this is the room where right now the operators of california's electrical grid have trying to restore power to as many as 5 million people. good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. it is a massive power out an up to 5 million people most of them in southern california are without electrical service tonight. people in san diego gas and

electric easter 's territory are the hardest hit. the outage has hurt the cancellation of all outgoing flights of lin dburg airport. around 8:00 tonight, authorities began asking people to stay off the roadways because many gas pumps aren't working. >> this is an unprecedented event. it has not happened to our system ever with this type of magnitude of an impact. >> this is new video just into our newsroom of energy officials in fulsome working to coordinate the restoration of

electricity. as for the cause, the authority says that it was likely caused by one employee working at in arizona. the nuclear power plant in arizona is offline as a precaution. the president says his plan will create jobs immediately and he urged congress over and over to pass the legislation now. kraig boswel has the plan, the cost and the reaction. >> reporter: president obama asked congress to act several times, he said pass it now and this will happen. he said this plan will put teachers, first responders and rescue workers among others

back to work. with millions unemployed. they are hoping and counting on that to happen. president obama unveiled the america's jobs act. the proposal includes tax cuts, it would also extend it to employers. there's also targeted spending for school construction, roads and bridges. >> it will return a jolt to the economy. you should pass this jobs plan tag is about $450 billion. >> everything in this bill will be paid for. >> reporter: house republicans today signals there was room for agreement it's the tax hike on wealthier americans the gop will likely oppose.

>> i just wonder if it's more more of the same. spend now and pay later. >> none of those things are clear. >> some of the spending language that he used sound a lot of the language that we heard in the stimulus pitch years ago. >> reporter: president obama will send the plan to congress next week. he will also give a more detailed spending plan next week. president obama's jobs plan is personal for millions of unemployed construction workers. we found that out in west oakland where they provide training in construction. students here stand to benefit if the infrastructure projects that the president is calling for actually material. student gion jenkins says she's been looking for work for

years. >> everybody is looking forward for him to help us get us good jobs and stuff. that will help us to support our family. >> reporter: the president of the business advocacy group bay area council told us projects for roads and schools will quickly turn into jobs. the speech happened right after the closing bell at wall street. the dow was off 119 points. the nasdaq was off by 19. in 20 minutes, how president obama's speech raises memories of a president a long time ago. and now to san francisco where police arrested dozens of people in the latest of a series of protests. ktvu's jana katsuyama is live now in the city where she found herself in the middle of action when police began shutting down the gates and closed the station, jana.

>> that's right julie, the b.a.r.t. police actually closed those gates for about two hours. they ejected most of the other media and arrested 20 to 30 people. we were caught in the fray and continued shooting from inside. the protest started at about 5:10 with a small but vocal group chanting. b.a.r.t. police in riot gear formed a line and blocked the ticket gate as protesters shouted. then b.a.r.t. police began moving in and shutting down the station. caught inside the circle with protesters we could see some of them being pulled out and led away. some protesters were outraged saying they remained in the protest area. >> we did exactly what we were

supposed to do. >> protesting in the protesting area. >> yes. outside the gatings. >> this is where we're supposed to be. we're supposed to come here to protest. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. police then ejected us and all other media out of the station and continued making arrests. >> we could not maintain a safe atmosphere with the station open and with patrons working around and trying to get through the traffic that was created. >> the station was cleared and reopened. many passengers were irritated. >> they're taking up time that people need to go and see their families. >> reporter: protesters say the arrests were a violation of free speech. reporting live in san francisco, jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. a group of journalism students from san francisco

state got a real life lesson. one journalism senior said she got pushed around. >> i got hit in the face. they took a knife pick, and i got hit with my camera here. officials said u.s. intelligence agencies heard of the threat last night and are investigating three people who recently entered the country. the nation's terror alert level has not been changed. the story of a man who gave

his life to save others and it's being told through opera. that story at 10:30. tomorrow the city of san bruno will mark the one year anniversary of the pipeline disaster. on september 9 last year at 6:11 p.m. a pg & e gas line exploded. eight people died in the disaster and does dozens of others were injured. to honor them, san bruno will hold a memorial to remember them. back in february the puc ordered pacific gas to drop the pressure gas saying in some places the threshold could be dangerous. regulators today also set up an expedited hearing process for

the commission to consider future requests from pg & e. a woman from san francisco is in the hospital after a man kidnapped her at knife point then took her into a vacant house and raped her. >> reporter: this street is a dead end and this is the only way in or out of here. now neighbors say one of the houses down this way has been vacant for several months and police say their suspect went out of his way to take his victim there. all afternoon we watched crime scene investigators take bags of evidence. even a large suitcase out of this abandoned house out of third lane in san francisco. that's where 28-year-old sergio cortez raped a 25-year-old woman. but investigators say the crime started about 5:30 a.m. where cortez picked up the woman for sex. >> he threatened her at knife point. said he would kill her.

