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Good morning. Thank you for joining us on mornings on 2. Its friday, october 4. Im pam cook. Im dave clark. Steve paulson is off today. Do you mind if we give you more warmer weather . I would like it a little warmer. Its a bit chilly. Can you helper . And you may need a sweater in the morning but by the afternoon you will be shutting that. Dress in layers. Thats the weather thats coming our way. Its a cool start to the day but by the afternoon, a nice warm up. 45 degrees right now in santa rosa. A dark start over sfo and 55 in San Francisco, oakland, livermore in san jose. A bit of a chill in the aierall variable. Here is the 24 hour temperature change. 20 degrees warmer in half moon bay. 8 degrees cooler in fairfield. Getting into the afternoon we go partly cloudy at the coast. Mostly clear for the rest of us. Temperatures come up a few degrees for inland cities. More notable on the coastline and around the bay. Cool and breezy in some areas yesterday. Napper reporting onshore breeze at five. Oakland, from the east at five. Concord coming in from the south at six. That variable wind is with us today. Heres a look at the forecast for the inner east bay. Concord, livermore, closer to antioch in brentwood, upper 70s to near 80. 70 by lunch and upper 70s to gain 80 for the second part of the day. How about a look around. 73 in hayward. 70 and San Francisco. Upper 70s in san rafael. Some inland cities will warm to near 90 degrees as we get into sunday. Details are coming up in just a bit. 5 02 am. Good morning, sal. Good morning. We do have slow traffic coming in approaching the Altamont Pass which is not unusual on 580. There was a crash, 580 near grant line road but not causing any injuries but we have had slow traffic. We also have some slow traffic approaching a car fire on 580 near shafer ranch which is basically a little west of the foothill. You will see slow traffic at the dublin interchange because of that. You can see the rest of the drive over to 880 looks good and here is 880 in front of the oakland coliseum. The bay bridge is still not a big backup. It looks like it may be lighter than usual. Its 5 03 am. Derrick almena, the defendant in oaklands ghost ship warehouse fire case is expected in court this morning. His First Court Appearance since the mistrial was declared in the case. Elissa harrington is outside the courthouse in oakland and you have more on this. Report determined whether they want to retry almena, work out a plea deal or just dismiss all charges. Meanwhile his attorneys are trying to reduce his bail in an effort to get almena released. His attorneys argue that he would pose no harm if released. He would live with his family and lake county and they say he is not a flight risk. A judge today can decide whether to grant that request and reduce bail or keep it what it is now which is 750,000. Almena spoke exclusively with ktvu from santa rita jail in dublin where he felt confident no jury would ever convict him. They are never going to find 12 people to send me to prison for the rest of my life. This always going to be at least one that says, no way. Especially now with everything thats coming out. Reporter almena was charged with 36 counts of involuntary through the converted warehouse killing people who were there for a music party on the night of december 2, 2016. He was the master lease holder at the ghost ship. He is expected in court this morning at 9 am. Elissa harrington, ktvu fox 2 news. Make sure you stay with us at ktvu for continuing coverage on the ghost ship warehouse fire case. Our Crime Reporter henry lee will be in the courtroom today when almena find out if prosecutors will retry him. Happening today. A rally in oakland for Traffic Safety outside Oakwood Elementary School very hitand run killed a 45yearold woman and injured a fouryearold. Teachers, parents, students at Garfield Elementary will be marching at 8 am, calling for safety on foothill boulevard. A woman was walking her four yearold niece home from prek at the school on tuesday when they were hit by a car at. The driver is still out there on the loose. And the police are offering a reward for help leading to an arrest. And San Francisco, District Attorney George Gascon is resigning. He told his staff he will leave his post in two weeks and will move to los angeles to explore a run for District Attorney. Last year he announced he was not seeking reelection so he could care for his elderly mother. Next month the voters will go to the polls to select his replacements. Ktvu has learned from several sources that mayor london breed could appoint suzy loftus as a temporary replacement for gascon until the next da is seated. She is one of four candidates in the race for District Attorney replacing gascon now could give her campaign a boost ahead of the election. That election is just one month away on november 5. Gascon s resignation was met with a fiery statement from the San Francisco Police Officers association. The letter said , quote, we are praying for the residents of los angeles