. a red flag warning is now ending and we just spoke to an italian chief and we will tell you why his crews are on guard. the very latest in the battle against a fast moving grass fire. and the battle fighting

against the gang, ktvu channel 2 news continues. this is ktvu channel 2 news. good morning, thank you for joining us, it is wednesday november 2nd, i am pam cook. i am looking at my chp list and traffic is off to a decent start this wednesday as we look right near the coliseum, it is a nice looking drive but westbound 580 is off to a nice start. also this morning's compute, same thing goes, southbound 101 looks good, 601 let's go back to the desk. 601 tension building right here in oakland, organizers of the occupied movement making final preparations for today's planned general strike. joining us live to tell us how

this could affect the city, good morning, kraig. >> reporter: mostly in the afternoon and around 5:00 when the big rally is held, this morning at frank ogawa plaza, the this wrong, teachers union is supporting the strike and so is the nurse's association, each group is encouraging members to join in a number of different ways. the teacher's union is doing things like taking personal leave to join actions, doing informational stuff for justice. the nurse's association is encouraging its members by joining a noon protest starting here at the plaza at noon and then a rally is scheduled for 5:00 a.m. they are calling for a special tax on wall street to help pay

for healthcare. they have a the tent and police came in and cleared out the camp but the results of the street protests forced a reverse course and despite the controversy, the interim chief said they will be ready. now many criticized police for using tear gas, they have accused police of throwing an object that hit coliseum scott olson. even though city workers have been given permission to take a furlough day or a day off to join the protests, the police officer association are saying they are not allowed and may have to be part of the security

to go to the 1 day strike and we are talking to some people out here to see what we can expect. time now 603 and we have more details and as we said, it is getting a mixed response from downtown business owners, however the port of oakland will remain open, despite closing down one terminal, all of them will be open for business. oakland schools will also be open even though a lot of teachers are taking a day of unpaid leave. so do you plan on taking part in today's strike? we want to hear from you on facebook. just search the morning news team and we will read some of your comments in the next half hour. they are working to put out the fire that destroyed one home. it started last night at soda

canyon road, strong winds fueled the flames. cal fire said one home has been destroyed along with multiple out buildings. 15 homes are still evacuated and firefighters say downed power lines may have sparked that fire. know well walker -- miss walker is at the scene and she will have more on when that fire is expected to be contained. the wind has not stopped blowing and causing some damage this morning. tara moriarty joins us from berkeley and it's pretty windy, who are you talking to this morning? >> well we spoke to the battalion chief and he said each though that red flag warning is in the conditions are still ripe for the fire to happen. >> reporter: we are here in the oakland berkeley area right on the border of the hills where the winds were at their peek

last night around 40 miles per hour. toppled trees snagged power lines causing outages and 2000 customers in oakland and berkeley were without electricity and 1300 in san leandro. a fee tree fell on to some -- tree fell on to some wires causing the fire and embers to arc. they are looking to deenergize those lines. oakland is responding so similar calls across the city. they are scrambling to clean up trees and just up the street, wind knocked another tree over forcing drivers to maneuver their cars around it. and also in the strike, nordstrom and prod way, luckily nobody was hurt. that has been lifted for the north and east bay hills and

national weather service will not do another weather reading until noon today so firefighters look at the local temperatures and depend on themselves to figure out the local conditions so they know whether or not they need to be prepared. of course stay on top of this and we will check in with steve paulsen who has more conditions in your area, steve? i'm sure they are keeping track on things, 30-to-40 plus miles per hour, but the winds are turning more easterly instead of northeasterly and that's a sign that everything is turning and that's kind of like a clock. temperatures will stay in the 40s and 50s and red flag warning continues until 9:00 as they extended it, they being the national weather service, there are still gusts 45 miles per hour, very low humidity. half-moon bay airport, oakland

hills right where tara is, although it could being stronger than that. black hawk, 28 miles per hour, napa airport says five but i have seen higher peeks in napa county, but a southeast things are starting to turn. 40 to 62 in oakland, 50 in san jose, 60 in fairfield and there are some really cold readings and 4039 in bolder creek -- bolder creek. that system that is coming into the north will be here tomorrow evening and we'll see temperatures drop a good 15 degrees and it does not have a lot of rain but does have a lot of cold air with it. it is slightly cooler than yesterday and when that system drops in, it will be much cooler and this is more of a

