generating controversy on the uc campus. why the price of the sold will depend on your race orth miss ty. >> and for the first time in 32 years, the biggest piece of space debris has fallen to earth. where it was spotted and how much of it divides reentry. and customers using two bay area atms were being watched and recorded by criminals. how and why police still believe customers' critical information is safe this morning. good morning. and welcome to mornings on 2. it's saturday, september 24th. summer is out, fall is in. and so too is meteorologist rosemary with a check of the weekend forecast. >> good morning to you! first weekend of fall and just like clockwork you'll have to bring out the apparel. we're cooling you down. we're looking at a big drop in temperatures for the afternoon.

this morning mostly cloudy skies, little bit of fog, even some patchy drizzle on the coastline. afternoon temperatures expected to take a dip, maybe 10, 15 degrees in some cases. we'll show you where, show you where what you can expect this morning. 30% chance for a sprinkle come sunday. we'll explain that coming up. it's a bake sale like no other. baked goods at a price, but a price based on your race or ethnicity. it's set for uc berkeley this week. and ali rasmus joins us live from the cal campus with more on the message behind it and the strong reactions it's bringing. ali. >> reporter: the bake sale is organized by the uc berkeley college. they're calling the increased diversity bake sale and the organizers say this title is meant to be satired. here's why. here's a look at the price list for the baked goods that will be sold. and you'll notice the price is different depending on your race or ethnicity. it will cost $2 for whites to

buy baked goods, 1.50 for asians, a dollar for latinos and so forth. it's also gender based. women gets a 25-cent discount. the college says their event is meant for satire, they're doing this to protest a bill on governor brown's desk which would allow but not require the uc system to consider race and ethnicity in admissions. some of the students we talked to say having a bake sale to protest that bill is not the right approach. >> especially in a community such as berkeley, like known for being liberal and like its opinions about certain issues. i feel like they should have thought about it. >> there shouldn't be a problem with that. reducing the issue of racial issues down to cookies, ah, i think it could have been done in a more sensitive manner. >> the bake sale is supposed to happen on tuesday afternoon, but it has generated a lot of

controversy and some outcry on campus. uc berkeley student government is supposed to have a special meeting tomorrow evening to discuss the bill and the controversy about this bake sale. ali rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. nasa says six-ton, bus-size satellite made it back to earth, but they say it's still not sure where exactly that satellite crashed. this video from southern california shows it entering the eric's atmosphere over the pacific ocean. nasa says it fell last night between 8:23 and 10:09 pacific time. they say most of the satellite should have burned up in the atmosphere, but chunks of the old satellite were expected to survive reentry. some weighing up to 300 pounds. so far, no reports of any injuries. this morning police are warning atm users to be careful after bank workers made a surprising discovery at a local bank. pleasant hill police say someone installed two metal

boxes at two chase bank atms. those boxes have cell phones inside of them and investigators say the phones were used to record video of customers and cards. >> if you're familiar with the atm machine,ing try to notice if there's anything unusual about the machine that you use all the time. >> police are waiting for surveillance video that could show who is responsible for the scam. it is believed no customer information has been compromised because the boxes were discovered before the thieves could come back and get them. a california based bank is now in the hands of the federal government this morning. the federal corporation has seized citizens bank of northern california because of its deteriorating condition. the nevada city based bank had seven branches. the fdic says the branches will reopen on monday morning as branches of tri-county's bank. it's based in chico. citizens bank customers should see no service disruption and

the closure of the bank does bring the number of bank failures to 73 across the country. >> detectives in sunnyvale are trying to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of a two-year-old boy. police received a report of a dead child at an apartment. when officers arrived the boy was not breathing, did not have a pulse, and saw no signs of trauma. a short time later a woman associated with the apartment was spotted apparently trying to jump from a nearby overpass above highway 101. rescue crews pulled her to safety as she climbing over the railing. a campbell woman killed lasts week will be laid to rest today. a thousand people attended a candlelight memorial service last night for 60-year-old cindy nguyen. they praised her work in the vietnamese community where she hosted a radio talk show. police say nguyen was kidnapped and shot to death last weekend.

her family spoke for the first time since her death. >> this is not a vigil -- acknowledging her death. it's a vigil acknowledging the life that she had created as well as celebrating her accomplishments in this community. >> 33-year-old parolee paul castillo is charged with nguyen's murder. san jose police chief who attended the vigil says more suspects are being sought. there is another car wash today to help the family of a 13-year-old girl who died of heart attack. friends and family of maria castro also held a car wash fund-raiser this week. she suffered heart attack and died last weekend after she was hit by a car on her way to school two weeks ago. today's fund-raiser is at the corner of 10th and west streets in pittsburg. proceeds go towards funeral costs. contra costa county has seen its first human case of the west nile virus this year.

the 49-year-old woman is recovering but infected mosquitoes have also been found in a neighborhood that was fogged two weeks ago. workers say two infected birds were discovered in other parts of the county. residents are going door to door arc alerting neighbors about the danger. >> i was surprised and shocked that the mosquitoes infected with west nile virus are actually here in our neighborhood and we're at risk. >> people age 50 and up are most vulnerable to the virus. symptoms include fevers, headaches and skin rashes. you can protect yourself by getting rid of standing water or wearing long sleeves and wearing mosquito repellent with deet. good morning to you! a live look at the foggy start in san francisco. little tough to see out there. as we mentioned at the top of the hour, even patchy drizzle. rain on the way by the end of the week. and take a look at storm- tracker here. the winds picking up in onshore breeze, fairfield reporting southwesterly wind about 13 miles per hour, has been

stronger at times this morning. westerly breeze sfo10 to 20 miles per hour, and a little bit of moisture. the most of the moisture coming from the south but it will be the pacific northwest system that brings a possibility tomorrow. a little confusing. look at the winds here. now becoming westerly, still a little west-northwest but throughout the afternoon the sea breeze is expected to strengthen ahead of the system. 58 degrees right now in napa. 54 santa rosa. 60 still in areas right around oakland. livermore at 63. 64 concord. some of us waking up a few degrees warmer than yesterday. we saw quite a warm-up yesterday, and throughout the overnight hours, with the clouds overhead managing to hold on to the heat. you can see some of the tropical moisture over parts of san joaquin valley, tapering off over our area. we even had an advisory yesterday that red flag has been allowed to expire so that is some good news. and as we moved through the afternoon, the partly cloudy skies will continue with us but they'll be coming from a different direction some take a look at the satellite and

radar. the system here will continue northeast and be out of auer way. if you are traveling to the sierra, you may have thunderstorms for your afternoon. the rest of us will be clearing out. but this is the system we're watching for the weekend. this will cool us down and again bring us a slight chance for a little bit of rain even on sunday. so we have the fog this morning, partly cloudy skies for the afternoon. a big, big drop in temperatures, from 15 to 17 degrees in areas like livermore. triple digit heat in some spots. livermore hit 101 yesterday, quite a difference for today. and you may be singing hallelujah about that one. coolest day sunday, temperatures dropping more for tomorrow of the north bay likely to see showers but the chance all the way through monterey. the storm continues its same path, we will be moving about 8:00 tomorrow morning, santa rosa possibility of a few sprinkles, just north of i-80. by 10:00, south of the golden gate by 11:00, about noontime the inner east bay and by 3 or

4:00, we're drying out some it's not going to be a lot of but it is a little strong for at least this time of year it. is the first weekend of fall, after all. afternoon highs for today, sliding back into the 70s and 80s for inland areas. low 70s right around the bay. san jose expected 77. along the peninsula here we're looking at 71 for san mateo, 64 for the city. low 60s along the coast with partly to mostly cloudy skies. extended forecast, there's your weekend. low 60s for the coast. temperatures continuing to fall inland. that slight chance of rain tomorrow, monday into tuesday we do dry out and temperatures back into the low 90s by your mid-week wednesday. we have your lunchtime numbers coming up. time is 7:10. let's give you another live look outside, and that is the golden gate bridge. you can see the southbound traffic or -- headed into san francisco. northbound traffic also moving smoothly across the bridge. if you are traveling through the north bay this morning, you may run into some traffic. caltrans has one lane of southbound 101 shut down because of a tree trimming

project. the work is taking place between petaluma and novato. that project should wrap up by 89 a.m., and another round of closures is expected tomorrow. muni is testing a new system that could reduce delays on its light rail lines. the bay citizen reports the agency is now hitching train cars together from separate lines, before they enter the underground tunnel that runs through downtown. for example, train cars from the k line and m ocean view line could be combined to make the trip to and from downtown. the cars would then are disconnected once they come out of that tunnel. time is:11. a scare during the pope's visit in germany. what police are saying about gunfire that erupted near where he was holding mass. >> dumb luck. >> and the accidental phone call that led to the arrest of two alleged drug dealers right here in northern california. ithicken patties, topped with bacon, and melting cheese plus seasoned curly fries and a drink for only $3.99!

