>> reporter: we have a gripping interview with the father of a boy who survived a fall down a cliff. it is veterans day. here's a live look from our nation's capital as america honors the men and women who have served in the military. find out what's happening here in the bay area. >> reporter: nurses at dozens

of kaiser hospitals and clinics going on strike today. we'll tell you what they are fighting for. and also a possible break in the case of a san francisco software engineer who has been missing for more than a week. "mornings on 2" begins right now. at this hour, thousands of kaiser nurses across california are walking off the job and picking up one of those picket signs beginning a two-day strike. this is a live look at the kaiser hospital in san francisco. ktvu's tara moriarty has been traveling across the bay area following this story. coming up, she will explain what the labor dispute is about and if it will affect kaiser's operation. good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." it's tuesday, november 11th. sa lawsuit to all of the veterans out -- salute to all of the veterans out there today

on veterans day. i'm dave clark. let's talk about your weather and traffic. steve paulson is here and you are saying it probably won't feel like a day on the beach. >> no. no clouds, high clouds. beautiful sunrise. we're waiting for a system to come in. it won't be here until late tomorrow night, more likely on thursday. temperatures coming down. we get the onshore breeze. nothing outrageous, but partly cloudy, patchy low clouds and higher clouds. a partly sunny day. cooler pattern. you can see there's plenty of low clouds coming over us right now. we're waiting for the system which is still 36 hours away. 57 novato. 57 walnut creek, san francisco, half moon bay. temperatures even pittsburg and brentwood, cooler. la fayette, 56. everyone is pretty close. an okay breeze. not outrageous but it's picked up. the system here will give us

about .10.15 on thursday. it looks good. maybe next week a couple of wetter models. the forecast models are not in sync. we'll deal with that monday. today, partly cloudy, morning drizzle. 60s on the temperatures. yesterday was a tough, tough day with all of the fog. but it's lifted. we're okay there. how's the traffic. well, it's noticeably better, steve, on this veterans day. it's still taking 18 minutes to drive on the eastshore freeway from the carquinez bridge to the mauz. it's up one minute, 19. still sometimes we see 30, 40- minute commutes. it's a bit better than normal. you will see that traffic is lighter. it is definitely on the lighter side. some government offices, in fact, most and some banks, some businesses are closed to honor veterans on this veterans day. as we move over to the commute in marin county, southbound 101, traffic looks good from novato to san rafael. we move to the east bay, even

580 which by now is usually showing us a lot of slowing in livermore and pleasanton. it's actually doing very well. 7:03. back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. and happening right now, thousands of kaiser nurses are officially on strike across the bay area. tara moriarty is live in san francisco to tell us more about their concerns. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. the top of the list is staffing. they say that's the main sticking point at the bargaining table. that's what they really hope to resolve. we just watched a bunch of nurses walk out of the clinic here. medical facility on the corner of gearry -- geary. they are getting read why y to start the strike. there's signs, a bullhorn. nurses says kaiser has not been negotiating fairly since the summer when contract talks began. kaiser says 56 of the hospitals and clinics in northern california will be affected today and tomorrow. officials say operations will

continue as normal because they have hired replacement nurses. nurses say that they are striking because they are concerned about patient care, staffing levels and how to treat ebola patients. >> our hospitals are short staffed. they are calling us daily for extra staffs, to stay later. the increase of obamacare we've increased. we're called daily for overtime and extra shifts. we want the patients taken care of appropriately. >> reporter: nonemergency surgeries and appointments have been canceled but kaiser has notified the patients affected. tomorrow national ebola awareness day kicks off and nurses will be striking. mum -- coming up in an hour, we'll talk about officials about what their side of the story is when this comes to the

strike and how it could affect patient care. live from san francisco, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 7:05. a 4-year-old boy is being treated for very serious injuries. he fell more than 200 feet down a sonoma county cliff. it happened yesterday afternoon where little sebastian johnson was hiking with his family at the bodega head in bodega bay. christien kafton is joining us live at oakland's children hospital where his father says his son will be treated for his injuries. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we've checked in with hospital staff to find out if, in fact, sebastian johnson is here. they said they cannot comment officially. as you said that boy survived that fall down a 240-foot cliff. his father said he had a broken arm, a broken leg and injuries to his face and his father recalled for us in an interview last night about the moments leading up to the boy's terrible fall down the cliff. >> he's not afraid of anything. i think when he was -- he had

no fear of ledges. i think when the mom picked up a rock, she turned arounder was sliding down. >> reporter: everyone's nightmare. this unfolded as the family was hiking in the area. his mother called 911. crews arrived and had to rappel down the cliff to reach the boy crying and conscious when rescuers reached him. rescue workers were not able to fly a rescue helicopter because of toking go -- because of foggy conditions. he was taken to a hospital by ambulance. park workers say the area can be dangerous for hikers. >> we don't have any guardrails up here at bodega head. exercise good judgment. make sure you are watching your small children and make sure that you stay away from the cliffside edge. >> reporter: we are on the scene here at children's hospital oakland hoping to

catch up with sebastian johnson, his family, perhaps some of the medical staff taking care of him. we'll try to get in contact with his family to find out how he's doing. christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. >> there may be a new break in the case of a san francisco software engineer who has been missing for more than a week. 26-year-old dan ha disappeared on halloween after leaving his south of market apartment about 8:00 at night. his parents and brothers have come to the bay area to search for him alongside his friends, coworkers and police investigators. now police say a grocery store in the south of market area has surveillance video that shows someone who could be ha. >> if dan hears this message, all we want him to know is that we're looking for you. we're hoping that you are safe. >> reporter: ha is described as a good son and worker. he has a history of suffering

from migraine headaches and called work the day he disappeared saying he had one of his headaches and would not be in. his family plans to hold a prayer vigil tomorrow night. the city of san jose finally has a new mayor, one week after election day. city councilman sam liccardo is the winner. 51% of the vote. county supervisor dave cortese had 49%. the difference between them, just 3500 votes. san jose's new mayor had a big smile on his face last night as he walked into a community mater. liccardo had just received a phone call from cortese who conceded earlier. liccardo hopes to meet with union leaders who did not support his campaign, that includes members of the police officers association. >> it's not going to be a situation where we'll be able to hug it out the first week. i know that. we have a lot of work to do going ahead. >> the police union strongly opposed liccardo who vowed to keep fighting for voter

approved pension reforms in san jose. another bay area mayor's race is still up in the air and the difference between the two candidates, just 127 votes. here are the latest numbers in the mayor's race in alameda. challenger spencer has the slim 127-vote lead over the incumbent marie gilmore. now, the county registrar of voters still needs to count 14,000 mail-in ballots. won't be any counting today because it is veterans day and it's a holiday. we could possibly know the outcome tomorrow. it is 7:10. california senator dianne feinstein says she needs to talk to san francisco ed lee before deciding if she will endorse his re-election bid. mayor lee announced he will run for re-election next november. according to the chronicle, feinstein says she has concerns about the direction of san francisco. she's worried about the city

