an early morning fire damages cars, trailers and propane tanks. why firefighters say the weather made it even tougher to fight that fire. >> what people in this san francisco neighborhood prefer curbside parking or a bike lane? it's a possible tradeoff. neighbors have a chance to discuss later this morning. >> and why the mother you of a toddler shot says they're looking fork an attorney, the dispute with the hospital surrounding the chile's care.

good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. it's saturday, december 3rd. still windy this morning, let's get right to rosemary. good morning, rosemary. >> good morning to you! gusting pretty good in the hills and breezy around the area. they'll begin to die down later this morning. but we'll will remain with the wind through most of the afternoon. those gusty winds until about 10:00 this morning. the wind advisory now for the east by hills as well as the diablo range has been allowed to expire for the santa cruz mountains as well as the north bay hills. further north lake county also dealing with that advisory until 10:00 this morning. gusts still really pushing to 50 miles per hour in some cases. because of those winds on the plus side waking up with clear skies and the temperatures not as cold as they would otherwise be. we'll look at your current temperatures and saturday afternoon coming up. we begin with overnight news. santa rosa police are investigating a double shooting. it happened around 1:30 this morning at the mexican restaurant on santa rosa

avenue. it's not clear yet if the shooting happened inside or outside that restaurant. an ambulance did drive both victims to the hospital, and there is no word on their conditions or if anyone is in custody. also overnight in santa a, firefighters knocked down flames that destroyed cars, trailers and even propane tanks. the fire broke out around 1:00 this morning on a three-acre field off todd road and phillips avenue. the cause is not known at this hour. but fire officials say debris littered across the field helped fuel the flames. strong winds also made it difficult for crews there at that scene. no injuries have been reported. and right now firefighters are putting out a grass fire near clayton in contra costa county. it began around 5:15 this morning on marsh creek road and morgan territory road. fire officials say downed power lines appear to be the cause. several acres have burned so far and we're told the fire is near a correctional facility, but authorities won't say if they will have to evacuate it.

a motorcyclist is dead after late night crash in san francisco. it happened on interstate 80 ramp that connects southbound highway 101. the first 911 calls came in around 12:30 this morning. the motorcyclist was rushed to the hospital and pronounced dead. the freeway reopened in 90 minutes. chp is now investigating what caused that crash but says it does not appear other vehicles were involved. a high-speed chase ended with a stolen car crashing near interstate 880 in oakland. early this morning, alameda deputies noticed a car with a broken headlight. when they tried to stop it, the vehicle took off. it was going too fast and couldn't mack a sharp turn on to the 880 onramp. the car skidded down a grassy hill. the 17-year-old female driver was taken to the hospital. a male passenger was not hurt but police arrested him after finding drugs. the teen girl will go to juvenile hall. bicyclists and drivers have

a chance to weigh in on a controversial plan on busy streets in san francisco. the city wants to add bacteria lanes and that could mean a loss of a traffic lane for drivers on that busy strep of roadway. allie rasmus is live in the city with the story. alee. >> reporter: it's part of the agency's plan to get more people in san francisco to use their bikes. we're at oak and in this neighborhood you can tell bikes are pretty popular here. there's a couple dozen bikes on the wall here. with all the traffic going by, this is also a very busy thoroughfare. there are three lanes of traffic, going one direction, and then there's also curbside parking on both sides of the street. the question is, are residents willing to give up a lane of traffic or some of that curbside parking in order to install a new bike lane? that's the issue that's going to be up for discussion with the -- community meeting with later this morning. we have some pictures of some of the proposals on the table.

let's show you the diagrams we've pulled up. you can see one proposal would keep parking on either side of the street, but then take away a lane of traffic in order to install a one-way bike lane on the eastbound side of oak. the same plan applies this the street parallel from here. one proposal keeps all three lanes of traffic and have a two- way bike path on the westbound side. there are five different proposals on the table. some nearby residents say they like the idea of more bike lanes, but worry about more cyclists and drivers sharing the roads. >> i like a life long psych activity so anything we can did to facilitate greener solutions to transportation good, but also bicyclists have to be aware that other people have to use the road as well. >> residents can voice their concerns or support at a meeting later this morning. that meeting will be held at the sf day school at 315

masonic from 10 until 2 in the afternoon. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. there are new developments in the oakland shooting that wounded seven people, including a baby. the mother of one-year-old hyrum lawrence emerged from children's hospital last night. her child remains in critical condition and he is says the family is at odds with medical staff over how to proceed with his care. >> unfortunately, we have come to a crossroads and we have -- and we are unable to agree on the continuance of care for baby hyrum. as a result, we are seeking support from patients rights attorneys. >> now to the family nor the hospital will discuss what the crossroads entail. meanwhile, oakland city leaders including mayor quan went door to door distributing fliers, asking for witnesses to come forward. >> i believe it was a cowardly and senseless act, and the only

way we're going to stop this is the community says no. the mayor's presence means nothing. she's just walking around kicking up dust. >> police have not been able to identify the shooter seen in this video. but investigators say they have detained five persons of interest on unrelated charges. however, no arrests having been made yet. the oakland police department is getting ready to hire 25 new officers to patrol the city's high crime areas. the city received a $10 million federal grant for the new hires. four of the 25 positions will be filled by bringing back officers laid off earlier this year. authorities in contra costa county spent the night in a marathon standoff at an apartment complex in pittsburg it. started around 10:00 yesterday morning at the belmont apartment homes on power avenue. senators

all residents were vacuated as a precaution. a project began a few months ago. biologists hope to put radio callers on 15 deer in the woodside area. the collars fall off after six months. caltrans is funding the 18 move month study and wants to project the annual population and safeguard drivers. a san jose man died in a crash with a deer just last september. oakland is going to be in a festive mod today for the 12th annual children's holiday parade. we caught up with workers putting the finishing touches on some of the floats yesterday. organizers tell us there will be more than 100 floats, balloons and bands in the parade. this is the only holiday parade in the country that features marching bands from outside the united states. it all gets underway at 2:00 this afternoon at 11th street and broadway. i'm going to be hosting that parade again this year along with our own dave clark.

a hundred thousand people are expected to watch the parade from the streets today. we're going to air it on ktvu and on kicu later this month. it's also broadcast on pbs stations and around the world on the network. good morning to you! going to be a great day for that children's parade. outside this morning, the winds are blowing. live look there, here comes the sunrise. we will have plenty of clear sky overhead for today. and because of those winds. boy, are they howling in some cases! take a look at fairfield, 43 miles per hour. 28 reported at near santa rosa. 35 in livermore. 28 hayward. 23 for oakland. and the winds although they will be dying down throughout the afternoon, will continue to blow through the morning hours and we do have that wind advisory in place for the hills above a thousand feet. current temperatures, not so bad out there because of the wind. tomorrow morning without that wind, our temperatures could be anywhere from 15 to 20 degrees colder than what we see right

now. 56 in areas right around oakland. mid-50s hayward. 50 redwood city. 55 santa rosa. 51 future napa. and 50 degrees in fairfield, livermore, checking in about 52. satellite radar here, trying to show what you is going on. we have another dry storm move along the east side of california. the winds will begin to relax as this continues to push east. high pressure will be building in. we're going to be dry for the weekend and temperatures slightly above normal but not as warm as what we saw for friday. so we do expect those highs from the low, mid upper 60s in the upper 50s to low 60s this time of year, that wind advisory expiring at 10:00 this morning. your forecasted highs, 68 expected for petaluma this afternoon, and sonoma 66. napa 66 san rafael, mid-60s. 64 expected richmond. 65 berkeley, oakland, mid-66 walnut creek. antioch. 64 expected for you this afternoon. into the santa clara valley, upper 60s in areas like morgan

hill, gilroy, santa cruz in the mid-60s with winds continuing to die down. we will be breezy throughout, from 10 to 15 miles per hour. so the breeze will stay with us, just not as strong. 64 san francisco. 63 degrees this afternoon san bruno. your extended forecast here. so we're looking at a pretty nice day. once we get past these winds, tomorrow morning going to be a chilly start. temperatures falling right around freezing, and going to hover there over the next several days. partly cloudy skies in the forecast for the afternoon and temperatures slightly cooler as we move back into the workweek, monday, tuesday and wednesday. if you're going to the children's parade in oakland this afternoon, i'll take a look and show you that forecast, coming up. dozens of soldiers back on u.s. soil. why the homecoming of these service members marks a major milestone in the military's withdrawal from iraq. >> your mail may takes longer to get to its destination. the cost-cutting measures proposed that could slow down

