Blustery as yesterday. I kind of enjoyed it. It was a nice little change. A refreshing change. Today will be slightly warmer as weak High Pressure builds in. But there is another system on the way and it expects to be here tomorrow. Mostly sunny. Partly sunny for a few. And a little bit warmer. 60s, upper 60s or low 70s for sal. Steve, good morning. Right now we are looking at this commute and so far we dont have a lot to talk about. Which is nice. Usually at this time its light. If you want to get on the road to the oakland airport, it looks good. Down to hegenberger, the drive time coming in at less than five minutes. As we look at commute at the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic here doesnt look that bad. As a matter of fact, it looks great into San Francisco. Less than eight minutes. As i look at the south bay map, you can see a little flashing icons with the road worker there, a couple of them near 280 and 880 and the other places. I will tell you we have no reported slow downs because of it and there are no collisions or stalled vehicles reported in the Santa Clara Valley. Lets go back to the desks. Back to the breaking news story we first told you about at 4 30. Earlier this morning four people escaped from a house fire on chase street in novato. Ktvu Tara Moriarty is there now. Tara, the crews are still putting out hot spots. Correct . Reporter yes, that is right. At first crews thought this fire was suspicious because there had been drug activity in the area. They dont know what sparked this fire. Its under investigation. If you take a look behind me, you can see there is plenty of crews here on scene. They are squelching hot spots. These flames breaking out in an attached garage and home off of chase street. Someone called 911 around 3 15 this morning. Crews arrived within four minutes. We were told four people that live if the main house were able to get out safely. The fire gutted the garage. It damaged two coarse and blew out the windows of the homes kitchen. The house, the fire was up a long narrow driveway. So it was an extended time. Reporter 40 firefighters tackled the flames. No one was hurt and interesting side note this property was once part of the mansion. That is what we were told by a firefighter here. That is where the area where it broke out the fire broke out was the servant headquarters. Jesuits once used the mansion as a retreat and grateful dead leased the property to make music. Now the state park has acquired the land. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Coming up we will talk to the homeowner. We will tell you how he used a garden hose to put the fire out. Live in novato im Tara Moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. Also this morning parents will be escorting students back to a Santa Rosa Middle School after they walked out of class yesterday. They left Lawrence Cook middle school this honor of andy lopez. He was the 13yearold boy shot and killed by a sheriffs deputy. He was carrying a fake gun that deputy thought he was real. More than two dozen students participated in yesterdays wacout. We are going to do it for 30 minutes. After leaving the middle school, the students marched to a nearby high school which prompted a lockdown. The superintendent is expected to release a statement early this morning. A fiveyearold girl in oakland is in the hospital this morning after being hit in the eye by a paint ball. It happened last night on ninth street. The little girl was riding in a car with her mother when someone in a passing car shot a paint ball through an open window. She is listed in serious condition and still being treated for her eye injury. Police are looking for the teenager who witnesses say fired that paint ball. Rail cars they dont run over night but there is a new push to have both muni and bart expand service into the Early Morning hours. Alex savidge is live in San Francisco to tell us what is behind this new push. Alex. Reporter supervisor scott weiner here in center lane wants bart and muni to begin running 24 hours a day. He says its both an economic issue for the city and the region and also a safety issue as well. Yesterday supervisor weiner introduced a resolution that would create a working group to focus on late night transportation. He says right now there are simply limited options for people who work off hours in the city and those who visit bars and clubs and leaving late at night and want to get back to the east bay and other parts of the bay area. Those who support expanded hours for bart and muni say San Francisco east nighttime economy employs about 50,000 people and generates about 50 million in tax revenue. The owner of a San Francisco bakery told us the lack of overnight transit options can hurt when it comes to hiring. I had one attractive resume after another but all of them lived in the east bay. And none of them could get here by 5 00 a. M. Reporter and that Transportation Task force will include late Night Industries. It will also be headed up by the San Francisco entertainment commission. The group will report back to the board of supervisors six months from now with possible solutions for after hours transit options. Coming up at 5 30 this morning, why late night workers tell us they worry so much about that trip home. Live in San Francisco alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news. Weekdays barts first train starts running at 4 00 a. M. The last train runs about midnight. On saturdays bart trains operate at 6 00 a. M. And sundays at 8 00 a. M. The mother of a student who died in that bus crash on interstate 5 earlier this month has filed a 100 million lawsuit. That is how much she is seeking in damages from fedex. Fedex trucks have a history of catching fire. The truck