good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. i'm dave. >> i'm tori campbell. it's thursday, november 17th. we go straight to sal, who is following developing traffic news from san bruno. >> we're looking at a live picture here of el camino real, near interstate 380, where police have closed off a section of el camino real between san bruno avenue and interstate 380. they're not letting people get off the freeway. we do know this has been closed for several hours. police are not saying much. the chp is there, just to allow san bruno police to investigate

this scene. now, apparently some cars are getting through. you can see these cars don't know where they're in coming from but the major part of el camino real is closed between san bruno avenue and interstate 380. it's a good idea not to try to get off the offramp. chp has closed off that offramp. one lane there of eastbound 380 ramp is closed if you're making a right turn some this is a major incident, and it's been there for hours. ktvu news crew is on the way to find out more. but right now this is had we know. stay away from el camino real near interstate 380. back to the desk. we are also following overnight news in the occupy movement. police in riot gear now guard, uc berkeley spirale plaza after a raid on the camp just a few hours ago. ktvu's claudine wong has been on the scene all morning and joins us now live. so are things fairly quiet there, claudine? >> reporter: they are. in the last 10 minutes the

police line moved back to allow people through the plaza. but they're still blocking the steps, this area here. they're still trying to clean it up. they've cleared away several tents and different items from this plaza, couple pianos and couches and now this group of protestors is waiting to get back on the plaza. they tried to get there before but police told them they could not go on. you're still waiting to get up there? and do you -- you'll be allowed to get up there? >> i don't care, like not at all. they say a lot of things and they don't really rule and through. so i mean, we'll see. >> okay. all right. thank you. this raid happened about 3:30 this morning, so we've been here for hours. we have obtained this from a student protestor who was sleeping in one of tents. when the police came in and gave them a five-minute dispersal order, he picked up his camera and started rolling. it moved pretty peacefully through there. five agencies came in to help

uc berkeley police. most people left, two people were arrested. one man, little difficult to see but he has a cat on his shoulder. he gave the cat to someone else. he and one other person were taken into custody. still very peaceful. i talked to police about how this raid compared to last week's raid, and they said it went much better. >> i think a lot of it depends on behavior this morning. the crowd was very, very peaceful and they were comply ants to police officers' commands to vacate. the two arrested were also submit to arrest peacefully. that was a big difference. crowd reaction. >> there has been clean-up underway for the last few hours since police cleared that plaza. and if we come back live, you can see a small group of pro testifiers still stepping out here, they're making signs, getting ready to head back in.

for most of the morning they've just sat at the police line waiting to go back in. but again as the day begins here, they want to get this plaza back open. they're power washing, just got a handful of officers, and standing by. the protestors we talked to say they'll have a meeting tonight. they do plan on going and sitting on the stairs but say they will wait to try to put up the tents again. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. happening now, the original occupy protests in new york is heating up, this is a live picture from wall street. looks like quite a few police officers outside of a building. in the past two and a half hours, we have seen several scuffles between demonstrators and police. the occupy movement began exactly two months ago, and protestors are marking the occasion with a day of action. that includes this morning's protests, which we're seeing just part of, it also a rally at new york city hall. there are reports this morning that a group of occupy

protestsors have to missouri out of their san francisco location as soon as this afternoon. they've been warned, go to another camp or be evicted. the department of public works tells us there's a standing order to protestors outside the federal reserve building on market street. the city wants them to move their tents to the main encampment near the ferry building to the safety concerns. there are about two dozen tents outside the federal reserve. now if you're looking for continuing coverage of what is happening with the occupy protests, we have got you covered. you can find the latest developments at ktvu.com, and on your phone with mobile ktvu.com. and don't forget, we're streaming every newscast live at ktvu.com. happening now, cal state university faculty members at two campuses are on strike this morning. we want to show you live pictures. this is from cal state east bay

in hayward. faculty members are walking picket lines here and at csu dominguez hills. they approved a one-day strike saying the administration went back on its promise to give faculty members pay raises. but the university says it cannot afford raises, due to state funding cuts. california supreme court will release a ruling at 10:00 this morning on a key element in the battle over same-sex marriage. the court will issue a decision on whether the sponsors of prop 8 have the right to defend the same-sex marriage ban in federal court. prop 8 supporters say she their allowed to take up the case because california's elected officials have refused to defend the voter approved law. coming up at 7:30, ktvu's pam cook will have more on what the decision could mean for gay couples hoping to get married. pleasant hill police arrested a 14-year-old boy after he led them on a brief

car chase yesterday. police say the young man stole a car from diablo valley college's student parking lot. police followed the car down contra costa boulevard, until he ditched the car and ran off near ellenwood drive. police chased him. they arrested him. police say the unman is a runaway who drove another stolen car to the campus. all right. let's check in with sal for some more on traffic and an update on the situation in san bruno. >> that's right, we're following this developing situation in san bruno, where we've had el camino real closed for two hours. this -- it's been longer than that for some sort of traffic incident, but it seems like a lot more than that, because they've been out there for so long. el camino real continues to be shut down between san bruno avenue, 380, and also between -- so if you're driving southbound on el camino you won't be able to get by steve

lane. you may be forced to make a right and you will not be able to make a left and it's a good idea to just avoid the area completely. let's go out and look now at westbound 237. we have some stop and go traffic here crossing 880, with no major problems in the south bay. but just slow. northbound 101, san jose, we have slow traffic there as well. we look at the commute, there was an earlier crash right at interstate 280. 280 northbound up to highway 17, slow traffic there, and northbound 17 -- no, northbound 85 backed up through saratoga to cupertino. hayward, southbound 880 slow from 238 down to about tennyson. and on westbound highway 4, slow traffic antioch, slow in by point. sunrise over the big city, cooler today, nice yesterday. upper 60s to near 70. not the case today. this is not a rainy system or

systems that's coming in, but it does have some much cooler air. so we say good-bye to 70s like livermore did yesterday, 71. not today. santa rosa 59. not a big change there. coast never knot got that warm. livermore down to 64 and san jose 64. tomorrow temperatures highs in the 50s. so the colder, cooler air is on the way. most of this will slide east and south of us, but increasing clouds today and not a lot but low cloud deck is increased. some light rain or drizzle north bay this afternoon and evening. but cooling has begun that will take us into tomorrow. again there will be some hit and miss showers tomorrow. but this is not a big rain producer. highs only in the 50s some it will be breezy and colder, if there's any available moisture the snow level could by friday night get down to 3,000 feet possible but not a lot with this. there's more cold air. one system slicing through right there. about an inch of rain at crescent city but that's the cold air. look where it's driving,

towards portland, seattle and not us. so it's going to move in. we'll be on the southwest edge. but still possibility of rain is there. nothing too heavy but starting to light up a little bit towards mendocino county. that will slide into napa. 40s and 50s on your temps so there were some 30s for a while but some of that fog now moved in. the breeze picked up. so most locations are in the 40s or 50s. again, it's just going to be a cooler pattern so low clouds and densing if. chilly morning, not as cold as we've seen but sun for a while. then increasing clouds, mainly low clouds but it's a colder pattern. today starts it all. then we'll feel it into the weekend as temperatures on the high side stay in the mid-50s. some sun, some fog, clouds, it will be cooler. light rain possible to the north but 50s and 60s now. there won't be that big of a difference anymore, five or six degrees from top to bottom. some sun, some clouds, some rain takes us into friday but it will be colder and breezy with weekend in view. chilly and breezy saturday. sunday looks like rain wants to favor the coast.