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good morning to you! a live look from bay point, partly cloudy skies. low 60s at this hour. pope benedict xvi held mass in his native germany this morning, despite a nearby shooting. this morning's mass took place in the city but an hour before it started someone shot a security guard with an air rifle rifle near the security zone. the alleged shooter has been arrested. today's mass comes just one day after the pope met with men and women who were abused as children by church clergy and other employees. in his weekly online video address, president obama once again urged congress to pass his jobs bill. he also explained his decision to allow states to opted out of parts of the no child left behind law. >> the goals behind no child left behind were admirable, experience taught us the law

and serious flaws that are hurting our children instead of helping them. teachers are boeing forced to teach to the test. while subjects like history and science are being squeezed out. >> bay area educators we caught up with yesterday in richmond applaud the move and say the law does not take into account the disparity between rich and poor districts. republicans also issued their own weekly online video address today. main senator susan collins says the u.s. economy needs a timeout from excessive regulation. >> in sports a timeout gives athletes a chance to catch their breath and make better decisions. american workers and businesses are the athletes in a global competition that we must win. >> many republicans in congress have called for a one-year moratorium on certain new federal regulations. fema could run out of money in days and congress is again locked in a partisan battle.

senate democrats have locked the bill passed by republicans that would continue to fund fema. democrats don't like that bill because it pays for funding with cuts to the federal energy loan programs. a new vote is scheduled for monday, without the cuts to the loan programs. but it's not clear if there are enough votes to pass the stripped down version. palestine has requested statehood from the united nations. you're looking at thousands of palestinians gathered in ramallah last night to celebrate the application. palestinian president abbas submitted a paperwork earlier in the day to secretary general. the u.n. secretary council is going it take up the issue on monday, but it's not likely to go far since the u.s. is opposed. president obama and others are pressing palestine to resume peace talks with israel. a jury found 10 students guilty of disrupting a speech. the verdict came down yesterday

in santa. in february of 2010 the students interrupted a speech by the israeli ambassador. orange county ended up charging the students. the students and their attorney argue they were singled out because they are muslims. >> any disturbance, anything that resulted was a result of the content of their speech, and you cannot lock people up -- excuse me, you cannot convict people based on the content of their speech. that's one of the basic principles of our society. >> the orange county district attorney defended the verdict, calling the disruption by the students organized thuggery. a family of the uc berkeley grads freed from iran have a new reason to celebrate this morning. shane bower and schara shourd are now engaged. this is a photo taken from amman putting a ring on her finger. the two were reunited wednesday after iran released the two men. bower asked shourd to marry him last year while in prison. she said he fashioned a ring

out of threads from his heart. actor sean penn may have played a role in the release of the two american hikers. venezuela government officials are reporting penn flew to venezuela to ask president chavez to intervene with iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad. venezuela's media reports that meeting led to the release of the two berkeley grads. penn spokeswoman reportedly confirmed the story but would give no further details. the fbi says it paid out a $2 million reward for tips that led to the arrest a fugitive mob boss. james bug better and his girlfriend were captured in june. he was wanted in connection with 19 murders. the fbi said at least two people received the reward money but they were not identified. authorities said one of the tips came from a woman who recognized bulger in a tv report. a suspected drug dealer now wishes he never answered the phone. a probation officer in nevada county, california was trying

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rain. the state is under a floodwatch through this afternoon. this is what it looked like in hoboken yesterday, where some businesses closed in preparation for the rising water. up to five inches of rain could fall there today. if look at that. new york also dealing with rain. this is video from inside a new york subway station that was inundated with water yesterday. transit officials say there's a huge city sewer line that runs the entire length of that platform. just about 20 minutes ago, we mentioned the nasa satellite tumbling down to earth. apparently it's no big deal to a sacramento family who says it has already encountered falling space matter. they say a meteorite slammed into their home on august 13th. it left a 4 1/2 to 6-foot hole on the roof. >> lifted it up, so you can see

a rock from -- not a rock from earth. >> we took it over to city college, to her astronomy professor, and he tested it, and it has magnetism. that's a meteorite. >> a meteorite is a small rocky fragment of other planetary bodies that fall to earth. cal tech reports that about 25 meteorites weighing more than a fifth of a pound fall on california each year. it's been a pretty hot week, but if you wanted a cool down, you'll get it. >> quite a contrast from the final days of summer to the weekend of fall. we are going to see temperatures really tumble. take a look. so yesterday, while getting a look outside our doors, it's gray sky. we'll see partly cloudy for the afternoon but onshore breeze is strengthening and we'll be cooling it down. some of the warmer temperatures from yesterday. do you see livermore, 101? for today we're looking at 84 degrees in livermore. that's 17 degrees of cooling expected for today. so you will notice no matter where you're at a few degrees

right along the coastline, maybe with 5 to 10 degrees around the bay area and inland areas 10 to 15 degrees cooler than just friday. this morning we're waking up in the 50s, low 60s. we do have mostly cloudy skies, even a little patchy drizzle on the coastline. lunchtime numbers, low 60s for the coast. partly cloudy conditions, 60s around the bay area. low 70s for some of our warmer inland areas, and then for the afternoon, temperatures again going to be nice in most cases. if you haven't been enjoying that heat, we do have some relief in sight. saturday going to be a good- looking afternoon. sunday we even take a bigger turn towards fall and we introduce the possibility of rain. we've got the north bay with a few sprinkles expected to start through the morning, and by the afternoon we'll spread south. so we have that for sunday. temperatures will be even cooler than today. but it's quick lived because monday, tuesday and wednesday temperatures rebound back into the upper 80s and 90s for inland areas by wednesday. back to you. you can visit all of

california's national parks for free today. the parks are celebrating national public lands day. entrance fees are waived for all visitors but you have to pay for camping, lodging and activities fees. national public lands day is the nation's largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve and enhance america's public lands. san francisco's ocean beach and other locations will get a little cleaner today. starting at 9:00 this morning, volunteers will be taking part in clean-up projects around the city's district 4 area. that includes ocean beach, irving street and areas around the high school. today's clean-up of the goes until noontime. >> a colorado cat missing future five years has turned up, 1600 miles away. willow, the cat, reunited with the squires family yesterday in new york city. someone found her recently out on the city streets, and a tracking chip on her neck led willow's rescuers to the squires. >> it made this moment

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a controversial bake sale at uc berkeley that charges some people more based on the color of their skin. welcome back to mornings on 2. that bake sale has been drawing a lot of negative attention on the uc berkeley campus. ali rasmus is live this morning in berkeley with more on the point organizers are trying to make. ali. >> reporter: it's organized bit u-c berkeley college republicans. they put it up on facebook starting on thursday. and already, it's received a lot of response. you can see from the section

here that some people like it, will you and but there are a lot of comments and some people are critical of the move. here's the closeup look of the price list for the baked goods at this event. the price you'll notice is different depending on a person's race or ethnicity. it will cost $2 for white or caucasian students to buy the baked goods, 1.50 for asians, a dollar for had teenoes and 75 cents for utahans. it's also gender based. the group says it's satire, to protest a bill on the governor's deserves. listen to what students have to say. >> it just seemed a little out of place, understand people are -- it's a public university, people can do what they want. i guess i'm just more concerned about the sensitivity issue of it. could have been done in a better way to make a point.

