>> reporter: big delays at the bay bridge because of a crash that was blocking the two left lanes. it was just removed but the damage is done. >> reporter: about a half-hour from now, the u.s. postal service is expected to formally announce some big changes coming this spring. we'll tell you how it will mean a loss for jobs and delay in the mail service. >> reporter: we're live in redwood city where police are searching for a suspect involved in a shooting at a burger king. a speeding car blows into a san francisco bar. why police say this situation

could have been much worse. "mornings on 2" starts now. well, good morning to you. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clavg. >> i'm tori campbell. it's monday, december 5th. straight to sal. good morning, tori and dave. westbound bay bridge, two left lanes were blocked for about a half-hour a few moments ago. they cleared this crash. at the toll plaza there's a big delay now and also at the macarthur maze. just getting around the east shore freeway, it's terp. you can see it's -- it's terrible. you can see it's at a standstill. if you are driving on the freeways approaching, you will notice something is terribly wrong here. so give yourself plenty of time. even the carpoolers have a little bit of time to wait because once you get through toll plaza, you will be able to

get through but getting there is another story. give yourself extra time. and we'll have an update in a few minutes. back to you. >> thank you. major changes are coming to the u.s. postal service. allie rasmus is at a mail processing center in oakland with the changes that the postal service is expected to announce this morning to help avoid bankruptcy. alley? >> reporter: well, the changes that could mean this facility will get a lot easier. it's staffed 24 hours a day. it's always opened. there's always people working here because they have a lot of mail to get through. things could get even busier here this spring. that's because the u.s. postal service is considering closing nearly half of all of its facilities nationwide. this facility is not on the closure list but another one in petaluma is. so if that closes, all of the mail would get processed here

in oakland. the poetal service -- postal services are doing this because they are predicting a $14 billion loss. the petaluma processing facility is one of 250 adoctors the country that could -- athe -- across the country. that would mean delays in mail delivery. specifically, first-class mail. right now, first-class mail is expected to arrive one to two days to arrive. but with these changes, it could take three to five days. first-class mail includes any letter with a first-class stamp and a lot of packages are sent first-class mail and a lot of periodicals are sent first- class mail. the u.s. postal service is expected to announce these changes. we'll be listening to that and tell you what they had to say

-- had to say in an hour. back to you. >> thank you. democrats will make another stab at cutting a payroll tax. so far democrats and republicans have not been able to agree on how to pay for the tax cut. coming up at 7:15, we'll have a live report that will explain how you did find -- how you can find out what this will mean for your paycheck. overnight news, an oakland man is in serious condition after being shot out side of his -- outside of his family's family on russet street and 105th avenue. the man was wounded in the chest. investigators say the shooting may have started with a robbery attempt. so far, no arrests have been made. there was gunfire last night at a fast-food restaurant in redwood city. it happened at a burger king parking lot on middlefield road. tara moritara moriarty is there outside of the restaurant with more -- tara mori ari is there outside of the restaurant with

what people are doing there. >> reporter: well, we're hoping to glean some new information. as of right now, what we understand is the biggest clue police have to go on is the getaway car. last night, two people were shot in the burger kick parking lot. redwood city police say one victim ran inside the restaurant to get help. now, there is a place selling christmas trees. a lot of people were out doing -- shoching and heart the -- were out and heard the shootings. the victims' names are being confidential at this point. all we know, they are hispanic males, one aged 29. the other aged 32. we have no motive in this case.

0 so no word whether -- so no word whether this guys is gang- related. >> 7:05. san francisco police are investigating a frightening accident involving a speeding car and a neighborhood bar -- neighborhood bar. it happened last night. police say the driver clipped another car and smashed into the high tides bar. both the driver and his female passenger were rushed to san francisco general hospital. there's no word on their condition. fortunately, nobody inside the car was hurt. >> if this happened last night, where there were hundreds of people in the street, there would probably have been a better chance that someone could have been injured. but today today, sunday night, there weren't a lot out. >> police say blood tests on the driver will reveal whether alcohol was a factor in this crash. another lucky supermarket appears to have been hit with a debit card scan.

the latest reports come from the lucky store in petaluma. customers and employees at the store on lakeville highway report as much as $1,000 withdrawn from accounts linked to their atm ard. that was after they used their atm cards at the -- card. that was after they used their atm cards. skimming devices were found at 20 self-check out lines at -- 20 self-checkout lines at stores, lucky stores. the public utilities commission advising some peninsula and east bay residents not to be alarmed.

crews are out there conducting routine maintenance and seismic upgrades in the hetch hetchy reservoir witch means starting today your tap color may look cloudy or milk-colored. the p.u. cunklths says water may -- the p.u. cunklths says water may -- dank dankt -- dash the puc says the water may look colored. caltrans says all onramps and offramps to the highway in antioch could be under construction. it's part of the $500 million project to widen the highway by 2015. notices about the project are already being drpted through out the -- distributed throughout the city. all right. we need help for the bay bridge. sal, what's going on? >> we had an earlier crash. this morning, the crash is

clear but traffic is very slow. this is the east shore freeway approaching the bay bridge. you can see for yourself, it is very slow all the way through the maze. it's at a standstill and then getting to the bridge itself is going to be busy. once you get on the bridge, it's good. but again, we had a crash that blocked two lanes for about a half-hour, 45 minutes there and the crash is clear but traffic is barked up beyond the toll plaza. let's go to 92 -- backed up beyond the toll plaza. let's go to 92. a big crash. fire crews are still on the scene. the lanes are still mostly blocked. some cars are getting through. but it's going to be a big backup in this area of highway 92. if you are in half moon bay or trying to get there, it will be maybe advisable that you think about putting the trip off if you can or using an alternate route. here's rosemary. take a look at this

beautiful view. you will need shades and a coat. it's chilly. temperatures are up 10, 15 degrees from where we started yesterday morning. it has to do with this pattern. systems continuing to drop down the east side of california and nevada and making its way into the four corners. we continue with breezy conditions, although the wind advisory allowed to expire. sunny and cool for the afternoon. we'll continue with an afternoon breeze as well. windy over the sierra today and same. so if you are a commuter, you can expect those advisories to last. lake county ceiling -- dealing with an advisory until about noontime. north and bay hills it has expired. hayward reporting gusts to 17 miles an hour. fairfield has been gusty. now reporting 23 miles an hour. santa rosa, napa, winds up and down from time to time. santa rosa, and napa dipped in the 30s, sitting in the 50s right now because of the winds.

