entire gulf coast could overshadow this week's republican congress individual in florida. we'll take you there live. >> a recent rise in the number of killings in san jose has prompted community outcry. the prayer vigil that will happen outside of city hall tonight. >> people may notice some unusual helicopters overhead. we'll tell you why they will be flying so low. >> also how things will change for bart riders for the next six years. ktvu channel 2 morning news continues. good morning, to you. welcome to a brand new day it's a monday it's august 27th i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. thank you for joining us. steve paulson is back. is summer completely gone? >> i don't think so, pam. september, october. we can warm up. we have a hit cool down the

last couple of days. it's bottomed out yesterday. it will be a little warmer inland today. although there are signs for the upcoming weekend. today if you're away from the coast i think upper 70s and lee 80s. here is sal. >> golden gate bridge traffic looks good as you head down to the toll plaza. the fog is not a major issue. and the morning commute looks pretty good on highway 4. heard of a crash east 80 nearby ash by we are looking for it. we'll let you know what is coming up. happening now tropical storm isaac is gathering strength as it makes its way toward the gulf coast. >> we have issued a state declaration of emergency for the storm. as the national weather service folks tell us it will be a category 2 hurricane by the time it makes landfall. >> a state of emergency has also been declared in alabama and mississippi. people there are already preparing for the storm to hit late tomorrow or early wednesday. isaac is expected to be at hurricane strength by the time

it makes landfall. now that is as isaac hit parts of florida over the weekend. that's what it looked like with strong winds and heavy rains. however the wet weather was not enough to keep people inside. take a look at that. many said the storm was not as bad as expected. some minor damage and flooding. tropical storm isaac did cause them to postpone the start of the republican national convention. coming up at 6:15 we'll bring you a live report from tampa with how the republicans are scrambling to rearrange their convention schedules. and the trillion storm isaac is bringing bay area red cross volunteers down to florida. over the weekend 15 volunteers flew to miami, tampa, and orlando. they will be there running shelters, they will be assessing damages enalso offering counseling to those who may need it.

a prayer vigil is being held in san jose to remember the 33 people killed so far this year. ktvu channel 2 reporter alex savidge joins us now to talk about who will be taking part in tonight's event. alex. >> reporter: good morning. families that have lost loved ones to violence will be on hand here. so will san jose police chief chris moore. everyone taking part in a prayer vigil outside san jose city hall. it will happen tonight. people will be gathering to bring attention to a recent rise in murders in this city. 33 homicides so far this year in san jose. and the recent spike in killings over the past couple of weeks has been fueled in part by what police are calling a bang gar if he is on pace for a record setting homicide. now the community is stepping up. >> save our streets. save our children. >> reporter: over the weekend

the community group black berets held a six mile long march for peace. they say neighbors have to work toward a solution to reduce the violence. the group says thatly planning future antiviolence events. in the meantime san jose police are doing nor research to deal with the violence. they are allocating $800,000 to pay for a special unit to look into the violence. it will all happen in front of city hall 7:00 p.m. tonight. live this morning in san jose alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news. if you see a helicopter hovering low over the bay area today, there is no reason for harm. allie rasmus is here to explain why a chopper will be up just 300 feet over the ground. >> reporter: we are live in the oakland hill where is a lot of

the people in this neighborhood may notice those low flying helicopters. they will be flying low because they are part of a research project. as you mentioned in some cases they will be 300 feet above the ground. to put that in perspective the suspension tower is 525 feet high. the choppers will be going about the mid way point of that new tower. they are studding natural occurring radiation levels in the bay area. they will be flying helicopters with testing equipment over parts of the bay area all week. they will be flying over oakland, san francisco, and pacifica covering 69 square miles. the research flights will continue every day through sunday. the data they gatherer if shared with local and state authority authorities. they will have a baseline level of naturally occurring

