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KTVU KTVU FOX 2 News At Noon September 19, 2017

Before the sun was up. Sources close to the investigation confirmed the motorcycle rider that was killed was an offduty chp officer headed to work at the time of the crash. Investigators say that 44year old Joseph Kevin Yum was driving his chevrolet pickup truck northbound on months rakes made a left turn, directly in front of the officer who was traveling southbound monterey, made a left turn, directly in front of the officer who was traveling southbound. He was an amazing person. Amazing person and officer. Reporter the identity of the officer who was killed being withheld pending the notification of all of his family. The driver of the pickup truck is cooperating with the investigation. One of the things theyre going to be looking at is the turn that was made. You can see there is a turning lane further down. Right here looks like a double yellow. So many investigators will look at that very closely. Live in st. Martin, jesse gary. Jesse, thank you. A funeral cyst underway this noon time for a San Francisco fire battalion chief who died while on duty earlier this month. Firefighters from across San Francisco are attending the service at st. Ignacius church for battalion chief gary sydel. He was found unresponsive after returning from a call. He died of natural causes. Other local departments are coming to help respond to other emergencies in the city. We are going through the grieving part right now. We allowed them he to attend all the Funeral Services and in order to do, that we asked all neighboring Fire Departments through a mutual agreement. It will go from fulton to, Holy Cross Cemetery eventually. A bomb threat forced the evacuation of redwood high school. The school was being evacuated, and the tweet asked people not to come to school. It comes from an afterhour tip line. The hope is that its not credible but im not willing to gamble on Something Like this and assume it is a hoax and have the kids be here. Not worth it. Students were moved to the football field so police could do a complete sweep of the buildings there on campus after the evacuation. The students were released for the day. And President Trump delivered a speech at the United Nations, delivering a blistering speech on north korea, iran and even the Obama Administration. Good afternoon. The first address to the United Nations assembly, World Leaders urges World Leaders towniest against rogue nations, talking about iran and north korea saying that kim jongun poses a regional and global threat. The United States has great strength and patience. If it is forced to do so without its allies, well totally destroy north korea. Rocket man is on a Suicide Mission for himself and his regime. The president said it is time for the u. N. To confront another reckless regym, iran. He says that iran turned a rich country into a rogue state whose chiefs export is violence and chaos. The president says that it needs to end before iran acquires nuclear. The iran deal was one of the worst and oneside transaction that the United States has ever entered into. Frankly, that deal is an embarrassment to the United States and i dont think that youve heard the last of it, believe me. It is time for the entire world to join us in demanding that irans government end its pursuit of death and destruction. Reporter the president also laid out his America First doctrine saying that he puts his country before all others and expects leaders of the other countries to do the same. Back to you. Chris christien, thank you. A powerful earthquake hit in the town of pueblo, southeast of mexico city. There are reports of buildings being damaged with collapsed facades and rubble in the streets. There are no immediate reports of casualties. The earthquake comes on the same day that city held preparation drills for the anniversary of the 19858 earthquake. Now to the latest on hurricane maria, which is a category storm barreling through puerto rico. The wind speeds have barreled up to 165 Miles Per Hour. Puerto ricos governor has declared a state of emergency. The hurricane is expected to make land fall tomorrow and lauren green reports, for many of the islands in the area, this is the second category 5 hurricane this month after hurricane irma. Maria strengthened to a category 5 and continues to head north. The last time that the atlantic had two hurricanes category 4s with in 2011. We are in contact with our forces, firemen, military police and police. We are very Little Information at this stage. Many are concerned about the potential for flooding and mudslide. A storm surge up to 7 to 11 feet above tide levels is expected in the hurricane warning area. Jose, still a category 1 hurricane, has started storing up a surf along the coast of new jersey and long islands. We are expecting for minor or moderate street flooding. We are expecting to have beach erosion. We have rip current right now. Back in the caribbeans, hurricane watches and warnings have already been issued. Maria will likely strike the Virgin Islands and puerto rico as an intense hurricane by wednesday. Forecasters are also predicting 10 to 15 inches and up to 20 inches of rain in some places. Its a too early to determine if maria will determine the u. S. East coast next week. In new york, lauren green, ktvu fox 2. Lets bring in our meteorologist Rosemary Orozco tracking the latest storm. Cant help but feel for those folks. Already already torn up by irma now looking at maria on the way in. Lets take a look at where its at right now, category 5, westnorthwest is the movement at about 10 Miles