people for radiation exposure. authorities also imposed a no fly zone over the plant and they have evacuated nearby communities. we have live team coverage tonight beginning with ktvu's health and science editor, john fowler who is live in berkeley with what experts are saying about the threat of radiation exposure here in the bay area. john. >> reporter: i have with me a counter. it is registering about 27 clicks per minute. basically it's recording the radiation right here, right now. experts say, though, that much more sophisticated detectors spread up and down the coast have not detected anything significant. >> by the time you get to the west coast, we might be able to, i think we can measure radiation if it comes out, but we won't be able to measure because we won't be able to see them. >> the small amount of radiation from japan is diluted into the atmosphere. that no one more than a few

miles of the plant is at risk. this afternoon, federal officials said labs advisory center is at this hour actively tracking the plume. they declined to provide details or let me inside today. these pictures are from my most recent visit. the fire, however, is worry. lifting potentially radioactive particles into stronger winds. still, even the much more serious explosive meltdown sickened no one more than 30 miles away. >> it's not the radiation risk, it's an issue. it's really the technology is probably at risk. because of the perception. >> reporter: the perception of risk. i want to show you this website. this is a real time live radiation network recording of radiation levels across the country. you can see the numbers here in the san francisco about 32. the numbers up and down the coast all very low.

only until about 130 counts per minute is there any concern. in 53 years, there has never been a single death in the united states from nuclear power accidents. now you should combine that with the fact that 38,000 people a year die from coal fire power plantly side yule effects on their health. even 120 people a year die from candles. something to think about. reporting live, health and science editor, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. governor jerry brown told reporters that the problems highlight the need for strong government regulation and the san bruno pipeline explosion as another example. >> dealing with a dangerous technology. you need the government to protect people. you saw people die in san bruno because government was not vigilant enough. >> the governor did say that right in and out radiation from japan does not pose a threat to

californians. even so, some people are concerned about possible radioactive fallout here in the bay area and sal is live tonight in san mateo with the precautions that they are taking just in case. sal. >> well frank, people have been showing up at pharmacies and at health centers, like this one. asking if there is anything they need to be worried about because of radiation leaks because of japan's dadged nuclear power plants. wall greens doesn't sell it. laurel has been looking for the pills. >> just to be on the safe side because i only have half a thyroid anyway and i had half my thyroid removed and you know, i mean, if there's really some big kind of meltdown, i'm worried that, you know, winds are blowing west and it's a global problem. >> potassium io done is iodine

is to protect the thyroid. today, u.s. surgeon general, regina benjamin was in the bay area. she told ktvu people living here in the u.s. don't need to worry about nuclear fallout, but was careful not to dismiss people's concerns. >> you can't blame people for wanting to be concerned. i'm not sure that there's a level of need right now and certainly the health officers are monitoring and certainly alert the public if there's ever a real threat. >> despite the reassurances from health experts, manufactures of the supplements say they are seeing a surge in demand and many of the stores that sell ki are out of stock. some people say they are just not worried. >> i don't think people should panic about it. be cautious and listen around and get good information. >> reporter: now some potassium iodine supplements have been selling for a high

price online. we saw 14 pills available for $500. normally these pills go for about $10 a pill. there is quite a markup going on because of the high demand. live in san mateo, sal castaneda, ktvu news. they don't recommend people take potassium iodine at this time, siting the potential for serious side effects. state and federal authorities agree that japan's nuclear emergency does not pose a health threat to people here in california, but napa officials say they are in close contact with state health officials and will alert residents if the situation changes. and steven chu said safeguards are in place. at a capitol hill hearing today, the 104 u.s. nuclear reactors are protected against earthquakes, tsunamis, and other natural disasters. federal officials will use the information gained from the

disaster in japan in our own nuclear energy programs. >> are there going to be lessons learned and i'm sure there will be and we look back at our reactor fleet and we up our game. every time we do this, we march on to ever increasing safety. >> chu said the united states remains committed to nuclear power despite calls by some lawmakers to halt development on new reactors and freeze up operations in quake prone areas. rescue crews and survivors are dealing with the aftermath of the quake and especially the tsunami. in a hard hit fishing village, rescue workers picked through a devastated landscape. there were moments of optimism and some good news as crews pulled survivors out of the rubble. now five days since the quake. but japan has not stopped shaking. this video shows what happened when a large aftershock rocked it.

