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good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm tori campbell. it's wednesday, november 3rd. we are ally fog the election results as they are still coming in -- we're following the results as they are still coming in this morning. it looks like the voters are sending jerry brown back to sacramento. taking a look at the results, brown got 54% of the vote and mitt got 34%. got-- and meg whitman got 34%. jade hernandez has more. >> reporter: good morning.

he celebrated with supporters here last night, at a building where he restored. he says he's ready to serve the state of california. whitman had characterized him as a failed politician. but he sold himself as a frugal governor who will make hard decisions and won't tax people without their approval. recent exit polls had brown at double-digits coming into the state. >> wewe will had have times that will be tough. how long they will last? a year, maybe longer, but if we all pull together, and if we operating -- with honesty, if i tell you what i understand, i level with you, and we include

everybody and it's transparent. here is the key point -- we want to be fair. >> reporter: this was an expensive race to sacramento. >> reporter: even after trying to soften her image over the past couple of weeks -- >> to my campaign team, especially the young people who worked so hard -- [ cheers ]

>> i will not forget. >> reporter: governor brown plans to hold a conference at 8:00 a.m. back to you. >> thank you, jade. 7:03. the u.s. senate race, it appears that the voters are sending barbara box back. take a look at the latest numbers. boxer with 52% of the vote, fiorina with 42%. senator boxer declared victory at an election party in los angeles last night. she told her supporters it was the toughest and roughest campaign of her life. >> everything was grown at us, including the kitchen sink. [ laughter ] >> and the stove and the oven and everything. >> reporter: senator boxer's projected win is helping democrats keep control of the u.s. senate but with a smaller

majority. however the republicans have taken control of the house. carly fiorina still has not officially conceded the senate race. fiorina watched the election results with her family last night in irvin. she says this race is too close to call and she told supporters she promised to run a fearless and tireless campaign and thanked her supporters for doing the same. >> we're going to be watching all night. all of these people who have already declared this race, maybe that wasn't a smart thing to do. >> carly fiorina reportedly raised $17-point million, 6.5 million coming from her own pocket. proposition 19, to legalize marijuana, is losing. 54% of voters have rejected the

measure, while only 46% gave it a yes vote. in oakland, at this university, they say the battle is far from over. they say they are already ready to introduce another by for november 2012. >> i think we'll have a lot more support coming from around the country. >> if the measure had passed it likely would have faced legal challenges from the government. supporters say it would have brought in revenue. opponents say it contained legal loopholes and would have made it easier for smokers to get behind the wheel. you can get up-to-the-minute results at the bottom of your

-- at the bottom of your screen. our coverage continues online at ktvu.com. we have another big story this morning. hundreds of people already gathered for this morning's big victory parade for the world champion san francisco giants. ktvu's claudine wong has moved from montgomery to -- from washington to montgomery. what's the mood out there? >> reporter: there is a lot of activity. we know the fans have been here all night. this is washington and montgomery. you can see the congratulations sign up. if you look down washington street there's some of the boats and floats to be put in this parade. we expect dozens and dozens of floats and cable cars obviously as the team makes their way through the city. this is the start of the

parade. it ends at civic center plaza and that's where they have hundreds of bans. we were there earlier and you saw a lot of people camped out. everyone we talked to said they just want to celebrate the giants and be a part of history. >> i love it. i love it. from the orange lights -- from the orange lights -- >> oh, yeah. >> even tiffany's, they put a jersey on the statue. >> i've been a giants' fans for 31 years, got off the airplane, came from el salvador, headed to candlestick. my grandpa took me there and made us all giants' fans. >> reporter: back here live. you can see the fans got their front-row seats. really, if you want to come out here, there are a lot of fans getting out here really, really

early to make sure they have a got seed. this street will be closed down along with others. everyone is being called in to help man this. the mayor has said this will be the parade to end all parades. it's going to affect traffic this morning. san francisco police say they are gonna try to hold off shutting down the streets. this is very busy as it heads down market street. cal social security social security street. sal castanedo is watching all of this. sal? >> actually, sal will be talking about that. but first we have breaking news regarding the caldecott tunnel. it sounds like there's problem with the bore? >> it sounds like the construction work has collapsed

on one man. we're getting word that it could be just one injury here -- now, they are say saying there are two -- saying there are two people injured. westbound 24 at the caldecott tunnel. this is going to back up traffic only because of all of the response. it looks like two workers were injured. perhaps it's not as serious as we first thought but it is going to cause a traffic issue. this is a look at highway 24, westbound getting up to the the tunnel. we have a look at highway 237. you can see on the right there. you see all of the flashing lights? this is causing a big traffic jam on the nimitz freeway. if you head south, it's causing a big traffic jam. this is not the worst of it.

the worst of it. here's steve. we're getting a little bit of a northeast wind. so that's going to keep temperatures on the mild to very warm side side. 70s and upper 70s to low 80s, sunny, fair, warm. oakland, 78 degrees. maybe even approaching 80 by the airport. temperatures starting off on the mild side at 56 could be in record-setting territory. 82 the forecasted high. a lot of mid-70s upper 70s and low 80s. including mountain view. 50s and 60s now. 30s in the mountains, 40s, 50s, high pressure is still in charge. big system continuing to develop. it will slow down and weaken

considerably. today, patchy fog, mostly sunny. some of that fog on the marin/sonoma coast. and everything looks good for the parade. sunny, mostly sunny, wild, warm. temperatures in the 70s. more clouds and cooler weather saturday. set your clocks back sunday. we're going to continue to follow that breaking news at the caldecott tunnel. some of the construction for the new bore has collapsed. sal will have an update next. there is a big change in the balance of power in washington. why do republicans say this is not the time to gloat? we'll bring you a report from washington -- coming up

at least two workers are hurt. the fire department is on the way to tunnel. we'll have more in a second but you can bet traffic is slowing down at the scene. 7:15. well, the 2010 election is making history. there will be dramatic changes in washington. ktvu's alison burns is live in our d.c. bureau where congress is gonna look a whole lot different in january. good morning, alison. >> reporter: good morning, dave. that's right. it's the biggest republican sweep in the house in decades.

