on to police. the suspect drove through several city streets before taking the chase on to interstate 280 down to pacifica and back up to san fransisco. finally coming to an end when he crashed the cab into a pole. police say the suspect then took off on foot and escaped police. as of right now there isn't a suspect description. the cab driver was able to drive his vehicle away safely. if you know anything about this case at all you're asked to call san fransisco police. live in san fransisco, ktvu channel 2 news. oakland police are looking for the driver who crashed into a pole overnight cutting power to thousands of people. this pickup truck snapped the power bole at foothill boulevard and church street around 1:30. the transformer blew, and people actually saw the flash from miles away. pg&e says at first 3500 customers lost power. crews restored power to all but a few customers around the downed pole and hope to replace the pole and fully restore power by this afternoon. rescue teams in boulder creek have resumed their search for a missing woman, 54-year- old wendy elizabeth rivas was last seen around 10:00 wednesday night. he told authorities she went to look at her garden but never came back. deputies say rivas has a history of seizures and suffered a minor head injury. she's 5-foot 7 weighing 150 pounds. she has brown eyes and brown hair with red and purple highlights. anyone with information is asked to call the santa cruz county sheriff's office. we are following developing news, a federal judge issues a ground breaking ruling on the morning after pill. he ordered the food and drug administration to make emergency contraceptives available to girls of all ages over the counter. right now girls under 17 can only get the pill with a prescription. it's part of a lawsuit that sought to remove age ricks on the pill. we are gathering reaction and will have that coming up later. and there's developing news out of the vatican. pope francis announces he will push the roman catholic church to act with determination against clergy sex abuse. the pope wants the church to implement measures to protect minors, take strong action against perp perpetrators and draft directives. it is 7:05. new this morning, reports that north korea has placed two intermediate range missiles on mobile launchers on the east coast of that country. according to media reports out of south korea, the missiles have a range of up to 1800 miles. that would mean they could reach south korea, japan, or even u.s. bases in guam. the u.s. is installing a new missile defense system on guam that's designed to shoot down incoming missiles and warheads. when president obama unveils his budget proposal next wednesday we're hearing it will include cuts to social security and other entitlement programs. we'll talk live with washington insider jamie dupree about what the president is hoping to get from republicans in exchange for this change to the social security program. 7:06. and the world champs are back in town. sounds good doesn't it? thousands of giants fans are expected to gather in san fransisco for today's season opener at home. ktvu channel 2 reporter tara moriarty is live at at&t park with look at how the team is preparing. >> we just learned that both of the world series giants trophies are going to be displayed underneath the coke bottle, so you can grab a look. it's been sprinkling out here but should be clear skies for the game. the field is looking good. players show up at about 10:00 to start their warmups. it really seems like yesterday when we had the parade and the giants won the world series. the giants swept the detroit tigers as you remember, but this afternoon the giants will be taking on the st. louis cardinals and kind of appropriate since it was the champion cardinals who the giants dethroned in that national championship series last october. the man who really turned that series around was barry zito. he is going to be taking the mound in the home opener. the team will be raising its 2012 world series flag. >> i can't tell you. it's going to be a surprise. we first pitch raising the flag, we're going to keep it tall a surprise. i can tell you that the theme this year is togetherness, and it's really a celebration of the fans and the community and the organization and the team coming together to, you know, will and work hard to bring a championship to san fransisco. >> the game starts at 1:35 this afternoon. you're encouraged to take bart or knew knee. local eateries open at 9:30 serve brunch and beer. we're going to tell you about upcoming events over the next few days. there's a much deserved ring ceremony and one of the giants rep allowed me to wear her ring from 2010. the new one's going to be there. it's gorgeous. it's got like the little gem in the side, the little orange gem. so a lot of excitement here today for opening day, and i have a bone to pick with jeremy. last year he gave me a scare. he was on the pitching mound warming up. it looked like his fastball was coming at me. he had a little towel he was practicing with and he got me good. he was laughing, but we're going to match the score this year jeremy. get ready for opening day. tickets available on the giants web site reporting live from the ballpark i'm tara moriarty. >> thank you tara. payback can be interesting. >> she has a tough job today. >> all right. let's check in with sal who is one of our number 1 giants fans for an update on traffic. >> going to the game myself, the best way to get there is bart. forget about that whole parking thing. it's going to be more expensive. the meters are different near the ballpark this year, and you should just take bart or muni to the stadium. parking very expensive on these premium days. today it might be 40 or 50 bucks to park your car in one of the lots, maybe more. i've seen $60. northbound 101 approaching the 80 split that traffic is moving well. no major problems as you drive to the city. at the corner of portland there's a motorcycle muni accident that may be affecting the muni. westbound bay bridge is backed up for less than a 5 minute clay. northbound 101, 280 have been looking good for this commute. 