. there is road work northbound between interstate 880 and 9th street. upper deck is moving along well, two lanes are closed on the lower deck approaching treasure island area but watch to be picked up there. and on the san mateo bridge that traffic looks good at jackson street exit, there is road work there, the three right lanes are closed so another half hour or so. let's go back to the desk. a childhood friend is now accused of her murder, tara

moriarty is there to talk about the arrest. >> reporter: she could be arraigned either today or tomorrow. she is not on the court docket so we will keep you posted. she was arrested yesterday morning and they had been compiling evidence against the 27-year-old for the past few months. her brother choked back tears while he heard about the arrest but it still does not bring back his sister's arrest. >> she would always call me to tell me happy birthday or to tell me she loved me. she was last seen going to her garage in the park. she went to high school with the girl and the two reportedly

had a falling out. coming up we will show you a possible motive and more evidence linking her to the crime. tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. bart riders in san francisco could be in for another long ride at this evening's protest. they are forcing bart to allow passengers to ride for free. they have been dealing with protests and they have now cost bart now $300,000. bart may push for stiffer fines for people to disrupt train service. this will mark the first anniversary of the san bruno pipeline disaster. they will gather outside on beal street. members of the green party and others want to express their outrage to the deadly explosion

and fire. coming up we will hear what it is like one year after the disaster. in jail this morning facing child molestation charges. police in citrus heights arrested roberts after a length then investigation. he is accused of fondling little girls over the last few years. he has denied the charges. san francisco will monitor more state inmates beginning next month. the examiner reports said the safety realignment program shifts it to the local

district. next months the city will be in charge of another 646 state prisoners. some will go to lock up while lesser offenders will wear monitoring devices. we are learning about another attack at candle stick park. it happened between cal and fresno state. a man was beaten unconscious and officers arrested a suspect immediately after the attack. this comes two weeks after a shooting and beating at candle stick park. the fbi assisted security this sunday on the 10th anniversary of the september 11th attacks. they wouldn't tell us what role they were playing but fans at candle stick can expect more officers than usual. fbi plans to help with all 13

nfl games this sunday. and the chp will have a maximum enforcement period this monday. security has been tighter on the brim, there are now cameras above and below the bridge and helping the span in the surrounding areas. the war on terrorism remains a top priority for californians. they believe the need to combat terrorism is the same or better since 9/11. almost half believe they have struck the right balance in keeping the country safe such as tighter airport screenings and a third of the u.s. says

the they have gone too far. this is rick perry's first debate. he is getting a lot of attention because of refusing to back on social security calling it a ponzi scheme. >> it is a ponzi scheme to tell you are kids you are paying into a program that is going to be there. >> perry and ramp me any attacked each other over job creation. the 0 gop will face off again on monday in tampa bay florida. the special congressional super committee has until november rd to find $1.1 trillion in deficit reductions.

if congress does not approve one by december 23, automatic spending cuts will kick in. there are six republicans and six democrats on that committee. president barack obama will boost the economy and create jobs. the president will make a televised address at 4:00 this afternoon our time. we are hearing the president will call for new spending and job training along with an extent of the payroll cut and unemployment benefits. you can watch and coverage begins at 4:00 this afternoon. right now it is 4:37, we want to check in with sal for the early morning commute. good morning everyone, we are looking at the commute and it is not too early to be out

there, trust me as you are driving you will see plenty of people out there with you. as you head out to the mcarthur maze, on interstate 880 it's not causing a huge delay because traffic is light enough. this is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza and lower deck is closed heading to san francisco. this is a look at 280 southbound in san jose, it is a very nice drive so far. some interesting developments september is usually the transition time or we can see tropical clouds. we have already had it on a system that didn't do much, spun in a bunch of high clouds and it is bearing a watch because it will retrograde or

head back to california, some of that wrap around moisture will pay a visit. mostly cloudy in the south bay as we head lieu the -- head through the weekend. they have been incredible at the peninsular on the mild side. it is double what it was yesterday and it tells me it with be cooler as the delta breeze ramps up. yesterday it was right down on the ground. pretty strong gulf and it may inch towards the west coast. i think we tapped out -- topped out on those temperatures and there will be some thunderstorms will they visit us and we will deal with that

tomorrow. there is a westerly breeze and they are deciding to pick it up with intensity. >> 60s and 70s and 80s to 90s inland and we will keep an eye on the system as it has a combination of high clouds and probably into monday, pam. east coast is tracking three storms. the strongest is in atlantic and not expected to hit land. tropical storm maria is swirling towards the area and tropical storm nate is forming in the gulf of mexico and mexico's east coast is under a storm warning.

mart of maryland tenoning are experiencing heavy rain and the national weather service predicts more rain will fall in the middle east. san francisco's waterfront, there was an order given, the reason why the order was given and why some people are skeptical. we have the chilling 911 tape from this week's nightmare at a carson city pancake house. so far it looks good getting out to bay point. we will have more on today's forecast

. 4:44 is the time right now and firefighters are finally gaining ground on one of the most detruck city of fires in the history of that state. more than 170 fires have erupted in the past week and one is concern which destroyed more than 800 homes and killed two people, two others died in

fires in other parts of the state. the fire is 30% contained after burning out of control for three days. tomorrow marks the anniversary of the san blast explosion. we found construction crew busy building her home. and another woman said loud noises still cause her to panic. >> the day of the earthquake, i freaked and it is like i should be over this by now. >> 7 homes are in the final permit process and 12 others are in other processes while others are still waiting.

