well, good morning to you. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's wednesday, november 9th. let's go right to sal for more on that serious accident. sal? >> this crash is very serious. two people are trapped inside a car that rolled counsel the -- down the embankment. i think our newschopper2 is just arriving on the scene. newschopper2, actually -- let me just ask them. newschopper2, we're on the air right now. i should have told you that. here we are. it's right here in san francisco. it's a car that went down the embankment ended up at the bottom of the freeway there. you can see there, the emergency vehicle. so newschopper2 is just arriving here on the scene. it looks like the rescue company and we heard that two people were trapped inside a rolled over car. they've slowed -- closed

mariposa street. we'll get a better picture coming up. let's go back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. it appears the three top races in san francisco from yesterday will all be decided from rank-choice voting. first we have the preliminary results, where ed lee is in first place. tara moriarty is live in san francisco with reaction from the candidates. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. election officials ended the ballots early this morning. they are due back to finish. for the first time, san francisco has taken part in rank-choice voting. ed lee has the current clear- cut lead. but he has not passed that 50% mark and if he doesn't then dennis herrera or john avi lows

can -- avilos did clinch the win. this continues until someone has the 50%. willie brown says he doesn't appear of the rank-choice system. >> rank-choice voting would allow all 16. >> we have some -- why don't we just limit it to three? >> well, that's crazy.. >> i think it's a good thing to have rank-choice voting separate from the runoff which always sees a huge drop off in people turning off to vote. rank-choice voting is a way to do that and show the rally of votes. >> reporter: now, at a post- campaign celebration at the palace hotel, ed lee thanked

his supporters. the new mayor will have his work cut out for him with the deficit in the millions. coming up, we will tell you why mc hammer got involved in the campaign this year. some interesting things that he had to say. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara. the district attorney's race is going to round two. george gascon leads with 42% of the vote. david anneck and charmen bock are in a close race for second. ross mirkarimi leads by 3%. chris kunnie, 28%. we'll have more at ktvu.com. we have breaking news now involving a sports section

scandal. the most successful college in college history has just announced his retirement. 85-year-old joe paterno says he will leave penn state at the end of the season. this follows a child sex scandal that's rocked the entire sports world. the fear over the indictments of injuriry sandusky had mean -- the fury over the indictments of jerry sandusky had many demanding this. joe paterno, once again, says he will leave penn state at the end of the season. 7:05. there's signs this morning there may soon be another attempt to clear out the "occupy oakland" protesters. claudine wong is in downtown oakland right now with those

details. also with what the tent city looks like right now. >> reporter: well, it's it's growing. you take a look -- well, it's growing. you take a look at 14th street. you haven't been here, you can see wall-to-wall tents. toward the end of the encampment, they are serving breakfast and people are getting up. one of the things that we noticed when the tents first popped up, one of the areas they wanted the folks to stay away from are these areas here. they said, look, we can't have you putting things on signs and staying here. in the beginning they did clear up the sections. they are not making that effort here. i want to walk you up to the front. and this is, again, city hall. the number of tent, it's estimated there are probably close to 200 tents down here, wall-to-wall tents and when we talk about clearing this out, that's what the city wants to do. but the question is, what will

it take? there is a report this morning that says training exercises have been cancelled for oakland police next week. that report talking to the source that it talked to "the chronicle." if that's the case and some people are believing they are marshaling their resources for a possible police action to get this cleared out. criticisms have been for sanitation, violence and also from neighborhoods because the city council says neighbors are complaining that police aren't going to their neighborhoods because they are all down here. >> we're also hearing from residents out in the neighborhood -- out in the neighborhoods that are saying, hey, i need some police presence in my neighborhood. >> reporter: again, taking a live look back downtown at frank ogawa plaza. take a look at the tents and side by side, they sit along this grassy area. they put down the hay on the ground as to -- as to deal with some of the impact of these

tents on here and the grass is gone. everything is gone. the other issue is people down here. the mayor says that local businesses are hurting. neighborhoods are hurting and says the situation is costing them real jobs. what they are gonna do about it, when they are gonna do it, that remains to be scene. back to you. >> thank you. 7:07. there was a fire last night at george lucas' ran. it only -- ranch. it only caused minor damage. this is the os for the production of george lucas. the primary fire crew responded firsted a then marin county fire officials came. no injuries are reported. it's still not clear it george lucas was present there or not. we're hearing that "60

minutes" is -- a "60 minutes" reporter asked nancy pelosi several questions about why legislation affecting credit card swipe fees was not brought to the floor of the house for a vote late in 2008. earlier that year, pelosi's husband, san francisco businessman, paul pelosi, purchased between $1 and $5 million in visa stock. time is running out for the supercommittee to come up with a bipartisan plan to cut the deficit. coming up at 7:15, we'll have a report from washington, d.c. about whether a compromise is expected or whether they are expected to make a deal by the end of the thanksgiving deadline. pg&e crews out in palo alto, they are starting the work to repair a pinhole sized

leak in a major pipeline. you can see several people out there. this is on page mill road near hanover. that's a couple of miles away from where a pipe burst with water on sunday. pg&e says these crews are gonna be working on that section today. they are conducting high pressure water tests throughout the st. louis. they are looking for size of weaknesses, similar to what happened in the -- the -- throughout the system. they are looking for signs of weaknesses, similar to what happened in san bruno. back to you. >> thank you. weigh -- we want to check in with sal castanedo. >> live pictures here. let's go right to it in san francisco. there's one really damaged car there on the left of your

screen. two people were tranned inside here. everyone has been removed from the car. as we pull out -- i would like to have our photographer from newschopper2 pull out and give us more of a wide shot here so we can show you where this is. this is on the -- on mariposa street near indiana, right at the bottom of the 280 extension offramp at mariposa and that offramp has been shut down. this whole area is one area to avoid. i think a lot of people use mariposa street. this is not a good area to be in. considering the serious nature of this crash, we're not sure how seriously people were injured. it must have been a high-speed collision. the metering lights are on.

there's about a 20-minute delay at the toll plaza. if you are driving in ma rip county, southbound -- marin county, southbound traffic, want to move the maps down to the -- we're getting traffic at northbound 280, on 85 northbound, pockets of slow from 87, pockets of here and there all the way up to cupertino. let's go to steve. okay. thank you, sal. a little change today. it will still be on the mild side. we'll have mostly sunny skies. these higher clouds continue to work their way in. but high clouds, a little warmer, though. winds are still easterly heading toward the bay but a little south wind should start to pick up. increasing clouds tomorrow. it will be mild to warm. friday, it looks like right around the coast. i don't think this system is gonna do much inland. we'll see. i'm not -- the confidence level is very low. i've seen these before.

