>> reporter: joanne hayes white under fire. the union says it has lost confidence. we'll tell you why and why firefighters want the mayor to take action. commuters heading into san francisco are dealing with a big change. what they need to know once they exit the bay bridge. the u.s. senate's air

partners begin airstrikes against isis in syria. the comments from president obama expected at any moment and who just called the airstrikes illegal. "mornings on 2" starts now. we're live in san francisco at the city hall where an unprecedented move for the san francisco fire department appears to be unfolding. ktvu has learned this morning there could be action taken today that could lead to a shakeup in leadership. coming up in two minutes, ktvu's tara moriarty will tell us what firefighters are saying about losing confidence in their own fire chief. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> good morning, tori. >> good morning, dave. >> i'm dave clark. let's talk about weather and traffic. steve, i'm excited about the forecast. >> not as excited -- >> i know you are. >> we have 4 hours to go. the system is on the way. we won't get a lot of rain.

there will be a lot of rain up north. it will be windy in the sierra. today, patchy low clouds. san jose is mostly cloudy. some areas are clear. look at that. oh, my gosh. where you have been? our first system out of the north and the coolest air will arrive on friday. that will be the first cold front where you are like, i smell it. it's clean air. we have about three days to go. 76 today in oakland after starting off at 61. 48 napa. 49 santa rosa. there you go. a little cool. 40s and 50s. a couple of low 60s. not much of a howling delta breeze. only 17. but this wind or breeze is really going to pick up tomorrow as our system inches closer. a few high clouds to the north. just some patchy low clouds for us. mostly sunny today. near average temperatures for this time of year. a couple of low clouds, high clouds and tomorrow we'll start to increase both of those. 80s through the interior. 70s around the bay and near the coast. here's sal. >> all right, steve. good morning. we're looking at the exit from the bay bridge. one of the first ones -- in fact, the first one on right.

that would be the fremont/folsom exit. it's been reduced to only the fremont exit. there's not a big backup coming out to fremont. but more people are going to be use using fremont street now that the folsom street ramp is not available. it's not caused a huge backup on the bay bridge. we have a reporter there. we'll be following the story very closely. let's go back to the toll plaza and show you the traffic. about a 25, 30-minute delay. nothing out of the ordinary. the carpool lanes are moving well. highway 4 has been very slow this morning. we had a couple of earlier problems to blame. 680 is moderately heavy as you drive through. and 580 from the livermore valley coming into the valley from the altamont pass is very slow. at 7:0. back 3. back to the desk. 2 investigates uncover esnew details about the latest -- unkoshers new details about the latest details about

ambulance response time. firefighters are joining other critics saying it takes too long to get patients to the hospital. tara moriarty is live from city hall to tell us how firefighters are putting the blame squarely on their own chief. good morning, tara. >> reporter: well, good morning. this is not a vote of no confidence but it is pretty close. firefighters crafted a letter yesterday morning which they apparently plan to deliver to the mayor at city hall sometime today. we do know it spells out why firefighters have lost faith in their chief, joanne hayes white. this is according to several sources within the department. in the union, they are expressing a crisis in confidence, in leadership and in direction of the san francisco fire department. >> public safety is in jeopardy and i and many others have lost faith in the department's leadership, specifically in the chief's ability to fix it. >> reporter: this comes on the heels of supervisor's no confidence in the chief last

week. breed and firefighters say they are frustrated and disappointed in the department's poor ambulance times, a problem that hit a critical stage this past spring. now, the chief office put out its own press release with joanne hayes white saying i'm very pleased to see while the call volume continues to rice, the transport times are improving. [ sirens ] >> reporter: firefighters say adding 16 new medics to the streets two weeks ago has helped. but 90% of the wait times for life-threatening calls are still more than 12 minutes. the maximum time amount is 1 minutes. my sources indicate that the improvement in times happened after private ambulance companies stepped in. who is behind the letter to the mayor? this is a list of all of the organizations including local 798 which represents roughly 1400 firefighters and paramedics. now there is a fire commission meeting thursday and we've just received word that the chief is

asking people to testify on her behalf. live at san francisco city hall, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you. 7:05. the san francisco sheriff's department plans to discipline five employees all connected to the lynn spaulding case. she was the woman who disappeared from her hospital room one year ago. she was missing for 17 days before her poddy was found in -- body was found in a rarely- used stairwell inside the hospital. investigators concluded the case was poorly handled. the sheriff's department confirmed that five notices of intent to impose discipline have been prepared but not all have been served yet. a newly-formed task force in sonoma county wants the sheriff's deputy who shot and killed a teenaged boy to be taken off street duty. that request came last night during the first meeting of the task force that was formed shortly after the shooting death of 13-year-old andy

lopez. deputy eric gelhaus returned to full patrol duty ten months after mistaking the teen's pellet gun for a real assault rifle. the district attorney did not file charges against the deputy but the task force says having him on patrol sends the wrong message to the community. new this morning, all lanes of northbound in menlo park are back open after a breaken sprinkler line flooded the road. take a look at the pictures. it happened before 2:00 a.m. near the marsh road offramp. the chp says the source of the flood was quickly located and crews were called in to shut off the water. police had to wait a couple of hours until the water had gone down so they could reopen the road. it's not clear at this point how the sprinkler line broke. all right. 7:07. car thieves targeted a high-end dealership in belmont. ktvu's janine de la vega is there now to tell us how they got away with nine cars. good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning, dave. we're hear at auto bond motors.

this is on island parkway, off highway 101. employees are just starting to show up at this mercedes-benz dealership. you can see, they have a sign here saying this is patrolled by security so it's unknown if security was here over the weekend when this break-in happened. we're waiting for a manager to arrive. police say thieves hopped a fence and broke into one of the buildings between 1:00 and 3:00 a.m. on sunday. police say once the suspects got on the property, they grabbed an undetermined amount of car keys and used those keys to steal several cars left inside the dealership for repairs. so far, nine cars have been confirmed stolen. one of them was recovered in the east bay. investigators are working with the dealership to confirm if more vehicles were taken. they do have p surveillance cameras on the -- they do have surveillance cameras on the property. so police will be looking at

that. belmont police are asking anyone with information to call them. we plan to check in with the managers to see if we can get more details on what happened. we hope to bring that to you in the next hour of "mornings on 2." reporting live from belmont, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:08. a $500 reward is offered to -- $3500 reward is overred to catch whoever is vandalizing stores. a woman who who owns out of the envelope says her store windows have been smashed three times doing her $5,000 in repair costs -- costing her $5,000 in repair costs. other businesses have been vandalized. business owners say the vandals should pay for the damage and face a little humiliation. >> i want them to wear a sandwich board that says i'm the idiot that's been vandalizing downtown los gatos. i want them to walk up and down los gatos. >> the local police foundation and the mayor offered a $2500

reward and then a long-time resident, larry walker, added another $1,000. he says if everybody chips in, the vandals could be caught a lot sooner. happening today, a big turnout expected this afternoon at the state public utilities commission hearing in san francisco. consumer rights groups are expected to fight pg&e'sman to add a $10 charge to every utility bill. this follows last week's disclosure that pg&e went judge shopping in a critical rate- setting case directly tied to the san bruno pipeline disaster. three top pg&e executives were then fired and a top aide to the puc chief resigned. 7:10. students at a hayward elementary school are expected back in classes today after flooding and fleas canceled yesterday's classes. the principal of roos elementary sent students home yesterday after standing water was found in the main office and in several classrooms.

