on the same day north korea announces the death of kim jong- il -- repair work begins on a busted line in san pablo but it was what was next to the line is what took residents by surprise. speaufles. a fire at the hayward airport this morning. what some fast-thinking people

did. well, good morning to you. i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's monday, december 19th. the world is watching after the death of long-time ruler of south korea kim jong-il. the dictator died on saturday after a heart attack. he was 69 years old. he was the ruler of north korea. i misspoke there, north korea, not south korea. a funeral is plan for wednesday. mr. kim ruled north korea for 17 years and most viewed him as cruel and reclusive. he took power from his late father in 1994. in an effort to continue a family dynasty, kim jong-il has named his young e son, kim jung un, his successor last year. not much is known about him. he's estimated to be about 27. it's not known if he's married.

word of kim jong-il's death comes on the same day north korea conducted a missile test. south korea said it occurred off the coast. it's not known if this is part of death of kim jong-il. the military is on high alert while the situation in north korea remains uncertain. the white house says president obama is monitoring the situation in north korea follow the death of kim jong- il. coming up at 7:15, we'll have a live report from our washington, d.c. newsroom. and this news has dragged asian markets down overnight. there are worries there could be new instability in the

region. south korea's kospi dropped 4%. marks in other currents well this morning. but the u.s. markets are up right now. 7:02. back here at home, repair crews in san pablo have already started work to fix two ruptured water maynes. some streets and homes were flooded over the weekend. and now there's another worry. allie rasmus is out there in san pablo to tell us what's underneath several of those homes that they are worried about. >> reporter: well, dave, running parallel to that water line that broke over the weekend is another water line owned by conocophillips. both of those lines run side by side. now, as we pan over to the left here, this road, as you can see, is right next door to a

house be section. many people who live out here didn't realize there was a gapline running through the area. this is el portal drive you are looking at. it now has a gaping hole in the ground where repair work is being done. that pretty much spans almost the entire width of the street. that water line that broke is about 5 feet fid in diameter -- wide in diameter. conocophillips owns that gas line. the spokesperson explains how this all started on saturday. >> the waterline eroded the soil and caused some of the concrete to fall into the hole. >> reporter: now, the gasoline line was not damaged when the waterline broke but the water did gush into the street and that caused flooding problems in some of the homes. there's a bit of a detour here.

there's been a lot of people trying to circumvent the area and try to get back on the freeway. we're still waiting to hear back from east bay m.u.d. to hear about how long this street will remain closed. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:04. now information about a fire on a small plane overnight in hayward. it happened just before 11:00 at hayward's executive airport. now, we took this video less than an hour ago. you can see there's fire retardant foam on the ground. crew members thanged -- managed to push the plane out of the way. nobody was hurt. we're told there's damage to the plane and smoke damage to several nearby helicopters. a new study finds one in three americans will be arrested by the time they are

23 years old. researchers for the journal pediatrics found that more than 30% of 23-year-olds say they've been arrested. that's higher than the 22% from the study in 1965. experts attribute the higher arrest rates to several decades of tough crime policies. alameda county has a counterproposal for governor brown. last week governor brown announced that because of state budget trigger cuts, counties now need to pay $125,000 for each youth offender housed in state youth facilities. that's up from just $500 per offender. and the state says it actually costs $200 for each youth offender. alameda county wants to take over the care and maintenance of this youth offenders and it wants the stay to pay $150,000 to the cow county for each -- to the county for each

offender. women are closing up the gender gap when it comes to college applicants. about 6 out of every 10 graduates from last spring were last women. that's a reversal over the past few decades. some students say with the economy the way it is, they need a college educatioto help take care of themselves and their home. cal state east bay held a special one-day male initiative conference for young minority men. today is another spare the air day. the sixth one so far, after having all of now last weekend. experts say this pollution and haze will hold in fine, particulate matter. they don't want you to use fireplace, wood stove, and pellet doeferns and -- stoves and outdoor is banned.

let's check in with sal. >> we're doing pretty well own the golden gate bridge. a view from our toll plaza camera. it moves well. tonight is a big 49ers' football came at candlestick park. it's monday night football and people are gonna start getting there in the early afternoon. that's what people do, they tailgate. westbound bay bridge, backed up for a small delay coming into san francisco. we'll see if it stays this way. also, the morning commute in the south bay, northbound 101 and 280 looking pretty good. tlfs a little bit of traffic getting into cupertino.

here's steve. a little system just wrapping back around on its way to southern california. did produce a few sprinkles. most of it is gone. a lot of low clouds around, mostly sunny, though, no rain expected. no measurable rain. we get a little sprinkle here and there. we could use some. very, very dry as i mentioned. about an hour and a half ago, i -- reno, nvd has yet to have -- nevada has yet to have any rain. if this continues it will be the driest season since 1987. just saying. things are not only dry here but northern shasta. even pars of oregon -- parts of oregon. that line down towards morgan hill, not much there.

in santa cruz, i don't think too much is happening. after that, that system is on its way to southern california. what's new? it's called a blocking pattern, everything is blocked. i mean, globally, i don't really see our pattern changing. one low kicks out, another one forms. high pressure stays in the area. 50s on the temperatures. our lows will be colder tomorrow morning but the afternoon highs will be warmer. we'll take that into wednesday back to low clouds. all signs point toward sunny and warm for this weekend. tori, dave? >> all right. thank you. it's 7:10, the occupy movement in the south bay is trying to put a face behind the house. protesters return to san jose city hall yesterday and they also put up tents.

