trying to spark a revolution. officers say when he was pulled over by the california highway patrol early sunday morning he had no intention of being arrested and he said that's why he opened fire. 45-year-old byron williams is the man police say fired on chp officers early sunday morning. investigators say they interviewed williams and was headed to shoot people. investigators say he didn't have a specific hit list but his plan was to wait till monday morning to start his killing spree. >> this was his plan. we are just lucky the chp stopped him when he did or people could have been killed. >> reporter: the tide foundation describes itself as a nonprofit. no one here had ever heard of

byron williams. >> all we know is what we've heard from the press. so, we are trying to figure out as much as we can. and we are obviously paying close attention to security matters going forward. >> reporter: williams was charged in court today for the shoot out with highway patrol officers. he's been charged with four accounts of attempted murder of officers. a host of arm charges and charges for being a felony in possession of body armour. he's facing 25 years to life in prison as a three strikes offender. today's charges just cover the shoot out with california highway patrol officers on sunday morning. the fbi is also investigating williams after finding a binder in his vehicle entitled simply california. now earlier today i spoke with an fbi spokesperson, he says at this point the federal government is not filing any charges, but he says that could change. we're live in oakland, christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news.

our coverage of that shoot out on interstate 580 continues online. just go to ktvu.com and go to the 580 shooting tab. police in concord are investigating an unthinkable crime. a mother accused of stabbing her own child then stabbing herself to death. officers were called to a home on park glen court. they say they found the 10-year- old girl with a knife wound and a 39-year-old woman, her mother dead. according to police, the girl said her mother woke her up and then attacked her but she was able to get away. police say it looks like then the woman cut herself. the child is in serious condition. investigators are working to find a motive. the objections of two county sheriffs have forced state correction officials to parol a convicted killer to san joaquin county. hersaw is scheduled to be released from prison on monday. an appeals court overturned his

convection. he later pleaded guilty to one count of voluntary manslaughter. correction officials wanted to parol him to another county but sheriffs there objected. two bank of america branches were robbed at gunpoint. in the last one police say the woman got away with a lot of money. the woman is described as white, hispanic or of mixed race. she's in her 30s, 5'3" tall. she has brown hair, tinted red or orange. she is about 130 pounds. another bank was robbed yesterday morning but police do not think it's the same suspect. a teenager who died near a

cliff, andrew leonard hicks jr., earlier reports said he may have been distracted by a cell phone. but his family says that is not correct. they say hicks was trying to get a better view when he fell to his death. today, ac transit drivers staged a sick out a judge ruled on the matter and riders did an awful lot of bidding. sal castaneda has the story. >> reporter: this is day two of what transit riders say has been a very unreliable compute. some buses have been late, and others have not come at all. for howard height and others waiting, it became aparticipant apparent the bus was not

coming. >> finally i said, look, we just need to give up. >> reporter: the latest labor dispute has disrupted service and today an alameda superior court judge refused to impose the contract put forward by the members sunday. drivers say the imposed contract is unfair. now transit officials say many bus operators have not shown up for work. the shortage has forced delays and cancellations. 20% of the drivers are staging a sit out. and we think that's a terrible thing to do because it penalizing the drivers of this district who are working class, the poor, the young and the elderly. >> reporter: union leaders say they are not too blame for delays and missed buses. >> ac transit did an entire restructuring of the service that is provided to the public. they haven't put the public on notice, so therefor they are making it look like we are not coming to work.

