a simple daily duty leads to a tragedy in the east bay. ahead what police are now saying. >> you see that building behind me? in 10 minutes 800 pounds of dynamite will bring it down. we will bring that to you live. >> i am terry moriarty. we will tell you what is in

store for opening day. >> this is ktvu channel 2 news at noon. >> good afternoon, i am john in for tori campbell. oakland police are increasing patrols after the fatal shooting of a well-known restaurant owner. it happened outside of the restaurant on international boulevard at 39th avenue. police say jesus campos was opening his restaurant when he was shot. paramedics rushed him to the hospital where he died a few hours later. investigators are looking for two suspects. oakland mayor described him as a respected, generous and beloved member of the community who had attended a merchants melting on neighborhood safety just two days ago. but more on ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. in just minutes the oak noel navel hospital will be no more than a memory. they are set to implode it at 12:10 and we will bring that live to you but first we check in with ken pritchett at the

site. >> reporter: as you said if all goes 62 according according to plan in 10 minutes that building will come down. 800 pounds of dynamite will be used to bring down the hospital. as many say it has been in decay and been an eyesore but some say making way for progress is also painful for those who know the history of this place. construction of the hospital was completed back in 1968 and it was a premier navel hospital for 28 years. it was one of our nation's tonight prosthetic research centers serving amputee veterans. the implosion will bring cheers and perhaps some tears. can't

she worked here for years. >> it is so final. >> there will be a three minute warning, a one minute warning then a 10 second cute down countdown, then in eight seconds there will be a series of explosions and then in eight seconds it will come down. the hospital is down in a valley, which essentially protects it from any of the neighborhoods or the structures here in this area. that is the plan and about 10 minutes to bring this structure down, and as you said we will bring that to you live in oakland, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >> inside san francisco

courthouse a jury is considering the fate of barry bonds. also the fate of his former trainer craig anderson changed for the better. we have this report. >> reporter: good morning -- good afternoon, what a day for giants fans, in less than 90 minutes the first pitch is thrown out at at&t park and behind me barry bonds possibly awaiting sword word on a verdict. he pulled up as a passenger and went in without commenting. bonds was preceded by a couple of attorneys on his defense team. the early activity began at 10:17 this morning when the court sent out an e-mail indicating a motion had been granted for the release of gregg around son. bond's former personal trainer refused to testify and was

placed in contempt of court and ordered held in jail until the end of trial. anderson might have been the spoking gun for prosecutor's pursuit against bonds. might have been, three former players testified they received steroids from him. instead they relied on ex- friends of bonds that claimed they saw him being injected, heard from bonds or heard the story from anderson. >> some issues will be there and whether they can resolve them will be the question. i don't think they all saw the case the same way. >> a prosecutor talked to bonds. here is the prosecutor, did you ever get bills, beans, did you

ever get anything like that from him. bonds answered no, not that i know of. i mean he gave me a package of pills. we got word that not only has gregg anderson been ordered released, he has been released. you see a gagel of reporters outside the courthouse. we will have more on ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. >> stay with us as jury deliberations continue. if jurors reach a verdict today we will bring it to you on air and on line on our website on ktvu.com. >> as craig mentioned first pitch in the 2011 home season for the world champion giants is just an hour and a half away and fans are flooding to the ballpark. trains were parked with orange and black in san jose this morning, all going to at&t park in san francisco which is where

we find tara moriarty with a look at all that excitement. the stadium is a because with excitement. already a sea of black and orange, these fans are ready. [ cheers ] >> reporter: at 10:35 the gates open. giants fans eager to see the world champs take home field for the first time. >> i was excited. i couldn't sleep. >> reporter: eva de la rosa was the first fan in line. >> so you are a die-hard fan. >> yes, i am. you know i am. >> how long have you been following the giants. >> ever since i was eight years old. >> inside the stadium groundskeepers prep the field. we caught them prepping. >> the first part of the season your adrenalin is high. to come back after that first week you think you are settled