they took them down late last night to avoid a done frontation with the police. the group wants to raise awareness about an 9-year-old veteran and his -- 89-year-old veteran and his wife who didn't know they signed a variable loan and are on the verge of losing their home. >> these are part of the people that these foreclosures are affecting. my father is a world war ii vet. he's try to live the american dream and is now living the american nightmare. >> last night, supporters held a posada, a mexican tradition, of mary and joseph asking for shelter. "the chronicle" reports police evertime is up to $500,000. the public works department has spent $47,000 clean up justin herman plaza. the parks department has spent $50,000 to prepare damage left

behind. this is from the occupy protests. well, when san francisco mayor ed lee anowptsed last week the -- announced last week the city would match a private donation of $1.5 million to house homeless family, homeless families were happy and confused. but according to "the chronicle" they've never heard of this. the paper says more than $800,000 has been sitting in that fund unused for years. as we mentioned, we're following the missil test -- missile test by south korea. we will have reaction from the white house and new concern about the stability in that part of the world. and the payroll extension bill, it's in jeopardy.

and happy reunions in the bay area as american troops officially pull out of iraq.

it's 7:15. this morning, there are new concerns about the stability of the korean peninsula after the death of north korean president, kim jong-il. we're following reports that north korea has conducted a short-range missile test. carol han is live with how the white house is reaction. >> reporter: the president is receiving his daily briefing right now.

you can bet one of the top items on the agenda is from a south korean news agent sha north korea fired a missile off the coast on the same day the country announced the death of kim jong-il. south korean officials are trying to confirm that account. in the meantime, it's on high alert. around midnight eastern time, president obama spoke with south korea's president. part of the concerns is very little is known about the son, kim jong-un, and he's believed to be in his 27. >> the majority are betting this will be fairly smooth. it's not gonna happen overnight and there could be unexpected events that push things in a different direction. >> reporter: north koreans are mourning the death of their

leader. the funeral is expected to be held next wednesday. back to you. >> thank you. iranian state tv is broadcasting video of a man it claims is a captured american spy. he's identified as an iranian- american from arizona. in this video, the man says he joined the u.s. army after graduating from high school, served in iraq and received training in larges and espionage. etch says he was -- he says he was sent to iran by the cia. so far the cia has not commented on the report. our time is now 7:17. we have an update on the final pullout of soldiers of iraq of american soldiers hoping to come home from christmas. these are the last troops leaving iraq yesterday. the 110-vehicle convoy made the five-hour trip crossing over into kuwait. they left in darkness and in very strict secrecy to try to prevent any final insurgent attacks. the troops are now being

processed. some of them may fly back here in the united states the next few days. >> we were the last ones. wow. the last ones. can't explain it. >> although the war is over, the united states will still keep a heavy presence there. and here in the bay area, homecoming celebrations are already happening as military members come home from war. [ cheers and applause ] >> we were there at san jose international airport as the troops arrived. they were greeted by family and friends, thrilled to have them home. >> it's hard. you know -- you don't hear from them for long periods of time. you just have to be wait and be

patient. this deployment really teaches you to be really patient and understanding and you cries because you miss -- and you cry because you miss their presence. and the group that's been serving in afghanistan since christmas for the troops is back home, too. to find out more about the pullout, go to ktvu.com. click on the "out of iraq" special section. the payroll tax extension is not approved. house speaker john boehner is speaking live. let's listen in. >> is to follow the regular order here in congress. when there a disagreement between the two chambers, we sit down in the conference and we solve those differences. that's exactly what i believe

the house will do. the president has said repeatedly that no one should be going on vacation until the work is done. democrat leaders in the house and senate have said exactly the same thing. i think it's time for senate and democratic leaders to follow the president's -- >> you've been listening live to john boehner. a -- apparently the house will vote down the tax bill. jamie dupre joins us via skype from washington, d.c. with all of the political maneuvering. so why the change here? >> reporter: as you heard speaker bohn er, he said -- boehner, he said, no and the

big reason the rank and file republicans really rebelled against this idea. they don't like several things about it. ones they want a lock longer- term -- want a longer-term thing. like a year would be better. also, republicans don't like the way, tori, that this is paid for. it's said that the mortgages by freddie mac and fannie mae would be more. if nothing gets done, tori, it will be -- there will be a tax increase starting the first of next year for working americans. >> so what are the chances of the senate reconvening to keep

negotiating with the house? >> reporter: i don't think there's a chance that that all senators -- that all senators come back. you could have as few as a few senators and they could voice vote something through very easily. the question is, are we gonna even get to that point? because the heat is being put on republicans. it looks like we'll have another effort of brinksmanship this year. >> we'll be talking to you again next hour. certainly a lot of issues to discuss with this payroll tax extension debate. you can find a link to jimmy dupre's insider blog at ktvu.com. pull down the "news" anyone u bar and go to our -- menu bar and go to our politics pain. today is another spare the air day. up next as we look outside our

window, live, and steve are tell us if the weather is gonna change or if the smog will stick around for a while. traffic on 280 northbound is getting a little slow on highway 17. we'll tell you more about the morning commute straight ahead. fine, i just got a little fender bender.

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soccer fans in colombia turned violent after their team lost. at least a half a dozen people were hurt, and cars were damaged, as well. there are reports that the people tried to get in the locker room but they didn't.

