>> hello claudine and dave. i'm doing pretty well today. we don't have a lot of the fog we've had the other days. but we are watching very closely because things tend to change right at this time. just after 6:00 or so. we start seeing crowds almost everywhere. we are seeing slowing here and there on the way to the tunnel from the contra costa side. and then you get to oakland and it looks good but there is a backup at the toll plaza. especially in the mid lanes. nothing big. that is about a seven to ten minute delay getting on to the bridge. as we look at the south bay, we look at 101 right in the middle of the valley there. traffic looks good as we pull way back. i want to show you santa cruz mountains. also looking at bart, bart is running on time. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal. happy friday everybody. we have a little bit of a mixed bag here. yesterday was sold out with fog and low clouds. some fog has now popped up. santa rosa and napa. and its cold. 37 and 39 there. low clouds seem to be favoring peninsula and the south bay. a

up next claudine wong is there. will tell us what happened there and when things should be cleared up. >> plus what prosecutors say an accused killer did with a gun right in the middle of a packed muni train and what they are saying about video. >> things are getting busier now on the morning commute, especially in some spots. we will tell you where they are ahead. >> well, sierra nevada things picking up, what about here? will we see rain here or just cool and breezy? our forecast coming up. send comments to comments@captioncolorado.com captions by terry james, caption colorado, llc. >>> -- off-ramp of interstate 80 remains shut down while an investigation is underway, we will tell you about the accident and what caught their eye before that. >> the strike deadline tomorrow night, what is happening in the talks in these final hours of negotiations. >> live at stanford where a professor has just learned he has won the nobel prize, we will have his reaction and tell you why he was honored. >> also the glimmer of hope

good afternoon, claudine. >> reporter: good afternoon. the federal mediator walked in here about 90 minutes ago. sources tell me everyone met in small groups first and then in full teams starting about an hour ago. as everyone walked in, we all asked the same question, will you have a deal today? of course no one can answer that question. all that's left is to measure the responses to ranged from optimistic to guarded. >> we're back at it. we're back at it. thank you. >> reporter: if you can't answer when, the next question begging for a response is one we've heard over and over again from commuters -- can we at least go to bed tonight knowing one way or another? we asked the union that question. >> that's something that cannot be determined by us alone. we're working in conjunction with other unions. that would be a decision made together. >> reporter: while they acknowledged the frustration, the key to the uncertainty may be in this response from mooney who said uncertainty is not meant to create pressure on the riders but to keep press

we understand many streets are blocked off, taped off, claudine wong up there. we will check in with her in just a moment. it is thursday, october 10th, i am pam cook. >> good morning, i am dave clark, let's check weather and traffic, steve chilly. >> chilly but high clouds, so mostly cloudy here and then mostly sunny this afternoon. big game 5 here today, forecast looks good here, in fact i think things look over mostly clear, i would expect this to be 68 here, mostly clear, there might be a breeze but not much, everything looks good to go for that. >>> temperatures today close to yesterday. starting off 40s and 50s, mainly though 50s, but everyone is close, so not a huge difference, cool readings there as well, san francisco settling into the 60s again, 67 for a high after a mostly cloudy morning, again those are just maim clouds. there is air low, boy a lot going on with it, we just didn't get that except that, but this band of high clouds will give us that, so sun and clouds today, high clouds here, not much of a breeze, there might be more of a northwest la

. >> i am claudine wong in for pam cook this morning, let's start you off with a quick look at your weather and traffic and steve, i know i said i liked it cool but don't cool it down too much. >> always -- >> -- demand -- >> -- demand -- >> -- yeah -- >> -- bigger fog bank today, bigger yes, in that it is lifting a little bit so even inland areas will come down on the temperatures today because there is a little low approaching, actually a pretty good-sized low but enhancing that so some but not the amount yesterday, hazy sunshine inland, the breeze picking up, a westerly breeze, friday we get a bigger fog bank as well and maybe drizzle. does not look like this will come in here, move towards southern california, 40s and 50s on the temperatures and it looks like these temperatures are stuck. i don't expect these to move too much. san francisco another tough day for the coast and even in san francisco going 59 for a high after yesterday's 61. i think you had the warmest testimony this week was schwa two days ago. the low there will enhance the fog bank so morning fog, sun inland, wind in di

tara moriarty out there talking to commuters getting their reaction but first let's go to ktvu's claudine wong in oakland to tell us what happened overnight and what may happen today and over the weekend. >> good morning, dave, yes, union negotiators are likening the talks to a critically ill patient on life support with barely a heartbeat. not a great picture but those talks are still alive and everyone will be back at the table at 10:00 this morning and there is hope things will turn around. the unions say there are three very specific reasons that they think a deal could be reached. >> those reasons have to do with who is now getting," involved and engaged." >>> lawmakers, bart board and management, people doing that. >> these are significant developments and don't have in a vacuum, they saw through discussion, that is what we saw today, that is huge a commitment to really reach an agreement we have not had. >> a commitment that follows a lot of disappointment, it was just before midnight when both sides announced a deal could not be reached. >> we want to get this deal done. it needs

