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the senate to take control from the democrats. >> tragedy hits a bay area high school once again. what is happening tonight after another apparent suicide by a student. ktvu channel 2 morning news continues. good morning. thank you for joining us. it is wednesday, november 5th i'm pam cook >> and good morning, i'm dave clark. steve paulson is working hard this morning. >> he's always working hard. >> i am working hard. >> see i told you. >> and you have some computerrish use sometimes. >> those are good now. >> okay glad to hear it. >> we're all set on that. we have mostly clear skies. there is a couple little high clouds. we are waiting on patchy fog. yesterday sal and i had to deal with that. so far it's pretty quiet. another sunrise over the big city. full moon is at 2:22.
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we do have san francisco climate data shows that today will be above average on both counts. 56 and 72 degrees. so we are above record low 33. it will be more of an impact later today. everything says mostly sunny conditions and warmer. most of these are up about three or five degrees. there is warm air aloft. it will give us a warmer pal tern today. coast, bay and also inland. sal, the weather looks good. how does the traffic look? >> some areas are doing well. i just commented to someone in
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the newsroom that we don't have a lot of crashes out there that is the good news. when you get to the bay bridge toll plaza, you can see traffic has filled in there as well. this is a 25 minute delay coming across into san francisco. where else but the livermore valley do we have slow traffic? and we have a lot of slow traffic this morning on 580 in the altamont pass. it's taking 40 minutes to drive from grant line road to the 680 interchange. let's go back to the desk. after 15 rounds of ranked choice voting, one candidate is declaring victory in the race for the mayor of oakland. council woman libby schaaf has 62% of the votes. rebecca kaplan trailed her with 37%. jean quan was eliminated after the 14th round. these are still the unofficial results at this point.
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a winner has yet to be declared officially. brian flores will have more on the race coming up at 6:30. the votes are still being counted in a tight race for san jose mayor. dave cortese facing off against city councilman sam liccardo. janine de la vega tells us that liccardo currently holds a slight lead. >> reporter: yes, he does. but right now we are at the santa clara county registrar's office. i just spoke with the registrar of voters. they stopped counting at 4:00 a.m. with 100% of the precincts reporting. it shows sam liccardo has a lead. so there is just a 2% difference there. so there are still thousands of ballots, absentee ballots that need to billion counted. right now this is too close to call. last night at liccardo's event his supporters were watching the event and cheering.
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they have been neck and neck in the mayor seat. liccardo's aid say they are being cautiously optimistic. they have not officially declared victory. now again we learned that those ballots will not be counted over night and instead that process will start later today. we have reached out to cortese and so far nothing official has been put out. nothing is saying that he is conceded at all. cortese could still have a chance. they were hoping for a win but right now it's up to the mail in ballots.
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[ inaudible ] we are watching this very closely and keeping in touch with both of the candidates. we were told by the registrar that while they stopped counting votes now, in a couple of hours, workers are going to come back in and start that process of verifying signatures and going in and scanning all of those absentee ballots. but they said it could be a couple of days before we know. reporting live from san jose janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. our time is 6:05. it was a historic night for the city of berkeley. voters passed the first tax on sodas and other sugary drinks. alex savidge is in berkeley right now. you have new reactions about measure d. >> reporter: they believe soda tax here in berkeley will start
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a major trend. measure d will tack on a penny per ounce for the price of those drinks. meaning a soda like this will cost you $0.20 more. and the average soda drinker will fork over another $56 a year. this so-called syntax is described as a deterrent. voters here until berkeley they overwhelming approved measure d last night despite a major push back from the soda industry. they poured more than $2 million into a campaign to defeat d. opponents argue the tax will hit low income residents the hardest because they drink more soda. one woman we talked to isn't surprised of the outcome. >> the thing that got me, berkeley stands up. we will stand up to anything.
