say this is a key moment for the city. >> also the weekend protest guaranteed to get a lot of attention, plenty of people, very little clothing. mornings on 2 begins right now! good morning to you. welcome to mornings on 2. it is thursday, september 22nd. we have learned new information overnight about the story of a woman's body discovered in a richmond restaurant. ktvu's tara moriarity is in san leandro with a look at the man police say is responsible for her death. tara. >> reporter: police say the suspect could not let his relationship with his ex- girlfriend go. they believe he killed her, then came here to hide out with

friends or family. s.w.a.t. teams surrounded the home here for 16 hours. he was on the upper floor, authorities on the bottom. when he came down pointing a rifle, they shot him. 42-year-old rafael had a history of domestic violence with his ex-girlfriend, 30-year- old jen a mother of two. she was found tuesday night in richmond. police came to san leandro after receiving a tip yesterday morning. family members say he has threatened her in the past and she feared for her life. >> it seems to be at this point a very tragic case of domestic violence. this person had been stalking her for probably at least the last month. >> we don't know the exact condition him but he is stabilized. police will not say how romero were killed. police believe they were arguing in front of the lawn about an hour and a half before

her body was discovered. the man has an extensive criminal record. he should be charged with murder come monday morning. tara moriarity, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. a search in the bay area for two fugitives accused of dragging a santa cruz police officer with a stolen pickup truck. authorities say one week ago, 37-year-old ryan manning stepped on the gas when an officer reached into the pickup to make an arrest. the officer was dragged 30 feet. he is expected to return to work in the next few days. police say 25-year-old shivon armstrong was a passenger. they suspect the couple fled to the bay area because of a tip from a friend. happening right now, just moments ago nurses kicked off a one-day strike at bay area hospitals and beyond. look at live pictures that we're right in the middle of a picket line now.

our cameras are right there. this is at kaiser in oakland. this one-day strike started with the national union of health care workers. their members work for kaiser. they've been working without a contract. nurses with the california nurses association, who work at both shutter and kaiser, decide decided they would highlight their own issues. coming up, kraig debro is out there and he'll bring us the latest details in a live report. our channel 2 website has a complete list of all the affected hospital santa monica just look for the right now section on the front page of ktvu.com. you may see some smoke in the skies above vallejo this morning. ktvu's claudine wong joins us live to tell us about training exercises for some newly hired firefighters and city officials say today is key to getting a closed fire station back open. claudine. >> reporter: this is where

they'll be burning today, training exercise that will start about 8:00 this morning and will go on for the next two days. neighbors say there's been a lot of activity out here recently, and there's a good reason. they're training five new firefighters, their graduation set for tomorrow, and today will be the end of a 12-week program that brings the station one step closer to being reopened. there are several closed fire stations in the city of vallejo. want to show you video of station 25. it closed on minnie drive last year. the city has just finished bankruptcy but now people are getting creative and they used grant money to hire nine new firefighters. they've only hired five so far, but they will be training here today and that means the station can reopen soon. >> station 25 is supposed to open as soon as we can hire the nine new firefighters that we're getting from grant money. the question is, how long will it take us to be able to find

the nine officers, the firefighters, and bring them onboard? >> again, back out here live on wilson drive in the city of vallejo, as you can see this an abandoned home. it has been used for training exercises. how it's been explained to me today, basically they're going to go in and actually set the fire in here so that each one of these new firefighters can show they can put this fire out, they have the right procedures underway to get the working fire under control. graduation is set for tomorrow, and so that's a big move for the city. the fire station won't reopen until all nine are hired. it is significant because it moves them one step closer to making that happen. >> thank you. one bay area city's trying to put an end to 11 hangups. starting next month vallejo

residents who accidently call 911, you can be fined $200. a lot of people who accidentally call 911, they just hang up. that often has police officers rushing to an emergency that does not exist. we recently talked to the city manager about this. >> it's quite startling to see how few people they have, and the other organizations that i've been in that have been in trouble, i haven't seen the level of staffing we have here. >> like many cities, the police department is facing huge budget cutbacks and police officers are wasting time following up on accidental calls. doctors at stanford medical center treating, a santa cruz high school student who went into cardiac arrest yesterday during a gym class. the superintendent told board members last night that sophomore was jogging during class at harvard high school when it hard. he said the quick work of a teacher who administered cpr

probably saved that teenager's life. at the last check, the young person was in critical condition, still not clear what caused the heart condition. in washington, house republican leaders are trying to regroup after a stinging loss on a bill that must pass in order to prevent a government shutdown at the end of next week. coming up at 715 we'll have a live report from auer washington, d.c. newsroom on your democrats and even some republicans voted no on that measure. the republican presidential candidates are expect to sharpen their attacks on each other in tonight's debate in florida. in recent days, the candidates have ransacked the rhetoric against each other. that's especially true of the two front-runners, rick perry and mitt romney. with five months remaining, until the first nominating contest, the candidates are increasingly focusing their attacks on each other and less on president obama. and a new poll shows an

overwhelming majority, 72% of likely republican primary voters, do not want sarah palin to run for president. 24% say they hope palin will run, but only 13% say they would vote for her. palin says she is still considering a run for president and said earlier she would make a decision by the end of this month. time is 7:08. if you'll be in san francisco this weekend, you may be exposed to an unusual political protest. nudists plan to rally in san francisco's castro district saturday afternoon for what they call a new dance. the nudists are planning to meet at the bus stop, at the corner of castro and 17th street. it's a pre-party for sunday's follow some street fair, a celebration of all things nude. this is designed to send a message following a proposal that requires nudists to carry and sit on a towel when out in

public. a tutor for a san rafael elementary school has been arrested on charges he physically abused two students. anthony guido rose is facing charges of inflicting injury and cruelty to a child. police say the investigation started tuesday, when two children at san pedro elementary school reported being poked and pushed by rose. right now he's out on bail pending a court appearance scheduled for october 11th. in just over an hour, 18- year-old caitlin dunaway is expected to enter a plea on charges of vehicular manslaughter of a two-year-old girl. on december 1, she hit the toddler and her mother while they were in a crosswalk, according to police. police say she was texting when she hit them. the little girl's mother was also seriously hurt. free cpr lessons are offered this weekend to honor a four-year-old boy killed in santa rosa. the class is hosted by lincoln

elementary school. it's held on sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. participants are asked to donate money to the christopher roe memorial fund. christopher was hit and killed by a hit-and-run driver on august 18th. 22-year-old marcos garcia has been charged in the boy's death. organizers say everyone should be trained in cpr because you never know when it will be needed. and it's the type of thing you need resch courses. >> you need to be updated. >> yes. >> sal will update our commute. how are we looking? >> it's slow at the toll plaza. good morning. if you're trying to get into san francisco, a popular commute that we focus on it quite a bit here in the morning. the traffic is backed up for a 20-minute delay, which is not unusual. that's the thing that people hate, is you drive to work and take a certain amount of time, then something changes that in the way of a crash or stalled vehicle. nothing like that right now on the bay bridge.

