insect which can also carry dengue fever was discovered in august at the holy cross cemetery in menlo parkhis one usually strikes in the afternoon. vector control has set specialized traps to catch mosquitoes and their larva. this year five cases of the fever have been reported in the county. it's important to note none can be traced back to the mosquito. >> the dungeness crabbe season opened today but you're not going to ethem in the stores just yet. commercial crabbing doesn't start for another two weeks, but recreational fishermen are getting a jump start this weekend. there are big expectations too for a good season. the california department of fish and wildlife says the crabbe populations appear to be very strong following two record setting years in the commercial fishing industry. two more weeks to wait before they end up in our stores. >> you can get your own right now. >> if i knew how to do that, i would do that. but i don't. it looks scary and cold. >> rob is here to tell us about wind affecting the crabbe an season. the localized personalized crabbe season. and the rest of us.

but the accident in menlo park is clearing.und 101 marsh road motorcycle accident traffic backs up into san carlos and a traffic alert in redwood city northbound 101 before woodside. over turn accident, traffic is solid from university avenue. best bet use 280. that looks good from cupertino to highway 92. and out towards the bay bridge, backed up still into the maze with those metering lights on. that is your "kcbs traffic." lawrence? >> do we have time for a nice live shot this morning? >> oh, yes! >> i think we do. how about that? isn't that nice? clouds moving over head, some sunshine on the way today. it will likely be the warmest day of the week. temperatures not too bad outside right now. some 40s and 50s throughout the day though, how about this, we are going to see plenty of 60s toward the coastline, lots of 70s in the bay, and in the valleys, enjoy it, this is going to be the warmest day and then cooling down. and look at that, as we head in toward monday, a chance of showers finally coming our way. >> look at lawrenc

we are tracking a problem getting to menlo park.ur ago at the west end of the dumbarton bridge. this is right where it connects with university ave. the left turn lane which carries most of the track bed was shut down an order to accommodate the police. it >> and that pushed traffic to willow and then it backed up the traffic all the way to new worknewark. it has called the moves up and jackie and sissel will update us from the scene. >> we continue to have major delays to marin county. there was an accident that was clear but it was blocking two lanes and that backed up the commute all the way through the aunovoto. 60 south bond is still continuing to have problems. 24 is backed up all the way from concord. this is backed up all the way to the caldecott tunnel. west 580 and northbound 880 through oakland is still jammed up even with the extra board that is available. this has not helped out at all. >> there is some of they were things were improving on a 85 at least a cupertino but from there to the mountain view it is still heavy.

if anything happens we'll let you know. 68 in menlo park.eautiful conditions mid market, san francisco b-65. had a 66 and another day of the 70s out in pleasanton. we have changes to your travel forecast. you are trying to get down to southern california by car or plane, count on a few flight delays throughout the day. it's clear in the bay area. to the south an area of low pressure which brought us the clouds yesterday. it's impacting southern california. travel cautiously. right now no flight delays. >> all right. clear. thanks so much. still ahead, black friday shoppers, they are planning to head to walmart. they may have a major obstacle in their way. we'll explain. and if you're not in the mood to head to a big box store or mall how others are spending their day. plus, what the first lady is doing to get the white house ready for christmas. to those who've waited... worried... poked and prodded... taken risks... and lived in a state of "what if?"... welcome to a new state... of health. welcome to covered california. the place to find qu

menlo park traffic sgt. kaufman is seeking the cooperation of a white male that was driving a white ford explorer on oct. 24 around 6:50 p.m. near the intersection of the crash on chilco street. it is believed that this individual may have witnessed the entire event, according to kaufman. marjorie reitzell, 54, of redwood city, has been arrested in connection with the accident. san mateo county prosecutors said that after a day of heavy drinking, reitzell veered her car onto a paved shoulder of the road, where her vehicle plowed into kamal singh, 45, and balbir singh, 50, who were out walking their chihuahua. the couple leaves behind three teenaged children. prosecutors say reitzell then ran her vehicle into a car occupied by four teenagers, causing them minor injuries, before striking a tree. she has been charged with two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter and two felony counts of driving while under the influence causing injury, according to the san mateo county district attorney's office. reitzell wil

menlo park, palo alto. it will be closed for redwood city.ow 60s from daly city pacifica to half-moon bay. cold morning. sunny days. a little warmer through wednesday. weak little system. saturday is okay. increasing clouds on sunday. it looks like rain by this time next week. >>> lavish parties and even prostitution. the charges facing some navy commanders and why national security could be effected. >>> the reports of wine shortages upsetting wine lovers. why california wine makers are saying put a cork in it. don't believe what you have been hearing. >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. 6:55. taking you live to new york. big board dow jones up about 27 points. nasdaq and s & p also up a little bit as well. big news this morning twitter boosting its ipo price range. $23-25 a share. could go public this week. also big news blackberry dropped a bomb shell. the smart phone maker announced it is no long for sale. on that news the stock is down almost $1 a share. about 11%. they have also entered into a $1 billion investment with

