Danger possible. It seems september like rather than august. Its a month ahead here. The National Weather service may fine tune that. These a threat of dry lightning. Its bonedry up there, lightning possible, gusty winds. All that moisture continues to wrap back around. It will probably be blown off up in the Sierra Nevada today. San francisco, bigger story there, fog. Some areas will be socked in. 67 well did for the highs and low 70s, 70s are some of the lows. Livermore 71 balmy degrees. Sap jose 60 degrees. From the low right off point conception. You can see some of the lightning detection, its picking up in fresno down towards bakers ville. It will go mostly sunny and cloudy. The fog on the coast and warm to hot inland. Mugginess building. If youre inland its warm, not as warm yesterday when it was hot hot hot. Right now, traffic is doing well around the bay area. These not a lot going on. If youre driving on any road it should be a nice look for you. It looks good. You can see not a lot of cars there. Westbound traffic looks good all the way in San Francisco. If youre looking at interstate 80 in oakland. We see gnashing lights on one of the side roads. Well see if that is impacting traffic next time. Look at northbound, downtown san jose, its a nice drive. Its 5 02 let go back to the desk. A red flag warning is back in force. Channel 2 alex savage is on Bethel Island this morning with more on the preparations being made. Reporter fire crews had to deal with a small brushfire about 5 acres of this dry brush started to burn here 8 00 last night. Were here at Bethel Island and gate line road. We were able to get things under control fairly soon. There were a few buildings threatened for a short period of time. Window he do know that lightning will be a big concern for firefighters around the bay area moving through the day today and tomorrow as well. Now, the red flag warning went into effect at midnight last nightment it covers most of the inland parts of the bay area and the forecast calls for dangerous conditions thunderstorms bringing gusty weather, gusty conditions and dry lightning. Lightning would be a huge concern for fire crews because the brush is dry right now. We stopped to cal fire station in the south bay. Theyre putting extra firefighters and they have additional engines on stand py as well. A chief told us theyre changing how crews respond to calls to make sure theyre able to deal with a fire sparked by lightning. The multiple incident plan is going to be activated and what that does it changes our normal response, we modify it in anticipation of multiple instances in a large geographic area. In an effort to key it early on, cal fire will be stationings lookouts and theyll be up on peaks in the area trying to keep an eye out for smoke and have crews responding to fires before they get out of hand. Those hookouts will be the in place starting later on this morning. Fear fighters will be on their tows, theyll have to be ready for fires to break out. These red flag warning and dangerous conditions will remain until tomorrow morning. Wednesday morning. 5,000 firefighters are battling fires across the weather and the across the state and the weather could make conditions work. Gusty winds and dry lightning, many of the fires are burning in remote areas, but others have forced the evacuations of hundreds of people. One of them is in butte county in chico, 500 homes. That fire fan 4 days ago and it has burned 2,000 acres and one home and two trailers have been destroyed. This forced the kosher of highway 101 and that was sparked by a car fire. The highway closure caused a traffic backup for miles. That burned 10 acres before firefighters got it under control. You can go to ktvu. Com and clicking on the weather tab. Youll find your fiveday forecast and Storm Tracker radar. Theyre talking about budget cuts and forcing fire stations to close. Theyre trying to get public input about about the best way to spend resources after the cuts. Meetings will be held at the library, and in lafayette and clayton. We are expected to find out which caused the deadly fire the one that killed five women and one bride in a limb owe. Ten people were in that had limo when it burst into flames on may 4th. Four women escaped but five women including a new bride were killed. Some new 911 calls are expected to be released as well. The time is 5 06, hook for a lot of people out on the road making sure children get to School Safely. Whats going to happen 60 minutes for now. Youll see a lot of motorcycle cops setting up. Were near the golden gate. People are flying down that hill. This school is around the corner. You can see some crosswalks and thats where those motorcycle cops are going to be making sure that every child gets to School Safely on this first day back to school. The Police Department will have directed Traffic Control operations near Public Schools today and tomorrow. Theyre targeting the 15 Miles Per HourSchool Zone Speed limit. Officers will start the crackdown at 7 00 this morning and will go for two hours and it will pick up at 1 30 to 3 30 this morning. Theyre adding more crossing guards to school