switch to at&t u-verse and record four shows all at the same time. just $29 a month for 6 months. at&t. complete bay area news coverage tarts right now. this is the -- starts right now. the leading edge of hurricane irene is lashing the carolinas, with landfall just six hours away. hurricane irene lost a bit of her punch, tonight the winds are down to 100 miles an hour. but irene is still a serious

threat to minimums of millions people as a -- threat to millions people. we begin with jennifer davis where the winds are picking up in carolina. >> we are starting to see gusts of wind that we have not seen today. but it's clear that irene is almost here and then she will move up the east coast. waves crashing in and making it the up the steps here. earlier in the day it was sunny and many people took advantage of the clear skies, pulling

boats out of the water. >> boats will not be there in an hour. >> much of the year is bored up. people left lifts for irene. you have to go deep in history to find a storm like irene. >> you have to back to 1960. that is why locals say they paid attention to evacuation orders. >> i remember my parents talking about hurricane hazel and you never know. so it's better to be safe. >> those that cannot board to stay at hotels there's shelters that they can stay at. >> some of them are hurting, the inconvenience of it and

they know, that they are going to be protected where they are. three of hose shelters are here in -- three of those shelters are here in town. they had at least 200 people, families and singles and elderly that are spending the night tonight. ktvu channel 2 news. more details on hurricane irene, tonight 29 million people along the east coast are under a hurricane warning from north carolina to new york. 2million people have been told to evacuate homes and low coastal line areas. latest information coming out to hurricane, winds are unchange still 100 miles an hour, moving north northeast at 14 miles an hour.

location about 140-miles from cape lockout north carolina. you can see the it approaching this location. the forecast track here we go as we take it into saturday morning between 4:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. winds 190 miles an hour, and moving up north. you can see the track for the rest of the weekend moving into new york and possibly as a category one hurricane, and then coming up we will have the rainfall expectations and the surge expectation on the eastern sea board. we are getting a better look at the after math of irene in the bahamas. if these pictures are my indication, it could be extensive. hundreds of homes were i dod or

-- hundreds of homes were damaged or destroyed. hurricane irene forced the president to cut short his vacation. the president issued a warning before returning to the white house tonight. >> i cannot stress it highly enough. if you are in the projected path of this hurricane, you have to take precautions now. >> the first family had been at the popular tourist spot until today, they landed at andrews air force base two hours ago. new york city is taking unprecedented actions ordering mandatory evacuations and shutting down the mass transit system. people have been told to go to higher ground. that includes the battery park city complex to southern tip of

manhattan. subways and buses and commuter trains will be shut down by noon tomorrow. >> if you are not out tomorrow morning you'll find it difficult to get out. hospitals in flood prone areas started to move patients. more than two hundred patients were transferred by ambulance to other facilities. airlines account for nearly 2000 flights at the big airports. our team coverage now live at s the fo, travels can expect -- sfo, travelers can expect delays. >> the schedule boards say it all. united canceled all flights until monday. three to jfk and 2 to newark

were canceled today and eight more are not flying tomorrow. passengers are scrambling. >> i was supposed to fly out and now it canceled so i'm trying find out when i'm getting out of here. >> we were able to get a flight to cleveland tomorrow. and then, we are going to drive to columbus, that is where my family is take the flight from columbus to new york on monday. hopefully. >> worried about your home back there? >> my wife is a physician too, so we are trying make sure her patients are okay too. >> this tennis pro is taking a group of 14 to new york this weekend for the start of the u.s. tennis open. >> everyone is afraid that they will not get there and if they get there, they are afraid there will be no stadium to go to or electric in in the hotels

or restaurants. -- no electric in the hotels or restaurants open. the financial impact could run as high as $40 million. live at san francisco airport. ktvu channel 2 news. continuing coverage throughout the 10:00 news, at 10:30 how the bay area is mobilizing in response to hurricane irene and we will track the storm's progress. tomorrow morning turn to ktvu mornings on 2 for more coverage on hurricane irene. we will be on from 7:00 until 9:00 following the storm as it pushes ashore. barry bonds conviction has been upheld for obstruction of justice. >> the judge denied his request for a new trial. can ktvu news has learned

that it will take three months before bonds is formally sentenced. a new plan to safeguard pipelines by pg&e, customers will need to foot the bill though. this follows the last year's deadly explosion in san bruno. it will make the pipeline system the safest in the country. they will strength test the pipe segments and move the paper records to electronic management suspect. they are expecting the customers to pay for it, it increases the average monthly bill by $2. outag happened last night

