after a fire ripped through a home near 880 and mallory. we'll have the latest. a shockingics accident at -- a shocking incident at the san francisco 49ers game. and heading back to the bargaining table. we'll have the latest on what officials have planned for today. all ahead on the ktvu channel 2 morning news. good morning. thank you for joining us here is a live look at that wild fire burning on mt. diablo. that fire started of course yesterday afternoon. we understand it has grown dramatically since yesterday evening. we will get to that in a moment. it is monday, september 9th i'm pam cook. >> good morning, everybody i'm brian flores in for dave clark. let's get your day started with weather and traffic. steve is keeping an eye on

that. hey steve. >> i was tweeting with alex savidge and asked him what elevation. fire officials tell him it's been moving up toward the summit. so those canyons might make it a little tough. 50s and 10:s at the surface. yet you get up anywhere from 1500 to 3800 feet and it's very, very warm. this is mt. diablo. 77 west at 12. we'll take that over an east winds. that is for sure. humidity very low. fuel just bone dry. and forecasting the area it looks like it will be very hot. it won't take long. we'll go 80 by 8:00 a.m.. it's already 77. and between 9:and 100 later today. let's hope we can hold on to a little bit more of a westerly breeze. 67 near antioch. and brentwood. 65 in livermore. 51 santa rosa. 63 san jose. san francisco 54. it will billion hazy kind of smoky. livermore will be 99 today.

another sizzling day. if you are anywhere by the coast san francisco as well. there is a lot of low clouds in place. there i will only be 68 degrees. forecast today calls for a lot of coast and bay. cool to mild to warm to hot. coast bay fog. it will be warm, hot inland for one more day. there is not much of a sea breeze. 60s to 90s and near 100. steve, we have a traffic scene that is getting a little bit more crowded. we will start off with the toll plaza. that traffic is moving along slowly. they have turned the metering lights on. and the traffic will be busy. as we mentioned. coming up it's backed up to the 880 over crossing. we are hoping for normalization of the bay bridge toll plaza as the newness does wear off. no problems on that deck by the way right now. this is a look at san francisco northbound 101 on the left. you can see traffic moves well approaching the 80 split. we do have a crash in the santa

clara valley. northbound 101 near the expressway. injury crash here. and traffic is not that bad. as a matter of fact i'm looking here at the commute. and you can see the road sensors not really showing a lot of slow traffic yet. but it looks like it's going to start building. 6:02 let's go back to the desk. we begin with developing news from the east bay. a fast moving wild fire continues to burn out of control on the slopes of mt. diablo. and the fire has exploded in size. alex savidge is joining us live from the fire lines with the latest numbers. alex. >> reporter: good morning. yes firefighters are hoping they can get a break with lighter winds and cooler temperatures later on today. that could be the case here. this fire has grown significantly over night. the latest figures we got from cal fire 1500 acres burned. let me give you a live look at what we are seeing. we're on marsh creek road. just outside of clayton. you are looking up toward mt. diablo where this hillsidison f

speaking with a representative from cal fire, he is telling me that parts of this fire have now burned up close to the summit of mt. diablo. that is about 3800 feet. more help is coming to try to contain the flames. i'm told 15 strike teams. cal fire strike teams from around the state will be joining this effort later on today. that means 100 extra firefighters joining in. there have also been throughout the night a number of hand crews that have stayed out here. they tried to create control lines and corral this fire and stop its spread. let me show you the scene from yesterday. this fire is 10% contained. after it broke out at 1:45 yesterday afternoon near morgan territory road. throughout the day, helicopters and air tankers were making drops on this fire. evacuations were ordered for about 100 or so homes. as the homes and ranches were threatened in this area so far the good news no buildings have been lost in this fire. the dry brush in this area and the gusty conditions yesterday

allowed this fire to grow very quickly and later today cal fire will be bringing in a lot of special equipment to navigate what is difficult terrain. >> we are relying on the wild land engines. the shorter bases that have more access into the rugged hillsides. we've got a lot of engines coming in from all over the state. we have bulldozers. hand crews. >> reporter: at this point it's too early to say what started this fire. it could take several days to fully control it. cal fire is setting up a base camp at a park nearby in dublin and by later on today once they get the strike teams out here, there could be more than 400 firefighters involved in this fire fighting effort. the other part of this will be the air attack. that will begin i'm told later  on this morning at 8:00. they are bringing in two water dropping helicopters to make drops and two of those air tankers will also make drops on

