this is a somber night in san francisco as the city mourns it's two fallen firefighters. good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> i'm gasia mikaelian. san francisco says goodbye. we have photos to show you of

lieutenant perez and firefighter anthony valerio. these two photos were on the cover of the memorial for the vigil. >> reporter: st. mary's cathedral was filled with prayer and sadness. but also occasional laughter as stories were shared. before they were firefighters serving the city they loved they were vinny and tony, boys growing up here. tony valerio's first rescue may have come as a kid when his brother got stuck in the mud. >> he could not pull us out. and i said the fire station is right there. hurry up. and the only thing i lost was a shoe. >> you never like to make these

trips but they do it for us. >> reporter: firefighters are arriving from all over the nation. a shared bond, shared danger. >> fire is fire, physics are physics. and you know things happen. things can go wrong. and it's sad. >> reporter: in the hour before tonight's vigil. the two fallen firefighters pass by their fire house one last time. riding in this procession their relatives and their fire families, every member of station 26. on the street they saw people pause, salute or place their hand on their heart. the mayor says the city will show its grief and gratitude as only they can. >> what i say a grand tribute to the firefighters. the family will see how much our city feels their sacrifice. >> reporter: the last time the

city lost any firefighter was a hotel fire. this time a house fire that seemed manageable but blew up on them. tonight the men were called the heros of diamond heights. debra villalon, kvtu. >> among those expected in tomorrow's funeral, jerry brown, newsom. the city's fire chief says all firefighters across the city will be able to attend the funeral service. >> we we have firefighters coming from all over. because if they want to come to the service i want to let them aallow them to. >> reporter: the department has never done this before on such a large scale.

she says it's important for everyone to grieve appropriately. some of the speakers after tomorrow's funeral, san francisco mayor ed lee, bill storty as well as vincent perez's brother and anthony valerio's long time coworker. ktvu will provide live coverage of tomorrow's funeral beginning at 12:30 right after ktvu channel 2 news at noon. we will also stream the service live on our website ktvu.com. the chauncey bailey trial

ended this afternoon with guilty verdicts. jurors also found bey guilty of two other killings. mackey was found guilty of one other killing. john sasaki was at the courthouse for the conclusion of the trial. >> it's been a long journey, but justice has finally been done. >> i got goose bumps right now sitting in there even though i had a good feeling that justice would be served. chauncey would have wanted that. >> reporter: bailey was shot to death four years ago as he walked to work at the oakland post. the star witness in this case, the convicted trigger man broussard testified that bey ordered the hit and that mackey helped. >> it's sometimes unfortunate but you have to engage or play with the devil to get the dirt. >> reporter: by law, prosecutors had to corroborate broussard's testimony with other evidence. >> and there was in the form of the gps data, in the form of

the ballistics results that came back from other witnesses who testified. >> reporter: bey's mother didn't make it to the courtroom in time to hear the verdict. >> i believe in my son's innocence. i just -- i believe in his innocence, i do. >> reporter: gene bereti is bey's attorney. >> i think he's stunned but he's holding on. >> i think it's quite clear that bey and the people that followed him in his violent acts are a group of violent street thugs. >> reporter: bey and mackey are set to be convicted to life.

police in watsonville have released a 911 call from the manager of a sports store as man broke a locked display, pulled out a shocked gun and then loaded it. >> he's walking back toward me. oh my god he just fired. he just fired. >> shots fired. >> he just fired, he's walking back toward me. >> what's he shooting at. >> i don't know i just got underneath the desk. >> reporter: moments later, police confronted robin miranda,they said they told him to drop the gun and when he refused they opened fire killing hill. miranda had several run ins with law enforcement but it was unclear what he hoped to accomplish at the store on tuesday. we're posting that entire 911 call on ktvu.com, you will find it under the news tab. caltrans says the caltrain

baby bullet train hit a man this afternoon. train service was halted during ktvu news at 5:00 when we brought you breaking coverage. yesterday's fatality occurred near peninsula avenue. this is the ninth death on caltrans tracks. police are asking for help to track down a santa cruz bicyclists. today we learned the identity of the man killed. zachary park was killed near the uc santa cruz campus. investigators are looking for a burgundy nissan or infinity with damage to the front end. park loved rock climbing and had recently opened his own business selling rock climbing supplies. and the family and friends of michelle le held a vigil tonight. the family is still holding out

hope that she may be alive, jana. >> frank, tonight at mountain eden park they were handing out these new posters. although police had said earlier this week that this was a homicide investigation, it's clear that michelle le's family and friends are doing everything they can to bring her home alive. >> i'm in crisis and need a supporting hand. >> reporter: more than 100 people brought their friends and support and a poster with michelle le's photo was surrounded by love of a family still hoping to find her alive. >> we're still staying optimistic that you're out there and we're going to finds you and we're going to bring you home. >> reporter: hayward police announced monday that they are treating the case as a homicide. the le family met today for an update. and brown told police we found blood evidence at the scene where we believe there was a confrontation at kaiser.