they come right to the coast and go right down to the coast. inland areas, i think everything is okay except for clouds. some of the high clouds are inching in. santa rosa, 32. fairfield, mid 0s. livermore, con -- mid-30s. livermore, concord. warmer toward the south bay. 0s in the -- 30s in the santa cruz mountains. a little southeast -- that easterly component is still in place. that helps berkeley, oakland, san leandro. the system looks good but it's still wrapping itself up. as it slides toward the coast i think it will come in and go right down the coast. that's just my gut feeling. wednesday, thursday, cold morning. mostly sunny but higher clouds will be on the increase tomorrow. we'll cloud it up thursday night. we'll get the clouds. but that low again, it's gonna be -- it's gonna be a teaser.

it will be warmer today, mid- 60s for almost everybody. 67 downtown oakland, pleasanton, 64. 67 for las tat goes and -- los gatos and gilroy. 62 in the city. 60 pacifica and half moon bay at 62. increasing clouds thursday. we'll cloud it up on friday with your weekend always in screw. i will bring rain in friday morning. don't change any plans. cool and breezy. thank you, steve. more election results including the outcome for some local sales tax measures. also -- why that big stink in concord won't go away any time soon. in fact, it may get worse before it gets better. and the main problem for the main reason that solar power hits an important milestone in california.

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good morning. traffic is affected by a crash caused by a high-speed collision. one of them -- one of them ended up upside down. the injured have been taken away. now it's just a matter of cleaning these badly damaged cars off this -- off this ravine and getting them out of the way. let's go back to the desk. fairfax voters had no problem approving a sales tax increase. voters overwhelmingly approved measure d which raises the sales tax to 8.5% to the -- for the next five years.

it will be a week before we know about the raise on taxes for properties between el cerrito and crockett. the vote is being conducted by a mail-in ballot. all ballots have to be received next tuesday, november 15th. 7:17. voters in mississippi rejected a ballot measure that would have effectively made abortion illegal in this state. the so-called personhood initiative asked voters to change the state constitution to define life as beginning of conception. that would have removed abortion as an option even for victims of rape and incest. it could also restrict -- could have restricted in vitro

fertilization. this morning, democrats are rejecting a new republican plan that would raise some taxes. as alison burns report, time is -- reports, time is running out to cut a deal. >> reporter: tori, they have two weeks to reach a deal or big federal budget cuts automatically kick in. now, it looks like democrats on the committee have reejected one of the first significant concessions from republicans. until now, republicans have rejected tax increases. they are suggesting to lower the maximum income tax rate from 35% to 28%. they are also proposing an increase in the medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67. republicans say they -- that proposal would cut a trillion dollars from the federal

deficit over ten years. the democrats say it's not a fair and balanced plan. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> okay. thank you. time's now, 7:19. well, bp is concluding the cleanup phase of the gulf coast oil spill. they finished their part in cleaning up oil and the coast guard says 10% of the gulf is still polluted. bp will focus on restoring areas that were damaged by last year's oil spill. about a billion dollars has been set aside for those projects. the federal government, by the way, approved the cleanup time line. but louisiana officials say bp has not done enough yet. that big stink that's south near the old concord weapons station won't go away any time soon. a crude oil pipeline burst monday causing a very bad odor out there. cleanup operations are expected to take a few more days and moving the contaminated soil out of there may make the smell

worse. county officials say the smell is bad but it does not pose a significant health risk. 7:20. california has had a -- has hit a solar energy milestone. the state has enough solar to power 750 homes. the advocacy group, environmental california, is expected to discuss the milestone later today. time now, 7:21. we already told you the major races in san francisco, they still haven't been decided yet but what about all of those propositions that you voters weighed in on. it's another day of protest on california college campuses. it's a warmup, though, to the main event. good morning. newschopper two showing us a look at the bay bridge here at the metering lights. there is a backup and a backup at the toll plaza. you will be waiting for at least 15 or 20 minutes.

more traffic and weather coming up.

it's another day of protests for california state faculty members. [ chanting ] >> they rallied at ten csu campuses yesterday an they plan to picket a dozen more today, including cal state east bay and san jose state. their union represents some 23,000 professors, lecturers, librarian, coaches and counselors. they say csu administrators reneged on $20 million in pay raises agreed to by both sides two years ago. >> we did the work for which we were expecting to get those wages and those wages were withheld. in other words, that's known as wage theft. >> the big event is set for two

weeks from tomorrow, including the campus in hayward. here's the latest on four san francisco ballot measures. now voters backed ed lee's pension plan change, with 69%. proposition c requires city employees to contribute more of their salaries to retirement and health fund. voters rejected a similar proposition by jeff adachi. they said no to change or appeal ordinances approved by voters. and prop figures f, the campaign consultant measure -- proposition f, the campaign consultant measure, it also failed. that would have made them file monthly reports and change the city fee structure. let's go to sal. you have major things happening in the commute this morning.

what's the latest? >> we've calmed counsel a -- we've calmed down a little bit, thankfully. our newschopper2 is flying along the nimitz freeway in oakland and heading down the hayward and san leandro area so far. we're looking rety good on 80. this is the big curve coming up to the brick wall bordered by that oakland. right now it still looks good as we have newschopper2 getting on the way to the coliseum. this is a look at the westbound westbound -- bay bridge. and this morning in you are in the south bay, 280 and 85 are getting slow. steve? >> thank you, sal. mostly sunny, a lot of 30s and 40s. we'll end up with 60s. it will be mostly sunny everywhere else. the system that's you canning

in later towards -- that's coming in later towards thursday night and friday, it's starting to make me think it won't do much. 30s for many. if any breeze -- any breeze helps keep temperatures in the 40s. it should be a mild day for some. also down around mountain view and los altos. there's our system. it looks good. i think it will be better for southern california than us. mostly sunny, higher clouds to the north. it will be warm. temperatures coming up, a little bit each day, compared to monday when we were upper 50s, low 60s. i will say rain on friday on the coast and then it goes down the coast. if you are inland, i wouldn't cancel any plans. >> thank you, steve. 7:27. a teenaged tragedy in southern santa clara county. it involves suspected gang members and a 14-year-old girl.