the leading edge of this fire. the morgan fire still burning. basically out of control. we will go back to you guys in the studio. >> hey alex it's steve. can you hear me? >> reporter: yeah. >> you told me on a tweet i'm very familiar with the area. is it moving up mt. diablo toward the summit in do you know? >> reporter: it is. and so those steep canyons are allowing the flames to burn essentially straight up. so yeah. that is what they are saying. at least this portion of the fire that we are looking at which is the northern edge of this fire. the north western edge of the fire and it's burning right up toward the summit of mt. diablo this morning. and you know, that is not necessarily a bad thing. according to one of the cal fire representatives i was talking with this morning. obviously once it gets to the top there, there is nothing left to burn. >> what about the weather? i know the fire creates its own wind. i've been showing westerly. does that verify what you are

sees there? >> i have to tell you right now the conditions are extremely calm. right now you would be hard pressed to notice a breeze at all. is but cal fire expects the winds to pick up. they are not expecting things to be quite as gusty as what they saw yesterday. >> are the cal fires going to pull any tankers or any of the air drops to fight this fire? >> that is a real good question. i don't know if they are pulling resources away from any of those numerous fires. that is certainly something we will check on with cal fire. >> thank you. nice job. >> as alex mentioned the huge fire on mt. diablo led to mandatory evacuations just before midnight the evacuation order went out to people living on the trail ride road area. a total of 100 homes now evacuated. local homeowners tell us they have seen many wild fires on mt. diablo over the years but

say this one just seemed to keep growing. >> ktvu tara moriarty is out getting new information from an evacuation center this morning and she will have a live report coming pup the official evacuation center by the way the clayton community library at 6125 clayton road evacwees with horses can go to heather farms park in walnut creek. or the contra costa county fairgrounds in antioch. at our website ktvu.com we have a slide show of the viewer photos we've been receiving since that fire started. you can find it on our home page under the images tab. we are also following breaking news from knee mont where three people had to be rescued from a house fire. janine de la vega was the first on the scene.

janine. >> reporter: yes. that is right. and firefighters tell me they have this fire contained. although there is still a lot of smoke in this area. this is a neighborhood near 880. the fire is still smoldering. it did effect the power in the neighborhood for some time the electricity is out. but it appears to be back on. now this started at 4:30 this morning a 911 call kale in that a house was in flames. when firefighters arrived they immediately went in to rescue three people who were trapped inside. we were told they were pulled from a side window. >> we ended up with two firefighters injured. moderate injuries. they have both been transported to the hospital. >> reporter: pg&e is on the

scene. a fire captain told us that the power was out because of the fire. it's unclear why or how wide spread it was. as i mentioned we did see the streetlights come back on. now during this fire fight the roof did collapse. and all the firefighters had to move out of the house and start attacking this fire from the outside. just for their safety. when i spoke with neighbors they told me a couple lives in the home with their son. and right now we are assuming that those were the people that were rescued. there are police officers here on the scene. they were asking lots of questions. trying to confirm who was in that house. what their identities were. just to get a little bit more information. as far as we know right now, we don't know what their conditions are at all. as far as the firefighter goose we know it was minor moderate injuries. reporting live janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news.

>> thank you. this morning the chp is still controlling traffic through an area of sonoma county effected by a 40-acre grass fire. it was first reported yesterday afternoon near highway 121 north of eighth street. that is just south of downtown sonoma. investigators believe the fire mate have started by sparks that came from a tow truck. the fire also spread to a nearby palette factory causing propane tanks to explode. at least six structures were destroyed. right now traffic is slow on highway 12. san jose state university police are investigating the discovery of a body on campus. a man was found dead yesterday morning. police have not released any information about the victim or cause of death. it is unclear if the man died where he was found. on friday a 46-year-old man was shot and killed.

