let up this week but the saturation is still taking its toll on the hillsides and crucial roads. >> there are still a lot of trees as well as mud and debris to remove today in this section of coy road where the saturated hillside gave way on tuesday afternoon stopping all vehicle passage. >> the hill gave way. we looked and saw the mountain that was not coy road. i mean it was pretty overwhelming. at this point santa clara county individuals say they don't know how many people are on the other side of the landslide but officials say they have talked to homeowners and they are doing okay now. >> i'm just concerned about homeowners that are running out of the supplies. there's elderly people on that side, and the county has agreed

to get supplies to them. >> there is a four mile detour from what i understand but it's very rough, it requires four wheel drive. we've offered to bring gasoline and bottled water. >> to give you a look at what work crews had to deal with, these are some of the trees that had to be sectioned and removed to clear the road. they've been around for a long time. some of the trees are still charred from the croy fire. >> the problem we're seeing as we remove material, more material comes sliding from up the hill. that makes it unsafe to work at night other wise we would be out here working 24/7. >> reporter: they hope to have one lane or a walking path open by tomorrow and the road cleared by the end of the week. live near morgan hill. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. officials will begin a special meting on the damage -- special meeting on the damage

from last week's storms. the county suffered an estimated $17 million in damage including $10 million in the town of capitola where towns were flooded. a mud slide there cut off 22 homes. coming up at 5:30, ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar may think they are out of luck if they may end up losing their homes. a big time baseball player took the stand in barry bonds case today. rita williams has what happened earlier. >> reporter: as you know barry bonds is on trial for testifying here in 2003 that he never knowingly took performance enhancing drugs. well today some other players said they told that same grand jury they took them and knew

it. the giambi brothers were the first baseball players to testify that they also worked with bond's training greg anderson. jason giambi then with the yankees in 2002 said jason tested his urine. then sent him packages some containing balco's clean and clear. one raised testosterone levels, the other mask it. asked about the effects they had on him, giambi answered question i didn't find much. eight months later, giambi says he stopped using them and has never seen anderson again. under cross-examination, giambi says he described the cream as

steroid like and undetectable. last up, former giant marvin bernard says he started taking steroids in mexico. drugs intended for animals. he says when he got to spring training anderson gave him injectable deca and a cream in the clear. bernard said anderson described the clear and the clear as steroids that could not be detected. >> the government thinking that's going to help them establish the fact that the players knew what they were taking or at least asked those type of questions. >> reporter: other former major leaguers waiting to testify and barry bonds trial, benito santiago and bobby estiega. before the baseball players took the stand was former

giant's trainer. cosy said that starting in 1999, bonds developed acne on his back and shoulder and had gained 10 to 15 pounds and became more muscular. the prosecution's primary witness broussard is expected to continue his testimony. the case had been suspended because of the illness of a juror. ktvu's sal castaneda is in oakland and tell us today the chief responded, sal. >> reporter: today at oakland, police headquarters chief bats told us he is going to device a plan to have officers work more quickly and efficiently, and

he's also going to fix the tools they need to do the job. >> reporter: chief anthony bats was quick to point out some of the moral problems were here when he took the job. >> i did a survey from all of the employees. it was clear that the employees didn't feel valued, so this is not something that just happened or has just taken place. >> reporter: but union leaders told ktvu last night that the moral problem has become worse since bats took over. they point to over worked officers, faulty equipment and questions on whether he would be leaving to another job. crime has decreased last year due to aggressive policing. decreased moral he says is just part of the reality of having to lay off more than 100 officers. >> we're all taking cuts. i mean that is the reality. and the mainstay of municipal policing today and in america. in all of those you have officers who are unhappy.