the official death toll risen to more than 3300, but that number is likely to reach at least 10,000 if not more. >> ktvu's janet is in tokyo tonight where today she felt one of the biggest aftershocks measuring 6.1. she has more now on how people there are coping with the damage the power outages and the unnerving aftershock. >> we went over to the japan rail train station today and just to go and see different parts of the city. it was very crowded. we were there during rush hour and obviously they've had a lot of disruptions to the train service due to the power outages and the other disruptions due to the earthquake and the tsunami. there were signs up that were warning about disruptions to service due to blackouts. we did go to other parts of the city. one of the main areas and looking outside, you can see that a lot of the signs, the

billboard, lights, and big jumbo screens were off. that's because there is a great concern about power problems here. now while we were in one of the stations, we ended up meeting a woman from san francisco who was in japan during the quake. glefn last night i was woken up with a quake. the bed was shaking. woke up, so yeah, it's been hard and also a time where kind of scary, too. >> after we left the rail station, we came back here to the hotel and i was speaking with our executive producer, bobby for the morning show when suddenly the table and the computer just started swaying back and forth. i looked around the room and it turned out the whole room was moving. we had an aftershock, which really felt big. obviously with these kind of things happening, it's very difficult to kind of relax. you know, there's a sense of unease because you never know when another one is going did

be coming. reporting from tokyo, jana, ktvu channel 2 news. for that, you can tell. drew: isiss janice is working around the clock. you can find the section at the top page of the home page. it was not a good day on wall street. stocks were way down on fears that japan won't be able to avoid a full blown nuclear crisis. at one point, the dow dropped several hundred points, but rebounded somewhat about encouraging news about the economic recovery. the dow closed down at 11,855. nasdaq was down 34 points to close at 2,667. so, how much of an impact could the situation in japan have on the financial markets here in the united states and around the world? ktvu's consumer editor, tom

vacar is in san francisco's financial district tonight with what he found out. tom. >> reporter: have a look at this. the markets worried no less, wall street journal for the last two days has been talking about a problem. the problem is japan's economy front and center. >> after being down as much as 300 points, the dow jones regained more than half of that. a loss of more than 1% nonetheless. >> the selloff this morning in our market today was mostly japan centric. >> stock market nervousness shown itself worldwide to varying degrees. japan stock market is down a whopping 19%. its worse two day loss in 24 years. the hong kong index is down about 3%. the united kingdom's market down about 2%. the dow jones industrials and the nasdaq down about 1.5% each. the losses outside of japan have been modest, that could

change as the nation's energy picture comes into true focus. >> right now, they are experiencing rolling blackouts. how soon can they get their manufacturing capacity back up and how much is that going to impact earnings? how much is that going to impact the manufacturing capacity? >> got a lot of stuff comes from japan. and a lot of stuff got messed up. >> nonetheless, most folks we met today in daily city think japan will recover given enough time. >> japan is resilient. you know, we seen what happened in world war ii. >> i have confidence in that. we will go out. >> the quickest solution for japan's energy problems bring in semitruck generators to keep the generators running. build gas fired power plants and order to decide what they will do about their nuclear facilities in the future.

i'm tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >> two japanese auto makers are scaling back production at the factories in the wake of the disaster in japan. subaru suspended all production while it assesses the availability. suspended overtime at all of its north american plants. nissan and honda said their north american plants have not been affected. we will continue our coverage of the earthquake and monitoring the nuclear power plant as well throughout this newscast. for the very latest, go to our website, ktvu.com. well let's talk about our weather now. bill, you were saying it was going to be wet this week and so far , you are right on the money. >> we talked about that yesterday. showers and heavy rain in the north bay. it's spreading south. live storm tracker 2 picked out where the roadways are the worst right now. there's the live sweep.

