property taxes. they would see an increase of $200 a year, business would also pay more. >> public education is so tied to the identity of alameda and our family friendly environment that i think most people if given the right opportunity and the right message will step up and support it. >> reporter: 2/3 of the voters would have to increase the tax increase for the measure to pass. many residents told us they would cap it. >> the amount of students and the amount of cost is out of wack. >> reporter: last night the oakland city council approved placing a property measure on the ballot this year. but are voters willing to pay more taxes? >> we're seeing a mood change among voters now saying, okay, we're willing to raise our taxes but what are you going to do to cut your expenses?

what are you going to do to get pensions under control? alameda school district officials say if measure a loses, teacher lay offs and class size increases would soon follow. the polls close at 8:00. reporting live in alameda, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. and there are two other special elections in the bay area today. both involving parcel taxes, the brisbane school district wants to add a special property tax of not more than $150,000 a year to hire a teacher's aid and music and art teacher. we have stunning surveillance video to show you. san jose police released this video to us late today.

it shows the scene at the me xicali club. a man wearing a bullet-proof vest is seen chasing the club owner and then pulling him into a car. three other people were killed during the shoot out. we'll have a live report for you. police are going to walk us through this tape and tell us what it might mean for the investigation this we have new information tonight about the police misconduct within the san francisco police department. eight more cases were dismissed today. >> we anticipate that there will be many other case that is will be dismissed. the number is still unclear but we're going to try to get through the majority of those cases by tomorrow. >> reporter: the allegations stem from the release of video by the public defenders office showing sf police officers

conducting drug searches. six narcotics officers are also on administrative assignment pending an investigation. the district attorney says it's not going to file charges on -- the officers say they shot jones after he ignored repeated demands to surrender and reached into his waistband. the incident sparked community outrage. and ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar live now in milpedas. >> reporter: the question is, did a massive pressure spike

here in milpedas cause the failure in san bruno? let's go directly inside. from here, natural gas sent throughout pg & e vast system including the peninsula and san francisco. repair crews here in milpedas were replacing a back up power supply during that repair there was a sudden loss of power. a second energy source failed to kick in. the count control center here in san francisco saw pressure gauges dropping to zero in three major pipelines apparently in error. although the pipes were open wide, it says there were no failures. only a minor one a few pounds

over usual operating pressure reported by many other gauges. >> well, you have 400 pounds of pressure coming into this station. you're not going to get 600 coming out of it. the law of physics tells you that's not possible. >> reporter: these are spading water, air and pressure from the pipelines. so says pg & e when a gas system operator said the peninsula had been over pressure it was not a massive one. but at 6:00. we're going to take a look at newly released ntsb documents over what pg & e did say on that night including we're screwed, we're screwed. tom vacar, ktvu. and we continue our coverage of the latest of the pg & e blast on our website. you can click on the pipeline

explosion tab and read the phone log on the night of the explosion. and police are out on the search for a 8 -month-old buoy and his mother. the boy's father grabbed the boy this morning. the mother chased him and either jumped in his car or was grabbed. 23-year-old pedro mosqueda was last seen driving a four door honda civic with california license plaits 5voy539. police say he has two outstanding warrants for domestic violence. the chp says there's no clear indication tonight where he may be headed. in spain today the body of a missing southern california student was pulled from a river. the body of vice was pulled from a shallow river not far from the nightclub where he was seen a few days ago.

