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KTVU KTVU Morning News September 26, 2013

Want to take you out live to at t park. We understand a giants fan accused of attacking a dodgers fan. A dodgers fan is dead this morning. Were going to have more details coming up in just a moment. Pam cook, thank you for joining us. Its thursday, september 26. Good morning. Im dave clark. Were going to check weather and traffic. Did you have to turn the heater on in the car this morning . Yes, i did. Just a little bit. You guys are softies. My gosh. Not that cold yet. We do have some cool kind of chilly conditions in the santa cruz mountains. Over in ocean beach, no wind. Crystal clear. I did see a 49 westportal. There are some cool readings and most of the wind directions in the city are a little westerly. 47 concords. 49 hayward. So there are a few locations. Very cool in the santa cruz mountains. San jose well go 74 today. Starting off 52. So a little cool for san jose. San francisco starting off 54 although there are other areas not far away that are a little cooler than that. Well go for a high of 68. A 70 maybe along the embake dare row would not embarcadaro would not surprise me. 38 Miles Per Hour mt. Diablo the strongest gust i could find. A norm breeze a northerly breeze. Sunny and breezy. Windy in the hills and to the valley. More of a northerly breeze today so 60s, 70s, a few upper 70s to very low 80s. Heres sal. Good morning. We are looking at traffic thats getting busier by the mirn as we get to the peak of the commute. Traffic moving along pretty well. If you are driving on 80. It is getting more coughedded as you head out to the mc crowded as you head out to the mcarthur maze. On the westbound bay bridge, there is a little bit of a backup already. Looks like the metering lights have gone on. I want to show you the Altamont Pass because traffic is going to be busy coming in from about 205 all the way through. As a matter of fact, once you get to the middle of livermore, it does ease up and after that, its a nice drive into the dublin area and over to Castro Valley where we havent had a lot of slow traffic. San mateo and dumbarton bridge traffic looks good. Lets go back to the desk. Thank you. Time 6 03. We have a developing story from San Francisco. Violence after last nights giants and dodgers game. A fight led to a deadly stabbing. It happened just a couple of blocks away from at t park. Tara moriarty is in San Francisco now to tell us what police are saying about that confrontation. Reporter were standing right underneath interstate 80 at 3rd and perry streets near harrison. You can see this alleyway to the left. We believe the stabbing happened right here. It was some sort of argument that broke out after the game between some giants fans and dodger fans. The victim was transported to the hospital we later died. We understand that his father and brother were with him and were not injured. The victim who was taken to the hospital, we understand that his wound was actually in the upper body but were not sure exactly where. Police have detained three people in the area and they are interviewing witnesses. This is obviously an Ongoing Investigation so well keep you updated throughout the morning. Live from San Francisco, im pam or artie, ktvu channel 2 news. Happening now, new concerns about fire danger in the east bay hills. Ktvu channel 2 reporter Claudine Wong joins us from oakland with the red flag warning in effect today for parts of the bay area. Claudine . It is in effect today. It will be in effect through tomorrow and when you get one of these red flags warnings, the Oakland Hills is a place where people are on guard. Take a look behind me. This is one of the reasons the high winds make people so concerned. There are dry brush areas all throughout the hills. When you have the winds picking up, you have people very concerned. Heres what people are doing to prepare. We know homeowners are being told to create Defensible Space around their homes so if there was a fire, there would be a little bit of a fire break and firefighters would have a chance to save their home. Homeowners very aware of that in these hills. Theres also a big focus on the trees and getting the trees down. Anything that might fall down and create a problem. Our crews actually found a tree crew out yesterday that was doing work on an area to get down a dangerous final. Reporter we know firefighters have been out warning folks and pge has assigned 96 crews if and around la and or run today hills [ inaudible ] again, come back out here live. You can see its actually beginning to pick up just agent bit. You can see some movement in the brush along the hills. When we got out here this morning, it was pretty quiet in terms of wind. Its now picked up just within the last hour or so and again we expect things to get even windier, breezy to windy throughout the day and through tomorrow. So certainly something to be aware of. Live in oakland, Claudine Wong, ktvu channel 2 news. Time 6 06. New this morning, pge trying to restore power to Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley after a down wire knocked out power during the night. The hospital is returning on generators. Service to patients has not been affected. At one point more than 3,000 homes and businesses had no power. The power has been restored to more than 8800 homes and businesses that lost power during the night in brings bane, daly brisbane, daly city and San Francisco. Theyre investigating whether wind