just opened. we'll tell you about several new things happening in this dash in in election and why vote -- happening in this election and why voting in alameda county is making history. and gearing up for the grand finale for the queen's diamond jewby lee. jubilee. diamond jubilee. good morning. i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. and overnight stand off in oakland ended several hours ago with police arresting a suspect without incident. he spent almost seven hours, though, barricaded inside a home on high street. lorraine blanco joins us live from the scene with exclusive video of him sur -- of him surrendering and the thing of events. >> reporter: we just saw the woman and child rescued by police. they went into the home right behind me without talking to us. they endured a long and strenuous night and morning here. police say they knew the 41- year-old suspect. let's take a look at the exclusive video of police arresting the suspect just before 3:00 a.m. he surrendered after seven hours of negotiations at this home near jensen and high street. police tell us the suspect is an ex-felon. they say he helped three hostages at one point. officers rescued a woman and her 5 why son in the ordeal -- 5-year-old son. it all started around 8:00 when alameda county tried to arrest the man driving a saturn driving on 41st. the suspect fired at the deputy and drove off as two passengers fled on foot. investigators spent the morning interviewing the hostages. but they don't believe they had anything to do with this crime. >> this will be investigated to figure out who is connected and who is not. and how this individual picked this house to go in to. >> as far as you know, you don't believe they are in cahoots with this suspect? >> no, i do not. >> reporter: and this is more video before midnight. you can see the suspect with a gun to his own head. he was telling police to shoot him. that lasted for a while until he went back inside the house until 3:00 a.m. until he surrendered. the suspect is facing felony charges. reporting live in oakland, lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. police in emeryville are trying to find the person who shot and killed a young woman. officers say they were called to a home on 47th street near adeline around 3:30 yesterday afternoon. inside they found an 18-year- old female shot in the chest. the young woman was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. police are hoping tips from the public will help lead them to the suspect. this, by the way, is emeryville's first homicide of the year. 7:03. just a couple of minutes ago, the polls officially opened on this primary election day. tara moriarty is at a polling station in berkeley right new. so tara, it's early but are people showing up? >> reporter: there are some folks that have just trickled in here on shadock avenue. and to make sure your vote is counted, you must have your ballot in by 8:00 tonight. california has an open primary. in the past, the republican and democrat primary winners bo face off in - -- would face off in november but -- would face off in november but you could see them racing against each other in the end. because of the redirecting line, california has as many as a dozen hot house races going on today. those could play a big role in the democrats taking the house. one of the democratic measures is a dollar tax per cigarette pack to help fund research for cancer. there is a low voter turnout expected. only 6 million of the 17 million registered voter and this year, alameda county polling stations will be under the watchful eye of the fed. this year officials from the department of justice will be observing practices here in the county to ensure no one is being disnim crated -- discriminated against. now, there will be language assistance for vietnamese and other languages. we'll be here throughout the morning and we'll be talking to some of those voters. live from berkeley, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> make sure you stay right here with ktvu for all of your continuing coverage. we'll be watching voter ternout and also follow the story right here on moat -- turnout and also follow the story right here on "mornings on 2." a decision today could push our state's battle over same- sex marriage all the way to the u.s. supreme court. this morning, a federal appeals court in san francisco is expected to announce if it will rehear a legal challenge to proposition 8 or send the case to the supreme court. in february, a three-judge panel for the 9th circuit court of appeals decided prop 8 was unconstitutional. the prop 8 supporters have asked for a full hearing before 1 -- before 11 judges. paul chambers will have a live report on this at 7:30. dozens of california government agencies are in trouble with the state control for failing to file public payroll figures. one example, the solano county water -- water agency. government agencies are supposed to file a report annually stating how much their employees are being paid. the administrative services manager for the water agency says she just forgot and says she won't happen again. >> i have put a reminder on moo i calendar to file the report every year. >> this is tax payer-funded positions. this is their money at work. >> there is increased focus on the salaries of government employees following the scandal in bell, california, where some city officials were earning salaries as much as $800,000. all right. time now, 7:07. some new questions about a west oakland church school. california watch is reporting some parents have pulled their children out of a private school operated by st. andrew missionary baptist church. some students claim they were verbally and physically abused, including being hit with a belt and having objects -- objects thrown at them. others say they were forced to ask for money at b.a.r.t. stations for their tuition and according to documents, they reportedly inflated numbers to correct with collect more tax money. the school denies those allegations. we want to check in with sal, see how things are moving. some of the busiest spots in the east bay, sal. >> that's right, tori and dave. traffic is going to be busy all over the place. this is really the heart of the commute. starting off with highway 4. you can see highway 4 is busy here in the bay point area. it's stop-and-go in antioch and then some more slow traffic approaching 2 had 2 and concord -- 242 and concord. you will see slow traffic there. the morning commute will be slow at the bay bridge toll plaza. that's a five to seven-minute delay. the metering lights are on. if you are on the east bay, southbound 880 from hayward to union city on that side, it's beginning to slow june just after 238. if you are driving in the santa clara county, northbound 101 near de la cruz a crash on the shoulder. let's go to steve. thank you, sir. a very good morning. some patchy low clouds around. from yesterday's system, still everything is coming down from the northwest. we get the cooler breeze today. even though it will be mostly sunny. temperatures will struggle to warm up. all sorts of reports of large sized hail yesterday. sacramento valley, northern sacramento valley, even up to the mother load and grass valley. one to two inches deep in spots. patchy low clouds. daytime highs below average by about 5, 10 degrees for some. a northwest breeze already starting to develop. northwest 17 out at vacaville. that's pretty good. west-southwest at fairfield. west at sfo. santa rosa says calm. i expect that to pick up. i had some low 0s this morning -- 40s this morning. sebastopol, one 39. we're starting to bounce off the morning lows and the nights are so close. another system moving into the north will kind of keep us from warming up. some low clouds around. chilly morning lows. patchy clouds but then mostly sunny and then breezy, blustery. mostly sunny, breezy at times. a little bit warmer. 60s in the green. any 70s? any 70s? there's a few of them there, up towards antioch, fairfield. 68 clearlake. unbelievably cool for them this time of year. santa rosa, 72. novato, 70. 65 sausalito, low 70s. the warmest here is antioch at 73. walnut creek at 70. same for livermore. that's cool. 65 oakland and 64 for berberkeley. 67 from fremont. san bruno, 64. daly city, 69. as offense pitching showed up. they will play again tonight. mostly clear, breezy, cool. 63 degrees. take a jacket if you are heading there. mostly sunny, warmer on wednesday. another system clips us to the north and then clears out friday. the weekend looking better. some 80s inland. 