. we will show you what firefighters faced when they first arrived on the scene. in the north bay, the latest happened just a few hours ago and in it the work of one person -- is it the work of one person? tension seems to be increasing on the lines of a licorice strike, police have blocked the street, we will tell you what happened. and a final push, the newest attack at the front- runner mitt romney. complete bay area news

continues. this is ktvu channel 2 news. well, good morning to you, welcome to a brand-new day, january 9th i am dave clark. >> good morning, thank you for checking in with us, it looks like it is a warm january. >> no doubt about it, a lot of upper 20s in the north bay, mild temperatures and after we get going we will have maybe even closer to 70 cards santa cruz. a little more crowded 80 westbound and this week is busier than last. also the morning commute looks good if you are driving on 101 in san francisco. 6:01 let's go back to the desk. dozens of people are displaced after a fire rips through a senior apartment complex. tara moriarty received new video of the fire and you will only see it here on ktvu

channel 2 news, tara? >> reporter: this new video shows the intensity of the fire. embers flying all over the place. it was shot by a neighbor who was woken up by another neighbor screaming fire, fire. [ sirens ] >> reporter: this morning firefighters received a call for an apartment complex off of madden avenue and the video shows how crews had to move quickly because the second story was gloved. 40 peopleee -- engulfed. 40 people were evacuated. they upgraded to a three-alarm fire which means 60 firefighters were battling this blaze. it was a heavy fire multiple floors of the apartment complex and we know there is a lot of residence who

live in this -- residents who live in this facility. >> reporter: only one person had injury from the fire and the rest was stress related. this is a senior apartment complex so you can imagine how scary it was. neighbors lent a helping hand. no word on how this fire started or even which room is started in. back here live investigators were on the scene and the flame flew out because of the flames here. we will let you know exactly how this fire started. tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. well a number of suspicious fires in novato stands at 20. it started at 1:30 at the rush creek open preserve. no homes were damaged but crews have scrambled throughout the

weekend putting out intentional fires in the neighborhood of redwood boulevard. fires damaged a utility pole. >> i am hearing about the fire danger and i am surprised it happened here but i guess it can happen anywhere. >> reporter: police have not made any arrests but given the dry conditions it could be a short time before a number of firefighters get out of hand. licorice workers are now getting outside support. union leaders have now joined the picket lines and police say they are too. kraig debro is there in union city, there is a lot going on, what is happening, kraig. >> i think police are going to want this camper out of here.

i spoke to an officer who was worried somebody may get hurt because striking workers are trying to block those from getting in and those who want to get in want to get in and they were afraid tensions would mount and it would get out of hand. you can see off in the distance, officers are there and to your right, document over here it is fairly dark but i think you can make out some silhouettes as people come through. people who done work at the american licorice company should know how important it is to their own benefits package. we have been speaking to the people there and they say it is a real shot in the arm to have people who done even work at this company as well as teenagers out here as well. when i spoke to a member of the

teamsters she told me it was very important for other workers out here because next time it could be their benefit package. >> people are thinking why do i have to pay, they understand it is an ail lent idea and we have to support every worker to have good benefits. this is the 6th week and they voted to go on strike over proposed changes to their healthcare benefits packages. the company wants workers who are here to pay $1,500 a year now and they are paying $3,000 a year for their benefit package. we are told a federal mediator and i told you it already happened and i checked with a member where a federal

mediation is to take place. initially they did not want to submit to federal mediation and they are still trying to get ahold of american licorice for more. seven african-american police officer accused the police department and the chief of telling racest jokes and barred them from getting promotions. the city has spent millions of dollars on this five-year-old case. new tomorrow, presidential cap candidates are making -- presidential candidates are making live pitches and we will have the latest polls in tomorrow's primary. democrats also head to the

polls for tomorrow a primary. there are little nope candidates but it is an opportunity to prepare for the election in november. time now, are they awake at the toll plaza? >> yes, there are and let's go out to the toll plaza. we still have a backup and this week we are getting more people coming back from wherever it was they were off for holiday break christmas have i occasion whatever they call -- christmas vacation, whatever they call it. traffic is moving a long nicely past the coliseum and union city there is a crash at least one lane is blocked. it is actually 880 southbound and still traffic has not really slowed just yet. 6:08 let's go to steve.