speauns >> 43, hayward. 48 mountain view, 50 degrees san francisco as well as oakland. your afternoon highs for today. gonna feel a lot like yesterday. 61, sonoma. 60 in san rafael. 59 sausalito. 61 for oakland, san leandro. 6 a expected this afternoon for pleasanton. 59 anty -- tanty okay -- antioch. 61 for morgan hill. saratoga gonna be a nice day. 62 expected for your neighborhood. 59 in san mateo as well as in the city. for this time of year, we could use some rain but we're not seeing it, even in the exends forecast -- extended forecast. we're looking dry. we'll continue with a similar pattern. tomorrow morning we'll lose the win and that means we'll be a lot chillier in the morning. so we may have frost and freeze advisories to talk about but

until then we're looking pretty good. the popular silicon valley company that's hiring thousands of employees next year. also, what herman cain may do today that will further shake up the race for the republican race for the -- presidency.

after a -- after a manl on setback last week, senate democrats have a compromised plan for extending the -- major set back last week, senate democrats have a compromised plan for extending the payroll tax cut. here's alison burns. >> reporter: i just called the senate budget committee. we're still waiting for the details. harry reid is expected to reveal his plan later today. democrats are hinting they would like to pay for the tax cut with savings from winding down the wars in iraq and afghanistan. republicans might not like that much more than a new millionaire tax they rejected last week. over the weekend, president obama prometted his -- promoted

his social security payroll tax. >> try it out. then let your members of congress know where you stand. tell them not to vote to raise taxes on the working people during the holidays. >> reporter: there was a proposal to cut a freeze on salaries but that was rejected in the senate. reporting live in washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:15. now we're hearing reports formal presidential candidate herman cain will announce today he's endorsing newt gingrich for the presidential republican nomination. herman cain announced he was suspending his campaign after allegation of sex i a -- of sex abuse and that he had an affair. >> herman cain supporters have

been calling our office and they've been coming over to our side. i think part of that is because people see i'm the tea party candidate in the race. >> now, newt gingrich's campaign has added a news conference to his schedule today following a meeting with donald turn. the speculation -- donald trump. a federal lawsuit was timed on california's -- filed on california's open-carry gun law. back in 1967, the state made it a crime to openly carry a loaded gun. this year, governor brown made it illegal to openly care an unloaded handgun. supporters of lawsuit say these laws are too restrictive. deputies ended two occupy santa cruz demonstrations this

weekend. earlier yesterday officers made two arrests while removing dozens of protesters who had taken over a county building. at about the same time, deputies moved in on the protesters who took over a downtown bank last week. the group of 30 protesters left peacefully and there were no arrests. but authorities are km piling a detailed report -- compiling a detailed report and those responsible could face criminal charges. those living in the mission district are fighting the plan to set up a new occupy camp. thethe -- the city wants them to move to mission street. some living near the site worry this could create a public health tret and there -- threat and there are also concerns about crime. many occupy protesters themselves don't want to move to that location. the foot dur of -- the

future of afghanistan is being debated. now, 60 foreign ministers, including secretary of state, hillary clinton, will also be there. they will be talking about afghanistan's future after most foreign military forces leave agriculture. that includes the transfer of security responsibility, long- term prospects for independent national aid. and islamic news agency reports that iranian forces brought down a plane and seized it, a drone. they say that violated their airspace. now, u.s. sources say a drone did go missing over afghanistan late last week. it's equipped with technology. the u.s. ambassador to pakistan says the u.s. is doing everything it can to comply with base used by american

drone planes. pakistan has given the u.s. until december 11th to leave that military base. that order came after nato air strikes killed 24 pakistani soldiers triggering outrage around the country. there is a new threat this morning from the japanese nuclear power plant damage by the march earthquake and tsunami. as much as 12,000 gallons of radioactive material. and some of it may have ended up in the pacific colleges. the -- ocean. the water could have a million times of that radioactive than considered safe. the 80-year-old dump located on bay street and there is a cleanup planned to create a nature park and wildlife

habitat. the city plans to clean up the soil which contains toxins and arsenic. the environmental protection agency is working with east palo alto to safely complete the cleanup effort. a slight drop in gasoline prices reported nationwide, the national average for regular $3.28. that's down 2 cents from last week. but as usual gas here in the bay area costs more. but prices have dropped more than a nickel. >> i think i heard bluk was 2.84. >> let's go to albuquerque. >> yeah. it's still chi why this morning. rosemary will tell us which parts of the bay area could be wake up to frost.

if you like cars,, you have to see this. good morning. right now, northbound 280 traffic looking pretty good, getting up to highway 17. we'll tell you more straight ahead.

fourteen high-end luxury cars are seriously damaged after a chain-reaction cars in japan. it happened yesterday as a convoy of luxury car owners were driving down the highway. police say the driver of a ferrari tried to save lanes, hit the median and caused the crash with 13 other cars including eight ferraris, three mercedes and a lamborghini. the damage is estimated at $13

million. >> whoops! >> we didn't hear the speed but the road was wet at the time. >> oh. sal, the bay bridge? >> not doing very well, dave and tori, because of an earlier crash. the crash is gone. the toll plaza delay is big. the toll plaza is not the problem. it's getting to it. let's take a look at the east shore. we have a lot of slow traffic. you can see how slow it is stretching all the way back into richmond. 5 0 westbound, usually -- 580 westbound usually slow for hyde street, gonna be slow for san leandro. when one bay bridge problem happens like that, things get severely baked up -- backed up. highway 92 near pillar creek, if you are in san mateo county coming up and over the hill there was a -- there was a car

fully engulfed in flames. traffic is slow between half moon bay and 280. plan accordingly. let's go to rosemary. yes, good morning to you. it's a pretty -- breezy start out there. giving you a live look at the sunshine, abundant sunshine in your forecast. we'll be dry for the next several days. i want to show you some of the temperatures here. 52 oakland. mid-40s at concord as well as livermore, even a little bit warmer than that, a little bit earlier, we mentioned the possibility of frost. i'm gonna say at 4:00 this morning, it looked like patchy frost almost ofry where. palo alto, menlo park sitting in the mid-30s, near 37. a little bit closer to the day there. but the ret of us -- but the rest of us dealing with 40s and 50s. let's take a look at santa rosa and napa. 63 degrees. we do not have a wind advisory in place but still quite gusty

in the hills. cool, breezy for this morning and then in the afternoon, a lot like what we've been seeing. upper 50s, 6 low -- upper 50s, low 60s. extended forecast, not a lot of change. we're not gonna budge much. tomorrow morning we'll wake up very cold, freezing to subfreezing temperatures. we'll be dry. and now for the season, we're pretty much about 1 to 2 inches of rainfall behind. thank you. new safety concerns in a normally quiet east bay community. the flyers are up -- the fly -- fliers are up warning those in a east bay city.

