>> reporter: in san jose, pg&e crews are making progress replacing a power pole. we're just finding out about the new customers without power. investigators in oakland are looking for the driver involved in a fatal hit and run. what the victim's friend said they were doing at the time of the accident. five years after a huge toxic fire, the new troubles facing a bay area recycling plant. accident cleared but backup remaining on 24 westbound as you leave walnut creek. find out how long it's going to take before it gets back to normal. "mornings on 2" starts now.

well, good morning to you. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's tuesday, january 10th. pg&e crews are working to restore power to hundreds of people in a san jose neighborhood. the lights went out after a car plowed into a power pole on camden avenue last night. ktvu's kraig debro joins us live from the crash scene. kraig, we understand one school is affected? >> reporter: one school is affected. you can see it over there behind where they are working on that power pole. the past hour hour or so, pg&e has replaced the power pole. they have a new power pole and basically, they are cementing it to the ground. right over here, this is a bus district yard over there. i asked the guy over there, was bus service gonna be affected? he said no, the computers are

down. that's not a problem. but i found out the school headquarters are other there -- headquarters are over there. there's no power there. we know one of the schools without electricity is kamballa academy. after 8:00 last night, according to police, there was a vehicle driving by in neighborhood on camden between union and and -- and baskem. it snapped in half. that power was not only connected to homes but it knocked out the school's power. that vehicle kept going. it was a white suv. it ended up in somebody's yard. it's still on the scene. that vehicle eventually came to a stop. the driver of that vehicle was not hurt, not because of the crash or the power poles and he

was not cited, according to police. i want you to take a look at a live picture. just off to the distance behind the trucks to your left, you can barely make out the white suv. it's still over there. i just went morer there to see if it's there. one of the reasons it's still there is because they have been doing work all night long. also, the people staying in the homes last night, it's very, very cold, in the 30s. it's difficult to stay at home like that. the power out -- the power will be out at the school all day. i will have to check with the principal to see if any have canceled classes. most power will have power on by noon. but because a transformer blew, it will take another eight to ten hours to get the school online. reporting line, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:03. the police search goes on for

the driver who hit and killed a man crossing a street in oakland. it happened last night around 11:30 on 37rd and bancroft near the mall. allie rasmus is -- is live to tell us the latest. >> reporter: good morning. according to the victim's friend who was with him at the time, the man was in the crosswalk about to cross the street when the car struck him in the middle of the crosswalk and the driver kept going. let's show you the video of where this happened, 73rd and bancroft in oakland. it happened around 11:30. just a couple of days away from there is the oakland eastmont substakes. an officer there told me officers doesn't have a lot to go on. there were no witnesses that could clearly describe what vehicle be looked like because it spread off after wards. >> we're trying to identify the

vehicle. >> reporter: now, we don't know the age or the identity of the victim this moving. paramedics last night rushed him to highland hospital with serious injuries. he later died from those injuries. surveillance cameras are mounted outside the gas station on the intersection right next to where it is, the crosswalk where this happened. there's the possibility that some of this may have been captured on video. we've asked to speak with the oakland police traffic division to get an update and we're getting -- waiting to hear back from them this morning. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. the ep past says a metal's resickle -- recycling company on the peninsula is producing the bray. sims is located at the port of redwood city. it shreds nearly 300,000 cars a year along with appliances and other metal products. the epa says the company is responsible for a major pollution problem involving lead, mercury, copper and zinc.

they warn sims could face fines of up to $32,000 a day. the air quality management district fined this same company $20,000 for a huge fire five years ago. the flames sent a large plume of black toxic smoke over the air. this video it from april of 2007. in san rafael, police say a woman was assaulted after she walked in on three burglars who were inside her home. it happened around 1:30 yesterday afternoon on woodland avenue. police say the 27-year-old victim interrupted a trio of burglars. she was knocked unconscious after one of them punched her in the head. she called police after waking up. but by then the suspects had taken off. anyone with information is asked to call san rafael police. 7:06. voters in new hampshire are

heading to the polls. the first in the nation started with nine people casting ballots in dixville knox just after midnight. we'll have more on how mitt romney gave his fellow candidates ammunition with what he said out there. caltrans will close all the lanes of westbound highway 4 tonight between summersville and loveridge roads. this starts at 10:00 tonight lasting through 5:00 tomorrow morning. a detour will be in place. this is all part of that highway 4 widening project that sal has been telling us about for so long. >> i know a lot of drivers are looking forward to this. let's check with sal. >> that's right. we're also looking at 237 in the santa clara valley this

thorning. we have slow traffic getting into the valley. it's just typical here at the bottleneck but after that it gets better. it has not been that bad of a commute with not that much slow traffic and certainly not a lot of slow traffic coming out of morgan hill and gilroy. not yet, anyway. moving along and taking a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. this is a nice drive. we still have not seen the big backups that we normally get on the bay bridge approach that we had in 2011, anyway. it seems to be taking a little bit of a break, kind of an extended holiday for the commute. highway 24, we had an earlier crash at the la fayette b.a.r.t. station. you may still see some slowing. 680 is backed up from 242 to 242. let's go to steve. sal, thank you, sir. well, mostly sunny here in the morning and then we'll have increasing clouds. they are already beginning to inch closer. i would love to say there will be rain out of this system because you know and i know we need it.

there's really no sign of it from this system. you can see -- when you see this right there, right there -- right there. it's way too far away. at best, a few sprinkles. the pattern is stuck until the upper atmospheric global changes. it's all locked in. high pressure continues on the west coast. occasionally it gets nudged out. high pressure will build in behind that. that will give us an easterly northeasterly breeze starting tomorrow. today that system slides across the coast. mostly cloudy, cooler today. upper 50s and lower 60s. it's darned cold out there this morning. a lot of 30s showing up. low to mid, san jose bottomed out at 37. santa rosa is still 34. there have been 20s in the north bay. there's our system that's all we can pin our hopes. i know what you are saying. it's not gonna happen.

the system will give us a cooler day. it's expected to sit there for a couple of days and maybe move into southern california. just give you a heads up. 50s and 60s for us today and coming down from those muper 60s. a little -- mid- to upper 60s. a little bit more sunshine. really, i think temperatures come down to 2 to 6 degrees compared to yesterday. by wednesday, it is on its way south in southern california and staying offshore. mostly sunny, mild and warm days. >> thank you, steve. we'll have coverage on the primary election now underway in new hampshire but there's already bad news for jon huntsman. why the gop candidate failed to get on the ballot. and also why -- why an assemblywoman blames her shoplifting incident on her