7:09. let's go to steve. >> 60 bucks to park really? >> premium days. sun breaking through. reports coming in, santa rosa, oakland, hay wood, redwood shores, local drizzle. a lot of sunshine above that cloud deck. we will get sun today. there's also higher clouds on the way. in between the giants home opener things look good. partly sunny, a westerly breeze, game time temp of 60 degrees. the low cloud deck will mix out a little bit and then we'll get partly sunny skies for a while. the higher clouds are on their way. they're leaning a little more towards the north but will give us high cloud deck later on. temperatures in the mid-60s already by noon, so we're sitting in the 50s, low clouds, foggy, drizzle, mild, mostly cloudy skies, sun and clouds. humid muggy conditions later on. mid-50s, upper 50s, a only a couple of low 50s in fairfield. 36 tahoe. 60 down in southern california, a lot of 50s in northern california due to yesterday's system leaving behind that very warm moisture air from the southwest. this system's coming in more from the west. it will give us cloud cover and drizzle near the coast and some light rain in the north bay. slight warmup, partly sunny skies, 60s and 70s away from the coast mild to warm. next week is looking really warm. today upper 60s, low 70s near coast and bay mid-60s mainly. unless you're stuck in that fog for a while. clouds roll in, some rain to the north drizzling near the coast and bay. saturday morning. sunday night looks another system clips us. after that next week looking warmer. it 7:11. an eight-story residential building collapses. the desperate search for survivors and why this was not unexpected. >> and a sign of the times, the surprising new qualificationings that are required to work at one mcdonald's on the east coast. bare. local drizzle. we do have some sun breaks. it could start to burn off here. temperatures mild. we'll end up with 60s. 60 at game time. partly sunny skies. overnight oakland police served high priority warrants on four people wanted on drugs and weapons violations. the raid began around 9:00 on garfield and park streets. police had search warrants for two homes in the area. they say they found four people they were looking for but did not find any drugs. however, an assault rifle was lying in plain view in one of the homes, and that was later taken into evidence. at least 35 people have been killed and more than two dozen others injured after a building collapsed in india. it happened last night just northeast of human buy. authorities say it happened at a building under construction and people were illegally living inside. rescue crews were searching through the rubble in hopes of finding anyone alive. they think the collapse could be due to poor construction. we are hearing about what president obama is prepared to offer republicans to try and get a compromise on deficit reduction. political reporter jamie dupree joins us from washington d.c. there's work word the president is willing to make cuts to social security. you're saying these aren't really cuts right? >> it's the age old thing, as you look at it tori. some people will call it a cut. it's an effort to reduce the level of increase in government benefits. this is known as chain cpi, and it has a lot of ops session in democratic circles and liberal circles in congress and across the country. it's a new way to figure out how much benefits should go up each year for cost of living adjustments, for inflation. a lot of people say this is a better representation of what the actual increase should be, and it's a little lower. it would save ultimately when you add it up about $200 billion plus over ten years, and so that would mean less money going out the door. a lot of people say it's cut because people won't get as much in benefits as they otherwise would have gotten. realistically it's holding down the level of increase, look for people to call it a cut. it's part of the obama budget that will be rolled out next week. it was leaked out this morning and clearly a leak to major news organizations. the deal is this. the white house says we'll back this idea which a lot of liberal groups don't like. republicans you have to accept tax increases as a way to deal with budget shortfalls elsewhere. as of this point in time republicans not interested in that. >> the president seems to be making a concerted effort to try and win republican support. he's scheduled a dinner with republican lawmakers on the evening his budget's going to be released. do we see any kind of compromise or movement at this point? >> at this point i think democrats are hoping to peel off a few republicans who might support a larger brand bargain. i think there's a lot of gop lawmakers especially in the house and a pretty strong group in the senate that want absolutely no part of any tax increases. they don't want to support anything that even looks like a tax increase, and so i don't know that the middle ground is there, though certainly you're going to hear from the president about it. i think probably the reaction of republicans will be this tori, they'll take the cpi and put it in their budget plan in the house of representatives and try to move that along and not includes any of the tax increases president obama wants. republicans are looking at a plan to reform the tax code, but i would look for that to be revenue neutral. it won't raise any income after they make the different changes. >> it looks at this point unlikely that a compromise will be reached, so then what happens? >> yeah, then what happens, then we go into the usual battle of what happens with the budget next year. i don't know that the two sides really have any middle ground. it may just be we'll be locked in this struggle and not have anything happen then on this front, but i guess i looked back to 1986, i remember back then when we had the same kind of situation. back then we had one party in charge of the house and the other part in charge of the senate and white house. temperatures republicans running -- it was republicans running the senate, ronald reagan was in the white house and democrats ran the house. the last time we had tax reform, we shouldn't write it off, though it certainly won't be an easy thing to get. >> way back to 1986. all right. joining us live from washington d.c. >> don't make me feel bad for it okay. >> thank you jamie. you can find a link to his blog on our web site ktvu.com,. one of the biggest health insurance companies in the country is telling brokers how they can get around requirements of the new affordable care act. etna insurance sent an e-mail to agents saying they could get around mandates if they renew current health plans before january 1st. that could include the ban on preexisting conditions and charging higher rates for older people and women. other insurance insurance companies