a same apartment complex. we'll have more details for you and where it is, coming up. >> we have an accident in the east bay causing a minor tie-up. we'll tell you where that is. it's going to be a big change today, but what about any rain. also: police are searching for an 18-year-old woman kidnapped just over 24 hours ago. investigators are very worried. the morning news continues. good morning, thank you for joining us. it's monday, october 4th. i'm pam cook. >> i'm dave clark. let's check your weather and traffic. here's steve. >> pam and dave, thank you. winds cranked up to 30 miles per hour and a cool air mass is settling in. big thunderstorms have erupted over the sierra. 60s and 70s on your highs today. here's sal.

>> steve, right now, traffic is moving along pretty well if you're driving on highway 4. contra costa county. we do have a problem in contra costa county. that'd be an accident on the east shore freeway. watch for traffic on the on ramp but not the freeway itself. 6:00, growing concern right now at an apartment complex near walnut creek after the fifth sexual assault in recent months. ktvu's jade hernandez joins us right now. i know you're talking to terrified residents. good morning, jade. >> good morning, the last attack took place several weeks ago, right here at the park regency apartment complex. we were here and reported on that sexual assault. management added security and guards, this morning you can see a security guard standing at the front gate. and this is the fifth attack since june and in the last two attacks, including the one which took place this past saturday, the attacker hasn't been caught

or or identified. investigators are looking into whether saturday's attack is tied to the last actual attack which took place on september 16th are here in unincorporated walnut creek. a man grabbed a 43-year-old woman before 7:00 in the evening and tried to force her into her own apartment with it seemed the intent to rape her. the woman fought to free herself. as she fought to escape, she fell downstairs and hurt herself but managed to get away from the attacker. >> they won't let me out. they said as of the fourth incident, they won't let anybody out without paying anything. and uh, so now we went in today and they still theshgsz not letting anyone out. >> police arrested this man,

22-year-old antonio buton aaugust 10th pointed to dna evidence that tied him to the first three attacks at park regency. he's pleaded not guilty. but no arrests have been made in the latest two attacks, the one on september 16th and the one that happened this past saturday. the victim this past saturday describes her attacker as a white man, 5'9" and a medium build, facial hair. last seen wearing black jeans, black t-shirt and a black baseball cap. authorities say the last two attacks do have similarities. the manager here declined to comment on the policy which would allow residents to get out of their lease, but of course we'll continue to follow the story. we've already contacted the contra costa county sheriffs office this morning. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. a desperate search is underway for a woman abducted from her san jose home less than 24 hours ago. claudine wong has more on the

investigation of that story. >> we're out where this abduction happened. at this point we haven't had any word that this woman has been found. the search is underway, after this uh, kidnapping, yesterday in san jose. we want to show you a picture of 18-year-old judy la. she and a 28-year-old man were confronted by a suspect yesterday morning just after 7:45. the suspect stabbed the man multiple times and took la against her will and took off. the man is in the hospital with non-life threatening wounds. la and the suspect haven't been seen since. she's described as 5'2", 115 pounds with brown hair and black eyes. the suspect is described as brian adrong. police believe he may be using his own car to run.

the vehicle is a black 2002 lexus is250. california license plate of 6dsy212. police are asking for the public's help to help them find la and the man that kidnapped her. we're unclear of the connection between everyone and how this all started at 7:47 in the morning yesterday, but we're calling san jose police and we're checking with residents and we'll let you know what we find coming up on the morning news. this week a big vote set for thursday by california lawmakers on the state's long overdue budget. governor schwarzenegger and legislative leaders finally came to an agreement late friday. details reportedly include $7.5 billion in spending cuts. that's down from the $12 billion the governor had asked for. the deal anticipates getting $5 billion from the federal government, $1.4 billion from

