in the face of a terminal illness, a bay area native made the final decision to die on her own terms. brittany maynard has ended her own life. coming up, the emotional message she left behind and the national debate now in full swing. happy week last week. this week looks quiet. we're starting off with a lot of high clouds and warmer temperatures. there are warm days ahead. >> reporter: beer live in oakland, where -- we're live in oakland where we're 24 hours away from election day. my heart was in the right place. a ktvu exclusive jailhouse interview as the retrial for a

schoolteacher accused of mow testing students begins this morning. who he blames for the ordeal and the advice he has for fellow teachers. "mornings on 2" begins right now. 7:00. good morning. you're looking live at the alameda county courthouse, where some bay area voters are already casting their ballots early. tomorrow is election day. coming up in minutes, ktvu's brian flores will tell us why this particular polling place could see a much larger turnout than the majority of places across the state. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> i'm dave clark. let's talk about weather and traffic. this week will be different from last week. >> it will be quieter and warmer. it's kind of cold. >> it is chilly. >> there are a few upper 30s. clearlake, kelseyville, thank you cloerwy for the information. napa airport, 39 even with

some. cloud cover. that's -- i don't say it's an everest but it's a whitney of high pressure building in. before the clouds push east, they are dropping on top of us. overall, temperature -- what are you doing? okay. there it goes. okay. put a quarter in the machine. we do have -- if there's any rain it could be cape mendocino north. the clouds will be with us in the morning and then by the afternoon, i think we'll have mostly sunny skies. napa, 40. walnut creek, 40. a bunch of 40s. the north bay being held up by the cloud cover. no doubt about it. otherwise, i think we we see more 30s. it's cool. all signs point towards sunshine. today, partly sunny, more clouds to the north. a cold chill to the morning air. sal, i have kind of been listening but i don't think i've heard anything serious, is

that correct? >> you are right. we've had a couple of accidents. nothing major when in comes to the injuries. when it comes to the slow traffic, you are going to see some. this is pretty slow at the bay bridge toll plaza, where -- if you are counting from the end of the line for how long it takes to you drive into san francisco, we're looking at at least a half-hour for the entire drive. there are no -- no major problems or crashes. looking at the san mateo bridge, it's busier from hayward to foster city. it looks like a normal commute, about a 20-minute drive across the span. westbound highway 4 is slow and slow is 680 but lack of major problems. 580 is slower than usual on a monday. 580 from tracy all the way to livermore. most of it is slow. we had an earlier crash in castro valley on 580 as well. 7:03. back to the desk. thank you, sal. the woman from the bay area who sparked a national discussion about death with dignity ended her life over the weekend.

29-year-old brittany maynard was diagnosed with a stage 4 brain tumor early this year. alex savidge has more on her controversial decision. >> good morning. maynard was surrounded by family and friends at her home in portland, oregon when she took a lethal dose of medication this weekend that was prescribed by a doctor. she had moved to oregon from california because that state is one of a handful with the so- called death with dignity law in place. >> i can't even tell you the amount of relief that it provides me to know that i don't have to die the way that it's been described to me that my brain tumor would take me. >> maynard was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor and made the public decision to end her life on november 1st. she said her pain and seizures were getting worse. she became an advocate for the right to die movement and in this age of social media, maynard brought many young

people into the conversation. the organization compassion and choices says she died peacefully on saturday after taking medication given to her by a doctor months ago. maynard spent the final months of her life traveling to alaska and the grand canyon. her family describes her as as independent and determined which is why she wanted to control how it ended. >> i will die upstairs in my bedroom that i share with my husband, with my mother and my husband by my side and pass peacefully to music i like in the background. >> she grew up in california. she attendedcal and uc irvine but moved to oregon after the diagnosis. oregon law allows someone to end their life with prescribed drugs, while california does not. there is a push to pass that law here in california. despite there have been similar

efforts that have failed over the past 24 years. the public decision has sparked a national debate. if you would like to weigh in, we invite you to do so. you can leave a comment on our ktvu facebook page. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you for the update. a burning garage in concord forced a family out of their home. it happened around 3:30 on san carlos avenue near clayton road. this photo of the garage engulfed in flames was tweeted out by the contra costa county fire department. firefighters say three people lived in the home but no one was hurt. investigators are searching for the cause of the fire. the chp officer accused of sharing nude photos taken off the cell phones of women he arrested is expected to turn himself in this morning in martinez. shawn harrington has been accused by two women of removing nude photos and

texting those photos to other officers. there are reports of a possible third victim. prosecutors are investigating all. harrington's traffic stops for other possible incidents. he resigned on wednesday and is scheduled to be arraign this afternoon. the new span of the bay bridge may end up with a deficit of $35 million or even higher. the project manager says there's plenty of unbudgeted work that still has to be done on the new span. and tearing down the old bridge, well, that may cost much more than originally estimated. caltrans is now shifting money from other bridge projects to make up the difference. now, earlier, caltrans repeatedly predicted the huge eastern span project would actually cost less than the budgeted $6.4 billion. the election day is officially tomorrow. but some bay area voters, they are getting an early jump on making their voices heard. brian flores is live in oakland now. you are near the county

registrar's office with how voters in alameda county can cast their ballot today. brian? >> reporter: hi, dave. good morning. actually, starting yesterday, voters could cast their ballots at the court hours, the registrar's office inside the building. the registrar's office is expected to open within the next half-hour. so voters can cast their ballots then. we haven't heard how many have turned out since then. but overall, voter turnout is expected to be low. if you want ta cast your ballot, early voting location, this one here at the courthouse is expected to be open later on this morning. it will be open from 7:30 and 5:00 today. it will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. tomorrow, on election day. voting analysts say turnout is expected to be low for the state for this midterm general election. some are saying this could be the lowest turnout ever but they do say if there is a hotly contested race, voter turnout

could be okay. that that could be case in oakland. some decided to vote during the weekend because it was convenient. >> i have to work on tuesday. this is the first time that i'm voting in california as an adult. so i am excited to have the option to do early voting. >> reporter: one of the races that could generate a good- sized turnout is here in oakland because of the mayor's race. jean quan, rebecca kaplan, libby schaaf, brian parker and joe tuman will meet. the forum will be held at the royce school at 11:00 this morning. some election analysts are expecting a 43% turnout. if that's the case, that will be the lowest turnout in state's history. so far the lowest was 2002, when then-governor gray davis

was re-elected. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, brian. new details this morning on what may have caused virgin galactic's space ship to break up and crash in the mojave desert. investigators say the tail boom's known as feathers deployed early. they are supposed to help the ship re-enter the atmosphere. the system requires a two-step process to deploy. the investigation has revealed that the copilot unlocked the system but the second step occurred on its own. the ntsb says it's too early to say whether this was the cause of the crash and the investigation could take up to a year. >> we'll be looking at safety culture, we'll be looking at the design, the procedure. we've got many, many issues to look into much more extensively before we can determine the cause. >> the cause happened during a test run on friday. the copilot was killed. the pilot was able to parachute to the ground and is in the hospital. right now, the future of virgin's space tourism is

unclear. the company has sold more than 700 tickets for future flights at more than 250,000 each. 7:10. thousands are expected to go to this week's funeral services for two northern california sheriff's deputies killed in the line of duty. last night, a fund-raising event in placer county was held to help for for funeral expense es. danny oliver and michael davis, junior were both killed october 24th during a shooting pam rage -- rampage. many who went to the fund- raiser wanted to show their support for the families of the officers. >> people care here. it's just that our hearts go out to the family, and to be here with them and to show our love and support is very important. >> the service for deputy oliver is today, 10:00 a.m. at the adventure christian church in roseville. services for detective davis

will be at the same church tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. both services are open to the public. 7:11. coming up -- a ktvu exclusive. in 20 minutes, the jailhouse interview with a local teacher accused of molesting his students. how joseph martin is preparing himself as he heads back to court today. there is a hole in the boat. put a life jacket on. >> up next, how passengers in the bahamas describe a frightening emergency on a cruise ship. we're looking at the commute and things are just looking -- looking at my screen -- things are getting busier on highway 24. we'll tell you how long it will take to get to pleasant hill. mostly sunny to partly cloudy. some very nice sunrise pictures from santa rosa and clearlake. you can see all of the higher clouds. any more clouds and rain we'll talk about it coming up. ♪ ready, ready, ready

