thousands may be affected and not just here in the east bay. it's an identity theft ring nightmare. i'll have a live report from oakland. we have video of bryan stow 0 now on his way to san francisco. good afternoon.

topping our news right now, giants' fan, bryan stow, is on his way from los angeles to the bay area. he's been in an l.a. hospital for the last six weeks since being severely beaten outside stadium. this is the burbank airport where stow will be flown up to san francisco. it looks like the camera is zooming in on an ambulance that's moving on the tarmac we know it's a private jet is there. again, live pictures from burbank airport. we believe that bryan stow is

in that ambulance on his way to the small jet that will take him to san francisco. we want to go to david stevenson at sf general, where preparations are underway for stow's arrival. >> reporter: good morning. this morning we're learning the logistics of bringing him home to the bay area. these are pictures taken just under an hour ago. you can see him being escorted by los angeles police officers to a burbank airport. especially chart -- a specially chartered plane with a medical crew aboard is set to take off and arrive at san francisco airport at about 1:30 this afternoon. he will then be brought here in

an amr ambulance. amr is the company that stow works for as a paramedic. hope is that this trauma hospital can can provide him with the care he needs to make a full recovery. we understand that he's no longer in a medically-induced coma. his parents say he does respond and his eyes open but he faces a long way to recovery. >> if he turns his eyes will move, if you touch him, he responds. >> i just want him to say hi with a smile. hi, mom, dad. >> reporter: now the reward for the people who tweet stow has grown to $150,000. later today, we expect to hear from doctors who treated stow. we'll have that for you tonight on the ktvu news at 5:00.

david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, david. >> we want to take you back live right now to the burbank airport as the camera is closing in on the ambulance there at the center of your screen. and that's where bryan stow is in that ambulance getting ready to board that private medical jet that will take him up to san francisco. we do see some of the medical technicians there, by the plane making some final preparations. again, as david was mentioning, bryan stow was beaten outside giants' stadium. he was put in a medically- induced coma for several weeks. they tried several times to take him off the medications but he had some seizures. he's off the medication now. he's in a coma state but his family says he does respond to some stimulation. so it's hoped that when brought to the bay area, he will be closer to his family, home and

friends that the hospital will be able to treat him and help him -- it will be a slow recovery but again, make somewhat of a recovery from the situation from his medical situation right now, which is still deemed very serious. it looks like they are transferring some equipment right now that would help make the flight more comfortable for bryan stow ands some of his family members a -- and some of his family members as well. we'll have more on the witness at ktvu.com as well as ways to donate to help the stow family. a very active theft ring has been busted in the east bay. jade hernandez joins us live from oakland. >> reporter: thousands may not may -- thousands may -- may be

affected and not just in this area. the u.s. secret service and oakland pd detailed one operation which could open up a huge identity theft ring. these pictures come from michelle williams' home in hayward. police say she was operating a huge identity theft ring which may involve other suspects. the oakland police department became involved in late january, early february. among the confiscated goods, disks filmed with came driver's licenses. >> i know what keeps me awake at night is the thought that someone may steal my accounts. that's what we are gonna talk about today. >> reporter: what you were just hearing, chief batts talking at a press conference that wrapped up 45 minutes ago. he described what was found inside williams' home, including social security cards, printers and fake names. now, williams told police she's

not currently working. she's disabled. she has a felony for welfare fraud. she's charged with 20 counts, including passing forged check, the amount just under $1,000, identity theft and forming. this is all still under investigation. police say ther may -- say there may be more suspects involved and definitely more victims. back to you. >> thank you. ways to protect yourself from i.d. theft are at ktvu.com. once again, we want to take you back to burbank airport where you can see on the stretcher, bryan stow is being lifted onto a -- onto a small jet. this jet will take him to san francisco. this is live right now in

burbank. you can see them saying their goodbyes as they get ready to take off and take off and fly bryan up here, back home, basically. he has not been back home since he went to the season opener at dodger stadium back in march. turning to other news, governor brown will release a revised budget state. an hour ago he presented his new $88.8 billion budget in a live webcast from sacramento. the revised plan calls for a 5% increase in spend over the plan he relebonesed in january. that -- he released in january. he says tax extensions still need to be renewed to close the

deficit. >> that debt, by my plan, by the time we get to 2014, we're gonna pay it down to $6 billion. if you adopt the republican deficit, that's $35. that $35 will go up. it will go up. >> his plan is for the fiscal year that begins this july 1st. lawmakers have until june 13th to approval it -- approve it. a tussle over an old oak tree has been put on hold for now. kraig debro is live with more about why there is still tension over this issue. kraig? >> reporter: tori, there's been some moment late this morning. the tree at the center of the controversy is still standing. pipes have been moved. even though the supporters know they probably won't try to cut down the tree today they still went to court to get it prevented anyway. >> we've been hearing this

construction for months. >> reporter: this morning a group of residents, some willing to go to jail formed a line around "granny." that's the nickname for the 250- plus-old oak tree. late last night, the sfpuc said the tree -- said the she would not be cut down today. in late march, the sfpuc, announced -- announced a $320 million seismic upgrade to the hetch hetchy system. the hole is to restore drinking water to their customers just one day following a catastrophic earthquake but in order to do that, they are moving land and threes -- trees. granny is one of the trees. >> the tree was hear during the american revolution. >> reporter: the designation

