Transcripts For KTVU KTVU Morning News 20140812 : vimarsana.

Transcripts For KTVU KTVU Morning News 20140812

Here. Anywhere. Keep your hands and arms inside. The sheer talent and warped speed wit from Robin Williams performances will live on forever in classics such as aladin, as we continue to remember the indellible mark he left on hollywood, we mourn with the rest of the world for one of the greats. This is a live look outside williams home in tiburon. You can see the massive presence of Media Outlets covering this devastating news. Ktvus Tara Moriarty is out there too. In about two minutes shell take a look at the stars life that sadly came to a tragic end yesterday. Good morning, its tuesday, august 12th, im Tori Campbell in for pam cook. Good morning, and im dave clark. Lets look at your weather and traffic. Steve, what should we expect today . Cooler, thats for sure. We have a few high clouds responsible for that. The low is pushing off to the east, being helped along by a system coming in. Some of that tropical cloud cover was close yesterday, we were just too far west, but the fog is there, no doubt about that. Theres the low right there pushing out. But theres another system coming in right there thats going to dig into, well, Southern Oregon, Northern California and thats ushering in a cooler pattern. Still one more day maybe up in the Sierra Nevada and also out to the mother load in northeast california for a possibility of thunderstorms and lightning, but, again, everything seems to be pushing out, but not completely, but its out of the bay area, thats for sure, unless youre traveling up to the mountains. You dont have to worry about oakland today, starting off cloudy, 62. Well go 71 for a high today. Temperatures coming down here the next couple of days as this next system kind of drops into the picture. 50s and 60s coast, north bay, south bay, east bay, everybody is really close, only about a fourdegree spread. Brentwood 61. 40s up in the mountains, 50s, 60s and 70s out to the valley. Highs today with some of that thunderstorm activity now out, but the fog here will be in the 60s and 70s. Heres sal. Reporter steve, good morning. We have hit the mark at the toll plaza of the bay bridge where those metering lights have been turned on. The traffic is backed up for a 20minute drive into San Francisco. Now, if you are driving from oakland or from San Francisco to oakland, that traffic is a lot less and its doing well. No problems on the bridge heading the other way. This is a look at the san mateo bridge westbound 92. Its about a 15minute drive from hayward to foster city. If you are driving on the westbound highway 4 commute antioch to concord, it still looks very good. 680 southbound venetian bridge to the walnut creek interchange doing well. Westbound 24 is off to a good start on the way to oakland. 6 03. Lets go back to the desk. All right, sal, thank you. Across the nation and around the world memorials are growing for actor and comedian Robin Williams. The 63yearold star was pronounced dead yesterday afternoon. Despite being a legend in hollywood, Robin Williams called the bay area home. He lived in San Francisco before moving to tiburon. Ktvus Tara Moriarty is outside that home where a memorial to robin is growing. Tara. Reporter there is a small pile of flowers, cards and candles growing in front of Robin Williams home here. But this is a pretty private street, so we imagine most folks will be leaving condolences at his old sea cliff home or mrs. Doubtfire in San Francisco. You can see the street is filled with media from all over the united states. A very sad time when you think of how much joy Robin Williams brought to people worldwide. He was last seen alive at 10 00 sunday night at his home near tiburon. Sheriffs deputies found him monday morning unconscious after a 911 call. He was pronounced dead around noon. The Coroners Division says it suspects his death to be a suicide due to asphixia. Sources tell ktvu the 63year old actor hanged himself. Over the years williams did battle Substance Abuse and his agent said he suffered from depression. A picture of a man difficult to take in, especially neighbors who saw him routinely. He was such a sweet man and such a talent. I mean, we loved him as an actor. But as a person he was such a great neighbor and he looked like he was happy, he was content, you know, we didnt see that other side of him, that might have been depressed. Reporter Robin Williams is survived by two sons, a daughter and two stepsons. He lived here in tiburon with his third wife, susan schneider. Williams was raiseed raiseed in michigan, but moved to wood acre in marin when he was an adlessent. He went to Redwood High School and college of marin before he was accept today gilliard. He rose from comedy clubs in San Francisco to become a worldwide sensation in film and television. Now, the Sheriffs Department says it will release more information about the circumstances surrounding williams death because of his public status. It will be holding a press conference later this morning at 11 00 and says it will release more details then. Live in marin county, im Tara Moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news thanks, tara. The memorial for Robin Williams is growing and his star on the hollywood walk of fame. Photos and notes were left at williams star overnight. He was inducted into the hollywood walk of fame on december 12th, 1990. Last night the premier of the three the premier of expendables 3 was held on hollywood boulevard and the stars of the action movie stopped to