Theres no rain in sight for anybody for a while. We do have a few high clouds and a little bit of smoke has drifted up this way. Parts of the peninsula. So thats filtered in as well. 30s and 40s. Not as warm as yesterday. The easterly breeze has tapered off. 48 for some. And 30s for others. Yesterday, el sobrante and berkeley in the 50s and 40s. And the easterly breeze has lightened up a little bit. Watch the cloud cover. 60s on our temps here today. 6 01. And all of a sudden it got busy. Real business unfortunately. And for folks on interstate 80 coming out of richmond or driving in from vallejo. Youll encounter unusually slow traffic. Theres heavy traffic getting into richmond on westbound 80 and thats because of a crash that the chp is trying to clear out of the way. And this is at central avenue. A crash that apparently involves some injuries and its causing slow traffic to the san pablo area. And looks as though they had to close the lanes in the westbound direction for a time. And they are back open first floor. But you may have residual slowing through richmond and san pablo this morning. Ill show you a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza which is busy. About a 10 to 15 minute backup. And i should remind people once you get in San Francisco. There are two crashes still being worked on on westbound 80 in the city. One at 5th street. And one at fremont. And finally, a live look at 280 in san jose and traffic is moving nicely on this friday morning. 6 03 is the time. Pam, back over to you. Thank you, alex. There are six major wildfires burning in Southern California. Take a look at the map there. The two newest fires, the lilac fire there in northern San Diego County, thats near fallbrook in San Diego County. And then the liberty fire is near temecula, big wine country area. The largest is the thomas fire in Ventura County. Its been burned 115,000 acres since monday and its 5 contained. The fire destroyed 400 homes, 50,000 people very ordered to evacuate. And more than 15,000 homes are still in danger there. Crews are trying to keep the fire from spreading into santa barbara. The rye fire, santa clarita, is 25 contained. It may not be fully contained until thursday. The creek fire in the northern San Fernando Valley has burned 15,000 acres. The update there, its 20 contained. Five homes were destroyed and 2500 are still threatened. The fire crews have made progress battling the skirball fire near ucla. Classes at ucla will resume today. And the nearby getty center which has been closed is going to reopen today. One of the new fires is that lilac fire in northern San Diego County. And it destroyed 20 homes in a mobile home Retirement Community. It started in the city of fallbrook. Two people were sent to the hospital with burns. The fire burned 4000 acres, and its 0 contained. Several schools have canceled classes today because of the fire. And we heard that its moving west towards oceanside and camp pendleton. At least 25 racehorses died yesterday when flames from the lilac fire swept through a training facility. Some of the horses are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. They were set free and encouraged to run away as the flames engulfed the training center. Many of the horses are being boarded at the del mar racetrack. The cities of at the that fire has burned 300 acres. And because of all the fires, the air quality is not good. Today is the first spare the air day of the winter season. The spare is air alert starts today. And continues through sunday. You cannot burn wood fires indoors or outdoors through midnight sunday. The air quality is expected to be pretty bad because of the weather conditions trapping the pollution close to the ground. San Francisco Police body camera video has been released but last weeks deadly officer involved shooting. The suspect was unarmed when the officer opened fire. Ktvus Christien Kafton has more on what the video shows. Reporter san Francisco Police releasing the video just last night. And it shows the critical few seconds that led up to the officer involved shooting. At this point, san Francisco Police are not releasing the name of the officer who fired the shot. The round struck and killed 42 yearold kyita oneil after he got out of a van she was suspected of carjacking. Officers chased the van and the video from the body camera shows him firing a round from inside the patrol car, shattering the window of the patrol car. Oneil was unarmed when the officer opened fire. The officer was a rookie and had been on the force less than a week. And was with a Field Training officer at the time of the shooting. We are hoping to learn more about the video and hoping to talk more with san Francisco Police about the video. And trying to get more context to the video. We hope to find out more about the Community Meeting where some Community Members expressed outrage about this latest shooting. There are details still to come. Its 6 07 and the man who escaped the san leandro Psychiatric Hospital is now in police custody. This after a carjacking, a car crash, and a chase across the freeway. The man escaped from john george Psychiatric Hospital. And he jumped into a car in a nearly parking lot with a teenager in the passenger seat. He hit the teenager and took off in the car and crashed into a garbage truck. And then he tried to steal another car, biting the elderly man who was in the car. And when he couldnt get the keys he ran away. Deputies saw him. And he was hit by a car on the highway and made it across to hide in the bushes youre looking at. Thats where he was eventually arrested. The man is facing several charges, including assault and resisting arrest. Theres a mystery this morning after a womans body was found floating in the water. Coming up, what police have to say about the Death Investigation alongside a popular trail. The Oakland Unified School district is close to cutting 9 million from the budget. Why they have to act now. A pretty quiet friday forecast. Its cold and mild this afternoon. Its snowing in places as in southern texas, louisiana, and much of the deep south. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Its 6 11. A 125,000 arrest warrant was issued for a former care worker accused of sexually assaulting a disabled man in the east bay. Police are searching for charles ward who used to work at an assisted Living Center in san leandro called novelles developmental services. He sexually assaulted a male patient back in march. The patient has Cerebral Palsy and can only communicate by nodding his head. He was in the care of ward at the time. Thats horrible. There are quite a few neighbors right here at this intersection that have children. So its a concern. Reporter investigators say that ward quit his job as officers were going to question him. He has apparently been on the run ever since. Weve been told he has an address of placerville but where he is not known. The time is 6 one. A small town in new mexico held a vigil for the two students who died in a high school shooting. It happened in the town of aztec. The shooter whose name has not been released also died. We dont know the motive. And police have not released details about the death of the gunman. The governor of new mexico says several acts of bravery helped to save the lives of other students and teachers. An Investigation Continues in sunnyvale where the body of a woman was found in the water near bay lands park. A cyclist found the body. There are a lot of unanswered questions. Were trying to figure out what occurred and thats what were going to try to determine. Reporter a bicyclist made the grim discovery shortly after 10 00 thursday morning. He called 911, reporting a dead body floating face down in the drainage canal near the bay trail in sunnyvale. This is a beautiful trail. I take it five days a week. Lots of people take it every day. And its very sad to learn that happened, whatever it is. Reporter dive Team Officers assisted in removing the body from the water. The victim was a woman and the neighborhood but its unclear if she was dumped into the bay here or if her body floated from a different location. The medical examiner and us and our detectives are working the investigation. We dont know the circumstances of why the body was in the water. Reporter the bay trail area is a 500mile loop around San Francisco bay. Tourists consistently give it a rating of good. Detectives say thursdays discovery does not pose a risk to the general public and some bicyclists wont change their routine. I dont feel unsafe here. Reporter with few clues and no signs of trauma, the first step to figuring out what happened is to determine the victims identity and how she died. Right now its a mystery why a body was found floating out here. We dont know that right now. Reporter ktvu fox 2 news. The federal government will not be shut down this weekend. Congress passed a two week funding bill, an extension to keep the government going. And this will buy time to negotiate Childrens Health programs and aid for puerto rico. The plan to cut 9 million from the Oakland Unified School district budget was laid out at a special school board meeting. The School Superintendent says the district has already put a ceiling on hiring, overtime, and spending, and he says layoffs and program cuts are expected. The cuts are needed to avoid a takeover by the state after years of changing leadership and financial problems. Nobody wants to cut programs for kids. Nobody wants to cut people who help kids, but we are in a situation where we have budget realities we have to deal with. There already is no art at the school. We just lost a p. E. Teacher. We are about to lose another p. E. Teacher. And theres no Extracurricular Activities at the school. Reporter next wednesday the school board will vote on the budget. The time is 6 16. Alex savidge is in for sal. And youve been talking about crashes. Good morning to you. We saw a flurry of crashes early on in this mornings commute. And i am happy to report that the chp is working hard and clearing a lot of the accidents out of the way before they can cause any major backups. Well show you what things look like on 880 in oakland. And things are moving nicely northbound and southbound past oracle arena and all the way to downtown oakland. That should be a problem free ride. Getting out of walnut creek, the traffic is beginning to build. A lot more people are getting on the roadways in the 6 00 hour. And i should let people know that further up the road, theres a crash that the chp is working on just west of the caldicott tunnel. This is an accident that happened inside the third bore in the westbound direction. But it has been cleared to the righthand shoulder and it could cause a little bit of slowing as folks pass through the area. Finally, here, we put the maps up and give you an idea of what the backup is like at the toll plaza. The backup extends back through the maze and