are trying to save the life of his comrade. the brother of critical injured firefighter anthony vallerio says his sibling tonight is fighting to survive with burns on 12% of his body. >> they're keeping him medically paralyzed to stabilize his breathing. they've put him in a bed that has him facing to the floor so he can take in more oxygen. >> reporter: san francisco medical hospital says vallerio's stay in the trauma unit will be a roller coaster ride for his family. >> you get good news and you're encourage ed. but then you get some bad news and your discourages, that's how it is. >> reporter: patricia richardson told us her husband was a responsible caring man dedicated to his job. >> i think about all the

memories, the fun times with vincent. the graduation, just a lot of good good memories. we had a lot of good memories together. >> reporter: the firefighters are taking a toll tonight on san francisco's firefighters. >> where the department stands, there are 1,700 devastated people. >> reporter: and we learn tonight that funeral services for lieutenant vincent perez are going to be set for friday. next week at san francisco's st. mary's cathedral. reporting live, david stevenson, ktvu news. flags remain at half staff in san francisco tonight in honor of lieutenant vincent perez. mayor ed lee ordered both federal and state flags at half staff today. and governor brown released a statement today. quote our thoughts are with

those mourning this tragedy. cal osha has now joined the investigation into what went wrong. ktvu's rob roth continues our live team coverage. >> reporter: julie, the area here on berkeleyway is still sealed off. investigators have been coming and going pretty much all day long as they look to answer the many questions as to what happened here yesterday. among those investigating is cal osha. >> we want to make sure they have their proper pte, personal protective equipment and that they have it properly worn. whether it was protective or not and whether or not they followed procedure. >> reporter: firefighters say they have long been concerned about homes constructed similar to the one that burned yesterday. >> a lot of the houses are built upside down. you will have the front door at the top of the house and the dwelling below the street level. as a firefighter, that's the

most dangerous kind of way to enter into a building because you're coming in on top of the fire. >> reporter: tom o'conner says firefighters are well aware of what happened in the area back in 1995 the last time a firefighter was killed in the fire. extremely high winds spread flames quickly. lieutenant brady carried a hose into the garage when the electric garage door closed trapping him inside. lieutenant perez and vallerio were veterans. >> it looked like they were playing it by the book all the way. and still this happened. i don't know if the flow plan would have helped. they were well aware of the risks going into it. >> reporter: reporting live in san francisco, rob roth ktvu channel 2 news. and you can hear more of the emergency calls from dispatchers during the fire fight on ktvu.com.

to find out complete coverage under is sf firefighter tab. right now a storm is moving into the bay area, ktvu meteorologist mark tamayo is tracking that storm. looks like it's going to be a wet evening here. >> that's right. rainfall rates will continue to pick up over the next few hours. so far we've had just a few clouds in place. some reports of light rain. here's the radar loop over the last couple of hours. i will put that into a pause and show you some of the action up in the north bay. not all is reaching the ground. but santa rosa. the airport reporting light rain at last check. we will show you some of the activity closer to, closer to san francisco still some cloud cover up there. but more action closer to san rafael and richmond. especially moving into south of the bay. moisture out in the pacific. in fact, here's as we measure the distance say from ocean beach it is closing in within 30 miles. coming up i will let you know when the heaviest downpours will be expected. i will highlight the

thunderstorms chances as we head into the weekend. the man suspected of beating bryan stow may be sent back to parol agents. the los angeles da is still expected to charge ramirez with the assault. parol officials will meet on june 20th when they could send him back to prison for a year on the weapons violation. we have an update tonight on a case of a young girl who was kidnapped in virginia then rescued here in the bay area. today a grand jury in virginia charged jeffrey scott with murder and kidnapping. investigators say easley killed his girlfriend in rowanock county. after a nationwide man hunt, police found easley and the girl in a grocery store in san

francisco. if convicted, easley faces life without parol. >> reporter: the official hand off of the police corruption case from contra costa county to the federal government was announced here today. >> beginning today the united states attorney is assuming the lead investigatory responsibility. >> reporter: the fbi has already been investigating the corruption probe for some time. possible crimes range from transporting drugs through strait lines operating grow houses and a brothel as well as conspiracy. the county is letting the feds take over because they have

