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All northbound lanes were blocked along with three of the southbound lanes. No word on the identity of the person killed in the crash. All lanes on the 101 reopened in both directions. We are hearing a caltrans crew is due to come out sometime between 7 30 and 9 00 to begin repair work on the Center Divide. We are on standby waiting for chp to arrive to give us more details on the accident as the investigation progresses and to also give us a sense on how traffic has moved this morning with the rain. A reminder for anybody no matter what direction youre going the rain is sporadic so if it is not raining now it could be in five minutes or it could have rained five minutes ago so there will be slick roads. The reminder for everybody is give yourself more time for your commute and take it slowly. Christien kafton, thank you. Im glad i left early this morning because we had slick streets. Yes, it does not take much. Even though the downpours have moved out have scattered rain and we could have enough instability to generate some shower activity impacting the commute. Look at this, this is the oakland camera looking to the east. This is davis and it is looking nice. Beautiful colors with the clot breaks. It is nice to see the storms come through to clean out the air. It is a very nice landscape to start your thursday morning. We have rain showers pinged us a visit. That is the main front from late last night into early this morning. Here is some of the coverage in the north bay there is scattered rain toward napa and closer to san rafael we have popup showers developing. The east bay neighborhoods from concord toward antioch we have more development but nothing extreme and near oakland we have clouds in place. Toward the peninsula and san jose not a lot happening but scattered showers closer to the Santa Cruz Mountains. The current numbers are in the 50s around 60 degrees. A mild start near San Francisco. Look at the rainfall totals for the hills in the coast over three inches of rainfall with santa rosa over one inch. San francisco. 20 and san jose just. 02. This morning mostly cloudy with scattered showers. We have to hold onto the chance of a shower this afternoon with highs in the 60s. We will talk more about your shower chances coming up in a few minutes. Right now lets check in with sal. Reporter traffic will be busier because of this wet weather. If you can get on the roads a few extra minutes early that will help. The bay bridge is backed up for 25 minutes on your delay so add to that time trying to get into San Francisco. When you make it to the bridge you can see it looks good headed around Treasure Island into San Francisco. San mateo bridge is moderately heavy traffic on the spam. You can see that traffic is slow on the dumbarton bridge. Yesterday was bad but today its a little better. On the peninsula the slowest traffic is in san mateo on the 101 so 280 could be a good friend to you. Lets get back to the desk. Straight to the developing story from san jose where firefighters are at the scene of a fire at a townhome. These are the live pictures from the scene. This was 6 00 at a townhome a few blocks away from blossom hill road. This picture shows there is damage done to the townhome. A number of firefighters on the scene but it appears the flames are out. At one point being engulfed the townhome. We do not know how the fire started. Tonight some big names in music will perform at a benefit concert at at t park. They are raising money for the victims of the north bay fires. Alex savidge is live in San Francisco with more. Reporter we have a great lineup. Tickets are Still Available for the show tonight. The band together bay area benefit concert kicks off tonight in San Francisco. Have a look here at mccovey cove. The stage is set up here at the ballpark for the concert which will raise money for those who lost everything in the north bay fires. This will feature performances from metallica as well as other local artists like geazy and Raphael Saadiq. A few hours ago oakland native Raphael Saadiq posted this video to instagram and said he is looking forward to playing at at t park tonight and giving napa a small token of love. Also taking the stage is Dave Matthews and tim reynolds. Dead and company and punk rock band rancid. 100 of ticket sales will be going to the Tipping Point Emergency Relief Fund which will be helping lowincome communities that were hit hardest by the fires. A short time ago we spoke with one man in town for the dream force and he is planning to be at the show. I am from chicago so you cant ever be living in a tunnel and think the world is just around you. We have to step outside and realize what is going on. If that is what i have to do to see this concert than you do what you have to do. Reporter some of the best seats for the show at the park have been donated to firefighters, First Responders and volunteers. Also, to the families who lost their homes in the devastating north bay fires. This is a beautiful shot across mccovey cove. Everything set up for this benefit concert tonight. If you cannot make it, you can stream the show on youtube or twitter and if you are streaming they have ways that have been set up so you can make an online donation while watching the show but we want to stress there are Tickets Available online at ticketmaster for the benefit concert. The show starts at 6 00 tonight. Another thing to point out, the show will go on rain or shine. Alex savidge thank you. We have information on how you can donate and live stream on ktvu. Com. Just search for the bay area band together. Police say that three teenagers were arrested after a police chase in oakland this week and now they could behind be behind shootings. The chase started tuesday when officers try to pull over a silver mercedes. It ended with the mercedes crashing into two cars. One of the suspects jumped out of the car and he was hit by a passing car. Some guns found in the mercedes are being tested by police to see if they are connected to other shootings. A 25,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the capture of two escaped inmates who ran away from the palo alto courthouse. Tramel mcclough and joh bivens escaped from a bailiff. They were facing charges of holding up a Verizon Store in sunnyvale in february. They escaped in a waiting Toyota Corolla that they later ditched. Two people have since been arrested. They are accused of helping them escape. Later today the woman who rented a uhaul van is due in court. Attorneys representing josi Garcia Zarate say they will not call him to the stand to testify. The defense will wrap up the case today with closing arguments. The defense is trying to show the shooting death of Katie Steinle was an accident. Lawyers called a firearms expert yesterday who served for the canadian mounted police. He said because she is zarate did not have training or a motive and there was only a single gunshot and ricochet the shooting was most likely unintentional. Under the law, an accident is a dissent to a criminal charge. If there is reasonable doubt that the crime was committed and it was accidental then he would be acquitted. The defense argues Police Interrogators coerced Garcia Zarate two things that were not true. Video shows he was much further away than the prosecutors say. Prosecutors argue his actions were malicious and intentional. It is 7 11. Another freespeech controversy. Coming up the upcoming appearance at stanford from a political conservative. Working out the numbers, the new details from the republican tax plan that should be released this morning. Good morning, traffic will be a little slower today because of the wet weather. Look at the east shore freeway. Not a lot of movement headed out to the bridge. We are tracking rain showers and look at the south bay. We have a rainbow and it looks like it is trying to be a double rainbow. We are also tracking rain. We will talk about your rain chance is coming up. The Senate Version of the tax reform plan is due to be rebuilt revealed today and it will include seven tax brackets instead of the four in the house bill. It would also eliminate the deduction for state and local taxes. Democrats say that suburban voters wont like this. We say to our republican friends on this tax bill as Clint Eastwood said, you want to pass this tax bill . You want to hurt the