developing news bay area homes evacuated at this hour after the discovery of what appears to be live mourners. good evening i'm ken wayne. >> and i'm julie haener. >> reporter: police right now

are leaving the scene and about 400 yards down this street seven minutes ago a team removed what they said was unidentified explosive devices from a white pickup truck. that team arrived at the scene right after 9:00 this evening, they were called in by the walnut creek bomb squad. this incident started from a woman who had been cleaning out a home in lafayette and brought the explosives to her home here al at concord. they have warned people to stay away just in case. >> we came to school at about 4:00. we saw police cars coming in. they started knocking on everybody's door all around and they were telling us to stay as

far as possible as we can. >> reporter: where you see the flashing lights is the police chief. they do believe they are world war ii mortar artillery and they did not have to be detonated. we'll be talking to the woman who brought these explosives. tonight we learned that oakland's chief is going to stay in oakland and san jose is going to hire chris moore. ktvu's lloyd lacuesta is live in san jose. but we begin this tale of two chiefs with john sasaki in oakland. >> reporter: this is where oakland police officers pick up

and drop off their patrol cars, it's also the place officers will talk about the news i received when i sat this afternoon with chief anthony bats. >> san jose are going to go in another direction, they're going to my good friend chris moore. >> i can't tell you how happy i am if that's the case. >> reporter: major gene quan says bats is important to this city. >> i talked to him almost every day. we've been working really hard to keep him here. keeping him engaged. >> reporter: but how long will bats stay? he's clearly frustrated with the department's working conditions from radio communication troubles with cars that must be replaced.

>> when i walked in this door, this organization's systems are shattered. not broken but shattered. i questioned if the city itself and the city government is willing to do everything it takes to keep all the citizens safe. i challenged the city and i continue to challenge the city. larry reed added to that challenge. >> some of us need to step back and try to stop micromanaging our police chief. >> reporter: a big part of the problem is the declining police officers. live in oakland i'm john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. those radio communication problems resurfaced yesterday during a police chief. now to the south bay where the police chief job is being offered to the man who's been

acting chief since last october. chris moore is a known entity but he also knows san jose. lloyd lacuesta has that part of our story. >> reporter: he's been a cop for 26 years, and depending on who you talk to that's either an asset or a liability. >> i'm bringing forward the best candidate for the city of san jose. >> reporter: the san jose city manager said she made the decision yesterday but would not name her choice. but chris moore is the only remaining candidate. the 49-year-old moore is an attorney, but moore must lead a

police with budget cuts. >> there was an echoing call of a need for change and an inside candidate may not embody the change that the people are calling for. >> reporter: the city's managers choice is being called business as usual. >> it's not what's wrong with chris moore, it's that one candidate had more experience than another. and a city like san jose needs a chief of police with experience. >> reporter: tonight the city manager and mayor were at a community forum on improving police relations. >> if there's any part of the community that relationship isn't there, the police chief needs to work on it. >> reporter: once the decision is announced, you will find us

there. >> you will find the entire interview with anthony bats, it's on the ktvu news tab. and president obama was asked about his plans to cut the budget. >> we want to cut with a scapel as opposed than a chain saw. >> the largest number of questions submitted dealt with drug policies. president obama says he does not favor legalization adding the government needs to do a better job looking at drug use as a problem. the contra costtimes reports the agreement calls for

the city to drop its efforts in collecting $67,000 in fines and the collective will not reopen. three mayor health insurance companies are postponing the rate hikes for 60 days. that will give his office time to review proposals. a controversial pardon by former governor arnold schwarzenegger is prompting a call for new legislation. on his last day in office, arnold schwarzenegger reduced the sentence of the son of the former congressman fabian

nunez. >> oh my god, oh my god, holy -- holy -- >> ma'am, are you safe? >> yes, we're in the bathroom. we're all locked in the bathroom. >> reporter: wayne sanchez shot maurice smith before turning the gun on himself. the january 21st shooting is rooted in the missing case of sanchez half sister janine harnes. a judge ruled key evidence was inadmissible. the judge for a missing marin teaching expanded to san francisco. public record shows her husband filed for divorce eight days before she was last seen. her family says it's unclear if the divorce filing played a

role in her disappearance. shmitz who works as a teacher went missing. a pier 17 and 16 in san francisco, the new home for the exploratorium, we'll show you the new sonar technology, the first being used. and we have a fog advisory that will impact your friday morning commute. and we're continuing to follow breaking news, where

homes are being evacuated and investigators are reporting to reports of mortars, we'll be right back.

