afternoon because it's the north wind, also a higher fire danger. low humidity, fire danger goes and monterey, take your pick. pretty much painted for most of the bay area. one in seattle for a little while and high pressure behind that. indian hills for some, breeze, and warmer at the coast, clear at the coast. 70s, upper 70s and low 80s, here's sal. >> we're off to a good start. as you can see by some of the pictures, traffic is doing nicely on the east shore freeway. no major problems this morning as your drive to the bay ridge toll plaza, the traffic does look good. it's very light coming into san francisco. also this morning, we're looking at the commute in marin

county. back to the desk. >> thank you. a suspected road rage incident that ended in a freeway shooting. joining us now from hayward with what we've already learned about the gunfire. tara? >> reporter: we're at 880 and hayward. what's amazing about the story is the victim was able to drive for a half hour after being shot. this happened last night just before 10:00. the victim pulled over at a hardware store parking lot in richmond following the gunfire in hayward last night. you can see the bullet hole on the side of the honda accord and the dispute was sparked by the person driving the white pickup. >> an altercation on the freeway where one shot was fired through the passenger side of the honda accord. we believe, in the leg. >> reporter: we're not sure why the victim didn't just pull over, perhaps was scared but

was a language barrier so they're trying to figure out. the victim is at the hospital and everything is under investigation. i'm tara moriarty. a man is scheduled to appear in court tomorrow for a detention hearing, prosecutors say ross ran a web site called silk road under the name dread pirate roberts. he was arrested in san francisco library on tuesday. tomorrow, the judge will decide whether he should return to new york to face charges. prosecutors believe he moved to san francisco last year to live with a friend in hays valley. >> a normal average guy that's very unassuming. >> what would he do in the cafe? >> to work. on what, who knows. >> accused of trying to hire a

hitman. drugs were bought using currency called bit coins. more details now on bit coin. if you're not familiar with that, it's a digital currency. the virtual money is sent or received through a smartphone and value changes through supply and demand. bounced back to only about a 10% drop. palo alto police warn about a rise in car burglaries. police say thieves broke into 61 cars in the city last month. that's the highest total for a single month since 2008. and they're asking people to be on alert. fremont police say an alert neighbor helped them arrest a suspected thief. charles stewart of oakland followed a woman from a lucky's grocery store in fremont to last week. and then ripped her gold chain

off her neck and took off running. but say a neighbor saw what was happening and wrote down the license plate and sent it to police. >> it really does take all of us to work together to solve crimes like this and this was a perfect scenario of that happening. >> police say stewart has a previous robbery, grand theft, and firearms. in a prostitution sting, massage is closing. angie's rejuvenating salon, the city council meeting, the owner lost the appeal to get the permit for business. he went inside for the business and was offered sex for money. >> during the massage, the massage therapist indicated that she was willing to perform certain sexual acts. >> business owner sabrina

steele was cited for having locked interior doors and having two condoms at the salon, prohibited for the massage in the city and cited for solicitation of prostitution. this morning, president obama is visiting a construction company in maryland to talk about the ongoing american shutdown on american business. hoping to end the stalemate, after the meeting, both continued to blame the other for the lack of progress. there's concern that the budget stalemate could drag on for weeks. with no progress in negotiations, barricades are going up at national parks. coming up at 4:52, the deadline given at yosemite about when they have to get out. coverage continues online, ktvu.com. you'll find a list of federal offices closed and programs impacted as well by the government shutdown, just look under hot topics.

time now is 4:35. working on several glitches. administrators took down the enrollment section for several hours yesterday. they also admitted to overstating the number of hits the web site received on opening day. it was not $5 million but $645,000. they blamed it on internal miscommunication. rejected a second contract agreement. members of the transit union voted against the contract yesterday. it would have given them a 9.5% raise over three years. the big fear is that the union members could potentially strike at the same time at a bark strike. it continues to tick down to the bark strike. the deadline is one week from day. the talks are set to resume at 9:30 this morning.

last night, ktvu news received word that they made progress on the issues. expected to respond sometime today. tesla now said it knows what caused the fire that destroyed one of model s sedans on the seattle highway. the electric car maker said the fire started when a large metallic object hit the modules. they used water to put out the flames but it kept reigniting. more strong winds kick up a red flag warning for a high fire danger tonight. prepared the warning for the east bay hills, north bay and santa cruise mountains this evening through saturday morning. sal fire is adding firefighters and more equipment and you're asked not to mow dry grass or burn leaves or branches. now, don't be alarmed if you hear an explosion near the

concord naval weapons station this morning. claycard.com said firefighters will be there as a precaution. people in concord may hear noise the next few days. claycord.com said it will close monday for routined maintenance and scheduled to open after thanksgiving. 4:37 right now is the time. a man in a ski mask on a popular hiking trail. coming up at 5:00, why the man who made a disturbing video may not face charges. >> plus, the legal challenge that cherry companies could soon face. >> good morning, san mateo bridge. traffic looks good heading out to the high-rise and over to the peninsula. we'll tell you more about that straight ahead. >> mostly clear skies and if not clear now, they will be soon. advisories posted and how much warmer today.