hi sal. >> hello claudine and dave. i think we've had a pretty decent commute. especially if you compare it to yesterday which was the worst day of the commute week so far. right now it doesn't look all that bad. we will look at the commute in the east bay but the fog is going to be one of the things you have to watch out for. and the fog is pretty low here in oakland. and it might factor in your commute. which is somewhat unusual. its unusual for this time of the year. we will ask him that question. as you look at westbound bay bridge its not too foggy here. traffic is backed up for a 15- 20 minute delay. we've been looking at interstate 80 westbound. its getting slow out of hurricane lease -- hercules. so steve. >>> it is a little unusual for this late in the season. this time of year if we get rain we get radiation fog. high pressure is built right on top of it so it smashes it right down on the deck. forecast will be the same as it was the last two days. if you are by the coast, cool. if you are inland, it will be warm. i need you to listen here. put on your

claudine wong was in court and joins us live to let us know what happened. good afternoon, claudine. >> reporter: good afternoon. 30-year-old nick showed no emotion we could see when he was formally charged in this courtroom. at this point it's still unclear why this happened but prosecutors say it's very clear who is responsible. it's hard to hear him. but that's 30-year-old nick as he pled not guilty to charges that he killed 20-year-old justin valdez. the judge would only allow our cameras to show the back of his head as he stood at this morning's arraignment. prosecutors say he killed valdez at ran tom. >> he was on the hunt for at least an hour and 15 minutes, in the intwum between the -- interim between the time he stuck the gun in the back of one young man but didn't have the courage to pull the trigger and the time he killed mr. valdez. he showed up at a t. this ai restaurant and -- at a thai restaurant and was waving the gun around. >> we just received the case. we're gonna be looking through it and we're gonna be investigating. >> reporter: but pro

claudine wong is there.he'll bring you a live update in just a couple of minutes. >>> it is friday morning. it's october 11th. i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm tori campbell. a quick look at weather and traffic. >>> steven, it's a little chilly out there. >> it is. that's correct. thank you. a lot of loaf clouds and fog. the -- low clouds and fog. the most we've seen in a long time. if you are stuck in the 40s, it can be really cold. temperatures yesterday, 60s, 70s. today, mid-60s and very, very low 70s. coming down 2 to 4 degrees. inland temperatures, not much of a dip. by the coast, socked in by the low cloud deck. a lot of 40s. very, very brisk here this morning. cold. you combine that with the fog and it can -- it's that damp cold. we have low cloud, fog. it might be a little reluctant or slow to burn off by the beaches. i think it will. maybe breezy later on. there's plenty of of fog up and down the coast. some of it has moved inland. not all. fog, then sun. nice but a gradual burnoff on that fog t

and claudine, thank you. we have clear skies for some. partly cloudy for others.ow cloud deck seems to be favoring peninsula and south bay. clear skies to mostly clear in the north bay. a little high cloud ban or two coming through. but the low responsible for it will be far enough south. we will get mostly sunny and warmer conditions. 30s and 40s and 50s with the mostly clear skies to the north. temperatures allow to take a little plunge there. the low

claudine. >> reporter: very long lines. i want you to take a look behind me. this line starting to move because the first boat is here for a 6:00 a.m. departure. when we got here, this line was just barely wrapping around the terminal. but as you can see now, we can't see the end of it. the reason people hoping to get in this line early enough is because the next boat doesn't actually arrive until looking at the schedule 6:45. if you don't get on a 6:00 a.m. boat, it will be a lot longer before you get into work. so as you can see right there everyone beginning to file on the first boat. there will be extra boats today to try to accommodate all the extra peoplely they are expecting. we talked to one man in line who said they got up extra early to be here. >> you have to get up an hour earlier. its getting home that is a problem. its getting out of the city and back. have you ever looked at the lines at the terminal at the end of -- down at the embarcadero. if you are not there by 2:30, you are out of luck going home. >> reporter: he had to do this same thing i

claudine wong is in oakland covering what appears to be the last day to avoid an east bay transit mess. a lot going on, claudine. >> reporter: yes, a lot going on, lot for ride stories think about, commuters in general. you can see the ac transit buses behind me, because ac transit will be running today. catastrophic is how ac transit describes the situation today, as the threat of a bart strike and ac transit strike loom. bart already got the governor to step in. now ac transit is asking him to do the same. the governor is expected to make his decision today. here's where things stand with ac transit. the two sides have negotiated since march. there had been two tentative agreements. those are agreements the union leaders have recommended to their membership. but both have been voted down by workers. once on august 17th, again on october 2nd. >> the work conditions are horrible and deplorable. i don't like it. if we don't get real good breaks and they want us to pin us to the medical and then they say they will give us a raise over the next three years, but the money we're getting is

