us about the problems. he explained they have this floating door you're looking at wide open ready for the start of the workday. >> he reached out his pocket and pulled out his gun. when he pulled the gun out. cocked it. it was right on my face. >> reporter: owner left baker and another employee weren't hurt. he says the robbers took the wallets then searched the front office. >> he comes back and says where's the cash and i say we don't have any cash. we take check or credit card. >> we have the security gate, we added peepholes to all of the doors. >> reporter: these are just a few of the security measures that were put in place after this business was robbed last month. that's four business robbed

within one mile radius. police believe the same people are responsible for the crimes. >> all of the reports that come in se this is three african american males. >> we're kind of a ghost town down here. >> reporter: this business owner wants police to increase patrol. >> they certainly have their hands full with lesser staff. but this counts as a neighborhood too. >> reporter: and opd says a team of officers designated to this particular neighborhood are working to try and find the suspects but at this point they have no leads they can tell us about. live in oakland, allie rasmus. we just found out in the past 30 minutes that authorities have positively identified the child's body pulled out of the delta medota canal as juliani cardenas. juliani was kidnapped last month from patterson. crews pulled out an empty car from that canal last friday. his body was recovered on

tuesday and an autopsy determined he had drowned. his alleged kidnapper has still not been found. he is presumed drowned. right now police and fire officials are asking for the public's help after a fourth fire in the castro district. investigators say someone set fire to an ornamental screen just before 4:00 this morning. it is the fourth suspicious fire in just the past 24 hours in the castro. no one has been hurt but at least ten people were displaced. >> we are just concerned and fearful that this just seems very random and happening in the middle of the night. >> reporter: fire investigators told ktvu this afternoon they are still looking for a conclusive links between the fires. a con vicked serial rapest already serving a sentence will

be sentenced again in the death of sandra howard. he faces seven years to life in prison for killing howard. there is enough evidence for a man to stand trial in the killing of her boyfriend and 17 -month-old son. he's accused of killing solina williams to cover up the murder of her son teshon williams at the berkeley marina in 2009. the da's office has not yet decided if it will seek the death penalty. tonights for barry bonds filed a flurry of motions. in one motion filed just before the court closed, bond's attorneys asked that a taped conversation between bonds and

steve hauskins be thrown out. oakland police chief anthony bats is staying put. now mike mibach is live with the communication problems plaguing the department. >> reporter: chief bats told us directly that because that police radio system is not functioning properly at all times, right now in at least one pocket of oakland officers are not even allowed to patrol solo anymore. >> if any system is not working properly. i want to make sure that officers can back each other up. and we have gone to some areas to two person units. >> reporter: a radio failed at a critical incident last month. police say the system failed twice this week. >> we had a situation the other day where the officers were on a burglary call. you know, and they had to use their cell phone, hand signals

yelling to each other to apprehend three suspects. >> reporter: the president of the police officers association say the radio problems have existed for a very long time. >> i have to tell you with the chief leaving, or threatening to leave it's funny how these issues now being brought up. >> i think we have a team that's all over this. they've been all over this for the last two days trying to figure out what the issue is. >> we also had a tower that went out. >> reporter: officer jean quan -- >> we have a team again of people coming in for the national. we asked them to come to the entire city. we should have more information for you. >> reporter: chief bats says the transition to that new radio system will begin as soon as the city get as new fcc license. live tonight in oakland, mike

mibach. san francisco health and human services agency is notifying thousands of med-cal recipients that their information may have been leaked: the agency says at this point there is no evidence the personal information has been sent to any unauthorized parties. marin county officials are now trying to figure out what sickened 160 people last on a trip to the walker ranch. the health department told ktvu today that water tests came back negative to any contaminants. a private high school in san francisco is set to make history. ktvu's john fowler was there as the senior class learned that they will be the first in the

nation to be tested for hiv. john. >> reporter: it's this simple test, a mouth swab that literally takes second. but it could mean a lifetime of change for students at the urban school. >> i'm going to give it to somebody. and you're going to probably live a normal life. >> reporter: aids pioneer dr. marcus conan led a frank lunchtime forum. 80 seniors being asked to take an hiv test. it's 17-year-old oliver hamilton's service project. >> i am surprised how some people didn't even think about it. >> reporter: minors need parental consent. >> thoughtfully think about the

