it is still going on. we're live at the scene of that standoff in marin county, now in its second day. good afternoon. i'm tori campbell. this standoff started yesterday in san rafael and it's still going on at the extended stay hotel on francisco boulevard, very close to 580. tara moriarty is live at the scene to-- scene to let us know if there's been any new developments. tara? >> reporter: still no word from the hotel. we're waiting for s.w.a.t. teams and agencies from sonoma county, marin county eastbound sacramento has been rotating in to figure out how to get this man and his girlfriend out safely. officials have placed a large

crane, draping a piece of metal. this was done as a precallsary measure since the police say he shot -- he shot a gun out from that window. we don't know if his girlfriend is being held against her will or not. we have a surveillance photo of the man. police believe he's responsible for stabbing a grocery store worker sunday in san rafael. officers traipsed in here yesterday morning and have been trying to negotiate with him ever since. >> he certainly demonstrated a propensity towards violence when he stabbed the store clerk. and now he's armed. he shot from a gun. so we are proceeding with caution. >> reporter: susan and her husband are from maryland.

they are celebrating their anniversary. they've not been -- been able to get back to the hotel. >> it's an inconvenience. my medication is being held in the hotel room. we fly out tonight. i would love to fly out with my luggage. if not, the hotel will have to ship it to us. >> reporter: yesterday, the bridge closure caused massive delays. this afternoon, a much different story. that bridge is back open and we're seeing. traffic delays in the area. live in san rafael, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara. we'll keep monitoring this throughout the day. you can get up to date information from the scene online at ktvu.com. and in concord, some sort of the activity -- sort of activity has closed the ramp to the port chicago highway. the police shut down port

chicago highway from around old industrial way to pan pam -- to panoramic drive. police are not saying -- from arnold industrial way to panoramic drive. it's been another rough day with stocks being down. more signs of weak economic conditions, especially europe's crisis, taking a live look at the big board, the dow is down 490, back below 11 -- down below 11,000. nasdaq is down. the nasdaq is down over 5%, down 59. among the reasons in addition to concern about the european banks. the latest job numbers have

made investors skittish. last week, 408,000 people applied for benefits. that's more than the week before, and back up the keenum of 400,000 -- key key number of 400,000. and in the faith of a weak job market, consumers are paying more for gas, food and clothes. the index drove half a point. gas prices is falling. it's down $83 a barrel. the volatility could make it harder for people to be convinced to buy more bonds. kraig debro is live in san francisco with more on what else is being impacted. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. we come here on days like these because at fidelity investments they provide a ticker. as you look at some of the --

at some of the numbers there. the ten-year treasury yielded. the commodities are down. crude oil prices, tori mentioned that. remember when they were $100 a barrel? trading near $83 a barrel. one of the other measures that rise continue to gold now trading near $1820 an ounce. if you invest in the stock market. what's happening, you probably lost money. individual investors, i.r.a.s, 401(k)s, just to name a few are all effected -- affected. today was a global selloff. in asia, japan's export fell for the fifth straight month. morgan stanley wrote a report that both the u.s. and economies are dangerously close to a recession. you don't have to be a morgan stanley economist to know the future on wall street doesn't look good -- doesn't look great.

>> the people i know are not buying. just -- just watching if it's gonna go down, more down or back up? i don't know. >> i think it's horrible. we're losing money. when you lose money, that's never good. i lost my job. that's not god. >> it's frightening that our entire financial situation is based on a system. >> i think there's too much manipulation going on with the markets and there's too much fraud and this -- and -- and this conduct that obviously is affecting the market. >> reporter: many people are less surprised by today's drop than they are about what proceeded it. the dow fell 76 points on tuesday and rose 4 points on wednesday. the first time the average rose or fell by let than 100 points on two straight days in nearly three weeks. the markets closed about an hour -- close in about an hour

and a half from now. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you, kraig. one of silicon valley's founding fathers and the largest computermaker may be able to get out of the pc business. hewlett-packard is reportedly -- reportedly plan thing to spin off -- planning to spin off its computer business. the an executive tase they want to expand in software and services that deliver -- the executive says they want to expand in software and services for about $10 billion. the search continues for a canoer missing near treasure island. michael butler and two boating buddies left from a ramp on the northeast touch of the island. their canoe overturned last night. while butler's friend swam to shore, he stayed behind to retrieve some keys.