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moments. >> thank you, sal. 7:30. it's bad news for people who love red vines candy. early this morning, workers at an east bay licorice plant went on strike. kraig debro is live from the pick its line in -- pick it's line in -- picket line. cia, what led up to this -- kraig, what led up to this -- up to this strike? >> reporter: it's a pretty large picket line here. if you plant to the left, you can see it goes to whipple road and they are letting everybody know that passes by in a vehicle they are on strike. according to union workers and a couple of other workers, there has not been a strike in ang long -- in a long time. workers walked out because of a

difference in medical payments. workers say instead of the union healthcare, the company would derive a plan and the union says that would require a dedubllthible that leaves out dependent. >> right now my son is covered. under the new plan he's not covered. >> i have to support our union. >> reporter: that's john nelson, the ownerrer of the -- owner of the company. workers say they agreed to a management request to drop

healthcare benefits for retirees. now, six yees r later -- now six years later, they are battling this. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. in san francisco dozens of people are in temporary housing after a fire burned their apartment. it started yesterday morning at a 450-unit billing -- 40-unit building. at least 60 people are getting temporary housing help from the red cross. the cause of the fire is blalled on a discarded cigarette -- blamed on a discarded cigarette. most people will be able to return home today except those who live in the seven be units that were most damaged. firefighters are investigating a fire that left two families homeless. it started at 2th and market at 10:00 -- 28th and market at

10:00 a.m. everybody was able to get out safely. firefighters say it does not appear to be suspicious. your time now, 7:33. new fliers are circulating in oakland's rockridge neighborhood warning residents about recent armed robberies. the fliers tell of a mugging last month, where two men who ordered a female victim to lie on the sidewalk and then they stole her purse. stay right here with "mornings on 2." we're checking with oakland police this morning. we'll find out their reaction to the distribution of these new fliers. the portland of oakland is making a public plea to the occupy protesters. they are asking demonstrators to allow the busy port to stay open during the holidays. now, this plea is part of a strategy against the plans by occupy oakland to block the port in a couple weeks. last month, the demonstrators

were able to bring the port is a standstill. walnut creek police are still looking for two people involved in an attempted high- end purse theft over the weekend. it happened saturday night at the nordstrom department store at broadway plaza. investigators say an oakland man ran out of the store at about 8:30 in the evening with $10,000 worth of purses. the man is also accused of using pepper spray on customers who tried to tackle him. police managed to take that man into custody. they are still looking for his female accomplice and a getaway driver. the mercury news reports that some san jose police officers are apparently coming down with the blue flu. according to the paper, there is a 40% increase in the number of sick days compared to last year. the financially strapped police department has been ordered to

have shorter shifts. a brief scare at at&t park over the weekend and it was all caught on camera. [ cheers ] >> yeah, this happened saturday night. a stadium rail collapsed at the game sending some fans tumbling to the ground below onto some of the football players. no one was seriously injured and no one had to be taken to the hospital. the 49ers are going to the playoffs for the first time since 2002. 9ers clinched the win over the rams yesterday at candlestick. frank gore made 9er history, becoming the all-time rushing leader. and alex smith threw two

touchdowns. the defense was tremendous. the 9ers have ten wins, two losses and an incredible season. the raiders are still good, but any had a rough weekend. they are now tied with the denver broncos for first place but they were beaten badly by the dolphins. the raiders lost 34-14. it was just a controversial week. mcclain flayed just four days after be -- played just four days after being arrested on firearm charges in alabama. they now go up to the -- go up against the green bay packers over the weekend. 7:37. right now, officials are the u.s. toastal -- postal service are olding -- are holding a press conference to allow major changes. the agency has come one a new cost-cutting plan. it includes closing about half of the mailing processors across the -- processors across

the country. currently first-class mail is supposed to be delivered in one to three days. that will lengthen to two to five days. that will be starting this spring. allie rasmus will tell us what in means for mail delivery and postal facilities here in the bay area. when i first heard this, i was concerned about what happened right away. this should be happening, i believe, in march. but the postal service as we know it -- hey, sal, the toll plaza? i'm sorry. >> i'm shaking my head because of the slow traffic leading to the toll plaza i got a tweet from sharon hog, she says what's going on with westbound 80? we're going three miles an however and just -- just from her being a regular treater -- tweeter, i know that she commutes somewhere in c ck

county to -- contra costa county to richmond, pinole, down to the maze. all of that traffic is slow. i also want to take a -- i went to the wrong cam you are. this is 880. traffic -- wrong camera. this is 880. i do want to mention the east shore. the traffic is backed up from pinole solid all the way out to the maze. let's go to the maps. this is highway 17. it looks a little bit slow getting down to los gatos. 101 is slow from the capital expressway. 280 northbound, gonna be seeing see some -- seeing some slow traffic. remember, highway 92 between half moon bay and 280 because of an earlier car five there's one way traffic control on highway 92 and near the creek.

a couple of spots in the bay area are having a terrible monday. good morning to you. cool, breezy, grab your -- grab your shades. temperatures this morning up from yesterday. but with that breeze out there, it feels pretty cool. vy to point out santa rosa. some areas in santa rosa reporting 56 degrees at about 4:00 this morning. santa rosa sitting at 37. again, the wind. the driving factor. 5 3 in napa, upper 40s in oakland. 46 in livermore, the winds have picked up in livermore. livermore began stirring around the cold air sitting at -- sitting at 60. the winds have settled. the sun is up. satellite and radar here, original high pressure continuing over the spask northwest. we continue with this persistent pattern -- other r the northwest. we -- over the northwest.