focusing too much on high tech and losing the neighborhoods and is opposed to the legislation lee signed to abu air bnb style short-term rent ams. feinstein was mayor from 1978 to 1988. happening right now, a tribute to veterans of world war ii in washington, d.c. this is a live picture from the nation's capital, the veterans day ceremony is just go getting underway. world war ii vets will lay wreaths at the freedom wall in remembrance of the more than 400,000 americans who lost their lives in that war. and going to london now, look at this stunning tribute to the 888,246 british and colonial soldiers who all died in world war i. those are hand- crafted ceramic poppies surrounding the tower of london. this is only a temporary exhibit. each poppy has been sold for about $40 each to benefit

veterans charities. many family members bought the poppies. the exhibit has been so popular with 60,000 to 70,000 people visiting every day. poppies have traditionally been used in britain to commemorate world war i. thousands of paper ones are sold. >> they say that's one of the most dramatic expedition-- >> they wanted to make it permanent but they sold the poppies. >> very powerful. >> yes. new racism allegations at san jose state university, and this time it involves a board member. coming up at 7:30, the two things students are now demanding. and moving manatees from

florida to california? up next, why the mayor of stockton wants to see the mammals swimming in the city's port. right now, we're looking at a commute where traffic is moving along pretty well in san francisco. it's much better than yesterday. we'll tell you why it's happening -- coming up. combination of low clouds, high clouds. a little bit of a nice sunrise. we do have breaks in the clouds. ♪

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timp. police -- fraternity. police were called when vaibhev loomba was found unconscious. he garage wait a minuted in la fayette -- he garage waited in la fayette in 2012 and recent -- recently enrolled in college. we're getting new details. robin williams was recently suffering from a condition connected to parkinson's. it leads to severe hallucinations. his wife said he had been complaining about medications he was taking and the way they made him feel. a source close to the family tells tmz believes the disease was the key factor that drove him to take his life. when most people see a shark, they get out of the water as fast as possible. but two men in southern california did just the

opposite. and jumped right in. four men were spearfishing yesterday off the coast of santa barbara when they saw, look at it, a hammerhead shark. one man turned on a camera. put bait in the water to draw closer and he and his friend popped in. >> only when we popped in the water was it evident he was fired up. and he came straight in to the point where we were pulling our fins in and keeping our limbs close to our body. >> that would be a good idea. they say the shark became aggressive and they got back on the boat quickly. they say the thrill of the interacting with the shark was worth of risk. the director says it's unusual to see a hammerhead shark in the area. but more are coming up from baja because of a developing el nino. could manatees soon have a new home near the bay area? the mayor of stockton has proposed bringing the mammals from florida to help get rid of an invasive plant overrunning port of stockton. but experts say the water is in

stockton is too cold. manatees are also endangered, meaning they cannot be moved from the sunshine state and there are only 5,000 left in florida. kind of strange-looking creatures. >> when i lived in florida years ago, when he lived outside of my door. they were fascinating to watch. they just float. very gentle. amazing animals. >> different from the hammerhead shark. >> quite different, tori. hey, sal, you are watching the bridges as well as the roads this morning. >> we are seeing some slow traffic, dave and tori. but it's definitely lighter than usual on this veterans day. let's take a look at the commute on the san mateo bridge. something has happened on the span because it was moving along very well but now we have a lot of slow traffic and that is because of -- let's see. i'm reading it on the fly. i don't see anything on my list but something is happening on this bridge because it was just doing well and we will get to

the bottom of it. we'll figure it out. this is a look at the bay bridge by comparison. i mean, when does it look like that. well, on a holiday is when it looks like this. no problem. you might want to think about -- i can't believe i'm saying this -- use the bay bridge instead of the san mateo bridge as your alternate route. you look at the east bay. you can see traffic on 580 looks good. 680 looks good. 880 is slow getting into fremont. now let's go to steve in the weather center and the fog is not nearly a problem like it was yesterday. >> thank goodness. it was a big issue yesterday. it's lifted today. the bases have gone up, up, up. higher clouds. it will be a cooler day. it looks like a cooler rest of the week. any rain? yeah, thursday morning is looking promising. maybe sometime next week. there's no consensus on the timing but there's a consensus on a wetter system. 77 santa rosa. 80 in livermore. if you live in livermore, was your temperature 80? that was at the airport. 77 concord. san jose, 73.

you can get me know, spweather on twit other facebook. 63, 67, 66, 66. way down and we'll hold shows steady. san francisco climate data, 58, 62. the forecasted low and the high, average is 51, 64. 42 in 1911. 79, 1930. a record high. low clouds are there. higher clouds. the system we're keeping an eye on is right there coming underneath the ridge of high pressure. the remains of the typhoon which was a bomb in the bering sea pumped up the bridge over here which fires in some very cold air all the way down to the -- i mean, southern texas. there's snow. some of the webcam showing up in michigan. it's just starking up. it's the temperatures really. one below in billings. denver at 12. mentioned this a couple of times. denver went from 64 degrees to 24 degrees in four hours. 32 oklahoma city. the windchill in texas is 1

degree. it's already 40 in dallas. pretty early for that. 31 up in reno. 34 tahoe. 57 monterey. 54 book ends in ukiah and sacramento. partly sunny, partly cloudy today. 50s on the temperatures. way up a good 10, 15 degrees. at the surface you had 10, 12 at some of the higher elevations. upper 40s, 50s today. menlo park checks in at 49. they are one of the coolest by far. there is a breeze. but it has picked up. this system looks like it will arrive late wednesday, i think early thursday morning. we'll tack itle it -- tackle it. next system comes in after that. i think .10 to .50 should cover it on thursday. i do believe in that. partly cloudy, morning drizzle. cooler and breezy pattern. everyone will be in the same temperature range probably not only today but the rest of the week as we wait for the system

to come in. next week's system there's the possibility of maybe inches of rain. this one coming in will be .30 but at least it's something for now. >> inches? >> there's talk of it. one model says monday, another one says tuesday, another one says wednesday. that's next. let's me tackle thursday's. >> one at a time. >> one at a time. mourning a high school student and basketball player killed in front of his home. >> a really nice kid. >> coming up in 20 minutes how those who knew and loved him are chaning their grief into a call to action. we have new details about the investigation of the death of a young gorilla at the san francisco zoo. up next, what the zoo is doing after that. plus how the gorillas are hope -- coping with the loss. the holiday season is here,

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if you are planning to head to the beach, be careful. the national weather service says there is there a growing danger of sneaker waves and rip currents through thursday afternoon. the waves are being generated by the big storm off alaska. the warning stretches from sonoma county down to monterey county. the first traces of radio activity from the 2011 fukushima disaster in japan have been detect ed off the northern california coast. scientists say slightly levels of radiation have been recorded about 100 miles off the coast of eureka. they say the levels are too low to pose a threat to human or marin life right now. scientists found similar levels of radioactivity last august off the coat of british columbia. we have new details about the investigation into the death of san francisco zoo's youngest gorilla. the zoo sent us this photo.