hoping that George Gascon does not do to their city what he did to San Francisco during his tenure. The association cited his push number of crimes from felonies to misdemeanors. The poa went on to blame mireya orta a criminal justice revolving door and double digit increases in crime. The closing line and a letter about the resignation was, good riddance. Police in richmond looking for suspects and a triple shooting were two people were killed and a third is in the hospital. This happened in richmond yesterday afternoon at 31st and is meant and what is known as the north and east neighborhood. Police say the three victims were in a parked car. A gunman either walked up or drove up and started shooting. Police went door to door looking for witnesses trying to get information and say they still do not know if more than one person is responsible. One man told us that one of the two young men killed is his nephew. 32yearold, vineet maharaj, of richmond. It appears he was with two friends when they were shot. The man said he has no idea why anyone would want to hurt his nephew. I real probably something to do with friends. I dont know. And this hurts. It really does. I dont know what to say. Im kind of shocked myself. Police say the wanded victim is in stable condition. They are also asking anyone who has any information to call richmond police. In ecuador the president has declared a state of emergency as demonstrators have been holding violent protests calling for economic reform. The protests have caused major disruption to public transportation. This anger stands stems from the president s decision to stop providing fuel subsidies think the cost too much. Diesel and gas prices are now expected to more than double across the country. Yesterday protesters set fires in the streets and drivers blocked roads and bridges. The president issued the emergency order to deploy armed forces to maintain order. Also tohong kong leader carrie lam is banning masks as she deploys Emergency Powers to shutdown antigovernment protests. She said she is not declaring an emergency in hong kong with the city faces extensive and very serious danger. After an increase in violence. Officials say the mask band will carry a jail sentence for up to one year or a fine. They say protesters will also be prohibited from painting their faces to hide their identity. This comes as thousands of pro democracy protesters took to the streets today and masks saying they will not be intimidated by what they call scare tactics. Today the House Intelligence Committee will hear from the Inspector General whose office handled the whistleblower complaint that led to the im michnson, the Intelligence Community Inspector General will answer questions about the whistleblower report that first drew attention to a phone call between President Trump and the president of ukraine. Yesterday, kurt volker, the current former special envoy to ukraine provided Text Messages awmakers detailing discussions between diplomats on how to handle President Trumps request that ukraine began an investigation into the family of former Vice President joe biden. President trump is also suggesting that china investigate the business dealings of joe bidens son, hunter. China should start an investigation into the bidens. Democratic president ial candidates joe biden, Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris are now calling on the white house to release the transcript of a phone call between President Trumps and the president of china back in june where the president reportedly talked about those both joe biden and elizabeth moore. We are also hearing about another whistleblower complaint. The Washington Post said an irs official reported an attempt to improperly interfere with the annual audit of the tax returns of the president or Vice President. The Washington Post says the person who tried to interfere was a political appointee at the treasury department. The whistleblower complaint was filed back in july. The Trump Administration has dismissed that claim. Reports out of washington indicate that Energy Secretary rick perry will leave his cabinet post by the end of next month. He ran for president in 2012 and 2016 and then joined the Trump Administration in 2017. He was also the longestserving governor of texas and is one of the longer serving numbers of President Trumps cabinet but perry was recently caught in the ukraine case because he led the american delegation to the inauguration of ukraines new leader last may. Thats when the u. S. Was trying to figure out if the ukraine leader would be agreeable to some of President Trumps demands. We are just a couple of days away from the beginning of fleet week in San Francisco and coming up the message from officials about keeping everybody safe. And what we now know about yesterday mornings deadly wrongway crash on highway 101 where four people died. We have the latest on the victims and how caltrans is trying to prevent any other wrongway drivers. Good morning. We do see traffic coming in and out of San Francisco looking pretty good