a crime ends in frustration for officers. the problems police encountered tonight. good evening i'm maureen naylor. >> and i'm ken wayne. new problems tonight with oakland police radios. this time during a high speed pursuit and man hunt. new at 10:00, debra villalon on what police had to encounter as they cornered a criminal in the act. >> reporter: they searched dozens of backyards on the

block. and we saw firsthand how officers struggled cash strapped. a brand new suv stolen and followed until it crashed into a pole. their radios clicking constantly so they can't hear or be heard. >> we were able to transmit. i wouldn't say we failed. >> reporter: but where the on star system could have stopped the vehicle, they could not get the word out. radio failures aren a ongoing problem. >> sometimes they don't work, sometimes they are in and out. sometimes they bleed over each other. it's hard to explain it all because it does different

stuff. >> reporter: after a few hours, they gave up. not even a borrowed dog did the job. >> everyone the dog we were using today is from emeryville. >> we did not have a helicopter. we requested a helicopter. >> reporter: and haven't had one for two years. the lack of tools disturbing for residents. >> if there's a shoot out and they're calling for back up and their radio isn't working, what happens then. >> reporter: today's radio problem lasted about two hours. looking into it dispatch tells us it was an off site radio keyed open. a fluke this time in a frustrating system. reporting live in oakland, debra villalon. as we reported, two new communication towers are now going up in oakland. the towers are being fast tracked to support a new radio communication system. the city hopes to have at least one of the new towers in operation by the end of the

summer. there is late word tonight that workers at an idaho silver mine have recovered the body of a miner caught in the mine two days ago. in the last two hours, came word the death was official. merick was working alongside his brother when the collapse happened. the incident happened 6,000 feet under the lucky mine. according to the san francisco chronicle. the utility supports a proposed state rule banning spikes, if the rule allows certain exceptions. pg & e previously argued that previous regulations required spiking in order to test pipelines and that the practice was safe. the ntsb continues to investigate the september explosion that killed eight

people. is it turmoil in the middle east or market specklators trying to make a quick buck. whatever the reason, drivers feel there's little they can do but complain about ever rising gas prices. john sasaki reports. >> reporter: $4.29 for regular, $4.47 for super. that's what drivers have to pay for gas in van nuys. >> it's insane. it's costing me lots of money to get to work. >> reporter: gas prices are jumped 12-cents a gallon in the last week. the national average is $3.88 for regular. san francisco's average is $4.22. taxi drivers feel the pinch all the time. >> it's hard every day, you know. but i'm hoping the gas does not get higher than that. at least not too much. >> reporter: in the just the past seventh months, prices have risen $1.15. middle east unrest has taken

the blame but some drivers we met don't blame middle east unrest. >> they have the highest profits ever yet they are saying they are not making any money. >> monsters. you know they are the ones that are clocking the dollarsen on us. we have no choice, there's nothing we can do about it. >> people start to make money on the gas, they buy oil and not for use but to just speculation. >> reporter: president obama acknowledged last week that specklators are helping drive gas prices up as they did in 2008. analysts add a bad hurricane season could drive prices through the roof to yes $6 a gallon. in san francisco, i'm john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. we checked how today's prices compare to the national high. it's 35-cents lower than the record high of $4.58. that record was set in june

2008. we're hearing new stories tonight out of the tornado ravished area of missouri. for the first time today, many saw some of the 750 homes destroyed up close. the st. louis airport has reopened but as dan simons reports it will take a lot longer for residents to recover. >> reporter: an emotional kevin baker sees their home for the first time. they have a 15 -month-old baby who leapt on what was a -- who slept on what was the second floor of their home. >> we're alive, our neighbors are alive. so we're okay. >> reporter: they are okay because the bakers are alive in texas. today they grabbed some boxes, pack up what they can and begin to think about what it will be like to start over. walker cannot believe her bad luck. the house was for sale and had gotten a buyer. >> when were you supposed to

close? >> thursday, this coming thursday. >> reporter: has that person been informed? >> i have no idea. i haven't had time to do anything but clean up here. >> reporter: the tornado cut a path through this entire street. >> reporter: tell me about your home. >> gone, outside was our vehicle. the house was open to the storm. the backside of the house was torn out. >> reporter: this is from the frame of a house. this is a two by four piece of wood driven right through the radiator of this suv. >> reporter: one person finds humor in all of this. a for sale sign in front of a destroyed vehicle. a fire broke out on

wednesday and was not contained until friday. fish and game warden say soot and foam used to cause the fire likely led to the fish death. police are refusing to comment further as the cases are ongoing. according to the san jose mercury news both cases involved latinos. the incident sited in the claim happened in 2008 and 2009. in one case a man claims an officer beat him, breaking his eye socket. in the other case a man claims an officer ran over him with a patrol car in an effort to stop him for questioning. there's word tonight that recovering congresswoman giffords is planning to attend her husband's shuttle launch on friday. giffords' husband mark kelly is the commander of the mission. and there's more encouraging news about giffords recovery.

