Transcripts For KTVU Mornings On 2 20131017

Road near union avenue. Live with a closer view of the fire fight. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The smoke is strong here. If you look here , you can see its so much black smoke. Really an inferno raging down below. Weve been told this fire is definitely not under control. It has grown to 6 alarms since it has first erupted at about 5 15 this morning. The good news is that were hearing theyve gotten everybody out of the building. But, again, thats still not still not sure. Its just their belief. To get more information on injuries, were joined by fire marshal jim polizi. What can you tell me the status of injuries and whats going on here . Well, we know of four injuries as of this interview. One serious, one moderate and two minors. All four have been transported to area hospitals. How many people were evacuated and how do we know really everybody is out . Were in the process of getting an accurate head count. The building is a fourstory 75 unit apartment building. So getting an accurate head count, finding where the people are is very important to us. As you can see, the fire activity is very extensive. They are doing interior operations right now as well as doing additional searches and rescues for the other floors. Do we know how this started . You guys got the call. How did this start and was it chaotic in trying to get everybody out . From what i understood, the First Arriving units were greeted with people evacuating the building. And they could hear alarms which is a good sign. As far as the cause, thats not determined. We havent even been able to get in there to start the investigation. Are you fighting this from the inside . It is still actively burning. Last report, they were doing ana degrees i have been interior fire attack. Doesnt appear from now, theyve opened up with the area ladder. Probably going to be a combination of interior and exterior. If they go 100 defensive, which means everybody comes out of the building, that would be determined by the commander. Thank you so much for this preliminary information. You can see a lot of people are standing around here just because this is such a huge fire here in redwood city. Woodside road is jammed with fire engines and police cars. An area to avoid. For more information, we go to sal. All right. Thank you very much. We just heard a report that fire has just gone to a defensive fire. You heard the fire marshal say theyll be fighting it from the outside until they determine its safe. The fire is blocking woodside road. Thats one of the major roads in the area. You might want to think about using other roads. Jefferson gets you through. Avoiding that whole area in general. The freeway now, you can see some of the smoke from highway 101. The traffic is looking normal in the area. You look at the south bay. The heaviest traffic is on northbound 280 but also 85. Earlier accident northbound 87 north of 85. That crash is on the shoulder. Traffic on the nimitz freeway is busy. Also want to mention highway 4 is getting slow. We have a live picture of it through bay point. 680 southbound is going to be a little slow. The bay bridge, we had earlier problems on the span. This morning we have about a 25 to 30 minute delay. Busier than it normally is. At this time we had an earlier stall gone. But give yourself a little extra time. Lets go to steve. All right, sal. Thank you. Clear skies, sunny and warm. Very quiet week. Even the coast is on upper 70s to near 80. Could be a little hint of a wind shift instead of being east or northeast turning more westerly. I havent seen it yet. Well ease into that. A little cooler by the coast. Santa rosa and napa. 57. A few upper 40s and 50s. Fairfield 47. Two days ago San Francisco made it to 78. Yesterday made it to 80. If the west wind kicks in, this wont make it. Every observation showing component of easterly breeze. The higher clouds are diving to southern california. A little haze. Slightly cooler coast. Upper 70s, low 80s, not changing too much. Things are on hold for another couple days. Back to the desk. Thank you, steve. Also happening now, they are still talking in the bart labor dispute. The he negotiations that began yesterday morning are still going on. Bart trains will run today. We dont know if the sides are getting close to a deal. Tara joins us live. Reporter we know were in the 21st hour at this point. And the two sides did meet facetoface in the basement, then went out for coffee. And we noticed there was a huge tray of pastries being delivered. If we take a look over live to our left. If we could pan over to our right, we notice that it looks like the lead negotiator is walking up the sidewalk right now and he has coffee. So they are all wanting to get caffeinated so they can continue these talks. They are coming around the corner right now. You can see them all walking over here to my left. So looks like lets see if we can get any comment at this stage. How are negotiations inside . Moving along. Are we close to a deal . Looks like they are headed back in again. After taking a small breakfast break. If we can take a look at our video from last night, we can talk to you about the fact there is a gag order in place. We really dont know how close or far apart these two sides are. Just before 2 00 this morning, hes back after a quick trip this week. And Union Leaders arent happy about it. More progress was made when his replacement spear headed talks the past few days. Last night a federal mediator stepped out and made this announcement. Negotiations have been continuing. The parties are totally engaged. Some progress has been made. And the parties have authorized me as they have on the two prior nights to advise that on their interest and for the good of the Public Interest, trains will be running for today tomorrow. Union leaders warn these talks could still breakdown. Obviously, not the news anyone wants to hear. Especially after 150 days of these intense negotiations. Weve been dealing with this all summer long. And the possibility of going on strike this week. Everybody would like a resolution here. Tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you. Stay with mornings on 2 for continuing coverage of the bart contract talks. Well immediately bring any breaking news in the negotiations. Also get updates on twitter and facebook. It is 7 08. New this morning, the alleged driver of a stolen car rammed into a building in oakland. Police say the speeding car drove through a metal gate at an auto shop full of cars on mlk and 29th in oakland near berkeley. A Police Officer saw the car that sped by, then heard an alarm go off in the building. As the suspect was coming out of the building, the officer did order the suspect to stop. At one point, the officer did deploy his taser. The driver was taken into custody and taken to the hospital for observations. Investigators in Santa Clara County are searching for the cause of an Early Morning house fire in campbell. Started around 1 30 this morning at a home on el moro drive. 30 minutes later everyone got out safely. The fire caused at least an estimated 100,000 in damage. 1 million furloughed government workers will be back on the job today after Congress Passed a last minute deal to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling. Here in the bay area means the 3,000 people that work at the Federal Building will be returning. And in san jose, the irs office will be staffed again. 6,000 workers at Lawrence Livermore lab were to be furlough today. The end of the shut down means National Parks and Tourist Attractions are open again as well. San franciscos crissy field reopened. And National Parks are reopened. And the first alcatraz tour will resume. National parks as a whole lost 715,000 visitors at a cost of about 76 million per day. This is new video of white house chief of staff greeting federal workers returning to work this morning. Coming up at 7 15, well have a live report on why the next budget battle could be even more contentious than the last. The great shake out is also happening today. Its an earthquake drill designed to help people prepare. Millions of californians and millions of more will practice the drop, cover and hold. Drop to the ground, take cover under a desk or table and hold on to something sturdy until the shaking stops. Schools, businesses will be taking part at 10 17. Because of todays date. It was 24 years ago the earthquake hit. I was at candle stick park when it happened. 7 11. Shock over a daring act of stealing a car with two children inside. I was waving my hands stop, stop. I got hit by the car. How this frightening story came to a happy ending. Were seeing dramatic footage from a massacre in kenya. The odd behavior of a gun man and the act that prompted them to stop shooting. And the big breaking news out of redwood city. This is a huge fire at an apartment house. Live pictures from news chopper 2. Four people have been hurt. You can see this huge ploom of smoke over the entire area there. Live Team Coverage continues right after this break on mornings on 2. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Time now 7 15. We want to update you on the breaking news this morning. Crews battling a huge 6 alarm fire there at an apartment complex in redwood city. These are live pictures now. Its been burning now for close to 2 hours. Started around 5 30 this morning on woodside road near union avenue. Janine is on the scene and four people have been hurt including one person seriously injured. This fire still burning out of control. We understand the roof collapsed as well. Still unclear what started this fire. The first goal is putting this fire out. They are mounting a very aggress i have been fight to put this out this morning. We understand the apartment complex is four stories and has 75 units. In the meantime, an Evacuation Center is being set up for fire victims that need a place to go. That Evacuation Center is at the red Morton Community center, 1120 roosevelt avenue. Ktvu has three crews on the scene. Well bring you live updates throughout mornings on 2. This is 7 15. New this morning. Chilling new video of last months terrorist attack in kenya. Some may find these images disturbing. The video shows the attackers chatting on their cell phones while they sprayed bullets at terrified shoppers. At one point they took turns to pray taking a break from gunfire. The footage was taken on september 21st which was day one of the four day siege. 67 people were killed in the attack. It was the worst terrorist incident in kenya since the bombing in 1998. 7 15. In about 20 minutes president obama is scheduled to make remarks on congress avoiding a default on payments and reopening the government. But its not all good news. Kyla is live in our washington d. C. News room to explain the cost of the shut down and the economic concerns for the next couple months. Reporter brian, in just 16 days the government shut down took 24 billion out of the economy. That doesnt even include what it cost us as a federal government to shut down, to reopen, to start again. Even though the debt limit has been raised until early february and the government is funded until midjanuary, house law makers and senators now must hammer out a longterm budget to avoid a similar crisis. Economists say this could set up a hum bug holiday season. And consumers are likely to hold back on spending knowing they could ring in the new year with another shaky political showdown. President obama will likely try to encourage congress to keep from doing that. He is speaking in 20 minutes. Ill be watching his remarks live and break them down for you at 8 15. Ktvu, channel 2 news. Thank you. 7 17. The 49ers are mourning the death of a team doctor. Daniel garza died at his home on tuesday night. He was an assistant professor of orthopedics surgery at stanford. And a leading researcher on concussions in athletes. No word on his age or cause of death. Former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice has an important new job. This time in the world of college sports. She will help decide the fate of ncaa football championship. She was one of 13 people named to be part of the College Football playoff selection committee. Select four schools to play for the title game of College Football. Rice is an avid football fan and currently a professor at stamford university. Wherever she was, she would have to watch the superbowl. Sometimes shed have to get up at 2 in the morning. Got to do what you got to do. Time now 7 18. A very busy morning so far. Sal is keeping a track on everything so far from the traffic to the fire. And they blend in. Obviously, we want to show you the fire and the progress. Weve been showing you pictures from the ground. These are pictures from news chopper 2. On the right is woodside road. One of the busiest roads in the valley. A lot of folks take that. You can use jefferson maybe but its crowded. I would stick to the main roads 92 or go down to 237. Or stay on 101 and use that way. This fire is nowhere near being out. Its obviously, still burning. We heard last time they had taken a defensive stance. Going to be here all morning and probably all day. Woodside road is going to be closed on a major fire like this. After doing this for so long, i have no hesitation in saying, this is going to be a multiple hour event. They are not going anywhere for a long time. Think about going home a different way. Bay bridge toll plaza. The traffic is moving along slowly. We had earlier problems at the toll plaza on the bridge this morning. I want to mention the south bay. Weve had a couple crashes on 85 and 87 that cleared to the shoulder. 85 is slow heading up into the saratoga area. And earlier stalled vehicle or crash or something that blocked the road. Southbound traffic is also slow from 238 all the way down to fremont. Weve had slow traffic on 880. What else is new . Lets go to steve. Thank you. Very good morning. Very quiet morning. Cold for some. Mild for others. Its 39 in p petaluma. Still cant find a west wind in the city. Tdz all off shore slightly east. That keeps temperatures mild. Clear skies, cool, cold. Maybe a little haze. Sunny and warm. Slightly cooler by the coast. I dont see it yet , but the fog is out there. Just not on the coast. 40 in napa. 40 santa rosa. 57 in San Francisco. 52 san jose. Concord 49. Santa rosa may dip to 39. Well go for a high today of 81 degrees today. I need to fix that so it says today. Tomorrow will probably be 80 anyway. 39. 55 monterey. Thats down about 8 from yesterday. If the wind collapses and you are much cooler. Its not making the push. Lots going on though. Just not here. Things are quiet. Next week, we may see a low come underneath. The remains of the typhoon which hit japan, moving into colder waters. A lot of energy. Tremendous amount of energy and sometimes the models dont handle that well. Might enhance a weak system. Otherwise, good today. Lots of sunshine. Cooler coast. May only be something those would notice. Very close to what we had the last couple days. Very low 80s. Oakland downtown still getting a slight breeze. Theyll be 80. 80s for some. Low mid. 83 today. Still pretty warm. San jose at 82. 80 woodside. Mountain view and 70s on the coast. And 79 in San Francisco. Looks good. I dont think inland temps change. Slightly cooler by the coast going towards the weekend. Thank you, steve. Coming up on 7 22. High schoolers taking on a school. The lawsuit going to a San Francisco court today. Plus, a first for a broadway show. The major milestone the lion king is set to accomplish. And the big breaking news out of redwood city. Live pictures over the scene of a huge Apartment Fire complex. Several injuries at a 6 alarm fire. Our Team Coverage continues. 7 24. We want to update you on our breaking news from the peninsula this morning. Live pictures overhead as crews are battling a huge 6 alarm fire. This is happening at a redwood city apartment house. Firefighters are taking a defensive stand meaning they are out of the building. Theres fears the building could collapse. They will be on the scene for quite a while. This started around 5 30 this morning. This is on woodside road near union avenue. At least four people have been hurt including one person who was seriously injured. This fire is still burning out of control. Its not clear yet how the fire started. Stay with ktvu for Team Coverage. We have a team of reporters and photographers at the scene to bring you the very latest. San francisco is cancelling a plan to up coming celebration commemorating the help given to the city 150 years ago by the russian navy which helped fight massive fire. The reason . The current russian governments antigay laws. Supposed to happen on october 23rd and include a precession along the embarcadero. But leaders decided against it because of fears of protests from gay rights activists. Hundreds of employees have signed an online petition against the universitys plan to drop elective abortion coverage. Last week, they said they will no longer provide Health Insurance for elective abortions. Last night, several faculty members protested a decision on the topic. Recently made a similar decision. Hundreds of employees at cal state sacramento could be at risk for Identity Theft after a Campus Security system was hacked. Social security numbers and drivers license information of 1800 employees may have been exposed. The problem was first discovered in august. The University Says all of the affected employees have been notified. And disneys lion king is on track to become the first broadway show to earn more than 1 billion at the box office. The Tony Award Winning show has been on broadway for 16 years and earned more than many on big shows like Les Miserables and phantom of the opera. The u. S. Government is back in business this morning. And were going to hear from president obama about the 11th hour agreement to reopen the government. That should be coming up at 7 35. Reporter its been a frightening morning for dozens of people who live in an apartment complex. A fourstory building is still burning. We will have an update on the situation here. Good morning. We continue to follow the breaking news out of redwood city. Live pictures once again of a huge fire at an apartment complex that is still burning out of control. There have been at least four injuries reported. One serious and multiple fire crews on the scene. We will have more on the story coming up just a moment. Good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. Im tori campbell. We begin with that breaking news coming from redwood city. An intense 6 alarm fire forcing firefighters to