belongings back. police find what they call a sophisticated drug operation. the discovery that brought a hazardous materials team out to a san ramone neighborhood. ktvu channel 2 morning news continues. good morning. thank you for waking up with us, wednesday morning, january 7th. i'm pam cook. >> it's already the middle of the week, pam. >> yes, flying by. >> i know. good morning, i'm dave clark. let's talk with weather and traffic. and, steve, as people leave the house, they have to dress in layers. >> unless you're up in the santa cruz mountains or higher elevations where it's about 68 degrees. >> already? >> already. >> oh, my goodness. >> 10 miles away it's like 38 degrees. >> that's crazy. >> i know. that's called an inversion. >> yep. >> there will not be a quiz, i promise. i changed my mind. put your books underneath your desk, pencils. some of the higher elevations -- how high up, 1,800, 2,00 feet, warm air aloft. that traps everything below. could be a little hazy,

although there's enough of a breeze here kind of stirring things up a bit, if you have wind chimes, maybe it sounds nice. i don't know. for some breezy, but by the coast it looks really warm, 30s, 40s and 50s at the surface. in shall still cold readings -- there are still cold readings, but 1,700 warm there. petaluma36. windsor 36 and lakeport says 48. 65 to 67, again, this is not in las gat tos to the santa cruz mountains, 67 degrees. yeah, 37 in gilroy, so there's a big difference, but everybody at the end of the day will have lots of sunshine and warm temps. i just want to show this real quick, how brutally cold it is for almost the entire country, all the way down, frost and freeze warnings in the gulf coast tonight. it'll be 20s in the florida panhandle and new york city will be around 6 degrees tonight, coldest in about a year. 25 up in ta who, 30s for -- ta

hoe. look for sunny and near 60 and 70 degrees. sal. >>reporter: sounds good. the traffic is just moderate, steve. we're getting a little bit of slowing now as we get into the 6:00 hour. you can see it for yourself at the bay bridge toll plaza. the traffic continues to look very good. also we're looking here at 880 north and southbound, traffic also continuing to move along very nicely as you drive through. 85 and 280 in the south bay, we have a nice looking drive there. there are no major problems on northbound 101, the traffic is a little bit slow, though, on northbound 101 before 280. i just want to throw in that southbound 101 through petaluma if you're listening in the north bay, there was a little bit of oo crash or a little bit of a problem that's been moved over. all you need to know is a little bit more time is needed on the southbound 101 commute. investigators are looking into a deadly crash in pacifica. we told you about it earlier. ktvu's tara moriarty is on that section of skyline

boulevard known for being pretty dangerous. tara. >>reporter: yeah, that's right, especially when it gets foggy. fortunately it's not too foggy right now. but pacifica police have confirmed that at least one person is dead. we are standing here on highway 35 where skyline -- or skyline boulevard, if you live in the area, where it is blocked off in both directions from king drive all the way down to manor. we're right on the border of daly city and pacifica. police are not leght us get too close to the car. you'll notice it's a white car and locate around all the emergency vehicles. we don't know where the car crash was, initially hit by a vehicle or soliest spinout, hitting a wall or something. we saw the fire trucks leaving as we pulled in and we heard reports that the vehicle was on fire at one stage. if you live in this area and you need to head north, you can take westboro to 280 or callen boulevard or if you're headed southbound, just take king to 280 or king and wind through the sigh streets. we have reached out to pacifica police, but have not heard back yet. we'll let you know what they --

let you know what they have to say. we'll keep you posted. live from pacifica, i'm tara mor iz arty where it is very cold. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, tara. 6:03 is the time. we continue to monitor the developing news of a terror attack in france. the french government has raised the alert level to the highest after two armed gunmen stormed the offices of the satirical magazine charlie hebdo. now, paris police say 12 people were killed, including two police officers and the magazine's editor and cartoonist. the gunmen who escaped are describe as commandos. world leaders including president obama are condemning the attack. and coming up at 6 30, our own brian flores will show you the frightening moments captured on people's cell phones. bart police are investigating a shooting last night in the parking lot of the bayfair bart station in san leandro. police say a man in his 20s was shot on the west parking lot on hispeerian boulevard just after