beautiful conditions in the south bay. 68 degrees, 68 in menlo park, san francisco at 64.chmond district. 69 for sausalito. and 71 degrees out in almost so staying comfortable out in the tri-valley. thanksgiving and san jose looks beautiful for your indoor or outdoor plans. it's going to be cloudy but not bad. 66 degrees at 4:00 p.m. and i want to show you your peninsula seven-day forecast even though your neighborhood seven-day forecast here at the bottom of the screen scrolling there. i want to show you the trend where we're headed. it's going to be comfortable thursday into friday, saturday and sunday holding on to the upper 60s, then monday into tuesday and wednesday a cold area of low pressure arrives. this is the peninsula. look at this. 38 degrees on tuesday so that means the north bay could end up in the 20s. we could see our first hard freeze of the season so getting to be that time of year sfwlxt wow, so maybe brak friday sales get yourself some gloves. 6:49. just in, police say they made an arrest in the city's latest homicide. the police department's chief twee

. >> reporter: at this menlo park soccer field, smoke billowed for a while and it puzzled players for a while. >> smoke. it smells like burning plastic? why is there burning plastic? >> to the left you see a lot more steam. >> reporter: by 9:00 tonight the fire was contained. it hadn 't spread to any other piles but it will have crews on it all night long. >> the goal is to by 10:00 tonight is to have the main pile that's burning broken up so we can get to the seat of the fire. >> reporter: and they are getting to the seat of the fire as these latest pictures show good progress being made and a lot of steam being generated now along with the smoke. tonight checking with local hospitals we are told that no one has shown up sickened by the noxious air. reporting live tonight in redwood city, deborah villalon, ktvu news. >>> the fire marshal mentioned fires are a risk at places like this. are they fairly common. >> he did say it's an occupational hazard. we know this is not the fire first that has happened at the sims plant. we have video of the last one that burned in 2007. it did send

it took a while but finally all lanes are open in menlo park.ent southbound 101. while all lanes have just reopened approaching marsh road, the backups stepped all the way into burlingame. i think people got word that it was pretty messed up on 101 so people tried using 280 and now that's very slow going all the way down through san mateo county. live look outside, here's a live look at the san mateo bridge. and traffic is a little sluggish leaving hayward. that is your "kcbs traffic." here's lawrence. >> looking at a great day ahead, we are going to see some of the warmest temperatures of the week out the door. to the beach not a bad place to be today at all just a couple of passing clouds but a lot of sunshine. and those temperatures will be running very nicely into the 60s this afternoon. 50s and 40s now. later in the day 70s and mid- to upper 70s inland, lots of 70s inside the bay and those 60s toward the coastline. a little cooler tomorrow, rain on monday. s postureped serta icomfort and tempur-pedic go head-to-head with three years' intere

geological survey in menlo park, who are closely watching and counting the earthquakes. the red star on this first point-4 magnitude quake hit today, while the yellow and orange dots mark earlier temblors. >> reporter:there have been at least six since friday. now let's take a look at another map, which shows a trio of historical earthquake swarms in the same area. the green dots representing the dozens of earthquakes recorded from november 2002 to march 2003, the largest of which was 4-point-2. >> reporter:and finally, the orange dots represent a quake swarm from the early 1990's when as many as 350 small earthquakes were recorded over a six- week period near alamo. wh san ramon valley residents going forward? >> is what is not really possible a special in one other than telling us this is an active area. earthquakes and the bay area and they remind us that we have bigger ones down the road. it just a reminder to prepare >> reporter:happening now in the >> pam: philippines, a new dimension to tragedy: typhoon survivors have been killed in the desperate scramble for reli

picked up some good totals, menlo park and campbell. a half inch of rainfall over the course of the past 24 hours. we're getting a bit of a break at this point. want to show you all that rainfall is racing off to the east, out of the bay area. more is on the way, but i want to show you san jose, where our own anthony slaughter is this morning. he is at julien and 10th. what are people dealing with? some power outages? >> yeah. right before this report, all of the lights in this particular neighborhood came on. so crews are working quickly to restore power in san jose. at the peak of the outages, last night around 9:00, 10:30, that's when a lot of this happened. we were up to about 15,000 customers without power in the south bay. that number is down to about 1400. even, i would expect with this area just becoming lit, that that number continues to go down. crew also continue to be out here all morning working to restore power. the most interesting thing i find, me and christina, we're used to tracking weather and big storms. this storm,

menlo park and palo alto is 67 and along the coast, and downtown south san francisco, low-to-mid 60's stretching over to sausalito and low-to-mid 70's through the north bay valley but low-to-mid 60's at the beaches and mid-to-upper 60's along the east bay shore and castro valley is warm at 70 and warm in the east bay valleys with temperatures running in the mid-70's. tonight, cooler and low-to-mid 40's and mid-to-upper 40's with patchy fog possible but the breeze will be taft so it will be hard to get the fog to develop. first front is tonight and breezy tomorrow with sun and the next system is on friday night into saturday with increasing clouds and breezy and most of the rain stops around mendocino. seven-day forecast shows ten degrees cooler throughout the weekend. kristen and eric? >> we brides, secret wire recordings and f.b.i. raid, the latest scandal in sacramento with a state senator facing an f.b.i. investigation and thinks the feds are going after him. >> going into debt to pay for college, this are ways to be smart about it in "7 on your side" hi and i'm here to tell homeow

