this is ktvu mornings on 2. good morning, everyone welcome to mornings on 2. >> it is tuesday august 14th. dave clark has today off. happening now two wild fires continue to burn in lake county. so far more than 6,000 acres have burned in the area near highways 20 and 53. ktvu channel 2 report alex savage has more with bay area firefighters on what they're doing to control the flames. good morning, alex. >> reporter: two large wild fires burning here just east of clear lake are being treated as one fire. the wild fire and walker fire. together they stand at 6,000 acres. i want to show you some of the work that's being done to try to contain the fire. it's burned right off of highway 20.

that's where we are at this point. you can see just beyond us fire crews are continuing to set backfire so they can burn out all this dry brush that's right in the path of the walker fire. i want to show you some video we just shot right up highway 20 from this location a short time ago. this is where we came upon a crew, an engineering company from the hayward fire department. they've been up here helping to battle these two large wild fires they were right along the edge of highway 20. essentially their main goal was to make sure the leading edge of the walker fire didn't cross over that roadway. that was what they wanted to do. i talked with the battalion chief about their efforts this morning. >> we'll keep our eyes on it and make sure that we can put crews on it and start extinguishing the fire and make sure it doesn't spot on the other side. >> the wild fire and walker fire both burning east of clear

lake. they stand at 6,000 acres the latest containment figure that i got this morning 25% containment on both of these fires. bear in mind they haven't merged at this point strategically speaking cal fire treating them as one incident. a bit of good news came last night for evacuees that was the fact they were allowed to go back into their homes, most of the people 500 or so homes evacuated in the spring valley area. those people are now back home. the reason being is because the walker and the wi-fieres appear -- wild fires appear to be moving east in that direction. that's away from many of the homes in that area. there's really no longer a concern in terms of homes being burned. we do know that we do know since these fire broke out, we're live channel 2 news. >> an -- unhealthy error -- air alert has been issued. air quality officials say the

smoke can be especially hard on young children, senior citizens and suffering from asthma or the respiratory conditions. air quality is expected to remain poor. flex alert is in effect because of another day of hot temperatures in many parts of the state t. california independent system operator is urging customers to reduce their energy con such as especially during the late afternoon or heating hours. they want people to turn off the air conditioning when they're not home restrict the use of major appliances. steve will have the complete bay area forecast coming up in about 6 minutes. another confrontation between police and members of occupy oakland. community activists took over vacant library at east 15th 15th street and member avenue that is until police made them leave. live this morning at the library to show us what's going on there right now.

good morning. >> police are still here actually you can see they're standing guard here for the next 48 hours they tell us and we spoke with occupy protesters they say they're not going to be showing back up here until 10:00 this morning. police want to make sure they don't get back inside this building up here. you can see that it's been locked up there at the gate this high. dozens of squad cars blocked off miller avenue last night from international to foothill boulevard. at 11:00 police told protesters to leave within 15 minutes or they would be arrested. everyone did comply and there were no arrests. we spoke to one activists yesterday who said the group claimed miller library it sat vacant. >> there's the moment we would like to leaf this in the hand of community but not let the city board it up again, not let people use it and keep this. this was covered in trust. >> now, activists put dozens of

donated books. victor martinez after san francisco based proet. it started at garden now they are vowing to come back and re- establish their set up. no comment yet from oakland police. live in oakland, ktvu channel 2 news. and homeowner in the bay area are planning to call for a freeze to foreclosures today. protest is planned at 12:30 in oakland. protesters want to stop more foreclosures from happening before the homeowner's bill of rights go into effect. since 2007 there have been more than 10,000 foreclosures in the city of oakland. refinery fire, it's still not safe for investigators to enter. last week's failure occurred near the junction 3 pipe which were all inspected last november. inspectors replaced one pipe that was corroded the one connected to the fire was less

in service. the damaged unit could be down for as long as 6 months. there was a brief scare in martinez after small fire broke out at the shell refinery. officials say flames sparked up in a light oil processing unit just after 2:00 yesterday afternoon. hazardous material crews quickly put out the fire and no one was hurt in the incident. health advisory was lifted about an hour after the fire. the next time you log on to facebook, you may see an ad calling for marijuanaing to legalized. facebook said it has decide today reverse its band on ads promoting a number of marijuana initiatives. social networking site changed its position from free speech crew including the aclu. more than 15,000 people signed calling on facebook to approve the ads.

-- ads. concrete tests from the bridge. a worker changed the test results but cal tran says a number of other tests have shown that the concrete is safe. >> let's see what's happening on the road. >> things are busy this morning. we have busy traffic getting to the bay bridge toll plaza. it has been pretty slow. now on 80 it's been slow, we had an earlier stalled vehicle near the ashby avenue exit that's been removed. it was only there for a short time. the toll plaza has been slow. it slowed down for a little bit and you can see this kind of a bigger stack up at the bay bridge. about 20 minute delay. you can always tell by looking at crowd coming in from 880 which is that over crossing there. we have a lot of stuffed traffic. it's going to be a while before that unwind not a great morning on this tuesday. moving along, southbound 680 looks pretty good. a little bit of slowing or

pleasant hill. no problems between walnut creek and oakland. richmond to berkeley a little bit of slowing. 880 southbound slow now from about 238 to union city if you're driving across the bay, the traffic looks good. 7:08. >> thank you, we have a lot of high clouds coming in. these are coming up from the desert southwest almost tropical in nature there. throwing a little humidity into the factor as well. these will produce some more showers, but for us i think it takes the edge you have of some of those inland tense with a much stronger sea breeze today. chicago, west southwest fair field yesterday at this time i think it was 10. southwest at 6. so that's a sure sign there's been a little southerly push up towards napa airport. there's a lot in place, temperatures will be rather hot with 90s to the interior. not the 100s now. so send it back to mike and

torrey. >> all right, thank you, steve. it is 7:09 steve jobs home is now among the many residences in that city hit with burglaries this year. his home was burglarized about a month ago july 17th. more than $60,000 worth of computers an personal items were stolen. karim of al immediate da was arrested for the crime on august 2nd. officials say it is unlikely he knew it was jobs' home. bay area city have seen a significant rise in burglaries during 2012. mystery is over. we've just learned this morning who will get the coveted keynote speaker spot at the gop convention. >> higher prices don't always mean higher safety. the new proved such a challenge for luxury cars. hhhd

right now bay bridge, getting a little better they had twitched it on to extra slow. it looks like they've speeded them up a little bit, but traffic the this morning at the toll plaza backed up beyond 880 and there's a big crowd on 880 as well give yourself plenty of extra time. it is 7:12. let's go back to the desk. in election 2012 coverage this morning we now know who will be the keynote speaker at this month's republican national convention, a formal announcement is expected today but an anonymous republican official says the speaker, the coveted position will be new jersey governor, chris christie. he's known for his lunch, rather, asserted tone. some of the party urged him to take the nomination but she declined. americans are not excited