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occupy wall street protestors. they were blocking traffic, leading into the financial district. our reporter is live at the nasdaq to tell us the impact of what is happening. carter, how was it for you going to work? >> reporter: well, for me it baby much of a problem. right now i can she you outside the nasdaq from our camera across the street, and take a look. we really don't see any of these protestors here right now although there was a threat and word going around they might be dressing up in business suits and trying to blend in with the crowd. but it appears they're primarily at wall street right now. let's show you some video from that earlier today. there's a huge crowd. this is the two-month anniversary of this occupy wall street movement. and as you know, the protestors were removed from their location where they've been staying the last couple months, so that park is pretty much empty right now. they cannot sleep there. what you're seeing is them in front of wall street,

surrounding the new york stock exchange. within a stone's throw of the new york stock exchange. but there's a huge police presence there right now as well. mounted police officers on horses also to keep the crowd under control. for the most part, we understand that the crowd is being relatively civil. there are some arrests, and mainly the people getting arrested are those who are blocking physically blocking people from getting to work. and apparently, they are picking and choosing who they believe should be able to go to work and who shouldn't be able to go to work. one account that i heard at wall street is they were blocking people who were dressed up nicely in business suits and professional business attire, and for example a man pushing a food cart, they said make way, working man coming through. so they're trying to distinguish what they believe are the people they're actually fighting and protesting against and those they are representing.

so that's one of the things that you're seeing down there today. but as far as the opening bell, they were not successful in stopping the opening bell. and i don't think anyone really here in the professional community or the city politicians or police thought they were going to be able to do that today. even though you don't see any people outside the nasdaq right now, they are taking precautions and they have been taking precautions because you just really don't know what can happen in this case. and we do expect at some point people could make their way up here as well. the interesting thing is, though, in all of this is just distracting today for good economic news we got, the weeky hundred employment numbers are in. 388,000 people filing new application for unemployment benefits, better than expected, and it's below that key 400,000 mark for three weeks in a row now so we're making progress. applications for building permits are up, and the outlook from philadelphia federal

reserve is up as well. so our economic news at home is looking pretty good today, although it's overshadowed by the debt crisis in europe and that's one of reasons you see red behind me. but the losses aren't very significant right now. >> carter evans live, thank you. a new controversy surrounds a railway company that may be a key player in the high speed rail project. the company, sncf, owned by the french government, deported thousands of jews to concentration camps during world war ii. holocaust survivors testified before house committee yesterday that they should be allowed to sue the rail company. the company says it's interested in bidding for the first phase of california's high speed rail project. while the bay area high speed train project is not affected, other high speed rail proposals across the nation are in jeopardy this morning. the republican-led congress is on the verge of killing funding

for the program. president obama had requested $8 billion for the upcoming fiscal year, and $53 billion over six years. republicans say the program is too costly. they favor high speed rail in the northeast, rather than in national network of trains. new at this hour, energy secretary steven chu is for the first time testifying before congress about the federal loan given the fremont based solyndra. a hearing started just a couple minutes ago. ktvu's allison burns is in washington keeping an eye on things. allison. >> reporter: dave, secretary chu will be launching an aggressive defense of his actions in the solyndra loan decision, a decision that could end up costing taxpayers a half billion dollars. but first, members of congress are having their say. this is a live look now at the house energy and commerce committee hearing. the committee leaders are making their opening statements, republicans contend

the obama administration pushed the solyndra loan guarantee as a favor to an obama campaign donor. let's listen in. >> warnings for supporters and government staffers. these are just a few examples of the red flags we could have acted on to limit taxpayer losses. instead at every opportunity solyndra and officials, including you, mr. secretary, publicly assured the american people solyndra was on track and would eventually thrive right up until the time that solyndra declared bankruptcy. >> secretary chu will be facing some very tough questions this morning, also about documents released this week that seem to indicate the energy department asked solyndra to hold off onlayoffs until after the 2010 mid-term elections. we'll have more live coverage from the hearing during my next update in about an hour. allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. we are eight days away from black friday, and a florida man

is already the first person in line at one store. a reporter in st. petersburg found tito hernandez camped outside a best buy. he is looking to take advantage of door buster deals next friday when the store opens at midnight. those deals include a 42" high- definition tv for just $199. and a laptop computer for $299. hernandez says family members are helping keep his place in line when he has to go to school. what would it take for you to line up days in advance for a black friday deal? that's what we've been asking our viewers on facebook this morning. what would it take for you to line up for a black friday deal? send us ace message on facebook and we'll share comments in the 8:00 hour. there's a new report that

says hybrid cars do a better job of projecting passengers in an accident compared to the same cars gas powered model. auto safety experts say the risk drops 25% for people in a hybrid involved in an accident. the highway safety institute says the extra weight of the batteries causes the hybrids to be heavier, and that may be one reason why they're safer. >> interesting. >> little more expensive but for some people maybe the safety is worth it. >> interesting! some high marks for silicon valley today. who son the new list of the most educated cities in california? plus, why it's taking months to clear a massive rockslide in santa cruz county. >> good morning. right now san bruno is a mess. just got a picture from a viewer about how this traffic jam, collision here is creating a big traffic jam just north of here.

it's 7:23. santa cruz county officials are struggling to find money to clear a rockslide in scotts valley. back in march, rocks came crashing down on to nelson road following heavy rain. neighbors are getting the by with a temporary bypass road. a geologist report to determine how to proceed with clearing rocks has yet to be completed. the county is now turning to the california transportation commission for help after fema denied a request for assistance. new report is out says silicon valley is home to some of california's most educated people. the state finance report shows the four most educated cities in california are in silicon valley. palo alto, number one on the list. almost 80% of adult residents have a college degree. los altos, saratoga and cupertino follow close behind. on the other end, watsonville, 35% of its adults have college

degrees. palo alto tiny little school there, we have picture of it. i america to sal knows that also. but sal joins us live with a look at traffic. >> traffic is going to be affected by an incident in san bruno. we're been talking about it all morning. apparently, it's been there for hours, just about three hours for this police activity that happened here on el camino real, just less than a block south of interstate 380. and police cars have been lining this block between san bruno and sneed, and we just got a picture from one of our viewers. she was in a traffic jam here in san bruno and i just looking at the picture, we'll show you coming up -- megan, thank you for sending the picture. she showed us a big traffic jam getting through around the area because one of these major streets here, el camino real, is closed in san bruno. let's go out and look at 280 northbound. you can see slow traffic there as you drive up to highway 17

it. will stay slow to the lawrence expressway. this morning's commute will be slow as well on 80 between pinole, a lot of slow traffic between pinole near pinole valley road to el cerrito. steve. >> thank you. low clouds or dense fog, and temperatures today will cool down. there's some sun breaks already, we're not expecting a big system to come in here. this is a weak system but it's bringing in cooler air and it is enhanced the fog bank so temperatures will be coming down more upper 50s now and low 60s than anything else. most of the rain sliding east of us, but some light rain or drizzle could make it into the north bay later on. not much to this system as it moves south. but it is picking up fog. 30s and 40s to 50s, so big difference in some temps. 39 santa rosa. our system moves through the first one, there's a secondary one on friday but most of that is heading to east of us. if we're in portland i would say very low snow levels. for us it's just going to get cooler. light rain to the north is

possible. but cooler and breezy today. 50s in the low to mid-60s. we'll continue this theme of cooling temperatures off into the weekend on the extended forecast with your weekend always in view. some rain friday. this is not a big rain producer, hit and miss. colder though. then saturday looks cool and breezy, then rain possible, hugging the coast again very similar to last friday, and then sunny, breezy on monday. >> time is 7:26. getting close, just hours away, the big announcement in the battle over same-sex marriage here in california. >> we'll tell you why educators from one major east beast are out of the classrooms and here on the picket line. >> overnight the tents came down and two occupy camps in the bay area. but there's still one protestor out there. we'll explain. a

ice 7 clone 30. developing news outs of san bruno. police are investigating a multi-vehicle wreck at a rental car business. kraig debro arrived at the scene just moments ago. what can you tell us? >> reporter: this is happening at the offramp to i380, at el camino real southbound. you'll see a couple different cars, one is the black car and there's a red honda out there,

it looks as though having not spoken to police there was a t- bone incident here. a bunch of san bruno cops out in the street, as well as the highway patrol, and there's a lot of shattered glass here. of course, the street is blocked off all the way past the 380. so basically, north of 380 at the el camino real on the north side of the freeway. that is closed all the way through down to what i believe is either cherry or -- i think that's cherry down there. so that's kind of a long way. then in the middle of the commute, that could be a problem for some people around here. but essentially, it looks as though it happened in front of the car rental place. it doesn't look as though the car rental place had anything to do with this. but again i'm going to as soon as we leave here, i'm going to go over and talk to police immediately. see if i can find out what happened and when the section of very valuable roadway during the morning commute might be open again.