. >>> we are following breaking news of a fatal crash on i-90, claudine wong is live there where a car went down the embankment. >> sal, yes, we are on the off- ramp. let me show you the scene because this is just getting underway out here, you can see the team just arriving. take a look at that vehicle, a kia sedona that came over the embankment and down, i want to direct your attention to the right front wheel of that vehicle because that is a critical part of the investigation, what we have learned is violence road this morning. and there is a construction zone, this vehicle came by, two cars saw it coming by and heard it because they said the right front wheel had a right front tire, so they both pulled out to start following that car to try to make contact and moments later it hit the center divide and went over the embankment. >> not sure if they had lights on yet but like i said they heard the vehicle, they were going to try to make a stop on it but this happened just like a few seconds after they got behind it. >> okay, so they didn't have time to start pursuing. >> no, not rea

live here in oakland, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, again at least for today bart riders will not have to find another way to get to work or school. continuing our coverage is tara moriarty live at the walnut creek bart station this morning. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. well, a lot of people probably woke up, decided to check out the internet or news to see if bart was running today and it is of course so that is the good news but a lot of folks already made alternate plans because as we knew you know this decision may not come down until just before midnight and that exactly was the case. >>> now sunday night we may be right back where we started because nothing was really decided as claudine mentioned, it could come down to sunday at midnight that we find out a strike is on so bart wants people to plan ahead for next week, this shuttle service can accommodate 6000 people a day not close to the 400,000 people who normally ride each day, in the event of a strike during the weekday catch it from 5:00 to 8:00 and from 3:00 until 7:00. tickets will

. >> hello claudine. i'm glad you are here. >> thanks. i'm glad to be here. >> traffic on the bart system is doing well. they are starting off the morning. you can see highway 24 is looking good. it had been so bad the last few days i think people need to be reassured that things are doing well. its early but we will be watching for you. this is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. and it just looks different today. yesterday at about this time we were already getting some slow traffic here. so at least we are getting a little bit of an improvement. and i do want to mention the road work that is still going on in the livermore valley. also on 680 through san ramon. watch for it. its not causing a big delay. there is no reason to think that they won't. 4:50 let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. a very good morning. >>> we have clear skies for some. thick fog for others. dense fog advisory out. if you are in that fog it could be cold or freezing. especially parts of half-moon bay. oakland downtown was only 51 at noon. thick fog advisory. de

ktvu claudine wong is live in contra costa county to tell us the current conditions and what it's like out there right now. >> reporter: winds still blowing out here. we talk about that red flag warning. that increases the fear about fire danger. take a look behind me you can see the trees blowing and in the background there is the refinery. the fire this morning was actually between us and that refinery in the marsh land area. to give you a look at the video earlier this morning. the video was shot about 1:00 this morning. and at the time firefighters still fighting it it has since been put out. contra costa county firefighters came to assist but we are told the refinery firefighters had it under control. we are not sure how that little grass fire that marsh land fire started this morning. but it was going for a little bit and there were reports of dense smoke in the area and certainly people seeing that glow. and throughout the day and through tomorrow when you have windy conditions like we see now, certainly that has everyone on high alert. extra fire station has been opened in the

claudine wong has details on what may have led that minivan to veer off the freeway and on to that ramp. >> good morning, yes, lots of activity here as the major accident investigation team for them tries to answer that question. take a look behind me, you can see cars out here as they try to figure out really again what led to this and when i asked them how long this off-ramp would be shut down they could only say a while. >>> this all started at 1:40 this morning. chp tells us they had two officers in two cars setting at a construction sight when this minivan drove by. they said they heard it before they saw it because it had a flat tire on its right front tire, so they pulled out to try to make contact with the vehicle and they say moments later it hit the center divide and then went over the embankment on to the central avenue off-ramp. why all this happened is still a bit of a mystery. >> we have no idea exactly why that happened yet other than there is a real -- the right front tire is chewed up so we are figuring it was on the rim for a while but not sure exactly yay the veer to

good morning, i am claudine wong. >> i am dave clark, chilly this morning. >> it is, lifted a little bit so the bases are there and 3000 feet there and made a huge push there so if you are heading there may not see that there. around here 40s and 50s, don't look like that will change, stuck in that fog, san francisco tough tough then and went that today, there is too much fog and a low approaching doing that so even though it lifted cloudy there but a cooler pattern inland today, the west wind has picked up, only a high of 68 there today. to the delta seeing 21, 22 miles per hour towards travis and also there so out there things are ramping up because of this, which will keep things on the cool side then, so morning cloud or low fog whatever you want to call it not as thick as then, some sun but noting down, 50s and 60s elsewhere, here is sal. >> we have a busier commute now than then. we want to tell you good news, westbound 580 into the valley a crash cleared however traffic is backed up big time. it was there for 20 minutes but caused a huge delay over the altamont pass through to

ktvu tea claudine wong just talked to -- ktvu's claudine wong just talk to a man who lives next door.as new information. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning. the man we talked to lives right next door to where it happens. before he heard the -- he heard the gunshots overnight. he actually knows the man. you will hear from him in a meet -- in a moment. this is the command post here. sedgemoore is on the other side from where we're standing, on the other side of the homes you are looking at. neighbors say the home in question is right behind the house with the silver car parked in front of it. at 11:20 last night a woman called police and told them she and her husband had a fight. he locked her out of the house. she got a locksmith. as they were trying to get inside, the husband fired shots. no one was hurt in the gunfire. this neighbor lives next door. >> i was justing asleep when i heard -- i was just falling asleep when i heard the gunshots. they sounded like rifle shots. >> reporter: and then what happens next? >> it was about 11:30 when all of this happened, and i pro

