train, and we're looking at video right now to see if there's anything that would resemble a door problem or any complaint or a mechanical issue with the door. >> reporter: the man who shot the video would not talk to us on camera but says that passengers were shocked. he says that when they stopped, the man who is wearing the white pants summoned the train driver to close the door. the transportation agency today is also investigating why this nummi bus driver facing a termination hearing for texting while driving last february was allowed to return to work yesterday. >> at this point we're looking into why she was there yesterday. but bottom line is she shouldn't have been. ktvu has learned high level mta officials were furious to learn she had driven a bus yesterday. a source says that at a previously scheduled termination hearing this morning, she was fired from the job. >> all i can say is she's not

employed by the mta and because it's a personal matter, there's not a lot of details to be released at this point. >> reporter: spokesperson from nummi did not offer comment about that fired bus driver. what we're being told about a tense confrontation that happened just before she was fired. for now reporting live from san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. on top of all of this there's now talk of a strike. city attorney dennis herr era says a city driver calls for arbitration. he says if it looks like nummi workers are about to strike, his office will take legal action but did not specify what that action would be. and pg & e is drawing fire

by some environmental groups. darby announced his resignation yesterday. we're learning more tonight about an assistant wine maker who died on the job. we now have a picture of gustavo muro. muro had just finished transferring wine from a 6-foot tank to a larger one wednesday night and fell while looking into the smaller tank. cal osha is investigating the incident. an unusual phenomenon is happening in san francisco bay. leopard sharks, and not just little ones are being found dead. scientists think this problem could be manmade. >> reporter: no one is really sure right now. it could be pollutants. the first sharks were found just a couple of days ago.

one just like this. along here in this saloon by a boy out exploring the area. the dead and dying leopard sharks are about 6 feet long. >> he came across a shark in the water. it was acting kind of strangely. it had its head kind of beached and it's tail was in the water. about a three, 3-1/2-foot shark. >> reporter: we found two more sharks when we were walking down the bay. one was acting confused maybe ready to beach itself like the others had. >> they are not an endangered species. but as we kept coming on more and more we wondered why these fish are struggling so much. >> reporter: fish and game contacted -- >> until they are able to chemically examine these sharks one will never know whether it

was human cause pollutants or whether these are just unfortunate sharks that got trapped at low tide. >> reporter: stanford university and the shark research foundation are involved in the investigationment when they will come up with an answer if they come up with an answer we do not know. live in redwood city. jim vargas. ktvu news. fish and game officials hope to give northern california fishing business an economic boost. salmon fishing season is opening on july 16th. that's a month earlier than expected on the sacramento valley. they have also lifted all restrictions on salmon fishing. a second man has died while diving for abloney in the past 48 hours. the sheriff's department says jeffrey pasendini was found face down in the water by his diving partner this morning. on thursday morning, 42-year- old jason chung of south san

francisco was found in the water 7 miles north of jenner. cvs agreed to pay california this morning for over billing medi-cal. pharmacies are supposed to charge a patients private insurer first and only charge state payment programs for overages. and the city council had a contentious debate one that lasted eight hours. opponents say target will hurt small businesses. the supervisors could decide a fate of a redevelopment plan. the $1.5 million project was approved by the planning

commission yesterday. if the board approves the plan, 8,000 new homes would be built on the island. critics say that more housing on treasure island could create more traffic conditions on the bay bridge. and we've been reporting about toyota's car production disruptions by shortages since japan's earthquake and tsunami. the problem is even being felt here in the bay area. now we're learning it could be november or december before car parts are ready available. there are new predictions today that the price of gasoline could possibly hit $6 a gallon by this summer. strategists at global hundreds security says all it would take is a few hurricanes to reduce current prices. >> just like every week. go up a couple of cents.

