Transcripts For KTVU Mornings On 2 20131218

Good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. These are live pictures from the corner of fillmore and jackson in San Francisco, where an earlymorning smashandgrab robbery sparked a chase through the city. The thieves ripped an atm off the wall that sparked the chase in the wrong direction. A lot of dramatic events in that story. Well have details coming up. Good morning. Im tori campbell. Good morning. Im dave clark. Lets check weather and traffic. Steve, how should we dress this morning . Layers, dave. It will be cooler today for the afternoon highs. The morning low, especially down towards san jose and points south are warmer due to the cloud cover. Sun and clouds. It will be cooler on these afternoon temperatures and then turning cloudy from the north. The wind picks up tomorrow. Tomorrow will be windy and keerl and cooler. Had light rain down towards watsonville and monterey. Partly cloudy, partly sunny. 30s, 40s. 39, half moon bay. 36 at napa. 46 San Francisco. Its still cold for some especially if you have clearing taking place. Wind advisory starts in the north and east bay hills. The cloud cover will move to the south. It will be for the south bay but then well get the next system tonight. All eyes focus on the breeze. Highs look to be in the 50s and low 60s. Heres sal. Traffic is actually doing pretty well if you are driving around the bay area at the toll plaza. Theres a little bit of a backup. Its not clear. Its backed up for a five, ten minute wait. Once you get on the bridge, it looks good. We have been looking at San Francisco traffic. Its crowded. But not stop and go on northbound and southbound 101 as you approach downtown. We had an earlier crash on 880 northbound near downtown. The crash is clear. It cleared about 10, 15 minutes ago. But traffic is still slow from just north of the coliseum. I would still advise using 580 for the time being as that earlier heldup traffic clears out. Lets go back to the desk. Thank you, sal. One person has been detained after a dramatic atm theft in San Francisco. Ktvu channel 2 reporter Paul Chambers has been live at the scene of fillmore and jackson since this morning and has more on the wild chase and the atm being recovered. Reporter good morning. There was a lot of debris behind us. The owners cleaned up most of it. I spoke to the owner. He said he will have someone come check out the pole to make sure its stable. Its all happening here at thent intersection of jackson and fillmore. Police say this started around 3 30 this witnesses. Thats when witnesses saw two men inside a white van trying to take the atm. Were told the suspects tried using a chain to rip the machine from a pole. People living in the area say the noise was so loud it wok them. We spoke with the witness about the crime. They like frontended it until the thing was over on the side. Pulled the van up to the front, threw the machine in the back and then drove off. Reporter police found the van with the atm inside here at 19th and missouri. But before ending up there, police say that two criminals left the original scene, drove the van with the atm inside it across the bay bridge. For some unknown reason stopped at treasure island. Police say while over on t. I. , the suspects ran into more officers. The criminals led those officers on a chase going the wrong way on the bay bridge. Again, in the pore trer row potrero hill neighborhood. I asked the owner about the atm, if he will get a new one. He said at this point, its unclear. He is not the one servicing. If you know anything police ask you to call them. Paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. Traffic investigators in oakland are trying to sort through a grisly crash in which a big rig ran over and killed a bicyclist. Police say the 62yearold victim was hit at fifth and Market Street with her bike torn apart and wedged into the back of the truck. One witness called 911 after hearing the sound of metal scraping on the street and realizing what had happened. Officers eventually stopped the big rig a few blocks away with a crumbled bike still longed beneath it lodged beneath it. I dont think the witnesses saw when the actual point of impact happened. They just saw when the victim was being drug underneath the truck. The bicyclist wore a helmet and had flashing lights on her backpack and bike. The big rig belongs to alegry trucking. Investigators are trying to figure out if they need to seek criminal charges or if it was a terrible dent. In other news a 650 million megamillions Lottery Ticket was purchased in san jose. Ktvus janine de la vega is live at the san jose gift shop that sold the Winning Ticket and the storeowner there is also a millionaire. Janine . Reporter yes. He is. And very excited. Now, the person who actually bought the Winning Ticket, they havent come forward yet. We dont know if its a he, or a she, or if they know they won. That person had a 1 in 259 million chance of winning. They beat the odds. The owner of the store received a phone call from lottery officials telling him that somebody hit all five numbers and the meganumber. He was thrilled because he will receive around a Million Dollars for selling that ticket. Now, the jackpot was at 636 million. Its now estimated to be about 648 because of all of the sales. Thats the second highest Lottery Jackpot in history. Its amazing. My kids texted me and called me up last night. Reporter who do you feel for the owner . How exciting is this . So lucky. Reporter you bought a ticket there, too . Once in a while. Reporter another Winning Ticket was sold at a newsstand in atlanta, georgia. Both winners will split the jackpot if they choose the lump sum, it will pay out in cash to 341. 2 million. The owner of the store in atlanta was excited to find out the news. You know by el ising the winning by selling the Winning Ticket, theres also prize money for you. I know that. I dont know how much. 25,000. Reporter let me just tell you its a lot more than 25,000. It is . It is about 1 million that you get. Oh, my gosh reporter heres the winning numbers 8, 14, 17, 20, 39 and the meganumber is 7. The winners have one year to claim the jackpot and we are waiting here for nguney to show up as well as the winner if they will show up. They can either come here or go to the nearest Lottery Office which is in hayward. Reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. All right. Well, there is another glitch in the new b. A. R. T. Contract. Today the chronicle reports this one involves conflicting dates on when rules involving newlyhired workers will begin. B. A. R. T. Management and Union Leaders had to resume negotiations because of a heated dispute over an expensive family leave clause. B. A. R. T. s board of directors is expected to go over the contract and go over the battle during tomorrows meeting. 7 08. A record streak of spare the air alert continues for the 11th day in a row. Its recommended that people with breathing problems stay inside and wood burning is banned unless it is your only source of heat. Weve already had 15 sparethe air days. The season the streak could be broken if increasing winds disperse the air pollution. The wildfire in big big big sur and the simms fire are contributing to the it air quality. The smoke and chemical smell lingered for most of the day. I smell a chemical and the air is very heavy. Schools moved p. E. Classes and lunch breaks indoors. People with breathing problems are still being advised to keep their doors and windows shut. Firefighters in Monterey County are getting the upper hand on that big fire in big sur. This rare december wildfire comes during one of californias driest years on record. The flames have destroyed about two dozen structures. Half of them are homes, including the home of the fire chief of big sur. This fire has burned almost 800 acres. Its 20 contained. Full containment is expected within the next few days. No one has been hurt. Still no official word on how the fire started. Caltrans has not decided whether to back a proposal to fence an area in San Mateo County to prevent cars from crashing into deer. The authors of the twoyear, 300,000 safety study want to build a 22mile stretch of fencing on both sides of interstate 280 between millbrae and woodside. A couple of dozen cars hit deer and wildlife each other. Even if theres not a collision, cars can swerve to avoid animals, that can cause a crash. Proposal calls for a fence that would cost more than 4 million. Jury deliberations start today in the trial of a los angeles wine dealer. Hes accused of passing off counterfeit wines as care vintages. 