it's already taking up a quarter of the san andres. >> the hayward is trying to be the new san andres. >> the reason, this kink in the san andres. the fault is trying to reduce friction by straightening out to the north. that would shift the bay area off the quake fault. the bay area's chances remain high. >> hopefully i'm not here when the big one hits. >> reporter: a big quake is already overdue. at another kink, the san andres jumped two faults. >> it shows over time how they've changed and rearranged. the fault is by and large becoming a little simpler. >> reporter: simpler may mean more smaller quakes, fewer big

ones. however these changes in fault structure can take many thousands of years. scientists say the dynamics of sliding rocks is complicated. the next big one could come at any time so be prepared. reporting live in the hayward fault, john fowler. nummi operators have voted to authorize a strike. that does not mean that cable cars would stop running right away. dennis herr era says that -- >> david stevenson talked to a

bus rider that recognized her behind the wheel. >> reporter: for the second time in a month a nummi l train is caught on cell phone video speeding through a tunnel with its door open. the man who shot this video would not talk to us on camera but says passengers were stunned when the train left the station with the door wide open. another train that left a station with the door open got the train operator fired. >> we're still looking at the video today. >> reporter: nummi officials are also at a loss today to explain why this bus driver was allowed to work thursday after being caught on cell phone video last february texting while driving. >> right now we're looking as to why she was there yet.

the bottom line is she shouldn't have been. the man who recorded the texting video reported seeing her behind the wheel again. when the driver showed up to work yet again this morning she was escorted off the site and terminated. nummi officials are now investigating who called her in to work. >> she's not employed, because it's a personal matter there's not a lot of details at this point. >> reporter: the union that represented that nummi driver did not offer any comment today. david stevenson. the golden gate transit district's board boarded unanimously today to raise fares on buses and ferries. the increases begin july 1st. in marin county adult fares will go up 5%.

seniors and disabled fares will be -- >> reporter: a new report today shows so called criminal aliens in california prisons went up 17% from 2003 to 2009. the bill for taxpayers in 2008 was $1.1 billion. the government accountability office estimates that california spends $34,000 on each criminal alien every year. that's almost three times as much as texas. this mother is under arrest. police say she left her 3-year- old daughter in her car while she went gambling last night. police found the little girl in the parked car and they found the mother inside the garden city casino in san jose. the mother is charged with child endangerment. a google executive who's credited with helping ignite the uprising in egypt is in the bay area today visiting a

number of high tech companies. gonan recently topped the list of most influential people. we talked to him today and he said he was surprised at that honor. >> it's something that i'm not like, i was not looking for. and i think that the most important thing is the cause. the cause is the hero and the cause is to get rid of a bad regime. >> reporter: he used facebook to organize millions of the egyptians in demonstrations that overdrew mubarack this morning. his focus knew is helping egypt's people start over. >> i would say the guy standing up facing us, without any weapon. seeing a life threatening risk. if he's a good engineer then probably he can start a business. >> reporter: he is in the bay area to get technology assistance for egypt. tonight he will be in stanford to talk about egypt's uprising

and the next step toward economic recovery. governor jerry brown came to the bay area today and he was handed a 12 pack of beer and a bag of dog bones in front of hundreds of people. it was one light moment in a very serious meeting about california's business climate. ktvu's janine de la vega was in tonight's summit. she's in santa clara with more. >> reporter: ken, companies like yahoo and facebook and mcafee all took part of this survey. in this survey they talked about if they are hiring, what their concerns on and what they need to survive 2011. the ice was broken when governor jerry brown was given this gift for his dog. >> do you have anything for the legislature? >> reporter: brown was given beer which he joked would be helpful while hashing out differences with legislators in sacramento. brown sat on a panel of ceo