>> especially in the community such as berkeley. like known for its like being liberal and like its opinions about certain issues. i feel like they should have thought about it. >> the bake sale is scheduled for tuesday afternoon, but it's generated a lot of controversy and some outcry on campus. berkeley student government is having a special meeting tomorrow, to talk about the controversy and some of the students say other student organizations are already planning counter-protests and counter-demonstrations to this planned bake sale on tuesday. ali rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. the uc berkeley says two of it's officers were injured after a protest turned physical. we showed you this thursday on the 10:00 news. you can see the officer tackling and holding a protestor to the ground. now the police department is

looking closely at the video. >> based on what i see here, i think he made a reasonable attempt to detain the person. the person was combative, so he took him down to the ground. and even with the person on the ground he is still resisting. >> at one time, officers did use pepper spray to get control of the situation. police department says officers are taught to use restraint as much as possible. the redwood city school district says it's not sure what sent dozens of kindergartners home with a mysterious rash. up to 35 students got the rash last week at clifford elementary school. the school has since been cleaned and most of the students were back in the classroom this past week. today the oakland unified school district will release its final recommendations for which school should close as part of a reorganization plan. this is a preliminary list. it includes eight elementary schools and two middle schools. the board will consider the recommendations on tuesday. while many families are

bringing for the closures, one school is expanding. they're learning without limit school on 40th avenue has a new $20 million facility. the school's principal says he understands the emotional effects of the pending school closures can cause. >> parent and families in a space where -- the democratic made a decision to close the schools. >> the spokesman says each school closed would save the district between 2 and $400 thousand a year. richmond police are asking for the public's help in solving a hit-and-run that killed a man in a wheelchair. 52-year-old david cox was hit last night near 34th street and esmond avenue. police say he was struck from behind and ejected from his wheelchair. he was taken to the hospital and later died. witnesses describe the vehicle as a black two-door older model lexus with tainted windows, a rear spoiler and

likely has front-end damage. anyone with information is asked to call richmond police. thousands of people will turn out today for the salinas air show. and organizers have made a point to differentiate their air show with last week's reno air races. no spectator has died at a u.s. air show in 60 years. claims that air shows must always fly parallel to or away from the audience. the event is one of seven scheduled air shows this weekend. federal investigators looking into that reno air show crash are focusing in on the tail section of the p51 mustang. a preliminary ntsb report says photos and video evidence indicate a piece of airframe coming off during a high speed maneuver. the plane crashed into a position seat area next to the grandstands. 11 people, including the piloted, were killed. 74 were injured. the piece of the tail investigators are looking closely at is called an

elevator trim tab and was found a mile from the crash scene. mendocino county will honor a navy seal killed in afghanistan. 27-year-old jesse pittman was one of 30 u.s. service men killed last month when their chinook helicopter was shot down by insurgents. today's procession begins at 10 a.m. and will be followed by a memorial service at the ukiah fairgrounds. a spat in the sausalito city council may lead to assault charges. the woman claims the man of slapping her hand last week. >> for up to attract -- >> for gosh's sake. >> don't hit me. >> don't touch me. you put your hand on my side of the table! >> you can see it on the right side of your screen. listening to a public works dredging issue. kelly began to talk, she said

shush. then appears to slap the hand. police are investigating. president obama arrives in the bay area tomorrow for an 18- hour visit. on monday the president will host a town hall meeting with linked in at the museum in mountainview. the meet something going to take place at the same time as a jobs discussion at facebook. republican house majority leader eric cantor and two other top republicans will attend. silicon valley leaders say the visit shows their influence crosses party lines. >> more than republicans or democrats, we're pragmatists and problem-solvers. we want to see our government at all levels function effectively. >> silicon valley leaders say they're leaders are key to bringing down the unemployment rate. air force one will touch down at moffet field tomorrow just before 5 p.m. he is then going to attend two fund-raisers. but first at woodside home and then the chief operating

officer. on monday the president is then going to take part in that linked in town hall meeting at 11 a.m., then depart about 12:25 p.m. stay with ktvu for a complete coverage of the presidential visit. top executives of fremont based solyndra are staying quiet. the chief executive and financial officers attended a house energy and commerce subcommittee hearing on capitol hill yesterday. lawmakers asked if solyndra found by president obama misled the government about the company's finances before receiving the half billion dollar loan. the answers never came. >> on the advice of my counsel, i invoke the 5th amendment of the constitution. >> and as ceo brian harrison stayed quiet more than 200 former and current slid are employees looking for work attended a jobs fair in newark. >> i think when they took the fifth, it makes people -- a lot of people stand back and say, are they really trying to hide

something? >> solyndra closed its plant august thursday, laying off 1100 employees in filed for bankruptcy protection a week later. the fbi has launched an investigation into possible wrongdoing. at transit is getting a $15 million federal grant for an express bus project. that money will be used to -- fix reason for miles of express bus lines in downtown oakland. linking the berkeley and san leandro part station. the project is scheduled to begin next year. while riders are getting their wish over the next six to nine months they will replace cloth seats with vinyl ones on 100 cars. riders voted for better seating during recent public forums. passengers complained the cloth fabric was porous and foul smelling. southern california firefighters are battling a raging grass fire. it began after a thunderstorm moved through the lancaster area of lancaster county.

the fire burned 20 acres in a short amount of time. the area is notorious for fires that start and move quickly. good morning to you! what a gorgeous start to the day. we still have a little bit that subtropical moisture. you can telebit clouds overhe. this threat is moving ahead. not a big deal, and that red flag warning over southern portions of the bay area has expired. and our winds are shifting. we have with a very light delta brose blowing through fairfield this morning. southwesterly 13 miles per hour. onshore breeze is growing stronger. and by the afternoon our sea breeze definitely will be strengthening. right now winds between 5 and 10 miles per hour coming in from the west and west- northwest. 57 right now sfo. 60 degrees in oakland. temperatures up by a few degrees. nice warm-up yesterday and now

this morning, partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies helping continue with the warmer trend. 63 livermore. 60 in san jose. backing it up just a bit so that system that was right off point concepcion now shifting north and east over the valley as well as the sierra for today the possibility of thunderstorms could remain. our area will be in the clear, but we're going to be cooling it down. we're showing you this system now. this will be the impact or for saturday as well as sunday. and by tomorrow, you may seen need the umbrella. i'm not kidding. a look what we can expect for saturday and sunday. we're going to be again cooling it down from 10 to 15 degrees p by sunday morning a few sprinkles possible, the afternoon today will be partly cloudy. i want to take you through sunday morning, because it looks like the system, the front right here, you can see it moving through -- not going to carry a lot of rain and we all relatively dry but will hold together just enough to bring us 30% chance for scattered showers and a risk

for rain through the south bay. so for today, this morning the fog, the clouds, even patchy drizzle this morning. temperatures take quite a dramatic dip for the afternoon. and then sunday, even cooler, partly to mostly cloudy skies, and maybe even a few sprinkles. afternoon highs today, it will feel good over areas of the north bay, 74 expected petaluma for the afternoon. 72 san rafael. upper 60s, low 70s around the east bay. inland it's still going to be warm but not going to be as toasty as yesterday. even saw a livermore hit 101 degrees in the afternoon. 76 santa clara. mid-70s for sunnyvale. along the peninsula here, a mild day, 71 san mateo, 64 in the city. low 60s on the coastline. extended forecast, first weekend of fall going to feel like it. temperatures sitting in the mid- 70s tomorrow for the inland areas, then monday, tuesday and wednesday we get back to the warmer weather. upper 80s, low 90s expected by wednesday for our inland spots. we'll look at your day planner for saturday, coming up.