in the summertime people are going to stay closer to home. >> especially people my age, we're selling on your social security, i don't think we can go very far. president obama has ordered the justice department to look into why the price at the gas pump is climbing so quickly. the source of the investigation coming up. get ready to pay more for a big pack. mcdonalds says it's costs are going up and that means customers will have to pay more too. tom vacar is live and tells us why the price hike costs more than just mcdonalds. >> reporter: this may just look like a cheese burger, but it will be something that will have an impact on you everyone if you don't step food inside a mcdonalds. mcdonalds announced it will

rise prices to cover expenses. >> mcdonalds is like a monopoly. they can get as much as they want for as cheap as they want. >> i think the groceries have a larger effect because more people go to safe way than mcdonalds. >> reporter: one man said he recently went to a discount grocery. >> i usually walk out spending $42 and i walked out spending $92. i would have gotten it cheaper at safeway. >> reporter: steve delmasso sayless prices are going crazy. >> it's phenomenal. we've never seen anything like it. in the history of produce we've never seen anything like it. >> reporter: he says fuel prices have impacted the price. >> people like me who basically

live paycheck to paycheck already are struggling. >> reporter: produce prices will go down in june as more is harvested. but that fuel price component of those other prices, well that's likely to go up to say the least. reporting live, consumer editor tom vacar ktvu channel 2 news. it's not just gas and mcdonald prices going up. just in time for easter the price of chocolate is climbing too. the reason all the ingredients used to make it are getting more and more expensive. happy easter. a long term commitment to san francisco is made with a short message. twitter announced by twitt this afternoon that it will be moving into this building on san francisco's market street by mid-2012. the former furniture mart building is 12 blocks from twitter's current building. the google executive who helped israel's uprising is now

asking for help to help rebuild. he says even though egypt is thousands of miles away from the bay area the two places are more alike than people might think. >> everyone is very much concerned about the next role that egypt will play in the region. i think technology will deaf definitely be the big one. >> almost 900 egyptians were killed during the uprising. gonan tells us why he does not see himself as a hero. this is good friday, the day christians commemorate the

crucification of jesus christ. jerusalem is even more crowded than other years because easter falls on the same day for other religions. for the first time, the pope went high tech appearing on a giant state television. people gathered in pubs and restaurants to watch the broadcast. the pope discussed the suffering of jesus christ and answered questions from people around the world. >> we have a 7-year-old girl from japan who wants to know why her country has suffered so much. >> the pope responded we do not have the answers but we know jesus suffered as you do. no good deed goes

unpunished. the robber that left this man helpless.

police are searching for a gunman who stole from a man. today turned out to be a good friday any way. >> he was hoping someone else would come out and be able to help him. >> reporter: through a translator, ramirez says the gunman told him to get on the ground and hand over his cell phone and wallet. inside the wallet was $2,000. money he planned to give to a fellow parishioner to buy a

car. the church was full of people inside that saw the robbery. >> it was not a parishioner . >> reporter: a man showed up to give ramirez a $2,000 check. and people gathered to sing hymns and marched to the lab's front gate. the lab kept a close eye on the protesters. >> if i am not here, if i don't have other people come with us, if we choose to do nothing it

changes us. we may not change the world by being here, but the world will change us if we're not here. >> i hear by declare this to be an unlawful assembly. in the name of the state of california you are ordered to immediately disperse. some of the protesters stepped over the line on to lab property. officers quietly arrested them. the coast guard has harsh words for the company that operated a bp oil rig that exploded in the gulf of mexico last year. the report released today says transoceans poor management contributed to the blast that killed 11 people. investigators found poor maintenance and a poor safety culture among the crews operating the rig. the report was also critical of u.s. policy allowing oil riggs registered by other nations to operate in u.s. coastal waters. the deep water horizon rig was registered in the marshal islands. on this earth day bay area students are giving trash a second life. coming up at 5:55.

