we are following breaking news in hayward. crews arrive on the scene of a house fire. what neighbors heard as it started. fire damages several east oakland homes early this morning. the household appliance that sparked the flames. and no classes today at this san rafael elementary school. the crash that knocked out power last night. when it will be restored. coming up. good morning. we are following a number of stories this morning. here is one of them. this is a live picture in san rafael. the damage to a school after a van slammed right into it. this is laurel dale elementary

school. because of what you are looking at right there caused some power problems and school is canceled for the day today. we will have a live report. alex savidge is out there this morning. we will go to him in just a little bit. thank you for joining us i'm pam cook. >> and i'm brian flores. dave clark has the day off. let's get a quick look at weather and traffic. rosemary in for steve. >> yes, good morning to you. it will be a weekend to be outdoors. temperatures are going to be in the mid to upper 60s in some cases. at this hour a different story. its a cold start once again. most of us waking up very similar to yesterday within a few degrees. 30-degrees in concord. slipping to below freezing at this hour. 32 in walnut creek. closer to the bay not as cold. 45 in san francisco. upper 30s mountain view. seeing a little bit of patchy fog out there this morning. clouds hanging over parts of the east bay. we shift to the north. this is where we see some of

our coldest temperatures once again. mid 20s in napa. 36 until petaluma. in addition to the very cold weather, fog reported along some of those low lying areas. so petaluma, novato, and santa rosa. the possibility of fog in and around your neighborhood. if you are stepping out this morning, nothing to be aware of just take it easy. it is patchy in areas. a little bit of patchy frost out there. as we get into the afternoon temperatures will feel quite nice. partly sunny to mostly sunny skies expected for the east bay. right about 7:00 or so temperatures ranging still right around freezing. perhaps just a tad above for areas in livermore. 40 degrees fremont. upper 40s in oakland. lunchtime numbers wide spread 50s in the forecast. so an enjoyable day for you today and a warmup coming our way. i'll have a look at your weekend forecast coming up. rosemary good morning. we do have a good looking commute out there as we look at

the roads. this is a look at highway 80 westbound bay bridge toll plaza just a little better than it normally is. as you can see traffic is moving along relatively well. there are no major problems at the toll plaza. there is a little bit of a backup. nothing you have to worry about. also looking at the commute here on the san mateo bridge. that traffic looks pretty good. there are no major problems as you drive through. and traffic on the peninsula by the way it looks pretty good. once you get there its not a bad commute. i want to move it up to the east bay and 580 and 880 traffic looking good. and also highway 4 as usual. we are getting a little bit of slow traffic here on highway 4. not a big deal but you are going to see some slow traffic as you drive through. and mainly this area the typical construction zone area as you drive through here. 6:03 let's go back to the desk. back to breaking news in hayward. firefighters on the scene of a house fire. this is on fair view avenue.

right near lone tree cemetery. people reported hearing a loud boom. one person says their windows were broken. paul chambers just arrived on the scene. and paul, i understand he is working on getting more information. he is going to have a live report coming up. also new this morning we just learned a fire in oakland started because the family was using their stove to heat their home. the fire started at 2:30 this morning at 90th avenue and a street. the way the home is built with thin walls and flammable materials it posed extra hazards. the family that lives in the home was able to escape but a neighbor says flames were shooting high into the air. >> everything started off really, really fast. by the time that the second firefighter came it was from front to back. >> the other two homes are empty but neighbors say a family was in the process of moving into one of them. we now know the name of the victim of a suspected drunk driving crash on interstate 580

in livermore. 29-year-old reed whittaker was killed when his car was hit from behind. causing it to burst into flames. investigators say the driver that hit him failed a sobriety test and was arrested. he is now facing dui and vehicular manslaughter charges. >> i thought he was just distraught but he could hardly stand. like i said i thought he was either injured or distraught. i didn't realize he would have been drunk. >> whittaker was an emt for royal ambulance in st. helena. the owner of the company says whittaker was passionate about his work. time is 6:05. starting today law enforcement agencies across the bay area will be out in full force as part of their holiday dui enforcement campaign. the enforcement period will be in effect until january 1st. many bay area police departments will be tweeting undates during -- tweeting updates during their dui patrols. and tonight the oakland police

