green valley as well. reports of flooding on rockville road in the area. a flash flood warning in place till 8:45 p.m. with the excessive rainfall amounts. heavier down pours. north bay, once again napa county had a severe thunderstorm warning that expires at 6:00 p.m. down pours have been decreasing. over the past two hours, look at all the lightning strikes. and looks like we have heavier down pours to the south of napa. closer to american canyon. there we go. heavier down pours. could be heavy if you are driving. you might want to pull over, that could impact your visibility. drifting to santa rosa. the activity should back off tonight and that will set a stage for changes this weekend. the main event is happening right now. a flash flood warning for

solano county till 8:45 p.m. another update in 10 minutes. new at 6:00 p.m. a bay area school is getting ready to shut down to deal with a flee problem. the flee problem could be tied to the drought. ktvu's paul chambers is live now where he learned school officials may have to close several campuses to spray for the flees. >> reporter: officials discovered there was a flee problem at one school but there is a possibility it may be at several other campuses. >> reporter: recess meant lots of students playing outside. one area they are not allowed to play in, the grass. >> we had reports from students on flee beats. >> today officials made sure the students stayed off the grass. tonight they are closing down the campus for the weekend to spray the area safely. this is just the beginning of

what could be a larger problem. if there are flees here, there is a good chance other campuses are facing the same problem. >> we will make sure -- assess the situation. we could be spraying at all our campuses. >> reporter: good news for pest control agencies. his company received twice as many calls for flee problems this year than last. >> we had a huge drought problem in the last couple years, especially this year the flee problem escalated. >> reporter: officials assure parents the chemicals will not be an issue. and although people walk their dogs near the school, officials don't believe it is the problem. >> it is not because of dogs. >> reporter: many parents didn't know there was an issue however leaders said they notified parents about the problem and solution. live, paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news.

an uber driver accused of hitting a passenger in the head with a hammer was in court in san francisco for arraignment. the 26-year-old pleaded not guilty yesterday to assault with a deadly weapon. according to documents he hit his passenger with a hammer while they were arguing about the route he was taking. the victim suffered trauma to the head. uber put out a statement. they say safety is their number one priority and that we take reports like this seriously and are treating the matter with the utmost urgency and care and it is our policy to suspend the driver. we spoke to the district attorney, he says the driver had no prior criminal record but the investigation is continuing. two people are dead after a

van slammed head on into a bus on the peninsula today. it happened on south el camino real. ktvu's cristina rendon is live at the scene with an update on the investigation. >> the north bound lanes of south el camino real are back open to traffic. but before that this area was shut down for four hours. we are across the street from amotio hear. you can see the -- mortuary. you can see the markings on the street. two people died and five others were hurt. the accident happened around 12:45 p.m. on south el camino real. the van swerved and hit the bus. she saw the crash while on her way to a funeral. >> it is horrifying. i had to walk past it to get to the funeral. >> woman in the passenger seat of the van died immediately and the driver died on the way to

the hospital. no one on board was seriously hurt. >> the bus driver is shaken. this is a significant accident. >> reporter: it is upsetting to see what unfolded on a sad day for her. >> i am on my way to a funeral and to find out both of the passengers that i witnessed did both pass away. >> reporter: mese say they are still investigating what may have caused the driver to swerve -- police say they are still investigating what may have caused the driver to swerve and hit the bus. cristina rendon, ktvu channel 2 news. both a father and his son have died after they were caught in a rip tied at ocean beach. the two were pulled underwater on wednesday.

they have been identified as a 47-year-old and a 24-year-old. they were pulled out of the water but it was too late. the medical examiner says both men died in the hospital following the rescue. there are major flight delays in the bay area and across the country following a fire at a air traffic control center near chicago. a live picture of san francisco international airport where 9 arrivals and 9 departures were canceled today. delays of 3 hours were reported. at oakland, cancellations include all southwest flights to and from chicago and four mineta international airport. investigators say today's fire at the air traffic control center in chicago was deliberately set by a contract employee. they have ruled out a connection to terrorism. investigators say the man face

as felony count. it is unclear whether he intended to commit suicide but he has been hospitalized with self-inflicted wounds. firefighters are making progress on the king fire that is burning east of sacramento. it is 68% contained up from 55% last night. it burned 96,000 acres and 12 homes. firefighters northeast of pollock pines are headed out of areas that are no longer in dangerous but the forest service says there will be much more work ahead once the firefighters are gone. >> unfortunately this isn't going to be over soon. once the fire is controlled we will be moving in to rehab activities. >> over the next few months they will have to tend to examine the soil to prevent sediment from rushing down stream into the water supply.