radiation to compare it to. i contacted the natural security administration to ask them a little bit more about this project. we are waiting to hear back from them. live in oakland allie rasmus. a tsunami warning has been canceled but that is following a magnitude 7.3 earthquake off the coast of el salvador. there are no immediate reports of damage or injuries from the quakes. more earthquakes rattled southern california overnight a day after a series of 30 earthquakes shook that area. the largest of yesterday's quakes was magnitude 5.5 centered about three miles northwest of brawley. that is east of san diego county. not far from the mexico border. the quakes pushed 20 mobile homes off their foundation and knocked out power to 2500 customers. earthquake saleswomans are not

unusual. sign tests say they -- one of the entrances to the powell street bart station will close and not reopen for six years. the entrance is at stockton and ellis streets. the shut down is part of the central subway construction project which is expected to open in 2019. you commuters you find signs directing you to the fourth and market street entrance. 6:06 is the time. more traffic information. sal unfortunately a crash in berkeley. >> yeah they were looking at east 80. i think they found it at west 80. they scrambled berkeley and emery vile fair. i think you can see it's on the shoulder there if you look at your screen on the shoulder west 80 between university and the ashby avenue turnoff. even though it is on the shoulder the flashing rights

coming in. you can see it's slightty -- it's going to be a tough drive. also the morning commute is pretty go ahead if they yos can if yo are driving in the santa clara valley. 6:07 here is steve. sal, thank you. a very good morning. tropical storm isaac 65 miles an hour. heading toward the northwest now. leaving florida. well it's still skirting florida but heading out into the gulf. 65 miles an hour. still needs to get up another nine miles an hour to get to hurricane strength. but expected to do so. northwest 15 miles an hour. 360 miles from the mouth of the mississippi river. where is it going? somewhere between new orleans and around mississippi or the florida panhandle. ben florida panhandle.

we after we are looking for a little warmer inland temps. some of the higher a little cool for a few. hayward says 60. everyone else in the 50s san jose 57. as long as this low is up here and tough for us to warm up. but there will be a -- tad yes with that fog will bush off a let sooner a lot of 70s but some 80s. 83 pittsburgh. 80 pleasanton. alameda at 68. 79 san jose.

cupertino at 80 degrees. san mateo though at 73. the city 67. a lot of 60s on the coast. too much fog. i don't see too much change maybe a slight warmup inland. but then a cooler pattern emerges again for the weekend. >> time now 6:09. a grizzly bear killed a man in alaska. we are learning new details about the golden state warriors plan to move to san francisco. and it comes as oakland plans to celebrate its sports tame. the property needs to be protected. >> the juries decision may not be the last word on the samsung apple patented infringe case.

welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. time now is 6:12. samsung is expected to appeal the $1 billion judgment it has been ordered to pay after losing the patent naffingment case brought on by apple pit took less than a week. the jury foreman says internal memos between samsung executives made it easier to decide the company is guilty. >> if you make a calculate the risk to infringe, you take a chance on having to pay. and that's what happened with system samsung. >> apple is asking the judge to

triple the jury's reward. today was the first chance for investors in asia to react to that jury decision. samsung stock closed with a 7% loss. it's largest percentage drop in a single day. that translates to a loss of $12 million bel. however some analysts say the verdict if it does stand will probably not hurt the company's profits. nay also add samsung did have one victory in the case. they did not side with designments. that puts. the galaxy tabs are considered to be the main rival to the ipad even though they are a distant second in sales to the 'ed a

>> the -- o because of east ex>> reporter: good morning, dave. it has been a very soggy morning here in tampa. but really the folks here in tampa have dodge the a bullet as it relates to tropical storm isaac. this morning we also know what mitt romney is doing. we know the governor and his wife and romney they are making preps. practicing their big speeches that will happen this week. an uninvited guest is threatening to overshadow mitt romney's big moment. >> are you concerned about your convention? >> reporter: the potential threat of a hurricane has delayed the event that will officially nominate romney for the presidency. now it say peers isaac will bypass tampa. it's expected to strike further west. republicans worked with emergency officials in florida as they made the call to delay.

