hello easy breezy beautiful... covergirl. and try new natureluxe gloss balm. new at 10:00, a candle lit vigil for a young boy as officers look through the car of the suspect. >> at this hour there is still no sign of the boy. sheriff deputies say 27-year- old jose esteban rodriguez took

juliani cardena from the hands of his grandmother. that's where tonight's candlelight vigil was held. it's also where our lloyd lacuesta is with the report. >> reporter: this boy was abducted from his home. today the cul-de-sac is crowded with the news media as well as his grandmother inside that house praying that juliani will come home safely. 100 people gathered tonight to light candles and pray for the boy. his mother and grandmother stood side by side with tears streaming down their faces. praying and hoping. >> i just want to say that i hope juliani is safe and he's warm where ever he's at. and i hope he comes home soon. because i don't believe jose is going to hurt him. >> reporter: a statewide hunt

is on the way for jose rodriguez. the family says he showed up at the house yesterday and forcibly took julani. the boy is not his bilogical son. but rodriguez had helped raise him since he was eight months old. >> i think because he thought i was never going to let him see him. he figured he wanted to spend time with juliani but he went about it all wrong. he went to the extreme. >> reporter: people placed candles where the boy was ripped out of his grandmother's armless. this display of emotions goes beyond this farming community. governor jerry brown sent a message to the family tonight saying they are in his thoughts and prayers. >> it's as if it's happening to your own family. >> i wanted to get the word out for people to help me. so to help keep their eye out for juliani. >> reporter: we are learning tonight that fbi agents are

keeping wake with the family in the home. live in patterson, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu channel 2 news. earlier this evening, the search for the missing boy focused on a large canal near that home in patterson. a large team from the stanislaus sheriff department began to search the canal after a person said they saw a vehicle matching the description. >> we believe that the car is in the water. obviously we're all hopeful that that's not the way this story end. >> the sheriff says there are other objects under water and the search will resume tomorrow. he also said the dive is very dangerous and complex because the water is moving so quickly there and the visibility is near zero. tonight the roommate of kidnap suspect jose rodriguez

described rodriguez as a man who keeps to himself, drinks a great deal and became very upset when he thought tabitha cardenas was no longer going to let him see juliani. >> i know he wasn't all there. a man who was unstable. i don't know what was going through his head. i know she wouldn't let him see his son, i know he was having problems with that. he thought alcohol was an answer. >> reporter: as steven moore said the empty bottles and bags outside the house are from rodriguez. moore said 4-year-old juliani did visit the house in months past and the two spent times laughing together and he saw no signs that rodriguez would hurt the boy. in fact, he said he never heard the child cry. authorities today also released surveillance video that they say shows rodriguez buying alcohol yesterday afternoon. authorities say the man that you see here in the checkered shirt and shorts is the 27-year- old rodriguez. they say that he bought beer but no gas at a gas station in

patterson just off i5. this took place about half an hour before the kidnapping. now here is the license plate number of the suspects car. 6hbw445. he's been flashed on highway billboards all over the state along with a description of the car. a silver toyota carolla. a mount diablo school board is debating the fate of seven schools. the district says it must close six of those schools to save money. glen brook middle school along with silver wood and mone gardens elementary. there are two other schools. sequoia middle school and sequoia elementary. and pat to the ti lee was there. >> reporter: this meeting lasted seven hours. the debate of taking seven

schools off the chopping block. instead they decided to stick with a program and let a crowd of parents and children have their say. >> would be one of the worse ideas ever. >> reporter: with so many waiting to sea their peace. public comments were left to one minute in the little theater. >> i have not learned what i came to find out. >> reporter: some parents say they are frustrated by the massive amounts of information about the process. but not enough information about practical matters. >> my son is autistic so i really need to know what he will receive, where he is going to go, because with autistic kids, they don't accept change very well. >> there are three different scenarios. each involving the e eliminations of three schools. the least debated option is closing the three top performing schools. >> it doesn't make any sense to