there are cold numbers outside sonoma, bethel island it is almost 25 degrees colder than it was yesterday. that temperature is plunging. yonkers 29 and peninsular 31 degrees. a lot of mid-30s in marin county and also toward the east bay but the coldest so far is towards the north bay. 48 to 58 by noon and we will have lots of sunshine and by this afternoon 60 to 70 degrees and it will be mild to warm. tomorrow looks good and maybe we can hang up giving us cooler temperatures but the question is when will we get rain, 32 in concord and that is in beau

canon probably close are to town in red wood city. san rafael still has 34 degrees and high pressure is holding its ground one more day. there will be a low break off and we talked about this last week. if it goes over us we will get rain and if it does not it will be offshore. it is a weak system and today look for the storm trying stay to the north and sunshine to mild to warm conditions, we will cool it down and it will be mostly cloudy, temperatures will be in the upper 50s. it will be a mild afternoon sunny and nice a few high clouds. temperatures low 60s and upper 60s santa clara valley 70 degrees. clouds tomorrow, maybe some rain tuesday, with your weekend always coming into view, it is the same as last weekend sunshine and warm weather.

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. take a look at this, this is new year's eve in didn't bob way. new year's eve in this area. she is describing this event. she crashed into the cold water after her bunggy snapped. she drifted towards dangerous rapids and her legs were bound by the rope. thankfully she did survive to tell her story. less than 24 hours from now, new hampshire voters head to the polls and they will vote in the nation's first primary of the president shawl race. we have the latest polls on what they are saying about the constantly changing race, carol? >> reporter: mitt romney's lead hats shrunk but still has a

double digit lead over his closest rivals. it will be tomorrow he will be in second or third place shows mitt romney in the lead followed bryan ran and john huns -- by rand paul and jon huntsman. >> i am somebody who believes in putting my country first... [applauds] >> mr. romney apparently believes in politics first and i say that is the problem in this country right now... >> reporter: we will have more on how the race looks nationwide and a new poll shows mitt romney in first place with 19% and former front runner newt gingrich fell into second place and rick santorum has raised his profile so the candidates are in the final stretch and feeling the heat.

i will tell you what the next 24 hours means for them coming up on ktvu channel 2 news. campaigning for mitt romney, that is where he fired back at protesters who interrupted a mitt romney rally. here is what they said. >> there are not going to be jobs sweetheart. >> governor christie went to talk about his ability to create jobs in new jersey. stay with us for complete coverage of the primary. ken richard will -- pritchard will have more on ktvu channel 2 news. congresswoman gabrielle giffords spoke for the first time at a public event. [ with liberty and justice for

all... ] >> the crowd said every word congresswoman gabrielle giffords led. they honored the six people killed and several wounded. the congresswoman is undergoing intense physical and speech therapy at uh-huhston hospital. -- at a houston hospital. she has four months to decide if she will run for reelection. several were killed in gun violence across the country. speakers in shooting sprees from vin vin tech -- virginia tech to los angeles they are now urging tougher gun laws. two separate shootings within five hours. the first happened yesterday afternoon in the bay view right near third street. one man is injured in a

suspected gang related shooting. a 12-year-old boy suffered injuries from flying glass. a man was shot in the arm while walking into a liquor store and he is expected to survive. later this morning, san francisco police chief will deliver the opening key note address at a law symposium. san francisco is hosting this two day event. they are coming from all across california after being invited. they will deal with disasters terror threats and other major events. if you drive through the san ramon valley and merging lanes will be built on a two lane stretch between sick more valley and cross canyon roads.