60s by the coast. >> thank you, steve. a 17-year-old has been arrested for stealing and killing a pig in yolo county. he was booked at a juvenile hall yesterday on charges that included felony grand theft and felony animal cruelty. police say they found a bloody handprint on the pig's pen and the ground was covered in blood. 7:11. outrage over 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difference. in about ten minutes, queen elect is expected to end her four-day diamond jubilee celebration with the appearance on the balcony of buckingham palace. roger clark is in london right now taking in all of the excitement with more on the events fit for a queen. i understand people are running in position to see that queen appearance on the balcony. >> reporter: the police are moving. a million people moving so they can get a good position at buckingham palace. it's a very big operation getting all of those people down the road waiting for the queen to appear on the balcony. very, very slowly. i will tell you something, in about 15 minutes' time, you will hear a clear that will raise the roofs in london, when all of these people see the queen appear on the balcony at buckingham palace. we've had a great time these last three days. millions of people have celebrated the diamond jubile. one of the celebrations last night, was the concert. it's a concert that people will talk about for years to come. ♪ >> in was a night when pop and royalty came came face to face with -- came face to face with the real thing, some of the greatest musicians. ♪ >> as well as elton john, others playing, including sir paul mccartney, tom jones and stevie wonder. ♪ isn't she wonderful >> prince charles and the queen came on the stage at the end of the concert. the prince of wales paying a tribute to his mother, a notably absent father and then the night was hit up by a spectacular fireworks display. while the queen is celebrating, people have cheered and waved at her all across the journey. now she's preparing to appear on the balcony. that will be the highlight of the jubilee. hundreds of thousands of people are moving. look at that. all of those people moving toward the -- toward the front of buckingham palace. you know, this is the real high point. it's just such a shame her husband is in the hospital. it's such a shame. he's been her side the whole time. the palace has not given us an update about his condition. hoping he makes a speedy recovery. >> i think people are -- around the world are thinking that. the grand finale of the jubilee celebration. rock he clark, thank you. >> reporter: excellent. back here at home, federal employees under investigation are still getting big bonuses. alison burns in our d.c. bureau right now to tell us about this latest scandal at the general services administration. >> reporter: gifts like ipads were given but now we find out there's cash. a nate investigation reveals the gsa handed out $1.1 million in bonuses over five years to 84 employees who have been under investigation by the agency's inspector general for wrongdoing or misconduct. the agency has no policy to ensure employees under investigation don't get bonuses. one manager behind the controversial las vegas bash got a $9,000 bonus even after his supervisor found out about the conference. now senators are vowing to review bonuses for all fell workers. >> how many more stories like this do we have to hear before federal managers will listen, not only to taxpayers and members of congress but their own employees that they are wasting money. >> reporter: the gsa says it's conducting a top-to-bottom review of its operations, including how bonuses are awardinged. reporting live from -- awarded. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. last night, president obama and bill clinton were on stage together here at this hotel in manhattan. see the big handshake and hug? mr. clinton said it would be kalama. it ous for the country and world if mitt romney was elected. >> i don't think it's important that president obama is reelected. i think it's essential if we want this country to have the kind of future that our children and grandchildren deserve. >> now, jon bon jovi performed and he hitched a ride to new york with president obama on air force one. 7:20. new this morning, al qaeda's second in command may have been killed in a u.s. drone strike in pakistan. u.s. officials confirm that he was the target of a -- of a drone strike that killed 15 people. right now, it is not confirmed if he was killed. but pakistani officials believe his house was hit during the attack. if he was killed, it would be the biggest blow to al qaeda since the death of osama bin laden last year. a space plane will soon return to earth after spending over a year in orbit on a secret mission. it was only recently revealed that the airport was in space. the plane launched from cape canaveral, florida, last march. it's only the second plane of its type to go into space. it will land in california sometime later this month. 7:20. i was watching the clear moon, full moon. >> yeah. >> we do have clearer skies this morning. but look outside right now. is there still rain in your seven-day forecast? steve's coming back. he will tell us where we might see more rain later this week. the court approves joe ran van der sloot's -- joran van der sloot's extradition. but there's a major catch. it's getting away ! where is it ? it's gone. we'll find it. any day can be an adventure. that's why we got a subaru. love wherever the road takes you. wow, there it is. je ran van der sloot will not be extradited to the united states until he serves his 28- year sentence for killing stephany flores. he's currently in prison in peru. peru's supreme court says he will have to compete his -- complete his 28-year sentence before he can be extradited to the u.s. the man accused of killing unarmed teenager trayvon martin in florida claims he was confused when he allowed his wife to mislead the court officials about his finances. george zimmerman had been out on band but he was ordered back to jail on allegations that he allowed his wife to misstate how much money they really had during an april bond hearing. he returned back to jail on sunday. his attorney now plans to seek a new bond hearing. 7:24. let's get everybody out the door. sal, i know you are watching highway 4. highway 24 is busy. >> here in la fayette we'll see busy traffic approaching that b.a.r.t. station. but highway 4 is slow through antioch and pittsburg. a little slow in bay point and concord and 608 from pleasant hill to walnut creek is getting busy. you can see this is backed up to 880 as i look here at the list from the chp. we did have a collision on the westbound bay bridge. it was a noninjury crash up on the span. they got it out of there but they had to turn the metering lights on. you can see the metering lights and the slow traffic at the toll plaza. and this is a look at the santa clara valley, northbound 101. that accident near de la cruz is gone. northbound 280 is also slow approaching 17. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sir. well, mostly sunny out there. there's still some -- a few patchy clouds or partly cloudies around. but generally sunny. a little cool this morning. no doubt about it. some of the higher elevations even sitting in the low 40s. chilly air over us. the pollen count continues to be very high for the trees and the grass. i judd heard from valerie who -- i just heard from valerie who says she's dying up there. trees and grasses continue to be the leader of the pack. our system is still giving us a few partly cloudies. it's on its way out of here. blue canyon reports snow and 32 right now. at least they did at 7:00 a.m. 40s and 50s. we're starting to work off those cool lows. the next system will pay to the pacific northwest but that will drag across us by thursday at least to the north. mostly sunny, breezy, though, sfo west at 20. so 50s, 60s and very very -- and very slow 70s. wednesday looks good. warmer weather. we start off sunday and go cloudy. the weekend looking better. it will be sunny. temperatures warming up but the breeze will still be with us. 7:26. we're keeping an eye on london. we're going to get to london in a moment. in fact, these are live pictures -- there's the queen of england right there addressing the crowd at the big jubilee in london right now. this is live pictures. you saw prince charles, his wife, camille -- camilla parker bowls. the queen's husband is