here. >> and a meteor causes confusion over the y area. where people think it landed. >> and a big pile of dirt is sitting outside of san francisco city hall. how it's tied to a big event causing a big controversy. mornings on 2 begins now. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu mornings on 2. >> good morning. welcome. i'm dave clark. >> i'm claudine wong. we are continuing to follow developing news out of castro valley. crews responded to a fire at a home on san carlos shortly after midnight. they found a body at the back of the house and alex savage said the fire is suspicious. >> reporter: that's the information we just got from a lieutenant. they have shut off the entire

section of the street. we are being kept back from the home. this death is deemed suspicious by investigators. the body still inside this house. investigators right now are canvassing the neighborhood and talking to people nearby. they are waiting for a search warrant to go in and get evidence inside the house. we are show you what it looked like earlier. it started with reports of a small fire just after midnight. crews put the fire out and found a person dead inside this house on the 2400 block of san carlos. one neighbor noticed the fire but didn't see much in the way of flames, just a lot of smoke. a lieutenant was asked if the body inside had signs of trauma. he said none that he could report. he was also asked if it's a homicide investigation. this was his response. >> not yet. the reason i say not yet is we have no determination that there is a crime here

committed. sometimes people die in fires and it's an accident or something of that nature. also people die in fires based on homicide. we aren't that far into the investigation to determine which is which. >> reporter: the lieutenant said there was nobody else inside the home at the time aside from the victim. it was a neighbor in the area who reported the fire and called the police. now other neighbors are saying that a retired san francisco firefighter lived in this particular house with his girlfriend though we are getting other information just a few moments ago -- a neighbor said she believes and understands that retired firefighter is out of town right now. again investigators are still here. they aren't releasing information on this victim. a name, an age or a gender. they are waiting for the search warrant and they will go inside. live this morning in castro

valley. >> and the story you will only see on 2. a candidate for oakland city council was leading standing near his car when he felt something poke him in the back. he turned to see a man pointing a gun at him. he is running on a platform of cutting back on crime. >> just says no neighborhood is safe. some are worse than others, no question. >> reporter: dan kalb found the situation ironic. >> one man is in custody after barricade canning himself inside a house. police officers and the swat team gathered starting at 9:00 last night. police say about two hours later the man gave up peace approximatefully. still not clear what triggered that standoff. a viewing scheduled for a

woman from hercules who was found inside her home. she was stabbed on october 5th. her body was found by neighbors. two suspects, darnell keith washington and tania washington were arrested last week. police say they were driving a car that was stolen from the victim's home. tonight's viewing will be held at saint patrick's church beginning at 6:00 p.m. >> a fantastic sight in the bay area skies. ann is live in san jose with video of a meteor sighting. >> reporter: probably a lot of hunters gearing up to search for remnants of that fire ball that broke up over the bay area last night. it happened about 7:45 p.m. and several people were able to get photographs and video of it as it streaked across the sky. it was both bright and loud. some say it sounded like an explosion and shook their

homes. experts say that was it going faster than the speed of sound and falling apart. it was probably about the size of a car when it broke up and fell to earth near the martinez hills area. while there is a shower expected this weekend experts say this one makes them question if it's related. police officers were fielding questions from confused drivers left and right. >> i'm at -- willow cove and i saw -- and it kind of went away in the middle of the sky. i don't think it hit anything. >> reporter: the whole thing lasted about five seconds. online people have been posting about it. one person described it as mysterious and beautiful. another said it seemed more like something out of the end of the world disaster movie. live in san jose. >> and we want to see your pictures of that. you can share them on facebook. it's time to drop, cover

and hold onto the help prepare for the next big quake. the great california shake out is being held at 10:18. it comes just one day after the 23rd anniversary of the quake. more than nine million around the state are expected to participate in the drill. >> time is now 7:06. san francisco hosting a contest coming up with a way to improve muni. you will be asked to find solutions to some of the problems they are facing. the challenges include a way to organize electronic information from clipper cards and building realtime trip planners. the winner will get a 7,500- dollar grant. the contest started tomorrow. it runs through sunday. >> let's go back on the road. check out how things are looking. >> reporter: its been slow because it was an earlier motorcycle crash on the bridge. they cleared it rather quickly up to treasure island but you

will see slow traffic at the toll p approximate laza. the accident wasn't on the bridge that long. moving to the san mateo bridge the traffic looks good. no overcast onto bridge. on the bridge. southbound traffic -- some slow traffic and 680 southbound busy onto pleeasonton. >> just looking over by daily city, pacifica, crystal springs, 65 to 70 degrees. sharp park, adam said that and look around there are mild temperatures and still a part of the easterly breeze. much different pattern today, the impressive line of severe weather moved off into ohio.

behind that is a colder system. most of this is tracking north but some of that could rotate around. the bigger news how cool it'll be. 57 game time and then 40 as we get toward the 6th and 7th inning. more clouds, kind of cool and breezy. for us we are looking for a change in the weather. it may be morning, very mild, afternoon, that west wind will kick in because the leading edge of what will be a dramatic cooldown is starting to move in but it's not here yet. 44, santa rosa. 61 officially in the city though i have seen at ocean beach 66. just unbelievable differences in the temperatures. we are seeing a real reversal. temperatures mild on the coast. easterly breeze, 70's, 80s and 80s. temperatures i think are close, still a fire warning or watch. red flag warning, another about 51 minutes. it should end at eight.

the wind is still there in the higher elevations. tomorrow it'll be much cooler. today sunny side up and mild to warm. 70's, 80s to near 90s. a west wind on tap for later today but not before a lot of warmer temperatures. next week looks really cool with possible rain on tuesday, wednesday. today 80 san mateo, pacifica, fog will be back. a big drop in the temperatures into saturday. weekend always in view we will see 60s and maybe rain late monday into tuesday. >> new this morning, news week is is is saying it'll do it's final print edition. it'll go to a digital only format starting in january. they said news week has been increasingly affected by the challenges print advertising environment. access to the new digital limit

will be by paid subscription. >> for almost two decades voters have casted ballots in her garage. why that's being shut down. >> and a fight over face time. why a san francisco father is asking the government to get involved in his argument with at&t.

