Transcripts For KTVU Mornings On 2 20141118

Advance of a front on the way. The question is, like move fronts, can it give us rain and fall apart. Well take a lack at it coming up. Reporter were live in san jose, where city leaders will take a look at a new report that looks at how short staffed the Police Department is. Well reveal the latest numbers. Thats all ahead on mornings on 2. 7 01. Were live in the mission. The San Francisco school board wants to push for a new resolution against violence. Tara moriarty is looking into the plan and in two minutes, she will tell us what inspired the movement and how the board is calling for a crackdown on violence. Good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. Im tori campbell. Im dave clark. Steve says that something is coming our way. Well we hope so. Its on the way. But i think it will do what most systems have done and thats not give us much. It will give us light rain. Beautiful sunrise, high clouds in advance of that system which is inching toward us. Unfinancially, theres so much energy east. Its really hard to budge that. Increasing clouds later this afternoon, well turn cloudy. Some light rain tomorrow morning but amounts have been backed off on some of the morning runs of the forecast models. Im not surprised. Our rain is way back here. It will take a while to get here. Well get a lot of cloud cover. Some partly cloudies in the morning and then partly to mostly cloudy this afternoon and then cloudy. Our system looks good. But it will weaken considerably. Mostly cloudy today. Breezy for some. Higher elevations. A mild afternoon even though its cold. Well get a lot of upper 60s to near 70. Out front and center is the bay bridge. Heres the man with an update. I have a view westbound inside the tunnel. Now i want to show you this this is where the crash was. I say that because the crash has just been cleared from the bay bridge. It was blocking these two lanes here, three and four for a bit but now it has been removed. Traffic is still slow. Lets take a look now at what we can see. The bridge is Getting Better itself, westbound, a little bit, anyway, now that those lanes are open. They had to slow the metering lights down at the toll plaza pretty severely. Thats where the traffic backup is going to be stark, getting out to San Francisco. You should think about an alternate route like the san mateo bridge. By the way, weve been looking at the san mateo bridge approach for you. Its normal. There is a crash now reported in hayward, southbound near winton avenue. But i would still think that the san mateo bridge is a decent route. Dumbarton bridge may be good if you are trying to avoid the san mateo bridge. We also have slow traffic southbound on 880 as you head down into fremont. Back to the desk. Thank you, sal. Happening today, students at a San Francisco school may be helping the school board take the boldest stance against gun violence in its history. Tara moriarty joins us live from the Mission District to tell us more about this bold plan. Good morning, tara. Reporter good morning. The boards commissioner, matt haney, actually wrote this resolution. He says that homicides are the leading cause of death among 15 to 24yearolds in San Francisco. Its a pain that students here at buena vista know all too well. One of their former classmates was fatally stabbed less than three months ago. Thats why they helped haney write the resolution as part of the civics lesson. The students were friends of Rashad Williams, a 14yearold fatally stabbed by another student who used to go to school here as well. It was a crime that sent shock waves through the mix and sacred heart, a private school where williams just started school on a scholarship. The williamss story is one of a handful of cases that spurred the board to to consider this resolution. It calls for gun policies, gun buyback eventsant gun Safety Practices with families. It would expand upon lessons in the classroom about prevention. Other recent events behind this resolution, this summer, the shooting death of allen calaway in front of a crowd of children that included his 10yearold soon. And then a shooting outside of Rosa Parks Elementary School where a 2yearold man was killed. The boards decision will coincide with the month. And. The board will vote on this resolution tonight. Were hoping to get reaction from parents and bring that to you in the coming hour. Live in San Francisco, im Tara Moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you, tara. 7 05. The man arrested in the deadly hit and run of a 14yearold boy is scheduled to face a judge today. 34yearold Sonny Anderson was taken into custody yesterday and will be charged with Second Degree murder. An terson is accused of anderson is accused of hitting and killing ivan cruz during a police chase in san leandro last week. The car was in fremont. Anderson was found hiding in the graurk of a newark home garage of a newark home. Cruzs family is grieving but they thank the community for supporting them through this difficult time. May ivan rest easy as we continue to fight and struggle with the fact that our brother is gone. You feel for the family. People have kids of their own. We were bound and determined to find him. Absolutely even before we knew who it was, we were bound and determined to find him. Anderson has seven prior convictions dating back to 1989. Among them two animal abuse case is. If another case he was convicted of beating and robbing an elderly san leandro woman. 7 06. Bay area Law Enforcement agencies say accidents involving drugged drivers, they are on the rise. The latest incident was sunday night on highway 92 in hayward. An 18yearold driver smashed into trees near the hesperian offramp and four children were hurt. On friday afternoon, investigators say 21yearold sonya torr of san mateo was understand the influence of drugs when she backed over an elderly woman in a wall greens parking lot. That woman died from her injuries the next day. At least 30 of the fatal collisions in california, the driver had some type of prescription or illegal drug on board. You also may remember that accident two saturdays ago on the bay bridge where a wrong way driver caused a multivehicle accident. That driver was also said to be under the influence of drugs. 7 07. Well, today San Jose City leaders will examine a new report on just how short staffed the Police Department could be in the coming years. Ktvus janine de la vega is in our newsroom with more on why the numbers just arent adding up. Good morning. Reporter good morning, dave. Well, san jose is a city of 1 million people, but this new report by the chief says that soon there will be less than a thousand officers protecting. The information presented in this report today predicts that the number of officers will fall to its lowest level in 30 years. The Police Department projects the number of officers will drop from more than 1,000 today to 988 by next july and by 2017, the number would decrease to 949 officers. Thats even with an increase in recruits. This all stems from the growing number of officers retiring and others resigning to go work for other departments offering better way and benefits. The department estimates an average of three to four officers will continue to resign each month besides the struggles of retaining officers, recruiting qualified people to become officers is also a challenge. The past two Police Academies have had less than 25 cadets. This report also looked at finances and how many earmarked for Unfilled Positions has been reallocated to cover overtime costs for patrol. Hall will be discussed at 1 30 in the council chambers. Weve reached out to same liccardo to get sam liccardo to get an interview with him regarding this report. Janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. All right, janine. Thank you. 7 09. Healthcare is a growing industry here in the bay area. According to a new report by the hospital trade association. San franciscos Healthcare Industry brought in more than 28 billion so far this year. That number is outpacing some of the citys top tech businesses. The industry also employs 20 of San Franciscos workers with nearly 122,000 jocks. Experts say the growth is due to bigger and newer hospitals. San francisco also draws out of state patients due to cutting edge treatment. A san rafael Wedding Photography company is shutting down following a social media backlash after it turned away a samesex couple. The company wanted to higher you are love photography. But the photographer referred them to another company citing a difference in personal beliefs. The decision prompted a social media firestorm. After getting bombarded by nasty messages, the company decided to permanently shut down. In a recent facebook post, the samesex couple said the photographers have apologized so the couple is asking people to stop posting negative messages on the companys social media page. There is a controversy surrounding an executive of uber for private comments that went public. According to the internet news feed company buzz feed, email michael suggested that uber hire researchers to dig up dirt on the media critics. He also reportedly said the company should focus on spreading the personal details of a female journalist who criticized the company. Michael made the remarks at a dinner and said he thought they were off the record. However, an editor from buzz feed was also at the event and said he was never told anything said was off the record. 7 11. Another bay area city is looking to install cameras to monitor every car that crosses in and out of its borders. Coming up in 20 minutes, the rise in an ageold crime thats inspired the hightech plan. Up next, bracing for a grand jury decision in the Ferguson Police shooting. Why the governor has already declared a state of emergency. All right. Pardon mere. Thats terrible. We still have a look at the bay bridge. That crash is gone but that traffic at the bay bridge is atrocious. You heard me. Get out there early. Well show you alternate routes when we come back. Clouds are increasing. We have a system due tomorrow but the one on thursday looks better to me than tomorrow. I will explain. helicopter whirring roars siren wails pop music playing when youre ready ready, ready, ready come and get it get it, get it when youre ready, come and get it na na na na na na na na na na na when youre ready, come and get it na na na na. Female announcer its a great big world and it can all be yours. Here and only here. Come and get it. There it is. This is where i met your grandpa. Right under this tree. man some things are Worth Holding onto. Theyre hugging the tree. man thats why we got a subaru. Or was it that tree . man introducing the allnew subaru outback. