. >> live in red wood city, good morning tara moriarty. >> reporter: we will find out how much more chdrenwill be paying for their lunches very soon and the cost of a school lunch here in red wood city is a dollar 75 and school officials want to use the money to improve the meals. they can pick whether they want pesto or marinara sauce on their pasta, their milk and they will vote on whether to hike prices. they have not hiked prices for years and better food means better fuel for the minds of the young students. we dued cost -- reduced costs for lunches will be appreciated. >>> take a look at the fire it is a 29,000 gallon tanker filled with liquid pro pain in lincoln -- pro pain in lincoln and it is still burning. you can see the flames are still pretty big. firefighters are allowing it to burn itself out and we don't know how long it will take. more than 4,000 homes are evacuated and schools are closed this morning because of the evacuations. >>> that is impressive live pictures. >>> time now 5:09 let's go to sal castaneda and he will get you where you need to go and get you out the door. >

red wood city offers the cheapest school lunches and if it is a proved it would still cost $1.75. live in red wood city, tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. >>> prosecutors will hold a news conference today about the jeanine harm's whom said case. the d.a.'s office said they have new information about this mysterious case. the woman disappeared ten years ago and police believe she is dead even though her body has never been found. last january harm's brother shot and killed a man who had been charged with her murder. >>> an interim police chief for oakland schools and he stepped down from the job and is being replaced because of making slurs. the coalition for justice will be part of that protest which by the way is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. in oakland. >>> the stage is set for a showdown in oakland in just a few hours. bart's board of directors will be meeting face to face with protesters affecting commutes. >>> 100 bay area newspaper employees will be losing their job starting the beginning of the year. they will be san jose news, the times which is all the papers along the 680 corr

. >>> the price of school breakfast and lunches could be going up in red wood city. today the school will consider a 1 dollar hike and it will go over the next four years. most students require reduced meals will not be affected. they are providing healthier options set forth in the hungry healthy kids act. >>> usc and cal state schools, a lot of college schools are getting creative coming up with ways to pay for it. she set up a baked goods stand. she is raising money for her tuition at usc -- uc barber. she said she is going to sell cookies and cup cakes and is not doing too bad. >> i am getting 200 per bake sale and hopefully i can raise as much as i can. >> they are flooding restaurants looking for part- time jobs. this fall uc students can expect to pay 17% more than they did last year. csu students will pay 22% more. >>> well the city institute said they received enough donations to put the telescope back in operation. nearly 2,200 people responded asking for small donations so they can continue the search for extra torres you' all -- extra intelligence indicat

>>> we have that problem in red wood city and at whipel.ou can see news chopper 2 that the lane is closed. it was mine more injuries affected by this crash. news chopper 2 is showing let me see if i can get stuff to show us a little bit of a backup southbound 101 and this is southbound 101 we showed you at whipel and panning to the left you can see 101 is backed up from at least hawley and it looks like it is backed up -- you know what, it is not even all that bad and they are making progress. >>> let's talk about the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic is moving along nicely and there is a small back up and if you are driving in antioch we have stop-and-go traffic on bay point. >> we have some patchy fog. some of it is thick and we will have sunshine and temperatures are working close to yesterday's readings. 60s and 70s coast and basement a lot of temperatures are cold. bodega bay has been colder but still rather cool. 12:45:68 degrees should be nice. we got chewed up with a northerly breeze and 50 to 50 and sonoma county airport is cool. it i

mid-90s saratoga. 85 along the peninsular and 84 expected in red wood city. y city as well as half-moon bay. 75 in the afternoon for santa cruz. temperatures will drop more notably for inland areas anywhere from five to seven degrees for wednesday and heating up today cooling back for thursday. a lock the coastline low-to-mid 60s and slightly cooler for the weekend. saturday sunday along the coast mid-to-upper 80s expected for inland areas, back to the desk. >>> the largest home improvement says they plan to buy back their stock. now last week lows reported second quarter income was nearly flat because of the concerns about the weather. >>> following gains in europe and in asia overnight, dow jones industrial average up 56 points and that is 1009. big news comes when the feds meet and they are looking for something ben bernanke will do to help the economy. one week after downgrading the stock they are upgrading it to a buy. google dropped to $98 a share but it was selling for $640 in january. >>> it is already one of the world's fastest growing companies and w