are considering doing the same thing. a new survey finds growing support for the legalization of marijuana. according to the nationwide research poll 52% say marijuana should be legal. that's compared to 45 percent who say it should not. support is up a strong 11 points since 2010. it's 7:19. if it sounded like the demand for a college degree by a massachusetts mcdonald's was unusual that's because it was. earlier reports say the restaurants were asking for a bachelor's degree and two years experience to be a cashier. now the franchise owner of that restaurant says the job posting was a mistake. he says mcdonald's does not require that level of education. today kfc will announce it's about to steak its future on a concept that might have been rejected by the original kernel sanders. kfc will offer original recipe boneless chicken, white and dark meat chunks deep fried using the original recipe. the move is a very public sign that its core product, a bucket of drumsticks, breasts breasts breasts and thighs on the bone may be considered passe. a reward is being offered to help find the vandals who destroyed property. someone knock over a headstone and broke off two dozen marble vases. 23 families face repairs to loved ones graves. it is 7:20. we are seeing wet roads this morning, some sprinkles on my drive in to work. but will the gray skies clear for the weekend. meteorologist steve paulson will have the forecast for your neighborhood next. >> he called it a joke, but he's not laughing anymore. the inappropriate comment that brought down the pac 12 top basketball official. >> traffic is moving along on 80 westbound. we'll tell you more about the morning commute. . a pro football player thinks his support for gay rights may have cost him his job. brendon ayanbadejo played for the baltimore ravens but yesterday the team officially terminated his contract. the 36-year-old says he understands the ravens can replace him with a younger and less expensive player. he also believes the team didn't want the attention he received by supporting gay marriage. the raven says they respect his personal opinions but the contract was strictly a football matter. the head of pac-12 basketball referees has resigned after making an inappropriate joke at a meeting. ed rush jokingly offered $5000 for an official to call a technical foul on arizona head coach shaun miller. larry scott said no one took rush seriously but someone did call a technical foul on miller last month. rush resigned to restore confidence in the program. coming up, we want to check in with sal. any big problems? >> it's been pretty good out there. yet was a different tale altogether. i think wednesday was the worst day. right now traffic is moving along pretty well north and southbound. it's relatively dry for the commute. when we were on the air at 4:30 this morning we saw some rain but that has died down. there are no major problems at the bay bridge toll plaza. there's a small delay. at the giant home opener people will stream in for that. and the roads are expected to be busy. san jose, we haven't seen a lot of slow traffic or on the peninsula. let's go to steve. thank you sal. just tweeted out the visibility satellite which shows mostly clear skies. san jose is under mostly sunny skies. overall i think it will be partly sunny today. there's a low cloud deck but it usually has breaks by about noon, parts of the city, partly sunny, game time temp of 60. you can see a lot of those low clouds filtering in. higher clouds are inching closer. 50s on the temps, really mild. i mean from yesterday's system that's left behind a lot of low clouds and local drizzle. higher clouds will creep in. light rain, drizzle in the morning, slight warmup for those who don't get that low cloud deck. 60s to low 70s, and extended outlook has a lot of cloud cover and light rain on saturday to the north or drizzle. i think we could get a break saturday night, sunday. sunday night a little system zips bitive us light rain, but next week looking sunny and warm. not too bad. time now 7:25. coming up a garbage strike in ohio is creating a stink for five bay area cities. the people affected and how long until the trash is collected. >> we're live in san jose where it's going to be a tough day for south bay paramedics after learning the news that one of their own has passed away after a shooting. we'll tell you how they're coping. >> it was an unexpected end to a hawaiian vacation for one police officer. we'll show you the tsa security video that revealed his heroic move. well, well, well. growing up we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] call to get u-verse tv starting at $19 a month for 2 years with qualifying bundles. rethink possible. it is 7:28. we have a sad update to a story we have been following since tuesday. the off-duty paramedic who was shot in oakland has died at the hospital. janine is at the company where grief counselors are on hand. >> reporter: it's been a rough morning, and it's expected to continue like that throughout the day. every time paramedics come here to santa clara county ambulance they have to pass by this memorial where you see candles have been lit and flowers have been left. we're told that quinn boyar who passed away, his partner and close friend are not coming in to work today. everybody else that's left here is emotionally drained. it's been less than 24 hours since their friend and co- worker died. 34-year-old quinn boyar died yesterday at highland hospital. the paramedic had been there since tuesday after getting shot instead head. quinn who was off duty was driving his car in oakland hills and at a stop sign another man got out of the car and opened fire. boyar tried to drive away but his car went off the road and into a ravine. police are searching for a suspect. boyar's co-workers are devastated over the loss. we're told he was well liked at work. >> he was pretty quiet, kind of a reserved guy, but he was all about work. he was focused on just being a really good paramedic and dedicated to his job. that's what he was about. from what i understand his wife is also a paramedic in alameda county. he just got accepted into physician assistant school at stanford. >> the 300 and would 300 paramedics and emt are wearing black straps over their badges as a sign of respect. many of these paramedics are friends with bryan stow, the paramedic beaten a at a giants game two years ago and is now suffering from a severe brain injuries. all those same emotions are now coming