an earthquake rattles the bay area overnight. we'll tell you why people say it felt much bigger than it was. a national monument is closed down on the east coast. how our washington, d.c. bureau became part of the story. >> reporter: they haven't raised the price of a school lunch in nearly ten years. we'll tell you which bay area city it is. and it could be an explosive situation outside of san francisco. "mornings on 2" begins right now now. good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's wednesday, august 24th.

on the heels of the east coast earthquake, we had a quake of our own. the ktvu newsroom received calls from viewers throughout the bay area. claudine wong is live in san leandro right now, near the epicenter. >> reporter: good morning. yes, this earthquake hit at 11:36 last night t was a 3.6 earthquake, certainly not huge by bay area california standards. but enough to have people talking. viewers are checking in. one said it was a quick roller, enough to get him out of bed. someone said they felt it big in south city. we know 6,000 people have said they felt it. they checked in. and the man inside the 7-11, it certainly caught him offguard. he said he was actually out sweeping this parking lot this morning, when the ground started shagging and he said he could actually -- shaked shaking and eb said he could

see it roll from one side of the store to the next. we've been going up and down the street checking in with businesses and people and some said they thought it was bigger than a 3.6. others didn't feel it at all. it all depended on who you were and what -- where you were and what you were doing. >> laying up in bed trying to get dressed for work and the bed rolled a little bit. >> reporter: did you think, oh, my gosh, we're having an earthquake? >> yeah. that's what my wife said. >> it was pretty hard. it hit. i jumped up. >> reporter: didn't sound like it lasted all long? >> no. >> reporter: was it like a shaking or a rolling? >> a big shake. that's what it was like, yeah. >> reporter: so a lot of different descriptions we've heard out here in san leandro over on the san leandro/oakland

border. some people said it felt like a shake, someone said it felt like they ran into their house. the guy thought a car hit the side of the building. no reports of any damage. nothing fell off the shelves here or down the street at a local grocery store and really because of the bay area, most people said after the shaking stopped, they just slipped back to whatever they were doing before. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you. 7:02. well, there have been several strong aftershocks following the biggest quake to hit the east coast since world war ii. the wiggest -- the biggest after shock -- aftershock was a 3.4. it rattled virginia just a little while ago. that following the quake that hit on the east coast early yesterday afternoon. it was centered in rural virginia, about 80 miles from washington, d.c. millions of people were scared from

toronto, canada, a way to south carolina. it shook up washington, d.c. the u.s. capitol, the pentagon, several other government buildings, they were all evacuated. cracks were found in the top of the washington monument. it's gonna be closed indefinitely. at first a lot of people in washington thought it was another terror attack. 7:03. our colleagues who work in ktvu's washington, d.c. bureau became part of the quake story. they were forced out of their offices and into the street, moments after the ground started shaking. we talked to them on the news at noon. we'll see how things are going this morning in a live report from the bureau. that's coming up in a few minutes. people in the east coast say they are becoming the butt of jokes. west coast residents are going on social networking sites and posting messages such as, come on, east coast. we have those for breakfasts. sal castanedo made a comment that's gone viral.

of course, these all came after no one was injured in the quake. san francisco mayor ed lee said -- >> mayor lee released this statement late yesterday before this morning's quake in the east bay. 7:04. there is a new plan to improve school lunches in one bay area school district. but how much will it cost? tara moriarty is live in redwood city right now, where that's gonna be debated tonight. tara? >> reporter: well, that's right. a turkey dog or baked chicken. those are the types of options that kids in hoover elementary are offered when it's time for lunch. they also get fruit and milk. some say they need more choices and they need to pay more for it. so redwood trustees will be voting on whether to raise the price on meals. meal the currently cost $1.75.

the district would pump the point -- the money. officials would like to expanded handmade burrito bar and offer a larger array of fresh fruits and vegetables. redwood city hasn't raised its prices in nearly a decade. nutritionists say better food means better fuel for the minds of young students. if this site is approved, lunches here would cost $2.50. the only other district that charges that are san mateo and south san francisco. live in redwood city, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:06. well, dozens of special needs children have a new school to go to in east contra costa county. a nonprofit organization, the lin center, signed a lease with

oakland union elementary center for its almond grove elementary district. they have to move to make room for middle school students on an overcrowded campus. 7:06. an explosive tanker filled with liquid propane caught fire yesterday in lincoln and it could burn for two weeks. coming up at 7:35. we'll have a live update on the fire and the evacuations in that area. new rules on the handling of captive elephants could mean the end of elephant rides at 6 flags discovery kingdom in vallejo. that would mean the elimination of the park's interactive program which includes touching and sometimes riding the animals.

members of people for the ethical treatment of animals are delighted with the rules. if six flags does not comply, it could lose its zoo accreditation. 7:07. let's check in with sal. do you have anything under control so far, sal? >> yeah. we have a new problem first tipped off to us by bill tweety. he's alerting us there is a new crash in vallejo on highway 37 and columbus parkway, a big rig and a car and the traffic is going to be a little a little slow in that area. if you drive on 37, give yourself extra time now. if you are moving to, let's say, the south bay -- south bay, the traffic southbound at sim rule road -- sam hill road. there is a crash. we're just getting record of that -- word of that. let's go to the toll plaza. there are no major problems if you are driving onto the bridge itself. over to the east bay, hayward,

traffic on southbound 880 is backed up from about "a" street as you head down to fremont. most of it is slow. 680 is good. highway 4 is slow in antioch and it looks like there is a crash westbound 4 in the bay point area near willow pass road. we'll get to the bottom of that and see if we can get a live picture of that for you coming up. let's go to mark. good morning, to you sal. a beautiful sunrise. moisture is moving into the bay area. that's why it felt muggy out there and a few clouds to mendocino county. you can see north ukiah. it's mild out there near concord, fairfield and livermore. 60, hayward. santa rosa right around 55. this morning watch out for the

dense fog, especially coast side, even a few patches heading into the bay. visibility is let than one quarter of a mile. that will be a concern over next few hours. satellite and radar, you can see the system we've been watching for the next few days. basically, moving parallel and scooting to the north and east and with that the high clouds we'll have this morning, we'll be moving out. we'll still have the low clouds and fog pulling back. still cool for the beaches. partly cloudy skies for san francisco and more sunshine as you work your way inland -- inland. but everybody cools off. dense fog at 8:00. by 3:00. still patchy fog. right around the bay, increase in sunshine. low 70s to the lower 80s and the inland spots we're off to a mild spot this morning. in the afternoon there is the eventual temperature range, maybe a few low 90s. so these numbers, about 5 to 10 degrees cooler than yesterday's

readings. san jose, 85. san mateo, 86 and a look ahead always in view, a little bit cooler for your thursday and we gradually warm things up by friday and especially by sunday, warmest locations could be approaching the mid-90s. thank you, mark. hurricane irene has just been updated. where it is now, how strong the winds are blowing and the specific time and location for its arrival in the u.s. plus, new fighting in libya this morning and a message for moammar gadhafi who is still hiding. why the grandson. acting legend clark gable is facing three years in prison. m♪ ♪ ♪ mm-mmm-mmm-mm-mm-mmm ♪ mm-mmm-mmm-mm-mm-mmm ♪ [ female announcer ] kraft cheese has more full length shreds in every bag. you'll see the difference. ♪ mm-mmm-mmm-mm

an update on the tropics. hurricane irene is forcing the evacuation of small north carolina -- the small north carolina island of ocracoke. the evacuation comes after irene was upgraded to a category 3 hurricane, packing 115-mile-per-hour winds. up and down the atlantic seaboard, people have been stocking up on supplies. this storm could approach the carolinas otherrers weekend, especially by -- over the weekend, especially by by saturday. pore -- especially by saturday. puerto rico is trying to clean up. power was knocked out to more than a million people. president obama has signed an emergency declaration for puerto puerto rico to receive disaster assistance. many east coast residents are still shaken up and could cleaning up after a rare earthquake rocked the region.