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7:14. happening today, the man accused in the deathly shooting of an oakland mother of four is due in court. police arrested 20-year-old dub po. se near sacramento. he's suspected of killing perla avina while she was driving home from a grocery store last sunday afternoon. police are calling the deadly shooting a road rage incident but are not providing any other details about what happened. a uc berkeley fraternity is planning a memorial for one of their members who died while attending a concert at the oracle arena. 20-year-old zachary bradley was at a rave on halloween night when he fell about 20 feet from a restricted area behind the stage. the alameda county coroner's office is investigating the circumstances around bradley's death. another student at the same

event said she was surprised to hear what happened. >> personally, what i saw was that the security was really, really tight that night. it's really shocking for all of us. >> a spokesperson for oracle is not commenting, saying the investigation is being left to police. bradley's mother is making arrangements to take his body back to his home state of arizona. passengers on a halloween cruise in the bahamas say things got too scary. the boat hit something and started taking on water. >> now, about 1,000 people were on this bahamas celebration cruise ship friday night when they felt a big jolt. then the captain told everyone put on a life jacket and get ready to evacuate. the boat was taking on water and leaning too one side. >> the halloween horror cruise and man, did we get more than expected in terms of scarily.

>> it was the scariest halloween i've ever had. it was real. >> the passengers spent all yesterday on the island. yesterday they were taken back to miami. so far we still don't know what the ship hit or if the passengers will be reimbursed. someone here in the bay area may be holding onto a powerball ticket worth $360,000. it was sold saturday night at the smoke for less store on san pablo dam road. now, it matches five of the winning numbers from saturday's drawing. only missing the powerball number. since no one matched all six numbers, the 178 million jackpot will roll over to wednesday's drawing. here is a look at the winning numbers -- they are 1, 3, 13, 25, and 38. the powerball is 17. we're learning just how many lottery tickets go unclaimed each year across the nation. according to to the lottery commission in 2013, more than

$2 billion of tickets were not claimed. most of the winning tickets are worth only a couple of dollars but there are plenty worth thousands, even millions. one man has created an app called lot low-lot -- lotto- lotto and if winners have tickets that are winning, it will let them know. sal is looking at the number of cars backing up on highway 24. >> i'm also looking at drive times for you. on 24 westbound it's about a 10- minute drive. not too bad. more than normal. b.a.r.t. is doing well. b.a.r.t. is reported back on time after earlier delays that weren't too severe. bay bridge toll plaza, you will see traffic backed up for a 25, 30-minute delay. 680 southbound, though, will be slow right off the benicia bridge and then slows again at

242 from walnut creek to danville. if you are on 580, that's been -- it's kind of a nearal -- normal thing. it's kind of bad/normal. 680 very slow coming out of pleasanton all the way down to highway 84. let's go to steve. we have cool to cold readings. if it weren't for the higher clouds, it would be colder. but they are holding temps up a little bit. kind of spilling up over the ridge of high pressure. and i was sent a message on facebook, any rain? no, you are good to go. high clouds, cool to mild. 30s, 40s. 50s, 60s with the higher clouds. mostly sunny by this afternoon. these clouds will drift off toward the east as high pressure builds in. san francisco, today, low 53. high 66. what's average for november 3rd? 52, 66. record low, 42 in 1935.

record high, 82. back in 1929. you can see the -- everything is moving in in the form of high pressure. it will take another 24 hours before it kicks in. once it does, it look like it will park it and temperatures will start to warm up. there's a lot of high clouds spilling over the bridge. we to have partly to mostly cloudy skies. temperatures will be near average. then they will go above tomorrow. had a couple of 30s. now holding onto a lot of 40s. mid-40s, even half moon bay. 50s sfo and san francisco. the official reading is 53. but there sh a 52 there. san jose is at 45. 41 menlo park. mid-40s. 46 foster city. san mateo and still 50 in the los altos hill. 20 tahoe. 30 in reno. redding, 52. monterey, 47. you can see the cloud cover spilling in. mostly cloudy to the north. some of these higher clouds. if you are looking for rain, this is not the week. all of these clouds in the jet

stream heads to the north. we're start a warmup and then the days are very short. it's tough to get the warm and hold it. it does look warmer. a lot of clouds to the north after a cool, crisp morning for some. for others, maybe not too bad. but it's in the 40s. petaluma, 69. upper 60s to near 70. a lot of 60s in here. it's that time of year where there's not that great spread between the coast, bay and inland. 60 for many near spent. it will be warmer wednesday and thursday. it looks very quiet as we head towards friday. there may be a cloud but no rain. >> not much. >> no rain in there. >> nothing at all. >> okay. thank you. one death-defying stunt is not enough. what nik wallendo did right after completing a worldwide tightrope walk hundreds of feet above the windy city. talk about a frustrated

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but i ain't gonna go rob subway. >> torrance was recognized by the local police department's facebook page. police say he was buying a holster for the gun used in the robbery. thousands of native- americans gathered in minnesota. they are protesting the name of the washington redskins. ♪ >> now, the redskins were in minneapolis to play the vikings and the protesters included the mayor of minneapolis. they oppose the name because they say it recalls a time when native-americans were hunted. >> i think of my ancestors who had bounties on their heads to get their -- they were charging $200 to kill a red skin. >> now, the owner of the redskins, daniel snyder, he argues the team's name honors native-americans and he vows he will never change it. 49ers now have a 4-4 record

after loses to the rams. san francisco had a chance, with nine seconds left in the game. third and goal at the 1-yard line. but colin kaepernick fumbled on a quarterback sneak. the rams recovered. the final score, 13-10 rams. colin kaepernick not happy. 49ers play the saints in new orleans next sunday. the raiders remain winless on the season after losing to the seahawks. oakland pulled within six in the final minutes but failed at an an-side kip. they lost 30-24. they host the denver broncos next sunday. 7:26. a boat crash on the first day of crab season leaves four people dead near bodega bay. up next, how fishermen reacted to news that the victims were not wearing life jackets. and an exclusive jailhouse interview with a bay area teacher accused of molesting his students. good morning. right now, traffic is still going to be a little bit slow.

i'm checking out here what's going on with 280 northbound. it's a little bit slow. i don't see anything up there. but i know there's something causing this. on this monday morning, mostly cloudy to the north. mostly sunny to the south. a little cool this morning but it looks warmer. we'll show you how much warmer coming up. ♪