police arrested a man in connection with this murder on saturday. on saturday night police say a man stabbed his wife to death at a home on dakota drive. deputies say it started as a domestic dispute. a man fell to his death on a walkway outside of candle stick park at the san francisco 49ers home opener. a viewer sent us this photo of the scene after the fall. it happened at about 1:30 yesterday afternoon. police say an unidentified man in his 30s was walking on the elevated walkway across james town avenue when he fell. witnesses told police that the man appeared to be intoxicated. police in nation are investigating a scary accident that happened shortly after the colts-oakland raiders game. two fans were hurt when a rail collapsed during the colts home opener yesterday. witnesses say the two victims had been leaning against a railing above the tunnel used by the raiders when it gave way. fun fan was taken away on a stretcher. the other on a wheelchair. no word on their current

condition. happening today talks are resuming between bart management and its two unions. this will be the first time six the court ordered 60 day cooling you have period began that the two sides will meet. both sides disagree on pay and benefits. the cooling off period ends on october south. if no deal is reached before then bart workers could go on strike again. 6:12 is the time right now. emotional story for more than 50 years ago. why a man from oakland is now talking about his experience at a florida reform school suspected of child abuse. plus how president obama is trying to win support from military strike in syria. good morning. right now traffic is getting busier all over the bay area. including on the bridges. we'll tell you more about the morning commute. lots of fog is hugging the coast. not much making a push inland. we'll talk about the temps and when this cooling trend will kick in for all. [ male announcer ] at sizzler...

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welcome back to ktvu channel 2 morning news. time is 6:16. this is a live look at the massive wild fire on mt. diablo from our news chapper 2. it started yesterday afternoon and grown ever since. we are hearing at least around 1500 acres have burned so far. lots of challenges for firefighters this morning. battling the steep terrain. lots of fuel out there as well. we also understand air drops set to begin at 8:00 this

morning. we have team coverage of this fire and we'll bring you an update at 6:30. less than five hours congress officially returns from a month long recess. they will go behind closed doors to get the latest classified administration. kyla campbell reports. >> reporter: pam, vice president joe biden hosted six senate republicans for dinner last night and president barack obama stopped to buy. the white house official says nay are in talks with 2507 members of congress trying to get their support for striking syria. syrian president is threatening repercussions if america attacking syria. assad said the u.s. should be prepared for everything. secretary of state john kerry is adamant that the plan will work. >> we are not going to war. we will not have people at risk in that way. >> reporter: kerry also said assad could bring this conflict

to an end if he hands over all of the regime's chemical weapons within one week be but kerry said assad is not ready to do that. there will be a series of votes on the authorization of using force. the heavy hitter the white house is bringing in to rally support i'm working on that story for you at 7:15. live in washington kyla campbell. >> protests for and against military action in syria are being held in the bay area. >> code pink protestors also rallied on the golden gate bridge. they fear a limited military strike could lead to long-term u.s. involvement in syria. activists in favor of u.s. intervention also rallied in union square. time 16:18.

let's go to sal keeping an eye on traffic. how are things at the toll plaza? >> they are getting more crowded. as you look at it now you can see the traffic is going to be more crowded at the toll plaza westbound. it's backed up for a 15-20 minute delay. it is pretty slow there. once you get on the bridge it looks good into san francisco. other key areas are also getting crowded. look at 237 as you can see the crowd is building there. just before zanker road. the morning drive will be busy on the peninsula as you drive on 101 but still not a lot of activity. and eventual is into the city where northbound 101 is fairly moderate. let's go to steve. >> all right, thank you, sal. mt. diablo in the background. you can see that smoke now. in fact, our observer in san francisco just sent me a picture. you can see flames even from san francisco. i've been talking to alex savidge. i guess there is some good news there is not much wind.

the time lapse from yesterday showing how this went from being smoke south to north. i've seen more of a westerly breeze today. at least so far. the only breeze is on top of mt. diablo. that is 22. after that there is not much else. 50s and 60s at the surface. you get up around 1600 feet. for those familiar with the air. i'm focusing on black diamond. and also mt. diablo. that is anywhere from 77 to 78- degrees. there is a component of a westerly breeze but not much. humidity very low. bone dry. fuel sources unbelievablely dry. it does look like it will be a hot day. so far the winds showing signs of being out of the west and southwest but not north or east. it will be very, very warm. about 95 to 100 degrees. 60s for some already. livermore out toward antioch and brentwood. look at novato 60s. san francisco 54. travis is only 13.