carol han is live with more. >> reporter: good morning. these streets were clogged with people and cars when we were evacuated yesterday afternoon. it was mild chaos out here. but take a look fairly quiet as the district cleans up. the quake lasted 45 seconds and prompted the evacuation of every major building here, including federal agencies and national monuments. when all were said and done, no serious injuries were recorded. we only saw minor damage to buildings. cracks were found at the very top of the national monument and it will be closed indefinitely. at the national cathedral, parts of the tower fell to the ground. i spoke to one tourist who was in the white house and -- when it started shifting.

>> the wall just shifted. i was like let's get oust of here! >> reporter: this morning building inspections are taking place as schools in the -- in schools in the d.c. area as well as some other areas. carol han, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, carol. 7:15 -- 7:15. still no sign of moammar gadhafi in libya. [ sound of gunfire ] >> you can hear the fighting there. the rebels still celebrating their takeover of gadhafi's compound. they are posing fork pictures. but they didn't -- for pictures. but they didn't find nothing. a broadcast was played call from moammar gadhafi calling for freedom from the devils who have overrun. foreign ministers say gadhafi

has exhausted all of his options and his reign appears to be over. the attorney general meets with 9/11 victims. eric holder will give an update into the investigation of the possible hacking of 9/11 victims' phones. that issue came to light after a story in a british tabloid based on an anonymous source said they were getting access to -- they wanted access to phone records. that request was turned down. the military tribunal will hear closing arguments in the case of owen. he was released in january after these videos came out. they included anti-gay slurs

and very explicit sex scenes. 7:17. the placerville city council has removed its mayor in the midst of conspiracy and perjury charges. counsel members stripped him of his title last night. >> we've now officially removed the mayor of placerville. >> they cannot remove him from the city council but they also voted to request that he take an indefinite leave of absence. the decision was made after he voted and bought property in the same zone. >> what he has done, is accuse of doing -- doing, has disgraced the entire council. >> the mayor was not there.

his attorney was there. he has not said that he has planned on resigning. he only said that he will focus on the charges against him. the fairness doctrine required broadcasters to cover controversial issues in a manner considered fair and balanced by the fdc. the fdc declared the fairness doctrine unconstitutional back in 1997 and has not enforced it since then. famed basketball coach pat summitt said she won't walk away from being the head coach of the tennessee women's basketball program despite having a serious medical problem. she made the announcement in a message to the fans of the lady volunteers. >> earlier this year, the doctors at the mayo clinic diagnosed me with an earlier onseedmen shawn, alzheimer's type at the -- on set of

dementia, alzheimer's type. i will continue to be your coach. >> she's won eight national championships, the most of any coach in college basketball history. she says she will rely more on her coaching staff but won't allow a pity party while at the university. prosecutors in los angeles are charging the grandson of actor clark gable of pointing a laser beam at a police helicopter. they say 22-year-old clark james gable flashed that laser in a helicopter flying over hollywood three times on july 28th. it temporarily blinded two officers on board. they tracked that beam to a red car and officers stopped that vehicle. gable was riding with it as a passenger. he will be arraigned on friday. he could get up to three years in prison. 7:20. a group of school children return home from their first day of school. a frightening moments aboard a packed school bus and

a quick reack -- reaction by the driver. police in southern california now have a possible motive for what her mom did to her infant son. good morning. southbound 101. traffic looking pretty good in marin county. we'll give you an update on the morning commute, including a problem in the north bay.

[ screaming ] fer fiing moments -- terrifying moments for a group coming home from their first day of school when the driver noticed smoke coming from the steering wheel. the bus driver was able to pull over and get all 16 students out safely. no word on what caused the fire. a woman from orange county accused of throwing her 7-month- old baby off a parking garage structure may be in court today. sonya hermoseo was arrested monday night just minutes after

her baby was scene falling off the garage. she was depressed after she was told her son was born with a deformity. she's having psychological evaluations and the baby is in the hospital in critical condition. we want to check in with sal. traffic fairly slow. >> there is some slow traffic. i'm getting my hands full all of a sudden with all of the activity on the road. look at 280 northbound. very slow getting up to the downtown san jose area and getting up to the west valley. by the way, northbound 280 after farmhill road on the shoulder, there is a fatal accident. no word on whether someone was struck by a vehicle or exactly what happened. but several chp units are on the scene and we have a reporter on the way to this incident on 280 northbound after farmhill boulevard. traffic there is getting thick. let's take a look at the bay bridge. that's backed up for a rather large delay, 15 to 20 minutes

getting into san francisco. got an update. this is a crash on westbound 87. this crash has traffic backed up in both directions on the bridge. vallejo fire department is on the scene. this is on 37 and the mare island bridge. if you are a 37 driver -- mayor bridge. if you are a -- mare island bridge. if you are a 37 driver, give yourself some extra time. here's mark. good morning, sal. low clouds and high clouds rotating to the bay area. those clouds associated with moisture that was once with the hurricane. today it feels muggy. today will be cooler. tomorrow a little bit more cooling. by the weekend, we warm things up a little bit. forecast for today, clouds pull back to near the shoreline. temperatures come down from 5 to 10 degrees and a look ahead, your extended forecast with

your weekend always in view. a touch cooler. real warming quicks in by the weekend, especially by sunday. another weather check just minutes away. all right. 7:25. people are nervous. the tension is growing outside of sacramento. we're gonna bring you live coverage of this -- a possible explosive situation affecting hundreds of people. and in oakland, why b.a.r.t.'s board is holding a special board meeting this morning. [ female announcer ] this is the story of joycelin...

