popstar katy pery sings about it. we'll tell you why california teenagers won't be able to get a suntan last year. we're at the pumpkin weighoff. we'll tell you how heavy it was and why it's not eligible for

the prize money. good morning, everyone. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm mike me back. >> i'm claudine wong -- >> mike mibach. tori and dave have the day off. the new law that makes it a misdemeanor to carry an exposed gun goes into effect january 1st. this morning, law enforcement officials are cheering the governor's decision. another law bans teenagers from tanning beds. tara moriarty is live from san francisco. >> reporter: well, kids in texas have to be at least 16 years old to use a tanning bed. we talked to one owner who said

his business has been impacted because it's in an urban area. although all in all, he says that most teenagers he knows tend to tan the old fashioned way outside. we'll be checking in with this salon called brownie's to see if they are worried about the new california law. it bans minors from using tanning beds. 30 other states do have restrictions. but california being the first state to get such a high age limit. nearly 28 million people use tanning beds in the year. >> i grew up in washington state where we didn't see much sun. so definitely at times we would go to the tanning salon. if i could go back, i wouldn't do it. it's not good for you and it needs to have more control. >> reporter: researchers say

those who use the tanning beds before they are 20 have a high chance of developing me law know ma. now, the -- melanoma. this new law goes into effect january 21st. coming up we'll check in with bay area high school students about what they think about this law. back to you. another bill signed by the governor will require insurance companies to cover certain autism therapies. alcohol sales at automated checkout centers will be banned. the governor vetoed a bill that would have required this and coming up later in our newscast, we'll have more on other bills including one that was at the center of a controversial bake sale at uc berkeley. we'll have that store you at 7:18. the series of protests

against wall street and so- called corporate greed is coming to another city. "occupy oakland" is set to start outside of frank galala plaza at 4:00. hundred of people are expected to take part in the demonstration. >> there's a lot of very-well experienced -- very well- experienced advocates out there. i think that will bring us a force, too. we can learn from each other. >> "occupy oakland" follow those in san francisco. "okay wall street" is now entering its 24th day. demonstrations were mostly calm after arrests last week. some republicans are criticizing the protests. newt gingrich is calling this "teaching dumb ideas." the first vote on president

obama's bill could come in the senate tomorrow. coming up we'll have a live report from our washington, d.c. newsroom with how the bill's new millionaire surcharge is being received on capitol hill. relatives of demonty glassdy by leaves behind -- glassby leaves behind children. his grandmother told the crowd everyone wants revenge. but let god revenge. police are looking for two men seen running from the scene. video cameras will soon be operating. this will ban all rail line operators statewide from using their cell phones while on the phone. as part of the rules, video cameras must be installed to monitor the activity of muni

operators. operators are allowed to have the phones on them. but the phones musten turned off and turned -- turned off and put away. bay area pumpkin growers are gathering at half moon bay hoping to break a world record. allie rasmus is live at the weighoff with how big that winning pumpkin has to be. >> reporter: good morning. it's not just bay area pumpkin growers here in the bay area. it's those from all over the word. this pumpkin, they just finished weighing it. the world's record is 1,1810 pounds. this one came in just 15, 20 pounds short of that. this pumpkin -- is it the third heaviest ever weighed? >> yes. >> reporter: it's not eligible for any prize money.

why is that? >> it had a soft spot on it when we investigated it and it went way up into the cavity of the pumpkin. if there is a hole that goes into the center, it's not eligible for economy tigs. >> reporter: this sh video you are looking at of it being put on the scale. now we can bring you out there live to show you moving the pumpkin off the scale. you can see it's a very labor intensive scale. that one here came in at 1,1 -- >> 1,194. >> reporter: how much work is involved in this. you put the seeds in in april. >> yes. i put the seeds in in main -- on april 24th. it went out to the field on the 2nd of may. i grew nine plants. this was one of the pumpkins

grown on one of the nine months. i probably spent until the first of april until this week just working on tell. >> you were telling me from september to now -- >> yes, we estimate the weight at 1,000 pounds. so it went another 794 pounds, you know, since -- in about 35 days. >> all right. russ pew pumpkin grower from santa rosa. there will be more of this. this is going on until 11:00. we'll check back with you live in the show. >> ross knows how to grow a pumpkin. inwent to the pumpkin patch and bought four pumpkins and they

don't come near to weighing anything like that. let's check in with sal castanedo. >> westbound traffic is light -- now, there is a little bit of traffic on the bridge. it's not completely like a sunday morning. i don't want to mislead you. you will see slowdowns but it's just not up to what you are normally seeing. traffic is moving along nicely in both direction near the coliseum. pinole and richmond traffic moving along nicely. if you are on the peninsula, 101 and 280, also doing well. but the fog is a concern along the peninsula and parts of san francisco also drizzle as well. for more on the weather, let's bring steve in. >> we have a lot of low clouds, drizzle. very mild lows.

