ktvu's kraig debro is right there. i know you have a better indication on when things might clear up. but what's happening, kraig? >> reporter: yeah, dank, the alameda -- dave, the alameda coroner has already the collected the body of the victim. the man is 35. he's address is in palomar. that's in southern california. they've a been waiting for the -- they've been waiting for the coyerryer in's office to come -- coroner's office to come. take a look. the accident started very early this morning, before 6:00. and it's been like this before the traffic started to heat up. the chp was out here because they had a report of a motorcycle accident northbound 680. the chp says the man on the motorcycle was trying to get on highway 680 going northbound, but before he did that, he didn't stay in his lane. what he did according to the chp may have been illegal. >> the motorcycle was taking the onramp to northbound. went down and for unknown reasons expired at the scene. >> reporter: it's not clear why at 5:41 in the morning, ther

now, ktvu's kraig debro is out there now. he's getting some new information from the scene, and he'll give us a live update coming up at 6:00. >>> white house officials will travel up and down the east coast today to survey the damage left behind by hurricane irene. we know millions of people are affected by the storm. stay with us here at ktvu channel 2 morning news because coming up at 5:45, we're going to go live to massachusetts for more on how animals are also feeling the effects of irene. >>> firefighters are making major progress on that wildfire burning outside yosemite. it started with a motor home fire last thursday and has spread to 5200 acres. it also forced the partial shutdown of highway 140. now, the highway is expected to reopen in just about 30 minutes at 6:00 this morning. all evacuation orders have been lifted. that fire is about 50% contained. >>> time now 5:34. it's becoming a monday night ritual, protestors stage yet another demonstration against bart in downtown san francisco. >> no justice. >> no peace

kraig debro is in oakland to tell us why. hi. >> reporter: good morning, pam. the big question is after this morning's vote and they might go ahead and start moving. this is actually the second vote on a move top san francisco this morning -- move to san francisco this morning. they are holing the second vote whether they should move to san francisco. the mtc says the 9:00 a.m. revote is being held in front of the public. without talking to anyone this morning and we tried it's hard to see why commissioners want to get a prove to move to this building. it needs the 500,000 square foot building because it needs more room. so far they are not saying it's illegal for them to move to the building in san francisco. after it satisfies attractors a vote could be the beginning of the end. the city of oakland wrote a letter accusing the mtc of violating the brown act. that is the open public meeting law. after this mornings vote this site may be left open. the building is located 1100 broadway in downtown. presumably the billing which is not now occupied would also have

ktvu kraig debro is joining us now with sad news about a woman who just hours ago was rescue from that burning house. kraig. >> reporter: good morning, we are at station 20. overnight this woman died. i just talked to the fire department. they were surprised to hear that this woman had died. dispatcher told me she didn't even know that. the fire started around 9:00 p.m. last night. the fire department department says they put out the fire in 15 minutes. the woman was taken away in the n an ambulance -- was taken away in an ambulance after she was taken out of the house. the fire department has not determined a cause. as we called a moment ago to talk to the battalion chief she was not in. the cause is still under investigation. we will pursue that coming up for my next report. reporting in oakland kraig debro. >>> 6:04. new this morning a san ramon man is in jail after a very tense standoff that ended about midnight. they got a call that the suspect had hit his elderly mother. police went to the home. they then called in a swat team when they couldn't contact the mother or son. after s

kraig debro has details on what happened and how it ended. >> reporter: they say a picture tells a thousand words. in this case, the sound also told the story. >> all of a sudden i hear a big crash, and then all of a sudden there's a guy hanging outside on ropes. >> reporter: a block west of at&t park, two window washers nearly fell to their deaths. one of the two arms that holds up a window-washing platform gave way and left a washer and his nephew hanging on their lives. eddie lopez thought one of them didn't make it. >> at first he wasn't moving. so i thought he was like dead. but -- and then he started to talk. so i was like yes! >> reporter: this man says the only thing that saved the two men's lives was the good arm of the scaffold. >> i wasn't hoping the other end didn't break. >> reporter: they didn't. raul aguillar was stuck at what is now the top of the platform. firefighters rescued him from the roof. his nephew fell several feet to the bottom of the platform. >> they took all precautions with him. >> reporter: the city says it has a couple of window-washing rescues a year. in sa

kraig debro reports on a south bay school that's hoping for a fresh start after a devastating fire fire- fire last ear. >> reporter: you might say trace school is in roo a -- is in a rebuilding mode. arsonists bushed down half the school last year. the memories are still fresh in this girl's mind. >> we are all sad and we didn't have money to pay for it. >> reporter: if projected tax revenues fall short, all districts will have to save money. one idea is shortening the school year. >> they are not gonna really comprehend everything they are trying to learn. it doesn't work. >> we have a 180-day calendar this year. it's a wait and see to see if the trigger is gonna kick in. >> reporter: matthews says she haven't decided what to do if the trigger is pulled. but the new requirement of pertussis boosters could add to the problem. if the kids don't get the shots, they can't come to the school and the district can't get money from the state. at trace, the cuts would only add to a unique set of circumstances. the fire literally split the school in half. half of the school was destroyed here so

kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. >>> :47.his morning -- 8:47. new reports of this morning of 45 people people killed despite international condemnation, the syrian government has continued to crack down on this violence. >>> 8:47. overnight in australia, a hollywood thriller played out in real life. a masked man broke into a wealthy family's home and strapped a bomb to an 18-year- old girl. he attached a note of demand to the device and len they -- and then left. authorities evacuated the neighborhood and called in bomb technicians. they spent ten hours removing the device which was ticketerred to the -- tethered to the girl's neck with a chain. this was a fake. >> she is a little tired but she's ready to get on with her life, as we are. >> they are treating this case as an extortion attempt. the girl's classmates received counseling this morning at the school. >>> well, redwood city has a shaky situation when it comes to school safety. nine schools, it was found out, could probably sufficient major damage in a big earthquake

ktvu kraig debro talked to a detective a short time ago. he's back now with new information. >> reporter: i did just speak with a detective about this shooting and the two others very limited information. this particular homicide happened at 9200 block of sunny side. it's a couple blocks west of mccarthur. the young man that was shot here was sitting inside on the back of the pickup truck. you can see the bullet holes right here. following the shooting the young man reason inside his gap mother's place. and then he was take ton the hospital where -- taken to the hospital where he later died. there have been 70 homicides so far this year in oakland. 52 last year. one of those from last year was actually his brother. his name is narion jackson. 16-year-old najon jackson died. just before midnight. he got a call from a girl and went outside. >> we were all in the house watching tv and we heard gunshots like real like boom boom. a lot of gunshots. and i just started screaming and saying najon is outside. >> reporter: he ran inside the house and

reporting live in san francisco kraig debro ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time now 5:03. new this morning san jose police just arrested a man believed to have stabbed a woman to death just a couple hours ago. police rushed to an apartment near albany drive just after 2:30 this morning. the 48-year-old man was taken into custody as a suspect. police went to the apartment and found a woman that had been stabbed several times. she was pronounced dead there at the scene. that investigation continues. >>> on economy watch. international market continued to tumble this morning as global investigators worry the u.s. could be falling back into a recession. in early trading right now european markets are open most of them down more than 2%. some of them coming back a little bit though at this hour from an hour ago. in asia, overnight all the major benchmarks fell at least that much. two, three, four percent. taiwan skidded 5.5% with hong kong and australia also losing more than 4% each. analysts say investigators are already edgy are now concerned about the european debt crisis. c

r reporting live from san francisco, kraig debro -- reporting live from san francisco, kraig debro, ktvuel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> a search is underway for two men who allegedly tried to lure young men in their cars near rollo elementary school. police say it doesn't appear the two incidents are related, at least not now. they say a man in his 20s tried to lure them away from their home. a similar incident happened on miller avenue. police say a man tried to get a 10-year-old girl in his car. take a look. he's about 30, goatee, short, balling hair. the car is said to be a dirty 1990s honda with a black roof and a modified exhaust. >>> nasa is busy this morning with the launch of a new kind of spacecraft. it's set to blast off within a half-hour on a special mission to deep space. coming up at 8:34. we'll go live to cape canaveral for the lift-off. >> exciting. >> yeah. >>> 8:0. hey, sal, how -- 8:08. hey, sal, how did you get bay area drivers to behave themselves? >> well, at the bay bridge it's doing well, at the toll plaza. so what's really going on here is a combination of august va

kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you, kraig. >>> one of silicon valley's founding fathers and the largest computermaker may be able to get out of the pc business. hewlett-packard is reportedly -- reportedly plan thing to spin off -- planning to spin off its computer business. the an executive tase they want to expand in software and services that deliver -- the executive says they want to expand in software and services for about $10 billion. >>> the search continues for a canoer missing near treasure island. michael butler and two boating buddies left from a ramp on the northeast touch of the island. their canoe overturned last night. while butler's friend swam to shore, he stayed behind to retrieve some keys. minutes ago, searchers cleared the san francisco piers and are now headed back off the waters to treasure island. this morning authorities went to talk to his friends at a home on treasure island. investigators are still you calling the disappearance an accident. investigators say he's not in great shape

. >>> there were three separate shootings and kraig debro has more on what police were saying. >> reporter: they say they will be starting an autopsy on the homicide victim sometime later this morning and i spoke to a homicide detective at oakland police headquarters and he tells me there is very little information but they have been back here working on all three shootings. all three took place in less than an hour and it took place on 38th avenue. one person suffered one gunshot wound. the up identified man was taken to a hospital and then police response and find the body of an unidentified man : man is pronounced dead at the scene and it happen outside the royal recognisance center. this one happened at a liquor store. now i called the owner of the taco truck and i am still trying to reach the owner of the store to find out more details of those shootings. >>> new security will be in place for 49ers following all the wild violence during the raiders game. new secure rules will keep them from giving their tickets to somebody who causes trouble at the games. >> steps need to be taken to

kraig debro has watched the process unfold and it's attracted a lot of attention. >> yeah, story -- tori, it certainly has. three pieces of the bronze statue traveled from berkeley on september 6th at the grand unveiling. dependents of fdr and the niece of the individual who inspired the film schindler's list traveled here to see what took a decade to complete. >> i think it's wonderful. >> it's here. it's here. i'm like totally amazed. >> the monument is ten years in the making. artist mario molded 39 international humanitarians out of 61,000 pounds of bronze. the project was inspired by the tragedy of 9/11. >> maybe those who thought they had no hope or fear could do such an act could see similarities and not want to hurt people. >> the grand unveiling is next week but judging by the crowd at kaiser memorial park, it's already a major attraction. >> it's looking nice. posting pictures on facebook right now. >> reporter: there are 29 humanitarian figures, and 14 local, including the oakland's school chief assassinated in the 1970s. >> some of the people, people totally relate to. some s

