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KTVU KTVU Mornings On 2 At 7am July 19, 2017

A little patchy fog. The north wind helped chew up the fog on the marin and sonoma coast. If that takes the turn on shore, it comes flying into parts of the san mateo, san jose coast. Sf buoy is 51. That is very cold. Not much of a delta breeze. It was double that yesterday. That leads me to believe it will be a little warmer for some north and east. Just daytoday changes here. So 80s, near seasonal averages for many. Slightly lower for some closer to the coast. 7 01. Sal, you had a couple of things. South bay. Yeah. Were going to start with breaking news why San Francisco. One of our Traffic Cameras has picked up a fire in the vicinity of 7th near townsend. We can see it with one of our cameras here. In fact, the traffic is going to be if we pull back, you can see that it is going to be smoke rising. Now, the Fire Department is on the scene. And just to give you a perspective as to where this is, this over here, this is highway 101. Over here is 280. So there is 101 and 280. So this smoke is coming up from about 7th and townsend. The Fire Department too busy to talk to us right now. We see the smoke coming up. We will let you know more. The smoke has dissipated. It is white smoke. We will keep you posted on what is going on. This is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. Traffic is going to be okay if you are driving into San Francisco. It is a typical delay of about 25 to 30 minutes. Nothing oust the ordinary. There is a daytime baseball game today. Remember that. That will affect traffic. This is a look at 880 northbound and southbound in front of the coliseum. The traffic looks good. 101 has been a mess because of earlier issues. Northbound near 280, 280 traffic is taking a beating. People are hearing about this and using 280 in the area. 85 is also slow because of an accident. The two accidents have made it slow. If you are a south bay driver, you need extra time. Lets move straight to a developing story in marin county where the search will resume for a missing boater. Alex savidge is in the bay where that 70yearold man, alex, hasnt been seen since yesterday afternoon. Reporter yeah. Gasia, good morning to you. The man is not being identified by authorities but he is an employee of the well known tomalis Bay Oyster Company here in western marin county. He went out on the waters of the bay yesterday and he has not been seen since. A search was launched at 3 00 in the afternoon yesterday when boaters from another Oyster Company, the hog island Oyster Company spotted the missing mans motor boat. It was out on the water empty and going in circles. The marin county Fire Department and Sheriffs Department is working alongside the coast guard and the highway patrol. Theyre using boats, jet skis and helicopters to try to find the man. Authorities say he was not wearing a life jacket when he went into the fairly shallow waters of the bay. Anywhere from ten to 15 feet deep. He was reported to be wearing some type of waders, boots that could pull him under the water that could hip der our search. He could be submerged. We have a dive Team Available if he becomes a submerged victim. Reporter now, the 70year old man is said to be a strong swimmer. And authorities still at this point are calling this a rescue operation. Now, it was fairly windy out on the waters last night as the search got underway. And that created choppy conditions and made things tough for the search crews. The conditions this morning, fairly calm. But the water temperature is cold and obviously authorities want to try to find the man as soon as they possibly can. And, again, the search is set to resume, gasia at some point later on this morning. Theyre supposed to be back out on the water with boats, jet skis and potentially searching from the air with a helicopter. Is the assumption that he was out on the water in the course of his work at the Oyster Company . That is the assumption. I dont have any direct information. We havent been able to reach authorities this morning to get an update on the search. Thats the assumption. This is a company boat and he was out on the water working at the time that this happened. Obviously we had the people from the neighboring Oyster Company who spotted this boat, spotted a person who they knew from a company that they knew. And presumably he was out there during the course of his work and then somehow went into the water and remains missing this morning. Okay. Hoping for the best here, alex. Thank you. The time is now 7 05. Were talking about wildfires. A lot to talk about. The latest on the out of control wildfire southwest of the Yosemite National park. It started sunday afternoon in mariposa. It has burned 25,000 acres. It is only 5 contained. 8 buildings have been destroyed. 1500 homes are in danger. Governor brown declared a state of emergency for mariposa county. Things will get worse before it gets better says the firefighters. The National Weather service predicts it will be hot and dry there today. Temperatures in the low 90s. Humidity only 20 . But the wind is an even bigger concern. Scary situation. Pray for the residents of mariposa. Essentially the south side of the fire if you look at a map of it is where theyre expecting it to grow. Now, a part of highway 49 is closed this morning. That fire is also threatening power lines that supply electricity to yosemite and some of the people inside of the park are saying on social media that they dont have power right now. Well, a controversial fire fee will be suspended under californias new cap and trade deal. Homeowners in rural areas have been paying a fee for the past five years to help offset the rising cost of fighting wildfires. A lot of them have been fighting the fees for years, saying theyre unfairly taxed twice. One man is suing cal fire