people injured in an accident involving two trains. i will tell you the latest involving the investigation. and a big announcement at oakland city hall. it involves the police chief's announcement a few days ago. and early-morning gunfire. and a big fire in oakland with smoke rising into the sky. find out what operation firefighters are doing now. "mornings on 2" starts now. good morning, everyone. welcome to "mornings on 2". i'm mike mibach. >> i'm claudine wong. it's thursday, october 13th. tori and dave have today off. let's go straight to sal for breaking news on that fire that just broke out about 15 minutes ago. >> reporter: this is a fire near the 580/24 interchange. you can see from our camera that we have here on the emeryville area that we're pushing in to see this fire. you can see the smoke rising

all over oakland here. it's a building on the 3700 block of west street. it does look like some sort of commercial building or it could be a mixed use space. firefighters arrived about a half-hour ago. first firefighters on the scene noticed heavy black smoke and flames and we saw that, too. now there is reportedly a rescue going on of someone inside. our crew is just arriving on the scene. we'll have a live report from the scene coming up in minutes. it's 7:00, let's go back to the desk. more than a dozen people were hurt after a crash between two amtrak trains at 10:00 last night. ktvu's paul chambers has more on how this ahappenned. >> reporter: good morning, claudine. we're nine hours out. there are crews working to repair the tracks. that may take some time because

they moved lifts to move one of the locomotive the out of the way -- loy mow coatives out of the -- locomotives out of the way. at the point of impact there's a look at video here where the two train collided. amtrak officials say around 10:00, the coast starlight train was stopped at the jack london station when it was stopped by -- struck by the san joaquin train. >> the train that was moving ran a red signal, according to amtrak representative. >> reporter: in all, 154 passengers were on board both trains of which 17 were injured

and taken to area hospitals. we talked to a passenger and he said there was a big jolt before the collision. >> standing up near the front. it knocked her back clear back to me. i picked her up. i got her on her feet and her hip's hurt. >> reporter: i put a call in to find out when train service will resume here. there's a train that was allowed here. but i'm not sure and clear about that. i did put a call in. we're waiting for the call to be returned. the search is on for a man who kidnapped a baby. she's been since reunited with

her mother. a tan car pulled up, the woman took the baby out. neighbors say at 7:30 last night, neighbors reported a domestic disturbance and gunshots. they say the man who fired the shots and took the baby has ties to this house. there will soon be another person in charge of the oakland police department. mayor quan has scheduled a press conference at 1:00 this afternoon to announce a temporary chief. many believe that job will go to assistant chief howard jordan. pam cook will have more on this story coming up at 7:45. new this morning a young woman shot in oakland but now police have having a difficult time investigating the attack. kraig debro is live outside police headquarters in oakland

to explain. kraig? >> reporter: i put in a call to robbery homicide. no word on this case. it all started around 4:15. police say the woman was on 69th avenue. this is about two blocks east of international. she was shot at that time, around 4:15 in the morning. of course, the woman did not cooperate with police. they don't know who shot her. what she did next was kind of strange. police say she got in a vehicle east of oakland at 101st and macarthur. police say it was her brother who called 911. the ambulance showed up and put her on the gurney. she was shot once in the shoulder and once in the ankle. police, again, were trying to talk to the woman, but she's not cooperating. they are having a lot of difficulty investigating this case. they say when they completed

their -- completed their crime scene, a sergeant on the scene went back to the hospital and tried to speak to the woman. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thanks, kraig. well, solyndra's ceo has stepped down. brian harrison joined the freemont-based company a little over a year ago -- ago. solyndra was already struggling and withdraw plans for an ip. harrison has refused to answer questions about the company's bankruptcy. this morning, president obama is welcoming the president of south korea to the white house. the two will sign the trade agreement signed by congress last night. coming up, we'll have a live report from our washington, d.c. newsroom with how the white house says this will help american companies but not everyone agrees. even though summer is over, we still could have spare the

air days. particulate matter, tiny pieces of pollution that float in the air, are the problem during cooler weather. that's why we're asked not to use our fireplaces on some of those days. in july of last year, the city started charging for street parking on memorial day, 4th of july, labor day and veterans day. this lend to 72% more parking citations than normal and brought in $184,000 on just those four days. right now the only days you can park for free in san francisco are thanksgiving, christmas and new year's day. 7:07. it has been a busy morning for sal. the fire -- >> you can it from the freeway.

many people on the platform deck probably see and smell the smoke. now we have these live pictures of newschopper2. firefighters have pulled someone out of the building and apparently are working on this person here on the street -- right there on the street. we saw them pull this person out of the building and earlier we had some pretty thick smoke and visible flames, and now it does look like whatever building this is, it looks like a commercial building, they've knocked the fire down. it's incredible. we have a little bit of smoke going. if you look on the right side of your screen, these are pictures we showed a little while ago of the fire when it was roaring through the roof and then we had thick, black smoke. this is a good area to avoid, west street. it's on west street and 580 and let's go out and take a look at some of the traffic pictures.

northbound traffic looks pretty good driving past the coliseum and then getting up to downtown. also the morning commute looks pretty good on the peninsula. if you are driving to san jose, northbound 280 already getting a little bit of slow traffic. driving up to cupertino, 85 is slow approaching 17. the last few days we've had pretty thick commutes in san jose. 7:08. let's go to steve. thank you much, sal. we do have partly cloudy skies a band of high clouds coming through. it still won't stop us from warming up today. temperatures in the low 70s. we'll bump them up about 4 degrees today. a lot of mid-80s. the higher clouds should lift and then by late morning/early afternoon we'll have sunny to mostly sunny skies. temperatures, still the coast looking good. so is the city, we'll go 60, 72 at noon, 82 for a high today with a lot of sunshine. any breeze tends to favor an easterly direction or northerly

direction. lows are anywhere from the 50, 60s and 70s. you get up around 2,000 feet or so. so the warmer pattern that started yesterday continues today. we'll top it out. it looks like we'll peak on friday and back off a little bit on the temperatures. maybe the fog will try to come back. another 49 now popping up towards napa. i know we had low 50s west of fairfield. upper 50s or 60s for many. there's the cool versus the mild conditions with those 50s and 60s. the system that's driving all of that moisture towards seattle and portland, right here, this low dropping down, that's the key. again, it drives down. that fires this up, also the ridge of high pressure that's the system that we'll have to keep an eye on for next week. until then, i think at worst a loss of high clouds. fair, warmer, a few high clouds, mainly towards the

north bay. any breeze that does show up from east to north, that's 80- degree temperatures from the bay inland, low, mid, upper. antioch will go 88. same for morgan hill and gilroy, milpitas, 84. 84 at santa cruz. 80 san bruno and redwood city 84 along with palo alto, los altos, half moon bay, 74. very warm on friday with your weekend always in view. it will still be mostly sunny, partly cloudy. a little cooler, drier. an faa investigation is now underway, what a flight instructor and recenttionist were -- recenttionist -- receptionist were doing.