let's move along, take a look at the foggy 880 freeway. the fog has moved in. steve has been talking about it. he'll tell us what this means for temperatures. i'll tell what you it means for traffic. it will have some poor visibility in some areas. also going to have some airport delays possibly at sfo. we'll run those down for you. we're looking at the coliseum, this sunday the raiders come back to play their nemesis, the new york jets. it's going to be a popular game. people will be out there. so plan ahead, don't use 880 on sunday unless you're fond of slow traffic and the silver and black. on eastbound 80, as you're driving past westport, there's an accident on the shoulder causing slow traffic in both directions in contra costa county. and also hayward union city in fremont, some slow traffic there. now let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. sal is correct, lots more fog and low clouds today, so temperatures coast and bay on the cooler side, inland still

warm temperatures but there are some subtle hints like higher elevations running about 3 degrees cooler than yesterday. and also a sea breeze is trying to get together. but it's still going to be warm to hot away from the coast. by the water's edge low clouds, fog at 9 a.m. by this afternoon they'll be mostly cloudy, partly cloudy conditions. some sun, few areas always microclimates always get some sun but a lot of fog hanging around. for the bay, foggy in the morning, by this afternoon, mostly sunny but it will be a little breezy, 68 to 84, depending on how close you to the coast. inland area, some patchy fog, clear for some and warm to hot but there will be a breeze i think later today so cooler and breezy coast but still temperatures in the 90s for some well inland. but the trend is to take the temperatures, looks like we topped out in the really take a drop off the table towards the weekend. not only low clouds but also some high and mid-level clouds. first cold front of the season on tap for sunday. today, though, 50s for many. low, mid or 60s, moffet warm

there. but san jose overcast at 60. concord 56. fairfield 54. that's cooler. little hint of a westerly breeze at the napa airport. so from san pablo bay, bill has the fog back in vallejo. they'll be cooler as well. southwest 7 isn't much for -- need that for 25 for inland areas to cool down. school front moving north will continue to enhance the fog bank. very heavy rain over the next five days forecast for seattle and vancouver, not for us. fog, sun, cool to warm, depending on if you're near the coast it. will not be very warm. but temperatures inland could be in the hot category. clear lake 96. then i want a lot of 80s here from petaluma, napa, richmond 74. still low 90s walnut creek but 72 alameda. 95 livermore. but 80 hayward, coming down about 6 degrees from yesterday. low 90s santa clara valley. 80s now san jose with overcast conditions today. that's a sure sign they'll cool

down. then 70s, 80s on the peninsula. 50s, 60s in the city as well. 5-day forecast has a cooler pattern taking us into friday. then with the weekend, the saturday, sunday time frame much cooler, lot of clouds, maybe rain to the north. >> all right, steve. tropical storm ophelia stronger over the central atlantic but it will waning. the national hurricane center says its winds are about 65 miles an hour but it's expected to weaken within the next 48 hours. there's no immediate threat to land. 16 people now known to be dead or missing in japan after a big typhoon. look at these pictures. the heavy winds toppled a tree right on top of a cab. the storm caused flooding and triggered landslides, but missed the nuclear power plant damaged by the earthquake and tsunami of march. the fear was the typhoon could

cause possibly another radioactive leak. commodities erase the gains after the reserve said the world's biggest economy faces significant downside risks and the slump could last for years. boosting speculation raw materials demands will falter. the feds say to stimulate the economy was largely expected but investors were deeply troubled by the central bank's statement that showed it expected a deep and persistent downturn. taking a live look at the big board, yesterday's big selloff is being even topped by this morning. right now as you see the dow is down 316. that's down almost 3%. the nasdaq is down 2 1/2, down 67. s&p is down 30. there is a glimmer of good news. the number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell last week, but the drop of

9,000 was not enough to signal an improving job market. 423,000 people filed for jobless benefits. economists say that number needs to fall below 375,000 to significantly lower the unemployment rate, and that has not happened since february. in washington, d.c. the clock is ticking again towards a possible government shutdown. as allison burns reports, a bill to keep the government running after next week fell apart in the house last week. allison. >> reporter: dave, that's right, congressional leaders are still struggling to find a way to keep the government running past next week. after a bill that seemed to have some momentum in the house fell apart last night, tea party conservatives wanted no. they wanted money to be offset by bigger spending cuts. many democrats also voted no, arguing the cuts went too far. they specifically did not like stripping money from a program

that promoted more fuel- efficient vehicles. that program is helping fremont based tesla motors. democrats say losing it will cost jobs. >> we need a growth policy. we don't need a cut policy. cut and grow just ain't so. and i would point out that we need to get people back to work! >> congress is scheduled to be on recess next week, so lawmakers are hoping to strike at least a temporary deal by tomorrow. reporting live from washington, d.c., allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. time is 7:17. today president obama heads into republican territory, selling his $447 billion jobs plan. the president will make a speech in ohio. that's the home state of house speaker john boehner. he is scheduled to speak at a bridge that crosses from ohio to kentucky. now kentucky is the home state

of senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. >> obama thinks the best way to distract people from challenges we face is to stand near a bridge in a swing state and pit one group of americans against another, and hope his critics look bad if they don't go along with him. >> the bridge was chosen as an example of a needed infrastructure repair project that could put hundreds of construction workers to work. some former solar workers from solyndra are speaking out on the eve of a critical hearing. those employees tell the washington post they saw some questionable spending from the very start. they say their bosses spent a huge amount of public money on fancy buildings and conference rooms that did little to improve the actual product. tomorrow congress will formally investigate whether politics played in the government's half billion dollar loan to the

fremont startup. the latest symbol of government waste is dubbed muffin game an audit found taxpayer money was wasted at 10 law enforcement conferences, including one at the san francisco hilton. one example, $16 muff wins served. they also found coffee at more than $8 a cup, cookies at $10 apiece, and swedish meatballs for $5 each. the white house has ordered an investigation. we are now getting a look at some of the pension figures of retired employees in sonoma county. according to the press democrat, the top pension, $254,000 a year, goes to the county's retired chief financial officer. second is a retired sheriff at $239,000 a year, followed by a administrator at $209,000. high pension costs have been blamed by many counties for record budget deficits. police in hawaii

investigating a deadly accident while a new zip line was being tested it. happened yesterday on the big island. you're looking at video of the zip line operator's website. a huge tower collapsed, killing one employee. we don't know the victim's names. a zip line is a very popular tourist attraction that allows to you slide through the sky on a cage. back at home, remarkable progress reported by the family of injured giants fan bryan stow. the family's website says bryan is now able to say his own name, as well as the names of his son and daughter. he is even asked to see pictures of his children. at the same time, the family says new blood clots have appeared, and they say his road to recovery will be a long one. it's 7:20. it's a new push to slow drivers down. the call for a network of speed enforcement cameras in one bay

area city. look at this, a news photographer handcuffed while shooting a story. why he was arrest. >> good morning! traffic is going to be slow here. look at highway 87. lots of slow traffic. tell you where the people are headed. mm-mm-mm-mmm ♪ [ female announcer ] kraft cheese has more full length shreds in every bag. you'll see the difference. ♪ mmm

welcome back. time is 7:23. a news photographer from a milwaukee tv station making news himself after being arrested while shooting a story. >> what? i'm walking back -- don't put your hands on me! >> this happened yesterday morning. 68-year-old clint was on the scene of a house fire. police say they asked him to move back, and he wouldn't do it. now he is facing charges of resisting arrest and obstructing police. news organizations are asking for the charges to be dropped. they're citing concerns about first amendment rights and

violations by the police. a rohnert park woman celebrated her 85th birthday with an unusual drag race. check out granny, she got to race a ford focus at infineon raceway and received a whooping 77 miles an hour! after she said her grandson didn't think they could go that fast, but she proved him wrong. the san francisco transportation commissioner is pushing for a speed enforcement tool. she wants the city to install a network of speed enforcement cameras. they would be similar to red- light cameras, but take pictures of people speeding. the vehicle owner would get a ticket in the mail. several cities have experimented with the cameras but shut them down because of legal challenges. hey, sal, where are we getting the fog from?

>> it's coming from everywhere. steve will have the technical explanation but we do have a lot of fog, especially on the golden gate bridge. you can see sometimes we'll show you the golden gate bridge from vista point. this morning you really can't see a lot of it and that's a problem for drivers in marin, san francisco, parts of alameda county. it's moving along, look at the bay bridge toll plaza. the fog is moving into other parts of the east bay. and if you're driving this morning in the south bay, northbound 101 traffic is busy and northbound 87 traffic also slow as we showed you getting into downtown and 280 is still slow getting up to highway 17. :25. steve. >> thank you. yes, bigger influence on the fog today, helped along by hot temperatures inland, that draws it in, along with cool ocean temperatures, but also cold front moving into the north. really that's what is helping enhance it. so low clouds, fog for the morning hours. not everybody is in on it but there's much more to go around today than the past 24 hours.