>> reporter: the system is being upgraded to today's standards. mariame whitfield has lived in oakland and says she has noticed an improvement. >> we used to have a lot of robberies in the area. the neighborhood was not safe anymore. but they are getting more and more secure. >> reporter: now as to the riff between him and major gene quan he says the media -- jean quan, he says the media is making more than what it is. u.s. officials hope congress today that in light of the catastrophe in japan they are keeping a very close eye on america's nuclear facilities. >> review of this information combined with our ongoing inspection and licensing over sight, allow us to say with confidence that the u.s. plants continue to operate safely. nuclear officials told the

senate economy they are review u.s. plan particularly the ability to protect against natural disaster and power outages. as for japan, one expert predicted recovery will be slow. >> long term cooling of the reactors and pools is essential during this period and has not been adequately restored to date to the best of my knowledge. a massive clean up operation obviously remains for the future. >> reporter: in japan today, the operator of the damaged plant says that crews are struggling to pour water to cool the reactor. the death toll has been raised to 11,000. and they say they expect to rise as high as 18,000. u.s. nuclear plants have had a number of close calls. the u.s. public interest group says since 1990, federal regulators have found eight instances.

in 2002 an acid leak in a plant in ohio ate part way through a carbon seal that contains highly pressurized steam. none of the incidents sited happened in california. one of the power plants in south carolina remains shut down tonight. pg & e shutdown the reactor over the weekend. the pump is part of the nonnuclear section of that facility. pg & e says the function does not pose a safety risk. military officials say today fairfield travis air force base has welcomed hundreds of people home from japan since the disaster began. the u.s. northern command says more than 2,500 families of troops have returned from japan through travis' reception center. the other two welcome centers

are in colorado and tacoma. a major set back tonight in budget negotiations in sacramento. we have just received word from governor brown that he is stopping negotiations with republicans to help balance the budget. what happens next is unclear. but it could potentially set the stage for billions of dollars in additional budget cuts. the governor says even a significant progress was made with republicans they continue to demands that would undermine any asemblance. and a suspicious package was reported this morning. it was on polk avenue. not knowing what was inside, police ordered a shelter in page at the civic center and the bomb squad was called in to

detonate the package. a store owner told police that smith walked into the store and said he had a bomb in his backpack. then he placed it on the ground and walked away. san francisco could become the first city in the country to ban the unsolicited delivery of the yellow pages. the board of supervisors is said to vote today on a bill that would restrict thráeufr reu of the phone back to only -- restrict delivery of the phone book to only those who request one. san francisco based levi strauss is expected to pay back pay. many were assistant managers at newly acquired stores. levis forced them to work off

the clock time to cover store openings. home prices across the country are at their lowest point in more than a decade. the shindler poll shows home sales fell 1% in february from december. consumer confidence is down this month more than expected. analysts say the almost nine point drop is due to consumer worries over higher gasoline and food prices. stocks dropped sharply and ended upswinging higher in late trading. by the closing bell, the market advanced led by gains in energy stocks which received a boost in higher oil prices. the dow ended up closing 81 points higher at 12,279. the nasdaq was up 26 closing at 2,757. just a few hours ago, officers shot and killed a mountain lion in this redwood

city backyard. coming up, why they say it wouldn't have been safe to tranquilize it. perhaps temperatures into the 80s, i'll show you which cities will be the warmest.

libyan rebels today tried to push into gadhafi's hometown. in london today u.s. officials led conflict talks in the crisis in libya. secretary of state hillary clinton says that the u.n. agreed that gadhafi has lost his legitimacy and must go. >> we have not made any decision about arming the rebels or providing any arms

transfers. so there has not been any, any need to discuss that at this point. >> also today american forces continue their attack on libyan missile facilities near tripoli. some critics say president obama is not going far enough to deliver a reform to libya. >> if gadhafi doesn't leave. how long will nato be there. that's a very troubling question. >> if our strategy does not succeed in forcing gadhafi to leave power sooner rather than later, we run the risk of prolonged and bloody stalemate. >> reporter: senator mccain did say he agrees with the president's decision not to send ground troops into libya. in redwood city, a homeowner today practically came face to face with a

