alex savidge is joining us live from the fire scene. alex. >> reporter: good morning, to you.irefighters do believe this fire was accidental and many neighbors say it's in all likelihood it started -- >> all right we obviously have a technical problem with alex's mic. we will get back to him. it appears to have been an accidental fire. in the meantime in san francisco's mission district, firefighters are still watching for hot spots from another big fire. this one started early yesterday afternoon. it was huge. the big flames gutted the building, housing the big house incorporated retail store. the building was packed with clothing, with luggage, toys, and gifts. and you can see how thick that smoke was as well as the flames. and it was toxic. at least four people were treated for smoke inhalation including two firefighters. firefighters say the building itself was a total loss. investigators are still trying to figure out the cause of the fire. >>> a man suspected of trying to kidnap a teenager was arrested after someone recognized his photo here. they took 30-year-old joshua

ktvu's alex savidge is at the scene with details. alex? >> reporter: sal, good morning to you.ts blocked off here in the financial district this morning as san francisco police investigate this shooting. we understand several officers opened fire this morning. this is the result. you can see this is the end of a chase and a crash. it ended right here at california and battery and a lieutenant here at the scene did tell us that one person has died here at the scene. it will be a lengthy investigation. again, several officers fired their weapons this morning. this all began early this morning with a chase. i want to show you some video that we got of the case. it first began in richmond, where there was a carjacking. this white cadillac escalade was carjacked initially in the city. that began a pursuit. the chp took over the pursuit. it was a high-speed pursuit that went across the bridge, it went into marin county and then eventually across the golden gate bridge into san francisco. chp officers handed that chase off to san francisco police and san francisco police then chased t

alex savidge is joining us live on corbett avenue.ery active scene. >> reporter: good morning, to you. san francisco firefighters have this fire under control. we are getting a better look at exactly where this fire started. it was just before 5:00 this morning. we're in the middle of this apartment building that was evacuated. everyone had to leave this place when this fire started this morning. you can see that is the unit where it first broke out. two people were inside there when this fire started. they were both able to make it out. we do understand from firefighters that no one was hurt. you can see quite a bit of damage was done to that particular unit where a fire started and to a number of surrounding units. they got up on the roof of this department building and they were able to get it under control. again the whole building was evacuated. you can see a lot of people are returning to this apartment building getting ready to return to their apartments after being forced out by this early morning fire. the battalion chief say

alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you, alex. >>> the highway patrol is investigating a deadly crash on interstate 680 and martinez. it shut down part of the freeway. it happened on northbound 680 near the pacheco boulevard exit. investigators say the driver of a sedan struck a van causing the van to overturn. the sedan hit the center divide and veered off the roadway. officers say the car hit a sign and a fence ecorrecting the driver -- ejecting the driver from the vehicle. he did not survive the crash. investigators say the man was not wearing a seat belt. the chp shut down three lanes for about an hour to clear the roadway. >> there's now a new push to convince the 49ers to bench defensive end ray mcdonald during the ongoing investigation into a domestic violence case involving his pregnant fiancee. janine de la vega is live to explain this online campaign. good afternoon, janine. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. we're here in front of levi stadium which will be full of fans on sunday when the 9ers play thei

alex savidge is joining us live now to tell us what we've been able to find out. good morning alex. >> reporter: dave, good morning to you. today will be the last day of class here at the bridge point academy. the school is closing because of financial problems and teachers say they first got wind of this late last week when they tried to cash their paychecks but couldn't. and then over the weekend teachers say they got a group text message from the director of the preschool and confirmed the school would be closing after today but the message doesn't explain why. according to one teacher we talked to, the property is up for sale right now. teachers think the school has been dealing with a lack of funds for quite some time but the director has not been forthcoming with the staff. so now teachers, parents, and kids are in a tough spot. >> it puts us out of a job. we got paid on friday and we were told our checks were not cashable. all the parents just paid their tuition for the month of september. so it puts us all in a rough situation. because where did all of that

alex savidge is live now with more on why some of the meters are being reset. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning, to you. the city right now is is working to fix the glitch with certain parking meters here in the downtown area. the issue is with inground sensors that have been embedded in the payment -- embedded in the pavement. that means the red light goes off showing no time left and that leads to the drivers being wrongly ticketed. the city says a large truck driving by or a car parked too close can accidentally trip those sensors. over the last few months about 100 drivers have been given tickets accordinged to contra costa times. those folks didn't deserve the tickets because of this glitch. one man told us after hearing about this problem, it will make him question that next parking ticket he gets. >> makes you think twice. >> reporter: while a fair number of people -- a fair number of people unfairly received tickets. right now the city is working with the manufacture to adjust the sensitivity on some of those sensors here in the downtown area

i want to take you back to alex savidge. walnut creek to explain why it may be hard to find an empty seat. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning to you. it's the combination of more passengers and fewer bart trains. people we were talking to say it's a frustrating situation. according to the san francisco chronicle bart saw a huge ridership if august. and at the same time more than 100 bart cars on coverage are out of service every day for things like maintenance and upgrades. they include improvements like new carpets, seats, and air conditioning systems. and that means in essence what was a ten car train yesterday could be a nine car train today. putting the squeeze on passengers. >> it is more crowded. yeah. it definitely is. and i ride it regularly. i come in from sacramento and going to san francisco. yeah. they need to take care of their problem. >> reporter: and there isn't whole lot of light at the end of the tunnel for passengers. bart officials expect ridership to go up even more in the next couple of months

