pile of rubble. it was claimed by the homeless. then claimed by an excavator. demolition of the defunct dealership turned into homes for the homeless was turned into rubble. this morning they allowed them to go inside to get their things. the inside is cluttered with debris. it's dark, no power. no water. in one glance she would see discarded cigarette butt, in another a pool table in a common living area. right now we're in what appears to be the former auto office. you can see there is a bed on the floor here. here the air is thick with flies and on the floor food dishes for someone's pet. someone using a torch to cut up metals for recycling likely

sparked the fire. leaving the steel support beams twisted. >> this building is very dangerous. >> reporter: the city of vallejo has long known about the homeless living here. the city wanted to tear the building down for months. the fire accelerated that process. but left 50 people again without a home. >> it's been hard. really has for all of us. and we just want the city to help us. >> reporter: this was more than just a gathering place for the homeless. it was a community for two years. it was business believe it or not taking place on this property. at 6:00 we will take you in for another look inside. in vallejo, ken pritchett. ktvu news. the ntsb today released 500 pages of new documents in its investigation into september's deadly pipeline explosion in san bruno. we've been pouring through the papers all day. here will some that we

discovered. these photos and detailed interviews with 13pg & e employees about what led up to the fire and san brunod isaster. and what they noticed at this breaker. another employee who overseas station engineering also mentioned pg & e had been having electrical problems. and workers told him they were wiggling powers to repair them. and a possible hand welded repair. but he thought something else may have happened. a factory flaw built into the pipelines in the 50s. he speculated something triggered the failure, saying i think there might have been some kind of geological event perhaps that occurred. the information is not conclusive orpoints to a clear reason of what went wrong.

and you can read the documents for yourself, they are on our website just go to ktvu.com and click on pipeline explosion. pg & e will have to update regulators on safety work on its natural pipelines in the next three years. the california public works will have to produce reports once a year. the company could face fines if it cannot produce documents that it's high pressure transmission lines are operating safely. the cpu also approved the cpu rate hike today. the average residential rate will go up .5% starting next month. pg & e says you will see your monthly bill going up from 45- cents to $45.

now to the chauncy bailey murder trial. today a police officer went under fire into how he investigated bailey's murder took the stand. and rob roth tells us what he told the jury. >> reporter: testimony just wrapped up in the alameda county courthouse. the oakland police detective who led a highly criticized murder investigation talked publicly tonight. sergeant longmire testified today that for years he would often visit your black muslim bakery as an effort to build relationships in the community. people say he had too close of a relationship with yusuf bey iv. the former leader of the now

defuncted bakery. >> there was nothing particularly unusual about that relationship. i don't think there was a close one. >> reporter: longmire is suing for tarnish of his reputation. the day after the bailey murder, longmire allowed bey speak with the bakery. the defense wants the jury to believe broussard is lying. >> broussard has made claims that he was victimized by the sergeant. he was denied council. and allegations there was coercion. i suspect that's not the truth. i think that's probably another lie and hopefully sergeant

longmire will confirm that. >> reporter: if the codefendant mackey could receive life without parol. rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. the shut down show down is over. just a few hours ago congress approved the hard fought bipartisan spending bill and send it on to the president. but not everyone is pleased. >> it's cutting the money for seniors, cutting the money for clinics that keep people out of emergency room. this is nonsense. >> reporter: gerimendi says the bill will mean lay offs at the university of california and lawrence berkeley labs. but the bill cut billions off of spending. the epa community development program and the national park service all took big hits. >> we're doing what the american people have asked us to do. again it's not all we wanted. it's not what all -- it's not all of what america wants. but it's a step in the right

direction. democrats did manage to save funding for planned parenthood. national public radio and health reform. now congress turns it's attention to a gop proposal to cut almost $2 trillion over 10 years. backers of proposition eight against gay marriage announced today they want the judge to return a video tape of the trial. judge ron walker broke a promise he maid to keep the video tape private when he used it during a speech on cspan. so far there's no word from judge walker who is now retired. dougard is retiring after 18 years on the job. she had been under fire after the shooting of unarmed

