Transcripts For KTVU KTVU Mornings On 2 At 7am 20160706

Flames are affecting the morning commute . Thats right. We are looking at live pictures from sky fox on the left and this is video on the right of the fire earlier. The townhomes you see on the left were adjacent to the fire. This is macarthur boulevard near 580 as gasia mentioned. Earlier in the morning flames were clearly visable. Most of us who got to work early could see the fire from miles away. These are pictures showing the firefighters working on the townhomes that were exposed to the fire building. These townhomes had been evacuated and thats why firefighters report that no one was hurt. Nevertheless, extensive damage to these townhomes. They are still fighting that fire. The construction site across the street is a complete loss. Thats going to be a big mess. And sab pablo avenue into this area, which normally carries a lot of traffic, is shut down in the area. Its a good area to avoid this morning. So we want to let you know about that. These are pictures that came in on social media of the huge flames and fires. We found them on twitter, on facebook, et cetera, as people woke up to the fire and the fire units, which, by the way, came in from all over Alameda County. Hayward units. We had berkeley, oakland, emeryville, alameda sent a fire truck. We have a look at some of these. This is a live look from sky fox. You can see the big area here. Its a good area, obviously, to avoid. Pg e has deployed crews in the area. This fire is going to be going on for a long time. Lets go to union city. Alameda county firefighters at the scene of a fire in union city. This is video taken earlier from sky fox 2 next to interstate 880. The fire is contained a warehouse and overhaul is in progress. You can see it was apparently a pet boys warehouse here. Not a major fire, but it took units from union city and hayward to contain that. Lets go to the traffic. A look at the bay bridge toll plaza. Backed up for a normal delay 20 to 25 minutes. I also want to show you the traffic in hayward is slow on the san mateo and 880. Lets go to steve. All right, sal, well, we have another cool pattern in place. It looks like its going to last most of the week and into the weekend as well. Even cooler towards friday and saturday. I know its the inland temps that are starting to take the tumble. San jose officially 75. Whats average . 84. Pretty close on the lows. But below on both. Record 103 in 1905. Low clouds and fog now. The coverage is not as extensive as it was yesterday, although the north bay looks to be mostly cloudy and there is plenty of low clouds around. More breaks towards the south. The water temps cooled off. 52 yesterday bodega bay. 50 today. Half moon bay down, too. Monterey down two. Average about 50 to 57. So they are close to slightly below. There is a decent breeze for most. Not for all. Its an onshore breeze. 50s and 40s. There are a few 40s in the mix this morning, especially in the east bay and above los gatos at 59. 59 morgan hill, san martin and gilroy. Mid 50s cupertino, saratoga. A little system ushering in the mauler pattern. So if you like this kind of weather, this week is to your liking. 60s and 70s for many. Well below average. Back to gasia and dave. Back to that fire we have been covering, brian flores is live at the scene with whats changing there. Brian. Reporter residents in the townhome complex, that was next to the one that was burning, they are being allowed back in. I want to show you what the scene looks like right now. Still Alameda County fire crews, oakland fire crews continuing to pour water on top of this sixstory apartment complex that is under construction, but is now pretty much destroyed at this point. I want to show you also, we walked down this street, guys. This is a side street nearby. And were talking about some of the embers that flew from this fire from earlier this morning. We can confirm there were at least two or three structures that were affected by this. We talked to a woman a few minutes ago who said that her backyard, the tree caught on fire and then nearby there was a car that caught on fire as well. But certainly it was in a very busy morning for firefighters this morning. Take a listen to when we first arrived on scene. That was video just when we first arrived here shortly after 4 00 this morning. This fire has been burning since 2 45. Witnesses heard a loud bang and then all of a sudden this apartment complex under construction pretty much lit up like a tinderbox, according to one witness. Earlier this morning we saw several people being evacuated from a nearby townhome complex off 39th and adaline. Some of those residents being allowed to return home. This has been a busy morning for alameda firefighters, oakland firefighters, albany and hayward. Also concern from a nearby crane that had to be stabilized. There was fear of that falling as well. Residents nearby and people who saw the fire were very, very scared. I just came out and i just saw this big flames burning and burning and people screaming. And i was feeling the heat up to here on this block. Reporter now, several resources being used to fight this fire, including the use of a drone, which is run by Alameda County sheriffs. Apparently that drone is looking for any hot spots so that fire crews get a better handle where to pour the water and fight this fire. But as we take it back out here live, this is gonna be several hours until this fire is fully completely contained. They have gotten the upper hand in terms of getting the flames out, but in this area here there is definitely a lot of smoke in this area. A lot of the residents Wearing Masks to protect themselves from breathing in the smoke. I can smell the smoke as we speak. It will be quite a time until this scene is clear. We dont know the cause of how this fire started. Luckily, no injuries reported as well. Brian, i know the fire started at 2 45 this morning. Certainly construction on that building wasnt underway. Do you know whether or not anyone was inside the building at the time, maybe who should or shouldnt have been there . Reporter we talked to some construction workers. You are going to hear what they have to say about it in the next hour. But basically what they said was that several of them left their tools there from overnight. One construction worker that we spoke with says just a couple of days ago, at least on the 4th of july weekend, the superintendents office, which is on the bottom floor of this apartment complex that was under construction, was burglarized and several tools were taken. Now, whether or not that has a connection to the fire that happened this morning we dont know. Thats what they tell us this morning. We are going to talk with some officials this morning, see what they have to say about it. Thats what were hearing in terms of people maybe not being allowed to be in this area around this time. Back to you. Good to know. Thank you, brian. Time is 7 08. Some cars parked next to the burning building also caught fire, and during our live report earlier one of the tires on the car exploded. Good morning. This fire started roughly around 2 45 this morning. Were [explosion]. We were watching that. That happened during brians life report earlier this morning. We are going to continue to follow this story through the morning. We will bring you another update later in our mornings on 2. Well, meantime in the south bay there is a scary situation. Shots are being fired at cars along a busy road in south san jose. Now the police are asking for help to find the shooter. Ktvus janine de la vega joining us live now. Youre in san jose and you have been out talking to people about this. Janine. Reporter yeah. And the people i have been speaking to this morning feel sort of helpless. I mean, blossom hill row, it is very well traveled. Lots of businesses along here. So far there have been fourcar shootings here. Lets go to a map that shows this area in south san jose where these are occurring. Can you see its close to 101 and blossom here near poughkeepsie and monterey roads. Police say the shootings are occurring at around 12 30 a. M. Everything else about them appears to be random. The drivers are just driving along with suddenly their car is hit with a bullet. The latest happened on saturday. Police say a female driver was hurt by shrapnel or glass that his her car. In june, two other vehicles were shot at with a single round, and in those incidents we know that one of the male drivers suffered a grade wound. And before that there was a shooting in may where the driver was uninjured. It was scary. People, you know, yeah, that people would actually, you know, just do that. Hurt people randomly. You have to be more aware. Pay attention to your surroundings and hope for the best, i guess. Reporter police have stepped up patrols in those areas, but they need help in identifying the suspect responsible. They are asking anyone with information or who may have witnessed any of the incidents to give them a call. Investigators do not want this to escalate more than it already has. Dave. Janine de la vega in san jose. Thank you. Time is 7 11. Happening today the San Francisco Police Commission is set to geton update on its search for a new place chief. The Police Commission that hired the firm last month, its expected to tell a threeperson committee today about its progress. Toney chaplin has been leading the department in the wake. Greg suhrs abrupt resignation in may. The final decision will be up to the Police Commission and mayor ed lee. The fbi says there will be no criminal charges for Hillary Clinton for mishandling classified information while she was secretary of state. Yesterday fbi director james comey, and you saw him here live on mornings on 2, delivered the results of a year long resignation. He criticized clinton for sending state Department Email on a private server at her home. Many of them contained classified information at the time they were sent. We cannot find a case that would support bringing criminal charges on these facts. Only a very small number of the emails here containing classified information indicated the presence of classified information. Hillary