37yearold rudy faces 20 years in prison if convicted on charges that he used fake labels, sealing wax, empty bottles and old corks to try to fool wine buyers. Prosecutors say he would dilute very expensive wines with cheaper ones and recork them and sell them, sometimes for tens of thousands of dollars. The wine experts say he bought so much a fine wine at auctions, it led to higher prices of wine around the record. One individual testified that everyone who drinks wine was affected because it drove up the prices. An oakland family refuses to give up help. They need to give her time to wake up. The new development in the emotional battle over a girl already declared brain dead. A blind man and his guide dog, lucky to be arrive. They stumbled on a subway track in new york city, just as the train was about to arrive at the station. Traffic on 880 northbound is still a little bit slow because of earlier problems near downtown. Well tell you whats going on and what your alternate routes are. Well, our string of above average temperatures is going to end here pretty rapidly. Theres a lot of cloud cover and it will be cooler. I will tell you how much cooler coming up shortly. [ male announcer ] december is Customer Appreciation month at subway. Were saying thanks with two of your favorite six inch subs. The sixinch cold cut combo, or the sixinch meatball marinara, built fresh from the bread up for just 2 each all december long. Subway. Eat fresh. For just 2 each all december long. Are the hands that do good things for the whole community the environment, seniors, kids, and animals. Thats why we created the share the love event. By the end of this year, the total donated by subaru could reach 35 Million Dollars. You get a great deal on a new subaru. Well donate 250 dollars to a choice of charities that benefit your community. It feels good to be a helping hand. He loves me. He loves me not. He loves me. He loves me not. He loves me thats right. [ mom ] warm and flaky in 15, everyone loves pillsbury grands [ girl ] make dinner pop guys. [ female announcer ] pillsbury cinnamon rolls, with cinnabon cinnamon, are an irresistible sunday morning idea. Nothing calls them to the table faster. Make breakfast pop a blind man and his guide dog fell down to subway tracks and he survived. Cecil williams was heelding onto his holds onto his guide dog when he fainted and fell on the platform. A construction worker told williams to lay down between the rails and passengers yelled at the train operator to stop. I saw a man wobbling. He was close to the edge. I try to squeeze my hand. The door was pulling him. It was too late. The train operator couldnt stop in time and two cars rolled over Cecil Williams and his dog. When the train moved on both of them came out with just a couple of cuts and bruises. Firefighters say the quick thinking by the people around probably saved list life. A mill valley man is facing attempted murder and Domestic Violence charges after prosecutors say he tried to throw his wife off the san mateo bridge. Instead, 47yearold Xavier Mcclinton fell in the bridge and into the bay. He was rescued. Prosecutors say he was got into an argument with his wife last friday and tried to drive their car off the bridge. When it crashed into a barrier, he allegedly pulled his wife out of the car and tried to throw her over the railing. Other drivers who stopped, grab the womans legs and pulled her to safety. 7 16. Hatching today, the u. S. Senate is expected happening today, the u. S. Senate is expected to approve a twoyear budget agreement. They cleared this with the help of 12 republicans. The measure rolled back some of the sharp sequestration budget cuts. It averts the risk of another Government Shutdown for at least two years. Happening today police are scheduled to testify today in a preliminary hearing for the man accused of driving his car into a crowd on a venice beach boardwalk, killing a new bride. A judge is expected to decide if there is enough evidence for Nathan Campbell to stand trial on charges of murder, assault and hit and run in the august crash. Prosecutors say campbell intentionally drove on the sidewalk and into a crowd of pedestrians. From what i can remember, this is where i still have nightmares. When the first tent was hit by the vehicle, people started screaming. When people on the boardwalk heard the scream, they just, i think, naturally parted. A 32yearold woman from italy on her honeymoon was killed. Campbells public defender says campbell was profoundly depressed after the crash and did not intend to hit anyone. 7 17. An autopsy confirming the worst fears of detectives in vallejo. The coroner determined a body found on july 5th was someone who had been murdered. The decomposed corpse was found near lemon and derr streets and there were wounds on the skull. The victim was a latino man between 30 and 50 years old e was about 56 to 510, was wearing dennison jeans and a dark, extra large t made large tshirt made by the company gunit. A house on twin peaks that partially collapsed, its been red tagged, meaning it is unlivable. The owner has to decide if there decide if theres anything that can be salvaged out of it or if he can apply for an emergency demolition permit. The home collapsed late monday night. It was in the process of going through an expansion project that attracted a lot of opposition from the neighbors. Want to check in with sal and see whats happening on the roads. How are things moving on 880 . We had the crash for about an hour on 880 northbound in downtown oakland. But thats clear. The traffic is still a little bit slow. Its being to unwind as you can see, 880, just slower than it normally would be at this time driving past the coliseum heading up north. I would advise using 580 as an alternate route until this clears out a little bit. If you have the time to wait around, you might as well or use 580 if you are up near the hills, use highway 13 to 24 to 580. You know the drill. This is a look at the westbound bay bridge. As soon as the crash cleared up, the bay bridge started to fill up. Traffic is backed up for a 10, 15minute delay. Still getting lighter every day as we get closer to christmas. Southbound 680 is slow from 242, 242, slow from willow pass road and 680s is also show as you drive towards san ramon. Lets go to steve. Hold on there, sal. Steve. I was responding to people on facebook. A lot of cloud cover. A lot of cloud cover. Thank you, sir. Mostly cloudy, partly cloudy. Two systems, one over us now. This associated with the weak low off the coast. Another one will come down from the north. This will equal a cooler pattern. Light rain towards monterey. Watsonville and monterey. Probably why most of you while most of you were sleeping. Well get a semibreak. This system comes in. It will push the heavier cloud cover out of here. Mostly cloudy, partly cloudy in the morning. I think well get mostly sunny skies by noon. It wont last long. It will be cooler today. A lot of 30s, 40s in there. Good nice tweet from lin lynn. Oakland hills. 53. Yesterday, parts of the coast, really nice. Some areas stay cool. 30s, 40s for some. Near 50s for others. Much, much cooler by the coast. Tonight well get a northerly breeze and that will prompt wind advisories. I think everyone will get in on a breezy pattern tomorrow. Theres plenty of partly cloudies around here. 30 in redding. 29 in ukiah. 50 in monterey. Mid to upper 40s around san jose due to the cloud cover. A partly mostly cloudy day. Definitely, though, tonight we see the wind crank up and thats going to usher in a couple of things well, a cooler pattern. No doubt about it. Thats one positive. We could use some rain. I dont see any of that. Beautiful sunrise, though, today. 50s, 60s. These are much, much closer to see an sonnal average seasonal average. Well see temperatures settling in. They will stay here for a couple of another days. 50s, 60s. The lows will dip chilly and a little bit warmer on the weekend. All right, steve. A bizarre crime happened at a bay area fastfood restaurant. Nothing surprises me here in vallejo these days. The Armed Robbery in vallejo that was no ordinary holdup. Millions of americans get ready to hit the roads for the Holiday Christmas holiday. How things have changed since last year. [ female announcer ] get your taste of the season, at raleys, bel air, and nob hill. Blatche spreaus. The northeast blanketed in white this morning. Temperatures are as low as 12 degrees in the northeast. Aaa says nearly 95 million americans will go at least 50 miles away from home for christmas or new years. Nearly 86 million travelers will go by car which is slightly more than last year. 5. 5million will travel by plane. Thats down a bit from 2012. As you know, christmas is just a week away, the Organization Christmas for everyone in concord says it desperately needs donated toys. Every year, christmas for everyone offers Christmas Day dinner for about 3,000 people plus toys for the kids, clothing for the adults. One reason things are so bad as we told you back in february, somebody stole almost everything they had in their store acfacility. Now, they are hoping things are gonna turn around in time for the holidays. We dont turn anybody away. You show up, you are gonna get at least at least you will get a meal this year. We just keep praying that these barrels get full. The San Francisco Firefighters Toy Program also says their donations are really down this year. If you want to find out how to help christmas for everyone, go to our channel 2 website, ktvu. Com. Click on the web links. You can also get information about other bay area charities. That list is under the to the hoppics section of our website. 7 25. Going to the skating rink at San Franciscos union square is free all day today. Celebrity cruises is sponsoring the free skate day at the popular seasonal rink. It opens at 10 00 a. M. And doesnt close until 11 30 tonight. Admission is usually 11 for adults and 7 for kids. A Christmas Gift for b. A. R. T. Riders. The holiday helpers who will greet them in b. A. R. T. Parking lots this weekend. Reporter were live in San Francisco where a holiday hoax snowballs into something much more for an Elementary School school. Well te you how a well tell you how a web post turned a bit brutal. Good morning. Highway 24 still slowing on the way to oakland and la fayette and orinda. Well tell you whats happening. We have a change in our weather pattern today. Not above average on the temperatures. They will be closer to it. A beautiful sunrise. There will be a lot of clouds and cooler temperatures. Well show you those coming up. Good morning. These are live pictures outside argon Elementary School in the Richmond District where security has been increased for the last several days because of an online holiday hoax. The fake story about a holiday greeting that prompted people from all over the country to call the school. Well have more on that coming up in a live report. Good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. Im tori campbell. Good morning. Im dave clark. Lets check weather and traffic. Steve . It looks partly cloudy, especially towards the south bay. There will be breaks in the clouds. Even a few sprinkles fell and light rain early this morning. Still on the chilly side and cold for some. 30s, 40s. More cloud cover. Theres mid to upper 40s for a few. It will be cooler on the avhighs. A lot of the cloud cover will on the afternoon highs. A lot of cloud cover. The end result will be a cooler, partly cloudy day. Tonight well focus our attention on the wind machine cranking up which will take us into tomorrow. Breezy for tomorrow, probably not until this afternoon. Highs 50s and 60s but before i toss it to sal, sal, i have to ask ask, how is the bacon i have to ask, how is the bacon this morning . Just as good as the sausage this morning. [laughter] a little bit of both. Lets take a look at the commute. If you are driving around the bay area, the bay bridge is filled in a little bit. We had an earlier crash on 880 northbound and im sorry, northbound. Southbound traffic was affected. Northbound traffic was held up. Once the accident was cleared were getting a backup at the toll plaza. 