alex savidge is live for us in palo alto where the doors will open in less than two hours. alex. >> reporter: mike, good morning to you the wait is almost over for those die hard apple fans. we are here outside the apple store on university avenue. you can see the black curtains are up. the apple employee is here guarding the front entrance. all of those iphone 6s they are inside. these are all the people waiting to get their hands on one of the devices. this is the line and it goes a long, long way. it goes all the way down to the end of the block and then stretches around the corner. and this line began to form on tuesday afternoon. hundreds of people are waiting here. it goes all the way to the other side of the block. people have their lawn chairs, they have mare blankets, they have their tents set up. everyone caption to get their hands on that new iphone 6 or iphone 6 plus. of course the device boasts a larger screen. people we have talked to out here say they haven't had any second thoughts about camping out for the new phone. >> because the iphone 6 plus just seems v

alex savidge is joining us live on broadway this morning to explain why some say this decades old ordnance is keeping customers away. good morning, alex. >> reporter: dave, good morning to you. some business owners here in this area says broadway needs more places to eat to turn it into a destination. but there is a bit of a problem. there is a city ordnance in place that doesn't allow for any new restaurants to come in here along this street. this ordnance has been in place for the past 30 years. essentially what the rules do is limit broadway to just 28 food vendors. originally that moratorium was designed to maintain a balance between restaurants and retail stores. at the time it was put in place three decades ago city leaders worry too many might turn it into -- but now a number of business owners say the moratorium is out dated. they want it lifted to satisfy a demand. >> this is a tough area believe it or not to do business in. you've got high represents, and then you've got competition from food trucks that are coming down here. >> reporter: there was also a similar restaurant and m

alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you, alex. >>> well, police need your help identifying two men suspected of a home invasion in fremont. investigators released these surveillance photos. they say the men kicked in a side garage door of the victim's home on the morning of august 12th. once inside the home, police say the men forced the victim to empty his safe at gunpoint. about an hour after the home invasion, a black ford fusion similar to this one dropped off one of the suspects at a bank in san jose. police say the suspects used the victim's debit card at five different south bay locations. >>> police are investigating a brutal assault on a woman that led to her death. homicide detectives are looking into several leads and questioning several people of interest. jang joins us live from -- janine de la vega joins us live from san jose to tell us where they are in the investigation and also community reaction. >> reporter: we're here on 15th street. this is where a woman's body was found. we were told by law en

alex savidge is live in walnut creek to tell us what bart police want you to know. alex. >> reporter: police are urging riders to be on the look without for anything suggestion push's and report it right away. although we want to point out there is no specific threat against the bart system. however, we were told this morning by a bart police officer there will be additional patrols at stations and in some key areas on the system. this move comes in response to a potential terror plot by islamic militants that was uncovered. iraq's prime minister said yesterday that captive isis militants told his intelligence agents about an alleged plot to attack subways both in the u.s. and paris. law enforcement agencies are investigating the threat. but thus far they have not uncovered any incredible plot. security has been stepped up there in response to this terror plot. one bart rider told me he is not doing anything different because of this threat. >> i'm not to worry. >> anything different? >> absolutely not. i think the police in this country is pretty good. so i'm not w

live in al low al toe alex savidge ktvu -- live out here in palo alto alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news>> samsung is starting to take record is for their newest smart phone. preorders begin today. it features a much larger screen at 5.7 inches which is slightly bigger than the iphone 6 plus. samsung is making the galaxy note edge side screen. >>> san jose police revealed they were called to ray mcdonald's home back in may. three months before his arrest for domestic violent. officers responded to a 911 call saying his fiance had grabbed his gun during a heated argument. >> no shots were fired but the police report states the woman held the gun at her side until the man told her he was calling police. >> mr. mcdonald felt strongly enough that he needed to call 911 as a result of his fiance possessing and holding a handgun. that in and of itself is very significant. he obviously called 911 for a reason. >> legal experts say this incident could also help show mcdonald was acting in self- defense when he was arrested on charges of attacking his pregnant fiance three months later. the 49er d

ktvu alex savidge is live with the big concern for firefighters this morning. alex. >> reporter: san francisco firefighters have been out here on scene throughout the night spraying water into this burned out building that is across the street from here in the mission district. you can see the charred debris. all the charred items pulled from this building. this huge fire is still smoldering way inside the building and it has flaired up a few times over the past few hours. it first started yesterday afternoon just around 1:00 at this store that is on mission street between 22nd and 23rd street. more than 100 firefighters were called in from across the city to help contain the fire and they were able to keep it confined to just the the one building. even with strong winds yesterday. the place that burned is called the big house incorporated retail store. and crews say it was packed with clothing, luggage, toys, and other items. when all of that if merchandise burned, it put off toxic smoke in the air. a short time ago battalion chief talked about what made this f

