. developing news out of san francisco, a water-main break the area you will want to avoid. a fire breaks out in san rafael and chars three cars, how crews kept the fire from spreading to the house itself. and from the republican convention, what is behind the security alert. preliminary races are underway in san francisco, the america cup finals are being scaled back. ktvu channel 2 morning news continues. this is ktvu channel 2 morning

news. good thursday morning to you everyone, it is august 23rd, i am heather homes in for pam cook. >> and i am dave clark, mark is in for steve this morning, do i need a jacket this morning in. >> i would say, and you may need an umbrella, it is with us this morning and once again bundle up, slightly cooler for today, temperatures are a little bit cooler, 60s all the way to 70s and 80s right around 90 degrees and we have an update on the news. and we have an update, the l tarville line, and if you take the l, you will see some

delays and we have a few kraus on the way -- crews on the way and traffic is moving well to the will low pass grade. we begin with overnight news in the north bay. a family of 3 escaped an early morning fire, here is more on the damage there. >> nobody hurt thankfully but the flames to your through the garage, one was burned and they managed to he scape as they tried to knock down the intense fire. it started just before 2:00 a.m. and smoke alarms did go off inside the place. they alerted the family of what was going on. mom dad kids and family dogs

managed to get out of the house. the garage is slightly separate. so they did a great job of finding that inside the home and very little smell in the house too. so obviously the family can't say here, they are staying with friends nearby. a fire investigators will be out here on the scene after 8:00 and they will be going through this debrie and egglily -- exactly it does not appear to be suspicious.

a small fire at a small business at international boulevard you can see the smoke pouring from the business. this is budget appliances. the building is filled with washers driers and used refrigerators, the fire began in front of the poohing. >> nobody was hurt and there is mineral all. firefighters say he will shall out of business for a while. the toss of that fire is still under and the reason is anarchists. i want to show you video from two years ago. self described anarchists clashing with portland. now the department of homeland

security indicates anarchists may try to set off explosives this week and feds roll alternate reported it in 2008. former former president bill clinton is featured in a campaign ad and we will find out more about his message to voters. governor jerry brown has declared a state of emergency in 3 counties after the ponderosa fire destroyed dozens of pulleddings. that wildfire has burned several counties. now the fire is still 5 5% contained and 200 homes have

been evacuated. and another fire is out due to a fire in the national forest. and prosecutors hope to show a notebook should be a -- should be allowed into avenue. it reportedly as rye lent descriptions and they are subject to privacy law. and the legal battle will continue between apple and samsung. jurors had more than two hours of instructions from the judge. most do not expect a verdicts and one juror said it could take more than a day to figure out how to handle the charges and countercharges and they will have to fill out a form as they get closer to a decision. now learn boats will be

racing -- 11 boats will be racing on the bay but not all of them will be coming back for finals next summer but that event is being scaled back. only 3 of the 4 teams have raised enough money for the finals. they predicted there would be a lot more and his team by the way is the defending champ. >> it should be so exciting to watch that. not so exciting with football, with more on that is our own sal castaneda wrapping it up for us. >> we will start looking at highway 4 going to antioch and willow pass grade. the traffic is looking well as you drive to the grade but there is slow traffic in antioch, parts of pittsburgh and parts of 680 so we are getting off to an early start.

more and more school is in session and that will mean slower commute and they may be ending as we get to the fall it is backed up little bit. 32nd water-main break, trains are going slow in this area and it is a possibility with the water-main break some customers may be affected and some water customers, we do have a crew on the way and remember this is a busy street, tarville is near sunset and i will let you know what is going on in this area. 6:08 let's go to mark. lots of clouds over san francisco oakland and you get idea widespread coverage mostly clear skies out towards livermore and concord. and west southwest right around

23 miles per hour. and current numbers are on the cool side you want to bundle up in the short-term, san francisco is checking in at 45. clouds are still out this, clearing back to near the coast for even downtown san francisco. temperatures inland upper 80s to maybe a few spots right around 90 degrees. and lots of activity around the san francisco bay and the winds will be in the forecast by noon and a small craft advisory begins at 1:00 to reflect an increase in those winds speeds. it will be mild around the pay

and inn hand mostly sunny skies not in the forecast warming to 80 and 90 degrees and san francisco 61. here is a look ahead with your five-day forecast temperatures cool off for saturday and sunday will be the coolest day of the up and coming week. we will take you back live to arizona, a rescue is happening as we speak. look at this. major flooding in maricopa county arizona. rescuers are just getting inside that van trapped in floodwaters. as you can ma'am we don't know how many people are inside. it looks like at least one person is coming out right now. they have got a woman, she is getting on to that crane from inside the van and we tonight

know how many others are trapped but there is and and i don't know what type of company this is all related to. we are watching this live because of the situation existing in maricopa arizona. they have got a van and here comes another person coming out at least one other person and the teams arrived to get people out of there. that is the latest from arizona and more details to connect. at least it is somewhat of a happy end be. police say the current did tolls are must in the enough.