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honda says its thai plant is under water, several cars have been ruined. time now is 7:14. u.s. military investigators have now confirmed that the crash of an american military

helicopter in afghanistan in august was caused by a rocket- propelled grenade. 38 people died in that crash, including navy s.e.a.l.s. libya, supporters of the new government are celebrating the reported capture of one of moammar gadhafi's sons. they say gadhafi's son was captured in his home town of sit. sirt. firefighters are on the scene of a large building fire that was just brought under control. tara moriarty has just arrived and joins us live with more on the rescue. tara? >> reporter: we're here live on west street. this is between mlk and market street in oakland. they've just whisked a man off in an ambulance. it appears he was suffering

from some smoke inhalation. this is the building over here in question, behind this red vehicle you can see where they have the fire hoses hooked up to the hydrant. if they take some pictures from chopper 2, maybe you will get a better perspective of what's going on. i believe firefighters have cut a hole in the roof there trying to get some of this smoke out there. heavy smoke reported around 6:38 this morning. this appears to be a renovated garage with an entrance to the house, according to the battalion chief i just spoke to. he said it's a maze in there. they have pulled out tons of stuff, tons of clothes. but they are having to grope their way through to search for more victims. neighbors believe there may be more people trapped insighed -- trapped inside. they did an initial sweep. they are doing another one to make sure this build something clear. we still don't know what was velding -- building. the battalion chief is the guy

with the white helmet over here and he was giving us an update just a couple of minutes ago and he says they are obviously investigating and as far as they know, they just have one victim. he was suffering from smoke inhalation. there are a lot of neighbors out here, sort of standing around waiting to see what happens. this smoke's intense. we were up in the oakland hills. we could see the black smoke billowing up the sky. we were a couple of blocks away and we could really tell this horrible stench. i'm not sure what was burning in there. definitely some noxious fumes. it looks like the firefighters are beginning to leave the scene here. it looks like they have the fire under control. they will be interviewing people and making sure there are no more victims here. we're live in oakland, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. right now, president obama is holding talks with the president of south korea at the white house.

as alison burns reports, the two leaders are celebrating a long-awaited trade deal they say will boost the economies of -- economies of both questions. >> reporter: south korea's president arrived at the white house an hour ago. it was pouring rain. but that didn't stop the welcoming of him. members of the military held umbrellas for him. president obama called the bond of the two countries unbreakable. >> today i'm proud to say the alliance between the united states and the republic of korea is stronger than it ever has been. >> reporter: last night the approval was given for trade deals with south korea, klum we yay and president obama says this will -- columbia and president obama says this will

boost companies. ebay and other local companies were lobbying for this but they were voted against. i have will more --ly have more on my -- i will have more next hour. back to you. >> thank you. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton will meet with the uc berkeley graduates that were jamed in iran. the men spent more than two years in a prison. sarah shourd was released about a year ago. iran's government accused the trio of spying but they said they were arrested because they are americans. a los angeles company is recalling thousands of pounds of ground beef, some of which was sent to the bay area. federal food safety inspectors say routine testing found e. coli contamination in the commercial -- from the commercial meat company. the meat was sent to companies in nevada and california including here in the bay area. e. coli is a potentially deadly

disease. it's most dangerous for the very young seniors and people with weakened immune systems. a scandalous sky diving stunt in southern california is now the target of a federal safety investigation. it's all because of a video that was posting on the internet by a part-time sky diving inspector in kern county. the video shows the employee having wex is the employee -- sex with the employee. his victims include victims like scarlett johansson, and christina aguilera. but now officials say they have the hacker in custody.

residents of a small southern california shooting are reeling from a shooting that left eight people dead. it started yesterday afternoon when a gunman entered a salon in seal beach. we'll go live to seal beach where police are still cleaning up the -- cleaning up the scene. yesterday, the fbi arrested christopher cheney of florida. he's accused of hacking into the e-mails of more than 50 people, including scarlett johansson and christina aguilera. cheney said it all started out with curiosity but he became addicted. >> i'm not trying to escape what i did. i know what i did -- it was wrong and i have to face that and deal with it, come forward. >> the fbi says cheney did research on. celebrities and then essentially guessed the passwords to their e-mail accounts. once he gained access police say he set them to automatically forward all e- mails to his account.

cheney was charged with identity theft and other crimes. if the convicted, he faces up to 121 years in prison. it's getting close to 7:30. the commute is starting to heat up. let's get to sal. >> hey, mike, claudine. the traffic is doing well. i want to start off where the fire is, near the 580/24 interchange. i want to show you where the nearby is. i think newschopper2 is gonna show it to me. let's go to 237. traffic there is slow. what is up with the south bay traffic? boy, it's been heavy. it really has been and we don't have any major accidents to change. likewise at the 280 interchange, this traffic is slow getting into the slow. let's go to steve. thank you. mostly sunny, a few high clouds

up above. temperatures either kind of cool or mild. we have a lot of 50s or upper 40s or 60s and some of the higher elevations are sitting upper 60s, 70 degrees. it's a beautiful sunrise over the city. they will thin out. high pressure continues to build in from the south. that will push those out of the area later on. 49 to 60? even fairfield. 60. mild for some, cooler for others. storm track jet stream is way to the north. there is a lot out there. that little low may play into your weather until next week. until then it's a dry pattern. 70s and 80s today for almost everybody here, low to mid-80s a few pushing the up ir80s. very warm on friday -- upper 80s. we'll take that into friday.

i think the fog will start to come back and that will take us into early next week. 7:25. it's been a busy moving 0 the amtrak tracks here -- busy morning on the amtrak trains. what our cameras saw after that crash and who officials say made the mistake. i am a face unclogger.