50s and 60s. sure looks like rain is going to move in. it may make it south by later today. we do have the fog. mostly cloudy today. there are some breaks in the clouds. i've had a couple of tweets coming in. from antioch also tom down at blossom hill says it's mostly clear. we'll take that into the morning hours and then clear it out tuesday, wednesday, thursday, sun and warmer -- sunny and warmer. let's deal with the moist first. very steady rain in mendocino -- moisture first. very steady rain in mendocino county. there's so much moisture late. this is what's happening -- things -- things are really beginning to pick up. if you have rain, you can tweet

me or e-mail me. >> 50s and 60s. just a balmy feel to this moisture. not really much of a breeze. if there is one it's mainly out of the south. considering there is not a lot of support for it, except it has a lon of -- except it has a ton of moisture, they will produce rain because the atmosphere gets saturated. >> we have fog, drizzle. wednesday and thursday, mostly sunny and warmer except for some fog. friday we'll start to cool it down. it looks like the rain comes back on sunday. 7:11. it looks like red light runners

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between december 2007 to june 2009, household income fell by 3.2% to roughly 53 -- $53,000. but between june of 2009 and june of this year, the median annual household income fell by 6.7%, to $49,900. president obama's jobs bill faces a major test in congress this week. ktvu's alison burns is live this morning in our washington, d.c. newsroom were whether the new millionaire's surcharge helps the chances of passing. >> reporter: the united states senate will vote tomorrow on whether to advance this bill that president obama says will boost the economy and create more jobs. president obama a plan will be paid for with a 5.6% surcharge on people who earn more than a million dollars. we learned over the weekend, that tax would raise about $453 billion over ten years. president obama wants to use the money to cut payroll taxes,

extend unemployment benefits and rebuild roads and schools but republicans are not budgeting in their opposition. >> we don't think doubling down on a failed stimulus policy is the right way to go. >> reporter: republicans say they will support changes to corporate tax rates and tax incentives for hiring veterans. as for the whole bill passing, it's looking unlikely. >> go brown has vetoed legislation that would have allowed race and gender to be considered in admission. berkeley college republicans organized a bake sale where they planned to use race and gender to determine pricing. governor brown says even though he agrees with the goals to propose law, he feeling the court should decide the -- he feels the court should decide

the issue. last year, 115,000 fewer students enrolled at berkeley compared to 2009. "the daily californian" reports that the decline comes as more people are reporting to the program. the u.s. government is using a controversial type of secret court orders to force google and a small internet provider based in santa rosa to turn over e-mails from a wikileaks volunteer. the government used the electron tick communication -- electronic communications privacy act. sonic.net said it fought an expensive battle from the government and lost.

a new "associated press" investigation has found hundreds of agricultural scientists responsible to stopping those across the borer, scientists say this has caused billions of dollars of crop damage from california to florida. they will be stepping up inspection and the bodder -- inspections at the border. more than 500 read light camera tickets have been dismissed. a supreme court said the earlier rule violated state law. as a result, $250,000 in possible fines were thrown out.

most hayward restaurants seem to be complying with the city's styrofoam ban. oakland says two out of four restaurants had plastic cups behind their area. the announcement came in this morning, we'll tell you who just received the nobel prize in economics. and there is a bay area connection. and it looks like we know who helped capture whitety -- whitey bolger.

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the 2011 prize in economics. methods have been developed for determining how economic growth and inflation are affected by an interest rate or a tax you can. it's business as usual -- tax cut. it's business as usual despite a fire. the trading systems were not affected. and no one was hurt in the fire. a beauty pageant winner reportedly received a $2 million reward for the capture of james whitey bulger. the former ms. iceland tinned off police that bulger and his -- tipped off police that bulger and his girlfriend were

hiding under aliases. bulger is charged with 19 murders dating back to the 1970sance 1980s -- 1970s and 1980s. all right. let's go to sal for traffic. i think a lot of government workers, in fact, most of them have the day off. so we're making it easier for the rest of us. looking at the bay bridge toll plaza. now, that is now positively light here at the toll plaza with some crowding at the bottom of the bridge and that's about all. if you are looking at the traffic on the commute on highway westbound between vallejo and pinole you will see traffic moving across nicely from the carquinez and richmond bridge. a lot of clouds out there. mostly cloudy, a lot of fog as

well. we have very -- we have very gray conditions. a lot of mugginess in the air. that rain is spreading rain around men dehe -- mendocino county and drizzle around here. 50s and 60s on your lows. usually we've been 40s and 50s but not today. that system will continue to march southward giving us a lot of clouds today. a mostly cloudy today. rain develops. we already have drizzle around and very thick fog -- thick fog. after that clears, mid- to upper 70s south and a lot of 60s to the north. it looks like rain returns early this sunday. a bay area teacher is out

on bail after being accused of an illegal sex act. a house party now under investigation and the response from the teacher's school. and raiders' head coach hue jackson returns to a hero's welcome, celebrating the life of al davis.

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police plan to re-- to release the names of the homicide victims over the weekend. police say a 19-year-old man and 20-year-old woman were shot and robbed. the man died at the scene. the woman died at the hospital last night. police have not made any arrests. a bay area teacher is out on bail after being accused of performing a sex act on an intoxicated student. vallejo police arrested this man on saturday. he's an instructor at the maritime academy. investigators say he had a party at his home last week and that's where an unidentified male in his students -- unidentified male student in his 20s reported this. >> at that point, he was intoxicated and know -- noticed that the teacher was performing a sex act on him. the teacher will be in court on wednesday.

an army ranger from salinas has been killed in afghanistan. he was killed saturday in the province. insurgents attacked his unit and he was 24. 7:28. you can get the legacy of al davis will be the focal point this afternoon of hue jackson's weekly news conference. [ cheers ] >> davis was certainly on the minds of fans last night as they greeted the return of the team. raiders' players were touched by the fans' affection. raiders won their game against the houston. an interception on the final play of the game. hue jackson couldn't control his emotions. >> what a tremendous showing by our fans, of davis, raider nation is what it is all about.