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. The nfl has suspended Adrian Peterson without pay for the rest of the season. He has been out dealing with accusations he physically abused one of his sons while trying to discipline him. Last week he pleaded no contest. The nfl says he will not be considered for reinstatement before april 2015. Peterson has three days to appeal the decision. On august 9th, Michael Brown was shot and killed by officer darren wilson. It sparked weeks of violent protests that ended in arrests and riots. The Emergency Declaration means the National Guard can be brought in to keep the peace. It also means st. Louis police will be in charge of security. Not Ferguson Police. Some ferguson residents say declaring a state of emergency does not put them at ease. Well go as far to say the entire region is gripped by fear from the announcement of the National Guard, police, grenades, helmets, shields. Its like they are preparing for war. Now, the grand jury decision on whether to indict officer wilson is expected sometime this month. And the fbi is also Warning Police agencies around the nation that the decision could spark protests in their cities. Today is the 36th anniversary of the jonestown massacre, where 918 people lost their lives, most of them poisoned. This morning, the victims will be remembered in a ceremony at Evergreen Cemetery in oakland. Thats where more than 400 of the jonestown victims are buried. Most were members of the peoples temple based in San Francisco. The temple leader, jim jones, moved the group to guyana. Current congresswoman jackie speier, who was the aide of the member killed, was there and she was injured. 7 soo 7 16. Authorities say a Northern California teenager thought to be abducted made the whole thing up. An amber alert was issued for the 14yearold boy. The chp received reports the boy had been abducted by sfo men from a minimart near his high school in san andre yes. He was found last night in stockton. Officials say they are not sure why he made up the kidnapping. He was taken into custody and turned over to juvenile probation. A Hayward Church is dealing with an unusual theft after someone made off with a big piece of artificial turf. Heres what it used to look like outside Bay Hills Community church. But the pastor said the 900 square foot turf went missing last month. News of the theft was a shock to church members. They had donated 5 thork to install the turf to help save water. I thought this was like an april fools joke. I couldnt believe it. I said you gotta be kidding. The church has filed a Police Report but its unlikely the stolen turf will be recovered. The pastor says he would like to install new turf but he wants to make sure no one takes it. Despite a lower price for jet fuel, the price of airfare continues to soar. In the past 12 month, u. S. Airlines saved 1. 6 billion in the cost of jet fuel. But in the same time period, domestic tickets rose 3. 5 . Experts say airlines right now have no compelling reason to offer passengers any price breaks. They say planes are full. Investors want to pay out and new planes need to be paid for. So dont expect a break exactly. Been told they were expensive, Airline Tickets because of the fuel and now fuel is down. But they are still expensive. Cant win. Same thing on the toll plaza. Sal, the bay bridge, yikes. What kind of language are you hearing on twitter . Im sure you cant say it [laughter] well, the fcc has something to say about what i can say. [laughter] right. But disparaging words have been urterred. Traffic will be busy at the toll plaza. But its moving better now that the crash is cleared. But i will show you a caltrans picture that we are able to pull up. You can see westbound bay bridge. I think the camera sometimes freezes but you can see traffic on the upper deck of the bay bridge. Looks much better. Its actually cleared out now that the crash is gone but this crash has had a Chain Reaction on all of the commutes. Lets take a look at the eastshore freeway. Remember early, i circled the number as who remembers when it was at 19 minutes . Well, its almost at an hour now to drive from the carquinez bridge all the way down to the macarthur maze. Give yourself plenty of extra time. 580 is backed up into the lakeshore area. 880 is slow. Theres no way around it. The best way, take b. A. R. T. , use another bridge or if you have the option delay your commute, maybe work from home in the morning and go into the office later. I know people cant do that but some people can. Lets go to steve. Thank you, sir. A lot of high clouds moving over us. Nice sunrise. Pretty pictures coming in. This is the leading edge of a system which will be here tomorrow. Well have partly sunny, partly cloudy skies in the morning and then go mostly cloudy to cloudy by this afternoon. So high clouds and then turning cloudy, well get light rain. Forecast projections have backed off on amounts for tomorrow. Not surprised by that. Weve seen it many, many times. This will probably not do much for the Sierra Nevada by the time it arrives and runs into the west coast ridge. Theres Tremendous Energy east of us. Have to keep that in mind. Rainfall could be okay to the north here but i think thursday is an interesting system. I will show you why in a second. Well see temperatures dropping. This will give some snow to the passes up on the sierra. Thats a good thing. Clouds increase, cold to mild on the lows. Mostly cloudy to cloudy. It will be breezy for some. Its an easterly breeze turning southeast as this system gets closer. But again, its a lot of show and not much go. The low will move north. The system will kind of stretch and weaken as it does. Well let light rain out of it this morning. 36 in ukiah. 19 tahoe. Reno, 22. Sacramento is 39. Its cold for some. Every state all 50 states have somewhere a freezing temperature. Even northern florida up to the north. The San Jose Sharks are in buffalo tonight. Good luck with that. The game is still on, but theyve had about 4 feet of snow in buffalo. Some of the roads have shut down. The lakeeffect snow is relentness. If the game is canceled tonight, you will know why. Im seeing pictures coming in, stacking up big time. 30s, 40s and 50s on the temps. A big difference. 15 degrees for some. The breeze is higher is higher. Stronger. But its an easterly breeze. Oakland, concord, fairfield, napa, its thats the direction the wind is coming from. And thats because High Pressure is here. Leer pressure is there. It fill it with a wind. Rainfall for tomorrow. Okay. I think it will back off even more but thursday is the system im keeping an eye on. Thats going to come down from the most. I think that has a better opportunity. It will be a fastmover. That could be pretty good. One tomorrow, well get some rain out of it but not a lot. Machine, breezy for some. The wind coming in from tomorrow is coming in from the west. That will give the sierra first a hint of snow. 60s on the temperatures to near 70 just due to the mere fact well get a breeze. Cloudy to mostly cloudy here today. Rain tomorrow morning it looks like for the commute. A break thursday morning. Thursday afternoon, evening will be a colder system. Boy, friday, you will feel it and maybe some rain on saturday. I think its north. I dont think it will be here. Well tackle it on friday. Well have the pictures from buffalo. I have a friend who lives there. It just looks nasty. This is unusual for this early in the year. Well, 60 of the country has snow. Wow. The earliest on this date since i think 2005. Incredible. The will all right. Were following developments news out of israel where three americans have been killed. What any were doing when they were attacked. My husband found that one over there which is oscar peterson. Not what you want to unearth in the backyard of your newly purchased house. Up next, what a further investigation revealed about tombstones found on her property. I gooh no. One. Fitting the tree through the door, thats feastworthy. So celebrate with the kfc festive feast. A bucket of the worlds best chicken, our famous sides, biscuits and our new pumpkin cake. The kfc festive feast. It means another neighbor is going to sleep better tonight. Because they went to sleep trains ticket to tempurpedic event. Choose from a huge selection of tempurpedic models, including the new tempurchoice, with headtotoe customization. Plus, get 36 months interestfree financing, two free pillows, and free sameday delivery. Are you next . But dont wait sleep trains ticket to tempurpedic is ending soon. Your ticket to a better nights sleep an investigation is underway after a small cargo plane smashed into a home in chicago. The faa says the pilot reported engine problems just after takeoff and tried to return to make an emergency landing. The plane crashed into the house about a quarter mile from the end of the runway. The plane went through the roof and partially into the basement. No one in the home was hurt. The condition of the pilot has not yet been released. A Central Valley family made a grave discovery in the backyard of their newly purchased house. The wife says she was cleaning up the property when she noticed a stone. It caught her eye. After checking closer, she realized, it was a tombstone. One by one, she and her husband dug up 12 of them. So she called the police worried that bodies were buried in her backyard. I immediately thought we bought a cemetery. Are my dogs gonna bring me a finger . You know [laughter] at first the deputies thought it was a halloween joke. Then he noticed several of the stones had typos like one with two ps and no r in the word april. Investigators discovered that the previous homeowners bought the rejected tombstones at a discounted price from a local monument company. They were using them as stepping stones. That company, by the way, is no longer in business. Industry experts say most companies, they just grind up stones that have mistakes. They dont normally resell them. Very interesting. 