of the chev

it's february, 27th i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook.lson. >> it's cold out there. getting colder. last week record highs 70s. we were like oh my gosh. now step outside and you'll say it's still winter. this system dropping down along the coast is moving in central and southern california. there could be a few hit and miss showers here. mainly south. overall temperatures starting off 20s, 30s, and 40s. end up in the mid 50s. >>> traffic on 880 north or southbound that traffic is moving nicely as we drive past the coliseum. no major problems. also the morning commute is looking good on westbound bay bridge. it's 5:30 let's go back to the desk. >> thank you. we're starting with developing news an early morning fire damaged an oakland apartment house. ktvu tara moriarty is now learned what caused that fire. tara is here now with video you will only see here on two. what do you know, tara? >> reporter: you know the folks evacuated were let back into their apartment building a half an hour ago. we spoke to the battalion chief about the cause

pam cook has the results of this new report. good morning, pam. >> good morning. researchers says 40% of normal weight people, not obese, have metabolic problems that can lead to diabetes and heart disease. they contend that sugar is the cause. now, a pediatrician who led the study says excessive sugar alter's people pie yochemistry, making them more vulnerable to an illness. the question is should the government step in? >> i think it has to start at home, with the family. parents should be restrictive and the parents are a lot of the problem, too. >> i've heard that sugar is comparable to like a drug an it's addictive. i would like to see if maybe we could remove some of that from prepared foods. i think it would all around be more healthy for us. >> the uc study says it's going to take more than will power and the government needs to step in. it finds meshes eat and drink about 22-teaspoons of sugar every day, that's triple what we consumed 30 years ago. they also say that a lot of that sneaks into our diet in things like bred. now the -- bread. now the study s

thank you for joining us it's wednesday, february 15th and i'm pam cook. >> and i'm dave clark. let's check weather and traffic. steve, do we need an umbrella? >> no, you need a jacket. it's cold out there. maybe some gloves. temperatures in the 30s and 40s. north wind has kicked in between last nights brief wind. there it goes. left a couple .1 to a tenth of an inch. that has moved out we are seeing wind. upper 50s and low 60s. here is sal. >>> we have breaking traffic news. there is a new crash on the bay bridge westbound in the right lane. you can see emergency vehicles trying to get through the traffic that is westbound at treasure island. just before the island in the slow lane. we're not sure if there are any injuries involved. they may be sending emergency teams out there to find out. this is westbound on the bridge. you are hearing this. you know the bridge traffic will be terrible because unless they get this thing outs of the way instantly we have an instant up here at the toll plaza. they will slow the metering lights down. traffic is going to be slow. again a new cra

it is friday, february 24th i'm pam cook. >> and i'm dave clark. what did your do to our friends in chicago? >> oh my goodness. >> steve has us taken care of here. >> very warm. seasonally warm. we are still starting off rather mild for most. there is an easterly breeze but i expect us to turn a little more southerly or westerly later on. skies are clear. i think later today you will notice it's still nice but it won't be as nice as it was on wednesday and thursday. sunny 60s and 70s. we are starting a cooling trend and it begins later today. >> traffic looks good in marin county. no major problem there. also if you are driving on to the bay bridge any time soon it's a nice drive getting on to that span. let's go back to dave and pam. >>> happening right now police in alameda responding to a boat crash at that city shoreline. it happened just before 2:00 a.m.. ktvu claudine wong is there now and says rescue crews rushed there as well. >> reporter: you have police, you have fire, and coast guard all out here. take a look at this boat. there is the 4

. >> and i'm pam cook. thank you for joining us. steve paulson you look good. how is the weather? >> chilly out there. fog showing up. sal has had a couple reports, i've had some as well. if you are getting some you can tweet us. ing if to the north bay and east bay. if you are stuck in that fog it's cold. it will be partly cloudy here in the morning and mostly sunny later on. highs today upper 50s and low to mid 60s. here is sal. >>> traffic is moving once again on the bay bridge after an early morning accident shut down three lanes. it happened after a disabled car hit an suv. toppling the suv on its side. two people were rushed to the hospital as you can see there was quite a bit of activity early this morning on the bridge. right now on the san mateo bridge. you can see traffic looks good all the way out to the peninsula. 6:01 let's go back to the desk. >>> the violence in oakland continues this morning as police just responded to another shooting just about an hour ago. this marks five in just about 24 hours. claudine wong joins us at the scene of the latest shooting. that is