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breaking news in oakland. firefighters are mopping up hot spots from a fire. one person was taken to the hospital. tara moriarty has more. >> reporter: firefighters pulled that man out of the burning building just when we were arriving on the scene 15, 20 minutes ago. joining me is the battalion chief to let me know what's going on. i know you guys came out a little after6:30. what happened? >> when we arrived, there was

dogs in the way, barking at the firefighters, and once they got inside, they used their hose and they found a male victim and he was transported to hospital. the neighbor suggested there may be more victims trapped inside. i know in your initial sweep you didn't find anyone. what's the status now? >> the status now, what they reported to me is everything is all clear. we're continuing with checking for extension right now, the fire investigators are scene are gonna check for the origin and cause. we still -- >> reporter: the stench was pretty bad. i don't know what was burning. do you have any idea?

>> at this point, i don't. our firefighters reported to us, there was furniture in there. they could have been refurbishing furniture. anything is possible. we're conducting the investigation. >> reporter: well, thank you for joining us. thank you. we'll continue to stay out here and monitor the seen out here. you can see the neighbors have come out very concerned about what's happening in their neighborhood. the streets are blocked off in this area. this is a street that's actually in between martin luther king, junior way and market street. so earlier the smoke was so big, could you see it everywhere. now that it's dissipated a little bit, the only clue that you will have are the markers and the people setting up to block off the street. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. 17 people were hurt in a low-speed crash between two amtrak stations in oakland at 10:00 last night in jack london square. most of the injuries were bumps

and bruises but one passenger as a broken arm. the crash is still having a major impact on amtrak service this morning. paul chambers is gonna have a live update for us at 8:00. a vigil will be held in san jose tonight for a 59-year-old, mark munoz. he was one of three people killed in last week's quarry shooting. about 500 people packed a south bay chapel yesterday for the funeral of another victim. family and friends said he had two loves -- his family and the 49ers. his children are struggling to cope with his death. my father was a great man. he helped not only his children but anyone he could. >> his wife is battling cancer.

the suspect killed himself during a confrontation with law enforcement. protesters in san francisco are gearing up for yet another round of demonstrations today. [ chanting ] >> yesterday, police arrested nearly a dozen anti-wall street protesters outside of wells far goes headquarters. today they -- wells fargo headquarters. today they plan to rally downtown. that's where a two-day education summit will kick off. on friday rupert murdoch will speak at that summit. people rallied outside the bank of america in san rafael against what they call corporate greed. demonstrators rallied outside of bank of america branches in walnut creek and palo alto. "occupy richmond" plans to hold a rally and march at 4:00 today. the number of bay area

homeowners receiving foreclosure notices is on the decline. those notices fell 7% last month. contra costa saw the biggest drop in default notices. they fell 28% but the number of notices jumped 99% in san mateo county. 7:33. a new financial disclosure by nancy pelosi has put focus on a loophole. now, in 2010 and 2011, pelosi voluntary reported a real estate investment by her husband. but she had not reported this during the previous years. she was not required to because of how that was set up. she decided to disclose that this year because the land has become more valuable. for $50 a company is offering to sell you a square

foot of 700 acres of land in scotland. in turn, you get a certificate with the title deed for the property and that property gives the owner the right to use the title lord or lady. the company says it's just a ceremonial title but it's for a good cause. california prison officials are heading to oklahoma to help investigate a prison riot involving inmates from california. three were injured critically when the riot broke out. prison guards had to use tear gas to drive out those rioters. those prisoners were transferred there because of overcrowding and prisons in our state. let's head out to sal castanedo. how are things heading?

>> on some of those side roads, some of the not freeways. wolfe road, all of those roads in the last few weeks. people are adjusting to -- i don't even know because we'ven in school for a while. it's just slow traffic. i really don't have an explanation. let's go out to the toll plaza. westbound pretty slow here as you come up to the pay gates with slow traffic on the span. if you are driving in concord or walnut creek, traffic on 680 southbound is going to be moderately heavy. also on brentwood boulevard near 2nd street there's an overturned big rig in brentwood. if you are driving in that area, you should avoid it because there's -- there's quite a delay there. no injuries but watch for it there in contra costa county. let's go to steve. beautiful sunrise. james tweeted a little on the cool side but a beautiful sunrise. greta up in middletown, lake

county, saying it's 51 there. for some it's a little cool. for others, already 60 degrees including san francisco and also oakland. we had a lot of sunshine today and temperatures will come up a little bit. mostly sunny, a little warmer. a lot of 80s here. a little cooler over the weekend. for those of you who keep an eye on the sky and need to know, the next rain would be next tuesday and wednesday. it does not look that strong. i will show you the source of it -- the source of it. 60 in san francisco. 72 at noon. a high today at 82. a lot of sun. these higher clouds are kind of drifting over now. i think they will clear out fast. temperatures, mid- to upper 80s maybe near 90. maybe, maybe. you can see the main core of the jet stream are lifting into washington and oregon. 49 napa airport. 60 hayward. oakland and san francisco also.

