this was at 98th and medford avenues. the body was found about 6:00 this morning. so far, police are not saying if the woman was murdered. >>> a major power outage in the east bay today after a pg&e transformer exploded underground. several thousand customers in concord were still without power just before noon. that's down from 10,000 originally. the blast also threw out power to some stop lights. this all started about 8:30 when witnesses reported seeing sparks coming from a power pole

forecast today, cool but nice from seattle to medford. it's really from l.a. to phoenix that we have to watch out for showers and very cool conditions. that's a look at you following today, 59 with a chance of showers. >>> women, these storm system, lynn, are very slow-moving calling it a blocking weather pattern. they'll ever so slowly start to move again as we go throughout the week. forecast coming up. >> bill, thank you. >>> also coming up, credit card trouble. tough takeover talk and why consumers have given bun going green idea the heave-ho. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus the world's most eligible women, a world poll. >>> a special night for the patriots. the mets clean house and one more error for the pirates. >>> you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. >>> a longtime federal judge in georgia is facing drug and weapons charges after he allegedly bought cocaine, marijuana and pain killers from a stripper with w

medford 67. today's forecast looking sunny and warm and beautiful in the pacific northwest. cloudy and cooler here in california. especially along the coast. still a little steamy in phoeni. temperatures in the mid-80s. thomas, the weekend forecast, still looking good. not quite at warm. those details coming up. >> okay, bill. we look forward to it. thanks so much. >>> a month to remember on wall street, a huge toy recall, and what's next for fast food breakfast. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, will movie-goers friend the new facebook movie in theaters this weekend? >>> the giants are set to clinch a college football thriller. and, oh, baby, what a grab. >>> you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm thomas reports. here are some of your top headlines this morning -- suspected militants torched more than two dozen tankers in southern pakistan today that were carrying supplies for american and nato forces fighting in afghanistan. the attack happened one day after the pakistani government blocked a

it was found in an industrial area mere medford and 98th avenue in east oakland. the woman appears to be shot. several bullet casings were found. >> in the governor'sace jerry brown has a double digit lead over republican meg whitman less than one week before the election. the field poll found the former four-ter governor leading the ceo. just a month ago the two candates were in a virtual tie. brown appears to be gaining support among undecided voters and is leading in all categories in gender a age. the latest survey was compled before whitman's appearance in southern cifornia where she was booed for not committing to end negative campaign ads whitman will visit salinas, stockton and lnut creek. she's run the most expensive governor's campaign in u.s. history spending $162 million, mostly her own fortune. >> republican candidate carly fiorina will return to the campaign trail after she was hospitalized for two days. the former hewlett-packard ceo will make a stop in sacramento and then campaign in orange county. the 56-yeaold candidate was diagnosed last year be

today's high for the most part in the 60s from seattle to medford. much of california cooler, too. even vegas has a chance of seeing a couple wet showers out there. not a lot of wet weather. just a little bit. that's a look at your monday oregon through much of nevada. >>> we'll head out lynn, give you your tuesday forecast coming up. >>> thank you, bill. >>> well, verizon commits to millions in customer refunds. >>> and getting tweets from your dog. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. plus the new facebook movie won a lot more this weekend than just the box office crown. >> the baseball playoffs are set. hoainabb pe agn.u carogo home again. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry and here are some of your top headlines this morning -- authorities say a church van rolled over last night in southwestern georgia, killing at least four people and injuring more than a dozen others. the van was on its way to florida when its rear tire blew out, causing the driver to lose control. >>> iranian president mahmou

even medford a little cool for you at 43. today's forecast, relatively simple and quiet. not a lot of wet weather out there. let you travel in through colorado. san francisco actually with that wind in that direction, going to see a very warm day today. one of the warmer spoets. actually, in all of the west. that's a rarity. that's a look at your tuesday forecast. now he a warm fall in california, especially the san francisco area. prescott, pretty warm today too. looking at wednesday coming up. >> bill, look forward to it. thanks. >>> wall street is ready to ring in record play. who thinks playing with the boss will get you a promotion? your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, courteney cox and david arquette are making news with their marriage. what's the real deal with one of your fave rids "friends." >>> the giants try to finish off bobby cox and the braves. plus, could brett farve put aside all of the distractions and help the vikings beat the jets? >>> you're watching "early today." >> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm t