consider closing the absolute highest performing schools in the district. >> but calls to remove that option from the table did not achieve consensus. >> i did not come to this meeting prepared to make those kinds of choices. >> much to the shegrin of eve cove who says she will have to make a decision herself. >> i would have to quit my job to home school my children. that would have to be the option. >> reporter: they expect a final vote february 8th. reporting live, p ati lee, ktvu news. >> the mount diablo school district says it needs to save $15 million. san pablo police identified a wanted parolee who was shot to death by one of their officers. mentor was a member of a prison gang and was described as armed

and gauge in an arrest warrant. minter had a lengthy wrap sheet. the officer tried to tase miter but did not hit. police also say that a gun was recovered near minters body. >> now to san francisco where a man with a wheelchair who's accused of stabbing a police officer pled not guilty to a police officer today. this is cell phone video. there's the cell phone video right there of the january 4th incident. police ended up shooting the man, he is identified as randall duncan. duncan was sitting in his wheelchair when the officer shot him. police say that duncan rose from his wheelchair after being

hit. and there's more information on the recovery of representative giffords. giffords is now able to stand on her own feet with assistance from medical staff. giffords family says they plan to move her to a rehabilitation center in houston in less than two weeks. she was shot through the fore head while hosting a political debate. a grand jury indicted loughner. he is now charged with attempting to kill giffords and two of her aids. six people were killed in that january eight rampage. there will be more charges against loughner. for now the most serious charge is attempted assassination. at the white house tonight, president obama hosted a formal state dinner for the president of china. this was a rare meeting, in

fact, over the years the presidents of the two superpowers have only met face to face eight times. rita williams has our report. >> reporter: official talk done, the presidents of china and the united states tonight toasted. >> to our people. >> reporter: feasted and listened to jazz. among the guests, eating steak, potato and apple pie. oakland's first mayor, gene quan and san francisco's new mayor ed lee. lee asking the chinese president to visit his city. and quan asking for a

partnership. the leaders announced new exports to china. the leading export, boeing jets. >> china is the biggest developed country. >> reporter: president obama pushed his chinese counter part on the unequal playing field, and the undervaluing of chinese currency. >> the united states economy is still 3/4 bigger than chinas. >> reporter: and there was this rare admission. >> a lot still needs to be done in terms of human rights in china. >> reporter: rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. members of the bay area's chinese american community say they feel great pride in seeing leaders such as mayors quan and lee attending a state meeting in the white house. >> we have given so much of ourselves to this country. and all those years we have

never been recognized a part of this country until now. >> reporter: gee believes that changes are not just momentary but the beginning of a new chapter in asian american history. so who gets invited to a state dinner? we posted the guest list on our website ktvu.com as well as the full menu. just look for the politics tab. a noisy protest at the university of san francisco over the closure of the campus radio station. what the school president had to say about it coming up in a live report. federal agents converge on a neighborhood. what we learned about the connection between the two. and the wind is dyin

hundreds of people rallied tonight another the university of san francisco they are upset that the campus fm radio station was sold without notice. up ahead, how the students continue fronted university leaders. >> reporter: this jesuit school was boisterous and filled with emotion.

supporters marched in front of campus to confront the university president over his decision to sell the station. they're outraged that the station was closed with no warning. >> we want to say that jesuit university, it's not really very christian or catholic or whatever you want to call it. >> reporter: more than 100 people filled presentation theater to hear why the station was suddenly shut down. the president said he couldn't talk about the impending sale because the negotiations included nondisclosure terms. >> we don't staff a hospital. we run a law school, we're not a law firm. we teach broadcasting, we are not fundamentally a radio station. >> reporter: the station will continue online with its format of indy rock, foreign language and arts programming. but critics say that will not help listeners who don't have internet access.

