it has a difficult year for the people of san bruno, today reflecting on what happened september 9th, 2010. good afternoon, i i am tori campbell, san bruno is remembering the pipeline explosion one year ago, claudine wong joins us where the report. >> reporter: one year later there is still a gaining gaping hole here. the memory came flooding back. >> the horror of it if you imagine hell, like going to a movie and imagining hell. i could like 7 or 8 stories high of flame and smoke. >> reporter: she told us she was ready. >> i am trying to pull the good

memories, the hope of going guard. her store is not unlike others we heard in the neighborhoods but people still grieve. they place flowers and empty lot that one year ago today were people's homes today they remember them all killed in the blaze. they remember the injured and those who ran for their lives. his wife still has nightmares. >> she will wake up and just hollar, i don't know what to do, what can you say? i just ask her, you know, you all right. she says no, it is okay, it is okay. >> while there are signs of rebuilding, amidst it all today is a reminder that healing takes time and everyone has their own path. maria barr this morning still looks for hers. >> my home has always been my

castle but i am still -- the realization of what has happened is hitting me again and i think maybe i will move. >> tonight's public ceremony will be at skyline college at 6:00, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> changes are coming in the wake of this explosion, last week the ntsb blamed pg&e in a report about the explosion, congress is still taking a closer look at its law and legislation is pending that would require automatic or remote control shut off valves, the mother of jessica morales is now heading up a non-profit group called the gas pipe safety foundation, which is pushing for strict controls over high pressured gas lines that return underneath neighborhoods. a terror alert is prompting additional security measures in new york city and washington, d.c. as we near the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

members of the obama administration believe three people are involved in the threat, including one u.s. citizen. they believe it may involve a car or truck bomb and an attack on bridges or tunnels. this morning new york mayor michael bloomberg road the subway, saying people should be vigilant but go on with their lives. >> bottom line, go back to work and leave it to the professionals because you don't want al qaeda or any other organization, i don't know if this is al qaeda or some other terrorist organization, you don't want them to take away the freedoms without firing a shot. >> he says there will be an increased police presence along with security measures you might not notice, among them bomb sweeps at parking garages and more towing of illegally parked cars. because of this many organizationers of 9/11 ceremonies are having to make adjustments. this sunday will be marked with several events.

later in the newscast we will have a report from new york city for the memorial service at ground service. here bart is tightening security ahead of the 9/11 anniversary, commuters will see a bigger police presence, it is happening even though there is no specific threat targeting the bay area. bart officials confirm to ktvu channel 2 news this morning that vandalism at the glen park bart station in san francisco late last night was tied to protests downtown earlier in the evening. bart officials say as many as a dozen people wearing hoodies and carrying hammers swarmed into the station just before 11:00 p.m., they smashed clipper card readers and machines workers examined them. the vandalism surprised some riders. >> this is one of the out of the way bart stations that you would not think that you are going to do something going on and it is like now they are starting in glen park so what is next, just walk to work or

bike to work maybe? >> the vandals also spray painted what appeared to be the name oscar grant on a wall and the name charles hill on a floor. grant is the man bart police shot, hill is the homeless man officers shot this summer. they say he threatend passengers with knives. the vandalism followed protests over those shootings. police in circled them, closed the station and arrested between 20 and 30 protesters. although a massive power outage is over in southern california, utility officials are still asking people there to conserve energy. service was restored to san diego customers early this morning after 12 hours without electricity in sweltering heat. but officials say the system is still fragile and people should

avoid using major appliances if possible including air- conditioning, authorities are trying to figure out why a simple mistake by an employee in arizona triggered such a huge outage. some flights are still affected due to that slow recoffee from the power outage. gregg debro joins us to less us what the situation situation is like now. >> they have cancelled flights but very little tush turbulence since then. a line formed there.

many had flights cancelled but are rebooking today. many are disappointed. >> i found out but i had to turn around and go back but i was lucky i was able to re- schedule and get on the early morning. >> 50 dollars to get home last night, and 50 to get here this morning. >> so an extra 100 dollars. >> out of my vacation money, yeah, but i am going, i am going. i am determined we are going to get there. >> they said today they are investigating the cause of the massive power outage. it started at an electric repair station in arizona, that caused more than a million people in arizona, california, and baja, california, mexico to lose power, but airports don't depend on electronic grids many have back up systems supported by gas generators but there are functions that are not supported by them.