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good morning to you! a live look in oakland. the sunshine bouncing off the building. it's a breezy, gusty start to the morning. this morning president obama is highlighting a november jobs report from his weekly address. that jobs report shows the nation's unemployment rate is down to 8.6%. >> despite some strong headwinds this year, america's economy has now created private sector jobs for the past 21 months in a row. almost three million new jobs in all. more than half a million of

them in the past four months alone. >> president obama is also pushing republicans to extend payroll tax cut to expire at the end of this month. this agreement remains over how to pay for the cut. republicans want to reduce the federal workforce, democrats are pushing for a surtax on high income earners. we should find out today whether herman cain will remain in the g.o.p. race for president. cain is holding a highly anticipated press conference this afternoon in atlanta to announce the future of his campaign. today's announcement comes after a woman came forward on monday to claim she had a long- term affair with the former ceo. some campaign aides expect cain to exit the race today, but a cain spokesman says no decision has been made. after toying with the idea of running for president, donald trump will moderate a republican debate on december 27th in des moines. >> they asked me to do it, and a always like a challenge, i always like doing something different and certainly this is different. i think i'll be asking questions that are different and maybe a little more to the

point, and i guess you have to wait to see what happens. >> trump hopes to endorse the candidate, so far none of candidates have accepted the invitation to the debate, a week before the iowa caucus. george mcgovern remains hospitalized after he fell had hit his head. the 89-year-old stumble yesterday. he was bleeding be are you maned conscious not new details on his condition are released this morning. he ran for president that 1972 against president nixon and lost that election in a landslide. the body of sean walsh arrived in moffette field this week. the military says he was killed two weeks ago after getting hit by enemy fire in afghanistan. his mother says he joined the national guard to help prepare him to become a canine police

officer. the funeral will take place at 1:00 at st. andrew's church on saratoga avenue in saratoga. a driveside service will follow in san jose. the public is invited to attend. the last unit of soldiers with the california national guard has left iraq and are home this morning, just in time for the holidays. the 60 soldiers with the medical company came off their plane yesterday and boarded a bus for the national guard armory from san mateo where they reunited with their loved ones. >> first deployment, there's skype so i got to see her on a regular basis. she would run to the computer when i got on. so -- which is great. >> the company returned home

without a single casualty. this morning the red cross is holding a holiday card signing for troops serving overseas. and you can take part at two locations. the first event starts at 9 a.m. hilltop mall in richmond. getting a letter from the postal service could soon take a few extra days. the postal service will announce proposal on monday to no longer guarantee the delivery of first-class mail between one and three days. the new guarantee would be between two and five days. it's not clear when the postal service wants to change. once that change to take effect. they are on the brink of insolvency and considering several other cost-cutting options. and in petaluma the mail processing center could close because of the financial troubles facing the postal service. the facility is one of 250 under consideration for con some days or closure. the press democrat reports

employees are now sending mailers to customers warning them about the closure. wall street executives won't be receiving as big of a bone thus year. compensation experts predict companies will cut back between 15 to 30%. investment firm goldman sachs already reduced compensation by 24% in the first three-quarters of the year. banks blame volatile global markets and tough new regulations from washington. the l.a.p.d. used undercover detectives to infiltrate an occupy encampment. los angeles police shut down the encampment outside of city hall on wednesday. now a police source tells the los angeles times the department sent a dozen undercover detectives into the encampment to gather information on possible violence and resistance. a source says none of detectives actually slept at the camp. the l.a.p.d. is not commenting on the story. some of the 300 occupy protestors arrested during wednesday's early morning raid are finally free this morning.

they're left a los angeles county jail yesterday after posting bail. >> those who refuse to go cooperate with them, we were pressure pointed and dragged off. the officers were mainly nice to me, although when no showers for three days. >> some of the 300 arrested still remain behind bars because they cannot afford to make bail. we're now learning about a death from this week's severe windstorm. also, toppled trees and downed power lines, what people have to clean up this weekend in the santa cruz mountains. >> at this hour the winds continue to blow fairly strong out there. we'll lock at the very latest and show you what you can expect for your weekend in five minutes.

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by a falling tree in big sur. he worked for a condor recovery program. a forensic examination shows he died from head injuries. 9200 pg&e customers in santa cruz county still dent center power this morning. the high winds top toppled trees which fell on top of power lines and homes. within of the largest trees fell on a house in brookdale on highway 9. it has to be taken apart in sections. witnesses say the falling tree nearly crush the homeowners. >> we're so busy, my crews on couple other jobs now and we get another call on this giant tree on the house. the lady was really lucky. she was laying a foot and a half away from where it hit. >> scott's valley was another harr hit area. crews will spend the weekend trying to restore power and remove all the the falling debris on homes and roadways. strong winds in southern california are beginning to die down. but it's not over yet. as adam housley reports,

another weather system is expected to bring more winds this weekend. >> reporter: a powerful windstorm pounded much of the western u.s. for a second day. the hurricane-force winds toppled many trees and knocked down power lines. tens of thousands of homes and businesses without electricity across the region. >> it actually sounded like the old films from the vietnam, the napalm going off. >> it looked like a war zone. >> this huge tree fell like this on the side. and that's when i heard the noise. >> southern california one of the hardest hit areas after a large system moved into the state. it was the worst windstorm in years, but everyone is safe. >> when you look at the number of trees that have gone down throughout the city and the county, when you realize that the size of these trees -- it -- we're very lucky that nobody was injured or nobody was killed. >> in utah, the news was not so

good. several people have been seriously hurt, including a 13- year-old boy with severe head injuries. after being hit by a falling tree branch. many homes also damaged with winds topping 100 miles per hour. school buses damaged as well as tractor-trailers overturned. now clean-up efforts are underway across the area as winds finally start to die down. >> trying to open up the screen, open up the driveways, people can get in and out of their businesses and homes. and then we'll start tacking the trees on the houses and trees on cars. >> while it wind have died down and the clean-up continues across the west, the region may not be done. forecasters are saying more winds are coming not only to southern california but also to arizona over the weekend. adam housley, fox news. no doubt a wild and windy week out there. let's check in with rosemary to see what today looks like. >> we will have improving conditions for today, and the afternoon temperatures not as warm as yesterday because the winds are going to be dying

down. live look, clear skies overhead. that actually a plus from those winds and our temperatures in the 50s in many cases. let's check in on the winds, from 15 to 30 miles per hour. fairfield reporting 30 right now. 22 at sfo. and i turned on the buoy and look, if you're going to be doing some early morning traveling, it's quite gusty across the bridges. anything that runs from east to west, you'll have that north, northeasterly winds blowing right against you, so please be careful across the bay bridge, from san practice fell to richmond, san mateo, you'll find that but. for the afternoon, temperatures again going to be nice. going to be a little above average. not as warm as yesterday. heading to the parade, between 11th and 20th street, then hook on to 20th street and head towards lake manager the. starts at 2:00. it will be the place to be this afternoon.

winds will continue to die down. right now those hills still blowing to 40 and 50-mile-per- hour. 65 for cob cord this afternoon. 66 in hayward. the wind will go away, temperatures back to the freezing mark by tomorrow morning. highs will take a dip. we continue to fall off into monday, tuesday, wednesday. upper 50s, low 60s in the forecast for the afternoon. partly cloudy skies. freezing starts to the morning. back to you. they're gone but things have changed. how the occupy oakland movement is now conducting business in downtown oakland. why they aren't happy about it. >> plus why people will be chopping down trees today inside a protected nature preserve. how experts say it could help native plants.

