Transcripts For KTVU Mornings On 2 20130803

Good morning. This is shaping up to be a nice day. Lets head over to rosemary. Good morning to you. We remain unchanged. The low clouds and patchy fog for us this morning. A little widespread from what we saw on friday. The temperatures will continue near the seasonal average. The extended forecast we wont see a warmup, well cool down a little bit. Ill have your numbers for today. We have the extended forecast coming up. Near this morning, an oakland man is in Critical Condition after an Early Morning house fire. They tell as you father and son were living in that house. Right alex. Yes, there was a father and son, the elderly man, the father is badly hurt. Hes at the hospital being treated right now. This man was pumped out of the home by oakland firefighters about 3 30 or so this morning. This man is in his 70s im told. A captain told me the man was breathing but unconscious after being trapped inside the home for some time. This is on the 10,700 block. The son was home, he managed to escape on his own. He was outside when the first crews got to the scene. He told the firefighters the father was sleeping in the back bedroom. They had to cut through security bars on a back window to reach him. He does slow down. Seconds are the difference between life and death. Were prepared to do it and we got it off in moments. Now, the captain at the scene said if you have security bars on your windows, its a good idea to have a Quick Release mechanism that can allow for an easy escape. That could help in this case. They didnt find any working smoke detectors in this how the. The cause of that fire is being investigated this mornings morning. Firefighters believe this elderly man suffered serious injuries, smoke inhalation, possibly burns, and hes being treated at a hospital in oakland. Alex savage, ktvu news. A massive cleanup is under way after the fire at the station. They found a large amount of waste burning. One firefighter is being treated for minor injuries. The cause of that fire is under investigation. Continuing coverage on the bart negotiations and the possible strike on monday morning. You see this clock. The clock is ticking towards that sunday night deadline. Workers could walk off the job again if there is no deal before the clock runs out. Bart negotiations are scheduled to resume. This is live in the newsroom to tell us where the two sides stand right now. It appears that theyre still far apart. That according to negotiations who spoke with us negotiators after they spoke last night. The general manager said theyve made little progress on the main issues, were far apart on wages and pension and on medical. The words no bay area commuter wants to hear as a strike looms monday morning. They gave their 72 hour strike notice. And theyll be back at the table at 10 00 a. M. , a second bar strike could hurt the Bay Area Community far worse than last month. It came during the july 4th holiday week when many took days off and avoid the commute. Ridership is higher in august. As frustrated commuters hope for a resolution, they are optimistic as she talked to reporters last night. Weve been in three days now negotiator terms is a long time when youve come as far as we have. Its unbelievably selfish. They can probably figure it out. It takes somebody caring. In about an area they plan to give an update before heading back to the bargaining table. Theyll meet up with them and alex savage will bring you a live report then. If there is a strike theyre planning to run free shuttles from west oakland to downtown San Francisco. You can also expect to see more officers on the roads if there is a strike. The chp says officers will be how the in full force to catch carpool violaters. They plan to restrict the west grand onramp so they can use it to get on the bay bridge. We posted information on alternatives to bart including buses and car pools. Youll find live traffic updates on ktvu. Com. Protestors are camped outside. They plan to on staying despite protestors. They held their first rally, they want to keep the Historic Building from being sold. What has started with 2 tenth has grown to ten. We see no reason why they should get rid of it. Some of us plan to stay regardless of what happens. Last night the protestors took a break to watch what movie. The tents need to come down, but have not given the protestors time to move out. They hope their encamp piments gets the publics attention. The 30th homicide of the year in san jose, someone shot a 19yearold female riding in the car. The driver is not a suspect. The victim was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. So far no suspects have been identified and the motive is unknown. Police say a Security Guard was injured in a drive by shooting outside of a nightclub. It happened on may son and gary streets. Police tell us the Security Guard was shot in the leg and is expected to survive. Its unclear if he was the intended target. No arrests have been made. People can trade in their firearms for gift cards. Theyre hosting a gun buy back. You can go to three different locations. Gun owners can trade in anything from a rifle to an assault weapon and gift cards will range from a to 100. This has been smooth sailing in the bay area. Lets check in with rosemary to see if we can expect more of the same. More of the same is what were diagnose to see. Temperatures will be on the mild side, warm inland. Seasonal temperatures in most cases. The clouds are back, patchy fog and patchy drizzle over parts of the coast this morning. Giving you a view there of the bay bridge. Visibility is a little tough. If you step out youll have an Early Morning drive, its cooler out there. Temperatures in the 50s this morning. Look at the clouds in the north bay. Its right around san jose. If we get east, areas around concord, theyre waking up with mostly sunny skies as well as liver more on the farther east you go. The onshore breeze is still with us. The northerly flow has weakened just a little bit. Thats why were looking at more cloud cover farther inland this morning. The onshore breeze slightly stronger than it was, several changes in the forecast for your saturday. 56 degrees in concord, 357 in oakland, 357 for Mountain View and as we get into the afternoon, well see a repeat, that means mostly cloudy skies, 70 around the bay, 80s to near 90 degrees for some of the warmest locations. The sea breeze will be with us once again in the afternoon. Heres a look at what you can expect for your neighborhood. 66 in sauce lee tow. Temperatures no the sausalito. Up over the east bay hills. Liver more 86, 85 in concord, some areas warmer, some cooler. 70 degrees along the boardwalk in santa cruz for your afternoon. Along the peninsula it will be a nice day. 77 palo alto, 64 this afternoon if you machine on heading to San Francisco or spending the day there. Your extended forecast, temperatures will cool slightly on sunday, notice monday, not a lot of change, how about tuesday . As we get into wednesday, our temperatures cool an additional degree or too. All in all just below the seasonal average, temperatures ranging in the inland areas. Low 60s for the coast. Ill have a look at your lunchtime numbers coming up. Theres a reason to take over the travel warnings seriously. What the state department reveals about threats coming from al qaeda. He told ktvu he didnt start the fire and hes charged with arson. The suspect was committing other crimes before it broke out. You have to head into the city from the east bay. Smooth sailing, no problems to report for you on roads around the bay area. Your time 7 11, this is mornings on 2. Its a great start over the bay, partly cloudy skies for the afternoon and mild to warm temperatures expected. New details what prompted an overseas travel alert for people. 21 embassies and consulates will be shut tomorrow. There are threats targeting the middle east and africa from al qaeda. The chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said threats were more specific than previous ones and the targets are western. I dont think they would have us close so many embassies and consulates without good information. San jose congressman flew back and it will be in effect for the entire month of august. It will make it easier for the veterans to get through Airport Security, the bill is headed to the president. Its the helping heroes fly act. It comes after Many Service Members talking about having to remove clothes and prosthetics in front of other passengers and it was a struggle to get through screening machines. The state stand your ground law. This is a controversy from the George Zimmerman trial. Theyve been staging a sitin outside the Governors Office demanding that law be changed. Convicted kidnapper and rapist ariel castro is in a prison in hoe high. Hes being evaluated to decide what president he will be sent to. Hes sentenced to 1,000 years and is sentenced to life without parole. He was charged for kidnapping and raping gina dejesus Michelle Knight and amanda berry. Michelle knight went back to the house where she was held hostage and she went to see the people who rescued her. She is a very strong person. The house is scheduled to be torn down. Michelle knight told neighbors that she hopes its replaced with a guard garden and an angel statue overlooking it. These two men held a 15 yearold run away on a marijuana farm. Prosecutors say they forced her to help process the pot and repeatedly abusedder her. The men kept her in a tool box for punishment. They said on two occasions she was forced to stay in the box for as long as 3 days in prison. Both men could face life in prison if convicted. A fire damaged six apartments and injured a millbury firefighter. It happened at a condominium building on vallejo drive. The fire started in an empty unit that was being remodeled. Plumbers called 9111 after seeing the flames. The injured firefighter has been released from the hospital and no one was hurt. A fire destroyed six cars at a complex. This man was arrested for arson. He lit a cigarette while he was siphoning gas from his neighbors cars. He denied starting the fire. Damage from that blaze is estimated at 200,000. Theres an effort to reach an out of court deal in pepper spraying incident. John peaks workers comp claim, a hearing set for later this month is cancelled. The case will not go before a judge unless pike and the university fail to reach an agreement. Pike gained attention when there was an occupy protest 2011 contest went viral. An Online Program is opening up now. Applications are being accepted for the Online Program in the fund. The program is funded by the state and its designed to boost online learning. It will offer 36 online classes biology, geography statistics and astronomy. Students who attend california university, that is the first to become a smoke free campus. Theyve removed all ash trace and put up signs advising they cannot smoke. Knowing its smokefree makes it a better environment for me. There cannot be any sale or distribution of tobacco on the campus. The twoyear agreement includes an agreement on take home pay. Employees staged a oneday strike on july 1st. Labor talks begin between the unions. Several unions were represented including the bus drivers and contract with ac transit expired at the end of the june. Cal transit will put every steel fastener on the bay bridge to the test. Theyll figure out how long the bolts will last. The tested bolts will be tested to extreme stress and in a bath of highly corrosive salt water. Theyre doing sewer cleaning, its being done on market 3rd and ninth street. It will continue until 4 tomorrow morning. Munis overhead wires will be shut down during that cleaning. Motor coaches will be in place while that is done. A construction project is working on 4, drivers were detoured on to the off ramp and back on to the highway. Today construction starts at the free month bart station as part of a plan to extend bart service to san jose. The work will take about a year and it will impact parking at the center. There wont be permitted Parking Spaces available but there will be more Street Parking on the drive. It will extend bart to the warm springs area of treatment and all the way to san jose. Free month all the way to san jose. Specify. The big event for techies today. Why organizers of the outside lands festival. Well be partly cloudy to mostly sunny for the afternoon and enjoyable temperatures expecting. Ill have a look at what you can expect for your neighborhood coming up. Well, the fight between Time Warner Cable and cbs is escalating. They dropped cbs programming to 3 million customers. In new york, los angeles and dallas. The show time the movie channel and the network. Theyre fighting the costs to carry cbs networks. Negotiations are expected to continue monday. The owner of the Boston Red Sox bought the globe. John henry will pay for the newspaper. Its a drop from what the times paid for the paper 20 years ago. The boston globe has taken a hit in recent years as more readers and advertisers move online. They surpass the price of the ipo, they close 38. 05. Thats 5 cents more than its initial offering. Analysts say the stock rebounded when it found it was making money from mobile advertising in recent years. Theres new event to this years lineup. The high tech event kicks off at 3 00 this afternoon. About 200 developers and designers will pair up in teams and compete and create an app for the festival. The window of the winner of the app challenge will be announced on august 7th. The 13th annual event runs through sunday. It wraps up 8 00 tonight. Several streets in the downtown area will be closed. They include jefferson, clay and 12th and 14th streets. The time is 7 25, if you youve been liking the weather lately you should like it this weekend. More of the same, no complaints here. Its hard to gripe about this weather. Well see plenty of sunshine away from the coast. A little change is in store for the overall pattern for saturday as well as sunday. Outside our doors mostly cloudy, north bay, south bay east bay and along the coastline. Temperatures are holding in the toos 50s around the region. Its in the upper 50s and low 60s. Meanwhile around the bay it will be a great day to get out to the art and soul festival. It will in the low 70s for the afternoon. In our inland communities mid p 0s for the lunchtime. Heres a look around. 