. crews are still out here on the scene in berkeley hills, we will tell you what caused a temporary setback. the extreme measures this fugitive took with bay police. it is a hot issue what thousands are doing in an effort to take back the internet. ktvu channel 2 news continues. good morning, thank you for joining us, i am pam cook.

>> let's get right to it, weather and traffic steve paulsen starts us off. the fog is thick, the system may give us some drizzle but that would be late tonight and tomorrow. highs in the 50s and mid-60s. here is pam. >> -- tara. i wanted to show you the richmond area but i can't because it is socked if with heavy fog. and at the venetia and dumbarton bridges as well. and bay bridge as well, this is a look at the toll plaza where the lights are out on the eastern part of the bridge. we will bring you an update on cal trans coming up. police say a man armed with a machete is barricaded inside an apartment building. kraig debro is live at the

scene where police are starting to evacuate other apartments. >> reporter: this is where everything is taking place and we were there a second ago police just put this line here where we were able to walk down passed where these police cars are on a to the right and that's where the action is going on. -- police cars are and to the right and that's where the action is going on. somebody who works here complained the and in 514 was armed with a machete. police later found out he was armed with a machete. you can see all the squad cars that are here. i walked into the apartment complex moments ago to find out what i could and i learned police are beginning to evacuate a portion of the apartments and they are getting ready to shut down the area and

apparently that has already started to happen. on the way here we heard the conversations on the scanner and police were reporting what the conversations were with the man held up inside and he was saying bang bang you are dead and he said you guys are already dead this morning. this man scott, a white male is antipolice, antigovernment and that was the description so at least according to what this man said, he has no plans to end this in a peaceful way. they are saying scott, please talk to us, scott come out, it's going to be okay. we will have to see if that will happen and of course we will be here to bring you a full story as it develops. kraig debro channel 2 news.

also, investigators are looking for the car that started the fire near grizzly peak. paul chambers joins us from the scene with what information the fire investigators are giving. >> reporter: good morning pam, there is a crew on stand by just incase there are any hot spots or flare-ups. they got here and let me take a look behind me. you can see the bottom level and crews tell me there was damage from the water and the fire may have started on the second or third level. firefighters got the call at 830 last night, it the fire started sending flames into the sky. the fire was not the only danger crews had to deal with. it is in the berkeley hills so

it is hard to navigate their trucks through the winding hills. a power line which was live may have briefly detained the crews. >> a power line briefly delayed the first engine so we had to get a second engine for fire attack. we treated two firefighters for heat exhaustion... >> reporter: 15 homes are evacuated because of the threat to nearby homes. it is unclear what caused the power line to become unattached and it is unclear on what started the fire and as soon as we find out, we will pass that information on to you. paul chambers ktvu channel 2 news. they are looking to install remote control pipelines. this is in response to the

pipeline explosions in san bruno. they conclude the time it took pg&e operators to manually shut off the supply lincoln boughted to the disaster -- supplement lie -- supply lincoln boughted to the disaster. she is wanted on drug theft and drug charges. last night police attempted to serve those warrants and tracked her to oakland. they say she realized the officers were watching her and she took off. >> we were in pursuit of the woman and she took off on her own accord. she encountered the pedestrian very soon after she left. >> now he was taken to a local hospital where he is expected to recover. police say the woman was

driving a white mitsubishi she -- mitsubishi endeavor. well the major new development involving a san jose mother accused of tossing her toddler out of a window, prosecutors have decided not to charger with attempted murder. instead the young mother will face felony abuse charges. prosecutors made those determinations after they found out her severe mental situation led to the incident. she tossed her child outside the window and narrowly missed a concrete landing. the legislation -- the legislation has some internet users upset. two are facing felony charges in connection with

jewelry robberies. they arrested the two and investigators say the men targeted older asian people wearing gold jewelry and busy stores like wal-mart. a 65-year-old woman's arm was broken during those robberies. the crimes happened during a four month period and both men are scheduled to be in court next month. >> there have been quite a few problems and some of the traffic is happening in san francisco. that's right, we have had a lot going on this morning but right after you get off the bay bridge, we have a lot of glass shattered on the off ramp so definitely watch out for that. we had some issues on the bay bridge and if you can take a look, this is a picture of the span here. you can see everything looks nice but east of treasure island, some of the lights are out and they are trying to figure out the problem but we found a couple of drivers.