we'll show you how they are turning trash into art. with a week now to go before britain's royal wedding, the london subway system, the under ground is selling oyster cards with the couples picture on them. the oyster card is like a clipper card here to board the train system. the palace hotel in san francisco is hosting a royal wedding watch party. tickets cost $45 for the party on saturday morning. that includes breakfast and highlights. or you can stay like me and stay in your pjs and watch the royal wedding live on ktvu. staying in your jammies is not a bad thing to do when it's raining outside. is it going to be a pjs type

weekend. >> it will, it won't be a wash out. there's still a lot of clouds in the forecast tomorrow. right now it's kind of mild out there. cloudy in san jose and in oakland. temperatures are just in the upper 50s. we did see some low 60s today but it's definitely be a mild day to say the least. the forecast as we go into tonight. more clouds. i mentioned it last night but we've been talking clouds. partly cloudy is the watch word. mostly cloudy at times. even a chance of sprinkles as we roll into saturday. i think tomorrow is going to look a lot like today looked. and maybe a sprinkle in the forecast. the extended forecast calls for more of a spring like weather pattern as we roll into next week. except monday there's a chance of rain. south of us you can see rainfalling out. look at all the clouds, it's really not well organized. that's why it's tough to

forecast. it's easy when you see a big old weather system staring you down. it's 200, 300 miles out in the pacific. here it comes, there it goes. this is not like that. this is a here it comes i think, and there it goes i think kind of situation. friday it's 9:00, that's where we are. there's saturday midnight, or tonight midnight. look at the clouds. there's sprinkles offshore. mostly cloudy then clearing late in the day saturday. when i come back the latest computer model does show some rain as we head into the weekend and later sunday. reduce, recycle, reuse. it's an earth day montra. >> it is $4.15 a gallon. >> reporter: matt drove up with

one request. >> just sell it up. >> i read that a place was selling diesel at a cheaper price. >> reporter: starting today you can buy it direct from the production agency. the process works like this. sirona sends these trucks around to restaurants to pick up this. it's used cooking oil. after about four days it looks like this and it's ready to go from this truck into this car. sirona says the demand is there but getting the oil is harder. phillip saucedo donated to the cause. >> i got used vegetable oil from restaurants. >> reporter: darnet came in to give it a try. >> i thought for $4.15 i can come out here and give it a try. >> the only question, can his

truck run the same way. >> it will run in your truck, it will not cause problems. >> reporter: arnett was comfortable enough for a fill up. >> stepping up to this is like a walk in. a surprise visit. the increased military effort this senator still wants to see in libya. plus the new uniforms the u.s. army is testing. and its female soldiers could wear on the battlefield. new at 6:00, the san andres fault isn't where you think it is. it's moving. what it means for our area. and the ability to predict the next big earthquake. then honoring a hero. why it took nearly 70 years to give a local world war ii soldier a proper burial. and hear more from the man who helped organize egypt's uprising. his surprise on being named one

of the world's most influential people. today at 6:00.

president obama is back at the white house after his trip to the west coast. the president boarded air force one at l.a.x. this morning. he was in the bay area on wednesday and thursday to raise funds and sell his long term budget plan. today is the deadliest day in a month of protests in syria. a human right's group says at least 75 people have been killed during prodemocracy demonstrations today alone. here are some pictures of a protest in lebanon supporting the syrian people. the lybaneze were allowed to march after friday prayer. the brutal crack down on the protesters for the past two months triggered a wave of key figures to abandon the president. today the president called the defectors cowards and renegades. in libya today, the united states has began using a new tool in the conflict between

rebel forces and gadhafi. but one influential u.s. senator who made a surprise visit to that country today said it's still not enough to give rebels the edge. fierce fighting rages on as rebel forces battle gadhafi's troops. president obama has allowed the use of drone planes. he says they have better visible to hit their targets. but arizona governor who visited libya says the opposition needs more support. >> we desperately need more close air support and precision strike assets. >> they are calling for the

international community to help the rebels. and that america has no intention of arming the libyan rebels at least for the moment. >> the united states position with respect to arming the rebels is very clear. we're not -- there's been no decision to do that. so right now that's not going to happen. >> reporter: senator mccain also urged every nation especially the united states to recognize the transitional national council as the legitimate voice of the libyan people. >> they've earned this right and gadhafi has forfeited it by waging war on his own people. >> senator mccain is the senior republican on the armed services committee and the highest ranking official to visit libya since the uprising. 700 women are testing a new combat university with shorting sleeves and pant legs.

