surprise visit tonight as a law enforcement task force makes a number of house calls on convicted sex offenders. good evening, i'm julie haener. >> and i'm ken wayne. frank somerville is off tonight. officers made unannounced checks on dozens of sex offenders. eric rasmussen believe it or

not found 20 offenders living in one home. >> reporter: they found evidence they got one of -- that got one of these rearrested. >> sheriff's office, sheriff's office. >> reporter: more than a dozens registered sex offenders list this single place in alameda as their address. one man allowed us inside. our cameras were rolling as officers arrested this man. they wouldn't name him but they said they found pornography on his computer. that alone is a conviction, because he had already been

arrested. they say tight funding makes operations of this size only possible a few times a year. agents insist it's critical to public safety even if most of the offenders they check like this man is not in violation. >> there's a lot of us that are not a threat to anybody. >> you understand why they have to do these checks. >> totally understand, i respect what they are doing. >> reporter: agents say there are about 3,500 registers sex offenders in all of santa clara county. they plan to check on 40 of them tonight. day say in most cases they find about 10 to 20% of the guys they check are in violation and get rearrested. we're live in santa clara, eric rasmussen. police tell us theyadeline oakland to the sound of gunshots and people running.

heavily armed officers set up a perimeter around the area. they found one man suffering from several gunshot wounds. we first brought you this story as it was developing on ktvu news at 5:00. since then we learned the victim did survive. pg & e announced it's top executive is stepping down. the departure comes six months after the san bruno disaster exposed problems with the utility's natural gas distribution line. peter darby has been chairman, chief executive and president. he is to leave at the end of this month with a 35 million retirement package. pg &, has acknowledged it has been a quote challenging year. last september's gas pipeline explosion killed eight people and destroyed 38 san bruno home. the utility says it hopes to regain the lost confidence of its customers. as part of that effort, pg & e is sending letters to customers telling them how

close they live to natural gas lines. anyone within 2,000 feet of a pipeline should receive a notice. the letters do not reveal anything about a pipeline's condition. they are concentrated in the east bay, livermore, fremont, pleasantton and fremont with one risky line. and a fire is burning tonight in a warehouse containing millions of the dollars of produce and products. firefighters say it could burn for days. crews have been trying to salvage pallets of apples and cider. >> reporter: firefighters will remain here round the clock working to put out this fire. now we're going to pan over here to show you that smoke

continues to billow out into the night sky. the smoke is still dense even though the fire broke out around 3:30 yesterday afternoon. firefighters say the building is packed with produce and the partial collapsed roof makes it difficult to enter so instead they are using aerial ladders. >> we are able to get water into the warehouse. so it's slowly smoldering. >> reporter: the watson family owns the warehouse. >> we lost about 6,000 bins of apple. in the older portion of it, and there's no place to replace that fruit. >> reporter: martinelli calls the situation a crisis and expects shortages into the summer and probably into the fall. at one point the concern with

that tanks and pipes inside the warehouse contained ammonia used in the refrigeration equipment. but fire officials tell me tonight there is no leak. still the smell of smoke is strong and the fright unsettling for neighbors. >> i kind of got scared at the beginning. i told my husband, oh my god i think there's something going on here. but the fire department called us and told us not to panic. like not to worry. >> reporter: firefighters tell us they won't be able to knock out this fire completely until sunday. and that investigators won't be able to enter the building until early next week. we want to show you some of the apples, juice and cider that were salvaged from this building. a double shooting in the east bay city of pittsburgh. it happened around 6:00 this evening. two people drove the victims in

separate cars to the pittsburgh health center. medics then took the wounded to the hospital. stray bullets were found in the street. we've learned the name of an abloney diver. officials say they initially thought the man drowned. but the man and another diver were in chest deep water when the man collapsed. the victim is identified as 42- year-old jason chung out of south san francisco. a former contra costa sheriff's deputy appeared in court and pled not guilty.

he is accused of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, bribery and weapons charges. he is charged with the case of christopher butler who is accused of stealing and selling stolen drugs. the homicide took place at this apartment complex on buena vista avenue around noon yesterday. so far police have identified the suspect as a 26-year-old hercules man and two 22-year- old men. there is no word tonight on a motive. the victim was a 32-year-old oakland man. the three under arrest face murder charges. across the bay in san francisco, a grieving father spoke out about his son's death. 16-year-old andy zeng was found dead april 10th outside his home. today his father said he doesn't believe andy's death was an accident and he hopes

