a woman putting up ribbons along a fence where people lost their lives one year ago today. bound for san diego. >> they've announced they've received credible information that terrorists may be planning an attack in the coming days. how the new threats are

impacting plans in the u.s. strong reaction to the president's bold jobs plan. . welcome to you. >> good morning. friday, september 9. it was one year ago today that a pipeline exploded in a san bruno neighborhood killing eight people. we're live there to help us know how the city will mark the anniversary. >>reporter: now that we have a little more light in the neighborhood we can show you a bit more. i want you to look over in that direction because we're going to zoom into where this pipeline exploded, where the fire ranged for hours one year ago. we pull out and you can see which way the wind was pushing

the fire that day because it destroyed everything in its path. this morning, one year later, the lots are still empty. remember, those used to be people's homes. look even closer at the fence that surrounds some of these lots, and you can see flowers that remind us we didn't just lose homes, we lost lives. eight people killed by the explosion. it seems today there will be two parts to the day. there is no doubt there will be grieving and a lot of it for the people lost and homes destroyed and feeling of fear that residents say they remember so clearly, but today will also be about lessons learned and making sure it never happens again. >> it's unfortunate all the lives that were lost. it's for somebody's negligence, which makes it hard. it was a manmade disaster that caused it. >>reporter: one of the people leading the cause for change is

a mother here. this is jessica on her 20th birthday, the last birthday she celebrated, at her boyfriend's house when the explosion happened. he survived, and she did not. the gas pipe safety foundation is existing to try to raise awareness and press for stricter controls of high pressure gas lines. coming back out here live into the neighborhood, we just watched women putting up ribbons along the fence line in front of the homes and empty lots. we're seeing signs of rebuilding out here, but certainly the reality is, one year later people are still trying to deal with this loss and some may never come back to this neighborhood. >> protesters will also mark this first anniversary of the pipeline disaster at noon, demonstrators holding a rally outside pg and e headquarters. they'll mourn the victims, while expressing outrage over

the response to the disaster. just last week the national transportation safety board pointed a finger of blame directly at pg & e. the lights are back on in san diego after a 12-hour power outage. about 90 minutes ago they announced they got the power back on to all of its 1.4 million customers, but officials say the system is still fragile and want customers to take it easy on the air conditioning today. how the outage is affecting flights scheduled to arrive at bay area airports is craig. >>reporter: good morning. we know that arriving flights from san diego have been cancelled already. we can't say if it's connected to what happened yesterday, but definitely throws flights are going to be complicating things as they try to catch up with what happened yesterday. >> my flight was supposed to leave at 6 o'clock last night.

i got a phone message saying the flights were cancelled due to a power outage in southern california. >> that woman, along with other people who lined up at the ticket counter were there for the second time in two days. so far three flights today cancelled, one each from virgin as well as united and southwest. it's going to take some doing to catch up. >> rights are out. power is out everywhere. as time went on and it got dark, a lot more people were making interesting comments about what he they were doing with their time and lots of pictures of my friends and their kids and stuff they

normally wouldn't do. it's actually kind of neat to see what they would do without all the power and technology, although everybody was still on facebook. >>reporter: the outages caused the cancellation of 11 flights yesterday. this morning san diego gas and electric put nearly 700,000 people who had lost power back on the grid this morning. we're going to be talking to more people that got stranded yesterday so they can tell us their stories. a new terror threat for this weekend's tenth anniversary of the september 11 attacks. u.s. counter terrorism officials say they've uncovered intelligence indicating al- qaeda has plans to use car bombs to blow up bridges or tunnels in new york city or washington d.c. now, we just

reported a moment ago that fox news had tweet had a suspicious package was found on a bridge in dc, and the bridge was closed. we've just learned that the situation has been cleared. here in the bay area tightening security ahead of the 9/11 app versery. commuters will see a bigger police presence happening, even though there's no specific threat targeting the bay area. our time now 7:06. police investigating a rape in a vacant house. police say the 28-year-old sergio cortez picked up a 25- year-old woman for sex in san francisco. according to police, he threatened the woman with a knife and drove her to an abandoned house on third line in south san francisco.

cortez now faces charges of kidnapping and rape. 5-year-old boy being treated for life threatening injuries now after being hit by a shuttle bus in san francisco. this happened in the bayview yesterday afternoon. police say a woman and another child were crossing the street. the 5-year-old was trailing behind. they say the shuttle hit the little boy as it was making a turn onto third street. the driver is cooperating with this investigation. still not clear if he will face charges. it is 7:07, and we want to check in general with sale keeping a close eye on the commute. >> we just heard of a crash southbound interstate 880 at west a street in hayward. we have it on a map. southbound 880. the main crash is at the west exit. the traffic is emicly --

quickly backing up. two left lanes reportedly closed. the fire department is arriving on the scene. it's kind of a big mess. northbound may also slow down as the emergency vehicles get there because of people slowing down to take a look. across the bay redwood city, all that traffic looks pretty good, and so does 280.'s take a look at live pictures. oakland looks pretty good, north and southbound near 66th. this morning's commute at the toll plaza backed up for about 10 minutes before you make it onto the bridge. a big fog bank again on this friday and signs that some locations will washing up, but it only one or 2 degrees warmer. it's not the fog right down on the ground.

overall just a low cloud deck and the fog continues to win out. inland a little warmer, but i'm not buying into the big warmup. i think sunday we'll see a big drop in the temperatures, partly to mostly cloudy by then as they warp around. next week i would lean on a cooler pattern. the cloud cover associated for the weekend, it may be a mostly sunny bay, but challenging forecast. a little decrease in winds.

