students to the hospital. paramedics took each child to the hospital as precaution. >> we talked to the manufacturers of the product, the product in their history of this product any human consumption has always been nontoxic. >> reporter: this all started when kids in a sixth grade class found pieces of rat poison in a file cabinet. thinking it was candy, the students passed it around for a taste. >> two that had bitten it. one was a dime size piece, the other nickel size piece. the two others that we transported had chewed it and spit it out. the last three that we transported had licked it. >> this is crazy. so now the kids aren't even safe in the school. >> reporter: this woman's sister dalia was one of the students taken to the hospital. she says school officials told her that the student had brought the poison to class. >> the police officer told me one thing and now the school is telling me another thing. i don't know who to believe. >> reporter: the other questions that remains, is why

didn't the teacher who was a substitute didn't know what happened and why was there rat poi so poison in the class in the first place. >> our biggest concern is the students and we're trying to determine how they got the rat poison. >> reporter: both 11-year-old girls are in good condition and will not be admitted. none of the students showed ill effects from the poison. and robberies in recent months are all traced back to three pieces charged today targeting specific communities within the city of oakland. christien kafton live with more. >> reporter: the suspects targeted neighborhoods like this one in fact, one of the home invasion robberies took place on this street. now these are neighborhoods with large immigrant communities. late this afternoon, i got this charging document from the district attorney's office. 132 counts including firearms charges, assault and two dozen

home invasions. police say the robbers pattern was to confront the victim in the street. demand to be let into the home then steal cash, jewelry and electronics all while holding the victim and their family at gunpoint. >> i don't think there's anything more terrorizing than being at your home in the sanitity of your residence with your family, and have someone shove in the door and put guns in their faces. >> reporter: investigators say the break in the case came in early november when a victim managed to call police and officers arrived while the robbery was still under way. >> they quickly got a perimeter around one of the residents that was currently being robbed. the suspects exited. one of the suspects at that point was taken into custody. >> reporter: police say that suspect led to the others. investigators say the suspects still would not say why they

targeted immigrant communities. while the suspects aren't facing hate crime charges they are facing serious prison sentences. >> the exposure in prison for these defendants exceeds 300 years. >> reporter: now to give you a sense of how prolific police say this group of robbers were. in november there were 18 home invasion robberies after these suspects were arrested. that number dropped to just two in december. we're live at oakland, christien kafton, channel 2 news. police have arrested a 15- year-old boy accused of killing his father. the suspect broke into the home at 2:00 in the afternoon. the boy was seen run ning from the home where his 36-year-old father had been shot in the head. police are still trying to sort out what happened in the robbery. >> reporter: what transpired could be anything from self- defense to you know some sort

of an argument. in fact, an accident unfortunately we're looking at everything right now. >> the victim was conscious and talking before he was taken to the hospital. he is reportedly now in the intensive care unit. authorities in arizona say they've recovered an ammunition bag believed to belong to the suspect in the tucson shooting. a man was walking his dog when he noticed the bag. it was found filled with ammunition. loughner's father said he and his son had argued about a black bag the day of the shooting. and today the chief judge of the u.s. ninth circuit court of appeals assigned district judge larry burns to the case. all of the federal judges recused themselves from the case because one of their

colleagues was involved in the shooting. >> today congresswoman giffords continues her recovery. in fact, doctors say her recovery is nothing short of miraculous. >> reporter: yeah, just a roller coaster of emotions as families say goodbye to christina greene. >> miracles happen every day. in medicine we like to attribute them to what we do or others do around us. a lot of medicine is outside of our control. we're wise to acknowledge miracles. >> reporter: doctors say she is making incredible progress, moving her arms and legs and responding to family and friends. president obama announced the news that giffords opened her eyes for the first time during wednesday's memorial in tucson. people described the moment it happened. >> mark her husband could not

believe it. so he just started encouraging her. she literally then opened her eyes. >> the doctor, when it happened when she started opening her eyes, started pounding something on his blackberry, said this is incredible. meanwhile the community gathers for the funeral of 9-year-old christina taylor greene, the u.s. flag that flew on top of the twin towers at 9/11 is on display for christina's memorial. >> reporter: doctors are saying now that they are pursuing aggressive physical therapy for congresswoman giffords.