>> that was their decision to make. we helped them understand the fact that high winds could cause bridge closure. make travel by bus difficult. and generally we could have some road floodings. >> reporter: isaac battered the southern tip of florida yesterday. today they will see sustained winds of 20-30 miles an hour. >> it is it is. we will tell the mitt romney story. we will prosecute the president. >> reporter: but tampa's where are going with the my what is it that they do. most speakers have been rescheduled for later in the week. and we can fell you that the

rnc will convene this afternoon literally for ten minutes and then they will reset until tuesday. back to you, dave. >> thank you. make sure you stay right here with ktvu morning news. and ktvu mornings on 2. we'll bring you live reports from the r national. rangers say agrees rowly bear is -- today they plan to retries less stet thes to if he was 49 years old and visiting alaska from san diego. back here at home police in san pablo investigating a deading shooting. we have very little information but police say the 22-year-old victim was found with the help of a shot spotter system.

the victim was rushed to the hospital. that is where he later died. right now there is no word of any arrests or a possible motive. the golden state warriors released more information on their planned sports and entertainment complex in san francisco. team officials say they are in the final stages of negotiating an agreement with an architecture firm. details will be presented to san francisco board of supervisors next month. back in may the warriors announced their plans to move from oakland to san francisco. the team's lease at oracle arena ends in 2014. city officials will announce oakland hoves its sports team week. they want to salute the a's and raider for adding to the economy and pride. the week will start with the raiders monday night football season opener two weeks from today. and then end with the a's. sal has breaking news. what just happened?

>> we are looking at a grass fire in oakland right now. where we just heard of a grass fire on highway 13 near park. they have scrambled a bunch of fire enjoins on the way. we'll put that on a. westbound 80 we found it here between and. someone does need some attention. but the traffic is not doing all that well because of the rubber neck ever valley. even though the lanes are open, you can see the traffic is backing up as steve pulls back for us here. you can see traffic and very nice job, steve. traffic is moving along pretty well. westbound bay bridge at the toll plaza, pretty well past the accidents. let's start over with the bay bridge. it's not all that bad. the traffic here is moving along okay. especially in the fast track lanes. they are just about to turn the metering lights on. i want to mention we talk thed

-- d we talked about -- we talked about that grass fire there. 6:19 let's to to steve. thank you, sir. low clouds. believe it or not a couple hours ago there wasn't much there. there was a definite chill in the air yesterday. today will be a slightly warmer pattern for those away from the coast. i don't think there will be much change. cloudy, cool little breeze. mild to breezy dayen if santa re is a. not hutch has changed.

andson is. t ever is? . st it's taking the same track as hurricane katrina did. let's hope it doesn't merit that. 360 miles from that moving northwest at 15. still only a tropical storm right now. again very, very similar it's expected to increase in intensity. get to category one. might hit category two if it continues on its current past. the if low up -- after yesterday's cool numbers we'll see in the upper 70s and low 80s. not much change. maybe a little bump up in the temps. cool down on the weekend. >> thank you, steve.

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welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. san francisco emergency management teams are trying to figure out what sparked a false alarm of their warning systems. sirens went off at 3:45 yesterday causing some people to think there was an actual emergency. that is because the test is normally done at noon on tuesday. the wild fire burning near redding could be contained sometime today. it has burned nearly 28,000 acres and only 80% contained. 64 homes have been destroyed since lightning sparked that fire. all evacuation orders have been lifted in that area. time now 6:25. just a couple hours from right now the petaluma national little league team will be back here in the bay area. star boys will get a heros welcome after coming in third to the little league world series. >> up the middle. >> they beat panama 12-4 yesterday. they were in the third place

game after that roller coaster u.s. final the day before. petaluma lost that game despite scoring ten runs in one inning to bounce back. >> i had no clue we were going to end up here. and third in the world. our dream came true and i'm proud. >> the team from japan won the championship game. the petaluma kids, coaches, and parents say they are happy to be heading back after 26 days on the road. the team will be picked up in limousines when they arrive at sfo later this morning. then they will get a police escort back to petaluma. then on sunday a parade honoring the team will begin and end at walnut park. on our channel 2 website ktvu.com we have a slide show of photos from the little league world series. just go to it. look under hot topics on the

