You can see its quite an extensive crash scene out there this morning. Jeanine de la vega will join us with clues that police are looking into right now. Its tuesday, september 17. Im pam cook. Good morning. Im dave clark. Good to have you here with us. Lets check weather and traffic. Youre looking way down. You see rain coming. Maybe saturday. Yes, sir, that is correct. Today were looking for a little cooler pattern and the breeze has picked up. Not for everybody but for some. A cooler forecast, kind of a mixed bag on the fog. Theres patchy low clouds around. Breezy, cooler. Low clouds, cool and breezy. 50s mainly but look at this. The airport now 48. A little chill in the morning air. San jose 58. San francisco a high today of 70. 58 to start. Then 65 but i think it will be sunny. The system rotating to the north is going to hang around for one day and it will be out of the picture. So well see a little warmer weather tomorrow. But today the cooler pattern. A little cooler aaloft. Windy in spots. Not across the boormdz but the wind has picked up. 60s, 70s and very low 80s. Good morning. We are looking at id say a pretty decent commute for a tuesday. So far so good anyway as you drive through. This is a look at 237. If youre trying to get across to the peninsula, it still looks pretty g. Its getting busier by the moment, though. On the peninsula, we have a look at highway 101 and 280. Already slow traffic on 92 near upper skyline heading into Half Moon Bay which is a little unusual. This is a look at highway 101 and 280 in san fran. Its a nice drive there as well. If youre driving in marin county down to san rafael, southbound 101 in easy shape all the way out to the richmond bridge. No problems by the way on the other side of the bay, hercules and richmond. Lets talk about the bay bridge toll plaza here. Its backed up. The metering lights have come on. Thats about a 10 to 15minute delay. If youre at the very end of the line and paying cash. 6 02. Lets go back to the desk. Were starting with developing news. Firefighters still at the scene of a fast moving fire this morning. It damaged two homes in west oakland. This started about 3 30 this morning on 24th street near market. This is not far from interstate 980. Those flames caused major damage to two victorian homes. The firefighters say everyone inside got out safely. Investigators say the fire started in the laundry room. It may have been caused by an electrical problem. We talked to one neighbor who rushed to help the People Living in those two burning houses. I heard explosions. Sounded like gunshots to me but as soon as i heard that, i heard a lady screaming help, call 911. So i got on the phone. I ran outside. She said help, im locked inside. I cant do anything so while im on the phone with 911, im taking her door down with my friend whose house is totally burning. The red cross is giving shelter to about a dozen people forced out of their homes. Alex satisfy raj has been out there since 4 30 this morning. Right now hes talking to investigators. Hell bring us a live update in our next halfhour. Were also following developing news in san owe say this morning where police are investigating the crash of a stolen car. Jeanine de la vega is at the crash scene where police say there have been a number of reported car burglaries in the area and theyre now canvassing for more victim. Jeanine . Reporter yes, were here on coleman near meridian where you can see the chevy suburban behind me that is crashed. Police told us it is stolen. Thats why theyre investigating out here because its linked to burglaries that occurred in the neighborhood possibly close by. You can see they do have the eastbound lanes here closed. There are police cars here so that they can investigate. Police found the chevy suburban already crashed in the eastbound lanes of coleman at 4 00 this morning. It matched the description of a vehicle that a car burglar was driving. Police believe the man inside who was taken away to the hospital is the suspect. They had received 911 call from several residents in a neighborhood close by hours earlier. There were two suspicious vehicles and suspects that were trying to break into cars. Weve had a rash of vehicle burglars out here and what happens, a lot of people what theyre trying to do is trying to unlock vehicles, trying a bunch of doors and seeing which ones are unlocked and theyll burglarize those vehicles. Reporter thats whats happening this morning . Yes. Reporter police say because they have been able to determine that the chevy suburban that crashed is stolen, they will arrest the driver who they say is in his 20s. Again he is at the hospital. Unsure how severe his injuries are. Now, officers are out in neighborhoods close by trying to determine if there are any other victims, if there was any other cars that were stolen, how much was taken. Were still waiting to get back some updated information from police to see again what they have found out in their investigation in take naikdz. If we in that neighborhood. If we find out more, well let you know. New this morning, a Hayward Police officer is recovering after being jurmd in a chase. Police say several officers injured in a chase. Police say several officers noticed a suspicious vehicle at 1 00 this morning that turned out to be stolen. The driver refused to stop and rammed into a police car before leading officers on a chase from industrial to mission boulevards to groom street. Two suspects took off running but were taken into custody a short time later. One air suffered a minor injury in a