>> reporter: police would not say if the woman was a prostitute. but cortez could have had her here for hours before anyone found out. police only learned of the crime when officers responded to a report of a stolen tv from a family member of cortez who lived in the same street. >> i just hope it's locked up and maybe do more patrolling in the area. >> reporter: back here live, police say cortez was already on probation for stolen property. but he now faces kidnapping and rape charges other than the sexual assault investigators say that victim was not seriously hurt. we're live here in south san francisco, eric rasmussen. fbi agents raided the solyndra solar plant just one

week after the company filed for bankruptcy and abruptly shut down. federal investigators say they are conducting a joint investigation with the department of energy. the fbi hasn't released details about the probe but we do know the federal government provided the company with more than $500 million in stimulus loans. >> they shut us down and they're executing the warrant and we'll cooperate fully with them and we're just basically opens up doors and letting them see what they want to see. >> today fbi agents were removing bags and boxes of evidence. on august 31st without notice solyndra announced it was closing off and laying off 1,100 employees. some san francisco hotel workers are on strike this time it's not about wages or benefits. pretty good sized cool down today as we head toward your friday. a pretty good sized warm up. i'll show you how warm in your 1p

workers at a major hotel chain are picketing around the clock around the united states and here in the area. hyatt workers claim the working conditions they are under are abusive. amber lee has the story. >> reporter: the picket line

you see behind me went up at 4:00 in the morning and workers plan to be here around the clock until midnight next wednesday. these workers are joining forces with thousands of other hyatt employees in three other cities for a one week strike. the loud protest is designed to call attention to what the union describes as abusive labor practices at some of their hotels. >> the housekeepers clean 30 rooms a day. our housekeepers clean 14 rooms a day. >> reporter: the hotel's general manager says the union is demanding a clause in their new contract that will enable workers to strike, picket, or boycott the hotel while working under a contract. right now the workers are able to picket because they have been working without a contract for two years. >> it is a national agenda that

the union is basically pushing forward for growth. we >> reporter: we saw this man holding fliers to boycott the protest. >> the yelling with the bull horn and intimidation i think it's offensive, it's rude and it's scary. >> reporter: the hotel's gm told us workers will be welcomed back once the strike is over. talks between the two sides are scheduled to resume on september 19th. reporting live in san francisco, amber lee ktvu channel 2 news. a 5-year-old boy from san francisco was hit by a private shuttle bus tonight and was hospitalized with life threatening injures. it happened around 3:30 this afternoon in the bay view district. a woman was walking across third street with two children one of who was trailing behind her. investigators say the bus turned and hit the child.

no word yet if the bus driver will face charges in that incident. this evening hundreds of tondens tried to rally but police stopped them. it appears the highway patrol spotted the tongens coming from the peninsula acting up on the highway. the tongens are playing new zealand. the only person missing today in court was aleja stoven, now seven months pregnant. >> i don't know what the extent of the period is. it somehow relates to her

pregnancy. >> reporter: the judge said until estaven is cleared by doctors, her arraignment is on hold. >> the fact that the it happened is -- the fact that the defendant is pregnant is going to affect the case. >> reporter: police have not found le's body or a murder weapon and that could make this a tough case to prove. >> do you have a fairly petite female who was pregnant who committed a brutal murder was able to dispose of a body and a murder weapon without any problem or any assistance. >> reporter: late this afternoon, gizell estaven was

taken back to the santa rita jail. for now, her arraignment is back on. police are looking for a man who fired shots after holding up a safe way store. this afternoon, police released this video of a robber pointing a gun at the checker. it happened saturday morning on college and clairmont. he fired at but missed a security guard while leaving. police described the robber as being 6'7-inches tall. the department is offering a $1,200 reward in that case. a settlement has not been reached in a massive tankered explosion. that fire was so intention that it actually brought down a section of the freeway.

