was cold and stunned, but that he said, i did it for fun. the windsor students were at the bridge on a field trip. a junior jumped off the bridge off the hot point. one surfer i was telling you about his name is larry from north park. he told me that he actually saw the student jumped and said he nearly landed on two other surfers who were on their boards down on the water. now a spokeswoman for the district said the junior was able to walk out of the water on his own accord after being pushed today the edge by some of those surfers in the water. she said the student has no serious injuries just some tenderness and bruising. even though he was transported to the hospital is under mental observation. why the student jumped is under investigation, but the administrator says she is

confident it was not a dare. mike mibach. there was a brief scare at an oakland middle school today. counselors were put on lock down after gunshots were heard on campus. it happened on international boulevard. a police officer heard six gunshots and found bullet holes in the walls of a beauty parlor. investigators say they don't know if the business was a target. an oakland woman is searching for answers after two men gunned down her boyfriend outside of her mother's home outside of lake merit. we first brought you this story tonight. the woman and her sister had just reached the front door of the home when two men came up and demanded money. after they handed over the money, the men shot and killed mendoza. >> they had a gun and said, do

you have money. i said yes i have money. i opened up the wallet and gave her $80. >> the gun, boom like this. and when i came back i seen him on the ground. >> the women say the killer spoke to mendoza in spanish. that they saw the killer with three other men before the shooting. there seems to be a stand off going on between store owners and street vendors. it's all because of the city's new sit-lie law. a law police are yet to enforce. >> reporter: here on hay street, the battle seems to be growing. in answer to those signs, street people are apparently posting signs all along the sidewalk says no we won't go. even on this drizzly day there's people, mostly young

men sat on hay street outside doors. the city issued an ordnance. >> people are quick to anger. i feel this is a level of animosity just wrapped up. >> reporter: police are supposed to be enforcing the new law last month but it still has not happened. police say they needed additional training, now they are waiting for multi lingual cards to come back from printing. repeat offenders can face fines up to $500 or jail. >> this is hay street. hay street peace and love, you can't get rid of us that's just the way it is. >> reporter: residents say they feel too intimidated walking through this group. one woman said she has been followed. but others say that the

homeless people here are harmless. >> i've been unemployed for two years so i can understand the people sitting and lying because a lot of them have nowhere to go. >> we've had drugs here, we've had people looking for drugs. whatever. >> well i'm not going to mars or jupiter or something, i have to be some where. >> reporter: police expect to become enforcing sit and lie later this month. the guardian angels plan to return to san francisco district in a couple of hours this comes after the angels patrolled the streets in the mission this past weekend following two weeks of violence. police say the spike in crime there is due to a war between two rival gangs. the guardian angels plan to walk in the neighborhood tonight from 7:00 until midnight and throughout the weekend. a capitol hill today, members of congress faced off in an emotional hearing about

american muslims and terrorism. some called the hearing a witch hunt. >> reporter: dozens of members of congress called on the chairman of the house homeland security committee to back off the hearing. he got threatening phone calls and needed extra police protection today. but new york republican congressman peter king forged ahead. >> to back down will be a surrender and an advocation which i believe is the main priority of this committee to protect america from a terrorist attack. >> reporter: new york congressman peter king led a hearing about the threat. he called a father to testify about how his son converted to islam and was lured to a terrorist training camp in yemen. >> we're losing our children, this country must stand up and do something about the threat. >> reporter: throughout the hearing, critics said it was

fueling islam phobia. >> this hearing today is playing into al-qaida right now around the world. >> reporter: the first muslim elected to congress sobbed as he testified about american muslim first responder killed in the attack on 9/11. >> some people spread false rumors that he was with the attackers because he was a muslim. but i'm amazed -- >> reporter: after the hearing congressman king said it was worthwhile. that it broke down political correctness. reporting from washington, d.c., allyson burns. and today jackie spears noted there was no testimony from the federal law

enforcement officials and just one muslim advocate. congresswoman spears drew a parallel from the hearing and her experience as a catholic. >> i'm no preu -- i'm no more prepared to talk about the pedophelia going on in the catholic church. i think we need experts. in wisconsin tonight. lawmakers passed a controversial bill that strips almost all collective bargaining rights from public employees. capital police forcibly removed protesters who had camped inside the rotunda. the demonstrators were furious that the state senator approved the bill without the 14

democrats who left the state to avoid having to vote. this afternoon, protesters tried to break into the assembly chambers where lawmakers also passed the bill. now it's up to the governor and he says he will sign that bill as soon as possible. it's about reform. it's about making sure we can put people to work, we can save jobs, and alternately balance the budget in the way it protects the middle class here in wisconsin. the white house also slammed the bill, the president's press secretary said mr. obama feels it's wrong to vilify public sector employees. and stocks took a steep dive on wall street today. we saw stocks from china and spain. the dow had its biggest one day drop since august.