scuffle with the suspect. Time 6 06. The chp searching now for the person responsible for a hit andrun crash in san jose earlier this morning. Now, it had a domino effect. It resulted in north bound 880 being shut down for a while. Tara moriarty joining us live. Youre at the tow yard where most of those cars were taken. Four of the five cars involved in the accident were brought here. Behind me is the jaguar that the chp believes initially crash setting off a train reaction. You can see the front here. Its completely mangled. The air bags deployed. We saw the chp combing through the car earlier looking for evidence. Witnesses say the driver of this car lost control on 8830 northbound near baskin avenue. At 2 15 this morning. Witnesses say he ended up causing four other cars to crash. One car hitting the concrete barrier wall. Neighbors could hear the screams and called 911. Luckily the chp says it sounded a lot worse than it was. All people received only minor injuries and were taken to valley regional and medical regional. Only one lane was open for an hour and a half. So the backup wasnt too bad given the hour. Now officers are looking for the man who ran off. His car appears to be newly bought. There arent any license plates on the car. We know that authorities have a cell phone. They have interviewed Crash Victims at the hospital so they believe its only a matter of time before they catch him. You can see this car behind me, this volvo, it was just bought yesterday. The victim said she had just bought it and was driving it when the crash happened. A very unfortunate set of circumstances. Also this morning, we are learning that the gunman who opened fire at a washington, d. C. Navy yard was being treated for mental illness. Brian flores joins us now from our newsroom with how the shooters background is coming into focus. Reporter investigators say its going to be some time before they piece together a motive but we are learning more about his background and it is shedding some light on why he may have acted the way he d. The ap through u. S. Law enforcement sources reports that 34yearold aaron alexis was being treated for a host of Mental Illnesses that included hearing voices, paranoia and even a sleep disorder, that he was being treated by the v. A. Since august. Sources also tell the ap he was a Buddhist Monk who had fits of rage. He also complained about the navy and felt he was being discriminated against. We are learning he was a former Navy Reservist who was also discharged after misconduct. He was killed along with 12 other people during yesterdays shooting at the historic Washington Navy yard. The f. B. I. Says he was working as an i. T. Contractor, was able to hold a security clearance and he also had a valid pass which allowed him entry into the building. Aaron was a very polite, very friendly man. I got to know him two years ago when he first started helping out as the restaurant. And he just had an excitement for life, just getting involved with the thai community, with the buddhist temple down the road. That was a friend of aaron alexis there. Investigators are still searching for a motive for the shooting. The fbi is treating it as a criminal investigation, not annual act of terrorism. Eight other people were injured, including a d. C. Police officer. The f. B. I. Believes alexis had three weapons, one of which may have been taken from the injured Police Officer and originally authorities were looking for two other accomplices but now believe alexis acted alone. In the newsroom, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. In washington the debate over gun control has been renewed. The emotional plea from california senator Dianne Feinstein who has unsuccessfully pushed an assault weapons ban on capitol hill. Time 6 10. The cooling off period in the bart labor dispute will end in just 23 days in contract talks to head off another possible strike is set to resume at 9 00 this morning. The bart management is expected to respond to the unions latest offer. Last night Union Leaders came out of this meeting in oakland to describe what they call a comprehensive counterproposal. The unions say bart workers are willing to make major concessions to reach a deal and keep those trains rolling next month. Month. They have made a counterproposal to the district that exceeds more than 10 million in savings from our earlier previous proposal. The unions promise the public a Game Changing proposal. This is not a Game Changing proposal. Not even significant movement. However, bart management says it will crunch those numbers and have a detailed response this morning. The two sides now negotiating the major issues salary, benefits and workers safety. Last month governor jerry brown stepped into the bart labor dispute by asking a judge to call a 60day cooling off period. The governor now says he does not anticipate intervening against once the cooling off period ends next month. Neither the management nor the union have shown any appetite for a binding ash trying. I do not want to see a strike. I urge the parties to get real. The governor says hes very concerned about the stalled contract talks. He also stopped short of saying that he would support new legislation in sacramento that would prevent another strike. Our time is 6 11. A lot of people following the yacht races. Its a fight for stay alive now in the america comes cup americas cup. The challenges oracle is facing as new zealand has a chance to win it all today. Next, an internet cafe is at the center of a neighborhood battle in San Francisco. The reason