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who is it? bring them on. i think that is what did it. >> reporter: supporters believe this win will help similar soda taxes pass elsewhere in the country. the soda industry is down playing the results here in berkeley. they say berkeley does not represent mainstream health care america and they do not think this will become a trend. this new soda tax here in berkeley it does not apply to diet sodas and it will take effect the first of next year. live in berkeley alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news. >> interesting. all right. time is 6:07. in san francisco, a soda tax on the ballot there it didn't get enough support to pass. now while more people voted for it than against it, measure e needed a two-thirds majority. with 100% of the precincts reporting they had 54% support
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to 45%. the $76 billion soft drink industry spent a lot of money. millions of dollars opposing the numbers in berkeley and san francisco. they say they hit the poor the hardest and wrongly limit the beverage choices of consumers. >> to say that we're not going to tax candy bars and coffee, sugary coffee drinks. where do we draw the line? >> this issue is not going away. we have an enormous amount of work to do to reduce consumption. these drinks are fueling the explosion of type two diabetes. >> if the measure had passed, the money from the tax would have gone to a fund for nutritional and recreational programs in san francisco. also this morning republicans are now celebrating their take over of the u.s. senate. republican candidates win enough seats to take control of the senate from the democrats. that means republicans will have majorities in both the house and senate when the new
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congress convenes in january. now the newly reelected mitch mcconnell will become senate majority leader. >> americans are seeing that what the current crowd in walk is offering is making us weaker at home and abroad. they have had enough. >> the shift in power will complicate matters for president obama. everything from legislation to potential supreme court nominations. the president has called for a meeting with congressional leaders on friday. the white house says the president will hold a news conference sometime later today. now as it stands, republicans have 52 senate seats after picking up 7 from the democrats. there are still four states that have not been called yet. we will have selection coverage throughout the morning. stay with us. you can also find up to the date, up to the minute results at ktvu.com. and scroll down to the bottom of your screen. time is 6:09. back here at home a community leet mete willing be held tonight in palo alto after the
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aimportant suicide of a 16-year- old -- after an apparent suicide of a 16-year-old boy. he was hit by a train early yesterday morning. now one of the speakers at tonight's meeting is dr. meg durbin. she will talk about suicide prevention and she says everyone can be part of the social safety net to help a teenager in crisis. >> while we can't say any particular teen takes his or her own life, we do know that in almost every single case there are preceding clues and mental health issues. >> gun high school has been through this tragedy before. back in 2009 four teenagers died in a cluster of train suicides. cal train improved the lighting. and they also added fencing to the area. the meeting tonight in palo alto starts at 6:30. it will be held at gun high school. 6:10 is the time right now. a man was hit and killed in a
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hit and run crash in san francisco. coming up at 6:30, the driver police are looking for and the reason nearby surveillance video is not revealing much. >> but first we will take a close look at a congressional race in the bay area. an update on the battle between two democrats in santa clara county. >> got an unfortunate construction delay in the south bay. we're talking about that. we will also look at highway 24 and give you a drive time between pleasant hill road and the tunnel. >> mostly clear out there. another nice sunrise. a little less on the higher clouds but easy to see the full moon which will be at 2:22 this afternoon. female announcer: through tuesday at sleep train save hundreds on beautyrest and posturepedic. choose $300 in free gifts with tempur-pedic.
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welcome back to the morning news. time is 6:14. no surprise on the governors race. jerry brown won a historic fourth term. now with 100% of the precincts reporting governor brown has 58% of the vote compared to 41% for his republican challenger. last night the governor thanked supporters and says he is ready for the challenges ahead. >> since i have done it three times, i'm not under any illusions that this is some kind of picnic. it is difficult. because california is divided. >> now at 76 years old, he wakes up every morning eager to go to work.