the rain is coming down hard. the bay bridge with rain is starting to pick up as well over in the east bay. hayward, oakland, concorde, the rain is coming down. so wet roadways throughout the bay area right now. this is all occurring during the afternoon commute. we do have more rain coming and the commute continues. when i come back, we'll take a look at where this rain is going to go and there's more rain coming as we go through this week. i'll see you back here. >> okay, we'll talk to you then. you can get the weather in your neighborhood any time on our website, just go to ktvu.com and click on the weather tab. >> santa cruz investigators announced a big break. a family member's dna is what led them to the arrest in a rape case. in march of 2008, a 23-year-old coffee shop worker was held at knife point, raped, and locked in a refrigerator. police arrested elvis garcia. the break came after dna from

the crime scene was a familiar match to one of garcia's close relatives. that eventually led police to garcia. attorney general harris says the state's dna lab helped break the case, but has much more work to do. >> i have found a backlog of cases where we need to test dna in cases like this to bring other perpetrators home for accountability and consequence. >> this is just the second case in california where familiar dna has been used to track down a suspect. san francisco police are investigating a shooting last night that left five people injured at a bar in the mission district and one of those victims may not survive his injuries. police say two men fired shots into the bar just after 11:00 last night. investigators are going over surveillance video taken moments before the shooting. ktvu's david stevenson has seen that tape and coming up on ktvu 6:00 news, he'll tell us what

that tape shows. crews are retrieving boats that sank during the tsunami and the overall cost of the salvage operation keeps going up. that story next.

we are getting new images following last week's tsunami surge. 16 boats sank and almost 50 others were damaged. docks were destroyed and devastated the local fishing industry. they plan to send a team later this week with sonar equipment to help locate the sunken boats. there are new damage estimates from santa cruz. robert honda is live where he learned less than an hour ago that officials are estimating the price tag will go above $25 million. robert. >> reporter: that's right, frank. it seems as if every hour, the cost of the cleanup and operation keep rising as more damage is discovered and more boats are pulled out from under

the harbor. the pain staking process of retrieving the 13 sunken boats is just one of the many costs associated with the tsunami. at this point, recovering boats is still the top priority of emergency crews. this morning, divers put air bags underneath this 25-foot boat named the high roller to bring it to the surface. hours later, the boat was stabilized enough to tow in slowly and carefully. one reason it is such a deliberate process is because of what you see here, a slick that trails almost every boat that is retrieved. >> they also have to be very aware of any potential fuel spills that are on board the vessels. the coast guard is involved in that process. >> today, crews also cut up and removed many remaining sections of the docks that tore apart during the tsunami. all under the watchful eye of fema, the federal emergency

management agency. fema sent five inspectors to the harbor today. the governor will request a presidential decloration of emergency. only damage to so-called public infrastructure, such as docks, piers, and walkways qualify for federal funds. >> how bad was the damage you saw? glefer disaster i have been to has been unique and we did observe a lot of damage. i can't quantify how much had occurred but certainly the tsunami wave did a lot of damage. >> reporter: fema says it will present its findings to the governor tomorrow. there are still about seven boats that need to be retrieved. live in at santa cruz harbor, ktvu channel 2 news. >> divers for the state of hawaii started scouring the ocean floor off the big island assessing the debris left from the tsunami surge. the governor surveyed the damage on the ground. officials estimate it is in the tens of millions of dollars. homes were taken off their

foundations, rock walls were torn to pieces and ships were sunk. today, firefighters in the east bay were learning more about how to better prepare for a big earthquake here in the bay area. that's actually one of the world's biggest mobile earthquake simulators. it was in hayward today. it's called the big shaker. you can see why. it can simulate up to a magnitude 8.0 earthquake. hayward firefighters say they are using it to compare what happened in japan to what could potentially happen here in the bay area. turning to the bay area, we are feeling this rain you told us about yesterday. bill, there's more to come. >> it's coming right on the afternoon commute and that causes problems if you are waiting for folks to get home from work. it's going to be slow tonight. we go out to the roadways right now. there's live storm tracker 2. i have the showers in motion. everything is going to the east and starting to slip south just a little bit. so the heavier rain that is up in here is going to start to

