claudine wong ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> they are looking into the suspected norovirus. in santa rosa they tell the press democrat there have been several cases of flu-like systems. they have been confirmed to have more more and almost three dozen people have become sick with norovirus. >>> every day in the u.s. more than 3800 people under the age of 18 smoke their first cigarette. coming up what the government says is to blame for the increasing number of kids taking up the habit. >>> time now 6:09 sal is back and i know you are watching contra coster county. >> yes, coming up from antioch, you can see some stop-and-go traffic but a crash on west 80 at san pablo avenue. it has not caused a big traffic jam. as we move to the other part of the east bay, there was a stalled vehicle on the san mateo bridge but it's on the shoulder. as we look at south bay, we are off to a nice start, nothing major, freeways 101, 217 likewise for 680. let's go to the bay bridge, a little bit of a backup and you can see backup is for about a 10 minute delay and of course we continue to fight

they are making plans to deal with it but in vallejo, i am claudine wong ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> crews spent the night patching up the leak, this is what we were telling you about yesterday during the morning news. workers have to bring their own oxygen supplies to protect themselves from the gases there. the leak is about 1,000 feet from the top of the manhole cover on mission street. >>> this is a great story happening right now, a free health clinic is now open right inside the oakland coliseum. hundreds of people are lined up outside when the doors opened at 5:30 look at all the folks. they are providing dental cleanings and fix along with doing eye exams and prescription eyeglasses are made right there on-site, free. foundations and donors are making this four-day event possible. coming coming up at 6:30 we will bring you a live report from oakland. i am just curious, is it causing some traffic issues this morning? >> well, yesterday they got out of there, and they opened up the lanes. now they are trying to figure out if they got back out there again and as soon as we k

claudine wong ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> san francisco bus riders could spend less time getting from one place to another. san francisco's muni says parking restrictions making lane modifications and he eliminating bus -- and eliminating bus stops could help and that includes bay shore express and fillimore lines. muni said they will not make anymore changes until they hold public meetings on the changes. >>> we have sal back, so sal, welcome back and i would be thankful if you could just take me to the bridge. >> i'll take you to the bridge and pam is a business junky, the stock price is at 6-cents, it looks like it will go up $6. >> we will be watching. >> i love having my crew with me. i am part of their crew, i guess. let's look at highway 4, i don't want to put that cart ahead of the horse. highway 4 coming up to antioch. looking slow but bay point let's good. it is lighter so it feels later, you have time to jump ahead, if you are driving across the bay, livermore, we've had a couple of problems there, if you are driving from tracy, once you get passed that it looks good t

ktvu claudine wong is at oakland police head quarters. >> reporter: at this hour police searching for whoever is responsible for this shooting. i want to show the scene when police were out there earlier. this is at stone and pippin. it happened at a motor home park. witnesses at the scene tell us a group of guys rushed the victim that was standing on the sidewalk with a group of friends. they were apparently on their way out. it's all about 12:35 this morning. the victim was in his 20s and has been shot twice. i want to show you also video from the hospital as that victim was taken to the hospital this morning. we've talked to oakland police this morning. they confirm he was shot once in the face, once in the shoulder, but he is in stable condition. at this point it's still unclear if this is the fight between people who knew each other. if this was a random shooting. that's what police are trying to get to the bottom of this morning. we have been talking to police. we've been out to the scene. we will try to get more information on this. live in oakland claudine wong ktvu channel 2

would be wong ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> and we are following a story in the east bay area of pittsburgh. paul chambers is on the scene, paul? >> reporter: we can only give you very little details because this is an open investigation. we do know at 9:00 last night police came to this house. we can't show you this house because police say it is an open investigation, they found an unresponsive female. she was pronounced dead on the scene. we dough know she was a 27-year- old. police say it was a stabbing. they did find the suspect a few blocks away. a 20-year-old pittsburgh man, police tell me they do know each other. this is not a random act and charges are pending. police are out here on the scene. it happened at 9:00 last night. that is about as much as we can tell you. this is an open investigation and there are crime scene units on the premises. we will stay on top and bring you the latest as it develops. >>> it is a day of action statewide as they protest budget cuts and called for education funding to be restored. it is followed by a noontime rally in march. similar demonstrations

claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> it was three years ago today that four oakland police officers were shot and killed in the line of duty by a fugitive line of duety. there are two efforts today to recommend theert -- recognize the efforts by the four officers. coming up we'll have a tribute along 580 and another remembrance with flowers. >>> community groups will rally in berkeley today ahead of tonight's review police commission meeting. the group says the commission is voting on strengthening civilian oversight of the police department. the a much chute aid sub committee will meet at 6:00 -- the mute chul aid sub -- mutual aid subcommittee will meet at 6:00 tonight. >>> mitt romney picked up a major endorsement today as he looks to lock up nomination for president. jeb bush says he's backing romney. in a statement this morning, bush says it's time for the republican party to unite behind the former massachusetts governor. romney won last night's primary in illinois in a field of four major candidates. romney has half of the delegates needed to win the nomination. rick santorum

claudine wong, ktvu, channel 2. >>> some windy weather tenning across the bay area. mark tamayo joins us now. >> winds are picking up. the wind advisory has exphierd. we still have a breeze out there. the flags earlier this morning were really getting a workout. still a bit of a breeze and the wind is coming out of a different direction. last night winds were coming out of the northwest. the wind advisory has expired. we're seeing more of a northerly shift this afternoon but still breezy for vacaville, fairfield and napa, 25-26 miles an hour. oakland hills at had 24, san jose 23. with a change in the wind direction, we have a big temperature warm-up. >> thank you. >>> sunnyvale confirmed that the deaths of a mother and her 22-year-old son was a murder- suicide. police were called to the home on nectar een avenue at 7:45 last night by the woman's husband. he had just come home from his job as park ranger and found the bodies. neighbors identified them as liz lie and lester hodges and their autistic son george. >> my heart goes out to them. they're such nice people. yo

. >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> reporter: in hayward, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and the nation's largest gay rights group, the human rights campaign, has named a key figure in the right against came's proposition 8 as its new president. 38-year-old chad griffin was brought in to lead the no on 8 campaign and later spearheaded the legal challenge. he worked for clinton's campaign and served in the white house for two years before he head a charitable foundation for rob reiner. >>> supporters of same-sex marriage have asked a federal court to turn down the request for a second look at the ruling that threwout proposition 8. the three-judge panel -- that through out proposition 8. there was an appeal before an 11-judge panel. they file the paperwork and asked the judges to reject the call for a new hearing. >>> talks have broken down between the mt. diablo school district and its teachers' union. an impasse was declared after negotiations field. union leaders had proposed a one-time 3% payment with no furloughs. but the district offered less than half of that amount and only if the

ktvu's claudine wong is live in concord. a lot of dreamers out there. look at that smile on her face! ahead of tonight's big drawing. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, dave! we could talk about your odds of winning but that's not any fun. so let's talk about what you could do to win 290 million! talk about the big gulp. if you won you could buy 193 million big gulps. red boxes, or get 290 million nights of one-night rentals. they're having a sale on beer, 7.99 for a 12-pack. how about 36 million of those? making your head spin. if you're trying to figure out i want to play, but i don't know what numbers i would play? well, guess what? there's an app for that. mega-millions has an app for this so you can get a quick pick, and then just press go and you have numbers. we've talked to the people here about how they pick their numbers. >> birthdays, same ones all the time? >> no. i usually do a quick pick and i have a few separate ones. cross your fingers. >> yes. but it's usually birthdays. >> i get these tickets that i play the same number

live in san francisco, claudine wong ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> well, antismoking campaigns aretly working. but money for the programs are being cut despite savings and healthcare costs. coming up, the new report that could change attitudes about antismoking campaign. >>> a man is in the hospital after riding his bike and being hit by immune any bus. -- a muni bus. he was riding next to the bus when one of his wheels got caught. he was pulled under the bus and was rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. >>> a dui crash injured a nine- year-old near at&t park. ryan white was hit by a pickup truck last august following a phillies giants game. we have learned andrew vargas will take a plea deal. he could have time with time already served since last august. >>> they just approved the an ordinance to accommodate bicyclists. according to the plan people will be allowed to bring bikes into the building if there is no secure bike park nearby. the board will vote on the final plan next week. >>> let's go back to sal, you have to get people to where they need to go this morning. >>

claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, claudine. >>> we're asking our viewers what you thinkut the announcement on ipad. >>> we want to know what you think. just follow the ktvu channel 2 morning news team on facebook. we'll share some of your comments coming up during "mornings on 2." >>> :34. san francisco firefighters needed some special equipment just a little while ago to find a san francisco dumpster fire. this all started at 4:30 right behind the office debay. it look at the -- office depot. look at that right there. they had to use diamonds on the blade to cut through it some very tuff rough material. >>> a former richmond police guilty of trying to frame their supervisor by luring the internet into an extramarital affair. prosecutors say the two officers were angry about an investigation into alleged illegal activity at their private security company. >>> this coming joan voters in her cue lease will decide whether to approve a half - -- hercules will decide whether to approve a half-cent sales tax increase. hercules faces a $1.5 million shortfall. the proposed sales