maybe as early as tomorrow they might move her out of the bed and into a chair. and possibly remove her breathing tube. live in tucson arizona, craig boswell. one senator tonight is calling for a symbol of congressional unity. he says members from both parties should sit together instead of democrats sitting on one side and republicans on the other. the shooting in tucson should -- congresswoman giffords is scheduled on a mission april 19th. reception is set to begin in just the next hour at stanford university for a young man who

survived the 2007 shooting at virginia tech university. an alert has gone out to students after someone threatened an active violence on campus. a student found some graffiti on a campus bathroom wall says a violent act would take place at the school next tuesday. officials say they waited until this week to alert the campus in order not to create a panic. the graffiti has been removed. but the writer threaten to kill people, several people a few days from now. >> a little worried about the date that was on the wall, january 18th. >> i think it's unfortunate

really. it's clear the person who wrote the message is asking for help. >> reporter: campus officials are asking anyone who sees any suspicious activity to call ucfc police. in fairfield authorities today released a man they suspected of homicide after it turned out the victim in the case actually died from natural causes. the body turned up tuesday in a wooded area near waterman boulevard and westbound i80. investigators arrested a 37- year-old man they suspected of beating the victim to death, but today the coroner said it appears the man died after becoming very drunk and then falling into a ditch. two teenager now face charges in the monday shooting death of a 16-year-old richmond boy. gene grisby was shot down in front of his grandmother's home. john pierre from sassoon city is accused of driving the get away car. prosecutors refused to press

charges on another 16-year-old who was sent to jail on these charges. crews rushed to the truck stop on interstate 5 in the town of wesley. fire crews had trouble getting water on the scene and had to have some transported in. the fire destroyed a market and a sandwich shop. no injuries were reported. a san francisco institution closes it's doors after more than 70 years in business. we'll tell you why pollution may have played a big role. and a weather system is moving through slowly. how much longer these sprinkles will linker, i'll let you know when they are out of here.

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francisco with how the problem in in case is in the water. sal-- >> reporter: this business has been here for more than 70 year, now the business owner says they must close because of conditions beyond their control. the alioto fish company a san francisco institution selling whole sell fish and crab abruptly closed today after operating here for decades. the owners say it's because polluting water and the result of clean up in the waters near their building. i called the business today and this is the message on the company's answering machine. >> it is with deep regret that we must close our doors after 70 years of continuous operations in san francisco. the ongoing construction related to exxonmobil and the port of san francisco's oil pollution clean up activities has made it impossible for us to continue to operate our business and serve our customers. >> reporter: the recording goes on to say the company is uncertain of what the future holds. port of san francisco officials

say they are surprised by the abrupt closure. >> they haven't as far as i know said anything to the port about closing their business at this time. the first we heard was this morning on the press. >> reporter: and this morning, the company has sued the port of san francisco and exxonmobil. i just got off the phone with annette sincata who says she very much would like to get back to work some day but does not know when. in sacramento today, lawmakers began dissecting governor brown's budget plan. the governor's order slashing the use of cell phones by state employees is quote just the

first step. he said in the coming days the governor will roll out more details of his plan to make government leaner and more efficient. the treasury department has a new way to pay out income tax refunds. with debit cards. the irs encouraged people to get their refunds by direct deposit but a lot of low income people don't have bank accounts. so to help them avoid those high check cashing fees, the irs will allow them to choose to get their refund on a card that can be used at atms or retail stores. it plans to send out 600,000 letters next week offering that option. and the stocks fizzled on word of gloomy unemployment news. stocks fell after the labor department reported that first time applications of jobless benefits rose last week. that's higher than analysts has

