not today. fog is back. now it's mainly low clouds here impacting us. temperatures today starting their trend down. 60s and 70s and a few low 80s. if you are driving on highway 4, you can see it here highway 4 pretty crowded in antioch. a little slow traffic in pittsburgh. it still looks good in bay point as you drive over the point. also the willow commute continues. we begin our 6:00 hour with developing story. officers tried to pull over the suspects car at eddy and lagoon that streets at 2:00 this morning. the suspects did not stop and drove off. they fired at police. no officers were hit. they did crash into a taxi. officers say the entire incident could have been far

worse. >> the fact that they -- you don't know what you're coming up on. in this case now the officers know what they're coming up on goes to show you need to be cautious. >> police were able to catch one of the suspects. the other managed to escape. the taxi driver suffered minor injuries in that crash. alex savidge is out there on the scene. we'll have an update in 30 minutes. time now 6:01. a deadly overnight shooting in oakland is under investigation right now. it happened at 106 and voltaire avenues at 9:00 p.m.. the victims body was found on the sidewalk about a block from a shopping center. right now we don't know the man's name or a possible motive for that shooting. oakland police also investigating another shooting it happened at 79th avenue. that one happened at 8:30 last night. we have very few details though. the victim was rushed to the hospital. we have no word on the victims condition. the san mateo bridge will shut down later tonight and

stay closed for the entire weekend. ktvu tara moriarty is live in hayward right now to tell us about the work that will be done and how you can get around that closure. tara. >> reporter: big repair job going on this weekend and next. the dead tour starts at 10:00 tonight and will run until 5:00 monday morning. here's what cal tran crews plan on doing. installing a new seismic joint. it's all along a crashed beam. discovered during a routine inspection back in october of 2010. the reason they picked this weekend well it's still dry outside and it's not game aged don like we had. >> when we weighed all the factors, this was one of the better times to close it. >> reporter: and the niners of course not playing this weekend here. new repairs are being paid for

by toll funds. the bridge which spans about seven miles carries up to 92,000 cars and trucks each day. again reopening at 5:00 monday morning and during that closure, we do recommend that drivers circumvent this area by taking the dumbarton and 237 or perhaps the bay bridge. live in hayward i'm tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. president obama and mitt romney traded one liners at a charity event in new york last night. >> i've already seen earlier reports from tonight's dinner. headline obama embraced by catholics. romney dies with rich people. >> some may have noticed i had a lot more energy in our second debate. i was really well rested after the nice long nap i had in the first debate. >> coming up at 6:15 new polls hint at what could be a controversial ending to the race for the white house. now the number of harassment and discrimination complaints

by congressional employees rose sharply over the past five years. that is a according to a new report. the congressional office of compliance review shows 142 people claimed discrimination harassment and hostile work environments in 2011. it's about three times as many in 2007. the report is designed to see if the law enacted in 1995 is having an impact. it requires congress to comply with the same rules as as private sector employers in terms of discrimination. time 6:04. >> happening right now it's something that could impact the way people get paid in the south bay. ktvu ann rubin is at san jose state. ann. >> reporter: the students are camped out right now. they are hoping to draw attention to the measure on the ballot this november. they want the minimum wage raised from $8 an hour to $10.

they say simply $8 an hour is hard to live on. not everyone thinks this is a good idea. yesterday oakland a's owner lou wolf came out against the measure and some business owners who don't think they can absorb the cost. >> the way the economy it will be hard. >> they will talk about job less and there will be a threat, they did that in san francisco and other places but the job losses didn't materialize when the ordnance went into effect. >> reporter: proponents of measure d say that cities that have raised the minimum wage found there has also been less turnover among workers to. they plan to be camped out here on campus until 7:00 a.m.. live in san jose ann rubin. time is 6:06. for the first time in his 115 year history, the big game

between cal and stanford is in october. they will fight for the ax tomorrow. and th ye is the 30th anniversary of the play. 1982 remember? cal scored that winning touchdown after five laterals. look at that. big hit. the big game is traditionally held on the third saturday of november. but this year the pac 12 athletic director said that caused problems for the league master schedule. the traditional friday night bonfire rally has been changed because there is a bob dillon concert at the greek theater. students will hold a rally at edward's field instead. the oakland raiders playing this weekend against jacksonville. that came could be blacked out. locally on television. however the nfl is giving the raiders a one-day extension to sell more tickets. because of a new rule they can declare a sellout if they sell 85% of their tickets. the raiders will be playing the jacksonville jaguars sunday.

