And good morning everybody. Welcome to mornings on two. Its saturday august 24th. Lets head right over to rosemary for a look at how warm itll get for us today. Its going to be a mild one out there. Even the warmest locations only into the mid80s for the afternoon. At this hour a mix of sun and clouds as we start the day. Temperatures on the cool side, as we get into the afternoon similar temperatures expected from what we felt yesterday and its going to be a nice one in most case. Extended forecast only small changes, we will look at that,ly have your numbers for today coming up. We start with developing news. Oakland Police Gearing up for a search this morning for a child who vanished more than a month ago. Investigators say they may have new information about her possible where abouts. Reporter we expect authorities to start searching just about an hour from now. Somewhere in this location near the college and i want to show you the scene. We are in the parking lot and you can see t
Was inside the home when all this happened, that there was a houseful of children and adults, they were all sleeping when suddenly, they heard rapid gunfire coming from the rear of the home and what happened next just shocked everyone. I wanted to show you what neighbors have been leaving here, happened within the last couple of minutes, people walking up here in tears. Two people were hit and the family identified the littlest victim as 1yearold drew jackson. They call him baby drew. They say he was laying with his dad, 20yearold andrew thomas, who was also shot and both of them tied. Now, this happened around 2 45 in the morning at a home in the neighborhood of Brookfield Village on gormley avenue in east oakland off interstate 880. The aunt says the home was full of family and kids. They have celebrated a birthday. They say that thomas was in town from fresno, actually grew up in oakland, here to attend the funeral of another relative Reporter Police tell us at this point they do no
Grade level, 46 do not complete high school and 51 are unemployed. We are in a crisis. And you know, were calling a call to action. Reporter its gilberts job to find every child in crisis a home. A job that has become more difficult over the last year. We are in the need of the community, homes that could take elder kids. We need homes that are able to take sibling groups. Reporter jasmine eventually found the right home, a nurturing family who would help her get to college and the 21yearold is now unofficially her nephews foster mom with adoption on the horizon. I didnt want to see him str struggle the way i did. I wanted him to know that somebody loved him and would be there for him all the time. Reporter a young woman who defied the statistics and some solution. And in Santa Clara County right now there are 59 homes licensed to provide foster care. That is half as many as there were in the last fiscal year. If you would like to find out how to become a foster parent, log on to our w
So theres plenty of fuel for the fire to use. And once we see those plumes, it will create an environment all to itself. You have got nationwide resources at your service right now. Reporter the u. S. Forest service is doing its best to keep residents informed. But with the fire nowhere near containment, firefighters and residents are feeling overwhelmed. Im pretty smart. If its coming close, im going to leave. But i just dont want to come back and see it gone. Its so beautiful. Reporter shes a nervous wreck wondering if her house will weather this firestorm. Its hard. Its hard. Its really hard. But theres so many good people willing to help us. Reporter help is pouring in from across the state. This San Francisco strike team got the call to respond this morning. They say theyve never heard of a fire getting so big so fast. We are aware that the fires making very big runs each day, approximately 45, 55,000 acres, and it is going in all directions as of yesterday. Reporter again, youre
Touched. Now, late this afternoon, the vehicle manslaughter case was changed from a felony to misdemeanor, reducing bail to 25,000. Prosecutors will get the case on monday. Coming up at 6 00, what weve learned about complaints about park employees. Reporting live in San Francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2news. Viewers are been sharing condolences on our facebook page. Join the conversation by searching for ktvu channel 2. Developing news out of oakland, where police within the last hour arrested a suspect in a robbery and standoff. Officers on the scene say it began with the theft of a car and some Electronic Devices elsewhere in oakland. Police pinged cell phones to track the stolen items to a store on mcarthur boulevard and randolph avenue. They arrested three men and two women there, but a fourth man stayed inside. About an hour later, a man could be seen surrendering. Police then checked the store to make sure no one else was still inside and that a weapon wasnt left hidden