Traffic is doing very well. We will start off with the east shore freeway as you come up from the carquinez bridge to the mccarthur maze. It is a very nice drive. There is a little bit of road work eastbound as you approach university. But its not really causing any major delays. Also if you are driving to the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic looks good. It is a nice drive getting into San Francisco. And lets look at the south bay on our maps. You can see nice and green. They are not always this way but the green road sensors mean the traffic is at the speed limit. It is 4 31. Lets go back to the desk. Thank you, sal. 4 31 is the time. Happening today a concord teacher accused of child molestation is due back in court for his retrial. He is speaking out. Tara moriarty is joining us now from the courthouse with more on what he is saying about the case. Tara. Reporter the retrial is set to begin at 8 30 this morning. When ktvu spoke to Joseph Martin in jail, hes be there for a year and a half, he appeared very relaxed and confident. Did you ever molest any of these students . Absolutely, never at all, whatsoever. Reporter the 46yearold spent nearly two decades teaching in concord until his arrest last year. That is when a former fifth grader accused him of molestation and then others came forward. March tine taught at wood side elementary. He only patted or hugged students as a common technique. I believe in my Justice System and believe my heart was in the right place. And i do believe i will be acquitted when the jury sees the truth. Reporter martin initially faced 150 counts involving 14 boys. His Attorney Says prosecutors told him that 73 of the 95 outstanding counts have expected to be dismissed today. That means 22 counts will remain. His first trial ended in august. The jury acquitted him of charges including three students. Jurors were split on the other account. Coming up we will tell you who martin says is to blame for the entire ordeal. Tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. All right it will be a very interesting case. 4 32 is the time. The woman from the bay area who porked a national dissertation about death with dignity ended her life. I will die upstairs in the bedroom that i share with my husband. With my mother and husband by my side and pass peacefully. 29yearold Brittany Maynard was diagnosed with a stage four brain tumor last spring. After being told it was terminal, she decided to die at a time of her choosing. That moment came saturday night. I cant even tell you the amount of relief that it provides me to know that i dont have to die the way it has been described to me. That my brain tumor would take me. Maynard moved to oregon in june to have access with the states death with dignity act. Now we have more details about efforts to pass with the death with dignity law here in california. Over the last 25 year there is have been six attempts to pass that same law here. The most recent in 2007 and 2008. There is now a renewed effort by the Nonprofit Organization compassion and choices to get the law passed. Right now the group is lobbying for sort. Time is 4 34. Four crab fishermen were killed over the weekend. Hay all drowned after the boat they were in capsized. A fifth man survived and recovering. They were not wearing life jackets. Family members of the fishermen say they are beginning the process of planning memorial services. Oakland police are investigating the latest homicide in a violent weekend in the city. It happened late yesterday near a Catholic Middle School on tenth street in west oakland. Not far from interstate 880. A 54yearold man was shot to death. At this point there is no new information on suspects or a possible motive. Another person was killed and three others wounded in separate shootings during one five hour period late saturday night and early sunday morning. There is no word of arrests in any shoots. Two people were taken to the hospital after a Hazardous Materials team was called to the San Francisco neighborhood. It happened at 28th avenue near the Sunset Reservoir at 2 00 yesterday afternoon. Two peel were taken to the hospital as a precaution but that no one was seriously hurt. Dispatchers did not have information on what prompted the hazmat team to respond. Election day is tomorrow and five candidates will square off in a candidates forum. They will meet in their final political show down. It begins at 11 00 this morning. A hotly contested congressional race. Now the 73yearold hon dale seeking an eighth term. He says he is running on his record. Touting the bart extension project in the south bay as one of his major accomplishments. His challenger 38yearold roe says his expertise is the economy and bringing manufacturing jobs back. Both candidates are spending today and n get out the vote effort. Many are offering voters the chance to cast their ballots early. They opened up for early voting. It will offer early voting today between 7 30 and 5 00 and between 7 00 a. M. And 8 00 p. M. Tomorrow on election day. Tomorrows midterm elections will decide if the u. S. Senate remains in control of democrats or switches to republican majority. There are 36 senate seats up for grabs. Republicans need to pick up six seats to claim a majority and that has candidates and political big names both democrats and republicans urging supporters to go to the polls. President obama has been making the rounds for democrats. Got to vote. This is stripeful. Ive got a simple message. Weve got to vote. Political analysts say the outcome of the election may depend on which party can get more people to the polls. Only 40 of eligible voters are expected to turn out. Gas prices have hit a four year low across the country. The average price for a gallon of regular is 2. 98. Prices in the bay area are higher. But they are down sharply from last summer. In San Francisco regular is 3. 47. Its 3. 