the nursing student was last seen at 7:00 p.m. at kaiser hospital in hayward. her locked white honda suv was found later. >> we did have a chaplain come in today and talked with us. we prayed for the family and prayed for michelle. >> reporter: but with no body, no suspects in custody -- >> i hope we can find michelle alive. that's what we all want. please come home, we all miss you. that's all. >> reporter: the family has set up a website and we have a link to it at ktvu.com police tell me that they expect forensic analysis results sometime next week. the reward has been increased to $55,000. the family says they plan to have a fire distribution drive

on sunday. live in hayward, jana katsuyama, ktvu news. fog has been increasing over the past couple of hours. the fog forecast for tomorrow morning and the one direction temperatures will be heading over the next couple of days. it's the last time anybody will walk out of here a high school graduate. i'm live with the emotional final graduation and what forces [ bailiff ] fee court is now in session. come on out, guys. the jury has reached its decision. now, you guys found the other airline guilty of charging a 150-dollar change fee. you bet! southwest would never do that. and that was after she changed her flight and paid the difference in airfare. that other airline treated her wrong. she was understandably upset. well, who can afford a 150-dollar change fee? he was surprised with the verdict. you got that right. [ male announcer ] don't pay a change fee on top of a fare difference. fly southwest, the only major airline that never charges change fees.

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more than 200 students celebrated a bittersweet moment in vallejo tonight. they are the last class to graduate from hogan high school. eric rasmussen is live there with what next. >> reporter: the last students to walk through these gates will be middle schoolers. it's all part of a reorganization in vallejo. today's graduation was titled, remember the spartans, even more meaningful. this is the last year they will be graduate in the blue and white. >> it's a bittersweet moment that you have to live with life, you have to move on. >> reporter: 213 students of the class of 2011 walked on this night knowing they are the

last. leaders of the vallejo city leadership decided hogan has to close. >> we really did some unique things here at hogan high school. it's going to be unfortunate that the school had to close. >> reporter: like 2/3 of the students that had to graduate, students are moving to ethel, others are going to vallejo. and thanks to funding their teachers will go with them. >> parking lot >>. >> reporter: it's a feeling shared by many who had fought to keep their school open. >> i think we were the best class. no seriously we were like a family. like literally all 700 of them. i know that their facebooks and phones will still be connected. this building will remain open as springstown middle

school relocates here next school year, vallejo high school will now serve tenth through 12th graders. we're live in vallejo, eric rasmussen. yet another shake up in the city administration in hercules. the city's police chief who is currently filling in as the city manager says he is going to retire at the end of this month which is six months earlier than planned. fred deltorcha says it is best for him to resign now. leon panetta testified today to be president obama next's defense secretary. he said his first priority will be the troops. >> i pledge to them and i pledge to you that every decision i make will be mindful of the stresses of our men and women in june form and our

their families. >> reporter: he is currently the cia director. panetta fielded questions about afghanistan and iraq. about withdrawing troops he said it would defend on libya and hopes that gadhafi will step down with continued pressure. newt gingrich faced stress today after his entire staff stepped down. gingrich recently returned from a cruise to greece. the state of alaska will release thousands of e-mails from sarah palin during her abbreviated term as governor in

alaska. palin said some e-mails weren't meant for public consumption but the state released them after request from the media. the shooting of oscar grant and the trial that followed sparked rallies in oakland. we spoke to business owners who say they're hopeful that this weekend's rallies will be peaceful. >> reporter: protesters rallied after the sentence, a rally that led to violence downtown. anger and frustration remains. >> from november to now he only had like seven months to do which was really to us a slap in the face. so we knew this date would come. >> reporter: johnson is grant's

uncle. grant was shot dead in 2009 at the fruitvale b.a.r.t. station. there will be two gathering, downtown business are not preparing. other business such as foot locker that were vandalized said they were not preparing. gate says the feel this time is different. >> before they used to have, posters around with grant pictures. but not this time. not this time. >> reporter: mayor quan says she expects any gathering to be small. >> however we are planning for any possibly event and we'll be on alert in case. >> reporter: we didn't find any business that said they were planning to board up their windows or take any actions but that may change as mehserle's release date approaches. stay with ktvu channel 2 news for continued coverage.