consumers in menlo park were shocked at what they found at the counters of the local post office. social security numbers and other personal information on a pad of scratch paper. vic lee has the story you will only see on abc7. >> then i saw the partial social security card. >> january, who does not want her last name used, was shocked when she looked at the pad of scratch paper on the post office counter. it included photocopies of customers and post office employees personal information. copies of social security cards, driver's licenses and other information that shouldn't be out here for anyone to see. >> what reaction did you have? >> my first thought was this promotes identity theft. i mean, it's right there for anybody to pick up. >> earlier this week january went to the post office in menlo park. that's when she noticed the photocopies cut into quarters being used as scratch paper. >> when i saw that, i was pretty shock. >> we showed lisa a copy of her work badge. she provided that and other personal data when she' employed for a passport. she never thought a post office

. >> the woman accused of killing a menlo park couple last month is expected to make her first court appearance in the case this afternoon, medical prevented her from being arraigned last week, they say her blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit when the struck and killed them. >>> they filed a federal civil rights lawsuit over the fatal shooting of their son, andy lopez was killed by a deputy nearly two weeks ago. he was carrying a replica assault rifle at the time. the family has already filed three wrongful death claims in that case. >>> this season's crab season looks promising there. sport fisherman able to start crabbing over the weekend but the commercial season doesn't start until november the 15th, this time for the first time in california they limit the number of traps they can have. >> voters will get to weigh in on a battle over the san francisco water front, developers want to build a development there in what is now a parking lot but first voters have to approve prop b and c, our exclusively kpix 5 poll finds it failing at the moment, a major are again

customers in menlo park were shock what they found at the counter at the local post office.l security numbers and other personal information on a pad of scratch paper. vehicle lee with the story you will see only on abc 7 news. >> then i saw the partial social security card. >> january who does not want her last name used was shocked when she looked at the pad of scratch paper on the post office counter. it included photocopies of customer post office employee personal information. copies of social security cards, driver's driver's licenses, and other information that shouldn't be out here for anyone to see. >> what reaction did you have when you saw that. >> my first thought was this prosecute motor identity theft. i mean it's right there. for anybody to pick up. >>reporter: earlier this week jan went to the post office in menlo park when she noticed the photo cope cut that quarters. being used as scratch paper. >> when i sow that i was pretty shocked. >>reporter: we showed lisa a copy of her work badge. she provided that and other personal data when she applied for a passp

it provis recycling compost and garbage collection for several cities including menlo park, belmont and redwood ty. >> 5:51. the work that will changehe fa of the san francisco skyline. we'll talk about tt comg up. >> we'll check your money and ogle glass moves to ur ear. >>> welcome back. cotruction officially gets under way on san francisco' newest high risend it is expected to forever change the city's iconic skyline. a groundbreang ceremony is being heldhis morning for 181 fremont, the steel and glass, 54-story office and residential tower is going up next to t new transbay tnsit center between mission and hard streets. at 802 feet tall, the high rise use office and housing buiing on the west coast. 181 fremont is scheduled to open in 2016. >> we're seeing new pictures of apple's newestcampus. better sketches. >> underground lair. blgers enjoying commentg on the underound theater that's going toe part of the new cupertino campus. a light and airy entranceike the apple store in timesquare new york leading to a huge underground theater where apple is goingo hold future announcents. yo

here is what to expect on the peninsula, 48 in palo alto, menlo park, cooler in woodside.. san bruno is warmest at 57. warmer in san francisco at 59 degrees. the cool spot is san ramon at 46. novato is 46, as well. the rest of us in the low-to-mid 50's. from mount tamalpais, it is not bouncing around and we have fairly clean air over the bay area. it will be partly sunny and mild and a slight cooling headed through the week end and still a chance of rain, a light chance, or a chance of light rain on veterans day. hopefully it will come in later in the afternoon and evening. the festivities on veteran's day look to be dry so far. in the south bay, milpitas is at 71. there is a typhoon that is really going to be strong when it hits the fill peep at winds up to 150 miles per hour. los gatos is 75. low-to-mid on the peninsula. mid-60's along the coast. up to 70 downtown and south san francisco and sausalito at 68. 70's in san rafael and 75 in sonoma and 65 in bodega bay. the east bay shore, richmond and hercules and fremont 71. a last look inland temperatures around 72 to 74.

following in redwood city, a one alarm scrap metal fire has police urging residents there and in menlo parko shelter in place. it will likely take some time to put the blaze out this. fire started at 1:20 this afternoon at sims metals recycling plant located on seaport boulevard. residents are warned to stay inside and close their windows. >> we'll have more on this at 10:00. >>> meantime let's check in with mark tamayo and see what's going on with the weather. >> we're tracking the chance of a few showers in the bay area, not a bug event. we compacted possibly a -- big event. we expected possibly a series of storms, but things are cutting back quite a bit. a few high clouds moving into parts of the bay area. here's our cloud cover to our north and west right around eureka and cape mendocino. right now on the maps a closer inspection partly cloudy skies across most of the region and a look at current numbers updated for your 5:00 hour, santa rosa 58 degrees, san jose partly cloudy skies, 60, livermore 64, antioch 60 degrees and in concord now it is 60 degrees and the forecast for tomorrow w