the one drop straight down is going to give us a combination of what looks to be a mostly cloudy sunday. today thick coast and bay fog, then warming up to the 90s. hot towards clear lake and probably out to sacramento, but here a lot of low clouds and more of a west wind, not north. showers possible over the weekend. i doubt it makes it, but i'll mention it. the fire watch was cancelled in sacramento that did include lake county, but it's been cancelled. 91 concord, 96 brentwood, hayward 76 degrees. eighty in san jose.

the five-day forecast starting off some sun on saturday, then increase in a lot of the high to mid-level clouds, especially sunday sni monday. it's 7:11. not a great start to the day on wall street. president obama's job proposal has done little to reassure investors concerned about weak economic growth and the selling is wiping out all of this week's gains right now. the dow down 171. the nasdaq is down 21. and s&p is down 16. all right. our time is 7:11. san francisco workers are out of a job following a walk-out during the dinner rush last saturday. this happened at fisherman's war of. about 200 people were having dinner at fisherman's wharf.

the restaurant opened with a new staff the next day. there were protests about the menu and employment issues. a woman died and other in the hospital because of poisonous fumes inside a restroom in mcdonald's yesterday morning in savannah. the 81-year-old woman was found unconscious in the bathroom. three firefighters were also sent to the hospital, along with five other customers. investigators say there was a toxic mix of cleaning chemicals there. health and safety officials are investigating what happened. all right. it is just over to 7:13. overnight fire scare. the probable cause of a fire near a freeway in is a lana county. who's being kept away from the home of osama bin laden.

a music legend part of the bay area jazz scene for four decades has died.

. lots of low clouds and fog around. inland might be a little warm. 7:15. overnight firefighters put out a brushfire that broke out just after midnight near interstate 680 and gold hill road. investigators believe it may have started because someone was shooting off flares in the area.

in southern california they expect to have the fire fully contained, with 15,000 acres already burned and 32 homes. the fire began sunday after a fatal plane crash in the area. south bay fire sent five epibegins and a bulldozer to help fight the fire. we're tracking new information coming in about a possible terror threat from al- qaeda this morning. officials in washington and new york taking this very seriously. >> i just saw a police officer with a bomb-sniffing dog walking around here in the capitol building. security is certainly being ramped up here in washington and new york city in light of the new threat. it allegedly involves targeting new york and washington d.c. with either a car or truck bomb around the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. authorities say a handful of

people may have come into the u.s. in recent days to carry out the attack, and one may be a u.s. citizen. the information comes from a credible source out of pakistan but has not been could ob braid. we talked to jackie spear, a member of the homeland security committee who expressed confidence about the government's response. >> tries imis response. >> terrorism is a theater, and this is a stage. >> that was ray kelly, the police commissioner in new york. a warning has been sent that the attack could come to avenge the death of osama bin laden. the vice president said in an interview that it is a credible threat, but there's no smoking gun. reporting live from washington d.c., allison burns.

now, this sunday's tenth anniversary of september 11 will be marked with ceremonies in new york and pentagon. organizers have to consider these terror threats and their plans. coming up at 7:30 we'll have a live report with the new security measures in place and also preparations for a memorial service at ground zero. 7:18. pakistanis blocking foreign journalists and other visitors from getting close to the compound where osama bin laden was killed. hundreds of journalists traveled there in the days that followed the navy seals raid that killed bin laden, but now pakistani police are not allowing reporters to get close. authorities are now preventing people from visiting because it is regarded as evidence into how he lived there and how the cia found out about him without

pakistan's knowledge. thousands of people expected to fill the ft. bragg high school football stadium tomorrow attending the public memorial for city council man jerry mello. he also worked as a forrester. he was shot and killed two weeks ago in a rugged forest east of ft. bragg. the fbi is leading a manhunt for his suspected killer, who killed him in an effort to protect his illegal opium poppy field, police say. a man who played an important role in the jazz scene has died. marshal died of a heart attack on wednesday. he's known as an accomplished drummer, performing alongside many well-known icons like warwick and the pointer sisters. but he also played a big role in the jazz scene in san francisco and oakland. eddie marshal died at age 74. our time is 7:20.

well a 9/11 tribute in san francisco, a glowing memorial that will light the night sky through the weekend. in just five minutes our meteorologist will tell us about possibly dramatic changes in our weekend weather forecast. . north bound 101 a little slowing, but not a bad commute. i'll tell you more in a bit. [ male announcer ] humble beginnings are true beginnings.

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wrestled control from hijackers. they plan to attend a meme or alligator on sunday. san francisco will honor the tenth anniversary of the september 11 attacks with a tribute, starting tonight the tower lit in red, white and blue and will stay that way through the weekend. san francisco's luxor cab company will also mark the 9/11 anniversary weekend, decorating their cabs with american flags. it is 7:23. golden gate transit will launch a transit, sunday service being added because of the bus' popularity. it will make seven trips, leaving from santa rosa and making stops in other areas before heading into san francisco. there will be eight trips from san francisco back up to santa rosa. the time 7:24. is it still feeling like friday

morning. >> it is in some areas, dave. even though we always start at the toll plaza because we can rely on that for slow traffic, this on highway 4, i think it wins. this traffic is slow, moderately heavy coming into the pay gates here, then you'll see traffic on the bridge looks good. i would say to answer dave's question, i think it's a little lighter than usual on this friday. take a look at the northbound 101, san jose, the traffic here going to be moving along nicely, which again just better than it normally is on the way to sunnyvale. looking at 280, a little bit of slow traffic here. northbound 280 backed upcoming up past the avenue about the lawrence expressway. our morning team has a face book page. you can find news updates and send us messages and story ideas. on this friday a lot of low clouds, mainly hit and miss. areas that do have fog and

reduced visibility, a little more down on the deck today than yesterday. 56 concord, 54 in the city. the lowest dropping south, but will phase with the central california coast. where it sets up shop is a big player in how it affects our weather if it goes to southern california, we probably won't get anything, but all signs point to a lot of clouds heading into the bay area for the weekend.

the five-day forecast sunshine, a lot of low and higher clouds beginning to work their way and cooler on sunday. it is 7:26. a critical day in a wildfire battle in texas. the loan star state getting help from the golden state. we're live in san francisco where vandals target a station, a possible link to an earlier protest last night. she was fired as ceo of yahoo, now she's fighting back with a 4-letter word.

