pg & e put the bay area in warning today saying that they could live near a high risk pipeline. >> reporter: if you live near a pipeline, these warnings are coming your way. >> our purpose with these letters is to really educate folks. it's about increasing our communication and partnerships with communities we serve. >> i think it's going to raise a lot of questions and concerns. >> so you don't freak out. while it's true many transmission lines are very large in diameter. many are not. some just two inches. these pipes come in all different sizes. >> i'm thinking is it welded. is it safe. how old is it, is it going to

break down. >> a transmission line is any line that carries high pressure. your letter will give you phone numbers and websites to learn what size pipelines are actually near you. >> we can give them specificifications about what pipelines will be near their home. after all a lot of folks are going to be receiving these letters. >> here's the problem? >> what's the alternative, if you don't like it what are you going to do about it. >> reporter: how pg & e's letter may actually backfire. all its good intentions not withstanding. ktvu news. president obama is in los angeles right now in the last leg of a whirlwind west coast tour. he was there for one last bay area fundraiser. the demonstrators were there to protest the treatment of

private bradley manning. he's the soldier who allegedly leaked pentagon and state department documents about the war in afghanistan that were distributed by wikileaks. >> after breakfast president obama was back on air force one. the visit to the bay area has helped the president's 2012 campaign budget. last night's fundraiser is believed to have raised $3 million with 85 guests paying more than $35,000 each. this morning's obama victory fund breakfast raised up to $7 million with guests paying 5,000 to $35,000 each. and this morning president oe obama was in reno. >> first thing we have to do is to comb through the budget and find every dime of savings that we can. any program that's not working.

we need to eliminate it. anything that can be done more efficiently. we want to do it. >> the president said even the defense department will not be spared. he says he will not stop i nvesting on medical programs. a new smart phoneapp is helping drivers park in san francisco. it's designed to make your life easier but using it could pose a legal risk. sal castaneda is live in the city with the potential problem with this device. >> reporter: that program ken, as you mentioned was unveiled today. it sends information from smart meters like this one to your computer or smart phone. but some worry that program is

not without risk. >> we look forward to a day when we can spend less than five minutes looking for parking. >> i would say that it would probably encourage you to look at your phone. i don't know, i would say discipline in the car. >> reporter: officials say they thought about that and have applied a warning screen that pops up. >> if you're moving faster than 5 miles per hour that warning will come up again. it doesn't disable your device, but we want to remind people, do not text, do not use these devices while you're driving. >> reporter: police are on a crack down on distracted driving, but ticketed or not. they still want to make sure you are not using these devices. looks like this guy has 56

minutes before he gets a ticket. police say if you're using this program. it's just like texting. even if you're not texting you could still get a ticket for doing just that for being distracted behind the wheel. sal castaneda, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the issue of speeding bicyclists is still on the table. but so far it's not a tickettable offense. the council decided to make a final decision. bicycle speeds should be restricted. a pedestrian died today after being hit by an amtrak train in solano county. a capital corridor train heading from auburn to oakland hit a man on the railroad just north of the station. the train was held up for an

hour and 20 minutes while police investigated the death. the person was a transient, his identify has not been released. firefighters say it might take four days to put out a fire. the fire has been burning for four hours now. flames are being fueled by wooden pallets in this historic building that has not sprinklers. the sounds of sirens filled the air in tiburon today. the test of a new tsunami disaster system. >> reporter: i also got this emergency e-mail on my phone as part of this emergency test. at three minutes after 1:00,

the first test of a new warning testimony. >> watch out for tsunamis. emergencies? >> i knew exactly what it meant. it was a tsunami warning and i saw it on channel 2 this morning. >> reporter: tsunamis in tiburon. in fact, susan just filmed this wall of water coming in. >> wow. it gave me chills. but it was a large wall of water coming in. >> when people hear this they can tune into 840 and hear what the emergency might be. >> again the siren that is being sounded is a test. >> we're prone to a lot of differentty different disasters in this area. >> reporter: officials say the sirens were not loud enough

today. they plan to increase the volume of the message. today the japanese government made it illegal to travel within 12 miles of the yukushima power plant. bonds says the current record holder for career and season home runs. last week bonds was found guilty of obstructing justice when he testified before a federal grand jury about whether or not he took steroids. the jury could not decide on three other counts of perjury. prosecutors have until may 20th

to decide if they'll seek a new trial for bonds on those three remaining charges. the labor department says the number of people applying for jobless benefits fell to 403,000. that's down 13,000 from the week before. but the four week average considered a less volatile number actually rose to 399,000. the number of californians applying for benefits was up by more than 25,000. labor officials say that's due to a backlog of applications. the employment pool is about to get more full as students graduate and start looking for employment. wall street ended this week of trading at a near three year high. strong earnings reports from companies ranging from alcoa to mba and apple led to gain until