7:25. hey, are we successful in the commute so far, sal? >> we're talking about football and i want to remind you that the 49ers play on monday night football. they play the steelers. it will be slow traffic for hours in advance getting up to candlestick. people might use the bay bridge coming in from the east bayor they will use the -- east bay or they will use the highway. and traffic is moving along nicely. we do have our little system coming through. it has produced a few sprinkles. laura from santa cruz said they had 65 drops. there you go. that's our rain. a lot of low clouds. some fog, low clouds, but the wind begunking to kick up some of the higher -- beginning to kick up some of the higher el vases. 38 conford, there's that band

of very light rain in the santa cruz mountains. the wind will start to pick up for some. it's already showing itself to up to 1500, 2,000 feet. take it into tuesday. then mostly sunny wednesday. another low drops in. everything says sunny and much warmer as we head to the weekend. major news on the international stage. north korean leader, kim jong- il, dies over the weekend. what's next for the communist country and reaction from here at home. >> reporter: we're live on the bay bridge where construction crews will be installing a cable on the new span. we'll also tell you why the chp will be out in full force.

and a minivan crashes into a church, right into the church wall and a children tea nursery -- children's nursery.

a major shakeup on the international stage this morning, following the death of long-time north korean dictator, kim jong-il. he died on saturday at the age of 69. the cause of death is said to

be heart failure. a funeral is planned for next week. 11 days of mowmp are underway until december 29th. kim jong-un is expected to be the next year. >> we shouldn't kid ourselves. just because he's new and young, we have to assume he will be as bad as his father. >> are there other relatives that want to have power? the majority are betting this will be fairly smooth. >> no foreign dignitaries are expected to be allowed at il's funeral next week. back here at home in her cue leets, a very close call over the weekend after a mini vain crashed -- hercules, a very close call over the weekend after a min my van -- minivan accelerated across a parking lot, across a grass yir

say yaur and right into a children's nursery at the -- grassy air -- grassy area and right into a children's nursery, near the church there. you will seeing more chp curves around the s-curve at the bay bridge. tara moriarty is live with more. >> reporter: well, caltrans crews just arrived about an hour ago. if you take a look behind me, you can ski them in the -- see them in the yellow vests. we're right here at the s-curve so that could be a distraction for people. if you look right here, it's right before the tunnel, they are trying to catch people speeding. they will be marketing people

more -- targeting people more than in the past. the speed limit is 40 on the upper deck and 30 below. and they will be acting as a visual deterrent and will be handing out speeding tickets if necessary. the chp believes this will go a long way to keep everybody safe. construction crews are gonna be installing that first round of cable. you are looking at anmated -- animated video of what that cable will look like. the chp says do not slow down to look. if would you like to go online, you can do that. we have put in a call toot chp. we're hoping to -- to the chp we're hoping to peek to them. and -- speak to themle and we'll have more -- them.

and we'll have more on the news at noon. one person was killed on highway 28 in woodside. police say a car was speeding and hit a tree and farmhill boulevard. the driver was ejected -- projected and -- ejected an pronounced dead at the scene. a fire started yesterday at a home that was being sublet to six people on 79th avenue and arthur street. 66-year-old benny wakefield died in the fire. firefighters say it started in bedroom and say it's possible a cigarette caused the fire. the main post office in menlo park is about to move to palo alto. 50 mail carriers will be relocating to a smaller facility. this is part of a nationwide you budget cutting effort. postal services will remain the

same. well, today, ed lee is expected to veto a plan regarding the park in pacifica that's owned by san francisco. the board recently voted to hand the lad over to the national park service. the environment groups have been fighting to close the golf course, saying it harms endangered species like the red- legged frog and the california snake. in just about an hour, san francisco's glide memorial church and old navy will keep up to keep kids warm for the win irt -- for the winter. this morning they will be shopping at old navy's flagship store located in san francisco.

a fund-raiser will take place tonight for the family of the vallejo police officer killed in the line of duty. officer jim kapoot was shot and killed last month while chasing a bankruptcy suspect. 37-year-old henry albert smith remains bebe -- behind bars. the fund-raiser will take place 0 at skipaleni's pizza. it starts at 5:00. a memorial service will be held for san francisco philanthropist warren helman. he died of leukemia, his family says. he launched the free blue festival. last week, the city named the

park to hel man -- chammed the park helman -- changed the park name to helman. 7:37. some bay area drivers did not get the message to refrain from drinking an driving during the holidays. a crackdown netted 49 peel. more than half were arrested at a checkpoint or during roving patrols. 18 other people were arrested yesterday in a countywide dui sweep. a rohnert park man is behind bars after he tried to run over an officer after being

stopped on suspicion of drink and driving. police say plain clothes officers were conducting an investigation at a bowling alley saturday night when they saw omar perez leaving the building and getting into his car. officers say he appeared intoxicated. an officer called for a car car to stop -- for a car to stop per red. he backed up and tried to hit the officer with his vehicle. the officer was not hurt. he ordered perez out of the car and took him into custody. two people accused of collecting money in a holiday bell ringer scam are now facing felony charges. the two were arrested outside of a walmart in modesto. they used a salvation army kettle. salvation army bell ringers don't work on sundays. they are not out on their on sundays. police have not told us the amount of money that was

collected in the scam. 8,000 pounds of dog and cat food will be given by pet food express. they will be going to low- income families and to shelters. starting today, the metropolitan transportation commission is asking bay area drivers to check out some possible changes to its website of the ntc wants to make the. the ntc wants to make the information available. this information has accident alerts, slowdowns and a map showing congestion. i know people that people can't get enough traffic information. >> that's right.

and that's why we have sal, anyway. >> well, ktvu has a traffic page. tori uses it. >> i use it all of the tame. good morning. there is a small delay at the bay bridge. once you get on the britain, it looks good. as we get closer to the christmas holiday, you will see even fewer people going in. a lot of schools have time off. san mateo bridge westbound 92 looks good. as steve mentioned there's some fog. not too bad. but you will have to pay attention on the roads. 101 and 280 have been much lighter than they normally have. there will be some slow spots -- some slow spots. let's go to steve. thank you. we have some fog around and some low clouds. even some high clouds.

