federal jury when he told them in we that he never knowingly -- in 2003 that he never knowingly used steroids. each pros smoke detectorrive juror filled out a 6 a, 65 - -- out a 60 to 65-page questionnaire. bonds' fame and notoriety loomed large in the croom. one accounting associate told the judge, i would be reluctant to render a judgment against a great athlete like mr. bonds. others said bad experience serving on charter flights means she couldn't be fair to him, said one flight attendant. >> jury selection is not do you know anything about the case, it's can you be fair even

though you know about the case? >> i would say most of all people who were gonna feel comfortable following the instructions to pay attention only to the evidence that that he hear. >> reporter: opening -- that they here. >> reporter: opening statements begin tomorrow. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >> back in 2003, bonds testified before a federal grand jury. in 2007, his final deson, bonds set the -- final season, bonds set the home run record. and then later that year, he was brought on obstruction of justice charges and then after motions, appeals, barry bonds' trial is continuing today. we have complete coverage at

ktvu.com. on storm watch tonight, why the wet week of storms is getting underway. there's a major cleanup happening in the north bay where boats were ripped from their moorings. christen kafton has more. >> reporter: you can see one of these boats. you can see one here and further up, you can see another one. this one here has part of the hull ripped right out. believe it or not, these boats that came ashore are considered the lucky ones. the coast guard that says some of the boats that broke free sank to bottom of the bay. the washed-up boats from this weekend's storms drew plenty of onlookers from nancy forest who can see them from her home. >> about two-thirds of the boat is gone on the other side. i think this is part of it.

>> reporter: chopper 2 flew over richardson bay this morning and spotted about a half-dozen boats. the coast guard was out making sure they weren't leaking fuel. every year, one or two boats do break free and run aground, one woman said. >> it's not necessarily from a storm. sometimes they've just broken away from the mooring because shallower. >> reporter: onshore, the majority of the damage came from falling trees, like this one that toppled over on saturday night. when the tree came up, the roof yanked the gas line right out, prompting the neighborhood to be convicted. the leak has been sealed off but the house is still cold.

>> no gas. no hot water because no furnace. >> reporter: and the coast guard told me late this afternoon, that the boats are responsible for their salvage so they will have to clear those boats out themselves. christen kafton, ktvu channel 2 news >> so the rain may have -- so the main may have stopped but another one is coming in. let's get right to our chief meteorologist, bill martin. let's go to tiburon. i want to point out saturday night's winds coming from the direction out of the south and southeast so you get this. what you could get on the back of angel island is turbulence inside there where the boats are moored and that would actually give you -- give you an increased wind speed. let's back out a little bit. we'll look now at the current rainfall. we do have activity around

morgan hill and gilroy. live stormtracker2 picking up light showers. earlier i did have thundershowers out there in gilroy and morgan hill with slight hail. things are mellowing out. but i as -- as i mentioned, there's some weather, big weather, especially the thursday deal. it looks like a 9 out of a 10 kind of thing. there's another one coming in tuesday night, wednesday. we'll look at all of it. it will be a wet week. you will need the umbrella. i will be back with more details. >> thank you, bill. the snowfall is not over in the sierra. it's causing big problems for drivers. the storm brought more problems for drivers. right now chains are required on 80 and 50 and 880. we just checked with the caltrans and chains are

required for truckee. we'll continue this on our website. that's where you can watch live radar weather patterns where you live, ktvu.com is the address. the prime minister of japan said today that he can see "the light at the end of the tunnel you can but efforts to save -- but efforts to save a nuclear power plant had a setback. one will require a three-day repair job and workers had to clear out after smoke appeared. they say despite the scares there appears to be no further damage. >> number 3 had gray smoke coming out of it. the source of the smoke is unknown. although there's indication there's been no increase in temperature or in radioactivity. >> 415,000 people are living in emergency shelters in japan. but human tearian groups are --

