Increase in the people driving from tracy to the bay area to the jobs. We certainly always had the traffic but now we have a lot more traffic on 205 and 580, slow driving through with low speeds. A look at the livermore area, i want to say hello to Richard Meyer who says he needs more highway 4 love. I am happy to oblige. If you want to get out to highway 4 it is a little bit slow at the west end of antioch driving into pittsburg. Not slow yet and conquered, 680 looks good down to walnut creek. The highway 4 commute is an early commute we see quite a bit. San jose looking okay. At the corner of the story road and white road is a good area to avoid because there is a two alarm structure fire in that area. 880 in oakland traffic looking good in both directions. At the bay bridge toll plaza traffic is light, a few slowdowns but nothing major. 5 01 am. In Contra Costa County, the armed standoff with the police is happening right now at the home on nottingham drive near the San Pablo Dam road. A few hours ago there were reports of shots fired and the Police Rushed to the scene but we dont yet know whether the suspect is Holding Hostages but the Tactical Team is there in elsa brontk. El sobrante and we have received a call saying that people in that area have been receiving calls to shelter in place, and we will give you a live report coming up at 5 30 am. Brewing at the contra costa District Attorneys office, paul graves plan on running for District Attorney next year and the job is now held by his boss, and a formal announcement will be coming next week but graves issued a statement saying he has a deep understanding of the community and can make a difference, and the current da, mark peterson, under fire and it was recommended he be removed from office due to misconduct and admitted using 66,000 of Campaign Funds for personal use, and the prosecutors in the das office have scheduled to hold a noconfidence vote on monday about peterson. A woman in antioch is charged with murder after deadly crash on sunday and conquered. The 32yearold amy s pinero is trying was trying to get away from place when she crashed her suv into a tree on myrtle drive and the passenger was 24yearold Maria Gaglione who died from the injuries in the crash, and the suv had been stolen a few days earlier in oakland. And earlier this month Amy Fiasconaro had been released from jail on probation and was convicted of assaulting a Police Officer in another stolen car and police chase incident in 2009. The San Francisco police are asking for help from the public after a stabbing in dolores park. A man was attacked by group of juveniles in the park shortly before 5 30 pm described as 5 to 6 people who left the park before the police arrived. Theres no motive for the stabbing and the victim was taken to the hospital with several stab wounds and they are not releasing information about the condition of the man. A rolling in the separate trial may have a big impact on the sierra lamar murder case. The penalty phase in the trial of antolin garciatorres will continue today but legal experts say could be overshadowed by what happened in another murder trial. Last week the judge set aside the convictions of two men and a 2009 stabbing after concluding that the Santa Clara County sheriff Sergeant Herman lyons gave a false testimony, the lead detective in the sierra lamar case and testified against antolin garciatorres. The fact that the testimony was the basis for overturning the other case was highly relevant and will the defense say they would have tried it differently had they known about the credibility issue. Yesterday on the witness stand, two of the friends of sierra lamar own friends testified. 36yearold james bishop is facing multiple felony accounts count including arson imposition of Flammable Materials after being caught last saturday morning after he allegedly torched the toyota in the driveway of a home in venetia. He has a criminal record for Sexual Assault but not arson, and his father believes he is innocent but contra costa authorities called him the worst arson ever. It is important to note that since the arrest of bishop the reported vehicle fires is dropback to a typical rate of occurrence. They definitely not the wrong guy. I cannot see him running around randomly running around burning up cars, for what reason . There is no word on a possible motive and his father, you heard him saying that he thinks he is innocent, and said that the bishop car was recently vandalized, but the father cannot believe that would cause his son to burn other peoples cars. The possible murdersuicide in novato is being investigated by the Marin County Sheriffs Office and the bodies of the elderly couple found of the bedroom in their home yesterday by family members and the names of the victims described as an 83yearold man, and is 79year old wife, and the names are not being released. Neighbors said the wife had been ill and did not leave the house very often. The Oakland Police are trying to identify suspect in the attempted Armed Robbery and they hope someone will recognize the man in the surveillance images, 25 years old, 57, 200 pounds. On april 21 a victim call the police saying the suspect went into his business on lake shore avenue near lake park avenue and pointed a gun at him, and the suspect ran away when he yelled for help. If you have any information you are being asked to call the Oakland Police. A new siding of the missing 77yearold woman, joyce had been reported missing from her hayward home on may 3 and there are reports she was seen last monday in redwood city, holding a black rolling shoe case suitcase, also