mountain lion in his backyard. maureen taylor also tells us how it led to the mountain lion being killed. >> reporter: you can see right through the slats officers can see the animals eyes peaking out through there and it was wedged between the two fences. the reason they said they shot and killed it here was they were worried the tranquilizer gun would miss and the mountain lion would run off. >> all i could see is its little big face coming between a couple of slats between the fence. >> reporter: the cougar was in shelley oliver's backyard for about three hours when officers fired two shots killing the animal. >> we did see them shoot it. it ran a few feet after it was shot and it was thrashing a bill it then it expired. >> reporter: the couple showed us the space between two

parallel fences where the puma was held up. because of the cougar's location, tranquilizing it wasn't an option. >> we don't have an accurate shot. the mountain lion could come out angry. it was already hissing at the homeowners and the people in the backyard. >> there's been a possible mountain lion sighting. >> reporter: this emergency call went out to 600 homes around the area when another mountain lion was sighted around 10:15 this morning. the mountain lion was tranquilized and put in the back of a truck. >> i love animals, i love wild animal, i love cats, but animals like that i prefer at a distance. >> reporter: coming up at 6:00, we'll tell you what's going to be done now with the homeowner. and the coincidence that kepl the homeowner from going out

here this morning -- that kept the homeowner from going out here this morning. the agency says poisoning from eating mussels can lead to severe illness including coma and even death in some cases. the quarantine continues until october. game two of the annual bay bridge series, bill sounds like it's going to be a good night for baseball. >> yeah, it is. last week when we were doing baseball with the rain, this week outstanding weather. temperatures today into the 70s. temperatures tomorrow into the eight 0s 80s and even warmer as we head into the end of the week. you see most of the bay area on the southern end of those clouds. santa rosa got to 75 degrees today. actually got to 73 but right now it's 72. livermore 67. and of course the weather from last week, a distant memory.

it's amazing. i always say this. one of my old instructors told me this years ago. people have really short weather memories. so here's this beautiful day today. beautiful day yesterday. and last week we were doing weather advisories. temperatures are going to go up. then they are going to cool down just a little bit. next few day, the tree pollens are going to start to pop. you're going to notice them. you didn't notice them as much today. as we get into wednesday and thursday you're really going to notice the pollen. overnight lows in the 40s in the cool spots. patchy fog up here in the north bay. we had a little bit this morning. a little bit more tomorrow morning. temperatures warmer tomorrow by another five to even 10 degrees. we are going to see low 80s. most likely the warmest day of the year so far: when i come back i'll show you which days will be the warmest. we'll look for a chance of a sprinkle as we head into the overnight forecast as well. a big day for baseball fan.

game two as we mentioned of the annual bay bridge series. we'll have a live report from the oakland coliseum. several teams of investigators are out here trying to figure out what sparked an early morning fire. new at 6:00, it's a big victory for the city of oakland against a notorius landlord. i'll tell you what it means for tenants and the two things that we found in here that made us sick. it's supposed to revive a neglected part of the bay area, so why are these people so upset. we'll explain the controversial business proposal tonight at 6:00. ñsxóxgñ

we have some video to show you, just amazing here it came to us from oakland early this morning. fire and sparks at a power poll forced police to shut down 880 around 3:00 that morning. pg & e told us this afternoon that it's crews have finished repair work. a faulty electrical cable caused an explosion yesterday morning. a manhole cover was blown 15 feet into the air, no one was hurt. fire investigators are looking into the cause of a fire at the evergreen oil refinery. >> reporter: at 5:30, there was a loud boom. >> then that alarm went off. grabbed the purse, grabbed my

jacket, grabbed my keys, out of there. >> reporter: vicki polium saw the fire from her office. >> you see those towers over there, you couldn't see those. it shot up in the air a good 300 to 400 feet. >> the plant manager says two employees were working on some equipment when the equipment failed and erupted in flames. one employee injured his arm. >> it was part of normal operating routine to be working on this equipment and why something that's normal and routine resulted in a very abnormal situation is what we need to understand. >> reporter: we've been dealing with this for 20 years, stack leaks, odor leaks. >> reporter: other neighbors constantly complained to the city about gas odors drifting downwind. >> about 15 minutes after you smell this gas draft, i get a headache. there was one time i went to the emergency room. >> reporter: this is the second time in a year a fire has