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the stage is set for a showdown in just 90 minutes. b.a.r.t.'s board of directors will meet face to face with the protesters who have been disrupting b.a.r.t. service. kraig debro is live at oakland's lake merritt b.a.r.t. station to let us know what will happen. good morning, kraig. >> reporter: good morning, tori. when this all happened, earlier this month, b.a.r.t. explained the reasons why they were shutting down cell phone service and then they put out a letter, once again, explaining why they shut down cell phone service. but they are doing it fine, explaining why they shut down cell service. the group "anonymous" is protesting the decision to cut off cell phone use at four

stations in order to proprevent -- in order to prevent the protesters. one individual says it's wrong for the protesters to disrupt the b.a.r.t. service in july and august as well. she also said it was wrong to leave station agents out of the loop. >> if we don't know something is gonna impact something to that degree, it doesn't help us help them. >> reporter: another potential problem with b.a.r.t., its decision to cut cell phone service, on monday, protesters were able to shut down two stations but most of the protesting took place in the street. b.a.r.t. was able to deal with the protesters and protect the public without shutting down cell phone service and at another protest on august 15th, protesters, once again, were able to disrupt service but b.a.r.t. police and b.a.r.t. management were able to prevent them from having a huge impact and they did that without

shutting down cell phone service. reporting live in oakland, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. it is 7:30. new this morning, shots fired at a san francisco police officer. it happened just after midnight along bayshore boulevard and silver avenue. a gunman ran toward the police officer and started shooting. the officer was in plain clothes at the time and in his own car. he was not hit but his convertible was damaged. the gunman is described as an african-american with a light complexion wearing a red and white ball cap and jeans. he drove off in what's described as a tan, 199os, two- door cadillac em dorado -- em dorado with tinted -- el dorado with tinted windows. police in rhoneert park are searching for the person who stabbed a 24-year-old man. he was standing in front of his

apartment when another man stabbed him and ran away. the victim suffered minor injuries. police say the attack appears to be unprovoked. oakland police officers say they still have problems with their police radios including areas where the radios go dead. the new $18 million police radio system was installed in june but some officers say they still run into dead zones and have dropped calls. the police department says it's working on fixing the problems. next month a new antenna site will be install and several smaller an ten nones will be installed to try to eliminate those dead zones. 7:31. and new this morning, a bond measure on the november ballot may not be able to save an unused plant. the city has been buying asphalt from private companies on the peninsula. officials say even if voters

pass a $248 million streets bond in november, the plant will probably stay closed. now, it will cost an estimated $3 million to improve it and make repairs to put it back in use. the department of public works says the plant has been able to -- unable to produce enough asphalt to stay profitable. >> he's crazy. at least try to sell it, make something else there. >> well, the plant back in 2009, to allow a private asphalt deposit did not work because there were no bidders. the reward is now $12,500 in the search for the hit-and- run driver who killed a prominent san francisco attorney. a funeral was held for don casper yesterday morning in san francisco. he was struck and killed august 14th while jogging on river road in snow na county. investigators say the hit -- sonoma county. investigators say the driver was in a white pun trim like this one. it has an -- white pickup truck

like this one. it has a gold stripe. incidents like the raiders/9ers game this weekend have prompted one official to draft legislation and this bill would reeight a reward fan for the -- create a reward fund for searching down suspects who attack fans. the popularity of raising chickens has grown in recent years in parts of marin county, but this would be a first in tiburon. the petersons say they want to raise chickens as part their

green philosophy. sausalito is announcing something very different because of a city project that came in under budget. officials will rebate $ $2.1 million to residents in the form of property tax reductions. that comes to $3300 a year for homes worth $500 to,. a mother in alaska faces up to a year in jail in putting hout sauce in her -- hot sauce in her adopted son's mouth. >> i do not think this punishment would not have occurred if the dr. phil had called and told us how to help her.

>> the attorney says her client is doing the best she can. the boy is one of two adopted twins who was not doing well adjusting to his home and ury nateing on the -- europeanating on the floor --ure nateing on the -- urinating on the floor. police in tennessee arrested a man for a pretty unusual crime last night. the man was one of two intruders found sleeping inside caskets at a funeral home. when police arrived, the man fled through a -- the men fled through the window.

one was caught, the other escaped. the one caught faces burglary and vandalism charges. a -- look at that. the whole accident here was caught on camera. the oklahoma county deputy was hit hard by an suv driving on the wrong side of the road. the driver of the suv faces charges of driving under the influence, driving on the wrong side of the road and not wearing a seat belt. a member of the k-9 unit was also in the car when the accident occurred saturday morning. the k-9 deputy also only suffered minor injuries. and the risk of an explosion has increased where a railcar fire is burning east of sacramento. the 29,000 gallon tanker filled with liquid propane is now showing signs of melting. we're live in lincoln to tell us what's being done to get the fire under control. good morning, mike. >> reporter: good morning. we're live on nicholas road. let me get you straight to a

live picture of that fire as it's burning. one of the most concerning updates so far this morning is the fact that fire officials say despite the best effort of fire officials, at noon yesterday, to put water on this fire, they are seeing signs, parts of this tank remember starting to melt and they are starting to see parts of this tanker start to break away. the structural integrity now seriously in question. the concern is if there a crack that develops in this tanker that would give an ignition point for the gas inside this tanker to explode. so that is priority number one. priority number two, we understand right now, is that a specialized team from houston, texas is in a strategy session trying to figure out what the next step needs to be. how can they fix this situation without an explosion? [ no audio ] >> it looks like we lost our signal with our reporter. he's up there talking about the

propane tank burning in placer county. i heard in an earlier report he said it could burn for two weeks. they have several thousand people in the area evacuated. that would certainly be a very -- certainly be inconvenient for them and a very dangerous situation. if the tanker does melt, he said it's starting to crack, it could spread to other tankers in the area and create a huge crater. >> and the chemical vapor in the air. >> it's a very serious situation there. we'll try to reestablish our contact with mike and get more information. 7:38. we're gonna get in touch with sal now. see how your commute is going. >> dave and tori, things are getting busy all over the bay area. let's go and take a look at some of these pictures of very slow traffic on 280 northbound. as a matter of fact, northbound 280 is not only slow here but it's going to be slow at farmhill road if you are driving up the peninsula, you will see slow traffic because of an incident there with the chp on the scene that's not blocking lanes in the woodside

area of farmhill road. let's move along and take a look at the been toll plaza. traffic there is gonna be slow. we've made some progress in vallejo, or the chp has, by getting the handle on a crash between a big rig and a car on the mare island bridge. and traffic is gonna be a little slow in the area. you can see the contra costa commute, still pretty slow. antioch, a lot of slow traffic getting out to pittsburg and bay point. 680. so from pleasantville all the way down to alamo. let's go to mark. hi, sal. there's that fog bank and the mount tam. you get an idea -- i keep going back and forth here. i'm so excited with this shot. we have dense fog below this. but away from this, temperatures soared yesterday. today will be carolina than yesterday. here is a -- today will be

cooler than yesterday. here is the radar. you can see a little bit of activity here. ukiah reporting trace amounts of rain over the past couple of hours. temperatures, though, off to a mild start, main lip in the 60s out toward -- mainly in the 60s. san jose mid-50s, right around 55 degrees. so this morning, areas of dense fog out there, visibilities for the coast, less than a quarter of a mile. so be careful driving highway 1, the golden gate bridge even right around the bay itself. because the fog is definitely making a comeback. this has been a complicating part of our forecast. it has the potential to produce thunderstorms and widespread shower activity just skirting the bay area. as a result, we have a few high clouds out there this morning that will be moving out of town. this morning for the coast, dense fog, 53 to 56. by 3:00 some patchy fog, low to mid-60s around the bay. skies becoming mostly sunny.

temperatures low 70s to lower 80s. and then for the inland spots, temperatures on the warm side, upper 80s to right around 90 degrees. these numbers coming down right around 5 to 10 degrees. santa rosa 84. brentwood still hot 91. san francisco in the upper 60s. san jose tops out in the mid- 80s. mountain view, 80 degrees. there was a slight chance of a shower for the bay area. all of that activity moving out to the north. you can see our extended forecast with your weekend always in view. turns cool off for a little bit on thursday and then we warm back up on friday and then into the weekend. 7:41. what's moving the markets this morning, causing another rise for stocks and another country's credit rating is downgraded. also, the school year is just starting but it may be over sooner than expected for at least one local school district.