10:00 last night. there were reports of up to three shots being fired. the victim was hit in the chest. he was rushed to the hospital, but we understand he's in stable condition at this point. police have not released any information on the suspect in this shooting. time is now 6:04. it's been almost five months since that devastating earthquake in napa, and hundreds of people are still fighting to get their belongings out of a badly damaged storage unit. ktvu's alex savidge joining us live now to explain how these tenants have been put in a really tough spot. good morning, alex. >>reporter: dave, good morning to you. a very difficult situation. people's personal items are trapped inside this napa storage facility because the place was red tagged following the 6.0 earthquake here back in august. no one has been allowed inside this building. and now a number of the people who rent units here, they're being asked to help foot the bill to recover their own belongings, and it will be an expensive process. according to a report in the napa valley register, the owners of napa self storage say it'll cost about $200,000 to

safely shore up the building and remove what's inside. each tenant is being asked to pay the equivalent of a year's rent, as much as $2,200 an the owners say if if not enough tenants decide to contribute, at least 70% of them, then the building here on walnut street will be demolished with all of the contents still inside. as you can imagine, a number of people who rent units here are frustrated and angry over this plan. many people call it extortion. one tenant, in fact, told the register "it's not our responsibility to make her building safe. we should not have to buy our own things out of there." now on top of that there's also this to keep in mind. there's no guarantee that people's possessions will even be salvageable once they're pulled out of this building. so now city leaders are stepping in to try and resolve this dispute. they do have the final say on demolition and some councilmembers are opposed to that idea. next week city leaders will be sitting down with both tenants and the owners of this storage facility to try and hash out a

plan here. >> very interesting. all right, alex, thanks a lot. time now 6:06. police busted a marijuana grow in an upscale neighborhood of san ramone. police made the discovery yesterday inside a home on henry lane. a hazmat team was called out because police were worried that butane canisters used to process the marijuana might explode. now, police arrested the 31- year-old man who lived there with his parents. they say he was operating a sophisticated drug lab in an in- law unit in the garage. that man is being held at the martinez jail without bail because of a probation violation. the golden gate bridge district says drivers will see several changes after a new moveable median barrier is installed this weekend. now, as we've been telling you, the installation means the golden gate bridge will be closed starting just before midnight friday night. yellow zipper trucks are already there. they will be used to move the concrete and steel barrier. drivers heading south from marin are going to notice a difference. they're going to see that the

lanes will now merge from right to left instead of left to right as they do now. now, of course, this long- awaited barrier is designed to prevent head-on collisions. we spoke with one driver who experienced just such a crash. brian garrettson was driving northbound from the airport to his home in salsilito in 2008 when a driver traveling south on the bridge crossed over the center line. we showed him the footage of the aftermath taken from news chopper 2 which he had never seen before. >> everyday i see distracted drivers on that bridge in that center lane and i cringe for what will ultimately happen again. so i'm a huge advocate of this barrier going up. >> it's been a long time in the making. the bridge is scheduled to reopen on monday morning at 4:00 a.m. unless work crews finish ahead of schedule. all right, pam, time 6:08. we have new video to show you this morning from indonesia. the search teams have spotted the tail section of air asia flight 8501. take a look at these photos released by the indonesiaian

government. you can see the wreckage at the bottom of the java sea. and this is really important in finding out why the plane crashed more than a week ago with 162 people on board because the plane's black boxes and flight recorders, they're in the tail section. search teams also recovered another body. now 40 bodies have been found so far from that plane crash. right now it's 6:09. we are learning new details about the man killed by san francisco police over the weekend. coming up at 6:30, the disturbing text messages he sent to a police officer in another state nearly a year ago. but, first, skydivers forced to evacuate their troubled plane. what happened moments after they jumped out of that plane. >>reporter: and as we look at bay area bridges, so far so good as you approach san mateo bridge looks good to the peninsula. we'll tell you a little bit more about the commute, especially trying to get across these bay area bridges. if you have any travel plans to chicago tomorrow morning, the wind chill will be

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firefighters got there. we're also seeing reports of several power lines down in the area. our ktvu crew is there. they tell us it appears the house is abandoned. we'll bring you more details as we get it in. in the meantime all 13 people who were on a skydiving plane in new zealand survived after the plane had engine failure right over a lake today. it happened over a lake topo south of auckland on new zealand's north island. the plane was filled with skydivers, a crew and a pilot and started to stall over the lake. since everyone on board had parachutes, they were able to jump out of the plane right into the water. seconds later the plane burst into flames. >> i saw the parachuters jumping out and then heard a big bang, like it flew up before it hit the water. >> all 13 people on board, including the pilot got out of that plane safely and there are