state revenues, $1.2 billion from selling state properties and leasing them back. a ruling is expected today from the california supreme court on whether governor schwarzenegger can keep ordering state employees to take unpaid days off to balance the budget. the so-called furlough fridays began in february 2009. several lawsuits have challenged the furloughs. the supreme court has combined those lawsuits into one. the cleanup starts this morning on what's left of a san jose diesel annual spill. the fire officials say a tank on top of at&t's corporate building spilled 1300 gallons of fuel saturday. they'll focus on collecting the fuel that got into storm drains. starting this morning, things are going to speed up for light rail commuters in san jose. valley transportation authority is launching its commuter express, light rail service. six new trips will be added

today between the santa teresa and bay point stations during the morning and noon peak commute hours. trains will make fewer stops which is expected to shave naive minutes off riding time between downtown and san jose. >> we just did that vta story, they're also unveiling free wi-fi. >> are they really? >> yeah. >> so the techies who work in the valley, this is perfect. they'll be able to use their phones and computers. >> way to go. >> that's pretty good. we'll be keeping track of that. let's go out, in fact the other day i rode bart, bart has wi-fi too. it's pretty cool. let's look at highway 4 westbound, no major problems this morning if you're driving over to concord. this morning's commute is looking pretty good on westbound 24 and southbound 680.

those people come together. 24 lafayette on the bottom. 680, walnut creek, right there. system looks pretty good coming into san francisco. as 6:08, here's steve. >> sal thank you. we had a little light shower activity on the weekend, there's big time thunderstorms in the sierra right now. and they've actually prompted a flood advisory. parts of eldorado county, plaster county and nevada county. hold on, things are erupting. 33 miles per hour gusts, sfo. associated with two pieces of this system. late yesterday, last night, into today. a low will form over central california and hang out until about thursday. keeping us in a cool pattern. 60s and 70s. that's about it. mount tan is 45. that's 19 degrees cooler than sunday morning at this time. a huge drop. now if it wasn't for the clouds

and wind, we'd be cooler than this. pleasanton 56. san carlos and stanford. 45 tahoe, off and on thunderstorms, moderate to heavy rain, two to five inches of rain is possible. isolated locations in the sierra today. can actually see a little rotation, if you look here, it's forming, right over us now, it's going to do this, this and sit here. wrap around could give showers mainly towards the east and the north. not in the coastal locations, it's a cool pattern for everybody. highs, 60s and 70s, very blustery conditions, gusts over 30. sun and clouds, showers possible, i think more likely once we get this low to set up, which won't be until tomorrow. 60s and 70s on your temps. one week ago, we were in the 100s. cool conditions, little warmer

tuesday, cooler wednesday. thursday we'll clear it out and see warmer weather towards friday and the weekend. the giants are heading to the playoffs for the first time in seven years. san francisco defeated the san diego padres 3-0. the victory came on the final game of the regular season after two straight losses that had many concerned the giants were going to choke. >> we did a hell of a job keeping in this thing, getting to where we are. i'm stuttering my words right now. i'm so excited. being here with all these guys, celebrating this and pushing forward. >> at one point tim lincecum got so excited that he utter an onair profanity. he'll be on the mound when the

giants play against the atlanta braves. that game will be at at&t park. well, muni fears, it looks like they found the cure for sick calls. we tell you the decision management made that has cut those calls almost in half. and the stake apartment -- state department is issuing a warning. we'll tell you more coming up.

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if you're heading to europe, the u.s. is warning be extra careful because of possible terrorist threats. ktvu's alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. newsroom with more on what's behind the travel alert. >> reporter: we're already hearing from a number of reports that americans traveling overseas are not really sure what to make of this travel alert. it's pretty vague, it doesn't warn not to go to europe, but it basically warns travellers to be cautious. avoid obvious targets, remove luggage tags that identify them as americans. it reminds travellers that terrorists have targeted airports and public transportation. critics say americans traveling abroad just need more information. >> it has the ring of look the government knows there's this threat, it's an increasing problem. what they want to do is protect themselves, so they warn you. >> reporter: what's behind the