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7:29. dropping before our very eyes. gas prices are down, way down. we're live at a service station in san jose where even in the past hour, we watched as the price dropped. it was about 12 cents it went down. ktvu's janine de la vega is talking to people as they fill up this morning and coming up in minutes, she'll explain what's behind this plunge at the pump and hopefully it will last. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm tori campbell. >> steve paulson is pushing for premium to go down. >> oh, yeah. >> he needs premium to go down. >> there is a 10-cent difference. >> i just went outside. >> and? >> the sky is spectacular. >> chilly, though. >> it's chilly. >> upper 30s, especially up in lake county. napa airport briefly hit 39. higher clouds coming over the top of ridge of high pressure. but everything is going up and over. this looks like a quiet week. no rain in the forecast as this high gets closer, it will start

to deflect everything, including the clouds out of here. we have a lot of cloud cover. it's a lot of show and not much go. 40s on the temperatures, including 50. gilroy did go down to 41. 42 in sunnyvale. saratoga, 44. everything is lifting northward over the next 24, 36 hours. , more clouds to the north. a cold morning. temperatures, 30s, 40s. they will give way to a lot of 60s. we have an issue in the south bay. did you figure out what's going on? >> i don't see anything here, steve. i do see the traffic is slow. i've been looking around here. i don't see anything on 280. i'm gonna look at it again and 280 is slowing down coming up through downtown san jose. could be everything is on the road at the same time. there is a problem on 280 farther up the road in san mateo county southbound 280 at truesdale. that crash came in two hours ago. that's not the reason for the slowdown right now. westbound 580 is very slow.

we had early issues. 680 is getting better on the way out of pleasanton. as we move over to 85, i don't want to neglect 85 drivers. northbound slows at 87 all the way up into los gatos and saratoga. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza. this has been a 25, 30-minute drive time into san francisco. the time, 7:32. back to the desk. >> all right. thank you, sal. a concord teacher accused of child molestation is due back in court today for his retrial. for the first time, joseph martin is talking to the media about his case. tara moriarty joins us live from the courthouse with his exclusive jailhouse interview including who he says is partly to blame for his predicament. good morning, tara. >> reporter: well, good morning. yeah, martin partially blames a police investigator who he says was improperly trained an inexperienced. he says that his case then evolved into a group hysteria nightmare. amber lee sat down with martin

in jail a few days ago. where he appeared confident. >> reporter: did you ever molest any of these students. >> absolutely not whatsoever. >> reporter: he spent two decades teaching in concord until his arrest last year. that's when a former 5th grade student accused him and others came forward. he taught at woodside elementary. he said he only patted or hugged students as a teaching technique. >> it's a misconstrued -- i do it fromment it in front of my class. pats and hugs are only given to students if they give permission. >> reporter: his attorney said prosecutors said 73 of the 93 counts are expected to be dismissed today. 22 counts remain. his first trial ended in

august. the jury acquitted him of charges involving three students. jurors were split on the other counts. coming up we'll tell you what martin says he learned from this whole experience and what he would tell his students if he had the chance. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 7:33. four crab fisher manwere killed over the -- fishermen were killed off the coast. they all drowned after their boat capsized. a fifth man survived and is recovering. the coast guard said they were not wearing life jackets but professional firermen say that's common since life jackets can get in the way of fishing. family members of the fishermen killed say they are beginning the process of planning memorial services. oakland police are investigating latest homicide near a catholic middle school on 10th street in west oakland, not far from 880. police say a 54-year-old man

was shot to death. at this point, there's no information on suspects or a possible motive. another person was killed. three others wounded in separate shootings during one- five hour period. late saturday night to early sunday morning. there's no word of arrests in any of these shootings. 7:35. b.a.r.t. may be forced to eliminate two of four proposed stations through downtown san jose because they need federal funding. the contra costa times reports the b.a.r.t. stops that may be eliminated are at 28th street, the other near the santa clara caltrain station and santa clara university. planners say a four-station, six-mile route would cost $6.7 billion, by eliminating two of the stations that reduces the price to $3.4 billion. planners say there are a lot of requests for federal funding for transit stations. they say cutting back on the

stations could help their chances of getting more money. gas prices are way down over the past month. the average price for a gallon has dropped 40 cents in san in san francisco and oakland and janine de la vega is live in san jose where we actually saw the prices at the pump drop within the past hour. good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning. yes, we did. it used to cost $2.97 for a gallon of regular unleaded but take a look here. about an hour ago, the worker here changed the signs and lowered it to $2.8 5. this is at mckee andrd -- mckee and 33rd. there's been vehicles driving in taking advantage of the prices. the manager said the reason for the drop, because any are competing with the gas station next door where it costs 2.90. customers are benefiting. the national average for a gallon is below $3. it's the first time in four years. several reasons behind it, a

drop in oil prices, americans are driving more efficient vehicles. it's created an increase in supply and weaker demand. the lower prices are a welcomed sight for consumers. >> i haven't seen 2.82, 2.85 in over -- years. it's been years. >> reporter: how does it feel? >> feels great. i filled my van for $76. usually it's $120. >> right now, it's, you know, better. very good. >> reporter: are you surprised? >> yeah. very happy this morning. [laughter] >> reporter: some tell us they are spending the extra money to pay bills. others are using it to buy groceries. economists say the drop in gas prices will fuel other spending because people feel like they've gotten a raise. some people are so happy, they are taking pictures and spreading the word on social media. the manager here at this gas

station at mckee and 33rd told us that they may drop prices even other today depending on what the gas station next door does. we have posted a link to where you can find of cheap gas prices. go to ktvu.com and click on hottopicks. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> that will be nice to find some of those prices. ride sharing company lyft is reporting the death of a passenger. it happened on saturday when a lyft driver slammed into a car stalled on westbound 80 in roseville. one of the two passengers was killed. the victim was 24 years old from west sacramento. the man's father said he was returning from a halloween party. a 32-year-old san jose woman is behind bars after leading officers on a chase and crashing head on into a san ramon police car. officers say they spotted stephanie almada next to a stolen honda at a gas station

on crow canyon road early yesterday morning. when they ordered her to surrender, officers say she drove off and finally surrendered in south danville after smashing head in into a patrol car. officers found, meth, syringes and stolen items. one officer was treated for minor injuries. a whistle-blower contacted 2 investigates with major concerns about safety inside a busy san francisco tunnel. an employee of the san francisco publy utilities commission said there are serious problems at the broadway tunnel. he says a retrofit project meant to save moifn and make lighting more energy efficient, well, he says instead it wasted thousands and also made the tunnel too bright. >> it was clear that something had gone wrong in the deep sign process -- design process. something is gonna get hurt or killed. >> tonight at 10:00 the

response raised that the efforts to fix the problem didn't go far enough. 7:39. fighting a deadly disease. coming up in the next hour of "mornings on 2," how the richest man in america is using the concern over ebola to try to wipe out another deadly disease. and we're learning more about the three trick or treaters killed by a hit-and- run driver. up next, what the victims' families are saying about the new developments. still slow traffic out there in many areas. and we haven't had a lot of major crashes. but a lot of people are behind schedule. we'll tell you more about the east bay commute coming up. the end of october was rather busy for me but it looks like the first week of november will be quiet. the temperatures will be warming up.