typically, they can't tell it's too dark so it should not be anything of an issue. there is a fog advisory issued for the span so be aware of that. we do have an accident to report 80 eastbound at the 4th street off ramp, not causing any delays at the moment. you can see it is foggy at the bay bridge toll plaza and we have fog advisories for the venetia, richmond san rafael, so make sure you have your low lights on this morning and take it easy across the spans. here is steve. a very good morning. we have low clouds around, coastal and inland fog, 30s to 50s on the lows. we will have low clouds and mostly clear, we will start to see increasing clouds by noon. it looks like mostly cloudy, 58

to 65 on the mild side. it is streaming to the north and it will continue to move throughout the day. it will be with us and this will be some pretty good rain from our reek it to crescent city north. the southern edge will fall apart and the system will buckle and we don't have any support and by that i mean the jetstream. for those of you who have a barometer, it is high so that is a positive sign. there is a few clouds and little in the way of rain. 60 in san francisco, 40s for many due to some of that fog and if you are stuck in the fog it is much warmer conditions. a few 30s but nothing compared to what we had over the last few days. the system will drive us friday. today it is increasing clouds and very hazy after some of that fog. ever 0s for some.

including morgan hill, brentwood, up closer to the coast, cloudy tomorrow, best opportunity for rain and it will not be much, it is out of here for the weekend and warmer sunday and monday. well the music is coming to an end for a very popular music store. >> the reason it is shutting its door after 26 years. general david petraeus thought about resigning as commander in afghanistan, stay tuned for more.

. take a look at this, a large explosion in miramar, it kill under at least 17 people. the cause of that he can -- it killed at least 17 people. the cause is unknown. it is not believed to be a bomb. they do use chemicals in nearby construction and the fire did spread to nearby homes where people were sleeping the afghan soldier opened fire on two soldiers north of kabul. the taliban has claimed responsibility saying the gunman was killed by nearby

troops. there have been fears of increased infiltration of a began police an army. he said he was going to resign because of president barack obama's decision to quickly draw down surge forces there but the book also says, resigning would be selfish. the video of his military service and before becoming director of the cia he oversaw the wars in both iraq and afghanistan. a bill in congress is reaching a whole new level today. allison burns is live in the newsroom where some angry internet users an actions they are taking today, allison? >> reporter: it is an internet revolt, critics of the piracy act are calling for a boycott of the domain registrar go

daddy. they initially supported the bill to take down websites to sell copyrighted and counterfeit money products. go daddy no longer supports the bill and go daddy's rivals are offering special deals to dump the company and more than 37,000 dough mains have reportedly moved. u.s. manufacturers are supporting the bill and they are vowing to bring it up for a vote after the holiday but some critics in congress are vowing to block it. allison burns ktvu channel 2 news. and they could soon be facing charges, charging several bp employees for providing false information.

11 workers died in the incident and felony charges could be announced next year. the oil spill is considered the worst in u.s. history. it is of the last full day of music at a san francisco store. >> creators music import yum will close its doors. it has been open selling records for 26 years. they say while they can't afford to keep the store open, they have plans to sell some of their records online. businesses predict 2012 will be a better year than this year. venetia says the economic climate in their community is already improving. it is up from 92% at the end of last year. vallejo said their jobless rate is improving and it's 11 percent right now down from 13

percent in january. vallejo adds the number of businesses that closed this year has been balanced out by the number of new wins only. a man gave the gift of life after his tragic death. he was shot and killed after driving home from a store. he had just graduated and was planning on working as a merchant marine. his death helped to save the lives of two men. his funeral will be held at mcarthurer boulevard in oakland. a tow truck is now moving that bus, about two hours ago, a semi truck was pulling into the yard. bus operator was taken to the hospital as a precautionary measure. all right we will look at the golden gate bridge where

you can see there is a lot of fog. no fog advisory here but there is one in venetia as well as san rafael as well as the dumbarton bridge. we actually have a map on northshore line boulevard. we have some people who are hurt here and an ambulance is on the way. it looks like a semitruck will on the way. traffic is moving well in both directions 6:19 let's check in with steve. i just came across it on twitter, two inches of snow and now they make snow. two to three foot base, last december, 200 inches natural snow. so a big difference. >> really i don't think much will happen here at all.