department will have a dui check point set up at an undisclosed location. chp is investigating a deadly crash on highway 280. one person was killed when their car veered off the road and hit a tree. that happened around midnight. the crash closed down the connector ramp from northbound 280 and highway 85. the road reopened two hours later. there will be no classes today at a san rafael elle men tear -- elementary school. alex savidge is joining us now. >> reporter: good morning. that out of control van hit laurel dale elementary school in the worst possible spot. it took out the service line here on the side of the building. that triggered a gas leak but thankfully firefighters managed to prevent what could have been a larger catastrophe they say. let me show you a photo of this accident scene that was tweeted out by the san rafael fire department. this crash happened at 5:45

last night. two people in that van suffered minor injuries. the van ruptured a gasline and triggered a power outage on the campus. that outage threatened to cancel a holiday concert that was planned at the school last night. the event was moved to a nearby church at the last minute. now this morning this is the message put up on the school's website letting parents and students know that classes are canceled for today. school administrators though expect that the gas and electrical issues here on campus will be fixed over the weekend and monday will be a normal school day. but as we bring you back out here live, this crash into the side of the school has caused an unexpected day off from classes. live this morning in san rafael alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news. later today a vigil will be held in san francisco to remember the victim's of last year's school shooting massacre in newtown, connecticut.

last night hundreds of people gathered at the national cathedral in washington, d.c. to remember the victims of the sandy hook elementary school shooting. tomorrow marks one year since the gunman shot and killed 20 children on campus and six adults and turned the gun on himself. the vigil in san francisco starts at 1:00 this afternoon at city hall. also later this morning a group of family members of oakland murder victims will return from a trip to washington, d.c. where they were lobbying for gun control laws. they traveled to a group to represent california. the event was organized by the newtown foundation. her son christopher jones was shot and killed on new years eve in 2010. police say he might have been mistaken for someone else. three bay area cities are hosting gun buy back events tomorrow to mark the events at sandy hook one year ago. $100 will be offered for

handguns and $200 for assault weapons. the event in san francisco runs from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the alive and free omega boys club. that son tennessee street. in oakland the buy back will be held at youth uprising. and in san jose people can turn in their events at our lady at guadalupe church from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.. california passed major gun control reforms after the massacre in newtown, connecticut. governor jerry brown signed ten out of 17 bills in response to the sandy hook shooting. one of the new laws requires a safety certificate for gun buyers. and $24 million to help law enforcement track down people who are banned from owning guns. >> we know of nearly 20,000 such people in possession of about 40,000 weapons. that is a good place to start. >> a major bill that failed would have banned the sale of

semi automatic rifles with detachable magazines. you can go to our website at ktvu.com. where we posted a list of bay area events that are being held this weekend in memory of bay town victims. three people are in custody this morning after a stabbing outside of last night's denver broncos game. it happened in a parking lot year sports authority field about 30 minutes after the game ended. three men were taken to the hospital. one is in critical condition. there was a fourth victim but that person left. >> this was a very chaotic scene. there is a lot of witnesses. we are going to have you know be interviewing witnesses throughout the night. no word at all on motivation. i don't know if this is gang related or what caused this. >> not sure if it was game related. the broncos lost to the chargers 27-20. happening today a hearing on the city of san jose's lawsuit against major league baseball over the oakland a's request to move to the south bay. one of the issues set to be

discussed is the importance of a letter sent by the mlb commissioners office to the a's back in june. the letter notified the team that commissioner bud was not satisfied with the proposal. san jose officials say they only found out about the letter last week in a court filing. save oakland's sports is hosting a fundraiser tonight in sell san leandro. they are trying to keep the a's and warriors in the east bay. they will update the two potential sites that have been talked about for a new stadium for the a's. 6:11 is the time right now. security guard for the los angeles lakers is behind bars. what he is accused of stealing from the team's training facility. contract negotiations continue. that is after the agency plans to launch new bus routes this sunday. why that is causing the unions to consider a lawsuit.