we will bring you the latest on all the details. and arising dispute between afghan and on what is happening in of a gary shapiro, we will have more on what the military are saying.

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pictures in afghanistan, he is giving an update on the situation there. he ordered all nato forces to keep weapons loaded at all times. this comes after arise in insider a -- a rise in insider attacks after they turned their guns on nato forces. insider attacks are causing a distribute between afghanistanians and the u.s. government. you can read more about osama bin laden. u.s. navy seal team 6 wrote a book using a fake name. they do not believe it's cleared and if classified details are included, the owner of the book could be prosecuted. well new this morning.

he is now comparing his presidency. here is more on the new role for former former president bill clinton. >> reporter: former former president bill clinton is appearing solo in an ad for president barack obama in an ad ahead of the gop screenings, president barack obama has a plan to rebuild from the ground up and his policies will be a boost for the middle-class. >> that is what happened when i was president, we need to keep going with his plan. >> reporter: meanwhile, after days of distractions over abortion politics and medicare, he is blasting president barack obama over new estimates of records federal deficits. >> we have now had four years in a row with a president that has built trillion dollar deficits. it is bad economics and it is the wrong course for america.

>> reporter: meanwhile he is promoting new energy proposals. and we will have some good news for him and i will have more on my neck update in about an hour. allison burns, ktvu channel 2 morning news. thank you allison. new this morning, they are investigating a fiery collision in east texas. it happened in a freig trn and these are live pictures you are looking at from this very fiery collision and in fact you can see part of that train and part of that equipment trying to move and clear this up from the area in texas and all of this happening in wills point and that's 45 miles per hour miles east of texas. the man jumped out moments before the train and truck coliseum lied and two block

area was evacuated and as you see, it is still very much an active scene as drews try to -- crews try to clean up the mess. the bill deals with domestic violence and it's designed to protect people from having to pay alimony to spouses with sexual felonies. the governor will either sign or veto it by the end of september. people in vallejo they want more to be done to deter illegal activity. something we have been following but some say this approach is not a affected. they complain the stay away orders issued to prostitutes are not enforced and city officials are now promising to

look into the problem. two bay area sisters who are gold medal olympics, here is maggie showing off her medal half the week. she and her us pan will honor them in a ceremony at oak hill park this saturday and they will answer any questions from their fans and the community. >> congratulations. it is so nice to bring out the metal and let people try them on. let's check in with sale . >> good morning traffic is moving along relatively well if you are driving in contra coster county westbound 24, i have been checking highway 480

and the metering lights have been turned on to that middle of that parking lot. southbound 101 looks good from burlingame to other areas as well. and once again, overcast making a come back near parts of the bay. even inland marine layer has deep ended and that cooling trend continues for today. still 80s inland out towards concord antioch and san francisco forecast high of 61 and a look ahead, your five-day forecast, not much change, we cool things off for the weekend and looks like sunday will be the coolest day. another forecast check coming up in 15 minutes. imagine a theme park that is bigger than disney land?

they could be the home to that project. also a shark feeding frenzy, it's all caught on tape and the unusual sight, it is becoming an internet sensation.

. we have some new video this morning, check it out, dozens of sharks attacking fish off the jersey shore. an ocean owing after shot this 50 yards from the beach. he said they were jumping out of the water and feeding on the fish and take a look, they don't stop. the video has more than 300,000 views on you tube. new development involving a fresno slaughter house accused of animal cruelty. the federal government and mcdonald's will no longer buy from this area. it shows cows beaten and kicked at the hands of the facility. they bought 20 million pounds of beef for school lunches and other programs. the slaughter house is being shut down on monday and they are working to address

concerns. the new school year is just starting. we brought you the breaking news and this is at 4:30. campus police say the driver was a student. they also say they have seen 11 cases of alcohol poisenning in the past few months. some of the students returning say they noticed an uptic especially new students. >> somebody had thrown up on the lawn, it is their first experience outside of their house, they want to make friends -- >> uc officials say they want to warn against binge drinking. all students have to take a survey and an education course. newly renovated memorial

