vandalized. ktvu news gets a look inside as today's morning mass begins. >> reporter: and this clear plastic bag is going to be your best friend if you are headed to the niners preseason game tonight as a new bag policy goes into affect. what you need to know. mornings on 2 starts now. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu mornings on 2. >> good morning. it is thursday august 8th . welcome to mornings on two. i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm tori campbell. a quick look at weather and traffic. steve, i'm actually liking this weather. >> i was talking to four ladies and they said the same thing. the other people want warmer weather. by the weekend, things will improve. possibility of afternoon showers. look at that development to the west. definitely something we have to keep an eye on. eyes after today partly sunny. here's sal. >> good morning. right now looking at northbound 101. and traffic here in san jose is not bad. right here at mckey road, looks good. couple scattered brake lights. this morning looking at the golden gate bridge. let's go back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. police in vallejo have issued a warning about two dangerous men posing as pg&e workers in a bold home invasion. and this morning, we're learning the same may have targeted -- new information. good morning katie. >> reporter: good morning. police tell me this morning that they believe the three cases are connected. the men who robbed that family yesterday morning may also be connected to some business robberies like the starbucks behind me and another store jamba juice which were both robbed in the last two weeks. the men arrived to the stores around opening time wearing orange day glow vests and hard hats much like this video you see of actual utility workers. the robbers held up the starbucks and the jamba juice on plaza drive. they took cash at each location. then yesterday around 8:30 in the morning, men with a similar description posed as pg&e workers. they tricked a woman who lives on farrel street by claiming they were investigating a gas leak. >> they knocked on the front door, told the resident there they were investigating a gas leak. reluctantly, the female allowed the suspects into the home. they famed working on a wall heater. >> then once inside, the mentied up a woman, a 6 year old girl. the robbers searched the home for 20 minutes and walked off with cash and household items. police gave us a detailed description. one of the robbers is described as a dark complected african american man in early 30s. 6 feet tall weighing around 200 pounds. facial hair is described as unshaven. he wore a white t-shirt and blue jeans. the other man is described as hispanic male 5'9 and weighing around 150 pounds. he too wore a hard hat and vest. neighbors saw the men runaway from the home and drive away in a gold suv similar to a cadillac he is . another representative will be contacting us around 8:00 possibly with an update and comment on this case. police, again, want you to look out for these suspects believed to be connected with all three robberies and if somebody approaches your door, they should give you a badge showing they are an actual utility worker and look out for utility truck which would be parked in front of the home. ktvu, channel 2 news. >> thank you. 7:04. contract talks in the bart labor dispute resume in two hours with a threat of a strike still looming. today's negotiations come one day after a special board of inquiry held a hearing into the labor dispute. the board will present findings to governor brown who then could ask a court to order a 60 day cooling off period. the unions still say they are ready to go on strike monday morning if there is no contract deal by sunday night. continue to check with ktvu and ktvu.com for updates on the bart negotiations and for alerts on whether the strike is on or off. download our app or follow us on twitter or like us on facebook. sglt police say they are increasing patrols and working with gang members trying to reduce violence after a one year old boy and his father were killed as ty were sleeping. investigators believe baby drew jackson and his 20-year-old father andrew thomas were targeted at a relative's east oakland home yesterday morning. the gunman shot through a bedroom window from the backyard. so far, no arrests have been made in this case. the violent crime has left 21 children left in oakland since 2011. five of the victims were 8 years old or younger. yesterday's victim little drew jackson was the youngest. at just 16 months old. the san francisco sheriff's department is joining a program designed to give crime victims a greater sense of security and safety. it will allow them to be notified when an offender has been released from jail or moved to another jail. it's a free and anonymous service. let's the crime victims get email and phone notifications. a growing list of sheriff's departments using this program. >> 7:06. the 49ers try to put that painful loss behind them and start anew. the preseason game is hours away. there's something important fans heading to the game need to know. claudine joins us live with the security measures in affect. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tori. when fans arrive tonight for the niners/broncos game, this is what they are going to see. a huge sign letting them know the new nfl bag policy is now in affect. and there's more on the list of what you can't have than what you can have. let's pull you out so we can show you what we have. a little visual reminder of what you can't have. coolers, purses. if you bring any of that in, you are going to be sent back to your car. i want to show you a list of what the nfl lists as the things aren't allowed in games. coolers, briefcases, backpacks, fanny packs, camera bags, computer bags, seat concussions, diaper bags. -- seat cushions. the pictures of the brothers bringing in those bombs to that race and backpacks according to police. the nfl says that was a factor but also says the bag policy had been in talks even before then. the policy has been tested. last week in canton, ohio and seemed to go well. lots of people talking about says she took everything out of her purse and shoved her purse under a concrete barrier until after the game. don't let that happen to you today. if you don't have to throw your bag under a concrete barrier, that's a good thing. back out here live, best bet for what's going to happen tonight. i have it in here somewhere -- here it is. mibach pocket. clear plastic bag. anything you can dump in there. just in the last couple minutes, season ticket holder coming to tonight's game forwarded me an email from the 49ers sent letting them know the 49ers have allowed seat cushions into the game. they did warn season ticket holders if you really want to bring them in, you are going to have to go extra security. checked and tagged. keep that in mind . may take you a little longer to get in today as everyone gets used to the new changes. ktvu, channel 2 news. >> thank you, claudine. the 49ers hope to cash in on their popularity. two new stores will sell team merchandise. grand opening will be on august 17th. a week from saturday at the west field valley fair mall. and 3,000 square foot store opens on market street in san francisco happening next month. got the 49ers preseason today, raiders preseason tomorrow. football already. hard to believe. >> joe johnson in control room is a big 49er fan. bright red 49er shoes. he's ready. sal's ready. 70 :09. what are you seeing on the roads? >> i'm going to increase security at my house. if you come in, do a pat down. i'm sorry. good morning, everybody. right now traffic, very good reminder. today there is a giant's day game and evening game. plan accordingly. it is going to be a busy day in san francisco. backed up all the way out to the macarthur maze. this is a normal delay of 20 minutes. better than it was yesterday. but, again, today 12:45 the giants. tonight 6:00 candle stick park, the 49ers. moving along and taking a look in oakland, the traffic is moving along nicely. no major problems. we had a car fire 580 near the top. didn't cause as much traffic problem as i thought it would. people already by that. and a look at 880 southbound beginning to slow from 238 down to union city. