Transcripts For KTVU Mornings On 2 20130813

Opening day on labor day for the new eastern span. You are looking at a live picture from hayward where just about an hour ago, city workers launched a threeday strike. Well have more on that story in a moment. Good morning. Im tori campbell. Im dave clark. Lets check your weather, traffic. Steve, were gonna have a lot of sunshine today . A lot of sunshine. We start off with fog. Its kind of parallel kind of hugging the coast with some moving inland. But these are the average highs this time of year. Santa rosa, 83. 82 san jose, sfo, 73. Oakland, 72. San francisco, 68. And then they are all above average here. First time in a long time. 71 San Francisco. Sfo, 73. 84 san jose, and santa rosa, Sonoma County airport, 85. Still a lot of low clouds on the coast. Pretty solid there. But i think by this afternoon, it will be sunny to mostly sunny. Around the bay whats moved inland will burn off fast. Fog or clear. Not widespread. Sunny, mild to warm later on. Inland temperatures, any fog wont last. By 9 00 its usually out of there. 50s on the temperatures. 60. But 50 san rafael. 48 in novato. Most locations are in the 50s. Santa rosa, starting off with some fog but then i think it will be out of there pretty fast. Well go 72 and then that high of 80 degrees today. Temperatures have been held in check by an area of low pressure. Thats long gone. High pressure is now building in. So the fog really doesnt have a lot to last that much longer. But by the toast, it might take aing lower. Fog, coast warmer. Temperatures finally going over. Thats how we get average. Weve been below. Now were going above the bay. Hes sal. Steve, good morning. Were looking at the commute and some of the trouble spots and some of the busiest spots right now, the bay bridge, although were seeing some improvement here. You can tell its cleared up from 6 30, which appears to be the peak. The metering light traffic appears to be getting through faster. Also this morning on the san mateo bridge were looking good. Northbound 101 when you get to the peninsula looks good. A little bit of fog over there. Thats on the high rise. Northbound 101, sunnyvale, at mathilda avenue theres a report of a crash there. The Fire Department and the chp are on the way. 7 03. Back to the desk. All right, thank you, sal. The strike began 60 minutes ago. Hundreds of city workers in hayward have walked off the job for the start of a threeday strike. Ktvus Tara Moriarty joins us live to tell us what led up to todays walkout thats happening right there behind you. Good morning, tara. Reporter well, good morning. Thats right. In one hour replacement workers are supposed to slow up at city hall. Were not sure if there will be a confrontation. Striking workers are walking here at the picket line. Now, the library is just around the corner here. We noticed that someone was trying to get in a door there, and they were not letting him in. Members of local 1021 hit the picturette line after negotiations between the union and the city reached an impasse at the bargaining table. 280 workers are striking today outside of the citys animal control center, department of public works and libraries. They will do that for the next three days. Workers have been without a contract since april and without a raise since 2010. They game the city. The problem is, they are not being truthful to us about what is in the budget. I want to be clear were not here on an economic strike. Were here because theyve refused categorically to negotiate with us. Since february all theyve said we want 5 more million dollars. We have a 2. 6 million deficit in our budget. That doesnt include the unfunded for the retirement and basic needs. Just to pay for bank needs were in a deficit. That doesnt get us ahead in terms of funding or retirement obligations or fixing city streets. Reporter the city has filed state charges claiming this is an illegal strike. We have learned those who work in 911 dispatch will remain on the job during the strike. Workers didnt want to put anyones safety in jeopardy. They wanted to let the city know they mean business. Live from hayward, Tara Moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. And dozens of Domestic Workers are scheduled to rally outside of San Francisco city hall. Its part of the National Campaign, the Domestic Workers are calling countdown to dignity. Domestic workers across the country are calling on the u. S. Government to mandate better wages and benefit for inhome caregivers. The workers are also demanding regular rest periods and overtime pay. 7 05. A temporary fix for those bad bolts on the new bay bridge has been approved. So will the new bridge be open soon . Alex savidge is joining us live on Treasure Island to tell us about a plan that could make a labor day open a reality. Good morning, alex. Reporter good morning, dave. No decision has been made to move up the opening for the new bay bridge. But certainly a labor day opening is not out of question, especially now since the federal Highway Administration has okayed a plan to temporarily fix the broken bolts. The work can get underway to install shims to shore up stabilizers on the bridge. A letter sent to the oversight committee, the federal Highway Administration says it reviewed the temporary fix and determined the plan to provide adequate seismic safety until a permanent fix can be completed in december. This could bode well for an earlier opening. Back in early july, the Bridge Oversight Committee nixed a lanor day opening because of the faulty bolts and that was pushed back to december. Another opening day for labor day could be a reality. According to a published report, the chp began to sign up employees for around the cloud cover overtime shifts for lane hoar day. A spokesperson told me thats simply a formality because the agency has to be prepared to do Traffic Control if the bridge does, in fact, ohm. Meantime, later tonight, as you look live acthe new ac look live at the spann of the bay bridge, they will turn on the energy bolts and they will hold a public briefing. One of the Big Questions will be whether officials plan to move up the opening date for the new span of the bay bridge. Well have to wait and see. Alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. All right, alex. New this morning a traffic mess in dixon. A tomato truck flipped over causing a slippery situation for drivers. This happened about 3 00 this morning. Southbound interstate 80, quite a bess out there mess out there to clean up. Still no word what caused the crash. Today, the marin county coroner will perform and autopsy on a man from martinez who died on a hunting trip. He was with other hunters on saturday when a gun went off inside the car they were in. There are reports the gun fell from a rifle rack and went off. Funeral services are set for a 16yearold and his mother. The Funeral Service and memorial for the little boy is on friday. Services are open to the public. The mother of drew jackson is asking people dont wear the color black. The funeral for boys father, drew thomas, is one week from today. No arrests have been made. Today, Oakland Police are expected to announce whether a womans body found in vacaville last friday is a missing oakland woman. Sandra coke disappeared more than a week ago. She is an investigation with the federal defenders office. She was last seen with a man she had dated briefly 20 years ago hours before she disappeared. Police have Surveillance Video of randy alana putting gas in cokes car. He is the convicted rapist and robber required to wear a gps device as part of his parole. But two days after coke vanished, the state Corrections Department issued a warrant for his arrest for failing to participate in the gps monitoring system. Of the state is not saying when the gps stopped sending signals on his location. The man charged in this months deadly stabbing of a Hardware Store worker is due in court this afternoon. The victim, daniel stone, was starting his shift at the store nine days ago, when someone walked in and stabbed him 17 times. Damon agnew was later arrested for the killing. Investigators says hes a mentally unstable man who claimed he was on a mission from allah. Well, this morning, bay area hospitals are being warned about a woman pretending to be a nurse. Deputies say 29yearold crystal cook was wearing scrubs and a stethoscope when arrested at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in san jose. She even had a fake i. D. Hospital Officials Say cook would not have been able to get into critical areas like the emergency room because her badge was not a real key card. Patients are calling for better security. Im very worried because, you know, anything somebody could happen to a patient. And its gonna be under her responsibility and they dont know what she did or did not do. Deputies have not said why cook was impersonating a nurse but say her facebook postings led to her arrest. They say she has no medical background and theres no immediate evidence she actually treated any patients. She has been released from custody. The driver of a party van involved in a deadly crash on the peninsula sunday night is facing criminal charges. Officials say jason kinonez was driving the van that went off the road on 280 near portolo valley and slammed into a tree. He was booked into jail on suspicion of felony hit and run, dui and manslaughter. One of the passengers was killed in that crash. 