that rally is still under way tonight in san jose. rita is there and she joins us now with a story you will see only on 2. rita-- >> reporter: frank, actually that rally began out here at 2:00 this afternoon, it was scheduled to end at 6:00. as you can see behind me, it is just about wrapped up. it was a small group, only

about two dozen people. but the folks here were dedicated and that included mehserle's father. >> i'm out here today to support my son and support all of law enforcement. because it's a very slippery slope when they start to send people to work with guns and not only civilly convict them but criminally. >> reporter: in his first interview, todd mehserle tearfully said his son is quote, doing okay behind bars since his conviction in los angeles for involuntary manslaughter and use of a gun in the killing of oscar grant. former police officer mehserle said he accidentally pulled his gun instead of his taser. >> he's in the wrong place. we love him dearly and grew up to be anybody he wanted to be and chose public service and this is his thanks for making a

mistake. >> reporter: todd mehserle thanked people out here. >> it touches my heart when i see things like this go on, when they jail innocent officers. we should thank them for the job they do. >> reporter: unlike last month's rally, there was no organized opposition today, but there was opposition. >> he was underground doing nothing defenseless, you can't do nothing. you don't need a gun there. he's a big strong guy. >> and you understand that he meant to pull his taser? >> reporter: organizers told me that they planned to have more of these rallies throughout the bay area before mehserle is sentenced which is three months from now. reporting live in san jose, rita williams, ktvu channel two news. we are learning tonight that an east bay man charged with hit and run and drunk driving in a string of

accidents in danville reportedly had a prior dui conviction as a teenager. police say 23-year-old canan sheerhold hit a light pole and pedestrians yesterday. none of the pedestrians were seriously hurt. a sacramento couple is charged with child abuse after their 13-year-old son was found on the street asking for help with chains on his ankles, wrist and neck. police say the boy escaped friday when his father and stepmother went gambling. the boy was chained to the table with only breaks to sleep and go to the bathroom. the couple was charged with imprisonment and cruelty to a

child. the boy is now with his mother. -- ktvu's david stevenson live in san san francisco with our report. >> reporter: supporters hope it would encourage would be criminals to think twice before striking. >> people want to feel safe when they are going on public transit. >> reporter: san francisco's council took a look at a plan to fine criminals for loitering while carrying a concealed weapon, in or around the bus zone or vehicle. >> we want to send a message that crime on munni is something that we just don't tolerate. >> reporter: their proposal comes on the wake of three

violent attack on munni's three line. tran says her service revealed acts of violence. >> sometimes provoked, people would throw flower seeds at them, or tried to block them from leaving the buses. >> reporter: still, very few cases involved aggressive pursuit or weapon charges. >> statistically the crime is very low. >> i think it's a good idea to increase the fine. >> reporter: personalities for troublemakers should be hiked say riders. >> it's a start, should be more, i don't know. >> reporter: the proposal goes before the full board of supervisors for vote tomorrow. if approve, the fines could be implemented in 30 days. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. san francisco munni

operators will receive a raise this year of almost 6%. with the raise the average describe would be paid $29.60. a top munni official says the increase will cost munni an extra $3 million. san jose officials say the latest proposal by the fire department union is quote too little too late. the union is looking for a way to save the jobs of 49 firefighters laid off over the weekend because of the city's budget shortfall. the new offer includes a two tier recovering structure. the proposals would save less than $6 million and that the city needs more savings than that. >> reporter: the california supreme court today upheld the state law that bans affirmative

action and public employment, education and government contracting. in the 6-1 ruling, the court rejected argumenting that proposition 209 passed through voters in 1989 violated federal equality protection. today's rulings comes as a challenge that gave presence to women and minority owned contractors. the order tphapbs expired in 2008. san jose may be facing another obstacle in its campaign to bring the a's to san jose. at&t says it has no plans to sell the lot where the new stadium is planned to go up. >> reporter: if you look over here, you can see either an at&t facility or the first baseline of a future a's stadium. depending on if a sale can be

made. at&t service trucks have been rolling out of this facility for decades. right where the city is buying up properties to build a baseball stadium as a possible home for the a's. >> it'll be a straightforward, real estate transaction. once major league baseball gives us the go ahead. >> reporter: but at&t says not so fast. despite some media reports, at&t has no plans to sell. he says the land is not for sale because it houses a working facility for more than 100 employees and there have been no negotiations with san jose. downtown councilman sam ricardo disagrees. >> i've been contacted by representatives of at&t about this site. so there's certainly no question the conversation has been happening for over a year now. it's hardly the case that what you see behind me is some undispensable tower of communication. >> reporter: the key may not be the stadium site property but

at&t property near the santana row shopping center. where at&t once proposed building housing but was turned down by the city because the area was not san -- was not zoned for residential use. >> there are a lot of views and voices on that particular issue. so i guess that would get hashed out in the next couple of months. >> reporter: the san jose city council is expected to have a meeting tomorrow. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 channel 2 news. san francisco police are trying to reduce -- spread the word of thieves stealing products. >> if you're in the market for something, you can hear it

being hawked out to you. >> san francisco police say there's not much more they can keep up with the crime other than just keep up patrol. some of the stores that are being targeted are now trying to lock up the items thieves go after the most. changes are on the way to california's education system. details ahead. plus -- >> reporter: question, would you rather pay with these or would you rather pay with this? i'm consumer editor tom vacar, how at&t and verizon want to take on visa and mastercard for your credit. and a shipment leaving the bay area, find out where two huge cranes -- there they are, where those two cranes are headed, in a moment. >> ...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

