why a group of people are spending the night on the steps of city hall this morning. oakland police investigate another homicide this morning. the clues they are chasing and how the public can help. there is always a lot of pride in the castro but this weekend pride is expected to generate more than 1.2 million people right here in the city. we will explain why coming up. plus the naacp accuses u.s. airways of racial prom filing. the morning news continues. good morning, thank you for waking up with us.

it's friday, june 24th i'm pam cook. >> and i'm dave clark. let's check weather and traffic. here is steve. >> pam and dave thank you very much. on this friday really cool lows. lots of 40s around. we will end up with sunshine after the patchy fog burns off. 60s upper 60s low 70s there and upper 70s low to mid 80s inland. that weekend forecast and a surprise on the five-day. here is sal. right now traffic on highway 4 is doing very nicely if you are driving over to concord. no problems on 680 either. also this mornings commute looks good on interstate 880. let's go back to dave and pam. >> thank you. first there was a zombie march and then there was an overnight camp out at city hall. kraig debro is joining us live. he's in san jose right now where a group of young people are continuing a very unusual protest ahead of a very important meeting. >> reporter: good morning, dave. that meeting is set for 1:30:00 p.m. this afternoon. mayor chuck reid called the

special meeting to declare a fiscal emergency and discuss language for a ballot measure. these people behind me spent the night on the steps of city hall. they know how they would vote. they are here to make sure the emergency and changes don't go too far. these people say they are trying to make a point about the future of city workers in san jose. they are not paid well enough to make a modest living. sleeping on the concrete might not be the exception in the future. dozens of workers hold -- san jose is working on its 11th consecutive budget deficit. mayor chuck reid has gotten concessions from unions but says pension benefits need downward. 11 years ago it cost the city $63 million. but to reign in pension costs and the way that mayor reid wants to do it that will require a change in the city charter will hah will require

voter approval. >> all the unions have already given a lot of concessions. they have all given and they have been come together table to negotiate in good faith. we just want to make sure that keeps happening. >> nothing we are doing effects the right to bargain. nothing effects the rights to negotiate. what we are trying to do is solve a problem. >> reporter: but chuck reid's proposal to change a city charter disclaires a fiscal emergencisn'just getting attention from city workers and those who support them. attorney general harris has asked an assembly committee to look into the phrase fiscal emergency. this morning oakland police are investigating another homicide. police were called to 24th and adeline streets just after 9:15 last night. officers found a man on the sidewalk who had been shot several times. reportedly, someone was seen leaving the scene in a blue

dodge magnum with silver rims. three men are reportedly okay. their small plane crashed. it was a single engine and end up on it roof in a marsh right near the airport run runway. we were told the three men were able to climb out on their own. one complained of back pain and was taken to a local hospital. all of this is still under investigation. getting around san francisco could be quite challenging this weekend. the annual pride celebration cakes off later today. jade hernandez is in the castro with the big crowds expected to attend. >> reporter: there is always a lot of pride in the castro but this weekend pride is expected to bring together an expected 1.2 million people. not far from here there will be the transmarch. it will be held at 3:30 right

near in the castro this morning. there are already signs up. those signs are pushing traffic off the street to help with crowd control and congestion. the kick off to the san francisco pride celebration began here at the expo on thursday. ktvu was there where they began selling and marketing. what was recognized this year the growing number of mainstream and multi national companies at that expo. >> businesses have realized that there is a profitable market to gotten through the gay community. >> reporter: and there is good reason we watch as businesses brace themselves through the next couple of days. on sunday it begins at 10:30 in the morning and ends open market and 8th. the theme this year in pride we trust. the parade holds several grand marshals. a minister and founder of a nonprofit that provides housing, education, and services for those effected by