7 11. Livermore, long celebrated for its wayne is gaping a reputation as a new haven for beer. Working Man Brewing Company just opened in the east bay city and brotherhood Brewing Company is opening soon. The San Francisco chronicle reports the first brewery altamont is overflowing with customers and first street ale house in downtown reportedly orders 50 kegs of beer a week. A new study says concerns about College Students hooking up may be overblown. The university of portland researchers say casual sex on campus has not increased in decades. The biggest difference is students are more likely to report having sex with a friend than students in the 1980s and early 1990s. All right. Time, 7 12. Dozens of breakins just in the month of june. Why the police are seeing a rash of burglaries in Silicon Valley. And how you can avoid becoming a victim. And hue a new law protecting transgender students could also help schools fight bullying. Good morning. Right now, 237 westbound, just looking at the picture here, it shows some slowing as you approach the zanker road turnoff. Well tell you more about the trouble spots for the morning commute. A lot of sunshine out there already for some. Still some fog by the coast. It appears that temperatures will be warming up. Governor brown has signed the nations first law that protects transgender students at school. The new law allows transgender students to use restrooms, locker rooms or even join sports teams based on the gender they identify with. Supporters say the law will help transgender students who are bullied and make sure they get equal treatment at school. Rather than singling out kids specifically who are transgender identified, this is a way for them to feel like they are just like their peers. They are treated exactly the same way. The law affects kindergarten through 12th grade and will take effect january 1st. 7 15. Another setback for president obamas healthcare law this morning. The administration has delayed a mandate that protects consumers by limiting how much they have to spend on their own healthcare. As Kyla Campbell reports from our washington, d. C. Newsroom, republicans who are fighting the law are happy about this. Kyla . Reporter dave, many republicans will use this as a discreditty law. The cap was going to be 6300 for an individual and just under 13,000 for a family. But the New York Times reports the Obama Administration is delaying the mandate for a year until january of 2015. That means some insurers can set higher limits at all or no limits at all. The New York Times says this delay has been outlined on a government website since february. But it went unnoticed by the legal language. Health Plan Sponsors need to upgrade computer systems. Congress might be on resers this month. But on recess this month. But senator rubio encouraged followers on twitter this morning to sign a petition to defund this disaster. This is the second obama care delay announced in just weeks. What the two could mean for patients when i see you next. Live in washington, Kyla Campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. Want to check in with sal, see how things are rolling at the bay bridge toll plaza. They are rolling. It looks like theres some improvement, westbound as you come into the city. The peak appears to be 630. Were seeing a lot Better Movement here and that usually leads to a clearing up before 9 00 unless something happens on the span of that upper deck. You can just tell by looking at the traffic flow here. Of course, the metering lights did not affect the carpool lanes. Those have been doing well all morning. Northbound 101 looks good approaching the 80 split. No problems on 101 heading down to the International Airport terny nal. If you are driving terminal. If you are driving in sunnyvale, traffic slow. Westbound 27 slow traffic approaching mountain view. Today is better than normal here in the Silicon Valley trafficwise, so far, anyway. Lets go to steve. Thank you, sal. Good morning. Some fog there. Definitely some breaks. Its kind of just hugging the coast. A band of it and then a little bit, pockets of it make it inland. But i mean theres a lot less today than weve had. Temperatures yesterday actually got near average to slightly below. Today they will be above. 80 in santa rosa. Well go 85 today. 86 in concord. 90 today on a forecasted high. Havent had 90 in a long, long time. San francisco, also came within 1 degree within 1 yesterday of hitting 70. Hadnt had that since july 4th. I think well see it today. Theres a westerly breeze. But most locations are on the cool side. Low 50s, mid50s to upper 50s. There are upper 40s and lower 50s. You know 20 is usually a cooler pattern. Anything under 10 is a warmer pattern. I did see a delta breeze around richmond out towards port chicago, about 10, 20. Thats about it. Otherwise, most areas say calm or less than 5. The system with the cool pattern, long gone. High pressure is following behind that. As it does, it chews up the fog. The temperatures come up today. Fog, is up, warm fog, sun, warmer, Morning Clouds, not as nice as warm but the coast really 60s and 70s. Its inland where the biggser jump will occur. Clearlake, 96. Cloerwy lets see if she buys that. 82 in petaluma. Heard from bubba the tortoise. Yeah, he checked in. He wants some sun. 86 in napa. 72 in richmond, vacaville, 95. Antioch in there. Low 90s, upper 90s for many east bay locations. San jose, 84. Low 90s morgan hill and gilroy, fremont, 80. Santa clara, 84. 60s on the coast. San mateo, 78. 84 woodside. 82 in mountain view. Fog, sun, warm into thursday and then it looks like a cooldown system will move into the north on friday saturday. Looks like a warmer pattern on sunday. All right, steve. Mosquitoes infected with west nile virus, theyve been found in parts of san jose. So Santa Clara County officials plan to fog that area thursday. Now, the fogging area is bordered by berryessa road, East San Antonio street as well as north and South Jackson street. In the meantime, a Santa Clara County woman is recovering after becoming the first person in the county to test positive for west nile virus this summer. There have been 14 confirmed human cases around the state so far this year. Two of the cases were fatal. 7 20. A 10yearold martinez boy, seriously injured in a pit bull attack. What the parents are saying about the dog and the owner. And theres a new study suggesting a link between a common practice used in child birth and autism. The cautionary warning thats coming from researchers. 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 ] switch and add a wireless receiver. Get uverse tv for 19 a month for 2 years with qualifying bundles rethink possible. Welcome back. Theres a new study suggesting there may be a link between induced labor during pregnancy and autism. Researchers at Duke University studied the records of more than 600,000 children and found that boys born to mothers with both medically induced and accelerated labor were 35 more likely to be diagnosed autistic. That study appeared online in the American Association journal pediatrics. Researchers are cautioning this study is preliminary and say doctors should not delay giving labor induced medication which may be a lifesaving case. Well, cal football Avery Sebastian, recovering from a very hard tackle on the football field that led to him being carried away from practice in an ambulance. It happened yesterday. He didnt move for several minutes after tackling another player. Cal says sebastian does have movement in all of his extremities. Hes expected to be released from the hospital soon. 7 24. At an appearance in San Francisco, u. S. Attorney general eric holder proposed major changes in the sentences given to people convicted of minor drug offenses. Speaking at a meeting of the american Bar Association, holder proposed scaling back mandatory minimum sentences for lowlevel, nonviolent drug offense es. He says his proposal would ease prison overcrowding and hopes it would also address Racial Disparities in prison. Some of the enforcement priorities weve had have had a destabilizing effect on particular communities, largely poor and of color and applied inappropriately, they are ultimately counterproductive. He also called for new policies enabling sick or elderly inmates without a violent past to be releasedder early. Former secretary of state, Hillary Clinton made an appearance at the Bar Association meeting in San Francisco. She received a distinguished Service Award for her work as an attorney. In her remarks, clinton criticized the u. S. Supreme court ruling that stripped parts of the Voting Rights act. She also said she would be making other policy speeches in the coming months, which, of course, has led to speculation shes preparing for another run for the white house in 2016. 