thank you. now, earlier in the day, fans signed condolence cardses while watching the game -- cards while watching the game at ricky's. they said it's important for the fans to join together on the first game without davis. he was a coach, general manager and eventually the owner of the raiders. we have a slide show of al davis at ktvu.com. click on the "al davis" tab. and from the nfl to the nba, time is running out for owners and players to reach a kiel on the -- to reach a deal on the basketball lockout. commissioner david stern says if no progress is made he will cancel the first two weeks of the season. tip-off for the first game is

set november 1st. >> for now, there is nothing new to report. we're not necessarily any closer than we were. >> sticking points are a salary cap and revenue sharing. the owners are offering a 50/50 split but the players want at least 53%. they this morning, big news from -- new this morning, big news from netflix. the company's had a change of heart. coming up at 7:45, we'll have more on how netflix is backtracking to try to win customers back and how the customers are now responding. and keep an eye on yahoo! stock today after records -- reports that the company may be going private. the former ceo is reportedly talking to private equity firms that could take the company off the stock exchangeses. if that happens, yahoo!

could do things investors don't approve of. that could include selling off international assets which would let yahoo! pay down some of its debt. we're following breaking news from san jose. just after 6:00 on the 700 block of hillsdale, reports came in that a pedestrian was armed. when officers got on scene shortly after the show -- shots were fired. we have no word yet on the condition of the suspect but we do have -- but we do have a crew headed to that scene. turning to other news, novato police are offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the people who stole a 700-pound scratch statue over the weekend. it's 9 feet tall, commissioned by the city council of 2007, at a lot of -- cost of nearly

$7,000. governor brown has vetoed a -- vetoed a cell phone search bill. the proposed law would have required law enforcement to check for warrants. federal, state and city offices are closed for columbus day today but oakley services are being suspended. the partial closure is intended to face money as oakland faces a $58 million budget gap. 7:33. let's head right back to sal castanedo for a look at your roads this afternoon. >> hey, claudine and mook. it's been mostly light but not every where, i'm afraid. we'll take a look at interstate 280. look at all of that slow traffic getting up to highway 17. now, we are looking to see if there is a crash and it looks

like there could be. 280 at 880. two vehicles moved to the shoulder. traffic is backing up. the crash ahead is not major but it's slow enough to be causing all of this slow traffic coming out of downtown san jose. this morning, i think you're pretty lucky because you can use 81 or 805. westbound bay bridge is light coming into san francisco with no major problems. san francisco at the corner of 5s and mission there is an accident -- 5th and mission. there is an injure accident and an accident at southbound caesar chavez. let's go to steve. a lot of clouds. a little rain. more drizzle than anyone egg -- than anything else. it's just gonna be one of those mostly cloudy days, a lot of moisture in the air, humidity.

this system is just packed, it's juicing up the atmosphere. there's really not a lot to give us annual-on the dane -- annual of on the -- an am -- an oomph. and in ukiah there's been steady rain north of that. 50s and 60s already. i don't think the north bay will travel too far on the temperatures but the south bay should get in the 70s. a little bit more sun there. the southern edge of that will give us a lot of clouds -- a lot of clouds and then we'll have the drizzly pattern. as we go into tuesday afternoon, we start to clear it

off. a lot of clouds and more opportunity for rain as you go north. into tuesday warning -- tuesday morning, we'll clear it out. we cloud it up on saturday. looks like rain rushes on sunday. attorney general eric holder is becoming the focus of an congressional inquire -- inquiry into the a.t. darn d.a.t.f. gun running -- into the a.t.h -- a.t.f. gun running. a grew of arizona sheriffs are holding -- are calling for holder's -- holder's resignation. >> nobody is above the law.

>> this investigation caught lawmakers' attention after one of the guns was used to kill border patrol agent, brian terry. the religious conflict that's causing deadly lie day -- dash riots. and -- deadly riots. and reality tv comes to the bay area.

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making things better this morning as they try to strengthen the economy. dexia is getting a bailout, which will include selling some assets and economists say this is just the latest sign of weakness in the european economy. jerry yang may take yahoo! private. if the sunnyvale-based company does go private, to could sell off all of its international businesses. that move would likely not please shareholders. but it would allow yahoo to pay down its debt load. today egypt achurch is following on -- egypt's church

is following their request for prayers about those killed. violent protests left 26 dead and at least it00 wounded. at one point, armored security vehicles sped into the crowd. some reports said those armored vehicles ran over some of the protesters. [ sound of gunfire ] >> in libya -- in libya, troops loyal to the country, say they are closing in on moammar gadhafi's town. sunny skies. mitt romney's religion has become a hot topic on the campaign trail. a southern baptist minister is not backing down on his statement that romney is not a

christian. >> i think he's a good man. but i think those should always prefer a confident christian to a nonchristian like romney. >> romney said his religion should not be part of this. >> it's never softened a single heart nor changed a single mind. >> to make this a big issue is just ridiculous right now. every day i'm on the street talking to people. this is not what people are talking about. 7:42. in leaks, police are under fire -- in los angeles, police are under fire for shooting a man who may have been armed with a bb gun. officers say they had no choice

but to shoot the suspect since he was reporting -- since he was holding a weapon at hem. a -- at them -- holding a weapon at them. a tv film crew took over the city's fire station number 2 sunday to tape a pilot known as the cooking show that pits firefighters against each other. former santa clara county firefighter created the show and serves as the host. >> we'll have two chefs with their sous chefs and they are gonna compete. one crew will be here. >> the winning team will get up to $10,000 to donate to their favorite charity.