clinton did not mention the issue while she was campaigning yesterday in charlotte, North Carolina with president obama, but her campaign released a statement saying, quote, it was a mistake to use her personal email and she would not do it again. It also said that mrs. Clinton was glad this matter is now resolved. Well, meantime, donald trump last night at a Campaign Rally praised former iraqi dictator saddam hussein. Saddam hussein was a bad guy, right . Really bad guy. You know what he did well . He killed terrorists. He did that so good. They didnt read him the rights. They didnt talk. They were terrorists. It was over. Well, Hillary Clintons campaign released a statement about Donald Trumps remarks saying, trumps, quote, cavalier complements for brutal dictators demonstrate how dangerous he would be as commander in. We are following that massive fire in a building under construction in emeryville near the boundary with oakland. We learned flames have spread to neighboring buildings. We continue to follow this breaking story. At 7 30 we will bring alex savidge back. He has been talking with the allegedly fire chief. A popular gay bar is in danger of closing. The effort underway to save the bar named the stud. Good morning. We are looking at the morning commute, and right now the traffic in the Silicon Valley is okay. It looks like its a little bit slow on northbound 280. We will take a look at your morning drive to work straight ahead. Well, last july water temps were about 60 degrees. We had some fog, but now they are 50 to 55 and we have a lot of fog. That means a cooler pattern. We will show you how much. Its been 60 years in the making. The Disneyland Resort diamond celebration. Dont miss your chance to see it all dazzle. Come celebrate new beginnings like hyperspace mountain. And premiering this summer, frozen, a musical spectacular. Plus an all new soarin. So come to the place where summer dazzles. At 7 16 we continue to following breaking news. That huge fire that has been burning in emeryville next to oakland. The scene is at san pablo avenue near interstate 580. These are pictures taken later in the morning at its height the fivestory Apartment Building under construction was completely engulfed in flames. The fire started at about 2 45 a. M. At this point the fire has gone six alarms. That mean Fire Departments have been calling in more crews through the morning hours. We know the fire has spread to a nearby residential Building Made up of condos. Also the red cross is on scene and helping all those affected by the fire. This is a live picture now from miles away. A roof cam shows just how much smoke is still coming from that burning building. Thats on the far right of the picture. Can you see here just really the very, you know, almost like toothpicks standing up from what used to be a building. Just to the side of that on the left, those are the townhomes that are involved in the fire as well. Now, a couple of units there also affected by flames. Can you see traffic slowing by the scene. We have two news crews in the area reporting for us live through mornings on 2 and we will continue that for you through the morning. All right. Time is 7 17. Meantime, long time customers of a San Francisco gay bar that has been in business 50 years are rallying to save it. Its named stud. It may be forced to close at 9th and harrison. The buildings new owner, a Real Estate Investment company in pacifica, bought the property two weeks ago. And starting in september, the rent will jump from 3,800 a month to 9,500. Longtime patron and performer meika said he will meet with Community Members to try to form a coop to buy the bar. This is important. I think especially to lbgt people. Now that were allowed to have one, its really important to note the things that still exist that we have had. Supporters are hoping to work with the city of San Francisco to designate the stud as an historic landmark and legacy business in an effort to keep its doors open. 7 18. Just showed you a live picture of the scene of that big fire in emeryville by the oakland boundary. Sal, from what i could see, traffic was okay in the area. But i know you know best. Thats right. When the fire was burning earlier, gasia and dave, it was a traffic curiosity. Now its just smoke. So drivers are getting by without major slowdowns. However, san pablo avenue in that area on surface road is an area to avoid. There is a lot of Fire Equipment in the area and there are going to be delays. The freeway traffic on 580, 980 and 24 seem to be okay. Can you clearly see smoke rising. It doesnt appear traffic is slowing in the area. Lets look at the bay bridge. There is slow traffic here. Its backed up for 20 to 25 minutes. If you are taking the san mateo bridge from hayward to the peninsula, there is slow traffic mostly on 92 before you get onto the span. Dumbarton bridge is okay. No slowdowns into san jose. 7 19. Lets go to steve for todays forecast. Thank you. Good morning. Very cool good morning, i might add. There is plenty of low clouds around and also a rather a bite to the morning air with that breeze. Thats an onshore breeze. Santa clara valley, southern end of the peninsula, its a southeast breeze, but the low clouds have made a good push. Happy summer. No kidding. And plenty of low clouds over the bay and also over oakland and you can combine that with a decent breeze and that means below normal temps. 62 54 for San Francisco. 67 is average. Below on the high side. 94 back in 1921. The record high. Fog and low clouds get chewed up by a northwest breeze. It fills back in. Last july, around the end of june water terms went up to 60 to 62. They are completely different this year. 50 to 55. 56. They actually cooled off in the last this hours. Bodega bay was 52 yesterday. 50 now. Everythings in place to get that fog machine rolling along, especially when you get a system in the west. We have lost some support, cool air aloft and the inland temps continue to come down. So its a fight between those two. The fog is winning out. Especially the breezy. In the Santa Clara Valley the smell of garlic from gilroy to san jose. 50s on the temps. San rafael 51. Napa 48. Calistoga hills 47 degrees. Sebastapol 52. Bodega bay a brisk 49 degrees with the water temp at 50. 39 truckee. 61 reno. 54 down in monterey. Can you see a little dip right there. This time of year, thats all it takes. A stronger system is going to drop in. That will be with us friday, saturday, and inland temps will come down. Low clouds. Windy. Breezy. Cool for some. Below average temps. A 90 out of clear lake. 89 there. 60s, 70s for many. Novato 73. Napa 74. 79 fairfield. That is cool, cool. 81 pittsburg. 78 walnut creek. Alameda 65. Thats it. 70s for morgan hill and gilroy. 67 santa cruz. Cupertino 76. 68 san bruno. 61dc. 71 san mateo. Cool pattern. Maybe just subtle changes. Then it does look cooler friday into saturday. It will be drizzle here and maybe rain up north, but not here. Are you sure its summer, steve . Its summer. Thank you. Time is 7 22. Illegal fireworks in oakland sparked a house fire. Coming up in 20 minutes, the heroic actions of a neighbor to rescued a disabled woman who was trapped inside. Air travelers could see relief soon. The new technology coming to u. S. Airports that may speed up the long security lines at checkpoints. Officials say they are testing ways to speed up airport lines and improve security. The tsa plans to start using ct scanners to inspect carry on bags at a checkpoint at the phoenix airport. The scanners should be in place by the end of this year and it could speed up security lines by 30 . Security workers only step in to check a bag if they find something suspicious. Ct scanners are already used to screen checked luggage. 7 25. Today marks three years since the asiana crash. 200 people were hurt. The National Transportation safety board ruled that the pilots failed to monitor their speed and they relied too much on the planes automated flight system, we they did not fully understand. A 24 hour charity event, the Silicon Valley day of giving, the mercury news reports organizers say some donors and Charities Involved are concerned about credit card fees for making online donations. They are also worried some donors may feel overloaded by requests for money. Some Charities Say they see a drop in other donations around the time of this event, so at this point organizers are looking at possible alternatives for 2018. Emotions run high as a Police Officer in louisiana shoots and kills a man. Next more on the circumstances of the shooting and the protests underway. Plus. We are still following the developing news here in the east bay this morning. Firefighters still trying to fully gain control of a massive fire that broke out at an apartment complex under construction in emeryville. We will tell you how this fire was able to spread to a neighboring townhome complexion coming up. We are looking at a morning commute that has been just moderate. We have seen some slow traffic here and there. One of the commutes we have been watching has been the east bay commute. We will tell you a little bit more about that and also take another look at the freeways near this big fire. Pretty good fog bank. San jose with fog on the hills. Temperatures will be below average. We will talk about how much and for how long. Its been 60 years in the making. The Disneyland Resort diamond celebration. Dont miss your chance to see it all dazzle. Come celebrate new beginnings like hyperspace mountain. And premiering this summer, frozen, a musical spectacular. Plus an all new soarin. So come to the place where summer dazzles. Our big story this morning is a huge fire in emeryville right near the boundary with oakland. From the roof cam on top of ktvu studios in oaklands Jack London Square you can see smoke rising from the scene of the fire. On the righthand side of the screen thats the Apartment Building under construction that burned. In the very center of your screen are some townhomes, a couple of which have been affected by flames. They started on fire due to the heat from the betting next door. To give you a better read, if you are on 580 eastbound heading from