Transcripts For KTVU KTVU Channel Two News At 430am 20150416

KTVU KTVU Channel Two News At 430am April 16, 2015

Front of the oakland coliseum, driving in san jose off to a good start im looking at the map system there and 101 85 to 80 thats a very nice drive throughout the area, at 4 30, lets go back to the desk. All right sal thank you. New this morning, the last image anyone wants to see in the record of a record drought a crash sheered off a fire hydrant causing thousands of gallons of water to gush out. Ktvu fox 2s alex savidge, good morning. Reporter good morning to you, one of the cars in this Early Morning crash lost control, jumped on the curb and slammed right in to the fire hydrants that used to sit here at this corner, the hydrant knocked right off creating a spectacular fountain. And this happen ted intersection of geary and 11th avenue just after midnight, water shooting in the air and flowing on the streets, firefighters estimate as much as 75,000 gallons of water were spewing or did spew from that broken hydrant, it took about a half hour for firefighters to turn off the water as you can see the firefighters got soggy in the process, they had to cover themselves with a tarp of some kind as they went in to work on that water valve as the water was flowing through the air at least one person was treated for injuries as a result of this Early Morning crash unclear how serious those injuries were and again back out here, the streets now dry as quite a bit of weather flowed through them and difficult to see all that water loss especially given the drought situation were in right now, brian. All right alex, thank you so much. San jose Police Continue to investigate a deadly crash that killed two people and left a car upside down on vta light rail tracks around 10 00 last night the car flipped over and landed on tracks along north capital avenue, Officials Say five people were inside the car when it crashed, two people died at the scene while three others were rushed to the hospital, investigators looking in to whether alcohol and speed why factors in that crash, we have reached out to the Valley Transportation Authority to see if the tracks were damaged and if service will not will be impacted and so far not heard back from them but a ktvu crew drove by the investigation and the scene is now clear jie a new public works Safety Building will begin at 11 00 right in the middle of mission bay, a popular new Development Zone in the city, and that is raising concern that police could get trapped in heavy traffic during an emergency causing bumper to bumper traffic third street which is right in front of the police headquarters, we washed Police Officers try to find a way out of that gridlock, despite, officers should not delay. Constantly going out on patrol from one call to another call so for the most part, not inside the station. A Department Spokesman says officers scheduled are staggered to avoid long lines of Police Cruisers waiting to lead in an emergency an officer in the outer districts could be called in to help. Time 4 34 in san leandro and Oakland Police now investigating an officer involved shooting that left a woman injured around 4 30 yesterday afternoon on 105th avenue near interstate 880 in east oakland conducting an investigation in the city when they seen a car that had been reported missing police say a woman was driving the car with a male passenger when officers tried to pull her over, she reportedly tried to drive away, hitting several parked cars and then a fence then police say she rammed a car being driven by a San Leandro Police officer and that officer opened fire. The woman was injured and taken to a nearby hospital, the passenger was trufred interviewed by police Oakland Police say as they learn more information, theyll release it to the public. Certainly want our community to know what happened, why it happened and that is an important piece but we want to make sure that we report information factual. Well, police have not released any more details about the woman other than that she is in her 20s the Alameda County District Attorney also planning its own investigation. The second shooting Police Officer involved this east oakland. On december 7 as youll recall officers shot 27yearold guadalupe o choea of union city as she rammed in to several police cars she died two days later at the hospital, two days later, Police Officers receiving threats from an oakland gang that had ties to ochoa that investigation still ongoing. A homeless man behind bars this morning accused of attacking a 5yearold San Francisco girl for no apparent reason 32yearold crosby is charged with several felonies, police say the attack happened yesterday morning as the girl and her mother walked down the street near the intersection of union and okay taif octavia in the union district. Unprovoked, grabbed her by the neck, lifted her off the ground and placed her alongside the building. Crosby was booked in the San Francisco county jail, the child treated for minor injuries to her neck and throat. Low wage workers say raising the minimum wage will be a key issue in next years president ial election. [ cheers and applause ] [ indiscernible ] hundreds of people marched from uc berkeley to an mcdonalds on shaddic and university avenues yesterday demanding the fast food giant raise worker pay the restaurant was closed yesterday in anticipation of the protests part of a nationwide campaign to increase the minimum wage to 15 an hour. It sounds good that you know take out what bill youll pay, keep the lights on, keep, pay the rent, and then, you finding what youre paying for food. Mcdonalds recent lay nounsed it will announce td will raise wages to above the local minimum wage but this only applies to Company Owned restaurants and not the 90 of mcdonalds 14,000 restaurants which are franchised and locally owned, workers also want higher wages at other fast food companies, walmart and Airport Service jobs. Right now oaklands minimum wage is the highest in the nation at 12. 