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we have a weak system coming in. that's enhancing the fog around here. partly sunny in the morning, then increasing clouds. cooler, upper 50s, low 60s. there could be a few showers. i doubt that helps. we're not getting any rain. but it's either all or nothing across the globe. dozens of army national guard troops are helping people in one alaskan town dig out of their homes. cordova is buried under 18 feet of snow. that's a record for the fishing town of 2,000 people. officials say several building have collapsed under the weight of the snow and there's probably more snow on the way. time now, 7:13. the nation's first presidential primary is now underway in new

hampshire. now, the early results already in show mitt romney in the lead. ktvu's carol han is here now, says the race is kind of heating up for second place. carol? >> reporter: dave, both polls in new hampshire -- those poms in new hampshire don't close for another -- polls in new hampshire don't close for another midnight. but for the tiny town where the polls did open, they are in. the former utah governor has seen his star rise in the past few days. he's painted romney as putting politics first and quickly pounced on this comment romney made about health insurance providers that don't do their job. >> if you don't like what they do, you can fire them. i like being able to provide people that provide services to me. >> governor romney enjoys firing people. i enjoy creating jobs. >> reporter: although romney is favored to win today, hunt theman needs to put in a good

showing. or wise, his campaign will run out of money. as for newt gingrich, rick santorum and rick perry are already eyeing south carolina where they have a better shot winning that state's conservative base beginning a week from saturday. today is new hampshire's day. most polls later tonight. jon huntsman failed to qualify for the presidential primary. he was missing a notarized signature. so he did not qualify. he will challenge that. make sure you stay with ktvu and ktvu.com for more on the new hampshire primary. now, ktvu's kin pritchett is in

-- ken ken pritchett will file reports for us. in is on the latest versions of ktvu. a foreign conspiracy is behind the unrest in president assad's country, he claims. he made his first speech since he agreed to an arab league plan to halt down on protesters. he says he's not stepping down because he still has the support of his people. the anti-government uprising in syria has been going on for ten minutes. the united states estimates the government crackdown has killed more than 5,000 people. the united nations nuclear agency now confirms that iran has made a major step forward in its u.n. program. the u.n. agency says they've started to enrich uranium at a new fortified bufnler. and they are currently turning out uranium enriched 20% to that bunker. experts say that level of

enrichment can be used to create a nuclear warhead. the u.s. has repeatedlied accused iran of developing nuclear -- repeatedly accused iran of developing nuclear weapons. a combination of bacteria and water currents helped to break down the oil from that bp oil disaster. that's according to a new report. in april 2010, the deep bought water horizon -- deep water horizon rig blew off on the coast. officials say bacteria blooms helped to consume methane gas. the geography of the gulf reportedly played a role. scientists say that area is somewhat closed so instead of being swept away, the waters circulated, with that meth an- consumer bacteria. -- methane-consumer bacteria. one of three bills, one of

which to adopt the ntsb's safety reksdations, another bill would protect whistle- blower. hill represents the crestmoore neighborhood, the one devastated by the 2010 pipe line explosion. he says those bills will help prevent another disaster. it's 7:19. there are medical questions being raised about east bay assemblywoman mary hayashi. she pleaded no contest to shoplifting. her lawyer says a benign brain tumor affected her judgment and contributed to her arrest. medical experts expert -- experts tell she's medically

cleared to continue her work. alameda's county protective services is on a holiday. an audit blasted the agency for not carrying out formal internal reviews following the deaths of four children. the cases happened between 2008 and 2010. the report says the review process could have helped identify repeat problems and the need for policy improvements. a fresno lawmakers has introduced -- lawmaker has introduced hem lakes -- legislation that would make the review the mandatory. california drivers you could soon get a discount at the dmv. governor brown wants you to use the mail or the internet for registration. and if you do, you would get a $5 discount. a lot of drivers use the mail or internet for renews -- renewals. governor brown thinks this move

could save $100 million every year. the california supreme court will hear arguments for and against introducing the new state districts. a lawsuit has been stop -- have voted to stop this. some analysts say this could lead to more democratic-leaning districts. the session is due to begin at 10:00 this morning. 7:20. apple's chief executive could end up as 2011's highest paid u.s. executive. a new review shows cook's compensation package totaled $- - $378 million. most of that comes from a million shares of restricted apple stock. half of that vests in 2016. the rest, five years later. 1.8million is cook's basic salary and bonus. steve jobs took just $1 a year

for his salary but he owned more than -- more than $5 million in stocks. 7:250. i can't remember the last -- 7:20. i can't remember the last time i thought or looked for my umbrella. will we need it? we're looking out the window. you see what we see. steve paulson will tell us if there's any chance if the bay area will see even a sprinkle. and the show of force menlo park residents are getting from the public. if you are driving on the senate or the dumbarton bridge -- on the san mateo or the dumbarton bridge, so far so good. er tastes good?

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menlo park seems to like having facebook in the backyard. dozens of people went before the menlo park city council

last night to express their support for the social networking giant moving into their room. facebook just moved in near the bay front poi. the show of support comes despite the possible lawsuit east palo alto may soon file against football's expansion plans. they are keved about traffic and environmental -- concerned about traffic and environment issues. hey, sal, are you giving a thumbs up to the toll plaza? >> well, we were and now you have a slow down as you come up to toll plaza. it's backed up for about an eight to ten-minute delay. nothing major. once you make it on the bridge, it looks good. the morning commute looks good on interstate 8 0 -- 80. if you are driving -- 880. if you are driving the

peninsula, 88 -- 880 still has problems. that's on the shoulder causing slow traffic. in the south bay, the slowest traffic is on 85 so far from 87 up to highway 17 and then it clears up. let's go to steve. clouds already on the increase. north bay starting to get cloudy. we'll have a little bit of sun here for a while. fog is also on the move. it's cold. this is a week system. mostly cloudy by noon. cooler today, 44 to 54 on the temperatures. we'll go 64. san jose and serboth, 66 -- santa rosa both, 66. a lot of this air is trapped and with the cloud cover coming in, it will be tough to warm up. a weak system is on its way south. doesn't have much to it. maybe a few light sprinkles and drizzles. temperatures coming down a little bit.

after tomorrow it's on its way to southern california and it's out of the picture. we'll go back to dry but breezy, thursday into friday. that means cold mornings, sunny, warm days. 7:25. more monkey business at the san francisco zoo but this new case involves a break-in. >> reporter: we're live in san francisco where in jack in the box in the richmond district is coming under fire from neighbors who want it to stay closed overnight.