after the school was closed, crews also fumigated the campus to get rid of fleas which were first spotted last wednesday. several students and teachers said they were bitten by fleas. >> he was scratching, you know, just itchy. once we actually looked at him, yeah, he did have a bite or two. >> students and teachers were told to thoroughly wash their clothes, hair and backpacks before coming back to the school campus to help make sure the flea pro problem has been eliminated. happening right now, president obama is scheduled to deliver a statement. we're expecting him to talk about the beginning of u.s. airstrikes on islamic state targets in syria. and just a short time ago, iran's president said the u.s.- led coalition airstrikes were illegal. should have been okayed by syria. here's the president now. >> strikes against isil targets in syria. today, the american people give thanks for the extraordinary

service of our men and women in uniform including the pilots who flew these missions with the courage and professionalism that we've come to expect from the finest military that the world has ever known. earlier this month, i outlined for the american people our strategy to confront the threat imposed by the terrorist group known as isil. i made clear the united states week action against both iraq and syria so these terrorists cannot find safe haven anywhere. i also made clear that america would act as part of a broad coalition. that's exactly what we've done. we were joined by saudi arabia, the united arab emirates, jordan, bahrain and qatar. america's proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with these nations on behalf of our common security. the strength of this coalition makes it clear to the world that this is not america's fight alone. above all, the people in

governments in the middle east are rejecting isil and standing up for the peace and security that the people of the region and the world deserve. meanwhile, we will move forward with our plan supported by bipartisan majorities in congress to ramp up our effort to train and equip the opposition. more broadly, over 40 nations have offered to help in this comprehensive effort to confront this terrorist threat to take out terrorist targets, to train and equip iraqi and syrian opposition fighters who are going up against isil on the ground. to cut off isil's financing and to stop the flow of fighters in and out of the region. last night, we also took strikes to disrupt plotting against the united states and our allies by seasoned al qaeda operatives in syria. once again, it must be clear to

anyone who would plot against america and try to do americans harm that we will not tolerate safe haitians for terrorists -- safe havens for terrorists who threaten our people. i've spoken to leaders in congress and i'm pleased there's bipartisan support for the actions we're taking. america is always stronger when we stand united and that unity sends a powerful message to the world that we will do what's necessary to defend our country. over the next several days, i will have the opportunity to meet with the prime minister of iraq and with friends and allies of the united nations to continue to build support for the coalition that is confronting this serious threat to our peace and security. the overall effort will take time. there will be challenges ahead. but we're gonna do what's necessary to take the fight to this terrorist group. for the security of the country and the region and for the entire world. thanks, god bless our troops, god bless america. >> mr. president, are americans

in danger? >> you've been living live to president obama. they launched more than a dozen airstrikes in syria. you see some of the pictures of some of the planes taking off on the left side of your screen. besides the u.s., five arab nations took part in the airstrikes. ba hayne, qar -- bahrain, qatar, jordan, the united emirates. the president said next, train those best to take on the oop po-- opposition. later this morning -- it looks like right now, the president is heading to the u.n. summit in new york city on his helicopter. he will be talking to leaders about this ongoing fight in the middle east. we'll continue to follow this story throughout the day on ktvu. we'll have much more on our website, online and on facebook

and twitter. >> all right. 7:15. back here at home, investigators in redwood city still try toog figure out what cause -- trying to figure out what caused a fire near the bear island aquatic center. this was reported about 4:00 yesterday afternoon. when fire crews got there, that boat was fully engulfed in flames. the coast guard and fish and wildlife rangers were notified just as a precaution but there's no sign of any oil or gas leaking into the bay and no injuries were reported. police in arizona investigating a big fight in the stands. it broke out during the 49ers/cardinals game. this is just wild. this is just some of the video. it was posted on youtube. a large group of people fighting in the stands, lots of punches, fans were flipping over chairs, falling down the stadium stairs. glendale police were called in. they were helping out the

stadium security just trying to get this under control. >> both verbal confront takes that led to physical altercations. they were -- somebody said something that offended somebody else. >> arizona police say two people were arrested for assault. one from southern california. the other from arizona. several fans were kicked out of the stadium. police are still checking out the video. they want to figure out who else was involved and whether more charges will be filed. 7:17. the giants have the opportunity to clinch a playoff spot tonight after a 13-innin win over the dodgers. the game was tied at two when the pinch-hitter singled in the runner. and then the two-run double. giants won by a final score of 5-2. if the giants win tonight and the milwaukee brewers lose, san francisco will clinch at least a wildfire spot. the as have a one-game lead over the royals for the top wild card spot in the american

league. the as beat the angels thanks in part to a six-run first inning. final, 8-4. it's the first time since mid-august, the as have won back-to-back games. fingers crossed. >> yeah. >> make it in. 7:17. let's bring sal back. you have a ton of things to talk about this morning. >> that's right. things have calmed down a little bit. >> that's good. >> i saided up late -- i stayed up late to watch the game. we thought we were gonna have a huge morning at the bridge but people seem to have found out about the folsom street offramp being shut down until march. it's not all that bad out there right now. westbound coming across the bridge. it looks very normal. this is about a 25-minute drive time which is normally is and there are no problems. it looks like people have heard the message. they did have signs up all over

the place and added them on the website. we were telling you about it. 880 northbound and southbound near the coliseum and that traffic is looking good. a little bit of slowing here and there on the way to downtown oakland. this commute usually doesn't get going until later on. i want to show you 580 westbound is very slow coming from the altamont pass through livermore but it gets better in pleasanton. 7:19. let's go to steve. >> all right, sal. very low clouds. before i get started here. i have to give a shotout to larry in fremont and linda in walnut creek. i'm minding my own business. i bumped into them and they were on a first date. met on match.com and we took a bunch of selfies. they were very, very nice. i hope you two have a long relationship. [laughter] >> very fun. larry, great guy. we have a little bit of high cloud deck and low cloud deck. but mostly sunny. temperatures will be about

average. waiting on the rain. where is the rain? inches closer to crescent city. there will be a lot of rain up there, maybe 3 inches. lack at that. that's really good. that's a decent looking system. already reached maturity. it's already tapping into low- level moisture. we call that an atmospheric river. the jet stream will crank up. we'll get breezy to windy. there are advisories out. flash flood watch for the burn scar areas up towards siskiyou county. the wind will be the biggest factor in the sierra. 50s on the temperatures. upper 40s santa rosa and napa at 49 and 48 degrees. low 50s for la honda. menlo park at 55. 58 belmont close for los altos. water temperatures are still warm. i expect by friday and saturday these to come down. we'll get more of a northwest breeze. that will give us an

upswelling. bodega bay, 64. our system is still aways away. it will start to increase clouds. tomorrow we'll cloud it out. but the higher clouds. not too bad. 38 up in tahoe. 53 ukiah and 61 in sacramento. a few high clouds again kind of painting over the mendocino county maybe northern sonoma. mostly sunny today. a few high clouds and some of those patchy low clouds. san jose is mostly cloudy. but changes, they are brewing tomorrow. we'll see the low clouds increase. it does look like we'll get some rain. i've seen .75 down to ukiah. about .25 in -- the north coast, 1.50 to about 3 inches. this could be really food for them. we'll take it. santa rosa only 13/100ths. san francisco .08 and san jose .02. we have another day to iron it out. low clouds will be charged up tonight as that system gets closer. they will spread locally inland tonight and tomorrow. we'll go mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow with the low clouds and high clouds. the rain is not in the picture.

it will show up on thursday. mostly sunny today. near normal temperatures. 70s to low 80s for most. a few high and low clouds. overall, a lot of sun. 80s for many. 70s. really nice along the coast. stinson 70. 82 sonoma. petaluma at 80. 81 walnut creek to 82 concord. 86 brentwood. livermore, 83 to 76 in oakland. 79 san jose. 86 gilroy. but 80 santa clara and milpitas and 71 half moon bay. those water temperatures still warm. woodside, 80. redwood city 80 and 72 in the city. clouds start to roll in tomorrow. there will be rain to the north. we'll take it thursday morning here. the cold air arrives on friday. it will feel like it. it will be nice on the weekend. it will be crisp and clear. >> all right. thank you, steve. 7:22. miss america may not be as perfect as she appears. the website reports that kira kazantsev was kicked out of her sorority at the university for

hazing. the girls were made fun of, had to do chores that left them bruised. kira kazantsev, a walnut creek native was crowned misamerica less than two weeks ago. >> all right. 7:22. a virgin atlantic flight to california makes an emergency landing. coming up in 20 minutes we'll tell you one of the frightening things a passenger tried to do in midflight that forced that landing. but first -- >> unfortunately, there is a tremendous amount of secrecy about how the devices are peaking used and which -- being used and which departments have them. >> planning to expand a controversial cell phone tracking system. can't hold my breath ♪