to close below the 12,000 mark. and nasdaq fell 50 points to about 2,700. a.o.l. is laying off 2,700 workers. the cuts will come from the technology department. aol just bought the huffington postfor $25 million. the federal reserve says household network hit $56.8 trillion in the final months of last year compared to the previous quarter. networks still would have to rise an additional 16% to reach it's prerecession peak. the average price of debt is moving closer to levels from

a year ago -- the average price of gas is moving closer to levels from a year ago. it's close to the highest recorded average of $4.11 in july of 2008. oakland's average price is $3.94 a gallon and in san jose $3.93. those numbers are just the average, at many gas stations the prices are well over $4. many say it was just a matter of time. but democrats and republicans are now playing the blame game. here's house speaker john boehner. >> that would lower costs and create jobs in our country. >> democrats fired back calling boehner's comments off base. he then went after the house gop spending grant. saying it would slash money for

agencies that oversee gas companies. president obama will address gas prices at a news conference. he will speak and answer questions at 8:15. bewill carry that live on mornings on two -- we will carry that live on mornings on two. we all know about the popularity of cell phones, but what about cell phones inside prison walls. and light showers throughout the bay area right now. there are some more showers in the forecast as we roll toward the weekend. we have the latest computer models. wrap

in a story you saw first here on two. the highway patrol says the driver of a toyota fell asleep at the wheel crashing into the center divider. a honda, possibly a big rig were involved in a second accident. the motorcycle died at the scene. the big rig did not stop and

the officer may not have known he was involved in the crash. very few people probably consider a cell phone to be a weapon. but if you talk to correctional officers that's exactly how they see them. ktvu's ken pritchett is live tonight with the dramatic story of why cell phones in prisons are such a big concern. ken. >> reporter: frank, right now on my cell phone i have a satellite imagine of san quentin prison. that might be handy information through an inmate planning an escape. but the truth is, some inmates have this information already on their smuggled cell phones. can a cell phone be a deadly weapon. listen to prison guard robert johnson's story. >> i saw him raise up and he shot me six sometimes in the stomach and chest. >> reporter: an inmate in his prison used a cell phone to

order a kill. >> he ordered a hit, that's exactly what it is. >> reporter: cell phones are routinely smuggled into prisons in hollowed out books. at a conference in sacramento, california corrections say 2,400 cell phones were confiscated from inmates in the first two months of this year. remarkably possession of a cell phone in state prison is not a criminal offense. >> it's not a crime to transport or to provide cell phones to inmates or bring them in. >> reporter: sniff dogs are now finding cell phones. johnson says a solution is needed fast. >> whether it's the public. whether it's a judge. whether it's a senator, it's going to happen again. >> reporter: here is a state capital, a bill to make cell

phone possession within a state prison a felony is now pending. we'll show you some of the technology now being tested in state prisons to detect those cell phones. in sacramento, ken pritchett. a stolen lamborugini drew even more strange with calls of sightings of the call. ktvu reported it showed up on some security cameras and was seen on the golden gate bridge. the man apparently repelled down the celling and made out with the car that belonged to celebrity chef guy fierri. and lakeland is about 25 miles northeast of sacramento.

in this surveillance video, shows the thieves breaking in through the window. they then put jewelry in a plastic bag. the store owner say they keep the most valuable pieces in a safe which was not broken into. and the commissioner is supposed to hear that mold has been killing sea gulls. the birds have been dying on pier 94. it's unclear if the recent deaths are related to other birds. researchers found mold inside the breast cavity of the birds.

