well, good morning to you. i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's wednesday, june 13th. let's go straight to sal, we're looking at downed power lines. >> wean winston and amador, right in front -- between winston and amador right in front of the county buildings here. the street is completely shut down because of the power lines. this area is heavily is -- heavy is traveled in the morning. it's a way to get to some of the government buildings and the courthouse, well, you can't do that today. this will be a big problem for you this morning if you are driving through there or need to get there. many areas are without power. they've given us an estimate and say the power should be restored by about -- by about 8:30. so another hour and a half. we'll have more from the scene coming up at 7:01. let's go back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. an arson investigation on the peninsula, a suspicious fire caused major damage to a redwood city apartment complex and left dozens of people homeless. lorraine blanco joins us live. you just spoke to a fire victim. >> reporter: yes, i did. i just spoke to a boy who escaped the fire this morning. he said bad things have happened to cars in this area before but nothing like this. you can see the investigation is still going on behind me where you see those charred cars in a carport. the battalion chief say there is a couple of things that make this suspicious. a few cars began to burn at one time. two units were destroyed here. another six units have water damage. this man says he grabbed his two sisters and department have time to take anything else. >> i ran outside. three cars blew up at the same time. and then i -- i was standing in the middle and i yelled to everybody, get out! and my mom -- i told my mom to call the firefighters. >> reporter: sadly, jose also told us a neighbor's dog died in the fire. the american red cross is helping families with food and shelter. no injuries reported. 27 people got out safely. five cars were destroyed. they say more cars have some type of damage. lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. a boy was shot and killed right in front of an elementary school in san jose. police say the boy was walking outside of rocket mosaic elementary school when someone in a car opened fire. he was shot several times and died at the scene. this happened at 6:20 yesterday evening. investigators remained on the scene in the night. neighbors say the area is known for gang activity. there's still no motive in the shooting and no arrests have been made. the parents are clinging to hope -- the parents of sierra lamar are clinging to hope their daughter is alive. they will be announcing that they are raising the reward. there will be an announcement about how the reward has changed and the criteria. neighbor nurses are getting ready to strike. tara moriarty is outside of alta bates summit center. there will be a picket line there. >> reporter: that's right. you can see them walking in circles there. they just started chanting here. more than 4400 nurses expected to be on the picket lines for a one-day strike throughout the bay area. one of the hospitals in oakland. their contract expired last summer. neighbors say they are upset because their company wants to take away large portions of their long-standing contracts. >> they are taking away from the nurses our benefits and what we already have. we know for a fact that the hospital corporations did not take a hit with the recession. they are taking advantage of this -- of this opportunity when people are down. >> reporter: now, a sutter health advertisement says nurses on average make $136,000 a year. >> the union is asking for new costly benefits like double- digit wage increases and free healthcare for life that would increase the cost of healthcare by thousands of dollars. >> reporter: now, the hospital says it will not be making any comment until 9:00 this morning. sutter has hired replacement nurses but they had to do so for five days. so when these nurses get off strike, they won't able to return to their jobs right away. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, tara. here is a map of the hospitals that are affected by this one- day walkout. three alta bates summit facilities in oakland and berkeley. mills in bur langton and -- in burlington and san mateo. sutter delta in antioch, sutter solano in vallejo and novato community hospital. nurses are walking out of petaluma community hospital, which, by the way, is not sutter owned. well, the controversial project to revamp a vallejo park is due to be completed this weekend. last summer, neighbors camped out for three months. they were protesting the project because they believe that park includes an ancient burial ground. the group left when the park district craps planned for new bathrooms and handicapped parking. however, some of the activities are still concerned about some of the trees out there. they plan to revisit this saturday. we want to check in with sal again regarding the power lines. i imagine that's causing some power problems. >> that's light, if you are driving toward the government building. this power line came down. not sure how it did. but we did see the broken power line between winton and amador street. that street is blocked off by hayward police. the power is out for a lot of residents in hayward. these day your power is out and you get -- these days if your wow is out and you -- if your power is out and if you have a friend who lives in this area of hayward, you may want to give them a wakeup call and they are gonna be late. let's take a look at some some other pictures from traffic. bay bridge toll plaza that's backed up for about a 10 to 15- minute delay. no major problems getting into san francisco. livermore sal valley getting busy use on 508 coming in from tracy to livermore. it gets better by dublin. across the bay to the hayward/san mateo bridge area, that looks pretty good. and in santa clara area, pockets to sunnyvale, hello, steve. >> hello, sal. >> look, the sun is right behind you. >> oh, that thing. the future is so bright -- well, unless you have fog and there's a lot of fog out there. a who couple of report reports coming in -- a couple of reports coming in it's foggy. cooler for all today. fog, drizzle, sunny, breezy. local drizzle, too, out toward the coast. there's been some reports. cooling trend started for most. it will be for everybody today. concord, 898. not today. right at 80 for concord, the city from 71 to 62. remember, on sunday, san francisco was 82 degrees. daly city, 63. today, 58 degrees. big, old fog bank. in fact, set for almost -- sonoma county, i kid you not from seattle to san diego. it looks like it's rather solid. sonoma coast is pulls off. westerly southwesterly, any way you slice it. it's a sea breeze direction. it's definitely cranked out. it will be with us. kind of breezy, windy in spots already. we'll see a decrease in that. some of that fog heads back to the coast. 50 in san francisco, 57 san jose. san jose is cloudy. now the three web cameras from the san jose meteorology department, all cloudy. fog, sun, cooler today. fog, drizzle in the morning. a little breezy, blustery at times. the wind cranks up out toward the delta. 