. >> and i'm pam cook. thank you for waking up with us. rain overnight. let's see what it's like this morning. steve paulson is here. >> i am here. we do have off and on like rain. really i think cold wind is the bigger story here. that system will slide in. as it does it will give rain. the cold wind will be with us. highs will only be in the 50s. bundle up. here is sal. >>> right now we are looking at interstate 880 and traffic is moving along very well. it's very windy out there. give yourself plenty of time. it will be one of the commutes where it will get your attention. the morning commute is looking good if you are driving on westbound 92 across the windy san mateo bridge. it's 5:01 let's go back to the desk. >>> this morning the search continues for human remains said to be the victims of convicted serial killer. investigators say they are still focusing on an area near the town of linden east of stockton. tara moriarty is at the site where hundreds of bones have already been found. tara. >> reporter: in three hours teams are supposed to resume di

ktvu's pam cook is here to explain what is going on. porter: the decision to turn away more than one now qualified students could be made by university leaders at san jose state tomorrow. the university says the problem is severe budget cuts, combined with more people applying. meaning it will have to turn down more applications. however, this means qualified applicants from santa clara county may not be given preference for the first time. the school spokeswoman tells the mercury news notices for hundreds of south bay applicants are on hold until the university figures out a plan. >> couple friends of mine got accepted to san jose state and last minute have the apartment ready, lease signed future a year and everything, last minute. stated would send them a letter telling them they're not accepted anymore to san jose state. >> right now california guarantees admission to cal state for the top one-third of high school graduates. but the decision tomorrow could include higher admissions requirements. the other thing keeping a lot of quali

it's friday, february 10th i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook.now is 6:30. >> in the news for you right now. investigators want to figure out what caused an overnight fire. it started just before 3:00 this morning. ktvu paul chambers is there now at the rafel lumber and building supply. how were they able to put this out so quick? >> reporter: i tell you it was a sprinkler system inside that helped them get rid of the flames quickly. the trucks have cleared from the scene but firefighters say flames were leaping 30-40 feet in the air when they arrived. >> they encountered a lot of flame and fire moving very quickly. when they arrived on scene. they made an aggressive attack to the rear of the building. >> reporter: investigators say the bulk of the fire started in the rear of the service center which is built on to the main billing. now the center is used for contractors to pick up items like doors and lumber. quick work by firefighters and the sprinkler system allowed the fire to be contained to the service center. although there is water and sm

it's a monday, it's february 13th i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook.is 6:30. >>> in the news breaking news in the east bay. right now the haywards police department and the alameda sheriffs department are surrounding a neighborhood in hayward. lorraine blanco is there now and tells us that a body has been discovered. this is still developing as we are speaking. we are going to catch up with lorraine in a couple moments. a lot of police activity happening right now. the details are still being collected. stay where you are. lorraine blanco is there. she'll have a live report on what is happening out there in hayward in just a couple minutes. >>> sacramento police are investigating the death of a four-year-old boy during a suspected road rage incident. the boys father apparently lost control of his father and went down an embankment on interstate 5 saturday afternoon. the father was trying to speed away from a second driver after a heated traffic dispute. the little boy was thrown from the car and died. the father and mother suffered minor injuries. poli

it's monday, february 27th i'm dave clark be >> and i'm pam cook.tarting with breaking news. we've been following this for the last 40 minutes. there has been a school shooting in ohio. several students have been hurt. this is a live picture of a helicopter flying over the scene. chardon, ohio. sheriff officials confirmed to us in the last ten minutes four students were injured but we don't know the extent of their injuries yet. now you're looking down you see police officers, people all over the place. officials also confirmed a gunman is now in custody. that school is on lock down. we understand the lock down is over now. students are being taken to yet another school to be reunited with their parents. now again the school shooting in ohio has left four students injured. this is breaking news. make sure you stay right here with ktvu. we'll bring you any updates as we get them in. >>> also new details coming out about the growing scandal involving nadia lockyer. ktvu tara moriarty is joining us live with more on this from newark. what do we know th

