. we are live in cupertino, we will tell you what police are now doing. remembering a silicone valley giant, how bay area residents are honoring the late steve jobs. plus a free ride, the proposal for commutes. channel 2 morning news continues. good morning, i am pam cook. >> and i am dave clark, let's check weather and traffic, here is steve. very active morning, very active already, showers popping up with rain, just hold on about five minutes because you can see what is coming down in the northwest, especially in the mendocino coast, half-moon

bay, heading over on the skyline only 50s and 60s, here is sal. heading out to the high- rise no major problems and traffic looks good, also this morning's commute is off to a -- commute is off to a good start, at 6:01 let's go back to dave and pam. that continuing search for the gunman in that deadly shooting yesterday, tara moriarty is back now to tell us what is going on this morning, tara? >> reporter: well nobody has seen sharif rollman who tried to carjack a woman -- rollman, who tried to carjack a woman and they believe he somehow managed to escape the area.

>> we are fairly confident he is not in this area we have searched. >> reporter: they are waiting to see if their loved ones survived the shooting rampage. sharif olman opened fire at a safety meeting killing three co- workers and injuring six others. a local cable show he used to host and he had been upset about switching to the graveyard shift recently and had been in trouble for several safety violations. they uncovered four weapons but say he is still armed and dangerous. they are supposed to be contacting us on the latest search efforts, time now 6:02 tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. the people killed in that

shooting rampage, 51-year-old john robert from san jose and 58-year-old mark nunez also from san jose. despite that shooting classes will be held in the area. as a precaution all schools were on lockdown yesterday. students at pettersen school were kept in their first period class all day before being released to their parents. there will be a continued presence around the schools in the area and parents will be notified if anything changes through the school district's emergency notification system. in overnight news police moved in on demonstrators who were part of the occupy ss movement. kraig debro is outside the federal reserve bank where a handful of protesters are still there this morning, kraig

debro? >> reporter: yes, last night police moved in and took some action and these protests have been going on since september. this is for the federal reserve, you can see people are still here. i spoke to a sergeant on the scene. one was arrested for battery on a police officer but protesters are still at this protest. now overnight san francisco police did make one arrest and we got it on videotape but it was for battery on a police officer but they were told to remove that isn't tents or -- remove their make-shift tents and a lot of people did that moving stuff out of the way, it just means they are not allowing them to sleep here overnight. this one started in conjunction with the one in new york, you can see the pictures from that. they brought in different people from different walks of

life protesters say they want more corporate accountability and they brought in more people which makes them not your typical protests. >> overnight there are allegations by the protesters that may be san francisco police were too rough on protesters. i talked to the person who shot the cell phone video who tells me there were a group of protesters trying to block the street officers were trying to get them out of street but one woman was not in the street at the time she was shoved to the ground and he thinks the officer was just a little too rough. >> it shows the company using unnecessary force on one of our protesters and she clearly was not expecting it and clearly was on the side where they were telling us to move to. >> so about 800 people in san francisco with this occupy s f protest, mostly peaceful, they

have been mostly peaceful since they started about a month ago. i tried to get an official word on that arrest and to see if we can get a comment on that videotape. kraig debro ktvu channel 2 news. now it appears we know who all the candidates are for the republican presidential nomination and that's after sarah palin joined chris christie so tie he is not running. join us what the analysts say about the remaining field of republican candidates. people all over the world are mourning the death of steve jobs. they are showing up at the biggest apple store in shanghai : pads and "i" phones are usually popular there darks i- pads and i-phones are usually popular there. they are sad he did not get to

see future projects. he founded apple in 1976 and after mac tornado, the first l1il0pod went on tail, in 20007 they released the iphone and last year they released the ipad. the company struggled at first with the release of that toy story and in 2006 walt disney brought pixar for $7.5 million making job's the company's largest shareholder. well the tributes for steve jobs go far beyond apple in cupertino, there are all kinds of impromptus all around the world. this is the scene at san

francisco square last night people leaving flowers, putting up this personal message to a man who was a visionary and made the tech world cool. >> it seemed like a very cool thing to do. >> a lot of the mourners were taking pictures and naturally they used their iphones to do it. >> just go to www.ktvu.com. they could give free rides so resolution would bring back free muny passes to low income students. they would also offer free rides to students without bus school service and the idea was proposed by leyland lee. it doubled from 10 to $20 and budget cuts have left several