Per Hour. Strongest winds, 165 Miles Per Hour. We take a look, about 70 miles there, you can see the enter of the eye from the Virgin Island area and 150 miles from the puerto rico area. We do expect for it to make lands fall. Here is a look at the path. It will remain a strong category 4. It is expected to weaken just some but the storm surge from 7 to 11 feet, destructive wind. They will not get much of a break. It does take more of a north turn as it comes late in the week and that will be good for the u. S. Fit remains on this path as it tips to weaken down to about a category 2. Right now, that should happen on sunday. Back to you. Thank you, rosemary. For the latest on the conditions, you can always download our free ktvu weather app, follow the weather team for updates throughout the day on facebook, twitter and instagram. Still ahead, bumper to bumper in the bay area. A new study that finds your commute worse. And we showed you yesterday how some oakland city leaders are voicing spored for the as stadium proposal. Yes. No monsters. How about the drawer . No monsters. Nightly monster checks are how grant makes home his. And homegoods is what makes it all possible. Amazing finds. Always great prices. Make home yours. A dramatic scene in the north bay. You can see police with guns drawn. Sky fox is getting these pictures overhead. The Highway Police said they received calls of Man Holding Signs of hate towards jewish people and Police Officers. When police arrived, he pull add way. He was pursued and he he has now been arrested. It takes a lot more time these days to get to with your need to go. Now there is a new report that found that traffic jams increased 80 in the last eight years. Ktvus allie rasmus joins us with more. Reporter we are at the bay bridge toll plaza. You can see traffic is still moving slowly out here. And it is noon. Studies confirmed what many of us know. Traffic is bad and getting worse. Reporter Traffic Congestion in the bare area has gone up 80 with more people spending more time in traffic at 30 Miles Per Hour or slower speeds. This is the fourth year in a row that Traffic Congestion reached record levels, a problem that bay area drivers know. Getting off work after going into commute, after ten hours a day. Thats stressful. I live in oakland, live in fairfield. Reporter the booming bay area economy is driving the trend so is the housing crunch. We have two major job center here is in the bay area, San Francisco and silicon value e neither of those are inexpensive places to live. As a consequence, a lot of people have got to drive a lot of miles to get from home to work and back. The reason why i choose to live here because the housing is affordable. Otherwise, i have to live in the city and thats really expensive. Reporter of the top 10 worst commutes in the bay area, most of in and out of San Francisco or in and around the silicon valley. Highway 101 in San Francisco between 280 independent change and pressure island is the areas worst commute touring the afternoon evening hours. The study also found that since 2010, more people have been using but you blick transit. Mtc says that slidership on b. A. R. T. And caltrain increased for the last five years in a crow and thats a good thing that commuters have that objects. 2. 8million people board transit public options in the bay area every day. If that was not available to them. That would be another approximately 2 million cars on the road adding to the commute for everyone. Allie, thank you. Plans to build a new Shopping Center in oakland got stalled because of an asbestos issue. Now neighbors say they are left with an eyesore phase 2 was to build a new building here. Phase 1 included a safeway that was finished. The plans to tear down and rebuild stopped indefinitely after the developer, trc retail discovered asbestos during demolition. You go halfway and leave it as basically a half demolished shell, it looks like a war zone. We are getting a lot of complaints from the community. It is a visual blight. This is major intersection. This is a very important about project. The community was excited. City was excited to. Have it stalled like this, thats something that we try to address. The developer sent statement saying that Bank Building contained asbestos that is contained in the roof deck and no airborne hazard exists. Trc is working closely with the bay area air Quality Management district to make sure that asbestos will be addressed in the proper manner. Trc says that its is rethinking the project because the future for retail is changing. But city Officials Say that the demands for retail is still here. Well, temperatures are in the 60s and 70s right now in the lunch hour. 65 in half moon bay. Around the bay, upper sext to low 70s. Warmer spots, going to fairfield at 75. Warmer locations will barely hit into the lower 80s. Temperatures are down for many, down by 3 degrees in santa rosa. This is the 24hour temperature change. The lunch hour is a cooler day by five or six degrees. The concord and san jose down by six degrees or so. Here is a view from up above. Again, looking at mostly clear skies. Outside right now, partly cloudy for the afternoon as the system to the north of us just continues to move through areas of washington and even california you can see some rain going on. We will actually get a chance at a few scattered showers for your wednesday. Not for today but we will continue with that west to northwest breeze and well continue with partly cloudy skies and mild conditions. Here is a look at the conditions right now. Fairfield reporting a light onshore breeze, very, very subtle. We