Transcripts For KTVU KTVU Morning News 20150225 : comparemel

It is up because of the low cloud deck. Yesterday was much colder that is for sure. We have clear skies and dew points were lower. Well, low cloud deck said i will come wac. We have a weak system coming down. Its not wide spread. There is plenty of low low clouds. 53 San Francisco to start. We will go 63 today. Increase in that low cloud deck. Coast and bay will come down. The mere fact that the clouds are there will take the edge off some of the high temps today. Big ban of high temps but boy are they pushing south. No issues with that. For us 30s for a few. But a lot of 40s and 50s. They are up. Napa 39 yesterday. That is a big difference. There are a couple of 30s but not very many. Close to danville. A lot of 40s. Much cooler antioch and brentwood and pittsburgh. We will focus our attention by friday for a system coming down out of the north which will give the sierra some snow and maybe some rain here late friday into saturday. More on that coming up in ten minutes. 50s and 60s by the coast. All right sal, i havent heard anything yet. Has something changed . We have something that is a little peculiar. Lets go to the oakland area. I want to start off with westbound 580 in oakland near highway 13 there is a truck. A semi truck that reportedly spilled some sort of debris all over the roadway. Now 78 vehicles have flat tires. Westbound 580 just past 13. What is curious on this stretch of 580 big rigs are not allowed unless there is a huge problem on 880. But this big rig being up there to begin with is somewhat unusual and now we have several vehicles with flat tires. Westbound 580 near highway 13 between highway 13 and the high mccarthur exit there. Lets move along to the bay bridge toll plaza, that is backed up for a 2530 minute wait if youre at the end of the line. No problems on the actual bridge. In case you want to use the san mateo bridge instead, that traffic looks good heading out to the peninsula. Lets go back to the desk. Thank you, sal. Southwest airlines is trying to finish up the safety inspections required by the faa. Tara moriarty is at the Oakland Airport this morning. Keeping an eye orange things. Southwest passengers have to scramble. Reporter that is the reality for a lot of folks here this morning at Oakland International airport where ten flights have been canceled. Lets see nine are all departing. One is arriving. Southwest was forced to ground 128 planes yesterday. That is one fifth of its fleet after they discovered the misinspections. 100 flights are expected to be canceled today. After a lot of finagling many passengers have been able to hop on to other flights but not without some headaches. Flight from denver and it was canceled due to maintenance. So what are you going to do today . Put me on a later flight going through chicago. Are you frustrated . Yeah. I got up really early and now i didnt need to. Reporter the misinspections involve hydraulic issues. They took the plane out of service and began checking them. They were fined in 2009 for failing to inspect complaints for cracks in the fuse l lodge. And then they ordered inspections of the 737 after a hole burst open mid flight. This morning we will keep an eye on all of these flights and let you know if there are any more canceled flights and what the backup is looking like. Im Tara Moriarty, back to you. Thank you. At last check three southwest flights leaving sfo have been canceled this morning. We are keeping an eye on this. Two arriving flights also canceled. And no flights in and out of san jose are effected. New this morning a marin county search and rescue team are joining the search for a missing baby boy only two weeks old northwest of sacramento. His mother had been missing too but she has been found. They were both reported missing monday in woodlawn. The baby is two week old justice reese. The mother was found yesterday in knights landing. Authorities say she was hysterical and very disoriented. So far there are no details on how green became separated from her baby. Daly city police are hoping new dash cam video will help track down a man accused of a vicious beating attack on a cab driver. Alex savidge is joining us live in San Francisco with more on the search and how other cab drivers are reacting. Alex. Reporter good morning, to you. Cabbies tell me they always worry about Something Like this happening. They say its a very dangerous job and now were getting a look at how dangerous Daly City Police have just released this Surveillance Video from the cabs on board camera system that shows the man wanted for an attack on a driver earlier this month. It happened the day after valentines. The driver picked up the well dressed passenger in the dress shirt and tie in downtown San Francisco and dropped him off in daly city. That is when he refused to pay his fare. When the driver got out to confront him, the passenger started punching and kicking the 60yearold man leaving him on the ground and this morning we showed this video to cab drivers here in the city. They were troubled by what they saw but also said its not unusual. It happened a lot to me. And you know, sometimes i have some crazy guy get many my cab and drunk and try to attack me and dont want to pay me. Reporter and Surveillance Video also shows several people either walking by or driving by while the attack is happening and no one stops. The driver who was beaten had to be hospitalized for various injuries but he is expected to be okay. And the passenger wanted for this assault, the man seen in the video is described as hispanic between 2535 years old and obviously that video image gives a really clear picture of this man police are looking for. If anybody recognizes him, they should put in a call to Daly City Police. All right alex savidge in San Francisco. Thank you. Time is 6 07. This afternoon a judge in Santa Clara County is due to set a trial date for the man accused of kidnapping and killing nor began hill teenage morgan hill teenager sierra lamar. Hes accused of killing the 15 yearold girl who vanished almost three years ago while on her way to school. Her body has never been found. Prosecutors say they are confident they have the evidence that will lead to both a conviction and the death penalty. A deadly crash at a cal train crossing in menlo park is prompting calls for new Safety Measures along the tracks. A 35yearold woman was killed on monday when her suv became boxed in by traffic at the ravens wood avenue crossing. People in the area say the intersection often gets backed up and can get confusing. Cal train says the solution may be what is called grade separation where traffic crosses above or below the tracks. Any time a pedestrian or vehicle has to