city schools without any type of bus service. sal, it has been relatively quiet this morning. >> it has but this is when things begin to change. as you can see there is a little bit of a back up at the toll plaza and as soon as they turn on those metering lights, you will get a back up and if you can get here soon, you will avoid the larger backups we have. heading out to the high-rise and toll plaza, also interstate 880 also good driving through there and also we look at highway number 4 because it is always slow getting better in bay .6 09 let's go to steve. all these record rainfalls, ken field 1.75, almost an inch of rain, record was set and

they checked in with an inch of rain after 4:00 yesterday. oakland 7.2 and even mountain view, all 24 hour record rain totals so how are we doing so early in the year? i would say we are doing well. santa rosa are 3.4% over normal and they should have a third of an inch. they are 246% of normal. san jose should have 5.6. there is more coming in today and it looks like things will calm down and our forecast models were bullish for rain next weekend so it backed up and there is no consensus and this is a cool system for so early in the season. rain stretching from mendocino, back in marin county it looks like cells developed also on

the peninsular reports of thunder and lightning also big time reports out towards the valley and that will continue today starting to come on down, you can see out of the northwest and it will be an extremely active morning and it is cool out there 40s and 50s on the temperatures. we will start to warm up as we head towards the weekend. by this time tomorrow it will head to utah. it is impacting us with possible showers, hail being reported as well, 60s on your temperatures so another crazy weather day for thursday, things calm down friday but it will be cold tomorrow i can tell you that and with your weekend in view it will be drier and calmer and i have to watch out for inland fog, not coastal fog. 6:11 is the time right now berkeley's food pantry needs

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leaked out, some birds have died and experts predict there will probably be more. $116 billion is needed to stimulate the british economy and the bank is also reviving a program to buy from banks which in turn will lend cash to people and to businesses. well the un is vowing says more than 100 people have died in mogadishu after a suicide car bombing on tuesday, a truck packed with fuel blew up outside of a compound. parents and students are among the victims, they were waiting to register for scholarships.

they are threatening even more attacks. well the presidential election is now 13 months away and it is finally clear which republicans are in the race. as carol hahn reports, sarah palin is not on that list. >> reporter: good morning, sarah palin finally made it official last night in a statement to supporters and advice presidential nominee -- vice-presidential nominee, added she could be more effective helping other presidential nominees. it still leaves a field of contenders and mitt romney and rick perry remain the front runners. despite the lackluster, herman cane has been surging in the polls but one veteran political watcher says it's mitt romney

who poses the biggest threat to president barack obama. >> because he has the potential to string together a coalition of conservatives who doesn't like the president but also suburban voters who done find mitt romney particularly scary. >> reporter: recent polls show mitt romney with a slight lead but it's still anybody's race which is why it will be scheduled for next tuesday. carol hahn ktvu channel 2 news. struggling to keep up with rising demand. this year's funding has been cut by roughly 30% and in addition to that from the federal management agency they reportedly put a strain on resources. the pantry's director said the organization had to borrow money to continue operations and without more financial donations the food pantry may not be able to feed all the families who come in for the

holidays. away area job fair which begins today, dozens of companies will be taking part. this one is free and will take place on gateway place. the fair runs until 2:00 p.m. and it includes sleep train and onel retail. if you go there, dress professionally and bring several copies of your resume. this morning a swedish poet won the nobel prize for literature. 80-year-old thomas has long been considered a favor for this award. in 2004 while being half paralyzed from a stroke which left him paralyzed to speak, he continued to write and published several poems. more than two thirds of the race adds smart meters will be increased or remain the same.

changes take affect mid-month and the rate adjustments will help even out parking around the city. let's check in with sal, you don't normally have the chopper fired up this early. >> well, you know ktvu ktvu channel 2 news, you can see traffic is moving along very nicely on interstate 880 and it is actually very light as you drive towards oakland, news chopper 2 is headed to the bay bridge and going towards san francisco, this is a look at san francisco northbound 101 with no major problems and you will see traffic on the lower deck of the bay bridge. this morning on antioch, it is slow and getting slower getting into pittsburgh but if you are driving to bay point, it looks good to concord and it is a nice drive. thank you steve. >> thunder showers may have

stars and it will start raining and there is plenty of rain coming down in lake county and parts of mendocino county have had five inches of rain and that's incredible for any time of year but especially october. some of these rain totals are well above normal and some are popping up on the skyline on the peninsular half-moon bay and pescadero, stretching back to sonoma back over to -- hillsboro we are getting plenty of shower activity some of that will be heavy, 0s and 5 -- 40s and 50s, this is unseasonably cool as you know.

