26 felony cases dropped, 77 people walk because of it and it's all because the officers are under investigation. an accused serial killer says he is not guilty. and why president obama could be getting a bill from the mayor of london. complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at noon.

good afternoon. i am john sasaki. this is another big day in court for the san francisco police department as the district attorney decides to drop 26 felony cases because of police misconduct. ktvu's allie rasmus joins us live where the district attorney just spoke. >> the district attorney is still holding a press conference right now on the third floor. he is talking about his decision to not pursue 26 felony cases. most of those cases are drug violation, some are gun violations. the reason the cases will be drop and 7 people get to walk is because the people, the officers involved in investigating the crimes are now under investigation themselves. the fbi is looking into allegations that police officers, some in this video took things from some of the people they arrested and did

not book those items into evidence. there is no record of where those items are and that amounts to theft. he released this video this month and the fall out as we mentioned, 26 cases have now been dropped. >> the fact they dismissed these cases signals they decided the officers can't be relied upon. that they cannot say that the officers can offer credible testimony in the cases. >> reporter: the district attorney says some of the charges could be refile in the future. in addition, another four were dropped earlier this week. over 100 cases have been dropped because of these allegations of police misconduct. 6900 other cases are under review and there could be more because of the number of

investigations this group of officers, san francisco police was involved in. the fbi is investigating the allegations, and in response media relations issued a statement saying the officers in these videos have the same rights as any other citizens and we are operating on that. he says she has yet another video he will release this afternoon that he says shows more evidence of additional police misconduct. david stevenson will have more on that at 5:00. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. a accusedf serial killer joseph naso enters a not guilty police this morning. he is charged with killing 4 women. lee is acting as his own attorney. he says photos of the women

showed them posing on their own free will and they were all alive. the judge will respond by next wednesday. police are investigating the robberyf & rape of a -- robbery and rape of a homeowner this morning. investigators say a man broke into the home, robbed the family and sexually assaulted the female resident. police brought in search dogs but they believe the attacker got away. a candlelight vigil will be held today in memory of a 10 killed 17 years ago. no one has ever been arrested in the case although authorities consider a man as a prime suspect. they hold a family individual every year.

high school students are outraged over the suspension of 5 classmates. they suspended them and banned them from prom after a group photo of them in white. students held a demonstration yesterday saying two of those have no ties to any racial movement. >> wet weather may have caused a accident yesterday. a pick up truck with 7 workers rolled down a hillside killing one and injuring five others. some of the rescuers had to hike miles to the scene. >> the search effort continues in joplin, missouri. number of those missing stands at 156. cassey seagull has more. >> reporter: when you drive through joplin the extent of

the damage almost unbelievable. everything still in ruins, almost a week after a massive twister. rescue teams looking for the missing and dead. crews using search dogs to help their efforts. officials releasing a miss of the unaccounted. they are working tirelessly to bring the number down. >> since the release of that information yesterday we have had 90 credible reports of individuals on that list as alive and located. >> reporter: missouri governor meeting with residents. he was joined by leaders from across the state who will proceed folks with much needed resources. >> replacement driver's license. filling insurance claims. prescriptions for medications that you need.

finding temporary housing, child care and counseling. >> reporter: assistance has been coming in from all over. people lining up for free laundry services. the company traveled all around the country since 2005 helping people during staysers. some people rebuilding. this is the beginning of a hair salon that was destroyed by the storm. president obama will tour the damage here and see everything first hand on sunday and will attend a memorial service for the victims. american president lines took a step to reduce air pollution in oakland. they used to use the engines to use generators, now they plug in to shore power. a process to retrofit the ships and the dock area.

>> took fourand a half years. we had to reconfigure our terminal and install a subitation to provide electricity. >> california has mavenidated all shipping companies use shore power by 2014. the long memorial day weekend is almost here for residents, many will be hitting the roads and getting away. >> reporter: the number of people who tell aaa they will be driving more than 50 miles this memorial day weekend is only slightly higher than last memorial day weekend. many drivers are blaming the economy. >> still going up and up and up. >> reporter: after steep increases, gas prices have started to come down, just a touch over the last two weeks.

californians represent 10% of people planning a car trip this weekend. gas prices may have gone too far. here is why. there is evidence that people wanting to take a trip are deciding it's cheaper to fly because gas prices. >> the gas prices are what they are. but, you know, we need a break. so we will save somewhere else. >> reporter: going anywhere this memorial day weekend? >> no. gas is too high. i will probably stay at home and work. >> reporter: nearly 500,000 californians will fly this weekend. that's an 11% increase over last memorial day weekend. reporting live, kraig debro, ktvu channel 2 news. there is a lot to know if you are driving or taking bart. changes, closures and advice

coming up. the simial question people cannot answer -- simple question people cannot answer. and the disaster over the atlantic, what the pilot was doing when the trouble started.

