Transcripts For KTVU KTVU Morning News 20131101

I will tell you where the unions stand and when we will learn the results of that vote. Good morning. And thank you for joining us back over head in san jose this morning a life look from news chopper 2. You can see a very big fire response there. A victorian home caught fire shortly after 5 00 or so this morning. You cant see it right now but we are getting word from fire investigators that is the fire is not under control. So apparently still going on inside. Again we are live overhead news chopper 2. Brian flores is almost there to the scene and he will have an update for us shortly. Thank you for waking up with us. Friday, november 1st im pam cook. And good morning, im dave clark. Lets go to your weather and traffic. Steve is right over there. I am. Thank you. Nice tweet from richard that said gorgeous morning at ocean beach. It is. It is clear but there is fog trying. But there is still a component of an easterly breeze so its really mild in San Francisco. And other coastal locations. Some inland areas are cold. We go from 30s to 50s. Clear skies. Cold to mild. Sunny for a little warmer today. If that fog decides to get a hint of a westerly breeze it will come in late. 30s and 40s and 50s. 54 San Francisco. Santa rosa is 39. Ive seen lot of 30s. Santa cruz mountains as well. We will go 72 for a high today. Could be a late westerly breeze. That east wind usually holds for one more day. Sunny and warm today. Cold lows inland. Not for everybody. Its not as cool this morning as it was yesterday. Fog near the coast. But i dont think it will make an impact. Lots of 70s today. Here is sal. We continue to follow breaking news where a sig alert has been issued after a construction worker was hit. Two cal tran workers were removing a sign when they were hit by a driver of a nissan. One of the workers died. The other has minor injuries. The driver of the nissan had to be extricated and has life threatening injuries. We are not sure if alcohol played a role in the collision. He was coherent at the time he was extricated from the vehicle. Ktvu janine de la vega has been live at the scene since 4 30. She will have a report coming up in our next half hour. I want to go to live pictures now. Westbound as you can see at the toll plaza. We still have not had the metering lights turned on and you can tell because people are just kind of coming up and the metering lights or the toll plaza is not getting filled in. When that happens well let you know. Still a pretty decent drive. San mateo bridge the same thing goes. Traffic is still moving along pretty nicely over to the peninsula as you drive over to 101. As we look at a big view of the south bay, no major crashes that are reported anywhere. Lets go back to the desk. All right. We go back to our breaking news in san jose. Weve been following for nearly an hour now. The past half hour that situation changed. We are live overhead news chopper 2 of this victorian that caught fire. Flames no longer can be seen there from the roof. We did just get off the phone with the Fire Department and they tell us that fire is still not contained. So apparently still burning inside. That fire was raging at about 5 30 this morning. Heres the earlier video that we captured from news chopper 2. This is from the roof of the home. You can see how big that fire was at that point. The home located on north 12th street. We dont know ifth house is vacant or if somebody was living there or is living there at the time. That first emergency call came just after 5 00. Now the Fire Department posted this photo of the fire online as well. So there again you can see the flames in the back and a lot of smoke coming from the front of the hows. Extensive damage im sure there. Ktvu brian flores is just about there to the scene and he will give us an update in a bit. Time now 6 04. Emergency surgery for a woman who was shot last night in hayward. Ktvu Claudine Wong is at the apartment complex where the woman was found. Good morning, claudine. Reporter good morning, dave. That woman in Critical Condition this morning. She did under go surgery. Were not sure of her condition right now. We are trying to get an update. We can tell you the shooting is happening here. We are on Sleepy Hollow. Police tell us they got multiple 911 calls for shots fired. They got to the scene and found the woman outside. She had been shot multiple times because of the extent of her injuries he was not able to talk to police. Right now there is not a lot of leads for us to go on. Our inspectors are currently working every angle when we can. So police have been working through the fight and the morning talking to any witnesses. Anyone who might know anything. At this point we are not sure if she lived here or visiting someone here. The boys 13s and 13 the boys 12 and 13 years old were at a crosswalk when they were hit by a pickup truck driven by a 75yearold driver. One boy was flown to chinos hospital in oakland. Hes got a broken leg. The other was taken to healdsburg Memorial Hospital  with head injuries. Back in july in that same crosswalk an elderly woman was hit and killed and an 83year old driver was charged with vehicular manslaughter. Prosecutors say 68yearold