them teachers, we have one here that is carrying a sign will work for pencils. this rally began about two hours ago. let's take a look from chopper 2. right now we can see hundreds, probably 1,500 parents, teachers, students from throughout the bay area still here, still demonstrating against proposed budget cuts to state education. they are urging citizens to get angry and take action. this has been a peaceful protest, no civil disobedience, folks here there's a lot on the line, they say proposed budget cuts will devastate public education in every school district in the state. it means there are more students in my class. and less people to help me. so you know professionals are being laid off, we have students that need a lot of help. >> it feels like we're going to a path that doesn't have public education. it's very scary, very daunting. where will we end up if we keep

cutting education. >> reporter: the demonstration is still going strong. educators from san francisco, art and music could be eliminated. versus high school students and college professors are being eliminated. folks here say it's now up to state lawmakers. reporting live at san francisco, rob roth ktvu channel 2 news. and in sa sacramento right now, thousands of teachers across the state are rallying in the steps of the state capital. and twice teachers have been arrested at the capital. ken pritchett is live there, ken any arrests tonight. >> reporter: i haven't heard of any arrests, those events that there were people arrested, they went into the capital, stayed after hours intending to be arrested. here they are at the state of

the capitals. the pta is making up about 1,500 teachers teachers, parents and students. now this event here is winding downright about now. here is what it looked like about 30 minutes ago. the rally is targeted at lawmakers most of whom were not here today. teachers say they lost 40,000 jobs and they will lose more jobs if the state does not come up with a deal. k-12 education was largely spared when lawmakers passed a budget in march. but negotiations over taxes stalled. and now with an all cuts taxes with no new revenue, that will bring deeper cuts to education.

>> that's our worse nightmare. again, both the democratics and republicans have to come together. it can't be an either or. and they need to find a way to be able to say okay we can give a little, we can take a little. >> reporter: governor brown will reveal his revised may budget monday morning: it is then that we will have a better idea, a better road map for what cuts education might face and what cuts there may be to other state services. also next week the school districts are planning to finalize their plans on how many teachers will be laid off. in sacramento, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. california today released the list of state parks set to close to help save money. in all 70 state parks will be closed because of budget cuts, 16 of those parks are in the bay area. china camp in san rafael is among the parks that will be closed and today park workers were maintaining the land. but come september that will all change. visitors today told ktvu the burden needs to be shared to

help keep the parks open. >> we need to tax everybody, in order to maintain things that are valuable to us like this park is. >> the state is hoping to avoid lay offs by reassigning employees from closed parks to ones that are staying open. since our park report at 5:00, we received this statement from governor brown on the park closures. he says closing state parks is not a task that gives anyone joy but we are experiencing turbulent times that necessitate almost unthinkable cuts to social services. governor brown is expected to call for the elimination of the unemployment insurance appeals board. the $128,000 a year seats on the board are often given to former politicians. analysts say the move would be mostly symbolic saving just $1.2 million out of a $15 billion deficit. just a few hours ago, major

chuck reed called on the city to declare a fiscal emergency. public employee units are not willing to do enough to reduce cuts. he will ask the council to vote to put pension reform before voters in november. firefighters, police and other unions have already agreed to 10% pay cuts but the mayor says that's not enough. a city audit finds that san jose's promised pensions will be $2 billion short in the coming years. in just the last half hour, firefighters have contained a fire in san francisco's mission district it sent flames and smoke billowing in the air. jana katsuyama live on the scene now where roads in that area are still closed off. >> reporter: that's right frank, and they probably will be for a while according to fire officials . you can see past this yellow tape they were able to see past where the fire chief was stationed right there by that ladder truck. we understand now that there were three house that is were

affected by this fire. it started at a three story victorian house. as i mentioned earlier, we pulled up right when the third engine arrived here on scene. the call came in around 4:15. it started on cap street in a three story building then fire officials say it spread to a house next door and another one behind it. now the good thing is, fire officials say all the residents got out safely. we did speak to one man who was very relegalled to come home from -- was very relieved to come home and saw that his father and pets got out. >> i came home and my dad had gotten out. he saw smoke from the upstairs unit, from the unit next door. and i went in and opened the door and i was calling for my dog. >> reporter: back here live you can see that ladder truck going up to the house right next to where the fire started. they say that they are still trying to make sure that all of the hot spots are out. it started in the attic. you can see by the tape and the

trees that the wind is pretty strong out here. they say that might have contributed to the spread. good thing though nobody was injured in this. they don't know what's caused this fire. but they do say that these streets will be closed for a while. reporting live in the mission district in san francisco, jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. it is a bold crime caught on tape. new at 6:00, ktvu's david stevenson telling us how a burglar cleared out a cultural education center in san francisco and is now holding up production, david. >> reporter: well julie, the victims are calling this alleged burglar surprisingly confident. everyone as he's caught on surveillance tape. >> the only copy that we have. >> reporter: global film initiative helps distribute independent films around the world but it's most seen film this week is this surveillance video. >> we had people come in within