>> thank you. san francisco nudists activists plan to bear it all today. in protest. they say they're against a proposal that would require nudists to cover public seating before they sit. george davis wants people to know it's okay and not against the law to be nude in san francisco. they are prang to meet at the corner of castro and 17th streets at noon. the wild electronic music festival known as love evolution is making its debut in oakland today. in the past years the event was held in san francisco, but last year the city pulled the plug on the party because of a large crowd. organizers focused on other venues in the city but after some consideration they decided to move it to oakland's oracle arena. it goes from noon to 8 p.m. want to give you a live look outside. that's 880, the nimitz, and oakland. the roads look smooth but a little different on the rail. within the past half hour we did get an alert about a

problem on bart. there's a major delay on the pittsburg-by point and dublin pleasanton line due to track maintenance. we'll bring you more information as it becomes available on morning on 2. >> up next a state bill on the books that have some parents fuming. the special privileges it would give to church as young as 12 involving controversial vaccines.

good morning to you! take a look at that fog there, hang on over the bay. disability down to a mile in some cases, even patchy drizzle. the family of a santa rosa man is looking for answers about why he died right after a

hospital visit. 49-year-old michael torres was taken to the hospital on monday. he was seen by physicians and discharged. but a few hours later he was found dead in the hospital parking lot. his body was leaning guns a pole but it's unclear how he died. hospital says it's conducting an investigation into what happened. children as young as 12 could soon decide if they want to get vaccinations to prevent sexually transmitted diseases without parental permission. the bill is on the governor's desk and he has until october 9 together sign it. it would allow young people to get vaccinations for human papilloma virus. hepatitis-b. some religious and conservative family groups denounce the measure as a violation of parental rights. nurses at children's hospital in oakland who went on strike will not be allowed to return until next tuesday. thousands of nurses from 34 northern california hospitals went on a one-day strike

thursday, but sutter health hospitals and children's hospital refused to let them come back yesterday. the administration says they had already hired temporary workers to fill their positions for five days. we do a five-day contract because it's much easier to recruit them to come. it's much worth their while, much more worth their while to come for five days than it is for one. >> 17,000 nurses went on strike at kaiser and their employer didn't lock them out, and they had far more people to bring in to take care of the patient. >> electism procedures at some hospitals have been postponed and surgeries rescheduled. near philadelphia, a converted muslim woman is accusing the hospital of discrimination due to her religion. she says she suffers from occasional hemorrhoida bleed sog she went to the emergency room. she called ahead and told the hospital her religion forbid a male doctor to examine her nude

body. and once there a male nurse mocked her and her sister. >> you're asking her to go against her believes to commit sins because you don't want to find her a female doctor. he said i'm sure god will forgive her. >> brown then drove 45 minutes to another hospital, where she received treatment from a female doctor. the hospital is promising a thorough investigation. hospital policies says doctors may be assigned by gender if the request is based on religious beliefs. but that patients may have to wait based on availability. a judge will rule next week on whether to begin the legal process to declare missing teenager natalee holloway dead. she disappeared in 2005, while on a high school graduation trip in aruba. her father asked the judge yesterday to bring legal closure to the case. but her mother objects to the proceedings. if the judge agrees to begin the process, legal notices will be posted asking anyone with evidence that she's alive to come forward. then the judge will hold

another hearing declaring her dead. election 2012 coverage takes to us florida, where a g.o.p. straw poll is taking place today. we have what to expect. good morning, shannon. >> reporter: hi. it's a very big day here, some 35 delegates from around the state are getting ready to cast their ballots and a lot of them talking about the fact that although governor rick perry had a lot of buzz coming into this week, he had a mix showing in thursday night's debate, and that has them reconsidering whether or not they'll vote for him. it's something he acknowledged, talk a listen to part of the governor's remarks. >> it's time for a change. and when i say change, i'm not talking about the rhetoric of change. i'm talking about the record of change. as conservatives, we know that values and visions matter. it's not who is the slickest candidate or the smoothest debater that we need to elect. >> can't you feel?

barack obama will be a one-term president! [cheering] >> you hear michele bachmann there. she also went offer governor rick perry on issues about immigration, which were a tough point on thursday night. mitt romney spoke here as well, also going after perry. but putting his sights on president obama and ending his term in office as well. take a listen to mitt romney. >> you're seeing a president who doesn't know how to governor, how to lead, how to balance a balanced sheet, but he sure knows how to campaign and blame welcome need a president who knows how to lead. >> now, all these times are eastern but we want to tell you about what will happen this afternoon. 2 eastern, several of the other candidates are going to speak here. 4:00 eastern, the polling opens up and we expect the results on this straw poll to come in at 6:00 eastern tonight. interesting thing here, this is very different than other straw polls. you can't just buy a ticket, these 3500 delegates were chosen by republican leadership

and they come here not connected to any candidate, supposedly with open minds to listen to the speeches and make decisions but we'll know later tonight what the sunshine state thinks. back to you. >> thank you, shannon. an example how facebook can get you in trouble. the harsh lesson one woman learned because of a seemingly innocent photo. and a cooling trend for saturday afternoon. the fog and low clouds over the bay area this morning, what we expect for the afternoon. we'll look at your temperatures expected for your area.

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cupertino based apple expanded its global reach with its first ever store in hong kong. hundreds of people lined up for the grand opening this morning. some people camped out for nearly two days to be among the first inside. >> actually, i don't want to

buy anything. i actually have everything already. i just want to feel all -- [not understandable] >> inside the store customers found all the typical apple products, including ipads and laptops. today another opening yesterday, in shanghai. a michigan woman lost her disability benefits due to her facebook posting. she says she has back problems that forced her to leave her mangel job. she could no longer sit for eight hours but the insurance company denied her disability claims after reviewing her facebook page. that's where she talked about flying to china and her love of vacuuming. >> turns out they did a lot of surveillance on me on facebook and there wasn't anything that i'm ashamed of but they misinterpret information, took it out of context. they quoted stuff from my facebook that seemed totally unrelated. >> we try to determine -- and we'll do -- can do anything that is available to us that's

legal, and certainly social media investigation is legal. >> thompson says she sat in reclinable seats in her flight to china. heavy fog and sunshine and now a little possibility of rain? yes, we may need our umbrellas. it was just 100 degrees in livermore yesterday. and by sunday temperatures from 15 to 20 degrees cooler than friday. today we're going to knock it off 10 to 15 degrees. so giving you alike at all that cloud cover, marine layer is deepening, onshore breeze is strengthening, and our temperatures are going to be falling. this morning, with that cloud cover, yesterday's warm-up, a mild start to the day. 50s and low 60s out there. partly cloudy skies expected for your lunch hour. low 60s for the coast. 60s and low 70s around the bay area. low 70s inland for some warmer spots. and ten in for the afternoon, again, 75 degrees in redwood city, salsa festival this afternoon.

