plus the bart extension find out where road construction begins. the overnight international news which is making wall street nervous this morning. the morning news continues. good morning, it is august 11th i am dave clark. >> let's check the morning traffic starting with steve for weather. inland areas not much change still 60s and 70s and instead of upper 80s and 90s now it is lower 80s to mid-80s. traffic looks good, there is an oakland raiders game at the coliseum at 7:00 p.m. and you may expect traffic where people are tailgating earlier in the day. also the morning commute will

be 80 westbound looks good coming around the corner. 6:00 let's go back to the desk. we are starting our 6:00 hour breaking news coming from san francisco, paul claimers is at the -- chambers is at the scene of a fire which started about an hour ago in the city's ash berry district, paul, what is happening? >> reporter: it was at the people's cafe but the fire crew thinks it may have been a nearby store. they found the fire was actually at the clothing store and the crews think it is in -- it is in a common area in the clothing store. this is what the fire chief had to say about the fire. >> it went into the attic space and towards the delta building on the right. there is a common area and we

are still checking the fire extension at this time. >> reporter: there are about 68 people out here looking for hot spots and other areas and it is still under investigation and they are not exactly sure what the cause of the fire is. as of right now in sonoma, we are not sure how it will affect your morning commute and of course i will let you know as i find out but the crews are still working the fire and we are told nobody was injured and there were people who came outside just incase because there was a lot of smoke in this area. we will bring the very latest, paul chambers ktvu channel 2 news. oakland police are vowing to track down everybody involved in the tragic killing of a three-year-old boy. a gang shooting led to the killing of three-year-old carlos nava. they have a person of interest

in custody. he is an oakland man currently being held on an unrelated charge but he will not be released any time soon. >> they are working hard to connect the dots in this case and we will finds out what his role was in the killing of this little boy.$♪. >> the little boy was killed while sitting on his toy car on international boulevard monday afternoon. he and his mother just left a pizza parlor a few blocks from their home. missing student was last seen on may 27th at the heyward keizer hospital. the today's fundraiser is in san francisco's stone town galleria. the money will be donated but only if they bring a missing flier of her. there are indications that they will have the case solved soon. time now 6:03 and this

morning an important warning as protesters may try to disrupt the system as early as today. it happened at the san francisco area and that shooting forced them to shut down some bart stations or make some other changes on short notice. the bart extension plan, they are getting a financial boost. ktvu channel 2 news' jade hernandez has more on the changes that money will make, good morning jade. >> reporter: good morning dave, it's not hard to imagine construction on 880 and as early as next year, those crews will material eyes -- materialize for one of those three road projects.

they approved $200 million for the road projects but the bart extension. initially it had hinged on the bonds but they voted to give the money immediately. where is funding headed? 40million goes to bart from -- for the bart extension. 8million for mountain view and if i can bring you back out live, more than $71 million shoots to a project a long 880 to san jose so additional carpool lanes could be added. one driver told us about -- driver told us about what he thought about the carpool project. >> they are traveling faster than the traffic and i would rather have us all go the same speed and get there in one piece. >> that is just one thing. >> reporter: but a lot of it

goes tree building fremont a long where the bart extension would take. it is the first project to get underway this year and the next project will be the freeway. reporting live jade hernandez ktvu channel 2 news. time is 6:05, stock traders have another wild day on wall street. they are following the lead of european markets and asian markets were mixed at the close of their business day. beverage marks to japan also -- benchmarks to japan also finished the day with losses. yesterday it was a big drop and nasdaq suffered a big loss as well. nicolas sarkozy will meet with

the german chancellor for europe's financial difficulties and france has been playing a recent role and right now stock futures are still down. even though it game through lower yesterday, they are the most valuable company when the closing bell rank. they were -- rang. the former exxon mobile fell to $331 billion and exxon had held the top spot since 2005. president barack obama, the president will tour the plant that received $299 million stimulus grant and that plant expects to ploy 500 people when it is fully operational. last year the president was at

another groundbreaking battery plant that also received stimulus money. innovative technologies will play a key role in creating high quality jobs. they are converging on iowa for a big debate. coming up we will have a live report on which of the candidates is expected to be the focus of tonight's big debate. also the two big names that have not officially announced their running. sal? we are doing well so far but we have slow traffic that is for sure. let's start off here in on crock and you can -- antioch and traffic is slow on that construction zone and right now it certainly is and driving over to pittsburgh it gets better and you can see slow