we'll be monitoring mehserle's release both on air and online. a family is suing the police department for an incident that occurred on halloween. tensions escalated and police moved in using their batons. three people were arrested but all charges were later dropped after the district attorney looked at the video tape. the police department says it is still investigating. justice for guy. friends and family of guy terrell jr. marched in vallejo to bring attention of what they believe was the wrongful death at the hands of police. family members say jerell was helping students shoot a video at the time when he was killed. the da is still investigating

the case. fog has been surging back into the bay. it is going to turn into a cooling trend as we head into your friday. tomorrow morning, fog targeting the coast own also right around the bay. coolest locations in the lower 50s. napa 54. san jose 52 degrees. here's our forecast showing you a few patches of fog inland. the afternoon will be a different story. coming up we'll show you what happens. we did take this into the afternoon hours. also highlight the warmest day of the upcoming weekend. the nearly two month wait is over for residents and tourists along the central coast. caltrans reopened a section of highway 1. connects caramel connects carmel and cambria.

a creek clean up project, how the effort is helping to solve two problems at once. also a fierce fire

a massive tire fire is under control tonight in camden, new jersey. the fire broke out at 3:30 this afternoon at a tire factory. the smoke could be seen 5 miles away in philadelphia. it burned fiercely until it was brought under control. a fire is burning in north eastern arizona and is moving toward the new mexico border. this was the scene today at

apache county. 525 square miles have burned, thousands are being forced to evacuate. the homeless are being paid to clean up their encampment. city leaders say this project helps solve two problems. >> reporter: with a babbling creek and palm trees up front, this looks like a beautiful refuge in the bay. this is where kenney lives. he is one of 500 people living in encampments on coyote creek. during the last few year, 180- tons of trash were pulled from the creek. >> i'm willing, able. you get to a point where it's

just like, what's left? >> reporter: councilman ricardo saw how successful a similar program was in san leandro. >> we reward them with vouchers to safeway, wal-mart or sometimes with housing. >> reporter: those who live near the creek are pleased. >> i would like to be able to take my boys on a bike ride and go to happy hollow and enjoy the trail a little bit more. but from what i understand it's not safe for us to go. >> reporter: kenney says he is grateful for the opportunity. >> if i could get a steppingstone, that's all i need. >> reporter: the project will begin on july 1st. reporting from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu news.

the san francisco community leaders held a meet and greet. san francisco needs leadership and smart ideas. city college professor said the city needs to create all kinds of jobs not just high tech jobs. i think it's an aspect of invasion of one's privacy. fee court is now in session.

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a feature that can identify a person by their picture isn't sitting well with some of the facebook's users. lloyd lacuesta is in san somewhere jose and tells us the impact goes beyond folks friends. >> reporter: users can manually name a person in a photo and tag them. now using facial recognition software one just scrolls over a face and if that person is in the facebook data bank and more than 700 million people are, the person is named. >> i think there's an aspect of invasion of one's privacy if you've not declared your right to actually be identified in a picture, so it's something that i'm not as comfortable with. >> i mean you go into it knowing that things you put out there are going to be out in the open. so it doesn't concern me too much. >> reporter: facebook says that it announced this picture last year and did it to help people add tags to facebook. tag suggestions are only made to people when they add new

photos to the site. and only friends are suggested. >> people feel like they got blind sided here. because facebook is offering something they think is in their interest. >> reporter: eric goldman says facebook did not break any laws but people need to think first before up loading photos. >> if you publish a photo, you don't know who might be able to use facial recognition technology against it. the fact that facebook is no more disconcerning than anybody else using recognition technology. >> reporter: facial recognition is already used by law enforcement, government and recruiters. >> facebook is a place to go share stuff. if you're not concerned about privacy, you don't put it in a place where you share stuff. >> reporter: some users would rather have been asked for, do you opt in before making it

automatic. >> lloyd lacuesta. there's been a major online security breech against a global giant. citigroup confirmed today hackers targeted hundreds of thousands of customers. the company plans to offer replacement credit cards. hackers gained access to card hol ár holder's names -- card holder's names. a federal report showing american exports hit a record in april sent stocks up today. the dow rose 75 points. the nasdaq finished up nine points. today's gains broke a six day losing streak for both indexes. california is flexing it's economic muscle as cross the world. a different report issues today california exported $12.9 million worth of goods worldwide in april. that's up 14% compared to april of last year. the state is also posted an increase during each of the