71 hayward. concord, livermore, but nothing like over the last few days. it will be actually quite comfortable. your extended forecast there, add that possible of a few sprinkles. it should start for the north bay earlier in the morning and spread south throughout the afternoon. not a lot expected but we could get to just a little wet. monday, tuesday and wednesday we are dry and temperatures rebounding back into the upper 80s, low 90s for the inland areas. back to you. >> you. diana nyad is trying once again to swim from cuba to florida. there she is, as she left yesterday on her second attempt in two months. the 62-year-old is trying to break her own three decade distance record by swimming the 103 miles from cuba to florida. she is also doing it without a cage to protect her from sharks. her last attempt at the swim failed last month, after she had an asthma attack 29 hours in. if all goes well, she is expected to reach florida early monday morning. the community coming

together to help a family pay for their teenage daughter's funeral. the fund-raiser going on this morning and how you can get involved. plus the first human case of west nile virus in the bay area this year. how you can protect yourself from that disease. [ screaming ]

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and. the controversy over a bake sale, why they plan to charge different prices on baked goods depending on their ethnicity. >> a warning after a surprising discovery at two chase bank branches. and's six-ton satellite has finally hit earth. but where exactly it ended up is still a mystery. good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. it's saturday, september 24th. let's get right over to meteorologist rosemary to check your first fall weekend forecast. good morning, rosemary. >> yes, good morning to you. and with the first weekend of fall our temperatures will take quite a tumble. you may say what the difference a day makes because temperatures expected to cool from 10 to 15 degrees in some cases, 17 expected for livermore this afternoon. partly cloudy skies for your afternoon, onshore breeze will be strengthening and again

highs for today. some of our warmest spots only manage to go get to about 85. we'll look at what you can expect for your neighborhood and we have a little rain to talk about, more on that coming up. a student event at u-c berkeley is causing controversy this morning. baked goods priced differently depending on your skin color. ali rasmus is live on campus now with the message behind the bake sale and the strong reaction to it. ali. >> reporter: the bake sale organized by the berkeley college republicans. they made a facebook page advertising it, called the increased diversity bake sale. you can see there's already been a lot of response to it. 38 people say they like the idea, but in the comments section there are a lot of comments that are critical. and here's why. here's a closeup look at the price list for those baked goods. and in this you can see that the price you'll notice is different for people depending on their race or ethnicity. according to the list, you're looking at the closeup of that

price list. according to the list, it costs $2 for whites, 1.50 for asians, $1 for latinos and 75 cents for african-americans. 25 cents for native americans. and it's also gender based, women get a 25-cent discount. they say this whole event is supposed to be satire. they say they're protesting a bill on governor brown's desk, which would allow but not require the uc system to consider race and ethnicity in the admissions process. some of the students we talked to say they find the idea of this big sale offensive. one student raised the question of how would organizers even know what to charge people? >> how do you classify someone by race? by the way they look and talk? so like presumptuous of them to impose that label on anyone. >> if i was a different race or me being white, i wouldn't want to go somewhere and be charged a different -- >> producing the issue of

racial issues down to cookies, and i think it could have ended up more sensitive manner. >> the bake sale is scheduled to happen tuesday afternoon. but it has generated a lot of controversy and some outcry on campus. u correction student government is supposed to have a meeting tomorrow evening to talk about the controversy and the bill that the bake sale will in protest off. and some students have told thus morning they have already heard of other student organizations getting involved and planning to have some sort of counter-protest or demonstration to the bake sale scheduled for tuesday. ali rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. new this morning, nasa's six-ton, bus-size satellite made it back to earth, but they say it's still not sure where that satellite crashed. this video from southern california shows it entering the earth's atmosphere over the pacific ocean. nasa says it fell sometime last night between 8:23 and 10:00

pacific time. they say most of the satellite should have burned up in the atmosphere, but chunks of it were expected to survive the reentry. some weighing up to 300 pounds. detectives in sunnyvale with trying to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of a two-year-old boy. police received a report of a dead child at an apartment on san aliso avenue. offers say the boy was not breathing and saw no signs of trauma. a short time later a woman associated with the apartment was spotted trying to jump from a nearby overpass above highway 101. crews pulled her to safety as she was climbing over the railing. a campbell woman killed last week will be laid to rest today. >> god is good ♪ ♪ >> a thousand people attend a memorial service last night for 60-year-old cindy nguyen. they praised her work in the community, where she hosted a

radio talk show. she was kidnapped and shot to death last weekend. her family spoke for the first time since her death. >> this is not a vigil -- acknowledging her death. it's a vigil acknowledging the life that she had created and celebrating her accomplishments in this community. >> 33-year-old parolee paul castillo is charged with her murder. the san jose police chief who attended the vigil says more suspects are being sought. this morning police are warning atm users to be careful after bank workers made a surprising discovery at a local branch. police say someone installed two metal boxes at two chase bank atms. the boxes had cell phones inside of them and investigators say those cell phones were used to record video of customers and cards. >> be vigilant if you're familiar with the atm machine, try to notice if there's anything different or unusual about the machine you use all

the time. >> police are waiting for a surveillance video of that could show who is responsible for the scam but it's believed no customer information has been compromised because the boxes and phones were discovered before the thieves could come back and get them. there's another car wash today to help the family of a 13-year-old girl who died of a heart attack. friends and family of maria castro also held a car wash fund-raiser earlier this week. she suffered a heart attack and died last weekend. she recently had gotten out of the hospital after she was hit by a car on her way to school two weeks ago. today's fund-raising car wash is at the corner of 10th and west streets in pittsburg. proceeds are going to go towards funeral costs. contra costa county has seen its first human case of the west nile virus this year. a 49-year-old woman is recovering now. officials say infected mosquitoes have also been found in a neighborhood fogged just two weeks ago. and workers say two infected birds were discovered in other parts of the county. concerned residents and are going door to door, alerting

neighbors about the danger. >> i was surprised and shocked that the mosquitoes infected with west nile virus are here in our neighborhood and we're at risk. >> people age 50 and up are most vulnerable to the virus. you can protect yourself by getting rid of any standing water around your house, wearing long sleeves and pants, and using mosquito repellent with the ingredient deet. good morning to you! team to go give you a live look san francisco here, shrouded in fog. you can see for yourself visibility down to a mile around parts of the bay area, even a little patchy drizzle in the north bay reporting fog as well. the clouds will burn off to partly cloudy and we're already seeing that over parts of inland areas. satellite radar showing you a couple things going on. the thunderstorms over portions of our south bay region now actually winding down. and we'll continue to watch this actually move north and east so it shouldn't cause us any trouble today. a red flag warning for some of

our areas right around month ray has expired. this satellite also showing you what is going to be the weather maker for the coming weekend. fog this morning, partly cloudy for the afternoon. the storm will drive our temperatures down. you're going to notice it inland and you may be happy about that. it will be a nice one for the afternoon. by sunday, even cooler, we're looking at 60s if 70s from the bay, inland. and for the north bay especially. scattered showers a possibility. but that chance will move all the way into areas around monterey for the afternoon. i want to run you through the forecast here. this front is going to sweep to through about sunday 8:00 or so. it's just north of point reyes. these later models in the last two hours or so showing this kind of fizzling out as it moves across the bay area. there's the front right there. and as it moves through not seeing a lot of blue or green. but with the front and all

those clouds and the marine layer deepening we could have scattered showers for sunday. temperatures right now not bad at all. 57 in oakland. 61 redwood city. low 60s fairfield. liverrer livermore 63. so with a soccer game should be in good shape. with clouds overhead, bring along the jacket just in case. temperatures in the upper 70s for the afternoon, right around petaluma. mid-70s for novato. upper 60s, low 70s for the east bay. 71 hayward. 80s danville, 84 livermore. what an improvement there for you. 77 san jose. 76 santa clara. in the city this afternoon, partly cloudy, 64. partly to mostly cloudy on the coast and low 60s expected. extended forecast, first weekend of fall and boy it's going to feel like it, even the possibility of maybe a few sprinkles on sunday. but we dry out quickly and rebound monday, tuesday and wednesday. we have your lunchtime numbers coming up in just a bit. if you're traveling through marin county this morning you may run into some traffic.

caltrans has one lane of southbound 101 shut down because of a tree trimming project between the redwood landfill south of petaluma and the entrance to the poly state park. it? wrap up by 9 this morning but another round of closures is expected tomorrow. let's go outside future a live look, at the bay bridge toll plaza. a little foggy and gray as temperatures cool down across the bay area. but as you can see, traffic moving smoothly and we don't have any major problems to report on the roads for you this morning. reducing delays on san francisco's muni. the new system being tested that officials hope will speed up your future light rail trips. and the unusual protest taking place today against a proposed law in san francisco. n?çñóoñoe+