7 25. The officials at the Missouri State fair are apologizing after a rodeo clown appeared over the weekend wearing a president obama mask. Now, that photo of the clown, it has gone viral on the internet. The person who posted it said he was offended, especially when the rodeo announcer asked the crowd if anyone wanted to see obama run down by a bull. I understand peoples concerns. I dont think anyone is more disappointed in what happened last night than we are. We take that very seriously. Well, the missouri Cowboys Association says that act was not scripted and they didnt know anything about it. The Missouri State fair has imposed a lifetime ban on that rodeo clown. Part of a former employees lawsuit against paula deen is being thrown out. Deens former employee, lisa jackson, claims Racial Discrimination, sexual harassment, and abusive treatment. A judge ruled that jackson cant claim to be a victim of Racial Discrimination because shes white but the other parts of her lawsuit, they still stand. Paula deen has admitted using racial epithets in the past and has publicly apologized. A father speaks out about the sire just charges face serious charges facing his son. I seen the way he cared for himself two weeks after that. I didnt think he did it. Why leila fowlers father says he does not believe his son killed his 8yearold sister. And why smashandgrab burglaries may be on the rise in Silicon Valley. Good morning. Right now, we have traffic getting busier in some areas but also improving in others. Well tell you where. Many mornings have started off with fog. Today theres a lot more sunshine than fog. Some of that is kind of holding on. Well take a look at what warmer temperatures look like where you are. [ female announcer ] wherever morning brings you, bring the energy you need. New Nature Valley softbaked oatmeal squares. Softlybaked, made with hearty oatmeal and a drizzle of cinnamon. Theyre Nature Valleys brand new take on a morning classic. Because when you keep going, the morning can bring you to brandnew places. You can find them on sale now at your local safeway store. [ male announcer ] wouldnt it be great if all devices had backup power . The Chevrolet Volt does. Its ingeniously designed to seamlessly switch from electricity to gas to extend your driving range. No wonder volt is americas bestselling plugin. Thats American Ingenuity to find new roads. The 2013 volt. Charge ahead of the rest in the hov lane. Welcome back to mornings on 2. A little gray over the bay right now. A live shot of the port of oakland. Good morning. Im tori campbell. Good morning. Im dave clark. Lets check weather, traffic. Steve knows about our weather. Well, we have some fog out there. A little bit of gray. It looks like it will burn off sooner. San francisco, fog, then sun. It looks warmer. Starting off at 56 here. Well see the temperature climb. Its not one thats been climbing too high lately. It looks like it will get in the upper 60s to low sphents around 2 00, 3 00. Fog, cool. But partly cloudy well say. Cool, mild. It looks sunny for all. The fog is there. Its more parallel to the coast with some patchy low clouds in. 50s on the temperatures, 60s. The fog is coming down. High pressure is chewing up sooner. Its lost its support with low pressure. Well go 50s, and 60s mor most of the coast. Inland temperatures, 80s to near 90s. The farther inland locations will push to 90s for some. Vacaville, clearlake, up to ukiah. Low clouds, not really too much to help it along. Theres a little bit of a westerly breeze. Morning clouds, nice to warm, fog, sun, warmer for many. Temperatures some low to mid 90s. Get closer to the bay. 70s and 80s. 85 santa rosa to san jose checking in at 84, low 90s. Livermore, pleasonton, 80s on the peninsula. 60s, 70s on the coast. Heres sal. We still have traffic thats busy around the bay area although were seeing some signs of improvement around. This is 237. This has become busier in the last halfhour or so, driving over to to to a crowded mountain view. The valley um is done. In september, i suspect to see bigger packups. Today we have a back up at the toll plaza. Thats improved a little bit. Its still backed up for a 15, 20minute delay. Were expecting unless theres something that something really bad happens on the bridge that well get some clearing after 8 30, in an hour or so. This is highway 4, still slow in antioch and also in baypoint. 680 is moderate as you head down from concord to walnut creek. Back to the desk. All right, thank you, sal. 7 32. This morning, police in palo alto are warning drivers about a rash of smashandgrab car burglaries. Palo alto police say theyve see responded to 70 car break ins, almost 50 occurred in the month of june. Many breakins have been in the el camino area and near the sanford shopping center. Police say drivers of rental cars should be especially careful. They say burglars often target those cars because people are more likely to leave valuables inside. The red cross is helping 25 people out of their homes hafer an earlymorning Apartment Fire in santa rosa. The fire started at 1 00 a. M. At the marlow apartments. It took an hour to put it out. Three apartments had heavy damage. Several others had minor damage. No one was hurt. Its confirmed. A womans body found saturday in sequoia park is that of a san rafael woman. 65yearold Johnny Jean Daniel disappeared last week during ak during last week. A 4th grader attacked by a pit bull is due to have more surgery later today. 10yearold hunter kilborn of martinez is recovering from major injuries suffered in the attack. The little boy was visiting Family Friends in antioch sunday morning when a pit bull got into the house, jumped on him and repeatedly bit his cheek, heads and arms. Doctors had to reattach his ear. The little boys mother is little angry. Thats negligence knowing its a vicious dog and you dont do anything about it. The pit bull was taken away by animal control officers. It will be quarantined for at least a week. The little boys mother is determined to make sure that dog is put down. The father of a 12yearold boy accused of killing his 8 yearold sister says he does not believe his son committed the crime. I turned isaiah in. Most people dont know that. That was hard enough. The 12yearold has pled not guilty to charges he stabbed his sister, leila, to death at their Calaveras County home. Police say the boy tried to blame the death on an intruder and that caused a panic in the town of valley springs. Fowlerrary says he does not fowler says he does not know how leila was killed but does not believe his son is responsible. At the beginning we were cooperating, doing all of the interviews, we met them every time they wanted us to. We would stop what we were doing and talk to them. And then they no longer talked to us when isaiah became a suspect. Protesters who have camped outside of the Historic Post Office in berkeley are getting good news. Its been given a reprieve but it may be brief. Brian flores has more. Reporter theyve been camped out here since late last month. They say the news that the building will be spared for right now is definitely good news. They say its a small victory but they are not exactly celebrating just yet. Many got notices last week. They handed out notices that they would have to leave or possibly be arrested. Well, the group stayed. Now they are hearing that the Historic Post Office is being spared for now. Late last week, the u. S. Postal Regulatory Commission agreed to hear tom beats bates. The plan was to sell the building and then rent space for Postal Services but the building thats been here since 1914 will be spared a few months until the mayor speaks in front of the commission in september or october. Some members of the group say they are happy but still skeptical. The people of berkeley, the community, and this is what we want. This is we want this here. This is all we got. Reporter after the hearing, the commission would have 120 days to grant or deny the appeal. We spoke to some members of the group this morning and they say they are planning on staying until an actual decision is made. Were live in berkeley, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. All right, brian. 7 37. A 17yearold who survived a san jose car crash saturday night that killed two of his best friends, hes talking now about what caused the accident. I grew up with them. It wont be the same. Paul lopez says he believes the driver of the car may have swerved to avoid a second car before losing control and slamming into a tree. Police believe it was a single car crash and say the driver was speeding and under the influence. Lopez admits they had been drinking. Dont drink and drive because you never know what can happen. Lopez has a broken leg. Hes expected to survive. Two other people in the car were critically hurt but the driver and another passenger were killed. 7 38. A wildfire clouding much of Placer County with smoke has spread to 1200 acres now and its still burning. The american fire started on saturday near forest hill. Its grown 400 acres since this time yesterday. Smoke from the fire will be settling in forest hill, auburn, nevada city and the surrounding valley for the next few days. The fire is burning in very steep terrain and is being fought mainly by aircraft. Two large wildfires are burning right now in central idaho. The elk complex fire near pine, idaho has charred more than 90,000 acres. So far, its just 5 contained. There are mandatory evacuations, but some people are still refusing to leave. Further south, the fire spans 144,000 acres and is 30 contained. Fire Officials Say lightning started both fires last thursday. A camp host from richmond has died after falling over a 100foot waterfall in the sierra. It happened saturday near the farm Meadow Campground in madera county. Daniel greenlaw was directing a group of sierra vacationers to a swimming hall when he slipped on rocks and fell over the waterfall to his death. A search team found his body on sunday. East palo alto residents, you will soon have to find a new place to park. The Palo Alto City Council banned overnight parking in parts of the Crescent Park neighborhood for one year. Neighbors say that ban is needed because people who live in East Palo Alto are using their streets for parking. Enforcement is expected to start next month after signs about the ban have gone up. A bay area state senator wants to crack down on doctors who they say wreck alsoley prescribe oxy contain. One senator is demanding the names of california doctors who prescribe that painkiller to drug dealers and drug addicts. He and other Southern California state senators says the drugmaker has a list of 1800 doctors around the country who show signs of dangerous prescribing. Only 154 names have been turned over to the police. And cbs drugstores have a new cvs drugstores have a new policy. If you want to buy nail polish remove, bring your i. D. And be at least 18 years old. Customers are limbed to how many they can by at the store. They say this is in response to the regulations requiring retailers to record the sales of acetone. Acetone can be used to make methamphetamine. 