receiving text messages that were supposed to intimidate her son. sal castaneda has the story. >> reporter: the team in the blue, that's the freshman football team. they are without at least six of their players tonight after they have been suspended for a hazing incident that allegedly took place in the locker room. seven players on the freshman team are being investigated for a hazing incident involving one of their teammates last wednesday before practice. the incident occurred in the locker room which at the time was not being supervised by an adult. school officials say surveillance video and the recording by one of the students doing the hazing allowed them to see exactly what happened. >> they taped his legs together, a couple of kids held him down. there were some punches thrown and there were a group of students that were spectators but were egging on the whole thing. >> reporter: the hazing victim's student quickly called

school administrators and filed a report with police. >> upset not only about the event but after the event there are students who started texting her son. you know saying be a good guy. don't get us all in trouble, don't tell what happened that kind of stuff. and it was really, that's where you startedded to see the cyber bullying, the intimidation. >> reporter: after the incident came to light, the freshman team football game was cancelled. students were suspended, six were kicked off the football team and one was suspended. one girl tells us she's upset about what happened. >> school is supposed to be safe, how is it supposed to be safe whening when this is happening in the locker room. >> reporter: this parent says that bullying is different from when he was in high school. >> now they are able to go home and continue the bullying through the computer. >> reporter: and the school

plans to teach all the students or send all the students to anti bullying classes later on this school year. live in martinez, sal castaneda, ktvu news. the bomb squad was send to craigmont school. the school was evacuated and some schools adjacent were closed down as a precaution. the bomb squad detonated the package. investigators say it appears to be a lunchbox with wires in it. no one was injured, the school was not damaged. a second lawsuit has been failed against pg & e in connection with last month's explosion. it demands that pg & e turn over a victim's fund to an

independent party. pg & e has not commented on the suit. an angry protest in san francisco led to several people being taken into custody. the protest was aimed at attorney general jerry brown. at issue a program that is either horrible or making the city safer. all depends on who you're talking to. ktvu's david stevenson live in san francisco tonight with more on this. david. >> reporter: things have calmed down outside the state building since a ruckus protest this afternoon that led to 15 people being taken into custody. four dozen immigrants rights activists denounced jerry brown this morning outside his san francisco office. demanding he help the county opt out of a community's program. >> he was the one that allowed i.c.e. into california to implement

this horrible program. >> reporter: secure communities giving agents access to a state data bay of fingerprints taken at county jails. i.c.e. officials says scom is making the nation safer by catching criminals that shouldn't be here. protesters say s-comm is hurting the áf the state. six were taken into custody after they refused to leave brown's office. >> we have done nothing wrong but ask that someone come speak to us about this. >> reporter: since s-comm, 1,600 people have been deported, 18 had previous convictions ranging from serious crimes to misdemeanor.

>> we want to let them know if he becomes governor he has to be accountable to the people he's representing. >> reporter: only one of the ten people who were cuffed in brown's office was cited for trespassing. a meeting between the i.c.e. and the sheriff has been postponed by michael hennessey until after the november election. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson,. former housekeeper at the very center of a hiring scandal involving meg whitman held another press conference today, the third one in one week. nikki diaz says that it was her idea to come guard. >> meg whitman was wrong when she said, somebody put a gun to my head. nobody did, i spoke out because

i want people to know who meg whitman really is. >> reporter: whitman has accused her opponent brown to be linked to the scandal. because of a confidential policy she would not disclose whether that attorney had any connections to brown. >> the controversy involving meg withman and former housekeeper held dozens of farm workers to hold a press conference at meg whitman's office today. they demanded to be allowed into whitman's office while holding signs that say i am nicky. they call for her to consider a plan that would allow workers to get legal status. >> you can't just use farm workers and throw them away when you don't need them