humanitarian groups are helping those. they believe the death toll in japan will top 18,000. >> the top usgs official said japan's warning system may have saved lives in japan. it gave people time to take action. >> that's enough time to slow the bullet trains, get people under desks, to -- to have an operating room, have the -- doctor the -- have the doctor pull the knife back. there's a number of things you can do in that short amount of time. >> funding to develop a similar system for the united states is running into problems in capitol hill. in santa cruz, maureen naylor tells us how the wife of the man who owns that boat was

overcome with emotion when she saw it. >> i'm just heartbroken for him more than anything. >> reporter: lynette watched and cried as what was -- what was left of the boat -- >> it wasn't a valuable boat but it meant so much to him. >> reporter: this is what the 24-foot boat looked like on friday, under water. >> the big surge came and pushed her under the dock. to me it was heartwrenching because we've been through a lot. >> reporter: today his sailboat was the last of ten sunken boats to be recovered and scrapped from the damage. >> where the dock failed as far as my dock failed was right where the -- right where it

sunk. the tsunami didn't sink her. the dock did. >> today we're able to get a lot of our multi-beam sewnar done, we complete -- sonar done. we completed our task and found no obstruction. >> reporter: while the south portion is open, the north harbor remains closed, police are escorting owners to their boats to recover items. >> we're really anxious to get the place opened up. >> reporter: noaa expects the survey of this area to be completed by tomorrow. it will be up to the harbormaster to decide when the entire harbor can open. back to you. >> there's a tsunami preparedness meeting tonight in santa cruz at the police d. the meeting was actually planned before the tsunami. santacruz county leaders will talk about how to get the county ready for an even worse situation.

the harbor in crescent city removes -- remains closed. they've removed 850 tons of debris. there are still 15 boats under water. there are plans to bring in a crane to refloat the boats and remove some of the debris still clut iring the harbor. the allied attack in libya turned to enforcing the no-fly zone. attacks continued. in chile, president obama said the operation stops short of removing moammar gadhafi from office. >> it's u.s. policy that gadhafi needs to go. but when it comes to our military action we're doing so in support of u.n. security resolution 1973. that specifically talks about humanitarian efforts and we're going to make sure that we stick to that mandate. >> the president said other measures could lead to mr.

gadhafi's fall. nancy pelosi underwent medical tests at a hospital in room. she said she fell ill when she arrived and cancelled the meeting. after several flights to afghanistan, leader pelosi was not feeling well. this morning she was advised to visit a clinic. this is a busy time for yosemite national park but now visitors are leaving the park not staying and they don't want to leave. we'll tell you why they are leaving coming up.

to the psychiatrist -- two psychiatrists tested that alex youshock is likely schizophrenic. he is the high school student on trial for attempted murder and possessing explosive devices after he showed up with pipe bombs at the school.

if convicted, he would face a second trial to determine if he is legally sane. san francisco police hope some surveillance video we're about to show you will help in their search for the thief who ransacked the church and a preschool during a brazen robbery. police say this man here broke into the lakeside presbyterian children's center on eucalyptus drive just before 4:30 this morning. he broke into a food pantry and was seen taking a church keyboard. he ransacked offices as well. police believe the thief was after sunday's collection plate. >> hopefully the public can help us catch somebody who doesn't have any respect for a school or a church. >> you can forgive but you can't necessarily forget. >> anyone who has seen anything, call police. visitors are being escorted out of the park right now because of hazards due to the area in yosemite. roads both in and out of yosemite are closed and robert

handa is live with the late details about where things stand. >> reporter: well, frank, today, essentially the start of spring time is usually when yosemite park sees a boost in visitors but winter and the conditions stayed longer than expected. now people driving up to the main entrances on highways 120, 140 and 141 good a rudewell come from nature -- a rude welcome from nature. they were forced to close entrances because of the fallen trees on the roads inside and outside of the park as far as coming upslides caused by the heavy saturated water -- mudd slides caused by the heavy saturation of water. >> it was kind of like a blizzard, the snow was falling all day. as it got late he in day, the snow got heavier and deeper. it got to the point where we could barely see when we went to leave the park.