. clear skies, cool for some, warm for others. normal airports, 44 degrees, for some santa cruz mountains almost 70. it'll be sunny and warm. >> time 7:13. one of the alleged masterminds of 9/11 now accusing the government of torture. the suspect says the government sanctioned torture. he said the almost 3,000 people

killed on 9/11 pales in comparison to the millions he says the american military has killed. the trial for the five accused may not start until next summer. >> the president and romney will be on the same stage tonight. this time at a maker charity dinner. allison report those are both claiming the win in the tuesday debate. >> reporter: the president and romney are both back on the campaign trail, each putting his own spin on tuesday night's town hall brawl. for the president the push is onto win more female voters. he sees romney's comment one that's sparked a massive reaction online. >> we don't have to order up binders to find qualified, driven young women to learn and

teach and start businesses. >> reporter: for romney the theme is obama has nothing to deliver in his second term. >> don't you think that it's time for him to finally put together a vision of what he would do in the next four years? i mean he has -- he has to come up with that over the weekend because there is only one debate left. >> reporter: we are still waiting for the results of major national and swing state polls taken the day after the debate to see if either candidate got a bump in support from the debate. reporting live from washington dc. allison burns. >> a popular polling site is getting moved. according to the chronicle its being relocated down the street. bonnie jones owns the home that's been used for voting said she was told it's because her driveway isn't easily

accessible. she is disappointed but can't change it. the family of a former candidate said he is now on life support and no longer responsive. the 90-year-old former senator was admitted to hospice two days ago. he had several illnesses. he was the 1972 nominee who lost to president nixon. he later was the first global ambassador for hunger. >> investigators waiting for autopsy reports before they tell us the name of the pilot killed in that small plane crash near half moon bay. we already know the plane was registered to a pilot from florida. that pilot was reported missing monday when he didn't land as scheduled in arizona. search crews found the wreck on tuesday less than a mile from the airport. its been a bad year for west nile virus nationwide.

the cdc received more than 4500 reports of human cases here in 2012. 183 of the people have died. california has had nearly 300 cases and 11 of them were deadly. the cdc said the peak of the disease was in august. alameda now has it's first human case of west nile. a man from livermore tested positive after becoming sick last month. he is recover canning -- recovering though. often people over the age of 50 and those with weak immune systems are the most at risk. >> a man filed a complaint claiming at&t won't let him use face time to talk to his wife and kids. he file that after at&t blocked customers who have unlimited data plans using the feature. in the complaint he said the only reason he upgraded was to use the face time video chat

feature to talk to his family when he travels. at&t said customers can switch to a different plan. plan to reorganize the assets of solyndra could be bad news. the foe -- the plan could leave taxpayers with little money in the aftermath of the collapse of that company. >> time, 7:17, a new report is out saying it pays to work at google. the jobs information website called glass door surveyed 15 high tech companies. it found that google paid engineers the most. about $128,000. facebook was two on that list. it's engineers made 123,000, followed by apple, e-bay and zynga.

>> the san mateo bridge shuts down tomorrow night and you won't be able to use it all weekend. workers need to close it to install a new i-beam. a clean will be used to remove 12 sections of that bridge deck to get to the cracked beam. >> that crane will pick up the old deck sections, pick up the new ones, put them in place. >> the bridge will be closed tomorrow night at ten and won't reopen until monday morning at five. if you have to travel you will be asked to use the bay bridge or just drive around. target is planning to open a second store, that just a week after the grand opening of their first city location. the store will replace the old mervyn's. me plan to hire 250 work s. the opening is scheduled for october of 2013.

>> a 21-year-old is in jail this morning charged with a terrorist plot to try to blow up the federal reserve building in new york city. the fbi said he came to the united states in january on a student visa. he told undercover agents he wanted to destroy america by going after the financial institutions. >> he goes to the new york stock exchange, he sees that the significant security there and he shifts his target to the federal reserve bank. >> the fbi set up a sting. the man was later arrested when he tried to use a cell phone to set off what he thought was a huge bomb hidden inside a van parked outside the federal reserve bank. >> another warm day across the bay area. let's take a live look outside at this beautiful morning. some big changes in store this weekend. >> and turning back the clock.

what a stanford researcher said happened to older mice when their blood was mixed with the blood of younger mice. what it may mean for and you me. >> slow traffic here coming over the willow pass. we will look at the rest of the bay area straight ahead. ís

. welcome back. 7:22. a man shot and killed in oakland was apparently targeted because of a minor fender bender. that's according to police. they just released this new surveillance video hoping will catch the suspects. the video shows the 23-year-old charles butler bumping a car while parking outside a store. that led to an argument inside the store. police say butler was later killed the next day by two men linked with the car that he hit. butler's mother is pleading for

justice. >> we just want to live a life where we know that justice has been served and we no longer have to walk around with our heads down and our hearts hurting. >> oakland police are trying to identity the suspect car described as an early model four door lexus. it may have been a dark green or black. if you have any information call oakland police. >> in health news, stanford researchers may have found a key to staying young. they connected the blood system of an old and young mouse mixing their blood together and the study found that young blood reverses some effects of aging. the number of stem cells in the brains of older mice also rose. they hope it can eventually treat alzheimer's. a bad if night's sleep can put you at risk for memory

problems or alzheimer's. researchers in massachusetts say several tests suggested older adults who had problems sleeping may be at a higher risk for alzheimer's. another study found people who didn't have enough sleep had memory problems. >> let's check in with sal. see how the drive is going. >> reporter: right now it's still pretty busy. do want to mention the traffic is going to be reaching the peak at about 7:30. we are getting close to that. let's look at what we have with interstate 280 northbound. it's pretty busy. this is kind of routine, slowing down from 101, a few miles of slow traffic. 101 heavy and slow in the south bay. bay bridge an earlier crash. the traffic is backed up. about 30 minutes or more unless you are in the carpool lane. contra costa, highway 4 slowed

through bay point. then a lot of slow traffic here in haywood from about 238, all the way down to union city. now let's go to steve. >> clear skies, temperatures really cool. santa rosa 44, 60's and 70s, especially along the coast. up in the santa cruz mountains, still the easterly area, also in the east bay hills t will be sunny, nice and warm but big changes in store for tomorrow. baseball, better today but really cool. we could see upper 40s. the forecast, the low is 41. it'll be chilly. something compared to yesterday with that big line of severe weather. the system is inching closer, now its not here yet but the wind is still easterly for some. it'll turn westerly this afternoon. 49napa airport. 44 santa rose a.62 downtown san francisco. i have seen warmer temperatures over by sunset district.

ocean beach. south-southeast santa rosa that's not much. any south direction and also at the napa area that's the sign of a cooler direction. there is still a fight between a cooler direction and the warm one. it'll be sunny, warm for everybody today but then the wind will tail off and some of the cooler lows will give way to a lot of cooler conditions we head in to the weekend. 70s, 80's today. temperatures starting off very warm for some. westerly breeze i think kicks in latetoday. it'll start again on friday and then here come that cooldown for the weekend. looks like rain for next week. >> the oakland department is suffering it's worst shortage in decades. what has been happening as city leaders exfor options. >> and a huge pile of dirt in front of city hall. it's causing a controversy but not the event. the sponsor -- that's causing a mess some say. >> and a sad day for the family of sierra lamar as they

get ready to mark her 16th birthday.

