he's in richmond with our report. >> reporter: police are saying crime in general down across the board. officers briefly detained two young men on cutting boulevard this afternoon. police leaders say proactive policing has played a role in cutting down crime. >> we're using the limited resources we have on the neighborhoods and locations. >> reporter: over all, crime is down 10% from this time last year. in the city's central district which includes the troubled iron triangle, crime is down 22%. most notably, shootings are down 27% and homicides down 60%. >> our murder number stands at 12 today. at this time last year that number was 30. so that's a significant decrease. but, still, you know, 12 is a number that's unacceptable. >> reporter: the february shooting inside a church in which two brothers were hurt, is seen as a turning point in this fight. >> everybody is working together to try to make a better community.

you do not have to leave are richmond to live in a better place. you can live here in richmond in a better place. >> reporter: hair salon stylists say they've seen a change. >> on the news, there hasn't been as much crime reported. and even around here it's been calm. >> reporter: the city's new skate park is also receiving credit for giving kids something to do. >> it keeps us busy and keeps us going. and it takes our mind off of stuff. >> really good to see definitely. >> reporter: this skateboarder is also a paramedic in oakland. >> pretty much an outlet for all these kids, keeps them off the streets. >> reporter: in this ongoing fight against crime and violence and even in this tough economy, richmond has plans to hire seven more police officers in the next coming months. i'm john sasaki, ktvu news. a federal judge has set a new date to hear the arizona

immigration law. this comes a day after a judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking several key parts of that law. the ninth circuit court of appeals denied a request by arizona asking for a hearing two months earlier in september. a vacaville couple has been sentenced for the shooting death of their 2-year-old daughter by her brother. the 8-year-old son was playing unsupervised when he shot his sister last september 23rd. michael shanahan pleaded no contest to unsafe storage of a firearm. today a judge sentenced the parents to two years probation and 278 days in jail including days served. police say an armed man

took a hostage at the children's hospital. a hospital spokeswoman said the incident lasted about eight minutes, no one was hurt. and the suspect was subdued and taken to a psychiatric hospital. police released a sketch of a man who is using a 10-year- old in a crime spree. ktvu u's robert handa has the story. >> reporter: we're on east charleston avenue in palo alto. one of the neighborhoods where there was an attempted burglary by at least one adult using a child as an accomplice. >> it looks like a child sized body. and i wasn't sure what to feel. >> reporter: that is a common reaction in the neighborhoods where the burglaries or attempted burglaries have occurred. police released this sketch of a man they say is using a child, a boy around 10 years old to break into homes.

even when the boy is seen, victims are reluctant to report it. police say they understand. >> a 10-year-old being used to scout out burglaries is something we don't like to hear at all. >> i was afraid that person was coming in the home to hurt me. >> reporter: marrian encountered the boy. >> i didn't know if he was 10, but he seemed like a teenager. >> reporter: police believe that wrestling was the adult man. and one victim also reported hearing adult female voices as well. >> it's mind blowing actually. when it's sad that they are involving a child. >> i think it's real sad but certainly gives us something to be cautious about. >> reporter: marian andrews certainly agrees with that. >> they seemed scared, of me. >> and you were scared as well.

>> yeah, you're in my house. yeah. i have trouble sleeping in the room. >> reporter: the male adult is described by police as latino in his 20s, 5'4", 15 pounds. the child's description, 5'and 100 pounds, and one woman called him, sweet looking. a woman suspected in three bay area bank robberies. san francisco police arrested him. she robbed three banks this month. one in daily city and one in san francisco. the robber threatened tellers with a semi automatic handgun before taking off with cash. the woman is now being held in connection with the daily city robbery. san jose has become the latest bay area city to lay off firefighters due to a budget shortfall. the first of the firefighters

to lose his job turned in his gear this morning after the city council and union would not come to an agreement. many of the lay offs were among those who recently joined the department. >> we started the program and the saying was 30 years in, 30 out. and i'm surprised that they let me go after one year. >> the officers will remain on the force but the city is under such financial strain that it can no longer afford to maintain training and funding for the units. vallejo has laid off 63 police officers and made deep cuts in the fire department because of it ongoing budget deficit problems. the budget battle in