cross the tracks, there is a safety concern. So it would be a significant improvement. Menlo park is already working with cal train to lower the road under the tracks but the design phase could take at least a couple of years and then it could take five years before construction is complete. Burlingame and palo alto are considering similar measures. Investigators now say a truck driver deliberately abandoned his truck yesterday on train tracks in ventura county. That caused a metro link train to derail and crash. At least 28 people were hurt and hospitalized including four in critical condition. Federal investigators say the truck was not stuck on the tracks. A though the Truck Drivers wife is claiming the truck stalled out. The 54yearold driver from arizona was found by police about a mile away from the crash scene. His name is Jose Alejandro sanchez ramirez. He was a truck driver for a company and he was driving the vehicle in question. He was taken into custody for a felony hit and run violation. Now investigators say the train engineer saw the truck and hit the brakes but just wasnt enough time to stop. The impact caused three of the trains five cars to derail. Tonight uc Berkeley Students plan to hold a protest on the final day of a conference on campus sexual assault. The protest will include offensive quotes that students say come from administrators after someone reported an attack. The students say uc berkeley needs to fix its own problems before presenting itself as a leader in the movement. They also say out of the 80 invited speakers, only a few are students that actually have been assaulted. A spokeswoman for uc berkeley says many students helped organize the conference and their input is welcome. There is a developing story we are following in Contra Costa County. The search is happening right now for two suspects in martinez after a police chase and crash this morning. Plus shipping snow. The efforts by one man to profit off his winter misery. Good morning. We are looking at a commute here where traffic is actually doing okay. Highway 4 and the commute looks all right. Everybody deserves 73 fares. Because wedding season can get expensive. Book your low fare now at southwest. Com. We are following developing news, there is an active Police Search under way in martinez after a high speed chase that started near sacramento. It ended with the vehicle crashing in a neighborhood right near highway 680. Ktvu fox 2 brian flores is right near the search scene and brian, i know this is so active, the police just asked you to move away. Reporter yeah, they did. It looks like they may have caught at least one person here. They were looking for two people from the search this morning. The chase that started in sacramento. We also believe that the people inside the car may have been involved in some type of robbery. This is arthur road. If you take this exit and see a bunch of cop cars, this is the reason why. They set up a perimeter looking for individuals that crashed into a fence afar thunder shower road and two of the people inside the car fled. Three were taken into custody. This happened 45 seconds ago. Several of the contra costa sheriffs officers ran up this hill to look for this person. This was the crash scene afar thunder shower road. The chase began in the sacramento area. Its believed the people in the car again they used spike strips to slow the car down. As we take it back out here live, this remains a very active scene. When we arrived on scene, we were told the move day. A homeowner said a person was seen running from her yard. So they notified the Sheriffs Department and moments ago they ran up this hill here. To catch somebody. We do see one person is at least being held in the custody this morning. Still a very active scene in martinez. We will gather more information. Back if if you. A lot going on. Thank you. On a lighter note one day after steph curry had 32 points and the warriors win over the washington wizards, steph curry today is going to the white house. He will attend an event celebrating progress. Steph is part of a u. N. Organization called nothing but nets. They are used in africa. To protect people from mosquitoes. Steph curry has been active in it. Hes pledged three nets every time he made a threepoint shot. We dont know if he will meet with president obama today but he told a joke, if i open the right door, maybe he will be there. A massachusetts man has found a way to profit from the several feet of snow in his yard. He is shipping it out. Kyle launched shipsnowyo. Com for those that want a taste of the weather on the east coast. 89 gets you six pounds of snow. Its shipped over night. Its backed in a plastic bag, foil, and insulated container. 30 orders were actually placed already. I grew up back there. Why didnt i think of that . [ laughter ] i like that. Hey, sal, things are happening already this morning in our commute. They are, dave. Starting off with highway 4. You can see traffic is going to be busy on highway 4 from as far back as pittsburgh. Weve had some slow traffic in that area to be sure. And also some slow traffic on 680 southbound as you drive from concord to walnut creek. Also the commute is going to be good. There is a report of a crash westbound 580 at high. So we have problems in oakland. If you are driving up to downtown or the lake shore area. Its time for the forecast with steve. We have a little change here today. Yesterday was clear and colder. A lot of 30s and 20s. Not today. Over cast over oakland that will cool them down. They were 70 downtown yesterday. Went 66 today. Low clouds. That will burn off. Low clouds and mild to warm inland. A little cooler coast and bay. Friday increasing clouds. A cold light rain looks like it will make it late friday into saturday. Possibility of thunderstorms out to the valley but more important it looks like the sierra will get some snow. And snow level will come way down on sunday. And then its been dry ever since. It looks like we will close the month with some rain. Not a lot. Oakland forecast starting off mostly cloudy at 50. Well go 60 at noon. 66 today. Temperatures coming down a little bit. Hard to see but its in the gray. Its not making much of a move north. Its basically San Francisco. It will start to get pushed south. Higher clouds trying to take aim. All the way down to baja and falling apart. For us a few 30s. Fairfield is in there. Napa is 39. Kathy says i concur with that 39. Yesterday they were all ore the place. 36 santa rosa. That is cold. Up a little bit. San jose 31. Livermore is close at 40. Upper 30s menlo park and palo alto. 35 today. 