share their thoughts. He had a lot compassion and did a lot of things for a lot of people, publicly and privately. Other celebrities have been take to go twitter to express their thoughts on williams. They say he is gone too soon and they feel blessed to be a part of the industry he worked in. President obama issued a statement about Robin Williams, saying Robin Williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny, a president , a professor, a Bangarang Peter pan and everything in between, but he was one of a kind. Well, during his career Robin Williams acted in or provided the voices for characters in at least 73 movies. And one of his best known animated performances was in the form of a genie. Excuse me. Are you looking at me . Did you rub my lamp . Did you wake me up . Did you bring me here . And all of a sudden youre walking out on me . I dont think so. And, you know, there was also a serious side to Robin Williams. In 1997 he starred in the movie good will hunting alongside matt damon. That performance earned him an academy award. He most recently appeared back on tv in the sitcom the crazy ones alongside Sarah Michelle gellar. The show was canceled after one season last year. Now, this picture is one of Robin Williams last public appearances. Back in june robin appeared at the San Francisco zoo. He was there to meet and feed a monkey, a howler monkey that was named robin in honor of the actor. Robin williams used his fame to help causes he believed in, that included holiday fundraisers at glide Memorial Church in San Francisco. But church founder, the reverend Cecil Williams says one time the church was able to turn the tables on williams. The church choir surprised him by singing a song just for him. He was just thrilled, crying. He cried, he was so touched by the fact that we was there singing to him and giving Something Back to him. The reverend williams also called robin an original and said the actor was like no one else he had ever met. Williams also entertained active duty American Military troops. He traveled to afghanistan, iraq and kuwait and performed in u. S. O. Shows for u. S. Soldiers in war zones. The u. S. O. Posted a message on facebook saying he will always be part of our u. S. O. Family and will be sorely missed. The people who interviewed Robin Williams say it was like a nonstop roller coaster, nothing like it. And during his appearance right here on ktvu mornings on 2 with ross mcgowan, it was no different. I do want to talk about the movie. Also theres a small grass fire in mendincino. It is a grass fire. We actually think its a marijuana field and the entire small town near Russian River has stopped for chocolate, but well talk more about that later. You remember that invitation for sal . Robin williams was interviewed by ross in 2004. Robin was live in los angeles. He was supposed to be talking about this latest movie the final cut. Instead the interview went off in a lot of Different Directions as he stayed true to his comedic form. And make sure you stay right here with us at ktvu as we learn more about the death of Robin Williams. Were going to bring you any new information or any new tributes as they become available. You can also find a Photo Gallery and special coverage on our channel 2 website, ktvu. Com. 6 09. A man is recovering in a hospital after being shot in san leandro outside of a mall. Police say the shots were fired yesterday morning after two men argued at a shoe store at bayfair mall and the altercation spilled into the parking lot. A man was shot in the leg. He was rushed to the hospital, but is expected to survive. I got down on the ground fast because it was scary. The mall is re will reopen during the investigation. Anyone with information on the gunmans identity is asked to call san leandro police. Time now 6 09. Last night dozens of people gathered in San Franciscos Bayview District for a very emotional vigil. They were honoring the memory of two young motorcycle riders killed in a crash and shooting sunday night. The vigil was held at the same intersection where they died. Lasalle avenue and cashmere street. Many of the mourners are frustratedded with the deadly violence in the bayview and other parts of San Francisco. And theres nothing that we see, that i see thats really being done to help erradicate this problem. Police say the two young men died after crashing their motorcycles trying to escape gunfire. At least one of them had been shot. So far no arrests have been made. It is 6 10. Blinded by the light, coming up at 6 30, the fight over one bay area citys effort to go green with new energyefficient street lights. But, first, a rivalry among ridesharing companies. After the break why uber and lift, theyre going bumper to bumper over new accusations. Reporter good morning. We are looking at 101 commute in san jose. You can see a little bit of slowing on your way up to sunnyvale and cupertino. Well tell you more about the commute in the bay area and the bay area weather. Plenty of clouds in place getting helped by a system coming in, the one responsible for the thunderstorm activity is moving out. Still some around the area, but itll be a cooler pattern. Well show you how much. Cant say thank you enough. You have made my life special by being apart of it. everyone cheers glad you made it buddy. Thanks for inviting me. Thanks again my friends. For everything, for all your help. Through all lifes milestones, our trusted advisors are with you every step of the way. Congratulations thanks for helping me plan for my retirement. You should Come Celebrate with us. Id