we have team coverage of the preparations under way in anticipation of the judge's decision. ktvu's tara moriarty is downtown where police are getting ready in los angeles. but we begin with the update on what is happening there. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning. yes, it appears there will likely be four members of the family of officer grant speaking at the hearing this morning. it also appears that yohanes mes leer -- yohanes messerly himself will be making a statement. he could get up to 14 years in jail. really, anything in between. now, in the past week, ktvu han grant about the sentencing. and here's what the grant family said about what they will say to the judge. >> i will tell him how i have to watch my sister cry. how i have to watch her health deteriorate. you know, how, when i have to explain to somebody about my nephew being shot, you know, the lies that people say that -- about it. i have to explain to them, well, this is not how it happened. this is how it happened. >> it's no satisfaction to be found in that courtroom. but what i don't want the courtroom is to just say, oh, go home. i want the courts courts to do what they are supposed to do. and do the law -- abide by the laws that have been put in place. you know, there will never be any satisfaction. he could get 100 years and i still will not have oscar here with me. >> since the verdict in july, mehserle has been behind bars. we talked exclusively with him about what he thought he should get for the conviction. he said he was surprised when the verdict was announced and said this about his sentencing. >> do you think you should go to prison at all? >> no. it was an accident. i didn't intend to shoot mr. grant. >> but you were found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and use of a gun. >> uh-huh. i understand. it's just sometimes, you know i'm not -- i'm not sure that -- you know, why those decisions were made. but like i said, i'm going to i know i'm going to keep fighting it. i'm not going to give up. because i know what's right. and i know it's for the right reasons. >> reporter: a judge has a few things to consider this morning when this gets under way. the defense is also asking that a gun enhancement be dropped from the charges. that would add more time possibly to yohanes messerly's sentence. we talked to a legal expert about what he expects to happen with those issues and with the sentencing. and we'll have more on that coming up at 7:30. all right, claudine, thank you. time now, 7:03. it will certainly not be business as usual today in downtown oakland, as business owners brace themselves for the mehserle sentencing. ktvu's tara moriarty joins us live. >> reporter: reaction is mixed. some businesses are boarding up like this one. but others are not. you can see an artist was busy painting this mural of oscar grant holding his daughter. the sentencing is expected to take place in just two hours. and no one knows just how high emotions will run. >> reporter: plenty of hammering and drilling could be heard yesterday, as crews nailed plywood to store fronts. merchants want to prevent any damage, similar to what happened back in january 2009, just days after grant's killing. then again in july, when the verdict in the mehserle trial game down. they smashed windows, stole merchandise. damage ran into the thousands. now, a nonviolent demonstration is set for 2:00 this afternoon in front of city hall and a rally at 4:00. >> people are going to need an outlet. our guess is the sentence is going to be as unjust as the verdict was. so we are going to be angry. particularly we want to give young folks of color, if they choose, someplace else to go. >> it happens to coincide with two other main events. an art gallery and a sold-out at fox theater. some are closing early. others are shutting down for the entire day. back here live, you can see a picture here of a memo that was actually sent out to kaiser permanente employees, encouraging them to telecommute to work from home. but the city's standpoint is that business should continue as usual. we're live in oakland, tara moriarty, ktvu news. >> there are no cameras allowed inside for the sentencing this morning. but our news crew in los angeles will give us live coverage of the judgment as soon as we get the word. you can also follow developments at our website, ktvu.com. two men ran away this morning, after plowing their car into a home. it happened around 2:00 a.m., near almanca and capistrano. you can see the car smash into the garage. the owner of the home was in the house at the time but she was not hurt. police are still investigating what caused the crash. a bicyclist hit and killed by a big rig in san mateo county has been identified. the california highway patrol says 47-year-old lauren ward was riding on alpine road near interstate 280 when she was hit, just after 3:30 yesterday afternoon. the chp says the driver stopped right away and