7:30. federal agents joined bay area law enforcement agencies for a huge raid in the oakland hills. an army of officers moved in on a home on kathy lane last

night. kraig debro just talked to someone who lives in the house and kraig joins us now live. good morning, kraig. >> reporter: good morning, tori. it's actually a bit of a complicated situation. the family is living there. the house is in foreclosure. we just got new video of a home raided by federal law enforcement officials overnight last night. the home is located a few hundred yards south of skyline high school. we talked to the son of the owner of the home just a few moments ago and he said he can't believe what's happened. >> shocking. obviously, to see a home that you have lived in for ten years of your life be involved in something like this is unexplain able. it's shocking. -- unexplainable. it's shocking. >> reporter: u.s. marshals supported by alameda county sheriff's deputies, the chp and oakland police broke down the door last night.

looking at this video, it doesn't look as though anybody lived here regularly recently. now, last night there was plenty of activity. the marshal did tell us guns, money and stolen vehicles have been confiscated in other raid. >> i have no idea as to who would be involved with this. we -- all we know is it might have been the people that were doing the repairs. we have no idea. >> reporter: i spoke with the owner. he said he's an attorney for a local charity. the man also said he's in mexico and actually, somebody from the u.s. attorney's office reached him in mexico. he said the official asked him for information about the floor plan, the home presumably, to get an idea of what they were going to be facing with once they got inside the home.

i got that u.s. attorney's name. i'm gonna try to call him and o.p.d. to see what else they can tell us about last night's raid and the extent of this investigation. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. 7:32. well, this morning, we have preliminary results from the san francisco mayor's race. ed lee is in first place with 31% of the vote followed by john avilos with 19%. dennis herrera has 11%. since ed lee did not get more than 50%, the rank-choice voting system will be used. that will determine the ultimate winner of the race. under the system, the last- place candidate is eliminated and those voters' second choices will be counted. it will continue until one candidate gets more than 50% of the vote. the results of the first-rank voting will be released at 4:00 this afternoon. we're sensitive to the fact that people want to -- >> we're sensitive to the fact

that people want to know the results. we're trying to -- as much as we can, within our bucket, provide the service, what the voters want. >> one thing that's surprised election officials is the low voter turnout. san francisco may still not yet know who their next mayor will be. but there are clear winners in other mayoral races around the bay area. in vallejo, it looks like incumbent osby davis will remain in office with a 600- vote difference. he claimed -- he claimed victory over his opponent. and in newark, al nagy won the race and he will replace david smith, who is leaving office after 15 terms. stay with us throughout the moving for continuing coverage of the election results. you will find that information on our website at ktvu.com.

7:34. yet, another bay area city may be ready to move. we're watching santa rosa. the tents started popping up at city hall last month. the council had been considering a camping permit. several are saying their patience has run out. now they want campers out as well. more than two dozen demonstrators have been rested -- arrested in recent weeks. in sebastopol the council plans to meet this afternoon and they will be talking about the encampment at the city plaza. the city has allowed the protesters to remain there. but guy wilson is looking for a long-term solution, the "press democrat" reports. >> the movement remains resolved. contra costa county demonstrators will gather at

4:00 this afternoon on north main street like they have for the last several wednesday afternoons and they will collect supplies for okay oakland. demonstrators picketed last friday. and happening now. >> thousands of students are marching in central london. they are rallying against corporate greed as well as against tuition increases. 4,000 officers are on the scene to maintain order. some protesters broke away from the march and set up tents. security quickly moved in and removed the tents. students say millionaires are telling them to pay triple tuition fee hikes. 7:36. back here at home. an arraignment hearing is set for today for the suspects where a 14-year-old girl was killed in morgue be hill. police arrested four men and a -- morgan hill.

police arrested four men and a woman. the 14-year-old girl died at the scene of friday night's shooting. three other teenagers were wounded but they are recovering. now police, and city any officials will be answering questions about this that thing -- about this shooting at a community meeting. it begins at 7:00. 7:36. charter school proposal, denied. last night, the mount diablo school board shot down a plan to convert them. coming up, what's next for the district and the charter school supporters? in stanislaus county a woman was hurt in a parking lot where thieves put several storm grates. the woman stepped in the hall created by the missing grate. thieves have been targeting gas stations prompting some

stations to lock up pumps. i think four of our pumps have been stolen. i think -- they were saying it's worth $300 for each pump. i don't know what kind of profit they are gonna be making off of that. police say they check local recycling businesses for stolen metal but thieves often take it outside the area to avoid being caught -- to avoid being caught. sal, you are gonna take us back to the toll plaza. that's looking okay. the traffic is moving along pretty well until you reach the overcrossing an then -- and then it's normal. when i say well, i should say given this time of the morning. on sunday moving if you want to see this looking good. >> it will be empty coming here. right now, not too bad. no crashes, no stalled vehicles reported on the span. that's the good news. there a is crashen the -- on the san mateo bridge eastbound.

traffic is light. there's only a brief slowdown at the scene. if you heard about this crash, it won't affect you too much. 280 downtown will be slow. as you can see, it's backed up to 101. 101 is backed up from tilley all the way up to trimble. 85 to 87 in cupertino. and then it's slow at "a" street. highway 4 is not doing well. 680 is backed up from 242 down to walnut creek. it gets better at rutger. before i get to our weather, some real powerhouse systems have hit across the globe. one is in the bering sea. one of the strongest in about 35 years. maybe one of the strongest ever. also, a tropical storm-like system hit the south of france which is amazing since the

water is 63 and you need about 74 degrees to maintain it. there is a loot going on. just not right here. 56 to 62 on the noon temperatures and then we'll go up to the comingker 6 as -- 60s here. mostly sunny. in advance of a system that's just going to -- tash i think it's going to -- i think it's going to tease me and give me fits. we get in an easterly breeze and that helps. there's our system. my gut feeling is this system will come right down the coast and go down the coast the i think people will get some rain

early friday and it will be gone. we'll see. but what's that i'm thinking right now. today, tomorrow, cold mornings. higher clouds coming in. tomorrow, we have a south wind. that system rain develops again, i think towards -- along the peninsula, on the coast, down towards monterey and goes south. inland areas may not get a thing out of this. mostly sunny, high clouds to the north. it will be warmer. and we do have temperatures today in the 60s for some. mid-60s. looks to be the spread here. rain on the coast on friday. saturday morning, rainmy -- mainly rain south. it's gone. cooler and breezy on sunday. redwood city voters okayed

two tax-raising measures, one is i, which raises the sales tax. it received support from 73% of the voters. and measure m raises the business license tax from 37 to 58. both are generated to help the budget with $1.5 million yearly. la fayette voters rejected a parcel tax to fund street repairs. measure g had 58% support but it fell short of the two-thirds needed. what is bringing the markets down sufficiently down this morning, down over -- significant idown this morning -- what is bringing the markets down significantly this morning? the discount double check?

