>> reporter: i'm tara moriarty live in marin county where we're learning more about an accused serial killer and possible links to cold cases in new york. why this crowd of faculty, students and staff, organizers say it's unprecedented. we will all need to make sacrifices. but we do not have to sacrifice the america we believe in. as long as i'm president, we won't. reaction is coming in to

comments the president made less than an hour ago about controlling federal spending. the story next -- at noon. sh. good afternoon. we begin with a hearing about to get underway in the north bay for a suspected serial killer. tara moriarty join us from san rafael with new details in the case including whether there is links to killings in another part of the country. tara? >> reporter: we, tori, we spoke to new york state investigators this morning. they've been working closely with investigators here since january. they are remaining pretty tight- lipped about what connection all of these cases have to one another. but in an hour and a half, naso will make his first court appearance for his arraign hadn'tment. we've just on tabeed the -- obtained a copy of the complaint. now, naso is being charged with four counts of murder with

special circumstance. in 1977, the body of 18-year- old ro -- roxene roggasch was found in concord. a year later, carmen colon her body was found and then pamela parsons' body, tracy tafoya. naso used to live in rochester, new york, and that's where three of the victims had -- had the same victims. police found out one victim did not match naso. police have found no proof linking to the killings according to one individual -- >> we're thinking maybe this was a copycat off the rochester

murders because he would have herd about that through his connections. >> reporter: police are not willing to relinquish him as a suspect. he's eligible for the death penalty. naso is set for his arraignment here at 1:30 and mike mibach will have much more on this story coming up for you on the news at 5:00. i'm tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. stay with ktvu for continuing coverage on the cold-case murders. in other case involving a possible serial killer, divers searched the long island waters looking for human remains. this comes after monday after a skull and bones were found in

-- jones beach. this is the if figures set of human remains found. police are not sure the deaths were the victim of a serial killer or carried out by more than one person. hundreds of people are gathered in oakland right now for the funeral of a well-known restaurant owner shot and killed last friday. ♪ friends, family and the community joined in the precession and they walked from his restaurant from the fruit veil district for a 10:00 a.m -- fruitvale district for a 10:00 a.m. crash. there is a $32,000 reward connected with the case. campos is being laid to rest at st. mary's cemetery. a spring rain moved through the bay area this morning. here's what it looked like in pittsburg as the rain came down and the umbrellas went up. meteorologists say the rain developed quickly and went out

immediately. this is san jose. the heaviest rain fell between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. mark tamayo will be along, our ktvu meteorologist, to give us the full forecast as we finish up the weekend and -- up week and head into the weekend. an hour ago, president obama outlined his plan to reduce the budget by $12 trillion in the next 12 years. in a speech at george washington university, mr. obama proposed cuts in spending, a reduction in medicare and menddy cal spending and tax cut force the wealthy. he also called for bringing back a spending cap that would kick in if deficits do not decline by 201. >> we can solve this problem. we came together as democrats and republicans to meet the challenge before. we can do it again. >> even before the president spoke, republicans spoke out

against any proposal that includes tax increases. >> we can't tax the very people that we expect to reinvest in our economy and to create jobs. washington has a spending problem, not a revenue problem. >> liberal democrats are likely to attack any proposal that would be suspending social programs. college students across the bay area and across the country, in fact, are not in class today. instead, they are taking part in protests against budget cuts to higher education. kight's kraig debro is -- ktvu's kraig debro is at san jose state about more. >> reporter: this is a group of people that have gotten together. they are facing $500,000 in cuts for the next small semester here at san jose state and at the cu -- cu system and all of the campuses. they are also putting a face on this. the face they are putting on

this is that of charles reed, he's the chancellor. there are a lot of signs out here that are documenting reed's $450,000-plus salary. a lot people are angry that they have to pay more tuition and get fewer classes and, meanwhile, reed's salary has gone up some 66% in ten years. when i talked to people representing this group, they tell me they think reed can make some sacrifices. >> it would help the amount of money that goes to instructions is only 39%. >> reporter: of course, this issue is brought on about by the $28 billion hole. governor brown proposed a budget that cut $500,000 from the cu system, $500,000 from the usc system, and another $400 million from the junior college system. now, this is sa bucket that's based on an optimistic projection. it's based on the fact that jerry brown and those who support him think voters will

vote to suspend the tax cuts. if that issue does not come before the voters or it's shut down, that means they will be close to under a -- under $billion 1 billion. think about -- under $1 billion. >> within two years i'm paying double what i was paying before. and i believe that the chancellor is taking it. i have heard that he has a free place to live and a company car yet makes $35,000 a month. >> reporter: i did speak to a csu university spokesperson late this morning. they would not confirm any of the numbers and they said that cutting reed's salary would not make a dent. they also said reed along with other executive staff are taking furloughs, so, they, too are sacrificing.