about mitt romney's running meat. they think paul ryan is just a fair or poor choice. jacqueline is live this morning in our bureau with more. jacqueline. >> u.s.a. today gallop poll is in good news for paul ryan only dan quail scored lower. dan quail did go on to become vp. more americans view ryan as poor or fair but get this, it also says that if he and mitt romney were to make it to the white house nearly half of those polls say they see him fit to step in in an emergency. >> we think he's going to be great. he's going to be great addition to the team. >> democrats will target ryan's plans that calls for historic changes to medicare. ryan will be in colorado and later las vegas, mitt romney has several stops in ohio and president obama continues to campaign in iowa. reporting live in washington,

ktvu channel 2 news. we are less than 3 months away from election day. some say the war in afghanistan has been all but forgotten on the campaign trail. the obama administration hopes to transition from combat to support roll by -- role by 2014. but new york says allegations of disruption and that afghan security forces may not be ready to take over. the death toll from afghanistan has resumed to 27. 110 people were wounded in today's bombing. the attacks are just the latest out break of international troops begin. 7:15. the house has filed suit against attorney general eric holder over operation fast and furious. the republican wants holder to release documents related to the botched gun tracking program. holder has refused and president obama has asserted

executive privilege over the documents. the lawsuit asked the court to reject both holder's refused and the president's executive privilege claim. only 3 of the 11 luxury cars put new safety test received grades significant than higher. he said only the accurate tl and infinity g did well. the test is designed to find out what happened just a small section of the front car hit something else. many of the test side air bags did not protect the area where passengers and drivers sit. tests of nonluxury cars will be tested next week. and today the air force will conduct its third test at the wave rider hypersonic f51a. will be dropped off the wing of converted b52 bomber while flying off the southern california coast.

aerospace engineers hope it will be able to travel six times the speed of sound for at least 5 minutes. flying from san francisco to an pa in one hour. >> george zimmerman's defense fine is dwindling. attorneys say they will continue asking the state for help. zip american is charged with shooting death of trayvon martin in florida. zimmerman is out on bail. his attorney says the bills continue to grow. >> he's not doing well. i think we are close. , $20,000 due out in bills. the money is not coming in all that strongly right now. i think as we move forward probably going to have to consider -- >> zimmerman's attorney wants a new trial judge saying there is concern zimmerman might not get a fair trial. we're now learning why congresswoman jessie jackson jr. has been on medical leave.

the mayo clinic released a statement saying that jackson is undergoing treatment for bipolar disorder. they say the type of bipolar disorder has affects his disorder. he is responding well to treatment. there is no time frame on his condition or when he will return to work. >> silent moment attaint inn state fair. victims of the deadly stage collapse one years ago. the names of the 7 people who died were read over a loud speaker. last year's strong gusty wind caused the stage to collapse during a concert and dozens of people were also injured. >> a monestrous beer piece python found in florida is surprising scientists. it's the largest python ever found in the state measuring at 17 feet, 7 inches an weighing almost 165 pounds.

scientists at the university of florida also found it produced a record breaking 87 eggs. it came from the ever glades and was brought to florida museum as part of project to research how to manage the straight's invasive order. they may notice the smell of natural gas. pgae is conducted a ear. and work should be completed by 7:00 tonight pg&e has been testing its gas mission line following the deadly pipe explosion. food and drug administration has approved a new flu vaccine. each year they work with other federal agencies to design a vaccine to protect against the 3 viral strains, most likely to cause the flu. this year's vaccine has one strain involved with lobsters

plus 2 new strains. the san francisco immunoization coalition and public health department is holding an event to raise awareness about something called vaccination. this is the second year the state has required all incoming 7th graders to be vaccinated against the illness. player from the giants is scheduled to make a special event. the event is from 11:00 to noon. >> this morning the community is remembering the victim victims near 177 3:00 a.m. >> he was trying to serve an eviction notice yesterday and by standard. he also died after being shot in the cross fire hours after the tragedy. community members gathered to pray for the victim victims. >> it was a senseless tragedy. >> four other people were injured in the shooting including a woman who was helping her daughter move before the the start of school. it is 7:20.

if you are tired, we have good news up next meetology steve olson will tell us about a major pattern change in the work. what you can expect in your neighborhood. also oakland orders new investigation for police shooting. wants the city cleared up. good morning highway 287. i just had a tweet from one of my followers how do but forest it. not great. i'll tell you all about it coming up.

officer brian shot officer on september 25th. at first the police chase said franks should be fired then an independent review shows frank's life had been in danger and he was cleared. the police department and city attorney's office withheld that

review. the new investigation will search for any wrongdoing. a lawsuit has been filed against the city of concord and its police department over claims of excessive force. he claims his civil rights were violated during a traffic stop when an officer shot him with a taser. he said 3 taser darts hit him in the back and fourth punctured his neck. police say the taser was deployed after he ran from the scene. he is suing for medical expenses and loss of wages. 7:23. we'll check in with sale and busy spots out there this morning. >> there are some busy spots, you know, and right now kind of funny treat from one of our followers who said highway 4 is not doing well. but he didn't put it that way. frank city natura would say. cannot clean it up. highway 4. very very slow. paraphrasing here from all the way to by point some slow traffic there. 680 from pleasant hill.

that traffic is moderately heavy. let's take a look at highway 24. a little bit slowing here as you can see driving over to more slow traffic. the bay bridge toll plaza could have a troubling morning with less slow with stalled vehicle on the bridge. fortunately nothing major, but if you look at the traffic it's backed up all the way to the maize and then 880 is very very slow coming in through. so this is not a typical day. this is more like a 20 to 25 minute wait before you make it into the city. bart is a good option. we just checked with bart, bart's trains are running on time. it's 7:25. let's go back toasty. >> thank you. well cooler today. there's a much bigger banken we're partly cloudy right now with tropical clouds coming in. chassis gene over there. they've come up from old mexico. sometimes they come in from the tropics these came up from the desert southwest an there's what's right there.

they're towards month ray peninsula to start to move in east bay as well. it will also take the edge off some of the high temps. much stronger sea breeze today. i a seen gusts 27, 28 miles per hour. still, 70 degrees. higher cloud will prevent us from cooling off from the fog by the coast and temperature -- temperatures there kind of stuck as well. little low west of the bay area. that's getting help with another system dropping down. not as hot but cool by the coast and it will be a cooler pattern. gradually cooler will take us into midweek. it could be a little muggy, a little humid tropical towards the anterior today. temperatures are on their way down. these higher clouds they don't clear out soon enough. still going to be very warm for the an tier -- interior. weekend always in view. the remains of tropical storm hector could move into the picture saturday we'll keep an eye on that. >> all right. thanks steve. firefighters are working to

contain two large wild fires. new numbers on the side of the fire just into news room and progress being made by crews this morning. we're live in san jose where police are investigating two shootings in broad daylight. we'll tell you how a news conference aims to curve the violence. plus a big change, the u.s. immigration policy to provide relief for hundreds of thousands of undocumented people. what's that?

