require. it's going to require all of these police officers. so now they have all these police officers there, and they are off duty paid for by the dodgers. but if you need it now, why didn't you need it then? >> reporter: the dodgers told ktvu this afternoon they will not comment on the lawsuit. jerardi also revealed that barry bonds donated money to pay for bryan stow's childrens education but he won't say how much. he says the stow's want to repay everyone who donated to them, expect in one case. >> and that means so much to us. we don't want to give that back but we want to make sure we give all the other, the nice funds that have come in to tide them over back. >> i am just going to say, it's his time. >> reporter: we stopped by the apartment building of ramirez,

and we were not well received. there are slats on the sides, those are windows presumably inmating could be able to look inside. it's about seven stories tall, so if ramirez happens to be in one of those rooms with the windows, especially if he's up high looking out, this is what he'll be able to see. he'll be able to look out across -- across downtown los angeles and he will have a look at dodger stadium. live in l.a., ken wayne. >> you can read the complete court filing today from the stow family on ktvu.com. just look for under the bryan stow tab. search teams are scouring the area around the golden gate bridge for a missing teenager

from danville. 15-year-old allyson bayliss was last seen yesterday morning. she did not come home last night. her father says he found her bicycle near golden gate bridge after he found directions to that park. >> we are just hopeful that you know she came out and doing something i don't know what, but we're trying to locate her. >> reporter: allyson bayliss is 5'8", 130 pounds, blond hair and blue eyes. a a toddler dropped off at a hospital. police don't know who she is, they're hoping you do? and a couple is trying to recover after a grandmother

allegedly kidnapped a child. one day after they were reunited with their 4 -month-old daughter. their baby was discovered missing on sunday. before the day was over, police in los angeles arrested the baby's grandmother 58-year-old erica gallego. she was reportedly passing the baby off as her own infant. >> she threw herself a baby shower with mariachis and a party, people brought gifts and strollers. >> the baby spent her time napping peacefully unaware of all the uproar surrounding her disappearance. ktvu chief meteorologist bill martin is monitoring developing news right now where a tornado that hit today has killed at least 50 people. where does it stand right now? >> there are tornadoes through the midwest mainly through oklahoma and texas.

it's a big deal. you have tornado warnings spanning several states. it is a line of very strong storms. you can see the flashing boxes. those in most cases are tornado warnings which means tornadoes have been witnessed or they are expecting them. here is oklahoma city. they are in the corridor right now. these pictures sent to the ktvu newsroom. you see a tornado on the ground. that's not a funnel cloud, that is a tornado. numerous tor they does reported in the area. just another -- numerous tornadoes reported in the midwest. and joplin residents are battling the elements. as bill just mentioned more severe weather could be headed their way. meanwhile the stories of terror and devastation continue to pour in. >> i can still remember that

afternoon. i cannot get it out of my head. >> right now the death toll from sundays tornado in joplin stands at 122 makes it the deadliest single twister in more than 50 years. an update now on a story we first told you about on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 last thursday. a man from gilroy facing a life sentence under california's three strikes law put off entering a plea on charges he killed the family pet. bud wallis ruiz is facing two counts of animal cruelty for allegedly throwing his wife's pet chihuahua into the wall during an argument. ruiz plea hearing was continued until june 7th. ask any san francisco pedestrian and they will tell you crossing a city street can be downright deadly. now a new thank study is

confirming that. and rob roth is now at an intersection with a look at how to get changes in place. >> reporter: masonic avenue and turick street, this intersection is one that ranked san francisco first in the state the highest for pedestrian deaths. >> you have to look, a lot. it's not funny. it's scary. >> reporter: san francisco has the third highest pedestrian fatality rate in the country mind only two counties in new york. and seniors are four times as likely to be killed as people under the age of 64 years old. >> these are two wide fast streets that intersect. there are no count down signals telling us how much time we have to cross the street.

