the win. new details on an ongoing battle for same-sex marriage supporters. >> at the same time he said they cannot resume until next wednesday. we have teen coverage this evening looking at the ruling, what it means and what happens next. we begin with ktvu's david stevenson in san francisco. >> some of who stood out in the hot sun for hours only to learn that they wouldn't be getting married today. >> the screams broke out just about 12:30. inside about three dozen gay and lesbian couples prepared to tie the knot on news that judge walker had lifted his stay on

same-sex marriage. >> i think we won. we won. >> the good news is the stay is lifted, the bad news is the judge has said it's lifted next wednesday. >> next wednesday, at exactly 5:00 p.m. giving supporters of california proposition eight same-sex marriage ban enough time to appeal to the ninth circuit court. >> i voted on proposition eight and now that vote didn't even count. i don't even know why i go vote if a judge making that decision for me. >> reporter: that decision is widely expected to end up in the supreme court. city officials and legal analysts differ on whether the ninth circuit will side with supporters. >> do they have a standing to side with the appeals. they said they wouldn't suffer

any injuries by the marriages going forward. >> i think it will facilitate a full hearing of the case without any kind of sense of emergency. city officials said they are looking ahead to next wednesday evening and marying hundreds of couples, -- marrying hundredsover couples some of who said they've already waited too long. >> we are very disappointed but we're not losing hope. >> reporter: coming up at 6:00 we'll tell you about the advise city officials are giving same- sex couples who hoped to be married here next week. for now reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. gavin newsom called today's ruling a significant and landmark decision. mayor newsom celebrated the first gay marriages in 2004. he says san francisco officials

were ready to handle a rush of ceremonies today if the judge had allowed them. >> there were 63 pretrained volunteers and now we're ready to process today. we have a waiting room, a hospitality room of sort, we're ready to extend hours tonight and tomorrow night till 8:00 p.m. the staff at city hall will be ready on the 18th to perform any extra weddings, some predict up to 100 a day on top of the 50 that they usually handle. governor arnold schwarzenegger issued a report of support. and provide all californias the liberties i believe everyone deserves. today's ruling continues to place california at the forefront in providing freedom and equality for all people. we saw that big crowd outside of san francisco city hall hoping to get married today, there were also couples

in the south bay hoping to get married. including a couple that was hoping to have a double marriage, even though they didn't know each other. live tonight in the south bay with our report. >> reporter: plans are already on the works to accommodate the anticipated wedding for same- sex couples. >> in . in the lobby of the santa clara county clerk's office, there's already people waiting. >> i don't want to miss the opportunity this time. >> reporter: the four anxiously checked blackberries and news reports with champane ready. this couple sat a few rows behind hoping that same-sex

marriages will not be allowed. >> marriage is for two men and two women. >> reporter: and around 3:00 the news came these couples were waiting for. that prompted hugs, tears and congratulatory text messages. but then ten minutes later -- >> i still cannot issue marriage licenses until after 5:00 p.m. on august 18th. >> reporter: ward will have to wait until next wednesday to get married. elation turned to frustration. >> i want to get married, i hope it can go through sooner than later. >> we want to get married. some of our friends are married but i can't. let's just end this. >> i also know in 2004 when the state said that people who had been legally married were no longer married, you know that was really traumatic for people. and so, you know if it takes a week to get it right and grant

people their full rights and grant full equality to couples, we'll wait that week. >> the santa clara clerk's office plans now to remain open two hours later until 7:00 p.m. to accommodate any expected rush. reporting live in san jose, maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. same-sex marriage opponents tonight are blasting judge walker's decision. randy thomison of the campaign for children and families argues that judges forwarding his own agenda at the expense that was determined by voters. >> he's basically saying, forget you to the voters, the constitution, it's sad and

outrageous that he said that our votes don't count. many of the voters live here in the bay area, ktvu's john sasaki continues tonight with the story. >> reporter: pleasanthill is certainly more conservative community than san francisco. today's decision didn't spark any decision here it rekindled the debate of same-sex marriage. >> reporter: this town is where we met people who have a more traditional view of marriage. >> i guess i'm more old tradition. >> what does that mean? >> marriage should be between a man and a woman. >> marriage has always been a man and a woman. to have children it has to be a man and a woman. two men, they can't have

babies. two women, they can't have babies. >> reporter: the more con servetive views can often be found in church. we found in two places of worship and we found that clergy struggle with the decision. >> we can't support the same- sex marriage because we don't think that it reflects god's original design. >> reporter: in fact, the pastor says he has same-sex couples that live together but have a different living condition. >> they may live as a same-sex couple, but they have vowed not to have sex with each other.