projected. nasdaq dropped two points closing at 2,735 and dow closed down 23 points. reality track says the number of foreclosure filings was up 23% since 2008. we'll report on a rally where they are asking to stem the rising costs of foreclosures. 117 researchers for the usgeological survey found that if a storm happened today, it would lead to landslides and emergency responders overwhelmed in major population centers. the purpose of the record is to

help in disaster preparedness. rain has returned to the bay area. it was a light drizzle but enough for drivers to turn on their windshield wipers and for people to pull out their umbrellas to stay dry. >> let's go to our chief meteorologist bill martin. this is the weather pattern that you said was going to be a slow moving weather pattern. >> very slow weather pattern. i read a lot of history about california and a lot of weather history and there were a will the of storms in the 1800s. we have flood control in place now like the orville dam. i do question whether a big storm with the flood control would be as devastating as implied there. but, i didn't do the actual study myself but that's just saying. let's go outside and i'll show you what we have in terms of radar. not a lot going on out there right now.

there's light drizzle showing up up around santa rosa and petaluma. this radar beam various elevations any where from 3,000 feet up to around 8,000, 9,000 feet. the rain actually in this case, the light drizzle falling out near campbell and los cados not being picked up by the radar. you can see basically no rain out there, just super light drizzle. enough to make the afternoon and morning commutes a little bit dicey as you traveled around the bay area. as you go on and take a look then tonight, we're looking for patchy fog in many locations. that's the weather headline here because the wind are light, this is the perfect formula. i'll tell you what's going to happen tonight, some where around 9:00 or 10:00 it's going to cool down to the dewpoint which is about 48 degrees. it's going to turn cold fast. be ready for some very dense

valley fog in the usual spots and not so very usual spots. relative humidity outside 80, 90% 100% in some cases. the rain is going to end, all that moisture turns into fog. so let's get ready for that. at 10:00 we'll be updating that. what you are seeing here is the rain going right through. you see the rain band. heavier rainfalling out of the northern california. accumulations .10 in the heaviest spot. heaviest rain this afternoon was around 10:00, 11:00 this morning and then it was gone. here's the big satellite loop. you can see most of the action out in the pacific, this one specifically is going to start to drive to the north. we're getting another break. that's unusual this time of year not to have something staring us down. very patty fog, very dense. it'll be everywhere. temperatures will be on the mild side, that's because

dewpoints are high. when i get back i have the five day forecast we'll show you the fog model. it's a computer model and we'll have the forecast for your bay area weekend, we'll see you back here. stockton police are trying to determine whether two teenagers who drowned this week were running from officers. two other teens survived the plunge. stockton police told ktvu they are still investigating the burglary. >> that's certainly an aspect of the investigation we're looking at. >> i don't have the slightest idea, to tell you the truth. something they weren't supposed to be doing. >> police say they are still processing evidence from the home and that the two surviving teams are cooperating with investigators. a life saved but with a

cost. a heartbreaking sacrifice a woman made to save herself from flooding waters. new at 6:00, no choice but to jump. >> we had already lost our first baby last year. and so i really wanted this baby to make it. >> a pregnant woman relives her life or death decision to jump from a second floor window. a dog fight over dog leashes. taking a way toll takers, so what would happen if you drive over the golden gate bridge without a fast track? tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6: 6:00.

boy some dramatic pictures coming from brazil today where rescue crews hauled a woman to safety after she had to let go of her dog to grab on to a

rope. huge mud slides have wiped out entire neighborhoods and buried families in their homes. the death toll is neighboring 400 and tens of thousands of people have been left homeless. vice president joe biden spoke to iraqi leaders and service members during a surprise visit to baghdad. mr.biden says the u.s. needs to do everything to make sure iraq stability and democracy is strong enough to make it worth the sacrifices u.s. soldiers have made for nine years.