we continue with this per sittent pattern. from the coast all the way to the sierra, southern california dealing with the santa ana winds from from time to time. they will continue to deal with those. here at home, the wind advisory has expired. they candled it for the hills, north and east bay hills. it will be sunny and dry this afternoon. in the overnight hours, we're expecting a frost advisory and a freeze warning. so maybe protect those plants. we'll no longer have the wind. 60 degrees ect extd -- expected -- 60 degrees expected for san rafael. menlo park, palo alto are reporting a very light wind and you are stilly -- chilly in the

30s and 40s. 59 san francisco. the extended forecast -- it's going to be a dry one. notice our temperatures. upper 50s low 60s in the forecast. partly cloudy skies. overnight lows near freezing as we, of course, start tomorrow morning and then gradually warm into the weekend. mid-30s to low 40s. tori? >> trt. thank you. is 7:42. right now, red frag barn -- red flag warnings are in effect for southern california as the santa ana winds prepare to ploe back into town. gusts up to -- blow back into town. gusts up to 70 miles an hour are up. thousands of people are still without power. a fire alert has been issued for the area. informs say the strong winds will quick pli spread any flames and they are asking people to be -- quickly spread any flames and they are asking people to be careful. we were in ben lomond last

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after resterred long-term conference on the euro. a new report out this hour says company decreased their orders to u.s. factories for the second straight month. still, the dow up 153. nasdaq is up 43. s&p is up 21. french president nicholas sarkodie and angela merkel are meeting in paris today. they are under pressure to present a united front on setting guidelines that could lead europe out of the ongoing debt crisis. financial leaders from all 17 eurozone notions are meeting on friday. economists say if some continental mutual aid agreement is not reached bilities it could, it could cause issues with other countries. meshes are still spending big -- americans are still spending big online.

1.25billion was sent. that's the biggest onlineshipping day ever -- online shopping day ever. cyber sales were close to $6 billion through last friday. that's up 15% from last year. and better than most of the economists have predicted. a federal judge is refusing to issue a preliminary injunction against the sales of samsung's smart phones. now, apple wanted that legal action while the litigation continues with samsung. the judge said apple is not suffering serious damage if sames is duck's -- samsung's sales continue. police arrested the last remaining protest last night when an officer on a cherry picker tied the -- tied a rope

around the protester and took him into custody. this all started early in the day when the protesters were told to take down the object. the occupy wall street movement is calling for a national day of action to -- action to. similar protesters have taken place around the country. organizers say too many people have lost their homes because of corporate greed and large corruption. several large mortgage have agreeded to suspend foreclosures during the hoyles -- holidays. chase, wells fargo and bank of america have announced a temporary suspension as well as fannie mae and freddie mac. santa barbara police

released a dash-cam video that they came proves police officers did not use excessive force on a suspected dui driver. now, police pulled over 50-year- old tony denanzio for making several illegal turns in october. police say he disobeyed their commands and they fired 13 rounds to subdue him. the suspect refused to be subdued and forced suffer -- tougher action, they say. this is what santa barbara police released. this foe of -- this photo of the suspect. you can he soot cuts on his -- see the cuts on his face. the city of oakland takes an important start today. the police department will unavailable its new academy members at 10:00 this morning. it's the first academy since

the city laid off police last year. there are ten train es. all are scheduled to become officers until the layoffs. this money comes in a $10 million justice department grant. the city will hire 25 more police officers and assign them to the highest crime neighborhoods. the san jose fire department will be expanding soon. the second group of recruits from a federal grant will complete their training today. a $15 million grant comes from the staffing and adequate fire and emergency response program. this morning's exer sirerss include handson drills and exercises in rescuing. has been more than two years -- it's been more than two years since tiger woods won a tournament. but he's a winner now. >> and there it is!

>> woods earned his 83rd championship title at the chevron world challenge in southern california. he made back-to-back birdies to finish at 10-under par. it was the fifth time he won the event which he also happens to host. his last victory was november 2009. two weeks after that, his personal life fell apart over a thanksgiving weekend. he's also gone through several sunkries. madonna will be the halftime headliner at the next super bowl. the singer will collaborate with cirque du soleil. super bowl xlvi is scheduled for indianapolis. we hope. >> yes. we'll be talking about harry potter. we'll take a break and be right back.

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okay. hit movie "twilight breaking dawn" number one at movie theaters for the third week in a row. the movie sold almost $17 million in tickets in the past week. other movies -- universal studios in the next few weeks could announce it will open a west coast harry potter theme park. fans might have to wait since it could take three years to build this at the southern california universal action -- attraction. guests would walk through the hog wartz castle. details are still being worked

out with warner brothers. tonight, the piedmont city council would vote on a sports complex. oak's city attorney has threatened to sue. the city wants an environment review process and some people in oakland are concerned the complex would create a safety hazard. the youth complex would include soccer and baseball fields. pede mawnd has scaled back the original -- piedmont has scaled back the original plans. the stars really came out last night in washington, d.c. for the kennedy centers honers gala. ♪ >> that was smoky robinson right there, paying tribute to neil diamond. there's neil right there. the others included barbara cook, cellist, yo-yo ma, and

meryl streep. there's caroline kennedy. the gala will be broadcast later this month. there's lionel richie giving caroline kennedy a kiss. >> a lot of big stars there. >> yes. let's check in with sal, see what's going on at the bay bridge toll plaza. still a bill backup? >> it is -- still a big backup? >> it is because of an earlier crash. getting there on 80 and 580 is slower than usual. we're looking at 880 northbound we're getting a backup as well from the coliseum, all the way up to 23rd. of course, 92 has been a big mess because of an earlier crash car fire there on highway 92. we also want to mention santa clara county, 85 is just a huge mess from san jose all the way up into cupertino. so getting into cupertino, bad commute. a cool, breezy start out there this morning.

if you are sheltered from the wind chances are you are chilly. plenty of sunshine for today. dry conditions in the forecast. we'll be sunny and cool, a lot like we saw over the weekend. upper 50s for your lunchtime. sun setting at 4:51. a quick peek here, 60 degrees fremont. 60 livermore. 61 expected in santa rosa with, again, plenty of sunshine. your extended forecast, boy, we do not have a lot of change going on. tomorrow morning it will be a cold one, frost advisories and freeze awarnings, definitely a -- freed wash -- freeze warnings definitely a possibility there. back to you. >> thank you. a disturbing incident at an east bay park that involves geese and gunfire. >> reporter: just 30 minutes ago, the u.s. postal service announced it's making changes

to the delivery testimony. we'll tell you how that will affect all first-class mail. we're live in redwood city where police are searching for two suspects involved in a double shooting in burger king. we just got off the phone with police. we'll tell you what they had to say when "mornings on 2" continues.