many people want it shut down immediately. Good morning. Right now we are doing pretty well when it comes to traffic around the bay. Youre looking at a live picture of northbound 280 in san jose. Well tell you more about the morning commute. If you have a flight at sfo, theyre reporting a west wind gusting to 38 miles an hour. Not all locations are in on the wind party. Embrace the season. Warm up your home with falls finest. Share all of your favorite t. J. Finds. At a price worth posting. See the real deal. Search hashtag maxxinista and see the brands people are scoring. T. J. Maxx. Welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 news. Community leaders in San Francisco are trying to shut down an internet cafe. It bills itself as a Business Center with plenty of compute information customers but script actions but critics say theyve seen plenty of gambling and very little google. They also say theyve witnessed drinking and loitering. Last nye a Community Meeting was held to investigate the complaints. There are individuals that go into the business and they come out 200 richer. And it looks like theres gambling going on. Its not gambling. Its sweepstakes. Gambling you take chance. There are no chances in any of the sweepstakes here. Police tell us that this business on what officers call a proactive policing list due to the large number of complaints. Happening today, a judge is set to rule on a request by convicted serial killer joseph naso. After closing arguments, he asked a judge for permission to talk to the jury about the cost of the Death Penalty. Jury deliberations in the penalty phase in nasos trial will begin after the ruling. The Death Penalty requires a unanimous decision from the jury. Naso acted as his own attorney and was convicted last month of killing four women. Continuing coverage now. The naval yard shooting rampage yesterday in washington, d. C. This latest mass shooting is once again prompting calls for gun control, including calls from some california lawmakers. Kyla campbell joining us live in our washington, d. C. Newsroom now with senator Dianne Feinsteins reaction to the shooting. Reporter senator feinstein says she mourns those killed at the navy yard and asked when will enough be enough. Senator feinstein said Congress Must do more to stop this endless loss of life. She said the event is added to the litany of massacres that occur when a deranged person or killer is able to obtain multiple weapons and kill many people in a short amount of time. Feinstein has long been a gun control activist and tried for stricter gun laws after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting last december. Earlier this year feinsteins assault weapons ban and expanded background checks did not pass the senate. Senator feinstein said Congress Must stop shirking its responsibility and resume a thoughtful debate on gun violence in this country. Live in washington, kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. After the navy yard shooting, flags at the white house, at the u. S. Capitol building and all across the nation were lowered half staff honoring the victims. This is a live picture from the nations capitol. You can see the flag at half staff right there. Yesterday president obama signed a proclamation that flags stay at half staff until sunset on friday. On our facebook page, you can express your condolences to the shooting victims. Just share our badge at ktvu channel 2 on facebook. Later today the San Francisco board of supervisors will consider a controversial idea for the city to opt out of the federal security communities program. That Program Requires local Law Enforcement to send the fingerprints of everyone whos arrested to immigration officials for a review. That person can then be held for up to 48 hours and be picked up for demore station. San francisco supervisor has introduced new legislation called due process for all that would prohibit the immigration detention. Tonight a meeting will be held to consider a city law to ban smoking in most of downtown walnut creek. In june the city council delayed hearing the proposal but tonight the issue is back on the table. The plan would ban smoking in commercial areas, at Public Events and in cityowned parks. Smoking could also be banned at condo complexes and apartment balconies. If approved, it would go into effect next month. Time just about 6 19. Sal, you have everything straight on 8830 this morning . 8830 this morning . Were 880 this morning . Were trying. Things arent that bad. Let me turn these down. Traffic is moving along pretty well. If you are driving on 880 northbound, the traffic is moving along north and southbound. Thank you, dave. My mike is upside down. Now much better. I dont know how that happens. Traffic is moving along pretty well as you drive past the coliseum. Next time instead of turning the mike upside down, ill turn myself up side down and then everything will be good. The bay bridge toll plaza, thats about a 10 to 15minute delay. It depends where you are in line and if youre paying cash or fasttrack. If youre in a car pool, its much less than that. You can see traffic here is very slow. I want to show fru about 205 from about 205, you start seeing the traffic all the way to the livermore city limits and then it gets much better on the way to dublin. 6 19. Youre moving around a lot. Youre a busy guy. The system moving in has cranked up the wind for some, not for all. William out of loyal says no breeze here. Sfo38 miles an hour. Associated with that system that is moving into the north of us each one of these systems is starting to feel very more fall like. We may actually have some rain here by the weekend. Windy at times for spots. 