880 is still clearing out. Its slow from the coliseum. Its getting better. Big rigs were temporarily allowed to use 580. That restriction is now back up. So if you are a big rig driver, you have to stay on 880. Lets move along and take a look at 680 southbound. That traffic is backed up from willow pass road as we look at the peninsula, southbound 101, slows right near third as you head down to san mateo and belmont. Back to the desk. San francisco Elementary School has become the target of a holiday hoax on the internet. Ktvus Tara Moriarty joining us live from the Richmond District to explain this hoax is no laughing matter. Tara . Reporter no. We reached out to the School Principal and some School Administrators but havent heard back. The rumor was a student here at argon Elementary School had wished an atheist teacher a Merry Christmas. It snowballed and it was not remotely true. The fake story spurred by the National Report referred to as as saterical website had people nationwide believing it was true. The student and teacher, dont exist. That didnt stop the school from getting phone calls and nasty miles according to the chronicle. Administrators held an emergency meeting and decided to beef up staff and security. At least 20,000 people have clicked like and share on the facebook page. Nearly 400 links connected to the original story popped up on twitter feeds and dozens of websites picked up the website, it got fired up that this was another example of the so called war on christmas. The schools principal had to issue an explanation of the website. This is very similar to another story the National Report carried regarding a berkeley Elementary School, except the teacher in that story was not described as an an shist but rather a atheist but rather a muslim. This has touched a nerve and has gone viral. Live from San Francisco, im Tara Moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. The family of a 13yearold girl will hold a vigil tonight, still hoping for a christmas miracle. Ktvus pam cook is in the newsroom with the new actions the family is taking. Good morning. The family of 13yearoldall wants doctor ofjahi mcmath want to give her more time. Family and friends have been at the hospital day and night hoping for a miracle. She went into cardiac arrest after what was supposed to be a routine tonsil surgery. She remains in icu on life support. And her surgeon asked her what is your worst fear and she said not waking up and he said dont worry you will wake up and now im looking at my childs worst fear every day when i walk in there. The family said the hospital wanted to terminate life support yesterday morning but their lawyer sent a cease and desist letter vowing legal action against the hospital. Tonights vigil for jahi starts at 6 00 in east oakland. Jahis uncle said they are no longer on doctors time, they are on gods time providing them to gather together and prayer. Reporting live in the newsroom, pam cook, ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you, pam. Police in vallejo are searching for the gunman who broke into a Mcdonalds Restaurant by sliching through a slipping through a drive thru window at the mcdonalds on east lynn cold road. He pull on lincold road. He forced the employees to strip down their clothes and were ordered in the locker. They were ordered in the freezer and they decided to stay put until they decided it was safe to come out. The two employees were not physically hurt but were told they were traumatized. Theres Surveillance Video of the crime but the robber was wearing a mask. Police in reno, nevada searching for the motive behind a shooting yesterday at a Medical Center. A gunman killed one person and wounded two others before killing himself. It happened at the center for advanced medicine in reno. Reportedly the two people wounded they were in surgery at the time. One is a doctor. Counseling services are being offered to help cope with the tragedy. We brought in a number of resources to help the victim here. A lot of them work here. They deal with trauma. They were in the medical field but when it hits home like that, its a whole different level. At this point, the police have not released the name of the gunman. They say the shooting does not appear to be a random act. Authorities in colorado say the High School Student who opened fire on classmates last friday was planning a much bigger attack. The sheriff inarapahoe county says 18yearold karl pierson had written out attacks of five areas of the school on his arm. He was looking for revenge for the debate coach, reportedly. Authorities say when he couldnt find his tart, he randomly target, he randomly shot clair davis, who remains in a coma this morning. A member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club and his wife have been arrested on gun and drug charges. Atf agents say he was arrested at his home in vacaville. They say he was a member of the vallejo chapter of the hells angel Motorcycle Club and a search warrant was served at the vallejo clubhouse. His wife sara was also arrested and charged with possessing methamphetamine for sale and bribery. According to the Solano County reporter, his wife had ties to the chp and we are working to confirm that. B. A. R. T. Riders will have some special holiday helpers this weekend. Safety escorts will be at three east bay stations friday night making sure b. A. R. T. Riders get to their cars safely. The escorts will walk riders through the parking lot to their cars at the fruitvale, west oakland and bayfair stations. They will be on duty between 5 00 and 8 00 p. M. Wearing Police Uniforms or special yellow safety vests. 7 37. At this time of the year, we normally see crowded stores but so far this year, that does not look like its the case. Inside the pottery barn store in walnut creek, workers were busy helping shoppers buy their christmas items. But outside a lot of shoppers told ktvu they are seeing fewer people at stores and malls. I think its been really dead and i have gotten parking places everywhere ive gone and its weird. Consumer psychologists say the popularity of Online Shopping. Thats one reason why you see fewer people out. Shes predicting a modest increase of 4 to 5 for holiday sales this year. For the last week of holiday shopping, kohls plans to stay open for 108 straight hours from friday morning through Christmas Eve. Toys r us is opening for 87 straight hours from saturday through Christmas Eve. Kmart will be open until 10 00 p. M. On Christmas Eve and target stores will be open until 9 00 to 10 00 on Christmas Eve. It all depends on the city. It was the ultimate smash and grab. How some thieves made off with an entire atm this morning. A dramatic chase included driving the wrong way on the bay bridge. Uc president , Janet Napolitano, will lead the u. S. Delegation to the Winter Olympics in the russia and the two prominent athletes closen to send a message about russias antigay laws. The traffic is getting a little bit busier out there. s we look at 101, its a little bit slow. Find out other places where the traffic all of a sudden has slowed down. A strong of nice weather with way above normal temperatures. That will end. I will tell you how much cooler. For those of you multitasking, not looking, take a look at the screen. We have a lot of clouds. Well see if they read to any rain. [ female announcer ] get your taste of the season, at raleys, bel air, and nob hill. Markets are congress appears to be on the verge of passing a budget thats unlikely to hurt the economy. Taking a live look at the big board of the dow is you 59. The nasdaq is flat and s p up 3. In a few hours, the Federal Reserves wraps up what is likely to be Ben Bernankes last meeting. There is a News Conference at 11 30. Most are hoping they will clearly indicate when the fed will start to cut his stimulus plan. Economists believe the earliest it will happen is in the exin quart is in the next quarter. Samsung has lured away tim gugel from apple. He played a major role in designing apples retold stores and holds a patton the for the curved glass group of the Manhattan Apple store. The only place that samsung has retail outlets is inside best buy stores. His new title is Vice President and general manager of retail sales operations. This is the 6th annual Free Shipping day. 930 businesses are taking part this year. Retailers across the country promise any instock item purchased online today will be delivered by Christmas Eve at no charge. And theres no minimum purchase. Retailers say they now sell more on Free Shipping day than they do on black friday. 7 43. This morning, arson and bomb technicians, they are investigating yesterday afternoons fire and explosion in an oven at the santa rita jail. Ten inmates were hurt. This happened yesterday afternoon. Six inmates were treated in the infirmary. Four were taken to the hospital. A sheriffs deputy was treated for minor injuries. The jail was locked down for several hours after that explosion. The santa rita jail by the way is the main jail in Alameda County. Its the third biggest jail in california. The Harvard University student accused in a bizarre bomb plot is due in court. El doe kim is a student from south korea. He went to high school in washington said. Investigators say he was trying to avoid taking a final exam when he emailed a bomb threat into the university earlier this week. That threat led to the evacuation of four buildings on the Harvard University campus. 