home page. right now it's 6:26. i want to check back in with sal. covering a few problems around the bay area. >> that is right. we are looking at the east shore freeway. there is a minor accident on 80 westbound. right there between. then they moved to the shoulder. watch for slowing coming in headings we on 8:toward the bay bridge toll plaza. also the morning commute in san jose looks pretty good. no major problems here on 101 north all the way up to cupertino. let's go to steve. thank you. a little warmer inland today. although yesterday was so cool. we will bounce up 7 degrees today. there is still a lot of fog on the coast. coast and bay don't change too much. 60s and 70s. upper 70s and mainly low 80s. coming up on 6:30. tropical storm isaac barreling toward the gulf coast. people are scrambling to get

out of the way as that storm prepares to make landfall on the anniversary of hurricane katrina. we are live at sfo where alleged security breach has surfaced. opening well is about to ring on wall street. we will take you there live. the verdict that could be bad for consumers as well.

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welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. ringing the opening bell live in new york this morning. samsung of course stock to watch oversea took a big hit. and the talk this morning is that that verdict between samsung and apple will not be very great for consumer. it will limit the number of choices because the attack was

on googles android system as well. we'll have more on that coming up on business news. >> we'll smile and say good morning, tow crop chunk for joining it's. >> in the nows for you light now major allegations this morning bussed around safety. tara moriarty tells us this involves some high risk bags they may have well made their way on several flights. >> reporter: whistle blowers say hundreds of bags you check in are getting overlooked. this is according to a yearlong study that the san francisco examiner did where they interviewed baggage screener. they say the manager is more concerned about getting the luggage through quickly so the company can keep the lucrative contract with sfo. six screeners for aviation security allege that hundreds of bags identified by x-ray

machines as high risk bomb threats make it through each day during peak travel times without any human inspection. it's an allegation that isn't sitting well with passengers this morning. >> i have known cases where some people say hey i snuck this in. you know what i mean? >> reporter: so it needs to be stricter? >> i think so. >> would you mind waiting in line longer? >> that is a good question. i would if it's for my safety. >> reporter: sfo spokesperson shot down the allegations saying the security administration audits how it screens the bag perjuriage. they did conduct an initial investigation. coming up find out why if true these allegations could have far reaching implications of more than just here in san francisco. live at sfo i'm tara moriarty.

happening now people along the gulf coast are preparing for tropical storm isaac as it makes its way across the gulf of mexico. more than 50,000 people in southeast louisiana have been told to evacuate before that storm hit. isaac is expected to -- wednesday is the seventh anniversary of hurricane katrina. a state of emergency has been declared in louisiana, mississippi, and alabama. after being battered by strong rain and wind, people in florida are happy to see isaac move on. the storm hit the florida keys and the west coast of the state yesterday. there are reports that three people were killed in two crashes because of wet roads, and flooding and power outages. isaac has delayed the beginning of the republican national convention in tampa florida from today to tomorrow. the 700 member california delegation says the weather is not dampening their spirits.

en -- time now 6:33. overnight news this driver facing dui charges after hitting a fire hydrant in oakland sending that geyser of water into the air. this happened about 12:30 this morning. nor investigators say the driver left the scene then hit the embankment at 85th and railroad. the fire hydrant itself was lodged underneath that car. richmond city leaders and health officials plan to give an update on the chevron refinery fire today. a meeting is scheduled for 10:00 this morning. victims of the richmond refinery fire earlier this month will now have to file their claims by phone. that is because chevron closed the last health center over the weekend. class action lawsuit is forming against the oil company more than 18,000 claim have already

been filed. chevron has not commented on the potential lawsuit. victims of violence are being remembered tonight in san jose. ktvu channel 2 reporter alex savidge is have with more on the vigil that is planned for tonight. alex. >> reporter: good morning. families that have been torn apart by violence in this city will be taking part in a prayer vigil. they will have it right here outside of san jose city hall tonight. this is an event organized by a local church. star of david ministries and chris moor will also be on hand for the event as well. his department is dealing with the recent rise in murders. 33 homicides so far this year in san jose. and a repeat spike in killings police say is fueled in part by a gang war that is going on. san jose is now on pace for a record setting number of homicides. there were 39 murders during all of 2011. now the community is responding. >> save our streets. save our children. >> reporter: over the weekend