the raiders are coming off a loss to the falcons. the jaguars had a bye week. right now 6:07. i want to check back in with sal. any problems for the commute? >> no problems. as a matter of fact we are doing pretty well. we are thinking about the traffic on across the bridges and checking that. it still looks pretty good. there is a little bit of a backup at the toll plaza but it's not a huge backup. also the morning commute looks good on interstate 880 in oakland. there are no major problem there is. and if you're driving in san jose also a nice drive. so i don't know what is going on, maybe we will have a friday light or just a little bit early. steve. >> sal. >> my schools play their rivalry games this weekend. my high schools game. cal-stanford, big sports weekend. >> you know i'm a stanford fan. >> i know.

we have st. louis cloudy, light rain right now. it looks like it will be better this evening but not very warm. mostly cloudy. temperatures upper 40s and low 50s. the rain should end but it will be a cool and breeze s pattern for us you can see some gray. from yesterday to nothing. it was warm. it was hot as you know coast bay inland temperatures just as warm by the waters edge. today everything comes roaring down. i mean some of the low clouds are coming in. ann tweeted me i can see clear clouds that are moving fast. everything says we are taking the temperatures down. today and tomorrow is low clouds. 50s and 60s. kind of mild air mass. delta breeze is back and picking up in intensity. temperatures will drop 25 degrees by the coast. fog is back.

still low 80s inland. but i think we will see those disappear by tomorrow and earl next week we'll have highs in the 60s. 60s and 70s and 80s today. 72 berkeley. 79 san jose. 74 san mateo. daly city, pacifica goodbye to the 80s and back to the 60s. increasing clouds, rain mopped into tuesday. big weekend for the san jose earthquakes. the record they are hoping to break as they break ground on a new soccer stadium. simple trial this one involves her. britney spears. accusations leveled against her by her former manager. a new information about the deadly attack on u.s. consulate in libya. the cia cable sent by libya.

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time now 6:12. new information about the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in libya. the cia station chief in libya sent a cable to washington within 24 hours of the attack. saying it was carried out by militants not by a mob angry about an antimuslim movie. the obama administration said publicly for a week that the attack that killed four americans was a result of mobs

that were protesting around the muslim world because of that movie. los angeles police department announced it's opening up dozens of murders that could have ties to the manson family. police are in a legal battle to obtain audio tapes recorded in 1969 between manson follower charles watson and his attorney. the recordings were made after watson's arrest for his role in the deaths of sharon tate and rosemary. the colorado movie theater with a gunman killed 12 people and injured dozens of others is being renovated. it's in response to a survey sent to 6,000 people asking what should be done to the building. 70% said it should be remodeled and reopened. stunning new poll out this

morning. one of them any way. showing mitt romney opening his biggest lead yet nationwide. but as alison burns report there is are other polls out showing the president making important gains. >> reporter: this morning analysts are talking about the possibility of romney winning the popular vote but president obama taking the race. two men shared the same stage in new york last night as a new gallup poll was released showing romney up by 7 points nationally. the other showed the president making gains in iowa and wisconsin. both candidates got some laughs at vice president joe biden's expense. >> i was actually hoping the president would bring joe biden along this evening. because he will laugh at anything. >> for people to say barack you're not as young as you used to be. where is that golden smile? where is that pep in your step?