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has been shut down since december 6th. that's on the heels of an incident involving a cal firefighter here. 29-year-old albert bartel got into a brawl with another customer at 2:30, thanksgiving morning at the jack in the box off 11th and geary. police say that customer followed bartel to a nearby gas station and ran him over with his suv. bartel a former marine and single father has been in critical condition with a traumatic brain injury ever since at a bay area hospital. on his facebook support page his mother says that she's hoping for a miracle. now, police discovered that the jack in the box is operating without the proper extended hour permit. the fact that the place is ordered to shut its door between 2:00 and 6:00. now the neighbors are trying to get the permit but some maybes are fight -- but some neighbors are fighting it because of the nights and noise. they are showing up at a

meeting hall at 6:30. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. novato firefighters got a night off after two busy nights of putting out deliberately-set fires. police say at least 55 small fires have been set since saturday. this morning, novato dispatch told us no fires were reported overnight. about half of the weekend cries were set in the preserve. >> this is not a prank this. is very serious business people are engaging in. >> no homes have been damaged so far and no one has been hurt. police did tell us they responded to a garbage can fire last night. but it does not appear to be related. >> we have continuing coverage on the fire -- of the fires on ktvu.com. click on novato arson, click on the map to see each location

where a fire has been set. the inmate who escaped yesterday from the santa rita jail in dublin is back in jail this morning. he was recaptured last night. not far from the prison ground. he is doing time for a burglary incident. he escaped during the earlier in the day and that prompted a massive manhunt. but the weather may have play played a role in this. >> he did not have the clothes for this weather. that may have been what brought him back in. a preliminary here is set

for 9:00 a.m. for joseph naso. he's charged with killing four women. today's hearing will be the first hearing that prosecutors will talk about the case. he's pleaded not guilty and is representing himself. 7:32. an east bay investment group is getting ready to unveil its ambitious plan for the old oakland army base and wants to transform the base into a state of the art facility that would manage the flow of cargo in and out of the port of oakland. the group says the new business would create thousands of jobs and pump thousands of jobs into the economy. governor brown's plan to raise taxes could bring in billions of dollars less than he was counting on to help balance the budget. he says his plan would raise nearly $6.9 billion annually.

but the legislative analysts' office estimated it would generate $4.8 billion this year. this would boot sales tax and increase income tax on people making $250,000. san francisco's district five has a new supervisor. cristina alogi was slogged in yesterday to take ross mirakami's place. a call for new rules for dog walkers in san francisco will be voted on today by the board of supervisors. now, legislation introduced by supervisor scott wiener would license and regulate commercial dog walkers on park property. if approved, dog walkers would

be allowed to walk no more than eight dogs at a time. they would have to have special training and may an annual fee for a permit. three men were caught trespassing at the san francisco zoo late sunday night. san francisco police told "the examiner" that the men jumped over a back gate to get in the zoo. someone cut through fences to steal a squirrel morningky from the -- squirrel monkey from the zoo. that monkey has been returned. police captured a rain suspect after that suspect walked up to her and asked her out on a date. the man walked up to third street on saturday. that's when he asked the officer if she was married or available. the officer ran a record check and discovered that he was wanted for a rain in hayward. the officer then took the man into custody. hundreds and millions of dollars is set to come to b.a.r.t. with taupe -- to help with its

long-planned expansion in the south bay. the u.s. department of transportation is set to recommend some $900 million in federal aid. congress is expected to approve it. b.a.r.t. wants to -- wants to build an extension and hopes to have the project completed by 2016. work begins today on the first phase of the new smart train t will -- it will correct marin and sonoma counties. this is on a section of track from santa rosa to the marin sib center. 7:36. the new law that requires california schools to teach gay history took effect back on january 31st but some schools are not doing anything different. the "sacramento bee" reports some of the schools are waiting to get revised textbooks.

they reportedly won't be available until 2013. state senator mark leno who authored the fair education act says school should use supplemental materials. 7:36. the polls are open in new hampshire. the first in the nation primary is known for making or breaking presidential campaigns. chris welch from manchester, new hampshire and lets us know what's at stake today. good morning, chris. >> reporter: good morning, tori. yeah, new hampshire voters making their way to the polls here in the granite state. this is a state that mitt romney has held a commanding lead in for quite sometime. so it's the race for second place that has a lot of people's attention. mitt romney has home hadfield advantage in new hampshire, the state he came into second to john mccain. he owns a vacation home here and is the former governor of neighboring massachusetts. >> i love new hampshire, and i

appreciate your willingness to welcome us here tonight. if i am president of the united states, i will not forget new hampshire. romney is expecting to win by a much larger margin in iowa where he beat rick santorum by just eight votes. it's a close race for second between ron paul and jon huntsman. huntsman zipped iowa to -- skipped iowa to focus on the grab knit state. if you can exceed exeffect takes in -- expectations in south carolina then -- >> over time, it's not gonna be this primary or the next but we'll have several races down the field, this field will narrow. just after midnight, the tine nip town of dixville knox sniffer delivered the first results -- romney and huntsman

tied for two place with two votes each. the town has picked the eventual republican nominee since every election since 197. if it's a sign of things to come, this won't end in new hampshire. it's all about momentum. back to you. >> all right. thank you. 7:38. there's a big story that sal has. what's happening at the toll plaza? >> well, it's getting busier. we've seen a big backup on tuesday at the toll plaza. it's not a huge backup. in 2011, we had some of the backup stretch out. be aware of it. tonight think it's very, very light because -- don't think it's very, very light because you will be sadly disappointed

when you get there. downtown san francisco still looks good. likewise for oakland on 8 0 northbound getting up to the coliseum. the morning commute in san jose as we look at the freeways. 85 is slow. as you drive into saratoga it gets better. if you are gonna drive to cupertino, approaching highway -- approach ecthe highway is slow up to the expressway. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. some sun this morning. we do have some clouds starting to increase. morning sun and then turning cloudy. there's not only higher clouds but fog there. the system -- the system right over here is developing too far to the west. if it came right over us, we would probably have a better opportunity for some rain. it's weak as it is.

and it's really mainly a cooler, mostly cloudy forecast. if any rain does fall, it will be bright. january looking very similar to what we had in december which is rain-free. first couple of weeks not much happening. after today, the rest of the week looks quiet. forecast models are wrestling and trying to break the ridge down. the pattern looks like it favors to the north. it doesn't look real promising yet this time of year. the low slides down the coast and high pressure comes in and as we head up against/thursday and maybe even friday, that -- wednesday/thursday and maybe even friday that low will give us a cool down. mostly cloudy, cooler today. could an few light showers and sprinkles. but most of this is developing too far to the west. we don't have a lot of time to warm up. so the cold air is trapped.