7 44. Police in australia say a tourist was distracted from watching where she was going because she was looking at her facebook feed and she fell off a pier. The woman who later said she couldnt swim dropped into a may in melbourne and was found floating 65 feet away from the pier still clutching her phone. Police are not saying what country shes from. New documents from Carnival Cruise line, knew about the risk of leaks on engine hoses on the triumph. Thats the ship that caught fire at sea. No one was injured. The ship had to be towed to alabama with more than 4,000 people on board. The documents are part of a lawsuit against Carnival Cruise lines and the Parent Company on behalf of dozens triumph passengers. President obama has named uc president Janet Napolitano to head up the u. S. Delegation at the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in sochi, russia in february. Napolitano also led a delegation to the closing of the 2010 Winter Olympics in canada. Two openly guy athletes are also gay as leaks are part of the athletes are part of the investigation. Caitlin kahow and billie jean king. This comes at a time when russia has been under fire for their National Laws banning so called gay propaganda. 7 46. Toronto mayor, rob ford, making headlines once again. He apologized to a reporter who is suing him for libel and the mayor also broke out in dance moves, all during the same city council meeting. He apologized. I do not believe mr. Hail is a pedophile nor did i intend to suggest that in my comments. Ford has refused to resign amid allegation estook crack cocaine, drank excessively and sexually harassed staffers. His Attorney Says he stopped drinking and has lost 24 pound after starting a wakeup regime. Time magazine has named pope francis person of the year. Although hes still against samesex marriage, he has so far shown a stark change in rhetoric from his two predecessors. Earlier this year, in response to the question about gays in the catholic church, the pope said and im quoting if a person is gay and seeks the lord with good will who am i to judge . 7 47. Following in the footsteps of batkid, the city of vallejo is launching a superhero of its own. Tomorrow morning, the city will release the identity of wonder girl. Shes a young girl fighting cancer who next year will be given a dream vacation. A group of people in vallejo wanted to surprise her with her own day as a superhero, especially when they found out the young girl is a big fan of wonderwoman. The itinerary for the sure hero event has not been released. Way to go. Yeah. Thats why. 7 48. Hey, sal, have you fixed things on 880 and everywhere else. 880 is a mess because of a crash in the 6 00 hour. Its gone. But the traffic is still a little bit slow. It still remains that way. I think this is mixing in with some of the morning normal commute. If the crash was still there, we might be backed up into hayward. Bit not. Lets take a look at the bay bridge. Thats backed up kind of normal for this time of the morning. To to 15minute way. Your drive time is about 25, 30 minutes. Not too bad for the peak of the morning commute. Peninsula traffic southbound 101 still slow but 280 is better. So you have a pretty good alternate on 280. 101 and 280 are slow in san jose. But you can tell, its just a little bit better than it normally is. 85 is slow north of 87 into saratoga. Lets go to steve. Thank you, sal. Ive wanted you. Ive gone the extra mile today to paint you a pretty picture. Thank you, dave. Not a bob ross painting. But close. We have partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies associated with two well, the one we have right now, associated with one system. The second one will play in the weather. Its starting to move a little bit. But it will give partly to mostly cloudy skies. A little bit of rain. From watsonville to monterey. 30s he, 40s on the 30ss, 40s on the temperatures 30s 40s on the temperatures. San jose, 45. Tom blossom hill 46. Wind advisory tonight. Northeast bay hills. It will be be breezy it will be breezy. Mostly cloudy in the morning and then partly sunny by this afternoon. 29 ukiah. 24 in tahoe. 27 in reno. These clouds will push off to the east. You can already see they are beginning to accelerate. As that system bumps in, it comes along. Well have mostly sunny skies by noon. The next system from the north comes in. The main impact on this is going to be a breeze. Brozy sanders who i know, he runs cattle near clayton, he sent me a message. Keep wishing, brody. Its not happening. Rain dance wash your car, whatever you want to do. We do see some wind kicking up. That will be tonight and then tomorrow will be breezy. Whats the good news. The air quality will be much better tomorrow. 50s and 60s on these temperatures. Vallejo, 58. William twety said the low dipped. Instead of the 70s for scrudz santa cruz, its 61. Upper 50s or very low, low 60s for the peninsula. Menlo park, 61. Y, cooler on windy, cooler on thursday. Warmer as we go into the weekend. One of the most anticipated movies of the year hits movie theaters today. We havent seen new a while, america. You havent changed a bit. Thank you much. Will ferrell catches up with him and his news crew as the era of cable news gets ready to launch. The movie introduces newcomers, James Marsden and kristen weg. Some reviews said this movie is terrible. But others call it, silly, fun and just perfect for the Holiday Season. Its kind of supposed to be bad. A little cheesy, i guess. Its been a bad year for b. A. R. T. Coming up the new problem with that troubled labor contract. It was a shot of a lifetime, the prize, this Golden State Warriors fan won just for making that shot. Xi welcome back. 7 54. Police in newark want your help in identifying a woman accused in a bank scam. Now, police say the woman you see here in this photo and another woman asked a bank of America Customer to help them cash a check. They gave him a check made out to cash. He used his personal account to cash it, giving them the money. But the check bounced. Police say they discovered the womans check was stolen. This happened december 4th at the bank of america on newark boulevard. You look at this photo. If you know who this is get in contact with newark police. 7 55. An unusual discovery along San Franciscos lake merced Tuesday Morning has prompted workmen to call police and animal control officers. The workmen found two decapitated partridges placed with plants and candles on red and black sheets marked with symbols. They say it appears to be the remains of an illegal animal sacrifice. One of 20 such cases they see in the city each year. Recently i try to keep a low a log of the location. There appears to be no pattern at all. San franciscos health code allows the ritual slaughter of some types of animals that will be eaten. The penalty for animal sacrifice in which the animal is killed but not used for food include 1,000 fine and a year in jail. You know, its not winting the megamillions winning the megamillions jackpot but it was still quite a jackpot. Last night at the Golden State Warriors game, this selected fan sank this threepoint shot. Nothing but net. Guess what. He won free groceries for a year. By the way, the warriors won, too. They beat new orleans. And andre ig iguodala came back from a hamstring injury. Candlestick park is now in its final days. Montana rolling out the right. Looking toward the end zone. Looking under pressure. Throws. Caught by clark. That image is just frozen in your mind. That catch was one of the many historic moments in sports that took place at the Candlestick Park during the past 53 years. The 9ers play their regular season game at that windy and chilly stadium next monday night. Its almost like leaving your neighborhood and coming back and seeing your house again that you grew up in. It may not have been the prettiest house in the street. But those are your memories. Candlestick park opened as the new home of the San Francisco giants in 1960. It became the home of the 49ers 11 years later. Candlestick park will continue to host some sporting events and concerts for several months. Paul mccartney tossed out the possibility of headlining one last concert at Candlestick Park. Thats where the beatles played their final gig for a paying crowd in 1966. This would happen before the date with the wrecking ball in 2015. That would be incredible. Paul mccartney did the same thing for shea stadium in new york before it was torn town. A tragedy involving a cyclist, a big rig killed a cyclist. What witnesses are telling investigators about what happened. Reporter a very lucky person is a whole lot richer this morning after getting all six numbers in the megamillions jackpot. Were live in san jose where California Lottery officials just arrived. Well tell you where the lucky store is and whats happening right now. Just had a nice tweet from Dave Sullivan up in shellville. Sonoma. A couple of sprinkles up there. What . Well take a look. Well, good morning. Its 8 00. Welcome back to mornings on 2. These are live pictures things look cleaned up an normal. There is an owner here. But earlier this morning. There was a smash and grab robbery right here. It led to a wild chase through San Francisco even going the wrong day on the bay bridge, believe it or not. Well tell you what the thieves stole that sparked that wild chase. Welcome back. Wednesday, december 18th. Im dave clark. Good morning. Im tori campbell. Quick look at weather and traffic. And steve, you were talking about a little bit of rain . A couple of sprinkles. Drizzles at el granada and then shellville, highway 21 a few sprinkles. His comment probably the only rain well get all year. Very nice sarcastic comment. Thank you. 30s 40s on the temperatures. Held up a little bit. Got light rain about four hours ago towards watsonville and monterey. Wind advisory kicks in. There is a line forming around marin county, santa rosa and napa county. You can see some of these right near. San rafael, just north of San Pablo Bay. You might pick up some sprinkles. The next system moves in tonight. That will crank up the breeze tonight and then windy and cooler tomorrow but also better air quality. Very light a air, sprinkles. Heres sal. Right now traffic is going to be a little bit heavy in some of the key spots. Were starting with highway 4. Weve seen some nice improvement here on highway 4 as you drive through. It is better but when you get to 680, you are gonna see some slow traffic waiting for you heading down south from concord to walnut creek which is not unusual. Looking at the bay bridge, thats improved again. Its about 0 a 20minute its about a 20minute delay. 