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stocks are up this morning, putting the market on track after a four-week slump. a sharp increase in orders for long-lasting goods countered a series of poor economic reports this week. one interesting note, the price of gold, down 5% as investors become less fearful. right now, the dow is up 62. nasdaq up 6. s&p up 7. the markets in the far east had a rough day. all of the major indexes were down, with hong kong taking the biggest fall of more than 2%. south korea was one 1.1/4. european markets including the dax opened up and have been

opened up through the trading session. meanwhile, the reason the asian markets were down, moody's investors service downgraded japan's credit union. moody says japan's weak growth prospects, massive government debt and constant political turmoil led to the change. moody's cut did the japanese government's bond rating to aaa, that's three rankings below. 7:45. there have been several strong aftershocks after the strongest quake to hit the east coast since world war ii. the biggest aftershock a 3.4 rattled virginia just a couple of hours ago. that follows yesterday afternoon's 5.8 quake. our reporter joining us live. she's after the -- she's at the quake's he pip center in virginia. good morning -- epicenter in virginia. good morning, emily.

>> reporter: good morning, dave. 5.8 may not sound big to you but here on the east coast it, the second largest ever in the state of virginia. that's a nuclear power station behind me. it's been offline since the quake nearly 24 hours ago. they probably say it will be offline for a couple of more days while they continue to do safety checks while they make sure there's no structural damage. we're hearing the same thing across the area. one of the headlines said we're all shook up. this morning it's business as usual in washington, although officials are still aster's -- assess the damage from yesterday's record 5.8 magnitude earthquake. felt throughout the east coast and u.s., with building evacuated from new york to north carolina. it seemed like no one was taking any chances. >> i looked out the window. i saw the building shake. we were in a meeting. i said i need to leave. i grabbed my purse and we were

gone. >> everybody just started running. >> in the nation's capitol, there's a crack at the top of the monument. at the national cathedral, multiple pinnacles broke from the tower. both the cathedral and the work monument will be can -- washington monument will be closed to the public today. one plant 20 miles from the he pip center was -- epicenter was automatically shut down. this is supposed to be the first day for a couple of school districts in the area. instead, they put it off. in fact, into the district of columbia, they cancelled all public schools because they wanted to check to make sure buildings were not harmed during the earthquake. dave? >> all right. emily schmidt reporting live. colorado had a ware wake this week, too. seismologists say the 5.3 quake

hit monday night, centered 120 miles north of denver. the store surveillance cameras captured the shaking. >> it's overwhelming. it was a mess. >> probably be up to where -- somewhere around $3,000, $5,000. a lot of liquor. that was most -- that was the most costly item there. the east coast colorado now the bay area and you probably felt it. we had a quake of our own late last night. coming up at 8:00, ktvu's claudine wong will be here getting reactions from bay area residents who did feel it. we'll tell you about the nerves that are still shaking in the so-called minor earthquake. the mount diablo school district is considering a plan to shorten the academic year to save money. the district in the concord area wants teachers to take seven furlough days including five school days and two teacher work days. the proposal also calls for

some benefit cuts and pay freezes. if the contract is approved, the academic year would be $175 days which is the state minimum. >> but we have to think outside the box and we can't sacrifice our kids' education for that. >> the furloughs are expected to save the district about $6 million. the teachers' union expects to submit its own contract proposal in a few weeks. contract talks are expected to begin next month. a 34-year-old san francisco man is now facing felony vandalism charges after allegedly breaking the glass doors at city hall. the incident happened about 4:30 yesterday morning. sheriff deputies say they watched james weaver use a knife and his bare hands to break the glass. they say they can see weaver on their security cameras and that he appeared to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol. 7:50. brace yourself, tori. seven large python snakes have

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7:53. casey anthony has been recorded -- ordered to report to a probation officer's office in florida this friday. before her murder trial, she had pleaded guilty to stealing checks from a friend. a clerical error on the written documents allowed her to serve her probation while in jail, but the judge in case says she should probation after leaving prison now that her appeal has been ejected, she must serve a year's probation. dominique strauss-kahn could be handed back his passport as soon as today now that he's been cleared to leave the united states. a judge dropped the charges against him yesterday. prosecutors say they could no longer trust the hotel maid who cardiacked strauss-kahn of attacking her. strauss-kahn plans to head back home to france.

hundreds of former nummi workers are expected to attend a job fair just for them today. the job seekers used to build cars on the auto assembly line. since that plant closed, many have been learning new skills in the healthcare field. they will be interviewing with kaiser permanente. kaiser permanente used to operate a health clinic at the old plant. both united and continental are buying ipads for their pilots to save money. they are gonna replace paper flight manuals, logbooks and maps. now, the airplanes say each one and a half pound ipad will replace 38 powns of paper. that could -- pound of paper. that could also save 386 million gallons of fuel every year. these wooden step schools

were sold at target stores and target.com. they are being recalled. they come in different colors. they have two steps and a storage underneath. they were sold under the circa "do your room" brands. customers, you can take the tools to any target store and get a refund. we want to check in again with sal on this wednesday morning. schools begin today in my district out in danville. a lot of young kids and parents very excited today. >> a lot of people on the roads. >> let's go out to contra costa county and start there in la fayette on westbound 24. we see some traffic that's gonna be building up here on 24 wed heading west toward oakland and the caldecott tunnel. we're also seeing traffic in antioch and bay point and pittsburg. this morning 680 is backed up from pleasantville right near concord, down to danville. let's move along to the bay bridge toll plaza. we have a 15 to 20-minute delay

getting into san francisco. we have word of an accident, auto and pedestrian. we'll have more on this coming up at the top of the hour. let's go to mark. >> high there, sal. good morning -- hi there, sal. good morning to you. temperatures soared back up to the mid- to upper 90s. looking outside, it could feel filed and muggy out there. probably about 15 minutes degree, there is an advisory in place until 10:00. temperatures are coming down from 5 to 10 degrees from yesterday's toasty temperatures. a little bit farmer for thursday and friday and that trend will take us into the weekend. another weather check just minutes away. all right. a former first lady takes a nasty fall. what doctors are saying this morning about nancy reagan. we're live in woodside, where chp officers say a man is

