from east chopper two at 85th street. we know at this point that two suspects are in custody, police say between the suspects, they rammed several cars along the way. a number of people in the cars were injured, although we don't know the extent of the injuries, we do see ambulances there on the scene and the intersection is closed at 85th and san leandro street. no police officers were hurt. but the police officers say the suspects appeared to try to run them down. police have not said if the chase started as a homicide. but again this is an active scene at 85th. we'll stay on top of this story and bring you more later. and now to developing news in the north bay. a desperate search for a missing woman who has not been seen now for almost a week. we have the pictures here of searchers going through hundreds of acres of wilderness here focusing on the phoenix

lake, the area not far from the missing woman's home. live where the search is under way with why some say the effort was launched too late. >> reporter: well, this is a picture of the missing woman. she is deborah schmitt, missing since thursday, but the search started only today. and now they're racing against sundown. let's again look at the live scene of the search, just next to lake phoenix there. since about 2:00 a team of 30 searchers and five dogs have been combing the hundreds of acres of hills. the area is close to schmitt's home. they showed up to check her house and talk to neighbors about the 53-year-old teacher. schmitt was reported missing to the police thursday when she didn't show up to teach in san rafael, and her husband returned home from a trip to find her missing. but the marin county rescue

crews were called later. >> i was really disturbed and was concerned as to why they were not looking until today. that was my first thought. and i have been very worried about her. she seemed loss, she knows the area. we want to know what may have happened to her. >> reporter: and i spoke to a ross spokesperson about 3:45 about why the search began six days after schmitt went missing. and he said the case didn't meet the needs for the rescue crews to be called in. he didn't specify what that need was, but he said yesterday it merited calling in a search and rescue team. now the team will wrap up in about 45 minutes just as the sun goes down. they say it is not clear whether they will return to phoenix lake. they expect to have the ross police department make an announcement on that later this evening. and when we have that information we'll bring it to you. for now, reporting live, in

marin county, david stevens. and students and co-workers are worried about schmitt. she teaches five english classes there to sophomores at the terra linda high school in san rafael. others say she seemed fine last week. >> she deals with students in other ways that the other teachers do. it is so unique that it seems to work with everybody. >> the school's principal told ktvu that he is telling the students and staff not the speculate or start rumors about what could have happened. and tonight, a search for juliani cardenas. today, we have more from patterson with information. and why authorities are almost done combing the canal there. >> reporter: well as we zoom in on the stanislaus county dive team this scene may look familiar to you. we were at this location, all of us just a few days ago. this is about 100 yards from where the witness says he saw

the suspect's car go into the delta mendota canal, close to where the tire tracks were leading into the canal. the dive team cleared the area days ago and went on to search this area. they came back to take a second look. and a short time ago they located what they described as another object in the water. and divers are about to go in and check out to determine what the object is. they have not said right now whether or not the object is a car. this all came on the same day that the investigators learned the type of tires that the suspect had on his car, which could allow investigators to rule in or rule out those tire tracks found on the bank. guerrero's tire service was visited by the authorities on friday. >> they came over and asked us because they came out we sold tires to jose. and yeah, sure, we went back through the records and we found the receipt.

>> reporter: the receipt shows the kind of tires bought in april of 2009. and it bears the name of jose rodriguez. he is accused of kidnapping four-year-old juliani cardenas eight days ago. rodriguez is the ex-boyfriend of juliani's mother. a witness reported seeing the suspect's car drive into the delta mendota canal 45 minutes after the abduction, leaving these tire tracks. with guerrero's information, including a picture of of the 18-inch, low profile tires, a match analysis on the tracks may be possible. >> the type of tire, the type of tread that was on the tire, so we got a copy and then passed it over to the police department. >> reporter: today, the search of the delta mendota canal continued and a 10th vehicle was pulled from the water. it was a blue nissan 350 z again, not the car they are looking for. it appears the diver just now went into the water here in the delta mendota canal again,

