News. Good morning, thank you for joining us on this tuesday morning, december 4th, i am pam cook. Lets check weather and traffic, steve is right there, should we leave the house with an umbrella . Yes. This is a much weaker system, so lets make sure we know that first and foremost. It is mainly a cloudy day, we have to wait for the rain to get here and that will not be anything compared to what we had over the weekend and we will talk more about those totals, here is tara. We are looking at highway 4 and traffic is moving nicely through orinda. This is the oakland coliseum, 880, no delays to report, lets head back to the desk. Muni underground service is starting back up again after last nights electrical meltdown which shut everything underground. You must got brandnew information, so what is the news. Reporter well dave i just got off the phone with the spokesperson and he said crews work overnight until 1 30 this morning and they were able to fix this power outage problem and is your way trains will be running as scheduled. They had some plans in place but those are no longer in place and this is all as a result of the power outage at the havent necessary vannesque station. They are showing us the blown transformer and crews worked throughout the night to make sure everything was backup and running. They are looking at rain damage which caused the damage. It is part of munis infrastructure and service had to stop just before 6 00 last night. Of course it was a headache, many of them were packed into buses to get home and many were caught off guard by the shut down. I dont know about it and i had a french class after work. Muni was looking at having limited service but again, the word that came down from muni spokesperson and service just began at 5 00 this morning. The station here just opened up its doors. Live here in San Francisco, alex savage ktvu channel 2 morning news. Just before that outage, a woman in a wheelchair was hit by a muni streetcar and was dragged. The unidentified woman was rushed to the hospital with lifethreatening injuries. We are on storm watch again, the rain expected is already sparking fears of land slides. Hills already waterlogged and the u. S. Geological service is expected to be there because of problems with hillside. They are trying to beat clock before the rain returns and allie rasmus is here to explain why some lanes on highway one are shut down today and how drivers will be affected, allie . Starting at 9 00 this morning, this intersection from this intersection all the way out to the northport tall bridge north portal bridge area, they will have them in effect and they will need to do that in order to stabilize and prevent further erosion after this weekends heavy rain. Another storm is expected to pass through our area and cal trans is supposed to get that work done before the storm hits. They are scheduled to open in february of next year and its opening has been delayed at least a few times. Initially it was supposed to open a year ago and then they said it would open this month and now it is 2013 when it is supposed to be complete. It is supposed to be completed and hopefully they will get it done. These one way traffic controls all the way out to the northport tall bridge area, they will be in effect until 3 00 this afternoon. Ktvu channel 2 morning news allie rasmus. The rain led to this huge sinkhole in lafayette. The shine of generator lights filled the neighborhood as crews made temporary repairs to mountain drive. Rushing creek water damaged the road and some utility lines and some people what live there are affected. This is very much expected and we are grateful the city is on it and things are happening. Things are happening. Now the road is not expected to be fixed until at least next spring. Oakland police will tell us about an arrest made for the beating of an autistic teenage girl. We have no other details right now. The 16yearold girl left the center at oakland last tuesday. They followed her and lost site of her sight of her. She was found two days later on a muni bus in San Francisco. Her family said she was badly beaten and sexually assaulted. By looking at the bruises i know what happened and the police know what happened and the police are not discussing this with me. The white house is rejecting the latest republican cliff proposal. They have a counteroffer to the one president barack obama proposed. Coming up, what the white house says is missing in the republican proposal. Also this morning, they will meet with the Bipartisan Group and reportedly they met with congress to work on a solution to the fiscal cliff. In the afternoon they will meet with House Speaker john boehner and governor jerry brown is not in that group. Tara is back, you know all about our commute, what is happening in pacifica. Well, to the northport tall bridge, they are able to stabilize that weak spot. Right now we will take a live look headlights are flowing nicely as you make your way towards the mcarthur maze. Up next, we have 880 up near the oakland coliseum, same story staff is flowing very nicely. It is dark up there but take my word for it, traffic is flowing nicely, 5 07 lets check with steve. Ukiah announced they cant hold a candle to what was there. Heavier amounts will not be to the north. Any rain on already saturated soil will need to be watched. One to two will cover it, i think this system will weaken considerably. It doesnt mean we will not get more rain. The pattern will change, there could be some morning drizzle in some of the Higher Elevations and rain in the north bay, you can see it there having returns near clover dale, winds near clover in the north lake and near south of that, there is a lot of cloud cover and it would not take much. It is out ahead of that system, much, much weaker. No doubt about it, they are closer to 50. A lot of cloud cover, not much to that, that is the want the will have to come in tonight and tomorrow. And that will give us some lighter rain. Light rain to the north late tonight into wednesday morning and then after that we can say goodbye, the pattern will change, from 6 to 2, we should cover the pattern here. Clearing out thursday, friday and saturday, there is going to be a lot of fog out there and that will be sunday into monday and cooler as well. There was a new video released the night Trayvon Martin was shot and killed and we have more on how Trayvon Martins family is responding. 