suburbs, make our day. We want to cut taxes and fixed the broken healthcare system. Political analysts think since there are no Republican Senate seats where the deduction is popular like california or new york republicans are not worried about a voter backlash for eliminating the deduction. I thought for a second about getting off the 580 and hitting the surface streets to avoid traffic backup but i stayed true to the interstate. That is good because most of the time when you get off the freeway you get stuck in traffic from people trying to get around and then you end up in a bigger traffic jam. Sometimes staying on the freeway is the best call. This is westbound bay bridge and it is backed up 25 minutes. It is not raining now and the roads are drying off helping the commute as it is looking more normal. Look at this slow traffic on 80. It is very slow with the speeds way down. It is backing up near hercules. This is a look at the san mateo bridge in case you want to go there. That is backed up from the 880 interchange out to the middle of the bridge and you can see traffic on the dumbarton bridge is very slow all the way across. Driving to the south bay you can see the freeways are slow. 7 16 lets get to mark tamayo. It looks like the rainbows are fading a little bit. We lucked out a few minutes ago to see that one rainbow. Mostly cloudy skies with scattered rain showers showing up on the radar. The main event last night into this morning produced the heavy rain bands but scattered rain in portions of the north bay. There is coverage near napa and marin county. Especially san rafael and there are rain showers in this area. As we move the maps the coverage in the east bay is starting to back off. There was more coverage near walnut creek 30 minutes ago but this has now shifted to the north near antioch and the oakland area. Piedmont looking at cloudy skies. As we backed down to san mateo we have scattered showers and in the Santa Cruz Mountains there is rain near Scotts Valley and highway 17. There is more coverage near 101 around gilroy. Lets check in on the current numbers. We have 60s in San Francisco and sfo. Concord 60 and santa rosa lower 50s. Some of the bigger amounts near the coastal hills like ben lohman in the Santa Cruz Mountains two inches. The coastal hills of Sonoma County received three inches. Here are some more numbers, santa rosa one inch, san rafael 3 4 inch, walnut creek. 43 inches and san jose not much significant rainfall just. 02 inches. We talked about the rainfall in the north bay near healdsburg and kernville, all of those areas picking up one inch. Here is a front moving across the bay area. Scattered showers for today with the bulk of the activity for this morning. Another round of showers moving in tomorrow so though showers will be scattered in nature friday morning and into the afternoon we will scale back. If youre headed to the at t park tonight for the band together bay area we are expecting cloudy skies with temperatures near 60. There is a small chance for a shower before this time frame. Here we are today with a mixture of sun and clouds. Even though we dont have a lot of green there is still a chance of a popup shower throughout the day on thursday and friday there are more scattered showers. Not widespread but we are holding onto the chance for friday and the weekend is starting off dry. Today temperatures will be in the 60s for highs and here is a look at your fiveday forecast with scattered showers for friday morning with a dry weekend starting saturday and then sunday we have another chance of showers in the north bay with increasing chances by sunday evening. Donna brazile the former chair of the Democratic National committee will speak at an event tonight in San Francisco. She will appear at the marine memorial theater to promote her new book about the 2016 election. An excerpt from the book got attention for indicating 2016 democratic primary was rigged for hillary clinton. She says the excerpt was taken out of contest. Coming up, the nations top cancer doctors tell us how many drinks we should have per week. Taking uber to new heights. When the Company Hopes to launch a flying taxi service. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Uber is teaming up with nasa to make flying cars a reality and more people are now attracted to tinder. Pam cook is back with more information but lets start with wall street. Disappointing earnings from the retailers taking down the market. Tech stocks are getting hit but keep in mind the Technology Sector is the best performing in the s p 500 and is up 37 . A little pullback is not unusual or unexpected. With the opening bell intel was the biggest loser it is part of the nasdaq and dow jones. Checking the numbers currently, the dow jones coming back quite a bit from the opening bell it has dropped 120 points. Now it is down 64 points the s p 500 is down one point and the nasdaq getting hit the most down about. 5 . Technology is a bit of a pullback. President trump wrapping up his visit to china. The final event was a state dinner where President Trump and the chinese president offered toasts to their growing friendship. In the meetings they talked about the north Korea Nuclear threat and president urge trump urged china to put pressure on the north korean government. They also talked about trade. The president says it is a trade imbalance but he does not blame china. Who can blame a country for taking advantage of another country for the benefit of its citizens. I give china great credit. He blamed past administrations for letting the trade deficit grow. Is next up is vietnam where he will meet with vladimir putin. Uber is working with nasa to develop a driverless flying service. The flying service will let passengers order a ride on an app. The company says keeping the lowflying vehicles from running into each other or anything else is a major hurdle. Nasa says the deal makes a uber one of several companies it is working on to develop and manage driverless airtraffic systems including drones and firefighting. Uber will begin testing the service over los angeles in three years. A new feature with tinder is helping boost membership. The feature is included in a new premium plan called tinder gold. Match Group Debuted a 10 plan in august it will allow users to see who they were matched up with which saves them time because you dont have to swipe through profiles. Tinder added 476,000 members last quarter and it is reporting sales are up 19 from one year ago. The Parent Company is match group so you can invest in dating futures. 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It is 7 30 im Gasia Mikaelian good morning, im dave clark. Lets get a look at your weather. Eight hours ago we had that main front moving through which would be a challenge for the commute but we have scattered rain showers with a lot of breaks. Always nice to see the sun breaks. Good thursday morning, we are setting up with some sun and clouds throughout the day. The radar shows we have this main front last night headed to the sierra and it is raining in South Lake Tahoe with snow levels up around 8000 feet. There is some coverage in portions of the north bay toward san rafael extending toward the east bay as well. The coverage has been decreasing over the past hour but outside of oakland near piedmont there is some cloud coverage also near san mateo there is a little bit of shower activity. Near the Santa Cruz Mountains we have rain showers closer to Boulder Creek. Current numbers are in the 50s around 60 with a mild start especially for San Francisco and livermore. Some of the big totals for the coastal hills are in Sonoma County. There is santa rosa with over one inch of rain. Napa at point at. 80 inches and San Francisco. 