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. good morning to you. a live look at the bay area, partly to mostly cloudy skies. and a big cooldown for the afternoon. also want to mention all bart trains running on time. police in chile fired teargas and water cannons at protestors outside of a prestigious high school. student used chairs and desks yesterday to try to block police from entering the school. since april high school and college students in chile have marched and held strikes to push towards overhaul of the country's education system. they say it more accessible. teachers in mexico will not go back to the classroom until

they get assurance about their own safety. they protested in acapulco this week. teachers at 140 schools walked off the job last month after they received threats demanding a portion of their salary. the note said the schools where teachers refused would be attacked. acapulco authorities say they have increased the number of police officers at the schools and have not had any incidents in two weeks. drug-related violence in acapulco is at an all time high. as many as 14 people are killed in the beach resort each day. overnight we learned that the ceo of swiss bank will be resigning over a $2.3 billion loss by a rogue trader. he had previously dismissed calls for his resignation. he was charged with false and false accounting. a statement from the bank said he feels it's his duty to assume responsibility for the incident. a california based bank is

in the hands of the federal government -- has seized citizens bank of northern california. because of its deteriorating condition. the nevada city based bank had seven branches. the fdic says the branches will reopen on monday morning. customers should see no service interruption. the closures brings the number of bank failures to 73 across the country this year. palestine has officially requested statehood from the united nations. thousands of palestinians gathered in ramallah last night to celebrate the application. palestinian president abbas submitted the paperwork earlier to the secretary general. the u.n. secretary council will take up the issue on monday, but it's not likely to go far since the u.s. is opposed. president obama and others are pressing palestine to resume

press talks with israel. in southern california college students face community service and prohibition after a jury found them guilty of disrupting a speech. the verdict came down yesterday in santa ana. in february, 2010, the students interrupted a speech by israeli ambassador michael orrin at the irvine campus. orange county ended up charging the students. the students and their attorney argued they were singled out because they are muslim. >> anything that resulted was a result of the content of their speech. and you cannot lock people up -- excuse me, you cannot convict people in this country based on the content of their speech. that's one of the basic principles of our society. >> the orange county district attorney defended the verdict, calling the disruption by the students organized thuggery. the congress is again locked in a partisan battle.

senate democrats blocked a bill passed by republican that could continue to fund fema. but democrats who don't like that bill bus it pays for funding can cuts to the federal energy loan programs. a new vote is scheduled for monday, without cuts to the loan programs. but it's not clear if there are enough votes to pass the new version. president obama once again urged congress to pass his jobs bill. he also explained his decision to allow states to opt out of parts of the no child left behind law. >> the goal hiles no child left behind were admirable, but -- the law had some serious flaws that are hurting our children instead of helping them. teachers are being forced to teach to the test, while subjects like history and science are being squeezed out. >> bay area educators yesterday applaud the move, saying the law does not take into account the disparity between rich and poor districts. republicans issued their own weekly online video address today.

maine senator collins says the u.s. economy needs a timeout from what she calls excessive regulation. >> in sports a timeout gives athletes a chance to catch their breath and make better decisions. american workers and businesses are the athletes in a global competition that we must win. >> they have called for a one- year moratorium on certain new federal regulations. shane bower and sarah shourd are officially engaged. bower had asked shourd to marry him last year while they were both in prison in iran. he fashioned a ring out of threads from his shirt and now replaced that with a real ring. actor sean penn may have played a role in the release.

he visited president chavez and asked to talk to his ally, president mahmoud ahmadinejad. that led to the release of the two uc berkeley grads. activists plan to bear it all today in protest. they are against a proposal that requires nudists to cover seating before they sit down. george davis wants people to know it's okay and not against the law to be nude in san francisco. they are planning to meet at the corner every castro and 17th streets at noon. thousands of people are expected to attend a parade and rally in san francisco today for climate change. the event will include members of the sierra club and national organization for women. it starts at noon at justin herman plaza. there are two thousand events worldwide. participants are calling for cleaner air and an end to dependence on fossil fuels. nurses at children's hospital in oakland who went on strike will not be allowed to return until next tuesday.

thousands of nurses from 34 northern california hospitals went on a one-day strike on thursday. but sutter health hospitals and children's hospital refused to let them come back yesterday. the administration says they had already hired temporary workers to fill the positions for five days. >> we do a five-day contract because it's easier to recruit them to come -- it's much worth their while, much more worth their while to come for five days than to come for one. >> 17,000 nurses went on strike at kaiser and their employer didn't lock them out and they had far more people to bring in. >> the procedures at some hospitals have been postponed and surgeries were rescheduled. a school district says it's still not sure what sent dozens of kindergartners home with a mysterious rash. 35 students developed the rash all over their bodies last week at clifford elementary school. officials say the school has since been cleaned and disinfected, and most of the students were back in the classroom this past week.

muni is testing a new system to reduce clays on light rail lines. the bay citizen reports it's now hitching train cars together from separate lines before they enter the underground tunnel that runs through downtown. for example, train cars from the k line and m ocean view line could be combined to make the trip to and from downtown. the cars would then be disconnected once they come out of the tunnel. celebrating our national parks. the special deal you can take advantage of at yosemite for just one day. >> outside our doors this morning, some of us dealing with fog, clouds, even drizzle. and some of us a little sunshine. for the afternoon, we transition to fall and how much cooler you can expect it to be, coming up. i'm a curious seeker.

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new jersey is still cleaning up from flooding and now they're dealing with even more rain. the state is under a floodwatch through this afternoon. look at what it looked like yesterday in hoboken. some businesses there did close down in preparation for that rising water. and up to 5 inches of rain could fall in some areas of new jersey today. new york is also dealing with rain. take a look at this video from inside a new york city subway station inundated with water yesterday. there's a huge city sewer line that does run the entire length of that platform. not that much rain, but it is the first full fall weekend here p rosemary talking about

possibly a couple sprinkles in north bay. >> yes, we were seeing 100 degrees in areas like livermore yesterday, and antioch got really hot. and by tomorrow, the possibility of some rain and temperatures will be below average, giving you just another gorgeous shot there of san rafael. we have a few high clouds, a little bit of low cloud cover there, and some sunshine too. so a look at some temperatures from yesterday. 89 san jose. 94 in santa rosa. today, we're talking five, 10 degrees cooler, even close to 15, 17 degrees in areas around livermore. so many of will own joy the cooldown, while still mild and warmed around the bay. by noontime, partly cloudy skies expected, low 60s for the coast. 60s, 70s around the bay. and 74 for some of the warmer spots inland. then for again the afternoon. temperatures will be 5 to 10 degrees cooler.

by tomorrow even cooler than that. scattered showers in the forecast especially for the north bay. through the morning ours. then for. afternoon, not a huge deal but enough to get some of us wet. monday, tuesday wednesday we're dry and temperatures are warming back into the upper 80s, low 90s for the inland areas. back to the desk. san francisco's ocean beach and other locations will get a little bit cleaner today. starting at 9:00 this morning, volunteers will take part in clean-up projects around the district 4 area. that includes ocean beach, noriega and irving streets in areas around the college, home of the wildcats. today's clean-up effort goes until noontime. and the city of oakland will hold two groundbreaking ceremonies today as part of street improvement projects. one is at east 18th street in lakeshore. the other is park boulevard at east 20th street. projects will include better lighting, new cocrosswalks and road resurfacing. construction is scheduled to be completed by next march. you can visit yosemite

national park for free today. the park is celebrating national public lands day and entrants fees are waived for visitors. you are still going to center to pay campaign lodging and activities fees. national public lands day is the largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve and enhance america's public lands. small planes will take to the sky at the salinas air show one week after that fatal crash at the reno air races. and there's one difference between the two events that organizers want you to know about. >> a bake sale is generating controversy on the uc berkeley campus. why organizers want to charge different prices depending on a person's race or ethnicity. [ cow mooing ] ♪ [ female announcer ] there's no need to produce foods yourself to be sure they're 100% natural. ♪ now there's open nature foods from safeway.