44 in oakland and san jose. This morning the city of walnut creek will kick off walk to school week. The event will begin with a Ribbon Cutting ceremony to celebrate a new pedestrian and bike path. It will go from walnut Height Elementary School to clark and court. The project started in if august and is expected to be finished sometime later this month. That is so great. I heard from teachers. They notice the difference. They are alert and ready. 4 38 is the time. Even though the new bay bridge has been in use for more than a year, there is still plenty of work to be done on the new span. Coming up at 5 00 how much extra it is costing taxpayers. The socalled king of the high wire pulled off his most difficult walk yet. Hundreds of feet above the windy city. And making it across was not enough. Good morning. Right now we are looking at a compute that is doing very well in San Francisco. Northbound 101 approaching the 80 split. Well tell you a little bit more about that coming up. No high wire act for mother nature. It looks pretty quiet after an active last week. Well see if the storm track will dip a little farther south or stay north. Welcome back everybody. Time is 4 42. Police in Southern California are expected to release more details about the three teenagers that were hit and killed by hit and run driver while trick or treating. It happened friday night in santa ana. 13yearold twin sisters and their friends were in the crosswalk when they were hit. The driver took off. Yesterday police made several arrests. The victims families say their pleased about the arrest but it does not bring back the girls. I think the whole community is proud they are happy that the people that did this just left them there as they were nothing. A memorial also continues to grow where the girls were killed. The family is asking for donations to help give the teens a proper funeral. Lift is reporting the death of a passenger. It happened on saturday when a lift driver slammed into a car that was stalled on westbound 80 in roseville. One of his two passengers was killed. Investigators say it looks like both passengers were wearing seat belts. 4 43 is the time. A 32yearold san jose woman is behind bars after leading officers on a chase and crashing head on into a San Ramon Police car. Officers say they spotted stephanie next to a stolen honda at a gas station early yesterday morning. When they ordered her to surrender, shedrow off. She finally surrendered in South Danville after smashing head on into a patrol car. They found meth, syringers, and stolen items in a car. A whistle blower contacted 2 investigates with Major Concerns about safety inside of a busy San Francisco tunnel. An employee of the San FranciscoPublic UtilitiesCommission Says there are still serious issues at the broadway tunnel. He says a retro fit project meant to save public money instead wasted thousands to make the tunnel too bright. It was clear that something had gone wrong in the design process. Somebody is going to get hurt or killed. Tonight at 10 00, 2 investigates and uncovers the money trail with this expensive makeover. Efforts to tick the problem didnt go far enough. Happening today the new World Trade Center tower is opening for business more than 13 years after the september 11th terror attacks. The first group of Office Workers from publishing giant kondie mash moving into the building today. Construction took just about eight years at a cost of nearly 4 billion. So far the building is only 60 leased. No official Opening Ceremony is set for later this year. Volcano monitors on hawaiis big island says the lava flow may stall near a small town. It has not moved since thursday. Emergency workers ers have people that live close to the flow. A new report from the United Nations blames the negative impacts of Climate Change almost entirely on humans. The report was based on 30,000 scientific papers. It calls for the elimination of all Greenhouse Gas emissions by the end of the century. The earths temperature is rising rapidly and time is rung out to turn things around. If we act now, immediately and decisively, we have the means to feel better and more sustainable world. A big concern is the impact Climate Change will have on the worlds food supply. World leaders are expected to discuss the issue during an International Summit next year. Fans of daredevil nicoline da are breathing a sigh of relief of nick oh lin da are breathing a sigh of relief. The 35yearold did it twice. Adding the blindfold the second time. Thousands packed the streets to watch. It was broadcast almost live on the Discovery Channel sot producers could cut away if he fell. A year before he was born, his great grandfather fell to his death during a tight rope stunt in port roadway toe. Wouldnt be able to watch that. My heart is racing just watching the highlights there. Time is 5 47. Lets go to sal. Were all wearing blue. Got to pull it out of the closet. I know its pretty funny we did that. Lets take a look at what we have now. Traffic is moving along in most areas. We will start off with 101 in San Francisco. There is not a lot going on. And if you are driving in livermore valley, were off to a decent start. We dont see a lot of red yet. Its still nice and early. At 4 48, lets go to steve. With the weather, what will it look like today . Pretty quiet after last week. Partly cloudy skies. Part of the system is dropping over the top of the ridge and it will clear itself out by tomorrow. We will get back into the 70s after a lot of 60s today and partly cloudy skies. It could be a few light showers to the north. A little bit here on radar. Again most of this is just all show and not much go. We will have some partly cloudy skies. Partly sunny skies. 40s on the temps. Low 50s. Pittsburgh and brentwood. 