san francisco at 47. live stormtracker2 -- that's it. that's it. that's all we have here. but the drizzle will give is light showers. the low is simply falling apart. 50s and 60s. so down about two -- 2, maybe 6, 7 degrees. a little bit warmer, longer sunshine for the morning hours for the south bay. santa clara valley, probably east bay. by tomorrow morning, moment of this is gone. mostly sunny, after that it's cold morning. mostly sunny, mild days. 7:42. why markets are enjoying a bounce this morning. we'll check on netflix. it's stick is at it's -- its stock is at the highest. we'll take you live to the

consumer electronics show in las vegas live.

stocks are shooting higher after comforting news since france would not be downgraded. alcoa will improve in 2012. the dow is currently up 100, at 12,493. and the nasdaq is up 27. s&p up 12. this morning, french president nicholas sar keyzy and german chantler angela merkel discuss how to lead europe out of the debt crisis. now they are planning to cut

off money for greece unless the cash-strapped nation can lower its current debt load. >> started trading at $93. netflix' stock has gained more than 40% since the beginning of this year. two key reasons are, a hedge fund manager calls the company a potential buyout product and it's still growing. >> i just -- got off the phone

with the e pm a looking into allegations of polluting the bay. now the metal recycling company sims metal management is located at the port of redwood city. this is new video. the company shreds roughly 300,000 cars a year along with appliances and other metal products. epa says recent inspections found high levels of toxic material including pcbs lead and mercury in the sediments near the plant and at redwood creek. some of the levels are off the chart. pcbs are up to 10,000 times than what they should be. lead was up to 11 times more than what it should be, mercury, 100 -- 10 -- 110 times. the company is cooperating with the epa. and they've agreed to cease and desist.

it will take a significant operational change but that sims metal should be able to make those changes quickly. now the bay area air quality district fined this same company $20,000 for a huge fire five years. the flames then sent a huge plume of black toxic smoke. this is video of the fire. that was back in april of 2007. i'll have more comments from the e.p.a. in the -- in the next hour. reporting live from the newsroom, i'm pam cook. right now the ntsb is holding the hearing on a -- on the safety of a popular

summertime activity. airshows and air races. the pilot and ten other people died in that crash. regulators say there have been 150 accidents at races and shows in the last 30 years but this one was the first time spectators have been killed. the ntsb wants to protect both pilots and their fans. a las vegas man claims a united airlines employee threaten him at san francisco international airport. ivan gonzalez was trying to check in his 6-year-old son for a flight to boston on january 2nd. mr. gonzalez said the airline employee said he had not paid the fee to allow his son to travel alone. he recorded the conversation on the cell phone and he posted it on the internet. the conversation got heated amount would. -- a bomb can be heard saying "i get off at 9:30. why don't you meet me outside."

united airlines said they apologized to gonzalez and offered him compensation which he refused. airbus unveiled the 525 passenger a-3 0 model back in 2007. quantas and sing ga pore say they repaired tiny cracks on at least one of their planes and they are safe to fly. airbus says the cracks are on noncritical wing attachments and the cracks can be fixed during each plane's four-year maintenance checkup. ten minutes before 8:00. the consumer electronics show opens today more than 2700 exhibitors will be showing up the latest technology. dave lawrence is live where the show gets underway in just a few showers -- in just a few hours. what cool things can you show us? >> reporter: all kinds of

things. some 148,000 visitors for this show. industry in-- industry insiders -- what is the theme? >> thin is in and innovation of course. a lot of innovation. we're seeing -- we'll be seen 40,000 more products unveiled. >> and you have some headphones. >> everybody has your tablet, your mp-3 player, your smartphone. you gotta listen to your music or videos. we have this, $9, hd quality, blue tooth. no wires needed. you can stream music or video. >> no tangled cords. >> and you've -- you can do your own broadcast? >> yes. it's a retro microphone. so if you are into podcasting this is great. it connects right to your tablet or computer.

also if you have a band off some kind of music you can play right into that and get it righten the km pewter. >> more headphone technology. >> yes. this one is only $69. another great sounding, high quality audio experience with those headphones. >> reporter: this is a tine -- this is a tiny speaker. >> this is from the house of marley. environmentally friendly. >> reporter: back to you, tori. >> thank you. really cool things. >> kind of reminds us of the days of radio. >> i love that. millions of people can get prescriptions filled at walgreens pharmacy. the contract dispute that's

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there's a contract dispute between walgreens and scripps. if the back of your insurance card says express scripps.com, wall greens is no longer in your network. the change affect the about -- 88 million customers in the u.s., many with wellpoint insurance. we have an update on the drug recall we were felling you about yesterday. now the fda warns that nonprepare description pills including bufferin or excedrin may have been packaged with powerful prescription pain kimers. drugmaker says it's not aware of any confirmed product mixups that reached any patients. the fda is not recalling the

painkillers because the risk of stray pills is very low they are telling us. they are telling people who sell per doe set, endoset, zydon and opano, just check your medications. we want to check in with sal. what's going on on the east shore freeway. we've had kind of like a steady drum beat of slower traffic as we get further into the new year. if you are driving on 80, it's backed up all the way up to richmond. slow traffic coming down to the mccarther maze. when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza, you will see traffic that's not that bad. the traffic on the peninsula a little bit slow. we've had a couple of cracks. eastbound 92 at delaware. an injury crash. northbound 101 at doray. there's a crash. i would suggest 280 as an

alternate route. 85 is slow. northbound 101, coming up past blossom hill road. some slow traffic due to an earlier crash. if you are coming in from morgan hill, it will be slower than you usually see it. let's go to steve. >> all right. we do have a low pattern dropping in. it is increasing some of the fog. we'll have cooler temperatures today. look for very cold reading. a lot of 30s. mostly cloudy by noon. we'll continue that into this afternoon. temperatures will be coming down. upper 50s now. you can see why. a lot of low 30s here. some of the increasing clouds in the north bay. that's gonna trap some of that cold air. i wish our system had more punch. it's on its own.

mostly cloudy, if any rain does fall, it will be extremely light and probably favoring anywhere close to the west and even that looks suspect. mostly sunny, giving way to partly cloudy skies. later on, this is another weak system. but we're getting used to it. 50s and 60s on the temperatures. these are actually near average. a little bit warmer, a little longer sunshine between the south bay peninsula and the santa clara valley. it's out of here tomorrow but then we pick up a breezy wind event thursday into friday. the 49ers have had a miracle season so far. this morning some san francisco fans are hoping for a miracle of their own. investigators in the east bay are looking for the driver involved in a fatal hit and run. what the victims' friend said the man was doing when he was struck. pg&e workers have gotten the power pole in the ground. what steps they have to take

next to restore electricity to hundreds of customers. that when "mornings on 2" continues.