republicans ousted democrats in what many are interpreting as a rebuke to president obama. let's take a look at the numbers -- >> reporter: there are still several races undecided. here is a picture we got overnight of the white house of president obama calling john boehner, offering congratulations to the man who will likely be the next speaker of the house. john boehner says he has a mandate to offer health reform. >> we must remember it's the president who sets the agenda. the american people have sent an unmistakable message to him tonight and that message is --

change course. >> reporter: nancy pelosi, who will serve as speaker until january -- >> we are going back to the failed policies of the past. >> reporter: now, democrats were able to keep control of the senate but they lost some feets. now we're looking at 9 democrats, 46 republicans and two independents in the senate. it's a net gain of six seats for republicans, three races indoles, washington and alaska are -- in three cases, colorado, washington and alaska are still undecided. >> you can watch the president's news conference 10:00 this morning. we'll abring it to you -- we'll bring it to you live. it could be another day before we find out who won the race for oakland's mayor.

right now don perata has 35% of the vote and jean kwan is trailing. the front-runner, perata, did not celebrate last night. he left the party last night because he is suffering from a bad case of laryngitis. >> we've been told if you have a substantial lead coming out of the election date it holds up. but this is not science. >> the final results of the race will likely be announced on friday to give voters enough chance for second, third choices. if no candidate receives a majority, 51% of first-choice votes, then the process of

redistributing votes happens. first, the candidate with the fewer first choice votes is eliminated. then voters who chose an eliminated candidate will have their vote transferred to their second-choice candidate. if those additional second- choice votes give either candidate a majority, that candidate wins. if not, the process continues of eliminating. in oakland, two voters had to decide two very important issues. dealing with police funding. they rejected measure x. that measure would have had homeowners pay for police services. also measure bb was approved. now, that restores $20 million in police funding by removing a requirement on the number of police officers the city has to have staffed. the funding comes from a partial tax approved back in 2004. measure bb does not carry any

new cost for the residents of oakland. vallejo police are searching for three women blamed for four recent strong- arm robberies. investigators say the victims were all elderly and handicapped women who were physically attacked before they were robbed. police say the three suspects have been spotted in a late 1980s volvo, four-door sedan. there's damage to the right side of the car. police describe the suspects as very dangerous. also, on craigslist, a woman said suspects repeatedly attacked her while holding her inside a room on discovery inn. she said she was told for nearly a week before the suspects drove her to richmond. she said she escaped before jumping out of their camaro. coming up, we'll tell you where voters reelected a

senator even though she's no longer alive. and we're watching the crowds grow by the minute. we'll take you back to san francisco for the victory parade. it will be busy in the city. it's busy now in the santa clara county. we also have a problem in the east bay. all of that straight ahead.

good morning to you. welcome back. time now 7:23. voters in los angeles county reelected a state senator who died last month. jenny opeda died of complications from a blood clot but she still got the majority of the vote. if the votes hold up, governor schwarzenegger will have to call a special election to fill

the vacant seat. san francisco is about to become one of the first cities to ban toys in fast-food meals. this is after an ordinance was set for nutrition requirements. the board voted to ban those that have not enough fruits and vegetables or too much sugar. prop 23 is on its way to defeat which means california's landmark global warming law will me main in effect. about 60% of voters rejected the measure which sought to reduce gas missions. the group says the measure was designed to kill the state's fight against global warming. supporters say it was needed to save jobs. 7:24. let's rush right back to sal. breaking news at the caldecott tunnel. what's going on? >> well, it was a construction

accident that aped less -- which happened less than an hour ago. the new bore, there was some sort of an accident where a couple of workers have been injured. and they are looking looking for a rescue team to get up to them. someone may, indeed, be trapped in the new caldecott tunnel. so far, westbound traffic a not affected all that -- traffic not affected all that much. this is going on in the new bore. and we're learning from dispatchers and we'll let you know more about this accident. let's take a look at highway 237. still clearing up an accident, 237 at 880. the traffic is really bad on 880 heading south. this morning on 280 northbound, getting up to highway 17.

that's already slow getting up into the valley. we have to caution you. if you are going to san francisco the best way to get there is by public transportation. not your car. here's steve. thank you, sal. >> we do have mostly sunny conditions expected today and some patchy clouds. some of those higher clouds drifting by. you can actually get a look at them right there. some of those just filter by. now, at the the surface there's not much going on. there are some pretty good breezes out of the east. plenty going on. there's a big system out there that will start to play into our weather on friday with a

cooldown. it looks like rain to me on sunday. until then, patchy fog, fair but a few high clouds. a little windy at times, mainly an east wind in the higher elevations. 70s, upper 70s and a few low 80s and everything looks good for the parade. sunny, machine and a very mild day to warm with 70-degree temperatures. fog starts to work its way back thursday for a cooling trend. big cooling trend on friday. mostly cloudy on saturday. sunday looks like rain. we also set our clocks back one hour. in san francisco with the registrar of voters -- what the registrar of voters is saying about the person accused of stealing votes. that story is next on "mornings on 2."

breaking news in the east bay where there has been a construction accident inside the new couple -- new caldecott tunnel. two workers are being rescued by contra costa fire teams. this is not affecting traffic and people who are driving to the caldecott may not even be able to see what's going on. let's go now to the phone, chp officer sam morgan is with us on the line. officer morgan, can you tell us

more about what happened? >> yeah. good morning at about 6:58 this morning, our dispatch center got a call regarding the new construction area of the caldecott tunnel. when our officers responded to the scene, we discovered that a new portion of the construction fell on a worker. the worker was hit by pieces of concrete, not life-threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital. it's not affecting traffic at all. no one is trapped. we're investigating this as an industrial accident. >> okay. so, in other words, the people who were had hurt, the one worker that you mentioned that was hurt has already been taken away from the scene. >> that's correct. >> and nobody in there needs to be rescued? >> that's correct. >> that's good news. the worker inside that was taken out, was hurt taken to a hospital but nobody else is trapped and the traffic is not being affected.

