The rone ert Park Department of Public Safety says scammers are posing as pg e workers and threaten to disconnect utility pole unless an immediate payment is made. Officials say the scammers can make caller i. D. Numbers look like legitimate pg e phone numbers, and the thieves often ask for prepaid cash cards. Which pg e says it never does. Officials say if you get a call like that, and you have any doubt that it is real, hang up the phone, then call the Pg E Customer Service number, you can see it on your screen right here, or call the police. Time is 4 31. The San FranciscoFire Department is under investigation, by the state because of allegations that it allowed a group of paramedics to work without the proper credentials. As 2 investigates Candice Nguyen found out, the employees now fear their jobs are on the line. And say it is not their fault. The paramedics say this came as a huge surprise. Even though some were told this is a paperwork mistake, they say they feared their jobs, their reputation has been jeopardized. When every second counts, paramedics are some of the first on the scene. Highly skilled individuals, whose careers depend on the public trust. But on january 8, 13 paramedics received this letter of an opened investigation against their employer, the San FranciscoFire Department. A state Emergency Medical Services investigator is looking into whether the department allowed them to work in the field without proper county accreditation. Keep in mind, none of these people ever had a lapse in either their state license, or their city and county accreditation. Steven jacklony with San Francisco fire local 798 is representing the thirst paramedics. He says the paramedics are individually licensed. But the Fire Department made a clerical error. Allowing them to work in the field for months without the correct paperwork. That was reported back to the state. Now, if investigators decide to pull their licenses, these paramedics are worried, they may lose their jobs. Do you think the Fire Department dropped the ball . I think so, yes. Yes. Yes. I mean this was something that theyre in charge of. All of our members, all of the men and women of the Fire Department work so hard every day, you know, for the city, and for it to have this happen, you know, you make them upset and angry, and you obviously put, you know, some sort of fear that Something Else could happen to their livelihood, to their career. Since 2014, ktvu has been reporting on delays with ambulance response times in San Francisco. Jackalony says the city cant afford to lose even one paramedic. It could potentially cause a problem to the system here in city, which is already pushed to the limit. Why do you think this happened . You know, i dont know. Thats a great question p. I would love to know why that happened as well. How confident are you that this wont happen again . From my understanding, that they are working to both with the local agency, and with the state ems authority, that this doesnt happen again. What the Fire Department specifically is doing about it, i dont know. Ktvu, fox 2 news. Ktvu received a response from San Francisco fire lieutenant Jonathan Baxter who said, quote, there was a procedural error which was identified and immediately corrected. Safeguards have been put in place to prevent this type of error from occurring in the future. At no time was the publics safety compromised. Time is 4 34. President trump says the federal government will get involved after saturdays false alarm in hawaii. Claiming a missile was headed for hawaii. Hawaiian lawmakers have already said they will investigate. Now, emergency officials there say what was supposed to be a test turned into a statewide scare. It happened during a shift change, when a single employee hit the wrong button. Sending out a message that included the words, this is not a drill. That caused panic, as people realized they had no idea how to get to safety. Everyone was freaking out. Everyone was on their phone, theyre like, what do you do . Where do we go . I am sitting there, what do i do . What do i do . Theres got to be a better way, a better system for this. Hawaiian congressman wants hearings at the capitol and focus on how to prevent future false alarms and a faster way to let people know when a mistake has been made. It took 10 minutes to tweet a retraction of that warning. 38 minutes for a correction to go out to cell phones. The workers who pushed that wrong button, has been removed from the job, but has not been fired. Time is 4 35. Florida Authorities Say 50 people were able to safely escape from a shuttle boat that caught fire yesterday. The boat readily carries gamblers to and from the casino ship off the coast of floridas gulf. People jumped into the chilly waters to escape the flames. Passengers say the crew was very helpful getting that boat to shore. 