police in southern california are expected to give more details today about the arrests made in a hit-and-run crash that killed three teenagers who were trick or treating. it happened friday night in santa ana. police say 13-year-old twin sisters and their friend were in a crosswalk when they were hit. the driver took off. yesterday, police made several arrests. the victims' families are pleased about the arrests but say it won't bring back the girls. >> it won't bring my sister back. i think the whole community is proud, they are happy that the people who did this that just left them there, they are finally in custody and they have to answer to justice. >> a memorial at the spot where the girls were killed keeps growing. an online fund-raiser has been set up to help with funeral costs. the new world trade center

tower is opening for business. more than 13 years after the september 11th attacks. the first group of office workers from conde neste is moving into the building. this replaces the original towers destroyed in the 9/11 attacks. construction took about eight years at a cost of nearly $4 billion. so far, the building is only 60% leased. official opening ceremonies are set for later this year. media rights groups are raising concerns about no-fly zones over furgeson, missouri. the no-fly zone was in place for 12 days in august following the shooting of michael brown and affected nearly 37 miles of airspace. the associated press reports the phone calls revealed both police and federal aviation authorities discussing the real

purpose was to restrict news coverage. 7:44. boy, a sigh of relief for fans of daredevil nik wallendo after last night's death-defying tightrope walk. >> what a view. that's a long way down. >> tori, don't look down. no nets. he walked 50 stories above the streets of chicago on that wire strung between two skyscrapers and did it twice. he wore a blindfold the second time. i'm not watching. but thousands of cheering fans packed the streets to watch. this was broadcast almost live on the discovery channel, so producers could put away in case he fell. a year before he was born, his famous grandfather fell to his death during a tightrope stunt in po toe rico. i remember that day -- puerto rico. i remember that day very quickly. >> i can't imagine doing that 3

inches off the ground let alone that far up. let's check in with sal. how are things looking? >> they are okay. we do have slow traffic up there. i do have improvement on highway 4 for you if you are coming in from antioch and pittsburg. it's looking pretty good. on 680 and highway 24 and also 80, you will see slow traffic. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza, you can see traffic is going to be slow there. it's about a 30-minute delay as you drive through. i want to take a look at the middle core of the bay area here with the san mateo bridge. we have slow traffic. southbound 280 right here on the peninsula, a freeway that normally does not get a lot of slow traffic and that's because of a crash southbound 280 near truesdale. it's been there for a bit. traffic is solid out of san bruno and south city all the way down to the burlingame area. please give yourself extra time. 101 is just as slow. i can't recommend one other the other.

let's go to steve with today's forecast. >> all right, sal. thank you. well, a partly cloudy morning. higher clouds. there are a lot of the 30s. there were some up in lake county. santa uz, there's a bunch. i've seen scotts valley, ben lomond, all checking in with 30- degree lows f it weren't for the higher clouds, i would think we would have more. the cloud cover is holding up. the ridge of high pressure is nosing. lifting way up. some of these clouds are toppling over and coming over us. that's where we're getting the source of these higher clouds. any precip will be well to the north. it won't amount to much. i think it's mainly clouds. that's about it. napa airport was 39 and i know clearlake, 38. kelseyville, lake county, 38. we talked about 35, 38 ben lomond, boulder creek and scotts valley. a lot of 40s or some 50s. but again, the cloud cover no doubt about it keeping some mid- 40s. had a report in windsor, 42,

43. petaluma at 45. the east bay also. brentwood, holding steady at 50. san ramon, 42. bev said i had a 39-degree reading. 43 la fayette, orinda warmer but still on the cool side at 46. 20, 30 that would be tahoe and reno. 42 sacramento sacramento. monterey, 47 degrees. cloud cover with us today and then after that, it looks like it will be dry for a while as high clouds lift north. jet stream lifts north and temperatures will start to warm up. this time of year, you get to november. it's tough to get very warm. there will be a few locations near 80 by wednesday. let's take a look at the extended outlook. watch how the storm track stays north. the system comes in. they wash out. they head well to the north. a dry week ahead. maybe for a while as high pressure really flexes its muscle. gets in there. more clouds to the north. a chilly -- chilly day. 67 san rafael.

upper 60s. petaluma and also novato. walnut creek, la fayette, orinda, moraga, 68. 70 brentwood. 66 oakland. same for other areas along the 880 corridor. 70s to 60s. near 70 i should say. 60s on the coast and the peninsula as well. after today, mostly sunny, it will be warmer. dry. new month, new weather pattern. >> and the time change. >> time change as well. >> sunrise and sunset is a little different. thank you, steve. well, it was one of the scariest halloweens ever for one arizona woman. the woman said she unknowingly gave away her wedding ring to a trick or treater. she said she took off her ring and placed it in a jar while carving pumpkins earlier in the day. you can understand pumpkins are kind of messy. sometime during the day, she filled the jar with candy to hand out to kids. >> i'm jut really hoping that

somebody has it and just doesn't know what to do with it. they don't know whose it is or how to find out, you know, through the hundreds of houses they went to, they don't know which house it came from. >> she put up posters in the neighborhood asking for help. she said the ring is probably only worth $50 at a pawnshop but it means the world to her. the ring was given to her by her husband of ten years. >> do you think they will find it? >> i hope so. i hope someone does the right thing. kids are more interested in candy. there is a new study out on babies that pits mommies against daddies. who do the babies listen to more? you know what my thought is. coming up next -- we have the answer and why one of the parents may be at a disadvantage. up next, pam cook will interview the star of fox's hit tv show gotham. what ben mckenzie has to say about playing his role.

>> i need you to get out right now. >> since its day ba, fox's gotham has become a -- debut, fox's gotham has become a hit. the show dives into the background of some of gotham's biggest villains. and finding those villains is ben mckenzie. ben joins us live this morning from new york. good morning. thank you. nice to see you. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> we're ulseeks ited about this show. we've been watching it here. a lot of us talk about in the newsroom. i know that -- you were on the o.c. people know you from there. you were kind of a young kid, barely out of your teens. now you are joining a very well-

established franchise. did you go after that role or did they come get you? in a way they came after me. i worked with bruno heller who created gotham on a pilot last year that didn't go to series but he wrote this character with me in mind and sent the script to me earlier this year. he said, take a look and, you know, we just started talking about it. he had already written the script and we just started from there. it was incredibly flattering that he thought i could pull it off. i think he was more sure that i could pull it off more than i was. but, you know, it's been a great collaborative process ever since. and i think, you know, you see the cast of actors around me and it's just, you know -- it's

fantastic. jada pinkett-smith. robin tailor playing the penguin. really good cast. it's a fun show to be part of. >> it makes sense, though. i think you are fabulous as james gordon. i talked to a lot of true batman fans and they sank you are -- think you are it. you mentioned jada pinkett- smith. what's it like working with her? because she play as really intense bad guy. >> yeah. she couldn't be further from the persona she's playing on screen. i don't know how often she's had a chance to play the bad guy. i think she's relish, the opportunity. >> it looks like she's having fun. >> she's having fun. she's a pro. she has so much experience. she's such a calm, collected presence on the set. it's been a real joy to work with her.

>> take us back to the o.c. a lot of people have been following you since then. i have heard you say you guys were babies and didn't earn it and it was like overnight success. compare that to what you are involved in right now. >> well, i think for me -- i can't speak for anybody else -- but for me, i've had the opportunity to work on three shows. i did a show called southland which was a john wells produced cop show. and that was a real education for me. it really helped me understand a lot of things. but to be part of this show now and to really be a leader on the show, you know, the central character of the show, i feel ready for it for sort of the first time. i think when i was doing the o.c., kind of plucked out of

nowhere and kind of dropped in the middle of hollywood tv show land. very strange experience for anybody. and now i feel kind of ready to take on the challenge and i think we've created a really warm, welcoming set for actors to come in and do their work. i think you see it on screen. i think the performances are really terrific as well as the production design, the look of the show, the writing, the director. i'm really proud of it. it's great to be a leader. >> you must be a great mentor. unfortunately, we have to go. but give us a sneak peek. the episode tonight looks intense. >> tonight is probably my fave rate so far. in the last episode, oswald returned, revealing that jim hadn't been lying about killing him at the beginning. so i've been exposed as a wire

and my -- they are out for my head. victor, a famous villain, fakes an appear -- makes an appearance. >> something for everyone. nice to talk to you this morning. thank you so much. he's detective james gordon on gotham. you can watch all of the action here. the shown airs every monday night. 8:00. i will be there. >> thank you, pam. 7:58. coming up after a courageous fight, a california woman died with terminal cancer took other own life. after the break, how her death is renewing the debate about the right to die.