40s for the rest. Low cloud deck on the martha means it will be cooler coast and bay. But for inland temps they are still cold. Arcadia at 36. The big news isnt the colder temps anymore, its the next system coming out of texas. You can see the snow ons go as it goes into arkansas and fine line between freezing rain and drizzle. And also denver is zeroing in on the snowiest february ever. The record is 22 inches. 38 expected today. A lot of changes here. Just not for us. Our system from the north looks like a pretty good change. Low clouds. Cool, sunny, mild. A little cooler coast and bay. Low 60s. Upper 60s to low 70s for some inland. Fog on the increase. Travel everies should be braced. I think there will be delays in the deep south. I was just looking at this guys website. He has 133 orders. I said could you cover all of lake tahoe. Was this guy out of boston . Yes. They have 100 inches of snow. Havent they had three months worth in a weekend or something . Most of it came in the last month. Wow. Okay, steve. Sometime now 6 21. Toyota has begun full Scale Production of the first commercial fuel cell car. Was unvailed in japan yesterday. The Hydrogen Powered fourdoor sedan has been available since december. That looks pretty nice. They plan to sell the car in the United States in the fall. Heres a question. Has the Oakland Police Department Getting better . Are they making court order reforms . Coming up in 16 minutes, well have a report on specific changes made on new technology and foot pursuits. Bat kid is back. The new documentary following the fiveyearold that took over San Francisco for a day. Welcome back to mornings on 2. It is 6 24. We are getting word of the death of an influential bay area. She passed away at her home yesterday at the age of 56 but the cause of her death was not released. She was the daughter of former oakland tribune owner Robert Maynard and being remembered as a fearless journalist in her own right. She was also president of the maynard institute. Today is day two of san joses sin quest film festival. It kicked off last night with a california premier this movie. Its about bat kid and his one of a kind San Francisco experience. This is a documentary that follows miles scott and his make a Wish Foundation experience to become bat kid and save San Francisco from the grips of evil. Miles and his family were not on the red carpet last night but the movies director was and gave us an update on his condition. I know he is great. He is fabulous. He is in first grade he is starting Little League soon. They are private people. Little miles had been diagnosed with leukemia when he was only 18 months old. He is now in remission and his family says he is doing well. This marks the 25th anniversary of sin quest. They expect more than 100,000 people to take part over the next 12 days. School officials in benicia are apologizing for what they say was a poorly conducted lesson about race. The only African American teacher at Benicia Middle School held a special assembly on monday about the civil rights movement. But she only invited american students. Now she says she wanted to address issues like the use of the nword and thought students might open up if they were only among other black students. The superintendent says while the teacher meant well, she did not do the right thing and says any future talks will include the entire student body. Its now 6 27. And the clock is ticking for lawmakers to reach a deal to keep the Homeland Security department running. The specific services that will be impacted if they miss fridays deadline. A popular pet food manufacture is getting slammed by dog owners with claims that its causing illness and death. Well tell you about the legal action being taken. Good morning. We are looking at a compute here where traffic is doing well if you drive on 237. And then you will see slow traffic. A few 30s this morning. Mainly well inland. But coast and bay dealing with an increase in low clouds. 40s and 50s for most instead of 30s and 40s. Santa rosa still checking in at 36. With Kaiser Permanente youll connect with your doctor any time anywhere. Another way care and coverage together makes life easier. Become a member of Kaiser Permanente. Because together, we thrive. Welcome back. We are live in oakland. Several southwest San Francisco<\/a> to start. We will go 63 today. Increase in that low cloud deck. Coast and bay will come down. The mere fact that the clouds are there will take the edge off some of the high temps today. Big ban of high temps but boy are they pushing south. No issues with that. For us 30s for a few. But a lot of 40s and 50s. They are up. Napa 39 yesterday. That is a big difference. There are a couple of 30s but not very many. Close to danville. A lot of 40s. Much cooler antioch and brentwood and pittsburgh. We will focus our attention by friday for a system coming down out of the north which will give the sierra some snow and maybe some rain here late friday into saturday. More on that coming up in ten minutes. 50s and 60s by the coast. All right sal, i havent heard anything yet. Has something changed . We have something that is a little peculiar. Lets go to the oakland area. I want to start off with westbound 580 in oakland near highway 13 there is a truck. A semi truck that reportedly spilled some sort of debris all over the roadway. Now 78 vehicles have flat tires. Westbound 580 just past 13. What is curious on this stretch of 580 big rigs are not allowed unless there is a huge problem on 880. But this big rig being up there to begin with is somewhat unusual and now we have several vehicles with flat tires. Westbound 580 near highway 13 between highway 13 and the high mccarthur exit there. Lets move along to the bay bridge toll plaza, that is backed up for a 2530 minute wait if youre at the end of the line. No problems on the actual bridge. In case you want to use the san mateo bridge instead, that traffic looks good heading out to the peninsula. Lets go back to the desk. Thank you, sal. Southwest airlines is trying to finish up the safety inspections required by the faa. Tara moriarty is at the Oakland Airport<\/a> this morning. Keeping an eye orange things. Southwest passengers have to scramble. Reporter that is the reality for a lot of folks here this morning at Oakland International<\/a> airport where ten flights have been canceled. Lets see nine are all departing. One is arriving. Southwest was forced to ground 128 planes yesterday. That is one fifth of its fleet after they discovered the misinspections. 