no major injuries. people across the midwest are grabbing their scarves, gloves and hats this morning because of dangerously cold winter temperatures. this morning the temperatures dropped into the single digits in chicago, a wind chill advisory has been issued for much of the northeast through tomorrow. and there's a warning that the dangerously cold air along with the strong winds could result in frostbite. it's too cold to 2 to school. the extremely cold weather has prompted officials to cancel classes in more than 125 chicago-area school districts. they say it is the best interest -- in the best interest of students because of health and safety concerns. our time is 6:14. a bay area woman is warning about privacy pols she's had -- problems she's had since she started asking questions about covered california and the health insurance exchange. 26-year-old danielle gasaw says the problem started when she started the signup process. she included her phone number with her online information, but she never gave permission for that number to be shared

with anyone. she later decided she wasn't interested in the health exchange but says she received dozens of calls from insurance companies all over the country. a company in ohio told her how it got her number. >> i asked them if they could take me off their list, and they said they can take me off of their list, but covered california had already sold my phone number to a bunch of different insurance companies. >> well, a spokesperson for the insurance exchange says it did share some information from thousands of consumers who never finished signing up. however, covered california is insisting it does not violate privacy laws. senate democratic leader harry reid is using twitter to speak out about the freak accident that kept him from being at the opening of the new congress. >> i didn't go bull riding, i wasn't riding a motorcycle, i was exercising in my new home, and the doctors have told me i better take it easy.

>> now, the senate minority leader who was also once a boxer joked that he didn't get the black eye in the ring. actually, an exercise band he was using during a workout broke, knocked him across the room last week and he broke several bones in his face and three ribs. >> wow! time is 6:15. this year's baseball hall of fame class, it is the biggest since 1955. four baseball greats will be inducted into cooperstown this summer. houston astros 2nd baseman craig bingo got in on his first try. this is the first year three pitchers have gone in. pedro martinez, john smoltz and randy johnson, all first ballot hall of famers. johnson finished his career as a san francisco giant in 2009. the induction ceremony is set for july 26th. boxing legend mohammed ali resting at home this morning. he's been released from the hospital. ali had a severe urine tract infection. according to a family

spokesman, ali, as you know, also suffering from parkinson's disease. he was hospitalized three weeks ago. the spokesman says ali, who, by the way, turns 73 years old this month, has fully recovered from that infection. 6:16 is the time. let's check back in with sal for a look at the commute. there are several problems around the bay area. >>reporter: yeah. i just found out here oakland fire department has been dispatched to apparently a big rig that's on fire, oak street at 880 which is just a few blocks from jack lunden square and could be a problem for downtown oakland drivers. so we're going to figure that out. and the fire department is on the way, chp is aware of it. let's go out and take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza westbound. you can see traffic is moving along okay. there are no major problems. the traffic does look good as you drive through. there is an accident eastbound 24 just before the cal decut tunnel. that one came in, paramedics to that one. 880 northbound and southbound

is looking good here, 880 southbound in oakland, the traffic is moving along relatively well. all of a sudden my radio started going crazy. we got a lot of crashes coming in right at the moment. northbound 101 traffic looks good as you come up to the 880 interchange and the south bay commute is generally okay. at 6:17, steve, it's getting busy in the traffic, it's a little chilly outside. >> sal, have any of those caught your attention that you heard, or just too fast? >>reporter: well, they just dispatched another fire crew out to this oak street thing, steve, so i'm going to go figure it out and i'll have it by the next report. >> thank you, sir. it is chilly cold for some, yet i was just looking in the santa cruz mountains, scotts valley 1,20067 degrees, 400 feet it's around 31 degrees. that's called an inversion, and, boy, i'll tell ya, that's warm air aloft and trapping everything below. there's also a due east wind right above the cal de cut at 30 miles an hour, but for some

most it's calm. sunny and warm today, lots of sunshine, continued nice. not as warm on thursday and then we'll get some clouds in here friday into the weekend. spare the air day today. if you get that breeze, then the air quality is okay. if it's kind of stagnant underneath that, it can be unhealthy for some. we do have clear skies and you can see why. i mean, when you see a bow or a bend in that, that's a sure sign that says high pressure says you're not moving in this direction, my friend. 30s, 40s and 50s. 50 now half moon bay, gettings a little bit of a breeze there. that brings that temperature up. 30s for palo alto, menlo park and woodside, yet la honda is 57 degrees. foster city 38. other locations are in the 40s. so 30s, 40s and 50s. due east at the napa airport, due east at fairfield, there's your offshore breeze, and, again, higher elevations. if you're in the city, outer richmond, inner richmond, kristy, i know you always report very good information there, but lee anne, if you're getting a breeze like this, let me know, because yesterday we had something similar. other locations it's not that bad, but for a few areas, some neighborhoods, it'll be down