this is the gorilla family mourning the death of that gorilla. according to the examiner, they've hired an animal psychologist to help investigate what happened. machel is a uc davis grad, has redesigned gorilla enclosures at other zoos to make them safer. that gorilla was crushed on friday by an automatic door. the zoo said it was working properly but it's not clear if the door had an automatic shutoff sensor. people we talked to said that tragedy could have been prevented. i think it can be prevented. i feel like that's a mistake that should not have happened. >> sounds like it's negligence when the automatic doors were closing. they have to be more careful. >> well, for now, the zoo has banned all news cameras but we shot this photo with a cell phone of flowers left at a gorilla statue near the

enclosure. 7:26. a controversial moment caught on camera at a gathering of world leaders in china. the gesture from russian president vladimir putin that some people are calling blanket gate. we're live in san francisco where police are investigating three separate robberies within 24 hours just miles from each other. coming up where the investigation is leading. good morning. right now, we're looking at a commute that actually looks very good even that san mateo bridge commute where we had something on the bridge is clearing up. we'll tell you more about the commute. clouds in advance of a system which will be here on thursday morning for what looks to be rain, not a lot. but some is spinning in a lot of clouds. it will be a cooler tuesday forecast. we'll have that.

you are looking at a bank in san francisco, one of several that was targeted by robbers within hours of each other. ktvu's brian flores is digging into the series of bank robberies to hit the area. coming up, he will tell us what police are saying about the crimes. good morning. welcome back to "mornings on 2." on this veterans day. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. i just ducked outside. it's a little nippy. steve, what is your painting in the sky? it's remarkable. >> we are atrying. we'll seal what we can can do

-- we're trying. we'll see what we can do with the forecast. it's cooler today. it will stay cooler the rest of the week. you can see those moving in in advance of a system. it won't be here until thursday morning. there it is. it could be a positive pattern. hints of a stronger system next week but that's next. low clouds, high clouds, combination meaning the lows are up, up, up. it means the highs will be down. 50 saratoga and sunnyvale. 56 morgan hill, 57 fremont. mild to warm for some. 15, 20 degrees warmer than yesterday. the low temps were up by the high temps will come down. i doubt we'll get much in the way of drizzle. maybe tomorrow morning. 60s on the temperatures. did i see something on the san mateo bridge, sal? >> there was something on the san mateo bridge that we saw. but i didn't find any stalled vehicle or anything. it started to clear up we'll show you that in a moment. but first let's go to interstate 880. you can see traffic is moving

along very well. in fact, uncharacteristically low. it's obvious that a lot of people have veterans day off. as a matter of fact, traffic continues to look good all the way up to downtown oakland. even on 580 and 880 and 238, we have a nice-looking commute. at the bay bridge toll plaza, boy, that's nice. you can see westbound traffic is moving along very nicely with no major problems. i want to check out that san mateo bridge. it looks like we may have had a stalled vehicle or something that was slow moving. but it cleared off and on this veterans day when traffic is lighter, it won't take long for this traffic to be completely back up to the speed. public transit systems are running on normal schedules. back to the desk. san francisco police are searching right now for the robbers who targeted three separate banks in san francisco in a 24-hour period. ktvu's brian flores live in san francisco now with the latest on how this investigation is going. brian? >> reporter: hi, dave.

good morning. we're live in front of one of the banks targeted. this is the wells fargo branch on the 3600 block of geary in san francisco. this bank along with two others were targeted by robbers on friday and saturday and police say they are looking at surveillance footage to gather more information on possible suspects. want to go to a map now. police say the first happened last friday night just before 7:00 p.m. at a wells fargo at la plata and then another robbery at the citibank on the 1800 block of van ness. the third happened just after 5:30 saturday afternoon right where we're standing at the wells fargo off geary here in san francisco. again, police say they are looking at surveillance footage. even though the robberies took place hours from each other, police say there are no incaders to suggest they are connected. we also don't know how much money the robbers took. in all three instances, a

robber would enter the bank, give the teller a demand note and the teller would hand over the cash. but in two of those instance, the robber would open up a jacket to display a gun and the teller would hand over the cash as well. in terms of suspect descriptions, police say two of the robbers were asian men in their 30s. one of the robbery suspects police describe as a young kay caution main in his 20s -- caucasian man in his 20s who wore glasses and a fake mustache. police are asking anyone with information to come forward. brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:34. all around the bay area, sheriff's departments, prosecutors, public defenders, even judges scrambling to decide how many inmates have to be reeb leased because -- released because of the proposition that passed. under the proposition certain crimes including drug possession and thefts involving less than $950 are reduced from felonies to misdemeanors.

the new maximum sentence is one year in jail. that's down from three years. the state corrections department has notified 4800 inmates they can petition judges to have their felony convictions reduced. 7:34. san jose state university is investigating allegations that a high-ranking board member made offensive comments about latinos. janine de la vega joins us live from the campus with the controversial comment and how shuents and the -- students and how the university's president are responding. good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning. well, the university received heavy criticism last year for not responding quickly when a black student was tormented by his white roommate. that situation ignited protests and now again this latest incident sparked students to hold a rally yesterday and these students are demanding change. students say a member and a donor of the tower foundation, a philanthropic organization of

the university, made offensive comments about latinos and their mental capacity in a meeting that took place in february. the mercury news reports the member allegedly told board members "i contribute to this university because these little latinos do not have the dna to be successful." that member is denying that statement was said. a form am complaint was filed with the university in august. an investigation has been ongoing. some students say they are used to to a slow response from the university. >> it's not very surprising at all. i think the university, we have a lot of problems here already. you knee, they are focus -- you know, they are focusing on other things. this is something we will need to take time and focus on to. >> reporter: students want the president removed and they want an apology. he released a statement saying we're sensitive to issues and tom rans in the wake of the racially motivated actions of

our students in the residence halls. i know some have been frustrated by a perceived lack of action since this incident occurred. we owe it to everyone to thoughtfully, and thoroughly determine what occurred before taking action. the university is taking a close look at the review of the complaint and they are still deciding what steps to take. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. 7:37. new this morning, president obama is opening two days of talks with the president of china in beijing. here's video of president obama there in china greeting members of the chinese president and also meeting with other staff members. they also met for tea and had a lot of discussions. the two leaders are meeting one on one after the apec summit. tomorrow, they will hold deeper conversations. in remarks today, president obama said when the u.s. and china are able to work together effectively, the whole world

benefits. there was a moment right here between russian president vladimir putin and the wife of china's president at the apex summit. a lot of people around the world are talking about this. you can see president putin putting a blanket around her shoulders. a moment later, you can see her take it off. now, that video you just saw has been removed from chinese television and the internet because that country is very conner iser is vative -- conservative on actions like this. people speculating president putin was making a move on the chinese first lady. well, the other very closely watched dynamic at the summit, the relation between president obama and putin. the white house says on the sidelines of the summit, president obama on three locations spoke with president putin. 7:38. >> three san jose women and one

teenager from chico, they are heading back to the united states after being detained by the russian government for several days. now, today's mercury news reports police from st. petersburg took them into custody. they were attending an international youth conference. russian authorities claim there was false information on their visas. yesterday a judge allowed them to leave russia after giving them a $100 fine for improper documentation. 7:39. today in the south bay, volunteers will be holding a care packing party for troops and soldiers overseas. operation care and comfort will be packing more than 500 care packages for both activity service members and veterans. the packages include clothing, food and hygiene products. local organizations raised 15,000 in cash and items for the care packages. since 2003, they've sent more

