>> good morning. police are looking for someone who set a portable classroom on fire. details ahead. parents and students are on heightened alert after a bomb threat. we are learning how police are responding. and i'm live in san francisco where ryan seacrest has shown up for auditions of the 10th season of "american idol." that starts next. good morning. welcome to morning on 2. i'm

dave clark. >> police are working an overnight fire that broke out at midnight on campus. we have jae hernandez with more. >> reporter: we moved to the back of the school last night. you can see the insulation that has been pulled out of it. firefighters believe someone threw something flammable through the window. a neighbor saw the fire and stalled for help. they saw someone leaving the area after the fear broke out. joining us this morning is the principal of the high school. thank you for joining us this morning. can you tell us a bit about what authorities told you? >> they called me after midnight from the police department. let me turn my phone off. >> reporter: i'm shower a lot -- i'm sure a lot of people

have questions. >> she said -- they said i needed to come down and turn off the fire alarm. it was 12:20. the fire department did a great job. they got here right away and saved the building. it is smoky inside, but the building will be okay. >> reporter: the portable is between two others and close to the high school. >> it is very scary. if that caught inside and it went, these other two would have been in trouble. we are fortunate that we are dealing with one. >> reporter: tell us how this impacts classes? >> not too much. it is one classroom. we will relocate them to the library. we will be okay. >> reporter: thank you so much. i understand from the police that this is all under investigation. they actually called a csi unit out here. they will review surveillance

camera video. they have witnesses as well. they do have a person ever interest that they -- a person of interest. they want to keep the investigation ongoing. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. thank you. trouble at another school. there is a warning this morning and security will be tighter today for students at briarwood elementary. more police will be at the area after vandals scrawled graffiti on a school door threatening to setoff a bomb tomorrow. the threat was discovered august 4th. a letter went home to parents telling them about the precautions the school is taking. time is 7:03. ious are looming on the california's horizon. the state comptroller says california is about to run out

of money and he will have to issue ious to contractors that do business with the state. california is facing a $19 billion budget shortfall. this is the second consecutive year ious have been issued. furlough fridays are back. they will take effect tomorrow for most state employees. the state supreme court sided with governor arnold schwarzenegger yesterday. furloughs can resume at least for now. this will affect 134,000 state employees. it is also expected to take a big toll on state services, including the dmv. >> we have had customers who are crying because they cannot get their registrations cleared because there are no workers in sacramento to do all of this work. >> the governor wants three unpaid days off a month. that is expected to save the

state about $150 million. they are expected to continue while the court reviews if the governor has the authority to enforce the furloughs. arguments are set to begin on september 8th. we are learning of more salmonella cases in the bay area. there are reportedly 25 cases in san francisco. 16 cases in alameda county. 22 cases in contra cosa county. so far, no deaths have been reported. >> i think i saw a case of fever and diarrhea and vomiting. you get sick a couple of days. the disease is more severe for susceptible people. >> the recall has been

expanded. it includes 380 million eggs nationwide. thoroughly cooking eggs can kill the bacteria, but it is recommended you throw away or return the recalled eggs. to find the product numbers of the recalled eggs and use-by dates, log on to ktvu.com. time is 7:05. thousands of people started the day singing. they are lined up outside at&t park for the "american idol" auditions. we have tara out there with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. ryan seacrest was out here a moment ago. he was pumping the crowd up for the production element that they are filming for the show. about 8,000 people are going to trickle through the stadium for the audition process here soon. "american idol" crews have been

running the gib over the crowd here. this is a shot they run for the show. producers say the turnout in san francisco is great all they it is half of the -- great although it is half of the number of people in new jersey and nashville. these people have been camped out here since midnight. we asked for a couple of bars. ♪ don't you remember ♪ you told me ♪ you loved me ♪ baby. ♪ ♪ don't worry ♪ about ♪ this heart ♪ of mine ♪ because i kept ♪ my heart ♪ under control ♪ and i love you ♪ more ♪ than i did ♪ before ♪ nothing has changed >> good job. we had a chance to talk to a runner up.

bo bice. >> i'm here pumping the crowd up and having fun. i guess i'm reliving the experience for the first time in five years. idol is a tight-knit family. they have done a lot for me and my career. >> reporter: we will get the opportunity to speak with ryan seacrest. we are supposed to talk to him this morning. all of these folks will be in the stadium. they will be lined up all over the field. nobody knows which order they are going in. they will give it their best shot. if they make it past this round, they make it to another round and then they find out if they get a golden ticket to hollywood. reporting live, now back to you. that is causing a traffic jam at at&t park. that is unusual.

>> the street traffic has died down. we had some tweets from people who said what is going on? they look out and they see that going on. be aware. it will be a big traffic problem. you should drive by there without any major delays. let's take a look at northbound is 01. getting up to -- northbound 101. getting up there is slow. 237 with slow traffic out to highway 101. this morning's commute is going to be okay at the toll plaza. not a big crowd. that is about all. 7:09. here is steve. a change today. we had the high overcast yesterday that burned off and sunny. temperatures cooled off. we had 70s and 80s. the cool summer pattern has no signs of changing.

the systems that are digging in that have been going on since june and july have getting stronger. the one coming in this weekend will wipe out the fog. morning fog and mist for one day. it will be warmer inland. the weekend will be cool and windy. a lot of low clouds on friday and saturday. sunny on sunday. the wind is cranking up early next week. a couple of systems for us. the system is almost into idaho. we are seeing some of that fog again on the deck and mist. 64 in san francisco. 72 in oakland. still below average. that is downtown. the airport will be about 84. mountain view at 75. the wind at traverse is 13 miles an hour. it gusted to 25 at this time yesterday. the higher elevations are

running 8 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago. that is a big jump. the fog is compressed. it means it will be warmer. 38 in tahoe. 388 in truckee. for those -- 38 in truckee. for those of you going up along the coast, 50s and 60s. one system moves out. this low is coming in tomorrow. then the strong one up there that is carving out over the weekend. we will have wind and cooler temperatures. today, we warm up. after today, the high is going bye-bye. the trend will go into saturday and sunday. fog and mist gives way to sunshine. it will be warmer away from the

coast. the sea breeze is still there. low clouds and breezy and cooler. much cooler on saturday. sunny, but windy on sunday. thank you. 7:11. it is a new era in iraq. the last of the u.s. combat troops just pulled out. we will tell you what is next and what is left behind. and as proposition 8 works through the courts, another fight could be added to the mix concerning who will pay. and the foul odor at the san jose airport. it could cost the city thousands of dollars in rent.

a bit of blue sky there and fog hanging around the east

bay. itwilll burn off sooner. 7:14. the united states has reached a milestone in the nearly 7.5 year war in iraq. the last combat troops have left left iraq and crossed the border. we have allison with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. let's get to the video given to us by the defense department overnight. >> it is over. >> reporter: it shows a lot of happy u.s. troops leaving iraq for the last time. this is the 4th stryker brigade rolling into kuwait and on their way home. the commander says they are leaving the country a better place than when the war started more than seven years ago. >> the democratic state. a friend of the united states.

