lay long standoff overnight inside an office supply store in oakland.

police searching for an armed robber. the unique disguise they say he was wearing. >> and an unusual lightning storm passes through the bay area sparking a series of fires. and new information about the people link to a possible terror plot planned for the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. grew good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. it's saturday, september 10th. let's check in with your weekend forecast with meteorologist rosemary roscoe. good morning, rosemary. that was quite a lightning storm we saw! >> you said it. but the conditions have actually improved overnight. let's start with the red flag warning over the north bay lasting until 11:00 this morning. those dry northerly winds have been gusting to 22 miles per hour, even 25 in some cases in the overnight hours. and they're expected to continue through late morning. humidity this morning is low as well, especially for first

start of the day. meanwhile, over the east and south bay, through the weekend we are expecting that possibility of thunderstorms. dry lightning sparking even some fires last night. but the atmosphere has become more saturated and from this point on we are expecting any thunderstorms to actually be attached with some moisture and some scattered showers, and that will lessen the fire threat over the east and south bay. but that thunderstorm risk will remain for the weekend, through the range and east bay hills, santa clara and monterey counties. talk more about this and what you can expect outside your door this morning, and the weekend, coming up. that began as a hostage situation finally came to an end. alex savage is live with the latest. alex. >> reporter: good morning to you, mike. armed men burst into the office depot store behind us, just around closing time last night, demanding money. and according to police, they were told by witnesses the man was wearing one of these guys fox masks from the movie v for

vendetta. he was taken into custody inside the store after this long standoff that lasted more than six hours. during that time, snipers took up positions around the store. we were also a s.w.a.t. officers on the roof of the business as well it started around 9:30 last night with a call about a robbery in progress at this store near 40th and hollis in oakland. just on the border right next to emeryville. but officers got here, they could see it a man with a gun inside the place, several employees came running out of the building and for a short time police were worried the accused gunman was holding hostages but as it turned out, he was the only one inside the business when it was all said and done. but he wasn't giving up easily. after using a loud speaker, police tried to urge the man to surrender. the s.w.a.t. team went in and found him hiding out and brought an end to this overnightstandoff. >> bottom line is, resolved peacefully. there was no significant injuries to any innocent victims or to the suspect himself. so the situation resolved

peacefully and we're all going home. and you can't ask for anything better than that. >> after he was brought out of the store he was treated for minor injuries to his hands and was taken to a hospital to get checked out. police say they did have to use tear gas to get the man to give himself up inside this office depot store. as you can see behind us, as we come back out here live, oakland police officers still out here doing an investigation this morning. we're told that they are still searching for the handgun that was used in the robbery last night or the attempted robbery i should say, and police as well. also searching this office depot store, trying to find the mask. they believe this accused armed robber was wearing when he burst into the store last night and triggered this six-hour standoff here in oakland. fires on mount diablo sparked by lightning are now

contained. that's one of the fires burning near leon drive. the other two fires were on northgate and morgan territories al regional park become 42 acres burned. all three fires started around 8 last night, when lightning hit. lightning hit all over the bay last night. this is near dublin. the storm also brought thunder, rain and hail to parts of the east bay. that unusual weather began around 8 and lasted for about two hours. at least two bay area high school football games were disrupted bit weather in. lafayette it was the game at skyline. the you can hear the fans. so the fans and players had to leave the field. some took cover in the gym. play resumed an hour later. in mountainview, our sports crew was covering the game when the lightning started. we shot this video about 5,000 fans were evacuated from those stands. this did happen at half time but the game did resume a short

time later. tomorrow marks the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. many observances are about start today. one is starting in shanksville, pennsylvania where flight 93 crashed. today vice president joe biden and former presidents george w. bush and bill clinton. families of victims have been gathering at the memorial. the first phase of a permanent memorial will be dedicated today. president obama will visit all three 9/11 sites tomorrow. and inn his weekly address he he is the attacks proved the resilience of the american people. >> in their name, we will never waver. we will protect the country we love and pass safer, stronger and more prosperous to the next generation. >> the president says the united states has strengthened its partnership with allies

reformed intelligence, and invested in special forces. he adds that during the past two and a half years, more senior al-qaeda leaders such as osama bin laden have been eliminated than at any time since 9/11. the man credited for leading new york city through the dark days following 9/11 gave this morning's republican response. >> we must never forget what we witnessed on that day, both the incomprehensible face of pure evil and the depth of love and >> former new york mayor rudy compassion. giuliani was dubbed america's mayor following the attacks. he did not mention president obama by name, he criticized the administration's policies saying america is not as safe as it should be. security tight sex offender new york city on the eve of the 9/11 anniversary. two men are u.s. citizens or carry u.s. travel documents.

the c.i.a. received a tip from a long term source in the afghanistan region who has been reliable in the past. authorities think the attackers had a goal to set. a car bomb or come up with other ways to create chaos. >> another target is the capitol. police out in full force throughout the washington, d.c. area this weekend. officers have a vast camera network and are checking bridges, tunnels, if abandoned cars. here in the by area people may notice an increase in law enforcement. bart will have extra security at train stations and parking lots through monday. although there is no specific threat, the federal transportation security administration has asked for increased patrols around bart as part of operation rail safe, a national security operation including more than 140 agencies from 32 states and several canadian cities. stay with ktvu for coverage tomorrow, on september 11th. our coverage will begin at 5 a.m., and it will continue throughout the day. with our special 9/11, a decade

of change at 6 p.m. along with complete coverage on our 10:00 news. good morning to you. waking up with a little bit of sunshine out there. giving you a look at a little bit of haze out there, little bit of fog on the coastline. many of us seeing the sunrise this, who. that low-pressure system that's bringing us the thunder, the lightning, and clearer skies this morning as well. and look at storm-tracker here. we do have a little rain. this is where the low will be stationed for the entire weekend. in the counter-clockwise motion sending in the monsoonal moisture so northern santa barbara county seeing a few scattered showers, all the way into monterey county. we've seen scattered showers, even a little thunderer and lightning this morning. here closer to home we've been mostly clear and mostly dry. i mentioned it at the top of the hour, the atmosphere is wetter and that's good news. we're not expecting much dry lightning over the course of the weekend. 54 in santa rosa.

58 san francisco. mid-60s san jose. our temperatures are up over what we saw yesterday morning. so to recap quickly, it looks like the valley as well as the sierra definitely going to have their hands full. red flag warning continuing there. north bay hills through 11:00 this morning, we do continue with dry gusty winds as well as low humidity for the morning hours. talking about that low once again, that's where we're going to see the stream of moisture move through. partly cloudy skies expected for us through the weekend. a gradual cooldown. today maybe not to much but by tomorrow a notable cooldown. chance of thunderstorms remain with us, a couple rounds moving through in the afternoon. i want to show you the next 24 to 48 hours. by the afternoon we're doling with the cloudy skies, but most of that moisture up over the sierra, even the south sierra. tomorrow morning we wake up with the clouds and by the afternoon, it looks like perhaps inland east bay areas as well as the diablo range and monterey county the

possibility. few thunderstorms into the evening hours. it doesn't look like a whole lot. that possibility is there. 20% gives us a really -- riding the fence on this one. giving you a look at what is going on temperature-wise, 79 in novato today. upper 70s in napa. widespread 70s for the east bay, and inland east bay upper 80s, row 90s. 89 expected for livermore today. 78 san jose. mid-70s redwood city. 70 degrees expected at san mateo for the afternoon. your extended forecast here, cooler for tomorrow, monday morning clouds, temperatures very similar. you see just a gradual warm-up as we slide away, closer to tuesday and wednesday. back to the desk. a quick check on traffic right now. all lanes on highway 101 in san jose are back open after overnight construction there. the work is part of a big project to replace a 50-year- old interchange near tully road. there will be more closures starting at midnight tonight. all lanes at 101 will be shut

down from capitol expressway to the 286-80 interchange, wrapping up by 7 tomorrow. but there will be another rounds of closures from midnight tomorrow to 5 a.m. on monday. and let's give you another live look outside. that's the longest bridge in the bay area, the san mateo bridge. traffic moving smoothly there in both directions this saturday morning. bicyclists getting back their sidewalk on the golden gate bridge today. the bridge district reopened the western sidewalk to bike traffic this morning. two weeks earlier than expected. since may, retrofit work has forced bicyclists to share the eastern sidewalk with pedestrians and another change is coming. beginning on monday, bridge work will close a section of the eastern sidewalk, but pedestrians will not be able to cross the bridge end-to-end, until mid-january. it was a long night for lawmakers on capitol hill. the votes that came down overnight about a pill that said so create more jobs.