showery system not a rainy system and it will produce rain in the foothills, the forecasted highs did not change too much, it will be cooler on thursday. with your weekend always in view, cold saturday and sunday but sunny, some light rain and staying very cool. steve i'll take it from here, traffic is moving along nicely in many areas but it is beginning to get busy, the winds have been making appearances on the bridge, it's not quite as bad as it was but you will notice them and moving a long westbound, there is a little bit of a can you, no problems on the upper deck of the bridge. also highway 84, dumbarton

bridge looks good. 101 northbound 101 interstate 880, a problem but they were checking it out and we will have more on that next time. president barack obama plans on flying to france for the g-20 summit and protesters are already there gathering at the site of the summit. we will have a live report from the washington d.c. newsroom on the one big issue that will dominate the asian us of the world's richest nations. the greek government is in complete agreement that there should be a vote to resolve the debt crisis. a spokesperson said they will hold a photo as soon as possible. the word of the pal lot measure, they do want to remain mart of the coalition. one of oakland's gang

injunctions, they have 15 named gang members which is what you are looking at in the red here. they are banned from associating with each other and gathering in public between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. one of the persons named filed a lawsuit claiming the injunction was unconstitutional. that red tail hawk that was shot with a nail gun will be released this morning. the hawk was captured after being spotted with a nail through its head. the wildlife center nursed it back to health and that hawk will be set free at the golden gate park. they are offering a 10,000 dollars reward for information on anybody who attacked that hawk with a nail gun. it can go to the jury on friday, how the month long

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byproduct of nuclear f. ssi o n. officials say that gas may not be a major problem. they will fly to the french riviera, and he is meeting with leaders of the richest nations in the world. allison burns reports the talks will be dominated by the debt crisis in new york, allison? >> reporter: president barack obama said one of the biggest head wins, he does not neil he can do much about it. thousands of protesters are gathering at the site of the g- 20 meeting and they are calling on world leaders to address many issues but for president barack obama it will be the world economy and the news that greece is balking at what will be a breakthrough bailout deal.

but the u.s. presence is limited. >> everybody wants their picture with president barack obama, he is the central person everybody is looking to but i don't think the united states can simply dictate the terms of an agreement the way it might have been 30 years ago. >> china can have for of a say on what world leaders are saying, i will have more in my next update, allison burns ktvu channel 2 news. they will unveil a plan to save the u.s. postal service. postal service ended the year with a $10 billion deficit. it is estimated the agency will run out of money as soon as next summer if congress does not act. they have proposed ending mail delivery and closing post offices as a way to cut costs.

time now 6:16, closing arguments in the trial of dr. conrad murray and he waited before saying he will not take the witness stand. the 22 day trial is boiling down to dueling experts of whether he gave michael jackson a deadly dose of the anesthetic propofol. they go into the brain, the organs, the muscles, the bones and the intestines and the stomach. >> my understanding based on the doses and medications that dr. murray administered, they would be in the range of minimal sedation. >> lawyers in the case had the day off and they are getting ready foreclosing arguments. if convicted dr. murray faces up to four years behind bars and losing his medical license. they are investigating a shooting in the bay view

district. it happened late yesterday, a 25-year-old man died after being shot several times. police believe the deadly shooting is gang related and they are still looking for suspects. san francisco police thought they found a missing man but it turns out they were wrong and family members are very upset about the mix up. on monday police got a call saying she spotted cameron rimmer. he repeatedly identified himself as cameron but after speaking with him, it was determined he was the wrong person. he was last seen at the fairmont hotel and if you see him, call san francisco police. the mayor of san jose wants pot clubs to pay for an election. mayor chuck read wants the city to increase attacks from 7 to

10%. the ref dumb by the way would cost about a million dollars. time for sal to check on the commute, how is it looking sal? >> well things are getting busier and we can look at the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights are going on and traffic is slowing down as it normally does. >> no such problem on northbound 101, likewise, 280 extension. trouble with livermore, if you drive on 580, there is a crash westbound, it is causing a little bit of a slow down but it is always slow here anyway. no major problems this morning on hayward's commute, southbound 880 still good in fremont, let's go to steve. plenty going on, some locations are really gold this morning, others are breezy

windy and warm, red flag warning continues until 9:00, we have a mostly sunny day and boy, big changes are on tap, taking us to the weekend 9:00 a.m. rps really dry. these are the gusts i have seen in the last half hour. half-moon 40 right above the oakland hills, black hawk travis 28, hayward 27 miles per hour. 40s and 50s and 60s on the lows. looking out towards the valley, it is upper 40s for some, out towards santa cruz mountains, 38 in bolder, 35 in scotch valley so some are really cold. we have a lot of cold air coming with our next system and it is a good 20-degree drop

