san francisco has a new chief of police coming up. we'll taking you to one. most emotional swearing-in ceremonies. a serial killing suspect returns to court this morning and he has an announcement for a judge. and crime that we caught on a ktvu camera this morning. the story part of a bigger picture. those stories and more next on the ktvu channel 2 news at

noon. good afternoon. san francisco has a new police chief. he's been with the department for decades. we have continuing coverage on the story, which tara moriarty has been following since this morning. she joins us live with the new chief's mixed history. tara? >> reporter: well, this was a very emotional ceremony and a packed house as chief greg suhr got choked up as he accepted his new job. >> i. >> i, greg suhr,. >> do solemnly -- >> reporter: suhr is a 30-year veteran of the department and has been credited for cutting crime in half in the bayview district since he took over in 2009. >> i present to you the chief of police for the city, county of san francisco, chief gregory suhr! [ cheers and applause ] >> i'm a fourth-generation born and raised san franciscan. so i'm a local hire. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> and i love this city.

>> reporter: now, the police commission and mayor lee say they interviewed all candidates for this job twice and their pick was clear, not only among rank and file officers but because of the streets. he's had a rockery road. seven years ago he was linked to the fajitagate scandal but he was cleared of any wrongdoing. four years later, he was demoted from deputy chief to captain amid allegations that he failed to report domestic violence vie charges -- domestic violence charges. >> reporter: coming up on our 5:00 news, rob roth will have a one-on-one interview with san francisco's new chief. reporting live in san francisco, i'm tara moriarty,

ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara. serial murder suspect joseph naso this morning asked a marin county judge to allow him to represent himself. the 77-year-old made that request in hearing this morning. he's charged withfording -- murdering four women, two in the early 1970s and two in the 1990s. judge said "i decided looking at the big picture, i will represent myself." he put off entering a plea to the murder charges saying "i would like the opportunity and time to exam be the prosecution's discovery before i enter a plea." >> the law requires that he understands the pitfalls and dangers of self-representation. so the court is going to go through a very extensive advisement with him next week. >> the judge did not give him -- give him an answer and

ordered him to return may 5th. today there was cameras that caught people engaging in dangerous plots. jade hernandez has more. >> reporter: proving the difficulty of ensuring safety, but caught in the act, these copper thieves picked the wrong day to sell. officers found 30 pounds wires inside the thieves -- in the thief's truck. >> to do what these individuals were doing, it's probably gonna get worse. >> reporter: those aboard the special safety train today are not only on the lookout for thieves but pedestrians and drivers illegally crossing

railroad tracks. >> the first line of defense we have is that horn. and you whistle and you whistle and whistle. they don't get off and then you have to put the train in emergency. >> reporter: we spoke to several engineers, one in particular who told us about a tragedy that still haunts had him. a military officer in a hurry to beat a train. it takes a mile to stop a train going 55 miles an hour. >> when i got out, there was a picture of -- it looked like he in a cap and gown with his dad. on the other side of the picture, he and a baby -- that was tough. >> reporter: union pacific police, along with local police, conducted arrests and issued citations along today's route. in berkeley this afternoon, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, jade. the clock may no longer strike at midnight for some weekend b.a.r.t. riders. b.a.r.t. is considering a six-month test

run this fall that would keep trains running until 1:00 a.m. for riders out on the town. how far, saturday's service would begin an hour later at 7:00 a.m. b.a.r.t. will use this trial to see if these changes thud be permanent. b.a.r.t. has complained the service is too late. ac transit will hold a public hearing in downtown oakland on a fare hike proposal for the next ten years. ac transit calls it a plan for predictable fare increases. it also includes the creation of a seven-day bus pass and possible changes to the transfer policy. for adults, the proposed cash fare would go from $2 to $2.50. for children, $1 to $1.25 or the -- during the same period. we know more about what happened at a home care

facility that led to the death of a 24-year-old man. police say the victim was strangled by his roommate last night at the capris home on st. andrews place. they identified the suspect this morning as 28-year-old alex nakayama. officers found the victim unconscious when they arrived and he died at the scene. nakayama was questioned this morning about what happened but the circumstances are still under investigation. >> the preliminary investigation shows they may have had some type of confrontation. but we're not sure to what extent. we're looking into that right now. >> the care facility is located in an upper middle class neighborhood that's not known for having problems. the suspect was booked on homicide charges. today, pg&e will join jackie -- jackie speier for a town hall meeting in san bruno to discuss long-term recovery efforts from the gas line explosion. pg&e is scheduled to give residents an update on the ewe