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he has republican challenger neil kashkari talk from his election headquarters. and he had a message for governor brown. >> governor, in your last four years, please be bold. you have the power with the majorities in the assembly and senate to make bold changes to our state. to push the sprawl interest aside. >> kashkari who is an investment banker and political newcomer, he was not able to close that double digit gap on the polls. but he told supporters he is just getting warmed up. governor brown is also celebrating the passage of two state propositions that he campaigned heavily for. proposition 1 authorizes a state to sell $7.5 billion on bonds for improving water quality, supply, and infrastructure. voters also approved prop 2. that one boosts california's
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rainy day fund. one of the most closely watched races in the bay area is the battle between two democrats in the 17th congressional district. mike honda leads ro khanna 52% to 48%. the district covers parts of santa clara and alameda counties. although honda is not in the lead, he has not declared victory and khanna has no conceded. >> and we had the character of people that reflects the essence of this valley. young people, seniors, people who are veterans and people who are retired. >> i knew this would be a tough race. we were the under dog from day one. we started at 3% in the polls and i'm just excited that we've made this into such a
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competitive race. >> congressman honda says the registrar of voters told him there should be an announcement sometime today. californians vote to pass proposition 7. it's aimed at reducing the prison population. 58% of voters approved prop 47. it reduces the jail sentence for some drug and property crimes to a misdemeanor instead of a felony. and proposition 48 which would have allowed the north ting to build a casino. it was defeated 60% to 39%. 6:17 is the time. back over to sal. check in on traffic. a lot of people heading out the door. what do they need to know? >> they need to know some of the drive times are getting longer. so let's start off with highway 24. we have a pretty good drive time now between pleasant hill road and the caldecott. eight minutes. and really no trouble between walnut creek and oakland. bart is back on time with 46
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trains after earlier morning, kind of minor delays. they did not stay there for too long. going to the bay bridge toll plaza, you can see traffic is looking good as you drive through. there are no problems there. south bay commute looks good. we go to the south bay here. expect for one important thing, and that would be coming in from gilroy and morgan hill. there was an earlier construction delay. just a lot of slow traffic on 101 and the northern part of gilroy. see that slow traffic right here. kind of unexpected. please give yourself extra time if you can. 6:18 let's go to the weather center. steve, i don't see any fog out there. >> i don't either. >> we were dealing with that. mainly out in lafayette. so far, nothing. another beautiful sunrise here. the higher clouds are thinning out. there is a band coming ashore. it's much warmer this morning than what we saw yesterday. that equals warmer afternoon high temps. 73 in santa rosa yesterday. today we will go 76.
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concord 71-75. and east san jose 75. we will go 77 today. this looks to be the warmest day. even the coast and bay look pretty good. oakland downtown 74 degrees. plan accordingly. occasionally higher clouds breakthrough. this system will drag across cooler air and higher clouds tomorrow 37 and there is fog out there. it's november. there is coastal fog. yes there is coastal fog. carl the fog who is his twitter handle. very popular. hasn't gone on vacation yet. all right let's take a look at what is going on toward japan. super typhoon. it has weakened a little bit. this is nuri. it's missing japan. they will get some highway and rain. they've had two typhoons that have hit them. remember this is a hurricane. different classifications. the key though, it will absolutely explode into an extra tropical system. there it is. the end result is downstream. us. everything is pointing toward a reenforcement of ridge of high
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pressure and a plunge of cold air. northern plains, great lakes, all the way down to florida. that would be next week. but we've seen this pattern before earlier this year and it looks like it will be a repeat. things could change but that is what everything shows right now. sometimes they can give us rain. lots of sunshine today. 40s and 50s on your temps. they are up. they being the lows. 48 calistoga. clouds will be on the increase tomorrow. temperatures will be warming up. 70s, 74 to inland temps. maybe upper 70 to 80. you can see that system will move in and give us high clouds
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into thursday. look what happens by the weekend. ridge fires right back up. no rain is forecast. there is a system next tuesday but i will believe it when i see the whites of its eyes. sunny and warmer today. patchy fog. 70s on those temps. 77 antioch. it will be a lovely november day. partly cloudy mostly sunny cooler thursday and friday. the weekend looks good to go for sunshine. doesn't last long. gets dark pretty fast. >> that is true. we'll have a little sunshine. 6:21 is the time. another retailer says it will open early on thanksgiving day. earlier than it did last year. sears will join me and coast open up at 6:00. jc penny said it will be open for business starting at 5:00 in the evening on thanksgiving. other storms bucking the trend.