now, these people will be walking from here and to downtown san jose and back. back to you. >> thank you, kraig. two people were forced to run for their lives after a fire swept through their home in bay point. it happened on madison avenue north slip -- shortly before 2:00 p.m. when firefighters arrived, they saw flames shooting out the back of the home. they say the fire was located in the attic and flames were knocked down by 2:20 this morning. residents were still in the home when fire crews arrived. no one was hurt. the jury in the barry bonds's jury trial is still in deliberations today with no indication of when a verdict might come down. bonds is seen here arriving at the courthouse in san francisco this morning. he's charged with lying to a grand jury about his use of performance-enhancing drugs, including steroids and human

growth hormones. the jury of eight women and four men are in the fourth day of deliberations. a northern california freeway was closed most of the morning due to a sticky mess. we'll tell you what spilled and why. and forecasting traffic jams and unloading your -- and downloading your smartphone. mark tamayo, our meteorologist, is up soon with details on how much rain you should expect this afternoon. this is part of the damage. that was part of the damage. >> cruel acts of vandalism at a northern california cemetery. you will hear why this is a very special place for many reasons.

highway 99 steer knock ton is open again -- near stockton is open again after a tanker spilled a load of molasses. it happened on southbound 99 at farmington road around 6:30. the highway patrol says a mazda swerved in front of the big rig and the truck driver didn't have enough time to slow down. he hit the car, lost control of the car, and it overturned. there was no major injuries. the molasses was cleaned up. the highway just reopened about an hour ago. we have developing news this noontime out of oakland. within the past hour, word has

come down that b.a.r.t.'s general manager dorothy dug ar has -- dorothy dugar has resigned. she's been under fire for several months. she will reportedly receive a seven earns package worth -- certainerrance package worth nearly $1 million. word is they will begin to search for her replacement tomorrow. ibm, caltrans and uc berkeley are working on a new traffic information system that could let you know about traffic problems before they happen. when a pattern starts to repeat itself, the system sends a text message or e-mail to people with an application on their smartphone. about a dozen employees in the south bay have been testing this for several months. the next step is to integrate transit and parking information. the pentagon said that u.s.

fighter jets are still participating in the libyan air strikes. this comes days after the obama administration said that u.s. militia spokesmen couldn't confirm how many fighter jets were assigned to the nato-led mission. but he did say that u.s. aircraft had carried out a number of bombing raids against forces loyal to leader moammar gadhafi. of efforts would be confined to a support role once nato took the lead in the mission. damage from japan's big earthquake and tsunami could come second most expensive disaster in the world. exact costs won't be known for months. but risk management solutions is estimating the cost -- cost cost could be as high as $39. hurricane katrina has the the biggest lost at -- has the biggest lost at $40 million.

the sendai airport can now handle a few flights during the day but there's still no power to light runways at night. the airportary restaurant and other facilities are also still closed. last month a tsunami swamped the runways, the terminal building and other areas leaving them covered -- covered with mud and debris. the giants' series continues tonight. there's been increased security ever since the attack on brian stow. he's the long-time giants' fan who was viciously beaten outside of dodgers stadium after the season opener two weeks ago. the giants have raised $70,000 to help cover his medical costs and expenses. video of a little girl

being patted -- being patted down at armstrong international airport is creating controversy. the tsa responds by saying children have been used to carry explosives in some places. in yuba county, marysville officials are asking for help to repair damage at the cemetery. there's damage to headstones. the vandals cut chain locks at the entrance and used a vehicle and rope to topple the monuments. people buried there, the gold rush 49ers, and world war ii veterans. >> this is part of the emotion is anger. and my second emotion is sadness to find that people are so disrespectful.