60s, 70s and 80s. San francisco going 68 now. Starting off from 58. Some patchy low clouds. I think it will be sunny by noon. Then temperatures near average, slightly below today. The system doesnt have enough oomph for cloud cover but definitely has cooler air aloft. Its cranking up the breeze. A in tahoe. 59 sacramento. Delta breeze a little stronger today as well. A lot of 50s and upper 40s. Sonomo County Airport 48. Definitely a little chill there. Ill tell you about the time we get to this weekend, its going to feel very fall like as the first system moves n. 24 fairfield. 18 concord. Oakland west at 17. Napa at 8 miles per hour. Sfo gusts to 38. Sustained 26. Livermore, san jose, Mountain View stay calm. Some locations calm but the majority are showing a pretty good breeze this morning. Some of the low cloud deck, there are definitely breaks and holes in it but this system right there has set the stage for a cooler day for most. Then after this system goes by, well see a warmup on wednesday, thursday before the next system, a stronger one arrives late friday, saturday. It will be cooler today. Windy for some. Some areas not bicking up too much of a breeze butover all but overall a breezy day. Highs 60s, 70s, 80s. In clear lake feels very fall like. Napa and st. Helene, thats very rare but youre getting into that time of year where it can happen. 75 kentfield. San rafael 76. 70 out in fairfield. Low 80s pittsburgh. 70s for pittsburg. Morgan hill to gill error 77. Santa gilroy 77. 60s on the coast. Upper 60s san bruno, brisbane. Low 70s to mid70s on the peninsula. Warmer on wednesday into thursday. Then here comes the next system. This one looks like it will bring to the north bay. Lets see if it makes it south. It will definitely have cooler temps. A registered sex offender arrested in Mountain View. Now police and other bay area cities say he could be connected to other . Efnltses, including the incidents including the attack after 10 yearold girl. An alarming trend among a Certain Group of men between the ages of 40 and 60. What it is and why it may be linked to something they did years ago. Unbelievable. Shhhhh in our day, we didnt have uverse high speed internet. Yeah, our babysitter didnt have a million ways to serve mom up on a silver platter. We had to count sheep to fall asleep. And i always worried that i was creating an overcrowded sheep farm. In my head. Never looked like that farmer took proper care of those sheep. Too much . A little. [ male announcer ] connect all your wifienabled devices with uverse high speed internet. Rethink possible. Welcome back. Time 6 25. A rising trend in throat cancer against men. Its linked to the sexually tran mitted disease hpv transmitted disease hpv. Jeff was diagnosed last year with throat cancer. He thinks it was caused by oral sex during his College Years with someone infected with the human pamplona virus. In the past five years, doctors say triple the amount of white men between the ages of 40 and 60 are getting throat cancer. Doctors say those cases are all caused by coming into contact with hpv. It was a rude awakening, you know. Its like i was just fine. Everything was fine. I was going. All of a sudden, okay, now i have to contemplate possibly dying. Doctors say most symptoms involve a painless lump at the back of the throat and an unexplained loss of weight. The cdc is advising all young boys and girls to be vaccinated against hpv to help prevent and stop the latest epidemic. An 18yearold man is in the hospital after being hit by a car on isabel avenue on arrowway boulevard in livermore. A honda Station Wagon driven by a 44yearold man from press santon hit the 18yearold as he was crossing the road. He was seriously injured and taken to the hospital. The driver of the honda was interviewed by police and later released. Anyone who might have witnessed this accident, though, is asked to call police. More officers could soon be headed to the Oakland Police department. Its part of a federal grant that will bring more officers to cities across the state. Later this morning, oakland mayor will release the details of the grant and how it will be used to put more officers on oakland streets. Time 6 27. The search is on for the driver of a jaguar who caused a five car pileup on 880. Why the chp says it is only a matter of time before hes caught. Flames race through two homes that sit side by side in oakland and people are sleeping inside of them. Well tell you what were learning about the cause of this Early Morning fire. Good morning. Traffic is moving along pretty well on interstate 880 north and southbound as you pass the coliseum. Well tell you more straight ahead. A pretty good gust for some this morning. Not for all. But theres a cooler pattern in place today. And it looks like big changes, more falllike as we head towards the end of the week. For a store near you go to benjaminmoore. Com bayarea. nacwcn for a store near you go to benjaminmoore. Com bayarea. Theres the opening bell live this morning. Looks like its going to be a decent day for the dow. The futures for the dow, the nasdaq and s p 500 all up actually right now. Were looking at the nasdaq this morning that is part of the people ringing the bell there, urban outfitters. They are awarding a school some money. They do some work there. So theyre celebrating that. This is a school in pennsylvania i believe. I love that state. Yes, it is. Springside Chestnut