the case involves videos contains anti gay slurs, profanity and suggestive shower seens shown to a navy crew. today it delayed the retirement to make sure what if anything is superiors knew of those videos. and wikileaks -- the bradley manning reported that wikileaks has donated for its defense. a long time texas senator today announced she is retiring. republican senator kay bailey hutchinson says she plans to retire after her current term

ends next year. she's been a senator since 1983. hutchinson says until her term is over she will fight massive spending and fight toward repealing the government health take over. chaos here in san bruno signals change and criticism of the utilities commission. chocolate milk and greasy french fries may be removed from your children's school menu. we'll tell you about the changes that may be coming.

this commission has failed the people of california and

especially the residents in my district by your culture of complacency. >> thank you mr. hill. i think that wraps it up. verbal pyro technics. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar with more from the blast site with more, tom -- >> reporter: today what create add huge crater today led to criticism and an imminent change at the state puc. the five member lame duck public utilities commission already two commissioners short tried to blunt the mounting criticism of being too cozy with pg & e but evoking president obama's words from last night. >> it's our duty to listen to each other more carefully and

sharpen our empathy. >> reporter: but assembly member hill wasn't buying it. assembly member hill putts as much fault on the puc as pg & e. >> i believe the only way -- >> reporter: he especially singled out michael peavy a former utility executive. >> i think the direction comes from the top mr. president and i think that's where your leadership should be. >> you also managed to slur several hundred people on this commission in one fail swoop. >> reporter: jerry brown will be able to appoint as many as three new commissioners. spat says that will disenpower

the governor's proutility employees. >> change a commission to a fair and balanced commissioners that will considering consumers interests. >> reporter: that would mean that pg & e and the economy haven't seen in many years. we have the entire heated exchange posted on our website for you on ktvu.com. you will find it there. it's the first item at the very top of video player. the marin county sheriff says he will not enforce a ban on smart meters. sheriff bob dyle says they have no authority to ban smart meters. county officials say the ban was mainly a political statement and say they did not discuss how it would actually be enforced. nearly one out of every three kids between the agesover

six and 19 is overweight or obese. one out of every three. that's according to federal figures and it's also why new guidelines are being imposed in school lunches. janine de la vega has the story. >> reporter: we visited the visited the cafeteria today to see if the new law is being implemented. there was chicken sandwiches. >> they give burritos everything that's not nutritious for kids. >> reporter: principal aurora garcia say they try to offer the children healthy choices but -- >> there's definitely room for

improvement. i know that many of the parents are asking for better balanced choices for the students. >> reporter: they include decreasing the amounts of starchy vegetables, reducing the amount of sodium in meals. serving 1% or fat free milk and increasing the amounts of fruits and vegetables offered. that's the case at the mckinly school. >> at home it's hard to put the vegetables and fruits and all the good things in their diet. so i think it's good, it would contribute and make it easier for me at home. >> i'm kind of overweight, so i want to see my kid growing up, live longer years than myself. >> reporter: the new guidelines mean it will cost the school

district more money. the federal government will increase school lunch reimbursements by 6-cents per meal. reporting live from san jose, janine de vega, ktvu channel 2 news. a study finds that students who spent 10 minutes writing about their own thoughts and feelings can free up brain power previously occupied by testing worries. a new campus for the city college of san francisco is moving closer to completion. the school released this artist rendering of the interior of the facility. the project broke ground in november of 2008. it is scheduled to open in may

of 2012. social networking site twitter is leaving it's headarters. the company and 250 employees is basically outgrowing it's current office space on fulsome street. city officials are trying to keep twitter in the city and are reportedly offering tax breaks a other incentives. pain killers are getting a make over. the unusual plan one airline is reportedly considering when it comes to overbooked flights. what you might call a seat auction.