they may get some winds may be tomorrow night as the system moves in but any snow will be above the pass. 30s for some, napa, san francisco dipped below 30s . no clouds, fog as well so it will give us a hazy morning around the system give us increasing clouds. very mild for many fog near the coast, it looks like drizzle will be back and 50s and 60s on parts of east bay and santa clara valley and drizzle in the north bay. i don't think it will do much, it is out of here saturday and wanter over the weekend. all of the customers who experienced an outage, most were reported by the 4 g-

networks users across the country. california had the largest number of complaints and this is the third number this month. they are off to a better than expected usual. it could reach 400 million users. they come from the founder of paul allen who has been using google to track sir names. he has been adding 2 5,000 new users a day and facebook has 100 million active users and a half of them log in everyday usually more than once a day. well spotty random gunfire. what the city has to tell the difference between bullets and gunshots this new year's eve. it left several cars severely damages, stay tuned

for more. and on the span we have a heavy fog advisories and the heavy fog is causing some delays. we will let you know how long you have to wait coming up.

. here is a look at 101 and you are looking at one hour delays because of the fog and they will last unti 3:00 this afternoon. 6:24 let's head back to the desk. investigators in colorado are trying to figure out why a man intentionally ploughed into five cars in a quiet neighbor. the surveillance camera captured one of those cars. she knows it was not an accident because it made a u ton and rammed into another car. he tried to run over four people who chased him down. officers tried to track him down not far from the scene. shot spotters are now in place throughout the city on top of power polls and

buildings and it's connected to police dispatch. it works by differentiating and pinpointing where the shots were fired. they say it is necessary especially on new year's eve. >> we can find them throughout portions of the city to the point where criticisms can get uncover -- undercover. >> anybody doing this will face up to three years in prison and fines. they will also be increasing street patrols and looking for people firing off guns. and they will allow a faster response to the detective shot spotter system. and quarterback andrew lock

will play his final game before become willing the likely pick in the nfl draft. >> it is a lot of time until then so i don't really think about it to be honest. >> this is the first pick. i can't do that. >> oklahoma state in stanford ranked third and forth and with this year's fiesta bowl linking the title to that side of the game. the chp's important warning on your way to work. plus police are involved in a standoff. a live look at the new york stock exchange, we will be right back. stay tuned for more.

. welcome back, the opening bell, we have two competitors there. thank you, i see, they are in the stripe bowl. >> inside bowl. >> i can't keep up but our producer tells me it is part of yankee stadium. anyway, we are looking forward to a couple of volatile days, and as of 13, we will have all the business news in just a moment. thanks for joining us, it is thursday december 29th, dave clark has the morning off. >> and i am pam cook, it's now

6:30. >> residents have been evacuated from an apartment building. a 40-year-old has barricaded himself inside his home with a machete. they are about to enter their 5th hour, kraig? >> reporter: what we learned is that s.w.a.t. team members are on the scene and at least one of them watched him a second ago go into the apartment complex. this is on the north side of the apartment complex and police are still negotiating with a man inside the building. it all happened this morning and i spoke to the security personnel. i locked on the door and he said this was a daily occurrence. but tonight was different. when police arrived they were

met by a man holding a large machete and they also told me he had been spotted with a large machete. they tell me the man was on the balcony. at one point we mentioned bang, bang you are dead. he thought not to come out and at one point the police were not going to leave the situation alone. at least portions are being evacuated where this guy is located and when we spoke to one of the neighbors, this person known as scott the 44- year-old is known as the crazy guy. >> he would rules talk to you about things he doesn't know and i can't say he has ever

been violent to me and he doesn't always make sense. >> reporter: i walked in there earlier and i could hear the police yelling at this person, scott come out, let's talk, this went on over and over again. this was scanner tracker and less than lethal will be used. they are extremely concerned this will not end peaceably but of course we will have another report coming up on mornings on 2. kraig debro ktvu channel 2 news. they are investigating a deadly motorcycle accident in livermore that followed a police chase. a car was killed after getting pinned underneath a man.

