good morning, i'm jade hernandez. a brutal attack at a cal train station.

still no arrests this morning. what passengers had to say coming up. you might want to keep both hands on the wheel this morning. we will tell you why it's so important especially today. sunday was rain but today is going to be the wind. are we done with the rain this week? we'll have that in the five-day coming up. and this morning people are camped outside of san francisco's department of public works. how long they have been there and why? the morning news continues. good morning, to you welcome to monday, march 7th i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. let's check in with steve paulson. any rain in the forecast? >> maybe just a little bit. dave, we do have windy conditions. the rain is clearing out. the wind has decided to crank up here. we are seeing 20-25 gusts. san jose gusting to 29. highs in the upper 50s to low

60s. here is tara. thanks, steve. this is a lock at 58 -- this is a look at the 580 at the 101 split. traffic is flowing well in all directions. and at the bay bridge toll plaza traffic is flowing well. 6:01 let's head back to the desk. right now people are camping outside the department of public works in san francisco. ktvu kraig debro is live out there with what they are waiting and hoping to buy. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, dave. the people lying in wait i guess you can say at tenth and market say they have made many sacrifices. the full weekend included. let's take a look at the front tent up there. they have been waiting here since friday. nick bernard is sitting for a chance to apply for a three food vendor licenses. this year filing notification and inspection fees are less than $800 per minute. reducing the cost of a license it's giving more people an

incentive to apply. business owners who pay for rent in a building have complained of unfair competition baa there is an avenue -- but there is an avenue for complaints. >> they have 30 days to contest it. it goes to hearing. they judge if it's the right food or not. >> reporter: the vendors within 300 feet and selling like foods. the vendors license for that location could be revoked. a change came last december when they reax laxed the rules and made changes. we will try to talk to the people at front of the line. and ask them why they have been here so long. reporting live in san francisco kraig debro channel 2 news. this morning police are still searching for the group of the men that violently attacked someone at the redwood city cal train station. jade hernandez joins us now with the increased security presence at the station and how

commuters are reacting this morning. jade. >> reporter: that is right. the first outbound train rolled through here 20 minutes ago. we spoke to two different riders. one had heard about the attack, the other had not. both said they would like to see a little more police presence out here. >> it would be nice to see a little if not every day that might be unreasonable. now and then a drive by or somebody here at random times to keep people on theretos. >> it's dark in the morning when i come. but i do wear a whistle on my arm just in case. just for animals. there is a lot of raccoons in the morning too. it's for protection. >> reporter: san mateo county transit police say they have amped up their patrols. we have been out here since 4:00 this morning and we have not seen any patrols at all. what is astonishing 9-15 attacked and robbed and beat the man for what he had on him.

that's why we are out here this morning. investigators want to get the word out. despite leads they still need more information to close this case. they are investigating the stronged armed robbery which took place around 7:30 on friday. 47-year-old san jose man was waiting for a southbound train when he was attacked. a few witnesses told police they saw a white compact car leaving the scene. transit police say they are optimistic about future arrests. as far as we know this morning the victim is still at a local hospital. if you have information police are asking you to call victor lopez's number. the number is at the bottom of your screen. time now 6:05. richmond police run creasing patrol -- are increasing patrols after a rise in violence. an 18-year-old was shot and killed standing outside of his house. a 27-year-old man was shot to

death in a parked # car off 45th street. until this weekend there has been only one murder in the city this year. >> it was getting better. it was getting quiet. like i said i don't know where all the anger is coming from. >> police say despite the two shooting deaths this past weekend, the homicide rate is still a lot lower than it was this time last year. an autopsy will be performed today on a marin county kindergarten -- kindergartener after he tested positive for the flu. the boy was a student at old mill school in mill valley. the school has notified parents of the death but they say classes will go on as scheduled today. in three hours the trial of 18-year-old alexander youshock is set to begin today. he's accused of bringing pipe