right windy. it'll also be down right sunny for everybody. incredibly cold wind chill for chicago tomorrow morning, 31 below. the wind chill in new orleans will be 14 degrees tomorrow. hard freeze advisory, wind chills all the way down to the deep south and the gulf coast. new york city looking for a low of 6 tonight. and watch how this system just continues to march southward. that's the plunge of cold air, high pressure over us. something has to give and that's downstream, that's why all the action is in the middle of the country and just about for everyone but us. 36 in sacramento, 55 monterey and can i find a cloud? yeah, but it's way up here, so we look good. sunshine and warm temps. windy for some, not for all, but for some. near 70 for a few locations, more likely peninsula, south bay, also towards santa cruz mountains and some of the higher elevations, but low- to mid-60s elsewhere. concord 64 degrees, mid- to upper 60s around oakland and then 77 in santa cruz, how

about that? >> that's incredible. >> i know. >> and it's already 68. >> that's higher elevations, santa cruz mountains. i've seen 60s to 30s in the santa cruz mountains in the same town. >> that should be pretty darned chilly right now. >> what? >> that's above. if you're above it could be 68, if you're at 200 feet, it's about 31. >> in the shade. >> yes. >> all right, steve. 6:21 is the time right now. minnesota driver who went to prison for a crash that killed three people will be back in court today. this time koo funning lee is suing toyota. he was driving a toyota camry and told investigators the car suddenly accelerated and that caused the crash. now, he spent 2 1/2 years in prison. he was freed after a series of reports of toyota's mysteriously surging. more than 10 million vehicle wrs recalled for the problem, but that did not include the car that lee was driving. the nation's trade deficit shrank sharply. the trade gap was $39 billion mainly because of cheaper oil

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welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. 6:24. bill cosby still in the middle of a scandal returns to the stage tonight. this week the 77-year-old comedian has three shows in canada. the performances follow sexual assault allegations by more than 15 women and at least 10 subsequent performance cancellationations on his tour. now, his reception tonight is expected to be mixed with some planning protests, others vowing to show up as a sign of support. 6:25. there's a new report out that says drinking alcohol kills six americans everyday or more than 2,000 each year and according to this new report from the centers for disease control, binge drinking accounts for most of the alcohol-related deaths. and it may surprise you to know

that most of those cases don't involve college-aged adults. a group that often are linked to binge drinking. it's actually middle-aged men most at risk, meaning those between the ages of 35 and 64. >> you don't have tolerance when you're not drinking everyday. you're not realizing how much you can drink. >> you can drink quite a bit before you actually feel drunk so to speak, and by that point it's too late. >> now, the experts say a binge, well, that's defined as five drinks for a man, four for a woman within two hours. binge drinking can affect the heart rate and your body temperature as well as cause severe dehydration and even alcohol poisoning. the department of motor vehicles released new numbers about the number of applications for driver's licenses by undocumented immigrants. between friday and monday more than 46,000 people applied for licenses under the new state law. 54% who took the test in english passed on the first day. 36% passed the spanish test.

the dmv says a told of 970 driver's licenses have been issued so far. time now 6:26. a man walked into a baltimore police station with a loaded gun. coming up who says he ordered him to do it that has officers on high alert. and we continue to follow new developments in the terrorist attack on a french magazine. coming up what we learned about some of the victims killed and an update on the search for the gunmen. >>reporter: roads are getting more crowd. we have a couple of injury accidents there that we'll run down for you and also look at bridge crossings like this one approaching the richmond bridge, just moderate traffic. well, somebody just tweeted me an said 77 in santa cruz today, steven? yes, pamela, that will be the case. 77. >> crazy. >> yeah, i know.

good morning to you urks

welcome back. we're live right now in pacifica where police are at the scene of a deadly crash here on skyline boulevard. our cameras panning down the road. that crash is blocking part of that major road. ktvu's tara moriarty is there. some of that wreckage, it's dark, but it's right there. tara will tell you more about the investigation. she'll be here for you in just about two minutes. stay tuned. thank you for joining us here at ktvu channel 2 morning news. it's wednesday, january 7th. i'm dave clark. >> good morning, i'm pam cook. thank you for waking up with us. time now is 6:30. steve has a very nice picture of what i saw early this morning. >> is it a wonderful night for a moon dance? >> it is. >> one of my favorites. just absolutely the best. or you could bark at the moon if you want, either way. i'll stop right there. it is clear, amazing temps. [ coyotes howling ] >> oh, my gosh.

