Transcripts For KTVU Mornings On 2 20140820

Mornings on 2 begins right now. Ktvu news starts right now with breaking news. We have been following breaking news in hayward, where a person was struck and killed on 880. The deadly crash has created a huge backup at a major artery. You can see a couple of lanes blocked there. Tara moriarty is there. Coming up two minute, shell have more. Good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. Im tori campbell. Im dave clark. Lets talk about weather and traffic. Steve, i ducked outside, it was kind of gloomy. Its warm. It is warm. Mid60s. Oakland, hayward, san leandro, also on the coast from half moon bay, pacifica. About 63. Daly city, 63. Mist, drizzle yesterday than today. A few breaks in the low cloud deck. The low is all that we had yesterday, its already flying down to Southern California. So we dont have to worry about that anymore, although it will give a breeze here. Mid60s for some. Theres hayward, 66. San francisco actually 62. Looks like they will set a record warm minimum. Water temperatures really warm, 60, 64. You combine that with a south wind and that equals mild lows. 60s for many. Some of the Higher Elevations are in the 50s. South at 12 at sfo, sowst gusting to 16 at sfo. South and hayward. That will do it. Low clouds will burn back. Well see sunshine today. Temperatures are running below average near the coast and bay. They are near average to above. We call it fog. Its a low cloud deck. 60s, 70s around the bay. Heres sal. We started with a very serious problem on 880 thats caused a huge traffic jam. The location, southbound 880 at industrial. Still two right lanes taken away by a fatal crash. Well find out more about what may have caused this crash. We have a reporter on the scene and were gonna get details in a moment. But well tell you that traffic on 880 is backed up before highway 238 into san leandro. This is a really long backup. Its getting worse as minutes go on southbound 880. Now it looks like there is a minor crash on the other side of the freeway, northbound 8880, which is not affecting much. But we can see it here. The bay bridge is backed up for 30 minutes. 580 is backed up getting to the area. This morning on northbound 101 in san jose and 280 and 85, just moderately heavy. As i just mentioned, were on the scene of that major trafficup on interstate 880 in hayward after a pedestrian was hit and killed. Tara moriarty just spoke to the chp about how that person ended up on the freeway. Tara . Reporter well, new details are emerging as to what happened to the man on the overcrossing thats above and behind me that led up to him being killed. Hayward police may be investigating this is a possible homicide. You can see that two lanes are blocked off here and traffic definitely backed up. This all unfolded around quarter to 5 00 on the overpass at industrial boulevard over 880 southbound. A big rig driver struck a man. We dont know if he hit a person. He knew he hit something. So he pulled over a couple of exthe exits down. He explains what he saw to police. Police try to piece this together. He was unsure. There might have been a verbal confrontation with somebody. I dont know and then which resulted in this gentleman going over the overcrossing. Thats still under investigation. Reporter thats why Hayward Police are involved . Yes, maam. Reporter again, two southbound lanes are shut down on 880. We dont know when the freeway will be completely clear. I can see that the coroner is still on the scene here and they still have these lanes blocked off. Traffic is backed up for about 15 minutes through this stretch. You can take hesperian or mission boulevard as an alternate since they run parallel to 880. Were live in hayward, Tara Moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. Well be checking back for updates. Thank you, tara. Police in fairfield are searching for a man who they believe is responsible for three Sexual Assault cases in two days. On august 2nd, police say a man made sexual comments to a woman walking near northwood drive. About 15 minutes later, a man came up behind a 16yearold girl who was jogging near oak brook drive and sexually assaulted her. The next day, police say a woman jogging near somer grove drive was also sexually assaulted. Here is a sketch of the suspect. In all three cases, the victim describe the man as white, 18 to 20 years old, about 57 to 58. He has a slim build, short light brain or reddish hair and a thin beard. If you have any information, call Hayward Police. Continuing coverage now of the ongoing situation in ferguson, missouri. According to a Missouri State police captain, last night was a turning point. He says protesters were out early and peacefully walked the streets. He also said they went home early making it easier for police to spot those making trouble. At least 46 people were arrested last night. The town has faced days of violent protests since the august 9th Deadly Police shooting of 18yearold Michael Brown. Coming up later in the newscast, well go live to ferguson, where attorney general eric holder is expected this morning to meet with people conducting an independent investigation into browns death. 7 06. Police in vallejo investigating two suspicious deaths after the bodies of a man and a woman were found on a boat. That boat was docked at the vallejo municipal harbor. Now, police went there yesterday morning after a Family Member called, saying there hadnt heard from the woman or her they hadnt heard from the woman or her husband for several days. They had been living on the boat. They had obvious signs of trauma. We dont know their names. The main fig in the fbi sting involving lee land figure in the fbi sting involving leland yee is due in court. Raymond chow is due in court. Earlier this month, prosecutors added racketeering. He already faces a long list of charges that include Money Laundering and a conspiracy to illegally sell alcohol and tobacco. A San Francisco father is warning others after encounter with a coyote that was too close for comfort. Stay with me. Go the [bleep] out of here. This is video of lands gin lands inn. He shot it after the coyote came after his daughter. He managed to scare it off. But he managed to scare it off again. As we came around the corner and luna was in front of me a good distance, i saw a coyote see her and go running toward her. That was very scary. He posted the video on social media to warn other parents. Park Officials Say there have been no problems, recent problems with coyotes at lands inn. Another sighting, in lake chabot. Wildlife experts say coyotes are not typically aggressive. If you encounter one, make noise and raise your arms to scare it off. Some brands of peanut and  Almond Butter are peaking pulled from shelves because of possible salmonella contamination. Janine de la vega is live with the specific brands involved. Reporter good morning. Here at whole foods, theyve removed the Almond Butter off their shelves. The fda has issued a voluntary recall because of health concerns. About 40 different peanut and Almond Butters are involved in the recall. The haynes Group Announced the groups for products because theyve been potentially contaminated with salmonella. The items include arrowhead mills, maranatha, safeway open nature, trader joes raw and whole foods roasted Almond Butter. The Company Reports four people have reported being sick. Its pretty scary. We eat a lot of Peanut Butter and we assume, especially when it is organic, its made as a higher level and is safe. Reporter the companys president said we are initiating a recall and are working closely with the fda to proactively remedy the situation. Stores have been told to remove the products pr shelves and warehouses. If you have an affected product, call the manufacturer. Dont take it back to the store. Janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. And you can check your website, ktvu. Com, for the full list of products being recalled. That includes the usedby dates. You can find that list under our hot topics heading. The city of vallejo is marking a major milestone in  its finance am recovery. The city has been awarded a certificate for excellence in Financial Reporting from a Government Finance organization. The honor comes less than three years after vallejo emerged from bankruptcy protection. Poor recordkeeping was said to be a factor in the citys 2008 bankruptcy. 7 10. An overnight explosion in San Francisco. A grandmother is rushed to the hospital. The family dog needs medical treatment. Coming up in 20 minutes, alex savidge will have a live report from that scene. But next, bracing for a rush. What the dmv is selling undocumented immigrants who are planning to apply for drivers licenses. Good morning. Were looking at the east bay because certainly there have been a lot of problems. At we look at 880, northbound and southbound looks good. Things are recovering after they are clearing that accident in hayward. Even though we have a lot of fog, low clouds, its not very cool. Its really warm for some, especially around the coast and parts of the bay. Well have more on that. Speaking of warm, the low 64. Well go sunny and 74. Bulldog if youre like me, youve been working like a dog all year. But dont camp out til labor day to reward yourself. Mattress discounters labor day sale is ending soon rest those tired bones on a queen size serta mattress and box spring set. Right now, theyre just 397. Get 48 months interestfree financing on the entire tempurpedic cloud collection. Not to labor the point, but this sale ends soon. Mattress discounters time coming up on 7 14. Were following developing news out of the middle east, where an american journalist beheaded by isis militants may not be be the last. As Kyla Campbell report, isis says they want the air strikes stopped in iraq. Reporter isis released a video of the journalist being beheaded, james foley. These are still images taken from the video in which foley reads