anymore, the same way she did with her housekeeper. >> reporter: one of whitman's main focuses is jobs in california and that she would be open to meeting with the farm workers to discuss their concerns. authorities have set up a statewide dragnet in their attempt to find a man who they say intentionally ran over a motorcycle officer in freemont. tonight that policeman is continuing his recovery. ktvu's maureen naylor with new information from investigators, maureen. >> reporter: gasia, freemont police issued a warrant to release this man. they released this photo this afternoon, they say the parolee tried to kill one of their officers and may be headed to southern california. the suspects name is alejandro diazen parol for grand theft. diaz stole this delivery truck then intentionally ran over a freemont motorcycle officer who spotted diaz on warm springs road. >> someone should know who he is or have contact with him,

please call your police department. don't try to contact him yourself, he's obviously a very dangerous person. >> reporter: police also released a photo of the injured officer. 43-year-old patrick brower, the husband and father of three is recovering of a broken leg in san jose. his colleagues say that it's a miracle brower survived. >> it's a miracle he survived he voiced that to me this morning. >> reporter: investigators were at the hospital to show officer brower a photo line up. it comes after an associate of his was detained last night at the south hay ward bart station. >> right now it's pretty much getting the word out to the difference agencies, especially that in los angeles, southern california and we're with working closely with them to try to locate people who might know him. family, acquaintances.

>> reporter: brower is the second officer to be injured. officer brower is likely to go home later this week. here's one more like at alexander diaz. border patrol officers were advised to keep a look out for him. he is still at large at this hour. maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. contra costa county sheriff's invest investigators are now asking for the public's help to find a man who attempted to rape a fourth woman. they released a sketch of the suspect. he's described as white, about 5'9" tall, he had a medium build, white hair andfacient hair. the rape attempt happened on oak road near walnut creek. another suspect is being charged in three prior attacks and was in jail when the two most recent assaults happened. one person remains in critical condition at this hour

when a three car accident happened this morning. the crash blocked traffic for nearly eight hours. the driver slammed head on into a toyota carolla critically injuring the driver of that car and injuring two people in another car. at that point, police say the driver of the suspect vehicle ran off. >> the driver and another male passenger of the vehicle took often on foot. the officers began the investigation and rendering aid to the people involved in the collision. >> reporter: tonight the suspect is being charged with suspicion of felony dui. the treasury department said today that the federal government's ball street bail out program will cost far less

than previously thought. the widely unpopular bail out was designed to help companies. the two year $700 billion program is now expected to cost taxpayers $50 billion. a treasury report says the bail out succeeded in many of its goals preventing a deeper financial crisis. the program officially ended last friday. droid phones are increasing in popularity. they captured 32% of u.s. smart phone sales in august. and they outfold both the iphone and the blackberry. the new numbers are a big improvement from january when new android phones trailed competitors. following promising news about if service sector, stocks rose. investors were reacting to a

report showing growth for the ninth strait month in the service sector. that includes business in finance and health care. in all the dow rose 193 points. the nasdaq rose 55 points. for more financial and consumers news any time visit ktvu.com and click the business tab. an unusual connection, how the brakes on your car could be impacting the salmon population and what is now being done about it. police say stories rarely turn out like this one. how a good samaritan decided to get involved. what it did with his car that gave a little girl in fresno just enough time to escape. and there's showers over california, they could be over us. i'll tell you which cities could get wet.

tonight a heroing story of a little girl kidnapped then recovered in fresno. she was lured by a man who said he would buy her some toys if she would come with him. later, a good samaritan jumps into action and recovers the girl. >> she's saying, please whoever has her daughter, to bring her back. all she wants is her daughter back home. as the girl's daughter pleaded for her daughter's safe return. police launched an all out search. >> we know that the more time that passes, the less opportunity we have of finding this child alive. >> reporter: the abduction happened last night, police say the man now identified as 24- year-old gregorio gonzalez grabbed her and took off. police say he's a fresno area gang member on felony

possession. gonzalez took her to a wooded area and sexually assaulted the little girl and threatened her with more violence. then gonzalez drove back into the city, where his truck was spotted by a man who knew about the abduction. gonzalez exposed himself to two girls. at first he saw only the driver then saw a little girl's head pop up. >> evidently she had been on the floorboard or laying down on the seat. and he realized right then and there he had the suspect vehicle. >> reporter: police say the good samaritan blocked the truck and the suspect opened the girl and pushed the little girl out. >> the fact that we were able to locate approximately 11 hours after the abduction, truly a miracle of god that she's with us today. we certainly beat the odds.