60s, 70s, 80s. coming down from those in the mid-90s. still, it's really tough once you get the heat established to cool off areas out towards solano, contra costa county. it will be cool for many. alameda 64. 75 san jose. 68 santa cruz. 50s on much of the san mateo coast. 60s in the city. south san francisco or peninsula, mainly upper 60s and not too much fog. i don't see much change on thursday. tori and dave? >> all right. thank you, steve. happening right now -- j.p. morgan chase ceo jamie die mon is testifying before the -- dimon is testifying before the committee about the $2 billion trading loss. coming up, the apology he's expected to give the senators. a ucsf employee accused of stealing $1,000 from a fund to benefit transplant patients is due back in court today. the 30-year-old has pleaded not guilty to grand theft charges. according to the chronicle, she used to work pass a campus finance manager and allegedly faked more than 30 reimbursements for travel, phone calls and dog care. her bail is set at $100,000. arizona has a new congressman this morning, at least for now. why the victory by gabby giffords' former aide is only guaranteed in the seat for five months. we'll give you a rare look what we found inside an abandoned home in the east bay and why neighbors were so released, squatters were supposed to leave. and the arrest of a mexican drug cartel. the reason this went down at a horse farm in oklahoma. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ 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. for some, waking up to sunshine. for others, there's fog and even for a few there's pretty good drizzle out there. it will an great morning alox the coast and bay. 60s, 70s for most. thank you, steve. russian's foreign minister says providing the syrian government with weapons does not violate any international law and he accused the u.s. of providing weapons to the syrian opposition. yesterday, secretary of state hillary clinton accused russia of escalating the conflict in syria by providing the government with attack helicopters. today, president obama, will meet with israeli president shim mon peres at the white house and -- shimon peres at the white house and he will present him with a medal of freedom honor. peres is being -- is being recognized for his efforts to achieve peace in the middle east. he was not able to attend the white house ceremony last night with the other recipients. fbi agents have arrested the king pin of mexico's largest cartel. they took him into custody yesterday during a raid. they say the cartel laundered a million dollars a month through the breeding of horse races. they nailed the horses after drug cartels and winning several races. 7:15. happening right now, the head of banking giant, j.p. morgan chase, is testifying on capitol hill. ceo jamie dimon will apologize for the $2 billion loss. scott macfarlane is covering the hearing. >> reporter: jamie dimon has taken his seat but has not started yet. that's senator shelby from alabama. this hearing began with protests. [chanting] >> reporter: those protesters escorted out of the room by police. dimon will face tough questions about how this banking giant managed to botch its work and lose $2 billion so quickly. an advanced portion of his testimony will say that he did not have an understanding of the risks they took. >> officials have assured our committee that their firm's stability of our financial system are not in jeopardy at this time. >> reporter: we will expect a fierce debate here. scott macfarlane, ktvu channel 2 news. only on 2, police in antioch arrested several squatters accused of taking over a foreclosed house on parkview court. look at these pictures. on monday, the neighbors asked neighbors put a leash on their pit bulldog but one of them allegedly pulled out a gun instead. police cited them for trespassing. inside the house police found drug paraphernalia, a weapon and also racial slurs written on the walls of the bedroom. >> lot of people moving in and then out and then another couple moves in. it was endless. >> the previous homeowner is still listed on the property records and is still legally responsible for this house. we're learning more about last weekend's deadly shooting in fresno county. investigators say avtar singh killedly wife and two children before turning the gun on himself. natural agents say he's -- federal agents say he's a former officer from india who lived in the u.s. illegally for at least five years. investigators also say he was wanted for murder in his homeland. police still don't have a motive in saturday's killing. the wife of the man who shot and killed trayvon martin in florida is free on $1,000 bond. shelley simmer dna was arrested -- shellie zimmerman was arrested on a perjury charge. just before the bond hearing, bank records show the zimmermans transferred $73,000 from his account to hers. george zimmerman is currently behind bars arthe -- after the judge revoked his bonds. and funeral services will be held -- will be held for tarhonda jones. he she was shot and killed. police say her boyfriend shot and killed her. a warrant has been issued for him. police say he should be considered armed and dangerous. family and friends will gather for a private viewing later on today. a new presidential poll shows that obama's lates have did dropped -- ratings have dropped from 50% to 47%. and president obama has a 1% lead over mitt romney. a former aide to congressman gabrielle giffords won a special election in arizona to finish out her term. >> gabby! gabby! gabby! >> giffords appeared with barber. she hand-picked the aide she wanted to take over. barber will have to run for election in november. arizona's governor is getting ready to enforce her state's controversial immigration law. jan brewer is sending a training video to law enforcement agencies. the video outlines when officers can have reasonable suspicion that someone is in the country illegally. the move comes ahead of a supreme court ruling on the law. the governor wants police to be prepared if the court uphelds it. i saw mist out there. >> yeah! >> steve is coming back. le have your forecast. a north bay park is saved days before it was supposed to close. the reason behind the l.a. -- the last-minute deal. good morning 101 -- good morning. 101 is backed up. we will be right back. dude you don't understand, this is my dad's car. look at the car! my dad's gonna kill me dude... [ male announcer ] the security of a 2012 iihs top safety pick. the volkswagen passat. that's the power of german engineering. right now lease the 2012 passat for $209 a month. visit vwdealer.com today. it is 7:23. the plans billed as an upgrade to put an artificial turf and lighting was approved by two city commissions but now opponents have filed an appeal with the board of supervisors. the group, sf ocean edge, says the environment impact report is inadequate and did not consider alternatives. renovation work is scheduled to start next year. and a deal to save a popular sonoma state work should be finalized went next few weeks -- within the next few weeks. the park is on a hit list of parks scheduled to close in july. supervisors say closing the park would cost the county tourism and increase vand -- vandalism it will be open for at least a year. let's check in with sal. >> most of highway 4 traffic is slow. no problems on the benicia bridge or concord. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza, trying to get into san francisco from oakland. it's gonna be a 15-minute wait. if you are trying to drive on the peninsula or 101, let's go to san jose first northbound 101 has been busy especially between san jose and sunnyvale, fremont traffic at livermore -- and livermore traffic very slow and across the bay over to -- over to highway 101, let's say you are trying to get to daly city or the olympic club. i would say 280 and 101 are not that bad. ler -- remember, the best way to get to the olympic club is to take b.a.r.t. to the kolma station and from there you can get a free shuttle. candlestick, free shuttles from candlestick to the open. let's go to steve. good morning. it will be cooler today for inland areas. even -- boy, there a lot of fog and drizzle. a couple of reports saying it looks like it rained out here. so that means the -- a big drop in the temperatures. some location, sfo fog. west-southwest out to fairfield. it's a good sea breeze for some. low to mid-50s. fog, drizzle. favoring the coast and bay. fog, sun, cooler. a few mid-80s. temperatures coming down about 5, 10 degrees. fog, sun, breezy on thursday. and then a tick turnaround on friday, it looks like it could get very warm very fast. berkeley residents, bashing the city over a proposal to crack down on homelessness. >> just give them the space to hang out. let people be themselves. >> the results of a late-night city council vote. why the mayor believes the orie conditions should -- ordinance should pass. we're inside. sierra lamar search center. we are await thing an announcement from her parents. and people who lost their home may not even know it. really? stealing your roommate's laundry money? i'm starving and i only have a few bucks. that's all you need. i just added four new things to my value menu. try my new chicken nuggets, jr jack, value fries and drink. and right now get them all together for only $3.99. it's called jack's value deal. hey, isn't there suptosed beheanoty?r gu i'll be right there. i'm busy. 7:39. new this morning, the parents of sierra lamar -- announcing -- sierra lamar, announcing the increase of a reward. claudine wong has more. >> reporter: good morning. this is burnett elementary school. it's become known as the sierra search center. the doors do not open for another half-hour for volunteers for a search scheduled to get underway. volunteers are already here to get ready for the search and the atownment that we're expecting at 8:-- announcement that we're expecting at 8:30 this morning. the reward now stands at $25,000. it started at $10,000. in april, sierra's parents announced it went up. now we're being told that steve and marlene lamar will announce another increase, that increase hoping to lead to the successful prosecution for the individual or individuals responsible for the disappearance of sierra lamar. there is one person in custody for her disappearance. antolin garcia-torres is in jail for her disappearance. her family continues to seek answers. again, this morning, there will be another search directly after the announcement by sierra's parents. you can see the signs and the t- shirts and everything, also, again, still holding out hope that she will be rushed safely to them. we'll be here when they make the announcement and we'll bring that to you. live here in morgan hill, claudine wong, channel 2 news. an overnight fire in oakland left a house badly damaged. the fire occurred on wadine place. it started around 2:45. firefighters had problems right away. even though they acted quickly. this home is now unlivable. >> smoke and flames coming from the front. it was under control approximately in ten minutes. at this point, the fire is under investigation. the firefighters tell us, no one was inside at the time. no one was -- this was a vacant house. the red cross will be calling on anyone who did live there. the san francisco fire chief is now questioning pg&e's response to a natural gas explosion that sparked a big fire. it happened yesterday afternoon on san bruno avenue in the portola neighborhood. a gas line ruptured while a welder was doing work under construction. the gas line -- >> pg&e was trying to determine the area where the shut off needed to be. it look longer than i like, yeah. >> i think they need to give an explanation as to why so long. >> reporter: the workers arrived on the scene in 0 minutes. they could not immediately stop the leak because of the flames. the construction worker suffered minor injuries. the bureau of investigation is looking into last september's explosion at membrane technology and research. the blast killed a scientist there. the bureau will consider whether to send the case to prosecutors. 7:33. the continuing controversy in berkeley over a plan that would ban sitting on sidewalks. ♪ >> now, opponents of the idea held this rally outside of berkeley hall. they called on people to stand up for the right to sit down. the measure would ban sitting on sidewalks in commercial areas from 7:00 in the morning until 10:00 at night and violenters could be fined $50. >> mean-spirited, rotten thing to do to people. you talk about quality of life, what kind of quality of life do people have when they spend a lot of time -- >> we would like people to have some respect for the community and realize that sit something not something we want to see what happen. >> and the council voted 6-3 to ask the ordinance to be drafted. council will come back on the sog and they will decide if those issues need to go on the ballot. the city approved a new lower cost pension costs for city employees. city workers hired after july 1st. will have to pay half. that's according to the mercury news. the city council also voted to give retirees, the option of the low-cost plan. the changes come a week after san jose voters approve -- approved pension reform measure b. state budget negotiations continue. but with the friday deadline looming there's still questions about closing the gap. here's more. >> reporter: you are looking at a dozen workers -- a dozen of healthcare workers getting ready for a rally that's expected to draw as many as 5,000 people to the steps of the south capitol. this all happens between governor brown and lawmakers. democratic lawmakers. they disagree. democrats made a lot of cuts to the state budget. the governor said it was not enough and the budget needs more cuts and rom. last night after cuts were cut, the governor decided more needs to be cut, including welfare. democrats said the cuts go too far in a tough john mark. among the california ups who want more reform are anti-- anti-tax groups who are prepared to spend million millions of dollars to defeat the -- to defeat the governor's plan. >> if this comes through, we don't think there ll be another need for this. >> california's people with disabilities have been at the forefront of cut, to years. and they've had enough. >> reporter: as the home health care continues, lawmakers say they are very close to passing a budget even if they are not close to reaching a deal with governor brown. it remains to be seen if the governor will end up vetoing of what lawmakers expect to -- vetoing lawmakers. back to you. a new detail about so inlin draw -- solyndra. 