♪ 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 your numbers for you coming up.

and winter woes continue for the midwest and east coast. the storm that's headed their way, that could be the biggest of the season. mornings on 2 starts now complete bay area news coverage. starts right now. this is ktvu mornings on 2. >> and good morning. welcome to mornings on 2, live pictures from hayward, fire crews on the scene of this house fire o. very hazy and -- fire. very hazy and smoky there. we have a crew on the scene. and we'll have a live report coming up shortly, as residents heard something that woke them up from this very scary scene. welcome once again. i'm tori campbell. >> good morning everybody, i'm brian flores, dave clark has the morning off today. let's get a quick look at weather and traffic. rosemary is in for steve as well. good morning to you. patchy fog low clouds. that to be aware of. giving you a view over the east bay hills where we have the sun

on the way. we have the official sunrise right about 7:20 or so. but already a beautiful golden glow there. we're waking up with patchy fog. and we will be slightly warmer. for the weekend, temperatures driving above the seasonal average by several degrees. 30 degrees in fairfield. 3 for antioch. 32 in livermore. concord. napa below freezing. 27 degrees outside your door. you'll need the heavier jacket. 26 santa rosa. around the bay, temperatures cool but not as bad as inland communities. 44 in oakland. 38 redwood city. 46 half-moon bay. i'm seeing low clouds along the east bay shoreline, patchy and thick over santa rosa. into the south bay, 37 degrees outside your door for san jose. we shift to the east just a little bit. another reporting station in walnut creek showing 31. 33 san ramon. and 39 in brentwood.

for your afternoon, temperatures a lot like yesterday, slightly warmer in some cases. upper 50s to low 60s. and a warm up in store for your weekend. i'll have a look at weekend temperatures coming up. good morning sal. >> good morning, we are looking at the commute. it's a little bit better than it was yesterday and wednesday on this friday. we're getting that friday light. but there's still some slow traffic out there at the bay bridge. that's about a 5 to 10 minute delay. usually we are 25 to 30 minutes. you can tell it's a little bit of an improvement. also looking at the commute here on the san mateo bridge. that hazy weather that rose mary has been talking about will affect flights in and out of san francisco airport. usually those delays don't start until later in the morning. we'll try to get information on that. looking at the nimitz freeway, southbound 880. looking at a crash. that's not a major win. slow traffic after that. 7:03. let's go back to the desk. >> thank you sal. following breaking news in

hayward. firefighters have put out a house fire, but crews are still on the scene. ktvu's paul paul -- paul chambers is live in hayward where he is talking to neighbors. >> reporter: there are not as many crews as there were a half hour ago. still some out here, checking out the hot spots, and actually getting a better look because the daylight is upon us. we can look at video, we are told that firefighters say it broke out around 5 this morning. investigatorsinvestigators reports of explosion. once on scene, they saw an inlaw suite engulfed in flames. firefighters were able to mike quick work of it, knocking it down in 10 minutes. it was difficult to battle because of downed power lines and crews turned the gas off leading to the home. for one man who lives a block away, the explosion will come up from a sound sleep. >> i heard a big crash a boom

and a crash, i have a plate glass window, 5 by 7. it blew out. i didn't know what had happened. >> reporter: firefighters also say there was a man inside the home when the fire broke out, but he was able to make it out safely. he was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. as of right now, it's too soon to say exactly what the cause of the fire is. there will be crews and investigators out here all morning long trying to determine what it is. and as soon as we find out that information, we'll pass it along to you. live in hayward, i'm paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. it is 7:05. a house fire in santa rosa is under investigation. this photo from the press democrat shows the home enculled in flames. the -- engulfed in flames. the fire started on ward road. no one was inside at the time. the owner of the home told the press democrat he had been trying to evict the tenants and he says the electrical power and gas had been turned off. he says he thinks a burning candle may have started the

fire. but firefighters are still investigating the cause. time now 7:05 and classes have been canceled after a crash knocked out power. ktvu's alex savage live in san rafael, why the location of the crash caused so many issues. good morning. >> i just talked to the principal at laurel dell elementary school. families were talking about the cancellation of classes today. although he will have employees here at the school later on this morning, in case some students still show up. this is the problem right here. a van veered off the road last night and took out this service line, running into the building. that triggered a gas leak, a potentially dangerous situation that firefighters thankfully got under control. now, let me show you a photo of the accident scene that was tweeted out by the san rafael fire department. the crash happened last night on woodland avenue. two people in the van suffered minor injuries and the van

ruptured a gas line and also triggered a power outage on the campus. now, that outage threatened to cancel the holiday concert planned at the school last night. the event was moved to a nearby church at the last minute and everything went off without a hitch, we're told. now, here this morning is the message that was put up on the school's web site, letting parents and students mona classes were canceled for the day. school administrators and the principal telling me everything is expected to be fixed over the weekend. all the repair work should be done and the power should be back on in time for classes on monday morning and the repair work we are told will get started later on this morning. live this morning in san rafael, alex savage ktvu ktvu channel 2 news. later today a vigil will be held in san francisco to remember the victims of the school shooting massacre in newtown. ♪ ♪>> 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 a gunman shot and killed 20 children on campus, as well as 6 adults and then turned the gun on himself. the vigil in san francisco starts at 1:00 this afternoon at city hall. and 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. brenda grisham trailed with the group yesterday. her son, christopher jones was shot and killed on new year's eve in 2010. police say he might have been mistaken for somebody else. it is 7:08. three bay area cities are hosting gun buy back events tomorrow to mark the first anniversary of the sandy hook school shooting. the events are being held in oakland, san francisco and san jose. 100 dollars 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 on tennessee street. in oakland, the buy back will be held at youth uprising on mcarthur boulevard from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and in san jose, people can turn their guns in at our lady of guadalupe church from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. california passed major gun control reforms after that massacre in newtown connecticut. governor jerry brown signed 10 out of 17 bills in response to the sandy hook shooting. one of the new laws requires a safety certificate for gun buyers and a bill authored by state senator mark leno provides $24 million to help law enforcement track down people who are band from owning guns. >> we know of nearly 20,000 such people in possession of 40,000 weapons. that's a good place to start.

>> a major bill that failed would have banned the sale of semiautomatic rifles with detachable magazines. you can go to our web site, ktvu.com where we posted a list of bay area events that are being held this weekend in memory of the newtown victims. look for the information on our hot topics section. well, while weather in the bay area is warming up this weekend. the northeast u.s. could seat biggest snowstorm this year. although winter doesn't officially begin until next weekend, a severe winter weather alert had been issued for the atlantic sea board. new york and philly could get 3 to 5 inches. up state new york has received 3 1/2 feet since tuesday. >> it went from the big fluffy flakes to the little ones and the big ones, and pounding, insane. >> a lot of snow. the new england states could receive 8 inches to a foot of snow by sunday. well, tickets to january's

rose bowl game between stanford and michigan state are a pretty hot commodity. stanford says it sold out its public allotment in 4 minutes on tuesday. some of that may have been due to a little trickery by michigan state fans. some reported taking advantage of a deal by stanford, which offered 4 tickets to anyone who put a $100 deposit to anyone who got season tickets. 97% of the ticket allotment did go to ticket holders as well as stanford students. a fareless tattoo -- fearless tattoo owner, allowed his friends to tattoo him. he knew people would line up to turn the needle on him. all they had to do was donate an unwrapped toy and $25 to toys for to to tots. >> i do toys for to the every

year. >> he says he can't imagine a child not having a present to open on christmas day. he allowed them to tattoo the words toys for tots on his leg. they were allowed to tattoo one letter each. >> not a lot of room there. time now is 7:11. it is that time of year, when the holiday dui gets underway. it's too late for one driver who was killed yesterday in a fiery crash. 4 people stabbed after the thursday night football game in denver. the violent confrontation under investigation just outside the stadium. good morning, we still have slow traffic, although i have some good news for you, but here on highway 4. it's looking good in bay point. we'll find out where it's still slow. another chilly start to the day, some of us waking up with patchy fog, but we have a big warm up in store for your bay area weekend. i'll have a look at the numbers for your area coming up.