than 1 million pounds of care packages to troops. veterans and the military history of the presidio will be honored do urg a special service, the sound of bagpipes and bells will sound at 11:00 this morning at the presidio chapel. the event is free to the public. veterans day celebrations happening in the east bay also. the city of antioch will celebrate with the landing of a huey helicopter. that's at 9:30 this morning. it will be followed by a parade at 11:00. in brentwood, the city will hold a tribute at 10:30 this morning. there will be the firing of a civil war era cannon. that's at 11:00. marin county's veterans service officer shawn stevens will serve as the keynote speaker in san rafael. now, stevens served four tours of duty in afghanistan. now he's helping other veterans here in the bay area. that ceremony starts at 9:30 this morning at the marin

veterans memorial auditorium. and at 11:11, a moment of i silence -- of silence will be hemed and wreaths will be laid honoring full fallen soldiers. special deals are being served up. starbucks offering a free tall brewed coffee to all veterans. active duty military members and their spouses today. ihop is serving veterans red, white and blue pancakes. no charge between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. today. and chili's, california pizza kitchen and applebees are featuring special menus today for no members. no charge. owners of the world's largest corn maize in dixon, it normally takes people two hours to find their way through the

63-acre maize. but in some cases, visitors got so lost, they actually called 911. the solano county sheriff's department said they got seven calls over the past month. but no deputies were sent out. instead of department just contacted the owners of the corn maize. they wanted to go bigger for next fall but now they are reconsidering their plan. having gps in the phone would help. a possible break in the case for a missing san francisco software engineer. the new piece of evidence that could help police track him down. up next, pam cook will tell us about a veteran on a mission, the unique project that turns a piece of the past into a symbol of service. well, so far so good on this tuesday. i think the holiday really is having an affect on the commute -- an effect on the commute. you can see there's a little bit of slowing in senate.

some sunbreaks in there. a lot of high clouds, low clouds equals a cooler pattern.

a peace rally is being held in rich moferped after a 16- year-old boy was shot -- richmond after a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed in front of his home. >> a good boy. >> rodney frazier was a junior at richmond high school and a point guard on a varsity basketball team. his coach said frazier had been playing since fifth grade and the court was his second home. frazier died friday night after being shot multiple times in front of the home he shares

with his grandfather. evans says he and his late wife raised frazier. >> just a little bit before she passed, she told me to make sure i take care of that boy. that's what i've been trying to do. >> evans says his grandson was well liked and stayed out of trouble. he suspects this was a case of mistaken identity. on this veterans day, one local artist is using military uniforms to tell stories. ktvu's pam cook is in the studio with this unusual and inspiring project. good morning, pam. >> good morning. it's called combat paper. you really have to see it to believe it. drew cameron is a san francisco veteran who has found a unique and creative way to share the stories of men and women who have served in the military. he takes combat uniforms worn by u.s. veterans, cuts them into pieces and pounds them into pulp to make paper. >> the first patch of combat paper was my uniform that i had

worn in the war. i took that and turned it into paper. >> this is a combination of uniforms that span every branch of service and every conflict the united states has been involved with since and including world war ii. >> cameron's paper is used to create books and art prints. he has a studio in san francisco. but he's taken his workshop to 29 states and five countries. cameron says he uses the uniforms because they are personnel. they are worn close to the people who served and they transform the people who wore them just like how he now transforms the cloth. tori and dave? >> i love that story. >> very powerful. >> love that story. 7:47. let's get you to where you need to go. sal is still watching the commute. >> that's right. we're still looking pretty good. it's obvious a lot of people have the day off. not a holiday for everyone. but just enough people are not going so that if you are

driving to san francisco, it should look like a nice drive into the city. a lot of banks and government offices are closed. you can see what effect that's having. we're not expecting a lot of slow traffic. the court building in oakland, not in session today. the courts are not in session and traffic is going to be a little bit easier today. if you are driving in livermore, this is all you need to see. 580 looks good coming through, coming all the way out to the 680 interchange. we have a couple of things that have popped up for. but for the most part, even the crashes are not causing major delays. let's go to today's weather. >> hello. mostly cloudy skies. some low clouds, a lot of high clouds. taking a look at things, it looks like rain comes in thursday morning. next week could be very interesting. a lot of midlatitude, lower latitude systems. has nothing to do with el nino. 77 yesterday in santa rosa.

livermore, 80. 80 yesterday. concord, 77. san jose, at 73. today a lot of 60s. 63, 67, 66, 66 and it doesn't look like they will change much the rest of the week. san francisco, 58. what's average? 51, 64 way above on the low. some of the low clouds getting mask by higher clouds coming in. there are breaks in between. the system is here. it does look like it will spread rain. increasing clouds tomorrow with rain. it's enhancing. these are undercutting the ridge of high pressure. they come underneath. that's a good sign. usually you don't see this in november. a winter has already arrived for much of the northern plains even into the texas panhandle. there's snow here. much of the picture is coming in. i mean, it's just -- it looks like a winter day here. 2 in billings. bismarck, 12. minneapolis, 20s. omaha, 20 the, denver at 12. the windchill, 1 degree at

amarillo, texas. 37 st. louis, chicago at 39. that cold air is moving through the great lakes. and it's going to continue to get even colder. next 24, 36 hours. 50s on the temperatures for many unless you are in the mountains. we'll have a partly sunny, partly cloudy day. the lows are up. a little bit of drizzle. the higher elevations, the temperature has been coming down. southwest 13 at travis. southwest at oakland. more of a sea breeze in place. system will give us partly to mostly cloudy skies. this arrives late wednesday, thursday. it looks okay for rain. not a lot. okay for .10 to .50. we have a cooler pattern here. but the temperature has dropped today. they will stay there all the way into friday or saturday. the rainfall projection for right now shows about 18/100ths to over about .50.

partly cloudy, a few sunbreaks. drizzle and mist. cooler, breefs pattern with 60s. everyone is close here. concord, 66. with the low clouds in place and the higher clouds on the way. we'll have a lot of cloud cover over the next few days. increase those wednesday night. rain thursday morning. clearing out friday. saturday and sunday look okay. yesterday could be interesting. inches of rain. there's no consensus on the timing. but there's conskin skin census -- consensus on the strength. this is not a pattern we see in november. it's called undercutting. it has nothing to do with el nino. it's a stronger jet stream which can be very wait. >> we need the rain everywhere. >> yes. >> thank you, steve. nine minutes before 8:00. it's being called and epic failure. coming up in the next hour of "mornings on 2," the twitter request that went horribly wrong for bill cosby.