take a step back. Too dangerous for them to go inside. Four people are hurt. An Evacuation Center has been set up. The complex is on woodside road near union avenue. Janine is outside the complex talking with firefighters and witnesses this morning. Reporter yes, the fire is burning right now. Firefighters are just throwing water on there. Just heavy black smoke in the air. At this point we believe everybody is out of the building. Fire marshal just walked up here to me at the scene. Can you tell me whats the situation right now . Do you have an update . Yes, we do. Weve gone to a defensive attack fire. Weve pulled our personnel out of the building. They are in the process of doing searches. As far as Fire Fighting activity, all being done outside. It has gone to a confirmed 6 alarm. We are at 8 battalion chiefs, 20 engines, four trucks, two breathing supports, incident dispatches. The last we heard four injuries, one serious, one moderate, two minor. Any additional injuries . None as of this injury. We dont have any reports of any more. We have opened up the red Morton Center with the red cross operating the center. If any of your views were residents here, please report there and check in. Its location 1120 roosevelt in redwood city. Okay. Thank you so much. Thank you. And again, weve been talking to a lot of the evacuees in the area that were out here on woodside street. That street is covered with police and fire engines. And they were telling us that they saw the fire on the third floor of this four story 75 unit apartment complex. Some of them were saying the ones that were on the third floor is they actually had to go out on their balconies and climb down to the second floor. They had to be rescued on their ladders. We spoke to one gentleman who experienced that. And heres what he had to say. I couldnt leave. Im on the top floor. I went to my balcony and once the fire trucks started coming, i had to go down the ladder. There was too much smoke in the hallway. Its so thick. Reporter again, lots of frightening moments for these people. Weve seen a lot of people wrapped up in blankets. It felt like it was right out of a movie. And they dont know if their apartments have been burned, if theyve lost everything. Again, its a fluid situation. Woodside road is jammed with fire engines and police cars. Were told to avoid that area. For more on that traffic situation, we go to sal. Woodside road is going to be closed for hours. Weve seen this before. In fact, just a little bit ago, we had a fire on the same road down the block. And they closed it for almost the entire day. The purple area outlined there is where the closure is from el camino rael. The freeway is a little slow nearby. And push to the south bay and 85, 280 and 101 are busy. So the bay area commute continues to be heavy. 880 southbound from hayward down to fremont is slow. And slow trying to get to the san mateo bridge. Concord southbound 680 slows at 242 and it stays slow into danville on interstate 680. Lets show you some live pictures of the bay bridge. Westbound backed up for 30 minute plus delay. Also thinking of San Francisco at this moment and 101 in San Francisco does look good. Lets go to steve. Thank you, sal. A very good morning. Clear morning. Cold for some. 30s, 40 s, 50s to almost 60 in San Francisco. Its 43 in halfmoon bay. Some on the coast are cold. Others are mild to warm. It will be a sunny week. Continue to be that way. A little cool down. Were losing most of the easterly breeze. Maybe only for a day or two. Well turn that around. It hasnt happened yet. Still not a westerly breeze. The fog is out there but not right on the coast. Still far out there. 40s, 50s to mid and upper 50s. San francisco, been on a nice string of great weather. 78 two days ago. 79 today. As long as that east wind holds, it will happen. Clouds are on their way to southern california. Lots of sunshine maybe. Going to sneak in. Next couple days are mild to warm. Only change i see is that temperatures inland stay about the same. Back to the defshg. All right. Thank you. It is 7 36. New this morning. San Francisco Police are investigating a stabbing outside a bar. Happened at 2 00 this morning in front of a bar on 26th and mission street. Police say a fight between one man and five others led to the stabbing. The man was taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. Several people are in custody. We have a follow up to a story we told you about earlier this week. Were hearing from a couple in San Francisco. Their car was stolen as they were standing by it with their two Young Children inside. Mckay and Stephanie Thomas just moved to the bay area from utah six months ago. They were visiting a relative tuesday night when they left their car parked in the street with the engine running. Their 3 year old daughter and 1 year old son were asleep in the backseat. As the couple stood a few feet away, a woman jumped into the car and took off. The car was found a half hour later with the two children unharmed inside. I was waving my hands, stop, stop. But she kept accelerating. I got hit by the car and thrown under the hood. I rolled off on to the road. I was freaking out yelling my kids, the kids are in the car. The children slept through the entire ordeal. And the car thief was able to get away. A lawsuit against the Morgan Hill School District for telling students not to wear American Flag tshirts will be heard by a federal Appeals Court today. Back in 2010, three boys at Live Oak High School were sent home for wearing clothes featuring the American Flag on cinco de mayo. The parents of the boys sued the School District. The judge dismissed the school. It was later appealed. Governor brown postponed it yesterday with a 7 day delay and appointed a board to investigate the dispute. Could recommend a 60 day cooling off per i dont do. For the second time Union Members voted down a tentative agreement with ac transit. Since that point, we have not gotten word from the union as to what exactly was wrong with that contract. We want a negotiated contract that gives us a raise that after medical payments is a real raise. Ac transit says without concessions, it will have to raise fairs. There was a negotiation session last night. But no new talks are scheduled. Time right now is 7 38. We are waiting to hear from president obama. Hes expected to be talking about the 11th hour agreement that is setting to reopen the government and raise the nations debt ceiling. We will dip in and listen to the president when he begins talking in washington d. C. Also coming up, the latest bart talks began at 10 00 yesterday morning and they are still going on right now. These are live pictures of the building where the talks are happening. Tara moriarty will have a live update at the top of the hour. And help for homeowners in one bay area city. Pam cook will tell us about the big event that starts today. We continue to follow the big breaking news out of redwood city. A huge fire at an apartment complex thats still burning out of control. Live pictures once again of all that smoke coming out of that apartment building. Welcome back to mornings on 2. We want to update you on the breaking news. Crews there in redwood city battling a huge 6 alarm fire. Firefighters say they are now taking a defensive stance on this fire after making sure everyone got out of the building. Earlier they were going to go in there aggressively. But obviously, has gotten way too dangerous. The fire started around 5 30 this morning on woodside road near union avenue. We understand as well at least four people have been hurt which include one serious injury, one moderate injury and two minor injuries. As we see there, fire still burning out of control. Lots of people Still Standing out there. Still unclear how the fire started. Stay with ktvu for Team Coverage we understand of an Evacuation Center set up at the red Morton Community center 1120 roosevelt avenue. Time right now is 7 43. Harley difb id son says its voluntarily recalling 2014 motorcycles due to a possible safety issue. Issued a do not ride notice to owners and do not deliver notice for dealers for 29,000 motorcycles. The problem is with the hydraulic clutch. We checked with a dealer who told us the Highway Patrol is due to get some of the recalled bikes but not been delivered yet. Microsoft is releasing windows 8. 1 today. The upgrade being launched as a free download. A year after windows 8 and addresses some of the complaints. You can start up in desktop mode and avoid the new tile interface. Facebook loosened privacy rules for teenagers. The company has changed privacy settings to allow them to post pictures, videos and other social activities with the world. Teenagers have been prevented from public sharing unless they lied about their age. Viewed as a way for facebook to keep up with twitter and google plus which allow teens to post to a broader audience. Help is on the way for people struggling with mortgage payments. Pam cook is in our news room with a program that begins today in oakland. Good morning. Good news. Its called the American Dream event. Kicks off in oakland today. Help thousands of local families facing foreclosure. Met in front of city hall in oakland to announce the program that will help people modify their loans. There are nearly 1800 properties in oakland. 