thank you for joining us on this friday morning, february 10th i'm pam cook. >> and i'm dave clark. it's time to check weather and traffic. you said things are changing. >> it will be cooler today. a very weak front coming in. and maybe some very, very light rain. there is a little bit showing up around bodega bay. it will be a cooler pattern that will take us into the weekend. here is sal. >>> morning traffic is moving along pretty well here as you are driving on southbound 101 approaching the 580 interchange. also the morning commute looks good on westbound 92 as you head out to the san mateo bridge. 5:00 let's go back to the desk. >>> we are starting with developing news from san rafael. investigators trying to figure out what sparked a fire at a lumberyard. flames were shooting out of a building shortly before 3:00 this morning. paul chambers is there in san rafael to tell us how firefighters were able to knock this fire out pretty quick. >> reporter: good morning, dave. they were able to do that within an hour. we are live outside the san rafael supply and lumber company. they

i'm pam cook. thanks for joining us on this friday morning. he's check in on the forecast. >>> yesterday was sunshine and temperatures warmed up. high bands going by and overall it will be partly sunny to mostly sunny. the clouds will clear out fast. they're racing along. there's a system at the top of your screen that's going to push in. 50s and low to mid-60s. here's sal. >>> highway 4, getting slow traffic coming up to the willow pass. no major problems coming up to concord. you will see slow traffic on 680. this morning's commute is going to be slow in some areas. along northbound 280 at 17, it does look good. in case you have not heard, the bay bridge westbound will be closed starting tonight. why is it happening and what's going on now at the bay bridge toll plaza. let's go to tara moriarty. >> good morning. if you have not noticed the signs along the freeway over the past two weeks, the bay bridge westbound lanes will be shut down tonight and they will reopen on tuesday morning at 5:00. this

pam cook is in our newsroom now. there's new information about this. pam?pected intruder was shot and killed with his own gun. it happened last night in antioch in the dallas ranch neighborhood on wexler peak. investigators say the homeowner was watching tv with his 7-year- oldson when someone tried to kick in his front door. now, the homeowner grabbed the intruder's observe gun and shot him three times. some neighbors say they moved to get away from the violence. but they are still tired of it. >> you are taking everybody's life. we can't even live every day without looking over our shoulder. >> detectives are looking for witnesses who may have seen something like last. antioch police told us about 2:00 this morning that investigators were out talking to the homeowner. i did leave a message for the detective on the case. hopefully i can get an update from him and possibly some comments from the homeowner in the next hour -- in the next hour. >>> 7:47. this morning, police in vallejo still out there searching for six armed robbery suspects. now, that manhun

. >> good morning, i'm pam cook. thank you for waking up with us. steve paulson is here with a lack at the weather. how does it look? >> it looks a little chilly in the morning here. if you are flying out to denver, chances are you will not get there. we have -- they have a lot of snow there. we don't. we'll end up with mostly sunny weather. not warm as yesterday. we'll have 50s and 60s. rather strong northeast wind in the higher elevations. here is sal. >>> steve, good morning. highway 4 traffic looking good if you are driving on the commute to the willow pass grade. also the morning started early with highway patrol clearing a roll over accident on the bay bridge. happened this morning while a white car hit a disabled suv on the incline section of the bridge. in the san francisco on the upper deck. flipping the suv on its side. ambulance took two people to the hospital. you can see that we had pictures of our crew actually arriving and got pictures of this just before they cleared it. now all the lanes have been reopened. let's go back to the desk

. >> and i'm pam cook. we will get weather and traffic if a moment. >> we are talking about our weather this morning. we will begin with developing news as well. right now fire crews in san jose are investigating an early morning house fire. this one started just before 3:00 a.m. at a duplex on denise way. tara moriarty just got there on the scene. what do you know, tara? >> reporter: we just arrived here a couple minutes ago and we were able to speak with firefighter on scene. here he is. he is joining us live right now. his name is captain rob brown. he will let us know what happened. there were two families in this duplex. they were able to get out safely. >> correct. yes. we did have two families in here. we had duplex fire. we had a lot of flames when we first got here on scene. driven by high winds at the time. 20 plus miles an hour winds. we do have the red cross coming to help them out. >> it was just before 3:00 the woman heard crackling noises and woke up? >> correct. one of the residence you hear