. we're in new york with a preview of events there, and also new security in place because of a new terror threat. >>reporter: i spoke with the new york city police commissioner, ray kelly this morning. he said extra precautions are being taken, including throughout the city and police

presence. as you can imagine, security was already extremely tight as we're expecting victim family members and two presidents on sunday. americans will pause to mark the tenth anniversary of the worst terrorist attack ever on american soil. there will be extra caution. >> as we approach the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the nypd, fbi and entire intelligence community have been on heightened alert. >>reporter: on thursday federal officials cited a credible but unconfirmed terror threat with new york city and washington as possible targets. >> citizens should know we're taking all the appropriate steps that are necessary to be able to ensure safety. >>reporter: with a close eye on security from the pentagon to pennsylvania to right here in lower han manhattan,

reflection and remembrance. >> part of remembering is to honor. >>reporter: victims' family gather to mark the opening of a 9/11 memorial this time. >> as important as the memorial is, and i believe it could not be more important, we owe the victims much more than ceremonies and symbolism. >>reporter: the mayor at the time of the attack, rudy ghoul anna, the anniversary will be a reminder of how in just one day things changed forever. >> the biggest fear that i have that as we get to the tenth anniversary of september 11 people are going to believe it's over. >>reporter: a live picture of one of the reflecting pools. they sit in the footprint of the twin towers, and all of the victims who died in both the 2001 and 1993 attacks have their names inscribed along the edges of the pool. that's all part of the 9/11 memorial plaza, which opens to

the public for the for the first monday september 12. you must reserve a ticket in advance. our time 7:32. back here at home, double trouble for bart. vandals at one san francisco bart station just hours after the latest protest at another. the details of what's happening this morning. >>reporter: officials were out here earlier trying to fix the damaged card readers. you can see the ones in red are the ones that still are not working. vandals armed with hammers stormed in and smashed those readers and some ticket vending machines that have now been repaired. police say the destruction is the work of 20 to 30 people.

they're not sure if they were from the earlier protest. >> them going and doing violence is wrong. it's a shame that they're inconveniencing all of us. at the same time, the police have shot two people. >>reporter: just after 5 o'clock last night there was the scene at the powell street station. demonstrators organizers from no justice, no bart, say they wanted to test the free speech limitation. there is another demonstration that is set for monday night at the civic center bart state. we'll monitor that and let you know if it impacts your evening

commute. a $5,000 reward being offered in a robbery and shooting at a store. this shows a robber in a black sweatshirt pointing a gun at the check out clerk. it happened saturday morning at the rock ridge safeway on college and claremont. oakland police say the man fired his gun at a security guard and missed. he's described as 5'7" and early 20s. the chairman of the board at yahoo could lose his job now. an investment firm wants them all to step down. the firm cites the refusal of microsoft's takeover bid and failing to pick leaders that could restore yahoo's fortunes. the former ceo is not mincing

words. in an interview with fortune magazine she used the f word to describe how the board treated her and also went on to describe the board as a bunch of due fass who were spooked after so much criticism in turning down the deal with microsoft. a new school closure list causing controversy. ten elementary schools are on the list, we're told, and two middle schools. however, oakland school superintendent tony smith reportedly says it's not likely that any middle schools will be recommended for closure. one school board representative says she's disappointed to see so many predominantly african- american schools on the list. preliminary recommendations will be presented at the september 27 public board meeting. parts of northern california under a red flag warning through tomorrow because the national weather

service says low humidity and gusty winds will make it dangerous for fires. lightenings storms are headed to the bay area and may spark fires in the east bay hills. texas firefighters launching a major aerial attack that have ranged across the state for the past week. later today a converted dc-10 jet from southern california will be brought in to fight the flames. the jet is capable of dropping 12,000 gallons of fire retardant during a single flight. the wildfires have killed four people, destroyed 1400 homes and burned nearly 50 square miles of drought parched land. full containment is several days away. it may be hard to believe here in the bay area, but the united states has just entered its hottest summer in 75 years.

the average temperature throughout the country was 74.5 degrees. that's the second highest on record. the west coast bucked the trend with a cooler an average summer. here in california we had the wettest summer on record. seven thirt 7. hundreds of people starting a long walk today for a purpose to help fight breast cancer. the susan g. komen just kicked off. you're looking at video from earlier this morning, people gathering for the big opening ceremonies. everyone has to raise at least $2,300 for breast cancer research in order to participate. a spokesperson tells us there's been a lot of progress made on the disease over the years, but still a lot more to be done. >> the fight still continues because for survivors like myself, i don't want my two teenage daughters to even know what breast cancer is. >> the susan komen walk will

cover 60 miles through san francisco and the east and north bays, and overnight participants will camp out in designated camp sites. >> i did that walk a few years ago. it is a very powerful experience. all right. 7:38. we're going to check in with sale. keeping a close eye on the commute. do you have an up dade on the hayward accident. >> i do. as a matter of fact, that crash has caused a bunch of slow traffic. first of all let's talk about the peninsula because we had some word that 92 getting is just a mess. we talked about hayward, southbound 880 at a street a crash, and traffic backing up on that free heading down to hayward. let's go to live pictures now.

