tonight the sequence of events that prompted caltrain to orders workers to stand down. >> good evening everyone. >> a statewide stand down is on hand right now for caltrans as one was killed in san diego county today. ktvu's john sasaki is live to show us what this means for us here. >> reporter: south bound in oakland, traffic moving well during this rush hour. if you have been on the highways today you may have noticed a lack of highway workers. the third worker to die on california roads in the past month and a half. back here live, the shut down ends statewide tomorrow but

still is in effect in san diego beyond today. but it does not apply to any construction projects, including the bay bridge construction project or this 880 expansion project. live, john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. the suspect in the attack on bryan stow will remain on jail. giovanni ramirez was ordered by a judge to be held in custody on a parole violation. there is reason to believe he violated his parole by having access to a weapon. his attorney says he did not attack stow and the battle to free his client has just begun. >> the fight is not over. there is an appeal process that takes place. i will be submitting a inform decision review. >> los angeles prosecutors now have more time to build a case against giovanni ramirez in the beating of stow outside dodger

stadium. and a hot day today. you know it if you are out and about. san francisco, temperatures in the upper 80s. no fog that coast and temperatures inland, in the upper 90s. looking look. what i want to show you are current temperatures. right now, fairfield 97. 97 in concord. 97 livermore. here is what is happening, the heat is coming out of the valley. winds out of the northeast and they are taking the heat and blowing out to the coast. so temperatures along with the fog are going up. the fog has been pushed away because of the winds. the closest fog is around monterey bay. a little bit of a mini heat wave. temperatures tomorrow warmer still. san jose, hot down there.

janine de la vega is in the sith bay where temperatures were well into the 90s. >> reporter: we are here at raging waters and it is hot. you can see this buzzen went off. everybody is excited. they are all here to get relief so they spent the day at the water park. this isn't the only place where you could keep cool. >> reporter: children waiting outside, jumping with excitement. today was the first day it opened to the public. >> we were sitting at home just waiting for this to open up. >> reporter: she doesn't have air conditioning at home. >> reporter: how does it feel? >> good. better than being at home hot. >> reporter: others celebrated the sunshine. kids were soaking it all in. some, the dry weather signaled the perfect time to get their

car washed. >> in the spring it's been raining every other weekend so it doesn't make that sense to spend money on a car wash and wax. >> reporter: workers quickly tried to take care of all the cars. customers had shelter from the sun while they waited. hardware. >> everybody is realizing it's getting hot. so the box fans are starting to move. table top fans are moving. the tower fans are moving. >> reporter: managers here stocked up on fans but bbq have been selling well too. you can see people enjoying themselves. coming up at 6:00, we will show you a new thrill ride here at raging waters. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. the hot weather prompted

officials to call the first spare the air day of the summer season. the smog alert takes place tomorrow. officials say the smog can make breathing difficult for children and people with asthma. it is against the law to burn wood and you are asked to avoid driving and using bbk and garden tools. you can check the temperatures on www.ktvu.com and click on the weather tab. a shark siting at a beach is forcing people to stay close to the shore. ktvu's christian is live where the great white was spotted. >> reporter: look, you can see signs like these posted, warning beach goers about the shark sighting. he cleared us to run his video.

the beach is not closed today but life guards are warning people to stay out of water deeper than their knees. >> reporter: clouds blocked the beach today. the white shock sighting was enough to keep some out of the water. >> my friend was telling me and we were out here that beach and i got out of the water. >> reporter: a helicopter spotted the shark 200 yards off shore. life guards cleared the water and limited the use to need deep wading. >> in 1997 someone was bit here in 6 feet of water. 2002, 2 miles north, a man was bit up there. >> reporter: it's not unusual to see white sharks off the california coast, migrating from buha to canada and as far

west as hawaii. hungry sharks eat seals and sea lions. >> i seen a shark here before. not something new. >> reporter: you can see that shark not scaring a lot of people off. lots of people enjoying the beach. that knee deep wading rule is in effect till friday. live, ktvu channel 2 news. might be more difficult to hail a taxi tomorrow in san francisco. hundreds of the taxi drivers are set to go on strike. the strike is expected to last a couple hours. they will circle their cars around city hall or keep them parked. the drivers want the transportation agency to drop a 5% surcharge on credit card