. >>> welcome back to the ktvu morning news i'm claudine wong in for pam cook. >> good morning, everybody i'm brian flores. let's get you started with weather and traffic. steve paulson is here. >> fog is back. it will be a much, much cooler over by the coast. its not making much of a surge inlapped. we will get a little bigger difference on the forecasted highs. today we all get 60s and 70s. its not moving too far inland. 40s or 50s but its much, much cooler for some over by the beaches and bay. san francisco which was 79 yesterday i mean 78-80 and the last three days going 68 today. 38 in reno. 40s for many. probably a few 30s to the north. other than that it will be nice and warm if ts 60s and open is. here is sal. >>> we are looking at the commute and right now it looks good if you are drying to get to the city in your car. if you want to get up early and do that, that would be a good idea. we will see more people using their car today. we will see earlier backups. right now it still looks good. if you want to get out there early, that would be a very good bet. looking at interstate 8

ac transit now facing a strike deadline tonight and claudine wong is out there covering those developments. of course the big news this morning about the other labor dispute. bart trains are run drag but the negotiations once again went into late night or early morning, however lieu into it. and -- however you look into it and we'll have all the latest developments in a moment. it's wednesday, october 16. i'm pam cook. >> i'm brian flores in for dave clark. let's get your wednesday started with meteorologist steve paulson with a of course that isn't uncertain. >>> that's right. we have a lot of certainty here. it's going to be a nice day. clear, cool for some. sunny and nice by noon. sunny and warm this afternoon. 39 santa rosa to 57 san tran. so a huge disconnect. we're going for 80 today in san fran. i've seen about 60 toward funston and just a hit of an off shore breeze. it should be in the upper 70s to near # 0. 21 in lake tahoe. 47 sacramento. a little cool there. the system will be enough just to give us a cooldown by the coast. a lot of low 80s. >> 80 in san francisco, my oh my. let

. >> someone smashed the window and broke in last night, claudine wong is there in front of the shop that was hit. >> reporter: let mow show you where this happened. we're near union square. this is the busiest parts of the square. lots of lights, lots of activity even though none of these stores are open. let's take you to where this happened. this is the ice breaker store. this store closed at 8:00 last night so no one was here had this happened. we're not sure at this point what they got away with at 11:30 when this smash and grab took place. the police inspectors were out there. there's surveillance video of what happened. we talked to a man earlier who works in the area. he said this isn't the first time something like this has happened. >> i come over in the morning twice and both the side panels have been knocked out at different times. >> in the store across the street. >> yes. >> that's been in the last week and a half. >> about two weeks. >> you're taking a live look back here on post street at the store, he's talking about, if there has been any more out here on post stree

claudine wong was at the meeting and has taken a look at the regulations and joins us to tell us about last minute changes just made today. >> reporter: good afternoon, yes, this is the general order right here, a thick stack of papers because keep in mind this has been worked on for a while, since 2009. today the commission had to acknowledge that the most recent draft, the proposal just released last month would not have prevented the fatal accident on bart this month. so today changes were made. >>> it took just minutes for puc commissioners to approve general order 175, what is called a first in the nation. >> i believe this general order sends a solid foundation and frame work to promote roadway worker safety in california. >> two fatalities earlier this month on the bart tracks also gave this board pause because today commissioners had to acknowledge that after more than 4 years of discussion and debate a proposal drafted last month would not have saved the lives of those two men. >> it was a bit shocking to realize that as we prepared to adopt these rules the rules would not hav

we begin with claudine wong, who talked to busy fire crews this morning and joins us live from the oakland hills. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon, yes, we are on title road just near they have tunnel and there is a brisk wind down here and gets windier as you get higher. take a look at the sign. it tells the story, fire danger high today. it is those types of conditions that had contra costa county firefighters overnight calling in for some extra help. >>> this morning firefighters packed up, trucks pulled out and everything was locked back up at station 87 in pittsburgh. it had been closed due to budget cuts since july but last night it re-opened because of the red flag warning now in place. >> it is not part of our minimum staffing every day, down to 23 companies, so there is some criteria we put together, 1, having equipment, 2, personnel and 3, what we have the money to do it. edwe yesterday we were able to do that. >> the wind did kick up problems, the crew had to respond to the fire on this property. the fire broke out this morning but under control 20 minutes later but c

