>> i am dave clark. let's check weather and traffic. steve, i went outside trying to find some sunshine. >> oh, no? didn't find it. >> anything anybody can find it. a drizzle out there. fog reported for many. the rain is kind of picking up. as we progress through the day, it will continue to do so and really crank up tomorrow. this morning very mild, muggy, a lot of humidity in the air, as i said. bad hair day, probably. bad hair day, pam. >> but you're not saying that my hair -- >> no, not you. there is a lot of moisture in the air. napa valley marathon on sunday. if you are running it, working it, attending it, i tweeted this out. i think naomi is participating. i think the key issue is the coder temps more so than the rain. you are going to notice a huge difference in the temps. we are going to go from mild and muggy to cold and windy by sunday morning. our system is pumping in a lot of cloud cover. there is not just not much organized rain. some areas where radar picks up. saturday's the main system. heavy rain. flood advisory possible. wind advisories as well. this is through saturday. i mean, by sunday night and monday another system. that will probably double the amounts. rain is beginning to pick up and fog is in the picture. here's what we are waiting for that. that slug of moisture is taking aim at us. look at the temps. 50s and 60s. i mean, it's really mild. it's a morning of foggy, muggy conditions and rain picks up through the day, cranks up over the weekend. temperatures in the 60s. sal, 7:02. a couple of friday issues you are dealing with? >> yeah, a couple of things, steve. we are looking at some of the commutes. they are a little busy now, although they are not as bad as they were, say, yesterday. starting off with a look at the toll plaza, that's a 15 to 20-minute delay getting into san francisco. once you make it onto the bridge, it does look okay getting into the city. in the east bay, the commute in general is not too bad. a live picture of interstate 88 to and you see for yourself it looks good. if we go to the maps of that same general area i am happy to say we don't see a lot of slow traffic on 580 or 24 from livermore to dublin. so definitely a little bit lighter than usual on this friday. but we do have some trouble. a man is dead after being involved in a hit-and-run accident at a heavily used intersection in san jose. ktvu's janine de la vega joins us live at the scene where this is still impacting traffic. janine. >> reporter: yes, it is. it's at camden and lee, sal. this is a heavily used intersection here. so police are saying please avoid this area. investigators are here. you can see this accident scene is very large. there is glass and debris everywhere. police tell us this happened just before three this morning. an suv and a pickup truck collided in a t-bone accident. the force of the impact sent both vehicles spinning and one crashed there onto the sidewalk. the driver of the pickup truck was ejected and died at the scene. when officers arrived they found a young man who appeared to be intoxicated. they think he was the occupant of the suv, but unsure if he is the drivers traffic investigation unit is here now. you can see they are taking photos and measurements and trying figure out what the speeds were of the vehicles involved. but you at this time we just don't know. we can only make guesses based upon where the vehicles landed. but we know it was a major crash. we don't know much more than that. >> reporter: police are interviewing the man who stayed behind to get some more information. officers are looking to see if speed and alcohol were factors in this accident. the coroner has taken away the body at this point. we don't know if it was a person from the neighborhood. it appears he may have been on his way to work. we have seen a hardhat, reflective vest and other items. this person has not been identified. the coroner is going to be looking into the cause of death and work on contacting his next of kin. pam. >> all right. thank you, janine. 7:05 is the time. we are learning more about the couple who was the target of an apparent random attack in san francisco's dubose triangle. we received these pictures of the victim's injuries. dean ayers says he and his wife are taking a walk on henry street when they walked by four men who attacked them. had his wife as punched. she suffered skull fractures when she hit her head the concrete. it happened on february 23 just days after he had last housing authority mother. police only have a description of one of the suspects. he is five feet and a half inches tall, possibly latino, in his early 20s with large dark curly hair tied into a ponytail. there is a gofundme page that has been set up to help the couple. time is 7:05. water fountains, they are off at healdsburg junior high school because of elevated levels of lead. there were high levels of led at healdsburg elementary in november. now, according to the press democrat, healdsburg junior high is passing out bottled water. they have moved their food preparation to another school as a precaution. the county is conducting more tests on the water, but the results may take weeks to come back. it could be tougher to find a seat on bart this morning. a new report shows a growing number of bart trains are out ofs service because of a technical issue in the transbay tube. ktvu fox 2's alex savidge joins us from san francisco. you are at the embarcadero station. what are riders saying, alex? >> reporter: they are a bit concerned they may face more crowded trains. that certainly is a possibility here. i did just hear back from a bart spokesperson and she says the agency has a problem here. they are losing cars at really a troubling rate and they are trying to pinpoint exactly what the problem is. they haven't been able to figure out exactly what it is. some sort of a technical issue that relates to the transbay tube. that's where the cars are being knocked out of service between the east bay and san francisco. right now there are about 80 cars that are being repaired at the maintenance yard. they have burned out electrical components on their propulsions systems. i am told by bart that 40 cars were taken out of service on monday alone. bart officials suspect that the cars are being damaged by some kind of a power surge as they move through a substation or pass by a substation that's near the exist end of the tube on the oakland side. of course, this is certainly not the news that riders want to he has. i talked with one woman who commutes on bart. she told me she trusts bart will get things fixed. >> maybe shorter trains. maybe a, you know, you never know what's -- i have ridden for three, three and a half years every day and i have seen them go through ups and downs. i complain about it. but you know what? it's better than driving. >> reporter: now, bart representatives told me this has been a persistent problem, but it has really gotten worse in the past couple of weeks. the "san francisco chronicle" is reporting that the problem may be related to new railway that was installed late last year -- i should say during last summer. that's when they put in a whole bunch of new tracks in the transbay tube and near the west oakland station. "the chronicle" is reporting that may be a part of the reason that all of these cars are being knocked out of service. i asked a bart representative this morning what the timeframe is, pam, to get these cars back into service. she said it's an on going problem. she understanding some of the cars taken out of service may be back in use. it's unclear when they expect to have this you issue fully resolved. >> changing situation day to day, it sounds like? >> reporter: that's what it sounds like. >> thank you, alex. 7:09 is the time. bart already getting ready to try out a new rewards program as well to ease the overcrowding. it's called bart perks. passengers would earn points by you riding at off peak times. those points could be used to get rewards ranging from credit it's on your clipper card to cash prizes. >> i am an attorney. so it would work as long as my -- >> bart and the san francisco county transportation authority are reaching out to employers who are located near downtown san francisco bart stations and encouraging them to have their employees sign up and to let them work in those off-peak hours. >> the program is set to roll out a six-month test run this spring. bart says it got the idea from a transit system in singapore, which apparently has been very successful. syrian smugglers linked to the tragic drowning of a three-year-old boy, they were sentenced to four years in prisoned to am those images un forgettable -- it drew attention to the refugee crisis. that little boy, his brother and mother, all of them died tried to sail to greece in a rubber boat. two smugglers were sentenced to four years in prison. it's ten minutes after 7:00. a woman was attacked in the bathroom of a pittsburg community college. coming up in 20 minutes, the recent sexual assault that police are now alerting students about. and there is no holding back in detroit last night for the republican presidential candidates during the debate. did it help or hurt the frontrunner though? we will have more on this after the break. and we are looking at a commute here where traffic going to be slow at the bay bridge. but we're not seeing some slow traffic we have seen earlier this week. we will run down that morning commute for you when we come back. back. it's a foggy commute. high humidity. temperatures are mild near 60. that's going to change over the next few days. plus, heavier rain. more on that coming up. he is trying to con people into giving them their vote just like he conned these people into giving them their money. >> donald trump, he was often the target in last night's republican presidential debate. and time is running out for the other candidates to catch up with the frontrunner donald trump. >> as you just heard, they are pulling out all the stops in an effort to derail his campaign. ktvu's brian flores joins us with whether last night's debate did that. they seemed to all attack each other. >> i would agree with that. really if it affected donald trump, that remains unclear. what is for certain is the republican establishment is hoping this