protection between washes. leaving hair manageable. new head and shoulders itchy scalp care with eucalyptus. respect the scalp. love the hair. the chp is blaming drunk driving for this roll over crash that's put a mother and three children in the hospital tonight. good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. a woman had been drinking and after getting into an argument with her husband she sped off with her children in the car.

it is a story that is new tonight. ken wayne is life in the hospital with the latest on the four injured. >> julie, it's raining right now but weather had nothing to do with this crash. that 23-year-old mother and two children ages 2 and 6 are being treated here at santa rosa memorial hospital tonight. another child was air lifted to oakland and that mother who was behind the wheel is under arrest. the helicopter air lifted a 12-year-old girl to hospital. she was the most seriously injured in this cash that sent an suv over the guardrail and down an enbankment. that girl and a 6-year-old girl were ejected along with the driver. a 6-year-old boy remained in the vehicle strapped to a child seat. police say it's amazing no one was killed. >> looking at the speed and the damage, i'm sure it was a

significant trauma to the kids and the mom was in pretty bad shape too because she got ejected into the roadway. >> reporter: the woman was confronted earlier this evening by her husband who was concerned about her drinking. we're told the husband left the house to avoid a confrontation. shortly after that, the woman also left with the children and crashed just after 6:00. the impact took out about 20 feet of guardrail and the suv became airborne before landing on the enbankment. the highway patrol says the crash will lead to serious consequences beyond the physical trauma. >> for a parent to get in a vehicle with their children if in fact, you know they are intoxicated then you bring in charges of child endangerment and stuff like that. i just got off the phone with the chp they have identified that mother as 23- year-old christian galvan of santa rosa. she is the mother of all three

children and the highway patrol tells me tonight she was driving with an expired driver's license. ken wayne, ktvu channel 2 news. we are back on storm watch tonight as the leading edge of another winter storm moving into the bay area. the rain started falling about an hour ago. the wind is also starting to pick up and the rain will intensify in the coming hours. our chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking all of it in the ktvu weather center and he's here now with live radar images, bill. >> live storm tracker two is lit up right now especially in the avenues of san francisco. let's go out there right now as we get a little bit closer, you can see out toward the avenues we are seeing heavy rain out near daily city as well. these are significant rainfall. green you're representing yellow and red.

we can track this to the santa clara, but in saratoga, it's going to start raining hard. cuper to the best ertino about 16. we have wind advisories in the area right now. the morning commute is going to certainly be impacted by this. when we come back, i'm going to look at the computer model. california department of water resources measured the sierra snow pack. the northern sierra is at 15 of normal. the central sierra is at 130%. and the southern sierra was at 139%. in el dorado county where a ktvu camera man strapped on snow shoes to shoot this video the snow is 8 feet deep. for the three sierra districts, the snow pack is 123% of normal

for this time of year. the marin municipal water district gets all of its waters from local reservoirs and watersheds. so marin depends on rain and this year it's also being helped by reduced demand. >> it's down by 15% compared to where we were a couple of years ago, with full reservoirs we should not have any problem for at least a year or maybe two. marin is releasing water from some of its reservoirs to prevent flooding in case of too much run off. the average reservoir level in santa cruz county is a little lower currently at 57%. traditionally january is california's wettest month. december is the next wetter followed by january then march. but this year the pattern did not hold true with a relatively dry january. we are going to continue to

monitor the weather changing conditions throughout the hour. you can always continue to get updated information on our website ktvu.com. hundreds of union members rallied to show solidarity with workers across the state and throughout the country. union members say they feel they are under attack. they say that's being done by taking away pay and benefits and many say even more troublesome is the effort to strip away their collective bargaining rights. san jose firefighters are urging to make major concessions which mayor reed is offering for everybody to do. covering this year and next, firefighters would also contribute more to their benefits and they agreed to a two tier system. the san jose city council is reviewing the proposal. the san francisco school

