at 7th and mission outside nancy pelosi's office in the federal building. about 100 people or so came out to res for accelerated -- to press phreakel is rated pace on national reform -- to press for accelerated pace on national reform. nineteen people were arrested and charged with a merchandise, failure failure to obey a police officer's order. all were cited and released and say they will continue their protests tomorrow. that's when we're expecting to see protests outside the federal -- [ no audio ] >> reporter: the federal building here in san francisco the they say this is an issue that won't go away despite the court ruling uneases's immigration law.

reporting live -- on arizona's immigration law. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the ruling does not throw out arizona's controversial immigration law, rather it halts several key parts from taking effect until the courts weigh in on the issue. the judge blocked three important sections of the law -- the requirement that police check a person's immigration  status while enforcing other laws, also requiring immigrants to carry their papers at all time. >> today a key piece of the new span of the bay bridge was put into place. construction crews carefully lifted and secured the first section of what will be the bridge's significant tower. tom vacar is live on treasure island. >> reporter: indeed we're building a badly-needed bridge. but in fact we're leaving a

legacy. three others will stand beside this to form the base and four will be placed on top to complete the 520-foot tall tower structure. participants at the milestone ceremony know we're building is something way more than a bridge. >> this is a world-class structure. there's nothing like it in the united states. one could argue there's no tower like this anywhere in the world. this is something that generation that we'll be proud of. >> it will also be an icon. those don't come around very often. we expect it to stand here for 50 years. >> this is a part of history, this is something we're building for future generations. it's the culmination of a -- of a career. it's the project of a lifetime for an engineer like me. when you go to engineering

school that's what you dream about but most people don't get to work on projects like this. for one very gray-haired mayor, it almost completes a lifelong journey. when the bay bridge first opened up, they allowed people to walk on the bridge for nickel or a dime and my folks told me that they carried me as a tiny kid on to that bridge. coming back live to chapter 2, the bridge will be done in the year 2013. that will be full24 years after the loma prieta quake first -- for now a lot of people were working, making money and making a bridge. tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. governor arnold schwarzenegger today issued a new order to force thousands of state workers to take furlough days to save california money. the order requires three unpaid days off each month. unlike previous orders, this one does not have an ending. the furloughs will begin next

month and will end when lawmakers pass a budget. >> because the legislature has failed to produce a budget and because the controller has said that we are going to issue ious in august we're facing a cash crisis and the governor has to whatever he can do in his power to avert that cash crisis. >> some departments are exempt as well as workers in six unions, that recently reached a labor agreement with the governor. a downbeat economic report from the federal reserve and orders for federal goods fell down. ac transit is threatening to eliminate all weekend bus service if union workers refuse to approve millions of dollars in contract concession. ac unit is facing a $56 million deficit over the next two years. the agency imposed controversial new work rules last month after bitter contract negotiations broke off with the amalgamated transit

union. ac transit claims 150 drivers have been calling in sick every day for the past week because of the labor dispute and that's led to delays and cancellations on a number of bus routes. >> ultimately weekend service ending could be a result of the union's efforts to overturn the -- >> black bill. they are blackmailing the public to get the public on their side. >> ac transit says if it does decide to eliminate service on the weekends it will give the public six weeks' notice. >> people think coming out for

special elections would be a good way to do a baseball law. those special elections cost a lot of money. >> what's oakland doing to stop the as from leaving? the current mayor is trying to keep the team but ultimately the fight may fall to the next mayor. today, political editor randy shandobil talked with the candidates. >> an irony impossible to miss. the oakland coliseum closed to the public so they could shoot moneyball.