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good morning. welcome back to mornings on 2. time now it is 7:30. and oakland police are investigating two shootings that happened very close to each other. in one of them an 86-year-old woman was injured when a bullet broke the windows in her car and she was hit with flying class in about 7:30 last night at 77th and macarthur. another man was shot and drove himself to the police station and was taken to the hospital. one witness saw more than

bullet casing evidence markers. police say they are still trying to sort out what happened. in the second incident work to people were shot at the:15 last night. one of victims was taken highland hospital. there is no word yet on whether those shootings are related. the number of homicides in california is on the decline. the justice department says the rate of homicides per 100,000 people went down by almost 8% last year. that's compared to 2009. the total number of homicides in 2010 was 18089. down from 1070 in 2009. the state saw 63.8% of its homicides last year. that's the highest since 2001. strong winds fueled the fire that damaged 10 condos in san ramon. firefighters say when they arrived they were up against the flames and 20-mile-per-hour winds. one resident says he escaped the fire by jumping outs of a

second-story window. >> person jumped out of a window. he was alert and oriented when he landed. transported to the hospital. >> he is listed in fair condition. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. protestors with occupy san francisco are planning to spread out across the city today. four demonstrations focusing on foreclosures and tenant evictions are scheduled to take place in by view, castro, mission and tenderloin districts. today's demonstrations come after a march through city streets yesterday, including the temporary occupation of a verizon wireless store. the march also brought out several occupy supporters. >> i'm very angry at what is going on in this country. and the fact that we don't have enough money for education for our next generation. >> friday's march came one day after a brief clash with police

over barricades on thursday night. about two weeks have since oakland police shut down the occupy encampment at frank ogawa plaza and things are slowly getting back to normal. occupy protestors are still meeting regularly at the plaza, but they're now off the grass and do not have any tents. nearby businesses say they are glad that encampment is gone. the oakland chamber of commerce estimates losses at about hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> metropolitan areas have these issues from time to time, and they're now over and done with. and we're moving forward. >> i do think our locals support us tremendously, so those people are definitely out and about like it never happened almost. big picture, with the nation at this point, really bad press for the city. >> occupy protestors say not having an encampment is impacting their message because it lessens their ability to reach the public. a new project is filling empty storefronts and old

oakland. and it's called pop-up hood. this is one of co-founders of the new partnership. he helped negotiate a deal with old oakland landlords that gives six small businesses free rent for six months. the city is also helping out with a $30,000 grant for marketing and business improvements. most of the businesses feature locally made products. >> i kind of almost see us as job creators too in some sense, not only for ourselves, my business partner, but these are all local makeers. >> any time you have these little neighborhoods, it's wonderful shopping. it's just much more interesting than the covered malls with the same kind of stuff. >> the grand opening for all six stores will be next friday, december 9th, from noon until 9 p.m. a vallejo man will spend nearly 18 years in prison for heading up a nationwide marijuana distribution ring. federal officials announced anthony sentenced yesterday. the 46-year-old will spend 220

months in prison followed by five years of supervised release. court documents show he recruited marijuana distributors in cities and on college campuses. investigators estimate the operation generated more than dollars 3 million. the two men accused of a smash and grab robbery in san jose are in a san diego jail this morning. this is at the valley fair mall. one of men can be seen smashing, open the jewelry case and fills a bag with jewelry. san jose police now say the two men in that video are 34-year- old ryan mcknight and 40-year- old robert, both of san diego, suspects in similar smash and grab robberies that occurred in southern california. a gilroy basketball player killed in a car crash in san francisco will be laid to rest today. 19-year-old gaines died a week and a half after the november crash. part of his team minutes was driving the car and faces a

drunk driving charge. gaines' funeral will be held at 11:00 this morning in gilroy. a group against oakland a's move into the south bay is viewing the city of san jose. a coalition stand for san jose accuses the city of failing to conduct a proper environmental review of land proposed for a new ballpark. the 28-page suit also claims the city violated citizens' rights by not holding a public vote on the deal selling the downtown property to the a's at a discount. last month the city council agreed to sell nearly 5 acres of land to the team for just under $7 million, which is with half the estimated value. the ends zone appears in sight for the 49ers airdromes of a new stadium. santa clara leaders have announced they're on the verge every obtaining all the money necessary to build a stadium next to the great america theme park. the city says it just secured $850 million in loan guarantees from bank of america, goad man sacks, and u.s. bank.

the project is expected to cost more than a billion dollars so the rest of the money will be generated by way of the niners, nfl, naming rights, a hotel tax, and redevelopment funds. santa clara will own the stadium which is scheduled to open in 2015. drivers have a chance to weigh in today on a plan to bring changes to two busy san francisco streets. officials want to add new bike lanes on a three-block stretch between baker and scott streets. there are five options on table right now. they include converting one lane of traffic to a bike only lane, and taking away curbside parking and converting that to a bike-only lane. today's meet on the project is held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. some local voters plan to stay onshore today to help out needy children. they have bought 150 children's boys else can. this morning volunteers from the maritime group will grab some wrenches and exert a

little elbow grows by assembling the bacterias. they'll be all donated to the san francisco firefighters annual toy program. and coming up at 8 a.m., allie rasmus will bring us a live report as the volunteers get started. we may have a gift for those looking for locally grown christmas trees that do not come from a farm. the ring mountain open space nature preserve has red-tagged some 50 monterey pines and starting at 10:00 this morning, people can search out and cut down one of those trees. formally that's not allowed but this is an effort to preserve the disfaring original ecosystem. >> normally not allowed at all. these particular trees, though, are invading the natural communities here. >> while you don't have to pay for the tree, you cut down, you must take part in some volunteer restoration activity. park officials say they have extra trees cut from other open spaces, so no one should go home empty-handed.

senator. good morning to you! it's going to be a dry, mild week. giving you a live look at that beautiful golden gate bridge. we've got breezy conditions out there. little tough to tell from this shot. it locks still, but boy, is it really gusty out there. the winds are howling, especially on the east side of the bay. so we do have a wind advisory still for the hills for the east bay as well as the diablo range. it will last until 10:00 in morning. above a thousand feet, gusts to 50 miles per hour and that's really what we're seeing this morning. from 40 to 50 above a thousand feet. quite the norm at this time. outside of that the santa rosa reporting gusty conditions still from time to time, 28 miles per hour. although for the north bay hills the advisory has been allowed to expire. fairfield some of the strongest gusts. calm mountainview, and sfo not too bad. 23 in oakland and some hills, piedmont seeing gusts this morning.

hayward about 28 miles per hour so could be a difficult drive. maybe hold tight to the wheel had this morning. the winds will begin to die down. weaker system that rolled through not every night hours and confers to push east, widespread event. southern california the sierra, everybody dealing with winds. but again they will begin to weaken for the afternoon. we'll remain breezy, low pressure will continue to the east. high pressure with us and we've got sunny and mild weather in store. not as warm as friday. 70s across the north bay. even around the bay area temperatures from 5 to 10 degrees above normal. we'll be a few degrees above normal but not as hot. 52 concord. 55 san francisco right now. so again, a benefit to those winds, we're not as cold as we would be otherwise. tomorrow morning with the winds gone, we'll be in the 30s. many of us will. 68 in novato. 65 oakland.

