tara moriarty is live on the scene. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. you know, the damage here is pretty incredible. if you take a look behind me here, you can see where the mud and the water ended but it began all the way up the hill where those trees are and this entire neighborhood is just basically -- has mud all over the streets. about two dozen people had to be evacuated off bonnie street. the mud swept down the street. deputy was the first news -- ktvu was the first news crew to arrive on the scene. we saw the water mixed with the mud gushing down the hillside. the brake happening off luzane avenue and bonnie street. crews have it under control. the water has stopped racing down the hill. we spoke to the neighbor who called 911 initial. he said it was scary -- initially. he stayed was scary initially. >> the entire lawn was covered. there was a stream going down the street. i went downstairs and i got on my cell phone and called 911. >> reporter: the mud is up past the car tires at some -- some of the vehicles. several streets are blocked off in

. >>> tara moriarty is there in vallejo with the damage caused by the fire and why it may be part of a much larger investigation pam. police and fire are working together and they believe it is connected to a rash of fires that have been springing up through the city. it happened less than three hours ago. smoke and flames were shooting out of the bar where investigators believe somebody started it 3:00 a.m. this morning. the blaze caused $50,000 in damage. head to cut a hole in the roof and the flames melted the pool tables and beer signs inside. agencies from outside came in to help and they believe this latest work is the help of an arizona any of the. we tonight have any real reason. i can't speculate i tonight know why or what. >> reporter: now another fire broke out in an empty house off of alabama street and that fire was ignited outside of a door and caused $75,000 in damage. firefighters have seen a pattern in these fires and they are all lit outside of the building in the early morning hours. when we asked how close the targeted buildings were and he was up all night deal w

. >>> people are trying it last ditch effort to cast their votes and tara moriarty is live in belmont with more on that story, tara? >>> that's right, we are here in san mateo county and in about an hour, volunteers will making phone calls back east you can see the big array of democratic people they want to vote for as they are driving by. they want people to get out and vote for president barack obama. last night they were targeting republicans and undecided voters in battleground states. hope and change now moves to finish and finish what the president started. >> we have to know what the facts are and to be able to share that with election people. >> it volunteers them simply to get out and vote. >> it reinforces that somebody is out there trying to get something done and agree with the same things they agree with. >> reporter: now the feeling, mitt romney could pull out a win here and we will tell you what both parties will not take for granted. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> and some polls on the east coast are pulling aunt we are looking at vice-president josep

christien kafton is at the port where workers are blocking some instances, but first we go to tara moriarty at the airport to find out if the strike is affecting holiday travel there. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. maximize the message. that's essentially what these workers are doing here at the terminals. they are scattered at every entrance visible to the hundreds of passengers headed inside to catch their flights. members of the service employees international union starting picketing last night at 9:30. they are not blocking passengers from getting in line or on their flights. they say they want people to enjoy their thanksgiving but at the same time understand what they are fighting for we don't want to disturb the public going and -- for. >> we don't want to disturb the public going. >> reporter: meanwhile, we've seen people -- they don't seem to mind that the folks have hit the picket line during the thanksgiving crunch. >> it's great timing on their part, right? >> yes, because it's an important time. people will be traveling and that can definitely add some -- to in

tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> thank you, tara. >>> four people are arrested. police received information 4:30 this morning. on a search of the house they found two high capacity assault rifles as well as a handgun and 10 ounces of marijuana. the four people arrested were all in their teens and 20s and police believe they are all part of a street gang. >>> police want to know if you are too sleepy to drive. they are launching a week long crackdown on drivers and drowsy driving is almost as drain -- rouse as -- dangerous as driving drunk. >> if you are not paying attention on the road you close your eyes you are not paying attention and you can hit other drivers. >> in 2010, drossing driving caused 32 deaths and more than 32,000 injuries. >>> a driver lost control and launched off an east bay freeway and is now under arrest. he fell about 25 feet off the overpass on a westbound highway in panola. when investigators arrived they found the suv on its roof blocking two lanes he and the passenger suffered only minor injuries. he showed no signs of alcohol intoxicati

tara moriarty was the first reporter on the scene, she is out in the neighborhood again to see what it looks like today, tara? yesterday at this time these treats were coughed in mud and right now they are clean but still a lot of work ahead, this is covered in mud and this is once -- this was once a grassy field. they came in late last night to dig cars out of the mud. a 70-year-old cast iron tank took place above hillside park. it under herebied and luckily nobody was hurt and nobody home was damaged and now we will have rain. >> i guess we have rain coming soon and we never know if it could happen again because there is that one spot that came down already. >> reporter: now the debtor with water resources said the water-main broke because it is most likely so old and -- old. and i am tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> a man is shot in the back in downtown san rafael. new video into a shooting in san rafael that sent one man into the hospital between tip miss avenue apple are looking for four men who left the car. >>> new charges have been filed against antolin garcia-to

tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara. you can go to the channel 2 website to see more images. the address is ktvu.com and mobile ktvu.com. >>> the strike at rayly's and nob hill foods lasted over a week but this noontime, a tentative settlement has been reached. we have new details and reaction. alex savidge join us live from alameda with more. >> reporter: well, neither side -- i should say both sides are claiming victory this afternoon. the particulars are not being made public until the officials have announced them. [ cheers ] >> reporter: these grocery workers celebrated after getting word the strike is over. negotiations went throughout the night and finally rayly's reached an agreement with the union representing 7500 employees. just like that, the picket signs were packed up in -- packed up in the back of this car. antonio said it's been a difficult time. >> we got what we wanted. >> reporter: the union spokesman said the settlement keeps current health benefits in place for everyone including retired employees. >

ktvu's tara moriarty is out there on 880 where the road opened just a little while ago. >> reporter: we're at 880 and traffic is back to normal but between the hours of 2 and 4:00 this morning there were major back ups. officials say the rain slicked road play add big factor in the crash. the chp says it appears the person driving the white saturn slammed into the median at 2:00 this morning. and the driver of the suv came along and hit the saturn. the driver of the saturn was outside his car. he sudden a massive head injury and was transported to the hospital. he is in critical condition. there are several traffic breaks for two hours but everything is back to normal. as you can see the truck scared me just a little bit. we're close to the freeway. it is important to slow down as you drive toward the roadways this morning because there was a lot of overnight rain and it is continuing in parts. you want to make sure you go maybe just under the speed limit however safe you feel. live from fremont i'm tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. >>> police in antioch investigating a deadly overn

ktvu tara moriarty is out there in the neighborhood this morning. talking about what crews are going to be doing to protect those homes. we will check in with her in a little bit. >>> an antioch woman is begging the burglars who ransacked her home to return one irreplaceable item. her baby's yes mated remains. holding the ashes of her son gabriel who died at birth in january. >> no questions asked. just return my baby's remains. please just return them. >> the single mother told ktvu that the burglary happened wednesday night actually as she and her children were attending a grief counseling session for the baby's death. the family had been trying to bounce back from that tragedy and the loss from her job back in june. >>> sfo bracing for what is expected to be a very busy day. the thanksgiving holiday travel season officially begins. ktvu alex savidge is at sfo right now. what is it like right now? >> reporter: well, dave, they expect today 140,000 passengers to arrive and depart here. the single busiest day of the thanksgiving travel season. thing

tara moriarty joins us live from the scene with the latest tara. >> reporter: we are here at the corner of hamas and ingalls. you got this around 5:00 if >> yeah around 4:30, 5:00 this morning. first units on the scene encountered a little fire coming from this carport. it was held to a first alarm. what you see there appears to be some type of workshop. a couple cars were involved. we were able to make a quick knock down of the fire. right now the cause is not determined at this time. arson will respond and we will get a declaration of the origin. >> reporter: at this point you can't tell if it was suspicious. >> i wouldn't say suspicious. i would say a pork spot. >> reporter: a lot of time there is are different things that can come bust. >> yes. but we will leave this undetermined until arson comes out. >> reporter: all right and what time will they be coming out here and will this be an investigation will it start pretty much in the morning when they can get a better view of everything? >> arson will be enroute. not exactly sure the arrival time. it could be anywhere from 5-10 minut

tara moriarty live on the scene now to she show us some of the damage and also what we know about what led up to the crash. tara. >> reporter: well, the teenager was picking up his dad across the street. you can see the gate there is. one is actually lying on the parking lot. he was trying to leave that parking lot and the gate started to open. then instead of stopping he slammed on the gas pedal and he ended up going several feet plowing into this store you see right here. this is a fab lick store -- fabric store. witnesses say around midnight it all happened. authorities believe that the boy again mistook the gas pedal for the break and sped forward and that's what caused him to smash into the shop. we're here near the corn ore of 12th avenue and 12th street. the truck hit a water line. crew to do turn off the water supply. they were also forced to cut off the power because there were electrical boxes above the scene of the crash. firefighters rolled the truck out of the store and it was later towed. no word yet on what caused the accident but officials say it does not appear that al

ktvu tara moriarty live in san francisco to tell us what this all means for california's public schools. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. governor jerry brown is expected to hold a press conference to discuss the election results. obviously prop 30's passage a huge victory for him and for schools like this one. this is mission high school. it's the oldest high school on its site that struggled with test scores over the years. brown spoke to supporters at the -- no one else in the country would people vote for an education tax. >> proposition 30 is a unifying force. and we had to overcome a lot of obstacles. we overcame yes on 30, yes on our kids, yes on california. we're all in it together. thank you very much. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: now prop 30 will raise the state's sales tax by a quarter of a cent for four years and increase state income taxes for people who make $150,000 a year. it's projected to raise $6 billion a year for schools. now san francisco voters overwhelmingly supported prop 30 as did people in alameda and santa cruz county. where did voters

tara moriarty joins us with the muddy mess that still needs to be cleaned up, right tara? >> reporter: look at what it left in its wake, this is tons of mud and sand and it is up to 9 feet deep in some places. now this is where it used to be a grassy field and obviously that is not happening any time soon. pub mix works is a really great angle of a 20-foot deep very vicinity and the -- very chris and the break -- crevice and the break caused problems and the city brought in backhoes to dig out some of the cars and they will have to file claims with the city which most likely be on the hook for the damage. some worry about the stability of the hillside which sits behind bonnie hillside. >> we are trying to keep the water out of, you know the area so it goes into where the drains are. >> reporter: now they say engineers have determined there is no danger of the hillside slipping and he said the ruptured water is most likely the break. so far neighbors have been pleased with the cleanup efforts yet. those trucks trucks arrived later in the day and all of this area had been co

tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> a fatal shooting inside of a cell phone store. here is new details on exactly what happened. brian? >> reporter: dave good morning, we are here at international boulevard and as you can see behind me, this is the market seller metro p.s. cell phone shop. what happened was he got calls of gunshots and a man was shot in the torso. >> reporter: when paramedics arrived, they could not revive him and he was pronounced dead at the scene. several people tell us he was the owner of the store and very well-liked. they also said he would be helpful to community members helping people out for years and lots of people as you can see in the video are very upset. as soon as we do we will pass on the information. the ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> the jersey shore he knows and loves may be a thing of the past. there is too much damage and rebuilding it like it was might set up for another disaster. power outages forced many gas stations to close and they are running out. >> you can see people strike to get onto the bus. but taking transit is f

tara moriarty shows us that help is on the way to explain how. good afternoon, tara. >> good afternoon, tori. buying a home in this economy can be really difficult. many folks like the mortgage rates but they are short on the downpayment. so that's where wells fargo bank is stepping in. this morning in oakland, the officials announced $5 million for downpayment assistance for homeowners in oakland, fremont, hayward, concord, antioch, pittsburg, richmond, brentwood and bay point may be able to afford the home of their dreams. >> i think there's still inventory out there. you would would-be buyers. >> wells fargo partnered with neighbor works america. >> it's a great holiday season experience where 250 families will get a $0,000 downpayment towards stabilizing many of the neighborhoods in oakland and in the surrounding cities. >>> how do you apply, well, december 7th and 8th at the oakland convention center. you can fill out an application if you live in the home for five years, you don't have to pay back a penny. if you leave before that, you will

live from san francisco, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. ank you, tara. >>> workers at theport of oakland are set to began 24- hour strike tonight. theport workers have been without a contract for 16 months. the service employees international union says the strike will begin at 9:00 p.m. at the oakland airport. the airport is part of the port's operation. tomorrow picketers will target both the airport and the port. we've called the port about 30 minutes ago. it's not known if the picture lines will affect -- picket lines will affect any flights. >> reporter: thanksgiving is almost here but some charities still don't have enough for needy families. we're live in san jose at a holiday giveaway to explain what is still needed. >>> rosemary will be along in a few minutes. more rain will be along and when you will see it in your neighborhood. >>> the competition is gonna get here first. >> camped out already. you will hear what these people hope to gain at the end of the week. [ female announcer ] welcome one and all to a tastier festive feast.

that being said tara moriarty is live in san francisco where voters overwhelmingly supported the measure. tara. >> reporter: good morning. students, teachers, and principal here at mission high school will probably be walking through these doors with an extra pep in their step. this is one of the city's the city's oldest comprehensive high school and it has struggled with test scores in the past but prop 30 may help change that. governor jerry brown's proposition 30 billed as a tax hike to rescue state schools has passed. 54% yes, to 46% no. it will raise the tax cut by a quarter of a cent per year and increase tax for those that make over $150,000 a year. >> here we are. we have a vote of the people. i think the only place in america where a state actually said let's raise our taxes for our kids, for our schools, for our california dreams. >> reporter: now the biggest support was in liberal san francisco, santa cruz, and alameda county. while the largest was in the northeast tip of the state. it's expected to raise an average of $6 billion a year for the state's general fund and educati

ktvu channel 2 morning news tara moriarty is watching the traffic and it is the first for you. where is the storm system now. >> right off the coast. it is producing some light rain and it is coming in, in about two hours and the heavy rain is offshore. it is merging and it is going to pack a pretty good punch here. it looks like it is heading towards the marin coast and we will keep an eye on it and the focus will be the rushing river and for now let's to go to mark, i think this is the first time we have worked together, how are things at the san rafael bridge. >> yes, it is an honor. we have had a few light showers. >> reporter: a little bit of a breeze nothing too major, but you can see we have trees but a wind advisory we have been talking about we are talking about winds starting to pick up in the next few hours. just a few light showers out there as i have mentioned, nothing too extreme, cars are moving towards the toll plaza but the key concern later on today, over the next couple of hours winds are increasing up to 20 to 30 miles per hour. and these bridges, the dumbar

reporting live, janine de la vega, ktvu news. >>> let's go to tara moriarty to talk about how to get tara. >> it's affecting traffic obviously. it's paralyzed it for miles. the accident happening 101 northbound just before embarcadero road exit. here is a live look from chopper 2 and you can see how bad that back up is. there's only one lane open so again, take 280 this morning. 8:58. let's head back to the desk. >> that's our report for this morning. we thank you for joining us. we'll see you later. into their work, their name on the door, and their heart into their community. small business saturday is a day to show our support. a day to shop at stores owned by our friends and neighbors. and do our part for the businesses that do so much for us. on november 24th, let's get out and shop small.

