Oliver said i like to pay taxes. I had to read it off this piece of paper that i printed. A little bit of trivia. Money for nothing, the backup singer on that track, sting. Really . Wow. Hes the one who goes, i want my mtv. We appreciate you joining us this monday morning. Mike mibach is on assignment so welcome to alex savidge. Were going to talk about taxes, the big earthquakes we saw the past couple days around the world. You were at the commemoration. We commemorated, hundreds of people came out in San Francisco this morning to commemorate 110 years since the great earthquake of 1906 so well talk about that event coming up here and also talk with someone from the usgs about these recent quakes and what that means for us. Well also talk about your weather because as you can see this pretty picture behind us, the oakland estuaries never looked better. Steve paulson, if you liked yesterday, youre going to like today. Thats correct. Temperatures are going to carry them over in to today. We had some records yesterday. I think well get more today. We had a few. Outside its already pretty quiet out there. Theres a little bit of fog well offshore. I dont think it makes any impact whatsoever. Maybe the immediate coast. Even that i think looks pretty marginal. San francisco yesterday, 81, that was a record. Mountain view was a record. Even salinas set a record of 85. What about today . There are possible records here. I think san jose is 87. That would be a record, Oakland Airport at 82. It will be close for San Francisco, sfo. Probably not san rafael or napa. Theyll be close and way above average. The giants are back home and they picked a good night to come home. A little bit of fog out there but the keyword is its out there. So its not making any deal today. Already mid 60s for some. Were warming up fast. Hayward, 66. The city, 65. Sfo, 65. Half moon bay, the source of the cooldown, that little low. That wont be here till tuesday night or wednesday. 70s or 80s. Sunny and warm the rest of the week, no, looks cooler by wednesday then rain. Rain arrives on friday. Good knowledge on that rock song, sal. Very well done. A little bit of music trivia for the monday. Important commemoration happened early this morning at San Francisco. It was 110 years ago today that the 1906 earthquake hit San Francisco. [ sirens ] and there you hear the sirens blare downtown at 5 12 this morning, the exact moment that the quake hit. Every year hundreds of people meet at the fountain to remember the tragic day and the days that followed. Mayor ed lee, other city leaders were on hand this morning. The victims of recent earthquakes in ecuador and japan were also honored. Now to the new developments in ecuador after a major earthquake on saturday. Officials updated the death toll this morning. Now say 650 people are reported dead, 2500 injured. Heavy damage along the Pacific Coast from the magnitude 7. 8 earthquake, some of which youre seeing on your screen right here. Countries are sending humanitarian aid along with search and rescue crews. At least 10 people are still missing in southern japan after two huge earthquakes there last week. The biggest magnitude 7. 0 struck on friday. The overall death toll from both of those earthquakes in japan so far is at 42 people and 1,000 people were hurt. The u. S. Military is joining the relief efforts there. That includes helping 180,000 people who need shelter. 80,000 homes still have no power. Another 400,000 homes still without water. San Francisco Mayor ed lee in a statement about the quakes in japan and ecuador said these stark reminders remind us that we must always be prepared. Its not if but when the next disaster will strike. We know disasters, whether it is an earthquake, tsunami, or something human made can happen at any time with little or no warning. This morning we were joined on the phone by usgs geophysicist brad. Are there concerns about a possible after shock especially in ecuador where the initial quake was 7. 8 . After these large events we tend to have many aftershocks. Both in japan and ecuador weve seen a number of aftershocks. The largest in ecuador report ed by their Geophysical Institute had been 6. 1. They saw in the first few hours quite a few, nearly 10 per hour, but thats decreased as time has gone on. Has science figured out the rhyme and reason of the aftershocks . In most cases theyre smaller than the original jolt and they decrease in time and following a relatively regular pattern. The one in japan was sort of a relatively rare occurrence and the magnitude 6. 2 was followed a few days later by 9. 27. In that case we call the 6. 2 fore shock. Nearly a Million People had very violent shaking, comparable to what we saw in the northridge earthquake as well as what they experienced in the 1995 earthquake. Lets talk about the activity in the socalled ring of fire weve seen over the last week. How much concern should that cause us here in california . All of these places in japan, ecuador, are places where there are relatively larger earthquakes along major faults. So in some sense its a reminder where weve had these large earthquakes in the past, where the plates are moving and causing stresses to build up, well expect large earthquakes in the future and one of those places along the ring of fire is california. And today marks as you mentioned the 110th anniversary of the 1906 earthquake so a magnitude 7 like what was experienced in japan or something larger like ecuador which is comparable in size to 1906 earthquake could happen at any time. Brad, can you tell us a little bit about the home and Building Construction in ecuador . Were showing pictures of just terrible ruin. Maybe compared to what we have here in california, how did the structures there hold up, if you will . Building practices vary considerably throughout the world and some cases very well developed countries like japan, new