the truth. this video was shot by chronicle political reporter carla maranuchi eight days ago and up loaded to the chronicle's website. it includes singing during an appearance by the president at the regents hotel. but the white house is threatening to unpool marinuchi from a white house reporter. >> for marinuchi to use her cell phone is approved as a reporter. >> reporter: the san francisco chronicle vie -- the white house says the san francisco

chronicle violated their rights. chronicle director offered his own comments saying. -- required by key people in the white house communications office who told us it would remove our reporter then threaten retaliation to chronicle reporters if we reported on the ban. henry brady the dean of the goldman school of policy says the white house is making too much of a benign protest. >> they might have gently chided something, we told you you could only file a print report. we are distressed. but we understand the world has changed. that's the proper response. >> reporter: the chronicle was asking the white house for an on the record statement that marinuchi will remain as the white house reporter in san francisco. the atlanta braves today suspended their pitching coach who pretty much lost it at a giant's game last saturday. roger mcdowell is accused of using anti gay slurs and lashing out at fans. the braves took to their home

field in atlanta tonight without mcdowell. he was put on administrative leave. giants fanned today weighed in on the suspension. >> it was such a heated game any way. it's a competitive sport. they are competitive fans so i don'thold it against him. >> reporter: mcdowell has apologized but his fate is now in the hands of the team and the commissioner. rescuers pulled a man from a car which he had drove off a cliff three days ago. jim vargas is on the scene. >> reporter: take a look, i'm standing on grizzly peak boulevard just where the car left the road. many of you may have seen this video on our noon news today. the 53-year-old man and his car were at least 150 feet down a steep cliff. possibly for three days. his good luck came when an east bay regional park ranger who was just driving by on grizzly

peak boulevard caught something out of the corner of his eyes. he investigated and quite honestly saved the man's life even though the car could barely be seen by the road above. firefighters worked hard to get the victim to the road. >> there were a lot of brush down there. some of our fire fighters had to go down there and cut the brush. then we sent the lines down. >> reporter: we're told the victim was in and out of the consciousness but it looks like he will live to tell the story. >> i think you're unlick unlucky to drive your car off the roadway. but considering everything he's been through, he's pretty lucky. >> reporter: the 1999 honda civic suffered front end damage but there was obviously no roll over, more good luck. live in oakland, jim vargas, ktvu channel 2 news.

the sonoma county sheriff's department has exhumed a body buried 28 years ago in hopes of making an identification. the body of the woman known only as jane doe was buried in the santa rosa rural cemetery in 1983. her cause of death has never been determined. detectives are hoping dna technology and new data base will help them figure out the woman's real name. san francisco's new police chief says he is setting an example. he's making a sacrifice that he hopes will inspire the rank in file. ktvu's david stevenson is live now in san francisco with what the new top cop is giving up. david. >> reporter: julie, inside his new office behind me greg shur told us the benefits of becoming the new chief comes with a responsibility to set an example. >> i am blessed to have this position, and it's very, very well compensated. >> reporter: the new chief told us he will not take a cost of

living raise. that would push her pay past $300,000. >> it came to my view that i was due a 5% raise, and i just pushed it. >> hell get by. it's a symbolic gesture. >> reporter: the mayor has asked the chief to cut five 5% from the department. >> i made a commitment to my members i said that i will not ask for a new contract. i promised them i would not do it again. so if they're going to open up the contract it's going to be in greg's urging and not mine. >> now that everything has pulled back, it's tough. >> reporter: among suhr's first

act was to remove the lock that banned entry into the chief's office. >> we should be welcoming, if somebody wants to come in and see what's going on. there's absolutely nothing to hide. >> reporter: suhr tells us he hopes to cut police costs down by using new technology. oakland mayor jean quan today said there's something certain about today's budget future. more cuts are needed. the mayor laid out three possibilities. in the best case scenario, union leaders will agree to a 10% cut in pay and benefits including police and fire. but spending would still have to be cut 22%. if that doesn't happen, she says spending would have to be cut by 79%. >> we really wanted to try to be fair, to spread the pain.

