When he will be buried. Mornings on 2 starts now. Good morning. These are live pictures from almaden boulevard and san carlos streets in san jose. This is the scene of an accident involving a police car and another vehicle. You see those two cars right there at the center of your screen with some serious damage involved. We brought you this breaking news about 30 minutes ago. Well have a live update from the scene, coming up. Im tori campbell. Im brian flores. Dave is off today. Lets get a quick look at weather and traffic. Rosemary is in for steve. I hope people are bringing their jacket. Its cold. Another chilly day in store. The big concern, this hour, the freeze warning. Some of our coldest temperatures of the morning Still Holding on. We have 20s and 30s with that freeze warning until 9 00 for the entire bay area with the exception of San Francisco. Low 20, fairfield, napa, 29 walnut creek, 29 in livermore. Mid to upper 30s at the bay to about 40 in San Francisco. Half moon bay, 32. Received a tweet from pacifica, 33 there. And the heat is on as we get into the north bay, widespread 20s, hillsborough, calistoga, petaluma. You know the drill. Bring along the winter coat, dress the little ones, bundle them up. We have another cool day in store. And then big changes coming our way. This system will bring us rain tonight and by tomorrow, snow to the local hills, definitely a possibility. Upper 40s today, to low 50s. The rain moving in tonight. I have a lime tine for time line for you coming up. Good morning sal. Good morning. We have slow traffic in some of these areas. Well have a live report from almaden, the reporter is on the sceent. Other things are going on, including an earlier crash at the bay bridge toll plaza, westbound. It was there in one of the lanes. They had the paramedics show up. Its not causing a huge delay. Theres already a delay at the toll plaza. Its not as bad as it would be on a wednesday. The traffic is moving along nicely. If you are driving in san jose, 101 is slow. 7 03. Back to the desk. We begin with breaking news from san jose. Its where a San Jose Police car has been involved in a serious crash. And officers have shut down the busy intersection of almaden boulevard and west san carlos street. Janine de la vega arrived on the scene just a few minutes ago. She joins us live. Janine, what have you learned . Reporter police are not tell are now telling us this intersection will be closed for an hour or two while they investigate. You can see that a police car has been involved in a crash, the northbound lanes of alma done are closed. The eastbound lanes of san carlos are closed for about a block area. What were learning here is that at about 5 45, the police car was stopped and almaden at san carlos, when another car, a cadillac, was traveling at a high rate of speed and then crashed into the back of that police car. At some point, were hearing that the driver of that car tried to get away and it was a Security Guard who was working nearby in this downtown area that was able to catch him, apprehend him and wait until other officers arrived. I asked a Police Sergeant why wasnt the actual driver of the police car that got hit able to do that and she said,ing you know, he must she said, you know, he must have been in knock. Were unsure how bad his injuries are. He and the other driver were taken to the hospital. They are being treated for injuries. Nonlifethreatening. A little more information about the officer. Were told hes a 13year veteran with the department. The driver, were not sure why he was trying to get away from police. I asked if it was a stolen car. They didnt think so. The spokeswoman for the Police Department wasnt able to tell me that. But she wasnt sure. Well definitely follow up on that. They are still investigating this and they are unsure if alcohol is gonna play a factor in the crash. Were live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. All right. Thank you. Happening now thousands of people are in the dark and in the cold in benicia because of a major power outage. Ktvus Claudine Wong joins us live to tell us when some people could get the power back and the possible cause for the outage. Claudine . Reporter good morning. We got an update from pg e a couple of minutes ago, telling us all about 2300 folks have been restored. That means they have their power back on. This outage affected more than 4100 people including all of the folks here at the South Hampton shopping center. And this is huckleberrys a restaurant. These are the regulars who come here every day for coffee. Danielle, you usually open up for them. How long have you been waiting in this parking lot to see if you can open up . About 6 25. A little more than half an hour. Reporter this update i got from pg e says maybe not until noon. What does that mean . We probably wont be opening until noon or 1 00. Reporter what are you guys gonna do . You want coffee. Right. Im leaving. Im getting coffee somewhere. Reporter somewhere. Will you come back here tomorrow . Absolutely. Reporter when you drove up, you guys came with just Wishful Thinking and optimism my house was already off. Reporter you were in the dark . Just before 3 00. Reporter you thought, ill come down and get warm. I hoped so [laughter] reporter and then i didnt realize the whole place was off. I cant have coffee at home. Reporter what are you gonna to . Everyone patient out here . Im patient. I live right up the hill. Right up the hill and my power is on. Sounds like plan b. Reporter plan b. Its a good crowd. They will be back tomorrow. At this point, they are thinking maybe an underground cable is responsible. Theres the owner right now. He says this is a problem, obviously, when you talk about economics. 