ktvu's kraig debro joins us now from cupertino, tells us a long stretch of that busy buford boulevard is still closed this morning, right, kraig? reporter: right, pam. this is an unusually large crime scene. we're at sterns and stevens creek. the crime scene actually stretches all the way through finch. so if you're commuting through here, you might want to think of an alternate route. about 10:00 p.m. last night sheriff's deputies told us that a deputy stopped a person on the street, on stevens creek because he thought that person might have been involve inside a vehicle theft and that there was an exchange of gunfire. now but 1:00 a.m. this morning, they issued this press release saying basically -- not even mentioning there had been an exchange of gunfire. you probably just watched a car being towed out of the crime scene area. that car we don't know for sure, we haven't been able to check and confirm it with deputies, but it was from inside the crime scene as deputies did tell us earlier that this may have started with a vehicle theft. that's what they were investigating, a vehicl

live right now good morning kraig debro. >> reporter: good morning and protesters want answers as to why cell phone service was shut down and we spoke to a spokesperson representing some of the mechanics and she told me the unions are actually upset over what happened bart trying to shut off cell phone service during this planned protest back on august 11th. back on august 11th, a group protesting the deadly police officers involved -- police officer involved shooting they say protesters were coordinating their efforts using cell phones so they eliminated that at four san francisco stations downtown for three hours and nobody could use their cell phones not only protesters but people riding the trains. he agrees with bart's decision but limits it to certain circumstances. >> if it was a safety issue and that was a reason, but it if it was to clearly stop the protest and stop people from exercising their free speech in a peaceful positive way i don't agree with it. >> bart said they shut it down. now bart ended up closing the stations on monday and unlike the 11thth bart did not shut

kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. >>> shots were fired at a san francisco police officer early today. it happened just after midnight near bay shore boulevard and silver avenue. a gunman ran towards the police officer and started shooting. the officer was in plainclothes and in his own car. he was not hit but his convertible was damaged. the gunman is described as an african-american with a light complection, wearing a red and white ball cap and jeans. he drove off in a tan 1990s two- door cadillac el dorado, with tinted windows. >>> anti-government rebels in libya are celebrating the capture of gaddafi's compound but still cannot declare victory. pockets of gaddafi loyalists are still fighting back from outside the tripoli compound, and a defiant gaddafi is in hiding, vowing he will fight until victory or martyrdom. rebel leaders are making their first move to set up a new government in the city. those who looted his compound took everything, from weapons to his hats and jewelry. >> it was really -- i was like, oh, my god, i mean, gaddafi's room! but then this th

kraig debro tells us the victim wanted to be hit. >> reporter: good morning, pam. typically we don't cover suicides on our broadcast but this one turned out to be a felony here. if you take a look on the street, you can see the orange markings still out there. sprayed as part of the police investigation. they received several 911 calls last night around 9:00 when they arrived there, there was a man lying in the roadway. he was pronounced dead at the scene. after interviewing several people police decided this was a suicide. he laid down in the road and was hit by two vehicles. vehicles did not stop. that is why this is not just a suicide but a felony hit and run. >> first he was hit by two cars. vehicle descriptions we have is a small silver sedan and smaller suv. >> reporter: police closed the road for two hours while the on scene investigation was taking place. police are still trying to identify the suicide victim. he's a hispanic man in his 30s. there has been video tape taken from a shop around here not of the actual accident but one of the cars speeding away.

ktvu channel 2 news kraig debro joins us with what bart riders are doing and a lot of people have to be getting a bit angry about this, craig? >> reporter: we will talk about that a little more in a second and as to whether or not they will be shutting down cell phone service but what the letter says you will find bart will protect the safety of their customers and bart was shut down during that last protest but they plan on shutting down the system and if they can they will keep doing it until bart admits they were wrong about cutting off cell phone service back on august 11th. it made many upset and one rider is conflicted. listen to this, this is the same person having opposing viewpoints. >> i actually feel sympathy i don't think it was a good way to affectively protest but a lot of it is inn convenient and i don't know how affective it is. >> reporter: this begins the protest for a deadly officer involved shooting and all they they have not forgotten it they have shifted their focus explaining cell phone service had been shut down over safety concerns but the day after the prote

ktvu kraig debro joins us from the scene where a 16-year-old was killed. >> reporter: this is in the 9300 block of sunny side. a memorial has been here since this shooting happened. the young man's name is john jackson. he's 16 years old. there is a picture of him right there. the memorial has sprung up a few feet away from where he was shot. according to family members and witnesses he was shot in this pickup truck right here. you can see the evidence of that shooting right here. this was the beginning of a very deadly sequence of events. according to jackson's family he had just gotten home from playing basketball. it was his father's birthday just before midnight. gets a call from a female friend. he comes outside and just a few minutes later you hear gunfire. >> he came and jordan said he was hit. i thought he was playing at first. my other grandson lifted his shirt up and saw the bullet wound and then we sat him on the sew foe and called 911. >> reporter: john was taken to the hospital where he died a short time later. then around 3:pin the -- then around 3:00 in the morning a 2

