the 1960s. one of his big hits "heart of carlos where memorabilia in a gold." warehouse goes up in flames. in eat 69, the near of also, are we done with the woodstock join the crosby, rain or is there more in the stills and nash as the fourth way? good morning to you. welcome to "mornings on 2." member. neil young has been inducted into the rock n' roll hall of i'm dave clark. >> good morning. fame and lives here in the bay i'm tori campbell. it's tuesday, november 9th. this morning, oakland police are investigating a area. in la honda. in a few days, he will hit 65 fatal officer-involved years old. shooting. some critical questions still a couple of members need to be answered. representatives from neil young kraig debro spoke to two came to this place. three -- came and started to pull items out of the house. one man told me he's glad no one was hurt and no one was killed in this fire. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, jade. our time's 8:6. let's bring you up to date on witnesses. >> reporter: our witnesses tell some of the other attorneys we're following for you right us the suspect was shot at the now. a man suspected of killing a bottom of the lamppost with the san francisco pub listist is witnesses about five feet away due to be arraigned in court and the officers about five today. police say 43-year-old gary

feet away. they maintain the suspect was holland posed at a -- as a not armed. however, they did say the man utility worker when he showed up at a woman's apartment more was moving around. this all came in as a domestic than a week ago. dispute call around 9:30 last san francisco supervisors night. it started over at a are coming up with a plan to laundromat. the laundromat, i can see where replace newsom after he becomes i am locate. lieutenant-governor in january. it's on bancroft. supervisors have to decide who i can see part of the sign. will finish out the rest of his the officers arrived at the mayoral term which runs through the end of next year. scene. they confronted the n inside. and president obama is in there was a chase that started indonesia today. it's a country where he lived for four years as a little boy. down bancroft and went down the president's trip is shorter than planned because of seminary. the man turned right on concerns over the ash coming from an even respecting traffic. according to the witnesses, the officers caught up with the volcano. 8:46. bay area law enforcement man. he was hiding between two cars. answers working with the fbi have just wrapped up a week- when he got to the lamppost, he long crackdown on child sex tried to climb the fence. trafficking. according to the fbi, 72 people he was told to stop and that's are under arrest accused of being pimps and customers. when he got shot. >> as the officers were six children were rescued. two were found in hayward, investigating the disturbance. three in oakland and one in san it was involving a man and a francisco.

it is a chilling tale of captivity during testimony woman. the officers who were called to the scene, there was a foot against her kidnapper. chase for the man and officers now 23, elizabeth smart told a discharged their firearms, salt lake city court that she was extremely cared when she striking and killing the man. was kidnapped from her bed in >> reporter: last night when we asked police, officers didn't 2002. she said brian mitchell marched know if he was armed. hadder to a hillside campsite according to our witnesses, he and raped her. was not. they say the police used their and after a week of this she felt marred and unpure. handguns that they had. she wanted to escape but one of the officers thoughts of had her family specifically they mentioned fired six times at the man. according to the inwe have from last night, he died stopped her. she said, i would do everything he told me to keep my life and at the scene. we don't know much more about my family's life intact. him. when i called the coroner's office there was a press hold mitchell faces a possible life that would have to come through the opd. so we have a call into the opd sentence. the gay and lesbian advocates and defenders, also about whether a weapon was known as "glad" filed the lawsuit on behalf of five same- found. meantime, as it standard sex couples in connecticut, new

hampshire and development. operating procedure, the the lawsuit claims those officers vancouvered are on couples have been denied paid leave. there is a homicide. federal lights -- federal rights and protections. there is internal affairs and the justice department is the alameda county sheriff's office is looking into this as expected to defend the federal marriage law. a sacramento attorney is well. back to you. >> thank you, kraig. planning to file a lawsuit 7:02. against the oakland catholic and right now, firefighters are trying their best to salvage diocese today. joseph george said his client the possessions of music legend was in the 8th grade when neil young including prized memorabilia from a san carlos monsignor breen molested her between 1980 and 1981. warehouse fire. the warehouse caught fire the lawsuit claims teachers shortly after 3:00 this knew of the abuse and reported morning. ktvu's jade hernandez is live her to the diocese and not at the scene. child protective services as i understand some required by law. representatives of neil young the monsignor accused in this have already showed up. case, died in 1986. is that right? >> reporter: that's correct. piece office of musical history 8:49. governor schwarzenegger is went up in flames. creating quite a buzz an no one would ever know what was appears on jay leno. when asked about the failed inside this warehouse. ballot measure to legalize the we learned this morning, neil recreational use of marijuana. young, packed this warehouse he said no one cares if you smoke a joint but he thought from memorabilia -- with memorabilia from his ways on the proposition was written badly and went too far.

the road and making films. we're told musical equipment and other items were inside google is enhancing its this warehouse. this fire is under control and search feature to give you more is contained at this location, immediate results. 523 query road in san carlos. the new instant previews feature will show you small this fire broke out before previews of websites to help you get to the right website 3:00, escalated quickly to a faster. you pull up the website preview three-alarm. we're told despite that, by clicking on a small magny firefighters were able to tying -- magnifying glass. salvage 50% the items inside google is also doing something about one of the fees holiday travelers normally have to face. the warehouse. estimated damage at this point it's giving passengers on three is set at about $1 million. the cause is still under investigation. but we do know it's not airlines, free wi-fi service. travelers will be able to use suspicious this morning. onboard wi-fi for free between we did -- neil young has november 20ings aged january 2nd. those airlines usually charge cofounded steven spills and then joined crosby stills and between 6 and 20. you have to watch this. national as its fourth member.

