ktvu amber lee is on the scene. we are at 1101 embarcadero where schnitzer steel is located. firefighters are on the scene. we can see them spraying water on the debris pile. you can see a crane on the edge of your screen. from news chopper 2, we can see the massive evident to put this fire out with plenty of water. i just got off the phone with the fire battalion chief and he is telling us that what is burning is scrap metal there is no shelter in place at this point, no other advisory. we see plenty of cranes working to separate the scrap metal to get to the fire. to give you another perspective, another fire burned here two and a half years ago. this ace shredding facility for vehicle, appliances and other items. and that fire, two and a half years ago, the cause was spontaneous combustion. we don't know at this point ways causing this. incident commanders are telling us he is too busy to give us a lot of details. that is what we know. we can see a lot of cars parked out here. we do not see a lot of people out here. we will, can, bring that to you when we have more. report

ktvu's amber lee has more where the candidates went out of their way to make sure the voters could understood their message. >> reporter: and ken tonight, the mayoral candidates came to town tonight to court the asian- american vote. it was printed in chinese. the beauty of chinatown lies in its long history in san francisco. today, many of the population is from china. and they courted the vote tonight at a forum held at the hotel in china town. >> the first round of questions, you will have 60 seconds. >> reporter: the mayor arrived late. and looked at a crowd of more than 300 people, some gave him a standing ovation, the interrupting candidate -- >> i thought everybody was clapping for me. >> reporter: organizers provided a head set that offered the language in canton ese. of it ese. >> this project does not fit the bill. >> thank you. >> it is one of the best, highly rated transportation system designed. >> reporter: voters received it was important to hear the candidates in person. >> this way i can actually hear what they're going to say, and answer you know questions which i think coul

ktvu's amber lee has more where the candidates went out of their way to make sure the voters could understood their message. >> reporter: and ken tonight, the mayoral candidates came to town tonight to court the asian- american vote. it was printed in chinese. the beauty of chinatown lies in its long history in san francisco. today, many of the population is from china. and they courted the vote tonight at a forum held at the hotel in china town. >> the first round of questions, you will have 60 seconds. >> reporter: the mayor arrived late. and looked at a crowd of more than 300 people, some gave him a standing ovation, the interrupting candidate -- >> i thought everybody was clapping for me. >> reporter: organizers provided a head set that offered the language in canton ese. of it ese. >> this project does not fit the bill. >> thank you. >> it is one of the best, highly rated transportation system designed. >> reporter: voters received it was important to hear the candidates in person. >> this way i can actually hear what they're going to say, and answer you know questions which i think coul

reporting live in san francisco, amber lee ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a 5-year-old boy from san francisco was hit by a private shuttle bus tonight and was hospitalized with life threatening injures. it happened around 3:30 this afternoon in the bay view district. a woman was walking across third street with two children one of who was trailing behind her. investigators say the bus turned and hit the child. no word yet if the bus driver will face charges in that incident. >>> this evening hundreds of tondens tried to rally but police stopped them. it appears the highway patrol spotted the tongens coming from the peninsula acting up on the highway. the tongens are playing new zealand. >>> the only person missing today in court was aleja stoven, now seven months pregnant. >> i don't know what the extent of the period is. it somehow relates to her pregnancy. >> reporter: the judge said until estaven is cleared by doctors, her arraignment is on hold. >> the fact that the it happened is -- the fact that the defendant is pregnant is going to affect the case. >> reporter: police have not found le

. >>> the reporting live in san francisco, amber lee ktvu channel 2 news. >> labor day was a day of action for members of a hotel union in san francisco. members of unite here local two marched near union square today calling on the hyatt hotel chain to allow all of its employees to organize. the hyatt has been working with its employees for two years now. >> it's a set of hotel bosses who think that workers are just machines and commodities rather than people who need to live and breathe and raise their families and have a legal standard of living. >>> a grand hyatt spokesman told us that local 2 continues to add demand and won't allow a vote on the current contract. >>> workers of solindra are now fighting back. the workers are now filing a class action lawsuit against solindra arguing that it violated the law the of giving a 60 day notice. but solindra says there's an exception if the company is looking for financial gain which it says it was. >>> european markets also fell today, analysts say right now there is so much uncertainly and feel around the world that imsres tors don't -- inv