100 flights are expected to be canceled today. After a lot of finagling many passengers have been able to hop on to other flights but not without some headaches. Flight from denver and it was canceled due to maintenance. So what are you going to do today . Put me on a later flight going through chicago. Are you frustrated . Yeah. I got up really early and now i didnt need to. Reporter the misinspections involve hydraulic issues. They took the plane out of service and began checking them. They were fined in 2009 for failing to inspect complaints for cracks in the fuse l lodge. And then they ordered inspections of the 737 after a hole burst open mid flight. This morning we will keep an eye on all of these flights and let you know if there are any more canceled flights and what the backup is looking like. Im Tara Moriarty<\/a>, back to you. Thank you. At last check three southwest flights leaving sfo have been canceled this morning. We are keeping an eye on this. Two arriving flights also canceled. And no flights in and out of san jose are effected. New this morning a marin county search and rescue team are joining the search for a missing baby boy only two weeks old northwest of sacramento. His mother had been missing too but she has been found. They were both reported missing monday in woodlawn. The baby is two week old justice reese. The mother was found yesterday in knights landing. Authorities say she was hysterical and very disoriented. So far there are no details on how green became separated from her baby. Daly city police are hoping new dash cam video will help track down a man accused of a vicious beating attack on a cab driver. Alex savidge is joining us live in San Francisco<\/a> with more on the search and how other cab drivers are reacting. Alex. Reporter good morning, to you. Cabbies tell me they always worry about Something Like<\/a> this happening. They say its a very dangerous job and now were getting a look at how dangerous Daly City Police<\/a> have just released this Surveillance Video<\/a> from the cabs on board camera system that shows the man wanted for an attack on a driver earlier this month. It happened the day after valentines. The driver picked up the well dressed passenger in the dress shirt and tie in downtown San Francisco<\/a> and dropped him off in daly city. That is when he refused to pay his fare. When the driver got out to confront him, the passenger started punching and kicking the 60yearold man leaving him on the ground and this morning we showed this video to cab drivers here in the city. They were troubled by what they saw but also said its not unusual. It happened a lot to me. And you know, sometimes i have some crazy guy get many my cab and drunk and try to attack me and dont want to pay me. Reporter and Surveillance Video<\/a> also shows several people either walking by or driving by while the attack is happening and no one stops. The driver who was beaten had to be hospitalized for various injuries but he is expected to be okay. And the passenger wanted for this assault, the man seen in the video is described as hispanic between 2535 years old and obviously that video image gives a really clear picture of this man police are looking for. If anybody recognizes him, they should put in a call to Daly City Police<\/a>. All right alex savidge in San Francisco<\/a>. Thank you. Time is 6 07. This afternoon a judge in Santa Clara County<\/a> is due to set a trial date for the man accused of kidnapping and killing nor began hill teenage morgan hill teenager sierra lamar. Hes accused of killing the 15 yearold girl who vanished almost three years ago while on her way to school. Her body has never been found. Prosecutors say they are confident they have the evidence that will lead to both a conviction and the death penalty. A deadly crash at a cal train crossing in menlo park is prompting calls for new Safety Measures<\/a> along the tracks. A 35yearold woman was killed on monday when her suv became boxed in by traffic at the ravens wood avenue crossing. People in the area say the intersection often gets backed up and can get confusing. Cal train says the solution may be what is called grade separation where traffic crosses above or below the tracks. Any time a pedestrian or vehicle has to cross the tracks, there is a safety concern. So it would be a significant improvement. Menlo park is already working with cal train to lower the road under the tracks but the design phase could take at least a couple of years and then it could take five years before construction is complete. Burlingame and palo alto are considering similar measures. Investigators now say a truck driver deliberately abandoned his truck yesterday on train tracks in ventura county. That caused a metro link train to derail and crash. At least 28 people were hurt and hospitalized including four in critical condition. Federal investigators say the truck was not stuck on the tracks. A though the Truck Drivers<\/a> wife is claiming the truck stalled out. The 54yearold driver from arizona was found by police about a mile away from the crash scene. His name is Jose Alejandro<\/a> sanchez ramirez. He was a truck driver for a company and he was driving the vehicle in question. He was taken into custody for a felony hit and run violation. Now investigators say the train engineer saw the truck and hit the brakes but just wasnt enough time to stop. The impact caused three of the trains five cars to derail. Tonight uc Berkeley Students<\/a> plan to hold a protest on the final day of a conference on campus sexual assault. The protest will include offensive quotes that students say come from administrators after someone reported an attack. The students say uc berkeley needs to fix its own problems before presenting itself as a leader in the movement. They also say out of the 80 invited speakers, only a few are students that actually have been assaulted. A spokeswoman for uc berkeley says many students helped organize the conference and their input is welcome. There is a developing story we are following in Contra Costa County<\/a>. The search is happening right now for two suspects in martinez after a police chase and crash this morning. Plus shipping snow. The efforts by one man to profit off his winter misery. Good morning. We are looking at a commute here where traffic is actually doing okay. Highway 4 and the commute looks all right. Everybody deserves 73 fares. Because wedding season can get expensive. Book your low fare now at southwest. Com. We are following developing news, there is an active Police Search<\/a> under way in martinez after a high speed chase that started near sacramento. It ended with the vehicle crashing in a neighborhood right near highway 680. Ktvu fox 2 brian flores is right near the search scene and brian, i know this is so active, the police just asked you to move away. Reporter yeah, they did. It looks like they may have caught at least one person here. They were looking for two people from the search this morning. The chase that started in sacramento. We also believe that the people inside the car may have been involved