will open to students next week and the daily california said they are updating the menu for football games in a petition to regular fair of hot dogs there will also be sushi and veggie hamburgers. and it is four times bigger than disney land. it will cover more than 600 acres north of trac the 1.2 billion dollars center will feature a casino and a lot more. a los gatos developer received negotiation rights and if all goes according to plan, the park could open by 2024. we are now going to check on the weather and sal will check on the commute in the south bay. >> that's right, heather, we are looking at interstate 280 to look at the valley commute

this morning and right near the 880 interchange it looks good heading to the bottom of the hill and 680 down to the pleasanton area, westbound 580 also looks good through here. mark has a quik check on your forecast. stepping outside the door, it is cool outside right around 50 to 60 degrees so bundle up in the short-term. we will have the temperature change you can expect for your afternoon. thank you mark. chick-fil-a is just about ready to open their doors in san jose, we have been telling you about it all this time and the yearlong commitment people camping out are waiting to get. ask me what it's like when my tempur-pedic moves.

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. there you are folks, you are looking at both the opening bellfort stock exchange and the nazdaq, we have local folks from santa clara, ringing on the bell and you are looking live lots of smiling faces and the u.s. olympics captain, christie is ringing the opening bell, there they are. analysts are expecting it to stay in a narrow range, those numbers we were telling you about earlier this morning, well they are not expected to have much of an affect on investor's attitudes. hewlett packerred reported a loss yesterday. hopefully they will bring some good news. we will smile and say good morning to you thank you for joining ktvu channel 2 morning news it is a thursday august

23rd, i am dave clark. >> and i am heather holmes in for pam cook. we have breaking news sal was just telling you about, a muni line, a water -- muni line, water-main break, what is going on lorraine? >> reporter: well i just got off the phone with the transportation agency and they say this break is causing minimal delays on the line. right now they have crews there and the problem started when a two-inch copper pipe sprung a leak. as you can see traffic is moving smoothly and no estimated repair time but again the l-is moving slowly between 22nd and 33rd, and we actually

just saw the line go through and it was slowly moving through but there was no interruption of service, back to you. happening now chick-fil-a in san jose, it is now open and tara moriarty is there where people have traveled miles and they have done so for a reason. >> reporter: fans of the atlanta based company camped out... [ technical difficulties, stand by ] . 3, 2, 1... [applauds] >> reporter: now at 6:00 this morning 100 people traded their wrist bands for an entire year. it is the most recent

controversy, the president spoke out in support of traditional marriage but one woman from folsom said she and her family just love the food. >> it is one man's opinion which i share as well. it is still a great probing duct and i think they are a wonderful company. >> reporter: now this is only the second chick-fil-a to open, the other is in fairfield and the other is expected to open in novato and walnut creek. and a few days later, same sex couples kiss in front of nationwide. they are planning a protest and they are trying to educate folks about equal rights. live in san jose, i am tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 morning news. it is affecting everybody apparently including the police. last night it was a candle

light vigil held exactly 24 hours after a man was stabbed to death inside of a safe way supermarket. he has been identified as san jose state student jaun nunez. and staff officers say they are being tar getted out on the streets. >> i think it is incredibly scary for officers to know they don't have the backup they need. >> reporter: there have been several felony assaults, one was stolen and they are renewing overtime funding and conduct being gang intervention programs. and in the mission district, the san francisco examiner said anarchist symbols were found on one car in the

200 blocks of guerrero street. they posted a message saying this vandalism was in response to rising rent. and new this morning, the governor of florida activated the emergency response center because of tropical storm eye zack. it has already brought wind and rain to the u.s. virgin islands and puerto rico. it may become a hurricane when it is expected to hit puerto rico or the dominican republic later today. it could hit tampa,florida which is where the convention begins on monday. some area republicans are getting ready to travel to florida for last week's convention and last time it was at marines in san rafael. we spoke to the student body

program and she said she will get some hands on workers person and also be able to attend events including breakfast chris christie, the key note speaker. >> and we will be the change, we are educated getping involved now how will we be the proper leaders of our nation? >> todd aiken, a lot of people say their focus is on jobs picking it the economy and getting mitt romney and paul ryan elected into the white house. in the meantime the democratic convention will be kicking off with a if he is val open to the public. it is one of the ways they are trying to get more people involved and they want to hear president barack obama accept the democratic nomination on september 26th and pamela harris is one of several women