bomb, chain shaw, and a shotgun to school. police say he came prepared to kill students and staff. opening statements are scheduled to start at 9:00 a.m. in redwood city. a danville police officer arrested on drug and conspiracy charges is out on bail. steven was arrested friday on suspicion of conspiracy to sell drugs. more details expected today about allegations about unfair budget cuts in antioch. the union that represents city workers is accusing the city council of giving a special sweetheart deal to police officers while at the same time asking other city employees to take a 10% pay cut. that union says budget pains are not being fairly shared. there will be a news conference by the union set by 9:30 this

morning. tonight in oakland the city council holds a special meeting. they will decide among other things what to do about a looming $45.6 million payment that is due to the police and firefighters pension fund. that would double the $46 million deficit already facing the city of oakland. right now the national weather service has a winter weather advisory in effect for parts of the sierra. i will take you live to highway 50. it looks like the snow is coming down right now. as much as a foot of new snow has hit in the we have checked with cal tran. they do have chain requirements in place on interstate 80 and 50. all of this snow is good news for the ski resorts. tahoe is expecting two more feet of snow by this coming weekend. adding to the 38 feet it has received since october. spokesperson for the ski resort

says business has been booming since the snow started falling again and conditions are not changing any time soon. forecasters are predicting more snow and cooler temperatures for at least another month. so maybe in time for some easter break, spring break for schools. time now 6:08. tara is here to talk about the commute. >> we have just received a report of a tree down in a roadway in san jose. this is a bad curve in the roadway at black road and gist road. if you live in that area, be aware there is a tree and it's blocking the roadway. we will have more information coming up. right now we are going to take a look at the san mateo bridge. you can see the sign there high winds and high wind advisory has been in effect since 1:00 this morning. definitely keep both hands on the wheel. 880 near the oakland coliseum.

our cameras have been bobbing around a bit today. seem to be pretty tame right now. traffic is flowing well both north and southbound. highway 4 through bay point it's windy out there. 6:09. steve, how is it going? >> it's going really well. we have windy conditions which you just touched on. i saw 40 miles an hour at the altamont pass. drakes bay around 35-40 miles an hour. a northwest wind has decided to kick up its heels. rain is possible tonight. the weak part of the system just brushed the north bay. we will see an increase in clouds. some morning rain in the north but then sunny and breezy. partly sunny and breezy tomorrow. wind out of the west, northwest. 20-50 miles an hour gusts.

strongest out along the coast. san jose west at 16. gusts to 29. livermore west to ten. we mentioned that altamont pass. i have seen gusts 35 there. also right along skyline. i have seen 35-40 miles an hour winds. you can see the system that went by. there is still a possibility of few showers clipping us. santa rosa still says sonoma county airport. and some of the rain totals over the weekend not too shabby. sunday was the main day. san rafael almost six tenths of an inch of rain. cazadero almost an inch of rain. crockett had three quarters of

an inch. and concord had .40. the temperatures are beginning to dip a little bit. 40s or very low 50s. the next system is driving northward. today after a few morning showers. a partly sunny but windy and blustery. kind of cool. scattered clouds tonight. it's windy with a lot of clouds. sun, clouds still breezy. we will not lose that. and then tonight the clouds start to roll back in. the winds not going anywhere. upper 50s, low 60s. north bay, east bay, south bay, coast, hills it won't matter. around 58-63 should cover the spread. warmer wednesday and thursday. another system for more clouds on friday. defense secretary robert gates is in afghanistan this morning. why this may be an emotional trip for him.

triggers protests on the streets of new york. why demonstrators say the hearings are unfair.

well good morning, to you. welcome back. time now 6:15. defense secretary robert gates is in afghanistan this morning opinion when he met with american troop there is gates seemed to get a bit choked up. concern about him is what keeps him up at night. alison burns is covering gate's trip for us.