move into the santa clara valley in the next few hours. i'll stop it up here and we'll come in closer. let's look where the heaviest rain is. this is where the hardest travel will be right now. the golden gate bridge, the san rafael bridge, you see the heaviest rain towards vallejo. some of these areas are representing rain fall, which if you were in your car, you would have your wipers on full. they would be going back. you would have them cranked up. the lighter greens represent rain fall that might be more of a moderate wiper setting. so very wet out there. if you are waiting for folks to get home from work, it's going to be slower than it has been the last few nights. showers stay in the forecast tomorrow, but not a big deal. we are not expecting as much rain as we are seeing now. heaviest rain has been north bay. they have seen over a quarter inch of rain. the rest of us are going to end up with a quarter of an inch. the forecast the long range keeps us in the rain zone right into the bay area weekend.

and then another storm coming friday. a significant one with rain and lower snow levels. overnight lows are mild. this is a mild weather system. the rain will continue scattered showers tonight. when i come back, i have the latest computer model. we'll look at how the rest of the night goes and we'll go into friday and look at that weather system into saturday and sunday. all that coming up in a little bit. i'll see you back here. >> thank you. a fresno man agreed not to use ansel adams name to sell items he bought at a garage sale. the publishing rights trust sued rick norsegian saying the slides were not adam's work. the lost negatives had been shot by earl brooks. his niece helped solve this mystery. unemployment can be stressful, but australian researchers say working can be just as bad in some cases. the study looked at formerly unemployed people who had taken a low end job and found the

psychological toll of a low paid difficult job was just as bad for a worker's mental health as having no job at all. why a prayer on board an alaskan airline triggered a scare and has the airline apologizing. plus, a ktvu field poll is out tonight. what it says about what you might be willing to do to solve our budget woes. >> right now, he is looking at losing everything. >> hear from a bay area man who showed us home video of his family farm's in japan where this scene will never be the same.

an exclusive new ktvu field poll shows that many california voters would be willing to extend temporary tax increases in the short-term to close that $26 billion state deficit. as part of his budget proposal, governor brown propose add special election. voters would be asked to extend increases in the sales tax and income taxes for five more years. 61% of voters support calling a special election rather than having the legislature act alone. and if that election is held, 58% say they would approve extending the tax increases. just 11% of californians believe the budget should be balanced mostly through higher taxes. 32% support mostly spending cuts, and 52% support a mix of

cuts and tax increases. but when it comes to those budget cuts, voters are clear, they want the lawmakers to keep their hands off of certain areas. k through 12 public schools, police, healthcare for low income and disabled people. higher education, child care, and mental health. tomorrow, both the state senate and assembly are scheduled to vote on governor brown's budget proposal. ktvu's ken pritchett will have that part of the story coming up at 6:00. bay area firefighters took to the halls of congress today to fight for resources for their crews. hundreds of firefighters from all across the country are in washington this week. they say they want to make sure the federal budget battle does not affect grants for firefighter jobs and equipment. >> a primary focus this week is to secure federal funding to keep our neighborhood fire houses open. especially with san francisco facing a $385 million deficit short fall this year. >> and tomorrow, the san francisco firefighters will meet with california's two senators and with house

minority leader. plus, airlines is apologizing for an incident sunday that triggered a security scare. three orthodox jews -- flight attendants say their behavior made some people uneasy. the men were questioned by the fdi and determined not to be a threat. humble, the leaked radiation level is now high. >> that's the japanese prime minister giving a grave assessment to the nuclear threat facing his country. the focus in japan shifts from the disaster. >> businesses are stepping up to help tsunami victims. plus, we talked to one san jose man, and what they're doing to escape.

complete bay area news coverage continues. this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. a sea of wreckage in parts of japan, but even this is not a top priority. tonight, a lyming disaster situation is shifting the focus and overshadowing the existing destruction. late this afternoon, we got reports of flames rising from the reactor at the troubled fukushima nuclear power plant. there are growing fears of fallout from the crippled nuclear reactors in japan as the country is already coping with disaster. >> radioactivity is being released directly into the atmosphere and has spread along japan's north eastern coast. 140,000 people living nearby are ordered to seal themselves indoors. some 70,000 have already been evacuated. >> the leaked radiation level is rather high and high chance for further leakage of radiation from now on.