board met in emergency session and okayed more than 400 pink slipless. as jana katsuyama reports, despite the deadline, teachers will not know the fate of their job for months. >> reporter: as students learned about cooperation and counting, parents worried about the cuts not adding up. severe cuts already force parents to pay out of pocket. >> if we're faced with more cuts, we don't know how we're going to be able to make it. to be honest with you, our parents are already contributing roughly 10% of the budget. tonight the school board called a special session to discuss the possibility of lay offs. including 139 administrative positions, 108 teacher aids, 140 teachers and 32 preschool

early development teachers. >> they are going after some 30 child development teachers which already is going to mean they're going to have to close down a center. >> reporter: san francisco and other districts are in limbo as state law makers and others debate a state measure. if that bill passes, they'll have to go through with the lay offs. >> this that doesn't happen to have to plan to cut $20 million more out of our budget after just cutting last year 115 million out of our budget. >> reporter: staff will have to leave their teachers and staff in limbo, wondering if they will even have a job next year. and we found college students making signs for what they are calling a day of action tomorrow. a live report on what they have planned coming up later at 10

10:45. the mother of juliani cardenas is starting a new chapter in her life. she has given birth a baby girl and she says she plans telling julisa about her brother. >> tell her he love her and good thins. how his personality was. the only trouble i'm going to have telling her is what happened to him. bless you. >> cardenas says says she doesn't consider her 5-year-old daughter a replacement of giuliani. she has reminders of him scattered throughout her home. police say the 27-year-old rodriguez grabbed 4-year-old giuliani from the arms of the boy's grandmother. he then drove his car into the canal the night of january 18th on the day they both drowned.

california attorney general harris is giving a voice for those calling for same-sex marriage to resume in california while the courts consider the legality of proposition eight the statewide ban. in a letter to the court of appeals harris says it is unlikely that supporters of the ban will prevail. the california supreme court says it needs the rephaeupblder remainder of the year to consider whether or not the group debating has legal standing to do so. supporters of plop eight were quick to criticize the attorney general. the proposition eight supporters issued a statement. for the first time former giant's slugger barry bonds and former trainer were in court together today in san francisco as bonds once again said he is not guilty. and the trainer said he will remain mum even if it means

going back to jail. >> how are you doing? >> very good, how are you. >> reporter: a trim barry bonds returned today here to where all his legal troubles began more than seven years ago. the home run king told a judge he's not guilty of perjury or lying to a federal grand jury in san francisco in 2003 when he said he never knowingly used steroids. >> perjury to the grand jury is taken very seriously because if you can lie to the grand jury, the whole system falls down. >> he's always looked forward to vindication in this case. >> reporter: bonds listened as his former trainer greg anderson again told a judge he will not testify for or against his childhood friend in bonds trail set to start in three weeks. judge susan elston ordered anderson back saying she will send him to jail then. >> we will wait and see what happens. we'll hear the arguments.

>> reporter: prosecution and defense have filed motions to limit the others evidence. bond's former mistress kimberly bell can testify about bonds previous incidents. >> that accusation is false and very inflammatory. >> reporter: the court plans to call 90 prospective jurors here and plans to call 12 people and 12 alternates to determine whether barry bonds is guilty or not. in san francisco, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. we are tracking rain right now with downpours in some areas and in about eight minutes, bill is back with how it's going to affect your

tonight dozens of oakland residents got on their bikes to ride around the city and show the opposition for both a current and proposed gang injunction. the bike riders plan to stop and talk to community organizations about those injunctions. currently, the court is considering an injunction to keep about 40 gang members from

talking to each other. in the past week and a half, three pharmacies have been hit in concord, clayton and the latest just last night in pleasanthill. it's another story that is new at 10:00 tonight. heather holmes talked about detectives who told them the mo for these crimes is unusual. heather. >> it certainly is. let's talk about bold. this guy he walked right through the front doors of this rite-aid. then walked straight to the pharmacy, climbed over the counter then he went after the cough syrup. imagine the pharmacist surprised after a man hopped the counter and started filling up his backpack with cough syrup. at 5:00 p.m. when the store was busy. >> knew the exact area of the pharmacy to go to, very quick. >> reporter: it follows a familiar pattern that began a