claudine?> reporter: well, in about 90 minutes, the board will meet for their regularly scheduled board meeting but there is a lot on their plate. in the last half-hour, i spoke with the b.a.r.t. spokeswoman who says the board will introduce a resolution this morning in honor of the two workers killed. but we are also seeing protesters. the group is planning to rally outside of oakland. that group wants managers to face cil charges for the accident that killed the two workers. at the time of the accident, a manager was being trained to operate trains in the event of an extended strike. the ntsb spent several hours yesterday reciteal the -- re- creating the accident. >> you have to have re-created as best as mankind can an exact dueplication of the conditions in which the incident or accident, whatever phraseology you would like to use, occurred. >> b.a.r.t. has suspended a 30-year-old procedure called simple approval in the wake of the accident. this is how alicia, the spokesperson, explained t

we understand many streets are blocked off, taped off, claudine wong up there. we will check in with her in just a moment. it is thursday, october 10th, i am pam cook. >> good morning, i am dave clark,

and you grew up here, right, claudine?> yes. >> i root for cal. >> what high school did you o go to. >> veneer shah high school. >> in san jose -- phoenicio high school. >> low 70s. >> what was the mascot. en panthers. >> usi. >> pride of the sun set. and i grew up in the city. north beach. so i claim everything. >> bay area weekend. it is going to be nice. warmer next week as we move into monday, tuesday and wed. it will tweak up a little bit, you guys. >> 7:57. ben stiller is going to receive an award: as the film festival comes to a close tonight. >> they have film lovers to celebrate the best films in independent world sin napa valley. >> each year it sell it is 40,000 tickets. and it is from around the world. >> ben stiller will receive a special tribute. >> he is known for his come medic actor ran boasts credits as a director right wither. >> still no deal, crucial meeting today. there will be a strike tomorrow morning. >> they are having an impact on halloween. why you might remember some political faces on the stre

claudine wong is there, so what is happening? where are you?> we are in a little bit of a holding pattern now as they try to make contact with a man they believed is hold up there. we are here and here is why, this is where it is set up, see that down the street as well as police cars. this is where they are kind of staging down down the street where this is taking plus but we know that but as far as we have been told at last word attempts to contact the man there have been unsuccessful. now, this started about 11:20 last night. santa rosa police confirming within the last 45 minutes that they got a call from a woman who said she had had a fight with her husband. she had left the home, come back with a locksmith, we are not clear why, but that she says her husband came out and fired shots at them. police got on scene and said no one was hurt or hit by that but they believed that armed man is still inside the home and been trying to make contact with them ever since. they have also shut down blocks around the area for safety reasons, we reported

, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, dave., you know you talk to the union negotiators and they liken these talks to a critically ill patient on life support with barely a heartbeat, certainly that doesn't give you a lot of optimism but they also say there is hope, there is hope that a deal can be reached and the unions say there are three very specific reasons about why they think that. >>> those reasons have to do with who is now getting," involved and engaged, lawmakers, the bart board and general manager, people who have been hands off, getting hands on. >> these are significantly developments and they don't happen unless -- in a vacuum, they happen through a lot of discussion so that is what we saw today, to us that is huge, a commitment to really reach an agreement we have not had. >> a commitment that follows a lot of disappointment, just before midnight both sides announced a deal could not be reached. >> we want to get this deal done. it needs to get done. it should have been done may 30th, june 30th, july 30th, shoul

claudine? >> reporter: good morning, brian. yes, ac transit buses are running. there's actually one right there. that's good the -- that's the good news. we've been stopped numerous times by people saying are they striking. our response is no but are you talking about order or ac transit. if you're talking about ac transit, keep your eye on the governor. we've been watching as the buses do as they do every day line up along 14th and broadway to start that i day but tonight is the deadline. the strike notice issued by the union and one driver we talked to this morning said he is prepared to walk off the job. are you ready to strike? >> if it's what has to get done, it has to get done. >> reporter: are you planning on being work tomorrow? >> i'm planning on it. i'll get dressed but if it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen. >> reporter: ac transit says the request for a 60-day cooling off period was hand delivered to the governor's office yesterday morning. and officials say if it's not granted, the results could be catastrophic. riders say the uncertainty is hard t

claudine? >> reporter: well, sal, investigators say they are getting close to wrapping up this investigation out here on the central avenue offramp. let me give you a look at what's happening now. you can see investigators standing on what is the side of that minivan. they are focused on a right front tire and what damage may have been caused by that tire or how that may have led to the accident. that's an important piece. we'll tell you why coming up in just a moment. i want to first direct your attention up the freeway. they just walked by. you have investigators up there. this is 880 where the accident happened more than six hours ago. it was about 1:40 this morning, the chp says they were at a construction site along interstate 80, about a mile and a half up the road. there were two chp officers in two separate cars sitting there when they heard the minivan coming. they said they heard it coming because the right front tire was flat. they both tried to stop the vehicle. they said before the