san francisco's exploratorium for it science experiments. and now the science center is using a science experiment to build its new home. >> reporter: along the embarcadero, construction crews

maneuvered a massive crane. pouring concrete for its new foundation. crews say pier 16 and 17 date back hundreds of years. so to retrofit the building, they turn to state of the art laser technology. >> you can see here the whole building is captured with the laser scanner. >> reporter: project manager say for the first time in the world they are using lasers to take images of the pier and it's foundations under water. they showed us the laser machine not much larger than a paper. >> they're able to put it into digital form very easily. >> reporter: that according to

the exploratorium director will make sure that it's build on a solid foundation. >> it's going to make it longer lasting home. >> reporter: if the construction continues on schedule then the exploratorium could be moving into it's new home here by 2013. jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 knew. some residents of a northern a california town are getting another chance to sue a chemical industrial plant. some residents of willis say leaked chemicals have caused them to become ill. the boycott petition

against rush limbaugh is gaining attention. yee says he believes threats he received yesterday are in reaction to that criticism. a rave raid this morning at a house in richmond led to the largest bust in richmond history. detectives seized 18 firearms, ranging from assault rifles to shotguns and handguns. they also seized cocaine, crystal meth and ecstasy. cornelius savage was arrested at the scene. tonight we know the identity killed by san jose police department. he was identified as quaze doe. doe charged at an officer and deputy with two knives when he was shot. despite mixed earnings, the

dow industrial spent most of the day trading over the 12,000 mark. the nasdaq picked up 15. mountain view website link change announced they will sell shares. linked in has 90 million users. it finally happened, kendle tablets are now outselling hard cover books. throngs of apple fansty sended today for the opening day of mac world 2011. they came searching for new apps and accessories for their

iphones, ipods and i pads. this is the first year that apple is away from the convention, but that hasn't kept consumers away. about 35,000 people are expected to attend mac world before it ends on saturday knight. s aturday night. the bay area is now on 3d. five years ago the internet giant started creating a 3d model of every building of the world. that allows the viewer to view tens of thousands of build between san francisco and san jose. google is based in mountain view. 45% of american millionaires are women. and by 2030 it's projected that 2/3 of the nation's wealth will be in the hands of women. a typical high school student may have a job at a

fast food restaurant, mowing lawns or babysitting. but some san francisco high school girls are setting their sights on the corporate world. >> reporter: table after table of corporate types, ceos, cfos and high school students. >> i currently work at the bank of the west. >> reporter: like many of her fellow students, one day a week she trades for a white color job. which helps to pay for her private school tuition. >> it's been reduced to 4,000 because we earn so much money off of our sponsors. >> what we want is to fight the cycle of poverty if you will and to enpower our girls to make a change in their future. >> reporter: mary virginia lee says this first of its kind

women luncheon was intended to bring companies together with her students. >> accounting firms, hospital, you name it. >> reporter: immaculate conception academy was the first all girls school to participate. >> i think it's a win-win. i think whoever hires these girls will get a great worker. >> reporter: in san francisco, ken pritchett. dense fog advisory in effect tonight for the north and east bay valleys. a cooler weekend and showers in your bay area forecast for sunday. so the extended forecast calls for chance of showers. i have fog in napa, fog through concord and antioch. dense fog, north bay, east bay and in the big valley. if you're traveling down the 99

or down the central valley. visibility is just real that nasty out there. we have valley fog. looks like we're going to get coastal fog out here tomorrow morning. you could get really severely affected visibility. when we come back we're going to tell you exactly when that fog hits your neighborhood. and a cargo ship arrived today carrying a very important science experiment. students say theirs is the first ever project set to the space station. up next what we found out today about how many people use car pool lanes illegally. right now hundreds of

people are hitting the streets of san francisco on a special mission. find out who they are looking for and why.

