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japan last night. the tsunami fears that followed. reporter: neighbors are telling us about new information in an officer- involved shooting. and a surprise visit from the top man at the pentagon to afghanistan. mornings on 2 starts now. good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. i m ken wayne. i m tori campbell. it s wednesday, march 14th. it s another wet and windy day. flood, downed trees and slick roads. we have team coverage. we start with lorraine blanco with the windy conditions on the richmond/san rafael bridge. reporter: good morning. the wind and rain have been pretty consistent. if you table take a look at my notepad, you can see how it s actually not as soaked as it was a couple of minutes ago. there s a high wind advisory right now for the bridges. getting across the bridges can be tricky in these conditions, especially if you are in a high- profile vehicle. the chp is warning drivers to slow down, continue to correct your steering and be on ....
last nights officer involved shooting here in oakland. new developments out of afghanistan. the clues investigators are discovering as a top u.s. official makes a surprise visit this morning. it s all ahead. good morning. it s wednesday, march 14th i m ken wayne. dave clark has the day off. good morning, thank you for joining us i m pam cook. mark tamayo is in for steve paulson. it was a horrendous drive. yeah. a lot of waters on the roadways. that coupled with the wind we still have quite a bit of rain to talk about this morning. be extra careful on the roads. as you can see on live storm tracker 2 the darker shades of green correspond to moderate rainfalls. this will continue to be a big factor for the morning commute and for more of the morning commute we ll check in with sal. mark, we are looking at this tree that came down on the coolage off ramp. this big tree came down around 3:00 in the morning. the crews have came out with chain saws and have managed ....
at 6:00. i m ken wayne, presidential hopeful and former speaker of the house newt gingrich taking center stage in burling game. our coverage begins with the convention. today, there was the message he brought to the state g.o.p. reporter: nearly an hour and a half after the lunch began, newt gingrich took center stage. it was not his first appearance before the g.o.p.ers today. the convention s focus? to reach out to all voters, in the town hall meeting, the former speaker and now presidential hopeful made his first appearance. i m just trying to get back to a pre-obama world. reporter: later he tried to rally his fellow republicans. then he began a long attack on president obama s energy policies. we have more than enough energy in the united states. that we do not have to rely on foreign countries. but we have an anti-american energy government and government. reporter: they are looking at the expense of gas prices spiking. if you would like to have nati ....
reimbursement policy, the city reconsidered. when the issue was pushed further, we did check with the city manager. he made a decision to you know, that we would refund whatever amount was misbilled in this particular case. reporter: for this couple and their neighbors, a good outcome. i feel like what is requesting what is rightfully ours is not too much to ask for. reporter: the lesson for us all? every resident should look at the tax bill and make sure that the rates being charged are what is being assessed. reporter: now to make sure that there is no iceburg, i filed this, a california public record s act request, asking for review of all billings. reporting live, i m consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu. and elsewhere, san francisco firefighters put their lives on the line every time they run towards the flames. coming up in moments, the potentially deadly disease that female firefighters are finding at an alarming rate. and a san francisco woman receive ....
ktvu channel 2 action news. and bill martin says we could break records today. and we did, santa cruz broke a record, santa rosa broke a record as well. 7 degrees, just short of 80 degrees, temperatures in february, 10-15 degrees above the average. these are the current temperatures outside. it does not look like february. these look like june temperatures. 74 in fairfield, 72, livermore, very warm daytime highs. there is the record, santa rosa, 79. in san francisco, 71, santa cruz setting a record at 79 degrees as well. there is a wind advisory at higher elevations. and we have some very warm temperatures in your forecast tomorrow. i am back here at 5:18, going to tomorrow s forecast. i ll show you where we could see more possible records and where the hottest spots will be. i ll see you back here. the search continues for more possible sites in san joaquin county where the victims of a pair of serial killers may be buried. ktvu s ken pritchett has more on the st ....