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Reporter House Republicans want big spending cuts but no tax rate increases. Here is a picture of president barack obama answering questions on twitter about the fiscal cliff. He is promoting a reference to the estimated tax increase and middle income families would see if rates are not extended, the latest would extend tax cuts for everyone including americans and who the president wants to exclude. The white house says the proposal is too short on specifics. We cant guess what they are, they need to tell us and they look forward to the time when they are specific with the ways we have dealt with it. They dont like what republicans want to do to Social Security and more on that during my next update. Reporting live, allison burns, ktvu channel 2 morning news. 5 14 in florida, they have released a photo of George Zimmerman, showing George Zimmerman with a swollen nose and blood did i face. They responded and said it adds nothing new to the case. The volunteer watch man is charged with seconddegree murder and his trial is due to begin next june. Contra costa Police Officer was taken to the hospital after an attack. It happened at the college yesterday morning. He was hit in the face with a small metal object. She was taken to the hospital but Police Believe the incident was a targeted attack but they have no suspects. And samsung is asking the court to throw out a 1 billion dollar verdict against it. They will ask the court to increase what sum sung should pay. They have to pay another half a billion dollars and they need to be permanently banned from selling more than 2 dozen devices and apple is infringing on its patent. Coming up, 5 24, the qualities, some say they want to see in the next police chief. Meantime a plan to give low income teens free muni passes may be approved today. They may approve a 1. 6 million plan to offer free passes. It is part of a new Million Dollar grant to pay for this Pilot Program which if approved it would last about 16 months. Time now 5 16. We have a car blocking the off ramp. It does not appear to be an accident so we are wondering why the two cars have stopped. Milpitas, we do not have any backups to report at this hour and of course that will changeover the next hour or change over the next hour or so. Traffic is flowing well in both directions. You can see it is smooth sailing into San Francisco and again it will change right around 6 00 this morning. 5 17 lets check in with steve. Up in Mendocino County, this system is much weaker. There will still be some rain, everything stays north of santa rosa and even that might be a little overdone and that seems to be the dividing line. Calistoga, everything stays up and later today some of that will dip down and then it kind of stays there and starts stay and we will get some approaches but nothing like we had over the weekend. There are some areas that are already pretty soaked. So far it is staying there and we cant find much in the north bay but not because it has not happened but so far nothing is showing up. 50s on the temperatures, that is a key. Cloudy light rain to the north. Temperatures are with a southeast wind except to the north where they are already socked in. Vallejo, napa, a little warmer, they would not be surprised, a little cooler to the north not bad to the south, rain will take us and its out of here. Thursday friday, inland saturday, with your weekend in view, it looks cooler and windy. European markets opened with gains and that bucks the trendset by most trend set by most markets overnight. Only china finished with gains as it is bouncing back from a fouryear low. Futures indicate a fouryear low, no big moves but what we saw is them testing the 13,000 level but the nasdaq and s p 500 all slipped a bit yesterday. 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This while experiences arise in crime, there a rise in crime, there are staffing problems and moral is low. We need somebody to come in that has a vision that will take us into the future. Now, chris moore plans to retire in january almost two years after he took the job. The final search will end next thursday. And bloomberg thinks Hillary Rodham clinton will be a good person to replace him. Blockberg called secretary of state Hillary Rodham clinton and asked her to enter the race. Reportedly she told him she is not interested in the job. She is still widely seen as a president ial candidate in 2016 but still she said she is not going to run. They are fighting the decision to shut down the operations. He does not plan to give up but the operating permit expired. The company will have to leave within 90 days and the area will return to wilderness. Some are allowing people to return overdue fines in an unusual way. They are operating a project they call food for fines. People who return books or dvds late can give food. They will be donated and they are also accept being donations from people who just want to do a good deed. Lets check in with tara who is in for sal castaneda. Every morning we see that sort of congestion but it is starting just now so be aware of it. And at the 880 interchange traffic is flowing nicely on 280 and 880. On the righthand side, those brake lights are moving and folks are driving on to fremont. It is 5 26 let head to steve. Eventually we will get something out of this but again this is much weaker than the three we saw over the weekend. Carry an umbrella, i dont think you will need it this morning but it looks like late tonight and we will keep an eye on things to the north, it looks like a 10th of an inch to an inch in this one, pam. A car burst into flames, what police discovered at the scene and why they are now calling it suspicious. Police are responding to a burglary in progress and are surprised at what they find. This is a story you will only see on 2. We are live in San Francisco covering the commute. Every time someone chooses finish over cascade, it sparks a movement. Because people cant keep it to themselves. Look no ugly spots awesome incredible shine. Im switching for good. Love, love, love finish over a Million People have switched to finish. Visit us on facebook. Welcome being it is tuesday december 4th, we want to check in with steve paulson, rain is coming in but not as bad. Are you calling it a storm . No, im not. Last week, yes, that was a storm. Okay. Now it does not mean we have to keep an eye on things but in the north bay one inch could fall. It is starting to rain up towards mendocino and there are some holes but we will get some rain out of it. Highs today on the mild side, lowtomid 60s, here is tara in for sal castaneda. You can see headlights, a steady stream of them headed westbound towards concord and this is a look at 101 in San Francisco, same story but in about a half hour, we should start to see the roadways picking up, lets head over to the desk. We are following developing news. Police are investigating a suspected marijuana grow house. Jeanine della vega has some exclusive video and is on the scene. Jeanine . Reporter police are wrapping up their investigation and this all took place here at this home which is an indoor very sophisticated indoor marijuana grow house. They thought there was a burglary in progress because they saw three cars parked in front and people loaded property and when Police Arrived in east san jose, they found the front door opened and hundreds of harvested Marijuana Plants but in the a bathroom bathroom, they found jugs and were overcome with fumes and it turned out to be fertilizer. They say this house was set up specifically to grow marijuana. We found a watering system, lots of extra bulbs and everything they need to do a very solve fit dated indoor sophisticated indoor grow. Reporter we did see a dog in the garage and now police went into the backyard and they did notice that the people who have set this whol