15 people reported minor injuries. The cause. The fire is still under investigation. , time is 4 36. Well, crews are calling the catch a miracle. A baby was thrown out of a burning Apartment Building in georgia. A firefighter was able to catch a newborn baby, in midair, while fighting a large apartment fire. Several people were rescued. Including a woman in a wheelchair, who was pulled out of that burning building. But the Biggest Surprise to a fire captain was when she was climbing up the ladder, and saw a flash of blue baby blanket coming at her, with a newborn baby inside. I saw the blue blanket coming, all wrapped up and my hands came out of the water and i got him. No better feeling in the world to know that they get to go home, and that you had something to do with it. And now, the family that was trapped, they have eight children, all of them were safely rescued. Time is 4 37. Two people very lucky to be alive this morning. Their car plowed into the second floor of a building. Just incredible. Look at this. The car hit a Center Divider and then it flew into the air, right into the top floor of that building in santa ana. You can see the cars front half, wedged into the building. The back half is just hanging out. Amazingly, the two people in that car were not seriously hurt. Today, in indonesia, more than 50 people were hurt when the second floor collapsed inside the jakarta Stock Exchange. Still not clear why the mezzanine floor collapsed. Authorities say it doesnt appear to be connected to terrorism. There are reports hundreds of University Students were visiting the Stock Exchange at the time. Time is 4 37. And in the philippines, more than 9,000 people have been evacuated near a volcano that has been erupting. The mayan volcano has been spewing lava and ash since saturday. Scientists are worried there could be an even bigger explosive eruption. That volcano is about 200 miles southeast of manila, the last time lava flowed out of it was in 2014. Time is 4 38. Investigators in turkey still trying to figure out why a commercial plane skidded off a runway and went right off of a cliff. Look at this video. Authorities say the Pegasus Airline flight overshot an airstrip during a landing on saturday. The plane skidded over the edge of a cliff. One report says the only thing that kept that plane from plunging into the sea, its wheels were stuck in the mud. As you can imagine, chaos and panic erupted inside the plane, but all of the 162 passengers and crew members got out safely. Investigators have been questioning the pilots. They are now focusing on the planes black boxes to figure out what went wrong. Time is 4 39. Well, major events are planned all day. Remembering and celebrating the life of dr. Martin luther king jr. We will give you a preview of the big march today. In San Francisco. Plus, new details about a plan to enroll new students at uc santa cruz. The plan to provide education for more than 10,000 new students every year. We have a freeway closure in San Francisco. Southbound 280 at alamany boulevard. Chp is there for a shooting and everyone is taking the alamany offramp exit on southbound 280, right near highway 101. Well, fog. There is a lot of it to go around. Maybe a tiny bit of rain. We are really waiting for the system later on. But around the santa cruz mountains, light drizzle, light rain. We will talk more about the monday forecast coming up. Welcome back to mornings on 2. 4 42. Thousands in San Francisco hosts on air bnb and other rental sites, you face a dead lin tomorrow to register your Vacation Rentals with the city. Part of the settlement with the city of San Francisco, air bnb and another short term rental site, home away, agreed to require all hosts to register with the city by tomorrow. If the hosts dont register, they are supposed be kicked off the web site. According to the chronicle, the city says more than 2,000 homes had registered as of last thursday. But that is only a fraction of the more than 8,000 hosts listed on air bnb for San Francisco. Well, starting today, smart luggage is being banned by many airlines. Unless you take out the batteries. The luggage comes with usb ports to charge phones, and other devices. And there is concern about the lithium batteries inside, possibly starting a fire. American, southwest, delta, and other airlines will start requiring passengers to remove the batteries from smart luggage before they can check it in. If the bag will be traveling in the cabin, the battery can stay installed, as long as it is turned off. More airlines are expected to issue bans on the batteries in smart luggage in the coming months. Time is 4 43. Over the weekend, ford unveiled the new ranger pickup truck. The official unveiling was sunday. At the north American International auto show in detroit. The ranger was pulled from fords lineup in 2012, because of low sales. It will now be relaunched as a bigger midsized truck. Expect to see the new ford ranger on showroom floors beginning next year. By the way, ford also announced it is investing 11 billion in electric cars. Can a battery electric vehicle stir the soul . Well, thats what were all about at ford. And now, we plan to do even more of it. By increasing our investment in electric vehicles, to 11 billion. Now, the electric car segment has been dominated by tesla. Along with entries by nissan and toyota. Well, ford is trying to ramp up research and production of more longrange electric vehicles. Time is 4 44. Uc santa cruz reportedly is making plans to accept 10,000 more students over the next 10 decades. Two decades. The Santa Cruz Sentinel says the chancellor wants to grow the student body by 50 by the year 2040. The newspaper says enrollment right now is capped at 19,500 students but the chancellors goal is to accept more students over the next 20 years, so the campus can become a