580, the drive time from livermore to dublin is about 12 to 15 minutes, not all that bad. The Altamont Pass has cleared out. Dumbarton bridge unfortunately, we have a lot of low traffic now getting over the span. Back to the desk. New this morning, a dramatic atm theft. It happened in San Francisco. It ended with a highspeed chase on the bay bridge this morning. Ktvus Paul Chambers live in San Francisco now to tell us more about the damage that was caused and paul what finally what happened with the stolen atm. Reporter good morning, dave. I spoke with the owner a little bit ago. He said hes owned the store since 1996. Nothing like this has ever happened. See that post . Theres trash cans and things around the post. He says he has to get the post looked at. Thats where the atm was at one time. Were here at the intersection of jackson and fillmore. There was a lot of debris earlier this morning after the crame. Police say it started around 3 30. Thats when witnesses saw two men inside a white van trying to take the atm. Were told the suspects tried to use a chain to rip the atm from the pole. We spoke to two of the witnesses from the crime. One asked us not to show his identity. It was loud, sounded like a twocar accident. Looked out the window, there was a white van that crashed into what i thought was the store. They frontended it a few times until the thing was over on its side and then pulled the van up to the front, threw the machine in the back and drove off. Reporter heres where police found a van with the atm inside. It was at the intersection of 19th and missouri. Before ending up there, police say the two criminals left the scene, drove the van with the atm across the bay bridge and for some unknown reason, stopped at treasure island. Police say its while on t. I. , that the suspects ran into officers. The criminalling red police the wrong way criminals led police the wrong way on the bay bridge. Police took one person into custody and said the vehicle was reported stolen from the south bay. Now, the owner says its unclear if they will get another atm out here because hes not the one who services that. If you know anything else about this case, you are asked to call police. Again, they are still looking for another suspect. Live in San Francisco, im Paul Chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. 8 04. Investigators in oakland dealing with a deadly crash that happened last night. A big rig ran over and killed a bicyclist. Police say the 62yearold victim was hit and fifth and Market Street. Her bike was torn apart. It was wedged into the back of that truck. One witness called 911 after hearing the metal scraping on the street and realizing what had happened. Police stopped that big rig a couple of blocks away, the mangled bike was still beneath it. Sometimes when the big rigs make those turns, the back will swing around and get close to the curb. She may have got caught under there. She may have been on the curb or very close. The bicyclist was wearing a helmet and had flashing lights on her backpack and on her bike. The big rig belongs to a Company Called alegro trucking. An investigation into the crash is continuing. Lottery officials are celebrating a San Jose Store that sold one of two Winning Tickets in last nights megamillions drawing. Janine de la vega joins us live from perhaps the most popular gift shop in all of san jose. Has the owner showed up yet . Reporter no, havent shown up. We dont know if its a he or a she. Theres so much media here. There are California Lottery officials. They have signs here saying millionaire made here. They posted up one of the signs on the door of jennys gift store. Thats the store here on tully road that sold the Winning Ticket. Now, the person that won the ticket, again, has not come forward. But they beat the incredible odds. There was a 1 in 259 million chance of winning. Now, California Lottery officials tell us at one point, 25,000 tickets were selling every minute because there was so much excitement surrounding this jackpot which is the second highest in u. S. History. The owner of the store received a phone call from lottery officials telling him someone hit all five numbers and the meganumber. He will receive around 1 million for selling the ticket. The jackpot was 636 million. Its now estimated to be around 648 million because of all of the sales. Another Winning Ticket was sold at a newsstand in atlanta, georgia. Both winners will split the jackpot. If they choose the lump sum it will pay out 341. 2 million. A man who say hes the owners friend gave us his reaction and told us what he thinks the man might do with the money. Were happy for him. If he win something, he will share his money to vietnamese charity in vietnam flood and philippine flood. Reporter now, here is the winning numbers, just in case, you havent checked your check 8, 14, 17, 20, 39 and the meganumber is 7. The winners have one year to claim their jackpot. They could either come to the store or they can go to the official Lottery Office in hayward. Back out here live, you can see, you know, the media frenzy out here in front of the store. You know, people are huddled around the different lottery locations who have been hanging up signs saying millionaire made here. We hear the store will open up at 9 00 a. M. Were waiting for the storeowner and the winner to show up. Reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. All right. Thank you. 8 08. Well there is another glitch in the b. A. R. T. Contract. Todays kronicle reports this one chronicle reports this one involves conflicting dates on when some new rules about new hires will begin. B. A. R. T. And union have had to negotiate about a family leave clause. The board is expected to review the contract during the meeting tomorrow. For a record 11 straight days, we have a sparetheair day here in the bay area. If you have breathing problems, stay indoors. Wood burning is banned unless thats the only way you can stay warm. Weve already had 15 sparethe air days so far this winter season compared to 10 for all of last year. That streak could possibly be broken tomorrow if increasing winds disperse the pollution in the air. A fire at a recycling plant in redwood city and then the wildfire in big sur, they are adding to the poor air quality. People who live near the Sims Metal Management yard, they were asked to stay inside after yesterdays earlymorning fire. It was put out by about 7 00 a. M. But the smoke and the chemical smell, it kind of lingered most of the day. A smell of chemical and the air is very heavy. Schools moved their p. E. Classes and lunch breaks inside. People with breathing problems. You are being advised to keep your doors and windows closed and avoid spending time outdoors. Firefighters in Monterey County are getting the upper hand on that wildfire in big sur. It started sunday night near pfizer pfeiffer state beach between highway 1 and the ocean. This rare december wildfire comes during one of californias driest years on record. It has destroyed about two dozen structures. Half of them homes including the home of the big sur fire chief. The fire has burned nearly 800 acres its now 20 contained full containment is expected within the next few days. In wown has been hurt. Theres still no no one has been hurt. Theres still no official word how the fire started. The Oakland Police departments traffic disk vision is Holding Division is holding the annual traffic operation, passing out toys to children. The man began his ride on 73rd avenue. No word on where he is headed but be on the lookout for the only Motorcycle Police officer dressed like santa. Probably easy to spot him. Yeah. Well be watching for him. Way to go. 8 11. At the same time, there is a hoyle hoax targeting a San Francisco Elementary School. Coming up at 8 30, you will hear from the schools principal. And the unusual Holiday Drive underway in San Francisco to raise money for the police department. Good morning. Were still looking at some slow traffic out there in the bay area. But 880, unfortunately, has not become better. I thought it would. 580 is a good alternate. Well tell you more about the morning commute. I hope you are sitting down and have had your coffee. Theres a couple of sprinkles from novato to sonoma. [ female announcer ] heres to a whole world of happier holidays. Time to enchant, delight and amaze. Safeway will help you gather everyone round. A smoked, shank half ham is only 99 cents a pound. Starbucks is just 6. 99, thats a cup of good cheer. Get sweet clementines for 4. 