be honored. Plan for your goals with advisors you know and trust. So you can celebrate today and feel confident about tomorrow. Chase. So you can. I know youre staying golden by managing your energy use. Ns. Which means managing water too, roar especially during a drought. Learn to save water and money at energyupgradeca. Org 6 13. Ktvu has learned four hospitals in the graryt bay area could be in the greater bay area could be sold within three weeks. They are seaton medical center, seaton coast side, st. Louise Regional Hospital in gilroy. They are all owned by the daughters of Charity Health systems. Nurses and city leaders demonstrated in front of daly city seaton medical center. Theyre demanding the hospital and its emergency room stay open because its the only one for miles and one woman said it saved a Family Member last year. Having a 24hour open e. R. In a facility and able to take care of Emergency Care as well as urgent care, it worked out beautifully. Daughters of the charity told us it is losing millions of dollars a year. No one is saying yet who the buyer is, but there is speculation that it is prime healthcare. That company is being investigate for overbilling medicare. Time now 6 14. The World Health Organization says more than 1,000 people now have died from the ebola virus, including a missionary from spain. That missionary was evacuated from liberia just last week and flown to madrid for treatment. It was a first time an ebola patient had been flown to europe. The missionary was treated with the experimental drug zmap but died of complications from ebola. Two american missionaries who also have ebola and contracted it in west africa have also been given that drug. Southern California Company that makes the experimental drug says it has run out of it. The announcement comes after the fda approved a request to send the drug to liberia to help stop the ebola epidemic. There are no proven vaccines or drugs for treating ebola. Patients, including those two american missionaries now being treated in atlanta gave their consent to take the experimental medication which had not been tested on humans. It is 6 15. A rivalry between the Ride Sharing Company lift and uber is heating up. Lift is accusing uber of questionable business practices, including booking more than 5,500 lift rides rides and then canceling them. Lift says that make it is harder for Real Customers to get a ride, increasing the likelihood that theyll use uber. Euber strongly denies the claims. 6 16. Lets bring sal back. Hows it look, sal . Reporter it looks okay. We are getting busier progressively, though, and every minute that wears on. You know the deal as you leave later in the morning, you see more slow traffic up to a certain point. And right now at the bay bridge, it is about a 25minute drive. At some point it starts getting busier im sorry, starts getting lighter, but thats after 8 00, if you can wait until 9 00 who can wait until 9 00, though . A lot of people cant. I know this. Lets move along and take a look at 101 in San Francisco, northbound 101 approaching the 80 split, that looks good. No problems southbound 101 heading down to the airport. And speaking of san bruno and the peninsula, southbound 101 traffic does look good over to san mateo and highway 92. And no troubles on the san mateo bridge. At 6 17, lets go to steve. All right, sal, thank you, sir. Well, a decent little push on the fog for some, not for all. North bay looks like its taking the bulk of it here, south bay mostly clear. Some of that low cloud deck pushing over the bay and toward the inland areas. Theres a few high clouds, but most of those are associated with a low that was right off San Francisco yesterday where theres a system coming, an actual front. Its staying to the north, but that increases the fog and drizzle. Also picks up that west wind, but bumps that low out of the picture. Thats the low thats accelerating out, right there it goes. Thats called a little kicker, at the same time that will take any tropical threat out of here. Still up in the sierra, northeast california, ku see some of that wrap around, but not here. The low then this one, theres another one, thats going to dig in right into Southern Oregon and set up shop here, so for the next 48 to 72 hours look to shall lower temperature wise and a few high clouds will drift over from the north, not from the south, up towards mendincino county and points north, not a big deal, but its there. San jose mostly clear, 60 to start. Well go 70 at noon and then a high today of 78. Most temps near average to slightly below here over the next couple of days. 50s and 60s. Everyone is remarkably close here. Livermore 58, Half Moon Bay 61. A little bit of a west wind for some, a south wind for others. Higher elevations have cooled down. Once that low comes in, that really cools air aloft and that sends temperatures translating to the surface as a cooler pattern as well. Everyone is within a couple of degrees. Only about a three to four degree spread. When you get to fairfield gusts to 30. They were last hour. Now its coming down a little bit, still 24. A decent delta breeze, westerly for most here, southerly for some closer to the coast. 57, 67, well, i should go 47, 57, 67, thats tahoe, ukia up to redding. Still some thunderstorms up to the northeast, maybe up near the oregon border, but this system is taking some dryer air into us. Theres a big slug of moisture down towards arizona and california rotating around for las vegas, but not for us. The pattern is just not conducive for bringing

© 2025 Vimarsana