1300 in san jose and 900 in San Francisco that are in some stage of foreclosure. One homeowner in oakland tells us the organization helped her reduce her mortgage by more than 1100 a month. Only a couple days from losing my house and losing all my credit and Everything Else and it helped me within months stabilize my life and help me rebuild it. The five day event will be held at the Oakland Marriott city center. It starts today and it runs through monday. In our next hour of mornings on 2, more on the program that is helping people keep their homes and who qualifies. Pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. Time now 7 45. And now for a story youll see only on 2. Ktvu news learned two south bay massage parlors cited after under cover police stings are back in business. Those parlors were busted for prostitution. Now, they are reopened as beauty salons. They have new names and new owners. Police say the complaints have not stopped. Were continuing to get the same complaints we received before being that men were going inside the business and parking away from the business to avoid any connection with the establishment. Ktvu news was unable to reach either of the new owners to respond to these accusations. U. S. Berkeley police are putting more officers on campus to deal with a sudden rise in armed robberies. There have been five robberies or attempted robberies on or around campus in less than a week. On tuesday, two men one of them had a gun. Last sunday, three men tried to take another students backpack. And on saturday a man took a students phone at gunpoint. And last thursday, a robber stole another students phone and armed man assaulted a woman after demanding money. 7 47. In about four hours, the aclu will announce a panel to study the legalization of marijuana. The civil libertys group says it will release public poll numbers supporting legalized pot. The panel will be chaired by Lieutenant Governor and San Francisco mayor. Commuters using the caldacot tunnel. A project manager tells us they are tentatively planning to open the new bore to traffic in just one month. On the weekend of november 16th. However, were told that date is not set in stone. The 417 million project will allow for two dedicated tunnels in each direction. No more switching back and forth. I got to say im real excited for that to open up. Lets go to sal keeping an eye on traffic. We have a crash very near this fire. Northbound 101 at woodside road. In fact, they just said they are going to be opening all the lanes any moment now. Northbound 101 has been a big mess because of this crash. This is not that far from the fire. And smoke was visible from the freeway at one point. We sure hope some of that didnt play into this crash. We actually dont know that. Were hoping thats not the case. Northbound 101 is terrible into redwood city because of this crash. Its near woodside road. Chp just says they are removing the crash from the freeway in just a little while. You can see the damage its done to the commute. Lets take a look at other things. The traffic at the toll plaza backed up for 30 minute plus delay because of earlier problems. 680 southbound very slow from 242 all the way down into danville. Now, lets go to steve. Thank you. A very good morning. Under clear skies. Hardly any breeze whatsoever. There is still a slight component to off shore especially in San Francisco. Some of that fog is trying out there. I dont think its going to make it. The coast should be nice today. Maybe not as warm as the last couple days. Inland temps dont change at all. 40, napa. Santa rosa. 40s and 30s. Mainly inland 30s, 40s and near 50. In San Francisco ive seen 55 to 60. And theres still an easterly breeze near San Francisco state and Outer Richmond and even sunset district. As long as thats in place, another warm day. 27 in tahoe. 39. You can see the fog. Watch how its north to south. Not making any move west to east. I dont think its going to make it here. If it does, later this afternoon. Still going to be nice. Sanity appear cruise, 83 today. These higher clouds, tropical clouds will take a b line and miss us completely. What happened in tokyo, japan is the typhoon that hit is now extra tropical moving up into the sea. Its a lot of energy. The forecast models dont handle that well. That could play into firing up the ridge of high pressure. Or could enhance a system that might be soso or weak and make it stronger. Coming underneath the ridge of high pressure. Well see. Im kind of showing it. You might know where that source came from. Today its sunshine for you, me, everybody. Still pretty good. Mild to warm temperatures inland. I dont think they budge at all. Upper 70s, low 80s for many. Near the coast, 70s. San francisco is close to 80. Oakland will be. Livermore yesterday was 85. So just a couple degrees. Santa clara, 82. Very still conditions. Hardly any breeze at the surface. And this pattern maybe the coast coming down a few degrees. Inland temps stay where they have been which is near 80. At this, steve. 9 minutes before 8 00. Thrills and chills for a paddle boarder in southern california. Hes checking me out. Oh, my god. Right under the board. Thats kind of weird. How he happened to get so close. We continue to follow the big breaking news coming out of redwood city. Firefighters there trying to end this fire. Four people hurt in a house fire there. At least four people hurt. 7 53. We want to update you on our breaking news weve been father or mothering all morning. Crews are battling this huge 6 alarm fire. Its burning at a redwood city apartment house. Firefighters say they are taking a defensive stand after making sure everyone got out at the 75 unit building. The fire started around 5 30 this morning. Its on woodside road near union avenue having a major impact on traffic in that area. At least four people have been hurt including one person seriously injured and the fire is burning out of control. Fire crews will be there for quite a while. Still not clear how the fire started. Stay with ktvu news for Team Coverage. 7 54. Air pollution is labeled as a cause of cancer. The World Health Organization added cancer to the list of Serious Health risks. The more people are exposed to air pollution, the higher risk of developing lung cancer. People who live in developing countries with large populations and booming Manufacturing Industries are particularly at risk. Homeowners will pay a lower permit fee. Last night the Richmond City Council Voted to lower the fee to 100. Lowering the fee will encourage more people to invest in solar panels. San franciscos historic coit tower will get a make over. Will consider bids in a project to fix up the world famous landmark. Plans call for major renovation work on both the inside and the outside of the 210 foot tower. This is expected to be one of the biggest renovation projects ever for the tower that will built in 1933. 7 55. Were a little more than a week from the Opening Ceremony of the famed mavericks surf contest. Conseventh founder jeff clark says surf brand body glove agreed to a multi year sponsorship. The contest brings big wave surfers from around the world off of the San Mateo County coast. The actual contest date is decided whenever big waves are in the forecast. Hes checking me out. Oh, my god. Right under the board. Some thrilling or terrifying moments for a paddle boarder. What was believed to be a shark, possibly a great white shark swam right up to him. The shark was one of two spotted yesterday in los angeles county. He decided to go back to shore and get his camera after he saw the first shark. I like to live on the edge and surf good size waves. It makes me feel alive. When i saw the shark, there it is. Thats the footage ive wanted to get. I will pursue the shark. I didnt know he would pursue me. Despite his tough talk, he admits the experience left him pretty shaken. Cause you realize that could have gone differently. Im surprised he went back. Coming up , a scary start to the day in redwood city. Fire is burning and collapsing part of an apartment complex on woodside road. Well be there live with more reports. Reporter we are now 22 hours into bart talks and still no deal. How long will it take . And can a strike be avoided . Good morning. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Dave clark has the morning off. Im tori campbell. We want to get back to the breaking news. Nerveracking stories of rescues at an apartment complex on fire. Weve heard of people jumping down the fire escapes. Four people are injured. The fire grown to 6 alarms that cover part of the peninsula with a huge ploom of smoke. This is at the Terrace Apartments on woodside road near union avenue. Joins us with video of the fire that is not going down without a large fight. Reporter it is burning and you can smell smoke here. The ploom in the air. But firefighters still actively trying to hose this down. They are attacking it from the otside. Lets go to video from chopper 2 where you can see it where it was burning heavily. More than 100 firefighters all throughout the peninsula were helping out on this. We have learned that there are four people that are injured. One person is in serious condition. One has moderate injuries. The other fire. Residents are telling us they believe they saw it on the third floor. And people went around knocking on doors and trying to get everybody out. We know its a four story, 75 unit apartment complex. 