>> we have two main field generators and a portable back up generators but we can operate essential services, fire alarms tower communications field lighting and navigation systems so we can get them in or out but we can load or unload them or check them on or off so that is the problem. >> as they report problems san francisco is still suffering, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> police are investigating the death of a former uc berkeley golfer as suspicious. the body of diane kwan was found in the parking lot of a former barns and nobles store. kwan played two seasons at cal and helped lead the team to a top 10 ranking. the woman charged with killing -- >> every ktvu channel 2 news

cast now -- >> the woman charged with killing nursing student michelle le is once again due in court to be a rained, be arraigned, she is 7 months pregnant so her doctors must give her body. investigators say she blamed her for ruining her relationship with her boyfriend. president obama hit the road today to sell his jobs plan. >> the time for action is now. the time to create jobs is now. pass this bill -- >> he made an appearance at the university of richmond in virginia where he asked the crowd to help pressure congress to help pass the package. as he laid out in a speech last night his plan is a combination of tax cuts, construction jobs and unemployment assistance and

it is known as the american jobs act. >> i want you to call, i want you to e-mail. i want you to twit. i want you to fax, i want you to visit. i want you to facebook, send a carrier pigeon. i want -- >> the president says he is pleased that several republicans are showing interest in his proposals and that with encouragement from voters he is optimistic congress will do the right thing. some people were up early today for a good cause, the details ahead. rosemary is watching a possibility of thunderstorms here and lightning strikes in the sierra, she will have the forecast next. and it was an exciting morning at a local school. ahead how today's event is connected to the new remember them statute in oakland.

a settlement hearing is underway today on the tanker truck explosion there in 2007. it was so intense it brought down a section of the freeway, they sued the company and the driver, citing more than $17

million for repairs but the company is only able to pay 3 million, u.s. stocks have tumbled av the top german official at the central european bank resigned in protest in the bank bond buying program. taking live look at the big board stocks are down almost 3%, the dow down 325 at 10,971. before the markets opened this morning traders at the new york stock exchange took time to remember the victims of the september 11th attacks. [ singing god bless america ] >> traders joined in to sing god bless america after they stood in silence for a minute. many people on the floor could be seen wiping tears from their eyes, hillary clinton and rudy guiliani were among those present on the trading floor this morning. we told you earlier authorities are investigating what they call a credible but unconfirmed report of a terrorism plot in

new york city or washington, d.c., that comes as the cities get ready for this weekend's commemorations of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks reporter trisha woo has details on those preparations. >> reporter: close eye on the security. sunday's 10th anniversary will be marked with reflection and remembrance. victim's families who have gathered at ground zero each year will mark the opening as 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 symbolism and them. >> reporter: it will be a reminder of how in one day things changed. >> our biggest fear that i have that as we get to the 10th

anniversary of september 11 people are going to believe it is over. >> reporter: you are looking at the pools, they are part of the memorial which was opened for the first time on monday, september 12th. in new york, trisha woo. >> they will honor them with a tribute at coit tower. it will be lit in red, white and blue and remain that way through the weekend. they are also marking the 9/11 anniversary weekend. the cabs are decorated with american flags. a ktvu flavor discovered this morning the flags are already in place on some of the vehicles, from 5:00 a.m. to the 10:00 news we have special coverage, coverage includes live reports and a special program begins at 6:00 p.m. called 9/11, a decade of change. hundreds of people have

started a long walk today to help fight breast cancer. the susan g. komen three day walk kicked off in daily city. everyone must raise at least $2300 for breast cancer research in order to participate. a spokesperson says there is a lot of progress but still more to be done. >> the fight still continues for us to find the cure because for survivers like myself i don't want my two teenaged daughters to ever even know what breast cancer is. >> the walk will cover 60 miles through san francisco and the east and north bays, overnight they camp out in designated campsited with pink tents. they put out a brush fire that broke out just after midnight. they 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 parts of northern carl foreign aand the sierra are under a red flag fire warning through tomorrow, that includes areas in lake, solano and san joaquin counties low humidity and gusty winds make for dangerous conditions. in gilroy firefighters spent yesterday putting out a 5 acre blaze that destroyed several vehicles and buildings. cal fire says lightning storms are headed to the bay area that could spark fires in the east bay hills. >> good afternoon, to you, happy friday. dealing with haze out there. we had more fog out there this morning and finally slowly it is burning off. we are adding some areas to that high fire danger in time for the weekend. tory mentioned it just a moment ago. now areas of the north bay mountains above 1500 feet and areas along the diablo range as well as the east bay hills will