a message likely written by his captors blaming america for his death and the militant beheads him. Foleys family has not heard from him since he disappeared from northwest syria in another of 20 in november of 2012. In this video, another american journalist is threatened if the u. S. Does not end military operations in iraq. I just spoke with someone from the conservative Heritage Foundation and he says the u. S. Has very few options accept to continue targeting isis. You have to feel for the family and every death is a tragedy, but there are millions of lives at strike here in that country. Reporter my white house contacts said president obama is getting updates on the situation while in marthas vineyard. He is not scheduled to speak so far today. Now, why experts say isis is a threat to the United States homeland. Im working on those details for you at 8 15. Live in washington, Kyla Campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you. James foleys mother posted an emotional statement on facebook. She said weve never been prouder of our son, jim. He gave his life trying to expose the world to the suffering of the syrian people. We implore the kidnappers to spare the lives of the remaining hostages. The Obama Administration says it will change the way passengers can ask to be taken 0 off the no fly list. This is after its ruled that the Current System is unconstitutional. The Justice Department will make changes in six months. As of last year, there were 48,000 people on that list. The dmv offices across the state are getting ready for a rush of undocumented immigrants expected to aplay for drivers licenses in the next year. Undocumented immigrants living in california will be allowed to apply for a drivers license starting january 1st. Sonoma county dmv officials held a Community Forum in santa rosa to explain the new law. Officials are urging undocumented immigrants to be prepared and study for the test so they can pass the first time. Thats because they say it could be difficult to get a second appointment due to the number of people who are expected to apply. 7 16. A hostage drama continues in a suburb of chicago. Two children and two adults are still being held hostage at a home in that chicago suburb, almost 21 hours after a Police Standoff began. Four other children were freed by the gunman in the town of harvey and s. W. A. T. Teams are still negotiating with the suspects. Police say the stand joch started after standoff started after police interrupted a burglary at the home. Two Police Officers were shot in an exchange of gunfire as they responded but they are expected to survive. Just a couple of months until the november election. Governor brown has agreed to one debate with his republican challenger, neil cash carry. The governor holds a 20point lead in the latest polls. Now the one debate is set for thursday, september 4th in sacramento, two months before the election. Its also about one month before ballots are mailed out to oat to voters. Chp did a good job considering the circumstances of this horrible crash where pun where one person was killed. Southbound 880 near the industrial onramp there where the icon is. Southbound traffic, however, is backed up from Marina Boulevard and all of the lanes reopened, it will take a while for the traffic to unwind. That means if you are trying to get to the san mateo bridge, its gonna be tough. 238 is backed up on 580. It has been having a big effect. Lets go to San Francisco, hearing of an accident northbound 101, north of 280. Its backing up traffic north of candlestick trying to get into downtown San Francisco. I want to show you the traffic on 237 is very slow. We had an accident westbound at mathilda. They are moving it to the shoulder. But it was an injury crash involving a dump truck and other vehicles. 237 is terrible. Give yourself plenty of extra time. No negotiating that freeway. Thats hard for me to say, i guess. Westbound bay bridge, 25minute drive time into San Francisco before you make it to the city side of the bridge. Now, lets go to steve. It happens to me all of the time. I said shierra instead of sierra about an hour ago. Yeah. The lows on the coast are usually what they see for high temperatures. They are about 63, 65. Why is that happening . Theres a lot of low clouds. Theres plenty going on. Warm lows, mid60s for many. Mostly sunny this afternoon. Breezy and mild. A little warmer. A very quiet pattern. Hohum. For what its worth before i get going, for what its worth, one forecast model puts rain on us around september 2nd, 3rd. 5 rain at ukiah. Well see. Remember, i talked about this and the model is consistent. Well see. Water temperatures from about point reyes south are around 60, 64. North you can kind it fooler. You get a south wind along with warm Ocean Temperatures. Thats why the lows are mild. Half moon bay 10 gusting to 16. So daly city, half moon bay, pacifica are sitting at 63 degrees. Hayward sitting at about 66 because they have a south wind. San jose also. Livermore has a west wind. Theres a few west winds. Gilroy, 62. 63 east san jose. 62 san jose. Sunnyvale, 63. Fremont, 62. The Higher Elevations are cooler but they are dealing with a lot of fog, especially up in the santa cruz mountains. You can see the low cloud deck. Theres plenty here. The low which went right by us yesterday, cooled us down but it was not Strong Enough to or dynamic enough to break up the fog bank. Its there. It will retreat back. But 66 hayward. Oakland airport 65. Theres 63 half moon bay. San francisco is actually 62. It looks like a record warm minimum temperature. That could be the fifth one in the last 20 days because the Ocean Temperatures are warm and the humidity is high. 63 novato. 63 concord, 63 livermore. 63 reno, ukiah and monterey are all close. Very strange weather. Chicago, 74. The thunderstorm activity last night looks like it might pick up. We have an evening game. Giants and the cubs. Look whats rumbling to the west. Thunderstorm complex, maybe it will go through early. But there is a lot out there for Severe Weather. Thats the prime time area. For us, low clouds. Well head back to the coast. Any shower or thunderstorm activity up in the sierra will go south as the low goes south. Local drizzle. Sunny inland, 70 these are way below average. 86, 87 for concord, livermore. Oakland, San Francisco are right where they should be temperaturewise and very mild temperatures from the lows to the highs. Wont change that much but they are well above average for some. Breezy, warmer. A very quiet pattern as we go into the next couple of days. Maybe warmer towards sunny. I dont know if you stayed up for the giants game. The giantses may follow a protest with mlb. A soggy downpour that led to the loss. Bruce bochy is furious. And people rush to help after a driver plows into a cafe and one mans facetoface encounter with the suspect on the run. Highspeed chase that ended with a crash into a sausalito coffee shop, all caught on camera. People were sitting outside freds place yesterday morning when a car going about 70 miles an hour smashed into two cars and then the coffee shop. The driver of the speeding car was fleeing marin county sheriffs deputies. He had a woman and a 2yearold boy in the car with him. After the crash, he jumped out of the car and ran. I just turned around and saw him right here and he just he looked nervous. And so i thought, there he is. There is the guy. We just chased him and he went on the roof and we caught him. The suspect identified as 20 yearold Derrick Mccann was caught by witnesses and held until police arrived. He was held on multiple injury charges. Police say its a miracle nobody was killed. The mosttalked about pitcher in baseball will be pitching today at the Little League world series. There she is. 13yearold monet davis from my hometown of philadelphia. Shes also on the koefner of sports illustrated. Shes the first Little Leaguer to ever appear on the cover after becoming the first girl in Little League world Series History to throw a shut out. The cover says remember her name, as if anybody could forget. Her mom is very excited. One thing, im gonna get a thousand copies of it. Im gonna get a lot. Monet is tremendous. Shes a celebrity now. Shes doing national tv interviews. Were talking about her on ktvu. Shes getting wees from the flawd tweets from the first lady. If her team wins today in las vegas, they move on to the u. S. Championship game. The nfl is reportedly telling musicians they will have to pay up to perform in the 2015 super bowl halftime show. Katey perry, rihanna and cole play are the top choices. Some artists were asked if they would exchange a headlining spot for their post super bowl earnings. They do not typically pay artists during the halftime but but it usually covers travel expenses. The fears of an ebola here in the u. S. Are hitting closer to him. The possible case that cropped up not far from the bay area. Reporter were live at Novato High School where its the first day for school for many students, not just here but in the bay area. Coming up, Law Enforcement and keeping kids safe. Still slow in many areas as we look at the south bay. Northbound 101 is okay here but getting into the valley on 237 if thats your commute, give yourself extra time. Well explain why. Low cloud deck and mild temperatures, 67 in crockett. Thats the current temperature here and 66 in hayward. Whats going on . Well talk about that and see if it will be warmer cooler inland. Female narrator the mattress price wars are on the mattress price wars are on at sleep train. We challenged the manufacturers to offer even lower prices. Now its posturepedic versus beautyrest with big savings of up to 400 off. Serta icomfort and tempurpedic go headtohead with three years interestfree financing. Plus, free sameday delivery, setup, and removal of your old set. When brands compete, you save. Mattress price wars are on now at sleep train. Your ticket to a better nights sleep 7 30. Good morning. The first day of school just started for students at Novato High School in the north bay. These are some live pictures. Look whats there waiting for them. Friendly Police Officer making sure everyone is safe. Brian flores will have more on what police are doing to keep children out of harms way. Something very important. Keep everybody safe. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Im tori campbell. Im dave clark. Lets talk about your weather and traffic. I am, indeed. We have low clouds and mild lows. Mid60s. Even some dare i say, pushing upper 60s. It will be sunny, breezy. Fog near the coast doesnt mean they will be cool. They will be mild as well. Low clouds and helped along. We had the low yesterday. Where is it now . On its way to los angeles and even san diego. Maybe some thunderstorm activity on the high desert or heading towards las vegas into arizona. 60s here, mid60s. Half moon bay, 63. Novato 63. For some, theres a very decent westerly breeze. For others, theres a south windant is that mild or what . South along san mateo coast, parts of the peninsula and even san jose and hayward which is why the lows are up here. The low cloud deck is still here. The higher clouds are gone. Low clouds, sunny and breezy. Local drizzle. Not as bad as yesterday. Sunny inland. Temperatures below normal. Near average coast and bay. Heres sal. Weve been talking about it all morning since it happened just after 5 15. Southbound 880 that crash has cleared where we had an earlier fate there, southbound 880 at industrial. The traffic is backed up to marina. The traffic is better after that if u are driving from the east bay to san jose. It looks good. 237 we had an accident in in sunnyvale near mathilda and that is really causing slow traffic on 237 as i pull it close here, you can see just how slow it is driving from basically right from interstate 880 out to 101 is a slow drive. Lets go to the bay bridge toll plaza, its backed up all the way out to the macarthur maze. 25 to 30ment drive into San Francisco. Northbound 101 near 280 had a crash near. Traffic backing up towards candlestick. Southbound looks good to the peninsula and the airport. Back to the desk. Were finding out more about a fire overnight that sent a grandmother to the hospital on miramar avenue. Alex savidge is joining us live to tell us more about how the fire started and what we know about the condition of that grandmother. Alex . Reporter well, dave, good morning to you. Good news for this grandmother. She did suffer smoke inhalation during this earlymorning fire and had to be taken to the hospital. But her family tells me she was released a short time ago. The 77yearold woman, according to firefighters, took in quite a bit of smoke as flames filled up her home early this morning. The fire started around 1 30 here at home on the 500 block of miramar avenue. There were four people inside at the time. All of them Family Members. They say they woke up when they heard what sounded like an explosion, a banging sound coming from the ground floor of the garage. They quickly realized there was a fire and everyone got out. Firefighters moved in and knocked down the flames fairly quickly, then they treated this elderly woman and ultimately took her to the hospital. All in all a very frightening moment for the family. On a scale of one to nine, definitely a ten. More scared for grandma. Shes the leader of the house. Had to make sure shes safe and shes recovering. Were all happy. Now we move on and put everything back together. Reporter along with the people inside this home this morning, there was one dog who had to be rescued by firefighters and that dog was treated here at the scene, given oxygen and is expected to be okay. A fire captain also told me that they are looking into the cause of this fire, the cause is unclear right now. But an arson investigator was called in just to figure out exactly how it started. Im told that is standard any time anyone is hurt in a fire. The family says they do have insurance to cover repairs. There is quite a bit of repair work that has to be done. They will be staying with relatives for the time being. Alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you, alex. 7 34. There is a Surprising New development in the case of the 2yearold girl killed on friday night in a hitandrun accident in San Francisco. Police have made an arrest but its not the. Driver. Police arrested the its not the driver. Police arrested the aunt of the girl. Police say 25yearold loriysha gage walked in the busy street and left the girl to go back to the curb and get the toddlers twin brother. The investigation showed some evidence that there was some child neglect that resulted in the death of the 2 yearold toddler. Now, the little girls aunt has been booked into county jail on felony child endangerment charges. Police are searching for the hitandrun driver. We have Surveillance Video to show you right now. Its a white or light colored 1990s model toyota camry, honda or lexus. Take a look at it. The car has darkcolored buppers and rims. If you have any information call San Francisco police right away. 7 36. An israeli owned container ship managed to avoid protesters at port of oakland. Yesterday, the ship left the dock appearing to head toward los angeles. It went outside the golden gate but then it turned around and came back and docked at a different terminal at the port of oakland. Thats where the unloading began last night. Long shore workers had refused to unload the ship in previous days because of the presence of protesters and police. They said they didnt feel safe. When protesters found out about the ships return last night, they regrouped at the new location. The propalestinian protesters targeted the ship because of israels action in gaza. Were learning more about a possible ebola case right here in northern california. Pam cook joins us in the studio with more with more on the patient and the precautions being taken. The person who may be infected is peaking kept in isolation in sacramento. That patient is at Kaiser Permanente hospital in south sacramento. But the hospital says at this point, this is just a precaution. There are reports that the person recently traveled to west africa. But we spoke to an Infectious Disease specialist who said people should not panic. Its hard to get. You would have to be really in close contact. Right now, the patient in sacramento is waiting for test results. A blood sample has been sent for the centers for disease control. But it could take several days to get the results. A woman in new mexico who recently traveled to sierra leone, another region phone for the ebola voice is waiting for her test results. Well have more comment from Health Officials in our next hour of mornings on 2. Tori and dave . Thank you. Pen simms are sharpened, School Supplies are packed. Its the first day of school for several schools unless bay area. Brian flores is live where classes begin this morning. Hard to believe. Reporter it is hard to believe. Were live here at Novato High School where the first bell is about to ring probably in the next couple of minutes or so. Take a look at the sign right below the novato sign. It says thank you for slowing down. Thats the message that many Law Enforcement agencies not just here in novato but many districts are saying. A lot of drivers getting used to the kids being back to school here this morning. Im here with sergeant redell. Good morning. Reporter talk about the districts. We have the high schools who start out were trying to get the safety message out through enforcement and education at the high school, it tends to be enforcement oriented because they are driving now. Reporter talk about the flow of traffic. Many parents may not be aware of the flow of traffic and the problems it may cause for other drivers who dont have kids in the school. Thats correct. Especially starting school on a wednesday. Some people are not aware its happening. A lot of the feeder streets. They are residential streets 25 mileanhour speed limits. People are coming into school. They may be running late and speeds increase. We have other streets that run along Novato High School where the speed limits are 40 miles an hour. Those streets get very congested. Sometimes drivers are not aware traffic is in front of emthem. They need to reduce their speeds to reduce the possibility of a collision. Reporter thank you, sergeant. Novato school drirgts not the only districts not the only one having schools open today. There is a list. Including benicia, vallejo city as well. There is a whole list of schools available on our website. Again, if you are driving around the schools today, several Bay Area Schools beginning on the first day of school, slow down out there. Be aware of the traffic patterns as well as the sergeant mentioned in the feeder streets. It will be busy for the next week or so. Brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you, brian. You can find more Bay Area School openings under our special backtoschool section. Its under the hot topics on ktvu. Com. 7 40. Im a big brian flores fan. Yes. Now the fir is gonna fly because brian flores has a new side kick. I want you to meet brian flores the kitten. This kitten is one of dozens who have been left at the humane society. Last week, brain flores on the Animal Shelter, holding the cat in novato. They have an oversupply of cats. To show their gratitude for the great report, the shelter named a kitten in brians owner. Little brian flores will be available for you to atonight in the next couple of days adopt in the next couple of days. Im told the original brian flores is considering giving his namesake a home, especially after his 3yearold daughter said she would like to have the kitten. Brian doesnt have a chance. When daddy hears from the daughter. The only thing, they may want to change the name. You call the kitten and brian comes. Yes. Breaking news weve been following for the past two hours. A deadly accident on 880 in hayward. How police say a man ended up in the middle of the freeway where he was hit by a big rig. Also coming up hands up the attorney general heading to missouri after days of violent protests. Well see whats happening in ferguson right now in a live report. Good morning. Were looking at 237 and traffic is very slow. Well tell you why its so slow here. And what you can do to avoid it. Melody anderson in oakley said, steve, this is what i call three bears weather. Not too hot, not too cold, just right. I like that. And well talk about the mild, mild lows for many. Hey pal . You ready . 