the san jose community group black berets held a six mile long march for peace in this city. they say the community must work toward a solution to reducing the violence and say police are only part of that solution. san jose police chief is committing more resources to deal with the violence they are dedicating a special unit of officers to focus on gang crimes and the chief has authorized an $800,000 increase in overtime budget to pay for added patrols. meantime that prayer vigil will happen later tonight. it starts at 7:00 p.m.. we are live this morning in san jose alex savidge. now we know more about the deadly small plane crash that killed five people yesterday in lake tahoe. witnesses heard the plane having engine trouble and then saw the plane turn, dip, and then crash into a meadow near highway 50. the plane is registered to

francisco del maro. he flew to tahoe with his wife, seven-year-old daughter, and two friends. the plane burst into flames when it crashed and that started a small brush fire. all passengers on board were killed. right now it is 6:36. let's check back in with sal for a look at traffic this morning. sal. >> reporter: good morning, pam and dave. we are looking at still a remanence. traffic is backed up. we are showing you a tight shot of it here. i will tell you the traffic is just not doing all that welcoming in. especially backed up approaching the golden gate fields racetrack. it is getting better the fire engines and emergency vehicles left the scene. out to the toll plaza let's talk about the bay bridge. it's backed up for a moderate delay. no major problems getting on the bridge. we also had a minor grass fire

on highway 13 near park. the fire department did take care of that. and let's go out to the south bay. northbound and southbound 17 the traffic looks good. 101 a little slow now. approaching 80 interchange. now here is steve. >> sal, thank you, sir. a very good morning. low clouds around. not as much as yesterday. couple people already said little hint of fog in the air. pam said that to me. and also patrick and redwood shore said fall arrive. remember september and october we can get hot around here. we are not there yet. we do have a little warmer pattern inlapped today. not a lot. temperatures yesterday were very, very cool for those that should be much warmer than low to mid 70s. today cloudy, cool for some on the coast. although the santa cruz coastline is career and dominic spent me a tweet saying it's cool down in watsonville. and it is. clearing around the bay. sunny and warmer inland. i think jumping up about 7-8

degrees. all eyes at least in the gulf tropical storm isaac it will strengthen. it's taking exactly almost an identical path that hurricane katrina took. it is expected to strengthen. there is a little bit of an eye forming. it's getting more organized. but it will as it moves into warmer gulf waters. question is where is it going to end up? probably somewhere between pensacola and new orleans. right now heading more toward new orleans. our forecast mode models go all over the place. back home there is a sea breeze there. upper 40s for some and down toward santa cruz you find something. 50s and 60s between. low up here really means we can't warm up too much as long as it stays there. but it looks like high pressure kicks in for a day here or two. we'll see a little built of a jump up for inland temps. not so much coast and bay. warmer inland. low clouds, sunny. and temperatures now away from the coast will get back in the

low and mid 80s for some. still 60s on the coast. 68 alameda. 84 for morgan hill. 75 fremont. saratoga at 80. 64 half-moon bay. mountain view at 77. not much change through wednesday. maybe a little bump up thursday before another cooling trend kicks in for the weekend. thank you, steve. time is 6:39. why shouldn't you be alarmed if you see a helicopter hovering close to the ground today in san francisco in the east bay? federal investigators know more about that deadly air crash in reno. the final report expected any minute now. westbound 237 showing signsover wear and tear here approaching the sunnyvale area. we'll tell you more about that straight ahead. [ male announcer ] the magic of nature blooms in every seed,