. >> perata said he would sue the mayor for poaching on an oakland asset and said he would try to get african-american baseball legends to remind the commissioner that in a time oakland -- >> how dare you think of pulling out of oakland which has given us so many people, in the african-american community -- >> all of the candidates including rebecca kaplan, who was unavailable today, told us redevelopment plan, yes. city money, absolutely not. >> in the current financial situation it's irresponsible for the city to talk about committing funds. >> councilwoman kwan knows the city is still bleeding $10 million a year to pay off the

existing law. >> the as expressed possible interestdowntown oakland stadium. but mayor was against it. he wanted to lure new residents into the downtown area with new condos and apartments and indeed that area has been redeveloped. political editor randy shandobil, ktvu channel 2 news. the installation of security cameras that will take snapshots of everywhere driving in and out of tiburon is close to completion. the cameras will capture images of license plates in two spots. tiburon between bay vista and the 5000 block of paradise drive. those locations are the only route in and out of town.

christien kafton is live with more. >> reporter: we were on hand watching crews hard at work on tiburon boulevard. today they were preparing the site. take a look at the camera. you can see they've already dug the hole where one of the town's license plate damrahs -- cameras will be located. >> cars, truckses and suvs roll in and out of tiburon on two major arteries. within a week that could all change. as in the simulation, the cameras will capture the license plates of everyone going in and out of tiburon. >> police chief cronin is the man behind the program. >> this is what we're in, in post-crime investigations you can go back and determined if a vehicle registered to a particular person was in a place. the chief said the idea was already under consideration

when a woman was killed at her home. >> we believe if there was a camera, it would have been a very valuable tool in solving the crime. to this it da, that crime is still -- to this date, that crime is still unsolved. >> i like the idea. i i find there is a lot of activity that goes on that's not reported. >> others worry about the government using technology to invade their privacy. i don't like it. we're on camera enough as it is in our lives. i just think, you know, everybody is all up in arms about this murder. >> the chief says data from the cameras will be erased each month and the passenger will not be focused on passenger compartment of the vehicle. >> i do understand people's sensitivity about this. i do but i think it's a low local of being intrusive.

some people who were hurt in a fresno bus crash are now suing greyhound. the bus hit an overturned suv on highway 99 last thursday. the driver was among the six people killed. today, six survivors filed suit in a sacramento court. they say greyhound should pay damages to those injured and the families of those killed because the bus driver did not fulfill his duty to transport the passengers safely. there's been no comment from greyhound. hundreds of firefighters are working in kern cork to try to surround two large wildfires that have already destroyed dozens of homes. the 140000-acre fire is burning. the west fire tore through homes near the community of ed west ranch. at this hour, flames are threatening 150 additional homes and the fire is only 25%

contained. a wild ride ended in a big mess in a peninsula neighborhood after a cement truck went out of control. the driver was taking -- was making a delivery on kenmar way in burlington when the brakes reportedly failed. the truck rolled. the vehicle finally stopped in a backyard and the driver received minor injury. pg&e crews worked until late this afternoon to restore power to the neighborhood. there's now more time for californians to cash in on the state's rebate program for appliances. plus -- >> unusually cool weather means grapes that should be purple are still green. what this means for the bay area wine industry ahead. and we had plenty of sunshine today. it cleared off at the coast. temperatures a good 3 to 6 degrees warmer today than they were yesterday. i will have tomorrow's

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next obstacle, we have to deal with it. >> reporter: this man says two months of ten-degree-cooler- than-average temperatures has meant grapes remain green. usually these would be mostly red. we are probably a good three weeks behind what you would call an average year. growers say they will pick some grapes and let them rot on the ground and let them improve -- and let them stay on the vine longer. >> which is idea for the economic times right help reduce the supply and help stabilize the prices. >> reporter: this man says the vintage, especially, will benefit from long hang time. >> we should see absolute fantastic flavors in those wines. >> reporter: but for earlier harvesters such as cabernet or

merlot -- >> we could catch up quite a bit and get back on track. >> reporter: you're optimistic. >> i am. i need to be, to be in this by. >> reporter: also optimistic are dozens of small growers who sell grapes. last year a glut of grapes hurt them. they could cash in when the harvest begin in about six weeks. reporting like in sonoma, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. the state is expanding the cash for appliances program to get even more californians to buy more energy-efficient appliances. it was voted to vote solar hot water system as well as heating and cooling products that qualify for cash back from the government. the initial commission has received 70,000 applications for cash back since launching the program in april. >> it's helping to drive jobs, stimulate the economy. retailers are telling us they