carrying shopping bags, curly red hair, blue eyes, wearing blue pants, a blue top and gray sweater. If you have any information, getting contact with the police. A young man is credited with preventing a fiery attack in a dennys restaurant in hayward and the mother of the man said she and her 21year old son were having breakfast on industrial boulevard yesterday morning when they heard a loud noise. Five or six people had been doused in a liquid that smelled like gasoline. The mother said she saw the man struggling with a lighter and her son jumped into action. That is when my son threw a chair to hit him so that he would drop everything, and to startle him. That was enough time to get the fire extinguisher, and kind of shoot him in the face. He kept shooting him in the face and pushing him out the door. The woman said that her son managed to push the man out of the restaurant, employees then locked the door. The police pulled up and time to arrest the man who is now under a psychiatric evaluation. It is 5 09 am. The investigation into the possible ties between russia and the Trump Campaign has taken another turn. Naming former fbi director James Moeller as special counsel to take over the investigation and we have more from washington. Reporter the Deputy Attorney general that made the decision will be on capitol hill today for the unusual closeddoor Senate Meeting to update congress on the status of the investigation. Reporter for President Trump the states could be higher and the former fbi director Robert Mueller has been handed the reins of the likely expanding probe into any possible connections between the Trump Campaign and the kremlin. Almost exactly what the democrats have been demanding and this quickly gets bipartisan praise. Is a great reputation. Reporter from President Trump a statement, a thorough investigation will confirm what we already know, there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity. He spoke with a defiant note at the coast guard academy. No politician in history, and i say this with great surety , has been treated worse or more unfairly. You cannot let them get you down. Reporter Robert Neller brings a wealth of experience after serving as fbi director for 12 years and appointed by george w. Bush and his term was extended by president obama. s mandate from the Justice Department is broad and will likely extend to the firing of fbi director james comey. He has almost an unlimited budget and his many resources as he needs from the fbi, and he has total and complete independence of the white house and the Justice Department. Reporter in the meantime, former fbi director james comey has multiple invitations to testify on capitol hill, not get any indication when or if he will show up. Doug luzader, fox news. In the past 30 minutes President Trump is tweeting about all of this saying that with all of the illegal acts that took place in the Clinton Campaign and the obama administration, there was never a special counsel appointed. This is the single greatest windshield witchhunt of a politician in american history. The guns at the San Francisco college, the recent proposal to put the guns in the hands of the police at csf could be shot down today. Up next, y the last night u2 concert is costing taxpayers money. Jack vo things get a lot more interesting at night. Jack vo vampires wake up. Jack vo werewolves come out. Jack vo the boogie man gets his boogie on. Jack vo and my hashbrowns turn into my new munchie mashups. Jack vo they come with crispy hashbrowns and tasty white cheese mashed up with your choice of savory egg and bacon, buffalo chicken and ranch, or jalapenos and bacon. Jack vo so you can keep going until the sun comes up. Jack vo ouch, thats gotta hurt. Jack vo introducing my new munchie mashups. Only at jack in the box. [ music playing ] that recognizable voice, the musician Chris Cornell died in detroit, the lead singer and rhythm guitars for the band, soundgarden audioslave. He was known for his powerful voice with that nearly 4 octave range in the family spokesperson said the death of was southern sudden and unexpected. He was 52 years old. You to u2 rocked in front of a soldout crowd at levis stadium. More than 50,000 people were watching the concert last night and u2 celebrating the 30th anniversary of the album, the joshua tree. The concert went past the curfew of 10 pm which made the people that live nearby angry. There were extra trains provided for the concert which means the taxpayers have to pick up part of the tab. We estimate roughly 65,000 per event when you at the train operators, the security, and the whole of the county are paying for services to go to one venue for a finite number of people, that does not seem fair. The concert last night is the u2 band only bay area stop and they will be in la saturday night. It is 5 16 am. I bet that sal wishes he couldve been there but the entire the joshua tree album was played out. You know, we have to get up early and i enjoyed being home these days. Just like steve, we like to be home. Eat dinner about 4 30 pm with the blue plate special. [ laughter ] lets take a look at the gilroy commute from morgan hill in san jose, traffic is going to be okay. It is little bit slow in some areas. I want to mention we had that structure fire on story road near south white road, the old Oreilly Auto Parts store went up as a to learn structure fire. We will have a live report from the scene but that is a good area to avoid. 