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they all say they will not start their black friday sales until friday. coca-cola rolling out its locally soft drink that does not use artificial sweeteners. it's already a hit with consumers that have dried its green can. usa today reports 70% of all people who have tried it like the taste. giving it a rating good or excellent. 80% of the people who bought it say they will buy it again. those are extremely positive responses for a new product. time is 6:22. still ahead there is a mixup involving a special seat from candle stick park and a woman from hayward is devastated. coming up the mistake the 49ers are working hard to fix. >> but first. >> i said i told you to go to hell. and next thing i know she hits me in the mouth with her fist. >> an attack in the parking lot of a peninsula shopping center. what woman said to another about her child. making coffee?
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of the vote. the contest for state controller that is closer. betty yee has the lead over fresno mayor ashley warren jenn. a 20-year-old come who goes by bree said she had been shopping for two hours at nordstrom rack when she saw a young child having a temper tantrum. she asked the mother to quiet her child down. the mother responded don't tell my child what to do. >> hear her say what where did you do -- where did you tell me to go? i said i told you to go to hell. and then she hits me in the mouth with her fist and shoves me to the ground and hits me
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again. >> bree says she has scrapes on her arm and a dislodged tooth that she might not be able to save. 2 investigates has found that in many bay area cities the number of calls to police for mental health communities is growing fast. we examined the numbers from 19 different police departments and we found that in some cities the calls have jumped by as much as 30% just the last year. that is a lot faster than the population is growing. experts say those numbers are conservative too because police officers often deal with mental health issues even for calls that are focused on something else. >> that number doesn't get at all the other calls that we go to. that really involve the strong mental health component but they were not dispatched that way. >> i think it's kind of a growing portfolio of duties that are required in today's
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world. by today's cops. >> tonight at 10:00 2 investigates into what is behind the growing crisis and recover which cities are dealing with the biggest increases. there is a new report out raising new safety concerns about the new eastern span of the bay bridge. why a water problem below the tower may be a lot worse than first believed. >> san francisco police are looking for the driver of an 18 wheeler who they say struck and killed a pedestrian. we'll tell you what clues police have to go on. >> still very slow -- i shouldn't say still. it's getting very slow in some areas. and it's still okay on some commutes. we'll tell you where the commute hasn't quite woken up yet. >> the weather has woken up and it's warmer. it will be warmer on the highs. we do have a full moon today. look at san francisco 57 already. over the next 40 years
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we are ready. ktvu channel 2 morning news. middle of the week, wednesday november 5th i'm dave clark. >> good morning, i'm pam cook. time is 6:30. steve says pretty nice outside. >> and what did we say earlier? pert near a full moon. pert near. [ laughter ] which means it's almost a full moon. but it's about here. it's almost a full moon. and it's warmer out there. it's pert near warm out. i will tell you. warmer today. full moon is at 2:22. tomorrow we have a lot of high clouds.
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[ inaudible ] 40s on the temps and 50s. these are up four to five degrees for some. brentwood 53. alamo 43. yesterday they were 41 at this time. expect for a few high clouds it will be sunny and warmer. patchy fog. warmer afternoon. which this will be the warmest day of the week. that means lots of 70s. boy sal, knock on wood but i think we are good. or did something change? >> we don't have a lot of practice. people are getting on the road. it's getting more crowded for sure. let's take a look at the bay bridge. it is crowded. just beyond the maze. this is a 30 minute drive into san francisco. but nothing unusual and roads are cleared of accidents or stalls. interstate 880 is the same way.