today. Transportation officials have added 45 people to the crossing guard program. Theyve been added to streets with high traffic and areas with a history of accidents. Now, later this morning, a little after 9 00, the mayor and the superintendent of schools will welcome all students back at an assembly at the middle school. Ac transit workers are continuing their next work in a contract dispute. They represented 1800 ac transit workers, they rejected the contract agreement earlier this week. This includes bus drivers, dispatches and icaler workers. They may have a difficult time getting support from the public. Maybe bart has tainted the atmosphere a little bit. I dont know if the Public Opinion will be on the workers side. Union leaders say theyll meet soon to work out their options. Theyre not commenting until they get official notice about the union vote. Bart and its unions have not had any contract talks since the judge ordered a 60day cooling off period. The two sides are waiting for a mediator to set a new schedule so negotiations can continue. The lead contractor is in for a lead payday. The chronical reports that the company could get a 20 million bonus if the bridge opens as schedule september 3rd. Thats on top of a bonus it got last year for meeting construction deadlines and staying in budget. It could add a loto E Construction project which has been plagued by broken bolts and other problems. There are questioning the use of helmet cameras. The former egyptian president may soon be a free man. Good morning, these not a lot going on in traffic. The 101 traffic looks good approaching the split. Well talk about our weather, and is there hot weather that will continue or is there a cool down on top. Ro. Its ingeniously designed to seamlessly switch from electricity to gas to extend your driving range. No wonder volt is americas bestselling plugin. Thats American Ingenuity to find new roads. Right now, get a 2013 Chevrolet Volt for around 269 per month. 5n [ female announcer ] wherever morning brings you, bring the energy you need. New Nature Valley softbaked oatmeal squares. Softly baked. Made with hearty oatmeal and a drizzle of cinnamon. Theyre Nature Valleys brand new take on a morning classic. Because when you keep going, the morning can bring you to brand new places. Nature valley. Nature at its most delicious. Welcome back. Were following developing news out of egypt where there is word that the former president could be freed. A Court Ordered his release in a Corruption Case that accused him and his sons of embezzling funds from two palaces. There are reports that islamists killed 25 people. 1,000 people have been killed in clashes 2010 the military and supporters of mohamed morsi. The white house faces pressure from several fronts. Reporter first john mccain keeps close tabs on whats happening in egypt. He voted in favor of giving egypt aid. Mccain says the growing violence coming from egypts government and military calls for cutting off the financial help. It gives egypt 1. 5 billion a year and 1. 3 is given to the egyptian military. As we threaten something as we would cut off aid and then not do it, then you lose your credibility and your influence. A mccains opinion could become more popular. Members of the European Union are responding to the violence in egypt. Well find out how much they give egypt and how that would impact the us decisions. Ill have the details for you at 6 15. New this morning from south africa. The olympic star Oscar Pistorius is indicted for the shooting death of his girlfriend. He cried and he held hands with his family. If hes convicted hell face 25 years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend. The story is he shot her by accident, by mistake thinking she was an intruder. This trial was due to begin next year. Mark zuckerbergs own facebook account was hacked. It was done by a person who wanted to prove the company has a security flaw. It lets someone post on someones wall without being their friend. He tried top alert the Facebook Security Team so he posted something about the problem on his page. The Company Called him and asked him for more information. Facebook says the member has been fixed. A man accused rioting made it easy fore the police to track him down. They say they he liked a picture of himself on a Police Facebook page. They posted p photos of two dozen suspects of this riot and they were hoping for the help on identifying the suspects. They didnt expect a friend and he liked it and sent a photo o owe of himself sitting on police car. Two crew members were killed when a jet went down in alabama. It was operating on auto pilot seconds before the crash. It remained engaged even though it signalled an alert that it was dropping too quickly. Its not clear whether they tried to regain altitude. The Coastal Commission oversees access on the coastline. A bill if its approved would let people fine people for damaging coastal habitat, building without permission. The senate is expected to vote on in this week. You may be noticing a musty smell in your water and in the st. Louis banos may be to blame. Its only 17 full which means more treatment is needed to spread of algae. That causes the smell in the water. Its 5 18, well check in with sal. What are you keeping an eye on. Were looking to the east bay, it gets basie, usually first and right now, were looking at some of these conditions. If you are driving in San Francisco along northbound 101, getting to the east bay ising it to be fine. There are no major problems driving out. The traffic continues to look good over to the east bay. Were looking at interstate 880 and that continues to look good. There are no problems into downtown oakland. Southbound 101 traffic is music nicely. 