evening. >> reporter: the public defender arrived in court this morning after the judge agreed to dismiss 40 cases. >> there is no way a case can be proven in court when you have these questions. >> seven undercover officers are under investigation for conducting illegal searches and lying about it. some of the incidents have been recorded by surveillance cameras. all of the departments 100 plane clothed officers will undergo additional training beginning next week. >> that's what we are working on now to put together the training material to start the training immediately so everybody has been reminded of search and seizure and all the other requirements necessary. >> reporter: earlier today the district attorney said most of the dismissed cases were for

possession of drugs. 11 cases involved dependents who robbed officers. the former police chief says he hopes to improve communication. >> there will be someone from the d as office available for the police to call and get advice concerning the need for a search warrant. >> reporter: coming up at 6:00 we hear from mayor ed lee and his concerns about the public perception. ktvu channel 2 news. here sasummary now. over the a past week prosecutors dismissed 57 cases. most of them volves drugs. also include robberies. felony cases could be refiled. seven officers and one sergeant are under investigation by federal and local authorities. we continue our coverage on

www.ktvu.com. click on the story at the top of the tab, you will find the video that sparked the case. we have developing news from the state capital. we learned about what could be movement in the budget. jerry brown asked the budget vote be delayed. he feels he has made some progress with the republicans and he needs more time to work it out. ktvu's ken pritchett is working on gathering more information. it was 6 months ago tonight a gas pipeline exploded in san bruno. tonight ktvu's maureen naylor is in that neighborhood where it happened with new video that provided an upclose look. >> reporter: six months later as you can see there are still windows boarded up and homes

with scarred siding. the intensity of the fire that caused this damage and forever changed this neighborhood. >> reporter: the home video provides a never seen before look. they provided the video which shows flames leaping into the air. the video also includes another angle, natural gas spewing from the crater and you can hear the sounds that has haunted so many neighbors. >> still stressed by it. we take the dog for a walk all the time around the neighborhood and i don't think the dog even likes walking through the fire area. >> seems like a long six months because so little is happening. >> they live around the corner from the crater and calls it depressing. >> if you stand here and look around right now, things look normal. looks like it did on september

8. you walk around the cornner and it doesn't look like it used to. terrible. >> one road remains closed and more construction crews than neighbors. memorials remind of the eight lives lost. the district attorney is starting to review pg&e documents to see if laws were broken. >> it is a collaborative effort to find out if there was wrong doing in that horrible event. >> reporter: about an hour from now a vigil is to start. we will be here and bring that to you live. reporting live, maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. another look at how the landscape changed in that neighborhood. this picture was recorded by google earth before the explosion. the next picture was taken in the days afterwards.

you can see all the houses are gone. we have another image. this came from that same site today. you can see signs of recovery but the blast site is clearly visible. two years ago the u.s. stock market hit a low. since then stocks rebounded. although today the dow and naz dag were down slightly. >> rude oil prices dropped slightly but still over $100 a barrel. the dow closed at 12,213. naz dag fell 14 points to 2,752. what do investors think and where are they? for our answer, tom vacar. >> reporter: 2600 miles from wall street. today by the two year rise on

the stock market, individual investors remain leerily. >> it's a little scary. we pay more attention and more cautious and, you know, it's coming back slowly but it's very slow. >> i am still, you know, trying to be positive but i am also skeptical. >> folks say the crash changed the way they invested. >> i changed around my -- the way it was mixed up, put a few more here and there. >> moved it around. and i chose not to put in more. more than our minimum. >> reporter: since the market bottomed out the dow is up 87%. the s&p up 95% and naz dag up 117%. nonenonetheless -- >> about the same, i think. which i guess is all right.