tranks action. they don't anticipate any disruption in service because of the strike. telephone operators and dispatchers expect a surge of business are & are prepared to help the public. congressman anthony weiner will no longer be a member of the u.s. congress. he is resigning. last week he announced he would be stepping down after being caught in a sexting scandal. tomorrow night his resignation will be read on the floor. officials say a special election would be held sometime before august and november. hackers hit sayinga. the hackers stole names, birthday, e-mail addresses and passwords for 1.3 million customers. sayinga says they did not get payment data. they are the latest game maker

targeted in hacker attacks. online advertising research firm said facebook grabbed the bebiggest piece of the pie for ad. they will select $2.2 billion from advertisers and pushes yahoo down into second place. stocks posted broad gains today. investors bounced by from a losing streak. the dow jones industrial average added 76.02 points to 12,080.38. the nasdaq composite gained 13.18 to 2,629.66. robots roam the streets of san francisco, what brought them to a busy tourist district. dad, i was wondering if you've --

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press conference focusing on an important topic. ktvu's david stevenson has more on what is being discussed in the city. >> reporter: the robots outside this union square hotel gave tourists a scare this morning. >> we don't know what to think. >> reporter: the vehicles lining the street came for a national homeland security conference. a convention gathering relief and recovery officials from around the country, collaborating on ways to work together in worst case scenarios. >> increased partnerships, trust, response times, increased cooperation to maximize taxpayer dollars. >> we will be asking for additional grant support to increase our ability to community.

>> support for san francisco means more federal dollars. >> we are considered a tear 1 city, susceptible to either man made disasters or earthquakes. >> show casing the latest technology, including this hospital bus. >> in a scenario where you lose power, have to have triage a lot of patients, we can support 20 patient on our buss for three days at a time. >> david stevenson tells us san francisco launched a website aimed at finding ways for the city to bounce back after a disaster. right now, part of san francisco great highway is closed and won't reopen for days. it was shut down this morning. the lanes won't reopen till 3:00 friday afternoon. it will allow crews to move

sands that piles up at ocean beach. drivers are encouraged to use sunset boulevard. deputies rescued two set zars this morning. they were -- jet skiers. they say they became stranded when one of the engines died. they went into the water way at low tide and that was gras that got clog into the engine. >> one of them drowned and we both got in one and just sitting the. >> a lot of this water is two feet deep with heavy grass and stuff that gets sucked in to your pump. >> boaters and jet skiers should be familiar with a area before going into the water and always bring a cell phone.

>> more flooding problems in the upper mid-west today. the missouri river flooded farms and small towns in the northwest corner of missouri and iowa. residents upstream in north dakota are returning to homes. new levee breaks trigger new evacuations. >> i have been watching the river levels for weeks. i watch it go up. >> melting snow is the main reason for the flooding. the problems could last through the summer. a scene like this one here, that's fish on a flooded roadway. a camera caught this picture at big lake in missouri. some of the fish was swept on to the road when the levee broke. a battle fire in central california, began yesterday morning in a kern countery oil

field. it covered more than 5,000 acres. officials say it has been a challenge for the firefighters battling the flames, some who have come as far north as sacramento. >> rocky terrain making accessible by the echingps tough. so we will use hand crews and anticipating more work by bulldozers. >> officials last reported containment at 20%. according to our chief meteorologist, tomorrow even hotter. >> yeah. yesterday's temperatures were warm. today's temperatures 10 degrees warmer. why? the winds switched around. i can show you that we got -- north wind, that's a north wind, takes the fog, that's our irconditioning. pushing -- air conditioning. pushes it away and the air

thinks. when air rises it cools, and it does. mountains are cooler. when air sinks, it warms. sinking air blows off shore. it warms 5 degrees. right now 97 fairfield. few clicks from 100 degrees. tomorrow, get a couple 100 degrees readings tomorrow. forecast tomorrow, another warm day as well. the fog isn't coming back. tonight, one of those nights, wherever you are, san francisco, you can go out with a t-shirt on. beautiful night. enjoy the mild to warm night. overnight lows stay in the 60s. how about that? santa rosa 63. that's what it is when you wake up. 64 napa. 62 livermore. nowhere to go tomorrow but up. courts in the 60s when you wake

up. 90s by early afternoon and easier to get to 100. tomorrow, i like the climate map, along the coast, no fog. ocean beach, nice day. 73 degrees in the avenues. maybe 75 fords 19th. 78, berkeley. upper 80s, low 90s. 2:00 p.m. and temperatures start to bump up in the inland bay valleys. warm to hot. 100 degrees readings. we will see 100 towards antioch. lots of 90s as well. when i come back i will get specific for your neighborhood and a big cool down coming. three chicks have died. caltrans installed a camera to observe the chicks. the chicks died june 4 when the bay area was hit by heavy rains. the chicks did not have any

resiliency to the cold and wet weather. it's been two years now, the way a charity company plans to cash in on the death of michael jackson. and how dianne feinstein popularity is holding up. clash of ideas over gay marriage. what lawmakers in one state are poised to decide.