last 18 months. a report by an independent panel reviewing the san bruno pipeline explosion is urging reforms and pg & e. the commission made the report public at it meeting in san francisco today. the puc appointment panel made suggestions that pg & e bring in an independent investigation. the utility considers the report thoughtful and vows to take quick action. the report mentions that sewer work near by may have added stress and weakened the pipeline. the panel did not take a position, but is urging the upc

to share the report. a vallejo man is in jail tonight accused of trying to tell 2 pounds of cocaine. this photo of the drugs, hands guns and $12,000 in cash they say they found of ernest washington. after that search it led police to another home where they made no arrests. the prosecutor in the chauncey bailey murder trial said the first amendment is not going to be murdered by murdering journalists. as rita williams reports, a

group of journalists have been working to keep the journalists memory alive. >> reporter: chauncey bailey's killer wanted to die with him. >> hopefully, there's not another journalist assassinated like this in the country but it happens around the world. real people have to protect journalists or better journalists. >> reporter: bey died while awaiting trial. i spent a day with chauncey bailey in his east oakland neighborhood. he reported for the oakland tribune and felt he had to live in the midst of violence to write about it. >> i always wear a tie when i

go out because around here you wear a tie, people think you're either a minister or a detective. so you have a bubble of respect. >> reporter: that perceived bubble of represent respect did not protect him in the end. when he was shot on the street bailey was wearing a suit and a tie. we posted rita's 2002 story on chauncey bailey on ktvu.com. the health keeps coming for injured giants fan bryan stow. more than a thousand restaurants in alameda are taking part of this fundraiser. when customers mention bryan stow the restaurant will donate 20% of their meal tab. the bay area church targeted overnight and why in

some ways the church's pastor is thankful. this is the weather system that will be cooling down the bay area. coming up i'll let you know how

a new poll out tonight shows thatten constituents want him to stay in office despite his sexting scandal that blew up in week. when the congressman returned to his apartment the news media was waiting for him. weiner said again he is not resigning. california senator dianne feinstein was asked her

opinion. >> my reaction candidly is one of great sadness. he is deeply flawed with great issues and that's all i'm going to say. >> reporter: senator feinstein added that whatever happens next is up to the senate and weiner. the congregation of a dublin church is picking up the pieces after a man broke a number of stained windows tonight. glass littered the ground. dublin police say when they arrived at the scene, the man was still throwing bricks through windows. he was promptly arrested. the church's pastor says he is familiar the with then map and that he thinks the person has been receiving help for mental problems. >> praise god we have insurance. so i think we're going to be covered with insurance.

the biggest thing is the sense of violation. >> reporter: pastor guci estimated that each stained window will cost $2,500 to replace. in campbell, police say they have arrested a man suspected of beating a 3-year- old girl. rolling her up in a carpet and leaving her for dead. we first showed you this police photo of george rodriguez last month when he was on the run. officers arrested rodriguez yesterday afternoon after making a traffic stop. rodriguez' discovered the 3- year-old when he found her in the garage. she is now being cared for by foster care. the rate of new cases is now declining, that may be

because more people are avoiding fruits and vegetables. a teenager was rescued after he was seen hanging from a bridge. the teen had been shot and tortured. a group of men got out of a vehicle and hung three. in china, a general reported today the first aircraft carrier. it was america's best kept secret. initially it was to be used as a casino. recently beijing has been expanding it's military. the u.s. released spectacular video of hawaii volcano. in fact, the level of that lava pool has risen about six to 10 feet in the past week and a half and there are now concerns that it could actually

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two students are murdered in a parking garage at san jose state but students safety alerts don't go out for hours. now a month later the university says it's making some changes. ktvu's maureen naylor has details on a story you will see only on 2. >> there's been a shooting in the north garage. >> reporter: tomorrow makes one month since the university sent

out that message. >> i got the news at about 10:30. a friend of mine was 11:30. another friend was 2:00 a.m. a campus alert went out 30 minutes after. many criticized the kwraouft for sending out the first message 45 minutes after the shooting happened. one in every five people registered never received the message because they had a nonworking number. another problem police were sending the alert from their phones. >> it's very hard to really effectively use the alert system from a smart phone. >> reporter: so the university purchased a laptop for police. another goal is outreach on campus. 70% of students are registered yet only 40% of faculty. >> one of my friends who's a professor here she was teaching class and she was done at 8:45. she was in her office and she did not know until the morning. >> i think that's great. it's definitely good that they're listening to what students have to say and