concord is calm. napa calm. oakland a limit north -- a little north. thing to is really just on the coast and a little bit over the bay. there is a lot there. we will see about a 35-degree spread on some of the temps. 42 in tahoe. 60s up and down the coast or 50s if you are stuck in that fog. tropical clouds will stay south. i don't think we will get any help from that. we will start to see a cooling trend from then. that will bring in that fog and lift it. so very hot conditions inland. 90s to 100. we will go toward brentwood and oakley. berkeley 77. santa rosa low 90s. 64 pacifica. just heard from brandon. 51 damp, foggy. so i mean that fog is pretty low down on the deck. 99 gilroy. half-moon bay 68. looks like a little bit more

fog. slight cool down tuesday and wednesday. hold it there. keep temperatures near seasonal average. wall street journal is reporting luxury retailer neiman marcus is in talks to sell for $6 billion. los angeles based asset manager and the canada pension plan investment board would be teaming up for the purchase. the newspaper says while parties are attempting to close the deal, it could still fall apart. be watching for that. according to documents leaked by edward snowden targeted -- the documents also say the nsa was looking into a company that facilitates most of the international bank transfers and brazil's state run oil firm. right now it is not clear what information if any the nsa took from those companies. time is 6:22. apple iphone users getting excited

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welcome back to ktvu channel 2 morning news. 6:25 is the time right now. i want to take you up overhead.

news chopper 2. live picture you can see just how big that wild fire is on mt. diablo. it started yesterday afternoon. it had been growing dramatically since last night. again these are live pictures right now. at least 1500-acres have burned so far. a lot of challenges for firefighters as they battle the steep terrain. a lot of dry fuel out there. we do know that air drops are set to begin add 8:00 this morning-- at 8:00 this morning. time is 6:26. today two east bay lawmakers will ramp up their efforts to pass new gun control laws as sacramento embarked on its final week of the legislation session. those proposals include banning kits that convert guns into illegal assault weapons. also providing the city of oakland with

right on time. there is the opening bell in new york this morning. and that is the company celebrating the listing. may son identity door. they do door. starting their listen o the new york stock exchange. and the swedish flag. looks like a pretty good opening as far as futures go. looks like a good opening for the numbers. >> we will smile and say good morning, to you. thank you for joining us. i'm brian flores in for dave clark. >> good morning, i'm pam cook. time now is 6:30. let's start with steve and a

look at the weather. up toward 3800 feet. it's kind of a good thing. the fuel source is bone dry. a couple comments that are positive there is not much of a breeze. the fire can contain its own wind sometimes. it's very localized. it looks like the wind will go straight up. temperatures if you're at the surface it's not that bad. it's when you get up to 1500 feet to 3800 feet they really rocket up. i know that is not by the fire. i'm using that as an elevation

source. the only breeze i can find is at 22. otherwise very calm conditions. near 80. probably by 8:00 a.m. we will hold on to a westerly component. extremely warm air is indicated by what you saw. kind of squash that fog bank. there is not much of an on shore breeze. livermore hazy skies. we will go 99 today. they were 100 yesterday. it will be very close again. san francisco when you get that fog it really cools down. boy did they drop on sunday. if you commute in. it will retreat back to the coast. it will still be hot inland. anywhere from 60s to 100 degrees. here is sal.

all right good morning. almost everywhere you look. although the bay bridge toll plaza isn't all that bad. it looks like we are getting easing. looking at the commute in san francisco. southbound 101, north of caesar chavez you can sign of see it there. there is also a little bit of fog that steve talked about. the traffic is moving along okay. we are looking at the peninsula and highway 101 and 280 on the peninsula are off to pretty decent starts on your way up to the airport here. 6:22 3e let's go back to the desk. we begin with developing news. fast moving wild fire continues to grow. we have team coverage this morning. tara moriarty is covering dozens of people forced out of their homes. we begin with alex savidge and

alex has new information about the size of this out of control fire. it stands at 1500-acres that have been burned. where here where we are winds are very calm. hardly a breeze at all. let me show you too as we push over here. now that the sun is beginning to come up here. we are just outside of clayton this morning. . you see this large plume of smoke rising up. it's almost going straight up in the air. good indication it's not a strong breeze. the fire 100 acres and 10% contained. over night according to firefighters i have just been talking to essentially what the flames did up these steep canyons. the fire has almost burned close to the peek of mt. diablo. that is 3800 feet.