heightened alert. cnn is airing this video of an al-qaeda-linked group training in afghanistan. a terror suspect in u.s. custody has said the group is plotting an assault on public places like the one in mumbai two years ago that killed more than 160 people. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. time now 6:15. iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad is making controversial statements about the united states, this time saying american leaders should be buried. president ahmadinejad made that remark yesterday, responding to statements from u.s. officials in recent months saying that there remains an option on the table to launch a military attack on iran's nuclear program. ahmadinejad once again accused the u.s. government of being behind the september 11th attacks. today begins a new session of the u.s. supreme court with several landmark cases on the

agenda and a new face. the justices, among other things, will examine whether free speech protects anti-gay protests at military funerals and if it protects the sale of violent video games to children. the newest supreme court justice elena kagan takes the bench for the first time. the l.a. times says more than $69 million in california welfare money has been spent or withdrawn outside the state, including millions spent in las vegas casinos and on cruise ships. the report comes from the california department of social services, $11.8 million of the cash benefits were withdrawn in las vegas, far more than any other destination. $387,000 withdrawn in hawaii and $16,000 from cruise ships. a bay area woman is the

second highest ranking official on the federal reserve board. she's been the president of the federal reserve bank of san francisco since 2004. yellen will now help decide how much additional aid the fed should provide to energize the u.s. economy. and muni appears to have found a sure fire remedy for reducing the number of sick calls it receives. management is now requiring a doctor's note every time a muni driver calls in six. sick calls have plunged 42% in recent weeks. right now, it's almost 6:18. want to check with sal for problems in the commute. >> right now traffic is doing pretty well. if you are driving in most areas, let's go outside, want to show you that 80 westbound is getting more crowded as you

drive to the mcarthur maze. no major problems when it comes to crashes or stalled vehicles. interstate 80 is the same thing. we certainly have more people out there. you can get a decent commute heading south and north. on the sunol grade. 680 traffic looks good. the express lane, no major problems. already getting loaded up as you drive out of pleasanton and head down to sunol and fremont. it's 6:18. let's go to steve. >> on this monday morning, wind and cool will be in the forecast for us. thunderstorms in the sierra, in fact they were really lighting the sky up there for us. the wind now, that sfo sustained gusts of 35. hold onto the steering wheel. oakland, west 16. fairfield, west southwest, 16. napa, southwest, 9. it's going to be a breezy blustery day. look at those, that is just

erupting from northern california along the sierra, all the way down to central california. big thunderstorms, flood advisories out. parts of eldorado county, nevada county and placer county. the city will be very breezy and windy today. in fact, temperatures only in the 60s, 52 to 59 right now. that's it. if it wasn't for the wind and clouds, we'd be colder. the low will form and stay over us for the bulk of the week. probably not the coast. everyone's in on the wind. possibility of showers, thundershowers on wednesday. we kick that system out thursday. and then more sunshine and warmer towards friday. a wells fargo executive now admits he verified only the dates on as many as 150 foreclosure documents he signed,

but the san francisco-based bank says it's confident that the foreclosure documents involving the bank are accurate. the executive says he relied on co-workers to ensure that all the other information was correct. bank officials say they have no plans to halt any foreclosures. bank of america looks into paperwork problems with some mortgages. b of a is investigating loans from 23 states where workers rushed the foreclosure process for thousands of borrowers. time now 6:20. we're getting ready for fleet week and some of san francisco's most popular visitors arrived today. the blue angels are scheduled to arrive at 1:30 this afternoon. the precision flying team will practice over the bay and the city thursday and friday. will perform in the fleet week air show saturday and sunday if

the weather permits. and at least six u.s. navy ships will also be open for you to take tours beginning saturday. >> always fun to watch. 6:21 is the time. the attacks got personal in the second debate between meg whitman and jerry brown. >> you should be ashamed-- >> the focus of this historic debate. good morning, on 80 westbound, the traffic there is looking pretty good as you head out to the mcarthur maze. little bit of a back-up building in one of the toll plazas, we'll tell you where.

traffic on bay area bridges looking pretty good. the bay bridge is getting a little bit of a back-up. those metering lights have gone on. traffic is backed up beyond the 880 overpass. golden gate and richmond bridge traffic moving along nicely. the university of california's debating what to do with the abandoned mansion that used to house uc presidents. the blake house is unfit to live in according to uc officials. it could cost $10 million to fully repair the mansion which is near berkeley.