we will have a cooling trends over the next five to seven days. 59 concord 57 mountain view, 57 red wood city and the city is 55. westwood travis, it is kick up its heels and southeast swirls a little bit but temperatures will be held in check anywhere close to the coast and bay with 60s and 70s and the reason being system is digging out of the gulf of alaska and as it does it will drive the system in. we are not expecting much rain but there is a possibility of drizzle so more fog and rain as the system gets closer. 80s to mid-80s not the 90s like we had two days ago. it does look cooler and fog by the coast inland temperatures a few upper 80s but a lot of 60s and 70s. heyward 72, napa 76, these are slightly below average temperatures and that has been happening for a long time. fog sun breezy and i don't think there will be much of a change friday but if you are heading north there is a possibility of a few light showers. >> 5:20. >>> a prize winner will receive a special honor from the library of congress and will serve in that honor until next year. the job includes raising the nation's a

san jose in the mid-70s and red woods city 75 degrees. here is a look with your weekend always in view and temperatures cooling off for saturday and warming up and will gradually warmup by next week and in fact by tuesday a few areas will be approaching the #0 degree -- 90-degree mark. >>> thank you mark. >>> a popular restaurant chain will be posting information about an unexpected ingredient in some of its beans. they were surprised to hear that the pinto beans contain a small amount of bacon. the restaurant puts that information on its website but not on its menu. kosher practicing joys are among those who do not use -- kosher -- kosher practicing jews are among those who do not use these animals. >> right now only people who order vegetarian items are told they should eat the black beans. they say they will be adding the information to menus want months- í a within a few months -- within a few months. >>> what happened when a man tried to use his feet to stop his struck? -- his truck. . >>> stocks back down below negative territory, a

red wood city 84 and 70 in san francisco and widespread 6:00 0s for the coastline.your e-continued forecast temperatures will rebound for the second half of the week. upper 80s and lower 90s and -- 90s and partly cloudy skies and low 60s for the coast. >>> well an upscale area supermarket chain has filed for bankruptcy. it is now in negotiations to sell itself to 'investor group. it has stores in berkeley and the company blames the weak economy. several stores would will we main open and several workers will keep their jobs. >>> people on the corner of 7th and mark kit in san francisco say it is a place where people sell food they receive for free for cheap prices. they say the food for sale is a frustrating problem even though is represents a small fraction. >> it is frustrating for our acts and nobody wants to see products being used in this way. >>> places like the salvation army and food pantry hope to prevent this from happening by limiting pick up to once a month. >>> they are working together on the newest ticket game. they will let ticket holders use their p

. >> live in red wood city, we will tell you who wants to change things and why. >>> plus an invitationby bart as they address the cell phone controversy today. it is all ahead today on ktvu channel 2

. >>> a woman escaped a two-alarm fire at her home in red wood city this morning. smoke alarm woke her up about 2:30 on hastings avenue. they she got out of bed and went to investigate and found flames in the garage area. >> the flames were so big, i thought i was in a dream. i saw, i don't know, i was so nervous, and at the same time very scared. >> flames shot up to the second story in the attic. they were so intense that at one point the firefighters had to back off. nobody was hurt but that home was badly damaged. >>> the driver accused of killing a 4-year-old santa rosa boy in a hit-and-run accident made his court appearance today. marcos lopez garcia was charged with one felony count in the death of christopher "buddy" row. >>> san francisco police have identified a woman killed in the muni bus accident last week. police say the 23-year-old emily dunn of san francisco was in a crosswalk at 18th and hartford in the castro, when the bus driver made a left turn on to hartford, hit and killed her. the crash is still under investigation. >>> coming up, another sys