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but anyone can help a foster child. john dennis and his grandfather took off from hollister in a plane on saturday night. the wreckage of the plane was discovered by a rancher the next morning. the ntsb is investigating the cause of the crash. a tree trimmer had to be rescued while on the job. the bakersfield fire department said the man was trapped 40 feet above the ground in a palm tree. he was hanging upside down and backward when they arrived. a coworker was under the victim supporting him. the man was taken to the hospital with back pain.

protesters in mexico angry at the apparent massacre of 43 mexican students. >> they took over an airport in acapulco. thousands marched around the airport. huge crowds blocked nearby roads. that forced travelers like that man right there to walk where they were going. >> they should not do this. this is affecting everything -- everybody. what i hear over here, the government don't want to hear them. the only way when you do something big, drastic and what is bigger than stopping the airport? >> the students were from a town in southern mexico. that town's mayor reportedly ordered corrupt police to arrest the students over fears they would interrupt a speech by his wife. authorities say those officers handed the students over to drug cartel hitmen who confessed to killing them. the trial has pea gun for

two san francisco police officers accused of stealing items during searches of residential hotels. the alleged crimes were discovered in 2011 after the release of surveillance video like this one. the two officers are accused of stealing laptops, money, and alcohol while conducting raids and never booking them into evidence. former sfpd officer vargas pled guilty to four felony charges. he's scheduled to testify against the other two. the attorneys for the two officers say vargas cut a deal with prosecutors in order to frame their clients. a pennsylvania man could face felony charges after he dumped his wife's sports car in a river. police received a call about the 1990 red corvette going into the water. divers had to go into the el cold murky water to make sure no one was trapped inside. after nearly an hour, they found the corvette, it was empty. the victim saw it on tv and

told police her estranged husband threatened to destroy her prized car. now police are searching for him. he likely won't be charged with auto theft since the couple had joint ownership of the car but he could be charged with reckless jeam endangerment and illegal dumping. a 4-year-old boy survives a terrifying fall off a cliff in sonoma county. coming up in minutes what doctors are telling us about his condition this morning. >> reporter: nurses at dozens of kaiser hospitals and clinics all over northern california hit the picket lines today. we'll tell you what they are fighting for and how the strike could affect patient care. good morning. we are looking at a commute that has been lighter than usual. a lot of high and mid-level

clouds. we do have a change brewing here. the leading edge over us. we'll talk about a cooler forecast.

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18,000 nurses across northern california will be chanting during a two-day strike that started an hour ago. coming up in two minutes, tara moriarty is right there. she will join us with more. welcome to "mornings on 2." tuesday, november 11th. it is veterans day. i'm dave clark. steve, a little clearer today. yesterday was so foggy. it was very foggy. it's going to be cooler. we have a low cloud deck and a high cloud deck. there's rain on the way for thursday morning.

we are seeing rain coming in next week. partly sunny, partly cloudy. a lot of high clouds over us right now. kind of a mix of those. the first could be a couple of systems is still about 36 hours away. it's getting its act together. out ahead of that, higher cloud. 50s and 60s on the low. higher elevation temps have come plunge down. 56, 57. breent wooped, alamo, san ramon. i don't see that very often. that tells you everyone is uniform on the terps. they will be on the high temperatures. it looks like .10 to .50. partly cloudy. i'm optimistic to say partly sunny. a lot of 60s on the temperatures. yesterday, that fog we talked about it, it was so thick, but it's lifted today. we get a break there. how are things in traffic, sal? >> things are better, steve. as a matter of fact, we're doing okay when it comes to the roads because a lot of people have veterans day off.

not everyone. i'm shire you are probably thinking i don't have it off. but a lot of people do. highway 24 pleasant hill road to the you candy cut, it's a -- caldecott, it's a nice drive. that's the standard time when there's no traffic. between walnut creek and oakland, it's a nice drive. when up get to the bay bridge, it's light this morning. looks like a sunday morning here. it's easy like a sunday morning to quote a commodore song. 680 southbound between concord and walnut creek, that traffic is moving along very well. and westbound 24 from walnut creek to oakland. looks good. but from walnut creek to alamo also looks good. 8:02. back to the desk. >> all right. >> thank you, sal. happening right now, vice president joe biden is attending the observance ceremony at arlington national cemetery. let's listen in. [taps]

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you've been watching live the ceremony 59 the arlington national cemetery. vice president placed the wreath at the tomb of the up knowns. he's doing this instead of president obama, who is obviously over in china right now. and a color guard with members of every military branch at the tomb of the unknown honors america's war dead on this day. it was originally armistice day. it was the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month that they began to end world war i. in 1954, it was changed to

veterans day to honor all veterans in the united states including world war ii and every veteran since then and so we just heard that live rendition of taps, always a moving sound. a lot of veterans day events across the nation and here in the bay area. we'll get to some of shows in a minute. turning back to local news, happening now, thousands of nurses are on strike across the bay area. ktvu's tara moriarty joins us live in san francisco with more on what has those nurses so angry. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. they start to picket about an hour ago and have been on the bullhorn. we have a lot of folks driving by. we're on gearry. if we sort of pan to the right, you can see some folks standing on the corner there. they've been trying to get everybody's attention. these are just some of the 16,000 to 18,000 nurses who have walked out on the job.

[chanting] >> fight back! >> reporter: negotiations broke down after dozens of proposals were rejected at the bargaining table. the talks have been going on since july. kaiser says 56 of the hospitals and clinics are affected. nurses say they are striking because they are concerned about patient care, staffing levels and how to treat ebola patients. >> with the influx of obamacare coming into effect, we need more staff because we have an increase of patient pochlation. 400,000 new members. we're not increasing the staffing. they are saying we're staffed appropriately. every day we come to work, we are short staffed and they are calling us at home to do doubles, stay longer. >> we try not to ask for doubles. there may be sometimes depending upon -- the patient needs vary in the hospital

depending upon what's happening in the emergency room. what patients need to be admitted. sometimes there is a be unforeseen need that happens and we may ask people to stay overtime. >> reporter: nonemergency surgeries and appointments have been canceled. but kaiser has notified those patients. tomorrow is national ebola awareness day. nurses at hospitals from maine, missouri to texas, will be striking out and speaking out at rallies. we know that this strike is expected to last today as well as tomorrow. nurses should be back to work by thursday morning. live in san francisco, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you. 8:07. meantime a 4-year-old boy is being treated for some very serious injuries. he fell more than 200 feet down a cliff in sonoma county. christien kafton is live at oak children's hospital where sebastian's father said his son will be treated for the

injuries. >> reporter: yeah. boorling. we checked in with hospital staff to find out if sebastian johnson is here and they said officially they cannot comment. as you said, the 4-year-old survived a fall down a cliff. we understand from family members his injuries include a broken arm, broken leg and injuries to his face. we caught up to his father who relived the moments leading up to the fall. >> my father was reading a story to me. it was probably 300 feet away. they were up higher. i couldn't see them. they were taking too long and something didn't seem right. as soon as i ran up the hill, he just fell. >> reporter: every parents' nightmare. this unfolded yesterday afternoon. the family was hike hiking in the area. the boy's father called 911. crews arrived and had to rappel down the cliff base to reach sebastian who was crying and conscious when rescuers reached him. that was a good sign.

rescue workers were not able to fly a rescue helicopter in because of foggy conditions. instead, sebastian had to be taken to an area hospital by ambulance. the boy's father said sebastian fell while throwing rocks from the cliff down into the water below. >> he's not afraid of anything. i think when he was throwing -- he had no fear -- the longest i could tell him is back away. i think when the mom and them are being torn away. >> reporter: the good news, sebastian survives the fall. again, his injuries include a broken arm, broken leg, injuries to his face. this morning park officials are warning there's loose gravel and anybody who visits need to be careful when visiting that area. back to you. 8:09. there may be a new break in the case of a san francisco software engineer missing for more than a week.