it will rotate through the morning hours and by 2:00 or 3:00 we are mostly done. high pressure will deflect as we head into the weekend, 60s on the temperatures and it will be a very cool day this time of year. it will be cold friday morning and it will warm it up with your weekend in view and it will be warmer for the most part. toyota said they are making a much faster come back, toyota is back to the level it was before the earthquake and tsunami. natural disaster provides parts to toyota and other car makers. universal pictures is giving them a chance to watch from their living rooms and it will hit the theaters november 4th. atlanta and portland will be able to rent the movie at home. movie studios are looking for ways to increase revenue in the face of sagging dvd sales

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. good morning news chopper 2 traffic is looking good coming out towards the western part of the city, no major problems on the bridge getting into the city. time now 6:25, builders are examining this building to make sure it will keep standing after a car went into it. a man in his late 90s was coming home hit the gas instead of the breaks and smashed through the front door of his own home. the driver was not seriously

hurt but he was taken to the hospital as a precaution. a mumps outbreak is forcing the state department to vaccinate everyone on campus. so far 13 students have tested positive and 13 others are expected to have caught the virus. it cause cause fever severe swelling and fatigue and doctors are concerned since all the infected students received the recommended inoculation. the health department is recommending a third dose for everyone at berkeley. offering free breast exams for unsured women, and it is in honor of women. now scheduled for october 12th and october 18th in pittsburgh and richmond, the first 40 women at each of the fares will get the free exams.

tiger woods tees off here in the bay area later today. the biggest star in golf will step up to a smaller stage, he is competing in tournament in san martin and he has struggled mostly this year and is eager to get back into the swing of things in today's open. >> i have been playing between 35 and 3 -- 35 and 36 holes a day. i am trying to get my playing instinct back. -- instincts back. in san martin, tiger woods is expected to tee off shortly after noon. a lot more on the death of apple steve jobs in silicone valley headquarters. live in cupertino where an

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. welcome back to the morning news, they just rank the bell and future point to a higher opening and there is some disappointing news, not great retail forecast for the holiday season so we'll see what happens, a little business news coming up. thank you for joining us on ktvu channel 2 news, this thursday october 6th i am dave clark. >> i am pam cook, time now 6:30. still a man on the loose for a

deadly shooting in cupertino. tara moriarty joins us where authorities from a number of agencies have conducted this exhaustive search for shareef allman. >> reporter: shareef allman has managed to evade law men for 24 hours now, he tried to carjack a woman not far from where we are standing and if you look behind me the sheriff's department has a presence and that's their mobile unit. deputies are no longer searching because they believe shareef allman has man anded to he is -- manage dollars to escape this area. emotions definitely ran high as families waited to see if their loved ones survived the shooting rampage. 47-year-old shareef allman who was a loading operator opened fire killing three co-workers and injuring several others. here is one person inside that

meeting. >> gunfire, a lot of noise. >> it happened fast? >> very fast, yes, everybody was running. >> reporter: you were actually in that safety meeting? >> yes. >> reporter: you just hit the ground? >> i ran. >> reporter: this is you tube video from a local show he used toco host. he had been upset for the graveyard shift and authorities uncovered four weapons and they believe shareef allman is still armed and dangerous and we will let you know what will happen as soon as they update our information. sheriff's department has identified the three people killed in that shooting ram paint. yacht loop pay, and 59-year-old mark nunez of san jose.

all over the world people are morning the death of steve jobs who died after a long battle with cancer. joining us live she is at world headquarters in cupertino, here is more. >> reporter: people have come here to the headquarters in cup to pay their respects and to remember steve jobs but it is taking place in a variety of forms, people holding up their iphone or ipad with a candle and people have actually dropped off actual apples and the flags are flying at half staff, people are trying to do what they can to remember this man. this is being seen across the world and i want to show you some video we have just gotten in from shanghai china, that apple store, people posted an

online tribute from what country, and we also have video from tokyo japan where people left flowers outside the apple store where they reportedly had a moment of silence before opening there. and here people came to pay tribute, apple here has been quiet in cupertino, after the announcement came yesterday, employees were asked not to talk to reporters, but again the flags are flying at half staff, the apple website where people can send their condolences. he changed the way each of us sees the world. we just walked around the corner and saw a bunch of roses laid out in a parking space as well. just marking it and a little pit further down people have put stuff by the apple sign but