51 cool degrees in fairfield. all right. everything is fine today. everything is fine tomorrow. a little cooler over the weekend. i think we'll get some fog back. this little low is gonna tap into this moisture and drift toward us. that's what it looks like next week. fair, warmer, a few high clouds, mainly in the morning and any breeze that's there. it tends to be out of the east or the north 70s and 80s. 85 for sonoma. kentfield at 84. ukiah is in there. pleasant hill, martinez, pinole, berkeley, 80s. oakland, pleasanton, dublin, 87 to 88. same for morgan hill and gilroy. 70s on the coast. beautiful day at half moon bay. very warm on friday.

then we start a cool down. i think you will notice that more on sunday and we'll take that into monday. eight people are dead, one critically injured at a shooting in seal beach at a hair salon. our reporter rick low zahn know has more -- rick lozano. >> reporter: the on-scene investigation has wrapped up. now is the unsavory task of cleaning up. this is the first murder in this town in four years and now this. at the center of it all is the suspect, 42-year-old scott evans dekraai, he walked in, began spraying the place with bullets. police describe a horrific scene with bodies scattered.

six victims, die in the salon. two others died on the way to the hospital. several others had enough time to run for cover when police arrived, they saw dekraai driving down the street and they pulled him over. he surrendered peacefully. as the story unfolded, we learned about a nasty custody battle and his wife also worked at the salon. friends say michelle was a nice woman but they knew of this nasty battle and ongoing custody battle between dek. raai and -- dekraai and his wife. the investigation is continuing. it's just an unspeakable violence -- unenspeakable act of vie -- unspeakable act of violence here.

i'm rick lozano, back to you. a big announcement at city hall. who will serve at the city's top -- as the city's top cop?

taking a look at the big board for you at this hour, the dow is down. attention on j.p. morgan chase. its kin um -- income fell in the third quarter. the number of people applying for new jobless benefits held fairly steadily last week.

the labor department said applications were down by 1,000. that number needs to drop below 375,000 and stay there if they want to indicate a healthy economy. the number of layoffs has declined in recent weeks but there's no signs that hiring has picked up. apple users were ground to the halt yesterday. the rush for the new product led to errors. the maker of blackberry smartphones says it's working around the clock to fix the outage. many in the u.s. and canada are not receiving e-mail, messages and internet service. the problem started four years ago as after -- years -- four

days ago in africa, asia. the company said the problem is fixed but they are still dealing with a backlog of messages. there will soon be a new person in charge of the oakland police department. the speculation is growing over who that person will be and why chief batts is leaving. pam? >> well, oakland mayor jean quan has scheduled a news conference for 1:00 this morning. she's expected to announce her choice once batts departs. many believe that temporary job will go to assistant chief howard jordan. many people would agree experience in oakland would be just what the city needs. >> nothing is more important and tougher than the crime we are facing in oakland right now. chief batts announced his resignation on tuesday, three

weeks after the city council failed to adopt an aggressive crime-fighting plan he proposed. now, so far, assistant chief howard jordan has declined to comment about whether he will take over as interim chief but we do hear he will be at the news conference this afternoon with mayor quan. i'm pam cook, let's go back to claudine. >> all right. thank you, pam. overnight, an earthquake jolted indonesia's island. it was centered northwest of bali. at least 50 people are hurt, including a dozen students who became strapped when the ceiling of their school caved in. at about 8:00 last night, a 5.3 quake hit 140 miles off the southern oregon coast. the national earthquake center said people from as far away as

santa rosa and sebastopol reported feeling the jolt. a new california law will allow same-sex couples -- couples to divorce. some judges say granting a same- sex divorce would constitute a forum recognizing same-sex marriage but in california, effective in january, couples who legally married here in 2008 but live in a state that does not recognize same-sex marriage will be granted a divorce. there is a new front runner

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program willup pertise public safety. the state is transferring nonviolent inmates and parolees this month. but mayors, including kevin johnson, are asking for more state funding. los angeles is being forced to reassign 150 police officers to better monitor the offenders and just yesterday, 22-year-old inmate, eric pratter, escaped while picking up trash along the sanwa teen -- san joaquin county county. >> a surfer is sharing his terrifying encounter with a great white shark. he says he was knocked off his board monday afternoon while surfing along the oregon coast

and found himself standing on the shark which was about 10 to 12 feet long. he said he was lifted out of the water above his knees for several seconds before the shark swam off. the second surfer who was there said the two battled the shore and got out of the water. a student accused of helping students cheat -- a teacher accused of helping students cheat was suspended. a student said she gave practice questions with tests that were identical to those on a state biology test. she has agreed to step down. in exchange the district will not pursue any disciplinary action. palo alto teachers don't want any additional students in these classrooms. the members attended their board meeting to protest increasing class sizes. teachers and the district are in the middle of contract negotiations. the superintendent is -- the superintendent is quoting palo alto online saying rumors of

students in the high 20s are not accurate. contract talks are scheduled to resume on tuesday. a santa rosa man faces five years behind bars after pleading no contest from stealing from his wife's 97- year-old grandfather. he told authorities he was feeding a prescription drug habit. he plained -- gained influence by posing as a police officer in the military. it's been a pretty busy morning with sal castanedo. things picking up or slowing down? >> they are slowing down a little bit, mike, and claudine. we still have some of the heart of the commute that we still have to push through. bay bridge backed up for 25 minutes here before you even make it on the span. no major problem if you are on

the bridge. no problems reported -- reported, anyway. the chp is giving us the all- clear getting into san francisco. as we get into san francisco, the traffic is -- as we look into san francisco, the traffic is moving well. 80 an accident reported. we're looking at the south bay. you can see that northbound -- we're looking at the antioch area, highway 4, westbound, is slow. east shore freeway is slow from pinole to richmond. and then 880's slow from "a" street down to fremont. let's go to steve. okay. just heard from tom in blossom hill. he said 54. and a few tweets. it will be mostly sunny here. i say that because there's a few high clouds that continue to drift over and say, hey. 49 to 60. 60 in san francisco. oakland an hayward -- oakland

and hayward, i know there's low 50s in the north bay. that low in the middle of your screen, that's the next sign of any possible rain but it wouldn't be until next tuesday or wednesday. until then, we're good to go for sunshine and warmer temperatures. a few high clouds. overall, 70s and 80s. we'll carry this right into your weekend, then with your weekend always in view, we'll have sunshine, dry, i think the fog will work its way back as we head towards sunday. 7:56. the smoke could be seen for miles. huge information on a fire in oakland. it started about an hour ago. trains are still running through jack london square. i will give you the latest coming up.