tara moriarty joins us live to let us know some of the crucial items on board. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. our cargo plane took off from travis airforce base about 45 minutes ago. headed down to march airforce base to pick up supplies before it heads to the east coast. let's take a look at some of the crew members who were boarding that plane earlier around 11:15. this is ac-5. filled with supplies for victims of sandy. although this was short notice for them they say they were on stand by ready to answer the call of duty. now these are pictures from march airforce base, where sick 32 tons of equipment and supplies, including utility trucks are being loaded on to those planes. in less than two hours they will move out. >> and they are moving utility equipment and personnel to upstate new york that will allow us to turn the light switch on for the east coast. we also have a bunch of medical folks on stand by ready to launch so if there is air medical evacuation or if there is folks that need medical assistance, we can quickly get them to the loca

campaign ad against the one supervisor who supported the sheriff and is also up for re-election, tara moriarty has just seen the ad. that features a woman who played a key role into the investigation of the sheriff. you are at the campaign headquarters for that sprf orwith an exclusive report, tara. >> reporter: that's right. this ad is aimed at unseating supervisor christina olongy, the star ivory madison, the sheriff's next door neighbor. >> my name is i'veary madison. >> reporter: she was the 1 his wife was involved in. >> i didn't want to get involved but now i have to. >> she is speaking out in some ad against her own district 5 supervisor christina elongy, up for eelection. >> n woman has been through the ringer and the courage for her to call and say that i must break my silence -- >> san francisco women for accountability produced the spot because it says she was out of line in voting to allow a convicted domestic violence offender to led the sheriff's department. >> i don't think she was politically motivated, she was the neighbor trying to do the right thing, any of us what would you

tara moriarty tells us if the strike is affecting holiday travel there. >> reporter: they braved the cold, windy terminals at 3:00 in the morning. nine hours later, they were still chanting and waving picket signs. >> that's the reason why we did it over the thanksgiving holiday so we can relate the message to all of these people out here so they can know what we're waiting for here at the oakland airport. >> reporter: passengers scurried past picketers. flight times were not impacted. >> it's great timing on their part. >> yes, because it is an important time. people are gonna be traveling. that can definitely add some -- it will inconvenience some people's schedule but it is putting pressure on -- mutting the -- putting the pressure on. >> reporter: these people are beverage servers. they come to stand in solidarity the with the others on strike. >> very frustrating. they do the same amount of work that we do. >> they are all working in very poor conditions. a lot of labor laws have been working -- broken. we feel this is very important. we want everybody to be treated equally. >>

tara moriarty is watching the morning commute, where is that storm, we can feel it, right? >> now some of the heavier rain, we have to go back here but some of the heavier bands are beginning to inch into the north bay and you can see northern county as well as rushing river, we will keep an eye on that because it will be one of the focuses of the heavier rain nothing too bad yet but up into mendocino county, there will be heavy duty rainfall totals and so far there are only 3 / 100s for the south bay. coming up, mark is live at the richmond san rafael bridge, it looks like things are picking up. >> reporter: within the last 10 to 15 minutes, we have a big boost, nothing too extreme but we came out about an hour ago. winds at 15 to 20 miles per hour. as you can see, the rain has been a approaching and with that, the wind has been approaching as well. of course the key concern this morning that is a problem when you add wind and that's a problem. we took the news van to see what drivers were expensing and the strongest winds as you would expect are in the mid- span of the br

let's go to tara moriarty in fremont with one one of the biggest wrecks this morning. >> reporter: the chp had two cars towed a half hour ago. the road is nearly dry but at 2:00 in the morning, it is wet and that is what the chp says played a major role in this crash. it appears the person driving the white saturn had a solo spin out and slammed into the median and the driver of a silver suv came along and hit the saturn. the driver of the saturn was outside his car. he suffered a massive head injury and was transported to the hospital. the chp issued a sig alert. everything is back open now but there is another reminder why you need to slow down in the rain. sometimes it's not safe to even drive the speed limit. i'm tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the skies opened up in the middle of the night, a ktvu news camera took these pictures of marble sized hail falling on oakland overnight and it made driving conditions extremely treacherous. bad weather is also being blamed for a wreck on highway 13 in oakland. it happened just after 1:00 this morning. the slick pavement led to this o

live from san francisco, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> an organization that serves the homeless in san jose is defending its decision to stop providing space for another organization that serves meals to the poor. envision runs the space downtown. and it was gonna stop to provide space to the soup kitchen. >> we're changing our services here. we're going to focus on the individuals who are living with us, our residents. we're going to cease being a drop-in center. so then the individuals who act us to help them with the meals will no locker be coming here -- longer be coming here. >> reporter: truck drivers today waiting hours just to get into the port of oakland to drop off their loads. why a strike yesterday is to blame for this backup. >>> mark tamayo is back in eight minutes to tell us if the rain is finished and he has the all-important thanksgiving forecast. [chanting] >>> and we'll tell you why people were shouting with bullhorns inside a bay area walmart during the last hour. >>> a man was found dead this morning in a water-filled quarry in oakland. a