the markets. the dow jones was up 52 points. the nasdaq rose 17 points to 2,820. several websites crashed today because of problems with amazon.com. amazon provides web servers and data servers to four square and redit. so far amazon has not said why they had problems this morning but say they are looking to fix it. move over twitter and zinga, mobila is expanding to san francisco. moblia will staff about 125 people. mozilla is a nonprofit organization. they're said to open their doors this summer. an aboloni fisherman died this morning. the man suffered some kind of

medical emergency after returning to the surface. the victim's companion rushed down and flagged down a car and called an ambulance. but they were not able to revive the man. and dr. conrad murray has pled not guilty to manslaughter. a judge ruled today two autopsy photos can be shown during the trial. prosecutors say the pictures already carefully displayed and not graphic or gruesome in nature. the search is on, bird rescuers in san francisco are looking this way for a sea gull with a beer can wrapped around its neck. and they say what happened is no accident. it's not too early to look at the bay area weekend forecast. there's still a bit of rain, i'll tell you when that could

occur.

butcher dog park in san jose is open again for the public. test of a dog's body has found no traces of poisoning. authorities say they are cleaned the park and are confident it is safe. from dogs to sea gulls, authorities in san francisco are trying to find a sea gull that appears to be the victim of what maybe a disturbing prank. rob roth is live in the city where they are trying to track down a sea gull that maybe in a lot of distress. >> reporter: we're at the lake by the palace of fine arts. right now bird rescuers are watching the water. they are scanning for a sea gull they believe is in danger. someone they say apparently put part of a beer can around its neck.

>> reporter: using frito's corn chips, people were trying to attract the sea gull. >> it was an adult sea gull. its bill might have been open by the rim of the can. >> reporter: if this all sounds familiar, it's because ktvu reported last year two sea gulls that were rescued with beer cans on their heads. >> this was not an accident. someone clipped the beer can and put it on its neck, purposely. >> reporter: rescuers say they won't know until they find and capture is which they hope is soon, but catching it could prove difficult. >> it knows what a net is probably. or knows the approach, so they are very, very weary. >> reporter: rescuers also search for the sea gull near christie field with no luck.

wild rescue is offering a reward in these sea gull cases. anyone who noticing the sea gull is asked to leave it alone and call animal control. rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. and there is a new mountain lion scare in the south bay. this time a homeowner says three of her animals have been attacked and kills in three weeks. tonight at 6:00. what's being done to protect those animals and to catch the mountain lion. 21 medical marijuana dispensaries are suing the city for a lottery on who can stay in business. the city decided to select the process to limit the amount of cannabis clubs that are open. san jose is facing a similar challenge here on tuesday the city council voted to dramatically limit the

number of cannabis clubs. there'll be a 30 day trial period and criminal background check and the dispensaries will pay more $6,000 in fees. an audit of san jose's disability policies find that some city workers may be abusing the system. 2/3 of firefighters and 1/3 of police officers retire on service related disabilities. a far higher percentage than either san francisco or los angeles. the city council committee is reviewing the report today. voters might have to approve a ballot measure to change the system. a city in the south bay is receiving international kudos tonight. sunnyvale is praised for its

adult literacy rates, number of patents and unemployment rates. they should have put the weather in there. because we had a wonderful day. >> it did rain last night. we talked about this last night. i said hey this thing is going faster than we thought. so thursday is going to turn out not so bad. and that is exactly what happened. sitting outside, we have the clouds for a few hours. i'm going to show you how it turned out. this is a snapshot taken from space. temperatures right now is a mild 63 degrees. we had some highs up in the mid- 60s as we thought. tomorrow we're looking for highs to be a few degrees warmer. i wouldn't be surprised if we saw a 69 or 70-degree reading tomorrow. napa 62. concord 63. and we're going real close. there's that concord airport. kenney you've probably flown into one of those. >> yeah, buchanan field. >> there it is. there it is in concord.

we have a story tonight where the clouds are going to be around. partly cloudy, really that is the weather through the weekend. the computer models have backed off on the rain chances for the weekend. now there's still a chance of sprinkles in there for saturday and even into sunday. but it's minimal. doesn't even look like it'll happen. partly cloudy saturday, partly cloudy sunday. and temperatures coming up into the upper 60s. so a pretty good weekend as we thought as the models have come back online backs backing up on the night. overnight lows will be kind of chilly just because the system blew through. 48 in fairfield, 48 in antioch. a lot of people are on spring break. your early morning temperatures, you might want a hoodie. here is where we go, thursday at 5:00 here we are just pretty much clear skies or partly

cloudy. look at this. friday morning your morning commute is dry. the friday afternoon, still dry. right for the afternoon keep a look out here. this is what we're up against. it's not a big deal but it's in the mix. lots of clouds out there tomorrow. partly cloudy, partly sunny, warmer. when i come back, the long range model we look at the weekend. i'll see you back here. and a look at the conflict in libyan. what hillary clinton says is going on with residents in benghazi -- is being done to civilians being caught in the conflict. >> and warning in benghazi. the memorial to two foreign journalists that were caught in the conflict.