and good morning, everyone. welcome back. i'm mike mibach. >> i'm claudine wong. it's thursday, october 13th. tori and dave have the day off. topping our news at 8:00, more than a dozen people were injured after a crash between

two amtrak trains the it -- train the last night -- trains last night. paul chambers is live from the crash scene with an important new development. >> reporter: good morning. crews are actually finally repairing the tracks right there, as you can see. it was a pretty scary, tense moment for people on board. we talked to one man. this is what he had to say. >> she was standing up about -- oh, near the front and it knocked her on her back back to me and i picked her up -- knocked her on her back, back to me and i picked her up, got her back on her feet and her hip hurt. >> reporter: the two trains collided around 10:00 last night. it was the amtrak coast starlight train which runs from los angeles to seattle. it was stopped at the jack london station when it was struck by the san joaquin

train. amtrak officials are not saying much about the ongoing investigation but they gave a little more information to the oakland fire department. >> the other train was traveling from san joaquin to bakersfield, traveling 15 to 25 miles an hour. the train that was moving around a red signal according to the amtrak representative. >> reporter: the good news, amtrak is, once again, running through the area, even though, as you can see, we can come back out here live, there was a locomotive involved. that's still there. there are crews repairing the tracks at this hour. but the good news, trains are running smoothly through here, once again. we'll stay on top of this and bring you the latest as we find out more about this ongoing investigation. live in oakland, i'm paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. new this morning, one man is in the hospital after being pulled from a burning building in oakland a little over an hour ago.

firefighters were called to west street around 6:30 and smoke could be seen for miles. after knocking down the flames, firefighters found a man suffering from injuries. also this morning, arson investigators are looking into an early-morning fire in oakland. it started just after 3:30 at a home on 73rd avenue and spencer. that home was vacant. firefighters say that -- say that home is up for sale. the fire was quickly put out and damage to the home is minor. >> this month marks the 20th anniversary of the oakland hills firestorm. 25 people died and close to 38 homes were destroyed during the three-day fire. fire crews are using the anniversary to remind homeowners to help prevent wildfires. they want homeowners to clear dry bush around their -- dry

brush around their property. the city of san francisco will honor a suppermarket owner for his -- supermarket owner for his bravery. the man ran into a building -- burning building last month. he knocked on doors, warning some 30 tenants about the fire. while no one was injured, it did cause more than $2 million in damage. the board will present him a a -- present that man with a heroism award. last night, family members returned the newborn taken safe and sound. you can see the newborn in the car seat. she pulled that car seat out of a tan suv that pulled up to the scene. police say around 7:30 last night, neighbors reported a doke disturbance and a gunshot at a home on lyndon street. they say a man who has ties to

that incident, fired shots and took the baby and left. the baby was returned. they are searching for the man involved. kraig debro is live at police headquarters where -- where a shooting investigation is underway. >> reporter: yeah, claudine. i just did speak to somebody in robbery! homicide. no new details are available. it happened on 69th avenue, a couple of blocks of east international boulevard. police say a woman was shot there. once in the shoulder and once in the ankle. but it didn't -- she didn't end up staying there. she got in a vehicle. she drove to 101st and macarthur and that's all the way in east oakland. police police believe the brother lives in that area. obviously the fire department and the paramedics responded to that time. they placed the woman on a gurney and placed her in the back of the ambulance.

when i was talking to police, they say the woman was not getting much information. a sergeant on the scene at 69th was going to go back to the hospital to try to get further information about the shooting. reporting live in oakland, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. all right. thank you, kraig. well, the san francisco district attorney's office has launched a criminal probe of campaign contributions to ed lee. investigators will examine the validity of investigations made by donations from the airport shuttle. the contributions total $11,500. a spokesperson for mayor lee say the campaign was suspicious of the money and returned it. donations were made since after the company benefited from another cause. the 2010 census shows --

the contra costa times reports the california secretary of state who oversees elections will not make the addition mandatory until next year. let's check in on sal. >> mike, claudine, we're seeing some slow traffic especially in some parts of oakland. 8 0 northbound. you will see how slow it -- slow it is there driving past the solo -- coliseum. people have discovered 5le 0 -- 580, it usually slows at high street, so it's -- interstate 980. it's gonna be slow there as well. let's move along and take a look at the toll plaza. if you are in hayward, we have stop-and-go traffic going the other way, through union city

and fremont. if you are using the san mateo or dumbarton bridge, it looks good for the drive. highway 4 is recovering a little bit. brentwood boulevard at 2nd, an overturned truck. let's go to steve. >> thank you kindly, sal. >> you are welcome, steve. we have a lot of great twitter pictures coming in. some areas a little cool, others on the mild side. it will be a beautiful day. we will have warmer temperatures today and tomorrow, then by the weekend, things will be okay. you don't have to cancel any plans. it will be cooler and dry. the next rain, looks to be around next tuesday and wednesday. doesn't look very strong. that's the next sign of that. san francisco, though, going for a high today of 82. we'll start you off at 60. and a very warm 80. there will be a lot of 80s

inland. isothermal is what we call it. same temperatures all around. warmer weather today, tomorrow, and then just easing up a bit. the fog's not much of a factor. i think that will start to work its way back the next couple of days. there are signs of it beginning to show on the forecast models but also showing up are warmer temperatures. we're in the mid-50s. had a couple of upper 40s. temperatures are being influenced by that low digging down the middle of your screen. that in turn -- that takes the high-pressure system up here. that would be the source next tuesday and wednesday. if it does make it and doesn't fall apart. fair and warmer today. a few high clouds. novato, 8 a. terra linda -- novato, 85, terra linda in

there, over to sonoma, napa. vallejo and benicia, 82. alamo, la fayette, all in the same ballpark. 81. san leandro at 82. 86 saratoga los gatos. fremont, 82 to sunnyvale's 84. it will be a little bit cooler as we go into the weekend. two alameda county sheriff deputies are hoping up to channel 2 about coming face -- about coming face to face with a suspect. they belong to a special three- person tactical unit searching for aaron was bassler -- aaron

bassler. >> as we came back up the roadway, the suspect darted and rent to the log and raised a rifle. >> i definitely heard some aggressive shouting, some commands -- some commands and then i heard the gunfire. at that point, i'm calling for sergeant will hem to see where -- will haim to see where he's -- willheim to see where he's at. they say bassler did not say a word. he did escape. after that he was shot and killed. at paul revere school, principal sheila samon is in her second year. it's here where parents are accusing the principal to try to pressure low-performing students to change schools in