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sir. well, a lot of low clouds and reports of drizzle. a few breaks in the clouds. we'll have multiple layers today. a nice tweet from daniel. this weather is perfect. can you do something to extend? oh, sure, yeah. and william in vallejo said the same thing. a source much higher than myself is responsible. we have this low moving in right there. and it's going to give not only that drizzle that we've had but also maybe afternoon showers thunder showers a better bet might be tomorrow than today. we'll see. that morning drizzle, could trigger afternoon showers. the north bay is in line for cloud build up. morning drizzle 60s and 70s. although some locations could get in the 80s again depending on the cloud cover. red flag warning northern california for lightning strikes. that's something with that locuming in. will be with us for a couple days. 50s and 60s. no drizzle at all . other areas have had some in variable amounts. so still a westerly breeze for most and on shore components not that strong. and northeast california getting rain from that low from susanville. and you want to see rain, talk about this. there's been a lot of flooding in missouri and nashville, tennessee today. look at this line from kansas city to st. louis. low clouds and drizzle and cool temps and the low moving in big change in weather today and tomorrow. the drizzle will start to let up in the next hour. temperatures today will be in 60s, 70s or 80s. this cool air is keeping inland temps far below average. not that far away average from san francisco. there are mild conditions. biggest difference is inland. now through friday, afternoon clouds it looks better for the weekend, slowly warming up. >> 7:12. kids get ready to go back to school, an important warning on how to be smart with a smart phone. >> thieves break into an organization that help battered women. it's what they left behind that is really surprising. plenty of low clouds. only a couple breaks. measurable amounts. san francisco also as well. we will have partly sunny partly cloudy skies and showers north later today. >> time now 7:15. developing news from texas . four people are dead. four wounded and a man in custody after several shootings last night in the dallas area. police say they found four people shot, two of them dead at a home in southwest dallas. the home reportedly belonged to the accused gunman's ex girlfriend. when the gunman found out the woman was not home, he reportedly drove to a second house where two more people were killed. two children were wounded. >> it is 7:15. new this morning, official s in yemen say they have uncovered terror plots by al-qaida. after the u.s. told americans to leave that country. ktvu is in the washington news room with the alleged plots and how it affects president obama's plans. >> reporter: officials say they've foiled terror plots. al-qaida planned to fire missiles at foreign embassies. attacked naval forces guarding in the red sea and takeover gas and oil facilities in southern yemen. u.s. embassies and consulates in 19 countries are scheduled to remain closed through saturday. the terrorist activity in yemen spells trouble for president obama's goal to shut down the prison because the current plan would send detainees back to home countries. half of the prisoners are from yemen. and law makers don't trust sending them back. also another suspected u.s. drone strike killed 6 people today including two civilians. how president obama defended the use of drones when i see you next. ktvu, channel 2 news. >> thank you. 7:17. new this morning, rebels say they hit president assad's motor cade. the president was not hurt. this is new video of the president this morning visiting an mosk. information minister denies the rebel's claims they hit the president's motor cade. >> federal budget cuts will not ground the planes at california capitol air show. volunteers gathered yesterday to talk about you improving this year's event. there will be more planes than ever. organizers reportedly worked extra hard getting other planes when they heard about the federal cuts. this year's show is set for october 5th and 6th. the navy says it will not repair a submarine that was set on fire last year. fire shipyard worker in maine. repairs for the uss miami is estimated at $450 million. and the navy says it just can't afford it. after the government's recent mandated budget cuts. 24-year-old casey furry is serving a prison sentence for starting that fire. >> same sex spouses of u.s. troops could start getting healthcare, housing and other benefits by the end of the month according to a memo from defense secretary chuck hagel. up to 10 days leave so they can travel to states where they can marry legally. all this stems from the decision extending benefits to legally married same sex couples. expand access to free wi-fi. flip a giant switch at the plaza to symbolize the access there. the city is aiming for high speed internet access at all its parks. already has free wi-fi at all city libraries. >> back to school time comes with a smart phone warning. smart phone robberies have surged in san francisco. students were often the victims. the principal says usually his students have smart phones stolen cause they are riding on muni or other public transportation. teenagers can easily be distracted. >> there's a lot that catches their attention. sometimes it is challenging to get them to look up. >> be aware. don't fixate yourself on the phone. >> district attorney george casgone says kids young as 6 attacked for their phones. make sure students and teachers are aware of the problem. students in 22 san francisco elementary schools will have expanded outdoor education when they get back to class this fall. non-profit group called education outside is partnering with schools that have gardens to provide instructors and curriculum. the program focuses on using the gardens to provide hands on learning for subjects like science and math. and the goal is to get urban students to spend more time outside. go to our channel 2 web site ktvu.com and get back to school information you'll ever need. look under the hot topics session. you'll find the start date and links to home page and calendars. >> 7:20. and there is a little bit of drizzle throughout the bay area along the coast. up next meteorologist steve paulson will tell us if the weather is going to warmup. >> a controversial club opens doors today. why this club is raising a lot of concerns about crime. >> good morning. traffic is looking good . but it's a little foggy now and drizzly. we'll run that down for you coming up. ; 7:23. an rolex watch was stolen from james gandolfini shortly after he died. the family told tmz the actor's $3,000 rolex disappeared within hours of his death. insurance papers implied a thief took it as chaos erupted inside the room once the actor was found unresponsive back in june. the watch has not been found. >> 7:23. guilt got the best of a couple burglars in southern california. last week broke into a center that helps battered women in san bernardino. computers, laptops and others stolen. the thieves had a change of heart. they gave the stolen items back along with a note. >> we had no idea what we were taking. here is your stuff back. we hope that you guys can continue to make a difference in people's lives. >> police say those thieves broke into five offices. came down through the ceiling in a sophisticated heist that lasted a couple minutes. >> 7:24. check in with sal. we had a lot of problems on the bay bridge. finally getting a break? >> yes, they are. glad you asked that. people may be shy using this span. today we're doing better than we were yesterday and the day before especially on monday. horrible day on the bridge. nothing like that today. backed up for the normal 20 to 25 minute delay. no stalled vehicles or crashes reported. moving along and taking a look at the san mateo bridge. there are air delays in san francisco airport expected later today because of low clouds and fog. and this morning 's commute on northbound 101 and 280 still looking good. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sir. lots of low clouds. there's been a lot of low clouds and fog well inland yesterday. very slow to burn off. measurable amounts in san francisco. temperatures today, these are the averages. santa rosa 83. that's what they should be on the high side. so continues to be below average. san francisco is only one degree shy there. 67 forecasted 68 high. the low though is finally moving. it's going to start spinning a lot of cloud cover. get a good look at it right there. some of the thunder shower activity will pick up later. the elevated fire danger due to lightning strikes a possibility. the red flag warning is out. mainly northern california, parts of the sierra. 