7:43. we are following -- continuing to follow the news that netflix is abandoning its plan to split its dvd delivery and online streaming safeties the -- services -- streaming services. >> two services will now remain on the same website. this comes after netflix announced last month that they were going to rename the dvd rental site of the business "quickster" and that would force customers who wanted both services to maintain accounts on two different witnesses -- websites. >> it's good they listened to their people and put it back the way it was. maybe they won't lose so many customers. >> they shouldn't have separated in the first place, keep it all one system.

>> netflix' stock fell about 60% since july, prompts ceo, reed hastings, to issue an apology. today the stock rose on the opening bell about 80 -- about 8% in the last hour. back to you. the state of connecticut says it wants amazon to collect sales tax on items. connecticut says it will push for the taxes amazon should have connected before it cut all of the ties there. the navy ships in san francisco for fleet week will soon be heading back out to sea. that's after quite a successful weekend that drew tens of thousands of people to the waterfront. of course, the biggest draw was the blue angels and the faa --

and the 18 hornets. yesterday's show was cancelled because of the fog. for the first time in two years, the airline industry has seen worldwide profits. analysts say business and travel is down. -- business and leisure travel is down. new york city tops the list of $446 a night for hotels. the lowest average rate in the country is virginia beach, virginia at $103.

the champions of the weekend box office are boxing robots. the story of robot fighters took in more than $27 million. that gave it a knockout victory over the mark. the political saga starting -- stars george clooney as a president caught up in a scandal. a drift for 20 hours after their boat capsized. what seven people did to survive before being rescued off the coast of florida. and the search for a missing baby continues. the vigil held last night and what her parents hope will now help get her back.

good morning. right now there is an injury crash at quinn terra -- quinterra. i don't thing there's class

there. if you are going there, give yourself plenty of time. the fire department and police are on scene. an 80-year-old died and others treaded water for several days. this is a photo of one of the survivors after being rescued by the coast guard. four people including a 4-year- old girl treaded water for 20 hours before we being rescueed. is not clear what caused the coat to sink. the search continues for a 10-month-old baby from kansas city. the community gathered last night to hold a vigil for lisa irwin. her parents claim she was taken from their home sometime overnight. officers are working to creee -- are working to re-create.

the investigators say they continue to chase down leads. and fliers were passed out last night. >> there is a lot of people hustling. >> lisa irone's parents have set up a new reward amount -- irrib's parents have set -- irwin's parents have set up a reward. this is not a major deal but it's there, 280, we had an -- we had an earlier sent. things are recovering quicker even when there are crashes. this morning's commute has been slow on 237. so again, it's columbus day. some people don't have the holiday. at the bay bridge toll plaza,

that's been much lighter than usual coming up to the metering lights. let's go to steve. thank you, sir. a lot of reports on twitter. cassie in granada, a lot of drizzle. she says i like it, also up to santa rosa and rain to the north but mainly a drizzly day. it will be warmer by midweek. but the cloud cover is just rolling in. there's heavy rain up towards fort bragg. dallas up in shelter cove, i think he's had over an inch of rain there. there is just a ton of moisture streaming across. very muggy. if you do anything outside, you

may notice that. we will be on the drier side on tours. the system will slide by. i think it will then hang up and fall apart on us, giving us a -- giving us a lot of clouds. we start to cool it down on friday. it looks like rain sunday morning unless mother nature throws me a curve. well, the -- hurricane jova is now expected to strengthen. a hurricane warning is in effect for parts of mexico's pacific coast. well, stocks up shortly this morning. for more, let's go live to

carter evans at the nasdaq site. good morning. what led to the big jump at the opening bell here? >> well, it's off --well, it's positive that a lot of people are concerned about the debt crisis and whether or not the leaders can come one a solution. dexia approved a resolution and european leaders are also pledging to recap talize banks if necessary and they say they are going to present a comprehensive plan to contain the -- contain the debt crisis. you can see stocks are well above 200 points. you know, we were approaching 300 points of an increase for the dow a little while el yell. so some significant news today. but again -- and i want to caution this, the markets are

still so, so volatile white now. a lot of this is people acting on emotion. they weren't feeling so bad about -- so good about europe on friday. a lot of things can change in the day. we still have three more weeks to go until we find out what this new plan to contain the debt crisis is there -- is. >> thank you, carter. how a new law is going to affect people who openly carry guns in public. i am a face unclogger. i am a nose coach. i am a throat untickler. i am a human cough suppressant. and i am the sniffles worst nightmare.

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overnight we learned governor brown signed the open carry ban law, that makes it a misdemeanor to carry an exposed and unloadable gun. this morning, law enforcement officials are cheering the decision but open-carry advocates are vowing a legal

fight. another bill signed by the governor bans children from tanning beds. tara moriarty is in san francisco to talk about the restrictions which are the first in the country. tara? >> reporter: we're here in front of university high school where we've been asking parents all morning long what they think about this new ban for california minors restricting them from tanning salons. so far, nobody is opposing it. 30 other states have -- are vee vick shins on this. if texas you have to be 16. here you would have to be 18. now, nearly 28 million people use tanning beds each year, 2 million of them teenagers. one woman has used it but regrets it. >> i did once. but i have also had skin cancer so you will not find me in there now. >> reporter: so you think this is a move in the right

direction? >> yes. absolutely. >> reporter: researchers say those who use tanning beds before the age of 20 double their risk of getting me law know ma -- medical melona -- melanoma. >> coming up at noon, we'll talk to some owners and see what they have to say about whether they think this will affect business. some more details now on other laws. the governor signed a bill allowing state department of public heath to approve needle programs to help prevent the -- prevent the use -- to prevent the spread of diseases due to needle use.