good morning. right now we are looking at the south bay and looking at interstate 280 as you drive through the 880 interchange. no major problems. however we are seeing slow traffic in other parts. warmer weather filling into the bay area for your weekend. this morning we are joined by foggy conditions and frigid temperatures in some areas. i'll have a look at what is happening outside of your door and a weather timeline for today. [ male announcer ] december is

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22-year-old jordan graham reached a plea deal for second degree murder just before the jury was set to hear closing arguments. she got into an argument with her husband and she pushed him when he grab the her arm. time 16:15. new problems with the healthcare.gov website. they are hearing from people who think they have signed up but there is nonrecord. insurance companies think the quality of the information they are receiving from the website is improving but they are still finding instances of missing information. this comes after a rush to meet the december 23rd deadline. they want the policy to take effect on january 1st. 50,000 californians signed up for health coverage from the states new health exchange during the first week of december. that is three times the number of people who signed up during the first week back in december. officials say a total of

165,000 people have signed up for coverage. a los angeles lakers security guard is under arrest. police say 23-year-old eddy stole two lakers championship rings and $20,000 in gift cards. he was arrested at the lakers training facility. police say they recovered the ring during a search of his home. the gift cards were going to be given to community groups for christmas. you may have seen the commercial during last sunday's game between the 49ers and seattle sea hawks. it showed angry sea hawks fans screaming at collin kaepernick. however some are planning to boycott the company beat. some of the headphones cost $200. >> i don't know. they like being loud. that is a compliment. >> they do pride themselves in being loud. time 16:17.

i don't know much. you do know more about traffic. >> it looks good. there are not that many. i was looking around here. we do have a couple things going on. but right now highway 4 looks good. let's go there. and the traffic is moving along relatively well there. there are no major problems as you drive on highway 4. i'm also checking out the bay bridge toll plaza. there is a little bit of a backup but it really hasn't been all that big. the traffic continues to move along relatively well. no major problems. looking at the south bay, the traffic is not bad on 101 and 280 as you drive through. bart, hewn ye, and cal train are -- bart, muni, and cal train are doing well. so the crash would be right about here. the traffic is going to be a little bit slow as you approach already from the altamont pass. let's go to rosemary. we have pleasant weather on the way for your weekend. we will have hazy sunshine

another spare the air day. temperatures will begin to trend upward and by the end of the weekend mid to upper 60s in the forecast. which is five to ten degrees above the seasonal average for this time of year. this morning we are looking at temperatures just as cold as yesterday. make even slightly colder in some areas. i'll have a look coming up. but again spare the air alert. meaning that it is illegal to burn in your fireplace unless it is your only source of heat. air quality not too bad. moderate for most. a bit unhealthy. especially for our sensitive groups in and around santa clara valley and into the south bay. when i say sensitive meaning if you are sensitive to the pollutants. outside of that mostly sunny conditions. we are still about an hour away until the official sunrise. 26 right now in santa rosa. another sub freezing morning in some areas. patchy fog reported over parts of the north bay. san francisco reporting partly cloudy skies and 45 degrees.

oakland you are checking in at 42. we have low clouds over parts of the east bay. temperatures in the low 30s in and around concord. even below the freezing mark. afternoon highs for today 58 in vallejo. 60 degrees for oakland. upper 50s for san francisco. into the south bay temperatures ranging in the upper 50s to low 60s. 60ty frees morgan hill -- 60 degrees morgan hill. here is the bay area weekend always in view. notice our temperatures are climbing. as you get into saturday mid to low 60s. mid to upper 60s in the forecast by sunday. and temperatures will hold steady monday into tuesday. monday could be the warmest day. back to the desk. hamson working on a -- amazon working on a new service it calls pantry. insiders say the service will be rolled out to existing numbers of amazon's prime shipping program. it will let them choose from 2,000 products typically found

