be gang related. right now firefighters are trying to determine the cause of a fire in san carlos. firefighters say the fire was hard to fight because the building was cluttered and the flames were hard to get to. and 24 hour fifth necessary was hard to get to -- was also hard to get to. firefighters just knocked out a house fire. this is at shafter antigenning. -- and jennings. it may have been sparked by an under -- unattended cans tell. a man was shot in the stomach at 9:00 on pioneer

road. a neighbor reported seeing two men kicking on the ground. police have issued a countywide search for the suspect who was last seen driving a 2012 jeep. investigators say the pilot of the single engine plain took off just before 6:00 yesterday morning. he was scheduled to land in tucson arizona zone in. so far there is no sign of the plane. san francisco giants game 2 of the national league series they are now tied at one game a piece. one with of the big stories, matt holiday slid in, 2nd base. tried to break a double play

and roy halladay made an error in left field and scutaro got away with it. >> he really didn't hit dirt until he was passed the bag. mark go was behind him. it is a shame somebody got hurt in this. >> iish wishes he would is slid further. and now for game 3 tomorrow afternoon, you can watch it with us right here on ktvu channel 2 morning news. our begins at is 2:30. -- 1:30 -- 1230 testimony it.$♪ 12 year veteran is

a caused of -- accused of using information to help a woman in a custody fight. lancaster is the man on the other side. he said the information cost his client custody of his two sons. >> i don't know what would possess an officer to access confidential information, stupidity i would imagine. >> they have named controversial in that custody case. a woman has filed a complaint against a bus company and its owner. she was killed in july when the door of the bus she was on somehow opened during a fight.

investigators say she fell out of the bus and was run over the party bus and its owner neglected safety standards. san francisco city hall, it was one of the -- he was one of the four americans killed during the attacks by while in benghazi. the memorial is scheduled to begin at 430. secretary of state hillary rodham clinton is taking responsibility. the obama administration has been criticized for reportedly denying questions prior to attack 275 posts, the president and the vice-president certainly wouldn't be knowledgeable about specific decisions that are made by

security professionals. >> hillary rodham clinton said she has appointed a panel to investigate the attack on the consulate. >> they are facing off in their second debate. coming up, we will have a different format on tonight's debate and president barack obama is stepping up his game. >> here in the bay area, the mountain view city council is appealing chick fillet restaurants. many who live near the proposed site are appealing. they say it will lead to more accidents with bicyclists. right now they want to get an early morning look at the traffic. , here is sal.

up to the speed limit in these areas we can see a little better, not as much fog and westbound looks good heading out to the mcarthur maze. traffic here looks good as he come into the city. here is what i can see north pound traffic -- northbound traffic looks good getting to highway 17. here is steve. we have some fog over the next few hours we'll see if that holds on collapses. i mean $60 for lows mid-60s to 50s. high pressure is pulling so it be nice and although a little

bit warmer and it is tomorrow things kick in and each day we are adding a few degrees and maybe a record high by thursday. a significant cooling trend kicks in for the weekend. they will be hosting the super bowl in 2016 or 17. nfl owners are expected to make a meeting and if they did san francisco will be the host city and the game will be played in santa clara. it will be the second bay area stadium back 1985 and the final is not expected until may. and the fine san bruno should pay because of the explosion an extensive media

explosions he has been chosen to leave those talks. questionable expenses were billed to the port of oakland that we uncovered. we will tell you more about the morning commute and bay area weather.

. president barack obama and mitt romney face off this is a town hall meeting, and renee has more on what we can expect tonight, good morning, renee. >> reporter: good morning. so the two men, they will come face to face tonight and in a race that is simply too close to call.

tonight the undecided voters will get to ask the questions. going into the second presidential debate, mitt romney has momentum on his side. >> his campaign is about smaller and smaller things and our campaign is about bigger and bigger crowds fighting for a bright future. >> just weeks ago president barack obama held a substantial lead but the latest race is deadlocked. he had a week performance in denver. >> he knew as he watched the tape of that debate he has to be more energetic. >> the president has been preparing at williamsburg virginia making just a brief appearance. >> reporter: his advisers say he will be more aggressive hitting back and at times

hitting back at bane capital and more intent on fact checking. >> the president can change his style, he can change his tactics, he can't change his record and his policies. >> the town hall format can keep them from being overly aggressive. >> it is hard to be over heated when answering a question from a nice young woman a nice old man whoever asks a town hall question. >> there is just three weeks until the election. >> reporter: and tonight it goes to the best who connects with the audience. >> on our website www.ktvu.com if you can't get to the television, it starts at 6:00 and a special addition of ktvu channel 2 news will immediately follow the debate.

