[ sirens ] a high-speed chase across the east bay caught on tape. find out how it ended hours ago. >> reporter: and would a curfew help solve oakland's violent

crime problems? oakland's top cop seems to think so but what do residents think? we'll tell you -- coming up. san jose police arrest a suspect in the hit-and-run case. why this case is getting so much attention. >> reporter: you may notice more people hopping onto b.a.r.t. with their bikes today. the purpose of a pilot program being tested today. "mornings on 2" starts right now. well, good morning to you. good morning to you. >> thank you. >> good morning. i'm dave clark. >> i'm corey campbell. it's -- tori campbell. it's friday, august 3rd. [ sirens ] police chased a stolen car suspect across the bay area overnight. the pursuit began in pittsburg, then to richmond and then here onto the bay bridge. watch carefully. you can see sparks flying from the suspect's car. its tires blew and it was

traveling on its rims. speeds had reached 100 miles an hour. the pursuit ended when the vehicle came to a stop on willow pass road on concord. the suspect taken into custody. oakland's police chief says he's ready make a bold move in his campaign against crime. the chief is renewing a call for a city-wide curfew. what kind of reaction are you hearing for this idea? >> reporter: well, people are skeptical. we're outside of the police department in downtown oakland. now, people we've talked to agree crime is a problem. they are just not sure that a curfew is part of the solution. the idea of a curfew, however, is apparently back. it first came back after the death of 3-year-old carlos nava in august of last year. former police chief anthony batts brought it up last year. but it kind of went away. chief howard jordan is telling

"the chronicle" he wants to bring the idea back, get it on board, that's why -- >> why? >> reporter: you don't think if will help the crime? >> no. >> reporter: what do you think should be done? >> i don't know. i couldn't tell you. i re-- i really couldn't. i don't know. >> i was born here. we've never had a curfew. >> reporter: do you think it would help? >> no. >> reporter: now, this curfew idea just the latest idea. the chief told "the chronicle" he's hoping for some type of public/private partnership. no hard, fast proposal on the table. as he works on the ordy nabs, it row maynes to be -- ordinance it remains to be

scene. but i wants it passed by the end of the year. back to you. >> thank you. oakland mayor quan is distancing herself from the article that statement were out to get her. she says these were orchestrated by police to make her look bad. however, mayor quan said the "times" reporter tried to put records in her mouth and she had no intention of criticizing police. a man is in the hospital after being hit by an elderly drive at the san lee an dro station. the driver crashed head on into another car. this all happened evening

around 5:45. the man was taken to the hospital with nonlife- threatening injuries. no one else was hurt. three children insanta cruz county could face very serious animal cruelty charges. the children are under the able of 10. they are accused of abusing kittens. one of the keptens -- kittens was so badly injured, it had to be euthanized. the other ones had rope around their neck. now, a few of the children were identified. the monterey county weekly reports the results of a national study. researchers reportedly tested seafood and stores and restaurants. they found that 36% of the fish were mislabeled. rock pacific was mistaken by pacific red snapper.

in sushi restaurants, farmed alaskan was sold as alaska salmon. it is 7:05. starting this weekend, voters in antioch will have to pay to use the -- boaters in antioch will have to pay to use the boaters launch. it was free but now a payment key kiosk is up and running. local boaters will pay $25 for each crews and the yearly passes are available for $100 each. your b.a.r.t. stations might be a little more crowded. here's alex to explain why. >> reporter: good morning. get ready for the bikes, more of them. some people will ride their bike and leave it at the b.a.r.t. station and then go to work.

today, b.a.r.t. will allow you to bring your bike to the -- through the commute. the crowns are too crowded at this time. this is a pilot program that's playing out for today and the next four days. some people say that bike blackout in place right now during rush hour discourages people from commuting on their bikes. and riders we talked to this morning said they hope this experiment goes well. >> i think it's great. actually, i've been coming in early just to get in early before the blackout. after the blackout, it's a little too late. gray, great. the goal would be to increase bicyclists ha use b.a.r.t. -- bicyclists who use b.a.r.t.

b.a.r.t. will be surveying bicycle riders and other commuters as well during this pilot program to try to get feedback on the program. they will be doe siding whether to -- deciding whether they want to importantly lift the ban during rush times. one thing to keep in mind, if you are planning to bike to b.a.r.t., you won't be able to bring your bike onto the first car this morning, even during this -- even during this program. back to. >> you thank you. new this morning, the labor departments jobs reports for last year came out it shows 163,000 were added next month. better than february. but the unemployment rate is up from 8.2% in june. coming up at 7:15, how president obama and moss are spinning those numbers this

morning -- and mitt romney are spinning those numbers in a positive way. we want to check in with sal now and see what's happening? -- and see what's happening. >> er to -- tori? >> yes. [laughter] >> nice to see you. >> thank you. >> things are doing very well on this friday. let's go outside and take a look at some of these commutes. indeed, it's light and has been light all morning long. we are he nat gonna -- we're not gonna ask any questions. just take it the way it is. if you are driving to the toll plaza, southbound 1 traffic does move well down to the taupe. this is a look at the east -- toll plaza this is a look at the east shore freeway. let's go to steve. thank you, sir a lot more in the way of low clouds.