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welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. 6:24 is the time. twitter made a rapid reverse along the blocking feature. it had allowed blocked users to view or tweet at the people that blocked him. now twitter says that action was taken to protect harassment victims. angry users says that was like putting a blindfold -- people can prevent people from

following them or interacting with their tweets. baby boom largely being credited with the population growth. california added 332,000 people from july of last year to july of this year. the nearly 1% growth is the highest growth rate since 2003. alameda and santa claire real county saw the largest percentage increases in the state. glance war memorial in southern california a landmark violates the first amendment and must be taken down. the 43-foot tall cross was built nearly 60 years ago. congress declared it a national war memorial seven years ago but that was challenged by people living near the cross and a group of jewish war veterans. >> not everyone who gave their lives in tho the wars were members of the christian faith. for a certain group of people that was important. >> the judge ordered the cross

to be removed in 90 days then he said it could remain until all possible appeals have been exhausted. the similar case involving san francisco's mount davidson cross was resolved back in 1997 when the cross and land it sits on were sold to a private group. california's capitol city officially in the holiday spirit. governor jerry brown, his wife, and their dog satyra tended the tree lighting ceremony outside the state capitol. that is a pretty tree. it is now covered in large blue, red, and green ornaments. it has 10,000led lights. people attending the ceremony were asked to donate to the food bank. small park in richmond's neighborhood is getting a makeover. the $2 million state grant is helping to revitalize that grant. it is expected to be complete in the spring.

6:26 is the time. oakland police call it a disturbing trend. the crime that is committed following a carjacking. crews are still on the scene of an early morning fire in hayward. some say they heard an explosion before they saw the flames. good morning. highway 24 we're looking at that and the traffic is getting busier by the moment. as you drive from walnut creek to oakland we will tell you more about the contra costa county commute. seasonally warm weather is on the way for your bay area weekend. this morning waking up with patchy fog and frost. its a chilly start for some. we'll have look at your temperatures.

welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. ringing the opening bell hilton

celebrating their very successful very large ipo yesterday. stocks did very well and they are ringing the new york stock exchange bell over on the nasdaq a christmas story the musical. yeah that is the one. the lamps with the stocking in the front window and the gun. christmas story. they have a musical in new york. that is some of the cast from that. and that is dan from the wonder years you might recognize there in the middle. we'll get you all the numbers in a moment. >> we will smile and say good morning, to you. thank you for joining us on the ktvu channel 2 morning news. i'm brian flores in terror pac partly cloudy. >> representing dave very well. i'm pam cook its 6:30. rosemary orozco is in for steve today with the little warmup for the weekend. >> yeah. it will feel quite nice for most of us. longing for a little bit of warmth. temperatures will be above average at some point. this morning though its am cold start once again. you will need to bundle up.

especially over parts of the north bay. reported along the coastline and into the valley floor. dense fog a possibility through the morning hours. saw a little surface rise along pet lieu -- petaluma, novato. and it is a cold one over parts of the north bay. take a look at napa 25 degrees. 26 in santa rosa. napa you are chillier than yesterday. but for most ever us we are within a few degrees. 30-degrees in fairfield. upper 30s antioch. freezing outside your door in livermore. freezing in walnut creek. in and around the bay -- mid 40s reported in downtown san francisco. let's take a tour. head to the north where we have 30-degrees in healdsburg. along the peninsula at this

hour low 40s. one last shift here to the south 35 degrees in saratoga. perhaps hitting 55 in time for your lunch hour. again slightly warmer with the warmer weekend forecast for you here. for the afternoon we are looking at nice weather for areas like santa rosa. 62 expected for you. 58 for vallejo. 59 in berkeley. upper 50s san francisco. upper 50s to low 60s as we shift into the south bay. it is another spare the air day. ly have -- i will have a look at your spare the air day coming up. sal. rosemary, good morning. we have a look at the commute. it is getting a little busier. we had an earlier crash at gillman street. its a little slow. as you drive past that and head out to the mccarthur maze its

normal slowing. the traffic is backed up to those middle lanes. not a big backup. by the way for those that tweeted me are wondering what is going on in the hayward hills with all the fire engines and stuff. stand by. paul chambers has a report coming up. westbound 580 at north livermore avenue that crash on the shoulder but the altamont pass hasn't been good. its also slow in livermore. its 6:33 let's go back to the desk. >> thank you. now back to our breaking news in hayward. firefighters have put out a house fire there. crews are still there working on hot spots. ktvu paul chambers just arrived on scene and brings us the very latest. paul, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, brian. firefighters were able to make quick work of this but it was very difficult because there was down power lines and gas issues. you can see behind me crews are still here on the scene.

