condition and he has been transered to uc davis where they have a special burn unit. the explosion happened about 10:30 this morning. they had to enter the building to rescue the injured employee who could not get outside. a team worked with agilent staff to check employees for contamination. two workers were cleaning equipment inside the lab where agilent manufacturers integrated circuits. there were about eight chemicals involved and workers tell us they could hear and feel that blast. >> it was like a big explosion. like a boom, like that. >> what we need to do first is understand what happened, why it happened and certainly we'll be putting in place steps to prevent this from happening either here or if we have other facilities like this any where else within the company. >> fire officials say there are about eight chemicals in that

cleaning process including red phosphorous, yellow phosphorous that may have contributed to that explosion. and more employees are at the hospital simply for examination. all of the chemicals were contained here but no word on when it will reopen. we're going to stay here tonight and see if we can -- we can get more information. for now reporting live jana katsuyama. a gas leak at an elementary school forced students to be evacuated this morning. a strong smell of gas came from a leak in the boiler from the school's heating system. pg & e fixed the problem and students returned to class about 45 minutes later. a large number of san jose city workers got pink slips today with more lay off notices coming in the next two weeks.

san jose is trying to trim a deficit of more than $400 million. just how many people are going to be losing their jobs? robert handa has the story. >> reporter: hundreds of workers are getting these pink slips which is really a memo on white paper but it's delivering the same message. in july, you're scheduled to be laid off. tran was born and raised in san jose, bilingual where a bachelor's degree. this morning trong got this pink slip. >> it's actually more like a shock. i would have never imagined three years ago or even last year that they would lay off. >> reporter: truong is 100 officers getting lay off slips. 230 workers will be demoted or

bump other people out of jobs due to seniority. many employees say it's devastating for moral. >> i've never seen it so so bad. i just, i can't believe it. >> reporter: city officials say this is just the first round or first tier cuts. if working groups will agree to take a voluntary 10% pay cut, some jobs could be saved. >> if we can get that then we can work with -- other wise we're going to seat more severe cuts coming down to road if we don't get that. >> reporter: truong says that doesn't give him or his family any hope. >> no matter what, they're going to lay me off. i'm disappointed, sad, i don't know how i'm going to tell my family or how i'm going to explain to them after july, how am i going to pay my mortgage? you know. how are we going to have food on the table? >> reporter: again the lay offs begin july 1st. there are still negotiations going on with various workers groups including police and firefighters. live in san jose, robert handa,

ktvu channel 2 news. very clear surveillance video may help police solve a murder in roner park. they believe these two people on screen may have connections to the killing of kevin craft. the 20-year-old was killed last friday. investigators have identified the woman as kimberly monet christian. they don't know who the man to the left of her on the screen is just yet. craft was killed in the parking lot of a best western hotel in rone -- ronel park. the city has already -- the city rather already has one injunction against the north oakland gang and is in court trying to get one against a fruitvale gang. injunctions allow police to order gang members not to hang out with each other. tonight we're learning more

about a man killed in a restaurant shooting. john sasaki tells us what makes his death even sadder is who he has left behind. >> reporter: police are still trying to track down the shooter and two accomplices to the shooting yesterday. the motive was an attempted robbery. two men are dead, including a 22-year-old left behind a devastated school community adam wynns sen john jenkins were shot and killed. one of the victims had resisted a robbers demand before being shot. the other had just come out of the bathroom when he was hit by gunfire. >> it's just a horrible, horrible loss. he has a 4-year-old of his own.

and it's another fatherless kid here in oakland. >> reporter: adam williams worked in the afterschool in richmond program in p era lata and was known for his repore with children. >> always smiling, genuine love for kids. i can't think of the number of times that he's put his arm around a kid or you know, found some way to pump them up instead of tear them down. >> he's one of a kind. that came along at the unfortunate wrong place, at the wrong time. >> reporter: williams was also a student there. this is his in fourth grade. coworkers have a message for his killer. >> i don't know if he feels what he's done. but he's, he's hurt a lot of people. >> reporter: williams is survived by his son and his mother. another beloved employee at the same school. live in oakland i'm john sasaki. the judge and the defendant in the your black muslim bakery