people are trying to figure out where and how they remember him. >> the other apple co-founder issued this statement about the death of steve jobs. quote we lost something we will not get back they were high school friends and he said jobs looked ill when he last saw him about three months ago. colossal high tech deal in the works, microsoft is considering a bid for yahoo. they tried to buy up the search engine in 2008, coming up reasons why this megamerger may not happen. they showed the u.s. energy department was preparing to give solyndra a second government loan more than $450 million despite the company's financial troubles. e-mails were released as part

of the investigation into the original $535 million federal loan given to solyndra in september of 2009. now the energy program showed problems with alone after they warn -- a loan after being warned of the company's financial problems. one person is dead and a gas leak in the area tied to that shooting has now been capped off. a man was shot between 70th avenue and favor street just before 10:00. he then drove his car a couple of blocks away, pulled over in a driveway and crashed into a parked mini van. it caused it to move into a building causing structural damages and causing a gas leak. the gas leak has been stopped and people don't have to worry about it, the man who was shot was rushed to the hospital but

he later died of his injuries. two people had injuries after a high-speed chase and it happened after midnight while a woman was sitting at a red light. where police say another car came speeding down the hill, lost control and smashed right into the woman's car. the force of the impact flipped over the woman's suv and crumpled the man's car. right now both of them are still at general hospital. they are issuing refunds for long-term parking lots over the last two years. they incorrectly charged customers saturdays and sundays when parking should have been free. those affected will be issued an immediate refund on their

credit cards if the cards are not active they will attempt to contact customers. saturday service is pushed back by 20 minutes and they are proposing an early morning bus shuttle without other public transit and bart plans on surveying riders about the idea. did you know he is watching this? i did. >> i have the best tools and chopper 2 near san leandro and the 238 and 880 interchange, there is a big outlet mall, we just lost news chopper 2, let's move, you can see traffic is backed up to the 880 crossing and news chopper 2 is still okay. you can still see that picture put the picture went black.

this is a new look on highway 4 now we are getting slowed traffic in bay point and pittsburgh and as the morning wears on, slower traffic, let's go to steve. we have a pretty good cell in some locations and in fact some of the areas pretty good rain in cupertino, heading just west of san jose and also towards willow. >> when but willow glenn, also in marin county over to napa, calistoga, things are still going and there is a possibility of more thunderstorms, it is giving us

impressive rain totals. ken field 1.570. initially they set the record and three quarters of an inch. that was a record for 24 hours and so far we are doing well percentage-wise. 1.70 they should only have 1.6. they are 246% of normal and even san jose with .56 and there are reports of 3.5 to 5 plus especially into mendocino there has been a ton of rain there. up in the sacramento valley, a lot of reports of hail and snow down to 3,000 feet, you can see there is a lot of cold air in place. 30s are popping up tonight, 30s will give way to 40s 50s and 60s and high pressure will deflect everything to the

north. 60s on the temperatures, we we are well below average. with your weekend always in view, it will start to warm up. time now 6:41, more audio of a barely understandable michael jackson. why prosecutors think this recording is so important to their case. and in san francisco, police make an arrest, find out what effect that could have on future protests. traffic is moving along slowly up to the bay point area, find out more about antioch traffic. yself as

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presidential republican candidates is now set after sarah palin announced she is not running for president. her announcement is follow by new jersey governor chris christie and he is not joining the race. noise] >> well that is demonstrators clashing with new yorkty police last night 28 people were taken into custody, they have been demonstrating against corporate greed and bank bailouts and they say they did not need night sticks or pepper spray to control them but the crowd grew overnight and needed more to control them. outside the federal reserve bank in san francisco, that is where kraig debro is now with cell phone video shot by one of the protesters, kraig debro?

>> reporter: there is a little bit of a controversy about how police handled them behind me. market street, you can see there are still signs behind me and buses are passing by and you can see a wall with a number of signs and to the right which i believe is the other side of market street, the police over there, there is a large police presence and you can not see how far down those cars go but they go further than just that. people are extremely upset about how america's financial system seems to favor one and not others. they handed out a piece of paper telling protesters they were violating ordinances and police did make one arrest and that person was arrested on suspicion of battery on a