. a san francisco supervisorrer is criticizing the latest big event at civic center plaza. we are live to explain the controversy over the do tour action sports event. >> reporter: the equipment is being loaded in right now and

then practices will begin at 9:30 this morning. you can see right here all of the set up. the skateboard ramps, they simulate two san francisco parks which is unique and then across the street, we pan over to the left, that is where the dirt track is for bmx. the supervisorrer has been critical of the event saying it shuts down the park for a long time but that is not hurting the excitement here. the event kicking off today at 12:30. top notch skateboarders and bmxer like paul rodriguez will compete. they will use the pace for 16 days creating $16,000 in profits. the supervisor doesn't like that the project is sponsored by mountain dew and he said he has heard report that's workers aren't being paid enough and while he is upset that the park

can't be used for people as it normally is during the week longer term use of the plaza has happened in the past. we had the red hot chill peppers and then last year parks and rec brought in close to two million dollars not counting the one million from fees from the out land music and arts festival. so again, this event starts at 12:30. it runs through sunday. it is free to the public and if you haven't been out here to city hall in the past couple days, really its quite a sight. the stands just tower over everything and there are big tents, a section with bikes kids, demonstrations going on. a lot of excitement and later we will talk to people here on the streets and find what their take is on all of this. live from san francisco city hall. ktvu channel 2news. >> the oakland police department may turn to outside law enforcement to try to deal with their staffing shortage. that's according to the tribune

which said officers are required to work overtime right now. right now oakland has 629 officers compared to 837 four years ago. a police academy is underway right now and two more are planned but until they graduate the city is considering paying sheriff deputies and highway patrol officers for months. in overnight two people are in custody after an armed robbery in oakland. that happened at 1:30. someone was held up at gun point in a car on 45th avenue. nobody was hurt. >> police are searching for a missing at risk teen girl. the 15-year-old ruby cruz mendoza was last seen getting in to the car with another man. reportedly the two may be in a relationship. the car reportedly described as tan or silver colored, two door, if you have information

call the police. a sad milestone tomorrow for the family of sierra lamar, the missing teen. it would have been her 16th birthday. she disappeared seven months ago on her way to school. investigators say she is dead. they have charged a man with her kidnapping and murder. family members and friends are still holding out hope. weekly volunteer searches continue even though they have been scaled back to only on saturday. >> a red flag warning is in effect in the mountains. in san leandro there are extra firefighters on duty. that red flag warning is set to expire in about 30 minutes. people in santa barbara are being allowed to return home as firefighters continue to make progress on a brush fire. that fire started early yesterday morning, at one point it threatened a hundred homes in the painted cave community.

it's burning through steep and rugged terrain that's making it hard for firefighters to get near the flames. so far it burned about 25 acres. >> clipper cars reportedly can track your every move and now there is a debate about it. this revelation came when prosecutors subpoenaed information from a suspect's card. some say many card holders would be upset to find their movements are stored on computers. riders can avoid if you buy a card with cash and don't register. there are more details coming in the case of a woman accused of murder while trying to run over her boyfriend. a of the 29-year-old heather howell was drunk during the incident. witnesses heard her yelling

yeehaw out the window of her car. she is facing murder charges for allegedly killing jessie garcia. police say while chasing her boyfriend she his garcia's car causing it to flip over and catch fire. the national hockey league blayer's union meeting again today talking over the latest proposal to end the lock out. the players may come up with a counter proposal. the nhl said it would save the 82 game season. the union called it a small stop forward but said it would cost the players $1.6 billion over six years. >> giants need a great performance today after last night's tough loss in st. louis. >> high fly ball to right. he is in the line up now. >> yuck.

cardinals players max carpenter stunned them with that two run home run. carpenter replaced carlos beltran who left the game with a knee injury. after a three hour rain delay they won to take a series lead. >> last year we -- took us only one error to change our momentum. now just got to stay positive and keep fighting. >> one bright spot, giants second baseman scutaro had two hits. zito will start game five tomorrow. you will watch the game here. we start at 4:30 after a special edition of the news. first pitch will be at 5:07. despite the forecast of scattered showers game four between the tigers and the yankees should be played this afternoon. the game was postponed yesterday because of rain. the tigers have a 3-0 series lead but the yankees will start

their top pitcher. >> cal oca investigating an accident involving an construction worker who fell down a elevator shaft. he fell 30 feet while installing safety barricades around the open shaft . was rushed to the hospital. he did have surgery. his condition reportedly is stable. the first homicide of the year. the suspect is being held in the killing of keith coffee. he was found dead in the front yard of a home early yesterday. it appears he got into an altercation before he was killed. >> a cold war era radar tower will stay standing for at least the next five-years. the open space district voted last night to leave it intact

while spending $414,000 on initial repairs. the total cost of repairing the tower could be as much as three million dollars. they say making the repairs will give them time to race money for all the renovations to save. fire at chevron is creating increased monitoring of air quality. they will have new rules on tracking pollution from refineries. they will hire outside experts to suggest ways to improve the air monitoring system. they say the fire showed the system is geared toward measuring pollution over the long term rather than during big releases. >> time just turning 7:39. what's happening on highway 101? >> it'll be slow in san francisco and there is a crash, 101 southbound as you approach the 280 interchange. you can see southbound 101 is pretty slow around the corner. northbound 101 is okay coming up to the downtown area but if

you are leaving san francisco trying to get down to the airport on the pen slashings it's not the way to go unless you get on the freeway after 280, then you will be fine. you may want to use 280 to 101 instead. taking a look at the bay bridge toll plaza a minor accident for a while. it caused an initial slow down, about a 30 minute delay. the drive on 880 heading south in case you are thinking of the san mateo bridge not great in haywood to fremont. >> thank you. very calm conditions for most of us. some of the higher elevations about 25-mile an hour gusts, east bay hills. little part of an easterly breeze all the way to the coast. signs that could turn around quick. there is a cold front getting closer. it's now moving in to the picture and eventually by this afternoon i think it gets close enough for that turn to turn more westerly. it'll be a sunny day. we are 40s for some.

60s for others. 63 in oakland. 52 antioch. 53 san jose, there are cool reasons, very mild readings. still part of the off shore breeze in the east. now napa airport. not that strong but a direction that would mean cooler conditions. still that easterly wind winning out. 70s and 80s. bay and inland. still red flag warnings out for about another 20 minutes. nothing extended. it's supposed to end around 8:00. high pressure is the fair weather friend but it's moving will give us a sunny warm day. its going to be a warm day for some along the coast until that westerly breeze starts to kick in and that may be this afternoon. the warming ends, not yesterday then today. temperatures are really -- kind of on that cusp of starting to cooldown or stay very warm. they will end up being in the

70s and 80's for many today. 85 walnut creek. alameda 77, livermore 86, 83saratoga. redwood city, san mateo80 and pacifica 70. they may set the highs before 9:00. i think that west wind will get closer. cooling starts on friday. then a big cooldown on the weekend, especially sun and then increasing clouds, rain tuesday. >> thank you. 7:41, he was on his way home from a meeting about neighborhood crime when he became a crime victim. it's a story you will only see here. and a petition in support of a bay area teen who is openly gay and was denied his eagle scout rank. thirty-eight mean? funding. restores what we've lost... music and science labs. and your school. can get a world-class education. and sacramento can't touch it. me?

the sky's my limit. . taking a look at the big board. some stocks are doing well, the dow is still down. the market is down across the board. some blaming those jobless numbers and let's talk about those numbers. economists are saying don't be fooled by this morning's report. unemployment benefit numbers are -- applications jumped 46,000 to 388,000. the government said that the -- the significant increases because of timing as it just processed application that were deplayed from -- were delayed from last week.

