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thanksgiving. we will show you the salvation army getting ready the meals for thousands of people. complete bay area coverage continues. this is ktvu channel 2 news. good morning and thank you for joining us, this is thursday january 24th. >> let's get a quick look at weather and traffic, we will have more coming up. last minute grocery shopping, bring the umbrellas, the winds is light but rain is steady down along the coastline onto the south pop bay light rain, cupertino san jose, eastbound, steady there as well. now the north bay, after seeing plenty of rain in the overnight hours finally getting a bit of
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a break. we will show you what the madels or for your thanks giving day. this is a live look at the scene of a crash, the truck has parked itself in the middle of the building which crashed into a car a little after 5:00 this morning. we are receiving no reports of any injuries and this will take some time to cleanup. a live look at the east shore freeway, traffic on the left- hand side, headed westbound no delays to report. 6:02 let's head back to the desk. one person is in the hospital following a stabbing live in the neighborhood and search for the suspect, lorraine? >> reporter: detectives out here just told me they are wrapping up the investigation at this house. before we arrived we saw
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suspects take off quickly but late last night it culminated with a victim being stabbed several times. a family dog was also hurt and they were questioning a person of interest and they have not told us if the person is in custody yet. they have not given us an update on the victim's conditions and if we have any other information, we will report it live. ktvu channel 2 news. they forced the shut down in caster valley where a vehicle ended up on its roof. the driver was ejected and suffered life-threatening injuries. it happened after 9:30.
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>> somebody tampered with credit card and debit card readers. they are in the self check out lanes and they have been replaced. so far no reports of any problems with customer accounts but they want to be sure. a total of 19 lucky scores in the bay areas, plus in watsonville. if you have been shopping there, our website has a complete list of the lucky stores and you will find that under the latest headlines. these pictures that look like they are camping out outside the mill speed best buy, for a big part of their yearly sales and that means big
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bargains for shoppers if they arrive early enough. >> it is probably just for fun, you know it is a once a year kind of thing. >> an they will be tolling for deals while best by opens at midnight the while k-mart will open this morning. they are preparing for the largest meal ever. christian is in san francisco this morning where just about an hour ago -- or about an hour from now volunteers will deliver this food, crit, kristin? >> boy, if you thought your thanksgiving was pig, getting all of this food ready for a
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massive distribution. they will be distributing meet to folks, let's go to this room, tuckee where they are trying to meet. and this is a mix of service here. >> that is correct, we have a mix of program participants mixed with staff and community programs and staff. >> reporter: everybody wants to give around thanksgiving time but really there is a need year round but you guys can stock pile to continue services. >> yes, absolutely, it's time to collect in advance with things like that. we serve 100,000 meals and we do more meals throughout the
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city. >> jack, last thing, this is the biggest food service you guys have don't, correct. whatever is left over we will be serving outreach on the street tomorrow. >> thank you so much for sharing with us and you can see the volunteers are gathering getting ready for the food service and these will be sent out to a lot of folks who are house bound. this is a monumental undertaking ktvu channel 2 news. san franciscoians are planning a thanksgiving feast and they are keeping a close eye on protesters. those living in san francisco's tent city are planning on
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creating their own institution. los angeles city officials are giving occupied protesters there and opportunity, the group has been living there are there -- living there and they need to be out by next week. an aid has not said how they will be moved and protesters say they are intent on staying and are calling for outside support incase police try to remove them and their tents. the airport is offering free and discounted parking until then and tuesdays wednesday they will be offered up to three days of parking and it is part of an effort to fly
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out of oakland. checking in on our morning news team, ruth facebooks us all the time and she wants to know what the drive is to san rafael? >> well, everything looks good and weed reports about fog in marin county. the chp is out and this is not a morning to be speeding around. 280 at the 880 interchange, no delays this thanks gaving morning. and dramatic pictures, this is at the intersection of bancroft and fair faction. the -- fair faction. around 5:00, the truck went into this building and it looks like a type of the store front. it had take some time to clean
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it up. luckily this are no injuries. we are looking at rainy conditions by the first half of your day all in all, we are in pretty good shape and we are watching that rain dry down. southeastly president in san jose. this front needing to pass through. we are dry areas around petaluma, it is a good things and this will tip to slide to say the and east, we will continue with a gray sky migrating east over california and then eventually into nevada. the system splits breaking into two, the upper pacific northwest, the southern edge you can see down south and it is a little bit covered there and that has made this storm
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weaken quite a bit. upper 40s and 50s at this hour and by noontime, widespread 50s in the newscast. then for the afternoon partly cloudy skies, take a look at what we are expecting. 59 red wood city, drying out for later today and on the up and up for the weekend. temperatures are beginning to bump up gradually into the weekend, 64 degrees expected on saturday. i will be tallying up the latest rainfall amounts coming up. three americans held there may now be on their way home. $500,000 project in marin the changes are now complete
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and we will show you the changes bus stops can now enjoy. and the annual macy's thanksgiving day parade, folks are marching down there with the flags in hand and blue sky in the 50s. >> very nice. got tons of blue jeans. frank! frank! get my jean bin, susie wants my jeans. no she doesn't. here we go. nice and loose. ohhh. those are loose, but i actually just ordered three pairs of this kind.