>> all >> that's enough. thank you. the full moon was monday, but still looks very bright here in the sky under clear skies. there are temperatures that go from the 30s to the 60s, just depends on your elevation. at the surface, 30s, 40s, 50s. it'll be sunny today, nice. breezy for some. up in oakland hills and the berkeley hills, down right windy for a few. but, again, it's isolated. when you get to the surface, it's calm for most locations, not for all. it'll be sunny for everybody today, mild to warm. 30s, 40s and 50s. 54 half moon bay, other areas in the 30s. higher elevations, though, are really warm, i mean, you get up about 1,200 feet to 1,800 feet, mid- to upper 60s at the surface, yet you can find lots of 30s. alamo, danville, san ramone, lots of 30s near pittsburg. easterly breeze in fairfield. there's a very strong breeze about 30 miles an hour due east and in a few locations in san francisco. that all equals a beautiful day. sunny and warm, windy for some, near 70.

parts of the coast, santa cruz, also santa clarita valley i think on the peninsula as well, 60s as well. it's nice, sunny, warm. all of a sudden things just got crazy, right, sal? >>reporter: yeah. we do have some problems out there, steve, and that's because there are more people on the road and that's usually core lated with more collisions. let's go out and take a look, first of all we have the bay bridge toll plaza and you will see that traffic is actually doing okay if you are just a regular commuter. you're used to seeing this kind of slow traffic. so nothing out of the ordinary here. it's about a 15-minute delay at the bay bridge toll plaza and there have been no major problems. i also want to mention that traffic is going to be okay on oakland's 880 freeway. southbound 880 near downtown oakland right near the oak street on ramp there was a big rig that was on fire. oakland fire department got there and there is a little bit of a backup on 880 south passing the scene. it's not major, but there is one. let's go to the maps. i also want to show you eastbound 24 right before the cal de cot, there's an injury crash there. fortunately the westbound

direction, most people are going westbound at this time, it's not affected by this crash. 6:32. let's go back to the desk. actually, we're going to toss it to tara on this crash in pacifica, a deadly crash. and tara is on highway 35. tara, that little section of skyline is pretty dangerous. >>reporter: it is. and, you know, we have learned a few more details about this crash. we know the investigators are waiting for the crash team investigators to arrive here on scene. we are on skyline boulevard or highway 35 where it is shut down in both directions from king all the way to manor. we're right on the border of daly city and pacifica and police say the driver inside a black mercedes was killed after hitting a sign and a light pole. we saw fire trucks leaving as we pulled in and we've heard reports that the vehicle was on fire at one stage. we don't know if speed or alcohol was a factor here. we do know that officers are challenged in determining the identity of the victim and that's because the car has paper plates and items inside that car have been burned. now, if you live in this area

and you need to head north, you can take westboro to 280 or callen boulevard or if you are headed southbound, just take king to 280 or callen and wind through the side streets there. it should be several hours before skyline is open again. the coroner has not even arrived yet. we are waiting for the captain to arrive back on scene here, to let us know some more information. and as soon as we learn that, we'll, of course, pass it along to you. we're live in pacifica, i'm tara moriarty, back to you. >> all right, tara. time 6:34. we are still following developing news from paris, france this morning, a deadly terrorist attack at a magazine. several people are dead. ktvu's brian flores in our newsroom now. and, brian, you have the latest developments. >>reporter: i do, dave. good morning. we are hearing that 12 people are dead, four people are critically injured and the manhunt is on as the gunmen responsible for the attack remain on the loose. now, french officials just moments ago confirmed that three masked men are responsible for the attack. they originally said two. but reportedly they had automatic weapons and we hear

possibly a rocket-propelled grenade launcher as they stormed the paris headquarters of a satirical magazine called charlie hebdo this morning. the country's alert level is now at its highest possible level. french president frangois hollande is currently in an emergency cabinet meeting this morning. there are obviously many unanswered questions like who the gunmen are and the exact number of those killed. but we understand this morning through the a.p. that the editor in chief of the magazine, a cartoonist and two police officers are among those killed. there is strong reaction throughout the world this morning about the attack. french news outlet says the white house has condemned the shooting in "the strongest possible terms" and the white house is also offering assistance to find those responsible. and british prime minister david cameron calls the murders in paris sickening and saying they stand with the french in fighting terror. hear now from the french president. >> we need to find the axis of this terrorist act.