and i say, i'm trying to run a cabinet meeting. >> president obama campaigns today in virginia while mitt romney will be in florida watch where the candidates spend their times in the last couple of weeks is a critical indicator for where they think they still have a chance of winning. reporting live from washington, d.c. alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. time now 6:15. a report about britney spears her former manager claims she was addicted to prescription drugs. that's one of the new details coming out in the liable trial against britney spears. the attorney for former manager claims britney spears was addicted to drugs and shaved off her hair in 200720 keep the courts -- 2007 to keep the courts from finding drug residue in her hair. he is suing for defamation, brief of contract, and liable. he claims they had a deal he

would get 15% of her earnings as a her manager. prosecutors claim 28-year- old giselle esteban was a sociopath. the man accused in pacifica's first homicide in 12 years is schedule ford face a judge for the first time this afternoon. police arrested 24-year-old mark anthony in the connection of the death of 24-year-old keith coffee. the two got into some kind of fight. officers found coffee's body in front of a home on wednesday morning. if you have had your bike stolen and watching craigs list to see if it has showed up, you now have help. there is a section called rack

love the site then searches online ads for bikes matching that information. it's not as easy to sell stolen bikes than the number of crimes could go down. battle over turf at a san francisco soccer field is going to court. there has been an ongoing battle about installing turf and lighting. the new lawsuit claims the city overlooked the health risk of chemicals used in the turf. san jose earthquakes are hoping to set a new record when they break ground on their new soccer stadium this weekend. they want to have the most people taking part in a ground breaking ceremony. record right now 4532. the ground breaking scheduled for 11:30 sunday morning on coleman avenue.

the new stadium is scheduled to open just in time for the 2014 season. 6:18 is the time. sal what are you keeping an eye on traffic? >> we're looking a the contra costa county pam and dave. we will start with highway 4 this time around. and check it out here. this camera allows us to see a good stretch of highway 4. the traffic is moderately heavy. when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza it has filled in. it is backed up to the 880 overcrossing. if you are driving in san jose traffic does look good on 101. a little bit of slowing just near 880. i'm pleased to say right now in the south bay we are off to a decent start. let's go to steve. thank you, sal. happy friday. even though we have fog back it's still rather mild for

some. sfo is 66 degrees. it was so warm yesterday that some of the warm air hasn't been mixed out yet. but it will be fog is back. we are getting more of a beryl breeze. or at least a southerly breeze. yesterday was that final day for very, very warm weather and record highs. today the fog comes back. much cooler. by sunday increasing clouds. cold front gets near. westerly breeze is picking up. still a southerly breeze for some. more westerly than i expect. temperatures which were way above average are sliding down a good 20-25. fog, sun, it will be cooler. westerly breeze. low clouds, fog. there areas where the fog is low. 60s and 70s and 80s on the temps. we'll continue that theme into saturday. increasing clouds sunday. a big drop on the temps monday as it looks like the first rain from the north for the season arrives and takes us into tuesday. >> thank you, steve. >> uc san francisco medical center will cut jobs before the end of the year.

the san francisco business times reports this morning that ucsf plans to eliminate the equivalent of 300 full-time positions. the hospital says it needs to take that step as it prepares for health care reforms and other challenges. other local hospitals have announced similar cost cutting pressures. google offering a low price laptop to consumers just as microsoft and apple continues to release their major gadgets. it will sell for $249. laptop will run on an operating system reinvolving around googles chrome web browser. it goes on sale next week at best buy and online. 6:21. oakland hospital getting nationwide attention may even win an oscar at the academy awards. we'll tell you which hospital and where you can see this new documentary. potential treasure hunt after that meteor sighting in the bay area this week. thirty-eight. schools. 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.