it was light showers, not a big deal but certainly slowing down traffic. this is how it looks right now on live storm tracker 2. you can see the light showers outside. the showers are going to basically linger throughout the next few hours then they are gone. basically this is what we're talking about in the forecast. it was just a light rain event. i did get nearly .10 of rain, which is pretty light. this is what the rain looked like through the bay area just about two hours ago. just seeing drizzle, light sprinkle. trace amounts for all of us. tomorrow will be partly cloudy and cooler, the weekend we've got some clouds back in. looks like rain sunday late afternoon. right now saturday and sunday looks okay. these are the overnight forecast. pretty cool, you know what you will get with this because it's the wet ground, you will get patchy cloudy skies. we are looking at some of those

clouds to reform. cooler tonight as high pressure bringing in cooler air from the north. partly cloudy on friday with minor cooling in most places. here's the system we're tracking. this is late in the week. this is a sunday deal and it looks good. it looks like we'll get some rain out of this. a little stronger than this last one. forecast highs tomorrow cooler, 60 as we head into fairfield tomorrow. 61 in antioch. 68degrees reading in hayward. when i come back we'll show you what you can expect and then we will look at the five day forecast, we'll see you back here. two weeks, that's how long a judge in los angeles took to

come back with lindsey lohan's charge. lohan is accused of walking out with a jewelry store with a $2,500 necklace january 22nd. she's said that she forgot to give it back to the clerk. charlie sheen filed a $100 million lawsuit against two and a half men's producer. he says that cbs and the show's producer schemed against him. bay area's mark zuckerburg is doing something faster than any other billionaire out there. what it is in a moment. we took a small -- >> reporter: what two bay area sisters did that landed them in president barack obama's presence today. from drug deals to

ordering hits, we told you about a big problem with cell phones inside california prisons. more details about efforts to disconnect those inmates. a bay area muslim american group enters into controversy about this poster. and they're supposed to help keep you safe. now hear what some south bay area residents did.

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people marched through the streets of san francisco to demand freedom for tibet. today protesters rallied at justice harmon plaza. tonight they're handing a

candlelight vigil in san francisco square. gadhafi forces today stepped up their attacks on rebel fighters. and in washington the u.s. evicted libyan diplomats. >> we are suspending our relationships with the existing libyan embassy. so we expect them to end operating as the embassy of libya. secretary of state hillary clinton said she will meet with egypt leaders. two sisters took center stage at the white house summit today. telling the president and the first lady about their efforts to help a young bullying victim. >> we took a small step in the right direction and i think that people in our community in the bay area really responded

well to that. and everyone wanted to do the right thing which was to help this girl get through this victimizing experience. >> reporter: college student sarah and emily attended the first ever white house summit on bullying today and met privately with the president in the oval office. the sisters started a letter writing campaign to boost the spirits of a girl who had been targeted by a bully. sarah and emily compiled the responses into a book called, letters to a bullied girl. first lady michelle obama says, it breaks our hearts to think that any child feels afraid every day. >> as parents barack and i also know that sometimes, perhaps maybe even a lot of the times it's hard for parents to know what's going on in our kid's lives. is summit brought tomorrow

parents and students. the attorney for a sacramento area man is using facebook violating the privacy of does -bs of women says her client doesn't deserve jail time. he pleaded guilty to using information on facebook to hack into women's e-mails and then e- mailing nude or partially nude images of women. the office served 60 years in prison, but her attorney says her client should get probation. mark zuckerburg is making money faster than any other millionaire. zuckerburg's network almost tripled in the last year. that makes him the 62nd richest person in the world. moskovich is the youngest on the forbes list.

he has a network of $2.7 million. and a team says that they purposely lost a game. what coaches are saying.

allegations are swirling around this hockey game involving this south bay team. some say the team threw the game. now there's a backlash over the

santa clara thrashers. maureen naylor is here to show us more on the game that's in the middle of controversy. 15 and 16-year-olds practice up here at sharks ice rink. the students are now heading into the championship without their coaches because of what you're about to see. this video of the february 27th game has become the center of a thunderstorms. the league has suspended the coaches. in one of the plays a player doesn't take a shot on goal. the blackhawks gave up five goals losing 5-0. >> i know most of the players on that team. didn't look like they were trying very hard from what i saw. >> reporter: lance bureau is on

the team of caja. there's no specific rule on throwing the game but it's in the coaches code of conduct. >> we teach our kids to play hard. if that's not the what happened in this case it needs to be addressed. >> you have done always show what is truly happening, we also don't know what was said on the bench, we don't know what players were saying. >> reporter: there has been big backlash including an i hate santa clara blackhawks facebook page with angry posts against the team. the team is allowed to play in the championship play off starting tomorrow. however with fill in coaches. a disciplinary hearing for the coaches will be held against the coaches. to see the video yourself, just log on to ktvu.com where we have it listed. maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. oakland police credit the

mother of an escapee from a juvenile detention center with helping him catch him last night. we first showed you these pictures on last night's 10:00 news. kendra harris says she has been trying to find her son ever since he escaped from camp sweeney in san leandro last night. last night she found him after getting a tip. she then called police. harrison says she's showing tough love, she says her son needs to do his time and hone up to what he did. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar joins us now live from our newsroom with more. >> reporter: have a look, it may not look much like a lightbulb but it is. for the bay area this means lots of good jobs and stupendous savings.