current uniforms are made to fit men's proportions. the army is also looking to designing body armor that fits women's bodies better. of course many women already serve in noncombat roles in war zones. we're going to take a quick break, we'll be right back.

firefighters in watsonville are using foam tonight on a fire started -- firefighters have been unable to get inside

the building. the problem is the panels contain pcbs. the navy built the hanger back in 1972. the navy has handed over the building to nasa. -- the faa has warned that its air traffic controllers were fatigued on the job. we got a report that included all those warnings. the faa says it didn't agree at the time that immediate changes were necessary. as we've been reporting. the changes were finally made this week after the whole high profile sleeping controller scare in washington this month. a complaint about three passengers on board a united

airlines flight led to a pilot turning it around and headed back to the tarmac. the plane took off after a 2.5 hour delay. rafters and skiers are probably all excited to hear the northern california water ways will fill up this summer. ken pritchett joins us live from the american river in el dorado county where he found out there's a serious side to all of that summer fun. >> reporter: this is the south fork of the american river. at this location the water looks very calm and inviting. but that water is cold and in places it is very swift as you will see just a few miles upstream. you can hardly blame these rafters for hitching a ride at the end of their trip after

they've been through this. this is the troublemaker rapids on the south fork of the american river which is already swelling from the melting snow pack. >> and it was definitely the juiciest flow i've seen in a couple of years. it was very good. >> reporter: jim jones and his friends have just finished a trip down river. the river is running at about 3,000 cubic feet a second which is steady but not an overwhelming flow. >> this year it's going to be a wee big higher and more fun. >> reporter: he says with high flows the inexperienced should show extra caution. pg & e which operating dams on the river issued a warning which says the water will become colder and swifter in the weeks ahead. >> wear a life jacket, know a helmet. know your limits and that's

probably the most important thing. >> reporter: the rafting guides say that over the next month or so the rafting on the river here should be at its best at its peak. but they also say there are areas if you go with a guide that are suitable for both the experienced rafter and the novice. along the south fork of the american river, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. an east bay restaurant says its reached its goal and raised $10,000. mccubbies restaurant held a fundraiser on april 15 to help ryan stow. about 700 people came out to show their support. the restaurant raised $6,100 through an auction, raffle and other donations. and the restaurant owner made up the difference. we've been telling you about the uproar over secret

tracking features discovered in some smart phones. android users are given the options when setting up their device for the first time. after that it's a several step process to change the location setting. the downside here turning off the feature limits important smart phone functions such as maps. if you buy music on i tunes you might soon be able to access your songs from any where you have an internet connection. instead of downloading them to your i pod or other music playing device, you will be able to download the music to a server run by apple. amazon.com and google are also said to be working on pod storage for usage but are still working with music distributors about services involved. and it's a charity that provides pretty spring dresses to little girls just in time for easter sunday. >> reporter: it's been few

years, but this is the first easter they're able to give away brand new dresses for little girls just in time for the holiday. it's something the family has done for 14 years and they say they must continue. >> giving is one of the greatest things you can do. >> reporter: dozens of boxes full of brand new items were all over the mary anne wright foundation warehouse. inside each box, hundreds of brand new dresses just in time for easter. >> if we could just give them something that way little children feel proud an they can go to church or they can just have it. >> reporter: joe welsh says last year she was still dealing with her mother's deaths so they weren't able to give away the donated dresses but this year things are back on track. >> this is my daughter's first easter and i'm not able to afford an easter for my daughter. >> reporter: right now we're not in a financial situation where we can afford to get one, this is such a blessing to have mother right here for the community. >> reporter: this little girl told us the joy of having a new