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car. this disaster has gone beyond the choice that individuals make. this is about our industries and governments around the world taking decisive large- scale action. >> that was lie leonardody capri yoin new york -- leonardo dicaprio. in new york city. we just heard from president obama. he's on his way up to new york city and is expected to speak at this climate change. the summit is designed to lay the groundwork for a new global treaty to tackle climate change by the end of next year. 7:26. 2 investigates reveals what some are calling a new high- tech war involving electronic swins aimed at keeping law enforcement a step ahead of the criminals. some law enforcement agencies are using the sting ray.

it's mounted in a police car. it sends out a powerful signal and it fools mobile phones in connecting with it. that device has already been used to catch criminals connected to fraud cases. but many are concerned about privacy because this affects any phone within nine feet. >> somebody who just happens to be on a particular street at a particular time is now gonna be caught up in this dragnet merely because of where they happened to be. >> exactly what the device is capable of and what happens with all of that information collected, that's still pretty much unknown. documents show that oakland police, fremont police, and the alameda county district attorney's office are trying to buy an upgrade called hail storm. the new version will help them track the latest models of cell phones. together you can see here, they've applied for a $535,000 grant. 7:27. well, they are talking trash in one bay area city. coming up in minutes, the messy

fight over garbage comes to a head. >> reporter: and an airport parking promotion that went horribly wrong. an advertisement that some say is distateful -- distasteful. we're looking at traffic, westbound 92 traffic is busy. we'll tell you more about the drive to the peninsula. well, we have a cold front on the way. it's not clear for another day and a half or so. but there was already increase in the low clouds an high clouds. temperatures will be probably the warmest of the week. we'll take a look those coming up.

it is 7:30. we're continuing our coverage of the huge fire burning in the sierra. that is continuing to spread and force evacuations. coming up in two minutes, we'll tell you the stunning update is on the size of the burn area and why firefighters are especially concerned this morning. good morning. welcome back to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> good morning. i'm dave clark. let's talk about weather and traffic. i did duck out. >> you did. what's it like? >> steve, i kind of like how you are painting the sky outside our door. >> thank you, dave. >> yeah. low clouds on the move. a few high clouds in advance of the front. we'll see the tail end of this which will give us rain early thursday morning. 40s, 50s, 60s on the temperatures. cooler to the north than we've

seen in a lightning time. it will be mostly sunny. higher clouds up towards northern sonoma. and also lake and mendocino county. 80s through the interiors. 70s around the bay. here's sal. right now we have a look at -- actually, we're gonna go right to ktvu's alex savidge who is dealing with a big change, the folsom street exit is closed for the next few months. alex? >> reporter: sal, good morning to you. no problems. but we do expect that this offramp could get more crowded as we go throughout the morning. it's the first exit on your right-hand side. as you come down the offramp normally you can go to the left to go to fremont street or you can go to the right to get folsom street but because of this construction project, you can see that the folsom street lanes are closed and they will remain closed for the next six months. this project got underway last

night and the work here is being done to realign this entire offramp to make it safer for the growing number of people who walk here. this is what the new offramp will look like once it is done. the fremont street lanes will run parallel to the folsom street lanes. with this closure in effect, commuters are coming in bracing for some long backups. >> it's gonna make my commute longer. i come in from the east bay. we're all funneling in and it's just -- it will be a bit of a challenge. >> reporter: and another reason for this project is to remove those folsom street offramp lanes for a -- from a nearby piece of land to allow for future residential development. county transportation officials are hoping that people find alternate routes. of course, you can stick with fremont street or another possibility is to get off at harrison street. that's the first exit on your left-hand side. for more about how to navigate

your way around this closure, let's go back to sal. >> so far this closure is not affecting too many people adversely. as you can see, i will show you some of the commutes approaching the bay bridge looking very normal on the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. when you get to the toll plaza, it does look okay. sometimes when something happens on the bridge, it affects the entire east bay commute and fortunately, this morning, we haven't seen any of that. let's go right to the bay bridgetop. bridge toll plaza. there's a slowdown of 20, 25 minutes driving into san francisco which is what it would be like on any regular day coming into the city with no major prob bless. highway 4 -- problems. highway 4 is slow. most of it is stop and go. 680 is slow heading down to highway 24. southbound 680 traffic is going to be a little bit slow as well. no major problems there. 7:34. let's go back to the desk. >> all right, sal. we have new information about the king fire burning in

the sierra this morning. in the past hour, we found out, it grew to more than 89,000 acres. that's bigger than the city of las vegas. now, during a fire briefing a little while ago, officials said one firefighter was hurt, fell asleep while driving a fire vehicle and crashed into a tree. the main focus of this morning's meeting the gusty winds that are a big concern up there today. last week, ten homes were destroyed in the hills above pollack pines. thousands of homes are still under mandatory evacuations. >> i would want to be home. i know they want to be home. that's very important to us to get them home. we reassess it on a consistent basis. we'll get there at the earliest opportunity possible. >> there are almost 7,000 firefighters out there battling the flames, including several from the bay area. the red cross also stepping in. they are collecting donations from people collectly affected by the fire.

the cleanup on mt. shasta goes on after a mudslide buried two roads. the forest service says the drought combined with all of the hot temperatures may have created a snowmelt that caused part of a glacier to collapse on saturday. no structures were damaged. no one was hurt. but there is a concern about a storm expected to get in that area tomorrow and thursday. depending upon how warm it is and how much rain is brings. that storm could cause additional glacier melt and mudslides. 7:36. the bike rider involved in a weekend collision with a car in berkeley has died. the crash happened sunday morning on spruce street in the berkeley hills. the alameda coroner's office tells ktvu news that 62-year- old cyclist kurt wayneer died from his insurance late in the afternoon. this is raising safety concerns to people living in the area. >> i'm a biker. i love biking. i love speed like the best of them. but i'm a driver and a

pedestrian. i try to cross these streets with my children every day. >> police say the 63-year-old driver involved in the crash stopped immediately and is cooperating with investigators. they say it's not clear whether the driver will face any charges. police in oakland are looking for a hit-and-run driver responsible for a crash near lake merritt. it happened at lakeshore avenue and foothill around 9:30 last night. police tell a car struck a both a motorcyclist and a bicyclist before speeding off. both victims suffered minor injuries. police are urging witnesses to step forward as they try to get a description of the car. 7:37. an airport parking website that tries to find great deals for air travelers it's now in the hot seat for a marketing campaign that many say is distasteful. brian flores is in oakland with more. >> reporter: as you can imagine, many of them are not happy about it, especially the

customers who use this website. this e-mail that was sent out yesterdayerer since then, the -- yesterday, ever since then, the company has been on damage control. about two weeks ago a 55-year- old man was found dead in the parking lot at chicago's o'hare airport. follows his death, this e-mail was sent out, can on airport parking kill? the company talked about the death and suggested it may have been due to the agvation and stress travelers can experience coming to the airport even though the official cause of death has not been given. it goes on to talk about how yaups can help with stress and comes up with the line, don't be late and end up in a crate. the e-mail also included a $5 off coupon. several hours later after many customers complained, the company sent out this letter that said we would like to sincerely apologize for the last marketing e-mail sent that's caused frustration and grief for our customers. there's no excuse for the topic

of the recent e-mail sent to our customers. we can only extend our deepest apologies to those disrespected by it. we spoke to several travelers and they say this is distasteful marketing disaster. >> amazing the -- the things that they come up with these days. i find it totally distasteful. >> i think that was horrible. that was the biggest mistake ever. you don't use anybody's death. i think so. i think they could have went around that more professional. >> reporter: this has gone viral as well. twitter user chris wrote got a promegsal e-mail using a man's death as promo material. extremely offended. kay wrote trying to increase business by taking advantage of a man's death at o'hare and another wrote at airport parking, this is disgusting.

shameful indeed. and many people in the bay area received the e-mail promotion as well. no official company comment but they are apologizing to several people this morning. we're live in oakland, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. 7:39. the city of oakland's contract for garbage service will be split up between two companies. the city council voted to reverse an earlier decision about which company would collect the garbage and the green waste. earlier, the city agreed to have oakland-based california waste solutions do it. but another company waste management sued. that sent the city into new negotiations with beth companies -- both companies. >> the rate stays the same that was proposed in august. and there are more enhancements to the program. >> millions of dollars downpayment down refundable to equipment that's necessary to get us started july 1st. >> the california waste

solutions ceo is disappointed to lose the contract. because of the lawsuit, cws could not get all of the funding it needed to expand. however, the local company they will get the entire contract for the city's recycling. 7:40. a move to replace san francisco's fire chief. coming up in the next hour of "mornings on 2," the action taking place today that may signal a change at the top. and next, they are some of the cutest creatures along the coast. the concerns scientists have about the sea otter population. and it's still very slow in many areas if you are driving into the highway 4 corridor, you will see a lot of people there stuck in slow traffic along with you. we'll tell you more about this commute coming up. mostly sunny today. fog is on the move, though. it will pick up pause there is a cold front on the way. it will be arriving. we'll talk about today's temps and maybe rain coming up in a couple of days.