we are following breaking news in the south bay. there was an officer- vancouvered shooting about two -- officer-involved shooting about two hours ago. kraig debro is live at the scene with why officers opened fire. kraig? >> reporter: good morning, claudine. you see the police officers out on the street conducting their investigation. what they told us in a press ke -- release this morning. sometime around 6:05 this morning, people in this neighborhood called police because there was a pedestrian armed with a handgun on the scene. officers made contact, they made contact with the person and -- officers made contact, and they fired. we don't know why that person was in the street in the first place. the identity of the person will come later during the investigation. but traffic, as you might

imagine, is backed up somewhat. their is right next to 87. if you take any of these streets in this area, you have to be aware that they are gonna have this crime scene here for at least a few hours. we'll try to contact police and get more details about what happened. early voting begins today for those cities holding elections november 8th. most cities have shifted their elections in even years. 200,000 mail-in ballots are being sent to san francisco voters this week. that's about half of the votes expected to be cast in the november 8th election there. with the ballots and the mail, the mayors' race is starting to

heat up with some taking out attacked as against ed lee. state regulators adopted permanent rules last week banning all rail line operators statewide. as part of the rules, video cameras must install -- operators are allowed to have phones on them. but the phones must be turned off and put away. redwood city could tee side to permanently ban medical marijuana facilities. a mow for yum was put -- moratorium was put in 2009. the zoning ordinance that is there could a -- would avoid potential legal problems with the state. the occupied protests across the country are continuing right here in the

bay area. this is new video in our roam and shows -- in our newsroom and demonstrators are camped out along market street. they are trying to call attention to what they call economic injure tis. more people are joining their movement and supporters are offering donations knoll for those -- knoll for those camping out. -- donations for those cam. out. "occupy" oakland is set for today. organizers have been planning protest for the last week. the protest sta tart -- that started it all yesterday, "occupy" is still going on.

it's now on its 34rd birth day. we'll have a report about why president obama says millionaires should pay a surcharge to fund the jobs bill. well, pumpkin growers are competing to get the big prize. >> reporter: it's up to $25,000 in prizes for a bunch of different categories. we'll tell you more about that later. but first, this is the station for the safeway world championship pumpkin weigh in. you can see one of those bump -- pumpkins are getting yesterday toy -- ready to use -- ready -- yesterdayry to use a -- ready to use a forklift.

this behind this station, we saw giant pumpkins that were in -- loaded up in truck bed the -- truckbeds. the growers come from all over the state and the country to compete. last year's pumpkin weighed in at more than 1500 pounds. the owner is competing again to defend his title and he says one of the toughest parts is driving the pumpkin here from where he drives in san francisco. >> the way the roads are built in california is -- you hit a pothole and go -- and go like this. >> reporter: and if the pumpkins have noise at all, he was concerned about his plan.

but the pump -- but the pumpkin prizes are for prettiest costume, also for those organically grown. but the heaviest winner will be on display for the rest of this week and also the weekend. they will have the top five massive pumpkins on the dis-- on display. >> we tending champ, let's see -- defending champ. let's see if he can make it back-to-back wins. thank you. let's check in on sal -- let's check in with sal. >> you are absolutely -- we had some slow traffic southbound

680. therethere was a crash on the other side of the road. let's take take a look at live pictures. westbound bay bridge traffic moving very nicely as you drive up to the toll plaza. 280 northbound has improved. we had an earlier crash at 880. now that's gone and traffic is e-- traffic is recovering. let's go to steve. there's rain to the north. there's some amounts coming in already over an inch of rain. this is not a system really that you sigh very often. i mean, it's just -- just chocked full of moisture. there's not a lot to support it. mainly up in mendocino county and lake county, we expect it

-- we expect this to dip and then after that there will be a lot of clouds. it's a very tropical feel. a lot of moisture in the air. if you do anything outside, you will proprobably the notice -- you will probably notice the humidity is way up there. we'll see some lighter amounts but could get decent amounts in the north bay. some light rain is possible this evening. we'll carry it into tuesday

morning -- tuesday evening. is gone then, mup mid- to upper 80s -- then, mid- to upper 80s. 8:08. if you have filled up lately, you have likely noticed the change. yes, -- noticed the change. yes, gas prices are going down. what thieves are taking from suvs and pup trucks and why. and tiger woods is getting more attention about what happened when he was on the green than the owner. we'll tell you why -- coming up.

good morning. mostly cloudy. kind of gray skies. even san jose now with the kids, temperatures are mild to muggy. drizzly rain, especially to the north bay, continuing to move to the south. we're following breaking news from san francisco where police have just discovered a body. want to show you some live pictures from the scene. there you can see the police on the scene. they've taped off that area. this is on gary -- geary boulevard near peter york. this is kind of near the grace cathedral. you can see they have the area near the bushes core denned off. we don't know -- cordenned off -- cordoned off. we don't know the circumstances surrounding the death. we're told the coroner is on the way to the scene right now.