you can see contra costa fire units there still on the scene doing an investigation. the good news is nobody was hurt. the traffic is moving on. so what sounded like what could have been a very serious accident, according to officer morgan, and the injuries sustained are not life- threatening. let's go back to the desk. in thein the california governor's race it looks like jerry brown is going back to the office. juriry brown ended up -- jerry brown ended up with 54% of have the vote. jerry brown celebrated in oakland last night with his supporters. >> the next governor of the state of california. jerry brown! [ cheers ] >> now, in his victory speech he told his supporters there

are still tough times ahead for california but said he's committed to working with republicans on the state's challenges. >> i'm hoping and i'm praying that this breakdown that's gone on for so many years in in the state capitol, that that paves the way for a breakthrough. >> jerry brown last served as the governor of california in the ally in the '80s. now, republican meg whitman conceded the race after spending $10 million of her own -- $140 million of her own money on her campaign. >> tonight as not turned out quite at we had opened. we have come up a little short. >> she said she called jerry brown on the phone and wished

him well. whitman urged had her supporters to continue to demand change. barbara boxer has declared victory over her challenger, carly fiorina. but fiorina has not officially turned in the towel. she says the numbers are too close to call. boxer 52%, fiorina, 42. rick low zahn know is at -- rick lozano is in irvine with more. >> reporter: good morning. we have yet to hear from a carly fiorina spokesperson as to whether she intends to make any kind of an announcement. she's saying it's not over until it's over, although most experts say it is. she spent most of the night crunching numbers and telling

her supporters it's not over. >> it is too close to call. it's a long night. we will be watching returns all night. but all of those people who have already declared this mistake, maybe that was not a smart thing to do. >> reporter: so instead of conceding, fiorina spent the late-night and early-morning hours monitoring the returns despite several news organizations declaring barbara boxer. fiorina left what was supposed to be a victory party and returned to her hotel room. this, while the incumbent had had no trouble at all, declaring victory at a celebration in hollywood. >> this is my 11th straight election victory. [ cheers ] >> and what a sweet one it is! [ cheers ]

>> boxer's apparent victory over fiorina was one of the shining moments. she called it her toughest race ever as she overcame attack ads and approval ratings. fiorina had her own problems as she tried to overcome her days at hp, where she laid off 30,000 work he. still no concession from fiorina but many believe it's just a matter of time. tori, that's it from here. back to you. >> thank you, rick. 7:36. meanwhile, we're still watching and waiting this morning to see if two-term democratic representative jerry mcnerney will hang onto his job. his district includes parts of san joaquin valley. the attorneys general race is neck and neck this morning.

kamala harris with 46% of the vote. look, her opponent, steve cooley, from los angeles, 46%. that's the latest from there. it's also looking like mayor gavin newsom will be moving from city hall to the state capital. the republican, 39%. newsom has a comfortable lead over mall maldonado. last night, newsom said he wants to transform the office of the lieutenant-governor. >> i came in to do some bold things and to be aggressive and i want to remake that lieutenant-governor's office. i want it to mean something again. >> newsom earlier ran for governor but eventually dropped out of that race. when he takes over at lieutenant governor in january, san francisco will have to find a replacement there to finish

out his term. a bay area police search is on this morning after a san francisco voting inspector apparently ran off stealing ballots from a polling site. kraig debro is following this story and joins us now with more information. good morning, kraig. >> reporter: good morning, tori the san francisco sheriff's office is investigating this theft. so far this morning we've not been able to reach investigators but we did speak to a neighbor who said she arrived at the precinct place, the 11th precinct, after the theft but before police arrived. the ballots were stolen in a random fashion, in other words, that person may not have known which ones he stole. he unlocked three different stores in order to steal 75

ballot, and a memory pack that records all of the voters and a roster. >> they don't know if the gentleman went completely berserk but he apparently -- he just closed down the whole place. >> there wasn't any notes in his files that indicated he couldn't handle any responsibility. he scored very well on the assessment that was given to him. he interacted fine with our staff. >> reporter: this is the first year the man had had been an inspector. they clearly have his name and address and did not release it to the public. the precinct closed for an investigation but reopened for people and voting resumed here. there are not that many races

so voice that 75 ballots would make much of a difference. i've been trying to get more information about the person accused of stealing those ballots. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. 7:39. well, hundreds of fans are already gathered at this moment for this morning's big victory parade for the wold champion -- world champion giants. the ticker-tape parade starts at 11:00 a.m. at montgomery street. the parade moves at market street and it will end at the civic center. people already started camping out overnight. the crowd is growing by the minute. this is an area right at washington and montgomery. you can see this is where the parade will really start.

now, the parade will take the same route the giants took to their welcome to san francisco party when the team moved to new york in 1958. hundreds of thousands of people are expected for this morning's parade. ktvu's claudine wong will have a live update. she's been out there all morning and will be back at 8:00. if you can't make it out there on person, you can watch it all right here on channel 2, beginning at 10:30. we've also streaming it live on our website, ktvu.com. >> i heard you mention earlier that productivity might be done a little bit. >> probably not a whole lot of work done today. >> okay. sal will be working hard coffering the traffic as well. >> we're gonna have newschopper2 up, we'll have pictures of the parade. the traffic will be a mess, quite frankly. if you are a giant' fan you've been waiting a long time for this. so it is gonna be kind of a

messy day in san francisco. speaking of messes, they clear and accident where 237 and 880 meet here. 880 south is very very, heading south and driving to milpitas because of the earlier crash. also this morning's commute is going to be busy in livermore. we have an accident at greenville road. we have a lot of slow traffic here this morning, coming off the altamont pass. if you are driving to the east shore freeway westbound 80 is also pretty slow from pinole richmond heading out to the maze to a very crowded bay bridge toll plaza. it's crowded there. no major problems on the way in. let's go to steve. we have mostly cloudy skies. there are clouds kind of drifting up. some of those will drift in the area. it won't stop us from being mostly sunny. upper 78 os to 8 -- 70s to 80s.