improving it to make the campus safer. >> reporter: the university is encouraging students to sign up for voice alerts saying text messages can take longer. concord police this morning cleared out a homeless encampment near a lowe's center. customers had been complaining about homeless people bothering them. the city and outreach organizations warned the residents that encampment would be cleared. city crews spent the day removing brush and trimming trees. muni and the union met with a mediator. the arbitrator's decision on the new contract is expected by next tuesday. no decision yet on the fate of menlo park so called granny tree. san francisco public utilities

commission is still deciding what to do. we've been following the plythe of the 300-year-old tree. they are still looking at all options. a third day of a scorching heat wave in the eastern third of the country made life miserable for millions of the people. high temperatures set records today. many were in the triple digits. at least seven deaths have been reported. a cold front is bringing cooler temperatures to the northeast along with thunderstorms that caused widespread power outages. it's been three months since the tsunami rolled through the harbor. it cost more than $25 million in damage. the mercury news reports that there aren't enough facilities

in monterey bay to handle all the repairs. a repair company has a waiting list of 90 boats. a bay area microclimate resurfaced today with cold conditions coast side with us and the stubborn fog patches. the fog has been on the increase. coast side and already a few patches headed into the bay for san francisco, oakland and also right around the hayward area. as we deploy our buoys. we still have the on shore wind, the key factor with that that will help transform some of the fog as we head into the overnight hours. cooling off a bit and the weekend no rain clouds to worry about this weekend but temperatures will be cooling off especially as we do head into saturday. here's a look at the over all weather system moving in from the north. this will not bring us any clouds, an on shore breeze and

marine layer. a cooling trend, temperatures most areas in the 60s and 70s. warmest temperatures will be approaching the 80s. and next two to three weeks, could mean flooding. even for the yosemite valley. potential flooding on the merced river. this could have an impact on some of the campgrounds, the camp sites in yosemite valley. this could be extended into next week. we'll be watching this day-to- day and over the next few weeks. first thing tomorrow morning, coast side also right around the bay fog. even a few patches up in the sonoma county for santa rosa. as we put this into motion, the clouds pulling back in near the shoreline but still some left

over patches for san francisco. hazy sunshine, partly cloudy skies. more sunshine inland but temperatures coming down about three to 6 degrees from the conditions we had today. santa rosa right around 74. fair field in the upper 70s. maybe 80 degrees out toward brentwood. some 60s at the brim of the bay. definitely bring a sweater or coat if you are headed for the coast with temperatures only in the upper 50s. here is a look ahead. your five day forecast, a bit cooler into your saturday. a little bit of a bump in the numbers for sunday. looks like in the next week for monday and tuesday. more sunshine and temperatures warming up. >> looking good, thank you mark. residents of one of san francisco's most underserved community have a place to receive health care. the westbrook plaza clinic opened its doors today. the 20,000 square food facility

helps with social services also health and dental. also inside are 49 affordable housing units. researchers studying mice found that nicotine blocks specific brain cell nerves that block hunger. when the

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to the speaker. they believe it's the sound waves and not really the musical talent of acdc. >> you don't hear acdc too often on the 10:00 news. >> and making everybody look like bob gibbs, the best moment happened before the game. renteria now in cincinnati presented with his world series ring. his former teammates still love him. the pride of casa grande high school in beautiful petaluma with the rbi single against madison bumgartner. eight strike outs this evening, giants with only four hits. another run, eli whiteside

charged with the run there. you will hear that bob haren did not communicate, that he couldn't relate to his players but not winning is what cost him his job under his guidance the a's have turned into a garen-tees loss. and john melvin is the new coach. couldn't turn things around in his debut. caihill tried to make a play. three more in the third. adam dunn just creams one off caihill. as for melvin, the new manager he speaks prior to the game about how he hopes to turn things around with the a's. >> you know get back to doing the things that this team does very well. it's got great pitching. it has good athletes and you know we're going to try to play the game that we're suited to

play. we're probably not going to sit around and play for three run homers and we play in a ballpark that's more conducive to being aggressive. that's what we're going to do. >> lebron james and the heat will take their game to the heat holding on to a thread. dallas on the other hand leaving it all out on the floor again. they were up eight, mid-way through the fourth. but miami comes back. dirk says come on get it together and they do. 13-2 run for the mavs to close it out. nowitzki on the inside, on the baseline two of his 29 slamming it down. they had the inside and out working. jason terry off the bench like ice to take that shot. a three dallas up seven dallas

up with 33 seconds left. back to miami they go with dallas leading 2-3. be sure to join us tomorrow, we'll be following the funeral ♪ ♪

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