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secretary of state hillary clinton is accusing libyan strong man gadhafi of targeting his own people with cluster bombs. clinton says gadhafi is using the fragmentation bombs against the libyans that are siding against gadhafi. and journalists today expressed sadness over the loss of two journalists who were

covering the war. >> we appreciate what they were doing. they came from a very different play, and they were very brave. >> nato is now using drones in the conflict. the drones launched today for the first time. a world war ii soldier who died in a aircraft in the himalayans nearly three decades ago was found. he will be buried with full honors. similars sims was in a cargo plane that crashed down in 1973. a pioneering california winery magnet and leading horse racer has died. jess jackson died last night at the age of 81. jackson turned the winery into a multi million dollars winery.

he also owned thoroughbred horses. and time has released its list of 100 most influential people. oprah continues to make the tkpwraed -- grade even as she winds down her talk show. >> you see people who are doing really interesting work behind the scenes inphilanthropy and science. >> also making this year's list, pop star justice beiber and prince william and his fiance kate middleton. and we talk to the father who says his young son took his

life. and this scene in san jose, inside one group is buying food, outside this group is on a hunger strike. coming up next on ktvu.

no jobs, now these laid off workers in the south bay says no one eats. some grocery store workers are protesting the loss of their jobs and they are doing it in dramatic fashion. robert handa live in san jose where the former workers are on a hunger strike. robert-- >> reporter: gasia, we're outside the popular mi pueblo grocery store in san jose. right now this store is not popular with the group of laid off mi pueblo workers who 24 hours ago began the hunger strike to get their jobs back. the mi pueblo market is busy

today, while outside about a dozen former workers and supporters say they will not touch any food until saturday morning. one man says his family has gone hungry since he lost his job. >> i lost everything. i have five kids and i don't have any right now to feed them. >> reporter: mi pueblo laid off workers and told them that it was because of low sales, but they are opening other stores in california. the number laid off is 150, spread out over 19 stores says a rep. she says the lay offs have nothing to do with hording money, it's all about saving money. >> our competitor here in the latino community, again organizations who don't become more efficient. who make changes as the economy dictates are no longer here to

tell the story. >> reporter: so the hunger strike is on. >> definitely there are concerns. and we are aware of them however the workers are willing to take that risk. >> reporter: other groups plan to support the hunger strike because they believe some workers were laid off after demanding better working conditions. mi pueblo denies it. the workers are not planning to stay here overnight, they will go home tonight, and return tomorrow. the 440-acre treasure island created originally for the 1939's world fair was . --

san francisco prosecutors call it a gruesome killing. a teenager shot in the head and then doused in gasoline. just about 60 minutes ago the victim's father came forward and talked about the crime. mike mibach is live in the city with what the father said. >> reporter: the emotions of losing a child surfaced here tonight. the father of a slain san francisco teenager spoke directly about what his son's alleged killer calls an accident. zen walked in gingerly and sat. his son he will no longer be able to see. >> his family is going through a difficult time. they are really suffering greatly over the loss of their only son. >> reporter: 16-year-old zen was found dead in his home. his body was located in a

gasoline soaked wound. he had a gunshot wound to his head. since then a facebook page was created to honor zeng. >> the students are still feeling the loss of andy. >> reporter: and today the flag remained at half staff. students from across the city have come forward and donated thousands of dollars to zeng's family. >> for these students to hear this news. hey this is someone that goes to school in our city. to respond that way shows that we're not really as disconnected as we may feel. >> reporter: zeng's father is an unemployed construction worker and wasn't going to speak. but today he said one thing about his son's death. he called it premeditated. >> i don't think this was an accidental death. i hope justice will prevail. >> reporter: the funeral for their only child will be held

on saturday. mike mibach, ktvu. a former sheriff's deputy pled not guilty to conspiracy charges today. 47-year-old steven tonabi was arrested in a scandal that also involved the head of the county task force. authorities arrested norman welsh on charges he stole confiscated drugs and sold them. he also pleaded not guilty. a private investigator has been charged in the case. the royal wedding is eight days away and prince william and kate middleton have not been the only ones perfecting their wedding outfits. and many tourists are