renovation plans are being criticized by uc staff and students. well today, election officials are scheduled to start sending out vote by mail ballots. those ballots should start showing up in your mailboxes by the end of next week. you have until the 18th of next month to register to vote in the november election. if you're already registered ask for a vote by mail ballot until october 26th. voters in three bay area bay cities will see a ballot different than the ones they're used to. oakland, berkeley and san leandro will used ranked choice ballots. if no canneddidate wins a majority the second and third choices will be considered as well.

well there were heated exchanges during the second debate between meg whitman and jerry brown with the issue of whitman's former housekeeper taking center stage. the face-off on saturday was the first ever spanish language debate in the governor's race in california. the issue of immigration reform came up repeatedly. whitman was asked about the undocumented housekeeper she had employed for nine years. she blamed her democratic rival for the controversy. >> you should be ashamed. you put her deportation at risk, you put her out there and you should be shamed for sacrificing nikki diaz on the alter of your political ambition. >> don't run for governor unless you can stand up and say "i made a mistake." you've blamed her, blamed me, blamed the unions, but don't

take accountability. you can find coverage of this weekend's debate by going to ktvu.com. click on the election 2010 tab. all right, time now, 6:26. it was a terrifying incident that involved a kidnapping suspect, a mother and her baby. this ended on a bay area freeway with an incident no one was expecting. a man is stabbed and a woman kidnapped. this morning the search is on for the 18-year-old woman and the man police believe took her. we'll have the latest coming up. plus: it's a big week for wall street. we'll take you live to new york for the opening bell. pam will have all the early numbers.

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toll plaza. all of a sudden the back-up is beyond the 880 overcrossing. no problems once you get onto the bridge. coming up on 6:30, let's go back to the desk. want to take you to new york right now for a moment. there's the opening bell, arriving in new york, right on time. lower opening right now. global markets, taking a look right now, are heading lower at the start of a very big economic week. investors will be looking for a lot of news out this week uh, culminating at the end with the monthly employment report in the u.s. which is always a big one. this morning we have pending home sales expected to inch up in august. that will hurt stocks as well. we'll keep watching the news and get you those numbers in just a moment. >> we're ready, we say good morning to you. thank you for joining us on the

ktvu morning news. i'm dave clark. >> i'm pam cook. time now 6:30. police are looking for a woman who was abducted from a san jose home. claudine wong joins us with more on the story. >> this neighborhood is waking up this morning on lutina drive. it's pretty early, they've heard about what happened in this neighborhood, certainly they're worried about this kidnapping in san jose. 18-year-old judya and a 28-year-old man was confronted by the suspect yesterday morning. the man was stabbed several times and they took off with la. la and the suspect haven't been seen since all this happened. she's described at 5'2" tall, 115 pounds with brown hair and black eyes. we want to show you a picture of

the suspect this morning. 28-year-old brian adrong described as 6 feet tall, 160 pounds. we don't know his connection to the victims, but police believe he may be using his own car to run from them. a black 2002 lexus is250. california license plate 6dsj212. now again, police have been searching for la and uh, this suspect since yesterday morning. they're asking the public's help in finding them this morning. we've put in a call to san jose police, we're starting to hear from neighbors as they're waking up this morning. they've told us a couple conflicting things, but we'll continue to talk to them and keep you updated on the mornings on 2. concord police are trying to

identify two men who robbed a 70-year-old man at gunpoint. police have released a photo of one of the gunman. take a look. latino, 40 years old, spoke spanish. the second man also spoke spanish, he's described as african-american, about 45 years old, 5'7" tall and stocky. both men are considered armed and dangerous. an oakland woman is facing child abuse charges after her 2-year-old daughter was found beaten inside their home. neighbors called police last friday. police say the toddler suffered injuries to her face and body and was taken to the hospital. her mother was arrested, 45-year-old griselva castaneda. she also has two teenaged children and a 25-year-old son. no word on the toddler's condition, but she will reportedly be placed in protective custody along with her siblings. time now 6:33.