this you expect, about a 10, maybe 15 minute wait before you make it onto the bridge. happy friday. we're in the fog, not for everybody. many areas do have it today. it's up and down the coast. it's going to play into our weather. we had a warmup on wednesday, cooldown thursday, and today the forecast models, a scum of them went just bonkers with a warmup. i don't see it. there's too much fog there. santa rosa 82. i've seen projections santa rosa up to 88. without a north wind that's not going to happen. the city dropped to 70s a couple days ago and 61. concord cooled off, upper 80s.

when low clouds make it to san jose, it's hard to warm up. a lot of the cloud cover up in the sierra will produce thunderstorms, so be careful. also a lot of lightning. it will be sunny and warmer. these two are going to come together. this drags the moisture back towards us. it may take until sunday before it really sets up. because of the thunderstorms and very low humidity, regular flood warning out. the fire watch was cancelled by the national weather service in reno and also sacramento, but the red flag warning will

continue. for us it can't get that warm. 90s for some, 60s, 70s for others, 80 in san jose. sunnyvale 79. 70s on the peninsula. your weekend always in view, i think low clouds and high clouds starting to work their way in. nike going back to the future with a blast from the past. the company is auctioning off 1500 pairs of the nike mag on e bay, the shoe born by michaeljfox in the film back to the future part 2. we just

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a live look at the big board, the dow down 152, nasdaq down 14, s&p down 11. in about an hour president obama will speak to rally public softer for the jobs plan he announced last night. the president proposed a 450 billion-dollar plan that calls for payroll tax cuts and more federal spending on building schools, roads, bridges, and jobs training. he called on congress to stop the political circus and pass the proposal now to get americans back to work. >> the next election is 14

months away. people who hired us to work for them don't have the luxury of waiting 14 teen months: the president proposal includes tax credits who hire veterans or people who is been out of work for more than six months. lawmakers in the state senate have until close today to pass a new bill that governor brown calls a job creator for california. he stood with a bipartisan group of assembly lawmakers in announcing the measure yesterday. he says its a loop whole that gives a tax break to out of state companies. he was able to get the support to get the bill passed in the assembly, but it's not clear if he has the same support in the state senate. the power is back on for more than 1 million customers across southern california after a huge outage. hh

good morning, casey. >>reporter: good morning, dave. good to see you. this thing was very widespread, affecting millions of people, and now we're getting word that it was in fact operator error at an arizona power plant that caused this whole mess the terror threat level has been raised in many places as a precaution. you know, right back here at this gas station in south orange county, things are up and running. yesterday we saw people stranded at gas stations because their tanks were on empty and there was no electricity to operate the pumps. before the sun came out,

though, power was restored. officials here are stressing that there was no sabotage. >> we had an employee carrying out what's called a switching procedure in a you ma area substation. we'll need to take a little bit of time over the next day or two to figure out exactly what the relationship is, if any, between that procedure and the outages in yuma. >>reporter: take a look at these pictures. all flights grounded yesterday. that translates into thousands of passengers that were left stranded. the airport is back up and running this morning as is all public transportation in the

region. even the nuclear power plant had to go off line. that is what it's supposed to do when there's an interruption in power. officials say there's no danger to the public, but could take upwards of two days before the generators there are up and running and fully recharged. this has caused a certainly big problem. a local hospital with a worldwide reputation for cutting ed? : medicine is now dealing with a privacy controversy. pam cook is in the newsroom to tell us what happened. we're talking about stanford hospital. this morning administrators are apologizing to patients after completing an investigation into a major privacy breach.

the personal information of 20,000 patients were posted on a public website, including people's names, billing information, and diagnoses. that information was apparently there for nearly a year unnoticed until about a week ago. stanford hospital says the information involves patients in the hospital's emergency room during a 6-month period this 2009. the good news is, we understand social security numbers and credit card numbers were not part of the information posted. the hospital is now offering the patients affected free identity protection services. there are concerns this morning about traffic and other problems near apple's proposed new headquarters. dozens of people were at the first hearing for the planned apple campus 2 last night,

going to look like a spaceship. some are worried the new building will bring in too many cars to the neighborhood and interstate 280. a vote will come next year. they hope to open it in 2015. >> they anticipate they're going to need another one. one of the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks is being remembered in a unique way. an opera marking the life and death of a man working at the trade center. a cool move, changes for a bay area ice cream company.

ifrnlings a san francisco business times reports driers will open a new office near the walnut creek bart station. it was founded 86 years ago in oakland and still have operations there. 7:54. there is a new opera inspired by a man who died while saving thousands of lives at the world trade center on september 11. heart of a soldier premieres tomorrow night about the life of the head of security for morgan stanley based in the south tower of the world trade center. when the first hijacked plane

crashed into the north tower, he ignored official orders to stay put and began evacuating employees. >> he could lead people, inspire people to lead themselves, which is what he really does in his last day. >> by the time the second plane hit, all but a few of his 2700 employees had safely left the building, but instead of leaving himself, he went back inside to look for others. tickets are still available for the seven performances of "heart of a soldier." look under the "right now" section of the website. let's talk traffic now. sale, what are you seeing out

there? the interstate, traffic not that bad past the coliseum. we do have traffic the other way. southbound 880a street, still have a crash. they're clearing it out of the way, but the traffic is slow both directions. now let's go to steve. >> on this friday fog and low clouds. temperatures a little on the cool side.