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we're taking a live look outside, yes, indeed. that is the golden gate bridge. it's the first full weekend of fall, and we are looking at a very big cooldown today. welcome back to mornings on 2. there's also some rain in the future. and we'll get that full forecast from rosemary in just about eight minutes. but first, controversy at cal over a student event scheduled for next week. ali rasmus is live at u clerk berkeley now with the bake sale that is bringing out strong reactions on campus. ali. >> reporter: that bake sale is organized by the uc berkeley college republicans. they created a facebook page on it and calling it the increased diversity bake sale. organizers say it's meant to be satirical and they've gotten a lot of response. here some people say they like the idea. but there are some comments on their wall here that are pretty critical of this bake sale.

and here's why. let's show you a look at the price list for the baked goods. the price you'll notice is different depending on a person's race or ethnicity. it will cost two dollars for white students to buy the baked goods. 1.50 for asians. a dollar for latinos. and 75 cents for african- americans. 25 cents for native americans. and then it's also gender based. the list says women get a 25- cent discount. the college republicans say they event is meant to be satirical and they're doing this to protest a bill on governor brown's desk. it would allow but not require the uc system to consider race and ethnicity in admissions. some students say they find this idea offensive. >> if i was a different race or me being white, i wouldn't wanted to go somewhere and be charged a different price. >> reducing the issue of racial issues down to cookies, ah, i

think it could have been done in a more sensitive manner. >> the bake sale is scheduled to happen on tuesday afternoon. but it has generated a lot of controversy and some outcry on campus. student government is supposed to have a meeting tomorrow evening to talk about the controversy and also talk about the bill that is said to inspire this bake sale. some of the students we talked to this morning say they have heard of other student organizations planning counter- protests, counter- demonstrations, to the bake sale planned for tuesday. ali rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. new this morning, richmond police are asking for the public highways help in solve a hit-and-run. 52-year-old david cox was hit around 6:00 last night. police say he was struck from behind and ejected from his wheelchair. cox was taken to the hospital, where he later died. witnesses describe the vehicle as a black two-door older model

lexus. it had tinted windows, a rear spoiler and likely has front- end damage. anyone with information is asked to call richmond police. thousands of people will turn out today for the salinas air show. no spectators has died after a u.s. air show in 60 years. planes at air shows must always fly parallel to or away from the audience. the event is one of seven scheduled air shows this weekend. federal investigators looking into that reno crash are focusing on the tail section of the piece. a preliminary ntsb report says photos and video evidence indicate a piece of the airframe coming off during the high speed manure. the plane crashed nose first into a box seat area next to the grandstands. 11 people including the pilot were killed. 74 were injured. the piece of the tail investigators are looking closely at is called an 'ol elevator trim tab and was found about a mile from the crash

scene. mendocino county will honor a navy seal killed in afghanistan. he was one of 30 assevers men killed last month when their chinook helicopter was shot down by insurgents. today's procession begins at 10 a.m. and will be followed by a memorial service at the ukiah fairgrounds. president obama arrives in the bay area tomorrow for an 18- hour visit on monday he will host a town hall meeting in mountain view. that meeting will be at the same time as a jobs discussion at facebook. eric cantor and two other top republicans will be among the attendees there. silicon valley leaders say the visits show their influence crosses party lines. >> more than we're republicans or democrats, we're pragmatists and problem-solvers. we want to see our government function and function effectively. >> silicon valley leaders say their companies are also key to

bringing down the 9.1% unemployment rate. here's a closer look at president obama's eye continuary. air force one will touch down at moffet field tomorrow just before 5 p.m. he'll attend two fund racers, the first at a woodside home. the second is going to be at the home of facebook' chief operating officer. and on monday the town hall meeting at 11 a.m. and then he is scheduled to leave moffet field at 12:25. stay with ktvu for complete coverage of that presidential visit. the uc berkeley police department says two officers were injured after this protest turned physical. you can clearly see the officer tackling and holding a protestor to the ground. the police department is studying this video.

>> based on what i see here, i think he made a reasonable attempt to detain the person. the person was combative so he took him down -- and even when the person is on the ground he is still resisting. >> at one time, officers did use pepper spray to gain control of the situation. the police department says officers are taught to use restraint as much as possible. the family of a santa rosa man is looking for answers this morning about why he died right after a hospital visit. 49-year-old michael torres was taken by ambulance to santa rosa memorial hospital on monday. there he was seen by physicians and he was discharged. but a few hours later, his body was found in the hospital parking lot. his body was leaning against a pole and it's unclear how he died. the hospital is conducting an investigation into what happened. a top executives of fremont based solyndra are staying quiet the company's chief officers attended a house energy and commerce subcommittee hearing on capitol

hill yesterday. republican lawmakers asked if solyndra found by president obama misled the government about the company's finances before receiving the half billion dollar loan. the answer to the questions never came. >> on the advice of my counsel, i invoke the privilege afford to me by the fifth amendment of the constitution. >> and as ceo brian harrison stayed quiet, more than 200 former and current solyndra employees looking for work attended a job fair in newark. >> i think when they took the fifth it makes people -- a lot of people stand back and say, you know, are they really trying to hide something? >> solyndra closed its plant august 31st, laying off 1100 employees. it filed for bankruptcy protection a week later. the fbi has launched an investigation into possible wrongdoing. a spat in the sausalito city council may lead to

assault charges. a woman's hand was slapped. take a look. >> don't hit me! >> don't touch me! you put your hand on my side of the table! >> well! >> that was posted by the city of sausalito. while listening to the dredging issue, kelly began to talk. she said shush, and he responded and appears to slap her hand. a final list of schools that could be closed is expected to be released today. this is the preliminary closure list that contains eight elementary schools and two middle schools. on tuesday the school board will meet to vote on the recommended closures. and while some of those schools could close, one oakland school is expanding. the learning without limit school on 40th avenue showed off a new $20 million facility yesterday. a bond measure paid for the

improvements to the fruitvale campus. the school's principal says he understands the emotional effects the closures can cause. >> still for the parents and the families in a space where the district is makes a decision to close the schools. >> if oakland unified folks man says each school closed would save the district between 200 and $400,000 a year. some children in san francisco will get some extra help in school today. they're going to get free backpacks filled with school supplies and books. it's the mayor's backpack giveaway. and 1500 low income kids are going to get the backpacks today. good morning to you! giving you a live look, a beautiful shot at blue sky. we have still remnants of some subtropical moisture from yesterday that even brought a red flag warning to parts of the south bay. it has expired but you can see on storm-tracker still a little bit of moisture here. we are going to get a big dose

of fall like weather. you may even need your umbrella, especially for the north bay. let's look at the wind here. it's still calm conditions san jose. south westerly breeze through fairfield. delta breeze picking up through fairfield. and onshore breeze strengthening throughout the day. a westerly wind at napa 10 miles per hour. although it is a light one at this time. temperatures right now mild out there. but we're very cloudy even a little drizzling along the coast and around the bay. so it feels cool out there. if you're getting out early. 62 in oakland. 59 napa. mid-50s santa rosa. 63 in livermore, san jose 62. the system that brought us the unstable weather for yesterday bringing us a few clouds now shifting north and east. and you can see over the central valley we've got a little bit of rain. looks like even thunderstorms possibility near fresno between merced there and over the sierra it will remain for today. so if you're getting out, maybe heading towards the sierra, thunderstorms still in the

forecast there. we are going to be cooler, mainly dry. but not for very long. this is the system here that is bringing us the cooler weather for today. going to bring us a possibility of a few sprinkles for tomorrow. it's going to be especially the north bay, and it's going to be through the morning hours. we do have very, very dry air in place, so it may actually take some time before it actually hits the ground but we should and again are expecting to see just a few sprinkles. this is actually fills under on me. i'm going to show you the tracking on this system. and we are expecting again the possibility of just a few sprinkles. partly cloudy expected for this afternoon. clouds will be back tomorrow, and in addition to the marine layer we've got this. looks like point rayes about 9:00 it begins to fizzle out but we could still see enough to bring us scattered showers for the first half of the afternoon. the fog, cooler conditions for today, even cooler tomorrow, and again leaving in the possibility of maybe showers, especially for the north bay. afternoon highs for today,

widespread 70s around the north bay. 78 at sonoma. upper 60s, low 70s around oakland. san leandro, mid-80s for some warmer spots inland. east bay 77 expected san jose. 64 expected in the city. low 60s for the coast. extended forecast, there's your weekend. again going to feel like fall. we're drying out, warming up monday, tuesday and wednesday. back to you. bring your appetite but don't need to bring a lot of cash to dine at the third annual eat real festival at oakland featuring 120 food vendors with a focus on handheld foods. it starts again at 11:00 this morning. denied! all because of facebook. the activities that lost one woman her disbuilt benefits. plus -- >> i think it's just ignorance, basically. >> a pennsylvania hospital is investigating claims of religious discrimination. what a muslim woman says she was denied on a recent visit. [ agent ] so your policy looks good, is there anything else?