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it is 7:29. we want to show you some live pictures. we just learned that the wild fires have now burned 7,000 acres and are 30% contained. fire investigators are on the scene looking for clues as to how the fire started, but so far the cause is still undetermined. alameda has sent strike teams to fight wild fires. two teams each with five engines and 22 firefighters were sent from alameda. totaled more than 60 bay area firefighters are fighting the wild fires. several photos have taken the wild fires burning in lake

county. this is one of several from matthew henderson he was able to get very close to the fire line as it burned near the sign welcoming people to the area and thanking them for visiting. this picture of people fleeing is from synovia na vandergrift. we have -- savannah vannedder gift. we have more toes from our viewers. police are talking solutions to the problem of gang violence today after series of violent incidents in broad daylight. live for us this morning with more on how the justice department is out providing assistance. >> reporter: mike, son jose police told us all the violence in broad daylight even surprises cops. today's meeting is a star coincidence. this is a scene at one of two shootings yesterday afternoon. police say a man was gunned down on the 2300 block after 4:00 p.m. witnesses say the victim was standing in front of his house when a car drove by and fired several round. that will happen just 5 miles

from deadly shooting a couple of hours earlier. police are looking for victims in both cases. >> it's very very scary. yes, i am worried about my neighborhood and the whole city. >> reporter: the earlier shooting happened on charles street. a man in his 30s was killed while sitting in a chevy impa la. police say there have been at least 9 gang related murders this year. today's mention is part of national forum on youth convention. it will take place here at city hall at 12:45. live is san jose, ktvu channel 2 news. police are also investigating a case of a woman who was stabbed to death with a sword. it happened yesterday outside the wall greens. witnesses say the woman was well-known homeless person who frequented the area. >> she's a nice lady and i don't know why anybody would do

that to her. >> police have not established a motive for the stabbing be say the woman got into a fight with a customer at a coffee shop across the street from the wall greens earlier in the day. it is 7:32. police are investigating a possible homicide in one of the east bay's safest community. officers found a body yesterday during a welfare check in kensington which is north of the berkeley hills. they say the death involves suspicious circumstances. they also say they have a person of interest and are looking for that person. the victim's name has not been released. new this morning san francisco mayor ed lee has authorized $250,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and convictions in a cold murder case. today marks 6 years since 17- year-old was shot and i canned near grove and baker streets. his mother will be at the location of her son's murder today handing out flyers. anyone with information on the case is asked to contact san

francisco police. new information this morn surrounding the deadly party bus crash that killed a 25-year- old santa cruise woman last month. the chp says they're still interviewing witnesses to figure out what happened and who is at fault. the bus was headed south on highway 17 after a concert at shoreline amphi theater. natasha no land was killed after she fell out of the bus. officers say she and another woman were in a altercation when she fell out. the university of california is supporting the use of race as a factor in college admissions. the school filed a brief but the u.s. supreme court yesterday managed in support of the university of texas at austin, which admits applicants who rank in the top 10% of high school class it also uses race in its decision. a white applicant who was rejected they argue race is

important for creating a diverse student body. new embrace policy launches tomorrow that could provide relief for close to 2 million undocumented people living in the united states. the obama administration announced the deferred action program in june. immigrants who are 30 younger and were brought to the uss as children can't apply for a 2- year work permit and temporary legal status. applications will be available online tomorrow at the u.s. citizen and immigration services web site. it is 7:34. reached a settlement with former employees. the solar company has the privilege to pay laid off worker $3.5 million. 1100 people lost their jobs when the fremont company abruptly closed last august and filed for bankruptcy. a court still has to sign off on the settlement. today the patent infringement lawsuit involving

apple and sam sung moves into a new phase. apple represented its case yesterday after one of the testified the company suffered greatly. he said sam sung sold nearly 23 million nearly devices that inc. fringe on trademark. sam sung begins causing its witness and sum sung is saying they're the ones who infringed on their patent. 19-year-old driver of the two cars that crashed into a home are allen cheng. the teens were drunk and likely racing at about 80 miles an hour when they lost control of their cars crashing into the same house and landing on top of one another. the family that lives in that house was on vacation. sheriffs deputies say the teens faces policy of. you got a work out when they

barely escaped serious injury after garbage truck crashed right into the e be egg. the track was traveling downhill and likely parked its brakes. truck driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. it is 7:36, leaders gathered for the 16th annual lake tahoe summit yesterday on the lake front in south shore. it was announced lake tahoe has put a bid for the u.s. olympic city to be the host city of 2022 winter games they discussed the future goals to improve and maintain. they're hoping our late is threatened by erosion and animal climate change. santa rosa is in the race to host the last stage of next year's engine tour of california on friday. city officials find formally submit a hosting bid to aeg sports of los angeles, which is the owner of the tour.

back in may the engine tour drew a crowd of 40,000 people in downtown santa rosa. in northern san diego is also seeking to make a change. it wants to host the tours starting event which will make the eight day race go from south to north for the first time. 400 students will gear up for the school year this morning picking up new backpacks to start the year off right. the activities will be giving away the back bags. give children a chance to look at this. bouncy house. lunch for the children as well as clothing give away students signed up ahead of time in ordeto get the order. >> great idea. >> 7:38 let's check in with sale and keeping a close eye on the commute. >> we have a lot problems all of a sudden. now we are starting in santa cruise mountain if you drive

from santa cruise to atlanta. northbound 17 at glenwood drive there is major crash and the traffic is just terrible coming from santa kruz over the hill. this is one of those things you're hearing about this, you may want to put the trip off for a bit. it's a major injury crash. they're going to be there again. maybe have a friend who hasn't been turned on to watching, that's their commute. it will save them a lot of time and grief getting in over the valley. i want to mention we have a new accident reported east 80. that's blocking two lanes reported, move the map to san francisco at the corner of oak and octavia a tree came down. i understand no onerous injured but that's a major intersection in san francisco. thank you to one of our twitter followers who alerted me before

the firefighter new. let's go to live pictures now. two any northbound and soon save that looks pretty good no problems on 101 just yet. if you're driving at the toll mesa we're seeing some improvement it nearly backed up severely. >> 7:39 let's go to see. >> changes today. beautiful sun rise and a lot of tropical cloud coming up from the desert southwest so the temperatures today they'll come down my throat humidity in the fix inland. by the coast there's a biggest fog bank. they -- i mean, that's a sure time receiver thank you which you ares start to cool down. they've been updating for about 25 to 27 miles per hour. so things are in place for a cool down. temperatures starting off so warm for some. wear in the 50s for a few. 63 partly cloudy skies.

