others but highs today coming down around the bay and yesterday still warm but not as warm as the day before. today i am wrestling with a lot of these temperatures, no problem along the coast, 70s on the bay, if the sea breeze kicks in let's go with it. traffic is moving along nicely if you are driving in many areas. let's look at highway 4 which looks good towards the willow pass grade. as we mentioned the tunnel is looking good as well. also this morning's commute looks pretty good in oakland on north and southbound 880 with no major issues and westbound traffic is moving along nicely across the san mateo bridge and coming up we will run some fog advisories in the regular traffic report, 4:30 let's go

back to pam. topping our news in just a couple of hours 23 nurses at sutter and keizer hospital will go on strike. nurses will walk the picket lines at 7:00 a.m. they are walking off to protest proposed concessions by sutter health. union leaders wants to restrict nurse's ability to advocate for patients, reduce health coverage and eliminate nurse's sick days? >> can you imagine the risk i could pose to pregnant women and their children if i were ill. it is really frightening to me. >> kaiser nurses have a contract but they are joining the strike in sol dartty . in all, nurses at all facilities will walk the picket lines. hospitals are hiring replacement nurses to walk during the strike though many elective surgeries are being postponed. here is a complete list of the affected hospitals, look

for the section at the front page of www.ktvu.com. crank calling 911 could cost you if you live in vallejo. joining us with more to explain a special new fee that is set to go into effect soon. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, it could be a crank call or accidental call but 4 is times somebody calls 911 hangs up and when a dispatcher calls them back nobody answers. now if you do that you could pay, it is called the cost recovery fee for the misuse of the 911 system. what is basically means, you better know what you are doing. they don't want to discourage anybody who has a legitimate emergency from calling 911 because they want to be there but keep in minds vallejo is facing dramatic cuts. talking about the police department they have dropped

from 121 officers -- or 151 officers to 90 and firefighters dropped to 68 firefighters. and dispatchers have gone from 21 to 17. >> to see so few people trying to serve the citizens, a population of almost 120,000 people with such a cut back streamlined police department fire department in fact every department in the city has been impacted. >> reporter: so what the city does not want to do is waist it's time on calls that are actual emergencies. if someone calls 911 and hangs up and the dispatchers call back and nobody picks up two officers have to be sent there to make sure there is no emergency and that's what they want to avoid. it goes into effect on october

1st. if you are found to have been misusing the nine one system -- 911 system, your bill could be up to $200. >> www.ktvu.com. cleanup is now underway at the home of a mayor. that began after a neighbor complained the mayor's yard is a mess. kenneth pratt went with photos of the mayor's property. it clearly shows the mayor is creating a fire hazard by failing to cover the overgrown brush outside her oakland home. >> this is the view from the neighbor's yard looking at the jungle and demonstrates how the enforcement is selective and not applied fairly throughout the city of oakland. >> now the mayor immediately responded to the complaints. last night we spotted a gardener clipping the weeds and shrubs and the gardener tell

us, the mayor's daughter contacted him the same night as the city council meeting. court ordered reforms for oakland police, those reforms are part of the fall out from the riders police corruption case. last year they were threatened to put the entire police force under control for what he called questionable conduct over recent years. the judge has new concerns including a federal report charging oakland police are too often too quickly draw their guns. new surveillance video of a brazen shooting in the east bay, what police say led up to the shooting and the clues they are still looking for in the case. a court hearing on the san bruno pipeline gets underway this morning. a judge is expected to set a trial date filed by victims from last year's deadly disaster. there are more than 300 and we

are expecting to learn how the case will proceed. pg&e want to consolidate the trial followed by a mediation phase. a san francisco fire department will pay tribute to two firefighters vincent perez anthony val letter why died in june. this afternoon their names will be dedicated to a line of names of people who died in the line of duty. the two uc berkeley graduates are spending their first full day of freedom with their families. [applauds] [crowd noise] >> shane bauer and josh fattal sprinted down the steps of that private jet into the arms of their loved ones as they landed. shane bauer was reunited with his fiance released from the

same iranian prison last year. >> being in prison too long we sincerely hope for the freedom of other political prisoners and other unjustly imprisoned people in iran. >> we are deeply grateful for his majesty for obtaining our release. >> the governor paid 500,000 each as it did last year for sarah shaw. and for mahmoud ahmadinejad he begins to address the united nations and many believe the release of the two men is an effort to improve iran's image. drug agents are investigating high grade marijuana shipment that ended up at the kentucky home of two

