jeanine della vega ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> and you can also go to our channel 2 website, you can find state by state break downs of what is at stake. >>> san jose police are investigating an overnight house fire. they say a man who lived there set the fire just before 3:00 this morning. nobody was hurt and officers did take the man into custody. officer say they believe mental illness played a role in that. >>> it happened shortly after 5:00 last night. police say he was driving when he crashed into another car that was not involved in the pursuit. the officer is expected to be okay. police say the driver got away. outrage is growing after he was -- there was a sexual abuse by two teachers. she told the school district and former administrations claiming they failed to stop the abuse but they responded to her lawsuit by calling her negligent and careless. it calls on them to prove that the woman's claims are wrong. >>> they spent a lot of money on the parade but the benefits far outweigh the costs. they spend about $25,000 on the parade costs but they put it all into perspect

jeanine della vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> another attack in afghanistan. authorities say the man was wearing an afghan uniform when he shot and killed a british soldiers. at least 60 soldiers have been killed in 45 insider attacks. the attacks have raised questions about how they can take over security of their own country by 2014. >>> more circumstances are coming to light after general david petraeus resigned from his job. there are questions about the timeline in the investigation of his job, jacqueline? >> reporter: lawmakers want to know who knew what and when about the affair. another woman received threatening e-mails from general david petraeus' so called mistress. he stepped down admitting to the extramarital affair. the house committee was not informed until friday. >> are you going to investigate why the fbi did not know the few you before? >> yes, absolutely. i mean this is something that could have had an affect on national security and i think we should have been told. >> reporter: the general's communications was never compromised and he was

jeanine della vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> well, inches of rain will be rolling in tomorrow and what is said to be the season's biggest storm so far, alex savage joins us with all of the preparations, alex? >> reporter: well, before the rain arrives, a lot of people will be stopping by this san rafael fire station to fill up their sandbags in preparation for the flooding to deal with all of that water which will certainly be an issue for homeowners. the north bay will be hit hard and of course nobody wants to be caught off guard. at san rafael public works, they have moved sand into various neighborhoods and sand bags will be ready to go as heavy rain moves in. it is expected to be the heaviest and the rain will be most intense in the north bay with several inches expected to come down. crews in this area have been checking the pumps, checking the drains and checking to see if they are ready for that rain. those downed power lines as well, those sandbags will come in handy for a lot of homeowners. >> it is easier to do it in advance of the storm if you water coming in where

jeanine della vega ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> and it caused an explosion moments after air raids sirens sounded across the city. it was on the field on the outskirts of the city and it is the second time rockets had been aimed at that city which is 50 miles from gaza. it is the most distance city they have targeted. hillary rodham clinton is on her way to jerusalem to meet with the prime minister. they were attending meetings with asian leaders and he decided to send her in addition to help med wait. she is also scheduled to meet with egyptian leaders as well. indicating a cease-fire may be in the works... >>> this crash on highway 4, dave and maureen, it is blocking one lane and we have a picture here and it looks like it was here just one moment ago and they just moved it and now i turn add way and it was gone which is good news westbound coming up through bay point, you can see traffic is very lowe slow and it looks like a couple of chp cars are trying to get through this messment if you are driving on the freeway you feed to if i yourself extra timement it is packed up to the

reporting hive jeanine della vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> for a change we have some good news. the analyst says california is now facing a $1.9 billion den fit and that's well better than the budget previously suspected. now improving economy and new tax revenues from prop 30 are all credit ted. >>> san francisco city hall should be back to nominal. that fire caused power outages until 7:15 last night. the cause of the fire is still being investigated. >>> sal, do you have everything under control on the east shore? >> i think i to let's take a look at the commute. we started off well but we have an earlier send it but toll plaza is looking nice if you are driving westbound. no problems on the lower deck of san francisco and the commute looks good into the city. 101 is off to a good start. >>> all right, we do have -- not a bad morning, but clouds will be increasing later on. we have that in between day. it will be a little cloudy, and they ask me all the time when can i go out and not have it be raining? tuesday night. 30s, 40s and 5 ross. 52 in the city, it just depends and