Hill academy and urban outfitters. Well get you the numbers in a moment. Thank you for joining us here at ktvu channel 2 morning news. Already tuesday, september 17. Aim dave clark. Good morning. Im pam cook. Time now 6 30. Well go right over to steve paulson. Were talking about agent wind on the bay about a little wind on the bay. Not everybody is in on the breeze but definitely a good breeze this morning. Patchy low clouds, fog, sunny, breezy today. Tomorrow morning it will be cooler. It will be a coolness tots air but it will be warmer. Wednesday and thursday. Clouds increase friday. Sure looks like rain for the north bay on saturday. Maybe farther south. A couple of days to massage that forecast. The system to the north is giving us that help for the breeze and also a cooler forecast for most. I did keep temperatures a little warmer north because i think theyll get a north wind later on today. A north breeze. That definitely helps. 68 in san fran after morning low clouds. The morning low cloud deck, i think we get chewed up later on from that system. Getting a little rain near the oregon border. A stronger system will be each later in the week. 50s for many or 60s. Highs today about the same for us. 60s, 70s or low 80s. Heres sal. Were looking at the traffic here thats looking pretty good if you are driving to the bay bridge. Ill tell you, for this time of the morning anyway, there is a delay but its not as big as it normally is. Its about 10 to 15 minutes maybe if youre at the very end of the line. And weve seen a lot worse so so far so good here at the toll plaza. If you are driving to interstate 880, the traffic here is mosque well in both directions. It is getting more crowded. Well, we talked about livermore and this is the slowest traffic in the bay area from tracy to livermore. And then it is also slowlyof slow on the way over to dublin. So the whole stretch on 580 between 205 an 680 west is very slow. 6 32. Lets go back to the desk. All right, sal. Starting with developing news. Firefighters in oakland still at the scene of that fast moving fire that damaged those two homes there in west oakland. This started about 3 30 this morning on 24th street near market. Ktvus alex savage is out there talking to investigators. Youre back up for. They think they know what back now. They think they know what caused the fire. Reporter investigators think the fire was caused by an issue with the electrical system. It started inside a laundry room and in the end this fire actually burned through two homes that sit side by side here on this street. The flames actually threatened to spread to a third home but crews were able to contain them. Got news is everyone made is out safely here after this fire erupted around 3 30 this morning. These homes are on 24th street just off market. The fire started in the back of a blue twostory home and then jumped over to the place right next door. Because these are older victorian homes, firefighters say the flames spread quickly from the ground floor up to the second floor and into the attic. A total of 12 people were inside those two homes sleeping at the time. One neighbor describes some tense moments as he tried to help everyone escape. He even knocked down a door to get to a woman inside. As soon as we got the door open, she started screaming and running down the stairs. I ran in my house. I got two glasses of water. I brought it to my friends who live right there and to her. She thanked me. She said you need to get some oxygen and ive just been standing here to get oxygen because i breathed in those fumes. Reporter inside the home firefighters did find three rifles. Those weapons were turned over to police who were out here on scene and obviously police will be checking to see if those weapons are properly registered. No firefighters were injured this morning and neither were any of the people who live inside those two homes. All of them are being helped out this morning by the red cross. And as we came back out here live, you can see most of the oakland fire crews have cleared out of the scene here. They were here for the last couple of hours trying to knock down any hot spots to make sure this fire was all the way out. The battalion chief also told me this estimate is that this fire probably did half a Million Dollars in damage. Live this morning in oakland, sal lex savage, k alex savage, ktvu channel 2 news. Chp is searching for the driver after jaguar accused of causing a firecar pileup on 880 in san jose. Tara moriarty joins us now to explain why officers say it is only a matter of time before that driver is caught. Reporter thats because they have his cell phone. They got it from the car that you see behind me here. Were at the tow yard where four of the five cars were brought. The damage looks very extensive. Luckily there were only minor injuries. Whats amazing here is this is the car that the chp believes initially crashed setting off a train reaction. You can see the front and back here are very cramp palled up. The air crump palled up. The air bags deployed. Witnesses say the driver of this car lost control on 880 northbound near baskin avenue at 2 15 this morning. Witnesses say he ended up causing four other cars to crash. One car hitting the concrete barrier wall. And neighbors say that they could hear the screams. They called 911 and they said it sounded horrible. As we know it sounded a lot worse than it really was. All people received minor injuries. All northbound lanes of the freeway were shut down briefly. Then only one lane was open for an hour and a half. And