ktvu claudine wong is there in hayward. she has new information.re trying hard to work very quickly out here in hayward. but you can see, it is a mess. take a look at that power pole that is leaning in our direction. that's what is causing all the problems. that than 250 people as you said without power. the latest word from crews on the scene is they are hoping to reroute power and get power to most people on by 8:00 a.m.. there is going to be about a hand ever of people maybe six will be out of power for longer than that. you can see the pole that came crashing down, the way that it ended up tilting in that direction because of a car crash that happened about 11:30- 11:45 last night. we talked to residence out here. they heard it. multiple cars were involved. one man came out to see if anyone needed help. it's believed at this point the person play fled the scene. we have been talking to hayward police vying to get information on them. the situation over here at kelly and bay view is they've got to replace that pole that is leaning toward us. tha

live in san francisco claudine wong ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> police say one man was shot insideis apartment shortly before he managed to run and collapsing about a block before the home. he collapsed and police say he underwent surgery. the roommate was not on the scene when police arrived so they were not able to question him. >>> the mother of sierra lemar delivered an emotional message. >> if you can hear me, how much i want you back, i want you back. >> sierra lemar's mother broke down in tears during this candle light vigil. several people came showing support 14th. she disappeared while on her way to school. police say her cell phone was noun a nearby field but so far there are no leads in this case. >> sierra we love you and we can't wait for you to come home. >> we are not going to give up until she comes home. >> investigators are checking on registered sex offenders in the area. sierra lemar's father steve lamar has a registered sex offender conviction. we have posted an e-mail address by the sheriff specifically for any tips in the sierra case. you can find it on the

claudine wong ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> police are searching for a gunman who killed two people. officers found two young men lying on the street who had been shot several times and died at the scene. one victim is a 24-year-old man from fairfield, the other is an 18-year-old from east palo alto. the sound. gunfire has become all too common in this neighborhood. >> when i hear stuff like this, yes, it tares my heart up. >> when will we be at peace? >> witnesses saw an african- american young man run from the scene and -- running from the scene into a gold mercedes. >>> east hill drive and middle hill road was reported and at least 51 cars had slashed tires on the court and park boulevard. if you have any information please call palo alto police. >>> jury selection, sheriff ross mirkarimi domestic violence case will resume this morning. in the meantime newly released court documents claims sheriff ross mirkarimi's ex-girlfriend claimed he grabbed her arm during a heated argument sheriff ross mirkarimi apologized when he realized he hurt her. they plan on calling her as a witness.

claudine wong ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> thank you, east bay mud crews are on the scene of an overnight water-main break which happened at 130 on powell street. you can see -- 1:30 on powell street. at one point several hundreds of gallons of water was gushing from the broken pipes. crews are trying to figure out what caused that break. >>> happening now in france, a gunman suspected in a wave of killings in france just resumed negotiations. look at it, look at all this activity where police have surrounded and a standoff is happening as we speak. coming up in about ten minutes, new information about the suspect, his terrorist ties and how his family members have been detained. it is two early to be outside a bombing in indonesia paris this morning. however nobody was hurt. an embassy employee found the package and stepped back before the package blew up. >>> back here sheriff ross mirkarimi said he will fight for his job after mayor ed lee suspended him. they are there talking about the snare know that will put him on the board he served on. >> reporter: sheriff ross mirkarimi has a lo

live in oakland claudine wong ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> time now 5:02, following developing news, police are investigating a deadly stabbing. . >> reporter: the coroner's van left just moments ago and officers have been out here for nine hours. we are not showing the house because police have yet to identify the victim's family. here is what we do know, officers responded to a 911 call. crews found an unreresponsive 29-year-old and they tried to revive her but they were unsuccessful. police do have somebody on the scene, he is 20 years old and officers picked him up a few blocks away. officers say the two knew each other, there was not a random act of violence. >>> still in solitary confinement, they tell officials they offered a guard sports tickets in exchange for a cell phone. he is searching three consecutive life sentences after being convicted of ordering the murder of shawn's i bailey and -- chauncey bailey and two other men. >>> yesterday the judge issued two critical rulings both in favor of prosecution and both involving the tape at the center of the case. the judge rej

