its corporate headquarters will remain right here in this building in downtown low oakland -- downtown oakland. but the impact it will have worries some businesses. >> clorox has been here for a long time and they are the majority of my customers. >> reporter: this man owns the fountain cafe, just a few dozen yards from the clorox building. >> we'll definitely feel the void of 500 people. >> obviously, disappointment any time there is a move to take that number of employees from the city, it's disappointing. >> reporter: this man says it's too early to know the economic impact of clorox's move. the man who owns the restaurant has reason to concern. this is where roughly 500 workers in oakland will be transferred over the next year. >> the driver for this was really innovation and allowing us to get more growth for our business. >> reporter: wayne delker says the company will take the company's product and research located in pleasanton and put them under one roof at the clorox campus but he says the company's long ties and headquarters will remain in oakland. >> more than 60% of our em

. >> we have one in berkeley, and east oakland and one downtown oakland. >> i see. now who is able to be a part of this and become members or active in it? >> you have to be 55 years of age. you have to be frail. a senior that is frail, perhaps sick and shut in which is why i thought it was a good idea to come on this show. so many seniors are sick and shut in and a member of our faith community we want to let them know services are out there to assist them we provide all inclusive care we act again like an hmo we provide you with your doctors, physical therapists, nurses, your in home care, you know all inclusive care. >> well, i am over 55 i might thing about that. >> not frail enough. not frail enough. >> we will come back to that then and hear more details. please join us, as jean and angela, center for elders and dependents as they go into more depth of this great program ,, they do not have to die... but they do. 24,000 children... every day. they die for reasons we can prevent. like not getting enough food or medicine... or clean, safe water to drink. but we

the redivivus looks nice west bound and sodas the 583 downtown oakland >> the 80 is looking mense by92 in the one-on-one on and the 92 is not backed up it is a little crowded. golden gate bridge ride, we've been talking a lot about the fog here and a drizzle is well. you know that the wet pavement is very much a hazard because of the cable trail racks and be sure to use extra caution if you drive on any of those streets where you find real tracks on them, they are very slippery this morning. there no bad conditions garneau cable cars out here. the six city traffic looks good. doesn't it? on the right side of the screen you can see the tail lights and is a bit of a backup rate at the live border road on the right into alamo but other than that it is a smith commute all the way to the san remain valid. james? thank you so much. it is 6:50 a.m. and an update or the police are under fire there during racial profiling. there's a new survey about people acting in community together or pact for short. 57 percent of them said nearly 1800 parishioners are related to the guadalupe church clini

there are no major problems on the way up to downtown oakland. this morning's commute in antioch is slow. we had an accident earlier. southbound 680 is slow and 80 westbound is slow. also want to mention that there is a crash in sunnyvale in the south bay. 101 southbound at 237 involving a tour bus, minivan and two cars on the shoulder. 7:56. here's steve. >>> a lot of fog and low clouds. there are some holes already or breaks in the clouds. it will burn off sooner but some of it has been right on the ground. even some local drizzle that should be ending. we'll mention it for now. still a westerly wind. west at oakland at 6. concord, 12. a little westerly at napa. the sea breeze is still in place. we'll warm up slightly. not much. foggy, mostly, a little warmer. the system will drive across higher clouds. follow, drizzle. mostly sunny -- fog, drizzle, mostly sunny later. look at boulder creek. our observer says it's 39. that's cold. he says this is one of the coldest summers he can ever remember. that's true. the system to the left of your screen

people here say he was a local rapper often performed in downtown oakland. live in oakland, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> just a short timing a pg&e crews were able to cap a natural gas line that was accidentally cut overnight by a construction crew in orinda. it happened not far from highway 24 just before 11:30 last night. the construction crew was working on a major city road paving project. somehow cut into a two inch natural gas line. about a dozen homes were evacuated for a short time as a precaution. they were later allowed to return. pg&e is now working to repair the gas line. the father of an oakland teenager who was gunned down near their home is urging the shooter to turn himself in. 17-year-old raymond justice was shot tuesday night. he was a junior at life academy high school. the school's principal says raymond had a 3.3 grade point average and plan today go to college. raymond's father says his pain is indescribable. >> hurt me so bad. whoever sneaky person to shoot him in the back of his head, coward. come to us. and meet his death. >> police are n

downtown location. the company's been in oakland since 1913.dan carmen shows us the move is good news for the city of pleasanton. >> to tear this old washington mutual complex in pleasanton backcourts plans to house its new research and development operations and in the process relocate more than 500 employees from oakland. >> provides hope for folks in the work trading opportunities for employment possibly in the future and the synergy of having all these businesses come to pleasanton is not only got four town but for the try valley. >> clorox is not the first to look pleasanton's office space especially since the brand is a relatively low. >> seeing medium-size companies in the neighborhood of 200 employees to about 500 employees companies relocating from other parts of the bay area. >> for example this credit union is moving from san francisco to this pleasanton location and tech company is moving from concord to this pleasanton business center. >> have great infrastructure here meaning were adjacent to highways, 6580 primarily carried we ha