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2." i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. it's tuesday, january 10th. well, topping our news at:00, a lot to tell you about -- -- 8:00, the pg&e crews are trying to get the power back. the lights went out on camden avenue when a car plowed into a power pole. kraig debro is at the scene. i understand this is really affecting traffic. is that right? >> reporter: yes. that suv ended up in the front yard and i will hear from the woman who owns that house. i want you to see the progress they are making here between camden and baskem. they just said they are -- almost finished. they this have to cut the lines up. we just shot this within the half-hour. there are cars lined you top

quite a -- lined up for quite a distance. they are all trying to get to the freeway which is half a mile west from here. they are being turned around by san jose police and that's creating quite a mess and will stay that way until the crews are done doing what they are doing. leslie brady is the woman who lives on camden. she actually had the suv end up in the yard. thank you for joining us. what did you hear when this sound -- sound exploded in your front yard. >> first it was a great, big explosion and then the lights flickered and another explosion and the flights -- and the lights went out. i lan to my front -- i ran to my front door and -- i could see all of the dust. arking of the wires. the wires were down. and people whether yelling watch out for the -- were yelling "watch out for the wires" and when i went out, there was a man talking on his

cell phone. i thought he was a passerby. but he was the driver of the car. >> he was okay? >> he was okay, just standing there talk on his phone. he must have had to crime out of that -- climb out of the car. >> this is the first time this happened to you? >> no. one time a telephone pole ended up in my yard and he ended up face down in his truck. we lost a car. too. >> reporter: that accident happened around 8:00 last night. pg&e worked through the night. they got most people back online now. they say that most people will be back online by noon but there is a school called -- called camden academy. i talked to a supervisor earlier today he said that school will not be back online by noon. that will take an additional eight to ten hours.

reporting live, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:03. in overnight news, the search continues for the driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash near oakland's eastmont mall. it happened around 11:30 on 73rd and bancroft avenue. allie rasmus is at police headquarters. what has a friend of the victims told you about the crash. the man was crossing the street. it was a busy four-way intersection and he was in the middle of the intersection when a car came and hit him and the car just kept driving right after that. let's show you the video of exactly where in happened. this happened over at 73rd and bancroft as you mentioned around 11:30 last night. now, that is located just a couple of blocks away from the oakland police station. they don't have a lot to go on. according to the police report, there were no witnesses at the time who were there that could

describe what the victim looked like even with the -- even the friend who was with the man couldn't get a look. >> i saw my friend laying on the ground. i called for help. >> reporter: the man was rushed to highland hospital where he died from very serious injuries. we don't know his age or identity. surveillance cameras were mounted on the gas station right next to this crosswalk where it happened. there is the possibility of some of what may have happened may have been captured on video. we asked to speak to someone from the traffic division and have not heard back from them. san ralph -- in san rafael, police say a woman was assaulted after she walked in on burglars in her home. this happened around 1:30 on woodland avenue. police say the 27-year-old victim interrupted three burglars. she was knocked unconscious

after one of them punched her in the head. she was table to call police later after regaining conscious nbc. but by then, the suspects had escaped. if you have any information about this, contact san rafael police. 8:05. time may be running out. business and labor leaders in san francisco are still not giving up. and today they will meet to try to keep the 49ers in the city of san francisco. the group still thinks it can convince the team to move into a home at hunter's home near candlestick park. that calls for an all-weather stadium with a retractible roof and shows off gorgeous views of the skyline. the 49ers are moving forward to move into a billion-dollar stadium, possibly as early as 2014. the 49ers are getting ready for the big playoff game against the saints here. san francisco lee is arranging a bet with the mayor of the

rival estimate he is prepared to offer up crab, chocolate and sourdough bread. lee would like some big easy crawfish if the 49ers win but he's still waiting to hear back from the mercury. >> the mercury -- the complaint filed says hospital officials would not allow the state and conciliation service to count the votes -- to vownt the votes to decertify the union. the hospital has campuses in both mountain view and los gatos. a sailboat running ashore led to a lot of proems ble. this happened on friday. both became stuck in the low tide. the marin county told the marin

i.j. that sausalito police found ricky extremely intoxicated. he wouldn't believe the boat and then there was a standoff. p after about an hour police tasered him, pulled him off the boat and took him to jail. 8:07. we want to check in with sal for an update on the commute? >> yeah, this morning's commute -- it's getting a little better now. let's take a look at what we have at the bay area toll plaza. you can see traffic is going to be light now. it's -- it was a little bit slow in that 7:00 now. -- hour. now we're seeing traffic that's moving along relatively well. the morning commute election fairly good if you are drive i ang -- driving along westbound 2. if you are driving in san francisco, northbound 85, up to cupertino, northbound 101, still had some slow traffic coming up from blossom hill

road. we had a pretty slow traffic getting up to the crash. if you drive in from morgan hill, remember, extra time is needed. let's go to steve. we have some sun. but increasing clouds starting to work their way in. higher cloud, also a little bit of fog on wait as the weekend --less take a look at the stats that are not -- let's take a look at the stats. they are not pretty. santa rosa should have about 17. they picked up 4.46 which is only 2% of normal. san francisco should have 10.4, 250, 3.37. that's all we picked up in the rain bucket so far. that's 32 pars of normal. san jose should have about 6 inches of rain. they have an 1 point -- they are 1.50. that's 2% of normal. if san francisco was 2% of normal you would know it. will this system make it in?

probably not. into rain expected -- no rain expected. i had just -- it just doesn't look promising. the system -- that's moving into the north will give us clouds. it's developing too far to the west. if we could get this to slide right over. it -- it looks like it's staying too far in the pacific. 30s and some of this cold air will have a hard time getting mott -- modified. it will be a cooler day. live stormtracker2. that's -- i know. i know. unless you are off to the coast and off to the west. this system will slide down along the coast and hang out towards southern california and then essentially move down there late saturday and sunday. so mostly sunny, partly cloudy here in the morning.

lows, 20s, 30s, 40s. by the afternoon this is another weak system. it will be cooler under mostly cloudy skies. 50s upper 50s and low 60s. these are actually average temperatures for this time of year, we've been running so far above for the longest time. 64. the extended forecast, which always has your weekend in view has a quiet pattern on wednesday and then here comes the north-northeast breeze again thursday into friday. days sunny and mild. 49 on saturday, quiet and good to go. another big day in the race for the republican presidential nomination is here. right now, voters in the first primary are heading to the pollps -- poss. heading to the polls.

good morning. we have partly sunny, partly cloudy skies. a weak system is going to give us increasing clouds today. temperatures will cool down today. 50s and 60s. after tomorrow we're back to mostly sunny weather. thank you, steve. 8:14. the nation's first presidential primary in the 2012 race is now underway in new hampshire. early results already in this morning show mitt romney in the lead. carol han joins us live to explain the real race is actually for second place. good morning, carol.