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crews had to bring in planes to pick up water from a nearby reservoir and then dump it on that fire. fire burned 20 acres in a short amount of time. that area is notorious for fires that start up and move quickly. just in morning, the italian prosecutors asked an appeals court to increase her murder sentence. they want her to serve life in prison. she is sentenced to 26 years in prison. and her former boyfriend sentenced to 25. they were convicted in 2007 murder of knox's roommate and they both deny any wrongdoing. knox's attorney argued a review of dna evidence found that was unreliable and possibly contaminated p appeals verdict is expected within a man. a florida judge has doubled the amount of money casey anthony must repay to cover the cost of investigating the disappearance of her daughter. a jury acquitted her in july, but police and prosecutors say she lied repeatedly to authorities before the body was discovered. originally she was order today pay a little less than a

hundred thousand dollars but after the sheriff's department resubmitted its bills, the judge added another $119,000. jew a judge will rule on whether to begin the legal process to declare missing teenager natalee holloway dead. natalee disappeared if 20000 on a graduation trip. her father asked a judge yesterday to bring legal closure to the case but her mother objects to the court proceedings. if the judge agrees to begin the process, legal notices will be posted asking anyone with evidence that natalee is alive to come forward. then the judge will hold another hearing declaring her death. the fbi has paid out a $2 million reward for tips that led to the arrest of fugitive mob boss james bulger. he and his girlfriend were captured in santa monica back in june. he was connected in connection with 19 murders. the fbi says at least two people received the reward money. authorities originally said one of the tips came from a woman

who recognized bulger in a tv report. is drug dealer wishes he never answered the phone. a probation officer in california was trying to call a sheriff's deputy. she dialed the deputy's old number, and reached a drug suspect instead, who thought she was wanted to score some pot. the probation officer set up a meeting to buy an ounce of marijuana. >> asked if i still wanted it, was in a conversation with somebody recent pi about purchasing marijuana. >> authorities arrested two men on is special of possession of marijuana for sale and conspiracy. near philadelphia, a converted muslim woman is accusing a hospital of discrimination due to her religion. 25-year-old janis brown says she suffers from occasional hemorrhoida bleeding so went to the emergency room at abington memorial hospital. she called ahead and told the hospital her religion forbids a male doctor to examine her nude body. once there, she says a male

nurse mocked her and her sister. >> you're asking her to go against her beliefs to commit sins because you don't want to find her a female doctor. and he said, i'm sure god will forgive her. >> brown drove 45 minutes to another hospital, where she received treatment from a female doctor. the hospital is promising a thorough investigation. hospital policy says doctors may be assigned by gender if the request is based on religious beliefs, but that patients may have to wait based on availability. a michigan woman lost her disability benefits because of her facebook postings. she can still bowl, however, she says back problems forced her to leave her mangel job at a charity. because she could no longer sit for eight hours. however, the sun life insurance company denied her disability claim after seeing her facebook page. that's where she talked about flying to china and her love of vacuuming. >> turns out they did a lot of surveillance on me on facebook

and there wasn't anything on facebook that i'm ashamed of but they mistempt information, they coated stuff from my facebook that is totally unrelated. >> we try to determine fraud out there. and we'll do -- can do anything that is available to us that's legal. and certainly social media investigation is legal. >> thompson says she did sit in reclinable seats in the business section during her flight to china. earlier this morning, we told you about the nasa sad light that fell to the earth last night. it's no big deal to a sacramento family, who says it has already encountered falling space matter. the gibsons say meteorite slammed into their home on august 13th. it left a 4 1/2 to 6-foot wide hole on the roof. >> brought it over, lifted it up, so you see it's not a rock from -- earth. >> we took it to city college,

to the professor, and he tested it and has magnitism. that's a meteorite. >> it is a small rocky fragment of other planetary bodies that fall to earth. cal tech reports that about 25 meteorites weighing more than a fifth of a pound fall on california each year. a cat reunited with her owner after missing for five years. how she was tracked down 1600 miles away from home. >> outside our doors, many of us stocked in by the fog, drizzle. low clouds, partly cloudy skies expected for the afternoon. a big cooldown on the way! we'll have your temperatures coming up.

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a colorado cat missing for the last five years, five, has now turned up 1600 miles away and it's all thanks to a tracking chip on her neck. >> it's made this moment possible. and i encourage everybody to do it because it's -- it's good for the cat and the cat's human too, or the dog's. >> willow the cat reunited with the squires family yesterday in new york city, where someone found her recently out on the city streets. the tracking chip allowed rescuers to track down the family. the cat is even warming up to three-year-old daughter lola, who was not eastern born when that cat went missing. the defending world champs are running out of time to

reach the playoffs. they now only have the wild card to hope for. the arizona diamondbacks clinch and their first nl west title in four years last night with a win over the giants. the d-backs went ahead for good in the 8th. the giants are 5 games behind the braves in the wild card with five games to play. meanwhile, the a's are playing the roll of the spoiler in anaheim. they ended the angels' chances of winning the american league west title last night. this is the second career home run. and the a's took the lead late in the game after the angels' thirds baseman couldn't handle the grounder and crossed the home plate. the closer performed a inning to get the 22nd save. a's win 3-1. enduring swimmer diane nyad is trying to swim from cuba to florida.

she left yesterday on her second attempt in two months. the 62-year-old is trying to break her own three-decade old distance record by swimming the 103 miles from cuba to florida. she's also doing it without a cage to protect her from the sharks. her last attempt failed last month after she had an asthma attack 29 hours in. if all goes well, she is expected to reach florida early monday morning. it's a scary thought this halloween, mother nature may have played a cruel trick on pumpkin growers. the crop is late because there were too few sunny days this summer. field should normally be covered in orange, and right now sprinkled with green. >> 50 could, could we move back halloween to november 15th? would be great. >> pumpkin growers say customers probably won't be disappointed but may notice fewer selections this halloween. >> i love pumpkins. i love fall.

it's a great time in the bay area. let's get one more check with meteorologist rosemary. >> pumpkin cake, pumpkin pie, i love it as well. a big fall-like weekend in store. morning fog but see it outside this morning, inland partly cloudy skies. and we will see partly cloudy for most of us. but they're 10 to 15 degrees cooler. that will be the big story this afternoon. areas really going to see quite the cooldown. tomorrow will be even cooler around the coast and the bay. inland 60s and 70s and even the possibility of scattered showers. we're got the system that will be dropping in from the pacific northwest. it looks like the north by will get the best chance but ulf us just a slight chance for add a few sprinkles. here are your afternoon highs to the. 81 concord. mid-70s in areas around fremont, 69 oakland, 72 san rafael. it's going to be a nice day. extended forecast there, i don't know, grab that umbrella. you just may need it for tomorrow. then we're drying out fairly quickly. we'll be dryer and warmer for monday, tuesday and wednesday.

>> make us appreciate the warm- up. >> good air quality, you know. >> few inches. >> not at all. >> just a sprinkle. >> here we go. that's mornings on 2 this saturday morning. have a great saturday, everyone!