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substance or closed. and that the child possibly slid it open. so obviously there are a lot of questions that still need to be answered. there is a crew out here on scene, talking to residents in the neighborhood. and we'll bring you those answers and what the residents have to say about the incident at the top of the 6:00 hour, reporting live in antioch, channel 2 action news. and it almost never happens this way. today, the legislature passed a state budget before the deadline. more on the deal and why what is new this year may have lit a fire under the lawmakers, ken am. >> reporter: well, they voted that the lawmakers pass a budget on time for the constitutional deadline, or they would lose their pay. voters may not like what they pass, republicans certainly do not. in a party line vote, majority democrats voted yes, and
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republican votes did not matter. >> because of prop 25 passed by voters last november, the legislature can now pass a budget with a simple majority vote. >> reporter: the budget bills passed today addressed a roughly 10 billion shortfall by in part delaying 10 billion in payments to education and cutting another 300 million from higher education, split between uc and csu, on top of a one billion cut approved in march. >> this is not our first choice. but this is where we are today. >> reporter: democrats cannot increase state taxes without republican support. but through a complicated tax swap, lawmakers were able to increase local sales taxes by a quarter percent. lawmakers passed an increase in the vehicle registration fee by $12. cal fire's budget will be cut
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by 150 million, the difference made up increased rural homeowner fees. >> this is the reality. this is what we reflects the democratic vision for the state of california. there is not enough taxes to satisfy the appetite. >> reporter: well some say the budget passed today may just be a stop gap to buy time while the republicans and the governor continue the negotiations. republicans are seeking reforms. the governor is seeking the tax extensions, there would be time to negotiate because the governor doesn't have to sign the budget passed today until the end of the month. in sacramento, ken pritchett, ktvu. and more details on the budget deal, also relying on an internet sales tax, require the on line retailers to collect sales tax. the lawmakers say the tax would provide a $200 million boost for the state's revenue. five other states have a similar tax, and more than a
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dozen others are also considering taxing on line sales. and the search is on for robbers who robbed a couple heading home from a bart station. patty hayward has more on the story. what is scary is that one victim was shot, apparently for no reason at all? >> reporter: that is right, police tell me that a couple became targettings targets after they walked down these steps apparently into an armed robbery below. the police say they can't understand why the suspects fired a warning shot for the first set of victims, then pumped three bullets into a young man in front of his wife just seconds later. the hunt is on. >> there is a bunch of everything here being in the water. >> reporter: the two armed robbers, witnesses say fled in different directions and escaped after shooting a young man said to be in his 20s or 30s, even after he had given them everything they had asked
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for. >> once you have gotten what you want, these people complied, out of fear for their life you then shoot them? i can't rationalize them. >> it is the object only way to come down that way. >> reporter: it is scary for families who walk here every day. even at night. >> made me rethink coming this way at night, you know. >> reporter: all afternoon, investigators looked at possible escape routes, looking for clues and talking to scared residents and potential witnesses. doing anything special? >> looking out for strange individuals, and calling us when you do. >> reporter: police say it is possible the suspects got away on a train. but due to the incident, it is likely they live here or near here. one shooting victim is in the hospital and expected to survive. reporting live, hayward. and a search under way on friday for a missing nursing
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student, michelle le, who disappeared more than two weeks ago. the last time anybody saw her was before she took a break in hayward. police have since classified her disappearance as a homicide. however, family members will continue to search for le with the belief she is still alive. because they say at this point they have not been presented with any evidence showing otherwise. >> we're going to offer up some areas that we believe -- although they have already been searched, we believe that there are areas that we wanted to go back and search anyway. and certainly the family wants to help. >> and police at this point have not yet disclosed where the search will take place. and now to the weather, today was one of the hottest days we've seen in a while. and we have team coverage, our chief meteorologist is tracking the temperatures and how hot it got today, but first, we have more on the one man who finally got to do something he has been
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waiting for, for a while. >> reporter: frank it is not the actual temperature that people are talking about, but the dramatic change. this community pool just opened on monday and it couldn't have happened soon enough. for some it is fun for others, more work. with weather in the upper 80s, the san jose firefighters worked on the patch of grass between highways 87 and 101. >> the grass is so much taller with the rain, we anticipate a pretty aggressive, intense fire season. >> reporter: in san jose, five of the six community pools are open. but some had to settle for basketball instead of swim willing, because the pool will be closed until monday for repairs. >> it is suddenly a lot busier now that it is warmer. >> reporter: the manager welcomes a warmup, saying it is more appealing. >> it was a later transition to summer. but now as soon as as it is a warm day, people be just in here trying to grab whatever