minutes ago, searchers cleared the san francisco piers and are now headed back off the waters to treasure island. this morning authorities went to talk to his friends at a home on treasure island. investigators are still you calling the disappearance an accident. investigators say he's not in great shape. he is on disability and is taking medication. authorities are looking for the people who set fire to a junior high school. the fire was started in the locker room area of walters junior high about 7:00 last night. the fire caused $100,000 in damage. most of that was contained to the ban back of the building. the -- to the back of the building. there is an orientation at the school. coming up in about ten minutes, an announcement this morning designed to make students safer. it concerns the streets around schools in one bay area city. the chief of oakland school districts police force has

retired anding an investigation into claims he made a racial slur. pete resigned and ktvu obtained a copy of his letter. my focus must be on repairing the pain i caused to my family. sash na is accused of as you -- sarna is accused of using the n- word at an african-american sergeant following a charity -- charity golf. charity golf tournament. b.a.r.t. is still reacting to a second cyber attack. this hacking leaked the personal information of b.a.r.t. police officers. someone hacked into the b.a.r.t. police union's website yesterday moving. they posted personal information of more than 100 officers including home addresses. b.a.r.t.'s police union president says officers are being told to be on alert. we're telling the officers

if you are going to work, let your legal jurisdictions know what happened, what occurred and ask for some extra patrols around the neighborhood and look out for suspicious activity. >> this comes after the transit agency cutoff cell phone service inside its downtown stations last week to thwart a planned protest. the hacking group denies leaking the police officers' information. ahead -- what led up to the search for a woman. mark tamayo is already looking ahead to the weekend. he will tell you if there will be a cooldown. his attitude is pretty much this is what he wanted. he's ready to go forward and roll the dice. >> the case of the man accused of beating up a priest was back

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the u.s. and european allies are calling for a syrian president to call down. >> the transition to democracy in syria has begun. it's time for assad to get out of the way.

>> secretary of state, hillary clinton, made clear the opinion of the obama administration. the u.s. blames syrian president atoday for cracking down on government protesters. human rights group accuse syrian troops of firing at mostly unarmed demonstrators. there are reports that more than 1800 civilians have been killed since mid-march. israel blames palestinian militants for a series of attacks along the israeli egyptian border. at least seven people were killed on attacks on buses, cars and a military patrol. israel has responded by launching an air strike into southern gaza. benjamin net tenia huh vows -- net -- benjamin netanyahu vows

retaliation. madison samaan-fay's toxicology reports are pending. she and her father were found dead in the vehicle. a relative had previously suggested the two died from carbon monoxide poisoning. casey anthony's lawyers have filed an appeal to try to keep her from having to return to florida to serve a year-long probation sentence. a judge recently ordered anthony to return to ordinary by the end of next week. she's supposed to report to a probation officer after she pleaded guilty to stealing checks from a friend. the case is not related to her recently -- to her recent murder trial. she was acquitted of killing her daughter caylee. police are searching for 23- year-old deliene karlton was last seen leaving a bar on august 7th. on monday, jason ross gillly was arrested on felony charges

of kidnapping and false imprisonment. no charges were file and he was released. >> this does not mean charges won't be filed. it just means that the district attorney has decided not to fail charges at this time. it do mean they are waiting for further evidence. >> the two were seen on surveillancest surveillance at a bar and grocery store. he's been questioned twice in her disappearance. now they are -- now police are searching the calaveras river for any connection to the case. a suspect accuse of beating a defrocked priest appeared in court. william lynch faces felony assault and elder abuse charges. he's pleaded not guilty to both. lynch is accuse of attacking the priest last year at the sacred heart jesuit center. he accuses the priest of sodomizing him and his brother when they were kids during

camping trips. >> since the beginning, he's talked -- he's always talked about wanting his day in court. he always said he would not plead anything. he wanted his day in court. the trial -- >> the trial is set for october 17th. if convict, he faces up to four years in prison. students won't go hungry because napa college is not serving food. six food trucks will be available on campus from 11:00 a.m. through 2:00 p.m. monday through thursday. the trucks will pay $50 per day to operate on campus. a new safety initiative at san francisco public schools was announced today. city hall, the police department and the school district are teaming up to ensure student safety. mayor ed lee joined other officials this morning to make the announcement at george peabody elementary school. they are lowering the speed limit from 25 miles an hour to