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welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. it's wednesday, august 24th. we have breaking news. we're gonna go right to sal. let's go right to sal. what's going on out there? >> wewe have a child hit by a car in vallejo. vy a map of the area here -- i have a map of the area which is west at the white -- of the white line i drew there. this is a somewhat busy area of vallejo. right now they have a medical helicopter en route. it will have to land to pick up the child. we'll stay on this story. it's a good area to avoid, minnie drive in vallejo. we also have another crash. this time it's on the peninsula. tara moriarty is on the side of the road with more on this crash. tara. >> reporter: well, sal, chp officers say the man involved in this accident is lucky to be

alive. we are here off 280. we're right on the exit here. you can see behind me that there is a lot of traffic impacted by the accident and chp is still on the scene. this is interstate 280 southbound. we're at the farmhill boulevard exit. around 6:30, a driver on the other side of the freeway, noticed a man lying on the shoulder of the road. he called 911 and now officers are telling us that the victim got into an accident on the southbound side, then called across all of the lanes of traffic where he ended up on the roadside. >> for unknown reasons, he was traveling southbound on 280 unknown speed and for -- for unknown reasons, his vehicle went off the roadway and off the shoulder and hit the guardrail, overturned on the right side there. right now we're still investigating. officers ran a traffic break while a toe truck backed up to the pushes here to try to -- tow truck backed up to the

bushes. the officer was transported to stanford medical center. investigators are not sure what exactly caused the accident. they are on scene. as can you see. >> traffic is back under for a little bit. you might want to give it some time before you head in this direction if you need to get where you are going this morning. we're live in woodside, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you, tara. 8:01. did you feel it? a magnitude 3.6 earthquake shook the bay area late last night. the quake hit at 11:36 p.m. and it was centered three miles from san leandro. although it's considered a minor quake, it still rattled a lot of nerves. in overnight news, richmond police are out there investigating a deadly knight shooting. now, spot shotters reported seven spots coming from the 800 block of pennsylvania avenue. when police arrived, they found a wounded man. he died lateert at the hospital. a man believed to be the shooter was seen running north

onto 9th avenue. 8:02. the number of newspapers available in the bay area is shrinking as a bay area news group is consolidating. right now, the company operates 12 separate newspapers but they will be whittled down to just three regional papers starting in november. they will be the east bay tribune, the times, which will cover the inner state 680 corridor, and the san jose mercury news. the move will allow the group to focus on news for ipads, smart phones and other electronic devices. >> we have the area with ipads and other devices and that area is growing the fastest. a protest is scheduled today over the appointment of

an interim police chief for oakland's schools. peter -- pete sarna recently stepped down from the job after allegedly making racial slurs at a charity event. he's being replaced by bott. earlier this year, bott shot and killed a man who allegedly shot and killed another officer with a screw driver. the coalition for tis for oscar grant will be part of the protest skeled for 4:00 -- for justice for oscar grant will be start of the scheduled protest at 4:00. the fire was focused on the roof at petaluma poultry farmers. employees were evacuated. no one was hurt. an inspector from the fda was called out to check out the damage. the brentwood city council is backing away from plans to form its own fire district. last night fire district officials voted to support efforts by the east contra costa fire protection district to get more funding through a

tax plan on next june's ballot. brentwood city officials say the fire district continues to face a deficit. and that resulted in service reductions in the communities it serves and that includes brentwood. the council will keep an eye on the district's progress. the water is back on in the city of tess cau der rhoda -- pescadero. any tell us the -- tell us the water was -- they tell us the water was restored this morning. a water main broke laid monday night. about 800 people only had low water pressure and were told to boil their -- told their boil their water. facebook privacies will move privacy controls going to each posting.

>> users will also be able to preacontroversy -- preapprove photos of themselves that are being tagged by friends. facebook adds it will eliminate its places feature. this former first lady nancy reagan says she's okay after taking a tumble. the slip happened last night during an appearance at the ronald reagan library. she was skipped off her feet by mark rue we grow -- mark rubio who was invited to speak at her husband's library. we're hearing that the 35 international journalists held captive in tripoli, libya, by fighters of moammar gadhafi, they were set free just in the last 15 minutes. those journalists had been trapped in that hotel for the last five days. gadhafi forces would not let them leave. the area around the hotel was one of the last pockets still

controlled by gadhafi loyalists. finally today, the gunmen said they would go free. the international red cross is driving those journalists to safety. coming up at 8:15, we'll have a live report from the libya tunisia border with a message from came from gadhafi this morning. back here at home, the body of a man who fell from yosemite's half dome has now been recovered. park rangers say the man fell while climbing half dome around 6:30 last night. we don't know his name. his name has not been released. rangers are not saying what may have caused his fall. this is the third deadly accident apartment yosemite in the first month. three weeks ago, a 26-year-old man -- a woman from san ramon fell from half dome. and earlier this month, a 17- year-old boy died after falling from a popular trail. 8:07. a capitola fire station that was severely damaged in a flood earlier this year has reopened.

station number 4 was just one of several buildings damaged in the flood in march. while the -- while the station was undergoing renovation, firefighters were housed at the station and a reopening ceremony will be held at 5:00. the san jose city council convenes a special meeting to discuss whether to audit a program aimed at developing high-tech startups. the 17-year-old incubator program had been applauded as success for the city. however, a 2009 study that surfaced recently stated the program produced few jobs and that many of the startups actually left the area. kind of defeating the purpose. >> yeah. 8:07. what's the latest on that crash in vallejo. we do have more information about this crash on mini drive at elliott in vallejo. it's involving two children apparently now that were hit by a vehicle in the crossing there. this is in vallejo. so watch for the crash here in

vallejo. watch for a lot of activity including a medical helicopter that's gonna come to the neighborhood and land to take one of the boys -- actually, i don't even know if it's a boy, a 2-year-old child away. there have been two children. we don't snow the age of the second children. this information is coming in from the vallejo fire department who is there on the scene. let's move along to same live pictures. 880 northbound is pretty slow here passing the coliseum, driving up to a very crowded bay bridge toll plaza of about 15 minutes. if you are driving this morning on 280 northbound you will see some slowing there as well getting up to the valley. remember that traffic has also been slow son 101 driving near the -- slow on 101 driving near the expressway. on 85 there is an accident, northbound 85, at camden avenue. two cars involved. no injuries. but chp is on the way. and mark, look down there. there goes caltrain, a live picture -- >> perfect! >> i know.

>> hello, mark. you planned that perfectly, sal. we're taking a live look outside over the bay. this is just beautiful, a thin ribbon of fog pushing through the bay. the warm area on -- air on top. away from this, temperatures on the mild side. today we'll brick in a temperature change -- we'll bring in a temperature change. temperatures will be cooling off. tracking a few showers moving through parts of mendocino county. this was pretty close to the bay area earlier this morning right around 2:00 or 3:00. even trace amounts of rain reported around ukiah. current numbers. >> , it's mild. fairfield, oakland in the upper 50s in san francisco last check in the mid-50s. this is new, the national weather service issued a dense fog advisory. that's in place until 10:00 this morning. visibility is easily coming down to less than a quarter mile. be extra careful driving highway 1 because you will have

a big dropoff in -- highway 1 because you will have a big drop off. this is moisture from what was once a hurricane. muggy. humid. today we could have a repeat performance with the humid conditions and even a few high clouds out there this morning. as far as the fog, mainly concentrated coast side. a if you places concentrated in the bay. maybe a few patches for san francisco. more sunshine as we head inland. today's forecast is this for the coast -- not warming up too much by 3:00. in the low to mid-60s. right around the way -- right around the bey. mostly sunny. 72 to 82. fair skies, temperatures on the mild side. a nice recovery. these numbers represent a cool down on average. livermore, right around 90, san jose mid-80s and san mateo 76. here is a look ahead to the extended forecast -- a little bit cooler for thursday. and then we gradually warm things up by friday and

especially by the weekend. another weather check in a few minutes. >> thank you, mark. 8:11. he's in the race for the white house but one -- but one when says he's being shutout of the gop convention in california. also, finally involving a mystery at new york's ground zero ten years after 9/11. and a national landmark is shut down indefinitely after that quake on the east coast and how our d.c. bureau became part of the story.