in the hospital being treated for a bladder infection. the palace is packed. prince charles is there. this is the grand finale of the diamond jubilee celebration in london. we're expecting her to speak but now she's just lookingant the adoring crowds right there in her royal best and they are getting a chance to see her live. there's gonna be many other events there, including a fly- by--- there's prince william there as well and we don't see his wife there. but prince william is there and other members of the royal family. we never know where the family is gonna be as we bring you these live pictures. among other events, there will be a fly-by-of the -- a fly-by- of the royal force. fly by of the royal force. >> i understand we will be giving a rare public address. it was taped yesterday. everyone just comments on her attire. there's the wave, the classic queen wave. her hat and jewelry all very coordinated. she looks fantastic, i have to say. everyone is feeling badly about her husband not being there. they are such a strong pair and have been so much through together -- have been through so much together and she became the queen during world war ii. she's seen an awful lot of her 60 years on the throne leading britain. again, her husband, prince philip, is recovering from a bladder infection. he's expected to recover. he was just put in the hospital as a precaution. earlier the queen attended a reception and a lunch at westminster hall. it's been a busy time for her. and there was a long flotilla where a million people were crowding to salute and honor their queen. i mentioned earlier my parents are there. my mother's british. not everyone can go to the tims. but everybody had a street festival or block party. i was talking to family members and people all over the u.k. were celebrating and honoring the queen, this milestone here, 60 yee on the throne. >> that was a -- 60 years on the throne. >> that was a great shot. >> yes. a little rainy sky but that's kind of typical for britain. the queen acknowledging the flyover, a special time for her and all of her subjects if you will. if you -- can you imagine the sea of flags being waved. >> when i was there about a week and a half ago, a lot of preparations, a lot of flags being put up, not only in london but outside of london. a short shot there of some of her family on the balcony. the queen there. the last time we saw the picture of the balcony was for the wedding for prince william and his wife, the duchess of cambridge. but again, you know, a nice picture of the queen and a very colorful flyover of some of the sets -- jets there and the red, white and blue colors. you saw a lot of those colors around london and some of the street festivals that i saw some pictures of where people were celebrating. >> and in the midst of all of the pomp and circumstance -- look at that. it's wishful that her husband is there. he's been there for so many things. >> and those planes are symbolic. the 60-year reign began and when she was a teenager she helped to work on the -- on some of the automobiles as part of the work to help the military efforts in world war ii during the bombings of london. her father refused to leave london, refused to leave buckingham palace. a stiff upper lip and that was a great example she set during all of her years on the throne and she became queen at age 25 when her father, king george 6, died unect -- george iv died, although he was -- unexpectedly, although he was not in good health. some of the pomp and circumstance happening outside of buckingham palace right now. [ sound of gunfire ] >> the gun salute. >> yes. a lot of people take pictures with those guards outside -- >> i can't help you get away without knowing how you got your name. >> victoria. i was named after the queen, tori for short. sounds like they might be singing "god save the queen." >> yeah. >> a very special moment for the queen. and her mother, queen mumm, lived over 100. she's doing very well and could still be on the thrown for many years to come. the only other monarch on longer than ther was queen victoria. >> look at that shot, tori. >> yeah. >> have you ever seen the queen with a very big casual smile. >> i've seen pictures of her. she's been on vacation with her dogs and her horses. so she -- she is not one for a lot of outward emotion. >> yeah. >> but she seems to be enjoying these festivities. it's certainly very nice to see. we wanted to take you there live, a special event to the grand finale for queen elizabeth's 60-year diamond jubilee on the throne. we're just waiting to see what band is playing. ♪ >> sounds very familiar. >> uh-huh. that's called the mall, the view from bummingham palace from the park -- kuckingham palace from the -- bucking palham pam list -- buckingham palace. that's "god save the queen." >> and doing this in somewhat inclement weather, they are still out there. >> yes. >> it's been a busy few days and a long day today for the queen without her husband at her side. but a lot of family members there with her as you can see. prince william there on the right of your screen and his wife on the right and prince harry and her older son, prince charles, on the other side. again, we'll continue to follow this and have more coming up on our website. also if you want to look back at more pictures we'll have those at ktvu.com. 7:34. we want to turn it other local news right now. in just hours we'll learn what's next in the battle over same-sex marriage. paul chambers is live in san francisco where a federal appeals court will soon make a very important decision. >> the good morning. decision is supposed to come down in about two and a half hours from now. they will reconsider a february ruling that struck down california's ban on same-sex marriages. it's believed that the 9th u.s. circuit of appeal is the ma -- the majority of the judges there are expected to give the decision about whether or not to -- declaring the 2008 voter approved, it wenten to -- went on to say -- >> now, whack in february, prop -- back in february, prop 8 supporters reviewed the decision if the appeals court decision decides to hear the kay, it will go before the panel that includes the chief judge and ten randomly judges. and that new ruling could take several months to a year. if the court decides not to hear the case, it's likely prop 8 backers would appeal it to the u.s. supreme court. >> i have no -- no true belief that the supreme court will do the right thing. i feel they are a bunch of conservative monsters. i believe that same-sex marriage went out a long time ago. like all discrimination against anyone, it's wrong. >> now, once again, that decision is expected at 10:00 this morning. we'll be out here. you can find the latest here as we continue to cover it. paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you. 7:36. sal is back. how are we doing on the roads now? >> right now, things are getting busier dave and tori. i want to show you san jose, northbound 280 in san jose is pretty slow now. it's slow around the corner. it gets slower as you drive towards 17 if you are gonna be driving there. in the last few days we've seen this activity and it gets better by -- by 8:30. 85 is slow approaching 17. 101 does slow after 880 in sunnyvale. everyone mooing -- moving along an taking a look at the bay bridge, we had an earlier incident. it wasn't serious. but traffic is backed up beyond 8 0. rush hour commute and we're looking at rim, westbound 580, some slow traffic getting in from tracy. but after that, it looks okay. 680 from -- through walnut creek and then 80 westbound between pin nome and richmond, unwill see some slow traffic. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sir. mostly clear, patchy clouds around. good sleeping weather last night. temperatures very, very cool. a lot of low 40s. we still have 32. tahoe, truckee. with light snow. blue canyon, and raining at mt. shasta. there's still a little bit of the system. west of 20 sfo. west-southwest to travis, vacaville as well, gusting to 23. so the breeze is kicking up and that means the pollens are flying around. cedar, juniper and olive and the trees and grass continue to be very high. i expect those to go up. 40s and 50s. but the nights are so slow. the day's much, much longer. we're starting to bounce off the morning lows. there goes the system. nice today, although a little cool and breezy. the next system will stay to the north. cool air is in place, so still some partly cloudies especially up. could be an isolated shower. mendocino county or lake county and very cool, light temperatures. around 68 cool degrees. mostly sunny, breezy at times. a little bit warmer for us. high temperatures would be green. there it is. just a little bit. that's why i went 73 in antioch. fairfield, 73. st. helena, cool, novato in there. kentfield, stinson beach. pleasant hill. the warmest here, 65 oakland. berke i at 64 -- work i at 64 -- berkeley at 64. sunnyvale, 68, along with menlo park, woodside and sunny side. haze again tonight with the texas rangers. it will be chilly. mostly clear, breezy, cool. mostly sunny and warm he on wednesday. that system moves into the north on thursday. friday we clear it out. temperatures, nothing outrageous but near normal on the highs. twenty minutes before 8:00. san jose is planning on cleaning up three homeless encarmments while trying to r f live there. this is a community on water district land. city officials have already started clearing out the brush and people here think they might be next. they say they don't know where they will go next. >> i'm just grateful this place is here because i've fallen on hard times. he was grateful -- i was shocked. i didn't know she is police -- these places exited. >> they will return any found possessions to the people who own them. people who need to retrieve any lost belongings must call the hot line 408-510-7600. we've also posted it at ktvu.com in the web links section. right now, jury selection is underway in the trial of penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky child sex abuse. and a new trend is catching on with commuters nationwide. the reason why more people are giving up their cars. the dow is up 7. the nasdaq is up 9. s&p up 3. i want to look at facebook stock. that's down slightly right now to 26.78 and four out of five facebook users say they've never bought a product or service as a result of ads or comments on the social network site. analysts say the survey by reuters shows facebook needs to do much more to turn its 900 million users into a strong base for advertisers. that comes at the same time, 44% of facebook users say they view the site less favorably since it went public last month. right now, jury selection has started in the trial of former penn state -- state assistant coach jerry sandusky on charges of sex abuse. we're live outside of pennsylvania to tell us about the rules the judge has already -- rulings the judge has already made. >> reporter: good morning. jersey sandusky, the defendant, of course, in this case, arrived smiling with his lawyer. prosecutors are here as well. and the judge has been giving instructions to a pool of 200 possible jurors in this case answering questions. they already broke them down into smaller groups. the judge has already said they will not be sequestered. the judge made it very clear, on the other hand, that he is going to trust him and he hopes his trust is not betrayed when he tells them if they are chosen to not read any accounts of this, watch tv news, and get involved in social media, this kind of thing. so that's a very key announcement he made this morning. >> susan, i know it may be difficult for you to hear. two quick questions. how hard will it be to find an impartial jury in this community and also the big issue of the witnesses, they have to give their real names if they are making these blames against sandusky. >> reporter: in answer to your first question, it could be difficult. prosecutors from this case did not want to hold the trial in centre county where sandusky lives and the home of penn state university. the obvious reason that sandusky would like to have it here, he's among people he knows, people who know hill an his work over the years. of course, these are other people -- and his work over the years. of course, these are people as well that know of the accusations. we've learned that -- let's see. four people have told the judge that they know jerry sandusky personally. two of them know his wife dottie, who is not here this p day, and a good -- here this day, and a good number of hands went up, more than 30, know people who work at penn state or have dealings with penn state university. it will be interesting to see if these people make the cut. in answer to your second question, there is a lot of fallout and concern over the judge's decision that the alleged victims in this case will have to reveal their names during the course of the trial instead of being known by numbers. the alleged victims in this case have said they are not happy about it. however, from all of the lawyers that we've spoken with that represent these peopling they say that nevertheless they want to move ahead and no one is dropping out. susan, thank you. 7:47. well, santa clara county dive teams have ended a search for sierra lamar. the teams used side scanning, sewn -- sonar equipment at the uvas reservoir yesterday. that produces very clear images making it easy to spot anything under that murky water. but they reportedly came up with no evidence related to sierra lamar. her suspected killer went fishing the very day after sierra lamar disappeared. june 5th, 2002, then 14- year-old elizabeth smart was taken from her bedroom in salt lake city utah. she was found almost a year later, about miles from her home. the -- about 18 miles from her home. the two people who kidnapped her, they are in prison. elizabeth smart, who is now 24 years old, got married this year and recently finished college. 7:48. more people nationwide are using public transportation. the american public transportation association says there was a 5% increase in transit ridership during the first quarter of the year. b.a.r.t. says its ridership is up 7% between last may and this may. a spokesman says high gas prices are playing a role but the economy is also a big factor. >> although it's hard to tell sometimes, the economy in the bay area is slowly recovering. the more people who have jobs and red on -- get on b.a.r.t. and ride it to work. >> it's more convenient. i would rather take part than drive myself. caltrain reports a 13% increase in ride heship. san francisco's muni has risen 9.7%. the vta and the south bay is up 3.7%. and b.a.r.t. is bringing in six additional technicians to fix the broken escalators that b.a.r.t. has. there are 25 out of service. 12 of those escalators are in and around downtown san francisco. b.a.r.t. says it opens dab tv hopes to have the downtown escalators fixed before the end of the month. all right. 7:50. sky watchers get another treat today. the best locations -- the best locations to see something very rare. the movement of the planet vee just across the -- planet venus across the sun. graduate, now that your journey begins, you're going to need a powerful connection ! felicidaaaadeeeees ! with this droid 4 by motorola on verizon 4g lte, you can stay in touch on skype with your loved ones. staying connected with your family... ... in more places, on america's largest 4g lte network. that's real value ! get $100 off any motorola 4g lte smartphone, like the droid 4 now just $99.99. verizon. felicidades ! nigeria has suspended the license of an air carrier after sunday's deadly air crash. the plane crashed in lagos. the exact cau of the crash is not known -- cause of the crash is not known. no official casualty figures have been released. rain and wind has been making recovery efforts difficult. 7:53. a senior chinese official really criticizing a u.s. embassy pollution index for beijing. he's demanding that all foreign embassies stop issuing their own air pollution reading. he didn't name anyone in particular but he says publishing that index is against the law in china. the most common reading for beijing is slight pollution even though they have a lot of smoke over there often. this afternoon, starting around 3:00 be, venus will pass between the earth and the sun. now, the space center, nasa aimes, they are all -- nasa aims are all primary viewing locations. venus will appear as a little dark, small dot running across the face of the sun. pretty cool-looking sky there. let's check in with sal, see what's happening on the roads. any problems people should know about? we've had a couple of minor problems -- i really just think it's a lot of slow traffic because of the time of morning. this is the morning rush and traffic is going to be busy. i'm looking at the south bay list and there's not a lot of -- there are not any major problems on it. a couple of minor fender- benders here and there. let's take a look -- i also want to mention, southbound 101. also looking at highway 4, that's very slow in pittsburg. i'm sorry, in antioch and bay point and 680 is slow from concord. let's if to steve. well, mostly sunny, partly cloudies out there. cool and breezy. sfo has a west wind at 20 miles an hour. there have been some gusts to 23 out towards the delta as well. mt. diablo is 35 degrees with wind gusting to 55 miles an hour. as i just tweeted, there will be no rattlesnakes in that kind of weather. patchy clouds, mostly sunny, daytime highs below normal. northwest breeze. upper 60s, low 70s. partly cloudies up to mendocino county, and northern sonoma county. it will be mostly sunny. we should be from 66 san francisco to about 80 for some inland areas. we won't even be close to 80. we'll be 50s, 60s or very, very low 70s. tomorrow, cool morning and sunny. a little warmer. one more system moves into the north on thursday. some more clouds move in. the weekend is looking better. a little breezy but mostly sunny and warmer weather. 