7 40. Napa county may test a program called cal card. Those are statesponsored credit cards that employees could use for workrelated business instead of their own credit cards. The cards are programmed to block charges from lottery orders, pawnshops, massage parlors. One auditor said this would allow the county to qualify for quarterly rebate programs. A recent amber alert suspect had a troubled past. Apparently, James Dimaggios father reportedly committed a crime with a 16yearold girl. Stocks started the day higher after investors sought bargains. Some encouraging data has pulled stocks lower. The dow is up 51. The nasdaq im sorry, the dow is down 50 right now. The nasdaq down 11. S p down 3. Well, what is apple without steve jobs . A lot of highprofile people are weighing in, in this particular particularly. Pam cook has more. Theres been a lot of talk with how apple can survive without jobs. This morning, wellknown bisman and personal friend, Larry Ellison of oracle, has very dooming predictions. In an interview this morning, he calls jobs the ellison sore picasso of our times. He says we already know what happens to jobs without apple. Now, steve jobs definitely on the minds of a lot of people this week as jobs the movie opened. Film critics weigh in on whether Ashton Kutcher can be jobs just as investors weigh in whether tim cook can take his place. Now, analysts point out, though, the iphone 5 has been the bestselling handset in the companys history. Since then, stock up about 20 . What is lacking for most people, the next cool gadget. Apple is known for wowing the crowd. It was the first in the tablet market. The next gadget, a he chooer phone a cheaper phone next month. Pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. 7 46. There are charges that team oracle cheated during some of the races leading up to the americas cup. Officials say they found extra weight in three of the teams boat used in the world series. The extra 5 pounds could have made the oracle boats faster than competitors. Oracle has been ordered to return trophies or awards associated with the races. Tragedy last night at a Major League Baseball game. Our reporter is live in atlanta to tell us what the police are saying after a fan fell 65 feet is dead. Reporter the medical Examiners Office has identified that fan as 29year old ronald holmer. Police say are saying are saying theres no indication of foul play. A baseball fan dies not long after a fall from turner field. He fell from an upper platform to a secured lot. The fall was approximately 65 feet. Reporter Police Believe the man fell from a balcony such as this one behind the field where the braveses and phillies were in a nearly twohour rain delay. Police say its too early to tell if alcohol played a factor in what they say appears to be an accident. Im not sure who was here. There are several witnesses. Reporter Atlanta Police say the man landed in a secure parking area. He was taken to a local hospital where he later died. A similar death happened during a College Football game last year at the georgia dome, home to the atlanta falcons. On august 31st, a 20yearold Tennessee Volunteers fan fell 35 feet and died. Mondays death is not the first for Major League Baseball. In 2011, a Texas Rangers fans fell 20 feet going over the balcony trying to catch a ball tossed to him by josh hamilton. The autopsy is being fer formed right now. It could take performed right now. It could take eight weeks to complete. Back to you. Thank you. Breaking news. A homicide in East Palo Alto. Ktvu channel 2 reporter katie utehs is live at the scene. Katie, what are police saying . Reporter well, police are still working out the details, trying to figure out when this woman was killed. They tell me they have a suspect in custody. Hes the one that pointed them to this location. The apartment complex behind me on 45 newwell road. They tell me that theres a female homicide victim but they cant tell me how she died. They arrived here around 6 00 a. M. And again, the details of this are still a little hazy. They are talking to neighbors right now at this point. Its unclear to us whether or not neighbors called 911, if the suspect contacted police or how they came in contact with him. But we have been told that hes the one that pointed police to an Apartment Unit where there was a female homicide victim inside. Now, at this point, they are waiting for the coroner. Im told that the departments Public Information officer will be on around 8 00. So we hope to learn more details at that pint at this point. But again, one suspect in custody and a female homicide. Katie utehs, ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you, katie. 7 49. Sal, youre coming back. The east bay, not doing real good . Its getting a little more crowded, dave and tori. Good morning, once again. Were looking at some of the east bay commutes for you. And 880 northbound is going to be more crowded as you pass the coliseum getting up to downtown oakland. Pardon mere. Looking at the bay bridge pardon me. Looking at the bay bridge toll plaza, we have a look at the westbound commute. Thats improving a little bit. Its backed up to the 880 overcrossing. You can see improvement for sure here. If you have the luxury of waiting around, you might want to think about that, usually by 8 30 or so when we have days like this, its much better getting into San Francisco. The antioch commute, highway 4 westbound still very slow coming out of the Construction Zone getting into the pittsburg area. 680 is moderate from Pleasant Hill to walnut creek. Lets go to steve. All right. I think would i think were having a problem with the microphone on steve. Yes. 7 50. Well, still ahead its a disturbing case of animal cruelty to tell you about right outside the Police Department in fairfield. What a man is accused of doing to a pet in the pond. Plus what were learning about a possible connection between the suspect in an amber alert and a crime his father allegedly committed decades ago. Well, some areas inland are already sunny. Theres some fog on the coast. A little bit of a breeze. But all indications are temperatures will warm up today. Look for 60s, 70s by the coast. 80s around the bay and some 80s inland. A 16yearold girl whose kidnapping triggered a multi state amber alert is recovering with her family in san diego. Investigators say Hannah Anderson did not know her mother and 8yearold brother had been killed by the family friend accused of abducting her. Anderson father says she has a long recovery ahead but is grateful for the outpouring of support. For my daughter, the healing process will be slow. Shes been through a tremendous, horrific ordeal. Officials also say James Dimaggio fired one shot from a rifle before he was killed by fbi gunfire in the idaho wilderness. Investigators believe dimaggio may have been infatuated with anderson. Investigators are looking into a possible connection between andersons abduction and an incident involving dimaggios father. A woman claims dimaggios father broke into her house and tried to kill her and her family years ago when she refused to date him. She says she was a teenager at the time and that dimaggios father had also dated her mother. Asked him to please not kill us. He said dont worry. It will be over quick. I just remember pleading with him. In another bizarre terrorist in this case, this saturday, James Dimaggio was killed by fbi agents, that is what the 18th anniversary of the day his father took his own life, and dimaggio also set his home on fire on the anniversary of his mothers death from cancer. 7 55. A boston mobster captured in california will probably spend the rest of his life in prison. James Whitey Bulger was found guilty on 31 out of 32 counts against him. 11 involved murder bulger is planning an appeal, saying he should have been allowed to claim immunity for his crimes. The sentencing is set for november 13th. A man from kansas has revealed his pen pal is one of the most notorious killers in history. Bob george says he gets better from Charles Manson every other week. George says he first started getting letters from manson 16 years ago, when george was a teacher at dodd city high school. Manson wrote a better to him saying he was willing to help teach his students about the psychology of cults. Im always trying to figure out what makes these guys tick. If i can figure out what makes them tick, i can let the young kids know this is what you need to be careful of. That teacher has become an expert on Charles Manson and his followers. He even cshted to a new book about the manson family killings. Its a gun safety class one student in ohio will never forget. He was accidentally shot by his teacher during a class this weekend. Police say the 73yearold instructor, terry dunlap, was demonstrating how to properly handle a handgun when it accidentally went off. The bullet ricocheted off the desk and right into the arm of a 26yearold student. The other students rushed to help him before he was taken away by ambulance. The student is recovering. Big news this morning. Its about the new bay bridge, the new hopes for a grand opening on labor day weekend. Reporter were live on city hall where city workers are in front of city hall telling replacement workers to go home. Well have the latest coming up. Good morning. Its a little bit crowded in some areas of the east bay including highway 24 as you head from walnut creek to oakland. Just had a nice tweet from andy mccarthy, i believe. Clear morning in Diamond Heights. Weve had extextive fog for a extensive fog for a long time. Theres some there but it does look warmer today. Good morning nelly woah. Hey have you ever tried honey nut cheerios . Love em. Neat now you on the other hand. You need some help. Why . Look atchya. What is that . You mean my honey wand . [ shouting ] [ splat ] come on. Matter of fact. [ rustling ] shirt. Shoes. Shades. Ah wow now that voice. My voice . [ autotuned ] whats wrong with my voice . Yeah man, bee got swag be