are hiring additional staff. ktvu.com has a list of what qualify fies for the program -- qualifies for the program. the howard jarvis says brown is -- well, a carolina than expected day around the bay area. it's been cooler for a while now. let's check in with our chief meteorologist bill martin for the full forecast. bill? >> yeah, temperatures below the average really for most of the spring. highs maybe a good 5 degrees below. it's given us nice air quality. things are going to warm up

each day as we roll to the weekend. outside we go and the thing i can point out immediately on the satellite image, you can see the fog's cleared from the coast. we haven't been seeing a lot of clearing. but yesterday and then again today we saw some clearing. look at the temperature profile. come in taught here, you can see the -- come in tight here. you can see the heat in the valley. it will start nudging westward. look at sacramento at 87. that's -- that's 10 degrees cool he than you might expect for this time of year. the forecast for antioch will come in real close and antioch has good air quality, not a nasty fire danger. the forecast high for your thursday, just 84 degrees. so the extended forecast calls for some warming but it's a slow warming. so a degree or two each day. fog tomorrow morning, boy, that looks like yesterday's fog forecast. it does a lot of coverage. not quite up into napa or calistoga. it's getting in there.

that's gonna start out your day foggy. we got clearing on the coast. i think we'll see clearing for a time tomorrow. not a lot. but temperatures trying to increase. tomorrow we'll see more reds. those are 90s. they are gonna try to work their way to the coast for the weekend. i think by the weekend, folks out in san ramon will see low 90s. those are still cooler in many places than you would expect. forecast highs for thursday warmer than they have been. tomorrow will be the warmest day of the week tomorrow so far despite the fact temperatures are cooler. it's all good. the weather is good. the fire danger is down. we're not looking at spare the air days. i haven't been doing the math on this. this isn't an unusually light spare the air day here. no heat advisories -- really, only a couple of red flag warmings. >> i can't even remember the

last red flag -- >> it's been a while. coming up, why hundreds of parents and children lined up today at a bay area community center.

hundreds of people lined up at sacred heart for school supplies. >> this year we want to receive 500 -- we receive 1500 backpacks. we are needing much, much more than that. in terms of donations, the only way we are able to have this going, is by that. >> if you want to help go to ktvu.com. flashy footwear has led for a $1,000 crime for brian wilson. wilson said he wore the shoes because the cleats on his regular shoes were worn down the well, today major league

baseball issued the fine saying the shoes must be at least 50% of the team's color. so brian wilson used a sharpie. strange start time for the giants. right now against those same florida marlin. this one has been juan uribe, with the base hit and this one drives in two. they then padded the lead with three more in the 3rd. it was uribe coming through. this time the drive over the heads. uribe goes to third with a trip. posey extended his hit traumatic to 21 games -- hit streak to 21 games. yesterday it was kreup and

kype day. today they helped dedicate and refurnish an outdoor basketball court for lee. >> it's safe to say that, you no he, how i'm judged in these next six years will be by how much better i can make the type the that's my only goal. it's a matter of how can i let my team get to a new level and that's my complete focus right now, gonna sit down and make some progress and get us to that level. usa basketball trimmed the roster down to 15 players. the roster includes curry. it will be trimmed 12 before the world championships begin in late august in turkey. the raiders open training

camp tomorrow in napa. we'll hear from coach cable tonight at 10:00. authorities accuse insiders of swindling a bay area tech company out of millions of dollars. coming up on the news at 7:00 on tv36, two women allegedly con cocked a scheme to fatten their bank accounts. we'll explain how investigators say they did and the scheme that got them arrested. that is it our report. >> for everyone here at ktvu, thank you for joining us tonight. good night. >> have a good evening, everyone. >> ...berber carpet. it was a whole bowl of stew. nooo. why? i could have saved this one. i could have saved this one. ♪ call 1-800-steemer