here, as you can see. We will tell you more about the morning commute. Dry and warmer weather on the way for your bay area friday. Details on your weekend plus a red flag warning for the hills coming up in just a bit. Welcome back to mornings on 2. New information about people who died yesterday morning when he wrongway driver hit a taxi near Candlestick Point on highway 101 and palm avenue. The chp said a woman driving while intoxicated was going southbound in the northbound lanes and crashed into the taxi had on. Killing herself, the taxi driver and two taxi passengers. Fellow cabdrivers, said driver, Berkant Ramadan Ahmed comment leaves behind a wife and children. He has a young daughter so our hearts go out for him. I hope his family is okay. The chp identified the wrong way driver as a 34yearold emilie ross of hillsborough. The two taxi passengers were 57 yearold mary miller of chicago and 62yearold Judson Bergman of barrington, illinois. Luggage was found at the scene indicating they may have been coming from sfo. The chp said so far this year there have been 25 runway collisions resulting in 19 deaths in the bay area alone. Caltrans says its working with uc davis to try to prevent future crashes. In parts of sacramento and san diego they have installed signs with l. E. D. Lights that flash when a driver is heading in the wrong direction. They are also using cameras to monitor exit ramps. We are taking film of people who get on the offramp, trying to get onto the freeway and we want to see if they are turning around or if they do, what do they see when they turn around. Officers have inspected on and off ramps throughout the bay area and say the primary cause of most accidents is drinking and driving. Federal Health Officials say the number of deaths from a lung disease o vaping has climbed to 19 in this country. The deaths have occurred in 15 states including here in california which has two confirmed deaths. 275 new cases were reported in just the past week bringing the total number of illnesses to more than 1000. Health officials are repeating their recommendation that you refrain from using any e cigarettes or any vaping products until more is known about this mysterious breeding disease. According to doctors at the mayo clinic, the lung damage in the vaping patients resembles a chemical burn. They say the injuries look like those seen in people who have been exposed to mustard gas. That was a chemical weapon used in world war i. So far, medical investigators have not pinpointed exactly what is causing that pretty scary. 5 17 am. Lets check in with sal for a look at the commute. The commute looks pretty good so far. We have been looking at these commutes. Pam, what song pumps you up . Really gets your blood going . Dosh. You think about that. I will think about that. We are thinking about doing that for traffic. Maybe. We still have to come up with a theme. Pump up the jam probably comes in. Just when you mentioned the word but i will have to think about that. Teddy, pam and dave. Lets talk about the gilroy commutes. Yesterday i got a request of a different kind. A gentleman who watches the gilroy commutes said can you give me more highway 25 . Sure i can. Right now hiwa there is 152 and this whole area. Its friday so it may look better we are looking pretty good from gilroy all the way in to san jose with no major issues. It has been a nice drive. No problems on 280 in san jose as you get up to highway 17 and for the most part we are off to a good start. 5 19 am. Usually we have slow traffic at the toll plaza but tonight we dont. Lets bring in rosemary. What song really pumps you up . I was just thinking. Probably some money but off the top of my head i may say nothing by i might Say Something by imagine dragons. Outside this morning we have a cool start followed by a nice warmup. 80 degrees for warmer spots today and nearing 90 in the days ahead. Dry and warm conditions and gusty conditions eventually in the hills. That will lead to a red flag warning for the north bay hills. Lets take care of that. Not today but will come into place for tomorrow starting tomorrow evening, saturday at 8 pm and will last through the evening hours. Does not expire until sunday. Red. North bay hills above elevation of 1000 feet. We are expecting gust to reach perhaps 3540 Miles Per Hour or so. We will be tracking it for you. In the meanwhile, a cool one this morning. 42 in napa. 54, San Francisco. Upper 40s in oakland. Upper 40s in livermore and in san jose. This afternoon temperatures are climbing. 72, sausalito. Upper 70s in san rafael. In the east bay, nice and mild on the east bay shore. 71 in berkeley. Upper 70s in walnut creek and 80 in antioch. In the south bay. Upper 70s in san jose. 77 in saratoga. On the peninsula mid70s over areas of palo alto. Low 70s in san mateo and 70 the afternoon high for San Francisco. Mid to upper 60s. Partly cloudy to mostly clear skies. On the coast, upper 60s for half moon bay. Who was going to tahoe . It will be nice as well. A cold start. Below freezing and truckee right now. 28 degrees. Mid 60s expected today. Going into the upper 60s by sunday. Under mostly sunny skies. If you will be out doing some camping, be prepared. Overnight lows are really cold, even freezing as you can see from those numbers. Heres a look at the extended forecast. We warm up by several degrees for the bay area saturday. Sunday and monday look to be the hottest days. Upper 60s and low 70s on the coast. Low 80s around the bay. Upper 80s touching 94 inland cities. 