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stocks are plummeting this morning. the yield on the benchmark of the i tanyon government bond spiked above 7% -- italian government bond spiked above 7% and that's -- and that's a sign they are having trouble repaying their debt. the dow, currently down 294, at 11,875. the nasdaq is down 75. s&p is dune -- is down 4. today adobe is holding

their annual meeting. right now their stock is down 11%. that's after the company announced a restructuring plan yesterday. part of that change includes laying off 750 people, mostly in north america and europe as it refocuses on digital media and marketing. san francisco voters rejected a half-% sales tax -- half-percent sales tax increase. the nonbinding measure urges the san francisco unified school district to change its student assignment system to weigh in favor of children attending the school nearest their home. 7:47. well, supporters of a plan to convert clayton county into a

school -- into a charter proposal. the school board pred says the plan is not financially sound. >> in other words, they are gonna -- president says the plan is not financially sound. >> in other words, we can't approve this because it's not financially viable. the university of california president mark yudof wants more funding -- mark udaff wants more from the state for the upcoming school year. most of the extra money would be used to higher more instructors. the news came within the past hour, the most successful coach in comfortable football history has announced his retirement. joe paterno says he will leave penn state at the end of this season. in a printed statement the 84- year-old coach said he's absolutely devastated by the

child sex abuse scandal, involving a formal assistant coach. last night a group of supporters gathered outside of the home. the coach spoke to the crowd he was off camera but one microphone picked up his comments. >> i -- you guys -- i've lived for this lace place. i've lived for people like you guys and girls. i'm just so happy to see that the -- that the -- that you feel so strongly about us and about the school. he decided to retire at age 84 in his 46th season. he has been besieged by criticism since injuriry sandusky was charred with molesting -- jerry sandusky was charged with molesting eight youngs boys.

we want to know what you think about this. send your messages to facebook, the morning news team. investigators say two people who broke into a house in contra costa county picked the wrong house. it's the brentwood home of a police officer. he took immediate action late yesterday morning. police say he shot one suspect while the other suspect ran away. still not clear if those two intruders weralled. however, many neighbors say the police officer did the right thing. >> that guy is married and has children. what if his wife was home and they broke in. if it were me -- i'm on the opposite kosher. what if he broke into --

corner. and what if he broke into my house with my children there? i wouldn't like that. >> the getaway car, it was a gold four-door buick, it was left parked right outside the house. 7:49. taking a message to the top the rally medical marijuana advocates plan to stage today. >> and a a great performer -- and a great performer dies at the age of 44. look, every day we're using more and more energy.

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in about four hours, medical marijuana supporters will stable a large rally in san francisco. the marijuana policy project expects people from across the state to attend the noon protest outside the federal building there. organizers are trying to pressure federal prosecutors -- prosecutors to stop legal action against landlords of medical marijuana dispenries in the state. toyota has a new recall. this time it involves 550 thousands suvs and cars around the world. but most of the affected vehicles are right here in the u.s. the vehicles are all interest the 2004-2006 model years. they include the camrys, highlanders, sienas, sola raws and avalons. three models of lexus are also being recalled. the problem? a belt on the power steering pump could make it hard to steer the car. a benefit concert will be held tonight to help pay for

the medical expenses of bryan stow. he was brew tattily -- brutally beat be outside of the comers' stadium in march. he suffered brain damage in that attack. the fund-raiser is at yoshi's jazz club in san francisco. tim flannery will be there with his band. this morning fans are mourning the death of hip-hop artist heavy-d. ♪ >> the 44-year-old collapsed outside his beverly hills home yesterday and later died at at hospital -- at a hospital. authorities believe his death was medically related. earlier in the day he sent out what turned out to be his final tweet. his message "be inspired." in in addition to his hit songs, -- he appeared in

videos. >> nice man. met him on several location -- occasions. let's check back with sal. we're looking at a couple of problems this morning. there is a bright spot here. earlier this was a lot lower -- slower. i've been watching it. as you make that curve right out of downtown getting up to highway 17. we're also looking at the commute on interstate -- or 80 here at the bay bridge toll plaza. that may be showing some signs of improvement. it's backed up just beyond the 880 overcrossing at the westbound toll plaza. northbound at westlake, just before warm front lake, there is an injury crash. traffic is slowed in both directions here in daly city. you might want to use mission street or do something else.

do the back way and avoid 280 for now. i want to move the maps to contra costa county. i mentioned highway 4. pretty slow traffic here at antioch. there was a crash at summersville. it's on the shoulder. traffic is slow on 680 down to alamo. let's go to steve. another cold morning. tracy in rhoneert park. it's cold. a lot of 30s, near freezing for some. higher clouds drifting over the north bay. kind of a sign of -- a precursor of heading into tomorrow. today will be mostly sunny from san francisco, oakland, concord south. still, we can't get rid of these 30s. another cold morning. 42 now, fair field. that's a big jump. they were down to 33. so some temperatures starting to coming up. our system out there. don't cancel any plans. i've had two people ask if i -- can i go golfing?

>> i think if you are around the santa cruz mountains -- don't cancel any plans. we get an east breeze, too. the wind just turned east, bill tweeted. that's a good pattern for warmer weather. turning cloudy on thursday into friday. i will say rain on the coast. rain should clear the area saturday morning. the rest of the weekend looks good. just cooler and breezy on sunday. 7:57. the as have moved another step closer to a new home in san jose. but major league baseball may have moved them another step back. !

good morning. welcome back. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. it's wednesday be november 9th. well, the -- wednesday, november 9th. well, the votes are still being counted. the three rays from -- the three races from yesterday's voting will all appear to be done by choice-rank voting. ed lee is in first place followed by john avilos and then dennis herrera. tara moriarty is live in san francisco with what's left in this pro se. tara? >> reporter: well -- in this process. tara? >> reporter: well, right now they are at city hall getting ready to start the second and third-rank votes. right now, ed lee has the leave.