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. welcome back, they have arrested 12 top cia agents and they were working with israel to target the nuclear program. the lawmaker did not specify the nationality of the agents or where they were arrested. the u.s. has not commented on this. they are cutting the coverage credit union pushing it deeper into junk status, however for the first time in nearly a week. a truce between government pro tests and they are holding steady. egypt's military rulers have announced they will not step up to. they will apologizing for at least 40 people in the fighting. the three americans
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arrested in cairo and a court has ordered their release but there is no word on when that will happen. the three men were arrested on a cairo building. they are fighting with coveragement protesters and before this latest developments, one mother spoke to her son and said he sounded scared but was otherwise okay. some lawmakers want twitter to crack down on tweets. they have several accounts, posting different messages. twitter officials told lawmakers they are within the law until the afghanistan list but they have not included the violence. it was damaged by the
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tsunami back in march. the magnitude quake was centered east of the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant. the earthquake and tsunami severely damaged that plan and they are still unable to return to their homes. they are advising parents to keep an eye on their children and their belongings. at least three people have been robbed while being preoccupied by children. in one case, a woman's purse was stolen while she watched her child on the playground. the gateway shopping center on donahue street opened yesterday. the $500,000 project featured sidewalks and landscaping. city officials say they are expecting to improve public safety in that area and in the next few weeks that will
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include bicycle parking and bus skids will be completed. -- bus schedules will be completed. an incomplete application disqualified the state from the race to top federal dollars. they called the decision disappointing. the state lost data information. authorities believe he is from the same litter as the six other puppies found ought the same recycling center last week. the spca thinks the puppies were thrown over the fence and they say whoever dumped them could face up to a year in jail or a fine. an accident is north? >> reporter: it smashed into the front yard and it is near a
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get house and we will make some calls on that to let you know what develops. next up, those traffic lights there, the headlines are the ones making your way towards concord. you can see traffic is light and we expect to see more action later this afternoon but for now everything is looking good. south of the san mateo bridge, those taillights are driving towards foster city and again no delays to report so that is good news. at 6:19 here is rosemary. it is coming down out there, not too heavy you may even hear it hitting the rooftop. we watched it actually begin to winds down and that's good news. partly cloudy skies, visibility, a little bit of fog. 54 oakland, 50 degrees
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livermore, 52 san rafael napa, this is warmer than yesterday and clouds overhead are looking in the heat. north bay hills reporting two inches 4 / 10th in put petaluma, south bay, the front continues to slide south and east. an inch of rain expected about an inch in some areas, north bay accumulated quite a bit there. winds anywhere from 5 to 10 miles per hour. we don't want to say 50, 15 and 50 for novato, san rafael approaching 50s, 58 oakland, santa clara valley san jose for you and 57 san mateo as well as
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the city, san bruno mid-to- upper 50. why spread low 60s with -- 60s with partly cloudy skies, back to the desk. you tube will offer hundreds of films starting today. movies will rent between 2 and $4. disney will receive a larger amount of the revenue. they have similar agreements with other agencies. experts say it is still not likely to help the housing industry. the average rate stands at less than 4%. the average is 3.3%. it has been all of two weeks of this year but it is the worse
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year for home sales. a plain crash, new investigative reports on why the tragedy could have been prevented. this is plaid friday, an idea that originated right here in the east bay and it is going national. if you are headed up to the tahoe area, we will let you know if you are going to need a change being coming up.