02 inches and san jose not picking up much. For today we have mostly cloudy skies with scattered showers for the morning. We will hold on to the chance of a shower with that mixture this afternoon. Forecasted highs are in the 60s. We will talk about your weekend in a few minutes. Lets get a check with your roadways. We are looking at rhodes that are not as bad as i thought they would be. It is not raining now but things are slow on 80 as you might imagine from the macarthur maze to the bay bridge toll plaza. You can see some traffic on 880 driving from richmond to the toll plaza. There is a normal backup at about 20 minutes. Maybe a little less in the carpool lane. This is the san mateo bridge where traffic is moderate. The 680 is very slow this morning with a couple of things like slow traffic from the venetia bridge. If you are driving from the junction using 680 it is slow to the bridge down into walnut creek and it finally gets better out of walnut creek. Lets get back to the desk. Municipal water officials will Start Testing the water at all 86 schools in oakland. Allie rasmus is in oakland with more on the concerns of lead in school drinking fountains. Reporter morning, Water Testing teams will be visiting oakland schools today. They will test high use fountains and faucets at the campus is. We are outside thornhill elementary in oakland. This is one of eight schools in the unified district with problems with lent in at least one faucet. The district started testing the water at all 86 campuses three months ago. A spokesperson says the contaminated faucet and other water sources have since been removed and they have been replaced or are being replaced. Concerns about contamination came up last year when the lead was discovered in the showers at a high school in oakland. Through a safe program there will be free testing done of the schools and the water sources. The work is starting districtwide today but a spokesperson says based on the testing none of these schools have led throughout the water system. They believe these problems were limited to specific positive and fixtures. They expect the testing to confirm what the district has found. They will post the test results for each of the 86 schools online and we have a link to the website on ktvu. Com. You can look up each school and their test results and where they are in progress. Back to you guys. Police in concord identify two of the five suspects arrested after this weeks deadly shooting of lawrence johnson. Kristhiam uceda has been charged with murder, bryan sermenochachagua has been charged with hiding a gun after the shooting. The other suspects art are identified as juveniles. A memorial was set up near the high school in memory of the lawrence johnson. He was shot and killed by a passenger in a black sedan that pulled up near the School Campus after classes left out monday. Investigators are looking for a motive. Mike pence joined Texas Governor greg abbott at a Memorial Service for the Church Shooting. He also visited survivors who were still hospitalized after the attack. He spoke with First Responders including the two men who chased down the gunman. Vice president mike pence offered comfort to people who say they are trying to come to terms with what happened in their smalltown. I am just glad not to be one of those poor families. We saw it, but they are living it for ever. The Vice President told Community Leaders there are 100 fbi agents investigating the shooting. Apple has offered to help unlock a cell phone owned by the gunman but so far officials have not asked for assistance. Apple offering to cooperate is the opposite of the stance taken in the aftermath of a mass shooting in San Bernardino in 2015. In that situation apple refused to unlock the phone. The fbi eventually hired a thirdparty. Should Tech Companies be required to cooperate with Law Enforcement and unlock suspect cell phones . Let us know what you think by voting on our twitter page or ktvu. Com. You can also comment on facebook. First a freespeech debate at california and now it is happening at stanford. The debate is about the upcoming visit of a controversial conservative commentator. Two groups the Stanford College of republicans and Young Americans Foundation Set up an appearance by Robert Spencer for next tuesday. He founded the stop islam organization of america. The speech tuesday is about radical islam. The School Newspaper published an editorial urging the visit be canceled. The students in stamford which help fund campus organizations are spending 6000 for the visit. We have seen the students debate if they should fund the event. Ultimately they chose to fund the event, but also condemned his ideology. The foundation is trying to balance out ideological diversity by bringing in conservative speakers. Schools should be happy they are willing to extend resources and make the events happen. This follows a recent protesting at cal that became violent at other conservative speeches. Problems for people who lost their homes in the fires in the north bay. Some homeowners were concerned the rain could cause the ground to slide. A man who lost his home saw this as an opportunity to help his community by offering to supply them with straw barriers that help keep the ground in place. We have lived here for five years. We didnt meet many of our neighbors but now i have. This will make the community stronger. Neighbors were surprised to find fire crews pulling a few things aside including artwork, wine even jewelry. The state treasurer took a tour of the Santa Rosa Community Health Center which lost 56 exam rooms and all of its medical equipment in the fire. He will help the clinic revealed by getting money to them quickly. The Sprinkler System at the center saved the building. There is a new scam that is targeting the north bay fire victims. A santa rosa man whose house was destroyed in the fires received a phone call yesterday with someone offering a government grant that said the money would go through western union. The color asked for Financial Information, Social Security numbers and bank account numbers. The epa says it is only contacting people about household Hazardous Waste collection. Fema has received several complaints about scammers posing as fema representatives. Helping victims of the north bay fire. In minutes, what you need to know if you want to go to the big benefit concert at at t park. It was uplifting and star studded. The performance last night at the Country Music awards, coming up we will show you the moving tribute. If you are headed out there is quite a bit of slow traffic. The south bay is not shying away from the slowing. 201 and the 85 are looking slow. We will show you coming up. The intense rainfall has moved out of town but we do have a chance of showers scattered throughout the day. We will talk more about your thursday forecast coming up. What if there was only one emoji . Now what if there was only one mattress . One is not a choice. Choose your mattress with tulo. Everything you want in a bed, in a box. What if there was only one haircut . Now what if there was only one mattress . One is not a choice. Choose your mattress with tulo. Everything you want in a bed, in a box. Will come back to mornings on 2. A driverless shuttle ended up in a crash in las vegas two hours after hitting the streets. We have authorized these vehicles in six places in the world. We have transported 275,000 passengers and it has never happened before. The shuttle was being tested yesterday when the driver of a semi truck backed up and hit the shuttle. No one was hurt. Operators of the driverless shuttle say that the vehicle did what it was supposed to do. The sensors registered the truck and the shuttle stopped. It is one of those moments when you say why did i wake up in the morning but truly the technology has proven yet again it is safe because all eight people in the vehicle got out. Some passengers say they will not take another ride on the driverless shuttle until it shows it can do more than stop. The San Francisco mayor hopes cutting down on bureaucracy will save lives. The mayor is ordering transportation officials to create a Rapid Response team. Members would go to a crash site investigate and submit an independent report. The Response Team will address a policy dating back two decades and it was intended to save the city money. Local agencies planning construction in a street within five years must coordinate but the process could have slowed down Street Safety. Sal is right over there watching the commute and that includes the south bay. That is right, we have slowed traffic all over the south bay which is usual. There is slow driving into the Silicon Valley and traffic everywhere will be slow. This is to 80 near san jose into cupertino and sunnyvale. Looking at the Silicon Valley commute every single freeway is slow. There is not one that i would recommend over the other because it is one of those days. Traffic will take you a while but we dont have many major crashes just a couple of minor things. This is a look at the peninsula on the 101. It is very crowded through san mateo and palo alto. This is traffic on the Richmond Bridge approach. This morning we have slowed traffic going toward the east shore freeway because of this accident. If you are driving from marin county into the east bay give yourself a few extra minutes. Looking at the commute from carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze, 75 minutes and at the bay bridge toll plaza it is backed up for another 20 minutes. 