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good morning. except for a few high clouds, a lot of sunshine. temperatures will probably continue to warm up into friday. quiet here but a lot of rain down in mexico. 100-mile-per-hour winds and it started to move northwest. we're learning more about an alleged iranian plot to assassinate the saudi arabian ambassador to the united states. american officials say they believe iranian officials approved the plan to kill the

saudi diplomat. the u.s. determined this was serious when they discovered the $100,000 downpayment to iran for the payment. two have been arrested. dianne feinstein said there could be threats to saudi arabian ambassadors oversees -- overseas. south korea's president is at the white house for a full day of talks and a state dinner tonight. alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. newsroom with why bay area lawmakers are not happy with this trade deal. alison? >> reporter: that's right. president obama welcomed president lee to the white house in grand style this morning. it was raining but that did not stop the big ceremony president obama and first lady obama greeted president lee and his

wife. last into the the house gave final a -- last night the house gave final approval to trade agreements. local companies like ebay, facebook and sisco say the deals will make them more globally competitive. but some members of the bay area delegation voted now. >> they were not fair trade, in my estimate aches. those trade -- estimation. those trade bills are gonna cost a lot loss of american jobs, no matter how you look at it. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, allison. bay area executives are feeling pessimistic about the regional economy and that could mean a shrinking work force

here. a new survey by the bay area council shows 21% of businesses planned to hire new workers in the next six months. that's down since last spring when 33% of those asked said they had hiring plans. also 17% of companies say they will lay off workers by next april. last spring only 13% of the businesses surveyed had layoff plans. a second person has died from last week's helicopter crash in a new york city river. that chopper carrying a pilot crashed into the east river on october 4th, just moments after takeoff. one woman was killed on impact. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. more than a dozen laptops are missing from a mill valley elementary school this morning. investigators say someone broke into strawberry point school on monday and stole 20 apple books from the library. the marin county sheriff's office says it appears the door

was pried open. yesterday morning someone returned the stolen bike from a disabled boy. he says that bike helps him get around. he rides it to physical therapy appointments. one massachusetts cornfield maze appears to have worked a little too well. >> we thought it would be fun. instead it's a nightmare. >> that's the woman's voice calling the denver police department after she, her husband and two children got lost in the maze monday evening. she goes on to say mosquitoes were eating them alive. >> i'm really scared. it's really dark and we have a 3-week-old baby with us. >> relax.

calm down. your husband is with you, right? >> yes. >> police santa the k-9 -- police sent the k-9 to find the family. they found the family 25 feet from the entrance. people who live in west contra costa county can get a free flu shot today at a drive- through today. doctors are offering free vaccinations, all people ages 9 and older are welcome. but pregnant women are advised to see their doctors. the clinic takes place between 2:30 and 6:30 today. pro choice supporters are urging women to go public about abortions. they say efforts from gop conservatives for family planning abortion services is the reason people need to people up. yesterday, harriet stinson, a member of the family that

founded hills bros coffee, had an abortion she said when she was younger. the insurance institute for safety says the ratings of boosters are important because it's impossible to tell which seats are better. they say if these are not positioned properly, they can be dangerous in a car accident. cooper vision of pleasanton has announced again that it is recalling 600,000 of its avera- toric contact lenses. users can experience, blurred eyes, pain. users should not put the lens in their eyes. there are no reports of permanent damage related to those lenses. expect to see a lot of uc berkeley and usc gear along the

embarcadero in san francisco today. the cal bears hosting the trojans at at&t park tonight. the bears have not beaten s.c. since 2003. tonight's game starts at 6:00. all right. time now is 8:19. police officers go undercover. they are hoping to stop a crime wave in the east bay.

iller is retoe police is using plain clothes officers to attempt to catch a home burglary ring. they had a meeting last night. dozens of people had to watch from outside. there have been 20 robberies. neighbors say they are keeping an eye out for each other. >> it's a good reminder to develop a sense of awareness, community, being a good neighbor. sort of -- instead of like hunkering down and going about your way to speak to people. >> police are advises people to lock their doors and windows and even install deadbolts. the department says it's also beefing up the patrols.

palo alto residents are angry about an accident that killed a child demanded to know why the driver has not been arrested. two weeks ago a car hit and killed a 6-year-old in a crosswalk. people are frustrated about the delays to fix this. >> you need to fix this! >> east palo alto's mayor says next week decisions will be announced on -- will be announced on street improvements. the time is 8:24. you said the roads are busy and overcrowded. how are they moving? >> they are improving a little bit. we're looking at the bridges. this works especially well if you have one of those huge tvs.

bay bridge on the left, you can still see quite a bit of a backup there. san mateo bridge not that bad but nearby 880 is slow getting to it. golden gate bridge traffic gets good and there is a backup at the richmond bridge toll. 8:25. let's go to steve. except for a band of high clouds mainly over the north bay but there's some filtering through. we'll have sunshine, warmer weather, temperatures kicking up a few degrees. we're looking for mid-80s today. you can see the higher clouds. they continue to head north as high pressure is building in. temperatures starting to rebound off the morning lows. napa airport made it town to -- made it down to 49. we shouldn't take too long to start warming up. plenty out in the pacific. that little low spinning right in the middle is the next hint of any rain. that would not be until tuesday night or wednesday and that's -- a lot can happen between now and then. fair skies, mostly sunny. it will be warmer.

70s, 80s and some of these are now near the upper 80s. antioch in there. also morgan hill at 88 degrees. very warm for friday. again, then we'll bring it right there and then start a cool down. saturday still looks nice to warm. a little cooler with more fog on sunday into monday. we'll continue to have that system that might approach as we get to tuesday and wednesday. until then we're dry. all right. the stage is set for more critical testimony. who will be on the stand today in the trial of michael jackson's doctor? live coverage -- straight ahead. i'm a curious seeker.