60s, 70s and low 80s. 7:56. it's been a heated recall election. why today's vote in wisconsin to recall governor scott walker is getting national attention. >> reporter: one neighbor describes it as seven hours of hel. a man barricaded him ef-- of hell. a man barricaded himself and shot at a deputy. we'll show you exclusive video of the final resolution. >> reporter: we're live in oakland where the voting booths are open. we're talk live to find out why alameda county is being watched closely this election tuesday. good morning. welcome back. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. it's tuesday, it's june 5th. well, during the night a seven-hour police standoff in oakland ended peacefully. a suspect was barricaded inside his home. look at the pictures. lorraine blanco is live to tell us about the questions police are still trying to answer. lorraine? >> reporter: investigators are now interviewing that suspect trying to figure out why he did what he did and why he chose this particular home here on high and jensen street to barricade himself. a mother and her boy are back in their hole. we tried to talk to -- home. we tried to talk to her but she didn't answer her door. the suspect surrendered after seven hours of negotiationing. he's a 41-year-old -- negotiations. he's a 41-year-old ex-felon. another hostage, a man was released sometime after 11:00 p.m. it all started around 8:00 when an alameda county sheriff's deputy tried to arrest that man driving a stolen saturn near 41st and international. >> the suspect fired at the deputy and drove off. two passengers fled on foot. police evacuated nearby homes and buildings and blocked off streets. >> the primary mission is to protect everyone involved. so we were able to with our entry team and hostage negotiations come down here and have a dialogue with the suspect and we were able to talk him out and surrender with the police. >> here is a look more exclusive video. you can see the suspect with a gun to his own head. he was telling police to shoot him. witnesses describe him as hysterical and crying. that lasted for a while. he went back inside the house until just before 3:00 in the morning where he surrendered. he's facing assault with a firearm at a peace officer, false imprisonment and possession of a stolen vehicle. those charges are made worse by theth -- are made worse by the fact that he's also an ex- felon. >> thank you. it's election day and people are already heading to the polls. tara moriarty just arrived at the registrar of voters. and she's talking to officials about the changes voters will see today. >> reporter: voters have been trickling in over the last hour and this year they might notice extra things, including officials onhand. here is dave mcdonald from alameda county and we have folks from the department of justty that will be dropping in throughout the polling stations in alameda county. why is that? >> well, the department of justice has been coming to alameda county to monitor the voting. and this year we picked up vietnamese and tagalog languages and so they came out to monitor how that process is going. >> reporter: and california has an open primary. explain what that is. this is a first. >> it's a little bit different. it's a top two primary for all of the state offices. so what it means is if you look at the race for u.s. senator, for instance, there is a lot of different candidates. they are not listed by party. so you could find out with two republicans or two democrats running against each other in november. >> reporter: because of last year, redrawing of the district lines, california has a lot of hot house races. explain why it's so important for folks to come out and vote. >> yeah, every ten years we go through a redirecting effort based on the census. so that changes the boundaries and people do get confusioned by that where they may have voted for one contest for many -- confused by that where they may have voted for one contest for many, many years and they get confused. >> reporter: what's the rule? you have to get everything in at 8:00? >> everything has to be in by 8:00. if you have your mail-in ballot, you can go to any polling place and drop it there. >> reporter: you cannot mail in your ballot. you have to bring it in. you have to have it filled out in the office by 8:00. voters in wisconsin decide whether governor are scott walker stays in office. jimmy dupre reports by -- jamie dupree reports by skype why both democrats and republicans are watching this. >> reporter: good morning. it reminds me of 2003 when i was up in sacramento for the recall of gray davis. a lot of people here in washington, d.c. watching closely. these type of elections whichever party wins tonight, they will crow it's a big time indicator for november. the other side will say it doesn't mean much. don't listen to that. this is a big deal for both sides. if scott walker can win, it will an big defeat for organized leader. and i think both sides really believe it could give them a shot in the arm in terms of organization and momentum in november in the state of wisconsin, which we don't talk about it that often as being a swing state. i understand a lot of people are also paying close attention to what happens here in california with the open primary where the top two vote getters will go on toner. so there is a lot of interest -- on to november. so there is a lot of interest in that. >> reporter: there's interest in how the polls will look for november but the whole idea of this jungle primary has a lot of people watching. we're watching individual races bike the member/member watches in southern california and there is a lot of individual stuff. but boy, a lot of people interested to see what happens when you throw all of the candidates in oth and -- in together. will one party -- i think this could have a very, very interesting implications. when you think about all of the change that's going on in the california congressional delegation this year, it could certainly increase that and mean more faces. >> we're expecting record low turnout. is that the same around the country? >> reporter: it really is. the primary is usually a low turnout. that's what makes the top two even more fascinating to think about. if you have that very low turnout, could someone who is maybe a favorite get knocked off and get into that final two simply because not that many people are showing up at the poll. i think peel see that mostly around the country of wisconsin, though, that might be a different story in terms of turnout. >> a lot of stake there. jamie dupree joining us live from skype. you can kind a link to his blog on our website. just to go ktvu.com. pull down the news menu bar and go to tower politics page. tori -- go to our politics page. tori, 8:06. san mateo, daly turn -- journal reports that where you ling -- burlington long-term care will close after the lease is closed. sal's been telling us traffic is very busy. >> it is very busy. we're looking at some of the commutes here and they are very, very slow. northbound 280 although it's improved a little bit. i'm happy to say that in summer, some of the commutes are not as deep. if this were a day in march and we had the slowdown we had last time i showed you, it would probably be there, but now we're seeing a little improvement. northbound 101 that's not improved at all. i'm looking at the list to make sure i didn't miss anything. they are very slow coming up to the 880 interchange. southbound 101, great america parkway, there is an injury crash. that could be the reason why people are taking a look at the slow traffic. antioch slow traffic in that same two-lane area. westbound highway 4 at 680 at southbound 680 at north main. let's go to steve. wasn't i talking to you in the newsroom there. we're talking baseball. mostly sunny, partly cloudy skies. the system left behind a lot of clouds. we get some partly cloudies here. especially san jose, up towards the north. there could be a few isolated showers left behind. it looks like drier air moving in. still some isolated snowshowers. and a big day for thunderstorms and reports of hail yesterday. the breeze means the pollens are flying again. three -- trees, olive, juniper and cedar, grass remains very, very high. 50s on the temperatures. 