50s and low 60s but areas having fog today, many did not yesterday. there's your system. it's moving northwest but that sure helps the fog bank and also those hot temperatures inland. there will still be hot temperatures inland but not as many so we'll have low to mid- 90s but for many in the 90s now, the 80s. and that fog made it to straw alejo. san jose parts of the north bay so that tells us it will be cooler coast bay and for many inland. also on the peninsula. mild on friday. then weekend in view, clouds cooler, high clouds saturday from the south and mostly cloudy saturday with a cold front, yes, light rain to the north but more cooler than anything else. >> thank you. a disturbing videotape of a crime in progress. the mystery that surrounds a shooting outside a bay area pop club. >> and why dozens of nurses are walking the picket line for one day in oakland and across northern and central california. >> also emergency clean-up at

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happening now, a major nurses strike is underway at bay area hospitals and in other parts of the state.

kraig debro is at kaiser in oakland to talk about why some 53,000 nurses are walking off the job today. kraig. >> reporter: it all started with one very small nurses union, rather a union, not even a nurses union. here at howell and macarthur, the workers now are members of union called national unionized health care workers. so this is a scene repeated at nearly three dozen hospitals across northern and central california. they're like most of these hospitals, this one is one of few peoples you'll see optical and behavioral health care workers. only 1600 strong here in the bay area, this massive strike involving 21,000 nurses started with the smallest of unions. union and strikes are just about money and any more these days, and this was no exception. the national union of health care workers say they're concerned that secondary visits were not being scheduled in time to benefit patients some when they complained to their

employer, kaiser, nothing was done to improve the situation, according to them, and things got worse. >> this issue really started around our staffing -- our staffing problem. and we essentially brought this to kaiser's attention, and in bargaining, and they ignore that proposal and in the midst of the bargaining then delivered these other really deep cuts in retirement and health care benefits. >> before we go any further, we've tried to reach kaiser multiple times for them to speak on the record either off camera or on camera. so far that's not happened. the 21,000 plus nurses with the california nurses association then decided to join in because they saw some of the same issues at their jobs, and workers now working 10 months without a contract. kaiser nurses are under contract and even though the nurses at kaiser and shut

remember members of the scene also on strike, at different issues, they see some of the similar issues and wanted to confront them right now until it came time for contract negotiations and they might have to be the same situation. reporting live, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. our channel 2 website has the complete list every affected hospitals. just look for the right now section on the front page at ktvu.com. we are getting a better look at a new store surveillance video of a shooting that happened in vallejo. look at this, it happened in front of a marijuana dispensary yesterday morning around 11. these two men started fighting, one of them pulled out a gun, fired shots at the other. police found a bunch of bullet casings at the scene but no victims. if you have any information about this, contact vallejo police. this morning a judge will get a progress report on the court ordered reforms for

oakland police. it's all part of the fallout from the 2003 riders police corruption case. last year the judge threatened to put the police force under federal control, pointing to what he called questionable officer conduct in recent years. the judge has new concerns, including the new federal report that says oakland police are often too quick to pout owl their guns. an emergency clean-up operation at the home of oakland mayor jean quan, after an irate neighbor complained the mayor's yard is a mess. he went before the city council tuesday night with photos of the mayor's property. pratt says the pictures clearly show the mayor's yard is a fire hazard because she failed to clear the overgrown brush outside her oakland hills home. >> this is the view from the neighbors' yard looking at her jungle. this demonstrates how the enforcement is selective and

not applied fairly throughout the city. >> if she's out of compliance, just like anyone else, she has to put her property into compliance because we have that responsibility. >> the mayor immediately responded to these complaints. last high in we spotted a gardener creeping the weeds and shrubs from outside the mayor's home. a local company has stepped in now to replace stolen computer equipment, stolen from a high school in danville. police say someone stole six ipads and a mac book from the high school. the ipads are used by special- needs students. the company called gumdrop cases, which makes covers for ipads, heard about what happened and replaced the stolen ipads. fewer americans are enrolling in graduate schools these days. it's the first time since 2003 that the number of new students has gone down. experts blame the economy. they say people out of work usually can't afford to pay the tuition. and people who are working

usually don't want to leave and get an advanced degree because de don't know if they'll have a job when they finish their studies. a court hearing on the san bruno pipeline disaster starts at 10:00 this morning. a judge is expected to set a trial date for the lawsuit filed by victims of last year's deadly disaster. there are more than 300 plaintiffs. the pg&e wants to consolidate the cases that one liability trial followed by a mediation phase. the san francisco fire department will pay tribute to two fallen firefighters today. lieutenant vincent perez and firefighter paramedic anthony valerio died battling a diamond heights house fire in june. this afternoon, their names will be unveiled on a memorial wall dedicated to those who died in the line of duty. it's been a busy week for facebook, after several changes were made to the website. and the company says this is just the beginning as they

continue to update that social networking site. coming up at 7:45, pam cook is coming back and will tell us about more changes scheduled to be announced today. apple will not confirm or deny the new reports that it will release its newest iphone next month. however, al gore, who sits on the board of directors of apple, dropped a big hint while speaking at a conference in south africa yesterday. he said he believes the new product will be coming out next month. there have been reports that the iphone 5 would be unveiled october 4th. the wall street journal blog said the phone will go on sale shortly, after it's unveiled. the two uc berkeley graduates just released from prison in iran are spending their first full day of freedom with their families in oman. shane bower and josh fattal sprinting down the arms of the

jet and into the armed of their loved ones. >> few years in prison is too long. and we sincerely hope for the freedom of other political prisoners and other unjustly imprisoned people in america and iran. >> we're so happy we're free and so relieved we're free. our deepest gratitude goes towards his majesty, sultan qaboos of oman, for obtaining our release. >> the government paid $500,000 each to free the men as it did for sarah shourd last year. the release of the men comes just before iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad's address to the united nations today. that is scheduled for about 9:00 this morning. many analysts believe the release of the two men is an effort to improve iran's image. back at home, golden gate transit expected to approve new funding today to finish

installing wireless internet on its buses. as they have already approved a plan that provides free wireless to its passengers and according to their website, they've already been testing the service on some of the buses. 170,000 dollars of the costs already in place, but almost $90,000 more is needed to finish the job of installing the wireless system. we want to check in with sal because there's apparently a problem on the san mateo bridge. >> that's right, stalled vehicle that may turn into a crash. one thing we know for sure, the traffic is slow. we can see it from the camera. we have here, it seems to have improved because when i was looking at it just a little while ago, it was stop and go. now it's moving along slowly. but you can tell this is not the way it's supposed to look, even for this time of morning. so if you're san mateo bridge driver, you need to give yourself a little extra time heading over to the peninsula. this is a look at the bridge toll plaza. no relief here. it's backed up from the

macarthur maze, 20-minute delay into san francisco. we're looking at antioch, pittsburg and bay appoint, traffic will be slow, especially in bay point, but now pleasant hill slow traffic through walnut creek. hayward area, we told you about the san mateo bridge but you can see that traffic on southbound 880 just getting there backed up from a street. it slows down to the dumbarton bridge exit and beyond that. let's go to steve. >> thank you very much. and yes, we do have a bigger fog bank today. not for all areas. there are brakes in some low clouds and fog but if you're stuck in the fog it can be gray and cold. there's component of a west wind closer to the coast and bay, not so much inland. it's trying but not happening yet. low clouds, fog for the coast. and looks like most of the coast will stay -- some clouds close by. 50s and 60s around the bay. we have some foggy conditions, once that burns off then mostly sunny but breezy later today.