more resources, more investigators, more independence. >> it helps us avoid the appearance of bias or come conflict because of the relationship with some of the police agencies. >> reporter: michael cardoza represents the former head of the county's narcotics team. norman welsh. >> in most cases they are more draconian than the state. >> reporter: there's now a state audit of all the cases cnet has been involved in since welsh became its head. the unit was disbanded in february. >> you would like for it to come in. >> absolutely. >> new name? >> probably. >> reporter: but that may be some time away along with welsh three other officers or former officers have been already charged with a total of 38 crimes in state court. the district attorney says those charges will continue but

might be trumped later by federal charges. reporting live in martinez, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. san jose police will begin voting on a contract monday that could save the jobs of many of their fellow officers. the plan calls for officers to take a 10% pay cut saving the city $13 million this year. city council members say even if the count tract is approved they will still have to lay off a large -- even if the contract is approved, they will still have to lay off a large number of officers. >> without the deal we were looking at having 278 officers laid off. with this deal we are now looking at 122 officers being laid off. and it's our hope that we can minimize that with a one time state funding. >> they are also looking for a reform fund that would save the county $500 million over three years. the agreement allows san

francisco works project and san mateo county to hire an equal number of workers. the bill went into effect back in march. san francisco mayor ed lee signed a new contract for start up companies in the city. the city currently taxes stock options at 1.5% of their value. tesla is gearing up for a second stock offering. the electric car company says it will sell another 500 shares but it didn't say when. it could fund the development of the model s vehicle. a weak jobs report struck a sour note on wall street. employers added only 56,000 new

jobs in may. that's the smallest figure in eight months. at least four people in the united states are believed to be sick with a potentially deadly super bug which first appeared in contaminated fruits and vegetables in northern germany. it's called e.coli 0104 and it's killed 18 people around the world and made over 2,000 others sick. three of those victims are in the united states and they are facing kidney failure tonight from bacterial toxins. >> clearly could experience an outbreak similar to the one in europe. once these pathogens develop they don't go away. the bacteria is more viralent than most e.coli and is resistant to many antibiotics. it is more commonly spread from contaminated food but it is not spread from person to person. the bill would let cities and other local governments

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a vigil is expected to begin in about 45 minutes from now in hayward as friends and family members hold out hope for the safe return of nursing student michelle le. le disappeared seven days ago walking to a parking garage in hayward. digital billboards in the bay area began showing pictures of le today along with a $20,000 reward being offered for her safe return. family members are trying to keep the search alive as police and the fbi search for more clues of her where abouts. 14 girls that were shot and wounded at suites ballroom are now suing the ballroom. nine people were hurt. no one has been arrested. suites and the party promoters failed to provide adequate security at the door or inside

the event, say attorneys of victims. 61-year-old debby maddon was ordered yesterday to go into rehab for one felony count of cocaine possession. maddon was accused of taking small quantities of cocaine from the drug lab. some custodians are doing much more than just keeping classrooms clean. they are awarding scholarship money to african american students. ktvu's paul chambers found out what inspired them to act and how their work is helping one student in particular overcome incredible challenges, paul. >> julie we're live where students will receive that scholarship money tomorrow. but i first want to introduce you to a special kid, he's come back from huge odds. his mother and aunt were killed

last year. you would never know behind those brown eyes and infectious smile that he has gone through a lot. >> that i have nobody to talk to. >> she said i want you to take care of sherron. i said what do you mean we're both going to take care of sherro. tragically after a week that i met her, she was killed. >> they're actually looking at student achievement as well as insuring that the buildings that these students are educated in are clean and immaculate is really special. >> reporter: in for the special day there will be lots of food. the custodians say they wanted to give back to the schools not just by doing their jobs but by paying it forward. so they held grass roots funds raisers to get the money. >> often times people look at