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the opportunity to get started sooner rather than later, was putting people back to work. >> like the told the governor, i don't have any intentions of recommend to go my caucus that they vote for something that they haven't even read. >> lawmakers did approve bills, including one that helps the 49ers build a new stadium in santa clara. the legislation speeds up environmental reviews of major construction projects. another bill headed to the governor gives childs care providers who receive state funding the right to unionize. lawmakers also reached a compromise with online retailers such as amazon.com. it gives online retailers before the state starts collecting state sales taxes. the company will use the time to lobby congress for national rules on governing online sales taxes. the state and senate and assembly also passed a bill to let local governments run state parks. it would allow cities or counties to take over operation of state parks that could close due to budget cuts. a similar bill by jerod huffman has also been sent to the

governor, and that bill would allow non-profit groups to run the parks. on monday, we may learn more details about the estimated 40,000 bank of america jobs being cut nationwide. details of the cutbacks are expected to be discussed by the chief executive. but some information has already been disclose. the layoffs will come mainly from the consumer banking operations, which is going to back branches, loan centers and other offices in california. california has the highest amount of bank of america branches in the country, and analysts say most of the layoffs will happen here further crippling the economy. president obama is now signed a federal disaster declaration for the state of texas. >> we need housing assistance. >> the president says the declaration will provide federal funding to the hundreds of people whose homes have been destroyed. the fire now called the largest in state history is still not 100% contained and has

destroyed or damaged 1400 homes. many evacuees are eager to get back into their neighborhoods and see what remains of their house. >> i can't get in. i had neighbors that snuck in and there are looters through the whole neighborhood. >> the fire is just one of at least 200 burning across the state. in total, about 1700 homes have burned down and four people have been killed. crews say the flames are being fueled by dry brush, a result of the worst drought in texas since the 1950s. and forecasters say the dry weather is likely to continue. calmer winds are now allowing firefighters in oregon to gain ground on a wildfire burning since august 27th. yesterday the governor took an aerial view of the dollar lake fire burning on mount hood. so far, the fire has burned more than 4600 acres. crews say lightning sparked that fire, and now the biggest concern is protecting the bull run watershed from the flames. it provides water to nearly a million people in portland.

lightning caused a fire to break out at a palm tree farm in chandler, arizona. the fire started last night when severe weather was spotted in the area. firefighters say multiple trees caught fire but no structures were damaged. they were able to quickly put out the fire and are working to clean up the debris. nato announced this morning one of its service members has died after an insurgent attack in the country yesterday. four others were killed earlier in other attacksage the country. so far 12 troops have been killed this month alone and so far 400 nato troops have died in the country. rebel fighters in india pour into the city, trying to capture the city away from supporters loyal to moammar gaddafi. it's one of his last remaining strong holds. rebel forces set today as the deadline for gaddafi loyalists to surrender. gaddafi has not been seen in public for several months and is considered a fugitive in the

country. a review of the people named in the latest wikileaks release shows no immediate danger. recently wikileaks released more than 250,000 memos, which showed the names of people who have provided information to american diplomats all over the world. an associated press review of those people found they were either comfortable with it or surprised their name was so highly valued. u.s. officials say some people have been relocated to ensure their safety. despite the review, they insist wikileaks is putting lives in danger. authorities are searching for 14,000 rounds of ammunition taken from fort bragg in north carolina. the ammunition was discovered missing on wednesday, in about 3500 people were put on lockdown during the initial investigation. lockdown was lifted after the ammunition was not found. the missing ammunition can be used in the m4 and m-16 assault rifles. congressional leaders have struck a deal averting a

looming transportation shutdown. the agreement paves the way next week for a single short- term bill. it funds federal aviation administration projects through january and highway programs through march. the summer's congressional standoff partially shut down the faa, nearly 4,000 employees had furloughs and more than 200 airport construction projects, including within at oakland international, were temporarily halted. time for is 7:20. and advisory issued for a popular northern california beach. the reason beach-goers should stay out of the water. and after several delays on nasa rocket is heading for the stars. details on its mission. >> outside our doors a little dense fog on the coastline. mostly clear skies elsewhere and the possibility of thunderstorms for the afternoon. we'll look at your saturday forecast coming up.

new this morning, nasa is headed back to the noon. just about two hours ago, the station agency launched its grail a and b spacecraft from cape canaveral, florida. the twin spacecraft are set to arrive at the moon later this year where they'll orbit and measure the gravitational field. it was delayed twice because of bad weather. we know what a massive blackout that left people from orange county to mexico in the dark. an arizona power supply worker was working on a passer near yuma. this is a device that keeps the voltage up. he caused a short circuit and it went onlife. while thousands were left without power, city officials say the situation could have gotten a lot worse. >> signs of community were everywhere. san diegans did a magnificent job of turning what could have

been a disaster into something they all handled very well. >> a federal investigation is now being launched to determine how one short circuit could cause such a massive outage. while most of the power has been restored, people are being asked to monitor their air- conditioning and avoid using more power than usual over the weekend. on top of the blackouts, san diego residents are also dealing with a large sewage spill off the coast. there are beaches near scripps pier and del mar are shut town for the next few days. numerous contamination tests are underway, nearly 2 million tons of raw sewage was dumped into the lagoons off the coast. a advisory warning people to stay out of the water at monterey beach has been lifted. it was posted wednesday after water tests found high levels of bacteria. but since then, follow-up tests have determined bacteria levels have dropped to safe levels. potential sources of excess bacteria include marine life and human activity. check in with meteorologist

rosemary roscoe. is lightning still in the forecast. >> we do have the possibility of thunderstorms but the improvements are there. we are now a little more moist, our atmosphere, and that means those thunderstorms will come along with the scattered showers and dry lightning. that's important for fire danger, dry lightning, not a big possibility. low cloud deck there, marine layer about a thousand feet. shallower than yesterday, and many of us bus of that system bringing in the possibility of thunderstorms mixing out that marine layer, waking up with mostly clear skies. so question to have clouds on the coastline. we've got dense fog there as well. low 50s to low 60s at this hour. that storm risk will be with us. most of us not even going to see it or experience it. we're talking 20%. it is that chance there. there is that chance i should say, but most of us not likely to see it. low 60s along the coastline, expected for today. and into the afternoon. meanwhile, our inland areas will be seeing upper 70s for the lunchtime. upper 80s and low 90s for the

afternoon. antioch 89 determination 88 in fairfield. santa a, napa up 70s low 80s. red flag warning for the north hills through about 11:00. for very gray gusty conditions. 69 oakland. 76 in areas right around fremont. 70 degrees expected san mateo and the extended forecast here, the system is also going to cool us down. our temperatures will fall by tomorrow, and mid and low 80s expected for the inland areas. low 60s for the coast. we'll probably leave in that possibility for thunderstorms through at least sunday. monday, tuesday, wednesday a gradual warming trend, especially for inland areas. back to you. a ceremony to remember the victims of the san bruno explosion. how some of the survivors are coping one year later. >> a long overnightstandoff plays out inside an office supply store in oakland. how police were able to bring this all to a peaceful end.