we're continuing to follow this situation for any developments. we'll bring you details. there you go. the medical examiner is just arriving to the scene. a body found on geary boulevard near peter york. this is near grace cathedral in san francisco. as we get new details in, we'll them -- we'll bring them to you. another bay area city is dealing with catalytic converter deaths. police cut the converters from underneath the vehicles and sell the material. police recommend that you park in a garage if possible or in well-lit areas. we're paying 25 cents a gallon less for gas than we did a month ago. the national average is $3.36 a

gallon. it's a make-or-break week for president obama's jobs bill. he's been promoting it for weeks. it faces the first major test in congress tomorrow. >> reporter: that's right. the u.s. senate is going to take a vote tomorrow on whether to advance president obama's plan. democrats need 60 votes. so far not a single republican has voiced any support for it. right now, it's unclear if it's going to past. now -- to pass. now, president obama is trying to boost the economy by spending $450 billion on this plan and tants -- and wants to -- and wants to pay for it,

with the millionaires. some see this as class warfare. i see it as a simple choice. we can either keep taxes the way they are for millionaires and billionaires or we can ask them to pay the same rate as a plumber or a bus rider. president obama travels to pittsburgh to try to sell the plan tomorrow. later today, president obama will visit with u.s. troops who have been wounded in battle. he will travel to the walter reed army medical center in bethesda, maryland. the 10th anniversary of the war was marked last week. sun edison will open its offices in belmont at 11:30 this morning. the company is moving from

maryland. there are plans to hire 400 more employees during the next three years. apple announced this morning 1 million preorder requests for the iphone 4 have been made. customers can still preorder the phone on line but it won't ship for two -- for one too two weeks. an autopsy is scheduled to be performed on a firefighter who died while running the chicago marathon. he was 500 yards from the finish line when he classed -- when he collapsed yesterday. he dies a showers -- he died a short time ago after -- a short

time after. the last time there was a death at the marathon in chicago was 2007. pregnant amber miller got the okay to run half of the marathon. she waked the second half and contractions started to regular in regularly. a man disrupted tiger woods as he was just about to putt. >> tiger! >> come on! >> you guys -- >> a 31-year-old santa rosa man ducked under a rope and ran towards woods and his dog. the man was immediately surrounded by security. witnesses say the hot dog that he threw flew up in the bay area and -- up in the air and

not tiger. woods did not seem bothered by it. >> when i looked up, the hot dog was kind of already in the air with the bun disintegrating. >> the man was not arrested. the body found near geary and that's near st. mary's cathedral. not grace's. we'll show you the tornado that touched down in texas and the damage that left behind. and latest on a sky-diving accident that led to the death of an instructor and her 71- year-old student on her first jump -- jump.

parachutes' were slowed 40 miles an hour before the impact. this instructor had made

thousands of jumps before. this was the student's first jump. los angeles county jail guards had to use gas and rubber pellets to end a brawl yesterday. one inmate from the detention help -- center had to be hospitalized because of a puncture wound he received. about 60 intermates were involved in the brawl. let's go right out to sal castanedo, watching the roads and activity this morning. sal? >> that's right. we do have the roads out there. it's been a pretty decent commute for you. some bay area bridges look very nice. if you are driving on the bay bridge, i don't think you will recognize it. san mateo, golden gate and richmond traffic looks good. i want to warn you about mist and drizzle and fog and other areas of the west bay. half moon bay, the peninsula, san francisco, so just slow your speeds.

let's go to steve. that's right. from half moon bay all the way up to santa rosa and the rain is inching towards napa and this will slidely early in the afternoon. north bay, bet -- better opportunity for rain. but it's getting closer. the heavier rain will be to the north and there's very heavy rain up to northern california. really muggy, mild. a lot of moisture in the air. so the humidity factor is way up today. this system will give us a lot of clouds and light rain. but i think it holds on tonight into tomorrow morning we'll have to -- we'll have to deal with really thick fog. after that, we're good to go. highs of 60s and 70s farther

north. a little cooler, extended outlook has clouds, mostly cloudy with rain in it today and early tuesday and then clearing wednesday and thursday. except for fog, it should be sunny and much warmer. all signs point to a cooldown. it looks like rain returns sunday morning. a destructive tornado damaged several homes in texas. cell phone footage captured this. no one was hurt. but the -- but the tornado took out roofs and left debris scattered. >> it feels like a dream. like i will wake up and it will be okay. i know it will. god is with us. >> the red cross is helping those people whose homes are damaged. right now, police are on

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developing news in the south bay right now -- police are at the scene of an officer- involved shooting in san jose. ktvu's kraig debro is live on the scene with a time line of events leading up to this shooting. kraig, what can you tell us? >> reporter: yeah, good morning, mike. we're at navares and hillsdale. there are actually two scenes.

this is the second scene, partway down the block near the essential county occupational center, which will be closed today, but officers say they got a call around 5:30 around the corner from here that there were shots fired. an officer came down here, looked around and saw nothing. he went back. so -- so later, around 6:05, they got another call from residents in this area, this time the officer came down here and spotted somebody and he confronted this man. now, according to jason dwyer, the officer fired because he felt threaten. >> he was armed with a pistol and that pistol was obvious -- that pistol was basically visible to the officer at the time of the shooting. >> reporter: now, police are gonna be down here most of the day, they say, they've been diverting traffic around this intersection for -- since this happened to the crime scene area, about 300 yards west of

where we are right now. residents can't even walk into their homes right now, that's how critical this stage of the investigation is. residents who perhaps were away while the shooting happened to get back in, they are not being let back in. i mentioned earlier, the c.c.o.c. will be closed today. as you see officers and detectives continue to arrive. the identity of the man has not been given. we know he's hispanic. don't have an age or where he lives. the officer involved in the shooting will be placed on paid administrative leave pending the -- pending the outcome of an investigation -- of the investigation. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you for the update. this is the third officer- involved shooting in the south bay in less than a week. this past saturday, santa clara county sheriff counties fired on a thief on park avenue and