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. here is a live look at 280 in san jose northbound as you make your way towards highway 17, again pretty good trafficwise on your morning holiday, let's get back to the desk. holiday skiing, cal trans said it is the busiest time of year, a look at king veil and we checked with cal trans and right you now there are no requirements. there is two feet of snow in the resorts. they have been open since
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october and several other are open in time for the thanks if i having holiday. an air traffic controller warned the pilot to proceed at its own risk. it crashed into the east palo alto neighborhood and all three died. the report concluded the pilot failed to follow instructions and ultimately flew into power lines. they gave out a list of the worst airports and at the top of the list palo alto, 19 delay and they took 6th spot with an average delay and oakland came in with a 9 minute delay. this is a push, shoppers hit the stores. it started right here in
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oakland and is starting to take hold. one is marion rosa's workshop which holds clothing and art. they can help their communities buying from local businesses. >> it comes from the idea of middling all of the different businesses together and woven to one strongco these sufficient fabric. >> reporter: business owners say benefits stay in the areas where the shoppers live. they had get a portion of all sales donated to the local food bank. startling off why you may need 'umbrella and attempt this year. a tragedy taking place, we will tell you what happened inside this home.
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. good morning, november 24l1thl0 and happy thanksgiving to all of you, hello pam. >> thanks for watching early, i am pam cook, time now is 6:30. we have a story of violence which erupted in cons from cost -- contra coster neighborhood, one person was stabbed and a family pet was also injured, lorraine? >> reporter: investigators have been here since 9:00 last night and we just spoke with the neighbor who said she is worried about a man she saw
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lying in the driveway last night. he was stabbed several times after an argument. a family dog was also injured and it's a quite area so this incident is shocking. >> it is just kind of scary, i don't know if it is a crime scene, you hear the helicopters and i called my kids to tell them and they said done did out, mommy, don't go out. >> reporter: now the motive is still under investigation and we are waiting for a call back to find out the condition of the victim and the family dog. reporting live ktvu channel 2 news. right now, tents have gone up outside the store but rather early bird shoppers, joining us live where black friday is coming 24 hours early.
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>> reporter: this might as well be black friday until midnight tomorrow, you caught us walking to the door so we will walk and talk. this tent was the first in line and i have been letting them sleep, we will wake them up and see what time they got here. now the people have been cueing up and it may look like an occupied tempt but they are here to consume. not one of the big box stores are opening, retailers like sears, k-mart, wal-mart and just a few are open, some as we speak right now. one man we spoke with said he could save more than $1,000 here. >> 194 for the television and
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laptop and then hitting up wal- mart for a 65-inch television for a few. american consumers are skittish about spending without being sure about the economic forecast. they are aimed at getting them cash before they reach their holiday limits. >> i was at the wal-mart and this year i am here, the line is better here than everywhere else. >> i think it is crazy, i wouldn't do it every year. >> she is 19 and i asked about it, i didn't have to call child protective services but a lot of the tents are getting wet and this could be a problem but even though they are out here
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getting new deals, this could be a health issue. we have been out here and even though the store does not open for another 17.5 hours, reporting live, kraig debro channel 2 news. right now volunteers are up and working the memorial church is working on opening their doors to serve breakfast to those in need. look at all the nice people dedicating their morning, coming up at 645, we will did to flied for a look. they are putting the final touches and cooks arrived right when we went on the air. this is an effort that is many days in the making.
