The way through. As you look at contra costa from concord down to highway 24, through lafayette is off to a good start, lets go back to the desk. Thousands of people are waking up in the dark in the east bay after several big Power Outages overnight. Live in san pablo with what triggered these outages, good morning. This neighborhood in san pablo was in the dark, there was power and the lights have since come back on and pg e crews are working hard. The light rain which fell caused dozens of power poles to catch fire. Let me show you what it is, you can see sparks flying from some of those burning poles. They had to shut off the power in those areas as firefighters dealt with the fires and that meant there were outages close to 12,000 customers without power. They were within el cerrito and many areas have lights coming home but there are now 6,000 homes without lights and power. It was caused by the rain and a number of field agents have reported quite a few problems and the fire will be back on to every one affected here in the east bay by sometime late this morning. Alex savage ktvu channel 2 morning news. Hatching now, happening now,s east of sacramento, the fire has more than doubled in size. It exploded from 13,000 acres to 28,000 acres and it is also threatening 3800 buildings and 2000 homes at this point. The fire is still only 5 contained and mandatory evacuation orders are affect in several areas including crystal bay since and the entire basin and the entire community of swanboro. Sad, fearful but there is some point where you realize you just cant control it. Large plumes of smoke from the fire could easily be seen on 880 and vacaville. Crews from san mateo, santa clara, contra costa and alameda counties are some of the Fire Departments helping to fight this fear. Lake tahoe has reopened because of flames being dangerously close to the road however they have reduced traffic to one area in the pines pines. The fire in weed has already destroyed 150 buildings including 110 homes. Cam fire said another 1,000 homes are threatened. And there is a collection of rare comic books but there was a note they found in their mailbox which brought them to tears. I had a note that said so sorry about your house that we couldnt save it. That was the first time they cried, that they cared enough to do that. The five is 50 contained. Despite the record drought, despite the current season, it is not so destructive as last year although they are up, 400,000 acres have burned statewide and that is compared to 471 acres this year. Experts credit luck and planning. Homeowners in high danger areas were told to trim the brush to reduce fire risk. Last year it included the fires in yosemite and it was the largest fire in the states history. You can find the latest information and we will also post updates around the clock on twitter and facebook. Police are looking for the elderly couple who were the couple who ed an elderly couple the couple who scammed an elderly couple. He let somebody into their home and distracted another couple allowing another person to slip into their home allowing them to steal from them everything that was in the earthquake, a sentiment tall pocket watch was also taken. I had it for years and in fact she was talking about giving it to one of the grandkids eventually. Investigators are looking into whether this crime is connected to similar cases in burlingame and the man posing as a city water worker has a medium build and short dark hair. They have filed a legal complaint over signs she put up against a homeless walk. Some of the signs are critical of Child Protective Services along with the police and media. They are seek ago court order to remove those signs and she used to paint homes but losses houses to am foreclosure. They have exhausted all efforts to help her with protective services. Her son was pulled out of school by a taxi driver and dropped off at home with no supervision they assigned a a taxicab to take him to and from school. He was dropped off unattended. They have been using taxis to transport them because the new bus vendor does not have enough drivers. Perhaps some drivers who were not accustomed to transporting them and were put into that role and anything could have happened to him. A spokesperson for the district said oakland unified is sorry this happened and its taking measures to make sure it does not happen again. The cab company was confused about pick up times. Pools have open had for a his to tore historic independence vote. They are asking whether to leave the 300yearold union with whales. Turnout is are expected to be high with 900 poles and they are too close to call however after the campaign for independence, it gained significant independence in reason weeks and it has been there since 1707. Today the u. S. Senate is expected to approve a deal to train rebels as part of the fight against terrorists. It was approved in a bipartisan vote and the 0 opposition is also bipartisan with more than a third voting no. Including john, barbara lee, war is well and and jackie spear. Some say they say are Islamic State supporters and they indicate supporters were planning to carry out a random be heading in australia to show the world wide reach. Australia is one of 40 countries contributing to the fight against isis. And a new york store owner accused of recruiting people to join isis, paid their passport and coordinated travel arrangements. He has a business called mojos and reportedly told informants he wanted to buy guns and launch attacks against military targets. He was born in yemen but is an american citizen. And coming up in 20 minutes, a reason incident all caught on camera which prompted the move. And a jaguar stolen, how it was recovered and why the owner has decided to hold off from the reunion. As you can see we will tell you more about the morning commute and the bay area weather. Lows are about 70 degrees in fact hayward 73 and there is a little bit of drizzle and well see if they can settle this now. Welcome back, a man was shot in what appeared to be an attempted robbery. He was after the mans cell phone and the victim suffered a gunshot wound and he is expected to survive. Anybody with information on the case is asked to call San Francisco police. San Francisco Police are asking for your help in identifying a driver after nearly running him over in across walk. They released this sketch which happened in broad daylight on the afternoon of sunday august 31st. It was golden gate avenue when he got into a heated argument. After the suspect almost dropped the victim in the crosswalk, the suspect then drove away a short distance and began shooting. Mentthe driver then sped off in a honda civic or accord and the victim is still recovering from his injuries and is also expected to survive. They are