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KTVU KTVU Mornings On 2 At 430am December 1, 2015

Our system will move in. Higher clouds. Were waiting for another system and its out there. Partly cloudy and partly sunny skies. Highs today mainly in the east to a few near 60. All right, sal, you are busy here arent you . We have been a little busy i steve, although for the most part this commute is still doing very well. Youre just waking up and joining us and youre trying to get to San Francisco. You dont want you dont have to worry about the bay bridge. The bay bridge traffic looks good getting into the city. Its taking ten minutes total to drive from oakland to the city. This approach here. No trouble once you get there. Also looking at interstate 880 near oakland coliseum, the traffic is moving along very well. You can see the traffic is looking good southbound on the left which is coming towards us and northbound on the light. And if you are a local, tell me how you guys say it. You say apian. Give me a facebook message or twitter. Right now, thats a good area to avoid because of activity there. The freeway itself is moving well in richmond. 4 31. Lets go to the desk. And firefighters are battling flames talking about how its affecting traffic in the area. We want to check in with alex savage there on savidge on the scene. Youre hearing reports that at least two apartment complexes are damaged . Reporter it sounds like three apartments have some sort of damage. Let me show you the street here. We are on joan vista. 380 joan vista is exactly where we are this morning. You can see firefighters are here in Contra Costa County fire, richmond. Several units. And this two alarm fire. And that is the main apartment where this fire started that she is looking at right there. It spread and ran through the attic from left to right and then did some damage to a couple of other units nearby. Now, there is, im told, a family, a mother and two kids who were inside that original unit early this morning and i saw it just a short time ago with a neighbor who says his dog started barking. He looked outside his window. He saw this fire across the way and he ran over to help out. Listen to him. It was maybe about an hour and 45 minutes ago, my dog was just barking and barking and i was like hey, be quiet. I look out there, and my neighbor and her kids are yelling and screaming. I just got out there with no shirt and no shoes on, took them out. And already trying to dial 911. I just took her phone, and dialed 911 to start new yorking on all the apartment doors. And there is a fire. Barefoot. It was crazy. And in the end, thankfully, there was nobody who was hurt. That family made it out safety. Everyone else made it out safely. I want to bring in Robert Marshall with the contra costa fire department. Do you have any idea how this fire might have started . We dont. Were hoping to speak with a resident to get a better idea of how it started and when. A large fire obviously going through several Apartment Unit this is morning. What were the challenges that you faced . One is just a number of unite units that were involved. Its a little bit difficult to get here. Getting units here was problematic. The other thing is we had a fire hydrant that was hit not too far away in an unrelated sleek accident. That released some of the water we had available to us. So we got that shut off. That has given us more water to deal with the fire. We are seeing that over here. It seems like that happens later on in the fire fight; right . You have had a knockdown at that point . We did have a knockdown by the time we were reported. We dont know exactly what it happened. But its particularly when you are at the top of a steep hill like this that, is very problem mat pick. Reporter everyone got out okay. I know with these Early Morning house fires, thats always something to be thankful for. It is one of the first concerns that we have is making sure that everybody is out. We dedicate a lot of time try fog make sure that everybody is out and safe. E if were not, we take action. A very large fire that burned through several Apartment Units here on genesis the street, street, but the good news, is everyone is okay this morning. Firefighters, as you can imagine, will be here at the scene for quite some time. Good news that everybody got out safely. Hopefully we get to hear what causes the fire. Time is 4 35. Workers at Childrens Hospital in oakland are mourning the death of a nurse hit and killed by a suspected drunk driver outside the hospital. Sixtysixyearold Patricia Alvarez died sunday night from injuries she suffered in the crash last wednesday. Flags are at half staff in her memory. Police say she was working the overnight shift and had returned to letter car to retrieve a stethoscope when the suspected drunk driver in the suv hit her in the crosswalk. He has she has dep voted her whole life to the children and community we serve, and we miss her a lot. Investigators say the driver appeared to have missed the turn for a parking garage, threw his car into reverse and hit alvarez at a high rate of speed. Holiday season was supposed to be a joyous joyous time for her and her family. Her third grandchild was born 12 hours before the crash. Alvarez was also planning to retire in march after more than 35 years. A gathering was held in Golden Gate Park to keep a missing mans memory alive temperature years after he disappeared. Thirtynineyearold former High School Executive went missing on november 29th, 2005. His wife says he went for a walk and never dame home. They had two young sons who she has had to raise alone. They are now 14 and 17. She says she organized the vigil because hes never given up hope that her husband will come home some day. For years, it was searching, still getting tips. Obviously, the search tapered off. But our hope and desire for them to come back never did. And her husband suffered a stroke about a year before he disappeared. And you was taking medication to help control