gotten. lopez says cockroaches in the fridge. >> i can't eat that food. >> reporter: are just beginning. >> look at that, and i keep getting bit. >> reporter: she's one of the tenants and three other properties in oakland who say they have been living with bugs, broken windows and sometimes no water and gas. >> you get sick living in here, no heat. >> reporter: the problem starts at the front door, you can see there's no lock on this gate i'm even able to walk right up the stairs here and go inside with no problem. the owner han gardener has ignored fines and ignored calls to clean up her act for years. she is not able to collect rent until she does. >> she has not kept one single promise.

>> reporter: ignacio de la fuente says that maybe the threat of jail time will get her to clean up her act. this also hits gardener with fines, it also requires her to pay relocation costs for any tenants that just want out. at this hour, a series of landslides threatening a number of bay area homes. the recent rainy weather proved too much for some neighborhoods in scott valley and san pablo. right now there's worries about lands slides in hercules. >> reporter: trucks filled with mud keep traveling back and forth here on croy road as crews work frantically to clear out the road before it gets

dark. crews have cleared out dozens of tons of debris and there's still more to clear. homeowners near by say they are overwhelmed by the mountain of mud. >> the ground is overly saturated and it still is. these dangers i think will be around for a while. >> reporter: santa clara county officials say they aren't sure how many people live on the other side of the mountain. they have made contact with a homeowner and a swedish resort there, so far no problems but concern. >> there's some elderly people on the other side. the county has generously offered to get supplies to them. >> there is a fire break road that's about a four mile detour from what i understand but it's very rough, it requires four wheel drive. so we've offered to bring in gasoline and bottled water. >> reporter: to give you an idea of what homeowners and

work crews have had to deal with, these are some of the trees that had to be sectioned and removed in order to clear the road. they've been around for a long time. you can see some of the trees are still charred from the croy fire. >> those are removed material, more -- once we remove material, more material comes sliding. that makes it dangerous to work at night other wise we would be out here 24/7. >> crews hope to have one lane or a walking path open by tomorrow. robert handa, ktvu news. a meeting under way right now could potentially bring in relief to residents in hercules. the government is considering declaring an emergency. the declaration will help secure state funding to stop the landslide which actually began about 10 years ago. >> no less than two weeks ago there was space behind my

neighbor's home. now the slightest move and all the way up against the back of the house. the city is also installing concrete barriers in case the homes slide down. in san paplo a special meeting has been announced tomorrow to consider declaring a state of emergency for six homes sitting along a deteriorating hill there. homes started sliding last thursday making three homes uninhabitable. a local energy has already been declared. governor brown says he is done negotiating with republicans. just two hours ago his office released a statement saying he will not agree to their demands. brown says he's going to focus now on speaking directly to californians. californian's three-year- old drought could be coming to an end. governor brown's office says it

will wait until the season's final snow survey before declaring the drought over. ktvu will be in the sierra for tomorrow's survey as of last friday, the sierra snow pack was 159% of normal. fish and game officials were called into a residential backyard to deal with an agitated mountain lion. >> reporter: the woman who lives here says she was supposed to be outside doing her morning exercises. but she says something didn't seem right. she found a mountain lion wedged between these two fences. >> please use caution, if you see a mountain lion do not approach it. call 911. >> reporter: hours later, a

reverse 911 call went out to residents including sherry who did not know the mountain lion was in their backyard. >> they shot it twice. as i said it ran back behind the fence. it was thrashing. >> reporter: because the cougar was caught between two fences, tranquilizing the animal wupt a safe action. >> we don't have an accurate shot. the mountain lion could get out angry. it was already hissing at the homeowners. and the people on the backyard. but it weighed over 100 pounds he thought. they picked it up, put it in a back bag. it was a big cat. >> reporter: many residents say they were saddened but supported the outcome. >> it's a safety issue. i think you have to do what you have to do. the mountain lion was carried on a blue tarp to the back of a fish and game truck.