. >>> the reporting live in san francisco, amber lee ktvu channel 2 news. >> labor day was a day of action for members of a hotel union in san francisco. members of unite here local two marched near union square today calling on the hyatt hotel chain to allow all of its employees to organize. the hyatt has been working with its employees for two years now. >> it's a set of hotel bosses who think that workers are just machines and commodities rather than people who need to live and breathe and raise their families and have a legal standard of living. >>> a grand hyatt spokesman told us that local 2 continues to add demand and won't allow a vote on the current contract. >>> workers of solindra are now fighting back. the workers are now filing a class action lawsuit against solindra arguing that it violated the law the of giving a 60 day notice. but solindra says there's an exception if the company is looking for financial gain which it says it was. >>> european markets also fell today, analysts say right now there is so much uncertainly and feel around the world that imsres tors don't -- inv

reporting live in san francisco, amber lee ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a 5-year-old boy from san francisco was hit by a private shuttle bus tonight and was hospitalized with life threatening injures. it happened around 3:30 this afternoon in the bay view district. a woman was walking across third street with two children one of who was trailing behind her. investigators say the bus turned and hit the child. no word yet if the bus driver will face charges in that incident. >>> this evening hundreds of tondens tried to rally but police stopped them. it appears the highway patrol spotted the tongens coming from the peninsula acting up on the highway. the tongens are playing new zealand. >>> the only person missing today in court was aleja stoven, now seven months pregnant. >> i don't know what the extent of the period is. it somehow relates to her pregnancy. >> reporter: the judge said until estaven is cleared by doctors, her arraignment is on hold. >> the fact that the it happened is -- the fact that the defendant is pregnant is going to affect the case. >> reporter: police have not found le

amber lee, ktvu. >>> an upscale bridal gown chain is the latest victim of penny pinching brides. pricilla is shutting down so its owner can focus on david's bridals. >>> the birds were found in central and eastern contra costa county, vector control officials say 17 birds there have tested positive for west nile so far this year but there have been no confirmed reports of any people being infected. >>> a spare the air alert is posted for tomorrow. bay area officials are urging people to car pool or take public transportation. high temperatures and light winds are expected to lead to poor air quality. anyone who is especially sensitive to poor air is urged to stay indoors. it's the fourth spare the air day of the summer. >>> we're already seeing the winds start to turn around. the winds are starting to pull out of the east. it's clear at the coast, fog not a big player tomorrow morning. these were the highs for tomorrow. tomorrow, warmer. 70 in oakland, 63 at the san francisco airport. right now so you know it's going to be a warm day. it's going to be hot inland. most of us are g

amber lee, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> u.s. supreme court justice, ruth bader ginsburg and other passengers arrived safely at san francisco international this evening, after they had to evacuate their original flight. the passengers arrived at sfo around 7:30 this evening and security escorted justice ginsburg out. as the united airlines flight was about to take off, smoke was seen coming out of one of the engines and the passengers and crew had to slide down the emergency chutes, including a mother, holding her newborn. >> i hit the ground and rolled. the guy behind me said he saw me fall with the baby. >> justice ginsburg was invited to san francisco by hastings college of law. she is scheduled to be there tomorrow. >>> iran's judiciary today said its still reviewing the bail provisions set for $1 million total. yesterday, announced the uc berkely grads would be released in days. they seem to be caught in a power struggle. one positive sign, a private jet was sent from amman to bring the two men back to the united states. sec

amber lee, ktvu. >>> an upscale bridal gown chain is the latest victim of penny pinching brides. pricilla is shutting down so its owner can focus on david's bridals. >>> the birds were found in central and eastern contra costa county, vector control officials say 17 birds there have tested positive for west nile so far this year but there have been no confirmed reports of any people being infected. >>> a spare the air alert is posted for tomorrow. bay area officials are urging people to car pool or take public transportation. high temperatures and light winds are expected to lead to poor air quality. anyone who is especially sensitive to poor air is urged to stay indoors. it's the fourth spare the air day of the summer. >>> we're already seeing the winds start to turn around. the winds are starting to pull out of the east. it's clear at the coast, fog not a big player tomorrow morning. these were the highs for tomorrow. tomorrow, warmer. 70 in oakland, 63 at the san francisco airport. right now so you know it's going to be a warm day. it's going to be hot inland. most of us are g