hiv aids. we will have more from the castro coming up in a little bit. we are live in san francisco jade hernandez. >> for a complete list of pride events taking place this weekend you can go to our website ktvu.com. time now 6:05. a cell phone that belonged to osama bin laden's carrier had the names and numbers of a militant group connected with pakistan spy agency. that cell phone was seized along with many other items. when they raided ben lathens compound and killed him and his carrier. they raise questions about whether the militant group help hide it. >> ever today the u.s. house will vote in the military

power. coming up a live report from our washington, d.c. newsroom why some members of congress want to punish the president. investigators say two men that plan to attack a military recruiting station in seattle hope to get attention from the media. they were arrested wednesday night when they got caught into an fbi sting going into a warehouse to pick up machine guns. the fbi was alerted by a plot by a man who was going to take part in the attack. the two suspects even imagined the headlines that would be in the newspaper. the san francisco naacp will hold a news conference this morning over what they call racial profiling by airways. deshon marman was arrested for not pulling up his pants. days earlier a 65-year-old man was able to fly on an airline

wearing skimpy womens clothing. the man told the san francisco chronicle that he regularly flies u.s. airways and often wears women clothing to make business travel more fun. plans to extend bart and fremont took a big step forward. barts board of directors unanimously approved a $300 million contract to build the warm springs extension. it's expected to create thousands of jobs. it will also ease grid look. well, the public is invite to come autoand find out how gas pipelines are tested. they are holding a symposium to explain what information is gained from those pipeline tests. what tools are used and how they work. now the event begins at 10:00 this morning in san francisco. state regulators decided to

hold this seminar after they got dozens of questions about testing the pipelines. the commute could be getting a little busier. let's check in with sal. >> it is a little bit. we haven't had the levels we have seen in the last few days. let's take a look at northbound 280. it looks very light. we are hoping for it to stay this way. even at the bay bridge which is still light. moving along and taking a look at the commute on 237 westbound. that traffic looks very good crossing 880 continuing out to 101. and speaking of 101 here in san francisco northbound 101 traffic looks good approaching the 80 split. at 6:09 here is steve. >> thank you. too bad there is nothing going on this weekend. the weather will not be much of a factor. everything is going on it seems this weekend. some fog is there. yesterday it was right about from the marin headlines. well today same thing. it looks to have a little bit more holes in it though. it will burn off sooner. 44-56 a little chill here. some of the morning lows i have

noticed i will show you some in a moment. 58-74. any fog would be gone by noon. sunny and breezy. 60 by the coast. so i have to make sure i get warm temperatures in there. the fog though disappeared yesterday. it has come back a little bit. water temperatures still cold in the upper 40s to low to mid 50s. it doesn't take much. any warmth of the valley helps generate that. mill valley 48 degrees. at they are ton 48 degrees. there is cool lows. santa rosa at 47. san rafael holding steady 49. the city is at 52. west, southwest fairfield. nothing strong. that southeast wind at san jose. it will be sunny breezy day.

the low started ushering our cooling trend will bottom out sunday. sunny and breezy sunshine for all today after the morning clouds. fairfield 82. clear lake 85. santa rosa let's divide this. if it's north toward the airport probably closer to 80- 81. if you're in town probably 78- 79. pet lieu that -- petaluma at 76. i take a mixture at va lay -- vallejo. pleasanton 80 degrees. alameda at 66. 84 morgan hill and gilroy. 80 saratoga. 72 fremont. 78 wood side. san bruno at 66. 75 menlo park.

half-moon day 62. more of the same on saturday. a little bump up sunday and monday. increasing clouds on tuesday. arrested at his own news conference. why deputies arrested this former candidate for governor in idaho. financially strapped cal train is about to get millions of dollars from the federal government but there are strings attached. [ female announcer ] this is the story of sam,