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. welcome back to mornings on 2. time is 7:14. police are still investigating what led to a stabbing outside of last night's denver broncos game. it happened in a parking lot near sports authority field in denver, 30 minutes after the game ended. 3 men were taken to the hospital. one remains in critical condition this morning. police say there was a 4th 4th victim but that person apparently left. >> this was a very chaotic scene. there's lots of witnesses. we're going to have, you know, be interviewing witnesses throughout the night. no word at all on motivation. i don't know if this is game related or what caused this. again, three people were taken into custody. the broncos lost to the san diego 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 selig was not satisfied with the relocation proposal. san jose officials say they found out about the letter last week in a court filing. meantime, the group save oakland sports is hosting a year end meeting and fundraiser in san leandro. they're keeping the a's, raiders and warriors in the east bay. oakland mayor, and other local politicians and business leaders will speak at the meeting. they'll update the two potential sites that have been talked about for a new stadium for the oakland a earrings. it's 7:16. new revelations that an american man who disappeared in iran 7 years ago was working on an unapproved mission for the cia. according to the associated

press, once the mission was discovered, three cia analysts were forced out of the agency and 7 others were disciplined. bob levinson was seen in this video in 2010. his family has not received evidence of his whereabouts. the u.s. government said he was on a business trip to iran in 2007 when he disappeared. the ap says he vanished while investigating the iranian regime on an unauthorized cia mission. sonoma county supervisor is expected to enter a plea to charges he peeked inside ament who's home last summer. both -- inside a woman's home last summer. he has publicly apologized for his behavior, but he has avoided giving any detailed explanation of what happened. now, it's unclear if he wants the case to go to trial or if this is a step he hopes will lead to a plea bargain. a hearing is scheduled this morning for a convicted serial

killer joseph naso. a marine judge will consider how much he must pay for his advisory council during his murder trial. prosecutors same naso has a million dollars in liquid assets. last month he was sentenced to death for the murders of six women over a span of nearly two decades. saturday nightlife says changes are coming to its cast. the sketch comedy show says it plans to add one or two black female performers as soon as last month. two dozen candidates have auditioned, 7 or 8 finalists will perform. it has been criticized for its lack of diversity. beyonce surprised fans by releasing an album on itunes at midnight. it's her 5th solo album and includes 14 brand new tracks. she describes it as a visual album. each song has a video and three

bonus videos. beyonce did not promote the album. she said she wanted to speak directly to her fans, so she made the announcement yesterday on facebook, and she's a brand new mom, so she's been very busy. time is 7:18. let's go to sal keeping an eye on traffic. you a big beyonce fan. >> i am. and jay-z also did a big deal for robinson cano in seattle. that's a power couple right there. that's the definition of a power couple. it's not all that bad. it's been a little bit slower as you come up on the toll plaza. about a 10 to 15 minute wait. there are no r major problems getting into san francisco as we take a look at some of these pictures. traffic is just a little bit better than it normally is. 880 north and southbound near the oakland coliseum. it's okay here. a little bit further south we have some slow traffic now from the hayward area all the way down to freemont. there are no -- fremont, no

major problems there. and rosemary, i want to ask you a question. today i'm going to be out ringing the bell for the salvation army, a bunch of local celebrities, use that term loosely. what's the weather going to be like in san francisco union square. >> low to mid-50s, lunchtime. upper 50s, under mostly sunny skies. it's going to be nice. >> thank you. rosemary. go out there and make your contribution. giving you a live look. we have fog out there this morning, take a look. over the east bay, we have temperatures holding in the 30s and 40s around the bay area. but fog has surfaced along the east bay. we have fog along the coastline. and over parts of the north bay, we have patchy fog as well. visibility down to a quarter mile, reported at times in nova toe, and the north bay freezing temperatures, the on the of the freezing fog.

the fog no itself -- the possibility of the freezing fog. the fog itself is not freezing, but that to be aware of if you're driving early on. you may see it on your grass. 26 degrees in santa rosa. a very cold start. within a few degrees in most cases from where we stood yesterday at this time. san francisco 45 right now, and let's actually take a look at the day planner for san francisco. again, we'll be in the upper 50s for the afternoon. and we'll feel pretty nice as we get into the second half of the day. it's going to take some time for us to get there. we are going to remain quite chilly through the morning hours. 32 right now in concord. concord bottomed out right about 30 degrees. we're beginning to see a turn around at least in some cases. for your friday afternoon, and into the weekend, dry, no rain in sight, unfortunately. hazy sunshine. another spare of the air today. and a tad warmer in some areas. upper 50s to low 60s.

60 degrees expected in oakland. and 60 degrees morgan hill. 59 this afternoon for san jose. the extended forecast, with your bay area weekend always in view, showing you that warming trend. by sunday and monday, we are anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees above the seasonal average. widespread mid- to upper 60s in your forecast for the weekend and we'll carry that trend monday and tuesday, back to the desk. thank you rosemary. >> an east bay man tries to park his car outside his home. >> i opened the door. >> instead he becomes a carjacking victim. what police think the suspects planned next. and twitter reverses course. it's rapid reversal over a controversial new blocking feature.

. welcome back to mornings on 2. time 7:24. and twitter executives held an emergency meeting and acted quickly to reverse a policy

designed to help harassment victims. that plan had allowed users to view or tweet the person who blocked them. the blocker couldn't see any of that activity. but everyone else could. the company received hundreds of angry tweets, saying not responding to harassment didn't mean the harassment stopped. twitter then received praise for its quick action and says it's still looking for a way to help harassment victims. it's 7:24. authorities in marin county are still working to determine if a bank robbery suspect shot by a sheriff's deputy is the so called cotton ball bandit. thefish says say -- fbi says that person is responsible for several marin county bank robberies in the past year. the suspect in the latest robbery was shot wednesday after authorities say he pointed a gun at deputies. investigators served a search warrant at the suspect's home yesterday. collecting several bags of o evidence -- of evidence. several northern county are

in the running for the jails and helping rehabilitate inmates. the state made plans for 36 counties that wanted to get a share of the half billion dollars grant money. 15 counties are still in the running. local include san mateo, solano and napa. others close to the bay area include lake county and santa cruz county. . a baby boom is credited for the recent population growth in california. the state says california added 332,000 people from july of last year to july of this year. the nearly 1% increase is the highest growth rate since 2003. and that was before the recession. alameda and santa clara county saw the largest in the state at more than 1 1/2 percent. it totals 38.2 million. b.a.r.t. and the two largest unions will meet with the federal mediator

again today, what an exclusive ktvu poll revealed about bay area's feelings about a public strike. and a house fire in east oakland that displaces one family and burns two other homes as well. i'll tell you what sparked the fire. if you're driving to the commute in the south bay, let's take a look at 280. it's a little bit slow getting up to highway 17. there are some areas where it's actually lighter than usual. i'll tell you where. a warming trend in store for your bay area weekend. this morning, waking up with patchy fog and cold temperatures once again. i'll have a look at what's happening outside your door coming up.