justice will be done. two teenagers are facing murder charges in connection with the case. president obama is at sony pictures studios in los angeles tonight, for not one, not two but three fundraisers. >> hello l.a. >> reporter: all three events are being held at the studios so the president wouldn't have to move around the city. the presidential motorcade caused delays and had drivers in west will l.a. honking and screaming from their cars. the president wrapped up his trip to the l.a. area this morning. his final event here was a fundraiser breakfast in san francisco's st. regis hotel. the president also made a stop in reno today. he discussed the economy and budget. some promising news tonight for college graduates. there are signs that the job market for grads is improving for the first time since the

economic slump. ktvu's christien kafton reports from the berkeley campus where recruiters were out in force. >> reporter: competition is fierce on the uc berkeley campus and not just for grades. students looking to get ahead in the job market made their way to the just in time job fair where recruiters are looking to fill open positions soon. this year organizers say prospects for new grads are looking good. >> we're seeing an uptake on recruiting here on campus and at the job's fair. >> reporter: universities find that companies are looking to hire 20% more college graduates than in the past. companies like magoosh which offers high tech test grads.

they hope to fill their openings with recent grads. >> i put my resume out to like 20 companies, none have gotten back. >> reporter: jason hopes the increase in companies looking to hire translates into new jobs for new workers. >> there's something i can do but keep the work search up and keep my hopes up. >> reporter: there is still widespread unemployment. and are encouraging students internships just to get their foot in the door. christien kafton, ktvu news. san rafael finally makes a decision about turning this empty lot into a huge target store. the big debate over big box retail. and i'm back here in less than 10 minutes with the latest computer model and it's starting to back out on those chances for rain in the weekend. and it's a hunger strike at a grocery store. why more than a dozen people are refusing to eat.

protesters turned out in san rafael tonight to try to sway the vote on a controversial new target store. debra villalon is live now where a packed public meeting has been under way now for four hours. >> reporter: it's been debated but not decided. that is the crowded floor in the lobby. the council room is too full

for fire officials to lets anyone else in. this target store has been looking for approval to be built, and today they lack only three votes. opponents say the big chain store will hurt small business. san rafael leaders know at reelection that could make them targets. >> nine out of 10 of these cards support this project. pretty great. >> it doesn't take a brain surgeon that if target is going to generate $55 million in sales it's going to come at someone elses expense. >> reporter: what protesters see is another type of green.

$650,000 in annual sale tax from target. and there's already a store near by in nevado. now that target sells food it will compete with local grocers. the council continues to hammer target about how it's 200 employees at $10 an hour can afford to buy into health care and live. >> it all crumbles and falls apart if they are almost commuting in from out of town. >> reporter: right now about an hour into public comment and that's going to push the vote until late tonight. and there won't be

scheduled cuts but higher fares are on the way. it also voted to close a $3.5 million budget deficit with a one time only transfer of capital funds to its operating budget. that should avoid service cuts. the deal needs final approval from the metropolitan transportation commission. jackson was 84 years old, the kendall jackson winery and its featured chardonnay made him billions of the dollars. animal control officers in morgan hill are trying to catch a mountain lion tonight. a trap is set off west dunn avenue where a mountain lion killed a sheep yesterday. crews are using that sheep's caucus as bait. a homeowner told ktvu news that

a mountain lion has killed three of her sheep this month. a search is on for a sea gull with part of a beer can wrapped around it neck. wildlife rescuers searched around the palace of fine arts where the bird was spotted earlier this week but there was no sign of it. they worry the gull is distressed and they say there's no way the sea gull could have done it on itself. >> there was no way it could have done it on itself. someone did it purposely. they captured the sea gull and did it purposely. a santa clara judge has set a date to sentence paul garcia. he is to learn his fate on december 22nd. he was found guilty last fault

but his attorney withdrew from his case. garcia is appealing. he denies being the master mind of the achilli killing. >> reporter: mi pueblo was busy today with families buying groceries for easter. and laid off workers have promised not to eat until saturday morning. >> i lose everything. you know i got five kids and i don't have money right now to feed them. >> reporter: a coalition of community groups says mi pueblo laid off 300 workers and told them the lay off was due to low sales. but mi pueblo is opening new

stores. >> what we see is a maneuver to increase profits. >> reporter: but a spokeswoman for mi pueblo says the group is making false claims. she says the lay offs equal 150 spread out of the chain. >> organization who don't become more efficient are no longer here to tell their story. >> reporter: so the hunger strike is on. >> we know there's concerns and we're aware of them. but the workers are willing to take the risks. >> reporter: the workers plan to go home tonight, resume their hunger strike and return tomorrow. here is what it looked like last month when storms washed away the pavement atop a steep

cliff. caltrans reopened the road to traffic. however highway one is still closed 50 miles south of big sur at elder creek because of a mud slide there. and welcome back. tonight we're going to see a few clouds but no showers in the forecast. partly cloudy out there tonight. partly cloudy on friday. right now your weekend looks like partly cloudy, variable cloudiness, maybe a sprinkle but not a big deal. if anything it'll be very light. the computer model for tomorrow. here you see the clouds thicken up. tomorrow morning for your commute high but cloudy. underneath these clouds temperatures are going to be in the mid- to high 50s. i have a chance of scattered showers, but none of this is a big deal.

