a newspaper planted with a bomb explodes, injuring one person and prompts evacuation. >> new problems for some residents whose homes are slipping away. we'll show you why tree trimmers were called out today. >> and what the city council if capitola did today to try to help flood victims. good evening, i'm ken

wayne. >> and i'm heather holmes. an explosive device injured a man rate in front of his home and forced evacuations in his entire neighborhood. debra what's the latest? >> reporter: the victim picked up his morning paper only to have it explode in his hand. that was seven hours ago, and as you can see, this is still an active crime scene. the house in question is beyond that red tape. news chopper 2 was overhead. neighbors thought the boom they heard was a gunshot, and then it turned out to be what they

thought was an acid bond. >> we are uncertain at this time. >> reporter: other nearby yards were searched, and an automated phone warning went out. >> we're talking about explosive twices in a neighborhood. we can only be cautious. we have to have an abundance of coghlan. >> reporter: correcters concluded this was an isolated incident. >> i cannot answer any questions why this individual is a person who found a bomb in his drive way. >> reporter: some families aren't returning hope tonight, too nervous. >> they're freak out, because my son don't want to ever play outside again, because we walk down to the corner and seen it

land there, a kid wouldn't have survived that observation please, no way. >> reporter: while he victim's injuries are serious, they are not life-threatening. so far police say they have no leads. they'll be here investigating for several more hours. tree trimmers were called in to help some san pablo homeowners whose houses sit on a sliding hill side. patty is there to explain why there is concern now about those trees. >> reporter: well, that last tree was toppled in the past hour. you can see from this vantage point that six trees, about 70 to 80 feet high had to be cut down because they were leaning so far over this morning that they were concerned they would fall on to the two homes below on him crest. however, the three homes yellow tagged yesterday are still in

danger of sliding down these hills, because the soil is still moving, and that's why local officials declared a state of emergency this afternoon, which is designed to help homeowners get access to state funds. but homeowners says what would have helped is knowing that this neighborhood has been through before. >> it's prefab because it slid down the hill. if i had had that disclosed to me, i would have never bought this house. >> the insurance company -- insurance company is not forwarding this, but the city is applying for emergency funds. >> reporter: city soil experts are determining the cause of this landslide and will be meeting with the community later this week to give them an

update. caltrans hopes to completely reopen. part of highway 1 on the big sur coast within the next few minutes. a rock slide has covered highway 1 since thursday. the highway patrol began ex- courting people through the slide area this morning. highway 1, though, remains closed 15 niles north of big sur where a big portion of highway 1 fell into the ocean a week ago. it will take a month to make repairs to the highway. officials in flood damaged capitola held an emergency meeting this afternoon as washed out businesses and residents there tried to recovery. federal help may soon be on the

way. christian? >> reporter: yeah, it's very much needed. take a look. still a lot of work to do here. take a look at this parking lot. still about six inches of mud in that parking lot. you look over here, you can see that parts of capitola avenue are still blocked off at this hour. just this afternoon, city leaders voted to declare the city a disaster area, hoping to help this seaside city recover. >> reporter: the owners of capitola suites or cleaning up today after watching two feet flood the rentals on friday night. >> we had a contractor come in last night who gave us just a rough estimate of $50,000 to $60,000. >> reporter: today the capitola city council held an emergency meeting where kelly clay born went through a list of what these been through the last 48 hours. >> we are in the process of trying to go into the sheetrock and everything like that. and the third thing i want to

ask is to ask for your help. >> reporter: the city council admits the city's resources were overwhelmed by the water, and were there in the process of trying to repair a culvert when the a second round of storms came in friday. now they are in the process of declaring the city a disaster area. >> we're asking for assistance from fema and federal money. >> reporter: but for some is, it's already too late. scott stines says his business will not be able to reopen here. >> we are essentially out of business. we're moving our stuff out today. i can tell you with almost 100% certainty we will not return to the city of capitola. >> reporter: just about 20 minutes ago, i spoke with the chief of police who said most over the pacific cove mobile home community is still under a yellow tag warning.