101 is a good bet out of San Francisco. San mateo prejudice out of hay ward is also off to a good start. Let if to steve. Fog on the coast so a lot going on clouds in our way. The full moon will be tomorrow night. Thats pretty big out there right now. 6 44 tomorrow night will be the full moon for august. Redding in out for wednesday morning. This may be fine tuned. Its possible dry thunderstorms, maybe shower activity, its mainly the lightning were concerned about. So, for us, the ground is bone dry. Low pressure system off the Central Coast continues to rotate chowed cover. We start off mostly fair except for fog. Temperatures starting at 60s to 70s, cloud will pop up this afternoon. Thats when we get showers, we focus on the layout here. 64, p 5 75, well go for a high. A lot of 60s right over by the coast, some 0s on the lows. Theres hardly any breeze at all. Most locations are calm and we get a sprees. Calm livermore, very still warm muggy air. Thunderstorms will pop up. Well see it again today. Were keeping our eye on this down in central california. Thats whats going to rotate back in later today. Its hit or miss. Very warm mild all the way even up to the Sierra Nevada. And get a look at the low, it will move starting tomorrow and be out of the area wednesday night. Some fog, well start off with sun and it will be warm and muggy inhand. It means a cool pattern there. 60s and 70s, but some locations in the upper 90s, its still rather warm. Cloud cover will be a big factor in some of these temperatures. Its very unstable air on monday, tuesday, wednesday and then a cooling trend by the weekend. The securities and Exchange Commission are investigating jp more began chase on bribery charges. It is targeting key officials on winning business in china. It will say it will cooperate with the investigation. Most asian markets started the week with losses. Indias rupie fell to a low and the emerging nations having a hard time funding their deficit. Small losses for the dow and the nasdaq and the s p 500. Time now 5 21, we have more about a fire that killed 100 cats and the connection the owner has withstand Ford University and the allegations against her. Ive never seen anything like this. An army of security guards, why one person is accusing the theatre of racial profiling. Forester whitaker and Oprah Winfrey are in the box office with the butler. Its oprahs first movie role since 1998 and it helped boost the interest. They claim seared management engaged in racial profiling. Its about a white house butler. The audience was mostly african american. They were outraged. They had bulletproof vests, they had a badge that was zone into their shirts. They looked seriously. This is the first time ive ever seen anything like this. The theatre issued a statement it routinely increases security during sold out shows but the couple is not buying that story and it is turning theyre turning twitter to voice their complaints to people across the country. The time is 5 26, google teaming up on the indoor map of the main campus. The google indoor maps will show the floor plans and indoor spaces. It wont have the tour of the campus building. Theyre expected to be online the first of the year. Sonoma counties, back to nature vaccination for dogs and cats for rabies. Its fatal once the symptoms arrive. They are focusing on preventing rabies. Theyre encouraging to admire wildlife from are distance and get pets vaccinated. Paul mccartney may be heading back to San Francisco and how he hopes to go down in the history books. A woman is kidnapped and told she is going to be pumped. The Group Responsible for it is from the south bay. Well tell you how they were caught. Were off to a decent start. Well show you how traffic is doing well so far. Warm air in the upper elevations, low 80s in the hills. Window he have red flag warnings out for possible dry lightning and well tell you when it will possibly cool down. Good morning, welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 news. This is a pretty shot of the bay bridge for you. It looks good too. The sun comes back in an hour for this back to school day. Well tell you how kids are determined to keep police are expected to keep kids safe. Thanks for waking up with us. Its 5 30 this morning. Well talk p the Strange Weather we could have today. Its almost september like. Theyre running a month ahead of du its not unusual, i usually see this in september when you get blow off from hurricanes, but we have this low that is giving us thunderstorms. We had a taste of that yesterday, northern california, the red flag morning goes wednesday morning. Were going to see some of that moisture racing back in. Its it in central california. Some of that will wrap back around. It looks like east bay and north bay today. Thats the forecast, some of these location will be in San Francisco. 