Today. Congressman Elijah Cummings was a fearless leader, a protector of democracy. Today cal osha investigators will continue looking into the cause of a massive tank fire in crockett. Contra costa county fire investigators will look into whether the buyer was connected to mondays earthquake. An airquality monitoring station has been deployed and is monitoring any Health Hazard that may remain from the fire. Later today Governor Newsom will be in oakland to unveil a new statewide earthquake warning system. This features an app called, my shake. It uses ground sensors to detect seismic activity. This comes on the 30th anniversary of the loma prieta earthquake. N francisco will be testing its wireless Emergency Alert system. That alert will be sent to all enabled devices in the city this afternoon between 5 15 pm and 5 45 pm. That is this afternoon. The test will let the city practice using that system while encouraging earthquake preparedness. People around the state will take part in the great california shakeout. Its an annual drill, a reminder to drop, cover and hold on when there is a quake. More than 10 Million People have signed up to take part in that one minute quake drill. We hope you will join us tonight for a ktvu earthquake special called, quake country. You can watch it on ktvu right after the thursday night football sportswrap. Monday is the last day to file a claim for compensation from pg e for victims of the 2017 north bay wildfires. Debora villalon found out that fewer than half the reporter to be grateful and rebuild after their home was leveled by the nuns fire. The clock is running down. Reporter now they want to make sure other survivors do as they have and file a claim against pg e. Our effort is to try to make sure that they get what is due to them and they dont miss out. Reporter a judge has set aside 8 billion for payouts to wildfire victims with a monday filing deadline. Amid confusion about what it means pick you lose nothing. This is just a claim thats going into the Bankruptcy Court and eventually the Bankruptcy Court will make the decision on how those funds are reporter a recent utility related fires can file. Owners and renters, in short or not. And it does not require a destroyed property. Lost wages, a hotel stay, smoke damage are all valid. Why skip it . Those working in Disaster Relief say trauma tends to immobilize people. They avoid talking about, thinking about in doing anything in response to trying to help themselves. This is my lot. I was here. I was literally feet away. Reporter on the second bystrom anniversary the uptains and other survivors gathered to spread the word. If they dont file by october 21, they are walking away from something that could be of major help to them. Reporter the group come all volunteers, wednesday website explaining the process which is quick and simple and requires no attorney or documentation at this stage pick this is very emotional for a lot of people. I ran from the flames with my family. Reporter but survivors encourage others to find time over the next few days and follow through. A claim. You would be there holding the responsible and this should be no different. Pg e burned down our houses and we should be there to make sure reporter and sonoma county, debora villalon, ktvu fox 2 news. Pg e is sharing some photos taken during last weeks plan power shutoffs showing tree limbs that fell onto power lines during red flag conditions. Pg e inspectors found more than 100 cases of damage including and napa, santa clara and santa cruz county. Pg e says any of those could have possibly sparked a fire if those powerlines had been life. Many Business Owners are finding out their financial losses during the power shutoffs are not covered by insurance. Rob rolfe spoke to a Restaurant Owner who says power shutoffs in the future could put him in out of business. Reporter they have been serving specialties off highway 12 in santa rosa for more than 50 years. But now the owners say their restaurant has taken a financial hit due to pg es decision to cut power for three days to prevent possible wildfires caused by charged powerlines. Its hard when you are small like we are to take the cone of loss. Reporter the restaurant said without refrigeration it had to throw out 400 pounds of fish and estimates it lost 10,000 12,000 in lost food and customers. Pg e has said it would not pay for Insurance Company. The Insurance Company responded wednesday saying it would not pay either. The Insurance Information institute, a trade organization paid for by the Insurance Company says policies dont cover planned blackouts. Insurance is really for accidental losses so we see that in fires, wildfires, earthquakes, any kind of loss like that so a planned power outage is not an accidental loss. Reporter the organization suggests businesses look into buying generators which can be a tax write off. We will look into. Its a minimum of 50,000 to buy a generator and get