of at&t workers when they shut off the freeway and went on the lanes to pull that line off of the freeway. right now they are about to cut the wire and get this situation back to normal. i want to bring in officer art montille now to give us the latest. how long do you think it'll take for the lanes to reopen. >> we are anticipating 15 minutes for the lanes to reopen. >> how long will it take for the back ups to dissipate. >> that's going to take a little while. we're asking motorists to take alternate roadways. especially if they're coming from san francisco, take the east bay or take 380 to 280. >> what about trucks, i heard earlier trucks were not allowed on 101 because they might catch the wires. >> exactly. we had that restriction on big trucks so we actually cut the wires. we were in the process of cutting the wires, once we

opened the lanes all traffic will be allowed to go through this. >> how did this all start. do we know what caused the wires to come down in the first place. >> we receiveed the call at approximately 3:00 this afternoon that the truck had hit the lines then the lines went down. our main priority at this time is to get the lanes back open and then finding out who collided with the lights and what actually happened. >> officer art montille joining us to talk about this situation on 101 in -- millbrae. lanes still shut in both directions creating a monster traffic jam. as soon as the lanes reopen in both directions we will let owe know. today - - let you know. tonight the chief of police is fighting back after two of

his officers were essentially called liars. >> reporter: the police department's acts chief took his gloves off to defend officers accused of perjury. >> i will not let people back talk this department when they are not true. >> reporter: the acts police chief angrily talked about jeff adachi. >> constantly we're on attack every day by the district attorney's office. >> reporter: the plain clothed officers were seen on this video. a judge yesterday dismissed the case after the district attorney's office said the officers lied when they said they showed their badges and lied that they had been allowed

into the apartment. >> clearly we have a situation where not only isolated officers are not telling the truth but we have groups of officers who are being intruthful. >> reporter: but gudai says the video clearly shows the officers showing their badges as they leave the apartment. >> bring it to our attention and we'll deal with it. but you can't continue to scream that the sky is falling when it's not. >> reporter: godown told us the plain clothed officers face investigation but will keep working. the captain of these officers tell us how they reacted on seeing themselves on tv and what he advised them to do about their sudden notoriety. david stevenson, ktvu. a family is in mourning

after the death of their son in afghanistan. he died after being attacked with small arms fire. the 23-year-old soldier was due to be discharged next year. in the barry bonds perjury trial now. two people very close to the former giant slugger took the stand for the prosecution today. ktvu's rita williams is in that courtroom. she's now live in san francisco to tell us what happened, rita. >> reporter: gasia, barry bonds orthopedic surgeon was a neutral witness today but ended up making points for the defense. decrease sexual desire, weight gain, acne and mood swings that others have testified they observed in bonds. teen ago knowledged giving

bonds his former business partner hodgkins the six page document on steroids. the sister of hodgkins who bonds fired. she testified that as bonds personal shopper he often saw bonds and his trainer disappear into a room in bonds house. but she said once in 2002, he said just do it here. this is katie, that's my girl she's not going to say nothing. then bonds lifted his shirt and he say, he shot barry in the belly button. he said that's something something to help me when i go on the road, you can't detect it. hodgkins said she didn't call

federal agents, her brother sent them to her. she said quote, he threw me under the bus that's why i'm here. now the government is expected to wrap up the case against bonds here when court resumes on monday. and back on the stand monday is the prosecution's last witness. dr.don kaytland is considered one of the nation's top steroids expert. he began to testify today. when he returns to the stand monday, dr. cateland is expected to testify that the urine sample bonds gave in 2009 tested positive for thd. we go to san francisco where highs today were in the 70s and low 80s.