. the former special inspector general of the united states bank bailout program said the president has not done enough to prevent the need for another bailout in the future. he said that the president's claim in tuesday's debate that he brought in the excesses of wall street are only partly true because he didn't support efforts to break up the big banks. he said he doubts romney would do better at resolving the problem. >> a story you will only see an two. city council candidate who is fighting crime became a victim of crime. pam cook is in the newsroom with the details. >> reporter: dan kalb is running for the oakland city council and was going home from a neighborhood meeting about crime when he said he became a victim himself. now he said that he was standing near his car shortly after nine last night. he said he was on his phone and looking through his parked car for campaign literature when he

felt something poke him in the back. he said he turned around and saw a man pointing a gun at him. >> here i am myself and -- just tells you no neighborhood is safe. some are worse than others, there is no question about that. >> reporter: he said that the man stole his i-phone, cash and wallet and then told him to run away. he was not injured. so far police haven't released any suspect information. kalb is running on a platform of reducing crime. pam cook. let's go back. >> thank you. san jose police are made an arrest in a homicide they were suspicious of from the start. 26-year-old anthony -- is expected to appear in court accused of killing his 24-year- old girlfriend. he first said that she committed suicide but investigators believe that she was strangled. >> they had a special crimes

unit van over there. you know just like you see on csi or any of those shows. they were there for hours. >> now that the death has been ruled a homicide it races the washington total to 40 which would be a 15 year high. there are been 37 homicides this year. a teen denied his eagle scout status will deliver a petition today to boy scout leaders challenging their stance. he shared his story on the ellen show last week. he said he was denied the award because he is openly gay. he is going to deliver that petition of support this afternoon to the boy scout council. >> a new report said two thirds of college seniors last year finished with student loan debt. the average loan debt more than $26,000. that's up about 5% from the year before.

federal judges ruled the san mateo can sue lehmam brothers for fraud in accounting and security violations. the county lost $155 million when lehmam brothers declared bankruptcy. that led to layoffs and big bumming cuts. other plaintiffs include monterey county, the cities of bur bank, ventura and auburn and the water district. the errors of one of super man's creators -- the heirs don't own the copyright. they wanted to regain the copy rights but the judge ruled they gave up the rights 20 years ago. the >> some say they have found a new planet that looks like earth but say it's unlikely it

has life. a meteor sighting creates a distraction for drivers and police. >> call from somebody down town santa cruz. they were upstairs. they said they saw what looked like a large flash in the sky, possibly -- hit somewhere near boy boy-- hit somewhere near bay front. >> coming up we will have information on where it may have landed. >> private shuttle buses may get some more regulation. transit officials say the buses drop off thousands of passengers every day and often those shuttles drop off passengers at muni stops that crosses delays for muni. they want new legislation. it may require private shuttles

to have permits and also address where operators can drop off passengers. caltrain is hoping people in san mateo will approve a tax like to keep trains running. they want to put sales tax ballot measures in several counties. however caltrain may decide to focus on san mateo since a survey fund 66% of voters there would support a quarter cent sales tax hike for public transit. >> brazen robbery. what witnesses are describing for police. >> and the president weighing in now on american idol and that fight between two of the judges and where he and romney will be tonight. >> and headed back home where sea lions found tangled in plastic will be released this morning.

. a sea lion rescued from san francisco's pier39 is being released today. rescuers caught it last week to remove a plastic package wrap from lieutenants neck. its been recovering. the release will happen at 11:00 this morning. >> out on the water we have new video to show you of the ultimate pleasure boat. its right here in the bay area. take a look. it's called the octopus. it's a 40-foot yacht owned by a billionaire paul allen. it's a 200 million-dollar boat. it has two helicopters, a submarine and a crew of 60. it'll be docked here for five weeks. paul allen owns the seahawks,

the trailblazers. flava flav is face facing assault and battery charges. police say he got into a physical altercation with his fiance after she confronted him about an affair. he is a accused of threatening her 17-year-old son with a knife. >> the president weighing in on the fight between american idol judges. he called into the radio show over the weekend and said he thought they will be able to sort things out. earlier this month tmz posted footage of the argument. the president called carey a wonderful lady and said he doesn't know nikki but he has some of her songs. tonight romney and the president will be back on stage and this time it's for a major charity event in new york city. it's supposed to be funny. how they are talking about

tuesday night's debate out on the campaign trail. >> sal is watching that trail in san francisco. you are watching san francisco right? >> that's right. southbound 101 in san francisco. we had an earlier crash and traffic is new recovering. they removed the crash after it was there for 25 minutes and things are still shaking out. i would use 280. let's go to the bay bridge -- the bay bridge -- san jose, northbound 101, slow traffic there. also slow on northbound 280. i want to let you know there is a 30 minute delay there. we are looking at contra costa. crash on the shoulder. now let's go to steve. >> 49ers, with baseball. they play tonight. >> yes. >> yes. weather will be fine. i think 70s the start, 60s in the 4th quarter. lots of sun. it'll be a cool pattern for the giants.

there could be light rain but it's a much colder system. i think 40s by the 7th inning. they are forecast low -- it's a low of 41. for us sunny, along the coast i saw 74 degrees, my goodness. east wind will do that. 44 up at sonoma county. incredible temperature differences. the inland temperatures running cooler than the coast. east wind the reason being. still there, marin approximate, also east bay hills, little bit in the santa cruz mountains. a system moving in and the temperatures will take a plunge here starting tomorrow. 70s and 80s lots of sun today and looks good into -- friday the coast and bay will cooldown. much cooler for everybody saturday. big drop sunday increasing clouds monday. could seat off and on rain. >> southbound dodgers -- expected -- doctor accused of

exchanging medication for sex. why officers are opening up a separate investigation. >> and a body found inside a home in castro valley after a fire. why investigators believe the death is suspicious. . >> a bright light and a loud boom. where a meteor landed last night and why it had people confused. ñçbñ