murder trial exchanged testy remarks in court today. the judge snapped back quote, when you go to law school and learn the evidence code get back to me. we now know the name of both the suspect and victim from the homicide in antioch last night. david johnson the second was killed as he defended his roommate. the suspect is kevin gunning. officers say gunning came to the home and threatened his ex- girlfriend with a gun. they say johnson was shot while he was protecting her. this is antioch's second homicide in year. san carlos will not hire a private company to provide fire fighting services after all. after a spirited debate that lasted well into the evening last night. the city council re rejected a bid. the city now plans to pursue a possible merger with redwood

city's fire department. but if those talks fail, the council said it might reconsider the wakenaw proposal. in a couple of hours from now, the san bruno city council will hear the details of a new pg & e report. she told ktvu this afternoon that pg & e has made an initial deposit of $12 million and has agreed to pay up to $70 million. that money will be used for the city's response and recovery costs from the explosion and fire. those costs are separate from losses that homeowners suffered. in a money saving move, governor brown issued an executive order today prohibiting travel unless it is critical or has no cost to the government. all instate travel requires approval from directors. out of state trips must be

approved by the governor's office. the travel ban is part of governor brown's proposal to save $33 million from government operations. the 3.5 quake was reported. no reports of injuries or damage. a horrifying accident in los angeles after a woman was killed after a car plunged off the fourth floor of a parking garage. it happened this morning at a parking garage in west l. a. los angeles fire officials told ktvu a woman in her 70s was driving an suv on the fourth floor of the garage when the suv suddenly crashed through a concrete barrier and fell to the sidewalk below. the woman died, no one on the ground was hurt. police say it was an accident. what's inside this box is prompting a big fight at city hall. the services it's set to

provide and why some san franciscans don't want it turned on. we'll tell you what cities will cool off most tomorrow. patients attacked at a bay area hospital. we investigate what's going on, thursday on ktvu news.

it's a high tech upgrade that will give san franciscans options. but some residents are saying slow down. >> reporter: i just came from a meeting room where right now san francisco officials are making a decision on a new at&t. at&t says it's a fiberoptic network that will give customers a new option. but some neighborhood groups are battling the boxes, arguing they will add on to existing eyesores because the new boxes

must be installed within 300 feet of existing telephone cabinets. >> major eyesore, yeah. because it's in addition to every existing one that we have. >> reporter: gary white says telephone cabinets are already graffiti magnets and say the new boxes will become obsolete soon. >> it's wireless technology improving by the minute. to put these giant boxes on sidewalks, physical boxes doesn't seem to be the most progressive way to approach increasing you know competition. >> reporter: at&t says it will pay crews to clean vandalized boxes and attempt to place them in out of way spots. >> we've offered opportunities to help soften the esthetics of the boxes by doing decorative signage or greenage. >> reporter: 44 boxes are already installed, waiting to be switched on if the project is approved. some residents say they would welcome a new option to getting

on. >> we would like to see a little competition, it's the american way. >> reporter: right now at&t is waiting to get the go ahead. at&t says doing a study will delay the project for years. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. marin county has now joined a growing coalition challenging pg & e's opposition for smart meters. the county is filing a protest that will give customers the option to have their transmeters and smart meters turned off for a fee. pg & e says the fees are needed to cover a variety of costs associated with the plan. santa clara is now part of a growing trend to ban plastic shopping bags hoping to get people to use reusable bags.

the plan requires retailers to sell 100% recyclable bags for a minimum of 15-cents in. the new ordnance applies to 15 business in the county's unincorporated area. sea world in san diego is getting rid of plastic. the theme park will be banning plastic bags in their gift shops. upon getting this news, we called six flags discovery kingdom in vallejo to see if they have a similar plan. the theme park tells us they do not ban plastic bags but offer reusable bags at their gift shops. the price of a cup of coffee could be going up. in the past year the whole sale price has more than doubled to $3. sal castaneda is in oakland tonight and tells us why the prices are so high and how much more we could all be paying. sal. >> reporter: so many people have a routine which includes getting a cup of coffee. they say that routine won't be