55 oakland and berkeley. big testimony to the left of your screen will come in for a cooler friday/saturday. you can see some of those higher clouds. not a big deal you could have some drifting in but overall, patchy fog, mainly on the marin/sonoma coast. fair warm, windy. some of the higher elevations. coming right down the oakland/berkeley side. os to low 80s everything -- 70s to low 80s. everything looks good to me. cooldown starts a little bit tomorrow with more increase in the fog. then we really start to cool down on friday. it looks like rain on sunday and we pet our clocks back sunday morning -- set our clocks back sunday morning, early, early. sarah shourd talks about her 14 months in an iranian prison and what she's doing tonight to try to free the two

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after there were a few surprises in the election, investors are turning their attention to the federal reserve -- to the federal reserve meeting. the dow in range to close at its highest level in more than two years. right now it's up 3, 11,192. nasdaq's down 5. s&p is flat. 7. a google application

that was supposed to help people find their polling places may have made things more confusing. itics are saying the information was out dated and sent many voters to the wrong location. more than 700,000 households may have been affect. acoreing to -- according to politico.com, a google spokesman said the company was working diligently to fix the -- to fix the problem. at the center of our next story, three uc berkeley graduates, arrested in iran. two are still in custody. the third, sarah shourd, joins us right here. good morning. thank you for joining us. i have to ask you something first a lot of people are asking. if you were really just hiking, what were you thinking? why would you go anywhere near

a hostile border like that? >> that's a good question and i would really love to answer that question because it's so important that people understand. it's a semiautonomous join -- it's a -- green mountains, beautiful place, nothing like this has ever happened there before. no american has ever been killed there. people call it "the other iraq" because it's not the same as the other iraq. >> you really thought you were safe? >> completely. we were given wrong information. no one mentioned there was near a border. there were hundreds of families near this border. can you see it on the website, freethehikers.com. i've traveled extensively as

has my fiance and josh fa it. it. al. this is where everyone goes on the weekends. when i think of hiking, i think of five miles. others maybe think of half a mile in that region. so maybe when they mentioned a good trail for hiking, they didn't expect us to go so far. >> tell us more about your fiance and josh fa it. it. al. what is it like and what do you think it's like right now? >> today marks 450 days that they've been in long detention. they are in a small, cramped cell, the same size of the cell i was in. all they have is each other. i have very little contact with

them. they've had -- i've had one message from them and they said it was a lot more difficult to be in prison without me. >> they are harder on them now that you're gone? >> no, not -- i got three sentences. that's all of the information i've gottefrom them since i was released around 40 days ago. i don't know how they are doing. but i can see where they are. i know what it's like there and i know how small their world is, how trapped, they feel. they only have 40 minutes out of their cell every day and the rest of the time, they are in a small, cramped space together. they are best friends but no matter how close you are, having only one other person in your world is psychologically very difficult and trying. >> i don't want to cut you off but i don't want to run out of time. quickly, can you tell us -- i know you were released because

of your health concerns, issues that you are dealing with but you are going to be summoned back for the trial. will you be going back to the trial? >> i was released on compassion grounds, actually. the official didn't didn't have anything to do with my health. it was just compassionate grounds and i'm urging and pleading for the iranian government and the iranian leaders to find it in their hearts to release josh and shane on the same grounds. the trial, i've thought very long and hard about to go back to the trial. right now my mother is in the hospital. so i can't possibly go. i know shane and josh would want me to be with my mother. >> okay. we would talk on and on. sarah shourd will be with families and friends of shane and josh tonight, 7:00, near lake merritt for a vigil and a banner drop.

you say we -- we do have more information at ktvu.com. look under the web links for all of the information about the event tonight. thank you for joining us. let's go back to dave. safer sidewalks are just one of the issues that sent the voters to the polls.

it's 7:5. let's take a look at a couple of other issues this morning. measure l is san francisco's sit/lie ordinance. it shows voters are approving it. it would prevent sitters fromcying on the sidewalks from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. it appears sit/lie will become law. 7:54. let's go right back to sal. how is our commute doing now, sal? >> it's getting busier,

especially trying to get into san francisco. a big event today. i don't think we're grasping the gravity of the -- the grave of the situation. let's check out the south bay. northbound 280 is very slow in downtown, getting up to highway 17. northbound 17 traffic is going to be busy coming down to the valley and getting into the san jose airport area as it turns into interstate 880. this morning's commute is okay on southbound 101 as you drive down to the 580 interchange in marin county. westbound bay bridge traffic is backed up this morning for about a 25-minute delay. it's going to be very slow all day long as people try to get into the city for the parade. what's the weather like for the parade? >> we have a little bit of patchy fog. most of it is off the coast. for most, it's quiet.

a few high clouds right there. a little breezy in some of the higher elevations. but at the surface everybody says calm. marin very sonoma, the fog looks like it's pulling off a little bit. san francisco is the warmest right now at 60 degrees. plenty going on in the pacific. it's just about two or three days away before it makes an impact here. patchy fog, fair, mostly sunny, warm. a little windy in some of the higher elevations. 70s and 80s for temperatures. these are all way above average. when you start out at 60, it won't take long to warm up. fog returns on thursday. and cooler on saturday and rain on sunday. plus we set our clocks back. we're following a developing situation right now in the caldecott tunnel. that's where a construction

worker has been injured. we'll tell you how it's affecting the morning commute. and california's marijuana initiative goes up in smoke at the polls. and the buses, there they -- there they are. just arrived for the day. we'll continue our live coverage of today's big victory parade.

good morning. jerry brown heading back to the governor's office for an encore performance as governor of california. we're getting new information on the frightening incident near the caldecott tunnel. the stage set for san francisco's first ever world series victory parade. good morning. traffic into san francisco today, well, it's going to be very slow because of a huge event that's gonna put thousands of people on the streets. "mornings on 2," the second hour, starts now. good morning. welcome back to "mornings on