today the university of southern california issued a statement saying it had purchased the rights to kusf to air classical music. the selling price, $3.7 million. >> unfortunately a lot of colleges i think are seeing an opportunity for quick cash when, especially public radio and religious radio suitors come knocking on their door. >> reporter: supporters say they have not given up. next they plan to petition to try to stop the sale. ken wayne, ktvu. the san francisco police commissioner began the process of selecting a new police chief. three frequently mentioned candidates were all in china town. they are captain o' leery, sur and denise smith. >> i am certainly going to put my time and focus into it to

make sure it's a thorough process but an efficient and prompt process because we can't wait around forever. >> reporter: top brass and the police officers association agree that the new chief should come from within the department. the commissioner will sent three names to the mayor for his consideration. the contra costa police department says the bombs found in a storage locker belonged to debra cole who was a homeless work. authorities shut down part of interstate 680 while shorts detonated the devices. cole was arrested and is currently in jail on bomb charges. and julio martinez gonzalez, workers discovered his body when they arrived at the home on monday. it's not yet known why he was in the house, especially because there were clear danger signs posted. as of right now the cause of his death still hasn't been

determined. a fresno county judge has released the -- superior court judge says that a print of a thumb is unconstitutional. the law was set to go into effect february 1st. camila harris is considering an appeal. a judge ruled same-sex couples employed by the state here in california can sue for discrimination because they were excluded from a federally approved long term health care program. the law was necessary to promote procreation, saying marriage has never been contingent on having children. as expected the republican led house today voted to repeal health care reform passed by the democratic led congress

last year. but it's essential lay symbolic vote. >> on >> reporter: the vote came mostly along party lines. >> the republicans feel impelled. they should have their day then we should move on. >> the health care package would increase spending, taxes and the cost of insurance. and he called it a job killer. >> the congress can do better. in terms of replacing obama care, with common sense reforms that will bring down the cost of health insurance and expand access for more americans. >> republicans also challenged the senate to take up the repeal. >> the american people deserve a full hearing. they deserve to see this legislation go to the senate for a full vote. >> but democrats hold the

majority there and democratic leader harry reed says this appeal will not be considered in the senate. everyone if it were. president obama says he would veto it. but the reform is not over. during votes over the coming weeks now as far as the opinion of the american public, new polls released today are divided on whether voters support health care reform or want it thrown out. palo alto congresswoman anna eshoo won a seat in the sub committee. and these were the highs recorded in bay area cities. 68 in napa and cooler as you

head into the central valley. windy conditions today blew the fog out of here. there's no fog any where near us. south of us there's some fog down the central valley. it's cool tonight. fog doesn't come back but overnight lows are going to get down to the low 30s, a little bit breezy at times. the long rage forecast we're calling for dry weather. no rain in the forecast. specific overnight lows, santa rosa 33 degrees. you might find a freezing temperature in the north bay but you get the picture. when we come back, we'll have the complete forecast. we'll take a look -- look at the 5:00 forecast. jackson posed for photos, one woman also gave him a raiders hat. yesterday jackson was officially named head coach and in weeks speculation, he inherents an 8-18 from tom cable who was fired at the end of last season. lighting up the night sky.

a powerful explosion back east that is early familiar for people here in the bay area. concerned citizens in one

an investigation is under way tonight into this explosion of a natural gas line in philadelphia. one person was killed, six other people were injuredded. the blast occurred about an hour after they arrived as they were trying to shut off the line. the fire ended up spreading to three homes and four cars. back in the bay area now, federal agents seized evidence from a little known university

and the home of the school's president. immigration agents held a raid at the university. but what they were looking for is unclear. rob roth has our report. >> reporter: immigration and customs enforcement agents carried computers and boxes from trivalley university, a small cool in up pleasantton business park. the search is part of an ongoing criminal investigation. that investigation also led more than a half dozen agents to this home a half mile away in ruby hill a gated community. the owner of the home is known as susan su who moved in earlier this year. she is also the founder of tristate university. >> what happens to their future and what happens to my future

too? >> reporter: comments about the school on the internet are mostly negative. some called it a diploma mill. >> some people that came through took some of our furniture that we had thrown into the dumpster. she picked it up. and put it back into the school. >> the california bureau of consumer affairs tells us that adds of today, trivalley university will not operate. in pleasantton, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. on wall street, stocks fell as key banks recorded steep declines. the dow lost more than 12 points. goldman sachs developed more than two percent. wells fargo went the other