>> reporter: good morning, tori. most polls in new hampshire don't close for a couple of more hours but in the tiny village of dix ville, where the pole poll -- where the polls are, they are in. they show mitt romney is winning. while there was not a clear winner, romney hopes that won't be the case when the rest of new hampshire weighs in. >> right now, what i'm worried about is winning in new hampshire and hopefully having a margin larger than iowa. i don't think i could handle another night like that. >> reporter: romney took the lead when another town announced their polls. ron paul had the second highest and then jon huntsman. the other candidates are eyeing south carolina where they have a better shop of winning that state's conservative base during its primary a week from saturday. most close in new hampshire

close at 7:00 eastern. carol han, ktvu channel 2 news. 8:15. there's word out of arizona that jon huntsman failed to qualify for the february 2th presidential primary there. the arizona secretary of state's office says huntsman filed paperwork a few hours before yesterday's 5:00 p.m. dead line. but it was missing a notarized signature from the candidate. a spokesman says the campaign will challenge the ruling. the other major gop candidates made the ballot along with 24 other people. stay with ktvu and ktvu.com for coverage of the new hampshire prime. ken pritchett is in new hampshire. he will join us live from man chess ter at 8:-- map chester at 8:35 -- manchester at 8:35. president assad made his first speech today since he agreed last month to an arab league plan to halt the government's crackdown on protesters. he says he's not stepping down

because i still has the support of his people. the anti-government uprising in syria has been going on for ten months now. the united nations estimates that the syrian government crackdown has killed more than 5,000 people. the united nations confirms iran has made a major step forward in its nuclear program. iran has started enriching uranium at a new fortified bunker. reportedly iran is turning out uranium epriched to 20% at the bunker. experts say that level of enrichment can be used to make a nuclear warhead. the united states has repeatedly accused iran of trying to build nuclear weapons but iran says it's program is for energy use. sock and -- shock and sadness after the sudden death of the well-respected city clerk. police say the body of 37-year- old deanna dispayne was found

by her husband early saturday morning in their oakland home. foul play is not suspected. the preliminary autopsy shows she suffered injuries consistent with falling down the stairs. her death has hit city hall hard. >> started with the city in 2004 and she was made the clerk in -- rather recent you will. she was doing a -- recently. she was doing a great job and we were all very messed and are all sad this has occurred. >> investigators say her 10- month-old daughter was sleeping in another room. the city council plans to honor at a week next week. the top republican in new jersey died last night. 75-year-old alex dekroshe collapsed in a men's room around 11:00. governor christie issued a statement confirming his death

about two hours later. and christie has delayed his state of the state speech. he was the gop leader in we -- in 2003. medical questions are raised about mary hayashi. she returned to the dan toll last week of a -- capitol lat week after pleading no contest to shoplifting. her lawyer says a benign brain tumor says this crted to her arrest. medical experts are saying it's rare for a brain tumor that doesn't require surgery to influence behavior so sitchly. hayashi has assured the -- so significantly. hayashi has been cleared to continue to work. justices are considering whether government regulators should still ban curse words

and similar content on free celebration -- television. the fcc cited brafd caters who showed the nude back end of a woman as well as the use of an exprettitive -- expletive. 8:25, tax season is almost here. most people are set to receive their refunds via direct deposit instead of paper checks. the irs says it delivered 76% of tax refunds reyaw direct deposit last year. that number could go higher this year. social security is also shifting towards electronic payments. starting in may anyone signing up for benefits will be required to use direct deposit. 8:20. a suspect now in custody for a string of very disturbing crimes. the arrest that's bringing tremendous relief in one bay area neighborhood.

also, are we finally going to see any rain today? meteorologist steve paulson is scouring those satellites and will have an updated forecast. gorling. slow track here as you drive -- good morning. slow traffic as you drive here. we have some problems in the bay area. we will ten you about those problems -- we will tell you about those problems coming up.

police took this man into custody for sexual assaults after an anonymous tip for those acults earlier in year. dna matches. >> what i find interesting how we were able to make the connections with all three cases and come out with a wonderful result. >> he worked for san francisco unified as a part-time services nutrition services employee. he's since been fired. 8:24. let's check your commute. sal, what's happening on the roads and the bridges? >> well, it's been pretty slow on -- on some of the bridges. it's actually been lighter than usual. we're not wondering too hard

unless we jinx it. the bridge traffic is goocking good. we noticed -- looking good. we notice the we haven't -- we haven't had that fog. you know, in july, sal, that nothing will be thick and it will be cold. >> you know it. >> that's what's -- remember january, december when it was warm? sal's right, we don't have a lot of that. some of that fog is. this -- this is a very weak system. 30s in the weekend. it's a cold, cold morning. those clouds are beginning to inch in towards the north bay. they are under partly cloudy skies. our system just doesn't have a lot to work with. it's tapping into moisture. as it drives south, it will take a lot of the moisture into southern california. for us, sun and clouds, a cold morning. cooler afternoon. upper 50s for many today instead of those lower 60s. temperatures right about -- right about where they should be. some of those locations up into

the mendocino lake county, mostly sunny tomorrow and then here we go. it looks like another round of wind. things calm down with your weekend always in view for another quiet pattern. 8:25. a very critical test in the race for the white house. this is primary day in new hampshire. we'll take you live to ktvu's ken pritchett. he's in manchester. we're live in san francisco where some neighbors want this jack in the box shut down during late-night hours. we'll -- we'll tell you why and what it has to do with an congress on -- with an attack on a cal firefighter. b.a.r.t. trains could be running in san jose a lot sooner than people expected. o piled-high pastrami, spicy mustard, pickles and melt-a-licious cheese. treat your taste buds to a fresh toasted subway big hot pastrami melt.