. good morning. live pictures from oakland with the damage left behind from an early morning fire. we brought live coverage starting at 4:30 this morning, and fire crews say the cold weather may have been to blame. what the residents were using to stay warm that may have started the blaze. that's coming up in a live report. welcome to mornings on 2. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm brian flores. dave clark has the day off. guest -- let's get the day started with weather and traffic. we are looking at temperatures becoming anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees above o

the the -- above the seasonal average. a nice switch in the forecast. this morning we are waking up with patchy fog and cold temperatures once again, giving you a live look, downtown oakland, the skyline, take a look at all the gray. low clouds along the east bay shoreline, parts of the north bay where it is thick, patchy and dense, and in petaluma. by the afternoon, a bigger warm up in store for the weekend. today is a spare the air day. illegal to burn in the fireplace unless it's your only source of heat. 32 in concord. 32 in livermore. this is where we remain with the coldest temperatures, 27 in napa. and around the bay, 30s to low to mid-40s reported in oakland o oakland -- oakland, san francisco, upper 50s to low 60s and then we'll continue to see the warm up into your bay area

weekend. i'll have a look at those numbers for you coming up. >> good morning to you. we're looking at a commute that's not all that bad. it's a little better than usual and we have traffic times that are a little bit improved from yesterday, at least. this is 80 westbound as you drive out to the mcarthur maze. no major problems. at the bay bridge toll plaza, the delays, 5 to 10 minutes. maybe a little bit more than that. 8 minutes on the way into san francisco. so it hasn't been all that bad. as we're looking at the nimitz freeway through union stirks it's looking slow -- union, it's looking slow, like a normal day. and 7:32. let's go back to the desk. new this morning, a family is homeless after a fire damages their home and two others. investigators say they were using their stove as a source of heat. ktvu's katie utehs has been at the scene since 4:30 this morning, she tells us what challenges firefighters face. >> reporter: good morning,

because of budget cuts, a second engine from fire station 20 just 8 blocks from where we're located couldn't respond. in addition to that, the home that caught fire is a manufactured home. let me show you. that presents extra challenges. moments are precious because manufactured homes. fire burns so quickly. it then jumps to the house on the right that you're looking at and the duplex on the left. firefighters gave us a look inside the charred home where they say the fire started because a family was using an oven to stay warm. it sparked around 2:30 this morning, and the man, woman and their child did make it out okay. the house was completely engulfed in flames when crews arrived. because of the materials used, manufactured homes are particularly dangerous for firefighters. >> the prefab homes, you know, the floors giver out, the fires

spread faster and then it's also dangerous to firefighters, which the critical minutes that we need to put the fire out, we lose those minutes. >> reporter: neighbors shared these photos with us of the flames shooting into the night sky. >> i just heard a big noise, a big rubbing cows outside. you -- a big raucous outside. and someone was yelling for help. it was a woman. i also heard that someone was moving in and that their things were there. and i saw two other houses getting on fire. >> reporter: back out here live, you're looking at the house looking at the house next door to the house at -- and of course the family displaced in the home with the original fire and then the duplex that is next door. there was nobody living there at the time. at this point, the red cross is

assisting the family that was displaced this morning. live in oakland, katie utehs ktvu channel 2 news. 7:34, we know the name of the victim of a suspected drunk driving crash on interstate 580 in livermore. 29-year-old reed whittaker was killed yesterday morning when his car was hit from behind, causing it to burst into flames. investigators say the driver who hit him, 53-year-old garcia of livermore failed a sobriety test and was arrested. he is facing dui and vehicular manslaughter charges. >> there was explosions the tires were exploding. and a chunk of the jeep actually flew off. >> whittaker was an emt for royal ambulance in san leandro. the owner of the company says whittaker was passionate about his work. starting today, law enforcement agencies across the bay area will be out in force as part of the holiday dui

enforcement campaign. the period will be in effect tonight until january 1st. many bay area police departments will be tweeting updates during their dui patrols using the hash tag, bay area dui and the oakland police department will have a dui check point set up in an undisclosed location. highway 280 in sunnyvale. one person was killed when their car veered off the road and hit a tree about midnight. the crash closed down the connector ramp from northbound 280 to northbound highway 85. the roadway reopened about two hours later. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. well, this morning oakland police are tracking some carjackers who used the stolen cars to commit armed robberies. after a police chase yesterday, the suspects abandoned a toyota sedan. it was actually taken from its owner just hours earlier as he was parking it in front of his home. patrol officers were on the look out because in two

previous carjackings this month, the cars were then used in armed robberies in north oakland and berkeley. >> people were either leaving their car or parking their vehicle, suspects approached them, multiple suspects approached them, produced a handgun and forcibly took the vehicle from them. >> the car owner tells ktvu that he was very relieved his car was recovered so quickly, since he uses it to give drivingless sons. oakland police say there are reasons to be optimistic when looking at recent crime statistics. the oakland tribune reports that overall crime is about the same as last year, however so far there are 85 homicides in oakland this year, and that's actually a 25% decrease from a year ago. interim police chief sean went calls it a positive sign and a good start. it's 7:37. b.a.r.t. and its unions will be at the negotiates table once again this morning. yesterday's meeting ended at 8:00 p.m. with no resolution. the negotiations are over a contract clause that gives

workers up to six weeks of paid family leave. the union ratified the deal. b.a.r.t.'s board of directors approved the contract but without that clause. b.a.r.t. says it was in the by mistake. union leaders say b.a.r.t. negotiates signed off on the deal so the board should honor it. an exclusive pole finds 52% of bay area voters think public transit workers should not be allowed to strike. 41% think they should have the right. after two b.a.r.t. strikes, the poll numbers are slightly different than the rest of california where 47% favor transit workers right to strike. 44 statewide say they should not be allowed to walk out. ac transit is restoring service as contract talks between the agency and its union county. a 60 day court ordered cooling off period ends a week from sunday. new and revamped routes are launching this sunday.

the union says it violates the terms of the cooling off period. it is preparing to file an unfair labor practices lawsuit against ac transit. time now 7:38. and there are new problems with the healthcare.gov web site. apparently insurance companies say they're hearing from people who think they have signed up but there's no record of it. insurance companies say the quality of the information they're receiving from the web site is improving but they're still finding instances of o missing information. this comes as there's a rush by consumers and insurance insurance companies to meet a december 23 december 23rd deadline for people to sign up. they want policies to take effect on january 1st. meantime new figures show that 55,000 californians signed up for health coverage from the new health exchange during the first week of december. that's three times the number of people who signed up during the first week back in november. so far, state officials say a total of 156,000 people have signed up for policies on the covered california web site. p. it is 7:39. there are new details now on a

story we reported yesterday on mornings on 2. staff and parents at oak grove high school met to discuss an armed robbery at a bingo fundraiser for the school band. a man in a ski mask stole about $5000 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 someone would steal from bingo. it's money that's there but it's hard to think that someone would steal from us. >> the band plans to play on despite the robbery. the band has a winter concert tonight. police are recommending the school put money away as it is being collected. even though the weather is starting to warm up, today is another spare the air day. it's actually the 6th in a row, extending the record. today is the 10th spare the air this season. people are not allowed to burn

wood in fireplaces and stoves unless it's the only source of heat. violators could be fined $100 for a first defense or take an online course on air pollution. >> we have had a stubborn weather pattern in place this entire week and unfortunately it acts like a lid and concentrates wood smoke close to the ground where we all breathe. >> inspectors with the air quality management district often catch violators through tips and complaints from neighbors. a second offense, by the way, carries a $500 fine. it is 7:41. an early morning fire damages the home in hayward. the two things firefighters had to overcome to battle the flames. and more lottery dreaming today. the multistate mega-millions game has its second largest jackpot ever. how a recently change helped make this happen. good morning, we are looking at a commute that's not all that bad, but we do have some slow spots as we look at highway 24.

we'll tell you what nearby contra costa county is doing. it's a foggy start and freezing start in many areas. i'll have a look at what's happening outside your door, coming up.  i love watching tv outside.