analysts. among business leaders top concerns. >> the issues that are important in the boardroom are equally important in the living room. what are the top issues? housing that people can afford. a good transportation system. quality k-12 and higher education system. with the state facing a $26 billion shortfall and proposed cuts. companies worry if the future generation is being prepared. >> in order to turn out the engineers that companies that my company needs, other companies need adds well. other companies hire technical people. we need to have basic math and science. >> reporter: 20,000 companies added jobs and more than half expect more job growth this year. >> that's all business invasion. i want to encourage that and whatever they need from government i want to make sure they get it. but ceos say in order to do long term investments in california they need to know what's happening with the

budget and taxes. today the governor told us to expect several more weeks of talks with republicans before any sort of deal can be made. reporting live from santa clara, janine de la vega, ktvu news the new york stock exchange is closed in observance of good friday. stocks will start next week on a high note. mcdonalds may be rising its prices. the fast food giant says that increasing costs for bread, cheese and vegetables might have to be passed on to customers. that means all food prices might be going up. mcdonalds influences how the rest of the industry copes with increasing cost. more fall out about that e- mail that went out as president obama as a chimpanzee. a southern california church is

now demanding that the council member that send it step down. the naacp have called for davenport to resign. president obama has wrapped up his west coast visit. the president boarded air force one headed back to washington, d.c. he was in the bay area wednesday before making stops in reno and los angeles to raise funds and sell his long term budget plan. bay area gas prices are creeping to the high in 2008. in san francisco it's $4.27 a gallon. the record $4.60 was set back in june 2008. economies warn that food prices and gas prices may push the

u.s. back into a recession. and sirona has produced biodisel for a couple of years now. now buyers can buy it from their facility on san leandro street in oakland. at $4.15 a gallon it's 35- cents less than convention gas. >> reporter: tell us how you heard about this. >> from you, this morning i heard that i could get fuel here cheaper. and half of californians, 46% say the dream is still alive. why? 89% of those surveyed said it's the economy. on a happier note, 68% say the state will be in better shape in a year. these numbers come from city financial services. and now he's finally home with his people and that's a

good thing. a petaluma soldier was not forgotten. how his remains were found 68 years after he was listed missing in action. and while president obama got down to business during his brief bay area visit, his treasury secretary hit the beach. the story one man is saying about his ocean encounter with this country's top money man. a big weekend coming up. we have clouds to talk about. maybe some sprinkles. i have the latest computer model, to dial in your bay area weekend.

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was killed in action, hundreds of war veterans gathered today near the gave site of private first class marvin sims. the quiet handsome young man who left petaluma to go off to war is finally back home. >> his mother never got to have him home. when you have boys you know what that means. this for the family is great. >> this is marvin. >> another showed us his high school yearbook photo. his life would end a few years later. >> he was kind of quiet, but a nice young man. >> reporter: the remains of the crew end undiscovered until a few years ago when a mountaineer who specializes in finding crash sites located sims plane. >> evidence of leather boots,

jackets, life jackets, gloves, a lot of leather items and of course the bones. sims was positively identified through dna tests. his closest living relatives are two nieces he never knew but who watch with pride as their uncle receive a military funeral finally. >> now he's finally home with his people and that's a good thing. that's a really good thing. >> reporter: the return of marvin sims is a long waited for prayer answered for his

family. and the lieutenant governor newsom announces his run for governor. we caught up with newsom at a dedication ceremony for the news soleria headquarters for fremont. newsom was asked how much he is getting paid for his book which is due out in 2013 but he would not say. the fbi just released photos of a gunman who held people hostage in a bank. the first is of a man who ordered everybody to get on the floor when they burst into a bank on fremont. the second shows a man getting out of a black nissan that was used as the get away vehicle moments later. both wore hoodies and bandanas over their faces. anyone who has seen those robbers is urged to call the fbi right away.