>> reporter: now operation new dawn begins. 50,000 u.s. troops will remain for a year. they will focus on rebuilding the country while iraqis take the lead on security. there are looming questions about the stability now of iraq's government. reporting live from washington d.c., allison burn ktvu channel 2 news. >> the iraq war begin on march 20, 2003 with the bombing of baghdad. nearly 32,000 have been wounded in the war. there is no confirmed number of iraqi casualties. estimates range from 50,000 to 600,000. 7:16. national guard troops are about to be deployed to the california and mexico border. this will be the first of 224

national guard members to be deployed there. it is part of the national program across several border states. they will spend a year helping patrol agents to prevent illegal border crossings and smuggling. fighter jets will fly over california today as the defense command carries out a series of war games. most of the planes are flying in the sacramento area. norad is testing the ability to intercept hostile aircraft. house speaker nancy pelosi is clarifying her plans to build a mosque near ground zero in new york city. pelosi said the mosque project is a local zoning issue that new yorkers should decide for themselves. she also called for an investigation to see who is funding the opposition to the mosque. >> there is no question that there is a concerted effort to

make this a political issue by some. i join those who have called for looking into how is this opposition to the mosque being funded. >> critics responded by saying house speaker nancy pelosi was trying to intimidate those who oppose the project. she said she was not calling for a formal investigation. she was just saying there was a need for transparency. 7:17. the city of san francisco has joined the lawyers who sued to overturn the state's ban on gay marriage in an attempt to recover legal costs. papers were filed this week. the city was asked to extend the deadline for reimbursement of attorney fees. those suing to overturn proposition 8 say they will seek to recover the attorney fees from prop 8 supporters, but only if the lower court decision is upheld. the contract dispute with the transit and unions is heading back to court.

the transit directors voted to appeal the court order for the sides to use a mediator to settle. the mediations are expected to start tomorrow. they will appeal a separate order as well. 7:18. the lease is support at jelly's dance club in san francisco. the club's lawyer says jelly's is not going anywhere. the club on pier50 has been the scene of several shootings. jelly's failed to improve security. they had until midnight to vacate the building. the owners went to court saying the contract was terminated illegally. noxious odors could cost the city hundreds of thousands

of dollars in lost rent. the fumes by airlines are so bad that fans have been brought in and odor neutralizing machines have been brought in. the airport plans to carry out more tests next week. some airlines may begin withholding rent unless the problem is fixed soon. time is 7:19. later today, a controlled burn will take place inside the golden gate national recreation area north of the golden gate bridge. the rangers are hoping it will allow plants needed by an endangered butterfly species to grow back. the number of the butterflies is dropping. the rangers say they will not know how successful the

controlled burn is until next springtime. 7:20. new state measures are putting the -- new safety measures are putting the brakes on summer fun. why some pools are suddenly off limits. and photographers are taking a night of protests and vandalism into art. we will tell you how they are doing it. and so far, the traffic here at the mac is running well. we will tell you more about the commute straight ahead.

good morning. welcome back. 7:23. a new law that is forcing a small, but critical safety change is prompting the closing of several pools in alameda county. state and federal laws that went into full effect on july 1st require all public pools to

replace all drain covers with new ones. >> pool covers were to be more flat. one problem that was associated with that was a possibility of a suction hazard. >> alameda county has closed an average of 10 pools a week since the law took effect. inspectors in all other bay area counties are warning public pools and spas that they have to make change by the end of summer or face closure. 7:24. an oakland photographer is turning the attention around the mesa verdict into art. pictures taken during the street protests and riots after the verdict in the county. the photography will be matched with words by the coalition for

justice oscar grant. the exhibit opening tonight. let's talk traffic. sal, how is highway 24? >> it is slow. it is better than having a crash there. let's go outside and take a look at highway 4 you come up to the antioch area. it is slow here in bay point and concord. a lot of the traffic gets on 680 south. let's take a look at the toll plaza. we have a back up now. the metering lights are on. that is about a song or two song back up here. no problems on the bridge getting into san francisco. this morning's commute on westbound 580. again, we have been watching it. it is slower. the road sensors are turning red now. hayward north and south are

slow in those locations. here is steve. thank you. lots of fog today. yesterday, we had the high overcast. once that burned off, it was sunny and breezy. yesterday, it was all over the place. san francisco is 55. i saw three observations in the city and they were all 55. we will reach 64 for the high today. fog and mist and sunny. 60s to 70s to near 90 away from the coast. you like that. near 90. 56 in berkeley. palo alto at 58. there is a gremlin in the machine. >> that is a gremlin. >> he did not like that 90 degree temperature. 80s to near 90 by the coast.

we had a decent week in santa cruz. much cooler across the board on friday and saturday. windy on sunday. thank you. it is 7:26. a roller coaster that stranded riders at six flags is expected to be up and running today. this is as authorities investigate an accident at disneyland tower of terror ride that sent a man to the hospital last night. and major pot farm bust in western marin county may continue into a second day. and serving an underage drinker is a bad idea, but it can get you sued.