traffic in vallejo across the bridge heading to richmond and if you are trying to get there, there is a backup approaching the richmond bridge. it looks good between novato and san mateo. a little bit of fog covering the towers but still it is the goalen gate -- golden gate bridge. this is the time where you could still get a nice ride on interstate 880 and highway 101 through san jose. it has not changed yet so if this is your commute you will be rewarded with good traffic. steve? along the coast there is a bigger fog bank, 50s and 60s for the high. last couple of taser it was document on the deck there

could still be some but the key is it is a big fog bank and temperatures are struggling to get to 76 for san francisco this time of year. low clouds and fog will be enhanced by a system that is moving into the pacific northwest. ever 2 to 59, santa rosa had a cool week. san jose cool as well, slow clouds moving in and southwest at travis low clouds are making a bigger stronger push today. san jose 13-mile-per-hour winds and the leading end is showing itself and the high pressure builds in and drives everything over us with a little more enhancement. i would start keeping an eye on

things so 80s inland unless you are far out like ukiah and it could produce a possibility of light rain as we head to the weekend and we will deal with that tomorrow. fog sunny and cooler at times in the delta, cooler inland temperatures so we will go 60s 70s and 80s and one low 90s. 77 fairfield 81 and 90 two days ago. walnut creek a lot of 82s here, but 66 alameda, 70 in heyward, santa crews capitoa upper 60s and 70s along the peninsular. palo alto 75 today and 68 in stamford. fog sun breezy and looks like a big cool down early into next

week. >> time now 6:11 for the raider nation it starts tonight. they get ready for the return of pro-football. and the hunt for osama bin laden will soon become a hollywood but there is course on how much information film makers are getting.

. hollywood is making a movie about osama bin laden but they are being given too much information from the military operation. the same people who produced the oscar winning movie are producing the osama bin laden film and they say they are giving information that is already available to the public. the movie is expected to hit the 2012 election. they are going to to tow in oh -- toe to tow in iowa and -- toe to tow in iowa debate. >> that's right. >> reporter: eight rivals are clamoring forefront rival

status. -- for front rival status. john huns man is still struggling to gain name recognition but meanwhile it is the republican who is not even in the race who is getting a lot of attention this week. texas governor rick perry is expected to run. >> it is just around the corner. >> reporter: former alaska governor sarah palin is still testing the waters and she takes her bus tour after the debate. allison burns ktvu channel 2 news. the so-called super committee is coming up with a plan to reduce the nation's deficit.

they are taking three from the house and three from the senate. the senate democrats are in place and nancy pelosi will announce her choice and they have to come up with a vote in congress by christmas. it is hurting pension funds this week but none are bigger than calipers which lost 18 billion since last months. the state may have to curtail contribution if the economy continues to decline. last year they lost 30,000 employees who retired. it appears to have been an accident not a crime. the father and son were tossed into the water when a yacht went into the san francisco bay last wednesday. 38-year-old man was killed but his father survived.

the larger boat never saw the smaller boat however police have not been able to get statements from either side and both sides have hired lawyers and refuse to talk to police. it came to an end and yesterday in colorado siblings were captured after a high- speed chase. they are suspected of committing bank robberies in georgia and firing shots at p.m. all three face federal warns in georgia and charges in colorado are also expected. police in moran counties are investigating an allegeds fraud attempt. yesterday a woman claimed to be an fbi agent who said she had $600,000 but needed to wire him money to get it. then he said a twin cities police officer would call to confirm the story and a short

time later she received the call and it displayed the police department's number but when she called the police department herself, the scam was exposed. sports fans are cheering the kickoff of yet another pro season football game tonight. this evening's game comes a couple of weeks after the settlement that ended the four- month old lock out. you can see tonight's raider cardnal game on our sister station. they will be airing the game on taped delay beginning a 9:00 p.m. >> time is now 6:19 and traffic has not been that bad. >> we will start off in the south bay this morning and look at highway 17 getting into the area and as you can see traffic continues to look good and no major problems in the valley. there are a couple of spots where you see some slow downs but it is still early.