2." i'm tori campbell. >> good morning. i'm dave clark. it's wednesday, november 3rd. wewewewe are -- we're still following the election results. in the governor's race, it looks like vote remembers sending jerry brown back to sacramento. jerry brown, 54% of the vote. meg whitman, with 41%. jade hernandez joins us live. she's in oakland. that's where jerry brown made his victory speech. good morning, jade. >> reporter: good morning. we're live at the fox theater this morning. this is where jerry brown celebrated with his supporters last night. he says he's energid and feeling creative and telling the people of california he's ready to serve, once again. governor-elect brown beat his republican challenger, former ebay ceo, whitman.

he sold himself as a frugal politician. the 72-year-old democrat will become the state's oldest governor ever. ironic, sings he was among the youngest governors in state history when he first held the post in the late '70s. he told the crowd he's ready get rid of polarization at the state dan toll but it won't -- state capitol but it won't be easy. >> the different vickss a the state capitol are the -- -- the divisions at the state capitol are the same in washington. >> reporter: meg whitman, the republican challenger spent $141 million of her own money making this race the most expensive state-wide election in u.s. history.

whitman's image took a drop when the issue of her housekeeper came up. after trying to soften her image, she gave her concession speech in leaks last night -- in los angeles last week. >> this was about the struggle and dreams of millions of californians. our challenges are daunting. >> reporter: we're live at the fox theater this morning. this is where brown celebrated with his supporters. this is a rand mark he -- landmark he represents claims some of the change he brought to oakland. brown may have some competition later this morning. he plans to hold a press conference at 11:00 a.m. at his campaign headquarters right here in oakland. reporting live jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, jade. it is two minutes after

8:00. in the u.s. senate race it appears voters are sending barbara boxer back to washington for a fourth term. "ap" calls her the winner. senator boxer declared victory at an election party in los angeles last night. she told her supporters it was the toughest and roughest campaign of her life. >> everything was thrown at us. >> we're still waiting to hear from carly fiorina. she's not officially conceded the senate race. last night she said the race is too close to call but many say it's just a matter of time

before she officially concedes. 8:03. well, proposition 19, that landmark legislation to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, is losing. look at the latest numbers. the yes vote 46% but the no vote is 54%. that's the the latest on that. at oakster dam university supporters said the batel is far from over. they say they are already working on reducing a similar initiative for the 2012 election to legalize the use of marijuana. >> i think it will be a lot different. we'll have more support. >> if the measure passed, it probably would have faced legal challenges from the federal government. supporters say it would have brought extra revenue and allowed law enforcement

agencies to focus on other crimes. but critics say it contained legal loopholes that would have made it easier for smokers to get behind the wheel. you can get all of the up-to- the-minute results. you can see them going right at the bottom of your television screen. and our complete bay area election coverage will continue online at ktvu.com. 8:04, we are following developing news in the east bay. a caltrans worker was injured this morning when working at the new construct area of the caldecott tunnel. it happened when the facing of the new bore collapsed the worker was rescued by contra costa firefighters. that worker was taken to the hospital with non-life- threatening injuries. a cal osha investigator is headed to the scene. because this happened inside the new bore it's not affecting traffic. >> that's good to know. >> it's still just three hours away but already hundreds of fans have gathered for this

morning's big victory parade for the world champion san francisco giants. right in the middle of it is ktvu's claudine wong. she's back with us live where the parade is set to start. >> reporter: good morning, dave. yes, the crowd continues to grow. this is where the giants will be starting their parade. there are folks on both sides of the street. as we said traffic is still moving through here but this is an area that will be shut down immediately for the start of the parade. our coverage starts at 10:30. the parade starts at 11:00. this is a live picture at at&t park. what's gonna happen this morning is that the players are

gonna get ap escort to where we are. this that that -- that will happen where we are. this that wade is actually going to end at civic center plaza. we were out there early this morning. you can see it's still dark but the fans were excited. some people out there got there at 9:30 last night. we talked to one mom who said, yes, her kids are going to miss school but she didn't think it was that big of a deal. >> every 56 years, i think the kids can miss school and it won't matter. [ laughter ] >> this is history. we want to be here for that. be able to tell everybody about that in the future. hey, we were there. world series, frisco. >> yeah, baby! >> reporter: all right. you are looking back live here on montgomery street in downtown san francisco.

right in front of the transamerica building. everyone has their posters, signs, hats, horns. they are still ready to go. they still have to wait a few hours but we're really starting to see the effect when you have this many people out here. they will shut everything down. that will affect things. once again, our coverage starts at 10:30 this morning. we're watching this parade route from all angles. the parade officially starts at 11:00. if you can't get down here, we will be here. sal castanedo is watching the traffic for you. sal? >> i think the best way to do it is get familiar with b.a.r.t. the b.a.r.t. goes right down to where you want to go or muni.

i think beat is the best -- i think party is the best way -- b -- b.a.r.t. b.a.r.t.'s underground. the buses might get stuck in traffic. let's go out to the 101. so far it looks pretty good. i think a lot of people will be coming in via public transportation. the toll plaza has been a typical delay coming into san francisco which is about 20 minutes. this is san jose, northbound 280 traffic moving along very well getting up to highway 17. just got a tweet from someone saying good morning. my spot for the giants' parade is the tv, ktvu. thank you. let's go to steve. mostly sunny. now a little bit of fog. it looks like it's already

pulling off parts of the coast. it was just really shallow. it looks like we'll top out today. 70s, 80s. a little breezy to windy. cooler, friday and saturday. much cooler, it looks like rain to me on sunday. not showers, rain coming in from the system out here. now, the first one to come through, weakens considerably. a few high clouds are streaming up from around the high. not a big deal. mostly sunny for oakland. 70. we'll go for a high of 78 degrees. some of the temperatures today, santa rosa 82. all of these temperatures are well above average. should be 55 to 68. we'll be in the 70s and low

80s. san jose getting close. it's not 489 in napa and san rafael. >> it's 49 degrees. 60 in san francisco. 50 in concord. also livermore. 31 up in tahoe. 6 utah yaw. a little cool there. very warm to hot in southern california the last few days. there's the testimony that's driving -- the system that's diving south. patchy fog and then mostly sunny. fair, a little breezy, some of the higher elevations. 70s and 80s for temperatures and mostly sunny and warm. fog returns and then it really cools down friday. we cloud it up saturday and set your clocks back on sunday and look for rain. >> get out that umbrella. voters across the nation have spoke be and there is a major power shift on capitol hill.