this all happened about 5:00 this morning. reports came in they heard explosions. when firefighters got on scene they say they saw the house fully engulfed. the house is more like an inlaw guest house. when they got to the house they found out there was one man inside. he was taken to the area hospital with minor injuries. like i said people say they could hear explosions and there was glass flying nearby. >> i heard a big crash. a boom and a crash. i thought somebody threw a brick or something through my window. i have a big plait glass window it is five by seven and it blew out. >> reporter: still too early to determine an exact cause of the fire but firefighters say they -- i know pg&e crews are out here. they will repair the power lines and gas is over. so firefighters can determine what was exactly going on. we will stay on top of this and bring you the very latest as it develops.

live in hayward i'm paul chambers. >> thank you. there will be no classes today at a san rafael elementary school after the van slammed into the building. ktvu alex savidge is live in san rafael to tell us why this crash caused so many issues. >> reporter: good morning. that van veered off the road and slammed into the side of the building and took out this pg&e service line. that is what triggered a gas leak. a potentially dangerous situation for firefighters. thankfully they managed to prevent what could have been a larger catastrophe. let me show you a photo of the accident scene that was tweeted out by the san rafael fire department. after this crash happened at 5:45 last night. this school is on woodland avenue. two people inside that van suffered minor injuries and the gas ruptured a gas line. that outage threatened to cancel a holiday concert planned at the school last night. but that event was moved to a nearby church at the last

minute. this morning let me show you the message put up on the school's website letting parents and students know that classes are canceled for the day. school administrators though do expect the gas and the electricity will be fixed and turned back on. the repair work will be done over the weekend here at the school. and they are telling parents and students that monday will be a normal school day. live in san rafael alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news. oakland police are tracking carjackers who used the stolen cars to commit armed robberies. after a police chase yesterday the suspects abandoned a toyota sedan. patrol officers were on the lookout because in two previous carjackings this month they were used in armed robberies in north oakland and berkeley. >> when you follow up one carjackics accident with a series of armed robberies and it begins to develop into a trend, we want to make sure we treat every instance as

seriously as possible. >> the car owner told ktvu news he is very relieved his car recovered so quickly since he uses it in work. bart and its two biggest labor unions will meet with a mediator. the negotiations are over a clause in the contract that allows union workers to receive up to six weeks of paid family leave. the unions ratified the deal and bart's board of directors approved the contract. it was in the contract all along. but negotiators signed off on the deal and the board should honor it. exclusive field pole shows 52 burst of bay area voters think transit workers should not be allowed to strike. 41% think transit employees should have the right after two bart strikes the poll numbers are slightly different where 47% favor workers right to

strike. meantime ac transit is restoring service this weekend as contract talks between the agency and its union continues. a 60 day court ordered cooling off period ends a week from sunday. new and revamped routes are launching this sunday. it violates the terms of a cooling off period. the union says its preparing to file unfair labor practices. the body of nelson mandela lying in state for authored and final day today. again we are taking you out there live this morning. it doesn't look like a lot of people there. we understand there are nearly 100,000 people waiting in line today. that it is miles long. the government says there may not be enough time for everyone in line to pay their respects. tomorrow mandela's body is scheduled to be transported to a small village where he grew up for a funeral and burial on sunday. the latest death toll from

typhoon haiyan stands at 6,000. it has confirmed the deaths of 6, 009 people and there are nearly 1800 people still missing. it hit the central philippines on november 8th. each day they find at least 20 bodies under the degree. we have new details in a story we reported on yesterday's morning news. staff and parents at oak grove high school in san jose met last night to discuss an armed robbery at a bingo fundraiser for the school band. on wednesday a man in ski mask stole about $5,000 at a bingo game in the school gym. band members say the whole incident is surreal and caught them off guard. >> none of us thought that anyone would steal from ben go. even though its money that is just there. >> the band plans to car riff on after -- carry on after the robbery. they have their winter concert tonight. police are recommending the