i'm going to show you the latest long model. i'll see you back here. northern california sports fishermen got good news today. the fish commission voted an okay salmon season. that follows four years of restrictions or outright bans on the american and sacramento rivers. opening day for the inland salmon season is july 16th. it runs six months with closures from time to time to allow for spawning. san francisco firefighters storm a historical hotel to put out a simulated fire. we will take you on the grill. who's going after apple after revelations that the tech giant is tracking some users every move.

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see on 2, an historic hotel is turned into a disaster zone. david stevenson shows us why firefighters are tearing apart san francisco cathedral hill hotel. >> reporter: the call came in just after 1:30 this afternoon, a fire in the closed down cathedral hill hotel. but the flames on the upper floor are fake. it's part of a 3 -week-old program using a real hotel to help firefighters navigate a high rise. the cathedral hill hotel opened at the jack tarr hotel in the 1960.

the epitamy of a new era. firefighters smashed through real walls in real life scenarios. >> reporter: how was it going through that wall there? >> fun. >> you just can't put a price on it. we have training facilities but there's nothing like a real scenario to do the training here. >> reporter: the plan is to have all 150 firefighters trained here before the hotel is finally torn down. in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. cuperitno's apple is under questioning tonight. it came after it was found that

apple has a tracking system. some social networking sites are down tonight because of problems with amazon.com. amazon rents computer and data storage to other sites. the problems began this morning at a data center run by amazon. there's no word when those sites will be up and running again. the maker of a fire fox web browser is opening an office in a historic bay area building. mozila is a nonprofit company, a company spokesman says the new location will house about 125 new employees. on wall street, stocks advanced for a third straight session today. the dow rose 53 points, nasdaq was up one.

demolition work began today. crews went to work at hanger one. they are dismantling the walls and roof of that gigantic building. the building covers the equivalent of 10 football fields. it contains lead and asbestos so it's being stripped down to its steel frame. whether or not it'll be rebuilt depends on congress finding the money to fund the project. new word on the progress of a huge bay area development. a typo just came down this evening. we'll have the latest on redeveloping treasure island. and two journalists have brought up concerns here about journalists in libya. concerns about the profession as a whole.

a green light tonight for a major development project at treasure island. within the hour the san francisco planning commission voted in favor of the developers environment impact report. the vote was 4-3. jana katsuyama is live now in the city and says a lot of money and jobs are at stake. >> reporter: this commission is still inside city hall right now finishing off the meeting. let me tell you by the size of the crowd tonight it's clear that there is still a lot of controversy. treasure island is a bay area gem with stunning views and tons of open space. for years, plans have moved to develop near by yerba buena island. >> i think it's a great idea. the people of treasure island need more grocery stores, just

more development. >> reporter: the $1.5 billion project includes creating 8,000 housing units, 25% being affordable housing plus retail, commercial and office space. a hotel, parks and a ferry terminal. >> it's hopeful that this is going to be self-funded as much as possible. that's the big advantage of it. tonight prior to the planning commissioner's vote on the environmental impact pact report, dozens of people lined up to give testimony lasting more than an hour. most spoke in favor of the plan and construction and jobs it's going to produce. others talked about the concerns of high rise esthetics and relocation of current residents. >> please don't make me a victim. >> they can't be bringing more cars out here. there's only so much that

bridge can support. >> reporter: this project still needs final approval now by the board of supervisors. but if it does pass, construction could take 15 to 20 years. reporting live in san francisco, jana katsuyama ktvu channel 2 news. san francisco drivers have a new way to find an open parking spot. today the city debuts the smart phone app. the free app invites drivers to open meters, parks spots and garages. officials say they don't want people to use the app if they're driving. >> reporter: if you're moving more than 5 miles per hour a warning goes up. but it doesn't disable your device. >> even if people are not texting, they could still be ticketed for distracted driving.