well, there are new developments in the clash between taxis and ride sharer. taxi drivers may file a salute to stop competition from ride sharing companies. the san francisco examiner said the taxi association is meeting today to consider filing a lawsuit against lift side car and uber. lawsuit comes two week after if state public utilities companies by requiring insurance vehicle background checks and inspections. a vigil planned to remember a mother run and over killed at holly park. christie was killed last month while sunbathing at the park with her 11 month old daughter and dog. police say she was hit by city park employee thomas bernoski. he didn't know until they told

him. radioactive water reached the sea. it's the latest in a series of recent leaks from the plant. chuck reed may take his campaign statewide. led a pension reform fight in san jose. measure b is being challenged in court by the police union. san jose city hall insider believe he will announce a ballot measure to allow all cities in california to change pension plan percent employees. >> it's also good timing politically because pension reform is a hot topics over the last coupling of years. >> public documents show mayor reed has collected donations in coalition for fair and sustainable pensions. state said a backlog ouch

employment checks has been cleared but some people in the bay area are waiting. the employment development apartment said upgrading the computer network caused a delay in issuing checks to $150,000 people. rachel of pittsburgh said she can't wait much longer and has $3 left in bank account after being laid off in concord last year. >> it's hard to look at that everyday. like, it goes in at midnight and then have it set at 12:03 just to check. >> officials processed 1.4 million claims since the problem started over labor day weekend. san jose airport seeing a steady increase in passengers. last month t airport reported a 6.7% increase compared to the same month a year ago. this is the 8th consecutive year over year increase. the boost is being attributed to expanded air service and the

improving economy. a man accused of slapping a crying toddler on a plane could serve up to 6 month in the prison. joe ricky hunly pleaded guilty to a deal including anger management classes. referred to a 19 month old with a racial slur and then hit the boy back in february. sentenced in january. a plea entered in the case of the san francisco state student killed as he was stepping off the uni train. nick holmes is held without bail accused of randomly shooting 20-year-old justin valdez. due back in court november 20th. clear surveillance video helped police capture a suspected burglar on camera. shows two men breaking into a home on cutting boulevard a week ago.

we showed you. the 24 man from oakland and suspect on the loose. hockey season starts in san jose. the sharks have a street rally at 4:45 ahead of the team's first regular season game. san jose plays the van hoover canucks. hosting in the a.l. series and lone starts for the a's. he was suspended for a positive test for testosterone. raiders quarterback prior is set to start against the chargers. ready to go after suffering a concussion against denver. matt flynn has been demoted to third string after his performance against the

redskins and back-up quarterback. listen to this. dante is changing name to dante hitter in. the hard hitting player is legally changing his name to further highlight his aggressive style of place. hitner got permission from his mom. i like he asked his mom and i'm surprised the mom said yes. >> i'm officially changing my name is beeflow. >> that's what we call him. >> it's 4:47. >> that's one letter off from a bad name. i wouldn't do it. >> it's too early to think about that stuff. >> people on twitter, send me your thoughts, please. >> good morning. >> i like dante whitner just fine, just saying. traffic moves along well.

the dunbarton, you should have a good drive after this report. road work picked up and just be careful though. usually close to the construction sites. moving along and taking a look at the east band of the bridge, that's a nice drive into san francisco. there's a little delay, slight delay, almost nothing and then on to the bridge and head into san francisco. and if you are driving in marin county, southbound 11. and then richmond bridge, traffic is moving along nicely. 4:48, let's go to steve. >> here we go, breeze kicking in and temperature is chilly for some. downtown oakland is 59. get the north wind, it's on the mild side and chill in the morning. it's sunny in the morning for a while here. wind advisories, north and east bay hills. again, that's not too bad yet.