maria was killed in a crosswalk at south cloverdale boulevard in healdsburg. She left behind nine children, 33 grandchildren, and 28 great grandchildren. Residents in the area are demanding more safety lights in that crosswalk. Hundreds of people packed San Francisco Castro District for halloween but no major problems are reported. Crowds were not as large as years past but some people came from as far away as taiwan. Is this your first time in the castros . Yeah. Reporter how did you hear about it . Costumes ranged from madam butterfly to a tribute to the seinfeld show. City leaders have scaled back the event after a string of violent incidents. Happening today members of barts two big unions they will start voting on a tentative agreement that was reached last week by negotiators. That atreatment ended bitter contract talks and a second strike. Ktvu katie utehs is live in oakland where members are expected to start voting. Katie. Reporter dave, barts Largest Union is scheduled to meet here at the downtown Oakland Marriott. Around 8 00 it starts. Then voting opens at 10 00. Members of siu their union requires rank and file members have five days to review the proposed contract before the vote can be scheduled. So Union Members have been mulling over the contract all week. That tentative agreement that was reached last week. And today it is it. Members will have from 10 00 this morning until 10 00 tonight to cast their vote regarding the greet. I spoke to a representative from atu1555 they will also vote today from 10 00 a. M. To 10 00 p. M. As well but they are not disclosing the location of that vote. If the two unions approve the tentative agreement, the text step is barts board of directors. They will vote at a regularly scheduled meeting on the 21st or call a special session. Union members and leaders we spoke to earlier this week when they received the tentative agreement said that they were in favor of it and thought the votes would be in favor of it as well. Again they have had about a week to review that. We will touch base with those members when they arrive here this morning. And we could learn as early as 11 00 tonight if the vote is reached in favor of extending that contract agreement. Katie utehs ktvu channel 2 news. Time 16 09 the time 6 09. This comes less than two weeks after two bart track inspectors were killed. The rules are first of its kind rail workers safety laws. They require extra training. Improved recordkeeping and better communication between the command centers and the workers out there on the track. They started considering the new safety rules in 2009 four years before last months deadly tragedy on the bart tracks. Law enforcement told the press democrat that bureau will now support local investigators rather than launch an independent review. Last week sheriffs deputy eric shot and killed 13yearold andy lopez who was holding a toy gun that resembled an assault rifle. Lopezs family will file a lawsuit in San Francisco federal court today against sonoma county. They are also planning a News Conference about their case on monday. Time 6 11. E on carrillo due in court this morning. Carrillo has apologized for his behavior and said he is in treatment for alcoholism. There have been calls for carrillo to resign but he says he has no plans to step down. Time is 6 11. Two children found abandoned inside of a car in milpitas. How they are doing now. What happened to their father and the charges he now faces. And are you ready to ski or board . Heres the news you have been waiting for. Good morning. Right now we are looking at the commutes and you can see the people are getting on the road but its a gradual buildup. Its clear. There is some fog off the coast. It will make it . Yes but probably not until the weekend. Today looks good. Well have those forecasted highs coming up. Yeah, i dream about bacon. [sfx] wham so im bringing back the blt cheeseburger combo. A juicy jumbo beef patty loaded with Hickory Smoked bacon and melting cheese plus fries and a drink for just 4. 99. But this isnt a dream. Its just a video from my last birthday party. Colgate optic white dual action shines and whitens over 2 shades more than a leading whitening toothpaste. And whiten even more, with optic white mouthwash and the whole colgate optic white line. Time is 6 14. A south bay man is in jail. Hes accused of abandoning his two little kids over night in a car. He drove his tenyearold daughter and eightyearold son to a friends house tuesday afternoon. Police say the kids were left inside his suv for 13 hours. The next morning neighbors called police when the children hit the car horn with their feet. It was about 46 degrees out that evening. They didnt have any blankets. They didnt have any method of heating themselves in the car. They didnt have keys. Police say the children were hungry. They looked like they hadnt had a bath for days. They were given something to eat and turned over to family as well as childrens services. Reyes is now facing charges of child endangerment. He turned down our request to be interviewed. The mother of the children have been contacted by police. If you are a pg e customer you will pay less than expected for upgrades to the pipeline system. The oakland tribune reports pg e now expects to replace 145 miles of natural gas pipeline by the end of next year instead of 185 miles. That means customers will have to pay 900 million rather than the 1. 