many are red tagged. the residents are struggling. >> it's not raining in capitola. let's check in with mark who is watching storm tracker 2. >> ken, there's basic lay week system falling apart over the bay area right now, but a little bit of activity on the storm tracker. santa rosa over the last couple of hours report something is light to media rainfall, still? coverage to show you closer to napa county. we'll ship the maps to the south and show you this. more coverage here. once again, nothing too extreme. i'll go ahead and back the maps out once again. not a lot of activity to show you thankful through in santa cruz county. we're only expecting trace amounts of rainfall as we head into the evening hours. let's take a look at the forecast, showing you the

clouds and the light showers out there. i'll put this into motion, by 9:00, the coverage will increase somewhat. once again, this is all very light, but could trigger the windshield wipers. i'll continue to put this into motion at 1:00 1:00 and approaching the -- 11:00, and approaching the midnight hour. not a lot to show you. i think you'll like the five- day forecast. coming up, i'll tell you about one day the temperatures could be approaching the 80-degree mark. >> unbelievable. looking forward to those 80 degrees. we can get more on ktvu.com, we have live radar images, and also pictures of the damage there at capitola. power is back on in the north bay after a failed transition line left 95,000 customers in the dark. customers restored power about an hour ago. the power company said it is

not clear yet why that transition line failed just before 2:00 this afternoon. yosemite national park will be completely reopened to visitors tomorrow. electrical service was restored yesterday after heavy snow and rain downed power lines. lodges had been operating on generator power since wednesday. campgrounds in yosemite valley will reopen. tomorrow. >> hundreds of pleasanton residents remean without safe drinking today, and it will be a couple of days before service is restored. a mudslide wiped out waterer is chris is to many homes. officials say the water is not safely to drink, and the city hopes to restore full service tomorrow. the perjury trial of barry bonds is set to resume tomorrow. on. the witness list is his former

mistress kimberly bell. today michael cardoza, legal analyst, said the defense will focus on gifts and money that bell received from bonds. >> the defense is going to paint her as someone that has a mote in, and that's to get even with barry for not paying that last hundred thousand to her. >> federal prosecutors are trying to prove that bonds lied when he told a grand jury that he never knowingly took steroids. >> the chauncey murder trial ends tomorrow. defendant bard will continue testifying against two other defendants. the journalist it was expected to publish an article critical of your black muslim bakery is said to be the motive for the murder.

. police in san francisco say a man from richmond was hot and killed early today in the city's mission bay district. officers found the 23-year-old victim inside a car, just after 2:00 this morning. friends told police he had been shot about two miles away at a parking lot on jessie and 6th streets. he later died at san francisco general hospital. officials say another man was also wounded in this shooting, but is expected to survive. >> you'll soon be paying more at the cash register. we'll tell you what bears cities are raising their sales

taxes this week. >> britney spears taking the stage in san francisco. coming up next, find out why some people paid00 dressed of dollars for her so-called free concert. new reports indicate the level of radiation near a damaged power plant in japan. is getting worse. and yemen's president recalls calls to step down in spite of his own promises to quit. more on in the latest turmoil if the middle east.

be prepared to pay more when you go shopping if the bay area. sales taxes will go up on friday in several communities. the tax hike may trigger some short-term sales for bay area businesses. >> reporter: every dollar counters when you're buying big ticket items, and so when you talk about a sales tax increase, some consumers may be persuaded to hurry up and buy

before it goes into place. >> some will rationalize buying things now to save that 1% and so i think there will be some sneaking in purchases, and it wouldn't be a bad idea to be aware of that. p.m. >> reporter: the hike will go into effect on april 1st in several bay area cities. that means sales tax rates at 10% or higher. a consumer psychologist says that there will be a long-term effect on spending. >> you know, that 10% mark is really a threshold for consumers, and once it tops 10%, i think it will affect their spending, and they'll consider the role of tax in the cost of their purchasing more than in the past, so i don't think it's good understood for retailers. >> so let's break it down.