way. it reported fourth quarter earnings of $3.2 billion. said it raised profits by writing off fewer bad loans compared to a year ago. and ebay said today holiday shoppers boosted it's bottom line and it's fourth quarter earnings report. the company reports a 17% increase in earnings compared to the fourth quarter of 2009. revenue from shoppers using ebay's papal service jumped 22%. threatened to kill us. a rash of violent crime in a peninsula city. tonight residents took their

a big turn out today for a

community meeting in palo alto. ktvu's amber lee spoke with residents tonight and she joins us now live with the story. >> police told us there's been 20 armed robberies during the past four months and some victims report they were getting in and out of their vehicles: tonight we spoke to one victim who said she and her friend were robbed outside of her home. >> threatened to kill us and plow our heads off a number of times. it was pretty repetitive. >> reporter: louis hendon was among residents who attended the meeting. >> solving these cases responding to these robberies is our highest priorities right now. >> reporter: investigators say they've solved six of the robberies. now they're trying to determine if a ring of thief social

security involved. investigators say victims often make the mistake of calling family members before they call police. >> because we're getting long delays and the suspect is leaving the area. it takes one minute to go one mile. >> reporter: one woman was robbed in a tree line street with families. >> i'm a little bit nervous. not very nervous. i watch myself after dark. >> reporter: as for louis hendon she says she's more angry than frightened. >> i think we were just victims of a crime of opportunity. yes i recent when people do what he did. terribly. >> reporter: at tonight's community meeting, police handed out these pamphlets contains tips. they ask that residents look for suspicious activity and report it right away. amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. the family of a concord man who was killed in an altercation with the son of

former state assembly speaker nunez is planning to sue former governor arnold schwarzenegger. the victim's father fred santos told us the suit will be strictly for justice not money. the lawsuit will state that arnold schwarzenegger violated amber's law. santos says he wants the longer sentence restored. and police are looking for a suspect in a hit and run that killed a young girl. the girl was seriously hurt but is expected to recover. her name and age have not yet been released. the vehicle seen driving from the scene is described as a dark colored suv or mini van. last seen going south on ran avenue. the driver is described as a hispanic woman with died blond hair and medium build. a man after two los angeles

county student was shot at their school. another teenager was shot near his school. the teen is expected to survive. also in los angeles county, police say two more students were arrested today in connection with yesterday's accidental shooting at gardena high school. two students were seriously wounded when a gun in a backpack went off. the students arrested today helped the teenager who police say brought the gun to school. the law enforcement source told the l.a. times that teenager stole the gun from his stepfather. a 15-year-old girl that was shot in the head remains in critical condition. and today, schools will begin text a tip. the idea came from the national football league. ktvu's jana katsuyama has our

report and it -- >> reporter: at many high schools, many teens are about texting. that's why schools are launching a new program called text a tip. which allows the community and students to text tips. >> actually took it from the nfl. they implemented text messaging in many of their stadiums these days so that fans can text message command centers about unruly fan behavior. >> the text a tip pilot program will begin tomorrow at five high schools in the city. today signs went up in the schools explaining how it works. all message will go to a campus police operator. >> the operator is able to have a two way conversation with the student who always will remain anonymous. >> reporter: many students say it's a good idea. >> usually everybody knows, go be over here at a certain time, there'll be a fight. if you can tell people, if you can tell your principal they can be there to stop it before anything bad happens. >> reporter: others wonder if it will work. >> i would do it. but i don't think not too many

people will do it. >> i wouldn't want to run the risk of being known as a taddel tell. >> i think it would be a brave thing if the students will be brave enough to do it. >> i question credibility of a text. like pranks, but it's a good idea. >> reporter: chief sarno says the text message survey will cost the district $200 a year and he hopes to expand it to other schools in the district. jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. we have new information tonight about last week's rat poison scare at a san francisco school. seven students were sent to a hospital after investigating or ingesting rather the poison. the school reported the students thought it was candy. today some students encouraged others to try it knowing it was not candy. the school plans to suspend what it calls the instigators. so is the bright yellow