7 27. A hightech way to fight crime in an east bay city. After the break, the new gadgets that could be installed and why the safety feature is raising concerns. And it could be a big day for the oakland zoo in its longawaited effort to expand. Well tell you about the important vote the city council will take later today and how some environmental groups plan to oppose the vote. Were looking at a commute where traffic is very slow on many of the commutes already on this tuesday. As we look at the eastshore freeway, thats terrible. Well give you a drive time for that coming up. Clouds are on the increase this morning. We have a front on the way. The question is, will it do what most fronts have done and thats fall apart and give us some rain . Well have an update. The meatball marinara and the cold cut combo. Join our Customer Appreciation celebration today. Subway. Eat fresh. 7 30. Good morning. Kind of a cool picture there. You are looking live at the oakland zoo, where for 16 years. Its been trying to gain approval for a major expansion project. Today, that is finally expected to happen. But not everyone is looking to celebrate. Coming up in two minutes, alex savidge will tell us why some people are adamantly opposed to this project. Good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. Im tori campbell. Im dave clark. Lets talk about your weather and traffic. Steve, its cloudy, a little nippy outside our door. I stepped outside before you did. You got me. You are right. Its mostly cloudy out there. Its cool to cold. Not as cold as yesterday morning where we had clear skies. The front is on the way. A lot of high clouds screaming in. Midlevel clouds. Well go from partly cloudy to mostly cloudy to cloudy. Today, it looks like some rain on wednesday but already the amounts have been trimmed way back compared to where they were last night. Im not surprised. Theres too much energy east of us. Thats a lot of cold air for most of the country. The systems coming in at midlatitude. So they are warm systems. 30s, 40s and 50s on the temps. There is an easterly component to the breeze. Some of the higher elevations, the breeze will turn more southeast as the system gets closer. It wont be closer for rain until late, late tonight. More likely tomorrow. Cloudy to mostly cloudy. Mild temps went southeast breeze. A lot of 60s. This is not a cold system. There is a cold one on the way for thursday. I will have more coming up in 12 minutes. Heres a busy man with the bay bridge. And 80 . 80 is bad, even the south bay not affected by the bay bridge crash is getting slow. As a matter of fact, lets start there. 280 is slow downtown getting up into the valley. You thought that your commute wasnt affected by the bay bridge. But its still slow on 280, 101, 85 but, of course, the bay bridge has taken center stage, we had a crash on the deck and look at the slow traffic there. Traffic is just terrible coming down to the bay bridge this morning and once you get there, there is a big backup at the toll plaza. You saw that backup on 80 westbound, very slow because of a problem. People will be using the san mateo bridge as an alternative. San mateo bridge is moderate, the Richmond Bridge is also moderate, not great but at this point, they might be better than using this approach to San Francisco in the peninsula. 7 33. Back to the desk. Happening today, the oakland zoo expected to get the go ahead for an Expansion Plan thats been 16 years in the making. The project would expand the zoo towards nolan park. Ktvus alex savidge joining us live now with more on the plan and its opposition. Reporter good morning. This could be the final hurdle for the oakland zoo in its long fight to expand. But environmental groups are continuing to oppose this expansion project. They dont want the zoo to get any bigger. Thats because the project would use 60 acres of long adjacent to the existing zoo in neighboring nolan park. Critics contend the project will reduce open space in the area and they also say the expansion will threaten the habitat for the alameda whip snake. But zoo officials have created a conservation zone trying to address some of the concerns and expect the city council will give the final go ahead later today for the expansion project which has been in the works for 16 years. The added lane will be used for an exist called california trails. It will include species native to the state like the grizzly bear, the california kondor and the jaguar. The zoo plans to build a gondola to carry visitors. The president of the zoo calls todays vote an important step forward. Now were at this great threshold where i think the oakland zoo can reach its greatest potential as one of the premiere here in the bay area. Reporter this expansion is being paid for with 60 million of private and public money. There have been legal challenges filed with the court. None have been successful. The president said he believes the city council will give final approval later on today at a meeting that starts at 5 30 at city haul and opponents will in all likelihood be on hand to make their voices heard. Alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. All right, alex. Thank you. 7 35. The issue of privacy verses safety will be the topic of a debate tonight in orinda. The city council is set to discuss a proposal to install license plate readser cameras near the citys borders. Ktvus brian flores is live in orinda with reaction from people who live and also work there. Brian . Reporter hi, tori. Good morning to you. This not only affects people who live here and work in orinda. It could affect people who commute out of orinda. Orinda, quiet neighborhood. The police chief says overall, crime is down. But still some people approach the chief about installing these cameras because of a recent uptick in burglaries. Tonight the chief will take the presentation to the City Council Meeting tonight. The proposal still in its early phases, a lot of discussion about this months ahead before any action is taken. But the idea is to possibly put these license plate reader cameras near the entrances and exits near the city essentially off highway 24. These cameras would take a picture of your license plate and put in a searchable database. They are time stamped and tagged with a gps location. If the license plate comes up stolen or if theres another crime involveled and the police are alerted, they have to respond. This is another tool used to help solve crime. It will be used in orinda but some people are skeptical. I think it would be valuable for the police to have this information. Basically, i think they could use the information for finding people that they need to find. Its efficient. I might be have issues with the privacy. Just because i would be concerned that they might have information on me that i dont know where its going. Pros are, its a huge deterrent. If the suspects realize that there is a way to identify them, hopefully they wont come to this city. Secondly, if there is a crime, we hope to provide a lead to , that we can follow and pursue the lead. Reporter now, orindas police chief is aware of the priv skiff concerns and hope people give their input at tonights meeting. In marin county, the aclu issued a new report saying there was not enough public debate before cameras were purchased there. There is the cost about the cameras as well. Each one costs about 10,000 along with an annual operation fee of 500 per year. Other agencies that use license plate reader cameras include the cities of la fayette, brentwood, emeryville, richmond as well as the Contra Costa County sheriffs. Tonight the meeting starts at 7 00. Were live in orinda, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. 7 37. Well, theres controversy leading into the start of a threeday meeting today at the u. S. Board of regents. That meet be will be at the uc San Francisco mission bay campus. One of the main topics will be a possible tuition hike. Governor brown and janet napolitano, theyve clashed about this for weeks now. Governor brown also appointed two new members for the universitys governing board. That may mean more opposition to the plan for the tuition hike which by the way comes up for a vote this week. The board of governors for californias community colleges, they are considering a plaen to return San Franciscos city college to local control in phases. The board of governors held a public hearing on the idea by the California Community colleges chancellor yesterday. The plan calls for returning power to the colleges board of trustees in five phases. It could take until july 2016. Some of the students and the teachers at the public hearing, they complained. They say the time frame is too slow. Last year the City College Board of trustees lost its authority when the college was threatened with losing its accreditation. The next phase of the project to tear down the old bay bridge has been postponed for three months. Four potential bidders told caltrans they needed more time to study the complicated job of tearing down the deck which was built in the 1930s. Another tricky part of the job will be finding a way to stop birds from flocking to traditional nesting sites on the old eastern span. The demolition job is now expected to resume sometime in february. 7 39. Uber and spotify joining forces. Ahead in the next hour of mornings on 2, the way this new partnership could customize your next ride. Its just downright depressing. There are Sacred Places in our city and this should be one of them. A park going under an expensive makeover gets graffiti. Were looking at traffic thats a mess trying to get into San Francisco. Not exactly row rosy not exactly rosy. My naim a lineman for pg e out of the Concord Service center. I have lived here pretty much my whole life. I have been married for twelve years. I have 3 kids. I love living here and i love working in my hometown. At pg e we are always working to upgrade reliability to meet the demands of the customers. Im there to do the safest job possible not only for them, but everybody, myself included that lives in the community. Im very proud to do the work that i do and say that i am a lineman for pg e because its my hometown. Its a rewarding feeling. American and european answers are studying the agencies are studying the video that shows faces of some isis fighters after the beheading of peter cassig. Authorities have been able to identify one of them as a 22 yearold from france. Some fighters appear to be asian. Analysts say isis is trying to send a message that muslims from all over the world are joining their fight. New this morning, weve learned that the People Killed in an attack on a synagogue in jerusalem were three american men and a man from britain. Two palestinian men entered the synagogue armed with knives, axes and gunned. Three of the men killed had dualisraeli citizenship. The fourth was a dual citizen. They were immigrants to israel. Secretary of state john kerry in london spoke about the attack. I call on the palestinian leadership that every single level condemns this in the most powerful terms. This violence has no place anywhere. Hamas, the militant Palestinian Group that runs the gaza strip, is praising the attack. A hamas spokesman said the attack was in response to the death of a palestinian bus rider under disputed circumstances. 