arriving from the u.s., many are arriving from europe. the train has seen a surge in bookings. it may be too late for those who did not plan their travel to london months ago say officials. >> i remember the first hour after the wedding was announced. i think we had quite a few bookings filed in within the first hour. we have to be quick off the mark to be taking these bookings and reservations on that day. because the phones were burning. >> travel experts say that tourism is up 30% over last year. the british tourism body says it expects up to 600,000 extra people in central london the day of the wedding. but you don't have to go there. you can watch the royal wedding live right here on ktvu. the festivities begin at 2:00 a.m. our time next friday followed by ktvu morning news at 4:30 a.m. >> you have to be a real fan to get up that early to watch it. a snow pack is prompting a

warning tonight. the warning that is being released tonight that could impact your summer fun. and what we're doing here in california about smoking is about to take hold nationwide. wrap

all of that winter storm in the sierra is good for our water supplies but it also means more people are going to

be more careful in the weeks to come. the department of water ways are warning outdoor enthusiasts to take some precautions this spring. the snowfall and spring snow melt will result in some very cold and very fast moving rivers and that could be dangerous to swimmers, even bikers cooling off at the water's edge. the water content is the highest since 1995. here are some basic safety tips. know your limits, swimming in open water in the river is a lot harder than in a swimming pool and the cold water can zap your strength and can be very dangerous. wear a life jacket and parents are urged to make sure you're keeping an eye on your kids. a rock climber has died after his climbing rope snapped and he fell 150 feet. david pennegard was climbing in joshua tree national park with a friend earlier this week. the two of them were near saddle rock off of ryan mountain. the two had reached the summit

of a 600-foot vertical face when the rope snapped. even if you've never had heart disease, small doses of aspirin can lower your risk of a heart attack. nearly 100,000 men and women were involveed in a study, the team found that 19% reduction in heart attacks among those who took aspirin. women who give birth in fall and winter may be more likely to get postpartum depression than those who deliver in the spring. swedish researchers studied more than 2,000 new moms, they found that those mothers who gave birth in spring were less likely to have postpartum depression than those that given birth in the -- the centers for disease

control released a report today analyzing smokes laws across the country. it says half the states including california now have strict indoor smoking bans and momentum is building for more limits across the country. >> i think citizens know that they don't want to be in front of a carcinogen. and so, really this is a bottom up movement of people saying i don't want to be exposed to tobacco. some business owners contend that smoking bans are lowering their bottom line. a landslide caused a sewage spill. a maintenance crew found the spill in a remote area near valley road in fairfax. that i had say it could have released eight to 9,000-gallons of sewage water over the weekend. it's being cleaned up right now. there's posted signs warning the public in that area. stay with us, we'll be right back.

new at 6:00 only on 2. >> reporter: san francisco storm a hotel to put out a simulated fire. we'll take you on the drill coming up. a local community thinks mountain lions targeted three pets. the steps taken today to celebrate people who help crime victims. tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00.

state senator yee announced his woman of the year.

scott mcfarland has warnings that appear to be ignored by the top brass. >> reporter: new findings that top officials were asleep at the switch. after a deeper look at a 2009 internal department audit we found a whopping 86% of air traffic controllers studied were working with little rest in between shifts. and that one in four were scheduled to work four days out of six. why then did it take two years to increase rest time required for controllers. we shared our story with the head of the house who told us

he for years has warned the agency about complacency. >> we are the customers as passengers, we are the priority and our safety should be a priority. >> reporter: now the congressman is asking for a look at the air traffic department and air traffic controller unions. scott mcfarlan, ktvu news. late this afternoon, the agency wanted to do a formal

review first, she says that review was just completed in recent weeks. faulty air bag sensors have toyota issuing a recall tonight affecting 300,000 of its vehicles. about 214,000 rav4s are being recalled. a problem with the sensors could cause air bags to go off unnecessarily. we have more information on this recall on our right now section of our web page ktvu.com. and the nissan leaf is taking first place today at the auto show. julie haener is in the newsroom with some of the stories we're working on. >> coming up, protesters are facing off right now what the

two sides are at a odds about. and the vote that's expected tonight. the bay area woman who says something is killing her farm animals. she's lost three sheep in just four weeks. what's being done to catch the predator. it's one of san francisco's historic hotels. so why are firefighters tearing it apart? it's a story you will see only on 2. it's a story you will see at 6:00. roiters sights an internal memo by steve banner. he says that changes will make microsoft continue to be the place that top talent comes to change the world. software giants moves follows google's 10% raises this year.