claudine wong live in oakland on the a.c.sible strike threat and how the governor could change everything. claudine? >> reporter: well, a lot at stake today. we're at 14th and broadway. this is a busy intersection. you have a.c. transit rolling through. you have b.a.r.t. stations down here. you can imagine everyone is coming up up to us are they striking, we have to answer no. and then are you talking about b.a.r.t. or a.c. transit? if you are talking about a.c. transit, keep your eye on the governor. we have been watching out here as people come back and forth and they talked about the uncertainty. one man told us he couldn't even sleep at night because he's know service -- he's so nervous. tonight is the deadline for the strike notice issued by the union. one driver said he's prepared to walk off the job. are you ready to strike? >> if it's what has to be done, it has to be done. >> reporter: do you plan to be at work tomorrow? >> i plan on it. i'm gonna get dressed like nothing has changed but if it doesn't happen, it does

i'm claudine wong. >> good morning. i'm mike mibach.ck in with rosemary to see how that sunday forecast is looking. >> the pleasant weather is going to persist. we've got nice weather for your afternoon. this morning a crisp start once again. perfect weather for the runners out there. we are dealing with pockets of thick fog so visibility could be an issue. if you have an early morning drive i'm going to show you where it is at your thickest. a cooling trend in the extended forecast, just how cool we're going to get, i will show you that coming up. >> new this morning, all lanes are now cleared, eastbound highway 24 in lafayette, around 5:30 this morning, a driver crashed into the center divide after swerving to avoid hitting something on the roadway. that's when five cars traveling behind that vehicle crashed. the chp has told us that there are major injuries involved. firefighters spent the morning fighting a fire in walnut creek that raced through several apartments. the fire started around 1:45 this morning at a building on the 500

we'll go back out to claudine wong who is out there now. i'm pam cook. >> i'm dave clark.'s check weather and traffic. pam wants good weather. >> wow, i always try to deliver good weather. high clouds, a little warmer today than tomorrow. we'll be sunny, warmer, breezy, the extent, what do you mean by that, the weekend looks warmer. winds will be decreasing by friday. elevated fire danger kicks in tomorrow morning. it goes into thursday afternoon evening and goes into friday. 25 to 50, it looks close to what we had last time. higher clouds moving in the air, mostly cloudy, partly cloudy, all the observations say partly cloudy. temperatures kind of held up a little bit. 40s, some 50s, had more 50s and 40s, by this afternoon it will be out of here and temperatures will start to warm up in the north bay. san francisco 68 and i've been stuck on that. it looks warmer as i head into the next couple of days. lows move into nevada and everything goes sunny and warmer. higher clouds today, mild to warm. there is some indications of a little north wind. a lot of sundays, a low 80s,

. >> welcome to "mornings on 2", it is sunday, october 27, i am claudine wong. >> i am mike mibach. >> rosemary orozco kicks it off this morning. >>> the low clouds and fog back with us this morning because of the blanket of low clouds. off to a warmer start. it will be away from the coast and for some of us it is a notable cool down. i will have the numbers for you. finally, the models are lining up. possibility of rain for tomorrow. i will break it down for you. >> we will have that coming up. >>> one person is dead and four others hurt after a friend stopped to fix a flat tire. it happened before 11 on princeton avenue. >> according to police, four young adults from south san francisco had come to vallejo for a party: it seemed everyone else pulled over to help. a gunman with a white suv and opened fire. 19-year-old man was killed. and four others in were injured >>> there are still a lot of questions about a nursing home that closed its doors and left patients at the site. >> the care home shut down on thursday. yesterday, 14 people were evacuated. >> allie rasmus is live with the

claudine wong has been looking over the records in the case and join us now from san francisco. >> reporter: well things could change very quickly for transit workers when it comes to the rules in which they work along the tracks. we are here at the puc building the meeting will be held at 9:30 this morning and if the puc approves what is called a general order 175 it would create for the first time state laws to address worker safety for transit workers. certainly the fatal accident will be on the minds of the puc when they gather here this morning put the body of this work started 4 years ago in the wake of the 2008 worker fatality. the puc said then there were regulations in place but nothing that dealt specifically with transit workers in california, so the commission put this together to try to change that. the board is expected to approve this today and it would create a new communication system that would keep all better in line with each other, bart is already taking this into account even though it hasn't been approved yet, bart spokesperson told the times that bart is supportive o

ktvu's claudine wong is here. good morning, claudine >> reporter: good morning, dave.if you take a look behind me, you can see one of the bay doors open at this fire station. it is open even though it was shut erred for a while because of the budget cutbacks. firefighters are leaving now, they tell me. there was a field of fire as it was described as you can see that orange glow coming up from marshland in between the refinery and the highway. they went out to help but they had a handling on it so they didn't need to do much. let me show you about the red flag warning because that's causing some concern. that's what led to the opening of this fire station for 12 hours overnight. dry conditions, high winds, heat, all of that makes for a combination that could be very, very dangerous and that's causing firefighters to be concerned. >> we have already seen a lot of erratic fire behavior this year. here we are now in october. typically, october, late october is when california experiences some of the worth fire debay other. >> reporter: concerns were high overnight and tha

ktvu's claudine wong has been looking over the puc records in this case and joins us from san francisco good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, yeah this sack of papers is called general order 175 and deals with that safety and talked about at this meeting here at 9:30. the purpose of this general order 175 is to," significantly enhance and promote safe rail transit systems and provide effective protection for california rail transit workers. this does come as the ntsb continues its investigation into the deaths of two bart workers on the tragedies, and while that is considered by the puc the bulk of the work has actually be in the works for a while. it started in 2009, they started to look into the safety rules after the worker fatalities there. the commission found the work regulations in place that specifically applied to them, instead most was freight transit. now the commission looked at 12 accidents, 12 fatal accidents across the country and came up with this list of recommendations and that is what has brought us here. so what will change for workers? there are adjustments