7 46, now your forecast. We are tracking rain showers right now as you can see there are dark clouds. It is one of those times when the skies are changing every 10 to 15 minutes. We could have nice sunshine and then dark clouds and then rain showers as well. Here we go on the radar with the coverage. The main front moved across the area late last night. Near the sierra we have a rain producer near lake tahoe with high snow levels. In marin county and san rafael we have rain showers near richmond, hercules and the lay health as well as rio vista. Not as much action in San Francisco or the east bay near oakland and we have been watching this consistent rain with more showers developing closer to woodside and toward the Santa Cruz Mountains we have rain near Boulder Creek. Or the current numbers most areas are in the 50s around 60 degrees. Livermore 56, oakland 58 and look at the big totals for the coastal hills. Been moment over two inches. Coastal hills of sonoma approaching 3. 5 inches. In santa rosa over one inch. San rafael. 77, walnut creek. 43. 2 in San Francisco and looking at santa rosa and san jose just a couple hundreds in san jose. The bulk of the rainfall was focused in the north bay with multiple neighborhoods reporting over one inch. Healdsburg around one inch. Here is the main front in california with scattered showers today and the best chance has been this morning. We are holding onto a shower in the afternoon as well. Another impulse swings through tomorrow so with that we could have showers popping up on the radar for tomorrow. It is not widespread but we cant guarantee a dry forecast. If you are going to at t park tonight for the band together bay area event we are expecting mostly cloudy skies with 60 degrees temperatures. The bulk of the action will be and should be before 6 00. 10 00 this morning we have clouds but not a lot of coverage. Still there is a possibility this morning and into the afternoon. It is a mix of sun and clouds. Tomorrow we have more showers, not widespread but a few showers rolling through the area for your friday. Saturday we are dry. Today temperatures are mostly in the 60s with the warmer locations mild in the upper 60s. Here is your fiveday forecast. There is the raincloud for friday. It is not a washout, but there will be scattered showers. Saturday is looking okay with fair skies and a chance of a shower by sunday. The shower chances could be going up by sunday evening. Keep your umbrella nearby. The San Jose Sharks lost 5 1 to the tampa bay lightning. The sharks scored first but tampa bay came back to tie the game in the first and then they scored four times. The sharks kept trying. Tampa bay kept blocking shots. 32 blocked shots last night. The sharks will play saturday hosting the canucks. The warriors beat the timberwolves last night. They have no won five straight games. The righthanded hammer. Minnesota fell into a hole. The warriors scored 44 points in the third quarter. Klay thompson had 28, steph curry had 22 and nick young had 12 points, four steals and five assists. Kevin durant sat out with an injured thigh but he will be playing saturday. The Country Music association honored the victims of the Las Vegas Shooting rampage last night at the annual awards show. Seventime grammy award winner Carrie Underwood was singing softly and tenderly in honor of the memory of those who died this year. They had a montage of the 58 people who were shot at the route 91 harvest Music Festival from las vegas. [ singing ] Carrie Underwood was emotionally overcome. She was not able to finish the song. The creator of the broadway show hamilton, he is taking his show to puerto rico. Reportedly, he will return to the title role during a three week run in puerto rico sometime in early 2019. He recently announced a partnership with a nonprofit for 2. 5 million to be donated for hurricane recovery. Maranda is from puerto rico. He has always dreamed of taking his show to puerto rico. 7 52, helping teenage Cancer Patients in Silicon Valley. Coming up we will look at a first of its kind center in stanford allowing patients to free their minds. Also, the effects of a bad night of sleep. Why the deprived of sleep is just as bad as being hung over. Well its a perfect nespresso hold on a second. Orge. Mmm. [mel torme sings comin home baby] hey there. Want a lift . Where are we going . No dont tell me. Let me guess. Have a nice ride. How far would you go for coffee thats a cup above . I brought you nespresso. Nespresso. What else . The holidays begin here at the disneyland resort. The website trip advisor is taking action to help travelers avoid prices places that identify as places of Sexual Harassment and assault. They are posting user comments along with uptodate news reports to show the locations. The warnings are designed to identify Health Safety and discoloration problems. The notifications will remain on trip advisor for three months. New details on the deadly plane crash that killed former baseball star roy halladay. Video from the boaters caught the final moments before his plane crashed on tuesday into the gulf of mexico. The video obtained by tmz sports shows the plane going up and down over the water. Officials say that there was no mayday call and he was by himself flying alone. The ntsb is now in charge of the investigation. Research is urging americans to drink less alcohol to reduce cancer risk. The society of clinical oncology site recent Research Suggesting that even as little as one glass of wine or one beer per day can increase the risk of developing preand postmenopausal breast cancer. This is the first time the group has taken a stance on alcohol and its cancer ties. Do you get enough sleep . There is a new study that says not getting enough sleep is just as bad for your brain as drinking. Sleep deprivation can disrupt the ability of your brain cells to communicate with each other. Just like alcohol. A night of lost sleep can also cause temporary lapses in memory and even your vision. Scientists say parts of the brain can turn itself off to rest even though a person is wideawake. Doctors recommend if you are an adult to get at least 6 to 7 hours of sleep every night. I got some extra sleep last night because i knew today would be busy with the wet weather. We are going to bring you the latest on repair work happening after a deadly crash in the north bay. Also, concerns surrounding rain in the areas that were burned by the north bay wildfires. Good morning, we have slow traffic everywhere. We will break it down coming up. The heaviest rain has moved out of the area but we are still tracking showers on the radar. Coming up we will let you know where the showers are falling. Wet and rainy conditions could be to blame for Numerous Accidents. We will have the latest on a deadly overnight accident in san rafael. A talented musician taking to the stage later tonight for a very good cause. We will tell you about the benefit concert happening at at t park in San Francisco. This is ktvu mornings on 2. A good morning, welcome back it is thursday, november 9 im mike mibach im Gasia Mikaelian. Lets talk about the wet weather impacting your commute and your day. Mark tamayo is in today for Steve Paulson. We still have some scattered rain with a few showers that the persistent heavy rainfall that showed up in the north bay has moved out to the east. Here is the latest with the radar. There is coverage changing quite a bit. Near san rafael and marin county we have some coverage also checking around interstate 80 we have some rain near American Canyon. These are quickly moving showers across parts of the bay area. San francisco, berkeley and emeryville not as much action but closer to redwood city we have a few scattered showers and still some shower activity to report in the Santa Cruz Mountains near Boulder Creek possibly around highway 17. Current numbers are in the 50s to the lower 60s. San jose is warm at 62 and San Francisco is 60. Bigtime rain totals for the coastal hills into Sonoma County. Checking in on santa rosa, they have over one inch, san rafael. 