San jose, shaping up to be a gorgeous morning for you. Welcome to mornings on 2, its saturday april 11. Im claudine wong. And good morning, everyone. Im mike me back. Lets check in with rosemary for the weather. It feels like a lot of spring out there. Sunrise was 20 minutes ago and it will set in 13 hours or so. 13 hours of daylight for you and a glimpse of whats happening outside our doors. We have these high clouds over the area. These are coming from a system that will bring us the high clouds and nothing more. Temperatures this morning on the cool side. We have 42 for you, 50 in concord, 48 in walnut creek, along the peninsula, San Francisco starting at 51 and a cool 41 in areas like Half Moon Bay. As we get through the day, notice we have the clouds sweeping through, thats about it. Ill stop it here in the noon hour. A mix of sunshine and clouds, these clouds are the type that bring us the translucent sun. These are the afternoon. We have got 60s and 70s out there. Today a minor warmup what we had yesterday. Youre going to see the as this afternoon. Temperatures into the upper 60s, for the second half of the afternoon, we could have the winds pick up a little bit. Also associated with the system that would bring us the high clouds throughout the day. 67 San Francisco, mid70s in napa, livermore youre expected to hit 75 this afternoon. 74 for morgan hill. Temperatures will begin to climb as we get into the second half of the weekend and ill have a look at that for you coming up in a little bit. Thank you. New this morning, the search is on for three Armed Robbery suspects. Police say over the last couple of days they committed a series of Violent Crimes and last night they led officers on a chase that left one pedestrians dead. They are accused of serious violent armed robberies last week. Police say around 10pm, seconds after the last robbery, an officer spotted their vehicle, a stolen toyota corolla, and during that pursuit the suspect hit and killed a woman at the intersection of california and kearney street. The suspect hit another pedestrian and that victim is expected to be okay. They found that car abandoned on Treasure Island and theyve recovered two guns. They are asking for people to find the robbers and who are considered armed and dangerous. A major street in San Francisco. Theyre digging up van ness avenue as part of a construction for a detour tunnel. Traffic delays are expected to all weekend. Take a look at the map here. It shows the road closure on van ness avenue between there and post street. This is the first of several road closures in the weeks ahead. Ali is live right there about the progress. Reporter that construction project as you mentioned an underground pedestrians tunnel will connect a hospital on van ness with a medical Office Building across the street. This shut down 30 hours ago and crews have been hard at work ever since, what theyre working on, well show you right in front of us. Well have a great view of it. Theyre building the framework, it will be for that pedestrian tunnel, theyll excavate it sometime this month. As the mini bus goes by, its a shutdown for all vehicles, except mini buses and First Responders, thats one of the guides theyre using, they drill the holes and put the pipe down. Thats what theyll use, those beams for the tunnel. How big a project and undertaking is this . Its is not something that happens every day. This is a oneofakind tunnel underneath van ness that has infer been done before. You got how many crews, how much equipment . Do you have to shut it down for the weekend its a big undertaking. We have threeday weekend shutdown for van ness, we have Police Officers, 20 flaggers to help direct traffic all weekend long. This was shut down yesterday during friday rush hour, how did it go . It was busy but i think everybody we had out here really helped have traffic move smoothly throughout rush hour. We have interesting and medication to show exactly what theyre going to be doing this weekend. Talk about the project, what the work thats taking place this weekend is. Effectively were building the temporary walls to the tunnel structure itself. Next weekend, two weeks from now well build the roof structure than will be the end of the work until Labor Day Weekend. The tunnel will be complete. Its not like the central subway that you have a giant tunnel youre boring through. Thats correct. Youre going to build this tunnel first and then dig out all of the stuff. All summer long there will be work going on underneath van ness, most of the vehicles on van ness will have any idea that there is construction going on underneath them. The next time this will all be closed as part of van ness will be two weeks from now. But, for the rest of the weekend only mini buses and golden gate transit buses and First Responders will be aloud go through this portion of van ness between feary and post street. Everything is shatted to reopen on time just before midnight, 11 59 on sunday evening, mike, so by monday morning for the rush hour commute, things should be normal. Lets hope it goes smooth the rest of the way. To find out more about the closure, you can go to our website and click on web links. Theyll have extra patrols on campus today after they allegedly threatened to go to campus and start shooting. This was on the social media pages. We got a characters there were a flood of calls since it came out. They got a timely warning when someone heard them lever to a gun and campus shooting on saturday. Theyre asking anyone who is planning to be on campus today to stay aware of their surroundings. Doctors who treat students on uc campus, theyre standing