a beautiful day to be in san francisco. high temperatures today will drop down. folks out around the lake enjoying the good weather. we can't see that now, but it was indicating we have light winds. we have an opportunity to report high records. 78 in fairfield, 79 in concord. 86 in hayward. temperatures tomorrow are going to trend down a little bit. as we head toward the weekend. slight chance of some showers, i'll have all that back here in just a few minutes. and if you want more weather any time go to ktvu.com. click on weather, the current weather page tab and it'll give you weather temperatures in your neighborhood. the city of san pablo today officially asked the state for help to help for repairs from a landslide that has forced several people from their homes. ktvu's ken pritchett talked to one homeowner who is looking at

some very expensive repairs, ken. >> reporter: right now i'm standing on a slab of concrete that dropped down in this slide. you can see where this slide came to the back of this home. the stairs leading to the back door lead to nowhere. today we learned from the city that this hillside is still to a small degree sliding, the soil is still saturated. at this and five other homes remain at risk. and they say they will take help from the state to fix the problem. one estimate is that it will cost $150,000 in short term steps to stabilize the hill, $100,000 of that just to save this one house owned by leon walker. >> that's a whole lot of money. >> reporter: today walker was at city hall as city leaders made official the emergency declaration and request for state help. part of the slide is on city property. which is actually good news for

homeowners. >> it's part of one project, so by us saying that yes, the private property will have to be repaired along with the public property in order for this to be a complete fix. >> reporter: short term fixes include placing plastic tarps over the slide to prevent any water from soaking into the unstable slope. walkers home and five others are yellow tagged as unsafe to occupy. >> it's almost like you have supervised visits with my home at this point. >> reporter: short term fissions will not be enough and the cost of a major project remains unknown. the city says it cannot pay for repairs, and needs governor brown to sign a state of emergency and the funds that go with it. >> i'm hoping that, he does that really fast so that we can get this hill secure. >> reporter: the owner of this house mr. walker says he would have never bought this property had he known about the history of this hillside which was

discussed today at city hall. we'll have more on that at 6:00. in san pablo, ken pritchett. and that part of san pablo ken just showed us is one of many slides here in the area. so many that it's hard to keep track of them all. let's start in hercules. that's where the american red cross has offered to help the eight families living off a mud slide just off of carson street. six homes here have been red tagged. four others have been yellow tagged restricting access. now to mountain view, that's where three familys have had to move to hotels after rainwaterover flowed a mobile park. leaving some patios hanging in the air and three mobile homes have been red tagged. now near morgan hill, work crews this afternoon cleared enough of a mud slide to open

one lane of croy road. that will allow residents who were cut off by the landslides. they hope to have the work finished by the end of the week. residents are getting in and out by using a footpath. japan is turning to other countries now for help in its nuclear crisis. the united states has sent a remote control robot to japan. tokyo electric power which runs the nuclear plant is creating a panel of japanese and american nuclear experts along with u.s. military personnel to address the problem. a french company that supplied fuel to the plant is helping japanese crews try to find out

how to dispose of all the contaminated water. the president of france showed solidarity with japan by visiting tokyo today. he is the first foreign leader to travel to japan since the disaster. the french president said nuclear power is still an important source of energy but that thedisaster illustrates the needs to in his words maximize the safety of nuclear energy. we told you yesterday about american airlines cutting supplys to japan. now two other airlines are making the same move. continental and united airlines said today they are reducing flights between the united states and japan by about 10% next month. a spokeswoman says there has been a drop in demand for travel to japan ever since the march 11th earthquake and

tsunami. the airlines will drop a few flights a week between four u.s. cities and tokyo and will delay plans to add a second flight from tokyo to san francisco. with the filing deadline a little over two weeks away, the irs estimates the average refund this year will run around $3,000. the irs commissioner says the quickest way to get your refund is to file electronically and have the refund deposited directly to your bank account. new evidence tonight the companys have slowed down their lay offs and pink slip notices. the labor department reported today fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week. the number of newly jobless people dropped. california had the second highest drop which jobless claims down by more than 2,100. illinois had the biggest drop. even though it closed lower for the day. the industrial average has posted its biggest gain in three years. the dow rose 6.4% in the first three months of this year

regaining 742 of the points lost since stocks began sliding three years ago. the dow finished the day off 30 points, the nasdaq was up four. it posted a 4.8% gain for the first quarter. the city of san francisco meets an important deadline. find out how it intends to get 300,000 people down to san francisco's waterfront for the america's cup reggata.

hundreds of thousands of people will crowd san francisco's waterfront to watch the 2013 america's cup race. today the city of san francisco met an important deadline in announcing a transportation plan for that big event. ktvu's sal castaneda with the plan and how it's being received tonight. >> reporter: gasia, the reviews are generally good and part of it is because the city plans to

extend a streetcar line right along the embarcadero. of course getting everyone down to this area is the goal. in an event today the city unveiled it's transportation plan for the 2013 america's cup. >> it emphasizes how we will approach moving some 200,000 people on a daily basis to the waterfront to view this great race. >> reporter: some neighborhood groups have been up front with concerns about how the race might inconvenience residents and commuters who simply want to get home or to work. with that in mine, san francisco municipal transportation agency officials say, the city's transit system will be beefed up for the event. >> we're going to have to add service. we're already planning an additional line, the e line. as well as setting up a plan that focuses on pedestrian and bicycle usage.