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well, good morning to you. welcome back. we're now live inside the alameda county courthouse. it will be busy there today. some bay area voters are casting ballots a day early in the registrar's office. coming up in about six minutes, ktvu's brian flores will be here. he will tell you why this particular polling place may see a much larger turnout than most places across the state. stay tuned for that. thank you for joining us. welcome to "mornings on 2." monday, november 3rd. i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. a quick look at weather and traffic. steve, hopefully people remembered to flip the clocks back an hour. got an extra hour of sleep. >> yesterday was a long day. it was nice. >> an extra hour. >> nights are longer, days are shorter. we're looking for a dry week and warmer temperatures.

santa cruz mountains, scotts valley, 35. boulder creek, 36. ben lomond, 38. clearlake, 38. kelseyville. 38. napa airport, 39. all signs point towards high pressure building in. it's topping over that ridge of high pressure. a lot of these higher clouds are filtering through. they will eventually push off toward the east. we'll start off partly cloudy and end up mostly sunny. 40s, 50s starting to bounce off some of the morning lows. it was a cool one for many. 40s for some. gill ray made it to 41. morgan hill, 43. sunnyvale made it to 42. now 44. menlo park. 49, 47 san mateo and also foster city. partly cloudy skies here for a while. but by tomorrow, we'll have mostly sunny skies and temperatures will start to get back into the 70s for many. tuesday into wednesday. maybe some upper 70s. partly sunny. more clouds. farther north you go. okay. i think hospital curve or

something. san francisco. we have a problem. southbound 101 at 280. there was another crash there. a bad spot. not only does it have an affect on san francisco traffic, it will have an effect on the bay bridge because traffic on the skyway just getting off the bay bridge is slow and then when traffic on the bridge gets show, let me show you the toll plaza, the metering lights at the toll plaza get slower. so a big chain reaction from oakland into san francisco if you have the option of using b.a.r.t., i think b.a.r.t. would be a much better option for you at this point. let's talk about the east bay. we have had a lot of slow traffic all the san leandro all way to the lakeshore curve. as we go back to the peninsula, southbound 280 is throwing a curve because 280 is usually the alternate. it's very slow all the way to burlingame. and 101 is slow from the airport down to san mateo and the airport. the peninsula, not that great. 8:03. back to the desk.

the terminally ill woman from the bay area who touched off a national debate about death with dignity ended her life over the weekend. 29-year-old brittany maynard was diagnosed with stage 4 brain tumor earlier this year. alex savidge is live in our newsroom with more on what led up to her decision. good morning, alex. >> good morning. brittany maynard made the decision to die on her own terms. and this weekend, surrounded by family and friends at her home in portland, oregon, she took a lethal dose of medication prescribed by a doctor. >> all of my treatments came true -- if all of my dreams came true, i would somehow survive this. >> after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, she made the public decision to end her life on november 1st. she moved from california to oregon because that state is one of a handful with the so- called death with dignity law in place that allows someone to end their life with help from a

doctor. the organization compassion and choices says the 29-year-old tied peacefully on -- died peacefully on saturday after taking medication given to her months ago. she spent her final months traveling to alaska, the grand canyon and her online videos were seen by millions of people worldwide. she became an advocate for the right to die movement and in age of social media, she brought many young people into this conversation. people here in the bay area, we talked to this morning, have varied views about her decision. >> you should be able to choose your own way of dying and, you know, people shouldn't have a right to tell you what's right or wrong. >> taking your life -- from a religious perspective is taboo but who wants to die a horrible, painful death? >> maynard grew up in california and attended cal and uc irvine but moved to oregon after being diagnosed with brain cancer. oregon law allahs for doctors

-- law allows doctors to end lives while california does not. maynard's family is planning to continue her fight by pushing for similar laws around the country. alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> she would have turned 30 later this month. 8:06. new this morning, a burning garage in concord forced a family out of their home. now, this happened about 3:30 this morning on san carlos avenue near clayton road and this photo, you can see the garage engulfed in flames. this was tweeted out by the fire department. firefighters say three people lived in that home but no one was hurt. investigators still looking for the cause of the fire. the chp officer, the one who is accused of sharing nude photos taken off the cell phones of women he arrested, he's expected to turn himself in this morning in martinez. officer shawn harrington has been accused by at least two women of removing nude photos

from their phones, then texting those photos to other officers. there are reports there is a third victim. prosecutors are investigating all of his traffic stops. they want to see if there's other possible incidents. harrington, who resigned on wednesday, is scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon. 8:07. election day is officially tomorrow. but some bay area voters are getting an early jump on making their voices heard. brian flores is live in oakland near the county registrar's office to explain how it's possible to vote early. good morning, brian. >> reporter: hi, tori. good morning to you. we're inside the county registrar's office this morning, where polls will open at about 8:30 this morning. a point of clarification. we said 7:30 earlier. but again, 8:30 for some early voters. overall, experts say turnout is expected to be low.

hopefully that changes, but if you want to get an early start to voting here, you can vote today, as we go to video. the courthouse will offer early voting from 8:30 to 5:00 and then on election day 7:30 to 8:00. voting analysts say the turnout is expected to be low for this midterm election. that being said, we did speak with one person who came in to vote early. >> i was just in the area and had some extra time and decided to do it today instead of tomorrow. >> reporter: we're back out here live at the registrar's office this morning where we have tim, the registrar of voters here. >> good morning. >> reporter: we're talking about turnout. we're hearing different statistics on how many voters may turn out. give us statistics on how many voters you've received so far and your projections.

>> we've received 116,000 votes so far. we had a couple hundred people vote over the weekend. we were open for early vote as well. as a statistic, we have about 440,000 permanent vote by mail voters. we've seen about a 25% return on those voters. based on the trending right now, i'm looking at possibly a 40% to 45% turnout of our 800,000 voters for alameda county. >> reporter: what does that relate to in terms of the lowest or the highest? is this -- is this around where you expect it? >> we would like to see it higher. in june, in the primary, we had a 27% turnout. it's nice to see that it's trending up. in our last presidential election, we had seen a 73% turnout. we would like to see a higher turn out. >> reporter: obviously -- we're talking about hot spots. you have the mayor's race. are you gonna find that places

like oakland will have a higher voter turnout than other places? >> certainly there's hot races in omof the cities. you would expect based on the attention they are getting there will be higher turnout. but we have countywide issues. so i hope all of our voters get out and let us know what they want. >> reporter: i want to talk about the nuance here. if you do mail in your ballot or if you turn in the mailing in of your ballot by mail, it has to be in by a certain time. can you describe that. >> it's not based on the postmark on the envelope. we have to have the vote in our hands by 8:00 p.m. on election night. that's the election code. >> reporter: and then you can turn in your mail-in basketball on thes? >> certainly. on election day you can yurn tur ballots in at the polls -- you can turn your ballots in at the polls and you can go to city hall and drop it off there