911 at carson city ink hop. most are too graphic to replay for you. one witness made a frantic call to 911 one dispatchers as he watched the nightmare unfold. >> he is hitting people in the parking lot, he has an automatic weapon. oh, he shot aing at us now. -- he is shooting at us now. >> edwardo sencion killed four people with an ak-47 before taking his open life. three national guard members were killed along with somebody else killed. he had a long history of mental problems and have ruled out terrorism for the shooting. it will be easy to get online as they will wi-fi

university avenue. customers will have unlimited access in that corridor. they recently installed as well on university avenue. officers hemmed apple -- helped apple search for a missing iphone. apple leg front clay tracked the phone to a home in the heats. investigators stayed up while they searched the car computer and did not find anything. governor brown would have vetoed a bill for first offenders and now the governor says the current fines and penalties are sufficient. here is a story you will only see on ktvu channel 2

news. san francisco's waterfront does not understand why they have red tagged their buildings. the are 8 businesses believe they must vacate. shop owners tell us the area has passed previous inspections and is in no worse shape than any other peers. >> there has not been any major concerns with new construction as well as construction now. >> they wonder if they are trying to make room for the upcoming race. the port denies that and they are trying to find new hoe cakes for those businesses. the world's largest online retailer have agreed to stop the battle over the new sales tax under the deal amazon will work to create a national sales

tax policy. amazon has until next july to accomplish that and if it happens, amazon will start paying sales tax. but they will start in september of next year. four bay area hospitals are facing state fines of $50,000 each which in some cases put people's lives in danger. now the fines were issued for errors ranging from leaving a sponge inside a patient during surgery to delaying the use of cardiac monsters which eventually resulted in a patient's death. right now 4:45 the reaction of a man inside a convenience

store. some local health officials are still dealing with it today, we will explain. stay tuned.

. welcome back to the morning news, take a look at this. san diego police are trying to figure it out, a person dressed like gumby walked into a store and told the clerk the store was being robbed. he said he had a gun and fumbled with the costume. the clerk thought the whole thing was a joke and gumby left with nothing. he vows to never leave the land of his and sisters. it has been a month since

muammar gaddafi has been seen in public. muammar gaddafi still claims he is still in libya. they are calling for changes following a tragic plane crash. a jet after taking off in moscow yesterday 43 people died including a recent draft pick of the san jose sharks, they are looking for the black box to determine what caused that crash. local first responders are still suffering from health problems today. he worked at ground zero for two weeks after 9/11 and he ended up with some affects. >> i ended up with shortness of breath i can you haved for nine months straight and i have been on medications for the past ten years. >> last year congress passed a

9/11 health and compensation act which provides $4 billion to treat first responders but it does not cover those who developed cancer and they have concluded there is not enough evidence to tie that exposure. >> we will have live reports from new york city and pennsylvania and our coverage begins at 6:00 p.m. on sunday. it coming up let's check in with sal, of course there is still road work in certain areas. i was just checking to see the fog situation. i'll take a look at that, it is not as foggy as you head to the toll plaza. no major problems, i just got distracted by my police radio

sometimes that happens. let's look at the westbound bay bridge traffic is okay getting into san francisco. no major problems, lower work on the bay bridge is being picked up. interstate 8080 traffic is moving well in both directions in front of the coliseum, that is our traffic let's go to steve. >> that is the wrong satellite picture, just hold on a minute because that is not telling you anything. it is a beautiful picture but it is empty. let's see if we can get a better one unless my computer is on the fritz here. >> just tell us what it's going to be like. okay we have higher clouds coming in by the weekend and we have fog. there it is, we made it. high pressure built in yesterday but it looks like a

warm day, not as bad as yesterday plus that west wind that i just mentioned. we do have the fog and you can see the system firing up over northern sierra and that will head back over the woke coast. fairfield doubled northwest at 9, so about 48 degrees cooler but not the upper 90s, we had a lot of 90s in the north bay but a lot bear cooling as the cooling trends is somewhere around santa barbara. highs today 60s, 70s and 80s and 90s and out towards the east bay, maybe about 5 to 7 degrees cooler. a little cooler on friday,

we'll see if that moisture comes in and we will have mostly cloudy weekend. the anniversary of 9/11 is just days away. the suspect arrested for the missing nursing student the key piece of evidence that tipped off police coming up next stay tuned.