good morning. welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> good morning. i'm dave clark. it's monday, december 5th. just 30 minutes ago, the u.s. postal service made an announcement they are changing the delivery standards. that means certain types of mail will take a lot longer to arrive starting in the spring time. allie rasmus is at the mail processing facility in oakland to explain how all of this is gonna affect you. allie? >> reporter: well, it means all first-class mail is going to take longer to arrive. so first-class mail includes any package with first-class stamps on it, magazine, periodicals, news letters. any envelope with a first-class postable stamp for you. those will be affected. right now, first-class mail

typically arrives one to three days after it's sent out. that's the current standard that the postal rate operates under. the postal service announce this just -- announced this a half-hour ago. >> instead of having the overnight standard for first- class mail dictate how many pieces of equipment and how many facilities that we need in our network, we're starting off with the premise of let's design the most efficient and affordable network. >> reporter: the u.s. postal service is facing a $14 billion loss next year. so the postal service spokesperson were talking about how this will help cut down on those losses. the u.s. postal service is considering shutting down more post offices and it's also considering closing nearly half of all of the its mail processing facilities nationwide. now, this facility here in

oakland, if we take you back out here live, this facility here is not on the projected closure list but a processing facility in petaluma is. it's one of 250 expected to close in the spring. live in oakland, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:01. san jose police are investigating two separate overnight shootings where three people were hurt. the shootings happened within minutes of each other but police think they are unrelated. the first one happened on story road just after 12:30 this morning. two men were found shot in the parking lot of a business. they were taken to a hospital. then a couple minutes later, a man walked into the hospital, told police he was shot at a vietnamese cafe on tully road. no veaft -- no arrests. a victim is un-- unidentified victim is in serious condition after being shot in front of his family's

home on russet and 105th avenue. the victim was shot in the chest. the investigators say the shooting may have started with a robbery attempt. 8:02. we have new information regarding the double shooting at a fast-food restaurant. it happened at the burger king parking lot on middlefield road in redwood city. tara mori atr -- tara moriarty just got off the phone with police. what did they tell you? >> reporter: they said this looks like a case of a robbery gone wrong. the two people were you canning into the -- were coming into this shopping center. when someone tried to rob them. police believe one of the victims was shot in the car. one of them was shot outside of the car. and then one of the more serious injured ran into this burger king for help. police say he was shot in the buttocks and leg and he was in critical condition when he was transported to the hospital and underwent surgery. the other victim came walking up as police arrived and he had been shot in the parm.

he's expected to survive. now, both victims are latino men around 30 years old from redwood city. there were witnesses to this crime which happened around 7:00 last night off middlefield road near the or -- near the orch ard -- or ofard. the shoot -- orchard. right now, investigators are going to the crime lab and they will be an lack -- they will be looking at the shell casings to try to determine what type of gun was ussed. -- used. back to you. san francisco police investigating a frightening accident involving a speeding car and a neighborhood bar. it happened last night here in the western edition. police say the driver clipped another car, then smashed right into the high tide's bar at geary and jones.

both the driver and his female passenger were taken to san francisco general hospital. we don't know their condition. fortunately, no one inside the bar was hurt. friends and family of a 1- year-old boy shot and critically wounded in the head in oakland held a stop-the- violence march over the weekend. about a dozen people marched downtown toward the east ball mall to support baby lawrence. lawrence was caught in the crossfire of a mass shooting. he remains in critical condition at oakland's children hospital. >> can we can get -- if we can get 50, to 100, show the community we share. >> organizers were also collecting money for a trust fund. donations in his name can be made at any bank of the west

branch. seven geese were found shot to death at newhall park saturday morning. police believe all of the birds were deliberately shot. this is not the first time this has happened. on november 9th. more than a dozen dead geese were found. nine of them at concord's willow pass park. investigators believe they were all shot with a pellet rifle or a small caliber gun. pg&e crews investigating a gas smell have determined there's into gas leak in bennett valley. last week that was reported in the area of brookshire and carissa and then reports came in from kale la ter vase and -- kalaveras and maripoa drive. we just checked with pg&e. they are not sure what's causing the smell. later today, demolition crews should be finished tearing down a berkeley

apartment dwilding -- billing. only part. exterior remains of what used to be a four-story building at telegraph and haste. the fire last month really damaged the building and engineers decided it had to be torn down. 70 people lost their homes, including several uc berkeley students. this morning texas supervisors are expected to consider a proposal to turn over the sharp golf course to the federal government. the virlal group -- environmental group say this will pay taxpayers money and protected the guarder snake and red frog. opponents say they can protect the environment while still maintaining the interest of low income golfers who rely on the public course. 8:07. the morning commute has been horrible for a lot of people, especially around the bay

bridge. hey, sal, any better news. it's a little bit better, dave. yeah, horrible is the one that comes to mind. that's the one we can say on television? , right? it's terrible. as charles backly would say, it's terrible -- barkley would say, it is terrible. traffic is at at -- is at at a standstill -- standstill. it's a little bit windy and breezy. 237 is slow getting into the santa clara valley. 880 northbound and southbound that traffic is moving along slowly. not all that bad. there's some slow traffic getting there. and this morning at the bay bridge, it's backed fowp where a 30-minute delay. the problem is just getting there before you make it to the toll plaza. it's still very slow on 0 and 580 -- 80 and 580. take a look at this vufl. out to our doors and to the

golden gate, we're looking at wall-to-wall sunshine. we'll continue with this dry air mass as our pattern will persist through the weekend ahead. your forecast, we're looking at high pressure building in over the pacific northwest. it will be expanding into this system now that's dropping into arizona. the difference between the two, more offshore winds. the wind advisory has been allowed to expire. the north bay and the east bay hills advisory has been canceled. lake tahoe, southern california, still weeting -- still deeting with wind. for us, the breeze will continue. but it won't be too bad. we're looking at gusty conditions. the mountains are reporting some pretty gusty conditions. mount diablo remain there at this time. in santa rosa, it's been a roller coaster. 23 fairfield. so the drive could be tough.