looking down the south bay for san jose. a few high clouds moving to the region. we're beginning to cool things off today. coming up i will let you know when our next warming trend begins. this morning, many east coast residents are still a little shaken up and cleaning up, some are at least after a ware 5.8 earthquake rocked the region. carol han is live in washington, d.c. where they are not used to earthquakes. is this still the talk of the town? >> it is still the talk of the town. when the building started shaking yesterday, these streets were killed with people and cars. but this morning it's a different story. take a look. relative peace and quiet as the district starts cleaning up. here is a good look at how the quake shook the d.c. region. the shaking lasted 45 seconds and prompted the evacuation of every major agency here.

when all was said and done, there were no injuries reported and we only found minor damage to buildings, including d.c.'s tallest buildings. cracks were found at the national monument. cracks. >> and the wall just shifting and the painting went -- i was like, also golden gate out of here! >> this morning building inspectors are taking place in schools and some federal buildings. so those will remain closed. as for the aftershocks, geologists say there have been a few but none that i have felt. live in washington, d.c., carol han, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, carol. almost ten years after september 11th they've now identified remains found at ground zero. the new york city medical examiner's office identified

the remains of those -- of those as 40-year-old ernest james. he worked in the north tower of the world trade center. that company, by the way, lost more than 350 employees and consultants that day. there is a new camera in the courtroom controversy in the proposition 8 trial. the judge says he wants to record next week's hearings on the state's same-sex marriage ban. now, critics of gay marriage oppose that move. monday's hearing in san francisco involves another issue involving cameras. the judge will consider whether to unseal video footage of last year's same-sex marriage trial. well, the only gay candidate in the republican race for president says he's been shut out of the party's california convention. fred karger is a moderate republican from orange county. he says party officials have refused to allow him to attend next month's gop convention in los angeles.

that's despite early promises by the state party chairman to include all of the republican candidates in the very crowded race for the white house. 8:17. a social media study could shock many parents. it involves the internet, drugs and teenagers. also another late-night talk show host, the victim of a possible threat. what was mailed to the studios of kraig ferguson?

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welcome back. craig ferguson, late night talk show host, is making -- is actually making jokes about an envelope filled with white powder that was delivered to him yesterday afternoon. a hazmat team tested the powder. they determined it was harmless. now the fbi is trying to figure out what mailed that letter. match.com will now screen members against sex offender registries. the decision part of a -- is part of a settlement reached yesterday by a woman suing the company. she claims she met a sex offender on the online. >> we believe there's gonna be a domino effect to other online dating services and that match.com being the largest is

now agreeing to set a new standard and raise the bar higher. >> the woman's attorney says online dating is just like meeting people at a bar, people need to be aware and proceed with caution. teenagers who spend time on social networking sites are five times more likely to spoke -- smoke, three times more likely to drink and three times more likely to use marijuana. the study for the national center on addiction and substance abuse surveyed about 2,000 teenagers. it found that 70% of teenagers spent time on a social network every day. and 40% of those teenagers had seen pictures of people drunk or using drugs. >> interesting. 8:22. let's check in with sam. you've been really busy throughout the morning. >> that's right. we are just guesting word that

newschopper2 has arrived here at the scene in vallejo. i'm just trying to bring it up here. newschopper2 -- this is newschopper2 just arriving at the scene now. we just saw that the fire crews have pulled away. there is a police car there still preserving some evidence but two children were hit at the this inter, a at elliott and min -- at elliott and -- intersection at el lieu outand minnie drive. one child was flown to children's hospital in oakland. >> the other child was taken by ambulance to a closer hospital. again, the only thing that remains there is the police car at that intersection. it's certainly not causing a big traffic jam. of course we're gonna try to find out the status of the two children hit by a car in vallejo. let's go outside and take a look at the commute on

woodside. southbound 280 -- there is a car that went down the embankment. they briefly stopped traffic to get a couple of tow trucks in there. people are slow down. they see all of the -- people are slowing down. they see all of the activity. on 280. the traffic is slow getting into san francisco. another game tonight at at&t park again. it's the giants versus the padres, 7:15 game time. be sharing your afternoon and evening commutes with the giants' fans not only on the roads but also on public transit including caltrain. let's go to mark. hi there, sal. good morning to you. today will be cooler than yesterday. the key change at least this morning, fog is kind of expanding over the bay. that's a good sign it will be cooler and cooling off by a good 5 to 10 degrees. dense fog advisory issued by the national weather service until 10:00 this morning for the bay area coastline. visibility is easily less than a quarter mile.

the fog is so -- is social low. it's hard to receive the -- is so low. it's hard so see it. warm of the locations in the mid- to upper 80s for concord, fairfield, livermore, and oakland's in between, 74. your weekend, always in view, a little bit cooler for yours thursday, minor warming by friday that will carry us into the weekend. dave? all right. 8:24. we're following two major accidents at this hour. one of them involves two children in vallejo. the other one involves this morning's grim discovery on a freeway in woodside. >> reporter: special b.a.r.t. meeting this morning in oakland. what the aclu has written the board requesting them to do. plus -- honey bun there has a pretty expensive taste. a jewelry store dog that mistook diamonds for dog treats.

welcome back. libya's prim declared moammar gadhafi's -- prime minister declared moammar gadhafi's grip on power is over. we're hearing of more fighting today after the anti-rebels took control of moammar gadhafi's compound but they didn't find gadhafi there. we're live with our reporter on the border of libya and tunisia. thank you for joining us. the big question here is, where is moammar gadhafi? >> reporter: that's the million- dollar question, isn't it? they are expecting him to be inside his stronghold. when rebels yesterday stormed the compound, they did not find

him. there have been tales coming back from rebels that they have discovered a network of tunnels which run from the compound across the city, tunnels being built in the past four years. they are beginning to suspect that they may have used those tunnels as an escape route. they could either be in safe housings. there is a big gun battle at the airport. given nato's no-fly zone, it would be difficult for him to escape. the rebels had said that they captured her four sons. however, that appears not to be the case. the four sons have been running a military campaign and the resistance against the rebels effectively these past six months. if when the -- when the rebels have some 80% of tripoli, that's gonna be a very bitter fight, indeed. the concern, dave, now for not just citizens who are

encountering firing, sniper fire, apparently from pro- gadhafi forces but what's happening elsewhere is where they will try to kick down the ground. they believe that pro- government forces in gadhafi's hometown could surrender. that would be a major psychological blow to the gadhafi regime as he would have a main safe haven really knocked out. so all in all, gadhafi is on the run. where he is? rebels are desperately trying to find him. they will leave no stone unturned until they do. they want too see him and his sons ultimately brought to justice. dave? >> thank you dominic. 8:30. back here at home. in less than a half-hour from right now, the b.a.r.t. board of directors has invited protesters to a special meeting to try to work out their differences. kraig debro joins us live. he's in oakland now with some of the details.