about 100 yards from where the tracking were seen last week, heading into the canal. once that diver gets down there and is able to identify the object, they may latch onto it. try to pull it out. if this turns out to be a car, obviously they will pull it out of the water. they will continue the search on that side of the canal. we're in the area where it goes through pipes underground and appears on the other side. once they're done here they will double check the other side of the canal. after that point it is not clear where the search of the canal will go from there. in stanislaus county, ken pritchett. and stay tuned for more on the four-year-old boy. also we have a slide show of the canal since the search began. and sixes of the san bruno pipeline explosion today received cash to help them get back on their feet. the city handed out almost $400,000 in community

donations. each of the families whose homes were destroyed in the september disaster received about $6400. checks of 4000 and one thousand went to those with moderate or minor damage. one man said that the donation won't cover his expenses but said it is a start. and that he is grateful to the city and the community. >> well, with each one of them, they're angels. they will always be in my heart. the people of san bruno are the greatest in the world. >> he received about a thousand he says from pg&e soon after the fire. but he since joined a lawsuit against the utilities. and charges regarding the investigation is being kept under wrap. consumer advocates and attorneys are demanding more information from the attorney in charge. more from san bruno where residents are asking for action. >> reporter: indeed, they are. you know critics charge that the california public utilities commission has buried its investigation deeper than the

crater blasted out by the september 9 pipeline explosion. >> it is the right thing to do. it is the time to do it. >> reporter: an angry, but frustrated consumer advocate filed a petition today with the california public utilities commission to force it to let the sunshine in. >> up until now, the public authorities commission has only had an informal investigation that has been private. >> reporter: consumer advocates say without a formal investigation, they cannot order pg&e to take action or define it if it has not. >> the information has been closed to the public. it is time for the public utilities commission to open up a public investigation because the public has a right to know. >> reporter: joining the utility reform network is san francisco city attorney dennis herrera whose city is also served by the pipeline that exploded. >> make sure it is a

transparent process, opened to peer review and make sure that the facts are accurate and that the public is aware of what caused this terrible tragedy. >> reporter: the san bruno resident, jerry castro, agrees. >> when you have danger of life, everything should be open. especially this time of age. information is the key out here. let it all out. and if you are confident of what you are doing, let everybody know about it. >> reporter: a newly appointed less utility friendly state public utilities commission holds their first meeting tomorrow. and the issue will surely be a top priority. ktvu channel 2 action news. and one month in jail. that was a sentence handed down this morning to a 24-year-old san francisco woman who pleaded guilty to falsely posing as a victim of september's pipeline explosion in san bruno. kathy turner told the relief workers she wanted everything they had to offer, including hotel rooms and gift cards.

others have been convicted of falsely posing as victims of the tragedy. and president obama talked about jobs and the economy last night in the state of the union address. he visited three renewable manufacturers in wisconsin. the president says those companies represent the type of forward-looking technologies the government should support. he says that is how the u.s. will continue to lead the world in innovative jobs for the future. >> in this challenging time when america is facing tougher competition from countries from around the world than ever before, we have to up our game. we're going to need to go all in. >> reporter: the president may also have a political reason for visiting wisconsin. he won the state in 2008. but in november, republicans took a senate seat long held by a democrat. and a new estimate out today predicts the federal budget deficit will hit a record high at almost one and a

half trillion this year. the congressional budget office blames the higher numbers on congress and president obama who agreed last month on bipartisan legislation to extend bush-era tax cuts that were set to expire. but the budget office predicts the deficit will drop to 1.1 trillion in 2012. and fewer homes were sold last year in any other year in the past five decades. the commerce department reports that 321,000 homes were sold in 2010. a 14% drop from the year before. it was the fifth consecutive year that sales have declined. but despite the decrease, 2010 actually ended on an optimistic note. new home sales were up 17 and a half% from december. and wall street braces the numbers in president obama's state of the union message. the dow traded above 12,000

today for the first time since june of 2008. and in the end, the dow ended up at eight points, 11,986. the nasdaq closed at 27 points, at 2740. and reporting big gains in profits, 4th quarter of 2010. netflix profits were 47 cents a share, higher than 2009. they also reported 20 million subscribers, a gain of 3 million, compared to a gain of 1.1 million a year earlier. the company stock hit 40 cents a share, a gain of 8% after hours trading. and a union leader in oakland found dead in his home tonight. new information about the victim, what his family just told ktvu within the past hour. and a dense fog advisory, with reported temperatures of record high numbers, a lot