. complete bay area news coverage continues. this is ktvu. >> good morning. welcome back. i'm claudine wong. >> i'm dave clark. we he have developing news from where a body was found inside a burning house. this was first reported about midnight on san carlos avenue. alex savage has been there since 4:30. they are calling this suspicious. >> reporter: they are. that body is still inside the house where the fire broke out. we will show it to you. investigators with the sheriff's depth are out here right now. they are talking to people who live nearby trying to get a better sense of what happened. they are waiting for a search warrant to go inside this house

and collect more evidence. a lieutenant with the alameda county sheriff said this death is suspicious though he stopped short of calling it a homicide investigation. this all started when neighbors reported a fire just after midnight. when crews arrived finally knocked down the flames they found a person dead inside the house. it's here on the 2400 block of san carlos avenue. this scene was then turned over to sheriff's investigators and this morning during a briefing the lieutenant we talked to was asked if the body inside had any signs of trauma. he said none that he could report. several neighbors said that the homeowner is a retired san francisco firefighter who lives at the house with his girlfriend. i talked to one neighbor who knows the homeowner and was surprised to see it. >> when i looked out i said what is happening here? finally open the door and i said -- i see something is wrong. i can't -- i can't see him having anything to do with the

body. >> reporter: another neighbor that we talked to this morning believes that the retired firefighter, the homeowner here is actually out of town right now on vacation. that is her belief. that's her understanding. investigators haven't given us any information, they have given us nothing on the victim, not even saying if it's a man or woman. the body that's been found inside this house. again investigators with the alameda sheriff's office remain on scene. they have hoped this off as a crime scene. they are waiting for a search warrant. this investigation could take a long time. live this morning in castro valley. >> one man is in custody after barricading himself inside his oakland home. police officers and the swat team were seen beginning at 9:00 last night. police say about two hours later the man gave up peacefully. viewing is being held today for the woman found dead inside

her home. she was found by neighbors stabbed to death on october 5th. keith washington and tanya washington were arrested last week as suspects. they were found say was taken f home at the time of the murder. tonight's viewing is being held at saint patrick's beginning at 6:00 p.m. >> our time, 8:02, something fell out of the skies t was a meteor. you may have seen it or felt it. ann is live now with more information about it and how it caught a lot of people by surprise. good morning ann. >> reporter: hundreds of people saw that meteor act 7:45 last night. experts were up late analyzing it and people are up early out hunting for remnants. we have video of the fire ball as it streaked across the bay area last night. the whole thing lasted about five seconds. some say it looked brighter than the moon with a long tail and it was probably about the

size of a car when it broke apart and fell to earth somewhere over the martinez hills area. they say the sound people reported hearing was a sonic boom as it traveled faster than the speed of sound. one man wasn't sure what the noise was. >> about 7:45, i was watching tv and it sound like a train went by. i said what was that? we don't live near train tracks and she said i don't know and i didn't know until this morning. >> reporter: if you missed it last night don't worry a separate event, a shower is expected to peak this weekend so you will have another chance to see some saturday into sunday. live in san jose. ktvu channel 2news. >> all right. thank you. you saw it right? >> i did. >> we want to see pictures if

you have them. you can share them on the facebook page. >> a doctor will appear in court on charges relating to giving narcotics to drug criminals and minors. he was the medical director for valley health plant in san jose which is an agency for santa clara county. he is now facing 18 felony charges, prosecutors say he ran prescriptions for addictive drug, possibly to resell them or trade them for sex. >> separate investigations into possible allegations that could include child porn and inappropriate contact with minors. >> prosecutors say a search of his home turned up possible evidence of child porn along with meth and a marijuana growing operation. he declined to appear on camera but is proclaiming his innocence. san francisco is hosting a contest to come up with a way

to improve muni. participants will be asked to find solutions to some of the problems muni is facing. the challenges include a way to organize electronic data from clipper cards and building realtime trip planners. the winner will quiet a 7,500- dollar grant. the contest starts tomorrow and will run through sunday. >> let's check in with sal. can you help the people on 280. >> i can. we have slow traffic there and northbound 280 up to highway 17. pretty slow. it's especially slow as you get closer to 880 and it stay that way -- but don't think 101 is a good alternate because it's also slow, 87 going north. let's move to the toll plaza. its been heavy and slow. we had earlier problems and the lanes lanes slowed down. traffic is backed up for a 30 to 40 minute delay.

there is a new crash northbound 880 in the area of jackson street. it's backed up into union city but southbound is much worse. that's backed up from 238 down to stevenson and heavy traffic as well. contra costa, we had an earlier crash near pleasant hill and a lot of people are on side roads, the alternates like contra costa -- they are jammed. >> thank you. a very good morning. very quiet conditions, very warm conditions by the coast. very cool for some. lot of 40s toward the north bay. there are areas in the mountains, along skyline. from mid60s to near 70. still a bit of the easterly breeze, it'll be sunny, nice. where we will go from one extreme to the other. st. louis okay right now. it's 51 degrees. there is the area of clouds and rain just to the northa iowa.

there could be some rain but i think 50s to start and 40s later on. it'll be a brisk evening for game four. for us we have a lot of sun today. no fog yet. the system that's moving in is getting closer. it'll turn that easterly breeze move westerly. really tough call on the forecasted highs, everybody will have sun. 60s for some, 40s for others, 50s, the warmest temperatures closer to the coast and the beaches but that won't be the case tomorrow. still part of an easterly breeze, mainly marin and over to mount diablo. everybody pretty close on the forecasted highs. i wouldn't be surprised if that west wind kicks in. temperatures on the mild to warm side but i think yesterday was the warmest. i think temperatures come down a couple degrees, still 70s, 80's and this will be it for

the 90's. 70s and 80's for some. mid80's to upper, san jose 82, 81 sunnyvale. low 80s. menlow park. 70s on the coast. beautiful. just amazing. they have the east wind. by tonight also for the 49er game if you are heading out it's nice to start off with sunny, 70's. for us we start the cooling trend for coast and bay. everybody saturday. increasing clouds monday, looks like rain possible tuesday and wednesday. >> police in palo alto searching for a suspect in a very bold bank robbery. take a look at this photograph. this is the suspect at the star 1 credit union. police say he jumped over the bank teller's counter, grabbed cash out of the drawers and then ran away. he was last seen running eastbound on ventura avenue. two hours earlier there was a similar robbery happened at a

star 1 credit union in san jose. that suspect also escaped. investigators aren't sure if they are connected. >> the technology gap, why sam trans isn't getting realtime information to people though its been trying to for years. >> and that five second rule, put to the test. if you drop food on the ground. what you may be eat figure you live by that rule.