the food and drug administration is limiting a key ingredient in key pain relievers. the fda is going to cap the amount of acetominophen at 325- milligrams per capsule. current medicines have 700- milligrams per capsule. the fda says the pain relievers will still be effective at those lower doses. new figures show the annual cost of cancer care in the united states is expected to increase 27% to $158 billion by 2020. the national cancer institute

looked at data on 15 cancers found in men, 17 found in women. the cost increases are expected for prostate cancer and breast cancer because with improved treatment and diagnosis, more people will be living longer with those diseases. the federal government will require new cars and trucks to have larger and stronger side air bags. the department of transportation says the goal is to prevent motorists from being thrown out of vehicles in roll overs. more than 8,000 people were killed in the u.s. in 2009 in roll over accidents. car companies will begin phasing in the new air bag changes. all cars must have if new regulated air bags by 2018. airlines are asking ticketholder to go to their website and tell them how long and how little they'd be willing to get paid to give up

their seat and be rebooked. the u.s. postal service delivered some good news and bad news today. first the good news, the cost of sending a basic first class letter is not going up. now the bad news. some other postal rates are. on april 17th the price for a letter that weighs more than 1 ounce will rise from 17-cents per extra ounce to 20-cents. at your house, if you see something like this there's one word you should know. rats. still ahead. been tracking some light showers out there right now. how they could impact the rest of your evening and then fog is coming back. i will let you know which neighborhoods will have the poorest visibility. new at 6:00, no choice but

to jump. >> we had already lost our first baby last year and so i really wanted this baby to make it. >> a pregnant woman relives her life and death decision to jump from a second floor building. the popular walking spots where pet owners might be forced to leash their animals. plus taking away toll takers. what would happen if you drive over the golden gate bridge without a fast track. tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00.

experts today say there's a bay area explosion of rats because of unusual weather we've been having the last few months. researchers are trying to find a better way to poison the rodents. john fowler has the story. >> reporter: experts tell me rats leave signs like this one. they say look for eating out fruit. experts say they're in every bay area neighborhood and

difficult to eliminate. >> if you eradicate them at your place, then they just go next door, probably what happened at your place. >> i'm working on 50, 60 jobs right now where we're trying to get rid of the rodents. >> reporter: weeds around this house's foundation find rat mounds. >> it's easy to get here very easy. >> they're looking to get in to the hot water pipes, just like the rest of us. >> reporter: you may not notice them for days, everyone weeks. >> this is the product. >> reporter: poison bait, an overdoze of vitamin d kills rodents. birds such as this barn oil can die after eating rats poisoned by anti coagulant poisons.

chemists are searching for better rodentize, but there's still no fix. experts are asking homeowners today to use extra caution with rat poison. reporting live, john fowler ktvu. and researchers are the university of cambridge have genetically engineered chickens with a piece of dna that tricks and diverts an enzyme to bird flu. the national parks service will offer 17 free admission days this year. places such as yosemite national park will waive their admission fees on that day. nearly 400 parks in the nation are participating in the free admission program.

those free days will be spread out throughout the year. coming up next, the new rules being proposed for how people can walk their dogs in prime locations in three bay area counties that are generating pretty harsh opinions. a story you will see only on two, the first interview with a pregnant woman who was trapped in a burning building. the dramatic way she escaped and she says was the scariest thing she's ever done in her life. who is now under arrest an the break that led to their capture. it's a business with one of the most famous names in san francisco, tonight it is closed possibly for good. these stories and much more are coming up at 6:00. we'll see you then. >> julie, thank you. there's a move in washington to rename one of the capital cities most favorite streets. two years ago, president obama

and first lady michelle obama led the parade down congressional. one member of the city council is proposing a rename of pennsylvania avenue to state haoád. there is now on the ground in 49 out of 350 states in the country. it's estimated almost 71% of the country currently has at least some snow on the ground. scientists call the snowfall atypical as southern states don't usually get significant snow during the winter months. the only hold out, florida. interesting. all right, on to our weather now and boy you hear the stories about what's going on back east and what not. kind of makes it hard to complain on what's going on around here. >> i need to go -- there has to be alabama. somebody has to be dry without the snow. let's go outside. i have storm tracker 2. sprinkles the story. you don't see any green really

do you. because we're just seeing drizzle as we mentioned before falling out under the radar. temperatures on the mild side, note that it's 54 in san francisco. those temperatures certainly warmer than they have been for daytime highs. there goes the system, just blowing right through. slides through the area. now it's clearing out. not necessarily, what's going to happen is as this system blows out of here. fog comes back into your forecast. the valley fog will start to reform late tonight and early tomorrow morning in the inland bay valley, you will see it heaviest out around vacaville and fairfield areas like that. as we get toward the early morning hours, it could become worse. why? the humidities are high. the moisture in the air is high. you knew that. with that high moisture count.