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developing news in oakland. an investigation is underway following a large building fire that sent one man to the hospital just hours ago. tara moriarty has an update. a look at the video. some very dramatic moments this morning when the man was pulled from the burning building. we've learned from his friends that he's 26-year-old shawn megley. we want to give you a look at cell phone video shot by a neighbor just minutes after the fire broke out. you can see a firefighter trying to put -- trying to cut through a metal door. crews conducted a search to make sure no one else was in the building off west street between mlk and market. billowing, smack smoke could be seen for miles.

firefighters -- billowing black smoke could be seen for miles. firefighters don't know what's burning. >> we assume it will be a garage. sometimes residents make those out of rooms. she shouldn't. they are not coded that way. >> rushed out to see what was going on. firefighters said they've seen a huge surge in buildings. this one houses a cabinet making business and that could have been the stench we smelled, the varnish or other paints. the victim is shawn megley, 26 years old. he was treated for smoke inhalation. he's expected to survive. we will try to get an update on his condition. the treats -- the streets are opening. a lot of the friends are gathered -- are gathered in the

front where the dog is, they have the blackout hits -- black outfits on. and investigation is -- and an investigation is underway to determine what caused this fire. there will soon be a new person in charge of the oakland police department. mayor jean quan will hold a news conference this afternoon. an coming up, pam cook will tell us more. happening now, parents are outaged -- outraged at a san francisco principal. here is a live look from the scene. you can see people standing outside that elementary school this morning holding signs. some signs say principal out. some parents are upset at new disciplinary policies set up by the principal. they say she's trying to get low-performing students to move to other schools. >> if she's supposed to be a

principal, she was put there to help the school. she's not helping the school at all. >> now, this is the shot of principal salmon walking by those angry parents about a half-hour ago. the san francisco school district says it has investigated specific complaints. solyndra's ceo has stepped down according to a new court filing. brian marry son joined the company a little more than a year ago. solyndra at the time was already struggling financially and had already withdrawn its plans for an ipo. solyndra will only say harrison left "as scheduled." harrison has refused to answer questions about the company's bankruptcy. even though summer is over, we're still likely to have spare the air alerts in the air. during the hot summer months, ground level ozone is the problem and we're asked not to drive. but particulate matter, tiny pieces of pollution that float

in the air, that's the problem during cooler air and that's why we're not asked to da cash we're asked not to use our fireplaces on -- asked to -- we're asked not to use our fireplaces on certain days. holiday parking violations brought in $181,000 on holidays. right now the only holidays you can park for free are thanksgiving, christmas day. a young woman who works at city hall organized the event. she said she wanted to provide access to the candidates for people who can't afford to do fund-raisers. >> the only people that have access tend to be over the able of 50, tend to be rich and the richness is right here behind us because these are the next

generations of leaders. >> candidates who attended the event including those running for district attorney, sheriff and mayor. the price tag for a high speed rail system in california could be much higher than originally believed. the "san francisco examiner" reports that three analysts says this project will cost $138 billion. that's more than three times of the original projection of $43 billion. if the system is built, the travel time between san francisco and los angeles would be two and a half hours. a new report is giving people traveling by plane a reason to possibly avoid american airlines. the daily website looked at the

last five years and found that american airlines had the highest rate of delays. it was especially bad when it came to delays within its own control. it found jetblue to be the second worse followed by american eagle. southwest came in 12th. time now is 8:34. when we last checked in with sal, he said things may be easing a little bit. how are things looking now. >> i'm happy to say things are looking better. i want to remind you that if you are driving in san francisco today, there is a big football game at at&t park. it's cal versus usc. cal hosting that came at at&t park. that will add to the afternoon commute. if you are driving in for the game or just leaving the city even if you are not a football fan you have to be aware that that event is going on. this morning's commute will be busy at the toll plaza. we see some improvement getting up to the toll plaza. no major problems if you are

driving on highway 4 but it's slow in bay point. it's relieved in antioch, highway 680, from 242 down to the road, stop and go there. let's go to steve. thank you, sir. i think he said golden gate. golden gate fields? okay. remember, take the gray horse in the 4th race. there you go. always take the gray. we do have mostly sunny skies. high clouds drifting over the north bay. other than that, temperatures are warming up. 40s, 50s and -- 40s, 50s and 6 as. a little cooler over the weekend. but it will still be all right. i think it will be cooler, especially on sunday. next rain possible, possible. about a b minus, b plus is my confidence level. what's happening today, these

high -- these high clouds are lifting. napa was down to 49. highs billing in from the southwest. i think it will peak out on friday. it will still be all right for the weekend. that little guy dropping down there will tap into some of this cloud cover and sit out there and spin its wheels. it will have two speeds, slow and stop, but eventually, it will start to work towards us. maybe tuesday, wednesday it will get close enough where we might mention rain. until then, fair, warmer, if there's any breeze -- if there's any breeze, it's an easterly or northerly. walnut creek in there, la fayette, 80 -- 82, 85 san jose, 88 gilroy. santa clara at 84. 84 san tar close -- san carlos,

redwood city. 70s on the coast. and upper 70s low, 80s even in the city. friday looks good to go, warm weather still all right on the weekend. defense attorneys for dr. conrad murray have announced they are changing their tactic. our reporter is outside of the los angeles courtroom where the trial is just getting underway. claudia? >> reporter: well, good morning, mike. you know, over the past two days, a sleep expert and cardiologist have testified that had the doctor behaved responsibly, michael jackson would still be alive today. instead these prosecution witnesses have testified his medical negligence led directly to the singer's death. now, the jury has heard that treating him with propofol

violates the medical code in many ways. the witness called it in. -- called it inconscionable to treat michael jackson with propofol in the first place. mike, they could rest their case today. if not today, next week there's no court tomorrow. back to you. >> before we let you go, do you have any word what the defense's strategy is likely to be? >> well, they are likely to push this theory that michael jackson gave himself this lethal cocktail of sed differents. he didn't necessarily swallow the propofol, they backed off from that strategy yesterday. but rather that he injected himself in his rush to get to sleep and when conrad murray was not looking. even if the defense is somehow able to convince the jury that that's what happened, from r -- prosecutors are going to argue, it doesn't matter, conrad murray is still guilty because

they will say he left his patient alone after giving him propofol and that's something that propers should never do and prosecutors will argue that rises to the level of gross medical negligence. back to you. >> all right. very interesting. thank you for that report. 8:39. another shooting rampage in california. new information on this latest deadly workplace violence. ♪