that is $34 million construction job that should start this fall and be finished in 2014. sal is checking on your commute this morning, sal? we are watching the bay bridge toll plaza because we are expecting more of a crowd and we go right to it and i am glad to say i am not seeing the big crowd that even i thought there would be. sometimes you turn out to be flat out wrong, look at that, traffic looks great and i will be happy if it stays this way. i thought it would be more crowded and so far so good. southbound 80 as you pass the coliseum is moving a long nicely. and 880 southbound, we have a little bit of a backup because of this injury there is also another crash in the backup and unfortunately even though

traffic was light, now that there is a crash here it is getting busier. as we move to the other side of the bay, 101 has recovered from other problems. >> sal, how are you this morning. >> yes, we had the fool moon at 11:30 and here we are looking towards alcatraz. clear skies, cold out there for some, 20s 30s and 40s, 48 to 58 by noon. later 68 degrees and santa rosa 28 and 30 degrees near the high school. 30s and 40s, hayward 4 -- high

wood 41 degrees and slight components and the system is coming in tomorrow and it will go right near the coast or go over us. if it does along the coast, mild afternoon low-to-mid to upper towards cap tow cap tow a. things get back to sunny mild and dry. and they will offer free help to thousands of americans. wal-mart is letting h and r block set up kiosks where they can help with the simplest tax forms. they are taking part in the program and people with more complicated taxes will have to

pay a fee. right now the national average is 3.3 0 peps per gallon. we are still having more than other drivers as usual. local prices range from $3.66 to $3.74 and we should expect to pay more than a dollar more this summer. time now 6:21 nightlife violence in the east bay suburbs. >> it happened in a very young african-american area. another melee at a downtown nightclub. and a dispute created between australia and another country over whales. @p@@@ i want a baby.

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number with allco what why -- alcoa, we will watch the news. it is january 9th, i am dave clark. >> and i am pam cook, time now is 6:30. there is news an arsonnest may have struck again and just hours ago there was another suspicious fire. fire crews are scrambling to keep up there, good morning allie. >> reporter: that's right, arson investigators are looking into 20 grass fires and this package we are sending right next to you is one of 20 and the most recent fire happened just five hours ago and it happened in the area of the rush creek open space reserve which is six miles away from the neighborhood of redwood boulevard and south novato.

that fire started 1:30 this morning and firefighters had to hike through hilly terrain to get to this. just hours ago it was still smoldering but not threatening any homes and that's why firefighters decided to put a line around the fire and let it burn itself out. the chief would not say whether it was connected to the 20 or so grass fires over the weekend. most of them happened in a very residential area near south novato road. investigators believe all of them were deliberately set and there is an arson investigation underway. and a few hours after these fires, somebody set fire to a grassy area which damaged a utility pole and sunday morning, redwood boulevard,

firefighters had to put out a fire there. it happens in an area where there is a lot of homes close by. for example this area is 20 feet away from the nearest house here and that's why investigators are concerned. they want to find the people responsibility and i have called trying to get an update and they will not have information until later this morning. allie rasmus ktvu channel 2 news. and new information into an overnight fire in san francisco. it started in a chinatown apartment house fire. one man was treated for burns as well as smoke inhalation and we don't know his condition. more than 40 people were forced out of their homes. the investigation continues. and look at this, this is a senior citizens complex during

the night. we will tell you a dozen people -- about a dozen people who are now displaced and you will see more than huge flames firefighters had to deal with. licorice workers are now getting some outside support. just hours ago, union leaders joined the picket line and now police are on the scene. kraig debro joins us from union city with what is happening right now, kraig? >> reporter: again you have two different picket lines down in houston. you see the stole p.m. officers and squad cars out here, the licorice company is declining comment and union city police called for and got mutual aid from fremont police. squad cars have come and gone but it looks like right now

they have other union members who have joined them on the picket lines. members of the occupied oakland fellow union members are walking the picket line and together they blocked vehicles from entering the company. so farther making sure nobody gets hurt but the people at the licorice community are twice as bad as it usually is and it is american licorice workers today and tomorrow it could be them. >> any time there are workers out on strike, whenever they are trying to take away benefits or whatever, then that puts an attacks on the end -- puts an attack on the entire