changed by much, including higher prices. besides the whole sale coffee is the highest it's been for decades, which means that could soon drip down to people in grocery stores. >> we're in a pretty precarious demand, there's plenty of coffee out there for people to enjoy but it's pretty tight in supply and demand. >> reporter: couple that with the weakening dollar and you have higher prices. >> this row right here is probably valued at about $250,000 right now. >> reporter: joe prucasten told us as his prices go up, that cost is passed along to his clients. retailers say while most customers do notice price increases some are willing to pay whatever it takes to get a good price of joe. >> i've raised my prices twice in two years and they still come back every day. and not really complain about it. >> reporter: most say they have no plans to stop drinking it.

>> from what i'm going to do if it does go up, i'm just going to have to redo my budget so i can afford it. >> it's a necessity for me. >> it's not like it's doubled or anything like that. i can deal with it. but yeah, cheaper is better, but is it impacting me? no really. >> reporter: so how much will your cup of coffee will likely go up? twenty-five-cents if you buy it by a pound that could go up by $1. president obama renewed his call to roll back tax breaks for the oil industry. in a letter to congress. the president said high gas prices quote are weighing on the minds and pocketbooks of every american family. the president says cutting oil company tax breaks would bring in an extra $4 billion a year. >> the ceos of the oil companies themselves say when oil gets to 50, $60 a barrel,

they don't need any incentive for them to go search for oil. they're making tens of billions of the dollars of profits. >> reporter: the president said the extra tax money could fund clean energy research such as bio fuels and electric vehicles. and so many people are looking forward to these warmer temperatures we've been promised. but as bill told us a second ago, we're going to see a small dip before we get there. >> a small dip but nicer than what we saw here yesterday with that rain in the morning. we're going to take a trip to the midwest. we don't usually do that but weaver talking about more severe weather. tornado watches from dallas. that's going to affect here. this is tornado season for them. for us this means the transition to nicer weather. of course nothing like what

they are experiencing out there. tornado season they have another month or two left of that. but really, a severe situation out there in the midwest as it has been in the last few days. satellite shows everything going like this. that's a high pressure ridge that's impacting the west coast. it will keep us dry most certainly. it will also begin to warm temperatures but slowly. overnight lows tonight 49 in santa rosa, 46 in vallejo with a 45 in concord. temperatures overnight are going to be on the cool side. 47 in san mateo. maybe a little patchy fog, we saw some this morning. let's look to tomorrow. you have clear skies. tuesday around, 8:00 a.m. you have clouds showing up on the north coast. a little bit of fog along point rays. then here come some clouds. we'll talk about mostly cloudy to partly cloudy.

that's why temperatures dip a little bit. we'll get specific with your temperature forecast. and a research shows a large rise in pregnant women mortality rate. the price of keeping babies clean and dry and smelling clean is going up. johnson and johnson is increasing the price of baby products by 20%. proctor and gamble says it's due to the rising cost of material. last month competitor kimberly clark rose prices because of

higher costs. it has happened again. the latest place where air traffic controller dozed off and what the faa has done in response. detroit is back with a vengeance. see how ford kicks it into high gear to start 2011. fighting blithe. neighbors in a bay area city are fed up with run down foreclosed properties. the two part proposal that could finally make banks pay attention and clean things up. hear how broccoli provided a new breakthrough in fighting skin cancer. a sex offendser could be talking to your child online and no one would know about it -- a sex offender could be talking to your child online and no one would know about it. how government wants to introduce a bill to change that.

another air traffic controller has been fired for sleeping on the job.

the federal aviation administration says the latest termination involved an air traffic controller on boeing field in seattle who fell asleep twice in recent months. the hiring followed several publicized incidents. the ford motor company reported its best fourth quarter earnings in more than a decade. and the best first quarter since 1988. ford says the increase is due if port for sales of their fuel saving vehicles and buyers going for more expension sieve options. and nissan has recalled tundras from the 2011 model year. recall letters will be sent out

starting next month. good day on wall street, the dow was up more than 10e zero points following strong earnings from ford, ups and others. at the closing bell, stocked rebounded from yesterday's losses and hit new highs for the year. the dow finished up 115 points closing at 12,595. the nasdaq closed up 22 points at 2,848. new figures show home prices are nearing record lows in many bay areas. home prices fell for the seventh straight month in february. the index is slightly above the level hit in april 2009 which was the lowest point since the housing bubble burst. the record number of

foreclosures is forcing lower prices. prices are expected to keep declining. the lock out is lifted, so are 49er players coming here to team headquarters to begin working out? people are starting to gather here in san jose and are waiting for an unlikely critic of president obama. coming up who the politician is and what he's calling for.