they must be arrested and brought before judges and condemned as quickly as possible. france is shocked today, is shocked of an attack, terrorist attack. there's no doubt about that. >>reporter: now, the office of that satirical magazine was attacked and firebombed in 2011 after it published cartoons of the prophet mohammed. and earlier today it had tweet out a cartoon about the leader of isis. now, it remains unclear, again, who was behind the attack. so far no person or group is claiming responsibility, but according to eyewitness accounts, the gunmen knew where they were going. some say they were calling the names of people who work there. we'll be following this story throughout the morning. dave, back to you. >> all right, brian, thank you. time is now 6:36. we're finding out more about the man who was shot and killed by san francisco police officers sunday night. last night at a public hearing, police chief greg suhr says it appears 32-year-old matthew hoffman wanted the police to shoot him and had been planning

the deadly confrontation for months. on sunday night hoffman confronted two officers in the mission station parking lot and refused to leave. chief suhr says he showed the officers what looked to be a handgun, pulled it out and pointed it at them. the officers fired their weapons, hitting hoffman three times. at last night's meeting, chief suhr showed a photo of hoffman's weapon which turned out to be a pellet gun. >> they're second guessing themselves right now i'm sure. did they miss an opportunity? should they have seen something they didn't see, at the same time they navigated a life-and- death situation that after they find out it's not a real gun. >> a search of hoffman's cell phone revealed three suicide notes, including one to the officers who shot him, saying they did nothing wrong. on the same day of the shooting, hoffman approached officers on two separate occasions, asking about their weapons and their ammunition. back in february he sent text messages to an officer in connecticut, asking what police would do if a person pointed a

fake gun at them. police say hoffman recently moved to the bay area from connecticut. he was upset with how his life was going, including a new year's day breakup with his girlfriend. baltimore police officers are on high alert after a man walked into one of their stations with a loaded gun. police say yesterday morning 29- year-old jason armstrong came into the station smelling of marijuana. officers searched him and found a handgun with a bullet in the chamber and they found cocaine and marijuana. he told police that he'd been ordered by a gang to bring the gun into the station to test out its security. police say that gang has made threats against police officers in the past. the fbi is now joining the investigation. an east bay teacher is on paid leave this morning after being accused of lewd acts with a student. 49-year-old joe rey vilae is a social studies teacher at james logan high school in union city. he was arrested friday evening. earlier that day school district officials called police after learning of an

inappropriate physical relationship with a female student. school officials do not believe there are other victims, but they are asking anyone with information in the case to contact union city police. our time 6:38. happening today the first public meeting will be held in san jose about the sale of four bay area catholic hospitals. o'connor hospital in san jose, st. louise regional hospital in gilroy, seton medical center in daly city and seton coside in moss beach are the four hospitals being sold, along with two more in l.a. county. last october the daughters of charity health system approve the sale of the hospitals to prime healthcare. some of the workers worry the for-profit company won't continue the hospital's tradition of serving the poor. at 8:00 this morning some of the nurses from daughters of charity hospitals will rally. they'll be asking for time to find another buyer. but other nurses say prime is the only interested buyer in the hospitals which are

struggling to stay open. attorney general kamala harris has to approve the sale first. her decision is expected by next month. new san jose mayor sam liccardo is pretty excited about his new job. on which i'm about to enter. [ applause ] >> last night the 44-year-old san jose native concluded his swearing-in ceremony by high fiving the judge who administered the oath of office. you can see there was a packed crowd, 2,000 people attended the inauguration at the center for the performing arts. liccardo receive some of the loudest applause when he talked about the need to fill police staffing short ablgs. although the police union remains at odds with mayor liccardo over pension reforms, he does say rebuilding the police force is a top priority. time now 6:40. a woman was attacked while jogging on a trail in san mateo. coming up in 20 minutes the bizarre thing the attacker used to cover his head and face. >>reporter: a congested freeway in the south bay may

get toll lanes. we're live in los gatos. we'll tell you about the project and how it will affect drivers. >>reporter: we're looking at commutes that are getting busier now. a couple of incidents here and there and the san mateo bridge is getting crowded as you head over to san mateo and foster city. almost all the active weather is east of us, and i mean it's brutally cold. but for us it's cold to mild and it'll be sunny and warm for many today. we'll show you how warm. female announcer: get beautyrest, posturepedic even tempur-pedic mattress sets at low clearance prices. save even more on floor samples, demonstrators, and closeout inventory. the year end clearance sale is on now at sleep train. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪

it is now 6:43. welcome back. san francisco police searching for a woman they believe set fire to the house where "mrs. doubtfire" was film. the home at broadway and steiner is currently owned by a surgeon who specializes in transgender surgery. and on monday he says he had a physical confrontation with the woman, a former patient in her 40s. he later smelled gasoline and says his door mats and garage door were on fire. police are now guarding the home in case the suspect returns, but they say they do expect to make an arrest soon. time 6:44. you don't like being stuck in traffic jams, do you? well, there's a new proposal to reduce traffic jams on a popular south bay freeway. ktvu's janeen del la vega live in los gatos. how this will affect drivers. >>reporter: good morning, dave. if you live in san jose and commute up the peninsula to palo alto and beyond using