60s, 70s and low 80s. inland still looks warm to the hot, higher elevations are still trending little on the warm side, upper 70s to 80s. so very warm air that could still filter into the forecast. i think it will for some at least for one more day, then tomorrow i think everyone drops temperatures today starting off 52 to 62. so a cooler day, focused on coast and bay with a little bit cooler inland but not a lot. the big news on the weekend, when saturday, tropical clouds from southern california -- that's where they come from, yes -- you know what i mean. from southern california on saturday, and sunday cold front comes through. and that may give folks up in mendocino county first hint every rain. doesn't look strong but we'll mention it now, and details for tomorrow. 50s to 60s, temperatures stuck in the cloud cover. so fog, sun. cool to warm but 90s inland. still holding on to a few. it will be cooler by the coast, 96 clear lake.

i did drop pet lumme apalachicola to be 80s. then 60s and 70s for sausalito, richmond. also upper 70s to 80s have layo, crockett. still 90s though concord and tough call towards pittsburg and antioch. alameda 72. 77 downtown oakland. 86 san jose. 87 cupertino. 82 free month. 70s and 80s on the peninsula. menlo park at 81. 60s in the city or 50s and much of the coast also dealing with 50s and 60s. low clouds and fog friday. then with your weekend always in view, we have that saturday cooler pattern, then much cooler with clouds on sunday. >> thank you, steve. it is 7:41. how this morning's new jobless numbers are impacting the stock market. and reaction to plans for an adult entertainment store to open in an upscale district in the east bay. plus big news this morning from the world famous bakery that suffered its serious fire last

week in the wine country.

markets continuing yesterday's big selloff after the federal reserve indicated that the u.s. economic slump could last for years. oil is also down 4 1/2%. gold down 3 1/2%. concern about whether raw materials will rebound in the long-term. right now the dow currently down 300, at 10,824. nasdaq is down 50. s&p is down 28. also want to mention coming up at 8:15, we'll have a live report with carter evans from

the nasdaq. the east palo alto city council wants wells fargo to reconsider selling 1800 rental apartments to an equity firm. wells fargo took over the property after the owner went through foreclosure. now the bank is in the process of selling those units to chicago based equity residential group. the sale is expected to close next month. tenants are concerned because this group's chairman does not believe in rent control and has referred to himself as a professional opportunist. the credit ratings given by one of the biggest credit agencies is lower for three major u.s. banks. moodys service down gridded the long-term credit ratings of wells fargo and bank of america. san francisco based wells fargo saw its rating drop one level. bank of manager's fell two levels. and citigroup's sherm credit rating was bumped down although it's overall rating remains the same. your time is 7:45. a new face for facebook.

not everyone likes what they see. pam cook is in our newsroom to tell us about the changes and the reaction. pam. >> reporter: the largest social network holds its annual f8 conference today in san francisco. that's where tremendously developers to create games and apps gather and rights where the next round of changes are set to be announced. that's after 750 million users woke up to a new change yesterday. lot of people didn't notice but the homepage, if you're on facebook, now has a top story section at the top, followed by recent stories, and then down the right side of the page is what is called a ticker, which is a live feed of all the ongoing activity on your site. the news changes on -- the new changes on facebook is a hot topic on twitter and on the street, and not everyone is excited. >> several times a day and what happens is when they change things, i have to get used to it all over again.

>> like any time someone changes a website, but facebook has to continue to evolve they say to compete with other sites. the company says since most people belong to facebook, the challenge now is to get them to stay there longer. again, today at the developers conference we expect more changes at facebook. mark zuckerberg is the keynote address, and we hear that he is going to talk about easier ways to share music. we'll let you know what else we find out on our ktvu.com team's facebook page. reporting live, back over to tori. >> thank you, pam. the adult store good vibrations is looking to open their doors in oakland's lakeshore shopping district. the store sells toys, books and other materials geared towards adults. people we spoke to have mixed feelings about the proposal. they're concerned the family- friendly neighborhood might not be the best location for their risque store. >> i don't know that much about

good vibrations. i've heard some good things about it, but it's more -- fairly tasteful. but i don't know, i just -- myself, i feel uncomfortable with it. >> residents can appeal to the city planning commission. the cost more than a thousand dollars. the planning commission says they're putting strict conditions on the store. would you shonn bakery is reopening after a fire one week ago. it was damaged by fire early last thursday morning. electrical problems with lights over the oven may have started that fire. but today, the retail side of the bakery is reopening. the bakery side still needs to be rebuilt. >> the reviews are in for a san francisco diners. the new guide calls san francisco diners the worst tippers. the average tip at a san francisco restaurant is 18.6%. that compares to the national

average of 19.2%. some critics speculate diners are deducting the 4% surcharge to pay for the healthy san francisco health insurance program. a new survey shows this is likely to be another rough holiday season for retailers. shoppers are expected to make fewer trips to stores and when they do show up, they're likely to head straight for the bargains they've researched in advance. meantime, businesses have been working to keep inventory to a minimum so they don't have to -- can avoid markdowns that eat into their profit margins and create shortages for people who wait until the last minute to shop, mr. clark. a major contract dispute in between longshoremen and their bosses got heated in longview, washington with the arrest of a dozen people. it happened when protestors blocked a train track yesterday. one by one officers led protestors away, but at one time a scuffle broke out between two men and police. officers tackled the men and

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a mother in st. louis is out on bail after her little boy showed up at his kindergarten show and tell with a crack pipe. the teacher spotted the boy with the pipe and a bag of crystal meth, and would not allow him to show the other students. the district superintendent says little boy was excited to share what he had, but probably didn't realize what it was. after the drugs were found, the boy's mother was arrested. this morning, drug agents

may be closing in on the illegal pot farmers connected to one of biggest bursts in marin county history. this week authorities found 7,000 plants near hicks mountains in west marin. the sheriff's department took photos, look at this, after the bust. huge marijuana plants, every place you look, worth millions of dollars. drug agents were first tipped off by a couple deerhunters who stumble across this very elaborate pot farm last week. most of the time, pot growers used armed guards to protect their farms. but fortunately, there were no guards around this time. >> we run the fear of having people accidentally just as these deerhunters did walk into a grow operation and heaven forbidden counter a suspect. >> agents say a mexican drug cartel may be running the big pot farm and they're now hinting they're close to making some arrests. there are reports this morning that southwest airlines

is investigating several strange acts every vandalism involving graffiti tags in arabic on airplanes. according to a news agent 90 phoenix, the marks have appeared on several southwest 737 planes. they're visible on the exterior, once of power unit is turned on that keeps the outside of the plane skin. a spokesperson for southwest confirms the activity has been going on for months and agencies are involved. frequent flyers on united and continental airlines who pay more for basic fares will get more in their mileage plug accounts. the newly merged airline is offering increased rewards for higher priced tick and the a bid to gain which is travelers. fliers who buy first-class seats will earn up to 2 1/2 reward miles for every mile they fly. business class and full-fare close class tickets will also earn bonus miles. there is one downside for

continental passengers, they'll have expiration dates on their miles accumulated, which united has always had. so new things for continental. >> wow. sal, are you taking care of 880? >> i'm having help from ktvu's very own robert handa. >> oh, good. >> who called and said he's the south bay has suddenly become socked in in fog, and so we're going to explore that. i know fog is not good for driving, especially if it's in an area where you can't -- one of those two-lane highways on the peninsula, so be careful out there. let's go out and look at interstate 880, overcast in oakland as well. you can see traffic it moving along slowly. the raiders play their home game here on sunday afternoon. make plans for that in the back of your head for slow traffic all day long at the coliseum because of that football game. let's move along and look at the commute westbound bay bridge, backed up for about a