saying he wants the money to be returned to homeowners. We pay taxes to our local fire districts. Sooner or later there has to be a place where you draw the line. The tax was redundant and was passed illegally. The governor doesnt give anything away. Now, removing those fees will save homeowners more than 100 a year. The deal to remove the fees expires in 2030. Barts new police chief is taking a number of steps to protect riders from crime. Police chief carl rojas outlined the plan during the board of directors meeting yesterday. He wants to offer bonuses to new officers to fill 40 vacancies. A new crime report from bart shows Violent Crime is up 41 this year compared to this time last year. Also a growing debate on how much information about crime bart should release to the public. A victim of a mob style attack says that the Surveillance Video should be released. The individual whos assaulted us and robbed us, there were multiple repeat offenders. The police knew who the individuals were. Bart says it doesnt plan to release the video out of concern that it could interfere with prosecutions. If you ride bart, you might get see the fleet of the future later this morning. They will be tested during Business Hours with bart employees on board. Theyre in the process of replacing almost 700 train cars. The time is 7 09. Animal control officers in San Francisco are on patrol after a coyote jumped out of the dark and snatched a little dog off a front porch. It happened sunday about 4 00 a. M. In the Balboa Terrace neighborhood. A couple had taken their new pickupy and 13yearold dog bella out for a bathroom break. But before they could get back inside, the coyote grabbed bella and took off. They found the dogs bod knee an alley near the home. An officer with animal control says there have been more coyotes attacks. Experts remind you pet owners to keep cats and dogs inside. Keep dogs on a leash. If youre approached about a coyote, you possibly could scare them off by waving your arms, making loud and threatening noises. For the second time in a year, a steel worker has been injured at the facebook new site in menlo park. Investigators say a worker fell 10 to 15 feet from a steel approximate frame on the fourth floor. He suffered cuts, bruises and was in pain but his safety harness stopped him from hitting the third floor and likely saved his life. Back in april, two workers were injured at the construction site. They fell 40 feet from the building steel frame. At this point cal osha is investigating both incidents. The time is 7 10. There was an Early Morning fire in an apartment complex in walnut creek. The problem that that building that has one neighbor thinking this may be suspicious. And o. J. Simpson goes before a parole board tomorrow. Why a prosecutor think thats he will walk free after spending nine years in prison on robbery charges. We have a south bay commute not doing very well. A lot of people are on 280 avoiding the other freeways. We will tell what you is happening on 101 that makes it so slow. Well, for some it is already sunny. For others, pretty good fog bank. Patchy up in napa county. It looks like it will be warmer inform some today. He has done nine years on a robbery charge. He will be he is 70 years old now. Probably a low risk to rio fend or at least a low risk to commit eye Violent Crime. So i suspect that they will probably grant him parole. If simpsons parole is denied, it could take another three years to appear before the board before. He believes simpson has serves enough time in prison and should be paroled. Ken wayne will be attending the hearing tomorrow. We will bring you complete coverage on ktvu mornings on 2 tomorrow morning and a special live coverage report of the parole hearing itself beginning at 10 00. This moves us to the question of the day. Do you think that o. J. Simpson should be paroled tomorrow . Yes or no . Let us know what you think by voting on our ktvu twitter page or ktvu. Com. We also appreciate it when you leave comments on facebook. The future home of the Las Vegas Raidersis right now a homeless encampment. While the construction dont start for months, right now that land is a homeless camp. There is a mattress, shopping cart, empty cans and cups. The raider wills Start Building the stadium in january. They plan to finish it by june of 2020. The time is 7 15. A number of traffic problems popping up today, sal. When you said there could be problems for people going to oakland airport, my ears perked. Thats right. This morning, gasia, we had a problem on 880 south getting out of downtown oakland, heading down to the airport. Were also looking at the commute heading west on the east shore freeway into oakland. And the commute is getting a little better. The crash at 23rd has been removed. But were still watching the freeway. Looking from oakland to San Francisco, it is crowded there as well. And here is the nimitz freeway heading down to the oakland airport. This is the exit nearby. There is congestion. I would still recommend eastbound 580 instead of 880 south for the time being until all of the traffic dissipates even though the lanes are open. South bay commute has been filled in. An accident on 85 and 101. 280 hasnt had any major crashes. It is very slow through downtown san jose. A lot of people are using 280. It looks like we may have lost the picture. Im going to go back to the map. 280 northbound will be slow driving up from 101 all the way up to 17. It gets better after 17 into the valley. 