there were those clouds coming up. for us this little low right there. >> get a little help from another system dropping down. that's starting to increase the fog so it already -- it will be warm, but not as hot as yesterday but might be a little bit on that muggy factor because of the tropical clouds coming up. fog clouds splitting the difference here. there's more of a westerly breeze. >> 60s to 90s don't clear out, suddenly these temperatures may not be as high. it will be down compared to yesterday. the fog is on its way to bigger impact wednesday, was, fit. could be remainder of tropical system off of mexico. some of the rapes might drift in here on sad. 7:41. olympic flag is in brazil. the mayor and oh top officials returned from london where they

received the flag during the closing arguments. the flag's rival march 30 years for preparation. check out the olymipic hall. raiders new head coach dennis allen has made his debut in oakland for the first preseason. dallas cowboy didn't need many points to take care of the raiders. but unfortunately for the raiders quarterbacking drove an interception on the dallas won the game 3-0. what's moving the markets, higher this morning. a new threat for penn state how the sex abuse scandal could put the entire school at risk. why people who work near the casino may do tricks.

that call the bay area home. whether it's helping a nonprofit provide safe, affordable housing within the city, supporting an organization that's helping kids find jobs and stay in school, or financing the expansion of a local company that's creating healthier workplaces, what's important to the people of the bay area is important to us. and we're proud to work with all those who are making our communities stronger.

stocks are higher after strongly retail report after providing more ed of. strong retail showing over shadows more bad news from overseas in europe edging a big closer to recession. taking a live look at the dow up 26. the nasdaq up 3:00. s&p up 2. americans are using their credit cards more. the credit reporting agency transunion says the average american credit card debt is now close to $5,000. that's up 6% from this time last year. that's a late payment rate is holding at 18 year low. banks are more willing to lend money to car buyers.

they owed $725 billion in car loans at the end of june. that's up 5.7% last year. they're more willing to extend car loans to beyers with less than perfect credit. it will spend $20 million to test low emissions locomotive in california. it could eventually test as many as 25 engines with different low emission technologies. at least one of the test will be based outside sacramento. results from the test are expected in 2014. >> officially opened last week. there are already some concerns involving san jose new casino. pam cook reaction from casino management. pam. >> the grand opening is going to be this friday and gapler and people who work at the new major casino are excited about it. we have new video inside this morning as you can see it is pretty fancy as the manager

describes it. it aest not your average car room. there has been some concern from the very beginning that there won't be a problem with too much drinking around the san jose casino. >> it happens occasionally and we're very sensitive to that, absolutely. so we have quite a security team on people anywhere from 12 to 14 peoples at one point. we try to help those individuals whether we try to look hike a tom right home for them. >> the plan is to quickly get anyone who is drunk away there the gaming. some business owners saying they're hanging around the parking lots and causing problems. gamblers who we spoke too this morning, i don't agree. >> most of the people i hang around, i haven't seen positive intoxication. it aest a real nice club. >> the matrix tell has a potential to bring in a lot of money to the area, not just

from gambling. it's designed to host very big events. grand opening is this friday and the guest showers are near too what days about 30 minutes. reporting live from the news room. we'll go back. asian women will be in court today for preliminary hearing. prosecutors say they approached women on the streets of san francisco and told the victims they were plagued biofuel spirits and convinced them their jewelry ap money need to certified. when the victims handed them over. the jerry sandusky sex abuse scandal may cause penn state to loose university. it says the university is on warning the school submit report on stability to handle the financial fall out from the scandal by the end of the next

week. and keep their acred start. station on say principle will be aryaned today on a child taking to report child sexual abuse at her school. when they're accused of not telling police that the war -- second grader, chandler faces to -- abruising -- a abusing 58 students. the danger in faces up to 6 months in jail if he's witnessed. >> focuses on i pucks. blanco inside. apple will unvail the next generation iphone on september 12th. that's also when apple will start taking orders for the new phone. but it ads customers probably won't get the new phones in their hand until late next month. the long time editor of magazine is being remembered for her impact for the women's movement and research she

funded funded. helen girlly brown died yesterday at the edge of 90. 50 years ago the single girl shocked many americans by encouraging women to be financial independent. brown is being remembered for her $30 million gift to stanford and columbia to fund institute linking technology and journalism. >> this is her part. >> the director for new institute says brown was excited about taking an active role and that her vision, courage and generosity will be missed. >> she made a mark on society. it is 7:50. hurt and recovering this morning. what officials say landed this sea lion at the center in. >> bay area scientists say the great white shock is in danger that's surprisedly small number

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it is 7:52, bay area conservationist are leading an effort to protect the great white shark. the center for biology cal universe the are petitioning the federal government to list the predator as endangered. pollution and fishing are causing the number to drop significantly. >> the breeding female's number around 100. and the other population is

around 350. >> after 90-day evaluation period they have one year to decide whether to list the great white shark as endangered. if the shark does become endangered this could lead to new fishing and pollution regulations. the 8:00 hour knocking on the door and that tuesday morning commute is in full swing. sale, it's been pretty sluggish out there today. >> it's been pretty sluggish. let's start off with the map i want to show you that east 80 we have a problem, that traffic is going to be a little bit slow. we have an accident westbound that's at pablo avenue. two separate crashes have made it tough driving. i want to thank people who have called in with tips along with chp. san francisco the corner there's a tree down. no one was hurt. but there is slow traffic there. and then we move the maps way down to the santa cruz mountain

they're clearing up an injury crash here. they've opened one lane but the traffic is still pretty slow. out to the toll plaza we can see traffic here is moving along relatively well with no major problems. it's improving but it's backed up about 20 minutes. i'll say traffic is just okay here. and moving along to highway 24 westbound between wallace creek and oakland here, we do have some slowing. now, let's go to steve. >> okay. thank you sale. >> we do have bigger phone bank today it's delta breeze and higher clouds coming in so the combination of the two will take the edge off top temps. i mean, just -- i mean, to you eve been anywhere near the coast or you go inland or vice versa you're seeing a 30 to 40- degree spread. you see those tropical cloud right there. we'll have a partly cloudy. maybe mostly cloudy morning with cop by nation of lower

end. 18 gusting to 28 for chicago. 27, still very warm air and some of these temperatures have moved or budged all morning long. almost 70-degree some of the higher elevations near 80 degrees. definitely a bit of fog bank just because of that low. little spin in the ats to fear that's going to increase that. fog, clouds, warm, kind of tropical field inland. 670s area, that temperature is not going anywhere there. 90 inland. there are always a few that hold on but i think the clouds have that combination. cooling should continue into thursday or friday. maybe more higher clouds coming in on saturday. after being called under ground economy at work. the reason why they raiding recycle bins, it's costing us all. two wild fires have now grown to 7,000 acres, what crews are doing to contain the flames this morning. we're live in oakland where police kicked the protesters