>> reporter: an average 4o1k is worth 70,000. if you had that in the dow, you had under $32,000 by the time it hit bottom. today you are $10,000 behind. the same money in the nasdaq market saw you lose about the same, today you are more than a thousand dollars behind. >> everything is costing more money. >> reporter: for millions it doesn't matter, because they had to cash in their 4owks. ktvu channel 2 news. jobless rates are here to stay in california, at least for a while. the report says the state's jobless rate won't fall below 10% till 2013. the report predicts the bay area will be the region that leads the state on the road to

recovery. california, the first state to reach a $4 price for a regular gallon of gasoline lien. aaa puts the national average price at $32.52 a gallon. in california that is $3.92. 51 cents higher than a month ago. california requires to fight air pollution, gas prices are always the highest in the country. one of the new polls, american's view of the way things are going hit a two year low. they asked people if they think the nation is on the right track or wrong track. 64% said wrong track. gas prices might be weighing on president obama

approval rating. the poll found the president's approval rating dropped 10 points in one month. the oakland school board is meeting to vote on teacher layoffs. board members will decide if 538 teachers will be getting notices along with 13 social workers and the entire adult education staff. how many will actually get pink slips and lose their jobs won't be finalized till the state budget is decided. the board voted last night to send out the notices. we spoke with the president of the school board, he told us further steps to deal with the deficit depends on whether

lawmakers approve the tax extension. in libya, moammar gadhafi announced $400,000 for a leader. rebels are struggling to hold off forces. in the eastern city libyan tanks and war planes attacked rebels and the attacked damage oil facilities. speaking on the state run channel. moammar gadhafi said libyan forces will fight any nation trying to impose a no-fly zone. >> for this is leading to a dangerous plot by those -- in order to fulfill their aspiration to control our -- >> nato said that it is not looking to intervene in libya but is considering different

options, including more sanctions. pirates targeted the alabama, the ship that was a focus of a dramatic rescue two years ago. the captain order security forces to fire warning signs and the ship took off. federal prosecutors charged a oakland man with sending a threatening e-mail to a u.s. senator. he threatened to kill the senator if she did not oppose legislation that would eliminate protections for wolves. he is a convicted arsonist and register sex offender. he is being held without bail and due in court on friday. a question of bias and a resignation against national public radio. showers back in your

forecast. get the emborrelias and a slower commute tomorrow -- umbrellas and a slower commute tomorrow.

the mardi gras parties are over. 2 dozen people face charges in san jose after a celebration. police arrested 26 people. officials say most people celebrated peacefully but there was one incident. a woman was assaulted. her injuries are not life threatening. npr president and ceo resigned after hidden camera video showing a executive calling the tea party racists. those remarks reflect what they call public radio's liberal biest. the comments were caught on

tape by a conservative activist. more now on the fallout. >> reporter: executives are emphasizing they carry npr programming but they are not npr and they are shocked by the comments. >> reporter: the chief fundraiser was fooled into thinking he was talking to someone backed by the brotherhood. [ inaudible tape playing ] >> a lot of conservatives feel npr is biased in its coverage. what he said showed what many suspected. >> reporter: he says this should be a wake up call to the

public. >> when you say something is non-commercial, like pbs, npr, that doesn't mean they aren't paying the bills. somebody is doing the dance. what the public witnessicide what they have to do to get the money. >> reporter: john says he is appalled that comments. the stags depends on federal money for 8% of its budge m. >> we would have to find other sources. it's not something that would put them out of business. >> reporter: the fear now, though, is that the federal government because of conservative moves in congress will eliminate money for npr and pbs. it is in the 10s of millions of dollars. officials gave up poll information sewing that nationally americans like pbs and npr and have faith in their

fairness. ktvu channel 2 news. two people charged in the death of a pregnant teenage farm worker reached a plea deal that involved no jail time. >> protesters angry that they will not serve time. 17-year-old maria died in may of 2008 after pruning grapes for 9 hours during a hate wave. prosecutors say two farm supervisors failed to give her enough water or shade. now the defendant will serve probation. >> a three day vigil today in sacramento, in green field, oxnard, up and down the state. >> the family is also furious

and the family with union workers are demand agameting with governor brown. aaron brock vich testified before a water board about new toxic problems in that community. 20 years ago she investigated chromium 6 contamination and won a $300 million settlement from pg&e. now a new chromium plume has been discovered. pg&e officials say they are working to contain the leak. another sign that a mountain lion may be on the prowl in san mateo county. the carcass of a deer turned up today. the deer was found this morning. officials say the tracks nearby may have been left by a