reporting live in berkeley, amber lee, ktvu news. >>> it was not gadhafi, the state department said todaye libyan leader did not leave the country. a convoy of vehicles crossed the southern libyan desert. at first it was thought it might be gadhafi but it turns out it was his security chief and a dozen other top loyalists. libyan leaders met with tribe elders. they tried to get the loyalists to agree to surrender but so far there is no deal. >>> in a big warm up today. temperatures came up about 10 degrees over yesterday's numbers. 100degrees today in livermore: 97 in antioch. 97 in livermore it was downright hot. tomorrow it's going to be hotter. we have a spare the air day and it's probably going to be a week. at the coast the fog is there. cooler coast side. in livermore 48 degrees. it's going to be pretty mild. it's going to be mostly in the mid-60s; it is a spare the air day tomorrow. the worse air quality will be in the inland bay valleys in the east bay and in the santa clara valley. and healthy air there tomorrow with a spare the air day. i will see you back here 10:45 with the fo

reporting live here in west oakland, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and more details now in april of 2010 there was a similar fire at snitser steal it looked very much like today's fire. it started by spontaneous combustible and scrap metal. officials tell us they respond to fires there about once every year. >>> a massachusetts man was indicted today in connection with an alleged terror plot using remote control planes. 26-year-old reswan vertis planned to fly two planes into the pentagon and u.s. capital. then with others open fire on people fleeing the buildings. one military analyst says the attack would have been difficult to carry out. >> they probably could have killed five or 10 people at the most. but the fact is he would have to be at a very good vantage point and it was a lot more complicated than he thought. >> reporter: prosecutors say verdaus was inspired by al- qaida. they said he was closely monitored by agents before being arrested in massachusetts. >>> the opportunity to get this property for no cost will create any where from 6,000 to 9,000 perm innocent jobs. >

reporting live here in west oakland, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and more details now in april of 2010 there was a similar fire at snitser steal it looked very much like today's fire. it started by spontaneous combustible and scrap metal. officials tell us they respond to fires there about once every year. >>> a massachusetts man was indicted today in connection with an alleged terror plot using remote control planes. 26-year-old reswan vertis planned to fly two planes into the pentagon and u.s. capital. then with others open fire on people fleeing the buildings. one military analyst says the attack would have been difficult to carry out. >> they probably could have killed five or 10 people at the most. but the fact is he would have to be at a very good vantage point and it was a lot more complicated than he thought. >> reporter: prosecutors say verdaus was inspired by al- qaida. they said he was closely monitored by agents before being arrested in massachusetts. >>> the opportunity to get this property for no cost will create any where from 6,000 to 9,000 perm innocent jobs. >

reporting live at san francisco's fisherman's wharf, amber lee ktvu channel 2 news. >>> firefighters at kent penelton are working to contain a fire after a chopper crashed. base officials say the 120-acre fire is 80% contained tonight. >>> the fbi tonight is investigating a bomb threat that affected two bay area airports. an alaska airlines flight from seattle landed safely in a remote part of oakland international airport this morning after an employee at sfo said a bomb was on board. the note also mentioned the seats where two men had been sitting, as you see here in this cell phone video. >> these two gentlemen had nothing to do with the note. at the time we didn't know that so they were questioned. no different than when you pull a car over because it matches a description of a crime that just occurred and they just happened to be driving in the area in a similar car. >> reporter: the men were later released and authorities found nothing suspicious in the flight. >>> last year's recordings of proposition eight trial should be revealed. those opposed are vowing to appeal. the fede

. >> reporter: reporting live in san francisco, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> some san francisco street artists are waging a war against the city tonight over a new traffic proposal. coming up at 10:35, making travel easier for tourists is bad business. >>> the city of san bruno is getting ready to fill in the large open crater left by last year's explosion and fire. construction crews used heavy equipment today preparing the site to be filled. removing the physical scars is something some residents say should have been done a long time ago. >> the hole not being filled is just amazing to us. in a year it should have been done a long time ago. that street should have been opened a long time ago. >>> city officials say ongoing investigations prevented them from filling in the hole because investigators needed to collect evidence. now the san bruno city manager says he has just received the okay to cover and cap that crater. >>> the congressional committee investigating solyndra has summoned the company's ceo. internal white house e-mails released this week suggestions members of t