55 seems popular and then 56 fairfield, the warmest of this cool pattern this time of year. the system moving off rapidly in northeast nevada had strong winds. gusts offer about 60 miles an hour. with the cool air mass in place, we'll get some partly cloudy, partly sunnies in place. 60s and 70s. chilly lows this morning. some patchy clouds. mostly sunny, partly cloudy and then it will be a breezy day as temperatures kind of struggle. i still went mostly sunny. glass of water is half full. even though there's partly cloudy skies. 50s, low, low 70s. and temperatures, inland we should be seeing 80s and that's not the case. concord, 71 cool degrees. 70s from brentwood and then livermore. alameda 64. hayward, 66. low 70s. him pete tis, 67. fremont is in there and also in the peninsula, a lot of upper 60s. 50s, 60s. as go for another win tonight. mostly clear but breezy and cool against the rangers tonight. cold on wednesday morning and then cool. sunny, warm he. a little system to the north on thursday. we clear it out on friday. with your weekend in view, it looks much, much better. temperatures are warming up. 8:10. well, that scandal at the general services administration just won't go away. how much bonus money gsa workers received including some under investigation for misconduct. the sentencing of a man convicted of a man killing a bay area father and his sons has been delayed but the defendant did hear what the victims' family had to say. more outrage in congress this morning, all about the huge amount of money being spent by the general services administration. ktvu's alison burns reporting that federal employees under investigation have still been collecting some big bonuses. alison? >> reporter: dave, a senate investigation revealed the gsa paid out 1.1 million offer five years to 84 employees who were under investigation for misconduct. remember, gsa commissioner jeff neely, he organized that big bash in las vegas? he got a $9,000 bonus even after the inspector general presented his boss with a report about neely's outrageous spending. missouri senator clair mccaskill led the investigation and talked about it on msnbc this morning. >> i'm kind of old-fashioned. >> reporter: alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:14. well, financial leaders. seven industrial powers are called an emergency -- have called an emergency conference call to -- call to talk about europe's worsening debt crisis. the united states, canada, japan, germany, france, britain and italy will be involved. canada is pushing hard for long- term fiscal policy reforms. the family of three men gunned down in an apparent case of mistaken identity had a chance to speak to the killer. edwin ramos was convicted of killing anthony bolognaland -- and his sons, 20-year-old michael and 16-year-old mathew nearly four years ago. ramos was scheduled for sentencing yesterday but the judge delayed that until next week. instead, relatives were allowed to speak to the court danielle bologna is in a witness protection program so we won't show her face. >> let him rot. let him stay there the rest of his life. >> his daughter spoke and said "i hate you with all my heart. your daughter will know her father is a murderer." ramos only put his hand over his face. he faces life in prison without the possibility of parole when sentenced next monday. a california boy fell to his death while vacation with his family in maui. he fell from a cliff along hana highway on sunday. the family says they parked the rental car at a dirt lookout. he fell at least 300 feet from the cliff. there's no railing along the cliff where the boy fell. 8:16. investigators say speeding, not brake failure, was the cause of a crash outside of a southern california high school. police say 18-year-old daniel carrillo was going more than 50 miles an hour, when he ran a headlight, crashed into a group of people in riverside county. he told investigators that his brakes failed but investigators say no, those brakes were working. charges could be feebled against him by the end of the week -- could be filed against him by the end of the week. and yesterday's rain is blamed for a two-car accident in pittsburg. look at this one here. firefighters spent about a half- hour cutting through the cars with the jaws of life to get a trapped person out of the wreckage. it appears one car t-boned the other on west leland road. one person was critically hurt. three others had minor injuries. 8:17. a strike involving san jose hotel workers is entering its second day. >> who's on strike! >> who's on strike! >> about 250 workers who worked off the job at the double tree hotel yesterday, their union says large rallies are planned for the workers in the middle of a four-day strike. they say the hotel wants to free their salaries and make them pay for healthcare. >> they freeze the salary for four years. we're not gonna have nothing. >> the workers include cooks, waiters, dish washers, housekeepers and bellmen. their union says the average double tree housekeeper earns $12.80 per hour. hotel management issued a statement yesterday saying it's extremely disappointed in the work stoppage. 8:18. hollywood stars in some cases being replaced by silicon valley technology. people are becoming more obsessed with people like steve jobs and mark zuckerberg. for example, zuckerberg's wedding made the cover of "people" magazine and the press followed his honeymoon in italy. democrats say that women now earn on average 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man. well, a proposed bill would allow showing that salaries are not based on gender. they are not expected to earn the numbers needed to for this. political analysts say the democrats are trying to court female voters. 8:19. last night, president obama was joined by former president clinton in new york city. they were on stage together at the waldorf hisser to hisser toia hotel -- hitter to -- historia hotel. >> i don't think it's important to reelect president obama. i think it's eseng if we want the kind of country our children and grandcountry deserve. >> jon bon jovi performed at the concert and he hitched a ride with the president on air force one. al qaeda's second in command may have been comed in a u.s. drone strike in pakistan. u.s. officials confirm that -- killed in a u.s. don't strike in pakistan. now, u.s. officials confirm that an individual was killed. it's not believed that he was -- it's not known if he was killed but his house was hit. if he was killed, it would be the biggest blow to al qaeda since the death of osama bin laden last year. it was only revealed see lent -- recently that the air force was involved with this plane here. it was launched from cape canaveral, florida last march. it's only the second plane of its kind to go into place. it will be handing -- landing at the air force base sometime later this month. the high school senior prank we've been telling you about is being met with serious consequences. how parents are fighting back after students in brentwood were suspended. how is your weather? look out the window. will the warm weather come back? steve will come back and bring you your forecast. good morning. westbound 24, some low traffic here as you drive west over to the come caldecott. we'll tell you more -- to the caldecott. we'll tell you more about the traffic -- coming up. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] go from being on the road to being on vacation. hilton honors. the guest loyalty program with over thirty-eight hundred hotels worldwide. a hearing set for this afternoon for several heritage high school seniors in brentwood. they were suspended for taking part in the senior prank. now, a lawyer for eight of the 43 suspended students filed papers in court. they claim these students were unfairly suspended. the students took part in a senior prank that included graffiti, the move iing of some of the -- moving of some of the school ranches. even chaining a lamb on the campuses. parents say suspending the students during finals week is just too severe. >> why can't they just not allowed -- not be allowed to go to grad night? >> it's the totality of the event. we couldn't deal with the paint because we're getting off the lamb and then we're dealing with the banners. >> some students would miss finals and they may not be able to attend the graduation if the desig is upheld. 8:5. let's check in with sal. how are we moving out there? >> well, it's a little slow out there, dave. >> yeah. >> unfortunately. things are getting better. let's go out and take a look at westbound bay bridge. we're seeing some improvement here on the bridge approach. it's backed up now for about a five-minute delay. pete metering lights are on -- metering lights are on. moving along and taking a look at the commute on interstate 880, it's getting slower as you drive over to the commute. now, 80 westbound. i want to -- just up the road. pretty slow. you can see how it's slow from pinole to richmond. as we move from hayward to fremont, from hayward to union city. a lot of slow traffic there. no problems on the dumbarton bridge. westbound 92 is okay. let's go to steve. mostly sunny, partly cloudy skies. san jose was sunmy for a while but now the clouds are start -- sunny for a while but now the clouds are starting to build up. our observer noticed that out in crockett. it's about 30, 21. high pressure is trying to build in. some of the clouds stopping -- the cumulus clouds, it's been 10 to 25 miles an hour. 50 on the temperatures. we had low 40s especially near santa rosa this morning. i saw a couple of 40s, 41s. there goes the system. another one is -- 41s. there goes the system. another one is dumbing in. there could be a -- coming in. there could be an isolated shower. really cool with upper 60s. a year ago -- a week ago, 98, 99 degrees. mostly sunny, breezy at times. it will be warmer today. 50, 60s and very, very low 70s. the nights are so short and the days are so long. for this time of year, there is a no-doubt-about-it system in place. 8:27. now they have to search for a new place to live. the san francisco fire forced dozens of people out of their homes this morning and we now know what may have sparked that fire. >> reporter: and will they or won't they look into the issue of same-sex marriage? a federal court's decision expected in less than two hours. plus -- something is causing a smelly problem in one richmond neighborhood and the residents there say they are fed up. a federal appeals court will make a key ruling in the battle over same-sex marriage. paul chambers is in san francisco where the court will soon announce an important decision and there is a lot weighing on this right now. paul? >> reporter: very true, tori. that's expected in about an hour and a half from now, when the court will consider reconsidering this kuehl ruling -- this ruling. its believed the panel will decide -- decide if this is un constitutional. in february, proposition 8 supporters requested the full 9th circuit to review the decision if the appeals court deseed -- decides to rehear the case. the new rule cog take several months to a year. if the court decides not -- ruling could take several months to a year. if the court die sides not to hear -- decides not, we expect the answer to -- you are looking at the courthouse right now. we'll stay on top of this and bring you the latest coming up at noon and if it breaks earlier than that, we'll have it on ktvu.com. live in if, i'm paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. police in emeryville searching for the killer -- kill of a young woman. police say they were -- killer of a young woman. police say they were call toad a home and inside they found -- called to a home and inside they found and 18-year-old woman. she was shot in the chest and was rushed to the hospital. she was pronounced dead at the hospital. this is emeryville's first homicide of the year. this morning some san francisco residents -- residents are peak waking up in corporate house -- are waking up in corporate housing. the firefighters say the fire was plumbing related. >> the fire is going through the floors and we're fighting. fire on the second, fourth, fifth, sixth floors. >> the damaged apartments cannot be lived in so far. the red cross is helping those who lost their homes to find a new place to live. and a fire in the lake merritt district is under investigation. this one here happened around 7:30 last night on hadden street. luckily no one was hurt. but it took about 30 minutes to put the flames out. firefighters say it appears the fire started in the condition but the exact cause is still not known. 8:33. this morning, another hear something scheduled in the case of suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi. the judge will hear objections filed to obtain records that are text messages following the new year's eve incident. today, the san francisco board of supervisors could vote to change the 49ers' lebonese at candlestick park. the team is offering to pay more than $5 million for some flexibility on the party of the city. 8:34. more details this morning about the woman who accused san francisco giants' star pablo sandoval of sexual assault. now, the woman making the claim is 21 years old and lives in santa cruz county. detectives say they may finish their investigation of the allegations this week. sandoval is on a rehab assignment with the giants' minor league team after broking -- breaking a bone in his hand. he's expected to continue that say signment through the -- assignment through the rest of the week. 8:35. a problem with water runoff as people in one richmond -- has people in one richmond neighborhood fet off. people in the may valley neighborhood may have been trying to get the problem fixed for years. they say the runoff causes algae to grow. it also attracts mosquitoes and it smells bad. it's apparently coming from an underground water source. right now, the city says there's just no money in the budget to fix the problem. a large wildfire in the sequoia national forest has burned 1700 acres. the fire is burning near the giant sequoia grove northeast of bakersfield. in isen area rangers say -- this is an area rangers say has not burned in 40 years. firefighters say it does not affect the trees and it's 25% contained. the cause of the fire is under investigation. and the investigation into what caused live muni wires to fall onto peds in san francisco is -- pedestrians in san francisco is ongoing. according to the san francisco "chronicle" a hub from a muni bus may have become detached. it happened yesterday afternoon at the intersection of fifth and market streets. three people were injured by the live wires but are expected to recover. muni says those wires carry 600 volts of electricity. le -- 8:36. well, the home opener went very well. the san rafael pacific. look at this, they had a full house at albert field. some of the people had to watch from outside the fences because there were -- because ther were no more text -- because there were no more tickets. san rafael high school grad steve detwiler says like him, all of these players on the pacifics' team hope this is the beginning of their careers. >> i feel like everybody who is here it's their goal to be affiliated in m.l.b. we're not just here to play and have fun. we're competitive and want to get to the next level. >> detwiler hit two home runs in his first two at-bats. the same two teams play again at albert park tonight at 7:15. well, the oakland as hope to ride a wave of optimism tonight. ringing up a score behind their rookie pitcher that just dispantled the high scoring team. the as went wild and scored 12 runs against the texas rangers at home yesterday. they have been struggling as you know this season, they really have. pitcher parker took a no-hitter in the 8th inning. best night of his career. the as won 12 0, they will -- 12-0 -- 12-1. there's still time to ride for free on the bare's newest ferry route. it's the second day of service from oakland and alameda to south san francisco at oyster point. the commute is free all this week. but starting next week regular fares will charge you $7 each way. rides on the ferry will take about 50 minutes to and from alameda and 40 minutes to and from oakland. the nice views and the -- >> i'm looking right there. >> it's all part of the deal. sal's back, he