for portland and seattle, dealing with rain showers, medford and boise, nice in californiashowers today. temperatures will be very cool around mount shasta. >>> well, finally we're going to get dry day on wednesday in the northwest. that forecast coming up. >> all right, bill. thank you. >>> also coming up, betting on the fed. the dollar keeps flipping, and a christmas gift for the miners from chile. your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> even after his death, the gloved one enjoys stunning success. >>> the giants crush tony roam romo. could brett favre's career finally be over? >>> you're watching "early today." >>> good morning, and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. tariq aziz, one of iraqi dictator saddam hussein's deputies sentenced today to death by hanging for political party issues during saddam's reign. >>> and a strangler, more time needed to consider the safety of the scarce lethal injection drug from an unidentified source. >>> investors are moving ahead with plans to build the largest solar

it was found in an industrial area mere medford and 98th avenue in east oakland. the woman appears to be shot. several bullet casings were found. >> in the governor's race jerry brown has a double digit lead over republican meg whitman less than one week before the election. the field poll found the former four-term governor leading the ceo. just a month ago the two candidates were in a virtual tie. brown appears to be gaining support among undecided voters and is leading in all categories in gender and age. the latest survey was completed before whitman's appearance in southern california where she was booed for not committing to end negative campaign ads. whitman will visit salinas, stockton and walnut creek. she's run the most expensive governor's campaign in u.s. history spending $162 million, mostly her own fortune. >> republican candidate carly fiorina will return to the campaign trail after she was hospitalized for two days. the former hewlett-packard ceo will make a stop in sacramento and then campaign in orange county. the 56-year-old candidate was diagno

medford to portland sunny, 60s and 70s. tuesday, cutoff lows not moving. very slow to leave and that's why the rain chances exist here down in areas typically dry on tuesday. >>> well if you're watching us on ktvz news channel bend, oregon's if you ever wanted an up close look at butterflies explore indoor tropical paradise and make your way to the butterflies exhibit at the high desert mu zoseum. that's your pacific event of the day, veronica. >> definitely very nice. >> here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. for the third straight time, johnny knoxville and friends are box office gold. the latest big screen collection of crazy stunts and pranks opened with a whopping $50 million setting a record for the biggest-ever october opening. and talk about those profit margins. the film cost a modest $19 million to make. wow. >>> "any other weekend" the akd comedy "red" starring bruce willis, morgan freeman and helen mirren might have earned the top spot, opening with $22.5 million, instead, they settled for a distant second. >>> elsew

someone reported the body around 6:00 this morning near the intersection of 98th and medford avenue. there were early reports that officers found bullet casings at the woman had suffered gunshot wounds. but police told ktvu that was incorrect information. they've not provided any other details on her death, which is still under investigation. >>> san jose police are also looking into a homicide that happened in east san jose overnight. they received a report about gunfire a few minutes after midnight in the 1600 block of bermuda way. officers found the 40-year-old victim in front of the home. he had been shot in the back. they say the shooting may have been gang-related. >>> still ahead -- a new development in the past couple of hours considering the measure to legalize recreational use of marijuana by adults. >>> the president appears on a comedy show. why some people don't like it. >>> will there be a problem with rain during tonight's game two of the world series? steve paulson has the forecast. >>> also -- >> the security of california's maritime depends on the cooperation of the

medford northwards the rain will be increasing during theseattle cool. pacific storm doesn't have a lot of warm air. temperatures are only in the 50s and 60 nasdaq mos in most locat. >>> that's a look at your thursday weather. friday forecast coming up. >> thanks, bill. >>> well, fed fears spook traders on wall street. and what's the worst excuse you've ever heard for calling out sick? your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, taylor swift meets her match in new york city. >>> the heat bounce back, game one of the world series, and are the cavs a better team without lebron james? you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. despite persistent accusations, the united nations is denying a peacekeeping camp is the source of a spreading cholera epidemic in haiti. a u.n. spokesman says no members of the newly arrived unit have the disease. now, the last investigators are taking samples of wastes pouring out behind the base toward an i