tara moriarty is in san francisco with the video just released by police in hopes of catching the attacker. tara. >> reporter: police are hoping by releasing this surveillance video taken from the muni station here at the corner of anise and market. it was taken october 10th in the evening. you can see a man with a bicycle he just jumped over the pay gates and walking toward the platform. the muni agent walks after him saying there is no bikes allowed. he turns around and attacks him. again it all happened at 7:40 at night and the suspect was last seen here at the corn of van necessary and market. that suspect is described as a white man between 25 and 30 years old about six feet tall and 180 pounds. police are hoping that you recognize the man in this video and if so, give them a call. live in san francisco i'm tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. >>> san francisco police also planning to increase their presence in the mission district following a recent increase in gang violence. the track officers will patrol problem areas near the 16th street and 24th street bart station. there have been

ktvu tara moriarty is out there again this morning. how does it look tara? >> reporter: well, the goal here is to make sure the rain doesn't make the situation worse. you know the city originally said that broke in that ruptured water main unleashed 45,000 gallons of water. now it's looking more like 97,000. certainly a believable amount. now crews have set up bails of hay and laid netting on top of a thick layer. the disaster left dozens of cars trapped in the mud and buried in the street. right now the concern is the storm drains that they don't get backed up. >> the idea is do what we can to relay the concerns of the residents not to have anymore mud flow impacts. address the concerns they have with these rains coming. >> reporter: today the street is clear but hillside park is still buried in four feet of mud. the goal is to keep more mud from slipping and rebuilding the hill which is obviously a much more long-term project. live from daly city i'm tara moriarty. >>> happening right now former cia director david petraeus is scheduled to testify before ho

. >>> a third suspicious fire broke out this morning in vallejo, tara moriarty was covering the story all morning and joins us live to explain what they all have in common. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. police are calling this guy a serial arsonist and he shows no signs of slowing down. we are here in front of where police believe he last struck, a house across the street from the vallejo police department. >>> it was firefighters third call in about a 12 hour stretch. >> scary, because i slept through the whole thing. >> reporter: lori lives nearby the latest fire that broke out in a vacant office building around 7:30 this morning there. >> you don't see anybody on the streets after 8:00. more like we are under marshal law right now. >> fire investigators have been working with police to catch the person they believe is stop for setting 30 fires over a six to eight month timeframe within a half-mile radius. >> these fires have been kind of similar patterns in terms of vacant buildings, usually set from the exterior but again we have a task force investigating them at t

tara moriarty joins us live from sfo to let us know what the crowds are like there today. good afternoon, tara. >> reporter: good afternoon. looks like everything is leaving on time. we checked the boards and it looks like the planes in and out of sfo on time right now but we did have some low clouds and rain which was causing delays but so far so good. this the busiest travel day of the thanksgiving season. 140,000 people will come through sfo today. then between now and thanksgiving 1.2 million passengers will pass through sfo. it is recommended you leave at least an hour and a half early for your flight. we spoke to one family headed to mexico for thanksgiving. >> i think with two hours to get in there and get settled so we will be good i think. >> then are you going to have turkey in mexico. >> maybe a few margaritas, might skip the turkey this year. who needs turkey. >> a spokesperson says the friday before thanksgiving has become a busy travel day because many schools are off the entire week and more families decide to leave town early. this could be a record breaker

tara moriarty is live where the details are of all the damage and what caused this, tara? >> there are a row of homes where tons of mud and water have come racing down. if you take a look behind me, you can see the mess in the middle of the street. 2 dozen people had to be evacuated and those are four very long street blocks. that is how far the water traveled from. ktvu channel 2 morning news was the first news crew to arrive on scene and it appears there was some sort of leak bursting at the hillside park near the basketball courts. we were able to grab dramatic pictures of the water gushing down the hillside. crews now have it under control and neighbors are just shaking their heads at this mess. >> my whole driveway is covered with mud and stuff and you know if it continues the mud can go all the way up to here. >> they say some trees have actually fallen off the hillside and car tires are stuck in the mud. again folks from 8 homes are out and public works crews will have a big job on their hands and several treats are blocked off. it just pasts this area. tara moriart

tara moriarty is covering governor brown's tax proposal.janine de la vega has the results of several races in the south bay. but first, let's go to brian flores in downtown oakland. you've been looking at the newspaper headlines this morning, brian. >> reporter: yes, that's right, you were probably waking up to headlines that president obama will be serving now -- to another four years. here is e"usa requested -- here is -- here's" usa today "and the" chronicle." it's hard to get this newspaper. it's been selling like hot cakes. no surprise here in california that the president will be serving now four years. >> i'm excited. four years ago was my birthday was when the election happened. i got a chance to see obama being elected into our president. >> i was glad that obama won largely because of the supreme court. i have a 24-year-old daughter and you know, a repeal of roe v. wade, you know, making chice -- making choices more difficult for women. >> reporter: and the president getting the 270 electoral votes needed to become president. ther

tara moriarty has more on how the wet weather is affecting roads, tara? >> reporter: good morning, sal, it's not raining but the roadways are still slick from the rain so you better slow down for your morning commute. right now most of the rain seems to be concentrated in the south bay. walnut creek is getting the biggest dose of it and in oakland and jackson on the off ramp. rain is expected and hopefully don't break suddenly because you want to avoid an accident in these conditions. tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> two small children were hit while trick or treating and police are questioning the driver. claudine wong is in santa rosa with what police are saying and also what the weather was like at the time of the accident. claudine? >> reporter: well, pam let me give you a look at where this all happened, wi street four lanes of traffic and from what we understand, it is a residential area and they were already in the crosswalk, they saw the vehicle coming down the street they tried to hold back the children but this four-year- old and 1