a light breeze along the peninsula as well as san jose for most of the it -- mor most of us. the winds have been the driving factor in our temperatures this morning. we do tommed out in the 30s. we have been sitting there for a few hours now. 56 santa rosa. 50 degrees oakland. 50 mountain view. afternoon dayed -- high for today will be sylmar to what we felt over the weekend. 60 for berkeley. 59 in concord. 59 expected in the city. 62 san jose, 60 degrees los gatos, 59 expected. san mateo for your afternoon. the extended for our cast been

talking about it. come tomorrow bhorring, we vent -- morming by don't -- morning we won't have the wind. meanwhile, into the weekend, you notice no rain in sight. there temperatures sitting in the upper 50s and low 60s for the afternoon. >> thank you. 8:10. big news from overseas involving the founder of -- founder of wikileaks. we need a sofa. something i can stretch out on! ooh... that will go with those lamps my mother gave us. or we could get some new lamps. or we could get no sofa. negotiating, eh? you got it! how about a nice home for our tv? how about doors to hide that drive-in theater? how about a cowhide rug? yee-haw! and the snacks? get their own place. let the marathon begin!

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8:14. well, democrats in washington, d.c. will try again this week to push the payroll tax cut through congress. alison burns in our washington, d.c. newsroom on the new idea democrats have to pay for the tax cut. allison? >> reporter: dave, the 2% payroll tax cut expires at the end of this month, so congress is running out of time to strike a deal, the democrats and republicans are at odd over how to pay for it. now, today, senate majority leader harry reid is expected to introduce a new plan to offset the cost. democrats are hinting they will use saving from winding down the wars in iraq and afghanistan. but that might not be very popular with republicans. as for how much the tax cut will save you, the white house the white house has posted a cal cau lighter on

whitehouse.gov. you can enter your income and try out. president obama is calling on all americans to give it a try and then to act. >> tell them to put put money back in the pox -- to put -- to put money pack in the pockets of americans. >> reporter: we'll see how this all plays out in washington, d.c. here this week. reporting live from alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. a lot of prayer and soul searching, i'm suspending my presidential campaign. >> the scramble began among the remaining candidates for his supporters, almost as fast as he announced he was not going to run for president anymore. here's more. >> reporter: all signs are as soon as today or maybe later,

tori, that herman cain will throw his support to newt gingrich. they've been very close. both of them from georgia and they have ties between them. i would almost say if you look at the polling data, some of herman cain's supporters have already made the choice. some of the polling data shows as cain has glon down, it's almost -- gone done, it's almost been a 1 and 1 increase. newt gingrich has unveiled the new ad in iowa. the caucuses are four weeks from tomorrow. you certainly couldn't be in a better position than gingrich finds himself right know. there are still a lot -- right now. there are still a loot who look at newt gingrich and are not sure that's what they want, they are worried the old newt might show up, the one that has his finger 0 the self-des --

finger on the self-destruction button. >> i'm curious, who would the democrats like to see who they think might be beatable by president obama? >> reporter: there is a front page story "the washington post." there are some who wonder whether newt gingrich might be tapping into something especially on the right side of the party and even with all of his problems in the past, even with the stories about him, he might be able to motivate the republican base in a way that, say, mitt romney can't. there are two debates before the iowa caucuses. back to you. >> thank you. and you can find the link

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trampled on the field. >> all right. 8:19. san francisco police take new steps to make sure holiday shoppers are safe. the new crackdown against and ole problem -- old problem. and our meteorologist, rosemary, has already washed us it's chilly on this moond morning and she --mond morning and she will tell us what's -- monday morning and she will tell us what's hey head -- what's ahead for the week. speausms aaron, you're all set. great, thanks.

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san francisco is making sure tourists and shoppers enjoy their experience this holiday season. but to do that will mean a heavy police presence. officers have set up a mobile command center in the union square area. police hope to curb the problem of aggressive panhandling. while asking for money is legal, when. panhandle follows, blocks or threatens someone, the behavior becomes aggressive and that will not be tolerated. >> people like new york have made an effort to limit it, contain it and keep it away from some of the big crowds that are out at christmastime. >> police will handle aggressive panhandling on a case-by-case basis. a person could be warned, cited about this. okay. we're checking our commute.

we have a lot of problems. sal is gonna have to get up through -- through the macarthur maze. it's getting better. as you can see, it's cleared up a little bit. earlier we had a big line of cars coming around the curb. now it becomes a lot more normal. as we go to the bay bridge, i want to see what that backup looks like, it took about an hour and a half but things are back to normal. if we don't have any more crashes, it should start wearing thin here by 9:00 -- here by 9:00 at the toll plaza, whoich is what -- whoich is -- which is what we want. 8:24. let's go to rosemary. no wind advisory in place

but definitely breezy out there in some areas and gusty. so take it easy. you may find yourself holding tight to the real now an and again. temperatures in the low 40s an 50s. 43 san jose, the winds really picked up right around 4:00 and because of it, our temperatures really warm. 52, napa. 56 in santa rosa. what that said you have a breeze outside your core and 5 -- outside your door and 52. let's check out the latest winds. you can see 17 miles an hour, sfo, fairfield has come down dramatically. six miles per hour. i should say 8 right now. 17 in santa rosa, santa rosa reporting gusts anywhere from five to ten miles. so for today we're going to continue with the winds although they will continue to die down and we're looking at some nice weather in for the afternoon. temperatures will be back into the upper 50s, low 60s for today. and our pattern is just really going to persist. we're not gonna see a whole lot

of change. tomorrow morning the big change is going to be the lack of wind and with that, we are going to have frost advisories as well as freeze warnings a possibility, starting in the overnight hours. so for today, just a mild afternoon in store. upper 50s, low 60s. not a lot of change. tomorrow morning with that frost and freeze advisory definitely. something worth noting, especially if you have sensitive plants. you maybe want to get out there and do some watering. lack of rain also a possibility to maybe turn the sprinklers back on. partly cloudy skies. dave? >> all right. 8:26. well, it's making a lot of bay area shoppers nervous. a new development in that supermarket debit card scam. >> reporter: why a worker strike in union city could mean a shortage of licorice this holiday season. does your tap water look

cloudy? is it safe to drink? what the officials are telling us.