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7:44. a plane heading from boston to l.a. had to make an emergency landing after a man from northern california allegedly tried to open a door midflight. you are looking at video of doug adams being escorted by police after the unscheduled stop was made in omaha. an off-duty police officer on the plane restrained adams until the plane landed. authorities blamed the incident on drugs and a psychiatric episode. >> i just heard from some other passengers that he was growing more upset and tried to pull the plastic latch off a door and pull it open to try to open

the aircraft door in flight. apparently that can't happen. it doesn't work that way. but he was trying to open the door. >> pretty scary. the flight continued onto l.a. no one was injured. adams was taken to a hospital for observation. they are incredibly cute but they are in danger. pam cook is live in the newsroom with a threat to sea otters. >> great white sharks. marin biologists have a new theory about why the little guys are taking so long to recover here in california. sharks are part of the reason. scientists have been keeping an eye on the sea otters as they are dangerously close to exting shing -- extinction. they even track them to keep track of where they are. they are working with the aquarium on intensive efforts to help the population grow. there were 2944 otters, which is only five more than last

year. the biologists say lack of food is one thing that could be limiting their growth but they also say predators are taking out the sea otter population. 340 dead otters were found last year. many appeared to be victims of great white sharks. now, according to the otter project, an estimated 12,000 to 18,000 sea otters once lived along the central coast. sea otters were hunted for fur and traded in the 1800s and that's when the population started to go. dave? >> all right, pam. 7:46. three afghan soldiers who disappeared from a training camp in massachusetts, they are now in custody. three men were caught yesterday. they were trying to cross the border into canada near niagara falls. the men came to joint base cape cod on september 11th for training exercises. they were reported missing saturday after visiting a shopping mall. we have new information about the man accused of climbing over the white house fence and then running inside the white house. investigators say they found

more than 800 rounds of ammunition inside the car of omar gonzalez as well a as a machete and two hatchets. gonzalez was arrested in virginia back in july after he tried to evade state troopers. in that incident, 11 guns were found in his car along with a map with a circle around the white house. all right. 7:47. want to check in with sal and see how things are moving on the roads. starting with the east shore. >> that's right. now that we're gonna look at the east shore, i'm gonna add some information from one of our twitter friends, tom, who said that the eastshore freeway is slow and also the richmond/san rafael bridge getting into marin county is also -- he said horrific. now, he may be exaggerating a little bit but i've known from a lot of other people that people are not happy with that commute, getting into marin on the richmond bridge. it's not been god. we're trying to -- it's not been good. we're trying to get to the po

-- to the bottom of why it's not good. speed is less than 30 miles an hour. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza. out to the bay bridge toll plaza, it's about a 25-minute drive from this point across into san francisco with no major delays. i keep saying it like you're annoying friend who repeats himself. highway 4 is a mess. it's slow from antioch all the way to concord. 680 is slow from 242 in walnut creek and alamo. let's go to steve. all right, sal. thank you, sir. mostly sunny, some patchy low clouds around. san jose has had mostly cloudy skies. a little bit on the move that fog. inland temperatures will be near average. then tomorrow we'll watch a system moving in. it looks pretty good. there it is. when they wrap up like that. it's tapping into lower latitude moisture. the wind will crank up tomorrow. there are some advisories, flash flood watch out.

this is for the burn scar areas up towards shasta, siskiyou county. and then we still have red flag and smoke advisories because of the king fire. 48 in napa. how about that? 50 -- shore was 48, 49. 57 half moon bay. mostly clear. san mateo, santa cruz coast. more fog on the marin. fog is actually -- watch the last few frames going down the coast. it will fill in. temperatures on the warm side. they will be upper 60s to near 70. 38 up in tahoe. 60 in monterey. l.a., 65. san diego, 67. our system will spin in a lot of cloud cover starting tomorrow. it is still developing. it looks good. we'll get the tail end of it. the low will start to move away and go north. changes brewing for tomorrow. now we'll see mostly sunny skies today. next system comes in wednesday night. maybe ukiah about .75. it looks cooler but that cool air is not going to arrive here until late, late thursday,

early friday. but you will feel it. it will be our first cold front of the season. eureka, 1.72. santa rosa, 13/100ths. san francisco only 7. san jose .01. farther south much less. but farther north looks good. a few low and high clouds. clearlake. it was 48 in lakeport. petaluma 80. 82 in sonoma. 81 walnut creek. brentwood and oakley, 86. alameda, 73. concord and clayton, 82. mid-80s for the santa clara valley. santa clara, milpitas, 80. same for woodside and redwood city with half moon bay at 71. pacifica at 70 and daly city, 68. clouds roll in. we'll cloud it up. rain will start in the north. wednesday afternoon evening and then spread south thursday morning. here comes the cool air on friday and then the weekend looks sunny but very fall-like. ten minutes before 8:00. apple is denying a published report that it plans to shut down the beats music streaming

service. several told tech crunch that aning was taking steps to discontinue the service. a source says consumers should expect apple to make changes to beats music that could mean the brand is shutting down even if the service continues. apple bought beats electronics last may. starbucks is testing a rather interesting new coffee flavor. it's called dark barrel latte. it's supposed to taste like beer. it's blended with a chocolaty stout flavored sauce but it says there's not a drop of alcohol in it. the company is trying out the flavor in a few florida and ohio stores. >> what do you think? >> i'm not sure. >> okay. a wonderful phrase when you talk about the success of the lion king. ♪ >> coming up in the next hour,

the new record set by this blockbuster, proving it's the king of the jungle. but next, complete strangers banning together in a life-or-death situation to save three teenagers from drowning.

oh, my god. look at that. >> total strangers rallying together to save lives. about a dozen people are being credited with saving three teens trapped in an overturned suv in utah. it happened last week. police say the driver was likely speeding when he lost control and landed upside down in a river. bystanders decided the only hope was to work together to flip over the suv. the three teens are now recovering in local hospitals and are expected to survive. >> wow. 7:54. a new report about the ebola virus shows the number of cases could rise to 21,000 by

november if nothing is done to keep it from spreading. nearly 6,000 people have contracted ebola since the outbreak started since months ago. since then, at least 2800 people have died. last week, president obama announced the u.s. would be sending an extra 3,000 military members to west africa trying to help fight the spread of ebola. back here at home, alameda county leaders doe manning a leadership change for the alameda health system of a it revealed severe financial problems last night. alameda health runs a network of hospitals, including highland hospital in oakland. last night, the public hospital system told supervisors they need help with paying off a $200 million debt to the county. county supervisors say they were unaware of any financial problems. some called the administrators irresponsible and says it's putting the public in jeopardy.