the backup wasnt too bad. Now officers are looking for the man who ran off. His car appears to be newly bought. There arent any license plates on the car. We actually just discovered that it was bought maybe six days ago. And again we know that authorities have his cell phone and have been interviewing the Crash Victims at the hospital. Back here live, this is another one of the cars involved in the crash. A volvo that the owner had essentially driven off of the car lot just hours before the crash. So obviously a lot of Collateral Damage here. The chp is supposed to be giving us an update any minute and well pass that information along you to. Live from campbell, im tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. A registered sex offender arrested in Mountain View is also a suspect in an attack against a 10yearold girl in san mateo. This is video from San Mateo Police of a suspect in a barnes and noble store. He lured the girl to annual isolated area to an isolated area of the store and attacked it. The description matches that of 70yearold Christopher Miller who was arrested ten days ago in Mountain View. Police say there he was arrested after touching himself in front of a woman and two young children. Hes also the suspect in a relate related incident . New york city. The washington, d. C. Area still recovering aft deadly shooting at a Historic Navy yard yesterday. Brian flores is in our newsroom now with reaction from people who were in that building at the time yesterday and the new information, brian, were finding out about the shooter. Reporter yeah, dave. The streets around the navy yard are reopened this morning. Access into the facility is limited to Mission Essential personnel only. Investigators say its going to be some time until they piece together a motive but we are learning more about the shooters background and it is shedding some light into why he may have acted. The ap through u. S. Law enforcement sources reports that 34yearold aaron alexis was being treated for Mental Illnesses that included hearing voices, paranoia, and a sleep disorder. And that he was being treated by the vrchlts a. Since august v. A. Since august. Sources also tell the ap he was a Buddhist Monk who often had fits of rage. He also complained about the navy and often felt he was being discriminated against. He was a former Navy Reservist who was discharged in 2011 after some misconduct. Alexis was killed along with 12 people during yesterdays shooting at the Washington Navy yard. He was working as an i. T. Contractor, was able to hold a security clearance and had a valid pass which allowed him entry into the building. Despite his mental illness, its being reported the navy did not deem him mentally unfit which would have rescinded his security clearance. He stood out. You notice how you walk real fast to a direction when youre intent on doing something and it just seemed that way. Reporter alexis friend also told reporters that alexis used to work in a Thai Restaurant in fort worth, texas. She also said alexis was disturbed by the nine nine attacks. The 9 11 attacks. The fbi is treating it as a criminal investigation, not an act of terrorism. The fbi also believes alexis had three weapons on him at the time which is an ar15 assault rifle, a shotgun and a handgun he took from a Police Officer at the scene. In the newsroom, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. All right, brian. There are several reports this morning that security may have been compromised at various Navy Facilities in an effort to cut costs. Sources told both Time Magazine and cnn that a soon to be released government audit found the navys Risk Assessment about contractors is just not add squat. The awed not adequate. 52 convicted felons read routine unauthorized access which could put people at risk. For mortining coverage of the Naval Shipyard shooting yesterday, go to our channel 2 website ktvu. Com. Check it out. Look for the national and International Section on the main home page. Happening today its taken nearly ten years but this morning chevron and Contra Costa County could end their long fight over property taxes. The battle is over property taxes for chevrons richmond refinery. The county says the refinery was injured assessed by 27 million. Chevron is challenging that and seeking a 73 million tax refund. Its the latest if the latest proposal is approved, no money will change hands and there will be an annual meeting to set the value of the refinery. Team new zealand could win the americas cup if they have two more victories today. New zealands first race against defending champ oracle team u. S. A. Is set to begin at 1 15 this afternoon. Then theres a second race due to start annual hour later. However, its possible both of those races could either be delayed or even canceled. You heard steve say expected high winds out there on the San Francisco bay. Well keep annual eye on that. 6 40 is the time right now. A bold attack at a bay area university. He didnt get attacked down a dark alley or like off on the bad side of town. This is at campus. The growing violent trend that has students on edge. Reporter were live in san jose where several people are waking up this morning to find out theyve been burglarized. Well tell you how this car crash is connected. Good morning. Right now traffic is doing pretty well in most area. 280 san jose, that looks good right through downtown. Well, we have a little cool pattern. Im here. I was just thinking about the cool weather up in the north. Upper 40s there. A pretty good breeze for