. >> and i'm pam cook. we begin with storm watch this morning. it did get quite a bit of rain overnight. there is steve paulson. a little dark oaf there for you a moment there. >> i'm here though. the system is moving through really fast. we had pretty good gusts over 45-55. snow is definitely on the go. for us this system is moving through really quick. there is the heaviest rain. went over the san mateo bridge heading toward the dumbarton. south toward san jose. and we'll come back out here a little wider and show you what is going on. the stretch is back over the peninsula and down toward the south bay. to the north bay what are we seeing? trying to see a break. this system will move through fast and see showers and cooler temperatures today. here is sal. >>> we are looking at interstate 880 here and there have been several crashes in the east bay. one nearby. northbound 880. they are clearing an injury crash there where a car span out and in the two left lanes for a bit. the traffic is going to be a little bit slow in the area there. also the

. >> and i'm claudine wong in for pam cook. let's check your weather and traffic. on the first day of february. >> that is correct. we have a light system coming by. a lot of cloud cover though. temperatures will remain cool. if you are just leaving now the next hour or two you may encounter rain on the windshields. here is sal. >>> this morning we are looking at live pictures of crews from east bay mud fixing a water main break. this is on mccarthur boulevard just about a block or two. maybe a few blocks north of grand

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. >> and i am pam cook 6:30. >>> investigators are expected to expand their search for human remains. the bones are tied to a serial murder case that may involved several victims. near the town of linden we have more disturbing details emerging. >> reporter: convicted serial killer wesley howard shermantine led investigators to this site saying his accomplice, loren joseph herzog actually poured gasoline down the well and lit it and that will make it harder to determine who the victims are. investigators do believe they have hit the bottom of this well and they found very few remains in the half dozen piles dirt they scooped up yesterday but since over the weekend they have picked up over 1,000 bones and bone fragment. loren joseph herzog and wesley howard shermantine is believed to have killed many people. wesley howard shermantine is on death row and loren joseph herzog committed suicide. wesley howard shermantine believes they have a map of where they drew some of where the victims are. >> loren joseph herzog should go back to a sell on death row. >> reporter: he learned wesley how

. >> and i am pam cook let's get a look at the weather with steve paulson. >>> the fog is kind of thick here for a while. >> i see you. >> i see you too. i see both of you. >> and temperatures today will start to rebound, we are all in the 40s and that system is a fast mover and 60s to near 70 degrees, watch out for that fog it may be thick in some areas. >>> traffic is good and coming up to the willow pass grade there is more traffic today than yesterday as you might expect, let's go back to the desk. >>> one firefighter is in the hospital after an early morning garage fire in cast tore valley. tara moriarty is on the scenes. >> reporter: we just spoke to the homeowner and she said she keeps chickens and some african turtles and they use a heater which was connected to an extension cord and the fire broke out outside the tort tis cage and the homeowners were not close to the home. the fire broke out just after 3:00 this morning. one firefighter didn't appear well after he came out of the building after tackling the flames and he was transported to the hospital and is expected to be oka

i am pam cook. >> good morning i am dave clark, let's go to steve paulsen who knows all about our forecast. >>> we have low clouds, not sold out yet, temperatures 30s 40s and 50s and it will not take long to get to some clouds and we have rain light tonight and tomorrow. breezy conditions and mid-to- upper 60s, here is sal. >>> getting out to the mcarthur maze, no major problems, morning commute is looking good approaching the bay bridge, that traffic is fine. there is roadway flooding, some cars are already high row plained in this area and i think you should use 101 instead. let's go back to the desk. >>> it was a violent weekend, eight people were shot in one 12 hour period and right now oakland police are on the scene of a deadly gunfire that happened just hours ago. tara moriarty has the latest on this story, tara? >> reporter: the past 14 hours has been hectic and we are here at the latest shooting in international boulevard and a half way down the street is where police were. they are just getting ready to leave and it's in front of a home they surrounded at 1:30 this morning. with