7 17. Lets go to steve. Sal, either sunshine or fog out there for some this morning. And with temperatures a little cool. Especially if youre in the fog free area. A lot of 40s, especially in the north and the santa cruz mountains. Some of that fog seems to be retreating. Hints of a northerly breeze in which case we would warm up compared to yesterday when we had the cooldown. The eastern pacific tropics are active except on the south facing beaches. No impact here us here as theyre heading out to sea. Tracking north of the Hawaiian Islands for now. That will be over the weekend. It is weakening. It is weakening. That is good news. If you are going to the Hawaiian Islands this weekend, be advised of that. It looks like it is heading north. Another system possibly developing. So things are active but not heading in our direction. What is heading in Southern Californias and southern nevadas direction is the monsoon where it has gone from hot, hot, hot to thunderstorms, thunderstorms, thunderstorms. Coming back to palm springs and parts of the desert and even oceanside. There is a good line there, training as we say, north of san diego and south of l. A. A pretty active pattern. For us, some fog or clear. Theres a north wind coming down the marin coast. But it turns on shore for the san mateo coast. Water temps are very cold. The north wind gives the upwelling. The San Francisco buoy 51. Cold here. 49 up in santa rosa. 50s for most. But a few 40s here. Lafayette, 51. Blackhawk a cool 51. Martinez, 52. The lows cooled off. Only well, it was 15 out of travis. Yesterday it was up to 30. 54 down in monterey. Because of the cloud cover, 86 nice degrees in phoenix. A lot of that looks like it will stay there for now. Were not anticipating that coming up here. Some of the fog retreats sooner. A fight from the low to the north each day and a high in the Desert Southwest much yesterday was the cooldown. Today will be a little warmer. Along the coast, not much change here. 60s, 70s and a few 80s and 90s. Each day, subtle changes. A little cooler tomorrow and a little warmer friday. Thank you, steve. The santa clara Water District is hoping to build a New Reservoir to meet the needs of a growing population. The Water District has begun negotiations to buy more than 12,000 acres of rural land in the southern Santa Clara County area. Plans also call for a dam up to 300 feet high. The reservoir would hold enough water to meet the needs of 650,000 people and be the first New Reservoir built in the bay area in nearly 20 years. The board of supervisors approved the office of cannabis. Starting january 1st, the sale of Recreational Marijuana becomes legal statewide. The new office will take over responsibility for permitting and inspections for marijuana businesses within the city limits. What this does is set up a one it was shop shop so we have a centralized place to regulate this, make sure that we do this safely and appropriately. Ropriately. The citys new office of cannabis will have three employees and a budget in the first year of 700,000. The supervisor tells us the cost of the office is covered by fee thats are assessed on people who are selling marijuana or growing it for the industry. More controversy for President Trump. The undisclosed meeting with russian president putin during the good 20 summit. Also a call for help without dialing 911. The new technology being patented by apple. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Robets robots are taking over jobs. Hopefully not ours. Yeah. Pam cook is back with this and more on the money business of the day. The announcement this morning that revenue missed analyst estimates and dropped for the 21st consecutive quarter for ibm. Checking in on the opening bell. Pretty cool company. Organization that is riping the opening bell this morning. Want to let you know about that project. Entrepreneurs rent the runway to help women start businesses. The Organization Says women account for less than 10 of founders at high gross firms and wants to help out the women. Those are the finalist theres ringing the bell. Live look at the dow. It would be up more except for ibm is down quite a bit this morning. Theres a live look at the dow. It is managing to gain about 9, 10 points there. 21,583. Nasdaq and s p 500 posting highs this morning. The nasdaq now at 6368. Up almost 24 points. The s p 500 at 2466. Business experts warning people that some of them will lose their jobs to automation. We have been talking about this for a while. Walmart are under intense pressure in an effort to cut costs. They will cut the Self Checkouts at the 4700 stores. Another study found that two thirds of jobs in the Retail Sector are high risk of disappearing by the year 2030. Self checkout lanes can replace cashiers. Selfdriving trucks can replace truck drivers. Google glass making a come back. It was launched in 2013. But the 1,500 glasses never caught on. The company shut down the google glass website two years later. However, usa today report thats google has been working with other companies to develop possibilities for the product. It is envisioning it for the workplace. The new glasses that feature better battery life and a better camera have already helps companies, including General Electric and dhl delivery services. Dialing 911 on your cell phone can be faster and more efficient. Apple has filed a patent that would allow your fingerprint to call for help. When used it would give Emergency Responders a location of the phone and could provide a live video stream as well. It is not sure if it will be used in new phones or how it will be used because apple may not use fingerprint scanners in the next eye phone. A major shareholder in apper combo and fitch telling the company to buy back some of its shares after the teen apparel retailer fail today the shareholder saying it was not aggressive enough in its efforts to turn the company around. Remember all of the uproar over the google glass . Dont film me without telling me. Now it is i can do whatever i want. It is true. It just seemed very distracting to me. You have these glasses and then this little thing popping in. Right. We will see how they do this time around. Than

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