in some type of robbery. This is arthur road. If you take this exit and see a bunch of cop cars, this is the reason why. They set up a perimeter looking for individuals that crashed into a fence afar thunder shower road and two of the people inside the car fled. Three were taken into custody. This happened 45 seconds ago. Several of the contra costa sheriffs officers ran up this hill to look for this person. This was the crash scene afar thunder shower road. The chase began in the sacramento area. Its believed the people in the car again they used spike strips to slow the car down. As we take it back out here live, this remains a very active scene. When we arrived on scene, we were told the move day. A homeowner said a person was seen running from her yard. So they notified the Sheriffs Department<\/a> and moments ago they ran up this hill here. To catch somebody. We do see one person is at least being held in the custody this morning. Still a very active scene in martinez. We will gather more information. Back if if you. A lot going on. Thank you. On a lighter note one day after steph curry had 32 points and the warriors win over the washington wizards, steph curry today is going to the white house. He will attend an event celebrating progress. Steph is part of a u. N. Organization called nothing but nets. They are used in africa. To protect people from mosquitoes. Steph curry has been active in it. Hes pledged three nets every time he made a threepoint shot. We dont know if he will meet with president obama today but he told a joke, if i open the right door, maybe he will be there. A massachusetts man has found a way to profit from the several feet of snow in his yard. He is shipping it out. Kyle launched shipsnowyo. Com for those that want a taste of the weather on the east coast. 89 gets you six pounds of snow. Its shipped over night. Its backed in a plastic bag, foil, and insulated container. 30 orders were actually placed already. I grew up back there. Why didnt i think of that . [ laughter ] i like that. Hey, sal, things are happening already this morning in our commute. They are, dave. Starting off with highway 4. You can see traffic is going to be busy on highway 4 from as far back as pittsburgh. Weve had some slow traffic in that area to be sure. And also some slow traffic on 680 southbound as you drive from concord to walnut creek. Also the commute is going to be good. There is a report of a crash westbound 580 at high. So we have problems in oakland. If you are driving up to downtown or the lake shore area. Its time for the forecast with steve. We have a little change here today. Yesterday was clear and colder. A lot of 30s and 20s. Not today. Over cast over oakland that will cool them down. They were 70 downtown yesterday. Went 66 today. Low clouds. That will burn off. Low clouds and mild to warm inland. A little cooler coast and bay. Friday increasing clouds. A cold light rain looks like it will make it late friday into saturday. Possibility of thunderstorms out to the valley but more important it looks like the sierra will get some snow. And snow level will come way down on sunday. And then its been dry ever since. It looks like we will close the month with some rain. Not a lot. Oakland forecast starting off mostly cloudy at 50. Well go 60 at noon. 66 today. Temperatures coming down a little bit. Hard to see but its in the gray. Its not making much of a move north. Its basically San Francisco<\/a>. It will start to get pushed south. Higher clouds trying to take aim. All the way down to baja and falling apart. For us a few 30s. Fairfield is in there. Napa is 39. Kathy says i concur with that 39. Yesterday they were all ore the place. 36 santa rosa. That is cold. Up a little bit. San jose 31. Livermore is close at 40. Upper 30s menlo park and palo alto. 35 today. 40s for the rest. Low cloud deck on the martha means it will be cooler coast and bay. But for inland temps they are still cold. Arcadia at 36. The big news isnt the colder temps anymore, its the next system coming out of texas. You can see the snow ons go as it goes into arkansas and fine line between freezing rain and drizzle. And also denver is zeroing in on the snowiest february ever. The record is 22 inches. 38 expected today. A lot of changes here. Just not for us. Our system from the north looks like a pretty good change. Low clouds. Cool, sunny, mild. A little cooler coast and bay. Low 60s. Upper 60s to low 70s for some inland. Fog on the increase. Travel everies should be braced. I think there will be delays in the deep south. I was just looking at this guys website. He has 133 orders. I said could you cover all of lake tahoe. Was this guy out of boston . Yes. They have 100 inches of snow. Havent they had three months worth in a weekend or something . Most of it came in the last month. Wow. Okay, steve. Sometime now 6 21. Toyota has begun full Scale Production<\/a> of the first commercial fuel cell car. Was unvailed in japan yesterday. The Hydrogen Powered<\/a> fourdoor sedan has been available since december. That looks pretty nice. They plan to sell the car in the United States<\/a> in the fall. Heres a question. Has the Oakland Police<\/a> Department Getting<\/a> better . Are they making court order reforms . Coming up in 16 minutes, well have a report on specific changes made on new technology and foot pursuits. Bat kid is back. The new documentary following the fiveyearold that took over San Francisco<\/a> for a day. Welcome back to mornings on 2. It is 6 24. We are getting word of the death of an influential bay area. She passed away at her home yesterday at the age of 56 but the cause of her death was not released. She was the daughter of former oakland tribune owner Robert Maynard<\/a> and being remembered as a fearless journalist in her own right. She was also president of the maynard institute. Today is day two of san joses sin quest film festival. It kicked off last night with a california premier this movie. Its about bat kid and his one of a kind San Francisco<\/a> experience. This is a documentary that follows miles scott and his make a Wish Foundation<\/a> experience to become bat kid and save San Francisco<\/a> from the grips of evil. Miles and his family were not on the red carpet last night but the movies director was and gave us an update on his condition. I know he is great. He is fabulous. He is in first grade he is starting Little League<\/a> soon. They are private people. Little miles had been diagnosed with leukemia when he was only 18 months old. He is now in remission and his family says he is doing well. This marks the 25th anniversary of sin quest. They expect more than 100,000 people to take part over the next 12 days. School officials in benicia are apologizing for what they