we are looking towards 73 in saratoga and 7 in menlo park.n south beach, 72 degree these numbers, your micro climates are revealing very similar temperatures. e reason why is were going to see that offshoreflow. what happens is we seehe land, the winds move from land to see. that negates the influence. we a looking prey good. we want t show you t rest of th bay area. 72 for emont. in danville, 79 degrees. staying nice and comfortable. we have major chaeseaded your way. showers are in theorecast for where you live. there are quite a few different mio climates here. stay tune to the bottom of your scen. your seven-day forecast will be scrolling the for you reports.ut all of our weather we are not going to make you wait for itny longer i want to tell you abouthanges headed our way as we get into turday. look at the dropo. livermore will hit 80 degrees. by sarday, 63. san jo,2 today. 50s.going to in the upper these are winterlike levels make sure you are rdy to get outdrs today and tomorrow. let's check on your dve and say od morning to mike inou

the argument was sparked over table manners at menlo park. he faces years behind bar when is sentenced next week. >>> well, coach david shaw was asked about a bullying and harassment allegation involving a former stanford player now with the miami dolphins. shaw says what defensive tackle jonathan martin endureed in miami is out of the ordinary. he has been taunted, receiving racist texts from a fellow lineman incognito, who has now been suspended indefinitely. it is not a part of bullying between older and younger players. >> they teach those guys how to be pros, have long career, they teach them how to study within the game. those are the positive locker rooms and positive teams and the team that is win games. >> the nfl is looking into whether the dolphins coaches and staff were aware of the harassment and allowed it to flourish. >>> well, a costly mistake allows extra cash into the hands of one of bank of america's customers. they gave away $50 instead of $20. the bank feels the bills were put in the slots by mistake. they have video on p

. >>> customers in menlo park were shocked to see social security numbers right there on a pad of scratch paper. >> reporter: a postal service spokesman told thus could have been a careless example of recycling thing that's should have been shredded but they're launching an investigation to see if the breech was wide spread or just isolated to this one. but i can tell you this. the scratch pads with personal information were found not just on one day but on two separate days here so this was not just a one time mistake. >> then, i saw the partial social security card. >> jan was shocked when she saw the pad including poeto copies of personal information. copies of social security cards, licenses and other information that shouldn't be out for anyone to see. >> reporter: what reaction did you have? >> this promotes identity theft. it's right there for anyone to pick up. >> this week, jan went to the post office and noticed the photo copies cut into quarters being used as scratch paper. >> i was shocked. >> reporter: we saw alisa a copy of the work badge. she applied for a passport and neve

will be distributed through local fire departments in santa clara county, san francisco, oakland, menlo park this, is the fourth year abc7 news partnered with home depot and kita to get the devices into bay area homes. >> i think we're increasing the chances of over 3,000 people. preventing something bad from happening their world. >> for more information and abc7 prepare norcal initiative visit and look under see it on tv. great information on there to help get you and your family prepared. >> a great combination. >> yes. it's powerful. >> sandhya patel is outside, somewhere. >> on the roof? >> hi. dan, cheryl, we need a heat lamp here. it's getting cold. temperatures dropping. but today, you won't have known it was fall. rosa, 80 degrees. where fog is sitting half moon bay, only 58 degrees today. check out visibility. half moon bay just over a mile. be careful out there. you can see tomorrow, you might run into those if you're flying out for business. just keep that in mind. 54 san francisco. 63 oakland. upper 60s in redwood city. so it's going to be slow going out there. 70 in fairfield.

so communities downstream, menlo park, palo alto, also down towards mountain view and sunnyvale you may be smelling some of that smoke as those northwesterly winds will push it south and even over the bay. so keep that in mind this evening. of course we'll continue to update you on the situation as well. >> now, let's get to our highs for today. you can see for yourself that we had 60ness across the bay area. temperatures came down a few dealings. the roof top cam showing also haze. san francisco, 54. san jose, 57. and the live look from the sutro cam. 48 in novato. concord, 56. there will be changes early tomorrow morning with the fog reforming overnight tonight, could slow down air traffic tomorrow morning. a chance of rain in the north bay, overnight, monday night and tuesday morning, and then after that dry, mild weather pattern will stay with us for the remainder of the week. lows tonight in the mid-to-upper 40s. maybe a few 50s, san francisco, 50, and north bay, overnight temperatures in the low 40s. so this is the setup. high pressure bringing us such mild, dry conditions. going

extinguishing i so you wouldn't have the fes going to san mateoounty specifically redwood city, menlo park, san carlos, the areas, that's where the air advisory has been in effect and shelter in place at least there was yesterday afternn. we can smell anything now, we did a couple hours ago. it was definitely a noxious smell but notng difficult to breathe. we we upwind. this started around 1:00 yesterday afternoon. it was caused by friction they believe. ey have wrecked car in there. when they were moving e cars you had metal on metal. e flammable pts in the cars from leftover plastic or upholstery caught fire. you had this plume of smoke causg problems for some in the area. it got so thick in men park that students and teachers at a tutoring center had tout on masks. >>t's really stran smell. it almost like burnt rubber and -- it stings, ki of bns your eyes a it wille bit. sot's a combination ofsmell, you can also like feel it. it's like -- almt like smoggy tside. >>eporter: this inot the first firet sims metal. in 2007 there was another fire at broke out at this plant causing similar iss