a couple of drops of rain fell. this looks line a light traffic week. there will be a low moving in today. it went do anything for us as far as rain is concerned. all it does it pick up the wind, gives us blustery conditions. we did get a couple of .010. i would lean on maybe some record highs as we head to the end of the week. 41, santa rosa. some fog in the area. some low clouds. occasionally there's been a few light showers. morgan hill, santa cruz mountains. i thunk we're about done with this. the system is on its way to southern california taking the place of the low behind there. that one is giving much-neefded

rain it -- to texas, colorado and new mexico. smaller system will drop in on thursday. if you have travel plans to the sierra, it could be cold and windy. nothing out in the valley. mild visibility at fresno. it could be a lot worse. clouds in the porning -- morning. north wind beginning to pick up some of the higher elevations. temperatures will be in the 50s. low, mid, i don't think upper 50. maybe 58 or 59. but more likely tomorrow. colder lows as we lose a lot of these clouds. we'll carry that into wednesday. another strong cold system drops into the east of us on thursday. that just means more wind for us. as things calm down and it warms up, maybe some mid-60s. 7:42. anonymous strikes again. the new threat mr. the -- the threat. and why a saudi prince with bay area ties is investing $300

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u.s. stocks opening higher. the nation's home builders are just a bit more updeet about the housing market according to a new report out this morning. right now, the dow is currently up 35. the nasdaq is up 8. s&p is up 2. a saudi arabian businessman is investing $300 million in san francisco-based twitter. prince alwaleed bin talal says he has an interest in investing

"promising high growth interest with a global impact." he gladge yateed from atherton's menlo -- he graduated from atherton's men low college -- menlo college. facebook could face more problems by showing the users what products their friends like. there is a lawsuit that claims a california law allows people to control how their names and photos are used for commercial endorsement. the judge dismissed the suit. today is the day that facebook is expected to complete its move from palo alto to menlo park.

maureen naylor is in our newsroom right now to tell us all about it. >> facebook started the move from paul low alto menlo park, but the -- in december but the big transition is expected to be completed today. you see the big "like it"? facebook in the past has said some employees will remain at palo alto location. the new menlo park location is a massive campus you can see from move -- from above. it stretches across the region. it did accommodate up to -- it can accommodate up to 3700. some businesses already --

>> i think it's fantastic. i love what facebook is doing and creating and the fact that they are moeferning into menlo -- moving into menlo park, i think it's wonderful and hopefully they can bring sleepy menlo park in the 21st century. >> reporter: he's one of the businesses welcoming them in. currently facebook has a facebook that spans about 3,000 employees. back to you. >> thank you. police on the peninsula started questioning several men in connection with a smootout in men -- shootout?

menlo park in the bel haven area and one police officer fired back. no one was hit by the gunfire. police were responding to a call about a group of men with guns gathered outside of the house. >> at first i heard one shot and then i -- and then a few secretaries later, i heard two shots and then i heard all of the cops coming. >> now, police searched area for hours looking for the men. a report from anonymous came to disrupt the caucuses

next month. republican party officials have instructed precinct caucuses to use paper ballot as a backup system and they've taken other steps to protect the database and sites. a controversial holiday display at travis air force base in fairfield can stay. the military decided that a nativity scene and menorah set up for the holidays do not violate the constitution. a group called the military relinnous freedom foundation petitioned to have the decorations taken down, saying they are unconstitutional and that they should be moved to a capel on the -- chapel. >> i think they should stay. everyone has freedom of speech. i agree with them. >> the military religious freedom foundation says it represents 120 people who are

against the displays. the attorneys have threat bed to sue in federal court. several charities are helping needy families for the holidays as you know, but any still need more help before christmas. chp officers were passing out toys in antioch and the marines are still taking doe nations for the toys for -- donations for the toys for tots program. >> they will drop of food, canned foods. things we can use immediately. >> and they say donations are up from compared to last year but they say that's a good thing since the need is even better this year than last year. the heart of monday night football will be in san francisco this evening. the special request for fans atenning the game and how the response may affect you.

plus -- did you see this? an investigation into why an electric cart ran out of control root across koi stadium in texas -- koi stadium in -- cobb stadium in texas.

robert downey junior, number one at the box office. how far, ticket sales for the movie "a game of shadows" was down 36% compared to the first "sherr lom holes" in-- "sherlock holmes." plan.

several people are recovering after an electric cart ran away following a football game in texas. this video may be difficult for some to watch. the cart raced from one end zone to where the interviews were take place. the win coach was hit and fell inside but was not able to stop it. a grounds crew finally jumped in and hit the brakes. it's the pittsburgh steelers verses the 49ers to tonight. tonight, is the 9ers' whom game. if you are lanking on -- planning on heading here, plan your trip accordingly. plans are being urged to carpool or take public transportation. heartbreak for the raiders. they blew the lead to lose to the lions, 28-27. the lions pulled within 6 with let than a minute to go. and they took the lead in that

touchdown -- with that touchdown. and then sebastian janikowski's 65-yard field goal attempt was blobbed, sending the raiders to their third -- blocked, sending the laiders to their third loss. and sal, i want to talk about the options to get to candlestick. >> you can take the street car now, the t-line that goes all the way down to candle still park. muni does run shuttle buses. a you can da dabbed a you can find out -- and you can find out where. the other way, is just to get there early and plan to be there for a while. >> let's take a look at the san mateo bridge. westbound 92 traffic looks pretty good heading up to the high rise. also it looks goodell 80. the traffic is -- also, it

looks good on the 880. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. we've had some sprinkles. compared to what we've had, that is something. we haven't had much at all. in fact, they haven't had any for some location. santa rosa, 3. 37, fairfield. concord was 37. now they are 40. a little band of light rain down towards morgan hill. the system, there's not much left to it. that system will intensify and that will crank our up the wind. 50s on the temperatures under mostly sunny skies after these morning clouds.

the exteded forecast has more -- extended forecast has more of the same. as we head towards the weekend, all signs say sunny and warmer. mid-60s possible. 7:57. a plane on fire. what happened overnight at hayward airport and how some mechanics rushed to the rescue. >> reporter: repair work continues on a busted line in san pablo. but it's what was located next to that water line that took some neighbored by surprise.