kraig? >> reporter: yeah, good morning, dave. a special b.a.r.t. board meeting is being held at headquarters at 20th and webster. it's not just for the protesters. the aclu is one of those entities that's decided to give an opinion on this, this letter is dated monday, august 22nd. it basically said it wants b.a.r.t. to adopt a policy ensuring that it does not cut off cell phone service except in the most extraordinary of circumstances. now, here's some video of the boardroom. people wanting -- to speak will have to fill out a court. the aclu is boating the supreme court saying the quite rights of free speech is worth les without an expression -- worthless without an expression. b.a.r.t. protesters plan to coordinate

their movement using their cell phones. b.a.r.t. said the protesters led to a threat to people. however, cell phone will be cut off to everyone, not just the protesters. a union president said station agents weren't even aware of the plan. >> passengers from what i understand, i don't work in the station, were concerned about the fact they couldn't call family or communicate with anyone and we didn't have a response them because we weren't aware of it. and that's the problem. >> reporter: another potential problem, reconciling what happened in monday's protest. on monday, protesters were able too shut down two stations but most of the protesting took place on the street, b.a.r.t. was able to deal with the protesters and protect the down cell phone service. protesters, once again, stormed b.a.r.t. but nobody was hurt.

again, this meeting begins in about about 25 minutes, at 8 -- in about 25 minutes, at 9:00. palo alto police are looking into a domestic violence case that pay learnly resulted in a stabbing. the attack happened just after 8:30 last night on the 3700 block of redwood circle. officers are not saying much about thesuit or the relationship between those -- p about the dispute or the raelationship between those involved. neighbors reported hearing officers enter a home and scream "get down on the ground"! the d.a.'s office will only say it will reveal new information about this mysterious cold case about this woman who cuss appeared ten years ago. police believe -- who disappeared ten years ago. police believe she's dead the even though her body has never been found.

last year, her brother shot and killed a man shot with her murder. fremont toyota has been hit with a discrimination lawsuit. it was filed by the eeoc which beans the former general manager calmed four men terrorists who worked there -- called fewer men terrorists who used to work there. and those men resigned. a car that went off grizzly peak boulevard near claremont avenue on sunday, and a hiker spotted the man's car yesterday afternoon. an east bay regional park ranger believes the man fell asleep behind the wheel and went over the edge. the man told emergency crews he tried to climb back up to the road but couldn't make it. he's expected to survive. very lucky. >> yes. 8:34. sal, you are still watching

that bad accident in vallejo? we're trying to get to sal right now. >> i think the cameras are -- >> there we go. >> i didn't want to get too close and scare people. let's go outside. we're doing this education -- not "we" but the police are doing this investigation of children hit by people. the children have been taken to the hospital. but there's still an investigation on mini and elliott. there were some serious injuries reported. we don't know how bad but one child was taken by medical helicopter to children's hospital in oakland. the other child, we don't know where he was taken. he was taken to a hospital via a regular ambulance. but the police, you can tell, are still at the scene here doing their investigation. let's go out and take a look at the commute on interstate 880. it's pretty slow now getting up to a crowded bay bridge toll plaza. but just waiting through all of this traffic, that can take you time to get into downtown oakland. this morning's drive is now

temporarily blocked. you can see these are live pictures of a couple of toe trucks -- of tow trucks getting in position to get this car out of the way. these are live pictures. you can see 280 southbound has been slow the entire morning because of the -- because of this activity. a car went down the side of the road and someone was rescued from their pickup truck and it's so far down there, they need more than one -- one tow truck to get this out of the bay -- out of the way. southbound 280 near harmhill at woodside. these are live pictures of the area. let's go to mark. hi there, sal. good morning to you. this would be a great idea to go out for a paddleboard here heading out across the bay and that paddleboarder is encountering that dent fogg bank. as a result, the visibility is coming down quite a bit with dense fog advisories near the coastline. a neat morning to be outside with temperatures feeling freshing out there with that nearby fog bank. if you are close to that fog

bank, now away from that, livermore checking in, 69 degrees. fairfield in the upper 60s. san rafael at 56 and san jose in the upper 60s right around 67 degrees. dense fog advisory posted for the bay area coastline. that's in place until 10:00 this morning. visibility is coming down to less than a quarter of a mile. here we go. satellite and radar. you can pick out this circulation out here in the pacific. this potential could have produced the widespread showers, even some thundershowers across the bay area. a few showers flirting with our coastline. but this system is moving to the east and the high clouds will be moving out of town. here's an update on hurricane irene. this is a category 3 hurricane. you can see the forecast track as we take this into thursday, friday, and into saturday. by the weekend -- by the weekend, it will be very close to the outer banks of north carolina and then as you can pick out on this track, it could be approaching fairly

close to new york or boston. but the important thing, this track has been changing bite -- has been changing quite a bit. dense fog for the coast by 3:00, patchy fog, low to mid- 60s out there. increase in sunshine this afternoon. low 70s to the lower 80s. for the inland neighbors, warmest locations in the up earl 80s to right around the -- in the upper 80s to right around the middle 80s. san jose tops out at 85. here is a look ahead to your extended forecast. temperatures cool off a little bit for thursday. we warm things up for friday and that trend will continue as we do head into the weekend. another weather update in a few minutes. it is 8:38. well, we all know the bay area is a pretty cool place. but now scientists have proof.

in fact, san jose's had its coolest august in 35 years. the average summertime highs were between 76 and 80 degrees. that's several degrees cooler than normal. the average high in august so far has been 78 degrees which is the coolest on record since 1976. evacuations are underway in parts of north carolina because of hurricane irene coming up at 8:35, a live report from the carolina coast as vacationers and residents brace for this category 3 storm. our time is now 8:38. well a jewelry storeowner in georgia got a very expensive surprise from his dog. after $10,000 in diamonds disappeared. the dog is named honey bun. there's honey bun. walks around on the jewelry store counterrer and welcomes the owners but his -- counter and welcomes the customers. but his owner recently left some diamonds in a pouch next to his dog feets -- treats.

when he came back to work, he noticed the pouch was gone. they did some x-rays. didn't pick up x-ray -- pick unany diamonds. but -- up any diamonds but the next day they were able to find the diamonds. >> very cute dog. very cute name, honey bun. he's one of nascar's biggest stars but his trouble on the road is far away from the racetrack. also, a google agreement, why the internet giant will pay out $500 billion.

the stock market stocks are mixed right now. a lot of investors are still waiting to hear from ben bernanke when he speaks at an

annual gathering in wyoming this friday. new this morning, google has agreed to pay $500 million to settle a federal investigation into the company's distribution of online ads from canadian pharmacies that were illegally selling prescription drugs to americans. the settlement means google will not face criminal prosecution for accusations it improperly profited from ads promoting canadian pharmacies that illegally promoted drugs in the u.s. google has acknowledged that ads were sought despite the company's policy. google's stock is up 1%. toys 'r' us plan to build 21 superstars and they will combine the offerth of toys 'r' us and babies are us and have

awedder variety of products. most of the superstores will be in california and three other states. it's not being specific. let's bring you up to date on some of the other top stories we're following for you -- antirebels in libya still celebrating their take over of the compound of moammar gadhafi. but the street fighting continues between rebels and loyalists close to gadhafi. no one knows where moammar gadhafi. yesterday's big earthquake on the east coast left cracks on the top of the monument. it's closed indefinitely as engineers check out the damage. we had an earthquake here in the bay area overnight. a magnitude 3.6 centered near san leandro about 11:36 p.m. there's no word of any damage or injuries. they also felt it in marin county, san francisco, and on the peninsula. we now have an update on a traffic accident on interstate