claudine wong ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> today suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi is scheduled toorientation for a court order domestic violence intervention class. sheriff ross mirkarimi was served papers yesterday accusing him of official misconduct. on monday he was sentenced for the false imprisonment of his wife. meantime, vickie henn see was sworn in as inn recommend sheriff. -- interim sheriff. >> now the city's ethics commission will investigate the official misconduct complaint and submit its recommendation to the board of supervisors. >>> the man involved with a scandal lockyer is due back in court today. he faces drug charges unrelated to charges he attacked lockyer. he has been romantically linked to lockyer and a sex tape of the two was given to her husband state treasurer bill lockyer. >>> last month tony jones was shot in the back by oakland police officers after trying to run away from him. they pulled over his car claiming the car was seen at an armed robbery. police tried to cover up the circumstances surrounding that shooting. >>> protests are being held all ove

claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> an overnight fire guts a home in the north bay.morning at a house on heavenly way in mill valley. the flames set off alarms inside the house and a woman in the home escaped unharmed. but she couldn't take much with her. a closet full of clothes and other items were left behind. firefighters arrived and flames were shooting from the garage. took about 10 minutes to put out the two-alarm fire. the chief says the blaze could have been far worse if it happened at a different time of year. >> today, mid-march, with little bit of rainfall last week, not a huge vegetation concern. today if this was august it would be a very high priority for us. >> the cause of the fire is under investigation. it took two dozen firefighters to put out the blaze. >>> a napa man received second and third-degree burns after apparently setting fire to his own apartment. the sheriff's office went to the home on fourth street yesterday to serve eviction papers. the napa valley register identifies the individual as regan st. john, a man in his 60s. the apartment

live here in oakland claudine wong ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> sad news from the sierra came late last night. a skier has died after getting swept up in an avalanche in lake tahoe's back country. it happened yesterday afternoon while the man was skiing with two others at the alpine meadows ski resort. he spoke if a member of the tahoe rescue team that pointed a -- that painted a clear picture of what happened. >> there were three guys and one was caught in the slide. right from the get go. and taken down the mountain quite a ways. probably 300 feet down. >> plaster county coroner is expected to release the name of the skier that died later this morning. this deadly accident should serve as an important safety reminder to everyone heading to the tahoe ski resorts this weekend. it shows the dangerous conditions that skiers and snow borders face especially while out in the sierra back country. >>> 5:02. san francisco's federal building remains the focus of an open protest this morning. for now there is only one protestor left. the protestors claim they were reasserting their right to

live here in san francisco, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we want too check in with -- to checke rather, you will need the change. >> yes. and you will need them at the apple gate exist just -- exit and it looks like -- you can see on the right-hand side, the flashing rights there, this is just west of the toll plaza as you drive towards foster city and it is causing some delays so give yourself extra time. 880 near the oakland coliseum. the wind has settled down. traffic is moving along. there we go. the wind is back. you can tell that traffic is moving. there is knee brake lights. last but not least, you can see traffic on the bottom portion of your screen are 280 and it's slow going and also on 880 above it. it's slow. >>> mostly cloudy. our observer is crockett, the -- nothing to measure. but we've had some rain coming through. but nothing compared to yesterday. that was a pretty good system the last month before where we had above average precipitation has october. acceptance going by right now is clouds more than -- >> i know. >> this could continue. >> you can see our tes

claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 7:02. overnight, a man was shot and wounded in east oakland. the unidentified victim was rushed to the hospital around 12:45 this morning. police say he suffered two gunshot wounds. one in the face and one in the shoulder. friends of the victim say he was shot while standing on the sidewalk near the intersection of stone and pippin street. witnesses say there is more than one suspect. so far no word of any arrests or a possible motive. >>> 7:03. the domestic abuse case against ross mirkarimi takes a new twist today. allie rasmus is in the city to tell us about the woman in his past. >> reporter: her name christina flores. she's one of the sheriff avenue ex-girlfriends. this is video from her website. she describes herself as a tv host and actress. she lives in southern california and flew to the bay area for this hearing today. she was ordered to do so by the judge. prosecutors want flores to testify against the sheriff in his domestic violence trial. the judge in this case could decide as

claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> we want to go to sal, a big problem in richmond, sal? >> we've been talking about this, this truck came off the ramp a little too hot maybe, came off the ramp at canal street, and flipped over. it's actually looks like a bobtail truck, which is a self- contained unit here so at first we heard it was a big rig but it's a bobtail truck on the canal boulevard offramp from west bound 580. up see a tow truck they have to right the truck before they reopen the ramp. fortunately, 580 traffic getting to the bridge has not been affected in a major way, but certainly an operation here, we don't have any word on how severely injured the driver was. but there were injuries reported in the crash, in richmond, just off 580 at canal. so avoid that ramp. the other freeway traffic is doing well, but you can see there's still under the truck there, firefighters and also the rescue crews along with the tow truck crew. let's go along and look now at the bay bridge toll plaza. the traffic is moving along pretty well. as you head up to the toll plaza. about a