reporting live, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. also happening now, a noisy protest is underway on the cal state east bay campus. christian joins us live from hayward. christian, sounds like the main sticking point is pay increases. >> reporter: that is the major issue. you can see faculty members here marching across this crosswalk at one of the main entrances here to cal state east bay. if you look to the right you can see what they're doing here is blocking traffic trying to come into the university. they'll allow people a few cars through at a time. they're letting few cars through right now. then they'll stop the cars. they'll have to wait there at that protest line as folks here make their point. this site is one of the two sites where they're holding strikes. the other is at cal state dominguez hills. faculty members from all 23 cal state schools are on hand. the faculty members here say

they were promised pay raises for the 2008-2009, and 2009- 2010 school years but the raises never materialized. >> enough is enough. we've spent a long time trying to highlight problems in our contract negotiations, and problems on a larger scale than csu. and we finally got to a point where we need it take a concerted action, that we voted on by or membership is to take a one-day strike here. >> despite this one-day strike, a spokesperson from cal state east bay tells me the campus is open for students and classes are in session unless the instructsor tells students otherwise. the chancellor's office has a representative here and he said the faculty should have returned to the bargaining table long ago since drastic cuts to the budget mean the school can't afford the pay raises. >> if you think about a billion dollar cut does to an institution. what that does to its

priorities and the costs for the students. and really, it's been everything we can do to try to preserve access for classes -- for students, provide course sections, and provide services. >> back to our live shot, you can see the long line of vehicles here waiting to get on to this csu east bay campus. you can see the protests still underway here. this is a one-day strike, organizers say they will be here from now until 5 this evening. we'll continue to monitor the situation here and bring you the latest. christian protestors clashed with police yesterday as cal state university trustees approved the controversial 9% few, hike. tuition will now be only $6,000 a year. the board's 9-6 vote happened behind closed doors after the violence erupted. four people were arrested and two campus officers were hurt.

lieutenant governor newsom, who sits on the csu board, is calling for the board to hold another vote in public next month. and there's more bad news for california schools. state revenue fell short of expectations by almost $4 billion according to the legislative analysts office. the shortfall is expected to trigger $2 billion in automatic cuts. the uc and csu systems along with public schools stand to lose millions of dollars. also affected, funding for senior services, the disabled, and childcare assistance. overnight news, to avoid a kaine front takes with police occupy protestors in san jose took counsel their tents this morning. some officers visited the camp late last night. demonstrators were told to leave or risk being arrested or cited. about 15 of the protestors moved their tents from in front of city hall it across the street at the beginning of the month to try to avoid such a

confrontation. demonstrators say they were trying for a permit but now feel betrayed. they will gather at san jose state at 5:00 this evening, then march true downtown. meantime, a man not connected with the occupy movement is still on top of a 30-foot structure next to city hall. he says he'll continue his one- man protest for 99 days. camping permits will no longer be given out to occupy protestors in santa rosa. beginning this afternoon, anyone without a camping permit will be told to take their tents down. that's according to the press democrat. the latest development comes after occupy protestors rejected the permitting process, saying they were just too many restrictions. protestors who don't have permits who do have permits, by the way, will be allowed to stay. if you're looking for continuing coverage of the occupy from tests, we have got you covered. you can find the latest at

ktvu.com, and on your phone with mobile ktvu.com, and don't forget we're streaming every newscast live on our website. we're now just hours away in a key court decision on proposition 8. pam cook is in the newsroom to explain what is happening today. pam. >> reporter: at 10:00 this morning, california supreme court will announce its ruling on a key element of the battle over same-sex marriage. the court will issue a decision on whether the sponsors of prop 8 have the right to defend the same-sex marriage ban in federal court. prop 8 supporters say she should be allowed to take up the case because elected officials refused to defend the voter approved law. if the court rules against the prop 8 initiative supporters, legal analysts say a federal appeals court is more likely to rule that protect marriage.com also lacks standing under

federal law. again, california supreme court will issue its written opinion on the battle over same-sex marriage, 10:00 this morning. we'll be watching for that. depending on what happens, we could soon see same-sex marriages in california or the matter could ends up in the hands of the u.s. supreme court. reporting live, pam cook, back over to tori. >> thank you. wil have full coverage at noon today. the coast guard suspects vandals sank a crab boat over the weekend in half moon bay. someone turned on a hose in the cabin and filled the 3032-foot boat with water. the vessel has since been raised and an investigation is understand way. all the electronic equipment onboard, though, was destroyed. meanwhile, crab fishermen and processors are still playing a game of chicken with the start of the this yore's cash. crabbers and wholesalers are meeting but still cannot agree on a price. the commercial season started monday but boats are still in

port. crabbers want 250 a pound. processors are offering $2. both sides say pressure is mounting for an agreement with demand expected to increase as thanksgiving gets closer and dave, you can believe it's just one week away, turkey day! >> wow. sneaking up us on? have you figured out what is going on in san bruno yet. >> fortunately, for us, we have our kraig debro there getting -- trying to get information from san bruno police. but el camino real is shut down at 380. i want to show you a picture from megan, who is one of our twitter followers here. she sent us this picture of the traffic jam on southbound el camino real, approaching 380. right in front of the mall. and it's just obviously not a very good place to be if you're trying to drive through san bruno. i would avoid el camino real and use another route. 380 is not affected unless you happen to be want to go get off

at el camino real. wouldn't recommend it. in some places, some of the turns are not allowed at this point because of this police activity. you can always send us a viewer photo and we'll use it especially if it's something we want show the viewers. the toll plaza backed up to the macarthur maze, about a 20 to 25-minute delay. and also, on 80 westbound we have slow traffic from highway 4 now all the way out to richmond so it's pretty slow. it's beginning to get a little better in some areas. as we move the map down to the toll plaza area, there's a backup at toll plaza. 880 southbound also a little slow heading down to a minor  crash near 23rd. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sir. cooler today, low clouds around but still some sun. and temperatures, warm yesterday welcome i mean, we upper 60s to 70 degrees. nice. not today so much. this will be okay. but we'll be cooler.

