right now. but at the time when mr. employee unions are still negotiating with the city, so some workers know they might get pink slips but still keep their job. >> you can stress about it and worry about it but it's not going to get you anything. >> reporter: state police truong got a pink slip this morning. >> what am i going to do july 1st, what am i going to do. >> reporter: san jose plans to lay off 400 positions. 230 workers will be demoted or bump other people in other jobs due to seniority. some jobs could be saved if more unions followed the lead of firefighters and agreed to a voluntary 10% pay cut. similar 20 firefighters are expected to get pink slips, they won't find out until july if their jobs will be cut.

>> i will say firefighters reached very deep to come up with the concessions that they did. >> reporter: the firefighters union are still in talking with the city. >> this is just a shock to us and our fellow firefighters. i would never think about it. so i really don't have a plan b as far as what am i going to do when they lay me off. >> reporter: the mayor and other officials say if many unions reject a voluntary cut there will be a second round of cuts so the lay off numbers could still go un. robert handa, ktvu news. in santa rosa tonight investigators are trying to determine what led to a chemical explosion at agilon technology which critically injured an employee. the explosion happened at around 10:30 this morning. another employee hit her head and suffered minor injures. san francisco general hospital is asking for the

public's help identifying a man in recovery there. this man arrived on monday april 11th. hospital officials say he was found in berno heights and was in critical condition. he has since improved but is still incoherent. and the staff still don't know how he was hurt. anyone who knows his name, family or friends is asked to call the hospital. state official general camila harris is the -- >> dealing with the supply piece and understanding that this drug is the main ingredient used to manufacture this narcotic. harris is talking about pseudo ephedrin which is used to make crystal meth. school in oakland is in

morning tonight for one of their own. an employee gunned down in jack lindon square. i don't john sasaki is live now with -- john sasaki is live. >> reporter: two men were killed, one a beloved school worker. pera lta elementary is a very tight nit school. >> the school misses him, the students miss him and he hasn't been gone that long yet. >> reporter: sources say one of the victims have resisted a robber's demands before being shot. the other was just walking out of the restroom when he was

shot. >> the children took it very bad. yesterday was a hard day for them. some became very emotional they had to be taken home. >> reporter: williams was known for his repore with children. >> always smiling. a 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. >> reporter: williams leaves behind his four year sold and mother another beloved employee at the same school. parents are concerned about their own children. >> i don't know how much i can help her understand this. because i don't either. >> officials at the school which have counselor on hand this week say they are planning adams walk for peace. they plan to have children participate in this walk to remember williams. state lawmakers failed to pass a bill that would have restricted the online activity of registers sex offendsers.

the bill would require offenders to provide the name of their online providers along with their online aliases. five children have been arrested from breaking into a school, trashing the place and also torturing a hamster to death. a woman called police after hearing noise and children running away. sheriff deputies found the suspects less than a half mile away. they do not go to that school. the city of oakland is now going after property owners and banks and holding them accountable for blithe left blind in forclosed homes. paul chambers is life with how the city is doing it. >> reporter: the city uses a plan that allows them to put a

hefty fine on banks that leave homes heavily blithed. city workers are looking at 300 homes to determine if they are blithe. >> we're talking about surge, we're talking about rodents and roaches. >> they become crime spots, crime magnets. they become eyesores in neighborhoods. the banks are being totally irresponsible on this issue. >> reporter: if the city thinks the home is blithed, they give the property owner 30 days to clean it up. if that doesn't happen, a $1,000 fine goes up for every day it remains untouched. >> we will get our money on the transfer. >> reporter: oftentimes the bank allows the fines to be paid by future owners.