. >>> good morning, thank you for joining us, i am pam cook. >> and steve paulsen is right over there. >> temperatures are in the 30s, 40s and 50s so look for a mostly cloudy day, for monday, look for cloudy skies, temperatures on the mild side, upper 60s, here is sal. >>> westbound interstate 880, you started to see the signs are up, warning you about the bay bridge closure on the weekend of february 17th, we will be telling you about that for the morning and for the next few weeks. the morning looks good if you are driving on the approach right now, at 5:00 let's go back to the desk. >>> in san jose, homicide detectives are investigating a fatal shooting. paul chambers is there to tell us what is happening out there, good morning, paul. >>> officers have been out here for more than six hours but this is what we do know. around 10:15 a 911 call came into police and officers came in and there were shots fired in blackford avenue. it appears the shooting happened in the interior parking lot of this apartment complex and a man suffered from a single gunshot wound in the rear of the comp

thank you for joining us on this tuesday morning february 28th, i am pam cook. >> and i am dave clark, i did wear the scarf this morning but i left the umbrella. >> well don't do that tonight. 30s and 40s in fact 30s from santa rosa to gilroy, it will be partly sunny skies to mostly cloudy, the system coming in tonight looks good. we have some of the updates on watches and warnings, here is sal. >>> traffic is moving along well as you are driving along the bay area commute, traffic does look good all the way across, no major problems. we have been checking with chp, it looks like there is some sort of a stalled vehicle westbound 92 just passed the toll plaza and maybe that truck is now leaving the shoulder so things may be getting better there. the morning commute looks good on the dumbarton, 601, let's go back to the desk. >>> cal trans is trying to close down a major camp, that camp is near interstate 280 in san jose. christian captain has the concerns that led cal trans to take action, christian? >> reporter: you can see the sign here, we are right next to highway 287 right near th

. >>> good morning, thank you for joining us on this tuesday morning, february 28th, i am pam cook. >> believe it or not we are going to get some rain. today we start off mostly cloudy and it is darn cold out there. temperatures in the 30s and 40s with increasing clouds and the rain does not come in until late tonight. we will have more on the winter storm warning, continued cool with 50s, here is sal. >>> traffic looks good getting up on highway 24 and driving over to the tunnel. also a long northbound 101, it is 5:00 let's go back to dave and pam. >>> new this morning, cal trans is tracking down on a homeless camp here is more on why they are forced to take this action. >> reporter: they are forced to take this action because of the safety concerns. you can see it on the 28th 0 interchange and that's the area where there have been several complaints about homeless populations using this area and the particular crossing of this freeway, that is a big concern. you can see near the guadeloupe river, no camping and it is a big enough issue where they have put up a sign for that issue. y

. >>> just for pam cook, preparations are well underway for this weekend's academy awards.lready rolled out the red carpet. hyland center is now covered with plastic just to keep it clean and pristine until the movie stars arrive. the awards will be held this sunday. also they are coming to san jose, you see the tent going up the bridge, it will be going up later today. it starts on march 2nd and toten follows the desire to fly and it will run through april 15th. >> very interesting. i love that. >> so do i. let's go to sal. >>> we are off to a decent start, right now traffic is moving along well on 280 coming right through san jose and 17 as well. if you are driving from pleasant on it and fremont using interstate 680 or going to caster valley it is off to a nice start. let's go back to the desk. >>> a desperate search continues at the scene of a house fire. as we look at these pictures facing fire investigating long after the flames went through the house. >>> and we will have more on why investigators are still at the crime scenes now. >>> we had record highs yesterday,

. >>> good morning, thank you for joining us, i am pam cook. >> good morning, i am dave clark, let's go to steve, he is here with your forecast. >>> good morning, we have some patchy fog, keeping an eye on things at fso, nothing like yesterday and it is going to be sunny to mild to warm and claudine wong is down there long enough, it will be 60s to 70s and low mid-60s and 70s on morgan hill to the south. >>> this overturned car is right there in this video we showed you and it is unclear whether this crash -- it is unclear whether the weather contributed to this crash. you can see somebody was injured and the driver of the suv said they lost control rounding a curve and flipped over. the two people were shaken but otherwise not seriously injured. no major problem heading out to the mcarthur maze and let's go back to the desk. >>> one police officer and one suspects are in the hospital after a police shooting in caster valley. it happened near the busy intersection of centre street and grove way. news chopper 2 was the first on the scene. the trouble began when two detectives from ber