even though the nfl lock out has been lifted, the players are off the field. and as of right now there's no game plan for getting them back on. nfl players and team owners are in limbo one day after a judge lifted the lock out. rob roth joins us live now from

santa clara and tells us why this legal battle is not over. >> reporter: here at oakland raiders headquarters, no players are showing up. neither the raiders or niners would speak on camera only saying they were waiting for the legal process to play itself out. under a directive issue, no lock out or special activities will take place until there are further rulings. >> nobody knows quite what to do. it's very unchartered testify toy. and are they breaking any laws, and also they don't want to get anybody angry. >> reporter: a federal judge ended the 45 day lock out

yesterday. the league has asked for a stay and is appealing the judge's decision. >> sooner or later there's going to be a season. it's a $9 billion business. there's too many people and too much money involved. >> reporter: now the raiders and niners are getting ready for the college draft because of the labor dispute. a team can still select a player but it didn't sign him to a contract or let him practice. fans will just have to be patient through this. reporting live in santa clara, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. a state assembly committee allowed a state to opt out that aims to identify illegal immigrants. the so called secure community allows i.c.e. to check the immigration status of those who have been arrested

as soon as they have been booked into jail. the bill is supposed to go before the assembly economy association. ktvu's maureen naylor live in san jose tonight with what a democrat wants the president to do and what a new study reveals about the influence of latino voters, maureen. >> reporter: about a half an hour from now that democratic congressman will be here making his second stop in the bay area tour at the sacred heart church here in san jose. he's appealing to the nation's fastest growing minority and an increasingly influential demographic. >> reporter: this morning luis gutierrez started his tour.

>> we have a broken immigration system that has a destructive effect on the families. >> reporter: a study released today showed more latinos voted in the last election. >> we're still underrepresented in the voting community, the few of us that can vote should put our vote out there so we can get our community represented. >> reporter: the latino community increased, the group still lags behind. >> in california latinos are more than 1/3 of the population but less than 20% of voters. the republican stance of immigration still has latinos strongly leaning democratic which is why the democratic

party says outreach on other issues are key. >> it's an education challenge for us more than anything. >> really. how so? >> just that we're not the party of anti immigrants because we're not. >> reporter: as for congressman gutierrez he plans to stop in san helena in the next few days. the lawsuit targets the county's at large targeting system that governs. because the system does not allow voters to choose supervisors by district it neglects to elect. a lawyer for the county says there was no evidence that the new system hurts the growing voting minority group. the accident happened on april 9th. this here is video from that day during the search to find

the boys. 16-year-old steven anderson and kegan iasi. the drownings are a mystery because there's no indication the gear malfunctioned. an exconvict accused of leaving a pipe bomb at a colorado shopping mall is under arrest tonight. police captured earl the marvin moore at a grocery store in boulder. that is about 30 miles from suburban denver where the bomb was found yesterday. the fbi says it is unlikely the incidents are related. more is moore is set to appear in court tomorrow. government and international forces have recaptured at least 65 prisoners following yesterday's massive jailbreak. insurgents say they spent five months digging a tunnel that freed 105 inmates, many of them

al-qaida members. in additional to the 65 caught, two escapees were killed when they resisted arrest. it's been down for days, but tonight there's new information about the play station network outage and it's millions of the users information was hacked. and $23 million for a book? the technology that fueled this ridiculous price on a website.