now this system coming in for the next couple days not much in the rain department. it will have cold air with it. not brutally cold or anything, but temperatures will be coming down a good 10, 15 degrees by the weekend. low clouds, some fog, drizzle out towards dublin. i've heard that. sun, clouds, cooler, breezy. some rain tomorrow but in the a lot of it's his and missing, mainly breezy and colder weather into the weekend. system on sunday, what is new, looking more iffy, just like last friday. it's been a long time since i've seen our forecast models have no clue. one moment to the next, it's this, that. it's been a long time since i've seen that. so we'll ease into that for friday. but don't cancel any plans. you might want to bundle up because the cold air is sliding south. some of it. increasing clouds, drizzle. light rain. mainly north bay but there could be drizzle here and there. cooling begins today and then by tonight and tomorrow, the secondary system comes in. some off and on rain but i'm not sold on rain. highs in the 50s. that i do know. breezy and cooler. snow level will come down, but

there's not a lot with this, so a winter weather advisory starts in the sierra tomorrow. there won't be much going on up there today. northern california also up in the pacific northwest, crescent city over a inch of rain. portland snow at low levels. there's a lot there. we're just too far south for much of an impact. system already falling apart, little rain now into mendocino county. cloud-to-ground lightningy and 39 at ukiah. 40s and 50s for temperatures. some local clouds, some sun breaks. it will be a partly cloudy day, really some of that cold air begins to work south, by friday. that will be the bigger story. so low clouds, chilly morning, not as coal as the past couple mornings but a colder pattern. this is the bigger story than any rain as we head into the weekend. temperatures will be in the mid- 50s for the highs. so some drizzle, very light rain possible later on, especially towards the north bay. fog, cooler and breezy in the 50s and 60s. so out of those upper 60s to

70s yesterday. extended forecast calls for maybe rain tomorrow not a big deal but it will be colder, into saturday. then another system looks like it wants to hang out by the coast on sunday. >> thank you, steve. looking for work. new numbers are out this morning for this week's unemployment claims. what it is saying about the jobs picture. it it's game over for one employee of a popular internet gaming company. what he is accused of doing that cost him his job.

stocks are mixed. growing concern about europe due to spiking bond yields in spain. that's overshadowing the latest signs of growth in the u.s.

economy. right now the dow is up 24 at 11930. the nasdaq is down 8. s&p is down 1. the number of people applying for first-time unemployment insurance fell to its lowest level in seven months. 388,000 new claims were filed last week, down 5,000 from the week before. and it's the fourth week of declines in the last five weeks. economists say initial claims need to fall below 375,000 and stay there for the job market to be considered healthy. the federal government has shut down dozens of internet scam artist is who paid google to run ads that promised help for homeowners facing foreclosure. the criminal investigation sparks more questions about the role google's massive advertising network plays in allowing online misconduct. google is not commenting. a temporary worker at one of the bay area's most

successful computer gaming companies is due in court this afternoon. he's accused of pocketing $100,000 worth of merchandise from zinga. police arrested 21-year-old keith brown tuesday. he faces several felony counts. they've developed games such as farmville and mafia wars. today is the louisiana day to send mail from the united states to soldiers in iraq. the 39,000 american troops in iraq are scheduled to leave by the end of this year. the postal service says any mail post parked after today will be returned to the sender before it leaves the united states. insurgents launched a rocket attack this morning, trying to interrupt a meeting of tribal elders. the rockets landed near a police station. within a mile from where two thousand elders were meeting. they're talking about the status of american forces in

that country. roadside worker there was hurt. diplomats from syria's neighbors in the arab leagues suspended the country from its group because of continued violence against civilians. the arab league is give the assad regime three days to stop the violence before economic sanctions are implemented. the u.n. estimates more than 3500 people have been killed since the uprising started in march. president obama wrapped up his two-day visit to australia with a visit to a city where u.s. and australian forces were killed in world war ii. the president and australia's prime minister attended a wreath laying ceremony future a navy ship sunk in a japanese attack in 1942. 91 americans died in the attack. the president also spoke to australian troops about a renewed u.s.-australian military alliance. >> we are saying together,

proudly, yes, we have the strength but the burden laid upon us, and we have the power to protect and guard our own here in the asia-pacific and all around the world. >> president obama is now in bali, indonesia. his final stop on the nine-day tour of the asia-pacific region. in bali he will be the first u.s. president to attend a summit of east asian nations. and secretary of state hillary clinton will be joining president obama in bali for the summit. clinton mid a stop first in thailand on her way. she's announced she's there to announce a $10 million u.s. aid package for the country, which has been ravaged by flooding since july. clinton met with flood victims at an evacuation shelter more than 500 people have died since the flooding began. the transportation security administration may abandon plans for a health study on those airport body scanners. earlier this month the tsa said it would investigate the safety of the x-ray machines. but now it says the study is

not needed after a soon to be released report validated that the machines are not harmful. some lawmakers say they still want an independent report to be done. we're getting more information about the 21-year- old idaho man arrested in connection with a shooting right near the white house. report that says he may be mentally ill. oscar hernandez was arrested in pennsylvania yesterday following a very intense manhunt. the secret service says they believe hernandez fired the shot at the white house friday night. one bullet hit a white house win dome there are reports he was obsessed with the president and the white house. investigators also say he may have believed he was on a personal mission from god. 10 minutes before 8:00, we're learning more about the gun man shot and killed by police at cal's business

school. 32-year-old christopher travis was a transfer student and self- described computer in other words. he work as a shift super for a security company while taking classes at the haas school where his deadly confrontation with police took place this week. his next door neighbor says travis was a quiet man who generally kept to himself. >> it does surprise me. interesting, you know? never really know the people that you live around well enough to expect something like this. >> investigators are still trying to determine why travis brought a loaded gun to the business school tuesday afternoon. but they don't think he was trying to harm other students. campus police say they were forced to shoot him after he threaten them with his gun. he died later at oakland highland hospital. he's the man behind the balco drug scandal, trying to put his past behind him and still working with athletes. and a warning for californians,

including some here in the bay area.

shutter health warnings personal information about 4 million patients was on a computer stole 14 a sacramento office last man. sutter says the information comes from patients treated at many locations, including six in berkeley and oakland, as well as eden medical center in castro valley, albany family practice, sutter pacific foundation in san francisco, san leandro hospital, and sutter medical center of santa rosa. the company says names, addresses, birth dates and some medical diagnosis were on the computer and the information was not encrypted. >> that's really outrageous to me. i think that's crazy. >> my name was on that computer. >> it was? >> yes. on the main database. >> sutter says all the affected patients were treated between

1995 and january of this year. sutter has set up a special hotline patients can call to see if their information was included in the database. it time is 7:54. victor conte is training athletes again. he's best known for his role in the balco drug scandal that landed him in federal prison. we found conte training boxers at mixed martial arts fighters on the peninsula. he showed us the techniques he is teaching, also the supplements he is selling. he is pushing his athletes he says to be better without the help of performance-enhancing drugs. >> so it's kinds of come full circle, and i'm grateful to many people for giving me a second opportunity. >> his at let's say they're often tested for banned drugs and say the results they get from working with conte, worth

that extra scrutiny. >> head of u.s. anti-doping agency told us he can't imagine were athletes would associate themselves with conte. you can go to our channel 2 website, ktvu.com, and see video of how conte's boxer is training. just look for the special reports link right there on the front page. it's 7:55. sal has an updated on the commute. sal. >> good morning once again. let's go out and look at what we have here with the bay bridge. you can see it's about a 15- minute delay. not worse. getting over to 880, the traffic is going to be moving along nicely here as you drive past the coliseum. that's northbound 880 on the left. and if are you driving on oakland's freeways heading south you might see slow traffic approaching fruitvale, an accident moved to the south bay, 280 slow from 87 to the lawrence expressway.

steve. >> some low clouds, drizzle but definitely some sun breaks too. it's just going to be cooler today, increasing clouds to the north, not much. system could give light rain, drizzle to the north bay, but lot of it is losing its punch already. there's not much left of it. it moves into mendocino county, still light rain north. 40s and 50s on your temps. so ring a little warmer, all toe there have been some 30s so it's going to be a cooler day and cooler pattern. most of the rain will stay north, there might be a stronger system on sunday. i say might right now looks like it wants to hug the coast and not do much inland. we'll see. tackle that tomorrow. 50s and 60s now out of the upper 60s or low 70s so it will be cooler, breezy. we'll have some sun, we'll continue the theme of colder weather on friday with hit and miss rain. not a lot. saturday looks objection but not very warm, and maybe rain on sunday. clearing on monday. time may be running out for the occupy protestors in san francisco. what city leaders are telling us this morning about the fate

of the tent city. >> two people were arrested this morning at occupy cal as police moved in to clear out the steps in front of spirale hall. >> a fatal accident at el camino real and 380, what taking police more than 4 hours to complete this part of the investigation, when mornings on 2 continues.