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This community will get a visit from the nations top Law Enforcement official, attorney general air irk holder. Hands up reporter the change in dynamics in ferguson, missouri. Protesters were out early and walked the streets peacefully. At one point, they locked hands in front of police, urging the crowd to remain peaceful. Then around midnight, things changed. The agitated criminals began to throw bottles. They threw urine on officers. Reporter officers chased them down and made 47 arrests. There were no molotov could be tails, tear gas or shooting. I believe there was a turning point made. I think that turning point was made by the clergy, the activates, the volunteers and the men and women of Law Enforcement who partnered together to make a difference. Reporter attorney general eric holder will visit ferguson for an update on the investigation into the shooting that set off the protests. A state prosecutor is expected to start presenting evidence to a grand jury which will consider whether or not to indict, Darren Wilson, the officer accused of shooting Michael Brown. The brown family lawyer says the community doesnt necessarily trust the grand jury process because its closed to public. The grand jury come back and said, we find that justified, him executing this kid and broad daylight. I think thats gonna be very problematic for this community. Reporter the focus will return to Michael Brown next week. A public funeral is scheduled for monday. Tori, back to you. All right. Thank you. 7 47. Police are warning visitors to a popular lookout in berkeley, in the Berkeley Hills to be careful after two deadly falls in just three months. Police say 60yearold Donald Odwyer last lost his footing on the lookout at grizzly peak boulevard and fell 110 feet down the hillside. Its the second death at the popular spot owned by uc berkeley in recent months. A 22yearold man was also killed in may after falling in the same area. Had a close call on one of those rocks, climbing with some friends. Definitely can be a dangerous area. No warning signs are currently posted but the University Says its considering putting up warnings or even closing the area to the public. Nasa Scientists Say a golf ball sized meet or right that landed in novato was a gift from heaven. This twoounce chunk of rock was recovered from the roof of a home hours after it hit. The experts believe it landed there after being hit by space debris and they now say that debris came from a crash between the earthquake and another another body which created the moon billions of years ago. Wow. All right, tc. You stay up for the giants game last night well, the giants may file a protest with Major League Baseball after last nights four and a half hour rain delay in chicago. It led to a giants loss. The game with the cubs was stopped in the 5th inning. It just started pouring out there. The ground crew couldnt roll the tarp all the way out to properly cover the infield and after it stopped raining, they tried to put out bags of dirt and used leaf blowers to fix the mess. But the umpire finally said the field was unplayable. The cubs were leading at the time, 20. So the cubs got the win. Bruce bochy is not happy. Yeah. Apparently might try to contest that. Yes. 7 49. We want to check in with sal and see how are things are going. You said the lanes are all open on 880 but i imagine is it still pretty slow there . You are right. We had the earlier crash on 880. Its cleared but it blocked lanes for almost an hour and a half. Traffic is still backed up from Marina Boulevard all the way down into union city. Its been a terrible commute. San mateo bridge is also slow as you can see from the road sensors crossing the bridge. I do want to mention in San Francisco, northbound 101, they are clearing the crash near 280 but thats done damage. Its backed up from candlestick on the way up to the 80 split. Lets take a look at live pictures. We mentioned the san mateo bridge. I wanted to show it to you, a live picture. And traffic is slow here. Also at the bay bridge. Weve had a big backup, 20 to 30minute drive time. That wednesday not looking that good. Lets go to steve. Thank you, sir. Its not official but i will say so. San franciscos low this morning was 61. The record was 60 warm minimum temperature back in 1972. Thats the fifth warmest minimum temperature in the last 30 days. Whats going on . Sea surface temperatures are very warm. 63 San Francisco buoy. Monterey to half moon bay, 63, 64. Point reyes 61. You combine that with a south breeze, whi weve seen a lot since july for most. Livermore has a west. Mountain view has turned westerly. But sfo south at 12. Half moon bay south at 10. That means the lows are sitting 61, 64 degrees. Some areas are warmer than that. A report from crockett, 67 in hayward. 66 in san jose. Nay state, 62. 62 down to gilroy. Some breaks in the low clouds down towards san jose. Theres plenty of low clouds around. The low that went right over us yesterday is now zipping to Southern California. Look at that. Thunderstorm activity, rain possible around san diego, delmar over to maybe palm springs to las vegas and on the high desert. Not for us. The low will park it there and eject out. Could be more thunderstorm activity for friday and saturday for las vegas, palm springs and also into arizona. The beat goes on. Two tropical systems, one low, that will move north and then karina will stay south of the hawaiian islands. No issue there. Usually august, end of august, september, thats when we focus the eyes to the south and get the blowoff from the storms. One system brings rain down to santa rosa. Well see if that holds. 50s and 60s. Theres your 66 hayward. 63 sfo. Half moon bay, redwood city, thats why the lows are so mild. Sea surface temperatures. For us, the east bay, north bay and concord, westerly breeze. Had gusts to 36 this morning at travis. Kind of a separate forecast here for the north bay and also for the south bay. 74 in chicago, but look what is lining up. They had the thunderstorm activity for the giants game. It looks like a repeat. This is a beast of a system. It stretches back to omaha. Theres already Severe Weather popping up. They may have another delay. Well see if it goes through fast enough. If they had a day game, i would say no way but maybe this evening it will be done. Fog will retreat back to the coast. Low clouds. Sun, breezy, local drizzle. Sunny inland. Temperatures running below average for inland area, yet near average to slightly above. Coast and bay. They are starting off so, so warm. Not much change here. Just subtle changes day to day. 60s, 70s and 80s into the weekend. All right. Thank you, steve. Eight minutes before 8 00. A postal carrier in South Carolina is being hailed as a hero after saving a baby from choking. I just turned him around and started to beat him on his back but it wasnt coming out. Stephanie cooper said she was frantic when her 11monthold son eli put a wrapper in his mouth and started to choke. Fortunately, the mail carrier, chris brown, was at the front door and immediately trang into action. The mailman didnt say a word. He just grabbed my son and did the heimlich on him and out it came. Brown said he learned the heimlich maneuver during Emergency Training with the post office. He says after 24 years on the job, this is the first time weisss had to use the training. Because of his quick action, little eli, who is just adorable, will be celebrating his first birthday this weekend. Bravo. Special day for the whole family. Bravo, bravo. If you are a fan of well if you are a fan of will and grace. , they are heading to the capitol and the connection to the lbgt community. Some kids wish to be a superhero. All he wanted was to work at a construction site. Well tell you about a very touching make a wish grant. On august 4th, two unsuspecting men walked in to a mcdonalds and discovered an extraordinary burger with heaps of jalapenos. For only two dollars. Within minutes, they had also discovered the phenomenon of economnomnomics nomnom. Nom . Nom nom the jalapeno double, try it now for just 2 on mcdonalds dollar menu and more. Its economnomnomcial. Nom. Nom. Nom. Welcome back. This week San Jose Police started a new lan to deal with low staffing calls. They are training civilians for nonemergency calls. We received a sneak peek. This is the training for 25 new recruits. Police say the civilian officers will respond to burglary, car thefts, vandalism, traffic reports and even missing persons cases. Civilians will not respond to calls with an active suspect and they will only be armed with pepper spray. Police say this is needed to help cope with the shortage of officers caused by cuts to retirement benefits. The civilian officers will be paid 54,000 a year. They may start hitting the streets in just a couple of minutes. A little boy suffering from a rare cancer got a chance to live out his wish to work at a construction site in San Francisco. The Makeawish Foundation arranged for the 3yearold from Monterey County to step in as an honor airy construction foreman at the site of a 19 story residential tower. He has a rare kidney cancer. He was able to help operate heavy machine, haul dirt and help with a concrete pour at the trinity site. Lombardi put his hands in wet concrete where it will serve as a