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time is 6:14. the u.s. house in washington opened their session about 15 minutes ago. right away they started debating the u.s. mission in libya. ktvu alison burns reports they will take a vote later today that could restrict american involvement. allison. >> reporter: that is right, dave. republican leaders and democrats say president obama has not made the case for war in libya so they will taking the dramatic action to try to strip funding for it. now president obama dispatched secretary of state hillary clinton ahead of the vote for an emergency ahead of the vote. warning it would be a ditas for american interest to cut funding. we heard from critics speaking out on the house floor. >> it is surreal we would be considering authorizing this war at a time when the government is collapsing in debt. those who told us the war in libya was to save civilian

lives quickly switched to regime change. >> reporter: nancy pelosi is endorsing the president's commitment. but george miller and others are arguing against it. reporting live from washington, d.c. alison burns. pretty interesting story in utah. a former candidate for governor there was arrested right as he was about to give a news conference. >> is this honor? >> rex ha aawe would be giving a -- but there was a warrant for his arrest. so when he showed up at the press conference deputies were waiting for him now originally he was on trial for illegally killing an elk. now he's in trouble for passing out fliers to the potential jurors. time now 6:16. happening right now we are live in orlando florida just a short

time ago. the casey anthony murder trial resumed in orlando. we are inside the courtroom right now. there is a woman testifying there. casey anthony is accused of killing her daughter. there was yet another twist in court yesterday when casey anthony's mother took the stand this is her right here forgive me. this is casey anthony's mother on the witness stand. >> i would like to show you a photograph. >> any way she testified yesterday about some questionable searches made on the families computer back in 2008. she says the results for chloroform popped up when she was looking for results for chlorophyll which she suspected made her dog sick. casey anthony used chloroform to knock out her daughter. make her unconscious before suffocating here. again we will keep a any on what is happening. time now 6:17. some new details about the surprising arrest of suspected

boston mob boss james whitey bulger. the fbi says 30 guns, $800,000 cash and several fake ids were found in his santa monica apartment when he was arrested wednesday night. he was number one on the fbi most wanted list. he was on the run for 16 years. he's believed to be responsible for 19 murders. police are looking for a man that shot another man outside of a an apartment building. police say the victim a 22-year- old vallejo resident was shot at the carport near the apartment complex. the suspect was seen get into a silver or brown honda driven by a woman. police describe the suspect that is as african american. 5'11" with a thin build in his late teens or early 20s.

the faa is proposing a quarter million dollar fine for a safety violation by air tran. the faa says a sensor on board was hit by lightning two years ago but the faa says the plane was still flown for several thousand miles before that sensor was repaired. air tran was an independent carrier at the time but it's owned by southwest. they have 30 di days to re-- 30 days to repeal that proposed fine. the department marine patrol will conduct check points and educate boaters about the dangers of operating a boat while under the influence. that campaign lasts through sunday. time now 6:19. the federal government is promises a $16 million grant for the bay area high-speed rail program. the money would be used to help design a crash avoidance system. it's a satellite based system that will slow down trains to prevent accidents like this one in southern california three

years ago. all rail systems will be required to have the system by the year 2012. cal train is getting federal money because the states high- speed rail project is on track. 6:19 is the time. back over to sal. any problems this morning, sal? >> we don't have anything major. as a matter of fact, the traffic is doing pretty well right now pam and dave. throughout most of the bay area freeways. look at 237 that is a great sight. it's light there as you drive across 880. we don't have any slowing add all. same thing for interstate 880 heading north. and this is the best picture of all. right now it's still light and maybe on this friday we will have a lighter than usual commute coming into san francisco. at 6:20 let's go to steve. thank you, sal. on this friday morning we do have patchy low clouds. a chill in the morning air though. it will be a sunny nice day.

breezy. temperatures close to what we had yesterday. i don't see much change in the weekend. slightly cooler saturday. a little warmer on sunday. the low clouds not as extensive as yesterday morning. it's the lows there are a bunch of upper 40s. napa airport 54. they have a breeze closer to town. same outside of livermore. a lot of upper 40s. west, southwest 14 at travis. not the rip roaring sea breeze they had yesterday. it's still in place. the delta breeze. temperatures will start off the week really hot will settle in with actually near normal. slightly below maybe. sunny and breezy. now still mid 80s inland. a lot of low 80s for some in areas that were 20 degrees warmer on tuesday. and then 60s upper 60s and 70s coast and bay. a little cooler saturday. and then all eyes turn on another system dropping in on tuesday which could give us late rain for the season.

