you have people watching this ral -- participating, you have people watching this rally. it has really become a tax deadline tradition. today they're back and they say they continue to grow. >> we're hoping to reach 25,000 in membership by next april. by doing that and have them tell a friend we'll have the numbers for the election coming up. >> reporter: bridgett nelson says that number represents her party and another in the bay area. >> go look at a map of the bay area. we're the bluest part of the

country. what can i say. >> reporter: that's the president of the democratic group in the bay area. >> the problem is a money problem, not a spending problem. >> reporter: and the group is now setting the sights on sacramento. >> what's going on in sacramento is a mess. >> reporter: we'll continue to follow this rally and bring you more at 6:00 and how the tea party is officially drawing an alliance with the state's gop. an official alliance that is. ken pritchett. caught on tape. the moments leading up to oakland's latest homicide. only on 2, the surveillance video that investigators are going over frame by frame. patti lee has looked at this

video and shows us what she saw. >> reporter: the body was found here on international boulevard. usually a crime that takes place during the night has very little witnesses. but this time, the surveillance cameras attached to this building captured it all. it captures the seconds leading up to a murder. you can clearly see a person walking down the street. simultaneously on a second camera there is video of a car making a u turn. that is the same car pulling into this shop. the driver getting out, he engaging the person on the street. then you see movement, possibly a scuffle, then the driver gets back into the car and takes off. >> i don't go places at night. not in oakland anymore. >> the bad people cause you not to trust good people sometimes. it's just bad. >> reporter: police tell us the victim 25-year-old dwanye taylor was likely shot to

death. and this video from the surveillance camera may be key in helping identify the suspect. coming up at 6:00, we're going to tell you more about the strategy police try to use to catch this suspect. san jose police are asking for help to track down the man's killer. this man 24-year-old jaime soth was involved in a killing last month. it happened on march 23rd at a strip mall on lundy avenue. 20-year-old jeffrey molanio was outside a pizza parlor with a group of friends when he was shot and killed. >> a second group of individuals arrived. some type of verbal altercation occurred. at one point an individual connected with soth produced a handgun and opened fire on the first group. sergeant drier says soth should be considered armed and dangerous. if you see him you are asked to call san jose police. coming up a little bit later at 5:15, a maritime

incident becomes a crime scene. why the boater on board this vessel was taken away in handcuffs. it's being called a day of silence. a nationwide protest by the gay rights supporters to publicly fight bullying and intimidation. there have been a number of events throughout the bay area today and ktvu's robert handa is at one that is going on right now. robert. >> reporter: we are at the billy d. frank center near downtown san somewhere jose where we've seen many people wearing these t-shirts to support the day of silence. the students will be marching

which will be followed by a rally. people put tape over their mouths to send a message. >> they don't feel comfortable or safe. >> i think it's very important for society in general to realize how many people are forced into silence because they are oppressed and marginalized for who they are. >> this is an effort to sort of promote the idea that everywhere gays are victims, we see a lot of people who oppose homo sexuality. >> reporter: the group americans for truth continue to demand that students and parents boycott the day of silence. supporters are not deterred. the defrank youth group plans to rally at the cesar park in half an hour and there's

another event scheduled for tomorrow. employees of apple are reaching out to young gays and lesbian telling them to hang in there. >> know that there's nothing wrong and there's people out there just like you. >> reporter: the video is part of the it gets better campaign. it features lesbian, gay, and transgender employees from apple telling how they overcame bullying. widespread contamination of meat. ktvu's health and science editor john fowler is here to explain all of the concern. >> it's almost grilling time. so this first of its kind study may startle some people. researchers bought 80 different types of poultry and meat. in more than half of the

samples they found staph. in half of those, the strand was a drug resistant. >> kind of frightening because i love chicken. i eat a lot of it. >> reporter: researchers say genetictists show the bacteria came from the animals themselves. possibly the use of antibiotics. leaving doctors few treatment options. >> you take risks every time you leave the house.