5 21 am. Tighter security measures at this years hardly strictly Bluegrass Festival. Plus a for San Francisco and its just in time for a special occasion that begins this weekend. 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Of our department will be putting extra resources on duty during fleet week to ensure that we are able to take care of everyone. Fleet week includes more than 60 events including the always popular blue angels show. Fleet week runs from this sunday through next monday, october 14. Lets take a look at whats happening across the bay on the second weekend of fall. Here is Rosemary Orozco with our we can watch. Heading into the weekend and heres whats happening around the bay. In the east bay enjoy oktoberfest in Oakland Dimond district posting over 200 craft beers. The fourth stage of live entertainment, vendors and other attractions. The 10th annual orinda all of festival iweekend at the jor ar where you can tour the historic area while enjoying food, music, cooking demos, olive oil tastings, arts and crafts. In the north bay the place for worldclass winds fo santa rosa for the annual pinot on the river festival complete with wine and food and located in old courthouse square. In the south bay get a taste of italy as the Fourth Annual little italy san jose street festival on sunday is on west st. John street. Highlights include authentic cuisine, wine, entertainment, vendors and childrens activities. Hardly strictly Bluegrass Festival is back. The festival is free and will fill San Franciscos Golden Gate Park. In sports the 49ers are home. The raiders plan london. Im Rosemary Orozco and that is sure we can watch. Visitors to the hardly strictly Bluegrass Festival can expect tighter security this time around. Those attending the festival in Golden Gate Park will need to go through one of four entrances and undergo a security check. There are new fences and a large number of park rangers, police and private security guards patrolling the festival grounds. The increased security does follow the gunfire at the gilroy gar the investigation into a whistleblower accusation continues on capitol hill today Intelligence Community will hear from today and what lawmakers on both sides are saying about the inquiry. Searching in the south bay for a home. The organization that helps homeless teenagers now needs a home for itself. Good morning and welcome back to mornings on 2. Its friday, october 4. Im dave clark. Im pam cook. Thank you for joining us. Talking about the smackdown song. Dont look at me when you say that. Rosemary and i were talking about meghan trainor. Anyway. That is sals traffic jams if you have some ideas. Imagine dragons. Theres got to be a song in there somewhere. Outside our doors this morning we have a cool start. Upper 40s and mid50s. Winds are generally light. We are going to warm up, getting into the afternoon. I will have the comparison in a moment. Lets take a look at the numbers now. Partly cloudy at sfo. 55 to start your day there. Mid 40s over santa rosa. Upper 40s in oakland, livermore and san jose. Temperatures are a few degrees warmer over novato. Half moon bay is up by 13 degrees. You are definitely noticing a difference but we are cooler over fairfield. A little cooler over san jose. Partly cloudy on the coast. Partly cloudy to mostly clear for the rest of us. The wind is light and variable. 8 mile per hour wind in fairfield onshore. Coming from the east in oakland at five. Coming from the west, nap at five. Heres a comparison for you. Santa rosa expected to warm a couple degrees over yesterday but look at San Francisco. Low 60 is where we warm to yesterday. Today, 70. More notable for some than others. 66, pacifica. 72, oakland park 80 degrees in concord and antioch. I will have a look at the extended forecast plus a red flag warning for the hills into the weekend coming up in just a little bit. The highways are okay. A little better than they normally are. Traffic continues to look okay if you are driving on some of these commutes. This is the bay bridge toll plaza. There is a backup here, as you know, or as you can see for yourself, i should say, but its not really having a big effect. If you are driving on the bridge itself, you will see its getting more crowded but its just a little bit better than it normally is. As we look at vallejo and the traffic here looks pretty good on 80. A little slowing on 37 heading west as you drive over toward sonoma and marin county and you can see even highway 4, we have a little bit of slowing and thats about all. Definitely lighter than usual. 