>> can't believe it. >> believe it. >> okay. i believe what steve says. new economic numbers in this morning. the commerce department reports orders for durable goods or products designed to last three years or longer rose 1.9% last month. we will see how the markets react in the next ten minutes. sears plans to spin off orchard supply hardware. the hardware chain is made up of 89 stores across california. sears is not saying when it will offer an ipo but it's not likely to be until september or later. 6:22. where they are changing their minds now about the controversial smart metering. the bans will not be enforced. you have to see an unlikely rescue involving an elk at an idaho zoo. glance good morning, west

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pam. we have to show you this. maybe we will show you this. we will show you a story about zoo keepers in utah. you don't see it yet but you will eventually. but i will tell you they are praising one of the elks they have this particular zoo. this elk saved a drowning marmot. it was stranded in a large tank of water. zoo officials were trying to use whatever they could to help it and the elk came along and tries to use its antlers and hoofs trying to save it. the bottom of the story is the bilk actually grabbed it with its mouth and dragged the animal to safety out of the water. we will show it to length by. they know mar about the ocean biggest predator than ever before. they are calling ocean highways. that is after they tagged and tracked some of the biggest fish to find out where they go. researches say it has taken ten

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welcome back to the morning news. they are ringing the opening bell there this morning. and it looks like it could be a pretty mixed day. a lot of young people ringing the new york stock exchange because they are considered the boot camp. they are part of the boot camp program. a special week-long program at the new york stock exchange where young adults can better understand the financial market. those kids look for them to be the next warren buffet or something perhaps. we will see what the markets do

after we got that economic news in this morning. durable goods. you can see lower part of your screen. dow jones down 16 points. thank you for joining us on the ktvu morning news friday, june 24th i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. right now a city hall campout is under way in san jose. ktvu kraig debro is out there live. he's telling us why the demonstrators are questionings moves by the mayor and they are not alone. >> reporter: good morning,day. basically everybody here understands that that there is some kind of fiscal emergency if not the same emergency but fiscal problem but they want to make sure the cuts.net go too deep. you can see a group of people of on the steps of city hall. they have been here overnight waiting for the meeting. they called the meeting for this afternoon. it's a special agenda meeting. he's called it to declare a fiscal emergency. we did talk to the mayor last night. he said a former declaration

may come august 2nd. these people here want to make sure the emergency changes don't go too far. this is what it looked like a half hour ago. sleeping on the steps of city hall may not have been as comfortable as sleeping on a bed. they are trying to make a point. if they are not paid well enough to make a modest living. sleeping on concrete might be the exception. dozens of union workers held their own demonstration yesterday at city hall. they haven't had a balanced budget in 11 years. mayor chuck reid has gotten wage concessions from five unions. 11 years ago pension benefits cost the city $63 million. today $255 million. but to reign in pension costs will require voter approval. >> all the unions have already given a lot of concessions.

they have all given and they have been coming to the table to negotiate in good faith. we want to make sure that keeps happening. >> nothing we are doing effects the right to bargain and nothing we are doing effects the right to negotiate. >> reporter: members of generation next bay area demonstrated yesterday by marching to city hall dressed as zombies they call themselves the working not the walking dead but the working dead. they were not the only ones that are opposing chuck reid's proposal to pension benefits. com la harris also said she had serious legal concerns. there could be serious legal concerns about the phrase about what it means. in an appearance in san francisco governor brown says he's still pushing for tax extensions to help balance the budget. >> i'm determined to get this state on a firm financial footing and for however long it