77, redwood city. 21 and San Francisco. 20. We could be adding to those totals in a little bit. We have scattered showers for the forecast today and we are holding off for a chance of showers with highs in the 60s. Lets check in with sal and hopefully we dont have any problems on the roadways. We have had a lot of smaller issues turning into bad traffic jams but a lot of what i have seen is slow traffic. In the south bay for example you could say one freeway was affected but all of them are slow. 280 is slower through san jose right where this camera is located. I always think that is funny. The camera shows things are green and happy but up the road you will see red with the slow traffic. It is pretty typical and slow on the peninsula with a couple of spots where you are stopping. If you are driving on 80 westbound traffic is slow. This morning i got tweets that set eastbound 580 headed away from the bridge has been super slow with an earlier accident. Coming down to join the other slow traffic on the east shore freeway has been kind of a challenge. More than one hour to drive from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze and then you have to add 25 minutes at the bay bridge. Lets get back to the desk. Many roadways are still wet and the rain overnight is the cause of Numerous Accidents across the area. Christien kafton reporting on a number of crashes including one deadly accident. Over my shoulder you can see the damage left by the fatal accident from last night. We witnessed another accident that happened on the other side of the concrete barrier in the southbound lanes. Traffic is now resuming its normal activity and patterns. Our photojournalist saw this all happen and we got video of the aftermath. Two trucks collided around 5 15. There were no injuries and it is unclear if the roads played a part. Chp was on scene investigating reminding everyone to take it easy on the commute. Overnight chp investigating a fatal crash. They have not confirmed if rain was a factor in the crash. The big rig crashed after 10 00 here on highway 101 near northbound North San Pedro road. The big rig slammed into the Center Divide and caught fire. The fire was coming from the front and rear of the big rig. An alert was issued because all northbound lanes were blocked with three southbound lanes of 101. There is no word on the identity of the person who was killed in the crash. The alert was canceled at 3 30 after all lanes were reopened. We are expecting a crew to come out this morning to go ahead and begin repairing the Center Divide. Meanwhile this is all a reminder for anybody driving on the wet roads to take it easy. In san rafael, christien kafton, ktvu fox 2 news. The recent storm brought snow to the sierra. Here is the snow coming down at the ski resort. The resort opened for the first time yesterday. If you are planning a trip to reno or tahoe bring your chains. Problems for people who lost their homes in the north bay wildfires. Homeowners are concerned the rainsoaked ground could slide or toxic ash could end up in their cleanup property. One man who lost his home saw this as an opportunity to help the community by offering to supply them with straw barriers that keep the ground in place and absorb toxins. We have lived here for five years. We did not meet our neighbors but now i have. It is great and the community is even stronger. This man was surprised to find fire crews managed to pull a few items out of the flames including artwork, some wine and a ring belonging to his late mother. Big names in the music world will be performing at at t park to raise money for the victims of the fires. Alex savidge is live in San Francisco to tell us who will be on stage. Reporter good morning. We want to let everybody know that at last check there are Tickets Available online for the show. The band together bay area benefit concert will kick off at 6 00 tonight at at t park in San Francisco. We have a great lineup. Let me show you the scene behind us. You can see the stage is set up on the field for this concert which will raise money for those impacted by the fires. This concert will be headlined by metallica. Also, some other local artists will be taking part including g eazy and Raphael Saadiq. A few hours ago oakland native Raphael Saadiq posted this video to instagram that says he is looking forward to playing at at t park tonight and giving napa a small token of love. Also taking the stage is Dave Matthews and tim reynolds as well as dead and company. Along with punk rock band rancid. 100 of the ticket sales are going to the Tipping Point Emergency Relief Fund which will be helping low income communities hit hardest by the fires. A lot of people this morning are going to be at the show tonight eager to help their neighbors. I think it is awesome. Everybody that is playing is from the area so that is really good for them to step up and put on this show. Some of the best seats for the concert tonight will be donated to firefighters, First Responders, volunteers who helped out and also families who lost their homes. If you cant make it down to the park for the show you can live stream the show on youtube or twitter. There are ways set up so you can make an online donation that will benefit the victims. The concert gets underway at 6 00 tonight. The doors opened up at 4 30 and at last check tickets are Available Online if you want to be here in person for a great show. It is rain or shine. On ktvu. Com we have more information. Learn how to donate and watch that live stream of the concert. A fire damaged three townhomes in san jose at 6 00 this morning just a few blocks from blossom hill road. Firefighters could see a lot of flames and smoke before they even arrived. Nine adults and three children were able to safely escape the townhome. There were no injuries reported and the cause is under investigation. A reward is being offered for information leading to the capture of two escaped inmates who ran away from the palo alto courthouse. Tramel mcclough and john bivens escaped from a bailiff at the courthouse. They were facing charges of robbing a Verizon Store in january. They escaped in a waiting toyota camry that they later ditched. Two people have since been arrested accused of helping them escape. One of the women accused of renting the uhaul van will be due in court. Two of the five suspects were arrested after a 17year old was shot. Kristhiam uceda has been charged with murder and bryan sermenochachagua has been charged with hiding the gun after the shooting. The other three suspects are juveniles. Immemorial has been set up near Olympic Continuation High School in memory of the victim. He was shot and killed by a passenger in a black sedan that pulled up near the School Campus. Investigators are trained to determine a motive. Concerns of lead at oakland schools. We will tell you about the extensive testing getting underway. Next, we will have the numbers on the republican tax plan. We have plenty of slow traffic all over the bay. Westbound 92 near the peninsula, you will have crowded conditions. In weather the main front moved in late last night but still we are tracking scattered showers. I will let you know if they will be continuing into the afternoon. This is the new comfort food. Grown right here in california, with absolutely no antibiotics ever. A better way to grow, a better way to eat. And it starts with foster farms simply raised chicken. California grown with no antibiotics ever. Well its a perfect nespresso hold on a second. Orge. Mmm. [mel torme sings comin home baby] hey there. Want a lift . Where are we going . No dont tell me. Let me guess. Have a nice ride. How far would you go for coffee thats a cup above . I brought you nespresso. Nespresso. What else . Attorneys representing josi Garcia Zarate say they will not call him to take the stand to testify. The defense will wrap up their case with closing arguments set for monday. The defense wants to show the shooting death of kate steinle was an accident. Lawyers called firearms experts yesterday. He told jurors because zarate did not have Firearms Training or a motive to kill steinle and there was only a single gunshot and ricochet the shooting was likely unintentional. A new 24 hour emergency