till's actions since the -- utility's actions since the explosion. the mayor will also attend the meeting. it's scheduled for:00 -- 6:30 p.m. at the san bruno senior center. the oakland coliseum will be called "overstock.com request coliseum." under the deal that was made with on-line retailer. overstock will pay $1.5 million per year for the naming rights. the first name announcement will be on friday, when the as host the texas rangers. ahead -- late details on the rescue of some kids in a bay area lake. a ktvu camera was onhand this morning as oakland's mayor met with biz oners but we asked her about -- business owners but we asked her about something else. the weather is great. mark tamayo is up next to tell us if it will last. i've been puzzled to the

degree this thing just kept on going. >> president obama tries to put an end today to all speculation about where he was born. bree: sis, help me create my oasis. marcy: ok, romantic garden? bree: oh, is there a castle nearby? marcy: no, but there's a charming farmhouse. bree: right next to my posh castle! i'm sensing a theme here. well, i am the queen, dear sister.

firefighters helped uc berkeley staff clean up damage following a fire at the haas school of business today. this is what it looked like

this morning after a paper shredder caught fire and caused the sprinklers to go off around 6:00 p.m. water flooded several floors. the building was closed for several hours until the cleanup was finished. a woman called campus police and a 17-year-old boy was arrested for a peeping tom incident. this is the fifth case since february. police are still investigating to see if there's another suspect. we have breaking news to report out of oakland, where in the past few hours, several teenagers were rescued following a boating accident. the three teens were taking part in a recreation camp. they were paddling in a canoe on lake merritt when fishes say they started going -- officials say they started going too fast. the boat flipped over. oakland firefighters arrived to help but the camp counselors acted quickly to save the boys.

>> as soon as the boat did go over, they were directed by a staff person to stay close. she brought them over in her safety patrol boat. >> all three teens were wearing life vests. no one was hurt. oakland mayor jean quan met with merchants this moving. one of the big topics was stopping crime. she spoke to the diamond business improvement association. many of them credit her to help organize the merchants to help reduce crime in her area. ktvu asked quan about another area, jack london square, where a shooting monday morning left two dead and four wounded. >> jack london is a different community at different times. i would say that incident was more part of the bar scene. over the years we have done things where we've asked the bars to get security and in some cases there's off-duty officers that work some some of the beg -- sol of the biggest events.

>> the mayor said she and the chief are discussing the problem. leon panetta will become new secretary of state when robert gates steps down he's a former congress ma'am from monterey. general pe tray just, who is running the war in afghanistan, would replace -- petraeus who is running the war in florida will replace leen. congresswoman giffords is going to attend the shuttle launch in florida. her huh huh, mark kelly -- her huh mark kelly, will -- her husband, mark kelly, is the commander. president obama hopes he has finally put to rest about where he was born.

his birth certificate was released today from the white house. it shows he was born on august 4th, 1961 in honolulu. the president held a press conference saying he hopes this is the end of a national distraction. >> we do not have time for this kind of silliness. we got better stuff to do. i've got better stuff to do. we got big problems to solve. i'm confident we can solve them. but we'll have to focus on them. >> i'm taking great credit. you have to ask the president, why didn't he do this a long time ago? >> as one of the president's critics, donald trump claimed the release of the birth certificate as his own accomplishment. the shorter version of the certificate was released before he ran for president. but that was not enough to silence some. the president's berth certificate has been posted on our website, both in the -- both on the ktvu.com now section and in the national news section.

the army corps of engineers is trying to decide whether to blow holes in a levee upstream from illinois. that's because rising waters in the ohio and mississippi -- mississippi rivers threaten the town. engineers feel it would be better to flood farmland across the border in mississippi than to flood populated areas. the state of missouri oop poses the -- opposes the plane. the army says even if it goes ahead it will wait on the determined forecast to determine exactly what to do. at least five people are dead after a series of storms that swept across the states, spawning tornadoes in some areas. three of those killed were hit by falling trees. the tree killed a police officer in mississippi as he she willed his daughter. the daughter was unhurt. back here in the bay area, just a very quiet weather pattern for today looking out for san francisco bay. the one change, a few high