we'll be live on washington, d.c.

good morning. well, it's going to be a warm day or a great day for a parade. we do have a few high clouds

drifting over downtown san francisco. look for highs in the mid-70s. low 80s inland. 8:14. republicans have seized control of the u.s. house of representatives. alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. bureau on how this will impact the balance of power and the signs the gop is bracing for a fight. good morning, allison. >> reporter: well, good morning, tori. let's get right to the results. it's the biggest republican sweep in the house in decades. republicans have won 239 seats in the house. it's a net gain of at least 06 seats for the gop. there are several races undecided. in the last hour, john boehner said he had a mandate to roll back health reform and indicated that change is on the

way. >> the american people have spoken. i think it's clear that obama/pelosi has been rejected. they want the president to change course, as i said last night. >> harry reed's seat eeked out a victory over sharron angle and called for more cooperation this morning. >> we need to set aside our speeches and start rolling up our sleeves and have a little sweat on our brow. >> democrats will keep control of the senate. as of now there are 49 democrats, 46 republicans and two independents. it is a net gain of at least six seats for republicans in the senate. three races in washington, colorado and alaska are still undecided. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, allison. president obama, by the way, will hold a 10:00 a.m. news conference this morning to talk about the election. we'll carry it live right here

on ktvu. back here at home it could be another day or so before we find out who was elected the new mayor of oakland. right now don perata has 35% of the votes. jean kwan holds 24% but with ranked-choice voting, the winner needs 51% to claim victory. now, the front-runner was out celebrating last night but he left his party early partly because he has lay enjoy tis. he is optimistic about the results even though he doesn't fully understand the rank choice process. >> we've been told if you have a substantial lead coming out of the election day, it holds up. but this is not a science. >> well, the final results of the resume not be known until friday to give election officials time to sort through first, second, third choices under the rank choice system.

here is how it works. if no party gets first ranked choice votes then the candidate with the fewest first choice votes is eliminated. in this days, candidate b -- in this case, candidate b and those who chose an eliminated candidate will have their votes transferred to the second-choice candidate. s are in oakland, voters had to decide two person important measures dealing with police funding. they rejected measure x. that's the initiative that would have required homeowners to pay a $360 parcel tax to fund police services. it needed a two-thirds approval to pass. measure bb, on the other hand, was approved. it restores $20 million in police funding by removing a

requirement on the number of police officers the city must have staffed. the funding comes from a parcel tax in 2004. this does not carry any additional cost for residents. in the last couple of months, general motors announced november sales are up. overall, they are forecasting the entire auto industry will post an annual sales rate of just before -- of being up. sales jumped 12.8%, driven by a surge in crossover sales from models like chevy equinox and the cadillac. now, solano county auto dealerships are bouncing back after major car dealers ended agreements with some of the

franchises. several dealerships that have been shut down reopened in the last couple of months. after being purchased from the previous owners. another newly-formed partnership has opened the doors on nine new dealerships. construction is also underway on a new mercedes that's due to open in fairfield next year. san francisco is set to become among the first cities in the nation too ban -- in the nation to ban toys in fast-food meals. the board voted 8-3 to ban offering toys in meal that lack fruits and vegetables or have too much fat or sugar. the ordinance is set to take effect next year. there was a deadly drive-by shooting. we'll bring you the latest. the cuts muni is considering again that will

force muni passengers to walk further to catch the bus. >> we're feeding out more information about today's -- finding out more about today's event in san francisco and how it is beginning to affect public transportation. more coming up on "mornings on 2."

welcome back. we have new information about a double shooting overnight in san francisco. about 30 minutes ago, police told us one of the victims has died. investigators say the victims were standing on nay street in the ingelside district, when a car drove up and someone opened fire shortly after 1:00 a.m. now, the second victim's injuries are described as not life-threatening. police say there are two suspects involved here. the car is described as a four- door gray japanese model car. if you have any information about this case, contact san francisco police. voters in los angeles voted for jenny who died of complications from a blood clot. the voters still gave her 54% of the vote. if the results hold, governor schwarzenegger will have to call a special election to fill the vacant seat. it's 8:24.

and proposition 23 is on its way to defeat which means california's landmark global warming law will stay in effect. about 60% of the voters rejected the measure that sought to postpone limits of greenhouse gas emissions. governor schwarzenegger was one of the critics and appeared with the no on 23 coalition last night. the group says the measure was designed to fill the state's fight against global warming. the idea of speeding up san francisco's muni service by cutting down the number of stops, the buses make it resurfacing at city hall. transit officials say 12 minutes of every hour, muni buses and trains run are spent picking up or dropping off passengers. now, officials are considering a plan to eliminate more than 100 stops on five routes. they say those stops are mostly on flat terrain. and distance between stops is

just over 700 feet. so those drivers should be able to walk to the watch -- walk to the next stop. that big victory parade, sal, how is san francisco now? >> it's okay but it's slow hi beginning to fill up. this is a huge event. people are missing school. people are skill ought on work. we'll be donorring this for you. let's go outside and take a look at some of the slow traffic we have on the south bay on northbound 280. that's pretty slow from downtown san jose all way up to the valley. this morning we're looking at 880 which has been slowing down getting up past the coliseum. see how slow traffic is there. it's very slow all the way up to downtown oakland. at the bay bridge, we have a big backup. the best way to do -- to do it is to take b.a.r.t. 8:26. let's go to steve. sal, the only thing i'm gonna say is if you are going

to the parade, you are about an hour late to get going. >> i know. [ laughter ] we have mostly sunny skies. temperatures today will be very mild to warm. we're starting off with 50s and 60s. some of these higher clouds are coming up from the southwest. let's get right to the satellite. this is drifting over as well. it's still not gonna stop us from being on the mild to very warm category and possibility of very warm highs. sunny to mostly sunny. 70s to 80s. san jose, 82. 8 napa to san rafael fell. there are two systems within the big system. by friday it will impact us but not today. except for higher clouds and some of the higher elevations of the east bay hills. it will be mostly fair and warm. 70s and 80s, hardly any wind at

all. rain on sunday and you set your clocks back one hour sunday. >> reporter: dozens of ballots were stolen out of this garage on election day. why the person who may have stolen the ballots is the one responsible for running the operation. also, the big world series victory parade is now just hours away. look at this live pictures. look at the cameras showing this. we have new information about the traffic and parking situation in san francisco.