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was doing that sparked the fire. and right now we are looking at a commute that is getting busier by the moment. however, there is some good news that i can pass along. i will tell you more about that and also areas that are beginning to slow. more weather in store for you've bay area weekend. this morning temperatures are quiet cold and dealing with a little bit of patchy fog. by the afternoon mid to low 50s. we are going to the upper 60s. i will show you when coming up.

welcome back. new this morning oakland firefighters say a family using their oven to stay warm sparked a house fire. katie utehs is telling us what made this fire particularly challenging. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, brian. the fire started in a manufactured home which is particularly dangerous for firefighters because of the building materials used to make manufactured homes. those fires spread really quickly. it all started in the home behind me. you can see the red trim there. the fire then jumped to the home on the right where i'm told that people are moving into that home but were not living there at the time. and then to the left of the original home was also damaged. but that duplex is unoccupied. let me show you some pictures

given to us by neighbors. you can see flames shooting into the night sky. the good news the family that lives in the home a man, woman, and child were able to make it out unharmed so firefighters say the family was using their oven as a source of heat and that is what sparked the fire. >> that is a big wreckage outside. you just hear firefighters. the first house that caught on fire was a small house. when i came outside they said someone was yelling for help. i also heard that someone was moving in and the things were there and then i saw two other houses catching on fire. >> this all started around 2:30 this morning. took firefighters about a half an hour top put it out. as we mentioned because the fire -- it took them a half hour to contain the flames. >> prefab homes. the floors give out.

the fire spreads faster. and it is also dangerous for firefighters which the critical minutes that we need to put the fire out we lose those minutes. >> added challenge its related to budgeting. fire station 20 is eight blocks from here but i'm told the second engine from that station was not able to respond because of budget cuts. at this point firefighters have cleared the scene. all the hot spots are knocked down as well. i'm told the red cross is now assisting that family that was displaced this morning. live in east oakland katie utehs. 2 investigates the number of pedestrians killed or injured in san francisco. we have obtained new numbers that show 529 pedestrians were injured between october and january of this year. 13 people were killed. and that is an improvement of this year when 594 pedestrians were injured. 26 were killed over that same time period. the executive director of

advocacy group walk san francisco say many more incident goose unreported. >> looking a the the people that end up in sf general verses the people that end up collision data. his goal is to reduce the number of deaths by 25% in the next two years and by 50% by 2021. san francisco firefighters recent changes to streets are mickeying it more difficult for firetrucks to get around. several streets have been redesigned to keep cyclists safe. some parents at a texas elementary school are calling for a substitute teacher to be

fired. they say he forced a five-year- old student to tape his own mouth shut. the school's assistant principal says the teacher admitted to cutting a little piece of duct tape and placing it on his desk as a warning to students. when five-year-old isaiah was talking too much in class the teacher pointed to the tape and isaiah put it on his mouth. >> i'm disgusted with these people. put him in a coroner is fine. putting tape over his mouth way over the top. >> the district says its investigation determined there was not enough evidence to support the allegations against the substitute teacher. its now 6:48. that means its time to check in with tori campbell for a look at what is coming up on mornings on 2. >> good morning pam and brian. coming up in minutes a unique way to raise money for charity. >> i do toys tots every year. this son a different level. >> what a tattoo artist

required in exchange for his customers to tattoo him and the heartwarming reason behind this effort. it was not a surprise stanford's allotted tickets for the rose bowl was snapped up in minutes. but now we will explain why there is concern that michigan state fans may have played some part in that limited ticket availability. after months of complaining about the lack of a black female cast member, we'll let you know what saturday night live is planning to do in just a few days to change that. those stories and more coming up on mornings on 2. time 16:49. let's go back to sal keeping an eye on traffic. any major problems out there? >> nothing major. we've had a couple of things out there that have slowed traffic. and there is just good old fashion slow traffic. we had an earlier crash at gillman that cleared. traffic was a little because of that.