ktvu's alex savidge was there and joins us live. good afternoon, alex. >> reporter: tori, good afternoon to you. 16-year-old minh ly was just brut back home by detectives within the last hour. for his family, there's an incredible feeling of relief that the teenager is okay after this four-day search. this is the scene from a short time ago as he was reunited with his relatives. the alameda county sheriff's office said he was found at 10:00 this morning at the larkin street youth services facility in san francisco, a place that helps homeless and runaway children. investigators say the teen was in good health and it was a tip from the public that led them to the boy. now we talked a short time ago with his, minutes of a she heard the news and she was elated. >> i'm so happy he really was there. >> yay! >> yay! >> i'm gonna give him a big hug and turn this experience into something positive and something to laugh about when he gets old. >> reporter: ly first went missing on saturday after he left his home in the hayward hills followin

ktvu's alex savidge is live along the freeway to explain how this was caused by a truck carrying barrels of a concrete mixture. good afternoon, alex. >> reporter: good afternoon. those barrels weighing several hundred pounds each flew from the back of the work truck and went bouncing down the freeway with cars coming toward them. the chp sergeant told me this morning, he was simply amazed that no one was seriously hurt in this chain reaction crash. this happened about 8:30 this morning along 680 between bollinger and the chp says this construction truck was carrying nine of those barrels when the driver drifted first into another car and then slammed into the center divide. those barrels fell onto both the northbound and southbound sides of the freeway. some cars did hit them. at least eight cars were damaged but incredibly, there were just two people treated here at this scene for minor injuries. we talked to the man who was driving that work truck carrying those barrels of the concrete mixture and also another driver involved in this accident. it was a frightening situation for everyon

alex savidge spoke with the woman's family and has more on what they are saying about the victim and the driver that hit her. >> reporter: the violence collision happened along willow pass road just before 7:00 last night. police say a pickup jumped the curb here and plowed into a woman who was pushing a cart along the sidewalk. the victim has been identified as 50-year-old michelle braz. >> she loved all living beings. >> this morning her husband and mother visited the memorial that was set up at the crash site. this is where braz was left to die last night as the driver that hit her sped off. >> i just spray this person is caught and justice is served. for a perp that does something like this and runs doesn't deserve to be out in public. he's a danger to everyone. >> reporter: braz was married with one daughter. she wasn't working but was well known in the neighborhood because she walked the streets collecting cans and bottles to recycle. her mother is heartbroken. hoping police can track down the driver. >> i hope they catch him. i really hope they catch him and do exactly to him

alex savidge is live to tell us how bad the problems are. good afternoon, alex. >> reporter: tori, good afternoon. the principal said it wasn't a lot of fleas found at roos elementary but there were a handful of teachers and students who complained about being bitten. classes were canceled. the principal said that was because of unrelated flooding on campus. the fleas were first reported last wednesday. they were mostly found in a yard in the playground area. no one knows exactly where they came from. but over the weekend, crews came in and fumigated and part of that fumigation process was focused on portable classrooms that sit on the yard. the principal says when she came in this morning, there were still some live fleas found on campus and on top of that, there was another problem, a water leak in a bathroom caused flooding. the main office and several classrooms had standing water. so that prompted the principal to send all of the students home for the day just after 8:00 this morning. while the flooding prompted the cancellation of proce

alex savidge is live from near the gas facility where officials were worried about a possible explosion. good afternoon, alex. >> reporter: good afternoon to you. no one was hurt out here this morning. there was never any threat to people living or working nearby. however, the workers here at mathy son gas had to be evacuated because of a container carrying an explosion chemical was leaking. firefighters could be seen in protective suits as they worked. the leaking cylinder was carrying a chemical that was diluted. a sensor alarm went off around 7:00 at this business on central avenue. that alerted the employees to this leak. firefighters worked alongside the company's hazardous materials team to move the leaking container to a special unit where it was safely drained. it was a slow process that took several hours. >> there was never any danger to our employees on site or any one off site or the environment during this whole team but we want to keep it that way. >> we have ongoing training and requirements according to the standards but our hazmat team is well trained and well versed. >

alex savidge watching power outages. steve tracking the system. we will check in with all of them in a minute. i am tori campbell. >> i am dave clark. let's go right to steve paulsen. >> reporter: well, you know, i have to put on my traveling shoes. >> that, too. >> hello everyone. santa cruz mountains stead rain up there. after that it tails off. at least we are getting some rain. and i mean the real rain. legit rain. even san francisco has a .01. santa rosa .09. petaluma .04. gilroy .04. napa has had some rain. castro valley, san lorenzo, petaluma, san rafael. the radar is really light stuff. so it doesn't always pick it up. but fairfield back towards vallejo and napa, that seems to be an area where they are getting stead rain as well. my goodness, it's warm out. why is that? the lows never got below 70 for many. a south wind and this cloud cover in advance of this system. 71 at hayward. sfo below 70. livermore 70 degrees. a lot of upper 60s. some of the rain on the north coast was okay. for us we'll see some stead rain in areas that we are used