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good morning. low clouds. making their usual push here. it will be a little warmer inland. there is not much of a sea breeze. still 60s and 70s coast and bay. 80s inland. here's a quick look at some of the top stories we are following for you right now at 6:43. serious allegations surrounding a baggage screening company. screeners are accused of

clearing dozens of bags identified as high risk bomb threats. their managers tried to cover it up. and punished employees that spoke out about it. a vigil will be held tonight remembering those killed by repeat acts of violence. so far this year 33 people have been killed in san jose. tropical storm isaac has forced republicans to delay the beginning of their national convention in tampa, florida. instead of starting today, it will start tomorrow. right now tropical storm isaac is headed toward the gulf coast and a state of emergency has been declared in louisiana, mississippi, and alabama. well isaac is forcing republicans to rewrite the script of their convention in tampa. ktvu alison burns is in our washington, d.c. newsroom with the last minute schedule changes and the two big name republicans speaking to the california delegation this morning. >> reporter: we do have new information this hour. a romney campaign spokesperson

is shooting down the rumors that is the convention could be extended until friday. as you mentioned most of the official events are canceled for today. there will be a ten minute symbolic opening session this afternoon. it will be a nearly empty convention hall. we do want to show you here a few pictures from our reporter in tampa this morning of new jersey governor chris christy and hewlett packard ceo speaking to a california delegation breakfast event. there are 750 delegates from california in tampa. party head liners are meeting with delegates at offline events. emphasizing party unity. >> we are looking at a political hurricane in our own country. we are looking at a spiritual hurricane in our land. >> reporter: now party leaders will use that brief opening session on the convention floor today to unvail a giant federal

debt clock. also today mitt romney will be meeting with the head of his white house transition team. reporting live from washington, d.c. alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. the democratic national convention is next week in charlotte, north carolina. this week president obama will be campaigning in three states. iowa, colorado, and virginia meeting with college students. our time is 6:45. two americans soldiers have been killed this morning in afghanistan. the number of insider attacks keeps rising. this happened in the eastern part of afghanistan. afghan soldier is accused of shooting and killing both americans. american troops fired back and killed him. yesterday 17 afghan civilians were also killed in southern afghanistan. they were beheaded. this happened at a music event. insider attacks as we have been talking about are a growing problem. this month alone. 12 american troops have been

killedden if there have been 33 so-called insider attacks with 42 deaths so far this year. last year there were 35 deaths. and in 2010 there were 20. the marine county man known as the american taliban is due in court today to claim the government is violating his religious rights in prison. john walker lindh wants to be allowed to pray together with his fellow muslim inmates once a day. the federal prison where he is serving a 20 year sentence only allows them to pray together once a week. he was captured in 2001 in afghanistan while fighting with the talibans. >> the final report of that deadly plane crash that killed 11 people at last years reno air race is due to be released at any moment now. federal investigators focused part of their 11 month h investigation on on the highly modified race planes tail configurations. fans say they 1:a small piece

of the tail come off the plane before that happened. the ntsb already made several recommendations on how to improve safety for this years races which are scheduled to begin september 12th. helicopter will be hovering a few hundred feet over the ground today throughout the bay area. but we're told there is nothing to be concerned about. allie rasmus is here now live to explain what the chopper is going to be doing and why you may see it and going at such low altitudes. >> reporter: those choppers are part of a federal research program. we will explain what it's about in a second. we are here at the hayward airport in an hour from now some of the federal researchers are going to have a meeting availability. hopefully shed more light on exactly what they are doing here. here's what we know so far. this is a federal government to study naturally occurring radiation levels in the bay area. the department of home rand security detection office and

the national nuclear security administration will fly the choppers with testing equipment over oakland, san francisco, and pacifica. the helicopters will be flying low as you mentioned just 300 feet above the ground and to put that in perspective the new suspension tower of the bay bridge that is 525 feet high. you can imagine 300 feet is pretty low to the ground. the agencies have contacted local police departments to get the word out so that residents aren't alarmed when they see the low flying choppers. they will be flying every day this week through sunday covering 69 square miles of the bay area. in the event of a nuclear disaster or radiation release in the bay area, there will be a baseline level of that naturally occurring radiation to compare it to. now this morning we have reached out to contact the nuclear security administration in washington, d.c. to ask them more about this project. we haven't heard back from them. an hour from now at the airport there will be a meeting