trump train, if you will, gets off the tracks even bringing in former candidates to do that. running out of time to catch donald trump. you will recall that earlier yesterday 2012 republican candidate mitt romney launched a police ring and personal attack on trump calling him a, quote, phony and fraud. trump responded to romney saying he should have beat president obama easily and it was an am bare as. . as for the debate cruz and rubio seemed to double-team their attacks on trump. >> for 40 years donald has been part of the corruption in washington that you're angry about. > [ applause ] >> and you're not gonna stop the corruption in washington by supporting someone who has supported liberal democrats. >> as a businessman, i owed that to my company, to my family, to my workers, to everybody to get along. part of the problem we have in washington, it's total gridlock. nobody gets along. we need people to get along. >> as for john kasich, he decided not to bite and take down trump. instead, he focused on how his experience as ohio's governor will help lead the country if elects as as the party's nominee. i heard from several team that told him he was the only adult amongst the candidates. the focus turns to march 15. john kasich needs to win his home state of ohio and marco rubio needs to win his home state of florida. back to you. >> brian flores in our newsroom. thank you. meantime, on sunday democrats hillary clinton and bernie sanders, they will debate each other in flint, michigan. they are putting the global economy at the center of their pitch to democrats. hillary clinton will make a policy speech today in detroit about removing economic barriers for families, giving her a chance to respond to senator bernie sanders, who accused her of supporting trade deals that have been a disaster for workers. the democrats focus on manufacturing jobs and trade policy. that's going to be the back crop for the michigan primary on march 8. a week later in ohio, illinois, and missouri. it is 7:16. want to check with sal for a look at track. to remind people, it is friday, sal, traffic jam. >> yeah. >> our theme is rain, right? >> as a matter of fact, the traffic is actually doing okay because it's not raining. >> that's true. >> right. but this afternoon we are going to get some rain that's probably going to be an issue. let's take a look at what we have now. the traffic is going to be a little bit slow in some areas as you drive through. the traffic is looking okay on 280. in fact, it does look lighter than usual getting up to highway 17. also, this morning we're looking at the nimitz freeway in the east bay. normally, we look at this and we see a lot of red. there is not a lot. there is a little bit. northbound 880 near san leandro. 580 looks good through oakland hills and over to the lakeshore area and to the bay bridge toll plaza. 7:17 let's go to steve. thank you. we have a lot of fog around. very foggy. kind of mild muggy conditions. humidity is just about 90 to 100% for some. drizzle all over the place. i mean, i could be here for ten minutes talking about the reports of drizzle we have had. light rain maybe for a few. it looks like a foggy drizzly morning here. rain beginning to pick up and it will continue to do so through the day. we need the forcing or the jet stream to punch in here. that's all coming ought. it it will get here soon enough. until then light rain, occasionally moderate rain. the heavier rain is saturday night. strong system. i don't usually say storm because most systems aren't. saturday night's is in that category. heavy rain developing. flood advisory. if it goes too fast, some of these may not develop. again, there will probably be small stream flood advisories. no doubt gusts to 50-mile-per-hour. at 5,000 feet, we haven't had much moisture there. in you get the forcing of the jet stream to take this parcel of very moist air, well above average here, cool it, condense it, lift it, that's when the santa cruz mountains, marin county and the santa cruz mountains -- did you say that twice? -- that's when the russian river, santa cruz mountains -- you know what i'm talking about. all right. inch to two inches easily by saturday night. sunday into monday we will get more. you need to know sunday is going to be cold. so will monday. so today's mild. saturday will be mild, windy. look at this. that's the plume of moisture that's heading in our direction. the jet stream will get there. will start to bump that ridge out of the way cooler air aloft had enhance this. that low-level moisture is going to be picking up here. i mean, san jose's in there. hayward's in there. oakland. sfo. upper 50s for many. peninsula even. atherton 58. san mateo 8-59. it's a very muggy, humid pattern. 28 in truckee. it's kind of a non issue today for the sierra nevada. saturday wind. late saturday, sunday all about snow and plunging snow levels. if you have to go. today's a good day. tomorrow hold on to the steering wheel because i think that's going to be extremely over the sierra nevada, especially the passes. unbelievable amount of moisture working in. today the rain will be picking up. cloudy, muggy, light rain, picking up a little bit later on. tomorrow afternoon, evening is when that strong front begins to make its presence felt. timing on these. you remember this is just one forecast model. 1:00 probably rain picking up, especially san jose to monterey. but again this is almost a broad brush. there is nothing too heavy here. the intensity begins to expand the coverage as well. then saturday we ramp it up by noon, okay? by 4:00, 5:00 there is the font. 6 p.m. it blasts through 8, 9:00. that is extremely intense rain and snow developing in the sierra and the mother load. here comes the cold air. you might get some sun. you will notice the cold air. we will have rain developing and you think it's heavier sunday night into monday. cloudy. mild. rain picks up. light. it will get more widespread by this afternoon and tonight. 60s on your temps. again, i mean, journalist humid factor out there now. dave, when we meet again on monday, everyone is oh my gosh, it's cold, what a crazy weekend because there is going to be good rain. you new we finally get a break on tuesday. >> all right. you told us plenty of times. time now 7:20. the zika virus causing more concerns here in the bay area. in 20 minutes we will tell you where more cases have been reported and why health officials say you should not worry. a passenger being scammed by an uber driver. the $200 clean-up fee she says she had to pay for something she claims she never did. like greasy fast food if youtreats your body...t you'd have no way to watch cat videos. so say no to greasy, fast food... and treat your body right... with the delicious rotisserie-style chicken sandwich from subway. made with our new hand-pulled, all-white 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because she was being evicted from her long time home in burlingame has died. she had been living in the same cottage are for 66 years. she told us she had a deal with the original property owner she could live there the rest her life if she took care of the house. the current owners want to sell the house and told miss hatch and her long-time roommate they had to leave by the middle of april. her lawyer says she will keep the fight going on behalf of the roommate. an oakland mayor failed a new plan that she says will help solvele the homeless crisis. she released a report that includes adding 17,000 affordable and market rate housing over eight years. it aims to give stronger protection for low-income tenants to keep them from being evicted. an inmate fight triggered a lockdown at the santa clara county jail. the reason investigators would not have had surveillance video if it had happened just one day before. heavy mist in the air and waves crashing aagainst the pacifica pier. how residents are preparing for a pretty big storm this weekend. looking at a morning commute that is just a little better than ordinary here on the gold gate. a little bit of fog, but the traffic looks okay. foggy, humid, drizzly. some of that drizzle is starting to add up and there is some rain on the way. some really good rain. more on that coming up. good morning. thank you for joining us. we are taking you live to pacifica this morning. a live picture. you can definitely see very grey. the water very rough down there along the pier. of course, there is more concern about the erosion there. in just a couple of minutes, ktvu's allie rasmus is going to have more on how people are getting ready particularly there. wow, look at that wave. >> i know. >> pretty rough out there in pacifica. we will check in just a little bit. thank you for joining us on this friday morning. it is march 4th. i am pam cook. i am in for gasia mikaelian this hour. >> i am dave clark. it's grey outside our studios. steve paulson has your forecast for what's here and what's coming. >> a lot of fog and drizzle here now. >> yeah. >> but there is rain on the way, you guys. its going to pick up a little later here. very foggy. humidity at 90%. i mean, there is a lot of moisture in the air. temperatures, there is a lot of low even 60s already. the cold air doesn't arrive until sunday. drizzle from lake county and mendocino county to santa cruz. norcal queen bee. good morning, mr. p. 49 with no wind and a slight drizzle here on cosby mountain. drive safe on the wet roads. anitoch, i know we have had some light rain, drizzle, brentwood. we need the jet stream so get its act together. it's approaching. it's hit and miss. radar misses a lot of this. the key is going to be hefty totals enhanced over the weekend. russian river, santa cruz. we will keep an eye on it. probably some urban and small stream flood advisories. there is going be good rain for everybody. not just isolated or sleek tough. i think you can double these sunday night to monday. rain picking up a little bit here. the coverage as well. we are really waiting for this back here. that's that development taking place and that's all coming towards us. 59 to 60 degrees on a lot of these temps. so they are very warm. a warm day. kind of muggy. rain picks up here a little bit later. tomorrow it really starts to crank up. light rain. nothing too heavy today. i think you will notice it through the day beginning to enhance a little bit. so 60s on the temps. 