doctors say giffords is now able to walk. friends say she uses her right side perfectly and is working on her left side. this easter sunday the pope offered greetings in 65 languages. as great burke reports, he spoke to huge crowds while praying for peace in the middle east and offering consolation to people in japan. >> reporter: more than 1,000 people gathered to hear pope benedict xvi deliver his traditional easter message. this year marks the pontiff's sixth easter as the roman catholic leader. the 85-year-old benedict asking for peace. he spoke about ending the violence in the middle east. >> may the splendor of christ reach the people of the middle east so that the light of peace and human dignity may overcomedy vision, hate and violence railroad he also spoke

about the conflict in libya. >> >> may those who suffer as a result of the conflict be given access to humanitarian aid. >> reporter: the pope also offered a special blessing to japan's recovery following it's devastating earthquake and tsunami. >> may japan find consolation and hope as it faces the dramatic consequences of the recent earthquake. >> reporter: and next week, pope benedict xvi will make --

greg burke, fox news. president obama and the first family went to church on this easter. they worshiped at the shiloh baptist church in washington, d.c. the church was started in the 1860s as a sanctuary for freed slaves. calling on the lord to help the president in his reelection bid -- a sniper takes aim at a police helicopter in l. a. new video tonight of the attack plus an update on finding a shooter. a new legislation that could keep some state parks open even if the state closes them to save money. and it's a big task to organize a rock concert. but an eighth grade student organized a nationwide concert.

los angeles police scrambled today to stop a shooter that shot at their own helicopter. police say when the the gunman saw the l.a.p.d. helicopter he fired on it. police arrested a 20-year-old man and found a semi automatic rifle at the scene. no one was hurt. a nationwide man hunt is under way tonight for a man

federal investigators say attempted a bombing at a colorado shopping mall. earl moore set up a pipe bomb and two propane bombs at a mall near the columbine high school. fbi agents say they don't know where moore is and he should be considered armed and dangerous. new at 10:00, an indy rock concert tonight organized by a 13-year-old boy from palo alto. he recruited bands from all over the country. ktvu's janine de la vega is live to explay why those bands came. >> reporter: as you can see this concert is still going on and all about 300 people showed up. this is all put on by a kid who had an idea last summer to help gay teens. the sound was checked and bands

rehearsed. even concert merchandise was laid out. in the background noah chandler watched. this 13-year-old kid put together this concert to help gay teenagers who have committed suicide. >> reporter: noah says he's not gay but has friends who are. he created a website with a video asking people to donate money so he could put on the concert. >> hi, my name is noah. i'm an eighth grader from norman california and i'm hoping i can make a difference. >> reporter: noah contacted some of his favorite indie bands. three bands signed on including the band rabbit who traveled from florida. avenue q even traveled from l.a. to attend the concert. >> as a gay kid myself, there

was never nothing like this to help me. >> reporter: and noah's older brother julian wrote a song about it which he performed tonight. over $20,000 was raised tonight. that money will go to the trevor project, the teen suicide help line. and you too can support gay teens. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. a just released investigative report shows bay area taxpayers are picking up the tab for the health care of hundreds of part time elected officials. the bay area news group studies that 61% of small cities and 47% of school districts surveyed paid for the part time elected officials health insurance. the report showed the average health insurance was $8,500. more than the average paycheck

for part time officials. critics say in these hard times, health care should be denied to part time government officials. senate bill 356 requires the state parks department to tell cities or counties when a near by park is set to close and give them a chance to take over the park. governor brown asked the parks department to drop a list. that list has not been available yet. paul chambers reports, a recent trip taken by students has had a victorious result in

the past. >> we flew to houston and drove to the difference colleges then we caught our bus in cincinnati. >> reporter: this year the students went on a tour of 16 historically black colleges. the mission is to take these students from underserved and unrepresented communities and give them a chance to succeed and get a college degree. all high school seniors received multiple officers and partial or full right scholarships. >> i started high school not knowing what i was going to do. i wasn't even thinking about a four year college. >> reporter: the students also visited historic black schools. >> could i be a rosa parks, could i be a dr. king. >> i learned a lot about myself, about the colleges and the black history which i did not get to learn at my school. >> reporter: the trip cost more than $2,000. parents say it was worth every

dime. >> this gives her the opportunity to see so many colleges and units that we wouldn't have the opportunity to take her. >> reporter: since the program started 12 years ago, every student that has been involved in it has graduated high school. 7% of them graduate college within four to seven years. as you're likely well aware, britain is gearing up for its first royal wedding in decades. friday's wedding is expected to attract a million visitors to london. crowds are already flocking to buckingham palace. home of prince william and his soon to be bride. huge television screens will be set up in hide park for all to enjoy the ceremony. stay with ktvu for