on the east shore freeway. We have some slowing through emeryville. Still we want to remind you the chp is working on a couple of crashes in San Francisco on westbound 80. One at 5th street and one at fremont street. Doesnt look like they are slowing too much. 6 18 is the time. Its been a busy morning for me, you as well. Ive had busier. Its busy in the deep south and texas because its snowing. The pictures are just lighting up from college station, texas, home of the texas a m aggies. Its snowing in the stadium. Thats not flurries. And theres a band of snow that stretches you dont see this often from houston to louisiana, now into atlanta. And the wind chill in new orleans is 30 degrees now. Thats just amazing. Thats what they are getting this morning. And not just the flurries. There are decent amounts coming in. 37degrees the current temp. Central standard time in new orleans. Dallas is 24. Oklahoma city is 16. And its warmer than the north. Theres a lot of cold air for just about everybody. Southern florida and Southern California. Theres an easterly breeze. Losangeles southeast at three. And the wind will start to pick up the Higher Elevations. And theyll expect gusts 40 to 50. I mean its so dry here. Teens on the humidity. 10 , 12 . The wind was stronger yesterday. Well see how that develops. Usually once you get the temperatures starting to warm up, the wind picks up. Malibu about 34. 64degrees and 11 humidity. Teens, 20s. Not a good situation. We have a few high clouds moving through. And the high clouds try to move through. And because they have an east or northeast wind all the way to 20,000 feet. The clouds get disintegrated. 30s on the temps. And we are much cooler because of the northeasterly breeze. Menlo park, 33. Los altos 33. Yesterday they were in the 60s. So thats a big drop. We get 12 in truckee. And 41 las vegas. And 85 days and counting since the last rain in las vegas. 32 in ukiah. And we get a few high clouds. And High Pressure is not budging. Nothing coming in any time soon. Maybe after the 21st. But thats a long way out. 60s on the temps. And except for a few high clouds and some smoke which has filtered in. Thats why we have the spare the air. Its a dry pattern. Thank you, steve. Its 6 20 and the winter games are just two months away. And athletes will compete in the shadow of north korea, coming up the concerns for athletes plus the weather concerns. Bart is on track to turn the operations green. How rides in the future will be fueled by the wind and the sun. This guy is in a hurry. Uh, i was in a hurry thng. Barely had time for breakfast. Music sting crave van hey guys. 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No official decision has been made on that. All amid heightening tensions. Nikki haley cast doubt over whether u. S. Athletes would participate. The United States is recommending that our team goes or is that an open question . Theres an open question. Reporter recent u. S. Threats and military drills are making war unavoidable. The north tested a powerful missile that could be capable of reaching the u. S. The Olympic Committee said there have been no discussions internally or with government partners about the possibility of not taking teams to the 2018 winter games. In the meantime, new reports that south koreas olympics organizers are worried about the weather. With the wind chill it could feel like 6 degrees at the february ninth opening ceremonies. The coldest olympics in nearly a quarter of century. The main stadium was built without a roof. At a concert in november, six people reported hypothermia. Officials are looking at everything from ways to speed up security checks to distributing blankets and anything to limit exposure to those very cold temperatures. Look at that. Time is 6 25. In a moment, the coverage of the Southern California wildfires continues. And well take you live to Ventura County to see this and also the weather conditions firefighters hope to catch a break today. More Sexual Harassment allegations. Im doug luzader in washington. Well have the latest developments just ahead. And we want to remind you about the coat collection drive thats going on right now. Donate a new or gently used coat, sweater or other winter item at several bay area dropoff locations. Bay street in emeryville. Santana row in san jose, and walnut creek on ice. And also at u. P. S. And big o tire stores are taking donations. And were keeping an eye on the roadways. A new crash in the east bay. Ill give you the details when we return. Its that time of the year. And in the morning, youre like my goodness, i got to bundle up. And 2 00 or 3 00, its warm. Well have the friday forecast. Thats what were dealing with. [baby crib musical mobile] millions are still exposed to the dangers of secondhand smoke. And some of them cant do anything about it. But you can. Protect your family. Visit tobaccofreeca. Com. Thank you for joining us here on mornings on 2. As weve been reporting, two more major wildfires burning in Southern California. The new ones, San Diego County and riverside county. And the regions biggest fire has destroyed 400 homes and buildings 200 miles north of there near los angeles. Ellison barber has the latest on everything. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. You can see behind me pam and dave that the flames are sort of turning to smoke. But the fire is far from contained. So far, fire Officials Say its burned at least 115,000 acres and only 5 is con