15 miles per hour. >> the police will be out there enforcing this. they will start out by telling people and educating them not just throwing out a citation and a fine right away. educating first so that people know gotta drive slower around the schoolles. >> schoolles -- around the schools. president obama will spend the next week and a half on vacation. he's headed to martha's vineyard for some family time and a few rounds of golf. critics say he should not take time off with the state of the economy. but he promises to have a new jobs plan after his break. aides ad he's meeting with -- add he's meeting with economic advisers today before leaving for his vacation. as advertised, the clouds clearing back to the coast. looking out a beautiful scene over san francisco bay. currently san francisco in the

lower 60s. a little bit of haze out there. today, it will be warmer than yesterday. these are all minor changes. now, the coast, that's the one constant with the fog out there. from point reyes down to ocean beach, pacifica and at least for a good portion of the county coastline. as far as the coast story, it's this -- we have clearing skies. tomorrow, more fog out there. temperatures will be cooler and the weekend more fog and our cooling trend continues primarily into saturday. current numbers, it's warming up there. look at livermore at 12:00 here, 81. san jose, 76. oakland, 65. and santa rosa all morning long dealing with some dense fog finally reporting mostly sunny skies and the current temperature. 70 degrees. for today -- for today, high pressure trying to rebuild. here is the change as we head into friday and saturday, this

cooler weather system move -- moves in from the north. it will stretch out the marine layier and that will lead to more fog across the bay area and temperatures come down at least a good 3 to 6 degrees for tomorrow. here is our forecast model coming in and surging back. 8:00, 9:00. there could be drizzle out there. this could be dense at least as we head into the evening hours. >> forecast highs for today, a big range. you can see from around 60 in pacifica. brentwood tops out around 90. these temperatures will check in right around 3:00, 4:00. morgan hill in the upper 89 os. here is a look ahead. your extended -- your extended forecast and your weekend always in view. you will notice what happens with temperatures. they do cool off into saturdays. barely making it up to the 80- degree mark. and then sunday a little bit of bump in the numbers. that warming trend will continue monday and tuesday.

we'll be approaching a few high clouds that will be out there. at least you have options. you got the cool temperature, the beach, the hot temperatures, go inland. >> thank you, mark. governor jerry brown is speaking out about california's embattled rail project. the. the project is designed to connect san francisco and los angeles. it's expected to cost about $43 billion and that figure could rise. but a new report could spee -- could speed up to bring -- to bring service to the bay area. the finds could ease some of the concerns of -- the finds could ease some of the concerns -- findings could ease some of the concerns of residents. there would still need to be elektry tie -- electrified

attacks and -- electrified tracks. 22-year-old mark mcgovern can now walk and talk and can even kick a ball again. he's just left a bay area medical facility. he will continue to receive therapy. his family moved from ireland to the bay area to help take care of him. no charges have been timed yet. ahead, another check on this downed day on wall street and a first-of-its-kind partnership that -- that could mean more homes for pets that need adoptions.

take another live look at the big board upon wall street. stocks are at the lows. big concerns about europe banks right now, also a string of weak u.s. economic reports coming out, spanning worries about waning global growth. hewlett-packard has just announced it will end the tablet computing and smartphone businesses. we reported earlier, they may be buying the software company, atonomy for $10 billion. their stock is down 3%. the dui is down 485.

nasdaq down 181. s&p down 60. thieves are stealing newspapers from driveways, especially sundays, and by the dozens -- by the dozens. they are looking for coupons. officials say it's because of the tv shows for couponing. the city's animal care and control unit will partner with pet food express, separate from the shelter. it will showcase the animals at the market street store. the program encourages animals to be adopted a discount race. coming up on the special edition of the news at 4:00 p.m., we are live in san rafael where the hoe -- where the hotel standoff has extended, we're live. again, the news is at 4:00 and then stay tuned for the

preseason football game against philadelphia. have a good day.