we're live in oakland, debora villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the highway patrol says it has seen an increase in drunk driving arrests on the first night of labor day weekend. officers conducted a checkpoint in san mateo county and the chp says it arrested 468 drivers on suspicion of dui statewide last night, compared to 436 at this time last year. 826 those arrests were right here in the bay area up from 77 the year before. three people were killed in accidents across california the. the chp says two of the victims were not wearing seat belts. >>> people along the east coast will be dealing with the aftermath of hurricane irene for weeks and months to come. in patterson, new jersey the passaic river is finally receding. ivan brought the city its worst flooding in a century. president obama is scheduled to visit the city tomorrow. meantime resident as long the gulf coast are bracing for their own storm, tropical storm lee is already causing problems on the gulf coast from texas to florida. craig boswell. >> reporter: good evening, to you, ken. we have had bands of rain come throug

live in richmond, debora villalon, ktvu, channel 2news. >>> the last hour, oakland school official released the list of five elementary schools they are now considering closing. that's actually down from a preliminary list of eight. the schools on the chopping block are lakeview, lazear, marshall, maxwell and santa fe. the school board will review this list on tuesday but a final decision on the school closures isn't expected until june 26. the closures will go into effect next school year. >>> the two uc-berkeley graduates released from an iranian prison will be rushing to the -- returning to the u.s. tomorrow. josh fattal and shane bauer are scheduled to return tomorrow afternoon. the details of their arrival have not been released but the two men did talk about reuniting with their loved ones. >> just hours after we left prison, we were able to [ indiscernible ] we stayed up all night with our loved ones... and we watched the most beautiful sunset we have ever seen. >> before boarding their flights this evening in oman, the men said they were, quote, eager to go home. the pair was freed