>> we continue to only marry a man and a woman but we will respect the rights of same-sex marriage couples. >> reporter: live in pleasanthill, i'm john sasaki. supporters of same-sex marriage in southern california gathered together to wait for today's decision. members of the west hollywood city council cheered this afternoon when the ruling was announced. on its website, the city council said that since its incorporation in 1984, the city of west hollywood has been the most supportive of the same-sex right and the right to marry. >> there are more details as well as video on our website ktvu.com. a state appellate court

today denies a request by governor arnold schwarzenegger for furlough friday. the first was set to take effect tomorrow. but the court today ruled that workers will not be subject to the planned furloughs and can show up for work as they normally do tomorrow. the administration will appeal. unemployment rates rose to the highest level in six months. first time claims jumped by 2,000 last week and now total 484,000. analysts actually expected that number to drop, the four week average soared by more than 14,000 to 73,500. president obama is coming to california next week.

president obama will appear in los angeles on monday, then make stops in wisconsin, washington state, ohio and florida. following the campaign trip, the president is scheduled to go on vacation with his family to martha's vineyard in massachusetts. letter writing campaigns already are ramping up for the sentencing of mehserle. hear how both sides hope to sway the judge. less fog today, a warmer day. will it be warmer for your week end? i'll let you know.

lawyers involved in the bart shooting case are preparing now for the former police officer to be sentenced. one each side will ask the judge for, that varies widely. jana katsuyama has the story. >> reporter: people on both

sides of this case are working hard. both sides are hoping the judge will hear their pleas. >> no city, for mehserle. >> reporter: today outside the ktvu studios about two dozen workers waved their opinion that mehserle should face their maximum time in prison for killing an unarmed man. >> we want everybody to write letters to the judge that mehserle should be punished to the fullest extend of the law. >> reporter: they've been upset by media coverage of mehserle's supporters who have shown family photos and have held support rallies. >> i'm here today to support my

son. >> reporter: mehserle could spend up to 14 years in prison, depending on the judge's ruling. input from the family and the victims could be a key factor. >> there's no doubt i have seen written material presented by one side or the other make a big difference in court. >> reporter: ted casman says the judge will be listening for details on how grant's death impacted the victims and he says that there is no limit to the number or length of victim impact statements. reporting live from the newsroom, jana katsuyama. turns out that bart has even more surplus cash that

previously thought. bart officials say the agency ended with a bigger surplus than last year. -- it requires company to reveal any involvement during world war ii no transporting haul holocaust victims or pow's to camps. they says the meant to encourage companies to acknowledge their past wrong doing and that they will not be disqualified based on their disclosures. the cbc is linking a product used to make tropical

fruit smoothties to an outbreak of taboid fever in california. at least five cases are tied to fruit smoothies made by goya foods. goya has issued a recall of the product. a powerful storm has caused severe flooding in parts of the iowa. in the city of aim's creek, rescue crews use boats. officials have not yet said how many were affected, to make matters worse, a water main rupture prompted city officials to warn residents to not drink the water unless it has been boiled first. what a difference between them and us. and bill finally today it's beautiful out there. >> big difference today.

>> absolutely. >> huge difference. >> we had great sunshine. yesterday could have been the gloomiest day of the summer. today we got more sunshine, it was more sunshine, temperatures did come up a few degrees, a nicer day over all. even at the cost, it's foggy at the coast, but lindemar broke out a little bit. we'll show you some of the breaks, trying to break out toward stinson beach. the outer sunset district still has fog. look at san francisco, pacific heights you're clear right now. you have beautiful conditions, one of the beautiful places in the bay area, as you go out to bodega bay. enjoy it while it lasts. last night, things are changing and the pattern is starting to shift in our favor for some warmer weather. that's just in time for your bay area weekend.

the fog comes back tonight. tomorrow is warm like today. then in the weekend, certainly sunday could see low 90s, pretty easy. i think you will see low and mid-90s. 64degrees tomorrow morning, 74 degrees at lunchtime and at wal- mart creek. 85degrees for the daytime high. a nice day for you tomorrow. fog coverage all the way to the fairfield concord area hike it's been. it does like i did today, it burns back rapidly. at 10:00, 11:00 tomorrow most of us are in the shift for sunshine. thank you, bill. the launch of a new satellite to monitor debris in

the earth's orbit has now been delayed. it's now said to blast often late last month from southern california. that's more than two months later than originally planned. the sbss will allow the air force to monitor other satellites and debris that could pose a collision hazard. still ahead here -- >> don't we expect that all children will be educated, have the capacity to be educated and be leaders in our community. find out what san francisco is doing to keep kids in the classroom. that suddenly famous flight attendant who cursed at a passenger, he talks about what he wants to do now. surfers want to take mavericks back into their own hands. and stepping up patrol,