if you are driving on the peninsular, traffic looks good and in fremont that traffic looks good and if you are driving in from livermore from 580, it is still a nice drive. we mentioned of course the raider game versus the cardinals at 7:00, but the raider nation they show up early and sometimes we have people tailgating all day out there and we are hoping they come in not all at once but that will be better for traffic but we don't know so keep that in mind. let's look at highway 4 westbound and that traffic looks good coming out of pittsburgh. low clouds and fog which means it will be cooler and the delta breeze decided to crank up a bit. we had more fog but now it's more fog and clouds and that bank is lifting to areas that were fog free but that's not

the case. a stronger system is moving into the pacific northwest and temperatures will drop on the weekend and we could see upper 70s for inland areas. looks like a big cool down up and down the coast so 50s for many, 52 up in santa rosa and you can see the system coming out of the gulf of mexico and will establish itself. it will be nice for some warrant for others and -- warm for others unless you are far inland and get some up eastern 80s to lower 90s and on sunday into monday temperatures are well below average. the number of people filing for first time unemployment claims dropped last week. 39 5,000 people put in for

initial jobless claims and that's down from the week before. they expected an increase in applications. the mum of people receiving -- number of people receiving continued benefits fell. they will announce a by back following the disappointing earnings report. the chief executive officer says the move makes sense for the company since the stock is under valued. they say it has a solid balance sheet and good cashflow. what producers are being asked to do which may be too controversial. also the sky-high resident cue that unfolded in the heart of new york city at a popular tourist attraction. traffic is moving well on the golden gate bridge but we have slow moving traffic in

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distraught man out of jumping from a popular tourist attraction. a man sat on the ledge of rockefeller center and at some point he stood up and police were able to grab him. afterwards he apologized and he is going through psychiatric evaluation. he is learning if he will be spending the rest of his life behind bars. john alexander was convicted of robbery and could get 100 years under california's three strikes law under his reason run ins with the law. he was in rocky horror picture show and his friends say his battle with drugs led to a life of crime. it is a national plan to deal with a devastating disease. care givers talking with a

federal health official share their ideas on how to improve research and devices and services and they also told stories about how hard it is to find round the clock care. there will be 100 other cities and the information will be presented to the obama administration. an online system will be helping bernie get married. the sexuality of the two characters have long been debated but many say the two are just friends. along with asking birth and earn any to tie not they are looking into adding a transgender character. bryan stow beating case, two key figures who will not be charged outside dodger stadium. the early morning fire, i

will tell you how it will affect your early morning commute. we are just minutes away from the wall street opening bell. we will have early stock numbers just ahead.

. welcome back the opening bell, trading is now beginning and it has been a wild week on wall street. futures have been swinging back ahead of the opening and the british treasury just announced it is the most dangerous time for the global economy since 2008. there have been a lot of fears surrounding europe's concern

and right if you trading is up and it is going up quickly at 93 points. >> we will smile and say good morning to you and thanks for joining us on ktvu channel 2 news thursday august 11th i am dave clark. >> and the time is now 6:30. breaking news coming in from san francisco, paul chambers has new information on a fire that started in the ash berry district, what is happening out there, paul? >> reporter: crews are basically wrapping it up and they are taking ladders away doing final touches and the call came in this morning, crews were first told it was on masonic and investigators believe the fire was in a common attic space that was shared between the cafe store

and the clothing store. several firefighters are working the area and checking for hot spots. >> the fire got into the attic space and spread to the delta building and they have a common attics space and we are still checking for a fire extension at this time. >> reporter: the cause of the fire is still being investigated and no injuries were reported. there were people who self evacuated because of the heavy smoke who live near the area. 37, 43 and 6 and 71, most are rerouted but a few seconds ago they allowed the 71 to come through the area but that one was allowed and the others are not allowed to come through and of course we will stay on top of it and bring you the latest. paul chambers ktvu channel 2 news. time now, open i dos, a

wild chase across the streets of oakland. it started on foot hill boulevard and ended about a half hour later on 11th and webster. bit it -- it is still not clear how it began but it involved the chp even the oakland housing authority and somebody threw a gun out of the speeding car. they called it a dangerous situation on city streets but luckily nobody was hurt. the los angeles district attorney's office will not arrest one woman. they have solid evidence doreen sanchez drove the two men away from the dodger stadium the day of the attack but they don't have enough evidence to charger. sanchez is now cooperating in their case against the two suspects. louie sanchez and marvin

norwood pled not guilty and the two men remain behind bars on a half million dollars bail. the hit-and-run driver accused of seriously hurting ryan white, varges hit ryan white and drove off. police arrested him an hour later. they showed he had a blood alcohol level of .108. he is charged with felony drunk driving and hit-and-run. they are trying to help pay for his medical expenses and they are donate being $6,000 to the family. ryan white's condition is improving and family members say he is now able to speak. they have an important warning for hundreds of