7 44. Back here at home, the congregation of a San Jose Catholic Church says a miracle has come out of a Devastating Church fire. This wood nd italian crucifix wooden italian crucifix somehow survived the flames. They cant explain how it didnt burn. The pastor says its a sign the church should be rebuilt. The fire started sunday afternoon. The cause still not known. But firefighters and the churchs pastor think it started near an organ on the second floor. A few dozen statues, books and other religious items also survived the flames. Church services will continue in the church hall starting tomorrow morning. Well, its a fight over stickers. Berkeley could be the first place in the nation to have them. But pam cook is in the studio to talk about who likes them and who doesnt like them. The fight over stickers at the gas pump heats up today as the Berkeley City Council is set to take a voe. The stick stickers are warning labels about global warming. Supporters hope the stickers will encourage people to think about their carbon footprint, drive less, walk more and look for alternative sources of energy. But San Francisco also considering a requirement as well on its gas pump and the sticker would read a typical passenger vehicle produces an average almost 20 points of tailpipe Carbon Dioxide which the epa has determined is the primary Greenhouse Gas thats contributing to recent climate change. Thats what it would read on that sticker. Critics say this is a politically motivated attack on free speech. Others complain its a waste of the tax payers money. The stickers will cost 20,000 in the first year, they say. Wed like to know what you think. Join our conversation on our facebook page. Post your comments and we would like to share some of them in our next hour of mornings on 2. The Berkeley City Council considers this ordinance tonight. San franciscos board of supervisors could make the gas pump stickers a law by march. San francisco cleanup crews are working to prepare the damage caused by vandals at dolores park playground. Signs, trees, park benches. They were spray painted and the even the chimes from an outdoor music set were stolen. Park Officials Say there is a continuing problem with partiers out there, leaving trash and broken gas in and near the childrens playground. The people who use the park, they are puzzled by this destruction. If i think to myself why are people defacing such a beautiful park. Its just downright depressing. There are Sacred Places and this should be one of them. The recreation and Parks Department still trying to add up how much it will cost to clean up the damage. The city spent 15,000 on graffiti removal in dolores park last year. The police say they will increase their patrol clothes of lane clothes and uniformed officer. Research shows, there are simple, concrete things you can do to be happier at work. Four scientificically proven ways are intentionally start the day on a good note. How you feel in the morning will affect the rest of your day. Do something in the morning that makes you feel good like savor your coffee or get fresh air. Make fewer decisions to avoid decision fatigue. Wear the same things, eat the same thing for lunch for a week. Then you dont have to think about it. Studies prove helping your colleagues, dave does that all of the time. Hes always in a good mood and make note and acknowledge your progress. Its whether important to focus on the positive so we feel good about ourselves. Having said that, i was thinking about starting your day on a good note, unfortunately a lot of people are not doing that when it comes to traffic. I think that means once you get in the office. I talk to the producer who i can educate with my cultural knowledge. There you go. Sharing the good news. Lets go out and get you the bad news, unfortunately. Terrible commute for the bay bridge. Westbound. Its almost 90 minutes. Remember, it usually takes 20 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze and here we are, more than four times. You might not want to go. Average speed 13 miles an hour as you head out to the bay bridge teen. Bay bridge toll plaza. If you come into the city, you will be waiting for a long time. B. A. R. T. Is doing well into San Francisco. If you have to go, just plan on allowing an hour and a half. Thats all there is to it getting into San Francisco. Also looking at some of the other commutes. Contra costa county has slow traffic on 680. The benicia bridge as people are avoiding the carquinez bridge and 680 is slow through walnut creek as well. 680, highway 4 also very slow. Not to be a downer about it. But b. A. R. T. , steve, great way to get to the city. They are not having any major problems. You can take the train if that works for you. Makes sense, sal. I agree. Thank you. We do have mostly cloudy skies. It will be a mostly cloudy Day Associated with the front coming in from the west southwest. It will bring us rain tomorrow morning. Not a lot. Better system on thursday coming out of the northwest. I like that. A little bit more cold air with it and also snow to the sierra. Finally. Not a lot. When norton doesnt have any snow. They will get some on thursday. Some rain tomorrow morning but already forecast models have backed off on the amounts. Im not surprised. Weve seen that many times. Between now and saturday, there will be some rain here. This could be well to the north an inch and a half, i think around here, a quarter to maybe half. Temperature drop will be you will notice it on thursday. Well get snow to the pass levels. Clouds increase. They are already on the increase. Cold to mild to some. Mostly cloudy, cloudy. Its out of the east. A couple of people have asked me why do we have the east breeze. High pressure is inland. Low pressure is off the coast. High pressure doesnt like the low so it fills it with a breeze. Theres our system. But i mean the low is moving north. When they align themselves north to south, thats not a good sign. This is running into the west coast ridge, it will weaken by the time it arrives. 19 tahoe. 22 reno. 36 ukiah. Its cold for some. Every state has a freezing temperature including hawaii all the way down to northern florida. New orleans is 39. Atlanta, 29. The lakeeffect snow continues. The San Jose Sharks are in buffalo. The game is still on for now. But good luck with that. Theyve had about four feet of snow. 30s, 40s to 50s. Novato at 50. Orinda says 50. 42 brentwood which is one degree cooler than san ramon. There is an easterly breeze for most. It will southern southerly later on. Our system will give us a lot of cloud cover and a little bit of rain. But a system coming in on thursday will come down from the northwest. I like that. That will be a fastmover. That will have cold air and dynamics associated with it. That looks better than tomorrows system. Preez for some. Mild afternoon temps even with the cloud cover. 60s. Upper 60s to 70. Well get light rain for the morning commute tomorrow and then thursday afternoon evening looks okay. I think the system on the weekend stays north of us. But some rain coming in thursday evening . Thursday afternoon evening. You will notice it cupid, stay where you are for the next hour of mornings on 2. The big changegone. A valuable family heir family heirloom flushed away. What happened next is nothing short of amazing. Irloom flushe what happened next is nothing short of amazing. welcome back to mornings on 2. 7 54. Mass murderer Charles Manson plans to get married at core corrine state prison. Hes 80 years old. He plans to marry this 26year old woman. Now, shes afton elaine burton. Shes spent the past nine years trying to prove manson is innocent. She moved from illinois to california to be close to him and seems intent on trying to prove hes innocent. Charles manson is serving a life sentence for the murders of sharon tate and six other people in los angeles back in 1969. It is 7 55. Its an amazing story of lost and found. A couple from union city is expressing their deep gratitude to a local sanitation department. Thats because a valuable ring was flushed down the toilet by their toddler. But as Maureen Naylor explains, despite the incredible odds, the ring was found. Reporter like many toddlers this 3yearold likes playing with water. Toilet. Reporter but when he flushed this toilet last month, he had no idea he was flushing a family heirloom down the drain. A 60yearold sparkling sapphire and diamond ring, to be exact. I said where is mommas ring . He said momma, i flushed it down the toilet. Its gone. Its really, really gone. [laughter] the ground just went under my feet. Reporter her husband was heartbroken. The ring, one of the few things his deceased father handed down to him. I said it will be a miracle if you find it. Reporter they called a plumber who used a camera in the drain but no luck. Thats when they called the sanitation district. Its hard to find. Like a need until a hay stack. Reporter five different times, crews came out to flush the lines looking for the ring. And just when they were about to call it quits this is victor and this is johnny and johnny is holing the ring. Reporter these two workers, both fathers themselves, found the needle seen here holding the sparkling ring. This is a rarity. Ive been here 20 years and this is the second that i know of. Reporter the ring had traveled a third of a mile from the home and was found a month and a half after it was flushed down the toilet. Down the toilet. Found it. Reporter you flushed it and then found it. I was waiting for the miracle. The funny thing, this came but in its own time and way. The plumber charged the family 400 but the sanitation district didnt charge the family a penny saying they were just doing their job for a customer. I wonder how much it cost to clean the ring. You want it wellsanitized after spending a month and a half down there. Great