happy be healthy thats gotta go too. Hey must be the honey [ sparkle ] sweet. These are live pictures from the city of hayward. City workers are on strike. The picket lines are up. Our reporter, Tara Moriarty, is out there, shell tell you what is going on, why they are protesting and why they are on strike. Stay tuned for that. Good morning. Im dave clark. Good morning. Im tori campbell. First we want to check in with steve and sal. All right. Some fog out there. Kind of a thin ribbon along the coast. Parts of it is working its way inland. Not the extensive overcast. For San Francisco, some fog. But not completely overcast as weve seen the last three, four weeks. Start off at 56. End up going for a high of 71. If we can get the 7 or or higher, that would be 70 or higher that would be the first since july 4th. A long haul from 60, 65. Yesterday missed by one. Fog, clear, cool, mild, sunny for all. I think the fog will lose out. Theres not a lot of support to to. 50, 60s on the temperatures. I think san rafael is 57 by now. Upper 60s, 70s in the city. I mean, pushing upper 60s to 70. Low to mid70s around the bay. Inland will take the biggest jump. It will end up in the upper 80s for some. Near 90 for some. Upper 80s to near 90, far enough inland. Warmer towards vacaville and clearlake. Probably 96 there. The highpressure system building in. Its not a biggin. That fog will burn off sooner. Cool for some, mild, warm, hot. Thats hot. 80s for many through the interior that have been in the 70s. On the peninsula and 60s and 70s on the coast. Heres sal. Were looking at some improvement for the morning commute now that were in the 8 00 hour. Right now we see highway 24, still a little bit low from la fayette and walnut creek all the way through la fayette and orinda into oakland. Bay bridge, also some improvement at the toll plaza. It looks like a five to ten minute delay. You can see for yourself, its not backed up to the 880 overpassing anymore. Were looking at highway 4, we have some stopandgo traffic here coming up to pittsburg. But thats improved as well. As we move over to 80 between vallejo and richmond, that traffic has evened out. Its smooth until you get to the el cerrito area. Back to the desk. All right, sal. This morning, hundreds of city workers in hayward walked off the job starting a three day strike. Ktvus Tara Moriarty, joining us live to tell us whats happening now two hours after the strike started. Reporter replacement workers just started to show up. You can see they are picketing right here. Theyve asked folks not to go inside city hall but they have. Just a few minutes ago, we noticed a replacement worker pull up in a white van, workers were yelling at her. Members of 2010 decided to hit the picket line after negotiations between the union and the city reached an impasse at the bargaining table. 280 workers are striking for the next three days outside of the animal control center, the department of public works and libraries. Workers have been without a contract since april and without a raise since 2010. They blame the city. The city says it is 2. 6 million in the red. But union Officials Say the city underprojected the budget by 5 million this year alone and is taking the money out of the general fund and putting it into other funds. Sort of like if we were balancing our check books but we were taking out out money to put in the savings and saying were in the red. Thats exactly what the city is doing to have the excuse to push us out on strikes. The city has been fair and reasonable. Many groups have met our requirements, including our firefighters. Weve asked that all groups forgo races for five years. Reporter meanwhile, the city has filed state charges claiming this is an illegal strike. Those working in 911 dispatch will remain on the job. Live from hayward, im Tara Moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. All right, tara. In about an hour from now, dozens of Domestic Workers are scheduled to rally outside of San Francisco city hall. This is part of a National Campaign that Domestic Workers are calling countdown to dignity. Domestic workers nationwide are calling on the u. S. Government to mandate better pay and benefits for inhome caregivers. Domestic workers want regular rest periods and they want overtime pay. Now that theyve approved a temporary fix for the new span of the bay bridge, federal Officials Say theres no reason not to open it by labor day. Alex savidge is live to tell us about the fix that could help the span open in gosh, in just 20 days. Reporter just three weeks from now, we could be back on track for the labor day opening. The opening delayed because cracks were found in the seismic safety bolts. Now the feds are saying they support the idea of opening the new span early while a temporary fix is put in place. The plan is to install metal plates that can shore up stabilizers in the bridge. In the letter sent to the chair oversight committee, the federal Highway Administration says this fix would provide add quit size mike service until a permanent fix in december. The opening pushed back to at least december after the faulty bolts. Now theres another sign that labor day could be a reality. According to a report out, the chp began to sign up employees for around the cloud cover oversim shifts for around the clock overtime shifts. I was told thats simply a formality. Caltrans will be testing new l. E. D. Lights on the eastern span of the bay bridge. Before that happens, they will hold a media briefing. Officials will be talking about how this green light from the feds to go ahead with the temperature fix on the bolts could impact opening day. Live in morning on Treasure Island, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. 8 05. A fairfield man accused of drowning a dog in a public bond yesterday morning is facing charges of felony animal cruelty. Police say several people saw 21yearold bryan cavanah hold that dog underwater yesterday morning. Hes accused of carrying the dog to the pond in fairfield. Investigators say he admitted killing the pit bull terrier mix. It belonged to his father. He didnt know why he did it. Hes being held without bail. A Good Samaritan has helped a dog recover from a deer attack. Now, this is a yellow lab. His name, casper. Partially paralyzed in that deer attack. The owner sent us this video of the pool therapy he says helped casper recover. By the way, hes thanking the woman who allowed casper to use her pool. This morning, bay area hospitals are being warned about a woman pretending to be a nurse. Deputies say 29yearold crystal cook was wearing scrubs and a stethoscope when arrested at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in san jose. She even had a fake i. D. Hospital Officials Say cook would not have been able to access critical areas like the emergency room because her badge was not a real key card. But patients are calling for better security. One of her claims on facebook that she was part of a pediatric heart transplant procedure which is totally made up. We dont do them here. Deputies have not said why cook was impersonating a nurse but say her took postings led to her arrest. She has no medical background and theres no immediate evidence she treated parts. Shes been release patients. Shes been released from jail. The drunk driver accused of killing a girl on her 17year old birth is due back in court. Kieran brewer faces charges for the deadly accident in stern grove in march. Investigators say brewer was behind the wheel of the car that struck and killed the teen. His lawyer said his blood alcohol level was barely above the legal limit when booked into custody. However, prosecutors note the testing was done several hours after the deadly crash. And new this morning a tomato truck flipped over, causing this rather slippery situation for drivers. It happened just before 3 00 a. M. On southbound i80. You can see the huge mess screws had to clean up mess crews had to clean up. No word what caused the crash. San Francisco Police will hold a News Conference at 11 00 a. M. At a major ecstasy bust in the ingleside district. Two people are in custody. That bust involves several kilos of the drug. Police say they will have the drugs and the drug money on display at that News Conference this morning. San franciscos Public Utilities commission, due to vote today on the citys Renewable Energy rates. Clean power sf was supposed to launch in october. Residents of San Francisco would be rolled into that program but they could opt out in they want. Originally customers would have paid about twice what they currently pay pg e. City leaders wanted to reduce what customers would pay so the vote has been delayed several times. Neighbors opposed to a proposed apartment complex in la fayette spoke out at a city council meeting. We believe this huge project is wrong. Plans for the terraces of la fayette call for 300 luxury apartments to be built across from a high school. Developers say the apartments will provide needed options for renters in la fayette. But neighbors say the project is too big and would worsen traffic in that already busy area. If youre asking me if i would like to see a big, monstrous apartment big over there, the answer is no. An environmental report echos neighbors concerns. A band had their van stolen in the berkeley hills, well, they plan to head back to their home state of michigan in a new van paid for by donations from our viewers. The three members of the group, well, they woke up friday morning to find someone made off with their van parked in the berkeley hills. After people saw their story on ktvu news, the band has received enough donations to buy a used minivan. Happy ending. Yes. Wish them well. Theres a new concern as students get ready to head back to school. It involves cell phones in the classroom. Welcome back. 8 13. New york city mayor