15 to 20-minute delay before you make it on to the span. and of course nimitz freeway heading south is slow. very slow from hayward to fremont. look at highway 85. that's just terrible. slow traffic there, coming up from 87 all the way up to saratoga. move the maps up to concord and walnut creek. 680 backed up from 242 all the way down to result gear road. now let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. robert is correct, one of good ones there, reporting the fog in san jose and also vallejo and tracy, up in rohnert park. so foggy they can't see across the street. yet others are clear. it will burn off by 9 or 10 this time of year. but it is a sign of things to come here. it's not making it to coastal hills. still some clear areas, so areas will be warm to hot. but there's a big, big fog bank out there. 50s and 60s now. coast will deal with a lot of low clouds and also that system coming into the north. it will stay north, but as that moves in, that will lift that

fog i think ton into tomorrow, and we'll be significantly cooler into the weekend. fog, low clouds, fog. some sun, cool and a tweet in napa saying very foggy as well. highs today from 50s to upper 90s. so 50s, 60s, 70s coast and bay. 80s for some, san jose, santa rosa, and then still some 90s inland. one more day i think, then tomorrow's cool off and big- time cooling takes us into the weekend with a possibility, a hint he says, of maybe light rain to the north on sunday. >> wow. thank you. it began just one hour ago, thousands of nurses hit the picket line. why some are striking even though they're still under contract. >> we're live in san leandro, where the office has just arrived after police shoot a murder suspect after a 16-hour standoff. we'll tell you why police

believe the man killed his ex- girlfriend. >> and this morning, this house in vallejo will be set on fire. we'll tell you why and why some say it marks a new chapter for the city. mornings on 2 continues. ? this is your captain speaking, we are fourteenth in line for take off.

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good morning. welcome back to mornings on 2. it's thursday, september 22nd. earlier this morning, a 16-hour police standoff ended at a home in san leandro. police say the suspect is connected to the discovery of a woman's body in a richmond restaurant. the ktvu tara moriarity has been out there all morning long, as back now with an update, including who is now there at the scene. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. two people were the alameda county district attorney's office arrived about 45 minutes ago. they're still at the home that you see behind me there, one in the skirt that you see. the house in question is the one with the crime scene tape all around it. and that is where officers ended up shooting the suspect after he pulled a rifle on them after a 16-hours of negotiations. the d.a.'s office in contra

costa -- alameda will be investigating the officer- involved shooting and the contra costa offers is expected to charge 42-year-old raphael with murder within the next 72 hours. investigators believe he killed his ex-girlfriend, 30-year-old jen romero, a mother of two, on tuesday night in richmond. she was found dead in the bathroom of angie's restaurant where she worked. police say the man killed her then went to a family member's home in san leandro to hide h. family members say he had stalked her for the past month, but police had no record of a restraining order. >> there's tons of resources we can get to relocated victims, get victims to help they need to get away from these perpetrators. they're obviously violent and this is the tragic end and we never like to hear about cases ending in this way. >> police will not say how she was killed but her boss found her body in the bathroom of his restaurant. just an hour before an anonymous caller reported a man beating up a woman in front of

the restaurant. officers did arrive at scene and knocked on the door but it was locked. no one answered. there were no witnesses there so they left. they do believe that was indeed the man. we don't know his exact condition, but we're told he is stabilized. he does have an extensive criminal record. there were several warrants out for his arrest, and now he will be facing murder charges, most likely monday we're told. tara moriarity, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. a search is underway in the bay area for two fugitives accused of dragging a santa cruz police officer with a stolen pickup truck. authorities say a week ago, 37- year-old ryan manning stepped on the gas when a police officer reached into the truck to make an arrest. the officer was dragged 30 feet, suffered back injuries and bruises. he is expected to be back at work this week, though. police say 25-year-old shyvonne

armstrong was a passenger in the truck and police suspect they may have fled the bay area because of a tip received from a friend. happening now, nurses have just begun a one-day strike at hospitals in the bay area and other parts of california. these are live pictures from kaiser in oakland. this one-day strike started with the national union of health care workers. their members work for kaiser and have been working without a contract. nurses with california nurses association work at both sutter and kaiser decided to join the strike and highlight their own issues. coming up at 8:30, kraig debro will talk about what nurses are demanding in a live report. our website has a complete list of affected hospitals. just look for the right now section on the front page every ktvu.com. you may see smoke over vallejo this morning.

ktvu's claudine wong joins us live to tell us about training exercises for newly hired firefighters. claudine. >> reporter: good morning. we're on wilson avenue and this house behind me will be on fire in a short time this morning. this is going to be the site of a training exercise for vallejo's newest firefighters. today does mark the end of the training for the five recently hired, for a 12-week training academy. three of the firefighters got onboard thanks to a fema safe grant. the fire department also has another grant to hire an additional nine firefighters, and those hires will allow the department to open a recently closed station in north vallejo. this is video of that station on minnie drive. it closed last year due to budget cuts and they put a sign up saying hey, call 911 if you need help. but no firefighters were in the station. however, once these new firefighters get hired, the doors can open again. >> with the monies we receive from grants are we will reduce the response time. we will put more officers on

the street. we will open another fire station. we're already doing that. >> when is the fire station open? >> station 25 is supposed to open as soon as we can hire the nine new firefighters that we're getting from grant money. >> so again, grant money is the key here. the five firefighters that are going to finish their training here today, three of them were hired by grant money, then this additional nine also hired by grant money that will allow the station to reopen. however, they have not been hired yet. this is a training academy that goes 12 weeks so it's not like it's just around the corner but it's certainly a step in the direction. and that is certainly something that people are glad to hear. so we do expect firefighters out here in a short time. we'll keep an eye out here for them and we'll keep you updated on mornings on 2. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. doctors at stanford medical center are treating a santa cruz high school student who went into cardiac arrest during a gym class yesterday. the superintendent told board

members the sophomore was jogging during class, at harbor high school when he collapsed. the quick work of a teacher who gave cpr likely saved his life. the teen is in critical condition. it's not immediately clear what caused the cardiac arrest. the names of people trying to become a cal state campus president could be kept a secret. under the new plan, presidential finalists will also not be required to visit their perspective campus. the trustees voted to change the rules after potential candidates demanded a guarantee of privacy. the university of california system already keeps the names of applicants a secret. a non-profit organization in san francisco is facing scrutiny over its close ties with mayor ed lee. gordon chin, the outgoing director of the chinatown community development center, was also the co-chairman of the run aid run campaign to convince ed lee to run for

mayor. according to the chronicle, the chinatown community development center is currently competing for an $8 million city contract to build an affordable housing apartment building near chinatown. some are concerned the group's close ties to mayor lee could influence the selection of a builder for that project. in washington, house republican leaders are trying to regroup after a stinging loss of a bill that must pass to prevent a government shutdown at the end of next week. coming up at 8:15, we'll bring you a live report from our washington, d.c. newsroom on why democrats and even some republicans voted no on that measure. we want to check in with sal, telling us about the fog and few spots out there. >> i'm glad you mentioned the fog. i just added on my traffic list here, a new element so i want to let the control room know and you see -- thank you. so director ken who can talk on

this little contraption. let's go out and look at 680 southbound as you head out for the pleasant hill area through walnut creek. it's very slow. this has become kind of like the pattern, you see antioch is -- it's been -- a lot better but now in bay appoint, it's slow. and most people are now on 680 heading south to walnut creek. if you're driving in hayward, southbound traffic is also slow. unfortunately, so is northbound traffic heading up to oakland from hayward, past the coliseum. live pictures now, this is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's been steady and slow for about 15 minutes waiting to make it past the metering lights. also this morning, 280 northbound very slow up through downtown. i want to show you a fog picture now, from the golden gate bridge. this is a look from our camera at golden gate bridge. it's live, and the fog is so low that really can't even see the towers. so it's not much of a vista

point. lots of times we can see this but if you're driving in southern marin or parts of san francisco, parts of the south bay, the fog is thick. use caution. let's go to steve. >> for some, we're already in the sun or above it. so the fog is very low. continues on the deck and that's a sign that some areas will be much cooler, but others have the sun and it will be very warm again. higher elevations haven't cooled off much. so low clouds, fog, coast and bay. some very low visibility. i mean, from santa rosa and rohnert park to vallejo and san jose and some in between. there's some very low visibilities. but once that burns off it will be sunny today. but it will be cooler for many today, and that looks like tomorrow everyone cools down. that system moving northwest really helping enhancing fog. cooler breezy coast and bay. warm to hot inland with still some 90s hanging on. but the theme is to bring in some cooler weather and then really bring in some cooler weather as we dive into the weekend.