>> reporter: drivers have been working without a contract since june 30th. the district says it needs to close a $56 million deficit. drivers and management have been arguing over concessions including increases in health care copayments, a two tiered mention plan and different overtime work rules. negotiations have been ongoing since april 1st. many riders say they hope service becomes reliable again soon. >> the worse thing was there was misus information. no buses, no one letting us know that there may be a sick out. >> reporter: the two sides are scheduled to be back in court july 30th. at that time the judge could leave the contract in place or could force both sides back to the bargaining table. live in oakland, sal castaneda, ktvu channel 2 news. kagan's nomination is now on the way to a full vote in

the senate. all of the democrats voted for her, but every republican expect for one voted against her. lyndsey graham of south carolina was the lone republican voting in favor of kagan. the senate will likely vote on kagan's nomination sometime next month. republican meg whitman wants the public record detailing how her opponent jerry brown is using public money as attorney general while he's running against her for governor. whitman's camp has asked for a list of communications personnel, the department's budget and an accounting of expenditures. the request comes after a news story looked at the balancing act between brown's job and his candidacy for governor. another child has died from whopping cough, bringing to six the number of deadly cases in california this year and putting the state toward the worse outbreak in 15 years. infants are the ones most at

risk. all of this year's deaths have been under 6 years old. john fowler is live in concord tonight with more on how bay area health officials are responding to this, john. >> contra costa county health officials are planning a free immunization clinic here. people we talked to say they plan to attend. >> i take it very serious, i'm a mom of three. keep these little ones healthy is very important to me. >> reporter: at thursday's regular farmer's market and concert now free vaccinations for anyone over the age of 7. >> we're really encouraging grandparents, siblings, care givers, health care workers to all get vaccinated to protect the babies in our country. >> reporter: while many have already had the vaccine, protection dies off.

>> they are so small, all that inflammation is too much for them and they die. >> reporter: infectious disease specialist dr. swarburg says parents refusing vaccines are terribly misinformed. >> the risk of getting whooping cough are far greater than the consequences any bad consequences of the vaccine. >> reporter: contra costa county has had 66 cases this year up from 19 last year. it also has many more children who are not vaccinated. grown ups may not know they are carriers of whopping cough. doctors say the best way to stop this epidemic is a now free booster shot. >> the vaccine is a very safe vaccine, and it's also very

effective. >> reporter: the vaccine are to be offered here first come first serve from 10 to 9:00 p.m. on thursday. minors will need to have an adult guardian present. john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. activists send a message to nancy pelosi to take action between hiv and aids. >> solve the aids crisis now. >> wearing skeleton masks and black clothing members of the aids conference association held a die in outside pelosi's office. the group wants pelosi to sign a bill for help. >> we would like the speakers to do something about it.

>> the foundation said there were 1,800 people on those waiting lists. they want pelosi to use stimulus money to get those patients the treatment they need. this was a big day for the new samaritan cancer care center in san jose. construction workers put the last 18-foot steel beam in place. and just before that, the construction team held a ceremony where as you can see there, folks signed the beam. this comes three months after ground breaking on the four story, 755,000 square foot center which will hold support services for cancer patients. the center is scheduled to open sometime next spring. attitude remain unchanged when it comes to one of the nation's most controversial topics. plus -- >> reporter: fire after fire after fire in berkeley leaving city and personal property charred. 13 13 incidents so far. we have that story live next.

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a string of suspicious fires in berkeley grew today to 13. officials are investigating an arson this morning outside a store on telegraph but today's fire, well it might just be the last thanks to surveillance video. debra clemons is live in berkeley with the developments. >> reporter: we're outside of sam's right now and it's business as usual. but boy have those owners had a busy day today. someone set a fire outside of their business, threatening their business. switch to another view and you

can see in the upper left hand corner they've stopped and appear to be doing something with the recycling bin. they leave and a short time later it's engulfed in flames. police show up to put it up with extinguishers, but flairs go back up and they beat it down again. the owners consider the damage to their store front, they gave surveillance video to police this morning. video police are now analyzing. >> i hope the two are on that video, and they get caught. and something happens to them like a night in jail and they go in for arson. because that is arson, it's not a prank. >> reporter: there was no damage to the store, so the