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a hostage situation involving an armed man in costume an an east bay store comes to an end, just hours ago. and good morning, everyone. welcome back to mornings on 2. it started when an employee at the office depot says armed man rushed into the store and started making demands. ktvu's alex savage joins us live with more on how it all

ended. alex. >> reporter: it did come to a peacefulnd a few hours ago, around 4:00 in morning, when the armed robber was found hiding out inside the office depot store. he was in a bit of a tight spot, up in an attic area is where police found him. and this standoff lasted a long time last night. more than six hours to get him out. >> come out with your hands up! >> cutting a hole mountainside of the building to make their way inside, snipeers were also positioned around the store. this is all took place along the oakland emeryville border in this shopping center here. police say the armed men inside tried to rob the store around closing time last night. he held several employees at gunpoint for a short time. but officers got here, they surrounded the building and they watched as all those employees ran out of the store and they all made it out safely. the s.w.a.t. team tried to negotiate with this than and get him to give

himself up. but that didn't work so they moved in. >> we made several attempts as we do a normal course of business in situations like this, to get people to come out. we want to -- resolve situations peacefully and avoid going in and putting officers at risk. so we made several attempts through a pa system, phone calls into the business, see if he would answer the phone. so attempts were made to get him to come out. >> the man was found hiding out in some kind of crawl space right above the manager's office. at this office depot store. police have to use teargas to get him to give himself up. the man was treated for some minor injuries to his hands and was taken to a hospital to get checked out. police say the accused robber in this case as we come back out here live, was actually wearing one of these guy fox masks from the v for vendetta movies. we've seen these during recent protests at bart stations around the bay area. according to witnesses, the man with the gun was wearing one of these masks when he burst

inside this store. police have not yet found the mask but they say they will be locking through the store to find the mask and handgun used in the crime last night. alex savage, ktvu channel 2 news. the city of san bruno held a public remembrance ceremony last night on the anniversary of the pipeline explosion. [bells tolling] >> mourners mourners rang a fire bell and read the names of the people killed that night. it was attended by 300 people, and ended with the release of doves. >> it's been a touch year, and this just -- brings back a lot of pain. >> we brought another property in the peninsula. we're not going back. we sold the property -- we're moving forward. >> and while some survivors

have moved out of the neighborhood, others plan to rebuild their homes. a permanent memorial is expected to be built to honor those who died. the emotion at another observance consisted of anger towards pg&e. a few dozen people protested outside the utilities headquarters in san francisco. the group wants criminal charges filed against the company's top executives. the demonstrators are demanding pg&e reveal the locations of all gas pipelines. it's estimated that there are 150,000 miles of untested pipeline in the united states. >> my concern is these exact same pipes will all over the state. so we're all sitting around waiting for repeat of what happened. >> in response, pg&e issued say statement taking the utility is committed to making the necessary changes to operate its pipeline safely. pg&e has also issued a list of steps it's taken to improve safety. new york plans a special ceremony marking the 10th

anniversary of the terrorist attacks. the names of the nearly 3,000 victims will be read. julie is live at ground zero and morning. what are some of the concerns this morning? >> reporter: there's sort of a black cloud that is hanging over new york city this weekend, with this credible threat that we've been informed of due to a source located in pakistan, a credible source. officials are calling the threat credible, but unconfirmed. it sounded confusing. what they're saying is that they have a credible source that has provided them with credible information in the past. they sewed on wednesday, some sort of attack that could potentially involved three individuals, one or two of them u.s. citizens, has been brought into the united states, sent by the head of al-qaeda, and they were to plot an attack in the near city area and in washington, d.c., targeting

either bridges or tunnels via a truck or a car bomb. and that's all the information we have. they have been unable to confirm that, so they have that one reliable source but it's just coming from one person. so while that source is reliable, they're basically saying look, there's nothing to worry about. there's nothing to panic about. new yorkers should go on where this daily lives. new york city mayor bloomberg in fact held a news conference this week urging reporters that if you see something, say something that's been the motto here, but with the 10-year mark happening tomorrow, new york city authorities, homeland security, are being extra vigilant. the entire city will be experiencing many street closures, hundreds of extra police officers in detail here on the streets of manhattan. and from my standpoint as a new yorker, i can say that it certainly does feel like any other day, just a lot more security. tomorrow will be a lot tighter with a lot more police presence as well.

bomb-sniffing dogs, the -- nypd counter-terrorism bureau is located here in downtown manhattan. they have thousands of cameras located throughout the city. they have radar, they have these -- detection pieces of equipment essentially that if there were any kind biological threat in the air that, would be censored to this downtown bureau, where these scanners are certainly keeping our eyes on new york city. so new york city is doing all it can to make sure this is safe. peter king should people be worried about tomorrow? he said no, people should go on. come down to gonzalez if they feel to pay tribute to the lives lost 10 years ago. back to you. >> thank you. menlo park fire chief was among the first responders helping at ground zero after 9/11. coming up at 7:45, we're going to talk to him live with his memories and why he will not be in new york this weekend. as new york and washington,

d.c. authorities secure their cities from terrorist threats, los angeles is also on heightened alert. law enforcement in southern california say there is no credible threat for that area, but security has been increased this weekend. there are bomb-sniffing cogs and deputies armed with rifles and bare kids. security has also been beefed up at the metro lines, docks and the airports. >> we cannot be everywhere. the public has a responsibility, and we ask that the public, if you see something, say something. >> the los angeles police chief has encouraged residents to be vigilant this weekend and not to hesitate to report any suspicious activity. chicago is also stepping up police presence there. authorities have brought in bomb-sniffing dogs there at union station and while there's no specific threat to the chicago area, police say they cannot afford to take any chances. just one day before the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the pope is calling for no violence to be committed in the name of god. the pope isn't a letter to the

archbishop of new york and in it he wrote that he will be praying for the innocent victims of the attack. he also hopes their families will be able to find peace. the pope says the events of 9/11 were made worse by the attackers' claims they were acting in the name of god. he says no circumstances can justify terrorism. a san leandro student arrested after found on campus with a loaded hands gunn. police say the student became agitated when she was asked to turn over his cell phone. campus security searched him after noticing he was wearing what looked to be a possibly a knife clip. they found the gun and a small amount of what appeared also to be marijuana. police say the student was taken to the alameda county juvenile hall. today a funeral is being held for a councilman jerry mello who was shot and killed after discovering a marijuana growing operation. the suspect is considered arm

and dangerous. the funeral is healed held at the for the bragg stadium. police say the woman accused of murdering michelle le is kept in seclusion because of the attention the case has received. yesterday 27-year-old guess the esteban made her first court apparently. she's accused of murdering lemore than three months ago. despite making an arrest, police have still not recovered le's body. her family is organizing a step for next weekend. >> we want the community to come out and help support us, and we're keeping up hope. >> also in court was scott, he is the father of esteban's five- year-old daughter and the man that reportedly came between the two women. he says he has just friends with le and was in court to support her family. esteban is scheduled to return to court monday, where she will be a signed an attorney. and is expected to enter ably.

a plea. a live look at mostly sunny skies right up above the low cloud deck hanging along the coastline this morning. even a little dense fog reported along the coast. the rest of us dealing with partly cloudy, mostly sunny skies and it has to do with the system that is also bringing the possibility of thunderstorms to our area for your saturday and sunday. we continue with the red flag warnings for the north bay hills. the winds have been gusting in the overnight hours, expected to continue this morning. humidity is low at this hour. this again will be ling through about 11:00. this coming from the dry gusty winds. now the possibility of the thunderstorms actually coming from the southwest of us. and that is a system sitting off point concepcion through the weekend. the diablo range, santa clara and monterey counties, that possibility is there and it will last through sunday. it looks like it could be a little more widespread on sunday, but we do have our conditions improving at least with fire weather.