the custodians in the school as if they actually don't attribute to the learning process. we wanted the principals to select students who they felt could use the money most. >> reporter: the scholarships will be awarded to students from pk through high school and range from 200 to $1,500. the custodians said the program was very successful and they plan to do it again next year. california may have to issue ious this summer if lawmakers don't pass a budget. the state senate has approved a bill that would allow ious to be used to cover state owed bills. governor arnold schwarzenegger vetoed a similar bill. state controller chung has warned that the state may run

out of money by january. the survey was conducted by the public institute of california. it shows 70% of people polled support the government's realignment plan. local governments would be responsible for several services. a severe storm earlier this week in sutter county has caused millions of the dollars in damage to crops. hail took a toll on peach crops there. the storm damage up to -- the storm damaged up to 1,000 acre of its orchard. and just last week another tornado just damaged another orchard. >> the fact that we're well up about 14 and 15 is a little unusual. >> reporter: the national weather service warns the

stormy weather this weekend may lead to even more tornadoes. i just want to make a quick correction a minute ago we talked about the missing nursing student michelle le. we said a reward is being offered, we said $20,000, that reward is now up to $40,000 for her return. rain tonight and perhaps record rain this weekend. >> it's not too hard to beat as we head into june. significant rainfall this time of year but we could be as we head into saturday and sunday. right now the maps on live storm tracker 2. we have light rain showers out there. nothing too major. santa rosa the airport reporting light rain at last check. you can see scattered light showers into the bay. right around the embarcadero into san francisco. nothing too major. across the bay bridge closer to emeryville and the oak lands area. as far as rainfall, our forecast this is for saturday, sunday and into monday. we're not talking about just a

few .001 but we're talking about abouts close to 3-inches. up in the north bay possibly over -- right around 2-inches. here's the break down. here's a look at the storm system showing off nicely offshore. saturday heavy rain for the early morning hours. occasional showers into the afternoon. for sunday more showers and a chance of a few thunderstorms. showers will continue to develop for this evening as we do head into your weekend. this area of low pressure is going to head in. as it pulls back it's going to clear out the rain clouds a little bit. into the weekend like we showed you. rainfall in the order of one to 4-inches. clearing skies the next week. but we could be talking about

thunderstorm chances. saturday afternoon into the evening hours, rain chances. wrap around moisture could be on the increase. with that the potential for some thunderstorms. temperatures for tomorrow afternoon mainly in the upper 50s to the upper 60s. san jose tops out at 66. and fremont 63 degrees. we have significant rainfall to talk about. once again the heaviest period, that will be saturday morning with more breaks in the action saturday afternoon. showers, a chance of a few thunderstorms sunday. finally julie and frank for next week, we're going to scale back. take out the rain clouds and warm things up. >> that's what i like to hear. >> the first hour i was just answering calls. there's so many events happening this weekends and they're so concerned. keep an eye toward the sky. >> the fight against aids gets a helping hand in the east bay. the small action you can take to pitch in and help those

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against aids. walgreens is lending their support. the money raised goes to local nonprofit groups that help those living with hiv or aids. >> we need to stop the epidemic from spreading because even though it is no longer a death sentence, it is still a difficult disease. >> the aids walk is set for june 18th at lake merit in oakland. mark is here now with more fall out from the buster posey injury. >> oh yeah, julie. as you would imagine a lot of push back with regard to sabian's have poignant remarks that came out yesterday. the giants released a statement that reads in part. bryan sabean's comments yesterday were said out of

frustration. there is no ill will toward the player, bryan he has also reached out to cousins directly. sabean said he didn't really care if cousins ever played again in the major leagues. meantime french open semis, the men and so ends the 43 match winning streak of novack jokavich but we will go with the a's instead at fenway park. the a's off to a 4-0 lead. the red sox fight back. actually led 5-4. now the a's are back in front. and the french's open, ending the 43 game win streak of slokavich. federer winning in four sets. two decided with tie breaker. federer will now try and take his second career french open. but he's going to have to get by the great spaniard rafael nedal who has a five french

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