in but that is another adrenalin packed day. >> you want to keep a little back. >> she says she can't wait for the banner ceremony. >> i have no idea what it is but it is going to be really long. reason the players seemed in great spirits this morning. security has been beefed up and back here live the world series champion banner will be hoisted on that bare flagpole. the ring ceremony happens sunday. traffic promises to be hectic here for the next few days, make sure you got your orange and black ready for the giants. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the crowd at today's game will pose to observe a moment of silence to bryan stow, the

giant's fan beating outside of dodger stadium. he suffered seizures wednesday night. on monday at at&t park, before the beginning of the dodgers, paramedics will collect donations to help pay his medical bills. the best advice is to take public transit. this is how the toll plaza looks, not too bad. bart can take you downtown and muni can take you direct directly to the park. the countdown is about to start. let's go to ken pritchett. >> reporter: there you go, that siren from the fire department, that is the one minute warning to the implosion of this building. let's take a look at the building behind me. the oak noel hospital. it is and 11 story building.

a 597 bed navel medical hospital which closed in 1996 after 28 years of service. they will use 800 pounds of dynamite. what we understand is what we will hear is a series of explosions. we will hear a pop, pop, pop, that will be the columns as the dynamite goes off. eight seconds later the building should go down. all of this is to make way for a future residential and commercial development. this entire process has been years in the planning. asbestos was removed from this structure. when they demolish these buildings they often find asbestos, they did here -- there is our 10 second countdown so i will be quiet. let's watch what happens.

>> 3, 2, 1, fire. [ explosions ] [ cheers ] >> well, that is it. you can hear the cheers from the crowd. we have 100 people up here on a cliff side overlooking what is now a cloud a dust. they say it should be here for five minutes, take that long for it to settle down. it is interesting to see, it is windy up here, it is interesting to see how that, how the winds effects that cloud of dust. they say they are in a good location. this was a formal navel base. there is a lot of property around here. there are no homes or other commercial buildings within the blast area. they say they have plenty of

room to spare here. the one advantage they say is that this area is in a valley. that -- what they will do now, after the dust settles and they deem the area clear, they will begin debris removal, a lot of the concrete and steel, all that they can they will recycle as part of building a new commercial and residential development. of course if you want to see that implosion again we have it. we will have it on ktvu.com. we have multiple cameras here on scene and interviews with engineers and some of the city leaders about the importance of this project. with even talked to some of the former medical personnel who worked at this hospital, which they say was a historic building, very important in our nation's history, in terms of treating our wounded veterans as they returned from wars from world war ii, from viet nam and beyond. for now live in oakland, ken

pritchett, ktvu news. >> we could hear people cheering. what was that like? >> reporter: there is probable 100 y 100 people but the crowd here pails in comparison to the onlookers, just curious residents who wanted to see this. we plan to have that for you later in our broadcast, but, yeah, a lot of people here, a lot of cheers and probably people here who are a little sad to see this old building go down, john. >> ken prich it, thanks very much. an update on the scramble to avoid a shut down at the government and we learned if the baseball team at uc berkeley is safe our ott. rosemary is up soon to tell us if it will warm up for the weekend.

cal train is reporting the 5th fatality this year on its tracks. a man was hit and killed near 25th avenue in san mateo at 1:00 this morning. 62 people were on board the southbound train at the time. tracks were closed in both directions for an hour but operations are back to normal now. it is unclear why the man was on the tracks. hayward firefighters are investigating a fire at a sushi rest rafnt. the fire started after 1:00

this morning at at the naked fish restaurant. firefighters reported heavy smoke when the arrived and it started in the kitchen and there were no injuries. time is running out for a budget agreement in washington before the midnight deadline. democrats say as they give in to republican demands gop leaders keep moving the bar. earlier today they said the sticking point is planned parenthood. >> title 2 does not include abortion, it is illegal to use it, so anyone who says this debate is over abortion is not being truthful. >> there is only one reason that we do not have an agreement as yet, and that is issue is spending. >> republicans are also attracting democrats for rejecting a stop gap measure, which would keep the government running for another week. it also provides funding for the pentagon for the rest of the fiscal year. democrats are pushing for their own one week extension.