so communities downstream, menlo park, palo alto, also down towards mountain view and sunnyvale you maysmelling some of that smoke as those northwesterly winds will push it south and even over the bay. so keep that in mind this evening. of course we'll continue to update you on the situation as well. >> now, let's get to our highs for today. you can see for yourself that we had 60ness across the bay area. temperatures came down a few dealings. the roof top cam showing also haze. san francisco, 54. san jose, 57. and the live look from the sutro cam. 48 in novato. concord, 56. there will be changes early tomorrow morning with the fog reforming overnight tonight, could slow down air traffic tomorrow morning. a chance of rain in the north bay, overnight, monday night and tuesday morning, and then after that dry, mild weather pattern will stay with us for the remainder of the week. lows tonight in the mid-to-upper 40s. maybe a few 50s, san francisco, 50, and north bay, overnight temperatures in the low 40s. so this is the setup. high pressure bringing us such mild, dry conditions. going to r

san se, 68 degrees. 65 in menlo park. temperatures in the low 60s.innerast bay, fascinang tomorrow. in the lations towards the tri valleyill be warmer in you recast. s around livermore and danvle. and cooler into hayrd and fremon those locions seeing hig from today.pping ten degrees highs inhe mid-60 tomorrow. yo getaway forecast. no rain jt ye maybe drizzle around point reyes. we have the one chance of rain. as you s in the seven-day forecast. ter that,lear and the chances of rain just disappear after tuesday in the coming week. back to you. >> thankyou, rob. > mindi bach injos us now. >> i won't watch. >> we do know, the tmoil continues for sonny dik and his young squad. >>and steph curry in the warriors line against memphi was i enough to t the final road win. people go to mattress store and esstially they just get sold something. we pride the exact individualization that yo body needs. before you invest in a mattres, discover the bed clinically proven t improve sleep quality. thsleep number bed. once you experience i there's no going back. for fi

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a shelter in place order is in effect for redwood city, palo alto, menlo park.metal plant. world news is next. >>> welcome to "world news." tonight, the staggering toll now emerging this sunday. up to 10,000 feared dead in one of the most powerful storms ever recorded. our team inside the devastation tonight. one survivor saying it was like the end of the world. >> i am not a racist. that from the miami dolphins star at the center of a much different storm tonight. the new interview. how he explains the hazing and bullying claims and what he reveals about the text messages. >>> called the elephant in the room, tonight, chris christie responds to that headline in "time magazine." as george stephanopoulos asks, will he serve all four years as governor? or is there another office in mind? >>> and, bracing for impact. we all remember that meteorite. tonight, the new warning about the giant satellite now hurtling toward us. when will it hit? and do scientists have any idea where?

will get them in the hands and homes of people who need them in oakland, san jose, san francisco, menlo park, santa clara county. the fire department keeps them in trucks. the captain will not leave the station without one because he never knows when he might need it. >> we carry on our rig two or three of the smoke detector but with the advent of what was donated we will be able to carry carbon monoxide detectors which will help everyone. if the situation lends itself and we go into a house for a medical call, we always look around to see if they have a working smoke detector and if they don't i will have one of the guys go to the rig and offer it to them and say, without like 9 smoke ticketer, can we put it in? >> does anyone say no? >> they usually say it would be wonderful. >> especially when it saves lives. it happens more often than you think. a mile from here an alarm went off in a laundry room that alerted the family. they got out. they were saved. the house was saved. we will go talk to them and have more of that later this afternoon on the news. live from cupertino for abc7. >> for

. >>> the redwood city woman charged with killing a menlo park couple last month is pleading not guilty. prosecutors say 54-year-old marjorie reitzell's blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit when she hit the couple walking their dog in menlo park. >>> aldon smith looked different when he showed up in court yesterday. this is smith's booking photo from september when he was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. now he is cleaning shaven and dressed up for court in san jose. he pled not guilty to three counts of possessing illegal firearms. the weapons were found inside his home in the east san jose foothills last year. >> aldon's is very interested in answering to these charges. you have to understand that this is a process. today's court appearance was the first step in that process. >> prosecutors say the weapons are legal in arizona where smith purchased them but illegal in california. the case returns to court in january. >>> 6:08. happening today, more protests are expected at uc mission bay in san francisco. some students are now calling for new uc president jan

no illnesses from the mosquitoes has been reported, but they have been spotted in menlo park.door handing out information about ways to prevent the spread of the mosquito. that begins at 9:30. >> this weekend voters in san francisco can swing by city hall to drop off their mailed ballots. the stations will have blue canopies to make them easier to see. this weekend they are open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and open from eight to five monday and from seven to eight on tuesday, which is election day. >> 6:41. lisa argen with a look at the forecast. it's a november forecast, as it should be. >> yes. we do have fog, though. zero-mile visibility half moon bay. look at the golden gate bridge, kind of busy right now. of course, the fog is a big problem here. it's moving across the bay. but overall we are still forecasting more sun today. but cooler temperatures on the way. gusty winds and, yes, a november-like feel to the area. the forecast is coming up. >> lisa, thank you. also next, why tomorrow's raiders game with philly is so big. big. torrell pryor knows ws, now there's big new