highway 85, you know how slow it can get, even with a carpool lane, and that's why a city councilman from san jose is urging the v.t.a. to add a lane and to charge a toll. the valley transit authority is considering numerous scenarios, one option would be using the existing carpool lane on highway 85 and turning it into a toll lane. another option is adding an extra lane and making that and the carpool lane into toll lanes. transportation officials say it would speed up the commute around san jose. the stretch of 85 that would be affected is between 87 and 280 which runs from south san jose up to mountainview. city councilman johnny khamis says three lanes in both directions on highway 85 is not enough. >> i would rather spend the money now and make sure that we do expand because if we don't, then we leave it up to future generations and it will actually -- the impact will

come and it'll be a devastating nightmare commute in the future unless we do some forward thinking. >>reporter: khamis says converting only one lane of 85 to a toll wouldn't çprovide much congestion relief. he's urging the v.t.a. to support a fourth lane in the project, considering that many tech companies are expanding on the peninsula and will be adding more jobs. one of them is apple. there will be dvan çinflux of workers once the new spaceship- like campus is built. as the morning goes on, we will be catching up with drivers asking them what they think about these proposed toll lanes. back to you in the studio. >> all right, janeen, thank you. talk to you later. 6:46 is the time. let's check in with tori who's in the newsroom with what's coming up on "mornings on 2". good morning. >>reporter: good morning, pam and dave. coming up on mornings on 2, we're learning how much former mayor jean quan spent on her losing campaign and it's especially interesting compared with the money spent by new

mayor liby schaff. also we'll tell you what quan's plans are for the future. taking flavor combinations to a new level. find out how a new seed can create the combined flavor of ketchup w$g÷and french fries in one plant. those are some of the stories we're working on for "mornings on 2". now back to you on the k-ymorning news. >> really, tori? >> that's aygya good tease. >> i'm in. time now 6:47. let's check in with sal and get you to where you need to go. don't think about french fries now, sal. >>reporter: dave, you know me too well. >> i know. >> right about now we start getting a little hungry. >> i need you to focus on the macarthur maze. >>reporter: i will focus on the macarthur maze. look at the macarthur maze from this live picture and it looks delicious. boy, i mean, it looks good because there's no slow traffic here. now, the traffic at the toll plaza, that's a different tv aza. no major problems getting into san francisco. let's move along and take a

look at highway 24. eastbound there was a little bit of a backup near the cal de cot because of a crash, but westbound it's just moderate from walnut creek to oakland. no major problems there. if you're looking at the peninsula, 101 and 280 still look pretty good. a little bit of crowding on the san mateo bridge, but the dunnbarton bridge does look good heading over to east palo alto. 6:48. let's 2 tot weather center. here's steve. >> sal, thank you, sir. we do have clear skies, just a huge difference in some of the lows this morning. i mean, if you're up in the hills or the santa cruz mountains, it's about 65 to 68 degrees. you get down around the surface and you can find lots of 30s. it'll be clear, sunny, it'll be mild, it'll be warm. sunshine and warm temps, continued nice on thursday, just not as nice. and then friday into the weekend clouds, cooler, but still okay, no sign of any rain. when will we get any rain? that's a good question. i don't see anything this week or next. there's something out, but too far out. spare the air day. if you get the breeze on parts

of the oakland berkeley hills, there's a pretty good breeze. i've seen 30 in pacifica, in a few locations in san francisco. if you have the breeze, air quality is probably pretty good. if it's calm and hazy, not so good. clear skies, it looks good. high pressure for us. all the energy, i mean, the cold is east of us. it just makes sense, there's too much energy east of us for anything to happen here. clear skies, breezy for some, sunshine for everybody. 30s, 40s and 50s. 50 san francisco. there has to be a breeze at that location. i know napa has an east wind at about 7, that's why they're 47 degrees. this is above los gatos. at 400 feet 31 degrees. 30s for gilroy, so just tremendous differences in some of the lows. la honda 57, yet 30s for woodside, foster city, menlo park and also palo alto. san mateo at 41. still an easterly component. again, not all locations in san francisco, but it looks like inner and outer richmond, again, some areas getting about