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welcome back. time is now 8:28. a debate is brewing in san francisco over a jack in the box restaurant that wants to stay open even later than it already does. ktvu tea tara moriarty -- ktvu's tara moriarty is joining us live tell us why the restaurant has had problems in the past. >> reporter: we're here on 11th and geary, a very busy area of the richmond district. across the street is the bar and one street over on clement, there's tons of bars there. when all of the bars close, the people come here at this jack in the box. it's been causing problems for years. the sign on the window shows that the fast food place has been closed from 2:00 to 6:00 in the morning in the wake of an incident with a firefighter here since december.

police say a customer followed a man to a nearby gas station and ran him over with an suv. now, the single father has been in tremendous -- critical condition. his mother is hoping for a miracle. the jack in the box was not operating with a permit to stay open all night. they are trying to get the permit but some neighbors are fighting it because of all of the fights. one neighbor said she's about the fence -- she's on the fence about it. >> in my memory, it was nice to have it open. but maybe now in present times, i would think twice. >> reporter: now, we've tried to contact the owner but we've been unsuccessful. as far as the meeting tonight, it starts a 6 -- it starts at 6:30 at city hall. neighbors say they will show up at the meeting and they've been

circulating a petition of people -- from people around here to try to get the jack in the box to close down during the overnight hours. >> no reports of arson fires. police want to catch whoever set 55 small fires on saturday nights and sunday nights. we were told they had a quiet night. >> oh, my god. that would be so easy for a fire to come over that hill and just come right down and wipe us out. it's like -- it's awful. >> so far, no homes have been damaged by these small fires. police tell us they don't get have a description of the arsonist. they are setting up a reward now for information leading to an arrest. now, we have more coverage about the fires on our channel

2 website, ktvu.com. click on the novato arson's tab. you can see a map of each location where a fire has been set. the inmate who escaped from santa rita jail in dublin is back behind bars. sheriff deputies captured this man last night, not far from the prison grounds. the 57-year-old inmate is doing time for a burglary conviction. he slipped away from a minimum security wing of the jail earlier in the day. his escape prompted a massive manhunt. search teams finally used an old tribb to find him. >> a little bit of gains manship. if you call for a search and your helicopter is no longer there, the person things you are no longer looking for them and they think they have gotten away so they will come out. >> sheriff's cutes are still trying to -- deputies are still trying to figure out how he made his escape. jail breaks at santa rita are very rare, only three since

199. in just about -- 1989. in about 30 minutes, the man suspected of killing four northern california women is expected in a courtroom. a preliminary hearing is scheduled for joseph naso. he's charged with killing four women between 1977 and 1994. today's hearing will be the first time prosecutors will publicly reveal details in the case. naso has pleaded not guilty. 8:32. a san francisco policewoman captured a rain suspect -- a rape suspect after the suspect walked up to her and asked her for a date. a man walked up to the officer on third street in re-- and revere eave on saturday. that's when he asked the officer if she was marry order available. well, the officer ran a beak ground check and found out he was wanted for a rape in hayward. the police officer took that man into custody. a call for new rules for dog walkers in san francisco will be voted on today by the board

of supervisors. legislation introduced by scott wiener would license and regulate commercial dog walkers on park property. if approved, dog walkers will be allowed to walk no more nan eight dogs at a time. they would -- more than eight dogs at a time. they would also have to have special training and pay an annual fee -- annual fee for a permit. three men were caught tress massing at the zoo -- tress packing at the zoo -- trespassing at the zoo. the menjumped over over a -- over the fence to steal a monkey. that monkey mass been returned. an east bay investment group is about to unveil new plans for a military base into a state-of-the-art facility that would manage the flow of cargo in and out of the port of oakland. the group says the new business would create thousands of jobs.

it would also pump millions of jobs into the local economy. just about 90 minutes from right now, the california supreme court will begin hearing arkments for and against -- hearing arguments for and against the implementation of senate districts. the public filed a lawsuit. they want to stop the districts from going into use until the voters can decide in a referendum. analysts say this could lead to more democratic-leaning districts. 8:35. right now, voters in new hampshire are heading to the polls in the first primary of the presidential race. ken pritchett is in new hampshire. he joins us from a -- fresh aing place -- from one of the polling places where things got a little crazy when one of the candidates showed up. >> reporter: that's true. we're at webster school in new

hampshire. it's a polling place like a frenzy. why? this is where the candidates make their primary day polling place stop. and the favorite based on the polling, mitt romney, stopped by here about a half-hour ago to ramly his support and before that -- rally his supporter and newt gingrich was here before that. take a look at that scene. this was only in this brief moment that most people could get a clear look at the candidate. gingrich says he thinks his election message got through. we talked to one voter when said she heard his message and had no idea she would be voting among so much commotion. >> i voted for newt. i didn't know he was here. pretty amazing to walk out and have him near me. it must have been fake.

>> and there he is. >> he came here to thank you go maybe. i don't know. but i did get to say -- thank you. >> maybe. i dent any. but -- i don't know. but i did get to say hello. >> reporter: many polls show mitt romney is ahead of ron paul. by 20 points, at least. most people it's a race for second place between ron paul and perhaps jon huntsman. his supporters just arrived a -- arrived here. ron paul will be arriving here in a little while. we'll get more on the primary dates to you. 234 manchester, ktvu channel 2 news -- in manchester, ktvu channel 2 news. >> ken will be doing more broadcasts later in the day.

we're posting the results on new hampshire as they come in on our website at ktvu.com. right now with two small precincts reporting. mitt romney has 27%. jon huntsman, rick perry, 5%. you can check in on ktvu.com throughout the day for updated results. 8:37. hunt dreads of millions of dollars may be coming to b.a.r.t. to help pay for the expansion in the south bay. the u.s. department of transportation is expected to recommend 900 million in federal aid and congress is expected to approve it. b.a.r.t. wants to build an exspen s tension from fremont to the berryessa. work will start today on the first phase of the new smart train the one that will connect marin and sonoma counties. the rule rail district just approved a contract on a

section of track from santa rosa to the marin sick center. stacy and whitbeck is leading the project. they say this could generate as many as 1,000 jobs? i can't man what it would do for traffic on 101. sal, i know -- imagine what it would do for traffic on 101. sal, i know you've been there. a smart train would be huge. this morning we haven't had a huge badgeup there. let's go out to some of these pictures we've been watching. i think that a lot of the colleges are still out and maybe some things are just not quite what they were in 2012 just yet. sometimes it takes a while for minutes to get back to normal. right now, it's light at the toll plaza. this morning's commute is looking good on 880 northbound until you reach 66 and then it slows down 508 is slow from about high street.