zealand, and chile also has a very strong building code. Ecuador, not as good as the u. S. And one of the issues is also in developing countries, enforcement of the building codes. Even if on paper things look good, the actual construction practices can be highly variable. Here in the u. S. We tend to have a Good Building code with very good enforcement. So its possible that ecuador did have Good Building codes but maybe theres corruption or Something Else thats keeping the codes from being enforced. In developing countries its generally a combination of the two. Usgs geofisivist geophysicist brad aagard. Thank you for joining us. Two teens were swept at ocean beach by a large wave. Friends and family say both of them had Bright Futures ahead of them. Debora villalon followed the story over the weekend and has more on whats being planned to help people cope with this loss. Reporter friends and relatives confirmed to ktvu that 17yearold wayne ausa is one of the boys presumed drowned, along with his friend, grisham duran, who also attended vallejo high school. 16 years old, turning 17 this coming tuesday. Reporter durans death is being felt at the Vallejo Church he has attended with his parents and sister all his life. The High School Senior also sang in the church quiet. Really soft spoken guy. Hes really nice, polite. Reporter an exhaustive search for the two missing boys ended at darkness saturday night. The coast guard says their bodies might be miles offshore now, carried by current. Three other boys who struggled but made it out of the waves will be okay. Kids want to be kids. Surfers want to go out and surf. Reporter ocean beach shimmered in the sun sunday. The water just as alluring. But warnings about the rip tide are blunt. People swimming and waiting have drowned here. This lifelong beach goer recalls getting swept out himself as a teen. Then trying to swim back in to shore, i couldnt get back in. And the only reason im here today is because a rogue wave pushed me back in. Reporter whether unaware of the risk or ignoring it, people still bear the waves at ocean beach. Maybe they havent had a scare yet. It leaves an impression. Since then i havent gone back out in that water outside of maybe getting my toes wet here and there. Thats it. Whats the rule, guys . Only go up to your knees. Dont go farther. Thats right. Reporter the drownings just reaffirm what many parents already preach. Oh, its terrifying. I had not heard and im really sorry for the parents and weem be thinking about them and praying for them. Reporter as the school week begins, vallejo high will have counseling support for their students as they grieve for their friends. At the church where Grisham Durham sang, the Evening Service is tinted with sadness. We pray hard. Thats the only thing we can help for the family, hopefully theres a miracle. That was ktvus Debora Villalon reporting. She says off camera a relative told her that duran was afraid of the water and did not know how to swim. The family says that may be why the 5 boys entered the water together with their arms linked. The Engineering Academy says the school is organizing a vigil for the boys that will happen next saturday. Uc davis chancellor linda katehi says she will responded to for calls for her resignation. Last week students voted for her to step down after reports said the university paid consultants to try to bury negative stories online related to the 2011 pepper spraying incident. The pepper spraying of students by campus police. This is the second time students have demanded her resonation. Last month students and some lawmakers called on her to step down after they found she was being paid to sit on boards for the Devry Education Group and a book publisher during her office hours. Today is tax day. If youre getting a refund, we want to know, are you spending it or are you saving it . Slower, gasia. Im typing it in to my twitter. [ laughter ] the question today through twitter is if youre getting a tax refund, are you spending it . Maybe youve already spent it. Or are you a saver . Do you put it right in the bank . Use ktvuthe9. Youre almost there. Coming up on mornings on 2 the 9, the warriors are preparing for game 2 of the playoffs. We sit down with ktvu sports anchor as fans wonder whether or not steph curry will take the floor. Get high Speed Internet from at t. With 99. 9 reliability for just 30 a month. Keep calm, your internets on. Welcome back. Game 2 of the nba playoffs is tonight with the Golden State Warriors hosting the houston rockets. Warriors up one game to none but the big question tonight is will steph curry take the floor . Curry was nowhere to be seen yesterday with the warriors practice open to reporters. He hurt his ankle during saturdays game one. It was in the 2nd quarter. He left the game twice to have the ankle retaped and played only a few minutes of the 2nd half. Kind of changes things. We dont seem to be as good of a Coaching Staff when steph goes out. I dont know why. I think steph missed three or four games this year and we did fine. Obviously weve got to find different ways to score but well prepare for that and see what happens. Mvp out of the lineup. There will be tweaks and changes we need to make. Thankfully weve done it before against houston. Weve played against houston without steph and played pretty well so we know were capable of doing that. During the season the warriors played with curry for three games and won two of them. Including the win over the rockets in houston on new years eve. Joining us again, sports anchor. When do you expect to hear if curry is in . Im going to head over to practice and they may have an update, they may not. It may be a gametime decision. It sure sounds like theyre going to rest him and not risk it and why would you . They know they can beat the rockets. It shows you how much respect they do have for the