Making traffic very slow getting into San Francisco. Well tell you whats up there and how long before it goes. Reporter delays on caltrain. Why do they keep happening . The answer that transportation officials is giving may not sit well with commuters. New information on the mass shooting at the navy yard in washington, d. C. The sign of trouble two days before the deadly gunfire. A crash on the bay bridge. Causing a backup. Good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. Im tori campbell. Im dave clark. Lets go right to sal. Tell us about the bay bridge crash. Westbound as you get on one of the first San Francisco exits. Harrison and fremont right there. We have a live camera on it. This crash is blocking one of the middle lanes. You can see the traffic is getting around it but they are still trying to put the cars up into a tow truck. One of the cars is one of those really tiny cars that you have seen that you may have noticed. I think they call them smart cars. Its hard to tell what brand it is. The other car is a normal sized car. It doesnt matter because the middle lane has been blocked. Traffic is backed up across the bridge. When we go to the toll plaza, its almost at a standstill. No more room for traffic on the bridge. On the peninsula, northbound 101, theres a crash at sierra on the shoulder but traffic is backing up on nged 101. A good alternate, 280 northbound through south city and daly city on the way to San Francisco. Back to steve. Thank you, sir. We have mostly clear skies. A little band of high clouds. Wont matter to a hill of beans. Warmer today, breezy for some. Not like yesterday. Sunshine on the coast where its very cool. It will be cool again tomorrow morning. Clouds increase on friday. It looks like rain in the north bay on saturday. That band of high clouds shows up well. Were looking for mainly clear skies. 40s, 50s and 60s. Sunny, breezy today. Mainly north bay or out to the valley. 49, napa. But 52 san rafael. Santa rosa, 57. Theyve been fluctuating between upper 50s, low 60s. Oakland, 61. But 50s for other locations. Napa a little cool this morning, seeing some upper 40s. Napa, 48. 70 at noon for napa. Well go a high of 85. As long as the north wind holds. 27 in truckee with upper 30s in tahoe. Things are changing. It will be breezy, warmer today. Fog is not an issue. If there is fog, it will be wiped out fast. Highs today, 70s and 80s. Back to the desk. New this morning a freeway fire blocked traffic on highway 101. The fire started early this morning near sees cesar chavez in San Francisco. Tara moriarty joins us live where she spoke to the fire captain. Reporter an arson investigator was called out to the scene. The fire happened were on the back side where it happened, just through the grove of trees of the freeway is right there. Were next to a park as well where a bunch of Homeless People live. Authorities have already questioned some of them about what they saw around 1 30 this morning. Thats when flames broke out around 101 southbound before the cesar chavez offramp. Two engines responded. Crews were able to snuff out the flames within 15 minutes. Were very close to whats known as hospital curve. Its a very dangerous bend in the roadway. The chp had to shut down the southbound lanes while firefighters got the flames under control. We add foam to get some of the deepseeded fire and some of the chainsaws to break up the wood and the ivy burning deep. Reporter does it ignite pretty quickly . It seemed to take off a lot faster than i thought it would. We got it knocked out pretty good. Reporter the chp was allowing traffic through by 2 30 this morning. The backup lasted for a little while. Meanwhile, the fire under investigation. We heard that authorities detained someone close by on 25th and rhode island. But that person was later released. Were live in San Francisco, im tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. Thank you. And firefighters in San Mateo County are investigating an earlymorning house fire in pacifica. It started shortly after 3 00 this morning at a home on vegas court. Our news crew was on the scene a short time later. No one was hurt. But the flames damaged the garage. Fire investigators are still looking for the cause. Also new this morning, an elderly woman was transported to a hospital early this morning after a fire inside her san jose home. This is a picture from the Fire Department from the scene on tokey court. They tell us the curtains inside the home caught fire. The woman was woken up by a smoke alarm and had to be treated for smoke inhalation. The exact cause is still under investigation. 7 06. Now were hearing that the navy yard gunman went to a gun shop and shooting range two days before he carried out the assault that killed 12 people. Aaron alexis bought the gun in Northern Virginia on saturday. He also reportedly did some target practice there with an assault rifle. Coming up at 7 15, well bring you a live report from washington, d. C. On the continuing search for the motive. The People Killed in the newton the parents of those killed in the newton Connecticut School are frustrated that congress has not passed tougher gun control laws. They will be holding a News Conference in two hours from now. Their trip to washington was planned before the navy yard massacre. If the navy yard gunman had been in california, he might not have been able to buy a gun. State senator mark leno says california has a database that crossreferences firearm purchases and people with a history of Mental Illness or domestic violence. If you have had interaction with Law Enforcement as a result of a Mental Illness, you will be in the computer system. He also says the system identifies people who are already gun owners but who later become ineligible to own a gun. But he says theres a backlog in finding the people and taking away the