surveillance photos were taken at a 7/11 store. at the time of this picture, giovanni fergosa was fatally shot at a car outside of the store. officers are hoping to talk to witnesses including the people in this picture. anyone with information is asked to call vallejo police. a train struck and killed a man this morning. a capital corridor train struck the man outside of the station. the train was held for about one hour and 40 minutes. fairfield police say the victim was a transient. they have not released his name. police at uc san francisco are looking for a man with unusual piercings who is wanted for sexually assaulting a woman. police released this sketch around 1:00 tonight. police say the man has a black

piercing in his nose. san francisco police are investigating a similar attack by a similar looking man. and a chorus is speaking out against an energy drink. it's called blast and it's made by colt 45. it's a sweet fruity beverage with 12% alcohol and comes in 23.5-ounce cans. ferr era and several state attorney generals say blast is too big and too potent to be marketed to young persons. williams says she doesn't remember bey telling her to watch a news story about the killing of journalist chauncey bailey. broussard confessed to the

crime. the bodies of two award winning journalists killed in libya are now in benghazi. they will be turned over to americans and british custody to be returned home. as john sasaki reports, journalists working overseas are always at risk whether they are being targeted or not. >> reporter: just trying to get the story of war torn libya out to the rest of the world, two journalists were killed. >> it looks like the journalists who were killed yesterday were not targeted for being journalists. but the journalists in mexico have been targeted. >> reporter: their deaths bring to 16 the number of total journalists killed worldwide this year. that's ahead of last year's pace where 44 were killed. >> i was deeply saddened. i'm saddened to say i wasn't

surprised. because this is becoming more and more common. >> and you just don't know who's who. and you don't know who is doing what. >> reporter: few bay area journalists know the horrors of war better than photographer tim welton. he shot video for nba in iraq at the beginning of the current war. >> i'm a bit of a war junky. >> reporter: he says journalists deaths are to be expected. >> they put themselves in the middle of that all the time. but there's no kind of situation for this. i don't think there's a badge that says, i'm a journalist don't kill me. >> reporter: next week, the topic covering conflict, is it worth it? at stanford i'm john sakaki. and the faa says one of the

american pilots lost power in an engine. american airlines says the plane is being inspected and repaired. the libyan government issues a warning. why the libyan leaders say it'll be quote hell if nato sends ground forces there. i'll be back with your forecast and it does include a chance of some sprinkles. a new job for leon pineta, what the word is in washington, d.c. is about his next move.

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now in libya helping to train rebels. president obama has approved the use of armed predator drones in libya. the drones are good for precision attacks especially in urban areas. in japan, the government set roadblocks to seal off a wide area around the damaged nuclear power plant in fukushima. they were forced to leave quickly after last month's earthquake and took only a few items with them. officials worry about radiation exposure. in australia, detainees at an immigration center rioted and set fires today. many of the rioters were seeking asylum and had their applications rejected. australia has recently seen a flood of migrants from sri

lanka, iraq and afghanistan. and the pope saw over a mass. pope benedict also washed the feet of 12 priests to symbolize the humility of jesus christ at the last supper. john inset announced today he will resign. inset insists he did nothing wrong but wants to spare his family. it's been widely reported that leon panetta may be named the next secretary of state. panetta is a former bay area

congressman, budget director and white house chief of staff under president clinton. whether he would take the job is the question. current defense secretary robert gates has made it clear he plans to leave the postsometime this summer. time magazine has named congresswoman giffords one of its most 100 influential people in the world. president obama wrote the magazine saying that giffords has had the prayers of the nation behind her since she has shot in the head. also on the list is mark zuckerberg and julian assange. and today's event was part of national crime victim's week. sirens glaring today in

marin. the reason for this new and noisy alert. easter is around the corner, is there going to be rain in the forecast? chief meteorologist bill martin is waiting in the wings with an update.

volunteers from 36 states are helping to fight a series of wildfires in texas. the flames have now burned almost 2 million acres and destroyed at least 370 homes. today mourners attended funeral services for two firefighters who died battling the fire. texas governor rick perry is asking texas to pray for rain. sirens sounded in tiburon this afternoon. as john fowler reports, it was the first blast of a new tsunami disaster warning system. >> reporter: at three minutes after 1:00 it barely raised an

eyebrow. the first test of the tiburon's new warning system. >> i 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? >> it was a surreal experience. >> reporter: next time a firefighter could push this siren button. >> a steady siren. when people hear this they can tune into radio station 840 and hear what the emergency might be. >> again, the siren that is being sounded is a the test. >> reporter: we're prone to a lot of differentty disasters in

this area: >> reporter: officials tell us today's sirens was not loud enough. they plan to install more towers for the system like this one. john fowler ktvu channel 2 news. san jose's butcher park is open to dogs again following the mysterious death of a family pet that was on this newscast next sunday. the city first reported that the city closed the park after a dog became sick and died. veterinarians suspected that the dog had been poisoned. tests however found no trace of poisoning. authorities say they cleaned the park and they are confident it is safe. and the weekend, getting here pretty court quick. this week flew by. there might even be some sprinkles out there in those clouds. but nothing big. the computer models are pulling back on the rain chances this