7:29. right now, san francisco police are searching for two men in connection with a deadly overnight shooting in the city's tenderloin district. the victim was found in the middle of jones street after midnight. police say he had been shot several times. the two suspects ran from the scene, but police recovered a semiautomatic weapon that may have been used in the shooting. the gun was dumped in a mailbox just a block away. santa rosa police are investigating a rock attack that injured a 13-year-old girl. it was reported on west 9th street yesterday afternoon in

santa rosa. the attack was carried out by an apparent street gang. there were four other people in the car, but they were not hurt. the suspects fled the scene. 7:30. federal and state and local law enforcement agencies may continue more raid on illegal marijuana farms in western marin county. we don't know the exact locations, but roads into the area at tempe lake north of mount tam were closed yesterday. the sheriff's office says these raids are in response to the alarming trend of people coming into contact with armed pot growers. 7:31. the catholic church's handling of sex abuse cases is the subject of one lawsuit now in the hands of the alameda county superior court. the lawsuit accuses the disease

of not warning parents of stephen kiesle. in 2004, he was sentenced to six years in prison for molesting a girl in truckee. six women and one man accuse kiesle of molesting them. one says she is kiesle's stepdaughter. >> this monster pedophile was in my life for 30 years and he continued his abuse with me and others. >> the state says kiesle lives with his wife in walnut creek. the bishop of the oakland disease asked the vatican to defrock him in 1981.

church officialswere negligent in allowing him to work with children. first time unemployment claims hit the highest level in nine months. jobless claims jumped 12,000 to 500,000. economists were expecting a drop. this renews concerns of the pace of the economic recovery. continuing claims fell by 13,000 to 4.48 million. analysts say some of that may be because people are just discouraged and they stopped looking for new jobs. intel announced it is buying security softwaremaker macafee. intel will pay $7.7 billion cash. that is a 62% premium over yesterday's closing price. the board of both companies

approved the deal, but macafee shareholders have to vote on it. a man was injured at disneyland last night on the tower of terror ride when he fell out of the ride. it is unclear how far the man fell, but the elevator ride goes up 183 feet before dropping. the unidentified man was taken to uc irvine medical center. a short ride became an hour- long ordeal at six flags. >> we got up from and we stopped. i thought we are stopping for a quick moment. >> 26 people were on the boomerang coaster when it became stuck in the upright position. a woman riding with her children claims the park was

slow in responding prompting her to use other cell phone to call the front office. >> i was worried about people not having water in the heat. >> park employees brought water to the rider s and -- riders while they waited. speaking of lines, this is a big day for "american idol" hopefuls. auditions start in san francisco this morning. we have tara getting updates from the producers. >> reporter: we have hard core singers here. a lot of them camped out overnight. they are here with the coffee and tea and sleeping bags. they are being let inside the stadium to begin the audition process and for their shot at stardom.

ryan seacrest appeared 40 minutes ago. he took off in the ball park after pumping up the crowd. we will speak with him later this morning. he actually used to work at ktvu. back here live, we are talking to some of the folks going in shortly to begin their audition. you came from far away. we have something from redding and somebody from phoenix. ♪ i was just ♪ a skinny man ♪ i knew life ♪ before i left ♪ my nursery ♪ even when ♪ ♪ your hustling ♪ days are gone ♪ she will be ♪ by your side . ♪ i'm not surprised ♪ i guess it is timing ♪ the other half ♪ is luck ♪ wherever you are

>> reporter: if you look behind me, you can see that these are the rest of the folks that are remaining. they will be headed inside and lining up on the field. it is selected at random. registration began 48 hours ago. 8,000 people in san francisco. there are auditions in austin and new jersey and nashville. if they make it through, they will go on to hollywood. as we heard in the past, simon cowell and kara is out as well as ellen degeneres. steven tyler is named as a judge. jennifer lopez was reportedly in negotiations, but those fell through. we spoke to a producer this morning and he said one thing

they are trying to focus on will be the stories of the singers. reporting live now back to you. >> we have a special section dedicated to "american idol" where you will find all of the updates on the judges and past contestants. go it ktvu.com and look under the "american idol" tab. 7:37. if the state legislation passes the bill, parents could face hefty fines and jail time if their kids play hooky from school. kids missed at least five full days of school without excused absences in the past year. parents could face misdemeanor charges if their kids miss 10% of the school year. adults can now be sued in the state of california if they serve alcohol -- adults can now be sued in the state of

california if they serve alcohol to underage kids. it waillegal to provide alcohol to underage people, but the previous law protected adults from a possible civil lawsuit. in signing the bill, the governor said it is part of his responsibility to protect underage citizens from alcohol. a major crackdown on drinking and driving is starting in alameda county. beginning tonight and through the labor day weekend, 13 dui check points will be set up in alameda and freemont and hayward and oakland. the so-called avoid the 21 program which was named for the 21 law enforcement agencies in alameda county is part of the a statewide crackdown over the next 18 days. let's check in with sal with the look at traffic. >> we are starting at highway

24. checking out the commute for people who are driving to the tunnel and to the oakland side. things are looking good. looking at bart here, i would say bart is a good way to get there today. bart is reporting trains on time. let's move along and look at the west bay bridge. backed up for a 15-minute delay. once you get into san francisco, it looks okay. this morning's commute on west highway 4 is slow in antioch. it does get better in eastern concord county. east shore freeway with a bit of slow traffic in richmond. across the bay in marin county, it is heavy down to the civic center. 7:40. here is steve. thank you. good morning. we have some fog. yesterday, it was up here. it has come down a bit today. some areas on the coast could actually see some of the bay area peaks. today, you cannot do it. a couple of reasons why is high

pressure is moving in. we have morning fog and mist. we have warmer inland temperatures. if you are up in lake county, that is a given. i'mm talking vavaville and cloverdale. the weekend is cooler and windy. a big increase in the low clouds and fog. by sunday, we wipe the fog out. the system yesterday, the low is long gone. it picked up the wind. we have a series of lows that will play into the friday and saturday forecast. with the warm up, we stay below average. san francisco at 64. oakland at 72. tough to get the coastal temperatures. if you get the sun, the temperature goes right up. inland, it will not be a

problem. with the warm up, that is the average. san jose, this is the coolest summer in a long, long time. the facts are not in yet. 79. they should be 84. mt. tem is plus 8. they are at 68. here is the high building in. 8 degrees warmer at 68. we had cold air in mountains. truckee at 32. 49 degrees. it is chilly. the one system moves out. look to the left of the screen. that weak low will join a much stronger system. that is it right there. it will dig in right along the

coast. that will give us a really cool breezy weekend. i think it will wipe out the fog, but the warm weather today is it. we slide into saturday and probably sunday with a brief warm up on monday and tuesday. the seven-day forecast is showing cooler weather by the middle of next week. warmer weather is away from the coast. a bit of a sea breeze. 60s by the coast. 70s around the bay. get ready for the cooling trend for the weekend. thank you. get out the sweater. coming up, a major stroller ram -- stroller to tell you about. and we will have an update on when the work will start on killing off the damaged oil well. and some older transponders are leaving less than family