police officer. people across the country from all walks of life are protesting a system that allows 1% to have 99% of influence. >> i have been disturbed on the influence lobbyist have on writing legislation to where i feel it's very extreme. >> they have a -- things got a little rough. >> reporter: one man who shot the cell phone video say protesters were trying to block protesters but one officer blocked a protester who was not part of that group. >> she turned around and the cop shoved her as hard as he could and she fell on the floor and hurt her knee. >> reporter: they say they want more corporate accountability and governor brown has on his desk two bills one would require a company that claimed certain tax breaks that later

pay a penalty and that's written by leyland lee who is also running for mayor. the other will require tax credits to contain certain goals. reporting live in san francisco -- reporting live in san francisco kraig debro ktvu channel 2 news. dr. conrad murray have released more audio of michael jackson attempting to speak. [ audio ] >> that was michael jackson on tape saying he cares about children and plans on building a children's hospital. he recorded that six weeks ago and shows he was incoherent and should not have been given such powerful medication. he claims michael jackson gave the medication to himself.

back over to sal to check in on traffic, any problems, sal? >> well we do have minor glitches that could cause some slow downs pam, let's look and you can see traffic is backed up beyond the 880 crossing and it is a 15 or 20 minute delay, no major problems. it looks good on interstate 880 in both directions and oakland no major problems and we have had some slowed traffic in oakland and san leandro. southbound 17, a little slowed traffic approaching loss gots. we had some traffic because of road debris which has been cleared up, hayward union city fremont heading south, you will see some traffic there. let's go to steve.

clouds in between, some rain in the mountains and thunderstorms are erupting towards the north bay and there is a lot of cloud cover over us, it will be a crazy day, fort brag 3.4 inches of rain, cazadero some rain in the last few minutes, that was a record rain by the way, 1.75 an "f" s o had a lot of rain -- and fs o had a lot of rain. rain is popping up all over the place, you might get breaks, then get some hail and then it will clear out. i focused on the north bay because we had reports of cazadero having some hail and rain. tweet me if you have any rain or hail east of cazadero and calistoga just to the west of san rafael, it looks like things are active as well. our system is spinning in and

it will be with us during the morning hours. 2:00 we should be on the drier side. but it will not be very warm today. 40s and 50s, it is cool and some of that cloud temperature is developing out in the valley again with newest reports of hail but high pressure is on its way and it will be here tomorrow. not today. cool air mass for october, thunder showers possible today, friday we clear out and with your weekend in view, it will be drier and warmer. microsoft is apparently making another run at yahoo. the -- yahoo. the search engine is preparing to open financial books for potential buyers. they tried to buy them with a $7.5 billion in 2008 and some

question whether microsoft can manage such a megadeal. live at the big board, dow jones industrial average down 68 points to 10870. disappointing numbers for week less jobless claims and also the retail federation which we will talk about in just a second. we get the monthly unemployment rate tomorrow that is a big one. national retail federation expects holiday winter sales will rise and that's smaller than the 5.2% increase last year but still better than 2008 and 2009 when sales dropped. >> and you will be doing your part . i try to stimulate the economy along with you and your wife. time now san francisco, tucson shooting rampage suspect, what jared loughner's lawyers don't want to happen to

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back to springfield missouri for psychological treatment. prison therapists are trying to make him mentally competent to stand trial and he is accused of the shooting of congresswoman gabrielle giffords. congresswoman gabrielle giffords will be in washington d.c. today for her husband's retirement ceremony. it is after 25 years of service in the u.s. navy and he poll lotted u.s. dessert storm with the navy and his final mission was on the final trip of space shuttle endeavor. well the famous blue angels start practicing today over the bay area. >> there they are roaring into town yesterday for fleet week. now practice starts at 1:00 a.m. continues to 5:00 p.m. and it's set for saturday and sunday. hundreds of thousands of fans are expected even though critics say it is too noisy and

waists taxpayer dollars. let's go back over to sal to check on traffic. 237 slowed traffic northbound 101 word of an overturned vehicle causing slowed traffic on the free way. oakland looks good, no major trouble, they are getting a slow ride bay bridge at the toll plaza, a back up for about 20 minutes. let's go to steve. looks like a morning event san by afternoon it will be clearing out and cool and breezy and rain coming down and it looks like marin county is coming down hard and everything is sliding down, right there in the yellow we will take a look at that in greater detail on mornings on 2. in mornings on 2, the search for that workplace gunman continues in south bay, what is happening right now more than 24 hours after the killing. silicone valley leaves the world after the death of steve

jobs, stay with us, we will be right back.

good morning. the search for a workplace gunman continues now. the south bay, what is happening now for the 24 hours