alison. >> reporter: first let's get to new video here with meeting with the troops. he shook hands with each and every one of them. one of them asked him about long-term deployment. secretary gates says both the u.s. and afghan government wants the u.s. involved after the planned 2014 combat operations. he says the u.s. is in talks with the afghan government about what the presence would like like. he also offered encouragement for the troops. >> you've had a tough winter. it will be a tougher spring and summer. you have made a lot of head way. i think you are proven with your afghan partners that this will work and we will be able to prevail. >> reporter: there is a lot of speculation in d.c. that secretary gates is preparing to resign and this could be his last trip as defense secretary

to afghanistan. reporting live from washington, d.c. alison burns. in libya government forces again launched air attacks on rebel forces today. the troops loyal are trying to prevent the rebel fighters from advancing to the capitol of tripoli. already the uprising is a lot longer and more violent than the revolts that overthrew the leaders of egypt and tanisha. as the evacuation of foreign workers continues now, one group of evacwees went to extreme measures trying to avoid being sent back to their native country. as this ship carrying refugees almost 50 workers jumped overbard to avoid being sent back. three of the jumpers were killed. 13 more are still missing.

a congressional hearing scheduled for this thursday looking into the -- over the weekend demonstrators gathered in new york city to protest what they call the targeting of american muslims. some members from other religions joined the protest. the first muslim elected to congress does not like the idea. but the chairman of the house says it's justified. >> we are talking about al qaeda. we are talking about the affiliates of al qaeda. it's there. that's where the threat is coming from. >> it's absolutely the right thing to do for the chairman of the homeland security committee to investigate radicalization. but to say we will investigate a religious minority and a particular one is the wrong course of action to take. >> congressman ellison is concerned the terrorist will

claim the hearings that americans are at war with muslims. a hearing take place in martinez to is falling short on its pollution monitoring efforts. the residents that live near the refinery says the pollution monitoring system does not work. they are also accusing the company of violating rules that were put in place during a 2009 expansion project. in japan the government has stopped using pneumonia vaccines. the vaccines came from u.s. drug maker fizer and a french drug maker. the deaths occurred the same day and three days after the vaccines were administered. crowded elementary schools is the hot topic. they will meet with the public on tuesday to talk about booming enrollment and consider

sites for possible expansion. palo alto enrollment has been increasing since 1989 and had 12,000 students last fall. let's get you to where you need to go. tara, an oil spill? what happened? >> an 18 wheeler is leaking oil. they are bringing the sand trucks in. this is on 680 southbound to the westbound 780 connector. we will bring you more information as it becomes available. we will head outside to highway 4 bay point. you can see the wind a factor here. use some caution as you driving this morning. at the bay bridge toll plaza the metering lights have not gone on yet. and finally san mateo you can see this is what it's like all morning long and it's been the same since 1:00 this morning when they issued a high wind advisory. be aware of that. there is one in effect for the

bay bridge as well. here is steve. tara, we do have a lot of wind today. there could be a few light showers around. mainly it's a cloudy and windy morning. some of these gusts higher elevations along the coast over 40 miles an hour. seen along the skyline and altamont pass and point rays. west, northwest wind 20-25 miles an hour. strongest gusts in the higher elevations. san jose west. these are sustained. not gusts. i have seen gusts to 29. santa rosa getting about 15-20 miles an hour breeze there. still a few showers could filter down from the northwest. most of it is driving east or south of us. 40s or right at 50 degrees. if it wasn't for the breeze we would be cooler along with some of that cloud cover. we will see a break today. the next system is driving more toward the oregon border.