was on fire when it crashed on the freeway into a tour bus full of students. Ten people were killed including the fedex driver. Time is 5 07. New statistics confirming an increase in whooping cough in Contra Costa County and a nine yearold girl is the latest case. The child goes to morell low Park Elementary School and the experts say whooping cough turns into a on friday the principal of morell low park elementary notified parents there was a case of whooping cough. I know they get another one before seventh grade. I hope that is doing the trick. Right now there are 19 reported cases of whooping cough this Contra Costa County. Children r vaccinations are also recommended for adults with spend is a lot of time around young children. Pregnant women advised to get vaccinated as well. Before a vaccine was created until the 1940s, whooping cough killed between 510,000 people 5,000 to 10,000 people in the United States every year. New developments in the case of a suspected burglar in richmond. Contra costa prosecutors have charged two of the burglars accomplices with his murder even though they did not shoot him. Their actions put in motion the circumstances that caused the victim to be shot. Now the Marin County Sheriffs Department says it wants people to know there is no serial attacker on the loose on mt. Tam. There has been speculation about an attacker on mt. Tam after the separate discoveries of the bodies of two women. Investigators emphasize there is nonevidence that an attacker is on no evidence that an attacker son the prowl. The womans body showed no signs of assault. The results of toxicology tests will take several more weeks. There is new information in the story everybody is still talking about. The teenage stow away on that plane to hawaii. The place he really wanted to two to. The relationship with his father plus a fellow santa clara high student is reacting to his unbelievable stunt. Also plants being ripped from the ground in Golden Gate Park. The cause for concern that goes beyond just theft. Good morning. Right now on the east shore freeway looking pretty good so far as you drive from vallejo to berkeley. I will tell you more about the morning commute. A little brisk out there. Temperatures they warm up for a few. Not for a lot. But there might be a couple little low 70s. I will show you where those are or if they continue. Get 5 cash back at lowes this quarter so you can score more cash. Activate your 5 cash back at chase. Com freedom. Chase. So you can. On brand name mattress sets. Get three years interestfree financing plus, get free delivery, and sleep trains 100day low price guarantee. Sleep trains interest free for 3 event, is ending soon. Your ticket to a better nights sleep welcome back. New this morning president obama now in japan. The first stop on his four country asia visit. This is video of president obama arriving in tokyo just about two hours ago. Its kind of hard to see but among those greeting the president as he steps off air force one the u. S. Ambassador to japan caroline kennedy. After japan the president is scheduled to visit south korea, malaysia, and the philippines. The white house says president s trip is to reassure asia about the renewed u. S. Commitment to the region. Now were traveling to japan, president obama made a trip in Washington State at the site of that mud slide disaster. The president toured the mud slide by helicopter. He also met with families who lost loved ones. He thanked the First Responders and volunteers who have been working so hard around the clock since that mud slide hit on march 22nd. To see the strength and adversity should inspire all of us. Because this is is all what america is all about. When times get tough we look out for each other. Crews continue to work digging through mud and cutting through logs and other debris. The official death toll from that mud slide is 41 but two people are still missing. Time is 5 14. U. S. Soldiers on the move this morning and its a sign the Obama Administration is not backing away from the crisis in ukraine. 600 u. S. Soldiers are now in poland, latvia and lithuania. All are eastern you are pian countries european countries. They will be conducting military exercises. Its a show of force. Right now there are about 67,000 american troops in europe. Protests are being held this week at stores whos clothing made a building collapse. It happened in bangladesh on april 24th of last year. Labor Rights Groups say the brands and retailers that did business with factories in that building have failed to compensate survivors and the victims families. Protests are being held in new york, washington, d. C. , chicago, and right here in the bay area. Time is 5 15. Park officials in Golden Gate Park they are searching for thieves that are ripping plants right out of the ground. Forging in the park that is against the law. Park officials fear they may lose very rare plants and they are worried that someone could die from poisoning if they take wild mushrooms, deadly night shade, or hemlock plants. A man who lives across the street from Golden Gate Park who asked not to be identified says he confronted four elderly women about a month ago who were stealing what appeared to be wild ginger plants. [ inaudible ] at that point i walked over and asked them what are you doing . And they began to one by one leave the area. San Francisco Police say they are ready to make field trips to city parks in an effort to catch the plant thieves in the wild. One of californias Biggest Industries could be under attack. The enemy citrus greening. A disease carried by a bug called the asian citrus. It is a death sentence for the trees and the only hope is containment. There are thousands of traps in place to see if it is here now. The