violently down the hill and struck a utility pole. officers say the car was so badly burned they couldn't even tell what type of vehicle it was or identify the numbers on the license plate. and they still don't know how the car ended up 500 feet from the road. >> looks like there was some sort of, track parks and stuff where he went off the road. but we're still trying to see if that's where he came off the road at. >> reporter: it took several hours for the coroner to remove the body because the crash also caused power lines to come down. firefighters were also concerned about protecting a neighborhood directly above the five acre fire. >> basically we put crews in below and on top of the roadway and we were able to fight fire from above the road. with the wind helping us, we were able to chase it down and knock it down. >> reporter: you can see pg & e is still on the scene with very heavy equipment. some of the lines that came down did service this neighborhood. officials just told us about 15 customers are without power and they will be that way well into the evening. but by later tonight, all those

people should have power. scenic drive, the road that police believe that car was on is still open. live in crokett. sal castaneda. a pedestrian was killed this morning in san leandro by an amtrak train headed toward sacramento. san leandro police says the individual died at the scene. the victim's identity has not been released. community activists checked with residents to see if anybody got sick after three flair ups. the group communities for a better environment tells ktvu it has not received any reports of health problems but some people wanted to know why there was no public warning. contra costa county officials

told us chevron ranked the flairs as a level zero event. it takes a level three to trigger a warning. four current and past law enforcement members are facing criminal charges for an alleged ring of prostitution, drug theft and entrapment. paul chambers was in the courtroom when the four men answered to the charges. >> reporter: today we found out there is also a federal grand jury investigation going on. the defense attorneys in this current case believe that once that grand jury investigation is complete even more officers may be indicted. butler, welsh, lombardi and tonabi stood before the judge as their attorneys entered pleas of not guilty. their charges include conspiracy, sale of weapons, dui set ups and stealing drugs from evidence lockers dating back to june of 2008. today more charges were added having to do with the sale of

extasy and marijuana. >> take in mind they have the dirty duis in danville. there are other officers that were not involved in that. butler was. >> reporter: michael cardoss is talking about michael butler. he believes butler is the center piece of this case and the district attorney agrees. >> every day it goes over in his case his relationship to mr. butler because that's what put him in this situation. >> butler was involved with the drug sales. butler was involved in every aspect of this. >> reporter: earlier this month the federal government took over the investigation. defense attorneys say that usually they wouldn't recommend that but since this case had so many layers, it's best for an outside agent cy agency to look at the big picture. >> this is going to be a long drawn out investigation and prosecution. and i think appropriately handled by the federal

government. >> reporter: butler and his attorneys denied a request from us to speak. live in walnut creek, i'm paul chambers. berkeley police are looking for a prowler who escaped after being impaled on a metal fence. a woman who lives on 2008way near fullton way reported seeing a man outside her window at about 2:00 a.m. yesterday. officers spotted that man who scaled this metal fence and became stuck. police say he managed to run away despite puncture wounds to his left leg. new u.s. census data shows same-sex couples make one out of every 100 california households. there are 122,000 same-sex couples in the state. san francisco has the most with 11,555. an announcement found more gay couples are raising children together in california's central valley not the coast or

urban areas. the anti bullying bill called seth's law is one step closer to becoming law. the commission passed the bill which now heads to the state senate for approval. seth's law would give public schools more tools to address bullying. >> there are more people who are bullies. they do have issues themselves that would result perhaps in their future lives not being a happy one. so you know i think the breath of the bill addresses that as well. >> the bill is named after seth walsh a gay teenager from current county who committed suicide last fall. the obama administration spent part of the day defending the president's exit strategy for bringing 33,000 troops home from afghanistan. >> the bottom line as the president said is that we have broken the taliban's momentum. so we do begin this draw down from a position of strength.