. >>> good morning, thank you for joining us, it is wednesday february 22nd, i am pam cook. >> we are ready for this traffic weatherwise, it feels different. >> we have temperatures even in san francisco, i have seen temperatures at 47, outer sunset with the financial district, 56 baum my degrees -- balmy degrees and we will have mostly sunny weather and mid- $70 today, here is -- 70s today, here is sal. >>> we can see slowed traffic already but pittsburgh and bay point is already looking good. northbound 101 to san francisco looks good as well. >>> a transformer fire in san francisco has left thousands of people with no electricity. christian captain is there at the scene at the mission district, what is happening there christian? >> well, sal has been updating us all morning long because there are traffic implications and we are looking to see if we can get that information out. let's first show you, this power outage transformer fire has affected traffic here so certainly if your commute takes you this way it will be a major impact. pg&e crews are on the scene and this whole area,

. >> and i am pam cook, let's check in with steve paulson with a look at your weather, it is chilly.> i was just looking up in napa, a lot of 40s and 50s and a few high clouds, it could drop down to the lower 30s but highs today will be warmer a few high clouds to the north and temperatures to low and mid- 60s, here is sal. >>> heading southbound 101, 580 cain it still looks good and down to the airport it is a nice drive, let's go back to dave and pam. >>> the institute has closed two of the bay area campuses under orders of consumer affairs. all leg savage is in oakland at the location where state regulators will be returning today, alex? >>> they are prompting to sue the state is a possibility to try and stop the shut down. i left a message earlier this morning but still have not heard back from anybody. this is the oakland campus and so was the campus in san jose. now classes havened for 250 students. the institute has been charging for more than $30,000 as well as nursing as well. you are accusing the company of making false claims, -- they are accusing the company of making fal

. >> and i am pam cook, let's get a quick look at the weather stating with steve, hey, steve. it will only last a few hours and you can see some of those higher clouds and they are flying out of here fast and low- to-mid 60s coast and bay to upper 60s and 70 for a few inland, here is sal. >>> good morning, traffic is moving along on highway 4 and in antioch and bay point it does look okay. also the morning commute is moving along nicely on a interstate 880, let's go back to the desk. >> one firefighter is being treated and they appear to be tied to some animals kept in a garage, tara moriarty explains. >> reporter: we just spoke to the italian chief and he said the cause of the fire was a heating pad to keep a pair of turtles warm. it was actually kept outside near that garage and it lifts up hey. they -- hay. turtles that were kept in the pen were able to escape into the backyard. we were told one of the animals had gotten burned but it turns out it did not. >> inside they are called hog pads, they are for farm animals to lay on. >> the turtles moved quickly to get out of the

pam cook is out today. time is 5:29. let's head over to steve paulson.g off with a look at your weather. >> we do have a weak system going by. there is not much here. a little bit of drizzle. light rain in the morning. a lot of cloud cover though. low clouds not showing up on the satellite picture. they will be slow to pull out. 50s and low 60s. here is sal. >>> good morning. right now traffic is moving nicely if you are driving on westbound 24. you can see traffic moving along nicely. it's 5:30 let's go back to the desk. >>> thank you. a flu outbreak shuts down one of san francisco's best known high schools. this after more than 100 students became sick. ktvu tara moriarty joining us live right now. what is happening there today? >> reporter: you know i just spoke with one of the patrolmen here and he told me that some extra stuff was brought in last night to deep clean the school. to sanitize a lot of the surfaces that students might come into contact with. about 100 students actually were sent home yesterday and about 50 had called in sick. so the dec

. >> and i'm claudine wong in for pam cook today. let's get a quick look at your weather and traffic. good morning, steve. >> yes, we do have a weak system out there. there is fog and drizzle or very light rain. it will only last a couple of hours. not showing up on the satellite picture is a big extensive 50s for many or very low 60s. >>> traffic is moving along slowly in some areas around the bay. we have a big problem in okay land on mccar -- in oakland on mccarthur boulevard. a water main break has been that way since 1:30 this morning. around 4:30 this morning crews began dig into the street and to reach the main. part of mccarthur boulevard is also shut down as work continues. at least a dozen people are without water. the problem began at 1:30. this was a scene when the water main first broke. there were cars parked along the street. so far there are no reports of any water damage. crews have not said when they expect work to be finished and water service to be restored. let's look at the golden gate bridge here. traffic is ef