. >>> tara moriarty is live in santa rosa with the killing of a young mother and how that is triggering a safety alert. >>> a woman was brutally stabbed to death and you can see the pile of flowers that have been gathered in her memory. many have been touched by her death. investigators believe she was most likely killed where she was found downtown area on 4th street. she was stabbed several times with a blade edged instrument. she recently had become homeless and homeless women in the area are warned to stay on alert since the man has not been caught. she had come to santa rosa at the beginning of october to start a drug recovery program and dropped out. her husband said she met with a man in santa rosa and police are working with the homeless as well as her family to see if they can come up with any leads but for now homeless women are asked to stay vigilant for their own safety. >>> new this morning, east coast areas are still recovering from super storm sandy and they have another issue to deal with. so called disaster tourists. they have been cruising streets and walking through h

ktvu's tara moriarty live in the bayview district with the latest details. tara?> reporter: well, there were about four cars that were torched. this was one of them. you see how charred out it is. if we step over here, you can see where it used to be parked over here in this car poet. right here where this empty spot is where it used to be. about 20 minutes ago, crews had to come out here because there was smoke coming from the car. they wanted to make sure they had got the flames out completely. you can see there's gas and electrical lines on the side of the house. the smell of gas, we should point out, is very overpowering right here. the man who is working on restoring all of these cars tells us he has received threats in the past. all of this could be the work of an arsonist. four cars were torched in a fire that broke out just before 5:00 this morning at a home off thomas and eagle streets. some were vintage cars including a corvette and camaro. take accloseer look, it looks like the car originated in the gas tank. the cap was removed. raul vasquez who lives

muni has to decide what to do with the multi-million dollar windfall ktvu's tara moriarty says the big really boiling down to two options, right, tara? >> reporter: yes, and a lot of people would like to see some of sort of a balance struck here. some say use it to provide money for improvement. others say use it to provide free rides for those who can't afford it? it is a debate that's pitting youth activists against transit corrects. in one hour, it will be the focus of a meeting downtown, the board of supervisors government audit. the metropolitan transportation committed just allotted $6.7 million. so now they need to decide how to use it. some would like to see free rides for low-incomes. but others are saying to put it into maintenance. >> they only run one car. you can hardly get on it. they used to run two cars from this area but now they only run one. it's very discouraging to try to get to work on time. there's no free lunch and you kids have to learn that at a young age. >> reporter: one kids who can't afford to buy a ticket ride it anyway and get a ticket. >> i know some wh

tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> police in san francisco arrested a man threatening to shoot people. officers received a man about a man trying to kill somebody in the city's ocean view neighborhood. when they arrived they found him inside his house and negotiators -- negotiator convinced him to give himself up. >>> 24-year-old darnell washington is facing nine counts in connection with the murder of susanco. he is accused of killing her during a carjacking at her home in hercules last month. prosecutors claim it capped off a crime spree which washington's wife breaking him out of jail in san bernardino county and while they were on the run they were suspecting of wounding a sheriff's deputy. washington could possibly face a third strike. >>> they are preparing to face a recall strike of sheriff ross mirkarimi. according to the women for accountability may lead the effort and they say they do not want a sheriff who has been convicted of domestic violence. they are targeting christine who voted to reinstate sheriff ross mirkarimi. she lost her seat on the board of superv

i am tara moriarty you ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> a man was shot and killed at a cell phone store. it happened last night on international boulevard. the man who talked about the shooting said it may have happened during a robbery attempt. >>> in just a few hours nurses will walk off and they are talking about changes to sick leave when nurses call is reduction in patient care standards. san leandro hospital, delta and antioch, they have been hired to fill in for striking nurses. >>> an estimated one million came in to celebrate the world's victory. the manager bruce bochy brought out the trophy in front of city hall. this is both married lee with a broom deciding more and more fans thank the fans for their unwavering reports. >> we went to st. louis and they were not as lloyd as you and quite frankly, detroit was not even close to as loud as you. that is why i sang that for you and of course the signature song... >> i left my heart in san francisco sister. >>> pitchers and lance cup dashes lance company -- lance kim was there they were all fired up about the world series win and

tara moriarty is in fremont with the details of an injury crash that happened on 880. tara? >> reporter: this crash is sa reminder of why you should really slow down when the roads are wet. we're here off 880 northbound. right now, everything is dry and the sun is shiping but it wasn't like that at 2:00 this morning. the chp says the rain-slicked -- rain-slicked roads really played a big factor in this crash. a vehicle crashed and another vehicle crashed into that person. the sedan driver was found outside of his car when the chp arrived. we're not sure if he was ejected or got out of the car after the initial impact. he did suffer a massive head injury and was transported to the hospital. he's reportedly in critical condition. the chp issued a sig-alert, most of these lanes were shut down. they ran several traffic breaks for several hours. everything is back open. just a reminder, the next few days, we'll see some rain and the first start of the rain, the oil and the water really create slick conditions. live in fremont, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> well, you can

tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> we are also following overnight news near the san jose airport. jeanine della vega is at the airport with how this scary situation ended. >>> into the early morning hours, it was 1st street and may tricks boulevard, and you can see this whole area used to be by police. there you see that new york pd pizza and because of what was inside that car, they advice them to evacuate because of that possible threat police detonated what was termed to be a pipe bomb at 1:00 a.m. this morning. police pulled over a van on a routine traffic stop. they determined that and then the bomb unit came to handle the situation. they immediately told businesses to leave. >> cops started to evacuate everything. >> i mean the bombs, you got to get out of there. >> reporter: tell us highway 101 was the shut down away from those businesses. police have die identified them and we are unsure if he is in the south bay and he is in custody for being in possession of an explosion sufficient device. jeanine della vega ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> according to the san

tara moriarty is live out there with the details of the damage and also what we now know about the cause of that crash. tara? >> reporter: well, take a look at the damage to the fabric store. you can see on the ground there's even pieces of busted pipe and if we kind of go around the corner there, you can see where the electrical boxes are and the electricity had to be shut off. the accident actually started across the street. that's where you can see a gate lying there in the parking lot. witnesses say that around midnight, a teenager was picking up his father. instead of hitting the brag, he hit the gas pedal and lurched forward all the way across the street into the shop. neighbors upstairs heard the crash. >> my son say, momma, momma! i stream. i stream -- i scream. i scream. >> reporter: can't get any sleep? >> can't sleep well. >> reporter: we're here on the corner of 12th avenue and east 12th street and this truck hit a waterline so crews had to turn off the water supply and they were also forced to turn off the power. no word when the power will be restored. investigators tell us

tara moriarty is live to explain the growing concern about what might in the next few days. you can see how deep the mud is. that's a pretty panoramic view. a. that's where the -- panoramic view. that's where the mud was mushed. right now crews are -- pushed. right knew crews are trying to dig all of this mud out. they will have to wait until the weekend is over and when it is not work raining crane more to -- raining anyto do this. official says a 7-year-old cast iron pipe ruptured, unleashing 45,000 gallons of water into the neighborhood. they were able to free the tires up to the tips of their tires and now the system is on the park system. >> what we're doing now, we need to find out where the drain is. we are gina get to the storm drain and identify where that is. and based upon where that is located, we can divert water to the operation. >> reporter: inspectors say the testing is safe for now. we talked to others about the water damage. sea is -- he says the system is antiquated. so far most of this dirt has been hauled away. some of it may try to put it back into the

live in oakland i'm tara moriarty. >>> our time now 5:03. overnight fire damaged a pleasant hill business and police say it looks suspicious. now it happened at a strip mall on contra costa boulevard near concord avenue. here are live pictures. this is the scene. this is the nail salon that caught fire last night at 11:00. fire crews say the front window was smashed out. they also say they discovered what appears to be a molotov cocktail inside. fire crews are continuing to investigate treating it as a criminal investigation. meantime the red cross helping a san leandro family trying to find a place to live after fire badly damaged their homes. firefighters rushed to the scene at san leandro boulevard at 8:30 last night. two people in the house were trying to put out the flames. fire crews were able to put it out in 20 minutes. investigators say it's still not clear how that fire started. >>> both president obama and mitt romney are making their way through the battleground states on their last day of campaigning before election day tomorrow

ktvu's tara moriarty is out there along interstate 880 now. we know the roads open again but how are things now tara. >> reporter: the good news is it's not raining anymore. at 2:00 in the morning it was coming down and that was creating treacherous driving conditions at the mission boulevard exit and officials say that played a role in this crash. traffic is back to normal. the traffic was backed up, though, at 2:00 this morning. the chp says that it appears a person driving a white sedan had a spin out and slammed into the median. then the driver of a silver suv smashed entolase dan. dan-- into the sedan. the driver o. sedan was found outside his car but we're not sure if he was ejected or tried to get out of the car after the crash. he suffered a massive head injury and is reportedly in critical condition. the chp issued a sig alert and had most of the lanes closed down for abouts to -- about two hours and they ran traffic breaks and you want to take your time anywhere you're going throughout the bay area because the roadways are still slick

ktvu tara moriarty is here now. says the big decision boils down to two options right tara? >> reporter: that is right. muni has to decide whether it wants to invest in making improvements to the system and hiring more operators or wants to let youths ride for free. we're here at the portal station. they will take center stage at a board of supervisors government audit. supervisor scott weiner is pushing for using the funds for maintenance. pointing out the agency has very poor performance rates. others would like to see 40,000 low income youths ride for free. in this spring the san francisco municipal transportation agency approved a 22 month pilot to provide a free transit ride. it hinged upon the transportation agency would fork over $4 million. they decided not to fund the deal in july. but they approved $6.7 million. it will be interesting to see which way muni goes here. live from san francisco i'm tara moriarty. ktvu channel 2 news. >>> time now 6:08. let's check in with sal. he's keeping an eye on the roads. sal. >> all right pam and dave. i think we are getting a li