i'm not worried about it. >> reporter: and you shouldn't be too worried either. doctors say as long as you cook the meat to 185 degrees that kills the bacteria. that means no rare steaks. and you wash your utensils and hands after you handle the meat. you should not have any problems there unless you have some kind of disorder, you are very young or the elderly. reporting live, health and science editor, john fowler, ktvu news. ktvu.com has more information on the tainted meat study as well as on staph infections. just look under the ktvu.com right now section on our home page. well san francisco is trying to head off another lawsuit against the city's ban on tobacco sales in stores

containing pharmacies. the pleasantton based company calls the ban arbitrary. the california court of appeals refuses to dismiss the case that is if it does both sides will meet in court in june. a similar lawsuit by phillip morris was thrown out. california's unemployment picture brightened a bit last month. the state's jobless rate slipped to 12% in march that is 1% lower than in february. and 4% lower than in march of 2010. here is how the jobless numbers broke down in the bay area. solano county has the highest unemployment rate at 12.3%. marin county has the lowest at 8.0. there's good news and bad news tonight on how much money americans are spending. the labor department says consumer prices were up. about half a percent in march. that's the same as in february. the bad news you paid more for

food, gasoline and rent. encouraging signs for the economy overshadowed the reports to spark a late rally on wall street. the consumer spending data we just mentioned excited investors as news that u.s. factories increased production for the ninth straight month. the dow jones ended the day at 56 points. the nasdaq gained four points. >> for the first time since last month's earthquake and tsunami, dressed in gears to protect them from any radiation, hundreds of police officers are sorting through the rubble. >> we will pay provisional compensation to be a small help for those who have been evacuated. >> also today the president of the utility that owns the fukushima plant announced his company will make initial

payments to those evacuated from the area around the reactors. the payments will range from the equivalent of about 9,000 to 12,000 u.s. dollars. japanese officials are urging the utility to be in distributing payments by the end of this month? in tokyo, sumo wrestlers provided entertainment for the evacuated. the bay area weekend is upon us. you see some green behind me. a chance of sprinkles in the south bay. i'll let you know when and where that could occur.

new wanted posters are up in los angeles as police look

for the men who beat and nearly killed bryan stow. the two are latino, one with a mustache and tattoos on his neck. the other latino or white. short hair, hazel eyes and he might have tattoos on his shoulder. tonight bryan stow remains in a medically induced coma. a spokeswoman for the hospital says stow is now completely off of the medication that keeps him in a coma but that it's quote hard to know if he'll wake up. she says doctors are monitoring his condition and if his vital signs become compromised he may need to go back on the medication. things are tight tonight after a technical problem caused delays in san francisco. nummi says a signal malfunction at the church street station.

the problem was cleared up in about an hour. coming up at 5:30, ktvu cameras go out on the water today to take a closer look at the slow and steady work going on on the golden gate bridge. so imagine turning on the tv and seeing your expensive boat sitting on the sand at ocean beach while police handcuff the suspect. that is exactly what happened this morning as the boat's owner was watching the news on channel 2 from his home in vallejo. >> reporter: wolf owned the boat and named it dancing wolf. a friend called wolf this morning and told him someone had stole the boat. >> he hot wired it or did something. >> reporter: police contacted the man, he was either asleep or passed out. he tried to tell the officer he was simply waiting for the tide to come in so he could go back out to sea.

meanwhile the owner of the boat had given up his search temporarily and decided to watch some tv. >> we went home and waited and watching channel 2, and there's my boat. >> reporter: police would not identify the man but said they arrested him when it was learned he is a parolee with a no bail warrant. wolf says the manmade himself right at home on his boat. >> his shoes and sox are still on the boat. >> reporter: the scene drew a crowd of people. no one knows why the man allegedly stole the boat but there is one theory. yesterday was the man's birthday. >> happy birthday, he's at the hall of justice now right. >> reporter: wolf says he paid $350,000 for the boat which will get off the beach but may never get back on the water. craig debro, ktvu. and 16 cases could be appealed following allegations that the head pediatrician for the state county system

molested children. dr.kline testified in those cases and now his credibility is in question. kline has denied that he ever molested any children. a 33-year-old bret woodman has been accused of kidnapping and raping a teenage girl. daniel alfredo florez pretended to be a firefighter when he abducted the 17-year-old from her home back in october of 2005. he was put in a trunk, taken to a dark place and assaulted for six hours before being dumped nude on the side of the road. florez is expected to get life in prison when he is sentenced in june. it's designed to help restore areas damaged in 2009 by the 161-acre station fire. the largest wildfire in the ory foresters say for the next five

