especially to the north, sonoma and parts of the east bay, it is starting to pick up along the peninsular as well and cloudy storms, winds breezy and cooler, here is sal. >>> okay, excuse me. i did not know a thing, katie, thank you. >> you have lightning near menlo park, thank you. >> we do and it has been quite the show and we know it has been hot and dry and i will step out of the way and show you, that dark band of clouds is where we have seen the lightning strikes, we have seen some horizontal and we have seen cloud-to-ground lightning and from here it has been popping off for the last hour or so. let me show you some of the impressive lightning mother nature has been presenting us. this video was taken an hour ago and it cover is the mt. diablo range and the real focus is in thair with this dry lightning and the danger coming when we have that cloud-to- ground lightning. it means the dry brush and grass can easily spark be a they are making firefighters very nervous. here is an impressive shot taken by matthew henderson who captured the strike north of vacaville, again another beaut

. >>> good morning, traffic is moving well if you are driving from the san mateo to the peninsular and also it is looking good at the willow pass grade, let's go back to the desk. >>> just about two hours from now the u.s. supreme court will announce their ruling on same- sex marriage ban. they will hand down the remaining rulings in the current session this morning. the judges have three cases left to rule on including proposition 8 and the federal defensive act. the high court will begin issuing rulings at 7:00 a.m. and it is possible when the supreme court ruling does come down, it will be awhile before we know exactly what it means. there are several way is the court could rule. they could strike down proposition 8 or uphold proposition 8 or even decline to rule and for each of those options, it will depend on how the justices write the ruling whether it applies only in california or nationwide. >>> they have played a long crucial role in the long battle over same-sex marriage, tara moriarty joins us in city hall where the doors will open early for this historic high court ruling.

let's go to steve. >>> we have some steady rain in parts of the peninsular and the rain line seems to be lifting north and 60s and cloudy skies and light rain continuing for parts of the north bay, pam. >>> busy morning, three people were shot during a home invasion, how one of the victims managed to fight back. >>> we are live in fremont where traffic on southbound 880 has come to a crawl because of a deadly accident, we will tell you what the chp is estimating as far as how long the freeway will be tied up. >>> a bit of a recovery, some great economic news, we will take you live to the opening bell up next.  . >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news morning news, getting ready to ring that opening bell and it looks like a much better start and we had some big losses but this morning we have some good economic news with home prices they have not seen a gain in seven years and it is causing some concern because of a change in monetary policy and that means people are thinking interest rates are going up soon and housing prices are up and so are stocks this morning . we w

they thought about that criticism and what they thought about the president coming here to the peninsularing event. reporting live ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> and immigrants' rights advocates have made a sit in and they want president barack obama to put a moratorium until congress passes moratorium immigration reform. and it will start in palo alto at 4:30 this afternoon. >>> there is a development in connection with the jerry sandusky scandal. a jury threw out a lawsuit and the antitrust lawsuit asked to overturn a $60 million fine and a four-year bowl band against them and the judge called it a hail mary pass. as you remember, jerry sandusky is serving along prison sentence for child molestation. >>> and back here, san francisco is making its final arguments on why it should stay open. they have nine campuses serving over 8 5,000 students however they are threatening to pull their accreditation if they don't improve their financial situation. administrators will present their changesels today and the commission is expected in about a month. >>> some people are calling it a major i

upper 60s remaining throughout the afternoon, 69 for oakland and 69 for fremont along the peninsular,h partly to most live cloudy skies at the coast. lower to mid-80s in our inland communities and it is a cooling trend which is not going away any time soon. we will take another step down on monday. coolest day for inland communities, 60s along the coast, we begin a warming trend and summer is arriving wednesday. >>> fighting terrorism, why dick cheney said 9/11 attacks could have been presented. >>> and -- prevented. >>> and it is a perfect day for arrays while -- a race while thousands are stepping up security at this event. 7 signs of aging hair, like dryness and damage, virtually disappear. to make it act up to 10 years younger. my hair act its age? never. new age defy. hair acts up to 10 years younger. from the pantene expert collection. . >>> welcome to mornings on 2, happy father's day. mike has the morning off. >> happening right now, the san francisco marathon is winding down and top runners have already finished. a runner from france won the men's race while there may have be