passenger oscar grant. bart directors hired sherwood baker to fill in. he will be pay $160 an hour. dougher is said to leave the postoctober 22nd. a judge has ordered two men to pay $15,000 each to the owner of jc jewelry store which was luted after the mehserle verdict came down. the rally in downtown oakland started peacefully but then turned violent with stores being vandalized and looted. when the two were arrested they were wearing jewelry from the store. home prices continue to fall. the real estate tracking firm says the median price in the bay area dropped more than 5% last month when compared to a year earlier. in march 28, the median price was $380,000. that's now declined to 360,000. fore closures accounted for

nearly 32% of last month's sales. while prices have been going down. mortgage rates have been moving up. freddie mac says the average rate on a 30 year fixed loan was 1.5% last week. up from 4.87 the week before. it's the fourth straight reek that rates have risen. investors nervous about earnings from the country's biggest banks. bank of america's numbers are due out tomorrow. the dow was up 14 points, the nasdaq was down one point. a worker in eastern contra costa county today was injured when two portable school buildings shifted off their foundations and trapped him in between. it happened shortly after 11:00 this morning at gehringer elementary school. a worker was setting up equipment to put wheels on the temporary structures to take them off of campus.

the man was between the buildings when first one then the other shifted trapping him. >> that's what ended up tipping off the side. it looks like the footing on the bottom of it tipped and the whole building went over on him. >> reporter: the worker was freed and taken to the hospital for observation. at this point we don't know the extent of his injuries. the shark tank is read did for the play offs and so is the team. but are fans prepared to play nice? that story coming up. and plenty of clouds out there today but it was a bit warmer. will there be any sprinkles from these clouds. i'll have the latest computer models for your neighborhood. ougog t bk.

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from now before the home opener. doctors have reduced stow's medication and now family members are very hopeful that he will awaken from his coma either tonight or tomorrow. what happened to bryan stow are on the minds of many fans going to the shark's game tonight. robert honda has the story. >> reporter: that's right frank. we are at the shark tank in downtown san jose where the street festival is just getting under way. you can see the excitement. many people say they hope fans don't let emotions get out of hand. >> reporter: the sharks and kings are warming up for a heated battle and many fans say they hope any fights will take place only on the ice. some fans have had concerns since the bryan stow attacks

attacks. >> the giants and dodgers, that rivalry goes deep. and nothing has happened over there since. >> i think shark fans are pretty well behaved. >> reporter: the sharks will step up security not necessarily because of stow. or that now gangs now wear sharkjerseys. >> some things they will see and will seem apparent. but it'll be a safe venue and everything will go well. >> reporter: players from both teams are well aware of the stow incident. some have even contributed. >> we are good sports men.

we respect our opponents and their fans. we've also seen san jose police patrolling the area. so far it's getting loud but still peaceful. live in san jose, robert handa. ktvu channel 2 news. high school students in fremont tonight are mourning the death of a popular young switch coach who collapsed and died this week. 28-year-old joe martinez coached the water polo and swim team at mission san jose high school. he died suddenly on sunday after a fall in his home. students have hung memorial banners and set up a memorial facebook page. >> the kids loved the way he coached. the way he treated them and talked to them and encouraged them. he brought kids up from little guys all the way up through high school and into college. >> i probably seen him you know more throughout the years. you know more than my parents. it's so surreal you can't even believe it. mission san jose high school is hosting a memorial for coach martinez on saturday

which would have been his 29th birthday. hundreds of oakland school teachers are no doubt feeling relief right now. elementary school teachers who got preliminary lay off notices will keep their jobs. middle and high school teachers as well as guidance counselors are still waiting to learn if they'll have jobs for the next school year. the district is still analyzing its budget situation to see if financial cut backs will lead to lay offs. >> math test scores slipped last year for some students. the findings was announced today at cal east bay. it says the drop was seen in students from third grade through middle school. the researchers say math is critical to global competition. >> the reason that companies come here, the reason that our bay area has been so successful is having that qualified work force where companys have been able to expand. researchers say parents should emphasize the importance