live in san francisco i'm tara moriarty. >> californians rejected rival tax measure proposition 38 on your screen. 72% voting no. 28% voting yes. it was funded by millionaire attorney and would have raised the taxes for middle and upper tax income households. >>> time is 5:07. now our election coverage moves to the south bay. janine de la vega is live in san jose to tell us more about some of the local ballot pressures. janine. >> reporter: dave, a lot of these measures centered around money. one of the most talked about measures here in santa clara county was measure d. that had to deal with raising the minimum wage and it passed. the registrars office was reporting it won by 59%. that is with 100 precincts reporting. this measure means minimum wage will be raised from $8 an hour to $10 an hour. the measure was developed by a group of san jose state students and also championed by labor groups. opponents argued it would hurt small businesses. now another measure that passed is measure a that raises the sales tax in the company by one eighth of a%. 56% voted yes while 44% voted agains

ktvu tara moriarty is in our traffic center and alex savidge is way up in the south bay. but first with the radar let's go to ktvu meteorologist steve paulson. >> all right, thank you. alex savidge is in the window of very heavy rain in fact. flood advisory has been issued for santa cruz county until 11:30 this morning. it looks like some things are picking up again. i think an inch of rain fell on the board walk. tar look at scott valley, bolder creek. that is a lot of rain. again some of that will be very intense over highway 17 and then over into san jose the rain has picked up. the wind died down a little bit. that is slam city right there. pleasanton also out toward livermore and fremont. and also now pushing out toward discovery bay. for more let's check in on highway 17. alex savidge is there. i think he's right in the middle of it there. >> reporter: it feels like we're in the middle of a band of this rain coming through here. it's been very steady ever since we aryed here at the summit. right along highway 17. i want to show you one of the big concerns. along wit

tara moriarty explains what it means for local schools. >> reporter: he said he was going to do it. >> i know a lot of people had some doubts. and had some questions about can you really go to the people and ask them to vote for a tax. but they did. >> the only place where a state said let's raise our taxes for the kids, for the schools, for our california green. >> problem 30 will raise the state tax and increase income taxes for people who make $250,000 a year by three percentage points for seven years. it is projected to raise $6 billion a year for schools. >> i didn't realize that prop 30 won and how stressed out i was. >> he is the principal at mission high school in san francisco where many public schools have struggled with money and test scores. >> if it didn't pass, it would be devastating to all the schools in san francisco. >> reporter: they are keeping it out of the red and more furlough dawes. they will also benefit from prop 30 and they wonder what will happen when the seven years is up. >> to me. it is like a band-aid. it is going to help us from gushing blood out. it i

ktvu channel 2 reporter tara moriarty is out there in daly city with what crews are doing to keep thiside from collapsing for the second time this week. >> reporter: it took the city 36 hours to dig a channel to keep the impending rain out of this area. we haven't noticed too many folks out and about this morning. ever since the water main broke tuesday, we have noticed neighbors walking around really watching that hillside closely. now the big priority right now is to make sure that the rain does not make the mud slide worse. originally the city said 45,000 gallons of water gushed from that ruptured pipe. now they it's more like 90,000. they have set up bails of hay. they have laid netting. and the disaster left dozens of cars trapped in the mud and buried in the street. as city officials cleared the storm drains to prepare for this weekend. >> we'll have crews assigned to make sure this structure we constructed is functioning the way it was designed to. >> reporter: today the street is clear but hillside park is still buried in four feet of mud. the goal is to keep from more mud slip

tara moriarty in for sal this morning. how is it looking? >> that is right your freeways are pretty clear. as you saw during alex's live shot a lot of people hitting the malls for those big door buster sales. let's take a look at the east shore freeway. 80 westbound looks good. and up next you can see the bay bridge toll traffic slowing pretty nicely into san francisco. and up left we have 280 in san jose. kind of the same story all around here. not too many folks out there and awake. here is steve. >> tara, thank you. a very good morning. not any fog yet. we're waiting. the temperature and the dew points are very, very close. there is fog out to the valley. few high clouds and pretty strong system to the north. by this time next week it looks like rain, rain, rain. until then and into the weekend it looks good. 30s and 40s. look at that fairfield 38- degrees. concord is in there. livermore. 46 in oakland. 40 antioch. it's pretty cold out toward antioch. you can see everything moving north. it's going to deflect everything to the north. most

. >>> for more on what traffic is like let's go to tara moriarty in the traffic center, still slow spots. >> that's right a traffic advisory has been issued for that, take there instead. >>> a live look there, not too many folks out there, very wet conditions, a lot of cars hitting the puddles there. we want to mention the silver avenue on-ramp to southbound san francisco completely flooded and shut down, southbound near there flooded as well. in mountain view an accident there, one lane blocked and in the east bay flooding on 680 south there as well as a finder bender on 24 eastbound and there. up next a look at highway 4 in the pittsburgh area, a lot of fog westbound traffic doing all right toward concord, tori, let's check back in with you. >> thank you. viewers have been sending us snapshots of the impact on their area, paula snapped this and chemo sent us this picture of a tree that toppled over. send your photos to ktvu.com or post them on our facebook page. you will also find more viewer picks on our website at ktvu.com. the stormy weather is causing delays at san francisco intern