aywaq received shipments but was furious. another fire early this morning burned a scooter and others have targeted a dock, a bench, even a portable toilet. >> we're fairly certain that a handful of these cases are connected because of the mo. this particular suspect or suspects are lighting city of berkeley recycling bins and then pushing them against an object. that's a particular type of mo. but some of the other cases may be copy cats. >> berkeley police say they have stepped up patrols and they say you can help catch the arsonists. coming up at 6:00, they take you inside the mind of an arsonist and tell you how you can help. for now, live in berkeley, clemons, ktvu news. an exclusive ktvu poll shows california voters have not changed their long term standing support to give a

woman their right to an abortion. in 2006, 73% said they supported the decision. right now 49% of california voters favor making no change to existing abortion laws, 22% support making it easier to make an abortion. and 24% would like to make it more difficult to get an abortion. the president of anthem blue cross has resigned after holding that position for two years. leslie ganthen was on the head of the company when that company announced wage increased. >> can i officially start complaining about the weather. >> go ahead, be my guest. >> it's too cold, i'm ready for warmer weather out there. let's check in with chief meteorologist bill martin, and

my wish is not going to come true. >> not for your wednesday but it will heat up as we head into the weekend. it has been kind of cool, the weather has been good for our firefighters. right now fog to talk about. there's a lot of it out there. we will come in right time, there we are in san francisco. you can see fog loaded up all along the coast. it's already here, here's golden gate park right around here. stinson beach is right about here. we have fog shooting into the bay as we head into the albany area. and into the ballpark and bay bridge, south of market all of this area is clear but within the next hour, fog is coming in. it'll be into the bay area neighborhood late tonight, early tomorrow morning. here is how it breaks down. we put together a couple of computer models for you. here's 3:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon. big influx of fog, when you wake up tomorrow there's fog in

almost all bay area counties. then it's back to the coast. tomorrow afternoon, that's wednesday afternoon. kinds of like it was today in terms of burn off. but we have a lot of coverage in the morning. that sets your tone for the day. that means temperatures will be a little cool. lots of fog and low clouds, we can expect temperatures to be a few degrees cooler in many bay area locations then it warms up a little bit. but the basic trend this week will be mild to warm inland. fog along the coast and temperatures slightly below the average in some locations. it's going to warm up a little bit as we head through time. i'll have the details on that. five day forecast and forecast more specific to an area where you live. a new study finds many freshmen are unqualified to take college courses. standized test scores show almost half of last year's cisu freshmen were unqualified to

take entry level english. almost40% didn't meet the requirement to enter college math. many students were diverted to remedial classes to brush up their math and science skills. and today mrs. obama and children from the boys and girls club helped throw out the first pitch at camden yards stadium where the orioles are playing the tampa bay rays. the first lady has recruid players from major league baseball to help her fight childhood obesity by promoting exercise and healthy eating among america's young people. well, they have been in limbo now for months. but millions of unemplmay have their pockets after a benefits

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new numbers released today show a drop in unemployment in most states including here in california. the labor department says 39 states saw their jobless rate decline last month. now that's a slight improvement from may. in california our unemployment rate dropped 1/10 of one percentage point to 12.3%. it is still one of the highest in the country. tonight millions of the

those unemployed americans are one step closer to receiving another lifeline. the extension to benefits cleared a critical line. >> reporter: with exactly the minimum votes needed, the senate today voted to advance legislation restoring unemployment benefits to an estimated 2.5 million jobless americans. >> the motion is agreed to. >> reporter: the democratic victory came after the bill picked up another supporter. >> thank you. >> reporter: clark goodwin was sworn in today replacing the late robert byrd. he helped override republican objections over the cost. >> what republicans are about unemployment benefits, yes. deficits, no. >> reporter: instead of adding to the federal debt, republicans argued the jobless benefits should be financed through cuts to other

government programs. democrats though say the unemployment checks will have a positive and immediate effect on the struggling economy. >> there's hardly anything you can name that is more stimlative to the economy than put money into the hands of those who need it desperately, who will spepd spend it immediately, who will inject the money into the economy and create jobs. >> reporter: a job is what americans desperately want. >> anything to put food on the table. >> reporter: from a 50-year-old handyman, to a 50-year-old heavy equipment operator unemployed for one year. >> i'm almost like homeless. if you can't pay your bills, they want you out. >> reporter: well a final vote to end the senate is expected tonight. the legislation would next return to the house for lawmakers approval and then to president obama's desk. the president says he will quickly sign that bill into law.