>> reporter: the masonic and turk being densely crowded -- the city has tackled some dangerous streets on valen ncia. the lights are now timed causing cars to move slower. but still streets are still menacing for pedestrian. >> i think we're seeing that start to change though. >> reporter: marriott lee is pushing for a measure that includes $50 million for pedestrian safety improvement. reporting live in san francisco, rob roth, ktvu channel two news. a public meeting turned into a shouting match today in san francisco as police escorted two women from the

board of supervisors chambers. >> let go of me. >> the outburst came after tensions of a plan to demolish an apartment building. a friend of the woman who was hauled off by police said she had reached the end of her rope. >> she just could not take it anymore. and because when they said they're going to give them equal housing and they're going to be with the same neighbors, they just don't. developers say residents would be relocated to similar apartments and have the same rent control status. san francisco major ed lee unveiled his plan today to keep pension costs and health care benefits from bankrupting the

city. pension costs are expected to increase more than $125 million next fiscal year. the mayor's proposal boost the contributions of most workers, capped pension benefits and raises the retirement age for most city workers from 62 to 65. >> in january when i was sworn in, there were five major objectives that i wanted to accomplish. clearly pension we form was at the top. san francisco supervisors are expected to make some changes to the plan. but it is expected to go on the fall ballot for voters to make the final decision. governor jerry brown says he is getting closer to passing a budget. what makes me believe that we are moving the right direction is the words that i have received from some of our republicans who's names i will not share with you because then you will go ask them and maybe they will change their minds under your pressure. >> reporter: the governor said today his continued discussions

about tax extensions are going well. this came after a closed door meeting. they discussed what would happen to the system without those tax extensions. >> reporter: pg & e tax extensions kicked up in gear today. tom vacar was there. >> reporter: take a look, it would be real easy to inspect these pipelines if you could slice them up in little pieces like this but you can't. so robotic cameras is the way to go. this is a camera view of the very same pipeline that exploded in san brew no this 63- foot section is the same section that pg & e told the commission was at most risk for failure. >> we're looking at the wells and more information inside the pipe, branding, other types of

labels or writing inside the pipe that would verify our records. >> this is of a massive testing project because pg & e literally has hundreds and hundreds of pipeline to look at. >> we're trying to coordinate this camera work with work that's already ongoing to hydropressure test our lines, throughout our service area. and we're trying to do those projects at the same time to minimize the impact to the community. >> reporter: besides sandblasting, chunks of protective coating are being collected and will be assessed for any deterioration. all of this under the watchful eye of a state inspector. pg & e says that if anything is not right, it has replacement sections near by. >> any pipe that does not meet our standards is going to be cut out and replaced with new pipe. >> that's the commitment we have from them. we expect them to honor that commitment. and we're going to see to it as

best we can that they follow through on that. >> reporter: these cameras and water pressure tests will continue through next summer while demand for gas is low. consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu news. the homicide rate in california has dropped to a 44 year low. attorney general camela harris said today the number of homicides last year fell by 9.6% compared to the year before. that is the fourth straight year it has declined putting it at the lowest level since 1966. property crimes fell 2.2% and violent crimes fell 6.6%. a swastika is a sign of hate and it now has police looking for a suspect. robert handa is in palo alto to show us why. >> reporter: we are on park side drive, one of the places

where the crimes took place. a very popular spot in a quiet neighborhood. palo alto police are patrolling with an eye out for vandals who did minor damage but could face major legal problems. this is a crime scene picture taken by police and shown to ktvu of a vehicle spray painted with a large swastika an an anarchy symbol and a possible hate word. for police it means using resources including having one investigator assigned primarily to those cases. >> we take the swastika very serious. we have jewish centers, we have schools for jewish children, when we see a swastika we see

it as it being aimed at our jewish community. >> reporter: the network for a hate free community issued a statement supporting the police decision. the network says the hate crime designation is important even if the vandals turn out to be juveniles because of what the group calls an abundance of internet sites and web casts that promote hate in youth. >> it's significant because we don't want them to create a pattern of hatred that's going to follow them all of their lives. >> live in palo alto, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. santa clara county has a plan to help exconvicts become

-- steve ugbah took time off of work to run for office. he was arrested monday on charges of inciting public disturbances. family members told ktvu this afternoon he's been released on bail but must remain in nigeria until his trial. ugbah's relatives remain worried about his safety. the boxing legend joined other prominent muslim leaders in washington, d.c. to appeal for the release of uc berkeley grad shane bower and patel.