oakland to berkeley, this is on your right hand side. It is before you get to some major emeryville landmarks, if you will. This is before the home depot, before ikea, before bay street, emeryville. Its right across the street from the pack and save Grocery Store there, which should help give you a better idea of the area were talking about. We will bring in our crews in a minute. It is the big story of the day this wednesday, july 6. I am gasia mikaelian. I am dave clark. My mic is now working. Lets go to alex savidge. Youre talking to the fire chief. And i know people in the area, they are worried about their homes, alex . Reporter yeah, you know, folks are worried. Especially early this morning. A lot of people were very concerned about the flying embers. You will hear from one man in just a moment who lives close by who woke up to this fire. You can imagine how concerned he was and so many others were. Got an update from the chief a short time ago. We talked about this starting with this complex under construction. Its behind us here just beyond some trees and homes. The original fire was an apartment complex that is still under construction. What happened a short time ago is that the fire did, in fact, spread to a neighboring townhome complex thats just next door. That is a complex where people are living. Now, the good news is that those townhomes, they were evacuated very early this morning as this fire broke out. As we understand it, the fire started about 2 45 this morning at this complex that is under construction here in emeryville right at the corner of 38th street near the corner of 38th street and san pablo. You had crews coming in from all over the east bay to help fight this fire. That included crews from the Alameda County Fire Department, berkeley, oakland, hayward, albany, among others, trying to get a handle on this thing. It ended up spreading to the townhome complex just next door. But the complex was cleared out. It was evacuated before the fire spread there to three of the townhomes. Now, let me let you listen here to a gentleman i spoke with who lives about a block away from here in a home that is just a block away. He says the embers were flying towards his place when he looked out the window early this morning. I go, okay, forget 911. They know somethings going on. I got to protect my house and threw some clothes on, went outside and made sure no embers were on my roof. Reporter another concern initially for fire crews early this morning was the large crane thats here in the middle of this construction site. Initially, i was told by the fire chief, the alameda fire chief, that that crane, crews noticed that it was swaying a little bit. There were some concerns about its stability because, obviously, its right there in the middle of this construction site where the, you know, this fire had basically destroyed this entire building. So they were concerned about the statability of the crane. That does not appear to be an issue anymore. That was a concern early on. This is very interesting, because this has become they are using some using technology here. They are using a drone. The Alameda County Sheriffs Office drone is up in the air above this fire here. Can you see what theyre doing. They are monitoring this fire. Monitoring the hot spots using a thermoimage camera. They can try to put crews in the right places to make sure the fire doesnt spread. That is the big concern here because it did spread just a short time ago. As we reported, it spread from the original complex under construction to that neighboring townhome complex that had previously been evacuated. Again, the last word we got was that three townhomes were burned in some form or fashion. Those had already been evacuated. Nobody hurt out here. The cause of this fire still under investigation. Well, alex, taking over the traffic angle of this, because a lot of people have wondered exactly where the fire is, i am going to put up a map of the fire. Its right there near west macarther and 39th and right there in this area of oakland and emeryville. Those streets ring a bell to you, thats where the fire was. San pablo avenue is blocked by Fire Equipment and thats causing a delay in the area. This is a live picture of the fire from our emeryville camera, and 580 nearby, the macarthur freeway between 980 and the maze not affected. Traffic is driving by. People, obviously, being curious may slow it a little bit. This is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. This is backed up for about a 15 to to 20minute delay. In the south bay we have been watching kind of a busy commute here. 101 slow from sunnyvale to mountain view. 85 and 280 are slow. A little bit lighter than usual, but still not a great commute in the Silicon Valley. 7 35. Lets bring steve in with todays weather. All right, sal. Thank you, sir. Is my mic working . Clear for some. Foggy for others. A cool, cool pattern for sure. I mean, just i mean, there is enough fog out there and some 40s to take the edge off. Just enough drizzle in beautiful sonoma to mess up the pollen. Have been saving it on my car. San jose running well below average. 75 forecast high. 56 low. Average 84 58. Below on both. 103 in 1905. 43 in 1902 the record low. Low clouds and fog. Chewed up a little bit yesterday by a northwest breeze, but that at the same time creates the upwe willing which gives us colder water temps. 62 brentwood. 51 novato. 52 San Francisco. That observation 57 palo alto. Napa airport 53. I saw a 48 not far away. Upper 50s, low 60s to mid 50s. Very cool for some. Lafayette 52. Pleasanton a soft 60. Martinez at 58 degrees. There is still a component of a westerly breeze for many or a westsouthwest. Oakland airport gusts to 22. 16 concord. San jose, Santa Clara Valley its a southwest breeze. That little dip right there, that helps. But another system dropping which will be stronger, deeper, which will slide into Northern California, maybe bring rain to shasta. I would think north of ukiah late friday, saturday. For us it will keep this pattern going. Keep that wind machine rolling along as well. So 60s on the temps. 70s. Now 80s for some. Should be warmer than that this time of year. If anything, cooler as we go into the early part of the weekend. Thank you, steve. 7 37. The head of the ncaap in baton rouge, louisiana, is calling for the citys police chief to be fired following the Deadly Police shooting of an African American man. This was the scene as there were protests by people who say they want answers about why 37 yearold alton sterling was shot and killed outside a Convenience Store where he was selling cds. The video that reportedly shows two Police Officers tackling sterling and then one of them shooting them is fueling public anger. People are willing to put more blood on the street even if its their own blood to make sure that justice is not overlooked here. We will not allow the police to kill and just tell their story. This doesnt make me anti police. This makes me antiinjustice. The owner of the Convenience Store said sterling did not have a gun in his hand, but he saw officers remove a gun from his pocket after the shooting. Oakland police went to stockton last night tracking down a homicide suspect. It ended with the 55yearold suspect taking his own life. The Stockton Police told tv station kcra Oakland Police and u. S. Marshals went to the red roof inn near interstate 5. When police approached the hotel room they heard gunfire from inside. They backed off and called in the stockton s. W. A. T. Team. Police found the suspect had shot and killed himself. We are learning about how bad the problem of illegal fireworks was in san jose this past 4th of july. This is cell phone video by a man from san jose. People live on every grade avenue say the noise set off car alarms. Minutes later they were sounds of people screaming. People rushed to help a man who was down on the ground. A number of people come to his aid. The man who took the video doesnt want to share his name, but he said the man appeared to be badly hurt. I would say he probably lost an eye. His shoulder got burnt pretty bad. His knee was pretty much all blood on his knee. His face got blood. Police say the injured man and another man was rushed to the hospital. Their names and conditions are not being made public. One neighbor says he hopes people think twice about shooting illegal fireworks. In San Francisco, police made 20 arrests monday night. Four for felony arrests, fireworks, guns, and or drugs were involved. One person was arrested for public drunkenness. Some of those illegal fireworks in oakland set a tree on fire and the flames threatened the home of a disabled woman. Now, a man who saw the flames rushed into that home to help the disabled woman and her elderly mother. Desean holcomb said he was lucky to be at the right place at the right time. The woman has multiple sclerosis. She couldnt get out on her own and her mother says she would not leave her there alone. Be careful i heard the lady screaming as i was coming around the corner. I kind of confirmed there was still somebody in the house. So lets go in there and get them out of there. Now, holcomb went back to the home yesterday. He met the two women. The two families live around the corner from each other but this is the first time they have officially met. The bay area is a hotspot for collisions with wildlife. According to a new uc davis study, interstate 280 is among the worst in our state. Highway 101 in marin county and highway 12 in Sonoma County are also identified as problem spots. All these areas are next to protected spaces. Some Solutions Include adding tunnels and rope bridges to allow for wildlife to safely crossroads. Researchers say warning sides and lower speeds limits could also help. For almost 50 years geology students and people interested in earthquakes have headed to hayward for a close up work at the work of the hayward fault. There is a curb. It shows how the ground was being pulled apart by a slipping fault. But now the l. A. Times reports the city of hayward has fixed the broken curb and geologists are disappointed and surprised. The city says it fixed that hazardous and cracked concrete