claudine wong, ktvu news. >>> 7:34, overnight violence erupted in an apartment.ice say they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound on wisconsin street last night around 11:30. he collapsed in a front yard after running about a block from his apartment on midvale street. he underwent surgery after being taken to the hospital. the roommate was not on the scene when police arrived so they have not yet been able to question him. >>> your time is 7:34. it was three years ago today that four oakland police officers were shot and killed in the line of duty. i want to show you some video. we shot this this morning. a growing memorial for -- those four officers were killed in the hype of duty when a parolee shot two of the officers during a traffic stop. then he killed two other police officers during a stand off that followed. now at 10:00 this morning, the oakland police department will dedicate a sign right along highway 580 honoring those slain police officers. >>> now in just about an hour from now, 1,800 applicants will take the written exam to become oakland po

. >>> ktvu claudine wong just talked to the mayor about what this opening means for the city. claudine. >> reporter: the mayor came out here bright and early. he was here last night as well. certainly he says he is very excited about what this store means for the city in terms of the economy and bringing more attention to walnut creek. last night the store hosted a red carpet gala to mark the opening. the mayor said he was there to watch all the people come and check out the store. the store has more than 85,000 square feet. there was a pretty fierce battle over the store coming. you had a couple big retail companies fighting over there. and residence concerned about parking and traffic that there was an unprecedented ballot measure over the store. the mayor this morning said a lot of people were focused on the fight for years but says he now believes people accept it and what it means for walnut creek. >> it was a struggle. i think what really happened was when we realized the nature of the struggle because we had no idea at least i had no idea of two retail shopping center m

ktvu august -- "mornings on 2". >> i am mike mibach. >> i am claudine wong. it is another great day to get outside.moat roll gist rosemary orozco has the -- meteorologist rosemary orozco has the forecast. >> we are clear and cool out there this morning. nice rebound. once again temperatures on average. mostly sunny skies. we do have a slight chance for a few sprinkles. >> we will have the afternoon highs coming up. >> more than 2,000 people are out of their homes after a fire in san francisco. they are joining us live from the strict where firefighters have been all night, allie. >> no one was injured in the fire that started 9:30 last night. one of the family pets made out unscathed. they told me they walked through the backyard of one of these homes and they found a little dog still in his dog house and safe and sound. they called animal control in the back of the house on the far right. peach color house. and trying to coax the dog out. and trying to be reunited with the owners. this is next door to where the dog was found. if you zoom in, you can see a little bit of smoke drifting out of the ga

ktvu mornings on 2. i'm pam cook. claudine wong has the day off. >> i'm mike mibach.sandbags are standing by for people in marin county as the creek starts to fill up a bit. this is video of what the creek looked like yesterday. the lack of rain this year means the creek is not that high and still about 6 feet away from the flood levels of previous years. >> one time we had water going from my curb all the way to across our neighbor's driveway curb. there was no sidewalk, no street. it was just water! >> and in sonoma county, a douglas fir came down and sliced two homes in half. one of the homes was vacant. no one was injured. a number of minor accidents also reported on highway 101. >>> the search for a teenager in a canal is now over. crews were sent out around 7:15 last night after a report of someone in the canal on a boogie board. police were looking in the water near bancroft road in contra costa canal trail. the search ended when the initial report could not be verified and no one was found in the water. >>> if you live in contra costa county, and are worried a

ktvu channel 2 news. >>> after an eight-year battle walnut creek is rolling out the red carpet for a new niemann market. coming up at 5:36 claudine wong about the economic impact that store could have on the city. >>> the internal revenue service is trying to reassure people that have already filed their taxes that their refunds are in the works. new irs software that was supposed to speed up tax refunds and increase security caused a slow down in the system. the irs says it has taken care of the problem and checks are on the way. and refunds for people that have not yet filed yet should not be delayed. >>> 5:15. new this morning greece has been able to hammer out a deal with private creditors that will pave that way for that country to get a second huge bailout. they agreed to a bond swap. that was wasn't big enough percentage. greece will use the bailout money to avoid defaulting on its debt. >>> during this protest in january, 12 occupy protestors were issued stay away orders from oakland police. this prohibits them from entering the public plaza in front of city hall. now the aclu is defending four of the protestors calling the st