of math to children starting at the preschool level. well we want to take our first look at weather. for that we go to bill martin, bill. >> a few clouds out there. we talked about it last night. the clouds hanging north. the rain hanging north, but the clouds are working their way our way. and live storm tracker two, you can see the cloud band. there's no showers in our area but notice that swath of clouds. that's a good, that's 800 miles of cloud cover here. and that area of clouds are going to drift south as we move through the next 24 to 36 hours. so what that means is you roll into your friday. and into your saturday, clouds are in the forecast. now some models suggest a hint of some sprinkles north. i mentioned that last night too. if it occurred it would be very, very light and not a big deal. don't change your plans. i think you're going to get what you need to get done. they're going to be into the upper 60s and low 70s on friday

and on saturday too. despite the cloud cover. the weekend partly sunny and warmer as we go into sunday. especially. overnight lows are going to be up a little from last night. that's because of the cloud cover. so the cool spots upper 30s, the rest of us mid-40s. maybe even some mid-50s in the warm spots down toward santa cruz. a nice day tomorrow in terms of dry. but there will be plenty of clouds lingering. the computer model then, thursday at 5:00, there's the clouds. this will show rain too if it's going to show up. we will go through friday morning. there's you're morning commute. there's some sprinkles north. that's what we were talking about. mostly cloudy, friday for your morning commute. then we get into your afternoon commute. some clearing and then more clouds. what are you going to do? when we come back we're going to have your weekend forecast. looks like saturday saturday sunday will be your warmest day. we will tell you how warm it'll

get on your sunday. and the japanese emperor and empress is been visiting the hardest hit area. bidding at a fish market damaged by the quake and tsunami has started back up. and fish were unloaded at the dock. one fish seller hopes this will lift up the spirits of the people in japan. we are learning more tonight about the heartbreaking final seconds inside a van in new york state in which a mother and three children drowned. the lone survivor a 10-year-old boy said his mother drove into the hudson telling her children, you are all going to die with me. the boy said she then changed her mind and tried to back out of the water saying she made a grave mistake. the 10-year-old tried to climb out of the water to safety. we're going to need to land. for the first time we hear

the tense moment as a pilot tries to land his plane but can't get the attention of the control tower. >> and take a look at this video, a homeowner says he captured an arrest on camera in front of his house. and we try to get some answers. tonight at 6:00, you might not know it from here but infertility is on the rise. a new proposal to limit invitro sterilization. we tell you what made it so difficult to fight this building fire. now we'll take you inside the complex homeless community that operated out of it. barry bonds battle isn't over yet. we're breaking down his chances of going to jail. getting a retrial or an appeal. tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00.

there is new fall out to report tonight in the air traffic controller crisis. today the head of the faa's air

traffic control unit henry kokowski steps down. his resignment comes after several embarrassing incidents where controllers fell asleep on the tower. a medical plane was forced to fly without assistance because the lone controller at the tower was asleep. regional control tried in vain vein to contact the reno tower. >> we've got a pretty sick patient. we may just have to land if we have clearance or not. controllers also have been found asleep on the job in washington, texas, tennessee and reagan national airport near the nation's capital. that is where two jets had to land without clearance last month because the controller had dozed off. >> this is not an acceptable

situation. we don't condone any of these incidents. we know there's good reasons for why they occur but there's no good excuse whatsoever. the faa has suspended three air traffic controllers. the agency is also adding a second controller overnight at 27 u.s. airports. faa officials also said today they have launched a review of the air traffic control system. and brand new terminal two tonight is open for business. the first departures from the new terminal left at 6:00 this morning. terminal two is the new home for virgin america. its features include ambient lightning and public art. >> i think it's beautiful. i'm really excited. i'm excited to be one of the first people flying out. i couldn't believe it. i heard it on the news this morning and saw it was opening today. i can't believe we're here. it's really exciting. it's a good thing for our city. >> reporter: it took a year to