say was a poorly conducted lesson about race. The only African American<\/a> teacher at Benicia Middle School<\/a> held a special assembly on monday about the civil rights movement. But she only invited american students. Now she says she wanted to address issues like the use of the nword and thought students might open up if they were only among other black students. The superintendent says while the teacher meant well, she did not do the right thing and says any future talks will include the entire student body. Its now 6 27. And the clock is ticking for lawmakers to reach a deal to keep the Homeland Security<\/a> department running. The specific services that will be impacted if they miss fridays deadline. A popular pet food manufacture is getting slammed by dog owners with claims that its causing illness and death. Well tell you about the legal action being taken. Good morning. We are looking at a compute here where traffic is doing well if you drive on 237. And then you will see slow traffic. A few 30s this morning. Mainly well inland. But coast and bay dealing with an increase in low clouds. 40s and 50s for most instead of 30s and 40s. Santa rosa still checking in at 36. With Kaiser Permanente<\/a> youll connect with your doctor any time anywhere. Another way care and coverage together makes life easier. Become a member of Kaiser Permanente<\/a>. Because together, we thrive. Welcome back. We are live in oakland. Several southwest Airline Flights<\/a> have been canceled because 128 planes did not have their required inspection. Ktvu Tara Moriarty<\/a> is out there now talking to travelers and she will tell you more about what is happening in oakland in about three minutes from now. Stay tuned. Welcome back. Thank you for joining us. Its the middle of the week. Its wednesday, february 25th im dave clark. Good morning, im pam cook. Time is 6 30. And steve says not as chilly as it was yesterday. Not as cold. Still some 30s inland. But the low clouds are. Pretty little sunrise behind you there. Should i take a look . Its not bad. That is lovely. Could you dial that up . No. Probably cant claim that. We do have a few clouds around. Low clouds. Now its still cold for some. Not for all. But coast and bay dealing with some patchy low clouds. A little bit of that has made it. Mainly San Francisco<\/a> and oakland south. Low clouds. Cool to cold. A little cooler by the coast and bay. 63 for a high today. Down a couple from yesterday. The low clouds are hard to see but they are there. They are favoring areas San Francisco<\/a> south. A few 30s. Napa, fairfield. A lot of 40s and 50s. On the south by stale morgan hill and gilroy. A lot more 40s yesterday. Our system to the north is something we have to keep an eye on for friday and saturday. Some low clouds, cool, sunny. Mostly sunny. Mild to warm inland. 60s to near 70. Around the with theres edge mainly low to mid 60s. Anything new to report . Nothing major but we do have a lot more slow traffic. Good morning to you. Lets take a look. Starting off with the east shore freeway. And frat bridge its a 23 minute drive from westbound interstate 80. Now when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza, there is a 2530 minute delay at the toll plaza. Once you make it on to the bridge, it will be okay. Its not all that bad. But it is a little bit slow. Definitely to be sure. If you are driving in the south bay, this is beginning to fill in. 85 north of 17 some stop and go traffic. 101 and 280 are also getting slow. 280 is the best of all three freeways. At 6 32, lets go back to the desk. We are following developing news in martinez. Live pictures. Look at the police out there. The police and chp have swarmed this neighborhood. This is near arthur road and interstate 680 after a high speed chase, a crash, and then a suspect search. We brought you this story live. Brian flores is out there right now. He told us four people are in custody. Brian will have another update for you coming up at 7 00. Southwest airlines is canceling more flights today after they violated a safety rule they did not inspect one fifth of their planes. Ktvu fox 2 Tara Moriarty<\/a> is joining us live now. Youre at Oakland International<\/a> airport. So this was a shock for some of the travelers showing up this morning. Reporter yeah it certainly was. A lot of them havent heard about it. Even though this problem began really yesterday. Passengers some of them were taking it in stride. They were being rerouted on to other flights. Some were not effected at all. A lot were very annoyed that is because ten flights had been canceled in oakland. Nine of them is departing. Yesterday we know southwest was forced to ground 128 planes. That is one fifth of its fleet after it discovered the misinspections. Passengers have been able to hop on to other flights. Many had to take layovers and out of the way cities are arriving at their destinations hours later than scheduled. As long as they land safely, we are okay. Where are you flying this morning . San antonio, texas. We got put on another flight. Reporter so where do you have to go between . We are going to l. A. And phoenix. I think there will be lessons that are being learned and its not going to be repeated. Thats what im hoping for. Reporter the misinspections involve hydraulic systems used to control the rudder. Southwest says when it discovered the lapse it took the planes out of service. And then in 2011, faa ordered extensive inspections of some of southwest easeledder 737s after a five foot hole burst open in one plane mid flight forcing an Emergency Landing<\/a> in arizona. Throughout the morning we will keep checking the board and let you know if we notice any changes. Im Tara Moriarty<\/a>, back to you. We checked with the other major bay area airports, the duty manager reports one arriving and one departing southwest flights have been canceled. He doesnt believe its related to safety inspections. Homeland Security Department<\/a> will run out of money if congress does not pass a funding bill by friday. 