there are no immediate signs of foul play. vice had been -- studying abroad in spain. roommates reported him missing after they did not see him after a night out at a club. there was relative calm just before he entered the hotel, then, total chaos. as libyan leader gadhafi walked into the hotel packed with reporters. you can catch a glimpse of gadhafi pumping his first. after giving one interview to a turkish reporter, he left without any of the fanfare of

his arrival. gadhafi loyalists and their opponents are going head to head. today the state department said while mr. gadhafi can run he can't hide from possible prosecution. >> there's nothing preventing mr. gadhafi from leaving his tent, climbing in an airplane and leaving libya so his people can have a better tomorrow than they have today. >> reporter: many are calling on the international community to restrict libyan air space. today the british foreign minister talked about the complexity of accomplishing a no supply zone. >> they have to have a clear legal basis, strong international support and broad support in the region and our readiness to participant. >> reporter: today president obama and british prime minister david cameron agreed to plan for the full spectrum

of possible needs in libya. freedom debt release mislead consumers making large profits from up front fees and leaving people deeper in debt. the settlement will provide refunds to almost 5,000 new yorkers enrolled in the company's debt relief problem since the year 2003. new figures show a rise in the number of so called under water mortgages. real estate information firm coralogix says more than 11 until homeowners owed more on their homes then they are worth. underwater mortgages typically rise when home prices drop. in the past two weeks, gas prices are up 34-cents.

in california a gallon of regular is up to $3.91 according to aaa. in the san francisco area it's $3.96 and in oakland and san jose it's $3.92. toyota announced it sold more than 300,000 hybrid prius in the united states. toyota estimates its hybrid vehicles have kept 18 million- tons of emissions out of the air. and tesla announces that it will begin delivering their hybrid model s with a 300 battery is expected to cost about $200,000 more. good day on wall street today as oil prices dropped on

word that opeq might increase production because of all the fighting in libya. traders also cheered encouraging news from bank of america. the financial sector outperformed the rest of the market. the dow gained 135 points closing at 12,214. the nasdaq was up a little more than 20 points closing at 2,765. the census count is in and we've been going over the numbers. tonight, the two bay area counties and the two ethnic groups that grew the most. and temperatures warmed up about 7 degrees today, further warming. i'll tell you which cities will be the warmest for your wednesday.

tonight we're learning the results of most resent census report including the ethnic

groups and the counties that grew the most. paul chambers has been pouring over the numbers and he has this report. >> 70 years ago we had a population of about 100,000. we're now 1 million people in contra costa county. the numbers for the 2010 census is out and it shows the population has grown. san francisco the fourth largest city has an increase of 3.7%. a growth in population can mean several things, where the county will spend its money on transportation and how it will draw lines for its government. >> there will likely be a shift in the two districts that represent the contra costa county. so we'll have to redraw lines. >> cocoa county had a 10.6% increase in population. santa clara is up 5.9%. other counties are 5% increase.

the racial make up of the state has also changed. hispanics and latinos 28% of the population. the asian population represents 30% of the population. that's also up by 38%. >> it helps us understand better where we need to make improvement in infrastructure. >> the country's population center is edging away from the midwest traditionally known as the nation's heart land. the bay is now home to the four fasters states. those states are nevada, arizona, utah and idaho. california and texas added to a southwestern population tilt making up more than .25 of the nation's gains since the year 2000. we continue our coverage of the

new census reports on our website just go to the bay area tab and click on census. you will see a map that shows more information about the new census details. the southern california suburb of bell is holding a special election today. voters there are getting a chance to make changes in their leadership. voters went to the polls to pick a new city council. eight current and former bell officials are charged with stealing more than $5 million through inflated salaries and other scams. tonight a family is hoping that someone out there will do the right thing. a backpack containing the ashes of the ár a man was stolen on saturday just a few minutes before the funeral was set to begin. late this afternoon, there's been no signs of the remains.

hockabaugh's family is asking the ashes and urn be returned to the police station no questions asked. and here's a question. what is a pimp. that question was brought up in court today. the man's attorney is trying to get the case dropped. the court will make the court ruling been 90 days. it's not going to take the fbi20 minutes to go through 70 million fingerprints. the fbi has a new computer system that makes quick work of going through the data base. the fbi conducts 7,000 fingerprint checks every day. the new one is not just faster, the new system turned up 9,000 new additional matches during the test. people are being warned of another mountain lion sighting