you're going to see lots of fog trying to show up. here's what we have. the computer model, step back. there's a little bit of cloud. this is high cloud cover not coastal fog. here's the fog showing up it's just going to form. this is your morning commute. it's going to be very patchy in nature. be prepared for that. by the afternoon we start to clear out. partly cloudy, partly sunny. daytime highs tomorrow we're looking for low 60s possible. fog should burn off pretty quickly. 62 in fairfield. think about it. a week ago we are doing napa was coming up to about 46. and 20, 10, 15 degrees warmer than last week. so here we go. 60 in fremont tomorrow. 60 in san jose. there'll be patchy fog when you wake up in the morning hours. a lot cooler in pleasantton. that's because out in the big valley that fog is going to

hang on. that will be the big story. we don't have a big storm going on. we have a chance of shower tomorrow morning. but not a big deal at all. and then as we go into the next week looks like a fairly dry pattern. >> seems like we had all that rain early and we've dried out. >> we were 300% of normal, so we can go without rain for a couple of days. there's history on display in the heart of silican valley. why the new high technology makes it seem much like the wild west.

these days when a cell phone that doesn't take pictures or sent e-mail is considered old fashioned, a south bay museum is launching a new exhibit that digs back into the devices we use every day. >> it's in the heart of silican valley, much of the history happened here. now we're becoming a major historical and cultural constitution in the valley. >> reporter: the historical museum is opening a new exhibit looking back at 2,000 years of commuting. >> the exhibit is designed for a nontechnical audience. but for people that are the beloved geek audience, there's stuff for them too. they can go as deep as they

want to go. >> reporter: one of the oldest displays is this punch card computer. once used to categorize all the fauna. fast forward to what all of us consider our first computer game. but from pong to google what is not on display is the many lemons on display. >> pioneering and invention and trying again it has changed our lives forever. >> reporter: the museum says this is one of the largest exhibitions on computerring history. still, most people click on what started their love-hate relationship with computers. >> whether you are grandparent, parent or child, people find

their favorite first game. in just about an hour, francisco's landmark gay museum opens to tell the gobt history. visitors will find 25 years of artifacts gathered by the historical society. everything from uniforms worn by gay members of the armed forces to an entire display on the late pioneering politician harvey milk. tonight's opening begins at 7:00 and is open to the public. the world champion san francisco giants will play their first spring training game. get this only six weeks from now. this morning tickets went on sale for those games in

scottsdale arizona. they range in price from $9 to the low 30s depending on the demand for any particular game. the giants have also begin selling season tickets for regular games at at&t park. there's much more news ahead on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. including surveillance video police just released to us of a bank robbery suspect. in an exclusive video, a woman who had to jump out of a burning building tells her story to us. coming up next.

>> feeling the smoke coming out of the window on both sides of me. so i knew it was right there. a leap of faith, she's pregnant and she's describing the moment she jumped out of a building to escape a burning building. good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. we begin tonight with a story

you will see only on 2. an act of desperation. how she escaped a fire in her apartment by jumping into her husband's waiting arms. today she says she's recovered enough to talk about her life or death decision with ktvu's robert handa. robert is live now to tell us her story, robert. >> reporter: frank, while invest investigators try to determine what caused the fire, the mother to be who made the courageous leap is just happy to be alive. tonight her and her husband talk to me about her rescue. >> all i saw was the concrete parking lot. >> reporter: the fire roared through the building thursday morning. paul mesa and wife alyssa were trapped in their second story home. >> i could see the smoke coming into our building and i was really scared. >> reporter: paul looked for a way out and alicia went to the window to get r