american class >> in the past they cold us a final worker to that office. inn clouding a comprehensiveness over the labor dispute according to the union it is centered around healthcare benefits and the company wants workers to pay 1,500 dollars a year if you are single for healthcare benefits and if you have a family that would go up to $3,000 a year and of course talks broke off last summer in august. i am told a federal mediator now will be involved in the talks with the company and union portioners. kraig debro ktvu channel 2 news. they are protect the closure of one -- protesting

the closure of one of the city's biggest. now the market street cooperative closed due to pressure by the federal government. they sent a letter to the club's landlord ordering a cease-and-desist order otherwise the building could be shut down. he told the crowd that a cloud was hanging over what should be a special day. each is facing an lented murder investigation. lopez defended her husband. >> this is taken out of context. this is a private family matter. >> now the district attorney is reviewing the case and he will decide whether to file charges.

also, ed lee was sworn in to the first elected asian american mayor in city hall. he was surrounded by his family and took the oath of office in front of a packed audience. he vowed to make creating jobs a top pie yourty of -- priority to giving every family the dignity of a paycheck and our willingness to embrace each other. >> mayor ed lee is talking about a replacement on the board of supervisors. today kicks off a year on the bay bridge. they mark their 75 anniversary, and they will mark the celebration including the golden gate bridge festival which will be over the memorial

day weekend. there are improvements to the national park lands on both sides of the span. >> let's see, is it getting busy? >> yes, westbound car 80 at first it turned out not to be that traffic is backed up this morning coming out of richmond heading to university avenue but it's not nearly as bad as we thought, lights are all open and you will see activity in the center divide on 88 university. let's look at the bay bridge toll plaza. it is better than we thought i thought it was going to be backed up with a big delay but so far it looks great. let's go to the peninsular across the bay, there is a crash and has been a couple of

them. if you are driving south to hayward freeway, it is bad news a couple of clashes and a lot of probably almost heading south. >> we do have mostly clear skies and clear and cold for many. sunshine, not much there unless you are looking to the top edge of your screen. probably just clouds and cooler not much else. near sonoma not in town but near there. 26 and i did see pope valley and napa county 24. bethel island 29, woodside 31 degrees, a lot of 30s but there are the main 20s i saw. clear and cold this morning and lots of sunshine mild to warm conditions today, in fact the

high pressure is quite contempt to stick around. low 30s to mid-40s, oakland still ahead of a north breeze. still northeast so once we get going it will translate to a mild afternoon. it will be very weak but it will give us very light rain. although one of the updated forecasts remove light rain and we will talk about it fine tuning. mild again to near 60 degrees and mid-60s to the east bay, 62 in the city 60 in afternoon bay 67 in san jose, 65 in pleasanton. it starts to clear out wednesday and thursday and friday with your weekend always in view it will be back to dry

and warm. a verdict handed out to a u.s. marine jailed in iran, what he is accused of doing in that country that could have him sentenced to death. we will tell you what extra firefighters face. >> it is not too bad, if you head out to highlights and or weather straight ahead. lysol disinfectant spray is approved to kill over

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. welcome back, here is a look at some of the top stories we are following, a picket line outside a licorice factory in union city and they are getting some outside support. occupied protesters as well as union leaders have joined this picket line as you can see and police are out there keeping an eye on things. kraig debro is also there and kraig will bring us updates as tensions start to mount. tomorrow candidates head to the primaries in the first of the presidential elections. candidates are fanning out making their last minute pitches. and another suspicious fire

in novato early this morning. it happened in the rush creek open preserve. at least 20 fires were reported and so far no homes have been damaged. it happened at a scene your complex, dozens are displaced, joining us with a look at the damage and what is on the way. >> this has really captured the adrenaline firefighters experienced when they arrived on the scene. >> reporter: the rush for firefighters to get it all under control as paramount. this is video we brought you first shot by a neighbor when he woke up to another neighbor