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. new poll found mixed results on dianne feinstein popularity. voters say she like the job she is doing but support has start stood slip. dianne feinstein was first elected in 1992 in a special election when pete wilson was elected governor. voters sent her back to washington but now one year before the election her victory is less certain. voter support, 43% to 39% and a few 18% had no opinion. six years ago 56% said they would vote for her. while 46% of the voters have a positive opinion, 23% have no opinion. she received her highest job

rating, 57% 10 years ago. next year, california voters prefer democrats over republicans by a 14 point margin. a bill to legalize gay marriage. >> protesters on both sides demtrated today. one side chanted god says no, the other side responded god is love. they passed a bill to allow same-sex marriage, they were asked to classify the president's view. >> the president is supportive of and strong on rights and he -- his record is significant with regard to that. he has been clear about his position, how that position is evolving. >> a floor vote is not expected till tomorrow.

ryan dunn is being remembered tonight by his friends and fans. he died in a car crash this morning in pennsylvania. he tweeted a picture of himself drinking. police haven't determined if alcohol was a factor in the crash. he may be been speeding. a 100-foot skid mark where his car left the roadway. helicopter firm base is offering helicopter flights over michael jackson neverland ranch to mark the second anniversary of his death. they are charging $175 per person for the 30 minute flight. the ranch is located in santa barbara county. they plan to run them on friday and saturday. the anniversary, the company already booked 100

reservations. live in pittsburg where a woman started a lawsuit against walmart. the u.s. supreme court shot it down today. we never shown you this before, what they hope to accomplish with a 14 hour read in.

complete bay area news coverage continues, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. victory for walmart. the supreme court throws out a sex discrimination against the chain. today's action game after a woman filed the suit against her employer. live tonight that walmart in

pittsburg. you spoke with that woman after the ruling? >> reporter: that is correct. the woman who worked at this walmart for the past 17 years will return to work tomorrow. she says she is disappointed by the ruling but she vows not to give up her fight. >> she started the largest class action lawsuit in u.s. history, this morning the supreme court tossed it out. she and more than a million other women who work at walmart stores were denied equal pay and job promotions in 2001 but the court disagreed. >> very big deal. >> reporter: this ruling is a set back for anyone fighting any sort of discrimination. >> what the supreme court has done is made it harder to raise the bar on what plaintiffs will have to show foobe treated as a

class. >> reporter: corporations are breathing a sigh of relief. walmart said the claims were worlds away from showing address criminatory pay policy. >> they didn't rule whether they were guilty or not. >> reporter: she continues her suit independently. >> the -- we are determined to be heard and we are determined to win. >> reporter: live in pittsburg, ktvu channel 2 news. about 40 people will have to find a place to sleep tonight after a fire in sunnyvale. when firefighters arrived they called for mutual aid. it destroyed 4 apartments and 4

other units suffered heavy damage from water and smoke. one man was burned while trying to warn his neighbors. it was a frightening early morning experience. >> the whole place went up fast. >> a lot ovines people don't have family around here. nowhere to go. this is their home. >> the red cross is helping them find temporary housing. the cause is under investigation. the family of a missing nursing student isn't giving up home. michelle le father says the family is staying positive still she is found. 450 volunteers helped the search in fremont. they believe she is still alive despite police declaring the case a homicide. they say more searches are planned. protesters holding an unusual demonstration in an effort to save library branches

in oakland. a read in. what it volves and what is at steak. >> reporter: each book read came with a common goal a14 hour read in to save 14 oakland library branches. the ration branch near downtown oakland. >> how am i going to get books? i can't buy them because i read books fast and i can't just go to walmart or costco every day. >> reporter: she is scheduled to graduate in the spring. her high school lost funding to keep its own library doors open. so she says it would be devastating to lose her neighborhood library as well. >> i don't think i will be reading anymore. >> her passion for books rubbed off on her cousin. >> she readme a bark and i