ktvu's alex savidge is live at the walnut creek b.a.r.t. him too many times they've been forced to stand because they just find an empty seat. good morning, alex. >> good morning. passengers don't have a lot of elbow room. a lot more people are using b.a.r.t. and there are a lot of trains out of service on a regular basis. according to the san francisco chronicle, b.a.r.t. did see a jump in ridership during august. 27,000 more passengers compared to the same month a year earlier. and at the same time, on average, there are about 100 b.a.r.t. cars or more out of service every day for maintenance and upgrades and that includes improvements to help out riders, new carpets, seats and air conditioning systems. that means what was a ten-car train one day would be a nine car or eight-car train the next day. one man said it's been difficult to find a seat. >> as an older rider, you know, it kind of -- 40-minute ride from walnut creek to san francisco, it impacts my health. if i have to stand for 40 minutes on a moving train, it hurts me. >> it's bee

ktvu's alex savidge was one of the first reporters on the scene and joins us live to explain what led up to the deadly shooting. alex? >> reporter: tori, good afternoon. police say the man at the center of this chase was clearly a danger to the public after he crashed this stolen suv beyond us here. he came down a one-way street the wrong direction. after that crash, he then opened fire on innocent bystanders who came over to check on him. thankfully, none of them were hit by gunfire this morning. that's when police officers moved in eventually shooting and killing the driver of this suv. this dangerous pursuit came to a dramatic end in the heart of san francisco's financial district just before 6:00 this morning. officers with guns drawn surrounded the white cadillac escalade that was flipped on its side following a crash at california and battery. inside an armed man who police say wouldn't give himself up. >> cops yelling to put the gun down. >> mary grace was on her way to work at a nearby bakery when she heard officers open fire on the man inside the suv. >> you just hear like th

alex savidge is live at the pittsburg police headquarters.nformation. >> reporter: detectives have been working on this case around the clock. they say last night they arrested a man at his home in baypoint. they do believe that he was the driver, behind the wheel involved in this deadly hit-and- run crash over labor day weekend. this arrest came a few hours after police released this surveillance video from nearby that crash scene that shows the crash itself on sunday night. police captain did tell me that video was quite help for investigators. the police say he was we hind the wheel of a chevy pickup truck that veered off willow pass road. taking out a light pole before hitsing the victim -- hitting the victim. michelle braz was found dead at the scene. this wife and mother lives nearby in baypoint. her husband told me it's good to know police have made an arrest. it does provide some relief. >> i'm glad and happy that a person like this is off the streets and so they don't hurt anybody else. and i'm little proud of the diligent work that

alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a new controversy is renewing calls for the head of california's public utilities commission to be fired. michael peavy has held the job for the past 12 years. but critics say he's become far too powerful. they also say he's become too cozy with pg&e executives in the wake of the san bruno pipeline disaster. those critics include jerry hill of san mateo who is worried about peavy's control over the agency that regulates pg&e. >> that control is what has created the culture at the puc. so until he leaves, until he's gone as president, we won't see the change. >> private e-mails that became public earlier this week, show pg&e went judge shopping in a critical rate-setting case directly tied to the san bruno pipeline disaster. three top pg&e executives were fired and a top aide to peavy resigned. >>> happening today, the house of representatives is set it vote on a resolution to allow the u.s. to give assistance to moderate syrian rebels to fight isis. if approved by the house and the senate, the rebel would receive $500 million in equipment and train

we're live this afternoon in downtown oakland, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> police and the bomb squad are investigating a suspicious device found this morning at the fremont dmv. that dnv is located on central avenue. fremont police say the device is electrical in nature. they have evacuated the dmv building and advised those in the area to sheltner place. residents trying to get home are advised to go to a command post set up at the cabrio shopping center on shoernton avenue for more information -- thornton avenue for more information. [bell tolling] >> the pain and memories linger from september 11th, 2001 for many. ceremonies are taking place today here in the bay area and all around the country to remember those who were killed. in san francisco, the mayor, fire chief, firefighters, and recruits attended a ceremony and lowered the flag at laugh staff at fire station 7 -- at half staff at fire station 7. the names of the firefighters who died were read aloud. janine de la vega shows us more. >> as part of the september 11th patriot day remembrance -- >> reporter: these f

alex savidge is live with the financial troubles that led to the sudden closure. good afternoon, alex. >> reporter: tori, afternoon to you. the director of the bridgepoint academy said there's not enough money to keep the doors open here. she blames financial mismanagement by the owner. now teachers here will have to find another place to work and parents will have to find another school to send their kids to. >> there was a feeling of disbelief as parents dropped off their kids at bridge point for their last day at this novato preschool. >> i'm really sad. you know, i feel bad for the teachers and i feel bad for the kids. >> reporter: this school serves almost 50 low-income families and some just found out this morning about the closure. >> it would have been nice if we would have known a week ahead. we found out not even 24 hours ago and started going online to see what other places have open spots. >> reporter: staff members tell me bridgepoint has dealt with financial issues for years but when teachers couldn't cash their paychecks last week, they realized some