kraig debro is live in oakland where a special meeting is happening this morning. good morning, kraig. >> reporter: good morning. it's a special meeting here in the city of oakland. late last month, the staff recommended that a move be made to san francisco. today they will vote on that again. just like last month, the staff recommended the move. it used to be the postal center for the embarcadero. the mtc wants to move here because it says it has outgrown the digs in oakland. the first vote held behind closed doors did not violate the brown act. made contact with a staff -- i've made contact with a staff member. but i've not heard back. it's hard to see thousand they could come up with the votes, the votes they need at least to make a tie. before writing a letter and accusing it of violating the law, the city was trying to convince the transportation not to leave the area but move its facility. while all of that was going on, a state senator was questioning whether the mpc could use toll money for the new building. in addition, they would have to buy that place in

kraig debro tells us the victim wanted to be hit. >> reporter: good morning, pam. police are look for the drivers of two vehicles in connection with this suicide. if that sounds a little strange wait until you hear why. the man ended upright out of the street here. he was killed when he was hit by two vehicles. the orange spray paint marks the spot. the body ended up on the 1800 block of elle camino drive. the drivers of a silver sedan and smaller sized suv are wanted in connection with this suicide. the drivers could be charged with felony hit and run. even though it appears this is an accident drivers are required by law to stay at the scene. police say the victim told people what he was doing to do. >> subsequent investigation reveals a number of witnesses had seen him in the area. he appeared to be intoxicated and approached a bystander that encouraged him to go home. said you had too much to drink and told him to go home. he didn't. he went and laid in the roadway. >> reporter: police says there appears to be skid marks where the body was marked. police have n

reporting live in berkeley kraig debro ktvu channel 2 news. >> fascinating.u learn more about the 25 humanitarians of the remember them attribute by going to our channel 2 website just go to ktvu.com/rememberthem. >> quite incredible. >>> 5:39 is the time. back over to sal who is looking in on the morning commute. how does it look? >> not too bad. we had a crash in marin county. southbound 101 at the waldo tunnel. that has been clear and it's gone. the traffic is going to be moving along pretty well. they just opened up the roadway and they pulled that tree out of the lane so things are doing very well. as a matter of fact, traffic is looking good approaching the bay bridge coming out to the mccarthur maze. no major problems. on the east shore it looks good in pi fell and rich -- pinole and richmond. and if you are driving on the east shore as we mentioned westbound 80 looks good. this mornings commute in antioch is getting slow through the main point of antioch. 5:40 let's go to rose miri. >>> and for the morning hours you can expect a quiet forecast outside

kraig debro is watching that incredible monument being removed. >> ktvu did the snippets and special programs throughout the year. >> you can see those on our website if you missed our special we ran back in april. >> all kinds of good things on the website this morning. >> oh good. >> sometimes i get online i get over. >>> good morning, everybody. there is a new crash unfortunately just came in as we were speaking northbound at 880 marina boulevard. it's an overturned car. chp is not even there yet. we are not sure which lane it's blocking. it's an overturned car. we'll find out more about this as it comes in. a new crash 880 northbound a flipped over car reported. this mornings commute at the toll plaza backed up far five minute delay. nothing major there. and if you are driving on 280 northbound getting up to highway 17 that traffic is moving along nicely. 6:09 let's go to rosemary. >> we do begin a pattern change as we progress into your monday. similar temperatures expected high pressure still in place. am fog even patchy dense fog in there. spreading inland just a little bit. a

kraig debro is live at the santa clara county courthouse where a hearing is scheduled in an hour fromow. good morning, kraig. >> reporter: good morning. some people say they are gonna get -- the parties are gonna get together. one day last october, according to prosecutors, he went to the priest's retirement home and assaulted him. this morning, lynch and the d.a.'s office will meet in court to determine a trial date. the 44-year-old is charged with assault and elder abuse. the d.a.'s office says he went to the los gatos justest its center and asked -- justest its center and asked -- je sue wit center. this is linder as a young man. he said he went on camping trips with linder. according to somebody who knows lynch, the boys, would were 7 and 5 at the time, were rained and -- raped and forced to have sex as he watched. lender has been accused by abuse -- of abuse by dozens of people including his own sister, nieces and nephews. we're gonna try to get ahold of lynch's lawyer and to see if mark geragos is still representing him. kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> 7:33.