50s and 60s already. 51 santa rosa but 60s already san jose in there, fairfield. southwest 7. that south- southwest napa will do it but there's still not enough of a delta breeze. fog is there but not a breeze. cool to warm, coolers 90 inland. temperatures from 50s, 60s to the 90s. lot of 80s in between. so i'm cooling off many locations, except -- still get a big spread in caldecott. alameda 72. berkeley 76. but temperatures will be heading down. same for san jose with low clouds it fog there, they will cool off. santa clara valley still warm. up to 80s on the coast. and san francisco south san francisco and also the peninsula, temperatures trend there also down. and then we'll continue that into friday with a weekend shaping up to be a much cooler one with maybe the first hints every rain for say mendocino lake county on sunday.

>> thank you. happening right now, hundreds of iranian americans are at a rally outside the united nations. they're protesting president ahmadinejad missouri's presence at the u.n. president ahmadinejad is scheduled to address the u.n. general assembly this hour. of course, the timing of his speech seemed to coordinate with yesterday's release of the two cal grads, josh fattal and shane bower, and iran's foreign minister says the release of those prisoners showed islamic mercy, but there are other bigger issues involved also, larger showdown between washington and tehran that include the iran nuclear program and ambitions to widen political influence in the middle east and beyond. these are live pictures now outside the united nations, ahead of president ahmadinejad's speech to the u.n., a situation we'll be monitoring and bring you more up days. new predictions of america's economic troubles may last for years.

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for some, there's some really thick fog, for others low clouds. some already have sunshine.

if you do, temperatures will be milder, but anywhere near the fog it's cooler with 60s and 70s. in washington, d.c. the threat of another government shutdown is looming this morning. as allison burns reports, a bill to keep the government running collapsed last night. allison. >> reporter: that's right, dave. here's the bottom line -- funding for federal government operations runs out at the end of next week, and a bill to keep the government running that seemed to have some momentum in the house fell apart last night. tea party conservatives voted no, they wanted money in the bill for disaster relief to be offset by bigger spending cuts. democrats also voted no, arguing the cuts that were in the bill went too far. they specifically did not like stripping money from a program promoting more fuel-efficient vehicles. that program is helping fremont based tesla motors and democrats say losing it will cost jobs. >> this is about destroying an

initiative that is job creating, innovative that keeps america number one and creates jobs, good paying jobs in our country. it's really hard to understand what the motivation is for that. >> now the big question is, can democrats and republicans reach a temporary deal by tomorrow? congress is set to be on recess next week. house speaker john boehner has a news conference any minute now. allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. right now stocks are plummeting in reaction to the feds' announcement yesterday that the country and the world will be stuck in the recession for quite some time. reporter carter evans is in new york with a look at the numbers and where investors are putting their money. good morning. >> reporter: hi, tori. i was at nasdaq today talking there and what they said is one word, the fed used yesterday that everybody is hung up on

today, when talking about the risks of downside, saying there's a significant risk for the downside for our economy, and that is what really got people scared. what they also got yesterday, investors, they got the twist. this is a policy called operation twist, originally initiated in the 60s, when the twist was popular on the radio, hence the name. we're basically -- the government will sell short-term bonds, buy long-term bonds, twisting down long-term interest rates, under welcoming for investors for the most part. they wanted to see more, bare minimum essentially not enough. so you're seeing a continued fallout today. let's look at the big board now. it's a rough day. the dow down 373 points right now, it just keeps getting worse. as far as things are concerned, there are some other factors playing into this today as well. basically, in europe and in china, a new index surveying purchasing managers there and

the numbers falling lower for the lowest falling lower in europe for the first time in two years to a level indicating a contraction or recession over there. that's concerning investors and we're seeing a slowdown in china's economy now. so the idea of a global recession getting tossed around at the nasdaq today. >> all right. carter evans reporting live from new york, thank you. our time is 8:18. the biography of former apple ceo steve jobs may be on store shelves sooner than expected. the newly retitled book, steve jobs, a biography, was due out next year, but it may now be published this fall. another book which features quotes from steve jobs is due out in november entitled, i steve, steve jobs in his own words. the publisher calls it a companion to the authorizized biography written by walter isakson. meantime, wikileaks founder

complaining about a draft of his memoir going on sale today without his approval. he condemned the british publisher for profiteering from an unfinished and erroneous draft. the publisher played for the rights to the memoir last year. he then changed his mind about doing the book. so the publisher is now releasing it as an unauthorized autobiography. drug agents are investigating a big shipment of high grade marijuana from northern california that ended up at the kentucky home of two pro football players. investigators say anthony collins and jerome simpson of the cincinnati bengals were both at home when a package containing several pounds of potent pot arrived from eureka. agents were tracking the package. police questioned boeing players but so far, no arrests. major league baseball is

now limiting the consumption of energy drinks by its players. so far the arizona diamondbacks and houston astros have stopped providing the drinks in a clubhouse. they're also discouraging players from drinking them, citing health concerns like dehydration. the players are not happy with the limitations, saying it's bizarre and they already have too many restrictions. we've heard the grim news about california's economy. however, the bay area may have something to cheer about. and space junk, the question that should be answered today. >> northbound 280 traffic looks good, getting up to highway 17. and until you reach that bascom, then it slows down. more coming up!

good morning. welcome back. time is 8:23. bay area household incomes seem to be getting stronger. new cencus bureau numbers show the recession about not affect bay area salaries as much as other parts of california or the nation. looking back to 2006 before the recession to just last year, california's median household income dropped 6%. and for the nation, it dropped 4.4%. however, here in the bay area, incomes went up in some areas. in san francisco, they went up 1.5%. in contra costa county, they

rose 4.5%. marin county showed the sharpest drop, 5.5%. scientists will try to pinpoint today exactly when and where that roaming satellite will crash on earth. we now know that it will likely not hit north america and that it could crash land sometime tomorrow. most of the satellite is expected to burn up through the atmosphere. but some pieces will remain intact. >> there are some pieces made of stainless steel and titanium that have very high melting temperatures, and those pieces will survive. we have a list of about 26 pieces and they range from a few tenths of pounds to a few hundred pounds and pounds. >> once the pieces enter the atmosphere it will take a few minutes before the surviving pieces hit the earth. scientists are hoping they land in the ocean. because if it lands in a populated area they could do some damage. >> think of the speed!

>> yes. sal, just don't let it fall in the commute here. you've got enough stuff to fall. >> we do have a lot of things going on. we'll start off by looking at the south bay commute. and it's sunny here although the traffic is pretty slow up highway 17. also this morning we're looking at interstate 880, where it's foggy. it's unusual to have the fog kind of come in after it was not that foggy earlier, and the traffic backed up from 238 up to high street, passing the coliseum. this sunday there's a raider game and there will be a lot of people coming up for that one. it will be the jets. always a good game. let's move on and look at westbound bay bridge. it's backed up from the macarthur maze, about a 20- minute delay. >> thank you. we do have some areas of fog, low clouds and some areas are clear and already sunny. so if you have the sun, enjoy it. it will start cooling down. for those looking for the

cooler pattern it's here. a lot of reports of very thick fog from santa rosa and rohnert park up there and anna on tweet said it was thick, then thinned down, kind of dancing around. we've had reports also in vallejo and leaving somebody out, down to san jose. numerous reports of fog. but other areas are clear. so that system coming in to the north will enhance that fog. it's already showing signs of that. the breeze isn't there yet. higher elevations aren't cooler yet so there's a couple things fighting against the cooldown for inland areas, but i still think it will as that system inches closer. low clouds and fog, lots of sun. if you don't have that fog -- if the fog is on the deck it, will burn off. cool to warm to hot for some. antioch, brentwood, and vacaville, fairfield. really had a tough time with these because there's so much fog there. but it's not making it over the hills. but it will be cooler for peninsula, south bay and also north bay then around the bay over to san francisco and the coast. more of the same on friday. then a big cooldown as we look

into the weekends. not only higher clouds on saturday, but a cold front through sunday. a new crackdown in the nfl. this one involves suspected fakeers out there on the football field. also a huge walkout started just. 90 minutes ago. why thousands of nurses are on the picket lines. kraig debro just talked to a administrator. what he said about the nurse walkout. also, the weekend protests that will get a lot of exposure. why they'll be stripping down in san francisco. oç'c'cz