into town, they will find no delay getting into the area and if you are driving on the 101 to the peninsular that traffic looks good. >> sounds like you dropped your watch there. >> i did, steve. >>> and in the last few, see how that is lifting a little bit, south bay, look at the lows, 65 degrees for some h-it could feel almost like rain and we are getting some light drizzle and we have a quarter inch in a few locations and a couple of the 100s to a 10th and 50s and 60s and it is going to get warm cloudy to mostly cloudy some sun breaks to the south, and 60s and 70s and if you coliseum break through the colluded clouted deck and fog tomorrow after that and much warmer inland as we head towards the weekend. >> weekend. 5:55. >> george lucas is one of theme people to develop the property and he wants to spend $700 million of his own money to maintain a selection of his own artwork. >> it will tell a story to 21 century technology. >> san francisco mayor ed lee and frances ford cope la supports the idea and the presidio yes is expected to make a decision with his own money. >> well, we were we

this is a look at the san mateo and dumbarton bridges and it is a nice drive to the peninsular, let's go to steve. >> making it to -- not making it? that is the alternative. >> yes, and there is still a very no doubt about it sea breeze, 25 gusting to 33, napa west, it is really tough to warm up unless you are far away from any marine influence. 54 sacramento and 67 in fresno, it is going to be hot out there, a lot of low clouds and fog, morning fog missty, coast and bay, the inland fog will burn off sooner as we go to the weekend, friday saturday, it might top out then and we'll see a little difference. big fog bank, ukiah, clear lake, for most of the bay area, it will be 150s and 60s -- 50s and 60s. warm to hot on friday, it will still be warm at the coast and it will be warm to hot on saturday, away from the coast, cooler for everybody monday. >>> a survivor of the boston marathon bombing reunited with a woman who helped to save her life. >> how the two women grieved without knowing each other's names. >>> president barack obama has a visit and we will have more on the important to

if you are driving to the peninsular it should be a nice bridge to take and if you are driving from vallejo to rich month, are -- richmond, it is a nice drive. let's it go to steve. >>> we have a rather robust westerly breeze which equals a cooler pattern. sunday pattern when it was hot was giving way to a low pressure system and we started that cooling trend yesterday. today will be a bump up and thunderstorm activity, that is our low and it has enhanced the fog. today looks to be the coolest and temperatures, we are getting a rebound which is not noticeable until thursday. 60s around the bay and 70s and a couple of low 80s, it takes a rather strong conservative look but thursday looks even warmer and we cranked things up and sunday right back down. >>> coming up next in our 5:00 hour, more tragedy after a series of deadly tornadoes and the new danger facing that relation we first told you about. >> how the incident is still affecting people in the neighborhood this morning. stay tuned for more news, weather and traffic. . >>> neighbors say the crash sounded like a bomb and i will have the

car carrier which caught fire at 449 and those are about nine chrysler cars headed towards the peninsular and i spoke to the driver who did not want to speak on cameras but roughly around 4:49 he heard a loud boom and then there was a fire immediately after that. he said traffic is pretty much a mess after that. westbound 24 reaching all the way randy thanks for joining us. what is the very latest on what happened here this morning? >> well, they got a call on a vehicle fire fully engulfed car carrier with nine cars as you said and we arrived on the scene ten minutes later and it was indeed fully engulfed and we got the same information you did. >> we understand there was a small fire and when fire showed up, there was traveling just to the north of the roadway. >> a major question for everybody trying to get on the area, do we have an et a on that. >> reporter: there is fuel in the surrounding area and it could vary between an hour and a couple of hours. >> reporter: westbound 24, we are east of the central exit and sal will have more information and talking with the chp officers, if you