reporting live in cupertino, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> okay. thank you. >>> 7:36.reat disrupted a vanity fair know toe shoot of san jose mayor reed. the mayor after finishing the first part of the shoot heard an aide received a threatening e-mail at the city mall. investigators now say the e- mail actually arrives last week and last night a sweep of san jose city hall turned up nothing. incidentally vanity fair is doing a story about the financial crisis. >> 7:36. a former star of "lost" and "party of five" is being charged with i salting a cleveland bus driver. heather boreman said she was the driver of a private bus hired for a bachelor party. around 1:30, a man approached the bus and tried to get on. the bus driver told him the bus was for a private party. >> and then here comes the fist and he started whaling on me and i started swinging on him. >> reporter: did you hit him? >> yes. i hit him in the mouth. >> reporter: with? >> her friend. >> she thinks she may have broken her hand. fox is in cleveland filming a movie. he was arrested to a friendle follow -- fr

it happened just minutes apart in east oakland and kraig debro is at police headquarters with what he is learning from detectives, craig? >> reporter: i just talked to the corners bureau and they just received the body and the oakland police tell me it is way too early in the investigation and they still need to work on i.d.ing the victim. the shooting happened at the vallejo recreation center and i asked the detective if it was gang related and he said it was too early to determine this. a shooting the attack tow truck, shoots fired at 38 avenue and foothills. one person was taken to hyland hospital and the victim's condition identity is unknown. this after midnight several rounds of ammunition fired outside a licker store. it is located on foot hill and it is unknown if it was a final act of a robbery or perhaps it was not connected to the business. we got the name of the toco truck owner as well as the owner of the liquor store to see if they know what happened. ktvu channel 2 news kraig debro. >>> candle stick park following the wild violence during the raiders game which team off

kraig debro has more on what b.a.r.t. cials are saying about the plans to, once again, shut down cell phone service. good morning, kraig. >> reporter: good morning, tori. right now, plans to shut down cell phone service is unsaid. it's up in the air over the weekend. b.a.r.t. released a letter justifying what it had done to shut down cell phone service. a protest is planned again this evening. just has justified shutting down cell phone service at four stations by helping preventing platform overcrowding and unsafe conditions for passengers. it may be all true, but the cell phones did not just get cut up for protesters, they got shut off for everything. last july, "anonymous" organized a protest for b.a.r.t., hoping to shut down the system because of a police- involved shooting. what it thought was a necessary step to top protesters and protect the public, a b.a.r.t. member says disrupting communications was justified since the tactics being used can lead to violence. >> regular inconveniences such as this that are a direc

reporting live kraig debro. >>> time now 6:04. palo alto police investigating several recent school burglars. the latest target jordan middle school. somebody smashed the windows of the computer lab and stole fiver apple computers worth thousands of dollars. this is the fourth school burglary in palo alto in the past six weeks. computer equipment was stolen in each of the cases. the police think maybe the same thieves did them all. >>> the golden gate bridge has new measures in place to try to cut down on congestion on the eastern sidewalk. the bridge district painted these new lanes separating bicyclists and tourists and pedestrians. normally the western sidewalk is set aside for bicyclists. right now it's under going a seismic retro fit project. pedestrians and bicyclists will have to share the eastern walkway until the western side reopens in september. >>> problem averted the debt crisis by signing last minute legislation to increase the u.s. debt ceiling. now analysts are looking at what the $2 trillion in federal cuts will m

reporting live in oakland, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. >>> 7:33. vallejo police are searching for five suspects they say were involved in three separate areas. police say these incidents do not appear to be related. anyone with information on these robberies is asked to call vallejo police. >>> a man arrested in connection with the san jose cold case are -- will be formally charged in court. 61-year-old david dixon in richmond is ukiahed -- is accused in the 1989 stabbing of rachel. prosecutors say new dna testing links him to the crime. they are not saying how the two knew each other or what triggered the attack. >>> police in utah say they have a new dis-- a new lead in the disappearance of utah mom susan powell. that's taking them to nevada. police are not soying what the tip is. but powell's families are -- family is -- >> we've never left. it's something that we can never get away from. every day we expect to hear they found her body or this is over. >> susan powell's husband says he took his kids out for a cam. trip the night she disappeared.

. >>> a violent night, it happened just minutes apart three separate shootings, kraig debro just spoke to a detective. >> reporter: good morning pam. i did just speak with an oakland police detective and he tells me it is way too early to know much and right now the police can't even identify the homicide victim. that victim died at the scene, it happened near the open coliseum. i asked the detectiven if it could be a gang related shooting and he said it was too early to determine that. >>> one person was taken to the hospital after gun violence and this person's condition is unknown. >>> several rounds of ammunition was fired at a liquor store in foot hill. some believe it may have been a final act of robbery or if it happen outside the store and is trying to reach the business. we will reach them for more details on the shootings. reporting live ktvu channel 2 news. >> 9:00 this morning bart plans on commenting on the protest that blocked downtown traffic last night. several dozen demonstrators went from the station to the street tying up traffic a long market street right during the

ktvu kraig debro joins us. >> reporter: police have video of one of the vehicles leaving the scene. look out here in the street. that's where they fond the man's -- found the man's body. the orange spray paint marks the spot. police athe unidentified man was dragged about 60 feet after impact. police say the drivers of a silver sedan and smaller size suv are wanted in connection with this suicide. drivers could be charged with plns hit and run. drivers are required to stay at the scene. police say the victim told people what he planned to do just before doing it. >> subsequent investigation revealed witnesses had seen him in the area. they told him to go home. he didn't and laid in the roadway. >> reporter: police said there appeared to be skid marks. police have not identified the victim. they believe he is a hispanic male in his 30s. reporting live in redwood city, kraig debro. >>> wall street has been waiting for days to hear if the federal reserve plans to make any new moves to avoid a recession and they just got their answer. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke just started h