takes and whatever it takes within the law and in an ethical transimportant way. that is and in an ethical transparent way. >> governor brown says if he can't get republicans to agree to the tax extensions as part of the budget, he will use california's initiative process to put the tax extension question to the voters. republican negotiators have now abandoned the bipartisan talks aimed at reducing the u.s. deficits. for two months now joe biden has been meeting with republicans and democrats. yesterday republicans walked out. they say democrats keep insisting on higher taxes. both sides say it's up to president obama and republican house speaker john boehner to come up with the deal. no injuries or damage reported. that is after a strong

earthquake shook alaska's aleutian islands last night. people say that the ground shook for about 20 seconds. a tsunami watch was issued but canceled an hour later. the largest wild fire in arizona history is 67% contained this morning. 832 square miles have burned since that fire started last month. there are also two major fires that have burned 392 square miles in arizona. and forest managers are now telling people that live in the mountainous areas to get flood insurance because summer storms will likely create severe run off. time is 6:35. it has been almost a year now since a devastating fire in san jose trace elementary school. that fire destroyed the building. look at the picture paps loss of about $15 million. santa clara grand jury has been investigating this fire. coming up at 6:45 the

recommendations it's making to the school district to better protect its schools. barry bonds' is due back in court in two months with his legal battles far from over. >> what do you think of what happened in court today? >> it will be in the news. you guys will see it. >> bonds will have to wait until august to find out if he will be retried on perjury charges. yesterday prosecutors told the judge they need more time to make that critical decision. the defense played hardball. it wanted the judge to order new trial right away or finally end the long complex case. the judge rejected that request. stinson beach expected to reopen today for swimmers and surfers. it has been closed since sunday after a coast guard helicopter spotted a great white shark on the coast. those restrictions could be enforced again if another shark is spotted in the area. and of course as the weather

heats up, we are focusing even more on pool safety. the contra costa fire protection will give safety demonstrations at two water parks on how to stay safe in the water. they will be at the pry et family water park. happening right now we are following developing news out of miami. boy take a look at this. fire rescue units are there on the scene as they rescue that worker who became stuck on some scaffolding. this is downtown miami. now we are not sure what happened. it almost looks like the scaffolding broke or gave way. you are watch the worker on the left in the white hat. the fire rescue worker there hooking him into the harness. looks like they are rescuing him from up above the building. this is scaffolding rescue happening right now in miami so

we wanted to bring those pictures to you pretty dramatic. it looks like the story will end happily because they have successfully hooked him in it looks like at this point. boy, still looks tedious. they are not quite getting this. it looks like they are looking above they will take him up higher. he was on some scaffolding. it looks like thigh will lower him. we don't know how high up this is. we don't know the amount of stories on the building or how high up this is. >> but he's connected and they are coming down. hopefully they don't have to go too far down. >> i would like to stay with this for a minute if we can watch this. >> yeah. >> it's just incredible they were able to catch this on camera there in miami. the fire crews. hopefully they can pull out. i would like the camera man.

hopefully they can pull out and give us an idea how big this building is. >> for most of us it doesn't have to be that high. >> yeah. but the quick work and this is great skill. not only of the rescuer we see here but the ones that were up top to make all of this happen. and get them both safely down. this is just a scary, scary feeling. >> yeah. i always think about the window washers in downtown san francisco in the financial district. boy. it's a crazy job. all right downtown miami we're watching it looks like this rescue it will happen . we will check back in. back here in the bay area it's a big weekend for the nascar nation. ktvu claudine wong joins us now from infineon raceway in sonoma and has a preview of the race that is happening this weekend. it looks like a lot of activity

behind you. >> we are on pit row. i want to show you what is going on. most of the cars get ready. it will be a busy day out here. you have qualifying races for today and for tomorrow's race as well as the big race which is the toyota save mart 350 which happens on sunday. look at the inside of these cars. if you have never seen a nascar race. what is incredible is the sheer energy that happens. these cars will be racing and qualifying today. they will be racing tomorrow 64 laps around the almost two mile track. the great thing about nascar not only what we are seeing. we are down in pit row. pick a look at stands. that is what the fans love. they love they can go right down from the stands and watch all the activity themselves. when the cars come in here and they come in blowing in at 140 man. they will stop and get their tires changed out. these cars they are going 64 laps. these guys are telling me they go about 30 laps before they