>> a crash in san jose sent a chp officer to the hospital and pa man to jail. the officers what helping someone around 2:00 this morning when another car hit him. officers say that driver was arrested on suspension of drunk driving. hail and freezing rain may have played a role in that accident. cal's baseball team is ranked 13 in the nation but their biggest win came today off the field. uc berkeley announced the team has been saved. they considered eliminating baseball in a cost cutting move but supporters yesterday gave the chancellor 9 million dollars they had raised. it was one million short. >> reporter: good afternoon to you. improving conditions, sunny skies. santa rosa still dealing with cloudy skies. we have this puffy cumulus build up again because we do

remain unsettled, some of us still at risk of showers. the radar you can see especially south of san jose right around morgan hill the possibility of a few sprinkles hitting your ground at the moment, sliding towards dill roy, this coming off the course as this kim pushes itself to the south we will lose the possibility of scattered showers. leaving behind it chilly weather, 53 san francisco, 53 santa rosa, upper 50s oakland as well as low 50s in san jose. the numbers at this hour from 24 hours ago up just a bit, so we are starting to see a turn around and will be mild as we move into the weekend afternoons. for today the winds turning north-northeasterly. northwesterly is santa rosa. breezy in oakland. so with that implosion that breeze could push some of that smoke towards the peninsula but

it should clear out fairly quickly. a northerly breeze in redwood city and westerly in san jose. the winds will continue and could pick up a little bit. a little breezy in the afternoon. still may need that jacket. your satellite and radar show the core of this system now over southern california but clear to see the wrap around moisture here. we will not lose that altogether until the afternoon. headed out to at&t for the game, breezy and cool, game time right about 1:35 so mild, below average, upper 50s napa as well as santa rosa. 56 for pacifica. the only areas expected to warm to 60, san jose, last gots to, morgan hill as well as gilroy. the rest of it planted in the 50s, 55 expected for areas after livermore, 55 in pleasanton. your expected forecast, afternoons mild but take a look

at those overnight lows, chilly, even frost with for the valley, so if you have early morning plans you will need the jacket. just above freeding in some cases heading into saturday, sunday absolutely better our afternoon highs mild, mostly sunny. a week system swings through sunday into monday, maybe a few possibilities monday morning, outside of that we are looking good. >> a lot of people are just waiting for warmer temperatures. >> we are waiting. i am one of those. >> thanks very much. >> sure. >> muni is taking action against a driver caught on camera texting behind the wheel. it was recorded by a passenger. she said she pulled over to take care of a family emergency but after seeing the video they say that was not the case and they did fire here. still ahead another look at that implosion you just saw. the justice department gave google good news, how it pay impact the way you book air fares.

taking a look at stocks, the dow jones is down 70 points. and right now it sounds like the airline stocks have been tumbling today because crude oil climbed above 111 dollars for the first time since september, 2008. the federal government was given google the go ahead to proceed with its acquisition of the fair it a. it will make

them a big player in on line travel, however they will be required to license the software for other companies. a gay rights group will be able to talk to people on property owned by target stores. they had sued to keep them away from shoppers. they had a policy against it and had dozens of complaints it, but a judge ruled freedom of speech was more important than target's property rights. >> you saw it here live and will see it many times gain. take a look once again at the implosion of the oak noel hospital in oakland. [ explosions ]

>> the dynamite took down that 11 story hospital that was part of the navel base in that location. it had been an eyesore in that area for quite a while and finally is coming down as part of a big project to develop that area. this is another look at that implosion of the oak noll and what happens so quick he quickly and concisely when the engineers do their jobs like they are supposed to. asbestos and other harmful things had been taken out so that dust is not harmless. this is a book about causing pain in people and animals, one of the them is tobacco. they tried to feature cocaine

and marijuana but the city attorney said no. this is a banner year for waterfalls in the yosemite national park but will anyone get to see them? a government shut down is looming which could close the gates. : t hat this is our report, our next newscast is today at 5:00. have yourself a great day and go giants. send comments to comments@captioncolorado.com captions by terry james, caption colorado, llc.