7:31. sal, good morning, sir. >> good morning to you, steve. >> friday light or picking up? >> friday light. not as much today. keep it simple. let's go outside and talk a look at some of these pictures. i want to show you traffic is busy as you are driving through on 880 northbound. usually by now we have stop and go. there is a little bit north of 238 driving this way. 580 is getting a little bit slower. we will show you that on the map in a-minute. this is the bay bridge toll plaza, that is backed up for 20, 25 minutes in the cash lanes. more slow traffic closer to 7:30. westbound 580 start today slow down out of san leandro to oakland. still not quite the same. 24 is moderate through lafayette and 680 slow approaching walnut creek. i think you will notice that things are slightly better than normal. 7:32. back to the desk. >> thank you. there have been reports of a sexual assault last night at a community college in the arena contra costa county and that it happened in a women's bathroom. ktvu's christien kafton is in pittsburg now. you know students and faculty have been alerted? >> reporter: yeah, they have been alerted. we are just now starting to see some students show up here at the school, college campus here in pittsburg. the assault alleged to have happened in the college complex building h is level 3. we heard that the assault happened on level 2. here's what we learned so far. we received a copy of an e-mail that was sent out which the college after midnight about a sexual battery. after 9:00 campus police received report of a sexual battery that took place in a women's restroom on the second floor of the main college complex. there are not a lot of details about what exactly took place, but there is a description of the suspect in this case. police are looking for a white man in his mid 30s, six feet tall with blue eyes and a medium build. the witness tells police he was wearing a black hoodie, a black bandanna over his mouth and nose and black leather gloves. now, we are hearing that the college administration should be arriving at about 7:30, which is right about now. so we're hoping to learn a little bit more about this. we can show you this is the college complex building right here. as we walk over here, you can see that this is actually the student services building. so you can get a sense of what the college campus is like here and all of this unfolding very close to the student services building at 9:00 last night. so certainly everyone here at the college in pittsburg on edge about this assault that happened just last night. >> christien kafton in pittsburg. thank you. time is now 7:34. we have new information about the east bay nanny accused of abusing a toddler. police say 20-year-old mariah gonzalez was caught on a surveillance camera allegedly using her hands to smother the crying 13-month-old boy she was caring for in livermore. the family hid that camera in the child's room. prosecutors say the camera recorded the child crying and squirming before suddenly going limp. the child is now okay. gonzalez is free on bail, but she's due to appear in court later today. well, people around the bay area are looking towards the sky today and tomorrow for rain, even thunder and lightning we're hearing. ktvu fox 2's allie rasmus in pacifica where a lot of people are concerned about the rain as well. >> reporter: yeah, we have heard about some residents here planning on not just sandbagging, but one man said his neighbors are going to be boarding up windows ahead of this weekend's storm. it's always an impressive and i think a beautiful sight to watch the waves crash against the pier here in pacifica. looks like the seas are a little rough this morning. this saturday they are expecting a higher than usual tide. that combined with the storm expected on saturday into sunday could make things difficult for residents who live on the water. as you heard steve paulson mention this morning, the big rain's supposed to hit over the weekend with heavy winds 30 to 50 miles per hour. as much as 2 to 7 inches of rain. because of that residents are keeping a close eye on what happens along the coast. if we pan off to the right you can see erosion definitely has been a problem here this winter. it is every few winters or so. last time it was a major problem was in 2010. but it's become an issue again at the end of the promenade here by the pier. they have shut down part of the street and the walkway because of problems with the wall being unstable at the cliff. the wall underneath wearing away because of the erosion. private apartment buildings have been threatened. in one case, the owner of one for one down because it was unsafe for residents to live there. a lot of residents had to evacuate earlier this year because of the problems with erosion and the cliff underneath it. those buildings were red tagged. and public thoroughfares have been impacted and in some cases gotten washed away. >> this winter has been different than winters past, you know? this is probably the most damage we have seen in a long time. i mean, the cliffs are eroding and even the concrete is giving way. we just had a sinkhole right here. you can see the fresh patchwork. that all gave way three days ago. >> reporter: now, there is a patched up sinkhole he was referring to. it's next to the pier entrance and the cafe here. pacifica has sandbags ready for residents to pick up. other cities including san francisco will have sandbags available for residents today and tomorrow. again, people we talked to who live out here are getting those sandbags ready and in some cases making other preparations ahead of this big storm that's supposed to come over the weekend badge to you guys. >> thank you for showing us that live. boy, pretty intense. you can see that in pacifica. no matter where you are, you can have the free ktvu weather app help you out. up to the minute forecast information. also weather updates on facebook, twitter, and instagram. time is now 7:37. new security cameras, they are helping investigators identify the people involved in a big fight at the santa clara-county jail. this video shows two inmates punching each other yesterday morning before the fight escalated to include at least ten inmates in a maximum security wing. that triggered a lockdown at the jail. deputies broke it up using pepper spray. >> looks like one inmate brushed up against the other and then the fight was on with fists. you can see a lot of fist fighting going on. >> we will be able to see who was the aggressor. >> it happened the day after the sheriff installed a dozen security cameras if the jail. sheriff lori smith went to costco using her own credit card. she bought the cameras for $760. that's because the jail's new $20 million surveillance system won't be operating for two more years. well, a judge has ruled three santa clara county deputies have to stand trial for the beating death of an inmate. the preliminary hearing against jerry lubrin, matthew farris and rafael rodriguez lasted three days. they are accused of killing inmate michael tyree and assaulting another inmate last year. the medical examiner who performed the autopsy on tyree testified death was clearly a homicide. the three deputies are due back in superior court on march 14 for an arraignment. new this morning the nation's job report sending mixed signals about the u.s. economy. the labor department reported this morning the american employers added 242,000 jobs last month. that's much higher than analysts predicted. the jobless rates, the unemployment rate remains at an eight-year low. 4.9%. economists say the average hourly earnings dropped. new jobs in healthcare, retail and restaurants. analysts say a drop in wages indicates that not everyone is benefitting from the improving economy. 7:40. if you want to buy a new home, look at your salary first. at 8:00 what a new study says about the amount of money you need to earn to afford a home in the san francisco bay area. but first the warriors won another one. up next the record they tied last night at oracle arena. good morning. we are looking at the east bay commute trying to get from hayward to the peninsula on the san mateo bridge. not too bad. it looks like it's slowing down there a little bit heading out west. we will tell you more about what's going on. very humid, foggy conditions out there. temperatures on the mild side. 60 degrees. very balmy. a lot of drizzle will give way to rain. it's on its way. more on that. welcome back to "mornings on 2" at 7:43. there is now a confirmed case of the zika virus in san francisco. the health department is not identifying the person who tested pos it i have -- positive. health officials say there is no risk to the public. however, there are four other cases of the virus in the bay area. a case of zika has been reported in napa. that patient is pregnant. also traveled to the infected areas. contra costa county has two reported cases. alameda county reported a person there had a preliminary pos tough test for zika. silicon valley assemblyman evan lowe introduced a bill that would ban state-funded travel to places like south dakota that have laws that he says open the door to discrimination against gays and lesbians. lowe says state workers who travel to another state for a conference or other event should have the same protections as they do in california. >> california is the largest economy in the world. while this might have a small impact, it no doubt makes a statement. >> that would allow buzzes to keep klein to provide services for same-sex couples. 7:44. the warriors, they keep chasing history. they beat oklahoma city last night 121-106. their 44th straight home game tying a 20-year nba record. steph curry led everybody. 