>> she says the city has insurance but there is a $5,000 deductible. at this point, police have no suspects or a motive. the city of hercules is preparing for some major budget cuts. last night it was standing-room only at a city council meeting to discuss the $6 million budget deficit. officials say everything from senior citizens programs to school music classes could be on the chopping block and on friday pink slips will be handed out to 30% of city employees. federal and state emergency officials are visiting the site of a landslide in hercules. this is video ktvu took this morning. officials are expected to tour the slide seen and make sure disaster funds will be used to help homeowners. rainy weather in late march is being blamed for the landslide. four homes are uninhabitable. residents in four other homes are being asked to move out

until the hillside can be fixed. a look outside right now in the south bay where we do have mostly cloudy skies still and a few popup showers. the overall coverage has been decreasing over the past few hours. that's off to a -- that's after a fairly active morning with heavier rainbands pushing through the region and rainfall about .500 to .10 across most of the region. sfo reported .16. here's a look at the overall weather story for today -- we do have this, clouds and sun. still a chance of a popup shower. tomorrow, partly cloudy skies. it will be a little bit warmer in the weekend. partly to mostly cloudy skies. as far as current numbers we're slowly warming up but today, definitely cooler than yesterday. you'll feel it out there with the readings only in the 50s. concord, 56. san jose at last check reporting 55. here is a setup. now, the storm track is

shifting to the north of the bay area as high pressure rebids. as a -- rebuilds. as a result we're not expecting much. the wear, close enough that we'll bring in some scattered high clouds and there's the possibility of a few sprinkles up in the north bay, from sonoma county and a slight chance saturday. still higher clouds pushing into the region. but temperatures are warming up. we're talking about 70s for the weekend. here we with go with the forecast model this afternoon. 12:00. still showing you a few lingering popup showers. we have clearing skies by 5:00 and 6:00. winds around 15 to 20. as we take this into your thursday, just some scattered high clouds out there. but no signature rainfall in the forecast. temperatures from 55 to 60. fair skies, still a bit of a breeze out there developing and

sticking into the evening hours -- lingering into the evening hours. you can pick out the highs and if you are heading to the giants' game bundle up with the temperatures right around 50 degrees at first pitch at 7:15. here is a look ahead. you will notice this as we head into thursday andtry. just some scattered high clouds and temperatures in the upper 60s to lower 70s. at least no significant storms in sight. we could get a few sprinkles in part of the north bay. >> thank you, mark. a dramatic rescue in the north bay after a car plunged over a cliff. it happened on highway 1 in sonoma county, the car plunged 70 feet off the cliff trapping a mother, father and young child inside. rescue crews went down the cliff to save the family and a helicopter airlifted them to a hospital in santa rosa. the highway patrol says the driver of the car was arrested for dui. it's unclear if the driver was the mother or father. people who live in portola

valley are, once again, being told to be on the lookout for a mountain lion. someone 1309ed the animal monday night on -- spotted the animal monday night. as a result of the sitings -- sightings, a meeting will be held at sequoia high school. the meeting starts at 7:30 and it is open to the public. meanwhile, mountain lion tracking has gone high tech in the bay area. one group is installing high- definition cameras to keep an eye on mountain lions 24 hours a day. the battery-operated cameras are able too take, clear color pictures of the roaming mountains during the day. the the same cameras -- the same cameras get the same during the night. >> many species of wildlife won't come out when there's people around. so having this will allow us to

see a lot more. >> right now the group as has 50 cameras all over the bay area. next week, it plans to add a few more at tilden park in the east bay hills. a closer look at noontime stocks. people appear to be spending more in this weak economy and we'll tell you why that is not necessarily good news

tiking a live look at the

-- taking a live look at the big board on wall street, stocks are at their afternoon highs as they enter the final hour of trading. tomorrow's action could be interesting giving the lack of corporate earnings reports conditioning in. of course, investors are watching carefully at president obama's budget plan he just announced. right now, the dow is up 23. nasdaq, up 18, s&p is up 2. consumer spending was up in march but not in stores. the commerce department says retail sales increased .4% last month. but the increase shrank when sales from gas stations were taken out. meanwhile, businesses in february posted the largest number of job opening in more than two years. evidence that hiring is picking up as the economy grows. economists hope the bright outlook for growth will keep people shopping as the year continues. coming up on the news at 5:00, another air traffic controller has fallen asleep on

the job. this time in reno. last month, a controller fell asleep at reagan national airport in washington. the same thing happened at several other u.s. airports. find out what the faa is doing to make sure that when pilots call in for a landing someone answers. that story and more coming up in our next newscast, ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. thanks for watching, have a great day.