reminder of his brave cancer. Its wonderful to help the construction workers pitching in to help his day special. I love it. Still ahead, Peanut Butter and Almond Butter, a lot of kids want that as they head back to school. But find out why popular brands are being yanked off store shelves. A deadly accident on 880 in hayward, what happened within the past hour. A crash that was not with serious injuries but seriously damaged the commute upon 237. Still terrible getting over to sunnyvale. Well tell you what happened. Big fog bank out there. Big, in fact. But temperatures are running mild. Mid 6s for some. Even though the fog is here, its not cold. Inland temperatures will be below average. Well show you that coming up. Well, good morning to you. Welcome back. A possible Homicide Investigation shut down the lanes of 880 southbound in hayward. It messed up the traffic and the commute. They did reopen it less than an hour ago, though. Ktvus Tara Moriarty is live at the Hayward Police department where police have just taken over the investigation from the chp. Tara will join us in a couple of minutes with a new development that prompted that change. Stay tuned for those details. Good morning. Well comto mornings on 2. Wednesday, august 20th. Im dave clark. Im tori campbell. Quick look at weather and traffic. Steve, gonna be a nice day. Some clouds in the morning. Clouds and sunny. Chelsey sent me a message on facebook saying i havent mentioned the weather along the embarcadero. I do my best. It will be cloudy. Its cloudy now. Well go for a high of 70. Its 62 light now right now. Machine, breezy, mild. Were starting off 60s and end up with 60s and 70s. Warmer but a very quiet pattern. Low cloud deck. Theres plenty out there. The low that came zipping on by did not chew it up. Its visiting Southern California. Boy, is it ramping up appears to be pretty good thunderstorm activity in the high desert from san diego to las vegas. If you have travel plans there, keep that in mind. Mid60s. Only a couple of upper 50s. It looks like a record warm min temperature for San Francisco. Mid60 sea temperatures. Any thunderstorm activity should go south. Local drizzle, sunny inland after the low cloud deck burns off. Low clouds, spent, 80s. 60s, 70s coast and bay. Heres sal. We still have a lot of slow traffic out there. Part of it is because of earlier problems. Like 237 westbound. Its improving a little bit. We had an injury accident about an hour ago, westbound 237 in sunnyvale. Thats been cleared but traffic is backed up way back into milpitas downtown. Passing 880 and continuing past here all the way to sunnyvale and it gets better when you get to highway 101. Lets go to the maps now. I want to show you the traffic on 80 westbound is busy as you drive through to the richmond freeway and then if you are driving on the east shore, you see a 26minute drive time coming through. No major issues. If you are driving on the 580 commute westbound, its very slow and then 880 southbound into fremont it will will continue to be slow as you head down to the south bay. 101 northbound is also slow coming up past 880 and into sunnyvale that way. And finally, the bay bridge is backed up for about a 25 to 30 minute delay. This was the scene on 880ny ward about an hour ago as the chp cleared the scene of a possible homicide. They say a pedestrian was hit and killed near industrial parkway. We have been following this developing news since it was first reported around 5 1515 this morning. Ktvus Tara Moriarty is now at the Hayward Police station, where officers are investigating how the person killed ended up on the freeway. Reporter well, police are now saying that the man on the freeway overpass jumped. But why he jumped could determine whether or not this case is classified as a suicide or a homicide. We are being told that police are investigating it as a potential homicide. Now, all of this unfolded around 4 45 this morning. A man on the overpass at industrial boulevard over 880 southbound fell into traffic. A big rig driver struck him. He was instantly killed. Two lanes were shut down for about three hours. Officers say they do have a witness. They are looking into whether some sort of fight took place before the man jumped. Well, if he jumped because he was trying to evade someone who was trying to harm him, then you could have a potential homicide charge. We do not have an identity on the man yet. Police will keep us posted on the investigation. There is a homicideless encampment nearby but police wont say if its linked to this case. Live from hayward, Tara Moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you, there tara. Police in vallejo are investigating two suspicious deaths after the bodies of a man and woman were found on a boat. The boat was docked at the vallejo municipal harbor. Police went there yesterday morning after a Family Member called saying they hadnt heard from the woman or her husband for several days. The couple had been living on the boat. The man and woman had obvious signs of trauma. Their names have not been released. Police in fairfield searching for a man they think committed commit committed three Sexual Assaults in three days. A man made sexual comments to a woman walking near northwood drive. And then a man came up behind a 16yearold girl jocking near oak brook and sexually assaulted her. The next day, a woman jogging near summer grove drive was sexually assaulted. In all three cases, the victims described the man as white, between 18, 20 years old, about 57, 58. He has a slim build, short light rain or reddish hair and a thin period beard. If you have information, call police. A main figure in the main fbi investigation in the indictment of leland yee is due back in court. Raymond chow is due back in court so lawyers can review the evidence in this sweeping corruption case. Earlier, a federal grand jury added racketeering charges again chow. The onetime chinatown gang leader already faces charges that include Money Laundering and conspiracy to illegally sell alcohol and tobacco. 8 06. Some brands of Peanut Butter and Almond Butter are being yanked off store shelves because of possible salmonella contamination. Janine de la vega, live now in campbell with more on that fda recall and specific brands involved and janine, i know you are talking to shoppers this morning. Reporter yeah, i am. And they are disappointed because they know they specifically buy some of these Peanut Butters at stores known to be healthy and sell organic products. Now, the peanut and Almond Butters involved in this recall are sold at whole foods, trader joes and safeway. Theyve been takingen off the taken off the shelves. The haynes Group Announced the voluntary recall for products in their inpirred Natural Foods line because they have potentially been contaminated with salmonella. Around 40 different brands of almond and Peanut Butters are affected. The items include arrowhead mills organic Peanut Butter. Marana. This ha, trader joes raw Almond Butter and whole foods roasted Almond Butter and safeway open nature Almond Butter. Four people have reported being sick. You always think you are doing better than eating with corn simp rimps oradetives corn syrups or additives. Reporter stores have been told to remove the products from shelves and warehouses and to destroy them. If you have one of the affected products you are encouraged to throw it away. If you would lake a refund or have questions, dont take it back to the store. Instead the manufacturer is the one handing out the refunds and handling the phone calls. Janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. You can check our channel 2 website, ktvu. Com. You can see the whole list of recalled products and that includes the useby dates. You can see that under our hot topics section. A San Francisco father is warning others this morning after an encounter with a coyote that was too close for comfort. Stay with me. Get the [bleep] out of here. This is video chris took on a hiking trail and lands inn. He shot it after he claims a coyote came after his 6year old daughter, luna. He says he managed to scare off the animal but the coyote came back a second time. So he had to scare it off again. As we came around the corner and luna was in front of me a good distance, i saw a coyote see her and go running for her. That was very scary. Pretty scary. Feroz posted the video on social media to warn other parents. Park Officials Say there have been no revent recent problems of coyotes. Another viewer sent us this video of a coyote spotted at lake chabot in castro valley. Wildlife experts say coyotes are typically not aggressive. If you encounter one, you should make noise to scare it off. Happening today at t scheduled to announce that the city of cupertino will be the first city in california to get a new highspeed Broadband Internet service. At t says giga power will let you download speed at 1 gigabit a second. It would take 30 seconds to download a highdefinition movie. This new service could be available in cupertino as early as december and to other cities in the south bay by next year. 8 10. A frightening morning for one family in San Francisco after their home caught on fire. In 21 minutes, what everyone in the house heard just before realizing they were in danger. But first, outrage around the world over the horrific execution of an american journalist. After the break, why this may not be the last killing. Still have slow traffic all over the place in this 8 00 hour. In san jose, northbound 280 is still slow approaching 17. Well tell you more about the south bay commute and take another check of the east bay. Not to be outdone by mr. Clark, but i just stepped outside, its mild. Very mild out there. Well talk about what looks like an interesting pattern here of two different forecasts. Ill explain coming up. 