weekend. there are rain chances. sprinkle chances but not as aggressive as it looked for the last night at this time. we have a ways to go. things could change tomorrow. the satellite just shows the clouds coming off the pacific. the system that was around today that went through last night. we got rain. some places got .25 of an inch. this is what we're contending with now. it's another very weak system. probably weaker than it was last night. it rolls in here late on friday. maybe a sprinkle on friday night. most likely not most neighbors. maybe a few neighbors in the north bay. then saturday more light sprinkle chances. we'll see that in the computer model comes up. for saturday 57 degrees for a daytime high. good air quality and partly cloudy, partly sunny. that's the story. a lot of cloud cover. with that cloud cover will come a little bit of instability. i have to put that in the forecast. i know everybody -- it's a big

weekend. it's springtime. people want the weekend to be nice. holiday for everybody and we want it to be nice for you. here are the clouds, still dry. friday afternoon for your commute, look at what's going on. this isn't going to slow you down. now we're into saturday morning, not much but there's wind drops in the area. and there's saturday afternoon. again see what we're up against. upper 60s and mid-60s. not bad. sunday looks like our day. as the clouds move out of here sunday clears out. so sunday is going to be the warmest sunniest day of the bay area weekend. i think saturday is going to look a lot like today. remember how today went. try to remember that and hopefully that's how it worked out. we have one more day to dial in but that's where we're at this hour. for friday, a good friday get

away forecast. dry roadways, dry weather. partly to mostly cloudy. temperatures into the upper 60s. so we'll watch. tomorrow night we'll come back and we'll update that saturday forecast. i took it out of the five day. that was an optimistic move on my part. >> good. >> there's still a slight chance. >> thank you, bill. an international publication is shining a light on sunnyvale. sunnyvale came in first for small cities. second in human resources category and fifth for quality of life. >> and another american idol is

moving off the stage. goodbye says stefano langone. six contestants remain. you can hear what stefano langone has to say about his performance. he will be a guest on mornings on 2. buster posey made a few friends today during a surprise visit to a bank of america. he handed out tickets to giant's games and gave away some photographed giant's gear. it's part of bank of america's customer appreciate program. and the sharks play tonight. and ahead, what a judge

decided about barry bonds -- what major league baseball decided about barry bonds home run records. barry bond's home run records.

barry bonds' baseball records will stand. baseball commissioner said he will not consider rewriting the records books after bonds was found guilty. selig says anyone who understands the sport will understand why. mark is here now.

another good night tonight with the sharks. >> yeah, the big guys come through and it's for the kings. how do you emotionally come back from blowing a 4-0 lead. you don't. and they didn't. the sharks need no dramatic come backs tonight. and just all by oust the kings from round one. down in los angeles tonight they have a scoreless first. wild second, will result on a couple of penalties. we have 4-4 hockey that suits the sharks just fine. ryan clow slipped it toward the net and it's actually the king's alex martinez. if you look closely knocking it in. still 4-4, jason demures with is assist from couture. but the kings close to within 3- 2. you're thinking are we going to have another come back. but two quickies in the third. they are in the lead for good

and good measure. it's the big pavelski scoring and the sharks wind up winning 6-3. lead the series 3-1. they can close it out saturday night at the tank in san jose. you got one team with nothing resembling a .300 hitter. and the other throwing the best pitcher at a toast line up it's not good. the a's are just seriously highlight challenges. they are going to give the sy young award winner from the american league who owns him. he's 11-4 lifetime. felix hernandez had it going on tonight. eight ks. the only run he will need delivered by a former a kennedy. it's done, gave up only that one run. a's starters with a 1.31 era.

they are getting no support. sometimes it seems like dwayne wade and lebron james flip a coin to see who's going to lead. today wade wins. get it done 24 points, 15 rebounds for lebron. wade the jam and wade himself on the night weighs in 32 points, 10 rebounds after a james miss. he will rock it down. 3-0 the heat lead that series. they have things well in hand just like the bulls who beat indiana. portland in on their series with a win over dallas. but it is the mavs leading that series still 2-1. that's the sporting life for a thursday night and the sharks try to wrap this thing up saturday in round one. >> all right, that'll be great. mark, thank you. >> got it. the ktvu morning news

begins at 4:30 tomorrow. they'll have the decision on the new target store. we just checked in on that meeting, it is still under way with half a dozen people still waiting to speak. and you can get the latest news on ktvu.com. good night. >> good night.