a one day strike by ferry captains will wrap up in a couple hours. it stoped running this morning and some bus drivers also called in sick. ktvu's david stevenson tells us today's strike made an impact on more than just commutes. david? >> reporter: the bus ridership figures will be available next week but casual observers are talking about how this one day strike is being felt in different ways around the bay. >> reporter: they saw fewer tourists due to the strike by ferry captains. >> definitely. yeah. when the ferries comes in there is a few hundred people. definitely. the foot traffic. >> reporter: mindful of the impact the strike was having on thousands of commuters. >> we want to be at work.

we want to earn money. we want to get people to work. >> it is part of a contract dispute between the golden gate bridge highway and transportation district and 13 unions. >> these workers are 12% behind the cost of living and they want to increase that to 14% behind it cost of living. >> they said the captains are the best paid on the bay. >> they make $83,000 a year. if they worked for red and white, they would make $76,000 a year. >> reporter: the district reported a 10% uptick in golden gate bridge traffic this morning. he said he would find another company to help him make his way back to san francisco by boat. >> i am looking forward to a pleasant ride across the bay.

>> reporter: negotiations are set to resume again on monday. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >> and stay with www.ktvu.com online and on your mobile device. we can help you get through your commute. you will find traffic updates on our website and mobile ktvu. ceremonies held in san francisco for a new hospital. it will be part of the california pacific medical center st. luke's campus. a new building is needed to meet earthquake standards. mayor ed lee says it is the right thing to do and the right time to do it. >> ultimately the hospital serves the people of the city. and they will be there to save lives. improve lives. prevent injury. prevent diseases from occurring. >> plans call for helmets to have 100 -- hospitals to have 120 business and 16 treatment

rooms for emergency -- beds and 16 treatment rooms for emergency rooms. two sexual assaults, the warning that is going out to college students tonight. >> the final dea drug take back day takes place tomorrow. the new regulations that will make it easier to dispose of prescription drugs. i'm driving all over the place,f are atclimbing up ladders. accidents happen all the time. i need to take care of myself, as well as take care of my business. and now i can do both, with health coverage.

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officially reported. >> just scary that it is being -- so prevalent on campus because we do do a lot of sexual assault outreach and education. >> administrators sent crime alerts and officials are urging all victims to fort crimes. task force created to boost university of california at berkeley student athlete graduation rates issued recommendations. the ncaa reported university of california at berkeley had the lowest graduation rates among college football teams. only 42% graduated. compare that to 93% for stanford. he said that is embarrassing. >> we want to be attentive to the likelihood students will not only succeed but prosper

here. >> the task force is recommending 50 different fixes. holding coaches more responsible for their athlete's performance and cutting back on mid-week athletic events. new at 6:00 p.m. the dea prescription drug take back program is coming to an end but soon parmacies will soon be able to -- pharmacies will soon be able to take back drugs. ktvu's katy eustis has more. >> supplements. prescription drugs. >> reporter: pounds of pills are disposed of where his patients want to be responsible with unused drugs. >> pretty common. loved ones who passed away. >> reporter: but he can't take narcotics. >> a big inconvenience. they have to go to a police

station. >> reporter: he said rules for disposal changed over the last few years. >> confusing. >> reporter: leaving consumers are few options. many do not take back unwanted prescription drugs but you can ship them yourself. or you could wait for the dea prescription drug take back program. in april the dea collected 390- tons of prescription drugs. showing that people don't want pills lingering. >> they are expired or i don't need them anymore. why am i going to have them hanging around? >> reporter: tomorrow's event will be the last because the dea changed rules. starting october 9 all pharmacies can register to

become collection sites. they are still reviewing the new rule. small farmests are happy for -- pharmacies are happy for the consumers. >> these kinds of programs are good to have. >> reporter: we posted a link on our website www.ktvu.com. for future disposal check with your pharmacy. katy eustis, ktvu channel 2 news. the man who just won $228 million in the power ball said he just wants to be normal. >> i think he will try his best to stay as normal as possible knowing him but i think that will be hard with the kind of winning he got. >> she is a client of the winner and she told us he is a hard worker. he is a nail salon technician.

he uses his tip money to buy lottery tickets and he bought the ticket at key market. business owners say the news is a great thing for the area. >> about time you get recognition and by winning a big lotto. nationwide. and we are thrilled about that. >> key market will receive a bonus of $1 million for selling that winning ticket. he will receive portions of the winnings over the next 30 years. take a look. just a little dusting. snow. heavenly mountain resort. more is in the forecast. opening day is 56 days away. here in the bay area, rain is lighting up live storm tracker 2. meteorologist mark tamayo is tracking thunderstorms and flooding. he is here to show us where.