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. up slightly after a three day funk in the markets, had gun to waiver in anticipation of a draw down. it's been a host of positive reports on employment, housing and even retail which has struggled throughout the year. a live look at the big board. the dow is up 9. the nasdaq up 5 and s&p is flat.

checking adobe stock is up slightly. it's been volatile after announcing 4th quarter profits fell 71%. adobe claims increasing expenses and slower sales. some investors have been encouraged by reports that subscribers are up much more than expected. amazon is working on a new service that it hopes will put it in competition with warehouse club stores. the service will be rolled out to existing members of amazon's prime shipping program and will let them choose from 2000 products typically found in the center of grocery stores and then ship them for a small fee. sources say most of the products are still bought in stores and this would give amazon an entrance to that market. october was a good month for u.s. airlines as they got more passengers to their destinations on time. the nation's top carriers

landed within 15 minutes of their scheduled arrivals. 84% of the time. and that's much better than last october, when the on time rate was just 80%. hawaiian airlines had the best rate, topping 95%. got pretty good weather in hawaii. best thing to worry about. southwest airlines had the lowest at less than 79%. time now 7:45 and happening now, the body of nelson mandela is lying in state for a third and final day today at government headquarters in pretoria. these are live pictures now. there are reports that nearly 100,000 people are waiting in a line today that is miles long. the government says there may not actually be enough time for everyone in line to pay their respects. tomorrow, mandela's body is scheduled to be transported to the village where he grew up for a funeral on sunday. well, north korea says leader kim jong un's uncle has been execute z as -- as a traitor. he had been seen as a mentor

and second in command. but days ago the uncle was accused of corruption, womanizing, gambling and even taking drugs and he was stripped of all power. >> exposing and purchasing him and -- purging him and his allies for exposing our party is justified. >> some say the uncle's execution is an indication of turmoil within the government. others interpret it as kim jong un is trying to show the country and the world that he is in charge. looking into the numbers of pedestrians killed or injured in san francisco, we have opened new numbers that show 529 pedestrians were injured between january and october this year. 13 people were killed, and that's actually an improvement from last year when 594 pedestrians were injured and 16 were killed over the same time period. the executive director of the advocacy group walk san

francisco says many more incidents go unreported. >> looking at the people in sf general versus the people that end in collision data, there are more people in the hospital than in those collision reports. >> earlier this year, mayor ed lee launched a new pedestrian safety plan. his goal is to reduce the number of deaths by 25% in the next two years and by 50% by 2021. san francisco firefighters say recent changes to some streets are making it more difficult for fie trucks to get around. several streets have been redesigned to keep pedestrians and bicyclists safe. the fire department says their trucks are arriving 8 seconds slower on average than they did last year. supervisor scott weaner says cars, double parking is also causing a problem. the fire department has requested several pedestrian safety projects be redesigned to make sure fire trucks can get around quickly. well, today is friday the

13 13th and people across the country are hoping today is their lucky day. the very lucky pam cook is in studio to talk about the gifts people are buying themselves today. >> they are hoping to buy themselves the gift of early retirement. tonight mega-millions jackpot has soared to $400 million. that's the second largest jackpot in mega-millions history. the drawing is tonight. people are rushing to the stores, hoping to pick the numbers. >> i'll be partying like a rock star. >> early retirement. >> i saw on the news, there's a list of things more likely to happen than winning the lottery. being struck by lightning was one of them. hopefully i can beat the odds. >> the odds are lower than they were a couple months ago. the rules were changed in october to build bigger jackpots. your chance used to be 1 in 176 million. now it's 1 in 259 million. it is that one that gets people

out buying tickets and daydreaming about what they would do with the money. i person i know says it bust. i probably won't win but the entertainment value of thinking i might is worth a couple bucks. >> you have to be in it to win it. >> exactly. 7:49. well, the commute is a little lucky. traffic a little better than normal. >> a little bit. not a lot but still a little. every little bit helps as we take a look at pictures, you might notice the san mateo bridge is moving along freely. the traffic is as you drive out to the foster city side and the high-rise and on the peninsula, there has been slow traffic but it's not as long as normal and same with the bay bridge. there certainly is a delay. it's a 5 minute wait before you make it onto the span. looking at san jose, very slow traffic there as well, but all the commutes that we see are just a little bit better than normal. 101 slowing here and there on the way to mountain view and as

we move to the nimitz freeway, even that has improved a little bit. the slowing on 880 begins after highway 92. it slows until fremont. a crash near stevenson and that made things worse. i want to mention traffic times for you. 280 southbound between ceremony and san bruno. 4 minutes. that's good. 101 interchange, 280 to san bruno heading south. 8 minutes. 7:50. let's go to rosemary. there is the sun shining. not everybody waking up with sunshine this morning. we have patches of fog around the bay area. fair skies along the coastline. just inside the east bay, we have lives shots of oakland showing us gray skies and over parts of the north bay, in addition to the fog here, it's very thick in some areas. some of the low lying areas reporting patchy, dense fog, meaning visibility down to a 1/4 mile. visibility could be a little tough driving through for

novato novato, santa rosa, san jose reporting partly to mostly cloudy skies. hit and miss around the bay area. mostly sunny for the afternoon, but at this hour, we're waking one gray skies in some -- waking up with gray skies in some o areas, and freezing temperatures in parts of the north bay, the possibility of freezing fog. if it settles along the ground that moist air could see frosty, icy conditions. be careful. another spare the air day. brian mentioned this a while ago. air quality not bad. moderate. a little unhealthy for the santa clara valley for the afternoon. asthma. respiratory issues may affect you. the rest of us in the moderate category. still illegal to burn in the fireplace unless it's your only source of heat. this is where the coldest temperatures are. 46 san rafael. 46 san francisco. 44 in oakland. freezing in concord. 32 for you, and you will be chilly throughout the morning

hours, 10:00, mid-40s. finally thawing out by 10:00 or so into the afternoon. upper 50s in the forecast for you, and then settling into the evening hours, slipping back into the 40s by 6, 7:00 this evening. 38 degrees right now redwood city. upper 30s san jose. afternoon highs for today a lot like yesterday, a tad warmer in some areas. 60 degrees for san rafael. 58 san francisco. 59 for concord. 60 degrees livermore. 59 for san jose. low 60s in santa cruz. the extended forecast with the weekend always in view, the warming trend taking place over o the weekend. hazy sunshine will remain. upper 60s on sunday. we'll hold onto that as we get back to work monday and tuesday. no rain in the forecast for the next several days. back to you. tomorrow will be one year since the tragedy at sandy hook. the steps the bay area is taking to make sure the same thing does not happen here.

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7:55. three bay area members of congress are showing their support for immigration reform by giving up food for 24 hours. after finishing his 24 hour fast, east bay congressman george miller passed a symbolic cross to fellow east bay congressman eric swalwel so he could begin his fast. >> the republican leadership won't bring it to the floor to let us have that vote. let the democracy work. let the people's representatives vote. >> it's a symbol that we stand in solidarity with the families who are waiting for congress to act. >> the group fast for families launched its fasting campaign last month on the national mall in washington d.c. scientists have found a new

tool to warn californians about distant earthquakes that could be felt here. high powered global positioning systems could measure tiny disruptions caused by the strong quakes. uc berkeley seismologists say that will make it easier to quickly estimate the size of ruptures in the ground and which direction the shaking is headed. there are 40gps stations operating in the bay area and they'll be an essentially part of an early warning system. an la lakers employee has been charged with stealing from the team's training facility. items taken include two championship rings and $20,000 worth of gift cards. 23-year-old eddie montoroso was arrested on tuesday. they were going to be given to community groups at holiday events. he used them to buy televisions and ipads. it's 7:57. you may have seen the commercial against last

sunday's game with the 49ers and seattle sea hawks. the spot showed angry sea hawks fans screaming the 9ers quarterback colin kaepernick but drowns out the boos putting on his headset. and they are upset about how they are portrayed in the ad. they plan to boycott the company, the beats, some cost up to $300. >> not cheap at all. stanford's allotment of rose bowl tickets sells out in minutes. what some fans did that may have caused seats to disappear nor quickly. no classes today at an elementary school in san rafael, what happened after a van crashed into a school. we're going from unseasonably cold to unseasonably warm just in time for the weekend, and just how warm i expect us to get, coming up, avo: the volkswagen "sign then drive"