now, watch. the center hands the quarterback the ball over his he emerged with the song shoulder. the defense sees this -- they are not sure what's going on. "rockin' in the free world." the quarterback calmly walks right through them until he's he's been inducted into the hall of fame. passed them and then he's he lives in the bay area and is running all the way for a just shy of 65 years old this touchdown. even with that crazy play, year. his birthday is in a few days. >> a lot of storage is in driscoll middle school lost the game. the coach who re-- who created there. a lot of boxes so we'll be going through each one with the the play said it's a really, really slow quarterback sneak. >> i think it only works once. >> just once. nine minutes before 9:00. family representatives. >> reporter: we understand that he's accused of stealing a dog this fire began in the front of from an an elderly woman in the warehouse. we understand there were no memorial day. also, kraig debro just sprinklers in the storage arrived at oakland police facility. but we're told by the fire headquarters. there's no -- there's new information about a fatal chief that's not unusual due to officer-involved shooting. ah, focus group. so what are we testing here? the age of the building. jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. it is 7:05. new this morning, chevron announced the latest big acquisition in the energy sector. the san ramon-based oil company

announced its buying atlas energy of pennsylvania. chevron will pay $3.4 billion and take on $1 billion of that company's debt. national gascon sum shun is expected to grow in -- national gas consumption is expected to grow. alex fagan senior suffered an apparent heart attack yesterday in london after a dog with his dog. he just turned 06 on november 2nd. he became police chief in 2003 and served for about a year. he also made headlines in the fajita gate scandal. fagan, senior was accused of

covering up the incident. that's our new pastrami grilled sandwich. oh, great. those charges were dismissed. an autopsy will be conducted in hey, are they happy we got rid of the rye bread? totally. they love our grilled artisan bread. they say it's the perfect compliment to the the coming days. a man accused of killing a classic hot pastrami, melting cheese, san francisco pub listist is due to be in court today. deli mustard and pickles. awesome. hey, um what are we testing in that room? they say gary holland posed as oh! nothing a utility worker when he showed we were just hazin' the intern. up at the apartment. >> this defendant was a true predator and put himself out in a position of trust to this victim so she opened that door. >> now, he was paroled in april after spending 11 years in prison for an attempted murder in fresno. he's facing robbery, attempted rape and murder charges. 7:07. no problems are being reported on the san mateo bridge this morning hours after caltrans reopened the lanes that was closed overnight. inspectors shut down the far

left lane westbound around 8:00 last night in order to check recent repair work. a ten-inch crack in the support beam was repaired last month. the price tag to fix this, $1 million. sal, it's been relatively -- a pretty good commute, right? i know you're checking something right now. >> yeah, as a matter of fact -- as we've been report, police in oakland are scanners, gotta turn them down, investigating a fatal officer- dot traffic report and go back to watching all of that. involved shooting. kraig debro has just arrived at good morning, everybody. police headquarters and has new let's take a look at 280 information. northbound. we're looking at this good morning, kraig. >> reporter: good morning, northbound 208 traffic is tori. i just spoke with officer jeff thomason of the oakland police moving -- 280 traffic is moving department. one of the questions in this along okay. there are no obvious reasons case is whether or not the suspect had a weapon. we asked the officer if he had a weapon and he said initially, no. this all stems from the for this slowdown. shooting last night. no major problems, traffic is the call -- the call came out moving along okay on 237, as a domestic dispute at a crossing 880. that commute is going to be laundromat on bancroft. according to police, when they slow here where 880 and 237 arrived, they spotted the suspect who then ran around the meet. at the toll plaza westbound, it

street totaras be avenue. looks like there is a backup in now, witnesses we toke to, who wouldn't tell us their story on the carpool lane. camera. there could be something going they wanted money. that's against our policy. on at the metering lights. but they say the man hid we'll check that out for you. between two cars. opd had ahold of him. here's steve. for us, it's cold. the man broke free, went across the street to try to jump we had 30s. a lot more than yesterday. the sun will give way to effects and fell to the ground. increasing clouds. but rain will probably hold off our witness told us the man was on the ground and didn't have a until late this afternoon for gun when the officers many. approached him and opened fire. the leading edge of the clouds >> there was some arguing going just beginning to move in. there's plenty of breaks. on between my next door more clouds in the afternoon, more sun in the morning. neighbor and this young lady and he was trying to get pay this is the last system in the wray from the situation. he was out on the sidewalk with current pipeline. the front is up here. other people as a witness hold on a second. trying to stay away from her. i will show you right there. she was up in his bar bore shop right there. and would not come out, tearing this has aways to go. up the shop and hitting him with a cane and going all of highs yesterday, 50s and 60s. this and he kept trying to not much change. napa, 62 yesterday. you start off around 35. avoid the situation. >> reporter: the man who was shot was a person who worked in the days are so short with the clouds coming in, i went 58 on the area. that was a friend of his. they claim that the domestic the high side. dispute call came out but the 59 in san francisco.

person who ended up getting shot was the one who was trying walnut creek, slightly cooler. to avoid the situation and trying to get away from it. oakland, from 6 4 to 62. temperatures actually coming up in the last hour because the cloud cover is coming in. now, the d.a.'s office is doing an investigation. palo alto is still holding on. so is the police d. officer 38 napa, santa rosa. thomason did say person who was but some mid-40s a few low 40s. shot by opd last night was involved in a battery on the some of the lows, 43. woodside, 37. los gatos, 38. and el sobrante checked in at victim. the authorities are investigating another incident, 39. it's 18 up in truckee. a stolen dog from annealedder woman. they now believe the suspect 20 in tahoe. 38 in redding. sacramento, 39. a lot of cold air in place. abandoned the dog. some rain up towards eureka. that's the system getting into they say the man sole the dog the state. itit will had slide on by. but then he said he left it. it will give us just a we bit he stole the dog and the of rain -- we bit of rain. woman's purse. there a reward for up to $1200 a cold morning. for the safe return of the pet.

30s and 40s will give way to it's ticket 2s day. 50s to the north, upper 50s but today, five lucky viewers will very low 60s. win tickets for a -- to a san a little bit more sun toward jose sharks game when the sharks take on the stars at the the valley. we've got developing news hp pavilion. go to ktvu.com before midnight. scroll down to the "right now" near san diego. a carnival cruise ship has lost power. the more than 3,000 passengers tab. we must go to sal. were on the cruise ship a lot of traffic still happening this morning. >> that's right. "splendor" about 150 miles still pretty busy all over the south of san diego, when a fire broke out in the the engine place, starting in san jose. northbound 280 traffic moving room. it took about an hour to put the fire out. luckily, none of the passengers slowly. it's still slow on southbound on board were hurt. 280. 880 is still slow. her expecting more -- we're when you get to the top, it's expecting more details this back -- toll plaza it's backed morning. find out president obama may have to leave indonesia up for about a 10 to 15-minute earlier than planned and why wait. here's steve. a few clouds have drifted by. they will continue to increase he's reluctant to do so. during the day. who will be the new mayor sunny, cool, staying cool in

the upper 50, low 60s. of san francisco? san bruno's deadly it's out of here and after explosion brings attention to that, it looks sunny, cool, the problems with other pipelines right under our feet. breezy. and then warner friday, saturday. warmer friday, saturday. >> that will do it for us, everyone. thanks for watching. >> bye now.