30,000 employees would be furloughed in a shut down. Workers with the central functions such as Airport Security<\/a> screening and patrolling borders would be required to go to work but would not get paid until the shut down is over. The Sticking Point<\/a> is the Republican Controlled Congress<\/a> passing a Homeland Security<\/a> bill that includes legislation that over rides president obamas executive action on immigration. A bay area man is suing purina dog food. Ktvu fox 2 janine de la vega is joining us live now. Youre at a dog park in sunnyvale. Telling us about a claim of toxic ingredients. What did you find out . That spokesman from purina told me this lawsuit that is filed against the company is completely baseless. This involves the beneful dry dog food line. But there is a man that says beneful dry dog food is why his dog died. That dog owner is the plaintiff in a Class Action Lawsuit<\/a> that was filed in u. S. District court in northern california. It states that the eight kinds of beneful dog food has caused internal bleeding, liver failure, vomiting, diarrhea, and kidney failure. The dog owner says he started buying beneful in late december or early january this year and gave it to his dog. Soon after he says all three of his dogs became sick and his bulldog died. The suit says that toxins in the dog food are to blame including propylene glycol. In the past four years there has been more than 3,000 online complaints with dogs becoming ill or dying after eating beneful. They say there is nothing wrong with beneful and millions of dogs eat their and as you medical examinerred, dave, we are here at the dog park. We did see something Walking Around<\/a> here but we hope to catch up with some of the dog owners. That be interesting. Thank you. Time is 6 38. A woman riding a bike was killed in a collision with a truck in east oakland. Now this happened yesterday afternoon at san leandro and prune street near 98th avenue. The woman was in the intersection when she was hit. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities havent told us her name yet but they say she was in her 30s or 40s. The driver of the truck involved is cooperating with investigators. Two men who lived at a house targeted in a deadly Home Invasion<\/a> robbery in santa rosa are under arrest themselves. On monday we brought you live coverage of the robbery at a house that ended with a police stand off in the parking lot of the kizer hospital. Now a resident inside allegedly shot and killed one of the robbers. The press democrat reports that officers later found an elaborate marijuana grow operation and a hash oil lab inside the home. Two people that live there are set to be arraigned later today. Time is 6 39. Its taken more than 12 years but the Oakland Police<\/a> department is reportedly close to complying with a long list of court order reforms. Back in 2003, the city of oakland agreed to implement 51 refuels in the wake of the oakland Riders Police<\/a> corruption scandal. The department is now complied with 48 of the mandates. They included uniformed mounted cameras, policy changes involving foot pursuits. Instead of jumping over fences to confront a suspect, the Police Officers<\/a> have set up a perimeter. They give suspects a chance to give up which leads to fewer injuries and lawsuits claiming police abuse. And at the end of this what the city gets is a Police Department<\/a> that treats its citizens fairly with respect. Behaves in a constitutional manner but also effective at reducing crime. Oakland Police Actually<\/a> turned to the city of detroit to learn how to comply with federal mandates. Over all crime in oakland is down and so are compliants of Police Officer<\/a> misconduct. Oaklands police chief is hoping to comply with all the mandates when the next report is due in april. Santa clara county board of supervisors is moving forward with a plan to buy a cell phone tracking system. The board agreed to allow the Sheriffs Department<\/a> to use federal grant money to buy a device called sting ray. But the Sheriffs Department<\/a> says it would only be used to locate the subject of an investigation or a missing person. Law enforcement groups in oakland, san jose, and fremont are already using a sting ray device. Your time is 6 40. Japan had another big earthquake. Well bring you all the latest information. And a cab driver left hoppized hospitalized after a vicious attack on the job. Everybody deserves 73 fares. Because wedding season can get expensive. Book your low fare now at southwest. Com. Its 6 44. Daly stipples have released new video after a taxicab driver being assaulted by a passenger after he refused to pay his pay. They hope the video will help track down the man suspected in this attack. Alex savidge is joining us from San Francisco<\/a> with more on the search and reaction from other drivers. Alex. Reporter pam, good morning to you. Cabbies we have been talking to this morning say this is a dangerous job certainly. They are not necessarily surprised to hear about the brutal assault. It happened in daly city a couple weeks ago. It was the day after valentines and Daly City Police<\/a> have is just released Surveillance Video<\/a> of a man wanted for this attack on a driver. The driver picked up a man in a dress shirt and tie in downtown San Francisco<\/a> and dropped him off in daly city here the cow palace. That is where the passenger refused to pay his fair. When the driver got out to confront him, the man started punching and kicking the 60 yearold driver. We show this video to cab drivers in the city, they were troubled by what they saw on the tape. One driver told me he always reminds passengers that his surveillance cameras are rolling. You dont have to tell him hey, there is a camera here, be careful. You can be nice. Small guys there is a cam smile guys, there is a camera. And that Surveillance Video<\/a> shows several people walking by or driving by while the attack is going on and no one stops to help out. The driver that was beaten here had to be hospital hawaiied for various injuries but he is expected to be okay. The passenger wanted for this assault is described as hispanic between 2535 years old. Obviously a clear shot of him. All right hopefully we will check in with you in a bit. Hopefully they will get assists with that. Lets check in with tori campbell. Coming up in our next hour, for the second night in a row, drones flew over land parks in marchless including the eiffel tower and the u. S. Embassy. Well tell you why there is so much concern. And imagine your phones Internet Connection<\/a> being 1,000 times faster than it is today. Those are some of the stories we are working on for the next hour of mornings on 2. Now back to you. Today is wee day. Very exciting. 16,000 bay area students will pack the area for a concert and educational and motivational event. Its one of the hottest tickets of the year but you cant buy your way in you have to earn it. Each of the kids here they have to take on one local and one Global Action<\/a> and help make the world a better place. Ktvu is prude to be a sponsor of wee day. And coming up on mornings on 2, Claudine Wong<\/a> will be out there. She will give us a behind the scene look on how the highly anticipated event is coming together and it really is an incredible event. Yeah such energy. It is. They are filled with a bunch of great kids. Celebrities too. It is just great. 