pro-football players. cincinnati bangles teammates anthony collins and jerome system some were both at home when two pounds of potent pot came. they have been tracking it, police have questioned both players but so far there have been no arrests. they are tied to one of the biggest busts and this week authorities found 7,000 plants in west marin. now the sheriff's department took photos shortly after. there were huge marijuana plants worth millions of dollars. they were first tipped off by deer hunters who stumbled across the elaborate farm last week. most use armed guards to protect their farm but fortunately nobody was around. >> people accidentally just as these deer hunters did walk

into these grow operations heaven forbidden counterone of these suspects. >> cartels may be running the big marijuana farm and they are very close to making some arrests. going back to sal to check in on traffic how does it looks so far? >> well it looks good so far, pam. the seafood restaurants has been talking about fog in parts of alameda county but we don't see it here on the east shore freeway. they just want you to be careful and if you do drive in the fog slow it down. steve will tell us more about that and this is a look at the bay bridge headed towards san francisco and the traffic is moving along well. again the chp has issued a fog advisory in alameda counties but if you run into fog just be careful this is a look at northbound 280 getting up to

highway 17 and that traffic is moving well. now with the real story on the weather, hell hoe steve. -- hello steve. >> a few pockets some fog reduced visibility on the bridges big difference the fog has really increased and the fog bank is much bigger today than it was yesterday but it's still only around 1,000 feet. it will make it to parts of the north bay peninsular south and east bay will still be in line for very warm temperatures, although when you get the southwest winds starting to pick up from the delta it is on the cuss. if it starts to collapse it will still be a toasty day inland. there is a lot of low clouds banked on coast and moving over of the bay an areas where there is least resistance. there is a lot of energy and a

lot going on only in the passive. gulf of alaska. a little low may pump in clouds on saturday so a few things to keep an eye on. today the big news will be cooler coast and bay. it will still be cooler inland warm to hot but by the weekend temperatures will start to take a plunge especially on sunday. there will be lots of sunshine unless you are by the water's edge. cooler coast and bay, so we will go from 50s, 60s and 70s coast and bay and 80s upper 90s for a few still inland and temperatures should start to trends. five-day forecast, cooler friday for the weekend, it looks much cooler and yes, there is a possibility towards the north bay on sunday, pam. >> oh, boy, thank you steve. 441 is the time now, the death toll is now at 16 from

that powerful typhoon that swept through japan. in tokyo heavy winds toppled a tree right on top of a taxicab. the storm triggered land slides and flooding but it did spare a power plant damaged by the march earthquake and tsunami. the fear is that it could cause another radioactive leak. gloves are expected to come off between the republican presidential candidates in orlando florida. in recent days, they have ramped up the rhetoric against each other and that's he is spokesperson bely true with rick perry and mitt ramp any candidates are increasely -- mitt romney, the candidates are increasingly focusing their arguments upon each other. president barack obama is heading for his billion dollar jobs' plan. he will speak with house speaker john boehner and

president barack obama is scheduled to speak at a bridge that crosses from ohio to kentucky and that is the home of senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. troy davis was put to death late last night after the u.s. supreme court refused to intervene. he maintained his innocence saying he did not kill the police officer and a reporter who witnessed the execution share davis' final remarks. >> he said to the family he was sorry for their loss but he also said he did not take their son, father, brother, he said to them dig deeper into this case to find out the truth. >> now the officer's mother said she never doubted davis' guilt and she feels justice was finally served. >> a criminal case against two orange county police officers

in the deadly beating of a mentally ill homeless man is now underway. manuel ramos was charged with second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter yesterday. he was charged with excessive force and pled not guilty.$♪ the two officers beat kelly thomas during an altercation in july. kelly died five days later. >> how could somebody keep beating you after that, how do they live with themselves, i don't understand that at all. >> officers were investigating car break-ins at the time of the attack. thomas violently resisted arrest but the district attorney called the attack unprovoked. four other officers involved in the beating remain on administrative leave. a shooting in vallejo, take a look, it is from a business on broadway recorded shortly

before 11:00 yesterday morning. the two men began fighting and the african-american man begins firing at one point at the white man but it does not appear anybody was injured. the police are looking for the two men involved. oakland teenager who went missing late last month was found in alameda. she was last seen leaving her oakland school and yesterday police found her safe in alameda. it is still unclear why she left her home and what she has been doing. the man accused of killing a campbell woman may be tied to more crimes. paul castillo sobbed in court as he was arraigned. he is on suicide watch. he is accused of shooting a man at a gas station last friday and carjacking and killing a 60-