years they will plant 5,000 trees. that works out to about 300 trees per acre. a special effort was made today to connect with the homeless and lowincome people in west oakland. they put on a full service fair at the st. mary's center. clothing and sleeping bags were given out. workers also make sure that everybody is getting the money they are eligible for. people got to take a hot shower and haircut for potential job interviews. a 51-year-old crew member died while fighting a fire near the community of cocomo. 30 homes have gone up in flames. thousands of families have been

evacuated. texas forest service officials say wind gusts and dry conditions are fueling those wildfires. >> really dangerous situation there. time for us to talk about our weather and really very nice out there. let's check in with our chief meteorologist bill martin, bill. >> reporter: just in time for the bay area weekend. nice weather, clouds out there as you saw today. right now sprinkles out of the forecast. clouds and warmer daytime highs. look at the rain up north. jet streams are lingering, that's not that far north really. here's point arenas right here. fort brag down here. you can see us down here. the chance of showers dropping down as we move into sunday night. a real possibility. looks like we might see some sprinkles. sunday night into monday but the weekend looks good. here's the fast forward from today. i think we're going to see some of the clouds out there. more clouds tomorrow. what you're seeing here is sort of what we're going to see tomorrow. filtered sunshine. a thick deck of clouds. temperatures will be in the 60s and 70s.

some low and mid-70s possible tomorrow and sunday. as temperatures begin to increase. the forecast tonight then not as cool as it has been. the clouds keep us a little warmer. your saturday morning, you wake up in the mid- and upper 40s. the weekend clouds, and a little bit warmer. the extended forecast, a chance of a shower as we move into sunday night and into monday. showers to the north. you can see how far north they are here. they are staying well to the north. this is even north of the cloverdale area. here's santa rosa, hillsboro. you can clearly see that russian river drainage that's where the rain is going to linger tonight. and we'll look at day by day on your bay area weekend. we'll see you back here. people in the ross valley

could see a big hike in their utility rates. and in larksburg, a 91% increase. the money would pay for 11 new employees to work on replacing antiquated pipes. the district's board will likely hold its first vote on this proposal next wednesday. tax day is looming. the new tool the government launched to help you figure out where all your tax dollars are going. also, getting ready. the fun way the american red cross is trying to get you to think about the very serious topic of disaster preparedness. there's a major push to turn the oakland forest into a money machine. we'll break down the five year plan to use the fort to create more jobs and opportunities for you and the entire bay area. plus, barry bonds may not be the only person to suffer over his conviction. the key player in the case who could be the fed's next target. tonight on ktvu channel 2 news

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the treasury department handed out $513 million for first time homeowner credit for people who didn't quality. the credit was part of a $27 million program intended to spur the housing market between 2008 and 2010. some of those payments went to prison inmates, people under 18, and taxpayers who didn't even buy a home. the white house has created a tax calculator that shows you exactly how much of your individual tax dollars go to specific government programs. for a married couple making $50,000 a year the vast majority goes to social security and medicare with smaller sums for defense. anti tax groups though point out that 7% of our tax dollars

pay the interest on money borrowed to cover deficit spending. >> what it's ignoring is the fact that much of the budget isn't actually being paid for, it's being borrowed right now. once you have figured out your taxes you can find out where your money is going by going to our website ktvu.com then go to web links and look for the white house tax calculator tab. taxes would normally be due today but this year you'll have up to monday 18th due to imancipation day being celebrated today. federal taxes will be considered on time as long as they are filed before midnight on sunday. a rally was held in san francisco today for the 1906 quake and fire. on monday san francisco's were offered free supplies and training materials to help them

in the hours and days after a major quake. residents must be ready to work together when disaster strikes. >> what we found after loma prieta that there were a lot of citizens that wanted to assist. because the emergency responders will be overwhelmed. sanford university today helped kick off a three year anniversary of the peace corp. today peace corp. workers brought their message of volunteerism to stanford students. stanford ranks 15th in the country for the number of students who have joined the peace corp. uc berkeley is number one. >> peace corp. is as relevant today as it was when john f. kennedy started the organization 50 years ago. we have a 40 year high in the number of volunteers.