week and a half ago at this right in in neighbors concord. police there tell us they have surveillance video showing the white male taking cough syrup that contains codine. >> codine syrup is similar to heroin in terms of its effects. it doesn't take long for a once time experiment to turn into a very long habit. >> it's very unforgiving. any of the opients builds a tolerance. which means you have to take more for the same effect and there's no end to that. >> reporter: no one has been injured in any of these cases, in fact, the suspect frank and julie doesn't say anything to

the pharmacist and doesn't display any sort of weapon. that is the good news in all of this. reporting live tonight, here in pleasanthill, i'm heather holmes. a 17-year-old student facing charges for taking a loaded handgun to school. today's incident at the berkeley technology academy is the third such incident at a berkeley school in the last month. the principal says he got a tip and called police immediately. >> there wasn't any indication that there was anything going on. >> reporter: the áf the berkeley school district tells ktvu there were two other incidents in which guns were found at berkeley high school last month. oakland residents could soon see officers walking the beat in oakland.

mayor jean quan welcomed new officers. angry reaction from jackie spears following the pg & e explosion in san bruno. the question focuses on whether a shut off valve would have made any difference. >> reporter: reaction to information that came out in today's ntsb hearing about pg & e's policy not to equip many of its pipelines with shut off valves. >> it's absolutely outrageous. and when you're a regulated utility, you have a responsibility to the public not to the industry. >> reporter: when asked if a shut off valve would have

reduced the hour and a half it took pg & e to manually shut off the gas. an engineer admitted a shut off valve would have taken 15 minutes. >> too shut off the valve, yes we could have shut off the valve sooner. >> reporter: if the gas was shut off sooner, pg & e says there's no proof yet what kind of difference it would have made but the company is reconsidering its prior condition and plans to install shut off valves as part of a project this summer. >> clearly something went wrong so we're reevaluating this program. >> reporter: another thing discussed. pg & e's faulty records. they mistakingly show the pipeline was one seemless pipe instead of sections welded together. tomorrow san bruno takes center stage as a focus shift to public awareness. carol han. our coverage of today's hearing continues on our

website ktvu.com. just look for the gas explosion tab at the front page. live storm tracker 2 is lit up right now. there's the live radar sweep. there's pacifica. and there's the cell moving off the coast. we have heavy rain being reported out near montero. showers or light showers right now throughout the bay area. live storm tracker 2 is going to be lit up for a while. rain moves in tonight. tomorrow morning's commute is wet. then we stay in this unsettled weather pattern for the next few days. computer model tonight brings a brunt of the storm through. we're getting records of heavy winds in san francisco. i've got winds gusts offshore right now at 38 miles per hour. there's your morning commute. i'm going to be back in less than ten minutes. we're going to update that cell using storm tracker 2. we will also look at the computer models. crews are hard at work

tonight in the self-anchored suspension span. we're monitoring the installation of those huge vertical column. caltrans says the work cleared out this evening. the second of the four 500-ton legs should land on the tower sometime after midnight. vallejo's trail service may become a ferry service by the weekend. vallejo is facing budget cuts and rider decline. police say it was like a scene from a movie. >> a high tech robbery for computer chips but thiefs have a hard time unloading their

we are learning more tonight about a multi million dollars robbery. lloyd lacuesta is live now in fremont where police say this robbery was a highly sophisticated operation in which those robbers knew exactly what they were looking for, lloyd. >> reporter: we are behind a loading dock. on sunday, police say the chain was cut. >> this must have looked like a movie with masks and everybody dressed in black storming in. >> reporter: police say the robbers rounded up a half a dozen workers, put them in a back room, and started loading up the company's products. it's estimated some $2 million worth of high tech items were carted out in a half hour's time. police have security video tape

of the robbery but are not releasing it. >> each chip can sell upwards of 200 to 1,000 bucks depending on the memory chip we're talking about. >> but rob enderly says the robbers are going to have a tough time fencing the stolen products. >> the parts are each individually numbered, the markets are washed with counter fit parts so people tend to check the numbers and those numbers of course would trace the parts right back to the theft. >> reporter: in the 1990s, we frequently reported on high tech robberies. this is a story i did on a theft of computer chips. >> with robbery, they still think, they have to fence this stuff. they get 25-cents on a dollar and still be in good shape. >> we're learning this case is