>> reporter: the 500 employees here at the phillips luminte facility, make chips that are set to save consumers a lot of money. >> lighting costs of 1/5 of all our electricity use. about 20%. the led will use less than 1/10 as much electricity as a typical incandescent. if the lights are same or better. lights must last much much longer. though available for homes right now, there's still a little pricey -- they are still a little pricey. >> equivalent pricing, we're probably a few years from that when it comes to a bulb. i think we'll start to see

rebaits from municipalities. from utilities probably this year. >> the reason leds have been so expensive this fast is they've been manufactured on little wafers like this. but they will figure out how to do it on big wafers like this. that will bring down the cost. >> 25-watts of power instead of 60-watts of power. almost 60-watts saved per bulb. >> reporter: says stanford sweeney, leds are already more efficient than incandecents. the california association of realtors hope to make short sales faster an more efficient. the association is taking out a full page ad calling on banks, government officials and others

to streamline the short sale process. the group says accelerating those transactions will help in the state's economic recovery and reduce the number of bank owned homes. short sales are when homes are sold for less than is owed on property. the nation's housing crisis has led to a drop in vacant homes. statewide, vacant homes rose 15%. san francisco mayor ed lee is reportedly challenging governor brown over brown's proposal to save money. lee made the comments during the chamber of commerce breakfast. san francisco will continue its redevelopment progress without

state support if necessary. current redevelopment process includes treasure island naval basis and building a new transbay terminal. a california woman who spent 10 years in foster care told lawmakers how they should reform the child welfare system. states could only use child welfare dollars to put children in foster care. but california is an exception. 15 years ago it got a waiver to fund prevention programs that help keep children out of foster homes. today that woman, joyo murdoph who spent a decade in the foster system testified today. >> it's something that i believe having spent 10 years in care is that mentors and the resources that i was able to go to camp, and be active in school kept me out of trouble. >> reporter: congress is considering whether to extend the waiver program to allow

more space. and the only plan that got an excellent rating, up next. also it's fresh, locally grown but tonight, the new downsize that might be emerging from popularity of farmers markets. the number of cancer survivors in america is on the rise. but what seems to be good and surprisingly bad.

an article in the peninsula press has bay area farmers market likely suffering from their own success. it says the numbers has boomed and farmers were able to survive having one or two farmers market and now find they have to set up shop at more than 12. that means higher cost to reach the same number of people. the article says experts believe the bay area has not reached market saturation. budget cuts proposed by republicans -- recent government figures show almost 15% of california homeless are veterans. last year more than 1,700 of them received a federal housing voucher to help keep them off the streets. and the government is planning to slash the program to reduce the deficit. >> it's not about a number. it's about real people who have put it all in the line for this

country. republicans argue that they are not taking vouchers away from anyone and say that the proposal are designed to get rid of the vouchers that have not been given out. california's office of the patient advocate found that over all california's hmo's compare well to plans around the country. and for a third straight year, kaiser permanente was the first program to help hmo patients. the federal centers for disease control, they estimate 11.7 million americans are cancer survivors. that compares with 9.8 million

in 2009 and 3 million in 1971. researchers are raising a red flag about radiation they therapy and women fertility. they say that it might be likely slighter harder for girls to conceive when they are older. another finding that modest amounts of radiation can have an effect but in the study the difference was really so small it could be due simply to chance. the new drug designed to relieve flair ups from pain caused by movement. there's little know about the cause of movement in tissues and organs. double digit increases on ridership on amtrak. who the transit agency is crediting. there's a few light showers

out there right now. i'll let you know when they'll end and when the next round of rain will show up toward the weekend. new at 6:00, from drug deals to hits, we told you about a big problem with cell phones inside california prisons. more details about efforts to disconnect those inmates. a bay area muslim american group enters a capitol hill controversy over this poster. we spoke to the school's director. how she says it was used out of context. and they are supposed to help you stay safe. tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00.