was a factor in those outages. A vigil will be held for a San Francisco State University student who police say was a victim of a random killing at a muni stop. 20yearold Justin Valdez with us gunned down in the eveningleside neighborhood. Police say a man was seen on muni cameras right before the shooting. The kind of person just continue was, denot deserve what happened to him. The guy deceives to be punished. Justice needs to be served. Valdez grew up in southern california. Friendses say he was a good student, a swimmer and someone who was passionate about the environment. Todays vigil will be held at 7 00 at San Francisco state. Police also plan to release more detail about the case later today. An investigation is under way into a deadly motorcycle crash in San Francisco. At 9 15 last night, officers received a report of an accident on portola drive in the citys twin peaks area. Police tell us here at ktvu news they believe the motorcyclist died after crashing into a parked truck. Officers closed the road as they investigated what happened. Theres no word yet on the persons identity or whether alcohol or speed were factors in the crash. Time 6 07. The chp reminding you drivers drive slow where crews are out there working on roads. After a recent string of crashes along Road Construction sites n. One incident in placerville last week, a chp officer suffered minor injuries. He purposely drove his patrol car in the path of a car that was about to hit a caltrans worker on the side of interstate 80. The chp says 14 other people were hurt in Road Construction areas just this month. So theyre reminding all of us, all drivers slow down, keep your eyes on the road as you approach those cone zones. The Menlo Park City Council approved a request by the City Department to buy four surveillance cameras and three license plate readers. However, the city council says the Police Department cant use the equipment until theres an ordinance in place to address privacy concerns. The surveillance cameras will be mounted in intersections in the bell haven neighborhood where all five of the citys shootings since february have occurred. The automatic license plate readers will be attached to three Police Control cars. The miracle comeback is complete. Itself americas cup will stay in america. Oracle team u. S. A. Capped off one of the greatest comebacks in sports history yesterday. Down eight races to one to Emirates Team new zealand. America won eight straight races including the finale by 44 seconds. The historic finish raising new questions about the future of the oldest trophy in international sports. Why new zealands loss could have ended the countrys hopes of taking the trophy any time and whether the races will be held in San Francisco again. Team oracle and the americas cup trophy will be proudly displayed this morning at the open World Convention in San Francisco. Last night, though, a Convention Party lit up the sky at treasure island. They had huge tents and a giant ferris wheel out there. And there was music by maroon five and the black keys for oracle customers and partners. Today is the last day of the oracle convention. The attendees will be able to take a photo right next to the americas cup. A fourday festival meantime celebrating technology and music kicks off today in downtown san jose. More than 70 bands are scheduled to perform at the c2sv festival, including the oh sees, the limousines and lemon heads and one of steves favorite groups, iggy and the stooges performing at annual outdoor concert saturday at st. James park. Speakers will close apple cofounder steer wozniak and john mcafteree mcafee giving his first interview since escaping problems in belize. The Reason Police are now looking for a Business Owner in the area after a letter sent to a high school. Addressing government surveillance. A plan by lawmakers to curb spying by the National Security agency. A crash westbound in emmyville. Were emeryville. Were looking for it now. Traffic moving slowly on the east shore freeway. Skies are clear and for some its definitely a little cool this morning. But it will warm up today. Plus, how breezy will it get . Happening today, a hearing on capitol hill. A Bipartisan Group of senators will answer questions about new legislation to cut back the National Security agency Surveillance Programs. The legislation would end the nsas collection of americans communication records. Senators say putting restricts on the scope of Surveillance Program will not put National Security at risk. The disclosures over the last hundred days have caused a change in the way the public views the surveillance system. The Surveillance Programs have come under intense scrutiny since disclosures this spring by former nsa contractor Edward Snowden that the government collects far more internet and telephone data than previously known. Time 6 14. A new poll is out showing president obamas Approval Rating dropping as he faces a looming battle with congress over his Health Care Reform and a possible government shutdown. The New York Times poll says 49 of the public disapproves of president obamas job performance. 43 approves. That matches his worst approval numbers in two years. New this morning, were learning that divers have spotted human remains near the shipwreck of the costa concordia. The remains were discovered after crews managed to turn the capsized cruise ship upright. Officials say d. N. A. Tests will determine if the remains are those of two passengers whose bodies were never found. 