heyward, mid- 90s for areas around concord 94 expected today 84 in fremont 88 in san jose, 84 in red wood city mid-70s in santa cruz. temperatures will fall tomorrow especially inland areas and by tomorrow a 5 to 8 degrees cool off for the valley spots along the coastline. 60s are back in the forecast. a little bit of a warmup and low 670s for the -- low 60s for the coastline and mid-80s for inland areas. >>> a man living in sierra foothills is seeing lots of animals over the years but recent visitors were a first for him. he heard noise on his roof so he checked it out. when he got outside he didn't see anything until he saw the large figure of a bear. >> she stood up on her behind legs and instead of backing up i ran. that is when he saw three bear cubs run from his roof to a yard. it sounded like they had been sliding on the roof while the mother bear watches them. he hopes he will see them again from a distance. >>> the charges against dominic straw conn could be dropped why prosecutors no longer have a case. >>> mileage standards are getting a lot tougher. >> good morning traffic looks go

in red wood city, vehicles took off after running over a man that had laid down in the street apparentlyto commit suicide. he ended up dieing at the scene. investigators are now looking for a small silver sedan and a black suv, witnesses told us that he was in a bar and said he was going to hurt himself before he went out and layed down in the street. >>> an emotional movement involving two mothers on opposing sides of the case. the judge handed down the young man's sentence, three consecutive life terms in prison without the possibility of parole for ordering the murder of a man and two other men while he led the now closed bakery. another man got two life terms without parole. the families say the long ordeal is finally over. >> there's no satisfaction really, how can you have satisfaction, it's like the coffee cup half full. >> before sentencing bay's attorney red attorney read a statement from his client. this has not been about truth and justice, it's about perception and politics. i apologize to my family and to the families of the victims, even though i know i am innocent. >> it d

a good 5 to 10 degrees cooler, 55 livermore, 57 san francisco, 57 red wood city and there is your southwestting at 30 in fairfield and gusting at 20 for the southwest in vacaville. it tells me everything i need to know. it will be cool well out yonder. west at 14, maybe some of that deck will burn off a little bit later on but it is going to be a slow process near the oregon border and it is picking up the wind so 5 to 10 degrees cooler and right here is really crank up. cooler for everybody but not so much on the coast they have been on the cool side. windy at times after that low overcast and it hangs around for a while. 60s and 70s and 80s, 74 in napa, fairfield 79 and 77 concord 64 berkeley and alameda and heyward. upper 70s morgan hill to gilroy, saratoga, palo alto 65, san bruno, a lot of upper 50s and 60s. keeping cool through friday and a little gradual warming sunday and monday. >> port au prince is already feeling the wind and the rain from tropical storm emily. it is expected to be difficult for the people living in tents. it could intensify the cholera epidemic that has killed m

in red wood city, vehicles took off after running over a man that had laid down in the street apparentlyto commit suicide. he ended up dieing at the scene. investigators are now looking for a small silver sedan and a black suv, witnesses told us that he was in a bar and said he was going to hurt himself before he went out and layed down in the street. >>> an emotional movement involving two mothers on opposing sides of the case. the judge handed down the young man's sentence, three consecutive life terms in prison without the possibility of parole for ordering the murder of a man and two other men while he led the now closed bakery. another man got two life terms without parole. the families say the long ordeal is finally over. >> there's no satisfaction really, how can you have satisfaction, it's like the coffee cup half full. >> before sentencing bay's attorney red attorney read a statement from his client. this has not been about truth and justice, it's about perception and politics. i apologize to my family and to the families of the victims, even though i know i am innocent. >> it d

continues to look good and if you are driving on the peninsular you are doing well from san mateo to red wood cityross the bay to heyward, let's say if you are going to fremont now is the time to go. bay bridge toll plaza traffic is relatively light and we are getting a crowd at the pay lanes. crossing the valley on 237 looks good and let's go to steve. >>> low clouds making their usual push and inland 60s and 70s coast and bay but it is a rather chilly morning for some. clear cool or cold however you want to look at it is fine by me sunny breezy high pressure builds for two days and it is not screening message of a bigger high but will give inland temperatures warmer weather may be squash the marine layer nothing too strong so the fog is not going anywhere or burn off a little sooner so it will be around for the next couple of days. 51 in santa rosa and everybody it seems for the last month mid- 50s east bay, upper 50s near 60 for the peninsular and south bay. 51 near the bay they report a quarter mile of visibility and fog. we could have reduced visibility on that fog and in most locations they