1900 employees were let go. at first it was reported that 1100 were laid off. but 800 jobs were -- 800 -- were lost. the jury in the roger clemens perjury trial resumes deliberations this afternoon. they were weighing evidence for about 15 minutes yesterday before being dismissed for the day. the former star -- the former baseball star is accused of lying for using -- about using steroids. 7:39. police in the east bay are looking for the heartless thief who targeted a couple on their wedding night. it happened this past weekend while the newly weds were spending the night at a hotel in union city. investigators say the thief spotted their rental car in the hotel parking lot with the words "just married" on the window. the thief smashed the window and took off with all of the gifts, the groom's tuxedo and the bride's wedding dress. the u.s. government has given organizers the green light to allow nearly 61,000 people to attend this year, othersers must keep a close crowd watch where there could be tough new restrictions. a couple of my friends go there and they just love it. >> i know you are -- i know you are watching the whole commute but you are looking at the it -- we can woe with's's going to -- we can expect we're going orders walnut creek and it's not that bad. 80 between pinole and richmond. across the bray, the u.s. open, today another practice round there at the olympic club expect delays in the area. any are not getting you -- they are not letting you get very close to it. the best way to get there is to take b.a.r.t. up to the olympic station. northbound 280. that traffic moves well. 101 is not bad either. 101 is getting busier through sunnyvale. this is a look at earlier video from power lines between winton and am ma door street r right in front of the county government buildings. they are estimating power to be back on about 8:30 this morning. steve, the twitter nation is awake? >> they've been very good weatherwise. >> they are. >> yes. thank you. spweather, by the way, for information calmle information. well, the to be is -- fog is back in a big way. cooler today, concord 89. there is a lot more fog today than we've seen in the past few mornings. high-pressure system that gave us the warm up on the weekend has backed off a little bit. temperatures have cooled off. i've stein 5, 10 degrees cooler on the higher elevations. there are signs that we'll get a rapid warmup especially towards saturday. we'll see if that develops. but that's the sign there. all signs point to a cooler pattern. and we'll have 60s, 70s and 80s. locations coming down a good 5, 0 areas. pleasanton, livermore, castro valley. 68, 65. 75. santa clara. upper 60s, low 70s. noster city. san mateo menlo park, palo alto, not much change on thursday. mostly sunny but getting warmer on friday. if everything continues to come in as advertised, a north northeast wind on the weekend. >> the final practice round has just gotten underway before the real competition kicks off. the gates are pope and golfers tee off -- open and golfers tee off between 7:00 and 3:00. you can see them. we found fathers and sons. >> it was really important, especially with father's day coming up. it's the first time he's been to an event. it was good to spend quality time with hill. a new development involving -- him. a new development involving ross mirkarimi's wife who is supposed to return to the bay area this weekend. and casey anthony breaks her silence. how she's trying to set the record straight after the death of her daughter. stocks are flat from mixed news coming out about the debt crisis in europe. taking a live look at the big board, the dow has turned around. it's now up 4. nasdaq is up 6. s&p up 1.5. 7:47. happening now -- more disturbing testimony expected today on day three of the jerry sandusky child molestation child. renny marsh is live -- renee marsh is live from pennsylvania. >> reporter: absolutely, dave recall good morning. dave. good morning. victim number 10 has already told the jury that san duskfy forced him into several -- sandusky forced him into several sex acts, at least ten times. tuesday, 18-year-old alleged victim number one gave raw testimony. sandusky watched and listened, observers say, without emotion, as the talk -- accuser told the jury "at first he would kiss me on the forehead good night and then on the cheek and then rubbing my back." he said his hands rubbed underneath his shorts and then he would put his mouth on my privates." mcqueary says he reported the incident where he saw sandusky showering with a boy to the officials but not police. prosecutors made new ailbations that a penn state administrator kept a file of the reported activities and prosecutors say gary schultz, a former vice president, allegedly withheld the file during the investigation. they say e-mails contradict what schultz and curley told the jury. both men have pleaded not guilty to the charges of perjury. we've heard from vick number ten. we now know that individual's foster mother is now on the stand. if you remember the assistant football coach who gave that testimony who gave his testimony, well, his father if -- well, his father was there. we're hearing more details about what victim number 10 happened between him and sandusky. the victim, 5 years old, married,ly wife is -- the victim 55 years old. he testified that jerry sandusky testified -- he testified that jerry sandusky touched him in the pool at home and said that he pulled down hicks pants and he said that jerry sandusky then performed oral sex on him. this is when -- his pants and he said that jerry sandusky then performed oral sex on him. now when we talk about the testimony from mcqueary's father, he pretty much reiterated what we heard and he said he wents -- he said he witnessed a boy in the showers. a foster individual is on the stand pretty up echoing what one of the victims said to the jury. they are hearing more emotional, intense, very graphic details. >> ty for that report. 7:51. casey anthony acquitted in the death of her 2-year-old daughter is now speaking out. she spoke with phone by pierce morgan -- by piers morgan. hera says -- her lawyer says she stays inside cooking. she's watching tv. and she read a lot. >> she's in a different prison. she's not in a 23 -- 23, 24- hour-a--day lockdown. she's in a home where she cannot go outsaid. she was convicted of lying to investigators but she got credit for time served. and then an incredible story, a toddler from texas recovering from injuries after being reject -- after being ejected from an suv. you can see an 18-month-old girl being thrown from the vehicle and then getting up on her own feet right after it happened. look at that circle on the screen. the woman inside the suv jumped out, gets the toddler out of the road. the father and the baby's mother have been arrested. the panel will set the final legal ground rules for determining the fate of ross mirkarimi. next week, the city supervisors will ultimately decide whether mirkarimi should be permanently removed from office. and once again, mirkarimi's wife is trying to extend her stay in venezuela. in march, she left san francisco with the 3-year-old son to cake for her sick father. the