need a tire change out. diana is with infineon to talk about the excitement that we will see this weekend. how big is nascar weekend for infineon? >> it's our biggest weekend of year. it's our big party for all our fans in northern california. it's their chance to see all the stars. >> reporter: the folks that are big nascar fans. >> anybody who has seen racing on the circles in daytona or anything like that they will be here this weekend. and they get the test this weekend. >> reporter: and we are looking at video from last years race. how has it changed this year? is there anything different? i know you are getting a lot more ticket sales and sponsorships. do you think people are coming back to it and traveling more? >> yeah. i think you are really seeing the excitement back in the sport. folks that didn't come out last year. the competition on the track is great. we've had six different winners. it's anybodies race.

you have to be here to see what happens. >> thanks so much for joining us. taking a live look at pit row. getting very, very busy. an hour ago when we saw you it was dark and empty and the cars were covered. now you can see everybody with the their hoods up. not a lot of work they say they have to do. they are daddy to -- they are ready to go. they are talking about pressure i'm not going to try to pretend that i know what they are doing. 64 laps these cars will go. they will do qualifying races today. i want to squeeze around here and take a look all the way up there that is the garage area. that is where all the other cars go. you talk about the toyota save mart cars they up there. they are coming up and giving you an inside look at an area a lot of fans don't get to see. >> that will be great. happening also in miami we just want to take you quickly back to miami we've been

watching that scaffolding rescue. we understand that the man has been safely lowered down to the cherry picker that is there on the ground from the fire department. the camera looking seeing the cables from up above. we do know the rescuer is in safe hands now. that is downtown miami after some sort of scaffolding rescue. we don't know exactly what happened but he's safe. there he is. that is good news. time now 6:43. let's see what sal is seeing in your commute. sal. >> all right dave and pam good morning. the traffic hasn't been that bad. this is the east shore freeway at mccarthur maze traffic looks good. also the morning drive is doing well at the bay bridge toll plaza with very small delay. the metering lights were on. if you are driving in south bay northbound 101 traffic looks good. let's go to steve. thank you, sal.

patchy low clouds around. it will be very close to yesterday after the fog burns off. sunny nice and breezy. a little windy at some times. the fog mainly over the bay and patches and san mateo coastline. it's a little thinner. friday lows cool, cool. 40s a lot of them here. san ramon 49. san bruno at 49 degrees. 47 santa rosa. some upper 40s including pleasanton and 53 redwood city. mountain view says 54. san jose sunny. 56 and 70 and a high of 77 degrees and should be very comfortable. very nice seasons as we see -- very nice conditions as we temperatures settle in after a hot start to the week. yesterday it had its flux capacitor going and had gusts to 30 miles an hour. it's still a sea breeze just not as strong as yesterday. the system responsible for our

cool downs until the pacific northwest may need a little more you were. so breezy after the fog burns off. low toils and mid 80s inland. 60s, 70s, and 80s. i don't see much change compared to yesterday. i think we just settle in here for another day or two. 75 milpitas. a little warm up sunday and monday in advance of what could be rain tuesday and wednesday. >> hard to believe. more help for the victims of the fraternity house fire. the hoe leo call store that -- the local store that is stepping in to help. pride will bring together an expected 1.2 million people. we have all the details about the event. if you are driving on the east shore freeway it looks like a nice drive. we will tell you about the morning commute on a friday.