a job fair for veterans this earth day was fittingly focused on green technology. job seekers fill filed into skyline college this morning to learn about jobs in electric vehicle production. recruiters from palo alto based tesla were on hand for the event. attendees also got to test drive fuel efficient models. in its summer electricity forecast, the california commission says its confident there'll be more than enough power to to go around thanks to more solar and wind technology. the increase is a sign of an improving economy say officials. and some school children

celebrated earth day by gathering at a state spark. the presidio gave lessons. for the past 15 years it created compost that was used in northern california farms and vineyards. that kept the scraps out of the landfill. >> stays out of the landfill. no methane emission. when you return to the farms, the carbon is returned to the soil. to give you an idea of just how much that helps fight global warming look here at the golden gate bridge. it has stopped the emission from all bay area traffic for the next 200 years. ktvu headed out to the south fork of the american river and as you can see it's

already swelling from all the melting snow pack. rafting guides say conditions are better than they've seen in years. but they're warning recreational boaters to use caution. wear life jackets and helmets and know their limits out there because it can be dangerous. >> very dangerous. >> kind of still cool and chilly. gray day around the bay area for the latest on the weekend forecast now let's go over to bill in the weather center. >> a little bit of everything julie. a lot like this entire week. we've had clouds, we've had a few sprinkles here and there. you certainly see activity out there offshore. listen, when this thing comes on shore toward montero and pacifica. it's not going to be heavy rain. there's the water vapor or cloud particulate and the

model is picking it up as rain. there's a slight chance for showers on saturday. but just like today not a big deal. the satellite imagine shows all the clouds out there. get used to them because that's how it goes. except on sunday. saturday mostly cloudy, chance of a sprinkle. not a big deal just like today. there's a chance of a sprinkle today. same deal. this system glides the area on sunday. mostly sunny, not looking for a chance of sprinkle sunday. then it drops back down on monday. and then we get back into not even a chance, i think it's going to rain on monday believe it or not. the forecast, the computer model has been all over it. it's a tough system to predict for me and the model. there's a little break during the day on saturday. maybe a sprinkle.

here comes sunday. not bad. clouds partly sunny. mostly sunny. more sunshine right through sunday. so sunday is your best day. your warmest day. then here comes the deal for monday. that looks like it has some legs so we'll watch it for you. as we get into the rest of the week it looks fine. but you don't care because this is the rest of the weekend right now. warm 60s in the forecast. sunday we'll get a little warmer than that. still as you look at the five day forecast with your weekend always in view. we put chance sprinkles. it's not going to happen. the it's not going to go any where near you or your family. >> she's going to hold you up to that. there's been a fire at the intersection of sacramento and davis street. that's right by the embarcadero center. we're trying to get in touch with pg & e to get more information to pass it on to you. if we get some answers we'll update you on the bay area news

at 7:00 on channel 36. and while president obama was visiting the bay area, his secretary was doing a different type of board meeting. the story a local surf instructor is telling us.

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secretary timothy geithner hit the beach during president obama's bay area visit. a surf instructor says he didn't realize he was teaching a vip until he caught sight of secret service officers keeping watch of the beach. >> those guys in suits on the beach, you have to watch out for them. >> with ear pieces in their ears. and the sharks, how are they doing tonight? >> they've had very impressive wins in the past few days. they work out today to get ready on what they hope will be a close out. right now they have a 3-1 lead in their series against the kings and looking to give them the kiss of death down in the tank in san jose and move on to

round two. >> we had the opportunity to win that fourth game you have to take an advantage of it. we don't want to get on a plane and go there and fight for another 60 minutes. you want to get the time you can, get the extra rest. >> we have to be hard. we have to be ready to go. they are playing for their lives. you know they're going to come out strong. definitely in the past two games and we expect them to come harder. looks like we have good news for sacramento kings fans of the nba. turns out they might not be moving to anaheim after all. their current owner says absolutely no decision has been made to move the team. but they want to see if the

mayor of sacramento can make good on his promise and get an arena built there. >> mark, thank you. >> good friday is one of the world's most somber celebrations. coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. an unusual commemoration took place today in san francisco that included a strong social message. find out what that message is in 30 minutes on tv 36. plus the latest on that under ground vault fire in the financial district. i'm ken wayne. >> i'm julie haener. thanks for joining us and have a great weekend. good night.

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