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taking a live look at the board on wall street. not a great morning. stocks are falling after weekly claims for unemployment. the weekly claims jumped to 500,000 this week. this is offsetting news of intel buying macafee for $6.6 billion. nasdaq is down 31 points this morning. a gm executive who overseas global research and development

is at the lab in livermore. he is expected to tell workers that research done at the lab will make future vehicles more fuel efficient. gm has finally filed the first paper work for the initial public offering of stock. the filing is the first step for gm executives to regain control of the company. right now, the government owns 61% of gm after bailing out the automaker last year. gm believes it could raise $16 billion which would be enough money to pay back some loans and give it majority control of the company. no stock sale date has been set. time now is 7:47. lawmakers are investigating the effect of the bp oil disaster on the seafood industry in the gulf of mexico. the house energy committee will hold a hearing later this morning on making sure that seafood is safe to eat.

in the meantime, admiral thad allen, who is the point person on the clean up for the government, says the bottom kill could begin after labor day. >> we have agreed to a sequence of actions that i'll direct bp to take. starting out with flushing out the blowout preventer. actually move to put a new preventer on and do the bottom kill. >> allen is defending a government report that shows 75% of the oil is either evaporated or disbursed or collected. he says he expects the bottom kill could begin the week after labor day. 7:48. a new study released this morning shows children who were exposed to pesticides before they were born are more likely to develop attention disorders years later. the uc berkeley study found the

organic phosphate pesticides were harmful for children up to the age of 5. it followed 300 childrens and families. the consumer product safety commission is recalling a double stroller that can collapse and harm the children riding in them. so far, there are reports of 185 land zooper tango strollers collapsing. two children have been hurt. the strollers were sold in 2007 and 2008 at babies r us stores. they cost about $400 each. you should stop using the strollers immediately and contact the company for a repair kit. you can find recall information on our web site at ktvu.com. time is 7:49. pg and eis looking at a number of potential sites away from

homes for a new high-power facility. they planned to build a substation in windsor. residents packed the town hall meeting last night angry that the facility will be built next to their neighborhood. they fear potentially possible explosions among other things. the town council rescinded the previous support for the location. drivers who fast track for at least eight years may think twice. fast track devices purchased before 2002 have a customer service number that goes to a phone sex line. the metro transportation commission says the number worked when it was issued, but picked up by a phone sex company when fast track changed it to 877-bay-toll. no, really. i'll trying to get information for fast track. we get to talk about a hero. a man is called a hero had

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take a look at this. we have new pick -- pictures. part of that train fell off the bridge in southwestern china. two cars fell into the flood waters. we don't know if anybody was on the train when it derailed. so far, no word of any deaths. that accident caused by heavy rains in china caused billions of dollars in damage. one of the most scenic highways is one of the most

dangerous. caltrans has drawn up plans to widen niles canyon road. caltrans says there were 60 accidents on it in a three-year period. they hope to widen it now and straighten the curves to make it safer. >> it will have a very clean highway look. it just won't be the scenic corridor it had been designated years ago. >> now critics say they are organizing to slowdown that project and perhaps caltrans to come back with a different plan. 7:54. a 3-year-old dutch girl fell into the bear enclosure in the zoo in germane yesterday. one of the bears struck the girl in the forehead. the girl's father scrambled into the exhibit and saved his girl, but not before he was

struck in the leg. they are recovering in the hospital. 7:54. let's go to sal. what just happened? >> an accident. the crash is making things slow. generally, the commute is not that bad. this is a crash that happened about 15 minutes ago at red top road. watch for slow traffic after the cordelia junction. if you are traveling in richmond, we have slowing at the hill top exit. let's look at the bay bridge toll plaza. it is backed up for a 10-minute wait at the plaza before the metering lights. the commute will be a bit slow on 237. some slow traffic on 101. 7:55. here is steve. thank you. we have warmer weather on tap today. the coast will stay in the 60s. we had a couple of warm days in santa cruz. fairfield, which i hang my hat

on, especially travis has been warm. there have been low clouds in the inland valleys. i would expect any fog inland to be gone by 9:00. the coast is where the fog could stick around a bit. we have chilly readings this morning. truckee down to 35. three readings in the city at 55. we will go for a high of 64 today. 60s by the coast. around the bay, 70s. inland will go from low 80s to near 90 degrees. palo alto is near 58 degrees. a stronger wind will give us a cooldown into the weekend. today is warmer, especially

away from the coast. we start a cooling trend on friday and it drops on saturday. it will be windy and sunny on sunday. temperatures will be dropping in the next few days. upper 80s to near 90 degrees. by the coast and around the bay, 60s and 70s. today is warmer and cooler on saturday and sunday. thank you. it is 7:57. a suspicious fire overnight at a local high school. what investigators hope will help them trackdown the suspects. we are live at the scene with an update. also, police are tightening up security of one bay area elementary school following a bomb threat discovered on campus. the crowds of "american idol" hopefuls are getting wild this morning. we will talk to ryan seacrest and see what the judges are looking for this season.

>> reporter: i'm jade hernandez. authorities say a fire set inside of a high school was intentionally set. we'll have details of that -- coming up. parents and students at one south bay school are on heightened alert following bomb threats. this morning we're learning how police are responding.

>> reporter: i'm tara moriarty live in san francisco for the auditions of the the tenth season of "american idol." good morning. welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. it's thursday, august 19th. right now, police are out there looking for the arsonnest responsible for the fire at vallejo high school. ktvu's jade hernandez is there now with more of the clues investigators have pulled together so far. >> reporter: good morning, dave. authorities have surveillance video and eyewitnesses. i will get to that in a second. first, authorities say someone threw something flammable through the window. vallejo police told us a neighbor saw the fire and called for help. police called the csi unit out

here last night. authorities will review sweaunts video not only from the school but from a private residence later today. firefighters arrived to find one of the portables on fire. there were computers, books burned. firefighters quickly put out the flames before they could spread. >> there were surveillance cameras in the area and we're also looking at the possibility that surveillance cameras that private residents have that face that direction. we're asking if anyone has any knowledge of this, that they come forward and contact the police department. >> reporter: school started a few weeks ago, the principal told us that damage here won't preclude students from attending here. several students are already here. one student attends english in the school portable. >> i love the school. there's a lot of great people

around here. i can't think of anyone who would do that. it's a surprise. >> it's disappointing. we've worked very hard to have a great start to the school year and to have something like this get in the way is disappointing. >> reporter: students who attend the portable will likely have class in the library. the bell for first period just rang. veel police have a student they want to question but they did not want to release too much information about that person just yet. reporting live from vacaville, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:02. well, there is a warning this morning and tighter security for students at briarwood elementary school in santa clara. vandals scrawled graffiti on a door of the school threatening to set off a bomb tomorrow. take a look at video of the school. we took this morning. the threat was sent out august