he had been racing at speeds of nearly 100 miles per hour and the driver of the van suffered injuries in the crash. the california supreme court is expected to hand down information today when they eliminated redevelopment agencies. governor brown wants to use it to help with the budget deficit. they used it to promote construction projects and revitalize the areas but recently it has recently benefited private developers. police moved in and why the battle may notten over just yet. a map is recovering after being pulled from a cliff. it happened off the road and a

wave swept him against the rock an injured his hip. paramedics had to climb down on ropes to get him. he was rescued by a helicopter and was flown to a nearby hospital. we do not know his condition at this time. we are talking about a transit bus that has been involved in a crash. lorraine blanco is now on the scene, lorraine? you know the crash happened and they are still looking there. as you can see this area has quite a scene and this area is blocked in san jose. we are told at this time that a bus was pulling into its headquarters when it collided with this semi truck and you can see right now my

photographer, chip, its shooting the bus as it is being sewed away. now this happened around 4:15 and apparently the bus driver collided with this semi truck without we are told he is okay and is expected to be okay. they say the truck driver is also expected to be okay but you can see how horrific it looks. the bus was empty so nobody else was affected but if you are driving in this area they don't know how long it will be blocked off so they are not allowing any cars to be blocked off on either side. back to you. a fog advisory has been

issued on four bridges, venetia i-richmond, san rafael bridges, they are urging people to slow down and be especially careful and the fog is causing delays at san francisco international. let's check in with tara. we have a traffic hazard. a pull down on hickey boulevard. if you live in that area, police are handling it and they have notified pg&e wires are exposed so if there is anyway to sarcoma vend that go around so you don't -- to circum vend that, go around so you don't experience delays. cal trans is on it and delays should be about an hour and that should be going on until

3:00 because of that fog. as you can see on the golden gate bridge, as mike mentioned we had several problems in the bay area. and 880, traffic is flowing well in both directions. how is d.c.? >> d.c. foggy. fso has an 8th of a mile so be careful. we do have some areas as we get closer to sunrise. temperatures are cold and divide in novato says 36 and some areas are cold and foggy and some areas are just getting clouds. we have clouds throughout the day but mainly north and east bay. 40s for most san francisco was 39 but some of that fog is

thickening up. once it burns off we will have increasing clouds throughout the day. december is usually our rainiest month and this will did down as the second dryest in san francisco. and seattle port lap, you can sow a lot of this will dip south. and after that 40s. 49 in sap fran, and this system will tip and as it does into tomorrow it allows us to go to partly sunny to mostly cloudy. temperatures 50s to mid-60s, cloudy skies, a very weak system on friday and if there is any rain it will be in the north bay but i am not sold on

this. fog near the coast, hanging out and inland fog brings his i sunshine. 50s to mid-60s cloudy and drizzle light rain at best and we clear out especially sunday and monday. what a surveillance camera captured the suspect doing after the collision which has the victim's family even more upset. crews are out here in the berkeley hills, we will tell you what caused them to have a problem after that fire. and at fso, we will tell you how long you need to wait. stay tuned for more.

. a police standoff is underway in san jose and this is a live picture on capital expressway. police say a man is armed with a machete and as you can see a s.w.a.t. team is now on scene. and a v ta transit bus has been involved in a serious crash with a big-rig and you can see that big-rig being towed away. of course we will have a live report coming up at 7:00 a.m.

a fog advisory has been issued on four area bridges, the bay bridge, the venetia and richmond san rafael and the fog is also causing delays at san francisco international. fire crews are on the scene of a fire that caused damage in the berkeley hills. it started near grizzly peek, paul? >> reporter: crews are still out here to monitor any possible hot spots that may develop. they are unclear what caused the fire but firefighters got the call just after 8:30 last night. once on scene they found the fire spread to nearby homes sending flames into the sky. they say it started on the second and third level because the bottom has damage mostly from water.

it took more than two hours to get things under control and the firefighters had to s. >> it was threatening homes from the original fire. >> the fire was not the only danger crews had to deal with. this home is up in the berkeley hills. if that was not enough, you can see there is a power line and that dropped across the first engine. on that first engine, it's on the scene and there is no power to the homes and they are still not clear what caused the fire and what caused the power line to break free. we expect a fire marshall to give us a better handle on what is going on. live in berkeley hills paul

chambers ktvu channel 2 news. last night dozens of officers moved in on the fenced in camp along mandela parkway. they took down the tent city almost as quickly as it came up. police had also received complaints from several neighbors. >> it became a nuisance, there is a little bit of marijuana smoking i am assuming because we can smell it in the area. >> it is not clear how oakland police will respond. oakland mayor jean quan has faced criticism and now she is the focus of a front page article in the new york times. it shows recent struggles in dealing with the encampment outside city hall and mentions

the recall campaign to remove her from office. you can get more information from the occupied movement on our website www.ktvu.com just go to the occupied protest tab. a man in connection with the hit and run crash has turned himself in after his suv jumped the curb. investigators say the driver left scene but they followed car parts and a trail of transmission fluid to a target parking lot. he was seen inside the store after the crash. >> you have to know yes you hit my son and then you went to target. you didn't just leave, you went to target, you are on the camera... >> now the last word we received from the family is that 16-year-old victim is in

