It is suspicious. A truck rolls over on its side, the evacuations there. Pg e crews have begun shutting down that pipeline, what is behind it and why it is creating tension between them. Plus the world spotlight on two bay area scientists, the big announcement that came hours ago, ktvu channel 2 morning news continues. Complete bay area News Coverage starts right now, this ktvu channel 2 morning news. Good morning, want to take you out to that house fire we have been talking about, janine de la vega out there, the fire is out but you can see investigators there on the scene. Now trying to figure out what happened. We will take you there in just a moment. Thank you for joining us on monday morning, october 7th, i am pam cook. I am dave clark, lets check weather and traffic, how do you want them to dress . That is personal. I see. My jammies. Our meteorologist p. J. S would be nice, we do have a change, still mild to warm but not as warm as yesterday, especially by the coast, 70s and 80s but temperatures are taking a dip, clouds there will clear out, so cool for some, mild for others, partly sunny and cloudy, a weak system coming in which will turn the wind more westerly yet 45 napa and santa rosa, 62 San Francisco, so there is a huge difference in some of these, fairfield made it to 49, the cloud cover keeping some more 50s down towards san jose parts of the peninsula as well. See those right there, they will thin out and move out and this system works in, we are on the southern edge but will give us a west breeze, so San Francisco going to go 74 but you will hit that by noon and drop fast here as the wind does turn westerly or at least northwesterly. This is choice, micro climate forecast, 70s, and then inland you start to see some around the bay some 70s, upper 70s in land, very very low 80s and temperatures topping out for areas from 81 to 83 degrees so i would buy most of this, a few areas warmer, higher clouds there, they move out for the morning, then there is your afternoon that will give us a cool down, 60s, 70s and inland 80s, here is sal. Steve, good morning, looking at the bay bridge, you can see that there is something going on here in these lanes. It is either a stalled vehicle or something is right there, westbound, so i will tell you that traffic is going to be affected by this, so we will keep an eye on it for you, also looking at the commute, traffic here on interstate 880 is looking good in both directions. Now, if you are driving to taking bart, no delays, bart, cal train or muni, 6 03, back to the desk. We are following developing news this morning from palo alto, the Investigation Underway into an Early Morning house fire. Janine de la vega first reporter on the scene and we understand there is a new development now. Reporter well, the fire investigator just arrived here, that is the person who is going to determine the cause of this fire. Now he cant do that until the building inspector says it is okay, that is the gentleman standing there in that Yellow Jacket speaking to the firefighter. Now as we speak off and on firefighters have been intermittently putting out hot spots and still hosing it down from the outside because it is still too dangerous to enter, firefighters arrived here at the house at 4 00 a. M. After a passing motorist called in to 911 reporting smoke in the area. The home had flames shooting from the top of the roof and it was engulfed, causing firefighters to attack it from the outside, surrounding homes were evacuated and they were able to knock down the flames within 20 minutes, the house had been abandoned and there was no electricity which leads officials to believe that the fire appears to be suspicious. We had the building inspector run the address and found out it is set up for possible renovations, so at that point we can only assume no one is inside but as soon as conditions are safe we will go in and do a check to confirm this there is no one in the structure. Again once the fire inspector is able to enter the home they are going to see if it was possibly a transient trying to stay warm inside or if there was anyone else inside the structure, a building inspector needs to determine again if it is safe, make sure the roof wont collapse if anyone enters, in the meantime firefighters are watching this house closely. It is still smoldering and in the last 45 minutes we have seen flames so they are going to stay here, watch it and make sure to house down for hot spots. Janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. 6 05. A hotel in richmond has been evacuated because a gas tanker truck rolled over on its side and there is a small leak, the crews are testing the like here to see how safe it is and what they have to do to get that tanker back on its wheels, both of the ramps on interstate 80 have been closed but the freeway is still open. Alex savidge is there, he will have a live report on all of this in 30 minutes. Fire crews are still on Yerba Buena Island after two small fires last night caused a traffic back up on the bay bridge. They were first reported at 8 00 last night. Those flames burned 4 acres of the westside of the island in steep brush. The fires didnt cause injures or major damage but you can see it sent those plumes of smoke and flames which affected the drivers and caused a huge traffic jam on the bridge. Fire crews are still out there watching for flareups and as sal has been telling you an off ramp is closed this morning. Meantime the vegetation fire in larkspur burned several acres of a area at 4 00 in the afternoon yesterday near marina vista avenue. With the help of planes and also firefighters on the ground they controlled this within an hour. No structures were damaged, no one was hurt. The cause of the fire though is under investigation. Pg e crews have begun shutting down a natural gas line in san carlos, the judges order comes after emails questioned the pipeline safety. It is line 147, it runs under britain avenue between 280 and highway 