best way to educate our students. >> reporter: one major issue, what to do with the results. >> it was amazing how the kids realized that this was really a rite of passage. we're not going to share these results with each other. we're not going to start rumors. >> we're not going to get into the habit of taking tests at our school and beyond that too. >> reporter: volunteer medical star will be on hand here next week to give out these free tests and results will be mailed to the students a week later. reporting live health and science editor, john fowler, ktvu news. the state's budget deficit is making it difficult for california to implement health care reform. the state's secretary of health and human services told the group california's budget

crisis is over shadowing the reform efforts and making it difficult to plan for long time health care services. >> we want to be doing what is necessary. nothing is going to right the ship right now. a meeting is just to wrap up at this hour on what to do about the san francisco public library's $3.5 million shortfall. the library commission is considering a number of cuts and services including reduced hours, books and materials and it's book mobile fleet. the commission is set to vote on a budget proposal february 17th. students, teachers and parents took to the streets today in concord in an effort to save their school. >> the large group marched this

afternoon from glen brook middle school to mount diablo middle school. glen brook is one of the schools facing possible close sures. the school district is expected to vote on which schools will close next week. solano community college has overcome it's accreditation problems. it was announced today that the accreditation association has taken the college off their list. they had to make improvements in student achievement, leadership and board relations. in the last ten minutes, ktvu has positively confirmed the body of a 4-year-old boy pulled from the delta canal is

that of juliani cardenas. the sheriff's department just -- has confirmed the boy's identity. as china town celebrate it is lunar new year. the city cracks down on illegal garage dumping. why the next two weeks are so important to store front owners here. and i'll show you which cities could obtain temperatures in the 70s.

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students from mission san jose high school lined mission boulevard today asking drivers to show their support in fremont. students have family members in egypt and say they felt inspired to do something here. >> i see that the government is really lost -- some state lawmakers, members of the arab american community and clergy rallied today in sacramento in egypt. they were joined on the phone by uc davis professor who's been in the middle of the protest in cairo. she says she believes president mubarak will step down as early as tomorrow. a day of protest is planned for tomorrow with a day of protests including san francisco. they're calling on president obama and his administration to cut off government aid to

egypt. the protest starts at 9:00 p.m. in egypt right now, president mubarak is still in power despite massive day of departure protest calling for him to step aside. thousands and thousands demanded mubarak's immediate departure. the protests were mostly peaceful. however gunshots were fired in cairo. egypt's health -- ministry now says the death toll has reached 11. president obama says there's needs to be a transfer system. and including a slide show of the major political players just click on the egypt tab on ktvu.com. chinese dancers mark the beginning of the lunar new year today at san francisco's city hall. they performed a traditional lion dance in the rotunda. they offer free performances at

city hall on the first friday. ktvu's rob roth has been talking with shop owners about what they are expecting during this year's celebration, rob. >> reporter: julie, here in china town we've been hearing a familiar sound all day a sound that's also music to the ears of many store owners. at the empress of china restaurant, the year of the rabbit means big dinner crowds. especially on weekends. >> we have many parties for the association, for the chinese association. they have big parties. about you know sometimes about 500 people. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to visit china town over the next two weeks. and they spend millions of the dollars here. some stores tell us they see 20 to 50% increases in business. >> reporter: these two weeks here we're really busy.

especially on weekends. we have a couple of affairs coming up. great weekend. wall to wall people around here. >> reporter: so what do they buy? >> groceries and candy. and then those the chinese traditional stuff. yeah. >> they spent the money? >> oh yeah. >> reporter: before sunrise this morning, ktvu is out with crews from san francisco's public works department as they engage in a massive effort to clean up china town. it's a chance for the community to put its best foot forward. they found envelopes with the name of a restaurant on it. >> yeah, we are going inside them. >> reporter: in chinese traditional, people often clean their houses to prepare to receive good luck. but that practice can sometimes cause problems when crash ends up on the street. >> a lot of people chinese new year we see an increase in the amount of items that are put out, especially the china town