availability where we can hopefully get more information and talk to the people directly involved. live in hayward allie rasmus. 6:49 is the time. let's go back to sal. big nows. >> yeah. there is a participate closure that -- bar closure that will start today. i want to show you some. it will close and not reopen for six years. this is just one of the entrances. the entrance is at stockton and ellis. this is the shun down part of the central subway construction project. very close to the apple store. which is right there on the corner. riders will find signs you have to walk down a block essentially. that one exit and entrance ramp pretty popular gets you out from the bart store or from the apple store. the bart you won't be able to use that for the next six years. i'm sure people will adjust eventually. today is the first day of that

closure. let's move along and take a look at the bay bridge. see a little bit of a backup here. it's backed up to about the end of the parking lot. a little bit more than that. maybe to the 880 over crossing. now let's go to steve. overcast conditions greet us again. not as extensive as yesterday. there are signs that inland temps will warm up a little bit. still a rather strong low sitting up there and right off seattle and also portland means temperatures are really hard pressed to warm up too much. along the coast and bay. there is too much in the way of low clouds and fog. we will go 79 today. the city a couple degrees warmer. now liver mere yesterday 72. going 81. i'm having -- i'm going with the forecast models. i looked at all three and four of them this morning. they were on this. san jose from 71-79. so we'll see. but it looks warmer inland

today. tropical storm isaac starting to get more organized and showing an eye again as it moves away from florida. that is a lot of rain. now the path is heading unfortunately right back toward new orleans or somewhere mt. gulf. it will start to strengthen a little bit. 65 miles an hour moving northwest at 15. heading toward the mouth of the mississippi river. we'll see what happens over the next 24 hours. and consensus they start to waiver after about 24 hours on the path. right now it's heading toward new orleans. we'll see. west, southwest 13. that is not much at traction. 40s napa and santa rosa. down toward watson vail and santa cruz. 50s and 60s between. pretty good looking little low sitting right there. but with the decrease in the sea breeze temperatures will come up a little bit. so low clouds. there is plenty there. it will be warmer inland. breezy by the coast. expect for the santa cruz coastline. which is mostly fog free.

60s and 70s and 80s. 83 walnut creek. 79 san jose. 84 gilroy. los gatos at 81 degrees. 60s on the coast. 70s low mid on the peninsula. not much has changed here. maybe inland temps will come up a little bit. but then another cool down looks to be on the way for the weekend. time now 6:52. and we want to take a look at the big board right now. dow jones down about 26 points to 13,131 number of stocks to watch today. again we probably will stamp ramp -- start ramping up with activity next week after labor day weekend. we have developing news coming out of san francisco. investigating a suspicious package. this is near fisherman's wharf. a fight to the finish on san francisco's bay. it was more than just the sailors that walked away winners. also the price of parking

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welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. we are following developing news out of san francisco. there are reports of a suspicious package near pier 39. it was reported near beach and

powell street. crews are working to determine what is inside that package. we do have a news crew on the way to the scene. we'll bring you more information as soon as it becomes available. developing news at pier 39 this morning. also this week some san francisco parking meter prices will hit a high of $5.25 an hour. this is the seventh parking rate adjustment under the experimental sf park program. the meter cost is adjusted based on the demand, location and time of day. about a quarter of the city meters are a part of this program. the finals of the america's cup world series saw the hometown boats sweep the championship. the two boats flipped the titles from match race and overall event championship. but the big winner they may have been san francisco. zoo thousand people came to the waterfront to watch world class yacht racing. that many is expected in october. and eastbound more in next

years main event. that starts september 7th. the america's cup village will be at piers 30 and 32. the race headquarters at 27 and 29. organizers say the race will be available for the shoreline. that makes it the most expea tar friendly race. let's check in with sal. how is the toll plaza? >> we will remind you we will look at the toll plaza and follow all the other traffic commutes here at the toll plaza. let's go to steve. >> a little warmer inland today. we will go upper 70s and low 80s. still 60s and 70s coast and bay. >> coming up next an alarming report creating new safety concerns about san francisco international airport. what airport workers are saying. we are tracking the big storm heading toward the gulf coast. important new information. we're sitting on a bunch of shale gas. there's natural gas under my town. it's a game changer. ♪

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