it will be cooler. the fog has lifted a lot. there's also a few tropical clouds out there. that looks more like a saturday forecast offshore for now. the other is opening up for the sea breeze to crank ul. it's see and -- hot and cool by the coast. there's -- a lot of 50s on the midwest. san jose is 5 there's another one right more that will drag across us tomorrow and -- and a couple of them, fog, sub, cooler now. a few p still, clearlake, 97.

novato, barfield. 88. they were out of the 90s now for walnut creek, concord, livermore, 60s. 65 a.m. p 60s, 50s on the coast. osen the pill. mainly low to mid. today is in the that bay some -- is not that bad. low and high clouds continue on saturday. welcome back, tori. >> thank you. steve. 7:11. how an 82-year-old nun helped shut down a u.s. government's only uranium facility and when it moi. i flew i wasn't qual bid to go in the -- i knew i wasn't qual bid to go in the ocean --

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it looks cooler for many ta. inland with temperatures instead of the -- instead of the upper 90s. they will be in the os. also a stronger fog bank. thank you, steve. 7:14. a teenaged lifeguard from oregon found out it does not always pay to be a hero. last month, 17-year-old john clark rescued a drowning boy who had been swept out to sea. a few weeks later, the hero was sent a bill for $2600 to pay for the medical expenses. he got stuck with the bill because he agreed to pay out the -- to fill out the child's medical form. >> i had a feeling there would

be a bill. i didn't know it would be so expensive. >> so far the parents of the rescued boy have not offered to help. but several hundred others have. new footage of an amazing survival and rescue story. 62-year-old lawrence bishop spent two days claiming to the side of dog tooth beach. rescuers spotted him on saturday just as he said he was losing his grip. and a hospitaller lifted them both on the -- both on the mountain. the july reports came out more nan an hour ago -- came out more than an hour ago. alley sop burns has more --

alison burns has more. >> reporter: let's take a lock at the numbers. the unemployment numbers edged up. employers added a fife-month high of -- five-month high of jobs but not enough to raise the percentage. here's mitt romney yesterday in colorado blasting him for what he called failed problems. >> it's sad. it's extraordinary to have someone go out and make those kind of promises and not be able to org on them. my first order do of

business is -- to -- my first order of business is to restore all of those jobs. >> reporter: back to you. the federal government's only facility for processing and stirring weapons grade uranium has been temporarily shut down. that's after activists cut through a fence. they say their intension was not to bring about lack of security. but they wanted to show their feelings on this. now, the facility will be cloaked next week to improve security. a house committee has ended its 18-month old eventually given solyndra which eventually gave bankrupt. the white house says the investigation produced no evidence of political

favoritism and that president obama still believes it was the right device to invest well, the nation's general asomeably is -- to invest. well, the nation's jen assembly, there are concerns about -- general assembly. there are concerns about progovernment supporters. up knoll now it's been mostly the sir rowian government attacking for its brutality. syrian government attacking for its brutality.

governor jerry brown is defending construction on the eastern span of the bay bridge. a reporter asked him about a sacramento bee investigation that questioned bridge testing techniques. >> to all of our engineers that work with caltran. all of the people i've asked to work on it. they feel that the bee story is baseless and borders on malpractice. but the bee stands by it its story saying it was provided by documents and verified by experts. caltrain has set a record. they had 50,000 riders every day. that is up 11%.

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were only ifful. the. a new survey says the prayer is home to two of the best areas in the country for top restaurantgoers. san francisco followed by connecticut. lock island and new york city. en they 6. -- long island and new york city. okay. >> time 7 2. if. will the, the -- 7:22 f. the unusual weather you may

not know on the peninsulaus that -- on the pin county somebody causing prob could confirm -- on the pin. can somebody confirm what i said?

the bay citizen reports san francisco has hire -- has hired a detective. a civil grand jury criticized the arts commission for failing to keep track of portions of a $90 million collection. there are 4,000 stilted pieces that range from sculptures to paints to lithographs. a judge has determined that 80-year-old william ayers is competent to stand trial -- to stand trial again. his first trial in 2009 ended with the jury deadlocked. all right, tori.