the requests are great overseas. >> one speaker at tomorrow's event will be mike honda who was a peace corp. volunteer in el salvador during the 60s. and thieves are targeting one san francisco neighborhood. here they broke down this door. we asked san francisco police what they are doing about it. it's way up there, 500 feet above the bay, a new piece of the bay bridge tower is being put into place. a key piece and a high place and we'll show you what it's taking.

it's been happening over and over. someone breaking into stores in one part of san francisco.

today we talked to one store owner who's business was hit about how it happened. rob roth tells us what she said and also what business owners are now considering pooling their money and what they want to buy, rob. >> reporter: well frank here on chestnut streets many people are out and about. some heading out to restaurants and bars. but throughout the marina's many small business are on alert. there have been half a dozen burglaries in the past week. >> this is the door he broke down. >> reporter: it appears someone climbed a fence and broke down the back door. you can still see splintered pieces. >> the door frame i guess you call it is all broken. >> reporter: the owner says the intruder rifled through the cabinet looking for money, there wasn't any. she says even so having someone breaking in is unnerving. >> i get a cold chill down my back and say, oh no. >> reporter: two doors down someone broke the screen

leading into a nail salon. nothing was taken. police say money and small electronics appear to be the target. >> the criminals getting in through common trades men doors doors on the sides of these apartment buildings, going to the backs of business, jumping fences and knocking down doors. >> it puts the employee on edge. it puts the business owners on edge and making everyone uncomfortable and worried. >> reporter: police have contacted more shop openers on how to prevent break-inless. one tip is for store owners to not leave money in the business overnight. business are considering chipping in to get more cameras. >> it would be harder for criminals to get away with crimes like these. >> recently we put a lot of people in jail and followed investigation because of video evidence. >> reporter: police say they have some strong leads and even a possible suspect. still they want store owners to

be aware of this spike in break- ins and take precautions. rob roth, ktvu. leland yee's office says he has received another fax with a racist comments and death threats. yee got similar messages when he criticized -- and when he demanded an investigation of sarah palin. heather it's called a grillage and it's bay long trek up 500 feet to the top of the tower ended up about five hours ago though it has not been bolted into place. it's designed to keep together the tower that is going to hold up the bridge.

the 500-ton grillage that was jacked up is like the seat of a stool sitting on top of a four four tower way. it keeps them together and makes sure the next piece is evenly distributed to the bay. it's a long slow process inching up from the barge below up one at a time. >> it's 500-tons of steel going over 500 feet in the air. so you don't want to generate momentum and get this swinging. >> reporter: when it's raised to the top of the tower next month a suspension cable will be placed through it. then the bridge will be finished. >> we have been over the last year placing all of the elements of the tower that's really going to hold the weight of this bridge. and we're finally at the top portion of that now. >> reporter: to give you an example of how pain staking a project this is, it is going to take 5,600 bolts to attach the

grillage to the tower. so it's no wonder why this bridge is not going to be complete until 2013. jim vargas, ktvu news. bart directors have approved the third stage of this extension. the bay area transportation department is going to pay for the extension. it's set to go online in seven years. california will share in a multi million dollars settlement for medicare over payments. the drug giant will pay $17.5 million to ten states for allegedly overcharging medicaid in cases where patients had other insurance. the justice department credits the cvs pharmacist for alerting authorities and blowing the whistle on the cvs. coming up later, the target

republicans have put on medicaid and other programs as the negligent budget battle begins. a spokesperson for lance armstrong today confirmed the report that the tour de france champion met last year with the doctor banned in italy on doping charges. the spokesperson says the two are friends and that armstrong has had no professional relationship with dr. michelle ferrari since 2004. he accused the italian law enforcement source of the report of spreading false rumors to justify his investigation into ferrari. dr.ferrari has been banned for life by the italian cycling federation. a smaller space for one of the nation's largest big box retailers. the fight to compete for the attention of shoppers who prefer not to step foot in a store. google's growth becomes an issue. the hit the high tech giant took today.