i'm not buying into the big warmup. there's too much fog. 360 here. santa rosa still 51. a lot of mid-50s here. we'll have a mostly sunny day. inland once the fog burns off it will be sunny, 80s, low 90s. up towards clear lake it will be hot, but here low 80s, 90s, a lot of fog out there. the five-day forecast, today slightly warmer day. with your weekend in view, sun on saturday, but a lot of increasing and high to mid- level clouds on sunday looks to be a much cooler pattern sunday and monday. it is 7:58. remember the powerful explosion that took down part of the maze four years ago. there's a critical hearing today involve that long freeway

disaster. one year later residents remember the explosion that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. the memorial plan for today and what residents are saying about recovery. more cancelled flights today as the west coast tries to get caught up from yesterday's power outage. we're going tell you why airports had to cancel flights because the power was out.

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. good morning. welcome back. >> it's friday, september 9. today is a sad anniversary here in the bay area. it's been one year since the pg & e pipeline killed eight people after it blew. how the city will remember those victims. >>reporter: there is a memorial planned, but won't be held here. instead it will be up the street at skyline college tonight. people do have mixed feelings about that. people thought it should be here where the explosion happened and where the lives were lost and we're in the process of dealing with it all. one thing is clear.

this is going to be a difficult day, and everyone is dealing with this in their own way. we've seen people place ribbons along the fence this morning. another person placing flowers, and even before dawn we found a woman walking through, remembering and crying. they can still feel the fear they felt that day. one year later the nightmare continues. >> she will wake up and just holler. >>reporter: how do you comfort her? a situation like that. >> i don't know what to do. what can you say? i just ask her, you know, are you all right? it's okay. it's okay. it's just a matter of healing. some would say, gee, you had a whole year. what is a year in today's time, especially with something like what happened here.

some folks are still not sure what they're going to do. >>reporter: back live out here, some rebuilding, some not coming back. the man who lived in the home you're looking at was home when this all happened. he made it out, but he never made it back. he just passed away recently, and it's really just a reminder to everyone that even though things are moving forward, sometimes things will never be the same. our time now 8:02. a new terror threat. this one timed for this weekend's tenth anniversary of september 11. u.s. officials say they found evidence indicating al-qaeda has plans to use car bombs to blow up bridges or tunnels in new york city or washington d.c. coming up for you at 8:15 we'll have a live report from our washington d.c. newsroom on the tighter security in response to those threats.

commuters will see a larger police presence happening even though there's no specific threat that targets the bay area. time now 8:03. an apparent domestic dispute turned deadly overnight. p lease rushed to a house on cambridge driverly this morning where they found a woman shot to death. we're told the man had barricaded himself inside the house. he eventually gave up. he's now in custody. it is 8:03. people in southern california are being asked to conserve energy this morning after a massive outage left 1.4 million customers in the dark. caissondy egg gas and electric restored service early this morning after being off for 12 hours. the utility company says its system is still fragile. san diego gas and electric is asking customers to avoid using major appliances if possible, and that includes air conditioning. yesterday's highs in san diego were in the 90s. so a lot of people were pretty

uncomfortable. the impact of the power outage still for folks in the bay area.. >> it's interesting you say they're asking them to conserve power. i spoke with a woman who lives in san diego, and she tells me they still have rolling blackouts from time to time. so imagine that situation would be even worse. this morning virgin airlines, one of three that had to cancel arriving flights coming from san diego. people flying into there hit with delays because of something that started in arizona. for many of the people who lined up at the southwest ticket counter this morning, people such as pamela san fell ippo. >> we're in the same situation. we have two main field generators, portable backup generators, but we can only operate essential services, so

we can't load or unload them or check people on and off the plane as far as the reservation. that's the problem. >>reporter: explaining why the power being out grounds airplanes. of course they run on fuel. there are back up systems at all airports, generators, but it's simply too expensive to have generators for every piece of equipment, so planes can't take off and land if there's nobody to check people on and off the airplanes. i mentioned three arriving flights from san diego cancelled today. we don't have news of departing flights being cancelled so far. a power outage caused cancellation of 11 flights yesterday. 700,000 people with the power company put back online today, but again being asked to conserve energy, so anybody leave from here to there, keep that in mind as they go home or

on a business trip. 8:06. happening right now, the week long strike at several hyatt hotels across the country continues. employees at several of the chain's hotels have been working without a contract for two years and in that time their workload has become overwhelming and dangerous. housekeepers and dishwashers from other hyatts have joined the picket line. some rank and file members of california's biggest state employee union are not happy about the pay raises scheduled for their union leaders. the salary of the president of local 1,000 is going from 47,000 per year to 150,000. three union vice presidents are seeing their salaries increase to 125,000. some union members say it's hard to take considering the furloughs and layoffs they've had to endure.