in the area. someone spotted a large lion mountain in wood side on jocelyn lane. officials tell us it's the fourth siding in the wood side area since last week. authorities are warning people to avoid hiking at dawn, dusk or at night because that's when mountain lions are most active. you can certainly feel it today is a bit warmer than yesterday. according to our chief meteorologist bill martin the warmer is going to keep on warming up. >> tomorrow temperatures will reach into the 50s. cloudy out there in some places. live storm tracker 2 shows a few clouds lingering off the coast. some some low clouds as well. we're going to see fog showing up. out towards davis and vacaville then to the delta. tomorrow we're going to see a

little bit of an offshore wind. that will be enough to get our temperatures off of the 60s and maybe into the low 70s in some places. tonight, mostly cloudy. patchy fog certainly an issue tomorrow morning in the north bay. a little bit as i mentioned the north and east bay. so be prepared for that. tomorrow there'll be a few clouds but it's going to be warmer. we're going to have hazy skies tomorrow morning. the computer models today have really backed up on the amount of rainfall we can see. so we're talking basically, i don't want to say a noon event but if you're in san jose you may not see any rainfall on thursday. if you're in santa rosa you may see .10 of an inch at most. 45 napa, 45 in vallejo, 47 in concord. so when i come back i've got

the latest computer model. it shows that event on thursday. i'll see you back here with the five day forecast. the oldest known wild bird in the united states is a new mom. she is at least 60 years old, she's raising a chick, at a remote wildlife retpaoupblg 1,300 pounds west of honolulu -- refuge 1,300 pounds west of honolulu. looks live here at 101 in san francisco, does your commute seem to be taking more time? you're not imagining it. what's going on and why. >> my daughter was the only one that died. some emotional stories today from participants who lost teenagers in car crashes -- from parents who lost

teenagers in car crashes. who they were speaking to and what they hoped to accomplish. new at 6:00, we have dratmatic new video. we examine the clues and footage. and we're going to monterey bay to get a look at an over grown environment problem. we take a look at how some of the bay area's most vulnerable people are being victimized. and dig deeper to figure out how to stop it. tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. completing an atm deposit in record time... that's a step forward. go! go! with deposit friendly atms, you can make ultra fast, secure deposits with no slips or envelopes. take a step forward and chase what matters.

a new report find that as the traffic picks up the travel times are getting worse. the researchers predict if the u.s. jobless rate jumps to 7% even more commuters will be

hitting the roads. los angeles had the worse traffic conditions. san francisco ranked 6 with a drive time 50% longer than normal nonpeak drive time hours. san francisco nummi light rail is back up tonight. nummi officials say the problem began this morning. it affected the financial district. nummi set up bus shuttles to help the system. >> every time you have a system this hold, we keep trying to sustain it as much as possible. on this day we didn't do that and we apologize to our customers. >> reporter: the crews waited for the morning rush to go to the area and fix the problem.

there's not a day that goes by that i don't have at least one emotional break down. i do every night when i'm lying in bed. >> reporter: alan brown lost his 17-year-old son joshua in 2003 in a crash involving a teenage driver. today he spoke out in favor of a proposed new graduated license law that would force every state to put limits on passengers for new drivers, late night teen driving and cell phone use. jim portel's daughter was also killed when another teen driver flipped the car she was riding in. >> my daughter was the only one that died. and i truly believe if we had these laws enacted back then she might be alive today. >> reporter: supporters of the bill also released a survey of more than 1,300 teenagers that found 70% of teens support a graduated driver's license law and that 78% agree on restrictions on nighttime

driving. perhaps most surprising, the vast majority of teens favored a ban on texting behind the wheel for beginning drivers. the pentagon says it's doing everything it can to get extra care for troops. it has only spent 300 million of the $535 million approved by congress as special pay for service members. the members were for troops that were forced to serve beyond their enlistment term. the the crews were supposed to claim the money by last september but they now have until june. and we know that married military women are twice as likely to face divorce as men. and for enlisted women that rate jumps to three times. about 220,000 women have served in afghanistan and iraq. when you compare military members to their civilian peers, the women have a higher divorce rate, but for men the rate is lower. a hearing wrapped up late

this afternoon on the barry bonds case. we'll tell you what happened in court. plus why the prosecution plans to talk about bonds hat and shoes during the trial. start up is like a religion for me. a bus jammed with proud tech geeks is on its way south. where they are going and why they are taking this road trip.