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It went outside the Golden Gate Bridge but it turned back, came back and docked at a different terminal at the port of oakland. Now, thats where the unloading began last night, longshoremen had refused to unload it in previous days because protesters and police were out there. When the protesters found out the ship had come back last night, they regrouped at the new location. Protesters targeted that ship because of israels recent military action in gaza. 8 14. Were getting reaction this morning to isis militants beheading an american journalist and threatening another americans life. Isis wants the u. S. To stop air strikes and other military involvement in iraq. Ktvus Kyla Campbell is live in washington, d. C. To explain why experts say the u. S. Needs to ignore this warning. Kyla . Reporter tori, i just spoke with a Foreign Policy expert. He says the u. S. Has very few options except to continue targeting isis. Gotta feel really for the family and, you know, every death is a tragedy. But there are millions of lives at stake here in that country in the region. Reporter these are still images from a video i isis released showing the beheading of james foley. He disappeared from northwest sirahia in syria in 2012. His family had not been heard from him since. And isis shows another american journalist, threatening to kill him, too. They are practicing the best of the best of extremist evil and if they are allowed to economy tasty size economy tasty size metastisze, it will be a much bigger problem in iraq. Reporter so far, president obama is not scheduled to speak today, but that could change. Kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. Were a just a couple of months away from the november election. Governor brown has agreed to hold one debate with neel kashkari. Kashkari wanted ten debates but the governor renewed that. The governor holds a 20point lead. That debate is september for thursday, september 4th in sacramento. Thats two months before the election and about one month before ballots are mailed out to voters. Visitors to the Smithsonian Museum in washington, d. C. Will soon be able to watch will and grace. The museum Officials Say the show will be part of an exhibit on lgbt americans. The exhibit will feature props and scripps from the show along with papers and other items documenting gay and lesbian history. This was one of the first shows on television to feature openly gay characters. All right, tc. 8 17. Lets bring sal back. Taking care of our friends on 280. Were looking at 280. I think its not as bad as it could be trying to put the positive spin on it. It was a little bit slow here. You can tell school is back in. If you look on your left, thats southbound 280, thats the exit towards san jose state. Theres more activity there. That backup has reappeared now that we are, well, in fall semester. Not exactly fall but fall semester. If you are driving to the bay bridge toll plaza, 30minute drive time into San Francisco. No major problems there. Weve been looking at the eastshore freeway here and 80 westbound between hercules and richmond is moderate. At 8 18. Lets go to steve. Thank you, sal. You are welcome, steve. Some low breaks in the cloud. Its mild. Hayward airport 67. They have a south wind. The water temperatures continue to be very warm. Warm lows. Mostly sunny this afternoon. Breezy but mild and running below average inland. But near average to slightly above coast and bay. Its quiet time. Very, very quiet. From point reyes south. 60 to 64 on the buoy on the water temperatures. With that and a south wind. No wonder the areas on the coast in the city cannot cool down. South at 10 at half moon bay. South at sfo. Livermore has a westerly component. Southeast san jose and south at hayward at 7. 65 oakland, 64 redwood city. 64 walnut creek. Also out to clayton and concord, 63 fairfield. 63 novato. 63 san jose. A mild pattern. The low came over us yesterday. Its in Southern California. Is it firing up some pretty good, it looks like potential thunderstorm activity from san diego to las vegas. Any travel tlans mare you might want to keep in mind. 63 sacramento. 60 monterey. Incredible how warm it is on the coast. The warm temperatures will do that. Theyve been there for a long time. About two months. Another record warm in San Francisco for today. The record was 60 in 1962. They did not get below 61. These are below average. Concord should be lows to 86. You get to oakland and San Francisco, and thats average for this time of year. If you can break through the cloud deck, the temperatures will warm up. Thats the key issue. Warmer a little bit but not a lot. Kind of a quiet pattern going into the weekend. More protests in missouri over the shooting of an unarmed teenager pie by police. Why last night was an important turning point in the conflicts. If you drink coffee, stay tuned. New details on how coffee can affect your health. The nfl is reportedly telling musicians they will have to pay up to perform in the 2015 super bowl halftime show. The leagues top choices are said to be katy perry, rihanna and cold play. Sources say League Representatives asked some artists if they would exchange a headlining spot for a portion of their post super bowl tour earnings. The nfl typically does not pay artists to perform during the halftime show but it usually covers travel and production expenses. The most talked about pitcher there will be on the mound at the little world series. Were talking about monet davis also on the cover of sports illustrated. The philadelphia teen is the very first Little Leaguer to evapear on the cover of the magazine after becoming the first girl to throw a shutout. The cover states remember her name as if we could ever forget. And her mother is, of course, very excited. For one thing im gonna get a thousand cop pips of it copies of it. Monet is almosting a celebrity, being asked to do National Television interviews. Were talking about her on ktvu and also getting tweets from the first lady. If her team beats the team from las vegas saud, they move onto the u. S. Championship game. Well, mcdonalds mccalffy becoming a mccalffy becoming a mccafe becoming a big name. It will be in stores. We dont know how much it will cost. That morning cup offy had a study and cup of coffee was studied. They said it was not hel you this but it did not not healthy but it didnt take into other habits like cigarette smoking. Other Research Shows coffee can lower the risk of type 2 diabetes and protect against parkinson disease. Another movie shooting in San Francisco. Paul rudd plays the character, the superhero who can change his size. Newschopper2 was flying over the tenderloin yesterday as the film crews were working down there. They didnt say how long they would be filming in San Francisco. The movie is being shot in atlanta. Antman is due to be released in july of 2015. A journalist attacked in a new york city subway by a creepy creature. After the break, what angered that huge rat and how the reporter responded. And a San Francisco grandmother is rushed to the hospital early this morning after her home catches fire. Well tell you how she was hurt, how shes doing now and what investigators are saying about the cause here. Good morning. Right now were still looking at traffic that is less than optimal on many commutes. 24 is trying to get in on the slow traffic action. Well give you a drive time coming up. Low overcast. Temperatures are in the mid 60s. Warm Ocean Temperatures. Thats okay on the lows. What about the highs. Well be below normal inland. I will show you where coming up. Bulldog you dont need to camp out til labor day to reward yourself. Get a queen size serta mattress and box spring set for just 397. Not to labor the point, but this sale ends soon. Mattress discounters well, good morning to you. Welcome back. Were live in novato this morning. Well, welcome to you. Got a welcome sign for you. Students have made their way into the classrooms. The first day of school is officially underway. This same scenario is happening all around the bay area this morning. Ktvus brian flores is out there now at Novato High School. Coming up, brian will tell us what the police are doing ta make sure everyone stays safe this morning as they head back to school. Stay tuned. Good morning. Wednesday, august 20th. Im dave clark. Lets talk about weather and traffic. Steve is right there. Thank you, sir. A south wind for the peninsula. San mateo coast also parts of the santa clara valley. Then it turns westerly farther north. But that southerly breeze equals warm, mild conditions. 67 at 8 00 a. M. Is warm. Thats 8 00 a. M. Hayward, 65 oakland. 