Vehicle pulling up to the scene. Watch for slow traffic in this area. Southbound 680 near mary nap vista. And looking at the east shore freeway you can see traffic not a bad ride. This is about as low as it gets. 16 minute drive between those two spots and your average speed is just under 70 miles an hour. Lets go to the bay bridge toll plaza now and the traffic here looks pretty good with no major issues. This is a look at some of the other drive times we have now starting off on 24, 880 and 580 all of these times are at pretty good clips. Lets go back to the desk. Thank you. We begin with breaking news from novato in marin county. Police are investigating a string of suspicious fires. There are six this morning. The homeowner was hospitalized after suffering smoke inhalation while trying to put out the fire. The other fires are all believed to be vegetation fires at other locations across the city of novato. Investigators say all of the fires though are suspicious. Its not known if they are connected at this point, but ktvu alex savidge just arrived on one of the scenes. Hell have more in a live report. Now novato also has problems with arson in the past. You may recall back in january of 2012 an arsonist set at least 56 small fires. A 15,000 reward was offered to catch whoever was responsible but Police Officials told us this morning that no one was ever arrested. More than a half a dozen local, state, and federal officials were involved in that. A veg station start vegetation started at a park. Fire crews quickly stopped it before it got out of hand but it was at least the fourth suspicious fire in the area in the past two weeks. Because the drought has created basically tinderbox conditions, the fire marshal is concerned any small fire could turn into a big fire. Around here there are a lot of homes that is in the middle of a residential neighborhood and it backs up to the open space. So the poll tonal is there for a really significant event. Firefighters say the arsonist may be getting bolder. The suspicious fires are occurring more often and with less time between each fire. Investigators do not have a suspect description at this point but a witness spotted some kids leaving an orchard just before it caught fire wednesday. Time is 4 33. Now to our coverage of the wild fires in northern San Diego County. Ten major fires have burned 10,000 acres or more than 15. 5 square miles. The most difficult fire to put out is the cocoa fire it started on cocoa drive. The fire flaired up yesterday causing more than 18,000 notice i sackuations to go out. It brings the total to 76,000. Never thought we would be people asking for help. You leave your house. And thinking i hope i see it when i come back. This fire has burned nearly two square miles and nearly 5 contained. Meantime one person has now died from the San Diego County fires. This amateur video shows flames and smoke pouring from a neighborhood in carlsbad. Elsewhere the city crews found a badly burned body at a transient camp. Identifying the victim could be tough. The fire grew to 400 acres and 85 con taped. Although a dozen buildings are destroyed or damaged. Officials say it could have been far worse. Firefighters topped the fire from damaging nearby hightech businesses. One of the most terrifying sites is the socalled fire tornado or firenado. Flames like this have been photographed several times this week. They are dramatic and frightening to look at. Especially yards from peoples homes. As the fire burns two teenagers are believed to have started a small brush fire. Police arrested a 17yearold and 19yearold last night. They say someone reported seeing two people set a small brush fire in a nearby park. About an hour later someone also called police saying he saw two people trying to start a fire. They do not believe the teens were involved. Police in concord are investigating a deadly officer involved shooting. That happened late yesterday afternoon right near downtown concord. Police went to a home of a suicidal woman calling 911 that she had a gun and was wanting to kill herself. Offices had to open fire on her after she pointed the gun at them. One officer fired at the woman and struck her. We did call emergency aid for her at the scene but she was pronounced dead. Police identified the woman killed at 57yearold valerie hawkins. She had a long history of mental illness. San jose police say they have a suspect in custody after a woman was stabbed to death at a home in the foothills. Police were called to the home on canyon ridge drive just before 5 00 last night. When they arrived they found a woman who had been stabbed several times. A man was taken into custody at the scene and is being questioned. This is the 16th Homicide Investigation of the year in the city of san jose. A San FranciscoCatholic Schools decision to include a seniors Graduation School is creating a lot of controversy. And students plan to wear ties to school in protest. Its all because a female student was wearing a tuxedo. But because she didnt wear a dress, which is required for all female students in graduation photos at the school, the school has decided not to include her photo in the schools yearbook. Now the school has released this statement. It says we are deeply proud of our students at sacred heart cathedral. Its a special time of year as we honor our seniors for their many accomplishments and countless contributions to the life of our school and community. As we prepare to pass out yearbooks its always regretful when a students photo is omitted. Ktvu reporter Tara Moriarty is following up on the outrage of the story. A teacher at an all boys Catholic School is suing. She says the school didnt do enough to protect her after embarrassing photos were taken of her by students and then posted online. They competed to get up skirt photos of female instructors. Six students have been expelled, six others suspended. Force time is 4 38. We are two days away from the iconic bay to breakers race. If you plan on going you will notice more changes. This year the race will start at 8 00 a. M. Which is an hour later than in the past. This is the 103rd bay to breakers race. No alcohol would be allowed on the course. There would be 20 more Police Officers patrolling the streets as well. There will be several street closures in San Francisco so if you plan ongoing to the city allow yourself extra time. Oakland is preparing for a new half marathon. City leaders and runners gathered at the fox theater to learn the course for what is being called the towns half marathon. It will take runners on a 13. 