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>> budget cuts have ended a major research project to scan the skies for extraterrestrial life. the agency tells supporters it has shut down its field of dishes that listen from signals from alien civilization. state grants have dried up. they need $5 million to operate the facility for the next two years. a new report finds some colleges may be fudging the numbers on their women's athletic programs to comply with title nine group. title nine was meant to give women's college sports equal footing with men's. the paper says for example duke university and texas a & m count male practice players as female team members. san bruno based uc was

reportedly set to stop its involvement in the movie distribution business. you tube has struck a deal with 20th century fox. the deal would mean that fox would be joining universal, sony pictures and warner brothers in the movie rental business. sony says the data may have been stolen last wednesday when the play station network was come proprophaoeuzed. this includes user name, birthdays and pass words. the company has shut down the network which has some 70 million subscribers. sony says it may be another week before it is up and running again. census numbers out today say for the first time women outif you remember men when it comes to getting postgraduate college degrees. 10.6million working women have masters degrees or higher compared to 10.5 million working men. today's numbers also confirm

another trend that has been reported for years. 37% of women have a bachelor's degree or higher. that's compared to 35% of men. researchers say this is reflecting the long trend of more women in the workplace. thousands of bees have completely taken over a house in sacramento. at least four colonies of bees have swarmed into the front rock wall of the house. the elderly homeowner had to move to a nursing home and family says it can't afford the cost of getting rid of bees. one neighbor says she feels like a prisoner in her own home. >> my kids love to be outdoors. we love to do sprinkler fun, you can't do any of that. >> there's bees everywhere. >> reporter: the she contacted the county several times about the bee problems. the spokeswoman said there's nothing the county can do because it's a private home. a woman found a 6-foot gaiter gator down on the

floor. it had entered through a doggy door. the woman says she believed the gator was hungry and may have been coming in after her cats. it was a tough and expensive lesson. why police in one part of the bay area wrote a number of citations today. clouds coming back into the forecast, a bit of a cooldown. the cooler day tomorrow. >> new at 6:00, fighting blithe. neighbors on a bay area city are fed up with run down forclosed properties. the two part proposal that could finally make banks pay attention and clean things up. plus, hear how broccoli provided the new breakthrough in fighting skin cancer. then a sex offender could be talking to your child online and no one would know about it. how lawmakers want to upgrade the sex offender registry to change that. tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00.

so called robot price wars are changing the price of some

items skyrocketing on ecommerce sites such as amazon.com. the blogger who works at uc berkeley noted one example of a scientific book about flies hitting a sticker price of $23.7 million. the humane society is banning a new android app that he says glorifies dog fighting. the human society website includes the statements from philadelphia eagles quarterback michael vick who served time for dog fighting called for android to drop the game. the world's biggest social network today launched a test program to tap into a hot ecommerce idea. it works similar to groupon you could get $50 worth of food at

a local restaurant for $25. facebook will try to target members to get the program going. and police are cracking down on distracted driving. belmont police officers were out in force writing tickets to drivers who were on the phone without a hand free device. the minimum fine is $150. a proposed new law would bump that up to more than $300. police say distracted drivers are four times more likely to get into a serious accident so they are taking a zero tolerance stand. >> once she drove by, you could see that she had a phone up to her ear. once i stopped her, she still had a phone up to her ear. >> people come up with, i was not on the phone or i was just on the phone for a few minutes.

>> police have written 25 distracted driving tickets. the crack down continues tomorrow. santa rosa police today also staged a crack down. this enforcement campaign focused on motorcycle safety. california ranks in the top three states in the country with the highest number of motorcycle crashes. today extra santa rosa police officers were on patrol throughout the city. they were looking for bikers who violated traffic laws. they also went after other vehicles that put motorcyclists in danger by making unsafe moves. tinkering while on the job. the employee perk that lets google workers tackle personal business on the job. >> the state law the city of oakland is now using to go after property owners who let forclosed homes turn to blithe. also ahead, a common vegetable you can buy at a grocery store could be the key to fighting skin cancer.