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they can. >> reporter: with the sunshining and the temperatures climbing, people out there had fun in the fountain. >> we would have been out here maybe two months ago even for a couple of days here and there, and we were not at all. >> reporter: some sat in the shade with their shades. others finally got to take this sports car for a spin. >> we had that rain recently. and i just hated it. had to leave it in the garage. >> reporter: we found many hot dogs. >> he is cooler than he was last week. >> reporter: so he is ready for the hot weather. >> he is definitely weather for the weather and some water. >> reporter: and since the community center pool opened monday, workers say they noticed a lot more demand early on. reporting live in san jose, maureen naylor. and let's talk to our chief meteorologist bill martin tracking the weather. >> yes, on the coast, the fog, maureen was talking about the heat on the inland bay valleys.
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here is a lot of wind here, along the coast mostly out of the north-northwest. and that is continuing to keep the fog away. and without the fog this is what you get. temperatures that are very, very warm right now. 94 in livermore. these are not record-breaking temperatures or not unusual temperatures for any -- by any means. but they are some of the warmer temperatures we have you -- winchester we've seen this week, we'll have more on the cooler temperatures and the bay area, we'll see you back here. keep in mind you can track temperatures in your neighborhood any time by going to our website at ktvu.com. when you are there just click on the weather. the white house today insisted that president obama didn't need authorization from congress to engage in military action in libya. the administration sent congress a 30-page report today justifying america's role in the nato bombing campaign. the white house says there are
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no u.s. troops on the ground in libya, so the president may direct the mission on his own. today, a bipartisan group of lawmakers sued the president, saying he is in violation of the war powers resolution unless he seeks congressional approval for the military action in libya. >> why didn't the president come to the congress and ask the congress to be supportive and try to justify the action that was taken? >> the president's press secretary said today the white house has been in continuous talks with congress over libya. and tear gas canisters inside the street of athens, greece today as demonstrators and police clashed. more than 60 people were injured in the protests, including 36 police officers. the rioting comes as the greek prime minister is trying to get the votes in parliament to look at the country's financial aspect.
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and here in the united states today? >> worries over the debt crisis in greece caused the investors to move away from stockings. the dow dropped 178 points, wiping out yesterday's 123 point gain, the nasdaq lost 27 points, and cost of living going up here in the united states. figures released today show over the past 12 months the rate of inflation was 3.6%. and so-called core inflation, which does not include the cost of food or energy jumped 3/10th of a% last month, the biggest increase in three years, possibly affecting how the federal reserve goes about trying to keep the economy growing. and a buyer's market for real estate. sales went up more than 15% last month, compared to may of 2010. median home prices fell 9% from 410,000 in may of 2010 to
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372,000 last month. about 27% of last month's sales were foreclosures. and a hero's welcome in san diego today. the historic middle east deployment had ended for this vessel. the sailors lined the rails of aircraft carrier to catch a look at their friends and family. carl vinceon was there supporting the navy seals who took down usama bin laden in pakistan, usama bin laden's body was buried at sea from this ship. and pakistan reportedly has routed up a number of informers who helped the united states find usama bin laden. and some members of congress are now asking is pakistan a friend or enemy? the white house says it is complicated. >> pakistan has worked with us to go after terrorism and terrorists. we continue to work the pakistani people. sometimes we have -- difficult
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issues to work through with them. but it remains an important relationship. the new york times reports that pakistan arrested five pakistani residents who helped the c.i.a. before last month's raid. some of them noted the license plates of cars visiting the usama bin laden compound. on capitol hill, one person asked the defense secretary should we support governments that lie to us? >> most governments lie to each other, that is the way business gets done. >> and we also arrest the people that help us when they say they're friends? >> sometimes. >> not often. >> and pakistan will not confirm or deny they have arrested any informers. but one pakistani intelligence official says his agency is looking for information about usama bin laden's operations. in a statement today the c.i.a. said that u.s. pakistani partnership is crucial in the fight against al-qaeda. and a former giants slugger making a new legal move. what he is asking for when it comes to the counts against him. in the obstruction of justice.