101. Ktvus Tara Moriarty joins us now with more on these. Many people we spoke to there said they wanted proof, not promises that this line was safe. At first the agency said it would simply reduce the pressure but yesterday pg e started shutting down the line. That is after a judge issued a temporary injunction. Mayor bob grassili and the city declared a state of emergency friday after officials discovered internal pg e e mails questioning the safety of the 20 inch 4 mile gas line. Why has it taken until now for pg e to make this decision to shut down the line . We have safely operating pipeline today. When i saw that memo i i my reaction was exactly the same as the city managers saying what in the blood bladeses is going on here, where is the answers to this questions. They said they had to consider how other gas lines would be affected but said customers wont be impacted, gan they said it is safe but after the disaster there that killed eight people and destroyed homes people in san carlos say they want more than just assurances, no word on how long it will be out of service, san carlos will decide whether it should continue in 30 days, the line is still not shut down, that should be done by the end of the work day today. Live from the newsroom, Tara Moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. Well the clock is ticking towards another commute meltdown in the bay area, bart workers could be on strike by the end of the week. 60 day coolingoff period ends thursday night and a strike could begin friday morning. The heat is on for the two sides to reach an agreement before this weeks strike deadline, contract talks between management and bart unions are set resume this morning but they are still far apart on issues, experts said it would be worse than july. Taxpayers in Santa Clara County will soon be helping to pay the rent of felons, starting january the first the county will give a thousand dollars a month in rent money to former inmates sentenced under the three strikes law, those payments will go on for a year. County supervisor says that money will help former lifers get back on their feet and also keep the public safer at a fraction of the cost of keeping those inmates in prison. Next month convicted killer joseph naso may be formally sentenced to death following the recommendation of the jury. The appeals process for Death Penalty cases is so long naso, who is now 79 years old, might possibly die of Natural Causes before he can be executed. However the district attorneys are trying to change that and hoping to speed up excuses next year, once the state lifts a moratorium on lethal injection drugs. New this morning stanford and uc berkeley can each boast a new nobel prize winner, they are sharing the prize with the professor. They received and early call informing them of that. They will each receive 400,000 dollars in prize money, congratulations. The raiders scouting out concord as a possible new home for the silver and black. Last week the raiders owner mark davis toured the sight of the old weapons station and liked what he saw. The raiders say a stadium would be a convenient location for much of the teams east bay fan base, the raiders also admit the ongoing talks about building a new stadium in oakland have been going nowhere. Time now 6 10, how the continuing government shut down could put at risk children in even more danger, the problem it has taken the amber alert system offline. At least two retailers now offering new deals on the iphone. Good morning, traffic is doing well in many areas but crowded at the bay bridge, now that the lights have been turned on. Sunshine and warm temperatures over the weekend, still on the warm side today but there are signs of a very big cool down here later this week. We will have your forecast coming up. Welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news, new this morning more violence in egypt, it was the latest between them. More than 50 people have been killed across egypt in the just the past few days. Also happening today it is the first monday of october, that means the u. S. Supreme court begins its new term today despite the shut down, the justices have a number of important cases on the calendar. They involve abortion, Campaign Contributions and government sanctioned prayer. The high court will operate normally at least through the end of the week but it is not clear how the shut down will affect them after that. Continuing coverage of the shut down, this now day 7, no end in sight to end the shut down or to raise the debt ceiling. Kyla campbell live in our washington, d. C. Newsroom to explain actually some good news for some of the furloughed federal workers. Reporter dave, the pentagon says it is bringing back almost all of its 350,000 civilian workers throughout this week, that still means more than 400,000 are still off the job and without pay. It appears the government will remain in shut down mode as the house continues its piecemeal approach today, members will vote on funding the fda, but Senate Democrats wont support it. They want to reopen the entire government with a clean budget bill, meaning no strings attached, neither side has budged on the spending plan and republicans say they wont raise the debt ceiling without concessions from the white house. And the president is risking default by not having a conversation with us. So under no circumstances will you pass we are not going down that path. He claims there are not enough votes to pass the bill or debt limit increase but the white house says otherwise. I am taking look at those numbers and will have that story for you for 7 15, kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. One of the newer casualties of the shut down the federal amber alert website is a notice on amber alert. Gov that says due to the lapse in federal funding this office of Justice Programs website is unavailable. This website normally shows alerts about missing children. State law enforcement, they are