and it replaced it with a wheelchair ramp. City leaders say they had no idea seismologists considered that corner a reallife laboratory. One geologist did say no matter how good the curb looks right now, it wont stay that way. The fault continues to move. Went there on a field trip in high school. You did . Yeah. Cars randomly shot in the south bay over the last few months. Some drivers were hurt. In 25 minutes what police are revealing about their investigation and how you may be able to help. Plus, half a million hoverboards are being recalled this morning. The danger that has caused those boards to overheat and catch fire. Good morning. We are looking at a morning commute that has been mostly typical. We havent seen a lot of slow traffic. We have seen the traffic moving okay on 580 despite this big fire that has been burning. Fog for some. Clear for others. A cool pattern here in place. Also, a rather breezy one. Temps, we will see how long they stay. A little bit below average for many. You live life your way. We can help you retire your way, too. Financial guidance while youre mastering life. From chase. So you can. 7 46. This is the scene live above that huge fire in emeryville right next to oakland. We have been covering it since the beginning of mornings on 2. Fire broke out at a fivestory apartment complex that was under construction about 2 45 this morning. In just the past hour or so we learned it did jump to some townhomes next door. This is at 3800 san pablo avenue. If you know emeryville, this across the street from the pack and save Grocery Store. Its about a mile or so as the crow flies from another big emeryville landmark, if you will, that big ikea and the mall there as well. So keep that in mind. Its a mile away from ikea and bay street emeryville. It is across the street from pack and save. A block or two away from the home depot and best buy. We will bring you more through the morning. 7 46. New this morning a South African judge has sentenced former olympic Gold Medalist Oscar Pistorius to six years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. Pistorius was initially acquitted. He served a year in jail for manslaughter, but the conviction was changed last year to murder by south africas supreme court. Well, lynell messi, who announced he will never play for argentinas National Soccer team after they lost in the copa america finals again, well, he has new problems. Messi plays for barcelona. Now a judge in spain has sentenced him to 21 months in prison for tax fraud. However, under spanish law, a firsttime prison sentence of less than two years can be served under probation. So messi probably wont actually spend time behind bars or he may also appeal that sentence. 7 47. More information is coming out today about the terror attack at a restaurant in bangladesh that killed a uc berkeley student. Investigators say Police Killed a chef because they mistook him for being one of the militants. 21 hostages were killed in the attack. Investigators had seen messages on social media warning of an attack, but police thought the extremists would strike embassies or hotels. The five gunmen shot at police and launched grenades every time officers tried to move in. The standoff lasted 12 hours before officers killed the militants in a gun battle. I looked and i thought, wow, this girl is incredible. Friends and classmates of the 18yearold held a vigil. She said goodbye to her friends last month to travel to bangladesh for a summer internship. We miss her. Right now students at cal are on summer break. A number of her friends returned to the school for this vigil. Those still overseas watched online. Time is 7 49. New this morning half a million hoverboards are being recalled because they can catch fire. There have been at least 99 incidents of battery packs overheating. Some of them caught fire and exploded. A few hoverboard owners were even burned. Now, the hoverboards were sold between june of 2015 to may of this year. Now, owners, youre advised to stop using the hoverboards and get in contact with the manufacturer to get a refund, exchange, or get it repaired. 7 49. Checking traffic. Sal is keeping an eye on the area around emeryville and other parts of the bay as well. Thats right. I want to put the map up to show you where the fire is, to have an idea of what to stay away from in case you plan to go to this area. This is an area in emeryville. First of all, we will show you the picture that you can see from our emeryville camera, which is mounted on the building, and this is this fire is 39th street near adaline, apgar. Thats where the massive fire was. West macarthur onramp to westbound 580 is shut down because of Fire Equipment taking up lanes. It is not affecting 580 and 24, although you can see it. It is not affecting the traffic there. All right. Lets take a look at what we have next. This is a look at highway 24. It is getting a little bit crowded. It is not terrible, but it is crowded on the way west towards lorinda and the caldecott tunnel. Bay bridge toll plaza has been moderate. This is a 10minute delay before you make it onto the span. Can you tell these commutes are not quite full strength. If we go to the maps, i will show you that traffic in the Silicon Valley is going to be slow. 101, 280, 85. It is not completely light, although not as bad as it would be, lets say, on a day in february. We still have slow traffic on the approaches to cupertino and sunnyvale. 7 51. Lets go to steve. Thank you, sal. A cool pattern out there. Breezy. It will be below average temps probably to the weekend. Gets the tugs out. Its a tanker, right . Yeah, i think so. I know its not a ship. Its a tanker, i do believe. Anyway, somebody will let me know. [ applause ]. Look at that. Thats pretty impressive when they do that. Its not that wide through the oaklandalameda estuary. Low clouds over the bay. Some areas are clear. Others have the fog. If you do, its probably cold. 50degree water temp bodega bay. They all came down compared to 24 hours ago. Low clouds and fog in place. It will peel back to the coast. This is the surface wind and it is onshore. You can get funneling of that breeze to san pablo play and the dealt a. 50s on the temps. One 64 out of brentwood. Woodside 56. Woodside and stanford dipped to 4849 this morning. 50s for many. Hillsboro 52. The breeze is coming down. Oakland airport gusts to 22. West at sfo and their breeze has picked up as well. Even with the sunshine, its going to be a breezy day. Temperatures 30s up in the mountains. 40s or 50s around sacramento which gets the delta breeze. A little dip in the jet stream and a stronger one poised to move in late friday, saturday. Thats going to keep the theme going. This morning if you are by the coast and around the bay 60s at best. Low clouds, fog, sunny, windy, breezy for some, cool, cool lows. Five, almost eight degrees now for many here. 80s, 70s, 80s. Vacaville a nice day in july. 79 concord. 79 livermore. Oakland 67 degrees. Look at morgan hill and gilroy. 7778. 71 san mateo. 73 menlo park. If this is your kind of weather, enjoy. Steve, can i ask you about how weather may or may not have affected the firefight happening there in emeryville . We had a westerly breeze. So it was some that have smoke, we had reports earlier, dave, it was going towards the berkeley hills. I would think towards i dont want to say looks like it was following 80. Okay. Towards probably gilman. But then it went west. A good westerly wind that was taking it away from that. Okay. Which is what we see. Inland. Thats what we see in this live picture here. The townhomes that caught fire next door to the Apartment Building under construction that caught fire wasnt because flames were pushed over. It was the radiant heat from the building next door. Pam talked about she could feel the heat. Other people said that. I could see it coming out of the caldecott. It was that brilliant. I thought it was over oakland until you take the bend there by telegraph and everything. You could see it was more towards emeryville and berkeley. The sky was lit up. Absolutely. Yes. All right. These pictures from social media. Time is 7 54. The search to find San Franciscos new police chief could cost some cash. The report on how much it will cost to find a new police chief and who is helping in the process. More fallout for the judge in the brock turner Sexual Assault case. In a moment, the growing opposition to serving in his court. Amazing sleep stays with you all day and all night. Sleep number beds with Sleepiq Technology give you the knowledge to adjust for the best sleep ever. Its the final days of the lowest prices of the season sale, with our bestbuy rated c2 Queen Mattress now only 699. 99. Know better sleep. Only at a sleep number store. The Disneyland Resort diamond celebration. Its been 60 years in the making. Dont miss your chance to see it all dazzle. Come celebrate new beginnings like hyperspace mountain. And premiering this summer, frozen, a musical spectacular. Plus an all new soarin. So come to the place where summer dazzles. New this morning just minutes ago president obama announced the u. S. Will lead 8400 u. S. Troops in afghanistan into next year. That is instead of reducing the number of u. S. Troops to 5500 by the end of this year. We cant forget whats at stake in afghanistan. This is where alqaeda is trying to regroup. This is where isil continues to try to expand its presence. If these terrorists succeed in regaining areas in camps where they can train and plot, they will attempt more attacks against us. We cannot allow that to happen. The president said leaving additional u. S. Troops in afghanistan will put his successor in a better position to decide how to move forward. Time is 7 57. A new problem for Santa Clara County judge aaron persky who presided over the brock turner case. According to the mercury news, 5,000 people signed a new petition saying they dont want to serve on a jury in judge perskys court. One of the groups organizing this petition is also leading the effort to have judge persky removed from the bench. He was criticized after sentencing brock turner to six months in jail. Prosecutors wanted turner to get six years in prison. 