Aids is going to lose. Aids is going to lose. Reporter a woman riding her bike along this street in berkeley is shot to death overnight. Well tell you what Berkeley Police are doing this morning to try to track down her killer. Four people are wounded in latenight gunfire near oaklands lake merritt. We have new information on the condition of the victim. Its another stormy morning commute in the bay area. Heavy traffic in richmond and berkeley. What you need to know before you hit the highway. Reporter and the latest storm is hitting the bay area as we speak. Well tell you how businesses, residents and commuters are preparing, as mornings on 2 starts right now. Well, good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. Im dave clark. Good morning. Im tori campbell. Its wednesday, december 5th. In the pouring rain, berkeley crime technicians spent the night collecting schools in a Fatal Shooting outside of a school. Alex savidge is live where a woman riding her bicycle was gunned down there. Alex . Reporter good morning. The woman was likely in her late 40s and early 50s. So far shes not been identified. She was riding her bike along this stretch of sacramento street late last night when she was shot to death. The circumstances before that shooting still unclear for Berkeley Police. This shooting happened right now next door to the yard here at longfellow middle school. This street was blocked off for several hours early this morning as investigators gathered evidence out here. Just a few hours ago, the coroner came in and took away the womans body. Berkeley police got this call around 11 30 last night 911 calls came in. A lieutenant described this as a seemingly innocuous call, except when officers arrived, they saw the woman was shot. She was pronounced dead on the scene. Investigators are looking for witnesses and leads. But the lieutenant says its too early to say to say what a motive is. Again, investigators at this point, dont have a lot to go on. They dont really know what lead up to the led up to the shooting. Police at this point dont have any information, a description. This was berkeleys fourth homicide of the year so far. Live in morning in berkeley, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you, alex. A man walking to a liquor store was among four people shot near oaklands lake merritt. Investigators recovered dozens of shell casings at two separate crime scenes. At 10 30, officers were called to east 18th street. Three people in their 20s have been shot there. Two men and a woman. Meanwhile, a stray bullet had wounded an apparent innocent bystander, heading to a liquor store a few blocks away. All of the victims are recovering in the hospital this morning. Coming up at 7 30 a live report on what kind of Weapons Police think were used in this attack. 7 03. Grab an umbrella. We have rain. More of it moving into the bay area, coming down pretty good causing problems all over the bay area. Ktvus brian flores is live near larkspur right there. I can see youre wet. Coming down pretty good. Reporter yeah, probably about a couple of minutes ago, dave, the rain started pouring pretty good here. Yeah, but steves been talking about it all morning. Were not expecting huge rain amounts from this storm but the ground is saturated from the storms and some commuters and residents are not taking any chances. We talked by a lumber company in mill valley. Owners and employees putting sandbags there and keeping them there because of the rain. This store was flooded past sunday. Storeowners tell us after this incident over this past weekend with the recent storms that they just didnt want to take any chances. Worried about tomorrow morning . Hopefully, it will be not that bad. Reporter we did drive by the store early this morning and it looks like the sand bags are working right there right now. The rain is continuing to pour down here and hopefully the sand bags will prevent any flooding here. On a side note as we take a look at i think the biggest concern is the roadways. Taras been talking about it all morning. There were three accidents on the 80. If you are heading out this morning, take it easy on the roadways and slow down. Back to you. Were gonna continue our Team Coverage. We have tara in our Traffic Center. Youve been busy. You are watching richmond, berkeley and everything. Thats right. We have a lot of rain. We have a slew of accidents that happened. Ate 0 westbound. Some them have cleared but the repercussions can be felt. If we take a live look at the east shore freeway. This is a look at the macarthur maze. And the east shore on the far righthand side of your screen, those are folks headed to the bay bridge toll plaza. Normally it doesnt get this backed you. So definitely give yourself extra time. 280, we have slow going traffic northbound as you make your to santa clara and 280 in san jose, a different shot near ray street. Traffic is slow on the right hand side there, northbound as you drive towards San Francisco. 7 06. Heres steve. All right, tara. For some to the north, things have calmed down. For others its pouring. Some reports anywhere from tiburon, pacifica, San Francisco, the Marina District, danville hills, belmont to san jose and Mountain View and theres a window. Some of the totals, about a. 50 to 1. 50. Right over the Marina District about 15 minutes ago. It was pouring. Looks like things have let up. Moderate to heavy rain. Some moderate to heavy rain there over towards emeryville, the bay bridge, berkeley, oakland. You can see the red. Thats pretty heavy. Coming in right back to the east bay. You can see stretching there from concord, san ramon, 680 corridor, dublin, pleasanton, livermore, back to san ramon, pretty good line also from heyed hayward. Back to the peninsula, theres been enhancement, especially san mateo, belmont, woodside. Right along the san mateo coast near skyline, now stretching to the Santa Cruz Mountains. South coast, woodstock, you can see Mountain View head heading up and just getting to san jose. Things are not look things are not as active there but they are getting there soon. You can see the Santa Cruz Mountains. That whole line is moving. So forestville 1. 