12:00 to 5:00 in the morning on sunday. came in and systematically cleaned us out of all of our computers. >> reporter: the cfi shares the building with the jewish film directors. >> he looks familiar to just about everybody. we just can't put a finger. >> reporter: the thief hurt the film maker by stealing their computer. >> they have access. not necessarily to any private or sensitive information, but they have, they restrict our ability to do our job and get people who need money outside of this country to make their films. >> reporter: the story doesn't end there. daniel says surveillance video shot at 5:40 this morning appears to show the same man reentering the building. staffers at the jewish film festival says he targeted their offices but ran out perhaps startled this time by a working

security alarm. >> when you look at the footage, you can see he seems very bold and brazen. i don't know if he realizes we have him on tape. >> reporter: the delay has forced them to stunt projects. david stevenson, ktvu news. vallejo police are investigating a death on the grounds of the spring broke masonic temple. federal prosecutors called amarisi a flight risk and danger to the community.

amarisi claimed he had been hallucinating and hearing voices. his attorneys say he is mentally ill and needs treatment. twitter and facebook users have been included in a first of its kind gag order. a british judge has issued an injunction barring a woman who wants her daughter off life support. financial stocks suffered a fall off. two bay area 12th graders won the intel international fair. their winning entry used nano

components of ten in cancer students reducing the radiation needed to kill the cancer. their entry woman them $84,000 in prize money which they say they will use to pay for college. oakland police are calling it operation spring cleaning. the crime sweeps officers are performing right now. and you will need umbrellas, i will tell you when that will occur.

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. the teenager convicted in the 2009 attack on hillsdale high school will be sent to a mental hospital. 19-year-old alex youshock pled not guilty to seven charges including attempted murder. he was then ordered to napa state mental hospital. a jury convicted him in march on six other counts.

youshock is accused of setting pipe bombs in an alleged plot to kill teachers who had given him bad grades. operation spring cleaning is targeting 68 people believed to be driving a spike in violent crime. 36 of them have been arrested. chief bat says more residents are ignoring the no snitching rule which he says does not apply to those causing the violence. >> career criminals, that doesn't come to fruition. they tell on their mother, their grandfathers and grandmothers. but they go out to the community and they put out this methodology of no snitching. a tentative plan was approved today to make one of san francisco's busiest avenues safer for pedestrians and bicyclists. the masonic masonic corridor has been the scene of a lot of

accidents. the plan would eliminate eight blocks of street parking which has some people pretty upset. >> i am very opposed to taking out all parking. >> i am not going to be anybody to visit me that might need a car. >> reporter: opponents of the plan say red light cameras will make masonic safer without taking away those parking spots. a uc berkeley student, he has some high hopes for graduation on saturday. he wants to walk for the first time in three years. john fowler is live at cal with the last minute work to making this young man's dream come true. >> reporter: right now families are strolling on the campus. but for one graduatuation senior says just doing this -- graduating senior just doing this will change his life. no one will be more excited than austin whitney. >> i have no doubt that it'll be one of the most important moments of my entire life.

but here i am about to walk. walk at my graduation. >> reporter: paralyzed from the waist down in a car crash three years ago. whitney plans to walk with this exo skeleton device he's been helping develop for the last nine months. in fact, he's there right now fine tuning for tomorrow. >> we want him to walk toward the chancellor and receive his degree. that's always been his goal. >> reporter: unlike the $100,000 machine i told you about last october. the new version is smaller, lighter and cheaper maybe $15,000. >> we're trying to make the model t. something that you would actually see through normal every day world. that feels like an extension of your body. >> to realize that they have hope. >> reporter: austin whitney graduating with degrees in history and polysy plans on

history but says he will take the next year to perfect and promote this new experiment. and leadership public school hayward say the punishment doesn't fit the crime. you can see what happened on this video we first showed you last night. a food fight in the school cafeteria. school officials moved quickly to punish the seniors by canceling the senior prom. >> a lot of us invested a lot of money in it. >> reporter: parents have been meeting all day with school officials. parents say administrators want students to choose now between the prom and disneyland. firefighters are busy tonight trying to contain the so called mets fire in monterey county. the vegetation fire broke out yesterday east of soledad near