take a look at the loop, 12 hours. and so you can almost see right about 7, 8:00 when we saw the spoke move through and bring in the dry lightning that triggered quite a few fires in the east bay and around that area. from 4 to 5 fires, i believe. this is now going to sit over point concepcion for the weekend. our moistening up our atmosphere, and so that possibility of dry lightning really a possibility, any longer some we may see thunderstorms, but they should be can i accompanied by rain and scattered showers. your forecast into the afternoon, it looks like the sierra and the secretary and san joaquin valley will get brunt of this. we look to be mostly dry for saturday afternoon. but by sunday things change just a bit. sunday morning, here it starts out we have a few cells hanging over the san joaquin valley but notice it comes this way so areas along the east bay, diablo range, monterey, into the afternoon the thunderstorms may be with us some it's a 20% chance right now, and that kine crease for your sunday. temperatures right now 55 san

francisco, 59 in oakland. low 60s concord as well as fairfield. temperatures up a few degrees over yesterday and for many of us, sunny skies. afternoon highs today, upper 70s, low 80s. 68 expected berkeley. 69 in oakland. widespread mid to upper 80s. low 90s for the inland east bay with partly cloudy skies. 78 expected santa clara today as well as san jose. 10 degrees warmer than that in morgan hill. san mateo, 70 degrees. mountainview for the afternoon, 75. if you're headed out to the art and wine fest there, 65 san francisco, low 60s for the coastline. partly cloudy skies expected throughout the on. extended forecast here, temperatures will drop sunday, at least for inland areas. and then a gradual rebound monday, tuesday and wednesday. coming up we'll look at your lunchtime numbers. right now a red flag warning has shut down parts of mount tamm and marin county's open space. a red flag warning means the conditions are perfect for

starting wildfires. mount tamm is closed to traffic outside fairfax and in ross. people are asked to call the fire department for information on additional closures. cal-fire has already moved crews and fire engines into position, in case the fire breaks out. he he was one of the first responders to help in the recovery at ground zero. up next the men row park fire chief. first, that's interstate 80 through emeryville. you can see a little foggy out there this morning. but traffic moving smoothly on this saturday morning. you're watching mornings on 2. [ agent ] so your policy looks good, is there anything else?

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good morning! a live lock. low clouds in the foreground. a little coastal cloud cover along the coast this morning. college students in north carolina are remembering 9/11 by creating a human tribute to the twin towers and the pentagon. thousands of students participate in the event to honor their local first responders and people who served on september 11th. each student held a name of someone who died in the attacks. most of the students say while they were young children on 9/11, they do remember the event vividly. they say they had want to honor the people who stepped forward to help on that tragic day. as the country remembers the victims of september 11th, we are also remembering the heroic efforts by so many who respond thad day and in the days that followed. fire chief harold joins us from live to talk about the efforts

and the anniversary. >> good morning. >> i know were you disappointed that you and team couldn't be at ground zero, space restrictions and things like that. you still wishing were you there this weekend? >> part of me wishes i was there, and then i have other things that i've been involved with here locally. i was at the san bruno memorial last night, and i've been busy with other local events and people invited myself and other members of our teams to their events to pay tribute this weekend. so overall, it's worked out. but yeah, it would have been nice to have gone back it. wasn't in the cards. >> chief, can you describe for us your first moments there at ground zero, when -- if you could take a step back and talk about your emotions at that time, and if there's one or two memories that will forever be in your mind? >> sure. the first real look for me of ground zero is coming over one of the bridges in new york. it was about 2:00 in the morning, you could see the

site, silhouette of the site in the lights they had set up, and you could see the smoke and the haze from the dust and de browser the site. and received a phone call and it asked us to come into the convention center midtown manhattan, and where they informed us that basically there was a fear there would be additional attacks on the responders at ground zero, and we would have a special mission for the first several days to develop a duplicate capability for the rescue capability we know that was destroyed during the event. so the city was very vulnerable after 9/11. all the responders that were alive were at the site, and all their equipment at least a majority was destroyed at least for technical rescue equipment some we duplicated that. and similar to the oklahoma city bombing, you've got to shove the human emotions of anger and so forth from seeing what you're seeing, push those down and we get paid to go on there and be professionals and raise the bar on operational

capability. we need to somewhat be separate because there's a huge effect for the local responders and local population. we need to go to work and make sure everybody comes home as best as we can, the same way they left. that's tough, but fortunately we did -- we were able to bring everybody home at times, imagining obviously what happened that day. it was little bit scary to look at the site. i say to myself, i hope we don't kill anybody here. that is one of my first thoughts, once you get past the enormity of it. >> chief, as we look at the pictures, they never really get easier to look at. but i know when you're there and they talk about all the health effects and breathing in the debris and -- what are the lasting effects? are there people still suffering any health effects and is it -- the emotional toll that it took on people? >> well, there are. and i think there are people throughout the country on these rescue teams. there are people obviously in new york city because their time on task was for a longer

period of time. it's proven now that there are issues. respiratory issues, there are people that have had the long- term cough and other ailments associated with this. when we came back, 70% of team members were ill in one form or another, skin rashes, pneumonia, upper respiratory infections, and for some it's persisted over the years. psychological effects, we don't spend a lot of time talking about it. it's left each person to say whether they have issues or not. but it takes awhile to get through these things and put it in perspective. for those of us in oklahoma for the bombing, we had maybe a little more realistic perspective of what we would do. both oklahoma city and 9/11, essentially the live rescue operations were over within 12 hours after the incident from. there on out, it was human recovery. >> chief, always a pleasure. thank you for coming in. thank you for what you did back

then, and of course for what you and your guys do today in the bay area. >> thank you for having me. >> stay with ktvu for coverage tomorrow on september 11th, beginning at 5 a.m., continuing throughout the day with our special 9/11,' decade for change at 6 p.m. and that will also have a complete coverage on the 10:00 news. critics of president obama say the administration should have foreseen problems with the fremont solar company solyndra. fbi agents raided the headquarters thursday morning. they received a $535 million loan from the federal government, the first in tens of billions of dollars in loans to green companies. president obama had touted solyndra as the company of the present and the future. republicans wonder if taxpayer money was misspent. >> is there fraud and abuse? >> the executives contributed and raised money for president

obama, including visiting him at the white house. some former solyndra workers support the company but believe the use of the half billion dollar government loan was above board. one engineer says solyndra was a legitimate solar company and believes current criminal investigation is political. a young bay area golf champion found dead, where her body was found and why police are calling the case suspicious.

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the career of a talented young golfer has been cut short and now police are asking anyone with information on her death to come forward. yesterday funeral service were held for 21-year-old diane kwon. onlay dab a passer buy found her body behind a barnes & noble in fremont plaza. police are calling it a suspicious death. >> we found her a short distance away from her vehicle, which is a 2008 four-door honda civic. she was wearing a white t-shirt

and gray sweatpants. >> she was an avid golfer who made a name for herself at kennedy high school and then at uc berkeley. coaches from both schools are speaking out about the tragedy, calling kwon a passionate athlete who forged strong friendsships wherever she went. concern for a giants fan who hasn't opinion seen for a month. this is a photos of billy chamberlain and he has never missed a game until now. the giants manager says billy not showing up for a game is very unusual. >> we play oakland, he would be there to greet the bus, come off road trips, he go down to l.a. and san diego. he is just like part of the club. >> a photo of billy sits in the team dugout and the clubhouse. giants staff filed a missing persons report with san francisco police. but so far there are no leads. security guard orlando grown has allowed billy to stay with him and he is urging billy to

come home or for anyone with information to come forward. a public will get their first chance today to see the baby giraffe named after a san francisco giant. rookie brandon belton nicknamed the giraffe. today the 6-foot calf will venture out of his pen. brandon the giraffe was born just two weeks ago. and he has been growing an inch a day! >> time is 7:56. we've got quite a show last night with the lightning and some of that rain and a lot of those sporting events were affected. will it continue? rosemary has answers. >> good morning to you. a slim chance for thunderstorms through the weekend. and tomorrow maybe more so than today. 20% meaning -- i don't want to call it fairly decent but that chance is there. giving you a live look at the marine layer. a thousand feet deep this morning. and soloer than yesterday morning. and most of us waking up with partly cloudy, mostly sunny

skies. low 50s to low 60s at this hour for your lunchtime. temperatures sitting in the low 60s for the coastline. 70s around the bay, even upper 70s inland. and for the afternoon, mild to warm conditions. low 60s for the coast. widespread 70s and 80s and low 90s inland. look at what is happening here, 89 expected livermore, as well as antioch. to the north bay, 78 in napa, 80 in santa rosa. we've been talking about it this morning, red flag warnings still in place, up above 1500 feet. -- about 11:00 this morning. 69 in oakland for the afternoon. mid-70s areas around redd wood city. partly cloudy skies and mostly cloudy on the coastline and widespread low and mid-70s the extended forecast for the possibility of thunderstorms, especially the east and south bay, higher elevations lasting through tomorrow. but we do not have a fire weather alert there because we are no longer expecting dry lightning. we're expecting scattered showers with these thunderstorms. sunday into monday, a little more stable in our temperatures

will be rebounding after we cool down and on sunday. 86 expected the afternoon high for the inland areas. on monday, 89 degrees by wednesday. >> locks god. thank you. six hour standoff in oakland is now over. police tell us how it all starred and how they finally managed to take the suspect into custody. and rumors about a merger are surrounding yahoo. there goes dwayne's car. oh, man. there goes dwayne's house. whoa! whoa! and there goes dwayne. man, that thing does not like dwayne. [ male announcer ] state farm's got you covered. nice landing. it was. [ male announcer ] get to a better state.