. >> reporter: reporting live in san francisco, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> some san franciscotreet artists are waging a war against the city tonight over a new traffic proposal. coming up at 10:35, making travel easier for tourists is bad business. >>> the city of san bruno is getting ready to fill in the large open crater left by last year's explosion and fire. construction crews used heavy equipment today preparing the site to be filled. removing the physical scars is something some residents say should have been done a long time ago. >> the hole not being filled is just amazing to us. in a year it should have been done a long time ago. that street should have been opened a long time ago. >>> city officials say ongoing investigations prevented them from filling in the hole because investigators needed to collect evidence. now the san bruno city manager says he has just received the okay to cover and cap that crater. >>> the congressional committee investigating solyndra has summoned the company's ceo. internal white house e-mails released this week suggestions members of the

reporting live at san francisco's fisherman's wharf, amber lee ktvu channel 2 news. >>> firefighters at kent penelton are working to contain a fire after a chopper crashed. base officials say the 120-acre fire is 80% contained tonight. >>> the fbi tonight is investigating a bomb threat that affected two bay area airports. an alaska airlines flight from seattle landed safely in a remote part of oakland international airport this morning after an employee at sfo said a bomb was on board. the note also mentioned the seats where two men had been sitting, as you see here in this cell phone video. >> these two gentlemen had nothing to do with the note. at the time we didn't know that so they were questioned. no different than when you pull a car over because it matches a description of a crime that just occurred and they just happened to be driving in the area in a similar car. >> reporter: the men were later released and authorities found nothing suspicious in the flight. >>> last year's recordings of proposition eight trial should be revealed. those opposed are vowing to appeal. the fede

amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> also new at 10:00, parents are demanding that the district keep a school open. parents from kaiser elementary school showed up at a district meeting tonight. the district says that kaiser has the fewest number of children from the neighborhood attending there. but the parents argue that the school is at full capacity and has a diverse population. >> we have one of the highest scores in the district. we're doing very well. >> there are eight schools on the closure list. this friday the superintendent is expected to make his recommendations on which schools to close. the school board is then expected to make a final decision in late october. >>> a new development tonight in the effort to turn clayton valley high school into a charter school. one week ago we told you the mount diablo school board is planning to open charters but with conditions. they hope to get changes made in a meeting. >>>-- is considering filing a lawsuit against the city. the san rafael city council voted unanimously last night to allow the team to play. a final vote on the matter

amber lee, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> u.s. supreme court justice, ruth bader ginsburg and other passengers arrived safely at san francisco international this evening, after they had to evacuate their original flight. the passengers arrived at sfo around 7:30 this evening and security escorted justice ginsburg out. as the united airlines flight was about to take off, smoke was seen coming out of one of the engines and the passengers and crew had to slide down the emergency chutes, including a mother, holding her newborn. >> i hit the ground and rolled. the guy behind me said he saw me fall with the baby. >> justice ginsburg was invited to san francisco by hastings college of law. she is scheduled to be there tomorrow. >>> iran's judiciary today said its still reviewing the bail provisions set for $1 million total. yesterday, announced the uc berkely grads would be released in days. they seem to be caught in a power struggle. one positive sign, a private jet was sent from amman to bring the two men back to the united states. sec

amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> also new at 10:00, parents are demanding that the district keep a school open. parents from kaiser elementary school showed up at a district meeting tonight. the district says that kaiser has the fewest number of children from the neighborhood attending there. but the parents argue that the school is at full capacity and has a diverse population. >> we have one of the highest scores in the district. we're doing very well. >> there are eight schools on the closure list. this friday the superintendent is expected to make his recommendations on which schools to close. the school board is then expected to make a final decision in late october. >>> a new development tonight in the effort to turn clayton valley high school into a charter school. one week ago we told you the mount diablo school board is planning to open charters but with conditions. they hope to get changes made in a meeting. >>>-- is considering filing a lawsuit against the city. the san rafael city council voted unanimously last night to allow the team to play. a final vote on the matter

reporting live in berkeley, amber lee, ktvu news. >>> it was not gadhafi, the state department said todaythe libyan leader did not leave the country. a convoy of vehicles crossed the southern libyan desert. at first it was thought it might be gadhafi but it turns out it was his security chief and a dozen other top loyalists. libyan leaders met with tribe elders. they tried to get the loyalists to agree to surrender but so far there is no deal. >>> in a big warm up today. temperatures came up about 10 degrees over yesterday's numbers. 100degrees today in livermore: 97 in antioch. 97 in livermore it was downright hot. tomorrow it's going to be hotter. we have a spare the air day and it's probably going to be a week. at the coast the fog is there. cooler coast side. in livermore 48 degrees. it's going to be pretty mild. it's going to be mostly in the mid-60s; it is a spare the air day tomorrow. the worse air quality will be in the inland bay valleys in the east bay and in the santa clara valley. and healthy air there tomorrow with a spare the air day. i will see you back here 10:45 with the