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. the big step forward today for congresswoman gabrielle giffords. an ambulance moved her from the intensive care ward of a houston hospital to a nearby facility where she begins rehab. they upgraded her condition from serious to good. gabrielle giffords was shot in the head january 8 in an attack in tucson that killed six people and injured 13. and troubling questions tonight over the death of a respected union leader in oakland. ktvu talked to those close to bingham, who wondered why somebody could die such a violent death who helped so many. >> reporter: at the coroner's office, we spoke to them and an hour ago we spoke to the family here outside the home where barry bingham was found dead. a spokesperson said the children don't know anybody who recently threatened his life.

>> many people called him the neighborhood dad. and who would want to hurt the neighborhood dad? >> reporter: late this afternoon, barry bingham's family and ex-wife and children came to grieve. >> it is a great place to live, but at the same time it has become a horrible place at this particular moment. and somebody knows something that has taken place. >> reporter: 64-year-old bingham was the local director for local 1021. those who knew him say he was very well liked. >> very unexpected, tragic, a very hard blow to the people that work here. >> he was very likeable. i don't know anybody who could do anything to barry. he was always a nice guy and would give you the shirt off his back. >> reporter: his co-worker said he didn't show up monday or tuesday, and two co-workers went to his home to check on him. >> and we saw that when the door was open, things were ajar, thrown around.

>> reporter: oakland police were called and say they found bingham dead in his house, he was a man of faith, an elder here at the church as well as a community leader. >> he mentored so many young boys that he was concerned about, would you know end up going down a wrong path. >> reporter: tonight his family is asking for your help. >> but you still need to do right and to come forward. if you know anything regarding this case, the family is asking you to contact the local authorities. >> reporter: the alameda coroner's office is not releasing the cause of death. and flags at half staff today to honor barry bingham, the president of the alameda county board of supervisors ordered the flags be lowered. he said that bingham was a very responsible worker and very professional. and we know the name of the man who died in a police chase.

contra costa county investigators say that the woman was driving a pickup truck and and died. the case began in moraga. the suv was found abandoned in lafayette. at this point the detectives are looking for the driver of the vehicle. and we have enjoyed very nice, warm temperatures in the bay area but that could change pretty soon. >> yeah, things are kicking around. we saw above-average temperatures in the santa clara valley. san jose, a record for this daylight. we had a couple of records yesterday. not that hot but unusually warm for this time of year. you go to the valley and it is cold. let's look at the storm tracker, the fog this morning hanging out there in the valley most of the day. look at the highs or the temperatures right now in fresno and stockton. temperatures in santa rosa, 61,

and 64 in san jose. and livermore, 58, and antioch, in those areas, 54, the inland bay valley, the temperatures hanging around. at the above average, inland, redwood city, san jose and morgan. there is the cool area, antioch, 54, the daytime high. 52 in fairfield, and now it is warm. once you get away from the cooler fog. and here is how it goes, more fog on tap tomorrow. this morning, a dense fog advisory went into effect for the north bay. that could happen again tonight, the national weather service issued a dense fog advisory for the southern san joaquin valley. that cool moist air coming in the bay tonight could create another situation like we had last night or this morning. so be ready for that. tonight the valley fog returns, another day tomorrow with hazy sunshine. things changing, tomorrow night the winds come onshore, and

there is a weather system out there. i have extended and dry. but towards the weekend we'll see a good chance of rain in the bay area. now that is a big change. 25 days without a major storm. something is coming that could bring significant rain, a quarter, a 10th. most of the bay area by sunday. stay tuned. the computer models will be updated. more tonight again at 10:00. the overnight lows tonight, upper 40s. fog is the story tonight. rain is the possible story for sunday. i'll have details on all that back here in a bit. and a picture of breaking news, ground crews arriving, taking you live to the location at the end of the police chase when we come back. also today, senator yee talks about some of the racest threats today, what they say and why he is concerned