i'm seeing 2034 and picking up by this afternoon and friday. low humidity because of the direction and so higher fire danger until 3:00 in the afternoon on friday and includes north bay to santa cruze mountains. suffice to say, the next couple of days, lots of sunshine. 42 in eureka. 56 in santa rosa and wind gusts at 28 miles per hour. yesterday, they were 44, i believe or not low so fairfield has a northwest. there's the santa rosa's north west and nevada northwest. northwesterly, napa is not but i expect that to turn later. mountain view west and north northeast breeze not down to the peninsula yet or the surface or the south bay. sunny tomorrow. temperaturesovering to yesterday's readings. moving out of the pacific northwest and boise, high pressure and wind turns

northerly. windy in the hills. warmer on the coast with the breeze. sunny and breezy for some. low 80s, upper 70s. santa rosa will be one of the warmest because they usually benefit from the north wind. santa cruise will warm up. and then warm and windy into friday. it will be sunny side up, nice, mild to warm into the weekend. >> thank you, steve. 4:50 is the time right now. bickering in d.c. ruins a bay area woman's special day. >> i don't know how we're going to get married on sunday. >> how the government shutdown cost a bride thousands of dollars. >> troubling case for the habitat for humanity. police looking for the criminals responsible. look at them with that u-verse wireless receiver.

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welcome back. continuing coverage. shutdown, people staying in yosemite national park given until 3:00 today to leave. the park's scenic views and trails offlimits. most stores closed and visitors are disappointed. >> it's a little annoying. >> yeah, when you plan for a few months for a trip and come. we went through the gate and they're saying, everything is actually closed down.

>> people with reservations allowed to stay through last night but have to be out by 3:00 this afternoon. for one bay area woman, the closure of yosemite national park delayed her wedding plans. she was supposed to get married at the hotel in yosemite, but with the park down, it's been planned for a year, out of town guests begin to arrive and miller said she's devastated. >> we scrimped and saved and pinched to afford this wedding that was our dream together. we got engaged in yosemite was this was going to be our dream. >> miller is out tens of thousands of dollars in deposits alone and doesn't have money to make other arrangements, especially on such short notice. investigating a violent armed robbery at a habitat for humanity construction site. four men robbed the crew at about 1:30 tuesday afternoon.

police say one of the men pulled out a gun and then stole wallets, cell phones, and tools from the workers. one of the workers was hit in the head with a gun. it was the construction sites. >> we need better descriptions and people pay attention to shoes, facial hair, earrings, eyebrows, teeth, something to distinguish this individual. >> however, habitat officials say the incident will not slow down the project. president jimmy carter is scheduled to tour the site next week. fallen to the lowest level since the crisis began. new numbers from the city assessor's office dropped dramatically since the peak a year ago. a sharp drop since the first two months of the year. there's a housing crisis in san francisco with no clear solution. we learn more this morning why it took firefighters so

long to put out a deadly fire in san francisco. firefighters were forced to use the power saw to break down the security gate in the sunset district after being given the wrong address. firefighters say both problems delayed the response at least 11 minutes. >> the security and safety. >> 33-year-old raymond died in the fire with his granddaughter. leave with a neighbor. a jury decided that concert promotor aeg live was not liable for michael jackson's death. sued aeg live claiming it was negative in hiring the physician, conrad murray and decided murray was competent. they're disappointed and will be exploring legal options.

the media group bought the rights to the event. and work to keep neighborhoods  from being trashed. the early forecast for the holiday shopping season is a good one but that could change now. the federal national retail federation predicts shoppers spent $600 billion in november and december this year, a 3.9% increase in sales compared that last year however the prediction was made using information that did not include a government shutdown. the holiday season is critical for retailers and can make as much as 40% of the sale. the park is weeks from opening to the public but rtvu got a peek in the facility. the finishing touches are put on the tribal casino. they're hired to work at the as soon as casino is open. 3,000 slot machines and money

will benefit the 1300 members of the fedderated indians. road rage and gunfire on a bay area freeway. what the wounded driver did immediately after he was shot. also, the government shutdown shuts down one of san francisco's most popular tourist attractions. >> good morning. right now, traffic is doing well around the bay. you can see southbound 680 traffic. >> clear skies, but the wind will be the bigger story today. what about the wind advisories and how much warmer will it get? especially the coast.

we're live at hayward with a case of road rage that turns violent. we'll tell you how the victim ended up a half hour away from the scene after being shot. police in one local city warn about a spike in car break-ins. >> plus, day three of the government shutdown has now shut down one of san francisco's most popular attractions. >> a disturbing video that is causing concern among many people in pacifica. it's all here on the ktvu

channel morning news. good morning. there was a suspected road rage incident and gunfire. tara moriarty is out there live this morning getting more information, but looks like traffic is move along just fine. we'll see if it's impacting. i'm pam cook. >> good morning. if the wind picks up, you're probably in the 60s and then if not, the 40s. redwood city, upper 50s and 60s because any breeze is holding the temp up. the north and east bay hills. it means higher fire danger that takes us from the north bay to