being turned over to a special task force dedicated to solving high tech crime. live in fremont, lloyd lacuesta, ktvu. new information has come to light about the accusations against a private investigators charged with selling drugs ahead of the head of the central narcotics enforcement team. according to an affidavit obtained, christopher butler tried to sell military grade explosives days before they were exposed. police will have to wait for toxicology reports to determine what led to the at the time of a homeless man. 48-year-old john petrovech body was discovered last monday. the coroner's office tells us its autopsy did not reveal a

cause of death. los angeles county health officials think they know now what sickened hundreds of people at the playboy mansion. officials said today a legionnaires bacteria was found in a water source. only on two, a growing homeless encampment feet from homes. why

tracking strong rain right now on storm tracker two and he joins us now to tell us where

its the heaviest. >> out in the marina moderate rain. live storm tracker 2 here it is right now. and those heavier cells moving off san francisco. let's track this particular cell, we'll go right into it and we can give you a timing for it. the showers really start to pick up, the richmond district 10:33. jordan park and pacific. let's track one more cell as it moves across the peninsula. this one across hillsboro, 10:35. you know where milbre is at 10:35. what we're looking at here is an increase in rainfall. the storm track picks out the strongest cells in this case and is tracking them into the neighborhood. heavy rain out there is going to track the commute. i'll be back at 10:35 with more of the forecast. an update on a story we

first brought you earlier today. the transportation agency approved a plan to settle 10 claims stemming from a nummi accident that injured 12 people. many of the injured filed claims against the city. the city has already paid more than $500,000 to crash victims. a new twist tonight in the battle over pension reform. >> reporter: police often say their job is so dangerous that when they leave home from work they never know if they will return. that's one argument used over the years to secure good pay and benefits for officers. but bart police also know what's known as pension

spiking. >> it's a good thing. right before you retire you get an additional benefit. >> reporter: each officer pays 9% of their salary into that fund. bart matches it with another 9%. but in the last year they work officers have the option of raising their pay by 9%. here is how the accounting slight of hand works. let's say an officer makes $100,000 a year. he pays $9,000 to calpert. b.a.r.t. sends another $9,000 to ralpert. but in his final year, he can have b.a.r.t. pay him an extra $9,000 which he sends to calpert. his pension is based on income of $109,000. that works out to a pension increase of $8,100 per year. >> what are you going to do in

your retirement? >> i'm going to push cows. >> reporter: i would have never guessed that. >> reporter: we went to sacramento to talk to calperts who says out of three dozen agencies it works with, only one has this spiking pension. >> it is an option they get to do. >> reporter: and b.a.r.t. says it is not illegal. >> the problem today is that local governments are struggling so much with just meeting the bills, right. >> reporter: so why did b.a.r.t. agree to this? >> it's so hard to recruit police officers because of stringent requirements to become a police officer. to find qualified candidates we have to compete. >> reporter: its officers have had its benefits when police departments had even more trouble recruiting people. >> i think in a way we're

getting punished because, we negotiated a lot. >> it's something we negotiated in lieu of other benefits. >> they put their line on the line for us to keep us safe. this is the benefit they receive. >> reporter: at walnut creek b.a.r.t., riders were split. >> i think in these times it looks very bad. it looks like a rip off. >> i don't think it's a bad thing. especially when you consider that police officers are on a lot of stress and they deserve the money. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. says it pays a million dollars a year to cover the additional pension costs. >> i think the public would like to have an honest transparent situation for all of their employees. >> reporter: we contacted the state controllers office which prompted officials there to

tell us that they are now exploring the possibility of changing the rules so this kind of pension spiking is no longer allowed. in oakland i'm john sasaki, ktvu. several major car makers today reported big gains in sales last month in the double digits. over all sales rose 27% in february compared to a year ago. general motors had the biggest hike, 49%. toyota was up 32% and ford increased sales by 14%. many of the sales were helped by sales that are now being throttled back. higher gas prices are affecting drivers. again prices were up slightly. this was the seventh day in a row of an increase. nationwide drivers are paying $3.37 a gallon. here in the bay area regular is still under $4. but in many areas, premium are selling for more than $4 a gallon. it was a rough day on wall street with stocks way down as