. i have to get over to the coast another day, do it today. everything falls off the table weather wise and temperature wise tomorrow. it's beautiful here. we will have 70s and 80s but a big cooldown on the weekend. easterly breeze here. i'm sure these are called bora bora's. this is in colorado -- steve, come on now. hits the colorado rockies. when they come down from boulder into denver, it causes problems. midday power restored to denver. 5500 people without power. windstorms, pretty sure again. severe gusts brought down branches, blew out some of the windows of the federal building and united states courthouse downtown denver. >> romney's track record for hiring women really being looked at after his now famous binders full of women comment during the debate on tuesday night. allison is live now to say how

some are saying the story he told at the debate isn't exactly true. >> reporter: the binders comment has sparked a frenzy online. he said that he went to women's groups and asked for qualified women to fill his cabinet and got binders full. now the coalition of women's group that gave him the binders say that presented romney with information about women applications he didn't ask for it first. either way the president is making a campaign issue. >> we don't have to collect a lot of binders to find qualified, driven young women. >> reporter: romney supporters are coming to his defense and say he filled almost half of his cabinet with women. >> he took it a step further and said i want my cabinet to be filled with? some of the top women in the country, i want to make sure there is equality. he mentors women, promotes their careers. >> reporter: critics say that by the end of his

administration there were dramaticly fewer women. the controversy shows how hard together sides are working to try to win over female voters. reporting live from washington dc. ktvu channel 2news. >> one of the suspects in the 9/11 attacks attacks is attacks is saying the government sanctioned torture in the name of national security. he said the nearly 3,000 killed on 9/11 pales in comparison to the millions he alleges the american military has killed. a trial may not start until next summer. new, news week is a nouning that it'll publish it's final print edition at the end of the year. it'll shift to a digital only format. after 80 years the magazine said that news week has been increasingly affected by the

challenging print advertising environment. access to the new digital only will be by paid subscription. >> a group of oakland students who want to reduce crime are saying how they were robbed at gun point. they were making a film when they were attacked at 32nd street and martin luther king in daylight. they were taping a scene. >> all of the sudden two men came up to us with a gun demanding our camera equipment. we all backed away and let them take it. >> you are looking at a clip from the movie. the students now say they are more, inspired than ever to finish. they need to raise $3,000 for a

new camera. >> we will go to a live press conference. we will following an incident where a body was found outside a home. let's listen in. >> any time you have accelerant with a body you have a suspicious circumstance. that's not to say a person can't commit suicide using accelerants, that's happened in the past for our department investigating those types of cases. we are going to pull out all the stops to make sure what we are doing is correct and if this was a homicide that we have the upper hand. >> [inaudible]. >> nothing we know at this time. we haven't had a chance to search the house. >> sergeant -- [inaudible]. >> that we don't know. the body hasn't been identified. it is the body of a woman. the fire is -- sometimes difficult to tell. >> pretty small, just a smoky

fire. can you talk about the damage inside. where the woman was found. >> unfortunately i haven't been inside so i don't know the damage that was inside or where she was found at this point. >> if there was accelerants involved is that difficult for firefighters? >> that's a better question for firefighters. once the search warrant is brought to us we will go with county fire and arson investigators to go in. it's kind of a dual situation when you have a potential arson. >> was -- was the body burned by the fire? >> i don't -- i don't know the answer to that. again body -- not like you can hang out in the house for a long time as law enforcement until you have a search warrant. >> what gave you indication that accelerant was used?

>> that came from the fire department. so obviously they have experience in that. there may have been smell or could have been a number of things that they determined. can could -- i don't know the specifics. >> where was she found? >> that one was asked. time not sure. >> [inaudible] talking to other residents of the home, have you been able to talk to everybody you want to? >> still looking for some people. we believe there is -- it may not be a situation where they are there all the time but different people have be in the house. we are trying to find who that is. again, we are -- kind of beginning of this. that information could not be accurate even. >> has the owner been contacted? >> that i don't know. >> where was the body found in relation to where the start of the fire was? >> again i'm -- i don't know where the body was found and i don't know where the start of the fire was. >> you know if the victim tried to get out?

>> sorry? >> did the victim try to get out? >> again -- i wish i had a better answer for you but i don't. >> the profession was of the person who -- [inaudible]. >> no. >> what part of the house did burn? like the living room? do we know? >> i haven't been -- i haven't been in there and only been here about ten minutes. i don't know. >> have you been able to reach anyone else at the home? >> think i this -- we have been trying to contact people that live in the home. whether they have i don't know. >> [inaudible] was there any kind of trauma to the body beside the fire? >> at that point there is no known -- other trauma. however, since we haven't been able to go in the corner hasn't arrived, there hasn't been an investigation. >> what are we waiting for? >> search warrant. >> okay. >> you can repeat again, why you think the fire is

suspicious? >> again. when the fire department got here, they believed that an accelerant had been used, possibly. any time you have an accelerant along with a body you -- that's going to be automatic suspicious. doesn't mean that the person didn't commit suicide. we have had cases like narcotic recently we had one. you know -- can't just assume that. >> you --. >> you have been listening live. that's sergeant jd nelson holding a press conference just to update you. this was a fire reported around midnight on san carlos avenue. a body was found in the house. what they are waiting for right now is to get a search warrant to go in and search. they are waiting for the coroner to arrive on scene. they are calling suspicious. they are trying to track down people. this is a developing situation.

alex is out there continuing to follow up developments. >> all right. a parking fight blamed for a deadly shooting in oakland. the new video to show you that police and the family hope will lead to a break-in the case. >> and we have another warm day ahead. it's beautiful outside right now. up next we go to steve who will tell us about some big chances ahead for the weekend forecast. >> good morning. southbound 101 traffic you can see a little slow in marin. we will tell you more about the morning drive and the bay weather. trouble, we all should help out. under thirty-eight they do. more a year. bucks. money for schools. every school dollar must be... spent on student learning. student wins.

vote yes on thirty-eight. . a man shot and killed in oakland was apparently targeted because of a minor fender bender. that's according to police who released new surveillance video. it shows the 23 -year-old charles butler bump a car while parking outside a store on 45th and market last december. that led to an argument inside the store. police say butler was killed the next day by two men associated with the car he hit. butler's family is pleading for witnesses to come forward. >> i know -- that there are people out there who have the -- that when they see this video it'll touch their heart that they have to come forward and have these guys charged because they are dangerous. >> police say they are looking

to identity the car which is an early model four door lexus that's dark green or black. if you have information you are asked to call the police department. >> let's go back to sal. see how the drive is going. >> i want to remind you as we have been telling you there is a 49ers game tonight at candlestick park. game time 5:20. that will interfere with the afternoon drive in and out of san francisco. keep that in the back of your mind. northbound 280 san jose. this traffic looks okay. little slow. normal but there haven't been any major problems on the way in but that slow traffic that we normally see. slow traffic on 101 though it hasn't been that deep. pretty slow, palo alto both directions. as you cross the bay 880 southbound will be bu. bay bridge backed up for about a 25 to 30 minute delay. tonight because of that niners game it should be back up again

getting into the city. >> clear skies, sunny, warm today. nice, very warm for some. lots of 60's to near 70. little bit of a part of an easterly breeze on off shore wind. so, that gives us very mild conditions. other locations very cool. especially toward the north bay. we had mid40s but santa cruz mountains in the 60's to 70s. different situation in st. louis. it's really going to be cool. now -- the blast of severe weather has moved off but still a little system to the north. there could be light rain but it's more cloudy to mostly cloudy and very cool. 57 game time with 40s by the 7th inning. it'll be breezy, cool, brisk evening. for us it'll be sunny. nice and warm but 45 santa rosa. half moon bay airport about 73, across highway one it was 61.

de-- it won't last. that system coming in to the top of the screen will give us a west wind and a cold dynamic system will dig in to the pacific northwest over the weekend. today temperatures in the 80's, 70's, tomorrow they start to come down. it'll be all right and that fog will be back. increasing clouds, possible rain tuesday into wednesday. >> stepping up the search now for a missing girl. the photograph released by the police and why they are asking for your help. >> we are live in san francisco where a huge pile of dirt sits in front of city hall. what it's for and why some are angry about it. >> and just in two hours now state ride shake out will take place. getting ready for the next big quake.