right now traffic is moving along slowly on the san mateo bridge. now, we did have a problem westbound 92 at hillsdale. this problem was there for a bit. i'm afraid that's backing traffic up on the san mateo bridge. a lot of people have been using the san mateo bridge as an alternate to the bay bridge. now they are stuck in traffic. so this is just one of thosemonds. there are a lot of people -- those mondays. there are a lot of people who said, i will take the san mateo bridge instead. and now they are stuck. that's just awful. we'll have another traffic update in a minute. well, it's also bad news if you love to eat those red vines

kandky why -- candy. earlier today, those workers went on strike. kraig debro is live at the picket line in union stay. so kraig, where did this come? >> reporter: well, this labor dispute has been going on for some time. we still haven't heard from the company. we don't know who complained but the strike seems so have soured the relationship between the two sides, workers and management. the officer told a union representative police got complaints about workers parking their cars in no parking zones. according to the union no worker crossed the picket line. union already says the strike is hurting the makers of red vine licorice. a big batch of licorice on saturday is sitting and candy has not been packaged and cannot be dlived. >> it's the holiday season -- be delivered. it's the holiday season.

we hate to do this to the company but it's hurting them. it's really hurting them. >> reporter: the workers are walking the picket lines over the issue of healthcare. the workers' current plan is provided through the union the union says the company wants workers to use its healthcare plan, a plan requires a deductible. >> a lot of people have been working here -- some guy, 35 years, 33 years. they should have a little better benefit for them. >> reporter: the union representative says the deductible could be $250 to $300. several workers identify this man as john nelson, the man you see her, the company's owner. i asked him to comment on this labor dispute but he declined. he said they are the only one who makes this red vine licorice. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. 8:31. yet another lucky supermarket

appears to have been hit with a debit card scam. customers and employees at the petaluma gateway store on lakeville highway report as much as $1,000 withdrawn from their accounts linked to their atm cards. that was after they used the cards at the store's self- checkout line. skimming devices that are illegal were found at 20 bay area lucky stores. 8:32. recycling may soon be mandatory in alameda county. the oakland tribune reports the county waste management authority wants management recycling to start in two phases beginning with businesses and departments. the county will en then charge up to $1,000 fine -- will then charge up to $1,000 fines for thes people who do not -- for those people who do not follow

the rules. the public utilities commission is advising some peninsula and east bay residents not to be alarmed if you your drinking water -- if your drinking water looks funny. crews are conducting routine maintenance in the hetch hetchy reservoir area. that means starting today some people's water may look offcolorred. the water is safe to drink and the -- offcolored water is safe to drink. the new fliers are out

warning -- washing residents about armed robberies in the rock rinl area -- rockridge area. one mugging occurred last month. two men ordered a female victim to lie down on the sidewalk and they stole her -- stole her purse. saturday night at the nordstrom's department store at broadway plaza, investigators say an oakland man ran out of the store with $10,000 worth of purses. he's also accused of using pepper spray on customers who try to tackle him. police managed to arrest that suspect but they are still looking for his female accomplice and a getaway driver. 8:34. san rafael police believe a video store clerk lied about getting robbed. the independent journal reports the 25,000 worker worked at --

worked -- was working and robbers came in and stole money at knifepoint. but the surveillance tape showed nothing. police believe the rorke -- the worker took the money herself. officials in danville are encouraging people to register their alarm systems in time for a false alarm ordinance that takes effect on the 1 stf of the years. it allows fines when a homer -- 12 stf of the year -- 1 of the of the year -- 1st of the year. speaups -- the continuing highway 4 construction to widen the road in east contra costa county could cause even more disruptions next year. caltrans says all onramps and

offramps to the highway in onty ack could be under -- in antioch could be under construction as part of the widenling project -- widening project by 2014. highway 4 can be very busy. >> every day. >> we want to start out with sal. >> there was a crash on 92 in hillsdale -- witch has made it -- which has made it tough as well. also, a lot of people were on this bridge trying to avoid the bay bridge which was very slow because of earlier problems. the bay bridge toll plaza itself still recovering from an earlier crash in the 6:00 hour that blocked two lanes. san jose and the san jose, santa clara valley, 85 is

impropping. -- improving. let's go to rosemary. >> we continue with the dry conditions. mostly clear skies. another round of -- round of winds kicking up. still a little gusty out there this morning. the satellite radar showing you that ridge still in place over the pacific northwest. the system, dry systems continue to drop down the backside. the latest one already pulling into arizona. the pressure gradient is what ral mp ras up our winds -- ramps up our winds. 23-mile-per-hour winds in fairfield. 17 in hayward. these are not the steady winds but the gusts. usually the winds are anywhere from 5 to 10 miles per hour below this. 15-mile-per-hour winds reported around san francisco. check out our temperatures. we saw a huge spike in our

numbers. before 4:00 we were sinking in the 30s and then as soon as the winds start to pick up, we saw 40s and 50s and 50 hayward right now as well pass oakland. 53 in the city. upper 40s, low 50s. the peninsula, didn't see the winds so much and ur temperatures dropped there -- and our temperatures dropped there. forecasted highs -- the pattern is gonna remain pretty persistent. upper 40s, near 50s. north bay, south bay, 62 for the -- for san jose. 59 for san mateo. 59 in the city. along the coastline, upper 50s, mostly sunny skies and a light to moderate breeze will continue. the extended forecast shows you a dry forecast. we used bind and we add the frost for tomorrow morning. a frost advisory as well as a

freeze warning. possibilities for our valley locations. temperatures are gonna be very chilly even into the weekend, notice, we budge very little. our temperatures in the overnight hours will gradually warm back in the lower 40s in time for your weekend. back to you. it will feel like december. 8:38. southern california residents they are bracing for the return of those san jose winds. a red flag warning is now in effect, as crews continue to clean up from last week's wind storm. up to 70-mile-per-hour wind gusts are expected down there. this has proomed a fire aarrest -- this has prompted a fire alert. after four days of electricity, the power is back for residents in santa cruz county. we were at ben le monday -- ben lomond. pg&e crews worked 16-hour days to get the power back that was

brought down. >> just trying to work as safe and fast as we can to get the job done. >> some residents who live in the area have been relying on generators. you can imagine. they are happy to get those off and the power back. others say it's nice to turn on the christmas lights they hung just before the power was knocked out. 8:39. it was a violent weekend in richmond with two shootings in just 12 hours. but despite these latest incidents, police are optimistic about the city's crime rate. on saturday afternoon, a 46- year-old man was shot and killed on griffin drive. 12 hours later, a security guard was shot at pacific east mall. police say there is a slight rise in homicides. the crime in general in the city is going down. >> we routinely go to meetings to listen to the concerns. we hope that the people will come and bring those concerns to us and help solve the problems here.