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. barry bond's attorneys filed a motion to have his obstruction conviction tossed out. he was accused of not answering truthfully regarding the steroid charges. his toshiba attorneys say the prosecution testified falsely. the judge could find bonds not guilty and throw the conviction out. the twitter situation that involves anthony weiner took a new turn today.
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the voices calling for his resignation has a new member. a former porn star and exotic dancer. >> i think that anthony weiner should resign because he lied to the public and to the press for more than a week. >> reporter: the former porn star ginger lee had a press conference. she exchanged about 100 e-mails she says with anthony weiner from march to june, but says she didn't have a sexual relationship with the congressman. >> i did not sext anthony weiner nor did i send photos to him or receive any from him. any time that he would take our communications in a sexual direction, i didn't respond. >> reporter: he admitted sending lewd photos of himself to women. one spokesperson said he was suggestive in his e-mails to lee. >> here are some of the statements that she received about that. i have clothing demands too. i need to highlight my package. >> reporter: allred says the
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client found herself in a media vortex that caused her physical and emotional distress. lee says he asked her to cover up the scandals. >> he asked me to lie about our communications. i put out a communication that he told me to say. my statement to the press said "i haven't met representative anthony weiner." >> reporter: he is under increasing pressure to resign. he wants to discuss the situation with his wife, an aide to secretary of state hillary clinton and just returned from an official trip. >> and anthony weiner returned from a leave and is seeking professional treatment. and a new law today upholding a controversial law that takes away most collective bargaining rights for state workers. state workers are upset about the court's ruling, and
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protested outside the state capitol. the ruling was a victory for republican governor scott walker who says the law is needed to address the state's budget shortfall. he pushed for the bill, despite weeks of protest by teachers and members of other state worker unions, who called it an attack on worker rights. that massive arizona wildfire continues to burn out of control for an 18th straight night, now the largest fire in the state's history. so far it has burned 747 square miles. to put it in perspective it is the size of alameda county. and more than 30 homes and cabins were destroyed. two people were taken in for questioning about an unattended camp fire that could have caused the fire. >> we have had investigators working on this basically since the day the fire started. we interviewed two persons of interest. at this point we have no suspects.