>> at least 10,000 people are believed to be killed by the earthquake and tsunami and millions are facing a fifth night with little food and heating in near freezing temperatures. survivors crowd into this dark shelter. nearly every family has losses. on one wall of the shelter, signs, asking for information about those who disappeared. but amid the devastation, there are miracles. >> a man has been rescued. 96 hours after the quake. >> this rescue comes just four hours after a 70-year-old woman was also saved from the wreckage of a collapsed building in another city. and through it all, aftershocks continue. this is a 6.0 aftershock captured on camera. the shaking here is intense, but nothing like the 9.0 earthquake that started it all. >> and the latest now on that nuclear reactor. the operator of the plant said it scrapped a plan to use

helicopters that was overheating fuel storage unit. helicopters are being called impact call, impractical. the u.s. is one of 91 countries chipping in to help japan. japanese officials say fix organizational options have offered their assistance. >> we have offered our japanese friends disaster response experts, search and rescue teams, technical advisers with expertise and support from the united states military. >> the department of energy is also sending japan equipment to measure radiation contamination on the ground. >> and people here in the bay area as well are responding to the crisis. in san jose, businesses are helping bridge the divide between donors and those in need. ktvu's maurine is live with those efforts underway. maurine. >> reporter: gasia, this market in san jose put up this

collection box to raise money for tsunami victims. the nuclear threat has one of his family members livelihood at risk tonight. >> at his home in san jose, jonathan today showed us home video of his family's small dairy farm in the fukushima in japan. it is a 20-mile threaten of the nuclear plant. the dairy farmer who has never left was forced to abandon the farm and the 30 dairy cows he raised since birth. >> right now, he's looking at losing everything. it's really awful because he is actually looking at losing all of them. you know, if the radiation comes. >> his daughter is now pregnant and has escaped away from the nuclear plant from the land that has been in the family for 20 generations. >> we are worried, but we know he is okay. you know, it's going to be a

long road. >> our ties to japan and the japanese people are very long indeed. >> executive director of the japan business association says bay area support is pouring in. >> it will be open. we will have a sign on them right here. >> the association plans to collect money at a vigil this thursday night for a buddhist temple feared destroyed. >> it was 6 miles from the coast of sendai. so it's probably completely destroyed. we can't know because we don't have anything -- there's no communication. >> reporter: limited communication hasn't stopped plans to help. she says a benefit concert is also in the works. reporting live in san jose, ktvu channel 2 news. and we continue our coverage of the earthquake and tsunami on our website. go to ktvu.com. there on our home page, you'll see a continually updated section on japan. it includes reports from ktvu's. drew: nay who is in japan tort. you can read her blog and view her news reports. the top u.s. commander in

afghanistan is recording that a gradual withdrawal begin this july. david patraeus said the withdrawal can start in provinces where government forces are able to take more responsibility. general patraeus admitted that training of the afghan army is coming along slowly, but the recruits are improving in quality. a federal appeals court ruled that orange county jailers violated the religious freedom of a muslim woman. the woman sued following an incident in 2006 when she was ordered to take off her head scarf in a courthouse holding cell. a court dismissed her suit, saying holding cells are not covered by a federal law. the ninth circuit court of appeals ordered the lawsuit to proceed. house lawmakers are announcing legislation to make buying a gun harder for violent criminals and the mentally ill. the bill calls for penalties

for states that do not report. it would require gun sellers to run background checks on all buyers. new york mayor, michael bloomberg was on hand for today's announcement. >> we are trying to get the federal government to do its part and enforce the laws so background checks are meaningful. >> the senate also recently introduced a similar bill. >> women, are you above average? not in iq, but in shoe q. find out how you stack up next. >> plus, one county is betting people will trade their greeneries for green bags. where you could get paid to lose your lawn. and two new ominous signs for the newspaper industry, including something that has never happened before.