scheduled to speak at the national convention. michelle obama will offer support to those victims in a mass shooting at a sikh temple. six people were killed when a gunman opened fire and the people are grateful for the first lady's visit. they found some comfort knowing this tragedy helped to educate the world about their religion. and it is suspended for 50 games and coming up, the a's plan to move forward. speaking of baseball, while the steroid scandal is rocking the baseball world, little leaguers are just having fun and you can bet everybody will be watching tonight at 5:00. >> the double play will end, california wins. >> we will be watching them

while we are watching news too. but it is the elimination game in their quest for the world series title and they play tennessee for the championship. hundreds will be filling up petaluma's boulevard theater watching the game on the big movie screen. >> that's right, go petaluma national. let's go with sal, he is tracking the commutehow is it looking at the bay plaza. >> in this morning's commute at the toll plaza the traffic on that span is not bad and visibility is pretty good getting into the city. if you are driving on highway 4 this morning, it is slow as you can see road since source show traffic in antioch -- sensors show traffic in antioch and we

have slow traffic coming in from the pass and from dublin it looks good and from caster valley it is a nice drive and across the san mateo and dumbarton pretty good drive and if you have a flight today, you may want to check ahead to see if they are running on time. there could be delays because of the cloud cover. >> northbound 280, traffic looks good, they were clearing an accident on 280 and highway 5 watch for slowing in the cupertino area nothing major but slowing on the shoulder. you can see the hills and the fog growing up in the bay area, i used to look at the fog and how the hills interact with this which sparked the meteorologist program. and now you can see the overcast is concentrated around the bay and you may encounter

some drizzle this morning right around san francisco as well. current numbers are mainly in the 50s but have cooled off in the past hour and hayward, one of the cooler spots have checked in around 60 degrees. and this is in a good portion of the state and will stick around, today about the same as yesterday, it could be cooler and temperatures u-you can see the range is 60 for the beaches, most areas are in the 80s up to 20 miles per hour. those sensitive to smoke out there, you want to avoid with all the smoke burning from the fire and once again this is in place until 10:00 up in mendocino county. and clouds coast side, clearing back to the shore line into the afternoon hours and temperatures, you will have the

warm numbers inland and climate is surfacing, 50s and 60s around the bay it will be breezy this afternoon lots of 80s by 3:00 and temperatures will check in about 3:00 and 4:00 this afternoon. a look ahead not much change for friday, minor cooling for both saturday and sunday. thank you. well two women were electrocuted by responding to a car crash, what we are learning about the car crash that claimed the lives of the good samaritans. and it destroyed three cars, why the family was stuck in their own backyard because of this intense fire. cloud cover may affect some bridges but we will let you know why some flights might be

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. good thursday morning, time now 6:34, clear skies inland this morning into the afternoon hours, still patchy coastal fog, temperatures are cooler than yesterday. good morning, here is a quick look at some of the top stories we are following, san francisco water-main break, right here it is affecting a

muni line, see that spot on the ground, right there, ruptured line, it is affecting the line in the sun set of districts. this is near 33rd avenue and it is slowly getting through that area but we wanted to make you aware of it. in the meantime, world series boats will be out there racing on the bay later in san francisco. the oracle racing team will be among them and thousands of spectators will be out there watching. and a suspicious fire left a small oakland business ruined. it started on 64th avenue and international boulevard at 1:00 this morning and the cause of the fire is under investigation. north bay crews, a family made it out alive and we have a

close-up look at the damage there, alex? >> reporter: good morning, this was a devastating fire for this family, the garage itself was destroyed and two of their jeans, including this one which was parked in the driveway at the time. luckily the family managed to escape unhurt. it happened at this house and smoke alarms went off inside the house alerted the family to what was going on and that's when mom, dad and daughter all ran outside, everyone was safe, they actually ran out to their backyard and a fire captain said they were stuck because the flames were burning along the sidewalk way. >> there was quite a bit of heat on the left side of the building so it did prevent them from proceeding out into -- out from the backyard. they were very concerned about their animals and they were

able to stay in the back yard and they wanted to attend to them. >> the flames didn't burn into the house itself and it certainly helped that the garage is slightly separated from the home. still the house has smoke and water damage so the family is now staying with friends for the time being. the fire itself does not appear suspicious and they will sift through what is left of this garage and try an opinion point a cause for the fire. live in san rafael, ktvu channel 2 morning news. now we go to the los angeles area where several people suffered electric shocks after rushing to help people in a car accident. authorities say an suv knocked over a fire hydrant and a -- hydrant and a power pole