alex savidge snapped this photo you are looking at. minutes after iphone 6's were stolen from the berkeley apple store yesterday. berkeley police rushed over there shortly before 5:00 p.m.. so far there is no word of any arrests. this is the same apple store that was hit back in may. you are looking at video here. a car smashed right through the front windows. now in that case, police say burglars stole about $40,000 worth of aye tones, ipads and laptops. a viewer also sent us a tip that someone told iphones from a store in san francisco yesterday. >>> apple and google are getting praise for making new smart phones better than ever at protecting private data. the fbi's boss says that is a big problem for criminal investigators. james comby accuses google and apple making equipment for law enforcement. the fbi director says such measures like criminals place themselves above the law. >>> apple has released a fix to its new ios8 operating system. apple yanked its software update after getting complaints about customers not being able to

alex savidge is there. good morning to you. >> reporter: the issue here is with these inground sensors embedded in the pavement. they are designed to wirelessly tell the parking meter when a car has left a spot. apparently some of the sensors are a bit too sensitive. the meters have been reset with a paid car sitting in the spot. the red light then goes off that shows no time left and that leads to some drivers being wrongly ticketed. the city says it can be a large truck driving by or even a car that is parked too close and that can accidentally trip those sensors. over 100 drivers have been given tickets they didn't deserve because of this glitch. although you should keep in mind that is only 1% of all the metered transactions in walnut creek. still frustrating for those folks. one man told us this morning he is skeptical of this technical glitch. >> it sounds like a scam. you know. i think it's another way of bringing in more revenue in an area that is already having problems with no parking up here and

ktvu alex savidge is in palo alto this morning with some of the very devoted customers and campers. >> reporter: pam, good morning to you. the wait is almost over for people trying to get their hands on the hot, new iphone 6. let me show you the group here. this is the first group in line. they got here tuesday, 1:00 in the afternoon if you can believe that. and they have been here camped out ever since. and then as we show you down the sidewalk here. you can see the long line of people. i mean a really long line of people. they are camped here outside the apple store in palo alto and university avenue. this line stretches all the way down the block. it goes all the way around the corner. easily a few hundred people waiting out here. everyone anxious to get their hands on the new iphone 6 or the new aye fen 6 plus. a lot of people came out here on tuesday but more people came out here wednesday and thursday to start waiting in this line. apple unvailed the new iphone at a highly publicized event a week ago. and the cupertino based company is shattering sales records. they received mor

it happened at about 7:00 last night at the intersection of willow pass and that is where alex savidgen all morning long. alex? >> reporter: good morning to you. the victim in this case was a 50-year-old woman and neighbors say she did live here in this area close to where the crash happened last night. it happened about 7:00 last night. this was a hit-and-run accident. police officers responded to the intersection of willow pass road and mountain view avenue. and they found the victim already dead on the sidewalk. police say a pickup truck was going west on willow pass road when it jumped the curb and slammed into this woman as she was pushing the shopping cart along the sidewalk. investigators say the driver also took out a street light and dragged that pole for two blocks after the crash, before then driving off. this morning police are on the lookout for a late model silver chevy pickup truck with a side step on it. the truck will likely have damage to it as well. we understand the woman who died was fairly well-known in this area, already we've seen that neighbors have set up a sm

alex savidge joining us live now to tell us about the accusations and also how the school is respondingter: dave good morning to you. a couple of minutes ago, maybe a minute or so again, the principal here at livermore valley charter prep high school said he has no comment about these hazing charges against two of his students. he wouldn't say anything further. the two 17-year-old football players are accused of holding down a freshman teammate and shaving part of his head. it happened in the locker room and police tell us the whole thing was captured on video. investigators say the hazing happened last wednesday night. the two football players were arrested on friday night. that was the night of the team's first home game, a game they forfeited. both boys were cited and released. they are not being identified because they are under age. they are facing charges of misdemeanor maizing and imprison -- hazing and false imprisonment along with a battery chaurk as -- charge as well. players and parents do not want to comment on the case but students at another nearby high school have told us

alex savidge is on midland way with more on. >> reporter: good morning. danville police just confirmed to me that it was a suspected drunk driver who hit this house early this morning and triggered this gas leak. the gas was flowing for about three hours this morning and there was a huge concern about a fire out here. pg&e still doing some repair work. they had to dig a hole here in the front yard of this home to be able to access the valve and shut off the gas whi they did earlier -- which they did earlier. this was all caused by a driver who plowed into this home on midland way before 1:00 and took out the main gas meter. the driver was not hurt but this 1-inch line was spewing gas and six nearby homes had to be evacuated as a precaution. that was about 15 people forced to leave the area. the people who live in this house where the crash happened say the car took out part of their fence before hitting the gas meeter. >> all i could here was the gas spewing and all i could think of was evacuating. at that point, i tried to open up the car door to see who