parking in san francisco could become more difficult. 900 parking spaces around the city are being converted to car share only spaces over the next two years. a few days ago, 20 parking spaces were converted on clement street near 24th avenue in the richmond district. so far drivers and business owners are not happy. >> i think it's a waste of a parking spot. >> i think it's ridiculous. >> everybody killed each other for parking. it will have a huge impact. >> transit officials say every shared car takes dozens more off the road which could eventually result in more parking spaces available. car share companies will have to pick up the tab for permits to the parking spaces. based on how close the cars are to downtown, it ranges from $50 to $225 a month. some drivers in the city are mistakenly paying for free parking. most meters have been free on sunday since july, the

electronic display reads free parking but there's hours of operation that include sundays. city transportation officials tell us their crews are currently busy swap out old parking meters with smart meters. that's their priority. they will not be removing the stickers -- >> so you will still see them all over the place. have to double check. >> yes. a bay area heist. it sounds like something that could have come out of a hollywood movie. after the break, the way thieves stole nine cars from a luxury car dealership? san francisco fire chief joe an hayes right -- joanne hayes- white under fire. how firefighters want the mayor to now take action. and taking a look at south bay freeways. northbound 280 a little bit slow. we'll tell you how long it's taking to get up to this point and get into the silicon valley. mostly sunny today.

some low clouds, though, already beginning to get pushed along by a cold front. looks to be a good cold front. the signs of it are already here. we'll have the forecast coming up.

welcome back. very serious questions being

raised about the leadership of san francisco's fire department. these are live pictures. san francisco city hall, there appears to be a plan unfolding this morning to shake up top brass at the fire department. ktvu's tara moriarty is there. she'll join us live in two minutes. stay tuned. good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." tuesday, september 23rd. i'm dave clark. >> first full day of fall. >> yes. >> i'm tori campbell. quick look at weather and traffic. steve, gonna feel like fall? >> had upper 40s. the fog is on the increase here. our system is still a day away. but it's looking good. it's going to move in. the coolest air of the young season will arrive late thursday and friday. it will feel fall like. that first front always cleans out the air. 50s for some. 60s for others. most locations are about to 2 to 4 degrees. some 5 to 7. watch the fog in the last few flames.

it's getting enhanced. it bumps it along. i just love the look of this thing. we'll talk more about rainfall coming up in 15 minutes. mostly sunny. near normal temperatures. a lot of clouds near the coast. 80s to the interior. 60s, 70s coast and bay. >> we're getting kind of busy in many areas. we're gonna start in san jose where you can see coming out of downtown on the right. that's northbound 280. you can see it's backed up. and just by looking at our road sensors. look at northbound 280 and 101. you can see that the road sensors are very slow on 280, on 880 and 17 and also on 101. we've had a couple of minor fender-benders. yesterday someone was complaining about highway 85. unfortunately, today just as bad getting out of the south valley. moving along to the fremont/folsom street exit. today, folsom street can't do it. as you come here, you can't get off there. you can go to fremont street only. it's not having a huge traffic

problem in the area. let's go to the live pictures and show you the bay bridge toll plaza. we thought this might be a problem with that fremont/folsom thing. but it really has not been. hopefully drivers are getting used to it. 25-minute drive time from this point to san francisco. b.a.r.t. and muni are reporting on time. 8:01. let's go pack to the desk. an update on a 2 investigates stories woo.'s been following -- we've been following for a few minutes. the san francisco fire department is turning on its own chief and asking the mayor to take action. tara moriarty has been following this story. and joins you live now from city hall with -- and joins us live from city hall with the message that firefighters will be taking to the mayor. >> reporter: this is an unprecedented move in the department's history. basically, it is a vote -- it's not a vote of no-confidence but it's a step possibly in the direction. the firefighters a lost faith in joanne hayes-white.

they spell it out in a letter to ed lee. they express a crisis and confidence in leadership and direction of the san francisco fire department. we understand that letter will be delivered to city hall today. >> the people of san francisco pay the fire chief over $300,000 a year. i think we're entitled to expect at least a minimum level of service and safety. leadership is a privilege earned with promise and kept with success. today i'm not confident that our fire department's leadership has either. >> reporter: this comes on the heels of this supervisor's vote of no confidence. firefighters are frustrated by the department's poor ambulance response time. the chief's office issued a press release dead with hayes- white saying -- released yesterday with hayes-white saying --

>> reporter: firefighters say adding 16 new medics to the streets two weeks ago has helped but 90% of the wait times for life-threatening calls are still more than 12 minutes. the maximum time allowed is ten minutes. so who is behind this letter to the mayor exactly? here's a list of all of the organizations including local 798 which represents roughly 1400 firefighters. now there is a fire commission meeting scheduled for thursday and we've just received word that the chief is asking people to testify on her behalf. we're live at san francisco city hall, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. 8:04. the san francisco sheriff's department plans to discipline five employees connected to the lynn spaulding case. you may remember spaulding was the woman who disappeared from her hospital room a year ago. she was missing for 17 days before her body was found in a little used stairwell inside the hospital. investigators concluded the

case was handled poorly. the sheriff's department confirmed to ktvu five notices of intent to impose discipline have been prepared. not all of them have been served as of yet. a newly-formed task force in sonoma county wants the sheriff's deputy, the one who shot and killed a teenaged boy to been off -- to be taken off street duty. that came last night. deputy eric gelhaus returned to full duty in august ten months after mistaking the teen's pellet gun for a real assault rifle. the drirk attorney did not -- the district attorney did not fail charges against the officer. the task force says having him out on patrol sends the wrong message to the community. all lanes of northbound 101 in menlo park are back open after a broken sprinkler line flooded the road. it happened before 2:00 a.m. near the marsh road offramp. the chp says the source of the

flood was quickly located. crews were called in to shut off the water. police had to wait a couple of hours until the water had gone down so they could reopen the road. it's not clear how the sprinkler line broke. 8:05. pretty bold criminals broke into a peninsula car deeper shl -- dealership. they stole several cars and police say the burglars are still out there on the loose. janine de la vega joining us live now in belmont with more on this car dealership targeted and how the thieves pulled this off. good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning, dave. in the last hour, i went inside into this mercedes-benz dealership off 101. i was told that the managers are all in a meeting. so far they've not gotten back to me. we're told by police that the thieves were after luxury cars. so far, authorities have been unable to catch them. belmont police say the thieves hopped a fence at the dealership sometime between 1:00 and 3:00 a.m. on sunday. once on property, they grabbed a bunch of car keys and used

them to steal several cars that had been left at the dealership for repairs. so far, nine cars have been confirmed stolen with one of them being recovered in the east bay. investigators are working with the dealership to confirm if more vehicles were taken. police will be checking surveillance cameras to see if it shows the suspect or suspects on camera. belmont police are asking anyone who might have information to give them a call to help solve this crime. reporting live from belmont, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, janine. a $3500 reward is being offered to find whoever is vandalizing stores in downtown los gatos. the owner of a store called out of the envelope says her store windows have been smashed three times costing her $5,000 in repair costs. the latest incident was a month ago. a restaurant, cafe and rice financial consulting with also vandalized. business owners say the vandals

should pay for the damage and face a little humiliation. >> i want them to wear a sandwich board that says "i'm the idiot that's been vandalizing downtown los gatos" and i want them to walk up and down -- down los gatos. >> a $2500 reward has been offered and larry walker added another thousand. he says if everyone chips in. vandals could be caught a lot sooner. a big turnout expected this afternoon at the state public utilities commission in san francisco. consumer rights groups are expected to fight pg&e's plan to add a $10 charge to every utility bill. now, this meeting also follows last week's disclosure that pg&e went judge shoning in a critical -- shopping in a critical rate-setting case directly tied to the san bruno pipeline disaster. three top pg&e executives were fired after that and the top aide to the chief resigned.