two locations will be 10.25%, while another goes up to 10.5%. concorde will go up to 9.75. santa rosa will go up to 9.5. state democrats say they're looking into what they call other options to hold a special election to extend some taxes, but they have not said what those options are. that comes after republicans gave the governor a list of 53 demands on friday that they want in exchange for their backing of that special election. the demands include changing the pension system for public employees, lowering the wages of substitute teachers, and moving the date for their presidential primary. so far there's been no public response from governor brown about that list. it has been more than two weeks since the devastating double disaster in japan, and residents in the hardest hit areas are beginning to take the first steps to recovery, this

as new reports of higher levels of raisedio active stub stances near the -- stances -- substances near the nuclear plant. >> reporter: families are returning to pick up the pieces. >> my husband found our rings in the drawer of a dresser in the home. we also had a pet, a dog that everyone loved, but it became a victim of the tsunami. we wouldn't save it. >> reporter: until now, japan's citizens have been quiet, but anger towards the nuclear plant is less contained. new higher levels of raid you active substances into the sea nearby have been detected. and the company that runs the

reactor can't control the leaks. and there is also fear of wide spread radio give contamination if the rods are exposed. a spokesman for the nuclear safety agency told me that hundreds of tons of radiated water used in emergency cooling there have to be released into the environment at some point. more than two weeks on, the scale of this catastrophe is still too big to gauge. u.s. geological survey researchers say a new study confirms that large quakes, like the one in japan, do not trigger major quakes far away. seismologists closely watched the day after the magnitude 9 quake in japan and compared that with quakes spend ising a period of 30 years name found that big quakes can trigger smaller quakes within a 600

mile radius, but not thousands of miles away. san francisco will giant the nation in standing up for japan. vigils are set for many cities tomorrow night. the candlelight vigil will be across from san francisco's city hall, and include speech ands from various community leaders. coming up, nato takes over in libya. what that means for the pus. and we'll have the latest on the ground war there next. the largest sex discrimination lawsuit ever is about to reach the nation's highest cart. what it means for wal-mart and other companies.

just days after the u.s. spearheaded air strike against libya, nato has said it will assume control of all air operations. today the secretary of defense and secretary of state responded to criticism that the u.s. waited too long to get involved. >> we no-fly zone has been effective. we have suppressed his air defenses. i think we've also been successful on the humanitarian side. >> there is a great deal of

appreciation for what we and others have done in order to stop gadhafi on his mission of mercyless oh protection. >> nateio expects to start enforcing the no-fly zone within a day. president obama will address the nation tomorrow. there are reports that coalition air strikes are attacking moammar gadhafi's home town for the first time. we have the latest. >> reporter: just 8 days ago, gadhafi's tanks were dropping shells right across the street from our hotel here. that night the nato fighter justs began enforcing the no- fly zone, taking out those tanks. that allowed the opposition fighters to begin their push to

reclaim many of these towns that have been taken over by gadhafi troops, and that push has made a lot of progress over the last 24 hours. these opposition fighters have now they'ved into the town of brega. the fact that they have taken these oil refining towns means that the rebels say they can produce oil, up to 100,000, to 130,000 barrels of oil a day, possibly up to 300,000 barrels a day. they say they will start shipping that within a week, and that they already have a deal with qatar. again, the rebel fighters now reclaiming several towns that were. in gadhafi hands over the past cup of weeks.

they are now within 330 miles of tripoli and say they will continue their advance as quickly as they can. the pope prayed for peace in libya today, speaking to crowds at st. peter's square. he called for cease fire and expressed concern for the safety of civilians. he urged diplomats to open a dialogue meadly. >> yemen's president resists stepping down. he promised to resign by the end of the year. instead, he imposed a state of emergency, and today his party said he will stay until 20123. protesters there -- 2013. protesters there continue to demand his immediate ouster. the instability has allowed islamic militants to take control of towns there in southern yemen.

syria's president is responding to calls for his resignation with violence. his forces have killed more than 100 people during the past few days as protesters demand greater freedom. syria is the latest arab state to explode with unrest. reports have surfaced that hezbollah might be taking part in the crack-down. and in thailand, dozens of families are spending the night outside their homes after a large after shock that killed at least 75 people in my an march. more than 60 after shocks have been recorded. former president jimmy carter is going to cuba tomorrow. he and his wife were invited to cuba by the government there. he will meet with high-level cuban. officials, including president raul castro, and talk about

ways to improve relations. the trip is thought to be to a private nongovernmental mission. carter also visited cuba back in 2002. >> for some people, the free britney spears concert was less than free, and for others, it was extremely disappointing. and remarks allegedly made by a wal-mart supervisor that may cause the company big time. the latest on the gender discrimination lawsuit. >> and spectators at an air show watch as a disaster unfolds in front of them.

love her or not, there's no denying pop singer britney spears can still draw a crowd. there was a big turnout in san francisco to hear her sing just three songs. >> reporter: thousands of people line up for hours on a cold san francisco morning to see one of america's hottest performers. >> it's just a? getting to see britney on her come back and taking over again. >> reporter: they crowded into the bill graham auditorium for a free britney spears concert. >> it's britney spears, she's like the girl justin bieber, but she's better. >> reporter: fans erupted when. the former mouseketeer took the stage. best of all, it was free, but fans had to get the tickets on- line, and those who failed had to buy them from others.