1 mile tour through oakland. Its all part of the city revitalization efforts. We have gone out and partnered with everyone to make this is a very home grown oakland event. The race is set for august 16th at 7 00 in the morning and registration is now open. 4 39 is the time. Shocking allegations against the woman accused of attacking a child inside a south bay walmart store. The other charge he now faces. Officers from three different departments raided a rot in american canyon. What they were looking for and what they found. Off to a good start now. You can see traffic is moving along well on highway 4 as you come up to the grade. Well tell you more about the morning commute and the bay weather. Yesterday at this time San Francisco is hovering in the mid 60s. That is not the case today. Its 53 so you know it will be cooler. Welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. 4 42 is the time right now. Mess, marijuana, guns and ammunition that is what Law Enforcement agents say they found while raiding a ranch in american canyon. Two dozen officers searched the Rural Property on canyon road. They say yesterdays raid is connected to two other raids in recent months in cordelia and fairfield. One of our jobs in Law Enforcement is to try to confiscate and take guns off the street because guns are equated to violence. A total of five people have been arrested in these raids. Napa sheriffs deputies say they have be monitoring the property. The District Attorney wont say when it will make its decision on the sheriffs deputy that shot and killed a 13year old boy but Law Enforcement agencies in santa rosa are drawing up security plans for when that decision comes down on possible criminal charges in the andy leo pose case. The Sheriffs Department is getting ready for protests and plans to have as many deputies on duty if possible. Activists are growing impatient waiting for the das decision. The response of our politicians has been there. We are taking our time. We are going to do it right. But no results. We are frustrated. Local organizers say there will most likely be public gathering if charges are brought against the deputy but they should look more like celebrations. Bail has been set at half a Million Dollars for raymond. He brought a gun to a daly City Medical Center and fired a shot at his doctor. The doctor was not hit but it prompted a policeman hunt. It could cost more for developers to build in palo alto but its all in the name of Public Safety. The money would pay for a new building. A report released yesterday says that the fees could bring in as much as 27 million during the next 20 years. That is still less than half what the Public Safety headquarters will cost. The city council will vote on the plan next monday. The Obama Administration plans to overhaul immigration enforcement. It requires local police to turn over information about everyone they arrest to the federal government. Information such as fingerprints go to an immigration data base. Police who commitmented violations would be held and deported but the u. S. Has deported some people even with minor violations. President obama is weighing executive action because immigration legislation is stalled in congress. Time is 4 45. A defiant Donald Sterling is refusing to pay the 2. 5 million fine for his racist comments. The lawyer for the l. A. Clippers owner has written a letter to the nba saying sterling has done nothing wrong and quoting here no punishment is warranted. So far there has been no response to the nba. Commissioner adam silver imposed both the sign and life time ban on sterling. Oakland man was sentenced to 13 years in prison for his role in a deadly gun battle after one of the citys first friday festivals. 20yearold fired shots. After his friends were shot and killed by another man in february of last year. The man who fired the fatal shot has never been arrested. Prosecutors say three people were hit by stray bullets from parks gun. The shooting caused the city to scale down and increase security at the street festival held the first friday of every month. California schools need to do more to make sure students have access to free drinking water. But only one in four schools dont meet the requirement. They do acknowledge that the schools have made strides in reducing access to sodas and sugary drinks. Lets go to sal. Keeping an eye on traffic. Crossing my fingers for friday light. Yeah we are doing okay with that. Traffic is doing pretty well in many areas. Lets start off and take a look at interstate 880 in oakland. Its a very nice drive here as you make it past the coliseum. Not a bad mute at all. Its about a five minute drive time. Also looking at the toll plaza its less than tenmies. Maybe even five or six from the toll plaza. As we look at some of the drive times eight minutes. 880 southbound from 238 to northern ton 10 and 580 only 21 minutes. 4 48 lets go to steve. Thank you, sal. A lot of high clouds streaming over us. Patchy fog. Yesterday the cooling began for the coast and also for parts of the bay inland it was still warm to hot. Today will be the day they come down. Pacifica dropped 17 degrees. We will continue that theme today. Not as dramatic there. Inland temps will get out of the 90s. 91 in santa rosa yesterday. We will go 85 today. Fremont 8779. We will continue this right into the weekend as well. 56 to start in oakland. 75 for a high today. A couple days ago it was 93 that will not be the case today. 