especially on friday. winds in the hills will turn more easterly than southerly later on 60s and 70s on temperatures and after today it will be upper 50s and very low 60s so the extented outlook has a big change, so we make it early friday. well a few minutes ago, master card announced third quarter profits up 38% from the same time last year. the company says a big jump in the number of times people use their master cards is behind the better than expected numbers. there are two better than expected reports on the private workforce this morning. private sector jobs increased by 110,000, slightly more than created in september, a number of planned job cuts, that is a 63 decline and the lowest level

since june. there is a plan to bring an unusual ferryboat to the waters of the san francisco bay. doctors performed that amazing surgery to separate conjoined twins, what the mother had to say about the amazing effort. we will have more on the morning commute and the bay area weather. [people chatting]

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. time now 6:24, they are considering a new way to move across san francisco, you rarely see them in the u.s., commuters and hercules in antioch, they have been looking for ferry service and they may like this idea. hoover crafts are created by air jets and propellers use a lot less fuel than from petitionnal ferris. they aimed at giving them a

better chance at life. the twins are waking up apart for the first time in their lives. a team spent 20 hours separating them at the children's hospital. they were joined at the chest and the mother said the family is eternally grateful. >> words cannot express, the gratefulness of the separation of our twins. >> during the surgery, doctors separated their liver diaphragm breast bone chest muscles and the girls will likely spend the next two weeks recovering at the hospital. first stage of troop withdrawals, service members at the military base they packed up their belongings and got to a bus which is where they will fly i home. they are leaving iraq better than when they were alive.

it's good to know i am leaving iraq a more stable country. >> republicans want a small contingent to stay in iraq to keep order. time now 6:26, two valley men will be among the japanese veterans honored in washington d.c. 80-year-old surviving world war veterans will get a congressional metal. it will recognize two combat units and intelligence groups. while both men were serving in the u.s. military, their families were confined to in tournament camps. the stage is set for the biggest occupied protest yet. we are on soda canon road,

they are just coming off the fire line, coming up, we will look at one of the fire casualties. plus the opening bell, pam will have all the early stock numbers for you.

. there it is right on time, the opening bell, the daily kicker on the nasdaq, and ventures ringing in the new york stock exchange, celebrating a national initiative that will help match college savings accounts for low income people, so that is very nice and certainly, it is getting hard to a ford college these days and it is getting harder to afford some stocks but they have been dropping and right now numbers are up and we

will have business news in just a moment. thank you for joining us, brand-new day, the middle of the week, it is wednesday november 2nd, i am dave clark. time now 6:30, which begin with the big day that has arrived and protesters who have been camped out in front of city hall now hope to shut down the entire city, here is more to talk about the plans. kraig? it was leading up to last tuesday's events, people occupying oakland, there you see a lot of tents, they are asleep right now, we expect the strike to start in about two to three hours right now. members of the movement are asleep but the strike will take place. they are calling for people to skip school and work and the movement is telling all banks and large corporations to close

down for the day or face demonstrators. the oakland teacher's association. california nurse's association just to name a few and even the port oakland can be affected. >> there was some reference to the november 2nd action. oakland police moved in and cleared the tents out of the ogawa plaza but the results after protest pressured the mayor and they started reappearing a few days later. there are several events starting at 9:00 a.m. assuring there will be a large demonstration here at the plaza and late in the day there are planned events for 5:00 p.m.

and a lot of those events are being put on by labor organizations and of course we will have coverage throughout the day, reporting live, kraig debro channel 2 news. today's general call for a strike is getting a mixed response from downtown business owners. many of them are closing, however the port of oakland will remain open despite the closure of one terminal. all city offices will be open and oakland schools will be open even though teachers are putting in for a day of leave. we have been asking you on facebook whether you plan to participate. here is what some of you are saying, no, it is so hard on the small businesses, and she by the way lives in oakland.

he want make the protest but they are happy in making a statement not only for the country but for the world to see. just keep sending on the morning pain on facebook, just search the channel 2 morning news team they will continue to share your messages all throughout the morning. time now 6:33 oakland police bracing for what could be the biggest demonstration in years. they released this letter openly questioning the leadership of oakland mayor jean quan. they are confused about what happened after the past week. >> we will do our job as we are told to do it but i want people to realize, we are not part of the establishment we are just humble public servants. now they note after officers cleared the occupied oakland camp last week, mayor

jean quan allowed protesters to come back the next day and the camp is now bigger than ever. so far mayor jean quan has made no public statements about complaints from the police. san francisco are formally weighing in on the occupied movement and they are supporting them to a point. that story coming up. napa working hard a wind driven grass fire that destroyed one home. it started last night at silver read dough trail. how is the damage? >> reporter: it is too dark to see most of the damage and we will show you the greatest damage and take a look behind me, we have them coming off the fires, they have been working