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>> we have been here since last thursday and we cooked around the clock. you can see we have a small humble kitchen so it took us awhile to get it tonight. that is their highest number of. in just about an hour, volunteers will head you to the deliver meals to people who cannot get out. california patrol will be heading out in force on this thanksgiving holiday. a fatal crash involving a livermore teen is reminded of the drinking and driving. police say the team was spedding when he crashed through a gate. investigators say alcohol was safe reacting to their friend's death. >> i don't think a lot of
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people will be drinking and driving because of the outcome of what happened. >> goddard was a senior and would have graduated in june. people may have too many drinks and they are offering a 10-mile tow home, part of their program, that service is available between 6:00 tonight and 6:00 this morning. it is 1800 aaa. the plane burst into flames when it burst into the side of a mountain. through were three men and three children, authorities did recover one of the bodies of the children overnight and there is no other sign that any other passengers survived. they were forced to make an emergency landing, the plane
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left just 5 10:30 put it quickly turned around. no of the 164 people on board were injured. if you plan to take public transportation be prepared, bart is operating on a sunday schedule and that means there will be fewer trains starting at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow, bart will accommodate all of the shoppers. cal trapped and san francisco today, no service stops at san jose. you have actually seen a couple of accidents this morning. >> yes, and we have a traffic hazard to report, 580 in dublin so be careful of that. we have some pictures from an oakland crash and it looks like a truck is parked inside of a
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building but it crashed after it hit a car and this is the intersection of bancroft an fairfield. no injuries to report. let's take a look at our maps, this is what i call the traffic and another 1280 northbound at general -- 20 -- another one 280 northbound so slow down because it is raining on the roadways. you can see there is not a lot of folks, again light traffic for thanksgiving holiday, 6:38 here is rosemary. 28 minutes to sunrise and you can see we have plenty of cloud cover overhead. the rain will begin to wind down and in fact the north bay is finally getting a break. we have some light rain down
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into this year, parts of the peninsular, mountain view, mill speeds all seeing light rain, checking in with 50 more degrees. widespread rain, fairfield, pittsburgh, antioch and there is the back edge and we will continue to watch it move east throughout the course of the morning. by the afternoon just a few lingering showers and partly cloudy skies just before 5:00. you can see the front on the radar view and it continues to move east. i want to -- let me run you through the day. by 7:00 continuing the weekend as it slides south continuing with light rain the rest of us mostly cloudy by 10:00 and by 3:00 and 4:00 breaking way to
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partly cloudy skies afternoon showers and the forecasted high is upper 50s and lower 60s. upper 50s for petaluma loom, 58 walnut creek, hayward, san jose sunny val. 66 degrees pacifica. back to you. new details about an explosion what happened when an attempted gas robbery went horribly wrong. imagine trying to present a meal for 5,000 people, that is what is going on inside live coming up. rainy roads, we will tell you about it coming up. our tradition is underway
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. good morning, here is a quick look at some of the top stories, our search continues for the suspect after a stabbing the victim was taken to a hospital and the family pet was taken to the vet as well. waiting to open for a little more than 17 hours from now, people are still inside those tents this morning. many retailers are open and k- mart is open at 6:00 this morning. ktvu channel 2 news christian is at memorial church where volunteers are putting the finishing touches on breakfast. kristin? >> reporter: you can see the assembly line that is going on
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at glide memorial church. jean, you said you got a very early start this morning? >> yes, i got here at 4:16. >> reporter: this is one of the things that glide memorial is known for. >> it is, we serve over 5,000 meals for thanksgiving day. we bring in volunteers to help get the job done. >> one important thing is, it is not too late to donate or volunteer for the upcoming holiday season. >> yes, we have a calendar and they will take you to a volunteer event and we still have openings. also you can give donations and we also need toys this year.
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so unwrapped new toys can be donated and we will use them for our toy giveaway in december. >> there is also a dinner service. >> that's right, we start at 9:00 a.m. so we take a half hour switch from breakfast to dinner and go from 9:00 until 2:00. >> you can see again all the work going on at glide memorial providing meals for as many as 5,000 folks who will be stopping by and we have heard the need this year is certainly great. we now have more information about the explosion at the santa rosa gas station. three men are suspected of stealing fuel, surveillance video caught the men filling multiple containers and then the explosion happened.