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ktvu claudine wong is joining us live with more on that fire danger in the area.can see it's a little windy out there. >> yes, it is really windy out here. roads have branches and debris in it. the fire was at refinery on property. we are are outside the gates of the refinery. you can see the refinery in the background. there is actually marsh land between us and the refinery you can see. that is what was burning earlier. let me show you video of what it looked like. as it was going there was an orange glow coming up from that marsh land. and there was smoke being reported from the area. contra costa firefighters came out to the refinery and told us they were turned away at the gate. they do have their own fire department and they were able to handle their flames. that fire was at 1:00 when the video was taken. it was out shortly after that. we believe when we got out here just that little bit ago. we were not able to see any visible flames. the good news it appears that fire is out. certainly on a day like this when you have fire dangers you have red flag warning

. >> and i'm claudine wong in for pam cook this morning. we want to check your weather and traffic. and steve, it was a little pockets of fog driving in today. something people should be aware of. >> yes. we have a thick fog out there. there is a dense fog advisory until 11:00. there will be other areas that get the thick fog. watch out visibility could be a quarter mile or zero. 40s and 50s. not much of a change. as officer todd dollar said insert temperature here. because its been 43 in pleasant hill for the last four days. 64, 68. low in southern california spinning in a few high clouds. another low to the north and another low to the west. warm inland to very warm. in fact, some areas in the mid 80s. livermore being one but pacifica 59. here is sal. >>> steve, we do have traffic that is getting busier and you did mention that fog it will be an issue for drivers. it will be tough to see in some areas. fog is pretty thick. even around the bay which is unusual. this is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza where right now traffic is not effected by the fog and you can tell it is bett

i'm claudine wong. >> i'm mike mibach. raiders kick off 12 hours away.bay. time is ticking down as they try to transform o.co from a baseball playoff field to an nfl gridiron. allie rasmus is live for us this morning on what officials say is a $250,000 change over. >> reporter: converting the coliseum from a baseball to football field is an 18 to 20 hour process. normally work crews would have more time to get it done but because the a's are in the playoffs, baseball and football seasons are overlapping here. that means a lot of work for the people at o.co coliseum. they've been here since the overnight hours. the a's game didn't end until 9:40 last night and today's raiders game had to be pushed back from 1:30 to 8:30 tonight so workers could get the field ready. they had to remove the pitchers mound, remove fence posts, use two giant cranes to add about 6,000 feet. they had to repaint yard lines and hash marks and go through the usual safety inspections. with the a's in the playoffs and the raiders season in full swing it's been a very busy time. >> th

live in alameda claudine wong ktvu channel 2 news. >>> ac transit is expected to be busier than usualmorning. a few people started showing up at the 20th street bus stop at broadway. they are telling us here at ktvu news they wanted to arrive early so they could guarantee they wouldn't be late for work or stuck in traffic for hours. bart is running free shuttles from the east bay to san francisco. people started lining up hours ago to get a seat there. ktvu alex savidge is out talking to commuters at the walnut creek bart station. he will have a live update coming up at 5:43. >>> oakland mayor jean quan has released a statement asking both sides to consider the fact of a strike on commuters. quan says quote we are all public servants and must always work with our residents. i know both sides have been hard at work for more weeks and i thank them for all their work but now is not the time to give up. in the meantime bay area service leaders could have a big impact on the bay area economy. the council estimates a strike could cost up to $73 million a day in lost worker productivity. in

claudine wong is in alameda, and has been there this morning.en pretty crowded. >> reporter: yes, we have seen a steady flow of people. i want to show you the line right now. that's the front of the line as we stretch all the way back, you can see folks at the back end of the line, we are very hopeful they will get on the ferry that is just pulling up right now. ernest sanchez who is the spokesperson for the san francisco bay ferry joining me live,. >> we have a boat pulling up now and that boat carries 199 passengers and it will take everybody in this line. >> they have been filling it up to the max, not leaving anybody behind if they don't have t. how has the morning been going. >> so far it's been a friday light. a little bit lighter than a normal weekday. we are carrying more people than we normally carry of course. we carry 6000 people on a weekday on average and during the peek of the july strike, we carried 19,000 plus. i don't think we'll make 19,000 today. it's yet to be seen but we are doing very well. things are smooth and the boats a