at 10:00 p.m., it was caused by a downed branch. a woman heard light bulbs in her home popping. a crab fishing boat ran ashore. it ran on to the rocks. ktvu amber lee talked to one of the men who is now in the hospital and he told her he feels lucky to be alive. amber? >> frank, you can see how foggy it is here. that is what made the boating risky. they crashed into rocks 150 feet below this cliff. the highway patrol air lifted a 65-year-old man to safety, after a fishing trip turned into a life threatening ordeal. he said that the line from the crab net got caught in the boat

propeller causing the bay liner to run aground on rocks. >> i feel lucky to be here. the waves were breaking over the boat and throwing me around like a toy doll. i feel very lucky. >> the man's friend managed to jump on to rocks and called 911 from his cell phone. >> we launched our rescue swimmers life guards out of the beach, they responded, got on scene quickly, with a rescue jet ski with a sled. >> the victim was right in between them. >> a ranger showed us photos that he took as part of the rescue team, they found him to floor of the boat unable to move, so they bundled him up and air lifted him to a ambulance. pella said that he is battered and bruised but otherwise okay. >> would you try it again or

think twice? >> no. >> he plans to sell his boat. this was his first type crab fishing. park rangers said their concern about the boat is that it will leak fuel. the company hired to get the vessel said that they will likely get it tomorrow. tracking dense fog right now, coming up where the fog will be first thing tomorrow morning and if warmest day of the weekend. fresh crews gearing up for a fierce firefight and how [ female announcer ] at the jcpenney as big as it gets sale,

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the u.s. forest service tells us that it has called in fresh crews to fight a pair burning near yosemite -- fight a fire burning near yosemite. the fire is laying down tonight but the firefighters have not gotten containment. it is burning outside of yosemite in the national forest along highway 140. ktvu went there today when the flames were spreading quickly. when it was first reported at noon yesterday the fire was 40-acres and by midnight it was

a thousand. and now by this afternoon it at 2000-acres. >> it has been dubbed a motor fire because it was an rv's engine that exploded and started the fire. >> the hard work is being conby 600 firefighters, hiking up steep, rocky land in the sierra marshall forest. >> the weather i was told was not the major concern right here, it's the terrain. >> some of the 300 evacuated cedar lodge guests were taken back to the lodge to pick up their property. homes in the area were evacuated. >> there are 70 structures that are in danger and 30 out buildings. >> 15-miles of the highway has been closed down. their rocks in the road way and

downed trees, so it will not open until the fire is out. san francisco police, 49ers and team officials and nfl leaders met today for a meeting, this comes one week after all the serious violence in a game against the raiders. police say they are adding extra officers on motorcycles and bicycles and on foot. they will be patrolling the stands and the stadium parking lot. police are looking for a suspect in connection with the beating of a fan in a bathroom at candlestick. investigators describe the man as a heavy set pacific islanders, he is over 6 feet tall weighs 260-pounds. the raiders are also at home this weekend in oakland, the police told us today that the police will attend the game and have security at the coliseum.

20 extra officers have been assigned to patrol the parking lots and tailgate parties. an amtrak train derailed in the mid-west today, 22 people suffered nonlife threatening injuries. the train hit a piece of farm equipment. it derailed and one passenger said testify of a long rough trip. the train was of eight hours late after hitting an abandon car in salt lake city. the capitol of tripoli was calmer today, there were still gun battles though. the firefight you aring looking at here is near a hotel why journalists are staying and there's dead bodies littering

the city, the rebels are going door to door to look for gadhafi. >> in a southern neighborhood, rebels pushed on and ran into gadhafi fighters and retreated. there's hundreds of abandon dead bodies at a hospital, civilians included. >> new information tonight about the death of a young south bay marine who military investigators said was hazed before his death. the officials want to understand what happened to him. harry lewis shot himself in afghanistan after brutal

hazing. he wrote a message on his arm saying this was the right choice. >> the family is devastated. we were shocked to hear how he died. >> lou grew up around politics, his uncle was a mayor. and the family asked honda to help. he has concerns about the new sudden transfer, and why did the captain say peers take care of peers. >> it sounded like they had permission to harass him. >> paul fong a friend of the family is upset. he said that now he will be forced to correct a tribute he made to assembly room floor when he said they were killed in action. >> it's the wrong information. we would like the report to be

truthful and thorough. in san jose, robert honda, ktvu channel 2 news. a vigil is planned for tomorrow for a missing nursing student, she disappeared and was last seen in a parking lot. police declared the case a homicide but her body has not been found and there have been no arrests made. tomorrow's event is across from the parking structure. fog pulled back to the coast line earlier today and that is where it is right now. areas of dense fog and visiblity could be coming down to less than a quarter of a mile near the immediate coast line and patchy fog will be heading into the bay as we head to the over hours.