>> everybody was not careful when they stopped on the side of the road. >> people were in a hurry to get out. >> we think everybody was trying to get down to the road closure because they were closing it at 7:30. >> reporter: there was quite a rush but we found out as we were escorted out, it was a very methodical evacuation. they say highway 140 could reopen tomorrow but the future of 120 and 1 had 1 -- 141 depend almost exclusively on the weather. reporting live near yosemite, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. caltrans announced today that a contractor from oakland will perform emergency repairs on a crumbled section of highway 1 near big sur. condon johnson and associates will begin work tomorrow on the $2.5 million repair job to stabilize the job. caltrans plans too reopen the stretch of road by april 16th.

last week, a 60-foot section of the highway slid into the ocean but officials say thankfully, the weekend storms did not cause any further damage. on this first full day of spring it's only appropriate we're talking about showers, maybe even storms, right, bill? >> yeah. and march sometimes can be mild. but as we're seeing this year, it can be very robust as well. we're seeing a lot of rainfall in the forecast the next couple of days and there's been plenty of snow in the mountains. live storm storm -- live stormtracker2 shows the showers. we did have reports of some light hail showing unin the santa clara valley earlier this afternoon from this complex from weak, sort of isolated cells. out in gilroy, there's the radar sweep. rain showers falling on the highway. widely scattered. things are gonna change around tomorrow. in the mountains we have a snow advisory. it's snowing up on 50. they are chaining up, as we already told you and it will be

a wet one tomorrow as another weather system moves into the bay area. here's the deal -- tomorrow morning, temperatures in the 30s and low 40s, scattered showers. tomorrow's not a bad day. we start off with a few sprinkles. i think tomorrow looks a lot like today but late in the day, things start to increase. the clouds increase, the showers probably by tomorrow night at this time, rain overnight and wednesday is the next real deal tuesday into wednesday. here is the system i'm tracking. let's widen it out. a very active pacific. not super impressive, this system but it has enough spin and moisture with it that it will drop rain. tuesday night and wednesday morning we'll get wet around here and then the bigger storm, the stronger one, the headline for this week is gonna show up as we head into your thursday. that one looks pretty powerful. so tomorrow, increasing clouds. by evening, scattered showers and then the system levels down upon us and we get rain and the rain starts in ernest on wednesday overnight tuesday into wednesday and then it kind of lingers into thursday as

that next system pushes in. if you are in the mountains over the -- over the next few days it will keep going. when i come back, the latest computer model. i will time all of this out for you. sunny skies it to show snow -- suffice is it to show you will need umbrellas -- suffice it to know you will need umbrellas. happy birthday, twitter. the first tweet went out in 1996 on march 21st. almost a billion tweets are posted and twitter said it set a record of 6,900 tweets per second right after that massive earthquake hit japan. on wall street, stocks started the weak with big gains. the don't industrial average -- dow jones australia average

closed. let's take a look at the numbers now. the u.s. fish and wildlife service is talking about the plan to double the number of beaches that are restricted in order to protect the snowy bird. the protection would add beaches in california, washington and oregon to a total of about 28,000 acres. this stops human activity that could damage places where snowy provers nest and -- plovers nest and lay their eggs. yes, there's fighting among the parties but amazingly there's been a lot of cooperation and progress. >> the governor delivers a message to the people of california on youtube today. we'll have more on what he has to say. >> believe it or not, there's

an iphone app that's claiming to cure gay people. what some folks are doing to try to get that app off the market.

it's now been almost three months cincy was inaugurated as -- since i was inaugurated as governor of california. i thought it was time for me to check in and give you a report. >> governor brown took to the