>> reporter: good morning. this is where the parade is gonna start. the crowd has started to grow. it is getting bigger and bigger as people try to get the best seats to see the giants make their way down the streets. that will happen at 11:00. our coverage starts at 10:30. we have cameras all through the route. we found this family over here, who has come all the way from san jose. [ cheers ]

we're seeing all of the people lining the street. you guys have a great spot here. tell me about coming up here and why you wanted to be here. >> just to support the giants. >> reporter: what are you telling school? >> i'm sick. >> reporter: okay. [ cheers ] [ inaudible due to background noise ] >> reporter: there are people here but we should also mention there are people at civic plaza. we talked to people who have been there since 9:30 last night. that's the end of the parade and there are people -- [ cheers ] >> reporter: i think there's thousands. back here live, everyone is very excited, very excited to see the giants. again, they will be leaving

at&t park in a short while to come here. our coverage starts at 10:30. [ cheers ] >> reporter: people are very excited. if you can't get down here, go to ktvu or ktvu.com and you can watch the parade from wherever you are. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> okay. claudine, tell your friends to loosen up. if you can't make the parade, you can watch the parade at ktvu at 10:30. we are a also streaming it live on our website. we just checked governor schwarzenegger's twitter page, he tweeted that he called to congratulate jerry brown on winning the race. here are the latest numbers -- jerry brown got 54% of the vote. >> the next governor of the state of california.

jerry brown! [ cheers ] >> in his victory speech, he told supporters there are still tough times ahead for california but he's committed for working with republicans on the state's challenges. >> we are all god's children. while i'm really into the politics thing. i still carry with me the sense of kind of that missionary zeal to transform the world. >> before he got into politics, brown studied in a seminary, intending to become a catholic priest. >> tonight has not turned out quite as we had had opened. we've come up a little short. >> the former ebay ceo said she called jerry brown to wish him

well. 8:34. we're still watching and waiting this morning to see if two-term democratic congressman jerry mcnerney will hang onto his job. the latest numbers show it's still very close. look at this. mcnerney with 47% of the vote. now, mcnerney represents the 11th congressional district. that includes parts of contra costa and san joaquin valley. as for harmon, we got up with him. he talked about the influence the tea party has had had in this election. >> i do believe that the tea party has rocked the republican party back to his routes.

>> and take a look at the numbers for attorney general. kamala harris has 46% of the vote. her challenger, steve cooley, with 46%. he's the district attorney of los angeles. this morning, police search is on after a san francisco voting inspector reportedly ran off stealing ballots from a polling site. kraig debro is live in san francisco with some new information on how voters are reacting and how this latest development might affect the vote count. >> reporter: good morning. it will affect the vote count. it won't affect races because there aren't any races that close where 75 ballots either way would tipple balance -- would tip the balance. take a look at that yellow piece of paper. that's exactly sort of the manifest of what went on here. down at the bo about tom of that -- bottom of that tells the time and what happened

afterwards. we've learned from the owners of the house, the city doesn't really tell them who will be inside their home for the whole day. the ballots, we're told, are now gone. one of the people who lives here says he spoke very briefly for the man accused of stealing ballots but doesn't remember his name. the people who ran out say they have no idea who was sent here for the job. >> they don't tell us. they just rent the -- use the garage. every election they use this garage. >> and they pay you for it? >> yes. >> there weren't any notes in his file that indicated he couldn't be an assessor.

he scored well on the training pro set and from -- process and also from election to election. >> reporter: a neighbor told us that the man who stole the votes warned the neighbor not to say anything. 1500 ballots were cast at this precinct. he's also accused of taking a cell phone from one of the volunteers. now, police have not released had single seats name to the public. the city knows his name and address. the sheriff's office is getting an update. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:38. the big victory parade for the giant, great for them but sal, traffic, yikes! >> i was just typing to someone, you better get on

b.a.r.t. now! >> why is that? >> there are lines. there are lines. but still, it's the best way to get there. you are not gonna go out to b.a.r.t. and find -- oh, look at all of the parking. no. no. no. have someone drive you to b.a.r.t. that's good. >> let's take a look at 280 northbound, traffic is going to be busy. just got an e-mail from caltrain, they say they've added an extra train from san jose, their trays are so crowded. there's only standing room and the trains are so crowded. there are actually delays on caltrain. let's take a look -- do i sound urgent enough to you? i mean to sound urgent. 880, slow traffic past the coliseum as you drive to downtown oakland. 80 is mess from pinole. that solid line of slow traffic

all the way down. i don't think i've ever seen it this way. i've been doing traffic for almost 20 years. i've never seen a lot of people in the bay area all descend on san francisco. 8:39. a few high clouds drifting by, but it will still be warm. not much wind at the surface, gusts are right above the oakland/berkeley hills. patchy fog but most of that looks to be kind of retreating from the marin and sonoma coast. favor, by that i mean higher clouds, but warm. temperatures way above average. we put a little pin there right by santa rosa, that 82 if that comes true, it would be a record high. the old mark was 81 back in 2007. san jose's 82. the record is 85. 40s, 50s to 60s. san francisco has been 60 all

morning long. >> patchy fog. it will still be made to warm with 70, upper 70s and a few low 80s. temperatures in the 70s for the parade. fog returns on thursday for a slight cooling trend. it looks like cloudy with the rain moving in on sunday and we set our clocks back one hour. there is a high surf advisory and that's drawing brave surfers. more than a dozen were spotted riding the curl where the maverick surf contest is held.