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. san francisco city hall the setting of a major action sports event today but in the everybody is excited about it. we are live at civic center plaza. the controversy over the dew tour. >> reporter: in one hour the practice will begin and the event actually kicks off at 12:30. if you look behind me you can see city hall in the background and we have the skateboard course. this is actually where the dirt course is for bmx. one supervisor has made it clear that he doesn't appreciate the monster take over of the plaza. he said the competition closes the park for a long time. it'll use the space for 16 days, generating close to

$300,000 in profit. we found a person who feels that the supervisor is right . >> it's a big -- it seems like anybody would with a corporate paycheck can take over public lands and there is a limited amount of lands available. >> reporter: the supervisor doesn't like that the event is co sponsored by a soda company when he said san francisco has worked so hard to fight ob esity. >> >> it's -- showing exercise at the same time. at least there is a balancing act. >> reporter: the event said it's a plus for san francisco in the profits and longer term uses have happened. we have a dream force event last month that includes a performance by the red hot chill peppers, that created

$100,000 in revenue. last year the department brought in close to two million for renting this space. again the event starts at 12:30. it runs through sunday and is free to the public. top notch preformers among the athlete that will be here. traffic should be a little tricky because they have the road in front of city hall shut down and they will affect other streets in the area. live in san francisco, ktvu. >> thank you. baseball the giants hope tim will come through today with a big performance to help the giants even up the championship series with the cardinals. >> 2-2 pitch. high fly ball to right. he is in the line up now. >> he got all of that. last night the cardinals beat the giants, 3-1. carpenter came off the bench and hit the two run homer.

he replaced beltran who left with a knee injury. scutaro came back from his own knee and hip injury. >> just -- what happened to my knee and hoping to -- get back in the line up and help the team win games. >> he was one of the bright spots for the giants. he recovered from monday's take out flag. he had two hits. tim, tim starts tonight, zito starts game five tomorrow. you can watch it here on ktvu. it starts after a special edition of ktvu news. the first pitch back in st. louis is at 5:07. despite the scattered showers back east, game four of the american league championship series between the yankees and the tigers should be able to be played this afternoon. the game was postponed yesterday because of rain. the tigers lead the series three games to none but the

yankees are sending out their top pitcher. >> a 15a-year-old girl has gone missing and could be in trouble. ruby cruz mendoza was last seen yesterday at park lane. she was getting into a tan or silver colored two car car with a 29-year-old. the two may be in a relationship. police are asking you to call them if you see them. sad milestone for the family of sierra lamar. it would have been her 16th birthday. she vanished seven months ago and it's believed she is dead and they have charged a man with her kidnapping murder. family and friends continue to hold out hope. weekly volunteer searches continue though they have been scaled back to saturday only. >> overnight news oakland police investigating an armed robbery. police say someone in a car was robbed at gun point.

it happened on 45th avenue. two people were taken in to custody but only one of them is considered a suspect. no injuries were reported. no the oakland police department may turn to outside law enforcement to deal with a staffing shortage. that's according to the tribune. they say the department is getting by right now by requiring their police officers to work overtime. right now oakland has 629 police officers, compared to 837 four years ago. an acad my -- an academy is underway but until they graduate the city has considered paying deputies and highway patrol to fill in. >> california grape growers expect a bumper crop as ventures overseas have a bad harvest. bad weather could lead to the worst european harvest in 50 years but their loss is california's gain. they plan to produce more wine

to make up for the lack of production and that should lead to lower prices here along with the opportunity for a california wine makers to send more product overseas. something new about the food you eat if you believe in that five second rule. you may not after you hear this story. the five second rule says food is safe to eat if it's scooped up from the ground in five seconded but a new study find it's plenty of time for germs to attach to food. they dropped baby carrots, and they say that count irtops were the worst. >> time is 8:37. four years ago sam tran started to begin providing passenger was realtime bus arrival but a lot of passengers still don't have it today. only four stations have realtime arrival and departure

information from gps monitors. that information is not available online or at 511 which they can use to track delays. a spokesperson blamed technical issues and said it should be available soon. >> let's go back out to sal for a check of the roads and how are we doing? >> i think we are okay. for the morning you are going to see -- expect slow traffic of course. oakland at this time heading up to downtown. you can see the slowing there as you drive up to downtown but it's nothing unusual. 580 also slow. at the bay bridge we have a back up. its been steady and slow all morning log. we have had a couple of accidents. remember tonight likely to see at back up into the city and delays because of the thursday night football game. 49ers are hosting the seahawks. the game is at 5:20 which puts it in the middle of the an,

evening and we will see delays on 101, 280. the drive is little bit slow. i should say a lot slow. 880 from 238 down toth southern part of fremont. 8:38, let's go to steve. > candlestick bull weather. probably start the game in the 70s. temperatures start to drop fast but it's a beautiful day there now. temperatures, coast, bay, in the city, in the 60's to near 70 degrees. still easterly breeze, different story for the giant's game. it'll be very cool, brisk, could be rain, most of it staying north in iowa. if there is any delay i don't any anything like yesterday. just mainly chilly. for us sunny, very mild temperatures, 40, 50, 60. big difference, coolest temperatures in the north bay. especially from the valley,

some of the higher elevations, east bay hills but a westerly breeze, santa rosa, still nothing at san jose. the east wind though means 70's and 80s, lots of sun but we will go from one extreme to the other. the leading edge moving in to the picture. temperatures today though under sunny and warm conditions for many. i still think that west wind shows itself later today. the warming will end. if it didn't -- it'll be warm today but the temperatures will bring temperatures down tomorrow. some of that off shore breeze or the easterly breeze. it'll turn more southerly than west. cooler weather starts to move in friday and does it in a big way. saturday -- much, much cooler sunday. looks like clouds cooler. maybe rain late monday, more likely on tuesday. >> yelp cracking down on fake reviews. some businesses reportedly have

tried to manipulate on the website. they staged a sting operation aimed to catch businesses posting inflated reviews and we are told they caught a moving company and two repair shops. starting today their profile pages will feature a consumer alert warning people those businesses were taught tampering with the reviews. >> a new list of the best public universities in the country. uc campuses take five of the top ten slots in the united states news and world report list. berkeley was followed by ucla, then davis and san diego tied for 8th. santa barbara was 10th. the largest for profit university will close half of its facility. the university of phoenix will shut down 115. they are going to lay off about 800 employees. the university wants to focus more on popular programs and

campuses. the university offers degrees in multiple areas. > foiling a terror plot. how the fbi said they found out about and stopped an attack in new york city. >> i felt like -- you know -- i was going to get shot. then he said run. >> a candidate for oakland city council robbed at gun point moments after leaving a neighborhood crime watch meeting. >> a woman found dead inside a home in castro valley after a house fire. what investigators found inside the home that makes the death seem suspicious.