a $1.4 million settlement agreed to for the family of a hospital patient killed by sheriffs deputies. two years ago deputies shot 47- year-old paul hammond in the emergency room of the regional medical center in martinez. they claim he was threatening them with a knife. the lawsuit claims he had used the knife to cut a restraint on his left hand and that he was shot while holding the knife in his right hand, which was still restrained. hammond's four children filed the lawsuit. prosecutors have decided they'll not file charges in the latest violence at candlestick park. it happened last saturday during the game. a 26-year-old man was beaten unconscious during a fight over a portable bathroom in the parking lot. officers arrest had a suspect shortly after the attack, but the da's office says there's just not enough evidence to charge him. saturday's fight came two weeks after the widespread violence

during the 49ers raiders game. a settlement hearing set today in a massive tanker truck explosion that destroyed part of the maze two years ago. the fire was so intense it brought down a section of the freeway. the state of california sued the truck company and the driver citing more than $17 million in damage and repairs. however, the company was only able to pay about 3 million of that. the judge will hear from both sides during a hearing later today. 8:08 the time. we want to check in with sale keeping a close eye on the commute. >> there are a couple of things we've been watching. first of all let's start off with some of the east bay commutes and south bay. those seem to be the busiest. santa cruz mountains, not a bat commute. 280 at 17 slow, but the rest of the valley looks good.

northbound 101 a crash mountain view. also the morning commute on northbound one coming out of the bay, a crash on the outskirts of town. we don't usually have a slowdown there. let's go to live pictures now. i want to show you the traffic. locks pretty good getting out to the bridge, although very overcast. the overcast could actually have an effect on flights coming it and out of sfo. a moderate delay at the toll plaza. >> on twitter you can follow flight advisor. i've not seen it today. usually when you get the fog, there's about a 30, 40 minute delay. sunup above, but a lot of low clouds below. not everybody. temperatures running on the cool side. i'm not buying into this big

warmup today. up towards clear lake, i think it will be hot, maybe out to sacramento. here i don't see it. there's no north wind yet. saturday will be the transition day. next week after the cloud cover on monday, it looks like it will stay on a cooler pattern. we did get a couple of days that were 70-degree weather made it to the city, but not yesterday. a lot of the cloud cover in the sierra nevada will fire up again once we get going with the afternoon heating. some of that is going to wrap toartsdz us. it's just impossible, the forecast. you have to do a broad brush. 50s to 60s, the system dropping

down and merging with another low off of, and the flow could bring clouds back towards us as we get towards sunday. it looks like the fog will be increasing as the low develops too. today thick coastal fog, and that gives way to sunshine warming up a little bit inland. i think temperatures will be close to yesterday's numbers. showers possible napa county, santa clara. it would be a reach, but i'll mention it. 60s, 70s and '80s on the temperatures unless you're far inland. many 80s or low 90s, 60s and '70s closer to the bay. san jose 88 degrees, which

would only be two warmer than yesterday. 70s on the peninsula. five-day forecast, the weekend in view, a sunny saturday, then increasing high clouds starting to roll in giving us a mostly cloudy sunday and monday. 8:12. we told you yesterday, fbi agents searched the solar facility in freemont, carrying out boxes and bags of evidence. they didn't say what they're looking for. they do say they're working with the department of energy. they laid off 1100 employees. newly released tapes from america's terror nightmare 10 years ago. >> nobody move. everything okay. >> a 9/11 hijacker speaks moments before crashing the plane. shut down by the quake in tsunami, a disturbing new development involving japan's nuclear reactors. the two survivors of the

plane crash that killed a russian hockey team and what's happening today in the investigation.

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. officials in dc and new york are taking a new stylette by terrorists seriously. >>reporter: here in washington d.c. and new york there are events to commemorate the september 11 attacks. there's a heightened sense of worry. authorities say they have credible information about a plot targeting new york and washington d.c. with either a car or truck bomb around the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. authorities say a handful of people may have come into the u.s. in recent days to carry out the attack and one may be a u.s. citizen. the information comes from a credible source out of pakistan, but it has not been could rob braid. -- corroborated.

>> there is every image believe amount of resources that have been put in place to address this. >>reporter: police say unattended cars left in unusual places are being immediately checked and towed away and we've seen more police around the u.s. capitol building this morning. the tenth anniversary will be marked with ceremonies in new york city, pennsylvania and pentagon. now organizers have to consider this new terror threat in the plans. we'll have a live report from new new york city about preparations for a memorial service at ground zero. new audio tapes from september 11 now public, and they're giving us a chilling look at what happened 10 years

ago. >> it will be okay. just stay quiet. nobody move, please. don't try to make any stupid moves. >> that was the voice of a terrorist talking to the passengers on american airlines flight 11 that hit the north terror of the world trade center. other audio reveals the moments after united flight 175 crashed into the second tower. >> just hit the building. wow. holy smokes. >> the 9/11 commission compiled all of that audio as part of its federal investigation. nuclear reactors across japan continue to remain idle after the tsunami and earthquake. now at least one company is accused of trying to manipulate

public opinion in order to restart its reactor. the new york times reports the company sent fake e-mails in support of restarting the reactors. japan is in the middle of conducting stress tests on nuclear plants to make sure they're safe to operate. there is a plan under consideration to station some u.s. troops in kuwait after tens of thousands of troops are withdrawn from iraq by the end of the year. the troops would act is a backup or rotational training force for iraqi troops. all or nearly all u.s. troops are set to depart iraq by december 31 under a security agreement. no decisions have been made, and it is not known whether direct talks with the kuwaiti government have begun. investigators in russia now examining the flight data recorder on a plane crash that killed 43 people, members of a hockey team. there were only two survivors. they were transferred to a moscow hospital yesterday. they are still in intensive

care. again, 43 others died in that crash. it is 8:20. the death of a bay area marine leads to a military trial with serious charges tied to this tragedy. also trouble at two stations in san francisco added up to a pretty bad night. good morning. if you're driving in marin county, 101 southbound looks good held h eding hey!