mountain lion. they lion -- changes are instore, keep the umbrella handy. >> rain back on the forecast. it's not a major event but it will be wet tomorrow afternoon. right now cloud cover out here towards san jose. the clouds kept temperatures from getting as warm as we thought they might. lots of upper 60s. here is the system i am tracking. it gets in here as we roll into your thursday. mid-morning, early afternoon. clouds tonight and fog. tomorrow morning, 9:00, 10:00 morning showers. north bay, you will have showers around 8:00. showers into the bay area. interesting as we move on because what we are seeing is a wetter pattern that i suggested

last night. saturday, and then sunday night. that wasn't in the forecast last night. we will get to that in a minute. overnight lows in the 40s. 45 in vallejo. cloudy. patchy fog. and then a few sprinkles in the north bay and the showers move south throughout the day. it's a light shower event. it will slow you commute. increasing clouds thursday morning. temperatures on the mild side. maybe fog. here is the system that tweaks up against the coast. light rain returns. south bay, you will see a little. when i come back i will time this out as if t moves through your day on thursday. >> thank you. the space shuttle discovery made its final landing in

florida. >> touchdown. >> discovery capped off its last mission with a perfect landing. the discovery always returned to earth unsaved. >> when you think about a vehicle that is 27 years old, to come back perfect, i have never seen an airplane do that. >> discovery will go on display at the national air and space museum. they have been found, some of the remains that were stolen from a church. the calls that led authorities to the ashes, next. we told you about this man who went missing. today there was a sad development in this case. our children deserve to learn and grow without consently being picked on.

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bree: sis, help me create my oasis. marcy: ok, romantic garden? bree: oh, is there a castle nearby? marcy: no, but there's a charming farmhouse. bree: right next to my posh castle! i'm sensing a theme here. well, i am the queen, dear sister. . police recovered one of two boxes of human ashes stolen from a church. a backpack carry was taken from the church before the funeral. a oakland man called police and said he discovered one of the boxes in the 400 block of 29th

avenue. police are still looking for the second box. sad ending for a search for a man. his body has now been found. we told you this story a week ago after he disappeared from his living facility. after days of searching, chin was found dead on monday behind the veteran's hospital. the coroner is working to determine the cause of death. the father of a college students whose body was pulled from a river in madrid said he has not ruled out foul play. he was reported missing 10 days ago. his body was found near a nightclub. president obama and the first lady turned to social media to launch a new campaign

against bullying. >> for a long time bullying was treated as a part of growing mup more and more we are seeing how harmful it can be for kids. >> the president released a facebook video speaking not just as the president but also as parents. michelle obama said it's the responsibility of every student, teacher, parent and coach to fight bullying. >> it's tough enough being a kid today, our children deserve the chance to learn and grow without being picked on, made fun of or worse. >> the president says the good news is, there is a growing movement led by young people to make the community safe from bullying. they will be hosting the first ever white house summit on bullying prevention. a trip to disney world is a

dream come true but orlando is a hot destination for college student. orlando beat out las vegas. california is also represented on the top 10 list releasted today. los angeles came in at number 9. a scam warning is going out tonight. >> atm cards a lot of cash and atms. the new crime hitting the streets of san francisco. the governor's budget plan, why he is asking law makers to delay the vote.

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stick up. happening at san francisco banks. customers thought they were stuck with a broken atm but it was the work of thieves who set a trap. tonight a warning. ktvu's mike n live in san francisco with the one thing you should do if your card gets stuck. >> reporter: 22 victims across the city. the common denominator is that customers are leaving the machines with their cards in the slot. bank of america, home to three atms and hundreds of customers. >> bank of america, i can use the touch screen. >> reporter: it's the key pad getting customers in trouble. police captain richard. >> we have a suspect that will glue the keys.

>> reporter: with the glue the suspect lingers and waits. >> a victim enters the card, a pin number and hit enter. the key sticks. >> frustrated, the customers left the atm, went inside the branch, but by the time they came out, it was too late. with 22 victims in the city within 9 weeks, he sent out a tweet. warning residents about the crime. >> criminals are innovative. >> economy is rough. they are doing different stuff. >> reporter: they arrested william boyle in connection with the crime but more suspects could be out there. >> if your card doesn't come out of the machine, don't walk away, use the telephone, call us, call the bank. >> reporter: police did not say