280 in san jose, traffic moving well with no major problems in the south bay. Looking at the bay bridge, this generally does not get crowded until later and there is one report of a cut with a traffic collision near the mcarthur bart station. It sounds like no injuries but it is blocking one lane and that could make it a little bit slow. It is 5 17 am. I will bring back my friend that goes to bed early as well. I agree with everything you said and i would not be mingling with nifty thousand people on a wednesday night 50,000 people on a wednesday night. To be honest, i probably would not even be there on a friday night. Maybe, im not that old. I do remember back in the day though. We have a warmer forecast. The complainers were out and saying that the grass is so cold. We did have sunshine yesterday and that will continue today, and sunday will be the warmest day before the cooldown but for the next three days sunny and warmer away from the coast which is still dealing with that fog. Most of the coast will be pretty good today. Upper did low 80s, 70s for some. Remember livermore two days ago was 62 degrees and 82 today. The fog appears to be favoring the coast at san mateo and santa cruz. A slight offshore breeze at Half Moon Bay and the water is so cold, not enough of an onshore breeze. Unless youre on the san mateo coast, santa cruz or highway one there is nothing to worry about. These are very cold temperatures, and all you need is a little bit of energy to get that going before that fog machine comes roaring in. A little bit cool, santa rosa 45, lafayette at 44, 43 in livermore, 42 in danville, 46 at the concord pavilion. 23 in truckee, 44 in ukiah, sacramento at 51. The coast looks good in that system is wrapping up over the intermountain in the rockies. It will head into the planes plains and this could be a big tornadic day in oklahoma and kansas. That High Pressure is kicking in and on its way. The snow for denver does happen in may but not that often, and they get snow today. That has from the texas panhandle, oklahoma and into kansas, prime time for Severe Weather today. For us focusing with High Pressure building in and warming up for most. 60s, 70s and upper 70s with low 80s. The trend is to keep warming up into saturday for inland with low 90s, cooler into early next weekend. It is 5 20 am. The Federal Reserve says that americans owe more money now than in any time in history. And the First Quarter this year we owed 12 and threequarter trillion dollars surpassing the old record from 2008 when the u. S. Economy plunged into the deep recession. The debts are piling up in different places, and these days the Student Loans and car loans make up the bigger part of the debt. Mortgages and credit card debts arent prerecession levels. A landless say the debt is more sustainable because the Interest Rates are lower and the lenders are more focused on credit worthy borrowers. It is 5 21 am. Reaching the brim of wet winter time and water levels at lake tahoe at near maximum capacity, and coming up, how that is affecting the people nearby. The arrest photo triggers demonstrations in the east bay, and why the Police Arrested a man selling fruit on the sidewalk, and the backlash it is causing. Welcome back to mornings on 2, it is 5 24 am. 21 people are until after the crackdown targeting the ms 13 gang in la. Local authorities conducted sweeps across Los Angeles County after a twoyear investigation. The fbi led reads at almost 2 dozen locations where they arrested the gang members, the charges including robbery and murder. 44 gang members now facing federal charges in connection with racketeering. 20 were already in custody before the raid. Three gang members they were targeting are still out there on the loose. New figures showing that number of people arrested by immigration agents since President Trump took office its gone up dramatically, up 40 from last year. The number of immigrants deported is down from last year by 12 . Since january 22, 41,000 immigrants have been arrested on suspicion of being in the u. S. Illegally and 30,000 of them had previous criminal convictions, and almost 11,000 had no criminal records, that figure has more than doubled. It is 5 25 am. The photo of the arrest go spirals viral, and demanding answers, this picture posted after the Alameda County deputies shut down the food stand. This is been seen over 1 million times and protesters demonstrating in front of the sheriffs headquarters in oakland accusing the department of targeting latinos. The image has sparked indignation in the hearts of people across this county and far beyond. He resisted the officer and escalated the situation. The Sheriff Department said the man aguilar , did not have a permit to sell food, on federal probation, and that he tried to run away from the deputies. Protesters said they are concerned that aguilar could be deported but the Sheriffs Office said they had no plans to turn them over to immigration authorities. Firefighters in san jose fighting the fire at the strip mall, and coming up we have a live report on the damage and what has happened so far. The neighborhood here and on lockdown as the swot standoff unfolds involving the Contra Costa County sheriff deputies, and we will tell you about the man they are negotiating with. Traffic moving okay at that maccarthur maze, not too bad. Nearby there is a crash on i 24 and 580 causing delays. Nothing to worry about, warming up fast even in the city. Youre going to be hanging out in here. So if you need anything, text me. Do you play . Use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap, to friends at more banks then ever before. You got next . Chase. Helping you master whats now and whats next. This is ktvu mornings on 2. Welcome back to mornings on 2, it is