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to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> good morning, everyone. i'm mike mibach. dave clark has the day off. continuing coverage from lake county where two wildfires have grown now 8,000 achers you, burning near highways 20 and 53 on the south side of the lake. alex savidge is there with the latest information from calfire. alex? >> reporter: well, good progress has been made on the by fire and the walk -- on the wye fire and the walker fire. we're told 7,000 acres have burned. between those two fires, they have 30% containment. let me show you the operation going on right now. these are crews trying to corral the walker fire. we're in kaluso county now.

they have set fires trying to burn off the tinder brush in the path of the walker fire. this is video we shot a moment ago just up the road. that's where we saw some crews and they were keeping an eye on the leading edge of the walker fire as it burned up the roadway and their job essentially was to keep it from jumping the roadway. luckily, winds have been very calm. late yesterday, throughout the evening and they are expecting the same thing today. but the bigger concern is the hot weather coming later today, 100-degree plus temperatures in this area. they are also worried about this dry bush that just burned so easily. the wind really has not been the fact ear. it's been the fact that we've had triple digit and incredibly dry conditions. that alone is allowing this fire to burn so quickly and intensely. >> reporter: and because these two fires are burning east, the wye fire around the walker

fire, burning m an easterly direction, that's good news for the homes -- burning in an easterly direction, that's good news for those homes. they were able to go back. not so much of a concern that the homes will burn. the fire did do some damage. two homes burned, another home suffered damage as well. it began on sunday afternoon fire the intersection, the junction of highway 20 and 53. and that's where investigators focused their investigation yesterday. they pinpointed the origin of the fire. but they are still trying to fig out what caused the fire -- figure out what caused fire. at this point, 1,000 firefighters are here. they've come from all over the state. they've come from the bay area to battle these two large wildfires and expect it will be another week before these two fires are fully contained. we're live this morning, alex

savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. one minute after 8:00. on sunday evening, when the fire first started, more than 400 people were told to leave the area. they spent the time at a temporary evacuation center, waiting for word on their homes. one man was coming back from san rafael when he first heard about the fires that have now burned over 6,000 acres. >> yeah, in fact, you could see it coming from the hill and they save the house. >> the man says he lee sently bulldozed a 30-foot clearing -- he recently bulldozed a 30-foot clearing around his home, which the firefighters say probably saved it. so far the fire has destroyed two buildings, one of them is a home. the victim of a car thrift

says he's facing dwight a dip lem ma -- quite a dilemma after the police towed his car. the police towed his car, after telling the car owner he had -- telling the car owner he had 30 minutes to move the car. he was in new york and was not able to get to the car. the company holding the car says the car will be auctioned off september 4th unless the fees are paid. the -- the police say the fees might be paid if they link the items found in the car to a crime but that could take several weeks. the richmond refinery fire, it's still not safe to enter the out nut. this occur -- unit. this occurred near three pipes that were all inspected last

november. some experts say the damaged unit may be down for as long as six months. there was a brief scare in martinez after a small fire broke out at the shell pe refinery there -- at the shell refinery there at 2:00 yesterday afternoon. hazardous material crews quickly put out the fire. no one was injured. two california sisters suffered bad electrical shocks after switching in their backyard pool in garden grove, california over the weekend. a woman herd her 15-year-old sister scream in the deep end of the pool. the girl turned face down in the water. the other girl was shocked while trying to save her. the girl had to be resuscitatessed. she's in stable condition. a malfunctioning pool light may be to blame. in overnight news, police cleared occupy protesters out

of a vacant library. the building is at east 15th and miller avenue. tara moriarty is live outside the library to let us know what the protesters were doing there. >> reporter: well, activists filled this vacant library. they wanted 20 teach reading and computer classes here but those hopes were dashed when police kicked them out. they will be here for the next 48 hours to make sure activists don't come back. dozens of squad cars were here. they blocked off miller at international boulevard. at 11:00, they told protesters to leave within 15 minutes or they would be arrested. everyone did comply. police said they were trespassing. joining me live is ignacio de la fuente. he's a city councilman with

oakland. what's your reaction with the way things went down? >> well, the oakland police department did a very professional and effective job. on the other hand, it was quite a few resources that we had to use to evacuate the pipe from the building, resources that we don't have. so the message is, we will not tolerate people taking offer private or public buildings. if they have problems or proposals, come to the city with those where we can allow them to take the public or private property on their own. >> reporter: they took over the library, donated a lot of their own books, cleaned, swept the floor. did all of these positive things. do you think that should go somewhere else? >> they are not go no come back -- not gonna come back. the reality, this building is very unsafe. that's the reason why it's

vacant. it was damaged in the loma prieta earthquake t needs millions of dollars in retrofitting -- earthquake. it needs millions of dollars in retrofitting. >> reporter: thank you for joining us. we did speak with the occupy protesters. they say they will be back here at 10:00 this morning. so we'll get reaction from them a little bit later. live from oakland, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. legislation that would ban government agencies from disrupting cell phone service without a court order is heading to the governor this morning. >> no justice! no peace! >> the bill was created in response to b.a.r.t.'s decision to cut wireless service in the underground service last year. last night, the protesters marched the streets to the b.a.r.t. headquarters in response to the shutdown.