66 hayward. mid-60s danville, livermore. 66 saratoga. 57 in gilroy. just going to be a nice day. 63 san bruno. 64 in the city. widespread 60s along the coast. to your extended forecast here. notice the temperatures will begin to fall off bit by bit. sunday, monday, tuesday and wednesday, falling back into the up ever 50s, low 60s by mid- week wednesday and our temperatures again sinking as early as tomorrow morning about that freezing mark and we're going to hover right along monday, tuesday as well as wednesday. talk about the winds in the sierra. if you're heading to the mountains for the weekend, i have your sierra forecast coming up. let's check your traffic. chp reporting a broken down truck on southbound 280 near the caesar chavez exit in san francisco. you can see it's shaking around our camera out there. so two hands on the wheel this morning! the chp does plan to hold a free event this morning to save

young lives. officers are going to instruct parents on how to properly install child safety seats in cars. crash are the loading cause of death among children ages 3 to 14. and it can be tough to put those in. so this event will be held at the old parking lot on san francisco boulevard in san rafael from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. every weekend day. now through the 18th. 45,000 people evacuated in germany. what was found in a river that is now causing officials to clear out nearly everyone living in one city. >> and magic johnson on another dream team in the high-powered firm he just partnered up with and the protein he is looking to buy.

good morning to you! a live look here at the sunrise over bay point this morning. gustedy conditions expected throughout the afternoon. or morning, should say. if you see your water turned white or a milky color, don't be alarmed. there will be routine maintenance around the reservoir. water will come from local reservoirs from december 5 to early january. tap water to palo alto and some communities in the east bay will look different due to increased air pressure. but the puc says the water still meets all safety conditions. mexico is suffering from its worst drought in 70 years in the northern part of the country and it's the same drought that droid out texas this year. farmers say they have lost more than 2 million acres of crops due to the dry conditions. and more than a million farm animals are dying. the government is truck income water to the affected areas,

and it's providing food and jobs to farmers who lost al of their crops. and in germany, a world war ii era bomb found in the ryne river is now set to be defused tomorrow. the 1.8-ton bomb is believed to be from the british military and never exploded during the war. as a result, 45,000 nearby residents are now being forced to temporarily evacuate their homes. same-sex marriage vote at the labor party conference reverses the party's longstanding position. but the vote does not mean by marriage will be legalized in australia. state lawmakers just drossed a proposal that prevents of deportation of nearly a million ill local immigrants. the california act needs a half million voters' six to qualify for the ballot. the initiative would apply to undocumented immigrants who have lived in california for at

least four years, with no criminal record. they pay a fee to administer the program, and can speak english or are learning it. the pressure tries to skirt current immigration laws they say. rod blagojevich expected to learn thinks fate this week. a judge foundationed yesterday had will sentence blagojevich on wednesday. a jury found him guilty on 18 corruption related charges in two different trials, one last year and the other this past june. prosecutors are asking the judge for a 15 to 20-yore sentence. however, blagojevich defense is arguing he should get less than four years in prison. the blagojevich investigation is continuing to surround congressman jesse jackson, jr. the house announced yesterday it plans to continue its probe involving the congressman. jackson jr. is suspect of raising money for blagojevich necks change for president obama's former u.s. senate seat. jackson jr. denies any wrongdoing. the doctor sentenced this

week to four years hyped bars for causing michael jackson's death plans to appeal his conviction. yesterday conrad murray signed a one-page document seeking all records and transcripts from the case. the filing does not indicate what basis he will argue to overturn his conviction or sentence. he was sentenced tuesday to four years in jail for involuntary manslaughter. former penn state coach jerry derderian and jerry jerry sandusky is going public again, denying his 1999 retirement from penn state was treated a molestation investigation that occurred the previous year. finally, he says former penn state head coach joe paterno never spoke to him about any suspected molestation. oakland raiders head coach hue jackson says the linebacker mcchain is questionable to play tomorrow against the dolphins. he was arrested earlier this week in alabama and faces four

misdemeanor charges. he allegedly got no a fight with a childhood friend over a stolen tv. >> really got to go, tell me to put the knife down and shoved it in my face. ives just standing it there. >> he was in alabama for his grandfather's funeral, which is today. but he is now in miami ahead of tomorrow's game. magic johnson first ruled the basketball world for his next feat. he is going after baseball. the los angeles lakers legend is part of a group interested in buying the los angeles dodgers. the finance group controls $125 billion in assets. johnson has made millions in investments, focused on rebuilding inner cities and recently sold his steak on starbucks franchises and movie theaters. the dodgers sale could cost more than a billion dollars. comcast and time-warner cable have agreed to sell its licenses for broadband airwaves to verizon wireless. the deal is worth $3.6 billion

and gives verizon a spectrum covering 80% of the country. regulators must approve the deal. a couple from petaluma are now the proud owners of a home modeled after the one featured in the disney movie, up. clinton and lynette are self- described disney and pixar fanatics and bought this home in utah for $400,000. the builder said the blueprints were based entirely on details found in the popular movie. they plan to move into the home next month. the so-called geezer bandit strikes again but this time something goes wrong. the reason he left much of the stolen cash behind. and children get bored with toys pretty easily. so what about renting them instead of buying them in the the new service that allows to you do just that. >> and blustery start to our saturday morning. coming up how long we expect the winds to last and just how warm it will be for the afternoon.

police are investigating an armed robbery. police were called to an apartment complex on thursday afternoon by a san francisco man who told them he was robbed while trying to buy a pair of shoes posted on craigslist. he told police three men went it his car and robbed a man and woman waiting for him. police have not made any arrests. the napa val casino is staying open at least for now. the city threaten to shutt it down because of a discrepancy because of a business name on paperwork filed with the city. the casino's owner toll us this week city officials used the paperwork as retribution for refuse to go pay a new tax. that tax imposedes a $2 fee on visitors. napa valley calls the tax a violation of state gaming laws. the robber known as the geezer bandit has struck yet again, but this time he did not get away with all the money

that he ripped off. the fbi says he dropped a large pile of cash in a bank parking lot after a red dye pack exploded. this happened yesterday outside the bank of america in san luis obispo. >> there's quite a bit of money in the parking lot and it spread out over several different parking stalls. so we're not sure if he got away with any money or not. >> this is believed to be the geezer bandit's 16th heist. he is suspected of robbing several banks in the san diego area and along the central coast. there is a $20,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. with christmas right around the corner many parents are trying to balance their children's wishes with a reasonable budget. this couple from boston says they found a great way to have plenty of toys under the tree all year long without breaking. bank it's a website that let's parents rent toys. >> ideal swigs for the holiday

time, where you can stuff toys under the tree for under 50 bucks, and if you're out there buying them, there's no way you can do that. >> after one month, parents can ship the toy back and get a new one. they can also choose to buy it at a discounted price. the company's website says all the toys go through a thorough sanitation process, before they are sent out. it's looking a lot more festive in jack london square. last night hundreds of people gathered to see -- there it goes -- the christmas tree lighting ceremony. this happened at the foot of broadway street. the event featured dancers, live music and reindeer as well as a preview of photos for america's children's holiday parade, which is happening this afternoon. there's a growner way to celebrate christmas in san francisco this year. the department of the environment is selling living trees which can be returned after the holidays. the returned trees will end up in a nursery and be replanted on city treatments they cost $75 each, and they can be

picked up to tomorrow between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on grove street. and a holiday tradition will take place tonight in pleasanton. the hometown holiday celebration will start at 5 p.m. the celebration includes a parade down main street and in preemption of the parade main street will close to traffic at 4 p.m. and here's a look at some of the floats that will make their way down the streets of oakland for the 12th annual oakland holiday parade, also known as america's children's parade. a hundred though people expected to fill the streets. organizers tell us there will be more than 100 floats, belongs and bands in the parade, including your favorite pbs characters. it all starts at 2:00 this afternoon. ktvu is a proud sponsor and will be hosted by claudine wong and dave clark. >> it's a very fun event! really nice to see all of oakland come out and of course it's across country, it's

watched on ktvu and rosemary, i know you're headed out there too. it will be a great event no i can't wait to see it! it will be a lot of fun. the wind will relax by the afternoon. going to be a little breezy throughout so maybe a wind breaker for the kids outside of that we've got closure skies. you can see that there. and we are locking at temperatures not as warm as yesterday, but still fairly nice and above normal. the winds have really gusting in the hills. you can see here at the surface blowing pretty good as well. first field reporting 30 miles per hour, sfo22. and these are steady winds. gusts are stronger than this. the big concern will be this morning, if you are out driving. i want to turn on the boussiacosee and shows you with have pretty good gusts from the north, from 20 to 30 miles per hour. and when they're coming from the northeast, i just left them here bus it's easy to see. and if you're driving across the bay bridge, perhaps you'll find wind pushing against you.