latest deadline to return home is this saturday. but she's expected to ask the judge if she can stay there for a few more months. really strange story from berlin. a boy found in a forest. how long he says he's been living in the child. we've learned two drive-by shooting victims in antioch will survive their injuries. the contra costa times reports an officer found the men bleeding in this car on wilbur avenue around 8:00 last (they were taken to a wall nate creek hospital where they are expected to recover. police are not getting straight answers. the men are reportedly giving conflicting testimony. a new tool for catching criminals. police now have an anonymous crime tip program called tip shot. it lets anyone text or e-mail in tips which are then routed for a through server in canada and sent to police without revealing the information. police are using money seized by criminals to pay for this program. arson suspects arrested in san francisco, why this case raised concerns about massive transit. redwood city fire firefighters are checking on a fire that they say is suspicious. ♪ ♪ we were skipping stones ♪ and letting go ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature valley, we know nature comes together in amazing ways. that's why we bring together natural ingredients, like dark chocolate with toasted oats, or sweet golden honey. perfect combinations of nature's delicious ingredients, from nature valley. ♪ ♪ i was thinking that i hope this never ends ♪ [ female announcer ] nature valley granola bars, nature at its most delicious. good morning. welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> good morning. i'm dave clark. it's wednesday, june 13th. we're beginning with overnight news. an arson investigation on the peninsula. a suspicious fire caused major damage to a redwood city apartment complex and dozens of people were left homeless. lorraine blanco has been out there since 4:30. thatter is a new development. in fact, this just happened a few minutes ago. what do you know, lorraine? >> reporter: well, clave a, forensic man from the san mateo county sheriff's department arrived here moments ago. the investigation is going on behind this alley where you can see the charred remains of several cars. investigators say the fire started here, with up to five cars bumping at the sale time. redwood city police say the flames spread from 12:30 a.m. it destroyed 12 unis. the other units have smoke and fire damage. one fire victim says he is sad because his neighbor's chihuahua didn't make it. >> when the guy tried to get him out, he hid under the bed and he just died there. >> reporter: the american red cross is helping families with food and shelter at a nearby community center. no injuries reported. 27 people got out safely on their own. as for their cars, five are a complete loss on the -- almost a dozen cars have some type of fire damage this morning. two people were arrested by san francisco police for a suspected arson at a muni station. now, it happened around 4:00 this morning at the castro muni station at market and castro. no one was hurt. service was not affected. arson investigators rushed to the scene. they are looking into what may have caused the fire. well, san jose police say, several apparently unreason lated assaults have one -- unrelated assaults have one thing in common -- none of the victims will cooperate with police. in each case, investigators say the victims would not describe the suspect or say what -- or say what may have prompted the attack. all of the victims are expected to survive. happening now, nurses from 11 bay area hospitals are out on the picket lines. nurses walked off the job about an hour ago. >> reporter: they are really getting going right now. they are chanting and they've beenened haing out -- they've been handing out these fliers saying we're in the same boat you are. let's all stick together. moor than 4400 nurses now on strike throughout the bay area. [chanting] >> reporter: the nurses have held similar walkouts in december, november and may. this say they are upset bau the company wants to take away large portions of their contract. the up upsays sutter wants unprecedent cuts. >> taking away almost $30,000 from each nurse, taking away the opportunities that we work so very -- that we work so very hard for and for them to think they can do that is really, really unfair. the hospital did issue a state this morning saying we want to -- we want to assure our payments and community that we are prepared to deliver high quality care. striking news won't be able to return right away. back in does, a patient did care under the repair of a replacement work. >> live in oakland tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. here is a list of the hospitals affected -- the american red cross is issuing an urgent plea for blood donations. they say supplies in the bay area have dropped to critically low levels. the blood banks especially need o positive, o negative, b negative, blood types. eligible donors can go to the website to donate blood. san francisco mayor ed lee is in orlando, florida for a gathering of players. he's at the u.s. conference of mayors in orlando. it starts today and runs until saturday. mayor lee will be talking about job growth and will be attending a speech by joe biden. into well, san francisco muni on rayers want more bathrooms for their drivers to use. they are also planning to add three more portable restrooms for any of those facilities to be available. right now almost half of the muni temperatures that they -- muni doesn't have vehicle for them to drive. this is highway 46789 it's mup. it's busy here. it's also busy in here and concord creek. if you are moving across the -- across to the 24 commute between wall night creek and oakland. it's -- a live picture of the welcome back. it's crowded for at least a 15- foot to 20-minute delay. &c%c1 on one 0 -- on 101 is looks pretty good. 280 is better. the traffic is busiest on 101 through sunnyvale. and 807. it's a little overcast outside. >> yes, it is. there's some locations, inrant and even some on the coast that have some sun but there is a lot of fog. a lot of the fog perspectives coming in -- verying very foggy. now, the sonoma coast used to be -- looks to be fog free. although this looks like a day- day event. kind of a roller coaster ride between monday, wednesday and what -- and what looks to be another wet friday. it 50s, one 60 there. that's fairfield. a couple of days ago. i think they were 68. temperatures arele to much fog -- temperatures today. too much fog, too much of a westerly -- -- with a westerly breeze. it will be cooler. fog, drizzle, gives way to partly cloudy, partly sunny skies by the coast 50ssh 60s, 70s and low to med 0. fog, sun, breezy on thursday. start to turn things around. and then all signs point to a definite knit warm up on the weekend. a plan to develop the former oakland army ways is, -- dash army base is one step -- oakland army base is one step closer to reality for theport of oakland. community leeers said they need to make sure the $1 billion gives city residents. the companies that came up with the working waterfront proposal have promised half of the jobs will go to oakland residents. and another bay area could soon be a new park. a new government agency approved repairing all of the buildings at the alma dunn station -- allahdunn station. that does not include mount umunhum. 