the ktvu kraig debro has talked to a family member of that child that was with the child when this hit and run happened. kraig will be back and have an update for us in 30 minutes. >>> the report that u.s. unemployment rate dropped to 9.1% in july is already creating reaction on the global market. major market in france has gained more than 1% just since that report was released at 5:30. u.s. stock futures went from being down about 90 to up about 90. that is in sharp contrast to what happened overnight in asia as investigators see a much smaller gain in u.s. jobs. they are also reacting to our big drop yesterday. taiwan skidded 5.5%. honk cop -- hong kong, australia losing more than 4% each. let's check in on our numbers. the dow jones dropping more than 500 points. i want to get the latest readings on the futures right now which indicate where we will start today. dow futures up about 60 points right now. indicating a higher opening and we'll keep watching that. meantime here at home in the bay area the markets open. obviously they open at 6:30. allie rasmus is in san francisco with

ktvu's kraig debro has been talking with one of the victim's grandmother who believes her grandson was targeted. kraig? >> reporter: good morning. we're on sunny side, about a block west of macarthur. here's the memorial for the 16- year-old boy who was shot and killed just before midnight on saturday night. the 16-year-old was out here just before he was -- came out here -- he had gotten a call. police say it looked like someone got up and shot him. his grandmother and others were up at 7:00 this morning taking care of the memorial. the family now says that i was set up. short slip before midnight on saturday, he got a call from a girl asking him to -- shortly, before midnight on saturday, he got a call from a girl asking him to come outside. and the shooting was a retaliation for something that happened earlier at a party. >> this boy slapped someone and i guess jawan must have said something to him. >> reporter: now, the girl who made the call actually showed up at his memorial. three hours yate later, a 26- year-old woman suffering from a gunshot wound was taken to alta bates. she

kraig debro is live at the scene of one of the shootings. and kraig, you have new information. >> reporter: i do. it appears that one of the stores where this happened is about to p happen. i'm gonna -- about to open. i'm gonna speak to the man in a minute. all of these shootings happened within 30 minutes of one another but police say they don't know if they are related. the last of the three happened at 12:16 at this liquor store at cole. one person injured here. we're not sure if the shooting was the result of what happened at the store. one person injured in the shooting. thirty minutes earlier, we just learned from police that there was a robbery prior to the shooting. we also learned from police that there are two victims. both of those victims were taken to highland hospital by ambulance but neither is cooperating with police. the third of these shootings, the lone homicide from overnight, that took place at the rec center overnight. police arrived there to find an unidentified man lying on the ground. he died at the scene. i spoke to

kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, kraig. >>> 8:32.otown is reeling -- ohio town is reeling following a deadly rampage. in copley, ohio friends and family came together for a candlelight vigil for the seven people killed by a gunman. police say the suspect shot his girlfriend earlier in the day before running to a nearby home and shooting five others. then he shot two more people. one of those people survived. the suspect was later killed in a good night with police. >>> warren jeffs is -- jeffs will be sentenced today e was convicted last week of sexually assaulting two girls, ages 12 and 15 who he took on as brides. the 15-year-old became pregnant. he could get up to life in prison. >>> we're still eight -- we're still awaiting the verdict of the espionage trial. the shower of shane bauer and josh fattal ended last week -- the trial of shane bauer and josh fattal ended last week. it's been reported they are still investigating the case. the iranian police arrested the two men a along with -- men along with sarah shourd. iran released

kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> right now two people are in police custody after an alleged robbery and police pursuit. the two suspects were arrested at benedict and daly drives earlier this morning -- earlier this morning, following a police chase. they say when the suspects finally pulled over, they tried to run away but were quickry found by officers and a -- quickly found by officers and a k-9 unit. one of the suspects was treated for injuries he got from a police dog. >>> what led to this tense situation in new york who crashed into a wall causing him to dangle over the street. >>> it's really nice the community is come together trying to save the -- trying to save the golf course. it's awesome for everybody. >> what san jose may have to do next to dig out of its financial hall. >>> incredible pictures out of new york city, a salt truck crashed through a wall and dangled from a sanitation building. a preliminary investigation suggests the 56-year-old driver was trying to back out but appears to have gone forward instead. the worker hurt his nick and back and

in gilroy, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> all lanes of highway 101 and san mateo are open again. a big rig crash shut down three lanes in the southbound direction for much of the morning commute. the chp blames the truck driver for speeding when he came off the highway 92 connector camp -- connector ramp. it happened around 5:30. newschopper two captured the extent of the damage. >> the second tractor-trailer -- solo tractor-trailer collision that's occurred at this connector in the last month. >> the speed limit is 25 miles an hour. the driver was headed to redwood city he was not hurt in the crash. >> this morning a car flew off the car and landed in a pond on the peninsula. police think street racing may be responsible. >> the dive team rushed to the pond off island parkway around balemont. drivers -- some who saw it say the driver lost control during a street race. >>> good afternoon. another dry, warm day on tap. you can see here the coastline still socked in with fog and that low cloud deck. it's burning away. we do expect it to lead us to mostly sunny skies. that flow you