good morning. welcome back to mornings on 2. it's thursday, november 17th. at this hour, there's developing news on the peninsula where part of a major roadway has been closed for most of the morning. the reason, several cars smashed up near an interstate offramp. kraig debro joins us live again at el camino real in san bruno. >> reporter: it's such a widespread area, wide separate accident hear behind me at 380, south of -- on el camino real, south of 380. two cars involved in the accident there, maroon car and

then a darker colored car, five brown paper bags is evidence, and then you may have seen officers on the side with a stick, measuring distances. but if you look at the southbound direction, you can see that it's blocked off, before or the north side of 380. lot of traffic problems caused up there. here's what police say happened. around 4 a.m. this morning, that maroon car was coming off this exit here, which would be the el camino real exit, going eastbound on 380, and this black car was coming southbound on el camino real. the black car struck the maroon car, and the cars went spinning around ended up in these positions. police on the scene did confirm that the driver of that maroon car, female, was killed in the accident. her name is not released because they're trying to notify next of kin. but again, a lot of police officers out here because happened on san bruno city streets. this is a san bruno investigation, although chp is

handling the traffic diversion from the offramp. there's only one lane open on this offramp, not a lot of cars stacked up over here just jet. but the major problem is north of 380 on el camino real. people trying to or people at least are getting on the westbound direction of 380, because you can't go south on el camino real right now. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. right now police in riot gear out there guarding uc berkeley spirale practicessa. plaza. >> reporter: they're in the last stages of cleaning up the steps in front of the plaza. 24 hours ago there were 75 protestors, and there's one last power washer here, kind of cleaning up the steps. police still not letting any of the protestors back up. if you look here, there are

three uc police officers still standing here as this one protestor who had packed up her tent this morning has been trying to get back on the steps. she said she won't set up a tent. they're not allowing them to get up on to the steps or put anything out here. you can see they have all of their stuff out here they want to get back on the stairs. they have been want to go get back there since the raid happened, which happened at 3:30 this morning. let's show you video of that raid. very peaceful from everyone we talked tom they came in at 3:30 this morning, uc police and police officers from five other agencies who came in to help. they went in, they gave the protestors a five-minute warning. they told them they could pack up their tents and take them with them or also tents would be confiscated. we're told about two-thirds of those tents were taken away. they confiscated about seven. two people chose not to leave. they were arrested but said that was done peacefully as

well. those protestors just want it make a statement and so they did. they were arrested for failure to disburse, and for illegal lodging on the steps of the hall. you're waiting to go back up there. what have they told you? >> they said once it's clean, we're allowed to go back up there. >> is the plan to try to put tents back up again or are you goes going to follow university policy? >> that's a decision that will be made in our general assembly at 6. we have a meeting at 10, in order to decide how we're going to do some outreach for our 5 rally in order to build morale for the 6:00 rally so we can get a lot of people there so a decision can be made with a lot of people. >> got about a dozen people left. are you expecting the crowds to come back now that it's been cleared out? >> we basically got the word on twitter, on text messages, we've called people at 10:00 the meeting will happen and

whoever is here will basically make decision on how to do the outreach. we already had an emergency ga in front of police barricade of three lanes in front of us, two lanes on the side. simply because 40 students were channing. they were afraid of us because we were chanting. >> because do you think it wasn't a surprise. i know we saw -- >> actually it was a surprise. because their warnings were not a dispersal order. on the previous wednesday when we got jabbed and beat by batons, there was very clear that there was going to be a 10- minute dispersal order in which they would say, disperse in 10 minutes, otherwise we'll use force. but they did not do that. they basically 150 cops in riot gore around 150, very quietly came and swarmed us, people sleeping in tents, and basically just told us, get up right now or you're being

arrested. and one who got arrested owns this cat, alex. i'm holding his cat until we can get him out. >> okay. thank you for that update. there are some disputes on how this went down. most people we talked to said it was a surprising he continue to try to get back on these steps at this hour. >> thank you. time is 8:05. there are reports this morning that a group of occupy protestors have to move out of their san francisco location as soon as this afternoon. as they've been warming to go to another camp where they'll be evicted. the department. public works told us there's now a standing order for protestors at the federal reserve building on market street. city officials want them to move their tents over to the main camp right near the ferry building and their citing health and safety concerns. there were about two dozen tents outside the federal reserve building. bank of america will is a lot of cleaning up to do with the san francisco branch that was vandalized by

demonstrators. these occupy protestors swarmed the lobby of the bank building at 50 california street and once inside wrote on the balls and the desks, set up a tent. police warned them to leave or be arrested. dozens show the stay inside. while no one was hurt, police did arrest about 95 protestors. they face several charges, including trespassing. happening right now, in new york occupy wall street protestors. look at this, they have -- it's like a small army of people through the streets of lower manhattan in new york. now, the demonstrators are saying they are as strong as ever. they've been at the park but you're looking at live pictures of new york. i can't even count how many people may be filling the streets right now.

we don't see any tussling with police. i can't see the police. >> it looks like people are carrying tents, which is an interesting sight. >> carrying tents and seem to be moving freely through the streets. a lot of banners, abe lot of people. their intention throughout the day has been to block wall street, to block bankers, to block financial workers from getting into wall street. we did see the opening bell did happen. they didn't stop that from happening. but you can see a lot of people are filling up the streets of lower manhattan, around wall street. you see it as it happens. we're coming up at 8:15 and we'll get a live report from new york on the impacts of this day of action on wall street. also happening right now, cal state university faculty members at two campuses are on strike. we want to show you a look at -- from the noisy picket line at cal state east bay in hayward. these are live pictures.

faculty members are marching at the main entrance of the campus. a similar strike is held at csu dominguez hills. faculty members rupp set that the administration is withholding negotiated pay raises. they were promised pay raises, now they're not getting them. there are honks of support. the university says it cannot afford raises due to state funding cuts and we have a reporter on the scene and we'll have a live update from that area shortly. >> lot happening! >> yes, there is. >> sal's busy, watching san bruno. you're watching the toll plaza and all over the bay area. >> that's right. we do have situation in san bruno where the el camino real offramp from 380 is closed. circle the area here because most of it is going to be the el camino real area near 380. 380 is moving by fine but avoid el camino real near san bureau avenue and it will be closed, police say out there for several more hours. let's go to live pictures now. i want to show that you

westbound bay bridge, typical for this time of morning. it's about a 10 to 15-minute wait. and this morning if you are driving in san jose. we're improved here. it was slow but now improved. still slow traffic just around the corner approaching highway 17. let's go to steve. >> thank you. some fog increased, there's some sun out there but also have areas of fog or dense fog, low clouds, and it will be cooler today on the high temperatures. we'll have sun in the morning. unless you're stuck in the fog where it's really cold. temperatures yesterday upper 60s to a few low 70s. livermore did check in at 71. not today. 59 santa rosa, 59 in the city. 64 livermore and 64 san jose. that's only down three, but tomorrow livermore and san jose in the 50s for high temps. the pattern coming in for the next couple days, let's lean on cold more than any rain. increasing clouds today but mainly low clouds, higher clouds to the north. drizzle, light rain, drizzle couple reports towards dublin and maybe towards the north bay. very light rain. cooling is the big story as