some. Well explain how it trarnls lates into a cooler translates into a cooler forecast. Time 6 44. Developing news in san jose. Police confirming a car that crashed into a pole just hours ago was stolen. And they say there have been a rash of car burglaries in that same area. Ktvus jeanine de la vega is at the crash scene now. You found out there are more victim. What do you know now . Reporter yes, dave. This chevy suburban, lets go to it right now. It was stolen. The suspect crashed right here. We just learned that items stolen from other cars nearby were found here at the crash scene. Now, police say the number of victims in this case is growing. Police found the chevy suburban already crashed in the eastbound lanes of coleman at 4 00 this morning. It matched the description of a vehicle that a car burglar was driving. Police believe the man inside who was taken away to the hospital is the suspect. They received 911 calls from several residents in a neighborhood close by that there were two suspicious vehicles and a suspect there trying to break into cars. Officers received a call of a possible vehicle burglary and a description of the suspects was put out. And as officers responded, they spotted would was possibly a related vehicle. And in trying to maneuver their vehicles to get behind him, the vehicles fled at a high rate of speed. Reporter police say because theyve been able to determine that the chevy suburban that crashed is stolen, they will address the driver who they say is in his 20s. We know hes been airlifted to sanford hospital and he is in serious condition. Officers are out in the neighborhood trying to determine if there are even more victims. So far theyve been able to tell us there are at least four victims. As i mentioned, some of the stolen items were found here. As soon as we find out more information because everything seems to be developing, we will let you know about it. Reporting live from san jose, jeanine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. A football fan is recovering this morning after being attacked after the game. Family members say the 25year old man was beaten saturday night outside a Fraternity House after the calohio state game. The manual had a concussion man had a concussion and needed stitches. Fraternity members say its just the latest attack on greek row. Another assault involving a gun was reported the same night and one Fraternity Member has a broken jaw after being attacked on friday. He didnt get attacked down a dark alley or like off on, you know, the bad side of town. This is at cal campus. Police have not confirmed whether the three assaults are related but one person was arrested on saturday night on a warrant. We have more details on crimes reported near the u. C. Berkley campus. The f. B. I. Says that in 2012, there were 79 assaults reported on and near u. C. Berkley. Thats the last complete year where statistics are available. 21 robberies were also reported last year. Time 6 47. Continuing coverage of the deadly flooding in colorado. People are still being rescued. At least 3,000 families already registered with fema for help. That number is expected to get even bigger. There are still a lot of areas that have to be searched. The focus remains on people still unaccounted for. Yesterday the ether started getting the weather started getting better. People were able to go back home to their neighborhoods, see the damage and what is left. Almost 18,000 homes in colorado have been damaged. The united states, britain and france say the report by United Nations inspectors proves the Syrian Government used chemical weapons in an attack last month. The inspectors report says there is clear and convincing evidence that chemical weapons were used to kill hundreds of people. The report does not say who was behind the attack but it does say sur fasttosurface surfacetosurface missiles with russian writing on them was used to spread the sarin gas. Only the syrian army has that type of missile. Governor brown has asked judges for a threeyear delay in order to ease the prisons overcrowding. The state had till yesterday to issue a report on how it plans to reduce the prison population by 9600 inmates by the end of the year. If the judges deny his request, they would spend millions to house prisoners in county jails instead. Time is 6 48. Lets check in with Torrey Campbell to see whats going up on mornings on 2. Good morning. Good morning. Coming up in minutes, a new warning from the centers for Disease Control about the use of antibiotics. How many people die each year from this problem and why it can impack those who live near farm animals. After all the hype and planning, this could be the very last day of the americas cup. However, well explain why theres a good charge itself races may not even good chance the races may not happen today. Some good news on the big construction project. Those stories and more coming up on mornings on 2. Now back to you on the morning news. Cant wait for that. Time 6 49. Lets go to sal now. How is our commute doing so far . Its going well so far. We do have some slowdowns though, dave. Lets go out and take a look at what we have with the san mateo bridge. That traffic looks pretty good. If you are driving to the san mateo bridge, there are no major problems by the way on the san mateo or on the dumbarton bridge. The traffic is also a little bit slower at the bay bridge toll plaza but still not that bad. Its backed newspaper some of the lanes all backed up in some of the lanes all the way to the crossing. Were looking at the santa clara valley. 