screaming fire, fire. it was the second story of an apartment complex was completely engulfed. one person suffered burns to his feet. san jose upgraded this to a three alarm which means 60 firefighters were battling this blaze. >> there was initial concern there were people inside so we had an aggressive movement to make to your there were no -- make sure there were no fatalities. >> reporter: five people were taken to the hospital and only one person had injuries from the actual fire. the rest was stress related. this was a senior apartment complex so you can imagine how slowly it took for everybody to get out safely. there are a couple of people

staying behind but you can see right through the building just the damage that was done. no word on how it started and havingers have already come and gone. we will keep you posted throughout the morning. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. a u.s. marine could get the death penalty in iran. after an iranian court found him guilty today of being a cia spy. he has been convicted of both spying and supporting terrorism in iran. he has been in an iranian prison for four months. he now has 20 days to appeal his verdict. one shoulder was killed and another wounded in a deadly attack in southern afghanistan.

it happened 400 miles, they say a man opened fire on a group of american soldiers. similar attacks have raised fears and the taliban has become more and more successful in infiltrating -- infiltrating afghan forces. in berkeley, it is a crash we were telling you about and unfortunately it was not as bad as we thought it was. the truck under west 80 it was involved in a crash this morning on 80 westbound and there are a few other vehicles. traffic is moving along well, but it could have been a lot worse. traffic is still backed up into el cerrito.

let's look at 80 southbound heading south because of several crashes it is slow all the way down to fremont. this morning at the bay bridge toll plaza, it is light, let's go to steve. at san jose airport, it's cold and off in the distance, i love when it is stacked up and you can see them coming in. i believe it is from phoenix and it is on time. good morning folks actually i was thinking about it. the cold morning lows, mainly north bay and that's near sonoma, bethel 29 cordelia 29. i did see a 32 and also loss alto. we just took december and

rolled it in, 48 to 50 almost 70 degrees. and that's at the sonoma airport and that's beau canon and livermore 34, a hint of a northeast wind, nothing too outrageous like we had on the weekend and we will start to warm up fast. low pressure will break off right here, drive right down on us tomorrow and it will give us a lot of clouds and cooler temperatures, maybe some very, very light rain. although the forecast has no rain in it and i am not surprised. tomorrow we will have clouds and cooler temperatures and we will tackle the rain possibility so if we don't do anything tomorrow, it is in

san jose 67, we go back to sunshine and mild warm conditions over the weekend. high tech, las vegas is the place to be this weekend. the electronics show kicks off tomorrow and it's the largest event of its kind. 1 10:00 thousand -- 1 40,000 people are expected to attend and look forfeit necessary gadgets -- for fitness gadgets. including india and china will drive global sales and they will back up, they product 46% of the global gadget sales. >> and a new recall for over

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. welcome barks taking a look

at the big bored -- back, taking a look at the big board, waiting for the market to close, and there is a big meeting between leaders in germany and france coming up. and novato says packaging problems, you are asked to return several items and all of them have expiration dates of december of next year or earlier. jerry hill will unveil new bills aimed at gas line pipeline safety. they were the center of the explosion years ago and they will be forced to implement ntsb regulations and whistleblower protection will be mandated at utility companies and regulators will be required to set performance.

and it means no cheap seats. starting today anybody who wants the real good seats will have to pay for that privilege. it will cost $80,000 just to be near the yard line. club seats will cost between 20 and 30,000 for that location and tickets will cost up to $3,500 each in addition and prices for seats further away from the field will be announceedthis summer. >> pam, i think i will be yelling at the television. good morning everybody. you know what, you can watch the television and i will show you some things here, the traffic is busy but it is better than what i thought it would be, there was a crash but it was up against the center divide. there is a little bit of a

backup but so far so good >> >> clear skies this morning, mild conditions and temperatures will continue to warm up, low mid-to a few upper 60s. all right, thank you steve, coming up next on mornings on 2, an overnight fire in san jose and we are getting new information from the scene. look at this, the bay area licorice plan, what happened within the last couple of hours, we will have a live report, stay right here with us. okay, people, let's get started.

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