Michael Bloomberg promising to appeal a judges ruling that the nypd stop and frisk policy is unconstitutional. Under the policy, police can stop, question, and frisk anyone they consider suspicious. The judge called it indirect racial profiling because most of those targeted by police are africanamerican and latino men. We go to where the reports of crime are. Those happen to be poor neighborhoods and minority neighborhoods. The judge also ordered police in some of the prestings to wear body cameras to record what they do. Stop and frisk, by the way, was also being considered by the Oakland Police department. President obamas healthcare law faces another setback this morning, and you could end up paying the price. Ktvus Kyla Campbell reports from our washington, d. C. Newsroom with details on another mandate thats getting delayed. Kyla . Reporter tori, this mandate is supposed to protect consumers by limiting how much they spend on their own healthcare. The cap for what patients pay for deductibles and copayments was going to be about 6300 for individuals and 12,700 for families. The Obama Administration is delaying the mandate so health Plan Sponsors can update systems to better track patients out of the pocket costs. That mean some insurerser can set higher limits or no limits at all to what the Obama Administration pays next year. Businesses that employ 50 or more fulltime workers wont face penalties for not providing coverage until january 15th of next year. Marco rubio encouraged followers on twitter to sign a petition to defund this disaster. Combine the two mandates and next year could be an expensive one for patients. My contact at the white house says the Administration Officials are working on a response to the latest developments but its not ready this hour. Live in washington, Kyla Campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. 8 15. Hey, sal, can you help the folks in the livermore valley. Were trying to. Were getting them know the traffic is still a little bit slow, driving, lets say, from the Altamont Pass from 580 680 interchange. Lets go there first. Westbound 580. Its imism proved from 680 interchange which is better than it was. We have a look at the hayward to union city commute, this commute is 21 minutes from 238 to mowry avenue. As we move to the south bay, the slowest traffic is on northbound 101. I want to take a look at live pictures for you now and traffic on interstate 880 slowing down on the way up north to downtown oakland. 580 westbound slowing near the lakeshore curve. Bay bridge toll plaza, well see traffic improving here. Its backed up for a five minute delay. Lets go to steve. Twitter nation is alive and well in San Francisco and in Diamond Heights sunshine. Kelly said sun by the zoo. I just heard from tracy in the marina. She tweeted me and said i see sun. Thats a rare thing to say in the last about three or four weeks in San Francisco. Ive not heard from raquel in the mish, though. It looks like some sun. Its pea gypping to pull off south beginning to pull off south San Francisco, it being the fog. If its starting to happen there, i think you will see it later on for almost everybody. 60s on the bay. The fog will burn off. 70s and warm, 70s and 80s. Inland, 80s and 90s. The delta breeze has been kind of just flat. So thats usually a pretty good sign that temperatures are beginning to hit them owl. 60s, low to mid for some. 50s for others. Temperatures this morning are all pretty close, around 55, 56. 47 in tahoe. 6 65 l. A. And san diego, down at delmar. Some of the low cloud deck, theres just if you can get a picture of it, theres not a lot to the west. Just a little bit. That tells me i dont think it will sustain itself. Theres nothing to contribute to help it along. Most locations are very cool on the lows but calm on the wind. In fairfield, only southwest at 9. Still an onshore breeze. High pressure building in. The system right here, i think maybe by thursday might inch closer to give us a cooldown. We are warming down. Fog, sun, warmer. Some 8 o 90s. 70s around the bay. Berkeley out to vallejo, benicia, crockett. Novato 84. Jenny out in benicia said finally warmer. It is a little warmer. 60s on the coast, 70s. Warmer towards santa cruz and capitola. San jose at 84. Probably about 88 towards reedhill view. Fog, sun, warm. Friday cooler and also into saturday. Maybe a bump up in the temperatures by sunday. 8 18. Asiana Airlines Says its not responsible for last months plane crash in San Francisco that led to the deaths of three teenagers. The san jose news reports the airline denied it in a filing in u. S. District court in San Francisco. The paper says asiana also claims passengers contributed to their own injuries. The airline says it will pay 10,000 compensation to each of the crash survivors. The court filing is in response to two lawsuits filed by a burlingame lawyer on behalf of some of the passengers. Jetblue is offering to make picking up your luggage when you travel a little easier. Jetblue will deliver your luggage from the airport to your home or hotel as long as its within 40 miles of the airport. Now the Service Costs 25 for one bag. You can get get ten pieces of luggage delivered for 40 total. They are promising bags will alive within four hours of the landing of the flight. American and United Airlines offer a similar service. 8 20. Yelp wants consumers to get unbias reviews of businesses. Now its cracking down on businesses that offer an incentive if someone writes a positive review. It is putting what it calls consumer alert badges on yelp sites that offer rewards. It warns those reviews could give viewers a false sense of security and might even violate federal guidelines. Blackberry is considering putting itself up for sale. Blackberry, which pioneered mobile email with its first smartphones, could be sold in its entirety or spun off in pieces. The company says it is considering all options after the release of its two new blackberry 10 phones did not stir the interest expected. 8 20. Well, fans of oldstyle arcade games, you can have one of them delivered to your home. Gamers can play pacman, donkey kong, along with other classics. A company is finding them and fixing them, those arcade games. They went them for about 75 a month. They are all set to preplay. So theres into extra charge once the game is delivered to you. A up abouter in a a butcher in the north bay suffers a terrible accident on the job. And they are rallying around the raiders. Why thousands of fans have signed a new petition. [ female announcer ] jumpstart your day with mcdonalds dollar menu at breakfast. Home of the irresistible sausage burrito. And freshly brewed Premium Roast coffee you love. Plus other amazing tastes for just a dollar each. Every day, as always, theres a lot to love for a little on mcdonalds dollar menu. 00 welcome back. 8 24. Livermore, already has a good reputation as a wine growing region. But now its being praised for its beer. Work working man brew company just opened in livermore and brotherhood will be opening soon. The San Francisco chronicle reports livermores first brewery altamont beer works is overflowing with customers. First reed ale house in downtown livermore reportedly orders 50 kegs of beer a week. Theres a new study out concerning College Students and casual sex. They say it may be overblown. University of portland says its not increased in decades. Students are more likely to report having sex with a friend than students who were asked during the late ate 80s and early 90s. At students head back as students head back to school, state education officials are facing a challenge, how to prevent students taking photos from their cell phones during testing. The state department of education recently warned four bay area schools after photos were found online of the an actual s. T. A. R. Tests. Students across the state posted tests online. The students were not cheating but its still against the rules. Teenagers are sneaky. I think it will take more than the teachers and the add min straighters. I administrators. I think its a big part on the parents and everybody in general being able to step in and make sure that the kids dont have access to their electronics during testing. At this point, school Officials Say they will keep reminding the students that taking photos during testing is forbidden. Ktvu has a special back 2 School Section to get ready for the school year. Just look for the tab and you will find School Start Dates help saving on your backto School Shopping and many more resources. Thousands of raider fans worry the team may be moving to another city and are rallying around a petition to keep the raiders in oakland. A fan started the petition on change. Org on the chance they might move to los angeles. The raiders lebonese in oakland runs out at the end of the season. Almost 7,000 people have signed onto the petition. A 10yearold boy in martinez seriously injured in a pit bull attack. Coming up, what the little boys mother says shes determined to do. Detectives in East Palo Alto are investigating a homicide. Well tell you what weve learned about the victim and the potential suspect. Still looking at the bridges. 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Charge ahead of the rest in the hov lane. Welcome back. Were looking at live pictures from East Palo Alto. Theres a Homicide Investigation happening right now. Weve been on this story for the past couple of minutes. They are investigating what happened out there. Ktvus katie utehs is there as well gathering information. Well hear from her in a couple of minutes. Welcome back. Im dave clark. Well get to that in a couple of minutes. But first, lets get to the weather and traffic. Steve . Thank you, dave. We have some fog but theres already breaks in it or holes in the fog. Not for everyone. But it will burn off sooner. 