they plan to march to the state building on clay street in downtown oakland. the california dream act would grant the right of undocumented students in california the right to state financial aid. the bill is sitting on governor schwarzenegger's desk right now awaiting his signature. >>> this morning, president obama outlined had his ideas for improving public education in the u.s. that would include a longer school year. in a tv interview, the president did not say exactly how much longer the school year should be but he did say that u.s. students attend classes on average about a month less than students in most other advanced countries. he also says that many students are losing a lot of what they learn during the long summer break. research shows that disadvantaged kids are often three grade levels behind their peers by the end of 8th grade. >>> today a $1 million gift is being given to san francisco's schools by the bill and melinda gates foundation. more money will follow in the next two years. the money will help pay for peoples to prepare students for

patchy clouds, low fog and little sunny. 46 santa rosa-napa to 59 downtown oakland splitting the difference with oak land, berkeley and the oakland airport. 57 there. and 56 san jose with mostly cloudy skies starting to fill in. 33 up in tahoe. there are some cooler readings. system will move out and high pressure will just slowly build in which means gradual warming. low clouds give way to mostly sunny skies little warmer but breezy. about a three to five degree rebound from yesterday. little more sunshine, slightly warmer. high pressure builds in, warmer weather inland start to see 80s return. we'll keep it in check there and the fog will hang out by the coast. pam and dave. >>> this morning the commerce department reports the trade deficit narrowed significantly in july. the july deficit dropped 14% to $42.8 billion. that's much lower than forecast. the u.s. exports climbed to highest level in nearly two years resulting in big gains of machinery and computers. >>> the founder of kfc would have turned 120 years old today. but a new survey shows 60% of people under the age of 25 could not

will be cut in half and that is what they're talking about the second floor of this building in downtown oakland, they're having an ac transit board of directors workshop for the public and also comment on the proposed cuts in here some of the proposed cuts, lot #1 is eliminating half of their weekend service and a virtue is eliminating four of the six all-nighter lyons anniversaries reducing hours of all lands and forests out source saying paratransit services for seniors and disabled people. they're saying they need to close a major budget gap on september 22nd. and oakland i'm dahlin for kron4 news. >> a hurricane is picking up with category 4 storm and winds of more than 130,000 mi. per hour. ill-timed late tomorrow or early friday and is a state of emergency. they have evacuated the coast. the hurricane has already left a path of destruction across the caribbean and this is st. john days in the virgin islands. it is all sure and there are dangers recurrence of the them the coast and through labor day weekend. it is still hot this weekend and is expected to get hotter. pictures were taken ea

. >> we have a new problem in the east bay approaching downtown oakland.bound 880 approaching broadway a car hit the center divide and traffic looks like it's beginning to back up approaching high street. one lane is blocked. flatbed tow truck, injury crash. bay bridge stalled bus on the upper deck past treasure island and messed things up for the morning commute. metering lights were turned on around 6:15 and traffic is backed up to the macarthur maze already. so you have a good 20-minute wait or so to get on the bridge and traffic is jammed solid from, yeah, the maze out towards the metering lights. and it's slow up the incline, as well. also major delays westbound 580 approaching airway boulevard. cleaning up a big rig spill. still in its third hour right now and they are saying they won't be able to get the left lane re-opened until close to 7:00 so major delays from the altamont pass out towards livermore and airway. that is your traffic. for your forecast, here's tracy. >> hey, thanks, elizabeth. our forecast for this morning a little cloudy out ther

and downtown oakland i think it was the third day in a row about 67. didn't see any reason to change anything. san jose 73. tomorrow we'll start a warm up. 40s there are a lot of low and mid-40s especially to the north. santa rosa napa 47. breeze helps keep temperatures up a bit. seeing upper 40s and right at 50 for a few. [ indiscernible ] san jose 55. and mostly clear skies. patchy low clouds around. they won't last long. 49 tahoe. 39 also in truck ee. that system coming by right there has moved out. and there's one more system right there, just a little guy going to clip the northern part of the state. that will keep things in check today. keep the breeze going. and a few clouds. generally sunny, breezy, maybe in a wind protected area. not too bad with the sun. but temperatures 60s and 70s. windy coast some of the higher elevations. 77 antioch. morgan hill to gill roy maybe hillsburg kind of cool there. 60s and 70s in between and temperatures start to rebound after a cold thursday morning. then it will be sunny. fall starts tonight 8:09 p.m. then ni

which day is in the five day forecast will be the hottest >>> ac transit riders sounded off downtown oakland to oppose further cuts to bus service. they marched to headquarters to express views. it will leave students unable to get to classes and strand senior and disabled riders. the av transit board is expected to vote tomorrow to slash service and increase fairs to offset the budget deficit. >> bed bug infestations are becoming an increasing problem at hotels, apartments and homes in the bay area, and across the nation. in the south bay, control experts say the tiny insect numbers have jumped this year. in response, a computer programmer created a website enabling people to report bed bug encounters in specific cities. bed bug registry.com says he set up the site after a traumatic experience in a san francisco hotel. >>> being called a major defeat for gay rights groups, senate republicans block blocked legislation to allow gays to serve openly in the military. it may have been the best hope to repeal the ban. >> he was the first u.s. soldier wounded in the long war in iraq march 2003. bu

slow traffic getting into downtown oakland. so just a couple of things can make the commute go south really quickly. 280, nothing to do with the bay bridge, but heavy traffic this morning from downtown. this sticks with you all the way into coopertino. here's steve. >> sal, thank you. sunny for most. still some areas that have low clouds around, but overall, we'll have a mostly sunny day. a little breezy, slightly cool for some. this is the coolest day of the week. we'll start the last day of the summer. sunny, cool, breezy. we've had gusts over 40 in some of the higher elevations. sunny, breezy, cool, and 70s inland. temperatures today will stay close to yesterday's readings, maybe one or two degrees warmer. didn't change oakland, walnut creek only 74 at yesterday's 72. san jose kept it the same. a few clouds down there. 44 santa rosa. 38 on mount hamilton right now and i did see kenwood made it down to 41 this morning. 42 in tahoe. 48yukia. the system not responsible for the breeze. there it goes. it's in the northern nevada.