40s and 50s. Mainly 40s and 50s. We had hardly any breeze. What was there was mainly offshore. On shore it is as this system dives in. Mainly on sunday and monday we will see temperatures drop. 63 warm in sacramento but 49 in ukiah. A lot of high clouds to the north. Patchy fog. Mostly sunmy to the south. Partly cloudy to the knot. Still some very warm air aloft. The heat is moving out. It will cool off more so today and really top it. I mean down in the upper 60s by sunday into monday. Mostly sunny, partly cloudy to the north. A lot of high clouds and patchy fog. Upper 80s for some. 60s and 70s for others and temperatures will continue to drop here. We have to keep an eye. The low digging in on monday and tuesday. Possibility of an isolated shower or two. There will be rain up in the sierra next week. 4 49 is the time. Thanks but no thanks. Asking San Francisco not to offer free parking. A bay area man walked in on a burglar in his house. The unique thing about the homeowner that turned out to be bad news for the intruder. Welcome back. Time is 4 51. Santa rosa police are already seeing success from a new online most wanted list. Less than a week after it was posted, Officials Say it has helped them make two arrests. A best buy employee recognized one of the offenders on the list and called 911. That employee will receive a cash reward for providing information relating to the arrest. They also arrested a suspected gang member after learning he was hiding in a home in city though ma. A burglar is behind after picking the wrong house. Brian coon had left one marshal arts studio where he teaches. When they got inside the house coon spotted the man holding a pry bar in the dining room. Fearing for his daughters safety he punched and kneed the man several times before dragging him outside. Relieved it ended the way it did. Way to go. Neighbors hearing the commotion called 911. Coon held down the suspect until police arrived. He said confronting burglars is something he does not recommend for others and there has been several break ins at his home. Changes could be coming to football practice at california high schools. The state assembly has passed a bill limiting full contact. Drills would be limited to oil minute sessions twice a week. It comes as a response to the result of head injuries. Friends, family and colleagues are remembering a San FranciscoArmy First LieutenantJennifer Morano was killed in afghanistan last year. Morano and three other soldiers died in a suicide bomb attack. She had courage that many of us would not have had that day. That fateful day. Some San Francisco businesses and homeowners are fighting a plan to put a homeless shelter in the bay area. It would be built next to mother browns dining room. The dining room has cooked and served hot meals for the homeless every day for 15 years. Now it wants to build a 100 bed shelter in the warehouse next door. Supporters says that makes sense because the homeless already come to the dining room for food and services but neighbors say its a move top force businesses out. We see this as a threat to my business. Im advocating for the future of my business and the future of my employees. Its heartbreaking because these are human beings we are talking about. State money would be used to pay for the project. City leaders say there will be public hearings on the warehouse conversion in the next few months. Historic hotel in oakland is open again. It held a grand reopening after a 43 million renovation. All 137 apartments are reserved if for low income tenants. At one time the California Hotel was the only place African American travelers could stay. 4 55 is the time. Coming up next we are following breaking news. Eight suspicious fires in novato. Six of which happened in the past few hours and one man was injured. Alex savidge is gathering the information on the scene. I thought oh god this is it. And terrifying moments thousands of feet in the air. Ask we are continuing to watch for anything that may effect that. The weather is is off to a good start and if you like cooler weather, you will probably enjoy the forecast not only today but the weekend. Much cooler on the lows. Eight suspicious fires in marin county. Six of them in the past few hours. The investigation under way into who may have started that. More bad news about the eastern span of the bay bridge. The new problem discovered. A near collision involving two commercial jets flying to and from hawaii. The technology that caused a big scare on board but also saved passengers lives. A student in San Francisco has her senior photo banned from the yearbook because she is wearing a tuxedo. We will tell you what her fellow classmates plan to do today to rally around here. Good morning. Nice shot of the bay there. The bay bridge and it is definitely cooler outside. It is. Bustee all tell us just how much cooler and what but steve will tell us just how much cooler and what our weekend will be like. Unofficial pam cook day. Good morning, im dave clark. Lets talk about weather and traffic. Its noticeable. I love that feel. Every day is pam cook day. That is true. You can definitely feel it for most. On the weekend the breeze will really pick up. Water temps are cold. Off the golden gate they are around 53. It will be about 48 degrees cooler today. It will continue for inla areas today. So partly cloudy, patchy fog, sun and clouds. Breezy later on. 60s and 70s and 80s for most. A lot more 40s and 50s than what we saw. 17 in travis if it gets to 20 then that is a screaming message that it will be cooler. I will keep an eye on that. There is even a sea breeze at sfo. You can see that coming in. Higher clouds to the north. Mostly sunny, partly cloudy. Combination of low clouds and higher clouds. But the breeze is turning on shore. 60s and 70s coast and bay. Here is sal. Steve, good morning. We are looking at a commute that is off to a nice start on this friday. Were hoping it will stay this way at least it will be better than other days. Its moving along and traffic looking good into San Francisco with no major problems. And no problems if you are driving on 880 north and southbound between the coliseum and downtown oakland about a five minute drive. A little less than that as you can see. And there are no major problems