we just called a hayward elementary school closed down because of flooding and fleas. we have confirmed students are back in class this morning. class starts in about six minutes. the principal sent students home early yesterday morning after standing water was found in the main office and in several classrooms. after the school was closed yesterday, crews also fumigated the campus to get rid of fleas which were spotted last wednesday. several students and teachers said they were bitten by fleas. >> he was scratching, you know, just itchy, and once we actually looked at him, yeah, he did have a bite or two. >> students and teachers were also told to thoroughly wash their clothes, their hair and backpacks before coming back to the school campus to help make sure the flea problem has been eliminated. 8:09. there's outrage about an airport parking promotion that was sent out to bay area travelers. coming up in 28 minutes, we'll show you the controversial ad

linked to a man's death and the backlash on social media. but first, chaos in a bloody scene at the 49ers/arizona cardinals' game. what led up to a violent fight up in the stands. good morning. westbound 237, seeing some slowing here as you drive over to highway 101. we'll tell you how the south bay commute is doing as you get into the main corridors. >> mostly sunny. cool lows. a couple of upper 40s. fog is on the move. cold front is on the way. the coolest air of the season will arrive maybe later in the week. we'll have all of the details -- coming up. i'm a doctor of internal medicine

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8:12. police in arizona are investigating a large brawl that broke out during the 49ers/cardinals' game. this is some of the video that was posted on youtube. witnesses say the fight involved a large group of people. they say punches were being thrown. fans were flipping over chairs and down the stadium stairs. glendale police were called in to help stadium security try to get the situation under control. >> both verbal confrontations that led up to physical altercations. they were over somebody said something that offended somebody else so that somebody else considered rude. >> arizona police say two people were arrested. one from southern california. the other from arizona. several fans were rejected. police are still looking at the -- were ejected. police are still looking at the video to see who else was involved and whether other

charges will be filed. the giants have a chance tonight to clinch a playoff spot after beating the dodgers 5-2 last night in 13 innings. the game was tied at 2 apiece. here comes the single and brandon bellton. now, a two-run double here before being caught in a rundown. the giants won 5-2. if they win tonight and the milwaukee brewers lose, the giants will clinch at least a wild card spot. the oakland as have a one-game leads over the royals for the top wild card spot in the american league. the as beat the angels 8-4 last night. thanks in part to a six-run first inning. this is only the third time since the middle of august that the as have won back to back. miss america, kira kazantsev, is now speaking out about a hazing scandal that led to her getting kicked out of her college sorority. kira kazantsev admits she wack

kicked out of her sorority over a letter that made fun of hazing but she denies that she ever aggressively hazed new pledges. her response comes after a report from a website that claims that girls in the sorority were called names, made fun of, had to do chores that left them exhausted and bruised. pageant officials said she's been transparent about the situation and they call the allegations exploitive and she by the way grew up in walnut creek. >> walnut creek. >> uh-huh? san francisco's school district considering offering incentives to attract students to the new willie brown junior middle school. it's being built on the site of the old willie brown academy torn down two years ago. the chronicle reports the school board will vote tonight about giving families first dibs at any city high school if their children agree to about to the willie brown school for three years. the willie brown junior middle school is costing $54 million

to build. a ride-sharing app is offering a new incentives for commuters crossing the bay bridge. karma will reimburse their cost of the told when they take two others across -- toll when they take two others across. drivers with karma charge other riders up to 20 cents a mile to ride in their cars. disney's the lie unking has claimed its -- lion king has claimed its spot as king of the jungle. ♪ >> the musical has been named the most successful box office of any work in any media in entertainment history. the musical has brought in 6.2 billion worldwide. the lion king has been at several cities across the nation including here in san francisco. it claimed the number one spot

over phantom of the opera late this summer for live theater. the new figures also make the lion king more valuable than any single harry potter film, the titanic and any star wars movie. between the movie and the play and the music. it's a huge, huge hit. >> the circle of life. >> exactly. let's check in with sal. >> you know what else will get up there one day, i predict, frozen. >> you are probably right. >> yeah. you are right. good morning. let's go out and take a look at the commute now. traffic is moving along slowly at the toll plaza. it takes from this point to san francisco about 25 minutes and fortunately, the ramp closure at fremont street has not made a major effect on traffic getting across the bridge. people are using fremont/folsom. they don't have the folsom option so they are using

folsom. is there something blocking traffic just down the road? it doesn't look right here. it looks a little bit too -- i don't know, empty. northbound 880 and 98. now, there is a crash there. but now it looks like that's beginning to to take an effect on the freeway -- to take an effect on the freeway. look how empty the freeway is. we'll talk more about that. let's move along to the 580 commute here. westbound 580 traffic is okay. we pull the map over here to northbound 880. there's where all of the slow traffic is. we just showed you the empty freeway, the empty freeway here. the traffic is very slow coming up from 238. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. a very good morning to you all. we have some fog and low clouds. a little chill in the morning air. feels very fall-like. a couple of people tweeted me and said it feels fall-like. the fog getting helped a i long by a front. it's on its way. it will arrive on thursday. the coolest air will filter on friday. you will go, i feel it.

well, today, we have mostly sunny skies. there's a few high clouds to the north. waiting up there for crescent city to get some rain. hear could be a lot of rain -- there could be a lot of rain. they are probably still a day away. i've seen projections from 1.50 to 3 inches. look at this guy. love it. it's been a a -- it's been a long time. this is tapping in low -- it's developing. has good jet stream support. the low level will crank up tomorrow. there's some advisories flash flood advisories for the burn areas. a lot of reports of smoky conditions in tahoe and reno. 50s now. san jose, 61. livermore, 63. higher clouds, just getting -- just starting to move into the picture up towards mendocino county. we have the low clouds. they will be on the increase tonight. tomorrow we'll go cloudy. first it's the low and then the higher clouds. 41 in tahoe. 55. a little cool there. sacramento at 63. our system is already beginning

to spin in some rain up to the pacific northwest. there's a lot going on. in fact, it will deepen so much like a teeter-totter effect. by the time we get to friday, then it will start to swing in the cooler air. it will take a couple of days. mostly sunny. a few high clouds. there's plenty of low clouds on the coast. but overall, the changes begin tomorrow. we'll see this next system. it looks like rain. now the heaviest rain will be to the north. no doubt about it. i've seen 1.7 -- i've seen 1.75 to inches. we'll seat get showers and cooler -- we'll get showers and cooler temperatures on friday. document, low clouds -- fog, low clouds there. a lot of 70s and 80s. st. helena, 75. kentfield, 778. danville, san ramon in there. along with pleasanton. 70s for berkeley, alameda oakland and also to hayward, 77. san jose at 79.

santa cruz, 78. mid-80s morsen hill, gilroy. temperatures will start to plunge tomorrow. 70s and 60s on the coast. clouds, low clouds will give us a cloudy condition tomorrow and then rain to the north. it looks like thursday morning. cooler with showers on friday. a brisk morning on saturday and then sunny and warmer by sunday. to be clear, this is not just about telling people to change their light bulbs or to buy a hybrid car. that disaster has grown beyond the choices that individuals make. this is now about our industries and our governments around the world taking decisive, large-scale action. >> that is actor leonardo dicaprio addressing world leaders in new york this morning. a hundred word leaders are there. pop -- world leaders are there. president obama is expected to speak there in a few hours. the summit is designed to lay the groundwork for a new treaty

to tackle change by the end of the next year. 8:21. they were almost extinct but they are -- extinct. but they are slowly coming back. why the experts say the sea on -- sea otter population is making a slow recovery.