. >>> oakland police are investigating a shooting in downtown oakland early this morning that sent two people to the hospital. a 19-year-old man and a 33-year- old woman was shot on 14th and webster streets at 1:53 this morning. an officer patrolling the area heard gunfire and was flagged down by people who led him to the victims. the man and woman are being treated for nonlife threatening injuries. investigators say a nightclub in the area does not appear to have been involved in the conflict. and it's unclear if the victims were being deliberately targeted by the shooter. >>> today republican leaders are telling voters how they will governor if they win back congress in november. they gathered around a table at a hardware store in suburban virginia to unveil their 21 page pledge to america. they say they will use this as a guide if they gain a majority of seats in the midterm elections. critics say it's a return to failed economic policies that led to the economic crisis and will do nothing to create jobs or eliminate the deficit. this is a partial list of the republican agenda. to r

the mayor's debate is taking place at kaiser center auditorium in downtown. oakland is using a ranked choice system in the election. you can choose the top three candidates and if no one gets 50% of the vote the vote is redistributed. when the debate concludes we will post it for you on our web site. and we will have a complete report on our 10:00 news. >>> it has been two weeks since the san bruno gas pipeline disaster. now the state is ordered to look into what happened and probe the safety of pg&e pipeline. the commission today ordered the creation of independent review panel, including a group of experts selected in the next 60 days. the commission has ordered pg&e to pay for the panel and they must make all of the people ready for interviewed and release all of the records for the pipeline that ruptured. >>> crews started the next face of cleanup. demolishing the first of three dozen homes destroyed in the fire. the three homes leveled today is one on fair month and the other on earl and the third on claremon avenue. >> reporter: rick stopped to look at the dama

again, that sig-alert because of the emergency closure, three lanes closed through downtown oakland. we'll follow this coming up. >>> charles rittenhouse is out on bail this morning. he was arrested in his home when his wife and her best friend were found dead. they were two of four victims in an east bay killing spree. police say he's still a person of interest, but his attorney says those bodies were planted in his home. nbc bay area's jean elie has information that may support that claim. >> 72-year-old charles rittenhouse is out of jail but remains under suspicion. a judge lowered his bail from $2 million to $25,000 after prosecutors revealed they don't have evidence to charge him with the murders of his wife, rita allen, and her friend, carol smart. police found the women's bodies inside the vallejo home he shared with his wife last tuesday. his attorney maintains someone planted the bodies in the home while rithenhouse was at work tuesday. a private investigator hired by joe smart to look into his wife's disappearance says he met with rittenhouse inside the home last monday nig

the victim was shot to death last july during a robbery in downtown oakland, california and he was visiting that area for a job interview at google. >>> congressional investigators say an iowa egg farm at the center of a salmonella outbreak received hundreds of positive results for salmonella before its eggs sickened more than 1500 people. a house committee says its investigators obtained records showing that wright county egg received 426 positive results for salmonella between 2008 and this year. the company recalled 380 million eggs last month after its eggs were linked to hundreds of illnesses. the owner of wright county egg is scheduled to testify before congress next week. >>> see it coupon here? it's little. it's really little but it cost manufacturers big bucks just to give you a break at the checkout. tonight we learn that the former chief financial officer for the nation's largest coupon processor pleaded guilty to being involved in a scheme with others that cost manufacturers, get this, $250 million. coupons. the scheme forced companies to pay for coupons that would have been rej

today 78 downtown, 85 oakland, 91 palo alto.ill 90s in the north bay with 94 san jose. 98 in livermore down by the monterey bay a comfortable 75 there with 96 morgan hill so cooling coast today spreading across the bay tomorrow right through the labor day weekend. in fact, that's cooler than average by monday. megan has an update on a crash. >> following this injury crash in concord. westbound highway 4 at willow pass road. the fast lane is blocked. emergency crews are on the scene as well as a tow truck so they should have it cleared shortly. this green means that speeds are moving at the limit so not causing any major slowing through that area. let's see how long it will take you to make the commute on westbound 4 heading on antioch into concord. that's a 40-minute drive time. 19 minutes from 205 to 680. let's get a live look in san jose. this is 101 right at the 880 overcrossing. no problems heading north bond making your way out of morgan hill and heading all the way up the peninsula. eric. >> megan, thank you very much. sti