-- took to the internet today. >> some big things have been going on in our capitol. yes. there's fighting among the parties but amazingly there's been a lot of cooperation and a lot of progress. >> in a three-minute -- 3:15 pep stock, the governor noted that the legislature has slashed the deficit in half through some "courageous decisions" but he said, unfortunately, that's not enough. >> in order to really put our books in balance, we need to make drastic cuts to our university, to education, to healthcare to police services to fire solveses -- services and many other things. i don't want to do that. >> brown lobbied for his proposal to hold a special election and let the voters decide whether to balance the books by extending temporary hikes in vehicle fees and sales and income taxes. no republicans have publicly

supported brown's budget but some gop lawmakers are negotiating with the governor pushing for pension form and new spending cuts. the honeymoon is not over for governor brown and california voters. 48% of registered voters said they approve of the job's performance. 21% said they disapprove. 21% had no opinion. in the past, california gave brown and schwarzenegger a 50% voter approval rating. the pressure is mounting for apple to remove an app from its itunes store which claims to "cure gay people." the exodus international app comes from a religious organization that offers conversion therapy to help gays change their sexual

orientation. change .org says the exodus message is hateful and bigoted. it's collected more than 100,000 signatures calling for the app's removal. a jury is seated in the notorious case of an oakland journalist who was assassinated.

it was a killing that made bay area headlines. today the trial of the two suspects finally got underway. yusef bey iv and antwan mackey are accused of gunning down a

journalist in broad daylight. >> reporter: we're outside of where the trial is one of the most notorious killings in the bay have taken place. both defendants are charged with multiple counts of murder. this sketch shows anton mackey on the left and yusef bey next to him. that task ended with a jury of seven men and four women. the prosecutor launched into her opening statement saying that bey ordered the killing. she said he ordered the killing because chauncey bailey was about to expose the bake re-- bakery's criminal behavior. broussard, another defendant,

has pleaded guilty. >> he's lied before. he's lied again. i think the jury will see that. he admitted that he $ed two people in a -- that he killed two people in a cold-blooded fashion but then he said the devil made me do it. >> our hearts are heavy. as far as our family is concern, it won't be bring chauncey back but i believe justice will be served. >> reporter: the case which also involvings the -- involves the case of two other men are expected to take a few months. >> here's the timeline of the khanzy bailey case -- chauncey bailey case --

anthem bluecross says it will delay and redice rate hikes it planned for next month. instead of going into effect in april, increases will go in effect in july. they will go up 9.1% instead of 9.8%. increases in deductibles and copayments won't take effect until next january. the state insurance commissioner says the delay will save them a total of $40 million. at&t announced plans today to buy t-mobile. that would make at&t the

nation's largest wireless provider, surpassing ver vie rye -- verizon. tom vacar is live with more. >> reporter: well, consider this -- almost two out of three at&t customers have smart phones and because of that, they use a lot of bandwidth. that means these giant towers up here have to be able to keep up and they are hardly able to keep you. every week new smart phones hit the market. a lot of them need a lot of airspace to operate well. because both companies use the same technology, t-mobile was a remarkable opportunity for a t&t's crowded system. >> gonna mean 25% more spectrum, more innovative services on it. also, with same time with the added cell sites, our customers will see 30% more of those sites they can contact. >> i've heard people at work

say that the app phone didn't work that way at&t. so maybe they will improving it. >> there is service problems in the city. it's hard to get on, especially if you are in a crowded area. it's hard to get good service on a an -- in an iphone. >> i'm often in a place where you get dropped calls or you can't get internet fast enough. >> i will only believe it when i saw it. right now, i drop calls almost every time i make one. >> people are worried about less competition, higher prices. if they don't actually improve service, yeah, where are you gonna go? >> there are at least like five major players in all of the markets, including s an francisco, and there's many niche players that are regional but they have national plans they can put together for you. >> reporter: a year or two after this deal is done, t- mobile customers are going to have to change equipment largely because that will be

the only way they can maintain internet connectivity. tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. president obama is in chile tonight making a stop on his south american trade mission that could potentially have a big impact on california's economy. according to the commerce department, last year, california sent $5.2 billion worth of goods to south america, primarily computer and electronic products. >> there's a lot of growth going on in brazil and throughout latin america. for every billion dollars that we export to a region like latin america, we create 5,000 jobs at home. the issue of latin america trade has congress in a standoff. republicans want to pass trade deals. american demand for small fuel-

efficient japanese cars hoose shot up since the tsunami. the run on those cars started when japanese automakers shut down their plants because of all of the damage from the earthquake and tsunami in japan. a fremont semi-conductor company is moving to albany, new york. group 4 labs is taking 50 high- tech jobs with it. the company also recently announced plans to manufacture and test plant in syracuse. the scientific breakthrough that's happening at a lab here in the bay area. that's tonight's special report. plus -- >> students get less time in curriculum and you will see how it snowballs. >> why a bay area lawmaker says the federal government may not be there to bail out those

people.