highway 146. the fire has burned 148 acres and is currently 85% contained. authorities tell ktvu full containment isn't expected any time soon. some structured had been threatened but there are no reports of damage so far. this sunday is the 100th running of beta breakers. ed lee proclaimed this beta breakers weekend. he expects 100,000 people to either run or watch the race. light rain is expected during the early morning event. the city implemented new rules banning alcohol and floats from the course. ktvu.com has everything you need to know about beta breakers. you will find rules and the map of the route. our chief meteorologist bill martin has been watching the weather for the weekend and beta breakers. let's go to the weather center. >> if you are one of those 150,000 people attending we also have wind coming up as

well. realtime buoy information, gusting to 21 at the goldengate bridge. so winds are kicking up. they are still to the west. when they start to clock to the south tomorrow afternoon that's our indication that the weather is beginning to change. here is how it breaks down. your saturday, not so bad. it's not as beautiful as today or yesterday because there'll be a lot of clouds. but it's not going to be as wet as yesterday. you're going to notice the rain starting to pick up in the north bay. for the rest of us, around 9:00, 10:00 tomorrow night. overnight rain, sunday morning showers and cooler for sunday. this isn't a major storm it's just a cool storm. in the mountains of course in the foothills it'll be raining and snowing pretty consistent sunday. saturday is your day, if you have plans, it'll happen. graduation, it'll happen. sunday is a different deal. as that system slides through, we get overnight rain, maybe

.10 of an inch. then the cold gets here. and rosmary orosco will be here tomorrow morning. she will be here at 7:00 a.m. they'll be tracking this on sunday morning. cold air and air masses are hard to track. they'll be popping up all over the place. you will see the variety of how they pop up. noon tomorrow is cloudy. you get away with it. tomorrow night there it goes. 10:00, 11:00 scattered showers. sunday morning, a little there but not much. sunday afternoon you just see most of the scattered showers have backed out of the forecast. the warmth of the day will create showers. you go across the bay street hill out to the beach and when you get to the beach, there'll be clouds out there. it's going to be cool, temperature 56 degrees. i don't suspect rain if you finish up around noontime. not a great day but not a wet wash out for that either.

so again i don't think we're seeing a wash out. i think what we're seeing is very cool temperatures on sunday. the beauty of this julie haener is overnight saturday into sunday morning is when the main event would be for rainfall and so we're asleep most of us. >> good. >> but there'll be a few residual showers after that. >> so a few showers saturday. >> and i'm asleep at that time so i don't care about that. >> got you. thank you. the family of stow hasn't said which bay area hospital he will be taken to or when he'll be moved. a $100,000 reward is being offered to find his attackers. they did it, why fans were lining up today in san jose following their elimination of the detroit red wings.

people lined up this morning outside the shark tank in san jose. this fan was among the lucky one to score play off tickets. wristbands were handed out to

keep the line orderly. took just 30 minutes for those tickets to sell out. first of seven is scheduled for sunday. mark is here now with sports. the giants have really been hot but cooled off a bit today. >> the winning streak is over. wrigley field not the spot for them. the pitching staff gave more shots today than they have in the previous week combined. weather conditions downright candy stickian. look for all the ball but it's gone. the wind keeps it in. and what a sensational catch. reed johnson with the bat. and the seventh they break it up. 7th inning for the cubs. johnson had himself a triple with the bases loaded down the right field line. about the only highlight offensively for the giants provided by cody ross who hit

it deep and over the vines. two run shot. but 11-4 is your final. madison baumgartner takes the loss. he is now 0-6. we were talking about the sharks, they have the highest television rating as more than 250,000 households were watching the game last night. victorias over detroit. 250,000 house holds they calculated. that's about 2.5 per household. you don't see this every day. a spectator goes into the drink trying to pull out a driver. the golfer michael bradley accidently tossed in there. helping the guy out. bradley by the way did not make the cut. david tom tonight's birdie put at 11. and nick wattny from dixon is in second with just a shot back. that's the highlights for this

hour. a's play at 9:00. and we'll have it for you. lace up your running shoes for san francisco's most famous foot race. the final touches being put into place as we speak for this weekend's beta breakers race. lots of changes are planned. see how this event will be different in 30 minutes on tv 36. >> right now on ktvu.com, complete race rules plus the race route. plus gone but not forgotten, james durbin talks about his elimination from american idol. and details about the celebration still set for tomorrow at his hometown. look under american idol on ktvu.com.

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