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reporting live from menlo park, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you, janine. >>> neighbors are concerned about the death of a san jose man that's being investigated as a homicide. officers found the man unresponsive last night next to a fence and a house on san antonio street. it appears the man lives in that home but police have not released information about his identity or how he died. neighbors say they were asked if they had heard people arguing. >> they didn't say who it was, two men, a woman. they just said arguing. >> people say the neighborhood is normally quiet and trouble free. this is the city's 40th homicide. >>> police are warning female students to watch their drinks carefully. people say there have been reports at spiked drinks at recent party. one victim said she was sexually assaulted. u cu. santa cruz police and -- uc scrauz police and the -- santa cruz police are investigating. police say don't leave drinks unattended, never accept an open drink from a stranger and avoid going to parties alone. >>> a private school commun

happening today, officials in san mateo county will launch an informational campaign to educate menlo parksquitoes has been reported, but they have been spotted in menlo park. they will go door-to-door hang out information about ways to prevent the spread of the mosquito. that begins at 9:30. >>> this morning people can swing by city hall to drop off their ballots. the station less have blue canopies to make them easier to see. this weekend they are open from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and open from eight to five monday and from seven to eight on tuesday, which is election day. >>> 5:41 on this saturday. things are cooling off, is that right? >> yesterday was the warmest day we will see in quite some time. today not only the cooler temperatures, winds will pick up tonight. this is the exploratorium camera, showing the city with temperatures in the low 50s. a chilly start at the north bay, fog at the coast and cooler for everyone. the forecast when we return. >> thanks, lisa. also why tomorrow's game with philly is so big. larry beil has the details and why can you move the tv out here? the wi

. >>> the redwood city woman charged with killing a menlo park couple last month is pleading not guilty. prosecutors say 54-year-old marjorie reitzell's blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit when she hit the couple walking their dog in menlo park. >>> 5:09 now. millions more americans could end up on cholesterol-lowering drugs. the dramatic shift in the way doctors treat heart risk coming your way. >> plus the mistake one couple made that caused a small explosion in the car's trunk. >> i hope you choke to death. >> choke to death! >> that's not nice. >> the bizarre court appearance that brought actor alec baldwin to tears before he lashed out at the reporters. >> back to dry weather around the bay area. but when might we see some more rain? we'll talk about that coming up. >> and this accident in bay point is slowing down what's an already slow commute through antioch. so expect to give yourself some extra time through there. all right. we know the commute can always be a headache. we want to know what drives you crazy during your commute. ask the question or share a g

. >>> in other headlines around the bay, the redwood city woman charged with killing a menlo park couple last month has pleaded not guilty. prosecutors say 54-year-old marjorie reitzell's blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit when she hit the couple walking their dogs. reitzell is charged with vehicular manslaughter and dui. >>> the golden state warriors have scaled back their plans for a waterfront arena in san francisco. the new design sheds off 25 feet from the original roof line. it also provides more public and park space. but the plans for a billion- dollar hotel and high-rise condo project across the street won't change. >>> several dogs headed for new york this morning. they are in need of loving homes. nine of the furry four-legged chihauhaus got their wiggles out before joining a full flight of passengers to new york today. there's an overpopulation of them in california. but a great demand for them on the east coast. virgin america flew the dogs. >> the dogs are overpopulated in california but there are apartment dwellers on the east coast. so we thought it w

. >>> crews went door-to-door in menlo park warning people about a potentially lethal mosquito. the species is commonly known as the yellow fever mosquito because it can transmit the deadly disease. the mosquitoes were first spotted from california in fresno county over the -- and larvae turned up in san mateo county. >> it carries significant issues like the yellow fever and denghi. there is no indication at this point that is out there, but we know the mosquito is here and it's not native. we want to eradicate it as quickly as we can. >> if you spot any mosquitoes in standing water, call vector control. none of the mosquitoes so far has tested positive for any diseases. >>> well, finally. some light at the end of the tunnel for bay area commuters. b.a.r.t. workers overwhelmingly sign off on a new contract. we find out what is in it. >> and the halloween costumes are in the put away and already, the holiday shopping deals are underway. re in the bay area. after months of negotiation >> and a world-famous singing monk makes his u.s. debut here in the bay area. ,,,,,, here's bubb

it provides garbage collection for several peninla cities including menlo park, belmont and redwood city. you avoideing bothered by help panhandlers begging for money. th council considering pasng a law banning people from being within 50 feet of a bank or atm. concord policehey say they were called hundreds of times over the past year in cases of the concord patch reports the ordinance will also pertain to so called captive audience begging at bus stops and cafes >> thousands of people stormin theirport inhe philippines but only a couple hundred made it out as another storm beelined to the ci. agency now reporting tropical pression zorida made landfall with mimum winds of 35 mes per hour. it was by comparison much, much smaller than typhoon haiyan but hit an area alreadyavaged and people had no warning. the storm much smaer than iyan and not expected to leave the philippes until thursda morning. officials confirming almost1800 warning there has been no e are contact th many areas and that number, unfortunately, will likely reach 10,000 or more. support for the victims of haiyan continue