another crucial hearing today involving jury selection in the upcoming barry bonds trial. this comes as we're getting a clearer picture of how the government begins to lay out a case that bonds lied to the grand jury about how he used steroids. rita williams is in court and she is live now with details on

what happened today. >> reporter: frank, the hearing here ended just two hours ago with the judge not yet deciding this question. this first amendment attorney asked the judge to allow the media and public to see the forms respective jurors fill out about their background. prosecutors and defense attorneys objected saying identifying jurors could lead to harassment. >> it's not the type of case where a juror tampering or witness tampering or threats to safety of the juror are at issue. in the past few weeks, the judges ruling have set the stage for the home run king's trial on charges he lied more than seven years ago when he told the grand jury he did not knowingly used performing enhancing drugs. the prosecution will call veteran giants clubhouse

manager mike murphy to testify about barry bonds growing hat size. a nike shoe employee will talk about bonds growing shoe side. and a photo spread will show bonds growing physique. and bonds long time mistress will talk about his decreased testical size. the judge is expected to tell jurors that they can't use smart phones like this one or computers or use social networking sites such as twitter, facebook or google during the trial. reporting live in san francisco, rita williams, ktvu

channel 2 news. a student at berlinggame high school is in trouble today for what he says was a prank but police were not laughing. a search of the teen's home found no weapons. berkeley police are investigating a stand off that went on for hours before ending early this morning after the man apparently committed suicide. it started about 7:30 last night in a home on marin avenue right off of alameda. neighbors reported someone was firing shot from inside the house. police brought in a hostage negotiating team. for nine hours they tried to get the man to surrender. offers heard a gunshot, they went inside and found the man dead. police have not releasted the name of the suspect yet.

the tkpwoáfr governor is pushing for a june special election to approve increases on state taxes. the chamber expressed concern over the governor's proposal to eliminate redevelopment agencies. in about half an hour from now, mount diablo school district board members will be talking about unpleasant choices including more lay offs. the district may eliminate more librarians. a vote on the cuts is expected next week. an elementary school and a middle school in concord are already set to be closed. a tentative cost saving agreement just ratified by san jose firefighters was discussed today by firefighters. there will be four firefighters per truck instead of the

doesn't five. san jose mayors have asked ten other unions to make similar contentions as the state struggles to close a shortfall. right now a bus full of techies should be arriving in texas. >> closed spaces, tough deadlines and a lot of like minded people, this usually some kind of magic going on in those type of environments. >> the computer gurus call themselves buspreneurs. they loaded up the bus and rolled out of san francisco bound for a tech conference in texas. the goal is to brainstorm the next tech idea. all in one coffee fueled 48 hour road trip. >> start up is like a religion for me.

it's just like making basic stuff for people out there. >> last year start up bus started two business which are still in business today. if you would like more information go to our website ktvu.com and click on web links. and tomorrow the richest man will be announced. and tomorrow bill gates will not be named the wealthiest but the most generous. and researchers say that he would have been at the top 10 few he would not have given away so much of his money. also thousands of gallons of water rushed into a uc berkeley building. what triggered it and what's going on there right now when it comes to students and classes.

it could be the answer to those menopausal mood swings. what doctors say seems to do the trick.