as kraig debro explains, this is just the beginning of the city plan but already not everybody is on board. >> reporter: this reflection from the camera's plastic covering gives you an idea the image can produce. reflection shows sue's cafe, one of the many downtown places kerry covington has worked in the last 30 years but she's not sure cam are you -- the cameras are the best answer. a group of downtown businesses came up with the idea. saying that the there is a perception that downtown gilroy could be dangerous. >> it is just negative activity. >> reporter: the images will be transmitted wi-fi back to police headquarters and dispatchers can monitor what they see and direct officers to the scene of the crime. frank said he hopes the cameras can stop the small-time vandalisms that cost him big. >> you have to replace a window, $600. >> reporter: another business owner said the loss of privacy rights is a much higher price to pay. >> the problem is it seems like for the greater good, we're giving up more and more liberties and i'm troubled with that. >> reporter: the camera at 5th a

kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news ktvu channel 2 news. >>> all right.o this construction accident here in san francisco. this is a construction site. newschopper2 showing us the construction site and the activity. newschopper2, will you -- will you tilt down for me here. i want to show the activity on the street. this is -- these were firefighters. there has been a construction accident on third street here at 19th at a site. this seems like many of the -- 2001 of the buildings going up. we are getting word that three people have been seriously injured. one other person has received minor injuries. this is again on third street near 19th street in san francisco. this happened about 45 minutes ago. firefighters had to go into this site and take injured people out. and they are still on the scene. we'll get more details on this. three people right now are being transported to san francisco's critical care unit. 8:34. let's go back to the desk. well, new this morning, the obama administration reportedly is about to announce a new mortgage relief program ne

ktvu's kraig debro joins us now to explain what is happening in this case. >> reporter: at the santa clara county sheriff's office in san jose they have amman in custody for pointing fake gun at deputies. crime prosecutors processed the scene. the shooting happened around 9:10 last night and deputies stopped the pedestrian near stevens creek. while speaking with that person, the deputy noticed another person peering in the car. the deputy ran the plate and it was a stolen car. the deputy caught with him and ordered him to stop. quintet pointed a beebe gun, which they consider a fake gun at the deputy. >> he did point it towards the deputy. the deputy feared for his safety and fired a couple of shots towards the suspect. the suspect did end up getting hit with one of the bullets fired by the deputy. >> reporter: the suspect was treated for the wound and is in jail. deputies want to charge him with brandishing a fake weapon, resisting arrest and violating parole violation. they shut down a large section of stevens creek boulevard. deputies say they found another vehicle stolen vehicle

kraig debro joins us live. he's in oakland now with some of the details. kraig?, good morning, dave. a special b.a.r.t. board meeting is being held at headquarters at 20th and webster. it's not just for the protesters. the aclu is one of those entities that's decided to give an opinion on this, this letter is dated monday, august 22nd. it basically said it wants b.a.r.t. to adopt a policy ensuring that it does not cut off cell phone service except in the most extraordinary of circumstances. now, here's some video of the boardroom. people wanting -- to speak will have to fill out a court. the aclu is boating the supreme court saying the quite rights of free speech is worth les without an expression -- worthless without an expression. b.a.r.t. protesters plan to coordinate their movement using their cell phones. b.a.r.t. said the protesters led to a threat to people. however, cell phone will be cut off to everyone, not just the protesters. a union president said station agents weren't even aware of the plan. >> passengers from what i understand, i don't work in the

ktvu channel 2 reporter kraig debro is live at the school. what do we know about the area of the school that was damaged? >> reporter: heather, good morning. it's actually been described as the boys' and girls' locker room. there's a security guard here. he's telling us that it's a shed outside the locker room. i just went around and looked myself, initially he wasn't letting us, i talked him into letting us. what i saw was some debris outside a structure that he told me was a locker room. it happened over here. it says walters junior high school, it's on logan and freemont. firefighters got the call around 7:15 yesterday. about 20 firefighters came out, three engines, a truck company. they say they've had the fire put out in about a half hour. nobody was injured. school is not in session until the 31st, but there is an orientation going on at the school this week. so it's not as if nobody was here. there were some people milling around. i'm not sure that the orientation was taking place that late last night. we're waiting for yet another sec

kraig debro is live to show us about the big effort taking place. >> reporter: good morning.y j. kaiser memorial park. behind me is one of the three pieces that will be brought here for the big unveiling on september 6th. now, when we last came to you, it was almost to the same place. what they've had to do is shave off the bottom so it fits level on the platform. they are just finishing that process right now. a process which began at 4:30 this morning, in berkeley near aquatic park. we were there -- the whole thing weighs about 61,000 pounds of bronze. three of the four pieces will be come over here. it's called the remember them educational monument. it was started by mario, he's the artist behind it. he was inspired by the events of 9/11. he joins us now to tell us a little bit more about what inspired him and -- it took you ten years to get to this point. ten years and 9/11 is what inspired it, do something proactive to make a positive change. >> reporter: since we have the president of the -- kaiser just walked in here, -- i think we should acknowledge it. >> if it were

ktvu kraig debro has been talking with family members to a family member and witnesses and joins us from the scene. >> reporter: thanks, pam. in talking to the cause of the nine-year-old boy he had ha cat scab and had no brain damage and expects the child to recover. according to the cousin of the nine-year-old -- they were crossing when it happened. the hit and run suspect is now in custody. police arrested him in hayward. it started at the intersection though. the cousin of the boy says the family was walking northbound. the driver was going eastbound. >> the nine-year-old was a little out ahead. i see to my right the guy come flying through a red light after dodging around a car that was waiting there and by the time i jumped back, he is hitting my cousin and knocking him into the car. >> reporter: he says his nine- year-old cousin was pinned briefly between the suspects vehicle and the parked vehicle. he didn't stop. one of our witnesses said the suspect turned around and started back up mission in the westbound direction. sfpd put on the be on the lookout for a white toyota suv. hay