>> $500. >> reporter: for the five tickets. >> yeah. >> reporter: they to were supposed to be free, though. >> i know. i tried. i had five computers going, and my family member, and we still couldn't get the tickets. >> reporter: this was put on by a morning though, so was abbreviated and interrupted by what amounted to commercial breaks. >> it was, like, three songs. the intermissions were held along. >> three songs was good enough. it was free, so we cannot expect much. >> reporter: still, most people went home happy. >> it was great she performed three songs, and we're happy with what we paid for. >> awesome. how could you go wrong, it's britney spears? >> just released figures show visitors to san francisco are leaving more than their hearts in the city by the bay. new numbers released by the san

francisco travel association show visitors spending was up more than 6% in 2010 compared to 2009. the number of visitors rose more than 3%. in all, the association says almost 16 million people visited san francisco, spending more than $8 billion. in case you're wondering, that averages out to about 44,000 visitors each day, spending almost $22 million a day. doll up and blow the cobwebs off your makeup were the words. one of the two lead plaintiffs, an employee from concorde alleges her supervisor gave her those instructions at wal-mart. a crass action suit could involve as many as 1.6 million women. wal-mart denies mistreatment to

of its female workers. a fire broke out yesterday morning, and contra costa county firefighters say dan hernak saw the fire and sprung into action, getting three women out of the house, including an 84-year-old and a 90-year-old. all three women were injured but are expected to survive. >> a pilot in florida died this weekend when the his soviet era aircraft crashed at an air show. >> reporter: here you can see the group of yak-52s taking off together just moments for the past. they are known for their acrobatics, and before a group of thousands, the group was performing a routine stunt. >> as they crossed, the one plane started climbing, and the other plane just kept flying down and flew into the ground,

probably at a 40. degree angle or something, and there was no reaction to the airplane. in the and my friend were watching and assumed maybe he was just unconscious, maybe blacked out because of the g's they pull. >> i was just watching, not through the lens, and when i saw that it was gonna hit, i picked up my camera, i took three quick photographs. then i was basically praying. >> my friend and i were sitting there and praying, and at the same time go, oh, my gosh. we're watching it, and he's still heading for the ground, and he just kept going, and immediately there was a fireball, and you knew the outcome, and that it wasn't good. he was a very experienced pilot. he was the team leader of that group of four airplanes, and does this constantly all the time. son it was a very sad thing --

so it was a very sad thing. thousands of people hit the pavement. for the oakland marathon. why the city hopes this will become a destination event. >> a few more showers in the forecast, but our meteorologist will tell us when we can expect a dramatic change in our weather.

t owe sla mote -- tesla motors is joining with panasonic to develop stronger batteries for their cars. they to say their newest car will be able to travel 300 miles on a single charge. electric cars still face some drawbacks. unlike a stop at the gas

station, it can take 8 or more hours to charge an electric car battery. >> with the clock ticking toward this release of the blackberry tablet next month, connect doing the internet might become more difficulty. >> reporter: alle fans were expected to snatch up 24 million ipad $2this year, leading the tablet tech boom that is keeping americans informed, entertained up, and tethered. >> i think people are looking for the right device that's connected all the time, that has freight battery life, that comes on immediately, always on- line, and you can be communicating constantly. >> but all of that communication threatens to cause the wireless equivalent of a traffic jam. when so many people try to use the same road at once, nobody get else fast quickly. which steve joshes town out

recently at a launch. >> you know, you could help me out tremendously if you're on wi-fi, just get off. we would appreciate it. we're having a little problem here. i don't know what is wrong with our networks. >> we have all of these technology companies pushing wireless gadgets. we need to have an infrastructure that supports the use of those gadgets, otherwise, they're expense. ive paper weights. >> they use a lot of band width, which is limited and rely on internet access from net works at home, medical centers, schools, and other public places. in to continuous use by people who take them everyone, and using a lot of pictures and video, they are using a lot of band width.