a new study out of ucla found that in the past two years, 74% of high schools had increased class sizes, 49% had shortened school years and 63% did not have enough calculators or math tools. the researchers said schools in

low-income areas were unable too raise as much money in other areas like fund-raisers. george miller is top democrat on the top committee. >> we start to cut assistance, the class sizes get larger, they lay off the teachers, the students get less time in curriculum and you can start to see hoey it snowballs. >> california schools sent out layoff notices. they are now trying to find the money to keep as many of those teachers on the job as possible. a new report shows existing home sales dropped last month, pushing the median home price down to its lowest level in nearly nine years. february sales were down 9.6%.

the median home price fell 5.2% to 165,000. the last time the median price was that low was april of 2002. men are getting more cosmetic surgery done of that's the word today from the american society of plastic surgery. they say men underwent more than a million nip and tuck procedures of the most common procedure for men, nose reshaping. research shows that me cha chur babies between the 25th and 26th week of pregnantry were more likely to have asthma. there was no asthma seen after the 27th week of pregnancy. a breakthrough in the bay area vegetables. a special report is still ahead. don't throw away those umbrellas. it will be a very wet week.

we have two weather systems headed our way. one of them sizable. i will have the details on your upcoming forecast.

it's 0 scientific breakthrough and it's happening right here. scientists who have worked for the federal government discovered that if they add one thick to vegetables, those vegetables become better for your health than before. john fowler has the discovery in tonight's report. >> reporter: in the jeb aisle

you find food that can -- in the vegetable aisle, you find food that can prevent disease. >> i like broccoli, spinach. i pick them because they are good for me. >> reporter: blueberries, carrots have a lot of antioxidants. we found researchers lighting up vegetables. they have made a surprising discovery. >> when you treat mushrooms with uvb height, they produce vitamin b it's estimated that about 60% of americans are deficient in vitamin b. food scientists tried other vegetables. ly had to put on googles -- i had to put on googles. test results on carrots, amazing, 14 seconds of ultraviolet light triples the amount of it. >> all we're doing is using the mechanism that are set up in the carrots. >> scientists think this bright

uv light, which is much brighter than sunlight actually stresses the carrots and causes that change, that increase in antioxidants but what it does not change is the temperature, the dry information -- the dryness or the crunch. >> what's the downside? >> there is none. >> i like it. let's do it. why not? >> i think there's a lot of potential there to tap into nature's abilities. >> reporter: mccue says within a year or so, anti-oxidant carrots may be on the shelves. she's looking at other vegetables, but she says the uv process adds almost nothing to the cost and a lot to the nutrition. back too you. a lawsuit filed today in

san francisco is challenging the wheat roundup. they argue the u.s. department of agriculture's roundup ready alfalfa is in-lawful saying it causes a significant -- is unlawful saying it causes rims. experts spoke out today against toxic pollution from oil plants. they say those plants spew up pollutants which the epa hopes to curtail with emissions rules. >> if a pregnant woman or a young child takes into too much mercury, their brain growth is

stunted permanently. >> the public has 60 days to comment on the proposed air standards. >> coming up at 6:00, more on the opening day of barry bonds. rita williams will join us on her take on what happened in court. julie haener is in the newsroom with more. today marks the day when four oakland police officers were killed in the line of duty. ktvu has new information about the gunman. and decades' old information about abuse by a priest are coming to light. it wasn't the victim who came forward. how a job application started the investigation. ♪ the waves are breaking >> and johnny cash's daughter fathers her -- follows her father's footsteps in prison.