started reading. i started wanting to read my own books. >> every hour represents one of the branches that could be closed. save oakland libraries organized the read in. >> we will be without a community core. >> reporter: she isn't the only one to see the importance. >> i have been to the library early in the morning, there are people lining up to go in and it's not even open yet. it's just -- they just go there and wait for the library to open. it's important. >> reporter: in oakland, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. demonstrators in syria staged a mass protest today and denounced their president as a liar. protesters took to the streets chanting anti-government slogans. they were angry about comments

made by the president. he made vague promises to discuss political reform. >> he spends a lot of time blaming. rather than aappreciating his people are disgusted by regime that supports itself through oppression, corruption and fear. >> 1300 syrians died in the uprising and most were killed by government troops. angelina jolie is on a mission. this is world refugee day. she is pleading with nations to keep their boarders open to refugees. she visited a aerallian island. over the weekend she visited turkey and thanked officials for allowing them to cross the

border. ktvu's john sasaki takes us to a ground breaking in oakland for a historic monument. >> reporter: it was a ceremonial ground breaking in oakland. a small park is set to become the home of remember them, champions for humanity. the statue highlights 25 humanitarians. >> ken, the california president for at&t said it is as iconic as the golden gate bridge. it will blow people away. >> i am 6'2" and this will be 15 feet tall and this is the smallest of the four sections. in berkeley, three sections are nearly finished. >> you are looking at section

number 2 and it consists of franklin roosevelt, mother theresa and chief joseph. >> reporter: those pieces will be unveiled on september 6. the mess subject resolving conflict. >> peaceful means in discussion, bringing everyone to the conversation is what this is about. >> reporter: sponsors are celebrating because oakland is home to this project. >> that perseverance, vision, tenacity, greatness is within all of us in the city. >> reporter: it is set to be finished next year. john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. we set up a special section for you, including an interview with the art eston www.ktvu.com. >> why a network is making an amallagy and the mayor goes to

washington, what she will be forced to do if the white house doesn't come up with money for oakland. peanuts could be a problem, what other foods are a danger for children with allergies and why researchers say it's a growing problem.

nbc today expanded on its apology for omitting the words

"under god" during the "pledge of allegiance" during the ostopen -- during the u.s. open. after an immediate furor, the golf announcers apologized. a small group of people made the decision to omit the words. nbc any action would take place internally. the mayor of oakland met with president obama to push for more jobs and training for youth. jean quan met with the president and the vice president that white house. she says they discussed the economy and efforts to create jobs. oakland lost funding for its youth job program, she said the white house promised to try to pick up the slack. >> they will fight very hard to protect the remaining job training programs. a lot of the -- a lot there is

opportunity to give the unemployed tools. >> unless the white house comes through with other funds oakland will not be able to hire summer youth interns. new lawsuit. a lawsuit centers around a parking lot at the college of san mateo. they claim the parking lot will destroy campus green space and school officials did not go through the proper environmental review but school officials say a review is not needed but it is part of a existing project. group of nurses protested proposed cuts. they marched in redwood city. they are considering eliminating three nurses that work for the california children's program. if the positions are eliminated it could delay needed care and put children at risk.

>> they are the gate keepers of this program and they need to maintain those jobs to maintain services for the community, especially ill children. >> the positions are among more than 200 jobs being cut due to a budget deficit. the largest study to track childhood food allergies shows they may be more common. according to the centers for disease control 8% of children are allergic to one food. peanuts are effecting 2%. milk and shell feet, eggs, strawberries wheat and soy rounded out the top 9. a new voice in the nfl lock