25 an hour, San Franciscos is set to increase to that same level on may 1, and increase annually to 15 an hour by 2018. And in san jose, the minimum wage stands at 10. 30, statewide the minimum wage is 9 an hour, set to rise to 10 an hour in 2016. It appears the nfl is losing patience with efforts to build a new stadium for the raiders in oakland, according to the Bay Area News Group an nfl executive Vice President paid a visit to the raiders to get an update on development. Now, after that meeting, Alameda County supervisor scott hagger at this told the paper the meeting was progressive but that no progress was made, has told a san diego Radio Station that oakland has failed to produce a clear plan to finance a new stadium, the league does not want projects that rely on Additional Development to help pay for a stadium which is the corner stone of oaklands proposal. Time is 4 38, local history buffs are angry the Marin History Museum plans to sell its artifacts to an auction firm, announcing because of Financial Issues the museum will close in august. Yesterday the board issued an email saying it has started selling off its collection of artifacts and historical photographs, according to the marin independent journal 10 people have come together to ask the museum to stop selling its items but the board says it has the right to do so. Happening today bay area world war ii veterans applying for a special all expense paid trip called in honor flight, the Honor Flight Mission will board two to washington dc and visit sites and memorials connected to that war. In about two hours veterans and their guardians will start gathering at sfo, the veteran light lodging and meals all paid for by donations. Great program, ill be out there later this morning as well. Good. Calling for the removal of the arch bishop of San Francisco, coming up at 5 00, effort being lauched today launched today by the group of prominent catholics to oust the controversial leader. But first the warriors going this to the playoffs on a winning note and we sat down with one of the teams players, thompson to talk about whats ahead. North san jose, northbound 280 and 101 traffic looks good, a little more straight ahead. And the bay area in the clear right now get ready for a warm up, today talking about more 70s and 80s across the entire region, update the numbers coming up after the break. Well today is the eighth anniversary of the Deadliest School shooting in u. S. History on april 16, 2007, seunghui cho shot and killed 32 people at Virginia Tech university and injured nearly 20 more, after that rampage he tushed the turned the gun on himself in the years since the shooting some survivors have become advocates for gun control and improved Campus Security and one of the victims an air force rotc cadet was posthumously given the medal of honor for barricading class made air force also being honored this week. [ bell ringing ] yesterday morning, bells tolled three people died and others were injured an 11yearold boy from martinez even though hes recovered his injuries may have affected his growth. He feels hes not as big as some of his peers and we wondered if that did that affect his development, or hes behind because he was recovering physically for so long. Aaron his father and a sister were all waiting at the finish line waiting to see his mother finish the race when the bombs wept off his father testified against the suspect and could face the death penalty. Former new England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez waking up in prison after being convicted of murder but now were hearing for the first time what hernandez had to say about his conviction. The jury found him guilty yesterday of first degree murder in the death of onetime friend lloyd, hernandez received the mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. Now as hernandez was being taken to prison a Law Enforcement source heard the former new England Patriots player say quoting here they got it wrong. I didnt do it. But jurors say they considered all the evidence and theyre sure he was guilty. Marijuana is going to stay on the federal governments list of most dangerous drugs a u. S. District judge in sacramento ruled yesterday that marijuana will continue to be classified as a schedule one drug, schedule one drugs include heroin and lsd and are defined as drugs with no accepted medical use and high potential for abuse state governments like california that have legalized medical marijuana in conflict with federal government laws. And in some cases thats led to raids on legal growers ask dispensaries. Time now 4 45 the best team in the nba go ws, one more win last night. And to steph curry and then three its good [ cheers and applause ] it doesnt get old 77 in practice the other day, the warriors wrapped up the best regular season in team history by knocking off the Denver Nuggets 133126 warriors won despite saving starters like steph curry and Klay Thompson for the second half of the game and with 67 victories, the warriors head to the playoffs with the best record in the league. I just got Stephen Currys autograph on the front side of this jersey, im so excited i used my own allowance to come. Thats a ws fan there the number one warriors began their playoff run this