the tail end could move along lake county. breezy, sun, clouds to windy at times. cool to mild. in the shade or in that breeze it's like oh man is that chilly. it's not too bad. it's going to be a day like that today and also tomorrow. we will get warmer weather. calm down the wind on wednesday and thursday. dave and pam. this morning china's commerce minister says his country's trade surplus should shrink. the trade policy is to promote imports. china is the world east largest exporter which has created tension with the u.s. and several other countries. pokemon the video game. there are two new games for the nintendo hand held ds. it's called pokemon white version and black version. it's nintendos second largest franchise. time now 6:22 a crack down

on illegal dumping in one bay area city. while catching the dunkers that is a real challenge even though we were captured on camera. the reason student protestors are criticizing campus police this morning. here is a look at 101 in san francisco. you can see that traffic is flowing pretty well. we cohave a little bit of a backup and more wind advisories to tell you about coming up.

and here's a looks at your  bay area bridges this morning. the bay bridge starting to back up there. the metering lights are on. give yourself a couple minutes. we do have a high wind advisory until effect as well. also for the san mateo bridge there is a high wind advisory. richmond and golden gate bridges looking pretty good at this hour. let's head back to the desk. uc berkeley police department is defending its response to a student protest over budget cuts. on thursday students perched themselves on top of a ledge. 300 people joined to watch the protest. now some in the crowd tell the daily crowd that officers used pepper spray on them. they say the actions were

necessary in fears the protestors could fall. friends and family remember a young basketball star that died after suffering a cardiac arrest. he collapsed thursday after scoring the game winning shot. the team has decided to play in the state tournament that begins today. time now 6:26. san francisco cracking down on illegal dumping. ktvu obtained this surveillance video of illegal dumping happening in the city's bay view hunters point neighborhood. hard to see i know. the video shows two people gut get out of a truck. the back door swings open and debris falls into the street. they are suing two companies accused of illegal dumping but so far no one has been caught. >> someone get in and out. it's very dark. industrial areas. it's very difficult to see and to get witnesses. >> the two companies being sued

by the city are accused of dumping nearly 100 tons of degree. it cost the cities $75,000 to clean it up. commuting through part of the south bay could get a little easier if you are willing to pay for it. where there is talk of putting a toll lane that even solo drivers could use. and in the past two weeks gas prices have jumped nearly 30 cents nationwide. you will pay over $4 a gallon in premium gas. and on the new york stock exchange. taking a look at traders this morning. we will see if good news can offset what happened overnight to take stocks down.

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this morning. the red cross. it's red cross month. i didn't know that so they are ringing the nasdaq. we just missed the guys ringing the new york stock exchange. the big east. >> the basketball stars. >> yes. they are starting the tournament. of course march madness so we will be watching that. right now traders are keeping an eye on oil prices. they surged overnight. that caused stocks to go down and overnight in asia and europe. if you look at the lower part of the screen our numbers are up. we will smile and say good morning, to you. thank you for joining us on the ktvu morning news i'm dave clark. >> good morning, i'm pam cook. time now is 6:30. >> in the news right now gasoline prices are shooting through the roof. right now the white house is considering tapping into the nations oil reserves. allie rasmus is in emeryville talking about the rising gasoline prices. >> reporter: good morning,

dave. financial analysts say that price strike is -- even though the u.s. doesn't get a lot of its oil from libya. any disruptions there have an impact on the worldwide let's show you prices that drivers pulling up to the 76 station are seeing. you can see over here the price of a gallon of regular is $3.93. that is three cents higher than the national average according to triple-a. san francisco the average is $3.94 a gallon. if you want plus or premium gas you will pay over $4 a gallon. nationwide the average price for a gallon of gas is $3.51. that is definitely lower than what we are paying here in california. the $3.51 price is three cents higher. that is the second biggest price spike. some drivers we talked to this

morning tell us the price change has already had an impact on the driving habits and budgets. >> i try not to drive as much. >> it has changed your habit. >> absolutely. >> reporter: 100 doesn't get you far anymore. it's outrageous. as you hear that gentlemen say it's hard on small businesses that have to rely on commercial vehicles that need diesel. desyl costs -- diesel costs $4.25. president obama is also concerned about this. his chief of staff commented on tapping into the oil reserve. reporting live in emeryville allie rasmus. the price of diesel fuel is also going up and that too is

