7 00. Were following several major new developments in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17. What we learned this morning about the black box and the people on the passenger list. Reporter a Birthday Celebration turns deadly on a highway in the south bay this morning. Well tell you why the chp says this accident was preventable. A community in mourning after that deadly shootout in stockton that followed a bank robbery. What were learning about the hostage who was killed and the family she leaves behind. Time has run out for san jose pot clubs. How supporters are responding to the tough new restrictions that take effect today. Mornings on 2 starts now. You are looking live at highway 101 in sunnyvale, the scene of a deadly car crash. The offramp reopened just 20 minutes ago. Four people were hurt and one person was killed. Ktvus janine de la vega has been on the scene since 4 30 this morning. Coming up in two minutes, she will tell us what were learning about the driver and also the victim. Good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. Im tori campbell. Good morning, tc. Good morning, dave. Im dave clark. Lets talk about weather and traffic and steve has a lot to tell you. I do. We do have a lot of fog here and some drizzle by the coast. Parts of san mateo coast, i know up to pacifica and half moon bay. The Sierra Nevada, the big story here today. It was yesterday. If you are not up there, its not a big story. But if you are heading up there, it will be. Flash flood watches are out. Things are quiet now. Everything collapses when you lose the afternoon heating. They will pick up later this afternoon. That Flash Flood Watch goes out until 9 00 tomorrow. Plenty of low clouds even though water temperatures have warmed up 57, 16. The fog has no problem forming. 50s, 60s. Thats one of the reasons the lows are running lower. For most temperatures are on the cool to mild side. But still a lot of 60s here. Typical july pattern. Coast, drizzle here. Fog, sun, briz. 70s, 80s inland. 60s 70s, coast and bay. Heres sal. Were still looking at a commute thats pretty good especially compared to the other days this week as we look at the bay bridge toll plaza. There is a backup here and those middle fast track lanes. Its only a 10, 15minute drive across the entire bridge. Traffic is very good on some of the approaches. 880 looks good. Now, this commute usually doesnt slow down until 8 00 but on fridays, we might have a lighterthanusual commute. Lets take a look at livermore. Westbound 580, we have a little bit of slow traffic in livermore. I do mention that southbound 880, i want to take a look at this, southbound 880 as you drive to fremont, there is slow traffic because of an earlier accident in the corridor near stevenson. Unfortunately, weve not been able to get rid of all of the traffic. It slows from tennyson to the main part of fremont. Topping our news, a Birthday Celebration turned into a highway tragedy in sunnyvale this morning. One person was killed. Four others were hurt in a crash on highway 101 near the lawrence expressway. The offramp just reopened 20 minutes ago. Ktvus janine de la vega joins us from the crash scene with what shes learned from investigators. Reporter well, all morning, sal, the chp had been telling us that the male driver in this accident was the husband of the female passenger that was killed in this accident. But now they are saying the story is changing and that they are seeing chatter on facebook that they were not husband and wife, that everything in the car was related and so they cant confirm it was the husband and wife the husband that was responsible for causing this accident that killed his wife. We do know, though, that the chp is telling us that the driver had been drinking. When chp officers arrived, they found this honda accord overturned in a ditch near the lawrence expressway offramp from northbound 101. Authorities say the male driver of the honda was speeding and lost control while turning on the offramp and flip it over flipped it over. Four passengers were inside. One woman was partially ejected. The emergency crews rushed to the scene. Her injuries were so severe she died. The driver and remaining three passengers are at the hospital. They have moderate to major injuries. They are expected to survive. Authorities say noun of them were wearing seat belts and appeared to have been intoxicated. I wish i could say that this is my first time having this happen. However, unfortunately, it happens all of the time. People have to slow down, put their seat belt on and dont drink and drive. Reporter the chp says after interviewing the people in the vehicle, they told the officers that they had been celebrating the 23rd birthday of the surviving female passenger. The woman who died is the registered owner of the car. We were told by the chp that she as well as the male driver were from san jose. The male driver has been arrested for dui and vehicular manslaughter. Their identities have not been released. They are trying to sort out, who they are, what the relationship was between them. But very horrific and tragic accident that happened this morning. Reporting live from sunnyvale, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you. Now to our continuing coverage of the Malaysian Airline blown out of the sky. Cnn quotes an official who says that it appears that russian separatists shot down the aircraft from inside Eastern Ukraine because many passengers came from europe, asia and north america, the United Nations is holding an emergency meeting in new york right now in hopes of easing international anger. The plane was flying from amsterdam to kuala lumpur. It went down in Eastern Ukraine just about 30 miles from the russian boarder. Prorussian separatists and Ukrainian Forces have been fighting over the area for the past three months. But this