87 in antiyoke and 86 in liver more. The numbers are like yesterday. Its warmer in some areas and a tad cooler in other areas. 77 san raphael, its along the peninsula. Mid70s from palo alto. The extended forecast temperatures will begin to turn downward. It was very subtle. Some of us may not notice, into monday, more of the same. Temperatures cool a little more tuesday and wednesday. Ill have a look at the conditions coming up. The protestors are sending to russia today, the message theyre sending. Were speaking with Union Leaders and well bring you the latest on contract talks. Look at em. Living on cloud nine with that uverse wireless receiver. You see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldnt just set up a tv in the basement. I mean, come on nope. We could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. Yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, wed have to go to my aunt sallys. Have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch . [ kids cheering ] youre missing a good game over here. Those kids wouldnt have lasted one day in our shoes. [ male announcer ] add a wireless receiver. Call to get uverse tv for just 19 a month with qualifying bundles. Rethink possible. That clock is ticking on a strike deadline and no deal on the table between bart and its unions. Theyre bracing for the traffic nightmare. Good morning. Bart negotiations are scheduled to resume this morning at 10 chock. This katie is here to tell us where they stand. Reporter we spoke with leaders from both sides as they left negotiationses. They are far from a contract agreement. Were scheduled to get an update from half an hour from the leaders. The unions gave their 72 hour strike notice thursday evening. Last night barts general manager said theyre far apart on wages medical benefits and pensions. They said both sides need to put commuters first. Bart management and bart labor negotiation shatters have to negotiate to an agreement, not to a standstill. Governor jerry brown has the power to have a cooling off period. The governor hasnt said whether hell use it. Theyre meeting in a halfhour before head nothing the contract negotiations. Alex savage will be speaking to them and hell bring you a live update in the upcoming hour. In the event of a bart strike, theyre offering a place for stranded commuters to work. The work space with Free Internet will be open monday and tuesday between 8 30 to 5 p. M. There are areas for people to plug in electronic devices. If there is a strike, well bring you the very latest a halfhour early, and you can join us at 4 00 a. M. A man is in Critical Condition after a house fire. His father and his son was living in this house. The father, an elderly man was still inside when they arrived. He remained unresponsive on route to the hospital. Theres nothing to indicate that there was any foul play. Crews were able to put that fire within 20 minutes of the fire. The home did sustain extensive damage. The cause is still under investigation. No one is hurt. A shooting left one man dead, it happened near the tenth street. They found a body on the sidewalk. The victim was what man. Witnesses say a trail of bullet cases seemed like they chased that victim down the street street. The event raises Crime Prevention awareness. Thousands of residents are expected to participate residents are encouraged to organize a barbecue or anything that brings a community together. New this morning, in his weekly address, the president says more needs to be done to secure a Better Bargain for middle class. Were lacking something from washington. We have ideas for growing our economy. I have a grand bargain for the middle class. He says hes willing to work with republicans for tax breaks for businesses, but hell only do it if money is used for infrastructure, job training and job growth. The defense of marriage act next week, these applications will receive equal consideration. John kerry made the announcement in london yesterday. Same sex marriages will be valid under Us Immigration law as long as they are performed in places where it is legal. Gay rights activeys will be protesting a series of laws. Theyll install a 20foot flag poll in front of the building and fly a rainbow flag. In West Hollywood theyre going to boycott to russias antigay laws. They dumped out the water from the bottles. It continues to be supportive of the Gay Community and has no ties to the russian government. This marks the First Anniversary of the chevron refinery fire. This event starts and the bart and the rally is starting at noon. The city of richmond hats a lawsuit against chevron. They blame chevrons neglect and corporate indifference as the cause. The suit claims that the company knew about Serious Problems and did nothing to fix them. That to all the property damage, 15,000 people had to seek medical attention after the fire. This is about a change in chevrons Corporate Culture to place safety of the community as a top priority. The city did not set a dollar amount and is asking for a jury to determine damages. Some lawyers say it could be 18 months before it goes to trial. The suit has no validity and is an example of what it called failed city leadership. Its heating up in the bay area after the power ball jackpot took a big jump. Its worth 300 million. The 2 are selling fast. Tonights drawing is 8 00. You have until 7 00 to buy your tickets. This is below the jackpot of 500 million dollars. Temperatures are very mild out there. Some people feel like theyre being cheated where are the summertime temperatures. Its hard to gripe about it, if you dont like it cloudy and cool, head inland the temperatures are warm and not too hot. We have partly cloudy skies expected for the afternoon, the marine layer, its about 2,000 feet. The onshore breeze is a little stronger and the northerly breeze has congested abet. We had sunshine yesterday. So, this pattern is going to continue. The onshore breeze, the marine layer 2,000 feet. The onshore breeze is helping the marine layer, its part of the north bay santa rosa napa, the canyon, and east we have best shot of seeing sunshine. You have to get right about here and then to the east. As i shift out just a little bit. San la money now, its in the last hour well be here and temperatures will be nice mild to warm away from the coast. 54 in half moon bay. Remaining cloudy and cool for your afternoon. 53 in San Francisco, 55 for walnut creek, shifting to the peninsula. 59 for you palo alto. One last shift, mostly cloudy skies. For the afternoon, 82 for you, 77 san raphael, 67 in sausalito. If you are going to see the as play this afternoon, how about the santa clara valley. 83 for morgan hill. 64 in San Francisco. The extended forecast, temperatures will cool slightly for the second half of the weekend. Some of us may not notice as we get into the work week an additional cool down by tuesday, wednesday may be the coolest day, low 80s, mid to upper 6 os around the bay, 60 degrees at the coast. Back to you. One game closer to the Little League world series. [ cheering and applause ] theyre excitement. A crowd gathered to watch the nationally televised game. The all stars are playing in the Little League westerly regional tournament. We wondered what it would be like playing in the Little League. It would be really one of the most fun experiences in our lives probably. One of my dreams for sure. They won last nights game 80. The next game is scheduled for tomorrow. Good luck to them. Good luck. All right. Waiting for their checks. The problem that has delayed thousands from getting employment. He left without paying his bills but one restaurant decided to chase him down on social media and they posted the picture and it went viral. Look at that sun making an appearance out there. This is 280 on san jose. We dont have any major problems to report for you. If you are headed out on those bay area roadways much its 7 40 on the clock and this is mornings on 2. Good morning, giving you a live look there at the sunshine, attempting to go through those low clouds this morning. Happening now, theyre working to restore power to thousands of customers. The power went out this morning. 5700 customers are without power in san leandro this morning. Its not clear why it went out or when it will be st a deadly train accident, a parked car in canada carrying crude oil killed 50 people. Theyre trying to put rules into place to keep trains from moving unintentionally. A plane crash in at that hoe last week. They say the tahoe last week. It killed steven and seriously injuring his wife. The weather was clear when he went to take off from the South Lake Tahoe airport. The plane crashed in a heavily wooded area. A nurse was walk in the area and provided medical aid to his wife. The bomb squad was carried to the area of turk and mason streets l. A. Last night. They rerouted traffic. After two hours they deemed the device harmless and reopened the streets there. A repscyhoher is being find 4. 1 million after an undercover operation. They caught the middle management buying stolen copper and scrap metal. They teamed up for the investigation. Since metal thefts have continued to skyrocket they sent undercover officers out to the recyclers. Seven out of eight recycling centers did not follow the correct procedures. This is a major problem. Its a Public Safety problem and an economic problem. The Metals Recycling investigation is still ongoing. Theyve released two photos in hopes to identifying the a bankruptcy. The man wearing that knit cap in that photo robbed a branch in mill valley. Witnesses say he got away on foot. Hes described under six feet tall in his 50s, hes wearing a hooded jacket, black boots and black gloves. We are finding out new details about a former death row inmates. 70yearold is charged with killing his 90yearold mother in november. Police said he hid his mothers mother in a trash bin for weeks. He was paroled in 1990. The Us Supreme Court has cleared the way for an Early Release of 10,000 california inmates for the year. Theyve cut the prison population. They found inmates were dying and suffering because of inadequate medical and Mental Health care cause bid overcrowding. They warn the relowses could cause a Public Safety crisis. A discrimination lawsuit has been thrown out again. The case started 12 years ago after a pittsburgh woman said they were denying her and other workers pay raises and promotions much. The workers filed a scaled down version of the lawsuit. It was still too wide ranging to qualify as a class action lawsuit. Thousands of unemployment payments have been delayed because of a computer glitch. That started last weekend when the state department upgraded its computer software. All about 6,000 people still havent gotten their payments. The agency is working to fix the problem and get those payments made mailed in the next couple of days. They hold the man accountable on the tab. He was arrested on probation after a picture of him went viral. They posted this photo of him on facebook. It was taken at the public the orb pub when he skipped out of his bill. They posted it to watch other businesses watch out for him. A stomach bug has made more than 400 people sick. Its been linked to salad mix served at olive garden and other witnesses. Theyve traced it to a farm in mexico. Its prepackaged salad mix to those two chains. Fish and wildlife has confirmed, they have claimed to see giant fish in the river. Now, officials have confirmed that large surgeon have been seen there. Major League Baseball is expected to announce more suspensions and it could involve one of the sports biggest names. Alex rodriguez is in negotiations over the possible suspension of his contract. Hes going to have to accept a suspension for the season or face a lifetime ban. He addressed the investigation saying there would be multiple people who would benefit from him never returning to the field. People are finding creative ways to get him out of the contract. It should be a concern for me ran other place players as well. He said it stopped in 200. Hes one of 20 players who used drugs from a biogenesis clinic. Outfielder ryan braun was the first to be tied to the biogenesis clinic. Hes apologized and admitted he did things wrong, but did not specify what that was. Nike has explained its decision to drop him. A cow player, they signed cal receiver la develop hawk ins. Whats the fourths camp. They signed wide receiver austin colleague. He appeared in one game last year due to injury. Daytime host he will indid he generalleries will be hosting the academy awards. They want someone who they are comfortable with. Theyll air on march 2nd. Theyre the most watched Television Event after the superbowl. The city of sonoma was ranked one of the friend least cities. It got high rankings on the casual vibe, world class vineyard and food. Oakland is 2 when it came to unfriendly cities. Theres room for debate there probably. Yes. How local organizations helping children stock up on School Supplies. Its better to give than receive. Who the boy wanted to help on this day. Patchy fog and Cool Conditions. What you can expect for your saturday afternoon coming up. T set up a tv in the basement. I mean, come on nope. We could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. Yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, wed have to go to my aunt sallys. Have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch . [ kids cheering ] youre missing a good game over here. Those kids wouldnt have lasted one day in our shoes. [ male announcer ] add a wireless receiver. Call to get uverse tv for just 19 a month with qualifying bundles. Rethink possible. Right now a man and three mules are making their way around the bay area. John has been watching across the country with his mules for 29 years. He says he wants people to realize that the land is being taken over by development and we should connect with the natural world. Hes headed toward the golden gate bridge. Hes submit add request to allow the mules to walk across the bridge. A donation drive for the military. It will be in san jose. Shoppers can pick up extra items for the troops between 9 00 a. M. A 3 00 p. M. , volunteers will be there to collect the donations. You the nighted Service Organizations inc has been supporting the troops since 1941. 