280 and foothill road. the traffic in that area is still pretty slow. tara moriarty is there in woodside to tell us the chp thought this was gonna be a lot worse. right, tara? >> reporter: that's right. the initial reports that came in said there there was a body alongside the roadway. but, in fact, the man was found alive. we're here off interstate 28 oh, the farmhill boulevard exit. if you take a look over to this direction you can see that the man actually staggered or crawled across all of these lanes of traffic where he was spotted on the other side by a driver. now, we have new video for you, apparently the man's truck is so wedged into the bushes, it will take two tow trucks to get it out. that second tow arrived about a half-hour ago. officers say at 6:30, this morning, the driver veered off the road right before the farm hill exit, smacked into a guardrail and into a tree. if that tree had not been there, he would have rolled off

the hill and down to the road. fortunately there is a lot of units out there doing a lot of enforcement. we were here right away to monitor traffic and slow everybody down so he didn't get hit by the car. >> reporter: now, officers tell me the victim appeared to be in his 20s. he was from pacifica. he had cuts on his back. possibly internal injuries. transported to stanford medical center. traffic is backed up for quite a distance. this tow truck has repositioned itself about four or five times. we don't know if caltrans is gonna have to come here with the cutters and cut some of the tree branches wrapped around the truck. it's wedged in there pretty good. back to you. 8:47. just within the last few hours, vice president joe biden wrapped up his seven-day tour of asia. one of the vice president's last stops a meeting with japan's prime minister in

tokyo. among the topics of discussion, the reconstruction effort following the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit there in march. biden visited sendai, one of the worse-affected areas. >> if there was evher a -- ever a single set of circumstances for the world to understand what the japanese people are made of, the resolve, the determination, their brotherhood, it was this god- awful tragedy that you have had to go through. >> japan was the finals top on biden anticipate tour that -- final stop on biden's tour. new this moving, a spokesman for the president of russian says north korea is ready to impose a moratorium on testing nuclear missiles. this is new video of russia's president meeting with kim jong- il in russia.

according to the russian spokesman north korea is ready to resume international talks on its nuclear program without preconditions. the last round of six-party talks that also involved south korea, japan, and the united states as well as china took place in 2008. 8:48. they are cleaning up in wisconsin after a powerful storm leveled several homes and uprooted trees. in the northern city of spencer, two tornadoes reportedly touched down but that has not been confirmed yet but the -- yet by the national weather service. look at the pictures. one person rode out the storm in his house. he survived. no injuries. he said almost everything was destroyed. of said he was able to -- he said he was able to save the dress his sister-in-law was planning to wear to his daughter's wedding. joey vento has died. he owned the landmark

cheesechange shop there. back in 2006, he became famous over signs he put up, protesting immigration reform. his signs read -- "this is america. when you order, please speak english." 8:49. one of nascar's biggest stars lost his driver's license for an incident away from the racetrack. a judge in north carolina took away kyle busch's license for 45 days after he pleaded guilty to speeding and reckless driving. the judge also ordered him to pay $1,000 fine and sentenced him to 30 hours of community service. busch does not need a dmv license to compete in nascar but he does need a special racing license. interesting. >> 8:50. we're gonna have much more on this hour's breaking news story. sal has been talking about a vehicle that hit two children in vallejo. and claudine wong is there on the scene now -- now. also school lunch the may

become more tasty in one bay area city -- lunches may become more tasty in one bay area city but there is a price to pay.

at this hour, evacuations are underway in parts of north carolina. early this morning, irene was upgraded to a category 3 hurricane with winds clocked at 115 miles an hour. john roberts is live at atlantic beach, north carolina, where it's sunny right now but it looks windy. i'm sure it's gonna look very different this weekend. this is the picture, tori,

where the correspondent is standing on the beach which is in pretty good shape. surf's up a little bit. you are saying at home, where is the hurricane? well, the hurricane is still about 900 miles away. it's coming up in this area. in fact, the eye of the hurricane, according to lateert hurricane center track, expected to -- latest hurricane center track, expected to pass, and there is a very good chance if it stays on the track we'll see hurricane-force winds in atlantic beach in the next three days or so. they've ordered evacuations on ocracoke island. that island is only accessible by ferry boat. there's probably about 1,000 there. they want to make sure they get them all off. that's a process that takes a long time. here on atlantic beach, trace cooper, who is the mayor, is going to have a meeting with his emergency management people n about two hours' time, they are gonna take a look at the storm and fick out if they need to order -- figure out if they need to order evacuation.

those evacuations would be mandatory, voluntary for the 800 or so permanent residents. there is a problem right now. that's because of this front coming in. the surf is up. the currents are up as well. but later on this week, we will see riptides that are extreme here. so people will be cautioned against swimming in the next couple of three days or so. we may not get the eye of the hurricane coming ashore. we are bound to get a lot of surf. this island only has an elevation of nine feet. it doesn't have a lot of -- have to be a lot to do damage here. er tofully. >> thank you, john. dozens of special needs children have a new school to go to in east contra costa county. the lin center sign audiles with the oak last-minute school -- signed an agreement with the oak school. they've been operating for the

past 27 years in the same area but they need to move to make room for middle school children on an overcrowded campus. pat summitt said she will not walk away from being the head coach of the tennessee women's basketball program despite having this condition. here's what she said -- >> earlier this year, the doctors at the mayo clinic diagnosed me with early dementia, alzheimer's type. at the age of 59. i plan to continue to be your coach. now pat summitt has won more titles than any other college basketball coach in history. prosecutors are charging the grandson of actor clark gable with pointing a leaser -- laser beam at a helicopter. they say he flashed a laser at

a chopper flying over hollywood three times on july 28th. that temporarily blinded two officers on board. but they tracked that beam to a red car and police later stopped that vehicle. gable was riding as a passenger. he will be arraigned on friday and could get up to three years in prison. back here at home, some new rules could mean the end of elephant rides at 6 flags. a new policy was adopted to prohibit free-hand feeding. that would mean eliminating the program that involves touching and sometimes riding the el lel pants. if six flags doesn't comply, it may lose its zoo accreditation. the redwood city district is considering a plan to upgrade school meals by increasing the price. if the school board approves the plan tonight, meals will

cost an extra quarter. right now students pay $1.75 for lunch and $75 for breakfast. the extra money will help pay for more fresh fruit and vegetables. let's go right back to sal get the very latest on the commute. >> we are still talking about this investigation in vallejo on the corner of elliott on mini drive where two children were hit by a vehicle. one child was taken by helicopter to oakland children's hospital. the other is still recovering. we'll have more on this coming up at noon. let's go to mark. hi there, sal. good morning to you. fog back with the coast. at a -- as a result, a fog advisory is in effect until 10:00. today will be close cooler than yesterday. inland -- today will be cooler than yesterday. that's all we have time for today. thanks for watching. >> bye now.