effecting bay area businesses. david for instance operates one of the last commercial farms in the san jose city limits. he grows white cherry blossoms. it may force him to raise his prices this year. >> i bought diesel two weeks ago. and since i bought it, it has gone up almost $1,000. it can make farming i wouldn't say prohibited but it will drive the prices of the commodities up. >> we also talked to the california small farms conference. delivering his organic fruit will cost 33% more this year. you can find the cheapest gasoline prices in the bay area by going to our channel 2 website ktvu.com. just click on the business tab and choose consumer from the drop down menu.

that is ktvu.com. a new policy goes into effect today in san francisco. as ktvu channel 2 reporter kraig debro tells us people are already lining up to take advantage of it. >> reporter: already. last-week-old they spent the weekend -- last weekend they went the spent the weekend here. tents are starting to come down. it's not just up here but it goes all the way around the corner. these guys just got out of their tent. down over there the line goes down the street. i spoke with a restaurant owner he's already established restaurant tour with a roof over his head instead of wheels under his feet. it could be people sleeping in line to buy concert tickets. instead the people are sleeping in a line in order to apply for a food vendors permit. the line is popular because of

a recent change in the rules and cost of a permit. a man in line says he opens the san francisco soup company but says street vending is opening up new doors. >> it's a new opportunity for us. we definitely saw the success of quality food trucks. we think that it's an opportunity for us to expand our soup and salad business into other parts of the city. >> reporter: a couple reason the lines are popular this year. they made several changes to the process that lowered the cost for a permit. this year filing notification and inspection fees are less than $800. the word is the office will open at 8:15. why get here this early if the number of permits is seven per person per business? a lot of people say they want to make sure they get here and get the right location. you can only have up to two permits maybe for the same

foods at the same locations. if you don't get here early you may not get the same locations you want. reporting live in san francisco kraig debro. a street in downtown san rafael is back open this morning. that's after it was closed for two hours for tear gas grenades. a man brought them to the station on fifth avenue a little after 4:00 yesterday morning. he said he found them in his father's basement. firefighters called in the bomb squad. they say the lesson here is that if you find something suspicious, leave it where it is and call 911. >> transfer is a bad idea. handling them is a bad idea. we can come out and try to identify it for you. >> traffic around the fire house was back to normal about two two hours later. organizers of san francisco annual gay pride parade say this years event will happen despite earlier doubts. last year the city controllers

office was asked to exam the organizationers budget and found $200,000 in debts. complaints by nonprofit organizations that took part in the 2010 organizations. but now we are told there is new confidence the parade and party will go on as planned. >> i know people are concerned. i don't think people have to worry about pride going on. >> the new leaders say they have paid off 15% of the outstanding debt. the theme for this years celebration is in pride we trust. the parade is scheduled to begin sunday, june 26th. today a san francisco board of supervisors committee will talk about lifting a ban on new restaurants in the upper fillmore district. that is on fillmore street between bush and jackson. it was original meant to prevent restaurants from

drawing too much traffic. chain restaurants they would be banned from that neighborhood. solo drivers may soon be able to drive an express lane in the south bay. it will come at a price. they are converging the existing hov lanes at the 880 interchange into toll lanes. there is an open house meeting being held today. that is at the vta building on first street in san jose. time now just turning 6:39. now are things going in oakland? >> it looks like a big rig blew out a tire and it's stuck on the 29th avenue onramp to southbound 880. let's take a live look at 880. the truck is not budging. apparently cars are able to maneuver around it. traffic doesn't seem too bad right now. along the east shore freeway we have traffic to tell you about.

there is a very large pothole mt. number three left bound lane. as you can see, the traffic is definitely congested at this hour. finally let's take a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza where the metering lights went on. 20 minutes after 6:00. give yourself an extra 15 minutes to make it into san francisco. steve, what is up? the sun is trying to breakthrough. there is a few showers out there. get a good look. coming down out of the northwest what we continue to see occasionally just more of a breeze or wind. scattered showers in the morning hours. sun clouds today. windy day. tonight the system will get us clouds to the north. tomorrow possible clouds and morning rain. but a west, northwest wind is front and center.