>> secretary of state hillary clinton acknowledged at a congressional hearing this morning that a u.s. military would have preferred a slower approach. but retiring defense secretary robert gates today said he supports the president's timetable. karzite says he welcomes the u.s. -- some people living in afghanistan say they fear increased violence and even a civil war. veterans affairs officials say one in seven soldiers returning from war will suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder. tara moyarti is live with the nontraditional treatment that vets are receiving there. >> reporter: we're at the nonprofit rehabilitation center. it helps more than 200 soldiers from all over the unite using

some of the most unique methods. -- from all over the united states using some of the most unique methods. >> reporter: his job was to hunt roadside bombs. >> we rolled across a bridge. >> he became an alcoholic and even ended up in jail. but service dogs are trained to help vets cope with post- traumatic stress disorder. >> people don't see the wounds because they're invisible. but you're constantly watching your back. you're on alert all the time. >> reporter: the dogs help with flash backs and anxieties. >> if i have a nightmare, buddy will wake me up. >> anything here that causes me to feel terrible about myself. >> reporter: the vets also attend classes and yoga and the

kayaking. >> we can take the time that is needed to get them out of place so that that he can make that transition back in life. >> reporter: pathway and possibly buddy saved his life. >> i have hope and you know when i got here i had none. >> after seven months at pathway, he is graduating tomorrow. he and other vets do not pay for pathway, it is paid for by donations. you can watch president obama's address. a san francisco man pled guilty to hacking and stealing information off i pads. spitler and another man was

arrested in january. they were able to gain access to over 150,000 e-mail addresses. there is word tonight the u.s. federal trade commission is preparing to subpoena google. the wall street journal is declaring the subpoena will be issued within days. the number of californians using their cell phones to surf the internet is soaring. a survey found 40% used their phones to access the web. that's more than double the number just three years ago. 39% of cell phone users in the state have a smart phone and it's not all fun and games. in the bay area 41% of those surveyed said they use their cell phones to get work done outside the office. a homeless shelter in san francisco today welcomed neighbors inside. the next door shelter on the corner of polk and geary

streets is run by apiscopal community services. today the shelter organized this open house to give neighbors a closer look. >> i think people come in and they talk with people, sometimes they talk with our guests and they find common ground and i think it helps take away a little bit of that fear. the next door shelter has more than 300 beds and offers two meals a day. it has been open since 1990. activists fasted today in hopes of convincing the governor to sign controversial workers rights legislation. >> better wages. better benefits, safer working conditions. >> the card check bill would allow a union to be certified based on signatures instead of a secret ballot election. supporters say it would make it easier to organize farm workers. opponents call the measure a power grabby the united farmers union.

talk about your magic carpets. this bay area facility is helping create 87 new jobs. i'm consumer editor tom vacar, that story still ahead. parents say these teens were targeted by gangs at school and that schools did not help them. the settlement being reached and why it may not be enough to end this dispute. temperatures still cooler than they were yesterday. the cooling tend continues into tomorrow. i will show you what cities will be cooler.

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protect african american teens. the naacp filed the claim. in 2007 a 14-year-old boy was shot to death in front of his middle school. >> our effort is an attempt to save lives and spare children's education from drastically being affected. >> but in a statement today, the new haven district said the settlement is not final and the district quote disputes and disagrees with the plaintiff's contentions. prosecutors in the barry bonds came went around in court today getting more time to decide whether to retry baseball's home run king on perjury. >> tell us about what happened in court today. >> it should be in the news. you guys will see it. >> reporter: bonds and his lawyers were hoping for a decision on the retrial this morning. the jury dead locked on three perjury charges in april. but judge susan elston said it is reasonable to postpone the decision until late august

since bonds is also appealing his case on obstruction of justice. today marks only the third time in the agency's history that it released oil on to the markets. the iea is releasing 16 million- barrels with half coming from the united states emergency stocks. the oil will be released over the next 30 days. and taking a live look now at san jose here in the bay area. gas prices have dropped in the last month. according to aaa a gallon of regular in san francisco is 3.97. gas is $3.85 in oakland and $3.87 in san jose. those prices are down from a month ago. plummeting oil prices did not help things in wall street. though the markets were able to recover most of those losses. the labor department reported an increase of 9,000

unemployment applications last week. the dow jones shed 59 points and the nasdaq closed down 17.5 points. bay area researchers said they have discovered what they describe as ocean highways across the pacific ocean. scientists tracked about 25,000 fish through migration and feeding habitats. one goes from japan to the coast of washington. the goal is to protect threatened species and manage ocean fisheries. and the fog cleared from the coast today but it's coming back back tomorrow. that's enough wind when you have a wind bank just to chew it off and get back into it. the fog comes back. fog back in the bay area since the morning. those are the highs from today. they are down from what we saw