[ chanting ] >> reporter: the current mayor thanked his celebrations. former mayor willie brown was there. while he blasted the rank- choice voting system, he did think that lee would still come out on top. >> i would suggest that if i had ten points and ed lee had 39, it's not like -- i just gotta go to the cemetery and get some new voters. [ laughter ] >> reporter: now, mc hammer told ktvu it was important to get involved in the campaign this year. >> you want to see things happen. things change. >> reporter: if you want to sit down and be apart of those decisions, you have to participate in the political process. >> reporter: now, again, mayor ed lee has the clear-cut lead but he has to pass the 50% mark. if not, dennis herrera and john avilos could clinch the win.

we'll stay on top of all of the counting and let you know the developments as they become available. >> all right, tara. thank you. 8:01. well, san ramon residents elected former school board member bill clarkson as that city's next mayor. he won 58% of the vote defeating carol rowley and livermore's race is close. john marshan has a 225-vote lead over barbara hickman. make sure you stay right here with us for continuing coverage. you can also get that information on our channel 2 website, ktvu.com. it is 8:02. there are now an estimated 200 tents around oakland city hall and it appears the patience of city leaders may be running

out. claudine wong is at frank ogawa plaza, there are -- where there are indications that police are about to rank the city city. >> reporter: i want to give you a look at the tent city where it stands now. you can see wall-to-wall tents. one protesters said it swelled by another 0. he said they are just packing them in. "the chronic cal" reports -- the chronicle account is reporting. >> let's take you to the video. we have an overhead shot of police officers making their way down the street. it appears they are trying to make an arrest. they stop and then the crowds are behind them. that's when we get a look at the scene from the ground and three other cameras. one camera shows an officer standing on the perimeter as red paint hits them in the

neck. we are also seeing what officers saw as well. because at least two of the officers in this incident are wearing cameras. you can see the green camera in this shot on the officer's -- on the officer's uniform. from one officer's perspective, we can see and officer trying to push them back. you can hear the crowd cheering. as it gets dicey, the cameras show more activity. it's actually a protesters that actually is holding others back. and this man was also -- was also wearing a camera. and when he is pushed forward, you can see what it looks like. no official word from the city about any deadline. the mayor issued this statement yesterday. but it says, jobs are being lost. businesses are hurting and

that's unacceptable. it asks for better communication from the protesters and the city. one protester we talked to said that's highly unlikely. >> all right. thank you. 8:04. well," occupy "protesters plan to demonstrate about closing down parks. they will camp this friday at mendocino park. that park is one of 70 slated to be closed next year because of budget cuts. the protesters plan to practice leave no trace camping out there. their goal is to leave the park in better condition than when they arriveed. unless a pending lawsuit blocks a plan, the state will halt $169 million in annual medi-cal

funding. right now the man helps 35,000 people and 2 7 adult day healthcare programs around california. a search is underway for a man who police say sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl in oakland. it happened on 59 strath neat near -- street near mark streit friday night. police say the suspect grabbed the girl and pulled her into a van where he sexually assaulted her for several hours. she was eventually released. she describes her attacker as an african-american man, in his 20s, with a light complexion and thin beard. he had a black van with no windows or license plates. 8:06. the city of santa rosa is adding surveillance cameras to fight crime, the five cameras will be installed downtown to keep an extra eyen the public as well as political

infrastructure. the as are another step closer towards possibly moving closer to san jose. yesterday, the council approved a multi-million dollar real estate deal for a new downtown stadium. the as can buy five acres of land near the hp pavilion at a bargain praise. however, baseball is still considering san jose the territory of the san francisco giants. 8:07. the city of richmond is making it easier for ex-convicts to get hired. "the tribune" reports the city is changing its application forms starting this month. people will no longer be asked if they have been convicted of

a kyle -- crime. the its of livermore is named in a lawsuit filed by a member of the hells angels motorcycle club. the police detained a dozen hells angel members. they were involved in a confrontation with an off-duty air marshal. joel silva said he was arrested after livermore police falsely accused him of having a gun. he's sikhing $1 million in damages. 8:08. sal, you've had a busy morning. what's happening at the toll plaza. the good thing about this morning is things are improving, which is good. we had kind of a rough start, as you know. but these problems are now becoming -- well, the problems have gone but the slow traffic is still there.

highway 4 is very slow coming out of antioch. slow traffic on 680 as well. if you -- if you are on 80, it's backed up highway 4 through richmond. there are ten-minute delays from west oakland to san francisco due to earlier mechanical problems and traffic is going to be -- transit is going to be a little bit behind schedule there. let's go to live pictures now. this is the bay bridge toll plaza. we've seen some improvement here. if you are trying to get into san francisco, we haven't had any major crashes on the bridge. that helps. if you are driving in oakland, northbound 880 is slow passing the coliseum getting to downtown. by the way, the raiders game is not at home. they play on thursday but they are playing in san francisco. you don't have to worry about anything happening at the coliseum tomorrow night. i want to mention, there is a new crash in san jose that just happened -- that just popped up. 87 southbound before branham lane. there is a two car accident.

8:09. let's go to steve. mostly sunny, a little warmer. temperatures mid-60s. higher clouds coming by -- higher clouds coming by. but the change in the weather will start tomorrow. still not sold on the rain. the system may come right close to us and then it may go down to southern california, maybe. that wouldn't be until friday morning. 30s and 40s, very cold this morning. we had a lot of near-freezing temperatures. 56 to 62 at noon. we're -- we'll go for the mid- 60s. oakland, 67 degrees. those higher clouds, just the reading -- leading edge of the system. these are just kind of draping themselves across the north bay. starting to come off the morning lows. still 35 in santa rosa. temperatures around san rafael, i've seen anywhere from 38 to 48. so take your pick. i was -- i would split the

difference. good-looking system. no doubt about it. but it's almost when they wrap up like that, they slow down. they slow down. it will come in without something to kick it along east -- i think it will come to the coast and drive right down there. that's the way i'm thinking. today and tomorrow, we have cold movings, mostly sunny days. higher clouds. they will be on the increase tomorrow. i will say rain develops tomorrow. i -- you know, we'll fine-tune this tomorrow but that's the way i'm leaning. temperature, 60s. walnut creek, 66. there is the 67 in oakland, 63 in antioch brentwood, hayward,

65, which would be -- which would be warmer. that doesn't happen often. sunnyvale, 66. also,wood side in there. menlo park 6 a that is a 67 in mountain view -- 65 and there is a 67 in mountain view. i will say rhine on the coast on friday -- rain on khost on friday -- on the coast on friday. we'll clear it out on saturday afternoon with your weekend always in view. drier on sunday. bad news about the obesity really hits hole. the number of overweight children here in the bay area. [ female announcer ] this is not a prescription.