7:25. hey, sal, what happened on the peninsula? >> we -- we have a new problem. it's a gravel spill as the result of an accident blocking most of the lanes. near whipple avenue. i gonna put it on the map for you now. northbound 101. traffic is going to be busy at whipple because of this gravel spill. good area to avoid. northbound 101 traffic is going to be slow, leaving palo alto and heading up to the san mateo area. you should use 280 instead of a much better option. southbound traffic, so far not affected if you are driving south. if i were you, i would use 280 instead, just in case. let's take a look at live pictures. going to san jose, northbound 280 traffic. a little bit slow approaching

highway 17 here's steve. higher overcast. the fog has really been thick on the coast. it's lifted up around 1500, 2,000 feet. some tropical clouds kind of helping to increase the fog bank, too. they will be more in the forecast on saturday than today. but a few of them are over us. the marine layer deepens. fog bank. that means cooler for many. 50s on the temperatures. there's been a stronger sea breeze. you can see a lot of low lows. there's one coming up the coat. it looks like they will head toward the west coast. fog, sun, cooler. but again, mostly sunny. a little breezy, windy at times. 50s to 90s. i mean, tomorrow, antioch will go in the upper 90s. more clouds on saturday. so cooler pattern.

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it started with a routine traffic stop and ended with two police officers hurt with a hit and run. janine de la vega has more. >> reporter: well, i just called police to find out what the condition of the officers were and i have not heard pack to see if they are gonna come back into work. we're told they are okay, but let me show you the scene here -- you know, we're told by neighbors that the police cars were parked here on the grass, and woe -- you can even -- and we, you can even see there were -- you can even see the gloves here left by the paramedics. now, here is a picture of the woman who pled officers on the chase. 42-year-old lisa hernandez. police say they were trying to do a routine traffic stop on story road yesterday span 5:30.

when officers -- at 5:30. when officers tried to stop her, they took off. mains say they heard the sirens and screeching of cars -- neighbors say they heard the sirens and screeching of cars. >> we heard the screeching and they were here, there. and i heard, hey, put your face down to the ground and then i heard a pop. >> reporter: that sound was the officer attempting to use the taser on the woman. but it didn't work. police say that's when she rammed her car in the pale to -- when she wrapped her car into the patrol car -- hen she rammed her car into the patrol car. she was arrested for felony dui.

not sure if the officers are gonna be book to work today. one has back problems and the other has bruises and abrasions on his kneesle back to kneesle -- on his knees. brack to you. >> thank you. a woman is in jail after leaving her child for alone for several hours. employees reported seeing a 1- year-old toddler inside a stroller for about five hours. officers found the girl's mother about 40 feet away. police say she was under the influence of methadone. the child is in the custody of her father. it's no secret the newspaper business is very competitive on the streets of san francisco, saying they are the biggest competition with

the company. >> we found out why any took them, who took them -- why they took them, who took them and then we need to assess the, -- assess of damage. >> the news says removing requests" is a long-standing practice -- the news says removing these is a lock- standing practice. long-standing practice. a forensic evidence says remains fit the profile of a teenager about 16 to 18 years old with a mixed ansestry that were found. in his letters, shermanhinted

-- also the remains of kimberly and joe an will -- shermantine hinted also the remains of kimberly and joe pakistan will be returned to their families. well, coming up at 7:47. the new through in the murder of a man in saying. a memorial will be held tud for a local -- the new details in the murder of a man and slaying. a member will be held for a local man who passed away. guess what. giants fans are waking up

inside at&t park. >> will -- people are walking along the tests. people are a -- tents. people are awake, i can smell the coffee. all of those folks with their tents. >> just think of it. those fans -- and there are a lot of them -- they paid up to $225 to spend the night sleeping out on the field at at&t park. well, the castro theater in san francisco is celebrating its 90s anniversary with the -- 90th anniversary with the special film festival. they include the multis falcon, chinatown and the african

queen. festival organizers say seeing those movies in the 1400-seat heater is a rare street. it's street -- 1400 seat theater is a rare street. the berkeley marina bike path has been in the works for a while. right now, pikers -- bikers and pedestrians must go through a busy intersection. the new project will allow people to bypass the intersection section. and new bike lanes have gone up on five downtown streets, including 3rd, 4th cent streets. this project could mean a reduction to speed and an increased number of bikes in

the 0 our. >> 0 -- bikes in the path. but in the path, there, sal, are you watching 24? >> so far, southbound 101 is mott affected. but this is a heart they've issued. they think it will be ther for a bit as they have to clean up the -- this is an alert they have issued. they think it will be there for a bit as they have to clean it up. and this is a look at the drive between walnut and oakland. you can see crowded conditions. nothing major. the toll plaza it's been nice and light. i haven't turned on the metering lights today. it's a pretty decent drive into

san francisco. a very good morning. here in the fog. there is a lot more fog. it will be cooler for many inland garryas -- inland areas. it will take another day to start cooling down. fairfield, 96. livermore 98. 84 san jose. that was at san jose airport. 84 what are you talking about? well, it was 94 over on that side of town.

cool -- coomber weather for many inland and we'll -- cooler weather for many inland today. there will still be a few 90s. it will take a lot more 80s in areas that were in the 90s. the coast has not changed at all this week. the fog is higher. fog, sun, cooler. windy at times from the delta. i always double clutch on the north bay here. anyway, my apologies accept for the speed rivers. >> again those saratoga las vegas will go 2, 84 -- 72, 82. today looks good. mostly sunny. starts start -- starts to -- starting to increase.