installed by professional electrical contractors. Reporter business lomated a billion. Governor gavin newsom is suggesting pg e credit residential customers 100 in business is 250. Communities understand the devastation wildfires can bring more than santa rosa but the owner said unlike two years ago when wind exceeded 50 Miles Per Hour , there was little wind there last week. And they say if other Small Businesses have to endure blackouts several times a year, so may not survive financially. They say this is the new norm. That can get very expensive for Small Business like we are. So its not okay. Reporter the owner said they are considering taking pg e to small claims court. If they win they could get back a maximum of 5000 and they say if enough businesses did that it just might get pg es attention. Rob rolfe, ktvu fox 2 news. The impeachment inquiry and washington may take a break today after the death of House OversightCommittee ChairmanElijah Cummings. The maryland congressman had been facing Health Issues but as doug luzader reports from washington, d. C. This news came as a surprise to many. Gs certai recent Health Issues but this loss is just beginning to sink in just as tensions have been reaching a boiling point. ,. Reporter Elijah Cummings could be a fiery, powerful voice in washington. He served in congress more than 20 years finally becoming one of the three Committee Chairman leading the impeachment inquiry against prop. There may very well come a time when impeachment is appropriate. Reporter cummings was reluctant to move toward impeachment but his actions me at House Speaker nancy pelosi eventually embraced in the upper. Since then tempers in washington have flared. Yesterday pelosi stood up and pointed her finger at the president at the white house meeting on syria and turkey. The president said he was unhinged. He saw something else. What we witnessed on the part of the president was a meltdown. Sad to see. Reporter the president later said on twitter he had a total meltdown in the white house today. It was very sad to watch. Pray for her. She is a very sick person. Let them work it out. We shouldnt be over there. Reporter but the president had to spend muchof the day defending his strategy to remove troops from Northern Syria amidst growing bipartisan anger. Two the joint resolution is agreed to. Reporter the house passed a measure opposing the president s troop withdrawal with many republicans joining in. And there could be more drama today on the impeachment front. The former European UnitAmbassador Gordon Sondland expected to testify. But democrats may have to regroup. News of Elijah Cummings death begins to sink in. Congress remembers a man whose presence has always loomed large here. The congressmans office put out a statement saying that cummings had longstanding Health Challenges and that more details will be coming. In washington, doug luzader, fox news. We are hearing from raiders tackle trent brown after a series of accusations next. His response to a lawsuit that accuses him of domestic violence. Plus, was a new report reveals about the number of bullying incidents of Muslim Students. Good morning. We have a little bit of wet weather out there in highway 24 looks all right on the way to oakland. 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Prosecutors also accused her of falsely changing her sons race on the applications in order to increase his chances of being admitted to college. Any report by the council on americanislamic relations shows bullying of Muslim Students in california is down but still higher than the national average. The biannual cair report says bullying toward muslimwhile the are down the study also said it of the have already read that is funneled by the trump administration. Cair said two state laws are helping. They are designed to protect muslims and other targeted groups from bullying. Victims of past Sexual Assault have started filing lawsuits because of a new state law that gives them more time to sue. Governor newsom sign that law on sunday giving victims until the age of 40 come up from the age of 26, to file a lawsuit. Donna stone is among three women suing the Oakland Diocese , accusing clergy members of sexual abuse. The lawsuit claims the church was aware but never took action against a priest in fremont who has since died. We the victims have an opportunity to not only be survivors but victors. Thats important to me. Says i has progressed in its efforts to address the needs of survivors of childhood sexual abuse. The Oakland Raiders tackle trent brown is being sued by his exgirlfriend for domestic violence. She said brown attacked her several times over the past year and she said she was left bloodied, bruised and fearing for her safety. Sanders is requesting a jury trial in seeking unspecified compensation. The raiders were not immediately available for comment but an nfl spokesman said the leak will take the matter under review. Brown responding