26-year-old dan ha disappeared on halloween after leaving his apartment. his parents and brothers have come to the bay area searching for him alongside his friends, coworkers and the police. now, police say a grocery store in the south of market area has surveillance video that shows someone who could be ha. >> if dan hears this message, all we want him to know is we're looking for you and hope that you are safe. >> now, ha has had a history of -- has a his tris of suffering from migraine headaches and called work that day and said he would not be in. his family is planning a prayer vigil for tomorrow night. the city of san jose has a new mayor one week after election day. city councilman sam liccardo is the winner with 51% of the vote. county supervisor, dave cortese, had 49%. the difference between them, just 3500 votes. san jose's new mayor had a big

smile on his face as he walked into a community meeting. mayor elect liccardo just received a phone call from cortese who conceded in the evening. liccardo hopes to meet with union leaders who did not support his campaign. that includes members of the police officers association. >> it's not going to be a situation where we'll be able to hug it out the first week. i know that. we have a lot of work to do going ahead. >> the police union strongly opposed liccardo who vowed to keep fighting for voter approved pension reform in san jose. 8:11. speaking of san jose, there's new raises of allegations at san jose state university. the controversial comment by a board member about latino students. but first, new details about the date of the robin williams, the condition associated with parkinson's disease he was struggling with that sources believe was a key

factor in his suicide. and the this morning we're looking pretty good. a lot of people have today off. it's held us out with the commute. look at 280, i love this view. it's nice and light getting into the valley. partly sunny, partly cloudy. mix of low crowds and high clouds. there's plenty to go around also into nurse thursday when it looks like we'll get some rain. the holiday season is here,

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the friends of a 20-year- old whose body was found inside uc berkeley are planning a memorial. on saturday night, vaibhev loomba went to a party near campus. the next day police were called to the frat house when he was found unresponsive. tmz has obtained documents that robin williams was suffering from a common disease linked to parkinsons that leads to hallucinations.

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nuclear disaster has been detected off the northern california coast. scientists discovered it off the coast of eureka. the scientists say they found similar levels last august near british columbia. 8:17. let's check in with sal who said the traffic at the toll plaza is amazing. >> it sure is. the traffic is doing very well into san francisco. just because it's veterans day, a lot of government workers and some businesses have the day off, they are not going in. it's making it ease area for the rest of us -- easier for the rest of us who have to work. as we move to another live picture, this is the san mateo bridge. it looks good all the way to the peninsula. i want to show you contra costa county. look at all of the green. you are probably not used to

see it. that's green. the color green means traffic is moving at the speed limit. at 8:17. let's go to steve in the weather center. >> thank you, sal. we do have breaks in the clouds. combination of low and high clouds. get some high level cloudiness over us. we have a front moving in. it looks like rate wednesday. more likely thursdayen in my opinion here. the systems kind of slow down. the first one opening up. it's not really opened up yet. 77 santa rosa. 80 in livermore. downtown livermore, 81 gary said in his backyard. concord, 77 and san jose. 73. it will be cooler. 63, 66, 66. that will be with us for a while, that being the 60s. you can see some of the low clouds underneath the gray. the higher deck coming through. heavy rain will be to the north. it looks like it arrives

thursday morning. maybe .10 to .50. there are signs next week it could be much, much better. what's happening in the northern plains is coming straight counsel out of canada. eye the cold arrow omaha 23. coming in below average. 45 tahoe. 35 in reno. 10 degrees warmer. don't always see that. 50s from u diia, sacramento, monterey. higher clouds coming in. kind of a mild pattern. not as cold as it has been. 50s and 60s. angwin 50. the higher elevation has cooled off. healdsburg is 55. had a nice tweet from brian emens. he said it's 52 there. much warmer than where i'm from

kansas, where it's 27. i do believe sebastopol yesterday was 43. that's a huge jump on the temperatures. los gatos, 50. san jose state meteorology, what's going on town there? now, come on, now. sharp people. 56 morgan hill. a 7 fremont -- 57 fremont. we have a partly cloudy day. this is the system coming in. we have another day for that to happen. low and high cloud. some drizzle. i think most of it has ended. overall, the cooler pattern is what eel we'll focus on now into tomorrow and then we'll look at the rain coming in for thursday. amounts about .10 to .50. i think that's about right. 1800 san jose. it could be a wet pattern next week. we'll see. everything coming underneath. partly cloudy, moaning drizzle. coast, bay, inland. even with the temperatures, it looks like they will stay this

way until the end of the week. it looks like rain arrives thursday morning. next week is the key. >> we need the rain. we're well into the rainy season at this point. >> five minutes. >> november, december, jan, february, march. that's about it. >> we need to get started on the rain pretty quickly. our order is in to mother nature. >> order is in. could manatees have a new home in the prayer? the mayor of stockton has proposed bringing the mammals from florida to help get rid of an invasive plant overcoming the port of stockton. but experts say the water is too cold. manatees are endangered. they cannot be moved from the saturday night state. there -- from the sunshine

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in san francisco. this is one of three targeted by robbers within hours of each other. ktvu's brian flores is out there now getting information about the series of bank robberies to hit the area. mum in minutes, he will tell -- coming up in minutes, he will tell us what bank customers are telling him about the crimes. stay tuned. good morning. thank you for joining us. tuesday, november 11th. it is veterans day. i'm dave clark. let's talk about your weather and traffic. some fascinating things coming out of steve paulson this morning about -- >> most of the country is brutally cold. northern plains and we have a little pattern change here. maybe something coming underneath for rain and a pattern that might establish itself next week will be very wet. we have a cooler pattern. mix of high clouds and low clouds. a little bit of a breeze has kicked in. we haven't had much of one lately. there's one showing itself and showing itself is the front. it looks like this will give .50 to the north bay. it's next week that is showing signs of being maybe very wet. we'll see. a long way to go.