remodel the terminal. the white iphone four could be available as soon as the end of this month. bloomberg business week reports it heard from four sources. the phone will be available on both at&t and verizon. apple has blamed technical problems for the delay of the white iphone. and postal charges such as the cost to send advertising that floods your mailbox will be going up. a postcard is also going up. big changes in the ethnic make up of america's largest cities with latinos becoming the most numerous minority group in my of them. new data group released today

indicate that latinos are now the largest minority group in 191 of the nation's 366 metro areas. those metro areas are home to 83% of the nation's population. many analysts say the change is likely to cause a mayor shift in political power. using your smart phone to video tape police could land you in trouble. find out why one vallejo man was arrested for doing just that. the money is untraceable long gone, and spent. a police warning tonight about a new trick and people are falling for it. what police say you need to know to protect yourself. a special report is up next.

amateur video of police video taping an arrest backfired on the photographer landing him behind bars. is it illegal to video tape an arrest? sal castaneda is live. >> reporter: the police told us that they didn't know about the video until we told them about it. we told the vallejo police department, they investigated and made an arrest. this video of the incident was captured by dushine using his cell phone. >> so i started recording the actions and an officer pulled up and came into my garage and

then he said he you know he wanted my phone for the evidence. >> reporter: you can see officers scott gates walking up and demanding the phone. duchine refused and handed his phone to his friend who took it inside. he was arrested for intervening with police. >> we have a constitutional right under the first amendment which protects our right to speak to take video tapes of the police officers in public as they do their official duties so we can create an objective record of that. >> reporter: duchine says that we have a right to record polices action and says he would do it again. >> reporter: although mr. duchell was arrested he was not

taken to jail. he was just cited on the scene. and vallejo police says it's not illegal to video tape an arrest as long as you don't interfere with the arrest. and after investigation, the arresting officer may face investigation. mark leno wrote -- it would leave it up to districts to determine the content of the lessons and what age it will be thought. the bill now goes to the assembly. a number of colleges throughout the bay area plan to take part in tomorrow's national day of silence. it's meant to draw attention to harassment and bullying of gay,

lesbian and transgender students. the national day of silence observations began in 2009. an old scam in finding some new victims and it's happening all over the bay area. and most of the victims are elderly people who get ripped off just because they try to do a good deed. investigators say group of scammers are preying on people in parking lots all over the bay area and getting away with tens of thousands of dollars. they might approach hundreds of people before they find a nonsuspecting victim. >> every time this has happened in the area it's an elderly victim. they gain that person's confidence. show them what they think is a lot of money. and in reality they end up with nothing. here is how it works. you're approached by someone asking for directions. they gain your trust and say

they need your help donating a wad of cash to charity. if you're doubtful that's when an accomplice enters posing as a stranger willing to put their money in. once convinced they give you their money. >> then a switch is made and he ends up with nothing. they usually end up with paper or confetti or something that they think is fun but it's really not. >> reporter: sergeant nelson says one senior citizen recently was scammed out of $20,000. another lost 50,000. he says there are likely countless more victims too embarrassed to come forward. san jose police say they see the scam once a week. >> the money is untraceable. long gone and spent. >> reporter: debby emrie with the fbi says with many elderly scams, victims have to be convinced the scam is not real. >> you tell them everything. you get them to look online. you give them a copy of someone else who has been scammed.

they still don't believe you. >> the bottom line is, someone approaches you with a deal too good to be true, it probably is too good to be true and you should call the local police department because these guys are scam artists. >> reporter: a warning, so if someone approaches you to give, you're aware. officials say they need to replace revenue lost because people are conserving water. the money would also go toward may maintenance and repairs. people who use san francisco's water from the sierra may also see a price jump. the city's public utilities commission is proposing a 47% increase to replace revenue lost because people are conserving. but the hike will be split

among 26 bay area cities. the bill would go up 16.5%. a 12% hike is already scheduled to start in july for customers inside of san francisco's city limits. more popular pick up trucks are being recalled because of a possible problem with air bags -- popular pickup trucks. it covers trucks from 2004 to 2006 model years. an electric short can cause the air bags to deploy unexpectedly and there have been some injuries. the original recall called for 60,000 trucks to be fixed. zipcar stocks rose 56% today. the ip rose $47 million at $18 a share. today zipcar rose $10 to close at 28. zipcar rents cars by the hour

to its members in 14 metropolitan areas in the country and in london. in the bay area they have offices in santa cruz and at stanford. a bay area lawmakers is leading a new fight for same- sex couples. this fight isn't for marriage it's for another right. it's a popular diet drug but consumer activists are warning on what it can do to your kidneys and your pancreas. and match.com is under pressure tonight. what a woman who says she was attacked by one of her dates is demanding now from the service.