clouds beginning to drift overhead. san francisco in the upper 50s. right now checking in at 5. here is a look at the latest on the visible satellite imagery. you can pick out some of the higher clouds moving into part of the region and high clouds will continue to been ott increase -- to be on the increase. no rain is expected from those clouds. we have a five-day rain-free forecast. a bit of a breeze out there, especially coast side right around the bay. tomorrow partly cloudy and cooler with temperatures back down in the 50s and 60s. the weekend, we'll be bringing in more sunshine and we'll definitely notice a change in temperatures. as far as current numbers, santa rosa, 64. hayward as 60. livermore, 63 and mountain view in the lower 60s right around 62 degrees. here again is the satellite and the band high clouds up to the north and west. there is a weak weather system up here, this will not bring us rainfall but the key difference for us tomorrow it will drop off temperatures for thursday. in fact, thursday is probably one of the coolest days of the week, but then a nice recovery

on friday. here is our model doing a great job. you will see by 4:00. by 5:00, still partly cloudy skies. maybe that filtered sunshine effect. and then another batch of high clouds. you will have to look hard for the rainfall. it's way up here in the north and west. it's not really moving into the bay area. in fact, the clouds clear out rapidly on friday and that will set the stage for a mostly sunny friday. the wind speeds pick up around bay, around 20 miles an hour. you might see those white caps out in the distance. temperatures at 4:00, 58 to 72 -- 73. 55, 60. and then partly cloudy back to the low and mid-60s. you can see the os. a few neighborhoods warming up to right around the 70-degree mark for antioch and brentwood. san francisco, not too much -- not too much of a change.

9 in stay -- san jose -- 59 in san jose, not too much of a change. clearing skies on friday. look at the weekend with the -- with the clouds out there. no rain clouds, tori, in fact, temperatures back up to the mid- to upper 60s. there is the potential we could have a few neighborhoods inching closer to 80 degrees by sunday. it seems like every week we're talking about cooler temperatures, the chance of a few showers and even beyond that, no rain for the rest of the month. >> thank you, mark. san mateo county emergency officials are warning woodside residents about a mountain lion roaming the area. they say it was spotted around 2:45 a.m. this morning near whiskey hill. officials are recommending that residents keep a close eye on small children and avoid hiking or jogging at dawn, dusk or at night when the lions are most active. rehearsals are in full

swing in england for the wedding. it was supported -- reported that the couple may have just showed you for a walk-through at westminster abbey. it's the big of a -- gig of a lifetime for ten choirboys they've been warming up today for the big day. a military marching band is also busy today along with buckingham palace cooks. among the treats, they are preparing 10,000 bite-sized snacks. more than 1,000 members of the british armed forces were part of today's trial run. you can watch the royal wedding here live. our coverage starts at 2:00 a.m. on friday. we'll also be streaming it live on ktvu.com. apple is responding for the first time to reported privacy concerns about its iphones and ipads. the company says the devices do not actually have the ability to track the exact location of

their users. instead, they show a list of by high spot spots and -- of wi-fi hot spots and also bugs nearby. the installation of not so kelly kit flowers in san francisco is expected -- delicate flowers in san francisco is expected to be completed today to go up near market street. the artist it is -- artist is from oakland. she says it represents hope and endurance. it was paid for by an eni doment through the -- endowment through the arts association. ahead -- a conference going on with ben -- with ben bernanke.

taking a live look at the big board, stocks are up after it was reported that the economy has removed and ben bernanke, in fact, just finished a rare news conference in washington, d.c. it's the first time in the fed's 98-year history that a chairman held a news conference in an effort to make the agency more transparent. he talked about the results of the two-day meeting, say hing expects a moderate economic recovery to continue through the year.

he alsoing ack -- he also acknowledged that higher gas prices are creating a hardship but is increasing that inflation will stabilize. >> the committee continues to protect the inflation to return to the medium term. >> he says he will will probably -- he will probably wait a few meetings before announcing the federal rates. breaking news. the associated press says investigators for the u.s. attorney's office in san francisco have asked the california p.u.c. for thousands of documents related to the explosion in san bruno. however, a spokeswoman would not give any further details. golden state warriors, looking for a new head coach. the warriors announced this morning they will not be keeping keith market.

he was an assistant under don nelson for seven seasons. he was named head coach in 2010. the team showed improvement but did not make the playoffs. however, the warriors' owner says the team has elected to pursue a new path. a few names in sports became equity traders in san francisco. one day a year, btig donates all of its commissions to the day for children's -- for the day to children's charities. athletes joined the traders to raise money for their own foundations and other chari tis. btig says in nine years it's donated $20 million to the charities. coming up on the news at 5:00, it's a beautiful day around the bay, blue it -- but when it comes to air quality, a new report finds it depends on where you live. the american lung association has -- handed out grades for air pollution today and some

counties failed completely. find out if your county scored an "a" or an "f" and why. that's -- that story and more coming up on the news at 5:00. thanks for watching and have a great day.