we have some breaking news that we want to show you right now in palo alto. we have pictures from news chopper 2 showing a situation here. a very serious situation where a train has run into a car. you can see the car looks pretty badly mangled there. we don't know the exact location where this happened yet in palo alto. we are still trying to get

information. also we're trying to figure out what train it is that hit the car. this could impact caltrain in the area. this is the evening commute when a lot of folks take caltrain home. we're trying to get more details as we do we will bring them to you. again the headline at the hour here, a car has been hit by a train in palo alto. you can see the fire crews on the scene and it looks like the car sustained some pretty serious damage. we do not know about the condition of the person inside as we get more information we will bring it to you. secretary of state hillary clinton is on her way home tonight from a nato meeting in berlin. where she discussed the military conflict in libya. today clinton took time out to speak at a memorial for u.s. diplomat richard hollbroock sighting his struggle to understand when and how military force is required. >> sometimes of course nations must act unilat era lly to

defend their security. >> clinton refused to commit the u.s. to force strikes despite requests from some nato nations to do so. in libya, rebel forces outside the city of octavia failed to move forward on gadhafi forces. nato troops are calling for more ache strikes against the leader who's forces appear to be preparing for a long siege in the east of that country. an old california law intended to protect children from fire may be impacting their health. uc berkeley researchers studying mexican american children raised in salinas found they have seven times the level of pde fire retardants in their blood compared to children raised in mexico. pebe were largely used to

reduce fires. they were banned after found the chemical can damage the nervous system. new ceo larry page increased spending on new workers and marketing by 54% in the first quarter causing some investors to worry about the company's bottom line. google stock's today closed down 47 points to $530 a share dropping the company's over all value behind both oracle and apple. best buy plans to revamp its retail business. best buy mobile focuses on cell phone sales. analysts say both outlets have proved more profitable than traditional best buy stores. well just when you thought the budget battle was over in washington, the new war being waged today and the program

that is on the chopping block. bay area weekend is here. i have the latest computer model. you see the green behind me, there is some showers in the bay area. will they impact your saturday or sunday? i'll have the latest. there's a major push to turn the oakland port into a money machine. we'll break down the plan to create the port to create more jobs for you and the entire bay area. barry bonds may not be the only one to suffer in his conviction. the key player in the case that might be the fed's next target.

more now on the breaking news from palo alto. we have now confirmed that it was in fact, a caltrain that hit a car at the intersection in palo alto. the intersection with charleston as we pan up here

you can see the caltrain right now. we have been told by caltrain that service is stopped as a result of this accident. we are still trying to get a condition on the person or persons who were in the car. the car suffered a lot of damage. there you can see the intersection where this happened and as we zoom into the car, you will be able to see some of the damage. it is never a good sign when there is yellow tarp on the car and there is some yellow tarp there. but again we do not have any confirmation at this point that anybody died but it appears that at the very least someone was very seriously injured. as we get more information we will bring it to you. now over to heather. excuse me now back to me. congress took a preliminary and contentious vote to take trillions of dollars over the next decades. lawmakers pushed through a budget for 2012. it is designed to cut $6

trillion off the deficit over the next three years. one provision changes medicare to a voucher plan. and now that there is finally an agreement to fund the federal government for the rest of this fiscal year. the battle begins over the 2012 budget. >> on this vote the yae's are 225 -- yaes are 225. it was written by house budget committee chairman paul ryan. >> we are calling this budget the pact to prosperity because it is more than just a budget. it is a commitment to honor the american legacy of leading the next generation a more prosperous nation than the one we inherented. >> reporter: the republican backed plan would slash $6.2 trillion over the next three years by cutting programs like

medicaid and food stamps and dramatically transforming medicare. it would buy subsidies starting with people who turn 65 in 2022. >> the republicans are making some bad choice decisions in that they end medication while giving away tens of millions of the dollars to big oil. they slash the support for seniors and nursing homes while giving tax breaks to business that send jobs overseas. democrats strongly oppose the changes with all house democrats today voting against the plan. >> don't tread on me. >> but tea party activists are giving the gop credit for getting tough on a bill that may never become law. from tea party activists to those rallying right here in the bay area today for lawmakers to tackle