if you're headed to the mountains, also doling with an advisory there. 4:00 this afternoon, the greater lake tahoe area. winds gusting to 40 miles per hour. and that could cause trouble for the scree resorts. afternoon, going to be sitting in the 60s. 65 fremont. 64 san francisco. 64 mountainview. temperatures are nice, but if the winds continue to blow in your neighborhood, again a light jacket may do you some good. temperatures will continue to fall sunday, monday, tuesday into wednesday. back into the upper 50s, low 60s. interest dig al for this time of year. so right now we're a little warm for early december. temperatures also going to fall when the winds go away. we're looking at temperatures around freezing into early next week. back to you. >> thank you. a grass fire is burning now near a contra costa county correctional facility. we'll have an update from fire officials. and helping children by building bacterias. a volunteer effort to provide kids with christmas presents. [ woman ] hmm...game day party idea

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fire shoots in santa rosa overnight. the two things this helped fuel the flames. >> outside our doors, the wind are howling in some cases. a wind advisory coming up. >> building bikes to help kids in need. the volunteer effort that is about to get underway.

good morning. welcome to mornings on 2. it's saturday, december 3. we are dealing with another high wind advisory in the bay area. rosemary is joining us now for a lock at how that affects today's temperatures. morning, rosemary. >> good morning to you! temperatures will warm once again, not as warm as yesterday, we are looking at wind to die town for the afternoon. but that wind advisory this morning for the hills, the east bay hills, above a thousand feet. the winds are gusting to 40, even 50 miles per hour in the hills this morning. meanwhile, here at the surface where most of us live, 20 to 30 miles per hour the winds are gusting. so breezy start to the morning. and it is having an impact on our temperatures. we'll show you some of those gusts coming up in just a few moments. a motorcyclist dead after a crash in san francisco overnight. it happened on the interstate 80 ramp that connects the

southbound highway 101. the first 911 calls came at 12:30 this morning. the motorcyclist was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. that break shut down several lanes near the freeway connector ramp. it did all reopen in about 30 minutes or 90 men, rather. the chp is now investigating what caused the crash but says it doesn't appear that any other vehicles were involved. overnight in santa a, firefighters knocked down flames that destroyed cars, trailers and even propane tanks. the fire break out around 1 this morning on a three-acre field. the cause is not known at this hour but fire officials say debris litter across the field helped fuel the flames. strong winds also made it difficult for crews there at the scene. no injuries are reported. and in the past hour, firefighters extinguished a grass fire near clayton in contra costa county. it began around 5:15 this morning on marsh creek road and morgan territory road. fire officials think the fire may have been sparked by downed power lines.

12 acres burned. there are no injuries and no one was evacuated. santa rosa police are investigating a double shooting around 1:30 this morning at the mention an restaurant on santa rosaans avenue. it's not clear yet if the shooting happened on side or outside the restaurant. an ambulance did drive both victims to the hospital. and there's no word on their conditions or if anyone is in custody. there are developments in the oakland shooting that wounded seven people, including a baby. the mother of one-year-old hyrum lawrence emerged from children's hospital last night. her child remains in critical condition. she says the family is at odds with medical staff over how to proceed with his care. >> unfortunately, we have come to a crossroads and we have -- are unable to agree on the continuing care for baby hyrum. as a result, we are seeking support from patient rights attorneys. >> nearing the family nor the

hospital will discuss what those crossroads entail. meanwhile, oakland city leaders including mayor jean quan went door to door yesterday to distribute fliers asking for witnesses. >> i believe it was a cowardly and senseless act and the only way we'll solve this is if the community says no. >> the mayor's presence means nothing. she's just walking around here kicking up dust. >> police have not been able to identify the shooters seen here but they have detained five persons of interest on unrelated charges. however, no arrests have been made in the case. authorities in contra costa county spent the night in a marathon standoff at a pittsburg apartment complex. it started around 10:00 yesterday morning at the belmont apartment homes on power avenue. pittsburgh police tell ktvu the man they're looking for is an armed parolee at large who ran into the complex during their pursuit. attempts to plush him out with teargas and police dogs did not

work. all residents inside the 16- unit complex were evacuated as a precaution. a group of volunteers is going to spend their saturday morning building bicycles. it's all to help by area children in need. and ktvu's allie rasmus joins us live from san francisco with the effort about to get underway. nothing says christmas like a new bike, huh? >> reporter: exactly. a lot kids will be very happy this morning. hasn't started yet, but once this volunteer effort gets going, it will be taking place all the way at the end of pier 9 at warehouse building. it's bike building, volunteers will be dog this morning. and the volunteers at the san francisco bar pilots association. those are the people who help cargo ships and tugboats, other vessels 1/2 gate the bay with orange and white boats that you see out here by pier 9. they're volunteers, putting together 150 bicycles for kids whose families can't afford them this year. it's part of the san francisco

firefighters toy drive, hence firefighters dog that toy driver every year for the last 60 years. and last year that toy drive donated 40,000 toys to needy kids. these bikes once assembled will be handed over to the firefighters later this morning. as part of that toy drive. the bike building hasn't started just yet. but right after we wrap up this live shot here, we're going walk down to the end of pier 9 and see what is going on and talk to some of the people dough naughting their time. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. about 9,000 pg&e customers in santa cruz county remain in the dark this morning. trees fell on top of power lines and one of largest trees fell on a house in brock dale, right alongside highway 9. the douglas first is so big that it had to be taken apart in sections. witnesses say the falling tree nearly crushed the homeowner. >> we're so busy, my crews on couple other jobs right now.

and we get another call on this giant fir tree on the house. the lady was really lucky. she was laying a foot and a half away from where it hit. >> scotts valley was another hard hit area. and crews will spend the entire weekend trying to restore power and remove all the falling debris on homes and roadways. crews in southern california are still cleaning up from the strongest winds in a decade. coming up in 10 minutes, the extensive damage done in two different cities. a wind helped fuel fire that damaged 10 contos in san ramon yesterday afternoon. firefighters say when they arrived, they were up against flames being fueled by winds of up to 20 miles per hour. one person escaped the fire by jumping out of a second-story window. he is listed in fair condition. the cause the fire is still under investigation. oakland is going to be in a festive mood today for the 12 andth annual children's parade. we caught up with workers

finishing all those floats yesterday. organizers say they're going to be more than a hundred floats, balloons and bands in the parade. this is the only holiday parade in the country with marching bands from outside the united states, this morning. this is the parade route. a hundred thousand people expected to come. i will help host the program. it is also shown around the world on the armed forces network. you can get more details on the weekend extra link on ktvu.com. good morning to you! it's going to be a beautiful day for a parade. you can get all the details at ktvu.com. you can also get your weather at ktvu.com. giving you a live look at wall- to-wall sunshine outside our

doors. and this camera sitting pretty still. a little tough to tell that it's very gusty out there this morning. let's lock at some of the recent gusts. 28 miles per hour near santa rosa. 36 miles per hour reported in fairfield. right there at the airport. 31 livermore. we're looking at calm conditions in mountainview and one of cooler spots this morning bus we don't center the wind. 23 miles per hour reported right around oakland and some of those hills, and hayward reporting 26. 14 at sfo. bus of the winds, the temperatures not as cold. we are sitting about freezing in some cases. if you're in a wind sheltered area, chances are you may be near freezing. 56 in oakland right now. mid-50s san francisco. 56 santa a. 49 mountainview. so mountainview, come up conditions and a little cooler than the rest of us. satellite radar, an indication of what is going on from overhead. high pressure building in for today. that system that dropped on the east side of california

continues to push east and will weaken the wind over our area. so that widespread wind event for the bay area as well as the sierra, down into southern california, improving as the day goes on. and as the weekend progresses as well. mostly sunny skies in store for today with high pressure overhead. we'll be dry and afternoon brose expected. not as gusty as this morning but it will be about us through most of today. and temperatures will drop off from 5 to 10 degrees not as warm as yesterday. still above average. so 68 expected in sonoma today. 66 san rafael. widespread 60s in the east bay. 65 walnut creek. 65 castro valley. for the afternoon, it's going to be a nice day in san jose. 65. 66 saratoga. in the city, 64 san francisco. mid-60s in redwood city. extended forecast shows you the cooling trend that will continue into the first half of the week. but notice no rain in sight. partly cloudy skies, temperatures a cool one as we