the morning commute is going to be still slow in san jose. we had an accident northbound 101 at hellyer. also 785 is slow at saratoga. northbound 280 is slow from 17 to cupertino. let's go to steve. before we get started, some sun. increasing clouds. it will be cooler. a couple of people who are weather savvy or have an interest in weather have been tweeting me or e-mailing me. is it true about this rain? well, its to look like things -- it looks like things are developing. i will believe it when i see it. we can take a look at the very, very dry pattern that's already in place over us. santa rosa should have about 17 inches of rain. they are 26% of normal. san francisco is only 32% of normal and san jose only 26% of

normal. i mean, when you should have 17, you don't even have 4.5 for santa rosa. santa rosa is usually the bell weather, the van guard. they get a lot of rain even if san jose doesn't get a lot. we started off. october was fantastic, things kind of transitioned in october and december. the tap went dry. now, remember things can change. clouds today, cooler. sun by tomorrow. it will take us into the weekend. if anything does represent -- develop, it will be the middle of next week. it's still code. with the clouds coming in. that will be a chilly day to the north. this is an unbelievably weak system. mere fact that it even makes it. it may tap into tropical clouds down here which would play more into tropical weather. the system has picked up a almost bit of the fog. mostly sunny, partly cloudy in

the morning by this afternoon. upper 50s, lower 60s on the temperatures. and a little bit more sunshine. slightly warmer towards the south bay. extended outlook which always has your weekend in view. after that, it looks like another breeze kicks in. temperatures warm, mornings cool, days nice. >> all right. thank you, steve. 19 minutes before 9:00. it was fine for a toxic five years ago. the new trouble for a bay area recycling plant. >> reporter: in san jose, pg&e workers say they should have the power back on to most people in about three hours. why at least one the properties here will have to wait lodger. lodger-- wait longer.

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for the hit-and-run driver. it happened at 73rd and bancroft. a friend of the victim tells ktvu his friend was in the crosswalk at the time. new hampshire voters catting ballots right now in the -- casting ballots right. the nine registered voters of dixville, new hampshire cast their ballots first just after midnight. mitt romney and jon00sman tied with two votes apiece. and pg&e power are trying to get the power back on to this san jose neighborhood. kraigdy grow -- kraig debro has been out there all evening. what's happening, kraig? >> reporter: dave, changing situation -- changing situation is the correct word. a moment ago police officers picked up the -- we expect that westbound traffic here on camden should be moving again

for the first time. this is the first car coming westbound on camden since last night around 9:00 since it all began. it began at the power pole. the power pole is in the ground. when we did a live shot at 8:00, they were still working up there. they are still working down the road and putting the lines up. they tell me theses will be up soon and be back on. the only thing we don't know is the academy right there will be open for school. this happened around 8:00 last night. according to police a nan a white suv, he clipped a power poll -- actually, clicked the power poll in half. he ended up in the drive way of a home next door. the man was not hurt, he was able to get out of his car and call for help and police did not cite him. a woman with whom we poke, that suv ended up in the backyard, she told me what she saw --

spoke, that suv ended up in the backyard. she toll me what she saw -- told me what she saw. >> it was a mess. >> reporter: there was a big traffic backup at cam depp on union. nobody got hurt. there were cars as far as the eye could see. police did a good job of diverting traffic. they diverted people at union for about a quarter mile and letting them turn around near a school up here. they did something to change that and alleviated some of the traffic. you can see that pg&e crews are actually talking with a school official. i talked with the gentlemen earlier and he told me the decision never had been -- the problem is the transformer was knocked out. so even though the power powered the -- they won't have

heat and lights. they are still deciding is whether they are gonna have this school open. but never -- the pg&e says it might be about eight to ten hours before they can install the traps former. >> 8:48. a local company is charged with polluting the san francisco bay. pam cook is -- is talking with the environmental protection agency this morning to find out what's being done about it. what have you found out? >> well, it's interesting. the e pm amount has ordered sims to stop production until significant operational changes are in place. inspectshuns at the recycle plant found huge amounts of toxic materials in the sediment around the facility and redwood creek. this is new video of the company this morning. it does this ved roughly 300,000 cars a year along with appliances and other metal products. then ships it mostly overseas

to china. the problem is the conveyer belt that puts it on the ships is exsupposed the -- exposed to the elements. >> the good news, the company is cooperating. epa says it should be necessary changes -- making the necessary changes quickly. the pad news, we have a long way to go in cleaning up our water. >> this bay is has all kinds of solution sources that we need to get a handle on, everything from garbage to mercury that still leaks into the bay from old -- from old facility the. >> the agent there -- facility. >> the agent there says we are -- says we're on the right track. they say the bay is on the list considered impaired waters for

pesticide including mercury and pm dr. b -- pcb. i'm pam cook, back to you. a san bruno lawmaker has introduced legislation that would link the profits to the safety record. it's one of three bills unveiled by jerry hill yesterday. another bill would force utilities to -- the third bill would protect whistle-blowers. hill represents the crestmoore neighborhood dev stayed by the pipe line explosion. he says the bills would help -- will -- devastated by the pipeline explosion. the utility clean fuel fleet has is -- is made by via motors. it runs purely on electricity for the first 40 mice and then kicks into hybrid mode and it

can get 100 miles per gallon per gas. alameda county's child protective services is on the hot sheet after an investigation the audit blasted the ames -- angst -- blasted the agency. they failed to condition duct formal review -- conduct formal investigations and knoll up on -- and follow up on four cases. do you plan to quit smoking? you may -- there may be a reason you might want to reconsider hughesing nicotine dwum -- using mick co teen gum or patches -- nicotine come or patches. !

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counties. now the company has agreed not -- not to tell products with that chemical. according to researchers at harvard, they followed nearly 2,000 smokers for several years and found the gum and patches do not increase the odds of kicking the habit. $800million is spent on motorcycle co -- nicotine replacement products every year. last year, about 100 people signed up for the marijuana program. a legal system in long beach has the county rethinking its approach. long beach had to repay the permits. san jose city council meets at 1:30 this afternoon. they will talk about raising the city's marijuana business tax. it could increase the tax it collects from collect -- from

collective gross receipts to 10%. right now it's at 7%. the city expects to bring in an extra 20,000 in revenue every month. it's ticket tuesday. one lucky viewer will take home four tickets to the monster energy super cross. that's the premiere indoor series. you will get to bach some of the great et racers perform on the event on saturday, the 28th. for your chance to win go to ktvu.com before midnight and put in the secret word "racers." >> let's see if sal sees any racers on the road. >> we have a prong whether ep-- we have a problem on the richmond 680. it's a sig-alert. traffic is slow all the way across the span. if you go to the main -- if you go to marin from the east bay, this is you. let's go out to the 0 freeway. >> it's -- 8 0 freeway, it's

slow heading north but it's light to the toll plaza. sunshine, cold, 20s, and 30s. and temperatures will be cooler, upper 50s and 60s. i don't think we'll see any rain out of this. we'll see cooler temperatures. the wind, another north- northeast wind which is just what we don't need. we've had it for about six weeks. maybe next week things will change. >> all right. that's our report to this morning. we thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we will see you the next time news breangs. >> be sure to join the news news at noon for more on the bay area recycling company auctioned of po polluting the bay. you put all you've got into that deep-dish masterpiece.

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