an overnight stand andoff in oakland. and is more lightning if store for the weekend? and could the 9/11 terror plot we're warned about be homegrown? those stories and much more on the second hour of ktvu mornings on 2. good morning. welcome back to ktvu mornings on 2. it's saturday, september 10th. new this morning, a man accused of holding hostages in oakland is in custody this morning after a standoff that lasted several hours. but not before snipers and

sexual battery officers had to be called in. alex is live to tell us how he was finally captured. alex. >> reporter: i can tell you how this started. it started with the man bursting into this office depot store just around closing time last night, with a gun, looking for money. but he ended up locked in a long standoff with police that lasted throughout the night. and according to the police officer we talked with this morning, the man was wearing a disguise, and according to police and the witnesses, it was one of these guy fox masks from the movie, the same kind of mask we've seen in many bart protests. but when the standoff did end just a few hours ago inside the office depot store, the man was brought out by officers and he was not wearing that mask. >> come out with your hands up! >> he was found in a crawl space in the store. police had to use teargas to get him to give himself up.

he was treated for some minor injuries to his hands. then was taken to the hospital. police say he tried to rob this store around 9:30 last night on the border between oakland and emeryville. he held several employee at been point but let them go, and this morning police talked about the disguise they believe he was wearing. >> he came in and it was described as a v for vendetta mask. not seen the movie myself, but that's what the witnesses provided. when we did catch them, was he still with that mask or not? i'm not sure. >> the standoff lasted a total of six hours last night. when officers first got here, they surrounded this building and watched a number of employees ran out of the place. they all made it out safely when it was all said and done. the s.w.a.t. team then tried to negotiate with this man for a long time, get him to give himself up.

but that didn't work. and that's when the s.w.a.t. officers made their way inside and they found this man hiding out in that crawl space. police say there were no customers inside the office depot store when this standoff got started last night, only a handful of employees who according to a manager i talked with off camera a short time ago, are all very shaken up this morning after what happened. alex savage, ktvu channel 2 news. a lightning storm lit up the sky over the east bay. this is video from last night in dublin, where our cameras got several lightning strikes lighting up the sky. the storm also brought thunder, rain and even some hail to parts of the east bay. the unusual weather began around 8 p.m. and lasted for about two hours. meteorologist rosemary roscoe is live in the weather center with our first look at the forecast and when we can expect similar lightning today. >> good morning to you. the thunderstorm chance will continue, but we do have changes and we've seen them in the last several hours.

our atmosphere moister than last night. and the thunderstorms today should be accompanied by scattered showers. that system will hang right off the coast of point concepcion through the weekend. you can see it san luis obispo seeing scattered showers this morning. we're dry, and the possibility of thunderstorms will come in the afternoon. but because we're expecting scattered showers and the dry lightning aspect not necessarily a threat any longer, the only area still with the red flag warning at this time will be the north bay hills above 1500 feet, lasting until 11:00, and this area primarily for the dry northerly winds that continue to gust this morning and relative humidity is very low as well. so that expiring later today. but yes, the possibility of thunderstorms still in the forecast. we'll take a closer look at that and show what you you can expect for temperatures, coming up. three fires on mount diablo sparked by lightning are now contained. show you video, a fire burning near leon drive and two others

at northgate. in total, about 42 acres burned. firefighters say all three fires started around 8 last night when the dry grass was hitly lightning. two bay area high school football games were disrupted by that weather. in lafayette, the game was suspended and fans and players had to leave the field. some took cover in the gym. and play resumed about an hour later. and in mountainview, we were covering a football game when lightning started there. about 5,000 fans were evacuated. this happened at half time. that game resumed as well. right now a red flag warning is in effect for parts of mount tamm. the warning means the conditions are perfect for wildfires. mount tamm is closed to traffic at sky oaks watershed outside

fairfax. people are asked to call the marin fire department for information on additional closures. cal-fire has already moved crews and fire engines into position in case of fire. tomorrow marks the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. but many observers are beginning today. a ceremony is about it start in shanksville, pennsylvania, the site where united flight 93 bound for san francisco crashed. today the events include joe biden and former president realize george w. bush and bill clinton. families of the victims gathering at that memorial. the first phase of a permanent memorial will be dedicated today. and we wanted to take you live to ground zero. there's a live look this morning at new york city. relatives of victims will be allowed into the area for tomorrow's ceremony. and the names of the nearly 3,000 victims are going to be read. new this morning, president obama is marking the 10th anniversary of 9/11 in his

online video address. >> in their memory, in their name, we will never wave. we will protect the country we love and pass it safer, stronger and more prosperous to the next generation. >> the president says the united states has strengthened its partnership with allies, reformed intelligence, and invested in special forces. he adds during the past two years, more senior al-qaeda leaders such as osama bin laden have been eliminated than at any time since 9/11. the president will visit all three 9/11 sites tomorrow. security has been tightened in new york city on the eve of the 9/11 anniversary. government officials believe at least two of the men suspected in the potential al-qaeda attack are u.s. citizens, or carry u.s. travel documents. the c.i.a. involved a tip from a long-term source in the afghanistan- pakistan region who has been reliable in the past. authorities think the attackers primary goal is it set. a car bomb or come up with other ways to create chaos.

another potential target is the capitol. and police are out in full force throughout the washington, d.c. area this weekend. officers have a vast camera network and are checking bridges, tunnels and abandoned cars. here in the by area people may notice an increase in law enforcement. bart will have extra security through monday. although there is no specific threat, the federal transportation administration has asked for increased patrols around bart as part of operation rail safe, which is a national security operation and includes more than 140 agencies from 32 states and several canadian cities. stay with ktvu for coverage on september 11th. our coverage does begin at 5 a.m. tomorrow, and join us for a special edition of ktvu mornings on 2 at 7:00. we are also going to have our special 9/11, a decade of change, beginning at 6 p.m. and you'll find a complete wrap of the day's events on the 10:00 news.