thousands of riders and protesters may try to disrupt the transit system as early as today. it is tied to last month's fatal shooting and that shooting prompted chaos in san francisco last month. a repeat of the routety demonstration -- rowdy demonstration could make other changes on short notice. they are trying to help funds some transit projects and also the bart extension plan. jade hernandez joins us live to explain where the money is going, good morning jade. >> reporter: good morning. work will begin as early as next year and work will begin in san jose if works goes as planned. they approved $200 million plus

a barred extension. initially it hinged on state bonds but the commission voted yesterday to gave the month -- give the money immediately. where is it headed, the majority is for improvements and nearly 80 million is for highway 101 from palo alto to mountain view and if i can bring you back out live more than 71 million is for this area along 880 for san jose so additional car pools can be added. one driver told us what he thought about the carpool lane project itself. >> i think to add another carpool lane itself, one is enough. they are dangerous in my opinion. >> reporter: as i mentioned earlier, most of the money goes to freeway improvement projects in the south bank but 0 million of it -- 40 million fun unless

to -- fun unless to -- funnels to bart for the extension. 10million goes to rebuilding fremont along the path the bart extension would take. the project next year will be on the freeway. reporting live, jade hernandez ktvu channel 2 news. >> plans are underway in san bruno for a special sermon nip to mark one year since the deadly -- sermon nip to mark -- ceremony to mark one year to remember the people in that deadly blast. the event will come on the heels of the national transportation safety board expected to identify the cause of the accident and it destroyed 38 homes an injured dozens of people.

they will try to figure out how to accurately spot gas leaks from the air. three different technologies will be studied flying over sum how lasted gas leaks -- simulated gas leaks. that testing will take place over several counties. riding in britain -- rioting in britain seems to have calmed down. coming up for you at 6:43 the crackdown on social media that the prime minister says could be used to prevent future disturbances. it has been another deadly day in afghanistan. five service members were killed in the southern part of the country. no further details have been released. august what been an especially

deadly month. the taliban responsible for shooting down the helicopter have been killed yesterday and john allen said they were killed in an airstrike but taliban says four fighters were killed but they were not those who shot down the helicopter. 30 americans died in that helicopter crash. time now 6:38 the toll plaza, how is it looking sal? it is getting crowded and yesterday we had a light day but it doesn't look like that now and right now there is a crowd, it is backed up for an eight minute delay may be more or less but we don't have any stalls or accidents reported along that stretch. as we look to 880, we had a crash northbound with a couple of big risk in that area.

-- big-rigs in that area. if you are driving in livermore traffic looks good on caster valley as we move to san jose and the santa cruz mountains into the valley, for the most part we are still over to a nice start. 6:38 let's go to steve. it has been there all week long and it's moving inland locally. the webcam a with the meteorologist's department it is dancing around a little bit but the mere fact that i made it. some low overcast, tomorrow morning more of the same. cool to mild but not as warm as we had. temperatures are starting to ease. the cooling trends will take us

into next week. it looks cooler for those well away from the coast as the high pressure system gets blaysed off -- blasted over towards the east. getting enhanced along by high pressure building north of the island and it takes it over the west coast including us. we will have a bigger drop and along the coast the fog bank leaves us with 50s and 60s and san francisco will be 67 degrees. a lot of 60s towards santa cruz and capitoa and we should be warmer than that. 52 to 59, temperatures on the low side, it is just that we are stuck in this pattern and you can see the leading edge of it which will settle in, in

southern california. that delta breeze is low-to-mid 90s and the weekend will be sunny away from the coast and if you are close to the coast nights and mornings you may have to deal with drizzle. today after that fog comes back and it will be cooler so 60s and 70s and 80s and near 90 degrees away from the marine influence. danville lower 80s same for livermore, upper 80s in brent wood, legally 6 -- up eastern 60s in san mateo, 64 in san francisco so a cooler pattern will take us not a weekend and we will keep it there for a while. thank you very much, steve, firefighters and police officers are coming back to the streets of one bay area city.

vallejo they are boosting their public city forces. why neighbors are not happy about this year's festival. a little bit of crowding here in bay point, it is slow in antioch and we will have more about this commute coming up. ♪

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. good morning, here is atopis a top story, they -- a top story, a fire in the ash berry district. it happened at 5:00 a.m. near masonic. there is no word of any injuries. bart's website has an important warning for hundreds of thousands of riders. protesters at the civic station may try to disresult the transit system and it could happen as early as today. right now the dow jones industrial average is up 113 points and as you know it has been a rollercoaster all week. i am worried about the debt problems and the weak economy.