>> reporter: tonight gonzalez is facing a string of charges including kidnapping, sexual assault and false imprisonment. several people have identified him from the good samaritan who saw him in the vehicle to others from the kidnapping scene. governor arnold schwarzenegger has signed a bill requiring auto manufacturers to reduce the amount of cooper used in brakes. there's concerns about the tiny pieces of cooper that fall on to the street every time drivers use their brakes. scientists say those particles ends up on watershed run off and can solve salmon. they say cooper confusing the salmon's sense of smell. from record setting heat to record setting rainfall, an early winter storm has swamped reno. more than half an inch of rain has swamped reno breaking a record set back in 1984. the storm has dropped enough snow on top of the sierra to

force the closure of the 101. and there's a weather advisory for reno, carson city and fresno. the u.s. geological service says a 4.4 magnitude quake was located west of eureka. the u.s. geological service says the largest was a 3.3 magnitude quake that hit just before 6:30 this morning. the quake struck an area north of henry coast state park in the foothills about 20 miles east of san jose, the usgs says the quake was the tpoáufrts in this region since last night. we talked about the rain in reno a second ago. and bill martin is here to tell us, there is rain just not right here just yet. it's definitely a wide

storm. we'll go to live storm tracker 2. we put it into motion. the motion, this is unusual, see the way they are coming from, they are coming from the east. so if these showers can stay intact as they come around off the sierra nevada we could see a scattered shower in the sierra. that's sort of what we're up against. if you see a shower or sprinkle, it wont be a surprise. but nothing seems to be a big deal other than cooling our temperatures. i put a slight chance of a shower there tonight and then again tomorrow. the breezy conditions out in the bay across the coast. that low pressure is just sitting right in the central valley spinning around. everything is going up, down all the way to santa barbara and los angeles. clouds are coming around, it's just a big loop of moisture that could bring us a sprinkle tonight and again tomorrow. i would not cancel plans,

outdoor facilities. i think you'll be fine. 54 in freemont tonight, 54 in concord. 52 in fairfield, 47 in napa. these will be your overnight lows, a lot like last night. mostly cloudy to partly clear. i think it'll be cooler than that. here's the rotation. you will see it just going around and around. some of that shooting into our area but most of it is drying out as it comes across the valley. here's the low pressure center, it's going to linger in the overnight hours. when i come back i'm going to show you specifics on the forecast for a city where you live. i show you the rain model, the computer model where we are anticipating the models are anticipating rain. i'll see you back here. if you were out by treasure island today you may have gotten the glimpse of a ninth largest privately owned yacht in the world. it's called octopus.

cost $200 million and is owned by microsoft founder paul allen. the boat has two helicopters, a swimming pool, a tenman submarine and a remote control vehicle for cruising on the ocean floor. it cost $384,000 per week to operate, which works out to about $20 million a year. on a day when president obama tries to give a boost to community colleges, a new sanford study shows what californians really think about jcs. it's called operation rail safe. what you'll be seeing at train stations in the bay area in the months ahead. we're finding out why some say it would be good for the community to turn over property.

and closed for six months, now the only hospice for terminally ill children is back open. we'll bring you the story of what saved the service.

the pakistani immigrant being accused of trying to set off a car bomb in time square was sentenced to life in prison. back in june he pleaded guilty to terrorism and terrorism chargeless. c harges. he admitted that the pakistani gave him training and financing. and he released a statement, if you are calling us terrorist, we are proud terrorists and we will keep on terrorizing you until you leave our lands and people at peace. the judge tells him she hopes he spends his time behind bars