yamaguchi and oakland a's catcher, kurt suzuki and presented a check to a man fatally beaten in downtown oakland in april. >> mr. yu had great expectation for his son to be a doctor and we want to be able to contribute to that and hope that $75,000 would help contribute to his education fund to become a doctor some day. >> now both of yu's alleged attackers were identified from a surveillance video with the help of community. both of them have been charged with murder. >>> the decision to kill a mountain lion roaming downtown berkeley is stirring controversy. a memorial critical of the shooting has been played on shattack avenue and cedar street. fish and wildlife wardens and police decided it was necessary to kill the lion to protect the public. some people are questioning that decision. >> they could have sedated it. there is reality television out there everywhere showing people how to be at one with nature. >> police officers and wardens say they do not carry tranquilizers, calling them unreliable in emergency situations. for instance, a mountain lion run through a populated area. >>> after

pleaded not guilty monday to murder charges stemming from the fatal shooting of a virginia man in downtown oaklandwo months ago. george huggins, 24, and his girlfriend, 33-year-old althea housley, are charged in connection with the thought death of 45-year-old jinghong kang, who was visiting the bay area for a job interview at google. he was killed at about 11:30 p.m. on july 18 during an apparent robbery as he walked with a friend to his car.oakland police said huggins and housley allegedly took $17 from him during the robbery.huggins and housley, are scheduled to return to alameda county superior court on nov. 1 for a pretrial hearing. >> 6:21 a.m. are rumors sickout would start today and last until friday but according to the agency spokesperson it is our right now if it happens they are prepared to deal with the the union representing the operators say there is a flyer that may be circulated out there there's no way it is sanctioned by the union if it is out there. san francisco is working on working on a ban for selling cigarettes in a pharmacy. they agreed unanimous unanimously to send the v

the nimitz freeway these headlight's ourselves bound 880 downtown oakland at 23rd this was the scenehis morning because of emergency road repair that has been accomplished and lanes are reopened. southbound direction the northbound is still moving well in fact all the way from san leandro to oakland. public transit no problems to report board appears to be doing well so far ace train doing fine and no problems for a cauldron. >> what's $300 million between friends right george. just tacked on to the new bay bridge. so this brings the total when you add on the 300 million to $2 billion. the self a greenspan features a giant tower attached to cable. now when you add the 300 million covering the extra construction and other problems. and also metal sheets and pieces that they need. so it's supposed to be done in 2013 when you add that the overall estimate to replace this ban in the bridge remains at 6.2 billion so does not change the overall price. >> oakland police are investigating two shootings and a homicide that took place in less than 10 minutes. the first one happened at 930 last

oakland police say they have made an arrest in connection with the shooting death of a man in downtown oakland. investigators say he shot 27 year old craig amesworth at 14th street and broadway after an argument. amesworth collapsed into a newsstand. he's being held without bail. >>> they face a bias lawsuit on behalf of a bay area teenager. lawyers filed the suit today in san jose. an 18 year old muslim women is accusing the company's store of refusing to hire her because she wears a religious head scarf. a nearly identical lawsuit was filed back in 2009 by a muslim job applicant in oklahoma. they have not commented on this latest lawsuit. >>> once they were neighborhood nuisances, now they are neighborhood artists, a new program that focuses the artistic skills towards beautiful artwork got underway today. robert honda shows us why it's a win-win for everyone. >> reporter: today was the first day of classes for about 30-40 young people taking part in the graffiti art project, a collaboration of the map, music, and art project to help at-risk youth find a positive way to express and celebrate

. >> a festive atmosphere greeted fair if goers in downtown oakland as the gay community staged its first pride festival in seven years. the smells of food and the sounds of music filled franklin street. organizers expressed hope that the festival will now become an annual event. social issues also were on people's minds. one organizer said the festival is meant, in part, to demonstrate that gays and lesbians are integral members of the community, entitled to equal treatment. >> i think that in california we have goen a lot closer than most places in america. of course, we have a long way to go. but right now, we are taking it one step at a time. and we know that it is going to happen eventually. >> the festival is also a big fundraiser. to help establish an lgbt community center in the east bay. the fair was last held back in 2003 and was replaced for years by the oakld art and soul festival. >> hewlet packard's ousted ceo is about to land a new job. this one with high tech giant oracle. the board is expected to meet within days to vote on the deal to hire mark hurd. he will reportedly b

oakland police say they have made an arrest in connection with the shooting death of a man in downtown oakland. investigators say he shot 27 year old craig amesworth at 14th street and broadway after an argument. amesworth collapsed into a newsstand. he's being held without bail. >>> they face a bias lawsuit on behalf of a bay area teenager. lawyers filed the suit today in san jose. an 18 year old muslim women is accusing the company's store of refusing to hire her because she wears a religious head scarf. a nearly identical lawsuit was filed back in 2009 by a muslim job applicant in oklahoma. they have not commented on this latest lawsuit. >>> once they were neighborhood nuisances, now they are neighborhood artists, a new program that focuses the artistic skills towards beautiful artwork got underway today. robert honda shows us why it's a win-win for everyone. >> reporter: today was the first day of classes for about 30-40 young people taking part in the graffiti art project, a collaboration of the map, music, and art project to help at-risk youth find a positive way to express and celebrate