that takes us into today and also friday. friday system is a little stronger, so some off and on rain but nothing i think that's going to wipe anything out. the temperatures will be very cool. highs in the 50s. it will be breezy and colder. the main pocket of cold air continues to push towards portland, seattle, it's going to be very cold, very low snow levels. rain, in the southwest quadrant of the edge of this so yes, we'll get some cold air, and it will be much cooler. but there's not a lot of rain associate with these next couple systems, maybe sunday, maybe, but no consensus on it. 40s and 50s on the temps. starting to come up here. did have some 30s for a while. napa airport in santa rosa but coming up in advance of the system. boy, there's a lot of cold air but it continues to drive off more towards the east and south. some sun today but low clouds and fog, breezy, clouds increasing later on, and temperatures coming down. colder pattern takes us not only today but more likely into the weekend. where we'll see some mid-50s

for highs instead of near 70 degrees. fog, sun, cooler, breezy today. drizzle today, lighted rain, maybe late this afternoon, this evening towards the north bay but 50s and 60s. and it's not a total wipeout but not as nice as yesterday when it was sunny, warm for some. some rain on friday with weekend always in view. it will be colder, chilly, breezy on saturday. maybe some rain on the coast on sunday but it looks like it's out of here by monday. >> thank you, steve. once again, the failed solar company from fremont taking center stage on capitol hill. live coverage of the congressional hearing that began just one hour ago. plus, they're kisses that created a controversy, but there's one kiss you will not see. ok, you guys wanted a space for entertaining your friends,

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good morning. beautiful shot of the ggb, some fog out there. also some fog on land. so it will be cooler today, partly cloudy, partly sunny. temperatures 50s now and low 60s. energy secretary steven chu aggressively defending his decision to give fremont based solar company solyndra that half billion dollar federal loan guarantee. he is testifying before congress right now. ktvu as allison burns is covering and and has the details. allison. >> reporter: dave, the questioning is now on way. let's get to a live look at the hearing room.

secretary chu kicked off his testimony this morning, saying the solyndra loan decisions were his and not based on politics. republicans are doing the questioning now they contend the half billion dollar loan guarantee was a favor to an obama campaign donor. this morning secretary chu acknowledged taxpayers likely will not get their money back after the company's collapse, shopping short of saying i'm sorry. >> foolish to apologize for the half billion dollars that has been out the door. >> well, it is a -- extremely unfortunately what has happened, but if you go back and look at the time decisions being made, was there incompetence? was there any influence of a political nature? and i would have to say no. >> secretary chu says the u.s. is in a fierce competition with china to produce green energy technology and that was a key factor as the administration

approved solyndra's loan guarantee. reporting live, allison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, allison. 8:16. republicans on the congressional super committee have proposed a tax overhaul plan they say would raise $290 billion in additional taxes over the next decade. the republican plan would limit deductions for mortgage interest, charitable de nations and state and local taxes as part of a deficit reduction deal. some workers could also see their employer provided health benefits taxed for the first time. no word yet on democrats' reaction to the proposal. the super committee only has until november 23rd to reach agreement on a plan. a new controversial ad campaign by the italian fashion label benton is showing famous world leaders killings each other. the digitally doctored photos are part of a campaign the collecting company calls

unhate. they pair up adversaries, president obama and venezuelan president chavez, israeli and palestinian leaders, and the leaders of north and south korea. >> with this campaign we want to create a new energy towards tolerance, respecting the others, and finding the elements in common, rather than the elements that separate you from the others. >> they did yank one of the ads, featuring an image of the pope kissing a muslim leader. that was declared unseptember able by the vatican. a very scary moment in the sky, what caused major damage to a tv news helicopter. also, it could be the airline fee that pops all of them. what passengers were asked to pay for. >> good morning. northbound 101 in san jose looks pretty good driving up to the 880. you will see slow traffic on 280 and parts of san jose. another update straight ahead.

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airlines charging you for food and for baggage. but this next story takes airline fees to a whole new level. [not understandable] these passengers were asked to help pay for fuel! this happened on a come tell air flight from india to britain. at some point the plane made a stop in vienna, but passengers were told the flight could not go further until the passengers came up with oh, $31,000 for fuel fees! i'm not kidding, steve. the passengers were stranded for four days, before they decided to pay. the airline says it's investigating that it will issue refunds. >> wow! hard to all right. let's check in with sal, hopefully things are moving smoother on the roads. >> we're looking at some things that might slow you down in san francisco, on the corner of

geary and 10th. there's an accident, and now we're looking at san francisco approach bay bridge. it's backed up for about a 20- mundt delay. once on to the city streets, you will see the traffic is okay for the most part. let's move on and look at interstate 880, new york on the left. traffic is backed up from near the san leandro border heading north. on gory at 10th, there's an injury crash and police say it's a hit-and-run. some of the buses there are blocked on geary boulevard, near 10th. you should give yourself extra time if driving in that area. back to steve. >> thank you. we do have some low clouds and fog around. there's still some sunshine out there. but it's going to be cooler today. low cloud deck getting enhanced by a weak system. but drizzle reported and temperatures will come down. upper 50s, low 60s today. any rain not a rain system, the one on friday will have a little more oomph but not that

much. mainly the cooler air is beginning to work in. system might produce some light rain, nothing outrageous later today but light. 40s and 50s on temps. chill in the morning air. upper 30s. those have disappeared. secondary system looks to be okay. nothing get. it's mainly the plunge of the cold air coming in right there. that's what is kind of coming in for tomorrow. so fog, sun, cooler today. some drizzle, maybe light rain later on. some drizzle but nothing too bad. 50s and 60s today instead of upper 60s or 70s. and extended forecast, which always has your weekend in view, don't cancel anything bus the system is about a c+ confidence level. some rain tomorrow but not a big deal. coder and breezed into saturday. >> thank you. the original occupy movement began on wall street exactly two months ago. and to mark the occasion protestors are holding a day of action in new york city. this is a live look at the

situation right now. you can see it a lot of police on the left side of the screen and protestors on the right. and the protests marred with some police clashes. reporter rick leventhal joins us live from manhattan. have about therein a lot of problems there, rick? >> reporter: absolutely, tori. the day of action living up to its name. action now in the park, where protestors have been cleared out a couple days ago. their tents and tarps and sleeping bags, told not to bring them back. hundreds of people have now returned to the park, and along with thousands of others surrounding streets in lower manhattan, and there are well over a how police officers, many of them in riot gear. things just now calmed down a little bit. there were surges within the park as people grabbed barricades, held them over their heads, pulled them out of the way, there was a lot of chanting and some standoffs with officers here. but right now, it's relatively

calm. but down by wall street, earlier this morning, there were dozens of arrests made as 1500 to 2,000 demonstrators filled the streets, were blocking entrances, trying to get to the corner of broad where the new york stock exchanges is located. police set up barricades and were out in force to pre vain the demonstrateddors from getting to wall street itself. but instead they filled the streets around wall street, where blinking arms on the streets, and police came in and arresting them, dragging them off into vans. we'll show you around the park a little bit. it's ringed with police officers, who are trying to keep the crowd moving. and riot police standing along the railing there, where demonstrators on the other side are talking to them, waving signs, confronting them. again be this is seen in many streets around lower manhattan where there are a lot of police

and demonstrators, and the plan they say is to occupy some 16 subway stations this afternoon, and then at 5 p.m. local time they say they'll go to foley square, by city hall, and the courthouses where three say they'll have a huge rally, perhaps 10,000 or more demonstrators, and they expect then to cross the brooklyn bridge and the whole point here is to create some chaos and make sure that people hear their voices. >> rick, i'm curious, the point is to impact the financial markets and the traders, corporate greed. has it had any impact on trading or financial industry down there? >> reporter: well, the bell rang on time. wall street is open. but they're impacting some. people trying to get to work. there are a lot of confrontation with people, brokers and the like trying to get in their offices and demonstrateddors blocking entrances saying come join us! in some cases the people going to work calling names with the