30. San francisco,. 75. I think about half of that fell in about an hour and a half. Petaluma about. 50. Pretty good band of moisture but it is moving onshore right now. So i think pie noon, things will let up. Cloudy, rain, some fog. Heavy rain for some. Drizzle for others. 60s on the temperatures. Unbelievably mild out there and this is the last in the series. The pattern will change. Fog will be a huge issue thursday and friday, nights an morning looks good for the weekend, though. Tori and dave . Thank you, steve. New this morning citigroup says it will cut thousands of jobs but its not saying when it will take action. The bank does say 11,000 jobs will be eliminated and it plans to close some of the branches. No specifics have been released on which branches will be impacted. But citi says the changes will help save money this year and more in 2013. President obama is expected to announce his nominees for secretary of defense and secretary of state. Thats according to white house sources. Reportedly, former republican senator, chuck hagel is on the short list for secretary of defense to replace leon panetta who is stepping down. Another top contender, john kerry. But the president is also considering to replace Hillary Clinton with john considerry. Susan rice for the united nations, she is still facing opposition because of statements she made about the libyan attack. President obama is meeting with two different groups today. Both have concerns about the fiscal cliff crisis. He will lead with the ceos of Business Leaders and then later, he will meet with native American Tribal leaders. The one issue where hes refusing to budge in fiscal cliff issues. The voters passed prop 30, which raises taxes on people who earn more than 250,000 a year. It also increases the sales tax. Well, the ucla and der son forecast says because of prop 30 Anderson Forecast says because of prop 30, unemployment will not improve as fast and personal income will be less than expected. But economists say california is still on track for Economic Growth and more jobs. Well, sheriffs in Solano County want your help. They are trying to catch vandals who damaged a home known for its holiday displays. Every year, bob and linda taylor transform their home in vallejo on glencove road into a christmas wonderland. But this year, someone ripped down some of their lights and dragged them in the streets and they were run over. The taylors say the lights can be fixed an santa claus will still come. Another example of a grinch on the loose. What happened at a local Christmas Tree lot run by boy scouts. Im gonna go ahead and announcement my retirement. Katt williams calls it quits. The latest incident that prompted that announcement. . F< did you get chips for the party . Nope. Cheese plate . Cheese plate. Nope. I made something better. You used the oven . Boom [ male announcer ] pillsbury crescents. Let the making begin. Heres a better idea. Pillsbury grands flaky layers biscuits in just 15 minutes the light delicate layers add a layer of warmth to your next dinner. Pillsbury grands biscuits let the making begin. Cloudy to the north, very heavy rain from about San Francisco to alameda and oakland. You can see on the peninsula, highway 1 stretching to the east bay, heading south. Well take a closer look at it coming up very, very soon. Its 7 14. Police are searching for thieves who stole 1,000 worth of holiday items from a christmas lot run by boy scouts. Workers say they discovered the items missing friday when they opened the lot on morago avenue in piedmont. About 20 wreaths were stolen along with garland, stools and a heater used by scouts and their parents. These items provide about 20 of the boy scouts budget. And a thief near san diego made off with a Salvation Army red kettle and all of the cash that was inside it. Escondido police say the bell ringer stepped away from the kettle to help someone and the thief made away with the money inside it. The several donations are already low while request for assistance are is running high. While the fiscal cliff is getting close, president obama is getting tough, digging in his heels. He says the wealthiest americans must way higher taxes. Alison . Reporter thats. House democrats are echoing the president s demand in the past halfhour. Nancy pelosi renewed her call for an immediate house vote on a bill that would extend current tax rates or the for the middle school and increase tax increases for the wealthiest, 2 of the americans. If the republicans agree to bringing up the middle income tax cut, which i hope they will, that will be a victory for the american people. Thats why were here. And the cliff, which is becoming more of a slope, if they do that. Reporter john boehner met with house republicans. Hes about to hold a news conference. He will be speaking in a few minutes. Hes facing a potential revolt within his party if he caves to the pressure from the president and lets the tax rates go up. President obama is meeting with Business Leaders about all of this right now and we expect to hear with him from him within the hour. Alison burns, ktvu channel 2 news. 7 16. Florida republican senator marco rubio said republicans should take a strong stand against president obamas plan to raise taxes on upper income americans. Last night, he was honored with the jack kemp Leadership Awards and rubio said hes against the president s plan because he says it will hurt businesses and workers. [ applause ] this isnt about a pledge. It isnt about protecting millionaires