Ktvu, channel 2 news starts right now with breaking news. Good afternoon, im christina. The Golden Gate Bridge officials approved multimillion dollar to build a suicide barrier on the iconic span. Ktvus tom vacar was there and he joins us now live. Tom . Reporter very big decision. It was a unanimous vote. A unanimous vote after many emotional appeals from those who lost loved ones to the bridge. Perhaps most relieved in the crowd was kevin heinz who survived his own jump from the golden gate to the bridge into the ocean below. Its a sense of hope that when this happened, you realize that if we can do this, we can do anything. And if we can put out suicides in the Golden Gate Bridge, we can fight suicides globally. Reporter because this was a major joint project of the federal government, the state government, the bridge district and all of that stuff, its going to make years to complete because theyll have to be undertaken to actually install the stainless steel net that will be about
Coverage starts right now. This is ktvu mornings on 2. And good morning. Welcome to mornings on two. Its saturday june 28th. Good morning. Lets start with a quick look at the weather and your weekend forecast. Good morning. Its going to be a Beautiful Day, cant say much for this shot here a live look into San Francisco where we have the low clouds and the fog joining us this morning. Fairly widespread out there. Going to be peeling back and by midmorning to late morning, afternoon sun on the way. We have hugging up along the coastline. You saw it just inside the bay. San francisco covered in gray at the moment a small way into some of the valley locations. By the second half of the morning by lunchtime most of us are mostly sunny. We have the on shore breeze, we have 25 miles an hour. That gust in fairfield this morning. That telling us that though we will warm up it shouldnt be to bad. We have a Beautiful Day in store with temperatures just a few degrees warmer than yesterday for most
It wont be here until saturday and then it will warm up on the weekend. Slight showers possible up in Mendocino County and lake county. Areas of fog to the north. Sunny and breezy. Maybe partly cloudies to the north. Patchy coastal fog. 50s on your temps to start off. Once that system goes by sunshine and warmer temps kick in. 80s inland. Still slightly below average for many. 60s and 70s. Coast and bay. We still have problems in Solano County on 80 westbound. Also a couple of crashes. Now the road work is on the way to be picked up. Very slow traffic through fairfield once you get past highway 12 it does get a little better. Just remember to give yourself an extra 510 minutes if you can. It is backed up for a 15 minute drive time. There if you are driving in the south bay northbound 101 traffic is moderately heavier. Now lets go back to the desk. Illegal fire works seized before they could cause damage. Ktvu Tara Moriarty is in dublin with the details on how investigators first spotte
Southeastern kentucky. We have a saying, around here, that every holler is a home to someones weary soul. Troublesome creek got its name, for the most obvious of reasons. In rainy times, it tears out bridges and roads. When it gets really, really angry. Well, its a pretty good metaphor for the downturn of the coal industry. Taking away all the good jobs and, of course, the open oioid epidemic. Luthery is the art of string instrument making. This county is considered by many to be the birthplace. When i first came down to establish the Appalachian School of lutheran in 2012. And then, came earl. When i did my first oxycontin, i felt like it would ease the pain and make it easier for me. The pain from failure. The not believing in myself. I was in jail for nine months. Ive been through five different drug treatment facilities. I had a love for woodwork. I knew i had a love for guitars. He said i need you to teach me how to make guitars. And i said, well, thats no problem, thats what we d
At this hour, the violence in kiev is on hold. Theres a fragile peace in place. The president announcing that hes calling for an emergency session of parliament. There are just two hours between the police and the protesters. The Prime Minister calling their demands unrealistic. He said what happened here is an attempted coup, and giving 24 hours to call for elections. Thousands of people have taken to the streets, and three of them are now dead. Jennifer glass is in kiev, and the clock is ticking on what appears to be a very, very fragile truce. Reporter thats right, del. Just two hours to go for the truce, and the opposition leaders are back today trying to meet with Prime Minister yanukovych. Just as we speak, the demonstrators are going to pass behind me in just a second. And the people have not lost hope. They will continue to demonstrate. There is a truce on, and theyre heading into the square for a demonstration. It is quiet over in the area where there have been clashes. Quiet