protestors, saying are you going to feed my family? i got to get to work! and there's a lot of that going on down here as well. >> all right. rick leventhal in lower manhattan, thank you. >> wow. time is 8:27. we're still following developing news from the peninsula, a deadly accident in san browno. this one shuts down el camino. what we found out in the lasts 30 minutes. >> we'll tell you why educators here at cal state university east bay are walking the picket lines instead of teaching in the classrooms. >> it's just a few hours away, a big announcement in the battle over same-sex marriage in california

time is:30. welcome back. developing news from the peninsula. the traffic mess in san bruno should be cleared up in about 90 minutes from now. ktvu's kraig debro is out there just talked to police, he is back now at the interstate 380 and el camino real. so what did the police say, kraig? >> reporter: when i talked to san bruno lieutenant, he said that he hoped to have this part of el camino real open by 10 a.m., which is earlier than they thought. just south of 380, before we look at the full crime scene, we've decided not to show one of the cars in the accident because one of people involved in the accident died and the next of kin has not been notified. this happened around 4 a.m., a car coming off the east el camino real offramp on 380 right here to your left, a black car hit the car that was coming off the freeway. the black car actually was traveling southbound on el camino real and hit the second

car in the accident as that car was coming off the freeway, off the eastbound direction, and turning northbound on el camino real. the woman in the car died at the scene. the man driving the black car right now is at san bruno police headquarters. he's not only interand interviewed by police but they're trying to determine if drugs or alcohol are involved. one person died here at the scene. next of kin not notified. the second person at police headquarters interviewed by police. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. happening now, faculty at two cal state universities are stapling a noisy strike. christian joins us live and tells us that protesting pay raises that never materialized. christian. >> reporter: that's right, that's one of major sticking points here. look at that protest now, you can see they're letting a few

cars through. that's been the m.o. here, and once they let a few cars through they retake that crosswalk and block traffic here. you can see the long line of traffic trying to get into cal state east became we talked with the driver, it takes them about 12 or 13 minutes just to make it up on to the campus. this site is one of the sites here at cal state east bay. the other site is at cal state dominguez himself in southern california. faculty members from all 23 cal state schools are on hand here for today's protests. faculty says they were promised pay raises for the 2008, 2009 and 2010 school years, but they say the pay raises never materialized. >> the chancellor is able to find plenty of mine to give pay raise dozen executives, campus presidents, he gave $1hundred,000 raise to a president in san diego state. but for some reason he is unable to find any money for faculty. >> despite the strike, a spokesperson from cal state east bay tells me that the

campus is open for business, that classes are in session unless the instructor tells students otherwise. the chancellor's office has a representative here who said the faculty should have returned to the bargaining table long ago on since doctors tick cuts to the budget in the school can't afford those pay raises. >> in our new economic reality, there's no additional funding from the state. the 20 million that the faculty union leadership is demanding on top of 60 million faculty already received in increases between 2008 and 2010, would come directly on the backs of the students. >> this is only a one-day strike. organizers say they'll be here from now until at leave the 5 this evening. >> thank you. time is 8:34. this is a very important day in the battle over same-sex marriage in california. pam cook is in the newsroom with the important announcement we expect if less than two

hours from now. pam. >> reporter: it's an important decision and it will be made right here in san francisco. at 10:00 this morning, california supreme court will announce its ruling on a key element of proposition 8. the court will issue a decision on whether the sponsors of prop 8 have the right to defend the same-sex marriage ban in federal court. prop 8 supporters say they should be allowed it take up the case because it goes along with was california voters want. they approved prop 8, the ban on same-sex marriage, back in 2008. those against say it's been a long and confusing battle and that voters were also confused by the wording in the proposition. now, a ruling in favor of the prop 8 supporters will likely send the case back to the ninth circuit court of appeals for a decision on the constitutionality of the same- sex marriage ban. they're still debating that. the constitutionality of the issue. basically, we're still probably at least one more court

decision away, even after today, from same second marriages happening in california or not at all. but again, we're waiting for the california state supreme court decision written opinion comes in at 10:00 this morning. reporting live, i'm pam cook, back over to the studio. overnight news, berkeley firefighters quickly figured out what sparked a house fire. the fire started around midnight on the back patio of a home on the 2000 block of parker street. neighbors woke. the homeowners after noticing flames. quickly fire marshal says the fire was caused by hot ashes from the fire left outside in a paper bag. >> it could have been a lot worse. so again, this time of year, we need to be aware of how we're taking care of our fireplaces. >> firefighters sifted through the damage after putting fire out. the fire destroyed the back deck and spread at the home's

siding. firefighters also cut a hole in the roof. time is 8:36. sal's back, it's been a crash involving a pedestrian in san francisco, where was this? >> yes, this is a crash at geary and 10th in san francisco. in the interrichmond district. several blocks are close e. word from san francisco police department, eastbound geary closed between 9th and 11th. 10th street is closed between clement and anza. an elderly pedestrian was hit by a car and there's still quite active police scene there. less go to live pictures. also want to mention, i almost forgot to mention, at the corner of naples and amazon, near epiphany school, there's a pedestrian accident there with police still investigating that one. bay bridge backed up for about a 10 to 15-mundt wait at the toll plaza. and this morning on 237, a lot of stop and go traffic here. crossing 880 and getting to

this road. if you're driving on montague, alternative also very slow. >> little cooler today, low clouds around, lot more low clouds. yesterday was mainly coast and bay. inland still mild to warm. that won't, the cause now we have cooler air coming in. yesterday was just -- upper 60s to near 70 degrees. biobye to that now. low clouds and fog. it will be cooler today. there's been drizzle, not a lot. might be light rain to the north bay later on. tomorrow some rain but again let's focus mainly on the colder which is coming in. also wind which will pick up. colder and breezy into the weekend. rain maybe sunday. wants to hug the coast and not so much inland. but we saw that last friday. so let me deal with that one tomorrow. cold air continues to work mainly east. so increasing clouds, mainly low clouds around here. some drizzle. cooling has begun and that will continue today all the way into the weekend. friday some off and on rain. don't cancel any plans yesterday. but i would be prepared for breezy and colder, more so than

anyone rain. snow level could get down to 3,000 feet. most of this is plowing east of us. there's been god rain in northern part of the state. on alleged in crescent city and over an inch of rain. his high was 54 yesterday. and you can see it a lot that heavy, portland, seattle, really cold up there. we're just on the southern edge of it. you can see some rain kind of work its way in but there's not much left. so anything would be very light or just drizzle later today as that system inches closer. 40s and 50s on the temps. and we have 30s for a while so there's some cold air that might get trapped by symptom of that cloud cover. secondary system won't do much, maybe the third one so it's the cold air driving south which is the bigger story than anything else. we're note going to get the really brutally cold air, that stays north. instead every near stay, we'll be near 55 towards the weekend. drizzle and fog, sun. it will be cooler today and breezy at times. 50s and low 60s now for many,

few mid-60s but it's going to be about five, 10 degrees cool are than yesterday. we'll continue that into friday with your weekend always it in view. could be rain friday. chilly, breezy saturday. rain on sunday. it's 8:39. the latest poll of republicans in california shows a dramatic drop in support for rick perry. and that's left mitt romney as the clear front-runner. the latest los angeles times poll shows 27% of republican voters in the state support mitt romney. 20% herman cain. 14% newt gingrich. 6% ron paul. and 3% rick perry. in august perry was tied with romney for first place in the same poll. >> so long ago. >> yep. it happened at 3:30 in morning, police in riot gear take down uc berkeley's tent city. we'll get a live update from the raid. millions of people will soon get a check, after a lawsuit is