story. Still ahead the staffing crisis of the san jose Police Department. Coming up, the startling prediction about the Police Departments numbers in the coming years and the two reasons behind all of that. Reporter were live in San Francisco where students help write a resolution to help curb violence in schools. We just spoke to the principal. Certain freeways are really slow approaching the bay bridge where we had a big problem much earlier which is gone. The eastshore freeway is recovering. Well. Clouds are on the intercease and on the move. But are on the increase and on the move. As a toddler, i enjoy three activities. Breaking things. Spilling things. And just general destruction, in the abstract sense. So i, for one, am not a big fan of nest. You see, the dropcam is always watching. Even when my folks are in another room. I rue the day that this product was invented. But im not 100 sure what rue means. Nest dropcam. Welcome to a more thoughtful well, good morning. Welcome back. Some startling homicide statistics. In San Francisco, homicide reportedly the leading cause of death among people between 15 and 24 years old. Now one of the bay areas Biggest School districts has had enough. Coming up in two minutes, ktvus Tara Moriarty will join us live with more on a bold stance that district is taking this morning to help protect children. Stay tuned. Good morning. Thank you for joining us. Welcome to mornings on 2. Tuesday, november 18th. Im dave clark. Good morning. Im tori campbell. Quick look at weather and traffic. Ive got some problems with traffic in not too many problems with the weather but the rain is coming. Yeah, tomorrow morning. Well have morning rain. It doesnt look like a lot. But well get something. Today, we have a lot of clouds on the increase. Temperature, 30s, 40s and 50s. It will be a mostly cloudy to cloudy day. As that system gets closer and closer. Its not going to do much until late tonight or tomorrow morning. It hasaways to go. There is a lot of cloud cover in advance of it. Its thinning out stretching. The low is moving north. Hopefully this will punch toward us. It wont be for a while. 30ss, 40s, 50s. Menlo park, 42, los altos hills, 50s. Upper 40s, belmont, foster city. Our system will move in tomorrow. There is a better system come out of the northwest on thursday. That will be a fast mover but that looks good for rain and much colder temperatures thursday night. Mostly cloudy. Maybe a few 70s. Very close coast bay, and also inland. Weve had some improvements, sal, an update on the south bay. We do have improvements, steve, im gonna get to the south bay and the east bay. But, you know, the big traffic story. Steve and i have been talking about it. The bay bridge, its horrible. But approaching it. From the car queen niz bridge tonight maze, you can see traffic is slow for a good long way and i think that the traffic is actually slower just getting to the bay bridge. Once you actually make it onto the span, it looks okay. Even once you make it to the toll plaza, its normallish. The problem is getting to the spot at the bay bridge toll plaza because of an earlier accident. There was an accident that blocked lanes for a time. So it was very slow on that bridge for a bit. Westbound 580 still slow through livermore as you drive through. Southbound 680 traffic is also slow out of pleasanton. Weve had a couple of fender benders on 880 and the san mateo bridge is moderate in case you are thinking of using that as an alternate. Back to the desk. Thank you, sal. Happening today, students at a San Francisco school have been touched deeply by violence have used a civics lesson to help the school board take the boldest stance in its history against gun violence. Tara moriarty just spoke to one School Principal about the push for a resolution that would crack down on violence. Good morning, tara. Reporter good morning. She was obviously very proud of her students. They helped mark haney write the commission and he says the rate of youth homicides here in San Francisco is nearly twice that what it is anywhere else in the state. Its a pain that students here at buena vista k through 8 know all too well. One of their former classmates, Rashad Williams was fatally stabbed less than three months ago. Thats why they helped write this. The 14yearold shawn Rashad Williams was stabbed this fall by another student who used to go here. And this is one of a handful of cases that spurred the board to consider this legislation. They feel like they can make a difference. And i feel like the teacher is helping them do that. Im superproud of them. Reporter another recent event behind this resolution, this summer, the shooting death of youth outreach worker, alan callaway. The resolution calls for the district to support gun control policies, communicate information about gun buyback events and gun Safety Practices with families and expand upon lessons in the classroom about violence prevention. The board will vote on this tonight. Tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. Quite an interesting lesson for the students. 8 046789 the man who was arrested in the deadly hit and run of a 14yearold boy in san leandro last week, hes due to go before a judge today. 34yearold Sonny Anderson will be charged with seconddegree murder. Now, anderson is accused of hitting and killing 14yearold ivan cruz during a police chase last week through the outskirts of san leandro. The car was found in fremont. Anderson was later found hiding in the garage of a house in newark. The family of ivan cruz is grieving but they thank the community for supporting them through this very difficult time. May ivan rest easy as we continue to struggle and fight the actual fight that our brother is gone. We feel for the family. People have kids of their own. We were bound and determined to find him, absolutely, even before we knew who it was. We were bound and determined to find him. Anderson has seven convictions. They date back to 1989. Among them, two cases of animal abuse. He was convicted of beating and robbing an elderly woman in san leandro. Concord police have arrested a middle schoolteacher from yolo county accused of sexual battery. 40yearold john obrian is a Science Teacher at harper junior high in davis. Hes suspected of inappropriately suching a 16 yearold boy at the teens home in davis two months ago. Investigators say the young victim was one of obrians former students. Still not clear what led up to the arrest of him in condord. It was a rough night for passengers in San Francisco as a taxi protest made it almost imupon to get out of the airport. [horns honking] starting at 9 00, hundreds of taxis circled the arrival areas of the domestic and international terminals. They are protesting the decision to allow Ride Sharing Companies to transport travelers during a threemonth pilot program. Taxi drivers say this will make them lose customers and could End Taxi Service at airports. The protests lasted until 11 00 at night. Once again, supershuttle will not be serving passengers at bay area airports today. We called the company this morning and they confirmed the drivers are shil off the job. The company said the dispute is connected to Franchise Fees that supershuttle charges its drivers. Supershuttles said drivers have asked for a better Fee Structure similar to what uber and lyft pay. Supershuttle said it has different regulations. The company is working with drivers to come to an agreement and get back to work. There is a controversy surroundling an executive of uber who went michael. Michael suggests that uber Higher Research to dig up dirt on media critics. He also said the company should focus on spreading the personal details of a female journalist who made criticism. Michael made the comments at a dinner. He thought they were off the record. Bay area customers of uber who have premium spotify accounts will now be able to stream music during their rides. The two companies have announced a partnership that allows riders to pick their own music while on the road. Uber riders can sink their spotify accounts while ordering a right, select a play list, and have the music already playing when they get in the car. Spotify is hoping the partnership will encourage more people to pay for the premium accounts. Riders will be able to play disk jockeys starting on friday in ten u. S. Cities including San Francisco. A Wedding Photography company is shutting dunn after a backlash for turning away a samesex couple. The couple wanted to hire the company. But they sent them away citing a difference in personal beliefs. This prompted a social media firestorm. After getting bombarded by nasty messages, the company decided to permanently shut down. In a post, the samesex couple said the photographers have apologized so the come are asking people to so the couple are now asking people to stop posts messages on soak media. 8 09, tori. There is a project thats been 16 years in the making. Coming up in 24 minutes, though, the long debated expansion for the oakland zoo that may be approved today. But first, a dangerous type of driving on the rise in the bay area. After the break, the potentially deadly trend thats now catching police attention. Still very slow in many areas out there. As a matter of fact, were looking at the san mateo bridge. The secrets out there, traffic there has now become very slow. Most locations at 8 00 a. M. Say cloudy. If not cloudy, its mostly cloudy. Theres no rain yet. Well take a look at that and see when that will arrive and if theres any upstream. At shell, we believe the world needs a broader mix of energies, which is why we are supplying natural gas, to generate cleaner electricity, that has around 50 fewer co2 emissions than coal. And why with our partner in brazil, we are producing a biofuel made from renewable sugarcane to fuel cars. Lets broaden the Worlds Energy mix, lets go. New this morning, the nfl has suspended Minnesota Vikings running running back Adrian Peterson without pay for the rest of the season. Peterson has already been out for a couple months dealing with accusations that he physically abused one of his young sons while trying to discipline him. Last week, peterson pleaded no contest to misdemeanor reckless assault. The nfl says he will not be considered for reinstatement before april 2015. Peterson has three days to appeal the decision. 