60s, 50s, there will be other areas about 5 to 6 degrees cooler. Inland is really, really warm. Some of the Higher Elevation the ive seen low 80s, ive seen some of the lightning detection beginning to move in. That low will plan our weather today and will be into wednesday. Fog, sun, clouds, fog on the coast, not as hot as yesterday. A possibility of some of those showers or Thunder Showers later on today. 60s to 90s on the temperatures. Heres sal. Good morning. Traffic is moving around. Pretty well. Theres a backup on the cash lanes if you pull up. If youre a fast track user, youll have no delay getting on to the bridge. It looks good going into San Francisco. Traffic is getting busier, however, it is not stop and go. You heard us mention its back toschool for a lot of people around the bay area. That will add to the Traffic Volume today. If youre driving on southbound 101, that looks food to down to palo alto. Five suspects in the south bay have been arrested. Theyre accused of kidnapping a woman in southern california. Were joined live well the details of the charges and how the woman got away. Reporter good morning, two of the suspects are from san jose and three of them from gill roy and all of them are behind bars in riverside county. This woman 20yearold and four armed men kidnapped an 18year old boy. That took place in come ton. The Woman Told Police that she was sexually assaulted and brought to a hotel room and she was told she would be forced into prostitution. He got help at a motel in the valley. With the victims help, they were able to track down the four men. Now, they were booked for numerous crimes including kidnapping, taking arrest person for prostitution, attempted pumping and sexual assault. We are trying to locate anyone who knew these suspects. All of them were from the south bay. Time now it, new information about a man who fell off a cliff in half moon bay. The 25yearold man is fighting for his life. He fell 100 feet to the beach below. Now, this happened yesterday afternoon right outside the ritzcarlton hotel. The victim was rushed to stanford medical center. The last time we checked shall he was listed in critical condition. Stand frans fire chief has banned firefighters from using helmet camera images. This pan comes about from the sfo incident. Its an issue of firefighter and victim privacy. Some say that the responders wearing camera is better. I think its better to have it. We want the truth. The ban is nothing new, it point to the 2009 policy, that prevents firefighters from having recording twices of any kind. Tim joins us, now, to tell us about the special School Safety campaign. Reporter one of the im on one of the busiest roads in San Francisco. They fly down the hill here as they make their way towards the golden gate. Police on motorcycles are going to be extra vigilant around the crosswalks. The San FranciscoPolice Department will have directed Traffic Control operations for most Public Schools today and tomorrow. Theyll focus on Elementary Schools throughout the city targeting the 15 Miles Per Hour speed him. It will last for two hours and it will pick up from 1 30 to 3 30 this afternoon. A San FranciscoSchool District is adding more crossing guards. Theyve added 45 people to the crossing guard program. Theyve been added to the traffic and areas of the history with accidents. The superintendent of schools will he will well welcome all students back to an assessmentbly. The time is 5 36, accused serial killer joseph naso will make more Closing Argument this morning after addressing the jury on friday. Hes acting as his own lawyer. He says the evidence is circumstantial. Hes accused of strangling four women between 1977 and 1994. All of the women had matching first and last initials. Naso faces the Death Penalty if convicted. Civil rights attorney john holds a news conference. He talks about a suit hes filing on behalf of lester chambers. He was attacked by a woman while playing at what plus festival last night. The woman potter has been charged with felony assault and elder abuse. She told police that she has a stress disorder and that a representative part of the song he was singing caused her to snap. Theyll gather for the seventh annual tahoe summit. Al gore is scheduled to give the speech. One issue up for discussion will be finding private money to supplement restoration projects. Theyre trying to figure out how to balance Lakeside Development with environmental protections. Global warming may be to blame for the rising temperatures of clearlake. The surface temperatures of clear lake has risen every year since 1992. Theyre wondering if blue green algae is responsible for the death of a dog who went swimming at the lake. The teams of the americas cup yacht race will be back in the bay today. On saturday the races were postponed because the winds were too high. Yesterday only one out of