to allegations yesterday afternoon tweeted, i am aware my exgirlfriend has filed a civil lawsuit against me. I denied the claim. They are false. I believe the court system is where i will clear my name. Raiders tight and signed a ex the nfl Network Reports its a. The deal ensures that waller will be a radar through the 2023 sean. Tonight its an afc w showdown on thursday night football which you will see right here on ktvu fox 2. The Kansas City Chiefs looked dominant at the beginning of the season. Dominating but a twogame losing streak means that the division is wide open right now. In the meantime the Denver Broncos want to get the third win of the season as the home team. The weather in denver should be just about perfect for football. Our coverage of the game begins tonight at 4 30 pm. The San Jose Sharks of the next few days off before hosting the Buffalo Sabres on saturday. Last night the Carolina Hurricanes were in town. It was a great night for evander kane. Three goals in three game winning streak now after the win. About those warriors. We are now one week away from the beginning of the warriors regular season. Last night th in a preseason game and guess who was sitting down . Steff curry. Tell Angela Russell scored 23. Steph curry had the curry meant chance for the warriors and they were blown out. 12693. One more preseason game against the lakers before the first real game at chase center next thursday against the clippers. Its preseason. Let the lakers think that they can do that. And nobody get hurt. Exactly. Lets check in with sal. Good morning. We look at some of these commutes. I want to let you know that traffic is doing okay if youre driving in the hollister area. Fi does tend to get a little bit buthese areas. There have been no major issues as you are driving on 101. We are also looking at the westbound 580 commutes coming in on the Altamont Pass and is already some slow traffic on westbound 580 near grant line road. There was a crash on the side. Traffic will be busy as you drive already so it is going to be tough. As you drive to dublin it looks good from livermore and then to 38 traffic already a little slow on 238 approaching interstate 880. This is a look at 880 in oakland. A little bit of wet weather. Its kind of misty and drizzly but it does have the same effect of making the roads wet. The bay bridge is going to be okay. 4 48 am. Our system is arriving and it is very weak but there are pockets of light rain and heavy drizzle but it should clear out of here. The heaviest rain was way to the north. About an inch of the third and crescent city. Somepick up. It may do that in the late morning and early afternoon. Drizzle from fremont in san jose. The radar beams are overshooting the drizzle. This time of year. San francisco af63 yesterday, 65 today. Below is 57. The record is 47 in 1892. Not even close to the record high which was 93 in 1988. A lot of high in midlevel clouds from the west and southwest yesterday painting a fall day. Now the system is moving through but we are on the southern end of it. Wind out of the west for some or southwest. Turning more northwest later today. 50s on most of these temperatures and i doubt the change that much. 57 on the peninsula seems popular. Pacifica and montera beach. Redwood city come after 10, palo alto, Los Altos Hills all in the 50s. S at the same temperature but they are this morning. Ukiah and redding, all 57. Maybe some high elevation snow. Mostly this looks like for reymert and will only be for a couple of hours but it is making the move into tahoe. Theres just not much here for us. That system will dig south and High Pressure will build in and we get that northwest direction on the wind. Cooler. Yesterday was probably the coolest day. I think we get more sun today with the breeze but temperatures will still be below average. 60s and 70s. Its going to take a couple of days before we warm up but signs of that happening will kick in on sunday. I want to remo feature to upload your weather photos and videos. The ktvu weather app is free to download for your smart phone or tablet. 4 51 am. Repairing for a big earthquake here. Coming up, the new toll the governor will show us today to help us get ready for earthquakes. Plus what Facebook Ceo Mark Zuckerberg will talk about today during a live stream speech but first, how a bay area teenager is making history on the football field. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Authorities in Santa Barbara say the wife of actor ron ely who starred in the 1960s tv show, tarzan, was stabbed to death by their son and the son deputies. This happened tuesday night in their home in Santa Barbara. Investigators say 62yearold Valerie Lundeen ely was found dead of stab wounds. The couples son was then fatally shot while deputies searched the property. 