-- overnight hours. micro climates, patchy fog and low to mid-60s. around the bay, patchy fog, partly sunny, low 70s to low 80s. clouds moving back into the region, and warming up to the lower 80s and lower 90s. more updates on hurricane irene. people living in a an up scale neighborhood in san francisco are complaining about this home, they say it's an eyesore that is attracting squaters. the city made a law requires property owners to register abandon biddings or pay a heavy fine. the niberian government who -- the nigerian government who owns it has not responded.

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new at 10:00, a camera system designed to keep traffic moving on busy roads. we are live in walnut creek where testing has been performed >> these cameras are counting cars and adjusting to the traffic patterns out here to match the timing of the lights to busy times. the drivers said it's badly needed. heavy traffic, and rattled nerves on this road in walnut creek. >> it's bad, it's really bad. >> can seem worse when red

lights last too long and green lights seem on too short. engineers may have found the answer for this major artery that carries 74,000 cars a day. the solution to the traffic headaches starts with a network of cameras including that one. sending real time traffic information to this control center that can automatically adjust the traffic lights. >> we have a camera that counts the traffic as it enters the intersection. while engineers have been doing it manually for 20 years, the new program can adjust to traffic flows and learn what to expect on its own. >> all of the data from all five cameras is like five heads working together to see what is going on with the artery. >> a state grant helped to pay for the project covering 17 intersections, but if i can shave a few minutes off of a

commute, the drivers said it's worth it. >> that is great so i can get to my daycare in time so they do not over charge me. >> there's other cities looking at the technology, this system is in the testing mode and engineers say it should be ready to launch in the next month or so. life in walnut creek. residents in yuba county are fighting plans to have the trash shipped to their landfill. they have a $112 million contract to ship some of the garbage to the wheatland starting in four years, yuba county residents have filed a lawsuit saying that an environmental impact assessment should have been done first. stocks moved higher after federal reserve chairman offered encouraging words for

the u.s.'s future growth. he did not offer any intervention at this time. tim cook is reaping the rewards of his new position, the company awarded the new ceo 1 million shares of stock. base on the price, it's over $300 million, it is restricted stock. the frc is restarting the review of at&t proposed take over of t-mobile. the process takes 180 days. the justice department is looking into the deal amid antiñ trust concerns. the fcc sought more information about the americaner after hearing about it. at&t -- about the merger after hearing about it. howling winds taking north carolina by storm. we are continuing to monitor hurricane irene, we will have

more after the break.

this is the view of hurricane irene from the international space station. you can see the center of circulation, or the eye of the storm, it not well defined the hurricane center said that it still packs quite a punch. we are tracking irene, and we have more developments. >> reports of tornadoes moving into north carolina as you would expect, that is typical with a landfall and hurricane it's not on land yet. but approaching. you can see on the radar, this is the loop over the past six hours moving up the north

carolina coast line and with that we are expecting landfall early tomorrow morning. storm surge along the north carolina coast line could be 6 to 11 feet over normal tide levels. 3 to 6 feet over the north carolina virginia boarder and 6 to 10-inches for the rainfall. once again, this is a category 2 hurricane with winds of 100 miles an hour, prior to landfall tomorrow morning it could be a category 1 with winds of 90 miles an hour. hurricane irene is forcing could e-- forcing casinos to close down. chris christi reported the shut

down of the casinos. amtrak has been canceling train service and offering reduced service tomorrow, no trains will run in the northeast on sunday. passengers that purchased tickets can get refunds or rebook. and in virginia, some gas stations ran out of gas earlier today and the ones that were open had long lines. so far prices have not gone up but they could soon, since refineries are shutting down in the area of the storm. we see why some medical workers say the call for help caught them off guard. >> nurse and emt wait for their assignment in the red cross chapter. >> the call last night surprised me that we will get there before it happens. >> i have my gps in here. they will in north carolina tomorrow waiting for the