32 people died in that disaster. Time 6 15. San Francisco Police investigating a shooting just a week after two people were shot on the same corner. Police say the victim was shot in the leg last night about 7 00 at the corner of 23rd and arkansas streets. This comes a week after 24year old Jimmy Chandler and a 21 yearold woman were shot on that same corner. Chandler later died a the hospital. The woman is expected to survive. So far police have not made any arrests in either shooting. Postmaster general appears before a Senate Committee today, one day after proposing to raise the price of mailing a letter by 3 cents to 49 cents. The postmaster general will press lawmakers to act quickly on legislation to fix his agency which expects to lose 6 billion this year. The Postal Service needs approval from regulators to increase fees. If approved, the new 49cent rate would take effect on january 26. Time is now 6 16. Twitter will soon have a treat for you pro football fans. The San Francisco bay social Media Company will carry n. F. L. Instant replays and this is twitters biggest sports project yet. Twitter is trying to cash in on sports fans use of social media as they watch tv. In a ten nonupon call Second Screen viewing. It could increase twitters revenue before its highly anticipated public offering. The struggling San Francisco 49ers face the rams in st. Louis tonight. The niners will be battling longtime rivals without the help of their star linebacker alden smith. Hes on indefinite leave as you know. Hes in a Treatment Facility rehabbing after his second drunk driving arrest in the past two years. Another top defensive star Patrick Willis could also miss tonights game because of an injury. The 49ers have lost two of their first three game. Right now its 6 17. Want to check back in with sal with a look at the commute. Any big problems . We have a new crash in san jose but doesnt sound that serious. Its blocking lanes. We also have a look at east shore freeway where there was a crash reported west 80 at powell street. Looks like they had removed it but traffic is busier than normal coming in from berkley all the way to the bay bridge toll plaza. When you do get to the poll plaza, its about a 10 to 15 minute wake before you make it on to the bridge the. No problems on the bridge once you get on to it and get into San Francisco. Northbound 101 at mckey, theres a crash. You can see it there as the icon it flashing. Traffic is backing up to that area. Northbound 101 after that looks good into sunnyvale and 101 and the lawrence expressway, all the expressways getting into sunnyvale and cupertino so far look pretty good. A very good morning. We have clear skies. Not too bad of a breeze. A little gusty for some but other locations calm and temperatures definitely dipping. Fairfield and vacaville gusts out of the north 26 to 29 Miles Per Hour. Napa airport says calm and theyre much cooler. Popup shower activity or isolated snow showers possible in the sierra so clear, chilly to cool for some. Breezy for others. Sunny and breezy, cool and mild and warmer this afternoon. Breezy to windy in spots. Red flag warning is out. North and east bay hills above a thousand feet. That takes us till friday afternoon. So far things are less than 40 Miles Per Hour. 38 at mowngts deablow mount diablo. Santa rosa north wind already blowing. If it wasnt for that they would probably be 43 degrees. Well go for a life 81 today. I think it will be sunny to mostly sunny. Maybe a few clouds popping up late. 41 tahoe. 40 reno. 41 eureka. The red flag warning continues from the north bay all the way down to monterey county. But 40s for walnut creek 44. Concord 47. 55 novato because they have a breeze. Theres fairfield at 59 because ever the north wind. San jose 52. 48 half moon bay. Ive seen a lot of 40s around santa cruz and the mountains. In fact low 40s around scotts valley. 16 Miles Per Hour gusting to 26 fairfield. Theres the calm napa. Santa rosa north at 10. Novato northwest, Oakland Airport northwest. A little bit of an easterly breeze. Livermore west. So its all over the place. Some areas get a little off shore cop point. Others still have more of an on shore. Sierra, nevada looking for a few showers. Dsm the cold air is in place. For us lots of sunshine today. Sunny and breezy conditions today. Windy in spots but i think yesterday, the city is calm right now most locations. Yesterday a pretty good breeze. 60s, 70s or low 80s. Sunshine and a breeze kicking up more of a northerly direction or off shore. That helps some. For others kind after cool direction. Well go 70s to low 80s here for many locations. Temperatures really pretty close here this time of the year we dont get a huge difference in the temps and tomorrow looks sunny, not as breezy and it will be warmer. Well take you into saturday. Cool, clouds increasing sunday. Maybe rain in the north monday. 6 20 is the time. Jpmorgan trying to settle clips it misled investors about the value of mortgagebacked securities. U. S. Attorney general eric holder rejected the banks offer to pay 3 billion to end criminal and civil charges. The wall street journal reports talks between jpmorgan and Justice Department are still under way. Retailer jcpenney continuing its plunge on wall street. It starts today at a 13year low. The drop comes amid reports that jcpenney may be looking to borrow some money to stay afloat. Time now 6 21. A bay area traffic trouble spot explained. The reason

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