. new details about the crash affa jet two years ago. the co-pilots were in control when the emergency began. inconsistent speed readings and the co-pilot pulled the nose of the plane up. it stalled and started to roll. the captain returned from a break as the co-pilot struggled to retain-control. all 228 were killed. secretary of state hillary clinton made a visit to pakistan. pakistan asked the u.s. to reduce the number of military personal there following the raid that killed osama bin laden. hillary clinton said the u.s. can't solve pakistan problems. >> pakistan should understand that anti-americanism and conspiracy theories will not make problems disappears.

president obama is wrapping up a trip to europe. he arrived in warsaw and attended a ceremony for holocaust victims. his trip took him to island, england and france. he had several meetings and a news conference tomorrow. the president could get a bill from the mayor of london. he wants president obama to pay the city's congestion charges for his limo use earlier this week. the charged with be $16 for each car in the president's motorcade. man could face two years in jail after three dui arrests in three days. once in custody police realized he was arrested two other times

in the past days. he is a recovering alcoholic who relapsed because of a death in the family. changes you could face this weekend. first up, bay bring, eastbound lanes will be closed overnight. it pushes people to veer to the right. it will allow crews to work on completing the lanes. bart, one of the tracks will be shut down to replace damage from a fire in december. >> they need to make that transfer fast because in some cases they be 3-5 minutes to catch their train to or from san francisco. if they miss that train we are on a 20 minute headway on sunday, they have 20 minutes to wait. >> you can go to www.ktvu.com and look for details on all of

the changes. the road through yosemite is now back open. the road may be wet because of melting snow and because of spring snowstorms it could be closed again without notice. they are asking everyone to drive carefully because of weather conditions and wildlife. 74 years ago today was a historic day. it happened on this, look there, the golden gate bridge. hard to see there. on may 27, 1937 the first cars drove across the bridge. how much was the tol? 50 cents per car. next year's celebration is the 75th anniversary. >> all right. a lot of drivers hitting the road this weekend, maybe some of them shouldn't. a new survey shows 1-5 would fail a driving test. more than 5,000 licensed drivers had to answer 20

questions from exams. the average score was 77.9%. california drivers scored 76.8%. one question people got wrong, when you approach a traffic signal with a steady yellow light, you must what? stop. 85% of people got that wrong. good afternoon to you. a live look this morning. dealing with clouds. low clouds over our area still at this hour and a weak system rushing through this morning, just enough lift to bring us drizzle this morning. we have been watching that fall in addition to the gray sky, areas along the north bay. we got winds out there, little breezier in fairfield. peninsula 15 miles per hour. the rest of us winds between 5- 10. look at the temperatures. similar to yesterday.

59 in oakland. 61 palo alto. 60 san francisco. 59 livermore. 60s in concord. north, 57 in napa, santa rosa also reporting 57 degrees. through the afternoon, temperatures rebound. we are looking at some of the clouds to breakaway. partly cloudy skies for the second half of your friday. here is the weak system that moves through. the trough bringing just enough lift to bring light drizzle in some areas. san francisco earlier and the north bay saw a little. we are going continue with this pattern as we move through the weekend. the unofficial start to summer, does not feel like summer, cloudy, cool. cloud over the area. this afternoon, looks like low clouds and some will see

sunshine for the afternoon. tomorrow morning, the clouds are back as we start the day. partly cloudy skies expected. moisture over the sierra. over the ocean and as we move through saturday, sunday, we will continue that same partern. today, partly cloudy skies. winds 10-15 miles per hour. breezier in the afternoon. highs today, upper 50s long the coast line. low 70ss inland. 68 for napa today. 67 in concord. mid-60s for oakland. 66 fremaund. 66 san jose. morgan hill, gilroy low 70s for the afternoon. and there you have it, your extended forecast. hope you will you have the extra day off but plan for the partly cloudy skies. 5-10 degrees below normal for this time a year.

inland monday warmer, 60s, 70s. >> doesn't feel like people will be doing the water skiing. >> i know. bbq. >> no real rain. >> no real rain. main lee dry. >> thank you. >> an easy way to send a get well message to buster posey. plus the strange new diet of mark zuckerberg, it is on the odd side.

. all right. looking at the the stock market. dow up 2929 and u.s. stocks rose friday ahead of a three day weekend. paypal is suing google. they claim two of their executives stole confidencal information about how paypal works. paypal and google had been in negotiations for two yes to provide the payment system for google till google built its own system. new diet for mark zuckerberg, he can only eat the meat of the animals he kills.

this diet is the latest goal. last year he learned chinese. the arnold sports fest villwill keep its name for now. bearing the name of arnold schwarzenegger. invitationerize being mailed out for the new festival for march of next year. send a message to buster posey. the giants posted a get well card online. you can post get well messages to buster posey. to make it easy, go to www.ktvu.com, click on web links and we will send you to the card. >> this picture says it all. you can see buster posey on crutches with a cast, he fractured a bone in his left leg durings a collision at home plate. a fair well for two members

of the san francisco police force. hunter and hawk were given a retirement party this morning. buckets of carrots and apples. >> our horses are our parners. he helps protect me, helps me do the work i need to do. >> hawk began his service with the city in 1998. hunter has been with them since 2004. they are headed to a 48-acre pasture. high school students have been suspended for white supremacist behavior. we talked to one of the students coming up at 5:00. plus we showed you these pictures, tonight people are heading for tahoe for memorial day. and one last look that weekend

weather. everybody is getting away. >> it is. we are moments away in some cases and hopefully you have three days off. it will be cloudy and cooler than many of us are hoping for. the big festival saturday and sunday, people like to go camping and look at what is going on. temperatures in the low 60s around the bay area. coast line 50s. inland, 60s, 70s. some of the inland areas are warming into the 80, concord, livermore, it is typical and we are barely getting to 70. sunday, more sunshine but breezy conditions. when it's this cold and the wind picks up it could feel chilly. memorial day may be the best day. partly cloudy skies. future cast models are predicting more rain tuesday and wednesday. so we can't shake this pattern. >> summer is less than a month

away. >> right. we are below normal so we should be warming up around but, you know, mother nature. that's our newscast, i am john sasaki. thanks for joining us. our next newscast is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. have a great holiday weekend.