continuing coverage. you can watch the royal wedding live friday beginning at 2:00 a.m. tonight right after this newscast we look at past royal weddings including prince charles and diana. you can watch a second look right after this newscast at 11:00 p.m. big brothers and big sisters of america needs help so now the organization is doing something it has never done before. for the first time in its 100 year existence it's rolling out ad campaigns like this one. it's asking for volunteers and financial help. the organization has more than 38,000 children who need mentors including many here in the bay area. people who work for big brothers big sisters say the recession has hit the organization hard. it costs about $1,000 a year to pair one child with an adult. weeks of heavy fighting now, new video from inside libya of the destruction. late word of damaging air strikes near gadhafi's compound. turning the loss of a loved one into art. a bay area woman's project

that's now helping others. we are dry right now but another weather system moving in from the pacific. coming up when the showers begin and the one direction temperatures are heading in the five day forecast.

take a look at this a mysterious explosion today leveled a home in a new york city suburb. it happened around 10:45 this morning in the long island community of brentwood. the house was vacant at the time of the blast and this was all that remains. 21 people were treated for minor injuries. investigators say they still haven't figured out what caused the house to blow up. there is new information about the source of an outbreak that sickened more than 120 people at the playboy mansion. now the centers for disease control say it found the

bacteria that causes lesionares disease in a hot tub. we have new information on what happened right before a woman was stabbed on an oakland street this afternoon. the stabbing happened around 4:15 this afternoon on eighth and adeline street. a witness told ktvu news that two women began fighting on the street. within minutes more than a dozen teenage girls, women and young men had gathered and began arguing with each other. the victim is in stable condition tonight. in news of the world tonight there are late reports that nato strikes badly damaged buildings in gadhafi's compound. earlier today amateur video from misrata surfaced it shows the damage thereafter two

months of fighting. one loyalist soldier told foreign journalists that gadhafi forces are losing the battle there. he said many soldiers want to surrender but they are afraid of being executed by the rebels. in mexico, there were piercing cries of grief in acapulco. the bodies of four women and a teenage girl were found with their throats slashed. on friday, a warning went out to american tourists. in italy, a man is under arrest tonight after police say he tried to hijack an al italia flight. a man was on the plane when he put a gun to a flight attendant's throat and demanded to be flown to libya. the man was arrested. half the powell hide line

will be closed for maintenance. the closure is set from monday through friday. the california street cable car line is also shut for repairs pairs which are set to be complete in june. how a woman is using art to now help others. plus changing lives one meal at a time. the task of feeding thousands in san francisco this easter sunday.

an oakland woman who lost her partner to cancer has found a way to turn her grief into

art. tonight photo journalist greg grenzel bring us a look at some remarkable photographs straight from the heart in a ktvu special report. well it started because i, i felt madly in love with the girl next door. madeline rodriguez. and i just wanted to say all the time how much i loved her. i decided when i got off work at night, this is a really nice one to do. i would make a heart of silly things on her doorstep. this was a nice way to start the week with a something nice. this one i call evolution. and it's your heart opening. she was diagnosed seven months after we met and she died four months after we met. she was advanced stage ovarian

cancer. before she died she shared with me how much she loved them. and i thought, i'm going to continue to make them every week of my life just so you know that i will never forget you. so i started sending them out over the internet to my loved ones and friends and other loved ones and friends. and i thought let's do a monday ritual of putting love in the world. and i thought, why not put it in a book. >> my name is deb for the women's cancer research center. how are you doing. >> reporter: any woman with any kind of cancer is welcome to come to the women's cancer resource center. >> women who have come in here homeless without money for food. >> i'm so sorry you are going through it. >> payge is a long time friend of the center and said she would like to donate 25% of the proceeds she earned to the women's cancer resource center.

>> hopefully generate some money for them. >> the way she celebrates her life with madeline and expresses them in these beautiful beautiful hearts that touch the hearts of so many people every week. >> reporter: we posted a link to the women's cancer resource center at ktvu.com. just look for the web links section. a castro district landmark is about to turn its final page. a different light bookstore on castro street is set to shut down sometime this week. it serves the lesbian, gay and transgender community for decades. in its hay day a different light hosted many author events including one with diver greg duganies. sony admitted someone hacked its gaming network. the gaming network has been

done since wednesday. amazon said that its fixed the hack that brought down several web pages. industry analysts say it's a sign of gm doing better now but instead reflected toyota's problems. the all electric nissan leaf has been nameed the 2011 car of the year. they were announced at the new york auto show. the leaf is a zero emission battery operated car with a 100- mile range and a starting price of $33,000. the same group named the chevy volt the green car of the year. it's just a few steps from the streets of the city tenderloin to the shelter of glide memorial church. on this easter sunday, some people showed how that short

