one woman's cause was dealt a blow by the supreme court. she says she's not giving up. several people displaced by an overnight fire in sunnyvale. find out why some of them will never get their belongings back. >> reporter: it's a read-in right here in oakland to save the city's libraries. story -- coming up. good afternoon. we begin with the big victory

for walmart after the supreme court threw out the lawsuit against the nationwide change but the effects could reach far behind this one case. allie rasmus has just spoken to the bay area woman who originally filed the lawsuit and joins us live from oakland with her reaction. >> reporter: well, theer to -- well, tori, the woman said she is disappointed but she's not giving up. the woman she had represented, 3400 women across the country, claiming they were saturday to workplace discrimination because of their gender. this class-action lawsuit could have affected 1 million female employees. it all started ten years ago with this woman. betty dukes worked as a greeter at walmart. she and other female walmart employees filed the suit against walmart in 2001. duke's name is the first name

listed in the suit. over the past decade, walmart has tried to block the suit from going forward. and today, walmart finally gone. walmart said because the suit came from many different stores, regions, states and managerrers that hired them, there -- managers, -- they ruled that way many of the women involved said they will continue their fight. although they won't be able to be in a class-action lawsuit, they will sue in smaller groups. >> but they didn't say walmart was off the hook. they didn't rule whether they were guilty or not of sex discriminal names. in fact, they are not off the hook. >> i'm still very positive. i'm still very positive that the women will have voices who have experienced sexual

discrimination at walmart. there will be a different route we're taking. we'll be filing hundreds of claims individually. >> reporter: legal experts say this suit had it gone word would have been the largest in history. >> what the supreme court has done is that they have made it potentially harder to raise -- in other words to raise the bar on what plaintiffs will have to show to be treated as a class. >> reporter: now, the women can no longer continue their suit as a one-million plus class. they can't continue it at the federal level but the hastings law professor said he wouldn't be surprised if the people involved began filing their claims state by state. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. walmart posted a statement on its website regarding the supreme court ruling. in part it says "the court

unanimously rejected class certification. as the majority may clear, the plaintiffs' claims were worlds away from showing a companywide discriminatory pay and promotion policy. by reversing the 9th circuit court of appeals decision, the majority effectively ends this class action lawsuit ". we'll have more on the news a 5:00 and at ktvu.com. this woman took cell phone video of a suspect, that led to his arrest. but the victim says this is only one aspect of a dispute with her landlord. she said the her -- her landlord has ignored requests for more safe doors. in fact, she received an evick shin notice after the -- evick

shin notice after the -- evacuation dash evicttion notice. the landlord said she she will replace the door. a parole hearing is underway right now for the man accused 6 beating giants' fan, bryan stow. giovanni ramirez has been in custody for a parole violation because police found a gun in the home where they arrested him in the so case. police consider ramirez the prime suspect in stow's beating but have not yet charged him in that case. the parole board could send ramirez back to prison or it could release him. in that case, police would have to rerest him and charge him within 48 hours. east palo alto's police chief is vowing to dismantle two notorious street gangs following the shooting of an

infant. one man is accused of firing into a car. he mistook them for gang members. a 3-month-old little boy was killed. east palo alto's police chief says taking down the ging gangs is the top pry -- down the gangs is the top priority. it was really warm in most parts of the bay area over the weekend. meteorologist steve paulson is here to tell us if that will be the situation this afternoon for the last day of spring, steve. >> that's correct, tori. the coast is clear. coast of the coast. san francisco, though, 83 degrees. san jose, 88. there's warmer temperatures than that. low 90s inland. concord is 901. livermore is 90. mountain view, 89, 80s or 90s. it's pretty close. see that fog coming up the

coast along pacific grove and monterey bay. it's very shallow and it won't matter. temperatures will continue to been the warm side and very warm to hot inland. the first day of summer could be tomorrow when we cool off or continue this warmer weather. more in the weather segment. a fire put people out of their homes this morning. ktvu's kraig debro says it started shortly before 23:00 p.m. >> reporter: the fire swept through four apartments but water and smoke damage made four others unliveable. the early hour confused some residents. >> they are sleeping and i hear so many noises. >> next thing you know, it -- it went up fast. >> reporter: fire crews say they got the cool around 1:50. when they arrived, the county chief said he immediately called for a third alarm and