that means about 100 more firefighters joining this receive fort. we are just outside of clayton and crews are trying to get a handle on the fire that started at 1:45 yesterday afternoon. throughout the day yesterday there were air tankers. it is threatening 100 or so. dry brush up here and gusty winds allowed the fire to take off. it's almost reached the summit of mt. diablo there is a communication center and several historic buildings. >> that is a concern. there are historic structures. there is quite a number of communication sites. >> at this point the cause of the fire is still under investigation. and crews are saying it could take several days to contain. cal fire has an incident management team that has been called in here. they are setting up a base camp

nearby in dublin. that is where 500 or so firefighters will be setting up shop and getting their assignments later on today and heading out into the field and working to build more containment likes around this fire that stands at 10% containment as it burns up the steep slopes of mt. diablo. this is a live picture. as you look up there we are showing you part of the communications center. that is obviously a huge concern. and as we speak right now there are fire crews up at the top of mt. diablo. they are doing what is called structure protection. they will try to protect this communication center and some of the other buildings that are up there at the top of mt. diablo. that is part of effort today. they will get a lot of help from the air. there will be an air attack. that will begin a couple hours from now. at 8:00 is when we get a couple air tankers and two water

dropping helicopters. more resources is being called in to try to get a handle on this large fire still burning. essentially out of control. steve, back to you. >> i think you confirmed what i was seeing. it looks like the smoke was going straight up. yesterday it was going south to north. can you see what direction it's going today. or is it very calm? >> yeah. if i have my barings correct here. we are looking south from this direction. the vantage point you're looking at is sort of south at the northern edge of the fire and the smoke from what i can tell sort of moving in an easterly direction. ever so slightly though. for the most part that smoke plume is really going straight up in the air. which is really a good sign for fire crews when they see that. that means they are not getting a lot of the gusty conditions like they had yesterday. >> and as far as any breeze i mean i know the fire can create its own. you are not feeling much at all are you? as far as anywhere near the fire. not much of a wind is there? >> not any sort of a breeze.

at least where we are this morning. and the other part of this thing it was real hot yesterday and i know you've been talking about the temperatures. fire crews out here talking about it will be a lot cooler. >> thanks. >> that fire has forced dozens of families out of their homes and tara moriarty is joining us near the evacuation center. you just talked to firefighters. >> yeah and they confirmed 100 homes have been evacuated. that is pretty much what we knew before midnight. but again just confirming that 100 homes have been evacuated. and right now it's difficult to see the orange glow of the fire because the sun is up. if you take a look behind me you can see that plume of black smoke. just before midnight we got word of more evacuations of people living on trail side road. russell man park road. all been ordered out by

emergency crews. there are two dozen homes in those areas. many people we spoke to said they were scared not only for themselves but the animals. there are a lot of horses and other livestock in the area. summaries dents went to the shelter that the red cross set up yesterday. >> last night there were i think a dozen people that were there. and none of them spent the night as far as i know. so they were red cross staff in the area all night. but all the people that needed places to go seemed to have places. >> the official evacuation center is at the clayton community library. evacuees with horse can go top heather farms park in walnut creek. or the contra costa county fairgrounds. officials are advising those that are leaving their houses to bring essential items only. they should lock their doors and windows behind them.

live from clayton i'm tara moriarty. we are learning more about a deadly shooting in west burkely. they found a man that had been shot. the man was rushed to the hospital but did not survive. the berkeley side blog reports that the man was visiting friends before the shooting. and is a graduate of berkeley high. berkeley police say one person has been detained. oakland man is opening up about his experience of abuse at an old reform school in florida. paul price has called oakland his home for more than 35 years. he cities it's because he wanted to live as far away from florida as possible. a team in florida has found the remains of two children. they say there could be as many as 50 secret graves. >> don't be surprised when they exhume all of these bodies they find bullet homes. >> he was lucky to get out of

the notorious boy school. he was only there from 1962 to 1962 -- from 1961 to 1962. >> san francisco 49ers kicked off their final season at candle stick with a bang. the niners took on the green bay packers. if the first quarter they led san francisco on a 13 play, 83- yard drive. vernon davis got the touchdown there. same drive frank gore charged in for the score. the niners gained back their lead would go on to win a final 34-28. later this morning oakland mayor greene yawn will hold a news conference to kick off the raiders season. yesterday the raiders shocked a lot of football fans. pryor ran for 112 yards. and this 29-yard run scamper for their first touchdown of