in a couple minutes alex savidge is there right thousand.ll tell you more about a 30-year-old band that is standing in their way. it's the middle of the week. it's wednesday, september 24th i'm dave clark. >> good morning, i'm pam cook. it's coming up on 5:30. steve, hopefully the computer is moving. >> pahl, your outfit and my tie match. >> that is good because dave and i kind of clash. >> we do have a lot of low clouds in place. mid 60s. the rain is there. over night into tomorrow heavy rain. this is a very slow moving but dynamic system. there will be a little low breaking off. you can see it forming right there that will swing into us. but not for a day and a half. that will bring in the cooler air out ahead of it. sfo 67. we get the drizzle, we get the low clouds. the high mid level clouds won't get into the north bay. cloudy and drizzle. very muggy. kind of a tropical feel. 80s for some and 70s for many. here is sal. >>> right now we still have that crash at the mccarthur maze eastbound 80. somewhat tough to see. you can see a little b

alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 7:06. tonight in berkeley the public gets a chance to speak out on whether berkeley police should carry tasers. the newly formed coalition will get imput from people who live and work in berkeley. it is schedule at the east bay media center on addison street. the city is considering having police officers add tasers to the equipment they carry. some police officers say it would save lives and money. >>> now for our continuing coverage of the earthquake in napa. a 3.0 aftershock rattled the napa area at 4:00 this morning. we are learning that last week 6.0 quake caused more water problems than just snapping waterlines across the area. the quake also severely damaged a city water tank that serves about 1800 customers in the browns valley area. customers have been dealing with major water pressure problems as a result. >>> now, the bay area's top earthquake experts will meet this morning in menlo park to discuss the quake in napa. they will discuss what they have learned so far from the bigges

ktvu's alex savidge is there.two minutes, alex will tell us what he's heard from people who like this idea and those who may be a little skeptical. stay tuned for that. monday morning, september 22nd, i'm dave clark. let's talk about weather and traffic. and steve is right over there. >>> i am indeed. >> right there. i see you. >> thank you. >> low clouds in place. some sun already, though. erica said, steve a lot of sun in san francisco. marin county. but other locations. the low cloud deck and some people love it. the low clouds will burn off sooner and temperatures will be on the rebound. sfo, is 67 degrees. hayward is in there. a lot of 60s here. but it looks like we'll get more of a westerly breeze and temperatures today, 60s for maybe a couple of but a lot of -- maybe a couple but a lot of 70s. mild conditions. breezy out of the west. the ocean temperatures continue to be very mild. 70s and a lot of low 80s. we're beginning to see some improvement. it does look better. not much. still about 25-minute delay.

ktvu's alex savidge is live in novato. ex, you just spoke with the school's director. >> reporter: i did. the director of this preschool says there's just no money to keep the doors open after today. the bridgepoint academy will be closed. it has come as a shock to parents and teachers. teachers will have a find another place to work and parents are scrambling to find another school to send their kids to. >> i'm really sad. you know, i feel bad for the teachers. i feel bad for the kids. this is a big family here and it's just -- it's just a little bit disappointing. >> reporter: this preschool here in novato serves almost 50 low-income families. staff members say bridgepoint has been dealing with financial issues for years and they knew the place was up for sale. but when teachers couldn't cash their paychecks at the end of lack week, that's when they realized that something was really wrong. over the weekend, the staff got a group message letting them know that the place would close at the end of the day on monday. many te

ktvu's alex savidge is live to explain the problem and what the city is doing to fix it. boy, this can be so frustrating, alex. >> reporter: very frustrating. you can imagine. the city right now is working to fix the glitch with certain parking meters in the downtown area and the issue here is with these in-ground sensors embedded in the pavement. they tell the parking meter when a car leaves the spot. but apparently some are too expensive and in some -- sense sensitive and show a car still parked. so the red light goes on, that shows no time left and that leads to drivers being wrongly ticketed. police say a car even parked too close by can accidentally trip the sensor. according to the contra costa times, a hundred drivers have been given tickets they didn't deserve this morning. one man told us he's skeptical of this technical glitch. >> sounds like a little bit of a scam, you know. i think it's another way of bringing in more revenue in an area that's already having problems with no parking up here, and people coming in to shop. it doesn't make it easy. >> reporter: ke

alex savidge is joining us live. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning, to you.udden closure was brought to our attention by teachers here at the bridge point academy in novato. many say they had a feeling something was wrong after they couldn't cash their paychecks late last week. >> i guess she is just as out of a job as the rest of us are. >> so now it seems after today parents will be scrambling to try to make other arrangements. this will be the last day of school at the bridge point academy. at least that is what we are being told by teachers. it seems as though the director will tell parents. many of them as they drop their kids off later today. by the way we should point out we did reach out to the director of this school for a comment. we are still waiting to hear back from here. live in novato alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time is 5:34. apartment building fire in alameda is blamed for the death of a dog and injuring a firefighter. it happened on regent street about 5:30 yesterday afternoon. fire officials say four families evacuated safely but -

ktvu's alex savidge is live at the campus.o minutes, he will join us more on how this leak was discovered and what it means for students besides the kay -- the day off today. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. >>> we're talking about your weather. steve is right over there. >> did you step outside? >> i did. >> and? >> not bad. >> a lot of low clouds around. there's sunbreaks in there. very warm ocean temperatures. that's been some good rain. ronald thompson in crescent city since midnight over 2 inches. now we're talking. we'll take that. that's good. in eureka we're getting rain. shelter cove has had .5. the cooler air is still about a day away. our rain won't show up tonight, even tomorrow morning. secondary system forming at the base of the main system. that will sweep from probably friday or saublth. that will give us a cooldown. tonight will be rain. 60s on the temperatures. 6 a, 66, 67 -- 6 5, 66, 67. yes it's warm out. once the system gets here tonight, we'll have a mix of sun and clouds. pockets of drizzle. it's mu