let's look at the bay bridge toll plaza and on the peninsular we are doing well. we are clear. that is downtown santa cruz and if you end joan -- enjoyed yesterday you will like today. 60s and 70s and 80s. 47 napa, not as cool as yesterday. there were some upper 30s especially in the rushing river and you can see the system moving through and after that goes through, it allows a couple bumping up and sun any skies nice -- sunny skies, nice to warm and friday will be the warmest day of the year and they are near the coast and bay. no great shakes, just a normal pattern. a little warmer on friday and it does look cooler in fact most of next week looks cooler and mild. >> it is 5:21 obviously we will stay on top of that situation and a grass fire, car carrier on fire, major problems and we will have updates throughout the morning and also it is high tech for most major league paint. >>> -- major league baseball in kansas city. >> dorms in one bay area city, we will be right back. stay tuned. . >>> they found high-rise buildings in the residents hall fell below the sa

you, so the traffic in san francisco is getting slower and you may want to think about using the peninsular. >>> it brought us this nice mild weather and it is inching closer to the coast and for today it will continue to bring us that on shore breeze and low clouds areas around livermore reporting hardy conditions and i want to take you 140 miles to the north eureka and redding reporting clouds in that direction but for us we are looking at the on shore breeze and the low clouds and the cooler air is continuing in our >>> on shore breeze and in napa reporting 15 and 10 in oakland and the hills. 44 miles per hour over mt. deb. cool and presidentzy outside and it will be cool and breezy anywhere from 10 to 20 miles per hour in and around the bay area today. 62 san francisco, 71 san jose and to put it into perspective, we are 5 to 10 degrees cooler than yesterday. it will feel mild in many areas and this may be your kind of weather. stick around and we'll see an upward trend tomorrow and it will be a modest bump in temperatures but as we get into the first weekend of summer temperatures will

creek 74, gilroy, santa cruz, 65 in san bruno, 70 redwood city and a lot of the upper 60s on the peninsularand hot on friday, hotter on saturday and cooler on sunday. >>> major flooding is expected along the mississippi river, and hundreds have been evacuated after a levee broke trying to gush water they say they are end tipping out their entire homes instead. >> i don't want to take the chances. >> it is stressful. >> the rivers are about 10 feet above flood stage and the flooding is being blamed for at least three deaths already. >>> nfl legend deacon jones has died and he died of natural causes at his home in southern california. he was known for knocking them down and in fact he actually coin the president before playing in san diego. >> he was legendary. >>> time now 6:40 a warning about a popular branch berries, and it is connect told a brand sold at costco. >>> and along shore man refuses to allow a barge pull up to the dock, we will explain next. >>> and highway 4 looks good until you reach the bay point area, when it slows down, we will tell you more straight ahead. you kids should

upper 70s for the peninsular. 62 for mexico and going to see the giants play, cool and breezy, partly cloudy skies skies how about that he can tended forecast, well if it is too cool for you we will start tomorrow with a gradual bump in temperatures. upper 80s to near 90 degrees and then we will cool it down just a tad on sunday. back to the desk. >>> ben bernanke and his colleagues could clear the plans for stimulating the economy but even the suggestion of fine tuning it could affect the stock markets. president barack obama could look for a new chief after ben bernanke has stayed on as head of the feds longer than he originally planned. he has an outstanding job. >>> he posted gains as he waits for announcements and market volatility is likely to remain high until he holds his news conference after he wraps up tomorrow. most are up slightly so far this morning, right now our futures are indicating slightly higher opening as well. >>> making limousine rides safer. what state lawmakers plan to do and why some limo companies say it may drive them out of business. >>> being called a he

and lake county lit up and sonoma and now it is starting to light up towards the east bay and the peninsular. there is not a light rain and it is dry to heavy and we have clouds back in there and you can see it is really back in there and back over towards chico and if you don't see the light, you will hear the thunder and it is just passing over towards menlo park, right there and there is some lightning and it doesn't show, it is there. if you don't have them, i have seen them. sun and clouds, 60s and 70s and temperatures have literally dropped 40 degrees and it is just an amazing difference from what we have now. the low will punch east and that allows for things to calm down and it does not get in the way of the warmth and another low drops in on sunday. >>> the crime police say that has happened and the new sketch they want you to see. >>> we will have a live report from florida from the jury selection on trayvon martin's trd commute looks okay, we will tell you more coming up. a shooting star! make a wish! i wish we could lie here forever. i wish this test drive was over, so we could h