50s and 60s. kind of a mild pattern. this low has the umph to give us showers or possible thunder showers later today or tomorrow. looks like north. south bay a little better conditions. mainly 70s or low 80s. not much change friday. on the weekend allow warmer temps. >> 7:26. there is a gas leak in the peninsula right now. the major disruption this is causing for two dozen businesses. >> reporter: we're live in milpitas where a catholic church has been vandalized. we received new pictures of the destruction and damage. show those to you and tell you who police arrested. sglt and tracking a fast moving and growing mild fire near palm springs. mornings on 2 continues. throughout the morning we've been monitoring a dangerous situation in southern california. a wildfire is burning out of control in the city of banning in riverside county about 20 miles west of palm springs. couple firefighters have been injured and thousands of people have been forced to evacuate their homes. the call is going out to firefighters across the state including crews in the bay area. brian flores has been tracking the wildfire and local aid. good morning. >> we are just entering the fire season down there in southern california. we have dry conditions. high wind with brush or fuel. and creating a fire down there. we want to go to live pictures now. again, aerials of the fire burning out of control. you can see the flames reaching up there. the latest from cal fire is it has grown to 10,000 acres since the fire began. within the first three hours burned acres. and now again 10,000 acres. the silver fire broke out 2:00 p.m. west of palm springs. the fire forced 15,000 people to evacuate. started south of banning which is west of palm springs i should say. at this point 15 buildings have been destroyed. 3 people have been injured including two firefighters and a resident. that resident after sustaining severe burns was airlifted to a hospital. unclear the extent of the injuries. hundreds of homes continue to be threatened. the fire is at zero percent containment. >> it was so smoky, you couldn't see a whole lot. did see flames. it came down here so fast. so fast. >> again, the fire crews say the fire is headed in two directions. one end is pushing east while the other is heading west. about 1,000 firefighters including 13 helicopters and 6 air tankers are the resources being used. highway 243 remains closed and new evacuations for the communities of cabazon and vista grande and mount edna. hemet high school are serving as evacuation centers. and crews from northern california headed down there. san mateo, santa cruz and monterey fire have sent crews. >> thank you, brian. oakland police are investigating two separate shootings last night. three people were wounded in the gunfire. the latest happened around 11:00. police tell ktvu news, two people were shot. they are both expected to survive. and there was another shooting in oakland two hours earlier shortly before 9:00 last night. investigators say a young man was shot several times. he was then rushed to highland hospital where he's listed in guarded condition. still not clear what led up to the gunfire. police are still looking for suspects in both of those shootings. >> time 7:32. the city of san francisco hopes to get guns off the streets. a gun buy back event takes place tonight between 6 and 8:00 p.m. in the parking lot of u.s. bank. $100 will be paid for guns. $200 for assault rifles. the money is coming from donations as well as city funds. also happening today a controversial gentleman's club is scheduled to open. the gold club is inside an old bank building. been renovated and converted into a night club. neighboring businesses are worried the club will attract crime like prostitution to that area. residential high rise is being built across the street. >> 7:33. a morning mass is now underway at a catholic church. the same church was the target of a heartless crime. just got some new video of the vandalism and joins us now live. >> reporter: good morning. we're here in the parking lot of saint john the baptist church. you can see perish onners here. one of them spotted a naked man sitting here in the parking lot and all the pilons were overturned. and inside the church, it was trashed. here are pictures we just received. it shows one of threostat us of the virgin mary broken by a vand al. they were worth thousands of dollars. outside of the church, there was potted plants and ornament al items broken and turned over. volunteers found the damage about 5:30 yesterday morning and police called and arrested a man they found in the parking lot. 30-year-old michael vickroy. he told police that he was arguing with his girlfriend. it hasn't broken their spirit. >> when you saw the statues broken, it's like a part of you broken. either way, the whole community got together. especially the vietnamese community and came together with a couple that came in replacing with the same statue size and brought it in during our clean up. >> yesterday they bought three new statues of the blessed mother. there are still things missing in the praying room. they also need to replace a lot of the flowers and pots and ornament al items that surround the church. but, again, as you heard from that gentleman, the facility coordinator, even though this was very sad this happened shg these people say that they are going to recover from it and they are working with police investigating this incident. ktvu, channel 2 news. >> thanks. 7:36 this morning. police in sacramento are trying to find the person responsible for a bomb threat targeting a movie theater. investigators say the threat came in a text message that was sent to the theater last night. it forced the evacuation of the century theater in sacramento foothill farms area. one person in the theater heard the sound of a fire alarm, then heard the announcement to get out. >> i was trying to get out from all the stuff happening and people were trying to listen to inter com. i was scared but after we came out seemed like chaos. >> sheriff deputies searched the movie theater for several hours but no bomb was found. >> 7:36. some bar owners in the east bay say they will boycott and stop selling russian vodka to protest russia's antigay laws. protests around the country including one in san francisco. the manager of the white horse bar, one of the oldest gay bars says he's not ordering any more russian vodka and customers have stopped ordering it as well. now calls for u.s. cities with sister city relationships in russia to cut those ties because of russia's new laws discriminating against gays. three california cities including san jose and oakland are on that list. also concerns about american gay athletes competing in the 2014 winter olympics in russia. the new law allows the police to arrest foreigners they suspect of being gay or pro gay. >> it is 7:37. developing news in the peninsula. gas leak shut down two dozen businesses in downtown burlingame. the incident was first reported about two hours ago and does look like quite a few crew members. a fire chief tells us workers at a construction site apparently hit a gas line causing the leak. it's unclear if the damage was caused this morning or sometime last night. officials think the line is four inches wide. they've shut down neighboring businesses as a precaution. >> the gasses are going straight up at this time. so we've closed 20 to 25 businesses and delayed them in opening up. >> the businesses will be closed for the next two to three hours. pg&e must dig three holes in three different areas to reach and repair the line. pg&e has been called in to help find the cause of a fire. flames were first reported shortly after 4:00 a.m. at a house on north idaho street. the fire appears to have started near an electrical box on the home. firefighters were able to quickly put the flames out and no injuries were reported. >> 7:38 this morning. cal trans starts working on the fix for the broken bolts on the bay bridge. start pouring concrete on the steal saddles. those broken bolts led to a delay of the labor day weekend opening of the bay bridge. it's now expected to open in december. >> it is 7:39. check in with sal and see how things are moving. >> yeah. i think you are going to like it. it's improved from the last few days and had bad ones. today it is backed up only for about 15 to 20 minute delay. may be starting somewhere else. i'm looking at my list here. let's go out and take a look at 237. we're starting in the south bay. and see slow traffic here on 237. 101 slow approaching 880. we do get to the toll plaza and as i was saying backed up from the west grand over crossing. it's better today. about a 15 to 20 minute delay. slow traffic in antioch, minor accident near railroad avenue. 