to have a sense of shared sacrifices. >> reporter: mayor quan says there are still some unknowns because the state and federal government have not yet locked in their funding plan. san jose police officers made a big concession to help balance that city's budget. the officers union presented a contract officer that include new pension reforms and a reduction in sick time. a union representative says he hopes that that officer will reduce the number of officer lay offs. in just 15 minutes a royal ceremonial ball will kick off in san francisco. the british consulate are celebrating prince william and kate's marriage and the queen's 85th birthday. the wedding gown designed by

sarah burton. once inside westminster abbey, prince william and kate middleton exchanged vows. the royal couple took a horse drawn carriage to buckingham palace where they sealed their union with not one but two kisses. the pageantry captivated the bay area everyone at the hour of 3:00 a.m. the brit pub showed the wedding on their flat screens. as she arrived at a private party, kate told a photographer, we're glad the weather held off, we had a great day. the friends and family of the two men detained in iran used the power of theater today to try and send a message. >> there is nothing that looks

like a border where we were hiding that day. >> reporter: this is dimensions of detainment it was performed today at the un plaza in san francisco. the performance illustrates the living conditions of shane bower and patel. the two have been in prison since 2009. sarah shourd was captured also but released for medical compassion. and she was at today's event. shourd, bower and patel were arrested near the iran-iraq border. the three have been accused of spies, a claim that they deny. a fully restored missile will soon make a public appearance off of its historical base. i'm tom vacar, where you can see it still ahead.

it's a marine mystery, what officials are doing about the sharks washing up. and we'll show you what day in the weekend will be the warmest.

oakland city attorney is taking a new job. the city of alameda says john russo has accepted a contract for $150,000. he will become the city manager. the alameda city council must still approve the deal. the oakland city council must now pick a replacement to serve the remainder of russo's term. and a look to the party's future in washington. today some of the 3,000 delegates elected officials and guests stopped by the convention. party officials say democrats are proud of sweeping all nine

state seats last year including governor and lieutenant governor: now the focus is on the upcoming national election. >> we know it's a difficult year coming ahead trying to retake the house. trying to reelect senator feinstein and reelect president obama. >> california is home to the largest democratic party. -- it was found in a memo to employees dated december 31st 2007, it orders workers to write all records in permanent ink. it says the regulators promised documents would be written in nonerasable ink. unreasonable, that's what

legislators are calling the latest health insurance rate hike. the agency has no authority over anthem and anthem blue cross spokeswoman says regulators have previously approved the rate increase which will go ahead as planned. amazon today apologized for outages. today the company said a network configuration created the problem during an upgrade at a northern virginia center. it is immediately giving affected customers a 10 day credit. the company has also taken steps to ensure this does not happen again. california is losing $1 billion every year to internet sales. the california budget project released that figure today. it says the golden state should enact legislation ensuring sales tax from out of state websites like amazon.

right now consumers are responsible for calculating and paying sales tax. but only 1% of shoppers actually do that. it's a picture you don't see every day. a weapon of war such as this. that massive missile made its way across the golden gate bridge. and we find out why this relic of the cold war made its way through the golden gate bridge today. >> reporter: it'll be displayed at the pacific coast dream machine show at half-moon bay airport this sunday only. >> have any of these crossed golden gate bridge before? >> no that i know of. >> reporter: this missile once stood by here in the marine head lands. could streak at $100,000 a mile. the gilmores were surprised to see it. >> i don't know if it was stored out there. but it's pretty cool. we don't get to see many things like that up close. it was neat. it was worth the wait.

>> reporter: this nike base opened to the public 18 days a month was two of marin's base lands. >> this is the only nique missile site that's been restored in the country. >> reporter: most relics have been dismantled or removed. but not all. only a few modern era weapons remain like the jeremiah o'brien. the aircraft carrier hornet in alameda and the oakland aviation museum at the airport. >> not all of it is being preserved but there's people who have taken an interest in spear headed restoration. >> reporter: others say there are a part of the bay area's history and excellent tourist attractions. i'm tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. and you want to see the missile for yourself, we have more information on the pacific coast dream machine show on our website. just go to ktvu.com and click

on the weekend extra tab. there's a show down between council members and people who's doors are teetering on a cliff side. now the city wants to drill metal peers that gave way back in march. before they do the work, the city wants homeowners to sign a waiver to prevent future losses. homeowners are saying no way. >> it does not infully way shape or form do anything to address the actual slide -- it does not in any way, shape or form do anything to address the actual slide. a state biologists will visit small water ways in redwood city to search for crews as to why leopard sharks are dying there. dozens of dead sharks have washed ashore. biologists are being sent out