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welcome back. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. it's monday, december 19th. we are still following developing news coming from north korea after the weekend death of long-time ruler, kim jong-il. he died at the age of 69 on saturday after a heart attack. a funeral is now planned for next wednesday and 11 days of national mourning has already started. kim jong-il ruled north korea for 17 years. he was mostly viewed as a cruel

and reclusive man. he took power from dash from -- from his late power and now kim jong-il has named his youngest son, kim jong un, his successor. we don't know much about him. he's said to be 27. we also don't know whether he's married or not. but word of his death comes on the very same day that north korea conducted a short-range missile test. south korean news agencies says that test happened today, right off the eastern coast of the it's not clear if this is in response to the death of kim jong-il. south korea says that test may have been part of a regularly- scheduled drill. now, that country adds that its military is on high alert while the situation in north korea remains very uncertain. the white house is keeping an

eye on this situation as well. coming up at 8:15, we'll bring you a live report from our washington, d.c. newsroom with analysis of whether kim jong- il's death is expected to lead to either better or worse relationships between the u.s. and north korea. all of this news has dragged down asian markets overnight. they were -- there were worries there could be new instability in the korean region. south korea's kospi dropped 4% at one point. markets in taiwan, sing ga pore, australian, indonesia also went down this morning. despite the international downturn, stocks here at home have been up, most in the morning. it's 8:02. some east bay homeowners can't seem to catch a break. first a water main break flooded some homes and now there's a new concern. allie rasmus is live to tell us about the surprise hidden

underground. >> reporter: well, good morning. neighbors found out there is a 6-inch line running through the area. it runs parallel to a much larger five-foot wide waterline owned by east bay mud that ruptured over the weekend. when that waterline broke, it sent floods of water just gushing out in the street. that happened on saturday. but you can still see some of the evidence of the flooding. if i drag my foot here, you can see the mud is still wet. it did cause problems with some of the homes in this area. this is 4 hours after all of this flooding happened. let's show you an overhead view of the repair work that's going on for this water main break. when work crews opened up the ground to fix that water line that's when they discovered -- discovered there was also that

6-inch gasoline pipe. conocophillips owns that pipe line. >> once we find out there was a waterline break and it was near a pipeline, we shut the pipeline down as a precaution and we drained it. so there's no gasoline running through the line at the moment. >> and the conocophillips spokeswoman said there's no hazard. the gas line was not damaged when the waterline broke. but it did cause damage to the yards at the nearby homes. east bay m.u.d. is in charge of the cleanup because it's their pipe line that work. but they are working alongside crews with conoco phillips. in the meantime, el portal drive, you can see there are work crews out here, this intersection is completely closed to traffic. interstate 80 is on the other

side of this where all of this other construction is going on. we've contacted east bay mud to find out how long the street will be closed and how long the repairs will be. but we haven't heard back from them yet. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. we have new information regarding a small plane fire overnight in hey war. it happened just before 11:00 last night at hayward's executive airport. this video was tangen about two hours ago. you can see some fire rardant home on the -- foal on the ground. a minute answer crew was working on the plane inside a hangar when the engine caught fire. crew members managed to push the plane out of the hangar before the flames spread. no one was hurt but we are told there as damage to the plane and smoke damage to nearby

helicopters. tara moriarty has more on the construction. >> reporter: good morning. they are gonna be prepping the bridge and that cable will go up on the brand-new span. it's comprised of -- more than 17,000 individual little wires. it's a huge milestone. joining me right now is bart ney with caltrans to tell us more about the project and what we can expect to see. >> we're wilding the -- we're building the world's largest suspension brink. we're getting ready to hold that cable that holds everything in place. each of those strands has 127 wires. we have 137 of these strands that we have to pull all way through next year. it will begin this week. >> something like 10 million pounds? >> the whole cable is 10 million pounds. it has extra strength. this is offoff -- this is obviously gonna be really cool to watch but we really want to

get word to the folks into the to do this while they are driving -- not to do this while they are driving. >> if you want to know more about it, go online and check our website but we like to mention when things like this go on. >> reporter: and the chp has put out extra officers right at the s-curve. they will really be back -- be cracking down on folks not going the speed lum its. we just want to make sure -- limits. we just want to make sure that people are going the speed limits. make sure you're find -- mindful of your speed limit. pack to you. all right, tara. tara -- you -- we are looking at the bay bridge. traffic is going to be -- looking pretty good.

i bo sigh -- i would say it's light but don't let this fool you. even though it's a light backup, there is traffic hon the bridge. there's also traffic this morning be on the lower deck. if you are driving this morning onto the bridge be aware that traffic is going to be busy in san francisco. as we look at the commute, you are gonna see traffic pictures that are gonna be relatively good. there are no major problems almost anywhere. as we look at the maps here i've been look at highway 17 and 280, no major problems. there. highway 101 looks good getting out to 82 -- dash remember, there is a 49er football gall. it will be pretty slow throughout the afternoon getting up to candlestick. >> good morning. if you heard a few sprinkles,

you weren't hearing things. we did have a few. low clouds, mostly sunny today, no rain measurable rain expected here as the pattern looks really, really -- well, boring. but good travel weather except for wind an areas of fog. mostly sunny and much warmer. i've seen some projections by saturday. gilroy was 67 by the way on saturday. then we coombed it down and they started off with low clouds. they are getting swallowed up. still some 30s an 40s. there's our little st. louis on its way visiting monterey. it will then re-form over again. the system that's dropping in their will cause a difference

in the pressure gradient. high pressure is north. another low taking the place of that of one. that meepts more conditions for wind the once that calms down, then the nothing will be back. it looks like after some patchy fog, especially if you are traveling to the sierra, it will be mostly sunny. but that north wind now showing itself after low cloyed. 50s on the temperatures -- low clouds. 50s on the temperatures an warm conditions on the weekend. 8:10, well, the occupy movement in the south bay is trying to put a face behind the cause. take a look at some video taken this morning outside san jose city hall. it's been pretty much cleared -- cleared out. but it was a lost different story as protesters came back and set up sents.