7 58. We continue to follow breaking news from emeryville with that massive fire. Large bangs in part of a building collapsing. Firefighters have been busy from that fire in emeryville. We will bring you the latest coming up. This is ktvu mornings on 2. Massive flames light up the overnight sky as a sixalarm Fire Destroys an Apartment Building under construction in emeryville. I just heard a big bang in my apartment and a lot of emergency vehicles was here, so i live on third floor and then i saw the flames. People living nearby are told to leave or shelter in place as firefighters fear the burning building would cave in. We are concerned about the entire building actually collapsing since its been under fire. We have been on the story for you all morning and saw flames destroy nearby vehicles live on mornings on 2. Whoa loud bang coming from this construction as well. I think we are going to be here for several hours. And that is the case right now. We are entering the sixth hour of this fire. This is what is left of that Apartment Building that was under construction that went up in flames. Smoke still rising from the fire scene. The fire started at 2 45 this morning. This is whats happening right now in emeryville. This is the view from just a mile or so away. Our camera there in emeryville. A very, very busy wednesday morning. Good morning to you at 8 02. I am gasia mikaelian. And i am dave clark. The fire has finally been contained. Very important. Burned along san pablo avenue just east of a major shopping center, the home depot and the ikea. The fire started at 2 45 this morning. It later spread to a neighboring complex of townhouses. This is video from up above thanks to sky fox. You can see this is the building that was under construction. Now, the townhomes right next door that caught fire were not because of flames being pushed there by wind. Instead, it was the radiant heat coming from the original fire. Ktvus brian flores has been on the scene through mornings on 2. We will bring him back in for an update. Brian. Reporter good morning, guys. Yeah, as you mentioned, it looks like this fire is contained. These brave firefighters from allegedly county, oakland fire just constantly pouring water all morning long. In fact, at least one crew from our Vantage Point here on san pablo avenue and 39th continues to pour water on any hot spots this morning. But, boy, a very busy morning for these firefighters out here. This burned down apartment complex under construction is now destroyed and damage, as you guys mentioned, a set of townhomes. That was shortly after 4 00 this morning when we first arrived on scene. Portions of the building collapsed. That happened again, portions of the building collapsed, just about 15 minutes from what we saw. For those just waking up this morning and joining us, this fire started at 2 45 this morning on the Oakland Emeryville border near san pablo avenue and west macarthur street. As we mentioned, there was a home depot and a Nordstrom Rack store nearby. Crews from allegedly county, oakland fire, albany and hayward responding. A townhome had to be evacuated, but those residents within the hour have been allowed to return home. I mean, it was just i grabbed my work bag and my fiancee and got her purse, and thats all we could grab. Yeah. I mean, we had to get out of there as soon as possible. Kind of disappointing. Yeah, as soon as i got in my car this morning and i turned on the radio and it was the first thing they were talking about. A sixalarm fire. Yeah, its pretty sad, you know. A lot of hard work. Most of the guys left their tools in there. Reporter some of the construction workers we spoke with, guys, say they were starting to build this about three to four months ago and its simply heartbreaking to see the damage. Chopper 2 saw some of the townhomes burning because of the radiant heat from this intense fire that many people saw on the highway. Embers flew across the neighborhood. We talked with one woman. She showed us pictures of her backyard also damaged. A tree burned. A car damaged as well. Over all, four cars damaged on 39th street. But lots of embers blowing when this fire was at its peek. Back out here live, pg e crews are here. They had a relatively small gas leak from this morning. We understand that has been taken care of. We also understand that several residents are being helped out by the red cross. Those affected by the townhomes that were damaged. Were going to go talk to some of those residents. Sal, i am sure many people saw this from the freeway. Hopefully, it didnt impact traffic too much. I can imagine people just wanting to see what it looked like. What happened was people were slowing down. They were coming out of the caldecott or 580. They came upon the fire and then slowed down, which made it very dangerous on the freeway when the guy in front of you slows down suddenly because he wants to look over at whats happening. Fortunately, thats not happening right now. You can see a little bit of smoke. If you didnt know what was going on, you might not notice it at this point. 580 looks good. 980 looks good. The danger to traffic i think has died down, so to speak, in this area. San pablo avenue where brian was standing there and some of those nearby streets are shut down with Fire Equipment. But the freeways are doing okay. Lets go to some other traffic. The bay bridge toll plaza has lightened up. This is a different week as some people are taking time off surroundk the 4th of july. Its not quite the same. Here it is 8 07. Usually, we still have slow traffic. Its getting lighter. The south bay has been one of our busiest communities. 101 is slow into sunnyvale. Not quite the same. As we look at the peninsula, we will see that traffic is going to be okay. Now lets go back to the desk. Thank you. Now lets bring in Steve Paulson to talk to us as well. And talk about how weather may have been affecting the firefight. It did give a west breeze. I mean, you know, it did help send some of that smoke up towards the berkeley hills. All right. Lets go right to the container ship. Its a container ship. Thank you to grant, jason, william, and others. You know, i know that. I knew that. I have drink by it on a sailboat. But sometimes, folks, my mind is aglow with whirling transient nodes of thought careening through a cosmic vapor of invention. One said, steve, thats a container ship [ laughter ] see, sometimes you get out here and your mind just kind of takes a little vacation. Thank you, m. C. , along with jason as well. Low clouds, fog. Plenty there. Lots there. Water temps cooled off. Last year they were in the 60s. This year the low 50s for some. Thats a big difference. 60 livermore and concord, but 56 fairfield. 52 novato. 60 palo alto. Mountain view, san jose a little southeast breeze there does help. 55 gilroy. But campbell, cupertino and santa clara say 60. 57 santa cruz. Tough pattern for santa cruz to warm up. Usually, they do get on the warm side on the coast. This time not so. Westsouthwest or a southerly breeze for many here. Another system, weak as it may be doesnt take much in july. Water temps cool and that really enhances everything. There is another one on the way. 60s. Mainly 70s or lowtomid 80s for some inland. New this morning part of a pet boys auto shop cot fire in mountain view. This is what it caught. The investigation at this point is in the early stages. Officials do say a car in the work area somehow caught fire. Fire crews kept flames from damaging the rest of the building. Sprinklers helped the fire from getting out of control. We have a fire investigator coming up. Its unusual, but it happens. Cars have a Battery Power and whatever. There could be malfunctioning. At this point no reports of any injury. Stay with us on mornings on 2 as we continue our coverage. You can also join us online if you have to leave. Ktvu. Com streams all of our newscasts live. Time is 8 09. Someones firing shots at cars in the south bay and apparently its random. Now San Jose Police want your help to track down the suspect. Ktvus janine de la vega live in san jose. Janine, you just talked with investigators. Whats the update . Reporter gasia, they want people to be aware of their surroundings. If you are traveling here on blossom here near 101 and you see a suspicious car, please report it. They need a break in this case. Lets go to a map which pinpoints the location on blossom hill where four different vehicles have been shot at. Its between poughkeepsie and monterey road. One shooting happened in may, two in june, and the latest was on saturday. The female driver in that case was injured by shrapnel. A male driver in another shooting suffered a graze wound. Police say cracking this case has been challenging. Its happening around midnight, 1 00 in the morning. Its dark on the stretch of roadway down here. So we have scoured the area. We have canvased the area for surveillance video, anything like that, and right now we just are coming up empty really. Reporter police say none of the victims involved know each other and the suspect appears to be shooting randomly. Its very fortunate no one has been seriously injured. Police have dedicated extra resources to this case and beefed up patrol. They are hoping to catch the person responsible for all of this. Thank you. Happening today the San Francisco Police Commission is set to get an update on its search for a new police chief. The Police Commission hired a firm last month, conducted a nationwide search thats ongoing. They are expected to tell a threeperson committee about the progress that has been made. Toney chaplin has been leading the search since greg suhr abruptly resigned. The final decision will be up to the Police Commission and the mayor. Time is 8 11. Our ktvu crew still at the scene of a massive fire in the east bay. It destroyed a big building under construction, spread to cars and nearby homes. Several agencies are there as well. Coming up in 18 minutes we will get the latest in a live report from alex who wills tell you how they have finally just contained it. After decades in the business, a popular gay bar in the city is in danger of closing. Up next, the effort in San Francisco to save the study. Most of the commutes around the bay area have been okay. As we look at the san mateo bridge here you can see that traffic is going to be okay heading west towards the peninsula. Its a little crowded just past the toll plaza. We will tell you more about that east bay commute when we come back. Long time customers of a San Francisco gay bar that has been in business 50 years are rallying to save it. The bar is called stud. It may be forced to close at 9th and harrison. The buildings new owner a Real Estate Investment Company Bought the property two weeks ago. The rent will jump from 3,800 a month to 95 hupped. 