hotline is no available to under committed immigrants in Sonoma County for those needing help with federal immigration authorities. The hotline will provide support to immigrants in sonoma and napa counties were the targets of ice. If someone calls the number a trained legal observer will be sent to observe the operation and document the actions of the agents. It will be staffed 24 hours a day. The number is on your screen. President trump wrapping up his twoday visit to china. The final event was a state dinner where President Trump and the chinese president offered toasts to a growing friendship. The leaders talk about the north Korean Nuclear threat. President trump urged china to put more pressure on the north korean government to abandon its nuclear program. They also discussed trade. President trump says it is currently onesided between the us and china but he also says he does not blame china. Who could blame a country for taking advantage of another country for the benefit of its citizens. I give china credit. The president blamed past administrations for letting the trade deficit grow. President trump to next up will be vietnam where he will be meeting with vladimir putin. A Senate Version of the tax reform plan will be revealed today. The bill will include seven tax brackets instead of four. Another difference is that it would eliminate the deduction for state and local taxes. Suburban voters will not like this. So we say to our republican friends as Clint Eastwood said, do you want to pass this tax bill and hurt the suburbs . Make our day. We can cut taxes so that people will feel it and we can repair broken healthcare systems. Some political analysts think since there are no senate seats for the republicans where the state deduction is popular republicans are not worried about voter backlash. A problematic morning commute is what we expect with this rain. The roads are wet so we really havent had the first rainy commute. We have had wet roads but we have not had a commute like last year. However, check out this picture. That it looks like it is raining right now. Lets bring in our expert mark tamayo in a moment but i think he would agree. Kevin is pulling back and cooperating. It is raining right now so the commute is slowing down. Standby we are coming to you soon. Anyway is that rain . It looks like rain and we have green on the radar so it is sneaking up. This is northbound 280 and 101 these areas are all pretty slow. It is slow on the peninsula with moderately heavy traffic. Driving on 580 we have a lot of complaints about this freeway. 580 headed toward the east shore freeway but it is also slow going into marin county. 56 minutes to get to the macarthur maze. Another 30 minutes at the toll plaza. Lets bring in mark tamayo with the weather. We have noticed though showers developing rapidly and then moving out within 10 to 15 minutes. That is what we have been noticing over the past couple of hours with rain moving through. The main front came through late last night and this morning. On the radar images now in the north bay you can see from san rafael closer to vallejo we have yellow and orange indicating a heavier downpour. If we were to put an estimate on this, this one around i was 37 has been estimated at one inch per hour. That is the current rate. Not as much coverage for portions of the east bay. San francisco and oakland are mostly cloudy today and as we back up the maps near san mateo and redwood city. We do have some clouds in place but as we were mentioning we have rain in the south bay. In the Santa Cruz Mountains as we come closer this is what i want to show you. Near san jose we have some coverage. For the most part san jose did not pick up much rainfall so far but now we are changing that with rain working into the picture. The current numbers are in the 50s to the lower 60s. 61 in San Francisco, fremont 58, livermore 59 and santa rosa 54. The bigger totals for the Santa Cruz Mountains and north bay coastal hills in the hills of Sonoma County over three inches. Look at these reports with santa rosa. Look at the contrast from san jose to the santa rosa area. From. 02 all the way to 1. 04. Those amounts are pretty impressive for walnut creek and San Francisco. The main heaviest rainfall is targeting the north bay with over one inch for healdsburg and these are the totals for the past 24 hours. This system is on the move with scattered showers today, especially for the morning but we could scale back this afternoon. We could have another round working their way into the area first thing tomorrow morning. Not widespread but still a few passing showers. Mostly cloudy skies at at t park for tonight with temperatures near 60. Here is the forecast model. Not generous with the Rain Coverage but there is a chance another round could be redeveloping later tonight into friday. Saturday should be dry. Forecasted highs for today are mainly in the 60s near 70. Here is a look at your fiveday forecast. Thankfully, we dont have any powerful storms yet. Just off and on showers but nothing widespread. Saturday will be dry with a chance of a shower by sunday especially in the north bay. I had to dust off my rain gauge. Those are very popular in the area. Helping teenage Cancer Patients in Silicon Valley. Up next we will look at this first of its kind center at stanford childrens hospital. A new popup Innovation Lab for young Cancer Patients in stanford has led to some inventions. Rob roth tells us the lab is turning out to be good medicine as well. Two teenagers battling cancer at Lucile Packard childrens hospital. 18yearold aaron from san jose. 16yearold ryan who had stem cell surgery. I have to wait for my immune system to recover before i go back to my normal life. During recovery the teens have been spending time in this Innovation Lab. This is all different parts. They showed us the innovations trying to make hospital life more convenient. For instance a privacy doorbell for outside of a hospital room that a young patient is using and it will let them know who was at the door. I will know who it is. The patient can respond if it is okay for them to come in. The teens designed a pain meter maid with three circuits. It is especially useful if a patient cant speak. I have a device that shows my pain level. Being able to work on these projects has been great medicine. It makes me feel like i can find a way to fix things that bother me instead of sitting there. Stanford opened this space six months ago to give younger Adult Patients a reason to leave the room. It has a computer, 3d printer and other gadgets. Stanford is the first hospital in the country to offer such a space. It is all about what you want to explore and what you want to do. It also enabled them to connect. They say that future patients should feel free to improve on their designs. This has definitely been a help. The innovation space is a working project as young patient come up with new ways to use it. From palo alto rob roth ktvu fox 2 news. The latest on the Church Shooting coming up. What apple has offered to do for the fbi. Will it is november 9 i am Gasia Mikaelian good morning, im mike mibach. Mark tamayo is stepping in for Steve Paulson today. Trying to forecast to those details, that is quite a challenge because we have dry pockets and then all of a sudden we have a downpour and then it is dry. On the radar this is the main action from late last night into early this morning. Near gustier they have a rain snow mix with the snow level above 8000 feet. Some more rain redeveloping in the north bay so this is san rafael to marin and san rafael. It looks like we have a little bit of heavy stuff near vallejo and near San Francisco not too much coverage just some mist or drizzle near redwood city it is quiet and in the south bay this has been the change in the past half hour we have rain showing up for Boulder Creek over the Santa Cruz Mountains and into san jose. We have a little bit of coverage from santa clara to san jose near willow glen. Lets look at the current numbers, most areas are in the 50s with the warmest locations in the lower 60s. The hefty rainfall is in the coastal hills for Sonoma County. This is out toward santa rosa with over one inch. Napa county 18 of an inch and San Francisco 2 10 inch. We just showed you those rain showers in san jose so we will be adding to that total. So far today mostly cloudy skies with showers and