good morning, to you. welcome back. here's a look at the top stories we following for you right now. the san francisco naccp will hold a news conference today accusing u.s. air ways of racial profiling opinion an african american college football player was arrested on a flight for allegedly refusing to pull up his sagging

participant-- his pants. however this 65-year-old white man was able to fly on u.s. air ways wearing skimpy women's clothing. oakland declared its 57th homicide of the year. a man was shot and killed on adeline street. no arrests have been made. one of the largest gay pride parades kicks off this weekend. >> reporter: we are live at market and castro. i can show you across the street there are already barricades out. they are in preparation for the big parade this weekend. there is always a lot of pride here. this weekend pride will bring together an expected 1.2 million people. earlier we showed you tines that would -- show idea you signs that would help you with

crowd control. saturday the annual march. on sunday the pride parade begins at 10:30 in the morning and ends on market and eighth. the theme this year in pride we trust. the parade holds several grand marshal bishop events. many businesses look forward to pride week but there is occasional problems so there are businesses that won't open at all. ironically because of the crowd. >> we hope it just doesn't get like halloween because we had to cancel it. >> reporter: the kick off began here aft the this expo on thursday. ktvu was there where 72 businesses enjoyed selling and marketing their goods. what was recognized the growing number of mainstream and multi national companies at the expo. not far from here later today supporters will gather for the eighth annual transmarch.

that will be held this afternoon at 3:30. reporting live from the castro jade hernandez. time now 6:550. santa clara county grand jury recommending the san jose unified school district install automatic school alarms and sprinklers in all of the remodeled offices and school room. this school did not have automatic alarms or sprinklers. the building was completely destroyed as you can see here. suffering about $15 million damage. the victims of tuesday's frat house fire in san jose state are getting help from the old navy store. the fire caused a lot of damage. all 28 men living there got out without any injuries. but they lost most of what they had. today, the old navy store at valley fair mall will allow them to buy new clothing at a discounted price. the purchases will be coming

from a donation fund for these victims. 6:51 is the time. back to sal for a look at traffic. sal. >> we are doing pretty well on this friday. definitely an improvement from other days of the week. 280 northbound the traffic all over the south bay looks pretty good. there is a little bit of slowing here and there. that is about all. this is a look at the commute at the bay bridge. what a big difference a day makes. yesterday was backed up all the way at the maze at this point it's light. if you are driving in san rafael it's a nice drive. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. happy friday everybody. low clouds and fog will burn off. we will be sunny and breezy. temperatures have come way down since we had that hot weather on tuesday. well things have settled in. 40s and 50s on the lows. a little cool low 50s and mid 50s. it will be a sunny day. it will be a nice day.

farther inland you go on the warm side by the coast maybe breezy to windy at times. sunshine for all. high pressure will eventually scour things out. 60s and 70s upper 70s and low to mid 80s. temperatures though don't look like they will change too much on saturday. sunday should be slightly warmer. i just think more of the same. we are kind of stuck in a person temperature same monday. big nows could be tuesday and wednesday and a possibility of rain in the north bay. all right thank you, steve. the irs is giving consumers a break. drivers would be able to claim a bigger deduction when they use their car for business. right now the rate is 51-cents a mile. the irs usually makes adjustments at the first of the year but says high gas prices forced the need to act sooner. checking in on the numbers this morning live look at the big board. dow jones down 60 points. disappointing numbers on

durable goods. time now 6:53. it's a new tool san francisco police are about to get it but most of us already have it.

san francisco police officers are finally getting something most of us already have. an e-mail address. police chief greg sir says every member of the police

department has an e-mail account. until now only a few had them. that e-mail system should be fully up and running within a month. all right it's coming up on 7:00. i want to check back in with sal on traffic. sal. we are looking at interstate 880 it still looks good getting up to an uncrowded bay bridge toll plaza. i want to show you that. a big difference from yesterday. of course in san francisco northbound 101 traffic looks good. let's go to steve. patchy low clouds and sunny and breezy today. 60s and 70s and low to mid 80s. i don't see much change into saturday as temperatures will continue to be very close. we've come down. we will settle in there and keep it there. the big news continues to be middle or early next week when a possibility of rain might make a visit. time now 6:57. coming up on mornings on 2. business booming at hardware stores. one particular item and sales are really expected to score next week. also the notice going out to many bay area homeowners today. the good news now means bad

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