1 billion expected. The upgrades come after the 2010 pipeline explosion in san bruno that killed eight people. We are now finding out exactly how many people were able to sign up for Health Insurance on the troubled healthcare. Gov website during the first few days it was launched. Informal notes from a meeting shows just six people successfully enrolled on the first day. By the end of the second day 248 people. The goal of the sad Obama Administration is to have 39,000 people enroll every day for the next five months. Now a spokesperson for the health and Human Services Department Says the figures presented in the documents are unofficial. The agency has said it will release its First Official report on enrollment by mid november. Time is 6 16. Disturbing new information about that Castro Valley nursing home scandal. Todays chronicle reports at least one worker for the state department of social services went to the Valley Springs mar man nor after most of the is workers have left. The staff abandoned 14 sick, elderly, and bedridden patients last week after regulators shut down the nursing home. The residents were being taken care of by a cook and a janitor who have no medical training. Mercury news reports that homeless men and women are using the 22vta bus as a shelter every day. That is the only 24 hour bus line in the system. It goes between East San Jose and palo alto. There are 7600 Homeless People in santa clara county. Right now at 6 17. We want to check in with sal. Right about now is when the commute starts to get a little busier. Pam, i have taught you well over the years. You are right about that. The commute is getting busier. And you will see traffic on the roads here slowing down. Now its not a full backup. At the bay bridge toll plaza we do have traffic that is slow though here at the metering lights and also the the toll plaza itself. Moving along and taking a look at the northbound 101 in San Francisco that commute looks pretty good approaching the 80 split. In the Livermore Valley on fridays we tend to have a little bit more of a better commute but you will still see it coming slower. And on southbound interstate 680 it still looks good. Remember we have that crash on northbound 680 at scott creek. That is causing a delay for drivers there. Lets go to steve. Thank you, sal. A very happy friday. Clear skies. It looks nice today. Some fog is off the coast. Trying. Its a sign of things to come. Today looks sunny and warm. Cooler and breezy and maybe windy. The front is coming in. Last week it was a low. This will be the front. Next week starts off early. It starts off well. But then turn colder and windy by this time next week. Well see. Clear skies. Morning lows for some or cool for others. They are very warm in San Francisco. A lot of 50s there. 53 San Francisco. 39 santa rosa. 49 halfmoon bay. The coast is clear. Livermore will go for a high today of 76. That is the spirit. After a low of 44 degrees. Two bits up in tahoe. 25, 43 ukiah. Another cold morning up in eureka. Sunshine good to go. The fog goes there. But again i think there is still an easterly component to that breeze that will hold it in check at least for another day. Highs 60s and 70s. But a lot of 70s here. After today we see that system moving in. It will move into the north and east and impact the sierra more than us. It will give us a cooler, breezy, and windy weekend. Sunny and warm today. Cold lows for some inland. Not as cold this morning as we saw the past couple of mornings. And fog near the coast. 70s on the temps. 60s and 70s. Petaluma 73. Pittsburgh, antioch, oakley all in at 74. 73 oakland. 74 san jose. 60s on the coast. Low 70s on the peninsula. Redwood city and palo alto and atherton in there. Low clouds will come charging in. Windy and cooler on sunday. Could be snow showers in the sierra. Cooler and breezy on monday. Are you a skier . Today is opening day at the boreal ski resort in sierra. A lot of snow fell earlier this week and they also had the snow making machines going around the clock. Its the first resort to open slopes this season. The mountain will be open from noon until 8 00 tonight. In less than two hours you can start picking up the new ipad air. The new ipads are Available Online and at apple stores. They are also at wireless carriers and at walmarts. Apple is making the new air available in more than 40 countries. Its the first time that japan and china have been included in the first day of global sales. Hal mart admit hallmark admits it should not have changed the christmas carol. Its adorned with the words dawn we now our fun apparel. A change from gay apparel. Well critics are accusing hallmark of making a political statement. Hallmark apologizes but says it will continue to sell the ornament. Time kanye west and kim are suing the man that leaked their engagement video. So far he has made no comment ons this lawsuit. Time is 6 22. More than 50 students at Stanford University suddenly got sick. The steps the school is taking to control the outbreak. This could have ended up a lot worse and it did. The bus could have filled up with water a lot quicker. Look at that a school bus went down a bridge into am frigid creek. How the children escaped to safety. He tv out here . The wireless receiver. I got that when i switched to uverse. But why . Because its so much better than cable. Its got more hd channels, more dvr space. Yeah, but i mean, how did you know . I researched. No, ii told you. No. Yeah no. The important part is that youre happy now. And i got you this visor. You made a visor yes that ill never wear. Ohh. 