paint job in a pizza restaurant too bright. the paint on the pizza orgasmica is causing a lot of attention. some rafael residents like the color others don't. the pizza restaurant is supposed to open next week. toyota admits another quality problem. how the auto maker is

i can't believe that guy made it home. nobody drives drunk anymore. [ ring hold on, i got another call coming in. [ ring [ tires screech while drunk driving rates have dropped greatly, negligent driving and speeding fatalities have skyrocketed. someone dies every 13 minutes from negligent driving, so keep your hands on the wheel, your eyes on the road, and your phone put away. caltrain tonight says budgets cuts are possible. so it's considering reducing the number of service.

cuts this weekend service are also possible. caltrans has already lowered service. toyota is settling a class action lawsuit about prius head lights that go off unexpectedly. the suit covers 2006 to 2009 model priu ses. more than two thousand drivers complained that the headlines go out unexpectedly. >> toyota twitted to head -- twitted to head injuries about to the nfl. the ad explains how car technology is helping make helmets safer. that video was adjusted but it's unclear exactly what was changed. the league said that if the ad wasn't changed it couldn't be shown during games. the nfl is emphasizing reducing concussions.

in news of the world tonight, in australia the water just isn't stopping. rushing waters are falling in the state of victoria. many residents have been told to pack up and leave. the cost hasn't been totaled but they say it will definitely be in the billions of the dollars. in iraq, a suicide attack on a police compound northeast of baghdad today killed at least seven people. it was the second mayor attack on iraq security forces in two days. yesterday 65 people died. today the bomber was driving an ambulance. at this point no one has claimed responsibility but the method bears the hallmark of a group aligned with al-qaida? in haiti, there was more confusion over john claude devaie who returned from exile in france. duvalie plans to leave, but

baby doc needs a new passport and that's been denied. the pentagon says the number of soldiers taking their own lives nearly doubled last year among national troops and reservists. 90 soldiers committed suicide compared to 68 in 2009. 69 more than the previous year. roughly half of the guards men who took their own lives last year were never deployed. and very few were unemployed leaving military officials searching for answers. >> we know we have a problem we didn't recognize we had before. >> the military con seeds there is a problem, on getting suicide prevention and other mental support to nonactive

army members. they are working on the

bay area pilots are reporting an increased incidents where someone on the ground has pointed a laser at them. and some pilots have found a solution. >> reporter: many pilots say they have endured what they call laser attacks during all parts of flights including landing and take offs.

the tactical kwraoupt unit in helicopter has received many attacks. >> it can bring down the airport. >> reporter: as reported incidents increase, agencies elsewhere are following the lead of bay area pilots using nighttime goggles. >> airlines are not equipped with that. >> reporter: some officers say they believe that's the main reason faa numbers are going up. more documented cases. they also say whether or not the numbers go down depends more on those shooting the lasers. >> you have your career criminal suspect that their doing it for the purpose of interfering with the aircraft. and then you have your ordinary 18, 19-year-old science kid that's doing it for simple fact that they are probably bored. >> reporter: many pilots say

the bay area has long runways. in san jose, robert handa. the federal aviation administration reported dozens of laser strikes. there were 80 at san jose airport tieing it for the third most in the country. oakland airport had 55 laser strikes. and san francisco airport reported 39. it's a violation of federal law to shine a laser at a plane. some cities and states have their own laws. employees at napa state hospital are demanding money secure working conditions. >> what do we need? >> reporter: about 300 workers master bedroomed workers marched in front of the psychiatric hospital tonight. workers say there have been more attacks and that the state hasn't tackled the most pressing security needs. >> there's only cosmetic

changes. nothing has happened that's drastically will affect the safety for this place. >> reporter: some of the workers we spoke to today want the most violent patients sent back to prison. the department of mental health which operates the hospital says it is working on the problem. a new kind of blood bank in san francisco received it's first donation today of cord blood. a couple of st. luke company donated their newborn's cord blood. the donation is painless and free and has the ability to save blood. cord blood has stem cell that can be turned into any type of cell in the body and can be used to treat sick children who only hope may be those stem cell. that's more than enough for one new father. >> if we chose to save the blood for our own kid. it may or may not be used. but if we choose to donate it someone can use it. >> they hope to have 200 units