what led them to boyle. but he faces charges. ktvu channel 2 news. police say playing the lottery was unlucky for one. using surveillance video, officers tracked him down after he cashed in a number of scratchers. the problem? he stole the tickets when he burglarized a convenience store. he is held in jail. more on the developing news we just learned about within the past hour. a glimmer of hope in the budget stand off. ktvu's ken pritchett is live to tell us what happened and what it means. >> reporter: about an hour ago the governor asked lawmakers to delay a vote on his budget. the governor in making his request sited positive

negotiations with republicans whose votes he needs to pass his overall plan. >> reporter: the red tents simbaalize what affordable housing will look like. the deadline was tomorrow. >> there is a tiny bit of flexibility always within those dates and you know, i think we may be talking about the difference of a matter of days. >> reporter: democrats are ready to vote on cuts. the hold up is talks between the governor and five republicans. governor brown needs their votes. >> we want to make sure voters have the right choices before them on the ballot if that -- if we get to that point. it's not clear we are at that point. >> reporter: republicans are asking for cutting certain regulations and without tax extensions the cuts will be 25,

not $12 billion. >> we are prepared to do the cuts, period. we are dead set against additional cuts. >> reporter: the vote is on hold, but for how long, that's unclear. depends on the negotiations between the governor and republicans. ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. vollers approved a partial tax measure to fund local schools. the vote shows 28% voting for measure a and 21 voting against it. voters approved a partial tax to fund teacher's aid for music and art programs. voters turned down a similar measure in another district. san francisco mayor ed lee outlined steps to implement the

new hire awardness. surrounded by trainees the city has been promising tatoo make hiring san francisco residents on city funded construction projects. >> when we saw promise after promise not getting fulfilled, the city had to ask itself, can we do better, can we deliver on this promise. that's what this has been about. >> it will require city funded construction projects more than $400,000 to hire 20% of their work force from san francisco residents. that will go up 5% a year till it reaches 50%. today marks six months since the pipeline explosion that killed eight people in san bruno. final preparations are in order way for a vigil that is about to take place. these are live pictures from san bruno.

people are expected to galter in this spot in half hour. at 6:11 p.m., the time of the explosion on september 9. the group is going to be at claremont and glenview. this is one block away from a greater that formed when the gas line blew. stay tuned for live coverage on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. squatters may have started a fire last night. 50 firefighters rushed to the old circuit city building last night. it took them 40 minutes to get the fire under control. no one was hurt. it appears squatters set camp fires inside the building to keep warm. it looks like the fire was accidental. the city has been working to get the building torn down. >> flight 93 on september 3. in

washington d.c. talking to lawmakers about the memorial at the crash site. they say it's right on schedule. >> a story we can't afford to forget. the funds we are seeking will insure this memorial is complete. >> night 93 was on its way to san francisco. the ground was broken in november of 2009. >> a warning tonight at uc berkeley after a girl was attacked last night. the number of defends in the gang rape of a teenager is dwindling. find out what people are giving up for 40 days and 40 nights.

. ane story we told you about yesterday. police are looking for the person who let rat poison at the dog park. poison has been found twice there. and a threat that says all dogs must die. police are looking for information on a man who molested a girl last night at

uc berkeley. the man grabbed the victim and touched her inappropriately as she walked before 11:00 p.m. the man took off when the victim screamed. the suspect is 5'10" and weighing 165 pounds. he was wearing a red baseball cap with a white emblem on it, a white jacket and blue genes -- jeans. a 3rdtwo defendanters were dismessed yesterday, six others remain in the case but there are reports more could also be dropped. the plaintiff is a woman who was 17 years old, she was repeatedly assaulted and rapes after she passed out. the founder of american apparel is the target of a lawsuit. this time for holding a

employee as a sex slave. she says he would make her come to his apartment when she was 18 and force her to perform sex acts. she is suing him for $250 million. today is ash wednesday, which starts a period of sacrifice for christians and the decision about what to give up for lent, giving up social media is one of the more popular. one woman said when she tried to think about what she overindulged in, the only thing that came to find is facebook. >> wanting to see my friends in person. keep in touch with people. >> as one professor put it, it

can help you reprioritize relationships. woman who lost her right hand in a traffic accident received a new hand. surgeons in los angeles transplanted a hand on to the patient last friday night. the lead surgeon for the procedure was the surgeon in four of the 12 previous hand transplants in the united states. the woman's name hasn't been released. the price of a drug that helped prevent pre-term labor is skirocketted. next week the price shoots up to $1,500 a dose. the total cost could be as much as 30,000. why the jump? only one company will be making the drug. it will make the drug easier to get but they didn't expect the

price hike. the story of a hero tonight. the coast guard honors one of its own. the number of sharks hovering off the california coast. and rain in your forecast tomorrow and for the weekend. i got the computer model ready to go. we will run it when we get back.