serious but stable condition from swelling in the brain. a five-day jail sentence that killed a toddler, caitlin done away -- dunn i was accused of texting behind the wheel when she hit and killed a two- year-old girl and seriously injured the little girl's mother last year. she will have to spend 115 days in home detention, perform community service and pay restitution. it has been a busy day, tara? >> reporter: we had the lights on in the bay bridge and i would like to say thanks are returning to normal but not just yet. this is where i mentioned earlier, there is a lost glass in the area that is being cleaned up at the moment. we also have a traffic hazard,

there is no details on where it is but beware there is a stalled car. and 280 chavez, it looks like it has been moved to the shoulder and finally, it went down with wires exposed in dahly city. let's take a look apt 101 in san francisco. you can see traffic is moving nicely towards fso. you are looking at up to an hour wait to catch a plane so make sure you call your airline before you leave your home. and the traffic on the upper portion of your screen is westbound, let's go to steve. the fog is rather thick for some and be careful because visibility is reduced to an 8:00 of an -- an 8th of a mile.

there is plenty of moisture to go around and increasing clouds with the fog. 50 to 60 mostly cloudy and sunny by noon. 58 to 65 later on. get a look at system that is coming in late tonight and tomorrow. a few clouds will be dragging across today so temperatures will be on the mild side. we are starting off for 50s for some. there will be good rain but not for us. those things are popular and even santa rosa, menty of moisture and this tail end will get us lots of clouds starting tonight into tomorrow. it goes down unless the system really surprises us. turning cloudy, the north bay

is in line. men seen know county lake county fog near the coast especially gilroy and it will clear out saturday and probably have a lot of fog and the days will be warmer especially on sunday. the number of people filing for unemployment benefits is up. 300 new claims up 15,000 from the week before. applications have to stay below 37 5,000 to figure hiring is strong enough to reduce the unemployment rate. well the increased demand could make retailers happy through next month. nearly 15% of shopping was from gift cards, but retailers can't figure it out until the gift

cards are redeemed. well keeping a day, they are now wiping december off the calendar this year. officer jim capoot is the latest officer to be killed in the line of duty and his is one casualty in an extremely dangerous year. and we are talking about heavy fog advisories which have been issued for several bridges in the area coming up. stay tuned for more news weather and traffic.

. welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 news, the big board, dow jones industrial average is up 68 points, 12219, talk about unemployment numbers that came in and jobless claims are up but the labor market and trends are improving so maybe there will be positive information coming through. it has been a dangerous year for law enforcement officers. according to the line of duty deaths they jumped 13%. gunfire killed 68 officers up 15% from 2010. the memorial funds says drastic cuts across the country are partly responsible for putting

officers at risk. they can't afford to buy safety equipment and the number of officers has been greatly reduced. officer jim capoot is the most recent officer to be killed. officer jim capoot was shot during a bank robbery suspect and he is one of 10 officers killed in california this year. 2011 could turned out to be the safest ever. there was one traveling in a charter flight this year according to an industry consultant funds. the previous record was 1 for every 6.4 million passengers and there have been no fatal accidents in the u.s. this year. transit officers are making it easier to get around new year's eve. muny cal trans will offer free service into sunday morning.

bart is offering train service longer to accommodate and they will be having a skip service to avoid over crowding. tomorrow they will go to bed but when they wake up it will be saturday morning. a south pacific nation is wiping friday from their calendar and they are moving to be closer to their trading partners. they are working in line with trade with california but times have changed and they are now working with trading partners from japan as well as australia. that light we were talking about highway 35 is actually the traffic light and they have been able it get it so it is flashing red but they will have to repair those exposed wires. this is a look at the toll

plaza here and also the venetia why richmond san rafael -- venetia richmond san rafael so keep your lights on. and disks on landing -- dixon landing road, finally an accident still being cleared and there is a lot of problems there you can see a little bit of back up and we have one hour delays at f-s-o, so check your airlines before you leave. here is steve. we have hazy skies increasing clouds and it will be mostly cloudy with a break here for a while but 50s to a few mid-60s. coming up on mornings on 2 from san jose, a s.w.a.t. team has moved into action, alive up date from the scene -- a live update from the scene. take a live look, we have new information so stay with

us.