pleaded not guilty monday to murder charges stemming from the fatal shooting of a virginia man in downtown oaklandtwo months ago. george huggins, 24, and his girlfriend, 33-year-old althea housley, are charged in connection with the death of 45- year-old jinghong kang, who was visiting the bay area for a job interview at google. he was killed at about 11:30 p.m. on july 18 during an apparent robbery as he walked with a friend to his car.oakland police said huggins and housley allegedly took $17 from him during the robbery.huggins and housley, are scheduled to return to alameda county superior court on nov. 1 for a pretrial hearing. >> are rumored sit still for muni would start today and last snow friday. meany says if there is it does start they will be able to take care of it. the union says that there is a flyer it is not sanctioned. they're working on a vandyke tobacco sales at pharmacies. they agreed to send this ordinance to the full board the legislation passed in 08 made this city the first one in the nation to overhaul have it pharmacies from selling tobacco. >> when alcohol alcohol foggy

it looks like this from 238 towards downtown oakland.101 approaching 880 at least one lane is blocked. and it's not any better on 280 heading out of downtown san jose. very slow from downtown all the way to cupertino. again, that's northbound 280 traffic right here by the 880 interchange where it tends to bottleneck anyway. down the eastshore freeway we had an earlier accident near university and it is stilling very slow this morning as you come out of hercules. it does pick up a bit once you hit ashby past the earlier accident scene. lawrence has the forecast. >> big changes today as we see low clouds and fog spreading around the bay area from mount vaca, some of that patchy fog making its way inland. more at the coast and the bay. temperatures coming way down. 80s in the bay area, cooler as we head in towards tomorrow. looks like warming up thursday and friday. ,,,,,,,,

but they say their headquarters will remain at 12th and broadway in downtown oakland. clorox is one of oakland's biggest employers. they consolidating at a new campus in pleasantton where today there was a welcoming party. wall street's five day winning streak snapped today as investors took profits from september's considerable gains. the dow closed down 21 points. the nasdaq lost 14. gold hit a new record high closing in on the 1300 an ounce. >>> adobe systems of san jose saw its stock price drop 19% today. demand was weak for its creative sweet software in the education market. and in japan where it usually does well. the shares closed at $26.67, down more than $6. >> an enduring story during this economic down turn is about companies doing more with fewer workers. and today that played out in berkeley. >> good jobs now. good jobs now. >> union workers rallied out bayer pharmaceuticals to demand the company give 39 laid off employees their jobs back. bayer said it cut the jobs because of increased efficiency in the warehouse and production facilities. the company say

but they say their headquarters will remain at 12th and broadway in downtown oakland. clorox is one of oakland's biggest employers. they consolidating at a new campus in pleasantton where today there was a welcoming party. wall street's five day winning streak snapped today as investors took profits from september's considerable gains. the dow closed down 21 points. the nasdaq lost 14. gold hit a high closing in on the 1300 an ounce. saw its stock price drop 19% today. demand was weak for its creative sweet software in the education market. and in japan where it usually does well. the shares closed at $26.67, down more than $6. >> an enduring story during this economic down turn is about companies doing more with fewer workers. and today that played out in berkeley. >> good jobs now. good jobs now. >> union workers rallied out bayer pharmaceuticals to demand the company give 39 laid off employees their jobs back. bayer said it cut the jobs because of increased efficiency in the warehouse and production facilities. the company says the laid off workers are eligible for s

, the morning commute is good on 880 north and south past the coliseum as you drive north to downtown oakland. on the peninsula, highway 101 and 280 are looking nice. highway 92 showing slows. across the bay on 92, it looks good to the 880 freeway. slowing on highway 84. 5:36. here is steve. >>> happy friday. change has started in the weather pattern. inland, it did not matter. it was still hot. i heard from a buddy of mine. mike delfino. he is a weather nut. he goes 280 and by the time he gets to daily city, it is 68. if you have a car thermometer, watch that plunge. definitely yesterday, but more likely today. all the inland areas will drop off tomorrow. they will be warm today. just not as hot as yesterday. 60s and 70s and upper 70s around the bay. 90s and still some upper 90s to low 100. 52 in santa rosa napa. 61 in san francisco. oakland is down 10 from yesterday. you can see coast and bay temperatures starting to take a drop. up and down the coast, a lot of fog. it has filled in. it is workingaroundd the bay here. there is the low swinging in right where it says fog on the coast. there

. >> thousands of people turned out this downtown oakland today for the city's first pride festival in seven years. the smell of good food and the sound music filled the street as organizers expressed hope it'll now be a yearly event. social issues also were on people's minds. one organizer said it's in part meant to demonstrate that gays are important parts of the community entitled to equal treatment. >> i think that in california we have gotten a lot closer than most places in america. of course we have a long way to go but right now we are taking one step at a time and we know that it is going to happen eventually. >> reporter: the festival also was a fundraiser to help establish a community center in the east bay. the fair was last held in 2003 and was replaced for years by the art and soul festival. >>> it was a great day for a festival and anything else outside. mark is here now with a look at the warm temperatures. >> that's right. neighborhoods and right now up in to the upper 80s to lower 90s toward fairfield, concord and livermore. san francisco, last check 67 and san jose r