something not to hang our hat on but at least look at over the next few days. the lows are up. 59 alamo. that does not usually happen. la fayette, 56. at least not on the lows. that's for sure. they've been running much cooler than that. even on the peninsula, san mateo is already 60 which is 10 warmer than menlo park. you sometimes get a breeze or cloud cover. we'll have cloud cover. we'll wait for the system to come in thursday morning. we'll go partly cloudy. kind of split the difference. morning drizzle. cooler, breezy pattern. 60s, coast, bay, inland. north bay for everybody. i think so far -- unless i heard something, i think it's been okay so far. >> it has been pretty good. we're looking at a commute where traffic is definitely lighter than usual on this veterans day. a lot of people apparently have the day off. some government offices are closed. this is a look at 101 san  francisco. it looks good. so does the 280 extension. bay bridge toll plaza westbound is light. no problems at all getting into

san francisco. we look at contra costa county now. southbound 680 looks good from the benicia bridge and here is a well sign, livermore valley commute is wide open getting into dublin. back to the desk. thank you. san jose state university investigating allegations that a high-ranking board member made offensive comments about latinos. janine de la vega joining us live now from the campus with that controversial comment and how students as well as the university's president are responding. good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning, dave. university officials have said that they want students and staff to speak up if they ever observe any racial intolerance. that was following the hate crime case that occurred last year on campus. but students say they are frustrated that they haven't seen any administrators take action in this latest case. students learned about these offensive comments they say were made in february by a member and donor of the tower

foundation board. a philanthropic organization of the university. students told the mercury news the member told board members "i contribute to this university because these little latinos do not have the dna to be successful." that member is denying the statement was said. a formal complaint was filed with the university in august and an investigation has been ongoing. students we spoke to were smorked to hear about the allegations -- were shocked to hear about the allegations. >> i think that remark is ridiculous. people of all backgrounds should be able to go to school regardless of what they look like. >> i think the university should take action on who chooses to have invest in the school. they should have more integrity. >> reporter: students want university president to remove the board member from the post. he did release a statement that says we're especially sense difference to issues of tolerance and civility in the

wake of racially motivated actions against the students in our residence halls in 2013. i know some have been frustrated by a perceived lack of action since this incident occurred. we owe it to everyone to determine what occurred before taking action. now we've reached out to the tower foundation earlier this morning. seeing if we could get a response. we've into the heard back from them. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. san francisco police still busy searching for bank robbers who targeted three separate banks in san francisco within 24 hours. ktvu's brian flores live in san francisco with the very latest on the investigation. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning. we're live in front of the wells fargo bank branch on gearry here in san francisco. this bank was targeted by a robber on saturday. police are looking at surveillance camera footage to gather more information from suspects from this bank as well

as two others. want to go to a map where the robberies took place. police i say the first happened -- police say the first happened last friday at a wells fargo bank on the 800 block of la playa street in the outer richmond. saturday morning at 11:30, another robbery happened at the citibank on van ness. the third happened just after 5:30 saturday afternoon at the weles fargo off geary. police say they are looking at footage to get more information about each of the suspects. even though the robberies took place from hours of each other and six miles from each other as well. san francisco police say there are no indications to suggest they are connected. we also don't know how much money the robbers took. now, in all three instance, the robber would enter the bank, give the teller a demand note and the teller would hand over the cash but in two of the incident, the robber would open up a jacket to display a gun to the teller also. >> it's surprising. i have family that i help out that live right around the corner. they come here late at night. i mean, it's just -- it's scary. >> have a lot of costs that

continue go to up. people are getting desperate and a lot of people are not getting those jobs that even though we see our employment is doing going down, there's still many people who aren't getting jobs. so they are pulling to dress brit measure -- desperate, ms. >> measures. >> reporter: two of the robbers were asian in their 30s. in another robber, a caucasian man in his 20s who wore black glasses and a fake mustache. police are asking any witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. we're live here in san francisco, brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. 8:36. we are learning more about an unusual bird problem holding up plans to tear down the eastern span of the bay bridge. sea birds called double breasted birds are the cause of the delay. the clock is ticking to move the birds out since in february, they will start

laying eggs. once that happens, demolition would have to stop. so far, caltrans has tried to scare them off with expensive decoys, loud audio recordings and even install bird condos on the new bridge to try to lure them over there. nets were also put on the old bridge to keep the birds away. the price tag, $30 million. that's about 40 grand per bird. caltrans argues it is actually saving tax payers money. >> if we don't do this, our penalties could far exceed the cost. so we're in a balancing act. >> demolition of the old span is expected to take until 2018. so no one expects this issue to go away any time soon. well, today, the south bay volunteers will be holding a care packing party for troops and soldiers overseas. operation care and comfort will pack more than 500 care pack packages for active service members as well as veterans.

the packages include clothing, food and hygiene projects. local organizations raised $15,000 in cash and items for these care packages. since 2003, they've sent more than a million pounds of packages to the troops. veterans and the military history of the presidio will be honored today during a very special service. the sound of bagpipes and bells will ring and be heard at 11:00 this morning at the presidio chapel. it's free and open to the public. president obama is opening two days of talks with the president of china. this is video of president obama and chinese president. and you see john kerry there greeting members of president obama's staff. then sitting down to tea. two leaders are meeting one on one following the apec summit. tomorrow, they will hold in- depth talks in remarks with the chinese president today,

president obama said when the u.s. and china are able to work together effectively, the whole world benefits. check this out. a moment right here between russian president vladimir putin and the wife of china's president is causing a buzz on social media. you can see president putin putting a blanket around her shoulders but a moment later she removes it. the video has been removed from chinese television and internet. china is pretty conservative. the video has gone viral with people speculating he was making a move on her. the other closely dynamic watched at the apec, the white house says on on the sidelines of the summit, president obama on three occasions spoke with president putin. the owners of the world's

largest corn maze are considering scaling back after too many visitors got last. it's a seasonal maze. it normally takes people two hours to find their way through the 63-acre maze. that's pretty big. but in some cases, visitors got so lost, they called 911. the solano county sheriff's department said seven calls when the maze was open. no deputies were never sent out. instead of the department contacted the owners of the corn maze and cool patch pumpkins reportedly want toped go bigger for next fall but -- warranted to go bigger for next fall but now they are reconsidering. i suppose if you are tall, us could split someone up to try to find your way out. >> one of deputies saying, i'm not -- >> you might not come out [laughter] there is a new book. it claims to know the secrets of the family life of jesus. the bombshells contained in

that new book. >> reporter: nearly 18,000 kaiser nurses across california hit the picket lines today at various hospitals and clinics. we'll tell you what they are so angry about and how the strike could affect patients. we're doing pretty well on the commute. right now, the roads look pretty good including this road here. golden gate bridge 101 through marin, a nice drive.

time is 8:43. happening now, thousands of bay area nurses are on strike. ktvu's tara moriarty joining us live in san francisco with more on how you may be affected if you have an appointment today. tara? >> reporter: well, we're here at the medical center on gearry where you can see there are a bunch of nurses. they are just some of the 16,000 to 18,000 nurses who have walked out on the job. ♪ find out what it means to me ♪ >> reporter: kaiser says 56 of the hospitals and clinics in northern california are affected. officials say operations will continue as normal because they've hired replacement nurses. nurses say they are striking because they are concerned

about patient care, staffing levels and how to treat ebola patients. contract talks have been going on since july. recently broke down. >> we are disappointed they walked away from the bargaining table. there have been 30 proposals that cna has put forth and management has responded to all of those proposals. >> unfortunately, kaiser is not willing to come to the table with us. they stay at the table maybe an hour when they say they are staying all day. >> reporter: some nonemergency surgeries and appointments have been canceled. kaiser has notified the patients who have been affected. tomorrow it's national ebola awareness day. and nurses from maine to missouri to texas will be striking. a nurses' rally is set for noon at the oakland federal building and this strike will last through the business day. nurses coming back to work nurse morning. live from san francisco, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right.