and billionaires. For me, its about the fact that tax the tax increases he wants would fail to make a small dent in the debt but it would hurt middleclass businesses and the people who work for them. Also, paul ryan was there. He delivered the keynote speech. He was last years winner of the kemp leadership award. Controversial Comedian Katt Williams says hes done. Hes quitting standup comedy after another runin with the law. Im just gonna go ahead and announce my retirement from standup. Im kind of done. Williams made the announcement outside of a Seattle Hotel monday night after being kicked out. On sunday, he was taken to jail accused of fighting inside a seattle bar. Its the latest in a string of highly publicized incident. His tour in oakland was cut short after a meltdown. Hes accused of leading police on a chase in downtown sacramento. It appears that Oprah Winfrey is no longer the worlds richest black woman. Oprahs net worth is estimated at 2. 7 billion. Thats according to forbes but nigerian oil typhoon, this woman, is worth an estimated billion 3. 2 billion. Thats according to venture africa magazine. She applied for an Oil Prospecting license in 1993. But she hit it big in 2000 when her Business Partners discovered her land contained more than a billion barrels of oil. 7 18. Fremont Police Searching for a suspect blamed for several robberies. A felony arrest warrant is issued for 18yearold cane brazil accused of robberies in burling game and also at a burlingame and also at a auto mall. Hes described as a light skinned, 18yearold man, about 53, 180 pounds and he has black hair. He may be living in oakland or benicia. A man accused of stealing a lamborghini and a shooting is expected to be in court this morning. Hes accused of shooting at a couple last april and stealing a lamborghini belonging to celebrity chef guy fieri last year. 7 19. A vote on the fate of four contra costa counties comes next year. Voters rejected a parcel tax that would have raised money for the fire stations. The stations are in martinez, la fayette, la fayette and clayton walnut creek and clayton. A Los Angeles Area firehouse is under fire this morning for letting an exercise company shoot a rather raycy video inside the station. The video shows a scantily clad woman dancing around with a hulahoop inside a fire station in venice. Fire officials are investigating why the station allowed the filming. The station was in trouble last year for allowing fire trucks to be used in a porn movie. 7 20. Well, mark your calendar if you love music. Organizers of the lands festival Just Announced the dates for next year. Thats stevie wonder. 2013 festival will be held august 9th through august 11th at Golden Gate Park. Organizers have not told us yet who will be performing next year. Last years headliners including stevie wonder, neil young. Also meatal law. Big show also, metallica. Big show out there. 7 21. We continue our stormwatch coverage. Meteorologist, steve paulson, is tracking the storm. He will tell us which parts of the bay area will get the most rain. Hes coming back. Scutaro he has a new deal. Well tell you what it took to resign him. And here is a live look at 280 at the 880 split. We have a lot of accidents in San Francisco. We will tell you about them coming up. ino fire crews in merced, still investigating last nights ammonia leak at a Food Processing plant. It happened at the dole frozen plant near atwater. An explosion released about 100,000 gallons of ammonia last night. Merced county deputies evacuated several nearby homes as a precaution. But everyone was allowed to go back home. It is 7 24. The world series champion San Francisco giants are welcoming the return of mark co scutaro. He agreed to a threedeal, 20 million contract. He was the mvp in the National League series championship. And he smacked the winning hit, game 4 of the world series, leading to the sweep. The giants originally offered a twoyear deal but when another team wanted to sign him, the giants guaranteed a third year. All right. 7 24. Watching the traffic this morning, the roads are wet. You have to be careful drive, everywhere, tara. Definitely, its really the storm that wreaked havoc on San Francisco. We have so many accidents to tell you about. It will be a little confusing here on the maps. We have a lane blocked here. 280 southbound at john daly. Another one at hickey boulevard. Look at this stuff. Right lane blocked at the embarcadero northbound second street. We have another lane blocked, 280. And this area, thats flooding at paul avenue. So this whole section here. Pretty much a nightmare. Try to avoid it. If you can take some surface streets. Both 280 and 101 completely congested. Up next, a look at the east shore freeway, weve not had much luck here either. Traffic extending from pinole to berkeley. Right here it starts to get better but still some backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. Those metering lies are on. Down in the south bay, 237, him pete tis, you can see westbound traffic there as you make your way towards sunnyvale. Also slow going. 7 25. Lets check in with steve. Thank you, tara. The twitter nation alive and well with the reports this morning. Spweather, by the way. Sheets of rain, woodside. Heavy rain moving into kings mountain, letting up to the north bay. I will show you in a second. Theres been heavy rain in San Francisco. Ive had a couple of reports from pacifica to sausalito that it is getting letting up a little bit. Looks like the line is moving east to south. El cerrito, pretty heavy rain there. Not much in the north bay. Things are calming down there. You can see a line from la fayette. Peggy said pouring in la fayette as well. Also over to san ramon danville, 680, 580 corridor at the dublin livermore split. Heavy rain from south San Francisco to peninsula, san mateo, woodside, su