8:106789 developing news. new --le a -- 8:10. developing news. new information at a hospital. the head of a huge bank making a surprising statement to congress. i should be arrested for crimes against potted plant-kind. [ clang ] my house is where plants came to die. ♪ but, it turns out all i was missing was miracle-gro potting mix. it's got what a plant needs. even plant food that feeds them for up to 6 months. you get bigger, more beautiful plants. guaranteed. who's got two green thumbs thanks to miracle-gro? uh, this gal. boom! everyone grows with miracle-gro. cooler today. it will be sunny and mild to warm for some. not as hot as the past couple of days. a lot of low clouds and fog mean 50s and 60s around the bay. 8:13. in iraq, more than 65 people have been killed in a series of car bombings targeting shiite pill grills. the bombs went off as hundreds of thousands of shiites began an annual pilgrimage commemorating the death of a shiite saint. bombs went off rocketing that country. it was one of the deadlyist attacks since american troops pulled out. now, russian's foreign minister is defending its sale of weapons to syria. providing the country with weapons does not violent laws and accused of u.s. of giving weapons to the ompope sigs. yesterday, hillary clinton accused russia of escalating the conflict in syria. today, president obama, will meet with israeli shimon peres at the white house. tonight he will present the president will a medal of freem. president peres is being regular niced for his efforts to reach peace in the middle east. he was not able to be at the awards ceremony last night at the white house with the other recipients. we have developing news from buffalo, new york. a hospital is under lockdown after a woman was shot and killed. s.w.a.t. teams have cordoned off the complex. the shooting happened inside a building for outpatient services. police have identified a 45- year-old man as a person of from the. this -- as a person of interest. they are looking for him. well, the ceo of banking giant j.p. morgan chase has just apologized to congress. scott mack far lane report, jamie dimon the, the ceo, is trying to explain the bank's $2 billion loss earlier this year. >> j.p. morgan's head hahn cho said a poorly reviewed, poorly monitored, poorly executed strategy is responsible for the bank losing so much money so quickly this year. before he spoke, protesters pushed to the front of the room. [chanting] >> reporter: about a half-dozen protesters were escorted out of the room you see on your screen by the police. dimon is trying to push back against regulations, stiffer government rules against the banking industry. we'll not make light of these losses but they should be put into perspective. we'll lose some of the shareholder's money and for that we feel terrible. >> reporter: he also said there might be clawbacks, meaning the executives responsible for these trades could lose some of their pay. back to you. 8:17. a ucsf employee who is accused of stealing $17,000 from a fund that helped transplant is due back in court -- due back in court today. he's entered a plea of not guilty to grand theft charges. according to the chronicle she used to work as a campus financier for the hospital. she allegedly faked $3,000 in agency -- $30,000 in expenses. 8:17. in november, california voters will decide whether to retire choir special labels for genetically modified foods. last month, the california right to know campaign turned in half a mine signed petitions. this week certified the measure. the bill would require any vegetables or roots. if passed, it would be the knit of -- it could be the -- it would be the first of its kind. this morning we're finding out some of the new alternatives. the internet corporation for assigned names received more than 1900 proposals for new suffixes. some of the requests are dot pizza and dot space. the suffixes are not chief. it cost $130,000 just to propose one and the -- and they must hold onto the name for at least ten years and it cost $250,000. experts -- experts say teens who are not able to get sulker jobing don't get basic sales -- to get summer jobs don't get basic skills. that's daisy, the dog. she was just a puppy when amanda left for a six-month deployment for the air force. amanda was not expecting this restriction and says you know what? it's the best feeling in the whole world. that video has been played more than 4 million times since it was posted on youtube this month. >> that's adorable. i have a soft spot for beagle. we had a beagle. alfred. he recently won a $2 million jackpot. but the luck has run out for one california wayneer. california winner. good morning. traffic is doing pretty well in many areas. but it's still slowing down on parts of the contra costa commute. we'll be back with more. sweet! 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[ meow ] [ male announcer ] another example of volkswagen quality. that's the power of german engineering. right now lease the 2012 jetta for $159 a month. visit vwdealer.com today. a man from yuba county who won $2 million in the lottery has been charged with possession of stolen property. 30-year-old john ross junior won the jackpot back in february. but he was recently arrested after deputies say he helped a woman from hayward hide and fix up a stolen car. ross denies the allegations. >> did you know the car was stolen? >> no. >> you just kind of got caught up -- >> i worked with somebody who was stranded in the road and they say i stole the road. >> since wing the lottery, ross has purchased several cars and even a boat. he lives with his parents who says he plans to buy his own parents -- own house soon and buy a business. he's due back in court this month. let's check in with sal and see how lucky next are on the road. it's about a ten to 15- minute wait before you make it on the bridge. it's busy on 237. i want to mention that in the south bay. we do have a couple of crashes. northbound 85 just before saratoga avenue. this crash has been there for a while now. but it did slow traffic. expect delays on sky line because of the u.s. open at the olympic club. if you are going to the open, take b.a.r.t. to the coma -- colma station and then take the free shuttle. that's the best way to get there. let's check in with steve. >> okay. good morning, sal. parts of the coast are fog free. sonoma coast is one of them. some of that fog produced pretty good drizzle. everything points to a rapid cooling turn around. for most location, they are dealing with a lot of fog. the system in the north is gonna drop the pressure system down. today, i think the fog wins out. that means 50, 60s, os or low to mid-80s. not much of a change. thursday i think we'll start off with friday. a horrifying discovery at a california school what students found when they walked into class. and volunteers of the center are getting -- are getting ready to go out. you can see the father of sierra lamar. he's getting ready to make a major announcement of the reward and who would get that reward. and the naked truth. a battle to swim in the buff. the california nude beach that's right at the