10, 15, 20 miles an hour and that's going to equal a nice, warm day. also as we talk about coming off the oakland, berkeley hill. downtown oakland looking for sunshine and 67 warm degrees today. could be a few high clouds kind of filtering in, but 1 below currently in chicago. the wind chill tonight will be 30 below there. in fact, a wind chill and frost advisories all the way down to the gulf coast. the wind chill in new orleans tomorrow 14. it'll be 21 in pensacola, florida and you can see why. look how this just marchs southward, all the way down to atlanta and up into the northeast. new york looking for 6 degrees on their low tonight. 20s for us, l.a. almost 60 degrees already. it'll be clear, top to bottom and a little haze there for a few, but cool to cold, lows to very warm lows, but after everything is said and done, temperatures warming up. we'll peak out today, this will be the warmest temp of the week. near 70 for a couple of locations. 60s, 70s, 67 santa rosa, 65 san rafael, but 61 brentwood to 67 there in downtown oakland.

and if you can get over to santa cruz 77 there, morgan hill, gilroy 70, redwood city, san carlos also at 70 degrees. nice tomorrow, but a few high clouds move in and then clouds, cooler by the weekend. >> okay, steve. >> sounds good. 6:50 is the time right now. a legal battle over the popular beach by dr. dray headphones is under way here in the bay area. the audio cable monster has filed suit in san mateo county court. monster is suing jimmy i ovine and rapper dr. dray. monster claims the two stole the audio engineering that it designed and built for beats headphones. beats was sold to apple last year for more than $3 billion. starbucks getting a lukewarm reaction to its latest food items by menu critics. it's a coffee called the flat white and it's debuted in most stores yesterday. it's coffee with two short shots of espresso combined with steamed whole milk, finished with a dot of latte. critics say the drink was actually invented in australia

during the 1980s. it isn't that different from a regular coffee with milk, basically. and you pay a lot more. >> it's more. time is 6:51. a frantic 911 call for help. it was cut off, though, before dispatchers were able to know where the location was. coming up in 20 minutes, we're now hearing from a woman praised for quick thinking and how she used facebook to lead to the rescue. from a basketball with a sensor to a lock on your door that opens with a finger touch, up next a look at some of the hottest gadgets about to hit the market.

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welcome back. it is now 6:54. governor brown says he's confident california's high speed rail system will be built. >> high speed rail links us from the past to the future, from the south to fresno and north. this is freuly a california -- truly a california project bringing us together today. [ applause ] >> the governor attend that ceremonial groundbreaking yesterday in fresno at the site of a planned bullet train station 30 years after the high speed rail system was first proposed linking san francisco with los angeles. construction is slowly getting under way. critics of the $68 billion project protested, though, at that groundbreaking. >> they voted for $45 billion for the entire system including sacramento and san diego. now it's $68 billion from san francisco to los angeles and

they're using commuter lines on both ends. it's not what the people vote for in the first place. >> now, the bullet train is projected to make the trip from los angeles to san francisco in less than three hours. in san francisco plans are in place for the train to use the new transbay transit center which is currently under construction. time now 6:55. about 3,500 companies displaying their latest gadgets at the consumer electronics show in las vegas. take a look at this basketball. it has a sensor right there, and an app to tell you when to dribble faster. there's a body patch, it monitors a baby's temperature and sends the information to an app. and there's new ultra high definition tvs, super thin and curved inward for a more movie- like experience. the show opened yesterday with about, oh, 35 football fields of exhibit space. >> one of the reasons it's a big show is because everything you see here, the products that you're looking at, the glimpses you're getting are really a glimpse of the future. a lot of the products are about to be introduced, so most of

what you see here you can't see anywhere else. >> oh, and security is another big issue. there's this deadbolt lock that lets you open your door with your fingertips or your phone. and a small cube that syncs to your smoke alarm and lets you know through an app if the alarms go off if you're not at home. season 14 of "american idol" kicks off tonight right here on ktvu channel 2. >> "american idol" producers released this video last month on youtube of some of the top contestants. jennifer lopez, keith urban and harry conic, jr. all return as judges. you can watch "american idol" at 8:00 right here on ktvu channel 2. right after "american idol," you can catch the series premier of the new fox drama "empire" and that is at 9:00. >> all right, pam. well, coming up on "mornings on 2", a busy morning. a deadly crash that happened on

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developing news of a deadly terrorist attack in france. what authorities are saying about hooded gunmen who stormed the offices of a newspaper in paris. >> reporter: we're live in pacifica where a deadly car crash has shut town a major thoroughfare during the morning commute. we'll let you know what investigators are telling us. and a fight over storage units in napa after the earthquake in august. why some tenants think they will never see their property again. "mornings on 2" starts right now. 7:00. we're live in pacifica at the scene of a deadly crash. coming up in two minutes, tara moriarty will tell us what happened and also how it's impacting