trip can be a journey with many turns. alliee rasmus reports. sunday easter service was about renewal. and on that theme reverend cecil williams had some people that received services from glide stand up and talk about their glory. >> people will then get up and say what has happened to them and what is happening to them. and to themselves and the community. i guess i can use the term resurrection. >> reporter: james paul knows that concept firsthand. >> i live in the neighborhood, i would come down, i didn't want to feel like someone was taking care of me. >> reporter: so he started volunteering, he did it so often and so well they hired him full time. this morning he's preparing for 1,000 people to come in for breakfast. >> just walking around in this neighborhood you can tell how much it's needed.

it's not just homeless people it's everybody. most of our clients have some place to live, at least 9%. >> reporter: people started lining up for a hot meal as early as 6:00 in the morning. as the day went on, the lines kept growing. the people here say they appreciate the meal. >> a lot, because after paying rent it doesn't leave you much for groceries. >> reporter: while easter meal means extra hours in the kitchen. >> i'm not going to complain about it, because without it i wouldn't be here. a pipe and drum band led a band. people carrying signs of hunger strikers who died 30 years ago in the quest for complete independence from britain. in recent years the violence has eased as the political process has gained momentum. >> they are trying to win seats

in parliament so it can be furthered and maybe a united ireland. a strong sign of increasing political power 14 members of the chin feign the political arm of the era were elected to the irish parliament in february. if you think easter is all about eggs, church or feasts check this out. for hundreds of people in san francisco today it was all about big wheels. and away they go. today was the bring your own big wheel day. hundreds more cheered on from the sidelines of vermont street. what many say is the real crooked street in the world. winners didn't walk away with prizes or medals or a lot of money. they probably did walk away with some bruised knees and

scrapes and they had a lot of bragging rights. 911 call about a mountain lion on the prowl. how authorities cornered a big cat in a busy neighborhood. plus meteorologist mark tamayo is tracking the forecast in our area, but not before rain. what to expect and when.

well the clouds finally cleared out this afternoon. but already another system approaching the bay area already generating some clouds and even a few wide showers as we head into your monday morning. right now in the maps i can

show you on storm tracker 2 some cloud cover, we could have a few sprinkles or pockets of drizzle moving into parts of the bay area. we do have the wind and here's a look at some of the latest observations right around the bay itself. right around the bay bridge. winds gusting at 26 miles per hour. the over all weather story for tonight is this. we have the clouds in place and a bit of a breeze. tomorrow showers return for parts of the bay area. i'm going to show you the updated weather pattern coming up. and temperatures are warming back up especially in the long range. you can see the clouds approaching the region. this will be the key factor as we head into your monday. light showers returning. this moves out quickly even by tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow night. that will set the stage for a dry weather pattern, high pressure rebuilds. a big warmer tuesday and wednesday with the warmest locations approaching the upper

60s to the lower 70less. then by the weekend that could be a different story. showers at the 9:00 showing you some coverage here. targeting the north bay and san francisco and oakland. not a lot to show you in the east bay. but we can't rule out a chance of a shower or sprinkle. by 8:00 still the coverage diminishing but still a little bit of action to show you. showers moving out with partly cloudy skies and gusty winds out there. here's the bay area forecast beginning tomorrow morning at 7:00. spotty showers, 48 to 53 degrees. by 12:00 55 to right around 60. we still have a chance of a shower. by the afternoon showers it's that time of year by 3:00 and 4:00. winds on the increase outs of the west. we could have winds approaching 20 to 25 miles by the afternoon. temperatures forecasted high. not a big change after today. san jose 63 degrees. san mateo right around 60. your five day forecast.

there's the one rain cloud into monday. we're going to warm things up a little bit by tuesday and wednesday. nothing too major. thursday we're going the cool things off. for saturday and sunday we're talking about mid- to upper 70s. i know it's still way out there but something to look forward to. there were some tense moments in tulsa this morning. a animal control officer used a tranquilizer gun to take down the big cat. a young woman says she was quite startled to hear a lion growling from behind a tree. the mountain lion was taken to the tulsa zoo where it is being held for treatment. hear what giant players did just after the match up with

the a's. and the oakland a's try to split their series against seattle. sports wrap is next.

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good evening everyone, welcome to this sunday's late edition of sports wrap. the giants provided a little bit of everything for their fans expect the most important thing, a win. san francisco's early season self-destructive ways continued. an applicant for san francisco's longest running musical. the atlanta braves grabbed a 2- 0 lead. then buster posey stepped to the plate in the fourth. just like that game tied. the two run homer posey's fourth of