the death penalty. bay area detectives say they've solved the killing of four women with the arrest of this man, joseph naso. >> we are charging and going forward on four murder counts. >> reporter: ed bavarian says the oldest case goes back to 1977 when the body of 18-year- old roxane rogash was found. naso hit again a year after that when he killed car men colon, 22 in 1978. >> we are not going to be taking any questions. >> reporter: the da would not say whether dna linked naso to his victims. only that evidence found in his home convinced them to revisit the unsolved killings. >> along with the results of a

forensic analysis from the sheriff's criminalistics laboratory led marin investigators to connect naso with the death of rogash. >> reporter: now naso can be held responsible. they will try for all four murders at once making his eligible for the death penalty. naso is being held on no bail. he is expected to face a judge and hear those charges against him for the first time tomorrow. we're live here in san rafael. eric rasmussen. you can hear more about the announcement of the arrest on ktvu.com. investigators said today the death of a 16-year-old san francisco boy over the weekend involved an alleged arson plot. andy zeng's body was found inside a duplex near rankin street early sunday morning. the first floor of the duplex had been soaked in gasoline. four teenagers have been

arrested in connection with zeng's death. and police say they are searching for a fifth suspect. >> they are all teens. one of them is being charged with murder. that is not an ordinary case. we do not see juveniles murdered that young who have known each other. >> reporter: grief counselors were at thurgood marshall today where zeng was a sophomore. channel 2 news at 5:00 brought you the rescue live. three kayakers had rented kayaks. all three kayaks overturned. the coast guard brought the victims to safety and took them to a local hospital to be checked out. if you've been thinking of buying one of those flip video cameras you might be out of luck. today cisco announced it is

folding its flip camera business. robert handa is in san jose and how many jobs may be affected. >> reporter: well today's announcement here at cisco comes just a week after we reported the ceo told workers he planned bold steps for the flipping company. and shutting down the flip company was bold. >> reporter: a lot of people were taking pictures today in san jose. the kind of place people use their flip camera camcorders. the flip has been a big hit. just last year the flip was the top selling video camera in the u.s. in a statement today, cisco said the flip is a casualty of a realignment of its consumer business resulting in the loss of 550 jobs. some flip owners were stunned. >> i'm very surprised and a little saddened because i'm thinking that you know maybe eventually we would get the next one up. >> some flip owners saw the change coming. >> i can do video on my iphone.

i can take pictures with that. and it's just one less thing to carry. >> high tech analysts of creative strategies say ciscos move is inevitable. first because they got into the business to get people to buy technology that would require them to use cisco products. no one wants to carry a camera when they already have one on their smart phone. as for the lay off, he would be surprised if cisco sells the flip division. >> they had good product and good stuff in the works. that even though it was shut down it wouldn't surprise me if it actually gets bought by someone else. >> reporter: at this point cisco has not ruled out a sale and will continue to share the flip videos online. the san francisco board of supervisors gave final approval today for a tax break for

twitter. the vote of eight to three makes final an exempt for twitter from paying a payroll tax on new hires for six years. twitter had threatened to leave the city because of that tax. twitter has agreed to relocate to the mid-market section of downtown. patrons of the old gay leather bar rallied to prevent the eagle tavern from having its last call. the eagle has been in business for more than 30 years. it is set to close because the property owner has decided not to renew his lease. in less than 30 minutes the san francisco entertainment commission is scheduled to describe controversial new legislations for nightclubs in the city. they would require nightclubs to have metal detectors and security cameras in an effort

to deter violence. coming up on news at 7:00, why the law goes too far. and criticizing the increased ratings of the fukoshima accident to a level seven which is e equivalent to the shanobi rating. first told me that this pile of gravel is equivalent to the amount of radio active material released by tranoble in its first hour. this the amount that fukushima released in its first hour, much much less. they say that any comparison of the two is greatly exaggerated. >> fukushima is not a tronoble. both on its effect on people and effect on environment. >> reporter: nuclear engineer

jasmine anuye says unlike janoble the area was quickly evacuated. she's consulting with international officials to try to lower the rating. >> i think it's wrong because they are giving a wrong message. >> so that was the latest edition. >> reporter: in the uc berkeley nuclear engineer lab, new radio engineering results. they check for web spikes of japan iodine just barely detectable. he says continuing radiation testing of local milk, fruit, grass and soil all show a similar reading. >> it's definitely declining. never was something to be concerned about and now even less so. >> reporter: his team will continue sampling and plans a summer conference to analyze results. coming back live. i want to show you this simulator i've been wearing for