20 miles an hour. gusts to 50. a few light showers starting to pop up along highway 4 between clayton and pittsburgh. you might encounter rains. ordeal yeah over the weekend over an inch of rain. san francisco and oakland both .44. san jose ran tenth of an inch. petaluma .44. concord picked up .40. left behind a lot of clouds and 40s and low 50s. also that wind. system right there come into the left. that will move mainly to north. that will drag around lake county.

today breezy to windy. strongest wind along the coast. sun clouds and a few light showers are possible. a little guy showers. 50s and 60s on your temps today. windy is the main word. wednesday, thursday look good. sunny and warmer. friday increasing clouds possible rain in the north bay. thank you. time now 6:41. right now a winter storm warning is in effect for the north erin u.s.. new jersey has flooded streets right now after a weekend of rain letting up. in new york the weather forecasters predict about 16 inches of snow for this mornings commute. and there is a flood watch in effect covering massachusetts, rhode island, and connecticut. in need of a new area code. the question is who will have to make the switch? also keeping kids safe. new equipment from a local sports company. they will be unvailed today.

trying to protect young baseball players. it's driver be aware on the bridges this morning. 0#0dñañy

good morning, to you. welcome back. here's a look at the top stories we are following for you extra security this morning

at the cal train station in redwood city. this is after a man was attacked by a mob. 10-15 men took part in that attack. robert gates is in san francisco. it's for a two-day visit. he's trying to figure out how the u.s. should proceed with the with drawl of u.s. troops. libyan war planes are launching air strikes against rebel forces in libya. they don't want a foreign military intervention but they are asking the military to apply a no fly zone. there has been a break in a 30-year-old case in the east bay. evidence experts have matched dna from a burned male torso found near a west oakland area

to a head. investigators say if someone can identify him, they may be able to make an arrest in the case. a muslim civil rights group is offering a $5,000 reward following the shoots of two men in sacramento county. the two men ages 65 and 78 were shot while walking through their neighborhood friday afternoon. one of the men died at the scene. the other is in the hospital with serious injuries and the council on american islamic relations is offering the reward and questions if the victims were mistaken for muslims. a local sports company will introduce something they are hoping to protect young baseball players. gunnar sandberg will be joining eastern bell sports to unvail a new pitching helmet. it was a year ago he was hit and seriously injured by a batted ball during a game. gunnar is now recovered, he's back on the ball field.

that new helmet will be unvailed later this morning in scotts valley. some residents in the south bay may soon have a new area code. the explosion of cell phones has exhausted the 408 area code in san jose. now there is a plan to have some people switch over to a 669 area code. we do not know if old customers will have to switch or if the new area code will be assigned to new customers. and the space shuttle discovery is on its final trip back here to earth before it ends up in a museum. it pulled away from the international space station just after 4:00 a.m. our time this morning. it has been about a full year in space since it went into service. discovery is due to land in florida on wednesday. right now it's 6:48. we want to go back to tara.

>> the metering lights went on a lot earlier around 6:20. if we take a live look at the bay bridge. look at this. this is a disaster. backed up to the mccarthur maze. give yourself an extra 20 minutes. it doesn't seem like any of the lanes are moving at all. give yourself extra time. 101 in san jose northbound as you make your way toward the airport has been stop and go at times. and it seems to be the case a little further up the road. all right up next highway 4 this is a little bit windy has been that way for most of the morning hours here. you can see traffic on the bottom portion of your screen is westbound as you drive toward concord. steve. >> tara. >> it's windy. it is indeed. mostly cloudy skies. it's going to be a breezy blustery day. a couple showers can zip on by. they are out there coming down out of the northwest.