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the city of san francisco may build a levee to protect the mission bay neighborhood. mission bay faces real danger of flooding because of rapidly rising sea levels. a levee may be needed within the next 35 years. mission bay is one of the fastest growing development areas in the city with several homes and businesses going up. the new ucsf campus will open soon. of course, the warriors' new arena could be opened by the year 2018. 2 investigates reveals what some are calling a new high- tech war involving electronic surveillance. they are using the sting ray. it's mounted inside a police car and sends out a powerful signal and actually fools mobile phones into connecting with it. the device has already been used to catch criminals

connected to fraud cases. but many are concerned about privacy. since it impacts any phone within nine feet. >> somebody who just happens to be on a particular street at a dirk time is gonna -- particular time will be caught in this dragnet because of where they happen to be. >> what happens to any data collected is largely unknown. documents show oakland police, fremont police and the alameda county district attorney's office are traying to purchase an -- trying to purchase an upgrade called hail storm. the new version will help them track the latest models of cell phones. together they've alied for a $- - applied for a $535,000 device. toys 'r' us getting ready for what it hopes will be a busy 2014 holiday season. today they announced they plan to hire 45,000 seasonal workers at their stores and distribution centers.

those holiday workers more than double the company's work force as it gets ready for the busy holiday shopping season. it could be a confusing ride to work for many bay area drivers. coming up after the break, we'll talk about the major road closure just off the bay bridge. this could affect your morning commute. >> reporter: an airport parking website under hot water this morning. coming up the promotion which some people say is distasteful. >> and if you are looking at slow traffic on the way to the valley, 680 is getting a little bit of wear and tear. but not here in fremont. a little bit farther down the road. we'll tell you more about the commute into the silicon valley. our first cold front of the young season is getting closer. it won't be here for a couple of days. it may linger toward the end of the week. today is the tweener day.

well, good morning. welcome back. we're live on the ground right in san francisco amongst all of the these cars and some drivers this morning are slightly -- a slightly different commute. the folsom street offramp, shut down late last night. it's a realignment project. it will be closed for the next six months. ktvu's alex savidge is out there right now. coming up in two minutes, he will tell you more about what traffic is bunching up right about here. also he will tell you how you can get around this as well. you need to know that. good morning. thank you for joining us. tuesday, september 23rd. i'm dave clark. let's talk about weather and traffic and steve, happy autumn to you. >> first full day of fall, that's correct. low clouds there. now the front is still up here.

i don't want to say i'm giddy or anything. but thursday and friday look good. they are looking good. not a lot of rain for us. this is the best system we've seen. it's still a day away. we had some 40s this morning. now we're seeing 50s and 60s. we'll see some patchy low clouds here. they are starting to stack up on the marin coast and sonoma coast. heading down. this system will take aim at northern california first and then us. but the back side of this looks like it could be interesting and the coolest air of the season will arrive. it will feel like it. we have a couple of days to go. near normal temperatures. 80s for some. 70s for others. here's sal. all right, steve. happening now, it's a big change for many commuters heading into san francisco this morning. the folsom street exit from the bay bridge is closed to traffic and will remain closed for the next six months. ktvu's alex savidge joins us live in san francisco down from ground zero. alex what's it like out there. >> reporter: well, we haven't seen much in the bay of backups

so far this morning. you could see behind us, the cars are beginning to back up ever so slightly. things a bit slow as folks are coming off the bay bridge here. this is where we are at the bottom of what is the folsom street and the fremont street exit. that first exit on the right- hand side as you get off the bay bridge and obviously, it will be busy at this time of morning, but it doesn't appear to be any more busy than it normally would be around this time. normally you can go left which all of these drivers are going, and that puts you onto fremont street or you can go to the right to folsom. but folsom is closed entirely. those lanes will remain closed because of this construction project. it got underway last night. the work is being done to realign the entire offramp and make it safer for all of the people who walk in this area south of market. this is what the new offramp will look like. essentially, the fremont street lanes will be running parallel

to each other and with this long closure in effect, there's some commuters coming into the city this morning and they say they will be bracing for long backups for the foreseeable future. however, other drivers are not too worried. >> i heard it on the radio. but i didn't think that there was anything i needed to worry about. i didn't think it would affect me. >> well, it's gonna make my commute longer. i come in from the east bay. we're all funneling in. and it's just -- it will be a bit of a challenge. >> reporter: another reason for the project, to remove the folsom street offramp from a nearby piece of land that's adjacent to the freeway to allow for future residential development on that piece of property. county transportation officials are hoping the drivers will find alternate routes to ease congestion. one option is to get off at fremont street and work your way around to wherever you need to be. the other on hun is and -- option is that's encouraged to take is the harrison street

exit. the first exit on your left- hand side as soon as you cross the bridge and come into the city. for more how to navigate the closure, let's go back to sal in the traffic center. good morning, alex. it looks like people have taken the advice that we've been giving. this is a very normal-looking backup. the approach is 25 minutes across the span. if you are driving on the lower deck of the bay bridge, this has no effect on you and the traffic has been fine. listen, 880, though, we have to talk about this. 880 northbound is light. that's the only reason -- the only reason, there's a crash northbound 880 at 98. i can put it on a map for you. northbound 880 one lane is taken away by this. you might want to consider using 580 as an alternate route. 8800 is backed up into hayward. either put the trip off or use 580 as an alternate.

8:34. let's go back to the desk. gusting winds may make the big king fire in the sierra even worse. this one has grown to more than 89,000 acres. that's bigger than the city of las vegas. during a fire briefing this morning. officials said one firefighter was hurt yesterday. he fell asleep while driving a fire vehicle and crashed into a tree. last week, ten homes were destroyed in the hills above pollicks pines. thousands of homes are still under mandatory evacuations. i would want to be home. i know they want to be home. and that's very important to us to get them home. we assess it on a consistent basis. we'll get there at the earliest opportunity possible. >> there are almost 7,000 firefighters out there battling those flames including several crews from here in the bay area. and the red cross is collecting donations for the fire victims. meantime the cleanup goes on on mt. shasta after a mudslide buried two roads.

the drought and the hot temperatures may have created a snowmelt that caused part of the glashier to happens on saturday. no structures were damaged. no one was hurt. but there is a concern about a storm expected to get there tomorrow and thursday. depending upon how warm it is and how much rain is brings, there there could be additional glacial melt as well as mudslides. the bike rider involved in a weekend collision with a car in berkeley has died. the crash happened sunday morning on spruce street in the berkeley hills. the alameda county coroner's office tells ktvu news that 62- year-old cyclist kurt wayneer died from his injuries late yesterday afternoon. this tragic accident is raising safety concerns for people living in the area. >> i'm a biker. i love biking. i love speed like the best of them. but i'm a driver and a pedestrian. i try to cross these streets with my children every day. >> police say the 63-year-old driver was involved in sunday's crash, he stopped immediately

and is cooperating with investigators. they say it's still not clear whether the driver will face any charges. >> police in oakland are looking for a hit-and-run driver responsible for a crash near lake merritt. it happened around 9:30 last night at lakeshore avenue and foothill boulevard. police tell ktvu news a car struck both the motorcyclist and a bicyclist before speeding off. both victims suffered minor injuries. police are now urgingens withs to step forward as they try to get a description of the car. 8:37. the city of oakland's contract for garbage collection service is now gonna split up between two companies. the city council unanimously voted to reverse an earlier agreement to have california beast solutions handle all of the garbage and green waste pickup. earlier, the city agreed to have oakland-based california waste solutions do that. but waste management sued. that sent the city into some new negotiations with both of the companies. >> the rate stays the same that

was proposed on august 13th, 36.82. and there's still some more enhancements to the program. >> we're putting millions of dollars in downpayment, nonrefundable into equipment to get us started july 1st. >> now, the ceo of california waste says he's disappointed to lose $1 billion contract. because of the lawsuit, cws couldn't get all of the funding it needed to expand. now, cws will get the entire contract for the city's recycling. right now, it is handling only some of the recycling. an airport parking website that services airports across the country including here in the is apologizing for an ad that many call distasteful. brian flores is live in oakland with more on what the ad said that has so many people upset. >> reporter: good morning, tori. as you can imagine, many customers are not happy about it. the e-mail promotion was sent out yesterday but since then company officials have been on

damage control. now, a little bit of back story. two weeks ago a 55-year-old man was found dead in a parking lot at chicago's o'hare airport. now, following his death, the website airport parking reservations.com sent out this e-mail newsletter with the subject line can on airport parking kill? the company talked about the death and suggested it may have been due to the aggravation and stress travelers can experience while come together airport, even though the cause of the death has not been giving. it goes on to talk about how off airport parking apps can help with the stress and even comes up with a line don't be late and end up in a crate. the promotion goes on to include a $5 off coupon for parking. several hours later, after many customers complained, the company sent out an apology. it says in part, we would like to sincerely apologize for the last marketing e-mail sent that's caused frustration and grief for our customers. there's no excuse for the topic of the recent e-mail sent to our customers. we can only extend our deepest