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learn more at devry.edu good morning to you! a live look there at the city and the bridge. a little gusty but plenty of sunshine and mild temperatures for the afternoon. former penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky is going public again. this time in an interview with the new york times. in the interview he once again denies he molested young boys and he is also denying his 1999 retirement from penn state was related to a molestation investigation the previous year. and he says former penn state head coach joe paterno never spoke to him about any suspected molestation. syracuse university basketball coach has issued an

apology for questioning the motive of three former ball boys who say they were sexually abused by bernie fine. last week coach jim boeheim accused of men of extortion. >> what i said last week was out of loyalty. i reacted without thinking. i couldn't believe what i was hearing. i'm trying to learn from my mistakes, and this has been a hard time. that's all i can say. >> fine denies the allegations that he molested the mostly sunny a 25-year period. he was fired from the university last weekend. the u.s. attorneys office and the secret service are investigating the case. we should find out today whether herman cain is going to remain in the g.o.p. race for president. cain is holding a highly

anticipated press conference this afternoon in atlanta to announce the future every his campaign. today's announcement comes after a woman came forward on monday to claim she had a long- term affair with the former ceo. cain spoke about the press conference yesterday, during a visit to south carolina. >> i am reassessing bus of all the media firestorm stuff, why, because my wife and family comes first. i got to take that into consideration. i don't doubt support i have. just lock at the people that are here. we've get to look at what happens -- >> some campaign aides say they expect cain to exit the race today. but a cain spokesman says no decision has been made yet. donald trump has a new reality show at the end of year. he will moderate a republican debate in des moines. >> they asked me to do it, it and a always like doing something different and certainly this is different. i think i'll be asking questions that are different

and maybe a little more to the point. and i questions about you have to see what happens. >> trump hopes to endorse the candidates. so far none has accepted the invitation to the debate which say week before the iowa caucus. this morning president obama is highlighting the november jobs report. that jobs report shows the unemployment rate is down to 8.6%. >> despite strong headwinds this year, america's economy created private jobs for the past 21 months in a row, almost 3 million new jobs in all, more than half a million of them in the past four months alone. >> president obama is also pushing republicans to extent the payroll tax cut set to expire at the end of the month. this agreement remains over how to pay for the cut. republicans want to reduce the federal workforce. democrats are pushing for a surtax on high income turners. former democrat you can presidential candidate george mcgovern remains hospitalized after he fell and hit his head.

the 89-year-old stumbled yesterday in south dakota while on his way to do an interview with c-span. a witness says he was bleeding profusely but did remain conscious. no new details on his condition have been released this morning. he ran for president in 1972 against richard nixon. he lost the election in a landslide. a gilroy junior college basketball player killed in a car crash near san francisco will be laid to rest today. 19-year-old gaines died after the november crash. one of his teammates was driving the car and faces a drunk driving charge. his funeral is 11:00 this morning in gilroy. high winds across california are responsible for the death of at least one person on the central coast. 35-year-old biologist michael pinier was killed on wednesday by a falling tree in big sur. he worked for a condo recovery program. a forensic examination shows he died from head injuries. and southern california this morning continues to clean

up from its fiercest windstorm in a decade. as of last night, more than 100,000 homes around los angeles still did not have any electricity. the santa ana winds uprooted thousands of trees including 400 in griffith park. officials in pasadena say it's possible that every street in the city lost at least one tree. >> it actually sounded like the old films from vietnam, the napalm going off. it actually looked like a war zone. >> los angeles county is under a state of emergency. schools and dozens of communities were closed yesterday and many will likely be shut down early next week. and in utah, officials say they need days if not weeks to size up the damage cause evidence by the windstorm. several cities are already estimating tens of millions of dollars in damages. winds gusts clocked as high as a hundred miles an hour uprooted trees and blew off roofs. the california national guard left iraq and are home this morning just in time for

the holidays. the soldiers with the company eagerly walked off their plane at moffette field yesterday and boarded a bus for the national guard armory in san mateo where they were reunited with their loved ones. >> there's skype so i saw her on a regular basis. she would run to the computer when i got on. so -- which is great bus -- didn't have computer technology then. >> the company returned home without a single casualty. this morning the red cross is going to hold a holiday card signing for troops serving overseas. and you can take part in two event at two locations. a source now says l. l.a.p.d. used undercover detectives to

infiltrate an occupy encampment. police shut it down on wednesday and now police source tells the los angeles times the department sent a dozen undercover detectives into that encampment to gather information on possible violence and resistance. a source says none of the undercover detectives actually slept at the camp. the l.a.p.d. is not commenting on the story. some of the 300 occupy protestors arrested during wednesday's early morning raid are finally free this morning. they left l.a. county jail yesterday after posting bail. >> that's who refuse tow cooperate, we were pressure pointed in the neck and dragged off. the officers were mainly nice to me. i can't speak for everyone else's experience. we had no soap, no showers for three days. >> some of the 300 people arrested still remain behind bars because they can't afford to make bail. it looks like bonuses for wall street executives will be smaller this year. compensation experts predict companies will cut back between

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a project tracking deer along it state 280 began murder then a year ago. biologists want to put radio collars on 15 deer in the areas. they fall off an six months and researchers will try to capture another set of deer. caltrans is fund this is study. it says it want to for text the animal population as well as safeguard drivers. a san jose man died in a crash with a deer last september. getting a letter from the postal service could soon take a few extra days. they will announce a proposal on monday that would no longer guarantee the delivery of first class mail between one and three dames the new guarantee would be between two and five days. it's not clear when the postal service wants to make the change go into effect. they are on the bring of in solve i and considering several other cost cutting options and that could impact residents

petaluma. this could close because of financial troubles facing the postal service. the fit. is one of 250 under consideration for consolidation or closure. the press democrat reports employees are now spending mailers to customers warning them their mail could be delayed if the closure happens. it has been a windy week, and we're just getting word from the chp that there's a couple minutes ago they turned on the signs warning people -- >> new advisory. >> yes, on 580. rosemary, of course, is watching all of that for us this morning. hi, rosemary. >> good morning to you. the winds are still blowing pretty strong out there. it's going to be a tough ride if you have to be outdoors early. take it easy. rest to west face bridges, areas the bay bridge, san mateo, richmond and san rafael. have that wind blowing on the right against side of your car because the winds are coming from the north. on the positive side, those winds really helping to bring us the clear skies. wall-to-wall sunshine expected

again for today. and because of those winds, we are up to 15 degrees warmer than we would be otherwise at this hour. most of us in the 50s. we could easily be right around freezing in areas like santa rosa this morning without the winds. the wind advisory lasting through 10:00 this morning. the afternoon will bring us a continued breeze. but it won't be as bad as what we're seeing at this hour. and if you're going to the holiday parade, 64 in the afternoon. maybe a windbreak for the kids. you should be just fine. it will move from broadway between 11th, 20th street. make a right on 20th and end at lake merritt. sunny and breezy for the afternoon. 64 in the city. 65 san jose. a cooling trend that will continue on as we start into the first half of your workweek. and when we lose those winds tomorrow morning, we to expect to wake up a lot colder. we're going to sink about freezing and should hover around there monday, tuesday

and wednesday. back to you. >> thank you. occupy san francisco protestors spread across the city. the demonstrations planned today in four separate neighborhoods. plus the public is invited to pay respects today to a south by soldier killed in gaughan.

good morning, everyone. welcome back to mornings on 2. we begin this half hour with news from overnight. three nato troops were killed in eye roadside bombing in eastern afghanistan. nato has not released the exact location of the bombing or the nationalities of the dead. 519 nato service members have been killed this year in gunn. at least 389 were americans.