morning, russian president , Vladimir Putin, asked both sides to lay down their weapons and negotiate a peaceful end. Right now fighting apparently continues near the crash site. Also a spokeswoman for ukraines Emergency Services says rebel militiamen are interfering with the recovery operation at the crash site. Alex savidge has been monitoring the story from the newsroom and has an update. Good morning to you, tori. Airline officials this morning did release a more detailed breakdown of who was on board that plane that went down in ukraine. So far, no american passengers have been identified. Still, we do understand u. S. Officials will play a role in this complex investigation. This morning a number of news outlets report that ukrainian rebels will allow the ntsb and the fbi into that country to examine the crash site and they will work in an advisory role. This is video from the debris area this morning. Now, tracking data from spy satellites and rayar show the jetliner was hit by a missile while flying at 33,000 feet in the air. Officials say theyve recovered 181 bodies so far but there are still more than 100 people unaccounted for. Malaysia airlines has faced some tough questions about the decision to fly over ukraine, much of which is controlled by prorussian separatists. Recently, airlines have chosen to fly around the troubled airspace. But this morning an airline official pointed out this flight path had been approved by the International Civil aviation organization. Other airlines would fly through. [inaudible ] this is a tragic incident. It could have happened to any of us. There were a total of 298 people on board that flight. Malaysia Airlines Says 173 of them were dutch. Mourners have created a shrine outside of the Dutch Embassy in kiev. Other passengers on board came from australia, belgium, canada, germany, new zealand, Southeast Asia and the united kingdom. This was the scene in kuala lumpur as relatives of some of those on bord arrived at the airport there, many in tears. A short time ago a representative from Malaysia Airlines said the company will be giving the families of each passenger an additional 5,000 payment to help them during this difficult time. Alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you. The downing of this plane is deeplys affecting the a. I. D. S. Research community in the bay area and across the world. Many of the passengers were headed to this weekends international a. I. D. S. Conference in melbourne, australia. One of the speakers of the event, former president bill clinton who personally knew some of those researchers on flight 17. Its awful. I mean, the those people are they are in a way martyrs to the cause that were going to australia to talk about. 14,000 people are expected at the a. I. D. S. Conference. It will go ahead as planned to honor the victims memories. A special notice from the faa has been issued banning all american air carriers from flying into eastern ukrainian airspace until further notice. Overseas travelers are understandably nervous about this latest disaster, wondering if theres danger where they will be flying. We talked to a woman at sfo who is traveling to the former yugoslavia. This is making me more nervous. I stop. We land in munich. Now, the aviation expert says the russian Ukrainian Border is so unstable, that back in april, u. S. Carriers were told not to fly within 200 miles of where that flight has was shot down yesterday. That ban has been expanded to include all of Eastern Ukraine. Now, the white house has Just Announced that president obama will talk about the Malaysia Airlines situation in a half hour from right now. We will, of course, va that story for you and other developments on mornings on 2 and theres also information at ktvu. Com. You can see more video and photos of the scene. Its amazing. The debris field ten miles wide and not secure at this point. A big story well continue to follow. Also new information about a deadly officerinvolved shooting in Alameda County. Coming up in 20 minutes, what Sheriff Deputies say happened moments before the gunfire. A grand jury indictment targeting fedex. Find out about the bay area connection. Were looking at the roads and so far weve been looking pretty good even here where traffic is usually slow at this time. The traffic looks good for your drive time to the peninsula. Well tell you all about this and the rest of the commute coming up. A lot of low clouds around and also many reports of drizzle, sausalito, pacifica to half moon bay. But up in the sierra, things could really light up. Well take a closer look at that and have the watches already posted. Bulldog oooh bulldog mattress discounters 197 mattress Sale Television announcer get a serta mattress, any size, for just 197 each piece when you buy the complete set. The 197 mattress sale. Bulldog oh boy Television Announcer . Is on now. Mattress discounters time is 7 15. Were following developing news from San Francisco where a man was arrested in connection with an earlymorning fire. Just about an hour ago, our cameras caught the man being led away from the home on may flower street in Bernal Heights in handcuffs. The fire began just before 4 00 a. M. When firefighters arrived, they found a suspected marijuana growing operation on the second floor of the home. They could see indications that there was possibly a grow operation going on. So, for instance you know, plant growing and lights and things like that. Fire crews say no one was hurt. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Were learning more about the woman who was held hostage and later killed during Wednesdays Bank robbery in stockton. Family members and friends of 41yearold misty holtsingh say she was a devoted wife and mother. She had a 19yearold son and a 12yearold daughter. The familys really worried about the longterm effects on her daughter since she went with her mother to that bank. My understanding is she was reading in the car while her mother went in to get money for a haircut. And thats why she stopped at the bank. They are literally taking it not even one day at a time. Now, holtsinghs Facebook Page has become a memorial. She worked at a Dentists Office. She was married for 14 years. The police dont know if she was killed by the bank robbers or was accidentally shot by the Police Officers. 7 16 a man who used to live in daly city is back and facing new criminal charges after disappearing in 1993. Francisco ligasi was supposed to be sentenced for filing false tax returns 21 years ago but went to mexico. The irs couldnt find him until agents tracked him down in canada through his Facebook Page. Canada extradited him. Hes entered a guilty plea to the original tax charge and for failing to appear in court. He faces up to ten years in prison and a 1 million fine. Fedex is under indictment from a grand jury in San Francisco. Prosecutors say the shipping company has been transporting prescription drugs for illegal pharmacies. They say fedex has ignored warnings from several federal agencies for several years. The prosecutors add fedex stopped using the usual Business Practices to accommodate the illegal drop operations. Fedex denies the charges. 7 17. Sal is back. You are watching 280 and everything else. Good morning to you once again. Northbound 280, sometimes we look at this camera, we look at the picture from downtown san jose and we see nothing but stopandgo traffic. Thats northbound 28 on on the right. It looks great getting up to highway 17 continuing into the west valley. As we look at the bay bridge toll plaza, the traffic is moderately heavy as you drive through. As a matter of fact, you can see that traffic here, if you are coming from 880 people ask me whats the best way to get through . Its here. You wont have to wait through the traffic. Right now, public drags doing well. B. A. R. T. , caltrain and muni are without any delays. At 7 18. Lets go to steve. We have a lot ef a lot of low clouds in place. I mention michael polanski. He keeps the best records in San Francisco. 03 in San Francisco. Were 300 of normal for july. Dont laugh. This is the first month weve been bhov a long, long time. Maybe its a sign of things to come. Who knows . Kathy in sausalito,. 04. Theres a lot of low clouds and fog. The sierra, though, just absolutely incredible here. Not right now but in the afternoon, last couple of days things are just big time. Already thunderstorms will be developing later today. They tend to develop south of tahoe and move north. Thats what happened yesterday. I expect that to happen again yesterday. Theres a lot of moisture floating around. The Flash Flood Watch out until 9 00 tomorrow. 9 00 p. M. This is above 3,000 feet but includes parts of the central sierra also on the lee side towards reno, tahoe, truckee. Keep that in mind, bear valley, mammoth. Watch how this develops right there. This afternoon well see these develop, again, about 3 00, 5 00 is usually prime time. 6 00, 7 00, you lose the heating. They collapse. They will be there today and tomorrow. Look what happens here as we head to tropical clouds. There might be a little bit more of an increase in that on sunday. Water temperatures are up. 61 off monterey. Thats mild to warm. Usually you can find 49 to 52. Thats not the case. 50s and 60s on out temperatures right now. The fog will head back to the coast. The tropical moisture one source there. Theres another one, this low spinning in clouds. If these pop up, thats where they are coming from. Breezy to windy for some especially out to some of the higher elevations. 75 petaluma. Walnut creek, 79. Brentwood, oakley, 85. Alameda, 70 degrees. Oakland downtown, 73. San jose downtown 79. Fremont at 76. Thats the spirit. 60s on the coast. 60s in the ski and then low 70s in the city and then low 70s on the peninsula. Well go 80 in redwood city. Not much change saturday and then the higher clouds play into the forecast sunday into monday. Well see if we can keep the humidity down but maybe another round of that. This sunday marks the 45th anniversary of the first time man walked on the moon. One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. That clsic line classic line is the voice of neil armstrong. He was soon followed by buzz aldron. You can see the historic footage exactly 45 years ago after it happened on nasa tv at 7 39 our time sunday night and a week from tomorrow, the uss hornet in alameda will celebrate apollo 11s splashdown. You kind of forget. History. Right here in the backyard. Played such a crucial role in that monumental event. Still ahead, theres news to tell you about. A lastminute attempt to save san jose pot clubs. Todays deadline and why people are kaferping out in front of camping out in front of city hall right now. It was like a mass exodus. People fleeing their homes as a wildfire in Washington State burns out of control but the flames are not the only problem. The huge accident caused by the smoke. A huge wildfire in Washington State has destroyed 35 homes and is threatening hundreds more. Its burning outside of North Central washington. The wildfire has grown to more than 7,000 acres and is forcing hundred of people to pack up and leave their homes. Mine is up there. Its under attack, too. I had to leash. Im just trying to get these kids out of here. Its really something. Even last night, i mean, its way worse now. But last night, it really looked like, you know, the calderon of hell. You could see flames everywhere you looked. This fire is one of more than a dozen burning in washington and oregon. The thousands of firefighters battling the huge flames are dealing with hot weather, strong winds and also lightning strikes. The main routes for washington remain closed this morning because of t