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The bus driver was air lifted to the hospital and is listed in serious condition. Time now 6 26. Today in oakland a major redevelopment project kicks off. Ground breaking set for 1 30 this afternoon at the former Oakland Army Base right next to the port of oakland. This 1. 2 billion project includes a logistic center, a rail yard, and warehouses for exporting and importing goods. Its estimated the first part of this plan will create 1500 construction jobs. A deadly crash snarling traffic in the south bay. I want to take a live look at how it looks on interstate 680 right now. You can see traffic is still moving along slowly. We will tell you what we are learning about that accident that killed a construction worker. And a two alarm house fire engulfs a house here. We will tell you how many people had to be evacuated and whether or not there are any injuries. People go to a Mattress Store and essentially they just get sold something. 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Sales have been really good at the Container Store. Up it looks like 28 recently over the past five fist call year fiscal year. We will keep an eye on those. Thank you for joining us here. Ktvu channel 2 morning news friday, first day of november im dave clark. Good morning, im pam cook. Time is 6 31. Steve our good friend john gives us weather updates. He said you dont look too tired after halloween. I feel tired. Remember smoke and mirrors. That is right. We have clear skies. Fog is trying. Its out here. But i think it will be held in check. There is a little hint of an easterly breeze. Still on much of the coast and in San Francisco where its very mild. Clear skies. Cool to cold for some to mild. Could be a westerly breeze. This fog will make an impact on the weekend but not so much today. 30s and 40s and 50s. The over night lows a little warmer here. San rafael will start us over here. 66 at noon. We will go for a high of 73. Same as yesterday. Dont see much change until saturday when we will get that low cloud deck coming in and another front will give us that breezy, blustery cooler weekend. Fog near the coast. It will make a bigger impact tonight or tomorrow. Lots of 70s including San Francisco and oakland. Here is sal. All right, steve, good morning. Weve had a rough one this morning with some of the commutes starting off where its getting slower at the bay bridge. Westbound you can see traffic is backed up for a ten minute delay. It may be a little less than that in some of the lanes. You can get an advantage by approaching the bridge from 880. If you do that you will bypass a lot of the traffic there. Provided you have a fast track transponder. And also the morning commute if you are driving on the san mateo it looks pretty good. There are no major problems heading out to the highrise. We do want to mention news chopper 2 is over milpitas on northbound interstate 680. About a mile back up here. Approaching this fatal crash. Live at the scene is ktvu janine de la vega who has been there since 4 30 with more on what happened. Janine. Reporter we are still waiting for the chp special Accident Investigation Team to arrive on scene. You can see it is slow going in the northbound lanes of 680 here just before the scott creek road exit. Lets go to a live picture of chopper 2 where you can see quite a backup. A little bit more than a mile it is backed up in the northbound lanes and that is because just two lanes are open. The slow lane is closed so the chp can investigate. Now this is all because two construction workers were standing next to their flat bed truck on the right shoulder when they were hit. Police say the driver was drunk. This all happened at 2 40 a. M. The chp says the two contracted construction workers again were on the northbound lanes. Right before scott creek road on the right shoulder. When for unknown reasons a silver nissan traveled out of the lanes and struck both of them. One worker was pinned against the nissan and his work truck. He died. The other man hit is suffering from minor injuries. We are told they were moving a road sign that alerts the motorist to construction workers. The driver of the silver nissan was trapped and had to be extricated. There is an officer right now. The investigating officer sat hospital. So when those were formed i cant tell you. But he was intoxicated. It is confirmed that alcohol was a factor. Reporter that driver was taken to the hospital. We were originally told that he was suffering from life threatening injuries but since then we did get an update that he is stabilized and suffering from serious injuries at the hospital. One of the things that the chp