and that could give us a possibility of thundershowers. keep an eye on the sky. cooler on saturday. a little warmer monday and tuesday. >> thank you, steve. twenty minutes before 8:00. 4 feet, 11 inches all, 90 pounds? gabby douglas one of the top women's gymnast in the world. after a flawless exercise program, she began the first to win the all metal. metal-- to win the metal. michael phelps has another chance for gold today and tomorrow. another bay area athlete will

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stocks rising sharply this morning after. government reported -- after the government reported that the -- that the labor department stepped up hiring. the u.s. added 166,000 jobs. unedge employment edged up from -- unemployment edged up 8.2 -- up from 8.2% to 8.3. the dow is up and the nasdaq is up and the s&p is up 24. a fast-food chain is once again at the center of the debate over same-sex marriage. ktvu's pam cook is in the newsroom to explain the reason why. >> good morning. there may be morekying and less eating at the -- more kissing and less eating at the chick- fil-a restaurants today. they are upset by what the

president said. politicses seem to be taking sides including like -- politicians seem to be taking sides including nancy pelosi -- >> i'm a kentucky fried chicken girl. [laughter] >> that's where my loyalty lies. >> reporter: thousands stood behind the president and flooded the doors. in fact, the company reports record sales for wednesday's appreciation day. now, they are also charged with charitable donations as to what they call antiequality groups. reporting live in the newsroom, i'm panel cook. a disturbing discovery happened during a police raid in stock ton. police say they found a -- stockton. police say they found a photo, this one here of a 6-year-old

in a car seat holding a -- holding a gun. two men were arrested. neighbors say the picture shows just how out of control the neighborhood is. the neighbors say this is preparing that child for a life of crime. police say a farmer was angry because he was arrested for marijuana possession and resisting evidence and he's due in court and he's alleged to have damaged police cars that total $250,000, the damage to the police cars. a former worker at the center is accused of using a stun gun on 11 patients last fall. critics say sonoma county investigators were slow to look into the charges.

they also complain the suspect has not been arrested. san francisco police are looking for a person of interest in connection with the brutal killing of a man last seen. here is a sketch of the man police are looking for. he's described as white or hispanic, 5'-- 5'10" and he was seen leaving the bar with a victim -- with the victim and then eskolon's body was found later. many people hear about crimes happening after someone goes home with someone after a night at a bar. >> its embarrassing to know that you had too much to drink

and took someone home and not only that, but he's robbed. you. friday may weather served -- floyd mayweather served two montes of a -- two mont, of a sentence for domestic violence. the plea deal that he made avoided him on felony charges that could have gotten him up to 34 years in prison. if you call for an ambulance in alameda county, you may not get everything you need when paramedics arrive. that's because those to treat pain and seizures are in very short supply. medical experts say the -- say paramedics seam to -- >> it's like a mechanic not --

not enough of them. >> over-- p if in santa clara county -- in santa clara county, they are using different combinations of trucks and different sub city -- drugs and disturb a chihuahua named bell saved the day after three young girls got plot in a forest in georgia. police officers and police dogs scoured the woods on monday looking for the girls who range

in age from five no -- from 5 to 8. the girl's mother says her children play with bell almost every single day. the girl almost immediately picked up the girl's scent and found them. so everyone is back home safe and ba and -- so everyone is back moment safe and sound. good news bad news about meat. why she --

about 400 homes in georgia still have no electricity after a huge storm swept through atlanta -- atlanta. yesterday, the rains did not only flood the roadways. they knocked trees down. one tree, this one here, fell onto a restaurant right during

dinnertime. you may be able to get a better price on meats soon. a glut of beef and pork in the stores from farmer's will bring prices down, at least for now. but the experts say that will create a shortage after the beginning of next year driving prices than they -- driving prices higher than they already new -- that they already are now. we first told you about fully road sensors. now we've learned that 60% of the 353 live traffic cameras in the bay area don't work.

caltrans has -- has budgeted another $12.5 million this current fiscal year. >> we have cameras on our website. well, sal says we is a sig- alert on the peninsula. what's going on with that? >> whipple avenue. this gravel spill continues to be an issue for peninsula drivers. it's in rodewood city at whipple avenue. it's really made a mess of the freeway there. the morning commute had been going so well, too, the rest of the morning commute in this area looks pretty good.

there is a little bit of slowing. but for the most part we have a nice looking drive in the south bay. no major problem. this is the 8 0 trip. traffic between high -- hayward union city and fremont. 8 0 northbound near the col low seal -- coliseum. that traffic looks good let's go to steve. >> thank you, sir. now some higher and mid- level pud start to be in but a -- a few them are in but that might give thunderstorms. s with -- it was hot in -- dash it was hot inland.

the cooling has begun for most. not all. 50s on the temperatures. they are down 3, to 5 for many locations. anybody heading out sierra nevada, pretty good out there. clouds will increase saturday for a bigger cooldown. slight warmth up but no biggie monday and tuesday. 7:5. well, a high-speed chase across the east bay. this one was caught on tape. [laughter] here are the pictures we'll tell -- here are the pictures.