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channel 2 morning newses. the hunt is on for the meteor that crashed in the bay area. these are shots from news chopper 2. we flew over the area yesterday but didn't notice anything unusual. whoever find part of that meteorite could strike it rich. it could be worth tens of thousands of dollars. investigators believe an accelerant was used to start a fire at a castro valley home where a woman's body was found inside. authorities spent all day yesterday at the house on san carlos avenue. the fire started early saturday morning. they are not yet calling the death a homicide. the house is owned by retired san francisco firefighter who live there is with his girlfriend but he is reportedly out of town. time is 6:25. apple just lost a legal battle against samsung in the united kingdom and apple was ordered to publicly apologize. samsung did not copy apples registered design for tablets.

the court said in part that the galaxy tablet does not infringe on apples product because the samsung products were not quote as cool. back here at home next friday is the deadline for the city of oakland to investigate problems with its e-mail system. now this stems from the possible federal takeover of the oakland police department. police chief howard jordan said he never received e-mails sent in the past week from a federal monitor. those messages involved concerns about chief jordan's recommendation to discipline several members of the police department for infractions. it's getting oscar buzz for the best documentary. starting today they will scream the entire documentary. it's called the waiting room. a film that explores how the

public hospitals struggle to care for thousands of largely uninshired patients. the movie is already won awards at film festivals across the country. you can view that documentary in oakland. time now 6:26. let's get everybody out the door, sal. what is happening on the roads? >> right now it's getting busier dave and pam around the bay area. we are going to look at the south bay. this report looking at northbound 280 getting up to the valley here. it's not that bad. and the same thing goes for interstate 678 -- 680. this is a big commute. so far so good as you drive past free hospital into san jose. low clouds are back. very, very mild. a lot of lows in the 60s right now. the fog is back. the westerly wind is kicking in

as well. that means temperatures will start to come down. 60s and 70s. still upper 70s or low 80s. if you like a westerly breeze you will enjoy today and maybe even more so on the weekend. a wild fire now burning in lake county. the mandatory evacuation in effect and the progress made so far. shots fired at san francisco police officers after they tried to pull over a car early this morning. we'll tell you how the shooting ended with a violent crash. the opening bell is about to ring. wii taking you live to the new york stock exchange. you can see the mcdonald sign there. there is a reason for that.

welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. right on time this morning. if you don't recognize that symbol on the new york stock exchange. it's the flag of turkey.

the administer of finance is there. earlier we showed you the new york stock exchange. there is a little mcdonalds sign there. that is because it disappointed the streak on its profit report. it was better than expected in sales but profits off and the stock is looking to open down about 3% this morning. we'll have more business news coming up. we'll smile and say born to you. thank you for joining us on ktvu channel 2 morning news. it is a friday, october 19th i'm dave clark. >> and i'm pam cook. >> at this hour san francisco police are searching for a gunman that fired shots at san francisco police just hours ago. everything started at an early morning traffic stop. ktvu alex savidge is in san francisco. you've been on this since 4:30 this morning. what do you know alex? >> that car refused to pull over for san francisco police this morning. and someone inside actually fired shots. at least one shot in the direction of officers. no one was hit though. after the shooting the car sped

off and eventually blew through this red light at franklin and eddy and collided with a taxi cab coming the other direction. the white cadillac going close to 50 miles an hour as the two men inside ran from officers. the cab driver who was hit suffered only minor injuries. the two men inside that car they got out and ran off. police eventually moved in and they were able 20 arrest the passenger but the driver escaped and still on the loose at this point. san francisco police are are telling me this began about 2:00 this morning when officers tried to make a traffic stop for a light that was out on the license plate of that car. the car never even stopped when the shooter inside just opened fire on officers. they say they were not actively pursuing the car at the time of this mornings accident. >> the fact that they activated the lights the car attempted to pull over and shot at them and took off. they didn't even have a chance to accelerate with the car to pursue it.

>> reporter: this out of control sheered off the top of a parking meter here. we watch as one of the police officers carried off the top of that meter and put it in a patrol car this morning. police have not released the identities of the two men inside that car. it's unclear at this point why they refused to pull over this morning and why they opened fire on officers. police now have the passenger in custody but they are still searching for the driver in that car. right now firefighters in lake county are battling a wild fire in clearlake. cal fire says crews have prevented that fire from moving forward. but at least 300-acres have burned. there are still mandatory evacuations in effect for the mercy springs area. the fire is about 20% contained. and fortunately so far no injuries are reported. time is 6:33. sentencing is scheduled today for a man described as the

instigator as a gang rape. manual ortega is expected to get a 32 year prison center as part of a plea deal. ortega and five other men are charged with gang raping a 16- year-old girl outside of a home coming dance back in 2009. a former hercules teacher who was killed inside of her home will be laid to rest today. funeral services for susie ko will begin at 10:00 this morning. a husband and wife from southern california have been arrested as suspects in her killing. and in a crime spree around the state. they were arrested last week in the seattle area. ktvu news investigation prompted a confrontation last night at a port of oakland board hearing. >> we are outraged. >> we are outraged. the media has exposed what we've known all along.