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wall street started this month with a bang as investors reacted to encouraging economic reports from around the world. all major indexes jumped about 2.5%. the nasdaq up more than 40 points. if cell phone companies get tear way, consumer may soon have another way to buy things. paying with a cell phone has become popular in japan and the united kingdom. but will it catch on here? tom vacar has the report. >> reporter: could these be replaced by this, answer yes, emphatically yes. with minor modifications, scanning a smart phone is no more difficult than reading a credit card's magnetic strip. that could put all of your credit cards on something you

already carry. >> competition cuts costs for everyone. as long as this is just as secure as credit card payment, offers a similar reward structure and can carry people's privacy i don't see how this could be anything but good. >> reporter: a consulting firm says americans carry billions of the cards. giving them 82% of the u.s. plastic card market. but if other well healed players, namely at&t and verizon go into smart systems, that could change the market in a different way. those 18 to 24 would pay with smart phones. but we found some reservations. >> i mean i would probably end up blowing a lot of money on stupid little things i don't need because it's so easy to pay for them. >> i do purchase a few things online, i'm slowly warming to

that. but maybe i'd have to have a few people around me that have said, this isn't too bad. i may not be one of the first to do it. >> reporter: make no mistake, major retailers tired of what they call excessive credit card processing charges would love to see strong new competitors come into this field. hopefully at low prices, i'm consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu channel two news. san francisco police arrested an man accused of stealing a produce truck and then hitting a man who tried to stop it. a man jumped into their truck as they were making a delivery. one of the brothers said he yelled at the man to get out then his brother got involved. >> my brother came walking around, then he took off. hit my brother, knocked him almost to the ground. didn't quite knock him to the ground but all the produce came falling down. >> reporter: michael hayes says his brother suffered bruised ribs but is other wise all

right. some jamba juice stores are under new ownership. the company sold 14 smoothy stores in the state to raise money. they are located in santa cruz, chico and redding. giant cranes are now headed to the east coast tonight. the low profile cranes are headed to boston. >> we're able to give these cranes to another port where they can put them to good use. we don't have to waste the steel, we don't have to work on recycling steel. >> port officials say the new state of the art claims have replaced the old ones. the low profile cranes were necessary when planes were

landed at the naval air station that closed in 1957. one interesting note, workers say they use plain old hand soap to slide the cranes while they are being moved. -- between doyle drive and chrisie field. and they have also unearthed ship wrecks. in the san francisco the records go back to 1876. so it is a big record, a baseline of record numbers and that was a big cool month for

us. it's cool in other areas as well. san francisco just happens to be one of those stations that we keep those records for. the records are pretty solid all the way through 1875. there's a fog right now, it's filling in towards the ballpark -- there's the fog right now. those are the highs from today. more fog tomorrow morning. the same fog footprint you saw this morning you will see tomorrow morning. i would expect right around here, lots of upper 80s. here's the upshot, we're not talking about fires, we're not talking about air quality issues. we have had no heat advisories or spare the air days. you're not watering the lawns as much. air conditioners are not going

as much. it'll be interesting to see how that all translates. this is your tuesday. the long range forecast doesn't have much change in it. the changes will be subtle. maybe a little slow around the burn off or the fog in the morning. maybe a little more fog in the morning but it'll just be subtle tweaks. i'll try to keep you posted. stay tuned. there's been clearing at the coast, bodega bay. no sunshine yesterday but you got some -- yesterday you did get some, today i don't think you got in. saturday you see the clouds hanging in there. so it's an unusual pattern, it's just a will the of what we -- a lot more of what we usually get. we usually get a lot of fog but there's a lot more fog so it's cooling everybody. >> it's consistent. >> it's consistent. >> thanks, bill. the state board of education today voted to adopt common core standards for english, language arts and math. the change comes as the state trys to secure federal race to

the top funds. >> this is an historic occasion. it means that california's curriculum is going to be even more rigorous and it's going to be aligned. >> reporter: the state superintendent of public education says it'll take three to four years to fully implement the standards. california joins 33 other states and washington, d.c. in approving the public schools. critical repairs are needed tonight on the international space station. what's wrong and how nasa hopes to fix it.

astronauts will take the first of two emergency space walks thursday to repair the cooling system on the international space station. engineers teams have been working nonstop now since saturday night since one of two cooling loops shut down. a second space walk will be needed to finish the job likely on sunday. the six crew members are safe, but some of the equipment on board has been shut down to prevent overheating. mark is here now with sports, this is my favorite time of year. all about football. >> i thought it was hockey. >> well, hockey too, but football as well. >> you're right, cal, sanford and san jose state all the

local college teams hard at it. and the keepers, out in danville. julie's kids will be at it out on the practice field. and the ncaa conference attended today by all three big schools. and sanford fourth under harbauh. the conversation soon turned to the pac10 turns the pac12. >> it's the pac 10 today. later it'll be the 12, our only job is to win it. whether it's pac12, 14, 16, our job is to win it. and all those fans who love jerry rice down through the years, his official enshinement at canton, the football hall of

fame, of course it was a very emotional jerry rice when he first heard the word that he was going to the hall back in february. figures to be a very emotional time for him this weekend as he enters the hollowed halls. but without two key people in his life. the late bill walsh and of course his father. >> and my father, you know he thought me the work ethic. and also how to be a man. you know with bill walsh, i don't think i would have gotten drafted by the san francisco 49ers without bill. you know coming from a very small predominant black school like that, to take a chance like that to make this player your first draft choice, the 16th player taken, it takes a lot of guts. >> if there was ever a guy who deserved to make it to the hall of fame, that's the guy. and the a's hosting kansas city tonight in oakland.

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