33 points. here's lee right here am he is playing again after sitting out tuesday's game with an injured ankle. it was a back-and-forth game until the fourth quarter. then the warriors took over. shaun livingston and marreese speights had good games off the bench. speights is not known for hitting three-pointers, but he made two last night. >> you wanted to start respecting the three ball? >> let them stay off me. >> speights showed his quarterbacking skills in the third quarter. look. he grabs a rebound. then long pass. found draymond green, who slammed it in. the warriors' next game sunday in los angeles against the lakers. then back at oracle on monday hosting the orlando magic. with the warriors heading out of town, prince will take over oracle arena for big concert there tonight. last night prince got an early look at the floor. he walked in with some sunglasses, his anderson varejao fro, his cane. he is a big fan of steph curry. curry tweeted this photo of a purple hallway. he wrote, think we're expecting somebody special tonight at oracle arena? hashtag #"purplerain." whoever runs oracle's twitter account replied back, we heard that riley liked purple. there are still tickets available for tonight's prince concert at oracle arena. >> a lot of people under a certain age might know riley curry more than prince, right? >> that's amazing how that happens. you're right. good morning, everybody. dave, pam, everyone. we are not too bad, actually. doing very well. the traffic is going to be a little bit slow still though in some areas. but it's better than it normally is. this is a look at the commute on the san mateo bridge. it was stopped just a little moment ago. now traffic seems to be recovering. whatever was on the span, it's looking okay. also looking at the commute right now on nearby interstate 880 and you can tell it's better than normal. normally by now we have some slowing right past the coliseum. but this does look okay. and the morning commute is going to be a little bit slow on 80 westbound from hercules to richmond. now it looks like we have some slow traffic in marin. i kind of thought it was going to be a light day. it is not. it's slow from 37 down to central san rafael along southbound 101. 7:47. lets go to steve. >> who have sneezed back there, bless them. who sneezed back this? they are not admitting to it. thank you, sal. all right. let's get to it. i know it's a quiet pattern right now. everything's coming together here. very foggy, drizzly. okay rain totals. it's going to start picking up a little later. that fog is really settled in. humidity's high. mild to warm. but guess what? by sunday it's going to be cold, cold, cold after that saturday night rain. rain will return. we are going to get a lot of help here. you don't have much in the way of help yet, but it's on the way in the form of cold air, dynamics, and a very, very enhanced jet stream. today foggy, drizzly, picking up rain and wind saturday and then colder rain sunday afternoon and sunday night into monday. the key is you're getting consolidation of the jet stream. also not only up around 20, 30,000 feet. if you have a flight from the hawaiian islands, they will make record time. bumpy but they will make record time. look at the plume of moisture coming across. that's taking aim at us. 24 hour rainfall occidental .83. gilroy also in there .23. socal john lindsey with .20. million valley at .20. larkspur .08 rain total in the past 24 hours. a lot of cloud cover. there is no dynamics or cold air yet or low level jet stream. the strong system will be saturday evening. now, there may be a silver lining. it may go through fast. if that's the case, the advisories may be up and then dropped. there will be a strong enhancement of the wind. the key is and 5,000, 4,000, 6,000 feet we are going to get really strong jet stream and moisture that's off the charts. so when you take that and lift it that's when you if you get heavy rain. enhanced rainfall also means good rainfall for anybody here. nothing crazy or anything. that's through saturday night. monday morning tunnel or triple some of those. rain showing up right off the san mateo santa cruz coast as well. this may be the possibility of enhanced rain in the next couple of hours. can you see taking aim there towards -- right in between san mateo and santa cruz coast. 60s on the temps or upper 50s. south bay temps gilroy at 60 degrees. saratoga, san jose state and santa cruz at 59. it's a balmy air mass over us right now. the cold air's on the way. saturday is a wind and rain event. sunday is a cold and rain event. that's the key that's settle up for saturday night. the timing on this, sometimes you can fudge these a little bit. this looks to be that enhancement taking place with the rain. south bay, santa cruz mountains and then we see more of a general area of rain by tonight. that will take us into saturday morning. watch what happens about noon, okay? noon, 1:00, here we go, here comes the front. 4:00 rain. that's your front right there. 7:00 it should go through around 8 or 9:00 and then look at that as that starts that squaw line than front heads up to the sierra. this is cold air coming in sunday morning. so that's when i think you will notice the big change will be sunday morning. there will be rain then picking up again through the day sunday. cloudy, mild rain picks up here. nothing too heavy yet. maybe a little later towards the south bay. 60s on the temps. they are not going anywhere until sunday. they will drop into monday as well. so at least three to four days of rain. then i think we get a break tuesday, wednesday. >> man. okay, steve, thank you. >> you got it. >> solid rain until then, it sounds like? >> it's just beginning. >> thank you, steve. 7:51. days after sports authority filed for bankruptcy we know which stores may be closing. at 8:00, which bay area locations are expected to close and when the liquidation sales will start. first. we have to go home and then a different home and then a different home. >> he is only six years old, but he is understanding. he is on a mission. up next what inspired this little boy to collect hundreds of pairs of pa jams a for foster dates. ♪"purple rain" "purple rain" "purple rain" "purple rain" ♪. >> all right. you knew this song was going to be requested. >> one of my all-time favorites by prince. i think it's a lot of people's favorites. the rain theme. this was requested by patty ramos baker. if there is a special song you want to hear, just hashtag us on our twitter, facebook or instagram site. hashtag #ktvu. new claims are emerging this morning about an uber scam. a passenger says an uber driver in new york lied and forced her to pay hundreds of dollars in clean-up fees. the passenger says she caught an uber home with two friends after dinner and discovered a bill later for more than $200 for a two mile trip. the ridesharing company says one of the passengers got sick in the car and provided photos. but the passenger says she and the rest of her party were sober and the driver must have faked the photos. ultimately, uber refunded the passenger's money. this is apparently not the first time questionable fees like this have surfaced about uber. 7:55. sausalito police will start enforcing a 35-year-old law. it bans boats from anchoring in city waters for more than ten hours. city officials say they had been getting complaints about boats filled with garbage. there is no timeframe when the police will enforce the law, but the city will hold several meetings before the program begins. they will also give warnings before tickets are issued. the blue and gold ferry that takes commuters from san francisco to tiburon now it's for sale. ferry officials say the ship is too old to keep up with the demand for faster service. now, there is good news though for commuters who take the ferry. starting this summer a new golden gate service will be in place. a federal judge has switched her position and will not release the records of ten million california students. now, this follows an overwhelming protest by parents statewide. we have been telling but this story. the school records are part of a lawsuit that allegations california failed in its effort to educate children with special needs. even parents involved with the lawsuit agree with the new decision, saying that they never wanted to jeopardize student privacy. 7:56. a six-year-old boy in richmond is on a mission. he wants to help foster kids. walt sutton is holding a pajama drive. on his birthday, january 23, he asked friends to donate brand new pajamas to give to foster kids. he says he was inspired by his mom who worked for a non- profit, and his grandmother who volunteers her time helping foster kids. he also saw this commercial. this sleep train commercial asking the public to help foster kids. >> they might not be able to take their toys from place to place. so at least they'll be thankful they can take their pajamas from place to place. >> all right. you love him, too. he is in kindergarten. he asked him mom to put his fundraiser on gofundme. he is already exceeding his goal of $1,850 to buy 185 pairs of pj's. the family plans to bring all of the pajamas they purchase to sleep train next week. >> what a sweet, sweet little boy. >> yeah. all right. we are coming up on our 8:00 hour. the housing crisis in oakland is getting attention from the city's mayor. next we will hear her plan to make housing more affordable. >> reporter: live in san jose where police are investigating a deadly hit-and-run accident. we will tell you what investigators found once they got here on scene and how long the roads will stay closed. good morning. we are looking at a morning commute that, other than what we just spoke of, has not been that bad. there is some slowing on 880 northbound as you drive past the coliseum. well, blue rain, green rain, purple rain, i don't care. there is rain on the way for you and me. ♪ purple rain purple rain good morning. welcome to the 8 a.m. hour of "mornings on 2". we are live walking along the boardwalk here in pacifica. look at the churning water, pam. >> yeah, it's pretty rough down there. most of us are pretty excited to have the rain. we are welcoming the rain coming in. a lot of people along pacifica, the pier there and of course those homes we have been watching up on the cliffside pretty nervous about some heavy rains. but wow! >> it is really just a grey day. that gives you a taste of what's ahead for us. thank you for joining us. friday, march 4. i am dave clark. >> good morning. i am pam cook in for gasia mikaelian this hour. let's check in with steve. are we talking about some pretty high tides? rough waves? >> saturday, yes. 11 to 16 feet every 17 seconds. saturday night much more. >> warnings on