apologize to those disaren'ted by -- disrespected by it. >> amazing, the things that -- they come up with these days as far as -- i find it totally distasteful. >> i think that was horrible. that was the biggest mistake ever. you don't use anybody's death. i think so. i think they could have went around that more professional. >> reporter: and the fallout continues online for the company. chris britain wrote, got a promegsal e-mail from at airport parking which is using a man's death as promo material. extremely offended. kay bur wrote just got an e- mail trying to increase business by taking advantage of a man's death at o'hare. and another wrote, at airport parking this is absolutely disgusting, shameful, indeed. people who use the service here in the bay area reported getting the e-mail. on twitter, the company continues to apologize saying,

we sincerely apologize about the mistake and can only extend our apologies to you and all of those offended. we're live in oakland, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. some terrifying moments in the friendly skies. in 17 minutes we'll tell you what a passenger is accused of doing on a flight to california and why an emergency landing was ordered. san francisco firefighters turn on their own fire chief. find out why they did it and how they are asking the mayor to step in and take action. and the east bay is winding down but still some slow traffic to slog through on the eastshore freeway. give you a drive time for this commute -- straight ahead. low clouds near the coast. more sun. san mateo coast. inland it will be sunny. but temperatures look like they are gonna be under the influence of a cold front on the way. we'll have the timing -- coming up. for over 60,000 california foster children,

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2 investigates uncovers new details about the latest fallout about ambulance response times in san francisco. firefighters, some of them are joining other critics who say it takes too long to get patients to the hospital.

tara moriarty is live with more. >> good morning. firefighters hope by the end of the day, they will have delivered a letter to mayor ed lee outlining why they think chief joanne hayes-white is not doing her job. now, firefighters in the union as well as associations that represent women and minorities in the department are expressing a crisis in confidence in leadership and direction of the san francisco fire department. >> what has been going on for the last six months for the last year for the last two years. that's the situation has even come this far, it's a reflection of failed leadership and a failed system. >> reporter: this comes on the heels of breed's no vote of confidence in the chief last week. firefighters say they are frustrated by the department's poor ambulance response times. 2 investigates have chronicled how some people have waited an hour, hour and a half, even two hours for an ambulance.

the chief's office issued a press release yesterday saying i'm very pleased to see while the dispatch center's medical volume calls continue to rise, the transport unit response times are improving. [ sirens ] >> reporter: firefighters say adding 16 new medics to the streets two weeks ago has helped but 90% of the wait times for life-threatening calls are still more than 12 minutes. the maximum time allowed is ten minutes. so who is behind this letter to the mayor? well, here is a list of all of the organizations including local 798 which represents 1400 firefighters. there is a fire commission meeting. we understand thursday. we've learned that the chief is asking people to testify on her behalf. no word yet from the mayor on this issue. we're live at san francisco city hall, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 8:46. well, we might take the little critters for granted but new numbers about the sea otter population are rather alarming.

pam cook is in the studio with more. >> reporter: this week, marine biologists released new numbers on their study and scientists are pretty concerned. they've been keeping an eye on sea otters as they are dangerously close to extinction. they've even cop churred some to keep track of where they are. marin biologists work with the aquarium to help the population grow. now, the survey says the sea otters have a record number of pups this year. the more tally rate is up -- mortality rate is up significantly. in the most recent count released yesterday, there were 2944 otters, which is only five more than last year. the biologists say lack of food is one thing that could be limiting their growth. they also say preders are taking out the sea otter population. 340 dead otters were found last year. many appeared to be victims of

great white sharks. this annual vee you finds their population seems to be holding steady at point but it remains low enough to remain on a federal watch list. all right. thank you. 8:47. let's get you to where you need to go. but sal, 680, san ramon. big problems. >> what's going on? >> a truck came through the center divider and it was carrying some sort of drums on the back of it. now they are all over the place. let's go right to the maps here. 68 680 at bollinger, this is causing a big problem on the freeway. we got at least one tweet about how 680 northbound and southbound, just a mess through san ramon. avoid 680 through san ramon. people who live in the area will be using the side roads. those will get very slow. this might affect westbound 580 coming through pleasanton as people trying to onto northbound 680 will be in a big

traffic jam. that will affect westbound 580. again, it's a truck accident. the roadway is shut down northbound side according to chp. just a minute ago they posted it's shut down until the material that's spilled is identified. now they've called for a sig- alert. i am reading this on the air as it's happening. this is just now turned into a sig-alert. let's move alond and take a look -- along and take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. a 25-minute drive. no major problems getting into the city. and again, i just want to reiterate that we do have a big problem on 680 at bollinger. we'll tell you more about it coming up. a huge problem for the morning commute. let's go to steve. thank you, sir. patchy low clouds. blue here. more blue inland. a sign of things to come tonight and tomorrow. a cold front, really, a cold front is on its way. it's going to influence our weather starting tomorrow. probably all the way into friday. the weekend looks good there will be a chill in the air as we get some of the coolest air

of the season. waiting for that rain to move into crescent city. sore far all show and -- so far all show and no go. there are projections of 1.50 to 3 inches from eureka up to crescent city. that's an impressive low. it's tapping into more moisture. it will increase the wind intensity starting tomorrow. there are some advisories, flash flood watches for the burn, scar areas siskiyou county and red flag and smoke from the king fire up into reno and western nevada. had 40s. napa and santa rosa, 40s. 50s, 60s. half moon bay ditched to 52 -- dipped 0 -- dipped to 52. tahoe and truckee in the 30s. ukiah is 55. there will be higher clouds. first day of fall. it started to feel like it for some. there is a lot going on. but the majority of this is going to go norths of us.

we'll have the fog. tomorrow changes begin. today is the in between day. it looks like a rain. the next system wednesday night for the north bay. but the bottom part of the system. eureka, 1.72. we'll get something out of this. friday, i think we'll get more of a showery pattern. saturday looks good. it will be cool and fall like. near normal temperatures. 70s and 80s. starting to say goodbye to the 90s. walnut creek 81. pittsburg, 83. 73 in alameda. 83 in livermore. 79 downtown. san jose, a little warmer. saratoga, los gatos. 60s and 70s on the coast. and 70s very, very low 80s on the peninsula. tomorrow we begin the clouds increase and rain to the north by evening. thursday for us and then a cooler pattern with a showery mix on friday and then it looks cool an breezy on saturday and

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the white house this morning, president obama thanked the pilots who carried

out the first u.s. airstrikes on islamic state targets in syria. the u.s. and allies launched more than a dozen airstrikes in the city of raqqa which the terror group has established as its capital. bahrain, qatar, saudi arabia, jordan and the united emmip rites took par -- emirates. >> america is proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with these countries. this makes it clear this is not america's fight alone. >> president obama also said that morning that the u.s. will move forward with plans to train and equip the syrian opposition. he noted 40 countries are going to help isis. the president will be meeting with the leaders of some of those countries over the next few days while at the united

nations for a climate summit. a plane flying from boston to los angeles made an emergency landing, a man from northern california allegedly tried to open a door midflight. take a look at this video. doug adams bees escorted by police after the jet made that unscheduled stop in omaha nebraska yesterday. an off-duty police officer restrained adams until the plane landed. authorities are blaming drugs and a psychiatric episode. >> i just heard from some other passengers that he was growing more upset and tried to pull the plastic latch off a door and pull it open to try to open the aircraft door in flight. apparently that can't happen. it doesn't work that way. he was trying to open the door. >> well, that flight kept going on into los angeles. no one on the plane was hurt. adams, he was taken to a hospital for observation. well, fox's new drama, gotham premiered last night. now ktvu is giving one lucky

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sunnyvale. let's go to steve. all right, sal. low clouds around. otherwise, mostly sunny. low clouds will be on the increase tonight. 70s and 80s for temperatures. cold front approaches tomorrow. that will cloud us up. it looks like best bet for us on thursday. but the weekend should be better. >> cooler. >> thank you. be sure to watch ktvu news at noon. we'll have more on the san francisco fire department turning on its own chief. we'll continue to follow the story all day and will have updates at 5:00 and 6:00. thank you for joining us.

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