or you can come down here today for early vote or even tomorrow. >> reporter: thank you, tim, for joining us, very busy day for you, the next couple of days, at least. if you are heading out to vote, you can come to the registrar's office again from 8:30 to 5:00 and then on election day from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. hopefully a lot of voters turn out for the midterm election. we're live in oakland, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you, brian. 8:11. the new eastern span of the bay bridge may end up with a $35 million deficit or even bigger. there's plenty of unbudgeted work that still needs to be done on the new span and then tearing downg the old bridge, that may cost a lot more than originally estimated. caltrans is shifting money from other bridge projects to make up the difference. earlier, caltrans repeatedly predicted the huge project would actually cost less than $6.4 billion. google is giving $3 million

to a san francisco clinic that focuseses on a connection between poor health and the traumatic lives of low-income children. the center for youth wellness clinic in the bayview district has received international praise for its work. dr. harris says 10% of the children she sees, specificker inianced four or more -- they have experienced four or more issues. she said toxic stress. it affects people of all ages, income levels and racial backgrounds. despite so much focus on the deadly ebola, bill gates is still determined to wipe out malaria in his lifetime. the richest man in america is increasing by 30% the bill and melinda gates foundation to this cause are over $200. he says his plan includes developing a drug or vaccine to eliminate the malaria parasite from people who carry it but don't have symptoms.

gates says we're likely to have an epidemic that's more transmissible than ebola in the near future. 8:12. the price is dropping right in front of our eyes. coming up in 25 minutes, we'll be live again with the reason why gasoline prices around the bay area are just dropping and the run place that knocked off 12 more cents a gallon just this morning. but first -- >> after the break, the reason a typically calm jeff gordon unleashed his fury at another race car driver over the weekend. the traffic is a little bit slow in a lot of areas. 880 is normal but there's spots on the peninsula that are really backed up. we'll tell but that. nothing out of control with the weather. there are higher clouds.

we'll see how those will impact the temperature on this monday morning.

welcome back to "mornings on 2." we expect ebola test results for a patient in north carolina. officialles at duke say the unidentified patient recently came back from the u.s. from liberia and was admitted to the hospital after developing a fever on sunday. while the patient has no signs of symptoms for now, they are being kept in an isolation

unite. a huge brawl involving one of nascar's biggest stars broke out at a weekend race. it happened yesterday during the triple-a texas 500 in fort worth. take a look at the video. car is right there. jeff gordon's car collided with a car driven by brad keselowski, causing gordon's car to spin out. tempers boiled over as the crash led to a melee between the two pit crews. no one was hurt but this fight got far more attention han the driving of -- than the driving of jimmy johnson, who actually won the race. a new study shows that dads, yes, you dad, need to talk too your baby more. the study published in pedate tricks reports that babies heard three times more words from their mothers compared to their father's. researchers used microphones to monitor this. the results showed dads rarely

engaged in baby talk with their children. that's interesting because i know that sometimes there's been studies that baby talk isn't the best way to communicate with your child. >> they told me i talk to much. [laughter] >> you talk for a living so -- >> i got a kick out of it. i'm talking to sal right now. you know about our commute. we have things going on in our commute. >> we do. we don't have -- we don't have a good commute right now on a certain part of the bray. we'll start with san francisco, where they cleared a crash and things are improving on southbound 101. but the damage is done. 101 is a mess. there was a crash near 280, traffic off the bay bridge was slower. they slowed the metering lights down. i will show you the bay bridge toll plaza, the traffic is backed up. so just when we were getting a break, we started to get slow traffic on the bay bridge and on the peninsula. 280 is trying to get in the act with an earlier crash. southbound 280 at trucedale.

101 is backed up out of south city. it looks like 101 is backed out of the candlestick area all the way down. that's not very good. please give yourself extra time. know that if you have an employee showing up today, that excuse my work. 8:18. people call me all of the time -- running a little late. >> i'll buy it. sounds good. as long as you get your work done. we have high clouds. cold. show you 30s that popped up this morning and maybe more of the same tomorrow. high clouds coming over the top of the ridge of high pressure which is building in. people are e-mailing me and saying, i hate this pattern. i know. be positive, my friend. we have a long way to go. scotts valley, 35. bolder creek, 36. clearlake was 38. napa airport made it to 39 degrees. i did see a 52. i that's the coolest it got in

san francisco. what's average for this time of year? 52, 56. record high 82 back in 1929. so mostly cloudy. partly cloudy here in the morning and then mostly sunny. higher clouds move east and south as a hige of were begins to build in. you can see it right there. it's already showing signs of kicking a lot of these clouds out of here. it looks like it wants to park it which would mean temperatures will go up. it does look like we'll get into upper 70s to near 80 on wednesday. not today. it will be a lot of 60s. clouds kind of holding a few of the lows up. it will keep the high temperatures in check. 40s and 50s slow to recover. brentwood, 49. these are about a half-hour old. it might be warmer. pittsburg, 42. san ramon, a couple of reports of 30s. alamo, 40. ukiah, up to 46. a lot of 30s up into lake county. two bits in tahoe and reno at 32. sacramento made it to 41. a little chill there.

partly cloudy, partly sunny skies today t looks try this week as high pressure begins to build in. it will send everything north for a while. you can watch how the storm track stays north. a dry week ahead. maybe 7, 10 days. partly sunny, more clouds to the north. a chill in the morning air. but overall temperatures today, 60s and 70s. then the temperatures start to go above average starting tomorrow. we'll see temperatures getting about 10 degrees warmer as we head towards wednesday even into thursday. 60s, 70s for everybody here under clear skies yesterday. high clouds today and then mostly sunny on tuesday. there is your warmer wednesday and thursday. again, there might be some changes here. but the trend is dry. >> but other parts of the country are -- >> first snow. >> main -- >> yeah. >> maine. >> chicago. >> yes.

8:21. volcano monitors on hawaii's big island say the lava flow remains stalled near a small town. the lava is 500 feet from the main road in and out of pahoa. it's not moved since thursday. emergency workers have people who live close to the flow on standby for immediate evacuation if the lava starts to move closer to town. but so eerie, the pictures. >> i know. >> of these black blobs and orange flowing out of it. >> yeah. if you love the new tv show, gotham, stay where you are. coming up in 24 minutes, find out what we found out this morning during our live interview with up with of the cars -- with one of the stars, ben mckenzie. a new app to take traveling a little easier specifically at hotels. after the break, check out a new way to check in.