the b.a.r.t.'s board member will temporary appoint a member after one member stepped down. b.a.r.t. is one of the only transit agencies in the country with a publicly evented board of directors -- elected board of directors. we want to check in with sal. a tough tuesday. >> yeah, we've had tough conditions, especially for people driving in the santa cruz mountains to the main part of the south bay. we've had very slow traffic because of a crash, northbound 17. some people are beginning to get by the crash. traffic getting into the san jose area is just a mess. it's just a mess. if that's you, you may have the luxury of putting this off. i know a lot of pipe don't. be aware that 17 is a -- people

don't. be aware that 17 is a mess. let's take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. this morning, it's also been very slow. it started off at 7:30 where they slowed down the metering lights to get a stalled vehicle off the bridge. it's never recovered. highway 4, bay point, that looks good. it's still slow in pittsburg and antioch. but on the way to concord, it looks good. it's crowded, though. let's go to steve, 8:08. >> if i. >> you are welcome. >> thundershowers, in southern california, the sierra nevada, some of them moving through. a cloudy morning. if you have low clouds, you are like what high clouds? the combination of the two will equal a cooler day today, no doubt about it. there's also a stronger sea breeze. nothing where it screams it will be cooler. anything over 15 is good. port chicago had a gust of 27. still, very mild for some 60s. san jose is at 63 under partly

to mostly sunny skies. sonoma county airport, still at 52. you see some of these tropical clouds. the tropical storm hector down here, a couple of forecast models are picking up as this starts to fall apart. we'll see. that's always a dicey forecast. i mention it for the weekend. a couple of lows forming. a stronger one will increase the fog bank. it will be cool, foggy by the coast. gradual cooling for inland areas as we head towards tomorrow. a little bit today, than more so tomorrow. a little bit of a fog bank that's lifted. it's still warm, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s. if some of these temperatures don't clear out, livermore, antioch will be cooler than that, i think you will notice a drop off of 5, 10 degrees. maybe some tropical clouds on

saturday. all signs point towards cooling toward the weekend. >> all right. thank you, steve. they are out usually in the early hours of the morning, just before traffic pickup day. recycle scavengers raiding bargain gidge bins. police and neighbors -- garbage bins. police and neighbors say it's a problem. our news crews spent a couple of nights out to witness handing out cash in exchange for the recycling. >> they are fairly organized groups filling up their bags and then dumping them in their truck. >> while it's difficult to tell how much actual material is being stolen, estimates range from 5 million to $10 million. you can watch our entire special report on ktvu.com. look for the tab on the front

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well, low and high clouds. some tropical clouds kind of skirting the area. that means cooler temperatures. still some 90s. temperatures starting to come down now. okay. developing news overseas this

morning -- syria's defective prime minister is speaking out for the first time since leaving his post and he's announcing that he's joining the rebel side. he's urging other political and military leaders to do the same. he says he can no longer support bashar assad. the prime minister fled to jordan with his family last week. in election 2012 coverage this morring, we now know who will be the keynote speaker at this month's republican national convention. a formal announcement is expected today. but an announcement official says it will be chris christie. he's known for his blunt tone and some in the party urged him to at least seek the nomination a couple of months ago but he declined and endorsed mitt romney. it's 8:14. republicans are defending paul ryan. this is after a new poll found a majority of americans don't

think ryan is a great pick. we're live in washington, d.c. to find out which v.p. was less popular. >> reporter: well, the usa today gallup poll says ryan is the least popular pick since want quail in 19 8. he -- since dan quayle in 1998. he went on to become vp. republicans say it's because right june not well known. 48% see him as a fair or poor pick. 39% said excellent or pretty good. this poll will be more am knew mission for democrats who are already trying to demonize ryan and his plan to overhaul medicare. >> paul right june on the ticket. this -- paul ryan is on the ticket. this is the agenda. >> we're excited. we think he's a great addition to the team. >> reporter: now, mitt romney has several stops in ohio and

president obama continues to compain in iowa. back to you. 8:16. it's now official -- the $1 cigarette tax prop 29 lost by less than 1% of votes. one san francisco doctor is challenging the outcome. surgeon john ma appeared in this -- in this ad to support the loss. ma paid for a partial recount to see if there were mistakes. >> we've recognized through the recount process that one of these machines was missing up to 21 votes per precinct. >> the recount also found 1,000 provisional ballots that were counted without being verified. the doctor sent an e-mail yesterday to the secretary of state asking for a formal state- wide recount of all absentee and provisional ballots everyone, the first ever in

california history. a new report shows that more inmates are being dealt with than in mystery. the county has been handling about 15% more inmates and parolees than the state said it would. the state hospital wants to increase worker safety but many employees don't like the idea that goes into ticket -- goes into effect. workers will be given personal security guards to wear around their neck. hospital employees can pull the alarm and that will send the alarm to security personnel. but the workers say those devices around their neck can be used to choke them. thomas kincaid's girlfriend made a move in court to claim some of the late artist's original paintings. attorneys made a correction to

two handwritten wills. they claim the correction showed that he wanted the work left to his girlfriend so it could be displayed in a museum but his widow an a state lawyer say those wills are not valid. both sides are due back in court in december. a u.s. geological study said false/positive reports were registered but then retracted after a seismologist reviewed them. a geologist says these do happen but are very rare. radioactive material near japan's truck plant could be causing mutation in butterflies. it was found the butterflies

had a right rate of changes such as smaller wings and irregularly developed eyes. starting today, the miriam webster dictionary is a thicker. it adds about 100 words annually and this year's word -- f-bomb. bucket list, ear worm, man cav, e-reader and life coach are other entries -- man cave, e- reader and life coach are some other entries. she was lost for two years and what police still belled upon when they found a man being held captive. good morning. san mateo bridge, that traffic looks pretty good. we'll tell you more about some of the other bridges on your morning commute.

the 16-year-old girl shot and killed in oakland last wednesday will be laid to rest at the fuller funeral home at 11:00 a.m. turner was with a group of people when she was shot. she was a young mother and a memorial fund has been set up for her baby at u.s. bank. police searching for a -- searching a new jersey home for

drugs found something far move disturbing. police discovered a woman who had been locked inside a bedroom for at least two years. the man who is an alleged gang member, police say, kidnapped her and held her captive. >> i know they didn't do the kidnapping thing. they used to go to the store. if you were kidnapped, would you tell someone. >> the man was arrested after police discovered 4200 prodescription pills, maurb and more than $2200 in -- marijuana, and more nan $2200 in -- more than $2200 in cash. if you are just joining us now, it's been a pretty busy day on the roads. how are things looking right now, sal? >> well, things are improving but we still have some traffic. bay bridge, there's been some improvement t was backed up for a 25 -- improvement. it was backed up for a 25- minute delay. we're seeing improvement.

but you will still be waiting for a bit. highway 24 between walnut creek and oakland. there's some improvement. 680 nearby, slow to alamo. this morning in the santa cruz mountains, i want to show you the maps here. a also of -- a lot of people in los gatos will be slow. 280 is not that bad. it is a little slow in cupertino. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. a bigger fog bank today and also some higher clouds coming in. they should clear late morning, early area. but inland temperatures look like they are on their way down. but the humidity is definitely up if you are away from the coast. it's high by the coast. inland, you can see those wrapping in right there, right there. they will continue today. west-southwest 17. that's stronger than yesterday. there's definitely a stronger component. yet, livermore is already at