the coast as well? >> yeah. >> okay. mark and bill will be all over that. >> we have a lot of fog around. balmy warm conditions. near 60 for some. there has been a lot of drizzle here. nothing too heavy. i mean, okay amounts. quarter of an inch for some. the fog and really mild conditions. but rain is on the way beginning to pick up a little bit. you can see it's just off the san mateo, santa cruz coast. here is the moisture source we're tracking. that has to come through. consolidated jet stream. upper levels. lower levels. plus some really dynamic part of the system showing itself. there is going to be enhanced areas of rain, russian river, marin county, santa cruz mountains. again some of these advisories may go up, come down real fast. the system saturday night looks windy. rainfall 1-2 inches saturday night. more sunday into monday. a lot of cloud cover. nothing organized yet. it's mild, mild. 50s and 60s on the temps. that's raining up at the lake level. i got reports of rain at south lake tahoe. warm system until sunday. then the cold air comes in. saturday a wind event if you are driving up 50 or 80. cloudy, mild, rain picks up. a little cooler on the temps for the highs. but the lows are on the mild side. 60s, rain continuing to pick up through the day and into the weekend. sal, what do you have for us at 8:03? >> that was clever when you says that means you, too, when we were talking about prince. certain of us remember that. the rain has not come, as steve said, for the morning commute. but if you are trying to, you know, if you are going to drive to work, presumably you have to drive back and that's what it's going to be raining according to steve. this afternoon the commute may not be great. right now backed up at the bay bridge toll plaza 15 to 20 minutes. nothing out of the ordinary really. a little bit of slowing at the macarthur maze. we are also looking at some of these other commutes. southbound 101 had been light, but now we have stop-and-go traffic down to central san rafael. a little bit of slowing on the richmond bridge trying to get to san rafael. and 80 is slow from about the middle part of richmond down to el cerrito. let's go to the south bay now. northbound 280 a little bit of sun here it looks like. the traffic looks good getting into the west valley. 8:04. back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. we have developing news we have been following. san jose police are trying to track down the people involved in a hit-and-run accident. a horrific scene and a man was killed this morning. >> it was pretty bad out there. it's also affecting traffic at a very busy intersection. ktvu fox 2's janine de la vega has been out there since early this morning. >> reporter: it's still closed. bus lines have been affected. four lines are being rerouted. that is because you can see a tow truck just arrived here a short while ago. it needs to haul those two vehicles away. and also there is still a lot of clean-up that needs to be done out here. police say than suv collided with a pickup truck at three sending the suv over the sidewalk and on to a grassy knoll. the driver was ejected and died at the scene. police arrived and told us that they found a young man near the vehicles intoxicated. they were told that other people in the suv ran away. officers took that man who stayed into custody to interview because they believe he was an occupant of the suv. >> we don't know who was associated with one of the vehicles. we found one person loitering around that seemed to be. we detained him. we don't have more information at this time. >> reporter: police spent the morning collecting evidence. they are going to be look into the registration of that suv to see who owns that car. did it belong to the man who stayed? was he driving? are there still people at large? investigators are also going to look into whether speed or alcohol were factors in this accident. we're being told by police, back out here live at the scene, that they hope to have this intersection opened by 9:00. >> all right. janine de la vega, thank you. it's 8:06. and we are also learning more about the couple that was the target of an apparent random attack in san francisco's duboce triangle. we received these pictures of the victims' injuries. dean errors says he and his wife were taking a walk on henry street when they walked by four men who then attacked them. errors wife as punched and suffered skull u.s.a. freedom act fractures when she hit her head on the concrete. ayers suffered a broken fib la and possible broken ankle. it happened february 23, days after errors lost his mother. police have a description of one of the suspects. 5' tall, possibly latino in his early 20s, a gofundme page has been set up to help that couple. well, if you ride bart, it might be harpedder to find a -- harder to find a seat this morning. reportedly, a growing number of bart train cars are being pulled out of service because of some kind of technical problem in the transbay tube. ktvu fox 2's alex savidge. i know you have been talking to riders about this morning? >> reporter: yeah, riders are a bit concerned that potentially there will be shorter trains, which is a distinct possibility, and also the potential for more crowded trains, making it that much more difficult to find a seat. i talked this morning with a bart spokesperson who told me that, yes, indeed the agency is losing cars at a pretty high rate and the problem has gotten worse as of late. now, they have not pinpointed exactly what the issue is, but they know that it has something to do with the transbay tube. that's where a number of bart cars has been knocked out of service. a bart spokesperson told me they have 80 bart cars that are being repaired at the maintenance yard with burned out electrical components on their propulsion systems. in fact, 40 of those cars were taken out of service just this past monday alone. now, bart officials suspect these cars may be damaged by some kind of a power surge as they passed by a substation that's near the east end of the transbay tube. certainly this is not the news that riders want to wake up and hear. some commuters aren't surprised to hear about the latest problem. >> from a maintenance standpoint, there is got to be something. you watch the trains come by on a consistent basis. you look at the bottoms of them. there are missing pieces. missing parts. this has to be something from a consistency standpoint they are not to go from a maintenance standpoint. >> reporter: a bart representative told me this has been a persistent problem. it got worse just over the past couple of weeks. now, according to the "san francisco chronicle," their report out this morning suggests that this problem with the cars being taken out of service or knocked out of service going through the transbay tube could be related to the fact that bart installed a whole bunch of new track just last summer in the tube and also near the west oakland station and there is the possibility of possibly a connection between that repair work that was done or the track replaced and cars being taken out of service. you asked a bart representative how long it might take as you get all of those cars back into service and ways told that it's unclear at this point exactly when the situation will be fully resolved. >> all right. alex savidge in san francisco. thank you. there is a new reported scam involving uber, and in just a couple of minutes we are going to tell you what you need to watch out for the next time you hop in. and detroit was the scene of a very heated republican debate. did it help or hurt frontrunner donald trump? what the candidates had to say coming up after the break. good morning. we are still looking at a commute that's slightly better than normal. we do have some slowdowns at the bay bridge toll plaza. about a 15 minute wait before you make it onto that span. very foggy. very muggy. balmy. warm conditions. drizzle. rain is beginning to pick up. it will continue to do so all the way into monday. welcome back to "mornings on 2". it is coming down to just a few days for republican candidates to catch frontrunner donald trump. >> it's a big story. last night at a republican debate in detroit, they came out swinging. ktvu's brian flores in our newsroom to tell us how they approached that debate. >> reporter: yeah, some say there is an unspoken alliance between senators ted cruz and marco rubio to try to stop trump's momentum. whether or not that happened, we will have to waitle until the primaries. the candidates are running out of time to catch donald trump. they are bringing in past candidates to do that. recall your yesterday 2012 republican candidate mitt romney launched a blistering and personal attack on trump, calling him a phony and fraud. trump responded to romney by saying that romney should have beat president obama easily and that it was an embarrassment. as for the debate, cruz and rubio almost seemed to double-team their attacks on the frontrunner. >> for 40 years donald has been part of the corruption in washington that you're angry about. and you're not gonna stop the corruption in washington by supporting someone who has supported liberal democrats for four decades. >> two-thirds of the people who cast a vote in the republican primary or caucus have vote the against you. they do not want you to be our nominee. the reason why is because we are not going to turn over the party of lincoln or reagan to someone whose po uses are -- positions are not conservative. >> reporter: they questioned him on his business ventures, including the now defunct trump university. trump says that he is the only candidate that could defeat hillary clinton. >> i beat hillary clinton in many polls. i beat hillary clinton in a fox poll. i beat hillary clinton in "usa today." i beat her today in a poll in ohio. i beat -- i am the only one that beats hillary clinton. >> reporter: as for john kasich, he decided not to bite and take down trump. he focused on his experience as ohio's governor will help lead the country if elected as the party's nominee. he heard from several people who told him that he was, quote, the only adult amongst the candidates. some say the focus turns to march 15 where a couple of the candidates talking about john kasich, he needs to