still notifying the news media about any urgent cases of missing children. It was a late night for raiders fans who had their game pushed back because of the playoffs. They faced the chargers, the quarterback Terrelle Pryor returned after missing last week due to a concussion. He completed his first 10 passes and helped take them to a huge lead. The game did not end until 11 30. The raiders won final 2717. The 49ers were also at home last night and showed fans they are back and in it to win it. First quarter texans first drive of the game matt schaubs pass is intercepted by brock who takes it back for the score, that puts them on the board 70, 4th quarter up and in control and he throws to vernon davis, dave clarks good friend verne touch down, niners go on to win this game, the final was 343. Going to have to wait longer until he takes the field with the new name. The star said he is planning to drop the w from his last name and now go by the name hitner but paperwork has been delayed because of the shut down, the name change is in conjunction with the launch of a tshirt line protesting penalties and fines because of his hard hitting play. 6 18, lets hand it off to sal, sorry sal. No, i like that, go long dave. Go. Morning so far we dont have major problems to worry about. We do have slow traffic though as you drive in some of these areas, lets go to San Francisco northbound 101. This traffic looks pretty good coming up to the 80 split with no major problems. Also southbound 101 traffic looks good heading down to the peninsula down to the airport perhaps, if you are driving that way. We are looking at the commute at the toll plaza. It is about a 10 to 15 minute delay with no major problems there. Westbound 580 right near 205 there is a crash on the shoulder. So watch for that. It is actually not causing a huge delay because it is already slow through this area. If you are driving to Castro Valley already getting slow as you drive through the 238 interchange and head over to interstate 880. If you are driving on southbound 880 the traffic is only slow for a little bit right now in hayward, 6 19, lets go to steve. Thank you, sal, a shot there, i had the pleasure driving over that, very nice ride, not much yet changing no breeze, still slightly offshore. So temperatures still nice, not as warm as on the weekend, yesterday San Francisco 83, oakland 85, Half Moon Bay 80 and santa cruz 89, today 74, 75, 68 and 80 degrees, so still very nice just not as warm as yesterday, we topped out yesterday may not see temperatures like that again for a week, high and midlevel clouds there starting to push off east as this system a cool front, i dont want to say a cold front at least not down here, up there it is, well it will be dry there just not warm, 48 right now, the wind chill is 43, partly to mostly cloudy, the rain has moved off so okay conditions, there is rain northwest but i think that will not be a factor, just days of play just not warm, 30 tahoe, 43 ukia, sacramento 50, 40 there, Half Moon Bay, yet 62 San Francisco, 50s due to the cloud cover south, upper 40s, low 50s firefield, east bay, we dont get much of a breeze, still offshore for many, easterly, easterly, easterly, or northerly, little component of a west for santa rosa, but not much, sfo showing west but only three, so there is not much of a breeze yet, which is why i still think we get 70 to 80s but once this system inches closer then it turns or westerly so warm today just not as warm as the weekend, scattered high clouds, a break for a while but a rather strong and low level drops in wednesday and temperatures take a pretty good little plunge, this is the rain forecast or the cloud and rain forecast showing what is happening by wednesday, in there they will get snow, we will get the cold air and breeze by wednesday, by thursday gone, go back to a cool breezy northwest flow in that direction that will give us a cool down, cooler today, kind of the transition day, so still mild to warm for some inland, still 80s, and that, 70s to 80s, 74 to 84 to 86, gilroy was warmer there, 70s and 80s except there more 60s and 70s, partly sunny and cloudy, cooler then, they did put that in if it decides to drift further west, it looks like it will stay east though, colder and wednesday and breeze cooler, sunshine but cool mornings and nice days. They are cutting the price of the cheapest iphone to 45 dollars, that deal runs through the holiday season. Starting saturday radio shack customers who buy the 5c will pay that but gets a gift card to put toward the purchase. Apple sells it for 99 dollars with a two year contract. Android phone users could say so long to passwords by next spring, that is the word from the head of the alliance pushing to use fingerprints and other bio metrics instead of passwords on all online accounts. They will have them in six months or less, they have one but is not compatible with it, which wants to make fingerprints the universal key to security. 6 22. You wont see the blue angels or navy ships so what is left for fleet week . We will tell you about the limited events still planned for fleet week. First thing that came to my mind. A young girl, assign and an intersection, the punishment one girl received that is now causing controversy. I want you to know stuff i want you to be kind. 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They report winds reached up to 94 miles per hour, the power was cut off in many parts of eastern china due to strong winds and heavy rain, only one injure though has been reported. 6 26, back in this country punishment for a young girl there is causing a controversy after she was forced to hold up a sign of shame at an intersection, here it is, it says i lie to steal from my family and friends. Now the young girl holding that sign says her sister, who is her legal guardian made her hold up that sign as punishment, 1 witness who talked to her said she was being punished for taking a dog from a family friend. The degree of