680 slow from pleasant hill to walnut creek. heading west, it slows down. and then on the peninsula, highway 1 a little bit slow. the mist and drizzle as we've been saying all morning long, that's a factor today. with more on that, let's go to steve. >> lots of reports in san francisco. i mean numerous. he's gone. >> i'm here. no, i agree. >> down right raining by the zoo. also along from sunset. people are saying it is more than drizzle. it's rain. i believe it. erin said you know this drizzle is not doing any wonders for my hair. thank you, erin. that is true. the fog is just ridiculous. another report that came in from ocean beach. i believe it. there's a lot of gray there. and this locuming in is enhancing this fog bank. whatever you want. all over the place. the low temperatures are on the mild side. the high temperatures are the cool ones. 74 santa rosa. 75 concord. and 75 san jose . and here's the reason why. you can see the circulation. it's finally moving in. not only is this giving us the low cloud deck, i think it's going to give us pretty good cloud build ups today. coming in the morning and hang around here for two days in northern california. north bay, in line for possible cloud development here and maybe showers and thunder showers. that's why the red flag warning is out for lightning strikes. pretty impressive for august. i know it's kind of gray and gloomy but you know things will turn around. san francisco and the coast is not far away. you know things will change by then. rain up in northeast california. the low looks like it's going to sit for two days and lift up by about saturday. between then and now and then we are in line for not only the low clouds. the low clouds will get chewed up. but 60s and 70s on the temps are very low 80s. starting off mild on the lows. if you get any sun, the humidity is up there as well. today and tomorrow low clouds drizzle or possibility of thunder showers. allow warmer weather and calmer weather sunday/monday. >> 7:42. fighting foreclosure. why the city of richmond is getting sued for trying to keep hundreds of people in their homes. >> ♪ vocabulary words to learn. >> nvrl pro bowler is helping the rays school pride in oakland. ♪ [ hero mom ] oh, yeah. we're gettin' cereal. 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[ laughs ] ♪ [ female announcer ] hey ladies. you love it. you've got to have it. cinnamon toast crunch, 'cause that cinnamon and sugar is so irresistible. everybody craves those crazy squares.® the stock markets opening higher. was opening higher after a drop in job less claims. the new evidence china's economy may be stabling. the numbers turned around after three down days. taking a live look at the big board. the dow is down 51. the nasdaq is down almost 2 and s&p down 2. it is currently up over 14% in trading so far this morning after yesterday's closing bell, reported a $26 million profit. analysts had forecast a loss of nearly $19 million. stock is now up more than 300% since the start of this year. the latest crash tests shows 6 of the 12 performed well. only the 2 door and 4 door are in the top rating of good. the dodge dart, hyundai alantra, and ford focus earned exceptional rating. the small cars performed better than small suvs. >> 7:46. the average selling price for a home has now hit 7 digits. new numbers from the mls service in santa clara show the average single family home sells for more than $1 million. that's up 15% from this time last year. realtors say sales have slowed only slightly in the last couple months. wall street is suing the city of richmond. pam cook is in our studio to say how the housing crisis is right in the middle of this. >> cities across the country will be watching this case closely. it is something many people are going through. richmond is the first city to enact an aggressive mortgage plan involving something called eminent domain. the city is contacting len doors to by -- lenders. then let the homeowners refinance and stay in the homes rather than face foreclosure. reports from richmond say half of the city's mortgaged homes are under water. we talked to one woman who says she's a victim of predatory lending. >> the banks knew what they were doing. we were happy to be homeowners. >> she says she owed $300,000 on her home which is worth $170,000 or even less. the lawsuit filed this week by three mortgage bond trustees claims the move is unconstitutional. violates commerce laws and hurt the taxpayers who are involved in these mortgage transactions. in our next hour of mornings on 2, at the time reason real estate agents are getting into the fight. many arguing this plan will hurt, not help richmond. >> thanks, pam. 7:48. jmmorgan chase says it is facing charges. it has been notified of parallel investigations by the justice department. the civil division already has a preliminary conclusion that the bank violated federal security laws. focus on mortgages in california's central valley which was hard hit. new this morning, the judge in the fort hood shooting trial says the army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people can continue acting as his own attorney. in court yesterday, said very little and did not cross-examine any of the witnesses. that prompted the military lawyers assigned to help him to ask the judge to either let them takeover the case or remove them from it. seems to be trying. the attorneys simply disagree with defense strategy. and the judge ordered the attorneys to continue in their role of helping. >> time now 7:49. >> the oakland school district is trying something new to boost school spirit. >> ♪ vocabulary words to learn like indispensable. ♪ ♪. >> here's a new video. features nfl pro bowler marshawn lynch. calls it i am an oakland student. one out of every six kindergartners miss 10% or more of school days in the community. help educators make sure students are getting to class. classes in oakland begin august 26th. >> santa clara county school chief is caught in a potential scandal this one involving old school district. the superintendent of a school district in texas between 2009 and 2012. a school district is now being investigated for possibly skewing the test results during the time he was in charge. previous audit did not put direct blame on him or any other school employee. a second investigation will now be conducted. in the community of ripin, a man has been arrested on charges that he siphoned fuel from school buses. he stole about 500 gallons of gasoline. that's more than $2200. they say he created a homemade generating system. transferred fuel from buses to his truck. >> frightening crime at a bay area shopping center. what led to the arrest of a registered sex offender. and the amber alert for the missing 16-year-old expanded beyond california and the message the missing girl's father has for her kidnapper. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be great if all devices had backup power? 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i don't know. 7:55. let's check in with sal. i know traffic is real and not too many real problems. >> not that many. we have slow traffic out there for sure. let's go out and take a look at pictures. the bay bridge is the first day where we're seeing improvement. if you wait longer, maybe by 8:30 this will all be gone and light. kind of that summer light we haven't seen a lot. right now it looks good. about a 10 minute delay. also the morning commute is a little bit slow on interstate 880 northbound as you drive up to downtown oakland. also want to mention highway 101 is a little slow. the traffic there is not all that bad. if you are driving on the peninsula, we have maps to show that. the traffic is going to be a little bit slow. tonight there's a game at candlestick. 49ers exhibition game. >> thank you, sir. plenty of low clouds . lots of reports of light drizzle. the radar doesn't pick it up. technically, that's fine by me. also shaded with that low spinning and right over us today. today, tomorrow and into saturday. 50s and 60s into temps. now, again, focus in a lot. san francisco all sorts of reports and measurable of rain. can't see the rain. richmond, the radar is below the beam. i'm trying to find it. it's there. and i believe you because you can see that low is enhancing it and also maybe going to give afternoon build ups. this is a very intriguing pattern for august. 70s for temperatures or very low 80s. i think drizzle will be a common occurrence in the next two days. but these afternoon showers may linger into saturday, sunday, monday look better. >> all right. >> time now 7:57. police are vowing new action after baby and father were shot and killed as they were sleeping. you'll hear what a family member says what happened. >> reporter: a vallejo family is bound and robbed in their own home by ben posing as utility workers and wearing a vest and hard hat. i'll tell you about that robbery and a couple others that police think those men are connected to. >> reporter: if you are headed to the niner's game, new security measures you need to know about. why you want to take a trip to the grocery store before you head out to the game. when mornings on 2 comes back. welcome to mornings on 2. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. do we need an umbrella today? >> some do this morning. there's a lot of drizzle. light rain if you want to call it that. and may be a better opportunity to the north. the fog is giving us all sorts of reports of drizzle, light rain, san francisco, sausalito, berkley, partly cloudy skies. here's sal. >> good morning. right now traffic is going to be getting better by the moment here. 8:00 straight up and the traffic is beginning to fade away from the bay bridge toll plaza. less than a five minute wait. 880 northbound heading up to downtown oakland. let's go back to the desk. >> police in vallejo warning about two dangerous men posing as pg&e workers involved in a bold home invasion. these same imposters may have targeted vallejo businesses. katie joining us live and you have new information. >> reporter: these orange bright orange or green safety vests are not hard to come by. we carry them in the news vehicles for covering fires and things on the highway. pretty easy to come by including hard hats. the same outfit worn in all three cases. police believe the suspects are the same two men. police say it wasn't their first case involving utility worker imposters. two business robberies hatched within the last two weeks. the starbucks and jamba juice were both hit around opening time and the men made off with cash. then around 8:30 yesterday morning, the robbers struck again this time at a home posing as pg&e workers. the men tricked a woman saying they were investigating a gas leak at her home. once inside, the robbers bound the woman, a man and a 6 year old girl with duct tape. pistol whipped the male resident. skeptical about anyone who approaches your home. >> unless you are expecting a utility company to come out, i would have them show identification or generally if they are legitimate, a utility truck parked in front of the residents. >> the robbers searched the home for 20 minutes and made off with cash and household items. the female victim called 911 after breaking free. one of the robbers is described as a dark complected african american man in early 30s, 6 feet tall weighing 200 pounds. facial hair is described as unshaven. a white t-shirt and blue jeans in addition to the vest and hard hat. the other man is a hispanic male 5/9 tall, 150 pounds. he too wore a hard hat and vest. neighbors saw the man runaway from the home. police believe that the two men described here are involved in all three robberies and want you to be extra vigilant. when anybody approaches your home, ask them for id. you can call pg&e to see if there will be workers. >> 8:03. friends, family and co-workers of a missing oakland woman say they will keep looking for clues. posted flyers yesterday. disappeared sunday night after telling her daughter she was meeting someone about her dog. the dog disappeared. the sister says they think she met someone in a coffee shop. a registered sex offender is behind bars suspected of kidnapping a woman in a parking lot and sexually assaulting her. 43-year-old kevin harvey is accused of forcing a woman into her car at gunpoint monday afternoon. she says she was sexually assaulted before she was able to escape. police arrested harvey the next day and he was armed at the town center. >> 8:04. we have developing news we're just finding out about a big power outage on treasure island. the lights went out just about an hour ago in the middle of the san francisco bay. no idea how many people have no electricity or what caused the outage. stay tuned. we'll give you an update as soon as we get the information. also following this. live pictures. pg& e crews fixing a hole -- they are digging a hole trying to get to a broken gas line in the area of burlingame. 20 to 25 businesses from opening up as a precaution. a lot of workman out there right now. they are hoping to allow the businesses to reopen in the next couple hours. firefighters think workers at a construction site may have accidentally hit that gas line causing gas to shoot straight up again. working to fix a ruptured gas line. keep you posted on what's happening out there. also happening today, the 49ers playing their first preseason game later today. things are going to be a lot different. claudine wong is there now to tell us about new security measures. fans, you got to be ready for this; right? >> reporter: that's right. you do. all about what you bring or don't bring into an nfl game. 49ers are not leaving much chance. letting you know that this new bag policy is now in effect. this is an nfl policy. not a niners policy . this will affect you today. or if you head on over to oakland tomorrow for the raiders/cowboys game, you will find it there too. a live look at the coliseum this morning. here's what the new bag policy says about what you cannot bring into games. on the list, coolers, briefcases, backpacks, fanny packs, camera bags, computer bags and no diaper bags. this is a picture sent to us in the last hour by the raiders. it's a bag the seam sent to all of their season ticket holders. clear with the raiders logo. niners sent their fans a coupon. and the nfl also getting their own merchandise out there. if you don't want to buy one of those bags and i can tell you i've gotten responses on facebook with people not happy. you don't have to buy one of their bags. buy one of these. it's a one gallon clear freezer bag. anything you can fit into that bag you can bring to the game. we talked to folks to see if there will be extra people out here. two perimeters. one to spot anyone who might be trying to bring backpacks or coolers in. and send you back to the car with that stuff. and once you get in here, smooth sailing into the game. that is the hope. pretty smooth. so they are hoping for the niner's game tonight, the raider's game tomorrow night, everything goes smoothly and all the fans can get in to see the team. ktvu, channel 2 news. >> absolutely. hoping for another good season for both teams. let's check in with sal. i'm sure a lot of the teams will be smart and start selling clear bags with their team logo on it. >> have you been looking at my twitter feed? >> i have. >> you can buy a bag that's the right size. the 49ers will sell it with an logo on it. we're going to mention it for you. speaking of the 49ers, the game is at 6:00 tonight. 101 is going to be a mess. also a giant's game today 12:45. plan accordingly. think about transit as a good option. let's go out and take a look at the east shore freeway. fog there and drizzle. that's gone now. traffic is moving along well. it's crowded but not all that bad. bay bridge is improving quite a bit. by 8:30 no delay here at the toll plaza. first, good commute at the bay bridge in four days. monday was just terrible. and moving along to the livermore valley, first report of a new crash at 1st street. ch p is going to check it out. westbound 580 reported near the 1st street exit. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sir. a lot of low clouds. few breaks. sun breaks here and there. low clouds and middle and low clouds beginning to sweep in. you can see the circulation around that as it begins to move in. enhancing the fog giving us drizzle and light rain, the radar beam can't pick it up. numerous reports of that. morning drizzle, light rain. maybe afternoon showers especially north bay. that low begins to slide in. thunderstorm activity is possible later. the red flag warning is out for lightning strikes. the low is close enough to the sierra nevada. things can pop up later on today. for us though, that low cloud deck to get broken up and probably will as a low moves in. 50s and 60s on the temps. and the low looks like it's going to park it for a couple days right in to northern california which keeps us in line for drizzle and maybe afternoon cloud build up. not a lot of moisture to work with. just doesn't pick it up. the radar beam goes right over. cloud base is 160 0 tops. slides over. occasionally you get one blip. that low though is keeping our weather cool. a lot of clouds, mild, drizzle and light rain. some sun here. but temperatures in the 60s, 70s and 80s. the bigger build ups should be to the north bay. temperatures far below average. especially inland areas. kind of close. san francisco's normal 68 today. 67. not had a 70 degree temperature since july 4th. we're seeing a carbon copy friday. better saturday, sunday, monday do look better. >> 8:10. happening now, new information about the raging wildfire near palm springs. the so-called silver fire has now burned 10,000 acres. and california is also receiving emergency federal funding to fight it. reporter rick lozano is live in the city of banning with an update. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tori. this is a multi agency fight that's going on. i'm standing back in a canyon where a big fire fight was happening a short time ago. you can see a lot of smoke rising. there were flames ingulfing that canyon not more than 20 minutes ago. they were intentional flames. those were backfires being lit as they try to burn all the fuel so if the wind changes direction it can't come back. as we pan over to the right, you'll see this is an occupied piece of land. it is an occupied property. there are firefighters on scene here. that will continue through the course of the day. as is the case in many other areas. from up above, let's give you a look at the entire landscape looks like here. it is something else to see. this fire ranges 8 miles in length and goes from west to east. at least that's the direction of the fire at the current time. 10,000 acres have been burned. a very destructive fire. 15 homes or other structures have been burned. three injuries to report. two to firefighters. their injuries are not thought to be serious. one civilian was however very severely burned. he has been taken to a burn unit. now, the wind is the wild card in all of this. and firefighters are hoping that what has happened overnight and that is they have mild winds and mild temperatures to continue to help battling this fire. that's it from the city of banning. back to you. >> rick, thank you. 8:12. still ahead . a vigil for a young victim of gun violence. reduce crime around the city. >> how vandals outraged baseball fans across the country. look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, we'd have to go to my aunt sally's. have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch? 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[ laughs ] ♪ [ female announcer ] hey ladies. you love it. you've got to have it. cinnamon toast crunch, 'cause that cinnamon and sugar is so irresistible. everybody craves those crazy squares.® great skies out there. a few little breaks in the clouds. airports partly sunny. a lot of drizzle and light rain. and pretty good afternoon build ups. >> check this out. more developing news. flash flooding in nashville, tennessee triggered by heavy rain. some people were stranded on roof tops. made you think of hurricane katrina. others had to be rescued from a bus on a flooded street. several water rescues and roads that were shut down. >> it is 8:16. continuing coverage of the one year old boy killed as he slept next to his father in east oakland home. police say they are increasing patrols and working with gangs to make oakland safer. investigators believe baby drew jackson and his 20-year-old andrew thomas were targeted at a relative's home early yesterday morning. officers say the gunman crept into the backyard and fired through a bedroom window killing both victims. the baby's aunt describes what happened next. >> when i opened up the door, my sister is standing there with baby drew talking about the baby is shot. >> oakland's police chief and mayor announced plans to crack down on up to 300 violent gang members through operation ceasefire. meet with gang members and offer them job training and support to leave their life of crime. police say thomas was gunned down in a cycle of violence connected to his cousin's death. that cousin 18-year-old rivera was shot and killed saturday morning. police arrested kendell on tuesday. follows a dispute between the two men while they were in separate vehicles. friends, family and neighbors of the baby killed held a vigil. lit candles and sang hymns. the distraught mother cried that her son never had a chance to grow up. >> i don't care about nothing else. but if you know anything about my son and his father's death, please, i beg you to say something. >> her plea came hours after leaders said they are looking to local use to help solve the crimes. >> oakland police are investigating several high profile unsolved cases. they include the disappearance of one year old daphne webb. during a sleep over at a friend's house. and a week later dog walker judy solomon was killed. asked oakland's police chief about these unsolved cases. >> can you say how many detectives you've assigned? do you have any leads. >> we have leads in some of those cases. some of them promising. >> now, hopes operation ceasefire. >> offer hundreds of gang members a choice. with some help from social services or face a police crack down. new this morning, officials say foiled several al-qaida plots. this come after another drone strike killed 6 suspected al-qaida militants. kyla campbell reports, the obama administration steps up the in recent days. >> reporter: today's drone strike marks the 6th one in a week and a half. officials say nearly 30 suspected terrorists have been killed in the drone strikes. today four militants and two civilians were killed. president obama maintained the use of drones is heavily constrained. >> america does not take strikes when we have the ability to capture individual terrorists. >> reporter: also today officials say they uncovered plans to fire missiles at foreign embassies and takeover gas and oil facilities. all of this terrorist activity could force the obama administration to come up with new plans for the prison. the current plan is to shut down the prison to save $350 million a year. and send detainees to their home countries. half are from yemen. and sending them to country where terrorists operate is a bad idea. 19 consulates remain closed through saturday. could extend the closures. we expect to learn more two hours from now. live in washington, ktvu channel 2 news. >> 8:20. vandals defaced a statue of jackie robinson outside a minor league stadium in brooklyn. the new york police department hate crime unit is looking for whoever drew swasticas and wrote racial slurs. depicts the moment he put his arm around robinson while crowd shouted racial. the first african american major league ball player in the modern era. tiger woods is playing in final major championship of the pga season. practiced at the oak hill country club yesterday in new york. he takes aim at the 15th major title. he is considered one of the favorites since he's won five tournaments this season including an easy win. woods has not won since 2008. so far, just checking right now, two under par and two holes off the lead. >> first day of four day tournament. >> he knows you are watching. >> time now is 8:21. the solar system believe it or not is about to change. the sun's magnetic field is about to flip. what that's going to mean for you and me here on earth. >> another cool cloudy day for much of the bay area. a warmup is on the way. steve paulson will have the forecast for your neighborhood. >> you going down to burlingame? might be a little hassle right now. we'll tell you what's going on and why you might not want to think twice. ; 8:24. the sun's magnetic field is about to flip. and the affects will be noticeable throughout the solar system. a stanford researcher says we are not actually likely to feel anything. but the massive realignment could produce unusual auroras. scientists still don't know why the flip happens. kind of amazes me. you think scientists know everything. it's a mystery. >> that is amazing. time is 8:25. sal is back watching our commute. you have your whole teamworking on stuff. >> we have a big delay in downtown burlingame. there was a gas line that broke today. keeping people from some of the businesses here on burlingame avenue. if you know the area it's at the corner where the gap is. burger joint. they are working on it. and pg&e is on the scene. going to be another hour or so before people can get in and might affect you if you are driving downtown or trying to go to those businesses there. also moving along and taking a look at the bay bridge. no major trouble. there's an accident in san bruno, a crash on 380 westbound heading toward south city. from 101 you will see slow traffic. 101 itself is looking good. 280 in pockets to the downtown area. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sir. a lot of low clouds. looks like we're starting to see maybe a little bit of this low influence chews up some areas of the fog. couple reports of partly sunny. the reports coming in on a drizzle this morning. that low is going to give us fog but give us partly cloudy skies. up in the north bay. giving way to partly cloudy skies. more likely from northern sonoma. and definitely north towards shasta and northeast california sierra. rotation around that moving in. so pretty impressive for august. 60s, 70s or low 80s. humidity factor is up there. i don't see much change into friday and saturday. warmer weather and more sunshine. time is 8:27. 30 minutes from right now both sides of the bart contract talk go back to the table. why a bart strike is still a very real possibility. >> reporter: we're live in milpitas where a vand al causes thousands of dollars inside and outside of a church. we'll show you the damage and also tell you who was arrested for the crime. >> and we are continuing to follow a fast moving wildfire in southern california. how northern california firefighters are heading south to help fight the silver fire as mornings on 2 continues. ♪ [ hero mom ] oh, yeah. we're gettin' cereal. 