two races were held because of new high winds. Luna rossa on the other hand the score. Two more winners today, and the winner of the challenger series faces oracle usa in september. Theyll be paying tributes to be the Boston Marathon bombing victims. Theyll take part in the pregame ceremonies and part of every ticket sale will go to the one boston fund, the fund that helps the bombing victims recover. Many ansit riders think the strike is over. Think again. A mother was killed in front of her child. A very deadly weekend in oakland. Traffic is doing well around the bay area. As we look at westbound 4, its a nice drive all the way to the called cot. Very warm. And showers coming into marijuana county. Marin county. [ male announcer ] introducing live tv from southwest. Now you can turn your device into your television. Try it for free today, only on southwest airlines. With live tv. Too big. Too soft. Too small. Mmm too happy. [ male announcer ] at progresso, weve got a passion for quality. Because youve got a passion for taste. Welcome back to ktvu channel 2 news. Oakland city leaders are calling to the end of the violence after deadly shootings, 12 people were shot in 24 hours. 3 people died. One who was killed was a 39 yearold. Her boyfriend survived, her fiveyearold son was also in the car. The boy was not hurt and is in the care of child protective services. The shootings, many are asking what can be done to stop this violence. What can be done, including a lack of job opportunities. It has an effect on the communities. Parents are struggling to explain it to their children. Everybody is affected, not just the people at the time of the shooting, the families, friends, classmates, neighbors, everyone. Police have not released a motive or suspect descriptions, they say they do not appear to be connected. Time now 5678943 5 43, 2300 homes were evacuated in idaho. That smokey air is keeping people away and that is bad for business. All of the Business Owners are depressed about it. Its a huge month for everybody from coffee shops, bike shops, and ski shops. They dont want to come out in the smoke. Right now, its only 9 contained. Its burned 160 square miles. A volcano in japan erupted and shot three miles high. The ash cloud is still rising. Look at those cars. Theyre going through the streets as usual. Local residents are putting towels over their faces and Wearing Masks trying to protect themselves from the falling ash. A representative from the family of Hannah Anderson is expected to release more from the mother and procedure. She was allegedly killed by james dimaggio. Authorities say he killed the mother and brother on august 4th set the home on fire and took off with the 16yearold. The funerals will be held this week. Bob filner will be back on the job today following two weeks of behavioral therapy following the accident. Bob must go people who want him to resign rallied outside of the hall yesterday are trying to get 100,000 signatures on the ballot and they feel they will successful. I voted for him and im very, very disgusted. 16 women have accused him of making sexual advances and inappropriate comments. He has apologized for his behavior, but refused to step town. President obama has finished a week long vacation on marthas vineyard. The president has a meeting scheduled to discuss progress on reform. Later this week hes taking a twoday bus tour in new york and pennsylvania. The bus tour is to make sure that middle has families have access to higher education. A dog who was found swimming off the bay will stay with the man who rescued her. Officials have not been able to track done the real owner of this dog. A man was out wind serving when he came across that dog. He flagged down a bother who was able to take the dog to shore. A house fire in san jose killed 100 cats. According to the palo alto weeklily, the home weekly, the homeowner is a member of a shelter. After the fire, former Network Members accused miller of animal cruelty and hoarding. She said animal control routinely checked in on her cats. Now, the network is losing the contract with the university. Paul mccartney could be headed back to San Francisco. [ music ] hes considering headlining one last concert at Candlestick Park before its shut down for good. Mccartney noted the idea and he played a final concert at shea stadium before it was demolished. I wasnt there when the beetles played that last concert. I wasnt there, so this would be my chance to actually see Something Like that. That would be cool. Lets go out and take a look at what we have now. The traffic is moving along pretty well around the bay speaking in San Francisco. In or about 101 traffic looks good. Were off to a good start. Months are hard. Im with you, i know youre thinking oh, i have to deal with that. Remember a lot of kids are back in school today in San Francisco as you heard tara say, if youre not careful, you might see the red and blue lights in your rearview mirror. You dont want that. Traffic is looking good in Oakland North and southbound although it is getting crowded. If youre driving from hayward and union city and freemont. Lets go to steve. I know