mentioned is that they did see a mask it appears it might have been a halloween mask but they had no idea if this gentleman was coming home from a party or not. That is just pure speculation on his part. We did get new information about the two construction workers. They worked for statewide Traffic Safety and science. That is a company that cal trans contracts with that is out of fairfield. Its unknown if the men are from fairfield or if they are local. We are told they were wearing their reflective vests at the time that they were hit which is a reminder to all motorists to slow down when you see those construction workers with the yellow vests. As far as this backup is concerned and how long it will stay that way, its really unknown at this point. We dont have an estimated time of when the third lane of traffic is going to open up in northbound 680. But again we will stay on top of it and monitor the situation. Reporting live from milpitas janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. We are also continuing to follow that developing news that we first reported in the last hour. A victorian home caught fire in san jose. We saw flames and smoke shooting from the roof. Ktvu brian flores has arrived on the scene now top show us how it looks out there right now. Brian. Reporter yeah, pam, good morning. Still a pretty heavy fire presence here on north 12th street. This victorian home caught on fire. You can see firefighters still here taking care of any hot spots that they may see this morning. About half an hour ago they called this fire under control but again firefighters looking for any hot spots. We want to make sure this fire is completely out before moving on. But you talk about the huge flames. I want to go to video from earlier on news chopper 2. You can see the huge flames from there. This happened around 5 15. The flames were coming from the roof. And from fire investigators and fire officials we spoke to off camera, that is where the fire likely started. Speaking with family members that were displaced about nine of them displaced this morning. They talked to firefighters and Say Something electrical may have started this fire as well. But again well be speaking with fire investigators shortly. They are in a meeting to debrief before speaking to the media this morning. But again this fire under control as of 6 03 this morning. I want to take you back out here live. These are the family members that were displaced. About nine family members. Six adults, three kids. Without a home this morning. Fire investigators say they will continue to look for the hot spots before allowing them to go back in before they can gather any belongings. Again this fire here on north 12th street under control this morning. What we understand firefighters will be here. Well have an update later on. Live from san Jose Brian Flores ktvu channel 2 news. Time is 6 37. New this Morning Police are investigating who shot and critically injured a woman at an apartment complex in hayward last night. Claudine wong has been out there talking to some of the apartment tenants. What are they telling you . Reporter it was apparently very busy last night when all of this happened. We are on Sleepy Hollow but this apartment complex actually stretches very far back down practically a city block. We have been talking to folks out here who say they didnt hear anything but saw a lot of people out. This all happened around 11 00 last night. Police tell us this morning that they got multiple calls about shots being fired. They got on scene and found a woman critically injured. She had been shot multiple times. She was not able to give them any information about what happened because her injuries were so severe and she was taken to the hospital and we know she under went surgery this morning. Folks out here say violence is actually a fairly common thing in and around this area. And they are frustrated. One man we talked to said he was very upset when he heard about the news this morning. Yeah i woke up and saw you guys on the news and i wasnt surprised when i heard it. I just shook my head. 13 years ive been here and seen this place go down hill. Spiral down hill. And its really sad because i really liked it over here. He says hes now looking for a new place to live for him and his family and that is something weve heard federal other residents when weve been out here for other shootings in the past. Police say at this point they have been interviewing other people in and around this area. Through the morning and over night as they tried to figure out what happened. They cannot tell us if the woman lived here or was just here visiting. If she was at a party. Although there were multiple parties in and around here over night for halloween. No suspect information either but we are keeping in contact with police and well bring you any updates coming up. Live in hayward Claudine Wong ktvu channel 2 news. Police in watsonville are searching for three men accused in a halloween Home Invasion robbery. A man and woman were passing out candy to trick or treaters at their home on gonzalez street when three masked men rushed into their home. The man suffered face injuries. Was rushed to the hospital. If you do have any