9,500. They will meet this week with 15 Community Members to form a coop to buy the bar. This is important, i think especially to lbgt people, because we were invisible for so long. Now that we are allowed to have one, its really important to note the things that still exist that we have had. Supporters say they nope work with the hope to work with the city to designate it as a historic landmark. Another San Francisco business says it feels priced out. Goodwill is searching for a new home. They once owned the building that houses the store at 19th and mission. The previous management sold the property. The landlord wants that space used for something else. We have been told that there are not they dont want to continue our lease. The Goodwill Store is scheduled to close august 21st. They hope to find another store. But with skyrocketing rents, Officials Say that will not be easy. Lets get you out the door. Sal castaneda trafficking traffic. The good news is the fire has not significantly affected traffic in the last hour. If you are driving on 80 or 580, you will see that the smoke is still coming out here on this camera, but you will see that traffic is going to be okay. Earlier this morning it was quite a different story when people were slowing down to take a look at the massive flames in the dark night sky. Right now its not that way. Also, we have been helped out by how things are a little lighter than usual today on this week after the 4th of july. Its obvious some people have taken a couple of days off surrounding that holiday. Lets take a look at whatever i get here. This is a look at the toll plaza. Now, its 8 17, and normally we dont see a big, you know, we dont see it this wide open at the toll plaza. But thats happening. Lighter volume for sure. Lets look at the maps. Palo alto traffic a little bit slow. There is a little bit of slow traffic in the valley, but its not quite full strength. You will see some slowing. If thats your commute, you will see some slowing. Its not going to take you quite as long to get into sunnyvale, mountain view, or cupertino. 8 17. Lets go to steve. Thank you. A lot of low clouds and fog, even if its sunny. You dont have any of that fog bank, its probably on the cool side. The breeze has picked up and its going to be a sunny, breezy day. For some its socked in. The low clouds i tell you, there is plenty to go around. Last year at this time the water temps were in the low 60s. Now they are in the low 50s for many. So a big difference from just one year ago, and that makes a huge difference on the coast and the bay forecast as well. I mean, last year in july, the bay couldnt get that low. 50s on the temps. A few 60s popping up. A little south breeze helping tomorrow. 49 calistoga. 52 petaluma and novato. This observation at napa was 48. Thats pretty cool. Mill valley was 51. Now 53. Mid 50s for healdsburg. Breeze down a little bit. Westsouthwest, south, west southwest, even san jose with that southeast breeze has turned westerly. Now west at mountain view. West at sfo. Gusts to 20. We are going to have a breezy day. Couple of systems are working into Northern California. 46 in infrastructure. 54 arcata. 59 sacramento. Thats pretty cool. You get an idea on the water vapor. There is one that helps this time of year. A stronger one is going to move in, maybe bring rain up to extreme Northern California towards late friday, saturday. I think it will be a windy, cool pattern for us and maybe some drizzle towards the end of the week. Out of the 90s. Even clear lake 89 today. 60s and a lot of 70s into between. Some areas into be warmer than this, concord and livermore. Livermore at 79 in july. How about that, gasia . Unbelievable. 60s around berkeley. 50s, 80s 60s on the coast. Cool into saturday. Thank you. 8 20. If you are flying out of san jose he is airport, be prepared for delays because a broken fire sprinkler forced passengers to evacuate terminal b. Here are videos from social media. A number of people waiting outside after being told to evacuate the building. This is a video. It says fire in the airport. Great start to the morning. It was actually a sprinkler that malfunctioned. It broke after 7 00 this morning near gate 19 we are told in terminal b and that sent water into security checkpoints. At this point the checkpoint is back up open, but there is a cleanup job underway. Airport Officials Say that passengers should expect to see some slight delays as a result of this ins incident. Still ahead on mornings on 2, tesla based in palo alto has had a rough couple of days after it didnt meet delivery forecasts. And a new report on another tesla car crash. That may continue to shake the confidence of some investors. Taking a peek at the opening bell from earlier this morning, trading has been underway two hours. Markets are down, but not that sharply. The dow losing 30 points. S p down by a hair, if you will. Nasdaq one bright spot, is up about 18 points. It is shaping up to be another rough day for tesla. Stock is down in early trading to far. I just checked. Its dropping to 213 a share right now. Dropping a dollar. They lost 2. 05 yesterday. Investors are reacting to the announcement it missedis quarterly delivery target by 17 . Expected to release 17,000 model s and x vehicles but fell about 3,000 short. The news may get worse. A tesla involved in a rollover crash in autopilot road on the pennsylvania turnpike last week. Both people in that model x survived the crash. That report comes after the ntsb announced its investigating a deadly crash in florida involving a tesla using autopilot. In that ways, the driver died. The federal trade commission and the office of the Florida Attorney general has charged an orlandobased company with bombarding consumers with illegal robocalls. Officials say the company has been trying to sell bogus Credit Card Debt reduction. Several agencies have joined together to help stop the robocaller scams. This case marks the 39th action taken since january of 2015. Trader joes has been find. The government says they have been leaking a coolant called r22 which government attorneys say depletes the ozone layer. The Supermarket Chain will pay a 500,000 fine and they will spend 2 million to upgrade equipment at their stores over the next three years. Federal officials are testing ways to speed up airport lines and improve securities. The tsa plans to start using ct scanners to inspect carryon bags at the phoenix airport. They should be in place by the end of the year. It could speed up lines by as much as 30 . They only step in to check a bag if something is suspicious. The ct scanners already in use to screen checked luggage. Record numbers for this years marin county fair. The marin independent journal reports the fair had record turnout and record revenue. More than 84,000 people showed up at the fiveday fair. Thats 6,000 more than last year. The gate revenue was also up to more than 1. 5 million. Thats 100,000 more than last year. This, by the way, was the 75th year for the fair. Time is 8 26. Just got breaking news here. We now know the louisiana governor has announced the u. S. Department of justice will investigate the fatal Police Shooting of an africanamerican man in baton rouge. This comes amid outrage in louisiana after that deadly officerinvolved shooting. In minutes, what the ncaap wants to happen next. Embers were raining down, basically, you know . I was worried about houses catching fire down wind. We continue to follow that breaking news of a major fire that was burning in emeryville near oakland. It started about 2 45 this morning. Those flames could be seen from interstates 580, 880, and highway 24. Ktvus alex savidge continues our Team Coverage. Alex. Reporter good morning to you guys. The word we have here from the allegedly county Fire Department is that they are calling this fire contained this morning, although they are going to be out here for a good portion of the day, as you could imagine, trying to keep an eye on the hot spots. This massive fire is still smoldering. Again it began at a building thats under construction. A fivestory Apartment Building under construction. We will play you some of the video here from early this morning when the fire started about 2 45. Its at a building right at 3800 san pablo avenue right along the emeryvilleoakland border. It began at that building under construction. It grew quickly in size. This fire was so large that other buildings nearby were impacted, including five townhomes that were burned. We also understand an auto body shop on 39th avenue also damaged by the fire. With that being said i want to bring in deputy chief jim call with the allegedly Fire Department. What can you tell me about how this fire impacted nearby buildings this morning . Just due to the fire load, it was stick frame, the building under construction, produced a lot of heat. So the adjoining businesses and residences were exposed to fire and it extended into those causing significant damage. Reporter this was, i know, a frightening situation for the People Living right next door in that townhome complex. The original building, nobody living there. The place under construction. Those townhomes all occupied, and you had to come in this morning and get everybody evacuated quickly. How well did that go . It went really well. That was a top priority, life safety and getting evacuations done. Residents all complied well and got out in a quick and safe manner and we did primary searches to make sure all is clear and went on with the firefighting after we secured the life