guns. On ktvu you will find more information on your home page under hot topics. Delays on caltrain, they are becoming more of a problem. Some riders say they happen literally every day. Janine de la vega joining us live in san jose to explain what is going on and why a permanent fix may not happen for years. Janine . Reporter dave, caltrain is operating old trains and commuters i spoke to say that its pretty evident one man even told me that his friends used to take caltrain from san jose here to San Francisco for work. But they ended up finding jobs down here in the south bay to avoid using caltrain because delays were getting so bad. Caltrain told the examiner it has an aging fleet and 25 of the locomotive diesel engines are 25 yearsing old. Theres a plan to become electric. But that wont happen until 2019. A caltrain spokeswoman said it doesnt make Financial Sense to upgrade the trains because of that. So commuters are forced to deal with waiting. Stopping in the middle of the night is not good. I had to wait one time coming home in san mateo for two hours because the train broke down. We had to wait for another train to pick us up. The train breaks down, you have to deal with it. Reporter you still ride . Yes. The amount of money i save instead of driving to the city makes it worth it to me personally. Reporter so far this week, numerous trains throughout the bay area have been delayed because of mechanical problems. Caltrain Officials SayGoing Forward they will focus on maintaining the aging trains but wont add more staff or inspections. Were waiting to get more answers. When we do, well bring it to you. Janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. Well, today a San Francisco federal Appeals Court will debate whether a potential juror who is gay can be kicked off a jury over an a. I. D. S. Drug. The sprowrt court for removing perspective jurors on their age and gender but theyve never fuel ruled sexual orientation. They removed the juror because they say he knew about the drug, lost a friend of a. I. D. S. And worked in the courts. A controversial decision by san leandro officials is causing a controversy in the city and on the internet. The Council Voted 43 to raise the flag of china at city hall on october 1st. Marking the formation of the sovereign state by communists. Supporters say the resolution backs the citys growing chinese population and the citys willingness to deal with chinese businesses. But critics, though, including the liberal group moveon. Org say san leandro should stand up to chinas human right abuses. People have signed an online petition. Happening today, apples 7 will be released. Its described as the biggest change to the iphone since it was introduced in 2007. Analysts are on edge waiting to see if the software change will make more people want to buy this or whether it will frustrate existing users. It will be available sometime today. The phones, those new phones go on sale this friday. Two days. All right. 7 11. Six burglaries in one night. All within a block and a half in san mateo. The big clue police hope will lead to an arrest. Chronic absenteeism. Its not drivers that are missing on the job but another Important Group of workers. Traffic is still pretty slow on the bay bridge, also on other commutes as we look at the Traffic Accident thats still there blocking one of the lanes. Skies are mostly clear. Thats not stopping some lows on the coast. It will be warmer today. Well explain. 7 14. New this morning. According to a russian diplomat, syria is turning over evidence that a chemical weapons attack was carried out by rebels. A recent yuns report confirm yuns report confirmed the United Nations report confirmed this but did not say which side used them. A foreign minister said the evidence points to the rebels but russia has not made any final conclusions. Hes expected to meet with bashar assad later today. A new report estimates nearly half of the fighting in syria are hardcore islamists, many afilled with al qaeda. A dash the groups sim the group sympathetic with al qaeda appears to be growing. Theres 1,000 different rebel groups. The fbi still asking the public for information about the gunman in the Navy Yard Shooting in washington, d. C. Our reporter Emily Schmidt is live in washington, d. C. Now with the latest on the search for a motive. Emily . Reporter dave, how do you get to information to find out more about what aaron alexis was thinking . Well, some of the ways they do it, forensic evidence, looking at whats available. A senior Law Enforcement official says they use surveillance tape to be able to track alexis going in and out of the bathroom with a bag. They think in the bathroom is where he put together the shot gun that he used, as it came out intact. They talk to people who knew him. In fact, his mother is talking to the media any moment now. Were hoping what she says, along with the other pregnants of information fragments of information, help us piece together what happened. We have the report on the fourth floor, a male with a gun. Multiple shots fired. Multiple people down. Reporter when kathy gaardes husband heard the first reports of shots, he thought surely she was okay. And then came hours of silence. The later it got, the more desperate i got. It wasnt until later, i got a call from one of my wifes coworkers who said they talked to some of their coworkers and kathy was one of the hit. Reporter the 62yearold was one of 12 People Killed by gunman, aaron alexis, a former Navy Reservist who had a pattern of misconduct. He left the navy with Honorable Discharge but kept his secret clearance. Looking at the navy, he was in uniform. None of that would give you an indication that he was capable of this violence. Reporter a Rhode Island Police report indicates just last month he told officers he heard voices in his head. Officials say