there is a little bit of a backup. its not like other days. you can see here that the traffic is only about backed up in some of the middle lanes. its about a five minute delay. once you get to san francisco us not bad. on 285 drive time three minute to san bruno. good morning to you. 30 minutes until the official sunrise. and we are looking at mostly sunny skies over parts of our inland communities. but we are also dealing with patchy fog out there. along the east bay shoreline. alodge the coastline. over parts of the north bay and over parts of the north bay it has been noted, patchy and dense. this is that stretch along the valley floor where we see perhaps a little bit of patchy dense fog.

meaning visibility down to a quarter mile. be careful it will be there for the morning hours. in and out. we had a system move through the over night hours. now sweeping into southern california. that is really about all we have seen lately. also noting this ridge that is beginning to build over the east pacific. you see that a little bit. ridge of high pressure strengthening for our weekend. that will be driving our temperatures up. now this morning we are greeted by chilly numbers. even slightly cooler in some areas. 26-degrees right now santa rosa. it is a cold one outside your door. 45 in san francisco. so we are looking at a bit of a change taking place. areas right around oakland 42 for you right now. and these temperatures will linger. again another half hour or so until the sunrises. i think we will be in the 30s and 40s for about the 9:00 hour. take a look for oakland. 42 right now. 9:00 hour we are only reaching 46. it will be chilly. it will be. we will have a slow crawl out

of these cold numbers. then by noontime we are feeling better. low to mid 50s in the forecast. [ inaudible ] concord you are below freezing at this hour. for the ash today upper 50s to low 60s. 61 in novato. 59 in berkeley. 58 this afternoon san francisco. into the south bay you're looking at 59 san jose. 59 for mountain view. low 50s in santa cruz. along the coast partly cloudy skies. half-moon day checking in at 57. these temperatures right where we should be for this time of year. as we get into the weekend, take a look. your bay area weekend always in view. temperatures slightly warmer for tomorrow. we may actually peak on monday. temperatures drift just a little bit on tuesday. under mostly sunny conditions. it is a spare the air day for today. so that to be aware of.

we have good looking and good feeling weather as you get into your weekend. back to the desk. thank you. 6:52 is the time. shocking news out of north carolina-- out of north korea. and a show of support. the bay area members of congress who join in a 24 hour fast draw attention to immigration reform.

welcome to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. pretty quiet for the indexes this morning. you can see a live look at the big board. dow jones down a little bit. s & p and the nasdaq fluctuating a little bit. started off a little higher this morning. a lot of bay area stocks to watch. one of them adobe systems. right now that stock is up 10% in trading this morning. trading has been volatile over night. ever since they announced profits fell 71% in its last quarter. adobe blames increationed expenses and slower sales. in investors are encouraged by reports that subscribers to its creative cloud service are up much more than expected. google also in the news may be getting ready to make a costly investment that could hurt another silicon valley company.

they are considering making their own profiting chips. that could come into the -- that could cut into the profits of intel. it could help make google cut its costs. it works out it could encourage other internet companies to do the same. north korea says leader kim jong un's uncall has been executed -- uncle has been executed as a traitor. just days ago the uncle was accused of corruption, womanizing, gambling, and even taking drugs. he was stripped of all power. >> exposing and purging him and his allies for challenging our party is a thousand million times justified. >> north korean experts say the execution is an indication of turmoil within the government. others interpret it as a sign that kim jong un is trying to show his country and world that he is in charge. three bay area members of congress are showing their support for immigration reform

for giving up food for 24 hours. after finishing his fast george miller passed a cross to fellow east bay congressman eric. san jose congressman zoe is also taking part in the fast. coming up next here on mornings on 2 we continue to follow that breaking news out of hayward. fire crews on the scene of a fire. right now you can see it looks pretty mothery or hazy in the area -- pretty smoky or hazy in the area. did you get chips for the party? nope.

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make t♪ holidays pop. hey, that's the last crescent! oh, did you want it? yeah. we'll split it. [ female announcer ] made fresh, so light, buttery and flakey. that's half. that's not half! guys, i have more. thanks, mom. [ female announcer ] do you have enough pillsbury crescents? we're out here after an early morning fire in hayward. the shocking thing that will have some people walk away. classes canceled at the san rafael elementary school, the crash that knocked out gas and power, and when repair work will begin. it's a chilly start but a big warm up in time for your bay area weekend. i'll have