did not show any sign of impairment. they believe the driver just didn't see ward as she was riding alongside his rig. cyclists say the area can be very dangerous. >> right in this section here, there's no -- i mean, if you look out here, where should a cyclist go? it's really kind of up in the air, unfortunately. >> the chp is still looking for witnesses to come forward. all right, time now. 7:07. sal is busy. he's watching the drivers. but also what is happening with amtrak. >> that's right. the amtrak train has stopped in richmond here. ktvu's jade hernandez' crew has this picture up for us. i want to let you know, the train reportedly hit a pedestrian here in albany, in the 600 block of cleveland avenue. you can see that there are some people. this is a live picture. these are people who are still basically sitting on this train as the investigation goes on. you can see some people are just basicay working. maybe they have their laptops open. because they're not going anywhere for a little bit. again, ktvu's jade hernandez is gathering people from the scene. but again, this is affecting amtrak's capital corridor service in and out of the bay area from sacramento. a lot of people do use that service. and right now, trains are not getting through. let's geto the toll plaza now. westbound bay bridge backed up for about a 15-minute wait getting into san francisco. northbound 280, that traffic is also slowing down, getting up to highway 718. it's 7:08. >> and for those of you, you hear me but don't always watch. there you go. there's your day. high clouds. fog back to the coast. it will be cooler there. if you live by the coast, live in the city, work in the city, you'll go from really mild, muggy conditions last night. we had record highs. i'll show you some. there's a cold front, actually a low -- all right. it's off the screen. i'll show it to you in a second. yesterday, 85, gilroy. record high. san jose, 85. if you're in the san jose and thought, it's warm. well, it was. richmond, 81. oakland airport, 81. look at southern california, though, yesterday. little san diego was 100 degrees. ucla, 97. l.a. downtown. and l.a.x. both 96. and santa maria, 93 degrees. most of the records that they beat were from 1976. including ours, which was an extremely dry year for us, one of the driest ever for rainfall. high rain clouds will continue to work their way in. the low is right there. this will continue our cooling trend for saturday. it's heading more towards central and southern california for us. the system behind that for sunday is taking aim at us. and that will bring us some rain. until then, we see temperatures on the coast. 60s and 70s and out of those 80s yesterday. and the record highs. 50s right now. 54, san francisco. this time yesterday, they were 62. that's a pretty good drop. 30s in the mountains. 52, sacramento and uky a. clouds -- ukiah. clouds keeping warmer. l.a. to san diego and palm springs. they will cool down, but probably not until saturday. stronger system to the left of the screen, coming out of the gulf of alaska. that's our rain sunday. fog returns. cooler by the coast. high clouds. still kind of muggy outside. you'll notice humidity, with upper 70s, kind of hazy skies. cooler on saturday. we cloud up and set your clocks back. and a cool, breezy day on monday. torei and -- tori and dave. >> thank you. new jobless report. we'll hear president obama's response to the unemployment news and which vias are hiring. we're also learning pg&e's costs related to the san bruno gasline explosion. and why there is such concern that customers may end up picking the tab. where san francisco ballots have turned up. and what is happening today to the poll worker. ah, focus group. so what are we testing here? that's our new pastrami grilled sandwich. oh, great. hey, are they happy we got rid of the rye bread? totally. they love our grilled artisan bread. they say it's the perfect compliment to the classic hot pastrami, melting cheese, deli mustard and pickles. awesome. hey, um what are we testing in that room? oh! nothing we were just hazin' the intern. we're following breaking news from the richmond-albany border. ktvu's jade hernandez is live at the scene. she joins us live now to tell us what is going on now. good morning, jade. >> reporter: good morning. i can tell you right now. we have confirmed with police, this is a fatality accident, involving an amtrak train and a person. this train is stopped here. we have been told that accident happened about a quarter mile down the tracks. at 600 block of cleveland. now, albany and richmond police both responded. albany police taking the lead on this. we are live in albany, just off the buchanan exit. we're told this affects amtrak's capital corridor service, coming from sacramento. we noticed that the train has stopped. but we don't know for how long. we know that the passengers have been sitting and waiting patiently inside. when we arrived, police