6 47 is the time. Sal, how is the commute . Its getting busy pam and dave. As we get closer to 7 00 this is the peak of the commute. You will see a lot of slow traffic here as we go to the bay bridge. It is jam packed. There is no real shortcut. Unless you are taking the car pool lane then you will get a better drive. Once we get on the bridge it looks okay. This is a 30 minute drive into San Francisco<\/a>. We are also looking at a problem in cordelia. Looking at Contra Costa County<\/a> highway four is slow. 680 slow from 242. And on marin county not a bad looking drive. Lets go to san jose now. Northbound 280 is getting a little bit slow. No major problems along that stretch. 6 48 todays weather with steve. A little cooler for most. We have a beautiful sunrise here. A couple high clouds. Fog out there. Low clouds. Petaluma says very foggy here. Oh zoom out. The weak system brushing us has increased the low cloud deck. So that will take a couple degrees off the high temps. Yesterday was crystal clear. Low clouds. Mostly sunny. Mild to warm. Away from the coast. A little cooler. Low over cast will be on the move tomorrow. Increasing clouds friday into saturday. It looks like a cold light rain maybe some thunderstorms out to the valley. Snow up in the sierra. Finally we will get some. It started the month off pretty good. We had two really good systems friday and again on sunday into monday. Since then we have shut the door. It looks like it will be it will be colder as well as we get into saturday and sunday. Some of the low cloud deck is tough to see. Most of the higher clouds stay south but you can see the leading edge move into the picture here but its still a couple days away. Over all we are looking for cold lows for some. Not as cold as yesterday. We had a lot of low 30s. Today its more upper 40s. Yesterday 40s and 50s for others. Sonoma at 38 degrees. 37 lake port. Healdsburg. Windsor. Sebastopol at 39. Hang win at 1700 feet is 45. Really the cold temperatures arent the biggest story. Its the next system that is coming out of texas. Snow there is going to be about 48 inches. Freezing rain or mix precip ahead of it. Deep south, ohio valley, all the way into the carolinas and then points north. It will be a mess. And also for denver. I mentioned denver because they are zeroing in on the snowiest february ever. Possibility of 38 inches of snow. They had 17 inches of snow this february. The record is 22. So they are very close to a record and i think they will get it. You can see that little ripple. That has enhanced the fog a little bit. So low clouds its cool to cold. But not as cold. Sunny, mostly sunny and mild. Mild to warm inland. Upper 60s and 70s there. But for other areas it will be in the low 60s. So if you are by the water a little bit cooler. 60s to 70s. Clear lake, also santa rosa. Also for pittsburgh, antioch, and brentwood. 66 oakland. 67 santa cruz. Same for san jose, saratoga at 68. Low 60s on the coast. Mid 60s on the peninsula. Fog on the increase thursday. Friday into saturday with some light rain but it will be a more of a snow event for the sierra. Which is good. They can definitely use it. Right now it is 6 51. And there was this is incredible story. Incredible video. A home completely destroyed in seconds. Coming up many 20 minutes well show you the video, more of that, and you have to see to believe a powerful gas explosion. But first an unlikely partnership. How snoop is helping a popular San Francisco<\/a> coffee chain expand. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Time is 6 54. There is fear about the fate of at lease 150 syrian christians that were kidnapped in North Eastern<\/a> syria. They kidnapped them on monday. There are more than 10,000 syrians living in the bay area. Many of them immigrated here trying to get away from persecution. They have been deeply and heavily purse cuted because of their religion and ethnicity. They are indigenous to iraq, turkey, iran, and syria. Former marine has been found guilty of killing american sniper author chris kyle and his friend chad littlefield. The defense had argued that eddie routh was having a psychotic episode when he turned his weapon on kyle and littlefield in february of 2013. But prosecutors said that whatever episode routh suffered from was brought on by drinking and marijuana. It took jurors less than three hours to hand down the verdict and after the trial littlefields mother spoke to reporters outside the courthouse. We just want to say that weve waited two years for god to get justice for us on behalf of our son and as always god has proved to be faithful. The judge sentenced routh to prison without the possibility of parole. They have decided not to pursue civil rights charges against George Zimmerman<\/a> for the shooting death of trayvon martin. Zimmerman was acquitted of Second Degree<\/a> murder. He claimed it was selfdefense. The justice Department Says<\/a> there is not enough evidence that zimmerman used force against martin because of his race. Hillary clinton was tight lipped about plans to run for president while she was at the womens conference in silicon valley. Speaking for thousands of people there, she wouldnt say if she plans to run for president next year. She did however say she has a long checklist to go over before making that decision. And she has advice for women in all situations. We have to support each other more. And this is a constant challenge and we need to be willing to stand up for other women, to raise questions about how other women are being treated. Clinton also said women need equal pay for equal work and there should be paid family leave for working parents. San francisco coffee shop is expanding because of snoop dog. Philzs coffee is getting 15 million in funding. One of snoop dogs Financial Advisors<\/a> says he has a special affinity for organic ingredients and that he loves the business and the way they respect the coffee bean. They are known for their made to order drink that uses organic sugar and drink as well. I suddenly would like a cup of coffee. I know you would. Time is 6 57. Still ahead Southwest Airlines<\/a> canceling some flights this morning. The reason the airline grounded more than 100 planes yesterday and when they hope to get them back in the air. A developing situation near martinez. The chase, crash, and now search as police try to capture suspects believed to be connected to a Department Store<\/a> robbery. 0 ockn . coxo . n cnnncvxqx . nnn . oio0 0dnany reporter good morning, everybody. Were live in martinez where an active scene remains after a possible robbery leads to a highpede chase. Coming up, the new video and new details we just learned. If you are flying southwest this morning, better check your flight status. 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