63 half moon bay. 63 novato. Mid60s all over the plate. One area of low pressure came close to us yesterday is now visiting Southern California. The Bigger Picture shows it will stay down there for a day. Thunderstorm activity looks like its developing pretty fast down from San Francisco over towards las vegas. For us, once that fog turns off. It will be sunny and breezy. Lowell drizzle. It will gave way to local drizzle. It will gave way to sunshine. Upper 70 a few 80s. Heres sal. Were looking at traffic. Im looking for the latest on the traffic in the east bay. This is westbound 24. Remember, yesterday we had such a terrible day here. Westbound 24 between Pleasant Hill road and the tunnel only 13 minutes and traffic is going to be better by the time you reach oakland. I also want to mention that the traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza has been slow, about a 25 to 30minute delay with no major issues. As a matter of fact, if you are driving into San Francisco the traffic does get better by the time you reach the city side. But there will be plenty of waiting here. Someone just asked me about 880. The traffic on 880 southbound is still very heavy. They have opened the lanes. They opened the lanes a while peag. But traffic on 880 heading south out of san leandro to hayward is a terrible mess. I really cant recommend an alternate because everyone has thought of them. People are using the san mateo bridge, the dumbarton bridge, trying to get over to 101. This has had a terrible effect on the morning commute trying to get into the south bay from the east bay. Lets go back to the desk. Thank you, sal. Were finding out more about an overnight fire in San Francisco, one that sent a grandmother to the hospital. It happened at 1 00 a. M. At a home on miramar avenue. Alex savidge has been on the story since 4 30. You are back now to tell us about the investigation. We want to know how the grandmother is doing. Good morning, ail legs. Alex. Reporter dave, good morning to you. Good news about the grandmother. She was taken to the hospital by firefighters after suffering smoke inhalation, but we can tell you, according to the family, she was released from the hospital just a few hours ago. The 77yearold woman took in quite a bit of smoke when a fire broke out in her house around 1 30 this morning. This home is on the 500 block of miramar avenue. At the time. There were four people inside. All of them Family Members and they say they heard what sounded like an explosion or at least a loud boom coming from the ground floor of the garage and they quickly realized there was a fire in the home and they got out. Firefighters knocked the fire down quickly and treated that elderly woman at the scene and ultimately took her to the hospital but it was a close call for this family and they are grateful everyone is now okay. 100 . Everybody is okay. We paid the bills and have insurance, of course. Everything will be all right. Along with the people who had to be rescued from this fire this morning, there was also one talk taken from the home by firefighters. That dog was giken oxygen because the dog took in smoke as well. A fire captain told me the cause of the fire remains unclear. But an arson investigator did come in to collect evidence to try to figure out how it started. But thats a standard procedure any time someone is hurt in a house fire. The family says they have insurance to cover the costs of repairs and they are planning to stay with relatives nearby for the time being. Were live in San Francisco, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you. Theres a Surprising New development in the case of a toddler killed in a hitandrun accident in San Francisco friday night. Police have made an arrest. But its not the driver. Officers have taken the awpt of the 2yearold girl into custody for the tragic incident in the citys south of market neighborhood. Police say 25yearold lorysha gage walked into the middle. Crosswalk against the light. She left the little girl unattended on Mission Street to go back to the curb and get the toddlers twin brother. The investigation showed some evidence that there was some child neglect that resulted in the death of the 2 yearold toddler. The little girls aunt has been booked into county jail on felony child endangerment charges. Police are looking for the hit andrun driver who has been seen in a Surveillance Video. Which is right there. Its a white or light colored 1990s model toyota camry, honda or lexus. The picture is a little blurry. The car has dark colored bumpers and rims. Anyone with information is asked to contact San Francisco police right away. 8 34. San jose police considering possible safety improvements after two serious hitandrun crashes on the same road in 24 hours. People who live on center road say speeding cars make that busy street unsafe, especially for kids. And they say many drivers race through their neighborhood, often ignoring people in crosswalks. A suspect is now in custody for monday nights hitandrun crash on center road that critically injured one person. Another man was killed just a block away on sunday night. Now, the car involved is a white or light colored 1990s model toyota camry, a honda or lexus. The car has dark colored bumpers and rims. If you have any information, call the police. Well, Missouri State police are calling it a turning point after several nights of violent protests in ferguson, missouri. The demonstration started after the Deadly Police shooting of 18yearold Michael Brown on august 89th. Our reporter is august 9th. Our reporter is in ferguson where a grand jury is hearing evidence in the case against officer Darren Wilson, the man accused of shooting Michael Brown. Reporter dave, well, there does seem to be a change in dynamic here in the streets of ferguson. While theres still some violence, police at least say theyve seen a turning point. [chanting] reporter no flash bombs for tear gas in ferguson, missouri last night. But a peaceful night still got got tense. Police say demonstrators started to throw water bottles. At one point, a crowd jumped in to help the cops. These are stall steps. Those small steps will turn into giant steps and those giant steps will be Great Strides for the communities. Reporter officers hit protesters with pepper spray and ordered everyone to leave. 47 people were arrested. The st. Louis county prosecutor is preparing evidence for a grand jury that will decide whether officer Darren Wilson will be charged in the august 9th shooting of Michael Brown. Protesters have been outside the Prosecutors Office to let them know they dont have much faith in the system. Up until now, the locals, theres been leaks of information, straight distrust created by various scenarios. Reporter eric holder is being briefed in ferguson. By launching a federal investigation, you have the chance to bring charges. It sends a signal to local prosecutors and local investigators that they need to be on their best behavior, too and need to be aggressive. Reporter and eric holder will meet with community leaders. Its an important move for this grieving community. Tori . All right. Thank you. 8 37. Pencils are sharpened and School Supplies are pack. Its the first day of school for several districts in the bay area. Brian flores has more on how policeare also getting ready. Hes live at Novato High School where classes are already underway. Reporter yes, they sure are. Classes here got started about 7 30 this morning. The Elementary Schools within the district are Getting Started right now the along with teachers and staff making their way back, so will Law Enforcement and they are warning drivers that traffic will be heavier around the schools today. Wanted to show you what it looked like at 6 35 near the high school here. You may have saw many kids getting to school. A lot of parents dropping off their kids and quite a few drivers who may have been caught offguard and were caught in the slowdown of the first day of school around the streets. Many School Districts throughout the bay area, there was a heavy Police Traffic presence. They are looking for drivers who violate the rules of the road but the main concern is getting the kids to School Safety also concern about traffic flow and that means not just concentrating their efforts to the streets in front of the school. It gets that way if you go back on the feeder streets, it tends to get very busy and the speeds can be pretty high. Reporter many schools began this week. We were there in San Francisco as traffic officers enforced the 15mileanhour speed limit around schools there on monday. They dont have that rule here in novato but they say enforcement will be increased for this week as drivers and kids get used to the school schedule. Several schools begin today including pittsburgh unified, benicia, san leandro, santa rosa, vallejo city unified and piedmont unified just to name a few but the message here, slowdown and be aware of students and other drivers heading to school. Were live here in novato, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you. We always knew that ktvus brian flores between you and me is a cool cat. Now we have proof. Want you to meet little brian flores, the kitten. This kitten is one of dozens of kittens that have been dropped off at the Marin Humane Society in the past couple of months. Last week you saw brian reporting on an Animal Shelter on novato in its oversupply of cats. To show their gratitude, the shelter named this kitten in brians honor. Little brian flores will be available for adoption in the next couple of days. In fact, there are several cats available for adoption. And we hear that the original brian flores is considering giving the cat a home. His 3yearold daughter told daddy, she would like to have the cat. This definitely isnt as cute as the kitten but check out this video. A reporter in new york said he was terrorized by this giant rat. He said he was reporting the rat when it started to run towards him. Eventually it passed by possibly running between the reporters leg. He posted the video online saying maybe the rat didnt like being reported. Thats a big boy. New york city, dont mess with them. Weve been on new york subways. Thats a big one. Still ahead, a possible case of ebola, just miles away from here. After the break, the nearby hospital dealing with the potentially deadly situation. Reporter were live in hayward where police are investigating a possible homicide on a freeway. Well tell you what clues they have to go on. Good morning. Right now were looking at a commute thats still well, you know, im kind of ema thazzing with you ematising with you empathizing if you have to take this bridge. Big fog bank. Its not cold at all. Low clouds and extremely mild temperatures for this time of year. Will that equal warmer temperatures in the afternoon . Well, for some. But not for all. Well explain coming up. Welcome back. Lets bring you up to date on some. Top stories. A live picture of an israeli ship thats been the target of propalestinian protesters its sailing out of the bay area. The protesters blocked that ship from unloading cargo from the port of oakland from last saturday until last night. Were not sure if the containers on the ship right now are the ones not unloaded in oakland or if they are new ones. Just wanted to show you that there, live in San Francisco bay. And in hayward, a person