outside. The doctors say theyre unhappy with the progress of contract negotiations and budget cuts have led to inadequate staffing and that has hurt students. They set to begin their strike and the strike will end on monday. Field college is days away from clot willing and the only way it can stay open is if a new buyer chooses to invest. They rallied in front of the state Attorney Generals Office. If the School Closes, 9,000 students and 1500 employees will be affected. The Attorney Generals Office has been deterring potential fires. There appears to be some unreasonable demands being put on the new buyer, such as presumably liability for past actions of ownership, and its not acceptable for buyers. The for Profit Institution is facing a lawsuit by the attorney general for Violations Including defrauding students. New this morning with president obama out of the country, Vice President joe biden delivered the weekly address, he talked about one of the reasons he and his wife is an educator out of virginia, Community College traveled to the bay area this week. Thats why the president and i have a plan to remove that barrier and expand the pathways of the middle class bringing the cost of Community College down, down to 0. Free tuition at Community Colleges would cut the cost of a degree by half and it will be paid for by wealthy investors and special fees on big banks. Hes going to depart San Francisco today and back to his home in delaware, he met a group of military vets, and they are enrolled in pg and e power path initiative. Theyll teach a variety of job skills for prospective workers and vets. The same reason i had the opportunity to help others and i have the opportunity again. Being in the military is giving me the basic scaffolding that i can persevere. And he says the u. S. Needs to modern eyes its infrastructure, that the Company Needs well trained highly skilled workers like these vets returning home to make that happen. Its not just can he or she do that job right now, what is the potential, and you have all been leaders of women and men in tough situations. The Vice President took time out to have a bite to eat at a Grilled Cheese place at the financial district. He took 30 minutes to have the ceo of the melt. He ordered a classic Grilled Cheese sandwich and two tomato soups and chocolate shake. Builders will have to create drought resistant front yards in American Canyon. People who have lawns can keep them. Some residents are not happy, with water at a premium, they should think its redevelopment plans for a new town center. How about every unit youre adding, how is it helping our drought issue, youre adding who are. They would add a park, hotel, school, and townhouses and apartments. The water situation in American Canyon is worse and it depends entirely on the state for water and has no reservoir. Its National Pet Day and it was started back in 20005 to recognize the joy pets bring to our lives. Its a day to raise awareness at animals waiting to get adopted at shelters, waiting for forever homes. Donating food or blankets to your favorite organization and buying a pet a toy. Here is a list of americas favorite pet names. Bella, lucy and max, charlie and buddy take up the top five. We would like to see photos of your pets. Heres charlie. He made the top five. So popular. One is leo, not popular, but we love him. Up load your pictures to our ktvu Facebook Page and we with like to see those pictures. Theres a picture to corey flynn, check out that beagle. Take a look at this, this photo was sent in by maria, you can seal the cat sitting at the table with a nice little plate of food. Everybody gets to feed at the table. A new look to Market Street in San Francisco. Well talk about the unusual artwork. Its on display and you can decide whether or not it should stay there for good. New concerns about an east bay creek contaminated with concrete. Why they think it was much worse than they originally thought. You could start your mornings live, its partly to mostly cloudy skies, its getting to 70 degrees this afternoon. The governor of illinois has signed a disaster declaration that will allow the state to receive federal support after tornadoes hit several counties, storms hit right through the area thursday night. Yesterday they gathered to collect food water and clotheing to help those that lost everything. Several people were injured during those storms and two will in their late 6s were killed. The damage is significant. Houses that are affected, theyre severely affected, theyre gone for the most part or uninhabitable, its devastation from where the tornado went through. The extent of the damage has yet to be determined right now. Rescue crews say the primary goal is to search through the debris to make sure everything is delivered for. Hundreds of packages causeed a 13 hour traffic delay. This all happened about yesterday, 5 30 in the morning. The truck was headed west into morin and it crashed into the center divide. It ruptured a fuel tang, the impact ruptured a fuel tang and a fire came it there. If had you a package up board youre cord up to 100 unless you chose a hire insurance man. Check your package tracking numbers for any updates. Efforts to clean up a spill in the oakland creek, 12 truckloads of concrete was being pumped into a pipe to seal it. One of the inspectors did not realize the valve was open and the mixer spilled into the creek for two hours. People in the area found cement covered birds and this spill is worse than originally thought. We frankly didnt do a great survey and you know, i can say well do better next time. Fish and wildlife officials said the problem could have