investigators go back to a santa clara apartment complex badly damaged by a fire. residents were forced to stay someplace else because there's no electricity right now. luckily no one was hurt. firefighters say it appears the fire started in the attic. it doesn't appear to have been an arson fire. a kidnapping suspect is in the hospital and a mother and baby are safely back home, after a terrifying incident that ended on 280 in wood side saturday night. a 26-year-old man kidnapped his ex-girlfriend and the couple's 11-month-old daughter from a san jose home. they say he then raced up and down the peninsula before nengs intentionally crashing his car and jumping off a 30-foot overpass. the mother and babey weren't

hurt. good morning, ais as i mentioned last time, the toll plaza is kind of the barometer of the bay area commute. if that's doing poorly, other freeways tend to go south, so to speak. right now it's moderate. once you get onto the bridge, it looks better into san francisco. it actually does move. this morning's commute here on 880, north and southbound, continuing to look very nice. no major problems there. if driving on the east shore freeway, traffic for the most part looks pretty good. getting more crowded. the time, 6:36. let's go to steve. >> there's your pretty picture for the day. you probably heard the wind last night, that'll be with us today. some uh, big thunderstorms have erupted in the sierra. there are flood advisories for parts of the mother lode. partly sunny, partly cloudy, cool and windy day. watch over the sierra.

watch this kabooming right there. anybody traveling up there, 50 or 80, tahoe, you're encountering thunderstorms. that's going to be a low forming over us. it will control our weather through thursday. today's more wind than anything else. possibility of showers will be more likely tuesday into wednesday. this'll be more inland and on the coast. the coast will be mostly sunny, windy though. everybody will be on the wind. cooler, 60s, 70s, it's not going to be very warm. 54 in san francisco. we'll go for a high of 64. two-degrees warmer than yesterday. little bit of a south wind sometimes, warm things up a little bit. 54, partly sunny, partly cloudy 60, 64 as well. temperatures aren't traveling very far because of its cold air aloft. mount tem is 45. santa rosa's 48.

53 vallejo crocket. 45 with thunderstorms in tahoe. 50s, 60s for everybody in the valley. the system cuts off from the main jetstream. it's going to sit here. it will settle towards the southern sacramento valley, san joaquin valley. as it does, the wrap around could give us showers towards lake county, napa county, solano county. today though, it's a really cool low that moves in. it's more cool in wind than anything else. windy and cooler, sun and clouds. showers are possible. i'm going to lean more towards tomorrow, 60s and 70s, just not very warm today. little bit warmer tomorrow. drifts towards us on wednesday. clearing thursday, and then friday, looks warmer. pam and dave. >> all right, well there's a new way to keep track of what your dog is doing around the house.

with the help of twitter. you can now get an update on their antics when they're home alone. giants players are crediting the fans with helping them clinch the national league west title. 680 traffic looks okay. getting a little bit busy. that express lane may come into play today. we'll explain.

good morning, welcome back. here's a quick look at top stories for you. some residents in an apartment complex near walnut creek plan to move out this week after the fifth attack on women in recent months. the latest one happened saturday night. today the california state supreme court is scheduled to rule on furlough fridays. the court will decide whether the governor has the authority to order state workers to take unpaid days off to balance the state's budget. american travellers are being warned about potential terrorist threats in europe. terrorists may be plotting attacks in europe on public places. overnight: there are reports out of pakistan on another attack on trucks carrying nato supplies to afghanistan. it was the fourth such attack

since friday. the pakistani taliban are claiming responsibility for an attack yesterday. at least 20 tankers carrying oil for nato and u.s. troops in afghanistan were set on fire. three people were killed in that attack. the wife of the muslim clerk who wants to build a community center near ground zero says her family has been getting death threats. she made the revelation in a television interview. the threats are being investigated by police. sketches of the islamic center were released last week. construction is at least two to three years away. it is the most comprehensive survey on the sexual behavior of americans since 1994. researchers from indiana university say they surveyed almost 6,000 people about their sexual behavior. among the findings in this report, sexually active 14-year-olds have the highest rate of the u.s. of condoms. 79%. that compares to 25% for all men in the survey.