thinking whether the koran wants you to kill innocent people. the u.s. missile strike may have killed eight german ministers in pakistan. pakistani officials say the german ministers were there for terror training missions. meanwhile, officials at amtrak and the department of home land security say it has nothing to do with current concerns about terrorism in europe. they say it's part of a yearly effort called rail safe. >> it's state and local transit authorities to provide a more visible security presence at rail way stations and platforms throughout the northeast corridor. a travel alert issue bid the u.s. government remains in effect for americans traveling

to europe. the alert was made after a terror suspect in u.s. custody warned of a mumbai style attack. as four year colleges are getting more crowded and more expensive there's a renewed focus now on community collegeless. according to a new ap stanford poll released today. 70% rated community college education as excellent or good. the survey also says that 62% think community colleges prepare students for the work force. that's only a slightly lower number than the 68% who said four year colleges adequately prepare students for jobs. the survey comes the same day as president obama and education leaders gather in washington for a first ever community college summit. joe biden's wife jill biden who is a community college teacher was the host of the event. president obama said community colleges are the gate ways to a better life and called them one of the keys to boost jobs and the economy. >> we know for example that in

the coming years jobs requiring at least an associate degree are going to grow twice as fast than jobs that don't require college. we will not fill those jobs or keep those jobs on our shores without community colleges. >> reporter: to help make it easier for students to get job, the president announced the new initiative that partners big u.s. employers with community colleges. right now the u.s. is ninth on the list of most community college graduates. tonight it's a call for action in one bay area neighborhood. >> reporter: there are big worries in a small town in the santa cruz mountains, people here are looking at videos of a burglar. and residents are calling for action, but what kind. we'll show you next. it was their first and maybe their last debate. what candidates said today

about a wide range of topics, including the legislature.

it's not going to end up good for these guys, they really, really should stop. there are concerns in a mountain community where fliers are showing up. fliers that are calling for vigilante action against some possible burglars. there's video on the internet of what appears to be two young people committing a burglary. the fliers message, go after them. and robert handa is now in fellton to show us more. >> reporter: we're in the santa cruz mountain where is someone or some group has been posting these fliers over several towns. it contains a picture from a

surveillance camera that appears to show two people breaking into a home. the flier identifies them as thieves and encouraging people to hunt them down. the flier accuses the two suspects of burglary and states they have been stealing medical marijuana and anything else of value. the pictures were taken from surveillance video. though the video tape owner has not made his or her identity public. the flier invites victims to watch and hunt the guy and his buddy. people we spoke to said they weren't upset of the fliers. they say it's a good thing to be vigilant. >> they're not into it for

making money, a profit, it's not about commerce, it's about care giving and it's about patients who are sick. >> reporter: some concerned parents have been passing the flier around and several told us local teenagers have identified one of the suspects by name. we will not say the name because the suspect is under age. >> they're going to end up putting themselves in a situation where it's not going to be good for these guy, they really should stop. >> reporter: the sheriff's department discourages anyone from hunting suspects on their own. but they can't comment on the case since no one has officially reported a crime. gunman opened fire on the east oakland home last month. police say the little girl was

asleep on her parent's bed when a bullet went through her right arm and got lodged in his chest. her injuries are not considering life threatening. analysts call it the second most powerful job in the state. california's attorney general. today the two candidates held their first and apparently only debate. with san francisco democrat harris going up against los angeles republican steve cooley. randy shandobil live now in our newsroom with more. >> reporter: gasia, most people here in the bay area know at least a little about the democratic candidate san francisco district attorney harris. but few have heard much about the running attorney general steve cooley. >> we are starkly different.

my opponent absolutely, ideal logically opposing the death penalty. >> reporter: harris is against the death penalty but said she would enforce it. >> you and i both know, nothing will change in the attorney general's office on the issue of the defense of appeal. >> reporter: some people refer to the attorney general as the state's top cop, fighting street crime is not necessarily what the job is all about. the ag's office also fights against consumer fraud and enforces laws that safeguard the environment. harris who supporting ab32 and opposes prop 23 which would suspend ab32 said she would more aggressively crack down on polluters than cooley would. >> we currently have texas oil companies coming in to do a