a family from pacifica joined bay area lawmakers today in speaking out for immigrant rights for gays. sherly ten and marcado have been fighting to keep their family together. the bill would allow gay and lesbian americans to sponsor their partners from other countries for legal u.s. residency. congress is considering new legislation that would give more legal rights to sexual assault victims of the u.s.

armed forces. the bill would guarantee victims a right to a military lawyer, a base transfer and confidentiality. >> what is field mary as the mother is her efforts to work on legislation like this and other legislation to protect victims. the bill's author said recent studies estimate as many as one in three women are sexually assaulted while serving in the military. a southern california woman is suing match.com because she says she was sexually assaulted by a man she met through that service. the woman is an entertainment executive identified in a suit as jane doe. the woman says that after a second date the man followed her home and attacked her. she is now demanding that match.com screen members for a history of being sexual predators. her attorneys have asked the judge to stop the site from

signing new members until it begins that new screening. today the public asked fda to stop two types of weight loss pills. there's new reports that the drugs can cause kidney -- suicides declined during the years after world war ii and during the economic boom of the 1990s. people between 25 and 64 were most likely to kill themselves during those times according to the report. researchers suggest community

target suicide prevention programs during hard economic times. the state flower is in full bloom. so why are some set to yank the california poppy out of the presidio. and there's a chance of rain, when we come back i will tell you what i think. you may not know it from here. but infertility is on the rise. a new controversial proposal to limit envitro sterilization. now we'll take you inside the complex homeless community that operated out of a the building that burned this morning. and barry bonds is attempting to get a retrial or an appeal.

a fire in the north bay destroyed a building used to store motorcycles and landscaping equipment. it started at 5:00 this morning in a barn located at hurn and dutton avenue.

it took about 20 minutes to control the flames but in that time the fire destroyed the barn. damage estimates are about $40,000 and there's no word yet on just what started the fire. at the presidio tonight there's a big problem. the state flower is in full bloom, but the problem is, its color. david stevenson has the story. >> reporter: the bloom is on for hundreds of species of flowers and plants at the presidio in san francisco. >> a bright orange vibrant. there's lots of other flowers but the california poppies are absolutely beautiful. >> reporter: but some of these bright flowers mask a vibrant threat. >> solid orange poppies are found in native parts of the

central valley and other parts of california. the poppy that is truly native to san francisco and other parts of the coast of california has a lot of yellow. >> reporter: damian rapid says the nonnative orange poppy popped up in the park a year ago. he says it might have been introduced by a parkgoers who broke law. the fear is that the genetic strain will be destroyed by hybridization. that means this orange strain willing pulled to spot and remove invasive species. >> the long term goal would be to ensure that those poppies are replaced with that's botanically appropriate for the

park. >> reporter: they couldn't find a specific law prohibiting the picking of the state flower. their goal of removing plants is specifically the goal of maintaining the park. at the house hearing today a group of governors told lawmakers that they are taking steps to target pill mills. that's their term for tarts who hand out pain medicines illegally. 32 states have set up data bases where doctors have to write out the prescriptions they hand out and the patients that receive them. >> i don't think that anybody doesn't know somebody in their family or a friend, or a friend of their family that has being