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a new twist in the lock out of national football league players and efforts to save the 2011 season. now are issues of health and safety. ktvu's scot mcfarland has the update. >> reporter: the nfl lock out

and no longer between owners and players. former players have joined in the fight asking for money and help of their own. >> reporter: nfl football can be a brutal game. dave says life after has been more brutal. >> 10 spine surgeries. neck, low back, one artificial hip, i need another one, neck surgery. back surgery. >> friend had to sun sole him today. dave and a group of former nfl stars joined this legal case over the nfl lock out, demanding the league beef up the healthcare plans. saying retirees played through brokennecks and legs. he is demanding former players are taken care of. >> what the players and owners

are doing is excluding us. >> reporter: dozens of meetings have yet to solve this lock out and sports fans are being excluded too. >> people wake up to the fact that nfl owners and players are just looking at this as a business and they are not really seeing it for what it is which is a public game. >> a federal judge is hearing the lawsuits but there are negotiations underway between the owners and players. if they don't wrap up by mid- july, it's possible we will lose pre-season and regular season games. >> reporter: scot mcfarland, ktvu channel 2 news. >> a judge scolded attorneys in the casey anthony trial. she pleaded not guilty to killing her daughter caylee anthony. today the judge told the two

sides to stop fighting. he asked both of them to look that clock and tell him the time. each one gave a different number. >> that shows that the two of you will never agree on anything and will never interpret anything the same way. >> as punishment the judge scheduled a full day of court for saturday. gunfire cracks the silence on a oakland street. the few clues police have to go on. julie haener has more. also at 6:00, the new tactics police are using to tackle the problem ons the streets. tracking the trash, where all that garbage comes from and what you can do to help keep the water clean. california's wild pollinators are contributing to the state, serving the function of pollenating crops.

according to a new study, california agricultural reaps up to $2.4 billion a year in economic value from wild bees. an effort to limit growth around lake tahoe is moving to court. they are asking to throw out the new planning regulation. they say the plan allows for too many new roads and homes. the plan calls for 1,000 new housing units over 100 acres. back now to the weather, our chief meteorologist bill is here. >> 98 in concord. 98 livermore. antioch. very hot day. and it's going to get hotter tomorrow. triple digit heat for tuesday and that will be the warmest day of the week. tuesday. the winds are going like this. there is the natural air

conditioning, it's being suppressed. when you pull the fog away our valley becomes like the central valley. when you cut off our sea breeze we create like the central valley. fog towards monterey. the fog will be back towards the weekend. looking at temperatures this weekend, well, much cooler than they are now, 20 degrees cooler. a cool down coming. overnight lows today, mid-60s. mid-60s tomorrow morning. it's going to be hot. take it slow. the trend has been for warmer, hasn't it? tuesday, the warmest day of the week. might see a record tomorrow. heating up inland. and of course, with that said, it's hard to believe i am saying this, two weeks ago we had rain, we are talking fire danger. things dry out fast when the

humidities are low. forecast highes tomorrow, lots of reds. 90s and these will be hundreds in the central valley. we will see hundreds around here today. i like that, you can visually go there is the heat. forecast highs. this is easy. 100 fairfield. 100 antioch. brent wood. 100 in morgan hill. in your backyard. these temperatures based on most of the local airports, big airport in san francisco. i know how it is, very hot areas san bruno, temperatures tomorrow, warmest they have been all year. we will call that hot. weekend in view, we do that so you can plan ahead. this weekend you will be talking about how cool it is. >> spring was here and

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. the city counsel could decide tomorrow night whether to allow a cell phone tower in a champ. people in the neighborhood have been fighting for a year to keep the tower out. the city staff recommended the counsel okay the tower. food bank has the means tosive many more hungry people thanks to a big gift from a local company. >> a turning point for the children of families and of seniors. for who life will be better. >> they accepted the key to a 75,000 square foot warehouse.

it is a 50 from cypress simi conductor. it will help them distribute 69 million pounds of foods in the next 5 years. that's a 50% increase over their current efforts. the founder and ceo says he and his employees get more from their 20 year partnership than they gave. >> i think it's a drawing force for the company. brings us together. we do a lot during the holidays. it is positive for share holders and i can say i did this and your company is better off for it. >> the building will be used as a food sorting center. it will allow them to contribute an extra 18 million meals to the needy. they provide food to 1-10 people. coming up in 90 seconds --

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complete bay area news coverage, starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. the bay area is heating up. we are hours away from the first day of summer and the weight is on to see if we break triple digits. welcome to ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. >> we have live team coverage tonight. how people are beating beating the heat indoors and out and a warning tonight for visitors to a popular beach. first chief meteorologist bill martin joins us with a look at how hot it is right now. >> the hottest day of the year. temperatures upper 90s. let's look at what is happening outside. 95 fairfield. 95 livermore. temperatures in the valley very hot. you see the cooler colors. tomorrow the temperatures are coming out towards the