good morning. 30s and 40s. had had a frost advisory that. was cancelled because some higher clouds are coming in. still a cold start, sunny in the morning. it looks like some rain will make it this evening or tonight, especially toward the north. here's dave. president obama has rushed to a country he once called home. but he's not gonna be there long. he has to shorten his trip to indonesia because of concerns about an erupting volcano. alison, good morning. >>morning,

dave. the worry is that the volcanic ash will make it too dangerous to fly later in the day. so he's having to leave a few hours earlier than planned tomorrow. now, in just the last hour and a half, we got this feed of the president and first lady arriving for a state dinner at the state palace in jakarta. president obama has made clear this trip to indonesia is very important to him. he lived in innova scotia as a child when his mom married an indonesian man. he talked about what it means to be back. >> the sights, the sounds, the memories. >> reporter: indonesia is the world's largest muslim country and president obama is hoping the volcanic ash problem will not change his plans to deliver a major address to muslims at the university of indonesia tomorrow. it's the centerpiece of this

trip. as of now, it looks like the speech will go forward. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> okay, alison, thank you. well, the death toll from the erupting volcano in indonesia has hit 53. about 200,000 people have fled to camps. mount merapi has been erupting for a few weeks now. hot gases and rock fragments raced down the side of the mountain. well, the department of the homeland security has new guidelines, this comes in response to the recent discovery of bombs hidden inside printers on a cargo plane from yemen ming here to

the u.s. a ban with yemen, in addition all items on cargo planes determined to be high risk may have to go through additional screening. 7:16. the recent disaster in san bruno has many people worried about the safety of pg&e gas pipelines. but there are aging lines causing concern. there are almost 1,000 miles of fuel lines that run throughout the bay area. these lines have also been here for many years. they carry flammable products buried as little as three feet under ground. some are not buried at all. local emergency agencies are well aware of the possible danger. >> we worry about everything, from -- you know, train derailment along the tracks is something that can work on mul incidents because we would expect to treat a lot of people. >> a private company, kinder

morgan, operates, many of these pipelines, issued a statement to ktvu saying it monitors these lines 24/7, saying safety is always its top concern. you can check where pipelines run in your neighborhood. we have a link on the "special reports" tab at ktvu.com. today, the san francisco board of supervisors will tell its staff to come up with a plan for replacing mayor gavin newsom when newsom takes office as california's new lieutenant- governor. voters will not be asked who they want to finish out the last years in office. for that to happen, mayor newsom would have had to resign as mayor yesterday and a special election would have been called. he's gonna to be sworn in in january. it could be several more days before final results are released in the oakland mayor's

race. the latest results still show jean quan leading don perata by fewer than 2,000 votes. the registrar of voters planned to announce a winner yesterday afternoon but election workers are still counting provisional ballots. on election night, perata had a comfortable lead but then quan pulled ahead. kaplan says she an quan developed a successful campaign for both she and quan. >> jean often said to people, i would like your number one vote. but if you don't do that, please vote for me, number two. that seems to have worked. >> the perata campaign said --

you canyou can find more election coverage by going to our channel 2 website ktvu.com. click on the weeks election 2010 "-- click on" the election 2010 "tab. joseph george says his client was in the 8th great when monsignor breen arrested her client. she's brought a lawsuit. and this was not reported to the state as required by law. the monsignor died in 1986. prison officials are investigating a suicide at the jail. they say a man accused of

murdering a man hung himself with a bed sheet. his attorney said his client was not competent. the fight over when to start the school year. the controversial change being decided in the south bay tonight. an early christmas for gamers? look at them. the one item that had people lining up overnight all over, including the bay area. if you are driving through the south bay, you have a slowdown to deal with.

the new "call of duty" game is expected to smash sales records. 3million units were preordered in the u.s. before the release. this is the seventh game in the series. officials for the palo alto school district will decide on whether to start the school year earlier. now, the proposal would push the first day of school from august 18th to august 16th. that would allow time for school finals before the

christmas break. the critics of this say, it will interfere with summer vacations. it will only benefit high school students. a lot of people support the idea, they say it's better that finish the semester before the holidays. let's check in with sal castanedo. there is a new crash in solano county? >> that's right, west 80 on texas street. it looks like there could be minor injuries. a lot of minor fender-benders in that area, three to be exact. they are checking all of the locations but there's one accident there for sure and that's 80 at north texas. moving along and taking a look at the commute now. if you are driving to marin county, not bad. as a matter of fact, a nice- looking drive heading down to the middle of marin county. it's light to the main part of

san rafael. there is a backup westbound as you come to the toll plaza. let's go to steve. we have movely sunshine today. we start off cold, 30s and 40s, frost advisory was cancelled rightfully so because the clouds came in and they stopped cooling. we did have mid-30s, upper 30s. there's your system. it's a weak system. it will make it. and light rain coming in late this evening. temperatures, 50s and 60s. gilroy starting off at 36. we'll go for a high of 5 today. 30s, still a few. palo alto, 39. most locations are coming up a little bit as these clouds begin to move in after this little system comes through which will be wednesday morning and we see sunshine and warmer weather. sun gives way to clouds. some rain late. it will mainly be a partly cloudy/partly sunny day. 50 the and 60s -- 50s and 60s.

cold thursday morning, sunshine and warmer weather friday and saturday. up next how a san francisco police officer was hurt after responding to a call for help. new video just in, shows us how firefighters tried desperately to save rocker neil young's prized possessionings inside a bay area warehouse that went up in flames earlier this morning. and the scandal that has a pg&e executive apologizing for something he did online.

an earl fire in a warehouse destroyed memorabilia owned by neil young. young's representatives have been at the scene all morning to salvage what they can. jade hernandez joins us with an update. >> reporter: good morning. neil young's representatives have been here this morning for hours. three of them walk out and walked past the media. none of them wanted to talk to us. but we were told that luckily no one died. no ones was hurt.