>> they drag their feet. there's no reason we're this far behind. >> we don't need to go out and have coffee and tea and talk to the banks about it. we just need to impose the fine and collect the money. >> reporter: we contacted one local bank about the blithe issue. they said once it's brought to its attention action takes place. >> we have a property preservation group to make sure the property is well maintained, and clean. >> reporter: the city has not imposed the law but they plan to do that. they've already inspected 178 homes so far this month. live in oakland, i'm paul chambers. ktvu news. we are getting a closer look tonight at facebook's plan to move to menlo park. they want to have 9,500 people working at the new campus. this video from news chopper two shows the site located at bay front parkway and willow road. facebook says it now has more than 2,000 employees worldwide.

stocks hit a high note today, investors rallied from companies like ford and words that consumers worries over rising car prices and unemployment have eased. both the dow jones and s & p hit the highest level since the end of the financial crisis. the nasdaq also ended the day up. governor brown told workers to stop taking work related trips. the governor says travel deemed essential such as trips audit and collecting revenue will have to be reviewed and then approved. today's orders is just the latest on a cash trimming effort by the governor. brown previously imposed a hiring freeze and cut back state issued cell phones and vehicles. the state controller today published the latest report in the tiny city of bell in

southern california. today's data comes from 533 special districts in california. it covers $357 million in payroll. 84% of all special districts filed their payroll reports but 16% did not and face a $5,000 fine as a result. you could find out just how much these state employees make on our website at ktvu.com just click on web links. we should find out in about 30 days if a petition to ban circumcision in san francisco will be on the november ballot. san francisco resident lloyd shofeld he wants to ban circumcision in males under the age of 18. the city's department of elections tells us the signatures have been submitted. shofeld claims he has over 12,000 signatures way more than the 7,100 or so needed to put the proposal on the ballot. right now in berkeley, a group of homeless advocates is

staging a rally for a city wide sit lie ordnance. there's no proposal on the table. but merchants are pushing for a law banning people from sitting on berkeley's sidewalks during office hours. google is known for its employee perks, from meals to massages. but the company revealed today another free benefit to its workers that might surprise you. it's called google workshops. it's a rented garage equipped with machinery enabling employees from building cabinets to boxes. a bit of a warm up today, temperatures are going to trend down just a little bit in the next couple of days. i'll let you know what you can expect in your neighborhood.

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a group in el dorado county is pushing to take o language off of grave sites. the markers established in 1954 represent early california black pioneers, many of them unidentified. the negro hill burial is pushing a initiative to get the offensive words remove. >> this is an insult. that is the most insulting word in this day and time to be sitting on somebody's body on their head stone. i would not want anything, and i'm sure you wouldn't want

anything on your grandmother or grandfather's grave that was derogatory. >> reporter: the cemetery is overseen by the el dorado but there's no word who would remove the words from the cemeteries. and at&t is looking to -- cabinets such as this one throughout the city. within 300 feet of existing phone cabinets. opponents say not only will they be eyesores and graffiti magnets they will likely be obsolete soon. >> with 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. at&t says it will pay to clean vandalized boxes and be

mindful where they are placed. and the san francisco officials went on record opposing the off-leash dog plan. the city does not have jurisdiction over the park service. so initially the move puts political pressure. ktvu's health and science editor john fowler is live in alameda with how vegetables have inspired a new anti cancer craze. >> reporter: the idea is sunscreen that kills cancer. by preventing damaged skin from becoming melanoma. despite a billion dollars a year in sunscreen sales, skin cancer is on the rise. >> my wife and i are aware of it and we use sunscreen every time we come to the beach.

>> reporter: melanoma runs in families. >> my mother has had numerous precancerous things removed. >> i always try to put the highest sunscreen that i can. >> but it does nothing for precancerous spots. so penn state scientists look to anti cancerous compound. researchers tell us that the reoccurring molecule in broccoli is too weak, but by tinkering with the molecule they were able to come up with a precancerous fighting compound. it reduced premelanoma tumors. >> it maybe an additional thing they could add to sunscreen. >> reporter: mcmahon says despite discovery nothing is

better than this. >> minimizing exposure in the first place. if you can do that that will further prevent melanoma. >> you could see cancer fighting sunscreen in as few as five years. uc berkeley's hall of science has chosen south vallejo as the sight of the new science center. it is set to open next week on magazine street. the project is part of a two year study by the museum on expanding it's youth and family science programs to other parts of the bay area. the museum is raising funds to keep the new center open beyond two years. more than a foot of rain in recent days has caused a levy to break. the report has been massive flooding near the city of poplar bluff. officials rescued at least 25 people from rising water. right now there's no relief in