8 13. A church in hayward dealing with a very unusual theft. Someone stole a big piece of artificial turf from off the church grounds. Heres what it used to look like outside of Bay Hills Community church. The pastor says the r900square foot turf was stolen last month. Church members were shocked to hear and see this. They already donated 5,000 to install the turf to help save water. I thought this was like an april fools joke, not in april. But i i couldnt believe it. I said you gotta be kidding . The church filed a Police Report but they dont expect to get the turf back. Pastor wants to install new turf but first wants to make sure it cant be stolen again. Healthcare is a. Booing industry here in the bay area. A booming industry in the bay area. San franciscos Healthcare Industry brought in 28 billion so far this year. Thats outpacing some of the citys top hightech industries. The industry employs 20 of San Francisco work with almost 122,000 jobs. Experts say the growth is due to bigger and newer hospitals. San francisco also attracts out of state patients because of cuttingedge treatments. 8 14. Bay area Law Enforcement agencies say accidents involving drugged drivers are on the rise. The latest incident was sunday night on highway 92 in hayward. An 18yearold driver smashed into trees near the hesperian offramp and four children were hurt. On friday afternoon, investigators say 21yearold sonya turr of san mateo was under the influence of drugs when she backed over an elderly woman at a wall greens parking lot. The woman died the next day of her injuries. At least 30 of the fatal collisions involved in california, the driver had some type of prescription or illegal drug on board. You may also remember the accident two saturdays ago on the bay bridge where a wrong way driver caused a multivehicle accident. That driver was also said to be under the influence of drugs. Time is 8 15. There is a new report out that takes a critical look at how the san jose Police Department is coping with its staffing issues. The city council will get that report today to plan for the future. Janine de la vega is joining us live from our san jose newsroom with more on what the mayor elect has to say about this report. Good morning, janine. Reporter good morning, dave. Well, the new mayorelect, sam liccardo, wants to build a bridge with the Police Department with the officers to work on some of these issues. The latest numbers are pretty sobering. It shows that the number of officers will soon fall to the lowest level its been in the department in 30 years. Currently, theres a little more than a thousand swoefer aurns but by next july, the number would drop to 988 and then after that, 949 even with the increase in recruits. Officers are he roo tiring and others are resigning to work for other cities offering better pay and benefits. The department estimates an average of three to four officers will continue to resign each month. The police chief acknowledges this is a huge concern. Be side the struggle of maintaining staff, recruiting is a challenge. The departments goal is to have 45 cadets in each Police Academy but the latest academy only had 22 recruits. We caught up with mayorelect sam liccardo and got this thoughts on this. We can change going forward. We have initiatives on the table that will improve retention. Were accelerating highering now hiring now. There is a lot to do to restore the department. I tend to get it done. The report looked at recent trends and finances, specifically how much is earmarked for Unfilled Positions and how much is being used to pay overtime for patrol, all of this is gonna be discussed today in City Council Chambers at 1 30. Reporting live from our san jose newsroom, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. Sternly a big issue for san jose certainly a big issue for san jose. Definitely. And we want to check in with sal, boy, traffic has been a real problem, especially in the east bay. It sure has. One of the reasons is the bay bridge. We had an accident in the 6 00 hour. It was cleared shortly after 7 00 but the damage is done. Traffic is slow there approaching the bay bridge. Weve i think were gonna go to the toll plaza here. 880 northbound approaching the toll plaza area its backed up from the coliseum. The only difference is on most days, it get better by the time you reach downtown oakland. This morning when up get to the toll plaza, 880 is backed up to the cypress freeway there westbound westbound is backed up beyond the maze. We have a huge backup on the eastshore freeway. This is one of those mornings when you are gonna take longer to get to work. You might want to consider using public transportation. Were also looking at Contra Costa County which has been busy on 680 southbound as you drive from concord to walnut creek. Highway 4 seems to be improving a little bit. 8 18. Lets go to steve in the weather center. Thank you, sal. You are welcome. Mountain view says partly sunny, partly cloudy. Well have an increase in the clouds already moving in. They will continue to thicken up in advance of a system which is moving in here but i will repeat this again. Theres so much energy east of us. These are deep, cold systems. 60 of the country is covered with snow, so early in the season, since 2005. Its tough to budge that. Mostly cloudy. Cloudy skies. Some rain, light tomorrow morning. A better system on thursday. Really . Yeah, i think so. Cold air with it. A little bit more support. Whats missing from our system coming in are the dynamics. The low. They zip northward. This one has that but it doesnt come over us. It goes north. The one on thursday looks like it will form. 21, 23, tahoe and reno. Sacramento has rebounded to 44. Down in monterey, 54 degrees. Amazingly cold. All the way down to the deep south. All 50 states, at least had one freezing temperature this morning including the lake dash darn the key is the lake effect snow. The sharks game is still on. They are shoveling snow in buffalo. Its been nonstop. 30s, 40s 50s. More 30s and 40s and 50s. We get an easterly breeze. High pressure inland which has been very persistent. Low pressure off the coast. High pressure doesnt like the low. So it fills it with a breeze. Still upper 50s to near 60 on the water temps. These are way above average. Our system will move in. It will give us light rain tomorrow. A lot of cloud cover today. Not much else but then a system will come out of the northwest and zip over us. That will be thursday and that looks like a better opportunity for rain. Tomorrows system i dont think it does much. I think it decreases much of it. About 18 100ths for San Francisco makes sense. By thursday afternoon, zoom, well get a better system. You will feel the coldary beginning to move on thursday into friday. Our system arrives tomorrow. Well have a wet commute tomorrow. It doesnt look like a lot. But well get some of that. Then well get a break. And then the next system, thursday afternoon, evening, its on the way. That will have cold air with it. Mild afternoon temperatures even with the cloud cover. Well rebound pretty fast with the breeze. That means 60s for many. A little bit of sun could eek out a 70 there. Well get morning rain tomorrow. Well get a break into thursday. Thursday afternoon. Afternoon looks like rain and then a cool day on friday. I think that saturday system stays north. I will tackle it on friday. It could be a getaway for some people. Some people have the whole week off will be hitting the road possibly. Its that time. Yes. You have to help the folks in buffalo, new york. Starting to look like winter on the east coast. Check out the pictures. Bef low, new york dash buffalo new york has three feet of snow on the ground. More is coming. The whiteout conditions closed down highways and schools. A driving ban has been issued for parts of buffalo. A snow warning is in effect through tomorrow morning and they get it all of the time. Wow. Yeah. They do. But its a little early to that have much. I think they were hoping to get a break. 8 22. They are meant to make things safer. But people are not so sure about the idea. In 24 minute, the controversial broachal and major concern. Lets take a selfie off the list. The new word of the year according to oxford. Its also going up in smoke. For over 60,000 california foster children, the holidays can be an especially difficult time. Everythings different now. Sometimes i feel all alone. Christmas used to be my favorite. I just dont expect anything. What if santa cant find me . To help, sleep train is holding a secret santa toy drive. Bring your gift to any sleep train, and help keep the spirit of the holidays alive. Not everyone can be a foster parent, but anyone can help a foster child. 8 25. Shocking testimony from a convicted september 11th terrorist. He claims frill officials in saudi arabia plotted to kill bill and Hillary Clinton by shooting down air force one during a trip to britain. Zacarias moussaoui also says saudi royals personally provided him with funding for the 2001 attacks on the world trade center. He makes the claims in letters filed with the federal court from his prison cell in colorado. He claims he met with a secret Service Agent several months ago and told him what he knew. The saudi government denies the accusations. Zacarias moussaoui is eight years into a life sentence for pleading guilty to terror and murder, murder conspiracy in connection with the 2001 terror hijackings. Harvard university and the university of North Carolina are being sued for racially based admission policies. The lawsuit says racial preferences illegally limit the number of white and Asian American students admitted to the school. The lawsuit suggests the school should use other factors to create more die verts campus communities. The lawsuit was filed by a group whose members include high achieving students recently denied admission to both schools. Harvard and the university of North Carolina Officials Say they stand by their policies who which they which they say are fully compliant with law. The dating site, okay cupid, are giving users more options for listing their gender identity and sexual orientation. According to a website, the new options include queer, asexual and a term where intelligence is importance. And then also, transgender men, women and gender nonconforming. Were not sure when the options will be available for all years. 