plus a proposal to ban the circumcision of boys. the hurdle the idea must still overcome. these stories and much more coming up at 6:00, we'll see you then. a small san francisco high school celebrated the opening of their new green performing arts wing. student performers took center stage as the drew school opened this new wing. it included a living roof with native plants. teachers, students, parents and the community all rallied to get the project completed. >> it took five years of our community coming together both philanthropically and

programatically. the teachers were involved with the design of the new center. >> and the students gave performances and tours of the new center. and gusting to 18 on the delta. we have the richmond san rafael bridge the winds are blowing up to 20 miles per hour. we have gusts to 18. san francisco airport is blowing west at 23. the winds are acting like its spring time. and it feels like springtime out there. as we go through the next few days get ready for temperatures to be where you would expect them this time of year. 60s and low 70s. good air quality, not that cold in the morning. there was some frost in places this morning. that will be not the issue in the morning.

high pressure stays with us. we go into this partly cloudy mostly sunny, a little bit breezy along the coast as you would expect in this springtime months. it's going to be a nice day tomorrow. a nice day again as we head into your thursday. the longest computer model into wednesday morning. just some clouds. i'm forecasting clouds and rain but that's where it stays. here are the clouds, partly cloudy. there's a doze of clouds that went through in the afternoon tomorrow or will go through in the afternoon tomorrow. then you will see the break on thursday night and thursday morning. little bit of activity up north. that's the system that's going to continue to keep temperatures, just keep the lid on them a little bit. there's just enough cool air up here. we're going to see a little more northwest wind that will keep temperatures down. then that impulse goes through and temperatures start to move out. subtle, subtle, subtle, subtle changes. don't be surprised if you get a 70. most of these recording sites

are in the airport. but you get into a neighborhood with some concrete or a neighborhood away from the water, you're going to find a temperature that will be warmer or everyone cooler. that's the nature of these forecasts. we're showing you airports but airports aren't always located in places where people live. the climate is very different at different people's homes. there you see that slight dip. and then they increase, maybe up to near 80 degrees with your weekend in view on sunday. >> great stuff. thank you. >> bill showed us this just earlier in our newscast. deadly storms have killed at least 10 people as rivers rise across the midwest and into the south. today officials confirmed at least five people died in flash floods in northwest arkansas. and a tornado killed four people in west arkansas. about 1,000 homes have been

evacuated in poplar bluff alone. the association of firefighters say lawmakers have turned their back on unions. the association said congress has failed to stop anti union members around the nation. one union leader said quote right now we feel like they don't have our back. and the place being named the best place to catch a wave.

uc santa cruz has a new honor tonight, it's not for academics but for its waves. it has been named to surf magazine's top ten surf colleges list. it recognizes santa cruz as the best place for students who want to surf at least 365 days a year. other california schools include, uc san diego, peperdine and cal poly. a ten by ten foot mosaic appeared this week. no one knows who made it or who installed it but you can see the madonna is surfing awave with the slogan save the ocean. now there's a new mystery. what's going to happen to this

surfing madonna. aflac has a new voice. the company has hired mckea. well the royal wedding just three days away. wedding watchers have count down. people are staking prime viewing. you will have a cozy and very convenient spot just waiting for you if you watch the royal wedding right here on ktvu. we also will have a live web stream of the event on ktvu.com. stph-lz today officials in tahoe will announce plans or rather have announced plans to place a bid to host the 2022 winter olympics. the california winter olympics

says bringing the games to tahoe would require a huge effort. a host city won't be selected until 2015 but the first deadlines in the process will likely be next year. you may recall that the lake tahoe area also hosted the olympics in squa valley. you can still see the olympic flame there burning. a flight is developing in san francisco's castro district concerning the huge rainbow flag. some castro residents wanted the flag to be flown at half staff after the death of elizabeth taylor. now some castro residents are demanding for community input on determining when the flag is lowered. and there is much more news just ahead. ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 is next. sick of seeing homes like

this in your neighborhood. warnings from leaders in one city, they say either you clean it up or you pay up.

san jose police officers are getting pink slips tonight. a beloved school worker gunned down in oakland. the action his school is taking tonight to call for an end to the street violence. good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. the city of san jose tonight is issuing hundreds of pink slips. robert handa is live to tell us how deep the projected cuts will be and why it's causing uncertainty among many workers including police and firefighters, robert. >> reporter: hundreds of city workers have been dreading this. lay off notices, they are being handed out this week. but many employees say the pink slips are also generating a lot of confusion. lay off notices aren't going out to san