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january 2nd. visit vwdealer.com today good morning everybody. welcome back to mornings on 2. time now, 8:00 on the dot. these are live pictures from hayward. fire crews are on the scene of an early morning house fire.

live breaking news coverage, just about 90 minutes ago. it wasn't the flames or smoke that woke up residents in the area. what they heard when the fire started coming up in a live report. good morning everybody. i'm brian flores. dave clark has the morning off. i'm tori campbell. a quick look at weather ask traffic. rose mary in for steve, and finally a warm up coming. >> we have a pleasant weekend in store, on the other hand, at this hour, not so pleasant in many cases. patchy fog, frigid temperatures outside our door in some cases, giving a live look over the oakland estuary. we have fog along the east bay shoreline. santa clara valley, and north bay, inland valleys reporting patchy, dense fog. for the afternoon, we will be slightly warmer today. afternoon highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. it is a spare the air day, so keep that in mind. in store for your weekend, a notable warm up. right now, temperatures in the upper 20s right around santa rosa.

napa. low 40s in hayward and 39 outside your door, san jose. the inland east bay, a chilly one. widespread low 30s. shifting to the north for the colder temperatures this morning, looking at 31 degrees, still outside your door in hillsburg. a quick peek for the afternoon, 62 santa rosa. 60 in oakland. 59 for fremont as well as san jose. a big jump coming with our temperatures in time for your weekend. i'll have a look at your weekend forecast coming up. good morning sal. rosemare, good morning to you. looking at a decent drive times. fewer minutes from point a to point b. and most commutes on 80 from richland to berkeley. no major crashes or stall vehicles along this stretch. as you get to the bay bridge, it has cleared out. a very small delay. once you make it onto the bridge, 8 minutes into the commute. no major problems.

101 southbound from alameda, 8 minutes. northbound 101 to vermont, getting a little bit of slow traffic. speed at 20 miles per hour. pleasant hill road to the caldecott, a 10 minute drive. 8:02. back to the desk. we're continue to go follow developing news in hayward where an early morning house fire continues to remain under investigation. paul chambers is live in hayward to tell us what neighbors say they heard this morning. good morning paul. >> reporter: we're along fair view avenue in hayward. crews are on the scene. basically putting out hot spots. you can see the water shooting up at times. crews are still out here, trying to determine the exact cause. people in the area report hearing explosion that woke them up before seeing the flames. >> i heard a big crash, a boom and a crash, and i thought somebody threw a brick or something through my window. i have a big plate glass window, it's 5 by 7 and it blew

out. i didn't know what had happened. >> reporter: now it's still unclear what the source of the explosion was. but investigators say the fire broke out around 5 this morning. call came in of explosion. when crews arrived on scene, they found a home which they described as an inlaw suite engulfed in flames. crews say it was difficult to battle because of downed power lines and waits to turn off the gas to the home. firefighters were able to knock down the fire within 10 minutes. >> we went to work, got 3 engines, a truck company up here, aggressively going to a defensive attack because the place was fully involved. >> reporter: there was a man inside the home when the fire broke out. he made it out safely and was taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries. now, investigators will be out here for a good part of the morning trying to determine the exact cause of the fire and explosion. and we come out here live, you can see how big the explosion was. that's the front door of the home. it was blown off the home across those cars, across that

looks like over there out to the walkway. i tell you what it was a pretty powerful explosion. firefighters are not sure of the exact a cause. they'll stay out here and try to determine it. as soon as we find that out, we'll bring it along and pass it to you. live in hayward, paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. it is 8:04. classes have been canceled at a san rafael elementary school after a car crash knocked out power. how administrators got the word out after this accident. good morning alex. >> reporter: no power on campus, and no classes for students at laurel dell elementary school. the principal tells me families were no foundation with a phone call last night. this morning you can see staff members outside the school, just in case some students show up who didn't get the notification last night and didn't know there weren't classes today. let me show you the issue. a van veered off the road and

slammed right into the pg&e service line on the side of the building. this actually triggered a gas leak that firefighters thankfully got under control fairly quickly. let me show you a photo of this accident scene that was tweeted out by the san rafael fire department. after this crash happened at 5:45 last night. the school is woodland avenue. two people in this van suffered minor injuries and at this point it's unclear exactly why they lost control. the van ruptured a gas line and triggered a power outage on the campus, and actually last night, the out oage threatened to can -- outage threatened to cancel the holiday concert at the school. the event was moved to a nearby church and the show went on. this was the message put up on the school's web site, letting parents and students know classes were canceled for the day. 220 students attend laurel dell according to the principal and ask school administrators are expecting everything will be fixed over the weekend and the power should be back on in time for classes monday morning.

a school employee told me repair work will begin later on today. live this morning, in san rafael, alex savage ktvu channel 2 news. 8:006, later today a vigil will be held in san francisco to remember the victim's last year's school shooting massacre in newtown, connecticut. ♪ ♪ last night, hundreds of people gathered at the national cathedral this washington d.c. to remember the victims of the sandy hook elementary school shooting. tomorrow marks one year since a gunman shot and killed his mother at their home and then 20 children and 6 adults at the school before turning the gun on himself. the vigil in san francisco starts at 1:00 this afternoon at city hall. 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. brenda gresham traveled with

the school. the event was organized by the newtown foundation. her son was shot and killed on new year's eve in 2010 and police say he might have been mistaken for someone else. three bay area cities are hosting gun buy back events tomorrow to mark the first anniversary of the sandy hook shooting. the events are being held in oakland, san francisco and san jose. now, $100 will be offered for handguns and $200 for assault weapons. now, the event in san francisco runs from 8 in the morning until 3 in the afternoon at the alive and free omega boys club. that's located on tennessee street. in oakland, the buy back will be held at youth up rising on mcarthur boulevard from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and in san jose, people can turn in their guns at our ole deof guadalupe church on san antonio avenue from 9 in the morning until 1:00 p.m. some of them lost children to gun violence. a group called 1000 mothers to prevent violence held a benefit

dinner at oakland's jack london square. a woman who lost two sons in a shooting founded the nonprofit organization which officer counseling and support to families of homicide victims. those lending a hand included dave stewart and former san francisco giants manager dusty baker. >> this has helped taylor and help heal other parents, especially mothers that have lost children. >> the founder of 1000 mothers says he hopes the event brings one night f of joy to victims of violence during the holiday season. you can go to our web site, ktvu.com where we have posted bay area events being held this weekend in memory of the newtown victims. look for the information in our hot topics section. well, weather in the bay area is warming up this weekend. the northeast u.s. could see the biggest snowstorm of the year. although winter does not officially begin until next

weekend, a severe winter weather alert has been issued for the atlantic sea board. new york and philadelphia could see 3 to 5 inches of snow this weekend. up state new york has received 3 1/2 feet since tuesday. >> it went from big fluffy flakes down to the little once, back to the big ones and then pounding, just insane. >> new england states could receive 8 inches to a foot of snow by sunday. tickets to january's rose bowl game between stanford and michigan state are a hot commodity. stanford says it sold out its public allotment in just 4 minutes on tuesday, but some of that may have been due to a little trickery by michigan state fans. some reported taking advantage of a deal by stanford which offered 4 tickets to anyone who put a $100 deposit down on season tickets for next season. however, stanford says 95% of

its ticket allotments did go to current season ticket holders and stanford students. they're very excited to be back down there in pasadena. it's that time of year when the holiday dui campaign gets under way. what we have learned about who was killed in the fiery crash yesterday on 580 in livermore. >> an elementary school substitute teacher in texas in hot water this morning, what he's accused of doing to a 5- year-old student to get the boy to be quiet. good morning, we are looking at the commute now, and it's still a little bit slow in some areas. i have some good news for you. some of these commutes are noticeably lighter. unseasonably mild weather in the forecast for your afternoon and into your weekend. i'll have a look at your numbers, plus some of us waking up this morning with patchy fog, freezing temperatures. i'll have a look at your current conditions coming up. hd out these new product ideas people post on your page?