was hit and killed on interstate 880 earlier this morning. Its caused a major traffic problem. It happened about 5 15. Sal says traffic is still backed up. Ktvus Tara Moriarty is at the Hayward Police station where police are now investigating this, tara, as a possible homicide. Good morning. Yes. Reporter good morning. Police are investigating this as a potential homicide. They say that the man on the freeway did jump. But whether but why he jumped could classify this as a suicide or a homicide. Well just have to see. Lets take a look at the video. We can show you this happened around 4 45 this morning. We can tell you that a man on the overpass at industrial boulevard over 880 southbound fell into traffic. A big rig driver struck him. He was instantly killed. Officers say they do have a witness. They are looking into whether some sort of fight took place before the man jumped. We do not know his identity yet. Traffic was snarled for three hours while police and the chp conducted an investigation. There is a homeless encampment nearby but police wont say if its linked to this case. As sal mentioned. Traffic is still backed up in the area. Give yourself some extra time if you into ed to take 880 southbound if you need to take 880 southbound through hayward. Tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you, tara. Developing news now on the ebola virus here in northern california. Ktvus pam cook is in the studio with more on the patient being tested in sacramento. Good morning, pam. Good morning. Well, the person who may be infected by the ebola virus is being kept in isolation in sacramento. Now, the concern is over the deadly disease thats killed an estimated 1200 people in et west africa. There are reports that the person recently traveled to west africa and health Officials Say people should not panic. It takes very close, intimate contact to crt the ebola virus. People who have been in the region or have been in contact with people who have been in the region are being super vigilant. They are going to the hospital with the slightest sign of illness. Right now, the patient in sacramento is waiting for the test results, a blood sample has been sent to the centers for disease control. But it could take several days to get the results. Now, the cdc has issued extensive guidelines for hospitals on how to spot and treat ebola patients. According to a recent update from Emory University hospital in atlanta, the two people who were transported back from west africa and treated for ebola are both now immune and unable to infect anyone else. Thank you, pam. Lets bring sal back. Youve had so much the toll plaza, too . Yeah, the tacoma, i thought for some reason the toll plaza, i thought we were gonna get a break. But whats happening, the reality of back to school is setting in on the commute. Were not getting the break that we usually get at 8 30. Thats gone away now. For all intents and purpose, its fall now, even though its still summer. Traffic is backed up to the macarthur maze. Its still getting busier approaching the bay bridge. A 30, 35minute drive time into San Francisco. Tara and i have been covering this since 5 15 this morning. That earlier crash. We mentioned the fatal crash has done a number on the nimitz freeway, also approaching the bridge, finally were getting some relief. This has been an all morning thing. If you have an employee who is late, they might have a legitimate excuse today. If you are driving on 280 northbound in san jose, thats improved. But on the left, you notice that backup that wasnt there a few weeks ago. Thats the backtoschool san jose state traffic. Lets go to steve. All right, sal. Thank you, sir. Low clouds. Were this is from sfo, right . Control room, is that right . Thank you. Yes, thats right. Low clouds and temperatures in the mid60s. South wind for san mateo coast, peninsula, south bay, yet its a west wind. You get from oakland to concord. Livermore north. It might feel cooler for some. Its on the mild to warm side for others. Theres been a steady south wind even towarding morgan hill and gilroy, 63 sara togo. San jose state 64. If you go north, fairfield, 21, gusting 28. Due west. Concord, due west. Northwest, napa. Westsouthwest, oakland. A little bit of a twist, different forecast. 59 santa rosa at San Francisco 62. They did not get below 61. Record high minimum temperature. Fifth one in the last 30 days. Water temperatures are warm. A lot of 60s. You combine that with a wind and the coastal temperatures are up. The low in Southern California is getting rain. Rain down in carlsbad in san diego. I will show you that in a second. 67 reno. Vacaville, 60. Chicago is 78 but thats not the temperature that they are worried about. They had a bigtime rain delay for the giants. Look whats look whats to the left. They have an evening game. Maybe it will be through. But there is a lot of thunderstorm activity just to the west of chicago. There it is. Palm springs, ocean side, down to san diego and maybe thunderstorms embedded from that our low. But for us, its now too far south. We get the low cloud deck. Low clouds, sun, breezy. Some of that is slow to burn off. Some local drizzle. Not as much as we saw yesterday. Upper 70s, low 80s. Those are below normal temperatures. I really dont see much change here, the next few days. Things just kind of steady as she goes for now. Thank you, steve. Its nine minutes before 9 00. A little boy suffering from a rare form of cancer got a chance to work at a construction site in San Francisco. The Makeawish Foundation arranged for 3yearold remzell lombardi to snep as a construction as a construction foreman. He has a rare kidney tanser. He was able to help cancer. He was able to help haul dirt and pour concrete. He commemorated the day by pressing his wet handprints into wet concrete where it will serve as a reminder against his brave fight against cancer. Love that little boy. Still ahead, a former president takes the ice bucket challenge. What happened . Save you fifteen percent or huh, more on car insurance. Everybody knows that. Well, did you know the great wall of china wasnt always so great . Hmmm. What should we do . Geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. Female narrator its posturepedic versus beautyrest its posturepedic versus beautyrest with up to 400 off. Serta icomfort and tempurpedic go headtohead with three years interestfree financing. Mattress price wars are on now at sleep train. Your ticket to a better nights sleep a highpede chase a high of speed chase that ended with a crash into a coffee shop is caught on camera. People were sitting outside of freds place when a car going about 70 miles an hour smashed into theyre cars and then the coffee shop. The driver of the speeding car was fleeing sheriff deputies. He had a woman and 2yearold boy in the crash. After the crash, he jumped out of car and tried to run. I saw him right here. He just. He looked nervous. And i thought there he is. Theres the guy. We chased him back. He ended up going on the roof and we caught him. The suspect identified as to yearold Derrick Mccann was caught by witnesses and held until police arrived. He was arrested on multiple felony charges. Some injuries were reported but police say its a miracle no one was killed. The giants may file a protest with Major League Baseball after a four and a half hour rain delay last night in chicago led to a giant loss. Play was stopped in the fifth inning against the cubs. When it started pouring, the ground crews had trouble. They couldnt roll the tarp all the way out to protect the infield. After it stopped raining, they tried putting bags of dirt out there and used leaf blowers trying to fix it but the umpires finally said the field was not playable. But the cubs were leading 20 at the time. So the cubs got the win. The giants lost. 8 56. Former president george bush has released a video saying he would do the als ice budget challenge. But he doesnt think its very president ial. So hell just write a donation check instead. Oh that check is for me. I dont want to ruin my hairstyle. Totally relate. Totally. After the former president was doused by his wife, he went on to challenge another former president , bill clinton saying yesterday was clinton birthday and that his present is a bucket of cold water. Ouch. And for a good cause. Theyve raised over 23 million or something. Its amazing. Fascinating. 8 56. Lets check back with sal one more time in our very busy commute. Oh, boy. Well, the b. A. R. T. Police, lets go to the 24 picture now. The 24 freeway looks good. B. A. R. T. Police threw a cold bucket of ice on b. A. R. T. They took the jal, detained him gentleman, detained him. Had a talking to. Bay bridge toll plaza, 25, 30 minute delay getting into San Francisco and slow traffic still on the nimitz freeway. Its pretty solid from san leandro all the way to fremont because of earlier issues. Lets go to steve. Thank you, sal. Low clouds, temperatures, mild, somebody asked me whats mild mean . More pleasant than expected. There you go. When its 67 at 8 00 a. M. At hayward, that says its mild. It look like a nice day with sun. If you get the sun, low 80s. 70s around the bay. Really quiet for us. Kind of quiet. Kind of diet. Thats our report for this morning. Thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. We just learned that president obama will be speaking at 9 45 a. M. Our time. Well told he will make a statement about the journalist beheaded by isis. Well have more on this at noon and well also live stream the president s statement on ktvu. Com. Hello, everybody, im beth troutman. Its time for great videos and the stories behind them right this minute. A dash cam captures the most awesome ending youve seen. How one dude turns an accident into acrobattics. What . A son helps his 81yearold father reel one in. . On his bucket list, he wanted one more big catch. See what had three generations on one boat celebrating. Look at that, dad, look at that they take