200 underpriveleged bay area students will be able to go shopping. The goal is to provide uniforms for children and the kids can focus on their studies instead of their torn clothes. Theyll receive 100 to spend at old navy. Theyve teamed up to team up to supply them with School Supplies from this family giving tree organization. The group started in 1990 and have donated 9,000 back packs and. Some kids are not as fortunate. We need to help them so they can have the same experience as us. These are families who are choosing between paying rent or food. The buying of school place are not on their list. The family giving tree says its still accepting donations. A boy didnt want toys or cake for birthday, but wanted money to give to the food bank. He asked people to give him money instead of birthday folks. It will help feed now 400 people. The fridge is empty, arrest hardly anything in the cabinet. I already got all the stuff i need, why not . He said it best. He didnt go empty handed for his birthday. The family still surprised him with a few gifts. Thats awesome. Awesome at ten good for him. Lets go to rosemary for the weather. How about an awesome forecast. Its a bit gray right now. Its partly cloudy skies a great day for a ball game. Out at the cothis afternoon, its going to be partly cloudy 68 degrees. Its going to feel quite nice out there for todays game. Temperatures in the afternoon, a lot like we had yesterday, upper 50s to low 60s right along the coastline. Mid60s are expected in downtown San Francisco, get up over the east bay hills its nice and warm. Low to mid80s expected around con word walnut creek, in the upper 80s to near 90 degrees. Seasonal this time of the year and as youll notice not a lot of change going on. Well cool slightly for the second half of the woke end. Temperatures hold steady for monday and additional cooling expected tuesday into wednesday and its subtle and in some cases may not notice as much. Giving you a long at the Current Conditions coming up in a little bit. We are just one day away from the strike and both sides are headed back to the negotiating table this morning. Theyre talking to the chief negotiator for the sciu union and where they stand he. A ground opens new a small pasture in kansas. It keeps growing and hes out of solutions. Two days left to hammer out a deal and were talking this morning with union negotiators, what they think needs to happen to get a deal done. Our leaders say theyre far from an agreement. Options are necessary, we dont need a strike. What prompted the shut down of embassies all across the world. Welcome to mornings on 2. Lets check in with rosemary for a look at the forecast. We have another nice day in store waking up with the low clouds patchy fog, visibility down in santa rosa. We have delays for the fso airport, if you have ng into th sunny skies away from the coast. Near seasonal temperatures, the extended forecast. Well have the look at the extended forecast. Well have a look at your numbers for today coming up. Continuing coverage, now, on the bart negotiations and a possible strike monday morning. The clock ticking toward the deadline. One day 15 hours, 59 minutes. Workers could walk off the job again if there is no deal before that clock runs out. Weve been following the negotiations from the perspective of bart management. She joins us with where she stands and alternative options. Well be back with union negotiators. The two sides remain far apart on wages and medical benefits and pensions. Despite growing public frustrations they remain focus on the task at hand. I dont Pay Attention to public opinion. My objective is to settle the labor contract. The contract is far from settled as they gave their 72 hour strike notice. A strike next week would have a greater impact on commuters as the last strike during last night hit during the fourth of july holiday week. The governor could step in and stop a bart shut down or the unions could continue to work under their current contract. There are options that wouldnt help the transportation agencies, we dont need to impose the union doesnt need to strike. They could consider to serve the bay areas and our writers together as we work this out. If there is a strike, theyre planning to run three shuttles. Seven stations rather to west oakland and downtown San Francisco, this is video from the charter buses used in the Previous Strike last month. Those pickup points are the walnut creek dublin pleasant ton and freemont bart stations. It will run its regular service and run lines depending on bus and operator availability. Theyll have 13 boats in service during a strike. Thats one more since the last struck. They add departure times. Well have more on the Commute Options people have on monday morning and including an incentive for those to do casual car pooling. Were talking to Union Leaders, alex savage will have more on their side coming up in a few minutes. If there is a strike though, make sure you head straight to k tv. Com. On our website weve posted all the terms to bart. Youll find your drive time traffic information, that is all on ktvu. Com. The morning show will be there for you as well. The morning team will bring you the latest, a halfhour early on monday morning. Join us at 4 00 a. M. Happening now, protestors camped on the Berkeley Post Office. They plan on saying despite warnings from postal inspectors. They held their first rally. They want to keep the Historic Building from being sold. What has grown from two has grown to ten. Its the Berkeley Post Office defense. We see no reason why they should evict us. Some of us are planning to stay regardless of what happens. Last night they took a brick, watch a movie. They have not given a specific time to move out. Theyre hoping their encamp piments gets the publics attention. A theyre searching for a cause of a fire that left an oakland man in Critical Condition. A father and his son were living in the house, firefighters say, and when they got there an elderly man was still inside. They had toquet through bars on the windows to get him out. He was unresponsive to the hospital. No one else was hurt. San hoe hay say police are investigating the 30th homicide of the year. It happened 1 20 in east san salvador. Someone shot a 19yearold woman who was riding the car. The driver is not a suspect. The victim was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. No suspects have been identified and the motive is unknown. In San Francisco, police say a Security Guard was injured in a drive by shooting. It happened on ruby sky, police tell us the Security Guard was shot in the leg and is expected to survive its not clear whether he was the intended target and no arrests have been made. People can trade in their firearms for gift cards. Theyre hosting a gun buy back. Participants can go to three different locations. You have the fairgrounds and the Richmond Police department. Gun owners can trade a rifle to an assault weapon. Most of the gift cards range from 50 to 100. What prompted an overseas travel alert, they are shutting down 21us consulates and u. S. Embassies tomorrow. The us interintercepted communications about threats targeting the middle east and north africa and today the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff that the threats were more specific than previous ones and we should take it seriously. Washington, d. C. The travel alert will be in effect for the entire month of august. The bill requires the tsa to make it easier for wounded or disabled military veterans to get through Airport Security is in front of the president. Its the helping heroes fly act. They have had to remove clothes and prosthetics in front of other passengers. It was a struggle to get through screening machines. Your time 8 07, if you get ready to head out the door, good news, the weather will be great if you like it right rosemary. Its a great morning to get out for a run or a bike ride. Well get over the berkeley and oakland area. Santa rosa visibility anywhere from half mile to a mile. Theyre reporting visibility from two to three miles. As i mentioned at the top of the hour, theyre reporting delays for some flights. Its north bay, south bay along the peninsula and into the east bay, Richmond Oakland and you get east of this and weve got mostly sunny skies er concord. We have san ramon, and livermore as well. Were continuing to fill in. Its turning mostly cloudy. Well see the sunshine once again away from the coastline. The clouds will remain right along the coastline once again for today. The onshore breeze 21 Miles Per Hour a little stronger than what we had yesterday morning. The low clouds a little more widespread, but all in all only subtle changes in store for your forecast today. 54 degrees in San Francisco, 356 in hayward, mid50s for areas around walnut creek. As you slide into the east bay, 59 pittsburgh, 65 under mostly sunny skies. A mild start for you. Mostly cloudy and cool. For the afternoon morning clouds, afternoon sunshine and the onshore breeze picking up just a bit for the second half of the day. Afternoon highs for today. 80 degrees for nevada, 66 sausalito, temperatures will be warm inland. Some of our warmest locations, 87 in antioch, 86 degrees nor pleasant ton. Temperatures will be mild. Upper 60s to low 70s. These numbers are where they should be for this time of the year. 81 for saratoga. 77 palo alto, mid70s for Mountain View. Low of 0s to mostly cloudy skies remaining at the coast. The extended forecast here, little to talk about, we do see just a slight cooling trend as we get into tomorrow so the second half of your weekend a tad cooler than today, temperatures dont budge a whole lot as we get back into work on monday. Its only subtle changes in the forecast for the next several days. Ill have a look the your lunchtime numbers coming up. It was an unexplained site in a small kansas community. My brother found it and he called me up and his voice was, you cant believe what ive just seen. Here why the local sheriff is warning to stay away for safety. Michelle knight faces her captive in court and reactions from neighbors when she turned up outside the house that was her prison nor more than ten years. Overcast skies over oakland this morning, but for the afternoon pleasant weather in store for the art festival. People in kansas are being told to stay away from that very large sinkhole. It actually opened up in a pasture. Look how huge that is. Its a 90foot deep hole emerged overnight. It appears to be getting bigger and bigger, hes not sure how to stop it. For that reason hes asking people to keep their distance although people are climbing in it. Curiosity is winning out because everyone is heading to the sinkhole to see it for themselves. Ariel castro is now in a Correctional Institution in grafton ohio. Hes being evaluated when they decide which president to do. He was sentenced to life in prison with additional 1,000 years without parole. He pleaded guilty for kidnapping and raping Gina Dejesus Amanda Berry and Michelle Knight. Michelle knight went back to cleveland to the house where she was held hostage and she went back to thank neighbors for rescuing them. She is a very strong person. His house is scheduled to be torn down. Michelle knight told neighbors shes hoping it will be turned into a garden with a large angel statue put in it. Weeks of protests over the George Zimmerman acquittal of the shooting death of trayvon martin. A group of student propose testers had been staging a sit in in florida demanding the law of stand your ground be changed. This has to do with a Police Officer john pikes workers comp claim. Its been cancelled and the case will not go before a judge unless pike and the university fail to reach an agreement. He gained attention like this when he sprayed pepper spray at a protest. That went viral. Six cars were destroyed at what apartment complex. They arrested bradley later yesterday afternoon. He lit a cigarette when he was siphoning gas from his neighbors cars. He denied starting the fire. The damage from the blaze is estimated a the 200,000. A massive cleanup is under way at the transfer station. It started at 7 last night. There was a 1,000 structure. They found a large amount of waste burning there. One firefighter was hurt and was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. The cause is still under investigation. Police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead in west oakland. It happened 6 00 last night, at the man deal park intersection. They found the body on the sidewalk. Witnesses tell ktvu that the victim was a male and the trail of bullet cases seem like he was chased did you know the street. They are planning the 30th and youll National Night out. Thousands of residents are expected to participate. As of yesterday there were 654 registered parties. They were encouraged to have a barbecue or any situation that brings the community together. Its the first tuesday of august every year. Oakland city workers