. >>> downtown oakland is mourning the loss of hundreds of jobs.rox plans to keep their headquarters in oakland, but about 500 workers will be moving. it is the largest corporation. tenants will move to the bottom 12 floors. >>> employs of bayer protest today. the workers say bayer got more than $20 million last year to promote jobs, then cut them. >> we're trying to rally and get the support of the community and let the folks know about what's going on here. >> we did get a response which says the layoffs are made to increase efficiency at the facility and that the company did everything it could to help those who were let go. >>> a concerned parent or police officer abusing his authority. tonight, a san jose police officer is in trouble for handcuffing a 15-year-old boy who had sex with his 14-year-old stepdaughter. >> apparently, the handcuffing was done in front of the boy's parents in their living room. while the police officer said he was acting as a concerned parent, the boy's parents say he was in full uniform and acting like an officer. >>

we have temperatures downtown oakland going for low 90s today. maybe a late breeze this evening. but not before it's a really warm day for many. look at that already san francisco 67 degrees. that's balmy conditions. no fog. don't have to worry about that. 84 yesterday going 88 today. that's a nice shot. i like that guys. thanks. we have temperatures right now mainly in the 60s. santa rosa 59 officially at sonoma county airport. cooler closer to town. santa rosa warmer than fairfield. don't see that all the time. san francisco as we said 67. twin peak 72 to ocean beach 56. there's a wide variety of temperatures but most are in the 60s including china basin at 68. fog's out there but it's going to take another day. maybe a late breeze being held in check by strong high pressure. sunny and warm to hot. 70s, 80s, 90s to near 100 away from the coast. high pressure another day but there's a system to the left of your screen. that will start a cooling trend tomorrow. patchy fog coast but warm to hot for many. light west wind maybe late not before 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s by the beaches. a

slow in stretches from san leandro up into downtown oakland.ds embarcadero. at the bay bridge toll plaza, no problems lately. we had a couple of earlier accidents on the upper deck. right now just congestion but it is backed up into the maze. that is your traffic. for your forecast, here's tracy. >> hey, thanks, elizabeth. our forecast today does include some clouds. here's a look out toward ocean beach where we have plenty of clouds along the coastline for the morning. we are going to keep those clouds in the forecast for the afternoon for coastal locations. temperatures 60s at the coast, and sunshine around the bay, not much, highs in the mid-60s and plenty of sunshine inland, with highs in the upper 70s. today is slightly warmer than yesterday. tomorrow will be more warm than today. and then saturday and sunday, looking good. near 90 degrees inland over the weekend. lower 70s expected, that will be for the bay. and the lower to mid-60s along the coast. >>> welcome back to "the early show" on a thursday morning. we are getting fired up on the

we're back up along 580 and the overpass leading pass highway 24 into downtown oakland.you can make it out here the lorry short freeway is lower now all the way from how wall street through at emeryville. this is 8580 back up beyond 24. we continue to track slow going on high way for an early morning accident at hillcrest leftist low along the new bypass and through concord it is heavier now as well as through a pleasant hill. the south bound ride leading down towards the creek a good one when she passed 24 no delays through sara san ramon valley. time for check on whether with plaza >> the fog is dense this morning the low ceiling heights virtually blocking the buildings out there we have seen drizzle produced from some fog as we head toward the afternoon we will get a warm up today. there's a chance of rain and forecast for this weekend. for your saturday, sunday. satellite pictures showing us where the fog is this morning in san rows of visibility is less than a quarter mile of the skirt our the fog release of been through much of the peninsula through the stamford of

new record for this date and tie city of oakland 92 degrees tied the record for the date and downtown oaklandnd more new record 97 in richmond. knicks and 104 gilroy and san jose all new record high for this day and other high and weren't record but pretty hot nonetheless. 104 clover dale. 100 in napa. 101 at fairfield. 103 at concord and 101 at morgan hill. it was a lot of heat spread all over the bay area. but things are going to change and i'll give you a look at that a bit later. heat will leave us for awhile. dan is that we'll be ready for that. thanks very much. see you shortly. >> cuts at cal in. 5 enter clean at sports at uc berkeley limit natured and no sign they are ever coming back. here's education reporter the dan. >> vince bruno also dreamed of playing baseball and attending uc berkeley. today one of those dreams was shattered. as of next year there will be no-cal baseball. >> this happens not expected but just kind of makes you stronger in a way. hopefully works out for me. this isn't the cookie cutter idea of what i was going to have coming to berkeley but i mean somehow we ar

taillights move northbound towards high street looks good towards downtown oakland and southbound traffic moving just as well down the nimitz freeway towards oakland airport and hayward. mass transit is -- it's a "spare the air" day so use mass transit if you can. everything is on time. that is your traffic. for your forecast, here's tracy. >> hey, thanks, elizabeth. things are warming up yet again. last week we had a topsy-turvy week with our conditions, very hot one day, cool the next. today is going to be a hot one. it is a clear start out there. that's going to lead us to plenty of sunshine early. and temperatures will begin to warm up quickly. afternoon highs, sunny and hot inland. today is a "spare the air" day. temperatures from 93 to 99 degrees. 92 at the bay. plenty of sunshine. plenty of sunshine along the coastline today with highs in the lower to the mid-70s. so today part 2 of the warmup. tomorrow, part 3. how hot will it get tomorrow? we'll take a look at those temperatures and your seven-day forecast coming up. >>> see you in a bit. 6:07. medical pot goes where it's never b