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southbound begins to slow. and over to the fremont area. we can look at the east bay again and 580 and most of that is stop and go. really from 205 almost all the way to the 680 interchange with a couple of breaks. 6:32, let's go back to the desk. it's the day after election day. mail in ballots are still being counted in two bay area cities that are electing mayors. >> we got new numbers over night. we have live team coverage for you this morning. janine de la vega following the close race for mayor in san jose. >> yeah but we will start with brian flores in the studio now and the candidate for mayor of oakland that is declaring victory this morning. >> reporter: that is right. very tight races for mayor in san jose and oakland. it appears you're in oakland at least that oakland native and current council woman has take an commanding lead. after 158 rounds of rank -- after 15 rounds of choice rank
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voting schaaf has 62% of the votes. jean quan apoors to have been -- appears to have been eliminated after the 14th round. the winner has yet to be officially declared. >> she is going to make the city what it can be. so you can walk around safely. >> we were at libby schaaf's headquarters late last night. where spirits were high after some of the results started coming in. schaaf told campaign workers how proud she is to be an oakland native and thanked her supporters for their hard work. >> i trust the oakland voters. i'm passionate about democracy. i'm just proud of the campaign we have run and i'm very excited about oakland's future. >> schaaf also says the bay area continues to prosper and it's time for oakland to do the same thing she said the endorsements she received late in the game from jerry brown
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and barbara boxer helped lead her to victory. they still have to go through thousands of ballots. she will join us in studio to discuss the elections as well as oakland's future. brian flores ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right, thank you. meantime in san jose, still no declared winner in that tight race for mayor. county supervisor dave cortese is battling sam liccardo. liccardo holds a two-point lead. we have new information from the registrars office. good morning, janine. >> reporter: at 4:00 a.m. the registrar's office here the workers here finished counting the precinct ballots. and with 100% of the precincts coming in, it shows sam liccardo won 51% of those
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volts. so really there is just a 2% lead over here over dave cortese. we were told by the registrars office that there is still more than 100,000 mail in and provisional ballots that still need to be counted. and we're told that roughly half may be from san jose. this is still just too close to call. last night at liccardo's event in downtown san jose his reporters were watching the election results come in and cheering. he and his opponent have been neck and neck in this race. liccardo's aid say they are being cautiously optimistic. but because of the absentee ballots not being counted, they are not declaring victory. that process will start later today. we reached out to cortese's camp and they told us that they still feel that cortese is still very much in this. he still could have a chance. he had his share of supporters last night they were all hoping for a win. but right now it is really up
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to those mail in ballots. >> we'll be starting in a couple hours first thing this morning with sorting and scanning of the vote by mail ballots that were dropped off at polling places on election day. and we'll then begin you know doing our signature checking of every single ballot and that will take us probably through the weekend. just to process the vote by mail ballot. >> reporter: liccardo has been viewed as a candidate that will stay on the path. he has butted heads with the police and firefighters union because he has supported pension reform. has rerepresented change. he's been supported by labor, police and firefighters unions. we will be watching this very closely keeping in touch with both campaigns over at sam liccardo's camp and dave cortese's camp to see if they come out and say anything more. but what we are hearing from the religion stars office they will begin this counting
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process in an hour or two hours from now. again they were up very late into the morning hours. but it could be actually a couple of days before we get the final results. reporting live from san jose janine de la vega ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. time is 6:37. the chevron oil company came out a big loser for the race in mayor. tom butt defeated nat bates. chevron spent a lot of money supporting bates against the team richmond candidates who are angry about the oil giants richmond refinery. however, voters rejected chevron's race. kamala harris has 56% of the vote compared to l.a. attorney ron gold with 43%.
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56% for dave jones over ted gains who has 43%. ktvu will have election coverage for you throughout the morning. and you can find up to the minute results. they are scrolling across your screen. we also have them for you at ktvu.com. new this morning police are investigating another person killed while walking in san francisco. it's possible that a big rig driver didn't know he hit someone. tara moriarty is in san francisco right now as investigators try to sort out what happened. >> reporter: there is surveillance video and police have poured over that. unfortunately it doesn't reveal much. they do know that they are looking for the driver of an 18 wheeler and they say it is possible that he may not know he hit the person. now the deadly accident happened just before midnight in the city's tenderloin district. police patrol that area around the clock 3:we're not on that particular block when the
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pedestrian was struck and killed. sources close to the investigation says the victim was not in a crosswalk but was j-walking. his identity has not been released. police have seen the surveillance video from a nearby hotel but they were not able to get a license plate on the vehicle. the video does not show the victim getting hit either. officers have interviewed one witness and hoping anyone else who might have information about this incident would come forward. live from san francisco i'm tara moriarty. >> thank you for that update. time now 6:40. a man and a boy were hurt in a double shooting in san jose. police got the call just after 5:15 last night. teenager was taken to the hospital. he is expected to survive. no one is in custody at this point and the motive of the
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shooting is. water exposure problem may be far worse than first believed. today's chronical reports more than 100 steel rods anchor -- initially the water problem was believed to have only effected 18 rods. the rods holding down the tower were supposed to be encased in waterproof grout after they were put in place four years ago. cal tran says they need to determine how much corrosion has set in before it decides how to fix the problem. time 16:41. republicans have taken control of the united states senate. coming up in 25 minutes, how the shift in power will make things harder for president obama. >> plus get ready to pay more for a soda here in berkeley. voters made history by passing a penny per ounce tax on sugary drinks.