17. inland temperatures will still get out of the gate pretty fast. but a little slow spinning. if it continues to march toward us, that will signal a dramatic cooling trend. today will be -- today will be a start -- instead of the 100s, we'll have more 90s. kind of muggy but very cool by the coast. the key will be over the weekend, we'll see if the low maintains itself and if the high itself builds -- builds back in. temperatures should come down 3 to 9 compared to yesterday. watchful for the remains of tropical storm hector, coming in from baja. there's a possibility of that coming in for saturday and sunday. mike? >> thank you. police in modesto open fire after a person drove av suv right into a house.

what we're learning about the officer-involved shooting. >> reporter: police are investigating two brazen shootings in broad daylight. we should get some answers at a news conference today. and why you can see an advertised man promoting arizona the next time you log onto facebook.

those wildfires, two of them, have burned 7,000 acres.

you can see there, the fire is still burning. it's just 30% contained. fire investigators are on the scene looking for clues as to how the fire started. but so far, that cause is still undetermined. we have photos of the fires on the home page. click on the photos tab. 8:29. new this morning, modesto police have shot and killed a suspect who they say stabbed a 17-year-old and intentionally rammed and suv into a house. this is a picture of the scene on gem min my court in -- gemini court in northeast modesto. police say the suspect ignored their commands to stop causing them to open fire. the 17-year-old is in stable condition. no police officers were injured. the department of justice will talk about efforts to address gang violence in san jose today as police investigate an outbreak of gun violence in broad daylight.

lorraine blanco joins us live to explain what the city is doing to address the prot bleb em -- to address the problem. >> reporter: one man was transferred with life- threatening injuries. another man found dead. this meeting, federal officials say, couldn't come at a better time. the first shooting happened on charles street off oakland road. five miles away another person was shot. police are looking for the shooters and say they could be gang-receipt lay -- gang- related. >> we just don't know. >> reporter: san jose police say there have been at least nine gang-related shootings -- or i should say murders.

today is part of the national forum on youth prevention. this will take place at 12:45 at the city hall rotunda. back to you. san jose police are also investigating a case of a woman who was stabbed to death with a samurai sword t happened outside the walgreens -- sword. it happened outside the walgreens. witnesses say she was a homeless woman who spent a lot of time in the area. >> she is a nice lady. i don't know why someone would do that to her. >> police have not established a motive. oakland is ordering a new review about how a fatal police footing -- shooting was handled. police say one man shot

another. at first, police -- the police chief said the officer frank should have been fired and then he was cleared of wrongdoing because it was determined his wife was in danger. the city has hire and outside firm to conduct a new investigation. a lawsuit has been filed against the city of concord and its police department over claims of excessive force. a man claims his civil rights were violented when an officer shot him with a taser. three taser darts hit him in the back, he said and a fourth in the neck. he's do -- he's suing for medical expenses and loss of wages. it's the casino m8trix. there are concerns about

alcohol and security. there's been a lot of burglaries in palo alto this year. one is getting extra attention because it's at the home of the late steve jobs. his home was burglarized back on july 19th. $50,000 worth of computers and other items were stolen. a man from alameda was arrested for the crime on august 2nd. police say it's unlikely the man arrested knew it was jobs' home. the next time you log onto facebook, you may see an ad calling for marijuana to be legalized. this afternoon, state senators will hold a hearing on the safety of the new span of

the bay bridge. the lawmakers' interest was sparked by several reports about the results of concrete tests. the sacramento bee stays a worker changed the test results. the caltrans says a number of other tests have shown concrete is save. only 3 of the 11 luxury cars put through a new safety test received grades of acceptable or higher. the insurance institute for highway safety says only the acura tl, volvo and infiniti did well. the tests are designed to find out what happens when a small section of the front of the car hits something else and many of the air bags did not protect the areas where passengers and drivers hit. today, the air force will conduct its third size of the waverunner x-25-a. it sounds cool. the craft will be dropped off the wing of a converted b-52

bomber while flying off the coast of southern california. aerospace engineers hope it will be table travel six times the speed of sound for at least five minutes -- it will be able to travel six times the speed of sound for at least five minutes. people in san francisco may notice the smell of natural gas. that's because pg&e is conconducting a controlled release. the venting work started atp:00 this morning --:00 this morning at -- 7:00 this morning and holly street. work should be completed by 7:00 tonight. right now let's go to sal. >> hi, mike, tori, good morning. things are improving a little bit. i want to just remind that you highway 17 is a mess and in case you are just joining us, there is an earlier crash.

the crash is gone. the slow traffic remains very slow coming into the mountains and the valley. that may be why some of the rest of the valley is not that bad. 101 is slow but the rest of the valley looks good. 880, look at all of that slow traffic being picked up by caltrans data. caltrans 80 from 237 very slow into fremont. there's very slow traffic there. let's move to live pictures. i want to show you that 0 northbound is not -- 880 northbound is not bad. but going to the toll plaza, you will see slow traffic there. it's been slow all morning. we're beginning to see signs of improvement. at 8:37, let's go to steve. a couple of combination. the higher clouds are much

higher today than yesterday. it will be cooler and the delta breeze mass picked up but also there's higher humidity moving in from the tropical clouds that will mainly impact inland areas. the wind mass been up to 28 miles an hour. a little bit of a westerly breeze at little. some of the higher elevations sitting in the 70s to near 80 degrees. there's some very warm air still on top of us. but temperatures today with that stronger breeze and stronger fog bank are moving in. now, the key will be will it continue to deepen or edge closer to us or away from us? it will incries the fog, they will still be hot but not as much as the last couple of days. cool by the coast. gradual cooling starts today. takes us into thursday and then we'll see if that continues toward the end of the week.

there's a bigger fog bank. but still, temperatures in the 90s for some. it should come down 3 to 5 compared to yesterday. maybe 5 to 7. cooler wednesday into thursday. the key will be after friday. will the low move back to sea and height build back in? it does look like the combination of the two filtering right up to the gut, so to speak, and that will be higher clouds filtering in back in the -- backner if the -- back in for the weekend. well, solyndra has agreed to pay laid off workers $3.5 million. the employees sued because they said they were not properly warned about the shutdown. 1100 people lost their jobs when the company abruptly slowed last august and filed for bankruptcy. the court still has to sign off on the settlement. well, the lawsuit between apple and samsung moves into a

new phase. apple rested its case yesterday. apple said samsung sold nearly 23 million devices that infringe on apple trademarks. today samsung begins to call its withins. 8:39. we have an update on a suspicious death that rocked an east bay community with a reputation for being a very safe place. an help -- and help for undocumented people. the program that's about to launch and how it could make it worse for those in the states. >> reporter: crews making significant progress in two fires today. we'll talk about -- we'll talk about the operations that will be taking place today when "mornings on 2" continues. [ female announcer ] safeway presents

