. sunny mild great visibility here is sal. we are looking at i bay bridge and as steve has mentioned, we don't have any fog this morning unlike yesterday it was tough to see and traffic is moving well. westbound interstate 880, that traffic is moving well getting out to the mcarthur maze and 280, that traffic looks good, let's go back to the desk. as steve mentioned, much of the bay area is under a high win advisory. claudine wong joins us from san leandro where the winds have downed some power lines and what is going on, claudine? >> reporter: you can see they

are hard at work trying to put some replacement wires up and it will take awhile for them to get power back to the building you are looking at. take a look at that damage. this is all being blamed on wind. wind knocked down the power lines and sparked a fire. the flames were actually coming out of this vacant building and 164th avenue. alameda firefighters responded to the scene last night and there were reports there were two wires down in the middle of the road and again they were saying those wires came down from wind and once it came down it sparked this fire. >> we had livener guyed lines -- live, energized lines, and sparked the fire. >> reporter: nobody was hurt. there is a sign out side the

building for lease and you can see the work continues at this hour several hours after this fire they were replacing wires and they had the cherry picker up, again they will be out here for another 40 minutes and they will get this cleared up before traffic starts moving through here this morning. i spoke to the supervisor and he said it is off to the next spot, paint page is trying to get -- pg&e is trying to get power restored to all the areas that are down. claudine wong ktvu channel 2 news. in oakland a tree came crashing down to some power lines and a parked struck, police responded while pg&e made repairs it no reports of any injuries but a high wind warning remains in effect for

the bay east hills. high winds have knocked out power to tens of thousands of people. 27,000 people are without power in the santa cruz mountains. 160 people are in the dark and 1200 customers are affected. south bay has 180 and 145 people without power. san francisco no outages at this point. they do have extra crews at work and they do have power restored but one that could have extended outages. and a home in san leandro has prompted an investigation by investigators. firefighters were called to the home and they say the fire started in the home's basement but was quickly knocked out by

firefighters. the chief said it was illegal wiring that sparked the fire. >> illegal wiring due to a marijuana grow operation that was the cause of the fire... >> nobody was hurt in the incident and it's unclear if the homeowners were present when that fire started. a search is underway for a man in marin county who police say tried to kidnap a young girl. it happened at 7:00 last night. he went up to a group of young girls and grabbed an 11-year- old by the shirt. she screamed and managed to fight him off. he is described as awhile man in his 40s, he is 5-foot 6, wearing along brown correct roy -- cord roy coat. the parents of a young by

are asking for people to pray. they are hoping he will live to see his second birthday. the child is among eight people injured when a gunman opened fire. the toddler was shot in the head and is fighting for his life. >> they didn't get a man, they didn't get a teenager, they got a toddler, a one-year-old, he has not even been here long enough, he should not have to go through this. >> the surveillance video shows the little boy in his father's arms there and you can see this moments after the attack. there is the video for a moment of the attack. the three gunmen are still on the loose. a $35,000 awards offered for anybody who leads to an arrest. a campus alert issued at stamford university after a student was tied up and robbed

at gunpoint. coming up, we will tell you how some students are reacting and describe who police are looking for. time now 5:35, they are considering the latest move in support of occupied protesters. they claimed police used excessive force violating the protester's right to free speech. the lawyers took it one step further than that. they say the raids could keep them from attend willing future -- attending future demonstrations and some say that is pure speculation. that is causing -- high winds are causing downed trees and branches and we will check in with paul who is on the

scene. >> reporter: hello pam, you can see there is cal trans truck out here and they are working to clear up the tree branches on the center divide. they have a crew trying to clean up this area and you can see it is blocking 101 from earlier this morning and call strand has cleared off to the side and as i said they are working to clear the rest of the roadway to make sure the commute is safe but for right now u.s. 101 is closed right now as chp is doing a short break. they just closed it momentels ago and you can see it is going to clear out the roadway to make sure it's all clear for people and until that happens, they will be going northbound. of course we will stay on top of this and give you the

details on how it a will affect your -- how it will affect your commute, ktvu channel 2 news paul chambers. we also understand there is a fire in san francisco, let's go to sal castaneda who has more information on that, sal? that's right. this is declared a second alarm. this is in san francisco at 24th and bartlett. i want to bring it up in the control room, can you bring upel cal 55 for us? all right, this is breaking news, a fire in san francisco of an apartment building now while we are just finding out it has gone to a second alarm and we are not sure if anybody is inside and we will try and get more information. but again more fire units are coming in from all over the city on this second one on 2

th and bartlett and 24th and bartlett, obviously we can see it here and again, 24th street at bartlett in san francisco, we do have a crew on the way. that traffic is moving along very nicely. and the morning commute, there are no major problems getting up on the bridge. getting up to highway 217, that is a nice looking drive all the way up into the valley. very nice north winds, sunny and windy and good news fog is gone and i can see all the way to pam cook's house and that's way over there. the high winds warning is out and it may continue in the

higher elevations later. and we had that with northwest winds with windy conditions, no club that is for sure. high pressure to the north, and we have a difference in the pressure gradings. 58 in the city 58 and you can see how that cold front, actually a dry cold front is developing out in southern california so we will stay in this wind pattern for at least another day. forecasted high, again another challenge, but the think oakland will be 73 degrees

today. sunnyside up, decreasing wind on friday, friday into saturday, it is also going to be very cold, it will be 20s and then a little cooler on the highs because we will get a north wind or west wind as it starts to creep back in, pam? southern california also dealing with high winds. this is a look at los angeles. gusts up to 97 miles per hour are being reported in the national forest and more than 2 5,000 customers actually lost power briefly last night. they become the first to charge, how it is related going into a new law today. and a bomb scare, why he

says the whole situation is a big misunderstanding. good morning, this two- alarm fire in the mission district just began a few moments ago, we will let you know what is going on next coming up.