in court documents we obtained stayback offers only $3 million from an insurance policy. an attorney told us the case has been settled but the amount will remain confidential. a settlement hearing is set for tomorrow. the national weather service has issued a red flag warning in parts of northern california starting in about six hours and running through saturday. forecasters say low humidity and gusty winds will make for dangerous fire conditions. in gilroy today firefighters put out a 5-acre blaze that destroyed several vehicles and buildings. and fighting fires could be tough because bay area resources are thin. south bay calfire sent five engines and a bulldozer to help control the canyon fire. current firefighters say flames have destroyed 32 homes and 20 outbuildings. calfire said this morning the fire was about 85% contained

and hoped to have full containment tomorrow. and right off the top, the red flag warnings are not in the bay area for this weekend. we are expecting a slight chance of a thundershower. a very slight chance for the bay area proper. up to the lake tahoe area pretty good chance of lightning strikes. the fog today, look how much different it was than yesterday. the fog came in temperatures dropped. wasn't a spare the air day and we saw numbers drop as much as five or 10 degrees. much cooler out there right now. but tomorrow the marine layer compresses again. as it does it gets real dense. and poor visible around the coastal sections. with the fog stuck at the coast that allows inland temperatures on your friday to move back into the 90s. so we're going to see mid-90s again in the inland warmest spot. we cool down today. four to 8 degrees. we're going to warm up

tomorrow, four, five, 6 degrees. and i'll have your bay area weekend forecast. we'll talk more about the thunderstorms not so much for the bay area but for the foothills. i'll see you back here. it's just what the bay area doesn't need, more flooding. the remnants of tropical storm lee are also bringing rising flood waters from maryland north to massachusetts. in fact, it's the worse flooding of the river in 40 years. authorities are concerned that more rain will breach the water tonight. as we approach the anniversary of 9/11. a look at whether the biggest threat to our future is terrorism or the economy. ññ

it's just a couple of days now until the september 11th anniversary. when president obama went before congress tonight he spoke not of terrorism but of the economy. as mike mibach reports, it's a moment in time that harkens back to the depression. >> i'm temporarily retired because i ran a nonprofit and we ran out of funding. >> reporter: so what is it? what is the biggest threat to americans today? is it terrorism or the state of the nation's economy.

the day was july 27th 1948, president harry trueman addresses congress. they are words harley shaken still resinate today. >> terrorism is a real issue for us but our future depends on what happens with the economy. it's families, it's communities, it's the future of the country. >> i like to think about this stuff philosophically. >> he is american philosopher john earl. >> people are worried about the economy because it touches them every day. >> reporter: right now the economy is a bigger threat. >> if we can't build those jobs to keep the economy up what's really going to happen then? we done know. >> reporter: mike miback, ktvu

news. nestle dryers is expanding. the ice cream company is planning to open a new office in the california project. dryers already has a big presence in oakland where the company was founded. it's facility on college avenue is busting at the seam with workers. governor jerry brown says he's reached a deal on corporate taxes with the state assembly. the agreement would base taxes on sales only within california starting next year. brown figures that would raise about a billion dollars in revenue. the plan also would raise the standard income tax deduction for individuals and couples. the state senate still needs to sign the bill. tomorrow is the last day of the legislative session. sacramento lawmakers are also scrambling to craft a bill that would pass the internet sales tax bill. if this new bill is approved the state would delay

collecting state tax from amazon.com and other internet retailers until september of next year. in return, amazon would drop its plan to repeal the measure at the ballot box. the delay would allow time for retailers to ask time for congress for a national solution. the san francisco

it feels like help is never far away. it feels like you're protected against life's little mishaps. it feels like you'll make it home. that's what it feels like to be a member.

a true story about a man who gave his life to save thousands of others during the september 11th terrorist attacks is about to grace the

stage of the opera house. we were invited inside for a sneak peak to learn more about the man who's life inspired an opera -- sneak peek to learn more. >> reporter: it's rehearsal time and there are a flurry of last minute changes. >> i have three pages of very tiny notes and that's just the second act. >> reporter: composer christopher tiefaniti is working to strike a balance between the orchestra and the singer. thomas anson has returned to san francisco to sing the lead role. >> he could lead people, he could inspire people to lead themselves. what is what he really does in his last day. >> reporter: the inspiration behind their newly commissioned work came from the book of the same name. heart of a soldier by james stewart. it's a biography on the life of rick riscola.