>> the media talking about us at ktvu because union leaders shut down the meeting. james quan spent thousands of dollars of port money at a strip club, massage parlor on liquor purchases, golf outings, and at a barbershop and the channel 2 report revealed those expenses. >> i think it shows the continued disrespect and often disdain that the port senior management and commissioners have for the employees at the port of oakland. >> sources tell us the board voted unanimously behind closed doors. the acting director is expected to make a decision on james quan after the results of an investigation come in which could take several weeks. alameda county a step closer to having a new crime fighting tool but it's also being criticized. coming up at 6:45 we'll tell you what the sheriffs

department plans to buy and why some say this could be an invasion of privacy. happening right now dozens of people camping out at san jose state. they are hoping to send a strong message to voters. ktvu ann rubin is in san jose with how their message could impact you. good morning, ann. >> reporter: good morning. they have been here all night as part of the seventh annual poverty under the stars event. this years focus raisings minimum wage. measure d actually originated in a sociology class here on the san jose state campus. it seeks to raise the minimum wage from $8 to $10. still some disagree. oakland a's owner lou wolf who owns the san jose earthquakes and fairmont hotel has come out against the measure. still students here think the change is necessary.

>> this $40,000 minimum wage worker that are living paycheck from paycheck are about on the streets. >> it will be hard to increase prices. what will be the answer? we have to cut labor again. >> reporter: supporters say in cities that have raised the minimum wage there has been less turnover among workers. live in san jose ann rubin ktvu channel 2 news. time now 6:36. tonight game five of the national championship series the cardinals beat the giants last night 8-3. so it's a must win game for the giants if they want to go back to the world series. >> up the middle. that is a base hit. >> see that the cardinals got on board first in game four last night. tim lincecum was on the mound for the giants. the giants did get offense. home run pablo sandoval but it wasn't enough. the cardinals won 8-3. there

it's not -- >> it's not that different from what we experienced in the last game. we were down 3-0 but we did it. >> barry zito will be pitching for the giants tonight. he will be facing the cardinals lance lin. conch begins at 4:00 this afternoon with an early edition of ktvu news. that is followed by the pregame show at 4:30. first pitch at 5:07. either the cardinals or giants will be playing the detroit tigers in the world series last night the tigers swept the yankees. beating them 8-1. game four of the american league championship series. the world series starts next wednesday at the home of the national league championship. you will be able to see the entire world series right here on ktvu channel 2. 6:38 is the time right now. sal, how is the traffic?

is it getting busier? >> we just found out about a new crash in contra costa county. highway 4. let me read it. at bailey road westbound. so it's a motorcycle crash in the right lane. we will try to find out more about that. let's two to the maps. we do have another motorcycle crash on the peninsula. northbound 280 near wood side road watch for the slow traffic there to perhaps build up because the fire department is on the way. i do want to mention that traffic into san francisco still looks pretty good. 101 and 280 and no major problems. and then we're looking at 80 between pinole and richmond. you will see a little slowing already coming down to that area. if you are driving to the san mateo bridge any time soon, remember it will close this weekend. but right now it is doing pretty well heading out to the high-rise and to the peninsula. and at the bay bridge toll plaza we do have a backup from the 880 overcrossing and the metering lights are on.

let's go to steve. yesterday record heat. it's still rather mild right now. william diaz tweets me he's in the mission. he says steve i'm just dying here. it's too hot. it's 63 and no wind. that is true. there is a westerly breeze coming in. sfo at 66. janet tweeted me at san ramon a very balmy 66. look what has come back in a big way and that is fog. for thursdays highs were in the 80s and 90s. we'll drop from 85 to 64 even though it's about 62 right now. 50s and 60s on the temps. but the first of what looks to be many systems on the way. fog, low, clouds, sun. it will be cooler. high temperatures come down. they will come down 60s and 70s and 80s. and we'll see 78 walnut creek.