full on assault on california's environment. this is a very pressing issue. this harm that crimes against the environment exact on its victim are as imminent in many situations as any other crime we can imagine our watch on television every night. >> reporter: cooley thinks ab32 is a job killer but said if it remains the law, he would enforce it. >> i am not approaching this issue from an ideological position as my opponent seems to be, but a very professional lawyer like position where we abide by the will of the people. the will of the future may be in the future prop 23 or it may be ab32. >> reporter: don't care much about who your next attorney general is, well keep this in mind. every tern general since 1971 has eventually run for california governor. political editor, randy shandobil, ktvu. with exactly one month to

go until election day, democrats need immigrants, especially latino's to show up at the polls. out of latino registered voters nationwide, 2/3 say they would support democrats in local congressional races. the question is, will they show up at the polls. >> comes to motivation, how likely are latino's to actually turn out to vote. what we found is we found latinos are less motivated or less engaged than the general u.s. polllation. >> reporter: the survey allegation found that immigration trails education, jobs and health care as a top voting issue among latinos. we're just learning now sort of puzzling scene is happening south of the bay area. researchers are helping to identify the cause of death of a whale. the whale is about 80 feet long

and weighs 75-tons. researchers also found a 17- foot long whale fetus not far away. they say it was most likely expelled from the whale after it washed ashore. they estimate the adult whale died four to five days ago. if you buy pink it means you're sporting the breast cancer fight. firefighters, nurses and teachers are all in agreement. if proposition on the upcoming ballot that they are all against. and the ground breaking kick back tried to go green is gone. the customer complaints and drop in sales that doomed the ecofriendly packages.

the american cancer society and some cancer survivors are criticizing a new breast cancer research support effort. some wine and alcohol manufacturers are now urging people to pink their drinks. they are selling pink wines, vodka and liquore. the mike's hard lemonade are

even offering a pink version. the cancer society says says it's hyprocritcical to make money off something that in part contributes to the disease. for quality affordable fair universal health care that we are all fighting for here in san francisco. many say prop b would have much more an effect on health care benefits. prop b supporters say the measure could save the city. a savings they say is necessary

for the financial future of its financial future. frito lay is pulling their environmentally friendly chip bag. the company is returning to its old bag only 18 months. it has received a lot of complaints that the bag was too loud. some people were comparing the noise from everything from a lawn mower to a jet engine. sun chip sales have declined over 11% in the past year. according to a new study, people who work in noisy places for at least a year and a half could have triple the risk of heart problems. those heart problems include severe chest pain and in some cases heart attacks. authors of the study say 22 million americans work in environments with a hazardous noise level. >> there's a new guideline concerning the iron needs of children.

iron deficiency is commonin the u.s. and can have long term effects on a child's development. the study author says feeding older infants and toddlers such as fruits, meats is important but that liquid supplements may also be needed. the report also details iron deficiency. and she was very popular years ago, but now she is making a come back. new at 6:00, why some east bay business be forced to turn over their property to the city. why some say it would be good for the community.

>> yes, it would be beautiful. also -- >> reporter: when it comes to bay pollution, many folks think -- then closed for six months, now a hospice for young children is back open.

the mood of voters in next month's midterm elections could afect the future of the most powerful woman in -- affect the future of the most powerful woman in politics. however, the losses could cost nancy pelosi her speakership. >> reporter: it was a grand four day celebration for democrats as nancy pelosi became the first female speaker of the house. >> i accept this gavel in the spirit of partnership not partisanship. >> reporter: now nearly four years later the job of the

speaker is on the line. as republicans launch the fire pelosi bus tour, even a few democrats seem to be pulling away. but long time pelosi ally talk show host says running against pelosi is a losing strategy. >> they think that they can make her this satanic kind of woman and it never works. some of the democrats fall into the same trap and i think they are dumb. >> reporter: even though speaker pelosi said an an event last night, the election is not about her she's still planning a robust campaign schedule. 25 stops in eight states over the next month. her staff tells me she has raised $50 million for democratic candidates this election. >> i think the most important thing is raise money which she