oil prices surge. both the dow and the nasdaq fell in value. the nasdaq was off almost 45 points. oil settled at just under $100 a barrel. san jose is experiencing more complaints regarding homelessness since the police department had to pull two liaison officers due to budget cuts. it's a story you will see only on two. less residents say the problem is increasingly -- >> it bothers me there's something like that super close to my house. >> for some residents, the encampment is just feet from

their homes. film buffs are enjoying opening night of the cinequest film festival. a top headed greeter welcomed moviegoers to the theater. a documentary by john turro on naples italy. after the show she's scheduled to speak with the audience. >> i love opening night, and i love the meeting the directors and actors. >> the festival continues through mid-march. four children end up feeling ill. how it all started with an act of kindness. live pictures now from san francisco where we're monitoring heavy rain in some areas, bill's complete forecast at 10:45. late wo

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there's late word tonight of two firefighters being injured after battling a fire. a fire in a fireplace on the second floor spread to the attic and roof on a home on lark court around 8:30 tonight. the residents got out safely. but two firefighters were taken to the hospital. one injured his head. the other hurt his hand. officials say it'll probably cost at least $600,000 to repair the house. a vallejo convenience store clerk says he's the one that passed along marijuana laced cookies to a fifth grader but said he had no idea what was in

those cookies. six fifth grade students says he was given the cookies at a gas convenience store on his way to school. the clerk says that a regular customer left him the ginger snaps and he gave them to the student, . police say the cookies came from antes edibles. a colorado company that bakes medical marijuana edibles. in news of the world tonight, in yemen hundreds of thousands of people today took part in the largest demonstration to date. yemen is important to the united states in the fight

against al-qaida which has a presence in yemen. prolonged heavy rains saturated the soil, creating huge cracks in landslides and the earth is still moving tonight. at least 400 buildings have been destroyed in an area that covers some 200 acres. the hillside was home to many poor bolivians but so far there are no reports of any deaths. in new zealand, last week's powerful earthquake has uncovered a time capsule believed to date back to 1867. it was hidden inside a statute of the founder of christ church. the time capsule and a note in a bottle contain a message from the city's founders and their vision for christ church. the mayor says the capsule is giving survivors much needed inspiration. there's word that vetzer's

vineyard is being sold for $28 million. the liquor company brown foreman group bought fetzer9 years ago, fetzer is the largest wine company in mendecino county. it's called a day of action tomorrow for students and faculty across the state.

new at 10:00 tonight, students around california are preparing for what they are calling a day of action tomorrow. students plan to make a lot of noise in support of education, amber lee has the story. >> reporter: student organizers tell us the rally will start here around 19th avenue.

they plan to use these plastic easter eggs filled with beans to make noise during the protest. >> we're making one for everybody. >> reporter: students turned a classroom into a workshop this evening. they made signs and other props for tomorrow's day of action. >> then we have two different stick, they make two different kind of noises. just to make noise while we're marching. >> all the people participating in the rally will be wearing orange ribbons. orange is more thoughtful. >> i am looking for other work right now. it's sad because i love this university. >> reporter: these students

plan to march from san francisco state. they say further cuts are -- >> i am frustrated that the state has not made education a priority. investing in education is also investing in the future. despite the possibility of rain, organizers are hoping for a large turn out they tell us they are offering free rain ponchos. amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. bank of america customers in this country cannot access their accounts online. if you go to the website there's a message saying online banking is temporarily unavailable. the problem cropped up yesterday and returned today. b of a said an update of its website this past weekend was

causing intermittent service disruptions. the eyes of the tech world will be on san francisco tomorrow when apple unveils the i pad ii. there's even speculation that steve jobs will be there. he's currently out on a medical leave. apple isn't saying what new features the i pad will have but we will let you know tomorrow. there's a chance that the salmon season could return tomorrow and it could be a full season. after cancelled or shortened seasons the last four years. california game officials say they are projecting about 3/4 of a million salmon in coastal waters. federal regulators are expected to come up with their recommendation next week. the salmon season usually begins in mid-april. moderate to heavy to light rain around the bay area: right now live storm tracker 2 picking up a heavier cell. let's track it and see where