take a look. this is the warehouse that caught fire overnight. now, we did have video of smoke and flames that we just got from firefighters. hopefully we'll be able to show you that in a second. but here it is right here. firefighters caught this on camera before and after they were able to get in the building. neil young packed his 12,000- footwearhouse with memorabilia from his days on the road, half a dozen vintage cars and guitars and musical equipment. this fire broke out before 3:00 this morning and it quickly grew to a three-alarm blaze. firefighters contained blaze to the front of warehouse. the belmont fire department salvaged at least 60% of the items inside. the estimated damage is set at $1 million. it's not being considered suspicious, although the cause is still under investigation. >> it will be a significant

amount we'll be salvaging. the structure -- we estimate about $250,000 to the structure, about $750,000 lost to contents, at least, at this point just from an observation. but we want to be real methodical about what we can salvage there. ♪ take a look at my life ♪ i'm a loot like you >> if you're unfamiliar with kneel young he's been around since the 1960s. in 1969 he joined crosby, stills and nash as their fourth member. he's been inducted into the rock n' roll hall of fame and lives in the bay area. in a few days, he will hit 65

years old. the fire caused extensive damage. i do want to mention, there were no sprinklers inside of the warehouse but i was told by the chief -- i was told by the chief that's not unusual given the age of the warehouse. back to you. >> thank you, jade. this morning police in oakland are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting. this happened shortly after 9:30 near bancroft and trass k police say they encountered a 37-year-old man who was in a heated argument with a woman. they say he started running once they arrived. that's when officers say they shot and killed him. now, it's still not clear what led up to that deadly shooting. but two witnesses claim the shooting victim did not have a gun. we'll have much more on this story coming up at 8:00. also a man suspected of

shooting fire in west oakland is in police custody right now. no one was hurt in the shooting, which happened at 7:30 last night, at the intersection of west and sycamore officers stoppened a man and woman while they were walking and they say for unknown reasons the man pulled out a gun and started shooting and officers did did not fire back. police are searching for a driver of someone who hit an officer at 22nd and bartlett. police responded to screams at this area last night. when officers ran toward the car, the driver sped toward him an hit him. officers fired tots to the car -- shots to the car. the officer is expected to be okay. a pg&e man is apologizing when using a fake name when

joining an online discussion. now, he told ktvu he was monitoring several blogs. he's joined other online media anonymously to see what the public thinks about the smart meters. but his identity was discovered when he tried to use the name "ralph." but his real name came up with the e-mail address of his and the moderator recognized him. 7:35. university of california students are facing another 8% tuition hike come this fall. that's on top of a 32% increase that took effect earlier this year. the newly proposed tuition hike would amount to an extra $822

for undergraduates. students are already struggling. >> i'm gonna have to take out more loans to come to berkeley and i think that's the reality for too many students here today. >> the board will vote next week. fliers are already circulating for students to shut down the region. a uc berkeley student will learn tonight if she will be suspended for taking part in a tense campus standoff. laura zelco was among 33 students. students took over the building to protest layoffs and tuition hikes. zelco is accuse of student misconduct. a panel could decide to suspend her from school for more than one year. the cal state system is also considering raising

tuition. its trustees meet this wednesday to vote on two proposed increases. >> if both are approved, tuition for cal state undergarages would be almost did the 4900 a year, starting next fall. 7:36. well, tomorrow the metropolitan transportation commission could approve taking the first step to building a new bridge across the bay. a mid bay bridge is being discussed. it could link peninsula cities near snow, like mill may -- sfo like millbrae and burlingame. this idea has been discussed before, but usually it's tabled when the talk turns to how to pay for the project. supporters admit that could be a big problem now especially in

the current economy. but those we talked to said it's worth considering. >> i think studying it boont be a bad idea -- wouldn't be a bad idea. >> i was in portland a few weeks ago, a month ago. they have nine bridges there over a river. >> but critics say besides the actual economic cost, there are other problems with this idea. they say some people would be forced out of their homes by the best locations of this bridge and they say it would go through the wetlands that are home to several endangered species. another bridge potentially for sal to keep an eye on. right now he's keeping aen eye on the crash in solano county. by the way, that last story, if you are wondering with that bridge would be, it would roughly connect 238 to highway 380, if you can draw a visual in your mind. let's take a look at the commute in solano county as we mentioned here, west 80 at texas street, there is an accident at north texas.

it's an injury crash and traffic is slow coming into vacaville from fairfield. we're looking at the live pictures westbound bay bridge. no problems getting on to the upper deck of the bay bridge. and the commute up to highway 17, that traffic is heavy. it's normal busy. northbound 101 at tully, there is a hit-and-run accident just reported a few minutes ago by the police. 7:39. let's go back to steve. >> good morning. cold this morning. a lot of 30s, frost advisory was caninged earlier. but still, plenty of 0s. but now that the clouds are coming in, temperatures are actually coming up a little bit but it's still cold up there. so a cold one today, but sun in the morning and then clouds in the afternoon. very light system.

clearing after tomorrow morning. friday into sunday looks warmer. in fact, maybe much warmer system is coming in. it's just the leading edge sending in higher clouds. we start off with sunshine. just not very warm. 30s and 40s. rain's been falling up towards crescent city, eureka and clouds increasing. it will be cold for some. you start off in the 30s and the clouds come in and you will be hard-pressed to move up very much. most of the records on this date, by the way, were 1955, san francisco, oakland, mountain view. san jose was 1956 when they were 83 and 2001 for santa rosa. you can see these temperatures, last week they were all above afternoon. age this time of year is 65. this time of year, the averages take a tumble.

lake tahoe, 20. truckee's at 18. ukiah, 35. sacramento, 39. redding, 38. it's a cold morning for many. even fresno down to 41. not much of the system. but it will make it. as it weakens moving south. very light rain. it may not be until 5:00 or 6:00. some rain late. a cold morning, 30s and 40s will had give way to 50s for some. turning cloudy and mostly cloudy and then more sunshine and some -- a little bit more temperatures clearing after early rain on wednesday. then it's out of here. the rest of the week looks sunny and warmer. it's 19 minutes before 8:00. california's commercial crab

season begins this weekend. it appears there will be plenty to catch. sport crabbing began this past saturday and so far, crabbers say they are finding a lot of crabs. it's good news to commercial crabbers who have had bad seasons. they were able to catch their legal limit. >> beautiful dungeness crabs. >> biologists with the fish and game say crab abundance comes in cycles which could explain the reason for the amount caught. >> >> take a look at this line in san francisco. you could be looking at the next "american idol." coming up we'll tell you why we

can't tell you where we are and why you don't be hearing these folks sing.