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>> and at least 2700 people remain evacuated from their homes tonight. yosemite national park under a flood watch tonight, due to fast moving snow in higher elevations, causing the river to approach flood stage. it could flood the camp grounds and trails in yosemite valley. they are advising rafters about the colder than usual water. the flood advisory will remain in effect until this week. and set to reopen this weekend. visitors will be able to drive on the pass road saturday morning. the road leads to yosemite's east gate. the opening had been delayed because of heavy winter snow. while the road itself is opening, the campground and stores will remain closed for now. and officials don't yet know when those will open. and what a day here in the bay. just beautiful bill. >> yes, the warmer day of the week, low 90s out there, temperatures working their way downward in the next couple of
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days. here we have live storm tracker 2. you can see there is warm air down there in the santa clara valley. and this is representing the different temperatures. 80s are in the oranges there. you can see the temperatures certainly are very, very warm out there. as we go into tonight, we're looking for mostly clear skies. the fog is not coming back any time soon. so we're looking for another fairly warm start tomorrow. and then we should see a little bit of patchy fog tomorrow. so the weekend forecast calls for the fog to be back. and that will trend temperatures down further. so yesterday was real warm. today was warmer. and then now temperatures will start to click down a few degrees each day as we roll into the bay area weekend. so overnight lows tonight, 54 in vallejo, 58 in concord, a bit of patchy fog along the coast, not a lot just a bit. 50 for santa rosa, and some areas were in the low-to-mid 60s last night in some of the
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inland bay valleys. it was warmer when you woke up. not the same tomorrow. so now as we go into the forecast highs for tomorrow, oranges are 80ss, and 90s, lots of 70s. upper 70s, low 80s, temperatures coming down as more cool air comes in from the coast. the fog will return in the next couple of days, tomorrow just patchy fog. back here in 15 minutes we'll have the five-day forecast, the specific temperatures for an area where you live. and a south bay teacher is accused of molesting a student. what we are learning about her tonight. and plus, the poll showing that most people of california agree with governor brown's plan to reduce the state prison populationment population. but there is a catch. and what is that smell out at the lake, and the rotten egg smell
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. plus we showed you this video a week ago after a rape victim recorded her attacker, now how the suspect was arrested. and local seniors show us why they think a new uni stop will hurt street crossing
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. an exclusive new ktvu field poll finds most california voters back a plan to reduce the state's ballooning prison population. last month they ordered them to reduce the prison population, and to reduce as many as 30,000 inmates. the court said the prisons have twice as many inmates as they were designed to hold, leading to poor prison health care. the comply with the order, governor brown wants to transfer lower risk inmates to county jails and community- based facilities. 51% of voters support the plan, but most don't want to pay for
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it. 59% say they don't want their taxes increased, and 48% do not want temporary tax hikes extended. the poll did find strong support for another strategy to ease prison over crowding. 73% of the voters support modifying the strikes law to give the judges and jurors more discretion had it comes to sentencing. finally, 80% believe the supreme court ruling on the prison population creates a serious problem. and designing to help bring more day water into the lake, to make it smell better. they were going to work on the area with the bay water and oxygen that gets into the lake, sometimes resulting into a rotten egg smell. the work should be done by september. a project to widen the channel between the laguna and the bay
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is slated to wrap up next spring. and a south bay teacher in court today after being arrested for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a teenager. what happened and what happens next coming up. while the stock market struck out today, there was gold struck on the consumer based company. what they did or did, still ahead
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. complete bay area news coverage continues, this is ktvu channel 2 action news at 5:00. she is a married woman who taught at a private school in the south bayment and tonight she is accused of molesting a victim, an alleged teenager boy. today, we learned what happened
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and what her attorney says afterwards. robert? >> reporter: well, frank, we're at the school where the former teacher taught classes and where officials are running to respond to the arrest and court procedures. 28-year-old colette phelps kept a low profile in the san jose courtroom today. the marrieded teacher is accused of molesting the 14- year-old boy who attended the school in san jose where phelps taught the last two years, she is facing multiple charges. >> you have a right within 58 days of the first court date. you understand that? >> yes. >> . >> ms. phelps is not going to be speaking about this at this time. she is very embarrassed to be in this situation. off it is a matter out of respect for the privacy of the people listed in the report. >> reporter: police say she