>> i read this book and it was drawn to bravery, heroism, courage, a sense of what it means to be an american. >> the characters were very vivid, the message was powerful. it had all of the things that folks look for in opera. >> reporter: the backdrop is the world trade center, but the opera is much more than just that fateful september morning. the story begins in corn wall where as the young boy riscola was inspired by american soldiers. riscola joined a u.s. army

becoming a platoon leader. after leaving the army, he gained a job at the twin towers. in this interview from 1998, riscola is chillingly prophetic. >> this will be a major war in the future. not great battlefields. not great tanks rolling. >> reporter: riscola was on the 44th floor of the south tower. he immediately took control by grabbing his bull horn, ignoring instructions to stay still. instead of leaving, riscola went back inside to look for others. on this day he became more than just a man in a security

uniform. he became an american hero. the opera message for which heart of a soldier thomas hampson delivers. >> love one another, understand one another, take care of the person next to you, be decent, be right, do that and your life will be fulfilled. >> reporter: the new opera is not without a powerful love story. two of the characters were his widow who he had just married two years before and riscola's best friend. with a september 11th anniversary upon us we're seeing a lot of images that bring back the same feelings we had when we first saw it unfold 10 years ago.

for some it's even more intense now. thomas halom was on the 50th floor when a plane fly right into it. low flying planes still scare him. harlon showed ktvu news some photos he took that day but hasn't looked at in 10 years. >> there's sorrow, there's survivals guilt. it's something i have difficult grasping on a day-to-day basis. >> reporter: harlen says he has extensive medical health care and it helped. a psychologist we spoke to said it helps to talk and take part of the memorials taking place. a crane toppled over yesterday while repairing earthquake damage at the national cathedral. the concert of hope had been scheduled there for sunday. it will now be held at the kennedy center. president obama is also

scheduled to speak at the event. ktvu has extensive coverage planned for the tenth anniversary of 9/11. it starts at 5:00 a.m. with a fox news sunday special which features live coverage from new york. then comes mornings on 2. a special edition of 5:00 news airs at 5:30 immediately followed by 9/11 a decade of change. in sacramento today the state senate approved a bill that bans openly carrying unloaded guns a misdemeanor. the bill now goes to the state assembly. two bills cracking down on the ability of prisoners to get cell phones are headed to the

governor's desk. however the bill did not actually make it illegal for prisoners to possess phones. we're told deterrence help with people already locked up. a second bill by elena linquist -- 33-year-old mandesa monroe of berkeley was arrested tuesday morning near her home. tires were slashed on 74 cars. she now faces felony vandalism charges. security cameras filmed monroe slashes one set of tires. monroe is also accused of spraying vehicles in late august. a long contract dispute has entered a new phase. as of september 1st the hospitals are no longer part of the blue cross network. that means almost all patients with anthem blue coverage will

have to pick up significant costs to be treated at stanford hospital. a letter from anthem says anthem is trying to get more money to make up for less money it's getting from state and federal government. both sides say they are still negotiating. jury selection begins for the trial of the ññ

stanford hospital is investigating a breech. it appears that patient names and information was posted online. 25-year-old cate donohugh died in a fire in puerto rico last saturday. tonight a judge found the victim's uncle guilty. the attack happened at a dinner party in the couples honor. the news of the world tonight in russias president

visited the site of a plane crash. russian aviation has a cost cutting mentality. gadhafi forces fired rockets. the rebels have been gathering waiting for the loyalists to surrender by saturday's deadline. the rockets were in response to gadhafi's call today to his forces to keep fighting. in los angeles, jury

selections began with the slaying of michael jackson's doctor. dr.conrad murray has pled not guilty. more than half of the five panel were dismissed. they all claimed the case would be a hardship. they all also said they had heard about the case. and heating up, bo

apple has big plans for an out of this world headquarters until the east bay. but not too fast. the council has to sign off on

the project first. lloyd lacuesta has the story. >> reporter: cupertino is known worldwide because of this sign, this is the logo of apple. on 176 acres of what used to be apple property, they want to build apple campus 2. it looks like a spaceship. the nearest residential neighborhood is westwood oaks. >> as long as they do the proper environmental studies and make sure that it is taken care of. i think that will be positive for the neighborhood. >> reporter: steve jobs went before the cupertino city council to push the idea. he didn't come tonight. when the public for the first time had a chance to chime in

on environmental impacts. >> it's beautiful but it's not going to come without an impact. >> i believe it could be a very good project. >> reporter: an apple official put it this way. >> this is our further reinforcement to the city and community of cupertino just by building this second campus. >> reporter: people broke up into smaller groups to talk about issues that should be in an environmental impact report. >> is it a done deal? >> it's definitely not a done deal. we have to go through a public process. >> reporter: and if people didn't want to speak they could e-mail their thoughts to the city with i pads of course. a vote on the project is expected to come next year. >> ktvu channel 2 news. oprah winfrey paid a visit today to facebook's palo alto headquarters. she did a live interview that was done on facebook. >> i knew there was something bigger calling me just like i

think everybody does in one form or another if you're willing to go to that space and not be directed by other people's view of what you should be in the world. >> reporter: oprah also answered questions from the audience and signed photographs for fans on her way out. she is reportedly also meeting with silican valley leaders about ways to boost traffic to her website. and there's plenty of fog right now in many of the bay cities and right along the coast obviously. but it's not going to go that much further inland. clearer skies and warmer tomorrow. temperatures tomorrow are going to increase about 48 degrees as we head into the weekend. some clouds get in here. increasing clouds from the south. a chance of thundershowers. maybe an outside chance of a scattered thundershower. i'm talking about vacaville, maybe over toward winters but it will be a slight chance.