8 27. Oxford has just released its word of the year. The honor goes to, drumroll, please, dave. Drumroll. Vape. Its an ecigarette or similar device. As a verb, the word means to inhale and exhail the scraper produced by an ecigarette. According to oxfords cal kuehllations, usage of the world doubled between 2013 and 2014. Runnersup include bay, a slang term for endearment for ones romantic partner, short for baby or babe. Slacktavist. Bud tender, someone who works in a Marijuana Dispensary and contactless that allows a smart card to connect to an ereader to typically make a payment. Last years world, selfie. Not on the list. The oakland zoo could soon be getting bigger. Well tell you about an important vet later on today that could pave the way for a controversial expansion project. Good morning. Right now, traffic is still very slow especially in the east bay. Southbound 680, some people are still stuck in slow traffic heading to fremont. Well tell you more straight ahead. Clouds are on the increase. A little bit of a sunbreak. But overall, a mostly cloudy day expected. What about the rain . Theres some in there, but maybe thursday better than wednesday. Ill explain why coming up. Now, there is a face to wake up to. Were at the oakland zoo, where for 16 years theyve been trying to get approval for a major expansion project. Today, its finally expected to happen. Well see. But not everyone is celebrating this. Coming up in minutes, alex savidge will tell us why some people are very, very adamantly opposed to that project. Stay tuned. Tuesday morning, november 18th. Im dave clark. Lets talk about weather and traffic and steve has interesting things to talk about in our forecast. I just mentioned to you, lancaster, new york, 4 feet of snow. Unbelievable. 4 feet. Are you kidding me . Before thanksgiving, we could use that in the sierra. Might get a little bit of snow on thursday. Clouds increase, cold to mild. Cloudy skies, sharks, San Jose Sharks in buffalo. Game still on the last i looked. I would not be surprised if that gets canceled. Cloudy skies, breezy for some. Its an easterly breeze. Higher elevations. We have a lot of cloud cover on the increase. But again, a bark worse than the bite because the front is back yonder. Back here. The low is moving north away of the front from the Energy Source which will arrive tomorrow. 40s and 50s. Well get some light rain out of it. West coast bridge very, very ridge very, very strong. A lot back here. But its back here. We have to wait for it to get here and that wont be until tomorrow morning. Cloudy to mostly cloudy. Breezy for some. Mild temps, even though cool this morning. Well end up with a lot of 60s and 70s. 80, bay bridge south bay. Whats the hot spot . I would still say 80 westbound is the worse coming out from the carquinez bridge area to the macarthur maze. Still have a big backup of more than an hour, but its improved. It was almost 90 minutes. Were seeing some improvement. When we get to the bay bridge, its kind of a normal delay of about 20, 30 minutes from the maze. But remember, getting too the bay bridge is going to be tough and i think we can show you the bay bridge toll plaza there is even a little bit of room where there wasnt of about. Please give yourself dra extime. East bay commute has been very slow. 580 westbound is backed up out of san leandro. 580 out of livermore will be slow as you drive into dublin. These commutes have not improved much. I think the bay bridge did a number on the commutes. 880 southbound getting all the way down into milpitas is stop and go. Back to the desk. The Berkeley City Council will take up the hot issue with stickers at the gas pump. Pam cook is in the studio with pretty strong reactions on both sides of the issue. Sounds simple putting warning labels on gas pumps. Supporters say its like the warning label on a pack of cigarettes. The label is just in the mockup stage at this point. It would warn drivers filling up their gas tank about the Greenhouse Gas emissions from cars. Supporters help it will encourage people to think about their carbon footprint, drive less, walk more and look for alternative sources of energy. But critics say this is a politically motivated attack on free speech asmd the decision is made when you buy your car. After that, you have to fill it up. You should not be bothered by warnings. Others complain its a waste of temperature money. The stickers will cost 20,000 in the first year alone. Now, we posed the question on our took page. What do you think about the stickers . We have a lot of responses. Mostly negative reactions. Ashley dish says we all know this information already. What is a stupid sticker gonna . Stop people from driving. One person liked the idea. That person writes one payment of 20,000 is a small price to pay for that kind of widespread hand welltargeted education. What do you think about the plan . You can join our conversation on our facebook page. It is a lively conversation to take a look at, let me tell you. Now, the Berkeley City Council considers the ordinance tonight. San franciscos board of supervisors considering a very similar idea. They could make the gas pump stickers a law by march. Reporting live in the newsroom, pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. This does sound lively. Thank you. 8 35. Happening today, the oakland zoo could be given the green light to move forward on an expansion project. Since 1998, the zoo has been working on a plan that would see it moving into nolan park. Alex savidge is at the zoo with more on what the project includes and why some people dont want to see it happen. Hail lex . Reporter alex . Reporter environmental groups dont like the idea of the zoo getting bigger. Thats because this planned expansion project would use 60 acres of land part of the park right next to the existing zoo. Critics contend that would reduce open space in the area and also threaten the habitat for the alameda whip snake. But scoo officials expect the city council will be giving the go ahead for this expansion which has been in the works for 16 years. The added land will be used for an exhibit called california trails that could include species native to the state like the grizzly bear, the california kondor and the jaguar. The president of the zoo told us hes confident that the council will clear the way for this expansion. We are very optimistic well have resounding support from oakland city council. They have always been supportive of their zoo. This is no different now and soap as we look forward, what it does is finally makes the last step for us to move forward. Reporter this expansion will be paid for with about 60 million both of public and private money. Over the years, opponents of this project have filed a number of legal challenges trying to stop it but none of them have been successful and the city council at this point seems poised to vote in favor of approving this project. Likely the last time they will be voting on this project at this meeting that happens. 5 30 tonight at city haul. You can get that a number of the opponents of this expansion project will be on hand for the meeting to take one last stand. Were live this morning in oakland. Alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. All right. Thank you for the update. 8 37. The city of san jose is expected to vote tonight on whether to approve a fee on new rental Housing Developments that would be used to build more affordable housing. Since 2010, rent has sky rorktsed by 49 with the average one bedroom apartment now costing more than 2,000 a month. Mayor chuck reed says he has serious concerns about the proposed fee and is asking the council not to approve it. Supporters of the measure are holding a rally today at 3 00 at San Jose City hall plaza. And tonight, the Santa Clara County board of supervisors is expected to discuss proposals for a living wage ordinance. It would require the contractors doing business with the county pay their employees a wage they can live on. Supporters say it would help fix the problem of income and equality. Critics say some contractors just cant afford to pay employees a higher wage. The next phase for tearing down the old bay bridge is postponed for three months. Four bidders told caltrans they need more time. They have to study how to tear down the deck which was built in the 1930s. Now, another tricky part will be finding a way to keep birds away from traditional nesting sites on the old eastern span. The demolition job now expected to resume sometime in february. Boy, thats a dispoentment disappointment. It will look so much better when the bridge is torn down. I agree. Gas prices are sinking. So why are airfares going up . Why ticket prices to fly will continue to soar. Reporter were lav in orinda where several people will be debating privacy verses security and whether or not to install license reader cameras. You will hear from the person who saturdayed the proposal in the first place. Right now, traffic is going to be a little bit slow still on some of the east bay freeways. I will tell you why. It all happened much earlier this morning and the Chain Reaction has been very bad. A few sun breaks n clouds. There is a lot of clouds moving in. 22 bucks these guys shouldve gone to my place, cuz right now, i have two breakfast croissants for just four bucks. Theyre both made with a freshly cracked egg and melting cheese on a buttery, flaky croissant. Try the supreme with bacon and ham, or the sausage. Theyll fill you up for whoa hey what are you doing . You cant make a commercial for your restaurant at my restaurant not if you keep interrupting me, i cant. New this morning, weve learned that the People Killed in an attack this morning on a synagogue in jerusalem were three american men and the man from britain. Two palestinian men entered the synagogue this morning armed with knives, axes and guns. They killed the four men worshiping and injured six others before they were shot and killed by israeli police. Three of the men killed had dualisraeli u. S. Citizen. The fourth was a brit in israeli citizen. President obama released a statement responding to the attack just about a halfhour ago. The president said i strongly condemn todays terrorist attack on worshipers at a synagogue in jerusalem which killed four innocent people including three u. S. Citizens. There can be no justification for such attacks against innocent civilians. 