happened here. >> we need to get to the bottom of what actually caused this fire and once we know that, sit down with management and determine what we can do to make sure this does not happen again. >> reporter: each fine costs the refinery between 100 to $200 so the total amount the refinery has had to pay in the last year is about $4,000. allie rasmuss, ktvu. this isn't the first fire at the evergreen refiery. another fire broke out there in may of last year in one of the recycling plant heat plants. the fire burned for about 90 minutes before firefighters got it under control. evergreen has also been sited for ten leaks and odor spills in the last month resulting in about $4,000 in fines. customers at a grocery store were startled to find two

proo a story we think -- to find two proolympic stars bagging their groceries this morning. the two went head to head on a bagging contest. >> i want to thank each and one of you sitting in the front who do all the hard work. who put on a smile every day and thank people for coming in and out of the store and do it with a great sense of pride and responsibility. >> there's another familiar face right in the middle of picture here he wasn't bagging but he was busy, joe fonzi, he was the mc for today's event. anyone who lives on or below a hill here in california should be aware that the crack on the earth could destroy their financial investment.

rain may be over for now by the problems sure are. especially in one neighborhood in the east bay. a hillside is giving way there, there threatening a number of homes. several homeowners are already ready to evacuate. tom vacar is live to show us just how dangerous the situation there is. >> considerable concern tonight in this hercules neighborhood. let's go to chopper 2 to take a look. as you can see, this slide that began about ten years ago accelerated recently in just the last few days. billy vogel a national park service employee is dealing with nature in a few way. four homes next to his were recently red tagged. four homes were yellow tagged.

>> they recommend that we don't spend the night here. >> we know it's an inconvenience for them to find another place to stay but we really do believe it's in their best interest. >> it worries me, it's inching along. >> in a nutshell here's the problem. the problem is as the slide started, it actually started encroaching into the homes, and now threatening everything and everybody in this neighborhood. >> there was space behind my neighbor's home. now it's right up against the house. >> reporter: it's so steep crews are installing concrete barriers. >> if there's a significant shift to prevent the homes from sliding into the street. >> reporter: landslides and mud slides are not covered in homeowners insurance. special land coverage is

available from lloyds of london and it's very expensive. $2,000 a year or more. >> they won't write in area where there's been a history of land movement? >> homeowners might have a legal case against the uphill landowners, but that is a tough expensive case to pursue. tom vacar, ktvu news. plus in half an hour from now, the city council will convene to declare a state of emergency. that will help the city secure a landslide there. san pablo -- the landslide was reported thursday behind six homes. three of those homes were yellow tagged friday after part of the hillside collapsed. mud and debris are threatening three homes. an emergency declaration would help speed up efforts to help

the homeowners. well, the excitement is building in oakland tonight for game two of the annual bay series. sports reporter joe fonzi live in the oakland coliseum tonight. >> reporter: long ago when the schedule came out. the a's had designated this as japanese heritage day, the timing couldn't have been better. there are much bigger things going on in japan right now than baseball. the japan council manager will tell you, the a's and matsui is one of the biggest in the world. >> this is my first year with the a's. hopefully i can play well. through this with my performance this could provide

for good news for the people in japan. >> reporter: matzui has already donated more than $600,000 of his own money to japan's recovery effort. and matzui is part of the line up that has fans feeling great. >> there's a definite spark this year. just looks very promising. >> i don't want to jinx them but we're looking pretty good. i hope we take it this year. at least the american league west. >> i think we have more hitters. i think we're going to score more runs. i don't know if the home run totals are worth that much. but deafly more extra base hits. and a shooter to the line up. the a's have already raised $50,000 for the japan árt quake effort and hope to do much more on sunday. it's about baseball out here tonight but also about a lot more than that. reporting live, joe fonzi, ktvu

channel 2 news. oakland police officers have began carrying a piece of tool that they hope will help them. first cameras are going out to 50 officers in west and central oakland. the goal is to give one to every officer by the end of the summer. >> what the studies have shown that a lot of times when people make complaints and they found out they were reported, oftentimes if they've made a frivolous report, they say, i think i've changed my mind. according to uc berkeley and ucsf researchers, the machines pose no significant health threat. even if they use ionizing radiation which is known to cause cancer.