taking a look at the big board on wall street, stocks mixed. the dow broke a six-sessioning winning streak with a modest decline. overseas marketed mixed. gold prices reached new highs as the dollar continues to slide. wells fargo is investing

$100 million in solar power projects developed by a san francisco-based solar company. the funding will help gcl solar energy build and operate solar plants across the u.s. it would provide solar-generated electricity that rates equal to or lower than traditional utility rates. wells fargo has provided more than $2 billion in financing since 2006. two east bay counties have been hit especially hard by homeowners, banks and developers, not paying their property taxes because of the foreclosure crisis. but the number of defaults appears to be decreasing. according to the contra costa times, alameda county's unpaid property tax this year totaled $87 million. that compares to a peak of 2008- 2009. in contra costa, $61 million

compares to 2007-2008. law enforcement agencies working with the fbi, 72 people have been arrested accused of being pimps and customers. six children were rescued. two were found in hayward, three in oakland, one in san francisco. it's a chilling tale of captivity during testimony against her kidnapper. elizabeth smart, now 23 years old, told a salt lake city court she was exextremely scare -- extremely scared when she was kidnapped out of hadder -- out of her head in 2002. she said she was raped and after weeks of sexual assault she felt impure. she said she was willing to risk her life but stops of her family stopped her. she said my --

the suspect, mitchell, faces a possible life sentence. it's 7:47. a gay rights legal group filed two lawsuits today challenging the constitutionality of the federal defense of marriage act. the gay and lesbian advocates and defenders, also known as "glad" filed the lawsuit on f f lawsuits in connecticut, new hampshire and development. the lawsuit claims the couples have been denied federal rights and justice. well, governor schwarzenegger is causing a bit of a buzz this morning after appearing on jay leno's show. when asked about the failed ballot measure to legalize marijuana, the governor said "no one cares if you smoke a joint." but he thought the proposition was written badly and went too far. he also said proposition 19 was

probably affected by a law passed weeks ago. well, conan o'brien has gone back to late-night television. his new show is titled simply "conan." >> people ask me why i named the show "conan." i did it so i would be harder to replace. [ laughter ] >> during his opening act, he took a funny look back at his controversial departure from "the tonight show" after just eight months. his first -- first guess included lee michelle from "glee." 7:49. "american idol" has come to town as the show's newest judges weigh in on just how much talent there is in the city by the bay. contestants have made it through one round and hope to keep it going. claudine wong is live.

claudine, i'm curious why you can't tell us where you are. >> reporter: there are a lot of rules around this. this is where you go before the judges. the folks here have where made  it through a couple of hurdles to get to this point. they've lined us up here and they've lined up the contestants and they've asked you not to tell you where we are but they don't want a crowd coming down. they've also told the contestants that they are not allowed to sing. their voices belong to "american idol," like you've seen them to do in line when thousands of people have showed up. today is a big day for these these folks because today they get to meet the judges. >> i'm not nervous. i'm excited. >> i would say the stakes are higher but that was a very stressful day.

it's the personal audition, you know, one-on-within with the folks. >> reporter: all of these folks are back. them auditioned on august -- they auditioned on august 19th. they've been narrow maybe to 100. we can't get exact numbers but we know there will be this kind of crowd today and this kind of crowd tomorrow out here in our super-secret location. in just a little bit, they are gonna move everyone inside. but again, taking a live look out here, these folks are very excited. they have a lot of family members here ready to cheer them on, all hoping they get that golden ticket. and what you see here will be on fox in a couple of months. we'll continue to follow their progress. we'll check back in with you in about 0 minutes or so and let you know how things are going. live here in san francisco. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right.

thank you, claudine. it is nine minutes before 8:00. he's accused of stealing a dog from an elderly woman in mealed. now he's changing his story. also, the world's largest search engine has a -- well, a liday treat for air travelers.

7:54. google is doing something about one of the fees holiday travelers normally have to ce. it's giving passengers on three airlines free wi-fi service starting later this month. travelers on virgin america, delta and airtran will have this service for free. >> very interesting. let's see if we have smooth sailing in our commute. sal, what's happening out there? >> well, things are getting a little bit busier in some areas. good morning to you. let's go outside and see what

we have with the live live pictures. a lot of people want to know what the bay bridge is doing. it's about a ten to 15-minute delay. actually, very typical for this time of the morning. as we look at 880, we had a terrible commute yesterday. this is day number two of kind of a -- well, it's kind of a bad commute, driving up to oakland. 580 may be a better bet, actually. 280 in downtown san jose remains a little bit slow getting into the valley. a lot of 30s but the frost advisory is cancelled. not too breezy but i did see 38 in livermore. i'm guessing this is by the altamont pass. that's my guess. that system coming in very weak. there's not much to it, especially by late this evening, late this afternoon, evening. it gets out there, it will eventually make it down to

around sfo, oakland, concord, maybe late tonight, tomorrow morning. 50s and 60s. clouds, then sun, a lot of 30s, looking even palo alto some lower 30s. boulder creek, 34. oakmont, near kenwood, 36. st. helena is down there. la fayette, 38. sun, increasing clouds, they are already there for the north bay. a cold day for some. rain late but mainly to the north. 50s or low 60s, slightly warmer towards morgan hill, san martin and gill roye. clearing after some rain. then it's out of here. cold thursday, and warmer weather for friday, saturday, sunday, probably monday, tori. >> reporter: in oakland,

overnight an officer-involved shooting. there are witnesses. find out at least a couple of them why they refused to tell their story on camera. new details in the murder of a bay area publicist. how the case is being tied to the san bruno pipe explosion. >> it shot up into the sky on the coast of california and we caught it on video. what the military is saying about it this morning. ah, focus group. so what are we testing here?