5 32 am. In washington the Inspector General whose investigation triggered the drive to impeach President Trumpbe on capitol hill today. As doug luzader reports, his testimony comes as President Trump now wants other countries to investigate reporter democrats are hoping to learn more about the whistleblower complaint that got this whole thing started and President Trumps is roiling the waters. China should start an investigation into the bidens. Reporter an extraordinary declaration from President Trump that china should take a look at former Vice President joe bidens son hunter and his business dealings. The president already facing an impeachment probe after a similar request was made of ukraines president. Today the Intelligence Community Inspector General Michael Atkinson will return to capitol hill to talk about the whistleblower allegation the first brought the ukrainian matter to light. I will say that we saw further evidence that there was a shadow shakedown going on. Reporter democrats say that yesterdays 10 hour interview with former special envoy to ukraine kurt volker yielded more evidence of a concerted effoinvestigate the bidens republicans point to specific Text Messages between idn the phone, i think its crazy to withhold Security Assistance for help with a political campaign. The other response, bill believe you are incorrect about President Trumps intentions. The president has been crystal clear. No quid pro quos of any kind. If there was an Academy Award for leading the witness, by democratic colleagues would have gotten three oscars today. Reporter and the Administration Today is expected to argue the white house does not have to cooperate with congress on the impeachment probe because there has been no official impeachment vote. In washington, doug luzader. Fox news. Heres a look at the other top stories we are following today. U. S. Attorney G William Barr is asking facebook to stop encrypting messages on whatsapp and other messaging services. In a letter to Facebook Barr said authorities need access to those messadmission scandal. Nee to paying 55,000 to rick singer, the mastermind heavy College Admissions considers the and agreed to pay 250,000 to get his daughter accepted into usc as a recruit for water polo. Huneeus is arguing he should get leniency because his daughter was not accepted because of his arrest and that she did not take a spot away from another student. Derrick almena, the defendant in the center of oaklands ghost ship warehouse fire trial will be back in court this morning. A month ago the creative director max harris was found not guilty for the fire however the jury could not agree on a verdict for almena. The da could either retry almena, reach a plea deal with him or dismiss the case altogether. Ktvu will be in the courtroom for this mornings decision. Happening now. We are live in hong kong where protests are taking place. This is a live picture. You are watching this as we are. The hong kong leader carrie lam is banning masks. The wearing of masks by protesters. She is deploying Emergency Powers now aimed at shutting down antigovernment protests. Lam said she is not declaring an emergency in hong kong but said the city is facing , quote, extensive and very serious danger after a rise in violence. They say the protesters will also be banned from painting their faces to try to hide who they are. A woman accused of running down and killing a man in cupertino is due in court today. The arraignment for 50yearold mireya orta was postponed yesterday because of logistical problems. Investigators say she backed her car over the man at Rancho San Antonio county park on tuesday then drove the car back and forth over his body several times. Authorities say she then tried to ram another man who was hiding behind a tree to protect himself. Cornered her, she slammed her car headon into one of their suvs. People who know her say they are shocked by the accusations. I just never thought that this would happen. Shes not that type of person. I just feel real bad for the people that got injured and murdered. Prosecutors say she is facing several charges including murder and resisting arrest. Investigators were still trying to find a motive. We have an update on a democratic president ial candidate bernie sanders. Sanders wife says he will be released from the hospital soon. He is doing wonderfully. He has been Walking Around a lot. As far as coming back from bringing lunch and for him. He wanted a good lunch. They will be heading back to vermont this weekend where she is hoping to convince her husband to take a few days to rest before getting back on the campaign trail. Earlier this week while sanders was campaigning in las vegas, doctors discovered a blockage in an artery and inserted stents. Sanders Campaign Says he plans to take part in the debate october 15. Joe biden is leaving the bay area with a Larger Campaign war chest. He appeared at three fundraisers yesterday including an event at the home of california senator dianne feinstein. The day ended with a reception in downtown San Francisco hosted by a tech company. People who attended say biden avoided