state regulators plan to call pg & e to find a way to help customers opt out. he says he'll ask pg & e to ask for a plan. and p g & e denies those

charges. ridership is booming including both amtrak and to a lesser extent bart. most people seem to agree, there's just one less incidence. mark ditched his car and took a cheaper trip on amtrak. >> reporter: 2011 has been a big year for the capital corridor. >> it has a 13.5%increase in february. an 11% increase in january. we've seen over the last few months, increase ridership over the past year. groups attached to amtrak by this bus company say they are seeing an increase too. >> we're seeing our ridership come up as the gas prices, it's about i think $55 or so for ticket from santa barbara to

oakland. other transit agencies like bart say ridership is up. nothing like what amtrak is enjoying. but this engineer says he's not sure why everyone isn't hopping on board. >> gas prices, are just going to keep going up. do the math says no carrier0

and a pop star is in trouble again. i think what we saw today was a two, chief meteorologist bill martin. >> yes, i would say just about a two you are right. light sprinkles. not a big deal. rainfall accumulations, up in santa rosa you have about .10.

everybody else about .2. and a little bit of a sprinkle for the later commute. as i back out i want to show you the motion of this. everything is going this way up into the pacific northwest. classic spring like weather pattern out in the pacific. so what we have tonight. showers moving out. partly cloudy skies and we'll get some fog behind this as the ground is wet. overnight lows are going to get a little cool out in. here we go through friday, what a nice day. friday is going to be pretty darn nice tomorrow. saturday about 7:00 a.m. some showers line up to the north of us. saturday about 4:00 p.m., maybe a sprinkle in santa rosa. don't change your plans. don't change your plans on this yet. i will show you the plan changer in a moment. here comes some real rain up into the bay area.

that's some ways off. sunday looks pretty good. mostly sunny for most of the day. showers start sunday night. overnight, tonight will be in the 40s, low 40s. daytime highs tomorrow 69 in concord. a little cooler flow. not going to feel as spring like as it has in the last few days. 63, morgan hill about 63 degrees as well. five day forecast with your weekend always in view. i know your weekend is always on your mind as well. we have mostly sunny and mostly cloudy weather with sunday beginning to deteriorate with a chance of showers. tomorrow the transitions into nicer weather. it was wet but not enough to put any reservoir or any rain in the buckets really. >> nothing but a bit of a nuisance. >> i would call it a nuisance shower. you have to check out these picture, a baby koala made it

to -- look at that face. this one finally emerged last month and the public saw it today for the first time. the zoo will auction off the rights to name the koala at a fundraiser this month. free nummi passes, who's getting them and why, next. they are doing it to a beat. what exactly they are doing when it comes to hunger here in the bay area.

students from low income families were able to sign up for free nummi passes today. fast pass community clinic was held today. organizers were at the clinic to help people sign up for passes. it will provide 3,000 students with free nummi passes till june. ktvu's jade hernandez takes us to san pablo to see who's drumming up support for a bay area organization. >> reporter: in minutes they had taken over the student warehouse here in san carlos. members of stomp came out to

stomp hunger. stomp performers will be in san jose next month and $5 for each ticket purchases will go to this food bank. on average the food bank feeds 3,000 people a month. one of four people in these counties risks going hungry. this year, the need has shot up 11%. >> the food bank is seeing a lot more people now. people who are in need a lot of times for the first time. we have folks who have college degrees that have professional degrees that for the first time are finding themselves out of work. >> reporter: getting what matters means giving the food bank what it needs. you can drop those items off here in san carlos even if you can't buy a stomp ticket. jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. stay with us, there is much more news just ahead. ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 is up next. due to budget cuts,

officers of the san jose police department mounting unit thought they would have to dismount permenantly. but there was a last minute rescue. we'll tell you what it was coming up. 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.

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new fall out tonight for the san francisco police misconduct. the reason one bay area organization says it is not to blame for islam radification. good evening i'm gasia mikaelian. >> and i'm frank somerville. julie haener has the night off. a san francisco islamic group is now front and center in the debate of muslims and terrorism. peter king called today's homeland security hearing in washington, d.c. to examine how some american muslims are radicalized into terror. islamic groups have called the hearing a witch hunt, including a local organization presented today as evidence of the home grown terror happening in