sacramento is threatening the closure of child care centers. christien kafton is in oakland with the latest. >> reporter: child development center behind me is one of seven sites in danger of closing and closing their doors for good for a lack of funding. now a group of parents is stepping forward saying, they'll run the day care programs themselves if it comes to it. anita is one of the seven oakland centers that had their funding slashed to just 3 million in the governor's revised budget proposal. that means they could all be forced to close their doors. >> if it wasn't for this ogram, i wouldn't be able to work. >> reporter: five of laurise brown's children go to manzanita. she's one of the moms that makes up the advocacy group called oakland parents together. she's volunteering her own time to keep the oakland center running. >> the parents, community

members, teachers who have gotten lay off notices are willing to come in to keep this program going. >> reporter: the district has filled some of the gaps left by the proposed state budget saving all day preschool indefinitely and day care for school aged children through august. she says despite the parents good intentions, it's not just parents and volunteers to step in to save the program. >> to have a program licensed there's certain regulations and a process that you have to go through. if you are just using volunteer, there's certain regulations around that as well. >> reporter: that's why oakland parents together is putting out the word. >> that's why we're reaching out to the community, if anyone that has a permit that can operate any of the sites. >> reporter: oakland parents together is also looking for funding to help pay for the

essentials. we're live in oakland, christien kafton, ktvu. the army sergeant accused of giving documents to wikileak is back in the u.s. meantime the northern california man who turned him in said today he has no regrets about alerting federal authorities to private bradley manning. adrian lamo is a convicted computer hacker who says manning confessed to him. >> i felt he was in dangering human life and i believe that that point of view has been vindicated by statements made by the chairman of the joint chief of staff. >> so far the military has not filed charges against private manning. demonstrations are set for tomorrow in san francisco and other cities around the world to protest the imprisonment of three uc berkeley graduates in

iran. >> we think it's going to take an outcry from millions of the people, putting pressure on our government, putting pressure on the iranian government. however they can do this to get these kids out. the situation is deplorable. >> reporter: sarah shord, josh patale and shane bower were arrested while hiking along the iranian border. the iranian government says the three were spying. new information is coming in tonight on the so called crown fire northeast of the los angeles which continues to burn out of control this evening. that fire has burned 20 square miles, this afternoon the flames jumped the california aquaduct. within the past hour, governor arnold schwarzenegger said from the command postthere that the fire is now threatening 2,000 structures and that 300 homes have been evacuated. four homes have also been destroyed. calfire is using its huge dc10 jet along with four air tankers

and six helicopter to carry out continuous air drops to control lines that provide power to southern california. we have a new updated number, that fire is now 20% contained. ac transit bus drivers went to court today to get their new contract thrown out. we'll tell you what happened and what it means for riders. also ahead -- >> as old gives way to the new. all bay area airports prepare for what they hope will be a much better economic future. i'm consumer editor tom vacar, that report still ahead. the fog has been stubborn at the coast. will this fog have a big impact on your weekend? i'll let you know. first it was elen. now another judge may be out. who may be out and the stars may replace them. will change how you do movies.

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ac transit riders can expect more delays and cancelled buses through the weekend. ac transit says as many as 20% of its drives have been calling in sick since that contract went into effect causing major disruptions to bus -- -- of its drivers have been calling in sick. the bay area's three bare airports are preparing for a resurgence of passengers. today demolition got under way at terminal c in san jose. ktvu's consumer editor tom

vacar has more on these consumer expectations. >> reporter: this old terminal facilitated and witnessed the expansion of the south bay from an out of the way agricultural area with a budden computer industry to the planet's capital of high technology. >> we just opened up terminal b. it'll be very competitive for our passengers and competitors. it'll be diverted for use. we look to open up next spring. we're going to move virgin american and american airlines

in here. >> reporter: if the three airports didn't feel things were going to get better, they simply wouldn't invest this kind of money, they would just make due. but because they are investing this kind of money, it's a good indication the economy will improve. >> it'll come right through this parking lot and we'll build a new parking structure across the street. >> reporter: all airports expect more travel sooner than later. >> the economy goes up and down, and we want to be ready for that upswing. we want to have the facilities in place. >> reporter: with aircraft orders on the rise, certainly better days are ahead. hard to believe but true. tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. people gathered today at the transbay terminal to take one last look to rooms closed

to the public for years. also a state police jail cell was once used unruly travelers. it was retired during a 1990 earthquake retrofit. transbay terminal will close at midnight next saturday. the new terminal is expected to open in 2017. we are following breaking news from san francisco where firefighters are responding to a major wildfire. the fire broke out just before 6:00 this evening at 2560 california street. that is between pierce and steiner. we do have a team on the way to the fire and we will update you as soon as possible. all right, time for the weather now. that fog has been persistent. a lot of people getting tired of the fog. time to check in now with bill martin. >> weather has been persistent. not boring but just the same. we got a break to see the