90 to 100 people were inside. Its too dangerous for firefighters to be on the inside attacking this. People were climbing on the other side and other balconies. They couldnt open their doors. It was crazy. Reporter so a pretty chaotic scene earlier when people were trying to get out of the building and desperate to get out. Some had to exit through the balconies and some climbed down ladders firefighters provided. Still trying to get a head count top make sure everybody is out of the building. Telling people to go to the red Morton Community center. Make sure they can get help and get an accurate head count. Ktvu, channel 2 news. Thanks. Were going to be covering more on that fire in a moment. First, we want to take you live to president obama talking about the 11th hour agreement to reopen the government. Thats not a surprise that the American People are completely fed up with washington. At a moment when our economic recovery demands more jobs, more momentum, weve got yet another self inflicted crisis that set our economy back. And for what . There was no economic rational for all of this. Over the past four years, our economy has been growing. Our businesses have been creating jobs. And our deficits have been cut in half. We have some members who pushed for the shut down say they were doing it to save the american economy. Nothing has done more to under mine our economy the past three years than the kind of tactics that create these manufactured crises. And you dont have to take my word for it. The agency that put americas Credit Rating on watch the other day explicitly cited all of this. Saying that our economy remains more dynamic and resilient than other advanced economies and the only thing putting us at risk is and im quoting here. Repeated brinksmanship. Thats what the Credit Rating agency said. That wasnt a political statement. That was an analysis of whats hurting our economy by people whose jobs it is to analyze these things. That also happens to be the view of our diplomates who have been hearing from counterparts internationally. The same folks who pushed for the shut down and threatened default claim their actions were needed to get america back on the right track. To make sure were strong. Probably nothing is done more damage to americas credibility in the world are standing with other countries than the spectacle weve seen the past several weeks. Its encouraged our enemies. Its embolded our competitors and depressed our friends who look to us for steady leadership. Now, the good news is well bounce back from this. We always do. America is the bedrock of the Global Economy for a reason. We are the indispensable nation the rest of the world looks to as the safest and most reliable place to invest. Something thats made it easier for generations of americans to invest in their own futures. We have earned that responsibility over more than two centuries because of our entrepreneurs. The productivity of our workers. But also because we keep our word and we meet our obligations. Thats what full faith and credit means. You can count on us. And today, i want our people and our businesses and the rest of the world to know the full faith and credit of the United States remains unquestioned. But all my friends in congress, understand that how business is done in this town has to change. Because weve all got a lot of work to do on behalf of the American People and that includes the hard work of regaining their trust. Our system of Self Government doesnt function without it. And now that the government has reopened and this threat to our economy is removed, all of us need to stop focusing on the lobbyists and the bloggers and the talking heads on radio and the professional activist who profit from conflict and focus on what the majority of americans sent us here to do. And thats grow this economy. Create good jobs. Strengthen the middle class. Educate our kids. Lay the foundation for broadbased prosperity and get our fiscal house in order for the long haul. Thats why were here. That should be our focus. That wont be easy. We all know that we have divided government right now. Theres a lot of noise out there. And the pressure from the extremes affect how a lot of members of congress see the daytoday work thats supposed to be done here. The American People dont see every issue the same way. But that doesnt mean we cant make progress. When we disagree, we dont have to suggest the other side doesnt love this country or believe in Free Enterprise or all the other roderick that seems to get worse every single year. If we disagree on something, we can move on and focus on the things we agree on. And get some stuff done. Let me be specific about three places i believe we can make progress right now. First, in the coming days and weeks, we should sit down and pursue a balanced approach to a responsible budget. A budget that grows our economy faster and shrink s longterm deficits. At the beginning of this year, thats what both democrats and republicans committed to doing. Senate passed a budget, house passed a budget. They were supposed to come together and negotiate. And had one side not decided to pursue a strategy of brinksmanship, each side could have gotten together and decide how do we shape a budget to certainty to businesses and people who rely on government. Provide certainty to investors and our economy and wed be growing faster right now. The good news the legislation i signed yesterday now requires congress to do exactly that. What it could have been doing all along. And we shouldnt approach this process of creating a budget as an ideological exercise. Just cutting for the sake of cutting. The issue is not growth versus fiscal responsibility. We need both. We need a budget that deals with the issues that most americans are focused on. Creating more good jobs that pay better wages. And remember, the deficit is getting smaller, not bigger. Its going down faster than it has in the last 50 years. The challenge we have right now are not shortterm deficits. Its the longterm obligations that we have around things like medicare and social security. We want to make sure those are there for future generations. So the key now is a budget that cuts out the things we dont need, closes Corporate Tax loopholes that dont help create jobs. And frees up resources for the things that do help us grow, like education and infrastructure and research. And these things have not been partisan. This shouldnt be as difficult as its been because we already spend less. Our deficits are half of what they were a few years ago. The debt problems we have now are longterm. And we can address them without short changing our kids, short changing our grand kids or weakening the security that current generations have earned from their hard work. So thats number one. Number two, we should finish fixing the job of our let me say that again. Number two, we should finish the job of fixing our broken immigration system. There is a Broad Coalition thats behind this effort of comprehensive Immigration Reform from Business Leaders to faith leaders to law enforcement. The Senate Already passed a bill with strong bipartisan support that would make the biggest commitment in history. Modernize our system. Make sure everyone plays by the same rules. Make sure folks who came here illegally have to pay a fine, pay back taxes. Meet their responsibilities. That bills already passed the senate. And economists estimate if that bill becomes law our economy would be 5 larger two decades from now. 1. 4 trillion in new economic growth. The majority of americans think this is the right thing to do. And its sitting there waiting for the house to pass it. Now, if the house has ideas on how to improve the senate bill, lets hear them. Lets start the negotiations. But lets not leave this problem to keep festering for another year or two years or three years. This can and should get done by the end of this year. Number three. We should pass a farm bill. One that American Farmers and ranchers can depend on. One that protects Vulnerable Children and adults in time of need. One that gives Rural Communities opportunities to grow and the longterm certainty they deserve. Again, the senates already passed a solid bipartisan bill. Its got support from democrats and republicans. Its sitting in the house waiting for passage. If House Republicans have ideas that they think would improve the farm bill, lets see them. Lets negotiate. What are we waiting for . Lets get this done. So passing a budget, Immigration Reform, farm bill. Those are three specific things that would make a huge difference in our economy right now. And we could get them done by the end of the year. If our focus is on whats good for the American People. And thats just the big stuff. There are all kinds of other things we could be doing that dont get as much attention. I understand we will not suddenly agree on everything now that the cloud of crisis has passed. Democrats and republicans are far apart on a lot of issues. And there are folks who think my policies are misguided. Thats putting it wildly. Thats okay. Thats democracy. Thats how it works. We can debate those differences in good faith through the normal democratic process. And sometimes well be too far apart to forge an