pinole. the suspect was not hit and later caught hiding in a fire training center. last thursday, a manhunt when ended when -- a manhunt ended when shareff ail mann was -- allman was scene. this is near st. mary's cathedral. you can see the medical examiner on the scene now. now, police responded to that area around 7:40 this morning after getting a report of a body in the bushes. investigators say someone passing by saw the body and called them. police say they have recovered a gun from that scene. they also say that the victim does not appear to be home les. a man died while struggling with police while being arrest arrested. this was about 11:30 last

night. officers found the man outside the hamburger restaurant and police say he struggled with them and resisted arrest. officers shot him with his taser and then handcuffed -- handcuffed him. that man did die and they are looking into that right now. 20-year-old demontae glassby was gunned down. family and friends held a candlelight vigil last night. his grandmother said, everyone wants reveg. let get avenge." a bay area teacher is facing charges of -- is facing charges for performing a sex acton an intoxicated student. investigators say the -- sex

act on an intoxicated stay tuned. investigators say that the teacher had a party. >> at that point, the student realized the that the officer was -- realized that the officer was orally cop pew lating him -- cop pew lating -- copulating. >> the teacher is treated in-- treated as being innocent until proven guilty. the department of defense says specialist ricardo serras, junior was killed on saturday. insurgents attacked his unit and he was 24 years old. 8:32. overnight, we learned that governor jerry brown signed a measure outlawing the open carry of handguns in

california. this morning law enforcement frills around california are cheer everything the -- are cheering the governor's decision but open-carry candidates are not giving up. >> it will be a fight that will probably end up costing taxpayers some money. >> the governor also approved limits on police action at dui checkpoints. if a sober driver is caught without a license, they cannot drive. governor brown vetoed legislation that could have -- that would have allowed state schools to consider race and gender in admissions.

you may recall this sparked controversy late last month. the bake sale used race and gender to determine pricing last month. the governor feels the courts should decide the issue. uc berkeley is comparest experiencing a lot of -- is experiencing a drop in enrollment. about a 3% drop since 2009. the decline comes even though more people are aing me to the graduate programs. nationwide, graduate schools have experienced a dekrien for new students from 2009 to 2010 -- a decline or new students from 2009 to 2010. let's check in with sal now. >> we don't want to find crashes but we want to let you know if they are there.

680 southbound is a little bit slow. there was a minor crash. it was minor injuries there. as we move to the maps to the south bay, we have some slowing on 880. that's in the clearing stage, that accident. a little bit of fog waiting for you on the peninsula. this morning's commute is foggy in oakland. you can see 880 just a little bit crowded here near the coliseum. you will be happy to know that the bay bridge tone has been light and not all that -- not all that foggy on the span. >> all right. sal, a very greyhound morning. light rain starting to pick up towards the north bay. heard from santa rosa and the radar is picking up a little bit. the rain rates are there. it's on its way for the north bay and i think points south but the farther south you go, the better the conditions,

although mainly just cloudy. a couple of reports coming in half moon by all the way up to santa rosa. our system really shouldn't be tooing too much. it doesn't have a lot going for it. so the japan is -- so the japan is going to get saturated -- so the ground is going to get saturated. some of the rain rates, they are actually stronger than that. that will be a steady rain. 60s on the temps. i mean, really mild. but 58. did i see san jose the coolest of all? i don't think i see that very often. we'll have cloudy skies, less of an opportunity for rain. really heavy rain up to the north. some of this will drag across us. and i mean drag across us

tuesday morning. as it goes south it loses a lot of its punch. lori just sent me a nice picture, fog heading to the east bay. there's a lot of gray out there. mostly cloudy, 60s, 70s. drizzle turning to right rain for some and then we'll clear it out tuesday afternoon. wednesday/thursday looking good. sunny and parmer. friday with cooler conditions. it looks like the next system comes in on saturday morning. congressional republicans are moving ahead with is the plans to subpoena the obama administration involved in the "fast and furious" top ration." we're -- here's more. >> reporter: republicans here in the congress are more than ready, as you said, to ramp up their investigation of "operation fast and furious", that probe of why fids let guns

walk over the border and ultimately ended up in the hands of drug dealers. eric holder may face a subpoena from the committee to come back and testify more about what he knew -- what he knew this. there were documents released last week that show that holder was fa familiar with this project, the fast and the furious. but it didn't really go into any details. as for the attorney general, he basically ed back saying most of this was about, it. so we are getting ready for another week of the fast and furious. back to you. >> thank you for that report.

why strong anti-terrorism measures fouling -- following the 9/11 texas are deeing -- are being blamed. >> reporter: it's pumpkin season again. here in half moon bay, the annual pumpkin weigh-in championship is well underway. we'll give you a live report -- a live rep

the numbers are good on the board, the dow is up 284 points. investors are feeling good about what's happening in europe. the german chancellor and french president planning to present a plan together to shore up european banks over -- over there. 8:426789 let's get you updated on some of the top stories we're following right now -- san jose police say officers shot and killinged an armed suspect in morning. neighbors called about a man on the area. occupied protests are continuing today right here in

the bay area. "occupy protest" is skeled -- is scheduled -- it scheduled to start today. san francisco police are investigating the body discovered near st. mary's cathedral. big news from netflix. the company is dumping its plan to divide its dvd rental and online services. today aannouncement appears to be an attempt to keep disenchanted customers happy. the company said last month that they were going to break off the rental sides of the