>> reporter: environmentists say they are happy with planning. >> some of the collusion concerns as usual would just be extra impact on the sewer system and on storm water pollution especially trash. so it's going to be really important to make sure we have good plans in plane and that the infrastructure is ready for that many people. >> reporter: many who have seen the city's so called america's cup people plan, say it's off to a good start. >> i really do think they are invested in making this plan very bicycle friendly, pedestrian friendly and the transit friendly. >> reporter: they're going to run satellite buses. they're also going to have self- bicycle parkings in secured areas trying to encourage people not to drive. in san francisco, sal castaneda ktvu channel 2 news. there are also big concerns that construction and other preparations for that big yacht

race could result in an invasive algae in the bay. the algae could spread as crews remove boats. the invasive species can then attack native fish. this year's near record snowfalls means many ski resorts are planning to delay their closing dates. so far sqaul valley has announced it is expanding its season through at least memorial day and may possibly keep its slopes open through the fourth of july. most of the other resorts plan to stay open at least through the easter weekend. back now to our weather, boy it's another great warm day and our chief meteorologist bill martin, tell us how the weather is going to change. >> daytime highs have gotten into the 80s. some places were cooler and

some places were warmer. let's go to live storm tracker 2. there's some clouds out there. right now everything is driving to the north. but these clouds are going to filter into the area tomorrow. hazy sunshine in the forecast temperatures slightly cooler than today. hazy sunshine and slightly cooler. right now in santa rosa it's 84 degrees. napa 78. highs as we head into the next couple of days are going to be on the cooler side as we -- get into the weekend. there's the -- tonight then we're looking for clear, mild. as we go into tomorrow. partly cloudy and warm. cooler as we head toward the bay area weekend as i mentioned. that's just the way it's going to be. overnight tonight is going to be in the 50s. mild out there. your daytime highs tomorrow are going to come up a little bit then they're going to stay from the 70s to low 80s. today we got into the mid- to upper 80s.

the satellite loop shows everything driving to the north. clouds moving offshore. when we come back i have the latest computer model for you. i'm going to show you that chance of showers in the bay area weekend. it's not a huge chance but just a slight chance. westerly seal you back here. we have an update of a story of what we thought was a run away snake from the bronx zoo. she was found just where zoo keepers said she would be. the cobra was reported missing last weekend. someone claiming to be the cobra even started twitting about its escape and as of this morning has 200,000 followers. turns out the snake was inside the reptile house all this time all coiled up in a dark corner. it's lost then found. a toddler who was found wandering in a wal-mart parking lot in the middle of the night in the east bay. there will be no american boots on the ground in libya. >> defense secretary robert gates draws the line when it

comes to libya. this as the french release some revealing new evidence of that conflict. and a new turn tonight in the pizza parlor wars in marin county. what happened when the employees accused of spray painting a new store on the block went to court. new at 6:00, a bay area woman says an inplant made her sick. >> how dare they. >> we investigate. and an emotional loss for the east bay. >> she will always say she has a lot of children in the community. we continue to bring you the latest from congested bay area roads. tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00.