weekend at home against the new Orleans Pelicans still weird to say that, pelicans. The team that advances must win four out of seven games this is the schedule for the series game one saturday at oracle, roaricle, oracle get it . Games five and seven here. One of the key to the record season has been Klay Thompson and ktvu channel 2 joe fonzi talked to him about getting ready. Reporter youd have to know the lesser half of the better nobody nbas but this season has been just as life changing for Klay Thompson as it has been for steph curry when youre an allstar and make the cover of Sports Illustrated youre suddenly introduced to a whole new fan base. When you get the new National Love being trawl allstar or whatever New Territory comes with it, fanhood im trying to make an impact on somebodys life the guys growing up, whatever it was they were humbled big time went along way and still remember it to this day as an adult. Reporter all that sounds almost too good to be true but thats part of the dna of this group of warriors. We all have one goal and thats to win especially with a lot of guys in their career, they just want to win. They dont care about individual accolades or recognition. That comes when you win the whole thing and um, we feel like we have been doing that had year cant look too far ahead to june, thats where weigh want to be at. Reporter and even though this is a team that doesnt stress individual accomplishment, the roster is full of guys who are capable of filling up the stat sheet. Thompson can get in the zone, like 26 points in the 2nd quarter against monday night against memphis or in january when he had an nb record 37 points in the 3rd quarter on the way to a 52 point game against sacramento. When thompson gets hot theres almost no such thing as a bad shot. Yeah, you feel it after about your fourth or fifth especially when you get a couple easy ones in the bucket, focus on getting few easy ones around the rim it opens up everything from the perimeter. Reporter this team expects a long playoff run and the fact that their core group has been there in two previous playoff seasons, should be a plus. A lot more physical of the game and the pace is a little bit slower but i feel like we have the team built to that play both sides of the ball and we can grind it out adjust any type of style. The warriors win 67 games [ cheers and applause ] reporter the best record during the regular season box has already been checked by the warriors next comes the goal of going deep in to the playoffs possibly bringing the warriors their first nba championship in 40 years. In oakland joe fonzi ktvu fox 2. Oh man im so excited. Im so excited i know. They are fun to watch arent they . They are and i think you know, one of the things is that theyre so likeable. You just like all the players. Yeah, all the players are likeable, theyre fantastic, great in the community at this time just an all around great Team Steph Curry has done a great job by the way i dont know how you feel about it. Well, i think he does, the thing about the warriors, they dont only have steph and klay, theres other good players even the bench is good, a multifaceted thing to watch that team. Yup yup. I think well be enjoying some playoff basketball a lot woohoo good morning. Good morning everyone, hey you know what, not a lot going on when i say a lot theres not a lot going on in traffic at all right now, which is good if youre waking up early just to beat the traffic i think youve done the right thing so far were looking at san jose northbound 280 getting up the highway 17 you can see its basically empty here, and a lot of people its come to our attention get up earlier and earlier and thats why on monday were going to do this little thing, starting at 4 00, be here at 4 00 just so you get up early, well be here for you lets gt to the maps in the south bay, you can see traffic looks good as i mentioned as you move up to livermore valley, thats a nice look and drive getting over to dublin, when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza, it is nice and light westbound so far as you come in to San Francisco. Heres mr. Mark tomayo. If i wake up, 4 00 i can turn on the news and youll be here some. Ill be here man okay monday, ill be doing that. But yeah, steve will be back monday as well talking about the forecast but today steve gets a chance to enjoy the sunshine here in the bay area, warmer temperatures look at the eventual temperature range 70s all the way to the low to mid 80s out there in fact the warmest locations approaching 85 degrees with the warming weather pattern we do have this an increase in the fire danger statewide but especially down toward Southern California where they do have a fire weather warning in place still until 5 00 p. M. This afternoon. Current numbers across the bay area in the clear showing you some pretty mild temperatures in San Francisco, 58 degrees but some cooler ones out towards napa right now 47, san jose 51 and livermore 56 degrees. Everybody warming up compared to yesterdays readings, you can see the temperatures from yesterday, look at San Francisco from 66 on wednesday all the way to the upper 70s this afternoon so well continue with that trend of warming up, heres we go with the microclimate forecast, starting off the coast, just be extra careful because the waves will be building throughout the day especially as we head in to the thursday, the friday forecast, the increase as well as far as the temperatures you can see inland neighborhood back up in to the upper actually lower 80s out toward concord and danville, warmest lo

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