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are you kidding me? they are dropping before our very eyes. gasoline prices are way down. i'm not complaining. we're live at a gas station in san jose where even in the past hour we've watched the price drop again. ktvu's janine de la vega is out there talking to people. they are happily filling up. coming up, she will tell you why gas prices are plunging. we're smiling about it, too.

monday morning, november 3rd. steve, some people had temperatures in the 30s. >> some of these higher clouds kind of held the temperatures up. if it weren't for shows, i would think we would be colder. scotts valley, 35. boulder creek, 36. ben lomond, 38. clearlake, 38. a couple of in lake county and napa airport, 39. everything says high pressure will be large and in charge. it's not there yet but it will be on wednesday. but we have a lot of high clouds coming in. a lot of these temperatures are low, low, low 50s. slow to recover. sfo/san francisco warming up quicker. a chill in the morning air will give way to temperatures near average. they will go above starting tomorrow. 60s on the temperatures. we had an issue in san francisco/san jose, everything back to normal. >> well, we have a new crash. just pointing our camera there.

my friend, al, in the control room. we found this crash reported after treasure island but it's not of the it's a little bit farther along the bridge. you can see it there from our live picture. it's blocking the fast lane. and traffic is slow all the way across the bridge and out to almost san francisco. meanwhile, this crash is causing a big backup on the bridge. that means the metering lights are on extra slow and the traffic is crawling along get getting on the bridge. if you want to use the san mateo bridge as an alternate, it's not too bad. you can see the san mateo bridge is okay. you will be driving over to a crowded peninsula. 101 and 280 are not having good days there. by the way, speaking of 880, let's go there. 880 southbound between hayward and fremont is a mess. this monday is terrible. back to the desk. >> all right.

gasoline prices are way down. over the past month. in fact, a gallon of gas in some places now a dollar cheaper than a gallon of milk. janine de la vega joining us live from a san jose gas station where -- we were watching. you saw the price go down 12 cents just this morning, janine. >> reporter: yes, we did. there are a lot of happy customers here. it's 2.85 a gallon for regular unleaded if you pay cash. this is at mckee and 33rd street. people can't remember when prices were that low. the manager told us the reason for the 12-cent drop is because they are competing with the gas station next door, where it costs 2.90 for a gallon. customers are benefiting from this healthy competition. this is right around where the national average is for a gallon. it's below $3 which is the first time that's happened in four years. commits say the drop in gas prices will fuel other spending because people feel they've gotten a raise.

some say they will pay bills with the extra money or buy groceries. >> it's nice to have to not spend so much on gas. i own my business. so i -- it is not good. you always -- i put $20 in, $40. i hate pumping gas. >> reporter: now you are smiling. >> i'm smiling here because everybody else is. >> reporter: several reasons behind the drop, drillers are tapping new sources in the u.s., americans are driving more efficient vehicles and that's created an increase in supply and weaker demand. some people are so happy about it. they are taking pictures at the pump and spreading the world on social media. the manager at this gas station here on mckee told us that he may lower prices even more just depending on what the gas station next door does. if you want to find out where you can find cheaper gas around the bay area, we have a link at

ktvu.com. and click on hot topics. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> let the gas wars begin. 8:33. well, thousands of people are expected to go to this week's funeral services for two northern california sheriff's deputies killed in the line of duty. last night, there was a fund- raising event in placer county to help pay for funeral services. danny oliver and placer county sheriff's detectivive michael davis junior were both killed october 24th during aing rampage. many wanted to show the support for the families of those two officers. >> people care here. our hearts go out to the families and to be here with them and to show us our love and support is very important. >> now, the service for deputy oliver, it's today, 10:00 a.m. at the adventure christian

church. services for davis are tomorrow at the same church, 10:00 a.m. both services are open to the public. the man accused in the deadly shooting of an oakland mother of four is due in court to enter a plea. police arrested him near development last week. he's suspected of killing perla a avina. people are calling this road rage but are not providing any more details about what happened. a uc berkeley planning a memorial for one of their members who died at a concert at oakland's oracle arena. 20-year-old zachary bradley was at a rave on halloween night. he fell about 20 feet from a restricted area behind the stage. the alameda county coroner's office is investigating the circumstances around his death. another student who was at that same event said she was surprised to hear what

happened. >> personally, what i saw was the security was really, really tight that night. so it's really shocking for all of us. >> now, a spokesperson for oracle arena has made no comment saying the investigation is left up to the police. bradley's mother is making arrangements to take his body back to his home state of arizona. tomorrow is election day. many bay area counties are offering voters the chance to cast their ballots early. the alameda county registrar's office opened up yesterday for early voting at the courthouse in oakland. and it opened for early voting today just minutes ago, in fact, and will stay open until 5:00 p.m. of course, many voters have already cast their ballots by mail. we talked with the alameda county registrar voters to see what he thinks of the voter turnout so far. >> based on the trending right now, i'm looking at possibly a 40% to 45% turnout of our

800,000 voters for alameda county. >> tomorrow, election day, polling places everywhere will be open 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. 8:36. this morning, walk to school walk begins in walnut creek. it starts with a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating a new pedestrian and bike path. the pedestrian bath will go from walnut creek to clark an court. bike path goes from the school to mountain view boulevard. the project started in august. it's expected to be finished sometime this month. happening today, it's time to celebrate a lunchtime staple. it is sandwich day. everything is encouraged to enjoy your favorite creation slapped between two pieces of bread. the sandwich was named after john mon ad.

ge -- john mongaue. >> all right. 8:37. a lack of funding may put the brakes on some new b.a.r.t. stations in two bay area stations. after the break, the two planned stops on the chopping block and the billion-dollar reason service may be cut. >> reporter: the retrial has just begun for a concord teacher accused of molesting his own student. in an exclusive interview, find out who he says is partly to blame for his predicament. southbound 101 and northbound 101 in san jose, they are a little slow. northbound 101. on the right side, you can see it's slow getting into the sunnyvale area. we'll give you another look at the south bay coming up. first week in november here looking rather quiet. there won't be much in the way of rain. there will be warmer temperatures. we'll show you those coming up. over the next 40 years

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let's bring you up to date on the top stories. the young woman with brain cancer who revived the national debate about the physician assisted suicide, she ended her life on saturday. brittany maynard took lethal drugs made available under oregon's law.

the one that allows terminally ill people to end their lives. maynard and her husband moved to oregon to take advantage of the law. a burning garage in concord forced a family out of their home. look at the pictures. it happened on san core lows avenue near clayton road. three people were in the house, but they are not hurt. we still don't know what started the fire. happening today a concord teacher accused of child molestation is due back in court for his retrial. for the first time, joseph martin is talking to the media about his case. ktvu's tara moriarty joining us live now from the courthouse with his exclusive jailhouse interview and the message martin has for his students. tara? >> reporter: the retrial has just begun. it just started a couple of minutes ago. martin says that he's actually devastated for his students from this whole ordeal and everything that they've had to go through over the past year

and a half. that's how long he's been in jail. he says that the investigation into his conduct was not done properly and that the whole case evolved into this sort of group hysteria nightmare. >> did you ever molest any of these students. >> absolutely never at all whatsoever. >> reporter: the 46-year-old spent nearly twoe decades teaching in concord, mostly at woodside until his arrest. that's when a former student accused him and others came forward. he side he only patted and hucked as a.coming technique and says he's learned a lot from this experience. >> if you work with kids, don't touch them at all, period. it's a sad world that we live in to say that but that's the way you need to be to protect yourself is what i learned because even a handshake can be misconstrued. >> reporter: martin initially

faced 150 counts involving 14 boys. his attorney said prosecutors told him that 73 of the 95 outstanding counts are expected to be dismissed today. that means 22 counts remain. now, martin's first trial ended in august. the jury acquitted him of charges involving three students and then the jurors were split on the other counts. martin says he's not sure if he will ever teach again. he wants to focus on renewting with -- reuniting with his wife and two daughters right now. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara. b.a.r.t. may be forced to eliminate two of four proposed stations through downtown san jose because of funding. b.a.r.t. stops are at 28th street near 101. the other near the santa clara cal station and santa clara university. planners say a four-station, six-mile could cost $4.6

million. eliminating two of the stations lowers the price to 3.4 billion. planners say cutting back on stations could help their chances for getting or funding. 8:44. with its debut on the fall tv lineup, fox's gotham has become a fan favorite. the show tells the stories of the days of gotham city before batman became its hero. it dives into the background of some of the caped crusaders biggest enemies, including the penguin, riddler and poison ivy. ben mckenzie plays james gordon, the man who will one day become commissioner and one of bat maent's closest allies. we talked to him about the pressure of taking on such a legendary tale. >> you enter into something that -- you know, a world that's this well known and aboved by the fans. they have, expect acts --

expectations. i'm pleased what we've made, what's out there has been by and large loved. >> mckenzie says the show still has a lot of surprises in store for fans that tonight's episode is his favorite one of the season. you can expect it tonight right here on ktvu. it's really gotten a lot of buzz. >> good to have him on the air with pam. sal is on the air with us. the toll plaza, everybody behaving? >> well, unfortunately, no. let me tell you what happened. we had a crash in san francisco. then we had a minor crash on the bridge. it's taking a long time to cross the span. at the bay bridge, you will be waiting a while. this is taking the better part of an hour to get across to san francisco. you wait some time at the toll plaza. taking about 20 minutes just to cross the bridge at this hour, 20, 25 minutes up on the span. and that's just bad. if you can take b.a.r.t.