. updating breaking news happening now in east oakland, crews just arrived at the scene of a police chase that ended at 85th avenue and san leandro street. is the index it is -- still closed. >> reporter: yes, we are here at 81st and san leandro. i want the photographer to zoom in here, where the police lights are. that is where the accident happened. we understand it started at

about 4:00 on the 7600 block of lockwood not far from here. officers say there was a report of a shooting. they saw two suspects take off, exited off the highway. they ended up over there on san leandro with speeds up to 70 miles per hour. as you can see there are police cars tearing down there to get to the spot. they ended up here. we understand they were losing tires. that they went on this chase and actually hit some cars, we understand there were injuries, we'll send it to chopper two over the scene, that will give you a better look at what is going on right now. this is right alongside the bart line here, and we have been seeing the bart basically going right by. but there are no cars being allowed into the area. we did actually come in with one of the ambulances. i want to take you back here

live, on 81st and san leandro. as you can see here they have the street lots off. the officer has been here as long as we were here, directing people up to 81st. and take a look, i don't know if we can get by it. there is actually a long line of cars straight down san leandro. don't come this way if you are anywhere in the area. you may want to think of an alternate route. so again, the shooting led to a chase that ended down there on san leandro. we'll stay here, try to get more information and update you as soon as we can get it. reporting live, ktvu channel 2 action news. and we did see a yellow tarp on the ground which is what they used to cover a body. so there could be a death out there. we'll watch the story. and cruise ship companies are so concerned about violent crime in mexico that they dropped some stops in the

company from their rules. instead, there will be an extra stop at cabo. the company spokesperson cited safety concerns. holland america also stopped some courses. and apparently a rush limbaugh fan faxed death threats to his office. it happened after issues with the chinese president and mocking him. the faxes were sent to yee's office in sacramento, including an image and a pickup truck. they used racist terms to describe president obama and yee. >> what we are getting now is the rather offensive racist, horrible threats against myself. and i have to say i will not

sit by and allow it to happen. >> senator yee has been threatened before, but says in the wake of the tucson shootings, he is taking this more seriously. he has turned the documents over to authorities to investigate. at this hour, there is new information being released on an officer-involved shooting in the south bay that left one man dead. new information includes who did the shooting and why. and some big city mayors tell the governor they don't like some of his ideas if he is listening. live from sacramento

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manner over his head and began to advance on the sergeant. >> new details provide a better picture of what happened in the south bay in a story that we first reported. a man was shot and killed by police in the foothills east of san jose late yesterday afternoon. ktvu's robert hahn has been on the story all day long. we just learned the officer in the shooting is a 17-year veteran of the san jose police department. robert what else do you have for us? >> reporter: well, ken, the officer's name and information about the shooting was given to us less than an hour ago by the santa clara county sheriff's office. the sheriff's office gathered all the possible evidence that it could, high up in the area in the foothills east of san jose, where the fight took place between the san jose policeman, another officer and deputy, and a man who they say threatened the police with two knives. the sheriff says that one officer actually shot the

suspect with the taser, but didn't slow him down. >> the suspect took the taser barbs from his body, threw it back at the sergeant. and then he grabbed the two knives in a threatening manner over his head and began to advance on the sergeant. >> reporter: as they swarmed the area, he says the fight went further. and when the suspect charged the officer who shot the taser, the officer shot the suspect twice, killing him. the suspect was a man in his 50s and they say at this hour the officers are making contact with the suspect's family. >> by the time we complete the notification process we should be able to release some information about the suspect. >> and when will that be? >> that could take a day or two. >> reporter: that could be a long wait for some of the neighbors still shaken by the incident. it brought back reminders of past violence. >> we have had a murder here before. somebody brought a gang guy up here and shot him and left him. so you worry, you start to lock