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somebody either lit a cigarette and ignited the gas vapor. nobody was seriously injured and police are still looking for the men. his wife was denied entry into a campus pool. a person close to the family said the average person was turned away, but we are now hearing reports that the pool was closed to everybody. an announcement posted to everybody shows reduced hours for the thanksgiving break. california lawmakers will have two child abuse reports. one calls for nonprofit organizations to lose their tax exempt status if they are caught failing to report child abuse. another bill would make college administrators mandatory reports of suspected abuse. it is a touching story, the
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loyal dog that refuses to leave the grave of his owner and now a dog's life is in danger, coming up on mornings on two. some of the roads are slippery out there. tara is checking in for us, here is more. >> we have some problems, as we take a look at our maps, we can show you three fender beners, the other at caesar's chavez. and a live look, we have a lot of fog, look at that, we are panning over the downtown area and we are definitely missty and foggy, we have a little bit of winds out there surprisingly and traffic is looking good in all directions.
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we will continue with the light rain as we move through your morning hours and for the afternoon improving conditions, slick roads, visibility is low in some cases. san francisco is getting a bit of a break. finally seeing it, it will tip to move south and east, for the afternoon it will be move thely cloudy and winds between five and 10. temperatures warming only a few degrees over the entire day. san francisco mid-50s in oakland. 55 in hayward, 57 degrees in mountain view, that looks to be one of the warmer spots. 5 to 10 degrees warmer than yesterday. 57 expected for novato in the afternoon and 58 for petaluma
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loom, 50s in pleasantton. 61 for morgan hill, 60 in sunny veil, san mateo checking in for 56 an extended forecast, a little foggy this morning and we will continue to dry out for the afternoon and by tomorrow, we are in the clear, dry conditions, temperatures warming up back to you. there are signs microsoft may want to be part of the deal if they decide to sell all of their business. that could give them look at their finances. they were not successful in the bid to buy in 2008. they do downgrade the
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credit ratings, they issued similar warnings about credit ratings earlier this week. harbaugh promises to be a fight like no other but the parents plan to watch their battle for family football dominance. and the other thanksgiving tradition, this year it promises to be bigger than ever. in the emoryville area, we will let you know how traffic is looking through the bay area when we come back.
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. happening right now, macy's thanksgiving day parade. we have the cleanup crews, maybe they are walking through -- oh, it looks like it might be winding down, it has been a beautiful morning in new york. 3.5million people were out there, rosemary was telling me there was no winds and those big balloons were floating in the parade and we wanted to show you what it looks like in new york this morning. thousands are gathering for the silicone valley turkey trot. they will kick it off downtown and a record number of people
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signed up for the turkey trot. it goes to three local charities. it will be uc davis protesters, they set up on the day of visit campus and today organizers will serve up to the occupied protesters and they will camp out in preparation of a general strike on monday. that same day the uc regents settle in and they are 5ing way to last year -- they are giving way to last week's pepper spray incident. and councilwoman will take part in their celebration and she is a strong supporter of the occupied movement. they have taken to demonstrate at city leaders after being evicted from their camp at city hall. the parents filed a $10
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million civil rights lawsuit against the district yesterday. in january school district police shot 20-year-old raheen brown near the park. a school dance was taking place and officers say he tried to stab the officer with a screwdriver. jim harbaugh is leading his team against the other, it is the first time two brothers squared off as nfl coaches. there is much talk about where their parents will sit and the parents will watch from the house and they do plan to drop by the stadium before the game. you will not have to wait long and coverage starts at 8:30 right after mornings on two. of a ron rogers will try to
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remain undefeated. brenda denise scott wrote in saying, most definitely i will be helping to finish dinner while the other two games are on and by the time the 9er game is on, we will be eating around the television watching the game, go 9ers. >> i think i will be using the restroom more often. tara, will you be watching the game tonight? >> yes, and i will be going to bed early so i can come to work the next day. a lot of people must go to work. we have quite a few accidents and then we have a fresh one, 101 southbound near the san
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francisco airport. not too many folks out on the roadways and at the sunole grade traffic is looking good. we have a two car crash both over the end beigement. -- embankment. a live look at storm tracker, this system continues in this direction and you can see the back edge leading the north bay dry, we will be partly cloudy this afternoon and 57 san rafael, 59 red wood city and 68 degrees in red wood city. rain is coming down in parts of the area this morning and we will tell you the forecast for the afternoon. and a truck slams into a building mornings on two is next -- on 2 is next. ...over 150 styles
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