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welcome back it's 6:44. election news voters in beckly made history last night passing the nation's first tax on sodas and other sugary drinks. ktvu alex savidge tells us this morning that there are big impacts this measure d has. >> reporter: by passing measure d berkeley has done what many other cities and counties around the country have failed to do. keep in mind here this tax covers not only sodas but also covers sweetened iced teas and sports drinks as well. what this tax will do is add a penny per ounce to the price of all of these sugar sweetened drinks. that means a soda like this one will cost you $0.20 more. and the average soda drinker will fork over another $56 every year. supporters hope to cut back on soda consumption which they believe has led to an epidemic
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of obesity and diabetes. the american beverage association poured more than $2 million into a campaign trying to defeat d. opponents argue the tax would hit low income residents the hardest buzz they tend -- because they tend to drink the most soda. although her husband a cafe owner voted against it gazebos of the potential impact. >> i think he's going to have to charge more for soda. or offer it up at cost. we have not really talked about it. actually i don't know if he knows how i voted. [ laughter ] it's just between us; right? >> reporter: her secret certainly safe with us. supporters here in berkeley believe that this soda tax that is passed in this city will likely set a nationwide trend but the soda industry meantime is down playing the results of the election and they believe that berkeley does not
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represent mainstream america. by the way, as we come back out here live, the new tax in berkeley it does not impact and does not apply to diet sodas. they are exempt. and then new tax measure d takes effect january 1st of next year. live in berkeley alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news. >> yeah it's been an emotional debate for some people out there. thank you alex. 6:47 is the time. 59% of people have voted down proposition 45 in california. that measure would have given the state insurance commissioner the final say over any increase in health insurance rates. now it looks like proposition 46 has also been defeated. 67% of the vote said no, it would have required drug test of doctors and the review of statewide prescription data base before doctors can prescribe certain medication. and also increased the pain and suffering cap in negligent medicine lawsuit.
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from 15-1 after a crowded and contentious race for oakland mayor, it appears libby schaaf is in the lead. we will talk live with former state president and 2010 oakland mayoral candidates about the unique challenges of this race and what the new mayor needs to do to move oakland forward. >> a strange occurrence up in sacramento. what happened or didn't happen at the california democratic victory party that generated strang tweets from reporters trying to cover the election results. that and more coming up on mornings on 2, thousand back to you. >> thank you. we'll see you then. let's check in with sal. a little look at traffic and the commute. and it's not all that bad. right now. we are still seeing slow traffic for sure. but we haven't had a lot of crashes out there. we just have a typical slowing in san jose already. northbound 280 getting up to cupertino. yesterday was such a bad day that today will seem better
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even if it's not much. this is a look at the nimitz freeway. it's already backed up to 2:38 all the way down to stevenson in fremont. and if you are driving to oakland, westbound 580 does look good. bay bridge toll plaza is backed up as you drive out to the backup. now the metering lights have been turned on because there is a report of crash in treasure island westbound 80. so now you can see that the bay bridge is going to slow way down. what they will do is slow those metering lights down. we will stay on top of it. again, there is a crash. westbound 80 at treasure island. let's go to steve. all right, sal, how are you? >> i'm well, you? >> never better, sal. can't kick too high. temperatures are warming up not only in the morning but in the afternoon. sunrise here. there is a lot going on. just not much here. there is some copiousages of rain down -- copious amounts of
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rain down in texas. there will be a plunge of cold air in the northern plains. but for us, it's all quiet here. it will be warmer today. santa rosa yesterday was 73. today 76. concord 71 to 75. east san jose if you are out by reed hillville they were 71 degrees. oakland a few high clouds but they will be nice as well. a lot of 70s here. our super typhoon nuri it's weakening. went right over them. this will move off. the key is it will move into the bearing sea, the illusions, turn extra tropical and turn into a beast. a monster of a system. mill bars will be around 9:14 to 9:20 which will transplait to 26.93. so if you have a barometer at
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home, you're like, i can't go that low. that in turn will have effects on us downstream. it looks like all signs are pointing toward the ridge of high pressure will build for us. and then the polar air will dive into the middle of the country. for us we have sunshine today. higher clouds. we almost break from this system to tomorrow. it will cool us down a little bit but that will be tomorrow. there is fog also. it's trying to work its way toward the coast. i have seen a little component of an easterly breeze that is holding in at bay. 40s on the temps or 50s. 55 sfo. the lows are up. you get up around 1500 and 2,000 feet it's 58 to almost 60 degrees. the lows are up you probably noticed it. 30-35 tahoe to reno. monterey warmer at 54. expect for higher clouds that will be a big increase.