ktvu's alex savidge is live to tell us why this house was targeted. good morning, alex. >> reporter: tori, good morning to you. police say two thieves came here to this home this morning to steal pot and that's because we understand there is a legal medical marijuana grow inside this home across the street from us. but this early-morning break-in ended with the homeowner being shot. he heard those two thieves inside his house and then police say he chased them outside. that's when they opened fire on him. the homeowner was shot once in the leg but he is going to be okay. this all happened about 1:30 this morning on windsor court. this is in the rincon valley neighborhood of santa rosa. following that shooting, those two thieves ran off and that prompted a major police search involving a helicopter and k-9 searches as well. one of the men was found hiding in the bushes and taken into custody. officers couldn't find the other young man involved here. police say the homeowner in this case really didn't want these thieves to get away. he even tried to deta

ktvu alex savidge you have been out there since 4:30. what are investigators and neighbors saying?rter: dave, good morning to you. investigators say this fire appears to have been accidental and a number of neighbors are blaming a burning candle for sparking this fire. that is the story they were told by the people that live in the apartment. it broke out just before 5:00 this morning at this building that is on the 600 block of corbett avenue here in the twin peaks neighborhood. the fire alarms began to go off in the building and dozens of neighbors evacuated. the good news in all of this, no one was hurt and one woman we talked to said she spoke to the people that live in that apartment where the fire first started and they blamed a candle that they left burning. >> they told me they were very sorry. the whole place is on fire. it looked like the movies. >> reporter: now the reports of the candle that was to blame for this fire, those are being in facted i should say by the san francisco fire department. they have not yet confirmed that is the case. they do say there is nothing a

alex savidge is live at the walnut creek bart station this morning telling us about some of the complaints passengers are making. good morning, alex. >> reporter: dave, good morning to you. passengers don't have a whole lot of elbow room. a lot more people are using bart and there are a lot more trains out of service on a regular basis. according to the san francisco chronicle, bart saw a huge jump in ridership in august. 27,000 more passengers compared to the same month a year earlier. at the same time more than 100 bart cars are out of service for things like maintenance and upgrades. those improvements to the cars include new carpets, seats, and air conditioning systems. what that means is that what was a ten car train yesterday could be a nine car train today as they pull one of the cars out of service. one man told me it's getting more and more difficult to find a seat. >> bart officials do expect ridership will go up over the next couple of months. as for the shortage of cars they won't boost their seats until they get new trains that is expected to begin arriving in 2017. so until t

live in brentwood alex savidge ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time 16:44. it's now been more than a week since the university of virginia student hannah graham disappeared. yesterday anen arrest want was issued for jesse matthew who police believe was the last person to see graham. the warrant is for an unrelated charge of reckless driving. while police believe matthew might have information, they don't have enough evidence to connect him to graham's disappearance. over the weekend volunteers kept searching for graham as her parents pleaded for anyone with information to come forward. >> we need to find out what happened to hannah. to make sure it doesn't happen to anybody else. >> graham was last seen saturday, september 13th leaving an off campus party. >>> 6:45 is the time. time to check in with tori campbell for a look at what is coming up on mornings on 2. >> another sign the economy is bouncing back. six years ago there were 3,000 condos on the market in san francisco, today 350. what is happening this month to help change that. >>> can we talk from t

alex savidge joining us live now with more on how an attempted traffic stop by police turned into somethingot worse. good morning, alex. >> reporter: dave good morning. san pablo police figured out the car involved in this chase and crash was stolen. there was an officer in pursuit last night when the driver of that stolen car lost control here along san pablo avenue near church lane and the car hit the center median rolling over at least one time. one person inside was thrown out. the accident happened around 8:00 last night. there were a total of three victims taken to the hospital. two of them are teenaged girls. one is a young woman. one of the people involved in the crash was in critical condition. at last check, the other two were treated and then later released from the hospital. this was the end of a brief pursuit by san pablo police. it started about a half-mile up the road when an officer tried to pull this car over for a vehicle code violation. but the driver wouldn't stop and took off. because this crash happened during a police pursuit, a multiagency major accident investigatio

ktvu's alex savidge is live this morning with more on the confrontation that was captured on camera. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning to you. that video will be key in this investigation. it offers the partial view of a scuffle between a richmond police officer and the man who wound up being shot to death. this all happened outside of a liquor store. uncle sam's liquor on cutting boulevard. this was early sunday morning. the man killed was 24-year-old richard perez. police say that he attacked the officer. police say he was drunk, belligerent and uncooperative and got into a scuffle with the officer who was trying to get him to leave the store. that's when police say perez tried to grab the officer's gun during the fight and he was shot three times. before the shooting, the store clerk had been asking perez to leave because he says that the man was trying to steal liquor. so the clerk asked for help from the officer who happened to be outside. >> i tell him, can you please tell him -- i don't know. >> reporter: that clerk who witnessed much of what happened claims perez n