4th. a letter went automatic by the school notifying the parents about the extra precautions briarwood is taking. the school will be open tomorrow while police make their patrols. ious are looming on the horizon. john chiang said the state is about to run out of money and he will have to start to issue ious to businesses who contract with the state if the budget is not passed soon. california facing a $19 billion shortfall. the budget is now 50 days overdue. this would be the second consecutive year io us are issued. because of the late budget, the governor has been fighting to keep furlough fridays and now a judge has given him the green light. that means many state workers will not be at work tomorrow, nor will they get paid. the state supreme court ruled that the furloughs can resume, at least for now, this affects about 144,000 employees.

it's also expected to take a big toll on state services, including the dmv. >> we've had customers crying because they cannot get their registrations cleared because there are no workers in sacramento who can do all of this work. >> the governor wants three unpaid days off a month, which is expected to save the state about $150 million. these furlough fridays are expected to continue while the court reviews whether the governor has the authority to enforce them. arguments in the case are scheduled to begin on september 8th. we're getting new information this morning about even more cases of salmonella here in the bay area connected to that massive egg recall. there are reportedly about 25 salmonella cases in san francisco, 16 cases in alameda county, 22 cases in contra costa county, eight cases in san mateo county, and 38 cases in santa clara county. so far, no deaths have been

reported. >> fever, diarrhea, vomiting. they get sick for a couple of days and usually they will recover. the disease is much more severe in the more susceptible people. >> this egg recall now includes 380 million eggs all over the country. the health department's recommending just throw the eggs away or return the recalled eggs because even the shells themselves can be contaminated. to find the product numbers of the eggs and the use-by dates go to our channel 2 website, ktvu.com. we've got all of that information. it's posted under the "right now" section. it's 8:05. "american idol" hopefuls are being let into at and ta. park right now for the first day of auditions. tara moriarty is there. can you tell us what the judges

are looking for, tara? >> reporter: hopefully talent. we've seen a lot of people out here pulling gimmicks. a guy was on stilts, a girl was dressed up like supergirl. people are really pulling out all of the stops because they want to make it to the next round. there's nobody out here anymore. everything has filed into the stadium to begin the process. and that process will start, we're told, at approximately 10:00 this morning. there are 8,000 people auditioning here in san francisco. now, according to producers, that's a very large number for the city. typically, they say, the turnout is much larger in the south and on the east coast. >> traditionally on "idol" the south and east coast is always the biggest turnout. west coast, not really the biggest turnout. but at the end of the day, it's really about quality, not

quantity. >> reporter: adam lambert, the runner-up two seasons ago, is from the bay area. as far as the judges go, there's been a lot of talk about this this season. apparently, steve tyler, the lead singer of's row smith, will be taking simon cowell's spots. jennifer lopez was in -- was reportedly talking about being a judge but that apparently fell through. everybody is going to be going inside the stadium. they are gonna be lining up and they will all be broken up into sections and they will be getting their chance at stardom. if they make it here -- through here, they will end up going to hollywood. coming up later in the show, we'll hopefully be talking to ryan seacrest. he did appear here earlier this

morning, trying to pump up the crowd. we'll be hearing from super gil -- supergirl and a girl dressed up like a policeman. >> a lot of characters there. >> reporter: tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> 8:07. let's check in with sal and see where some commutes are getting really crowded. >> that's right. this probably is the peak of the commute as some of the commutes are beginning to show wear and tear. let's take a look at the bay bridge, for example. it's backed up to the 880 overcrossing. it was worse but this commute is also crowded on the bridge itself getting into san francisco. this morning's drive on 880 northbound, that's beginning to get slow past the coliseum and driving up to downtown oakland. this morning -- check this out -- 92 eastbound -- wend heading toward -- westbound heading towards half moon bay, a lot of traffic going up the hill.

this could be the first day for csm or something is going on up there. if you are a csm, tweet me, sal underscore castanedo. and let me know if this is the first day. heefers's heave -- here's steve. today the fog has come back down. we have more obscured visibility, high pressure is builtinging in. the sea breeze at travis is only west-southwest 12. calm, napa, calm, santa rosa, also sonoma county airport. when the sea breeze at fairfield is over 20, 25, 30, you know the inland areas will cool down. whether it gets to be 10 at left -- when it gets to be 10 or less, you know. high pressure is building in in in advantage -- in advance of

another low. the city is at 55. didn't go for 64 on the high side. their low is running 4 degrees cooler. a little bit more foggy. 79, santa rosa after yesterday's 74. a little bit of fog mist out towards sebastopol but nothing compared to what we had on tuesday when it was very drizzly and drippy. 87 in walnut creek after yesterday's cool 79. has to be. you long-time walnut creek residents, this has to be the coolest summer. we'll go 79 in san jose. mount tam is 68, 7 degrees whammer than yesterday. mid-50s mill valley, el cerrito, los altos, menlo park, atherton. 89 in palm springs already. truckee made it to 32. getting cold up there.

55 ukiah. they were 49. that's a little chilly to start off this time of year. i think in wind-protected areas for sunday for those of you who have some kind of recreational activities planned. today, though, high pressure wins -- watch to the left of your screen, there's one low that will be in tomorrow and then a really strong one is on the way as we set up for friday and saturday. those two kind of will join together. that will equal a cooling trend, friday, saturday, and into sunday. the good news is i think sunday will be sunny but windy. fog, mist, breezy at times. still a little bit of a sea breeze. upper 8 as to near -- 80s to near 90. it will be warmer towards yountville, winds are in cloverrerdale. by the coast, 60s and 70s. a lot of mid-70s. much cooler saturday. there's your windy sunday. we're moving into a new era

in iraq. the last u.s. combat troop to pull out. coming up, find out what the future strategy will be. >> as proposition 8 moves its way through the courts, there are new questions now about who will pay for all of the lawyers on the case.