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welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. oakland police are investigating a fatal officer-

involved shooting and there are two witnesses who say they saw the whole thing but they are not willing to tell their entire story. ktvu's kraig debro is here to explain why in this live report. good morning, kraig. >> good morning, dave. we're at the trass be avenue in the city of oakland. the other street is seminary, it is where the officer- involved shooting took place last night. we did speak to two withins. they told a very compelling story. no reason not to believe them. but they said they wanted money you and that's against the policy of ktvu news. they said around 9:45 last night, between 9:30 and 9:45 last night, they saw a man run down trask avenue. the man fled and tried to get over the fence.

some of his clothes got caught. at the two officers approached him they were telling him not to move, not to move. and the man continued to move as if to struggle. the officers open fire on him shot him. one officer fired six times, one officer, one time, possibly more than that. >> there was a foot chase and during that foot chase, officers discharged their firearms, striking and killing the man. >> that disturbance was a -- was a call for a domestic dispute in front of a laundromat locate order bancroft, just around the corner from us. we went over there, we saw some evidence that there were some

police investigation over there. they told me the victim in this case, they believe the man was the victim, was trying to do everything he could to try to stay away from the other party involved in the disspew. at some point -- dispute. at some point he left the woman inside the barbershop on bancroft. we don't know why the suspect fled. now, the two officers involved in the shooting will be put on paid. that's standard operating procedure. there will also be an

investigation by oakland homicide police department. we don't know if there was a weapon found. we know police were here this morning looking for evidence. we were not able to get that part of the story confirmed. reporting live in oakland, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. it is three minutes after 8:00. right now, firefighters are trying to salvage prize memorabilia owned by neil young from a san carlos warehouse the warehouse on quarry road caught fire shortly after 3:00 this morning. jade hernandez is live at the scene now where neil young's representatives showed up. >> reporter: good morning. i think we've all been anxious to here from those representatives from neil young's estate. right now, they are not talking to the media. one of the men did tell us that he was grateful no one died in the fire and no one was hurt. we also have in, video taken from the san carlos/bellmont

fire department. firefighters caught this on fire before and after they were able to get inside the building. neil young packed this 10,000 to 12,000-footwearhouse with memorabilia. inside, guitar, half a dozen cars and 12-feet high racks of musical equipment and boxes and boxes and boxes. this fire broke up before 3:00 this morning and quick i grew to a two-alarm blaze. the bellmont san carlos fire chief told us that he salvaged at least 60% of the items inside. the estimated damage is set at about $1 million. it's not being considered a suspicious fire, although the fire is still under investigation. >> a lot of storage is in there. a lot of boxes. so we'll be going through each one with the family representatives and assisting them and moving them into a different location on quarry

road. ♪ take a look at my life i'm a lot like you ♪ ♪ i need someone to love me the whole way through ♪ ♪ >> reporter: we're being told that memorabilia transfer should happen in the next few hours. neil young co-founded buffalo spring field with steven stills. and then joined crosby stills and and -- and nash as the fourth member. we're told by the firefighters

there were no sprinklers inside but we're told given the age of the building, that's not unusual. jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. the man suspected of killing a san francisco publicist is expected to be in court today. they say gary holland posed as a utility worker when he showed you at kathleen's russian hill apartment more than a week ago. kamala harris said this man preyed on fires heightened by the san bruno pipeline disaster. >> this an as predator. >> it holland was paroled in april after spending 11 years in april. he's facing robbery attempted rape and murder charges. 8:07. new this morning, chevron just announced a major acquisition.

the san ramon-based company is buying atalso energy. chevron will -- atlas energy. they will pay $3 billion. and take on about a billion dollars of that death. so far, no problems reported on the san mateo bridge this morning. hours after caltrans reopened the lane that was closed overnight. they were checking the revent repair work out there. a 10-inch crack in a support beam was repaired just last month. the price tag for that emergency fix is about $1 million. eight minutes after 8:00. we want to check in with sal castanedo, keeping a close eye on the traffic. >> good morning. traffic is -- well, getting

busy around many areas of the bay. 680 is very slow from concord through walnut creek down into the alamo area. most of it is stop and go with a couple of breaks. let's go to the toll plaza i would has not gotten better. at least there are no major problems on bridge. but it will take a while for you to go through. in hayward there is an accident on highway 92 -- i'm sorry. south 808 connector ramp to the 92 east. a flipped over car and traffic is just a mess on 880 before an affidavit -- and after. it's all red, you will be driving through stop-and-go traffic. 8:09. let's go to steve. look at this. for those of you multi-tasking, you listened but you are not watching. i had a hard time putting that sun in there when i painted

that picture. we started off cold this morning. it's still cold but not as cold. look at this. when that green turns to right white, it's -- to white, that's our cold front, even though it's weak. it's on its way. for some, it will be a cloudy, cold day as temperatures dip in the 30s and then the cloud cover comes in mainly toward the north bay. it's cold today. a cold one on top but more sun as you go farther south. sun, clouds, late rain. clearing late and there could be early lane and then it's out of here. friday and saturday looks warmer and next week, we could be in the mid- to upper 70s. the higher clouds are all right moving in. there's been some rain on the north coast. you can actually see it as it is

moving there. remember last week it was hot and muggy? this week it's below-average temperatures. last week was way above. 59 san francisco. 64 is average. most of the records, most, 1955, that would be oakland, san francisco, mountain view and they hit 80 in 1955. palo alto, 38 for a while. livermore says fog. if you are heading out in that direction. that's the only direction that says fog. napa/santa rosa, 44 -- 44.

sun, clouds, more sunshine holding onto the south but 50s and 60s. temperatures will be really cool as you go north. cold thursday and then sunshine and warmer weather takes us into the weekend. president obama is in his boyhood home of indonesia today. why he may have to drastically cut that visit short. with mayor gavin newsom leaving in january to become california lieutenant-governor,