participants also reported having sex in 41 different ways. 1/3 of the women said they had pain during sex. that compared to just 5% for men. the co-founder of invitro fertilization is this year's nobel prize winner in medicine. robert edwards' break through helped millions of infertile couples have children. their efforts led to the birth of the world's first test tube baby in 1978. researchers are puzzled over new findings about the effects of obesity on your health. a newly study in the journal diabetes care finds that obese people who are metabolically healthy can improve their health by losing a few pounds. they say it may depend on where the person stores their fat and that belly fat is typically the least healthy.

researchers say the message to eat well and exercise is still good for everyone. >> why are you looking at my stomach? >> hey, i'm not. we're smiling because for the first time in seven years, the san francisco giants are heading to the playoffs. kraig debro is at at&t park this morning. good morning, kraig. >> good morning, the lights are on at at&t park. they must still be cleaning up the streamers from the celebration from yesterday. it took the giants three games, 162 games, last two to clinch this thing. the giants are playing the braves on thursday. >> drives it in, triple alley. not going to get it. >> jonathan sanchez is the worst hitting pitcher on the team, but yesterday he had the one big hit. got to third base with a triple and was driven in by freddy sanchez. the giants were on top to stay

at that point. they eventually won the game 3-0 on the strength of that. freddy sanchez' hit to center field. aubrey huff had a hit to left center field. buster posey had a home run later. not too long ago, the giants were 6.5 games out behind the padres. won't a 10-game losing streak. the rookie of the year candidate. suddenly they're on top. now they're going to the playoffs. >> it's fabulous! so exciting! >> this is great! >> nothing you can do. you gotta stay positive and rock and roll. >> that's why we grew these beards. >> reporter: those beards you might see out in the stands, that's one expectation of how the giants and fans are close together. one of the relief pictures in the giants grew that beard. another relief picture grew it

as a joke or thing to show solidarity. they call it fear the beard. brian wilson, the closer has a lot of saves this year. they're saying fear the beard. a play on words there. pandemonium. pablo sandoval. the giants have had a great relationship with the players this year. the game on thursday, it'll be right here at at&t park. i'm looking into what we can get them on ebay. a lot of people want to go and want to sit together. only single seats will be available now. reporting live in san francisco. >> time now 6:46. in other news, detectives in colorado just launched a new round of questions and interviews into the murder of little jonbenet ramsey. almost 14 years ago. they've contacted several

possible witnesses including jonbenet's brother, burke. he was just 9 years old when his sister was found strangled in the family's basement. the police are hoping this new investigation will trigger memories of extra details and in fact at least one detective reportedly still believes jonbenet's family was somehow responsible for her death. high-tech is going to the dogs. puppy tweets is an electronic dog tag with a sensor that detects your dog's movements and sends out a variety of tweets. there are 500 tweets programmed into the device, for example, if a dog is very active he could tweet chasing everything that moves is definitely a full-time job. sal is an expert on the movement in our commute. how's it going? >> yes, it's going pretty well. uh, and i don't know if my tweets will be as interesting as the dogs but you can try it anyway. there's my address below my name there. let's take a look at what we

have. this is a look at 680. all of a sudden we're seeing slow traffic there as you drive town to the bottom of the hill. it's also slow coming out of pleasanton. 880 not so bad driving past the coliseum. this morning's commute, westbound bay bridge. now backing up for a bigger delay. about 15 minutes at the toll plaza. >> my tweets very easy. for those of you multitasking, getting ready for the day. you're listening but not watching, partly cloudy, windy, cool, and for those in the sierras, it is big time thunderstorms up there. issued flood advisories for 2 to 5 inches of rain in eldorado county, placer county. maybe you want to hold on a little bit. if you're already there, hunker down. a low will form right over central california. thunderstorms there, we have a