68 alameda. 82 morgan hill. 78 santa clara. 77 wood side mountain view. 61 daly city. cooler saturday. increasing clouds sunday. rain monday and tuesday. someone just asked me yesterday how much rain will we get? the bay area may not get much. that is because the western united states is expected to have unusually warm and dry weather this season. that is from the national oceanic administration. >> you know where your umbrella is? >> of course in my car. [ laughter ] we have new information about another damaged boat that will be competing for the america's cup. what happened yesterday during testing out on the bay and the social ceremony that is now getting pushed back. the san mateo bridge will be shut down this weekend. we'll tell you what crews are doing and why they picked now to do it. good morning opinion. on southbound 101 coming in

through the marin county area so far so good.

good morning. it's going to be cooler today. boy it's really warm right now. especially along the coast. a lot of 60s. the west wind will kick in and temperatures will start to come down. 70s or low 80s.

welcome back. good morning, to you. here's a quick look at some of the top stories we are follows for you right now. just hours ago shots were fired at san francisco police officers who were trying to pull a car over. no police officers were hurt. though suspects crashed into a taxicab as they tried to escape. one of the suspects was captured but the other one is still out on the loose. president obama and mitt romney are back campaigning again after appearing at a charity dinner last night. the president has campaign in virginia and mitt romney will be in florida. cal and stanford will fight for the ax tomorrow in the 115th big game. and this year is the anniversary of the play. the san mateo bridge will be shut down in just about 15 hours from now for a seismic upgrade. tara moriarty is in hayward

this morning with why it is happening this weekend in particular. tara. >> reporter: cal tran crews strategically picked this weekend in order to get the repair work done on the san mateo bridge. one of the major factors was the fact the 49ers weren't playing. those games obviously generating a lot of traffic. here is what happening. crews are installing a new seismic joint and replacing 50 feet. they did a do a temporary fix then but now it needs to be permanently repaired. there we want to do it after the dumbarton closure but before the rainy season hits. you want to be able to do this during the dry season. >> reporter: the new repairs are being paid for by toll funds. the bridge goes from foster city to haywards. the detours will start at 10:00

tonight. they are scheduled to end monday morning at 5:00. you are urged to take the dumbarton and bay bridge. and be forewarned you will experience the exact same closure the following weekend. live in hayward i'm tara moriarty. six people are dead. at least 78 others injured after a massive roadside bomb went off in lb. bonn. bonn-- lebanon. it's not clear right now if the explosion was targeting any political figure. but in recent months lebanon has seen a rise in clashes stemming from the civil war in neighboring syria. back here in california a dale man arrested on pornography charges may be connected to a terrorist plot to blow up the federal reserve bank in new york. he was arrested after the fbi

found 1,000 images of child pornography on a computer that was traced back to him. court records indicate carter has connections to a 21-year- old man arrested in new york on wednesday in an fbi sting operation. time is 6:47. alameda county is closer to having a new crime fighting tool. the sheriff wants to buy an unmanned surveillance drone for search and rescue missions, bomb throats, and more. some are worried about private invasion and safety. so far they have only tested those drones. if they get the grant money. the first could come next year. for the first time in a wicked a boat has been damaged. now their crew took the catamaran on the bay yesterday to test it out. they heard noises and brought it back to be insect spec--

inspected. they found a problem with the front beam. oracle team boat was badly damaged on tuesday when it capsized. the 72-foot catamaran will be sidelined until early next year. you can see the 131 wing sail was shattered. now they have to rebuild it. let's back over to sal. he was talking about a new crash. >> that is right. we have a couple new crashes. the first one being on the peninsula. we will start off with a look at 280 because 280 northbound looks pretty slow now. it's beginning to get slower. as you head up to the valley, it's beginning to get slower near 880. 280 is also the scene of the crash we talked about last time. northbound 280. motorcyclist or a deer hit by a motorcyclist i should say.