'cause over 40 general mills cereals are 130 calories or less per serving. just look for the g. boom! that's how nutrition is done, people. [ laughs ] ♪ [ female announcer ] hey ladies. you love it. you've got to have it. cinnamon toast crunch, 'cause that cinnamon and sugar is so irresistible. everybody craves those crazy squares.® welcome back. time is now 8:30. developing news in the huge southern california wildfire. bay area fire crews rushing to riverside county helping to fight a wildfire that is burning out of control. as we heard about 20 minutes ago, this fire is 8 miles long. 10,000 acres have burned. containment is zero. federal officials authorized giving california money to help fight those flames. brian flores joining us live. you've been following this all along. and you know more about how the aid is coming in from the bay area as well. >> this is a rather large fire, dave. san mateo county, monterey and santa cruz have all sent teams to help fight this growing fire that is affecting thousands of people in southern california. reports say it was not high winds but steady winds that along with dry conditions and brush is giving fuel to the silver fire. the latest from cal fire this morning is the fire has grown to 10,000 acres charred since the fire began. the fire broke out after 2:00 p.m. yesterday afternoon. the fire forced 15,000 people to evacuate. fire officials say the fire started south of banning. 15 buildings have been destroyed since it's started. 3 people have been injured including two firefighters and a civilian. that civilian sustained severe burns and airlifted to a nearby hospital. unclear of the extent of their injuries. hundreds of homes continue to be threatened. as you mentioned, the fire is at 0% containment despite cooler temperatures last night. >> it's a lot cooler and moisture in the air which is helpful to the firefighters. gives us recovery. however, sun is getting ready to come up. winds are going to increase and back drying out. >> resources increasing as well about 1,000 firefighters including 13 helicopters and 6 air tankers are the resources being used. highway 243 remains closed and new evacuations being issued for cabazon as well as mandatory evacuations. hemet high school and beaumont high school are serving as evacuation centers. there is reduced visibility from the smoke at palm springs international airport. the cause of the fire, still unknown. ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you. time is 8:32. police in milpitas have a suspect and a motive. you are getting new video of the church damage. >> reporter: yeah. we have new video and i did speak with a pastor. he told me it was a street sweeper that spotted a naked man going in and outside going inside the church. and he called police. all these pylons were torn around and inside the church it was trashed. now, here are pictures we received from the facilities coordinator that shows one of threostat us including the virgin mary broken. they were worth thousands of dollars. inside the church there was destruction to candle holders in the altar area. found the damage about 5:30 yesterday morning. police were called and arrested a man they found in the parking lot. they identified him as 30-year-old michael degroy. a transient from milpitas. the pastor says he's grateful officers caught him. >> of course we need to pray for him. i don't think it's a hate crime. he was just disturbed. >> reporter: yesterday bought three new statues of the blessed mother as well as other figures. most visibly the glass covers. also need to replace the flowers and pots and back out here live, i do want to show you there is a saint john's school here. and we were told that there was also a statue here as well as some items outside that were vandalized. they are glad this man was apprehended. they say what happened is not going to break their spirit. reporting live, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 8:34. the san francisco sheriff's department is joining a program to give a greater sense of security and safety. allowed them to be notified or moved to another jail. it's a free and anonymous service. a growing list of sheriff's department that use this program. >> contract talks will resume. with the threat of a strike next week, very real. come one day after the special board of inquiry held a hearing into the bitter contract talks. the board will report he could ask a court to add a 60 day cooling off period. the unions say they are ready to go on strike monday morning if they have no deal by sunday night. make sure you stay right here with us at ktvu channel 2 and ktvu.com to get all the updates on the bart negotiations. and on letters on whether the strike is on or off. download our app or follow us on twitter or like us on facebook. >> when it comes to power ball, we californians are just out of luck. >> here's tonight's first number. 58, number 5. >> last night's power ball reached $448 million. tickets matching all six numbers were bought in minnesota. two were bought in new jersey. the winning numbers are 58, 5, 25, 59, 30 and the power ball number is 32. so didn't get all six of those. if you got a few of them, might get a little bit of money. >> we can dream. >> yes, we can. let's check in with sal. you are watching things on the peninsula. >> we try to be comprehensive here. we've had good news today for change at the bay bridge toll plaza. and good news in other commutes as well. 880 it's slow very slow heading north into downtown oakland. it does get better by the curve. after that it gets better to downtown. let's take a look at the toll plaza. a couple bad days and a good day. going away from the airport. the traffic going toward the airport looks okay. southbound 280 traffic a little slow. 8:37. let's go to steve. >> a couple sun breaks here and there. i know up by napa airport there's a couple locations. there's plenty there. and there's a lot -- i lost track of the amount of reports of rain coming in from san francisco. sounds good to me. the report from san francisco i had about 7 say it's raining. a lot of drizzle this morning. possibility of showers. finally moving in. and it's really not going anywhere. i think drizzle is in the forecast for the next couple days. that's pretty good for this time of year. a lot of that cloud cover is taking aim. mendecino county and for lake county. napa could be in line for pretty good cloud build ups later. also enhancing the fog bank. red flag warning for elevated fire danger. northern mountains shasta. sierra, also mendacino county. temperatures inland are really far below average. kind of close but we are in a cool pattern no doubt about it. and temperatures will really not change too much. around saturday, start to rebound and near average to slightly below into sunday and monday. >> time is 8:39. local wine lovers have something to smile about. the napa valley wine grape harvest is happening early. 10 days to two weeks early. the warm spring meant little frost. meaning it helped the vines to grow faster than normal. grape growers think this year's crop may be bigger and better. last year the napa valley harvest was more than $650 million. >> climate change is already having a dramatic impact on california. according to a new report by the california environmental protection agency, annual average temperatures in california have increased 1.5 degrees since 1895. and the sea level at the golden gate rose 8 inches over the last 100 years. at lake tahoe, there are 30 fewer days when the temperature is below freezing compared to 1910. a poll by the public policy institute found 63% of californians believe the affects of global climate change are already being felt. 22% say they believe the impact will be felt in the future and 11% say there will never be any impact. speaking of lake tahoe, a new study shows the clarity of that lake water has improved significantly. a report released by uc davis shows the lake experienced amazing rebound in 2012. scientists say visibility was 75.3 feet and that's a 6.4 foot improvement from the year before. scientists credit drier conditions that washed fewer pollutants into the lake. >> time is 8:41. we've got a new update on an emergency repair. what is happening right now right out there in burlingame after a gas line was ruptured this morning. >> the lawsuit involving wall street and one east bay city. sam cook explains how the housing crisis is right in the middle of this fight. >> reporter: a vallejo family is bound and robbed in their own home and several other businesses targeted. more about the disguise the robbers have been wearing when mornings on 2 continues. look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, we'd have to go to my aunt sally's. have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch? 