were surveying the tracks inside. it's still pretty dark. this is a fatality accident, involving a person and a train. i called albany police just moments before this live report, and they referred us to union pacific. in a few minutes, hopefully i'll get more information information and pass that along to you. right now, we are in front of an amtrak train involved in a fatality collision. reporting live, jade hernandez. more breaking news now. we are just getting word from local television stations reporting that a qantas jetliner has returned to singapore with an engine problem. shortly after takeoff. this is flight qf6. it turned back after a problem with engine 1. they gave no other details. you may recall, if this sounds familiar, just yesterday, a qantas airbus a380 super jumbo made an emergency landing in singapore, after one of its four engines suffered a blowout. it was taking a flight to amsterdam with over 450 people on board, and that prompted the grounding by qantas of all the a380s. that does not affect san francisco. there are no a380s flying in and out of sfo. but again, another problem with an engine on a qantas plane. and no one was injured. the flight did return safely to singapore. a we get more information, we'll bring it to you. time now, 7:15. and new this morning, the highly-anticipated monthly unemployment report came out in the last hour. let's go to alison burns in our washington, d.c. newsroom with president obama's response. good morning, allison. >> reporter: good morning to you, dave. president obama is using this latest labor department report to reach out to the newly- elected republican congress saying he is open to any new idea to turn things around and boost job growth. for the third straight month, the unemployment rate is holding steady at 9.6%. employers added about 151,000 jobs, the most in five months. at the white house last hour, president obama touted the increase in hiring. but as he heads on his asia trip, he says he wants to do more to create jobs and open overseas markets to u.s. products. >> an encouraging jobs report doesn't make a difference if you're still one of the millions of people who are looking for work. and i won't be satisfied until everybody who is looking for a job can find one. >> reporter: as for who is hiring, healthcare, retail, food services, employment is up. manufacturing and government hiring has stayed about the same with a little bit of a dropoff in local government hiring. reporting live from washington, d.c., alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. i want to show you something that happened about 10 minutes ago. i want to show you president obama. he was boarding air force -- here he is right there. about 10 minutes ago. boarding air force one. he was followed by first lady michelle obama. they're beginning a 10-day trip to india, indonesia, south korea and japan. the president says a major goal of this trip is to open up business -- there's the first lady right there, walking up the steps with him. it is a major part of this trip to open up business opportunities for american companies in asia. now, at the president's first stop in mumbai, india, he will stay at the taj mahal pal as hotel. you remember that name. it was attacked by terrorists two years ago. very secure now. some officials are not happy that the president will be spending three days in india. but he will not be stopping in pakistan. it is 7:17 this morning. toyota announced its second quarter profits are four times higher than they were a year ago. the world's biggest automaker reported quarterly profits of $1.2 billion. that's despite being hurt by strong yen, compared to other currencies, and lingering worries from the massive recall of toyota earlier this year. keep an eye -- the stock of tesla. the palo alto based company gained yesterday. the gain came after panasonic's announcement that it is investing $30 million into tesla. right now, stocks are down about 2 1/2%. earlier this year, toyota also put $50 million into the tesla company. time now, 7:18. consumer advocates worry that pg&e may pass on the cost for the san bruno gasline explosion to their customers. the pg&e filed regulatory papers this week. they said the cost could top $1 billion. that includes up to $450 million to install automatic shutoff valves on the gas pipes and $150 million more for pipeline inspections. it also includes as much as $400 million in liability expenses for deaths, injuries, as well as property damage. meantime, pg&e's liability is growing. there's yet another lawsuit filed this week. 18 families, representing 52 individuals, are included in this particular lawsuit. it says that pg&e failed to take corrective and life-saving action to prevent the blast. and it is seeking unspecified damages. at least 30 families are now suing pg&e. some of them filed just days after that blast on september 9th. eight people were killed. 37 homes were destroyed. 7:19. 