we'll tell you how it end. -- how it ended. >> reporter: and b.a.r.t. is conducting an experiment during today's commute allowing bikes on board trains. all day long. and the goal of the pilot program -- coming up when "mornings on 2" continues. avorite soup, salad and hot, hearty sub. like the toasty big hot pastrami melt. get to your local subway for some dinnertime deliciousness tonight. subway. eat fresh.

good morning. welcome back. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave campbell. it's friday, december 3rd. we have an update on the peninsula gravel spill. let's go to sal. sal? >> you can see it here in the lanes of highway 101, redwood city. newschopper2 with niece live pictures. it looks like two lanes on the left are open and a couple of lanes on the left are closed. this is causing a huge traffic jam for northbound 101. i apologize we're losing the chopper picture. the gravel spill is causing a huge traffic jam along northbound 1201 -- 101. coming out of palo alto.

it does look like they are making some progress. it looks like they've had something on the road there that they are trying to pick up. at 8:00 let's go back to the desk. somebody -- [ sirens ] this chase started in pittsburg. the fires had blown out. it was on its rims. speeds were up to 100 miles an hour. the pursuit ended when it came to a stop on will ard pat road. >> reporter: the police chief here in oakland is bringing the

idea back about a curfew. he says it is critical to stop the city's growing crime problem. not a new idea. the former chief brought it up -- brought up the death of carlos nava. the ideas with brought back but never got back on the table. however, howard jordan says he's bridging it back and would like to -- bringing this back and would like to see this brought back before the end the year. people we talk to is skeptical. >> maybe it's a solution a out of 10 or 5 solutions. we need to work at everything. >> reporter: it's -- it seems like the chief should get involved. because chief jordan want, the security leaders. this woman wakes up to gunfire

every night in east oakland and agrees people need to get involved. >> everybody has a little piece of the puzzle. everyone we have a little piece of the buzzle dash puzzle. and then -- this is where i live. i have no choice to move. i. >> so whys to he think this proppal will be and the others -- so why does the chief think this preppal will be success untilful? how does the -- will be successful? how does the mayor feel about this? well, hee was against it when the former chief proposed it and she came back and considered it a commr.-- compromise. -- a compromise.

live hire at oakland, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. oakland mayor jean quan is trying to distance herself from pub you lived re-- published remarks suggesting that people were out to get her. it is 8:0 4. another top official is leaving lawrence livermore lab this morning. employees were told the direct i of director soiance technology is leaving to purr -- director of science technology is leaving to pursue other opportunities. another top official died of a

heart attack last month after dying of a heart attack on mt. diablo. 8:04. well, today, bikes are allowed on b.a.r.t. trains during the rush hour. ktvu's alex savidge is live in berkeley to tell us about this pilot program. there you are, alex. >> reporter: this is happening this month, only? >> yeah. and b.a.r.t. is working hard to get the word out. these are the fliers they are handing out and you can see a b.a.r.t. employee passing out all of the fliers. we just took a short right ago and saw people taking advantage

of the of this -- advantage of this. b.a.r.t. is trying to figure out if they can relax the permanently. some say this discourages people from riding on their bike. >> even during this pilot program, bikes mr. still be banned from the first car on every b.a.r.t. train. b.a.r.t. will be surveying riders looking for feedback. let's get more on this morning's commute on both the roadways and the b.a.r.t.

system as well. sal castanedo with that. hey, sal. >> hey, alex. good morning to you you know, traffic is -- to you. you know, traffic is doing well. there's one spot it's not doing well. that's on the peninsula. let's go to a live picture. northbound 101, a travel spot has a couple of spots there. these are live pictures. you can see how slow this is. northbound 101 backed up all the way into palo alto. the alternate route that you can take is el camino real or 2 0. but just looking at this it will be a while before this is

cleared. again it's a graving spill looking a -- blocking a couple of lanes. this has been a decent commute. the motoring -- metering rights are off -- metering lights. let's go to steve. a lot of low clouds and fog for some. you won't be able to see them coming up. but the main message. especially federal sierra -- especially sierra nevada could be looking for cloud activity. that meansal more -- that means that -- fairfield,

concord, livermore, hayward, redwood city in there. it looks like over the next couple of days, the low pressure will carve itself out. fog, sun, cooler. the sea breeze picks up. but temperatures unless you are far inland, clearlake, ukiah. 9 san jose, warmer out towards

reed hill. cupertino. upper 80s to near 90s. 8:09. there is a warning for people in fremont this morning after the discovery of two rabid bats. one of the dead bats was found at an aunt complex and then another one seven -- apartment complex and then another one at an apartment complex, seven miles away. they are also urging everyone to kind keep an eye on this. >> health officials say the infected bats are not likely to bite hued -- humans but people

should stay away. a san mateo county want to push a tack. now, earlierle this -- now earlier this year, year. -- want to push a tax because of extra costs for e.r.s and obesity.