. >> a woman charged with running over and killing a menlo park couple walking their dog will be in court this afternoon. she was driving drunk when she hit the singhs. she has had several court appearances canceled. she was arrested last year, as well fox driving under the influence. her family says she has a long history of drug-and-alcohol abuse. >> the man accused of murdering a federal investigator from oakland is in court this morning. 56-year-old randy alana is charged with strangling sandra coke, taking her car and using her debit card. coke was a former girlfriend. her body was found in a park in vacaville. he insists he did not kill her but does not deny being at motel where authorities think coke was killed. he is a career criminal with 17 felony convictions. >> bliss are voting the city's 39 the homicide of the year. police say a man was slot and killed yesterday morning on morrison avenue. the victim was taken to the hospital by family members but he did not survive. a suspect was taken into custody two hours later. the victim and suspect knew each other. >> tonight in pleasa

compare that to facebook prior to the menlo park company's ipo in may. 51% of people actually made up last year. 51% thought it would be a good investment. 35% think twitter will be a successful company in five years. >> with the bit coin gaming traction, ebay may take digital currency as payment. bertha coombs is live with the details on that plus a look at how futures are trading for this monday morning. good morning. >> good morning. further and further away from actual dollars. futures this morning are pointing to a higher start so markets come off a mixed week with the dow and s&p 500 ending in positive territory, notching new highs last week. the nasdaq slipped a fraction. we'll get a lot of data this week, some might still be skewed by the impact of the government shutdown last month. we're going to get numbers on factory orders, later this week on productivity, personal income and spending, consumer sentiment, gdp and the big number, friday, the october jobs report. the dow starts at 15,616 after gaining 70 points on friday, the nasdaq at 3922, after adding a couple. ebay may

menlo park pice are already using this new technology. >>> some changes are now coming to the company'slectric car following three recent fires. he is writing on tesla's blog this morning saying hisompany is now givg the car higher ground clearance to reduce the chances of -- he is also asking federal safety regulators to inveigate these fire the national highway traffic saty administration has already said it is riewing at least one of those fire and tesla will be ameing its the ceo says he is confidentn s product, and he points out the perspecte, there are hundre of gasoline car fires each and of year. >>> san francisco hopes to help the city's taxis compete with local rid share services like lift and uber. today the ci's municipal transportation agency will consider aoftware license and five-yeaservice agreement to support a smartphone-bed taxi hailing syem. while some of the taxi compaes already useask, this will th first time a ten dispatch companies wod be tracked on a ngle platform. >>> a couple ofnternet giants going toe to toe here. jurors in e apple-msung trial expected to startleb r

the peninsula will see a mixture today, about 70 degrees in menlo park. th outer district of san francisco loong good at about 64 grees. elsewhe across the b area, i'm forecasting temperatures also in the 70s. we're getting a nic rebound, even though we're starting out pretty chilly in e morning hours. santa rosa today, 75 degrees. 74 indanville. let's get tohe stuff everyby wants to know about. there is a storm sysm on its it's actuallying looking pretty promising when you look at the wide view. as this fronttarts to move intohe bay area, it kind of falls apar the be chance for rain is going to be tonight, mostly up inhe north bay. here in san jose as well a we head throughout the evening hours along the western-cing slopes. not expecting mu. definitely goi to see cooler conditions thoh. into tomrow morning, maybe a liering shower up in the north bay. overall, looking nice and clear for the sond half of the day. seven-day outlook.the north bay temperatures are going to jump tuesday. we get those showers on look at this. we reached mid-70nd wednesday, upp

gilroy 72, 67 in menlo park, 65 degrees in the mid market section of san francisco. temperatures wille nicen walnutcreek,3 later on,5 for pleasanton. you don't ha to wait for the seven-day forest. where you live.t pinpoted to so check t bottom of your screen, it going to be scrolling throughout all of my weather reports. back t you. >> thank you very much. 4:49. suorters of sasha fleiman plan to march through the reets of oakland in honorf the teen lit on fire aboard a bus. 5:30 at the corner of park t boulevard andcarthur. afte that st. paul luthera urch is offering a free spaghetti nner. organizers hope to sw that love is stronger than hate. richd thomas is accused o setting sasha'skirt on fire aboard an ac transit bus. sasha identifies asagendered. thomas isharged with a hate crime enhancement. he is expted to enter a plea tomorrow. >> this morning fremont police hoping the public can helpatch a package thf. yo can see the man here drives up in be sedan. now have a look a these photos. they show himut down an empty box, thenalk away with two rently deliveredpackag