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good morning. joe johnson back there. we call him jj. got his feet on the desk. cold this morning. temperatures will warm up to mid-60s. 8:15. some of the remains of service members killed in afghanistan have been lost. an 18-month investigation accuses of -- accuses of base mortuary of gross miss management. that's where the remains of fallen soldiers are flown back. >> the report claims three senior officials knew they lost

body parts of dead service members but did nothing to correct the sloppy practices. they were disciplined but not fired. 8:15. well, in washington, d.c., republicans on the supercommittee are changing their strategy to break the impasse over hue to -- over how to cut the federal deficit. democrats are extremely skeptical, it's reported. >> reporter: until now, republicans on the deficit- cutting bipartisan supercommittee have rejectedny notion of raising taxes to reduce the deficit. now they are offering some congestions -- concessions new idea. they are successing individual tax deductions for charities and personal tax returns. they are proposing an increase in the medicare eligibility age from 65 to 67. the supercommittee has two

weeks exactly to reach a cool or big federal budget cuts automatically kick in. republicans say the proposal would cut more than a trillion dollars from the deficit. but democrats on the committee already say it's not a fair and balanced approach. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. today, congress could get -- could make a major overhaul to the highway funding system, one step closer to reality. the senate villal and public works committee is scheduled to vote on a bipartisan long-term plan. the legislation gives more leeway to states to choose how to use funds instead of being dictated by washington. it also calls on states to show how they are using federal funds to reduce air pollution. results from three san francisco ballot measures. vote, approve the $530 million prop a bond item for school repairs. it also calls for citizens'

oversight and none of the money will go to administrators. prop b, the $248 million road repair bond measure squeaked out a narrow victory. it needed two-thirds to pass. 6% of voters supported it. and voters sided with mayor lee's suggestion about city employees paying more into their retirement fund and health fund. one of the five workers rescued from a clamsed building in new york has now died -- clamsed building in new york has now died. they were -- collapsed building in new york has do now died. they were out there -- has now died. they were out there and the building department says the workers made a very critical mistake. they apparently poured the concrete from the top floors down. that's considered very unsafe.

>> you know that sound. it will be heard all over the nation at 11:00 this morning, our time. that's when every television station every radio station in america will take part in the first nationwide test of the emergency alert system. the experts are poping -- are hoping everything runs smoothly but they say they want to find any problems now and fix them before a real emergency happens. obesity rates among california's school children are down slightly overall. but some local counties continue to struggle. the california center for public health advocacy released a new study. it says the percentage of the state's obese children declined by about 1% between 2005 and 2010. but the majority of counties saw increases including locally. marin county's rate rose 5.5%. :00:00 -- contra costa's rates

were up. san mateo county had a 5% decline. :19. get ready, tori -- 8:19. ready -- get ready story. this couple of are welcoming their 20th season. this couple of from arkansas already has 19 children. the oldest is 23. the youngest turns 2 next month. michelle duggar says she's not worried despite some complications with her last pregnancy. >> wow. almost a year apart. a political double-header. the two races san francisco's mayor is celebrating today. @

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this is michael jackson's ranch up for sale. a civil lawsuit filed, a wrongful death lawsuit filed by michael jackson's mother and children and -- a wrongful death loft has been filed by michael jackson's mother and children. okay. sal? >> 80 is slow here at the col -- 880 is slow here at the coliseum up to the brick ball -- up to the brick wall.

let's move along and take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. we still have a backup at the toll plaza although it's improved a little bit. it's backed up to about the 880 overcrossing. this morning's commute on san francisco freeways, that's slow from cesar chavez, stop and go coming up to the downtown exits. it's 8:24. let's go to steve. mostly sunny, higher clouds off towards the north bay. that didn't stop turns from dropping in the 30s this morning. it was cold. an easterly breeze, in fact, a due east at mount diablo some of the higher elevations in the east bay. this is a downslope pattern. this will be warm for, say, downtown oakland. the higher clouds, the leading edge of the system which will be here, should be around friday morning. still 30s, but now 40s and 50s. 52 in the city. north-northeast fairfield, north 6 at vacaville. i've seen an easterly breeze toward oakland, carquinez strait. for some, this will be a nice

wind. for others, it's a cool breeze. we're waiting for that system there. looks good, feels good, sounds good. i'm just not sold on it. don't cancel any plans for friday. i think it's coming to the coast and then going down to southern california. mostly sunny, high clouds to the north. but it will be warmer. 60s. mid-60s. now we're getting closer to nearer average. this is one of the rare days where areas like oakland are warmer like santa rosa and antioch and brentwood and walnut creek. on the peninsula, temperatures -- temperatures are warming up. we'll cloud it up on friday. i will bring rain in on the coast. it should be out of here by saturday. sunday, cooler and breezy. all right, steve. thank you. 8:26. happening right now, president obama is scheduled to sign an executive order to cut down on government waste. now, specifically the president is planning -- banning the purchase of items used to promote various government agencies, like coffee mugs,

pens and t-shirts. the order is also directly to cut down on cell phones and laptops that are given out to employees and also reduce the number of company cars. 8:26. a new political scandal may be brewing this morning. it involves a powerful lawmaker from san francisco. a raid involving federal agents near skyline high school. why the homeowner says he's not sure what's going on.