talking about the president and the impeachment inquiry but did discuss americas future and try to connect with younger people in the crowd. When he entered the room, everyone stood up and gave him a round of applause but he zeroed in on the kids sitting on the floor and he went and sat with them and i just think that shows that he cares about the next generation. Tickets for some of the fundraisers were as high as 10,000. The event at senator feinsteins home was attended by San Francisco mayor london breed, oakland mayor libby schaaf and San Francisco giants ceo, larry baer. Pg es Attorney Fees and its bankruptcy caseexpensive ev Court Records show that pg es lawyers fees have reached 140 million and is expected to grow even higher. Pg e filed for bankruptcy in january, mostly due to billions of dollars in claims related to wildfires. Pg e is rolling out a new service tied to that power shut off safety program. Now, you can sign up for alerts that will notify you when pg e plans to shut off electricity in certain zip codes. This new tool lets you keep track of power shut off even if you dont live in the area where the lights are going out. Its aimed at helping the parents of older children, caretakers and others who want to stay informed about possible power shut offs in areas away from their own homes. 5 40 am. Two bay area women rushed to help others after the Las Vegas Concert massacre. They are still trying to cope with the trauma they endured and next the reason they say time has only made it harder to deal with the aftermath of the attack. Im frustrated. That he is not getting justice. A mother speaking who was the reform she wants and others are calling for a year later. A notable warmup coming our way as we get into the weekend. I will show you we can expect for the afternoon when the warmest day is expected and a red flag warning for the hills. I have details coming up. Announcer Time Magazine reports the new american addiction. How juul hooked kids and ignited a Public Health crisis. Other news outlets report juul took 12. 8 billion from big tobacco. Markets ecigarettes with kid friendly flavors and uses nicotine to addict them. 5 million kids use ecigarettes. Juul is following big tobaccos playbook. And now, juul is pushing prop c to overturn ecigarette protections. Vote no on juul. No on big tobacco. No on prop c. Welcome back to mornings on 2. The coast guard lieutenant accused of plotting a domestic terrorist attack pleading guilty to four counts of weapons and drug charges. Christopher hasson of Silver Spring maryland facing a maximum of 31 years in federal prison. He is due to be sentenced in january. He is a selfproclaimed white nationalist. Prosecutors say he had a hit list that included prominent Democratic Political figures as well as several journalists. Federal authorities are warning Law Enforcement agencies about several threatening social media posts related to the new movie, the joker. An anonymous officials said a joint fbi and Homeland Security bulletin was issued out of an abundance of caution. But there are no specifics or credible threat against a particular venue. There have been concerns about that movies portrayal of graphic and random violence. And some people worry about copycat attacks or even violence in theaters. Mgm resorts has agreed to pay 800 million to victims of the 2017 las vegas mass shooting. Mgm owns people. Hundreds of survivors and the families of those killed sued mgm claiming the hotel failed to prevent the shooter from bringing more than 20 assault rifles into his room. The 800 million is to resolve those claims. An independent Party Approved by a judge will review each claim before deciding how much each person will receive. Two local women who survived that mass shooting two years ago say accountability is important but helping survivors matters most. We first met friends, kim schubert and jennifer mcgrath, days after the shooting when they describe the violence and cannot believe they survived. Two years later they say the trauma has only deepened because the initial shock has i still working through their memories. When i was seeing people in wheelbarrows my thought was, where did the wheelbarrow come from . Not why is there a body in it. My mind cannot process that. A big part of me was left on that field. Im still me. I still go to concerts and i enjoy myself but its with so much fear. The friends are now Business Partners in real estate and say their children also keep them busy. The women also got matching tattoos to express their strength and determination after surviving such an experience. After the mass shooting at the gilroy garlic festival, city officials are now considering hosting a gun buyback event. It was requested by people in the community and the Gilroy Police chief supports the idea. Supporter save a gun buyback event would be positive and help heal in gilroy after the tragedy. The gilroy dispatch newspaper reports the city staff is checking on how much it would cost to hold such an event. Its been one year since a man died after being tased by family