"heritage" would require the fspuc to get a permit before removing the tree even though granny is on state property. the supporters of the tree say they are not supposed -- opposed to the line being put in as long as the tree can stay. >> they need that drinking water. that's 100% of what san mateo county depends on. >> reporter: the organization says there's no other way to put the pipe in other than to cut down this tree. the supporters of the tree want to get a restraining order and are willing to pay because they want to prevent the tree from coming down. back to you. >> thank you. this morning, an

announcement from the donald. why he has decided not to run for president. don't put the umbrellas away yet. rosemary's up soon with how much rain we'll get. it was tremendous to see the countdown and how smoothly it went. nasa called it routine. others called it exciting. ahead -- the details on the mission.

donald trump says he's not gonna try for the white house and will keep his oval office instead. even though he's confident he can win, he's not going to seek the presidency. trump floated his presidential aspirations during speeches to republican groups in new hampshire and nevada. trump will continue its host of the select apprentice. wounded congresswoman grab re-- gabrielle giffords watched her husband mark kelly blast into space. katherine cal lowway reports on the spinal launch of the space

shuttle. >> it was tremendous to see the shuttle take off. >> reporter: the crew will deliver a $2 billion physics equipment. among the estimated 500,000 who attended the launch, the wife of shuttle commander, mark kelly, gabrielle giffords. >> shing looked -- she looked at me and said good stuff. good stuff. >> reporter: her incredible recovery from an attack in arizona has at times overshadowed the bittersweet signature of the launch -- the significance of the launch. nasa employees have received notices they could be laid off. shortly before lift-off captain kelly urged americans to keep

the pioneering spirit alive. >> this represents the -- this mission represents the everything and we -- represents everything and we must not stop. congresswoman gabrielle giffords is expected to talk to her husband once while he's in space. "endeavour" will return back to earth june 1st. back to you. and here's a breakdown of the shuttle crew's mission. the "endeavour" crew will arrive on wednesday for their 16-day mission. on board with the six-man crew is an astrophysics experiment. scientists hope the $2 billion machine will provide new insights into the nature of dark matter, antimatter and other mysteries of theuneny verse. "endeavour" is scheduled to return -- of the universe. "endeavour" is scheduled to

return june 1st. dominique strauss-khan pleaded not guilty to charges, including attempted rain after a hotel mate accused him of attacking her. police sat on board with him, waiting to take off to paris. the judge says he's a flight risk. he was consider a top candidate for president before this -- considered a top candidate for president before this arrest. air force one touched down at member -- in memphis, tennessee today. the president will deliver the commencement speech at booker high school. this visit was planned well before the flooding in the area but the president took time to meet with victims of the floods and emergency workers. >> and people in louisiana are packing their belongth and --

belongings and getting out. louisiana governor bobby jindle warned today that -- jindal warned today that while the water is moving more slowly than expected, it's still coming -- coming. two more ships were removed from the susan bay today. the two ships are being towed to san francisco. they will be klineed and painted before they head south -- cleaned and painted before any head south. there are 30 ships left in the fleet and two more will be relieved by next -- removed next week and by 2017 all them should be gone. outside your door, you might be thinking those look like rain clouds. they are, beginning to thicken up, darken and even a few light

sprinkles reported. the low centered right here will shift. a little bit of moisture popping up on the radar. this is the embarcadero, san francisco, brown to belmont feeling sprinks -- san francisco, down to belmont feeling sprinkles. san francisco has been reporting a little bit of rain in the last half-hour or so. this rain is just on its way in. let me show you what we can expect through the afternoon. at 3:00 or so, already beginning to slide in. the 5:00 drive home gonna be slippery and a slow go, this rain will continue on as we move through the evening hours. we wake up and we're still with a few scattered showers. in fact, that wednesday morning, we're still trying to

dry out. it's not until wednesday afternoon that we finally break away into partly cloudy skies and the dry weather begins. between now and then, we're talking 48 hours or so, we'll be unsettled. 21 miles per hour in oakland, 17 san francisco, 10 to 15, santa rosa, san rafael, so for today we're going to be very windy in the afternoon/evening hours. even gusting to 40 miles an hour across the coastline. we could see .25 to .50 of rain. and most possible for the mountains. 50s and 60s in the forecast for this afternoon. slightly warm he but a little less sunshine out there and we're more stable, meaning we're not expecting storms -- thunderstorms with this system. tuesday, wednesday, still the scattered showers, temperatures really don't budge until we get into thursday, friday, we do see a little bit of nudge with the temperatures.

the weekend so far looking good. saturday, 65 degrees along the coast. 70 for inland areas. >> thank you. we'll take it. >> okay. a new iphone app that finds parking spaces in san francisco is not perfect but it's getting a passing grade. the results show the data was almost accurate. one problem, there is a 60- second lag time by the time of the detection and that means the parking spot could be gone by the time the parker shows up. just ahead -- more information on bryan stow who is now on his way to san francisco. and information on the amgen. we have new video from a few minutes ago.

has stocks tumbling as investors are looking to the weakness in the economy. right now the dow is down 26. nasdaq down 38. s&p is down 5. president obama is warning congress that failing to raise the debt limit could plunge the country back into a recession. over the weekend, the president said if investors around the world start thinking the u.s. might not make good on its

ious, the entire financial system could unravel. republicans are refusing to approve a further increase in borrowing. the treasury department stays the debt limit must be increased by august 2nd in order to keep payth bills -- pay thing the pills -- paying the bills. the am mgen -- amgen tour started today. officials cancelled the event today because of the weather. stage 2 is set to go. it is may but it does look like january outside. another rainy day in the bay area. new snow is falling in the area. live coverage at 5:00 with a look at how long it will last. and this is new video of the plane carrying bryan stow.

we'll be month terring the transfer of stow and we'll go to san francisco general, including the type of treatment that the hospital expects to give him there. thanks for watching and have a great day.

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