ktvu's amber lee live tonight in los gatos where in customers and consumers say they are not canceling subscription just yet. >> reporter: now options are sold separately so you could be paying up to $16 a month and that is costing the company customers. not far from netflix we found subscribers who say they are staying loyal despite the price hike. >> we're able to sit there and call up the movie we want. >> it's too easy. you can watch it on your laptop, on your tv or game consoles. >> reporter: but the company is feeling its backlash of the price increase expecting it will end in september with 600,000 fewer customers than it had in june. >> look at the economy, people don't want to hear any price raising at all. they weren't real sensitive to the environment that we're all in. >> reporter: golden gate university professor kit yaro a consumer psychologist is also a netflix subscriber, she says she downgraded her service because of the price increase. she says that yaro made a bad move alienating their technology. >> they're antenna is up. when they sense they are not being treated f

ktvu's amber lee live tonight in los gatos where in customers and consumers say they are not cancelingubscription just yet. >> reporter: now options are sold separately so you could be paying up to $16 a month and that is costing the company customers. not far from netflix we found subscribers who say they are staying loyal despite the price hike. >> we're able to sit there and call up the movie we want. >> it's too easy. you can watch it on your laptop, on your tv or game consoles. >> reporter: but the company is feeling its backlash of the price increase expecting it will end in september with 600,000 fewer customers than it had in june. >> look at the economy, people don't want to hear any price raising at all. they weren't real sensitive to the environment that we're all in. >> reporter: golden gate university professor kit yaro a consumer psychologist is also a netflix subscriber, she says she downgraded her service because of the price increase. she says that yaro made a bad move alienating their technology. >> they're antenna is up. when they sense they are not being treated fai

. >>> a ktvu group joined young republicans at a watching party in san francisco tonight. amber lee says the people she spoke with had their clear favorite. >> reporter: the san francisco republicans got on twitter and facebook to discuss the debate with other republicans across the country while the event was underway. >> this is kind of the new arena that things are going on with politics. it's constant bombardment of information. >> reporter: he told us there were 200 tweets just 30 minutes after the debates started. >> right now, people are saying who is winning right now on twitter, and they're saying good hair is winning right now. blue ties and gray hair in vogue at the reagan debate. >> reporter: this group at the cigar bar and grill told us, texas governor rick perry was most impressive. >> he looks like reagan to me. it brings back a lot of the 1980s, the great era of reagan and the economic turn around. >> reporter: they also thought mitt romney performed well. >> we created more jobs in massachusetts than this president has created in the entire country. >> reporter: eve

. >>> a ktvu group joined young republicans at a watching party in san francisco tonight. amber lee says the people she spoke with had their clear favorite. >> reporter: the san francisco republicans got on twitter and facebook to discuss the debate with other republicans across the country while the event was underway. >> this is kind of the new arena that things are going on with politics. it's constant bombardment of information. >> reporter: he told us there were 200 tweets just 30 minutes after the debates started. >> right now, people are saying who is winning right now on twitter, and they're saying good hair is winning right now. blue ties and gray hair in vogue at the reagan debate. >> reporter: this group at the cigar bar and grill told us, texas governor rick perry was most impressive. >> he looks like reagan to me. it brings back a lot of the 1980s, the great era of reagan and the economic turn around. >> reporter: they also thought mitt romney performed well. >> we created more jobs in massachusetts than this president has created in the entire country. >> reporter: eve

ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 and 6:00. we can tell you firefighters, pouring water on the smokey debris at a steel plant, have the situation under control. amber lee live where she has been asking if the smoke is tobgsic. >> we are at 11:01. home of the field. when we first got here there was a lot of smoke that stung and there was the skies that were smokey. now, as you can see, the sky is clear and the fire is mostly out. we are going to show you video from chopper two. the fire broke out at 4:14 this afternoon. it is a facility that recycles medal including old vehicles. i just spoke with oakland fire battalion chief. he says the fire likely started by an item that was inside of the vehicles such as a battery. as for the smoke, there does not appear to be toxic levels high enough to create a health hazard. air quality management direct had a unit out to look at it. a worker here at the scene told us dozens of employees were here at the time of the fire. that there was no injuries and everyone is accounted for. firefighters say it took less than an hour to put out the fire. reporting live here in west oakland, amber lee channel 2 news. >>> a pow