it took them -- they took them down last last night to avoid a confrontation -- down last night to avoid a confrontation to the police. one elderly couple of didn't know they signed for a variable loan an they are in jeopardize of losing their hoe. all eyes are on -- are on north korea. the action that nob made overnight. the payroll tax cut extension, once again not a sure thing. why the long, debated bill is back in limbo.

good morning. well, we're starting to get some clearing. some low clouds still around. but a north wind is starting to take care of this this.

there are new concerns follow the death of kim jong-il that north korea has conducted a short-range missile test. carol han has more on how the white house is reacting to this. >> reporter: er to you are, the white house is pledging solidarity with south korea after reports that north korea north korea -- tori, the white house is pledging solidarity with south korea after reports that north korea test-fired a missile. part of the concern, very little is known about heir kim

jong-un. >> the majority of analysts are getting that this will be fairly smooth but it won't happen overnight and there coulden unexpected events that push things in a different directions. analysts have warned that kim jong-il's death could destabilize the country and make it more dangerous. in the meantime, north korea is moving the doubt of their -- moving the -- mourning the death of their leader. the funeral expected to be held on wes. israel today released 550

more palestinian prisoners. in the second and final phase of a prisoner swap in exchange for an israeli soldier who will been held for five years. today's release completed the deal to exchange 1,027 palestinian prisoners for that one israeli soldier. the released palestinians were greeted by hundreds of well- wishers and also leaders of hamas in gaza. the news agency reuters is reporting that the united states is on the verge of transferring some taliban prisoners held in guantanamo bay into afghan government custody. according to reuters, senior officials have been in talks with afghanistan's taliban's insurgents for the past tenment -- past ten months.

the payroll tax cut extension is in jeopardy. this is after house republicans say when they vote tonight, they will not approve the bill just approved by the senate. jamie dupre joins us via skype from washington, d.c. jamie, who wins and who loses here with this lateert development? >> reporter: it was an interesting one we spoke to speaker bohner. they say prins will not vote on a will that -- republicans will not vote on a bill that will last two months. basically, the senate has gone home. so the democrats are saying they are not for any negotiations. they want this deal and they want to move on. who wants this deal? democrats will argue if nothing is done on this two-month

extensetion then the payroll taxes will go up. >> didn't this move by john boehner catch them offguard? >> reporter: oh, yay. i talked with someone who just got off the phone with another republican senator. they were in slupt absolute -- they were in absolute disbelief. when this fell apart, i -- i talked with some house republicans who also were of the opinion that, look, this thing has to be stopped. this don't want a two-month deal. the problem is it took them two months just to cut a deal on a two-month tax extension. a lot of people not sure what's

going on. we wait for tonight's vote to see where things go after that. >> i think a lot of people are wondering if our paychecks will be smaller. >> reporter: as of right now if there's no deal by january 1st, yen, they -- then yes. a lot of republicans want to go to the mat on this but i'm sure a lot of other gop leaders may look at this and say, you know what? they may not win the pr battle on this one. it's also a verb we use her requests jam." the senate has basically jammed the house -- we use here "jam." the senate has basically jammed the house. >> okay. thank you. you can find a link to jamie's washington insider blog on our website at ktvu.com. pull down the news menu bar and

go to the politics pain. i just checked it. his blog has a lot of good information on it? if you are hoping for rain, the wait is on. steve is coming back. he will tell us if we have any chance of seeing a storm. do you still have holiday packages to mail? dave? >> yes, i do. >> why a trip to the post office may be less hectic today because of what the post office did yesterday. ok, you guys wanted a space for entertaining your friends,

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postal workers have a big day ahead of them today. nationwide, this is expected to be their busiest day shipping packages. one package mere los angeles international airport decided to get a jump on the rush and owned a few hours yesterday. customers an workers seemed to handle -- and workers seemed to handle the long lines well. >> they should get it by thursday. and then i'm done. >> tomorrow is likely to be the just as busy since it's expected to be the busiest day for the people to send holiday cards and letters. the post office says business is up more than expected. >> that was me in that line. >> in that line? >> yes. [ laughter ] hey, sal, i know you are

right there. you are watching the commute for us. >> i'm watching the commute. a lot of men are gonna start to go christmas shopping. there was a crash near northbound whipple in redwood city. it's on the shoelt der. 880, that looks much better than it normally does. out to the live pictures. san mateo bridge looks good. at the bay bridge it's light. really has been light for the last hour or so. 8:25. we want to -- >> what did you say there, sal is. >> i said:25. thank you, sir -- i said 78:25. >> thank you, sir -- >> 8:25. thank you, sir.

30s for some, santa rosa, 39. but for north to south we'll see some of this low cloud deck occurring. they are gonna start to disappear here. morgan hill over to santa cruz. very light stuff we have had a couple of reports of light sprinkles. nothing that's gonna he. we could sure u the rain. this is not good. not good. they still make snow up in the sierras. it's cold enough up there. but they could use some from mother nay chew but they are in southern california if you have travel plans there. things could be very active. but not for us. unless you count the wind.