have three Miles Per Hour reported there. Stronger in areas around oakland and santa rosa, 14 Miles Per Hour for you gusting to 21 there at the airport. Here is a look at future cast model picking up for you right now. Partly cloudy skies in the forecast. Tomorrow mornings, the clouds are back from the coast around the bay and inland. If you look to the north, looks like we may have a few scattered showers to start the morning over areas like lake county. Then it begins to move into portions of the north bay. Here we are at noon time, not seeing a whole lot of blue or green on the screen but there is the possibility of drizzle, a few light scattered showers. Notice a lot of cloud cover as opposed to the blue sky that we are seeing out there today. As we get into the afternoon, it begins to peel away and well be partly cloudy for the afternoon. For today, showers will remain to the north. Mostly clear skies and temperatures will range from the six at the coast to 70s around the bay and 80s for the warmer spots inland. Here is a look at the afternoon highs expected for santa rosa. East bay, 74 for oakland and 80s expected for antioch. 77 in danville. Upper 70s expected for saratoga. Along the peninsula, 77 in redwood city. Here is a look at your extended forecast. Temperatures will be a little bit cooler tomorrow. Coolest day on thursday could be a little bit breezy as we begin the transition to a warmer pattern in terms for the bay area weekend, happening to be the first week of fall. 70s around bait. I like the cooler mornings. It does feel good. A nice little change. Top Senate Republicans say their effort to repeal the Affordable Health care act is gaining momentum. Democrats say that millions would lose insurance with rising premiums. Republican senator john mccain who cast the deciding vote that stopped the repeal says that he is disappointed that the bill is moving forward without the committees with expertise. And facebook has turned over russian linked ads that ran on facebook during the 2016 president ial election but the company is refusing to make the russian ads public saying that the Privacy Policy requires a search warrant to do so. Coming up, we are now learning about another equifax data breach, this one happening months before the most about recent incident. Well tell you how it helped hackers to get into the system to expose the information of more than 123 million people. Equifax disclosing that a second data breach occurred prior to the incident disclosed last month. Equifax says it involved Corporate Networks before the tax season. Just last week, equifax said that its stuarty team believed it addressed the problem from march but now hackers broke into its Corporate Networks in may but leveraging that flaw from the previous hack. Toy retailer toysrus is filing for bankruptcy as the Holiday Season approaches but the company does plan to keep its stores open. The company has been struggling financially and says that bankruptcy protection will help it deal more effectively with long term debt. Its important because the earnings of is to r us are the strongest during the last quarter of the year. The Company Wants customers to know that all of its 1600 stores will stay open. Lets take a peek at stocks. We have been on the plus side through the entire section. So far, the Dow Jones Industrial is up, almost 40 points. And Convenient Service for buyers from am son. You can return items at kohls stores instead of shipping them back. Kohls will open stores in los angeles and chicago. So far, there is no word on plans to expand the service yet to other cities. More than half of california residents say that housing crisis here is so bad they considered moving. According to a recent survey by uc berkeleys institute of government studies, 52 of people polled say they have considered moving. 53 of people say they support stronger rent freezes. Valero is backing out of a deal to buy a terminal. California attorney general sued val robak in val row back in july. None of us will get to b. A. R. T. After dark. There are areas we need to improve. Take a look at the new chiefs safety plan so far and what he says some of his Biggest Challenges are. An investigation is underway into a stolen San Francisco county sheriff Deputy Service weapon. Where it was being stored when it was stolen. B. A. R. T. Police investigators are asking for the publics help in identifying a woman who reportedly tried to rob a woman. Julie barred was riding traction when that woman that you see here dropped a note in her lap. The note says, drop her phone and wallet under her seat is and dont turn around. She then faked seizure to attract ate tension of other passengers. Detectives took that Surveillance Video from the car. Since we know the time frame, we were able to find out what occurred and the video does corroborate what the victim reported. There is no indication that suspect had a gun. If you recognize her, b. A. R. T. Police ask you to give them a call. The new chief of b. A. R. T. Has been on the job for more than 100 days now. We talked to chief carlos rojas now. My wife and daughter will not get on b. A. R. T. By themselves. None of us will get on b. A. R. T. After dark. A mop swarmed the train at the colyseum station, snatchings cell phone, waltz and anything of value. Now, staff and five other passengers who have been victimized by similar mob style attacks have slapped the agency with a multiMillion Dollars lawsuit. There is a broken trust that will take time for that to get better. And he says that b. A. R. T. Has not done enough to protect

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