99, enough for everyone here. Turns out this season less is really so much more. So make your holiday merrier than ever before. Safeway. Ingredients for life. That put you on their gift list . Well say hello to aio at aio wireless you can get an android smartphone free with activation. Free Android Phone . . yes please. Plus, aio has a reliable nationwide network and no annual contracts. Its like the presents just keep coming a Wireless Company that puts me at the top of their list . Im in stop by your neighborhood aio store or visit aiowireless. Com. Aio, a new way to wireless. Looks like you started to make something. Oh, a green [ female announcer ] cheerios. With flavors your heart will love. Happening today police are scheduled to testify in a preliminary hearing for the man accused of driving his car into a crowd on a venice beach boardwalk killing a new bride. A judge is expected to decide if there is enough evidence for Nathan Campbell to stand trial on charges of murder, assault and hit and run in the august crash. Prosecutors say campbell intensely drove intentionally drove onto the sidewalk and into a crowd of pedestrians. I seem to remember this is where i i still have nightmares, when the first tent was hit by the vehicle, people started screaming. When people on the boardwalk heard the screams, they just i think naturally parted. A 32yearold woman from italy who was on her monny moon was honeymoon was killed. Campbells public defender said campbell was profoundly depressed after the crash and did not intend to hit anyone. Also happening today, the u. S. Senate is expected to approve a twoyear budget agreement. This is a live picture of the senate floor right now. The bill cleared a test vote yesterday in the senate with the help lf 12 republicans. The measure of 12 republicans. The measure rolls back some of the sharp sequestration cuts and averts the risk of another shutdown for at least two years. Happening right now, president obama is meeting with members of anIntelligence Task force of an Intelligence Task force about modifying the surveillance programs. This comes a day after the president met with hightech leaders with Companies Like google, facebook, yahoo. They want information thats restricted and collected by the nsa. The coroner determined a body found on july 5th was that of a murder victim. The decomposed corpse was found near lemon and derr streets. There were wounds on the skull. The victim was a latino man between 30 and 50 years old about 56 to 510. He was wearing dennison jeans and a tshirt made by the company, gunit. The city of richmond is one step closer to helping homeowners who could lose their property to foreclosure. The city Council Voted to set up guidelines for using Eminent Domain to stop foreclosures. The Council Agreed to give priority to neighborhoods that have suffered the most in the foreclosure crisis. But it does not mean the city is ready to start Eminent Domain proceedings. Authors of the twoyear 300,000 safety study want to build a 22file stretch of fencing on both sides of interstate 280 between millbrae and woodside. A couple of dozen cars hit deer and other wildlife on 280 each year. Even if theres not a collision, cars sometimes swerve to avoid animals. That can cause a crash. The proposal calls for an eight foot high fence that would cost as much as 4 million. A very unusual holiday toe nation drive is underway in San Francisco donation drive is underway in San Francisco. Its the adopt a police car program. They are raising donations to help put defibrilators in all 320 patrol cars. Police say they can mean the difference between life and death when it is used in the first ten minutes after a heart attack. Well, the police are often the first people to arrive. They are often there before the paramedics or the fire department. Donations are being accepted at walgreens all over San Francisco. Each one costs about 1900. If you want to help out, weve put a link to that program on our channel 2 website. Just go to ktvu. Com click on the web links. 8 18. We want to check in with sal, once again, and see whats happening on the roads. Whats happening on the east shore. Right now were looking at traffic, tori and dave, thats a little bit busker is on the east shore. People have gotten on the road in the last few minutes. Traffic is actually a little bit slower, also approaching the bay bridge. It keeps going up and down. We dont know what well see when we go there. Its backed up for a 10, 15 minute delay at the toll plaza especially in some of those middle lanes. Also the morning commute looks okay if you are driving on the the peninsula. Traffic is slow from union city on your way down to fremont. 8 19. Lets go to steve. Thank you, sal. A couple of sprinkles being reported. San francisco, novato to shellville. Partly sunny, mostly cloudy. Kind of a mix here. A little line forming there. This is moving quick. The next system to the north which will give us a ramp up on the wind tonight is beginning to move into the picture. Still cold for some. Not as cold as last week. 30s and 40s. Half moon bay made it down to 39. Now theres been a little drizzle. So we had a combination of a few things going on. Drizzle, sprinkles. Mostly cloudy. Partly sunny. 40s, 50s to near 50. On some of the temperatures. The wind advisory starts tonight. There would be gusts to 45 miles an hour. Tomorrow will be breezy. Tomorrow will be cool. Well have better air quality. No reports from napa of any sprinkles or big drops or anything. 25 up in tahoe. 28 reno. 41 sacramento. Monterey really held up to the cloud cover. 60s down in southern california. A few clouds in the morning. Then giving way to sunshine and then the next system will move in. That will give us more clouds. Partly sunny, partly cloudy. A few light showers, sprinkles in the north bay. I dont think they will last too much longer. Highs today, well, where they should be. 56, 62. 63 st. Helena, clearlake, 61 walnut creek, concord, antioch, brentwood, oakley. Oakland, 58. We lose the easterly breeze so temperatures near the coast and bay will not be as warm as they were on monday and 62. 62 los gatos. 62 san jose. All of these are down from yesterday, by a good, 5, 7. Also upper 50s low 60s on the peninsula. Windy and cooler on thursday. It will be gradually warmer and sunny as we go into the weekend. The unexpected robbery at a fastfood restaurant. Unbelievable. Unbelievable. Do we have any leads on this . What happened in vallejo and how a gunman got inside. A homeless man crying tears of relief after total strangers stepped in to safe the life of him and his best friend and only companion. Jury deliberations begin today in the trial of a los angeles wine dealer accused of passing off counterfeit wines as rare vintages. 37yearold rudy faces 20 years in prison if convicted on charges he used fake labels, sealing wax, empty bottles and old corks to fool wine buyers. Prosecutors say he would dilute expensive wines with cheaper ones, recork them and sell them, sometimes for tens of thousands of dollars. Wine experts say he bought so much fine wine at auctions, it led to increased wine prices around the world. One expert who testified in a trial said everyone who drinks wayne is effected because it drove all prices up. Hewlett pack wards chief expectative officer is giving up hewlettpackards chief executive officer is giving up her symbolic salary. Shes greed to 1. 5 billion a year after the companys stock has risen 93 since january. The board says that brings her salary in line with other tech ceos. Investors credit her with bringing stability to hp. Starbucks may be extra crowded tomorrow. The Company Anticipates record high sales and activations of starbucks cards, just as many schools and businesses start their winter break. Last year, more than 2 million cards were bought in the u. S. And canada on the thursday before christmas. That works out too 1500 cards processed each minute of the entire day. 8 25. A National Animal Welfare Group now supports the idea of giving pets holiday gifts. More years, most groups said giving a puppy or a kitten as a pet was a bad idea because they might be rejected or returned. Now the American Society for the pleat vex of cruelty prevention of cruelty for animals says received as a twist are kept as often as other pets adopted at other times during the year. A homeless man in california who almost lost his fourleg the friend is thanking the total strangers who stepped in to help. Im trying all of the time. Im happy. Thats Steve Anthony of roseville. He has his dog river. Hes had him for the past eight months. On monday, river was hit by a car. The driver kept going without stopping. Then Jennifer Martin pulled over and drove them to the pet hospital. When the amount of rivers surgery rose to about 5,000. Martin sent a message out on facebook. Thats when donations and gifts started pouring in. Theres still good people out there. If they hadnt saved him, i would be gone, too. River is recovering. Anthony is now getting job offers as well as a place for him to stay. 8 27. A lot of people are praying for a 13yearold girl in oakland. She was nervous about surgery. I promised her she would be okay. A mother Still Holding out for a miracle. The event planned tonight for her daughter who remains on life support. Reporter were live in San Francisco where a holiday hoax snowballs into something much more for an Elementary School. We just talked to the principal well tell you why shes not happy about it. Good morning. The commute in the east bay is still pretty slow. Its also slow in the south bay. Well tell you where the worst traffic is coming up. Believe it or not a few sprinkles up in the north bay. Santa rosa, novato over to sonoma. It wont last long. Beautiful sunrise. But will these clouds lead to anything besides cooler temperatures . I will have details 00. Coming up. If i can impart one lesson to a new business owner, it would be one thing ive learned is my philosophy is real simple American Express open forum is an online community, that helps our members connect and share ideas to make Smart Business decisions. If you mess up, fess up. Be your partners best partner. We built it for our members, but its open for everyone. Theres not one way to do something. No details too small. American express open forum. This is what membership is. This is what membership does. Welcome back. Your time is 8 30. Good morning. These are live pictures. Were outside argon Elementary School in San Franciscos Richmond District. School is about