win his home state of ohio and marco rubio needs to win in florida. we shall see. back to you. >> on social media, it seemed like the immediate response was people just thought, this is embarrassing. they are attacking each other. i don't know who to vote for at this point. >> yeah, we are certainly seeing that on social media this morning. i mean, talking about not just the republicans, but even democrats who are commenting on how the republicans are acting. but, you know, whether that will play a role in whether this will take down donald trump or not, we will have to wait and see. >> thank you, brian. on sunday, speaking of more politics, democrat hillary clinton and bernie sanders will debate each other in flint, michigan. they are putting the global economy at center stage of their pitch to the democrats. clinton will make a policy speech today in detroit on removing economic barriers for families giving her the chance to respond to senator bernie sanders, who has accused her of supporting trade deals that have been a, quote, disaster for workers. now, the democrat's focused on manufacturing jobs and trade policy will be the backdrop for michigan's primary on march 8. a week later in ohio, illinois, and missouri because right there in that section of the united states, they really want to hear what's gonna be down about jobs and the economy as well. time is 8:16 we want to hear about our commute. sal, you are watching 880 and everything else? >> yeah, traffic is getting busier towards downtown oakland or the bay bridge. it has been a little lighter than usual. now we have slow traffic and you can see it's clearly here stacking up past the coliseum. it stays that way until the brick wall where you make that turn and then it frees up on the way up to the downtown oakland areale. at the bay bridge we will see slow traffic. on the san mateo slowing as well. but things are actually getting a little bit little better on that san mateo bridge. i want to mention at the bay bridge it's slow, but 80 is beginning to jam up from the main part of richmond down to el cerrito. weather might be rough this afternoon? >> i think so. maybe not too bad. there are a few breaks in the clouds. it's really muggy, mild, a lot of fog this morning. we are kind of south bay might ab few breaks. some over fremont and niles. there has been a lot of drizzle reports this morning. the system's here, i mean, it's getting here. but it's each how it stars to get a little closer. you will see some of this rain pick up. there is some approaching the san mateo, santa cruz coast. this is doug ahrens. a friend of the show. those are wave clouds over eugene. very cool looking. isn't that nice? you get air flowing and then like over a mountain range so it does this. pretty cool. thank you, doug, for that. i tweeted that out. also posted on facebook. there is some of that rain getting closer now. not a lot. a little bit picking up around san mateo, santa cruz coast. is back here that we're waiting for. consolidation of the jet stream. also cooler air. better lift. it's coming in on saturday so than now. so each hour we move through. the key will be how fast the system goes through and how much warm air evection we get. san leandro up in santa cruz mountains, keep an eye on that. flood advisories urban and small stream possible. the breeze picks up big time heading saturday into saturday afternoon and evening. rainfall good for everybody. you can double maybe sunday morning or sunday night into monday morning. a lot of cloud covering. there is no support for it right now. but it's getting here. 60 sfo. 61 mountain view. san jose 62 balmy degrees. concord's at 60. fremont is in there. oakland, hayward 61. in it feels muggy, it is. it's raining in tahoe last check. 34 truckee. wind is the big issue. rain today. fog. wind on saturday. snow on sunday when the cold air finally moves in. in the sierra nevada this is all rain. snow level high until sunday when it will plunge like friday. cloudy, mild. mostly a few breaks. cloud cover continues to roll in. very muggy conditions. widespread rain picks up a little later here. 60s on the temps. some temperatures might push the upper 60s. a little sun and a little more sun in the santa clara valley. by tonight into tomorrow we see that rain move in and then it really picks up saturday. sunday will be cold. i mean, you'll notice a huge difference. more rain sunday night into monday. looks like we will get a break tuesday. >> all right. steve, thank you. >> any time. it's 8:20. and they say an apple a day keeps the doctor away. what about aspirin? ahead what a new study has to say about the medicine and cancer. and next your money business. the new jobs report is out. what it says about the economy. ♪ hallelujah it's raining men i'm go out i'm let my is ef wet the ♪. >> absolutely soaking wet! i'll tell you, when i was a d.j. playing at parties and clubs, this was a very popular song for a certain segment. >> yes. >> so this is the weather girls. and it's raining men. that's from moreena pichardo. she comes to our facebook page on regular basis and gives us gems like this. if you want to hear a song go to facebook, twitter or instagram and hashtag #ktvu hashtag #ktvu tvu. back to you guys. >> all right. thank you, sal. it is 8:23. that was the sound of the opening bell this morning. just about two hours ago. we are keeping an eye on the numbers right now. they are all up. came back from the opening numbers a little bit at this point, but the dow, the nasdaq and s&p 500 are all up this morning. part of the reason for that is the monthly employment report that came out right at 5:30. the nation's job report sending mixed signals about the economy. the labor department reports this morning that american employers added 242,000 jobs last month. much meyer han analysts predictions of 190,000. the majority of those jobs are in healthcare, retail, and restaurants for the month. economists say the troubling news in the report is that the average hourly earnings dropped. so first time, first monthly decline in more than a year. the drop in wages indicates not everyone benefitting from the economy. we are watching that for the fed and interest rates of course. sports authority filed for bankruptcy. they are going to close a third of their stores. now we know which bay area stores are closing. one in walnut creek, one in cord a ma dare a. they plan to start liquidation sales as early as today. sports authority that is struggled to compete against e-commerce giants like amazon adds more and more people are buying online. the store closings expected to happen over the next three months. and a billion dollar deal will make amc entertainment the biggest movie theater chain in america. the "wall street journal" says they will by carmichael sin malls for 30 bucks a share. they have 5400 movie screens in urban areas. this deal adds almost 3,000 screens in suburban and rural areas. oakland mayor has unveiled a major new plan she says will help solve the city's housing crisis. she released a 52 page report. the plan includes adding 17,000 affordable and markets rate housing over the next eight years. it aims to give stronger protections for low-income tenants to keep them from being evicted. it would be up to the city council to approve any new housing laws. there is also new evidence this morning showing how much people have to earn to be able to buy a home in san francisco. >> it's big. a report by the mortgage information website hsh.com found byers you need to make at least $148,000 a year to afford a median priced home in san francisco. that's more than double the asking price for a mid-priced home in sacramento. market watch reports the average american needs to earn a little more than $51,000 a year to actord a home anywhere in the u.s. . and for the first time in five years home flipping is on the rise. homes resold within a year made up more than 5% of all sales across the country last year. the berkeley news reports the san jose and san francisco markets had the highest profit per flip of $145,000, but they are also relatively rare because of the high cost of real estate. nevada and florida, they were tops on list for the highest percentage of those flipped properties. well, google is now testing something. it's own version of the mobile wallet right here in the bay area. >> okay, melanie. you are all set. >> see, your hands are full. we are talking about hands- free. and as you saw, it will let users pay using a voice command. >> yeah. all you have to say is i'll pay with google and the payment will be processed. the system works using bluetooth and wifi. right now it is being tested in san francisco. and if you have any questions about your iphone or macbook, send a tweet. apple has launched at at applesupport to offer tips and tricks. this is a change for apple. apple has had twitter accounts for specific products, but has avoided having any central presence on social media. 8:27. still ahead, a shocking new rop this morning about o.j. simpson and the murder investigation. next the knife that tmz says the lapd is secretly testing right now and a bizarre story about how it was found. we will tell you how students are reacting to reports of a sexual assault on a bay area college campus. and we are live in pacifica where the waves are crashing against the pier. coming up what some residents out here are doing to be prepared for a pretty decent storm this weekend. welcome back. new this morning an incredible twist in the saga surrounding the murder of o.j. simpson's ex-wife and her friend more than 20 years ago. >> no murder weapon was ever found, but tmz says a buck knife was reportedly found buried on thecism son estate years ago. it was apparently uncovered by a construction worker, possibly when it was being torn down in 1998. the worker allegedly gave the knife to a police officer, who allegedly kept it at his home. now, according to tmz's javy levin, after that police officer retired he decided to frame it. >> the officer calls a friend of his and says, hey, can you give me the record number of the o.j. simpson case, because i found this really -- i got this really cool knife and it was found on the property and tells him the story. the guy at robbery homicide says, are you kidding me? >> now, the lapd demanded that police officer turn over the knife. it is now reportedly being tested for hair and fingerprints. as you recall, o.j. simpson was acquitted and cannot be prosecuted again. but what a story that is developing. 