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she was taken out. she's only injured slightly which is good news. however, the traffic is going to be slowing down approaching that construction zone on 808 south. these are live pictures from newschopper2 of an overturned car and traffic is very slow in this area heading down to hayward. you can see hoey backed up it is. it's really, really a bad slowdown trying to get to this area. back to the desk. all right, sal. thank you. take a look. a news helicopter shot this video. this was last night, a missile streaking across the sky off southern california. but there's a mystery as to who launched that missile. the navy says it wasn't them. the air force says it wasn't us. there's speculation this morning it may have been a private rocket launch. 8:16. new this morning we're learning that president obama is being forced to cut short his trip to indonesia because of worries

about ash from an erupting volcano. now the question is will he be able to deliver his highly- anticipated speech to the muslim world. that's supposed to be the center destroyed piece of this whole trip. alison burns joins us with more. >> reporter: the latest update from white house press secretary robert gibbs is that the speech is on track for tomorrow. in just the last couple of hours the obamas were gets at the state dinner in jakarta. president obama is using this trip to step out his outreach to muslims. indonesia is the world's largest muslim country. during a prez conference, the president said he's worked hard to repair frayed relationships with muslims around the world. what we're trying to do is make sure we are building bridges

and expanding our interactions with muslim countries so they are not solely focused on security issues. >> reporter: president obama is making clear that the trip to indonesia is very important to him personally. he lived in indonesia as a child and said this morning that the sight the and sounds are all very familiar to him and it's wonderful to be back. he said he would like to brick his daughters there in the future. the death toll from that volcano has reefed 53. this is the biggest eruption yet. on friday, entire villages were smothered and hot ash raced down the mountain. 8:18. today, the san francisco board of supervisors will ask their staff to come one a plan for

replacing mayor gavin newsom when he takes office as california's new lieutenant- governor. now, voters will not be asked who they want to finish serving out newsom's last year in office. for that to happen, newsom would have had to resign his post as mayor yesterday. there are some aging transmission lines in the area that are causing concern. they are almost 1,000 miles of fuel lines that run all throughout the bay area. these lines have also been here for many years. they carry flammable products buried as little as three feet under ground. some aren't buried at all. now, local emergency agencies are well aware of the possible

danger. >> we worry about everything. kinder morgan issued a statement saying they monitor this 24/7 and they say safety is always its top concern. you can check where pipelines are oning -- are running in your neighborhood. we've posted a link to an enter active tool. you will find it on the special reports tab on our channel 2 website, ktvu.com. 8:20. let's talk about weather. steve knows all about that.

it's 39 in redding. our system are slide in but not before we have morning sunshine and then afternoon clouds. we'll turn cloudy by late this afternoon and evening. the north bay will get a little bit of rain. cold, sun for a while, clouds increasing throughout the day. i said late rain but it may be after 5:00 or even later. 40s and 50s. there were some 30s for a while. we had a lot of mid-30s. kenwood, oakmont made it to 36. 34, somewhere in there. i mean -- and then the clouds came in. that's a cold system but there's not a lot of cloud cover. it will give us a little bit of rain. sun, clouds increasing throughout the day. just not very warm. as the clouds come in, it will trap the cold air. clouds roll in. light rain takes us into

wednesday and then cool and then sunny and warmer. is it an early christmas for gamers? why these people were lined up you a he -- all over the country including right here in the bay area. >> reporter: i want you to take a look at this line behind me -- behind me. these are the friends and family of "northwestern idol" hopefuls. we'll tell you with the contestants are right now and why we can't tell you our location.

good morning. newschopper2 is over an overturned car past highway 92. it's very slow in this area because the left lane is taken up. now traffic is also slow on the right side which is northbound interstate 880 because people are looking at the accident. but by far the biggest backup is southbound 880 coming down from at least highway 238. you are in stop-and-go traffic all the way down as you drive down from, let's say, san leandro and head to fremont. it will be -- the backup is way beyond that, way up into san leandro. let's go back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. just hours after its release, the new call of duty video game is already being called a hit. hundreds of people lined up outside the game stop store on powell street in san francisco overnight to get one. call of duty went on sale at

midnight. it's expected to smash sales records. 3million have been ordered so far. well, "american idol" has come to town. claudine wong is there in san francisco with some of the contestants. >> reporter: actually within the last couple of minutes, the contestants are going to head in. this line you see behind me are all of the people -- these are the support staff of all of the contestants keep in mind, these contestants have already made it through hurdles. this is the first time they

will meet the judges. they are all very excited to see the judges. they excited to take it to this next level. the contestants we talked to are admittedly a little nervous. >> i think they are good people. i love steven tyler and jennifer lopez, their music. >> how many times have you tried out? >> this will be my fourth time. >> reporter: i hadn't made it through the -- >> i never made it through the next round. >> reporter: what did you do different? >> my look. >> reporter: you are looking at video. this is august 19th back at at&t park that's when everyone here was here with thousands of people. they made it through a little over a hundred people who will go through this process of seeing the judges. security is tight. this is what you will see on tv

starting at the beginning of next year when the season hits the airwaves on fox. so they told us don't say where we are. so we can't tell you exactly where we are. bewith -- we can only tell you we're in downtown san francisco and the contestants are not allowed to sing. they are not allowed to sing anymore, except for "american idol." we'll continue to follow their progress out here. that's the latest from this undisclosed location. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> quite the crowd out there. all right, claudine. 8:27. right now thousands of people are stranded on a cruise ship off the coast of mexico. new developments within the past hour. why it could be another day before the ship is brought back to port. also -- pg&e is apologizing for something it did online. and there may soon be a new way to drive across the san francisco bay.

this morning, oakland police are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting. it happened shortly after 9:30 last night right near the intersection of bancroft andras u.k. investigators say it happened after officers responded to a report of a domestic disturbance at a neighborhood lawn mow mat. officer say they encountered a man would was in a heated argument with a woman. they say he ran off once police arrived. >> during the foot chase, officers discharged their firearms, striking and killing the man. he's 37 years old. >> it's still not clear why the officers started shooting but oakland police officials say they don't believe the man who was shot had a gun. the officers were not hurt.