a funeral will take place today for a soldier from san jose killed in afghanistan. the body of specialist sean walsh arrived at moffette field earlier this week. the military says walsh was killed two weeks ago after getting him by enemy fire in afghanistan. his mother says he joined the national guard to help prepare him to become a canine police officer. today's funeral will take place at 1:00 in saratoga. a graveside social security will follow in san jose. the public is invited to attend. happening right now, crowds are gathering in atlanta ahead of herman cain's planned press conference. you're taking a live look outside the campaign headquarters for herman cain. officially opening the new headquarters, but also expected to make an announcement in about an hour, about whether he is going to stay in the race.

politico reports that sources say he is leaning towards quitting. a high-speed chase ended with a stolen car crashing near interstate 880 in oakland overnight. early this morning, alameda county sheriff's deputies noticed a car with a broken headlight and when from tried to stop, it the vehicle fled. the car could not make the sharp turn from the road to the onramp. so the car skidded down a grassy hill. the 17-year-old female driver was taken to the hospital. the male passenger was not hurt but police arrested him after allegedly finding drugs. the teen girl will be transported to juvenile hall. police are investigating two shootings that happened very close to each other. in one of them an 86-year-old woman was injured, when a bullet broke the windows in her car and she was hit by flying glass last night at 77th and macarthur. another man was shot and drove himself to the police substation. he was taken to the hospital. one witness saw 50 casings.

police are trying to sort out what happened. less than two hours later two other people were shot at 77th and bancroft. one of those victims was taken to the hospital, the other showed up at the police substation. there's no word yet on whether those shootings are related. the oakland police department is getting ready to hire 25 new police officers. the city received a $10 million federal grant for the new hires. four of the 25 positions are going to be filled by bringing back officers who were laid off earlier this year. protestors with occupy san francisco are planning on spreading out across the city today. four demonstrations focusing on foreclosures and tenant evictions are scheduled to take place in the bayview, castro, mission and tenderloin districts. today's demonstrations come after a march through city streets yesterday that included the temporary occupation of a verizon wireless store. the march also brought out

several occupy supporters, including union leaders and teachers. >> i'm very angry at what is going on in this country. and the fact that we don't have enough money for education, for our -- the next generation. >> friday's march came one day after a brief clash with police over better kids on thursday night. about two weeks have since oakland police shut down the occupy encampment at frank ogawa plaza and things are slowly getting back to normal. protestors are still meeting regularly at the plaza but now off the grass if don't have tents. nearby businesses say they're glad to see it gone. the oakland chamber of americans says hundreds of thousands of dollars has been lost. >> metropolitan areas have issues from time to time. they're now over, and done with, and we're moving forward. >> i think our locals support us tremendously. so those people are definitely out and about like it never happened almost. the big picture, with the nation -- at this point, it's

really, really band press for the city. >> occupy protestors aren't happy about not having an encampment because they say it's impacting their message because it lessens their ability to reach the public. a group against the oakland a's move into the south bay is suing the city of san jose. the coalition stand for san jose accuses the city of failing to conduct the proper environmental review of land for a new ballpark. the suit also claims the city violated citizens' rights by not holding a public vote on the deal selling the done town property to the a's at a discount last month the city council agreed to sell five acres of land to the team for just under $7 million, which is about half the estimated value. the end zone appears in sight for the 49ers' dreams of the new stadium. santa clara city leader have announced they are on the verge of obtaining all the money necessary to build a stadium next to the great lakes theme park. the city says it just secured $850 million in loan guarantees

from bank of america, goldman sachs and u.s. bank. the project is expect to cost more than a billion dollars so the rest of the money will be generated by way of the niners and reinvestment funds. santa clara will own the stadium which is scheduled to open in 2015. a vallejo man will spend nearly 18 years in prison for heading a nationwide marijuana distribution ring. federal officials announced anthony sentenced yesterday. he will spend 220 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release. court documents show he recruited marijuana distributors in cities and on college campuses. investigators estimate the operation generated more than $3 million. the two men accused of a smash and grab robbery in san jose are in a san diego jail this morning. this is the robbery on october 15th at the ben bridge jewelers at the valley fair mall. one of men is seen smashing the

case open before filling his background with jewelry. san jose police say the two men in the video are 34-year-old ryan mcknight and 40-year-old robert. both are from san diego. they are suspects in similar smash and grab robberies that occurred in southern california. the napa valley casino is staying open at least for now. the city threaten to shut down the casino because of a discrepancy with the businesses name on paperwork filed with the city. the times herald reports that conflict is now resolved. the casino's owner told ktvu earlier this week city officials used the paperwork issue as retribution for refusing to pay a new tax. that tax imposes a $2 free on card room visitors. napa valley casino calls the tax a violation of state gaming laws. a new project is called pop up hood. they have negotiated a deal with old oakland landlords that gives six small businesses free

rent for six months. the city. is also helping out with pay $30,000 grant for marketing and business improvements. most of the businesses feature locally made products. >> i kind of see us as job creators too in some sense, not only for ourselves, my business mart in her, but these are all local makeers. >> any time you have these neighborhoods, i think it's wonderful shopping. it's just much more interesting than the covered malls with the same kind of stuff. >> the grand opening for all six stores is going to be next friday, december 9th from noon until 9 p.m. bicyclists and drivers have a chance to weigh in today an a plan to bring changes to two busy san francisco streets. transportation officials want to add new bike ways on a three- block stretch of fell and oak streets. there were five options on the table, including converting one lane of traffic to a bike-only lane, and taking away curbside parking to convert that to a

bike-only lane. the meeting is held at the san francisco day school on masonic. it begins at 10 a.m. good morning to you. it is a sunny, windy start to our saturday morning. live from our roof cam here, you can see plenty of sunshine expected for today. those winds really helping to dry us out. no fog in sight. and we're going to continue with the blue skies. we do have the wind advisory still in place through 10:00 this morning, above a thousand feet it's now for the east bay hills and the diablo range, allowed to expire for the north by hills and the santa cruz mountains although the winds are still blowing strong and around santa rosa and napa. 28 miles per hour reported most of the morning. 37 still reported at fairfield. 31 livermore, which is an improvement. closer to 40 miles per hour little earlier this morning. 26 hayward. 23 in oakland. so if you do have been a early morning drive, could be a little hazardous. please be careful out there.

these winds will continue to die down although we're expecting the breeze to be with us through most of today. through the overnight hours, the winds really help to steer out any cold air from settling to the bottom and we're sitting at 56 degrees right now. santa rosa. 51 napa. low 50s in livermore. 52 san jose. so temperatures definitely warmer than what we get for early december. and our afternoon highs will be warm, not as hot as we saw yesterday. your satellite radar here, the dry system there, passing through, moving off to the east as it continues east our winds will le racks. high pressure in place for your weekend. that's going to mean dry conditions and we've get sunny skies, temperatures slightly above normal for today. in the 60s for the afternoon. again we do expect that breeze to be with us. a cooling trend starting for today and then will last into the first half of next week. but still, overall, just a good- looking forecast. 68 for novato. 64 expected richmond. 65 in danville. into the south bay,

temperatures mid and upper 60s. 65 san jose. 66 los gatos. along the coast, low 60s with sunny skies. extended forecast here, again a pit of a cooling trend. more noticeable as we progress into tuesday, wednesday. but between now and then, we'll be knocking off numbers little by little. and notice without the winds tomorrow morning, we do expect to wake up with freezing conditions. back to the desk. dozens of bicycles are being built along the embarcadero right now. and it's all to make sure children in need have present this season. raines last is live in san francisco with the volunteer effort underway. >> reporter: that volunteer effort just got started about 25 minutes ago. it's all happening way at the end of pier 9 on the embarcadero. volunteers are putting together bacterias for kids whose families can't afford one this year. and the people behind this volunteer effort are at the bar pilots association. those are the people who help

cargo ships navigate the bay. but this morning the pilots are not on their ships and instead in the back warehouse at pier 9. they are putting together 150 bacterias for kids. it's part of a san francisco toy drive that happens every year for the past 60 years. >> what child doesn't want a shiny bicycle. it's great and to see the kids' faces as we geoff the bikes out, it's very rewarding. >> the san francisco association has been doing this for the last 12 years, and sometime next week the volunteers will be handing over that 150 new bicks to the san francisco firefighters and all those bikes will end up in the hands of kids this holiday

season. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. a new player in the group of potential buyers for the los angeles dodgers, a famous figure who wants to own that team. and an oakland raider may not play tomorrow of his recent arrest. hear from the man who says rolando mcclain pointed a gun and fired. and first, sun is shining. this is traffic in south bay, 280 at 880. and you can see things are moving smoothly this morning. time is 8:43. you're watching mornings on 2. [ female announcer ] what would you call an ordinary breakfast pastry