ali's wife called on behalf of the fighter and says that he embraces the rest of the world. >> regardless of what international policy said, regardless of what politics said, that they wanted to experience the world, they wanted to experience other cultures, they wanted to experience other people and become part of those societies. >> reporter: a third hiker sarah shourd was released last september she also spoke at today's briefing. police in stockton want to know if you can help identify a child left at a hospital. a woman dropped off the girl on january 6. >> the ruse was that she needed help. and the hospital goes ahead and collects the information you would think they would. it turns out that all the

information that they collected undenounced to them was false. >> reporter: the girl was in good health and was placed in foster care. anyone with information about her identity is asked to call the stockton police department. $2 million from a muni project is -- the union says proposition g is illegal because it would give the transit agency the right to unilat era ll determine contract firms. the agency is in talks with the union to try to reach a solution. bay area scientists say new information about the massive earthquake in japan back in march could mean an increased risk right here in the bay

area. stanford geo physicist found a plate that moved nearly 6 feet. the cascadia fault is also a sub duction zone. some experts say a magnitude 9cascadia quake could happen any time. parosa says it could be even bigger than that. some rain could be on the way. let's bo to go to -- let's go to chief meteorologist bill martin. >> that green gets down here and starts the rain tomorrow by the time you get to the morning commute. you can see we have plenty of clear skies now. but that's going to change overnight. clouds move in, temperatures stay in the 30s and we get into a pattern that includes a lot

of clouds from this weather system which is now just showing up at the coast. winter weather advisory in the tahoe area. morning commute, north bay sprinklely, wet. wet roads, wipers on, intermittent at times. maybe .1 to .3. that's up on the coastal hills. that's up toward bodega bay. winds are blowing a little bit. the forecast model shows you wednesday morning, there's your wet commute. wednesday lunchtime it dries out a little bit. but not in the mountains. late in the day on wednesday, around the late afternoon commute. more sprinkles. none of this is a big deal but it does fall right in the middle of a couple of commutes there so that is a big deal. in the mountains there will be snow down to 5,500 feet. snow levels, are not that low.

it's kind of high but three to 4-inches of snow that could slow you down on donner path as you're going down 80. 65 in san jose, those are the temperature drop offs. with the clouds and showers temperatures trend down. the five day forecast doesn't look like may, june does it. all the clouds. but here's the deal. this is your rain event. it's not on the weekend, thursday clouds, friday clouds. then on the weekend a bit nicer. definitely an unusual pattern. we talked about the big storms in the plains, these things come through here and they head that way and they grow and get big. so every time we get rain they're looking for some more big weather out there. maybe not as big as we're seeing now. but as long as we're active, they are active. >> let's hope they're okay over there. and people in the bay area

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students joined teachers today -- parents joined teachers today in a rally for an action they call wake up california. they want lawmakers to balance

the budget without cutting money to education. >> we are here for our schools. >> reporter: in lafayette early this morning, speakers told those gathered california ranks last in staff to student ratio. mark is here now with sports, boy this is it for the sharks they have to win tonight. >> yeah, it's been amazing. they've lost six out of their last eight games in the postseason. they are still alive but they cannot lose another one and expect to continue. joe thornton the captain of the team has injury problems, but fred inglis reports the captain will be on the ice. >> reporter: captain joe thornton practiced and pronounced himself 100% healthy and ready to go for today's game five. but facing elimination may create added energy for the sharks. >> it shouldn't have to but hopefully it does. and but i still think the most

important thing is to execute and play within our system. and not trying to do too much and run around out there. >> they are pretty intelligent guys in there, believe it or not they are. they know what's ahead of them. they need to take advantage of it. they'll be ready. >> reporter: winning game four is always tough, even at home and the canucks have won just two of six possible elimination games so far in the play offs. so if the sharks can stay out of the penalty box and keep up with the speed of the canucks maybe just maybe they can win tonight's game five. in vancouver, fred inglis. >> it's early but so far it's scoreless. meantime the warriors maybe one of the best moves in years bringing on the great, the legendary jerry west in a front office capacity. an advisory position. west great move, he talked about whether the warriors small back court, curry and ellis can continue to play together or if a deal needs to

be made. >> when i watch them play together, obviously you would like to have a little more size back there. i think those are areas that you can address. but you look at your back board, i don't think they would be very much fun to play in an open game, i know that. >> let's hope they peak in part to his wisdom. that's the sports life for right now. >> mark, thank you. it's a great day to be a gleek in san jose. a gleek if you don't know is a name given to serious fans of the hit tv show glee. some of the stars are at hp pavilion right now preparing for tonight's show that starts in about an hour. cory monte who plays finn and niya rivera took the time to pose for pictures and signed photographs for fans of all kinds. >> i love that show.

we watch it all the time. >> the noter dame performance choir performed at today's mete and greet. the producer says she hopes it raisings awareness for the áf music programs. glee fans already placing their bets on our facebook page. have a good evening everyone. good night. >> good night. ♪ let's go out to the dmv

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