jeanine della vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> they put out a house fire in the district. the fire was put out just before 10:30 last night. there were several people inside at the time including some children. one young girl was treated for smoke inhalation on the scene, nobody was hurt. police are looking for a hit- and-run driver before flipping his own vehicle. it happened on frog street. we are told the driver ran a stop sign ploughed into a school bus then immune any bus -- a muni bus and a car. the suspect ran away from the scene. none of the victims were injured. >>> today president barack obama will meet with middle- class americans and ceos. he is pushing his plans for averting that fiscal cliff. they are pushing congress to renew tax cuts before they expire by the end of this year. what they are saying about the president's campaign style approach to deal with this looming crisis. >>> and 400,000 californians are carefully watching this fiscal drama and that's because emergency benefits are due to expire unless congress agrees to an extension. here they are noti

they should only go to reputable sites and avoid using your debit card, jeanine della vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> for cyber monday charities will take a step for giving tuesday. people in businesses are being asked to donate time or money tomorrow. a new survey is showing 83% would rather give a meaningful gift to help somebody than a more traditional gift. however only 45% of a tilts will be likely -- of adults will be likely to give a more charitable gift. >>> we have been pretty lucky, no major problems but we have six bay area bridges under a fog advisory and in vallejo, marin, san francisco, take it slowly. we are under an advisory and it is also the same story at the richmond san rafael, venetia, and san mateo bridge, also the bay bridge, this is the toll plaza where the metering lights are on. holiday is over and people are headed back to work so give yourself some extra time to combat the fog. no fog on 237 milpitas, and you can see taillights as you make your way towards sunny veil and there are no major delays. here is steve. >>> well, we have a few areas that are co

jeanine della vega ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> according to the san francisco chronicle, they report that the group, women for accountability made lead the effort to take out sheriff ross mirkarimi. many voted to reinstate him but they don't want a sheriff who has been convicted of buy lense. he is on investigation as of awe to prevent that. >> it is being called a fiscal cliff and the president and the white house returned to the white house and before returning, he called congressional leaders to work together and at least for the moment everybody is talking being bipartisanship. >> if there is a way to work together 0 othe challenges we need to work together. >> we need this which i see in an enormouslies totive sense -- if they don't automatic tax increases could kick in for all americans with massive spending cuts. >>> they will hold a record number of commerce seats and she is now representing massachusetts. women also want first term and all of the 120 u.s. senate seats will be occupied by women. they a elected its first all european women. >> this is the newest chick fillet i

reporting live from union city, jeanine della vega ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> tara moriarty joins us live with talking with police and the warning for other resident -- residents in the city, good morning tara. >> reporter: police have not found any suspects but they do have leads they are following up on. meanwhile members of the homeless committee are on edge after one of their own was violently killed and so far no witnesses have come forward. police say 24-year-old mckayla had recently become homeless after not taking a -- after dropping out of a drug program. investigators say she was stabbed several times with some type of blade edged instrument and she was most likely killed where she was found. >> people who are homeless should stay vigilant and be extra careful and i would make that recommendation at any time. we don't have anything that is pointing to anything but an isolated incident right now. >> now we found some pictures of her on my space. she came here at the beginning of october and left a victory outreach home on october 11 with a man she met and again police hav

jeanine della vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news o-- ktvu channel 2 news. >>> they have 32 restrictions and political contributions by payroll deductions and prop 33 would allow them to set prices based on auto insurance coverage and prop 35 increases prison sentences from human trafficking convictionings and a yes-vote on prop 37 will require labeling of food with genetic material and prop 838 is the dueling initiative of 30, and it will increase personal income tax rates to raise billions for education childcare and preschool. and one of the main architects, governor brown voted yes on prop 30 and they will tell us about the last minute push to get the measure passed. good morning, alex. >> the governor warned about severe cuts to public education as he came here in the oakland hills to cast his ballot just a few hours ago. meantime penns of prop -- proponents of prop 30 think it will fail. >> reporter: he walked in aroundp 30 -- 7:30 this morning and he spent a few minutes filling out his ballot and laid out information on prop 30. >> it means billions of dollars out of the schools a