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now get u-verse with dvr at the lowest price ever. good morning, san jose! a sunny, gusty start to your morning. 52 degrees outside your doors. lawmakers have just introduced a proposal that prevent the deportation of nearly a million illegal imgarage. the california opportunity act needs a half million voters' signatures to qualify for the ballot. the initiative would apply to undocumented immigrants who have lived in california for at least four years, with no criminal record. they would have to pay a fee to administer the program and they have to speak english or are learning it. mexico is suffering from its worst drought in seven

decades, the same drought that dried out texas earlier in year. farmers have lost more than 2 million acres of crops due to the dry conditions and more than a million farm animals are dying. the government is truck income water to the affected areas and providing food and jobs to farmsers lost their crops. a world war ii era bomb found in germany is set to be defused tomorrow. the bomb is believed to be from the british military and never exploded during the war. as a result, 45,000 nearby residents are now being forced to temporarily evacuate their homes. australia's ruling party voted to endorse same-sex marriage. the vote reverses the party's longstanding position. but the vote does not mean gay marriage will be legalized in australia. the party also end doersed a motion to allow lawmakers to vote according to their personal beliefs rather than the party's official position. new york police believe

paranoia drove a man to shoot up a crowded bus. investigators say a 34-year-old gunman first killed his girlfriend's teenage son. he then boarded a bus yesterday afternoon and opened fire. and killed one passenger and another in the jaw. the suspect told police he thought passengers who were talking on their cell phones were plotting against him. the doctor sentenced to four years behind pictures with for causing mach's death plans to appeal his conviction. yesterday conrad murray signed a document seeking all records and transcripts from the case. the filing does not indicate what he'll argue to overturn his sentence. he was sentenced tuesday to four years in jail for involuntary manslaughter. former illinois governor rod blagojevich is expected to learn his fate this upcoming week. a judge announced yesterday he will sentence blagojevich on wednesday. a jury found the former governor guilty on 18 corruption related charges and two different trials. one last year, and the other one this past june. prosecutors are asking the

judge for a 15 to 20-year sentence. however, blagojevich's defense is arguing he should get less than four years in prison. a blagojevich investigation is continuing to surround congressman jesse jackson, jr. the house ethics committee announced yesterday it plans on continuing its probe involving the congressman. jackson jr. is suspect of raising money for blagojevich in exchange for president obama's former u.s. senate seat. jackson jr. denies any wrongdoing. the robber known as the geezer bandit has struck again. but this time he didn't get all highs loot. the fbi says he dropped a large pile of cash in the bank parking lot after a red dye pack exploded. that happened yesterday outside a bank of america in san luis obispo. >> there's quite a bit of man in the parking lot spread out over several stalls so we're not sure if he get away with any money or not. >> this is believed to be the geezer bandit's 16th heist. he is suspected of robbing

several banks in the san diego area and along the central coast. there is a $20,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. money continues to pour in to help needy families. food, toys, and blankets were stolen from the friends of oakley charity earlier this week. people have been dropping off items and wells fargo bank recently announced a 4,000 dollar donation. and today proceeds from a mission to the swap meet will also go to the oakley fund. the event runs from 3:00 to 6:00 this evening, and admission is $7 at the door. oakland raiders head coach hue jackson says linebacker rolando mcclain is questionable to play tomorrow against the miami dolphins. he was arrested earlier this week in alabama and faces four misdemeanor charges. he allegedly got into a fight with a childhood friend over a stolen tv. >> really got tell me to put the knife down, shot it in my face. u.s. just standing there,

hedgiest came up to me and shot the gun by my face. >> he was in alabama for his grandfather's funeral, which is today. but he is now in miami ahead of tomorrow's game. magic johnson first ruled the basketball world and is now taking a shot at baseball. the los angeles lakers legend is part of a group interested in buying the los angeles dodgers. he has made millions in investments focused on rebuilding inner cities and recently sold his stakes in starbucks and movie theaters. the sale could bring in more than a billion dollars. new solution for parents worried about their holiday budgets. the program that lets you rent toys for a fraction of their normal price. >> plenty of sunshine and for some the winds really blowing. coming up, what you can expect for your neighborhood.

a couple from petaluma are now the proud owners of the home modded after the one featured in the disney movie, up. clinton and lynette are self- described disney fanatics and bought this home in herman, utah for $400,000. the builder says the blueprints were based entirely on details found in the popular movie. they plan to move into the home next month. with christmas right around the corner many parents are trying to billion their

children's wishes with a reasonable budget. so we want to show you this couple from boston who found a great way do have plenty of toys all year long, without breaking the bank. it's called toy guru. it's a website that lets parents rent toys. >> it's an ideal situation for the holiday time, where you can stuff toys under the tree for under 50 bucks. and if you're out there buying them, there's no way you can do that. >> after one month, parents can ship the toy back and get a new one. they can also choose to buy it at a discounted price. the website says all the toys go through a thorough sanitation process before sent out. we have a free gift for those look for locally grown christmas trees that do not come from a farm. the ring mountain open space nature preserve has red-tagged some 50 monterey pines starting at 10 this thorn. people can search out and cut down one of the trees. normally that's not allowed but this is an effort to preserve the disappearing original

ecosystem. >> normally not allowed at all. these trees, though, are invading the natural communities here. >> while you don't have to pay for the trees, you cut down, you must take part in some volunteer restoration activity. park officials say they have extra trees cut from other open spaces so no one should go home empty-handed. the 12th annual children's holiday parade in oakland. some of floats we'll be seeing today. there will be more than a hundred floats, balloons and bands today. this is the only holiday parade in the country that features marching bands from outside the u.s. it all gets underway at 2:00 this afternoon at 11th and broadway. i'll be hosting the parade along with dave clark. it is also going to air on ktvu later this month, and broadcast on kicu, pbs stations and around the world on the armed forces network.

and tonight the annual hometown holiday celebration will start at 5 p.m. tonight. the celebration includes a parade down main street and in preparation for that parade main street will close to traffic at 4 p.m. we're hoping the winds die down a little bit. viewer kristin says the wind is still bad in brentwood this morning. east brentwood 20 to 30 miles an hour there. >> i believe it. the wind advisory still through about 10:00 in the morning for the hills above a thousand feet but notice on the east side of the bay we are seeing winds from 35 to 36 miles per hour. so livermore, brentwood, antioch, fairfield reporting very strong gusts. richmond reporting very strong winds and now oakland reporting 31 miles per hour. these are gusts meaning coming and going. but the steady winds can be just maybe five to 10 mines per hour below that. so a pretty strong wind out there this morning. we will begin to release in the afternoon won't be gone altogether. we do expect wind from 10 to 20 miles per hour through most of the day.

our temperatures from low to mid-upper 60s. low 60s for the coast. mid-60s around the bay. and some of us like santa rosa expected to hit 68. not as warm as yesterday but still above average and we'll it continue with the cooling trend through wednesday, awfully cold tomorrow morning. into the police. the wind will be gone. we're dry. >> all right. thank you. losing the wind might be a good thing. it's caused a lot of damage. that is our report for this morning. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. the big 10 football championship game between michigan state and wisconsin is on ktvu this afternoon so our next newscast. we're always here on ktvu.com. thanks for joining us, everyone. the first at becomes self-aware. it remembers what you do and does it faster. like automatically syncing while you sleep. instinctively shape-shifting from a music stream for your workout to newsfeed during breakfast,

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