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engaged in inappropriate contact with the teenage boy earlier this year, but didn't release any other details. phelps was arrested june one, in a statement today, the founder says that the school is taking the matter very seriously. they have stopped her employment. and that the school will do everything possible to make sure the school is a safe haven for learning. the district attorney says it is important to prosecute these types of cases, because of the violation of trust. >> it doesn't matter the gender of the teacher, the parents need to know that their kids don't have this type of behavior when they're in school. >> reporter: they plan to meet to discuss the past issues involving phelps, including a 2008 dwi incident, and an arrest for driving with a suspended license. phelps will enter a plea on july 8. if convicted she faces up to eight months in prison. and state regional parking police hope to get help to
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identify a man after a bike accident. the crash happened just before 1 approximately on alameda trail. the unidentified man later died at the hospital. he is from asia, weighs about 180 pounds, wearing gray sweat pants, anybody with information is asked to call the bay parks police. and san francisco taxi drivers threatening to go on strike next week, set next tuesday outside of city hall. they want the municipal transportation agency to drove a 5% sur charge imposed on all credit card transactions. they say their daily operating expenses are already too high. >> we get charged for the credit card fees. and we get charged for the gate and for the hybrid cars. plus the gas prices, like sometimes minimum a day like $48 per day of the . so that is
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most of my income. >> the cab drivers are calling for the elimination of the computer system that tracks the fare totals. and music website pandora took a leap today. the editor live in oakland to show us what happened. >> reporter: well it is known in every city, town and hamlet, based right here in oakland. pandora's music services are definitely on a roll. while the overall stock market took a pounding today, they had a field day. their initial numbers went to a 9% gain. not bad for a company that doesn't make money. >> their applications are the number one applications for smart phones, tv's, dvd's. you see it in cars. >> reporter: unlike itunes where you pay for specific songs, on pandora, you create
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radio stations. >> it streams to where you are over the internet. you don't really own anything, you have a little less control over what you listen to. >> reporter: now if you listen to it for free, you also listen to and see occasional ads. if you pay a monthly fee, no ads. >> there is a change in how people listen to their music. and they are at the front of the revolution. >> itunes has been the biggest success by far. but there are a lot of interesting players out there. >> reporter: and they know what it is like for music file sharers. >> everybody downloads it for free. nobody really goes on to like itunes and buys anything like that. you can get it for free. >> this is a loop hole, you can get the music from another website. you can import it onto itunes, then put it onto your ipad. >> reporter: lime wire, one of the arraignment services was shut down by a judge who sided
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with the music industry. and many more of those will surely follow. ktvu channel 2 action news. and the house of representatives is considering a bill that would require u.s. employers to verify the immigration status of their employees. texas congressman smith implemented this act, mandating the e-verify system, the web based system that checks a worker's background. others say it has a higher failure rate and that americans could lose their jobs. supporters say this country needs a documented work force. and making rounds on capitol hill this week. general petraeus met to talk about his nomination. that is scheduled for next week. today the chairman of the senate intelligence committee wants him to be confirmed quickly.
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>> i look forward to the conversation and look forward to hearing about his vision for our 16-member intelligence community. >> right now, petraeus is commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan. he is expected to present his top secret troop withdrawal plan to president obama before returning to afghanistan. and a measure to help the san francisco junior rotc program was approved last night by the san francisco school board. the 5-2 vote allows the students to take the option of having pe classes as an independent study. without that option it is feared that enrollment in the program would collapse. about a thousand high school students in the city are part of jrotc, more than 100 students showed up last night at the school board meeting to support the program. and another new study on cell phones and brain tumors, and in this case it is the exact opposite of the other study. and looking at contaminated bay area waters, what it is and what the water is used for. and why you could say today
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was a perfect day for this bay area neighborhood. and what company pitched in to help out
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. east bay customers soon paying more for water. the district's directors have unanimously approved two increases, the first 6% increase will kick in july one and raise the average bill about 2 a month.
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the second one will start a year after that and add another 3 to the average bill. the directors say the increases will maintain their bond rating. and finding a contaminated element, suspected of causing cancer in some of the recycled water they use for irrigation. the water was used to water lawns and trees, not used for drinking. the chemical, used for treating, showed up in nearby ground water. the district officials say it appears to be below state levels set by the state. the federal government has not set a state level. and three homes in san francisco's bay view hunter's point neighborhood went solo. workers there joined volunteers from ibm to set up solar panels, the devices are used to save money by cutting back by using power from pg&e.