your doors and think and wonder what is happening. >> reporter: sheriff's investigators here say the suspect may have broken into a home before the incident. the san jose police are not commenting on the case since it is the sheriff's jurisdiction. but the police officer's union is offering counseling since the shooting. live, san jose, robert honda, ktvu. and the honey moon is over for newly elected governor brown, at least as far as some mayors are concerned. we learned that local officials are angry over the new budget proposals and what they said at the governor's meeting in sacramento. jim? >> reporter: ken, 2.7 billion is at stake, the money that normally goes to rebuild communities, create jobs and lots of taxes. nine of the state's 10 largest cities represented in the area. they are fighting the proposal to dump redevelopment agencies and redirect 2.7 billion in

state money to schools and local services such as police and fire. the governor says he is making a tough decision in the face of a 25 billion budget shortfall. >> we are now in a crisis where we're laying off teachers, vallejo is laying off policemen and firefighters. >> reporter: they say the money is levied by private investors. this project in oakland, for example was spear headed by brown when he was mayor and trying to work on the downtown area. in this recession, the money is the only tools they have to recreate jobs and keep the economy going. >> silicon valley is a great place, they're creating jobs not necessarily staying in california. and when i talk about it with them, they want to know what the do. >> reporter: the oakland mayor reminded brown about the redevelopment project. >> thousands of jobs, most of

them were funded with redevelopment dollars. >> reporter: in the end they said they will renegotiate on the program. >> we're working on the agreement. >> reporter: the problem is they have very little time to come up with a solution if the governor's target day in march is to be met. live, state capitol, jim vargas. and a possible 10% raise for teachers is on the agenda at the oakland school board meeting. they staged a number of demonstrations, calling for increases. they are among the lowest paid in alameda county. the raises would cost about $2 million, while the district faces a $12 million deficit. so a pay increase could mean cuts elsewhere. and work crews coming into the mission bay construction site today, met with a wall of protesters. [loud noises] >> the demonstrators belonged to the black men united, a bay

view hunter's point community group. they hoped to shut down work today although they acknowledge the crews came into the site from other areas. they want uc to hire more san francisco residents and in particular from this neighborhood. to help build the 1.7 billion medical center. >> i want them to set up a system that would be included in the hiring. that the people will know that the people that come from right here. >> a spokesperson says the university has set a voluntary goal of hiring san francisco residents for 20% of the work force. now she says they passed that goal and are reaching out to more of the residents to fill jobs at that site. and san jose state university will add a doctor's program in nursing. the board approved the plan. up until 10 yearthe doctor degrees were limited to the university of california campuses. now they offer doctor degrees in physical therapy and

nursing. and now, what they may do to try to keep iphone customers from abandoning the program from horizon. and a new program that could close down on transgender women. and traffic on interstate 80, no, it is stressful to be stuck, but tonight, new disturbing information about what traffic noise can do to you

. at&t has no comment on reports of a secret weapon in the fight to keep iphone customers from switching to verizon. last year, at&t stopped offering the new data plans to new subscribers. but a spokesperson says that a loop hole would allow them to have a data plan if they owned an iphone by last june. the iphone will be available on verizon starting february 10 with unlimited data use. and apple users in san francisco, mac world 2011 gets under way. they pulled out of the expo two years ago. but the organizers say the attendance was up on the mac world. this year, they have exhibits and 25,000 people attending through the weekend. and organizers say there are plenty of accessories for ipads, iphones, most can't be found on an apple store shelf.