the fire in plumas, it's only 5% contained. investigators in illinois want to know whether a blown tire may have caused a deadly tour bus crash in southern illinois. a double-decker megabus slammed into a pillar of after overpass yesterday afternoon. one witness said passengers were just thrown around. a 25-year-old woman was killed. at least 38 people were rushed to hospitals. the bus was on its way to st. louis from chicago. 8:15. new this morning, secretary of state, hillary clinton, is urging the leaders of sudan of and south sudan to dissolve disputes that threaten to reunite a decades long conflict. secretary clinton is in south sudan to offer support. south susan celebrated its first year as an independent nation last month.

three suspected al qaeda terrorists are locked up in spain this morning. they stockpiled enough explosives to blow up a bus. there's also evidence they experimented with ultralight planes and remote controlled device -- controlled device. the unemployment rate rose slightly while the number of new jobs created jumped more than than expected. alison burns is live to explain why each presidential candidate is putting his spin on this. >> reporter: for the obama administration, the spin is the july jobs numbers show more growth. the romney team says it's more proof of president obama's failed pollty. the unemployment rate edged up from 8.2%, the month before and

employered added 163,000 jobs. that's the best performance in five months. the presidential race has largely become about who will do a better job with the economy. president obama ridiculed the republican approach of tax cuts for the wealthy during a stop in virginia since yesterday. >> they've been trying to sell this trickle down, fairy dust tax before. >> reporter: and mitt romney will campaign today in las vegas. >> the president of the united states has been like a man walking around in a dark room looking for the leadership. he has not found it yet in four years. he won't find it in the next four months. >> reporter: and i just got an e-mail about the july dose of

the job numbers, it's a heavy dose that nothing has changed. there's also a word of words underway between mott and -- of mitt romney and harry reid. this is after reid accused romney of not paying his taxes the. >> the word's out that he has not paid taxes for ten years. let him prove it. reid told them put up or shut up. romney is calling on reid to bring the source of information out. romney has released his 2010 and 2011 tax returns but has refused to release 2012 returns. i want to show you a video of lawmakers, there they are, heading out university capitol going back to their home district as they begin the

traditional august bogey -- august recess. an attorney argued in court with his cousin, and the male judge in the case said insulting a man's private parts p is offensive. there will be a fine for the cousin. the plan to build a mosque in san mar teen, last night it was approved to -- san martin after thera last night was approved -- san martin last night it was approved.

a large crowd turned out which lasted four hours. opponents have 15 days to appeal the decision. if appealed, the coward will make a final decision on the project. another church in vallejo hit with a suspected author -- was hit with a suspected arson. now, the fire fire officials say it's too early to declare there is a problem but they are not taking anything lightly. blob statue stolen is -- is now -- the statue here --

shown here has been returned. it may have been a prank and the thieves just got scared and brought it back. how a 12-year-old girl bounced back from a threatening -- from a threatening incident.

8:24. sal's coming back. we've had a major traffic problem on the peninsula. how are we doing now? >> it's still very slow. northbound 101 as you drove out of palo alto toward menlo park. a gravel spill is blocking the two lanes of the freeway there, they trying to sleep it up and they say it should be open any time now. at least one those lanes will be open. but the damage is done. northbound 101 traffic very slow coming out of palo alto. 101 near whipple would be a good area to avoid. also we're looking at some other pictures. this is a live pictures of northbound interstate 880. it's been lighter than usual. we also want to mention that we have the crash 680 at stone valley road that just cleared. the traffic is a little slow.

now, let's go back to steve. thank you, sal. good morning, everybody. the coast has not gotten any warmup. it's been a huge -- it's made a huge difference in the temperatures. you can see the tropical clouds kind of mishmashed there. that will give us clouds saturday, and sunday -- saturday and sunday. a couple of lows, one to the north. it looks like the impact is spelling cooler. higher clouds inland i think you will see more of those tomorrow. windy -- windy at times. 60s 70s, 80s. there's still a few 90s. i did throw in some showers maybe off to the east.

slight warm -- slight warmup monday and tuesday. a violent crime outside of a bay area restaurant. why police are asking for your help. we have new two to show you of two san jose police officers injured after they were led on a chase. also, the reason you may want to read very closely the label the next time you buy seafood. release me, momigus!