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from last week. they say a more precise break down of the job market shows modest hiring. protesters holding another strike in greece. police tried to keep the peace but there are been minor fights between police and protester. hundreds of thousands walked off the job to demonstrate against a new wave of austerity measures. about a quarter of the greek population is unemployed. >> in just about 90 minutes you will be asked to drop, cover and hold on. the great california shake out begins. preparing for the next big quake. it starts at 10:18 this morning. all this just one day after the 23rd anniversary of the quake. a meteor may have fallen in to the martinez hills.

people said they saw a bright fire ball in the sky around 7:30 last night. heard the sonic boom too. we are bring you the live report on how all of that distracted drivers, that's in a few minutes. the house fire in castro valley being called suspicious after a woman's body was found in the house. firefighters first rushed there to that home around midnight. alex savage has been there since 4:30. >> reporter: we just got a briefing a short time ago from a spokesman for the sheriff's office saying that the reason they believe this fire and the death that resulted from it is suspicious is an accelerant appears to have been used. the body of that woman still inside this house that's just up the street from where we are. investigators are still waiting out outside of the home.

a spokesman we talked to stopped short of calling a homicide investigation. it all started just after midnight when neighbors reported a fire at this house. this is on the 2400 block of san carlos avenue. fire crew was able to come in and put out the fire. they aren't saying where the body was found, how she died is unclear. there is no known trauma to her body. several people said the homeowner is a retired firefighter who lives here with his girlfriend. a briefing a spokesman described the suspicious nature of the fire. >> when the fire department arrived, they believe that an accelerant had been used and any time that happens and you have a body that's automatically suspicious. >> reporter: investigators have not yet identified the woman found dead. they can't even give us the age

for her. they are waiting for a search warrant from a judge to be signed so that they can go inside the house and september. they will bring out their crime lab and arson investigators will be out here at some point. they expect it'll take much of the day to process the crime scene. we are live. alex savage. >> and now to a story you are only going to see on two. a city council candidate became the victim of a crime after leaving a meeting about fighting crime in oakland. sam cook with the story. >> reporter: dan kahlb called police and said he was robbed right in of the neighborhoods he is trying to make safer. he is run to city -- he is running for city council in oakland and he was going home from a meeting addressing the crime issues in the city. he was on his cell phone shortly after nine last night. he said he felt something poke him in the back and turned to see a man pointing a gun at

him. >> i hear crime, crime, crime in almost every part of the district. you know it's -- now i feel it firsthand. >> reporter: he said that the man demanded his wallet. later his neighbors called to tell him that his car doors were left open and he found his car had been ransacked and his phone was also gone. now he described the incident as ironic since he is running on an anti crime platform. >> 21-year-old is in jail charged with a terrorist plot to blow up the federal reserve building in new york. the fbi said that the man came to the united states in january on a student visa. he told undercover agents he wanted to destroy america by going after the country's financial institutions. there are also reports that he discussed wanting to target the president. >> he gets the student visa

underred pretext of being a student in a college in missouri and he comes here with -- again the purpose of committing some sort of jihad here in the united states. >> the fbi set up a sting operation. he was arrested when he tried to use a cell phone to detonate what he thought was a massive bomb hidden inside a van parked outside the federal reserve. >> your time 8:50, that strange light and the loud boom scared a lot of people who they called the police. >> did you see a very large meteor come in -- very brightly? >> it was wild. where it may have landed and why we may see another this weekend. >> and its been a slow drive across the bay bridge this morning. that is a live look at the toll plaza. sal with the final look at the traffic

. a meteor shower rights up the night skies and ann is live in san jose where she just spoke to a sciencist about the unusual sighting. >> reporter: that's right. it was a startling sight. the met, eor stopped some in their tracks and prompted others to call the police. it was overhead about 7:45 last night. it could be seen from santa cruz to napa and beyond.

some people even managed to get it on camera. it only la about five seconds but it appeared to be a bright white orb with a tail. it made a loud boom and then broke apart. it was probably about the size of a car, then fell to earth near the martinez hills area. despite the fact there is a meteor shower expected this weekend they don't think this is related. >> the timing is wrong. the direction is wrong. so it's probably one that is called a sporadic. >> we were coming home from water bowl game and i was driving and -- he was -- i just saw a shooting star and -- i was like probably a plane landing or -- not a shooting star but he was excited about it. we didn't hear anything but he was really excited soy guess i should have believed him.

>> reporter: there will probably be hypotheticaller -- hunt s out hunters out looking for remnants. >> we want to see pictures if you have them. >> salas we come to you, caudine was looking right at it. . >> scared me. >> i was telling pam i thought i was seeing things and thinking -- this is what happens when you get older. you start seeing things. it was real. thank you. i feel much better. good morning. let's go out and take a look at the bridge. heading heading out to the high rice. now the traffic is going to be busy. remember the bridge will close this weekend and next weekend for some retrofit work. they will be -- closing the bridge friday until monday

morning so please give yourself that in the back of your mind and plan on using the dunbarton bridge. . finally improvement. it's about a 25 to -- delay into san francisco. people will come from the east bay and the peninsula. one of the things i want to show you is that 880 southbound, pretty busy traffic heading south from haywood to union city. 80 -- super slow this morning as you head down to the freeway. give yourself plenty of time and just -- more time. all right. let's go to steve. >> all right. thank you. sunny, nice to warm today. temperatures 70's and 80s. could see maybe the isolated 90 or so.

still the easterly breeze. giants it'll be really cool and breezy in st. louis for the 49er game. we start a cooling trend tomorrow and then the cooler weather kicks in on saturday, sunday, no doubt monday, increasing clouds, like some rain next week. >> start looking for the umbrella. >> temperatures will drop about 30 degrees. >> that's --. >> what do you mean? it's that time. >> i know. i just don't have to like it. >> all right. that's the report for this morning. thank you for trusting us. we will see you the next time news breaks. >> be sure to join us at noon. why this is a big day for sea lion who made headlines and of course we are here for you on the website and mobile ktvu. thank you for joining us. have a great one.

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