we're going with this. and what cities will be impacted. you see at 10:48 san leandro the rain will pick up significantly. the rain will pick up significantly there as well. let's track this one coming off the coast here: this is out by sharps park, 10:54, your rain picks up again. this is really just the beginning of the real heavy rain is going to move in here after mid-night tonight. the heavy rain, we're getting reports out toward the delta there. the wind advisory is in effect tonight. and that wind will ramp up, 35, 45-miles-an-hour. offshore buoys, some going up to 45 miles per hour. the real hit with this weather system is after midnight. you see the satellite loop, you see the rain starting out. lots of moisture coming in. of course this is us and all this moisture really has to stream through tonight. so after midnight tonight,

things really get going. we're looking for rainfall rates or rainfall accumulations maybe a half inch to an inch and a half. in the mountains we have a winter storm warning. this will be a very productive storm there as well. it's going to be productive here as well. you're going to see wet in the roadway tomorrow morning. as we go in you see lighter greens as we get into the morning commutes. still rain coming down, but lighter rain but the roads are wet at this point. so you're going to have standing water on the roads between 6:00 and 9:00 a.m. for the morning commute. the mountains are still going i'm sure they're chaining up on 50 and 80. lunchtime scattered showers, a few more scattered showers for the afternoon commute. and then we get into wednesday night and it's just kind of tapers off a little bit. then there's a little bit more coming in on thursday. right now you're morning commute right at the tail end if you will of this very wet overnight period. so your morning commute will be impacted. wipers will be on, probably moderate to low but the roads

will be very, very wet. forecast highs tomorrow, sort of give you a clue how warm this storm is. remember the last storm highs were in the 40s. highs in the upper 50s this time. it's a warm up so there's more water coming up. yourfive day forecast you see it here. rain in the morning. scattered showers thursday, your week end is always in view, sunday we're talking about another pretty wet storm. so you guys will hear it tonight about midnight, 1:00 those winds will kick up. winds will come down kind of a nasty morning commute. >> thank you, bill. jane goodall spoke about her effort to stop trade of -- goodall spoke to ktvu. she says bush meat trade is made more possible by logging

and mining companies that open up previously virgin forests. >> many animals are becoming extinct because of it. in the old, no respective hunter would shoot a mother with a baby because you don't do that, that's your future. today because it's money, money, money they shoot anything. >> reporter: goodall is helping to help people develop alternative ways to educate the world about the ill effects of the bush meat trade. new

mark is here with sports, seven in a row for the sharks. boy they are peaking at just the right time. >> i hope it's the right time. i tell you what other stories with them, if there was ever a set up for a goalie to look back this was it. earlier in the day, sharks announced the four year extension of niemi's contract. they say get out there do your thing. and he did in front of the nets. the pressure didn't get to him. there was no scoring until the third period. the avs scored first then with just 2.52 left in regulation, kind of a crazy situation in

front of the net. tipping it in, 1-1 his 15th of the year. over time, the shoot out. and the only goal, the sharks have now won 15 of their last 19. ludacris is the name of a famous wrapper. also the idea the warriors are a play off contention. nothing to back it up. indiana the place, steph curry, sloppy, 15 15 turnovers. and he learns quick, he takes takes heed from the coach's advise. 19 points, 14 rebounds from lee. he had an outstanding game. very aggressive to the hoop, he has 27 points, 16-16 from the

free throw line. very aggressive. tell you what, he's flown under the radar since getting dropped from the offseason roster last october. barry zitto could be about to become high profile. giants are reportingly exasperated with their highest paid player who has been under achieved since the day he arrived to a neighbor of $2,600. he dropped from ace to afterthought, and even that job is not safe. following a flop in his performance. the last one in spring. the giants may even entertain the idea of buying out the remainder of his contract, a whopping $65 million or so give or take a few. takes could get tense as spring training continues. meanwhile, that's the likes of the giants even though they lost 3-2. ramirez with a two

run shot off the left field. off baumgartner and the giants did lose. timmy lincecum flawless 3 innings. that's the sporting life. >>