>> down pours. lightning strikes. and right now we have a flash flood warning for the bay area. solano county, in place till 8:45 p.m. for areas like rock aville, green -- rockville, green valley. moderate rainfall. we had heavier down pours earlier and reports of flooding as you come in tighter here. rockville road. flooding rockville road. the crew headed up in the direction right now. we will have a live report on the 10:00 p.m. news. right now a flash flood warning in place. heavier down pour, american canyon, vallejo and cordelia. here are the storm reports. hail, widespread across the north bay, hail as you can see here and heavier down pours. the storm reports continue to increase in coverage. look what happened, showers or

the rain, thunderstorms developing from the north and drifting to the south. the latest imagery, covering petaluma. the intensity has been coming down but we have significant trine talk about closer to american canyon. look at the rest of the bay area. partly cloudy skies. although we could have more showers and thunderstorms developing. there is a chance tonight but we are focusing on the north bay right now. our model is picking up on that idea right now and then it generates more pop up showers and a thunderstorm later on tonight and tomorrow morning. anywhere. but it is showing you the best chances south bay, but it could happen anywhere across the bay area. tomorrow morning clouds. spotty showers near the cruz mountains. area of low pressure moving in, we will hold on to the evening

showers and thunderstorms. partly cloudy skies. and into the weekend, warming trend. not much for tomorrow but it kicks in sunday and monday up next week. highs for your saturday, clouds in the morning, skies becoming partly cloudy skies for the afternoon and temperatures, the warmest locations in the mid- 70s. san jose 73. half moon bay 67 degrees. and your five-day forecast, temperatures trending up for sunday. warming next week, monday, tuesday, wednesday and we will keep an eye on the radar. impressive down pours. >> thank you. [ music ] we got a good one for our game of the week. high school football. liberty traveling on the road off 880 to san leandro high. we will size up this week's match-up when we come right back. female announcer: the savings really stack up

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. all right. friday night. high school football game of the week. always fun time. shirley san leandro high school versus liberty. mark is here with a preview. >> reporter: there is no bigger

football fan than julie haener. the head football coach of san leandro high school. julie haener and i know you watch the ktvu channel 2 news. she said liberty high school very physical team and they bring it. what are you going to do? >> we will bring it back to them. we have a physical team ourselves and it will be an exciting, fun game for both sides. >> reporter: coach, i know you played a lot of football at cal. four years yourself on the defensive line. but you were dealt a tough blow. your quarterback steve johnson broke his foot, how have you been able to deal with that as a team? >> it is one of the lessons you learn in playing football. playing a team sport. there is no one individual that makes up a team. it hurts our team but other guys got to step up. that is what we have been learning this season. the guys got to step up and

make plays and we have had guys doing that. >> reporter: i got to ask you, liberty, a rather young program but they established themselves as a football power. they are 4-0 this year. i know you would like to knock them off their thrown. >> definitely. we enjoy playing the top notch teams in the bay area in pre- season. liberty has a lot of great things that they do but we do some good things as well and i think it will be a surprise some of the thingswy bring to them. a -- things we bring to them. fun to watch. >> coach, thank you for taking the time. good luck. most of all stay healthy and we have all kinds of highlights headed your way for the 10:00 p.m. news tonight and baseball pennate races and such as well. but from san leandro high school. mark ibanez, game of the week stuff later tonight. back to you guys. >> looking forward to that. seeing that match. >> something about high school

football on a friday night. coming up tonight on the 10:00 p.m. news, an uber driver attacked a rider with a hammer. new details about the injuries and the charges that driver is now facing. >> thank you for making ktvu channel 2 news your choice for news. we are always here for you on www.ktvu.com and you can follow us on twitter and facebook. thank you so much for joining us. have a great evening everyone. good night. >> good night.

okay, here's the number for poison control. ask for carol. honey, we're gonna be fine. enjoy your reunion. oh, it'd be a lot more fun if you were there. i really am sorry about that. i just can't miss the chance to bowl on jay's team. mnh. that's why i ordered these glide rights. if you break 'em in properly, they're supposed to give you a completely frictionless-- (thud) (groans) if i'm being honest, the reunion might be a little more fun if phil isn't there. otherwise, i spend the whole weekend telling him who's who and explaining inside jokes. and if all that explaining is going out, the alcohol is not going in. hey, mom. before you go, you have to sign this for school. mm. you don't have to read it. it's all boilerplate. honey, i am running really late. (whispers) ask your dad. right here, buddy. s--uhh! (thud) i have to get the letter signed because i failed my assignment on the revolutionary war.