year-old cindy win. court documents show he may have stolen at least one other car this month. police are looking for another man who may have helped castillo avoid capture. another suspect, diana figueroa has already been arrested. oakland lakeshore shopping district could be getting a new addition but some are saying the store is too risk kay, it is call good vibrations selling adult books and toys. while being concerned about the store's products but they say if it closes another adult entertainment business could take over the permit. >> i mean there is lots of other places even in the neighborhood that might be a better spot than right here. >> now the director of oakland's planning commission says the store's site is more

than 500 feet from hospitals schools and senior centers and there would be strict conditions. none of the merchandise is allowed with in 10 feet and the windows will have to feature taste full displays. palo alto city council wants to consider selling wells fargo to an equity firm. now the bank is in the process of selling it to equity residential group. tenants are concerned because the group's chairman does not believe in rent control and has referred to himself as a professional opportunityist. they have dropped its rating and mood did i downgraded the long term credit rating of wells fargo and bank of america. bank of america fell two levels

and city has dropped although the overall credit rating is the same. this is likely a tough holiday season for retailers. shoppers are expected to make fewer trips to stores and when they do show up they are likely to head straight for the bargains. in the meantime they are keeping business inventories down. that could create shortages for the last people for people who shop. more information about a car bomb that exploded with a lawyer and his two sons inside. the explosion happened while they were driving in monroe michigan tuesday night they are surprised all three survived the bombing which turned the car into a hunk of medal. we now have a 911 call made by the father. >> i have two significant leg

injuries, one is his bottom left leg, and one to his left buttock, 8 tissue wounds, they are bleeding i need someone here now. >> this has now become a federal investigation and police believe the father may have been targeted. he is a well-known attorney for divorce and business dispute cases. all three remain in the hospital in critical condition. time now 4:49, a new look for facebook. but even new changes are coming today. and it is one of california's most famous attractions and why some people are now fighting to keep it out of the spotlight. whoa. you gotta be kidding!

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dropped a broad hint in south africa yesterday. there were earlier reports it would be unveiled october 4th and he said the phone will go on sale shortly after it is unveiled. social media facebook is expecting to make more changes to the site, new buttons such as listen or read allows people to share things they have heard of our read with friends. users discovered more changes and not everybody is excited about the new look. >> what happens is when they change things i have to get used to it all over again. >> technology analysts say facebook has no choice but to continue evolving and they say with competition with sites such as google, facebook has to stay fresh. since most people already belong to facebook, the challenge is now to get them to

stay on the site longer. some people stay on the site for a very long time as it is. >> you know, some of us have to stay on the site less time, i think. good morning everybody, let's take a look at the commute. however we do have a facebook page from the channel 2 news team. this is 80 westbound and two right lanes are closed and the traffic is going to be a little bit slow as you get into those two lanes although they are picking up the road work soon. you should just know about it here on 80. let's move along, it is a little bit down the road, that traffic looks good no major problems getting into the city. if you are driving northbound looks good, northbound 280 and 85 looking very nice. not a lot of slow traffic here

in san jose. let's go to steve. fog is up around 5,000 feet mainly a low cloud dick but you may encounter some low visibility. i just looked at the webcam from san jose and low clouds starting to fill in, breezy coast and bay, still warm to hot inland and temperatures will come down a lot of bit its specially as we head towards the weekend. folks up in mendocino county will tackle it tomorrow. we have a fog bank held in check. 60s on the lows, felt cooler to me this morning. southwest fairfield that is double what it was and that's a sign may be things will start to crank up. a little energy across the

pacific, it bears watching as we head to the next couple of days. a bigger fog bank, it means cooler temperatures, we need that fog up around 2000 feet to really cool things down and it will be upper 90s for some, low 90s and lower by the coast 50s and 70s by the bay or lower 80s. with your weekend always in view, we will have clouds much cooler on sunday. well the hollywood sign is one of southern california's biggest attractions. people who live in the area are tired of the attention. homeowners say thousands of tourists are becoming a problem. they say visitors are disruptive cause traffic and leave trash. many people blame handheld gps devices who run right through their community. city leaders are looking for a safe solution. coming up on 5:00 we

continue to follow overnight news, a police standoff ends with a man shot, the connection he has to a murder investigation in richmond. thousands of nurses are off the job this morning, the affect this massive strike will have on patients.

. why thousands of nurses will walk the picket lines all over central and northern california today. plus hanging up on 911, it happens thousands of times a year just here in the city of vallejo and we will tell you how much and why. miraculous news from bryan stow that has doctors and his family very happy. . good morning thank you for waking up with us, i am pam ok