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rosa. some parents at a texas elementary school are calling for a substitute teacher to be fire be -- fired. he made the student tape his mouth shut. he admitted to cutting a piece of duct tape as a warning to students. when 5-year-old isaiah was talking too much in class, the teacher apparently pointed to the tape and isaiah put it on his mouth. >> disgusted with these people. put him in the corner, that's 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 but he has been reassigned to another school. police are still investigating what led to a quadruple stabbing outside of last night's denver broncos came. it happened in a parking lot near sports authority field about 30 minutes after the game ended. 3 men were taken to the hospital. 1 remains in critical condition. police say there was a 4th 4th victim, but that person left. 3 people were taken into custody and the broncos lost that game. time now is 8:15. 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 importance of a letter sent by the mlb's commissioner's office to the a's in june. it notified the team that commissioner bud selib was not satisfied with the proposal.

san jose officials say they only found out about the letter last week this a court filing. meantime, the group save oakland sports is hosting a meeting in san leandro. trying to keep the a's raiders and warriors in the bay. local politicians and business leaders will also speak at the meeting. they'll update the two potential sites that have been talked about for a new stadium for the a's. 8:16. former illinois governor rubella enjoy virtual is -- governor roy lagovich, trying to reduce the former governor's sentence. he was convicted on a number of charges in 2011, including trying to profit from his power to name someone to president obama's old u.s. senate seat. he's currently serving his sentence at a prison in colorado. today sonoma county

supervisor cario is expected to enter a plea to charges he peaked inside a santa rosa woman's home last summer. both sides believe he'll say he's not guilty even though he's publicly apologized for his behavior. he has avoided giving detailed explanation of what happened. it's unclear if he wants the case to go to trial if or if this is a step he hopes will lead to a plea bargain. sat night live says changes -- saturday night live says changes are coming to the cast. they plan to add one or two black female performers as soon as next month. two dozen candidates have auditioned. 7 or 8 finalists will perform on the stage this monday. it has been criticized by the cast members for the lack of diversity. meantime beyan say surprised fans by releasing -- beyonce surprised fans by releasing an album on itunes. she describes it as a visual

album. each song has a video attached to it plus three bonus videos. beyonce didn't promote the album. she wanted to speak directly to her fans, so she made the announcement yesterday on facebook. it is 8:17. i want to check in with sal and see what's happening on the roads. how is the toll plaza. >> it's light. if you're trying to get into san francisco, it's a good time to do it. i also want to let you know today me and some other local tv and radio people will be ringing bells for the salvation army at union square, so rosemary will tell you what the weather is. i would say bring a court if you're coming out to see us. take a look at the toll plaza: getting into san francisco shouldn't be all that bad for the christmas shopping. you might do union square perhaps. there are no major problems on the bridge. it's a little hazy. traffic moving well, though. northbound 101 is backed up from the 280 to cesar chavez. there was an earlier car fire northbound 280, that's been

cleared. northbound 101 traffic is a little bit slow. southbound 880 at stevenson still clearing a crash and traffic coming in on nimitz is slow. 8:18. let's go to rose mary. it will be all a about the numbers for your weekend. they are going up ward. we are going to be above average at some point this morning. we're waking one patchy fog, a relative humidity is up. i'll explain why in just a moment. around the bay, not bad at all. 44 oakland. 45 san francisco. low 40s for half-moon bay. but you go inland and we're freezing this morning. once again, 32 in livermore. 32 in concord. 33 walnut creek and over here, parts of the north bay, this is where we're looking at the coldest temperatures. napa reporting 28. 27 in santa rosa and freezing in novato. in addition to low clouds out there, thick fog reported at times in and around novato, petaluma and santa rosa. take it easy.

you may hit the wall of fog with little warning. we'll have that through the morning hours. the system moves through in the overnight hours. brought a few clouds. it it's well out of the way. you can see move through southern california earlier, and it's now passing off to the east. a few scattered showers reported over northern california. and we actually had a little bit of an on shore push and that helped to moisten up the air a little bit. and i want to point to this, a ridge of high pressure beginning to build off the east pacific. this is going to be strengthening our way. our cold spell coming to an end will still be cool in the overnight hours in the morning, but our afternoon highs are going to be warming up and eventually we'll be 5 to 10 degrees above the seasonal average, so quite a shift from what we saw earlier this week, to what we're going to get by sunday into monday. unfortunately, no rain in sight. and we do have a spare the air day again for today. temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s. today, slightly warmer than yesterday. it's into the weekend that we

begin to see the bigger change. here a look at the extended forecast with your bay area weekend always in view. hazy sunshine, going to stick around through the weekend. temperatures, take a look at that. in the afternoon, mid- to upper 60s in the forecast for saturday. and upper 60s to near 70 degrees in the forecast sunday as well as monday. and tuesday, we only lose a degree or two. it's going to feel very similar. very mild weather coming our way. meanwhile, the overnight lows will come up as well. temperatures in the low 30s for inland communities, upper 30s around the bay for your weekend. back to the desk. thank you rosemary. we have a follow up this morning to a story of a high school bing glen o game. >> why would something do that of thing. 15 minutes from now, the advice from police to the school to make sure this does not happen again. and a san diego judge says a controversial cross must come

down. the debate over a long time landmark that was declared a national memorial.

. welcome back to mornings on 2. time is 8:24. the latest death toll from typhoon haiyan stands at over 6000. the philippine government announced that its confirmed the deaths of 6009 people andalmost 1800 others still missing the typhoon hit the central philippines on november

8th. recovery crews say each day they find at least 20 bodies under the debris. authorities in marin county are working to determine if a bank robbery suspect is the so called cotton l ball bandit. the fbi says that person is responsible for several marin county robberies over the past year. the suspect in the latest robbery was shot wednesday after authorities say he pointed a gun at deputies. investigators served a search warrant at the suspect's home in larksburg yesterday collecting several bags of evidence. it is 8:25. a federal judge ruled a war memorial which is a landmark in southern california violates the first amendment and must be taken down. the 43-foot tall cross on mound solidad was built nearly 60 years ago. that was challenged by people living near the cross as well as a group of jewish war

veterans. >> not everyone who gave their lives in those wars or fought in those wars were members of the christian faith and so for a certain group of people that was important but not for all americans. >> the judge ordered the cross be removed in 90 days and then he said it could be remained until all possible appeals could be exhausted. a similar case involving mount davidson cross was revolved in 1997 when the cross and land were sold to a private group. a small park in richmond's iron triangle neighborhood is getting a markover located at -- makeover located at elm avenue and may street. it has been a magnet for crime, but a $2 million state grant is helping to revitalize the park. the new pogo park project is expected to be completed in the spring. it will include a bike path, a play area and a zip line. the spirit of christmas is in place outside the california capitol. governor jerry brown, his wife ann and their dog attended the tree lighting ceremony outside the state capitol.

the tree came from a forest near redding. it's now covered in large blue, red and green ornaments and has 10,000led lights. people attending the ceremony were asked to donate to the california food bank. an east bay man tries to park his car outside his home. >> i opened the door. >> instead he becomes a carjacking victim. what police think the suspect's planned next. an oakland o -- family is displaced by an early morning house fire that started with the oven, what made this fire burn so fast and so quick, i'll tell you. warmer weather on the way for your weekend. this morning, we're waking up with clouds and cold temperatures. we'll have a look at what's happening outside your door this morning, what you can expect for the afternoon and your weekend forecast coming up.