two people who say they witnessed the shooting want to be paid first to tell interest story. ktvu's kraig will have an update on all of this coming up. the man suspected of firing police shots in oakland, no one was hurt in that shooting. it happened at 7:30 at west and sycamore. ly police say the officers stopped a man and a woman. they say for unknown reasons. man pulled out a gun and started shooting. officers say they did not fire back. 8:32. san francisco police are searching for a driver who hit an officer in the city's mission district. police responded to a report of someone screaming inside a car at 22nd and bartlett streets just before 9:00 last night. when the officer walked toward the car, police say the driver sped toward him and hit hill. police fired shots at the car. the officer was treated for

minor injuries and is expected to be okay. family and friends are grieving this morning over the sudden death of former police chief alex fagan. he was in london when he suffered a heart attack yesterday. he just turned 60 on november 2nd. fagan became police chief in 2003, served for about a year and was known for his sense of humor and someone who knew how to get things down. he also made headlines in the fa cheetah gate scandal involving three off-duty police officer, including his son works got in a fight with two men over a bag of steak fa hee tis. fagan was accused of covering up the incident but those charges were dis-- were dismissed. an autopsy will be conducted in the next few days. a pg&e manager is apologizing while trying to use a fake name at the company's

smart phones. he told ktvu news, he's monitored several blogs and joined yore online media anonymously. his identity was discovered when he used the name "ralph" to try to join a group opposed to smart meters. his real name kim up with his e- mail address and the moderator recognized him. university of california students are facing another 8% tuition hike this fall. that's on top of a 32% increase that took effect earlier this year. the newly proposed tuition hike would amount to an extra $822 for graduates. university officials are also proposing raising the retirement age from 60 to 65 for future employees.

the uc system faces a $1 billion shortfall but students say they are already struggling. >> i'm gonna have to take out more loans to come to berkeley. a uc berkeley will learn if she had be suspended for taking part in the tent campout. she was among 43 students for who were arrested for taking part in the incident at the hall last month. more than a dozen other protesters have cases pending while others accepted a deal. well, the cal state system may also increase tuition. its trustees will meet tomorrow to vote on two proposed increases. one would boost tuition by $105

for the second half of the current school year. the other would raise tuition by $440 the next school year. meantime, officials with the palo alto school district will decide tonight whether to start the school year earlier. the proposal would push the first day of school from august 18th to august 16th. that would allow time for high school finals before the christmas break. critics of this say this will interfere with summer vacation and only benefit high school students. many support the idea, saying it's better to finish the semester before the holiday. 8:36. tomorrow, the metropolitan transportation collision could approve taking the new step to building a new bridge across the bay. a bridge is discussed as a way to take traffic off the san

mateo and bay bridges. it would link cities near the east bay. the idea has been discussed before. but usually it's tabled when the talk turns on how to pay for the project. bay area drivers we talked with say the idea is worth considering. >> i think studying wouldn't be a bad idea. i've always wished there there was a bridge from the oakland airport to the san francisco airport. >> i was in portland and they have nine bridges over a river. >> they say some would beers toed out of their homes and -- some would be forced out of their homes and sal was saying, it would connect 238 in the east bay to 380en -- 380?

thash? >> yes. >> that lady was saying a bridge from the oakland airport to the francisco airport. that's roughly where it would be. maybe a little bit off. but that part of the bay. right now in hayward there is a crash clearing from the freeway. the backup is still there. it's very slow on 880 southbound this morning. these are live pictures. southbound traffic is going to be very slow. stretching as far back as before highway 238, way back there. so if if you are driving from oakland to hayward, union city, fremont heading down that path. it's going to be very, very slow this morning. moving along and taking a look at 880 northbound near the coliseum. it slows a little bit north of that on the way to downtown oakland let's go to steve. >> very good morning.

cold. had a frost advisory at about 5:00 they cancelled that. they being the national weather service. the clouds came in. even though it got down in the 30s it didn't get very warm. sun, clouds are already on the increase. rain late, late this afternoon, evening, maybe into early wednesday. that's it. we'll clear it out tomorrow. it won't be very warm. friday into sunday looks warm. system is just clipping the northern part of the state. it's already produced rain. we're already getting some higher clouds coming in from that. we'll have sunshine and then clouds. there's two pieces of this system. leading edge there. the front is still up here. it has aways to go. it will be partly sunny, partly cloudy. but temperatures struggling. napa 58. clouds roll in. there's already been some.

59 san francisco. walnut creek, san jose, a little warmer with a little bit more sun. 63 degrees. had a lot of 30s this morning. now with the clouds coming in getting a little bit of warmth, not much. 40s and right at 50 for san francisco which dropped to 46. had some teens in truckee. ukiah, 38. 42 redding. sacramento made it to 39. 50s down in southern california. this cool air is in place. the low, right here, is diving into the pacific northwest. it will end up in northern nevada. as that happens, we'll see the wind pick up. we'll clear things out. we'll warm up by the weekend. sun, increasing clouds. sweeping over the area by late tonight. 50s and 60s on your highs today. clearing and cooler after maybe some early-morning rain on wednesday. cold, thursday morning, a little breezy to windy as that system settles in over nevada.

we'll have warmer temperatures. we're following developing news. we're still watching off the coast of mexico almost 4500 carnival cruiseship passengers and crew members are stranded this morning. we're talking about the cruise ship "splendor." it was about 200 miles south of san diego yesterday when there was a fire in the engine room. tug bets are expected to -- boths are expected to -- boats are expected to reach the ship today. the cruise line says toilets and cold-running water were restored overnight. cold field is -- cold food is being provided to those 4500 people. the guests will get refunds. we'll have more when we come back, including the update on the -- on the three-alarm fire that has a roxin' -- rock

n' roll collection.

an early-morning warehouse fire in san carlos has caused -- has caused at least a million dollars in damage. neil young used the warehouse to store memorabilia including vintage cars and paintings that he collected over the years. jade hernandez has been at the scene all morning and joins us

live with more. good morning, jade. >> reporter: what looked like a warehouse was more of a music keepsake box. he saved everything from his guitars to his prized cars inside. someone passing by noticed the flames and called the bellmont fire department. the fire caused extensive damage. firefighters were able to save about 60% of what was inside. luckily, we can show you this, this morning. firefighters caught this on camera before and after they were able to get inside the building. the estimated damage is set at about $1 million. but it's not being considered a suspicious fire this morning, although the cause is still under investigation. the building does not have a sprinkler testimony we're told by the chief because of the age of the building. that's not unusual. that's what's trapping -- happening right now. there were film canisters moved this morning.

we can only expect more. we were told some of the stuff -- some of the stuff 0 would be moved to a nearby moved to a warehouse. ♪ >> reporter: if you're unfamiliar with rocker neil young, he's been around since