good morning. upper 80s to near 90. here's dave. 8:4. well, the united states has reached a milestone in the almost seven and a half-year war in iraq. the last combat troops have left iraq. they crossed into kuwait. that leaves only the security forces behind. ktvu's alison burns is in washington, d.c. with all of the details. >> reporter: now "operation new dawn" begins, the next phase of the war in iraq, focused on rebuilding and securing the country without u. combat troops. the last combat brigade is on its way home. you can see there were cheers and high-fives as the 4th stryker brigade 2nd infantry

brigade left iraq and rolled into kuwait. >> we've been working toward this for the last seven and a half years and turning the country back over to the civilians there. >> reporter: the troops are leaving a country that's still facing enormous challenges that does not have a fully functioning government. 50,000 u.s. troops will stay in iraq for another year in a non- combat role and the state department is beefing up the number of security contractors to take over some of the jobs that had been done by u.s. troops. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> okay, alison. thank you. well, the iraq war actually started march 20th, 2003 with the bombing of baghdad. since then at least 4 -- 4,415 american servicemen and women have died in combat action. we don't have a number of

confirmed iraqi cashew tills but the estimates range from 50,000 to as many as 600,000. back here, national guard troops are about to be deployed to the california/mexico border. this group will be the first of 224,000 national guardsmen to be assigned there. it's part of the president's plan to employ 1200 national guardsman along several border states. the troops will spend a year helping out the states to prevent illegal border crossings and smugglings. house speaker, nancy pelosi, is clarifying comments she made about plans to build a mosque near ground zero. she says the local mosque zoning is an urban and development center that new yorkers should decide for themselves. she also called for an investigation to see who is funding the opposition to the mosque. >> but there's no question that there is a concerted effort to make this political a -- to

make this a political issue by some. i join those who have called for looking into how is this opposition to the mosque being funded? >> critics responded by saying speaker pelosi was trying to intimidate those who oppose the project. she issued a statement saying she was not calling for a normal -- formal investigation. she was just saying there was a need for transparency. mortgage rates have fallen again to a brand-new low. mortgage buyer freddie mac says the average rate for a 30-year fixed loan this week is 4.42%. that's down from last week's record-setting 4.44%. it's now the lowest rate it's been since freddie mac began keeping track back in 1971 and the average rate on a 15-year fixed loan dropped to a record low of 3.9%. the low rates are considered a sign that investors are concerned about the weak economy. 8:18. the city of san francisco has

joined the attorneys who sued to overturn the ban on gay marriage in an effort to recover legal costs. papers were filed this week and the city has asked the court to extend the deadline for getting reimbursement -- reimbursement of legal fees. those suing to overturn proposition 8, as well as the city of san francisco, say they will seek to recover attorney fees from prop 8 supporters. but only if the court's decision is upheld and the ban on gay marriage is thrown out. well, the contract dispute between ac transit and its yoon is headed back to court. directors voted yesterday to appeal a court order for the two sides to use a mediator to settle the dispute. the mediation is expected to begin tomorrow. ac transit says it will comply while the appeal is considered. ac transit will also appeal a separate order, one that blocks them from imposing new work

rules. 8:19. noxious odors at san jose mineta airport could cost the city hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost rent. the fumes in the office areas used by airplanes are so bad that fans have bon brought in and powerful odor-neutralizing machines have been installed. they plan to carry out more tests next week. some say they may begin withholding rent unless the problem is fixed soon. crews are returning to western marin county this morning. we'll tell you what the law enforcement agents are expected to target during a series of raids. what this droid does will change how you do movies.

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trend for people coming into contact with pot growers heavily armed. a memorial and fund-raiser were held last night in oakland. it was the family for a man shot to death after being robbed for $17. jinghong kang was killed back on july 18th. it was the night before he was to be interviewed for a job at google. the man and woman who allegedly robbed him were captured on surveillance video. they've been arrested and charged with murder. kang's family says they don't have enough money for a funeral. organizers of last night's events say they will release the results of that fund-raiser later this week. is it is 8:24. an oakland photographer turning the attentions around the b.a.r.t. shooting trial into art. this is of the pictures and images taken after the johannes mehserle murder. the photographry will have

words for the coalition for justice for oscar grant. the exhibit opens tonight at 8:00 on washington street. 8:24. let's go right back to sal. see what's happening on the roads. we're checking bay area bridges, dave and tori. we're looking at all of the crossings. we might encounter some fog on the richmond bridge. traffic is moving well. bay bridge backed up for about a ten-minute wait. san mateo bridge no major backups. it looks good on the golden gate bridge. here's steve. sal, thank you. >> you are welcome. >> low clouds, fog, some of it burning away from the coast. the fog that lifted yesterday. i mean, you could see forever. forever. once the fog burns off, but a lot of people along the city and the coast were tweeting me saying i can see mount tam! i can see mount mount diablo! i haven't seen that in weeks. today, they are obscured with fog. high pressure is built behind

the system we had yesterday. 55 in san francisco. we'll go 58 at 9:00. 60 at noon. 64 for a high after yesterday's 65. we were 66 on tuesday. average, 68. so still below average. 60s, 70s close to the bay. what's interesting, though, is that temperatures yesterday will bump up inland. we'll start a cooldown as we go into the weekend. santa rosa is there, too. san jose is at 60 degrees. a lot of fog but some sun well inland. tahoe 47. they were 38. truckee dipped to 32. for those of you traveling in the mountains, ukiah 55. ukiah was 49 this morning. for this time of year, that's chilly. that's cold. that's cold. no, it's not march. it's august. to the left of your screen, there will be a low coming in. that will give us a pretty significant cooldown towards the weekend. the breeze is cut in half. there's really not much there. inland areas will warm up upper

80s and 90s. 60s, 70s again. just a little bit warmer for those around the bay. friday, saturday, much cooler. a lot more low clouds and fog. it will be windy on sunday and a little warmer on monday. 8:26. boy, a big buy this foreigning for a sill -- morning for a silicon valley giant. we'll tell you how this is affecting stocks right now. students are beginning to arrive at vallejo high school which was damaged by fire overnight. we'll let you hear from the students and the staff. and serving alcohol to minors, not only a bad idea. it could also cost someone a lot of money. [ male announcer when meg whitman arrived at ebay,