. >> reporter: claudine, the oakland marriott is where 100 or so vendors will market weapons and equipment specifically to law enforcement that are visiting the area. that is what has occupy oakland protestors fired up. the weapons. and they say that starting at 9:00 they will have picketers here in front of the marriott. now urban shield is one of the largest first responders in the u.s.. 5,000 people are expected to attend the event. you are looking at video from last year's training. where disaster videos will help train swat. oakland police say they have known about the protest for some time and they are ready. >> this is the first time this has happened with some opposition to it. our stand is is this benefits all the citizens of oakland was you wanted the citizens to have a swat team that is prepared. >> reporter: a spokesperson for the occupy group says they have called for peaceful protests and they there are no plans to confront police. however, today is the second anniversary of the eviction of occupy oakland demonstrators from outside of oakland city hall so that may add to the

ktvu channel 2 reporter claudine wong joins us now to tell us what's hiding in that mask that may makeore putting it on. >> halloween is big business. americans are expected to spend nearly $7 billion on halloween this year. they are buying a costume and spend an average of 30 bucks. if dressing up includes putting on a mask, be careful before you put it on. check it out. a television station in arizona went to four different stores and found folks there trying on a lot of masks. they bought about a dozen of them. swabbed the nose and mouth areas of each one. and then they took those samples to the head of the biotech program at play saw community -- mesa community college. he checked each one, a worker did, and tested how much bacteria that could be found. >> i was quite surprised, the number of the bacteria and the diversity of the bacteria. zblfrt well, it turns out -- >> well, it turns out every single mask had bacteria and germs. one had mold and fungus in it. if you start to look for germs, you will find them in a lot of places. a study from 2011 found 70% of gas pump handles, ma

live in san francisco, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> 8:34.ight now. want to take you live to washington, d.c. and a live picture of a news conference going on right now. this is being held by senate democrats and some furloughed federal workers. you can see a number of people coming up to the microphone. they've been talking about the effects of the federal government shutdown. also we just got word just a short time ago from the white house that president obama has invited congressional leaders to the white house later today for a shutdown meeting. it's unclear if that will help to break the political logjam. so the partial government shutdown continues and so does the blame game. the impasse in congress is no closer to being resolved. kyla campbell joins us live from washington to explain how bay area lawmakers are reacting this morning. kyla? >> reporter: congress is back to work on capitol hill this morning. but there's still no deal on funding the government. oakland congresswoman barbara lee spoke about a half-hour ago. >> the american

i'm mike mibach. >> and i'm claudine wong.emary. >> good morning to all of you. we have pleasant weather coming our way for the this afternoon. this morning, patchy dense fog. i'll show you where we're seeing it at its thickest. temperatures within a few degrees of where we stood yesterday. for the afternoon, mostly sunny skies, only subtle changes in the forecast for today. a warming trend is in the extended forecast. i'll show you the numbers, coming up. . >>> continuing coverage now and the potential for a bart strike come monday morning. in 30 minutes, bart management and unions are expected back at cal trans headquarters to continue negotiations. that's where allie rasmus is live for us this morning with more on where talks stand as the countdown to yet another strike continues. allie? >> reporter: mike, as you said, sometimes in the next 30 minutes, we should see union leaders and bart management heading into the cal trans headquarters here in downtown oakland. 9:30 is when both sides are scheduled to be back at the barg

. >> i'm claudine wong. along at a very beautiful saturday this morning.ning, rosemary. >> good morning to you. the winds pretty much out of here. seeing a few localized gusts. we will be with mostly sunny skies today, slightly warmer for the afternoon. without that wind, areas waking up a lot chillier this morning. we'll have a look at current conditions. we do have a cooling trend in your future, even the possibility of a few sprinkles. we'll talk about the possibility of maybe a little bit of smoke in our area for today. more on that, coming up. . >>> new this morning, one person was called in an accident on southbound 101 that shut the highway down for hours. police say it happened just about 3:40 this morning near sierra point in brisbane, south of candlestick park. police say a car was driving the wrong way when it crashed into another vehicle. the freeway is back open now, but was shut down to all traffic for about two hours and was not fully back open until just after 7:00 this morning. that accident is still under investigation and it is still unc

claudine wong is in the studio to explain the term and the life-and-death consequences. >> there haveeen a lot of the questions surrounding the death of lynne spalding whose body was found in the stairwell of san francisco general hospital weeks after she went missing and days after she died. now one report says something called alarm fatigue may be partly to blame. she was found in a stairwell on the fourth floor of the hospital. that door had an alarm. there's questions about why the alarm didn't bring more attention. according to the chronicle, hospital workers say alarm fatigue may be to blame and administrators are calling this a nationwide problem. it comes in a workplace with a lot of alarms and monitors constantly going off. the problems come when workers get desensitized and tune them out. between january and june of 2012, alarm-related problems led to 80 patient deaths and 13 severe injuries. the commission says the numbers likely represent less than 10% of incidents. the chronicle also says the study that analyzed 7,000 potentially critical heart rhythm alarms that went off