reporting now in redwood city. maureen naylor. a proposal to toughen the leash law got tougher today. dog leashes will be no longer than 6 feet long on city paths. the ordnance came after a woman got entangled on a dog leash, fell, hit her head and died. residents sent a letter to the -- a peta vice president says calling it the tenderloin

conjures up the thoughts of -- we're all taking cuts. that is the reality and the mainstay of municipal policing today in the state of california. in every one of those you have police officers that are unhappy. bats tells us he's working on a plan that is more efficient and to fix broken equipment. he adds he plans to stay in oakland despite previously applying for a position in san jose. and it didn't take long to discover who left a suspicious package. the bomb squad detonatedded the backpack outside a store. police say 45-year-old garfield smith was the one who left it there. he told shop workers there was

a bomb inside. smith was later arrested. baseball's giambi brothers became the first ballplayers to take the stand in barry bonds perjury trial. jason giambi said in 2002. bonds personal trainer sent giambi designer steroids. he also told the jurors that anderson told him the clear and the cream he was using were not steroids. bonds is accused of lying to a grand jury about knowingly using steroids. ktv u.com has more details from today's testimony as part of the complete coverage of the trial. just click on the bonds coverage trial. a happy reunion after a boy who went missing in a santa rosa park was found safe. >> thank you, everybody. >> that's leonard guerrero who police say is autistic. he was riding his bike at howard memorial park yesterday when he was separated from his

mom. a sonoma county sheriff found guerrero on the adjacent spring lake park. the teen was cold and tired but other wise okay. the official start of baseball is now just two days away. giant fans are anxiously awaiting the season start. coming up at around 6:25 tonight. ktvu's joe fonzi will join us live from the coliseum with a preview of tonight's bay view series between the giants and the a's. a new gender gap. which sex is feeling better about the economy. find out what they are demanding as high tech business do. and a big warm up headed our way. temperatures could get into the 80s. i'll show you the warmest cities when we come back.

a state assembly today blocked a bill to allow undocumented students to pay instate tuition. >> in this particular, you're giving a benefit to those who are in the country illegally. >> assemblyman tim donnely proposed the measure. proponents say that the students should not be punished for being brought to the

country illegally. the measure written by openly gay state senator mark leno is similar to one the governor arnold schwarzenegger vetoed back in 2006. david stevenson is live in san francisco with a group of demands the neighborhood says twitter needs to meet to even the playing field. >> reporter: the plans to move twitter into this new building does not do enough for the community. >> reporter: protesters outside twitter san francisco offices this morning said a tentative tax break deal for the tech company doesn't give the city enough back end return. the deal is aimed at convincing twitter to relocate to this building in the blithed mid- market business. they want twitter to donate

used equipment to donations. commit to community programs. >> i don't blame them for asking as much as they want to see what we can do. at the same time i need to also measure what twitter can do. >> reporter: the twitter deal prompted online game maker zinga to tell officials it might vacant its current san francisco office. san francisco supervisor ross this afternoon proposed a two yearlong city moratorium on stock option access. >> i think that would have been a much more effective procedure to start with. >> reporter: mayor ed lee told us he would meet with those protesters tomorrow about that twitter deal which he expects to be approved by the board of

supervisors next tuesday. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. san francisco taxes 1.5% on all compensation including tax options. now other tech companies want the tax on stock options waved no matter where they are located -- waived no matter where they are located. raises will start at 2% experienced workers will receive more. workers will also t a bonus for working in the rain. the three year contract covers about 375 workers there. calosha and alameda fire are looking into what caused a plant to explode. fire engines sprayed fire on

the plant. two people were working on equipment when it exploded at about 5:30. one worker injured his arm. the bay area is getting recognized for its clean tech industry. san jose was number two behind boston. san francisco was number four. the california department of public health started its annual quarantine of mussel. they could potentially cause illness and in some cases even death. >> let's check in with bill for the full forecast. >> last week's stormy flood warnings, temperatures topping out into the 70s today. tomorrow possibly into the 80s. you have cloud cover, but not a