hurricane to hit. food will be difficult to get. places will be hut down. they do not have -- will be shut down, they do not have power, and gasoline will be in shortage. >> bay area chapters are sending volunteers to the coast. >> we will need feeding and sheltering. >> other agencies are helping. coast guard is depolying two public affairs specialists to new york. and a c-130 coast forward after craft is on stand by to help with search rescue and transporting supplies. they have already sent an incident management team to new hampshire and more staff is on the way. >> we have been asked for additional staff to go out and support our colleagues in new york. and so we are getting people on a plane tomorrow. >> clark said that there are 15 people on that incident management team in new hampshire. their role is to help with

fema's regional office and new hampshire's state emergency center office. stay with us and we will be monitoring hurricane irene and the impact throughout the weekend. investigators in new richmond are investigating a shooting death of a resident. it happened early this morning and police say they found an elderly woman dead from gun shot wounds the shooting left the man in critical condition. they lived in the house along with several children. police detained two people from questioning and so far no arrests have been made. in red wood city, vehicles took off after running over a man that had laid down in the street apparently to commit suicide. he ended up dieing at the scene. investigators are now looking for a small silver sedan and a

black suv, witnesses told us that he was in a bar and said he was going to hurt himself before he went out and layed down in the street. an emotional movement involving two mothers on opposing sides of the case. the judge handed down the young man's sentence, three consecutive life terms in prison without the possibility of parole for ordering the murder of a man and two other men while he led the now closed bakery. another man got two life terms without parole. the families say the long ordeal is finally over. >> there's no satisfaction really, how can you have satisfaction, it's like the coffee cup half full.

>> before sentencing bay's attorney red attorney read a statement from his client. this has not been about truth and justice, it's about perception and politics. i apologize to my family and to the families of the victims, even though i know i am innocent. >> it disappointing to hear him say that when you know it's completely untrue. >> bailey was shot to death in august of 2007. bay wanted to prevent bailey from writing unflattering stories about the bakery's finances. the mother told the men that she forgave them. >> justice was served. >> both of the men plan to appeal the convictions but the prosecutor said that she is confident that neither defendant will ever again step

outside of prison walls. a mystery tonight at south lake tahoe, why police are interested in the safe and what it may have to do with an unsolved mystery. the raft of two men, a brave home owner helped aid in their arrest. and

2 burglary suspects led police on a car chase. two men were taken into custody, police say the suspects broke into a home about 10:00 this morning and they say the home owner walked in on them and called police.

>> she went to grab a cell phone and they tackled her as she described it to try and get the phone away from her and then they ran. she was able to get a description of the car and license. called us. >> an officer spotted their car and chased it. police are trying to see if the men are connect to other burglaries in the area. news of the world, in nigeri a a, 18 people died today in an attack to united nations. a radical muslim sect claimed responsibility. it was the group's first attack on foreigners. in mexico, the president declared three days of mourning following an arston attack on a

casino. usually these people kill rivals but these people did not fit that description. dozens of forest fires in greece. forest fires are common there in the summer but this year, the country's debt crisis is making it more difficult. facebook is boosting the resolution and size of photos on its website. the upgrade means that photos should load to the site twice as fast. it said that users up load more than 250 million photos every day. half of all adults are on social networks 2/3 of adults use facebook and twitter. the number of baby boomers are

growing. in south lake tahoe, a newly discovered safe could possibly contain the clues to solve a murder case that happened decades ago. the safe was discovered sealed inside the wall of the old barn -- inside the walls of the old barney's casino. three lock smiths have failed to open the safe. they plan to try again next week. this will be my eighth burn. >> packing up tonight for burning man. what makes this year's eve ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] because you never stop improving your recipe... we never stop improving ours.

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new at 10:00, 10s of thousands of people are packing their things to spend some time in the desert. we caught up with locals about to take part in the sold out event. this ticket for this year's burning man could be a collector's item. it's the first time that it sold out and tonight hundreds of bay area residents are heading out. >> this will be my eighth burn. >> he is packing up to join friends that last left week to build the only 5 star hotel. >> this year the hotel has been acquired by an australian entity and they will run the hotel. >> it's not the kind of talk you expect to hear at burning