how safe are u.s. nuclear power plants? that's the question the nuclear regular that roarly asked at its -- regulatory asked at it's meeting in maryland. the organization said they will review all 104 u.s. nuclear plants and determine if any changes are needed. >> here in the ups, we have an obligation to the american people to -- united states, we have an obligation to the american people to have safety. >> lawmakers and anti-nuclear activists are also calling for safety measures here in california. prince william finished up his five-day tour of disaster zones in australia. he's been visiting flood and

cyclone victims. he also met volunteers who have helped residents recover. the trip follows a similar two- day visit to new deland where the prince attended a memorial service in christchurch to remember the victims there. i just wanted to break out crying. this is probably gonna happen the rest of our lives. >> the coast guard says there's a substance that's not related to the bp oil spill. they say it's a plug and abandon project. the source has been secured. but it's still worrying louisiana residents who were hoping to attract more tourists after last year's slow summer. and back to the weather. this is the kind of stuff you have to plan around. >> yeah. definitely. we do have a wet week ahead. some heavy winds and heavy rain. let's time it out for you.

we go outside first to live stormtracker2 to show you where the rain is falling. most of the showers around the lake tahoe area. a snow warning in effect there. 80. they have chains required. 50, not much better. a was head back to the bay area, look for the showers, we see a little bit of activity east and west of gilroy. showers are dying down now but they will pick up in intensity tomorrow night. as they do from this next weather system we'll start to get wet. here comes the next one. you can kind of see it peaking around the corn -- peeking around the corner. this system gets its act together tomorrow. tomorrow's weather system, maybe .50 to 1 inch of rain. it starts late tuesday afternoon. so the bulk of this will wednesday from 12 midnight to thursday morning. could see 2, 3 inches in heavier places. specifically the computer model

right now, tomorrow morning some scattered showers. the morning commute should be relatively dry. shouldn't be a rough day. tomorrow looks a lot like today, first part of it. as we get into the afternoon hours rain shows up in santa rosa and there's the rain, your afternoon commute should be starting to rain pretty hard, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 tomorrow night, especially along the coast. and then overnight as we get into wednesday morning, heavy rain winter storm warning in the mountains and then wednesday morning pretty wet morning commute. so wednesday's commute looks wet. you see it keep coming. the weather comes in on thursday right there. that's the stronger of the two. that's thursday basically most of the day. timing is gonna change. show back up at 10:00 tonight and we'll have the latest update on the timing of these changes. forecast -- of these things. a wet period coming up. right now we have our eyes

trained onure see vent that happens -- on our event that happens overnight. we'll get into wednesday morning's commute very wet. a stronger one on thursday does not feel like spring. >> it just never ends. >> yeah. >> thank you, bill. forced off the bus because of america's obesity problem. why a move by the federal government may put some public transit riders, even the skinny ones in a pinch. and new stricter guidelines for parents when it comes to car seats what you need to know -- next.

the federal transit authority has proposed raising the assumed weight of city bus passengers from 150 to 175 pounds. officials say the changes ack among the growing amount of the average passenger. if approved, fewer passengers would be allowed on blueses -- buses. new guidelines are out that are much clearer for parents for safety seats. in the past 20 years, child safety seats have cut the risk of death of children by 28% compared to seat belts but the american academy of pediatrics said parents can do more to

protect their children while on the road. today the academy issued new car seat guidelines for children under the age of 13. first, infants and toddlers should ride in a rear-facing safety seat until they are two years old or until they reach the highest weight or height allowed by the car seat's maker. secondly, when the child outgrows the car seat, the child should using a forward- facing seat with a harness and then it's recommended that until they are 4 if the 9 if the if the, they should -- 4 foote 9 foote foote they should -- four oakland police officers were shot and killed in this neighborhood two years ago today. i just obtained information about the shooter's possible state of mind before killers

took him found -- took him down.

a sexual abuse investigation into a priest at

a san francisco church. the accusations coming to life decades after the alleged abuse but it wasn't the accuser who started it all. the jury is set. we'll walk you through who will be deciding the fate of baseball's home run king, barry bonds. good evening. i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie hayne ir. sexual agame -- allegations against a priest. the abuse allegedly happened decades ago. but a recent job applications brought this about. patti lee has more. >> reporter: th