exposed live wires in running water. >> i came here saw the water and i saw a lady come out of nowhere, she walked into the water fell back on her back with her arms straight out. >> two good smart continues died of their injuries and the man driving the suv was the only person not shocked. the oakland a's and teams fans are shocked dealing with the suspension of star pitcher bart toll low colone. he was suspended for testing positive for high levels of testosterone. >> his teen mates say in order to focus, you have to put that issue behind you and move on. >> this is not a big shock. i mean there is no other way to describe it than that.

>> now the suspension came after melky cabrera was suspended for the same violation. and in san francisco, the team's plans will need to go through an advisory panel. the members of that panel, they have just been selected, hear who they are and what they will be doing, that story is coming up later at 7:06. >> time now 6:48, sal is back, how is the toll plaza doing? >> it is crowded and we are seeing the backup deepen and if you look at the backup, it is beyond the 880 over crossing which is beyond the horizon and later on, we can expect more people to be showing up so you still might get ahead of the crowd if you get to the toll plaza soon. i don't think it will get better but this is a look at

237 westbound right here and it is a little bit slow approaching the 880 interchange with 237. i have been watching this for you, yesterday we had a terrible day, airport delays were reported and you can almost say they are forecast for a day later after it started getting crowded about a day later. it will be an hour later on some more flights and you should check with your carrier. >> now because of this, low clouds and fog increasing over the past three hours and what they are doing, we have an impact as they have been cooling off. as far as current numbers we had some drizzle in parts of the bay, fairfield, it is windy out there, and winds are 20 miles per hour and san jose is 26 degrees. areas of fog, inland and clearing skies, still, patchy

coastal fog, this has been a cold front low pressure up to our north, not moving too much moved quite a bit on graphics. temperatures are warmest locations right around 88 in brentwood and winds speeds -- wind speeds pick up to 80 miles per hour. and into 8 an 9:00 clouds clear back to the shore line, this orange color has quite a few 80s inland. the forecast track has been changing and the latest from the tropical center says a tropical prediction as we head into early monday morning. these tell sewers about the same -- temperatures about the same as yesterday, 76 fremont and san francisco the clouds of the morning clearing back to

near ocean beach later on today by about midday. temperatures are a little bit cooler by the weekend. >> all right, thank you mark. now to some business news and the number of people violation for new jobless benefits are up and they report 300,000 people are filing for insurance benefits. the numbers are still lower than they were five weeks ago and economists say it suggests hiring could improve slightly this month. an l ed rotating lights that are wide with an justable dome on top and it could pose a burn hazard. no injuries were reported but there were with reports of property damage because of

heated lights. anybody who has it should unplug it. a local tanning company taking products of a of the store shelves. -- off of the store shelves. also 2012, this could be the worst year yet for the west nile virus and we will let you know what is being done in the bay area to keep it from spreading.

. let's go ahead and take a look at wall street, taking a look at the big board you can see everything, nasdaq down and s&p 500 is probably due in part to the rise in jobless claims and dragging down the nasdaq, hp's big loss was reported yesterday. we just checked in with them and any minute they will start spraying for mosquitoes. they will start spraying the palo alto bay lands. they don't carry the west nile virus but they will bite you. and they do want to get rid of

insects that do carry the west nile virus and it is bordereds on brentwood boulevard. the center for disease control said the outbreak could be the worst in u.s. history. there have been 41 death and that's four times the normal amount of cases for this time of year. casey anthony could taste more freedom, today is the last day of her probation on check fraud charges and that means she will no longer be required to proper to a probation officer. anthony was acquitted in the murder of her daughter caylee anthony last year. we have a candy recall, the licorice company of american city, they are telling us not to eat black licorice twist. it exceeds state led level

standards and the recall applies to all candy labeled best by february 4th of 2014. you are watching bridges and roads? >> yes, that is right traffic is slow david and heather as it was a little whileinga, also on the peninsular and the valley, let's go to mark. and once again we have some fog and drizzle near parts of the bay, clear skies inland, a lot of big changes and we will hold on with some minor cooling over the weekend. >> developing news in san francisco, a water-main break is causing some public transit concerns. people capped out at a new chick-fil-a restaurant, this could be controversial as well. stay right here with us.