safety risk. Reporter about 50 people or so had to be evacuated from the townhomes. The good news is nobody was hurt. No injuries that we know of at this point. Where do we go from here . What has to happen through the rest of the day to make sure this fire remains out . We will have a number of crews from oakland Fire Department and Alameda County Fire Department to put out hot spots, keep a close eye on it. We are going to investigate the fire to see if we can find the cause and origin. Its going to be a long process. We will be here well into the evening. Reporter a fire starts inside a building thats under construction and not occupied. Does that raise any red flags . Well, it needs to be investigated. We investigate all our fires the same and try to find the cause and origin. Reporter all right, deputy chief gym call, appreciate you taking the time. This fire began inside that fivestory Apartment Building that was still under construction and the fire so massive in size, the flames so huge you had just that radiant heat and that caught a number of other nearby buildings on fire. Again, we understand now that five townhomes were damaged by the fire. Five neighboring townhomes damaged by the fire. They had been evacuated. We also understand than auto body shop on 39th avenue also was badly damaged in this fire. Crews will be out here for a good portion of the day trying to get this fire fully under control. But at this point they are calling it contained. Alex, quickly, before you go, no injuries reported as far as you know . Reporter no. At this point they have no reported injuries. So that is certainly the good news, especially when you have a fire of this size right next door to a fully occupied townhome unit. Townhome complex, i should say. They got everybody out there of this in a quick manner. We should point out all of those evacuees, about 50 people had to be evacuated. They are getting help by the red cross. 8 33. We will get you out the door with weather and traffic. A lot of us double checking the calendar. Is it february or july . Its summer in the city. Its a foggy pattern, gasia and dave. Its cold. Its really cooling off inland. Thats the bigger story here. I mean, last week was told cold and foggy at the coast. Fog from daly city to Half Moon Bay is wetter than yesterday. Thats a tough commute i feel for you on that because there is a lot of drizzle around. There is going to be a lot more over the next few days. Chloe in clear lake, perfect summer morning. 64, sunny, light west breeze, high 9284. I went 89. Not that warm. Its going to cool off over the next few days. Fog has no problem forming when the water temps are cold. A few 40s this morning. Areas warming up a little bit. Not that much. Low 60s or mid 60s for some. I mean, heck, pittsburg 62. Martinez 62. 61 walnut creek. It was 52 this morning in lafayette. Pleasanton 62. There is a little breeze associated that this time. If its not out of the south, its out of the west or the westsouthwest. There is going to be windy conditions for some. One system carving out low pressure, but a stronger system is going to move in friday and saturday. Coast and bay residents i expect a lot of drizzle over the next few days. 60s. Mainly 70s or low, lowtomid 80s for many. Sal, 8 35. What do you have besides the obvious . The commute has lightened up quite a bit. This is good news for the wednesday morning commute. The bay bridge toll plaza, we see the traffic is light as you come up to the pay gates, which is exactly what we want to see this week surrounding the 4th of july. Some people, obviously, have they are working from home or perhaps taking more time off. This is a look at 237. We had an earlier accident near matilda, sunnyvale. There has been a run up getting into the valley. The valley freeways are a little lighter than usual. 580 westbound slow through livermore and dublin. Northbound 680 on the danville area, a crash and traffic is a little bit slow. This might catch you off guard because you might think its pretty light. No. 680 is a little bit slow recovering from some earlier problems in the danville area. So add time there coming from san ramon or walnut creek heading north and south. 8 36. Lets go back to the desk. We are now learning more just about how bad the problem of illegal fireworks was in san jose this past 4th of july. What you are seeing is cell phone video taken by a man who lives in east san jose. One example of illegal fireworks in that city. People on everglade avenue say the illegal fireworks were so loud and frequent the noise set off their car alarms. Minutes later there were sounds of people screaming. You see people rushing to help a man who was down on the ground. The man who took the video doesnt want us to share his name, but he said the man on the ground appeared to be badly hurt. I would say his face is probably he probably lost an eye. His shoulder got burnt pretty bad. His knee was pretty much all blood on his knee. His face got blood. Police say the injured man and another man was also hurt and rushed to the hospital. One neighbor says he hopes people think twice about lighting illegal fireworks after seeing this video from monday night. 20 arrests were made monday night in San Francisco. Four felony arrests for fireworks, guns, and or drugs. One person was arrested for public drunkenness. 15 people were arrested for selling things without a permit. And the skies were filled with illegal fireworks on the 4th of july. Police made 14 arrests. They confiscated fireworks from 26 people. The police warn everyone if you are caught with fireworks you could be fined up to 1,000. And people caught with big amounts of fireworks could be fined up to 10,000 and possibly get hit with jail time. Some of those illegal fireworks in oakland set a tree on fire and the resulting flames threatened a home of a disabled woman. A man who saw the flames rushed into the home to help that disabled woman and her mother. Desean holcomb says he was lucky to be at the right place at the right time. The woman has multiple sclerosis. She couldnt leave on her own or leave her daughter there on her own. I heard the lady screaming as i was coming around the corner. By the time i got here i confirmed there was still somebody in the house, so i just ran. Lets go in there and get them out of there. Holcomb returned to the home yesterday where he met with the women. They live around the corner from each other. This is the first time they have formally met. 8 38. Breaking news coming in now from louisiana. The governor John Bell Edwards says the u. S. Justice department will investigate the Deadly Police shooting of an africanamerican man in baton rouge. Now, there have been protests down there by people who want answers about why 37yearold alton sterling was shot and killed outside of a Convenience Store where he was selling cds. A video that reportedly shows two Police Officers tackling sterling and then one of them shooting him is also fueling public anger. People are willing to put more blood on the street, even if its their own blood, to make sure that justice is not overlooked here. We will not allow the police to kill and just tell their story. This doesnt make me anti police. This makes me antiinjustice. The owner of the Convenience Store says sterling did not have a gun in his hand when he was shot, but he did see Police Officers remove a gun from sterlings pocketed after the shooting. 8 39. Oakland police went looking for a homicide suspect in the city of stockton last night. The effort ended with the 55 yearold suspect taking his own life. Stockton police said they went to the red roof inn near secretary interstate 5. Officers say they backed off and called stocktons s. W. A. T. Teams for assistance. Police entered the room and found the suspect had killed himself. New this morning a half million hoverboards are being recalled because they can catch fire. There have been at least 99 incidents of battery packs overheating. Some caught fire and exploded. A few hoverboard owners were burned. Now, these hoverboards were sold either in stores or sold online between june of 2015 to may of this year. The owners of the hoverboards should stop using them and contact the manufacturer for a full refund, an exchange, or get a repair. The city of San Francisco is forming a task force to monitor what many call the gig economy. It describes the Economic Activity of people using digital platforms as a source of income such as uber and airbnb. It will examine the impact of these companies on self employed and contract workers. The task force will offer recommendations to the board of supervisors and mayor on improving the conditions for these workers. Time is 8 41. The Golden State Warriors are not wasting time filling up next seasons roster. They made their latest move just after stunning the sports world by luring kevin durant to the warriors. Now Power Forward david west, big strong guy, hes agreed to a oneyear 1. 