ktvu's alex savidge joins us live from pittsburg with more on the suspicious item that brought in them squad and the man police are now searching for. good morning. alex. >> reporter: good morning to you. the item that had police so worried overnight turned out to be several road flares wrapped together with rifle shells on the outside. this suspicious item was detonated by the bomb squad late last night here on the lawn at pittsburg high school. the bomb squad blew it up out here after it was found inside a nearby apartment. and this morning, police say they are searching for the former tenant who lives in the unit recently evacuated from that place. the landlord told ktvu his cleanup crews discovered the object around 9:30 last night. this building is on the 1500 block of summer street very close to pittsburg high school. people living nearby were ordered to stay inside their homes as the walnut creek bomb squad came in and they used a robot to get a closer look at what was believed to be an explosive device and the bomb squad decided not to take any chances. [sound of explosion] >>

alex savidge is out there right now. you can still see signs of the crash.are you seeing now, alex? >> reporter: dave, good morning. what we're learning from the chp. this was a sports car that was speeding late last night. it lost control and then flew off 580 which is just beyond us here. it went down this hillside, slammed into a tree here at the bottom of the hill and then that car burst into flames. this crash sparked a small grass fire. you can probably see the burn area out here this morning. that fire was quickly put out by firefighters, though. this happened around 11:00 last night along eastbound 580 west of the san ramon exist. witnesses saw that car -- exit. witnesses saw that car going fast down the freeway just before the driver lost control. the sedan clipped an suv before it veered off the roadway. two people were found dead inside that car. there were chp officers who responded here to reports of the brush fire within a matter of minutes but there was no chance to rescue the people inside that burning car. >> there was a chp unit in the area

. >> i know it's alex savidge. >> good morning to you. >> that's good. i'm glad you are here. i will give you the gift of no traffic right now. >> i really appreciate that. >> i knew you would. right now it looks good alex and pam. right now on 880 north and southbound. it's doing very well. there are no more road work delays. as a matter of fact, we are doing very nicely. we will be watching highway 37 was closed. we will be watching more on that. the traffic does look pretty good around the bay. there are no major problems as you drive through. let's talk about the commute now. traffic is looking good at the bay bridge toll plaza. westbound 580 as you come up to the livermore valley. that traffic continues to move along very nicely. now let's go to steve. >>> all right, sal, thank you. this is it. i just tweeted out summer is out. that was a strong surge on a low clouds. afternoon had some sun. low clouds are back but not as much as we had the day before. we have to wait. northern california is expecting some pretty good rain here by the time we get to midweek. there goes th

ktvu's alex savidge live in the newsroom to tell us what she said. morning, alex. >> good morning. she defends her husband and she blasts the media for airing that new surveillance video that shows her being knocked out by the nfl star. ray rice's wife janay posted a statement to her instagram that says in part to make us relive a moment in our lives we regret every day is a horrible thing. this is the footage from inside an elevator at an atlantic city casino that prompted the nfl to suspend rice indefinitely and the ravens to cut him from the team. critics call the league's investigation in this case incomplete. nfl commissioner roger goodell says he never saw this video before yesterday and he asked law enforcement for any and all evidence but this morning, tmz is reporting that nfl officials never asked the casino for the elevator surveillance foot -- footage. the website says casino representatives would have turned it over. it shows rice pushing his then- fiancee in the face, knocking her on her feet and onto a railing. originally rice was susp

alex savidge is live with how the crash affected the morning commute. >> reporter: good morning.a couple of minutes ago, all of the lanes of 680 northbound here south of pacheco just reopened. you can see traffic moving through this area. but the chp is continuing to investigate this deadly crash that happened about 7:00 this morning. it involved the van you just saw there alongside -- [audio difficulties] a man riding inside that car was thrown from the car. he was not wearing his seat belt and he died here at the scene. i want to bring in chp officer daniel hill to give us more information about this accident. >> we received calls about an erratic driver. we got reports of witnesses that the vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed making erratic lane changes. he eventually made an erratic lane change to the left and struck the van. that van overturned. the sedan driving erratically slammed in the center divide and veered off the lanes -- struck a roadway sign and fence, overturned and was ultimately ejected. >> reporter: this gentleman was not wearing a seat belt. what's

. >>> right now we have a look at -- actually, we're gonna go right to ktvu's alex savidge who is dealingchange, the folsom street exit is closed for the next few months. alex? >> reporter: sal, good morning to you. no problems. but we do expect that this offramp could get more crowded as we go throughout the morning. it's the first exit on your right-hand side. as you come down the offramp normally you can go to the left to go to fremont street or you can go to the right to get folsom street but because of this construction project, you can see that the folsom street lanes are closed and they will remain closed for the next six months. this project got underway last night and the work here is being done to realign this entire offramp to make it safer for the growing number of people who walk here. this is what the new offramp will look like once it is done. the fremont street lanes will run parallel to the folsom street lanes. with this closure in effect, commuters are coming in bracing for some long backups. >> it's gonna make my commute longer. i come in from the east bay. we're all fu