u.s. senator george mitchel's talks about the san bruno pipeline. >> he is known for investigate steroid use and now he is serving as talks and pg&e who is responsible. they say media talks are the best way to resolve the case and bring closure to the people of san bruno. i want to go back to sal to check on traffic, how is it going, sal? it looks good, 80 westbound looks very nice heading out to the mcarthur maze with no major problems. also the morning commute continues to look good if you are driving into san francisco. no major road delays into and out of the city. and if you are on downtown

freeways, yesterday if you notice it is clear in san jose. 4:45, let's go to steve. we have a little bit of a breeze, everything says sunny, mild to warm. we didn't have that yesterday. things are not as foggy yet. we'll see if some of that develops. 60s on the lows. it tells you it is pretty mild to warm and we are starting off very, very mild. a system is moving into the north, higher clouds look like they are disappearing. it will be sunny nice to warm. keeping an eye on that, see if it continues around 6:00 as it did yesterday when it was really thick. 60s and 70s and 80s, we will continue that especially on thursday. it looks to be the hottest day. coast, bay inland, it looks like things are turning around

fast, it will be a big cooling trends into early next week, pam? vice-president joseph biden is scheduled to attend a funeral for senator arlen specter. president barack obama has the flag flying at half staff. than they had a shooting, the latest just after 9:45 last night. one victim is said to be in critical condition. police are also investigating three -- four other shootings and there have been no arrests in any cases.

oakland police had a tense standoff. police were called to a home in west oakland yesterday morning after receiving a tip that jackson was inside. nearby homes were evacuated as a precaution. several hours later they stormed the house where they believed the suspect was hold up but only a dog was found inside. they have uncovered questionable expenses billed to the port of oakland including a $4,500 strip club tab. he claimed he was doing business there. he wrote on the receipt claiming it was a dinner reception including executives from hyundai and burlington santa fe railroad. but the rail has no -- railroad has no record of them being there at that time. >> did you think mr. want was

doing business there at that time. >> he was also at a high-end restaurant and massage parlor. the port held a closed door meeting last night but would only say they are hiring an attorney to look into the expenses. first amendment lawyers say they may have violated state law and the port commission called the first closed door emergency meeting last thursday under pending litigation. instead they hired a $400 public relations' consultant and brought him into the meeting. he refused to comment. a judge ruled yesterday there is enough evidence for

max michael wade to stand trial. he stole guy fieri's lamborghini. a trial date has not been set. a south bay woman suspected in a series of neighborhood arsons is out of jail. she was arrested saturday after investigators saw her setting a fire in san jose. she posted bail yesterday but it turns out she lives in the complex where the fires were recently set. now they are trying to find out if she is connected to those other fires. now dozens of people are suing their former landlord. 41 plaintiffs claim they knew of substandard conditions.

they claim the fire started in the elevator control room. we have some good news for the upcoming holiday season, the company is ready to hire tens of thousands of employees. plus, halloween, how much are people expecting to spend this year and we will have more on how it compares to last year.

. welcome back, consumers are spending extra for halloween. 7 in 10 plan on celebrating halloween and will spend 80 per person, up $72 from last year. >> halloween celebrations are at school, they are everywhere. >> americans are projected to spend a record $8 billion for halloween this year. many are hiring thousands

of season all ploy -- seasonal employees. they plan to higher many at fulfillment seasonal workers. wal-mart executives will add 50,000 in toys-r-us so they will be needed 45 temporary employees. amazon said a lot of those people will stay on after the holidays. let's take a look at some of those pictures now. there are no major problems if you are driving on the east shore freeway coming out to the mcarthur maze. also the morning commute looks good on interstate 880, this traffic is moving along well with no major problems here. if you are driving on highway 24, it looks good, between walnut creek and oakland, that traffic is moving along nicely.

so we are off to a nice start, let's go to steve. crescent city a couple of hours ago saw heavy rain. next week it could dip further south and maybe we will get into some rain but today everything points towards 60s and 70s and 80s. still there is more of a breeze this morning and 50s and 60s on temperatures. everything will start lifting -- lifting to the north. the key once we get that system going pie, that will not allow temperatures to go up.

without that north, northeast wind it is tough to stay warm. wednesday into thursday, a few record highs possible. a pretty significant cooling trend is on your weekend, pam. national hockey league, plan to assume negotiations. nfl lock -- nhl lock out has called off 82 games in the first two weeks of the season and more cancellations 0 could happen if a deal is not reached soon. a deal is being proposed along the san francisco waterfront. yesterday, they presented sketches with a multipurposeful project. tonight's meeting begins at 6:00. coming up next in our 5:00 hour, the report claims the

department has taken a big step backwards with. also find out what happened in the city's mission district just hours ago. good morning, we will look at the golden gate bridge, traffic looks good but they are changing the lanes over and if you are driving there soon give yourself a little extra time if you are headed to san francisco.

. time now for the ktvu channel 2 morning news. this is ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> thank you for joining us, i

am pam cook. >> welcome back. >> good morning, i am dave clark, let's check the weather, but first let's go to steve, how are we looking so far? >> it will not take long to start warming up. there is some fog especially closer to the coast but it looks like a sunny and warmer pattern today. sunny and 80s here is sal. you might see some flashing lights and that's their way of switching over to the morning commute. again we don't see any of the fog we saw yesterday heading out to the peninsular. it is 5:00 let's go back to the desk. topping the news, an early morning fire forced the evacuation of a business. it started at 12:30 on washington street. christian captain is there wher