on wall street today, stocks made a turn around after a big drop earlier in the day. stocks fell about 150 points after disappointing earning reports from ibm and goldman sachs. but the market recovered after news that bern bernanke will take steps to restore the economy. the dow rose 75 points, the nasdaq rose 24 points. for more financial and consumers news, go to our website ktvu.com and click on the business tab. police force out homeless advocates who took over an empty building in one bay area city. also ahead -- >> reporter: a vietnamese community activist attacked a pop singer on stage during a concert in the south bay recently. he says the attack is part of

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we are learning more tonight about a bizarre incident at a concert in the south bay. a man disguised as a woman tried to attack a singer who was performing on stage. the suspect is a former fighter pilot from overseas and a familiar name in the bay area.

today robert handa spoke to the suspect from his jail cell. and robert is live tonight with more of what he's saying. >> reporter: we're live here in little saigon. an area that got its name because of lee tong and his efforts have only gotten more direct. >> reporter: 63-year-old lee tong is in custody and he wouldn't have it any other way. tong a former vietnam fighter pilot calls himself a freedom fighter. a touring vietnamese pop singer seen by many vietnamese as part of their country because of the singers involvement in government youth programs. >> they come here to lulaby the vietnamese americans here and he leaves our community.

>> reporter: so what did tong do? he attacked the singer. hung finished his show while tong was charged on several charges including suspicion of assault. tong said he had to be in disguise to get close. >> i'm some kind of celebrity, not only the vietnamese people but the organizer, they know who i am. so i cannot get in. >> reporter: tongs notoriety became with a hunger strike, that convinced the city council to name the district little saigon. >> they will come to san jose, they will come to california and look everywhere, the vietnamese community and we

still in the big -- >> reporter: to in, g is expected in court tomorrow. community leaders expect mixed reaction from the vietnamese community. they plan to ask the judge to reduce bail which has been set at $100,000. robert honda, ktvu channel 2 muse. police have arrested one suspect and are searching for another following a cash burglary at a wal-mart in vacaville. 28-year-old hasani carl stole a large amount of money from that store on april 26. he is a relative of latoya karr of fairfield, a wal-mart employee who helped set up the robbery. police are asking anyone with information on the case to contact police. advocates to advocates for

the homeless took over buildings around the area to show how they can be used as housing for the homeless. >> reporter: the people who spent the night at the building will likely not spend the night there tonight. >> we contacted the owners of the billing, the owner wanted them arrested so we signed a seize order for them. >> you've been told what you can do. >> reporter: police say the squatters did not resist arrest but they did not make it easy for police who had to come make the arrest inside. police arrested up to five people on suspicion of trespassing. three hours earlier we got a tour of the building by a homeless advocate who spent the night. advocates claim there are two empty housing units for every

person that does not have a place to live. they say buildings like these should be taken over if the owner is not taking responsibility for it. >> we are willing to take over the property. >> do you want to make a statement on behalf of the own owner. >> reporter: he did not, and would not identify himself for the media. >> reporter: this may not be the first time we see a scene like this. in san francisco, kraig debro. the oil cap in the gulf is holding up well tonight and is not leaking. that's according to thad allen. seepage two miles from the well is just, quote very small drips and they are not yet cause for concern. so for now, the cap will stay put but admiral alan says they'll still be keeping a close watch on it. >> we just authorize another 24 hour period for the oil

integrity test to continue. >> also today, there were more revelations in louisiana, day two into an investigation of what happened. a manager on board says he reported a leak to his supervisor just days before the bp well explosion. but investigators say the required reporting to government investigators did not happen. the international energy agency says the country consumed the equivalent of 2.265 billion-tons of oil last year. china says the data is unreliable and says it doesn't reflect the country's effort to curve energy use or its investment in renewable energy sources. the country also sites its own data showing a figure less than the iea fig jury -z figure.