see sures. The hardest part is not knowing what happened to him or where he might be. The body found over the weekend near a san jose vehicle is being investigated as a sevenday forecast. Police say a homeless person first spotted the body near pine hollow circle. The victim was identified as 31yearold Sister Police say he was hit with something and died from blunt force trauma. Anyone with information is asked to call san jose police. Now updating the story on chris core known as the as he was arrested for felony hitandrun after a crash on sunday morning. Now, ktvu has obtained Surveillance Video from the parking lot near the corner when the orange dodge acharger hit two pedestrians in the crosswalk. You look carefully in the upper right part of the screen, you can see a Single Person run ago way from the area. Police say that moments after that happened moments after this crash. Police say they are looking into all circumstances in the case. That is an ongoing investigation, and that is something that the inspectors are looking into is the sobriety of the driver. Now, cores is currently on medical lever, and police say if he returns from that paid lever, he would be suspended because of this case. The two pedestrians who were hit remain hospitalized but are expected to be okay. Accused of sexually assaulting a boy. Hi worked for unity care which is afiliated with the santa clara county. And fired him after learning of the arrest. Police say anyone who knows who may or who may have been a victim should call them. A Group Organizing a training vent is gathering in burke lee e. Its calmed stop urban shield coalition. Its a fourday long training event where pay area Law Enforcement agencies test their preparedness during mock incidents like has been active shooter or a terrorist attack. It happens every september. Youre looking at video of protests from earlier this year. The group claims the event is a way to highly millty rise the police. They plan to voice their concerns today. The council is expected to discuss the role of burke lie police inn years urban shield trainling exercise. New this morning, the states chief Oil Regulator is stepping down under heavy scrutiny involveling don trover city involving governor blown. Steve boelin took over oil and gas supervisor 17 months ago. Days after his appointment, he was asked by the governor to oclock the oil and gas potential of the brown family ranch. An Oil Regulator who mapped out the area filed a complaint for being made to perform the work. The governors aide say the public agencys work for the brown Family Private property was legal and aabove board. Boelin will return to a position. The nfls annual december meetings begin food. With the main topic being a team possibly reelecting to the los angeles area. Various committees will meet today and the owners will meet tomorrow. The oakland raders, san diego largers and st. Louis rams are autopsy explores moving. Are all exploring. Roger goodell says he wants the owners to vote on relocation in january and february. Time is 4 40. We are continuing to follow the breaking news out of a popular East Bay Park. In just 20 minutes, more on the overnight discovery that has lead to a Homicide Investigation. It has great sent mental value because i have grown up with it. P search continues for a stolen violin in San Francisco. Up next, the reward now being offered for safe return. Good morning. We are looking at a commute here where traffic is not too bad on the san mateo bridge. Looks pretty good heading out to the highrise. Well tell you more cometting up. Our lows are averaging between the 20s to 50. Fifty in Half Moon Bay because they have an off shore breeze. More high clouds spilling not. Your tuesday forecast coming up. Ok, weheres dad. Mom. The twins. Aunt alice. You didnt tell me aunt alice was coming. Of course. Dont forget grandpa. Can the test drive be over now . Maybe just head back to the dealership . Dont you want to meet my family . Yep, totally. Its practically yours, but we still need your signature. The volkswagen sign then drive event. Zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first months payment on a new jetta and other select models. Every coconut has a dream. To come out of its shell. To show all the world its true, inner beauty. And then, in an ironic twist, get covered up by chocolate and almonds. Almond joy mounds. What every coconut wants. 4 43. San Francisco Police are asking for your help to find a violin stolen. And moriarti testimonies you the Musical Instrument is worth far more to the Young Musician than his big price tag. Erica was eight years old. Here she is 14. She played for the rest of her childhood binning several prestigious competitions throughout northern california. It has great sent mental value because i have grown up with it. We competed together. My baby. Reporter but friday night, november 20th, it was stolen from a friends car in a smash and grab in this safeway parking lot in San Francisco on the corner of webster. The family has begun posting fliers like this one offering a 1000 reward for the violins safe return, no questions asked. We are very disappointed about what happened. Reporter ericas mother says the rare violin was a george craft crafted in england 180 years ago. Inwas a very sweet sound. That is what we liked about it. Reporter for the past six months, ericas violin had been in the hands of a friend who was borrowing it to audition for college. The violin is something you cant just pick up and play. You have to train with it. It has to really become a part of you. Reporter she was devastated when the instrument was snatched because it belonged to erica and his future depended on it. Erica now attends Dartmouth College where she majors in music mostly playing piano now, but its the old english vie lain that got her this far. I plan to give it to my children when i have children. Reporter the 20yearold hopes someone will have a heart and give it back so she can help her friend get into a