5 million deal to play for golden state. He is a 13year veteran. He played for the San Antonio Spurs this past season. He averaged 7 points and 4 rebounds. David west is expected to be a role player off the bench for the warriors. More fall out from a law that has been in place five days. In seven minutes, what opponents of the vaccine law want a judge to do. An american student found dead in rome on the first day of a study abroad program. The comfort that the pope offered to his grieving families. Good morning. We are looking at a commute that still has a couple of issues out there, even though it is lighter than usual in some areas. We are looking at the bay bridge toll plaza. That has become very nice. Well, its sunny for some. San jose, maybe where you are. A cold and foggy pattern for others. An update on your chilly forecast. I just picked us up 2 breakfast croissants for 4, when this bear attacked. With one swipe, it devoured one of the croissants. Then jack showed up, and took care of the beast, so i could escape. And thats what happened to your breakfast croissant. And yours . It survived. Enjoy freshly cracked egg with ham and bacon. Or sausage. Two tasty croissants at an even tastier 4 price. Its a deal youll devour. You guys be good[ bark ] ill [ bark ]later. Bye. See ya pal. Xfinity home provides 24 7 professional monitoring for 24 7 peace of mind. Aw. Aw. Aw. Aw. [ dryer running ] know what your pets are up to. Partys on . With xfinity home, connected, protected home. Xfinity customers get a great deal on xfinity home and ask about free installation. Call or go online today. See the secret life of pets, in theatres july 8th. An hour ago president obama announced the u. S. Will leave 8400 american troops in afghanistan into next year. Thats instead of the original plan to reduce the american presence to 5500 troops by the end of this year. And we cant forget whats at stake in afghanistan. This is where alqaeda is trying to regroup. This is where isil continues to try to expand its presence. If these terrorists succeed in regaining areas and camps where they can train and plot, they will attempt more attacks against us. We cannot allow that to happen. Now, the president said leaving extra troops in afghanistan will put his successor in a better position to decide how to move forward in terms of the u. S. Commitment to afghanistan. Well, today pope francis met with the parents of a Wisconsin College student who was found dead in a river in rome. The vatican says the pope expressed feelings of deepest sympathy and compassion to the parents of 19yearold beau solomon. He was last season last week at a pub popular with American Students just after arriving in rome for summer classes. An Italian News Agency reports preliminary autopsy results indicate he suffered injuries consistent with a fall. More information coming in now from bangladesh about last fridays terror attack at a restaurant where 21 hostages, including a uc berkeley student, were killed. Authorities say a restaurant chef was killed because police mistook him for being one of the terrorists. Investigators say messages on social media warned of an attack, but police thought terrorists would target embassies or hotel. The five gunmen fired shots at police, they launched grenades every time officers tried to move in during that 12hour standoff. It ended when the militants were killed in a gun battle. I looked at her and i thought, wow, this girl is incredible. Very emotional. Friends and classmates of 18 yearold tarushi jain, who was killed in that bangladesh attack, held a vigil yesterday on the uc berkeley campus. They say she was ambitious and outgoing. She said goodbye to her friends last month to travel to bangladesh to begin a summer internship. I just want to tell the world and tell her that we love her more than we ever expressed. Now, cal is on summer break now. A lot of her friends returned to the school to be at that vigil. Those who were still overseas watched the vigil online. Time is 8 48. Lets check your commute one more time. Sal, hows it looking . Looks okay, dave. Fortunately for us that big fire in emeryville has not really had a major impact on the freeways. In fact, things being a little lighter i think helped us out. Lets go to the bay bridge toll plaza. It is not backed up big time. You know, some days in the middle of the winter or spring we have huge commutes through this area and it would have gone right past the fire and it might have been different. Today its not all that bad. Lets move along though and take a look at San Francisco traffic. Northbound 101 pretty slow from the old candlestick exit there all the way up to vermont street. And danville, if you drive north or southbound on 680, an earlier crash on the diablo off ramp. 24 is not all that bad from walnut creek to oakland. At 8 48, this is a look at 280 in san jose, thats recovering. Its not quite that bad in the south bay. If you drive this every day, you are going to notice its a little better than usual. Its 8 49. Lets go to steve . Thank you, sir. Sunny for some. Cold and foggy for others. There are some locations, i mean if you get that west wind and that fog, you can be in the upper 50s, low 60s. For others just depends. You can get the sunshine, even though it will be breezy for everybody. There is a good westsouthwest wind. There will be other areas that will be hard pressed to get over 59. Average 67 54. The inland temps are taking a tumble. Below average by 5, almost 10 degrees. Water temps, when they are cold, cold, cold, as they are now, the fog has no problem forming. San francisco buoy 52. You would think the fog would max itself out. The support is waning here. But its still there. It will retreat back. Sunny, breezy, to windy. 50s, 60s for some. Brentwood warming up. Even they will be, i think in the mid 80s today at best a lot of locations hard pressed to get over about low 70s here for some. Now, there is a little southeast breeze. That helps some, palo alto, stanford, membership low menlo park as well. It is a cold and foggy pattern. West, southwest, west, southwest, wind direction can mean everything as far as your afternoon temp. A system moving in. A stronger one on the way. That could bring rain Mendocino County north by late friday, early saturday. For us it will keep us in this cool pattern and below average temps. In fact, i think a lot of 70s in areas that should be a lot warmer than this. 80s in some locations that should be closer to midto upper 90s. 66 berkeley. Again it depends on your location. Could you close to gilman and might be colder than that. You can be on the cal campus. It could be warmer. Oakland downtown 67. San jose 75. That is 9 degrees below average for this time of year. 50s, 60s on the coast. 60s, 70s in the city. Also on the peninsula. Not much change. In fact, a lot of drizzle. I think coast and bay taking us into a cool pattern and winds as we go into saturday. You are thinking of running down to the beach maybe . I wouldnt. Its going to be chilly. When santa cruz cant get over 67, thats pretty cold. You gave us a heads up. Thank you. Time is 8 51. Well, opponents of californias new vaccine law asked a judge for an injunction saying the measure should be suspended while their lawsuit to overturn the law is being decided. Its one of the nations toughest mandatory vaccination laws. It doesnt allow for any exemptions for religious or other personal beliefs. Plaintiffs in the new lawsuit say it violates the right of children to have an education. Every year about 80,000 california students claim personal belief exemptions to keep from being vaccinated. So far there is no word on that injunction request. Time is 8 52. A service dog named leo reported missing in the east bay. Theres leo. The efforts to find leo. He belongs to an iraq war veteran. A 1,000 reward is being offered by an iraq war veteran with ptsd. Leo vanished sunday. His owner is in texas. A friend was dog sitting for her. Well, on sunday the friend was with a group of people on Sherman Island outside of antioch. He believes fireworks spooked leo and leo ran away. Someone saw him heading off into the woods that way. We think he went to the tight site. Thats the last anybody saw him. I cant imagine my life without him. And so, like, knowing that hes out there by himself, its terrifying. Now, nicollet is hoping someone spotted leo over the weekend and just doesnt know how or two to call. She posted a craigslist ad offering a 1,000 reward. We have more information on the web links section of ktvu. Com. Well, in sports, the giants bullpen still having some problems. They couldnt hold another lead late in the game last night. The giants had an early lead over the colorado rockies. Brandon belt a single in the first inning. That brought pagan from third. Madison bumgarner got some help. He least left with a tworun lead. The bullpen gave up three in the seventh. It was the bullpens 17th blown save this season. Meantime, the oakland as are in minnesota. Last nights game was delayed almost three hours because of game. Oakland led the game early, but the twins bats took over where the rain left off. The twins poured on 11 runs before the game was over at 1 a. M. They beat the as 114. Well, the giants, they are going to have at least three allstars at next weeks all star game in san diego. Buster posey the starting catcher. Madison bumgarner was named an allstar for the fourth straight year. He is set so start, but so he ineligible. Johnny cueto is also named to the team. He is tied for the National League lead with 12 wins on the season. They could get brandon belt. He is among five candidates in the final vote contest. Now, the oakland as catcher is the as lone representative on the American League allstar team. He was picked by ned yost. Its the second straight all star appearance. He is batting. 267 with 6 home runs and 24 rbis San Francisco and oakland the Mega Millions jackson is back up to 508 million after last nights drawing didnt have a winner. A store in temecula did sell a ticket for 1 million. The new jackpot 508 million is seventh highest of all time. Here is last nights numbers. 29, 46, 53, 64, 73. The megaball was 10. Again Officials Say there are no tickets with all the winning numbers. The next drawing will be held friday. Huge fire on the Emeryville Oakland border. We will have complete coverage straight ahead on mornings on 2 the 9. On his farewell voyage over niagara falls. But stood up to any kind of weather. No matter if the forecast is this. Or this. Or this. If a stain can make your deck beautiful and survive any amount of torture. Is it still stain . Arborcoat from Benjamin Moore ranks highest in Customer Satisfaction by jd power. This fire started roughly around 2 45 this morning. Whoa, a loud bang coming from this construction as well. Early morning flames light up the sky in emeryville. We have Team Coverage as crews remain on the scene of a huge fire. And a well known bar in San Francisco could be forced to close its doors. The plan by the owner and customers to try to stay in business. Plus, winning a trip to the white house. We introduce you to a tenyear old girl whose love of cooking is serving up a meeting with michelle obama. A live look at emeryville. The situation here continues. A number of fire crews at the scene of a massive fire that started at 2 45 in the morning. It was an Apartment Building under construction that burned,