8 00 is usually the busiest time. Not really what happening about whats happening now. Theres nothing they can do but wait. Heres gonna check how this is gonna affect the middle school. Were hearing they might be without power as well e well give you as well. Well give you an update. It was a watery mess overnight in mrsz after a water main break sent water rushing through a neighborhood. Take a look at that. It all happened at 9 30 on martinez avenue near pacheco boulevard. Crews say the cold weather and shifting ground caused the break. The water went into the garage of one home and rushed through two businesses. At one point disrupted business to 50 homes. Service was restored for about two hours. It took all night to make the repairs. This is new video that we shot before 3 30 as crews were making the scene and patching the street. They also put sand down on a twoblock stretch. All morning, rosemary has been mentioning a freeze warning will expire across the bay area at 9 00 a. M. One of the coldest places, napa. Overnight temperatures dipped in the 20s. While we hear, supposed pipes need exposed pipes need insulation during the winter, sprinklers are plumbing leaks. Plumbers have been responding to calls due to frozen lines. You should listen for that noise of water flow. Turn off all of the tv and noise. Hardware stores are seeingage increase in insulation sales. The possibility of the snow has moved a pearl harbor ceremony off mt. Diablo into concord. Organizers say the conditions will make travel to the summit hazardous. The ceremony will now take place at the oak room at the library at cal state east bay in concord. The restored mountaintop beacon will light up tomorrow night but insteaded of pearl harbor survivors flipping the switch, park rangers will get the cue. This was supposed to be the first year of the event since the beacon was restored. A winter blast is pounding a good part of the u. S. Today. Coming up in less than seven minutes, well go live to one of the hardesthit areas today, dallas, texas. The chp is investigating a hitandrun crash in the north bay that left a passenger crapped and injured. The accident happened on warm springs road near wolf run in santa rosa last night. The chp says the driver, 24 yearold john holly, was going too fast and could not make the turn. He crossed the other lanes of traffic, hit a tree and took off running. The chp says this girlfriend was left his girlfriend was left trapped in the car and was taken to the hospital and treated for her injuries. Dianne feinstein is pushing to keep a deadline for installing new technology on trains that she says would prevent crashes like the one in new york over the weekend that killed four people. Senator feinstein introduced legislation back in 2008 that requires all trains to have whats called positive train control installed by december 31st, 2015. The technology automatically slows down or stops trains if engineers exexceed spi. Es or are on a collision course with another train , seeds the speed limit or are exceed the speed limit or on a collision course with another train. Were learning more about the Funeral Plans for Nelson Mandela and why he will be buried far away from south africas cap capital. Traffic will be slow like places on 80. Bundle up. Its a freezing start, once again, but the sun is now up. We will begin to thaw out. I will have a look at your time line for friday and what changes are coming our way. More on that coming up. 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President obama is expected to travel there for the service. Well, Nelson Mandela certainly had strong ties to the bay area. Nelson mandela has always said the movement by uc Berkeley Students back in 1986 calling on the University System to divest 2. 5 million from the government was a crucial step in ending apartheid. Nancy skinner, recalls the visit mandela paid to the bay area shortly after being released from prison in 1990. He came back to the east bay, to the Oakland Coliseum to thank the hundreds, thousands of people that had been there, americans in solidarity with south africa trying to get that regime done. An estimated 58,000 people turned out to see mandela at the Oakland Coliseum that day. 7 15. The bay area is dealing with colder than normal temperatures, the central u. S. Is in a deep freeze. In fact, there are weather alerts from michigan to illinois, even down to oklahoma and texas. Our reporter is live in dallas where its blanketed with snow this morning. Kind of an unusual site for dallas. Reporter good morning, tori. This ice storm is hitting hard from here in texas all the way to tennessee. Let me show you what people woke up to in dallas. Look at this table and chair in the park. This is completely iced over. Everything from the bushes to the branches. Everything frozen in place. Even worse, this isnt anticipated to clear up any time soon. This could last throughout the weekend. An arctic blast is bringing ice, snow and bitter cold to the center of the country. To the south, snow, sleet and treacherous drive drive driving conditions. To the north, below zero temperatures. Oklahoma and arkansas are under a state of emergency. If you dont have to get out, dont. Reporter thats the advice from texas. Schools are closed in dallas and other cities and the list of cancellations at the airport is glowing. Emergency officials in oklahoma say most of the roads are slick. Go slowly, watch out for the person in front of you. Make sure you are ready for the road conditions. Reporter the state has activated an Emergency Operations center to help people affected by the bad weather. At least three dozen people have been injured. In arkansas, the roads are blamed for a sevencar pileup. No one was seriously injured. On thursday, the stores were filled with people stocking up before the storm. Milk, bread, potatoes. Something quick for a hot meal. Reporter a man in arkansas was killed when a tree fell down on his camper. Here in the dallas area, there are nearly 200,000 people already without power. The number is expected to rise. Tori, back to you. Thank you. And check regularly for weather updates at ktvu. Com including alerts and warnings. There are also forecasts for your neighborhood and well post information on your facebook and twitter. 