agreement. But that should not hold back our efforts in areas where we do agree. We shouldnt fail to act on areas we do agree or could agree just because we dont think its good politics. Just because the extremes dont like the word compromise. I will look for willing partners wherever i can to get important work done. And theres no good reason why we cant govern responsibly despite our differences without lurching from manufactured crisis to manufactured crisis. One of the things i hope all of us have learned these past few weeks is that it turns out smart affective government is important. It matters. I think the American People during the shut down had a chance to get some idea of all the things large and small the government does that make a difference in peoples lives. And we hear all the time about how government is the problem. Turns out, we rely on it in a whole lot of ways. Not only does it keep us strong through our military and law enforcement, it plays a vital role in caring for our seniors and our veterans. Educating our kids. Making sure our workers are trained for the jobs that are being created. Harming our businesses with the best science and technology so they can compete with companies from other companies. Plays a key role in keeping food and toys and workplaces safe. Helps folks rebuild after a storm. It conserves our natural resources. It finances start ups. It helps to sell our products overseas. It provides security to diplomates abroad. So lets Work Together to make government work better. Instead of treating it like an enemy or purposely making it work worse. Thats not what the founders of this nation envisioned when they gave us the gift of Self Government. You dont like a particular policy or a particular president , then argue for your position. Go out there and win an election. Push to change it. But dont break it. Dont break what our predecessors spent over two centuries building. Thats not being faithful to what this country is about. And that brings me to one last point. A simple message to the dedicated and patriotic federal workers who have worked without pay or forced off the job without pay these past few weeks including most of my own staff. Thank you. Thanks for your service. Welcome back. What you do is important. It matters. You defend our country overseas. You deliver benefits to our troops who have earned them. You guard our boarders and protect our sifsh i will rights and help businesses grow and gain foot holes in overseas markets. You protect the air we breathe and the water our children drink. And you push the boundaries of science and space and you got hundreds of thousands of people each day through the glories of this country. Thank you. What you do is important. And dont let anybody else tell you differently. Especially the young people who come to this city to serve. Believe that it matters. You know what . You are right. It does. And those of us who have the privilege to serve this country have an obligation to do our job as best we can. And we come from different parties but we are Americans First and thats why disagreement cannot mean dysfunction. It cant degenerate into hatred. The American Peoples hopes and dreams are what matters. Not ours. Our obligations are to them. Our regard for them compels us all. Democrats and republicans to cooperate and compromise. And act in the best interests of our nation. One nation. Under god. Indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thanks very much. Youve been listening live to president obama pretty harsh words about the manufactured brinksmanship as he discussed it. Hes talking about the 11th hour agreement to reopen the government and raise the nations debt ceiling. But the deal approved by Congress Last night is only temporary. Just keeps the government running through january 15th and raises the debt ceiling through february 7th. Right now we go to Kyla Campbell live to breakdown what the president had to say and the big financial crisis, the next big financial crisis the u. S. Could be facing. Reporter the president did thank both parties for getting together and getting a job done. But he said there are no winners here. These last few weeks have inflicted completely unnecessary damage on our economy. We dont know yet the full scope of the damage but every analyst out there believes it slowed our growth. And now a new deadline both parties from the house and senate must have a detailed decade long budget plan by december 13th. That will give them one month before the new plan expires. January is the start of an Election Year and concern members of both parties wont want to Work Together. Democrats might not agree to cut back on spending. And republicans and tea party might not drop their fight putting us back in the same situation in just three months. Economists are already warning that Holiday Hiring and buying might suffer. They fear the next showdown could come with the new year. Live in washington, Kyla Campbell. Ktvu 2 news. With this deal that was agreed at the last minute last night, 1 million furloughed government workers are heading back to their jobs after Congress Passed the last minute deal. Here in the bay area, that means the 3,000 people who work at the Federal Building in oakland will be returning to their offices. In san jose, the irs office will be staffed again. 6,000 workers were supposed to be furloughed starting today and 1,000 nasa Research Center employees are headed back to work as well. And we were at crissy field this morning when officials opened the gates there. While most was under the private trust and unaffected, parking lots and restrooms were closed during the shut down. But everything is now back open. The Golden Gate National Recreation Area attracts about 17 million visitors each year. And this is some new video of workers in washington d. C. This morning taking down barriers to the Martin Luther king memorial. 8 23. We continue our Team Coverage of that huge fire in redwood city. At least four people were hurt in this mornings 6 alarm fire. Paul chambers joins us live from the Evacuation Center. How are the residents doing this morning . Reporter they are very shaken up. A lot are settling in. Once again, the people here are being held by the red cross to help those displaced by the fire. The fire started burning around 5 30 this morning. There is a four story complex. Four people were injured. Four people who live inside the building say it was a scary scene. Something you would expect to see inside a movie. They heard yelling and one person had to be rescued from balcony. Others were jumping from balcony to balcony. I basically woke up from the fire, from somebody calling fire. And i just ran out and i saw the fire from the balcony. I probably should have left immediately but i went to put pants and shirts, shoes on. I couldnt leave cause of the smoke. Im on the top floor. So i went to my balcony and once the fire trucks started coming, i had to go down the ladder to get out. A lot of people say they grabbed whatever they could. A lot of people are here for the red cross. There are 44 people inside right now raging from young babies up to people that are elderly. That building had a lot of elderly people. The red cross are also giving them bus service to get over here. Some people have made it on their own. 1120 roosevelt avenue here. If you need any help. Come here. When we were driving down highway 101, there was a lot of traffic in the way coming out here this way. Sal will help you navigate around that problem. Thank you, very much. You are absolutely right. Theres a lot of traffic on the road and a lot of traffic trying to avoid the closure in purple there. The road is closed and i put a fire icon right where the fire is to give you reference. Also had people on twitter and facebook say its just a big mess as people are trying to avoid the area. 101 was a mess because of an earlier crash. Were looking at the south bay filled in. 280 is slow to coopertino. The south bay is not doing well. And then 880 we had one of our very own Staff Members say 880 was a mess. He was trying to drive from hayward down south. Its very slow all the way into fremont. Still slow out of pleasant hill. Slows all the way down to danville. This thursday morning commute is super slow. Bay bridge backed up for 25 minute delay. Golden gate bridge traffic looks good. Lets go to steve. Thank you, sal. Very quiet pattern here. Maybe a slight cool down. I dont think fog is going to make it. Still slight component of off shore breeze. Maybe a little cooler by the coast. Sunny and warm this week, today, tomorrow. The wind is trying to turn. I just havent seen it yet. If it does turn westerly, the coast will come down. I dont think inland temps turn that much. 40s to near 50 or 57 in San Francisco. Very mild temperatures in the city. Other locations are definitely cool. You can find 20 degree spread. Lets go for 79 today. We actually had a few high clouds in the state yesterday. Sunny and hazy there. Slightly cooler near the beaches. Still pretty nice. Mild to warm. Temperature s very close to where we were yesterday. Thats upper 70s, low 80s inland. And by the coast, more 70s. Brian. All right, steve. Thank you. San francisco Police Officers accused of hanging out at home on the taxpayers dime. A neighbor of officer ronald gurky told police the officers patrol car was parked at home too often. Under cover officers saw the 19 year veteran spend hours at home. He faces a year in jail. He has a court date next tuesday. They are still talking after more than 22 hours. Marathon negotiations between bart management and Union Leaders are still going on at this hour. Reporter frightening moments for dozens of people as their apartment complex goes up in flames. We will have the latest on this 6 alarm fire. At Kaiser Permanente weve reduced serious heart attacks by 62 , which makes days with grandpa jack 100 more possible. Join us at kp. Org and thrive. Good morning, everybody. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Time is 8 30 on the dot. Im brei on flores. Dave clark has the morning off. A huge apartment complex still burning but not nearly as intense as it was earlier when we shot this incredible video. So far four people were injured this morning on woodside road near union avenue southwest. Janine de la vega is live among the evacuees outside the complex. Reporter good morning. Were here on wood side near union road where you can see the fire has greatly diminished. Ive been told by the fire marshal the fire is burning inside. It is controlled to the one building. Lets go to video we took earlier where you can see it was raging. Looked like an inferno. People who evacuated from there said it looked like something out of a movie. One in serious condition, one with moderate injuries. They believe everybody has been pulled out of the building. But just to get an update on whats happening now and where firefighters are at with controlling this fire and making sure its completely out, we go to jim with the redwood city fire department. Good morning. Yeah, very active Fire Fighting operations and aggressively interior and exterior. Firefighters have been able to knock down this fire and just to isolated hot spots. Still conducting additional searches and looking for additional fire. Its looking good. They did outstanding job. Can we call it contained or under control . The fire is still actively burning in little sections. But the fires confined to the building which is our primary objective. Residents were mentioning it started on the top floor. Can you tell me a little bit more of maybe where it started . Preliminary investigation reports back to me was the fire does appear to have started on the upper floor. But specific origin or a cause, thats hours away. Have they done the search to make sure everybodys out . That is correct. And they are still in the process of checking additional areas as well. Okay. Thank you so much, jim, with the redwood city fire department. Again, still a lot of activity. Many fire engines and police cars in the area. For more, we go to sal. All right. One of the things i do want to mention is that traffic is going to be busy in that fire area as you might imagine. Woodside road is likely to be closed for almost the entire day as they havent even started to do the clean up yet. They are still fighting the fire and going to be closed for the morning and still for the afternoon commute. We would advise you to stay away from the area. Going to be a little tight because of the closures. South bay still very slow and so is the east bay. The slowest traffic is on 880 both north and southbound. And were still looking at contra costa county. Bart and cal train and muni not reporting delays right now. Lets take a look at a quick picture of 880. We mentioned it was slow. Earlier crash near downtown oakland. The traffic on 580 is also slow. And the bay bridge toll plaza is backed up for 15 minute delay at the toll. Lets go to steve. All right. Thank you. Very good morning. Clear skies, hardly any breeze whatsoever. Still a slight off shore compen pony ent. Fog was trying but losing already. Its going to be another nice warm day for everybody here. It will be inland, maybe a slight cool down. A few 30s but more 40s. Mild conditions in San Francisco francisco. Were going 79 today. Why not . Its starting off very mild already. These higher clouds will make a dive towards southern california. Maybe next week a little low. Slightly cooler by the coast. But still darn nice. Look for 70s, upper 70s and a lot of low 80s. Back to the desk. Thank you, steve. It is 8 35. Happening now, they are still talking in the bart labor dispute after 22 straight hours. The contract negotiations that began yesterday morning at 10 a. M. Are still going on right now. We do know bart trains are running today. But we dont know if the two sides are getting closer to a deal. Tara moriarty joins us live from downtown oakland. Theyve been at it such a marathon session this time. Any word on whats happening . Reporter no. Really no concrete word. At 11 00 this morning it will have been 24 hours since these two have been negotiating. We understand the unions are meeting with the mediators right now and around 8 00, the bart people stepped out for coffee. They are back inside the building. They went in through a different entrance. They were basically getting bounced all over this morning from room to room, floor to floor. The two sides are butting heads is really anyones guess. Its difficult to predict how close or far apart they are. Last night a mediator stepped out to make this announcement. Negotiations have been continuing. The parties are totally engaged. Some progress has been made. And the parties have authorized me as theyve had on the two prior nights to advise on their interest and for the good of the Public Interest trains will be running for today and tomorrow. Union leaders warn these talks could breakdown at any minute. Not giving us an indication how things are going. After 150 days of these two sides hashing it out and trying to hammer out a deal, that would be disappointing for everyone if it didnt workout. Were going to stay here out in front of the cal trans building and let you know if we hear anything. Tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you. Its 8 37. A strike by ac transit workers has been averted for now. Governor brown postponed it yesterday by ordering a 7 day delay and appointing a board to investigate the dispute. The board could recommend a 60 day cooling off period. Union members voted down a tentative agreement with ac transit. Since that point, we have not gotten word as to what was wrong with that contractor what more they want. We want a negotiated contract that givens us a raise that after medical payments is a real raise. Ac transit says without concessions, it will have to raise fairs. There was a negotiation session last night but no new talks are scheduled. Stay with ktvu for continuing coverage of the ac transit and bart labor talks. We will immediately bring any breaking news in the negotiations. And you can also get updates any time from ktvu on twitter and facebook. 8 38. New this morning, San Francisco police are investigating a stabbing outside a bar. Happened at 2 00 this morning in front of a bar on 26th and mission street. Police say a fight between one man and five others led to the stabbing. The man was taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. Several people are in custody. And new this morning, a suspected car thief accused of ramming a car into an oakland warehouse was taken into custody and sent to the hospital. The driver struggled with police and used a taser on him after he rammed a stolen car through a metal gate. Police say an officer saw the car speeding down the street. He could actually hear an alarm from the building being activated. And he noticed that the garage door of the building was open. And could see smoke coming out of it. The man will be taken to jail once he gets out of the hospital. Time is 8 39. In a lawsuit against a School District for telling students not to wear American Flag tshirts will be heard in San Francisco today. Back in 2010, three boys at Live Oak High School were sent home for wearing clothes featuring the American Flag. They did it because of trouble between mexican americans and other students the previous year. The parents of the boys sued the School District. The judge dismissed the suit and the parents later appealed. Ktvu news has learned when the new fourth bore is scheduled to open. Project manager tells us they are tentatively planning to open to traffic in just one month on the weekend of november 16th. Were told the date is not set in stone. The 417 million fourth bore project will allow for two dedicated tunnels in each direction. It is 20 minutes now before 9 00. Chilling video of last months terrorist attack. A disturbing new look. And the terrorists unusual behavior. Well continue our Team Coverage of the Apartment Fire in redwood city. I love having a free checked bag with my united mileageplus explorer card. Ive saved 75 in checked bag fees. 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Taking a live look the dow is down 56. The nasdaq and s p turned around. Lets get you updated on some of the top stories were following right now. President obama had strong words for congress this morning. Talking about the 16 day government shut down that only ended after 11th hour deal by Congress Last night. We come from different parties but we are Americans First. And thats why disagreement cannot mean dysfunction. The president says the budget stand off damaged americas credibility around the world. This morning, National Parks and memorials are reopening and federal employees are returning to work. They are still talking in the bart labor dispute after 22 straight hours. The contract negotiations are still going on right now. We do know bart trains will run all day. We dont know if the two sides are getting close to a deal. The out of control fire where it started 3. 