david cameron addressed them about the london riots. he talked about restricting social media which he says was used to organize rioting. >> we are looking at whether it would be right to stop people of communicating when we know they are plotting violence disorder and criminality. >> he also said britain will look for advice on dealing with banes. overnight they it -- dealing with gangs. so far 1,200 arrests have been made across the country. they are looking to contain the fire which started yesterday in the canyon area. so far no buildings have been damaged and most of the fire crews have been released. some are staying behind trying to keep an eye and watch for any hot spots. they have been given enough

money to hire police officers and firefighters. they are reopening fire station 25 and they will be able to hire seven more people from the police department including the police sergeant. vallejo laid off dozens of public city officers when the city filed for bankruptcy. now for the finishing touches of the golden gate park outside music festival. they spent time getting the sound system just perfect. the three day festival is expected to sellout and that's 60,000 people every day. the city will also reap the benefits. >> after this year's festival we will have given them $4 million in the next few years.

>> people are nervous about the noise the concert will generate. they are handing out flyers letting people know the concert schedule, which roads will be closed and they set up a hotline to take feedback. time is 6:48 let's get to sal. it has been getting busier out there on the road. that's right. i want to help you with pictures for decisions as to when you may want to leave. you may want to leave soon because highway 4 is getting busy on bay point. it has been busy in pittsburgh and some people who know the freeway say this is normal so that is good you know it there are no mail problems on highway 4 getting over to 680 and pleasant hill it is busy bay bridge is backed up for about a 10 minute wait and more

weighting on the incline. if you are driving into the santa cruz mountains, good morning, northbound 17 should look normal getting into the valley and a little bit of slowing on 280 which some of the downtown exits likewise 87 to san jose. 101 is a little slow at the 280 interchange. let's go to steve. low clouds regrouping coming in a little stronger signaling a cooling trends which might take us to 80 next week. 50s are the low and fog will not be going very far on the coast. sunny but breezy and temperatures coming down, they actually topped out two days ago and while it was still warm, we continue that theme.

low clouds and fog now it needs a lift developing to the north of us. a stronger delta breeze they had gusts up to 30 about an hour ago. a stronger breeze in the delta equals cooler inland temperatures all because of a system from the gulf of alaska which will settle in on the west coast and control our weather for a while. we are down from 5 to 10 from tuesday's highs and if that system develops it will give us a sunny but cooler weekend and some drizzle. a week cold front may begin on tuesday so we can near the coast most of the day and santa rosa 77 -- and 72 closer to

vallejo depend on which part of the vallejo you are in. berkeley 67, gilroy 65, palo alto loss alto 50s and 60s on much of the coast and low clouds and fog will take us into early next week. thank you steve. the price of crude oil is selling for slightly more than $82 a barrel and appears to be parallelling the action of global markets. it jumped 4% in early trade and has started to decline. it may be shaking some investor confidence and bringing the price down. we want to bring you the latest numbers from wall street. the opening bell from 20 minutes ago stocks have been in

the positive territory since. the number of people filing unemployment benefits fell below 400,000 and that's the first time in months that has happened. cisco systems topped analysts expectations and right now the dow jones industrial average is at 97 points and 27 s&p 500 up 10 right now. what she claims she was doing in a san francisco hotel in the middle of the night. >> and one of the most famed attractions will be off limits to tourists for a whole year.

. welcome back, time now is 65, here are the very latest numbers after the opening bell, numbers are hovering around 69. the suspect in the alex true beck case, she says she is a prostitute not a burglar. she is accused of breaking in as he slept last month. in the middle of the night she went there to meet another man and denies taking anything from

his hotel room. she is accused of taking $650 cash and a wallet. the statue of liberty will be off limit to tourists for a whole year. in fact this is a live picture of it. it will undergo a $27 million renovation and they want to upgrade the fire and mechanical systems on the statue of liberty. liberty island will stay open and views of the statue will remain unobstructed. let's get another track for traffic. bay area appearing in the south bay moving into the peninsular and pretty decent starts, bay bridge backed up for about an 8 to 10 minute delay and on the golden gate we have fog on the north end. inland areas with the sun

are cooler so low-to-mid 80s and those closer to the coast a lot of 60s and 70s. >> all right, thank you steve, time is now 6:57 police round up a cowboy at a store. and also a raid, the big hall of dvds right here in northern california, stay right here with us. [ female announcer ] they've been off limits to dieters since time began. not anymore. fiber one is bringing brownies back. at 90 calories, the only thing between you and chocolaty brownies is a nicely designed package. now you can have brownies again.

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