dozens of family and friend of a man joined together hoping he will safely return. he was last seen leaving a party in tempe arizona. a search dog picked up a human scent. we spoke to a dispatcher om the tempe police department about 45 minutes ago, and he has not been found. the surfer who was saved

from mavericks says he's okay. he told the bay citizen he remembers trying to swim to safety but was held down by four waves. you have probably done it before to avoid traffic jams, drive in the car pool lane. more drivers are taking that chance. >> i think i've only done it once because i had to get to an interview, but i just hopped on and got back off. >> reporter: chp officer rods lee says catching violators is difficult. >> we have four officers

working the county, just the sheer number of violator, there's no way we can catch them all. >> reporter: this morning, this man was caught, his excuse, his clock was slow. >> if it's a few minutes and i'm running late for class, i will definitely jump in the diamond lane, yeah. >> reporter: now? >> now i'm definitely going to be more careful. >> reporter: speeding take priority over catching people in the diamond lane. but expresses drivers still have to follow the law. in previous years, the chp used to place extra officers to catch violators, but there's not enough money to do that now. this morninthe finance

committee for the transportation district that run it is bridge approved a proposal that would move to an all electronic pay system. tomorrow the full board will consider it. opponents of the plan say it will save $19 million in the first eight years. the restaurant business could be heating up. why a san francisco neighborhood that typically shuns new restaurants may soon welcome them. butup first, spreading out all over san francisco tonight. the search right now to find every homeless person in the city.

new at 10:00, a homeless census is on the way right now in san francisco. volunteers have just begun the difficult task of trying to count the cities thousands of homeless people. amber lee is live in san

francisco as she went along. >> reporter: we're at a popular gathering spot for the homeless. just a few hours ago this was the starting point for dozens of volunteers who signed up to count the homeless. right now volunteers are spreading out across the city looking for homeless people. san francisco conducts this survey every other year. >> why did you decide to volunteer tonight? >> it's such an important thing. >> reporter: the city receives $18 million every year to help pay for homeless services. the volunteers received a pep talk from mayor ed lee before hitting the streets. >> as good as we have been, we at the city want to do better. and want to do more for our homeless population. >> reporter: two years ago, shrol tiers counted 6,200

homeless -- volunteers counted 6,200 homeless people. the count has gone down every year. homeless people we spoke to said they would like the city to help them find a job. >> it would be nice to get up in the morning, have a cup of coffee and do what i have to do. >> you mean go to work. >> yeah, we all want to do something, we all want to work at something. >> you lose your job, you lose everything and you're on the street. >> reporter: city officials acknowledged tonight's count of the homeless will not be exact. they say what the volunteer is doing is art not a science. and that the results are a helpful tool to determine what services are needed. live in san francisco, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. a controversial fundraiser that helped raise money for the utilities commission the just wrapping up in san francisco.

the dinner commemorate it is cpuc east anniversary. money raised tonight goes to the utilities donations. >> hopefully they would give the foundation some money to help do things for employees here. seminars, conferences, educational programs, scholarships. >> reporter: critics say without consumer involvement the foundation could be a slush fund for the puc. they also question the timing in the wake of the deadly san bruno explosion. homeland security officials implement a new terror alert system. the color coded system will be disbanded in april as we reported last night. >> we will provide whatever information we can so you know how to protect yourselves, your families and your communities. >> homeland security secretary

janet napolitano explained the new two tier system today. each will determine whether it's imminent or elevated. the public will be notified through the news media and social media including twitter and facebook. former white house chief of staff rahm emanuel was given the go ahead to run for mayor. last week a lower court ruled that his two years at washington, d.c. disqualified him to run for mayor. the white house late today announced a former secretary to take over gibbs. joe carney will be the new press secretary. ktvu david stevenson tells

us when a restaurant ban could be lifted and why business there are hungry for competition. >> reporter: taco bar is one of the only mexican restaurants in the district. >> it's always good to have new competition, a new challenge, to keep ourselves looking for better stuff. >> reporter: city officials consider repealing a 1980s ordnance that blocks new restaurants here the from opening up. the ban was originally meant to prevent eateries from drawing too much traffic to the district. the golden gate restaurant association says the ban instead only benefited landlords. >> they can continue to charge more than market rent because the restaurantour may consider taking another step. >> reporter: from jackson to bush street -- >> it's an outdated piece of legislation. in tough economic times, what

happens is you have retail or other stores shutting down and nothing willing to come in to replace them. >> reporter: more foot or auto traffic may not be such a bad thing. if it brings more cousine or cash to the neighborhood. >> i think it would be good for competition and raising the bar for style of food and types of food. >> reporter: the board may vote or lifting the restaurant ban in march. even if it is removed, chili's or tgi friday's type chain restaurants will be banned from this area. david stevenson. internet service was disrupted today across egypt. many of this week's protests have been organized online. friend of a gay rights

activist gathered in his home today to mourn his death. david kato was beaten and died. hillary clinton praised kato for his work and denounced his killing. homo sexual is illegal in the african nation. in japan, a volcano is erupting with greater and greater intensity. the ash is disrupting flights and train service and people are being warned to stay more than 2 miles away. ash is already falling over a wide area. we're continuing to follow developing news, we'll have a live update from that concord neighborhood where military explosives prompted an evacuation. we have a dense fog advisory in effect tonight and tomorrow morning. that will impact your friday, plus there's rain in your bay area forecast. and could plants like these

one day be airport security detectors? the remarkable possibility still ahead.