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a car crash in downtown san francisco today sent people inside a near by store looking for cover. two cars collided at the intersection of post and larkin sending a taxi cab into the front of a liquor store. there were no injuries. a san francisco city officials meet to speak on truancy. >> don't we expect that all children will be educated, have the capacity to be educated and go on to be leaders in our

community. we're not going to be reduced standards because we the student happens to be poor, or hispanic. >> contacting the parents of thousands of truant parents. so far they have prosecuted 25 parents. one case involves a 6-year-old child who was absent for almost half the school year. >> when that child losing 85 days and they are six. that is going to ends up being the life of a victim or a perpetrator of crime. >> reporter: high school students who habitually skip school face fines, community service or even jail time. harris says her goal is not to prosecute students but to get them to go to school. harris says before the city takes a parent to court, they

try phone call, meetings, mediation and other meeting services through san francisco's truancy assistant center. that jet blue flight attendant who cursed at a passenger wants his wings back. steven slater and his attorney held a press conference today. he thanked everybody that stood up on his behalf. >> amazing the support i've gotten. everything that has been given to me by the community and the industries has been phenomenal. ed moose has died. the chronicle reports that ed moose died earlier this morning following complications from a broken ankle that happened in

june. for year, his restaurants were huge hits. the first, the wash bag then later he opened mooses near by. ed moose was 81 years old. three attacks on three women all living in this same east bay apartment complex. today law enforcement releases this sketch they hope will get a rapist off the streets. the man who ordered those controversial smart meters installed, finally spoke to the public today in front of the puc, defended himself, defended his company and explained it all. that story straight ahead.

the normal little noises

i'm used to causes me my heart, chest to kind of go a little faster. sleepless nights for some people living in one east bay apartment complex after several women are attacked. but tonight, we have new information that could lead to the person responsibility, we are getting our first look at a new sketch of the suspect. ktvu's rob roth is live tonight with the latest on the investigation, rob. >> reporter: the three assaults all happened here at the massive park regency apartment complex near walnut creek. and today investigators are saying the same person attacked all three women and they have an idea of what he looks like. the contra costa county sheriff's department released this sketch, they say it resembles the person who rayed one woman and assaulted two others in the same complex. the attacker is described as african american between 20 and 30 years old, approximately

6'2". women we spoke with say these incidents have changed how they live. >> one of my kid's is a 15-year- old daughter and she doesn't want to be here. she said mom i'm not coming home. so they are staying with their dad. and i go over there to see them. they don't want to come here, they don't want anything to do with this place. >> i'm going to be putting dowels on my window, reenforce that. i'm already hyper vigilant, i have pepper spray. >> reporter: the latest attack happened thursday morning when a woman woke up to someone with her hand on her mouth. in late june another female resident was accosted by a man who asked for a drink of water, her screams alerted her boyfriend and the intruder ran off. >> i want my locks changes, i'm going to go and get alarmed for my door and my sliding glass door and i have a big heavy,

rod iron table pushed up against my door. >> all the normal little noises i'm used to cause my chest to go a little faster. >> reporter: law enforcement officials are reminding residents to lock their doors and windows and never open their door to a stranger. reporting live near walnut creek, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. authorities have identified the man found shot to death yesterday inside a burglarized pittsburgh home that is also linked to an hour long car chase. it all started and later ended on calav era s drive. investigatorred found the body of hector sanchez in the home. deputies later found an suv. the driver returned to the home

and surrendered. >> never even surprised. because this is a quiet neighborhood. this is a quiet neighborhood, i don't know. >> the suspect, fidencio rovio shot himself in the leg. the incident stemmed from the dispute. in an effort to sell the utilities new strategy for the future. the focus quickly turned to those controversial smart meters. ktvu consumer editor tom vacar is at the meeting and joins us now live with details of what happened. >> it happened right here at the puc, peter darby got into his speech and called him, a dumb meter. opponents say smart meters are banned for pg & e customers for two reasons.