yesterday. 88 in antioch. certainly back from the 102 reading we had a few months ago. the major cooling is down. but now it's going to be gradual cooling just one or two degrees. as we go into the weekend cool to mild, fog returns and it's just 70s and low 80s. because of this low pressure center. it's never strong, if it were strong we would get rain. but it's enough to get the fog and the cool ocean there and just push it that way. that is the bay area week and that's your bay area tomorrow. that's why temperatures remain down. the fog is going to come back in here by tonight late and early tomorrow morning. as a matter of fact here is what you have. you will see patchy fog along pillow point harbor there. as you get into friday morning, there's a big doze of it. it's a little more extensive. i think it's going to be a

little patchier than that. you get the picture. tomorrow afternoon it comes back to the coast that's what it does all weekend in out, in out. not that unusual. the only thing that it's slightly unusual is that we're not going to see a big push of fog into the delta. i think it's going to be bay and then back. 80 in fairfield, these forecast highs are way way lower. forecast highs down to santa clara valley 81 in morgan hill. 80 in fairfield. that keeps you in the 50s and low 60s. the weekend always in view and certainly no rain to talk about. just a bit of a cooldown and a bit of a warm up as we go into the early part of next week. >> sounds nice. >> yeah, it'll be nice. in one week buying new carpet for your home will cost

you five cents more for every square foot. how that new fee will keep all that old carpet out of the landfill, tom. >> reporter: good news is it's actually a square yard. under the new law basically what happens is you pay about $2.50 for the average sized living room. but you'll be paying for a labor intensive recycling facility and lessening america's dependence on foreign oil. yesterday's oakland's recycling center recycled 2 million pounds of recycled carpet. with the recycling law, 16 employees here and 60 more in its southern california facility are receiving more and more carpeting every day. example, from recology here in san francisco. >> we have landfill, we have smaller carpet stores and

independent contractors, homeowner. >> reporter: this electronic detector determines the material the carpet is made from then they are sorted by those types. then crews slice the carpeting into pallet sized bails. >> reporter: although they come in one part, they are made of several parts all of which will soon be able to be recycled. a machine separates the seam, padding and wool. >> it can be used for faux lumber, it can be used in several different things. >> reporter: the company says savings in garbage fees help keep new carpet prices low. >> i'm going to say it's closer to 65% per year in our garbage or utility fees. it's night and day. that's why we're so happy about the program. >> reporter: now new carpet of course is going to be even more

recyclable. that saves oil from which most carpeting is actually made. reporting live, consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu news. new scoreboards and an improved sound system are coming to an arena in oakland as part of a settlement and long battle. the coliseum authority have settled a dispute that began in 2006. the warriors are paying about $12 million in back rent. in return the coliseum will set aside $9 million of improvements to begin next year. the olympic fever is already growing. the plans gavin newsom has to bring the games back to the bay area.

the 2022 winter olympics may be over a decade away, but gavin newsom is already working to bring the games back to california. he celebrated national olympic games today in sacramento. he's hoping to bring the games back since 1960. >> for people who say i don't care about sports. i think they care about the

economy, the legacy that's benefiting their grand kids. >> reporter: newsom says the winter olympics brought $90 million. kind of an exciting days for all the nba organizations and the warriors number 11, they are saying this is not a big impact draft but looks like they made a pretty good selection. >> golden state warriors select clay johnson. >> reporter: not familiar with him? he's a big shooting guard. his dad michael johnson was a number one draft pick with portland where he was a big guard. lights out shooter. led the pac10, this will further fuel speculation that the warriors will trade for smaller monta ellis in the back court. the giants not only did

they win but tim lincecum looking more like himself. mr.two time cy young award winner goes 6 innings. strikes out 12 including at one point six consecutive minnesota twins to win his sixth of the year. the giants were up 6-0. cody ross with a single who scored huff. bryan wilson had trouble in the top of the ninth but did manage to get the win with his 21st safe. the a's have cooled off a little bit against the mets, they've lost two in a row. that's jose rewhere reyes with a shot up the middle. and his inexperience hurts. throws it poorly to first. that allows another run to score. cal is trailing in the 7th

inning. >> mark, thank you. more on the surprise move by the white house that could provide midsummer relief at the gas pumps. coming up on bay area 37, we told you about 10 minutes ago that the president is approving the release of oil from united states reserves. we'll tell you what this means for what you pay at the pump. >> ktvu is always on. follow our twitter page for updates including more of the fatal fire in crockett. just look for ktvu on twitter.