alameda county wants homeowners to lose their lawns. that's the name of a new program announced today encouraging residents to replace their lawns with sustainable gardens. starting on june 30, homeowner who's convert will get a $500 rebate. multifamily and commercial customers will get up to $3,000. the water district says losing your lawn will save water, reduce land if i would materials, and is better for the environment and your wallet. >> we hear more and more from people about the expenses of

taking care of their lawns, about the environmental impacts and so forth. >> the new program will include videos and demonstrations like this one where grass is being replaced with card board and mulch. there were lines outside the apple store in san francisco. the ipad hit stores on friday. one of the buyers had to make a reservation to go back today. online orders are also marketers shift more of their spending to the internet. the report comes on the same day as another study showing that for the first time, more people got their news from the internet than from newspapers. the only news medium the web did not beat was television news. the researchers say that gap is closing. a health insurance at the center of a major security breech is offering customers free credit monitoring services. we first told you about this investigation this morning. the company health net says

several server hard drives with customers personal information is missing near sacramento. state insurance regulators are investigating the breech, which could affect as many as 2 million customers nationwide. >> women who eat fish regularly may have a lower risk of developing age related macular degeneration. women had nearly a 40% lower risk of developing the eye condition. the data needs to be confirmed. a new poll is shedding light on women's love affairs with shoes. 60% of those surveyed said they are willing to buy shoes that hurt if they look good. the average american woman owns 17 pairs of shoes and buys three new pairs every year. the average expenditure is about $49. but about a third of the women said they spent more than $100 on a pair. 14% admit to hiding a shoe purchase from their spouse. i'm paul chambers in

oakland where 500 teacher jobs are at risk. i'll explain coming up. i'm meteorologist, we have rain out there on the afternoon commute and there is more rain to come. you see the wet roadways here. when i come back, the latest computer model forecast that shows wet weather headed your way.

state budget cuts could take a drastic toll on public education. some 19,000 pink slips have gone out to california teachers including two all but one teacher at a school in oakland.

ktvu's paul chambers is live now where the frustration is palpable. the reason why that teacher didn't get a notice is because she has tenure. right now. oakland education association is meet inside oakland high school auditorium. they are being notified of their rights just in case they may lose their jobs. >> i insist upon hearing this remark. >> learning without limits, it has only been around for four years. >> you have a vision of what education is possible for children. >> since the school opened, a majority of the original staff is around. the language arts scores have nearly tripled. all the momentum is in jeopardy. along with more than 500 other oakland teachers were notified that come may, they can receive a pink slip. also on the chopping block, the school's principal. >> i felt unseen and unappreciated.

>> we need to put the education back into our kids. >> there are a lot of people on our staff who are worried about how they are going to feed their kids. >> behind the current campus, a new school is being built. some say instead of investing in it, they would like to see the money go toward retaining the staff and if you are not personally invested, your future is at stake. >> give it all as if they were yours and what would you like to see happen? in the end, we will all pay if we do not, if we fail to educate these kids. >> reporter: you are looking at video from an hour and a half ago. teachers, students, and parents protesting about why they need to bring attention to those who don't know what's going on. may 15 is when the district will send out the official pink slips and those teachers will not be hired back unless the budget gets passed in a special election in june. live in oakland, i'm paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. >> now it is a completely different story in the san ramon school district. school officials there decided not to hand out any pink slips

this year. the district says its budget is being helped by an increase in enrollment. the cricket's reserves, but says all bets are off next year. if the governor's proposed tax extensions don't pass, the district says it will be looking to cut as much as $20 million. fremont police issued an alert for a missing girl. 17-year-old left home around 7:00 last night to take a walk around her neighborhood, but she never returned. there is extra concern, because the teen has the mental capacity of a 13 or 14-year- old. she is 5 feet 2 inches tall with short a dark hair. she was wear ago gray hooded zipup jacket and dark blue jeans. movement in sacramento tonight. coming up at 6:00, what we know and more importantly, don't know about that crucial budget vote set for tomorrow. now we go to julie haener in the newsroom with a look at some of the other stories we are working on. >> also at 6:00, in a hail of bullets, five people were injured and two businesses shot up in san francisco's mission district.