the french military today released this new video. taken from the cockpit of one of its fighter jets on the

mission over libya. this video shows five explosions. despite the air strike, rebels continue to lose ground today to gadhafi's forces. a political victory today for the rebels finding gadhafi. two top libyan officials have now defected to the west. but again this comes as government forces continue to roll over the rebel fighters. government troops have now taken a cue from the rebels and are using small trucks mounted with artillery. that makes it more difficult for allie jets. angry lawmakers asked for a timetable. secretary gates said the u.s. is already winding down it's role in the allied air strikes. >> there will be no american

boots on the ground in libya. deposing the gadhafi regime as that eventuality would be is not part of the american mission. >> reporter: gates says the citizens of libya along with economic pressures will eventually remove gadhafi from power. hundreds of displaced families are fleeing the mystery of a wandering toddler began at 3:00 this morning when a 2-year-old boy showed up all alone on the parking lot of a wal-mart store. police say the boy was wearing only a t-shirt and a diaper. and the boy hasn't learned to talk but was smiling so he was not under distress.

the boy was found by a wal-mart worker. she and the boy had just moved in across the street to an apartment designed for someone in a wheelchair. >> the door handle is positioned relatively low on the door and the dead bolt was released just by depressing the handle. the child was able to do that and get out. >> reporter: after he got out, police say the boy crossed a six lane street before winding up at wal-mart. but there wasn't too much traffic so early in the morning. we will tell you about some major cuts that could be coming to colleges here in california and what students have to say. also a search for solutions when it comes to gas prices, what lawmakers are tackling in washington.

this is what triggered a huge problem on the peninsula today. a wire dangling right on to a busy bay area freeway. we have the latest tonight on the commuter chaos. this breaking news is our top story at 5:30. it was a traffic nightmare on the peninsula this afternoon and it happened at the very start of this evening's commute. right after 3:00, a truck hit wires and brought them down on highway 101. those lines still dangerously low on highway 101. just about 45 minutes ago, we took some pictures as at&t crews stopped traffic on the 101 and carefully remove those

lines. then list bring you the newest pictures we have into our newsroom. this is of the massive back up. this video shows the ramifications of what happened today. right now we're focusing in on the trouble spots. but if we were able to bring you a picture like we did at the start of the hour, we could show you the massive problem on the 101. this could take a while to clear up. officers are suggesting taking 380 into 280. or he said you know what head over to the east bay and use 880 as your north or southbound rout. we'll bring you the latest as we get it. hundreds of thousands of students planning ongoing to phaoupbty college in kraá -- community college in california could be out of luck now the special election on tax extensions is on hold. that could lead to those

colleges loses millions more than first thought. janine de la vega. >> reporter: right now many high school students are filling out community college applications thinking they might have no problem getting in. here at san jose city college and at others it may be a challenge. >> reporter: jessica testino is brimming with excitement. in less than two months she will graduate from oak grove high school. >> i can't wait. i can't wait for college. >> reporter: kestino just sent her application but she and other prospective students are facing a grim reality. huge slashes to the state community colleges. the number has doubled to $800 million in cuts. >> we would be closing the doors to about 5,000 students. that's unmanageable. we're 25,000 of full time equivalent students. to go to that lenght would mean

for us to be decimating the ability to educate students. >> reporter: high school guidance counselor says 50% of the students at elk grove high school goes to community college. >> cutting these many classes, they may give up and not go. that would be horrible. >> reporter: the chancellor met with two community college spokespersons and she said they should not give up in schedules courses. >> you're going to have to be extraordinarily careful on how you do it. >> reporter: the chancellor says they want to work with other community colleges and partner with local business. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news.

a group of oakland students used their cesar chavez holiday to rally for schools. students and teachers marched into downtown oakland. some were playing musical instruments in solidarity with their music and art teachers who lost their job. >> there's a teacher in my school, has been there six years, runs a band. chorus, band, symphony who has been given a pink slip. >> the protesters are demanding that the school district remand those spáeupbg slips. some schools were closed today for the cesar chavez holiday. oakland schools were also closed today but they will reopen tomorrow. two former pizza parlor employees in san rafael have pled guilty to vandalizing a competitors store last month.

tucker and climber admitted to spray painting the outside of pizza orgasmica. tyler was manager of pizza planet. they could still be required to pay restitution. they are scheduled for sentencing in may. bay area gas prices continue to climb well above the national average. with the summer driving season in the horizon. prices are only expected to keep going on. carol han tells us how lawmakers are brainstorming ways to keep that from happening. >> reporter: it's gas prices deja vu lawmakers are trying to prevent. it costs consumers $4 million a day thanks to among other things increased prices for goods and services. members of congress called in these experts to offer solutions, the u.s. chamber of commerce called for more drilling. >> but americans have an opportunity to be more efficient. conserve more, no doubt.