information, please call watsonville police. Stanford University Investigating the cause of a suspected norovirus outbreak on campus. Officials say 52 students became sick this week. Four were hospitalized for dehydration. Some of the students say they became sick. It felt like food poisoning. Stanford says they are thoroughly cleaning out the dorms and plan to sanitize the entire dining hall but the school says the food as well as the food workers dont appear to have been the cause of the illness. However the investigation continues. Starting today people here in the bay area who live on food stamps you are going to feel the brunt of some deep budget cuts. 47million americans we lie on food stamps every month but an increase in benefits from the 2009 stimulus package has now expired. A quarter of a Million People here in the bay area will be effected. Family of four would get 632 in food stamps. 36 less every month. 62,000 families in Alameda County and additional 51,000 in santa clara counties are on food stamps. There are picket lines up at uc San Francisco this morning. Professional workers including pharmacists and registered nurses are handing out pamphlets to hospital visitors. They say the uc system wants to cut their pay in benefits. There are similar picket lines outside four other Uc Medical Centers around the state. Time is 6 42. Some changes to the scenery around San Franciscos waterfront. Why the bay bridge will light up the sky a little longer every night. We are live in oakland where bart workers will vote on a tentative contract agreement. I will tell you where the unions stands and when we may hear results from that vote. Good morning. It is already getting a little more crowded out there. Are we having friday light . Ill let you know. We had a clear friday morning. That is for sure. Fog is trying to get its act together off the coast. Weekend changes. Welcome back. Time is 6 45. Happening today a crucial vote by bart Union Workers takes place this morning. Its on a tentative contract between bart anis two biggest unions. Ktvu katie utehs is joining us live in oakland. Where some of the Union Members will be voting. Reporter those votes could be tallied as early as 11 00 tonight. We may know today how they vote. Sciu members will arrive here at the Oakland Marriott around 8 00 this morning and their Voting Period starts at 10 00 a. M. And goes until 10 00 p. M. Members of barts two Largest Unions have been mulling over the tentative agreement for about a week. Sciu representatives represent some 1400 of barts mechanics, custodians, and clerical workers. Union bylaws require that rank and file members have five days to review the opposed contract before the vote can be scheduled. And today is it. They will have from 10 00 this morning to 10 00 tonight. I also spoke with a represent i from the other major union. They will also vote today from the same time slot but they are not disclosing the location of that vote. If the two unions approve the agreement, the next step is barts board of directors and they will either vote at a regularly scheduled meeting on the 21st or call a special session. Again Union Workers with sciu are set to arrive here in oakland within about an hour or so. There is also a third union that is still in talks with bart if. They have a tentative agreement. I will tell you more about when their vote is scheduled coming up in my next live report. Katie utehs ktvu channel 2 news. Meantime orinda county city councilman steve glazer has been to make it illegal for Public Transit workers to walk off the job. Glazer says new york city, chicago, and washington, d. C. Have all banned transit strike. By the way the orinda city councilman is running for a seat in the state assembly. Starting today the bike path on the eastern span of the bay bridge will have new hours. The bike path will be open from 7 00 a. M. To 5 30 in the evening. Since the paths historic opening, bicyclists, and walkers have been able to travel on the path from dawn to dusk. But with darkness coming sooner they decided to implement this new change. The lights on the bay bridge will shine a little longer. Starting tonight they will be continually it will from dusk until dawn. The producers of the Worlds Largest led light sculptture was able to modify the 2 00 a. M. Shut off time to celebrate the first until dawn light show the illuminate the arts will offer free Pace Industries tomorrow morning at 6 30. The Ferry Building at a nice spot. Right now we need to check in with Tori Campbell to see what is coming up. Good morning, dave and pam coming up in minutes did he have a tendency toward violence . The santa rosa man makes an eye raising a judge has just allowed some disturbing video to be released showing how mentally ill prisoners in california be if treated. How one defends the tape. And a fascinating revelation in a new book about the 2012 president ial campaign. There was talk among the president ial aid about replacing joe biden. Who was considered and why that idea was ultimately rejected. Those stories new on mornings on 2. Now back to you. Thank you. We will see you then. 6 49 is the time. Lets check in with sal. Most of the commute has been pretty good. It has been. Weve had that one problem