i felt like today was a pretty good day. 53degrees downtown. there's another airport, the big one in san jose airport. mostly clear in san jose right now. just a beautiful day as kenney points out. the satellite loop just shows clouds filtering in and a little more activity coming in from the pacific. as we go into san jose on your friday, temperature at lunchtime 62. about 67 at noon. not bad for your friday. today was nice. tomorrow looks pretty good. as we get into your saturday and sunday. more clouds in the forecast and don't freak out on this but like i said. a chance for a few sprinkles but the models have really backed off on this event. i'm not changing my plans. i think this week is going to look a lot like today. where we had some sprinkles this morning. i think saturday is going to look like that and i think sunday is going to look like that with temperatures in the

upper 60s. the computer model is pretty aggressive here with the rain. here's friday morning, no rain. just clouds. friday afternoon there's some rain popping up. you see how it's kind of all around the place. what we have is moisture trapped in the valley. maybe some sprinkles at 8:00 tomorrow. relatively clear, lots going on. let's watch this. this is really not a strong model solution. so tonight at 10:00, i hate to have you wait that long, but tonight at 10:00 the latest model run will come in. it'll be more fine tuned than what we're looking at now. so it's got scattered showers. your bay area week, there'll be clouds out there. maybe light sprinkles but i don't think it'll be enough to shut you down. a really nice day, folks noticing the allergies, the tree pollen. john sasaki was sneezing. you will notice them this

weekend. >> as we talk about easter egg hunts this weekend. for those heading to the snow what's going on in the mountains. >> not bad. there might be some snow flurries. it's going to be kind of like it is here. kind of a nonevent. just clouds and cooler than you might expect. >> thanks, bill. astronomers have recently discovered that the weather in mars was -- the thicker atmosphere may have been more hospitable to life in mars. and we have breaking news coming in from oakland. these are live pictures from chopper 2. we have reports of a

shooting. at 4:56 p.m. there were several calls made to 911 about men in the street shooting weapons. some people thought there was some kind of movie being made. that's how dramatic the images were. but apparently this is a real life situation. police quickly went into the area. you can see sol officers right there in the middle of intersection. and found a man in the street who had been shot several times. now our crew on the ground tells us that police have blocked off a four block area around 24th and adeline in the search for a gunman or gunmen. possibly more than one. police officers have been walking up and down the streets with their weapons drawn. so once again, people in this four block area around 24th and adeline probably should stay in their homes right now. as police continue to search for one or more gunmen involved in a shooting in west oakland and again we understand one person was found down in the street suffering from at least

one gunshot wound. we'll keep you posted on this throughout the afternoon. very soon thousands of california grads will be turning their tassels and searching for work. how this year's job market is shaping up for their career search. san francisco giants buster posey is a star attraction. you can take that to the bank.

from san francisco bank customers got an unexpected surprise today as they ran into giant's buster posey. he was giving away giants tickets and giants gear to people coming into the bank. >> i walked in and they asked me if i was with bank of america, i said yes, and they asked for how long i said two years and they gave me this. >> the give away was part of a customer appreciate day. and so many other colleges across the nation. >> it's really difficult. >> reporter: a new analysis from the economic policy institute shows the unemployment rate last year for people aged 16 to 24 averaged 18.4%. that's almost double the country's over all jobless rate. it's also the highest since 1948 when the government began

keeping track. this year its expected to be even worse. >> the new graduates that are coming out now are competing not just with their classmates. they're competing with classmates from the last two years. the backlog of unemployed young people is staggering. those without a college degree were hit the hardest. the jobless rate for high school graduates under the age of 25 was 22.5% compared to 9.3% for college graduates the same age. you might think with the job market so bleak. more students would choose to stay in school and get a second degree. but the report found that's not true. that enrollment rates have not increased. stay with us, we have much more news just ahead. we continue to follow that breaking news story we brought you live just a couple of minutes ago. there has been a shooting and now there's an intense man hunt under way in west oakland. we're getting more information, we'll bring it to you just as soon as we get it. an animal control officers

tonight are trying to catch a mountain lion near this busy morgan hill intersection. i'm maureen naylor, coming up the new tactics being used to catch the mountain lions after three sheep were found dead this week.

it happened here, a homeowner says her farm animals were attacked and killed. tonight the measures being taken to catch their predator. good evening i'm ken wayne. frank somerville is off tonight. >> and i'm julie haener. we will get to that story in just a few minutes. but first breaking news in oakland. we first showed you these live pictures just a few minutes ago. here's the latest from chopper 2. we understand there's been a shooting on adeline. police have