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'cause we love chex. early gain on wall street evaporated leaving the stock market mixed this morning. a slump in telecommunication stocks held back the market. stocks is up almost 16% right now. and the dow is currently down 25. the nasdaq turned around up 12. and s&p is up 1. this morning the labor department reports the number for first time claims was up by 5,000. 333,000 americans filed first time unemployment claims last week. but that's lower than what economists forecast and still close to the five year low. that's indicative of an improvement to the labor market. wal-mart is agreeing to make safety changes at more than 2800 stores across the country after a federal audit uncovered hazardous conditions for employees who use trash compactors and cleaning chemicals. also pay $190,000 fine. the stores are in the 28 states that follow osha standards. paves the way for other states to negotiate similar agreements. >> time is 8:45. let's bring you up to date on the other top stories right now. the power is back on on treasure island. a bird flew into a power line and knocked out power on the entire island about 7:00 this morning. it was back on about an hour later. we're here on site working to assess the situation. >> about 4:45 this morning broke a pg&e line and that caused a gas leak. about two dozen nearby businesses are shut down as a safety precaution. and police in vallejo warning about two dangerous men posing as pg&e workers involved in a bold home invasion. those same imposters -- you are back now with the latest on what you are finding out. >> these vests are easy to come by. wearing these bright safety vest. one woman says she says they tricked her yesterday. she saw them walking down the street and didn't think anything of it. spoke with another woman whose daughter lives in this neighborhood. she is surprised this happened at all. police say two businesses were targeted in the last two weeks. the starbucks and jamba juice were both hit around opening time. and the men made off with cash. the robbers struck again this time at a home on farrel street. posing as pg&e workers they tricked a woman saying they were investigating a gas leak at her home. >> you would think the person wouldn't open the door unless they knew they had a gas leak. you should be able to smell it. i know you get scared when someone comes to your door saying we're here to check stuff. >> once inside the robbers bound the woman, a man and 6 year old girl. they pistol whipped the male residents. want you to be swept call about nina approaching your home. one of the robbers is described as dark complected african american man. 6 feet tall weighing around 200 pounds. facial hair was unshaven. wore a white t-shirt and blue jeans in addition to the hard hat and vest. the other man is described as a hiss pan i go male 5'9 weighing 150 pounds. he too wore the hard hat and vest. drive away in a gold suv similar to a cadillac escalade. made off with cash and household items. a woman who lives in this neighborhood approached me and said the two men had what looked like a tablet. they really looked like pg&e employees. there are things you should do to prosecute text themselves. ask to see the badge and check for that utility worker vehicle. oftentimes if they are in the neighborhood, you will see that utility truck that will heavily marked. you can also call the utility company to see if there is maintenance in your area. ktvu, channel 2 news. >> we are following developing news out of fremont. police are asking for the public's help in identifying the driver who hit a bikist this morning and then left the scene. officers were called just after 5:40 a.m. to a report of a hit and run crash near fremont boulevard. police say the car was dark colored or black 1995 four door toyota sedan that should have bumper damage from the crash. developing news now, police are investigating what led to a shooting rampage that left four people dead and four more wounded. officers say they found two dead and two injured from gunshot wounds at one home in southwest dallas last night. the alleged gunman was found at a second home about 7 miles away. police have confirmed he used an explosive device there in an attack that killed two more people and injured two children. >> time is 8:49. oakland police busy investigatig two separate shootings. the latest one about 11:00. police tell us two people were shot. both of them are expected to survive. there was another shooting in oakland just two hours earlier happened about 9:00 last night near 102nd and macarthur. a young man was shot several times and rushed to highland hospital. he was listed in guarded condition. still not clear what led up to the shooting. police are shooting for suspects in both of those shootings. ten minutes now before 9:00. the average selling price for a home in santa clara has now hit 7 digits. new numbers from the multiple listing service showed the average single family home sells for more than $1 million. that's up 15% from this time last year. and realtors say sales have slowed only slightly in the last few months. wall street is suing the city of richmond. pam cook joins us to explain how the housing crisis is in this dispute. >> it is pitting cities and homeowners against len door lenders. in the last week contacted the holders of more than 600 loans in the city asking them to sell the mortgages. basically, richmond wants to buy under water mortgages at current market value and let the homeowners refinance and stay in their homes rather than face foreclosure. at a recent press conference, a real estate agent stood up and result in fewer loans and higher rates down the road. >> we're talking about helping a very small group of people based upon the mrp proposal. no it's not. >> yes, it is. >> if i lose my home, he may be the one who helps sell it and get the commission. >> the lawsuit filed this week by three mortgage bond trustees agrees with the argument. it claims the move violates commerce laws and hurt the investors and taxpayers involved in these transactions. now, richmond's mayor argues this plan is better than the alternative which is letting the homes fall into foreclosure. that cost the homeowners, banks and neighborhoods. other cities and counties across the country are looking into similar plans. this fight may be just beginning. >> thank you. 8:52. a new concern for students as they get ready to head back to school. a bad habit a lot of them have that could make them easy crime victims. >> good morning. traffic is moving along relatively well if you are driving on the golden gate bridge. we'll tell you more about the morning commute straight ahead. 8:55. back to school time comes with a smart phone warning for bay area students. robberies have surged in san francisco and students are often the victims. the principal says usually his students have smart phones stolen as they ride on muni or other transportation. teenagers can be easily distracted. >> there's a lot that catches their attention. sometimes it is challenging to get them to look up. >> be aware. don't fixate yourself totally on the phone. >> district attorney says he has seen children as young as 6 attacked for smart phones. >> students in 22 san francisco elementary schools have expanded outdoor recreation. to provide instructors and closing argument rick aluminum. they'll focus on using the gardens to provide hands on learning with subjects like science and math. and the goal is to get urban students to spend more timeout doors. you can go to channel 2 web site ktvu.com. get all the back to school information you need. under the hot topics section, find the start date for school districts and all the links to the home page and calendars. >> 8:56. check in again with sal and see what's happening on the roads. are things a little quiet? >> i would say this is the best we've seen it all week. want to show you the toll plaza right now at 8:57 a.m. it looks great coming in to san francisco. there's a small delay. no problems on the upper deck. there's a giant's game day game 12:45. 49er's game 6:00. plan accordingly. this is a look at 880. it's very slow getting up into downtown. might think about 580 as alternative route. this is a look atopen insula. traffic here is moving well. that accident has been removed. now let's go to steve. >> lots of low clouds and numerous reports of light rain all over the place and partly sun yeah skies. maybe afternoon build ups from the low today and tomorrow. looks better on saturday than temperatures climbing a little bit on sunday/monday. way below normal. >> i'm fine with. >> no problems for the games? >> i think they are fine. >> just bring a sweater. >> yeah, it's in between. >> all right, steve. that's our report for this morning. thanks for making ktvu your choice for news. >> watch ktvu channel 2 news at noon for more on the bart contracts that resume in a few minutes. 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