85 seems to be the slowest. We also have slowing on 101 and 280 of course and on the peninsula, the traffic here is looking good. You can see a lot of slow traffic, though, from 280 all the way to Half Moon Bay. Thats heading west. 6 50. Lets go to steve. Thank you, sal. Patchy low clouds. A system has picked up the wind for some, not for everybody. There have been pretty good gusts at sfa to 38 miles per hour. Look for low cloud deck, cool, breezy. Not solid on the low clouds but its there. Sunny and breezy. It will be a little cooler for most. Patchy low clouds, 57 and end up with 76 degrees today. Temperatures should be a little bit below average for this time of year. Just courtesy of that system up there. Wont do much for us except it does give us a little bit cooler in high temps. 60s, 50s. Tracy says very chili up there chilly up there. Cooler readings to the north. It will feel like by the time we get to this weekend. Comen cord south at 18. 24 fairfield. Napa airport at 8 miles per hour. 26 gusts. 38sfo. Even livermore 13. San jose staying calm. Not every location in on the breeze but it will be a breezy day. The low cloud deck looks like it will get chewed up. The system has left its mark in the way of a cooler pattern. Warmer wet letter start to move in as we head to thursday, friday. Timing is agent tough but this looks like our first rain of the season. Im leaning more towards saturday morning. I think it will make it but we have a couple of days to work that through the forecast. Cool foremost today. North bay might get a northerly breeze late other do which is why we went low 80s. A lot of 70s around. 60s, 70s around the bay. Temperatures low 80s, 60s, 70s almost across the board here. Pretty close. Inland temps coming down the most. Coast and bay 60s, 70s. Does look warmer as we head towards tomorrow and especially on thursday but then increasing clouds friday. Looks to me like rain arrives saturday morning. It will be very cool, clearing and breezy on sunday. A new report says the employment gap between the richest and poorest americans is at record levels. The low income families who earn less than 20,000 a year have an Unemployment Rate that tops 21 . Families with incomes of more than 150,000 a year have a jobless rate of just 3 . Retail sales this Holiday Season are expected to be up 2. 4 but that is less than last year. When holiday sales inched up 3 . Shopper track says thats bad news for the busiest shopping period of the year and it follows slow backtoschool sales. The Research Firm adds people are likely to visit fewer stores this year and reseven their holiday buying research their holiday buying online which can lead to fewer impulse buys. Time 6 52. Boy, a slamdunk for the Golden State Warriors. They set a new record and the nba season hasnt even started yet. They are trained to help the disabled but are some people participating in a fourlegged fraud . The new crackdown effort to make sure it stops. Welcome back to the channel 2 morning news. Taking a live look at the big board. Dow jones up nearly 50 points. More than a quarter after percent. Same for nasdaq and s p 500. Santa rosa organization is asking lawmakers to take action against people who try and pass off their pets as service animals. The c. E. O. Of canine companions for independence says anyone can buy vests and backpacks that say service dog onlining along with fake online along with fake papers. Real service dogs go through intensive training and some restaurants and stores have now banned service dogs due to the behavior of fake service animals. This is a service dog that helps my disability and it doesnt matter the last dog we had in here wasnt well behaved. A state board has voted to launch an ad campaign to shame owners of fake service dogs. Those owners can face fines or even jail time here in california. Time now 6 56. Happening today, Berkley City Council will debate increasing the availability of medical marijuana. The daily cow reports a proposal will allow two more medical marijuana dispensaries for a total of six. One medical marijuana advocate says the plan will make it better for patients so theyre not forced to go to either oakland or richmond. The nba season hasnt even started but the Golden State Warriors already are setting new records for the new season. The warriors sold more than 14,000 season tickets. Thats a team record. During last years season which ended during the second round of playoffs, the warriors sold out a record 38 straight games. It was the largest sellout streak since 1998. Get ready. Comedian Jerry Seinfeld is going to be on the microphone tonight at the giants game against the new york mets. Seinfeld is a lifelong mets fan from long island. Hes going to be in the mets broadcast booth at citi field in new york. Its the second time hes actually called a major league game. Last time it was also during a metsdetroits game. Thats going to be cool. Next up, developing news. An alert neighbor rushes to help firefighters in oakland. While im on the phone with 911, aim he taking her door down im taking her door down. We all know what mikely caused this mornings fast moving fire. Also, a fivecar pileup, this one in the south bay early this morning. Why this crash has led to a man hunt. Stay right here manhunt. Stay right here with us. Reporter a huge fire early this morning tears through [no audio] its the big question surrounding the big shooting at the Navy Shipyard in washington, d. C. The new that may help lead to an answer. And a big crash on a san jose freeway. Why this crash