weve been talking about in the south bay since 4 30. The time that we go on the air. You didnt know we went on the air at 4 30 . We are here for you. Unfortunately we started off right on a serious note on 680 northbound at scott creek. There is a very serious crash. Its a fatal crash involving a construction worker and very unfortunately the investigation is going to go on. Unfortunately one person is dead and another person is injured in this crash. Its not a good way to start the morning. What you need to know is that northbound 680 these are live pictures from news chopper 2 is slowing down for at least a mile and the backup is growing. This is the noncommute direction so people may not be used to seeing it. Southbound 680 is good. Lets take a look at northbound 280 as you drive through there. There are no major problems but its getting slower in santa clara valley. Bay bridge backed up for a small delay. Coming up we will take a complete look at th at the east bay. Very good morning. A very clear morning. Cold for some. Very mild for others. Mild in San Francisco. There is still a hint of an easterly breeze even though its not that strong. Fog is off the coast. Its trying. It will play into a much cooler weekend forecast. Today is sunny and warm. Cooler and breezy. Low clouds will come charging in as the front moves. Good early next week. Good weather i should say. Cold weather next friday as another low drops in. We get a couple days nice weather and then see a big cool down. The fog is off the coast but its running into resis tense resistance. Sunshine today. I have seen a little north breeze at napa and santa rosa. If that continues it will definitely be warmer. We get that offshore push and that is good for the coast. San francisco starting off 53. Well go 65 at noon. A high of 72. That might be set around 1 00 or 2 00. And then maybe that west wind will kick in. There is fog there. And tonight it will be rearing to go and it will be coming in. 40 in walnut creek. 37 in novato. If it wasnt for that north breeze napa would be colder. 53 San Francisco. 50 redwood city. Just depends if you get that breeze it could be really mild to warm. Livermore chilly. Not cold, cold. High today of 76 degrees. After today temperatures will cool down pretty fast. 25 up in tahoe. 39 eureka. 30s and 40s up and down the coast. We have clear skies. Lots of sunshine today and then tonight look for some changes in the form of fog. But a warm friday and probably the warmest day will be today. And after that temperatures will really cool down. Cooler windy weekend pattern. So sunny and warm today. Calm lows for some inland. Not as cold as we seen the past couple of mornings. Fog near the coast. Its not on the coast yet. It might be later on. Highs 70 for almost everybody. Santa rosa there is your 74. Walnut creek 75. St. Helena 70. 73 downtown. San jose mid 70s. 77 santa cruz. Santa clara at 75. Low mid 70s on the peninsula. Upper 60s on the coast. Low 70s. South San Francisco may be wannest day where is downtown may be one of the days where downtown San Francisco is warmer. Cooler to breezy to windy. Time 6 53. The flood damage out there caused by a big rainstorm. How rescuers were able to get people to safety. Plus a Mountain Lion known for strolling through santa cruz was hit and killed on the freeway. The actions cal tran is taking to prevent crashes involving wild animals. And many actors have played the part of u. S. Servicemen in the movies, but for veterans like james crosby their service and their sacrifice are real. And too often when they come home, their struggle continues. For over sixty years, paralyzed veterans of america has been fighting to help our injured veterans get the benefits they need, and have earned. Paralyzed veterans of america was there for me when i came home. Join me in supporting our paralyzed veterans. Visit pva dot org. Welcome back to the morning news. Live look at the big board as expected. Numbers are doing well. Dow is up almost 83 points. Nasdaq and s p up as well. Auto sales and car sales expected to be good today. Keep an eye on oracle and google. They are both part of trying to get the healthcare. Gov website back up and running efficiently. Cleaning up in texas after a lot of rain fell in austin. Up to 13 inches of rain fell in some areas. Several people were res cued by boats or helicopters. And at least two deaths have been reported. Sunny weather is forecast today in austin and no more rain is expected this weekend. A Mountain Lion with a history of roaming through downtown santa cruz has been killed on highway 17. The accident happened after researchers managed to capture the animal in june and fit it with a tracking collar. A new study shedding light on where crashes involving wildlife is most common. Researchers have identified three hot spots for crashes involving wildlife animals on the peninsula. Those locations include interstate 280 near the Crystal Springs reservoir, religion wood road and edge wood road and the city. We have breaking news weve been telling you about from san jose. Huge flames destroying a victorian home. An Early Morning tragedy on a bay area highway that involves a suspected drunk driver and a construction worker. Stay with us