alexis came to washington in august, staying in hotels where one person says she saw his demeanor change last week. Tuesday engaging, present connected. Wednesday, hurrying, appearing stress. Reporter the shooting has prompted renewed calls for stricter gun control laws and for reevaluating security at military installations. In the end they say what was the motive of the shooter . And despite all of the evidence they are gathering, they just dont have an answer. All right. Emily schmidt, live from washington. Thank you. 7 17. At least six bodies have been pulled from a lake in oklahoma and this may help solve a 40 year old mystery. The remains were found yesterday in two old cars pulled out of foss lake. The police were found as police were testing a new sonar device. Investigators think the cars may be tied to a missing persons case or cases. The names have still not been released. An audit by the San Francisco city controller has uncovered a number of problems with munis driving program. Todays chronicle reports muni is short 100 drivers because the agency did not hire enough recruits. The audit shows that Training Classes are canceled because the instructors are absent and theyve not driven a bus in years. Another audit shows a driver fell asleep with a rookie at the wheel. Taxi dispatchers must improve their service or risk losing tler permits. Yesterday, the city designed a system to make taxis more reliable and meet customers expectations. Every dispatch service must complete 250 requests for taxis each day. That number will double by 2015. The San Francisco examine inner reports examiner reports dispatchers who dont hit those numbers may have their permits revoked. Sal, we still have a problem on the bridge . Its on the western span of the bay bridge. Its gone. Its clear. The problem on the eastern span, dave and tori, is the slow traffic. I want to show you the traffic on that deck is slow. But the crash was on the western side near harrison street exit. Thats been removed. But traffic is moving along slowly at the toll plaza as well. Its backed up for a 30 to 40 minute delay before you make it onto the bridge unless you are using the carpool lane. Some people are bailing on this commute. You might want to think about using public transportation. Lets talk about other commutes now. Were gonna look at the east bay and traffic here is moving along slowly on 880 southbound, from 238 to union city. South bay commute, the slowest traffic is on 280. Its very slow up into the valley. We talked about b. A. R. T. And caltrain having no delays. Muni has outbound delays. Lets go to steve. Thank you, sal. Mostly clear. A few high clouds. Earlier this morning. I think this was at 5 00 a. M. , i tweeted out an art kearl from the kron article from the chronicle. Tweeting out signs of an earlier and colder season. A lot of signs pointing towards it. Well see what happens. I tend to agree with tom. But i think there have been a lot of signs, especially the acorn. Its been falling since mid august or Something Like that. There are some hints. We have gone since january without rain. Wont get any today. It will be sunny and nice on the coast. Were looking for very cool slows for some. But much warmer temperatures later on. Well get the northerly breeze. Sfo was up to 50 miles an hour yesterday at about 4 00. San francisco starting off a little cool but not that bad especially along the san mateo coast. Well go for a high of 72 in San Francisco. Looks good. 30 in tahoe. Bits in truckee. 25 in two bits in truck e. Ee. Walnut creek dips in at 49. I think the north bay is more in line than anybody else. We have a lot of sunshine today. Looks good. Coast, bay inland. Right there. This is the system for saturday. It will bring rain to the north bay. Sunny, brie city, warmer. Sunny for all, everybody. Everybody. Coast, bay, inland. 80s. This is the time of year where the temperatures are close. Sonoma 84. Stinson beach, 86. 85 pittsburg. 74 berkeley. Oakland, 75. 79 san jose. 80s for many, including san jose. Cupertino, 79. 60s on the coast. Half moon bay, 46 degrees. Menlo park, 79 and redwood city at 82. Mostly sunny and warm again on thursday. Clouding up on friday, especially friday night. Saturday looks like some rain and a cool, breezy, sunny day on sunday. 7 22. Once again, a child gets caught in the middle of a gun battle in the streets of oakland. Well hear from one neighbor who rushed to help the injured child. Caught on video, a man dangling out the window of his burning apartment. What happened in the frantic efforts to save his life. For a store near you go to benjaminmoore. Com bayarea. For a store near you go to benjaminmoore. Com bayarea. Welcome back. Happening right now, the House Foreign Affairs committee is holding a hearing about the terrorist attack on the u. S. Consulate in benghazi, libya. Were in the hearing room now. These are live pictures from the hearing. Republicans on the Committee Want to know why more Top State Department administrators havent been punished for not providing enough security at the consulate. As you know, four americans, including ambassador Chris Stevens died in the attack. 7 25, the u. S. Will seize a new york skyscraper with ties to the iranian government. The 36story building is located near rockefeller center. A federal judge cleared the way to take over control of the building. It will be the largest ever terrorismrelated forfeiture. The buildings owners laundered money and is a front for tehran. This is a dramatic rescue in new york city. You can see the man dangling from the window ledge unable to reach the fire escape. The flames and smoke is getting thicker. He cant hold on much longer and rescuer walked across and led him to safety. Witnesses say the man looks desperate enough to jump. They were yelling at him to hold on until help arrived. Lets tough to tel