first off, money. >> thousands of customers have demanded that the pcu stop pg & e from installing smart meters. >> reporter: they defend the meters based on hard data. >> we've done an independent assessment of this and brought an independent firm. what it has shown is that more than 99% of the meters are working correctly. >> reporter: the first problem, energy put out by the meters. >> risking california's health more, while we're learning more about cell phone radiation. >> reporter: darby says the meters placed well away from customers are only activated to

45 seconds a day. he compared that to cell phone users that use cell phones only 10 minutes a day. >> riduation from cell phones is 13 times more than smart meters. >> you can teach the simplest man the most complex of subjects if his mind is open. but you cannot teach the simplest of concepts to a person if their mind is closed. >> reporter: nonetheless, critics say towns are creatings legislation that could enable police from installing smart meters. we'll see what happens, reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. bags are getting more aggressive about seizing foreclosed homes. according to a new report from

real estate firm realty tracking, lenders nationwide last month repossessed 90,000 homes. that is 6% from the same time last year. housing experts says the more proof that the foreclosure crisis is continuing and could still get worse before it gets better. >> borrowers could be facing some payment shocks on payment option arms. and those borrowers may not be able to avoid payments. originally lax lending standards were the reason for fore closures. news from san francisco weighed heavily on wall street today. jobless claims for the week

rose by about 2,000, economists expected that number to drop. the dow fell 58 points on the heels of a triple digit loss yesterday. the nasdaq was down 18, each index is now in negative territory for the year. for more financial and consumer news, visit our website ktvu.com. one lawmaker's plan to crack down on -- bay area college students may be due to unwelcomed surprises when they return to campus next week.

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a bill that will crack down on sex offenders is one step closer to passage. chelsea's law would require sex offenders to go to prison for life without parol. the law is named for chelsea king, a 9-year-old who was murdered by a repeat sex offender. it was the fifth of seven hurdles it must clear to reach the governor's desk. seven colleges are planning

cuts when schools return to session. there's also been push back in washington against giving schools any more federal aid. >> what colleges and units need is to face real budget constraints. they really never have, and they're going to cry poverty the whole time. >> they don't plan on addressing aid to colleges until late september. officials are putting the breaks on part of uc berkeley's new dna testing plan. that plan allows incoming students to voluntarily submit dna samples to test for three common genetic variants. so far 600 students have taken part. the california's department health says state law does not permit students to see their

own personal results. the school says it will comply with the orders and will release the results only in agate form. people would rather take pills than eat chocolate to reach their daily anti-oxidant level. nearly half of those found it hard to eat the required amount of chocolate every day. the report is published in the british medical journal. san francisco city attorney is seeking a fourth gang injunction for a neighborhood in this city. today some residents met to say they are not happy with the idea. and so nice, i wanted to talk about it but you go ahead. >> a beautiful day today,

finally the fog went back toward the coast earlier than expected today. bill martin will have our forecast in just a moment. -- our chief meteorologist bill martin will have our forecast in just a moment. surfers want to take mavericks back into their own hands. stepping up patrols, handing out tickets, we're with nummi enforcement as they are trying to launch a new campaign. find out what they are trying to do next at 6:00.

a judge in san francisco is now considering an injunction to limit gang activity in yet another area that's been hit hard by crime. concerned residents gathered to face skepticism about the problem and whether it's fair. >> reporter: we're standing in

the middle of a neighborhood that the city attorney's office says has been the scene of essentially a gang war and if the city has its way, it would become a gang free zone this few blocks in this neighborhood under this injunction. this visitation valley neighborhood can look quiet, it is also at times a scene of chaos, of shootings, it is contested turf by two rival gangs gangs. >> that war is thought to be the cause of two homicides. >> reporter: the safety zone along sunnydale avenue will be placed in an injunction. >> my son was shot 32 times, other family members were shot and i still don't believe in

it. >> reporter: sheila says it is unfair to those who may be arrested. >> it may not bilogical family, but we all grew up together. to be taken away from your family, that's not right. >> i moved to revere two years ago. it was totally crazy, i wouldn't let my kids outside. now i can honestly let them walk to the store. >> you talk to neighbors in the tenderloin, in the bay view, these areas have shifted the problems instead of ending a comradery. >> reporter: chris jackson argues that crime injunction does not work. but the city attorney's office says in three san francisco neighborhoods where the gang injunction is in place, crime is down. >> once you lose that turf, you can't pick up the move elsewhere, it's not that easy. >> reporter: the city

attorney's office says those listed, those 41 people in the gang injunction have extensive criminal record but they also say there's documentation, gang injunction could be in place by the end of september based on the judge's order. in san francisco, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. continuing coverage on today's ruling when same-sex marriages can resume in california, we hear from both sides and look at what happens next. a woman is alive because of what they did. the bay area firefighter, two chp officers who were honored today for a dramatic effort. the chp is cracking down on people who are not paying their fares. plus has the mavericks competition lost its way? surfers say, yes it has.