the game. but it was the cools that won at the end with a final 21-17. 6:41 is the time. keeping kids safe. the new crack down starting today in santa clara county. >> we are live in fremont where firefighters are here on the scene of a fire. we are learning new information about the injuries. and traffic is getting busy. just heard of a new crash on one of the major freeways. as we look at the bridge it does look good into san francisco. plenty of fog near the coast but not much pushing inland. it will be hot inland. but we have hints of a cooling trend starting tomorrow.

we are following breaking news of a house fire in fremont where five people were injured. two of them firefighters. ktvu janine de la vega first reporter on the scene and tells us since the roof collapsed, i guess crews have to attack the flames from outside. pretty intense scene out there. >> reporter: it definitely was when we first arrived. very visual. flames were just shooting out of the roof. here you can see there is some smoke rising from that roof there. much of the smoke has cleared. you can definitely smell it in the air. it's smoldering. firefighters are wetting down hot spots.

a lot of damage the houses gutted. and this fire also sent five people to the hospital. you can see from our video just how high the flames were shooting up in the air. they are visible from 880 near mallory. it started at 4:30 at a home on far well drive. police and firefighters arrived at the same time as i mentioned the flames already burned a hole through the roof. they spotted a man trapped at a window. a policeman actually drove his car on to the front yard and firefighters claimed on the hood to pull that man that was trapped inside. firefighters also pulled out another older man and woman. both were unresponsive. they were sent to the hospital. two firefighters were also injured during fighting this fire. and they were also transported to the hospital. we spoke to a neighbor that was watching it unfold and lived next door. here's what he had to say. >> it's scary. your concern is with your wife

and your dog and your family, of course. and so yeah i'm concerned that my house will catch on fire. because we have wood shaped roof. the fire department says we've got it taken care of. i thought they would at least spray water on it but they didn't. >> reporter: shortly after the fire started for safety reasons. pg&e ended up cutting the power to 2,000 people in the area. just for safety reasons now. within about an hour and a half they were able to restore power top everybody here in the neighborhood. during this fire fight we know that the roof did collapse so all the firefighters who were inside had to immediately exit so they could attack the fire from outside and they were able to contain within about an hour or so. i also want to mention that we just heard word that besides the five people that were sent to the hospital, two police officers who helped in this blaze are suffering from smoke

inhalation. we're told they self- transported to the hospital. as far as the injuries go we don't know from the three victims that live there in the house how severe they are if it was burns or smoke inhalation. we are hearing the two firefighters are suffering from minor to moderate injuries. as far as the cause investigators don't have a chance to go in there yet. so we still don't know. reporting live from fremont janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. a team of experts now on sight of the wild fire burning in and around yosemite national park. the burned area emergency response crew known as a bear team is made up of 50 scientists from the u.s. forest service. they arrived yesterday. they will check roads, bridges, campgrounds and other property that is burned. they are checking for damage. the states third largest wild fire has burned 400 square miles. it is 80% contained and full containment is expected by september 20th. sheriffs deputies are investigating a shooting outside of a skating rink that

left one woman dead and two injured. it happened at 1:30 yesterday morning at the paradise skate and roller rink. investigators say a fight inside spilled outdoors and then someone opened fire killing a 31-year-old woman. >> i've seen the hand go up. he's like oh. put it back in. and then that is when everybody started scattering. . >> the woman's name has not yet been released. investigators say more than 100 people were at the roller rink for an adult late night skate jam when the shooting happened. so far no arrests have been made. 6:49 is the time. time to check in with tori campbell with a check at what is coming up. >> coming up in minutes we are continuing our team coverage of the fire burning near mt. diablo. once the sun comes up we will get a much better view of the size of the fire and how close it is to those evacuated homes in the clayton area. after visiting north korea dennis rodman makes a big personal revelation about the