880 is getting busy. new crash in contra costa county highway 4 westbound near bailey. there is a crash involving a motorcycle there off to the right hand side. still may be causing slow traffic. bay bridge will see a backup there of about 15-20 minutes. not as bad as it has been the last few days. let's go to steve. low clouds are back. nicole tweeted me a little misty drizzle in the marina. others have no breeze at all. but it's on its way. yesterday the final day. at least in the pattern we were in million very warm temperature. everything is being replaced. that warm air is trapped though. that is why the low is along the southeast wind. we will see high temperatures continue to fall off the table here the next couple of days. mainly 60s. 64 hayward. there is mid 60s all over. san jose is one of the cooler ones at 58. along with santa rosa at 59. the westerly breeze is showing

itself. there is 66 at sfo. that is really, really mild. trend is to be on a cooler pattern. that's what with have here. fog, sun cooler. after yesterday's sunshine beautiful warm weather. we will continue that right into your weekend. now increasing clouds. low clouds on saturday. increasing clouds on sunday. rain developing monday and tuesday. time is 6:50. mcdonalds reported third quarter income fell nearly 4%. the largest hamburger chain says the stronger dollar hurt its international results. about two-thirds of the companies sales are overseas. mcdonalds say net income fell to $1.46 billion. that is down $50 million. mcdonalds is part of the dow. a new survey shows gift cards topped holiday wish lists of one-third of all american women. most of them have a specific retailer in mind. but the american express survey

says only 11% are likely to get what they want as men worry gift cards are not romantic or personal enough. the second most popular choice is jewelry. especially diamonds. the survey shows 27% of them are likely to receive that. one of the newest no bell prize winners for medicine is getting something he really needs besides half of the prize money. he said he was fixing his washing machine when the nobel prize committee called to tell him he won the prize. along with a british researcher for their work on stem cell research. he said there has been such a flurry of activity since then he still hasn't fixed the wash mag sheen. today the science administer gave him a gift certificate for a new washing machine.

the halloween costume shortage that is being blamed on presidential election. highway 4 we have a motorcycle crash here. you can see even though it's pulled off to the side it may be causing slow traffic here. we'll tell you more about this.

welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. dow jones down 88 points. live look at the big board. the nasdaq and s & p also down. they are down more than a half of a percent on disappointing earnings mostly. new this morning twitter now removing racist posts by a german group. this comes after a french jewish group threatened to sue twitter. the tweets were posted in french. they included slurs about the holocaust. this is the first time twitter has acted on its policy of local censorship. another person died in the nation-wide meningitis outbreak. the death toll now at 20. more than 250 people have become sick. the food and drug administration is now confirming they found fungus in unopened viles of steroid injections made by the new

england compounding center. more viles are being tested. the federal trade commission offering $50,000 for anybody who is creative about the way to get rid of row bow calls. the money will go to the people who come up with the best ideas. starting tomorrow residents in the south bay will have to start dialing extra digits to make a local call. santa clara county is adding a new area code. 669. it will be joining the familiar 408. now with two area codes in the same region, residents now have to dial one then the area code of the enormity are calling. the first presidential debate made one halloween costume surprisingly popular. they are out of big bird costumes for adults.

no time to make anymore for halloween. let's go to sal. tell us more about that crash. >> that is right highway 4 if you are driving through bailey road there is a motorcycle accident there in the center divide. watch for slowing at the scene because of the activity. and quickly we'll take a look at the peninsula northbound 280 near wood side there is a motorcycle accident there. now let's go to steve. big changes today. a little on the coast. also in parts of the city. low clouds have made it out to brentwood. it will be a different pattern today everyone though it's really mild. 60s and 70s and low 80s. coming up next on mornings on 2 developing news from san francisco we've been following since 4:30 this morning. shots fired at police officers in the cities western edition.

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