center of a controversy. when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. oh. oh look the lion is out! no mommy no! don't worry honey, it only works on checks. deposit checks from your smartphone with chase quickdeposit. just snap a picture, hit send and done. take a step forward and chase what matters. new this morning, the parents of sierra lamar are still clicking to hope their daughter will be found alive. they are announcing another increase in the reward money. claudine wong live in morgan hill right now as the announcement is getting underway. so what do you know, claudine? >> reporter: well, this is the sierra search center where everything has been headquartered. take a look. you can see the folks in the yellow. they are the volunteers getting ready to lead out on searches. they've been sectioned off in challenging, easy, medium, in terms of what kind of terrain, they will be searching. you see the father of sierra lamar. i just talked to him. we are expecting an announcement from her father. we expect the reward to go up from $5,000. we expect him to announce -- from $25,000. we expect him to announce a change in the amount and also the wording around who would get it. now focusing on the safe return or the successful prosecution for whoever is responsible for taking her. there is one person right now in custody, antolin garcia- torres, who is now charged with kidnap and taking sierra lamar. here's steve lamar coming over to make this announcement. hopefully we can just listen in as they make the shift of change in the reward. we want to give him the microphone here so you can hear what sierra lamar's father has to say this morning. >> good morning. >> good morning, everyone. >> good morning. >> danielle and i and marlene's here in spirit, we're here to make an announcement on the reward. first of all, before we go on with that, i want to make sure i thank all of the volunteers you see behind me. >> it's been almost three months now. we have a lot of supporters and dedicated people who have stuck from us -- who have stuck with us from the beginning. i wanted to make sure i thank all of them. concerning the reward, last week we changed the terms. we didn't make a statement on that. we sent out a press release. the terms we've added not only the reward goes to anyone who give us information to bring sierra back home to us but we also added anyone that gives us information that leads to successful prosecution of anyone who -- any individual or individuals responsible for sierra's disappearance. beadded that last week -- we added that last week. i wanted to make sure i emphasized that. this morning we're going to increase -- increase the reward amount from $25,000 to $35,000. you will notice it says "abducted" missing and -- we're added a picture of the car because we still want people to come forward if they have any information on this car, the occupants of the car especially at the time sierra went missing march 16th. we've included that as well. these are our new fliers. so we are hoping that this -- as we've said all along, we're hoping that this will motivate someone who has been reluctant to come forward to come forward and give us information because we really want sierra back home with us. that's our focus. that's our main goal. that's what we are -- that's what we're working on. we want anyone who does any information who comes forward -- >> can you talk about the why the decision to change the wording came now -- came hout now? >> -- came out now? >> well, we wanted to make sure that we included -- that we included in that. >> can you talk about the reward amount and where -- >> yeah, that's been from donation, one significant denation from one party. that's primarily the way -- we have online donations. we've had a lot of donation. a lot of times during this last three months, we've had a number of increases of tips coming in. some of them are useless, some of them are not. hopefully this will generate some useful tips. >> steve, how are you? i know -- how are you -- how you are and the family holding up? >> better these days. >> you've been watching live a press conference for sierra lamar. they've increased the reward money from $25,000 to $35,000. they are still not giving up. they are continuing to have searches to go out and look for her even though there is a person who has been charged with her diking -- kidnapping and killing, antolin garcia- torres. claudine wong is down there at the press conference and will have more for us later on on ktvu. 8:36. a 17-year-old boy was shot and killed in san jose yesterday right in front of an elementary school. police say the boy was walking outside, rocket -- at rocketship mosaic elementary school when someone began shooting. the victim was shot several times and he died at the scene. this happened at 7:20 yesterday evening. a southern california teacher was found dead in her classroom. her students found her body yesterday morning when a security officer opened their middle school classroom in victorville. the security officer quickly escorted the officer out of the room. authorities say the 40-year-old teacher most likely died from natural causes. they are got -- they are the -- they are not exactly sure how she died and they hope an autopsy will answer all of their questions. funeral services will be held for tarhonda jones. a warrant has been issued for her boyfriend. police say he should be considered armed and dangerous. family and friends of the young women will gather for a private viewing laker on this afternoon. 8:38. happening right now, thousands of bay area nurses are walking picket lines at several locations. tara moriarty has been -- has more. >> reporter: they are saying that sutter has been getting top dollar but they say their patients and nurses are being left behind. >> what do we want? >> contract! >> when do we want it? >> now! >> reporter: the union says sutter health wants unprecedented cuts in pay and health. >> they want more than 100 takeaways in our benefits, which includes our sick time and that's so ridiculous thinking that nurses could work without sick time. the hospital did issue a statement saying we want to assure our patients and during the community that -- that -- that during a strike -- >> reporter: now, back in september, you may remember a patient died at this hospital under the care of a replacement nurse when she allegedly gave the patient a nonprescribed dose of medication that turned out to be lethal. now, hospital officials are planning to talk to the media in a couple of minutes. there are nine rallies scheduled throughout the bay area today all the way from here up to petaluma and vallejo. we'll let you know what officials -- we'll let you know what hospital officials have to say coming up in a few minutes. we want to check in with sal. >> delay us expected near the -- for the u.s. o'at the olympic -- u.s. open at the olympic club. beat is the best way to get there. at -- b.a.r.t. is the best way to get there. let's go to steve. there's more fog than we've seen in a while. a lot of drizzle. but the sun is breaking through on some of that. i had a tweet from tiburon saying it's dreary, man. where is that sun? it's not that far. san jose, from 85 to 75. the city, 71 to 62. and daly city from 63 to 58. some of the fog there, rather stubborn. we do have a sea breeze, though. 