warning passengers about the dangers of walking on train tracks. If you recall jenna bettys mother said she was hit while trying to reach a cell phone she dropped on the tracks trains are quieter because of new engines and they come upon you really quickly. Caltrans said 600 deaths are reported every year more than every other state. Last night a huge crowd greeted the San Jose Sharks as they appeared to raise money for the search for sierra lemar. She was wearing a sharks sweatshirt on the day she disappeared. The fundraiser raised 11,000 for the search. It is the least for what we can do. Emotionally it is an elevation. We are already getting renewed tips coming in and people are calling to volunteer further. Antolin garciatorres is charged with sierra lemars murder but the missing teens body has never been found despite an extensive search. Paul marrow was reported missing. Relatives did not hear from him after he checked out of a hotel. They say he may be depressed over the death of his wife. They are now offering a inform thousand dollars reward. He was driving this car, gray or silver convertible with the top off. Several sightings have been reported. It was headed for the netherlands. A routine check matched the number on a list of stolen vehicles. A shipping company put ahold on it and schneider has not seen that jaguar since 1968 and he said getting his car back is a miracle. I went to my apartment and a couple of hours later i called and it was gone. He said the car will be sent to new york for restoration and then will enjoy dragging that car again. The main story is where has it been since then . Boy, if that car could speak. Sal speaks. Good morning, sal, how are you . Good mortgage, yes, i do and as a matter of fact i have information for you and lets go out and look at what we have now. Traffic report is doing well in San Francisco getting to the 880 split and it would be a great time to do it and there are no digital major problems and westbound traffic is moving along well. Westbound traffic, it is not usual that question say it is a light dont mute. 4 48 lets go to steve. The big news is how warm it is and how tropical it feels and we have warmth in the lower 70 , and after that some areas will not get anything. Concord almost there as well. 70 at fso, Oakland Airports a very point my feel here. Napa south, i think you get the idea. West of heelsberg i think i saw a quarter of an inch and everywhere else if has been a trace cloudy, very warm drizzle light rain, being everybody else coast and bay and rain inland chance the and a little cooler coast and bay as we go into the weekend. Thank you steve. A lava flow is threatening to isolate more than 18,000 people. Right now it is making its way and temporary roads are aboutp 300 feet in late june. Coming up, iphone rulessers are rushing to download the new apple system. The problems we are hearing about that may make you want to wait. We really thought we lost him. A baby swept away from a flashflood, close call for a Southern California family. Theyre bad breath, bad hair and a bad case of the mondays. And organized wardrobes that help you pull it together. Theyre showering, shaving, and shuffling. And bathrooms that get big families out the door. Theyre number ones, number twos, and a number of ideas for three. Lifes morning madness. And comfortable, organized bed and bathrooms that make them better. Welcome back, a driver lost control and went over the hill in pet petrerro hill, he managed to get out on his own and was taken to the hospital and witnesses said he was speeding before the crash. The young girl who died is being remembered as an excellent student who loved to play basketball. She was riding in an suv when it veered off interstate 208 in 280 in burlingame. She was always helping other people and is now receive being help from those who need her. This is a very tough time for us, we are just coming together trying to make the best of the situation the best way we can. Her final is home and the family has set up a go fund me page to help with expenses. Three days after, they were hurt in a crash monday afternoon, they are scheduled to reopen with full dinner and Lunch Service and Lunch Service is expected to resume tomorrow. They will have repairs until further notice. And they are under new management after they were reportedly caught stealing water from a new town, it reportedly shows them using a a fire truck. They took the water because the board of directsers told them to, however he used money from his nonprofit to pay the fine. That makes it worse, would you have to ask him what his motivation was why he did that that. Sane diego is taking over the volunteer fire department. His parents are calling it a miracle a19 month old baby was swept away inside his home by a raging flashflood. Baby tristan was taken out of his home. Within minutes the water washed away the wall antres continue in casualties continue tristan in it. He said dude, your son is over there, i got his head out of the mud and ran him out. He had water in his lungs and suffered cuts and bruises, they managed to save some pets as well but their home is completely destroyed. Thousands are stranded in kabul following a current, after the break it is a very fine area. It does look good in most areas including highway 4 and we will tell you whether the morning come the about the morning commute coming up. 70 degrees and light drizzle out there and well see if there is any rain. This is light rain and there might be a few roads out there but boy the roads are really warm and we will take a look at it coming up. Two fast food restaurants are forced to close their doors, we will show you dramatic cell phone video. Plus stranded in kabul, they are among them because of that huge storm, it is all ahead on the ktvu channel 2 morning news. Spokesperson. This is ktvu channel 2 morning news. We want to show you two power poles sparking, we will tell you more on how the wet weather contributed, we had rain and it caused some problems and we will talk about how it is impacting people right now. It is september 18th. You do know how to start a day, we will talk about the weather, steve is right over there. And around the bay area. 01 should cover it and ukiah had. 09 and this is really a hoe hum system but it is falling apart. Overall we are seeing this very dry system coming in he are but the cloud cover is here, 73 hayward, livermore is at 70 degrees, Oakland Airport and if you are like this, my, did i wake up here, almost a south wind for everybody else, if not it is a southwest and other roll it fell apart and we did get some and for us well see some cloudy skies, here is sal. And right now we are looking at a commute where traffic is looking around the bay area, we will look at the bay bridge toll plaza and