reporting live jeanine della vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and more than a dozen people are recovering following a carbon-monoxide scare at their home. we are talking with people who were hospitalized and alex, what are the lessons firefighters say we can all learn from this? >> reporter: well, first off, there were no carbon-monoxide fire detectors inside this house and he wants to emphasize they are life savers. somebody inside the home started to feel sick with headaches and they decided to call 911. firefighters were called out to the house and found an entire family with carbon-monoxide inside their blood. 13 people including two young kids had carbon-monoxide in their blood and they went to the hospital. >> i am glad we called everybody because we had a lot of people here thanksgiving so everybody had to go to the hospital. >> fire marshalls tell us this call was a good reminder for everyone to have working carbon- monoxide detectors and gas is especially dangerous. >> reporter: carbon-monoxide is odor less colorless and you can't tell it's there. a lot of heating equipment, if t

reporting live jean mean della -- jeanine della vega ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> a 14-year-old girl was killed on her way to school. it happened as they made the turn. the 14-year-old girl was wearing a helmet. the driver of the truck stopped and is not suspected of any wrongdoing. >> the gentleman who had been driving the vehicle had actually been involved in the accident was very distraught, had come back, he is parked right down the street here. >> authorities have not released the girl's name but we learned she was a freshman and the school will hold a moment of silence this morning. >>> later this morning a man accused of killing officer -- an officer. if found guilty he could face life in prison or the death penalty. >>> the man accused of killing a baby is scheduled to get underway this morning. 17-year-old fired multiple times leaving a baby shower. three month old isaac was shot in the head. they mistook the parents for gang members and a jury will most likely be selected during the end of the year. >>> and eucalyptus oil forced many to evacuate a gym after many complainted

will be come ecome slowing things down and we'll see people rolling things in n-next hour, jeanine della vega, ktvu 2 morning news. >>> the annual 5k and 10k turkey shot trot and san francisco will hold theirs in 18 point park. and it will benefit the track teams. and the first call came in near san jose. and we are trying to find the out about it but the cause of that fire is still under investigation. >>> and in palo alto, they are asking for the public's help. they responded to a call about shots fired. he sought treatment in an area pop the. he is a 28-year-old anybody with information on the shirks with the shooting. >>> a man died. he was outlooking to his missing cat behind the shopping center when he fell down the 100-foot cliff into the water. alameda sheriff's divers came looking for him but it was too late and they found him bean neath the service of the -- surface of the water. now the owners of that choir want to see if anything like this can be up inhibited again. sewerage spilled along the great highway early wednesday morning. contaminated water flooded parts of the beach including

jeanine della vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> grieve counselors will be at redwood city after a student was killed while riding her bike to school. it happened yesterday as a girl on her bike took a turn. now the 14-year-old girl was wearing a helmet at the time. she was later rushed to the hospital where she died. the driver of the truck did stop and is not suspected of any wrongdoing according to authorities and residents nearby say it is a dangerous intersection for bike riders. >> people are speeding by because it is jefferson and they just go really fast. >> so far authorities have not told us the young girl's name but we have learned she was a freshman at woodside high school. the school will be holding a moment of silence later this morning. >>> autopsies will be held for four people who were killed in a crash. they were from oakland and their car crossed four lanes of highway 50 into the path of an oncoming car, a four-year-old was also killed. they are trying to figure out what caused that crash. >>> there were four fatalities and that -- faye fault tis and that's up

for now jeanine della vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> an anonymous tip led police to arrest a wanted man after a standoff. they went into a house near hawley park where the man was hiding. he was wanted for assaulting a police officer after he allegedly rammed the patrol car with which he escaped. they to the a tip he was hide willing in a nearby house. >> they called in a tactical team. that s.w.a.t. team moved in about 10:45, they did capture him and take him into custody. he is a parole ian they did have a warn out for his arrest. >>> problems with the san jose phones has some of the students worried about their safety. claudine wong is at the university to tell us what is wrong and what is being tonight to fix those phones, claudine in. >> well the eye tee is safe and if could you run, it would get you to a dispatch and they could get you help. a student who was stabbed off campus used one of these phones to call for help. here is the problem, a lot of these phones break down quite a bit. i am not even sure if this phone is working. the lights are supposed to be flashing.