they determined that the dozes are low. less than 1% of radiation a person gets from flying in an airplane. they also say that a handful of cancer cases are likely to result directly from scanner use. governor jerry brown is going to bring the d word up tomorrow. that is drought. what he's going to say and how. and tonight we'll tell you how facebook is responding to libyans. caught on tape, pictures of a small plane going down. what has happened and what happened to the two people on board.

facebook has removed an uprising palestinian. it called on pelestinians to take up arms over israel. facebook says the page began as a call for peaceful protest, however comments deteriorated to direct calls for violence. as congress tries to work on a budge before the government runs out of money in less than two weeks, abortion could turn out to be the roadblock to an agreement. last month a republican majority in the house of representatives cut the $75 million a year the government

gives to planned parenthood. that's because planned parenthood provides abortions. but they also give out medical services. without a budget agreement, the federal government could be forced to shut down 11 days from now. a ceremony is going on right now in san bruno to open up a resource and recovery center. the american red cross created the center, it connects survivors with case managers and support groups. the center will also offer classes for state and health education. it was made possible in part by a $100,000 donation from the peninsula health care system. u.s. news and world reports has ranked stanford hospital as

number one in the area. stanford had to rank within 25 of its peers. the others listed in the top five in the san jose metro area was santa clara medical center, regional. in the same survey ucsf was ranked as the seventh best hospital in the country. if you're having trouble losing weight you may have to get more sleep and try to reduce your stress level. according to kaiser researchers, people who sleep within six to eight hours a night are more likely to lose weight than those who got less sleep. after six months, 60% of the participants had lost at least 10 pounds. a message is spreading worldwide that being fat is bad. according to a study by researchers at arizona state university the stigma attached

to obesity is now strongest in places like mexico, paraguay and american samoa. just 10 to 15 years ago being overweight was nothing to be ashamed of. even sometimes considered sexy. does that look like a lot of snow? it's nothing like the snow pack in the sierra. and it's warming up around here. temperatures are warming up to the 80s. i'll show you what cities are going to reach 80 on wednesday. new at 6:00; it's a big victory for the city of oakland against a notorius landlord. i'll tell you what it means for tenants and the two things we found in here that made us sick. it's supposed to revive a neglected part of the bay area. so why are these people so upset. we explain the controversial business proposal tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00.

the federal bureau of land

management said today it plans to provide over $40 billion over five years to set up sanctuaries for wild horses. every year the blm rounds up about 5,000 of them. critics call it inhumane. this month it seemed like it rained almost every day here and snowed almost every day up in the sierra. tonight ktvu's ken pritchett is in the sierra with some extraordinary pictures of just how much snow they have up there, ken. >> well frank, the pristine snow that fell at the sierra, you can see is blackened by the road way. you wouldn't want to play in this. but just look on both sides of the highway and you can see that it's an amazing snowfall. take in the view on your drive

up and it is obvious. what looked like mounds of snow were actually homeless. and at the slopes, it is clear there is a lot of snow. >> we saw over 180-inches fall. >> reporter: for the area, the record stands at 50 feet. >> . tomorrow the state will conduct its third snow pack measure of the year. >> i believe today's readings are 165% of the april 1st full season average. >> reporter: we have the biggest snow pack since 1965 in part that means more delta water for growers. allocations are up to 70% of

demand and that could increase. california is currently in flood control mode, the rivers will run fast and high through spring. but the state says even with a bounty there is reason to think ahead. >> we urge people to continue to conserve as we plan for any type of water year. >> you heard sugar bowl say they have 702-inches of snowfall this year. they say that's not their record. they say back in 1983, they had 880-inches of snow. at blue canyon, ken pritchett, ktvu news. governor jerry brown is not saying if he plans to sign a bill of standards in any state of the nation. we talked to the governor, it would give utilities less than two years to receive at least half of their power from wind, solar or other renewable resource. san jose wants to keep dogs on a tight leash. the vote taken late this