what we found out when ktvu's david stevenson went inside that bar where it all began. also ahead from bad to worse. a live report from ktvu's jana in tokyo where fears about a compromised nuclear reactor are growing tonight. plus, why people are camping out in the apple store in tokyo and it has nothing to do with snatching up the latest high- tech gadget. it's all coming up at 6:00. into south bay, wildlife rescue group returned a coyote back to the wild. we have pictures, it doesn't take long long for the coyote to fly the coup. the coyote was brought into the valley wildlife center back in october in bad shape. >> he was severely emaciated and anemic and covered in mange and infested with parasites. it took several months to get his system going again and finally into an outdoor enclosure. he started live hunting. gh you can see it was sunny

there. people can coexist with coyotes, but residents need to keep their pets indoors. the coyote went back to sunny skies and the sunny skies are gone for now. >> they are gone for a little while. just in time for the afternoon commute and as you know, it doesn't take long to slow down the commute. it is slow in the north bay where the rain is coming back. live storm tracker 2 picks out the showers, certainly heavy there. you see the richmond bridge there. that yellow representing moderate to heavy rain fall. if you are on the center span there or on the east side of that bridge, you are getting wet. that is slowing you down as you drive across. a lot of rain showing up. martinez, rain fall accumulations, moely around a quarter to a half inch. you can see it is starting to work its way south. we are getting showers in san jose and out towards the peninsula. rain continues right through the next couple hours and that of course will hamper many people's commute heading home on this tuesday.

here's what the system does tonight. it starts to move out. as it does, we got clouds around here in and a lingering shower. tomorrow there will be scattered showers in the morning and it should taper off. computer model, 8:00 tonight has rain into the san jose area. heaviest down around the peninsula. you see the line just sliding through. in the mountains, you have snow that will continue through the day tomorrow. we get into 11:00 tonight and you see things start to clear out. look for patchy fog late tonight, early tomorrow morning and wednesday morning, your commute looks relatively dry, but there will be wet out there. there will be some drizzle embedded in this moisture and we get into wednesday afternoon, not bad. thursday, clouds increase and here we get into friday. this system on friday, cold one and a wet one. friday will be a wet day around here. very similar to what we had today. so next few days, showers in the forecast. the main event were today and right now and then again on friday and as we head toward the bay area weekend. five-day forecast looks like a

wet one. your weekend always in view and you can see we have showers in both dais on the weekend are good chance of showers both days. >> you weren't kidding. wet week. >> yeah, doesn't feel like early spring or late winter. >> thanks, bill. >> an australian teenager had to cancel a sweet 16 birthday party after close to 200,000 people were planning to turn up. the girl from sydnie posted the invitation on facebook complete with her address. police said it appeared the girl's original post had been reposted by someone and it went viral. you might not know it, but you're going to pay to go through security at the airport. and soon, you could be paying more. how much and why next.

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technology to replace a now defunked virtual fence project won't be in place for another decade. testifying before a house committee, the accountability office said the mix of cameras, radar, and other sophisticated technology won't be operational in arizona until 2015 or 2016. only then will it expand into california, new mexico, and texas. transportation security officials today squared off with lawmakers over those body scanning machines that passengers have to walk through at the airport. today, the head of the tsa asked congress to raise the fee charged for body scans from

$2.50 per flight to $4. he said that would bring an extra $590 million for extra screening equipment and manpower. the tsa chief also deflected accusations that the body scanners may not be safe. >> you'd have to travel thousands of times in a year to meet the minimum dosage that these different studies assess as being of any concern. >> the transportation administration also dismissed critics who say the agency has not been properly monitoring its equipment for radiation emission saying there were some bookkeeping mistakes. congress is expected to finalize the tsa budget in the coming months. and stay with us, there is much more news ahead. ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 is next. at least 59 shots fired outside this san francisco bar. the story told by this surveillance camera coming up on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00.

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cause for concern. the new trouble tonight at the

japanese power plant. >> new calls for a stronger police presence after five people are gunned down in the mission district. we went inside the san francisco bar where it all started. complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. >> good evening, i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. the problems in japan is increasing. in just the past 15 minutes, the operator of japan's fukushima complex said they may air drop water and acid on the troubled reactors there. the flames broke out at reactor number 4 around 3:00 p.m. our time. this follows word earlier today of damage to the containment vessel at reactor 2. >> remarkable stories of survival are emerging. this man was