8 43. U. S. And european intelligence agencies they are closely studying the latest Islamic State video, the one announcing the execution of american aide worker peter kassig. The video shows the faces of some of the isis it fooers. It seems designed to show there are foreigners among the militants. One of them has been identified as a 22yearold from france. Some of them appear to be asian. Hatching today here at home, the issue of privacy verses safety. It will be a hot topic during tonights orinda City Council Meeting. They will debate a proposal to install license plate reader cameras near the citys entrances and exits. Brian flores, live this morning in orinda. You are getting reaction from people who live apartment and work in orinda. Good morning, brian. Reporter you know orinda is known as a quiet town and the police chief says overall crime is down. Despite that, a group of people did approach the police chief and they talked about possibly installing the license complaint reader cameras because of a uptick, small uptick, rather, in burglaries. Tonight the chief will make the presentation to the city council. The proposal still in the early phases, months away from action taking place according to police. But still the debate about the cameras begins tonight. The idea is to put the license plate reader cameras at high traffic areas, essentially the entrance and exits off highway 24. These cameras would take a picture of your license prat and stored in a searchable database for police. The pictures are time stamped and tagged with a gps location. If the license plate comes up stolen or if theres another crime involved, the police are alerted and they respond. This is another tool that will save time and it can help establish leads. We spoke to a Community Organizer who started the proposal months ago and she says she just wants to keep orinda safe. This is the deal the criminals are watching owrl houses. They are watching when become and go. Thats how they are breaking in or attempting to break in. So why not be proactive . Its a data collection. Theres a lot of laws that have to be followed and there is a lot of protocol that we can put in place. You know, we cant guarantee anything. But what we can can guarantee is a safer comoo unity. Reporter now, orindas police chief said hes aware of privacy concerns and hopes people who live in orinda give their input at the meeting. Other cities include la fayette, brentwood, emeryville, tiburon and richmond and the cost of the cameras, each one costs about 10,000 along with an operation fee of about 500 a year per camera. As we take it back out here line, we spoke with organizers, they say a pricht donor actually private donor actual donor has said he will pay for one camera. That meeting starts at 7 00 tonight. Were live in orinda, ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you. An emotional ire. It is. Orinda is ta great town is a great town. Lets check in with sal. Is traffic Getting Better . It is. I want to show you something weve been watching. Remember the eastshore freeway, the delays were more than 90 minutes coming up from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. Now the speed is up 26 miles an hour. The were getting down to the almost normal territory. When you get to the bay bridge, were also seeing some improvement here at the toll plaza so finally, weve had some improvement, you might want to say that you can still use this an alternate route. You can wait for a little while as you get into San Francisco. There are no major problems by the way as you drive to the city. I want to mention san mateo bridge traffic is slow. Getting there from 238 is slow and westbound 92, i also want to mention in marin county, southbound 101 there is a crash near san pedro and traffic coming in from novato on southbound 101 is very slow. So add extra time. Now, lets go to steve in the weather center. Thank you, sir. Mostly cloudy skies. Dave and i want to thank tony. On twitter. I use to live in buffalo, he said the sun came out after two months of gray and it made the front page of the paper. They have 4 feet of snow. Wow. The pictures coming in on twitter are just amazing and the San Jose Sharks are in buffalo for a game. Well see if they play. Back home, mostly cloudy. A couple of breaks in the clouds. Theres so much energy in the middle of the country. I mean, northern plains, great lakes, deep south. Its tough to budge that. Our west coast ridge doesnt want to move. I think we will get light rain tomorrow. Cloudy to mostly cloudy today. You can see a lot of the cloud cover moving in. But the front is still back yonder here. It hasaways to go. The key is all of these lows if it kept going this way to the west or on the east, then, yeah that would help. Well see if it holds together. Theres promise it might. It wont be until late tonight or tomorrow. Ahead of that, well get a lot of cloud cover. This will not be a good system for the Sierra Nevada. It will fall apart by the time it arrives there. Maybe thursday. There will be a fast mover zipping down from the northwest. It will have cold air with it. 40s, 50s on the temperatures. Some locations never got below 54. Others dipped in the 30s. Look for a gray day. Theres a lot of cloud cover. Our system will move through tomorrow. It will weaken. Projections arent that great for tomorrow. I think this is a little overdone. I really do. The trend has been to weaken the systems. Then on thursday afternoon, evening well get a system zipping down. Well have cold air support with t thats the key. The systems coming in are coming in from the west southwest. They are no cold air. This next one might. That will be thursday. Tomorrow i think well get light brain. 60s on the temperatures. Some of the cloud cover may hold back the temperatures a little bit. If you are starting off about 5 had. It wouldnt take much to get to 66 off 67 with a couple of sun breaks. Morning rain tomorrow. Not a lot but then the colder system thursday afternoon, evening. Friday well feel breezy and cool here. That will be a first real cold front to come through. So cold. Colder. Colder. Cold for us. Its all relative. Thank you. A decades old family heirloom, it was flushed down the toilet. After the break, you will hear the story, the ending to this emotionally wrenching story and how two men kept hope from completely going down the drain. helicopter whirring roars siren wails pop music playing when youre ready ready, ready, ready come and get it get it, get it when youre ready, come and get it na na na na na na na na na na na when youre ready, come and get it na na na na. Female announcer its a great big world and it can all be yours. Here and only here. Come and get it. Democratses have reelected nancy pelosi two another two year term acs House Minority leader. She was picked to remain in the powerful post in a private meeting with party leaders. There was no challenger despite grumblings that its time for fresh faces. Shes been the House Democratic leader since 2003 including four yearsars the first fee years as the first female speaker. This comes after House Democrats lost more than a dozen seats on capitol hill. Despite dropping jet fuel price, the price to fly continues to soar. U. S. Airlines saved 1. 6 billion on jet fuel because of the drop. But at the same time period, the cost of a Domestic Violence Airline Ticket rose 3. 5 . Experts say airlines have no compelling reason to offer passengers any price breaks. They say planes are full. Investors want to payout and Airlines Need to pay for new planes. The largest digital billboard in the world will be hit lit up in new york citys times square. Its on broadway from ath to 46th street. Had from 45th to 40th street. Today it will display an art exhibit. Google will take over the space. The cost to put an ad on this giant billboard for four weeks, 2. 5 million. Wow. A lot of people will see it. Yes, they will. A Union City Family is thanking very dedicated sanitation workers who when it seemed imupon found their family impossible found their family heirloom in a sewer. 3yearold maz flushed the family heirloom, a ring, down this toilet. The sapphire and diamond ring has been in the fathers family for 60 years. It was passed down several generations. His parents called a plumber. The plumber used a camera down the drain but no luck. Thats when they took a chance, they called the unwhyian city sanitation district. Five different times, the crews flushed out that line looking for that ring and just when they were about to call it quits. Two workers found the ring, a third of a mile from the familys home and a month and a half after it was flushed down the toilet. I was waiting for that miracle. The funny thing, is came, in its own time and in its own way. How about that . The sanitation district says they are not charging the family anything for that search. They say the workers were just doing their job. 8 56. Time for this weeks ticket tuesday giveaway. Three lucky win winners will get two tickets to elf on friday, december 12th. To enter go to the contest ing a under the entertainment tab on ktvu. Com. Fill out the entry form. You must also enter the secret word buddy. Entries accepted from now until 11 59 p. M. Tonight. You must be 18 years old. At least 18. And a california resident to enter. Each prize has an approximate retail value of 190 and is provided by shn theater. The winners are selected random by by november 19th randomby by november 189 november 19th. You can see the rules at ktvu. Com. Sal, i know you are gonna talk about the toll plaza. But 880, too . Yeah, and i think people the experienced commuter knows to adjust their schedule. 880 is still very slow as you drive past the coliseum getting up to a crowded bay bridge toll plaza. Thats crowded because of earlier problems finally seeing some relief there. When you do get to San Francisco, things are okay in the city along northbound 101. It will take a while to get there. Lets go to steve. A lot of cloud cover. Mostly cloudy skies. A couple of sunbreaks. Overalls 30s, 40s, 50s, gives way to 60s. Looks like late tonight. Some rain, a break wednesday mowning. The next system will be colder, fast mover on thursday. That one could be snow for the sierra. They need it. Bonedry up there. That one has a better chance than the one tomorrow. Thank you. You bet. Thats our report. We thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. And at noon, well have response to the staffing at the San Jose Police d. Thank you for joining us. Have a great day. The Holiday Season is here, which means its time for the volkswagen signthendrive event. For practically just your signature, you could drive home for the holidays in a germanengineered volkswagen. 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