>> we focused on the creativity, and this year there are featured artists showing what they're doing with apple products and software. and there is an increased interest in the developer market. >> mac world runs through saturday. and a health care critic that has been serving low income women is struggling to survive a budget crisis that could close the doors in a matter of weeks. for three decades, they provided low cost medical care in the city's castro district. now the city is facing a budget deficit. the money comes from government contracts, grants and private funding, all which went down with the economy. but the need grew as more and more patients landed in financial trouble. >> we're either over-optimistic or not expecting the economy to do what it did. but we sort of ended up with a big gap. where we went out to do

fundraisers, and the people didn't give us the type of money they used to give us. >> the clinic's director says if the last-ditch effort fails, they will close down within the month. and sirens, noises, could increase the risk of stroke, especially among the elderly. let's look outside, taking you along the east shore freeway. the researchers studied more than 50,000 people between '93 and 7. they found stroke risks increased by 4% for every increase and noise by huge amounts. those above 65 years of age, the risk of stroke increased 27%. the increase in risk was most significant for noises louder than 60, that was about the loudness of normal conversations. and federal health regulators warn women with breast implants they could be at a greater risk for a serious but rare form of breast cancer. the fda is looking for the link

between the implants and a type of cancer that processes through the immune system. at the same time, the fda says they still believe the implants are safe overall. they are working with surgeons to track the women with implants and to track just how great the danger really is. and hope on the streets, a new brighter picture is happening about the homelessness in the bay area. and we're tracking dense fog advisory possible for tonight in the bay area. light this morning. and then long range, possible rain in the bay area. we'll talk about that as well

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. in contra costa county, dozens of volunteers took on the difficult task of counting the region's homeless. and the numbers this year offered a bit of home. >> right now we're in a camp, where people pretty much live in areas that are not visible as you walk or drive down a street. >> reporter: over 100 volunteers visited homeless camps, parks and shelters today to find out how many people are living on the streets. counties must conduct these numbers every two years in order to receive federal funds for homeless services. >> it also helps us note some of the trends that are occurring in homelessness in our communities, so that we can see what happens as the years continue, in relationship to the homeless members of our community. >> reporter: this afternoon, the preliminary count shows there are almost 1500 homeless

people in contra costa county. that is about 1500 fewer than about two years ago. and there is more good news, the volunteers say more people they found out in the open took the county up on the offer of shelters and other services. and a possible fight to happen with facebook. the user checks into a store or clicks like for a brand, it could be transmitted to the person's facebook friend's sponsored advertisement. there is no way for the user to decline. it left them with a word of mouth recommendation, and is raisinquestions. they say facebook is raising money from a person's name or likeness without consent. and google based telephone service, users can have one number ring to all their phones, cell phones and land lines at the home and office. they can charge 20 to remove the number to google voice, they may require that you make

changes with the cell phone provider, including canceling the contract. and crews wrapping up the search for a missing marin county school teacher. more at 6. and 10s of thousands of oakland residents trying to get their hands on a special voucher. how many spots are available and how it could change their lives. and also ahead, we were there when two bay area students learned they will receive a national science honor. what they did to deserve this honor. plus, unusual photos a justice department of employee put on his desk, and why they say it is cause for concern. and as expected today, the fog, that our chief meteorologist was talking about. >> yeah, we have been watching the long range models. there is a chance of increasing clouds on the weekend and rain in the forecast for sunday. it is not a major storm. but it could break this pattern, this dry pattern over 25 days of really no

significant rainfall. let's see how that goes. we'll get to the model. outside, storm tracker showing san jose after a record high today of 70 degrees. they're at 64 degrees, temperatures cooling off quickly. fog in the forecast tonight. high pressure in the region. a little bit of an offshore flow, blowing it out of the valley, daytime highs, this will be what you see tomorrow for the forecast. in other words, 60s, 70s today, tomorrow same deal. then it all changes, we head into friday. tomorrow morning early, that valley fog is going to blow up in the north bay. we saw a dense fog advisory in the north bay. right now a dense fog advisory in the san joaquin valley south of sacramento. so let's be prepared for the fog for your thursday morning commute. main areas of fog will be north and east bay. san jose tomorrow you wake up with a little bit of cloud cover. 65 degrees at lunchtime and 71 degrees in downtown san jose tomorrow. for a daytime high -- then it changes, the next weather system as it comes in shouldn't