. >>> red wood city has a shakes can i situation -- shaky situation. nine schools will have major damage in a big earthquake. the school recently completed a major retrofitting project but it did not meet the state's safe quake standards but there is no work to be done because of the california's budget crisis. >>> they will soon have a downtown presence and school officials announce they are buying the folder coffee building on howard street. they are still working things out but it will provide easier access to organizations that the school works with and they are hoping it leads to some new partnerships. >>> back over to sal to take a look at traffic, hey, sal? >>> traffic is doing well in many areas and as a matter of fact we are doing well on 80 but the roads are damp because of midst and drizzle just make yourself -- give yourself extra time heading out to the mcarthur maze. it is nice and light on the bridge toll plaza and no problems on the bridge itself. at 5:08 let's go to steve. >>> well for march, it is not bad out there -- wait, it is augu

a few low 60s to report for red wood city, san jose, livermore reporting 56 degrees.your thursday, high pressure tries to rebuild a little bit. that means the warmest locations bordering on the warm side, warm to hot, 89 to 90 degrees. here's a change as we do set this up into friday and also saturday, is this weather system moves in from the north. this will deepen the marine layer and as a result we do cool things off into the weekend. here's our forecast model showing you some of the fog this morning, pulling to back near the coastline this afternoon, so still some patchy coastal fog and temperatures this morning mainly in the 50s. by 12:00 patchy coastal fog and then here's the eventual temperature range across most of the region. warmest locations approaching the lower 90s right around the bay, basically upper 60s to low 70s and these temperatures are about the same as yesterday, could be about two to three degrees warmer than wednesday's readings. san francisco right around 66. here is your extended forecast with your weekend always in view and temperatures cool

mid-80s, 73 in santa cruz, going to be a nice day there. 81 red wood city. low to mid-60s. pacifica, half moon bay with an afternoon breeze. so, again, just a nice one. extended forecast here, inland areas will continue to warm into the weekend. we'll see modest warming, a slight cooldown. that ahead of a bigger cooldown monday and tuesday. it's going to be warm. back to you. >>> we're still talking about hurricane irene. it's a big one, and it's getting close to crashing into north carolina's outer banks. we'll have live coverage of the last-minute preparations. >> reporter: we're here at sfo. they're changing their travel plans because of irene. >>> also, overnight news from the east bay. deadly gunfire tied to a home invasion. [ man ] it's big. responds in a moment's notice. supports in times of need. same with aladdin. aladdin became the biggest in bail by treating people right. no one has lower prices, is faster or more professional than aladdin. that's why more people turn to aladdin than anyone. aladdin bail bonds. bigger because we're better. >>> northbound 880, muc

as hurricane irene twists and turns her way toward a string of cities along the east coast, red cross disaster card they for barbara wood has her bags packed and ready to catch a flight to new york before eye reap hits. -- irene hits. >> we tell what roads are out, the demographics that are affected, where to set up shelters. >> reporter: starting at noon saturday, there will be no flights in or out of jfk. and all public transportation will be halted. >> having a hurricane hit new york is hard to wrap your mind around, i think. >> reporter: and every airline is preparing for the worst. we went inside american airlines' war room in dallas, texas, where it's a logistical challenge to move planes out of irene's path. >> you try not to cancel too soon, because this is the end of the businessy summer travel season, so you're trying to operate as long as you can in a safe manner. >> reporter: american airlines felt safety was an issue and canceled the red eye flight out of san francisco to new york. >> we don't know where we're going now at the moment. whether we're going to stay in san francisco or going to another state. w