a chance this afternoon but most of the action should be done by the morning. Forecasted highs in the 60s later today with more shower chances in your fiveday forecast. Lets check in with sal work on the roadways. We have quite a bit of slow traffic if you are coming to the macarthur maze you will see the slow traffic coming to the maze, but the long part is getting here. Driving from vallejo to this spot it will take more than an hour. And then the timer starts here at the bay bridge with another half hour. We are thinking one and a half hours to drive into San Francisco. When you get to San Francisco it is not looking too bad but it has been moderately heavy. This is a look at the san mateo bridge with slow traffic for most of the way. In the east bay at 680 we are very slow from the venetia bridge traffic is solid. Southbound 680 is mostly slow from the venetia bridge into walnut creek. Lets get back to the desk. Concerns over lead contamination in oakland schools has prompted the district to test the water. Allie rasmus explains how there will be more testing done. Reporter the testing is supposed to start today. East bay will be sending water testers to the campuses to check on the high use fountains and faucets. Thornhill elementary in oakland is one of eight and the unified district that had problems with one drinking fountain. Here is a picture of it provided to us like a parent. They say there was lead contamination in the fountain. It is no longer in use and it has an out of service im. The district started testing the water at all campuses three months ago. A spokesperson says the contaminated faucets and other water sources have been shut down as you can see here. They have either been replaced or now being replaced. Concerns over contamination came up last year when lead was discovered in the showers at a high school in oakland. Through a state program there will be another round of testing done and then that is the work starting districtwide today. Parents say that the extra testing is a good idea. My daughter came home and said the kids were told they couldnt drink from the water fountains. That was the first i heard of it. It is definitely concerning. This is a great school and they protect our kids. If they say it is okay that im sure it is. Reporter a spokesperson for the district says based on the test none of these schools have lead throughout the system. It is limited to specific faucets and fountains like the one here at thornhill. They expect the testing to confirm the results they have already found. They will be posting the data from all of those test results on their website. We have a link to that website on ktvu. Com. You can go check and see what the results were. Back to you guys. The latest rain could be causing problems for the north bay burn areas. Homeowners are concerned the rainsoaked ground could slide or toxic ash could end up on their property. A man who lost his home saw this as an opportunity to help the community by offering straw barriers to keep the ground in place. He rolled his operations into one of the neighborhoods in need. The Utilities Commission will meet and look at a request to temporarily waive a rule for applicants affected by the fire, earned her the current role customers would be required to pay the estimated cost of installation. Due to the nature of the fires pg e is requesting to temporarily waive the rule. They would instead record the actual cost of providing temporary service and later seek recovery of the cost through catastrophic event accounts. If approved the waiver would expire december 31. The state treasurer took a tour of the Health Center which lost 50 exam rooms, a pharmacy, laboratory and medical equipment. He will help the clinic rebuilt by getting money to them quickly. The Sprinkler System saved the building so it could be repaired. A new scam targeting fire victims. The epa says that a santa rosa man whose house was destroyed in the fires received a phone call yesterday from someone offering a government grant. The money would go through western union. The caller asked for Financial Information and bank account numbers. The epa says it is only contacting people about household Hazardous Waste collection. The federal Emergency Management agency says that have received several complaints of scammers posing as fema representatives. A benefit concert will be held tonight at at t park to raise money for the fire victims. Band together bay area kicks off at 6 00 featuring several artists including Dave Matthews, geazy, metallica as well. The best seats have been donated to First Responders and families impacted by the wildfires. 100 of ticket sales are going to the Tipping Point Emergency Relief Fund to help low income communities that were hit hardest. Starting at 5 50 you can stream the show on youtube and twitter. 1000 people are expected at a church in menlo park for the funerals of andrew gonzales, Ricardo Torres and matthew cruz. The friends died in a car crash on halloween in san mateo county. Torres lost control of the car while driving on skyline boulevard. The car then hit a tree and tumbled down an embankment. They were explorers with the menlo park Fire Protection district. The chp is trying to determine the cause of the crash. Mike pence joined greg abbott at a Memorial Service for victims of sundays mass. Church shooting. Vice president pence hugged families and told them america is praying for them. He also visited survivors in the hospital. He spoke with First Responders including the two men who chased down the gunman as he sped away from the church. s presence offer comfort to people who say they are trying to come to terms with what happened in their small town. I am glad not to be one of those poor families. We saw it but they are living it for ever. The Vice President told Community Leaders there are 100 fbi agents investigating the shooting. Apple has offered to help unlock the cell phone owned by the gunman but officials have not yet asked for assistance. The offer to cooperate with the fbi is the opposite of the stands they took in the aftermath of the mass shooting in San Bernardino in 2015. In that situation they refused to unlock the phone and the fbi eventually hired a third party to do it. The question is this, should tech parties have to cooperate with Law Enforcement . 55 say yes, 45 say no. We will keep the question of throughout the morning and afternoon. Tell us what you think by voting on twitter or commenting on facebook. The Country Music Association Pay tribute to the victims of the Las Vegas Shooting during its awards show last night. Carrie underwood was singing a song in memory of people in the Country Music industry who died this year. That is when a montage of the 58 people who were shot and killed at the festival died last month. [ music ] she was overcome by emotion and cannot even finish the song last night. Controversy at stanford, more on an upcoming appearance by a political conservatives conservative that is prompting debate over free speech. You might be hearing that Christmas Music, but could all of the holiday spirit be bad for your health . They are going to fix this Center Divide where there was a deadly crew accident. They are now fixing it now because it is a dangerous situation. Traffic is very very slow headed into central san rafael. That is not the kind of traffic you want to get in right now. If youre going out there that is what you are facing. We have rain showers that could be adding challenges across portions of the bay area. Coming up we will update the radar and talk about more rain chances in our fiveday forecast. tires screeching to the next generation of greats. From high school stars, to College Athletes and fans. Were excited to meet you. Welcome back. Are you ready for the Holiday Season . If yes, you are not alone. So are the stores. Pam cook is ready with a look at your stocks. I am always ready for shopping. Retailers definitely are ready for christmas. Is the most important time of the year. Disappointing earnings from the retailers this morning taking down the market for the most part. One stock that is up when the bell rang was roku posting very strong earnings. They are up 45 . Checking in on the numbers, they have been down all morning with the indexes, the dow down 130 points. 