7 18. Bay area startup 23 and me has announced its going to stop selling its dna testing kits. The company made the announcement last night. It comes after an order by the fda last month. The kits launched more than five years ago and claimed to tell customers if they are at risk of more than 250 diseases. Customers who bought the kits since the fda order came out last month they will now be eligible for refunds. A new study says eating healthy might actually be cheaper than you think. Researchers at Harvard University say eating healthy only costs about 1. 50 for a day. Thats about 550 more a year. Researchers compared the price of fruits, vegetables and fish with the prices of processed foods, grains an meats. Caltrains holiday train making a return this weekend. Want to go to new video of the train which is getting ready for the public debut tomorrow. The train is decorated with 60,000 lights and will stop at nine stations between San Francisco and santa clara. The train begins the journey in San Francisco at 4 00 on both tomorrow and sunday. Awesome. Yes. 7 19. Want to check in with sal right now, see how things are moving on this friday morning. Were getting some wear and tear on some of the roads. Thats for sure. Lets take a look at what we have with the morning commute on highway 4, its better now than it was. One of the things that weve noticed is that the traffic is going to be a little bit slow as you drive through the Construction Zone in antioch and pittsburg but it looks good as you are driving through the baypoint area. Thats not a bad commute. Also looking at the drive at the bay bridge toll plaza, we had an earlier crash, blocking some of the lanes. Its a little bit heavier than normal for a friday. 20minute delay. No problems. No problems on 24 getting through the caldecott tunnel. We still have the Police Activity here at the corner of almaden and san carlos. Its a good area to avoid. You might want to think about using other routes. Our reporter ktvus janine de la vega is there and shes finding out more information about that. Lets go to rosemary. This morning, cold and dry. By tonight, cold and wet. Im already beginning to see the subtle changes coming our way. High clouds overhead, over parts of the east bay. The wind pattern beginning to shift a little bit. And let me introduce you to the storm thats going to bring us some rain, maybe snow to the local hills. Sits off the coast of washington as we move through the afternoon today. Increasing clouds coming our way. By tonight, the possibility of scattered showers. Here we are at 3 00 this afternoon. Notice the increase in clouds, already beginning to see the onset of these clouds. Im seeing some along the coastline and stretched across the bay. Well be partly cloudy for your friday. By the evening hours, perhaps even clipping the evening dry. This stops right about 7 00. Scattered showers in the forecast as early as 7 00 this evening. The heaviest rain is expected to fall in the overnight hours. Now were wake dashing up tomorrow morning now were waking up tomorrow morning. Decent snow for the sierra, 1 to 2 feet above 7,000 feet. This is a cold system. Snow down in the sierra foothills, snow down to 2,000 feet for other local hills as well. There a Winter Weather advisory starts tonight, lasts through tomorrow morning. Snow levels down to 2,000 feet. The advisory is for 2500 feet and above. East bay hills, Santa Cruz Mountains could pick up anywhere from 4 to 6 inches. Well see anywhere from. 25 to. 050. Right now at this hour, mostly cold. 24 in napa. Freeze warning expires at 9 00. For your afternoon today, temperatures will remain on the cool side. Well continue to see temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s force the second half of the afternoon. Bay area weekend always in view. That rain clears out and were left with dry, cold conditions, once again. Back to the desk. All right. Thank you. Coming up, a new plan to raise the cost of riding b. A. R. T. This proposal allows where and when you get on a train. Christmas comes early for the San FranciscoPolice Department. How a holiday gift will help officers save lives in some of the citys low income neighborhoods. This Morning Police in vallejo are searching for the gunmen responsible for a deadly shooting. It happens yesterday afternoon near chelsey court. Newschopper2 took this video of the crime scene. Officers say when they arrived, they found a man shot. He was taken to the hospital where he later died. Authorities identified the victim as 22yearold emeal rodrigues. Anyone with information is asked to contact vallejo police. Scmas will come early for the San FranciscoPolice Department. This morning, greg suhr will receive 20,000 from johns grill and santa claus. The money will be used for ten automated external defibrilators in patrol cars and the tender loin stations. They hope to stock all 320 patrol cars with defibrilators. 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