60s, 70s coast. 80s and low 90s inland. Unless you are really far inland. Average temperatures. I re i would have to dig deep to find the last time all of these were over the forecasted highs but they will be today if everybody comes to fruition. Sfo, 73. Already sun around san bruno. 84 san jose. And santa rosa at 85 degrees. A little bit above. 50s and 60s. Some temperatures this morning did dip into the low 50s. United states with the low cloud deck settles in, they stop. The wind is nonexistent. Seen around port chicago, 20. Thats about it. Union city, gusts to 20. The fog is a tenuous rope on the coast and already beginning to pull off. High pressure is building in. This system looks like this will sweep in saturday for another cooldown. Inland gets the biggest jump. The fog gets chewed up for a couple of days. Kind of a warmer pattern into thursday and then another cooler pattern kicks in saturday. Fog, sun, warmer. Some of that Morning Cloud deck beginning to erode. Some areas getting sunshine that have not seen sun in a long, long time. 90s for those well in the interior. 80s for others. 60s, 70s clothier to the waters closer to the waters ege. This is about typical for this time of year for some. Temperatures have coned to average way below average. Were getting near average to slightly above. Well stay there on thursday and then cool it down friday saturday. Were looking at the roads Getting Better as we get to the end of the morning commute. Weve seen some improvement this morning, as you drive from milpitas to sunnyvale, although its still slow in some spots there. The commute on interstate 880 northbound, thats improved a little bit. Its a little slow approaching high street. After that, its okay. Were looking at the commute at the bay bridge toll plaza, thats much improved. Here it is after 8 30. We have a very small delay at the toll plaza. 8 32 now. Back to the desk. All right, sal. Were still following breaking news out of East Palo Alto. A homicide that occurred this morning and more investigators are arriving at that scene now. Katie utehs is at the scene to tell us what is the latest. What do you know, katie . Reporter well, dave, within the last hour, weve seen many more detectives arrive on scene. They are still being quite mumm about what happened here. Weve confirmed its one female excuse me, one female suspect and male suspect who police say pointed them here to this apartment complex behind me in East Palo Alto at the Woodland Park apartments, is the name of that complex. Let me show you video of detectives that we shot earlier that are here on scene. They tell us they learned of this homicide sometime around 6 00 a. M. At this point, its unclear how the woman was killed and how long she had been dead. They do tell us that the suspect they have in custody, that male suspect, pointed them to the apartment complex, and they are still waiting for the coroner to arrive. At this point, the forensic lab techs have arrived. They are processing the scene. Were also told that detectives are interviewing neighbors who are being cooperative. Its unclear how police were notified whether it was neighbors or by the suspect who called 911. Within the last few minutes, it appears that family members may have arrived there. There are people here on scene that are hugging each other. Theres some tears as well. So, still working to learn more about who this female victim is. We do know the homicide eye cured this morning. Police found out about it at 6 00. The Public Information officer is being called and shell be able to give us more details. Live in East Palo Alto, katie utehs, ktvu channel 2 news. Well, Palo Alto Police are warning drivers about a rash of smashandgrab car burglaries. Palo alto Police Responded to 70 car breakins this summer. Almost 50 happened in the month of june. Many of the breakins have been in the el camino area and the stanford shopping center. Police say drivers of rental cars should be especially careful because vandals know those drivers leave valuables inside. A 28yearold butcher working at a market in san anselmo had his right forearm amputated in an accident at work. Firefighters say the man was conscious when they arrived about 5 30 yesterday morning afternoon. He was flown to Stanford University Medical Center. Its not clear yet exactly what happened and the accident is being investigated. A fourth grader attacked by a pit bull is scheduled to undergo another operation today. 10yearold hunter kilborn of martinez is recovering from major injuries he suffered in the attack. The little boy was visiting family, friends in antioch sunday morning, when the pit bull got into the house. The dog then jumped on him and repeatedly bit his cheek, head and arms. Surgeons had to reattach his ear. Knowing hes gonna have to have many surgery, skin graphs, its its just a shame. My heart you breaks for him my heart breaks for him. I told him i love him and to be strong. He was still in shock. Its still not clear who owns the dog. The pit bull has been taken in by animal control officers and will remain quarantined for at least a week. The little boys mom said she will do Everything Possible to make sure that dog is euthanized. Oakland police are expected to announce today if a womans body found last friday in vacaville is of that missing oakland woman, sandra coke. Coke disappeared more than a week ago. Shes an investigator with the federal defenders office, and she was last seen with the man she dated briefly 20 years ago hours before she disappeared. Now, police have Surveillance Video of randy alana putting gas in kochs car. Hes a convicted rapist and robber who is required to wear a gps device as part of his parole. Two weeks after she vanished, an arrest warrant was issued for him for failing to participate in the gps monitoring program. The state is not saying when the gps stopped sending signals on his location. The man charged in the deadly stabbing of a hardware worker is due in court this afternoon. The victim, daniel stone, was just starting his shift at the store nine days ago when someone walked in and stabbed him 17 times. Agnew was arrested for the killing. They say he was mentally unstable who claimed he was on a mission from allah. Funeral services are set for a fatherrant his 16month old son. They were shot to death in an oakland home last week. The memorial and Funeral Service for the little boy is on friday. Services are open to the public. The boys mother, the mother of drew jackson, ask asking people dont wear is asking people dont wear the color black. Drew thomass funeral is scheduled one week from today. No arrests have been made in the killings. Protesters who have camped outside of the historic Berkeley Post Office are getting good news. Ktvus brian flores is in berkeley now, where the building has been given a reprieve even though it may be a brief one. Whats going on, brian . Reporter well, thats for now, dave. Good morning to you. Many people with the Group Citizens to save the Berkeley Post Office received good news recently and have been camped out since last month. The news that the Historic Building will be spared comes as good news for many. Its a small victory, there say. But they are they say. But they are not celebrating. The news is theyve agreed to hear tom batess appeal that it should be saved. With the hear, the building thats been here since 1914 will at peest be spared for a couple of months until the mayor speaks in front of the commission in september or october. The chronicle reports that he has until september 3rd to submit paperwork about why this is the best location to operate. The issue has always been cutting costs and selling post offices, even this one, are needed to keep the post office afloat. The group says the post office means a lot and keeping it here is still a battle. Its great to have a Central Post Office and not to have to travel by car to another distant location. I use the post office a lot. I mail packages to family. Im still an oldfashioned letterwriter. We should not change it. Why change it . Whats the problem . Reporter after the hearing, the commission would have 120 days to grant or deny the appeal. Keep in mind there are several groups out here, not just the citizens to save the building, yok pay berkeley, some people are occupy berkeley, some people are considering staying here while a decision is made. Others say they are going to take it day by day. Brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you, brian. Cal football player, Avery Sebastian is recovering from a hard tackle that was so rough, he had to be taken away from program tis in an ambulance practice in an ambulance. It happened during a scrimmage. Cam says sebastian has cal says sebastian has movement in all of his extremities and is expected to be released soon. Police in atlanta are investigating the death of a baseball field at turner field. The man was on one of the upper platforms when he fell to a bl to a parking lot below. Investigators say thats a 65 foot fall. They believe the fall was an accident. A wildfire in Placer County, it has spread to 1200 acres now still burning. The american fire started saturday near forest hill. Its grown 400 acres since this time yesterday. Smoke from the fire will be settling in forest hill, auburn and nevada city and the surrounding valley for the next couple of days. This fire is burning in very steep terrain. They are using planes mainly to fight it. Two large wildfires are burning in central idaho. The elk complex fire near pine, idaho has burned more than 90,000 acres. Its only 5 contained. There are mandatory evacuations out there but some people are refusing to leave. The further south, the pony complex fire, covers 144,000 acres. Its only 30 contained. Firefighters are blaming lightning for both of those fires, which broke out last thursday. 