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>> the systems installed by grid are saving 20,000 for low income people. >> the ibm people say the employees working on the project are working on their own time. tomorrow marks the hundredth anniversary of the computer giant. and starbucks expanding the use of the popular mobile application to android phones. iphone users already had it. and today, the android users can download the application at the android market. it is in use at almost 8000 starbucks, including locations at target stores. soon they will be in safeway stores. the application is reportedly used for one in every five starbucks transactions in the united states. and a new twist tonight in the debate on cell phone use and whether it is linked to cancer. a new research study from finland says no. scientists looked at the location of brain tumors in cancer patients, saying the tumors are not clustered where
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the phones are held, saying there is no connection between the radiation. however, others say it is not conclusive. the university of washington seattle study just updated life expectations here in the united states. the average american woman lives 80.8 years, ranking 36 point 6 in the world for men. the americans in the deep south have the shortest lives. people in the northern plains and on the west coast have the longest. and a new mile stone for arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords, what she did today. and warm tonight, hot spot, low 90s, and the cooler temperatures tomorrow
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. arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords reached a big milestone in her recovery today. she finally has gone home from the hospital. she was released from a houston hospital today five months after being shot in arizona during a political event. she and her husband will live in a houston suburb near the space center. they say gabrielle giffords will have more rehab and a care provider will help her 24 hours a day. and nasa beginning fuel inspections for next month's shuttle mission which will be the shuttle program's last flight. and it will have a bay area astronaut on board, who is from
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san carlos, atlantis is set to launch july 8. today's incident was only a test. they want to repair the fuel tank, and make they're good to go. and we know now which countries will compete in the america's cup race in san francisco. at 6:00 we'll give you the rundown. more on the other stories we're working on, heather. >> and coming up at 6:00. gold fish, that is right, gold fish at the center of controversy in san francisco. why it is sink or swim for the pets. and getting to lunch alive. the complaint of some elderly residents. what they did to prove their point today. those stories and more coming up in 10 minutes. and a program that uses california inmates to fight wildfires could potentionally be in jeopardy under the governor's plan to balance the state budget. the governor wants to take the
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low level offenders and move them from state prisons to county jails to save money. but mostly it is the low level offenders who make up the 4300 inmates used to fight the wildfires. it would not affect the fire fighting this year, but could down the road in years to come. and receiving good news, they can hire back 49 laid off firefighters. the city council voted yesterday to accept a 15 million federal safer grant, part of that grant is intended to bring back all the firefighters laid off last august. >> we'll be able to fully staff the apparatus pulled out of service last year. also through this grant we'll be able to provide the protection at the airport. and we won't have to close down the additional fire engine, which is something we wouldn't have to do if we get the grant. >> the firefighters are set to retrain and get back on the job next month. and bill martin talked about increasing temperatures. you're here to tell us it paid
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off. and yesterday the warmest day of the week so far. and it changed the temperatures by four or five degrees, maybe even more. you see the map, showing you where all the heat is. the big heat is in the valley, santa rosa, napa, upper 80s, low 80s, warm air, light winds, no fog. and without that fog we are looking for a warm ride. it will cool off a bit as the fog happens. but the highs today, as warm as they will be all week. about the warm rest day we've seen all week. it drops off tomorrow, temperatures will drop about 8 degrees in some places. still a nice day tomorrow and into the weekend. just not as warm. so a cooling trend is in order. as we go into tomorrow, thursday, friday, saturday, a slight cool off. don't freak out saturday. looks like a big drop. in the mid-70s, a week weather system dropping in, happening this time of year. it has happened a lot this time
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of year. we'll take the fog, give it a more pronounced movement into the bay, so patchy fog tomorrow, 6:00. you can see some very patchy fog at best. mostly clear, the fog will be back in here by tomorrow night, forming a little bit more, and more the next night . the forecast highs, 80, cooler 10 degrees cooler if not more in some of the warm spots like brentwood and antioch. and 84 in danville, a nice day, air quality still good. low 80s, thursday, this week is flying by. you have nice weather to talk about. patchy fog at best. so remember last week and the week before that -- we're back into a late spring, early summer pattern, not that far from the summer solstice, longest day of the summer, high angle. and the weather as opposed to what you have been seeing all year. >> thank you bill.