to get this fire contained. we went to get a first and lack, destroyed is more like it. take a look at this video, there is nothing left of that home and i have covered a lot of fires and rarely have i seen a home that looks like this. am chimney is the only thing that -- the chimney is the only thing left, some of the areas immediately around the home are untouched like they saw a package dropped off by ups, untouched and sometimes you have to make a sophia's choice in these circumstances. when the fire is moving aggressively, we have to find a structure that is so far involved oregon that we can't save it or we focus on property

that we can save. >> and there are limited resources. they are relying on people to help them leave their jobs and they leave them to come help fight those fires. the rain essentially ended fire season here and the air tanker contract was up mid-months in october so the closest air tanker would have been in passer row bells. if the fire happened by day, the closest air tanker was closer to santa barbara than it is to san francisco and again we have fire crews coming off the fire lines and presumably they will be replaced by other fire crews because they will be on touring this all day but they hope to have it contained by 9:00 this

morning. firefighters spent the nightwatching for hot spots in black hawk. firefighters moved aggressively pause they were worried about some homes in the area. one firefighter did suffer a minor injury. the cause of the fire is being investigated and the east bay hills are under a red flag alert. steve paulsen is watching the winds, how is it looking up there? >> well i just had a nice tweet from david in novato, it is in the upper 50s or 60s and without that breeze there are very colds numbers.

temperatures stayed very close to yesterday's readings and really it is the winds here in the morning, even though not everyone has a northshore breeze and that goes until 9:00 a.m. this morning, it was extended from 6:00 until 9:00, still gusts for some, higher elevations over 25, half-moon bay airport, saw gusts up to 40, oakland hills, 33 miles per hour. black hawk 28 miles per hour. travises still has dusts at 28, north fairfield at 20. so we are still getting a northerly or eitherly direction. sap hold oakland, 52 degrees. bolder creek 38 and there is some cool numbers so if you

don't have any breeze whatsoever after today we will be turning our attention to the north because we will have a cold dynamic system. mostly sunny breezy and warm, most of that should be ending and by tomorrow, much cooler clouds and a showery system. this system does not have much in the way of moisture with it. women did i up in the hills, 70s for many, tomorrow upper 50s and lower 60s on the high. then thursday, sun cooler some rain makes it late thursday into friday and with your weekend always in view, it will be nice, and the little system drops in. traffic is moving along pretty well, we have a lot of slowing here and there for the morning commute which is typical. we have a lot of slow traffic because of an injury crash but

people can still see it. they slow down to see what is going on. let's move to highway 4 in antioch. southbound 680 traffic is moving well and 80 is light in vallejo heading west to oakland and speaking of which the toll plaza, we have a backup which is normal 15 to 20 minute delay before you get passed the metering lights. a live look at san jose, northbound 280 traffic in the middle of the valley looks good. now let's go to steve. whoops, we just went to steve let's go to the desk. more trouble ahead for presidential candidate herman cane, what one woman who accused him of sexual

harassment now wants to do. we will tell you how and why, how that red flag barning has been extended. >> be careful as you drive across bay area bridges. stay tuned.

. well,good morning to you welcome back, here is a quick look at the stories we have

been following, the occupied movement has arrived. protesters who have been camping out have now vowed to shut the city down today. organizers are calling for a citywide strike for students. in napa, they are working to contain a grass fire. it has been burning since 8:30 last night on silver trail at least one home and several out buildings have been destroyed. there is a night of heavy winds, tara moriarty is in oakland hills where firefighters are concerned and we can see it is very windy, tara. >> reporter: that's right, that red flag warning has been extended and conditions are still ripe. we are here in oakland hills and it is incredibly windy.

winds were whipping at 40 miles per hour last night, toppled trees caused outages throughout the east bay. -- [ technical difficulties, stand by ] >> all right, maybe the wind is causing some problems for tara moriarty, she is up in oakland hills and the fire danger is high and red flag warning is still in effect and we will check back with her in just a bit. one of the women who accused herman cane of sexual harassment wants to talk about what happened. the accusations dates back to when he was head of the national restaurant association. now the new attorney wants to challenge cane's statement that the complaints against him were totally baseless. he is trying to get a confidentiality agreement lifted so his client can speak out. a claim from a trustee tried to recover money for