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. 8:24. keeping a close eye on the commute. >> we're looking at the bay area bridge this time around. richmond bridge under a little bit of fog. same with the golden gate. pesky backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. >> fog, fog and fog. some areas have the sun already, but temperatures today , i don't see a big warming. temperatures really aren't that warm. we're at 8 o'clock hour.

maybe later today, but / think it's kind of a push, thick fog, low clouds and sunny. i'm cutting the forecast in half. i just don't buy it. west breeze in place. that's out of the west, not a warm direction. fifty, 60s, 70s, upper 80s and low 90s. areas up toward lake county and sacramento will be very warm to hot, but around here i just expect close to what we had yesterday. a big cool down on sunday. a big count down to the new i phone and the buzz among apple fans. we're live in san francisco where protesters and vandals target two separate stations. we'll tell what you they're

doing about it. federal authorities have announced they've received credible information that terrorists may be plotting an attack in the coming days. >> heightened alert on the days leading up to 9/11. the new threat that's affecting memorial preparations. we're going to go live to new york next.

. this weekend on the tenth anniversary of september 11 memorial services will remember the 3,000 people killed in new york, the pentagon and pennsylvania. our reporter is in new york to tell us what's happening there, and also about new security measures in place responding to

a new terror threat. >>reporter: good morning. basically what's happening here is a lot of extra security in light of the potential new threat. as you might imagine, much of this already in place, but a much higher level as we're expecting the president on sunday. >>reporter: americans will pause to mark the tenth anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on american soil. >> we learned, in going through all the material, that al-qaeda was still determined to attack around anniversaries. >>reporter: on thursday

officials cited a threat with washington d.c. and new york a possible threat. with a close eye on security from the pentagon to pennsylvania to right here in lower manhattan, the tenth anniversary will be marked with reflection and remembrance. the mayor at the time of the attack, the anniversary is a reminder of how, in just one day, things changed forever.

>>reporter: these pools sit in the footprint of the twin towers and remember all those that died, with their names inscribed in panels on the edges of the pools. that's all part of the memorial which opens to the public for the first time on monday, september 12. if you do plan on visiting, be sure you go to the 9/11 memorial website first to reserve a ticket in advance. it's 8:31. overnight firefighters put out a brushfire that broke out just after midnight near interstate 680 and goal hill road. investigators believe it may have started because someone was shooting off flares in the area. firefighters had the fire out in less than an hour. in southern california firefighters expect to have the canyon fire fill contained today.

nearly 15,000 acres have burned and 32 homes destroyed. vandalism, a rowdy protest, we're joined live to tell us about this double trouble. >>reporter: we're here where the vandals struck. you can see behind me there's spray painting on the wall there. there's white spray paint and it says charles hill. if you look over here a little to the right, you can see damaged clipper card readers there. vandals stormed into the glenn park station around 10 o'clock, smashed those readers, ticket

event vending machines and sprayed graffiti. police say the destruction is the work of 20 to 30 people, and they're not sure if they were a splinter group from earlier last night. demonstration organizers wanted to test the free speech limitations. >> citizens are like, wait a minute, that's stifling their speech. this is a tough one. >>reporter: demonstrators say they're angry that they were still kicked out of the designated free speech zone. there is another one scheduled next monday night. we'll be there and let you know how it impacts your evening

commute. a woman charged with killing a missing nursing student, but we don't know if she will show up for her scheduled arraignment. she's seven months pregnant, so her doctors must first give their approval before she can appear in court. she's accused of killing her former high school friend whose body has still not been found. investigators say she blamed her for ruining her relationship with her boyfriend. a fundraiser for the football player seriously injured and left in a coma during a match. we're told he's recovering well from brain injuries. today's fundraiser will go towards rehabilitation. it begins at 6 p.m.

at saint stephens church in san francisco. the launch of the i phone five includes specific dates. they'll unveil the latest version on september 21 in the bay area. the company's huge cash reserves to good use under the program, apple matching charitable contributions of u.s. employ use up to $10,000 a year. as of september last year, a lot of money for good causes. a lot of companies do this. the corporation will match it.

president trying to rally support for the jobs plan he announced last night. he is speaking live. let's listen in. >> thank you for that outstanding introduction. give him a big round of applause. everybody is a special guest, but there are a few people i want to acknowledge first of all. the outstanding president of the university. >> former governor of virginia and one of my greatest friends, the first person to endorse me outside of illinois, my home state right here in richmond,

virginia. >> the president is doing his greetings, which is kind of typical at one of these rallies, he'll be talking about his jobs plan momentarily. in the meantime we want you to head over to sal and get an update and check on with steve for your weekend weather and get back to the president's speech in a moment. >> 880 has been troublesome. northbound also slow here in oakland. not that bad. it gets better after high street. also this morning looking at the bay bridge, which has been steady and slow for about 10 minutes coming up to the pay gates. if you're driveing in sang jose, we're looking at that closely. >> pretty good fog bank developed. we have the fog in place we're

not picking up a north wind. if anything more of a westerly breeze. fairfield only 60s. mostly cloudy skies, looks like it's starting to thin out. moisture firing up over the sierra nevada produces dry lightning. there's a red flag warning out there. also the fire watch continues. some of those thunderstorms at least the clouds may drift over

this direction as we go into weekend. upper 80s, low 90s, unless urineland. for most i think it's going to be a day similar to what we had yesterday. thick fog out there. we'll head back to the coast, sunny, a little warmer but still a component of southwesterly breeze. down below, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s we'll have 90, morgan hill.