is phenomenal at. >> reporter: some analysts predict she will leave congress if democrats lose control of the house. >> i think she will leave congress and continue her life private life. former alaska governor sarah palin continues to be a contentious figure in california. ktvu field poll shows her imagine is not improving among voters. palin first stepped on the national scene about two years ago when she ran for vice president in the 2008 elections on the republican ticket with john mccain. back then 37% of californians viewed her favorably. but the polls show today 23% of voters have a positive perception of her. another poll shows that palin's endorsement could hurt a candidate running for political

office in this space. 353% said if the former governor would back a candidate they would be less inclined to vote for the candidate. coming up next at 6:00, starting early the unusual move one bay area city is taking to help make sure that kin kindergartners are successful. federal officials denied protection for a species of california fish. the split tail fish could only be found in the central valley.

environmentists say their numbers have been on the decline. but fish and wildlife services say they do not warrant protection saying their numbers go up and down dramatically in response to snow and rain. that their population will rebound more during wet years. we talked earlier about that rain up in reno. almost seemed like it was going drizzle a little bit or rain a little bit here. >> it was in the forecast, a slight chance for sprinkles. it was in the forecast today. moisture rotates out over the valley toward us. it's not a big deal but the chance of a sprinkle stays in our forecast. i'll show you that, outside we go, live storm tracker 2. you can see the area. let me put it into rotation, you can see the area i'm talking about. you see it's kind of rotating. it's coming off the mountains and spinning all the way around and it's coming back up again. let me see if it'll loop again for us. right there. you can see that motion. this is not a well organized

weather system is my point. let me show you what we have in terms of cloud cover. none of it, let me tell you, i wish it would rain. i wish we would get a good dose of rain. this is a nuisance shower activity that will be with us tomorrow. and here is 12 hour loop and you can see how everything is spinning our way. right now the activity is mainly out toward bakersfield and fresno. the winds will stay up between 10 and 14 hours an hour. they will be out into the north- northeast is what we're going to be seeing. temperatures into the 60s for most of us and low 70s. mid-70s for some of us. the computer model does this, and you see this is forecasting rain. we're going to stop it right here. about 3:00, we have a little activity shower here. these are not a big deal, but this gives you an idea. the computer model says, there's a chance for something

here. this system is very difficult to forecast for because it is -- it's half the sides size of the state of california and it's not well organized it's just spinning around. with that system in the area and clouds. those areas are 70s and the greens are 60s. you get the picture, tomorrow's temperature, tomorrow's day a lot like today. nothing to really sneeze at. it's a nice day. fire danger is off, that's good. or down. the air quality is good, that's good. and we start to warm up. you will see this in the five day forecast. these are the the highs in the santa clara valley but immediately, i don't know about you all but walking around town, people are talking about, it feels like fall. cool in the morning and we'll see a cool to upper 30 in the east valley and this kind of fall like pattern. we are into fall and it feels like it. the five day forecast definitely heads us toward a

warm up. >> the weekend does look good. thanks bill. it's something different. the kind of dummy that's now being used in those crash tests that tell you how safe you are in your car.

a second lawsuit filed by some cities will stop the proposed line between san francisco and los angeles. the suit criticizes ridership projections. a similar suit was dismissed threer years ago. federal transportation officials released a new rule. starting today a simplified single rating grade will be awarded to vehiclesful today's standards are tougher than ever before -- to vehicles. also today's standards are tougher than ever before. >> making it far more difficult for a vehicle to earn five star status. >> in fact, just two of the first 33 vehicles tested under the new system are under five star overall score. they are the 2011 bmw five

series and one version of the hyundai sonata. for the first time, crash tests are using female crash test dummy so that engineers can learn the effects on women, not just men. >> and more is coming up on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00.

buying out small business to bring in a big one. the plan being reviewed today that brings fear into the hearts of merchants. good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. in oakland tonight a controversial issue is up for debate. imminent domain. many oakland residents say they want a market in their neighborhood. but to do so some building owners would have to sell their buildings. >> reporter: i met one woman that says she takes a bus here just to do her groceries. all of this