we have snow showers earlier this morning up around medford. big difference in the timing of the storm. the last three computer runs has loaded down dramatically that will make a big difference for the world series forecast. the storm is lining up offshore but as we head into thursday rain chances in the north bay that very heavy rain will be a hundred miles to the north for game 2. we could get some rain in the north bay during the day thursday then it for rain drops into the bay area friday. wet weather on and off through the date wet weather also on saturday you can see future cast. heavier rains days north into sunday we dry out here so better forecast for halloween afternoon. for today's 62 san francisco, 68 san jose, cool morning tomorrow morning with lows in the 30's. in the valleys we could get into freezing. it will stay dry tomorrow clouding up thursday north bay showers a chance of evening showers around the bay rain on friday and saturday. lingering showers halloween sunday. >> we are crawling along westbound 580 are big hot spot du

this was at 98th and medford avenues. the body was found about 6:00 this morning. so far, police are not saying if the woman was murdered. >>> a major power outage in the east bay today after a pg&e transformer exploded underground. several thousand customers in concord were still without power just before noon. that's down from 10,000 originally. the blast also threw out power to some stop lights. this all started about 8:30 when witnesses reported seeing sparks coming from a power pole near clayton road and market. fortunately nobody was hurt here. right now, pg&e is making repairs and assessing the damage. but a month after the deadly explosion in san bruno, pg&e says it may need to increase the pressure in the pipeline that exploded. mark sayre is in san francisco, where a decision was just announced. >> reporter: the public utilities commission would have to authorize any pressure increase on the part of pg&e. but this morning the commission gave the president the authority to authorize that pressure increase if conditions warrant. in the wake of the september

the body was found at 98th and medford avenue. >>> four people arrested for looting and vandalism after the johannes mehserle verdict last july are being sued by the city of oakland. a man and woman were arrested after police filmed them spray- painting graffiti. they are being sued for damages to public property. two other people are sued for stealing jewelry from a store. police say they caught them with gold jewelry they took from the jc jewelry store on broadway. >>> here we go again. giants fans looking for a repeat performance tonight. >> thank you. >> good luck. >>> talk about crowds, they are shelling out big bucks at the team shop showing spirit for the giants. game two of the world series got under way at at&t park. giants looking for another win after they defeated the rangers last night. following the last night, people went nuts. >> i physically have to have someone i can use just to you know -- i don't know. >> reporter: who is this person? >> no, i had nancy pelosi's grandson last night. i swear to you. he couldn't have been more than 12 or 13 and i mean the guy was abuse

a body has been found at 98th and medford. this is breaking news coming in as we're talking to you now. police are telling us the victim is an adult woman. she's been shot. we're not sure how many times yet. but the first call came in at 5:52 this morning. we're not sure when she was actually shot. she was found outside of a business there. there's crime scene tape up. this is an active investigation of a bod -- look at the bullet casings, how many are there right now. an active police investigation in oakland where a woman has been shot to death. the coroner's there. we'll have more on this breaking story as we getny information. >>> we're also getting new information this morning about an overnight shooting that happened in san francisco. two men are in custody there. police believe they shot another man three times just before 1:00 this morning at 26th street and south van knits. the victim is expected to survive. police spotted a car leaving the area, and they say the men inside match the suspect descriptions provided by w

. >> here on 98 and medford in oakland a woman is found right over on the sidewalk. oakland police received a 911 call at 6:00 a.m. this morning that they saw this woman lying here in front of this warehouse. oakland police are releasing very little information, and it told a white female and they do not feel that her body was dumped the feel that that crime happened right there on bedford avenue. haaziq madyun >> in hayward, the police avare investigating a murder or if it was a suicide pact. the twin boy burglarized a home in hayward and they confronted police asking the police to kill him. and after being taser, he is being recovered at a hospital and they're not releasing the name in the both attended hayward high school. >> in gilroy, three could arrester to resuspects as katrina cameron, that daniel garcia, and all of gilroy. accused of luring these two victim's on an apartment weather beaten, robbed at gunpoint. and then forced to withdraw cash at an atm and then driven to a re remote area, and toddand pushed off the bridge and tied up. both men are suffering