thank you, tara. 8:45. and on this veterans day one local artist is transforming military uniforms into art. pam cook is in the studio now with this very personal and fascinating story. >> the more i read about it. the more i enjoy hearing about it. drew wanted to tell veterans stories and help them work through their own memories. he created combat paper. he's turning military uniforms into art and story telling. he takes uniforms, cuts them into piece, pounds them into pulp and makes paper. >> if you think for a moment sort of the distance, that's interesting to me. when the person received it how many times they stood in line and how many miles they've walked in it and then got on a plane and was sent somewhere. >> cameron's paper is used to create books and art prints. he has a studio in san

francisco, he's also taken his workshop to 29 states and five countries. he holds paper making workshops so veterans can use their own uniforms warn in service to create works of arts. he says they can use the process of paper making to reclaim it as art. >> a fascinating way to use art and honor veterans as well. in london, check this out, a tribute to the 888,246 british and colonial solders who died in world war i. hand crafted ceramic poppies surround the tower of londy. this is only a temporary exhibit. each poppy sold for $40 apiece to benefit veterans charities. the exhibit has been really popular with 60,000 to 70,000 people visiting every day. pop pips have traditionally been used in britain to

commemorate world war i. thousands are sold each year. veterans day is held on november 11th because it on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month when the armistice ending world war i began. i'm inifing -- finishing up a book about the world war i and it's an incredible read. >> what a story. thank you. sal is back. he's en gonna talk about the traffic. good commute out there. i will show you the pictures. it's a good day here. no barking from the dog. no smoke and momma cooked the breakfast with no hog. >> what are you saying? >> that's ice cube. >> okay. >> that was good, sal. >> let's take a look at another picture. this would be a picture of 101

northbound approaching the 88 -- the 80 interchange. be careful out there. you know chp does not take any holiday. they are out there looking. we've had a couple of minor accidents. they've not affected traffic all that much. westbound 580 we had a minor incident. there's a little bit of slow traffic approaching that. at 8:48. today's forecast, here's steve. >> thank you, sir. cooler pattern starts today and carries probably all the way into the rest of the week. we'll get rain. it looks like more of a breeze which has been, well, nonexistent to be honest with you. but westerly breeze has kicked in. higher and low level clouds are in. our system is churn out here. mid latitude system. these are good if we can get these to continue to hold together. there's talk of even stronger systems next week. some projections are very, very wet for next week. we'll see if it makes it. it's called undercutting of the ridge of high pressure. temperatures 50s and 60s.

everyone is pretty close here. 61 already in alamo. pittsburg, 60. brentwood, 58. 58 orinda. on the peninsula, 55, los altos hills and menlo park. don't usually see that. a little bit warmer, belmont, foster city and san mateo says we're 60. partly cloudy, partly sunny. this system is tracking towards us. beginning to accelerate a little bit. the mix of low hand high clouds. it will be cooler for all. as we get the system to move in it's picked up the fog bank. the fog is up there. it means a cooler pattern. we'll see if this holds. the rain system, okay, about 18/100ths to .50. again the timing looks to be i think more early thursday morning than late wednesday. , partly cloudy. a lot of clouds. temperatures in the 60s. be glad you are in the in the northern plains or the texas panhandle where it's bone- chilling. there is a 30-degree spread between chicago and denver.

>> what? >> 30 and 60. it's snowing in the uper. >> been up there a few times. i think you mentioned in denver there was like a -- a huge -- >> it was 62 yesterday. in four hours it went to 24. >> wow. >> i used to work in denver and i forecasted that. you don't believe it until you see it and feel it. >> that's incredible. such a huge drop. thank you, steve. nine minutes before 9:00. a scagetdallous book claims jesus christ was mare rirred with children. the book hits bookstores tomorrow and has a lot of similarities with the da vinci code. they claim they uncovered this, that he fathered two children with mary magdalene. some are surprised this made it to print. that's something that will be debated for a while, i'm sure.

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when most people see a shark, a they get out of the water but two men saw a hammerhead shark right there. one man turned on the camera, put some bait in the water to draw it in closer. then he and a friend hopped in there. >> only when we hopped in the

water was it really evident that he was fired up and he came straight in, you know, to the point that we were pulling our fins in and keeping our limbs close to our body. >> they said the shark was really aggressive. so after a couple of minute, they got back in that boat. they say the thrill of interacting with a shark was worth it. the head of a shark lab in long beach says it's unusual to see a hammerhead in that area. but more are coming up from baja because of a developing el nino. time for this week's ticket tuesday giveaway. six lucky winners will each get four one-day passes to the san jose harvest festival opened november 28th through the 30th. to enter, go to the contest page under the entertainment tab on ktvu.com and fill out the entry form. you must also enter the secret word craft. entries accepted from now until 11:59 p.m. tonight. not after that. you must be 18 and a california resident. each prize has an approximate

retail value of $32 and is provided by harvest festival. winners will be slerkted by random drawing on november 12th -- selected by random drawing on november 12th. good luck. >> all right. we can see sal right now. you are watching 880. >> i'm also watching my twitter feed. apparently ice cube is among certain of our demographic. >> yes, indeed. >> that's great. >> that's good. let's get out there. 880. today is a better day when it comes to the commute. i want to caution you against trying to go too fast. the chp does not have the day off. they will be watching for violations. but with that said, i think you will like what you see at the bay bridge toll plaza. we did have a crash. this is 101. northbound looks good. i think going home tonight the commute away will be a little bit busier because everyone

tends to go home at the same time. let's go to steve. >> sal, thank you. we have a lot of high clouds. low clouds. it will be a cooler pattern. starts today. carries into wednesday and then we'll start to see increasing clouds thickening up wednesday night. it looks like wednesday. not a lot. .10 to .50. the big news continues to be the advertisement of a wet pattern. mid latitude. >> we can actually get something. >> we will get rain in inches, not just .10. >> not just scattering here. >> so cover up the patio furniture. >> we'll see if it happens. it's a week away. >> are you still corned about -- concerned about splitting? >> i'm always concerned in that drought. >> and snow in the sierra? >> these are very warm systems. i would say above 7,000, 8,000 feet. there is a lot of snow in the midwest. >> more than they need. >> yes. >> thank you. well, that's our report this

morning. be sure to watch the noon news for more on the thousands of nurses on strike. we'll continue to follow that story and have updates at 5:00 and 6:00. thank you for joining us and a bick thank you to -- big thank you to all of the veterans. here is a live look at the world war 2 member going on there in washington. thanks for watching, everyone. - ( helicopter whirring ) - ( roars ) ( siren wails ) ( pop music playing ) ♪ when you're ready ♪ ready, ready, ready ♪ come and get it ♪ get it, get it ♪ when you're ready, come and get it ♪ ♪ na na na na ♪ na na na na na na na ♪ ♪ when you're ready, come and get it ♪ ♪ na na na na... female announcer: it's a great big world and it can all be yours. here and only here. ♪ come and get it.

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