kraig debro is live where it all started. here are plenty of unanswered questions stilled ising this case, right -- still surrounding this case, right? >> reporter: that's right how did he get away? was he let go? did he escape? i called the cell phone number of the business owner that all started here at al's barbershop. we know there was a robbery here and we know there was a kidnapping. but how the kidnapper got away from an armed and dangerous man is still unknown. it all started at 3:15 yesterday afternoon. a man entered al's barbershop but he was not looking for a haircut. >> he entered the business, ordered the owner on the floor and robbed him of the register and personal blockings, including a -- belongings, including car keys and a cell phone. >> reporter: as ford was returning, the man with the sawed-off shot gun and all of al's money and property was leaving. al spoke with us on the condition that we not record his face. >> at that point, he told the boy to get in the car, start the car up and drive him and he said

kraig debro is here now. there is sad news about a woman rescued from a burning home. kraig. >> reporter: good morning, dave. i just got off the phone from the alameda coroner. station 20 is the fire house that responded to the fire around 9:00 p.m. last nighten it happened at 8910 burr street. firefighters arrived there. it took them 15-20 minutes to get the fire under control and/or knocked down as they like to say. the ambulance pulling away from the scene, that ambulance was carrying the woman who lived in the home away from the scene. she died later at a hospital when i called the coroners office to get their id they were not sure which hospital she went to. the cause of fire is under investigation at this point. i'm going to look into calling the fire department to see if they can narrow down the cause. glove compartment well many people will be watching close think this morning when the stock markets opens an hour from now. this is half the dow dropped more than 400 points yesterday. coming up at 5:45 we will have a live report from new york. >>> the stock market

ktvu kraig debro is live in oakland to explain a special meeting operation. >>> that is right. a special meeting at the building behind me here. we will start at 9:00 a.m. this morning. the reason they are having this meeting again has to do with something the city of oakland said. after the mtc voted in july to move its headquarters in san francisco they got a letter from the city of okay land accusing them of violating state laws on unopen meetings. this is a building the mtc wants to move into with two other agencies. it's located at 390 main street. it's built in the 40s. it used to be a postal center but now it's used for commercial space. they want to spend about $105 million to buy it and another $47 million to renovate it. the mtc however runs the toll authority. in addition to the allegation it violated the brown act that is the state open meetings law, a state senator wants to hold hearing if they can use toll meeting to buy and renovate the building in san francisco. the city of oakland is pushing this building as an alternative to the san francisco building. it's lo

reporting live in redwood city kraig debro ktvu channel 2 news. >>> 6:33.me home run king makes another pitch to try to clear his name. barry bonds went back to federal court in san francisco yesterday. his defense team urged a federal judge to overturn his felony conviction for obstruction of justice. the judge says she'll issue a written ruling in the near future. >>> muni reconsidering requiring all of its drivers to get a specific route from central control before they are allowed to go out and pick up passengers. now this is all tied to a tragedy that happened on the streets of san francisco one week ago. a muni operator driving his empty bus to a new unscheduled assignment fatally hit a woman at a crosswalk on a street where buses normally don't run. >>> a stretch of highway near yosemite national park remains closed because of a wild fire. it started when a propane tank exploded ignited a motor home and some nearby brush. the fire is currently threatening about 70 structures. evacuations are in place and so far it's burned about 1,000 acres. the fire

kraig debro tells police that they hope they will be catching criminals, but some people say that it could come at the cost of privacy. good morning kraig. >> yeah, good morning tori. safety over privacy concerns, this is the first one that they have been putting up. i just spoke to the police watch commander. he tells me this morning that this camera is operational, but there's limited access. only certain police officers will have access to it for now. and we're starting to talk to people who live and workdowntown gilroy. now according to a dispatcher i spoke to this morning, the camera mounted here was not operational, but i just found out that it is and it is limited to certain officers. now the video images will go directly to dispatchers eventually so they can work with officers in the field. black and white images will be transferred 24/7. some believe that the camera will deter crime, even those people are concerned about the cost that that deterrent will provide. >> it instills some security, it will help our police department, maybe help them because they can cannot be in 10

live in freemont, kraig debro, ktvu news. >>> happening right now, rescue crews are in the waters offan francisco looking for a missing canoeist. tara talked with searchers about the efforts under way and the extra manpower that could be brought in soon. tara. >> reporter: two more coast guard vessels just left the port about a half an hour ago. now that makes three boats total out on the water looking for this missing canoer. now, the conditions are favorable at daybreak, a helicopter will also resume its search. now, here's what happened, just after 6:00 last night two men reported their friend missing off of treasure island. the boat capsized, the group swam back to shore. two of them decided to go home and change their clothes. the other actually went back to the canoe to get some personal belongings, so when the two friends came back, their friend was gone. >> we always operate under the assumption that there's a possibility for survival. the coast guard would like to emphasize the importance of having safety gear, life jackets, emergency whistles, flares and even personal emerge