california's budget deficit. coming up a little bit later at 6:00, we will go back live to ken pritchett with the local item on the tea party's agenda. president obama sent one of his people to oakland today. what his mission was coming up in a couple of minutes on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. julie haener is in the newsroom with a look at other stories coming up at 6:00. >> we'll have more on that accident in palo alto where a caltrain ran into a car. take a look at this surveillance video. shows the bad guys and the strange things they stole. also while many wonder if barry bonds will get retried on perjury charges. the government is trying to figure out if it needs to go after someone else. who now is on the fed's radar on the steroid case. good news tonight for those hit hard by last year's strong storms. we'll see you tonight at 6:00. and a hair salon was robbed

blocks from where police were investigating another robbery. when the owner told them she didn't have any money he took the purses of people in the salon. no one was injured. tens of thousands of new asteroids, 20 new comets and other asteroids are being released today.the satellite has been scanning the sky now since 2009. you wouldn't be able to see the objects with the naked eye. the satellite took infrared images using a telescope cooled with nitrooxygen. let's go to chief meteorologist bill martin. it finally felt like spring today. >> we're looking at temperatures this weekend to be on the mild side. we go right to the computer and you can see temperatures in 50- degree range overnight. and then napa valley it's a

mild one with clouds out there. bay area weekend is upon us. let's go right to concord, partly to mostly cloudy. kind of like it looked today. at lunchtime 65 degrees and you can see beautiful downtown concord. mount diablo here in the distrance out toward antioch. 73degrees a high in concord. the forecast keeps the rain north. that's really the weather story is the jet stream right down on top of us or to the north of us. it's pretty close. but we just have enough high pressure that your bay area weekend is going to be kind of nice. plenty of cloud cover, some sunshine and mild temperatures. today we had some 70s. tomorrow and sunday we'll have 70s as well. what's this? this is sunday night, monday. a chance of sprinkles in the forecast. showers, april showers i think we'll see those sunday night late into monday. my friend mark tamayo will be

here in the weekend tracking this for us. but i don't care about monday, i want to know about the weekend. saturday afternoon, cloudy, rain stays north. sunday we get a little more cloud cover offshore. here comes that sunday night event. so sunday morning looks good. sunday afternoon and then here we go by sunday night, you see a chance of showers. then that would linger into monday morning as well. not a big deal. the weekend looks great. temperatures tomorrow, saturday about where they'll be on sunday. not a big change, a lot of mid- 70s in the warm spots. a little bit of patchy coastal fog. near half-moon bay they have a little bit of fog showing up there. the weekend always in view. springtime is here. it feels like the sprinkles are on sunday night, monday. it could be a really good thing to knock down the tree pollen. a group of young folks are

marching in downtown san jose in support of the national day of silence. supporters of the gay rights are holding demonstrations around the country to protest against what they call the sigh silencing of gay students through bullying. the unlikely barrier facing federal officials trying to secure america's border.

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when it comes to the royal wedding of prince william and kate middleton it is good to be a good friend of the future king. >> we never expected to get an invite. there's a lot of people for him to invite. so we were really, really very shocked to find out we got invited by him. >> reporter: search and rescue pilots got the hottest ticket around. when embossed envelopes arrived, they've been invited. the friends of william will be some of the fortunate few to be inside the church for the event. and trumpeters, house guards and others ready for the royal

event which begins in just 13 days. some members of the congress are expressing concern tonight that environmental laws could be keeping border agents from doing their jobs. agents have to get permission to use vehicles and surveillance equipment on federally protected land along the border. this putts those agents at a disadvantage by making it easier for illegal immigrants to cross at those locations. >> people are dying, they are getting killed because we have these big gaping holes in our security and they are going into some of the most i nhospitable pieces of land and they are dying. >> the head of the border patrol told a congressional committee today his agency is working with other arms of the army to make sure that the border protection works in other parts of the area.

and we will continue to covering the accident between a caltrain and a vehicle. that and more on caltrain service. while some people are debating whether barry bonds will be retried. they have forgotten about something else still on the government's radar.

this surveillance video obtained by ktvu may be the key to finding a killer. police say the man walking by is the victim and his killer may be in the car at the top left corner. it is video you will see only on 2. good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. we will get to a moment in just a minute. but first we have breaking news in palo alto. emergency crews are on the scene after a caltrain ran into a car. here are live pictures right now from news chopper two above the scene. we're looking right now, it appears that car is still there. it's on the right hand kind of middle of your screen on the upper part. you can see it's heavily damaged there. the scene is charleston and alma streets in