8:32. we he want to check in on traffic and weather first with steve because we are talking about the rain, of course. it's grey. >> for most. there is a little sun in the san jose area. >> yeah, peeking through. >> alex savidge tweeted out this, what is he say? light rain or heavy drizzle or light mist or heavy drizzle. >> there has been both. >> between. it's everything? >> yeah. our system is getting closer. it will continue to send in cloud cover. we don't have the dynamics yet. they will get here. and the deeper moisture. that will mainly be saturday. things start to pick up saturday. there will be rain today. rainer rain returns. right now there is just no support below about 10,000 feet. but it's going to. kind of mostly cloudy, drizzle, kind of light rain today, rain and wind pick up on saturday, and then much colder on sunday. i mean, there is going to be a huge drop in the temps. a little bit of rain here taking around san mateo coast. also santa cruz and santa cruz mountains. a lot of reports of drizzle. yesterday, by the way, there was some spectacular rainbows around scots valley, capitola and santa cruz. i have posted those on my facebook page and twitter page. double rainbows. it was awesome. that's the moisture screaming towards us. we need everything to consolidate, get in here and that's on the way for saturday. rainfall will be pretty good. there is going to be many locations one, two, maybe three to four inches of rain. some of enhanced areas, santa cruz mountains, russian river, marin county in line for more. everyone's where is that rain? it's barm out there. it is. a lot of low 60s on the temps. the breeze picks up tomorrow. cloudy. mostly cloudy. a few sun breaks. a lot of cloud cover. off and on rain. it shows itself this evening, tonight and no bought it on the weekend. 60s on your temps. 8:34. sal, what do you have for us, sir? >> well, we have some slowing, steve. it's been a little lighter than other days. 880. the crowd has arrived northbound 880 slowing just north of 238 and picks up just after the brake wall. 580 is slow from highway 13. that's an alternate, but not a real good one. bay bridge toll plaza had see slow traffic this morning as you get into the city. you know what's lighter than usual? highway 4 and 680. this commute has actuallien light from concord to san ramon and 580 through the livermore valley is looking good. back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. a pretty big storm expected to rumble through the bay area this weekend as we have been talking about. >> steve is following it. he says it's going to bring heavy rains along with thunder, even lightning. ktvu fox 2's allie rasmus is in pacifica. that surf is rough. tell us what it's like right now. >> reporter: we can show it to you, deaf. it's behind us. the pacifica pier and the program gnawed is where we are this -- the promenade is where we are this morning. the seas are choppy. we are keeping a safe distance from the pier here we have seen waves crash over the fence. i want to show you something else over here across the industry. there are residents who live along the coast who have already started preparing by putting out sandbags. you can see a pile of them in front of the house in front us to protect the homeowners' garage. erosion has always been a problem, or at least this winter's it's been a problem. part of the street and sidewalk is closed here beyond those orange cones. you see the gates they have set up there. that's because underneath it was damaged. part of the wall was damaged and washed away earlier this winter. a few miles away on esplanade avenue people living in the apartments had to move out earlier this year because the cliff underneath the buildings parkedly washed away. i think we have video of that to show you. people who live on the coastline say their neighbors are taking steps to prepare. one even told us he knows neighbors who are planning on boarding up their windows. >> they have had their fences knocked over and their windows broken and, yeah, they're pretty nervous right now. >> if we have the wind, too, we will be in trouble. we will have waves coming over again. holding town the fort, you know -- holding down the fort you know. let mother nature do her thing and step aside and clean up after her, you know. >> reporter: steve paulson has been mentioning it all morning. the strongest storm is expected to hit saturday afternoon with heavy winds 30 to 50 miles per hour and 7-7 inches of rain expected in the bay area. the city of pacifica has sandbags available for residents. some of them are already taking advantage of that. other cities like san francisco also have sandbags available for residents through the weekend. taking a look out here at the pacifica pier, it's always beautiful and impressive to see and hear the waves crashing up against the pier. you can see it's pretty rough out there right now. i think on saturday, according to some residents here, the tide is supposed to be high. pair that with the stormy weather and high winds. that's what some residents are taking steps ahead of that. >> you had to back away a second there, allie. >> to further prove her point. >> reporter: i don't want to get soaked. >> no. allie rasmus in pacifica, thank you. that's going to get rougher over the weekend. 8:38 is the time. students and professors at a community college in pittsburg are being warned about their safety. >> yeah, that's after a sexual assault was reported last night in a women's bath ram. christien kafton, you're at los medanos college. what happened? >> reporter: so word is really filtering out to the student body and female staffers at the school this morning. people are hearing about this sexual battery which occurred on the second floor bathroom. we received a copy of an e-mail overnight that was sent out by the college after midnight after the sexual battery. campus police received a southern of a sexual patry that took place on the second floor of the main college complex. there aren't a whole lot of details about what took place, but there is a description of the suspect. police are looking for a white male in his mid 30s, six feet tall with blue eyes and a medium build. the witness tells police he was wearing a black hoodie, a black banana over his mouth and nose and black -- black bandanna over his mouth and nose. >> there is not a lot of people that if in there. only like maybe 1:00 a lot of girls in like, but like for the later hours, no one really goes it there and no one really knows. >> reporter: police are asking anyone who knows anything about this case to contact them. the college making sure that the female students are on alert and taking care of themselves. guys. >> all right. thank you, christian. very scary. there are some new security cameras. they are helping investigators identify the people involved in a big fight at the santa clara county jail. the footage shows two inmates yesterday punching each other before that fight escalated to include at least ten inmates in a maximum security wing. now, that fight triggered a lockdown at the jail and eventually deputies were able to break it up. but they had to use pepper spray. >> it looks like one inmate brushed up against another and then the fight was on with fists. you can see a lot of fist fighting going on. >> we will be able see who was the aggressor, who was assaulted, who was involved in the fight. >> now, the fight happened a day after the sheriff installed a dozen security cameras in the jail. you might remember us telling you about this yesterday. sheriff lori smith went to costco, used her own credit cad to buy cameras totaling about $760. she did that because the jail's new $20 million surveillance system won't be operational for another two years. time is now 8:40. new claims about an alleged uber scam. a passenger says an uber driver in new york lied about her becoming sick inside of his car and then forced her to pay hundreds of dollars in clean-up fees. the passenger says she caught an uber ride home with two friends after dinner. she discovered a bill later for more than $200 for a two-mile trip. the ridesharing company says the driver claimed one of the passengers had become sick in the car and he provided photos of the what happened. but the passenger says she and the rest of her party were sober and the driver must have faked the photos. ultimately, uber did refund the passenger's money. this is not the first time that questionable fees like this have surfaced about uber. well, facebook is teaming up with spotify and starting today if you go to facebook messenger and click on the more section and chat threads all ios and android users will now find a spotify option. with united states you click on it, it's going to take you to the spotify app. when you select a song, artist or playlist you can be pushed back to messenger with the option of sharing a photo of the cover artwork. if the person you're chatting with clicks on the photo they will be able to listen to the song as well. it's facebook's latest attempt to boost messenger app users. seems like shoppers are spending less money and that is hurting the bottom line of costco. income dropped almost 8% in the most recent quarter. this comes as costco is giving its entry level employees a pay raise. they are going to make at least $13 an hour start this month. that's up at least a dollar an hour. costco's highest paid employees make $22.50 an hour. they will get a 2.5% raise this year. we know the best companies to work for in the country. and 15 of them are in northern california. mountain view's google number one on the list. seventh time in the last ten years. "fortune" magazine's list says google is number one because it sparks workers' imagination. it pays well and has great perks and freebies. other northern california companies on the list include general entech, the guest market, kemp ed hotels and sales force. for the complete list of the best companies to work for we put a link on our channel 2 website. that's ktvu.com. look under the "mornings on 