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school is in session at vallejo high school at this hour, despite an overnight fire there. it started about midnight inside of a portable classroom on the campus. ktvu's jade hernandez joining us now and i know you've been out there talking to students. so what are they saying, jade? >> they are pretty shocked about what happened. authorities say this fire was intentionally set. they have witnesses and surveillance video which they hope will lead them to the person responsible. i can tell you this morning, this is the window which someone threw in which was flammable. only one class portable burned. they believe it burned around midnight last night. the principal told us firefighters worked quickly enough overnight that flames did not spread to the other portables next year. the sergeant from the vallejo

police department told us a neighbor saw the fire and called for help. police called the csi unit out here as well. authorities will review surveillance video. the fire destroyed several computers, books burned. the principal said damage won't interfere with classes today. students will just have class in the library. one student who attends class in the portable couldn't believe what happened. the principal said the school year was off to a great start. >> we were off to a great start and to have something like this happen is disappointing. >> i didn't think anyone who set a portable on fire, much less a classroom. >> reporter: vallejo police said they have a person in mind that they want to talk to about the fire. they didn't want to release a lot of details about that. we do know this fire is under investigation but we do know they believe it was

intentionally set. >> thank you, jade. santa rosa police are investigating a rock attack that injured a 13-year-old girl. now, this was reported on west 9th street yesterday afternoon. it was carried out according to police by an apparent street gang. police say they threw rocks and metal objects at a passing car that injured that 3-year-old girl. there were four other people in the car but they were not hurt. the suspects escaped the scene. it is 8:32. this morning, the labor didn't reported first-time unemployment claims sit the -- hit the highest level in nine months. they jumped from 12,000 to 550,000. economists were expecting a drop. continuing claims fell by 13,000 to 4.48 million but analysts say some of that may be because people are discouraged and have stopped looking for new jobs. just about two hours ago, santa clara-based intell

announced it's buying security softwaremaker mcafee which also has s headquarters in santa clara. intel will pay $7.7 billion cash, which is a 62% premium over mcafee's premium over yesterday's closing price. the board of directors for both companies approved the deal but shareholders must still vote on it. the dow is down currently 157 -- 37. a man is in the hospital now after a scary accident last night at disneyland. the man was riding on that twilight zone to youer with of terror ride when he fell out of the ride. we don't know how far he fell but the elevator ride goes to 183 feet before it -- before dropping. the unidentified man was rushed to uc irvine medical center. a short roller coaster ride became an hour-long ordeal for visitors to six flags discovery

kingdom in vallejo. >> then we got up there and we stopped. i thought we're just stopping for a quick moment. >> well, not quite. twenty-six people were on the boomerang coast to coster as it -- coster -- coaster. a woman got on her cell phone and called the front office. >> i was more concerned about the heat and then being stuck with no water. you know, and -- kids dehydrate pretty quickly. >> well, park employees brought out water to all of the riders, tried to entertain them until mechanics were able to get the coaster working again. strandedded i rooers were given -- stranded riders were given free passes and were able to move to the front of the line. "american idol" auditions

are now underway at at&t park. tara moriarty is there. how many people show under this morning? >> reporter: about 8,000. right now it looks kind of dead outside of the ballpark. that's because all of the potential contestants are inside. in about two hours they will get their chance to sing. for many now, it's come down to this make-it-or-break-it moment. "american idol" host, ryan seacrest, flew in last night. he pumped up the crowd. producers say the number in san francisco are half of that in new jersey and nashville. but turnout is typically higher in the south and on the east coast. we met people from florida, seattle, arizona. some had gimmicks. others relied solely on their vocals. ♪ since you've been away boy i

ain't got no pain ♪ ♪ no, no, no, no ♪ i'll never give up ♪ ♪ i bet you're wondering how i knew about your plans to make me blue ♪ >> reporter: there are quite a few changes to the judging panel. long-time judge simon cowell is out. aerosmith singer steven tyler is in. jennifer lopez was in negotiations but those fell apart recently. now, we spoke to producers here this morning about the subject of judges and they are remaining mumm -- mum. but as far as we know -- as far

as the talent we've heard, some of it great. some of it so-so. others need to think about sticking to their regular job. >> we have a special section dedicated to our website. just go to ktvu.com and look under the "american idol" tab. 8:36. if the state legislature gives its approval, parents could get jail time and hefty fines if their children play hooky -- hookey. parents could face misdemeanor charges if their kids miss 10% of the school year. now, adults can also now be sued in the state of california if they give alcohol to underaged drinkers who end up either injured or even dead as

a result. governor schwarzenegger signed that bill into law. it was already illegal for adults to give alcohol to underaged kids but the previous law protected adults from a possible civil lawsuit. by signing that bill, the governor says it's part of his responsibility to protect underaged citizens from alcohol. 8:37. a major crackdown on drinking and driving is getting underway in alameda county beginning tonight and through the labor day weekend. [ no audio ] [ captioner has been disconnected from the audio ] there was a pedestrian out

of his vehicle walking around. we assume that maybe the car had broken down and then he was hit by a cement truck driving by. this is on the dumbarton bridge weekend. i want to put up a map here to show it to you. it's -- if we can, it's the westbound dumbarton bridge at the bay front entrance on the bay area side. this is a major crash. to the guys in the control room, i do have the map up. if you can somehow put it up -- thank you very much. this is right here where the red indicator is on the west side of the dumbarton bridge. this happened moments ago. the pedestrian was pulled from underneath the truck according to the chp. so obviously this is a big situation here. >> let's move along to the bay bridge toll plaza. that traffic is moving along okay getting into san francisco. small delay. northbound 880 traffic is going to be okay as you drive past the coliseum. 237 westbound, some slow traffic. you may want to use that

instead of the dumbarton bridge because of the accident. i also got a tweet about college of san mateo apparently has no power. got a tweet and also got a phone call about this. so there's no -- apparently no class today at college of san mateo. we talked to one of the administrators, they are going to have an update on their website at 9:00 as to what's going on. it's possible that classes could go on later but right now, the campus is closed because they have no power. let's go to steve. we have a lot of fog. i was just showing nelson. if you have a flight or you've flown, you take off from sfo and you are heading to hawaii or you heading out across the pacific to asia, there is fog, a fog bank for as for as the eye can see. there's only a few pockets of it. i haven't seen a fog bank this big in a lightning time. no wonder we're having a cool summer. it just goes and goes and goes

like a -- morning fog, a little mist today. a couple of reports of that, crocket sebastopol, oakland, the city. a little warmer inland. near 90 for some. the weekend looks cooler and windy. sunday should be all right. take a look -- you take off from sfo. mountain view, 75. santa rosa, that's in town, not the airport. the city, 64, 68 is average. a few signs of warmer weather. west-southwest wind at travis, 12 miles an hour. it's decreased considerably. some warmer air aloft warmer.