been much worse if the drought hadnt dried up most of that creek. Time for the front pages, heres the San Francisco chronicle, a photo of a restaurant with the headline, restaurants feeling with the reality of drought. Many restaurants are serving water only upon customer request. And here is a look now at the santa cruz sent knell. They change, u csc suspects highway 1 protests. The students cant go back on campus until january 1st and they have to Serve Community service. Heres a look at the desert sun in palm springs. It is cocella does cochella. This event will be streamed on sirius xm radio and online. Are you guys Music Festival fans, have you been to anything before that. Before having children. Kind might have response too. Yeah. I love live music. I could listen to any kind of genre of live music as long as the weather is good, its nice. Its good to be back. I was checking out the snow last week. You got there when they got a fresh batch, that was hopefully fun for you. I saw people looking at the sky and saying what was that. Very foreign falling from the sky. Were waking up with clouds and sun, ill point out to you the system right now as we look at Storm Tracker 2. Theres a little rain and snow going on not in our area, as you get farther north, areas Like Northern california, a few showers and records right there. It will be high clouds that you see outside our door at this hour. We could turn locally breezy as we get into the second half of the afternoon. That will be the impact of that system at least for us. Temperatures on the cool side in napa, 42 for you in santa rosa, its starting out at 51 degrees, widespread 40s as well. 50 degrees in concord, 48 in hayward, as we shift along the peninsula, 42 in the park, and its into the Los Altos Hills 48. Take a look at whats happening, 43, a chilly start for you morgan hill, and gilroy starting out at 41. These temperatures are come up just by a few degrees. You may notice, you may not, in any case, it will be a nice day, partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies and napa for today. 74 in novato, shifting to the east where we have upper 60s in alameda, low 70s in walnut creek, south bay location, 72 san jose, 75 for gilroy and santa cruz, along the peninsula for you this afternoon, palo alto, youll go to 71, 67 expected this afternoon. Low to mid60s along the coast. The extended forecast and bait area weekend always in view. Temperatures continue to climb as you get into the second part of the weekend, it looks to be the warmest day and partly sunny skies with the models bringing it to the north edge of sonoma county. We may see a little drizzle out of it. In any case we have dry conditions and midweek wednesday we may have a big warmup coming our way. All right. Thats the beginning. Weve been warmed. Its ranked one of the best places to work. So, how do you get a job at google. More on the new report, you dont need a degree from harvard to get that foot in the door. Cherry blossoms in full bloom and thats expected to attract thousands of visitors this weekend. The National Cherry blossom festival is under way in washington, d. C. And the blossoms are expected to hit peak bloom and more are expected to come out for the parade. According to the National Park service, when the trees peak, theyll last for four days. The Cherry Blossom festival started on march 20th and will come to a close tomorrow night. More than 100,000 are expected to come to the Northern CaliforniaCherry Blossom festival. It will start at 10 and continue into the evening and end at 7. It will feature food shopping, performances and festivities will continue tomorrow and peculiar up again next weekend. Everyone is invited to join in on the celebration and most of the events are free. San franciscos market is looking like a modern art museum. This is all part of the Market Street prototyping festiva. There are 52 exhibits for people to enjoy. You can vote on your favorites. The ten or 12 that received the most positive response could be selected as part of a longterm display on Market Street. The grade full dead has grateful dead has announced one more stop and its right here in the bay area. The remaining members of the band announce theyll play two shows at levi stadium this summer, june 27 and 28. The reunion will mark the original members last ever performances together. If you want pictures, you can if to our home page at ktvu. Com. Your time now is 7 26, considered armed and dangerous, theres a search under way for a man wanted in connection to a Homicide Investigation and how you can help find, help police find him. Cranes and giant drills take over an entire city block of San Francisco, the closure on van ness avenue, now, in effect and the construction project startup. Im tracking a warmup in the bay area weekend and ill compare some of those numbers for you coming up. Heres a look at some of the top stories were following for you this morning. Police are looking for three men who they say led them on a highspeed chase through downtown San Francisco while trying to escape the two pedestrians killing one of them. They found the suspects car abandoned on Treasure Island. They believe the three men are responsible for a rash of armed robberies this week and including at least three yesterday. Cal state east bay police say theyll have extra patrols on campus after someone allegedly threatened to go to campus today. And start shooting. It went out on the website and social media pages. Theyre calling the notice a timely warning. They overheard them referred to a gun and campus shooting on saturday. Theyre working nonstop this weekend as part of the projec