>> back now to our developing news, we want to update you now on that situation in concord where a bomb squad responded after a woman helping a friend clean out a friend found military explosives. ktvu's patti lee has been allowed to move closer to the scene and joins joins us now with an update. >> reporter: the woman who brought home explosives in the back of her white pickup truck. she tells us that she is floored that her efforts to help a friend clean her home ended up with a military response and the evacuation of her neighborhood. >> i intended to take them down to the concord police department. instead of taking them i wound up calling and immediately the officer on the phone said,

where are they. i said they are in my driveway they are in my truck. he said don't get in your truck, don't breathe on it, don't think about breathing on it. i'm going to send an officer. >> reporter: concord police tell us those explosive twices were inactive and it's safe for residents to return to their homes. the neighborhood is dark and those residents returned to their home and went to sleep, they had been out here most of the night out in the cold. and police say they were chasing the card nathan panol

was in -- police say they began their pursuit after a drive by shooting. and tonight investigators want to know why radios were down during that chase. officials say that delayed the medical response but it's not clear for how long. today mayor quan says the department is trying to figure out what went wrong. >> it could be a training officer but also our dispatch. was don't know so we need the time. >> reporter: tonight it's still unclear what caused the communications break down. officers told ktvu there's been complaints about police radios for at least a year. vallejo police are looking for a man suspected of robbing a clerk this morning at a safeway supermarket. this photo was taken by surveillance camera of the robbery. police say the robbery happened shortly before 10:30 a.m.

at the store on lincoln road west. they say the man pointed a gun at the clerk demanding she open the register. the man then fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. police describe the man as being a black male and weighs about 220 pounds. an abandoned baby grand piano was removed today from a florida sand bar. a towing company pulled the piano out of biscane bay. removing the large instrument proved to be a difficult task. workers first tried to lift it but ended up having to take the legs off. then they used a wench to put it on board. police say they don't plan to charge the teenager who admitted to dumping the piano days ago. and how plants could one day revolution nice airport security. and chief meteorologist bill martin has our weather update for the weekend.

if you're frustrated with airport security, how about a stroll through a garden instead. ktvu's health and science editor tom vacar tells us how bomb plants be used as bomb detectors at airports. >> reporter: just walk past the plants. >> easier, quicker. >> reporter: less stressless. >> less stressless. >> it is possible, because plants respond to all sort of thins in the environment. >> reporter: he showed us these plants who are designed to grow in low light, and droughts. plants may also be designed to

detect explosives. the plants branch quite when encountering tnt. they are 100 times more sensitive than canines. >> a lot of so called pipe dreams might come true in the very near future. >> reporter: the trick with explosive detention will be very rapid response and resetting. >> reporter: all those these genetics are understand. to figure out exactly which genes to figure out when which to turn off and when could take decades. and jean quan helped cut the ribbon at a new health care

located at an elementary school. the cost will be paid through medical reimbursements. 25 years ago tomorrow this nation was shaken by the news that the space shuttle challenger exploded. challenger took off on that sunny but cold january morning. on space was the first teacher to be sent into space. moments after taking off, the shuttle disintegrated. many say it's a moment they will never forget. many young people weren't aware of the challenger disaster. those who made their career of science say they have a vivid recollection. janet noe said she was in the tenth grade back in 1986. >> it's the one that i had friends that wrote songs about it. it really like impacted us on a psychological level.