dress and the smiles on their faces are priceless by doing this the wright family remembers their founders mission. to provide and support individuals in families. those are words that this man in need says he will remember when paying it forward. >> like when she outgrows these. i will make sure it goes to somebody else that can use them. >> reporter: in years past, the foundation also gave away easter baskets. however because of financial hardships, donations have been cut. clothing items for boys were not donated but they were able to take home a bag full of goodies. the dress give away is a one time event. they normally give food away here, and they say know they need help more than ever. if you can help log on to our website ktv u.com. outside san francisco city hall today catholic social workers walked what they called the tenderloin stations of the

cross. traditionally the stations follow crist path to the crucifiction. the new york stock exchange is closed in observance of good friday. stocks will begain next week after gains. how fun is that? what better way to kick off bay area national dance week than with a whole bunch of people dancing in harmony. this flash bomb got together as many people as wanted to dance. look at all those folks. 17 and pregnant, at least that's what she told everyone. the surprising revelation this team made in front of her whole school and her motive for doing it. take a look at this map. the prediction it makes about

when the debris left behind from the japanese tsunami will get here.

a block party is just wrapping up in oakland to help raise awareness about the sexual exploitation of children. organizers of the party at jefferson and fifth street are aiming their message directly at young girls pulled into the sex trade.

>> that they know that they're not alone. that they do know that there are some people out there, there are some ways to get out of the street life. we just want them to know. in a story we reported this week, we learned that dozens of young girls as young as 13 are selling sex on the streets of oakland every night. 17 and pregnant. that's what students at a washington state high school thought about one of their classmates. but it turns out, high school senior janie rodriguez faked her pregnancy. she said he wanted to examine gossip and stereo type in her school. >> when i took off my belly the audience was definitely in shock. it got really quiet. >> reporter: only her parents and some faculty and friends were in on the secret. a number of students said that they admired her courage in

carrying out the experiment. new parents in wisconsin may have to return a gift they got at their baby shower. take a look at jordan tucker who entered the world wednesday tipping the scales at 12.5 pounds. that's the size of an average 4 -month-old. jordan arrived one week after his due date but even the doctors were surprised by just how big he got. >> wow. the pain at the pump is getting worse. the spike in prices we're seeing and the president's effort to get to the bottom of it. and it's easter weekend coming up. there's some green in the radar, we might see some of that for parts of the weekend. i'll let you know what cities. new at 6:00, the san andres fault isn't where you think it is. it's moving. what it means for our area and the ability to predict the next big earthquake. honoring a hero.

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this map shows how ocean currents will carry some of the billions of the tons of debris from the japanese earthquake and tsunami across the pacific and to our shorelines. they expect the debris will begin to appear on march 2014 and will linger in the region for years. the hawaii island will be hit by repeated water flows for the next several years. gas prices have jumped above $4 a gallon. according to aaa the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded in california now stands at $4.21 a gallon. that's $1.11 higher than we

were paying last year. gas is $4.21 in oakland. $4.22 in san jose and $4.29 in san francisco. president obama is putting together a team to find out why gas prices are rising so high. it will investigate the role traders play in raising prices. but one analyst says the real culprit is not wall street, he blames a soaring demand for oil all over the world. >> the fact that oil is a global commodity and we don't have the resources to meet that demand, that's why we see prices soaring. >> reporter: the price at the pump could hit $6 a gallon if a hurricane hits the gulf say experts. children who are both bullies and victims of bullies may share a common link.

violence in the home. public health researchers talked with kid who say they'd been bullied and they in turn bullied others. they found those children may have been bullied by a family member or had seen violence at home. we have much more news coming up for you. ken and julie have a number of stories. and that includes the fact that the san andres fault is shifting. also at 6:00, why some of the richest californians handed governor jerry brown a case of beer and dog biscuits today. plus, president obama talked about the economy during his bay area visit. what was his secretary up to? it's all coming up at 6:00. women taking a best selling

birth control pill yazmin may run a higher risk of getting blood clots. one of the drugs has been linked to two to three times higher risk of getting blood clots in the bloodstream. bayer who makes yasmin says the studies are flawed. >> looks like a good day to hit the beach. good sunshine out there. let's head to chief meteorologist bill martin. >> a little bit of clouds, a little bit of sun. we go to live storm tracker two. and we have moist atmosphere.