last three weeks. i've received two millirams. it's the average amount that a human being would get in america over the past three weeks at sea level. so we're right on average. it's also the amount by the way that you would get sleeping next to a person for a year. that's right the human body itself is radio active. reporting live, john fowler, ktvu news. an apparent mechanical glitch is to blame for activating a siren. it's one of the 17 emergency warning signals in richmond. a malfunction triggered that alarm at about 7:10 this morning. a crew is set to investigate and deactivated it about 30 minutes later. redwood city has approved a plan to consolidate its fire department with the city of san pablo. it could save both cities $79

million a year. the deal still has to be approved by the city of san carlos. california utilities will have to draw a third of their power from renewable sources by 2020. governor jerry brown signed a legislation into law today at the sun power solar power manufactured site in milpitas. >> today we have something that is a real success story. it's california leading the country. >> governor brown says the law could lead to tens of thousands of new jobs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. also today, the department is releasing loans for the sun power plan. budget talk could lead to a breakthrough at 6:15 you will hear why unicorns dominated

talk today at the state assembly. california is one of 38 states that allow people to carry unconcealed weapons. a similar bill failed last year. a body found near the columbia river in oregon is now confirmed as the northern california man who was swept away by last month's tsunami. family members say 25-year-old dustin douglas weaver was taking pictures with friends when the surge from the japanese earthquake hit crescent and swept him out to sea. he was found 380 miles away at fort stevens state park in oregon. there are reports tonight two men who died while scuba diving at an abandoned gold mine were setting up equipment for an organized dive next month. according to the sacramento bee, two men were setting up a set of ropes when one of the divers encountered trouble and

died a short time later. the body of another diver was retrieved from the mine yesterday. the american ambulance association awarded 27 paramedics with the star of life. among them was a pair of medics from sonoma county who helped deliver a baby on christmas eve. >> so we've cut the cord, did all the cleaning up. gave the baby oxygen. transported it to the hospital. >> reporter: how about that. after receiving their award, many of ambulance workers visited the state capital to lobby lawmakers in an effort to spare emergency medical services from the state budget chopping block. 12 kinds of garbage just dumped into the middle of a san francisco neighborhood. what the city is doing about it. i'm back here in about 10 minutes with the latest computer model and a chance for some sprinkles. per happens in your neighborhood.

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ktvu news cameras were rolling this morning as san francisco police entered a vacant building occupied by low income housing. more than 20 people began occupying that building last night. they say they were trying to draw attention to the city's housing crisis. napa sheriff's deputies are announcing the death of a patient at napa state hospital. the sheriff's department says 47-year-old william jober died after being restrained by staff last night. he had just attacked another patient in a part of the hospital that houses people deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial. a man who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting his 8-year- old step granddaughter at a san

francisco school was sentenced today to 12 years in prison. 69-year-old pedro hernandez struck a deal with prosecutors to avoid a harsher sentence. surveillance cameras captured images of the assault which took place at a stairwell at that school. now here is an update on a story we've been following. a illegal dumpers in one neighborhood continue to pile up the trash. rob roth shows us what happened today and what business owners there want the city to do next. rob. >> reporter: we're on donor avenue at a dead end street on a remote part of the bellview district. you can see over here a sign that says no dumping but that message has not been much of a deterrent here. >> reporter: san francisco work crews spent hours this morning picking up what city officials estimate what 12-tons of trash dumped here friday in the middle of night.

much of it was roofing material and household junk just dumped in piles on the street. people operate small business on this street and they say they are tired of this. this is the third time donor avenue has been dumped on in the last three months. >> people come and see our work here. when they see all that, they feel like just turning back. you know, and that's bad. that's bad for the business here. >> reporter: but the problem is bigger than just this street, there have been 12 reports of dumping in the bay view in the past six months totaling 130- tons of garbage. the police and district attorney's officers are investigating looking for clues who can help them find whoever is possible. clean up is not cheap. >> millions of the dollars every year to clean up will run us 25 to $30,000. >> taxpayer money. >> taxpayer money. ktvu has reported on the city's public awareness campaign about illegal dumping but it keeps happening. >> it's awful here. it's too bad. >> reporter: we're also asking