but you can't conserve you way out of this. we need more supply. >> reporter: we're not sure right now if prices are skyrocketing because of energy speculation. unless congress puts back funding for the trading commission or cftc, the group says we're on a crash course for $6 gas. >> if we don't put proper regulation, you'll be at $6 a gallon gasoline. >> we know people are hurting. and the one thing that we need to do is rely on our own resources. in our own country. >> reporter: while the president is relying more on renewable sourcesover energy. house republicans say we need more oil. this week they introduced three bills to speed up drilling in the gulf of mexico and to open up more land for oil

exploration. in washington, carol han. remember we told you about the restaurants that sued yelp over bad reviews. up next find out how a judge responded to those claims. tea party activists marched on the u.s. capital today, what they are pushing for when it comes to a government shut down. and an oakland based organization has a warning for parents, what they say they found in some of the belts they wear.

these workers are bringing renewable energy to a library in alameda. a crane lifted panels where they will soon be installed. the city paid for the panels. the city gets 80% of its power from clean and renewable resources. a group of business owners had sued yelp claiming it manipulates reviews against those who don't advertise with the site. the judge left open the possibility that business could refile the suit if they rewrite the allegations. hundreds of tea party members all called for steep budget cuts.

the tea party members demanded deep cuts in planned parenthood, national public radio. some called for government shut down which could happen if congress doesn't pass a budget by a week tomorrow. the republicans and democrats are still millions of the dollars apart. >> it's like playing table tennis by yourself. the ball just doesn't come back. >> will they continue to push this aggressive social agenda at the expense of shutting the government down? >> a shutdown could mean the suspension of all but essential government services. the center for environmental health says it has found high levels of lead in some of the belts used as part of little league baseball uniforms. the belt includes a rawlings belt. the belts contain as much as 280 times the federal safe

level for lead. the consumer product safety commission has issued a warning about these inflatable spheres. they have a risk of suffocation and drowning and there's no known way of using them. people climb into those balls and roll or walk on top of the water on pools, lakes or rivers. a group of young journalists wins a major national award. we're exposing a big problem in one east bay city. it is warm out there today, a few more records as well. will there be record heat tomorrow for your friday? what about that rain chance for your weekend? i'll have the details. a bay area woman says an implant made her cripple and sick. >> just frustrating, how dare they. really. we investigate. and an emotional loss for a

bay area community. >> she would always say she has a lot of children in the community. >> how firefighters and many people in the bay area are being affected. we continue to bring you the latest from congested bay area roads tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00.

oakland based youth radio had just won the highest award. the peabody award for their report on child prostitution. >> reporter: one police officer tells me he expects up to 300 people here starting their protest in about 15 minutes. across the street on the other hand that is the national lodge. it is one of several motels in the city that the city has been trying to close down saying it rents out room for the trade. youth radio reporter denise

tejada became familiar with the streets in her six month investigation with teen prostitution. >> some people are standing on the corner selling fruit while other people are standing on the same corner selling a girl. >> the girls felt comfortable enough to tell their stories. we figured there's more here and let's investigate. >> reporter: tejada joined youth radio 12 years ago and said she didn't expect to encounter such a big problem. >> the ones that they had something in common, they were kidnapped and had a pimp and were constantly tkpwáeting a -- constantly getting abused by them. >> reporter: they've won a peabody award. president leery says this one is more important. >> young people standing up and telling the story themselves was the misses element and we were very proud to be able to do that. >> reporter: it's hard to say

how much good the youth radio investigation has made on this issue. the rest is now for law enforcement and the people. reporting live in oakland, jim vargas. and the nixon library has undergone a lot of changes but it was not structural. critics ridiculed the nixon library. now librarians say the new archive is factual. just moments ago, we learned that all lanesover highway 101 have reopened after a phone line fell across the freeway forms a monster traffic jam. julie haener is in the newsroom with a look at other stories we're working on. >> the hip replacement surge ru was supposed to make this --