sight with forcasters warning of more rain. the state's governor toured the destruction from yesterday's storm which caused serious flooding and at least one tornado. officials say there have been at least 12 weather related deaths. boy the weather back there is really something. over to our chief meteorologist bill martin. you have the weather behind you and it is really lit up in the midwest. >> it really is. this is their time of year for tornadoes. there's numerous tornado watches, sorry about that bad move there we have a little issue with the movement. memphis right now these are severe thunderstorms. there are flood warnings, flood watches, it's all going on out there. the impact to us is going to be if you have any travel plans tomorrow. you're certainly going to see some delays starting now in some of those cities from memphis, north of st. louis not north of st. louis but toward

the great lakes region. and again the they've had numerous days in a row of this. last week or is they've had numerous tornadoes and more with this. we'll update the situation there. for us we're on a pattern that is very spring like. it's going to be nice. temperatures today did warm up. we saw some 60s, upper 60s. temperatures tomorrow a little cooler. because this weak system to the north is just going to tweak by. and look at the rain, it's north. but it's not that far out of our district and that's why temperatures haven't sprung back into where you might expect them for this time of year. they will spring back as we get into this bay area weekend. the jet stream is still close to us. partly cloudy, mostly cloudy tomorrow. breezy along the coast and breezy as well along the bay. the computer model shows the clouds moving in tonight and then again tomorrow. tomorrow morning you see clouds up in santa rosa. no rain, then here comes the ban of clouds about 3:00, 4:00.

partly cloudy to mostly cloudy. these clouds is what will keep you out of the mid-70s. it'll keep us in the upper 60s. cloud cover will definitely slow things down. forecast tomorrow then for cities where you live or near where you live. i've kept them all basically in the 70s. just because i say fairfield 68, we're forecasting at the airport in fairfield. in your backyard we could easily get 70s. your weekend always in view, looks like a good one. and there's no rain in the forecast. you forget about yesterday with that drizzly morning. now temperatures easily into the 70s. >> so beautiful out today. the colors and everything. blue and green. >> all the blooming. thanks bill. senate committee has approved a bill to allow cities to take over state parks. a group of parks that could

stay closed is expected to be released soon. if the bill passes local governments or private contractors would get a chance to take over the running of one or two of those parks. the one thing san jose shark parks are trying to get their hands on right now. now that the team has won its play off series.

the sharks secured their spot in the next round of the nhl play offs last night and sharks are back at the shark tank this morning to get a piece of the action. we will find out tonight if the sharks will face detroit or chicago in the semi finals of the western conference. >> as they roll on to the stanley cup i hope. mark is here with sports and we start with baseball this evening. >> the giants are out in an parent, for this early of the season 10 day road trip. it starts in pittsburgh and it starts with bad weather because there's about a close to an hour rain delay back there. they finally pulled the tarp and they are in action. and that was not great news for miguel tejada. early look at the shot to right

center field. andrew mccutchon. sandoval was at second so it robs the giants of a run. and in the bottom half of the inning, jones takes it deep. so solo shot. we've got it at 1-1 right now. of course all the highlights tonight at 10:00. weird times in the nfl right now. of course they lifted the lock out yesterday. so today players figure hey, we're going to get back to work because the owners appeal will not be heard until at least tomorrow. players use the opportunity to show up at work and many have bonuses attached to their offseason training regimen. $750,000 tied to his work outs, so i don't have to tell you where he was today. >> i am trying to get this season started and we want to

make every effort to come in and do the things that we know will help team building and allow us to be successful for this coming year. >> it'll feel good just to be able to walk into the building. that was good enough. >> so basically the team's led let the players show up but they were politely turned away. strange time, they have to get the labor situation squared away. but you can imagine old time players going, $750,000 just to show off for an offseason work out routine. that's the life and times of the nfl. and the new millennium. that's the sporting life for right now. the a's play tonight. and we will find out who exactly the sharks will be playing in the western conference semi finals this evening. have it for you later. >> wonder who it will be? we'll find out shortly. >> i'm going with detroit. i'm going to predict detroit will be their next opponent. >> it would be nice to beat chicago because they were the ones that eliminated us last year for the stanley cup.

workers at a north bay technology facility evacuated after a chemical explosion. we will have continuing coverage on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. hazmat crews were there. we're learning to more about the cause and the efforts to decontaminate people who work there. a live report coming up in 30 minutes on tv 36. that's our report for tonight. i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. have a good night. >> good night.