more Prominent Research institution and also meet the needs of a growing number of applicants. Well, happening today, it is the start of the crab fishermen on the far Northern California coast. It got off to a late start. Talking about the season. Up and down the state. But the far northern coast was delayed three times because the shellfish were not mature enough to harvest. The last time there was a delay, crab fishermen, that was five years ago. Time is 4 45. Lets get you to where you need to go. Traffic, we have some problems this morning, and sal is all over it. Thats right, dave. I want to let you know here, that southbound 280 in San Francisco, on the way to daly city, is shut down. At alamany boulevard. You can see the police car is not letting everyone get through. So this exit here that we see, southbound 280, is the exit, the second alamany exit off of 101. You have to exit right here. And just to give you some perspective, this is the huge wall that is here, that is between, see, the freeway, the freeway northbound is up there, and you might actually see a car driving by, but there you go, you can see, thats northbound 280, and there is southbound 280, so you will not be able to get through, the best thing to do is to get on the freeway, and drive down to lets say monterey boulevard, and get on there, or actually go down to ocean geneva, or stay on 101, and use 380, and then reconnect with 280 that way. Were not sure how long this is going to take. Fortunately, this is light traffic at the time. All right, lets move along, with some of these in fact, i want to show you something, here is the area that i was talking about. And there is the closures. So traffic is going to be okay. I do want to mention that traffic on the freeway here is going to be okay, on the freeways, of the bay area, and it is light, because of the king holiday. And we dont see a lot going on. The traffic continues to move along pretty well at the bay bridge toll plaza getting into San Francisco. Now at 4 47, lets bring weather in with steve. Sal, thank you. Fog is really the story here this morning. Maybe by later this afternoon, and tonight, to the north, we get some rain. It looks like for everybody late tonight, into tomorrow morning. And we will get a break on wednesday, an then another cooler colder system arrives thursday, friday. And maybe the strongest in the series is on tap, or at least being advertised for sunday into monday. There could be some very hefty rain totals, sevenday totals, certainly p up north. We will ease into it when we get closer to that. And by that i mean, ukiah north. Monday night, tuesday morning, rain returns thursday, friday, as well. Each of the systems will be a little bit stronger. Today is cloud cover more than anything else. Fog is the big story. And by this afternoon, certainly north, north of the golden gate, and then late tonight, and into tomorrow morning. There is not a lot here yet. But there is some. A little bit up to the north. Maybe off the mend mendocino coast. And santa cruz. There might be a little bit coming in here as the day progresses. You can see some of that right now. Nothing that will last very long right now. Maybe some drizzle. 30s, 40s, and 50s. And 50 at half moon bay. And 51 in the city. And around the bay. Upper 50s and low 50s. Two observations in oakland. 48 almeda. And 49 in San Francisco. And berkeley lab at 52. Richmond and el cerrito at 48. The easterly breeze, napa airport, fairfield, travis, brings the fog back in from the valley and if youre stuck in that, it is a cold one. 28 in truckee. Better opportunity for snow toward the end of the week. 40 in ukiah. And sacramento at 47. A lot of show, not much go, until the system works its way in tonight and tomorrow. Plenty across the pacific and play into the weather toward the rest of the weekend, to maybe next week at this time. And today, light rain. Not until monday evening and again, until tuesday morning. And then a stronger system comes in on thursday. There wont be a lot with the first system. Maybe a quarter of an inch for some. I would think that might be on the high side here. Maybe a little bit more. A third of an inch to the north but the system on thursday and friday looks a lot better. 50s, low to mid, stuck in that fog. The high clouds should help. On the fog, but i think it is set for a day where there is going to be a wide variety of temperature, clouds and low clouds, it could be warmer and if you have the fog, it could be very cold. Steve, thanks. Youre welcome. The Jacksonville Jaguars advanced to the afc championship game, beating the Pittsburgh Steelers 4542. It would be new england and pittsburgh again, not jacksonville. Ben roethlisberger. Rolling around. And it is scooped up. Calvin smith. Goodbye. Touchdown, jaguars. Jacksonville looked like they were going to blow out the steelers. But Ben Roethlisberger got the steelers back in the game. Martavius bryant had that touchdown before half time. Overall Ben Roethlisberger had 469 yards and five touchdowns. But the jaguars were too much for pittsburgh. So the jaguars will play the patriots in the afc championship game. The Minnesota Vikings beat the saints 2924. Thanks to an incredible walk off touchdown. The vikings were up 170. Late in the third. But the saints rallied from behind. Drew brees threw three touchdowns. The saints