big deal. sprinkles falling out north of point arena. tonight we're looking for patchy fog in places. mostly sunny. warmer tomorrow. it's going to dip down, temperatures are going to cool a little bit for next weekend. mid- and upper 60s with some clouds. not as nicer as it's going to be tomorrow. patchy fog, if you had some this morning you're going to have some tomorrow morning. it's not going to go away fast. but it's not going to be a real issue in your travel. there's cape mendecino there. you can see some of the sprinkles jetting outs. patchy fog in the valleys

tomorrow. you see clouds to the north wednesday morning. not a big deal. you see some clouds filtering now. look at this offshore, the rain. thursday morning at 9:00, that's just a weak system that drops down the coast. it passes us by. no rain in the forecast. but then on friday about 2:00, notice the increasing clouds, cooler weather. a little more wind. filtered sunshine and temperatures out of the 80s and back into the 60s. that's for your friday, saturday. that's why i'm calling for some cooling on the weekend. it's a solid deal but enough to cool down temperatures a good five to 6 degrees. 80 in napa, 82 in santa rosa. these temperatures certainly really nice compared to last week. in the five day forecast looks like this. it is, i guess that's why i have a job. but it is amazing how quickly we forget. >> i was just thinking the same thing. >> how wet and miserable it's been really the last 20 days. >> a long time. >> and then you get this weather you forget it all

happened. so people have short weather memories. >> and it's amazing how the weather can change your mood. >> people were much nicer on the roads. >> absolutely. thank you, bill. the coast guard yesterday dropped the negligent homicide charge against ian howell. yesterday the man who was steering that boat was c harged. consumer confidence has dropped but not as much as analysts feared. that news helped push stocks higher today. wall street gained on gains by

retailers like home depot. a foodie favorite is saying au revoir. why they are packing up their crepes.

a popular san francisco restaurant is going to be closing its doors. the owner of the ti couz confirmed today that the bakery will be closing down. no word yet on when it will officially close. rumor has it it's a lease issue that may be behind the closer. the owner did say that the restaurant is no longer viable at its current location. >> and on now to the giants-a's series. >> over to the east side of the bay today. the a's deserve some attention. many have them picked to win the american league western division. a little page of the of the giant's book. they have added a few bats. they already have a young pitching staff. joe fonzi is live at the

coliseum to tell us what's going on with the a's. >> reporter: the a's and a lot of teams in major league baseball are trying to use that formula. the a's went on adding position players. the biggest name they added was matsui. but also added david de jesus. de jesus talks about how the a's were perceived when he was a part of the royals. >> it was a matter of getting guys and scoring on. this year with our new hitting coach and the guys that have been back, we can do something special. >> when you look at this team. it looks like a good solid ball club. pitching and defense, add a little hitting. on paper looks great. having done anything yet but we're looking forward to going out there. >> it's been a while since we can say both the giants and a's

were competitors in their representative divisions but i think we should be able to expect that this year. gio's final tune up today. and the a's friday night here at the coliseum. fans are starting to come in behind me. i'm joe fonzi, back to you. >> and it is upon us, baseball season is here. and one of the garden spots of the nba and they are trailing by eight at halftime. full highlights at 10:00. that's going to be a good one, the giants opening to the nationals on national tv. >> i'm excited to see how the a's do this year. because they have made a lot of acquisitions. >> i'm going to go ahead and pick them to win the west. >> right now, early. >> we'll see how that goes. >> hopefully you will forget by

october. >> we'll remind you. >> administrators say they have a perfect answer for what to do with a vacant school now sitting in san francisco. coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. the problem is some residents in that neighborhood say the school in it opens could jeopardize their safety. see why in 30 minutes on tv 36. and that is our report for now. i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. thanks so much for joining us. >> good night.