4142. Water temps came down a tiny bit. Bodega bay finally dipped between 6061. They are still running a little bit on the warm side. 22 up in tahoe. Ukiah mid 40s. Sacramento is in there. Storm track though is lifting. One more day of clouds spilling over. With a few light showers to the north. High clouds today. A little more sunshine to the south. After this it looks like High Pressure will nose in and stick around for awhile. Today will be on the cool to mild side. Partly sunny. Partly cloudy. Its a chilly morning. It could be a lot colder than that. Cloud cover is Holding Things up. A lot of 60s here mid to upper. Gradually warming up. Mostly sunny and a little warmer into wednesday. It looks like we will top out wednesday and thursday. There might be patchy fog. No rain in sight. I dont see anything for 7 10 days. Maybe longer. Thanks a lot, steve. I know why we are wearing blue. The warriors are off to 30. Golden state defeated the trail blazers 9390. Steph curry he scored 21. The warriors and steve cur are off to their first 30 start since the 199495 season. Lauren hill was able to play in a College Basketball game on months after being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. Today has been the best day ive ever had. [ cheering and applause ] hill checked into the game and scored the first basket of the college season. The ncaa gave her School Division 3 permission to move up the Season Opener by two weeks so hill could play. He just has weeks to live. Hill received a pat summit most courageous award. Her team won 5655. Time is 4 51. Lottery ticket worth billions of dollars has gone unclaimed. Its my wedding ring. You know. You can replace it, but its not the same. The halloween accident that left a woman without one of her most prized possessions. Welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. Hundreds of people packed San Franciscos Mission District last night to mark the day of the dead. It was both a festival and a memorial. The long held tradition in mexico to help families connect with the spirit of loved ones have died. Its a bonding for me with her. And we do it, i mean im not in the best health right now, but i know i have to do this today. For me its a connection to those pasts and for those that meant the world to me. I feel that they all come here. There was also a day of the dead festival yesterday across the bay in oaklands fruit vail district. Immediate yap Rights Groups are raising questions about a new fly zone over ferguson, missouri. Their requests to restrict the air space over the city was because of safety reasons. The no fly zone was enforced for 12 days in august following the shooting death of Michael Brown and effected more than 30 square miles of air space. Recordings of phone calls obtained under the freedom of information act revealed police and federal aviation authorities discussing the real purpose was to restrict news coverage. The funeral for tom ma knee know will be held today. Google is giving 3 million to San Francisco clinic that is focusing on a length between poor health and the traumatic experiences of low income children. It has earned International Fame for its work. 10 of the children she sees has dealt with four or more issues including neglect, abuse, and violence. Toxic stress effects people of all ages, income levels, and racial backgrounds. You may be able to skip checking in at the front desk next time you stay in a hotel. They are offering a new app to speed up the check in process by letting guests go straight to their rooms and use their smart phones to unlock their doors. It was one of the scariest halloweens ever for one arizona woman. Brooklyn says she unknowingly gave away her wedding ring to a trick or treater. Heres how it happened. She took the ring off and placed it in a jar while carving pumpkins earlier that day and sometime later during the day she filled the jar with candy to hand out to kids. Just really hope that somebody has it and doesnt know what to do with it. They dont know whos it is or how to find out you know through the hundreds of houses they went to. They dont know which house it came from. Since then she has put up posters in her neighborhood asking for help. She says the ring is probably only worth about 50 at a pawnshop, but it means the world to her. The ring was given to her by her husband of ten years. Wow. Coming up next on our 5 00 hour. On the other side of the law, what the chp officer at the center of a nude photo scandal is expected to do today. Piecing together what caused a deadly crash involving a virgin spaceship. Up next what it could mean for the future of the Space Tourism industry. Good morning. Highway 4 we are off to a decent start here. As you can see traveling over to the hill. We will tell you a little bit more about the east bay commute. Looking like a quiet week. After today there is a lot of high clouds spilling over. Some rain to the north. Well take a look at what looks to be a cooler pattern. A concert teacher accused of molesting his students takes the stand again in his retrial. Find out who he says is partly to blame for his predicament. Plus the woman who became the face of the death with Dignity Movement has ended her own life. How Brittany Maynard diagnosissed with terminal brain cancer died on her own terms. S can be a possible a possible third victim in the chp officer with those nude photos. Good morning. Thank you for joining us. Monday morning, november 3rd im pam cook. Good morning, im dave clark. Lets talk about weather and traffic. Steve, how does the weather look . Quiet this week. We have a few high clouds coming over the ridge of High Pressure, but after today it looks like a really quiet and slightly warmer pattern. You can see there are partly cloudy skies. A little bit of rain is possible to the north. We do get the higher clouds in here. We will see how this is going to work in here. The cloud cover. The ridges are slowly building in. We will have slowly skies to north and south. The lows are held up because of the cloud cover. If it was clear, we would be