rockets. They know they can do it without steph. They dont want to rusk anything to that ankle and they want to be rested. Theyre going to put Shaun Livingston in there. He would be starting on some other teams i dare say. Hes a very good backup point guard. Yeah, hes outstanding. Hes 67, one of the tallest point guards in the league. It kind of changes the look of their team a little bit because they become a more defensive team. Remember in the rockets game and game 1 he had those two blocks . Hes an outstanding guard. Rarely misses. Youre absolutely right. If this was the nba finals, steph would be there. I saw an interview with our friend Patrick Beverly. We need a villain. Every good story needs a veteran. We asked him whether he thought curry would play tonight and he said absolutely. Might there be gamesmanship on the part of curry . Yeah, but i think the rockets have to prepare as if steph was going to play. If you take him out, then great, stephs not playing. As we look at the ankle injury again, leverly, the warriors said all the wright things after the game. I think the fans were more upset. The wriors are a tough team. All that chippiness. When you come at steph like that, when youre a got player with that internal vestitude. They have one player who can score off the dribble so their plan apparently is to be more physical. I think theyre trying to throw the warriors off their game. You might even say Patrick Beverly wanted to get both guys ejected, himself and steph, because its a pretty good tradeoff if youre the rockets. I dont think so. I think hes a tough guy and he wants to show. He doesnt have the reverence for steph that we all think that hey, its stephen curry, back off. No, these guys are professional athletes. Theyre going to come at you. Its the playoffs. I like that pick by draymond green. Late in the game i loved how there was this physical altercation and you see maurice spates step up like you want some . Warriors got some tough players. Theyre not going to be out physicaled. Lets go to the fans for a second if we can. How does the energy or noise change . They spent all that money, go to see steph and hes not there. How does that change what happens inside . I think in the regular season if you spend all that money to see steph play and you cant see him play because the coach is resting him, thats one thing. I think most warriors fans, i dont know if they want to see him play. Hes had a history of ankle injuries. We all know about his workout routines and associate to strengthen his ankles hes done in the offseason. When he has a tweak to his ankle, youve got to be a little bit concerned. I think most warriors fans would want to rest him if theres any chance of injuring him. For the greater good. One down and 15 to go. Kerr has his eyes on the bigger prize. Going to be a tougher one without steph. No doubt. Ill head over to practice and see whats next. Coming up on mornings on 2 the 9, other uc Berkeley Student removed from a flight. The conversation that was overheard by another passenger that raised an alarm and is leading to an apology. Sentenced to prison for a crime he didnt commit. A groundbreaking study on Wrongful Conviction. music plays from one way or another im gonna find y im gonna Getcha GetchaGetcha Getcha one way or another im gonna win ya im gonna Getcha GetchaGetcha Getcha one way or another im gonna see ya inhales cigarette a uc Berkeley Student was removed from a Southwest Airlines flight because of something another person thought he said. Now he wants an apology. I come here to be protected not to be singled out by other people. The 26yearold student is an iraqi refugee. Earlier this month he was at l. A. X. And boarded his flight to oakland. Before the plane took off he called his uncle in baghdad. He was speaking in arabic about a speech he attended by the United States secretary ban kimoon when someone heard him talking about isis. He was removed from the plane and questioned by authorities before later getting a refund for his slight. Southwest issued a statement saying the student was removed from the plane for what it called potentially threatening comments made aboard our aircraft and further discussion. The airline has not received a direct complaint to the student. This morning heavy rains have caused flooding in houston and parts of the southeast. Joining us is sally mcdonell. Some of the video weve seen coming from your area this morning is incredible. A lot of people are escaping with their lives and theyre in danger. Yeah, this weather is no joke down here in houston. Houston is used to major flood events but this one is absolutely going to be an historic one for us here. Take a look where i am now. Im in a town called spring north of houston. This is an apartment complex. Its completely underwater. You can just see the rooftop of some of the vehicles out here. Theres about 100, maybe 200 units that have taken on water here so right now the Fire Department is out here performing water rescues. Theres no one in immediate daurchg danger in this part of town we know of. However there are a lot of elderly and churn that live in this complex. Theyre taking precautionary measures to get folks out of here before the situation gets worse. What happens in houston, we have a lot of water sheds, bayous and creeks. Even when the rain stops falling as its expected to do at some point later today or tomorrow, the watersheds are going to continue to rise and they wont crest for another 24, 48 hours. The flooding continues even after the rain is gone. There have been close to 200 high water rescues that have been performed here across the houston area. There are dozens of School Districts that have closed today. And thousands of homes have been flooded. The number is too difficult to know at this point. We know thousands of homes have flooded in this area. There are people who are taki