jeanine della vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> a woman's group is preparing to launch an effort to take out sheriff ross mirkarimi. they do not want a sheriff who has been convicted of domestic violence. they are targeting supervisor christine who voted to reinstate him and she lost her bid for the san francisco supervisors. >>> we don't know not what is next for mitt romney. he returned on tuesday to watch the election results. he said win or lose he wanted to spend time with his family and mitt romney advisers say he is not talking about what will happen next but he is not likely to disappear from politics. >>> a big shake up during his second term at the white house and they are reportedly planning their xs. >>> more misery, people are still trying to recover as they are hit with another winter storm. and now people are dealing with freezing temperatures and still the power is out for many, good morning, emily. >>> hello, pam, after this neighborhood sustained a terrible first punch, there was an eight foot storm surge that came in and you can see it knocked the foundation of

jeanine della vega ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> they say they now have 6,000 turkeys but they need 12,000. there are help hoping to receive $2 million in nonperishable foods in order to help people with their meals in december. >>> let's get you where you need to go, sal, how is our commute looking? >>> still looking good and we are looking at commutes which are getting more crowded, but first let's start with the toll plaza. the metering lights have been put on and ten minutes before you make it onto the span. southbound 880 on the left you can see headlights and it is getting crowded but traffic still looks good passed the oakland coliseum. and in the antioch pittsburgh side, nothing too major but it is still getting slow out of antioch but bay point still looks good, let's go to steve. >>> some of the higher elevations that is the direct of where it is coming from. there will be a lot those and we will want to increase those clouds tomorrow. it will be cooler as the west wind turns easterly and the rain returns brings us into the weekend. a lot of these higher clouds makes for a

jeanine della vega ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> palestinians in gaza fired a rocket. reportedly the rocket did not reach the city and authorities are trying to determine where exactly it did hit. it is the second time it was aimed at jerusalem which is 50 miles from gaza. now this comes as secretary of state hillary rodham clinton is on her way to meet with the israeli prime minister. clinton was in cambodia meeting there with asian leaders but with the escalating problems in the middle east he sent hillary rodham clinton. she is also scheduled to meet with egyptian leaders in cairo and the west bank. now coming up one sign israel may be willing to give diplomats some time to work out a cease-fire agreement. >>> now police say this is a man from san jose. police say he was visiting an a acquaintance when he allegedly a sexually assaulted her. another man was arrested for kidnapping and raping a 33-year- old woman. if you have any information contact police. >>> san francisco supervisors will take a vote on banning public knew thety across the citiment they are about a

jeanine della vega, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> police are investigating this as arson.rash can was set on fire in front of the antioch library and two people reportedly ran from the scene. about an hour later a second fire was started in another trash can and it spread to a van and there was some damage reported but luckily nobody was hurt in either fire. arson was suspected in an unrelate pore much fire. -- pore much fire. >>> they were chained to the building at usc berkeley. they left after school officials agreed to not punch accomplish them. they were locked inside for nearly several hours. they told the the university they need to recrude and have more minorities. -- recruit and have more minorities. they say the hall is empty and set to be demolished as part of a renovation of the plaza. >>> they are talking about police chief chris moore. moore explains what would have stopped him from stepping down,. >>> tara, what do you know? >>> this storm has caused delays for up to four hours. the wet weather and winds are creating problems for flights so definitely call a

jeanine della vega ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> national retail federation said shoppers made 247lion visits to websites stores and spent $243 million. that shopping started on thanksgiving and one retail tracking company said retail sales dropped because they were not open at least part of the day on thanksgiving. >>> more than a dozen people were rushed to the hospital after a carbon-monoxide scare. here is more on what happened and more details on what pg&e found out, good morning, alex. >> reporter: well the source of leak remains unclear this morning. they were exposed to carbon- monoxide here in san francisco and i just checked in with somebody from the san francisco fire department and he says there is no update on their current conditions. firefighters were called out last night and in all 14 people had to be transferred to the hospital. those patients had carbon- monoxide in their bloodstream and pg&e representatives were not able to find out where the gas was actually coming from. in the meantime several neighbors were forced to evacuate while this leak was being investi