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our time now, 8:45, let's bring you up to date on some of the other top stories we're following for you right now. redwood city police are investigating a double shooting last night near a burger king restaurant. the victims were shot as they drove into the shopping mall. one of the victims is in critical condition. no arrests have been made in the case so far. later today, senate majority leader harry majority leader harry reid will introduce a compromise measure to extend the -- extend the

payroll tax rut. propertiedly -- reportedly, democrats will use savings from winding down the wars to pay for the tax. and there's a plan to change the delivery window for your first-class mail. ktvu's allie rasmus is live at a mail processing facility in oakland on how long it's gonna take to send or bet a -- or get a a -- or get a bet -- or get a letter. >> reporter: basically, it applies to any letter or package with a first-class postable stamp on it. the u.s. postage center says last year they sent out 7 billion pieces of first-class mail and they expect that number to drop to by half. see they announced -- so they announced this morning they are

dropping the policy. now it will take four, possibly five days to arrive. >> people rely -- people rely on electronic media and they are not sending cars and letters and a lot of magazines are available online and not being mailed. so i can -- i can see why the business has dropped but i still like getting things in the mail. >> reporter: the post office hayes it is facing a $14 billion -- says it is facing a $14 billion lost loss and they are considering other cost- cutting measures by closing down some of the facilities and about half of the mail processing facilities. now, this processing facility in oakland, where we've been standing all morning. this processing facility in

oakland is not on that possible closure list but a facility in petaluma is. so if that facility closes, all of the mail that was there will be brought here. so come next spring things could get busier at this facility in west oakland. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. a baptist church in eastern kentucky has voted unanimously to overturn the ban on interracial couples. they announced that people of all races can attend their church. the pastor says he opens lifting the band will -- lifting the ban will help. >> i'm just kinding -- finding it an increde -- it incredible

that such an action could be taken in 2011. >> the controversy started after a woman and her fiance visited the church and were told they could not become members. two occupy santa cruz demonstrations were shut down by the weekend. officers made two arrests while removing dozens of protest. around the same time, deputies moved in and arrested those who took over a bank. deputies compiling a detailing report on damage inside the bank, criminal charges may be filed. some residents in san francisco's mission district are fighting a plan to set up a new occupy sf didn't -- sf account. some of the residents living near the proposed site are or wrr -- with that dash are

worried -- proposed site are worried. the occupy wall street movement is calling for a national day of action to protest foreclosures. sit-ins are scheduled to take place tomorrow at foreclosed properties around the country. similar protests occurred last month. too many people have lost their homes because of corporate greed and wall street production. the port is making a public plea to occupy protesters. the port has taken out an ad in the oakland tribune asking the demonstrators to keep the busy port open during the holidays. this plea is part of a strategy against plans to blockaid the -- block aide the report -- block aide the report.

blockade the all right. andronico's is holding a clear answer store, as they are getting ready to close. the store is expected to close sometime around december 14th. some of the long-time workers are expected to move to other stores. it's not clear how many jobs will be lost. 8:51. the mercury news are reporting that some people are coming down with the blue flu. the financially strapped police department has reportedly been forced to send out smaller patrols or extend shifts. the speculation is some of the officers -- police officers used to -- used their sick time to find other jobs. some veteran police officers could be bushing off their days because they could be losing

them if they don't use them. new video out showing that video scare at at&t park over the weekend. >> right there. the stadium rail collapsed. this was saturday night during the ccs title game between saint ignacious and sacred heart high school. some fans toppled we le. we're happy to tell you no one was -- below. we're happy to tell you no one was seriously hurt or had to be taken to the hospital. san francisco clinched the nfc crowd over the st. louis rams yesterday. frank gore made 9er history by becoming san francisco's career rushing leader. alex smith threw two second half touchdowns and -- and the 9ers have ten wins and two losses.

the raiders now tied with the denver broncos in the a.f.c. loss. the dolphins won it, 34-14. and mcclain played just four day as after he was arrested on assault and firearm charges in become billion. the raiders head to green bay to play the undefeated packers who squeaked out a win yesterday. :52. we now know which bowl game stanford and -- stanford and cal will play. they are headed to the fiesta bowl. andrew luc will lead the way to phoenix on january 2nd. both teams have 11 wins. cal will face off against texas in the holiday bowl. that's 28th -- that's december 2th. the bears head to san francisco. this by the way is the fifth time the two schools -- the

fifth time the schools have played. and one final look at the monday morning commute. sal will tell us if it's still slow in at least two bay area bridge -- bridges. look at this. a highway pileup of some very expensive cars. speauches

a dozen luxury cars seriously damaged after a qhan-

resaction -- chain-reaction class in japan. the driver of a ferrari tried to change lanes, smashed into the median, and then there was a chain-reaction crash with 13 other cars including seven other fer you are ray -- ferraris, three mercedes and a lamborghini. no one was hurt. damage was estimated at more than $3 million. a high school student from cupertino is the win der of a -- winner of a $100,000 science prize. angela jang was give -- was given the honor. the winners were announced this morning during a ceremony in washington. jang was competing against five other students across the country for this scoip -- scholarship. that will cover maybe two years tuition if she's lucky. >> yeah. hey, sal, we get a prize for a bad commute morning. >> we do. let's take a look at that. traffic is gonna be slow on the

san mateo bridge. don't use the san mateo bridge. use another one. it's terrible. 880 northbound is gonna be slow at -- be slow. at the bay bridge works's gonna be -- bay bridge, we'll be stuck with terrible traffic. and upper 50s, low 60s in the forecast for your afternoon today. and your extended forecast shows you that the current weather pattern will persist. we're going to be dry. seasonal temperatures in the forecast even through next week. we lose the wind tonight and into tomorrow morning, a very dry air mass in place. frost advisories, and freeze warnings definitely a possibility. >> that will do it for us. thanks for watching. >> bye now.