>> and i remember being horrified actually when the news came in. >> alan gould says that he remembers exactly what he was doing when he found out. he was explaining to young people exactly how the shuttles worked. and schools were cancelled so kids could help out. fortunate people had snow blowers. about 20 inches of snow fell across the state. heavy snow fell across the region with 19-inches in new york city. planes here at the tarmac with snowfall at boston logan. they were needed to clear more than a foot of snow from the runway. more than 12,000 flights across the northeast were cancelled. operations did improve as the day moved on, and operations

could be back to normal tomorrow. and former south africa president nelson mandela has been hospitalized. some say he suffered a collapsed lung. one of the last times mandela was seen in public was at the world cup match. and in the big valley, sacramento and san joaquin, i want to ill illustrate what's happening right now. as the fog forms, it's going to show what we've had the last mornings. we have coastal fog moving in and that creating a nasty combination. what we're looking at is a come combination of fogs. one coming off the water, one coming off the valley and visibility can become very low. how is the rain? well it hasn't rained in a few weeks.

but despite that santa rosa still 115% of average. you see san jose needs some rain. we have a little bit of rain coming. it's not going to do much for these averages, the rainfall should be under .25 of an inch. the dense fog advisory through tomorrow. traffic on your friday morning is going to be a bit of a drag. near zero visibility in some locations up toward pleasantton, livermore, antioch and concord. the worse traveling will be up 99, sacramento, stockton up to marysville. clouds increase on saturday. showers saturday night into sunday. we'll go into friday, that's the computer model showing clouds as well. shows the clouds moving off the water. saturday morning, partly sunny. saturday night late this is not a big deal. but does mark a change. we haven't had a dynamic weather pattern in here in a while. this will make out the fog and

change things drastically. no more record heat as we've seen in the last couple of days. scattered showers sunday, mid- morning. and then this thing moves off into the mountains. that's what it looks like right now. you get the picture basically. that's just in and out of here. forecast in napa tomorrow, 58 for a high. brentwood just 56. high today in fairfield was only 48 degrees. tomorrow's highs are going to be cooler than they were today. we had some mid-70s, gilway 75 degrees. sunday nothing, will have a definite impact on the morning commute. >> it's going to be tough to drive out there? >> definitely going to be

tough. and the first paperless newspaper is about to be released. the announcement was originally supposed to be in san francisco last week but it was delayed by technical problems. students at an oakland school today received the gift of music. fidelity investment provided money to the school. >> the funding for these art -- programs is usually what gets hit first. by receiving high school diplomas in january wasn't the most unusual aspect to a high school graduation ceremony in fran today. -- in san francisco today.

this is my band from the 80's, looker. hair and mascara, a lethal combo. i'm jon haber of alto music. my business is all about getting music into people's hands. and the plum card from american express open helps me do that. you name it, i can buy it. and the savings that we get from the early pay discount has given us money to reinvest back into our business and help quadruple our floor space. how can the plum card's trade terms get your business booming? booming is putting more music in more people's hands. today's graduation ceremony for san francisco's five key charter high school was like most others with a cheering

crowd and happy families. but the graduates are inmates. the program is designed to give the inmates a way to restart their lives. >> good for them. there was a sensation basketball game tonight. >> it's fun to watch. maybe the bay area has gonzaga's number for santa clara. one of the biggest rivalries in college hoops. played out to win for a road team, st. mary's beating the zags in spokane led to this. lights out shooting by mcconnel. got the free throw, gails go up one with 2:43 left. mcconnell again, got to put it in his hands, clutch shot. he buries it and gonzaga with one last gasp effort at the buzzer. no good. mcconnel 27 points leading the gails to a 23-71 win. zags have lost only two conference games at home in the

last seven years. more bay area winners, usf now 5-1 after a win on the road. mike williams hit a shot. a three at the buzzer to win it there. stan clara living it up down in malibu over pepperdine. the easiest cal on a cruise bringing it home nice and easy over the beavers. jorge gutierrez had a little to do with it. mark sanders freezing the two hand dunk. and more of gutierrez who had a career high 96. and he will make sure that camp put it down. one cider there, sider there.

stanford women always doing that school proud. ogumaque doing it all. she blocked it, stole it and blew it away. her sister chine 18 points, two rebounds. another routine win. you know standards once so high, and tiger continues to play well. not great and doubt going to continue to follow him until he wins one. down at torrey pines today, about 238 yards away, soaring and laying it up there for the insuing birdie. his first of the year. then on 16 a 30-footer for birdie. shot 365. he is way back with south korean kang who shot a 384. and the longest tenured coach,

jeff fisher fired by the tennessee titans. that's a sporting life for a tuesday night. >> mark, thanks very much. >> thank you for joining us, be sure to join the ktvu morning news, it begins at 4:30 tomorrow morning. good night. >> good night.