mainly wind today. windy at times. showers hiding behind the cloud. light rain possible to the north. gives us a mostly cloudy night. morning clouds possible. we will clear it out and be breezy again. it looks like that's the pattern here. system continues to roll down after yesterday's front came on sliding on by. we get right down out of the northwest. you can see a little right there. once in awhile a shower might zip on by. overall it's a breezy windy day out of the northwest. 20-50 miles an hour gusts. altamont pass 40 miles an hour. san jose 16 miles an hour. gusts to 25. fairfield west to 22. it's going to be a breezy day for everybody. see some strong jet streams.

enhancing clouds. there is dry air starting to punch in. 40s and 50s under a mostly cloudy morning. with that wind in place it's cool. the next system is heading more toward oregon. the tail end might drag across. a few showers is possible here. not a big deal. windy and cool today. tonight will increase clouds. rain should stay to the north. 44-50 windy with a lot after clouds. 50-55 some clouds breezy to windy at noon. more the same this yeah ping. upper 50s or very low 60s for everybody. it will be a four-degree spread coast bay and inland. tonight cloudy. we will carry that into tomorrow morning. clear it out breezy. wednesday and thursday mostly sunny and warmer. thank you, steve. u.s. car exports jumped 38%.

that translates to 1.5 million more cars being shipped to other countries compared to 2009. canada, mexico, china, and germany bought the most u.s. cars. industry analysts say improved quality of american cars and trucks and a weaker dollar contributed to that large increase. let's check in on wall street to see what is happening. stocks dropped in asia and europe. crude oil trading $106 a barrel. this morning car sales may be helping out a little bit. if we look live at the new york stock exchange the dow jones is up 60 points. and i'm really looking for optimism here as to why it's happening. a coo million that sounds just like johnny depp is number

one. rango the first animated film in marin county sold $38 million in tickets. that was far ahead jury room two the adjustment bureau. hall pass, and gnomeo and jewel yet is number five. >> a dog fight brewing in san francisco the proposed new rules is making some animal lovers protest today. charlie sheen is back on the air. the on line show that has brought in almost a million viewers.

welcome back to the morning news. hundreds of people are expected to protest today against a new plan to limit off leash access in the golden gate park area. parks officials want to limit off leash access at 21 different locations including san francisco ocean beach. they say it's part of an effort to protect the fragile ecosystem. the open house meeting begins at 4:00 p.m. and public comments will be heard and they are expected. it's in the fleet room of building ds at the fort mason center. a group of dog owners are planning a rally outside of the open house. that will be at 5:30. actor charlie sheen hit tv

show two and a half men has been canceled. sheen is taking his act online. sheen debuted a new show on san francisco's live streaming site. it's called sheen's corner. the first episode has been viewed almost a million time. he followed it with a second episode that is called # torpedo -- that is called torpedoes of truth. coming up on 7:00. we want to get a look at the commute right now if you are getting ready to head out the door. >> we got word there is pretty big potholes on the golden gate bridge and they are sending crews out to repair them. right now we will head outside this is 101 through san rafael. traffic is looking pretty good. 101 in san francisco traffic seems to be slow flowing -- seems to be flows pretty well. finally at the bay bridge toll plaza this is the worst

congestion we are seeing in the bay area at the moment. this is backed up all the way to the macconsider they are -- mccarthur maze. we do have a mostly cloudy morning. it will be windy this morning. a few light rain showers are possible. scattered clouds. light rain to the north. breezy to windy. coming up on mornings on two. it's an unusual business move but it's reason a lot of people right there they are waking up in tents this morning. gas prices as you probably know continue to sore but there may be some relief on the way. we'll tell you what could be in that pipeline. stay with us. some over the top comfort couldn't hurt. and our perfect dream factory's been built. i'm feeling sleepy already. nighty night.