clearing out toward stinson beach. you guys are still a little foggy. the cliff house may be seeing a little bit of sun right now. in san francisco and the avenues, often times you get fog. but it's been a lot of fog issues. lindamar as well. let's take a peak here. we're going to go right through the five day forecast and reset. what we're looking at, the next couple of days, we're looking for more sunshine and a little bit warmer temperatures. we're going to have fog and low cloud coming in tonight. the extended forecast is for slightly warmment . we're not expecting a big warm up just not a big heat up. this is the reason why it's been here all spring and all summer. it was wet because of this. fog at the coast, here's the high now, but it's not really

persistent offshore. as it builds in this week end, it'll push the heat back toward the bay. but not the coast specifically. so as you look at your microclimates tomorrow. they'll break out like they did today. we'll move through your cities, arenda 74, out into walnut creek and concord, the 80s. mid-80s. temperatures, you night get a 90 out there for saturday and then again for sunday. your five day forecast, 75 in san jose, 85 in morgan hill. nice day, a lot like today. and you i have to tell you, not that warm. i would expect lots more 90s than we've been seeing. i tell you, it's the most obvious thing. i got a call at the weather center for this. our utility bills have got to be done too. the utility usage no air- conditioning from livermore to danville. >> thank you bill. customers at the wal-mart store in union city have being

asked to stuff two buses it's part of an event to get school supplies for new haven's school district. an the neighboring unify school district. the buses will be parked outside the wal-mart store at the union landing shopping center through 9:00 p.m. sunday. 72 and 72 that's the name of the pet adoption event at the san francisco spca office. the goal is to place 72 dogs and cats with new families within 72 hours. adoptions of cats are especially encouraged because workers say right now is the height of kitten season. folks visiting the spca at 250 florida state will also find evening mixers and daytime workshops promoting animal welfare. american idol fans can expect to see major changes coming up on the show. judge diaguardi has been fired

from the show and jennifer lopez and steven tyler of arrow smith will be hired as new judges. the news comes days after degeneres announced she will not be back. a former warrior star is back and what he did today could save lives.

ronie toriof told a group of children with heart problems that he was inspired to start the heart to heart foundation in february after his own heart surgery in 2005. >> i was very shy about it, but now because of my heart surgery, i'm able to give defibrillators to school to prevent a tragic event. >> as many as 14,000 children suffer from a cardiac emergency in the united states every day.

automatic heart defibrillators as well as cpr can be used to stabilize somebody after a heart attack, potentially saving thousands of jobs a year. >> good for him. >> he was a class act when he was here. >> yeah. >> mark is here now and he's going to talk about it's back. football season is already starting to rev up. >> tonight it'll be all about the giants and dodgers. right now a little 49 news and raiders as well. the 49ers starting camp sunday afternoon officially. and they've got their top draft choices all signed. the full complement actually. anthony davis and mike iupati

have signed. taylor mays the safety out of usc has also signed. the quarterback is the talk right now. that would be jason campbell named as a starter already. last year you may remember the 49ers, -- the raiders had four different quarterbacks at one point starting at that position. it's all about consistency this year. >> there's highs, there's lows. and when you're high you can't feel like you are above everyone. but then when you are a low, you can't get those downs you can't get back up. so we have to try to keep an even kill throughout the season. >> i think one of the biggest goals for us is to be a better turn over take over team and i think it starts with the quarterback being able to take care of his team, being a good decision maker. >> our motto for this team is win. that's it, whatever it takes to win. >> football is here and there's a little hockey to talk about. looks like the sharks are on the verge of signing devin

setaguchi. just got to dot a few i's, cross a few t's and he'll be here next year. giant, dodgers tonight. >> mark, thank you. coming up on bay area news at 7:00. more on that breaking news where that fire is burning. and also this wildfire that's raging out of control in southern california threatening homes. as the fire heats up, bay area firefighters are hearing the call for help and they are heading south. that is our report for now. i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. have a good evening everyone. >> good night. >> good night. ? man: i did. do you wanna go first? i've been waiting for this all day. ok, this is from... aunt stacey. introducing chase quickdeposit. just photograph the front and back of your check using the chase mobile app on your iphone, and hit send. it went through. this is so cool. this is so cool. you wanna try it?

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