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good morning. it's a very busy morning on the bay bridge. more chp officers are watching the s-curve and in just about two hours from now, caltrans will begin to attach cables on the new bay bridge. tara moriarty is out there and has all of the details about what's happening out there.

tara? >> reporter: well, they will be installing the cable next week. they just want to get the word out. this is the look at the actual cable it's surprised of 17,000 individual wires. when it is completely up. it will measure a mile long weighing more than 10 million pound. it's a huge milestone. i want to show you some animated video of what the project will look like. caltrans is trying to get the word out. now especially since the area happens to coincide where the s- surve -- s-curve is. >> one thing we've been noticing, speeds have been coming up. that's one of the reasons why they've -- we have started to increase the chp presence out there on the freeway to make sure that people remain safe. >> reporter: the chp will be targeting drivers around the s curve more than -- s-curve just

to remine you. officers say they will be -- to remind you. the chp says they -- believes this will go a lodge way for the presence. we'll be taking a fewer of the -- tour of the construction site at 10:00 this morning. we'll bring you our latest on the news at noon. thank you, tara. 8:32. far dash 8:31. a close call in hercules after a van crashed into a chp's nursery. it happened at the full gospel on willow avenue. a holiday service had just ended when the driver of the van accelerated from a nearby parking lot, across a grassy area and into the nursery.

in observed, police are investigating -- in oakland, police are investigating three weekend shootings. the latest one happened on the 5400 block of international. oakland police say they found a person suching from a -- surfing from a -- suffering from a gunshot wound. the this brings the total number of shootings in oakland over the weekend to at least six. 8:32. female college students are closing the gender gap when it comes to college applicants. the california state university system says six south of ten graduates from last spring were women. that's a complete reversal from the last four derk aids. some women students say about the -- with the economy the way it is, they need a college education to help take care of themselves an their fall. now, in order to help even things out, cal state east bay, held a special one-day mail initial five conference to try

to recruit -- nistive conference to try to recruit -- initiative conference to try to recruit those young men. alameda county has a counterproposal for governor brown. last week the governor announced because of state budget trigger cuts, counties now need to pay $125,000 for every youth offender housed in state facilities. that's up from just $500. the state says it actually costs $200,000 for the care and complaint ebbs of each off fenner -- apartment maintenance of each offender.

they say the state can pay the county $150,000 per offender. new numbers show just how much the occupy encampment in justin herman plaza has cost san francisco. "the chronic ql reports police overtime costs are over $$500,000 -- $500,000. the parks department has spent $50,000. when san francisco mayor ed lee announced last week that the city would match a private donation of $1.5 million to house homeless families, homeless activists were both happy and confused. mayor lee said part of the city money would come from the mayor's fund for the homeless. according to the san francisco

chronicle, home les activists say they had never been told of you -- been told of such a fund. they stay $00,000 has beencying in the fund unused for years. san francisco police will be holding a community meeting tonight about last week's deadly officer-involved shooting. i want to show you cell phone video. police say a man fired shots at police after he ran from a traffic stop. police officers fired back, i hadding the man -- hitting the man in the head. he died overnight. the meeting is on fillmore and turk streets. 4,000 nurses will go on a nursing strike at eight bare hospitals on thursday -- eight bay area hospitals on thursday. [ chanting. [ . [ . >> these hospitals are on lated by sutter health. "the chronicle" reports that

replacement workers will be will be brought in. police are still trying to figure out the motive in a deadly workplace shooting cam page in southern california. yesterday, office borgers from southern california edison held a vigil for their co borgers killed and injured in friday's shooting. police say -- so workers killed and injured in friday ashooting. they say he shot four people killing two, before turning the gun on himself. one person remains in the hospital on critical condition. tougher smoking restrictions could be toughened in marin county. they are expecting to approach a band that would allow to

unincorporated areas. if -- it is val now -- but it intoed to pass approval. right about now, san francisco's grid member koich and old navy are keying up an event would -- event that from lat year -- that they did last year. each child will get a card and will be able to shop. >> sownes like a fun event. >> yes. what's happening on 880 and oakland? >> it's gonna be crowded but not slow. the chp has not given us a lot of -- just not a lot of

accidents or stalled vehicles as you drive to this area as we look at -- maybe you are trying to catch a flight at weekend. we've been checking in with the air delays. there have been some reported in san francisco. rt go to -- let's go to leave. to a very, very cloudy morning to the sun kibbing in, the north is beginning -- is beginning to sweep things out. it will sweep all of rain and clouds out. the system is on its way out in the ocean and then back to california -- southern california. >> we had just a tiny tinyby on

1th and 12th and we had the last week. accept for some wind and fock. that's about all that you have to worry about if you are traling. 30s for some. temperatures actually dropping a lit b 30s -- little bit. 30s, concord. there's some of that very light rain. but most of it is south of morgan hill. r system is develop in san francisco. mostly sunny. windy conditions. already a north wind. some of the higher elevations, 50s on the highs.

tonight, clear, cold into the morning hours. tuesday and wednesday. probably a little bit of fog thursday and friday. high pressure says i thinkly settle into the coast for a if -- for a while, especially on saturday. rescue crafts with people on board were spotted this morning near an oil rig that capsized the over eastern russia. russian newspapers are reporting the rigs' owner may have broken laws by putting passengers on board. an estimated 125,000 people are homeless person after a typhoon triggered flash floods. and the death toll is up to

650. some areas in the philippines received ten hours of this. one little girl asked santa, do we still have our santa claus. steven clark, arrest the early in the morning after being on clerk. clark said he met a woman in a bar and rayed -- raped her. 28-year-old son draw contreras velasquez is aued of -- is stalked of teal stealing necklaces. this allegedly happened on six school campuses between october and november. police say she it allegedly

used for her job. you know those solo you mysteriously end up with? well, uc minds those -- uc needs those. a touching tribute. >> reporter: a busy street in pan pablo remains closed underway.