good morning once again. a live look from diablo range area, where we're dealing with plenty of sunshine out there. it is a mild start. temperatures up a few degrees in most cases. it is the diablo range, as well as areas along the east bay hills that we'll have that possibility of thunderstorms. we do continue with the red flag warnings, the north bay hills up above 1900 feet lasting through 11:00. sacramento san joaquin valley and parts of the sierra lasting through this evening. the satellite and radar showing you the last 12 hours or so, i mentioned it, we're moistening that atmosphere. that's good news for us. but the starts about 8:00 les night, and that's when we saw the spoke move through and trigger all that lightning that brought us brushfires and few fires that lasted through the evening hours. it will be over a southern california, where most of the moisture will sit into the weekend become we'll see that wrap-around moisture come up again primarily the sierra as

well as the valley. but we'll see our share of it. saturday afternoon, it looks like we're partly cloudy, even mostly clear, but sunday we notice it actually increases. come tomorrow morning, it starts in the san joaquin valley but notice it starts to move into the monterey county area, san benito, east hills and the possibility of santa clara county, doling with this as well. by the evening hours, it is partly cloudy, but that moisture clearing out once again. 52 degrees right now santa rosa. san jose 61. that possibility for the thunderstorms this afternoon is 20%. most of us really not going to notice it. it could be a little muggy this afternoon and that may be it. 80 degrees expected santa a for 82. 82 for sonoma. 68 expected at richmond. if we head to the east bay, inland upper 80s, low 90s. 86 walnut creek. 89 for antioch. into the santa clara valley,

we're looking at 78 for san jose, 88 morgan hill so 10 degrees difference there. upper 60s santa cruz, and along the peninsula 74 redwood city. 67 san bruno. mid-60s in the city. partly to mostly cloudy skies on the coast. and widespread low to mid-60s expected. your extended forecast, temperatures will fall tomorrow, with the system, bringing us cooler air. 84 expected for the inland areas. a modest cooldown for the coastline there. and then a rebound monday, tuesday into wednesday. upper 80s expected come midweek wednesday for our valley locations. we'll look at your day planner coming up in just a little bit. time for your live drive time traffic. live look outside, and there she s the golden gate bridge. san francisco and marin county, both directions of 101 looking smooth. south to the longest bring in the bay area, san mateo bridge, also traffic moving smoothly both in the east and westbound

directions. highway patrol not reporting any major incidents on by area roadways at this hour. a south bay tech company could be in for a major shake- up. the possible merge talks that could be underway for yahoo. >> it happened just about two hours ago, the rocket launch taking nasa back to the moon! g9

good morning to you! a little bit of a coastal fog along the coast this morning, even some dense fog. the rest of us dealing with mostly sunny skies. three, two, one -- zero, and liftoff of the delta 2 with grail. journey to the center of the moon! >> nasa headed back to the moon. just about two hours ago, the space agency launched its grail a and b sprays craft from cape canaveral, florida. the twin spacecraft are set to arrive at the moon later this year, where they'll orbit and measure the moon's gravitational field. the launch was denied twice because of bad weather. also new this morning, nato announced one of its service members has died after an insurgent attack in afghanistan. it happened yesterday in the southern part of the country. four others were killed earlier in the day in afghanistan.

so far, 12 service men have been killed this month alone. and for the year, at least 400 nato troops have died in the country. in libya, rebel fighters continue to pour into the city of bonnie walid, trying to capture the city from supporters loyal to moammar gaddafi. the area is one of gaddafi's last remaining strongholds. rebel forces have set today as the deadline for gaddafi loyalists to surrender. gaddafi has not been seen in public for several months, and is considered a fugitive in the country since the fall of the capitol of tripoli last month. in the early hours of the morning, just before state lawmakers wrapped up the legislative session, republicans blocked the governor's plan to create more jobs through tax reform. lawmakers accuse governor brown of rushing through bills on the last legislative day. republicans want brown to call a special session to consider bills aiding the economy. brown proposed tax breaks for california businesses by

encouraging them to buy equipment and expand in the state. >> all regions of california, the opportunity to get started sooner rather than later was putting people back to work. >> like i told the governor, i don't have any intentions of recommending to my caucus that they vote for something that they haven't even read. >> lawmakers did approve bills including one that helps the 49ers build a new stadium in santa clara. the legislation speeds up environmental reviews of major construction projects. another bill headed to the governor gives childcare providers who receive state funds the right to unionize. lawmakers also reached a compromise with online retailers such as amazon and overstock.com. the approved bill will give retailers another year before the state starts collecting state sales taxes. the company says they'll use that time to lobby congress for national rules governing online sales taxes. the state senate and assembly are passing a bill that will let local governments run state

parks. it would allow cities or counties to take over operation of state parks that could close due to budget cuts. a similar bill by centreville has been sent to the governor allowing non-profit groups to run the parks. congressional leaders have struck a deal averting a looming transportation shutdown. the agreement paves the way next week for a single short- term bill it. funds federal aviation administration projects through january and highway programs through march. the summer's congressional standoff partially shut down the faa. nearly 4,000 employees received furloughs and more than 200 airport construction projects, including one at oakland international, were temporarily halted. a japanese air traffic controller could be disciplined for blogging confidential information, including the flight plan for president obama's visit to tokyo last year. the controller also posted details of an unmanned

reconaissance plane surveying the evacuate damaged power plant. he just wanted to background to friends, they say. japanese reports indicate the prime minister could personally apologize to president obama at a summit later this month in new york. time is 8:19. in our economywatch in morning, aol may be contemplating a merger with yahoo. aol's ceo tim armstrong is caulk with 82 who advisors on the possible merger. this comes days after yahoo fires ceo carol bart after three years on the job. it's not clear if this merge would actually happen. a source close to both companies tells bloomberg that yahoo is probably not interested. we're learning new details about the rumored sprint iphone. sources close to the company say it will start selling the popular apple gadget next year with an unlimited data plan. both at&t and verizon already sell the iphone but those companies no longer offer unlimited data plans. sprint is the country's third

largest wireless carrier. on monday we may learn more details about the estimated 40,000 bank of america jobs boeing cut nationwide. details are expected to be discussed by the chief executive. but some information has already been made public. the layoffs will come mainly from the consumer banking operations. that is going to impact branches, loan centers and other offices in california. california does have the highest amount of bank of america branches in the country. help coming to texas as it continues to deal with the massive wildfires. the new order from president obama that could provide some relief. >> and interesting weather in the forecast for your weekend. this morning we have fog along the coast, mostly sunny out and what you can expect for your neighborhood, coming up! >> and ktvu morning team now has a facebook page. we're on that right now and you can find news updates and send us messages and story ideas. çñóoñoe+

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left without power, city officials say the situation could have been a lot worse. >> signings of community were everywhere. san diego answer did a magnificent job of turning what could have been a disaster into something that they all handled very well. >> a federal investigation is now launched to determine how one short circuit could cause such a massive outage. most of the power restored, and people are boeing asked to monitor their air-conditioning units and avoid using more power than usual over the weekend. so will we need our air- conditioning this weekend? rosemary joins us live with a look at the weekends forecast. >> good morning to you! a bit warm, especially our inland areas. mild even cool along the coastline and the bay area another pleasant day. live look there, we have plenty of sunshine outside our doors this morning. you may have heard about or seen those thunderstorms yesterday. last night along the east bay. that system bringing us the thunderstorms, also helping to clear us out this morning.

temperatures up a few degrees over yesterday. and it's a mild start to the day. for the afternoon, that risk for thunderstorms will remain over the area. but as we've been talking about this morning, we have seen our weather improve at least in that category. scattered showers should accompany those thunderstorms. temperatures up by noontime, low 60s to low 70s around the bay area. upper 70s for our inland areas. and then for the afternoon, a lot like yesterday, upper 70s, low 80s for the north bay. red flag warning through 11:00 this morning. meanwhile, head to the east inland, we've got 87 in concord, 89 livermore, 73 hayward. south 79 san jose, 65 degrees expected in the city for the afternoon. extended forecast here, temperatures will fall tomorrow, and we're looking at 5 degrees cooler for inland areas so notable and the thunderstorms will remain at least that possibility through monday, tuesday, wednesday. temperatures back up into the mid it upper 80s. 60s for the coast. back to you.

president obama has now signed a federal disaster declaration for the state of texas. >> we need -- >> the president says the declaration will provide federal funding to hundreds of people whose homes have been destroyed. the fire in bastrop county is the largest in state history and it's sit knoll 100% contained and destroyed or damaged 1400 homes. many evacuees are eager to get back into their neighborhoods and see what remains of their house. >> i can't get in. i had some neighbors that snuck in, and there are looters through the whole neighborhood! >> the county fire is one of 200 burning across the state. about 1700 homes have burned down, four people killed. it's the worst drought in texas since the 1950s. that dry weather is likely to continue. should congress investigate the bankruptcy of fremont based solyndra? the new calls for an

investigation and what employees are saying about possible wrongdoing. and friday night football turns tragic in the south. the student who collapsed while trying to return to a huddle. an overnight hostage situation in the east bay comes to an end. how police finally captured the suspect. it feels like help is never far away.