reporting live, pam cook, back over to you. >> thank. >>> 7:48. are becoming more optimistic about the economy. nearly half polled for the survey believe 2012 will be a better year than 2011. 33% expect this year to be about the same as last year and only 17% say it will be worse. about two-thirds also say they expect their personal financial situation will improve this year. >>> the campaign of rick santorum is getting a financial boost following his big wins in all three primary contests on tuesday. >> whoever the republican nominee is is not going to have the most money against the president of the united states. you're not going to be able to go out. >> this say live picture of rick santorum at a rally in oklahoma city right now speaking to supporters. his campaign says it registered $1 million in donations in the past 24 hours. of that, $800,000 came from online donations. at one point, the campaign says the response was so overwhelming that the website crashed. >>> prince harry is now a qualified helicopter pilot. he graduated from a trainin

ktvu's pam cook now to tell us about the problems and what is being done to fix them.porter: we talked so much about the crime in oakland, so it's no wonder educators have some unique challenges there. some of them are not just sitting by, though, hoping for change. principals from some of the schools gathered last night to talk about their daily experiences in their schools, their challenges and successes, and student talked about what happens when they leave elementary school. >> at my old school i wasn't learning anything. >> at my old school kids were rowdy and our teacher left so we had a lot of substitutes. >> very disheartening for us where we never picture that our students are some day going to be dropouts. >> the principal at -- discovery scad academy in oakland offers very different environment, that encourages family engagement, internships and leadership and health and nutrition discussions. he says combining schools to create more than k through 8th grade is important because at 13, they're still young and need more guidance. the oakland school foundation

pam cook is joining us on what is being said about bobby brown. >> reporter: whitney houston's ex-husbandobby brown will not attend her funeral. there's talk that her family made it very clear that he's not welcomed at the funeral. they were married for 15 years. they have an 18-year-old daughter bobbi kristina that was rushed to the hospital shortly after her mom was found dead. brown did leave his tour with his group new edition to be back by his daughter but is now back under contract to perform. he is expected to perform in the connecticut area on saturday the same day as houston's funeral in new jersey. >>> meanwhile we are also hearing what guests at the beverly hilton the day houston was found dead. she was seen ordering several drinks wednesday and thursday morning and complaining that they were too watered down. hotel guests also describe her demeanor as i -- erratic and her appearance as disheveled. cause of her death is still being investigated. houston's funeral is this saturday, it is by invitation only, but it will be web streamed. >>> time now 8:48. in honduras this morning

coming up at 8:45 pam cook will be back with a breakdown on what could be cut. >>> scientists are still tracking the damage from the disastrous tsunami in japan a year ago. they say the waves generated by the magnitude 9 earthquake dragged almost, are you ready, 4 million tons of debris into the ocean. after tearing up japanese harbors and homes. the ocean currents are still carrying some of that debris across the pacific ocean headed right towards the united states. >> tori: wow. all right. 8:38. sal, we'll go right to you, you got word of b.a.r.t. delays. >> sal: right when we were twisting, the b.a.r.t. organization has atwitter account and so i follow them. let's bring in jim allison and put out the map. jim the b.a.r.t.'s spokesperson. what happened at pleasant hill station? >> interview: it was a report of a person on the platform with a weapon. b.a.r.t. police responded, they determined everything is safe, that report was unfounded, everything is getting back the normal at pleasant hill and the three stations to the east. but we do have about 10 minute de

>>pam: armed robbers are targeting so collectors on the cooking as bridge. >> this flashing light means your face has just been recorded, you drove your video -- he drove her vehicle to the carquinez toll plaza. it is just one of five surveillance cameras. kron4 has learned of the california highway patrol investigators are now following up strong leads of surveillance video recorded on a recent poll the armed robbery here at the carquinez bridge. in addition to recording the identity of drivers the cameras are positioned to record license plates as well as the overall vehicle descriptions. once vehicles have passed through the toll plaza, these three elevator cameras on this fall are rolling as drivers continue their way onto eastbound interstate 80. that is the direction the armed robber took as he drove in the direction. >>pam: home sales are soaring and why more people are buying houses right now but in several months passed and what it means for homes that have been sitting empty. feeling the pain at the pump? how you can help us track down the cheapest and most expensive gas stati