. breaking news, a two alarm crew on the way, it is near the apartment building on 24th and bartlett in san francisco. they have just called a 4th ambulance to the scene and it sounds as if perhaps some people are injured. it is early but the wind is not helping with this fire. again this is the mission district and stay with us, we have a crew just arriving on the scene and we will have more details straight ahead. people in the bay area and around the world plan to commemorate world aids day. >> we would like to look at ceremony held last night at the national memorial grove. more are planned throughout the city as a reminder that

millions are living with the disease and millions of lives have been lost. this morning president barack obama will take part in a panel discussion on the disease at george washington university. it is estimated more than 2 million people worldwide are injected with the disease. the 10-cent charge only applies to restaurants in san francisco. it is their way of complying with the new city law and the new law prohibits restaurants giving out free kids meals with toys that do not meet strict standards . they will impose taxes to deal with the ongoing budget deficit. they plan to put it on the budget and he will ask them to

approve a temporary increase for people who make more than $250,000 a year. california state trustees are discussing the salaries of campus presidents. they canceled the meeting over safety concerns. the trust he toos are expected to take up presidential salaries up at their next meeting. stamford university is asking students to be on alert after a student was tied up. police say a man and woman broke into a graduate housing -- graduate hues housing unit tied the -- graduate housing unit and tied up the student

and made off with a laptop and cash. the person robbed was not hurt. one of the robbers is described as latino. medium build. woman he was with, 20 - 30 years old and she was wearing dark clothing at the time. it was all a big misunderstanding. on tuesday, a bomb squad blew up a package that had been left by a mask man. turned out, he said the mask is actually a cardiomask which he wears while running to mimic affects while jogging at high altitude. a victim of a thief, donations to the friends of

oakly had been pouring in after we reported food and blankets and toys had been stolen. now fargo has donated and others are providing food and cash. police are looking for whoever broke into that storage locker. they are expected to recover all. they captured the suspect 22-year-old edward and 29-year- old albert bartow got into a fight. edward ran him over and bartow suffered life-threatening injuries and was put into a coma. his mother has been at his side at san francisco general for the past week. >> my focus is on albert, i massage his hands legs and feet and i talk to him nonstop.

>> she has a two-year-old daughter and edward faces many charges including assault with great bodily injury. 4,000 people attended that public memorial for vallejo officer officer jim capoot. they spoke about the impact he made on their lives. he was haled as a dedicated officer as well as a loving father and husband. >> dad i will forever have you back, you rest in peace, i will be seeing you, double dog, oh ray. >> they ended with a helicopter

peeling off in a missing man formation. herman cane said he will decide whether or not to continue for his presidential nomination after he talks with his wife tomorrow. the candidate said he has spoken after the allegations of the 13-year affair with cane. he wants to talk with his wife before making a decision. now campaign appearances in ohio yesterday, cane says he is a victim of character assassination by his opponents. the dangers of violent video games, how they can change the brain after only a week of playing.

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changed the brains. the men asked to play a shooter type of game and stop the next week. the brains who played showed lessee motionnal control although they started to regain control by the end of the second week. and an apartment fire in the mission district? now earlier we saw a lot of flames coming from here and now all i see are the lights and the fire crews, those are the right the lights and you would see black smoke and white smoke arising and they have called several medic units and there are several reports of injuries and we are trying to confirm that but it is a good day to stay away from 24th bartlett in

san francisco. the wind will be a big story for you. yesterday at this time we could not see anything. today, you can see a lot and it is clear just be careful. things are looking good, with the high winds it is hard to hold your lanes and right now the traffic is clear. let's go to steve. >> i would agree with that. you should watch it out there, it is a strong wind. there is so much tweaking being done, if i was trying to explain them you would too. the wind should start degreesing and there is a high winds warning out for the north bay hills until 10:00. so the wind advisory covers up

as the highest especially up around 2000 feet we had some decent gusts around here as well. north 22 at fs o, things are kick a long well and it is wall to wall sunshine and visibility is outstanding. 55 in oakland 52 in fairfield and the system that dove down, unbelievable pressure gradings. mild lows, again the visibility sparkles. that is the good news, the bad news is, once the wind dies down, the temperatures will plunge. we'll see some upper 20s and

saturday sunny. we have reports of several injuries and we will have the very latest coming up in a live report. we will have a live report from sunny veil created by high winds, we will be right back.