afternoon to keep them close at hand. julie haener is in the newsroom now to look at some of the other stories going on. also at 6:00, roaches crawling around inside a woman's refrigerator. now a notorius landlord is facing serious penalties even jail time for letting things get out of hand. it is a story you will see only at 2:00. also ahead. twitter can catch a tax break from moving to market street the demand community leaders now want to change. and the san francisco eatery about to shut its doors. it's all coming up at 6:00. visitors to yosemite is expected to close to traffic. the road closures and delays will allow crews to stabilize a rock slide area. the road should be finished

within the april 24th weekend. people were video taping planes as they took off and landed for a car race in st. petersburg florida. they saw a t bird having mechanical problems while trying to land. it hit the water short of the run way. fortunately the pilot and passenger were rescued and taken to the hospital. and this weather a far cry from last week. we're going to see a little patchy fog here but the storm track takes everything out of

the area. we're dry. there's a chance for a few sprinkles saturday and sunday. that will be a slight cool town as we head into next week. forecast highs tomorrow, 70s, low 80s, santa rosa easily could hit 82-degree. there are the clouds to the north of us. there you see them filtering in. the pattern last week, high pressure is where it's supposed to be. the warmest day reaching probably thursday 83 degrees. i think we'll see an 82 degrees reader in santa rosa. we're definitely warming up. a little patchy fog in the morning. but not a big deal. forecast in napa 80 degrees. santa rosa 82. san francisco downtown 72. antioch and concord about 80, 81-degree. tree pollens are about to start

coming on. this much warmth and sunlight without the clouds. we're going to start noticing the tree pollen. tomorrow 79 in morgan hill. a five day forecast with your weekend in view. dry one and again it's been nice to have a dry one five day because we have had months and months of five day forecast with nothing, without one of the panels showing rain. not this case. plenty of sunshine. very warm the next few days, cooler as we head toward the weekend. >> fantastic, those pictures from the sierra. >> amazing, i talked to somebody up there at sugar bowl. they say the most snow he's ever been, he grew up in that area. it's a big deal. by now you probably heard about the escaped cobra from the bronx zoo. it slithered away last sunday and has not been seen. now you can follow the cobra on twitter.

someone is twitting of the bronx zoo. holding very still in the snake exhibit at the museum of natural history. this is going to be hilarious. here's another one. on top of the empire state building. all the people look like mice down there. delicious little mice. as incredible as this might sound, the cobra already has 80,000 followers. the new turn tonight in the woman's landmark fight against wal-mart. find out how bay area companies are involved in these sheep roaming around in time square today.

a bay area company pulled this publicity stunt today in new york city. farmers leaving a half dozen sheep right through the streets of manhattan. they were promoting a game called farmville. puts out such games as mafia wars. a bay area woman's fight against the nation's highest employer is now in court. it is a case they are calling betty versus goliath. betty duke and five other california women are accusing wal-mart of gender diskreupl

their. and they are filing a lawsuit -- of gender discrimination. and they are filing a lawsuit on behalf of other female employees. >> please do not sit quietly and take this abuse because we do not have to. we have civil rights and we have legal rights. >> reporter: wal-mart attorneys told the court today the company has a zero tolerance discrimination policy and that duke's case is an exception not proof of a pattern. they are asking the high court to order that each case be heard individually not as a class action lawsuit. the supreme court is not expected to make a decision on the class action issue until june. in the meantime betty duke's discrimination suit is moving on in the legal system. >> stay with us, ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 is coming up next. >> reporter: tenants here have

been complaining about bugs and in some cases unfit living conditions. coming up next, we will bring you the suit being brought on the landlord.

i can't live like this. my grand kids can't come here. residents fighting off roaches along with rats in their kitchens. the conditions facing these bay area renters and what's being done about it. good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. the city of oakland tells us they have won a case against a woman they call the worse landlord in the area. >> reporter: a judge recentsly ruled right here that the landlord can't collect any rent here until they fix a long list of health violations. she could even face jail time. today some tenants took us