23,432. All three of them are down. 5 . The nasdaq slipping a little bit more. Technology stocks are pulling back but the tech stocks have been the big gainers. Three longtime toys have been named to the National Hall of fame. The wiffleball the backyard baseball game from 1953. There is the popular board game clue. Try to solve who did it. Also, the simplest toy ever, the paper airplane. These items beat out nine other finalists including my little pony and candy dispensers. To make it in the hall of fame the toys must inspire creativity for generations. Walmart is hoping to tempt shoppers with online deals beginning some deals thursday. Most of the black friday deals will start at 12 00 am eastern time on things giving day. Deals will start at 6 00 in the evening. Walmart is adding colorcoded maps of store departments in hopes of making it easier for customers to find things. Christmas is popping up across the bay area. You can meet santa at the sun valley mall. The theme this year is santa claus flight academy. The official opening is at 11 00 this morning. Can too much Christmas Music be bad for you . A study finds listening to holiday music over and over can trigger a negative response in the brain. It can be draining for retail workers who hear the songs every day. Plenty of stations are getting into the spirit by playing Christmas Songs and i will tell you i was at one of the retailers. Here in the bay area and they had Christmas Music playing with the trees up. I said to the girl helping me what you think about this . She said this is going to drive me crazy. They will have the songs memorized by december 1. I love it but i get to choose when i listen to it. I like it too but i think it is the day after thanksgiving. Lets check in with sal and look at your commute. In the north bay right now this commute is very long. Christien kafton was out earlier talking about how they have had to repair the guard rail on the 101 in san rafael after a deadly truck accident. They got out and they were doing that and it looks like the traffic is better. Cell phone 101 is very slow from novato to where they were reporting repairing the guard rail. Lets talk about a lot of the other commutes that are very slow. Getting near the macarthur maze one hour. Getting to the bay bridge from the macarthur maze that is a half hour. San francisco itself is getting a little slow on southbound 101 coming around cesar chavez. San mateo bridge and dumbarton bridge moderate and 680 is slow from concord to walnut creek. At 8 48 lets bring in mark tamayo. We are tracking rain showers on the radar. It is one of those deals where it is dry and then there is a downpour for 10 to 15 minutes. Here is the satellite and the radar. Here is the main system moving across the bay area. We had the front last night and then the postfrontal showers with the instability popping up right now. They are really popping in the north bay. San rafael near marin county now closing in on napa county. American canyon has a heavier cell for this portion of the bay area. That is the American Canyon near the central portion of the bay we have some showers near oakland and san leandro. Over the south bay we have action from the Santa Cruz Mountains. San jose showing coverage from willow glen to san jose. All of these areas covered with some light shower activity. Lets check in on the current numbers. San francisco 61, walnut creek 59 and 54 santa rosa and napa. The bigger totals are for the coastal hills. In the coastal hills of sonoma approaching 3. 5 inches. Some more reports in santa rosa over one inch. Napa. 80 inches. Walnut creek at. 43 and half of that for redwood city and San Francisco. San jose is adding to that. 02 right now. This graphic needs to be updated. Later to today we expect partly cloudy skies. With a mix of sun and clouds and the possibility of scattered showers throughout the day. Scattered showers today and as we take this into friday showers will likely stay for the morning. If youre headed to San Francisco tonight at the at t park we are mostly cloudy with a chance of a shower with the temperature around 60. Here is the forecast model. Another round moving into the area tomorrow. It is not widespread but we have quickly moving showers throughout the day on friday. Today the temperatures are in the 60s with a chance for a shower especially for this morning. These storms are not big butt off and on showers into friday and that saturday will be dry and then showers return sunday. A clash of politics at stanford. The controversial speaker that is prompting a debate about free speech. Now what if there was only one mattress . One is not a choice. 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Also, they are condemning the ideology. The Young America foundation is doing a lot to balance out the diversity. They are bringing the conservative speakers in and i think schools should be happy the foundation is willing to extend resources. The debate follows recent protest at cal that turned violent. A memorial is growing for a 17yearold High School Senior killed in a crash in san jose. Candles in pictures were placed at the scene of the crash shortly before 7 00 on south white road north of norwood avenue. The victim was driving with a friend when his car lost control and crashed. The female passenger was seriously injured. The crash is under investigation. The San Francisco mayor hopes cutting down on bureaucracy will save lives. The mayor will be ordering transportation officials to create a Rapid Response team. Members will go to the crash site very pedestrian was hit and killed. The Response Team will investigate and analyze what precautions could be made in the future. They report the Response Team addresses a policy that dates back two decades and was intended to save money and save construction. There will be planning construction on the streets five years in advance but the process may have slowed down Street Safety projects. A warning for people who hike and jogged in san bruno. The search underway for a man accused of groping at least two women. It feels good to be back. New details on a deadly plane crash that killed roy halladay off the florida coast. Video catches the final moments before his plane crashed tuesday into the gulf of mexico. The video shows the plane going up and down over the gulf waters. There was no made a call and he was flying alone. The ntsb is investigating. San mateo officials have a warning for people who hike and jogged in san bruno state park. Turbine two reports of a man groping women in the park. Investigators released this sketch. The man is white, 5 8 180 pounds with blonde hair and blue eyes. The first incident happened sunday, october 22 around 4 30. The other report is from this past monday. In both cases they suspect approached the women from behind grabbed them and ran away. He was driving a lightcolored 2009 mazda 3 hatchback. Anyone with information is urged to call the sheriffs department. A plan by the oakland as to build a new ballpark in downtown oakland. A poll released yesterday shows oakland voters support a new ballpark next to laney college. 62 are in favor, 31 are opposed. The plan has received lukewarm support since they have announced the selection site. The mayor libby schaaf says she is excited but told us recently she is concerned the ballpark could displace residents and Small Business owners. San Diego State University is considering getting rid of his controversial mascot. The university overwhelmingly approved eliminating the mascot. This is a nonbinding resolution advising the school president. Supporters say that the longtime aztec mascot is demeaning but opponents say they have gone too far. Several organizations will make recommendations to the board of education about history and social studies textbook. They will urge to reject two test books that ignore contributions of lgbt people. They will recommend approving 10 other inclusive textbooks. The fair education act from 2012 requires history and social study books to include the contributions. Today, new information about the guns used in a mass shooting inside that texas church. We will meet a group of volunteers making sure all veterans get the owners they deserve. We will speak with a decorated navy seal in the bay area for a special veterans day event. Time to turn it up at at t ballpark. From the dead and company, metallica and Dave Matthews band they will all be playing. Welcome to the 9 00 our. Hour. This is a massive event