the plan calls for thousands of new homes, along with offices, stores and hotels. on the landmark island in the middle of the bay. today city leaders were on hand for a public hearing on the recently completed environmental impact report, construction could begin as soon as next year. plans are also moving ahead to refurbish a historic hanger. the hanger may resemble a giant turkey caucus after workers remove the paneling. what a different a day makes. bill you said the fog was going to pull back quicker, you were right. >> yeah, it really came in

today. i want to show you storm tracker 2. you can see it's cool in some places places at the coast. but look at all the reds and oranges. that means temperatures should be warmer as we roll into the next 24 hours. tomorrow you wake up, fog, tomorrow afternoon it burns off pretty rapidly. and these reds, 90s, oranges eight oranges 80s start to move to the coast. we're going to see more of a typical temperature profile as we roll into the bay area weekend. there's our friend, is it our friend? if you're a firefighter it's your friend. we're kind of over it because this is the system that has kept us cooler than average. drizzly along the coast. the coast will have lots of fog continue. if foggy at the bay locations but then clearing, sunny and warm. you're going to see sunshine at the bay around 10:00, 11:00.

that will allow temperatures to increase. as we take a trip through the bay area microclimates, you're going to find 60s as we head toward berkeley, mid- and upper 60s. just a little further rio vista and sacramento. as we work southbound, these 80s are going to work their way in as well. saturday more mid-80s, upper 80s, by sunday i suspect we're going to see temperatures that will begin in the low 90s. more typical, fire danger comes up a little too but not as extreme. daytime high 73 degrees, daytime san jose, 73 degrees. we have had some really, really good air quality. i bet if we did the studies on how many good days it has, we haven't had spare the air day but good days. it's been pretty good in the

last couple of months. forecast high for our friday, 83 in livermore, 82 in pittsburgh. lots of low 80s. saturday it'll be a little warmer and sunday a little warmer still. the big difference today like today, boom, more sunshine, boom higher temperatures. five day forecast, fire danger takes a tweak up in the weekend. i think we'll be a little more concerned on sunday and monday. >> didn't it just seem like people had a little more pep in their step today. it's amazing what the weather can do to you. >> yesterday it was 70 degrees, so 15 degrees warmer tonight. >> yesterday was dreary. >> it sure was dreary. >> thanks, bill. a wild horse round up, almost 130 wild horses were captured yesterday and herded into corrals. some of them reacted violently. a number of them will go out

for adoption while others will be shipped to pastures in the midwest. federal law probids their slaughter. the round up is set to go up for six weeks until 2,000 horses are captured. the bay area rose garden that has been named the best rose garden in the bay. and what are these people doing? we'll explain what they were doing at the embarcadero.

san jose municipal rose garden has not only salvaged it's reputation but today it was named as america's best rose garden. weeding out more than 130 public rose gardens nationwide. the award is known for its rigorous testing of new varieties of roses. all american rose collection put the garden on probation in 2005. then noted it's transformation by lifting it's rose garden status in 2006. today in san francisco, environment staged an unusual demonstration to try and scare up support for that measure. about 100 so called bag monsters charged along san francisco's waterfront today.

each wore a costume made out of 500 plastic bags. >> the problem with plastic bag, over a million bags end up in san francisco bay each year. the plastic bags these days are flimsy, they fly around the city and end up in our bay. >> the bill sponsor assemblywoman julia brownly says the state spends $25 million a year to collect and bury those bags. the chemical industry is opposing the bill saying it will create a new billion dollars bureaucracy to enforce the measure. the people behind the bag monster protest will take their anti plastic bag measure on the road now trying to drum up support in 15 other cities across the country that are considering banning the bags. certainly is an eye catching protest.

there's much more news just ahead, ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 is ahead. it's a problem agencies are dealing with by handing out citations, ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 is next.

today, u.s. district judge walker rejected a request for a long term stay blocking same- sex marriages while the case is appealed. but he did extend his temporary stay that is already in place until next wednesday. we have live team coverage tonight on both sides of the debate, ktvu's david