this afternoon crews restored water service to a uc berkeley building hit by flooding. the university says that classes were held in the

building after electricity and internet services were restored. ? san francisco some business in the tenderloin say they are fed up with problems associated with a near by homeless shelter. one business owner said people gather outside the building to smok, drink and use drugs. the executive director of a episcopal church says he's working on a solution, like a rooftop patio for smokers and a reduction in beds. and office depot is reaching a settlement with the city. the 2009 audit found that officedepot deprived the city of $6,000 in discounts

promised. two men were spotted in december placing a small electronic device like the one you see here on a circuit board inside a gas station. the suspects tried to retrieve the device and they say that's how they caught the men. six identical skimmers were found. 3,600 individual credit card numbers inside each skimmer. and warner brothers is getting into -- and facebook is getting into the movie business. warner brothers says the service will be initially available only in the united states. five dollar foot longs take over the number one spot from the big mac. subway is taking over the world. the fast food change is now the

world's largest. subway hat 33,749 restaurants as of the end of last year. mcdonalds had one thousand less. mcdonalds still makes more money. a new study found a burst of brain wave called spindles may clear a path to learning. the spindles are generated over light sleep. researchers say that acupuncture may help reduce the severity of menopause symptoms. those getting the acupuncture report getting less hot

flashes. san francisco celebrates mardi gras. we'll take you there live coming up. and we're tracking a bit of a warm up for tomorrow. i'll show you which cities will be the warmest and when the chance of showers will return. we have dramatic new surveillance video linked to a south bay triple homicide. we're examining the clues and the footage and looking for answers. also. >> reporter: this underwater robot is combing the bay to give us an environmental problem. and we look at how some of the bay area's most vulnerable people are being targeted. and we'll try to find a way to put a stop to it.

it's mardi gras, fat tuesday and they're celebrating in new orleans tonight. all day long, partyers have been jamming bourbon street.

for christians, fat tuesday is the last time to eat, drink before fasting and penance. and for us here in the bay area there's some decent alternatives to mardi gras celebrations. david stevenson is at a celebration as we speak. >> you can see a will the of people enjoying hot r & b right now it's all part of fat tuesday in the fillmore. aimed at celebrating mardi gras west coast style. there's a juggler talking to a young man. lots of children, lots of people young and old enjoying the music. it's a mix of whites and blacks, latinos and asians reflecting some of the growing diversity of this district. this is the second year they've celebrated fat tuesday here. it comes after years of

rebuilding the fillmore. organizers of fat tuesday tell me they hope to rebrand the fillmore as the entertainment hub of the city. restaurants and bars are doing mardi gras san francisco style. offering drink specials tonight. in additional to that, there'll be a fat tuesday processional down fillmore to markets books which is said to be the nations oldest african american bookstore. for now people are dancing, enjoying the music and hanging out with friends and making new friends as well. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. thank you, david. so what's in a name? apparently a lot when you're the future queen of england. there's some controversy brewing over kate middleton's name. she's always been known as kate. but palace officials are

calling her katherine. prince william and kate or katherine made their first visit to ireland today. they arrived in city hall where they met the mayor. the couple was cheered just about everywhere they went. and a dress that first sparked prince william's romantic interest in his fiance is going up for auction. kate wore this racy piece. the designer held on to that dress ever since. >> i saw the response is incredible. it's amazing. massive interest, people are traveling from all over the world to come and bid on it. we've already booking the telephone lines. >> reporter: the dress is expected to sell for $16,000 or more at auction next thursday. just six weeks before the lo corral wedding. a poisonous find at a park in the south bay. the warning going out tonight to pet owners. julie haener is in the newsroom

to look at other stories we're working on. >> you may have seen them stacked up at the port, but thousands lay at the bottom of the ocean. the voyage about to be taken tonight to see the damage they've done. also ahead, startling new video of the moments before a deadly shoot out inside a bay area nightclub. why san jose police released it just a few hours ago. plus, they are the most vulnerable and police say sometimes the most susceptible. the new effort and the silence about elderly abuse in one bay area city. it's all coming up at 6:00. fish and game authorities in southern california are investigating a massive fish kill in the harbor there. boaters found their boats hemmed in by millions of dead sardines. a marine coordinator says it appears the boats swarmed into the boat to escape a red tide, a bloom of algae. those pictures are just incredible there.