75 san francisco ballots that disappeared on election day were found. floating in the pond, at the palace of fine arts. the poll worker accused of taking the ballots is due in court today. 50-year-old carl nicholas faces three felony charges. but there's still no motive in the case. elections officials say it's still not clear whether the ballots will be counted. they were in a plastic bag. but they still got wet. this afternoon, we'll get an update on the status of the oakland mayor's race. the alameda registrar of voters will release the preliminary results of the ranked choice ratings at 4:00. in the first round of voting, don peratta took the lead with 35% of the vote. followed by jean quan and kaplan. oops but a -- but a winner cannot be declared until someone gets at least 50% of the votes. so they will release the new ratings, based on the second choice. scientists fear an after effect of the bp oil spill. they're still called blue jeans. but levis says it is creating a new brand that it says will be greener. good morning. it is a little slow in the south bay -- pardon me right now. traffic is going to be slow in some other areas as well. we'll run it down and have a complete traffic update minutes ahead. we're now hearing about an oil spill. federal scientists say they found dead and dying coral near the side of the blownout bp oil well, that spilled millions of barrels of oil into the gulf of mexico. the scientists say this photo shows a colony of dying coral, seven miles southwest of the oil head -- at the well head rather. and 4600 feet at the surface. they say they still need to run tests on the coral to determine exactly what caused it. a sunken tugboat leaked oil. this is a photo by the u.s. coast guard. they placed boons around the oil after receiving reports of the spill on the southeastern shore of winter island. it's unclear how much oil was spilled. but state game officials say so far, it appears no wildlife has been affected. levi straus is rolling out a new brand of jeans that it says will be greener. they say the average pair of jeans uses 42 liters of water to obtain what most people consider a good finish. that's the same as running a hose for an hour and 46 minutes. now, levi says it will use a different process that uses much less water. the line called "waterless" will be available after the first of the year. it is 7:24. we want to check in once again with sal and more breaking news. >> concord bay point. highway 4. i want to show you this right away. highway 4, there was a car fire on the side of the road. you can still see a little smoke coming from it. chp had temporarily stopped all traffic. this was at the bay point side of willow pass. you know, there are two willow pass road exits on highway 4. so if you're a highway 4 driver, please give yourself extra time. you'll see the fire crew. this car was blazing away. in fact, you can still kind of see some of that smoke. and i think some of the nearby brush caught on fire. so give yourself more time. you'll need it. let's move along and take a look at westbound bay bridge. 16 -- did i say 16? 15- to 20-minute delay, before you actually make it onto the bridge. and this morning, if you're driving on the peninsula, southbound 101. northbound 101 looking good. it's been pretty quiet there. if you're heading down to the north bay, it is pretty slow getting up to highway 17. happy friday. coast and bayside in the form of fog. the city last couple of days. there it is, speaking of. going from 78, the last couple of days in downtown san francisco. i went 65 today. you'll notice a pretty dramatic drop. a lot of the higher clouds inland will keep some humidity in the mix. so still warm. not as warm as yesterday. we had record highs. and the cooling pattern will take us into saturday. and looks like rain sunday. tm today, temperatures still above average. except san francisco. oakland airport, 72. that fog continues to increase. i may drop that a little bit. santa rosa, 70s. mountain view, 76. san jose, 77. not near records, but they are above average. 50s right now. had a let of 60s the last couple of days, due to these clouds and very warm conditions. 30s in the mountains. it will not be as hot in southern california. l.a. was hot yesterday. san diego was 100 degrees. just incredible heat. low spinning is diving toward central california. but that will continue to usher in cooler weather for us as we head to saturday. and sunday, that system coming out of the gulf of alaska brings rain. 60s, or low 70s. inland, those high clouds still mean upper 70s. we have a cooling trend on tap. rain, along with setting your clocks back for sunday. cool, breezy, blustery day monday. >> time now, 7:27. we're following breaking news this morning. an amtrak train, struck and killed a pedestrian in the east bay. you're looking at a live picture of where it happened. you can actually see some of the investigators on the track. ktvu's jade hernandez is ou