mill valley is 54. that will allow the fog -- it's compressed it but allowed it to burn off sooner. 47 in tahoe. truckee made it to 32. and ukiah made it to 49. that's a little chilly for august. it's fog free from l.a. to san diego. that's why they are 71 already. they've had a cold summer. one low to the left of your screen and another one coming right out of the gulf of mexico will combine. knock this high out of here after today and that will really pick up the fog, the wind and the cooler air and that will spill in here friday and settle in saturday into sunday. probably enough cool air to chew up the fog. but the wind will pick up. fog and mist gives way to sunshine. it will be warmer away from the coast. mid-80s, upper 80s to low 90s. over by the coast we're back to the cool pattern. everyone cools down on saturday. a little warmer on monday. up next we'll have new

information about the reported threat at a south bay elementary school and the district's plans to keep students safe. al -- fine dining going mobile. we'll tell you what is sparking a sudden rise in the popularity of street food vendors.

less bring you up to date on some of the top stories we're following for you right now. it's going to be business as usual for students tomorrow at briarwood elementary school in santa clara but there will also be tighter security. that's after graffiti was found on campus that said someone planned to set off a bomb tomorrow. a new era begins in the nearly seven and a half-year war in iraq. the last american combat troops have now left two weeks ahead of the president's deadline. 56,000 troops remain, though. they are helping train iraqi security forces. and in washington, the house is hearing testimony later today on the effects of a bp oil spill on the seafood industry. admiral thad allen is the government's pointsman on the disaster. he says the procedure to permanently kill that damaged oil well could begin after labor day. 8:46. pg&e has agreed to look at a

number of potential sites away from homes for proposed high- powered facilities. pg&e planned to build the substation on mitchell lane and windsor but residents packed a town hall meeting last night upset that the facility will be built next to their neighborhood. they feared potentially -- potential explosions, among other stakes. the town council rescinded the previous support for the location. now the utility is reviewing other options. a small community in unincorporated santa clara county is at the heart of a turf battle between san jose and the city of campbell. some residents of the 103- achesser parsle say they have no interest in being an -- parsle say -- some campbell residents say san jose is no in -- is in no way financially to offer these services.

>> they are not gonna help us. >> to prepare for this, my husband and i have taken cpr classes, so if in fact city services can't get to us in time, we might be able to save ourselves. >> many of those who attended last night's meeting say they were glad to becomeses of campbell. the san jose planning commission will take the annexation issue before the city council this fall. well, the recession is helping to spark a bomb in the popularity of street food. some of the fabs even tracking their favorite end vendors on twitter. one non-profit organization is helping to legitimize these mobile businesses. ton vary car is here now with more on that story. tom? >> well, fulfilling the dream always safes -- always tastes sweet. this individual knows how to make great, pra tration $-- great, traditional mexican food. >> my family have mexican kitchen for 70 years.

i grew up in mexico. >> what she didn't know was how to put her culinary skills into a business. that's why this is proving to be a res pay for success. >> there's a clear entrepreneur spirit and they didn't have accesses to the services they need to turn their business into an asset-generating enterprise. this was born out of the neighborhood here and several non-profit organizations noticed there was a need for some. of the women to formalize their business. >> it's really, really a good opportunity for women. i want to say to the women who have the business at home, they have to come here. they want to make more money. they want to grow up with this kitchen. it's really, really a nice opportunity for the women. >> this saturday you can have a taste of success and learn about it at a street festival that will be held in san francisco. >> you will see those who

started selling on the street and formalized or created restaurants across the country. >> on fulsom, a world of food and dreams. >> we'll have food from everywhere, mexico, el salvador, malaysia, japan, global fusion. >> we have everything. >> i want to say the kitchen is -- is my dream. >> now, if you have a lot of cooking schools, real dedication, a serious work ethic but few resources, it can be yours, too. i'm tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. well, a large street food festival is being held in san francisco this weekend to benefit. the event is being speld throughout the mission district on saturday from 11:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. organizers expect as many as 40,000 people to attend. admission is free. now, we're gonna post a link on our channel 2 website, ktvu.com. just look under the web links.

and if street food is not to your taste, maybe you can go european. brittish grocer, fresh and easy, is coming here to the bay area. the chain opened stores in southern california four years ago. now they're venturing north with seven stores opening next year. now, they will -- there will be locations in san francisco's bayview neighborhood and others in san jose, danville, pacifica, walnut creek, concord and vallejo. fresh and easy says they want to change consumer habits. they have nearly 5,000 stores around the world. drivers who have had fastrack for at least eight years may want to think twice before dialing the toll-free number. it turns out the fastrack transpoerders purchased before 2002 have a customer service number that goes to a fon sex line. the metropolitan transportation commission says the number worked when it was issued but was picked up by a phone sex company when fastrack changed

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there were frightening moments in spain with the bulls. at least 30 people were hurting, including a child who was hospitalized. the animal was eventually shot to death. later today, a controlled burn will take place inside the golden gate national recreation area, north of the golden gate bridge. the fire is intended to burn off nonnative plants near ft. berry. rangers hope that will allow plants needed by an endangered butterfly species to grow back. the number of mission blue butterflies is climbing. rangers say they won't know how successful today's burn is until next spring when they see what plants sprout. 8:55. there is a new uc berkeley

study that just came out this morning that shows children who were exposed to pesticides before they were born are more likely to develop attention disorders later this year. the study concludes that the prenatal levels of the organo pesticides afictsed more boys -- effected more boys -- affected boys more. this will be the 0th year the city is hosting this event that will feature food and art and music including performances by mc hammer and en vogue, just to name a few. tickets are $15 at the gate. it runs through sunday. but the organizers are actually starting to shut down streets today getting ready for the event. play street between 11th and

12th will close in about an hour. it's scheduled to reopen early monday morning. then tomorrow morning, several other streets will be closed off. they will stay closed through the weekend. 8:57. we want to check in with sal one more time on the breaking news an update onto accident on the dumbarton bridge. >> that's right. this crash involving a pedestrian that was out of his or her vehicle, westbound, toll plaza of the dumbarton bridge. newschopper2 looking at the traffic. let's go to -- newschopper2 just zoning in now, just arriving on the scene. i'm looking for it at the toll plaza. it looks like -- i really can't tell what's going on here. i don't see anything nature -- major. we'll follow it up and have more coming up at noon. here's steve. all right, sal. thank you a lot of fog out there. but the sun is beginning to break through some of that fog. if you are aware from the coast. it will be warmer inland.

about the same and cooler by the beaches. and then we start a really strong significant cooling trend, friday, saturday. it looks like the fog will get chewed up. warmer monday and tuesday. >> all right. the dow is dropping pretty significantly because of the increase in the jobless claims for the weekly unemployment. that will do it for us. thanks for watching. have a great day. droiiiid.

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