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dismantled. it was moved to the dry dock facility yesterday. it is the 18th 18th ship to be removed for recycling. 39 more ships will also be dismantled. the coast guard honored a man who was a war hero and navel star, he also helped break down racial barriers. >> reporter: he was awarded the silver life saving medal. his sister attended the gym. his amazing story began decades ago when he was a athlean. at 17 he broke his neck playing football but he recovered and

joined the coast guard during world war ii. >> he served the south pacific, he was saved and saveicide several other people's lives. >> he stopped on flames to save the life of a ship mate and saved another life two years later by jumping into icy waters. according to officials african american were not awarded life saving medals in that time in history. but that was corrected with today's ceremony. he worked for the coast guard and played professional football. the first black everything, including the first black player for the new york giants and the first black man inducted into the profootball hall of fame. a vigil to remember the lives lost in the san bruno

pipeline explosion. a live report suhead. at 6:00, facebook opens up about privacy, the tool you can use to find out what facebook is doing with your personal information. also ahead, a consequence, what these boxes could be leeching into your food. why muslims are furious about a homeland security hearing. a three year study says there aren't as many great white sharks as experts believed. researchers estimate 219 great white sharks populate northern california waters each fall. great whites are typically found along the northern california coast from august through december. cleaning up millions of

dead sardines. we showed you to fish yesterday. the sardines made their way in monday night and used up all the oxygen. officials say it could take a week to clean up that mess. >> pictures are remarkable. we are looking at changes. >> chance of showers for thursday. they will come true. showers, light showers from this weather system. as we roll into the morning hours tomorrow, in the south bay by mid-afternoon the showers begin to occur. these are light. if we get a tens of an inch of rain, we are getting a lot. it's diffuse. lot of that energy, it is just like this. it is starting to look like

spring in the pacific. tuesday, mid-morning, wednesday mid-morning, looking for -- thursday mid-morning, showers moving in. i got it mixed up. and then wind about 15-20 miles per hour. the main impact is in the north bay. san jose, you are going to see a few light sprinkles. 59 at lunchtime. 63 late in the day. mostly cloudy in san jose. a chance for a light sprinkle tomorrow afternoon. next 24 hours. 1:00 a.m., that's tonight. here we get into 8:00 a.m. santa rosa. here we go. 11:00 a.m. this is not much rain at all. but it's cloudy. breezy. and here is noon. and then is late in the day. you see things clearing out. a few scattered showers for the afternoon commute.

tomorrow looks like what monday looked like. 62 antioch. rainfall light. heaviest rain in the coastal hills. check out saturday, chance of sprinkles as well. with the weekend always in view. saturday, we didn't expect sprinkles. it could go away. sunday afternoon, rains into monday. >> plants are so happy. everything green and lush. >> if you look at your car, there is yellow on cars, lots of pollen. a bay area school getting the nod. why it's being celebrated 3,000 miles away. actually, two bay area schools. happening on the east coast, all because of their recipes. 0!ockñ?çóxo?ñ=çñññçvxqx?ñññ?óioy

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the students compete. >> it was a combined effort between the city and lead the way. in washington today, two schools from northern california showed off their culinary skills. >> the real winners will be the children. >> that's the secretary of agricultural. the goal was to create nutritious meals that schooled could make. sky line high school submitted a recipe and joshua cowl elementary committed a recipe. >> they got restaurants, chefs who can participate. you can create a companion cook book. >> there are 50 schools left in the competition as they move on to the next round.

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. frightening new video of the fire ball that consumed a san bruno neighborhood. the community is gathering right now to honor the lives lost. >> it has been six months since the natural gas pipeline ignighted the neighborhood of san bruno. that community has not been the same. ktvu's maureen naylor is live now. >> behind me you can see people are starting to gather. we saw police show up, the red cross is here. the mayor of san bruno. along with these crowds of residents. many of them who lost their homes and this is a home