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happening right now, nurses are picketing outside bay area hospitals demanding change. kraig debro is at kaiser in oakland to talk about what is behind today's one-day strike. kraig. >> reporter: this is howe and macarthur, but according to the union might as well be in berkeley, sutter, santa rosa, solano, delta, dozens of other hospitals in california. it's a one-day strike by two unions, staffing and benefits at issue. california nurses association are walking the picket lines at kaiser and oakland children's hospital. we spoke with a rep who says nurses at sutter walked out. other hospitals plan to close or cut back services in hospitalla in san leandro and san francisco. kaiser nurses are walk out over management demands for cuts.

officials are assuring patients that patient care will not be affected. replacement workers are here, and they just stopped short of calling the walkout illegal. >> we're disappointed that the nurses have walked out. we just signed a contract with them that goes into effect -- went into effect in september, and there is a no-strike clause in that contract. so we're very disappointed that the nurses have disrupted the care for our members. >> the nurses at the overwhelming majority every news on strike today but workers with a much smaller union called for the first strike, the national unionized health care workers represent optical and behavioral health care workers. there's only 1500 in the bay area, most if not all work for kaiser. and cna unionized workers, this union is without a contract. they've been -- workers [audio

not understandable] at 11:30 from here [audio interruptions] our channel 2 website has a complete list of all the affected hospitals for you. just look for the right now section on the front page every ktvu.com. a tutor for a san rafael elementary school has been arrested on charges he physically abused two of his students. anthony rose is facing charges of inflicting injury and cruelty to a child. police say the investigation began on tuesday, when two children at san pedro elementary school reported being poked and pushed by rose. right now he is out on bail pending a court appearance on october 11th. a highly contagious horse virus has spread to the bay area. several horses in sonoma and san joaquin counties have

tested positive for the equine herpes virus in the past few weeks. that's according to the department of food and agriculture. the potentially fatal virus can lead to respiratory illness, neurological problems and paralysis in horses. it cannot be transmitted to humans. it is transmitted among horses through the air and by sharing feed and equipment. defense secretary leon panetta is testifying today about the need to improve defense strategies in afghanistan. this is his first congressional testimony since becoming defense secretary. he says overall, the u.s. and nato's and efforts to stabilize the region is going in the right direction. but he says troop commanders are looking for better methods every defense against spectacular insurgent attacks like the one last week. that's when the insurgents targeted the american embassy and nato headquarters in kabul. pope benedict xvi is now in

germany, his first state visit to his homeland. ' arrived in berlin this morning, greeted by the german chancellor and other government if chump leaders. the pope is due to speak to parliament during his four-day visit. he'll also holds mass for an expected 260,000 catholics. it's been a busy week for facebook, which has unveiled a number of additions to the website this week. but not all of the users like the updates. and the company says even more changes are in the works. coming up at 8:45, pam cook will preview the changes expected to be announced today. people who use twitter will soon start seeing political ads on the microblogging service. the san francisco basted company says at first it will just have ads from a small group of presidential candidates. and those ads will start appearing in the next few days. all political ads will include a purple icon so political ads will stand out from other

advertisements. if you'll be in san francisco this weekend, you may be exposed to very unusual political protests, nudists rallying in the city's castro district saturday afternoon for what they're calling a new dance. they will meet at the bust stop. at the plaza at castro and 17th streets, it's a pre-party for sunday's folsom street fair that's a celebration of all things nude. it's also designed to send a message following that proposal that required nudists to carry and sit on a towel when they go out in public. the duchess of cambridge is apparently reading up on how to be the wife of a prince. we're hearing reports that prince williams's new bride katherine is getting private lessons at st. james palace about the history of british royal family and everything should needs to know about her new rank as an official member of the royal family. prince william and kate middleton were married with --

much splendor and fanfare last april. the tutorials are expected to last until the ends of the year. de lasalle's football team has arrived in florida, and the team is hoping the travel won't break their concentration. tomorrow they take on the high school in fort lauderdale. they arrived yesterday and they're taking today to adjust to the weather. that is humid out there. the last time they traveled this far for a game they lost their focus and ended up losing 30-6. the nfl does not want to become like professional soccer, whose players are notorious for faking injuries. so the nfl has sent out a memo to all teens warning that players who fake injuries will face huge fines. the momento comes just days after two new york giants simultaneously fell to the turf in a game against the rams. that led to an injury timeout, which presented the giants from

having to use a regular timeout. both players later denied they were faking injury. >> you're not buying it? >> you know, soccer, it's so obvious. it's become comical almost. >> time is 8 -- sal is not laughing, he says it's slow every place. >> it is slow everywhere and we're not fake it. take a look at what we're looking at. south bay, northbound 110 at 880, a car is stalled. traffic will be busy. northbound 280 also very slow. this morning's commute on 880 southbound from 238 down to fremont very slow. and of course, we still have short traffic in concord from 242 down to walnut creek. live pictures we go, this is a look at the toll plaza, a lot of slow traffic there. foggy in san francisco, and if you're driving on the golden gate bridge, you can see

traffic is moving along well. but it's very fogey. we haven't seen the towers all morning long. really thick fog in southern marin county. let's go back to steve. >> thank you very much. just had a nice tweet from nicole, she went boo to the fog. some lover the warm weather. if you're by the coast it's been a tough condition. inland hot conditions but the fog is back. three days then out, usually with heat. and we didn't get that much heat. 90s for us is really nothing in september. the coast had about a day a half of clear skies, now it's gone. it's a big fog bank. so cooler, breezy. coast and bay. and probably inland too. north bay, peninsula, south bay will cool down. east bay might be a little tougher but i think they'll cool down. fog out to vallejo and up to santa a, san jose. i mean, come on, it will start to cool down yet some of the inland areas especially east bay, contra costa county, looks like they'll stay warm. also lake county as well. cooler weekend though for everybody, as a cold front

comes in on sunday. 61 fairfield. 61 livermore. your morning trifecta. but 51 santa rosa with fog. tracy very thick fog as well so there are some pockets although david earlier said in novato it was clear. so just depends on where you are. you might have some fog. if it's that thick this time of year, usually means it will burn off by 9 or 10. lot going on in the gulf of alaska and also in the pacific which bears watching as we head to the next five or seven days. but the trend will be to take temperatures down over the next 48 to 72 hours. so we topped out. there will still be 90s inland it. will take one more day. fog is around a thousand feet. need to get around 2,000 feet and the delta breeze isn't there. so 60s, 70s, 80s to 90s. yep, clear lake, ukiah, but santa rosa, kentfield, san rafael, napa, all in the 80s now. low 90s for some to mid and upper 90s. but 70s or 80s as we start getting closer to the bay. same for san jose, then up to fremont, santa clara,

cupertino. still holding on to a few 90s. here's where it gets tricky. 50s, 60s on the coast and in the city. south san francisco 70s. then belmont after 10, woodside, still warm but not as warm as the last couple days. temperatures will cool down and with the weekend in view, clouds roll in saturday, then a cold front, yes, cold front, visits on sunday. much cooler, maybe rain to the north. >> thank you, steve. new this morning, within the last half hour, a federal appeals panel has taken carl lewis off a new jersey state senate ballot. the judges say the nine-time olympic gold medalist does not need four-year residency requirement after all he grew up in new jersey but settled in california. he bought homes in new jersey in 2005 and 2007, but continued to pay taxes in california and voted here in 2009. new jersey's secretary of state

removed lewis' name from the ballot. this move lewis and supporters say was designed it keep the democrat from running in a reliably republican area. >> very interesting. new numbers just came out about jobs, very critical government report came out just hours ago. also, the new ford list is out, tycoons among the richest americans. >> and firefighters are now on scene here on wilson avenue in vallejo. nothing is on fire yet. but it will be. later today that will be completely burned to the ground. we'll tell you why and why people say it's significant for the city. hey guys, what can i get for you?