look at those waves. that's just awesome. the tallest weightin' was were 30 feet. the surf advisory continues through today. if you are daring enough to try the waves, bring your wet suit. the water temperature is chilly. 8:41. gavin newsom has won the race for lieutenant-governor. what that means is terms of replacing him. do what the locals do. this is where everyone goes with their families on the weekends. >> freed hiker sarah shourd talks about the hike the three

took.

voighter turnout all over the -- voter turnout all over the country was up slightly from the last election. it look likes 42% of eligible americans voted. that's up a little more than 1% of 2006. political analysts say anger with the government may have been the reason for that increase. now, here in california, voter turnout was estimated to be higher at 55%. and the number of early votes probably exceeded the votes cast on election day. pam? >> it looks like mayor newsom will be moving from city hall to the state capitol. as you can see, he has a comfortable lead over abel maldonado, who was appointed to the position by schwarzenegger. now, when newsom takes over

this position, san francisco will need a mayor. joining me to talk about what this means is carl law carla marinucci. good morning. >> good morning. >> let's talk about how big of a deal this is for san francisco to get a new mayor. >> this is going to be very big drama in san francisco. president, david chu, is going to take over when gavin newsom is sworn in for about five days until newsom is sworn in. how long does he hold the job? there's been a lot of names floated on this one, a lot of names, like tom ammiano, former mayor willie brown has been talked about, a former supervisor. these are some some of the

names. >> those are some big names. >> yes, and a lot of people are talking about the current supervisor david compose. the question is this is a very high-profile position. a lot of democrats are looking at this job and they want it and you can expect true san francisco drama to take place here after gavin newsom is sworn in. >> that's very interesting. i didn't realize this. do you think he has an advantage? >> he may have an advantage. a lot of people think david chu is too conservative. some people are not too happy with him. on the other hand, he has a very high-profile position with those asian voters in san francisco. who knows what's gonna happen? >> let's talk about the attorney general race because

kamala harris was pretty much counted out and now she's making a comeback. i didn't see many ads, i didn't get any mailers in the mail or campaigning for this job. it's an important one. why is it so quiet? >> there was a lot of activity going on in both of these parties because republicans thought that steve cooley had had the best shot to win a state-wide position, with republicans going down and meg whitman, the tide just turned against him. the fact is that kamala harris has survived ahead and clinging to a lead right now. that would mean democrats have control over the governorship, the u.s. senate and every state- wide office including both houses of the legislature if kamala harris makes it through. this is one democrats will be nail-biting all the way.

>> we will watching this. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> let's go back to tori. and just in, an e-mail from abel maldonado's campaign, he says he congratulates lieutenant-governor elect, newsom, and works forward to working with him to ensure a smooth transition. newsom has been an advocate of measure l. the latest numbers show voters are approving it. it would prohibit sitting or lying on sidewalks in san francisco from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. and targets aggressive panhandles. a related measure m, failed. so it's pierce sit/lie will become law. sarah shourd heads to downtown oakland tonight to plead to iran to let her two

friends go free. all three were captured at the iranian border year while hiking to a bauerfall. shourd was released on humanitarian grounds and now she's campaigning heavily for the other two. she was in our studios and talked about how they accidentally may have doesed over from iraq into iran. >> we had had had been given the wrong information. no one mentioned there was a border. >> just this week, iran announced it postponed the trial for sarah shourd and the other two men. it was supposed to start this saturday. they are all being charged with alleged trespassing and spying. tonight sarah shourd will hold a vigil and a banner drop for josh fa it. it. al and shane bauer.

at 6:00 this evening. >> election day and the giants' win we ran out of time yesterday. today is ticket wednesday. ten viewers will win tickets for "shrek" the musical. tickets are good for the orpheum theater. to enter go to ktvu.com before midnight. scroll down to the "right now" tab and put in the secret word. we still have a victory to talk about. we'll be out there. look at these live pictures. everyone is out there celebrating and waiting for the giants, the 2010 champs of major league baseball. and the surprising move that nearly happened before the election that could have changed the fate of dick cheney.

let's go, giants! >> there they are. getting ready for the big parade in down town san francisco. our cameras can't even capture all of the people. a gigantic crowd has been there for hours for the big victory for the giants. and everybody is having a good time. a lot of people are pouring in. over at the civic center, we just got some new video in. this is how packed it is right

now. i tried to -- they are expecting at least 100,000 people to celebrate the city's first ever world series title in san francisco. i mean, they are packing b.a.r.t. and all of the -- caltrain, everything getting into san francisco and the roads, too. the parade begins at 11:00 this morning, ne the transamerica pyramid on montgomery. the parade moves up market street. it ends at the civic center. everything is already packed. if you can't make it there, can you sit back and watch the victory parade right here on ktvu channel 2, beginning at 10:350 this morning. we're also streaming it live on our channel 2 website, ktvu.com. well, in other news, former president george w. bush says in his new book, he considered running for reelection in 2004 without dick cheney. mr. bush says he thought about dropping dick cheney as his

vice president ally candidate because he wanted to put an end about cheney being the real decisionmaker and he wanted to show that he, president bush, was really in charge. mr. bush said he ultimately decided he valued the qualities that cheney brought to the ticket and decided to keep him as vp. one more time, let's check in with sal, keeping an eye on the commute. also you will come back in a couple of hours to give updates during traffic -- to give updates on the traffic during the parade. >> i will. i don't think i've seen this many people cueing up for an event this big. i started working traffic in '89 after the earthquake and i haven't seen it. the south bay is busy. a lot of people from san jose, jumping on extra trains for caltrain getting into the city. bay bridge toll plaza has sold out. a lot of people coming into the city. let's take a look at highway 101. it's no too bad. again, a lot of people are

taking transit. i still recommend it even though you are gonna have to wait as the best way to get into the city. there will be no parking. i think it will be three or four times more than that. again, we'll onen air at 10:30. let's go to steve. sunshine, mostly sunny, 60s, 70s and 80s. it will be very warm to mild today. a little cooler thursday. we cloud it up on saturday. looks like rain on sunday. we set those clocks back an hour. >> that's right. >> yes, we do. the president's speech at 10:00 this morning followed by coverage of the world series parade. thanks for watching. >> bye now. ah, focus group. so what are we testing here?

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