hit by this. the fire of a vacant building has impacted the lives of a homeless community. >> reporter: at 6:00, barry bonds was only convicted of one count of destruction of justice. why the three charges that were thrown out could come into play during sentencing. plus it is a lifeline for many people who want to become parents. now why new rules meant to save little lives could make it harder for some women to get pregnant. also ahead the freak pitches in to help a giant fan still waiting to recover from a brutal beating. these stories and much more still coming up at 6:00. within the next two hours, six swimmers are scheduled to finish a grueling swim in the pacific ocean. their challenge is to make it to the golden gate bridge. the swim is taking place in chilly 53-degree water that are often infested with great white sharks. the swimmers are not using wet

suits either. they are expected to finish at 7:00 tonight. their swim will raise money for charity including the wounded soldiers. until now, players of the popular madden nfl series who are hit hard enough to get a concussion had been allowed to stay on the field. in the new game those players will be benched for the rest of the game. the new madden nfl 12 game is due out in two weeks. turning to weather. there's been talk of rain in the forecast but here to clear it up and get the accurate forecast let's turn to bill martin. >> tomorrow is going to behorsely cloudy. an outside chance of a sprinkle. -- tomorrow is going to be a mainly cloudy day. these are the highs from today. your highs tomorrow heck

they're going to be warmer than these by a few degrees. i think we'll see some low 70s tomorrow. so your bay area forecast calls for a mild overnight low, 40s. mostly to partly cloudy tomorrow. chance of sprinkles again. it's north of here. so if there was a little drizzle. we won't be even as much as we saw a couple of days ago. this is the pattern. it's kind of a drag in a way, it's not really going to rain. but all those clouds as they drive south are going to create hazy sunshine right into saturday. that will impact your temperatures. that drops them down. so san jose tomorrow under partly to mostly cloudy skies. daytime highs into the bay area weekend are going to stay in the low 70s. there's the rain north. again it's not going to take much to get a few drops out

here at bodega bay. look at the cloud line, i show you this last night. the models are consistent with this. this cloud line is going to hang with us. drops a little further south saturday. showers, right. look at that. but i don't think it's going to hit us. as we get into saturday afternoon. a little bit of clearing and then sunday is your most sunny, warmers day. so sunday right now is the day in the weekend you want to plan outdoor events. sunday is like bbq night i think. temperatures will be in the 70s tomorrow. your weekend always in view. i didn't put any sprinkles in there but we have clouds of plenty. your weekend always in view. looks like a pretty good weekend especially on sunday. in london, preparations if -r the royal wedding ramped up today as the soldiers and horses with -- preparations of the royal wedding ramped up today with the soldiers and horses taking part in the

marriage procession went through their paces. it was all spit and polish at the high park relish. every detail is being scrutinized from the shine on the soldier's boots to the cut of the horses manes. one officer says he is glad his soldiers are participanting in the royal wedding. apparently even being the prince of england doesn't always mean you get a table at a restaurant. prince william and a group of friend were turned away from a restaurant in whales. the restaurant said they didn't have room for the 20 person party. a commander in williams says one of the restaurant's chef

was off sick and the restaurant was not able to accommodate the large party. the group then moved on to another restaurant. >> and you can watch the wedding right here on ktvu. our coverage will begin at 2:00. the white house for sale. sort of. it's the very first sports trophy ever won and it is here in the bay area tonight.

if you're looking for a house with a classic style you might want to consider this one in a washington suburb in virginia. it's a replica of the white house. 1/5 the size of the original. and it has many of the same features including an oval office but with a piano instead of a desk. the asking price is $5 million. the spring show got into way today with a special appearance of america's cup. the america's cup was on display. it is the oldest sports trophy. the america's cup was on display until just a few minutes ago. >> in the evening it will move to the water hotel with some of the key figures from the america's cup organizing

committee. besides the cup there are scores of boats to see. the latest in nautical gadgets. the strictly sale boat show runs through friday. and ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 is next. you may not know it from here but infertility is on the rise. a controversial move to limit envitro infertilization.

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ktvu cameras go into a vacant car dealership that burned down. good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. they watched it burn down before their eyes. tonight they say that building is more than a vacant car dealership, it's a homeless community. ken pritchett has the story. >> reporter: there is a pause in the action out here. you see that excavator. it made quick work of this former car dealership, essentially turning most of it into rubble. this building was occupied by homeless people. 50