be a cold one, but it will be clouds. watch this, an onshore flow, that has not been in the computer models for a while. we watched everything going this way. watch the clouds coming in, friday, into friday now, you see the fog along the coast, here are the high clouds. and the offshore flow. out in the pacific you see saturday morning, you see this thing lined up. and hopefully it will bring us rain for sunday. that is how it looks right now, closer there, saturday afternoon, you can see it bigger there. plenty of cloud cover as well. meanwhile, forecast highs tomorrow, like they were today. 69 in hay ward, 64 napa, above- average temperatures again. we have had a lot of these, and we'll continue that way, unless you're out in the inland bay valley the temperatures there are cooler because of the foggy conditions that we have had seeing. the five-day forecast, shower activities on sunday. that could definitely -- create a change in your plans this weekend. so we're kind of getting used to the dry pattern, going to

the mountains without change. things on sunday, if it comes in we'll be wet again with snow in the mountains. >> this is unusual to go this long in january, this warm, this long without rain -- >> seems like about once a year -- >> you're a local kid. we have had a few -- >> it does feel unusual. but i remember last february, we had a long run like this. we're getting into the 25 days. it is unusual. and singer jimmy buffet was released from the hospital today after falling off the stage in australia last night. and the fall was caught on video. the shocked fans there in sidney watched as the 64-year- old entertainer was on the floor, waiting for paramedics to arrive. he fell face first off the stage and hit his head. he was rushed to the hospital where the ct scan showed that everything was normal. and a real life history lesson that indiana jones would

improve of. what was inside a formerly forgotten type capsule in san francisco. and a modern day tie to one of the city's billingest names

. the university of southern california is teaming up with a bay area institute to look for signs of alien life in space. usc will conduct the research

and education programs with the nonprofit setting institute based in mountain view. the university has some of the top programs on earth. students will have access to technology and they will have access to advanced computer graphics. teens at an east bay high school paid tribute to a former student gunned down on new year's eve while helping with his baby niece. students at east oakland school of the arts played drums and staged a dance at the memorial for 17-year-old chris jones. the teen was shot and killed on december 31 as he put his sister's five month-old baby into a car. jones was supposed to start classes at laney college this month. teachers say today's talent showcase was dedicated to his memory, as they try to end the street violence in oakland. and a formerly forgotten piece of history came to life right in san francisco.

while studying up for the school's 100 year celebration, somebody found mention of a time capsule. school officials found it and today it was time to open it up. >> reporter: it took a few minutes, and plenty of patience. >> are you guys excited? >> yes. [cheering and applause] >> reporter: to open a time capsule buried at cleveland elementary school 100 years ago. a former student and volunteer at cleveland just read about the time capsule in an old newspaper clipping and was there at the un-earthing. >> it is scheduled for 1911. >> reporter: back then, teachers were paid $2460 a year. the teachers were the big hit, looking at life long ago. also inside, a letter to the mayor telling about life in the city reborn. >> the city of san francisco has just about recovered from the effects of the great earthquake and fire of 1906. and it is now on a fairway to

greater riches than ever. >> inside the box. >> reporter: the program for the corner stone placement ceremony on september 18th 1910. >> arrival of his honor, the mayor, band plays hail to chief. >> reporter: the principal says he may follow that 1910 program for the school's upcoming centennial celebration. as for a modern day capsule? >> how about $100 in a check, so if they need it, they can cash it. >> very thoughtful. also, a modern day mention of one of san francisco's biggest names. the mayor talks about one of the public works commissioners, william newsom who is the grandfather of the san francisco mayor newsom. and channel 2 action news at 6:00 is next. a snap shot of the economic crisis, while trying to get an

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looking for clues, why the search for a missing marin county teacher didn't start until six days after she disappeared. and a live look from news chopper two at a chase that ended in violence, late details on who was injured in the crash and what police are saying right now about the incident. bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 action news at 6:00. >> good evening, i'm ken wayne. and we begin right now with breaking news in the east bay. a police briefing is going on right now after a high speed chase ended in a crash in east oakland. we want to show you a live picture here. here are the live pictures here near 85th avenue and san leandro street, happening near lock wood street at about 4:30 this afternoon. then a chase began and ended a short time later in the crash. the police closed off streets in the area. police say the suspect's cl