surgery was supposed to make this san pablo woman better. and cora mongreen loses her battle with cancer. the first ever honor she is about to receive. a line ruptured underbeneath pittsburg has now been fixed. no one in that area lost water service as part of that rupture. it's been six weeks since that fish die off. and now we have more information on just how much fish died. at least 2.5 million sardines ended up dying. you can see there were so many fish there almost looks like a blanket on the water. while scientists know how many died they still don't know what

drove 175-tons of sardines into that marina to their death. back now to our weather and our chief meteorologist bill martin. it's nice and warm just like you said it would be. >> more warmth today, more records outside. these are the new records that popped up today. i wouldn't call it hot. gasia said would you call these temperatures hot, i said no it's warm. but it's record warmth for this time of year. beautiful out there in santa rosa it's 86. napa tied the record today. but wow, warmest day of the week pretty sure. after that we start to cool off. tomorrow temperatures trend down. we're going to see lots of seven 70s and low 80s tomorrow. tomorrow maybe five or six degrees cooler then further significant cooling as we head into saturday and into sunday as well. so the story today was really

more warmth. more record warmth. this system drops in. it's going to show up on friday. the clouds increase tomorrow. that will help with temperatures drop down. on saturday it kind of tweaks through. chance of showers, slight chance. it does not look like there will be enough opportunity for a shower that you would want to cancel into your plans. let's look at it now on our computer model. it's clear, everything stays offshore. and we're getting ready for this thing on saturday. here we go into saturday, saturday morning, you have to put a chance of shower in but that's not going to shut you down if you have outdoor plans. saturday will be marked with sunshine, it'll be kind of breezy and not as warm. that's sunday. right now sunday is the best day. nicest day on the weekend. still not a bad weekend. still not as fabulous as the weather we've been seeing. forecast highs tomorrow despite cloud cover and cooler daytime highs are still above average and still quite warm with lots of 80s. i don't think we'll see any

records tomorrow. upper 70s in milpedas and san jose. then the five day forecast with your weekend always in view shows a chance of a sprinkle. just a slight chance on saturday. saturday looks nice. next week looks pretty nice as well. yeah, enjoy it. really nice day. >> is the pollen kicking off. >> yeah. it's going you have off. >> it's not just me. >> take a whiff in the morning or evening hours, and it's just out there. the pollen trees are just out there right now. and former governor arnold schwarzenegger is taking on a new role. the cartoon is being developed by spiderman cocreator lee. it will also be a economic book featuring his wife and children. director james cameron says

says he is going to try something new when he shoots his new avatar movie. he will shoot his new film at 48fps. he says shooting on the next avatra film is about 18 months away. it's the most money ever paid for a single family home in the united states and it's right here in the bay area. russian billionaire milner is the owner of this los altos home. the rumors were flying that he made the purchase, now it is official. he bought this mansion for $100 million. it has a ballroom, wine cellar, a gym and inside and outdoor

pools. if very extreme measures one mega million lottery winners went to to protect that golden ticket.

seven incredibly lucky new york state workers just had a huge payday after winning the mega millions lottery jackpot. >> congratulations to our

seventh winner leon peck. >> reporter: at a news conference in new york the winners still seemed a little shell shocked. all seven worked together at the state office of homes and community renewal. they often bought lottery tickets together but this time they won the big time winning the $319 million jackpot. some say they were stunned to hear their good fortune. >> i went into work and, got the ticket, took it home and i said what am i going to do with it now. the only thing i'm frantic thing i did, was put it in two zip lock bags, and put it in a bag of birdseed i had in my basement. >> each of the winners will take home an estimated $19 million. stay with us, there is much more news just ahead. ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 is next. this bay area woman says her medical implant has

crippled and sickened her. is it corporate greed, a loophole in the law? we investigate.

on the defense, the strong words san francisco police chief has for those accusing his force of misconduct. >> my body is a ticking time bomb. this woman says her hip replacement surgery left her in more pain than before. the action she took today to hold the joint maker accountable. good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. on the peninsula tonight it has been a commute nightmare on highway 101 because of some downed phone lines. we've been reporting this for the past few hours. and just 30 minutes ago the highway patrol opened all lanes of 101 but traffic the still slow. now the problems began about 3:30 this afternoon when some telephone wires fell on to highway 101. news chopper 2 was live over the scene. the wires blocked mo