>> adaptive antenna, or smart antenna strategy, we can solve that problem. >> some are responding with smart antennas, designed to improve reliability. while come cast and at&t are are -- comcast and at&t are charging band width hogs with a cap. in san francisco, claudia cowan, fox news. the sierra snow pack is running more than 150% of normal, but many san joaquin valley farms won't be getting much more water than last year, because it threatens into dangered fish. this year farms will get 55% of their requested water allocation, the same as in most drought years. senator feinstein is asking the government to come up with a bether water allocation plan. >> time to talk about our weather today. we got to see some blue skies

out there. >> yeah, today there is one week system moving into is the bay area right now. before that, we had some sun and clouds out there. right now, just a few light showers, nothing too extreme. santa rosa, their most recent observation report something light rain, and it will back the maps down closer to the south. we could still have at least some drizzle or a few sprinkles targeting parts of southern moran county, also into san francisco as well. at least in the short term, we'll continue to watch the light showers moving into the region, or at least in the form of some drizzle or spring isles. so for tonight, that's what we have. tomorrow, some morning clouds, and it will be try. the extended forecast, a significant change in the weather pattern with more sunshine. looks like we are embarking on the warming trend. tomorrow morning most areas will be into the 40s. hayward 47, and san jose 46 degrees with partly cloudy skies. we could have some patchy fog out there. here is the satellite in the

pacific. finally a quiet weather pattern. you can see this system to our north and west. you get an idea where it's going, way up to our north. the storm track all week long will remain a distant visiter up here as high pressure builds and strengthens, and you can see temperatures today were right around the 60-degree narc by tuesday. we'll begin to warm up tomorrow and also by thursday, look what happens by thursday. we will be tracking a few 70s across the bears. by thursday, a few neighborhoods could be approaching the 80-degree marker, just shy, we so that will be the warmest day of the week. we show the clouds in the short term, tomorrow morning, just partly cloudy skies. we'll be increasing the sunshine. tomorrow temperatures 45 to 50 degrees, by 12:00 warming up into the 50s, and then mostly sunny skies by 3:00. we are wrapping up spring training back here in the bay area, the giants and a's with

partly cloudy skies tomorrow at at&t park. temperatures around 53 degrees. basically upper 50s to lower 60s around there. this week at this time we had a rain cloud on every panel in this forecast. not so this time. temperatures really warming up. and no rain clouds even for saturday and sunday. looks like a little cooling trend, especially as we head into sunday, looking way ahead, but this is what we have been waiting for, and it will feel really strange and bright by wednesday and thursday. >> what is that bright light in the sky? the city of new yorks that a famous one, so does boston, and now oakland hopes its marathon. will become a national event. it's popularity is growing. >> reporter: more than 7,000 people signed up for the

oakland running festival. marathoners and half marathoners ran against the sunny back ground of oakland. carolyn jones was thrilled to see them. >> i think it's just a wonderful opportunity for the world to take a look at oakland and get rid of some of the myths about oakland. >> reporter: the race routes led runners throughout the city. >> people go through west oakland, the victorrians, up to the redwoods. it's an absolute chance to show how beautiful in the city is, and how diverse it is. >> reporter: the marathon made this runner proud of his hometown. >> going to be a national event. it sold out this year, too. >> reporter: the people taking part in this event come from across the country, 35 different states, six different nations, and all of this participation adds up to a little extra money for the local economy. >> they estimate that we'll have $2 million spent today here in the city of oakland

with the marathon. >> reporter: heather casey traveled from new mexico. are you spending money here? >> i sure am. >> reporter: the owners of the brown sugar kitchen in west oakland noticed more customers today. >> they look for race locations, and this is a very desirable one. >> reporter: a destination they hope will be a popular one with runners. >> runners. well, the final four is set. >> sports wrap is next.