the traffic looking good there up to downtown oakland. also if you are driving into san francisco that is a nice looking drive on northbound 101 to that downtown area. 5:00 back to the desk. >> topping our news this morning lawyers for a death row inmate will ask a marin county superior -- [ inaudible ] >> -- execution, which is set to take place this week. it would be the state's first execution in five years. kraig debro is at san quintin this morning with an update. >> reporter: good morning, pam. ever since the supreme court reinstated the death penalty especially 1976 there have been multiple challenges to its constitutionality. well this morning there is going to be yet one more, the state is preparing to execute albert greenwood brown on wednesday morning at 12:00. he was sentenced to death in 1982 for the rape and murder of a 15-year-old riverside girl. this morning his attorneys will ask a judge for a stay of the execution. they say changes to the lethal injection protocol are minor and the judge that allowed it to go forward did

but the move of 500 employees out of clorox headquarters in downtown oakland to the east bay city is urt oakland's tax base. another 200 contract employees may go with them according to the "oakland tribune." clorox says it will keep as many as 1,000 workers in oakland. in fact the company just spent millions renovating the clorox building downtown. >> tough time to be laid off, that's for sure. >>> more than five and a half million californians, including two million children, live in poverty. many of them have to live on $4.50 a day diet because that's all they get with foot stamps. bob redell joins us live from san jose this morning with more. $4.50 a day. that's not $4.50 a meal. >> reporter: no. it's brutal. it's hard to get by. to illustrate this point second harvest food bank here in the south bay and the united way of sill cop valley have issued this week the $4.50 a day hunger challenge. taking on that children, carol lee hutton, the ceo of the united way. you started this and you're going to show us what you put in your cart. first off, there's not much here. this is suppose

so far, 15 minutes now up towards downtown oakland. remember our radio partners, kcbs 740-am and 106.9-fm. here's the forecast. >> we are seeing temperatures coming down all around the bay area. nice start to overlook san jose right now. clear skies through tonight we are going to see more clouds in that direction. already seeing clouds at the coast and inside the bay as it looks like we are in for a major cooldown outside. so we have some patchy fog through the golden gate and at the coast, still clear in the interior valleys. temperatures running in the 50s and 60s, somewhat similar start to what we had yesterday but by the afternoon, what a change in the temperatures. yesterday, we had 90s, hotspot showing up well inland. today we'll struggle to get into the lower 80s in the warmest spots. a lot of sunshine inside the bay but still cooler temperatures in the 60s and 70s. and out at the coastline, highs in the 50s and low 60s. low clouds and fog and breezy conditions outside. 93 san jose, 91 san rafael and 48 in san francisco. today

and no delay up the nimitz freeway from hayward to downtown oakland.s transit is not a "spare the air" day today but you're always encouraged to use mass transit. bart, ace, muni, caltrain all reporting everything on time. traffic can change at any moment. remember our radio partners, kcbs 740-am and 106.9-fm. that's a check of your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. >> hey, thanks, gianna. >> -- that's a check of your traffic. here's tracy with your forecast. >>> hey, thanks, elizabeth. weather has been changing quite a bit lately. "roll call"roller coaster ride on the temperatures. you can also get constant weather updates on kcbs radio. 50s and 60s this morning. fog at the coast with temperatures in the 50s. this afternoon, mostly sunny and very warm but not as hot. temperatures up to 99, you're thinking, okay, tracy, that's hot. yesterday we were up to 10 5. okay, slowly but surely. around the bay to the lower 80s today and sunshine with some areas of fog along the coastline, today's highs to the upper 60s. here's what we're watching. low pr

but it looks okay as far as our drive time goes towards downtown oakland.so have a photographer standing by along the peninsula. this is a live look at mountain view. headlights are northbound, 101 and 280 look good. that is your traffic. for your forecast, here's tracy. >> hey, thanks, elizabeth. a misty drizzly forecast. rainy -- well, maybe not rainy. that's pushing it. out the door this morning, mostly cloudy conditions are expected. drizzle and we do now have delays on arrivals at sfo around 50 minutes so that may hamper your travel this morning. cloudy with drizzle along the coastline. temperatures ranging from the mid-50s to the lower 60s. now, that's for the morning. for the afternoon, we are expecting some sunshine. but take a look at the temperatures. they are definitely cooler. mid-60s to the lower 70s inland today. lower to the upper 60s around the bay and clouds will dominate along the coastline with drizzle expected. a minor frontal system is moving through the bay area. that's what caused the drizzle. that's what's giving us the morning cloud

downtown oakland 75, dropping to 67, already low clouds in place and san jose from 80 to 75 today.look at some of these lows st. helena and kenwood both 44. north napa oak noel district 48, petalooma 48 -- [ inaudible ] >> -- clayton and gilroy both checking in at 49 so a little chill there. 30 tahoe, 40s up in eureka and also ukia so a little cool there and a lot of low clouds and fog starting to fill in along the central and southern california coast. all courtesy of that low right there. it is going to settle in and drop our temperatures over the next 36-48 hours. so fog, some sun then clouds start to move in, too, but cooler, breezy, blustery at time, 50s, 60s, 70s, that is it, coast, bay and inland, temperatures take a plunge here today into tomorrow, slight rebound thursday then all signs point towards more sunshine and warmer weather as we head to friday and saturday. >> wal-mart has a new tactic to increase sales. the world's largest retailer will unveil plans for smaller stores and they are targeting san francisco. the stores would be bigger than the average drugstore but