81yearold ron ely reportedly was there at home at but he was not hurt. He became famous in the 1960s playing tarzan and then went on to become a game show host. Turning now to Placer County were men who turn himself in the thing he killed four people and wanted to represent himself in court. 53 yearold Shankar Hangud is accused of killing three people in roseville and a fourth person in siskiyou county. He said he wanted to represent himself but changed his mind after the judge insisted that he meet with a public defender. Certainly with confession, it changes our strategy. Police said 25 should up at the Mount Shasta Police station on monday with a dead body in his car. Investigators say they later found three more bodies inside his apartment in roseville. Police believe the four victims are members of his family. Man is in jail after police say he carjacked a Rideshare Driver using a machete. This happened monday night in mi valley a photo of the weapon investigators say the 18year old was in the backseat of the car when he pulled out a machete and threatened the driver. Demanding he give him the car. The driver got out on redwood highway frontage road, the man drove off with the car. When Police Spotted the suspect they say he would not drop the weapon. They used a stun gun and he was taken into custody. 4 56 am. Several burglaries in two cities in Contra Costa County and now investigators are trying to identify a group of burglars. Police say the over the past three years these thieves have broken into homes at least 16 times in danville and blackhawk. Stealing more than 1 million worth of cash, jewelry and other items. Investigators say the same three thieves were captured on video and at least five cases. In one case 215,000 in purses and fur coats were stolen. And in another case the thieves took gold bars out of the unlocked safe. 4 56 am. A historic touchdown pass for a High School Football player from san jose. It was the first touchdown pass thrown by a female Football Player in a varsity game in the schools history. Azenith smith introduces you to this very special young woman. Reporter and esport dominated by males and the Football Players who are females are typically kickers, Silver Creek High School senior ariel orona of san jose is setting herself apart. The 17yearold wide receiver not only can catch but she has quite an arm. I was excited because ive been practicing for three weeks, practicing that throw over and over. Reporter in the sixth game of the season against westmont high in campbell, the silver creek raiders up 216 friday night. A reverse run called the running back tosses ariel the ball. She throws it to the quarterback completing a 23 yard touchdown pass. The crowd goes wild. Ariel did not realize until after the play that she was th ive always been passionate about this game and actually throwing the touchdown made me emotional. I was very anxious for that to happen and it actually happened. Reporter the trick play made famous during super bowl lii known as the philly special. That helped the Philadelphia Eagles secure the championship. The team calls their play Little Mermaid after ariel. I was shocked but also i was amazed at work. We havent heard of anyone else so she may possibly be the first to do it in the nation and first in california. Reporter ariel was a backup quarterback for the Junior Varsity team but never through a touchdown. Spin every time i see her took the field i think its great of her. Reporter she has respect from her teammates who see her as an equal. We will not take it easy for anyone out here and she is right along with it. Reporter ariel hopes to inspire more girls to play football as she shows everyone what it really means to throw like a girl. All the younger girls, like, if you have a dream. Go for it. No matter how crazy it seems. Anything is news. 30 years ago today this happened. The loma prieta earthquake devastated the bay area. Today statewide and early earthquake alert system is being introduced. We take a closer look at how it works and how much of a warning it could give us. And the fire may be out but the investigation has just begun into what caused a refinery tank to explode and if it had anything to do with the earthquakes earlier this week. Pam, our parking lot ground is wet. I had to use my windshield wipers this morning. So did steve. Mr. Drizzle. Not all the way. So it will taper off. Right now. Most of the. It will be a little bit out there. Weak system brushing us. After that that will clear out in the breeze will pick up a temperatures are below average. They are going above but not until sunday into monday. Next week does look warmer. Some of that drizzle. Most of the rain was in Mendocino County and north and it wasnt that much up there. Crescent city picked up an inch and a third. You can see a little bit trying to make its way through fremont, san jose and the santa clara valley. 60s and 70s on the temperatures. Below average for everyone. They will stay there for the most part and still saturday and we start to see a bump up. 65 in the city. 57. The average is 69 and 53