i just contacted a high- ranking police officer i know. o.p.d. was involved in the raid a couple hundred yards from skyline high school. i spoke to the son of the owner of the house and he says he still can't believe what happened. the son's owner told me that one of the reasons they can't believe what's going on is, they don't even live in the home anywear. the home is in foreclosure. the house is being prepared for sale. he says that some people were staying there. they were fixing up the house in exchanges for a lower price. but other than that, he doesn't

know what's going on. >> my initial reaction was to contact you guys as quick as possible and clear the family name. we are no longer associationed with that house -- associated with that house. >> reporter: u.s. marshals, the chp, oakland police, snipers and k-9s broke down the door at 26 kathy lane. looking at this video, it doesn't look like anyone has lived here regularly or recently. the u.s. marshal told channel 2, the raid is part of a larger investigation into what he didn't say. the marshal did tell us, guns, money and stolen vehicles have been confiscated during other raid. in fact, last night when we were there, we saw our truck being towed away. a white truck being towed away from the scene. now, the owner's son says his family is not loved -- involved in any of that. he says the people his dad

hired to renovate the home for a foreclosure sale could be responsible. >> you can really trust nobody these days. you can't really trust anybody. so you have to always, you know, watch out. >> reporter: as we were speaking to the son, he called his dad. his dad's in mexico. when i spoke to his dad, he says he's an attorney for a local charity. he said somebody from the state attorney's office had reached him in mexico. we're not sure if -- when the owners returned. i tried to contact the u.s. attorney, the name of the man the homeowner gave me. but i was unable to reach him. still trying to find out what is behind this investigation. reporting live from oakland, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. it is 8:32. this morning, we have preliminary results from the

san francisco mayor's race. ed lee is in first place with 31% of the vote, followed by afternoon avilos with 19% and dennis herrera with 11%. since ed lee did not get -- john avilos with 19% and den necessary herrera with 11%. since lee did not get 50%, the last-choice ranking will be used -- the voter-choice ranking will be used. this will continue until one candidate gets more than 50% of the vote. results will be released at 4:00 this afternoon. in san rafael voters elected gary phillips as the city's next mayor. the former city councilman got 50% of the vote compared to the other candidate's 44%. in benicia, the latest tally shows elizabeth patterson with a narrow 129-vote lead over allan schwartzman in the race. that race could come down to

absentee bal will thes which are be -- ballots which are being counted today. and for more information go to ktvu.com. on monday, drug agents went to a trailer near morgue be hill to search a search warrant at the home of henry anibel. he was specked of selling speed an running a pot farm. they found 50 roosters and cook- fighting gear -- cock-fighting gear. and then there's in -- a $500 reward being offered for the safe return of this puppy. the san francisco spca says this 8-week-old dog was stolen yesterday afternoon just hours before he was to be adopted. the suspects are described as a latino couple in their mid-40s. they also had a 4 to 6-year-old

child with them at the time. there was a fire last night at george lucas' skywalker ranch in marin county. but it only caused minor damage. it started around 5:30 in the chimney of the main house. the three-story building is an office where the production -- office of the production companies of george lucas. no injuries are reported. it's unclear if lucas was on the property when the fire started. 8:35. now we're hearing that "60 minutes" is getting ready to air a segment exploring legislative actions that house minority leader nancy pelosi oversaw that might have benefited her husband's stock investments. "60 minutes" asked her several questions at a recent news conference in washington, d.c. about why legislation involving credit card swipe fees was not brought to the floor of the house late in 2008. now, earlier that year,

pelosi's husband bought between $1 million and $5 million in visa stock. the obama administration is expanding the drilling off alaska's coast and in the gulf of mexico. interior secretary, ken salazar says the government will hold 15 lease sales for areas in the gulf. the three lease sales for alaska, they will be the first -- they will be the first since 2008. the drilling plans are on a smaller scale than what republicans say is needed to create jobs and also reduce america's dependence on foreign supplies. last time you sold us -- you told us traffic was slow in oakland. we're looking at the commute in contra costa county, the south bay, kind of hitting all over the place. we have slow traffic everywhere. we're gonna start in san francisco, because northbound 101 is uncharacteristically slow coming up up to the split -- coming up to the split.

traffic is moving along well on the 2 0 extension. i would say bet -- 280 extension, i would say better than the 101. i would say the morning commute is gonna be slow at the bay bridge toll plaza. 880 and 580 a lot of work to get to this point. this morning's commute has been slow in contra costa county. highway slow still very slow from antioch. gets better in pittsburg and bay point. 880 southbound slows from about a street all the way down to deco toe. as we -- decota. as we look further, 85 is slow to cupertino. a few high clouds, we're still cold. a lot of 30s. we're starting to bounce off the morning rows -- bounce off the morning lows. that's gonna benefit those of you look for warmer weather. into hayward, you get the east breeze coming up the hills, it's up around 25 miles an

hour. 0s and 40s but now 50 -- 30s and 40s but now 50. 52 in the city. 48 mountain view, some locations will warm up. fairfield and also out towards vacaville and in the delta, some of that makes for a nice, warm wind. it doesn't get very warm. it can be cool for some but very warm for others. calm conditions but i expect the breeze to turn more south southeast. sure looks good. sure looks good. it will be increasing clouds starting tomorrow and it looks like rain may be for the coast. about -- the peninsula, vase mountains, monterey and it may just -- santa cruz mountains, monterey and it will be mostly sunny today. 60s now. we are inching up on these temps, each day about 2, 3 degrees. oakland downtown, 66 in berkeley. livermore at 65.

martinez, 64. 60s also. san jose warming you. santa cruz, warming up as well. cupertino at 66. sunnyvale's in there. 6 p 7 in -- 67 in mountain view. burlingame, 64. san bruno in there. 60s on the coast. even though the days are getting shorter, the nights are longer, increasing clouds. i will bring rain to the coast. clearing saturday and then sunday looks cooler and breezy but dry now. all right, steve. thank you. 8:39. turning now, the results from election day. in two high-profile ballot measures in palo alto, measure d has passed. now, that struck down the part of the city structure that lay a -- that allowed an arbitrateor to step in.

and measure f passed. teams welded a sleeve around the section of pipeline around page mill road. pg&e says they found a ten-inch sized hole in the pipe during water pressure testing last week. >> once the repairs are complete, we'll conduct the hydros it test to make sure the lines are stable. this is to step the system's -- the system for flews -- the system's flaws. 8:40. developing news in the southwest. you gotta see this. the phoenix skyline, covered in black smoke because a tanker

has slammed into a big rig. there have been evacuations and loads -- and roads are closed. we'll have the details. it's a big day in pro basketball's lockout. the critical deadline that's just hours away. >> reporter: and city officials arrived at -- arrived here at the occupy oakland encarmment. what they are doing and -- encampment. what they are doing there. ♪ ♪ if i should fall from grace with god ♪ ♪ where no doctor can relieve me ♪ ♪ if i'm buried 'neath the sod ♪ but the angels won't receive me ♪ ♪ let me go, boys, let me go, boys ♪