took the lead with less than 30 seconds in the game. Thanks to a 43yard field goal. On the next drive, case kanum and the minnesota fans prayed for a miracle. He steps into it. The pass is caught sideline. Touchdown unbelievable vikings win it. No, he didnt. Marcus williams missd that tackle. Look, look. Come on. No. Devon diggings took it 61 yards for the gamewinning touchdown. Here is what diggs said after the game. The offense had to do something. I felt like it was an opportunity. And he would say i am going to do it. Look at him right there. Look at him right there. That man right there said i am going to give somebody a shot and that somebody was me tood and i wanted to make him look as good as possible. What was in stefan diggs brain as you were crossing over that line for the touchdown . I cant believe it just happened. But i can believe, because of god. Wow. Vikings are now a game away from playing in the super bowl. In front of their home crowd in minnesota. So here is the schedule for sunday. The afc championship game, between the jaguars and the patriots begins at 12 05. The nfc championship game between the vikings and the eagles at 3 40. You will see it right here, on ktvu fox 2. Time is now 4 51. Boy, the flu, it is spreading fast across the bay area. This is turning into a Major Medical problem. Hospitals and pharmacies are running out of flu shots, and treatment. Treatment. You can get. More adventure, more woohoo more magic. And more happy. And now you can stay steps away from the magic for less. Save up to 25 on select rooms at a Disneyland Resort hotel. So nows the time to get more happy welcome back to mornings on 2. It is now 4 54. We have a deadly flu season here in the bay area. And some bay area pharmacies are running out of the flu vaccine. The number of flu deaths this year has led to a spike in the number of people trying to get a flu shot. Now, Health Officials have not said there is a vaccine shortage, but some pharmacies say even theyre out of it, or theyre in a very short supply of it, and it may take days to restock the flu vaccine. In that case, you have to use standard precautions, be extremely vigilant about being clean around people, and keeping away from sick contacts. Thats what you can do. At least 42 people have died from the flu in california since october. That includes 19 right here in the bay area. Health Officials Say many of those who died did not not get vaccinated. You can check with your Health Department in your county to find other locations. Happening today in San Francisco, people who need dental care will be able to get it for free today in San Francisco. Part of San Franciscos 2018mlk jr. Celebration, film and comic arts festival. Dentists and dental students from ucsf will be offering free dental screening to adults and children. Also, they will provide referrals as needed for follow up care. This will all be taking place between 10 00 a. M. And 4 00 p. M. At the Yerba Buena Center for the arts, on mission street. Well, both the San Francisco symphony and the opera are looking for conductors. The opera has been looking for a new conductor since october. And the director Michael Tillson thomas plans to retire in 2020 from the San Francisco symphony after more than 25 years in his job. There is worldwide search taking place right now to find the right people to fill those positions. Time is 4 56. A big freeway shut down right now. Along the peninsula. And these are live pictures, this is what i am talking about, interstate 280 is closed, because of the investigation of a shooting. We will have the latest in just minutes. And a Government Shutdown is looming on friday. What is holding up the talks between democrats and republicans . Icans . It is actually a pretty decent commute on a monday. Where some people have the day off. It might make it easier for if you you have to go to work. We will keep you apprised of what the freeways look like. 880 looks pretty good here. There will be no weather shutdown, thats for sure. It looks like a pretty active week. Not a big system today. But some rain is possible later on. Better systems later in the week. More on that coming up. Good morning. A complete freeway shutdown along the peninsula for a shooting investigation. These are live pictures. You can see where im talking about. We will take a look how long the shutdown could last on interstate 280. We cannot walk alone. As we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. Today is dr. Martin luther king junior day. We have details on several big events in the bay area to celebrate his life and legacy. Mornings on 2 continues. This is ktvu mornings on 2. Good morning. Here on mornings on 2, monday morning, january 15th. Im pam cook. Good morning. Im dave clark. Lets talk about your weather. Did you see fog coming in . Not too bad. Youre lucky, pam. Theres a lot to go around. We had it friday. We had it. You, dave . Yes. For some. Okay. If youre closer to the bay, its not that bad. That could change,. If youre away from the coast, it is really thick. The higher clouds will help because they prevent the nighttime radiation. It is tough to budge here. Rain coming back in later tonight and tomorrow morning. Not big. But a better system thursday and friday and an even better one by sunday. Later tonight and tomorrow morning for everybody else. So far