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software engineers to its new facility at bishop ranch. ge says the people will help lead its vision every an industrial internet of smart machines. a company spokesman says ge wants to connect devices and machines with each other and the internet. millions of netflix subscribers may be getting a small refund. the money comes from the settlement of a lawsuit accusing wal-mart of conspiring to inflate prices to rent and buy dvds. but if all 25 million current and former netflix customers get their share, each take own less than a dollar. neither netflix nor wal-mart will admit any wrongdoing. some of the top stories we're following right now. at 10:00 this morning, the california supreme court will announce a key ruling in the legal case of same-sex marriage. the court will issue ace decision on whether the sponsors of proposition 8 have the right to defend the same-

sex marriage ban in federal court. we're also watching -- looking at these pictures live from new york city. occupy wall street protestors are tearing down barriers, clashing with police. this is a live look, rally right near central park. you can see the scope of the crowd there. as part of today's day of action out there, demonstrators tried to block entrances to subways and wall street bank -- entrances. police in riot gear have arrested several people because they had been breaking barriers. this is a fluid situation. we'll keep an eye on this for you as well. and an early morning raid led to the arrest of two people at the occupy cal encampment. in morning the tents are gone but protestors are still there. claudine wong has been out there all morning and is back now live at the plaza. what is happening now? >> reporter: the clean-up is complete. if you look behind me you can see there are still police

officers standing here but they said the protestors are free to go back up on the steps. the clean-up finished, just a short time ago. but no one is going on the stairs. i can show you there are still pro festers here, still sleeping on a sleeping bag, with their dogs and their cats and their paraphrenalia they still have. but they're not moving up on the steps. i just asked them why not. they said we'll wail until the general assembly tonight. all occupy encampments have the meeting where they decide that what to do. now you have one person who decided to at least get on the steps, who is now yelling bring back the tents. the tents went away early this morning in a raid at 3:30 this morning. uc police told me they just decided that today was the time to do it. so you're taking a look amount video as they moved in, with five agencies, and told everyone inside they had five minute to leave. they could take the tent with

them as long as they left the steps of the plaza. so that's what most of them they say did. two-thirds the tents were taken down by the protestors and taken off the steps. they confiscated about seven tents. two people refused to leave. those people were taken into custody on charges every illegal lodging and on failure to disberse once given a dispersal order. police say everything went peacefully. protestors we talked to in large part also agreed it went peacefully. very few people told us we were surprised by the crackdown, but again at this point the question is, will they go back on to the steps? the told me they'll have a 10:00 meet this is morning, then have a 5:00 meeting in rally, then a 6:00 general assembly. at that point they say they'll vote on their next course of action here at occupy cal. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, claudine.

there's conflicting information about whether mike mccrery contacted police about witness what he said was former penn state defensive coordinator jerry sandusky rape a boy in a locker room shower. yesterday we ran part of an e- mail he sent to a friend saying he did talk to police after witnessing the allegations 2002 incident. state college's police chief and the university spokeswoman says no reports were ever filed with their police departments. the new york sometimes is reporting pennsylvania attorney general office first contacted mcqueary a year ago after reading a post on a penn state message board. meanwhile, a pennsylvania lawyer representing one of the 8 alleged victims in the penn state scandal called jerry sandusky a coward and said that sandusky's comments on television backfired. the client pursued sexual assault charges against sandusky.

the lawyer added more alleged victims are prepared to come forward. sandusky has denied the sexual abuse charges. time is 8 8:48. later today the final reported on the cause of a deadly plane crash in east palo alto last year. three employees of tesla were killed when their cessna went down in a residential area. no one on the ground was hurt. earlier report by the national transportation safety board last month showed the plane's propelsers and engines were working properly but that report did not name the exact cause of crash. a 15-year-old boy is at the contra costa juvenile hall this morning after being arrested for a carjacking. pleasant hill police say it happened near the intersection of oak park boulevard and pleasant hill road last night about 10:30. police say the young man told the driver he had a gun. the driver was not hurt. this morning san pablo police spotted the car and they pulled him over. investigators are looking for the cause of a house fire

in san francisco's moistureas neighborhood. firefighters contain the flames in less than 30 minutes. two elderly people inside were overcome with smoke. they were taken to the hospital. we don't know their conditions. it's 8:49. a veterinarian has determined a large mountain lion is responsible for the deaths of three goats in san mateo county. their remains were found monday night in woodside. authorities have now certainty out a neighborhood alert that the mountain lion may still number the area. bart will again examine its cell phone blackout policy today. they want to cut off cell phones when unlawful activity can cause serious problems. bart has been working on an official policy after the backlash it received when it interrupted service before a planned protest in august. bart could also vote on a new proposal to change weekend

service today. the change would extend service by a half hour on friday night and delay the first train saturday morning by a half hour. there's also talk of running buses instead of trains during those hours. bart has been surveying its riders about the proposal. two-thirds are not happy about it. the board will meet this morning. yosemite officials ended the search for two people swept over the falls in july. yesterday a team of divers couldn't find the bodies of 21- year-old and a 27-year-old. both are from the central valley. if the water level of san francisco bay rises faster than expected, most of the bay area's current marshlands could be gone in the next hundred years. scientists say the rate depends on two things, how quickly the ocean rises and how much sediment runs into the bay. the ocean levels risen about 7 inches in the last 160 years,

which scientists attribute to polar icemelt. the experts say they could rise another two get in the next century. the tidal marshes are the most important for wildlife on the west coast. all right. how one man is going to extremes to beat the black friday shopping crowd. also, the proposed changes that could help drivers avoid parking tickets in oakland.

welcome back. the death roll it violent storms in the southeast now up to 6. in georgia a man was killed when this large tree fell on his suv. the possible tornadoes were reported across several southern states. they tore through homes knocked out power for thousands of people. a storm also caused a lot of damage in alabama. they are still recovering from the tornado in april that killed about 250 people. we are eight days away from black friday, and a florida man is already waiting in line. tino hernandez is camped outside a best buy in st. petersburg. he is lock to be take advantage of door buster deals next friday, when the store opens at midnight. they include a 42" hd television for just $199, and a laptop computer for $299. hernandez says family members keep his place in line when they has to go to school.

what would it take for you to line up days in advance for a black friday deal? we're asking on facebook this morning. senators tell us what you think! send us a message on facebook! parking meters in walnut creek are going high-tech. the city will install 1 new new solar powered meters that will be able to takes abilities and from smart phones. at first they'll just accept coins and credit cards. the meters will be installed in downtown walnut creek next year. parking in oakland could be getting a little more user friendly. later on this morning, the city council rules committee will take up an item proposing a five-minute grace period before your car is ticketed. the change would only apply to the city's park and display

meters. a heads up for drivers, a golden gate bridge offramp will be closed overnight as part of the ongoing reconstruction project. the last northbound exit on the 101 -- on 101, not in southern california -- before you reach the bridge will be shut down. the closure starts at 10:00 tonight, will reopen at 5 tomorrow morning. sal still watching the commute. you still watching san bruno, right? >> that's right. we still have el camino real closed in the vicinity of interstate 380. this accident happened at 4 in the morning, and it will have this area closed for at least another hour or two as they do an investigation of what happened here near 380. also the morning commute is getting better at bay bridge. it's backed up for about a five to 10-minute wait. san francisco avoid near geary and 10th at police do an investigation of a hit-and-run crash. steve. >> thank you, sal. sunshine, fog, low clouds, more in the way of low clouds today

so cooler. highs 50s and 60s. could be some light rain or drizzle towards the north bay later on. little bit better chance of rain on friday although mainly colder into friday and the weekend. >> thank you. steve. that's our reported for this morning. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. and join us at noon for the big announcement in the battle over same-sex marriage. we'll always here future you at ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. aaron, you're all set. great, thanks.

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