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the dow is down 92 points. j.p. morgan chase had disappointing earnings reported this morning. and a british newspaper watchdog group now says new information may, in fact, prompt an investigation into the wall street journal, saying it bought its own papers to inflate its circulation figures in europe. operators of a.t.m.s not linked to banks are suing visa and master card. those businesses are accusing the credit card companies of price fixing. independent a.t.m. operators have access to a variety of fees that process transactions. but master card and visa forbid

any savings being passed onto customer if the a.t.m. has a visa or master card logo on it and most cards do have those logos. the state of the nation's economy is apparently not spending people away from spending on halloween. the national retail federation predict people will spend more money on this halloween than last year. it's estimated that people will spend $1 million on adults' costumes and $1 billion on children's costumes. it's the candy that is bringing in the most money, an estimated $2 million. let's brick you up to date on the -- bring you up to date on our top stories. one of the trains in the amtrak accident was moved from the scene and service is slowly but surely getting back to normal.

>> police say a female victim is not cooperating after being shot around 69th avenue and 14th. officers say her injuries are not life-threatening. 8:44. it sounds like we'll know in a few hours who will be the next police chief of oakland, at least for now. pam cook is live in the newsroom with why this is likely gonna be a story that will continue to change for a while. >> yes, it will. he's done the job before and it sounds like howard jordan will step up again to take over the oakland police department on an interim basis. now, oakland mayor, jean quan, has scheduled a news conference for 1:00 this afternoon. although jordan has declined to comment about the speculation, he has said that he will be there with mayor quan today. city council members are

weighing in on the costs of doing another extensive search for another police chief outside the area. >> it's a mayoral decision. my assumption is she will put a deputy chief into acting for quite a while to calm everything -- to calm everything down. >> now, chief batts announced his re-- resignation last week. for the last year or so, assistant police chief jordan has been working on the reforms ordered by a federal judge after a corruption case surrounding the oakland police department. i'm pam cook, let's go back to mike. >> okay. we're now learning more about a suspect in southern california's shooting rampage that killed eight people. police in seal beach say 42- year-old scott evans dekraai

walked into the salon and opened fire and killed eight people and injured others. two other people died at the hospital. >> horrible. it's a terrible tragedy. it's unprecedented in seal beach. i have lived here for 25 years. i have never, ever heard anything like this. this is a tragedy. >> police say the suspect was arrested without incident about a half-mile from the salon. they say he's the ex-husband of a woman who works at the salon. there are reports that his ex- wife is one of those people who were killed but police have not yet confirmed that or released the identities of any of the victims. u.s. secretary of state, hillary clinton will meet today with three uc berkeley graduates detained in iran. the meeting in washington, d.c. comes less than a month after the two men were free. the men spent two years in a tehran prison. sarah shourd was released about

a year ago. pilots will have a much easier time getting through airport security. the tsa is expanding the trial program directing pilots to separate checkpoints. the program allows pilots to board their planes quicker while reducing congestion. the tsa says it wants to conduct the most through rescreening on the high risk of travelers. this is being tested at different airports. warren buffett is taking his fight to raise taxes on the super wealthy to congress. he's offered to release his tax returns to the deficit reduction super committee with one condition -- he wants the commission to encourage others to share their tax returns as well. he says he believes the committee would find the returns useful as they work to come up with proposals to reduce the deficit. a los angeles company is recalling thousands of pounds of ground beef, some of which

was sent by the bay area. federal food safety inspectors say e. coli contamination was found in commercial meat companies. so far no one has become ill. e. coli is potentially deadly and is most dangerous for the very young seniors and people with weakened immune systems. birth rates in the united states went down during the recession. in 2007, when the recession began, there were 69 births per thousand women,. arizona had the -- had the biggest decline. nasa captured the picture of the mars rover. the black-and-white photos were

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a vigil will be held in san jose for mark munoz. he was one of the three people

killed last week in that quarry shooting. about 500 people packed a san jose chapel yesterday for the funeral of another victim, 48- year-old manwell pione. his children said he made sacrifices to provide for the family. during the week he lived in the south bay to be closer to his work and then returning to his family in stanislaus county on the weekends. his children are struggling with hit death -- with his death. >> my father was a great man. >> a fund has been set up for the family at the west. earlier this week, the dorieer in report -- quarrier in reported -- coroner reported that the suspect killed himself during a confrontation with law enforcement. protesters are gearing up for another round of

demonstrations today. [ chanting ] >> yesterday, police arrested nearly a dozen anti-wall street journal protesters. on friday, mia mogul rupert murdoch will speak at the summit. protests were held in bay area suburbs. in downtown ran -- ran saf fell people rallied outside the bank of america -- san rafael people rallied outside the bank of america. the number of bay area homeowners receiving the notices that they are on the path of foreclosures is on the dean -- is on the decline. the numbers can be very different from county by county. contra costa saw the biggest drop in default notices. they fell 28% but the number of foe tis -- notices jumped 99% in san mateo county.

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>> yeah. that was christen barnett who treat -- who tweets me on a regular basis. highway 4 has picked up. now we'll move up to highway 80, we had anierier crash that caused -- an earlier crash that caused problems. if you are driving on 80 a little farther down, that's where the slow traffic is. quickly, let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza, that's backed up for about a 20-minute delay. if you are driving in san jose, 280, once again, having a slow day all the way up to cupertino. let's go to steve. a lot of sunshine, a band of high clouds going over the north bay. they will clear out later on. any patchy fog will have a -- will clear up. it looks dry for the weekend. but it will be cooler sunday

into monday. >> how long is that fog gonna last on saturday? >> it will go away for whatever you are doing. [ laughter ] >> warm on the coast as well. >> enjoy it. enjoy the day, everyone. have a wonderful morning and the rest of the day. don't forget, ktvu.com 24/7. 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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