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a man accused of trying to rob an east bay office supply store is finally taken into custody after a six-hour long standsoff. welcome back to mornings on 2. time now is 8:29. that standoff ended just a couple hours ago, and both snipers and the s.w.a.t. team had to respond. alex avenue savage is live with

how all of this unfolded. >> reporter: a new wrinkle in this investigation we just learned about some oakland police. they are telling us we initially learned this morning they arrested this man who they say robbed this office depot earlier this morning and triggered this long standoff. but we have just found out that an employee of this office depot store has also been arrested as well because police say that employee helped the other man gain access to the store, in his efforts to try to commit this robbery. in any case, you can see the home depot store right now is still shut down. the place is not open. detectives are still inside gathering evidence in this investigation. and the good news is no one was hurt in this long standoff that lasting more than six hours overnight. >> come out with your hands up! >> police brought in the s.w.a.t. team with snipers staged around the building. this all played out at the office depot near 40th street

and hollis in oakland, along the border with emeryville. police initially thought there may have been hostages but accounted for all the employees and realized the gunman was in there by himself. officers used a loudspeaker trying to negotiate with this man, but he refused to come out. finally the s.w.a.t. team moved in and tracked him down. he was hiding out in some kind of crawl space in the store. police had to use teargas to get him to give up bur they're glad things ended the way they did. >> bottom line is resolved peacefully. there was no significant injuries to any innocent victims or to the suspect himself. so the situation resolved peacefully and we're all going home on and you can't ask for anything better than that. >> when officers first got here, they surrounded the building and watched a number of employees running out of the store. all of them eventually made it out safely. the s.w.a.t. team negotiated with the man for some time and another interesting detail in all of this is that police are telling

us according to all the witnesses who ran out of the store, the initial gunman, the man who ran into the store, was wearing a disguise and according to the witnesses, he was wearing one of these masks from the movie v for vendetta, same mask from bart protests across the bay area. one man in custody accused of attempting to commit an armed robbery at this office depot store. another person arrested, an employee of this office depot store, arrested for assisting that man in trying to rob the place. we'll sort this out and we'll have more information on later newscasts today. alex savage, ktvu channel 2 news. the city of san bruno held a public remembrance ceremony last night on the first anniversary of the pipe loin explosion. >> they read the names of 8 people killed that night.

some of the 300 people attending could not hold back tears. it ended with the release of dodgers. >> it's been a tough year and just -- brings back a lot of pain. >> we bought another property in the peninsula. we're not going back. we're all done. we were -- we sold the property, moving forward. >> while some survivors have moved out of the neighborhood, others plan to rebuild their homes. there are plans to erect a permanent memorial for those who died. the emotion at another event consisted of anger towards pg&e. a few dozen people protested outside the utility's headquarters in san francisco. the group wants criminal charges filed against the company's top executives. demonstrators are demanding pg&e reveal the locations of all gas pipelines. it's estimated there are 150,000 miles of untested pipeline in the united states.

>> my concern is that these exact same pipes are all over the state. so we're all sitting around waiting for a repeat of what happened. >> response pg&e issued a statement saying the utility is committed to making the necessary changes to operate its pipeline safely. pg&e has also issued a list of steps it has taken to improve safety. some san francisco courts will stay open after all. the california judicial council approved a 2 1/2 million emergency loan yesterday. that money will enable the court to make up some of the money lost do you too drastic budget cuts announced in june. the san francisco superior court will close 14 civil courtrooms instead of 25. the money also means the courts will only have to lay off 75 employees instead of the 177 as originally announced. a san leandro high school student arrested after he was found on campus with a loaded handgun. police say the student became

agitated when he was asked to turn over a cell phone. campus security officers searched him, after noticing he was wearing what looked to appear to be a knife clip. they found the gun in a small amount of marijuana. police say the student was taken to the alameda county juvenile hall. today a funeral will be held for councilman jerry mello. last week he was shot and killed after discovering an illegal marijuana operation in the forest near fort bragg. the gunman is aaron bassler. he should be considered armed and dangerous. the funeral is held at fort bragg high school football stadium. right now the woman accused of murdering nursing student michelle le is sitting in the jail and police say she's being kept in seclusion because of the attention the case has received. yesterday 27-year-old gisele esteban made her first court appearance. she's accused of murdering le. police have still not recovered le's body. her family says it is organizing a search for next

weekend. >> we want the community to come out and help support us, and we're keeping up hope. >> also in court, scott, the father of esteban's five-year- old daughter and the man that reportedly came between the two women. he says he was just friends with le and was in court to support her family. esteban is scheduled to return to court monday, where she will be assigned an attorney and is expected to enter a plea. the career of a talented young golfer has been cut short. and now police are asking anyone with information on her death it come forward. yesterday funeral serves were held for 21-year-old diana kwon. on labor day a passerby found her body behind a store in fremont ms.a. police call her death suspicious. >> we found her a short distance away from her vehicle, which is a 2008 honda civic. she was wearing a white t-shirt and gray sweatpants. >> friends say kwon was an avid

golfer who made her name for herself first at kennedy high school then at u-c berkeley. coaches are speak out calling kwon a passionate athlete who forged strong friendsships where every she went. concern is drug for a diehard giants fans who has not been seeing cheering on the champs for more than a month. this is a photo here of billy chairman berlin with matt cane and people involved with the giants organization say billy has never missed a game until now. people first noticed him missing at the game against arizona played on august 1. the giants manager says billy not showing up for home game is very unusual. >> we play oakland, he's there to brett to the bus. come off road trips, he goes to l.a. and san diego. he just like part of the club. >> a photo of billy sits in the dugout and the clubhouse. giants staff has filed a missing persons report with the police department but so far there are no leads. security guard orlando green has allowed billy to stay with

him a few times he is urging billy to come home or anyone with information to come forward. a high school football player in mississippi is dead after collapsing on the field during a game last night. latrell dunbar collapsed while returning to the huddle during a play. paramedics immediately responded and rushed him off the field. players temporarily paused their game, but voted to continue on with the play. dunbar's team went on to win the game and then afterwards players were told their teammate had died. the cause of death is now under investigation. two firefighters were hurt battling a blaze at a california home reportedly owned by actor jack nicholson. the movie star has not lived there in years, though. the assistant fire chief says there was a person at the house in the hollywood hills when the fire brock out yesterday. but it was not nicholson. fire crews were able to bring the blaze under control and the firefighters that were injured are receiving medical

treatment. good morning to you! meanwhile, here at home, our fire danger has lessened. that's great news. what a gorgeous shot here of the bay area! we're dealing with mostly sunny skies in most cases. we do have a little fog right along the coastline coming just inside the golden gate. the marine layer is shall over but a possible of system of thunderstorms also clearing us out this morning. so mostly clear skies across the region. calm conditions now santa rosa, westerly breeze in san francisco 10 northwesterly and oakland 5. and west southwesterly in 5. onshore breeze will pick up a little bit later but for now, we're not seeing much of it. we have gusty, dry winds over the north by and we continue with the red flag warning there. 59 degrees in oakland right now. upper 50s san francisco. along the east bay, we're looking at 62 concord, 66 livermore some a mild start. outside your door need to the sunshine, 54 napa, 55 in santa

rosa. the system that brought us the lightning and thunderstorms to the east bay last night, is continuing its trek to the south and will hang right over point son deposition. southern california for the weekend. it won't budge much and that will continue our threat for thunderstorms. we have actually seen our atmosphere moisten up over the last few hours and that's reducing the possibility for fire danger and dry lightning should not be a big threat today either. so the red flag warning in the north bay above 1500 feet through 11:00 this morning for dry, gusty winds that are continuing and low humidity. the thunderstorms threat is coming from the south. that monsoonal moisture is dragged our way. it's primarily the sierra, valley. but here on bay the east and south bay especially we could see the thunderstorms today. maybe even more so for tomorrow. take a look at the red flag warning, very widespread for california. the valley, foothills and the sierra. this is contacted to les until tonight. our north bay hills until 11:00

this morning. afternoon highs for today, similar to yesterday. slightly warmer in some cases. upper 70s, low 80s for the north bay. mid-70s for san rafael. upper 60s, low 70s for the east bay. 69 in oakland. 70 san leandro. low 90s for inland east bay. 89 degrees expected antioch for the afternoon. 78 santa clara. 78 san jose. 77 sunnyvale. and on the peninsula here, we're locking at upper 60s, low 70s as well. 74 redwood city. 65 in san francisco. so we keep mentioning the thunderstorms and that possibility for the dry lightning, especially les night. it is with us. but most of us will see a pleasant day with mostly sunny skies. could be a little humid in your neighborhood. temperatures will fall tomorrow for inland areas, 84 the average there. and then we do rebound monday, tuesday, wednesday. we have your lunchtime numbers coming up. the 10 year anniversary of 9/11 is a personal struggle for one man, how he is marking the