muteual aid. >> the roof was causing us problems and the power lines on both sipeds of the com-- sides of the complex. >> reporter: too late for some residents ares, especially those without renter's insurance. one man says his grandma died yesterday and the family collected money and was keeping it at the apartment. >> we pulled cash out to send back to our home town in mexico. and that's gone, too. >> reporter: even those with insurance will have a hard time if their place is uninhabitable. >> a lot of people don't have family around here. this was their home. >> reporter: the building where the fire started was not the only one that was damaged. firefighters sprayed so much water, that the water collected on the ground here and seeped into the apartments in the billing next door. this studio wented by a couple and their 4-year-old son is an

example. just after sunrise, people's whose apartments were safe enough to enter, got in, got necessities and left literally with the clothes on their back. in sunnyvale, ktvu channel 2 news. firefighters evacuated a house where ran into it. pg&e capped off the pipe. no one was injured. police are investigating the crash. libraries are facing a serious closure in oakland but many supporters are not going quietly. jade hernandez has more. >> reporter: hour 7 of this -- seven of this read-in continues. it continues to show the push to keep open a dozen

libraryies. it's a read-in to save 14 branch libraries. the asian branch near downtown oakland -- >> how am i gonna get books. >> i can't buy them. i read books super fast and i can't just go to walmart or costco every day. >> reporter: she's scheduled to graduate from oakland high in the spring. her high school lost funding to keep the doors open during her senior year. so she says this would be devastating to lose her neighborhood library as well. >> i don't think i will be reading books anymore. >> he read me a book and then i will start wanting to read my own books. >> reporter: every hour of this read-in represents one of the branches which could be closed

or have hours reduced,. >> we will be without a community core. >> reporter: helen is not the only one who sees the importance of what this city could lose. >> i've been to the library early in the morning. there's like people lining up to go in there and it's not even open yet. it's not like they are gonna get a book if they are the first person in there. they just go there and wait for the lie -- the library to open. >> reporter: on friday demonstrators held another protest, also another strategy to save money, negotiating for 15% concessions. the deadline today, as for read- in several famous and local authors are also here onhand. this reading continues until 8:00 tonight. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, jade. construction began this morning in oakland on what supporters say will be the biggest bronze monument in the western united states. those supporters are with city

officials this noontime at henry j. kaiser memorial park near telegraph avenue. they are there to break ground on the monument called "remember them" champions for humanity. it will contain 25 statues of people considered humanitarians. we have a special section on the monument including an interview with the artest. check out the "remember them" tab at ktvu.com. ahead -- new information about how common food allergies are in children. and people are being told to stay out of deep water at a bay area beach. we'll tell you what triggered the warning. it was a really warm weekend in much of the bay area. steve paulson will be back soon to tell you if the heat will continue in your neighborhood. they were very lucky, it was 70 degrees all weekend long. >> the weather may have helped save the lives of two men stuck overnight on water near the delta.

man: we need a sofa. something i can stretch out on! woman: ooh... that will go with those lamps my mother gave us. or we could get some new lamps. or we could get no sofa. negotiating, eh? you got it! people at stinson beach are being told to stay out of deep water because of a great white shark. a coast guard helicopter spotted a great white near the beach yesterday afternoon. the shark was swimming about 200 to 300 feet from shore. now, sharks don't typically target people but one person

told ktvu news this morning that sometimes they do. >> there was a kid over here maybe 15 years ago that, he got in trouble with a shark right in the lagoon there. but he punched it. he actually punched it in the news. it left him alone. his dad always told him to do that and he did it. >> lifeguards are letting people wade into shallow water. if there are no more sitings on thursday, the restrictions will be lifted on friday. on the sacramento river near pittsburg, two jet skiers were rescued this morning. the 20 and 30-year-old were left stranded after the engines of their jet skis gave out.