77 wood side. the five-day forecast has weekend in view with some sun on saturday and increasing high clouds, partly to mostly cloudy sunday, monday. university of richmond, virginia, president obama speaking about his jobs plan. >> the story of the american dream. those things that made america the envy of the world. in other words, you expect action and deserve it right now. that's why after a few scheduling issues i went to congress last night.

we can grow the economy, help businesses and put more fellow americans back to work. it's called the american jobs act. next week i'll send it to congress. they should pass it right away. >> you've been listening to president obama rallying support for his american job act. he wants them to pass it right away, a phrase used last night. so far generally positive reviews from congress to stimulate job creation. some predict it would put hundreds of thousands back to work next year mainly because a social security tax cut for workers would be deepened and extended to small businesses. republicans highly critical of this plan saying it's nothing

new and won't work. there's the big question about whether the gop will pass this bill. john boehner says there's elements they can work with and some does merit consideration. still a lot to be discussed. remembering september 11 victim this morning right on the floor of the new york stock exchange. many say it was a very emotional moment for all of them. the lights went out for millions of people. we'll have coverage on where things stand now. you can getm an experienced professional. we've given over 5 million flu shots over the last 10 years. [ male announcer ] hey, but who's counting?

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. this morning traders at the new york stock exchange took time out to remember the victims of the september 11 attacks. many people on the floor could be seen wiping their eyes. hillary clinton and rudy giuliani were among those taking part. a new al-qaeda threat ahead of the tenth anniversary of september 11.

tighter security now in place. san francisco police searching for the vandals that caused major damage to the glenn park barge station. this happened last night just hours after a rowdy protest at the powell street station. a ceremony remembering the victims will be held tonight at 6 p.m. at skyline college. people around san diego are being asked to help conserve electricity after a massive power outage. the outage also affected parts of orange county arizona and mexico. >>reporter: this thing was very widespread, 7 million customers. we're happy to report at this hour nearly 100 percent of the service has been restored to this area, but no doubt some scary moments for folks who

called this part of the country home. i think that it is safe to say that a lot of americans are on edge right now ago h as we're nearing the tenth anniversary of september 11 and the terror threat level has been raised in many places. in fact, as a precaution no one was expecting the power to go out for this large of a spot, and it was in fact out for about 13 hours. it snarled traffic because thousands of lights were out, shutting down schools and reports of accidents and people stuck in elevators. officials are stressing there was no sabotage here. >> we know we had an employee carrying out what's called a switching procedure in a yuma area substation, but we will need to take a little bit of time over the next day or two to try to figure out exactly what the relationship is, if any, between that procedure and

outages in yuma. >>reporter: all flights grounded at san diego international translating into thousands of passengers being left stranded. the airport is back up and running as is all public transportation in the nation's eighth largest city, but it will take some time to get this all sorted out. we understand it could take up to two days for the nuclear side of things to be back up and running. a lot of people on edge when this happened, especially when it's been extremely warm in the

triple digits. we're live in south orange county. trouble with a popular fisherman wharf restaurant, dinnertime walk out leading to an overnight shakeup. a deadly incident at a fast food restaurant. where the trouble all started.

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. a special unit of fighters hunting down khadafy. they're tracking him and listening in on phone calls, examining satellite images and questioning witnesses. cia is also helping in the manhunt. authorities say william gray stole $2.4 million in error coins, knowing the value would go up. in a courtroom in new jersey yesterday, he admitted taking one dollar coins that didn't have letering, free on $50,000 bail and will be sentenced december 30.

in oakland a new list of schools on a potential closure list already causing controversy. there are 10 elementary schools on the list and one board representative says she's disappointed that so many are predominantly african-american schools near interstate 580. there are also two middle schools on the list, but oakland superintendent tony smith says middle school closures are unlikely. preliminary closure recommendations will be presented at the september 27 public board meeting. some stan fran workers are out of a job following a walkout during the dinner rush last saturday. it happened on fisherman's wharf with 200 people eating dinner. the restaurant asked everyone to leave, and the owner say they lost $40,000 in revenue. there were plenty of cooks to replace those who left and the restaurant opened with a new staff the next day. the workers were protesting about new management, a new menu and other issues.

time 8:55. investigators in georgia blame poisonous fumes at a mcdonald's restaurant for a deadly tragedy. an elderly woman died and eight others in the hospital. the woman was found unconscious in a bathroom. three firefighters were also sent to the hospital along with five other customers. investigators say there was a toxic mix of cleaning chemicals. federal health and safety officials are investigating. thousands of people are expected to fill the ft. bragg high school football stadium tomorrow at the public memorial for city council man jerry mello, who also worked as a forrester. he was shot and killed two weeks ago in a rugged forest east of ft. bragg. the fbi is leading the man hunt for his suspected killer, aaron bass letter. they say he killed him in an effort to protect his illegal

opium field. a man who played an important role in the jazz scene for decades has died. he died of a heart attack wednesday. he was an accomplished drummer that performed alongside dionne warwick, pointer sisters and many others, but also played a big role in the bay area jazz scene. he was 74 years old. one more time we want to check in with sal, keeping a close eye on the friday morning commute. is it winding down. >> a little bit. we still have slow traffic, and i've picked the slow spots to show you. i also have a good spot here. look at lafayette. 24 looks great. it's usually not this light. we'll take it. 880 is not. you can how slow it is up past the coliseum. this morning's commute is backed up at the toll plaza for

about 10 minutes. let's go to steve. a lot of low clouds and fog out there, so for some it wilburn off and we'll have 67. the fog is extensive often the coast. 70s, 80s around the bay. low 90s inland. on the weekend, saturday mostly cloudy south bay. okay the north bay, sunday everyone gets a lot of clouds. >> showers. >> it's possible coming off the sierra. >> cover yourself just in case. have a great weekend, everyone.