stocks have turned around after starting the day up. investors worry about the potential consequences of the death of north korea's ruler, john kim ill -- kim jong-il. taking a look at the numbers -- well, good news of fans of

beer. the founder and owner mownny mcgee says his brewery is undergoing a $14 million expansion. it will increase production from 160,000 to 206,000. he says this is thanks to the petaluma development process aimed at making it easier for businesses to expand. let's bring you up to date on some of the other businesses we're starting for you -- top stories we're bringing for you. earlier today, north koreans mourning over the death of kim jong-il in pyongyang. the funeral is planned for next week. back here at home, remnants after small plane fire can still be seen here in hayward. there are pieces of burned metal and fire rardant foam. a maintenance worker was

working on the plane when it caught fire. though the plane was damaged, lullly, no one was hurt -- luckily no one was hurt. crews are patching up waup esmains. but the jews are gonna have to -- crews are gonna have to work very gingerly around another pipe line that they didn't even know about exists. allie rasmus has more. >> reporter: good morning. the largeert of the two -- larger of the two water maynes runs directly under el portal drive which is right here behind us. an east bay m.u.d. truck just pulled up. when the water line ruptured, it went floods of water gushing in the streets. this happened saturday morningle -- saturday morning. the ground is still soaked. i can drag my boot through the mud and show you it's still

fresh. it's a mess. and this is 48 hours after this flooding initially hooped. let's show you an overhead view. this is from our camera from this mor. when work crews opened -- this morning. when work crews opened up things, they found that there was a-inch pipe -- 6-inch pipeline. that line is owned by conocophillips. it connected tos to their -- it connects to their . if in condition know co -- >> we want to make sure line is not damaged. we want to make sure it's intact. >> reporter: now, some of the houses in the nearby neighborhood near el portal did have problems with flooding when that main broke on

saturday. east bay m.u.d. is working side by side with conoco phillips crews. in the meantime, el portal drive, it's been shut off to traffic. there's a lot of construction work tashing -- taking up the entire width of el portal drive. it's still closed off to traffic. its state 880 is on the other side -- its state 880 is on the other side. we're still waiting to hear back from east bay m.u.d. to find out how long the repairs are gonna take. we haven't heard back from them. yet. we should have an on update by noon. 8:49. the iraq government says it's confident that security morses can take up where the u.s. left off. now, the lat american troops

pulled out of iraq yesterday. the convoy included about 110 vehicles and 500 sold yers. they withdrew under the conner of darkness and strict see secrecy. >> translator: because the u.s. troopt have gramually pulled out from their bases. the -- troops have gradually pulled out mr -- pulled out from their bases. >> although the war may be over, the u.s. will still maintain a large presence each therer. a deal to keep several thousand troops to stay and train iraqi soldiers fell through over the issue of legal immunity for the americans. it was a touching homecoming for bay area soldiers who have been the last

year in the war zone. [ cheers and applause ] >> last night we were at mineta san jose airport, one of the largest groups of military personnel group. members of the 185th military police battalion have been in afghanistan since just after last christmas. >> i'm really glad to be back home now. i've been away for a year. i want to spend time with my family and my loved ones. >> it's just quite amazing to see all of these people here. never expected it. >> last night's sell brace was bittersweet. just last month, the company suffered a loss when shaun wallsh died in -- when shaun wallsh died in comcombat --

shawn walsh died in combat. those sobs in your bedroom -- socks in your bedroom drawer that have no match, somebody wants them. the team of uc berkeley investigators want them for a rare weasel in the mountains. they say socks are the best way to hold and hang weasel bait in trees. researchers are asking for socks that are clean and generally use -- gently used. you can get more information at our website. a fund-raiser will take place tonight for a vallejo police officer killed in the line of duty. officer jim kapoot was killed last month while chasing a bank robbery suspect. smith remains behind bars without bail accused of killing the officer. and there will be a fund-raiser held tonight in walnut creek. the fund-raiser will take place

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if you love jigsaw puzzles this story is for you. want to show you an example of a shredded puzzle run by the research projects agency and they pay for high-tech military

research. a san francisco group put together 10,000 pieces of shredded paper to win -- to win the $50,000 top prize. one of the goals is to help prevent u.s. enemies from piecing together classified materials that have been shredded. some bay area drivers didn't get the message to drink or drive during the holiday. 49 people were arrested. her than half were reart -- were arrested at a checkpoint or during roving patrols. a corporate jet is saw on the ground after oakland airport after a square earlier this morning of the plane reportedly had an electrical failure during its landing around 1:00 a.m. two people were on wood at the time. the plane did manage to land safety. emergency personnel responded

to the scene. >> that's good. hey, sal, how is 8 0? doing? >> it looks good. you know, today, we've been in pretty good shape for the most part. you know where we have crashes since traffic has been noticably light, we haven't had any big backups when it comes to any sort of problem -- traffic problem. let's take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. that looks definitely light for a monday. usually we don't see it this wa. if you are drive on any of the driverses, the -- bridges, light. let's go to steve. good morning. the north wind is beginning to kick in. gusts to 70 on mount diablo. so things are starting to pick up a little bit. still breezy to blustery today. breezy. tuesday, back to fog and just no rain in sight.

and no snow -- >> they are making their own. they could sure use some for mother nature and there's nothing. >> okay. we'll scene our fingers crossed. >> all right. well, that's our report for this morning. we do thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news and we'll see you the next time news breation. >> be sure to join us for the ktvu channel 2 news at noon. thank you for joining us.