have voted to improve an Union Contract. It includes a 12 increase in take home pay. They reached a contract agreement after employees staged a oneday strike. Labor talks continue between ac transit and its unions. There was a closed door bargaining situation in union. There was the Bus Driver Union and their transit occurred in june. There was a massive program that will put every steel fastener on the bay bridge to the test. It should help spot weaknessance how long it will last. It will last 150 years or more. The tested bolts mr. Be subjected to extreme stress and in a bath of highly corrosive salt water. This is being disrupted because of sewer claimed the work is being done on market. It began at 2 00 this morning and will continue through 4 00 a. M. Tomorrow. The overhead wires will be shut down during the cleaning. The trains and all electric coaches will be placed with motor coaches at the time its done. The bart station, the freemont bart station will extend the service. Bart says there wont be as many as permitted Spaces Available but there will be more Street Parking on the drive. It will extend it to the warm springs area to freemont. One campus will be smoke free as they put a ban on anything from cigars to Electronic Cigarettes. Students are stressing out about the high cost of returning to class. Its a gloomy start to the day around the bay, coming up when i expect these gray skies to clear and a timeline coming up. Look at em. Living on cloud nine with that uverse wireless receiver. You see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldnt just set up a tv in the basement. I mean, come on nope. We could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. Yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, wed have to go to my aunt sallys. Have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch . [ kids cheering ] youre missing a good game over here. Those kids wouldnt have lasted one day in our shoes. [ male announcer ] add a wireless receiver. Call to get uverse tv for just 19 a month with qualifying bundles. Rethink possible. School may be out for the summer, but College Students are worrying about the classes come fall. According to the survey 71 of people who pay for college are stressed out by that financial burden. Its unclear why College Tuition has increased at the astronomical rate it has, but what is clear is that people have valid education as the gateway to success in career in life. Now, theyre starting to second guess that trend. The website say most people go to college expecting to land a well paying god, but most College Grads are moving back home after they are unable to find work. Scott fuller ton will be and you able to light up. It will be the first campus to be smokefree. Theyre banning cigars, pipes and cigarettes. Theyve removed all ash trace and put up signs advising investors of those changes. I dont smoke but i dont feel comfortable about telling people not to smoke. Its their right. Im flood it doesnt apply to me. Cal state campuses are getting ready for the debut of the program a few weeks ago. Campuses are gearing up for the future. Applications are being accepted for the Online Program in the spring. The program is funded by the sit and is designed to boost online learning. Its going to offer subjects such as biology geography statistics and astronomy. Organizers are adding a new event to this years lineup. The 24 hour hackathon. About 200 developers and designers will pair up and compete to create an app for the music festival. The winner of the app challenge will be announced on august 7th. Lets het on to rosemary to see what your weather looks like. You have plenty of gray skies, we have sunny skies coming our way this afternoon. Inland its sunny. By 10, 11 00. At the coastline well remain partly cloudy and cool. A few low 60s inland. Into the lunch hour well be feeling good, right around pacific a and it will be 357 degrees around lunchtime, 60 degrees for oakland. Those are the lunchtime numbers and as we get into the second half of the day, the warmth fills in a little bit more. Heres a look at numbers in your screen. 70 degrees in hayward, upper 70s to low 80s this afternoon. Its going to be a great day if youre going to go to the music festival. 8 os antioch, 78 in san jose. Your extended forecast, temperatures will cool slightly as we get into sunday, not a lot of change on monday, another drop in temperatures comes our way tuesday into wednesday but again all in all notice minor changes in the forecast widespread, low to mid 80s in the forecast as we get into the middle part of the business, low 6 os at the coast. Ill have a look at your current temperatures coming up. Facebook finally surfaced the much anticipated ipo, it close add 38. 05, thats. 05 more than its public officer offering. The stock rebounded when it showed it was making money from mobile advertising in recent months. The fight between time warner and cbs, they dropped cbs programming to 3 million customers. Other channels that were dropped show time, the movie channel and the cbs sports network. Two sides are in dispute over the cost the cable prior pays carrying cbs networks. The negotiations are expected to continue on monday. The owner of the Boston Red Sox has struck a deal to buy the boston globe. John henry will pay 70 million from the paper. Its a huge drop from 1. 1 billion the times paid for it 20 years ago. The boston globe has taken a hit in recent years as more readers and advertisers move online. How much buying a ticket for this drawing could get you. Well tell you where the talks stand and your best commute alternative for monday morning and an incentive to carpool. It guides you to a number that will change your life your sleep number setting. It even knows you by name. Now its easier than ever to experience deep, restful sleep with the sleep number beds dualair technology. At the touch of a button, the sleep number bed adjusts to each persons ideal comfort and support. And youll only find it at a sleep number store. Where right now our newest innovations are available with 48month financing. Sleep number. Comfort individualized. We could be one day away from another bart street. Good morning, everybody, welcome back to mornings on 2. Im claudine wong. In 90 minutes bart managers and Union Representatives will head back to the negotiation table. The 16th Street Mission station in San Francisco. Hes been talking to Union Representatives and bart workers. Alex. Reporter good morning, we had a conversation with the chief negotiator from the union this morning. They came out here and met everyone here at the 16th street bart station here. The reason being, they want wanted to talk about what little progress has been made in the negotiations, but i want to show you video here because moody was with local 21 spent time working alongside the maintenance workers here as they did cleanup picking up dangerous materials that are found throughout the station. She wants to point out there are clear safety irish us for workers. One issue is that bart negotiators are refusing to negotiate some of the safety proposals the unions have brought to the table. There are other major sticking points that are Holding Things up and creating the possibility of a strike. Those will be pay medical benefits and pension benefits. I asked the chief negotiator what needs to happen in the next two days to avoid the strike. The other side has to come to the table with a fair proposal. They have to recognize the work these members do every day. And their colleagues and co workers do these jobs. These workers get up and work very hard for a living. They work in unsafe conditions, and their treated disrespectfullily. Reporter now, the union chief negotiator said she feels theres been no progress made during bargaining sessions over the past three days. Shes trying to be optimistic about avoiding a strike. She believes negotiators are stalling at this point and they are trying to force the unions to go out on strike. Again, the deadline is midnight on sunday. I asked her this morning about the possibility of a strike being postponed for 30 days. She says she doesnt think thats likely, the reason being is both sides are too far apart. It could be possible on the some of the key issues here. Both sides are back on the bargaining table at 10 00 monday morning. I want to send it over to my colleague. Katie eunice with more if a strike happens on monday. Good morning, alex, they head back to the table transit agencies are planning to take on the 400,000 computerrers who usually ride bart. Theyre offering an incentive for people who participate in casual car pooling. They are offering gift cards for coffee for people who pick up people in San Francisco. Those casual carpool locations on we will street and howard and fulsome. Mtc is urging people to work from home as possible or avoid commute times. You can expect more officers on the road if there is a strike. The chp said officers will be out in full force to catch carpool violaters. They plan to restrict the onramp so car pools can use it to get to the bay bridge. Public libraries are offering a place for stranded workers to work. The work space with Free Internet will be open monday and tuesday between 8 30 a. M. And 5 p. M. There are areas for people to plug their devices in. If there is a strike, the ktvu morning team will bring you the latest a halfhour early. About an hour and a half, what march in rally is going to kick off. Its the chevron refinery fire. Theyre hosting that event. The march starts at the Richmond Bart station and continues for three miles to the refinery. On chevron way the rally is planing to start at noon. The city of richmond, theyre blaming the neglect and corporate indifference as the cause. The suit claims the company knew about serious matter problems and did nothing to fix them. 15,000 people had to seek medical attention after the fire. This is about a change in chevrons Corporate Culture to play safety of the community as a top priority. The city did not set a dollar amount and is asking the jury to determine the damages. It could be 18 months before the suit goes to trial. Chevron says the suit has no validity and is an example of failed city leadership. New this morning, the president says more needs to be done to secure a bigger bargain for the middle class. What were lacking is action for washington. In addition to proposing ideas that will grow our economy i put forward a strategy for the washington log jam. A grand bargain for the middle class. Hes working to work for the tax breaks for corporations. He said hell only do it if money generated is used for infrastructure training and job growth. Another couple will see the benefit of the ruling. Visa applications from same sex spouses will receive equal consideration. John kerry made that announcement in london yesterday. He said things would be legally valid under u. S. Immigration law where same sex marriage is legal. Gay rights activists will gather in front of the russian consulate today. They have protested the unpassed laws in that country. Theyll put a 20foot flag poll in front of the building and fly a rainbow flag. No more russian vodka. Theyre going to boycott russians vodka. Theyre dumping out water from vodka bottles. The company says it continues to support the Gay Community and has no ties to the russian government. Heres the winnings for the power ball jackpot. Its worth 300 million. 2 tickets are selling fast. Tonights drawing is 8 00. You have until 7 p. M. To buy your ticket. The jackpot is still below the record jackpot 590 million run by a florida widow in may. Ill take it. 8 37, well have to settle for great weather that weaken. Were serving it up to everyone for free. Absolutely. No complaints about the weather. We have cloudy and cool condition. That will continue for our weekend. Our pattern will change subtly as we get through today. Slightly cooler tomorrow and an additional cooling for next week. Again, only minor changes in store. A live look here at the overcast skies in oakland. Temperatures holding in the 50s outside your doors and we have plenty of gray to go around this morning. More widespread than we were yesterday. The onshore breeze will continue for your saturday. The marine layer 2,000 feet deep. We have the marine layer being pushed inland. North bay south bees in and around eastbound, theyre reporting mostly cloudy skies, well begin to see this break away in the next hour or two hours, well see partly cloudy skies mostly sunny skies away from the coast line. Concord 58, 57 in oakland. Upper 50s in the peninsula, 57 for belmont at this hour. 59 in palo alto. Upper 50s, and foster city, youre checking in at 60 degrees. 66 saratoga of. Mostly cloudy, a tad cool but not too bad. If you go to the Farmers Market bring a long a jacket. Well be feeling good when we get into the afternoon. Temperatures will soar once again back to the seasonal average. Slightly cooler than yesterday, some areas slightly warmer. Upper 70s for pet a human a. 66 sausalito. We have to get all the way inland like clearlake to get 93 for the afternoon. A nice day to head to clearlake if you like it warm. 86 for livermore, 86 expected for present more this afternoon. It will be holding to the upper 60s low 70s 78 in san jose, 70 degrees santa cruz. If you didnt have an opportunity to see yesterday afternoon highs this is a lot like we had on friday. Your extended forecast here, it only seems like were on auto pilot here with the forecast. Its not changing for a whole lot. Well be a tad cooler, mid80s in the forecast, not a lot of change as we get back to work on monday. We could see additional cooling perhaps, the cool ocean bay, well see the low 70s in the forecast, low 60s will remain over the next several days, ill have a look at your lunchtime numbers coming up. The giants they had a miserable july going. Theyre looking ahead at a win in tampa. Madison has been good all year. He strikes out 11 rays in 7 innings. Brandon brakes out of his slump. Hunter is sent home with a run. They win the final 41. The oakland rays see the Texas Rangers cut to 2. 