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treatment. the test could spare couples the multiple attempts of using invitro fertilization. the study was publicked today in the internal journal of environmental health. it suggests that several cleaning products may contain carcinogens. new study shows a carbon in graves may stop the use of symptoms of arthritis. doctors aren't sure yet how much resvetritrol humans need. research has shown that resv

era trol may help reduce symptoms of arthritis. they are some of the most famous words in american history, and they were said 41 years ago today. and a cooler day for much of the bay area. a lot, a lot of fog out there. bill martin is tracking things and he'll have his full forecast when we come back. they could have a nail salon's dangerous secret. we're look into what a proposal may mean for your next manicure. hear what the company revealed just hours ago about the iphone 4 impact. and we're talking to

families about how the community is after police lay offs so far.

there were some nervous moments at a community college in sacramento today. a bomb squad and hazmat team

was called in to investigate a suspicious van. although they did not find any explosives they did find a surprising discovery. >> reporter: for a while this morning a large perimeter and the bomb squad combed the college. that after propane cans were seen inside this van. the driver, 31-year-old curtis matthews was arrested. >> the behavior exhibited by this person is some what suspicious. public safety is our number one concern. we want to explore this a little more, we want to look into his past and what he's been doing. >> reporter: this morning, college police took a list of con contents in the van. in a window, copies of associate arts degree. but this was od a tomb like box lined with plastic was venting through the roof. matthews told officers it was a

special sleeping chambers. investigators don't know what they've got here. a former student living in a van with a very strange interior who's now behind bars. tom duhane. well the late ronald reagan will now be honored in california with a day of special recognition every year. governor arnold schwarzenegger signed a bill designating february 6th at a day to honor the former california governor and 44th president of the united states. february6th is reagan's birthday and next year the first day of recognition would have been his 100th birthday. another bill was signed as well, it creates a commission to seek private donations to celebrate that event. coming up next at 6:00, the proposed ordnance that would affect nail salons across the city. also at 6:00, the new picture and new information about that man who was involved in a shoot out with the chp over the weekend. tonight, what he told police

about where he was heading, who he was targeting and why. also ahead, a fall from grace. russell the former raider's quarterback appeared in court today. we'll explain what happened. we learned today whether the problems with that iphone 4 at an impact on iphone's earnings. the warnings and reactions coming up next. sears and k mart are paying out more than a million dollars in a settlement. the store's charged customers more than the advertised prices on sale items. the suit was filed after inspections found the price scanners were charging more than the lowest advertised prices. thousands of pounds of frozen chicken nuggets are

being recalled tonight. they are sold as the great value brand at wal-mart stores. there's concern that the bags of chicken may contain pieces of plastic. there is a use by tkaet of june 9, 20 # one. 2011. no one has been sickened by or injured by those chicken nuggets. last night's sights of a mountain lion was on canyon lane in the emerald lake area. another big cat was sited last wednesday night. as always, authorities advise people to keep pets indoors. not to approach mountain lions and if confronted not to run. to make themselves appear bigger and make noise. the fog sure did take a long time to burn off today. >> it sure did, it was the

coolest day of the week. and tomorrow will be cooler with more fog. when the fog blankets all the area, it is slow to warm. we go outside and i want to show you the bay area microclimate. you can see the heat out in the valley. but here's what we lie, where the sea breeze impacts us. you can see the cooler colors representing 78 in livermore, 64 in oakland. temperatures today in concord just 81 degrees. i would expect concord on a day like this, climatetology about 78. that continues again tomorrow as more fog really pushes inland tonight and tomorrow morning. i'll show you that in the fog model in just a moment. this is the low pressure center that's bringing the fog in. this is what i talked about last night. this system is not supposed to be there. when it is there, like this. it just ushers the fog inland. if this was winter, it would be bringing rain. but since it's not winter, what it's getting is just enough