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that red flag warning forth north bay hills until 11:00. critics of president obama say the administration should have foreseen problems with the fremont solar company solyndra. fbi agents raided the headquarters thursday morning. they received a $535 million loan from the federal government, the first in tens of billions of dollars in loans to green companies. president obama had touted solyndra as a company of the present and future. republicans wonder if taxpayer money was misspent. >> because of so much concern about where the money went, how it's spent and is there fraud and abuse? >> the founder and other executives of solyndra contributed and raised money for president obama, including visiting him at the white house. some former solyndra workers are supporting the company, they tell the chronicle they believe solyndra's use of the half billion dollar government loan was above board. one engineer says solyndra was a legitimate solar company about believes the criminal

investigation is political. today friends and family of the victims of united flight 93 are gathering in shanksville, pennsylvania to mark the 10thivores of the tragedy. but one bay area man who lost his wife that day will spend this weekend private lowe here at home. he will spend september 11th privately. remembering his wife lauren. 10 years ago, she called to tell him she caught an earlier flight back home. she would later make one last call, before her plane crashed in shanksville, pennsylvania. >> her message was so strong and loving that -- and protective. she didn't want me to feel like she was being terrorized. in fact, quite the contrary. they turned the tables and terrorized the terrorists. >> every anniversary is difficult. just surviving was a challenge. >> like tearing out your heart, ripping it in half and shoving it back on your chest. >> it's the small moments that truly test a person's strength.

lauren was three months pregnant me she died. >> one time i was just -- walking into a grocery store and a kid at the same age was in the cart. the little girl goes, daddy! i was like, trying to make light out of it but it was one of those ah-hah moments. you just take a deep breath and just center to move on. what can do you? >> today a new love is helping him move on. and he moves forward he says because law lauren would want him to. he has been very gracious with interviews but admits it's been difficult to keep reliving this day so it's says this anniversary is the last time he does an invited. it's time to move forward, he says. in lower manhattan, a makeshift memorial has been set up on the gates of st. paul church. it is located just around the corner from ground zero. people have inscribed men's on white ribbons honoring the

nearly nearly 3,000 9/11 victims. >> my heart goes out to families and everyone that's been -- all of us, everyone affected. >> family members of victims will be able to enter ground zero tomorrow. the names of the victims will be etched in bronze on the sides a memorial pool located in the boot print of the twin towers. an 80-story tower is now being built at a pace of one floor a day. as new york and washington authorities secure their cities, los angeles is also a heightened alert. law enforcement in southern california say there is no credible threat for the area, but security has been increased this weekend. there are bomb-sniffing dogs and deputies armed with rifles and barricades. security has also been beefed up at the metro lines, the docks and the airports. >> we cannot be everywhere. the public has a responsibility, and we ask that

the public -- if you see something, say something. >> los angeles police say the public is vital in preventing a possible attack. southern california authorities have even set up a toll-free number for people to report suspicious activities. just one day before the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the pope is calling for no violence to be committed in the name of god. he isn't a letter to the archbishop, that le will be praying for the innocent victims of the attacks. he also hopes their families will be able to find peace. the pope says the events of 9/11 were made worse by the attackers' claims that they were acting in the name of god. he says no circumstances can justify terrorism. time is 8:49. more changes on the golden gate bridge. how cyclists and pedestrians are affected. and the giants host the dodgers at at&t park. the disappointing finish leaving the playoffs uncertain once 15. >> and the possibility of thunderstorms this weekends, helping clear out the skies.

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time for your live drive time traffic. giving you a live look there at the sunol grade in fremont. both directions of 680 looking good this saturday morning. also want to take you further west out to the golden gate bridge, north if south tower. there's 746 feet tall but you can't see them this morning as the fog is still there,

hovering over the golden gate. traffic though looking good in both directions of 101 there. all lanes on highway 101 in san jose are back hope now after overnight construction. that is part a big project to replace a 50-year-old interchange near tully road. there will be more closures starting at midnight tonight. all lanes at 101 will be shut down from capitol expressway to the 280 interchange. the work will wrap. by 7 a.m. tomorrow, but there will be another round of closures from midnight tomorrow to 5 a.m. monday. bicyclists are getting back their sidewalk on the golden gate bridge today. the bridge district reopened the western sidewalk to bike traffic this morning. two weeks earlier than expected. since may, retrofit work has forced bicyclists to share the eastern sidewalk with pedestrians and another change is coming. beginning on monday, bridge work will close a section of that eastern sidewalk and pedestrians will not be able to cross the bridge end-to-end,

until mid-january. an update to a story last week. marin county today will install homes for its newest exterminators. boxes will give up at the civic center and infestation of rats has caused lots of problems, chewing up upholstery and damaging vehicles. and the hope is that these owls will solve the rodent problem. next saturday mark the 27th california coastal clean-up came organizers hope to sign up 100,000 volunteers, making it the single largest clean-up in state history. people can log on to this website or call this number more than 800 beaches and roadsides will be cleaned up. the giants' hunt for the playoff not looking like a hunt anymore. they're taking on the dodgers. at at&t last night, sandoval

singles hole. christian and that's all the giants get. tied at 1 in the top of the 9th, after a single and a sack bunt. he brings in a run. giants go quietly in the bottom half and that's it, folks. dodgers win 2-1. time is 8:55. here's another look at our top stories we've been following for you this saturday morning. two people are now in police custody, including an office depot employee, after an overnightstand offat that store. it started at the store at 9:30 last night in oakland. more than a apparent robbery. three workers were held hostage but were let go. police found the suspect hiding in the ceiling at 4:30. the employee was arrested later after police reviewed surveillance footage from that store. nasa launched its grail a and b spacecraft from florida this morning. the twin spacecraft are set it that live at the moon later this year and orbit and measure the gravitational field. that launch was delayed twice

because of bad weather. and an unusual lightning storm lit up the skies overnight. look at that! that lightning sparked at least three grass fires on mount diablo. al of those fires are now out. the storm also delayed several high school football games last night. and that lightning still concern this morning. red flag warning up still. >> yes, gusty very dry conditions, and we have been talking about it, improving at least the thunderstorms because now they should be accompanied by scattered showers. and it's the dry lightning that is a big concern with fire weather. so we will continue with that slight possibility for thunderstorms. it's 20%, meaning most of us won't see it. but that chance is there and as we saw last night it happened. widespread 50s and low 60s where we started the morning. and temperatures are beginning to rebound. mostly sunny and mild out there. by noontime, low 60s for the coast, and 70s even upper 70s for inland areas. and afternoon, very similar to what we saw yesterday. take a look at this. mid-60s expected san francisco today, upper 60s low 70s for the east bay. upper 80s to low 90s inland

east bay.  over the north bay that red flag warning expires at 11 this morning. upper 70s, low 80s and as we head south 79 expected for san jose. the thunderstorm threat will be for the east bay, as well as the south bay lasting through tomorrow. that extended forecast there, temperatures will drop tomorrow, notably inland. and then we do rebound monday, tuesday and wednesday. >> still looks nice for the weekend. >> enjoyable day! >> thank you. and thank you for watching mornings on 2. have a great ann! afternoon