here is what the computer model thinks. heating is maximum at 10:00. now let's roll into saturday afternoon. this is our best chance and there you go right so you see maybe a stray shower out here forward antioch. but look where all the action is. this is where firefighters had that red flag warning on the northeast portion of the state and in there sunday. they're limited to the ridge or the spine of the sierra nevada for the most part. so that red flag warning in effect for northern california. fire weather watch in effect for the rest of the central valley and up into the foothills, the grass valley and elsewhere. so today's temperatures as i mentioned came down. the highs tomorrow come up. it's going to warm up a good 8 degrees tomorrow. saturday looks nice too. but i think tomorrow will be the nicest day. temperatures trend down on the bay area weekend. this high pressure is going to

give us a little bit of an offshore flow. it clears the fog from the coast and also allows this moisture to funnel up from the south. partly cloudy. chance of a sierra thunderstorm and a bit of a cooling trend. if you're going to lake tahoe there's a pretty good bet you're going to get some thundershowers out there. this time of year any kind of lightning is not what you want. i was checking online and they were staffing up extra firefighters this weekend up there in the north state in the central part of the state. 96 in brentwood, 94 in livermore. 90 in morgan hill for friday. warmer than it was today but not as warm as it was yesterday. no spare the air day tomorrow. a little bit of fog along the coast. but i think we'll see clearing as well. this week really flew by. we have your bay area weekend, your five day forecast with your weekend in view. you can see those high clouds representing tropical moisture. right now the main impact noticeable weather event

tomorrow will be the heat. hotter inland. the weekend just a little bit cooler but still nice. >> thanks bill. more problems for b.a.r.t. tonight. we've gotten late word about vandalism. we're told the group of eight to 10 people wearing black hoodies went into the station carrying hammers. they smashed clipper card scanners and two ticket vending machines and tore the light off of a flower machine. they also sprayed graffiti including charles hill, he's the man that was shot and killed by b.a.r.t. police. b.a.r.t. has asked san francisco police for additional patrols now at all b.a.r.t. stations in san francisco. >>'l [ agent ] so your policy looks good, is there anything else?

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fantasy football fans won't be missing anything when they attend nfl game this is year. the league has ordered all teams to show realtime fantasy football stats on the scoreboards this season. the national football league says fantasy football isn't gambling or tainting the game and it wants the seats filled. an estimated 25 million people take part in fantasy football.

mark ibanez joins joins us now. what a way to start the football season. >> football is this country's passion and you saw great reason why tonight. living up to every bit of the hype. the last two super bowl champs wall to wall entertainment in the city that is the very heartbeat of profootball. green bay-wisconsin lambeau field and the packers the defender champs come out quick. that one to randall kolb. you're thinking a blow out. no, saints play like champs themselves. swells out of the raiders glad to see this guy out of the afc west. doing this kind of stuff, 72 yards on the punt return. 21-17. down to under two minutes left. drew breas, 419 yards passing including 24 there to marcus colston. looking to tie it, they need

the two point conversion. no time on the clock after a pass interference. ingram the heisman trophy winner look at him. he is under cut and stopped at the goal line. by the skin of their teeth the packers win their opener. it's not overly dramatic i wouldn't say to save the career of one of the great quarterbacks in jeopardy tonight. peyton manning 35 years old, plays the most vulnerable position in a very violent game. don't expect him back this season or possibly ever. the raiders take the national spot light on monday night to open their season against the team oakland just shalacked last year. 38-7 the raiders have won in

denver their last three trips up there which opens of course the revenge factor for the broncos. hugh jackson looking for his first win as the new head coach of the raiders is well aware of all the talk. >> i've heard a lot of things they've said. you know tell them to keep talking that's cool. they've said a lot of stuff. one thing i know about the raiders is we're going to show up. i promise you that. >> you have to go out, each season is different. you have to go out and play the game for what it's worth. >> they might be a little chip peu. >> it doesn't matter. >> doesn't matter. it's football. you probably gathered by now the giants who are hanging by a thread and the a's who are playing off the string off toáet. resuming play again tomorrow night. dodgers at at&t tomorrow night. giants need every win they can get. >> they sure do. >> mark, thank you. >> ktvu morning news