says it's not smooth sailing in the south bay, is it? >> no, it's not. as a matter of fact, we have slow traffic. ed i want to mention something before we go to the -- i want to mention something before we get to the maps. westbound third street closed at lincoln avenue due to a collision. please use fourth and fifth as alternates. that just came down. so thank you for the -- for the tweet from the police department. look at that. somewhat ridiculous. northbound 280. i will tell you what's happening in the south bay, all of the freeways -- let's go to the maps. southbound 101 here great america parkway, they just cleared a crash out there for a long time. look at all of the slow traffic on 101, people are using other freeways to get around this traffic. northbound 880 at whipple, there is a crash very slow. if you are driving in san mateo, slow traffic through redwood city as you head south. we're looking at the commute into san francisco, westbound bay bridge, doesn't look too bad. you've heard that the giants swept the cubs. you won't have to worry about giants' traffic. but today should be easier into the south of market area. let's go to steve. well, we had sunny skies, mostly sunny but now they've kind of turned partly sunny, partly cloudy. some of this cloud cover left over from the system. very, very chilly. our system is mobbing out. higher pressure is moving in. but we are peat going -- we're getting some of those buildups already. a westerly or northwesterly breeze. mid-50s, mainly for everybody. consistent across the board. north bay, peninsula, east bay, it doesn't matter. had system is spinning into northern nevada. a lot -- numerous reports of not only hey from redding and red bluff all way into the mother lode an grass valley. a record rainfall, 3 inches. cretent city had an inch. pretty good punch to the hospital -- to the system. a weak area of high pressure is trying to move in. just gradual warming. not a lot. partly sunny, partly cloudy, mostly sunny and a breezy afternoon. only a almost bit warmer compared to yesterday. already we're starting to see some of those partly cloudy skies as that system just developing and -- develops and leaves behind a few clouds. 50, 60s, and os. fairfield, 71. novato 70 -- and 70s. fair field, 71. novato -- fairfield, 71. novato 70. livermore only 70. same for morgan hill. san jose partly cloudy only 68 and breezy. same for cupertino, sunnyvale, cruz in there -- santa cruz in there. upper os, low 70s. the giants are in san francisco, but the as are still home. breezy, cool. as temperatures cool off. cool morning on wednesday but warmer and then another system moves into the north. we clear it out friday. the weekend is looking better. it will be warmer with os and 80s. it is 8:42. a school in oakland is under scrutiny in morning -- this morning after students say they were asked for -- ask for money at the b.a.r.t. station for tuition. >> reporter: we're live in alameda. find out why this year turnout for voting is extremely low. graduate, now that your journey begins, you're going to need a powerful connection ! felicidaaaadeeeees ! with this droid 4 by motorola on verizon 4g lte, you can stay in touch on skype with your loved ones. staying connected with your family... ... in more places, on america's largest 4g lte network. that's real value ! get $100 off any motorola 4g lte smartphone, like the droid 4 now just $99.99. verizon. felicidades ! ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] go from being on the road to being on vacation. hilton honors. the guest loyalty program with over thirty-eight hundred hotels worldwide. really struggling for direction this morningp there is encouraging day da in the industry which includes retail an restaurants but europe, boy, still on everyone's mind as world finance chiefs hold an emergency conference call today to discuss how to avoid going over a financial cliff. taking a live look at the big board, the dow is down 16. the nasdaq is up 3. s&p up 2. starbucks is buying the la boulange company. they are looking for a way to expand their food offering. they call this a natural match. the items should start showing up in the starbucks' stores in a couple of months. starbucks is paying $100 million for the store chain. let's bring you up to date on tom of the other top stories we're following for you right -- some of the other top stories we're following for you right now -- police arrested a man suspected of stealing a car and firing shots at an alameda county sheriff's deputy. police say the suspect barricaded himself on a home on high street. three hostages were released earlier. no one was hurt. just about an hour ago, we showed you this -- we took you live to london. there's queen elizabeth, wrapping up her diamond jubilee celebration. she appeared on the balcony of buckingham palace. there was this very special flyover. and the polls have been open for almost two hours now. the officials expect a low turnout, with only 35% of the voters expected to cast their ballots. tara moriarty is in oakland to tell us more about some of the differences in this year's election. we're here at the courthouse. folks inside the court hours will probably be up until 2:00 a.m. counting ballots. we were in berkeley at the live oak community center as the first voters cast their ballots. more than 17 million people are registered to vote in california but own 6 million are expected to vote. the lowest turnout ever. >> so there's nothing really hotly contest on this ballot. so people just don't get interested. and if you contrast it to 2008 when we had a very closely contested presidential race, we had people wrapped around the building waiting to vote. today we have two or three people inside voting. new this year, alameda county has added two new languages, vietnamese and tagalog. depending upon what happens today, you could see two republicans or two democrats, squaring off this the -- in the november election. live from oakland, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. you can find all of the latest election news on our channel 2 website, ktvu.com. there will also be realtime results on the home page and in the politics section. well, dozens of california government agencies are in trouble with the state controller. they failed to file public payroll figures. one example, the solano county water agency. government agencies are supposed to file a report ef-- every year. the administrative services manager says she just forgot but that won't happen again. >> i have put a reminder on my calendar to file the report every year. >> this is taxpayer funded positions. this is their money at work. as you can imagine there's extra focus on the salary of government employees. some city officials were earning as much as 800,000. new questions this morning, surrounding a west oakland church school. california watts report that some students have pulled their students out of the private school. some former students say they were verbally and physically abused including being hit with the belt or having objects thrown at them. others say they were forced to ask for money at b.a.r.t. stations. also documents reportedly the school inflated the numbers to get more tax payer money. this is video of jerry sandusky arriving at a pennsylvania courthouse in the morning. the former coach is accused of sexually abusing ten days over 15 years. the judge told potential jurors today they would not be see quest terred in selected. yesterday they ruled that the victims will have to testify using their real name. he's pleaded not guilty. 8:50. yoran slander -- yoran shander sloat won't be extradited here to the u.s. unless he finishes his 28-year sentence for killing stephany flores. van der sloot was arrested but everrer -- never charged -- charged in the case. peru's supreme court says van der sloot will have to finish his sentence before he can be extradited here in the united states. the man accused of killing unarmed teenaged trayvon martin said he was confused when he allowed his wife lead misleading figures. george zimmerman was out on bond. but the judge ordered him back. zimmerman turned himself back into the semiknow county jail on sunday. his lawyer now plans to seek a new bond hearing. nine minutes before 9:00. it's a new trend among commuters all over the country. the reason more people are choosing buses and trains over the comfort of their cars. and we're looking live at traffic. sal will have one more look at the morning 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