. mornings on 2. time is 8:29. live pictures from oakland, with the damage left behind from an early morning fire. we brought you live coverage starting at 4:30 this morning, and fire crews say the cold weather may be to blame. what the residents were using to stay warm that may have started the blaze coming up in a live report. good morning everybody. i'm brian flores. dave clark has the morning off. let's get your day started with weather and traffic. rosemary in for steve. starting off cold but warming up during the weekend. exactly. we have nice weather in time for your week. this morning it's a chilly start. most areas waking up within a few degrees of where we started

yesterday. some of o us waking up with gray skies this morning. it could actually feel colder outside if you do not have the sunshine. 44 in oakland. 45 in san francisco. this is where we are looking at the coldest numbers this morning. 27 in santa rosa. 28 in napa. that is not the only area. we have widespread low 30s in the inner east bay as well. 32 in san ramon. 31 at walnut creek. upper 30s in pittsburgh. the low clouds inside the bay, into the east bay, parts of the north bay, parts of the south bay. san jose waking up with gray skies. patchy dense fog in parts of the north bay. as we get going this morning, it's going to take time for the cloud and low cloud deck to clear out. inside maybe stretched along the east bay, takes until noontime, 1:00 until we see the mostly sunny skies. for the afternoon, upper 50 to see near 60 degrees. in most cases. low 60s for santa rosa and ask

that looks to be one of the warmer locations. temperatures are going to take a hike for the weekend. i'll have those numbers coming up. the commute has improved quite a bit. traffic times are lower than they were last time. we have slow traffic on 237 as you cross 880 near zanka road. it stays crowded to 101. there's still slow traffic on the bay shore freeway. i want to show you some maps that we have here of the south bay. you can see that 101 is still slow and slow on 101 through sunnyvale and getting better throughout the south bay. almost no slow traffic in the santa cruz mountains. that's great there and no problems by the way on the 85. it's a little bit slow. another picture, i want to show you the bay bridge. that's a small delay. it's 8:32. let's go back to the desk. all right sal. thank you. a family is able to escape after their house catches fire overnight. investigators say it started because the stove was being used to heat up the home.

ktvu's katie utehs has been following the story all morning long. she joins us live in oakland with why firefighters had a tough time fighting this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, brian, now that it's daylight, i want to show you exactly what firefighters are talking about. essentially this manufactured home is made in a facility and delivered to the site. the building materials are thinner and the fire spreads quicker if you compare that to the home next door which has a stucco exterior. it was barely touched by the flames but in this manufactured home, this prefabricated home, the fire spread really quickly. now, let me show you some pictures given to us by a neighbor which shows the flames shooting out of the roof of the home. the fire sparked around 2:30 this morning near the intersection of 90th avenue and a street in east oakland. a man, woman and their child escaped without injury, but firefighters say they were using the oven and stove to stay warm and that's what

caused the large fire. >> they were really high. everything started off really really fast. by the time that the second firefighter came, it was from front to back. >> reporter: fire crews contained the fire in about a half hour, but not before it spread to a home to the right where people are in the process of moving in where they weren't at the building at that time. and a duplex on the left of the building was also damaged but it's unoccupied. an engine from fire station 20, which is about 8 blocks away did not respond because of budget cuts, but about 30 firefighters did respond with 7 engines. they were able to put the fire out in about a half hour they said. the family displaced by this fire is being helped by the red cross. as you're taking this live look, you can see how damaged this home is and most likely all of their things inside. we have also learned that the families pets, their dogs were killed in the fire. live in oakland. katie utehs ktvu channel 2

news. thank you katie. it is 8:34. we know the name of the victim of a suspected drunk driving crash on interstate 580 in livermore. 29-year-old reed whittaker was killed yesterday morning when his car was hit from behind causing it to burst into flames. investigators say the driver who hit him, 53-year-old garcia of livermore failed a sobriety test and was arrested. he is now facing dui and vehicular manslaughter charges. >> i thought he was just distraught, but, you know, he could hardly stand, so like i said, i thought he was either injured or distraught. i didn't realize that he would have been drunk. >> whittaker was an emt for royal ambulance in san leandro. the owner of the company says whittaker was passionate about his work. starting today, law enforcement agents 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 from tonight until january 1st. many bay area police departments will be tweeting updates during their dui patrols using the hash tag bay area dui. and tonight the oakland police department will have a dui check point set up in an undisclosed location. time is 8:35. oakland police are tracking some carjackers who used the stolen cars to commit armed robberies. after a police chase yesterday, the suspects abandoned a toyota sedan. it it was actually taken from its owner just hours earlier as he was parking it in front of his home. patrol officers were on the look out because in two previous carjackings this month, the cars were then used in armed robberies in north oakland and berkeley. >> when you follow up one carjack instance 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 tells ktvu he

was relieved his car was recovered quickly since he uses it to give driving lessons. oakland police say there are reasons to be optimistic when looking at crime statistics. over all crime is about the same as last year. there were 85 homicides reported in oakland this year but that's a 25% decrease from a year ago. interim police chief shaun went calls it a positive sign and a good start. b.a.r.t. and the unions will be at the negotiating table this morning. yesterday's meeting ended at 8:00 p.m. with no resolutions. the negotiations are over a contract clause that gives workers up to 6 weeks of paid family leave. the unions ratified the deal. b.a.r.t.'s board of directors approved the contract but without the clause. b.a.r.t. says it was in the contract by mistake. union leaders say b.a.r.t. negotiators signed off on the deal, so the board should honor it. an exclusive ktvu field poll finds 52% of bay area

voters think public transit workers should not be allowed to spike. 41% think they should have the right. they are slightly different for the rest of california. 47 favor transit workers right to strike. 44% statewide said they should not be allowed to walk out. ac transit is restoring service this weekend as contract talks between the agency and its union continue. a 60 day court ordered cooling off period ends a week from sunday. new and revamped routes are launching this sunday. the union says that violates the terms of the cooling off period, so it is preparing to file an unfair labor practices lawsuit against ac transit. well, there are new problems with the healthcare.gov web site. insurance companies say they're hearing from people who think they have signed up but there's no record of it. insurance companies say the quality of the information they're receiving from the web

site is improving, but they're still finding instances of missing information. this comes as there's a rush by consumers and insurance companies both to meet a december 23rd deadline for people to sign up if they want policies to take effect on january 1st. new figures show that 50,000 californians signed up for health coverage from the state's new health exchange during the first week of december. that's three times the number of people who signed up during the first week of november. a total of 156,000 people have signed up for policies on the covered california web site. it is 8:39. there are new details in a story we reported yesterday on mornings on 2. 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 a ski mask stole about $5000 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 bingo, even though, i mean, it's money that's just there. it's hard to think that someone would steal from us. >> well, the band plans to play on despite the robbery. the band has a winter concert tonight. until the meantime, police recommending that the school put any fundraising money away right away, as soon as it's been collected. even though the weather is starting to warm up, today is another spare the air day. it's now the 6th in a row, extending the record. it's the 10th spare the air this season. people are not allowed to burn fire in stoves or pliers, unless it's the -- fireplaces unless it's the only source of heat. check this out, new this morning, a rare site in cairo egypt, snow. people are posting pictures, a lot of them on twitter in fact. some are saying it's the first

snowfall in egypt in more than a hundred years. precipitation of any kind is actually rare in cairo. as the city averages less than an inch of rain each year. >> i was in cairo in january a long time ago and it's very warm. it is 8:40. lottery fever heating up across the country, the huge mega- millions jackpot and how changes to rules affect your odds of winning. an early morning fire in hayward has a ripple effect. good morning, we are still looking at traffic around the bay, getting some good traffic now on 880 south, and northbound 880 is still slow. we'll tell you where. a warming trend is in store for your bay area weekend. this morning, though, patchy fog and cold temperatures. when we will crawl out of this frigid like weather and what you can expect for the afternoon coming up.