19 minutes before 9 00. A proposed megamerger involving two huge airlines. Why the u. S. Government and several states are trying to stop it. Nearly 300 workers in hayward have walked off the job today. Well tell you why they are angry at the city and what they are asking from the public. Well, some commutes have become better. Others are just getting that lastminute push. Well tell you where in the south bay youll see the slowest traffic. Already some breaks in the fog bank. Well talk about warmer temperatures starting to kick in. But how long will it last . [ hero mom ] oh, yeah. Were gettin cereal. cause over 40 General Mills cereals are 130 calories or less per serving. Just look for the g. Boom thats how nutrition is done, people. [ laughs ] [ female announcer ] hey ladies. You love it. Youve got to have it. Cinnamon toast crunch, cause that cinnamon and sugar is so irresistible. Everybody craves those crazy squares. ® stocks edging lower on wall street. The company that ownses kfc and taco bell slumped after reporting sales from chine flaw. And home sales sliding. That could send Mortgage Rates higher. Taking a live look at the big board, the dow is down 26. The nasdaq down 4. S p down 1. For the fourth month in a row, retail sales are up. The Congress Department reported sales increased 2 10 in july and june sales were revised. Those are both signs that consumers are gaining confidence in home values and stock prices. Clothing sales were especially strong as we head into the back toSchool Shopping season. J. C. Penneys announced that William Ackman is resigning. Ackman has been pressuring the company to remove the current ceo and chairman. Ackman had also demanded the new director with experience with experience in the position. The federal government just gave a boost to a plan to open the new eastern span of the bay bridge on labor day, as first scheduled. The federal Highway Administration signed off on a temporary fix for the cracked seismic safety bolts on the span that could allow for the labor day opening. In hayward, hundreds of city workers walked off a jo be this morning starting a three day strike. Tara moriarty joining us live to tell us whats happening out there right now, more than two hours after this strike began. Good morning, tara. Reporter well, over the past hour, replacement workers have been walking up to city hall as well as members of the public. They are asked not to cross the picnic line. We only noticed one man honor the request. Reese place replacement workers have been driving up this morning and have been greeted by very angry protest es. Members of local 1021 decided to walk out after negotiations hit an impasse at the table. 280 workers are striking for the next three days outside of the citys animal control center, the department of public works and libraries. Workers have been without a contract since april and without a raise since 2010. They blame the city. We cant give any more. Its too expensive. You know, i i got a kid going to college. How am i supposed to do that . Im a single mother. A lot of us are, you know, so its at at a certain point you have to say enough is enough. We have a 2. 6 million deficit in our operating budget. But that doesnt include the unfunded lie ill for the retirement or any of our infrastructure needs. Reporter haywards assistant manager says the city needs workers to forgo raises for five years and contribute more toosheds health and re towards health and retirement benefits. Weve learned who remain in 911 dispatch will who work in 911 dispatch will remain. Live in hayward, testimony, ktvu channel 2 news. A story well continue to follow throughout the day. We want to check in with sal. How are things looking in the south bay . Well, a little slow, westbound 237, nond 101, northbound 880 is getting slow as you approach the valley. You can still see slow traffic on 237. This is the late commute. Now theres some good news. Some of the east bay commutes have been looking better. So have some of the peninsula commutes. As we look at 101 here, it looks good. 580 is a little bit more even between livermore and dublin. Its moderately heavy. If you are driving to the bay bridge toll plaza, thats cleared out westbound. Lets go to steve. We have breaks in the fog. Low pressure coming in. The basis which were way up there for a while, about 2500 feet now coming down a thousand. Already pockets of sun in San Francisco. Reports coming in. We havent seen the sun for a while. Temperatures will warm lets go for it. Today well go for it and say well get it officially. There will be other areas that will be warmer and maybe cooler. Well check in at 71 in San Francisco. Some of the low cloud deck favoring the north bay and parts of the coast. Fog, clear, sunny, that fog will burn off sooner. 47 up in tahoe. 60 in sacramento. 54 down in monterey. 83 in palm springs and also in las vegas. Temperatures will be really warm as that High Pressure builds in. For us, tropical moisture is gone. Just a little band of it. And a little bit inland. The delta breeze is really nonexistent. Yesterday it was up to 20. Today its less than 10. High pressure is here for probably two and a half, three days. I think today well keep the temperatures there and then a cooling trend on friday saturday. Morning low clouds, fok. Sore fog. For some, 80s. For some 70s. Most of these temperatures are near average to above. Theyve been well below for a long, long type. Warmer until thursday and then cooler friday saturday. New this morning a big merger is being challenged. Ktvus pam cook is in our newsroom now and they are saying this deal is bad for consumers. Yeah. This morning, the u. S. Department of justice in six states will try to no audio [ [ the proposed merger would lessen competition throughout the united states. That could mean higher prices for less service. Analysts question whether the new airline to be named american can maintain nine hubs. According to the wall street journal, philadelphia and phoenix are two that are vulnerable to cuts and cuts to hubs, again, tepedz to lead to high tends to lead to higher air fairs. American airlines is trading at 3 a share. I want to look at u. S. Airways down 2 a share, at about 17. American airlines has been in bankruptcy protection. The merger with u. S. Airways is seen as a way out. Now, on thursday, the u. S. Bankruptcy court judge overseeing the bankruptcy is scheduled to rule on the companys reorganization plan. The two airlines are confident that they will get the go ahead. Reporting live in the newsroom, pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you, pam. Eight minutes before 9 00. Keeping students safe. How schools are trying to stop bullying even if it occurs off campus. [ hero mom ] oh, yeah. Were gettin cereal. cause over 40 General Mills cereals are 130 calories or less per serving. Just look for the g. Boom thats how nutrition is done, people. [ laughs ] [ female announcer ] hey ladies. You love it. Youve got to have it. Cinnamon toast crunch, cause that cinnamon and sugar is so irresistible. Everybody craves those crazy squares. ® welcome back. Well, the Fourth National safe routes to School Conference starts today in sacramento. The idea is to focus on safe ways for kids to ride bikes. Hundreds of people will hear speakers and share ideas to educate students, parents and drinkers about their bike drivers about bike safety as we head into the new school. In indiana, a School District is taking a tough approach to bullying. A new policy will give teachers in indiana the power to push sturnts for bullying dash students for bullying that happens offcampus even when school is not in session. The policy allows this for cyberbullying. Ktvu news has more information at ktvu. Com. You will find School Start Dates, help on School Shopping and a lot of resources. And a handsome young man. Five viewers will win passes to the izot grand prix. Its sunday, august 25th. The package includes garage pit and prerace access. To enter go to ktvu. Com before midnight tonight and put in the secret word laps. Hopefully they will stay on the course. Thats what i do. Looks like fun. Lets check in with sal. You having fun in our commute . Were trying to fix it. We still have a little bit of slow traffic. At the toll plaza at the bay bridge, i would say were doing well. Its improved getting into San Francisco. This an august phenomenon. Moving along and taking a look at San Francisco, northbound 101 traffic looks good ach proel the 80 split. If you are driving on the castro valleybound commute from 580, that commute looks good. No problems on interstate 880, the san mateo and dumbarton bridge. Fog already beginning to burn off. Today looks warmer. Well carry that into thursday. It looks cooler friday saturday. And lake tahoe looking nice. Very nice. Warm to hot. Okay. Especially in reno. All right. This is normally, the major heat wave can come in september, fire danger and that kind of thing. Well, i know what you are saying. No sign of that. Thats usually in september. Thank you, steve. Thank you. Thats our report for this morning. Fu for making ktvu your choice for news. Be sure 20 watch the ktvu channel 2 news for more on the strike weve been telling you about. Were always here for you at ktvu. Com and ktvu mobile. Thank you for joining us. Have a wonderful day [ female announcer ] mcdonalds dollar menu at breakfast. Home of the irresistible sausage burrito. And freshly brewed Premium Roast coffee you love. Plus other amazing tastes for just a dollar each. Every day. Every day. I m beth troutman. Get ready for some great videos from the web, right this minute. An air racing crew spots the finish line, but then notices the propeller to slow down to almost a stop. How they got out of it by pulling a sully sullenberger. Nothing you could land on. 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