conservatory. And so that she can make music with it once again. In sunnyvale, ktvu fox 2 news. Thats too bad. Shes a musician. She is. 4 46. I check ed back in with sal. I tweeted out because i know there was a second fatal accident on the highway and in just a few days, there were lanes closed. Are they back open . They are open. In case you didnt hear, there was a fatal accident overnight where a car got on the freeway going the wrong way. Were going to talk about that in a limb bit. Ill just tell you about it now. It happened at about 11 00 last night where a car got on the freeway going the wrong way and was hit by a big rig. The driver that was driving the wrong way was killed. They have just reopened the lanes just about less than an hundred ago. All the lanes, pam, to answer your question are open. Lets go out and take a look at pictures that we have. Traffic is moving along very nicely around the bay area. Highway 24 looks pretty good. We are off to a decent start on a tuesday. As you know, theres no more thanksgiving break. Everyone is back. Everyone was back yesterday. Bay bridge toll plaza looks pretty good. No problems getting into the city. Usually we start getting the first sign of a crowd at 5 30. Maybe a little bit before that. If you are driverling on 80, it look driving on 8 o it looks good. A good area to avoid. And there is a fire that is being taken cocare of in that area. So you might want to avoid the area unless you are a local and you have to go through. 4 47. Lets go to steve. All right. Thank, you sir. Well, some cold temperatures. Some 20s, 30s, 40s to 50 in Half Moon Bay. They have an offshore breeze at ten mimes per hour. Outside my back window you can see the tree i put up. I did pretty well. I was pretty proud of that. Its not as cold in the city as it has been. But still, theres some 20s out there. So another cold. High clouds continue to race in here. And the advance of a very weak system. Now, this may produce a little bit to the north. I would say north. But again, this is just a little high clouds. But partly sunny. Partly cloudy. Make it warmer. Please. I cant do that. Maybe warmer in the afternoon highs. Twentyseven napa. Twentyeight nevada. 562 Half Moon Bay. Forty san jose. Thirtys for concord, livermore. Palo alto. La fayette in the 30s. Walnut creek and alamo 3231. Antioch. Also at 39. Over to peninsula, palo alto. Woodside in the 30s. San mateo says we like down to 39. Thirtys. Also in sacramento and redding. Twelve. Our system doesnt have much. A mix of sun and clouds today. Is that you, pamela. The next system will spin in a few high clouds. Were waiting on a better system. That wont be here until thursday. Mostly cloudy to the north. Partly sunny to the south. This system is looking good for everybody. The sevenday outlook for precipitation towards seattle and vancouver is off the chart. Its about 15 to 20 inches of rain. Unfortunately, well be on the southern end of that so we wont get nearly anything close to that. But a quarter of an inch to maybe three quarters of an inch is possible for our system on thursday. Looks like everybody will get in on that. Gusts 40 and 50 miles per hour. It will be another good snow producer. A good Old Fashioned cold front on tap for thursday. Today, a cold morning for most. Partly sunny. Mostly cloudy. A little warmer on those afternoon highs. That means mid east. Upper 50s to a few low 60s after some upper host yesterday. It was a cold day. And my temperature was 49. 5 at home yesterday. Not my temperature. The outside temperature. At the capital. At the capital. And winds. On thursday, showers, flammable liquid. It looks okay in the weekend. Notice the system mainly sunday night and monday. How did you get that star up on that huge tree. I had a big tall ladder and borrowed it from my neighbor. Well, good. You know me by first name in the ladder department. You know they do know me. Thank you, steve. All right. It is 4 50 right now. A montgomery woman is suing costco saying that she contractede. Coli from Chicken Salad that she bought there. Nineteen people in seven states have actually become sick. Tests by the food and Drug Administration founde. Coli on vegetables used in the salad. Costco says taylor farms, salenas was the possible source. The lawsuit named both costco and dayalready farms. Alameda county employees are going above and beyond to fight hunger this holiday season. The workers have broken the all time record in donations for their annual holiday food drive. County Officials Say this year they raised more than 13,000 in cash and collected 13,000 pounds of nonperishable food items. The food bank says with the cash donations alone, it can buy nearly 80,000 worth of food sup police to help feed the hungry u. 4 51 is the time. New details emerging not that planned parenthood attack in california. Up next, the previous crime the suspect is accused of committing in South Carolina. ny wfrom your cold flu. You give them a case of the giggles. Tylenol® cold helps relieve your worst cold flu symptoms. You can give them everything youve got. Tylenol® bell come back to mornings on 2. A 51foot luxury yacht had to be toed after it got stuck towed after it got stuck in a brake wall. The coast guard rescued six people and dog from the boat after it ran into trouble. It remains maroon on the break wall until yesterday afternoon when a crane had to lift it off. The boat was towed back. The suspect arrested for a deadly shooting at a planned parenthood in colorado appeared in court yesterday. This as the violence has lead to concern at planned parenthood clinics nationwide including here in the bay area. Fiftysevenyearold robert dier learned in court hell face first degree murder charges. Hes accused of killing three people before a fivehour standoff friday be police in colorado springs. The shooting has staff add some planned parenthood facilities on edge. Some facilities reportedly have safe rooms or have staff where bullet pro

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