someone who was at that last beatles concert. Diane mitchell. Her dad took her. We have mike pulansky. The wind took place. And clouds are wrapping back in toward mari county. We have a lot going on at the service, the red flag is out and thats monday morning. Anyone who hikes or bikes in the mountain hills, the frowned is parched. Its terribly dry. We dont want the lightning though because that is a fire danger. The temperatures were up soaring yesterday. The low is in central california. We have fog and some clouds coming in. More clouds possible showers and lightning by this afternoon as everything comes back around this low. School forecast focusing on vallejo. It will go to a high of 80 tease grease. Its 60s to 70s, theres San Francisco 6 , san jose 68 degrees. Some are really le and some Higher Elevations are in the low 80s. Shower activity in the Sierra Nevada, and probably up towards the north bay later on. Heres the activity its down in the valley, theres plenty there and the flow around that low will bring some of it back in. I dont think any of it is coming its probably going over mount. Its hot hot hot in lake county. I know they had the 100s over the weekend. The low wont do anything until probably tuesday a, and weapons it will be far enough north to be out of here. It will be cooling down the Higher Elevations as well. Fog, some sun, clouds building though, a possibility of showers, Thunder Showers temperatures inland. We have fog, a west wind. There he is a lot of things going on. Well keep it unstable if you will, with showers, possible Thunder Showers into wednesday. A little bump up in temperatures on friday and we should cool down over the weekend. The problems in egypt is having an effect on crude prices. Egypt is not a major exporter and controls the suez canal and about 4 Million Barrels of oil go through there a day. In San Francisco, gas 3. 98. Its a dime cheaper than other parts. I have definitely noticed. Guess whose facebooks account was hacked. The man who runs facebook. What happened to Mark Zuckerbergs account and what happened. And when a truck hit a home in petaluma and went through the living room. Welcome back. Cleaning up in petaluma, a truck smashed into a house. A man lost control of his truck early sunday morning and afterwards he ran around. They havent found him. An elderly woman lives there. She was in the back room at the time. She was not hurt. Neighbors say the woman who lived in the home is now staying with family elsewhere. Today that man in berkeley who went on the naked rampage at a bart station a little while ago. Hell be back in court. He was caught in video back in may at the 16th street bart station doing acrobatic stunts. He is accused of battery and false imprisonment for kicking and grabbing passengers. He told the court he remembers very little of that will incident. His lawyer says he was suffering a mental breakdown. We are hearing from the attorney of the sex abuse trial. His client is expected to receive the money with a month. The exact amount is not disclosed, the Attorney Says its several million dollars. This is the first time weve heard about sandusky. We succeeded in incing a deal that would allow the university to move over and allow my client to have some closure and finality. This is just one of 26 civil students that suits that have been filed and theyve set aside 60 million for anticipated settlements. Today the city will change the name to reverand sees i will williams way. Its grown and its San Franciscos largest prior of social verse. The churches draw all kinds of people from members of the bay area. It does and welcomes everybody from every level. Its not a place, its a state of mind. We need that. A state of mind, well said, the new street sign honoring Reverand Williams will if up on the corner of these streets. People from around the world go there. Its an experience. Time now 5 57, protests at the port of oakland. Were going to take you there live. Why Truck Drivers are walking picket lines this morning. It is dangerous, the weather today, dry, hot and the threat of lightning. Good morning, were off to a good start, traffic is getting busier at some of the key places and well tell you where. We have a lot of cloud cover beginning to build all over, a possibility of showers and Thunder Showers, more on that coming up. [ male announcer ] wouldnt it be great if all devices had backup power . The Chevrolet Volt does. Its ingeniously designed to seamlessly switch from electricity to gas to extend your driving range. No wonder volt is americas bestselling plugin. Thats American Ingenuity to find new roads. The 2013 volt. Charge ahead of the rest in the hov lane. Firefighters across the bay area gearing up to pat will more brushfires like this one as dangerous weather conditions take hold. Ill tell you about the conditions that could mean an increase in calls. Authorities say five people are responsible for kidnapping a teenager, theyre all from the south pay and well tell you what they were forcing the teenager to do. The weekend vote that changed all that. Plus the Facebook Page of Mark Zuckerberg gets hacked. Why he says they were doing