business. >> i think it makes sense if a company, they -- that if they make a mistake, they listen to their customers and make it right. >> back here live, netflix' shares have lost more than half of their value since july. today's announcement is fluctuating things between 4% and 5%. back to you. this morning two americans were awarded the 2011 nobel prize in economics. thomas sargent is a professor in new york and sim the prize

committee says the winners were selected for their research on cause and research on the economy. they have developed methods for determining how economic growth and inflation are. well, allie rasmus joins us live with the look at some of those massive pumpkinses at the -- pumpkins. >> reporter: i'm standing in the crowd of a couple of hundred people there watching the safeway world championship pumpkin weigh-in. right now we're in between weigh had - -- weigh-inning. so they have entertainment. ♪ >> the last pumpkin, weighed in at 1200 pounds. that's 300 pounds less than the

champion. they have the forklift back again. they have another pumpkin that they are ready to put back on there. these are not even the biggest pumpkins. people are coming from all over the country and state to compete for thousands of dollars in prizes. last year's heaviest pumpkin weighed in under more than 1500 pounds and the owner of that pumpkin is competing here again. he says one of the toughest part is transporting the pumpkin in the back of his home. if these jump kins get cracks and holes in them, they are not eligible for the prizes.

back out here live, you can see they have the forklift out there. they will getting ready to weigh another pumpkin. there's -- we're just in between pumpkins -- pumpkins, weigh-in. they also check for color, the roundness of the pumpkin and this is all part of the half moon bay weigh - -- weigh-off. so the winner will be on display for this week and next week. alley ras miss -- allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. the u.s. government is using an order to force google and another provider to turn over e-mails from a wikileaks

vol you will teen. they used the electronics -- volunteer. they used the electronics method method. the parties filed a lost and lawsuit and were forced to hand over the edgelation. -- hand over the e-mails. hundreds of agricultural scientists have been responsible for struggling species at the boater -- at the border. sunsets say this move has costed -- has costed $ $50 million. if you received a red light camera ticket in napa earlier this year, you may not have to pay it. more than 500 red light camera

tickets from last spring and early summer have been dismissed. a superior court judge real vold that the city -- the judge ruled against the tickets and dismissed them. most of the city seems to be complying with the sty row form. two visits had vis -- had meals behind the counselor. -- sky row foam. two visits to a restaurant

found two of these containers behind the counter. time now, 8:49. well, you can get the legacy of al davis will be the focal point this afternoon when oakland raiders' head coach hue jackson holds his weekly news conference. [ cheers ] >> davis was certainly on the fans of last night. you can see that warm resense, and they were touched by the -- warm recenttion and the fans were touched. michael huff intersented the final pass on the final -- intercepted the final pass on the -- intercepted the final

pass. >> what a tremendous showing by our fans, love them all. raider nation is what it's all about. thank you. if you take a look at this video, you can see why the coaches and players had a hard time to getting into the'. there were scores of fans outside getting ready to congratulate them. the fans say they will always leave soldier and black. some fans came all the way from bakers field and felt it was important to do that. he was a coach, a general manager and sequentially the league. you can find more information about going to our website. we are hours ago -- just hours ago san jose police shot a suspect.

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developing news. roads are blocked and a school is closed after a fatal officer- involved shooting. kraig debro is live on the scene with information about why police opened fire. >> reporter: yeah, good morning. we're at navares and hillsdale in the city of san jose, where there was an officer-involved shooting. a resident -- i want you to take take a look down on the sidewalk. that's a blood splatter.

that goes from here all the way down the street. in fact, you will see our colleague, many members of the media, they were doing the same thing we were doing, following that trail. police say that was fresh blood and earlier in the day. this all started -- before we go to the tape -- we'll show you up on the hill. it all started up on a hill around 5:30. officers got a call that somebody was firing a weapon in that area. they got another call that there was something with a gun in the area. they came down and that's when the officer confronted the man. the police we talked to this morning, they said the officer felt threat bed. he was armed with a pistol and that pistol was obvious -- that pistol was basically visible to the officer at the time of the shooting. >> reporter: now, when we talked about this with the

police, they said they would alert the crime scene investigators, to the blood, at this point, the evidence is -- has been walking around here not knowing what's happening. in addition to the traffic problem you will have, police say they will be at the crime scene most of the day -- most of the day. the occupational centers, that's closed today while the investigators investigate this officer-involved shooting. reporting live from san jose, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 8:56. a beauty pageant winner reportedly received a $2 million reward for the capture of james whitey bulger. former ms. iceland, tipped off police that bulger and his girlfriend were hiding under atombed -- assumed identities. she befriended the couple.

bullinger is charged -- bulger is charged with 19 murders. the maker of blackberry, research and -- research and motion is not identifying a cause of an outage. the british division says customers are having problems using the blackberry messenger service. let's go out to sal castanedo. who has been delivering pretty good traffic conditions for us. it's been pretty good. we do have some slowdowns there. let's quickly go down there. that traffic is improving. out to the live pictures we go, this is a look at -- this is a look at the foggy conditions. at the bay bridge toll plaza, it's light. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. a lot of clouds. mostly cloudy, light rain, heaviest to the north bay into

tuesday morning and warmer wednesday and thursday. >> bring an umbrella? >> today, yes. >> for the evening commute? >> yes. >> tomorrow? >> no. >> wednesday? >> not at all on wednesday. [ laughter ] thank you, steve and thank you for watching, have a great day, everyone. don't forget to follow ktvu.com on those developing stories as well as the body discovered in san francisco. have a great morning. !