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and the congressman from the state of washington introducing a bill to make it easier to get federal permission to kill california sea lions. there has been a recent explosion in their population, and they're eating the endangered salmon, coming into the area. it would give some a quicker way to get federal permission to kill the sea lions. now the humane society of the united states opposes it, and previously filed a lawsuit blocking the existing proposal to kill the sea lions. a new information on the spreading radiation. japan confirms that radioactivity is in wales. they are looking at why this signals concerns for humans. >> reporter: the japanese officials announced finding trace amounts of the radiation in at least two of the whales killed for food.
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the radiation almost certainly came from the fukushima leak. one scientist says that the whales are 25-foot long shy filter feeders, scooping small fish from the water. he says that the contamination could have come directly from the water or? >> it could have come as an exposure to radiation that was already in the water. or it could have come from animals that they're eating. so it is already making its way up in the food chain, possibly. >> reporter: japan says it never tested the whale meat for radiation before. the levels found are 20 times below the government limit. >> so these are tiny amounts, we shouldn't be alerted. >> reporter: the engineer professor tells me natural radiation in human bodies is several times higher than the amounts reported today. >> we are always feeling radiation much higher than the level found in the whales.
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>> reporter: still it has a half life of about 30 years and is similar to calcium, so it is easily taken up in living things. >> even though the radiation could be in smaller doses, it could have an impact on the life history of the animal. >> reporter: scientists say they expect this discovery in the whales to be the first of many discovery juice and . and plus, a royal visit to california now much clearer. what prince william and his new bride must do when they arrive in los angeles
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. an airline worker has been caught for trying to hide away on a flight from tampa to charlotte. the u.s. airways says the employee hid and then bought a ticket to pennsylvania. he was a legitimate passenger on that leg of the trip. the airline says the man is suffering from mental health problems. and we know now how prince william and his wife will spend their time when they land next month. it will be their first trip to the united states. they will attend a dinner to introduce young british film experts to the public. and the royal couple will meet
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inner city young people involved in arts programs, and meet with military families. and president obama held an early father's day event at the white house to honor military dads, which including a sneak preview of the movie. >> we are proud of you, grateful to you, dads. happy father's day in advance. for the families, please know that we understand that you're serving right alongside anybody in uniform. >> the president opened the white house to military families and treated them to the screening of the movie, cars two. he also looked into the strong families project to help dads better connect with their children. >> bowling business people are giving free games of bowlers to dads and their kids. those of you who are better bowlers, give me tips. >> the president and first lady
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michelle obama kicked off a summer long partnership with disney to look into the screening. they will honor 12 father whose made strong contributions to their families and communities. coming up in 90 seconds. a two-year-old boy was seriously hurt when he fell out of a second floor window, live with what i just learned about who was supposed to be watching him
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. a sexual assault suspect has now been caught twice, once on camera, now by police. who he is and how he was captured. and san francisco senior citizens, complaining they're risking their lives just walking to lunch. and they say this video is proof. complete bay area news coverage. starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 action news at 6:00. good evening, i'm heather holmes. and i'm frank somerville. we have a tragic accident we will tell you about. a child fell 15 feet down to the ground in an apartment. the window was open with a screen in it because of the heat. ktvu's eric rasmussen is in antioch, you just talked to
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neighbors. what are they saying? >> reporter: frank, a next door neighbor says she actually heard somebody scream. you know we just talked to her recently, saying the parents were not home when the little boy fell out of the window. firefighters say they called for a medical helicopter as soon as they heard this two- year-old boy was unconscious. a captain in fact told me they put him on a special board before flying the boy to children's hospital in oakland. an employee of the parents says the parents are now with their child at the hospital. but again, this neighbor we just talked to said they were not home when this all happened. >> i think they're all home alone. and so it happened, i think they called the relative to come over. >> reporter: who is they? who was home with the child? >> it was all the siblings. i think it is a girl, 18, i think another one is 13. >> reporter: there again is a live look out the window. you may also be able to see just barely there the back of the top of a couch. the window from there is about a 15

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