2" tab. >> yeah, i put that on my facebook page, a conversation about what do you think makes a good company to work for? i like the people i work with. that's why -- >> me, too. >> it's a good place to work, right? it's true. 8:43 is the time. it seems a lot of us keep our smartphones right near us, right? but a fast food chain is trying to change that. >> take a look. here's a picture of chick-fil-a's family challenge. we just put this on our instagram page. here is a challenge. it's called cell phone family coop. >> like a chicken coop. >> for chick-fil-a? >> yeah. >> family eating at chick-fil-a has to put their phones on silent and put them in the coop. then you can enjoy your meal. if the family successfully completes the challenge, they get free ice cream, pam. >> i am going to instigate this in my house. >> this is on our instagram page. follow it @ktvu2. everybody in the house who pays attention to each others and doesn't pull out the phone. >> i will try it. >> i like it. i am going to use it. >> okay. 8:44. well, he may be the cutest boy. he has the biggest heart. just ahead you are going to see a story of this little boy and who he is trying to help. people who are less fortunate than he is. next, your health check. what a new study is saying about aspirin and cancer. good morning. we are looking at traffic that is still a little bit slow in some areas, but good news for you if you use the richmond bridge. look at this. a nice commute over to marin. cloudy to mostly cloudy out there. might be a few sun breaks san jose area or south bay. a lot of cloud cover. warm, muggy, humid. rain going to play into the weekend forecast. turns out lemon juice doesn't cure pink eye. hi. how are you doing today? that's how i am. red head fred. ultra rare. i collect these too. nah, these are for my dog because he can never decide which one he wants until he gets home, so... american express presents the blue cash everyday card with no annual fee. cash back on purchases. my only concern is that this is where we put food. a dog's foot is cleaner than a human's mouth. that's what they say. is it? cleaner than my mouth. backed by the service and security of american express. ♪ got the out of bed alone the morning rain comes out my window and i can't see at all and even if i could it would all be grey pit your picture on the wall ♪. >> listen closely. now the song is going to start getting kind of good here. >> stand by eminem with a samplele by dido. it was a cool thing back in the day when this song was popular. this was requested by martha williams. we asked for songs about rain. this song obviously talks a lot about the rain. also some dude named stan. that's a different thing. you can request songs by going to facebook, twitter or instagram. and hashtag ktvu. back to you guys. time for your health check. aspirin linked to reducing the risk of some cancers. there is a new study saying taking aspirin regularly in a low dose lowered the risk of colon cancer by 19% and for gastrointestinal tract cancer by 15%. we don't know why yet. the researchers speculate aspirin might be working in way that's critical to tighting the early pro -- fighting the early production of a tumor. a bacteria has been linked to mostly hospital outbreaks. now, most of the people who were infected, they are over the age of 65 and adding to the mystery none of the sick people had contact with each other. the cdc is interviewing the patients, their families and caregivers. well, there is more evidence that energy drinks can have a negative impact on your heart. the university of the pacific looked at 27 volunteers under the age of 40. they found that drinking two energy drinks a day head to a small increase in blood pressure and a significant rise in a marker for abnormal heart rhythm. now, another study last year also found that energy drinks boost blood pressure as well. now, the researchers say young people with a family history of heart problems, you may want to avoid those drinks or drink them in moderation. and you may soon have to be the age of 21 to buy tobacco products here in california. yesterday the state assembly approved a bill that would raise the legal age from 18 to 21. that measure would require e-cigarettes to be regulated the same way as tobacco. supporters say it will help young people from starting smoking. critics say it restricts individual freedoms. we are heading straight to sal. still watching our commute. >> that's right. we still have slow traffic. and i think people got on the road a little bit later today. the traffic was lighter. then we got more people on eastshore freeway. this is a look at the commute time between the carquinez bridge and the macarthur maze. taking 35 minutes. all in you all, that's not a bad time. on a friday, it's a little bit slow. we have had double the time sometimes. it's not too bad. when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza it is backed up for about a 15 to 20-minute delay as you make it through. the east bay commute in general isn't bad. if you live in concord, walnut creek or drive in this area, it hasn't been terrible. westbound 24 slow through lafayette and lorinda. let's go to steve. >> cloudy, mostly cloudy, foggy. the humidity factor has been high, 90 to 100% at times. fog, drizzle, off and on very light rain, but a lot of cloud cover and mainly foggy conditions. rain will continue to inch closer here. we are looking for a pretty good rain on saturday night into sunday and then again sunday night into monday. sunday will be much different than saturday pause it will be much colder. today cloudy. mostly cloudy. drizzle. rain is going to inch a little closer here. rain and wind on saturday and then sunday cold rain which takes us into monday morning. a lot of cloud cover. some of this rain getting closer here. the dynamics, the jet stream beginning to enhance. get consolidation of jet stream and it's at the lower levels 5,000 feet transport some of that moisture. boy, you can get some decent rain totals out of that. russian river, marin county, i think around mount tam to the santa cruz mountains could easily get four to seven inches. again, depends on the timing and the speed of this system for saturday night. but probably in urban and small stream flood advisory, if it boot scoots through fast, maybe some of these won't apply. brief heavy rain for some. the areas that get that lift, that can produce some coastal heavy rain. everyone should get in on decent totals here. one tootle two, three in isolated areas that favor that enhancement could have a lot more than that. off half moon bay looks like rains are getting close there. knockong the door. that's a sign of things to come over the next 24 to 36 hours. 60s. low -- saws. if it feels tropical, it is. 34 in truckee. tahoe is 40 and rain. saturday will be a windy vent. -- wind event. saturday is when things pick up here. not only the warm rain and the wind which by afternoon and evening could be gusting 50 miles per hour. then sunday i think you will knots that cold air. timing on this will produce some rain today. looks like it wants to be about san francisco, oakland south. so santa cruz mountains, peninsula, also east bay maybe. but it's going to continue to pick up over the next couple of hours. tomorrow morning is when things get going here, especially early afternoon into the evening here. is your front going through 8:00 right there. that's a line of intense rain. this is when it all, you know what, will be breaking loose in the sierra nevada with plunging snow levels. intense winds over the passes. cold air sunday. rain picks up sunday into monday morning. monday morning could be very rainy. rain on the way. a little bitle cooler on the afternoon highs. too much cloud cover. feels warm out there with all this lows near 60 degrees. so highs today not really that big of a deal although it feels tropical or warm now. cold with more rain coming in sunday night and monday. dave. >> got it. steve, thank you. time is 8:54. if you are a giants fan, pay stages. up next changes you will see at the next big game a's. like greasy fast food if youtreats your body...t you'd have no way to watch cat videos. so say no to greasy, fast food... and treat your body right... with the delicious rotisserie-style chicken sandwich from subway. made with our new hand-pulled, all-white meat chicken raised without antibiotics... all on our freshly-baked bread. the subway sandwich shop. fresh is what we do. welcome back to "mornings on 2". new this morning syrian smugglers linked to the tragic drowning of a three-year-old boy they were sentenced today to four years in prison. those images of little alan kurdi drowned on a beach in turkey shocked people all over the world. it crew attention to the refugee crisis. the little boy, his brother and mother, they all died trying sail to greece to raber boat. two smugglers were sentenced to four years in prison. at home, giants fans at at&t park you are going to see some changes at the park. as part of expanded safety measures through major league baseball, there will be extra higher netting extending to the home plate edge of each dugout. that's to help prevent injuries to fans who sit behind home plate and near the dugout. the netting will be strong enough to block a foul ball or broken bat. the oakland a's were told they didn't have to make changes at o.co coliseum. a six-year-old boy in richmond is on a mission. he wants to help foster kids. walt sutton is holding a pajama drive. on his birthday january 23 he asked friends to donate brand new pajamas to give to foster kids. he was inspired by his mother, who works for a non-profit, and his grandmother, who volunteers her time helping foster kids. he also saw a commercial. a sleep train commercial, this one here, asking the public to help foster kids. >> they might not be able to take their toys from place to place. so at least they'll be thankful they can take their pajamas from place to place. >> and he asked his mom to put his fundraiser on gofundme. he has already passed his goal of $1,850 to buy 185 pairs of pajamas. they will bring the pajamas to sleep train next week. you was looking forward to that debate last night and it did not disappoint. >> no. >> [ inaudible ].

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