and friends gathered last night to remember chinedu okobi. It was a joy to know someone so warm and compassionate. People gathered in millbrae yesterday at the same spot where okobi was confronted by deputies say they tried talking to him because he was walking in and out of traffic on the busy road. Video shows the struggle that ensued after okobi tried to run away. Deputies used a stun gun on him seven times and the man went into cardiac arrest. The family said he was having a Mental Health crisis. We want people not to forget him. To remember that he has not gotten justice. Sent okobis death, activists have been calling for a ban on stun guns in the county. He was the fourth person who died in 2018 after being tased by San Mateo County Law Enforcement. The Sheriffs Office says stun guns are necessary to protect deputies and the department is working on a new policy where a deputy can only fire three times. A former cheerleader at uc berkeley now suing the university claiming her coaches ignored her concussion symptoms and forced her to performing anyway. According to the east bay times Alyssa Martin suffered a concussion during practice in october 2017 when she was kicked in the head by a team mate. She said she had a severe headache later that night and developed other concussion like symptoms. Her lawsuit claims the head coach discouraged her from getting medical attention and later forced her to perform leading to even more injuries and ultimately she withdrew from the university. According to the lawsuit she is seeking damages and is also asking that the school create protocols for handling concussions. Actor james franco is being sued by two former students from his acting school over sexual exploitation. Sarah titherkaplan and toni gaal attended the now defunct acting school in los angeles. According to the New York Times the women are accusing franco and his Business Partner of intimidating student actors into performing sex scenes against industrystandard guidelines. Franco said the allegations are false and have been debunked before. The actor plans to fight the lawsuit. Lets get you to where you need to go. Sal has had his coffee and is ready to tell you whats happening out there. Yes. Ive had my coffee and also we are talking about music in the newsroom because today is traffic jams. We decided we will do walk up songs. The walkup song you would use if you were doing ww e wrestling madness. Or if you were maybe a Major League Batter and you want some song that pumps you up. Okay. Look at that. Ww e. This is awesome. Im thinking usher, yeah is one of those. Go ahead and hit me up on social media. We will continue next hour. Right now the commute is lighter than usual. By the way, that is a real belt anyway. Highway 4, highway 680 in 580, the early commutes are a little slow. We had a crush on westbound 580 at grant line. Turned out to not be that 580 the 680 interchange. Those are gone now and i can get rid of these icons because once the car fire was moved, the slow traffic that was there went away. Southbound 880, a little bit of slow traffic there. There is slow traffic on the bay bridge because of an earlier accident near fremont street and i will talk about that. This is 880. Traffic is okay. The bay bridge toll plaza, which had been light, the backup was light, then they had that accident on the bridge and the traffic is going to be slow. In fact, i dont have it in the lineup but i can see the 555 cal camera. If you can bring it up the control and this could be a big ask. There is a bunch of slow traffic on the upper deck of the bay bridge so we will put that up for you and let you know. In the meantime though, lets talk about todays weather. We have warmer weather on the way. We are looking at temperatures climbing up to 8 renlund cities. Nearing 90 by sunday. If you are not ready to say goodbye to summary gets, its back in time for the weekend. Temperatures this morning though are a bit of a cool start in the upper 40s and mid 50s. In addition to the warmer weather, the dry weather, we are going to eventually have windy weather in the hills. This will be for saturday and last into sunday and for the north bay hills above 1000 feet we have a red flag warning in place. Wind gusts expected to pick up and relative humidity is expected to drop and again we are looking at that for saturday night into sunday morning. Outside right now we do have a light and variable win. Partly cloudy skies and cool conditions. 45 in fairfield. Low 40s in napa. Upper 40s in oakland. 53 in San Francisco. Upper 40s in san jose and livermore. We take a look at a few more numbers for the inner east bay. 46 n you are going to be shutting that jacsanta rosa. Upper 70s in novato. 72 in sausalito. 