5 after another loss last night. As jumped tout to a 20 lead. That wouldnt last long. They take tommy malone deep to left. A 2run homer for him. They go on to win and you can watch todays texas and as game. The coverage begins at 12 30. More detailon the stomach bug, the outbreak has been now linked to. No problems right here over on the 101 northbound near milk key, we have a lock with a big rig. Blays theres a collision that led to an overturned vehicle. Keep an eye out on those programs if youre headed out to the roadway. Its 8 41. On mornings at 2. Look at em. Living on cloud nine with that uverse wireless receiver. You see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldnt just set up a tv in the basement. I mean, come on nope. We could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. Yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, wed have to go to my aunt sallys. Have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch . [ kids cheering ] youre missing a good game over here. Those kids wouldnt have lasted one day in our shoes. [ male announcer ] add a wireless receiver. Call to get uverse tv for just 19 a month with qualifying bundles. Rethink possible. With qualifying bundles. Thanks, olivia. Thank you. So you can make a payment from your cell to almost anyones phone or email. speaking french so you can express your gratitude. In the moment. Chase quickpay. So you can. Partly cloudy skies over the bay area this morning. You can see foggy, looking at the city, delays recorded at sfo for flights. The Egyptian Military is telling Mohamed Morsi supporters to go back home. Supporters will not give up until morsi returns to power. If officials break up the citizens sit ins, protestors say theyll move to another mosque. Two men are charged withholding a woman captive, they held the 15yearold run away on a marijuana farm. Prosecutors say they forced her to help process the pot and repeatedly abused her. According to the girl the men kept her in a metal tool box for punishment. She said on two occasions she was forced to stay in there for as long as three days at a time. Both men could face life in prison if convicted. A safety order is issued after a deadly accident. 47 people were killed after this train crash in canada. They are trying to pass measures to help trains not to move intentionally. Railroads have to comply within the next 30 days. A bay area metal repscyhoher is being find 4. 1 million. They caught sums Metal Management caught with copper. They sent undercover officers out to the recyclers. 7 out of 8 bought that stolen property and didnt follow the procedures. This is a major problem. Its a Public Safety problem. Its an economic problem. The Metals Recycling investigation is still ongoing. The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Early Release of 10,000 california inmates for the year. They ordered the state to cut its prison population by 8 . Inmates were dying and suffering because of inadequate mental and medical health care. But, they say the releases could cause a Public Safety crisis. Surveillance photos, theyre releasing in the hopes of identifying a bank robber. The man robbed the tipper on the branch of mill valley yesterday morning. He got away on foot. Hes described in his 50s, in addition to the knit cap he was wearing a hooded jacket, dark flamed framed glasses and black boots and there was no. The stomach bug has made 400 people sick across 16 states. Its been linked to olive garden and other garden restaurants. Theyve traced it to a farm in mexico. It supplies salad mixes to the two chains. This man was arrested after a picture of him went viral. They posted that photo on facebook and it was taken at the pub the night he allegedly skipped out on his bill. They posted it so other businesses would watch out for him. More suspensions in the biogenesis clinic case and it could involve one of the sports biggest names. Alex rodriguez could have a suspension of his contract. He has been given a choice of sitting out 2014 or facing a lifetime ban. He addressed investigation saying there are multiple people who would again fit from him never returning to the field. People are finding creative times to cancel your contract and things like that. Its concerning for me and it should be a concern for future players as well. Hes admitted to using performanceenhancing drugs but he says it stopped back in 2003. Hes one of 20 Major League Players to use the drugs from the pie owe genesis clinic. 5 time all star was the first to be suspended with ties to the biogenesis clinic. Hes been suspended for the rest of the is a he is on. He admit he had did things wrong, but did not specify what that was. And nike has not explained its decision to drop him. Hawk ins was tennessees fourth round draft pick. Whats released a few days ago from new englands camp this summer. He played the last four years with the indianapolis colts. He played one game last year due to injury. The city of sonoma has been ranked one of the friend least cities in the nation. The city got high rankings based on casual vibe, scenery and world class food. And vineyards. Voices are joining up the fall lineup, and you can expect to hear when the simpsons premiers later next month. Ill have the look at the saturday day manner coming up. So. [ gasps ] these are sandras homemade yummy, scrumptious bars. Hmm . Maybe. Rich chocolate chips. I just wanted you to eat more fiber. And then the awards started coming in, and i became addicted to the fame. Topped with chocolaty drizzle. And fraudulence. Im in deep, babe. You certainly are. [ male announcer ] fiber one. Fiber beyond recognition. Try new fiber one Peanut Butter protein bars. Sometimes its hard to find Reliable Health information and where to go for treatment. Well, daytime Ellen Degeneres is going to be hosting next Years Academy awards. This will be the second hosting game for the long time comedian. They wanted someone people are familiar with and comfortable with. Theyre usually the most watched Television Event after the superbowl. The simpsons will feature the voices of some of these people. The fall lineup begins with the premier of the simpsons on september 29th right here on ktvu. They you have a real life star, a tenyearold boy in kansas didnt want cake or a birthday presents. He wanted money to donate. The food bank says his donation will help feed more than 400 people. The fridge is empty, hardly anything in their cabinet. I just decided, why not, i got all the stuff i need. Its hard to believe hes just ten. He didnt go empty handed for his birthday. His family still surprised him with a few gifts. A fiveyearold boy has donate the his life savings to police dogs. His dog told him about cover your k9, good afternoon knew what he wanted to do. He donated 100 to supplying police dogs with bulletproof vests. Theyre 2013 ambassadors. The group has raised 500,000 in the past few years. Us fisheries and wildlife say people have not stretched the truth. Giant fish have been in the river. Large sturgeon are spawning and some are measuring as long as 8 feet. Theyre found in the ocean or the San Francisco bay. The fish gets bigger and big. Take a picture and it can get bigger. Do something on the water. Check with rosemary. Temperatures are struggling to just to stay within the seasonal average. Its quite mild to warm away from the coast, cloudy and cool once again for areas like pacific a and half moon bay. Santa rosa reporting a mile. Heres a look at temperatures. Temperatures along the coastline. Upper 50s in time for the lunch hour. Upper 50s to low 60s in the afternoon. For the bay mid to upper 50s at this hour. Mid60s for your lunch hour. Upper 50s to low 60s and inland were warming to the low 60s and we have sunshine, and antioch reporting low to mid 60s, mid70s for your lunch hour. Here is the view of the afternoon highs for today. We have the summertime spread, its not as drastic as we see on some occasion. 64 San Francisco, upper 60s oakland into the inland east bay, temperatures will be at the warmest. Will 86 in hire livermore. The extended forecast, we have a gradual cool down coming in our way. Mid80s remaining in the forecast, upper 60s around the bay. Holding steady on monday and temperatures come down just a few degrees as we get to tuesday and wednesday. Ill have the temperatures coming up. 200 underred bay area students will help underpriveleged bay area students can get some supplies. They can focus on the their studies. Theyll have 100 to spend at old navy and get school uniforms. This warehouse is housing about 20,000 back packs for the family giving tree organization. The back packs will be given out to 100 bay area high schools, the group started in 1990 and since then has donated more than 900,back packs. The clock is ticking less than 48 hours that we learn of bart transit and what you need to know to prepare for your monday morning commute. And a warning for people who use a popular hiking trail near berkeley and how it can put your health in danger. A man is pulled from a burning home in oakland overnight. Why firefighters say it was a difficult task to bring the man to safety. Trading in guns for gift cards. More on the event thats about to get under way in Contra Costa County, all ahead on ktvu mornings on 2. Well, good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. It is saturday, august 3rd. Im claudine wong. And im Eric Rasmussen filling in for mike mibach. Lets get a check on the weather with rosemary. Good morning. Patchy fog reported in some areas, including the north bay, along the coastline. That will be out of here as well. For the afternoon, temperatures remain seasonal to near seasonal for the bay area. We are looking at an additional cooldown in the extended forecast. Ill have the numbers for today, take a look at the extended forecast, coming up. Weve got continuing coverage for you now on the bart negotiations and the possible strike on monday morning. Check it out on your screen. There is the clock, ticking towards that sunday night deadline. One day, 14 58 hours left. Workers could walk off the job again, if there is no deal before the clock runs out. Ktvus alex savidge is live for us in San Francisco at one of the busiest bart stations, talking to Union Representatives this morning. Alex . Reporter we spoke with the chief negotiator for the union. She is the one who is in the bargaining room right now, or will be later on today, trying to hammer out a deal here. She told me this morning that she hopes that a strike can be averted, but certainly didnt sound optimistic. This is josie mooney, head of local 1021, the negotiator for sciu. She said the two sides have not made any progress during talks that have gone on over the past few days. Now, earlier this morning, mooney was out here at the 16th street bart station in San Francisco. She came out here to do some work alongside one of the maintenance crews here, cleaning up some of the trash and the human waste, even some of the used needles that are found in bart stations. And mooney was trying to highlight the often unsafe working conditions that bart employees can face. She says bart managers are refusing to negotiate about their safety proposals and mooney also said at the same time, bart wont budge on some of the key issues, pay and benefits. Thats a big problem with just two days of talks left before the strike deadline. So im going to go back over there now. Im going to put my heart and soul, as our as every member of the negotiating team, were going to negotiate in good faith. But honestly, it takes two sides to reach an agreement. What we will not do is settle for a contract that asks these workers to work in these conditions and not have a fair contract. Reporter now, mooney believes barts negotiators are stalling at this point, trying to force workers to walk off the job, trying to force a strike. I put in a call this morning to a spokesperson for bart, trying to get a response, comment on talks this weekend. At this point, i have not heard back. The deadline to reach a deal for both sides to agree on a contract, sunday at midnight. Otherwise, there will be another bart strike here in the bay area. Both sides, again, return to the bargaining table one hour from now. They meet at the cal trans building in downtown oakland. The talks are openended. They could go all day long and into the night. Live this morning in San Francisco, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2news. If there is a bart strike, bart is planning to run free shuttles from six east bay bart stations to west oakland in downtown San Francisco. Charter buses were also used during last months strike. Those pickup points are the el cerrito, san leandro, dublin pleasanton and fremont bart stations. The entire list is on our website. The San Francisco bay ferry is also heading for a possible strike. They plan to run more ferries, and boats will be available to depart earlier than usual. Look at the line. They were very, very popular. An extra dock will also be open at the San Francisco Ferry Terminal so bay area ferries can load and unload more quickly. You can also expect to see more officers on the roads if there is a strike. Chp says officers will be out in full force to catch carpool violators. Carpool lanes will be open all day, not just for the rush hour. In oakland, cal trans plans to restrict the west grand avenue onramp so buses and car pools can use it to get to the bay bridge. If there is a strike, youll want to head to ktvu. Com, because theres lots of information there. We have posted information on alternatives to bart, with the buses and the ferries, also casual carpool information. You are also going to