country's highly secretive supreme leader kim jong un. and did they cheat? nascar is investigating a potentially serious scandal and whether two drivers spun out during a race on purpose. those stories and more. starting today law enforcement in santa clara county will be participating in a program to help kids get to school safely. the week long program is called operation safe passage. during the program, officers will strikely enforce traffic violations in and around all school zones throughout the county. they will focus on violations by drivers as well as commuting students. 6:50 is the time. back to sal to look at the monday morning commute. enter it's getting busier out there. you will see traffic at almost all the typical spots. at the toll plaza we have a backup of 20 minutes. a lot is beyond the 880 over crossing. that will be where the backup

begins. also looking at the commute here on 237 that is another typical spot of slow traffic. it begins in downtown milpitas. 880 nearby will be busy. not a lot of stop and go yet. this is a look at the bay area and traffic is well it's going to be slow. contra costa county southbound 242 near 680 a crash. and 80 westbound we have an accident reported west 80 at mcbride and traffic is slowing down coming up out of pinole to richmond. 6:51 let's go to steve. thank you. a lot of people sending in twitter pictures. sp weather by the way. officer todd clark clear, calm, still from pleasant hill. you sent me a picture of the fire. i said it's going straight up and mushrooms out. our observer mike also in the city said the same thing. he sent me a picture as well. there is not much of a breeze. the only breeze i can find is at the summit. that is near 22.

after that things are very calm. i will get out of the way. for those that are listening your multitasking i talked to a lady named karen. she said i can't watch you. i'm busy getting two kids ready. i get it. but look at the screen. there you go. there you have done your duty for the day. there is no breeze. and mushrooms up. drifting a little bit east because the wind at black diamond is a little bit out of the west. so it will take it. 50s and 60s at the surface on the observations. but then you get up at 1500 feet. so i'm using 1600 feet here for this observation. a west at 12. humidity bone dry. way too dry. one forecast model is very, very hot today. the other one is a little cooler. so i will trust firefighters judgment. it feels a little cooler. i still think it will if warm to hot. let's hope we hold on to a westerly breeze. we certainly don't want any easterly breeze.

50s on the temps. there is a big difference. not much of any breeze at the delta level. that is for sure. most locations are calm. but there is fog there. there is not a lot moving too far locally inland. 40s up in the mountains. 50s, 60s, and 70s. it looks like one more hot day and a low will come in through the sierra nevada. today if you're by the coast and 60s. if you're around the bay 70s. inland it will be 90s to near 100 degrees. we have definitely topped it out today. i might be a little high on these i will tell you history tells me lean on the higher side than the cooler side. other locations near the atelier be in the 60s and 70s. much cooler as we go in toward the end of the weekend. back to average on these temps. >> all right, thank you. the latest version of apple iphone could come with a brand new security feature. the unvailing of the iphone 5s

is expected tomorrow. there are rumors it will feature a fingerprint recognition feature to unlock the phone. in addition to the 5s apple may release a cheaper version of the iphone that will be available in a variety of colors. >> we shall see. >> periwinkle is any favorite. in case they are listening. [ laughter ] changes to highway 4 in contra costa county. what drivers will notice today.

welcome back. pretty good day as expected. live look at the big board. dow jones up 100 points. more than 100 points. nasdaq and s & p up pretty good. and apple stock ahead of its big unvailing. a new plan could help renters in san francisco avoid rent hikes passed down federal homeowners that have to pay for seismic upgrades. seismic upgrades be made within seven years on the city's most earthquake vulnerable buildings. today a land use committee is expected to vote on legislation to make it easier for renters to apply for a financial hardship exemption. metering lights are on this morning for a drivers commuting through north concord in pittsburgh. all the metering lights along

highway 4 and 242 onramps will glow green to get drivers used to seeing the new lights. the meters will be on during commute times. full ramp begin ons september 24th. coming up next on mornings on 2 that huge wild fire near mt. diablo. it has nearly doubled in size since yesterday evening. we will continue our live team coverage. also the clock is ticking toward another possible bart strike. what is happening today that could keep the bart trains on track. stay with us.

>> reporter: a huge wildfire burning near mt. diablo continuing to grow in size this morning. we'll tell you about the important buildings at the summit of the mountain crews are trying protect. >> reporter: people near 100 homes near mt. diablo being evacuated. we'll let you know the latest numbers and also tell you where people are being told to go. two firefighters are among several people hurt in an early- morning house fire in fremont. we have new information about those injuries. and the debate over syria heats up on capitol hill today on the eve of the president's address on the nation. "mornings on 2"