to investigate. they suggest a series of title gates could have played a role by depleting oxygen in stagnant water. >> a lot of people probably don't realize there are sharks in the bay. what a day bill. >> what a day it was out there. plenty of sunshine, temperatures certainly warmer than they have been. we're going to continue that way. let's go outside, we have windy conditions to talk about or breezy. let's go down to redwood city. and you have winds gusting to 23 out of the west. that's down toward san carlos in redwood city. we'll go up toward the golden gate bridge. these are live buoy readings. gusts near 20 miles per hour. so there you go. and as we take a peak we'll tell you that tonight is going to be a cool one again. steve palso was here earlier this morning talking about how cool it was this morning. some areas in the north bay into the mid-30s. upper 30s in the bay valley. so cool when you start but

really nice weather. overnight lows, 40s in santa rosa. 36 in napa. 42 in vallejo. these inland bay valleys not really shown here perhaps up toward wood acre. those little towns, you're going to find mid- and upper 30s it's going to be cold. high pressure is in charge and temperatures trended up. tonight was warmer by a little bit. saturday, sunday warmer still. sunday is the warmest day in the weekend. most of the temperatures will be upper 70s but there'll be a couple of low 80s. forecast using colors. these are temperatures, yellows are 70s. okay a lot of them. not showing any 80s but that's saturday. i don't think we'll see any 80s on saturday but friday i think we will. forecast highs on our weekend, really, really nice. 74 in vallejo. 76 in concord, and 73 in san jose. if you're at the coast this

weekend, the bodega bay fishermen will be out there. a lot going on out at the bay and around the bay area and the weekend is going to be perfect for all outdoor plans. best weekend i think julie and frank than we've had all year. >> looks like it. >> there are a lot of soccer and baseball games. >> a lot going on this weekend. >> thank you, bill. yeah. san jose firefighters are investigating a fire that destroyed a former marijuana dispensary. the fire started at 450 drake street at the herbal appeal dispensary. this is the second fire in four months at that dispensary. and in antioch, firefighters are working to find the cause behind a two alarm fire. we first reported the fire this morning near mornings on 2. it started on 20th and a street. just after 6:00 a.m., the two story building has shops on the ground floor and apartments on

top. no one was injured. an unusual rescue in the berkeley hills. the trick police use to free this frightened deer. but first wall street snuck in some gains before the closing bell. the dow rose on news from a huge gain in earnings in caterpillar. the dow ended today up 47, the nasdaq gained one point.

free at last. berkeley police used a rope and rope to free a deer. cameras were there as they freed that deer. we later found out this is the second time officers rescued the second deer. before we got there they had already freed the animal but it ran right toward the same fence and got stuck again. >> smart thinking by those folks. >> i thought you were going to say by the deer. >> not exactly. >> stanley cup finals, round two. >> it is go time less than an hour. sharks against the red wings and not to throw cold water. the sharks are going to have to take their game up a notch and

play a lot better hockey than they did against the kings in round one. they needed three overtime victories to get over on l. a. fred inglis is standing by and is going to fill us in on the rest of the goings there. >> reporter: all these fans say they're going to sweep the red wings. let's give detroit some credit they have 11 stanley cups. while the sharks are celebrating their 20th year with one championship. wings did win once here at hp pavilion. sharks then eliminated detroit in the second round last year 4-

1. patrick marlow eliminated a goal in over time. >> every time we play it's really tight. and we're really similar teams. we just have to be better than the guy that winds up next to you. >> it'll be safe to say that play and to beat the detroit red wings you have to play better as a team than you did against the kings. >> yes, i think the team defense has to be a lot stronger than it was the last series. i think you know we've talked about that. we know what we did right and what we did wrong in l. a. we're taking that into this series. >> scoring first and winning game win always a big deal, mark. we'll check it out tonight. back to you. >> thanks, giants last 3-0 to the nationals. that's that's the sporting life for

right now. full highlights tonight on both of those games at 10:00. roger mcdowell made off color remarks at at&t park. tonight the braves say they are looking into another incident. details coming up in 30 minutes on newschannel 36. that's our report for tonight. i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. enjoy the weather out there. it's going to be a beautiful night. >> good night. >> good night. eate 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.