50s an 60s on the terp -- 50s and 60s. on the temperatures. >> hot, cooler, fog, sun, cooler. sunny, breezy, 60s, 70s. 80 concord. 2 pleasanton, 81 livermore, 84 morgan hill. 74, 72 menlo park. 70 san mateo and 58 -- 59 half moon bay. friday we start off with fog and then it's gone. a new section of the american river has opened a white water rafting area. however, a long-established nude beach is causing controversial. for years, that beach has been a place for those who want to enjoy nature in the buff. some are questioning whether that beach is appropriate for boat loads of families going by. >> the potential mix between the family rafting trip and the nude beach is obviously gonna create some attention. >> so far, there's a temporary position, the rafters blow their whittles and the people need cover up. the people who lost their home may still not know it. it's day three of the penn state sexual assault trial. how prosecutors are building their case. and fire and police investigating are still looking into clues about what happened in an overnight fire that they are calling suspicious. we'll have more on that -- coming up when "mornings on 2" continues. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ 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. u.s. sales declined, pulled down by a sharp drop by gas prices. and there's another concerned -- concerned about the european debt crisis. italy is having to pay a higher interest rate for the bond. the dow is currently down 11. the nasdaq is up 6. s&p is flat. keep an eye on zinga's stock today. that's the company behind farmville and cityville. right now, it's selling for $5.14. that's up 3% after dropping 10% yesterday. people are playing more games on their mobile devices. and yahoo has a new partner. they will work with cnbc on their finance page. this gives yoo -- yahoo access to a profit-based platform -- broad-based platform. this morning, j.p. morgan so, jamie dimon, right there -- ceo, jamie dimon, right there apologized for the $2 billion loss that rocketed the financial market. those responsible for this loss will probably lose some of their pay. russia denies u.s. claims that they provided weapons for air systems. and back here at home, a suspicious apartment fire in redwood city left dozens of people homeless. lorraine blanco has been on this since 4:30 this morning. what do you know? >> reporter: he says there's exnsive water and smoke damage. some may have to find a different place to live. there's several police and fire investigators still on scene, all looking for clues and evidence of arson. investigators think the fire started with the five cars burning simultaneously. they think the flames spread from the carport to the apartment building above. this building is unlivable. >> they have gone through everything. they have put together the pieces of the puzzle. >> reporter: the american red cross is helping families with food and shelter. the apartments are no longer available to them. they have no power and no gas. reporting live in redwood city, lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:49. an overnight fire in oakland left a house very badly damaged. the fire started about 2:45. >> at this time, the fire is under investigation. >> the firefighters say no one was inside their but this was not a vacant house. they will be calling in the red cross to help anyone who did live there. it's ten minutes before 9:00. people in berkeley could soon vote on a controversial proposal to crackdown on homelessness in the city. ♪ >> opponents of the idea held a rally and,ed people to stand up for the right to sit down. the measure would ban sitting on sidewalks in commercial areas from 7:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. the violenters would face $-- violenters would face -- violaters would face crimes. >> if you want to give the police a tool to harass on the sidewalks and out of town, just do it. >> we would like to bring those people who are lying there into our services so they can get beyond homelessness. >> the council voted late 6-3 to draft the ordinance. council members return on july 10th to decide whether the measure should go before voters. the satellite launch was pushed back to 9:00 this morning. this is live feed. we're getting this from nasa. look at the bottom. there's the countdown clock at the bottom of your screen. the new star satellite is aboard a rocket that took off from an island in the pacific. >> the satellite will focus on high energy, x-rays and should give us information on what heats up the atmosphere of the sun itself and also help understand black holes and other very difficult things. 8:52. in the jerry sandusky trial, another witness took the witness stand. a short time ago, the witness only identified as victim number 10, took the witness stand. he testified he was 11 years old when he was playing with sandusky who allegedly pinned him down to the ground and sexually assaulted him. sandusky plater -- later apologized saying he loved him. a former coach and victim number one took the stand yesterday. >> i think this case is going to show the world how exceedingly difficult it is for victims of sexual abuse to report that heinous crime. during cross-examination, the defense tried to portray the accuser of someone trying to portray a profit and filing a future lawsuit. san jose city leaders continue to chip april way at pension reform. the -- chip april way at pension reform -- to chip away at pension reform. we're looking live outside. sal will take a fine at look at the commute. at-- a final look at the commute. man: there's a cattle guard, take a right. do you have any idea where you're going ? wherever the wind takes me. this is so off course. nature can surprise you sometimes... next time, you drive. next time, signal your turn. ...that's why we got a subaru. love wherever the road takes you. a 9-1 vote a pension cost was approved, a new one. city employees hired after july 1st, will have to pay half of the cost. that's according to the mercury news. the city council voted the option of lower cost healthcare plans which the city says will save more than $10 million a year. the changes come one week after san jose voters approved pension reform measure b. president obama's approval ratings have fallen their to -- have fall ton their lowest levels since january. romney has pulled within 1% for the race of the white house, 45% to 44%. romney has a campaign appearance in washington, d.c. that's just getting underway. he's scheduled to address the business meeting at the museum. in the evening, he will head to the battleground state of ohio for a fund-raiser. let's checkly -- let's check in with sal. >> still crowded, about a ten to 15-minute wait. steve? >> we do have low clouds around. sunny for some. it will be cooler. 50, 60s coast. it looks like another warmup by the weekend. that's our report for this morning. we do thank you for trusting the news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. >> and be sure to join the news at noon in the sierra lamar case. thank you for joining us. i should be arrested for crimes against potted plant-kind. 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