man. i'm expecting a long fun kind of creative open experimental whack at the desert. >> but -- week at the desert. >> participants will get special insurance for themselves. >> burning man has had to grow up themselves and become, you know, more regulated. >> in a sense become more main stream. it may be a temperature city with 50,000 participants but it's still in the u.s. >> it gets more main stream and people joke about it bus it doesn't, the essence has not disappeared. >> burning man starts on monday and the grand final, the following weekend. the counter culture is cat nip for the masses and it's attracting san francisco

supervisors. but the rebel reputation has stuck around. >> reporting live in alameda, ktvu channel 2 ms.. a bill to criminalize cell phones in prisons is making its way through the state legislature. the legislation aims to crack down on those smuggeling cell phones into the prison. some inmates are using the phone to make drug deals from behind bars or order killings. bar tenders may be able to infuse their alcohol with fruit, herbs and other seasonings. an old legal code that cracked down on infused alcohol has been considered to be changed. scientists say that one of the reasons that hurricane irene grew powerful is because sea

temperatures back east or warmer than normal last year. that can create these type of conditions. in one way the temperatures at the pacific ocean can effect weather to other side of the country. >> we have a huge pool of cold water and that impacts the flow in the atmosphere and that extends over the east coast and so that is the impact. meteorologists say that right now lanina is neutral but could get intense this fall. back here in the bay area, out in the pacific, the fog is reforming and doing its thing right now and hugging the coast line and pushing back to the bay. santa rosa reporting partly cloudy skies. first thing tomorrow morning,

we could see spotty drizzle out there and especially near the shore lines. patchy fog will be to increase, the weekend, morning cloud cover, temperatures will be warming up and then next week, we are talking about a cooling trend. interesting developments here on the satellite and radar, look at the moisture moving in, a few high clouds moving in. with the moisture in place, there's a chance of a shower near the bay area. but we will pick up a few high clouds as we go to the first half of the weekend. clearing skies and that means the warmest locates inland will be in the upper 90s. here is the forecast model. i'll put it in motion.

here we go, clouds, again, san francisco to oakland up to sonoma county and hayward and fremont patchy fog on parts of the bay area shore line. and more sunshine as we work our way across the bay. we will have a 30-degree range for tomorrow afternoon. santa rosa 86 degrees and richmond around 74. these numbers about the same as today or 2 to 3 degrees warmer. and once again, you will notice a few high clouds rotating through the region, south tomorrow morning and into the afternoon. san francisco, 68 degrees. here is is a look ahead. your extended for cast, weekend in view. fog is a pact or as we head to sunday morning and away from the coast as we go to concord and livermore, approaching upper 90s. hot inland, and cooling trend

starts on monday. we will have an update on hurricane irene in the system makes landfall first thing tomorrow morning. thank you. a major freeway ramp closure is set to start in a few moments. caltrans will shut down the ramp connecting northbound 880 to eastbound 80 in emoryville for cleaning and maintenance.

hurricane irene is forcing changes to several major sports

events this weekend, the pga sour, will have four round and the giants and mets were supposed to play but that game is scheduled for monday. the giants just got a win. >> yeah, you know, a win, it counts but a little perspective, the giants beat the worst team in the league. they scored two runs against a pitcher that came into the game with an e.r.a. of nearly 6. draw your own conclusion, it has to get better than this and let's admit it it was not great hitting weather. it was cold. a grounder to tejada, that was a beautiful play, derosa deserving credit on the 1st base end of that deal.

keoppinger, a 1 out 2 run double and it makes a difference, casilla, ended it second save, the beard appreciates it while he is injured. the giants are 3 back of the timed backs. tonight, -- of the diamond backs. sizemore was gotten with a 2-run shot and willingham, he had a good shot. you never know when you'll need luck at fenway, dejesus, that scored a pair. the a's after giving up 22 yesterday, score 15 to win it today. they will play a double header by the way tomorrow.

the raiders get a look at the goods this afternoon. everyone wanting to sneak a peek at the new quarterback in camp, that is of course, terrelle pryor, his first as a raider as you would expect. maybe a bit rusty, completed four of nine passes. fumbled a couple of snaps, get him out there and get him in, and start getting him comfortable. >> any time you come in fresh you are trying to improve. i'll not here to answer to any critics. i'm 17, 18 days practices behind and i'm catching up right now. so, give me a couple of days and i should be able to fill it in and i will feel more comfortable. >> at the quarterback match up, they figured on when they put on national tv tonight. peyton manning to sidelines with collins and surp bowl winner aaron rogers showed up and did his part. 18-yards and the touch, packers

on top 24-21, rogers was sacked four times and completed

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