flowing through downtown oakland and an easy drive across san francisco. no metering lights yet.icking up for the southbound side and a considerable slowing through the construction zone. this is the last week of the schedule to open. the express lane on monday morning is awesome. jen hill is here and she is awesome. she's the meteorologist visiting with us and a mixed bag as far as her report. >> and the vets make a rare find. they got their hands on a 35-star american flag. how and where, coming up. as governor, he cut waste got rid of the mansion and the limo budgets were balanced. $4 billion in tax cuts. world class schools and universities. clean energy promoted. 1.9 million new jobs created. california was working. i'm jerry brown. california needs major changes. we have to live within our means; we have to return power and decision making to the local level-closer to the people and no new taxes without voter approval. jerry brown the knowledge and know-how to get california working again. >> cool last night and cool this morning and patchy clouds around the bay and around

the 60s still in downtown oakland while the rest of us are in the 50s. these temperatures cooler than yesterday most neighborhoods. the exception napa, fairfield and concord. that's 1 to 3 degrees warmer. menlo park, cooler than yesterday. livermore 9, mountain view 5. san francisco and oakland pretty close and half moon bay about 7 degrees cooler than this time yesterday. but the afternoon we're going to see a big warming trend. about 7 to 9 degrees warmer than yesterday. dry air, sunshine and relatively calm conditions will allow this heat to build. low to mid-70s richmond, san francisco all the way to oakland and san mateo with upper 70s fremont, palo alto and san rafael and vallejo. the rest of us in the low to mid-80s until you get to half moon bay about 66 degrees. accu-weather seven-day forecast. we hit the 90s inland tomorrow and stay in them all the way through tuesday. we're in the mid-80s around the bay this entire time and low to mid-70s at the coast. good morning, frances. >> mike, we'll head to the south bay where this earlier accident wasn

delays later on tonight but tonight taillights move towards high street very quiet towards downtown oaklands transit is a "spare the air" encouraged to use mass transit. everything is on time. remember our radio partners, kcbs 740-am and 106.9-fm. that's for the latest, greatest traffic information. that's your traffic. here's lawrence with the forecast. >> elizabeth, we have patchy fog moving onshore right now. how about chopper 5 up and about. you can see some patchy fog in the distance there. sun coming up, yesterday offshore wind blowing but now the wind is switching directions so you're seeing some of that patchy fog filter even inside the bay. still, we are working on some changes for the week and not too bad around the bay area at least for today as we'll see nice temperatures going to get hot in spots starting out fairly mild inland again. numbers up into the 60s there in many spots. partly cloudy inside the bay with some patchy fog. you have some dense fog out towards the coastline so if you are headed in that direction, be careful. numbers in that area, hot in spots. not the tripl

taillights northbound, pretty quiet from 66 all the way up towards high street and the downtown oaklandrin. no problems at all southbound 101 from novato down through san rafael. towards the waldo great and the golden gate bridge they just did the lane changes there so everything quiet across the span. at the bay bridge toll plaza, they should have just picked up that upper deck roadwork a couple of lanes blocked overnight. not the case anymore. now good to go heading into san francisco and mass transit is on time. once you do hit the road, remember things can change at any time. so remember our radio partners, kcbs 740-am and 106.9-fm. that's for the latest information. over to you, tracy, for the forecast. my bangs are bad today. >> you can have a good or bad bang day! >>> out the door, partly cloudy conditions. 47 to 59 degrees because some location are not looking at extremely cloudy conditions. pretty cool, 47 again to 59. low clouds around the bay with plenty of clouds. temperatures not as cool. 53 to 58. and cloudy with areas of fog along the coast for the morning. this afternoon

becomes more widespread around the bay and eventually into the weekend in our inland valleys. 78 downtown, 85 oakland. look for 98 livermore, 94 san jose. no records but we could be getting close in some areas. we're shy of two or three degrees from the record but still very hot. morgan hill 96. look for 84 in watson vil and a comfortable 75 in monterey. while today won't be as hot at the coast it will be triple digit heat inland and slowly cooling trend for the holiday. >> cal tran working on the bay bridge now. you will find on the upper deck the two right lanes are blocked between the incline and treasury island. through san jose let's start with a live look at 280 right at the 17 overcrossing. no problems here heading northbound through downtown san jose but there is a crash northbound 280 at the 4th street on-ramp and that is closed while they clear the scene. the 880 overcrossing, no problems northbound but we have road work southbound to be on the lookout for. you will find a couple lanes are blocked between highway 87 and silicon valley build but that should be cleared up by about 5:00 this m

interstate 580 you can see is backed up into downtown oakland tried to get westward towards the bay bridgea. a tough ride this morning because of problems on the upper deck of the bay bridge. it was blocked with this bill for the long this time. a blocked at 580 blocked a lanes. on 680 south found in this and all down towards niles canyon road now of course we have slowed down. i way for delays from pittsburgh all the way to the low pass. 680 the southbound direction down to north bay has that traffic all the way to highway 41242 so that's ourof a rough ride there. san mateo bridge is a good ride although there is a back up at the toll plaza for the west bound to new. yesterday of course we had big delays on 1 01, big delays on the nimitz freeway around 92 that is not the case this morning. the heaviest traffic concentrated in the area of the hot spots. the weather forecast for you here's lisa. >> to things you will notice one is the fog, the other thing its cold temperatures setting and today currently 56 degrees by noontime upper 50s, the high today 60 degrees. not much difference from t