find your live drive time traffic information there, all on ktvu. Com. And of course were always here for you in the mornings to start off your day. The ktvu morning team will bring you the latest a half hour early on monday, so join us at 4 00 a. M. Happening today, construction starts at the fremont bart station as part of a plan to extend bart service to san jose. The work will take about a year and it will impact parking at the station. Bart says there wont be as many permitted Parking Spaces available, but there will be more Street Parking on civic center drive. Bus service wont be affected. The new construction will extend bart to the warm springs area of fremont, then eventually all the way to san jose. New this morning, investigators are searching for the cause of an Early Morning house fire in oakland that left a man in Critical Condition. It happened just before 3 30 this morning. Firefighters say a father and his son were living in the house and when they got there, the father and elderly man was still inside. Firefighters had to cut through bars on the windows to get him out. They say he was unresponsive on his way to the hospital. Theres nothing to indicate that there was any foul play, malicious intent. It took crews about 20 minutes to get the fire put out. They say they didnt find any smoke detectors inside the house. The home sustained extensive damage. Nobody else, though, was hurt. San jose police are investigating the citys 30th homicide of the year. It happened early this morning, about 1 20 near south Second Street and east san salvador. Police say someone shot a 19 yearold woman who was riding in a car. The driver is not a suspect. The victim was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. So far, no suspects have been identified and the motive is unknown. In San Francisco, police say a Security Guard was hurt in a driveby shooting outside a nightclub. It happened in front of the ruby sky nightclub on mason and gary re streets at 3 30 this morning. The Security Guard was shot in the leg. He is expected to survive. It is unclear if he was the intended target. No arrests have been made. Today, gun owners in Contra Costa County can trade in firearms for gift cards. The das office and several Police Departments are hosting a gun buyback from 10 00 a. M. To 3 00 p. M. Participants can go to three different locations. The Contra Costa County fairgrounds in antioch, concord pavillion, and the Richmond Police department. Gun owners can trade in anything from a rifle to an assault weapon. Most gift cards will range from 50 to 200. Happening now, protesters camped outside the downtown Berkeley Post Office say they plan on staying, despite warnings from postal inspectors. Last saturday, the group held its first rally at the location on allston way. The group wants to keep the Historic Building from being sold. What started with only two tents has now grown to about 10. Protesters are calling their encampment the Berkeley Post Office defense. We see no reason why, why they should evict us. Some of us are planning to stay regardless of what happens. Last night, protesters took a break to watch a movie. Postal inspectors say the tents need to come down, but they have not given protesters a specific time to move out. Prosecutors say they are protesters, i should say, are hoping their encampment gets the publics attention. A live look over the oakland estuary this morning, showing mostly gray skies. We will turn partly cloudy and then mostly sunny for the second half of the day. If you look way far out, we have San Francisco there in the backdrop. The low clouds will linger along the coastline. Our pattern changing very little, and only minor changes in store for your weekend. We have the ridge of High Pressure continuing to the east. This trough here, right off the coastline, keeping us very comfortable for this time of year, at least in most cases. A little cloudy and cool for areas along the coastline. This is going to remain here for the next few days. It eventually deepens, leading to additional cooling, but its going to be very subtle. Lets take care of today. We do have morning clouds, afternoon sunshine with onshore breeze. 60s at the coast, 70s around the bay. 80s for inland communities. Temperatures will come in a lot like what we had yesterday. The low clouds have managed to move well into areas of the north bay, south bay, east bay. You can see here livermore, pleasanton reporting mostly gray skies. But i have the onehour time lapse on here. You can see clouds beginning to thin out just a little bit. We are on our way to clearing for the second half of your morning and into the afternoon. I do want to shift in just a little bit and show you where were seeing the cutoff line. Venetia, you are partly cloudy to mostly sunny. West of you, crockett, vallejo, any clouds this morning shifting over areas closer to lafayette, on the west fringe of lafayette, perhaps partly cloudy skies. Orinda, partly to mostry gray. Pleasanton and livermore reporting gray skies as well. Temperature wise, 50s for most of us and the onshore breeze continuing for today. Fairfield reporting 20 Miles Per Hour. So as we know, that cool pacific air being pushed through the delta and temperatures for the afternoon are going to be mild to warm. 61 for fairfield right now. 62 walnut creek. Around the bay area, 50s. 54 San Francisco. 58 for Mountain View. Getting to 60 degrees outside redwood city. Half moon bay reporting 54. Low 50s in santa rosa. Santa rosa had patchy fog this morning. Thats beginning to clear, so looking a little better in your neighborhood as well. For the afternoon highs today, hard to complain about these numbers. Going to feel quite nice. Upper 70s, low 80s over the north bay. Closer to the water, upper 60s to low 70s. 69 for oakland today for the afternoon game, for the as. 68 san leandro. Low 70s castro valley. Mid to upper 80s inland. Nice and warm for outdoor pool party perhaps. 83 morgan hill. 82 los gatos. 72 for santa cruz. 79 for woodside. Low to mid60s if youre going to spend time playing in San Francisco. The extended forecast, notice just a subtle cooldown as we get into sunday. Monday, not a lot of change. Additional cooldown tuesday into wednesday. Low 80s in the forecast for inland communities by midweek wednesday. Upper 60s for the bay. 60 degrees at the coast. Back to you. Well, people out on the trails above berkeley may be a little alarmed when they see a new sign warning them of rattle snake sightings. But they have happened. The latest sightings have been on skyline, one of the parks most popular trails. Park Officials Say rattle snake sightings on east bay trails are actually quite common, but not so much at tildon. Officials say if you see a rattle snake, leave it alone, report it to the nearest park staff member. Leave it alone that seems like good advice. I think i would have done that anyway. Good advice for anyone out there. Do not mess with the rattle snake. We had one get into our house when i was a kid growing newspaper san jose. And you did what . We left it alone good advice. Its an event that brings thousands to spain every year, the running of the bulls. But could a similar event be coming to california . When you could see something similar right here in the bay area. Reporter new details about a rare Worldwide Travel alert issued by the state department and how it could affect your Summer Travel plans. But first, lets take you outside. Theres the sunol grade, moving on through fremont. Looks great there. There are a couple minor problems, one in San Francisco and a little bit of a slowdown on 101 north in the south bay. Otherwise, things seem to be moving just fine across the bay area. 9 12 on the clock. Youre watching mornings on 2. Its great having at t uverse high Speed Internet. Walter likes to download fixit videos. And watch boardwalk empire. It helps sam with math. [ beeping ]. And online gaming. And suze loves her smartphone for social studies. Like videochatting with sara. Hi, ms. Kelly. Hi, sara. [ male announcer ] call to get the Fastest Internet for the price 14. 95 a month for 12 months with a 1year price guarantee. On our newly expanded advanced digital network, get more connectivity, reliability and Speed Options now up to 45 megs. We have our own private wifi hot spot right here. Getting connected is no problem even all at the same time. Its fast. Its reliable. And its affordable. 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Today, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said the threats were more specific than previous ones and potential targets are western. San jose congressman mike honda just flew back from washington, dc for the summer recess. We should take it seriously. I dont think that they would have us close so embassies and consulates without some good information. Reporter the state departments travel alert will be in effect for the entire month of august. As you may recall, this warning follows terrorist attacks in benghazi that killed ambassador Chris Stephens and three of his colleagues. Now, the state department has shut down embassies before, but a Worldwide Travel alert is wear. Now back to you. Funeral plans are under way for a Northern California Service Member killed in the line of duty. 22yearold nicolas burrilly was in afghanistan for only five months when enemy fire took his life on tuesday. Burrilly grew up in the town of red bluff, north of sacramento. Yesterday, Governor Brown ordered flags be flown at half staff over the State Capitol in his honor. Those who knew burrilly say he was a great person who could light up a room with his smile. He was very respectful. He was very kind. You could see that in his eyes. He was just a very fun person. He always had that goofy grin on his face. I would tell you that he was brave and he was doing it to serve his country, because he felt called to do that. That to me is one of the highest callings. His family plans to hold two services, one in nevada city, the other in forest hill. Meantime, the Washington Post reports more than 6600 u. S. Servicemen and women have died in iraq and afghanistan, most of them from the army. California has lost the most out of any other state, with 717 deaths. Never leave a man behind a marine who dropped his own pace to help a 9yearold boy cross the finish line has become an internet sensation. You might have heard of him. Lance corporal miles kerr sacrificed his own leading spot in a 5k race in michigan to help this little boy in the picture you see here, struggling to finish the race. It took time, but they both crossed the finish line. The photo was uploaded to facebook and has received hundreds of thousands of likes ever since. Kerr is now being called a role model and a hero for his actions. The United States is getting its own version of spains famous running of the bulls. It is inspired by the annual event in pamplona where people try to run alongside the animals while trying to avoid getting trampled. U. S. Events will be held on fenced off auto racing and horse tracks. The first event is set for richmond, virginia later this month. Then more events are planned for next year around the country, including right here in the bay area. Oakland city workers have voted to approve a new contract. The twoyear agreement includes a 12 increase in takehome pay. City workers and City Council Members reached a contract agreement in midjuly after employees staged oneday strike on july 1st. Meanwhile, labor talks continue between ac transit and its unions. Last night, there was a closed door bargaining session in oakland. Several unions were represented. The bus Union Contract expired at the end of june. Cal trans is now launching a massive program that will put nearly every steel fastener on the new bay bridge to the test to help spot weaknesses and identify how long the bolts should last. Cal trans says the bolts were designed to last for 150 years or longer. The tested bolts will be subjected to extreme stress while in a bath of highly corrosive saltwater. Muni service will be disrupted this weekend on Market Street because of sewer cleaning. The work is being done on market between 3rd and 9th streets. It started at 2 00 this morning and will continue through 4 00 tomorrow morning. Munis overhead wires will be shut down during that cleaning. The f line trains and all electric coaches will be replaced with motor coaches until all the work is done. Shares of bay area facebook closed at 38. 05 yesterday, 5 cents more than its initial public offering. After the stock debut fizzled, shares of facebook fell as low as 17. 55. Analysts say that stock rebounded after the company showed it was making money from mobile advertising in recent months. The owner of the Boston Red Sox just reached a deal to buy the boston globe from the New York Times company. John henry is going to reportedly pay 70 million for the paper. That is a huge drop from the record 1. 