collected by the end of the year. and it's going to be a little bit cool out there. tonight it's kind of cool in oakland. check out the 49-degree reading right here at the oakland airport. it's 51 in san francisco. the winds are coming out of the northwest. there's no fog to speak of around the bay area tonight. so there's some good news. you're not going to have visibility issues. you can see the fire hose over here. there's a weak system and we're going to back it up right. that's what went through today. almost nothing. it was enough to generate some wind and mix up the fog. so tomorrow morning, with the wind dying down a little bit. it's going to be clear and cool. the wind dies down those wind sheltered valleys. late in the day, 2:00, 3:00 you run into 65 degrees most of us. high end 68 out toward brentwood you might be 68 degrees. the fog is going to remain south of the bay area down in

the central valley toward baker's field. the high pressure stays in control. as it does i will just let you know the jet stream in the long range models. these things aren't always right after six or eight days. we are dry in the bay area for a couple of weeks really into the first week of february. so it could, could transpire. we're still getting rain in the buckets. this high pressure. you can count it as dry weather. 50degrees around 7:00 a.m. 58degrees at lunchtime. 63degrees for daytime high in san mateo. it's going to be a beautiful day. there might be a little bit of patchy fog showing up. but really nothing to speak of compared to what we've been seeing. with the wind that we saw today, the air quality district not going to issue a spare the air night. we're not going to see dense fog advisories. we're not going to see any rain either. with that in mind, temperatures

are going to stay in the mid- 60s. we had a 71-degree reading today in santa rosa. we've had numerous 70s. that will continue a very mild pattern and dry i guess would be the key there. dry. >> possible drought till february. >> looks like the first week. >> 70, that looks nice. an internationally renowned artist is creating a castle like structure of what he calls row houses in palo alto. patrick dourgthy began creating this piece of art. the installation is set up to stay through january of next year. the man who created the lush world enjoyed by the nazi in avatar is about to make the world more lush. it has reached it's goal of

planting more than a million trees around the world. some of the trees were planted right here in san francisco. james cameron along with 20th century fox donated much of the money for th

so paying for your next starbucks can be as easy as the wave of your phone. starting today people who own a blackberry, iphone or i touch can download an app, you enter

a bar code. >> you can do more and more with those smart phones. and mark ibanez has news from the warriors. >> warriors to a play off run. this exactly the kind of game they always seems to lose. but not tonight. in fact, they ripped up three wins in a row. picking up in the fourth quarter, less than 30 second left. warriors with a slim win point he's. and lead. and curry with the point. the game tied at 108. but with the clock running down, monte ellis ice in his

vains shots and hits, the game winning basket. like mr. clutch, have a look at it again. 36 for ellis, he does it all. and the warriors 110-108 over the pacers. and when you crack the top 25 that st. mary's has. everyone does come gunning for you. early lead and allowing san diego to tie it in the second half. the gails rob jones, hit three 18 for him. jones actually a transfer from san diego, hot hand, nice drive. the finish, the foul. gail 57-56. for his 200th win for the gales themselves. the raiders owner al davis shoveled a lot of dirt on cable. but he did not bury him.

he is thought of highly elsewhere. like in seattle. carol honed in on cable's positive attributes. >> we looked at it carefully. we know tom, he has a lot that he wants tood in this career of his. and we're going to help him do that. cable has been in a challenging environment. he's been a guy that i've watched coach for a long time. i've competed against him, and i've always been very impressed. >> usually he's receiving passes. today zack miller received good news. he's going to the probowl. late addition after gates was injured. and another nice looking signing by the as. agreeing with bryan fuentes who

hails from the central valley. down in merced. nice add: that's the sporting add for a wednesday night. frank, julie. >> mark, thanks very much. be sure to join the ktvu morning news

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