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cell phone video just on tined. >> reporter: dave, a lot of the broken glass and debris has already been klineed up but what you can see are tire tracks from the suspect's vehicle. you can see it traveled and went into the bush. here is the bush here. police say at 5:30 yesterday evening, officers tried to stop lisa hernandez. hernandez sped off and police chased here to galveston avenue. they trapped her with her patrol car but she rammed her car into them. neighbors say they heard the sirens and then watched as she was arrested. >> she was sitting here on the ground and handcuffed and i think they hauled an officer in

the ems. is with like wow. >> reporter: now, at some point during all of this, we're told that hernandez was tased. but -- when any were trying to take her -- when they were trying to take her into custody. they were able to get her out of the car. she faces four counts of -- fourth counts of charges. one of the officers suffered knee injuries. the other back injuries. they did get released from the hospital last night after they were admitted. back to you. police are investigating a stabbing and robbery at a jack in the box. police say a man was in the drive-through, sitting in his

car when two men reefed into his car, grabbed his mp-3 player and stabbed him. the men man away. the jims have -- the victims are -- the men ran away. the victims are recovering. 8:32. three children in santa cruz county could face serious animal cruelty charges. the children all under the age of 10 are accused of abusing three kittens. the incy dent happened sunday night on west front street in watsonville. one of the it's kiddens what --

kittens was so injured it had to be put down. the animal shelter is -- is asking for felony charges to be filed against them. there would be -- could be something about a p seafood store. they found that 36 -- about a -- sa -- there could be something fishy about seafood found in the store. starting this weekend, you boaters boaters in antioch you will have to pay a fee to use the city's boat launch ramp. now, the new ramp had been free since it opened in april. but now there is a payment

kiosk there. well, from boat traffic is road traffic. let's check in with sal and see what's happening. sal? >> northbound 101, the lanes have rejust opened. right there at brentwood city and the traffic has been slow from palo alto. very, very slow p they just picked up the snow. i would still suggest waiting until 28 a. a crash in stone criminal road. at the bay bridge it's been light. the metering rights are on.

no problems getting into san diego well, we have a -- no pro prob -- no problems getting -- no problems getting in to san francisco. let's go to steve. >> thank you. the nothing has lift and some tropical clouds are lifting their way north. any will be in the forecast for the weekend more so than for today. lake showers will be a -- will see a possibility of thundershowers. hot inland, cool by the coast but today's transition day. there is a lot more fog and the cooling has begun for a majority of the location us. upper 50s. we've seen some low to mid os. on these temperatures. you can see some of these tropical clouds associated with the weak little slow.

hoey -- again, to the a -- again, not a big deal. some of these clouds are going to mean a cool day. a couple of areas hanging on to a few low to mid-90s. too much os, 70s on the will don't get awarmed by thatful sim pill that if is. , partly cloudy. it will be cooler -- alarmed pie that. up there. it will be partly cloudy, partly sunny. he have -- alarmed by that up there -- this will be partly cloudy and partly sunny. the i -- the lick committee decide -- the olympic committee decided to retest about 100 if

feet being the gonna. the top women's in the world, after a flapless -- perform, she bim the fit tea any hugged i other -- the top in the world, after a flaw also performance. the two hugged each other. and michael phelps won. phelps has another chance for gold today and tomorrow. and in the past two morse, china has regained the lead in

the medal town, the p. foreign governments there at the olympics throwing very lavish. with you our favorite from erin mclaughlin -- bub of my own favorites. erin mclaughlin. but she's in -- one of my fave prits. erin mclaughlin. but she's in london. not only are countries from around the world sending their athletes to london. but as i found out, they are also setting up house as well. there's food, fashion, history, and art. the dutch set up a house in a

century-old palace and it's a chance to let the athletes and vips mikell. you can have -- vips martin luther kingle. >> not everybody gets to come here. this is meant as a refuge for our family members and olympians. >> i come out here and give my mom my hates i have coming up. >> for countries like russia, the national hospital day house a place to celebrate the olympics a little bit of home

away from the home (. >> reporter: the country houses aren't the only places where pipe can go or? barb the games and if is, if so many opportunities for people in london to watch the games and have a little fun pass well. >> already. erin mclaughlin, good to see you fen. swee have some breaking news. we've just gotten word that the golden gate bridge is shut down right now. sal will explain what's going on coming up sortly. new information about a destruct inful fortunate -- new information and -- about this -- coming up.

it's unclear how that person is up there. this bridge is shut down and traffic on the marin side has shut down as well. this is going to cause a big traffic jam in both directions. once again, breaking news, the golden gate bridge is shut down. this is because of a person climbing on to you ir. the police have been -- on the tower. the police have been trying to climb him down. but he doesn't seem to be, if you will, with it. >> thank you, sal. a stolen car suspect was arrested just hours ago after this high-speed chase through the bay area. it went through pittsburg, richmond and then onto the bay bridge. you can see the sparks flying after the car lost its tires. it was running on rims.

chief howard jordan says keeping people off the streets late at night could help stop the increase in homicides and often violent crimes. today is the first day of a new pilot program on b.a.r.t. bikes will be allowed on trains during rush hour. alex savidge has more. >> reporter: well, bikes are allowed during those peak hours and that's right now. this is when you normally can't brick your bikes on -- bring your bikes on right now. these are fliers. right now. this test-run happening today and then for the next four fridays. word seems to have gotten out.