good evening, everyone. some sports fans will tell you the road to the ncaa basketball championship is their favorite time of the year. virginia commonwealth made a good case for that argument today. top-seeded kansas stood between the 11th seeded rams and their first ever trip to the final four. jay hawks jump out quickly. marcus morris with the steal, jam for two of his 20. kansas with an early three- point lead, but the rams' can see with a 3, and the rams have their first lead. rams build an 18-point lead, and were up by 14 at halftime, but the jay hawks win on a 12-0 run early in the second.

morningstar will come up with the steal. coach shaka smart gets the first technical of the season. could be unraveling, looked like momentum had changed, but then the rams kicked up. the momentum again. with the shot clock running down, rodriguez makes a beauty of a pass to burgess. an 8-point lead with less than two minutes to go. go ahead and check off that big 12 as another conference that guys down to the very unlikely virginia commonwealth rams, who had to win the so-called play- in game just to get to that field of 64, and the match-up nobody picked, it will be the rams against butler in one end of up the final four next weekend in houston. connecticut playing today a-- kentucky playing today against north carolina. you knew the tar heel run would come. the beauty of a lob to hanson.

that brought carolina to within 4 with 7 minutes to play. tied at 67, less than three minutes to go. knight drain another three. every possession crucial now, carolina back within one with dexter strickland missing. it's a one-point game with less than two minutes to go, but another clutch three by the wildcats seals it. this time riggens with just 30 seconds left. wildcats up by 4. they head to the final four, as john calipari takes a record third team that far. the racetrack in fontana has been a place jimmie johnson likes to run. he has won five times there, and today looked like a good bet to make it 6. kyle busch led for 151 laps until he was passed down low by johnson with three laps to go, but on the

next lap, harvick passed busch and then passes johnson, to win his first race of the year, and 15th of his career. the win moves harvick into 9th place in overall points. carl edwards, who was 6th today, is the leader. it was an up and down by ultimately successful day of growth for lairden in arnold palmer's tournament. tiger woods has won this event six times, and had a decent round going until he double bogeyed 18. he earlier had found the water. his 72 left him 7 strokes back. spencer levine started the day two strokes back, but had troubles right out of the chute and it left him three behind. marino with an approach on the 10th hole, had a three-stroke lead with four to play.

that's when laird came alive. laird at 15 for birdie, and it's a two-stroke swing. suddenly laird is within 1. now watch his touch on this birdie attempt at 16. it's a three-strobe swing this time after marino made double bogey at 17 in the group in front of laird. down by 2, marino turned up the heat a little bit, closed to within. one, but with the pressure on, he made his par putt, laird did, to get his tournament win heading into the masters in two weeks. still to come tonight on sports wrap, we'll take another look at what stanford has done and still needs to accomplish to make it to the women's final four, and we'll hear from a member of the world champion giants who made a dramatic transformation this off-season. we'll be right back. ;

the stanford women are trying to make it to the final four for the fourth year in a row. the cardinal last year went to the sisters when things got tough against north carolina in a game that accident the team to the final 8. the cardinal a 72-65 win her now meet gonzaga on monday for the right to go to the final four. cardinal a number one seed, but it will be a home game for gonzaga. >> honestly i wouldn't say we're the favorite to win here tomorrow. gonzaga is here, they're playing in their city, and it's a really great environment to play in. people are going to give us their best game no matter what, and our team has definitely done a good job of focusing on staying poised in pressure situation when games get kind of tight, but we're also trying our best to achieve our biggest goal, which is to be aggressive for 40 minutes. >> for the first time since

they've been if san francisco, the giants begin a seen defending a world series championship. they open up at dodgers stadium this week. sandoval left 38 pound buys hind. he committed himself to an off- season conditioning program that has made him more anymore until the field, and hopefully for advertisecy palestinianed at the plate. -- more disciplined at the plate. >> i had to take it more seriously. i had to take a lot of things, what happened to me, i had to take my job more serious, and be in the right position for my career. i want to be in the big leagues for 10 or 20 years, not for two

or three years. >> the a's and the giants will play tomorrow. the rockies beat oakland today 5-2, the royals beat the giants 7-4. >> all right. looking forward to the baseball season. >> thanks, joe. tonight on in the 10th news, a break from the rain, burst the mess remains. more on those tree trimmers, and where the massive cleanup of a slide in scott valley expands. >> thank you for joining us. our next newscast is in the 10:00 news. we'll see you then. good night. >> good night.