or go around to the san mateo bridge, you might be better off. 880 northbound is slowing coming up to the coliseum. we go to the south bay. i showed you that shot of 101, still very slow. 101 is slow coming up to the area. 101 and 280 and 85. i want to throw in -- i forgot to mention this, westbound 580 on the approach to the bay bridge, there is a report of a new crash just after 24 interchange involving a motorcycle. that's going to be slow as well. let's go to steve in the weather center. hello, steve. we have kind of a cool, cold morning for some. mostly sunny south bay. momently to partly cloudy to the north. a lot of the clouds are coming over the ridge of high pressure. overall, we had a few 30s. cool to mild. mostly sunny, 60s. a couple of 70s. more likely tomorrow. 35 to 52 on the lows this morning. san francisco, bottom out at -- they might have hit 52.

i saw 53 here on one of the hourly. 53, 66. average is time of year, 52, 66. record high, 82, 1929. some of those 30s in the santa cruz mountain, scotts valley, boulder creek, ben lomond all found 30s even with the higher clouds to the north. santa cruz mountains didn't have as much to work with as far as the high cloud. there were a lot more 30s. everything is pointing toward the north but clouds coming over will give us partly sunny, partly cloudy skies. 40s, 50s. but slow to recover. 20s in the mountains. i think i did see a 19 in tahoe. sacramento was down to 41. a lot of cloud cover over us today but high clouds today and then the rest of the week looks quiet and warmer as we bump terps up. we'll start to see temperatures, 70s to near 80 maybe by wednesday and thursday. they don't last long. the days are short.

watch how everything rides up over the ridge. if you are looking for rain, it's not the week. more clouds in the north. a chill in the morning air. otherwise look for 60s and 70s. there won't be much of a spread. once you get to november, things kind of level off. 60s to 70s. this will probably be the coolest day of the week. it looks like temperatures warm up today. that will include everything. sunny and warmer conditions taking us end of the -- takes us to the end of the week. it did what i thought, went to the santa cruz mountains. areas north and east didn't get much. over an inch in the santa cruz mountains. >> thank you, steve. 8:49. the scariest things on halloween night aren't always on the other side of your front door. >> it's my wedding ring, you know. you can replace it but it's not the same. >> after the break, the accident that left an arizona woman without one of her most

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welcome back. 8:52. new details about what may have caused virgin galactic's space ship to break up in mid-flight and crash in the mow vau had i desert. investigators say the tail booms known as feathers. they deployed earlier. they are supposed to help the ship rear the atmosphere. the system requires a two-step process to happen. the investigation revealed the

copilot unlocked the system but the second step, that happened on its own. the ntsb says it's too early to say whether this was the cause of the crash but the investigation could take up to a year. >> we'll be looking at safety culture, the design, the procedure, we've got many, many issues to look into, much more extensionively before -- extensively before we can dmp the cause. >> the crash happened on friday. the copilot was killed. the pilot is in the hospital with major injuries. right now, the future of the space tourism is not clear. the company sold more than 700 tickets for future flights. the cost, more than $250,000 each. happening today, the new world trade center tower is opening for business replacing the twin towers destroyed more than 13 years ago in the september 11th attacks. the first group, about 175

office workers from conde nast is moving into the building today. eventually, 3400 conde nast employees will fill nearly half of the office tower's space. construction took eight years at a cost of nearly $4 billion. the building is only 60% leased and the observation deck okay the 102nd floor will not -- on the 102nd floor will not open until the spring. local police say the request to restrict the airspace over ferguson, missouri was because of safety reasons. the no fly zone was enforce for 12 days in august following the shooting death of michael brown by a police officer and affected more than 3700 miles of airspace. the associated press reports of phone calls reveal both police and federal aviation authorities discussing the real purpose was to restrict news coverage. it's one of the most

emotional stories, a 19-year- old ohio basketball player had her dream come true. lauren hill was ache to play in a game after being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. >> today has been the best day i've ever had. [ cheers ] >> thank you. >> she got into the game and scored the first basket of the college season right there. the ncaa gave her school division 3 mount st. joseph permission to move up the seat sonar by two weeks just society lauren could play. doctors say she only has weaks to live. she received a most courageous award at halftime. got a lot of hugs and kisses and her team won 66-55. a different kind of halloween scare for an arizona woman. brooklyn yazzie said she accidentally gave away her wedding ring to a trick or treater. he's how it happened -- she

said she took her ring off and put it in a jar while considerving pumpkins earlier in the day. then sometime later during the day, she forgot about the ring and filled the same car with candy to hand hout to -- out to kids. >> i'm really hoping somebody has it and doesn't nope what to do with it. they don't know whose it is and how to find out through the hundreds of thousands houses they went through, they don't know what house it came from. >> she put up posters asking for help. and she says the ring is probably only worth $50 at a pawnshop. but it means the world for her. the ring was given to her by her husband of ten years. despite a message from the school district, many students skipped class friday to attend the giants' world series parade. there were a number of excuses. two years ago, during the last giants' world series parade,

4200 students skipped class, costing the district $161,000. no word on exactly how many kids sciched school this year -- skipped school this year, but with it falling on halloween, you are probably missing a few halloween parties and i don't know how much academics was done. >> i didn't see anything. >> you didn't. okay. 8:56. i do see sal. you are watching the toll plaza. >> we are. right now, there's an accident in the mess here. westbound bay bridge. it's somewhere near the oakland army base. so in this area here. please give yourself a little extra time as you drive through. let's go to the san mateo bridge. in you are driving in san jose it's still very slow on every freeway. let's go to steve. this will be the coolest day of the week, temperaturewise. there will be cold lees. each day temperatures will be

warming u. no rain this week. >> none at all. >> none at all that's our report for this morning. >> be sure to watch the noon news for more on the showdown before election day. five candidates in the crowded oakland mayor's race will square off in the candidates' forum this morning. we'll continue to follow that story all day and have updates on the news at 5:00 and 6:00. thank you for joining us. oh chris, did you remember to pay the dog sitter? oh, i knew i forgot something. i'll just do it now. well, we're boarding. no, i'll use citi mobile. it takes two seconds, better safe than sorry, right? yeah, who knows if we'll even get service on the island? what! no service? seriously? you guys might actually have to talk. to each other? we do it all the time. i like it. should we? no. bank from almost anywhere with the citi mobile app. to learn more, visit citi.com/easierbanking

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