80 degrees in antioch and concord. The afternoon highs san jose. Mid70s by the water in santa cruz. 75 in redwood city. 70 degrees in San Francisco with mostly cloudy skies. A big warm up from yesterday. Downtown hit 63 in the afternoon. Heres a look at the extended forecast. Warmer for saturday. We bring those numbers up by about 5 degrees for inland cities around the bay and the coast looking good. Into sunday, low 70s for the coast. Low 80s around the bay. Upper 80s to get near 90 for in not much change for inland folks on monday. We do call back a little bit on tuesday. Increasing transparency and stopping fake news. What the state of california is doing to try to e 2020 election new technology on cars is supposed to make it safer for pedestrians. Coming up what in your aaa study found while conduct in crash tests. First, the highry boat capt using to help save the whales in puget sound. People ask how i can tell my girls apart. Come on. A mom knows. Like when i chose our family eye doctor at first they all seemed identical. But then i found the ones who offer more. Male narrator when you choose a vsp private practice doctor with the orange premier banner, you can expect advanced technology and personalized attention. Schedule your eye exam today. Visit vsp. Com premier. This is what more looks like. I did once mistake mr. Cuddles for mr. Snuggles. Welcome back to mornings on 2. 5 55 am. Washington state ferry boat captains and passengers working together to protect the struggling wheel population. Ferry boat captains are measuring the noise their boats create underwater. About 500 feet under the surface in puget sound, hydrophones are measuring the sounds of each type of fairy so the captains can determine how slow to go or how far away they need to be from wales. May have your attention for the passengers. This vessel on the port bow comedy harmony 1 is deploying a bowie which will be used in the next few days. Trying to fund these noise studies for three or four or five years. Quite some time. We are really hoping its not too late at this point. Ferry boat riders are helping as well with a crowdsource app called, will report. Riders can report spotting a wheel. Ferry boat captains will get an alert when on the route. Warriors fans and others heading to San Franciscos new chase center have a new way to avoid the gridlock. San francisco transit leaders are teaming up with the warriors on a Ferry Service to San Francisco from larkspur, alameda and oakland. A temporary Ferry Terminal in the mission bay will open tomorrow for fans going to the warriors first preseason game at the chase center. We need to give commuters options right now. We dont want people to not think of a ferry is one of the preferred options of to games and special events. Start in alameda or jack london square. Less than a half hour ride and will cost you less than 10 to me that sounds like a pretty Good Alternative to driving your car across the bridge or paying 50 to park. The temporary Ferry Terminal is near. 48, a couple blocks from the new arena. A permanent dock across the street from the chase center is due to open by 2021. Tonight the San Jose Sharks have their home opener against the vegas golden knights. They played on wednesday in las vegas and the sharks lost 41. Once again the sharks will play without evander kane. He is suspended for two more games. We will have live coverage from the shark tank during our evening news canst. The game starts at 7 30 pm. The raiders are on the road this weekend playing the Chicago Bears in london. The first time the team will play against khalil mack since they traded him last season to chicago. The raiders would improve to 3 2 if they win on sunday. Kickoff is at 10 00 right here on ktvu fox 2. Tonight is the night wwe smackdown premieres on fox. The first time smackdown has aired on broadcast tv and more than 10 years. What is that smell . Can you smell what the rock is cooking . You heard the rock, dewayne johnson. Wwe is celebrating its 20th anniversary and the rock comes back to the ring along with hulk hogan, stone cold steve austin and more. Dont stare at me like that. Our coverage from the Staples Center los angeles begins tonight at 7 30 pm. Any large venue like this you have to protect the people going in and out. A busy weekend in San Francisco. The hardly strictly Bluegrass Festival along with the start of fleet week. What is being done this year to increase safety at both events. San franciscos District Attorney abruptly resigned. Possible reason George Gascon suddenly stepped down and the reaction from the Police Officers association. Good morning. Thank you for joining us on mornings on 2. Friday morning, october 4. Im pam cook. This friday morning started a little chilly. Im dave clark. Rosemary is in for steve that it will warm up. Its that time of year where we start with a chill in the air but by the afternoon you are baking in some areas. 80 degrees the afternoon high for some today. Nearing 90 by the into the weekend. Heres a look at sfo. A dark start with partly cloudy skies and wind generally light and variable. San francisco at 55 but look at santa rosa, livermore, in the 40s. San jose as well. Some mid40s to midfifties for most around the bay area. Oakland checking in at 50. Half moon bay, notable warmer start for you. Most of us within a few degrees around the bay. Fairfield cooler by 8 degrees and no lotto, youre up by ni