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following right now. new this morning, the death toll from three suicide bombings in afghanistan has risen to 27. 110 people were also wounded in today's bombings in afghanistan. the attacks are just the latest outbreak of violence as they begin to handle responsibility for afghan forces. and last night, oakland police made occupy protesters leave the library. the library was vacant. the activists filled it up with books and cleaned it up. but one city councilman told ktvu in the last hour, that the building is safe. and two fires have burned about 7,000 fires and is currently 30% containedded. alex savidge is live there on the fire lines with more on the direction of the flames. alex? >> reporter: well, the hillsides in this area are all covered in this dry brush that burned so quickly. that's the problem for

firefighters. these two large fires, the wye and the walker have combined to burn 7,000 acres. but really, the good news, they are no longer threatening holes. take a look beyond us here. you can see the burn operation. in is where crews are burning out some of the fuels in the past -- in the path of the walker fire trying to slow its spread. overnight firefighters have made significant progress in this area. this pair of large fires, now 30% could be taked. they've already done quite a bit of damage. two homes were destroyed early on. one -- contained. they've already done quite a bit of damage. two homes were destroyed early on. >> there's not a lot of homes out ahead of it. just a lot of brush that's not

burned in decades. that's critically dry right now and that's why it's burning so quickly. >> reporter: last night, about 8:00, evacuation orders were lifted and hundreds of people returned to their homes in the spring valley area. now the work begins to figure out what started these two fires that started late sunday afternoon. the investigators were at the site, the point of origin to figure out the exact cause. it's still undetermined. there's a ton of resources. a lot of cries on the front lines, crews from across northern california and including many from here in the bay area. again, what you are looking out here is taking place on the eastern edge of the walker fry. a calfire spokesperson told me the expectation is it will take another week to get most of

these fire -- most of this fire contained. an unhealthy air alert has been issued for lake county because of all of the smoke from the fires. they say the smoke can be especially hard on young children, senior citizens and those suffering from asthma or other conditions. the air quality is expected to remain poor throughout lake county until the fire is out. a flex alert is issued today again. the california independent -- the california independent system is urging customers to reduce their energy consumption especially during the hours when the demand for electricity peaks. we'll have the forecast coming up in about six months. pam cook live in our

newsroom this morning with how people are feeling about the casino m8trix. pam? >> well, there's been excitement about the casino. outside, some local business owners have voiced their concerns about what -- about what will happen in the parking lot and neighborhoods when drunken gamblers head home. >> that's a lot of people on a daily basis. there's always gonna be a security concern. for our business, you know, i think it's prudent for us to put a security system in. >> reporter: his building owner is gonna put in a fans just to make sure the gamblers don't spill into the parking lot. the casino managers say they are ready as well just in case anybody has a little too much to drink. >> to the dealers, the servers,

everybody is expected and taught to pay attention to overintoxication. >> reporter: now, he says that not only includes looking for people who have -- who have had too muff to drink at the casino but also sobering them up and finding them a safe right hole. reporting live in the newsroom, i'm pam cook. let's go back to tori. 8:49. three women charged in a scam targeting asian women will be in the court for a plim hearing. prosecutors say they approached elderly woman on the streets in san francisco, told the victims they were plagued by evil spirits and convinced them their jewelry and money needed to be purified. the accused scammers could feel the valuables when they were

hasn'ted over -- handed over. a suspect has been arrested in a homicide in ken sington. police -- ken sing tonton. kennsick -- kens is sington. police are not releasing names -- kensington. the police are not releasing any names. today marks six years since 17-year-old aubrey was killed near grove and baker streets. his mother will be at the location where her son was found handing out fliers. anyone with information is asked to contact the police department. new information concern,

the deadly party bus. the chp says they are still interviewing witnesses to try to figure out what happened and who was at all the. the bus was headed out and natasha nolan was killed after she fell out of the bus. officers say she and another woman were in an alteration when falling out. the one woman is okay but recovering. a mu immigration policy launches tomorrow that could

provide relief for almost 2 million undocumented people living in the u.s. the obama administration announced the deferred action program in june. immigrants who are 30 and young -- or younger and who were brought to the u.s. did apply for a two-year work permit and applications will be available online tomorrow at the u.s. citizen and immigration services website. the city of santa rosa is hoping to become a key part of the am again tour of california -- am jen tour of -- amgen tour of california. [ thunder crashes ]

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bid the owner of the tour. in may, -- escondido wants to host the tour as well. 8:55. richmond police are helping local kids kick off the school year this morning by giving away 400 backpacks. kids ages 5 to 14 will pick up their new backpacks from the richmond activities league gearing up for school to start in less than a month. there will be a -- there will be a bouncehouse, lunch for the kids, children sign up ahead of the time to get the free school year. it's ticket tuesday. today's winner will get to check out the greatest show on earth at san jose's hp pavilion. one lucky viewer will win a pack to seeing with dragons."

to see "dragons." for your chance to win go to ktvu.com before midnight and put in the secret word mythological. >> mythological. >> make sure you get every word there. >> we have a secret weapon, sal castanedo. let's check in with him. >> thank you, mike. the traffic is gonna be a little bit slow still. we've seen a lot of improvement. we're gonna start off with the santa cruz mountains. a lot of people were late because of earlier problems on 17 getting down to the -- getting down to the valley. give yourself extra time. bay bridge has improved. it's backed up to the middle of the parking lot. and we're also looking at interstate 880. it really has not been slow past the coliseum as it normally is. right now, it's a good time to use 880 up to oakland.

it's 8:57. let's go to steve. well, some fog, a lot more today than yesterday. and also some -- well, clouds coming up from ard and -- from arizona. this also throw as little tropical mix in -- throws a little tropical mix in. >> and that's four report this morring. we'll see you the next -- and that's our report for this morning. we will see you the next time news breaks. >> we're always here four at ktvu.com. 're on timeout leo! ktvu -- we're always here for you at ktvu.com. some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof. some things will. save up to 20% on an ikea kitchen.

hello, everybody, i'm beth troutman, welcome to "right this minute." where we're all about videos first. a small plane clips a a pour line. >> sending the plane in a tumble. >> are you okay? >> now meet the guy who got grandma out alive. >> i thought i was going to die and i thought my grandpa was i