victims of madoff. they say the bank had aided and a betted madoff's scheme to defraud them but they say they do not have the legal standing to prove that on behalf of madoff customers. yesterday, they voted 8-3 to support the protesters camp at justin herman plaza and they are avoiding using force to break up the around the clock demonstration, however the board would approve police action if there is a threat to public safety or public health. occupied santa rosa protesters will be able to stay camped out in front of city hall even though it is against the law. they had a proposal that would have made them leave instead they agreed to set conditions for their camp and work with

them. they are apologizing for an e-mail mistake affecting hundreds of clipper card employees. a clipper card customer accidentally shared the e-mail address of more than 15,000 people. no credit card or account information was leaked. 6:48 is the time, checking back overwith sal, we have a couple of minor issues that will slow you down. let's look at what we have on the golden gate bridge, traffic is slowed and actually looks good heading south. also the morning commute looks good until you get to the bay bridge toll plaza and we'll see stop-and-go traffic but it looks slower than it normally does. we will check to see just for sure that we don't have 

anything up on that bridge so it doesn't look great. this morning, it is a nice looking drive heading west, a little bit of slowing in richmond. 580 again, we had some slowing because of an earlier crash, it is slow coming from the tracy area into central livermore. 6:48 let's go to steve. very good tweet, he made a good note and the air mass is good over us, due to northeasterly winds so if your lips are chap, it is because there is hardly any moisture in the air and this is very rare this time of the year for us. there is not much moisture, that will change, we still have a red flag warning out and that continues for east bay hills, tara moriarty is there in the line of that strong gust, that goes until 9:00 a.m., and

things are about to change. half-moon airport 33, it could be stronger a few feet away. black hawk, travis air force base, it is starting to turn fs o to san jose, 40s for some, santa rosa, 43, oakland, 62 degrees and san jose, scotch valley down to 55, bolder 38, so there are really cool numbers or wrong numbers and if you have that easterly wind, it will start to turn that wind with that system in the gulf of

alaska we are close on the numbers compared to forecasted highs and tomorrow much cooler clouds and this is a showery pattern and i don't go with showers but this is more of a cold dynamic system so breezy warm most live sunny 70s for some and for most steve, by tonight we'll see a southerly winds an advance of that system coming in thursday and friday and much colder and with your weekend always in view nicer on saturday and it will be chilly around here. steve is telling you about the winds and fallen trees and part of the concerns we have about heavy winds, tara moriarty let's go back to her right now, we lost you a little while ago you are up in the oakland hills and i am looking at the winds blowing your hair around, how are you up there? >> reporter: it is hard, fire crews are on alert for another

three hours and that red flag alert is extended until 9:00 this morning. the winds as steve mentioned whipping toppled trees snagged power lines, 2000 customers were without electricity last night. a tree fell in oakland causing the wires to arc. you can see embers and firefighters had to deenergize those lines. we met with a jogger in oakland hills this morning who has been fighting the wind. >> reporter: i can see you are tiering upright -- taring up right now. >> yes, i was running along the road and i ran right into the branch. >> reporter: in san leandro 1,300 people are without power and firefighters are scrambling to clean up branches and just a

couple of blocks down, winds knocked over another tree forcing people to maneuver cars around it. and another tree fell on to a parked car north of broadway and that red flag warning has been extended until 9:00 this morning. with the humidity so low -- and winds so high, firefighters are on board. they can now request an independent review. the review is for people who's homes were in the foreclosure process and it does not matter if they are finished. it is always available for people in short sales. they will send letters to eligible homeowners and they can go to the website and request one . let's go live,

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. guess what is up this morning, dodgers and frank mccourt agreed to sell the dodgers. dodgers filed for bankruptcy in june. frank mccourt settled a bitter dispute over the ownership for the dodgers. they will manage the sale of dodgers possibly even dodgers stadium. frank mccourt wants at least a billion dollars. coming up on 7:00 let's go to sal for traffic, sal? i don't want to see the dodgers hitting a home run ever again. good morning everybody, let's go talk to the owners. >> good morning everybody, i am better. let's talk about the commute, you can see the highway 17, that traffic is getting slow

and also the morning commute, if you are driving about a 15 to 20 minute delay and also this morning we had some slow traffic because of a crash. let's go to steve. still a red flag warning for east bay hills, gusts about 40-mile-per-hour 60s mainly, upper 70s and i wanted to mention half-moon bay 64 degrees half-moon bay. so if you are there, go out and enjoy the nice weather. >> okay. that sounds nice. coming up on mornings on 2 today, today is the day occupied oakland is trying to shut down the city and out there live. also a new development with that grass fire, forcing developments in napa, stay right here with us.