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>> dry weather warmer. coast bay and also inland. tomorrow afternoon 70s on your temps. pacifica to antioch. everyone will be pretty close in these temps. mostly sunny and partly cloudy tomorrow. sunny side up and warmer on the weekend. >> i just ducked outside. >> and? >> spectacular morning. crisp beautiful sky. >> i better go outside. >> and clear. >> okay. any job reports says u.s. job force continues to grow. adp reports the private sector created 237,000 jobs last month. it's the event month in a row that employers add the more than 200,000 jobs. it's a sign of things are right for the labor market. the adp report usually considered an indicator of the federal jobs report. the monthly report thatment cost out, it comes out friday.
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it includes both private sector jobs. a child tantrum ended in a bloody confrontation. coming up in 25 minutes what happened and how it ended with punches being thrown. >> and next a big win for marijuana users. the state that said yes for making pot legal. over 20 million kids everyday in our country lack access to healthy food. for the first time american kids are slated to live a shorter life span than their parents. it's a problem that we can turn around and change. revolution foods is a company we started to provide access to healthy, affordable, kid-inspired, chef-crafted food. we looked at what are the aspects of food that will help set up kids for success?
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welcome back to the morning news. time now 6:55. the race for california secretary of state here's how it looks. democratic state senator alex padilla leads with 52% of the vote. republican pete peterson 47%. for superintendent of public instruction incumbent tom torlakson has 52% of the vote. they said yes to a higher minimum wage. in san francisco measure j calls for a gradual increase in the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour within four years. it receives 76% of the vote.
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in oakland measure ff will be from $9 to $12.25. laws make it legal for people 21 years and older to possess, grow, and process and even sell marijuana. the regulations are similar to colorado and washington state. oregon's law goes into effect -- florida rejected a plan to legalize medical miles per hour. our time is 6:57. a woman in hayward is devastated she paid to get a piece of candle stick park that was very close to her heart. her mother cheered on the 49ers for more than 40 years. her mother died four years ago. she decided to buy her mother's
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old eat at candle stick. when the shipment arrived, it was the congress seat. >> there was no inscription addressed to my mom on it. >> the inscription read mom, this will always be your seat. the 49ers say they will do everything possible to locate the right seat. one of san francisco's most popular holiday attractions opens in a few hours. the holiday ice rink will hold its ice breaking opening ceremony at 9:30. the public will be allowed on to the ice starting at 10:00. that rink will be open all the way through mid january. coming up for you on mornings on 2, it's the day after election day. the reason there is still no declared winner in the race to lead the bay area's biggest city. >> also a deadly hit and run crash in downtown san francisco late last night. the clue that could lead to the driver. stay with us. female announcer: tuesday's your last chance to save big
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2 breakfast croissants for just $4 - both made with a freshly cracked egg it's cheaper to eat at my place. i've got - and melting cheese. try supreme or sausage. hey, you can't make a commercial in my restaurant! not if you keep interrupting me. >> reporter: we're live in san francisco where police are investigating a deadly hit and run involving a pedestrian. we'll tell you what clues they have to go
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