few light showers yesterday. had rain in san francisco. light rain drops, few showers around. today, right there, we're waiting for the system to form. temperatures came down yesterday due to an increase in the fog. today it's just a cooler air mass. napa 73 yesterday. 72 today. walnut creek, 73 to 71. oakland 67, 66, and san jose 72. 50s for everybody. higher elevations in the 40s. combine that was the wind, it's rather cold. 45 tahoe, thunderstorms in the area. same up and down the coast. everyone's rather close here. right there. that's pretty good. you can actually see a little bit of the wrap around starting to develop. the low will form in the southern sacramento valley. it will sit here for a couple days and meander around. it gives us a cool pattern. possibility of showers, more likely tuesday into wednesday. very windy at times. gusts of 35 miles an hour. cool is in place.

windy and cooler. sun and clouds. showers possible. anything with this kind of low coming in. we keep things rather active, partly sunny, partly cloudy to mostly cloudy. for the coast, i think mostly sunny. this is more of an inland event. tuesday and wednesday, up in the sierra, clearing on thursday, which is good. warmer on friday. verizon admits it incorrectly charged millions of customers for data or internet sessions. 15 million customers who do not have data plans were billed for them. they can expect to see a credit on their october or november bills. former customers can expect to receive a refund check. let's check on wall street right now. live look at the big board on the new york stock exchange. shows the dow jones up about 20 points to 10,850. the nasdaq and s&p 500 also uh, making small gains after overseas markets across europe losing ground this morning.

mostly seeing flat ahead of some big economic news coming in later today and later this week. orcel's founder recently fired because he did a bad job of running sap. the new hp could encroach on oracle's traditional turf. two bay area leaders throwing their support behind a controversial topic. >> if it benefits our economy, terrific. >> how the politics of pot is showing up in oakland's mayoral race. plus: the reason san francisco's garbage is a focus of a big decision set for this week.

let's go to torre to see what's coming up on mornings on 2. >> police are asking for the public's help to find the man who stabbed one person and kidnapped a young woman from a san jose home yesterday morning. we'll show you who police are looking for and why they're so concerned. the u.s. supreme court begins a new term today with a new member but find out what

elena kagan has had to recuse herself from several cases. we'll be live at at&t park to find out when the playoffs begin and how much tickets will cost fans. those stories and more coming up on mornings on 2. now back to you on the morning news. tomorrow san francisco supervisors will consider a contract that would ship the city's garbage to yuba county. currently. san francisco's garbage is trucked past livermore, but there's now proposal to haul the trash to a landfill 130 miles away to a town near wheatland. if approved, the 10-year agreement would start in 2015. there's a new list of the best and worst roads in the area. there's almost 380 miles of roads, transportation officials

say they're maintained with a combination of special gas tax money and a commitment by the city council. as for the worst streets, according to the list, they're found in the city of real vista, about 20 miles of north of redwood. it comes in at the very bottom of the list of 101 bay area cities. when asked about how bad the roads are there, the mayor told us it's because of a lack of money. you can see the complete list by going to our channel 2 website, ktvu.com on the homepage look under special reports. everybody has a bad street they'd like to report. let's check with sal for other traffic news. >> good morning to you, traffic is moving along okay. in you're on 680, it's a little slow heading south. also this morning, we're following the commute at the toll plaza, a 15 to 20 minute delay. 6:57. let's go to steve. >> mostly cloudy, cool, breezy. windy today with thunderstorms

in the sierra nevada. possibility of showers for us. i think more likely tomorrow. today's more clouds than anything else. 60s and 70s, that's it. fewer clouds, little more sunshine by the coast. thank you, steve. two oakland mayoral candidates led their support to a marijuana superstore. the i grow know has changed its name to we grow. the rebranding was celebrated yesterday. the mayoral candidates were on hand. >> we haven't had any real difficulty in convincing people that this is really about team management, about prosperity. if it benefits our economy terrific. >> we grow owners have franchised the story across the country. there's growing concern this morning at one east bay apartment complex. we're looking live out there.

this is the park regency apartments. we'll let you hear from terrified residents and tell you how they plan to protect themselves. stay with us.