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markets have stayed in negative territory all morning. again because the concern after the federal reserve indicated yesterday that the u.s. economic slump could last for years, and that brought the european markets down significantly, five or 6%. asian markets as well. the dow continuing its dropoff from yesterday, the dow currently down 357, at 10,767. nasdaq is down 63. nasdaq is down 34. there's a glimmer of good

news, first-time jobless claims are down by 9,000. that puts the number of applications for new unemployment benefits at 423,000. anything above 375,000 is evidence of job market remains weak. it has been seven months since the number of new applicants hit that level. the number before continuing claims also fell slightly to 3.73 million. the newest list of the richest americans has a very familiar name at top. forbes.com put bill gates at number one for the 18th year in a row. warren buffet is second and the only one in the top 20 to see his fortune shrink from last year. larry ellison of red shores oracle is third. and mark zuckerberg from facebook had the biggest increase in net worth, which moved him up to 14th on the list. up to date on some of the other top stories we're following now. just hours ago, a 16-hour

police standoff in san leandro ended when police shot the suspect. police say he is the person responsible for killing a woman whose body was found on tuesday in a richmond restaurant. house republicans in washington will try again for the measure to prevent a government shutdown at the end of next week. in a surprise defeat of a bill yesterday. democrats and tea party republicans voted against it. and some 23,000 nurses are out there walking the picket lines of sutter and kaiser hospitals across northern california. this is part of a one-day strike protesting proposed concessions by sutter health. final preparations are now underway for a fire training exercise in vallejo. ktvu's claudine wong joins us live to tell us newly hired firefighters are on the scene. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, tori. yes, firefighters are on scene here on wilson drive in vallejo. there is nothing burning yet, but it will be.

and burning throughout the day. take a look at this home on this lot. the owner agreed to let them use this as part of a training exercise. pretty important because we have five newest naves have to come in there and this will be their first kind of real experience with a live fire and getting it out safely. these firefighters are significant because this is a big move for the city of vallejo. three of them were hired by grant money. they also will hire nine more with grant money. when they get the nine more firefighters hired, guess what, the station will reopen. they have closed several stations because of budget cuts. they closed the one on minnie drive last summer. today it's got a sign out front that says fire station closed. basically just telling residents they'll have to call 911 and they're moving the engines from other fire stations to cover that area. but because they have these new firefighters coming, there's hope that that will be open

again soon. let's come out here live again on wilson drive in vallejo. they will be burning this down by the end of day, there will be nothing left. a very good experience for the firefighters who face graduation ceremonies tomorrow. >> thank you. time is 8:48. well, facebook's developers conference starts in san francisco in just a couple hours from now. and we're expecting an announcement of even more changes. as pam cook reports from our newsroom, pam, it will be most likely something that will make it easier for users to share music and news, right? >> reporter: that's right. that's what we understand. last year facebook added the like button we may soon seen a read and listen button so you can tell your friends what they should read and hear. but the company holds its annual essay conference today in san francisco. that's where developers who create games and apps for the site will gather. it's also where the next round

every changes are set to be announced. now, probably already know if you're a facebook user, when you logged on yesterday there were already new changes. your homepage has a top story section, followed by recent stories. and then down the right hand side is what is called a ticker, which is a live feed of all the ongoing activity on your page. a lot of comments on facebook are from people who didn't really notice the difference. but others basically don't like change. >> like a new changing in the homepage, and it's confusing for me. >> i hate it. >> several times a day, but what happens is when they change things i have to get used to it all over again. >> it is frustrating to have to navigate around a website you use every day when there are big changes. but local analysts say facebook has to continue to evolve to stay in the competition. seen as its big competitor for facebook is google plus, which already has 20 million users.

facebook, though, has 750 million. again, facebook's developers conference begins in san francisco in a few hours. we do expect an announcement on more changes, and it's most likely sharing music and news. we'll keep watching for that, and bring you updates. also stay tuned on our website, ktvu.com, for more updates there as well. >> thank you. our top palestinian official is saying president mahmoud ahmadinejad will not agree to delay his bid for statehood at the united nations. president abbas is expected to formally deliver a member going membership in the united nations tomorrow. the united states said it will veto the request. yesterday, president obama said the palestinians must first work out a peace deal with israel. iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad is due to address the united nations today. that speech is scheduled for

about 9:00 this morning. it's 9 minutes before 9:00. a tragedy getting the attention every tourists, on a deadly accident in hawaii. and mysterious acts of vandalism, wait until you hear about an investigation involving graffiti on southwest airlines planes.

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we have new information about the 16-hour police standoff that ended earlier

this morning at a san leandro home. tara moriarity has been there all morning and just spoke to to the suspect's daughter. tara. >> reporter: that's right, we just smoke to her minutes ago. she was crying basically all day yesterday and was very concerned about her father. she says her dad and the victim had a very volatile relationship, very up and down, and police say that relationship ended tragically when they believe he actually killed his ex-girlfriend and then came here off central avenue, into the house that you see roped off there, and that is where officers ended up shooting the suspect after he pulled a rifle on them, after 16 hours of negotiations. we want to show you a picture of 30-year-old jen romero, taken off facebook. the date is september 11th so not long ago. she's a mother of two from san pablo. it was actually on rafael's facebook page. police say she was murdered by 42-year-old raphael who was stalking her for at least a month.

investigators believe they killed her in the bathroom of a restaurant where she worked in richmond tuesday night. >> i'm surprised of what we heard, that they said he murdered someone. everybody in the family is in shock. no one thought he would do something like this, in one thought he was capable of doing something like this. >> police will not say how romero was killed. the man was shot but the only information we have is he is in stable condition at a nearby hospital. he has an expense extensive criminal record and charges will be file by monday. >> thank you. we're just learning this morning several investigations are underway into mysterious vandalism involving graffiti on southwest airlines. southwest confirmed the marks have been appearing on the bellies of planes for several months. they appear on an arabic or arabic-like symbols showing up

on the exterior once a power unit heats up the plane's skin. a spokeswoman says they're conduct an internal investigation. federal agencies are involved but she denies a safety or security threat. police in hawaii are investigating a deadly accident during the testing of a new zip line. it happened yesterday near hilo on the big island. this is video of the zip line operators website. police say a huge tower collapsed, killing one employee, another one critically hurt. the names of the victims are not yet been released. it's 8:56. the hollywood sign is one of southern california's biggest tourist attraction. but people in the area are tired of the attention. homeowners near the sign a the thousands of tourists are becoming a problem. they say visitors to the area are disruptive, cause traffic and leave behind trash. at a recent community meeting they gathered to voice their concerns with the situation. >> we attract people 365 days a

year, 24 hours a day, into an area with much less resources than the ones mentioned and we're totally defenseless. >> many residents blame hand- held gps devices for providing people with directions right through their community. city leaders are looking for a safe solution to the problem. former governor arnold schwarzenegger is reportedly writing his autobiography. we're told had will cover his life as a body builder, movie star and politician. it will also touch upon his recent break-up with his wife. the tentative title is total recall, my unbelievably true life story. talk about our forecast. >> cooler for many today, especially coast and bay. but still inland temperatures will be in the warm to hot category. but then we cool down for everybody on friday. saturday increasing clouds from the south and increasing clouds from the north on sunday. and maybe first little hint of

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