people if they see any suspicious activity to let us know. call the police department so that we can get a better heads up on the type of people or incidents we can chase more active leads. >> reporter: business owners say they would like to see the city install security cameras. we're still waiting for an answer. oakland is replacing hundreds of parking meters left headless by thieves. thieves sawed off the tops of about 400 meters between january and mid-march. these meters on 29th street are still waiting to be repaired. it isn't costing the city that much to replace them though because the city has a large inventory of meters in reserve. parents brought their children to san francisco city hall to protest costs to child care programs. child care providers organize the rally to pressure

city leaders to provide funds where state and federal governments are cutting back. protesters walked around the block with their children. some in strollers and signs in hand. many parents would be forced to leave their jobs if they didn't have access to affordable child care. today democrats accused republicans of not being serious during negotiations about how to raise revenue. i have a five-year-old little girl who believes in unicorns and that's fine. but it's not fine for elected officials to come to this body and talk about these mythical solutions and not be able to bring them to the table. >> we certainly live in the real world. we live in the real world of our constituents every day who we believe are overtaxed. >> reporter: assembly speaker john perez says he will put a version of the extension tax in his chamber before the june budget deadline. turning to weather.

we've been talking about a chance for sprinkles. let's go to bill now in our weather center. >> reporter: i think we have a pretty good shot especially in the morning hours for light sprinkles mostly in the north bay. the most of us mainly sprinkles. any water on the roadway slows you down. we'll get to that. but right now i want to let you know how cool it is in san francisco. look at the wind over the golden gate bridge. the winds are blowing up to 18. i don't know about that gust of 49. i think that's an incorrect reading. it might be something coming off the buoy. tomorrow we have clouds moving in. tomorrow a chance of morning sprinkles mostly sunny and warmer for the bay area weekend. works out nicely. i think the morning a 6:00, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 is when you

will see spring sprinkles. by tomorrow a chance of showers for all. and a quick mover. this thing is out of here by lunchtime. mainly into the mountains. the computer model kind of bears this out. tonight and here come the clouds. tomorrow morning early now. wednesday at 7:00 a.m., sprinkles in santa rosa, san rafael out toward napa. and then concord you see that. so now let's move it up a little bit to 9:00 a. 9:00 a.m. not much else. let's watch these areas as they get into the 9:00 a.m. hours. 9:00a.m. maybe some sprinkles in the peninsula. alameda and south. none of this looks like a big deal. the models look consistent down playing this event. i think most of us will see trace amounts. to .05.

but it's enough to wet and dampen the roadways. and of course you know what that means in the bay area with a little bit of water on the roadways you're definitely going to see some slowing in the morning commute. stay tuned for the morning news, that thing starts at 4:30 a.m. the five day forecast , the weekend is always in view. santa clara based intel is making a new move into the mobile device market. the chip for tablet computers has been announced and says 35 devices will be released with the new product. tech experts have criticized intel products as too power hungry for power devices. disappointing sale figures from alcoa coupled with the

japan nuclear crisis sent the dow down by 117 points. how the water became too much for these massive sturgeon strapped in the sacramento river.

>> we got one. a unique rescue effort under way along the sacramento river where state law officials are trying to free at least 30 trapped sturgeon. the fish which is considered a threatened species got trapped when the river with stood their banks. all right, mark joins us now. giants and dodgers are in game right now. >> the guy who signed a $30 million contract yesterday, trevor kayhill roughed up a little bit. just a laser with two men on. it leaves the premises in about 2.3 seconds. and that gave the white sox a 3-

1 lead. currently it's 4-2 white house 4th inning. take a look at this play. josh hamilton tries to score on a little pop to third because no one was covering the plate. and on this particular plate he broke his right arm as you see it on the replay right there. josh hamilton the reigning american legal mvp will be out six to eight weeks. a damaging play for the texas rangers. meantime the sharks in action on thursday down at the tank. the play offs begin. this is them working out a little bit. getting ready for their confrontation with the kings. three california teams for the first time ever go to the postseason. the sharks were 3-1-2 against the kings during the regular season. two of those losses were actually in shoot outs but the play offs of course a completely different story. they know they've got their hands full.

>> you know in the schedule, i think we have two more games against them in the regular season. it's going to be a competitive series. >> it could have been either way in all of them. i don't know. it's just a physical game. tough game. tough team. and yeah you threw all the stats out the window once you start play offs. >> of course nobody is about to say anything controversial at this point. pretty much the fair from both teams. >> all right, mark, thank you. >> and that is our report for now. i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. have a good evening everyone. >> good night. >> good night.