5 hours ago. More than 100 firefighters were called to the Terrace Apartments. About 100 people were inside. Four are injured. One seriously. Paul chambers joins us live from the Evacuation Center. Reporter thats right, brian. Last check, i found out there were 46 people inside here. They expect to have a lot more people come in throughout the morning. I will also tell you they have a bus that is charter willing people from the fire scene over here. All people who have been displaced by this mornings fire. The fire happened about 5 30 this morning. Were told this is a fourstory complex. Four people were injured. People who live inside say it was a scary scene. Something you might see in a movie. Residents say they heard yelling and one person had to be rescued from their balcony. Trying to avoid the fire and head for a safe place to be rescued. People were climbing on the other side. They were stuck. They couldnt open their doors. At first, i didnt know where the fire is. I know its fire. Alarm went off. I could smell a little bit of smoke. I needed to get my family out first. Reporter once again, if you need help, this is the place you can come to. The red Morton Community center. 1120 roosevelt avenue. Red cross will be out here as long as people need their help. You can come to that area. They have people ages from young babies through senior citizens. Im talking to a woman off camera. She actually saw people climbing down ladders coming down out of that fire. People were worried and scared. We will have that interview today on our noon news cast. Paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. 8 46. New this morning, chilling new video of last months terrorist attack at a shopping mall. Some may find the images disturbing. Shows the attackers chatting on their cell phones while they sprayed bullets at terrified shoppers. The footage was taken on september 21st. Day one of the four day siege. 67 people were killed in that attack. And it was the worst terrorist incident sints the bombing in 1998. Help is on the way for people struggling with mortgage payments. A program that begins today in oakland. Good morning. Its called the American Dream event and sponsored by Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of america. For the first time, they are here in oakland. The group held thousands of families across the country facing foreclosure modify their loans. Can help reduce payments by hundreds of thousands a month by refinancing with low market interest rates. Anyone who has a mortgage that is considered unaffordable can qualify. The organization kept her from being homeless. I was only a couple days from losing my house and losing all my credit and helped me stabilize my life and helped me rebuild it. There are nearly 1800 properties in oakland. 1300 in san jose and 900 in San Francisco that are in some stage of foreclosure. The fiveday event starting right now at the city center from 8 a. M. To 6 p. M. It runs today through monday. Low income families who want to buy a home can also get a below market fixed rate loan from naca. I spoke to one of the people organizing the event on the phone. He says they do welcome walk ins today. They encourage you to sign up on the web site naca. Com. But you certainly will need proof of income and bank statements. You may qualify for a modification. Pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. All right. Thank you. Time is 8 49. Lets go to sal. Are things looking good onle tal plaza . I would say they are moderate. They are not as bad as they could be i guess. Im an optimist, remember. Earlier problem pch earlier. Cleared out but traffic was getting slow. This is about a 15 to 20 minute delay. Not all that bad. We want to mention traffic has been slow on 880 northbound from about 238 all the way downtown. 580 is slightly better. Peninsula northbound 101 earlier accident. 280 and 85 and 101 in the southbound are very slow and so is 880. Southbound 880 slow from 92 to fremont. Lets go to steve. Thank you, sir. Clear skies right across from ktvu here. Maybe come out and wave at us if you are watching us. Clear skies. Fog tried. Already losing. Its not going to make it. May be down the Central California coast. The higher clouds are on their way. Clear skies at a very quiet pattern. A little fog out there. Already looking like its running into resistance. Being an offshore component. Lots of sunshine. A little cooler by the coast. Plenty of 70s to near 80 in San Francisco. Inland temps will be the same all week long. Low 80s. A few mid 80s. Kind of back off on a couple degrees. Still be very close for everybody. North bay, east bay, south bay. Still be really good. Down a couple degrees. Overall, looks like a quiet pattern. If any change, slightly cooler by the coast. All right. Thank you, steve. It is coming up on 9 minutes before 9 00. Not much joy for fans of glee. When the tv show will come to an end and how the loss of one of its stars affected the producers plans. We continue to follow the breaking news from redwood city. These are live pictures now. There are injuries in that huge apartment house fire there. Well have a final live check in at the scene when we come back. Too big. Too soft. Too small. Mmm too happy. [ male announcer ] at progresso, weve got a passion for quality. Because youve got a passion for taste. At Kaiser Permanente weve reduced serious heart attacks by 62 , which makes days with grandpa jack 100 more possible. Join us at kp. Org and thrive. Thank you bay area for your participation in the cox conserves hero award. 10,000 check for her charity of her choice. Major reasons why the beaches are clean. Our other finalist bill long and karen parcel were also winners receiving checks for 2500. Congratulations to all of our cox conserves heroes. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Time 8 53. We continue to follow that breaking story in redwood city. These are live pictures from the ground there. Apartment fire still burning in some spots nearly four hours after it started. For the most part firefighters have tamed the 6 alarm fire. Several residents standing outside the apartment complex there. Roughly started around 5 15 this morning. At one point the fire was so intense. Firefighters had to back off and fight it defensively. Overall, four people were injured. One person is in serious condition. Firefighters say they dont yet know what caused the fire but sal has been mentioning, expect wood side to be closed for most of the day. Fans of the fox tv show glee not really in the mood to sing. The programs creator announced next season will be the 6th and final one for glee. Show producers say the cast and crew were devastated by the sudden death of star corey montieth. He was supposed to play a role in the final year. Producers will now draft an end they say will honor his memory. In about three hours, the aclu will announce a panel to study the legalization of marijuana. The Civil Liberties group says it will release public poll numbers supporting legalized pot. The panel will be chaired by Lieutenant Governor and former San Francisco mayor. The Health Clinic in San Francisco is offering free flu shots today. Clinic by the bay omission street is offering the shots as part of 3 year anniversary. The shots are available from 10 to 1 00. They are for adults over the age of 18 only. Air pollution is now officially labeled as a cause of cancer. Today, the World Health Organization added cancer to the list of Serious Health risks posed by air pollution. Specifically the who says the more people are exposed to air pollution, the higher the risk of developing lung cancer. The Organization Says people who live in developing countries with large populations and booming Manufacturing Industries are particularly at risk. San franciscos historic coit tower will get a Million Dollar make over. Will consider bids in a project to fix up the borld famous landmark. The plans call for major ren laceration work on both the inside and the outside of the 210 foot tower. This is expected to be one of the biggest renovation projects ever for the tower that was built back in 1933. All right. 8 56. Want to check in with sal. Pretty busy day. How are things looking . It is still busy in the east bay for sure. I want to mention 80 westbound is still very crowded and so is 880 getting near the bridge. We want to show the bridge. Its been steady and slow for a 20 minute delay. A little better if you are using fastrak. If you are using cash its not good. 101 has been slow and a portion of woodside road has been closed. They have to investigate and clean up. Its going to be a while. I would avoid woodside road. Thank you. Sunshine warm temps. The coast is clear. Still pretty coast. I really dont see any change inland. Still really quiet. A long time here. It will change eventually. Thanks a lot. That is our report for this morning. 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