1 billion the times paid for the paper 20 years ago. Like many other newspapers, the boston globe has taken a hit in recent years, as more and more readers and advertisers move online. Putting a stop to lighting up at one Cal State University campus. The new efforts under way and why its getting some mixed reactions from students. Our pleasant weather pattern will continue for your weekend. Ill have a look at the numbers expected for your area, coming up. We, we chocolate cross over yeah, we chocolate cross over [ male announcer ] fiber one 80 calorie chocolate cereal. Chocolate with clusters, flakes, and os. Oh, ho, ho. Its the honey sweetness i. I mean, you. Love. [ female announcer ] and with all these great cheerios flavors, the love just keeps on coming. Theres an effort to reach an outofcourt deal in the usc pepper spraying deal, involving Police Officer john pikes workers comp claims. State Officials Say a hearing set for later this month has been canceled and the case will not go before a judge unless pike and the university fail to reach an agreement. You see the video there. Pike gained National Attention when online videos of him pepper spraying students during a 2011 occupy protest went viral. Well, students who attend cal state fullerton are no longer going to be able to light up. Thats because the school is now the first campus in the Cal State University system to be smokefree. Its banned cigarettes, cigars, pipes and even Electronic Cigarettes and removed all ashtrays. There are signs up advising students and visitors of the changes. I dont smoke, but i wouldnt feel comfortable telling someone not to smoke either. Its their right. Knowing its smokefree makes it a better environment for me. The ban also applies to the sale and distribution of any tobacco product on campus. Plenty of fresh air to be had today, but in some places, doesnt feel like august at this point. Feels like maybe it needs to warm up a little faster . I cant help you out with that, claudine were going to see a cooldown, in fact. I put in the order now, though i know. I do what i can, but we have a cooldown in store in the extended forecast. Outside right now, partly to mostly cloudy skies. Well turn mostly sunny. I can do that for you weve got temperatures hovering in the upper 50s to low 60s for inland communities. Weve got temperatures around the bay in the mid to upper 50s and along the coastline, low to mid50s. By 10 00, were feeling pretty good. Temperatures not too bad. Mid60s for areas like livermore. Upper 60s for antioch. 60 degrees for oakland. Turning partly cloudy to mostly sunny for the second half of the afternoon, maybe from the coastline. At the coast, i think well be cloudy once again, and cool. Here is a look at the lunchtime area. Weve got 57 degrees for pacifica. 66 in oakland. Mid to upper 70s for the england communities. And warmer spots nearing 80 degrees by lunch hour. 87 for antioch today. 86 for fairfield. Mid80s concord. Low 80s for the north bay. 64 San Francisco. 70s for the peninsula. 78 degrees into the south bay, san jose. Your extended forecast, theres that cooldown. Not a drastic change, but additional cooling expected. Tomorrow will be a cooler day. Monday, not a lot of change. Then a minor cooldown tuesday and wednesday. Back to you. A bay Area Baseball Team gave a thrilling performance and edged one game closer to the Little League world series. [ cheers applause ] the crowd gathered at karlmont high school in belmont to watch the nationally televised game last night. Highfives for everybody the Redwood Shores allstars are playing in the Little League western regional tournament. Belmont Redwood Shores won last nights game 80. Their next game is scheduled for tomorrow against the team from hawaii. Well, a big jackpot is up for grabs. Well tell you just how much money tonights powerball drawing is worth. And late payments for thousands of californians who depend on unemployment checks. The computer glitch that caused the delay and when you can expect those checks in the mail. The clock is running out on bart negotiations before another possible strike. The last ditch effort to avoid it and what you need to know before monday morning. Good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. It is saturday, august 3rd. Im claudine wong. And im Eric Rasmussen. We continue coverage this morning. In about 30 minutes, bart and its unions are expected to resume talks as the bay area braces for another possible strike. Workers could walk off the job again if the two sides dont reach an agreement before tomorrow at midnight. Unions gave their 72hour strike notice thursday evening. San Francisco Mayor ed lee says both sides should put commuters first. Bart management and bart labor negotiators have to negotiate to an agreement. Not to a standstill. Governor jerry brown has the power to step in and delay a possible strike for at least 60 days, but so far, the governor has not set if hell do it. Now, if the event of a bart strike, the San Leandro Public Library is offering space for stranded commute stories work. The library is located at 300 es tid io avenue. The work space with Free Internet will be open monday and tuesday between 8 30 a. M. And 5 00 p. M. There are also areas for people to plug in their electronic devices. Ktvus alex savidge has been talking to bart workers and Union Representatives this morning. Coming up at 9 50, hell join us live from oakland, where bart negotiations are set to continue. And if there is a strike, the ktvu morning team will bring you the very latest a half hour early on monday. Join us at 4 00 a. M. Police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead in west oakland. It happened about 6 00 last night near the 10th street and mandela parkway intersection. Police say when they arrived they found a body on the sidewalk. Witnesses tell ktvu the victim was male. Witnesses say a trail of bullet casings make it seem as though the gunman chased the victim down the street. The city of oakland is planning its 30th annual National Night out. The event raises Crime Prevention awareness. Next week, thousands of residents are expected to participate. As of yesterday, there were 654 registered parties. Residents are being encouraged to organize a barbecue, ice cream social, really any type of celebration that will bring the community together. National night out is the first tuesday of august every year. We have new details about the carport fire in heyward that destroyed six cars at an apartment complex. Police arrested 39yearold  vade bradley on arson charges yesterday this afternoon. There he is on the screen, talking to firefighters yesterday. Fire Officials Say the fire started after he lit a cigarette while he was siphoning gas from his neighbors car. When ktvu talked to bradley on the scene yesterday morning, he did deny starting the fire. Damage from the blaze is estimated at 200,000. It appears plumbing work may be to damage for a fire that damaged condos and injured a firefighter. It happened yesterday morning on a condominium building on vallejo drive. According to the san mateo journal, the fire started in an empty unit that was being remodeled. Plumbers called 911 after seeing the flames. No one was hurt except for the injured firefighter, who has since been released from the hospital. New information about a plane crash in tahoe last week that killed a man from palo alto. The ntsb now says the investigation could take up to 18 months to complete. The small plane crashed on july 22nd in South Lake Tahoe, killing stephen leften and seriously injuring his wife. Investigators say weather was clear when he went to take off from the South Lake Tahoe airport. Moments later, the plane crashed in a heavily wooded area. An offduty nurse was walking in that area at the time and provided medical aid to his wife. Investigators have released two surveillance photos in hopes they will help identify a bank robber. Mat written county Sheriffs Office says the man wearing the knit cap you see there robbed the tiburon boulevard citi bank branch in mill valley yesterday morning. Witnesses say he got away on foot. Hes described as less than 6 feet tall, possibly in his fifties. In addition to the knit cap, he was wearing a long hoodie jacket, dark frame glasses, black boots and black gloves. This morning, the president says more needs to be done to secure a Better Bargain for the middle class and to lay a Stronger Foundation for economic growth. What were lacking is action from washington. Thats why in addition to proposing ideas we know will grow our economy, i also put forward a strategy for breaking through the washington logjam. A grand bargain for the middle class. Mr. Obama says hes willing to work with republicans to reform the tax code for businesses. That would mean lowering rates and ending many loopholes and deductions. President obama says hell only do it if money generated is used for infrastructure, training and job growth. Thousands of unemployment payments in california have been delayed because of a computer glitch. This problem started last weekend when the state Employment Development department upgraded its computer software. About 6000 people still have not received their payment, and the agency says it is right now working to fix that problem. They are hoping to get those payments mailed in the next couple of days. Samesex couples will now see another benefit of the Supreme Courts ruling against the federal defense of marriage act last month. Visa applications from samesex spouses will now receive equal consideration. Secretary of state john kerry made the announcement in london yesterday. Kerry also said samesex marriages would be legally valid under u. S. Immigration law, as long as they were performed in places where same sex marriage is legal. Gay rights activists will gather in front of the russian consulate in San Francisco today. They will protest a series of recently passed laws which ban gay pride events in that country. As part of todays action, protesters will install a 20 foot flag pole in front of the building and fly a rainbow flag. [ applause ] in West Hollywood, bar owners are vowing to boycott russian vodka, in response to russias antigay laws. As a symbolic gesture, they came taking to pour out water from russian bottles. The maker says it continues to be supportive of the Gay Community and says it has no ties to the russian government. In about 20 minutes, a march and rally will kickoff in richmond, marking the First Anniversary of the chevron refinery fire. A group called the summer of Richmond Coalition is hosting that event. The march starts at the Richmond Bart station on nevin avenue and will continue for three miles to the refinery on chevron way. A rally is set to start at noon. Meanwhile, the city of richmond has filed a lawsuit against chevron for the massive fire. The city says chevrons neglect and corporate indifference is to blame and claims that for 40 years, the company knew about Serious Problems and did nothing to fix them. In addition to the property damaged, about 15,000 people did have to seek medical attention after that fire. This is about a change in chevrons Corporate Culture to place safety of the community as a top priority. The city did not set a dollar amount and is asking for a jury to determine damages. Some lawyers say it could be 18 months before that suit goes to trial. Chevron says the suit has no validly and is an example of what it calls failed city leadership. Federal Health Officials have made a New Discovery about that stomach bug that made more than 400 people sick across 16 states. It has now all been linked to salad mix that was served at some olive garden and red lobster restaurants. Authorities say they have traced the outbreak of illnesses in iowa and nebraska to a farm in mexico. The Farm Supplies prepackaged salad mix to the two chains. Lottery fever is heating up in the bay area, after the Powerball Jackpot took a big jump to 300 million. Lottery Officials Say the 2 tickets are certainly selling fast. Tonights drawing is at 8 00. You have until 7 00 p. M. To buy your tickets. Tonights jackpot is still well below the record jackpot of 590 million. You might remember that was won by a florida widow in may. A birds eye view over lafayette, with low clouds floating over parts of the city and into the east bay. The onshore breeze is a little stronger this morning, through fairfield. Weve got winds to about 20 Miles Per Hour. Up a little bit from yesterday. The marine layer, about 2000 feet. And the low clouds within that marine layer being pushed all the way inland. Its a little bit more widespread than what we saw yesterday. Because of it, we are looking at a slower clearing. Because of that, temperatures are a tad cooler in some areas. Santa rosa, napa, temperatures two to degrees cooler than 24 hours ago. Again, that cool pacific air working its way through the delta. Ill have the onehour time lapse on here because i like for you to see for yourself. If you zero in a bit on the cloud deck, it is beginning to thin out. Partly cloudy skies on the way for the second half of your morning, and into the early part of the afternoon. Mostly sunny for the second half of the day, away from the coastline. Along the coast, well remain mostly cloudy with Cool Conditions once again for your afternoon. Half moon bay right now, 55 degrees. 58 at sfo. Some flights arriving to sfo, still with delays because of the low clouds and the fog. 56 in San Francisco. 58 oakland. Low 60s fairfield, livermore. Low to mid60s near walnut creek. A nice day shaping up around the bay area. If youre going to see the as play this afternoon, its going to be a perfect day for a ball game. Upper 60s, mostly sunny skies and a light onshore breeze. For the rest of the day, 78 degrees in petaluma for the music fest going on there today. 77 san rafael. 66 in sausalito, if you plan on hanging out by the water. Into the east bay, upper 60s. San leandro, heyward, 70 degrees. Maybe youre headed downtown to oakland for the festival going on there, going to be 69 for the second half of the day. Mid to upper 80s for the inland communities. Nice and warm, head inland. 883 for morgan hill. 78 san jose. Upper 70s for cupertino. For the peninsula this afternoon, 77 palo alto. San mateo, about 70 degrees. 64 expected in San Francisco. Low 60s, mostly cloudy skies for the shoreline. The extended forecast here, temperatures will take a subtle drop as we get into the second half of your weekend. Then notice as we get into early next week, no warmup in sight. In fact, temperatures will continue their downward trend. It will be a minor cooldown, but temperatures will get their coolest, anywhere from low to mid80s in the forecast tuesday into wednesday for the inland cities, upper 60s around the bay. 60 degrees along the coast. Back to the desk. Talking a little baseball now. Theres no getting around it. Giants had a miserable july, going just 817. But august is a new month and the giants are looking ahead, starting with a win in tampa. Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner allowed just one run, struck out 11 rays in seven innings. It was 11 until the top of the 7th. Thats when brandon belk broke out of his extended slump, a double shy of the cycle. On this triple, hunter pence came home. The giants win with a final of 41. Meanwhile, the oakland as have seen their sixgame lead over the Texas Rangers cut to just two and a half after a loss at home last night. Bottom of the 1st, moss doubles to left. Lowry and cespedes score, jumping out to the lead. That wouldnt last long. Top of the 4th, profar takes malone deep to left for the two run dinger. Rangers would go on to win with a final of 83. You can watch todays texas and as game right here on ktvu. Coverage begins at 12 30. Looking forward to that. 9 41. Solving the states prison overcrowding crisis, the newest ruling by a Supreme Court judge that could have thousands of inmates back on the streets by next year. And helping kids prepare to go back to school. What one local organization is doing today for underprivileged children. But first, lets take you outside. Still hasnt broken through in terms of sunshine over by the golden gate bridge. Rosemary warned us the coast would be gray a little longer, but traffic is moving just fine. We did have an earlier problem on the 101 from the paul off ramp. Latest from chp, all lanes open now. Things beginning to clear up there. 9 41 on your clocks. This is mornings on 2. Look at em. Living on cloud nine with that uverse wireless receiver. You see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldnt just set up a tv in the basement. I mean, come on nope. We could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. Yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, wed have to go to my aunt sallys. Have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch . [ kids cheering ] youre missing a good game over here. Those kids wouldnt have lasted one day in our shoes. [ male announcer ] add a wireless receiver. Call to get uverse tv for just 19 a month with qualifying bundles. Rethink possible. Here comes the sun giving you a sweeping view there over san jose, where the clouds are clearing and temperatures holding right about 57 degrees. Convicted kidnapper and rapist ariel castro is now in a Correctional Institute in grafton, ohio. He is being evaluated while the state decides which prison to send him to. Castro was sentenced on thursday to life in prison, plus an additional 1000 years without the possibility of parole. Castro pleaded guilty to kidnapping Michelle Knight, ahman did berry and gina dejesus and holding them captive for more than 10 years. Statements from berry and dejesus were read in court. Knight showed up in person to face her captor. One day after the hearing, Michelle Knight went back to the neighborhood in cleveland, where she had been held hostage. She went there to thank the neighbors who helped her and the other two women escape back on may 6. She inspired me a lot. Her attitude, her demeanor, all of that. She is a very strong person. Castros house is scheduled to be torn down. Knight told neighbors she hopes it is replaced with a garden, with a large angel statue looking over it. Florida lawmakers will hold hearings this fall on the states stand your ground law. The announcement follows weeks of protests over the George Zimmerman acquittal in the shooting death of teen trayvon martin. For the past three weeks, the group of student protesters have been staging a sitin outside the Governors Office in florida, demanding the law be changed. Closer to home, two men pleaded not guilty to charges of holding a teenage girl captive and sexually abusing her in lake county. 30yearold ryan boletto and 34 yearold patrick puremain allegedly held the 15yearold runaway on a marijuana farm. Prosecutors say they forced her to help process the pot and repeatedly abused her. According to the girl, the men kept her in a metal toolbox for punishment. She says on two occasions, she was forced to stay in that box for as long as three days at a time. Both men could face life in prison if convicted. A bill that requires the tsa to make it easier for wounded or disabled members of the military and veterans to get through Airport Security, well, thats all headed to the president now. Congress has approved the helping heroes fly act and the proposal comes after Many Service Members told stories about having to remove clothes or prosthetics in front of other passengers. They also say it was a struggle to get through screening machines. A south bay Smart Final Store is teaming up with united Service Organizations to hold a donation drive for the military. That event is going to be held at the store on prospect road in san jose. Shoppers can pick up extra items for the troops between 9 00 a. M. And 3 00 p. M. Volunteers for the Nonprofit Organization will also be there to collect those donations. The united Service Organizations, inc. , has been supporting the troops since 1941. A bay area metal recycler is being fined 4. 1 million after an undercover operation. Authorities caught simms Metal Management buying stolen copper and other scrap metal. Prosecutors from contra costa and San Francisco teamed up for the investigation. Since metal thefts have continued to sky rocket, they sent undercover officers out to those recyclers. Seven out of eight recycling companies bought the stolen property and didnt follow the correct procedures, with getting a license from the individuals, waiting three days to pay the money. This is a major problem. Its a Public Safety problem for us, an economic problem. The Metals Recycling investigation is still ongoing. The u. S. Supreme court has cleared the way for the Early Release of nearly 10,000 california inmates by the end of the year. Now, a lower court had previously ordered that the state needed to cut its prison population by nearly 8 to ease overcrowding problems. The panel found inmates were needlessly dying and suffering because of inadequate medical and Mental Healthcare caused by overcrowding. Governor jerry brown and other state officials warn the releases could cause a Public Safety crisis. A class action discrimination lawsuit against walmart that started here in the bay area has been thrown out again. That case started 12 years ago after a pittsburg woman claimed walmart was denying her and other women pay raises and promotions. The case was thrown out in 2011, but workers revised the scaleddown version of the lawsuit. But yesterday, the judge said the lawsuit is still too wide ranging to classify as a class action lawsuit. A new event will be added to this years lineup. A high tech event kicks off at 3 00 this afternoon at the event bright offices in San Francisco. About 200 developers and designers will pair up in teams and compete to create an app for the music festival. The threeday concert begins on friday, august 9th. The winner of the app challenge will be announced on august 7th. Today, about 200 underprivileged bay area students will get to go backto school shopping. For more than 10 years, the  Salvation Army has organized the backtoschool child spree. The groups goal is to help provide uniforms to children from low income families. They say the kids can then focus on their studies instead of their torn clothes. Each student will receive 100 to spend at old navy. Volunteers have teamed up for an annual effort to supply underprivileged bay area kids with School Supplies. This warehouse you see there in menlo park is housing about 20,000 backpacks for the family giving tree organization. The group started back in 1990 and since then, has donated more than 900,000 backpacks. 12yearold brian levin is just one of the volunteers stocking supplies. Some kids just arent as fortunate and we need to help them so that they can go to school and have the same experience. These are families where they are choosing between paying rent and buying food. Buying School Supplies is not even on their list. The backpacks will be given out to 150 bay area high schools. Family giving tree says they are still accepting donations. Heres a great story for you. A 5yearold boy from the bay area has donated his life savings to a program that helps police dogs. Gavin buchanon of venetia was saving up to buy a skateboard, but when his dad told him about the cover your canine program, gavin knew just what he wanted to do with his money. He donated the 100 he had worked hard saving towards the group that provides the police dogs with bulletproof vests. He is the programs youngest donor and is now their 2013 ambassador. The Nonprofit Group has raised 500,000 in the past five years. Good job, gavin impressive. One day to go. More on the last ditch efforts to avoid a bart strike and why some are already planning for a hectic commute come monday. Pleasant weather will remain in the forecast for your bay area weekend. 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Its whatever works for you. It is 9 53. Lets recap our top stories this morning. Investigators are searching for the cause of an Early Morning house fire in oakland that left a man in Critical Condition. It happened early this morning. No one else was hurt. Gun owners in Contra Costa County will handed in their old guns for gift cards today. It is happening at three locations from 10 00 a. M. To 3 00 p. M. In just a few minutes, bart and its unions are expected to resume talks as the bay area braces for a possible strike on monday. Ktvus alex savidge is live in oakland, where both sides are headed back to the bargaining table. Alex . Reporter they are. In fact, were watching folks walk right inside the cal trans building here in downtown oakland. Talks are set to pick up at 10 00 a. M. This morning. Tom hock just walked into the building, said hes hopeful a deal can get done today. Two days left before the strike deadline arrives, and obviously workers will be walking off the job after midnight on sunday if they dont work out a deal. We also talked this morning with the chief negotiator for the unions. She said this morning she hopes the strike can be avoided, but she certainly didnt sound optimistic. Josie mooney, we caught up with her this morning, with thstreet station in San Francisco, doing work alongside the maintenance crews there, cleaning up trash, human waste. She even showed us a used needle that was picked up there. And she was trying to highlight the often unsafe working conditions that bart employees face. She says bart managers are refusing to negotiate some of the safety proposals on the table. Mooney also says that bart isnt budging on issues of pay and benefits. She says theres a lot of work to do, with just two days left of talks before the strike deadline. What we will not do is settle for a contract that asks these workers to work in these conditions and not have a fair contract. Thank you very much. Do you think there will be a bart strike on monday . No comment. I hope not. Were going to do everything we can to avert it. Reporter now, mooney said the two sides have not made any progress during talks over the past few days. I put in a call this morning to a spokesperson for dart, trying to see what their take it on the weekend talks, how optimistic they are feeling. Still have not heard back this morning. The deadline obviously to reach a deal, sunday, tomorrow night, at midnight. I also asked the union negotiator, unions head negotiator about the possibility of postponing the strike. Theres been talk of postponing it for another 30 days to work out a deal. She told me that it doesnt seem likely, simply because the two sides are so far apart at this point. Live this morning in downtown oakland, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2news. Right now, a man and three mules are making their way around the bay area. John sears has been walking across the country with his mules for 29 years. He says he wants people to realize that land is being taken over by development and that we should connect with the natural world. Might have more chances to do that if theres no bart trains on monday. Sears, originally from the mill valley area is headed to the golden gate bridge. He submitted a written request for the mules to be allowed to walk across the bridge. Social media is helping a nevada bar holding a man accountable for bailing on a 100 tab. The man was arrested on thursday night on probation violation, after a picture of him went viral. The brewers cabinet in reno posted this photo of him on facebook. It was taken at the pub the night he allegedly skipped out on his bill. The pub says it posted the picture to warn other businesses to watch out for him. 9 56. Lets head over to rosemary for a check of your weather. Rosemary . Yes, we are looking at mild weather around the bay for today. Inland, warm, but not too hot. Getting into the next hour, mid 50s along the coastline. Nearing 60 degrees for the bay, mid60s inland. Clouds are beginning to clear. Well have mostly sunny skies away from the coast today. At the lunch hour, mid to upper 50s along the coast, mid60s for the bay, mid70s inland for the none time. Pretty good outdoors, maybe have lunch outdoors, and the afternoon highs look like this. 87 for antioch. 86 in fairfield. Around the bay, mid to upper 60s San Francisco, oakland. Low 70s for areas into fremont. Low 80s into the north bay if youre spending time there today. The extended forecast here, temperatures will be slightly cooler tomorrow, not a lot of change going on monday. Then tuesday, into wednesday, additional cooling as the trough that remains off the coast nudges our way just a little bit more. Know what to expect. Thanks, rosemary. Youre welcome. That is our report for this morning. 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