area. >> reporter: if the broadway tunnel looks spiffier it's because the city recently cleaned it. >> and you can watch the new year's parade right here on ktvu. all of the action begins tomorrow. we will be there to bring you the sights and sound. and looking forward to the weekend. it's almost here. frank who do you see. >> record high temperatures for your saturday and sunday. we go outside because we live in one of the prettiest places in the world. you see the lights of the city this weekend. the giants fan fest, temperatures in the 40s for tomorrow. some of the crowds you may have been seeing out in pacifica, there they are now. high thin clouds they are out by tomorrow. it's sunny all day. one of the nicest weekends we've seen since some where in october. mostly clear, school overnight. maybe a little frost, the extended a cooling trend.

that's out past the weekend. the reason it's a cooling trend once you hit mid-70s, you have nowhere in february to go but down. santa rosa 71. 68 in mountain view. temperatures in livermore 70. tomorrow's high a little warmer. as i mentioned, record highs. it's not like summertime record highs where it's 105, 110 that's a big deal. the records are kind of low for this time of year. it doesn't take much to pop them. warm as we go into the bay area week end. -- weekend. watch for the clouds, see how they sweep off. that's the high pressure anchoring. with the wind blowing that way, all the crowds go offshore and they go that way. cool when you start off on your saturday. really a neat weekend. i always say this, point ray,

there's nobody up there. this weather pattern right now, i would get up there. up at the lighthouse, stunning. might even see whales moving out there too. especially at the point rays lighthouse. about as good as it gets. 72 in napa, your forecast highs low 70s it's a really nice day. don't don't freak out about the rain. we're going to be dry for a while. really warm this week end. enjoy it, rainfall percents of average. about 100% most areas. but as we get into the you know february 13, 14, 15, 16 looks like we go to an extended wet period. enjoy this weekend, don't sweat it. i think we have some rain coming. >> as long as it gets under way for the chinese new year parade. >> thank you, bill. >> sure. >> right now south bay commuters are one step closer to seeing some traffic relief, construction began in san jose

to reconfigure the interchange and replacing the overcrossing. an additional lane south of story road will be added. the project should be completed by next year. >> the nation's jobless rate is falling to it's lowest level in two years. the unemployment rate is now at 9%. just 36,000 jobs were added in january. 13.9million americans are currently out of work. investors viewed the job's report with some skepticism. the dow was up 30 points, the nasdaq gained close to 16 points. san jose has a new title tonight to brag about. south bay city has been named the best place in the city to

work. san francisco came in second followed by jacksonville florida and miami then washington, d.c. they are designed to keep baseball players safe. but are they slowing down the hitters game. the impact new baseball bats may have on the new field.

college and high school baseball teams around the state are beginning practice today. the players are using new safer bats. metal and composite bats became a big safety issue last saturday when a usf pitcher survived a skull fracture when he was hit with a metal bat. some players say that will also reduce the number of home runs being hit. >> well it is super bowl weekend. but right now it's all about the san francisco giants. mark is here to tell us why. >> we don't have a football team around here in the super bowl. so it is a san francisco giant's town right now. their annual fan fast as you would well manage is going to be quite the popular spot tomorrow at at&t as they kick off the weekend. the giants have media day with the team announcing that the

squad has exercised contract options for bochy. >> i'm lucky to be in this situation. but very happy to have this happen. you have the honor of me to lead this group of misfits and cast offs. i love it here. i love this area. this has been the greatest year in my life in baseball. pablo sandoval also meeting with the media today. looking a little trimmer, ready to go. sandoval would not say how much weight he's lost but says his training included running in the arizona desert. track work outs with dan o'brien. pablo even sought out hitting advice from barry bonds. you want to make another trip down memory lane. stay tuned on sunday as we air

don't stop believin. and depends on the lenght of super bowl game, after glee. and eric chavez signing a minor league contract with the new york yankees. that's the sporting life for right now. >> and that special is going to be a lot of fun to watch. >> sandoval sure is thin. >> lean and mean. >> running in in the arizona desert. thank you for joining us tonight. good night. , sea ro f t t.. ro fn-opooal..ko gr. i'a n ! ro fe ysexdo..ko gr. llev wt emo?