threat is wide spread. Texas expanded its quarantine for effected trees and every grove in florida reportedly has the disease. I heard a number of Public Service announcements on this. They are asking people to check their own trees in their backyards for any look of a bug. Time is 5 17. Sal, everything looking good in our commute . I know you are watching 280. That is right. We are starting in the south bay dave and pam. Good morning, once again. Santa clara valley commute has been pretty good. Northbound 280 getting up to highway 17 looks very nice. There are no problems on the Santa Cruz Mountains commute coming over the hill. 85 and 101 are starting off okay. Northbound 101 in San Francisco approaching the 80 split that traffic also looks good. The drive time from 280 to the downtown area is two minutes. Its never that way later but right now it is. Bay bridge toll plaza traffic looks good into San Francisco with no major problems into the city. This is less than an eight minute drive across the span. Lets go to steve. Sal, thank you. We have a little chill in the morning air. Under mostly clear skies to partly cloudy skies. This is close. Probably a little too warm here in the city. It will be low 60s to a few mid 60s. I buy this as you start heading across the bay. Temperatures will come up a few degrees today. This is close. Close. I always like to show it because the grid point. I dont always agree with the grid point. There wont be a quiz i promise. 30s for a few. We had one last hour. Napa at 39 and then a puff of a breeze showed up. Fairfield is 42. If it wasnt for the breeze for a few, it would be colder than that. Yesterday as you know not as bad today. There is still a little bit of a breeze. North at 10. Halfmoon bay west at 10. So still for a few locations there will be breezy conditions. Mostly clear. Partly sunny, partly cloudy. Weak High Pressure builds in today. This is dropping down out of the northwest which helps to keep some clouds in there. Next system turning right there is looking impressive here. More so than what we had the other day. Sun and clouds today. Slightly warmer. Near 70 for some. Away from the coast. Cloudy, cooler with rain likely. Yeah on friday it sure looks like it. Heres our timeline. Today everything is fine. Tomorrow we will see increasing clouds. And then we will see mostly cloudy conditions. The rain holds off until late, late thursday. Up toward Mendocino County and sweeps through. On my way into work i may have to use the windshield wipers on friday morning. And you top dave, and you too pam. And friday by 10 00 in the morning this could be amended. It will be out of the picture by friday night. Look at the rainfall projections. I will see if it holds. It might be pushing it a little bit. But its the sign of a stronger look. Mostly sunny. Partly sunny at times today. A little breezy at times. Just a couple wee bit warmer. 70 in clear lake. 70 at fairfield. Concord says hey what about us . Lots of 70ny here. 68 downtown oakland. 70 san jose. Same for palo alto and menlo park and d. C. At 60 cool degrees. I havent heard from joslin for awhile. Turning cloudy on thursday. And a slow recovery over the weekend. Thank you, steve. There are now eight tesla electric cars in china. The cars sell for 81,000 in the u. S. But it costs more than 120,000 in china. The Palo Alto Based car maker says it will work on a network of charging stations and Service Centers across china to encourage more buyers there. Thousands of email users are complaining their accounts are being used to send spam to people on their contact lists. Contain a link that lead to fishing attacks or malware. Aol recommends all account holders change their pass words and security questions. Time is 5 21. A threat from outer space. Could the next city killer asteroid. Welcome back. Time is 5 24. Police in belmont searching for two men caught on Surveillance Video here. They stole almost 6,000 worth of cigarettes. They robbed a walgreens store around 4 00 a. M. Friday morning. Police were alerted by an alarm but the thieves were only in there about two minutes. They were gone by the time police arrived. We are now hearing from a palo alto rock climber who survived a dangerous fall at yosemite. Now on sunday 26yearold Blake Parkinson fell from a granite wall. While they were able to hoist him up to safety. He is in the hospital being treated for a broken back. I had my back on a i hit my back on a bolder. It had been a climb i had wanted to do for quite awhile. I will have to wait to finish it up another time i guess. Doctors say parkinson is extremely lucky. Despite the fall he could still move his hands and legs. He is not paralyzed. The stanford admissions officer plans to return home after intensive therapy. Time is 5 25. Three violent fall groups want to block San Francisco three environmental groups want to block San Francisco from Building Three golf parks. For years environmentalists have been trying to get the city to allow the golf course to revert to the lagoon and the marsh lands it used to be. However the city says having that bond would create new habitat for endangered red legged frogs and the San Francisco gardener snakes. So far there is no indication when a judge will make a decision on that lawsuit. Tomorrow the San Jose Sharks will try to sweep the l. A. Kings out of the first round of the stanley cup playoffs. Here is march row low. A back hander. He scores. Yes, he did. And the sharks won game three last night. 43. They did it in overtime. Patrick marlow scored that winning goal. Game three tomorrow night. If the sharks win they move on to the next round. If the kings should win, the series moves back to san jose for game five on saturday. There is a word of warning for people who pla