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the big news came two hours ago. joe paterno has decided to retire at the end of the season. his legendary career -- career was brought down by a sex abuse scandal with jerry sandusky. here's more. >> reporter: good morning, tori. many on campus, not entirely surprised at joe -- that joe paterno has decided to retire at the end of the season. but there is a profound sadness that a man who has contributed so much to this campus, not just in the area of this campus, he contributed millions and millions of dollars to his own money is gonna have a legacy associated with hit failure, alleged -- his

failure, alleged failure about stepping up -- stepping up. he said he's decided to announce his retirement effective after the the end of the -- effective afterthe end of the season. the board of trustees issued a statement last night saying they are going to hold a meeting on friday hand that a special committee was going to be put together and that committee was going to investigate what went wrong on the campus, why weren't the sexual abuse allegations reported to the authorities. they watt to make sure that nothing like this ever happens again -- they want to make sure that nothing like this ever happens again. now, as people come to -- as people still come to terms. many are calling for the head of the university president who they say should also have done mor in this case and are calling for his resignation.

this as a ninth victim has come forward. a 9th alleged victim, saying he was sexually abused as a young boy by jerry sandusky, who was a former coach on cam bus, and now faces 40 -- campus, and now faces 40 counts of child abuse. our viewers have been reporting on facebook this morning. >> another individual wrote -- tell us what you think. just send us a message on facebook. 8:46. the let's bring you up to date on some of the other top stories we're following for you right now. all three of the top races in san francisco, they will be decided by rank-choice voting.

that's after none of the candidates for mayor, sheriff or the district attorney received more than 50% of the vote in yesterday's elections. the results of rank-choice voting will be released at 4:00 this afternoon. oakland city officials are fed up with the occupy protesters. mayor quan says the encampment is hurting businesses. the paper reports police may try to remove them next week. claudine wong is at the tent city and is talking about what may happen next. what do you think, claudine? >> reporter: well, it's hard to say. certain slip there's pressure growing on the city -- certainly there's pressure growing on the city. in the meantime, it's growing. we talked to one person who said he saw at least 0 more tents come in here. they are packed right next to each other. the protesters we talked to said they are just -- said we're just gonna -- the protester we talked to said they were just gonna keep

packing them in. i want to show you video of fire inspectors taking a look around. i talked to them. they say this is a daily thing, where they come in here, basically take a look at the situation and file a report about what's happening outside -- out here. now, does it ever pass these inspections? well, the answer is no. if we come back out here live to this tent city, there is a few things going on. you can see the piles of cardboard and boxes, piled up around the tree area and really just all of these people. there are no fire codes that allow for this to go on. what the city has been doing is letting them be here. other issues continue to be -- other issues -- issues continue to be an ongoing problem. what is still unclear is how the changes are going to happen. the mayor said she hopes communication improves but this late -- but this late word that the police department cancelled

training exercises, that is leading people to leave maybe they are ramping up and will pool their resources to come back in. someone just walked -- just bached by asking if -- walked by asking if they heard about the cancellations. so certainly, people are talking about. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. just three hours ago, iran received foreign support for its nuclear program. russia just announced it will fight any new u.n. sanctions against iran. in the meantime, iranian president, mahmoud ahmadinejad, hows -- vows he will not retreat. he went on television declaring iran's nuclear program is forking for, not war. a watchdog reporter says iran is on the brink of developing a nuclear warhead. well, republican presidential candidate, herman herman cain, continues to fight back against the allegations of sexual harassment. he called the allegations

baseless and -- baseless and says he will continue to seek the presidential nom himy names. in the meantime -- nomination. in the meantime, another victim came forward. this woman. she received a settlement. she other women accused herman cain of making unwanted advances. now, cain will likely to have -- have to answer more questions during a debate tonight in michigan. now, eight candidates will take part in the debate at oakland university which is just outside of detroit. streeters in mississippi rejected a ballot -- voters in mississippi rejected a ballot that would have made abortion illegal in the state. voters were asked to change the constitution that would define life as beginning of inception.

that would have made those abortions illegal by incest and rape. in ohio, unions are celebrating a victory. a law the governor signed would have prohibited strikes and caused employees to pay more for their benefits. happening right now in phoenix, arizona, a large tanker truck fire out there. look at this new video. it just came in. a tanker truck slammed into a big rig and then blew up. they caught fire. you can see the huge clouds of black smoke in the air now. at least one person has been killed. parts of a major interstate in phoenix are now shut down, a nearby school is also closed, hotels and businesses closed by at least within a mile of this crash scene. they've been told to evacuate. but there is the latest from that scene. we'll keen you posted -- we'll keep you posted. police in texas made an

arrest in the hit and run of two mormon missionaries. police say the driver jumped out of the car and ran away. but this morning, he turned himself in. a third missionary was also hit but was released from the hospital overnight. nine minutes before 9:00. the latest deadline in pro welcome back pea lay -- pro baseball's dispute is an hour away. players have until 2:00 p.m. to accept accept their latest offers -- offer. that -- accept their latest offer. that offer comes with a warning -- their next offer will be worse. the players say they will not be bullied. the competition is heating up on "the x-factor."

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a 67-year-old man who has been in hiding for 34 years is preparing to turn himself in to san francisco police. an attorney for ronald bridgeport says his client intend to surrender tomorrow and plead guilty to assault with a deadly weapon. a warrant has been pending back in 1971. his attorney says he plans to fight the charge and will plead guilty to firing on and not injuring south san francisco

police officers in 1968. a traveling tribute too war vets arrives -- to war veterans arrives this the bay area today. it's called the traveling war. it's an exact replica of the vietnam war memorial that we're showing you in this video. it's smaller. it arrives in cupertino and goes on display at veterans memorial park until november 13th. san francisco, two ice skating ridges are opening today. there's new video. we just shot in a minute ago. this isianune -- union -- this is union square. the other ridge is at justin herman plaza. that may face some on -- obstacles because of the protesting. all right. let's check in with sal one more time. see how traffic is moving this wednesday morning. quickly we're gonna go through the cameras just to show you the traffic is busy son 880 at the toll plaza. it is still backed up but it's improving.

and in san francisco, northbound 101 traffic slows. let's go to steve. and napa downtown tweeted this morning that hey, we're opening up an ice ridge, too. >> how too -- dash opening up an ice rink, too -- opening up an ice rink, too. >> hay! >> -- >> hey! >> that's our news. >> we're always here for you at ktvu.com and mobile ktvu.