>> one of them broke down and drown. >> and drown. we both got in one. we were sitting there. >> a lost this water near the island is two feet deep and heavy -- with heavy grass and stuff that's gonna get sucked into your pump. >> authorities say bring a cell phone and a plastic bag along with exthat food and -- extra food and watter. friends of reality star ryan dunn are mourning his death. he died in a car crash. he posted a photograph on twitter showing him drinking. police say speed could have been a factor. west say dunn's left the roadway and burst into flames. both dunn and an unidentified passenger died. hundreds of people have been evacuated after water from the missouri water began

pouring over levees in missouri. the water had dipped and farmland homes and cabins have been flooded. the missouri river is now at 44.6 feet. the highest level on record. north dakota residents who left their homes weeks ago are being allowed to return at least for now. homeowners are pumping water out of their basements. hundreds of firefighters in central california are battling a fire that's burned more than 45000 acres in two counties. the antelope fire began yesterday morning in an oil field in kern county and has moved into san luis obispo county. the fire is burning in grasslands and no structures are in danger right now. the cause of the fire is under investigation.

we can say goodbye to spring after today. this is our last full day of the spring. summer starts tomorrow. it feels like summer out there. low 80s to low 90s out there. there is a little bit of fog. it's down to monterey. it's probably about that deep. it doesn't have much of a chance. high pressure has built in in a big way. there's really not much of a north-northeast wind. i think top out tomorrow. but out -- but our first 100- degree temperatures. concord, if it feels like it's 91, it is. mountain view is not far away. livermore is in there. fairfield, santa rosa all close and san francisco downtown, 86. which is 2 degrees warmer than oakland. 86 is the same as san rafael as redwood city. that's the napa airport, 83. closer to town. it's about 89. the fog is very shallow. there's more offshore. it won't do much for anybody

today. maybe tomorrow by the coast. but more likely on wednesday. high pressure says i don't think anybody is coming here today. we have severe clear wall-to- wall sunshine. the system will begin to deepen on wednesday and then it will start to settle in over us and dramatic cooling will take place over -- at the end of the week. not today, today and tomorrow oplenty. really nice by the coast. maybe near 80 for santa cruz. the coast is clear. the coast is clear, breezy in the hills and that's out of the north-northeast. temperatures are rocketing up. clearlake, 96. a lot of 90s around. anywhere close to the coast. 70s, 80s. after that, it's all 90. 98 in on 1 antioch or brentwood. probably 100 tomorrow. 90 in martinez. 82 in alameda and berkeley. 9696 berke 786 san francisco --

86, san francisco. summer begins tomorrow. it will be hot after that and then after that a big-time cooling vent p trend. state lawmakers may not get their next paycheck afterall. john chiang, who issues the paychecks, is expected to decide on the issue this week. proposition 25 requires lawmakers to pass a balanced budget on time to ensure their pay. they did send a budget to governor brown on time. the group says they will sue chiang if he goes ahead and does this. a new study shows food allergies among children may be more widespread than thought. chicago researchers say one in 12 kids is allergic to at least one food. that's almost 6 million. 25% are allergic to peanuts. 21% are allergic to milk and

other problem foods include nuts, eggs, wheat and soy. san francisco's police chief led the way as the special olympics torch wound its way across the city. it's called the flame of hope. the torch started a 12-mile journey around 9:30. officers will pass it from hand to hand as they run from union square to downtown along the embarcadero and back up union street. san francisco is one of several northern california cities where officers have taken part in the city. it's all in anticipation of the special olympic games. coming up -- some things will soon be different on the internet. and the bay area beach road that's closed again in san francisco, the reason why just ahead.

stocks climbing for a third day. that's actually the longest streak since may as some buyers are emerging. there's some news that's impacting the markets including wall street's victory and the supreme court -- pie the supreme court and oil is falling at worries of europe climb. right now the dow sun 56. nasdaq is up 8, s&p is up 4.5. expect to start seeing hundreds of new website names next year.

this morning, the organization that sees domain names voted to add hundreds of new ones. they could be categorized by subjects, including geography, ethnicity and new domain name applications will be accepted starting in january. it won't be easey. it will require fill out a 360- page form and paying $185,000. part of san francisco's great highway is closed. the southbound lanes between lincoln way and slope boulevard closed at 8:00. the lanes won't reopen until about 3:00 friday afternoon. crews will move sand from ocean beach that piles up in front of the promenade walking path. drivers are encouraged to use the alternate route. a santa cruz man is hoping to find the owner of a camera that may have spent the last four years in the ocean. he's posting pictures on a

website. 1 of the pictures. there are pictures of a latino girl's birthday party with grandma and grandpa, possibly the owner of the camera with her dog -- dog. he found this in late march at hidden beach after two days of heavy storms. that will do it for us.