that's because the clouds and the radar is picking that up as rainfall. it would be very light as best. that's what we're talking about really as we go through this weekend into early next week. san rafael tomorrow. 45degrees when you start off in the morning. kind of chilly, 54 at lunchtime and almost 60 degrees for a daytime high for your saturday. a lot of clouds out there right now. get used to the clouds because there's going to be a lot more as we go into the next couple of days. sunny right now, looks to be your best day on your bay area weekend. saturday lots of clouds and inplants of moisture. kind of what i showed you outside. it's there. i have to put a chances of showers tomorrow. looks like sunday is our best day in the weekend so plan

accordingly. cloudy on saturday, clears out, saturday evening. now here comes your sunday. that looks pretty good. sunday morning and then clouds around a little bit of coastal fog. but sunday looks like a pretty day. we get to monday and look what we have for your morning commute. right now your weekend looks like what we've been seeing all week. this pattern is going to duplicate itself into several days. tomorrow in some places, warmest obviously in morgan hill. five day forecast with your weekend always in view. big half marathon going on tomorrow. you and my buddy mark tamayo are going to be running it. it's a half marathon. what time does it start. >> i think the half marathon starts at 7:00. half road, half trail. >> a lot of people doing it. so good weather for you guys. mark is pretty quick. >> i know he's going to beat

me. >> just about an hour and a half ago we learned that a judge ordered lindsay lohan to 120 days in jail for violating the terms of her probation by allegedly stealing a 2,500- dollar necklace. at a preliminary hearing this afternoon the judge reduced the grand theft charge to a misdemeanor. lo an plead -- lohan pleaded not guilty to the crime. lohan will remain out in bail while her attorney appeals the case. and charlie sheen was running late for his dc stop on

tuesday, so dc police used lights and sirens to whisk him to constitution hall. dc police says he did not authority the escort. >> there are limited circumstances that we use an escort. there are protocalls that must be followed when we do use escorts. turning trash into art. the life lessons some teenagers are getting in saving the earth through artistic expression.

on this earth day, two bay area artists are teaching teens a lesson on how to make art out

of trash. we show you what these teens are literally picking up on our shores and on our streets. >> lots of packaging. >> it's easy to find a soldier or gosh finding a blue indian. everything you see here. everything in our collection comes from 1,000 yards of one beach in the point rays national seashore. and we've devoted ourselves to that very small stretch of sand and sea. >> what we're looking for is street plastic. we've been talking beach plastic. >> we started an art project. while we educated the kids about the problem of plastic in the ocean. and all of this trash down the street can easily be put in a waste bin. >> i really didn't care for trash, plastic, compost or any of that. i guess being here at the

shelter that opened my eyes and made me realize what the earth is and what we can make it. >> the shelter is serving homeless and run away youth. or recently released from foster care. >> if i don't pick it up here i'm going to be picking it up there. >> we can't live in this world and be indifferent. you must act. for the lacron street kids it takes it out of themselves and they can start acting in the world. >> i just want the message to be you don't have to throw it on the floor. there's a bin there so it doesn't end up on the beach. >> and if you want to see the

art the children created, it's on display at the museum of modern art. and dog biscuits and beer is what the governor was given today when he visited the silican valley. we'll tell you why coming up next on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00.

you're looking at pictures above the hay ward fault. scientists now say the san andres fault is slipping over to this fault. what that could mean to californians. that's our top story tonight. good evening i'm ken wayne. frank somerville is off tonight. >> and i'm julie haener. you hear about it all the time. the san andres fault. tonight scientists say it's moving. science editor john fowler is live now on how this could affect the site of future earthquakes. john. >> reporter: i'm currently on the hayward that soon could