. >> menlo park police are asking for help in finding a witness to a deadly traffic accident. police claim a woman was drunk when the couple was out walking their dog. witnesses believe a man driving a white ford ex-plower witnessed the event. >>> an out pouring of support for a high school student who suffered severe burns after being set on nier a bus. lush sasha fleeshman was asleep on the bus when someone lit his skirlt-like attire on fire. family and friends started a campaign for his hospital care. tonight you can see that it has exceeded the goal of raising $20,000. the family suspend that had fund-raiser. police are investigating this as a hate crime in part of the gender identity. his parents say he does not identify as male or female, and feels comfortable wearing skirts. neighbors say it's a kind family. >> my neighbor is one of the best, hearted person. i mean. as a neighbor, and i know him for a long time. and his kid is very polite. >> the 16-year-old oakland boy faces charges in this case. police are asking for more witnesses to please come forward. >> the rotar

santa cruz 70, and los gatos and morgan hill 74 and upper 60's to low 70's on the peninsula with menlo park and peel appeal at 70 and low-to-mid 60's along coast with upper 60's downtown and south san francisco and sausalito and low-to-mid 70's through the north bay valley with low-to-mid 60's at the coast and upper 60's to low 70's along the east bay shore and berkeley and alameda at 68 and 69 and the east bay valleys low-to-mid 70's. tonight the temperatures are like this morning with high clouds that could keep us a degree or two warmer and the fog at a minimum in 9 north bay valley. we will fast forward to this evening and we call this a short wave, not a huge storm. this is the big pattern. this is short. it is small. it moves through the bay area and that kicks up the wind thursday and friday and you can see right new it is going to be cooler and breezy saturday and most of the wet weather stays inside of the bay area. that means in the sierra and nevada. the seven-day forecast shows temperatures back in the 50's and 60's friday through monday. leyla gulen? >> there is fog in the nort

we know what happens. 68 in saratoga. 67 in menlo park. fremont will be bat 66 degrees so a beautiful thanksgiving thursday here in the bay area. you cooking today? >> you know, i am. the bird's ready to go in. let's cross our fingers brent does it in time for me. thanks so much. i know you're going to be busy today because she's helping to kick off the annual holiday turkey trot. organizers expect a record number to show up for the annual thanksgiving tradition. silicon valley's turkey trot kicks off in two hours, runners will swarm downtown san jose to run in the fresh air and for charity. the event benefits a variety of charities. people donated a total of $1.2 million and 26,000 pounds of food. organizers expect 28,000 people to participate. 1900 people took part in the first turkey trot nine years ago so it has grown. good luck for them. still ahead, "saturday night live" seth meyers will soon fill jimmy fallon's shoes as the new host of late night. how the show will change. plus, how you can watch the launch of the latest space rocke

we mentioned thatmoke got so thick in menlo park students and teachers at a tutoring center puon masks eveinside >>t's a strange smell almost like burnt rubber. it kind of burns yr eyes so it's a combination of a smell. you c like feel it. it's like almost like smoggy outsid >> reporter: this is not the first fe at sims metal. in 20 there was a major fire issues with the smoke and pollution. the fire chief, assistant fire chief, telling thathey hope to have this out within t next couple of hours. reportg live in redod city, bob redell "today in theay." in san francisco crews are trying to figure out what sparked a grass fire that arted yesterday afternoon just as the 49ers gamegainst the panthers was wrapping up. fi officialsay it burned near a parking lot and threatened seralcars. crews hadhelames under control in a couple of hours and no one w rt. >> to a developing sry onhe international scene. membs of the american military laing in the philippines searching forurvivors from that devastating typhoon haiyan. at an air field inanila marines along sideilipino soldiers loading and unlo

across the bay ar.rd t 60s 66 degrees in saratoga, menlo park, 63 degrees, cfortable in san francisco,ut still cool enough for a jacket or sweater. we're looking pretty good in the east bay, oakland 64, 66 in walnut creek and 68 degrees in livermore. today or tomorrow,on't even ar think about it. we've got rain on the way. i'm going to detail that. first i wanto send it to mik inouye who has araffic alert. >> alert heading through oaknd away fromhe baybridge. here is a look at the lights, this is a live look from christie smith's cw out there off of 880, so southbound 880 traveling down out of downtown heading tord about the 12th or 10th street wre this scene is. theetailed startedn the her side of freeway. blocking three o four las, folks crawling by. if you get on around 1th tngs clear up. we'll look at t map as well. the big swing off 980. if youan get to eastbound 580 that's a great alterna or internationaor even 7th down through oakld. that shod get youast the scene. the rest of th area moves smoothly because of the light volume of traffic on the east bay. we'll look to the south

san jose 68. 66 in san mateo. 68 in palo alto, menlo park and redwood city.we have a little cooler pattern. the wind picks up on friday. in the morning inland areas in the 30s. highs will be low, low 60s. >> all right! >>> well, the time now 7:53. the fbi is issuing a report card on the bay area homicide investigations are 70% of the murders are not being solved. >> plus, meet paul the bear. a lovable 400-pound animal with a popular twitter page. how the effort to save meatball has turned to a bitter feud over his name. i love watching tv outside. and why can you move the tv out here? the wireless receiver. i got that when i switched to u-verse. but why? because it's so much better than cable. it's got more hd channels, more dvr space. yeah, but i mean, how did you know? i researched. no, i-i told you. no. yeah! no. the important part is that you're happy now. and i got you this visor. you made a visor! yes! that i'll never wear. ohh. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for two years with qualifying bundles. rethink possible. pediatrician,.