lift to send it into the bay area neighborhoods. as far north or far east in the delta. forecast then for tomorrow morning, wednesday morning. look where it is, this is the computer model says, here is where the fog is going and you can see it folding right through the line of the golden gate bridge. and temperatures tomorrow morning just in the 50s. temperatures tomorrow afternoon mostly 70s with a few low 80s, the fog does burn back but it's a slow burn back as it was today. then as we head into thursday, the high pressure will start to reaccomplish itself and temperatures will come up a little -- reestablish themselves and temperatures will come up a little bit. reds are your 80s and 90s. cooler colors represent that sea breeze. and we have cool sea breezes. 73 in napa tomorrow, that's

cool. 77 in vallejo, that's cool. you know who likes this, the firefighters. this is the height of our fire season. and this is a pattern that takes a lot of pressure off the firefighters. we don't get rain often until late in october, early november. so, fire danger always high, but this pattern with increased humidities and cooler temperatures really do provide a bit of a relief or a bit of a break for our friends, the men and women who fight fires in northern california. there's the five day forecast. we also talked about this the other day, spare the air days, we've had a couple. usually by now we've banged out about seven. we have not had many because it's been a mild summer so far. >> i can't remember the last time we had one. >> it's been a few weeks. today marks exactly 41 years since neil armstrong uttered those now famous words. >> one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> millions of the people around the world were captivated by these images of

the first time a human landed on the moon. it was july 20th 1969. no one has been there since 1972. young immigrants dawn caps and gowns, but it's not graduation. we'll tell you what these young adults want congress to do to make their dream a reality.

actress lyndsey lohan is now officially a prisoner in the los angeles county system. lohan showed up today the begin serving her sentence. unlike her previous court appearance, lyndsey lohan remained composed. the star is serving her time at the lynnewood detention facility outside los angeles. she is being held in an isolation cell for her security. illegal immigrants who came to the united states as children were on capitol hill today lobbying congress for passage of the dream act.

it's a bill that is highly controversial. carol hann as our report. >> reporter: they weren't born in this country but they want to stay here. which is why hundreds of students are here at capitol hill asking congress for a chance to go to school, get a job and give back to the country they love. >> reporter: students from all over the country with a dream. just a dream for many students here because reality is they are undocumented, unwelcomed at some colleges. while students here from california say, they are struggling because they are ineligible for federal financial aid. >> you have to work but i have to keep up with the classes and everything, it's making it hard for me to excel in my major. >> reporter: even if they get a degree, students say they can't use it without proper documentation. >> if i obtain my law degree, i would still have to work under the table, working at a low

minimum wage job. >> reporter: a fight noticed by lawmakers. critics call this an amnesty plan. >> as u.s. citizens, as nonu.s. citizens they have an obligation to get that college training in their home country. >> reporter: there's little chance that congress will act on comprehensive law reform this year, the paired down dream act may be the best chance these students have for citizenship. in washington, carol hann, ktvu channel 2 news. and there is much more news just ahead, ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 is next. apple released its quarterly earnings today, coming up we'll have the numbers and analysis and what it all means for the company

coming up on ktvu channel 2 news.

tonight we're learning a man involved in a shoot out had much bigger plans. where police say the suspect was planning to go on a shooting rampage. it is known as the toxic trio. tonight details on a push to make nail salons safer. good evening everyone, i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. >> we now know where the 580 freeway shooter was headed and who he was targeting when he got into a shooting with the chp on saturday. byron williams was planning to lie in wait so he could kill left wing politicians and activists in san francisco. christien kafton joins joins us now with the latest developments. >> reporter: the shooter wa