we just gob a ride -- got a ride. >> i think it's great. actually, i've been coming in early just to get in early before the blackout. and after the blackout, it's a little too late. bikes will still be banned from the first car of every b.a.r.t. train. now, over the next month, b.a.r.t. will be surveying riders for feedback on this pilot program. they will be analyzing whether there's any details. they ultimately will consider whether to lift the

restrictions for bikes on board b.a.r.t. stations. weigh want to rejoin our -- we want to rejoin our license on the golden gate bridge -- breaking news on the golden gate bridge. it's unclear if they want to get them through or just off doyle drive. they are not allowing bicyclists which you see on the right-hand side of your screen there through. it does look like there's cars coming through on the southbound side. i see one car coming down. this is police of -- this is because of police activity somewhere a -- where a man has somehow gotten his -- they are not letting bicyclists and pedestrians on the bridge. this has been going on since yesterday, apparently -- an unstable individual has been

climbing the towers. police have not been table keep up with him -- have not been able to keep up with him. a fire started last night on khany margarita. the firefighters had it under control -- it had under control in about 30 minutes. witnesses saw several reds kids running from the area where it started. the federal government's only facility for processing and storing the uranium has been should down. the three activists including an 82-year-old nun say their intention was not to demonstrate the lack of security at the plant but to show their opposition plant. officials say the facility will be closed until next week in order to improve security. and a house committee has concluded an 18-month investigation into the

government loan given to solyndra which ultimate went bankrupt. the -- ultimately went bankrupt. the white house said this investigation produced no evidence of political favoritism and that president obama still believes it was the right decision to invest in clean energy technology. the united states jebel assembly is expected to pass a res caution today denouncing the syrian government for attacking its own people. previous -- resolution today denouncing the syrian government for attacking its own people. faud's resolution is expected to easily pass in the general assembly. at the same time, there are concerns about new reports of rebel forces executing, cuting progovernment supporters. up until now it's been the government that's been interfortunately condemned for its brutally.

more than half of california counties say they need to expand. county jails are running over -- run out of room. a new jail is pe need -- a new jail is needed to provide schooling and job training. some are opposing any expansion of jails. well, go governor brown is defending construction -- well, governor brown is defending construction. >> all are engineers. all of the people i've asked to look in to it. they feel the story is baseless. it borders s on malpractice. the bee is standing by their

story. they say it's information and then was vir fid by experts -- verified by experts. caltrain has set a new record. they are up 11% from last year. and it was the 23rd month in a rethat ridership has -- row that ridership has gone you. they will add two new evening trains to accommodate that increased passenger load. it is ten minutes before 9:00. facebook's first quarterly earnings report is revealed there are millions of fake account on facebook of 955 million monthly users, facebook says 83 million are fake. most are duplicate accounts, and facebook calls the rest of them undesirable and says they are use -- they are used for

spamming. football will disable any false -- facebook will disable any falsekts it -- disable any accounts it comes across. zuckerberg has lost $423 million and he has been bumped as the richest in the world down. the markets are doing so well, the dow is up in, and that's because the jobless numbers came in better than expected. a new meaning for take me out to the ballpark. a sleepover at at&t park. look at this. the reason giants' fans say it's worth the money. it's open now but sal will have an update on the situation that had the golden gate situation shut down just a few minutes ago.

8:55. breaking news in vallejo right now. there are reports a man has been stabbed at ellen burg's street and shasta -- ellenburg's street and shasta. we're told police are rushing to the area. again, reports of vallejo of a stabbing that just happened. that's an area you want to avoid in you can. a couple of hundred -- a couple of hundred giants' fans

are enjoying breakfast after a sleepover. >> all i can say is it's recommended for anyone. if you have kids, bring the kids, it's well worth it. >> fans paid up to $225 to spend the night on the field. the castro theater is celebrating the film of john houston. those films include the african queen and china town and seeing these in this heater is a rare street -- heater is a rare treat -- theater is a rare treat. in the san francisco/oakland area, a 30- minute trip can take 30 minutes

longer. the extra traffic could mean the economy getting better with more people able to afford to get out of town. >> that's true. >> maybe you should leave quickly and try to beat the rush. >> right now would be a good time to go. some of the problems we've had have been cleared up, had a -- the problem on the golden gate bridge was clear -- has been cleared. we also had the problem with the gravel spill. that's been removed. we also want to mention when -- the golden gate bridge, they released the traffic. it was closed. now traffic is moving again. it looks like the pedestrians are moving again finally as well. it's been light at the bay bridge traffic. a lot more fog faud. it's been by the coast all week

long -- today. it's been by the coast all -- it's been by the coast all week long. cooler weather will take us into the early part of the congress -- weekend. that will take tori happy. we're glad to have her back. >> make me happy. [laughter] >> well, yeah. >> it makes everybody happy. >> that's our report. we thank you for joining us. be sure to join fours the news at noon on a special back- to-school event to help needy children. thank you for joining us. [ male announcer ] if you think any battery will do, consider the journey of today's athletes. their training depends on technology. and when it takes a battery, there are athletes everywhere who trust duracell. they rely on copper to go for the gold. duracell. trusted everywhere. and soon...even more reason to trust duracell.

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