to get underway but security there has been increased the past several days after an online holiday hoax aimed at this school. It was a fake story about a holiday greeting but people from all over the country have been calling the school. Well tell you all about it coming up in a live report. Welcome back. Wednesday, december 18th. Im dave clark. Lets check weather and traffic. Steves right there. I am, indeed. We do have a lot of cloud cover over us. Some of it is beginning to thin out. A little enhancement taking place over the north bay. A few sprinkles, santa rosa, novato, sonoma. The system moving in from the north will pick up the wind and will start to push the clouds out of here probably by the noon hour. Still, partly to mostly cloudy in the morning. A few sprinkles, light showers. No big deal. Mostly sunny by noon and then turning cloudy this afternoon ax the next system moves in. 30s and 40s on the low. Some 30, means its a cold morning here. Cloud cover hit and miss. Showers again. Sonoma county and marin county, it looks over san rafael and then back to napa and snow na. Then sonoma. This system will give us a windy but better air quality day starting tomorrow. Highs 50s and 60s right where we should be this time of year. Heres sal. Right now were looking at a commute that looks pretty good around the bay area. As a matter of fact, if you are driving on the san mateo bridge, it looks pretty good. There are still some slow spots as we mentioned. Traffic is going to be slow at the bay bridge. Thats about a five to ten minute delay. Its improved. Its better than normal. You will be waiting for a little bit. Especially if you are on that 880 ramp. You will be waiting for a bit. Northbound and southbound 88 on the coliseum a 88 on the coliseum approach. You see a lot of red on the indicators there. 280 southbound is a better bet than 101. Its 8 32. Back to the desk. A San Francisco Elementary School has become the target of a holiday hoax on the internet. Tara moriarty is live in the Richmond District now. You just talked to a parent and a teacher at that school. What did they say, tara . Reporter we also spoke to the principal here at argon elementary. She says this whole hoax has taken time away from the students. Thats whats so frustrating. The rumor was a student here wished an atheist teacher a Merry Christmas and got suspended for it. Well, the rumor snowballed. It simply was not true. Now, this story, this fake story, was generated by the National Report which is referred to as the saterical conservative website. It had people nationwide believing the story was true but the student and teacher dont exist. The school got bombarded with nasty phone calls and emails. Mostly from out of staters talking about the war on capacity, many who wanted to bash a liberal San Francisco. We talked to one teach who is also a parent at the school. He answered many of the angry phone calls. We would reassure them that the story was not true. A lot of them seemed to really have opinions about our city. And they thought that we were in san bernardino. So it must be San Francisco. So it must be true. Reporter police have beefed up patrols on and around campus justs is a safety precaution. No one knows why they chose to name argon in the report. At least 20,000 people have clicked like and share on the National Reports facebook page. And stories popped up on twitter feeds. The schools principal issued an explanation on the schools witness. The National Reportss website, we want to mention, there are dozens of angry rants. Heres the kicker. Some parents have tried to put posts on the website explaining this incident never happened at their school. But all of those comments have been rejected. The National Report choosing not to post them. The lesson here, according to one teacher, an important one, dont believe everything that you read on the internet. On a nice note, the people who called to complain here at the school ended up at the very end of the telephone conversation wishing them here at argon a Merry Christmas. Tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. All right, tara. Happening later today a prayer vigil will be held tonight in oakland by the family of a teenaged girl who was declared brain dead following complications during a routine tonsil surgery. 13yearold jahi mcmath remains on life support in the icu unit at oaklands childrens hospital. Family members say the hospital wanted to take her off life support but their lawyer sent a cease and desist litter an threat letter and threatened to sue the hospital so the hospital backed off. Were happy theyve backed off. Were not on doctors times anymore. Were on gods time. It its provided us more time to get together and pray. The family has asked doctors to feed jahi through a tube and give her antibiotics. The vigil starts at 6 00 at the Paradise Baptist Church on ege pir road this empire road in east oakland. Police in vallejo are searching for the gunman who broke into a Mcdonalds Restaurant by slipping through a drive through window. It happened at the mcdonalds on east lincold road at 2 00 a. M. Yesterday. The gunman pulled a gun on the night manager and forced two employees to strip off their clothes and put them in the freezer. The two employees were not nisly hurt but were told physical physically physically hurt but were told there were traumatized. Were told theres video of the crime but the robber was wearing a mask. A gunman killed one person at a Medical Center and wounded two others before killing himself. It happened yesterday afternoon at the center for advance met sin. Reportedly medicine. Reportedly the two people shot were in surgery at the time. One is a doctor. No word yet on the identity of the person who was killed. Police have not identified the gunman yet. They say the shooting does not appear to be a random act. Authorities in colorado say the High School Student who opened fire on classmates last friday was planning an even bigger attack. The sheriff inarapahoe county says karl pierson had written out attacks on five parts of the school on his arm. He was looking for revenge, record thely reportedly, it on the debate coach. When he couldnt find the coach, they say he shot randomly clair davis, still in a coma. A member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club and his wife have both been arrested on gun and drug charges. Atf agents says dennis was arrested at his home in val after selling stolen military equipment and an Assault Rifle to undercover agencies. They say hes agents. They say hes a member of the vallejo chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club and a search warrant was served at the hells angels clubhouse. His wife, sara, was also arrested and charged with possessing methamphetamine for sale and bribery. According to the reporter, his wife had ties to the chp. Were working to confirm that. B. A. R. T. Riders out Christmas Shopping will have special holiday helpers this weekend. Safety escorts will be at three east bay stations friday night making sure b. A. R. T. Riders get to their cars safely. The escorts will walk riders through the parking lot at the fruitvale, west oakland and bayfair stations. They will be on duty between 5 00 and 8 00 p. M. Wearing Police Uniforms or special yellow safety vests. 8 38. We normally see a lot of crowded stores during this Holiday Season. But so far, this year, thats not always the case. Inside the pottery barn in walnut creek, workers were busy helping people with their christmas lists. But outside many shoppers told ktvu they have seen fewer people at many malls and stores. A consumer psychologist says the popularity of Online Shopping is one reason why you are seeing fewer people. Shes predicting a modest increase of 4 to 5 for Holiday Retail sales this year. I dont see any reason to be concerned or panicked about this Holiday Season at all in terms of what it means for the economy. She says people are buying big ticket items like cars and furnitures. Things they put off in the years past. And as a result of buying fewer gifts. More about the last week of holiday shopping. Kohls plans to stay open for 108 straight hours from friday morning through Christmas Eve. Now, toys r us is opening for 87 straight hours from saturday through Christmas Eve. Kmart will be open until 10 00 p. M. Christmas eve and target stores will be open until 9 00 or 10 00 p. M. On Christmas Eve. It all depends on the city. And this is the 6th annual Free Shipping day. 930 businesses are taking part this year. Retailers around the country promise any instock item purchased online today will be delivered by Christmas Eve at no charge. And theres no minimum purchase. The retailers say they now sell more on Free Shipping day than even they do on black friday. 8 40. And glide Memorial Church in San Francisco is making sure needy people will have a home cooked holiday meal. This morning, volunteers are passing out 5,000 bags of groceries to lowincome families at the church on ellis street. Each bag contains turkey or chicken, potatoes, bread, pasta, rice, beans and vegetables. The giveaway started at 7 30 this morning and will continue until 12 30 this afternoon. And in san jose, Sacred Heart Community service will hand out christmas food boxes for needy families. The giveaway starts at 9 00 a. M. At sacred heart on south first street. 