see a fire weather watch and red flag warning through tomorrow, santa clara as well as monterrey are expected to be added a shade of yellow for tomorrow. for today see how widespread it is over california, the sierra, so lana county, vacaville and to the east and portions of lake sonoma as well as napa and the north bay hills so please take it easy out there. through tomorrow the thunderstorms rolling through, not going to bring us a lot of rain. not worried about that, it is the dry lightning that is a big concern for fire danger, the winds coming from the east northwest, san francisco at 6 miles per hour, the rest of us dealing with a west northwesterly wind anywhere from 5 to 10 miles per hour, a high pressure is bringing that northerly flow to the north bay area for today, over the weekend a low pressure system sits off the coastline in southern california that brings us that monsoonal moisture and the possibility of those turns.

for today afternoon highs will be warmer than yesterday then cool it down into the weekend, take a look what you can expect mostly sunny for today and 85 sonoma, low 80s petaluma, widespread 70s it looks like in areas right around oakland as well as san leandro, 68 degrees alameda and areas inland will warm up to the low mid-90s for the afternoon, meanwhile the santa clara valley 80s, low 90s out there, 80 san jose, 90 degrees morgan hill, along the peninsula nice day, redwood city 74 as well as san mateo, san francisco 64 in the afternoon. your weekend forecast here notice the drop off, especially noticeable for the inland areas, anywhere from 4 to six degrees expected for tomorrow and another 4 to six degrees on sunday. on monday into tuesday we hold with the pattern, mid-80s along the coastline, widespread low and mid-60s, so you know for most of us we are not going to notice those thunderstorms but the higher elevations and just dismipg to keep an eye on.

>> yeah, thank you rosemary. >> sure. >> in oakland a new list of schools on a potential closure list is already causing controversy, there are 10 elementary schools on the list and one board representative said she is disappointed that so many are predominantly african american schools. preliminary closure recommendations will be presented at that meeting. the man behind the newest monument made another presentation this morning in alameda. >> 3, 2, 1 -- [ cheers ] >> he unveiled his bronze cast sculpture of ruby bridges, the woman for whom alameda's newest school was named, she was the

first black student to attend a formerly all white school and she was there. >> it is more than just an honor, a huge responsibility i think to kind of live up to so i am just so grateful to mario for donating the piece here for the school. >> the statute will be placed in the school's courtyard. coming up another check on stocks ahead as the dow has dropped more than 300 pointings, and some people are joking that a proposed building that looks like a spaceship could be coming to cupertino but it is getting a rise out of some critics.

a live look at the big board on wall street, the numbers started the day down because there was not a lot of positive feeling about president obama's job plan and the markets took a dip after some concern about the european debt crisis. they are all down. there are concerns over traffic near apple's proposed new headquarters in cupertino, dozens attended the first hear hearing for the planned apple campus 2, looks like a spaceship and will be built there, some worry it will bring too many cars slowing traffic on their neighborhoods and interstate 280. a vote on the project will come

next year, apple hopes to open their new headquarters in 2015. before we go this note, all three lines of san francisco municipal railways cable car service are out of service this noontime because of an equipment problem. service on the powell mason, powell hide and california lines has been shut down as of 11:00 a.m. muny says there is a problem with the phone line that carries the radio communications on the cars, bus shuttles are providing service along the lines until the problem is resolved. tonight at 5:00 marking the day. the way the san bruno explosion is being remembered today on the first anniversary of the blast from a big protest in san francisco to the community ceremony tonight. that will be in our next newscast. ktvu channel 2 news at 5. thanks for watching. send comments to comments@captioncolorado.com captions by terry james, caption colorado, llc.