she was found at 98th and medford. it's unclear how she died. >>> an open house in san mateo county but it's not for the perfect home for sale. it's a look at the coroner's office. jennifer mistrot takes us inside. >> welcome to the firearms unit. >> reporter: this welcome mat isn't laid out too often. every year at this time san mateo invites the public to have a snoop around its forensic lab. it's a little bit of halloween fun for some serious business. the county wants people to know what the tax bucks are paying for. >> we do a lot of different testing. it can be anywhere from drug offenses to driving under the influence offenses to sexual assaults to homicides. >> reporter: in short, this lab is all about the science of solvin crimes. >> this used to be the most powerful handgun in the world. >> reporter: this isn't movies and it isn't "csi" either. it's high-tech fingerprinting, ballistics and dna analysis. it's also good old-fashioned detective work. >> so in this scene we have a little bit of everything, firear

right now showers from portland to medford. northern california had much of their rain early this morning in the overnight hours. now that's moving up in to the mountains. there's heavy snowfall up around tahoe today. the top of the ski areas i'm sure are getting some snow. also heavy rain tomorrow. gusty wind. a one-two punch on the west coast. a saturday/sunday event. you won't see sunshine in many areas all weekend long. there's the forecast for today. the one warm spot, the southeast up the mid-atlantic. looks like a nice weekend in the east coast. much of the rest of the country is going to be very stormy. we were talking about snow and snow levels. i just got an e-mail up in maine and they're open for skiing. they're claiming to be the first resort open in the entire country. >> wow, good for them. i wonder if it will stay stuck in tahoe. that's lower elevation. some of that will melt. >> it is hard for them to stay open. but the intermountain west, boise, they're going to get nailed. even telluride could get some snow th

to the north on storm tracker 4, there you see the rain the storm is coming down on mount shasta and medford. it will weaken as it drops down, but we're going to stay on the dry said it looks like the rain will stay away until later on thursday as we take a look at their wider view. this is the rain and dropping in thursday morning, and for the game 2 of the world series there is concern about how you rain it is up to the north. we are getting some consistency. coming up of the slower timing of the storm dropping in thursday. scattered showers around the bay. rain into saturday scattered showers on and off all day saturday. craig now looks like rain sunday morning clearing irain sunday mt clearing in time for halloween. for today highs in the '60s. game 1 is tomorrow, it looks like it will be dry. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. the look to the north of the golden gate, rain on friday and saturday clearing after sunday morning an update on traffic. >> free of hot spots, prime spots, delays. traffic is moving at the limit. very good condition that the san mateo bridge, not a lot

the body of a woman was found on the street near medford and 98th avenue. the victim was apparently shot. police have marked off numerous bullet casings and other evidence at the scene. more than at 11:00. when will we start to see the sprinkles? >> starting in the north bay. a little radar return but air dry at the ground so most of the rainfall amounts under at mendocino county. the golden gate bridge about 5:00. so some drizzle is possible at the game but we should get it in no problem. heavier rain tomorrow. frances? soo mike, there's an accident on the antioch bridge. it is blocking lanes. a jackknifedil

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it was found just before 6:00 this morning at 98th avenue and medford avenue. police are at the scene this morning. they located the body. we'll of course bring you more developments as they become available to us. right now we'll switch gears to check in with mike and a new accident to report. >> 98th avenue is accessible on 880 for folks who use that on ramp. we'll take you to the dumbarton bridge, a westbound accident there. still jamming the lanes from the flat section across to the peninsula side. 101 excessively slow through menlo park, starting to move a little better. 880 really jammed up northbound. there is a disabled vehicle, big rig, as well as a sedan, so there may be a minor accident at 5th, the downtown exit causing big jam ups. to avoid it all use the b.a.r.t. system to take you into the city through the east bay and of course this evening the game time will bring of wd to the city. we have more after this break. come on... isn't it time an auto insurer gave it to you straight? that's why you should talk to state farm. but not yet. first, talk t