a three day funk caused by worries that a federal reserve meeting next week will be the beginning of the end for a generous monetary policies. and cheaper gasoline at home, heating oil, pushing prices

down for the 3rd consecutive month. a live look at the big board, the dow is up 17. the nasdaq is up 2. and s&p down slightly. time is 8:44. let's get you updated on top stories we're following right now. laurel dell elementary school is closed today. a van ran into the school last night and knocked out electricity to the building. the school expects the utility problems to be resolved in time for classes to resume on monday morning. starting today, law enforcement agents cities across the bay area will be out in full force as part of the holiday dui enforcement campaign. the period will be in effect until january 1st. an early morning house fire is under investigation in hayward. neighbors reported hearing explosion. paul chambers is live in hayward with a look at the damage left behind. >> good morning, we're here along fair view avenue in hayward where the fire broke out. crews left here about 20

minutes ago. they're still trying to determine the exact cause of the fire. investigators say the fire broke out around 5 this morning, calls came in of explosion and they found a home which they describe as in-law suite engulfed in flames. it was difficult to battle because of downed power lines. still firefighters were able to make a quick work of it facebooking it down in 10 minutes -- knocking it down in 10 minutes. people reported hearing explosion before seeing the flames. >> i heard a boom and a crash. i thought somebody threw a brick through my window. i have a big plate glass window, it's 5 by 7 and it blew out, and i didn't know what had happened. >> reporter: now it's unclear the source of the explosion. there was a man inside the home when the fire broke out. he made it out safely and was taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries. we can come back out here live. there's a door out here.

that doorway belong on the house of the door. that was a bad explosion. firefighters trying to determine the cause of the explosion and what also led up to the fire. you can see that explosion was pretty powerful to make it from the house to right there. live in hayward, i'm paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. new this morning, a mountain lion was spotted early this morning in a backyard in mill bray. the mountain lion was seen just after 2:00 on surveillance video on encino drive and jumped over a 6-foot fence in the backyard chopped to have a large coy pond. do you feel lucky, the mega- millions jackpot is soaring and people across the country have visions of early retirement dancing in their head and pam cook is in the studio. >> it's fun to think about it. tonight's jackpot, $400 million. that's the second largest jackpot in megamillions

history. the drawing is tonight. people are rushing to the stores hoping to pick the winning numbers ask beat the odds. >> somebody's going to be lucky and i think it's going to be me. >> a lot of people's lives will be much better if i win. >> the odds are lower than we were a couple months ago. the rules were changed in october to try and build bigger jackpots and get more people to play. it's working. your chance of winning the jackpot, it used to be 1 in 176 million. it's now is in 259 million. so you're saying i have a chance. that is the quote, steve's favorite movie. our producer just asked me, beach front property in maui and one way tickets. that's what i'm doing. >> aloha. >> exactly. >> time is 8:48. let's go to sal. he's following breaking news this morning. >> that's right. we have apparently a car has hit a child in los los gatoss to. and -- los altos.

near the los altos country club. this happened on esberg road near mora drive. a vehicle apparently hit a child there. and it's been there for just a little bit. the police and the fire department are on the scene. we're trying to find out more about this incident and we'll get it to you. all right, let's move to the bay bridge toll plaza, westbound. there's a little bit of a back up here. there are no major problems, but the back up is about 3 to 4 minutes long. and 880 oakland northbound, a little bit slow. i mentioned i was going to let you know where southbound slows. that slows at 92. it's pockets of snow all the way down to stevenson, the sign of an earlier accident. let's go to rosemary. >> and the fog on our way this morning, if you know somebody arriving to sfo, they are reporting some delays. because of the low clouds out there, giving you a live look here, i believe. where it's very calm. that's the flag pole. the flag blowing at moment.

we will continue with light winds for the afternoon. a ridge of high pressure building in in time for the weekend and that will drive our temperatures up. for today, we're right about the seasonal average. as we get into saturday and sunday, temperatures are going to actually warm into the mid- to upper 60s. anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees above the surgery average for the second half of your -- above the average for the second half of your weekend. another spare the air day. areas in the san jose valley, we are looking at borderline moderate to unhealthy. that to be aware of. it could impact you if you have asthma or respiratory issues. 27 degrees santa rosa. 45 in san francisco. quite a difference depending on where you're at. inland communities in the upper 20s to mid-30s and around the bay, widespread 40s. oakland, 44 for you. concord, sitting at 32. it's going to take a little while before we finally warm up. that 11:00 number actually not

wrong. or not right. i think we'll be in the mid-40s by 11:00 and then we'll continue to see our temperatures warm into the afternoon. san jose right now, you're checking in right at 39. upper 50s for you for the second half of the day. here's a look at what you can expect for the second half of the day. 60 degrees for san rafael yell. upper 50s for berkeley. san francisco at 58 for today. 59 for concord. into livermore, temperatures ranging in the upper 50s to near 60 degrees. 59 pleasanton. 60 for livermore. 59 san jose. low 50s santa cruz and mid- to upper 50s for the coast with partly cloudy skies. the extended forecast with your bay area weekend always in view. temperatures are going to be warming up. low to mid-60s in the forecast by tomorrow. mid- to upper 60s in the forecast sunday, monday and tuesday. unfortunately, no rain in sight. but at least our overnight lows will be coming up as well as our afternoon highs. back to you. >> 9 minutes now before 9:00. really a unique way to raise

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and final day for nelson mandela's body lying in state at government headquarters in pretoria. tens of thousands of people waited in license more than -- lines more than a mile long to pay their respects. tomorrow his body will be transported to his home village. 8:54. a 79-year-old man struck and killed by a van near a farmers market has been identified. jourgan troub was hit after 9:30. he was trying to cross civic center drive near the county fire grounds. a blue tent and tarp was put up over the scene. it was not known if he was in a crosswalk when he was hit. the driver is cooperating with investigators. the chp is investigate ago deadly crash on highway 280 in sunnyvale. one person was killed when the car veered off the road and hit a tree. the crash closed down the connector ramp from northbound

280 to northbound highway 85. the roadway reopened about 2 hours later. the cause of the crash is still being investigated. well, you may have seen the commercial during last sunday's game between the 49ers and the seattle sea hawks. >> the commercial there showed angry sea hawks fans apparently screaming at colin kaepernick, but he drowns out the boos by wearing his trademark headphones. however, some sea hawks fans are upset about how they're portrayed in that ad. they plan to boycott the company beats by dr. dre. a fearless tattoo artist let his customers tattoo him. cody houser said he knew his friends and clients would line up to turn the needle on him. they helped write toys for tots on his legs. all they had to do was donate an unwrapped toy and $25 to e

toys for tots. >> i do toys for tots every year. this is on a different level, i guess. >> houser says he can not imagine a child not having a present to open on christmas day. we want to go to sal right now who's following a couple of breaking news stories right now. sal what's going on. the first is in los altos, a 12-year-old child was hit by a car reportedly as is being reported by chp in los altos. near the country club near 280 in that area. and the police and the fire department are still on the scene. we're trying to find out more about that. we'll have more on the channel 2 news at noon. and a water rescue going on in the emeryville marina. they have this person, a good samaritan picked that person up. now the boat is somewhat out of control and they're respond to go get that boat under control. this is all in the emeryville

marina. 8:57. let's go to rosemary. >> i could sum it up by saying warmer weather in store for your weekend. temperatures right about where we should be this time of year. going 5 to 10 degrees above the seasonal average by sunday. >> all right. rosemary, thank you very much. that is our report for this morning. and we thank you all the time for making ktvu your choice for news. >> and be sure to watch ktvu channel 2 news at noon, for more on the b.a.r.t. talks going on this morning for the disputed contract clause of paid family leave. we're there for you on ktvu.com as well as twitter and facebook. thank you for joining us. have a great weekend.

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