all right let's talk about the weather now. let's go to chief meteorologist bill martin, we're looking at maybe 70s tomorrow. >> i think we'll hit a couple of 70s out there. and looking at a picture of the anchovies. there's a lot of fish out there right now. we'll be following that story. it's pretty interesting. for us we're looking at a few clouds. it's going to warm up, now the thing with tomorrow, what will dictate whether we hit those 70s is this cloud cover. the clouds are going to continue filtering in tonight. we'll show you we're going to have partly cloudy skies today. if your neighborhood has mostly cloudy skies, you're going to hit close to 70. but if you get too much cloud cover it'll be hard to get 70s. mostly cloudy with patchy fog tonight. tomorrow partly cloudy it's going to go warmer. then this thursday deal right now the models are backed way

up on this. so i'm keeping it in. because any time, we have .05, maybe .10 but it's close enough to us that we want to keep it in there just so that chance -- that close to us gives us a chance for some drizzle or something and that could impact your day on thursday. in the meantime, high pressure is where it's supposed to be for this time of year. it's getting close to spring isn't it. so we'll see some valley fog in the morning. it'll form rapidly. it won't be an extensive patch of it. it'll be real defused and break up quickly. you know the spot. you can almost see it coming. clear, clear, clear and you drop down to a low lying area and you get the fog. that's the kind of day it is tomorrow. highs tomorrow will get into the 60s. a couple of low 70s possible. the main impact from this guy is that it's going to be a

little cooler and more cloud cover. showers should be the minimal impact. computer model tomorrow, see that defused cloud. we'll see how this goes. i mean tomorrow will be variable cloudiness. you see the day clears out. then we get into thursday. thursday morning nothing. and then there you go thursday afternoon a slight chance for showers. i feel this model is a little aggressive. some of the other models are much less bullish with rain. and i'll update the forecast for you at 7:00. these are your forecast highs, as you roll into a wednesday, 77 in morgan hill. you see a little unsettled on thursday. then of course with your weekend always in view you see those variable clouds on sunday. weekend looks okay. but sunday we get into another weather situation. i think the big story will be warmer and patchy fog in the morning. some dramatic video taken

from a new york city police helicopter has just been released. the chopper was launched to try to rescue people from the roof of the burning world trade center towers. this video was released as part of the investigation by the tower's collapse by the organization that oversees disasters. and almost everybody knows that very hungry caterpillar. well that caterpillar is going to work for children. what it's doing.

adam: we need a good night's sleep. kim: which means a little heat to keep us warm.

and a good dose of support for my back. some over the top comfort couldn't hurt. and our perfect dream factory's been built. i'm feeling sleepy already. nighty night.

the american academy has used the book the very hungry caterpillar to help children learn about healthy eating. what's fluffy, 40-ounces and absolutely adorable? it's the new baby penguin at the monterey bay aquarium. these are the black footed

penguins at the monterey aquarium. but far behind the glass walls away from the crowds, prying eyes and other penguins a little chick is learning the ropes. aquarium keepers say it's not safe for him to be out on exhibit yet since he actually can't swim. now his human care givers are teaching him to be an education bird. >> we would bring him out and do you know our red carpet penguin that we do once a year when we bring him outside to the public to tell them about the challenges they are facing out in the wild. >> this baby penguin's name has not been determined is the in training to become more comfortable with people. the penguin chick should be available in early april after it loses its feathers and grows a waterproof coat. ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 is next.

police released graphic video of a deadly shooting inside a san jose nightclub. we'll tell you why police decided to do it and how you can help.

the focus of the san bruno pipeline investigation turns to a milpedas control center. what we found when we were allowed inside the facility. and new footage shows a club owner fighting for his life. how police hope this video will lead them to a killer. good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. stunning new video shows what happened right before the death of the owner of a nightclub. jana katsuyama has been talking to detectives about where the investigation now. >> reporter: the shooting happened here at