8 40. Uc president , Janet Napolitano will held up the u. S. Delegation to the Winter Olympics in russia who will be joining her in the delegation and the message that will be sent to russia about the anti gay laws. Reporter the San Jose Storeowner who sold the megamillions ticket just arrived at his store. His a media frenzy its a media frenzy. We still have slow traffic on westbound 92 as you head out to the high rides, the san mateo bridge high rise, the san mateo bridge. We hit the mega we would hit the megajackpot if we could get some rain call rain fall. Those other store cards. Preferred shopper. Club. Things. Kept sending me coupons for cat food. Im just not a coupon clipper. I buy what i want to buy. Can i get a reward for that . [ brina ] something extra from raleys, bel air, and nob hill. You get something extra rewards. For the way i shop. For buying the things i like. Instant offers, points balance, right here on my smart phone. [ brina ] join today at raleys dotcom, or at your store. It rewards you. For being you. [ brina ] something extra now rewarding over 1 million members. Stocks mixed on wall street as investors are still waiting to find out in a few hours whether the Federal Reserve will start to dial back the stimulus. Theres also fresh evidence the housing recovery is accelerating despite higher mortgage rates. The Commerce Department said builders broke ground at the fastest pace last year in more than five years. The nasdaq is up 21. The nasdaq is down 16. The the dow is down 16. The s p 1. Lets bring you up to date on some. Other top stories were fooling for some of the other top stories were following for you right now one person has been detained by police after an atm was stolen in the San Francisco fillmore district. Police recovered the van used to steal the atm in potrero hill. At one point, the man who stole the van was going on the wrong way across the bay bridge. Theres yet another glitch in the new b. A. R. T. Contract. Todays chronicle reports this one involves conflicting dates on when some rules involving newlyhired workers will begin. B. A. R. T. Management and Union Leaders already had to renew negotiations over a disputed family leave clause. Someone in the bay area is megarich this morning. Whoever matched all numbers has won the second biggest Lottery Jackpot in american history. Janine de la vega has been at the san jose gift shop where the ticket was purchased. You just talked to the lucky store opener who sold the ticket and who is also an instant millionaire. Reporter yes. He just cant contain himself. Hes so excited. He just showed up here to work about i would say 15 minutes ago. You can see all of the media, local media as well as National Media here surrounding him. Hes just try be to open trying to open the store. Hes won 1 million. The person who actually bought the ticket has not shown up yet. Lets go to some video that we just took in the last 15 minutes. Here he is. Hes arriving to the store. He received a phone call last night from lottery officials telling him somebody hit all 5 numbers and the meg gall number meganumber. California lottery officials came up in the last hour to put up signs to say that a millionaire was made near. The jackpot was at did the 636 million. Its now estimated to be around 648 million because of all. Sales. Now, another Winning Ticket was sold in atlanta, georgia at a newsstand. Both winsers, if winners, if they use the lump sum it will to 341. 2 million. That needs to be split between the two winners. We spoke to the storeowner in san jose. This is what he told us. I feel like every day i come here like i make people happy. Im i think i come here make people happy. Im happy. Right now i got more happy. People win the jackpot yes yeah. Reporter and here are the winning numbers. They are 8, 14, 17, 20, 39 and the meganumber is 7. The winners have one year to claim the jackpot. And again, we are all waiting out here to see if the winner is actually gonna show up. We dont know if its a he or a she or a group. What we do know is the storeowner is very happy because he has just won 1 million for selling that Winning Ticket. Reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you. 8 48. This morning, arson and bomb technicians are looking to the cause of an oven fire at an Alameda County jail that left ten inmates dead. It happened before noon yesterday as inmates were preparing lunch. Six inmates were treated in the infirmary, four taken to the hospital. A sheriffs deputy was also checked out for ringing in his ears but was released. The supervisor was lucky. She usually leans on the oven that was blown, i guess, today. Im not sure where she was standing at when it happened. But she usually does stand there. The jail was locked down for several hours following the explosion. Santa rita jail is the main jail in Alameda County. The Third Largest in the state. 8 48. President obama named uc president Janet Napolitano to lead the u. S. Delegation to russia for the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in federal budget. Now, three years ago, napolitano also led a delegation to the closing of the 2010 Winter Olympics in canada. Two openly gay athletes will be part of the american delegation. Billie jean king will go to the Opening Ceremony and Caitlin Cahow will help the u. S. At the closing ceremony. This comes at a time when russia has been under fire for its laws banning socalled gay propaganda. 8 49. We want to check in with sal. Hoping the traffic is starting to wind down. I imagine the next few days it will be off its regular routine for traffic. Today was somewhat that day. Not really clear signs. You can tell. I think tomorrow more and friday. Might be a ghost town. Westbound 24, you can see traffic moves pretty well right now. Things have begun to settle down in that commute. No major problems, by the way, on the bay bridge approach. I want to show you something, though, on oaklands commute. Earlier we had that crash on 880 and 580 was absolutely clear. Well, the word got out. Now 580 backed up from san leandro past highway 13 all the way to the lakeshore area of oakland and, of course, 880 is backed up from before the coliseum all the way up to downtown. This is because of earlier issues. No more lane blockage reported. Lets go to steve. Very good morning. A few sprinkles. Had some earlier towards watsonville and monterey. Theres two systems here. A little low thats brought in a little bit of cloud cover. Mostly cloudy here in the morning. System up to the north will move in tonight and tomorrow well deal with wind. 30s, 40s to near 50 or 50 San Francisco. But most locations, 30s and 40s. Marin county, looks like over San Pablo Bay and out towards sonoma. Had a few reports around napa, santa rosa, novato. A few sprivlles. Not a lot. I dont think it will last too much longer. This system will push everything to the east and out of the picture. Some sun, but well focus our attention on cooler temperatures. Tonight well draw the line and say okay, here we go with the wind. It will pick up. Tomorrow well be cooler and breezy. We see a lot of upper 50s. A few light showers. Sprinkles. Big drops. Partly cloudy, turning cooler and then temperatures, 50s and 60s. Weve been way above. Good 10 degrees in the last few days. It makes sense we come down to near average which is 56, 62. Thats what well be today. Kler, coast and bay. We cooler coast and bay. Today, everyone will be close here. North bay, south bay. Maybe more sun around the noon hour. Windy, coolerrer thursday. Friday, breezy cool and then cold lows friday morning. 8 52. Well, a blind man and his dog fell off a subway platform but it was the quick thinking of total strangers that gave this story a miraculous ending. 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Cecil williams said he was holding onto his black lab, orlando, when he fainted, fell off the platform. A construction worker told him to just lay down between the rails while passengers yelled at the train operator to stop as the train rolled into the station. I saw a man a little wobbly. He was too close to the edge. I try to squeeze my hand to get forward. The door was pulling him to come forward. The train operator couldnt stop in time. So the two cars rolled over williams and his dog. But when the train moved on, both of them, they came out with just a couple of cuts and bruises. Firefighters say the quick thinking of all of those people around them probably saved their lives. Police in australia say a tourist was distracted from watching where she was walking as she was looking at her facebook feed and fell off a pier. The woman told rescuers she couldnt swim. Fell in the bay in melbourne, australia. They found her floating about 65 feet away from the pier, Still Holding onto her phone. Police are not saying where shes from. Were told shes from taiwan. In just about an hour, the Oakland Police departments Traffic Division will begin the annual motor santa operation. This is video from two years ago. Officer jim gordon will ride his motorcycle through the city, passing out toys to children. Officer boer done will begin the ride on 73rd avenue. No word where hes headed. On on the lookout for the only Motorcycle Police officer dressed like santa. It will be pretty easy to find. Before we go to traffic, a quick correction. The story about the explosion at the Alameda County jail. We said ten inmates were killed. Thats actually incorrect, fortunately. They were injured. We apologize for that error. The santa rita explosion, there were ten left injured. Six were treated at the infirmary, four taken to the hospital. But all survived. Lets take a look at bay bridge. There is a little bit of a backup. If you have to get in the city for whatever reason, wouldnt be a bad time to go right now. Theres just a little bit of a backup. No problems on the actual span into the city. Northbound 101 and southbound 101 traffic in San Francisco along with 280 extension traffic looks good. Weve also been looking at 880 and 580 which have been superheavy because of earlier problems. Lets go to steve. All right, sal. Thank you. A cloud cover a lot of cloud cover. Cooler is the main message tonight. Windy and cooler. Cold lows on friday, but sunny again on the weekend. And dry. And dry. I dont see anything. Nothing. Thats our report for this morning. We thank you for making ktvu your chice for news. Be sure to be sure to watch the news at noon. Well have more on the megamillion Lottery Ticket sold in san jose. Were always here for you at ktvu. Com as well as twitter and facebook. Thank you for joining us. 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