that a lot of the business are using tobacco products. >> reporter: janine young says they are looking for ways to operate. >> smoke is the big issue. tourists don't like it. there's too much smoke and they open till like 2:00 or 3:00. >> reporter: the owner of the postsays it complained about the lounge next door. >> they might close them down, and good for us if they close it down. >> reporter: tobacco shops operating in commercial buildings before december 31st 2009 can apply for a license that allows smoking in an enclosed space. we just learned late this afternoon the name of the woman who's burned body was found in a quiet oakland neighborhood yesterday. oakland police now tell us she

was 21-year-old monica roda from yuba city. her burning body was found early in the morning in the rock ridge neighborhood of oakland. they believe roda may have been killed elsewhere and set on fire in that neighborhood. police are not releasing any other information about the victim or any possible suspect. in oakland the city is installing more than 100 new surveillance cameras in an area where a business owner was killed just a couple of months ago. rob roth is live now, he tells us the city is helping to pay for those cameras but under one condition. >> reporter: here on international boulevard people have been passing by. as they do they are being recorded by this camera which was just installed yesterday and more cameras are on the way. the camera sits just outside a restaurant. it's where the owner was shot and killed. >> in three months, my father

was murdered, unjustly. the rest rant was robbed yet again and thirdly a man was shot outside of the restaurant -- the restaurant was robbed yet again, and thirdly, a man was shot outside of the restaurant. >> reporter: under an agreement with fruitvale merchants the city is installing cameras in 35 locations on international boulevard both inside and out. the owners have agreed to share their footage if a crime occurs. >> this is no different, it's just a more organized process. >> reporter: one store owner tells me he doesn't want the city's problems because he doesn't want to risk invading the privacy of their customers. >> we're refusing right now because a lot of business owners they get killed for nothing. >> that this camera system will hopefully deter some of this crime away. because there has been no

respect at all by the villains. >> reporter: if rest of the high resolution cameras are expected to go up over the next two weeks. reporting live in oakland, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. east bay regional parks police say they seized a million dollars worth of marijuana plants early this morning during a raid in the east bay hills. officers say the plants came from a growing operation in the los tromas regional area. the 4:00 a.m. raid took in 3,300 plants. park rangers has discovered the plants during a routine patrol. authorities destroyed the plants, no one was arrested. that hunger strike at several california prisons is prompting protesters in san francisco at this hour. the demonstrators are rallying at san francisco's un plaza. organizers say they want to show solidarity with hundreds of prisoners, many from pelican bay who are on a hunger strike demanding better conditions. we've learned that within the past hour the prisoners have

unanimously rejected a proposal by correction officials. because the document gave no indication that changes would be made. protesters told us that the prisoners have only five straightforward demands. among them an end to group punishment, ishment. the governors office has been silent on this whole matter and they are planning to march on the capital on monday. the men accused of walking out of a san francisco art gallery with a picasso drawing pleaded not guilty this morning. at the same time new information is coming to light about a string of high end thefts mark lugo is accused of committing on both the west and

the east coast. claudine wong talked to prosecutors about his case there. >> reporter: we were not able to take the picture of lugo. at issue, three pictures all showing lugo committing crimes. >> i think public safety is absolutely something that this would -- >> reporter: we first learned about lugo early this month. san francisco police says this surveillance video shows him walking away after stealing a $200,000 picasso drawing. then in jail, lugo made a call to a friend. >> and he said to her, that she is going to be receiving a fedex package with keys to his apartment in it and there's going to be instructions in there. he needs her to remove certain items from his apartment. >> reporter: that call which was monitored turned out to be critical to a new york case where a picasso painting has been stolen.

surveillance pictures from that case also matched san francisco photos. all that enough evidence to get a warrant to search lugo's apartment. >> they found various other stolen paintings that they confiscated. >> all the things that were taken were apparently taken in the last 45 days. and that speaks more to a berth of compulsive energy than someone who has the ability and sophistication for someone who goes out to fend these images. >> reporter: there are surveillance photos in lugo in april he's accused of stealing two bottles of wine there valued at $2,000 a piece. lugo pled not guilty today. he will be back in court in august. his lawyer did ask for a bail reduction today, but admitted with all these other cases posting bail is pointless. in san francisco, claudine

wong, ktvu channel 2 news. newt gingrich presidential campaign is more than $1 million in debt. according to documents that were released today, the campaign has spent 1.8 million and now says he is over 1 million in debt including $450,000 for flying on corporate jets and another $100,000 for legal fees. gingrich says he is now spending less and he's also flying commercial. republican presidential candidate mitt romney is comparing some recent comments from president obama to controversial comments made by jimmy carter. campaigning in new hampshire, romney quoted obama saying americans were stressed out. quarter used that word in a speech 32 years ago today. romney says if americans are under stress in this economy, it's because the president has

failed them. cnn reports that republican presidential candidate michelle bachmann cancelled her membership in a controversial minnesota church. bachmann and her husband marcus withdrew last month from salem lutheran church. they've been membered for three years but have not attended for two years. it's been criticized for its view on roman catholosism. there is no evidence bachmann is anti catholic and has in fact, spoken out against anti catholosism. meanwhile bachmann's husband is defending his counseling clinic. this after a gay activist released a video showing one of

bachmann's clinic workers offering the treatment. failing to raise the $14.3 trillion debt limit could result in serious consequences for the american people. >> we could end up with a situation for example where interest rates rise for everybody all throughout the country. effectively a tax increase on everybody. >> we need real spending cuts and real spending cut that is will exceed the amount of increase in the debt limit. >> next week the house hopes to pass a plan that includes spending cuts along with a provision for a balanced budget amendment the president says any deal need to include cuts as well as a plan to raise revenue. you can easily argue what happened in san jose today doesn't happen enough these

days. almost two dozen firefighters who lost their jobs got their jobs back. they and their colleagues say they couldn't be happier. the san jose fire department today welcomed back nearly half the firefighters it laid off last year. >> it hurt. >> reporter: the chief gave back the badges of 32 firefighters who were among the 99 laid off. justin forbe says that after he was laid off he did some electricity work. but he always kept tabs on what was going on with the fire department. >> it's a great feeling. this morning putting my uniform back on was just amazing. a smile from ear to ear, and i just can't wait to put the badge on now. >> reporter: the chief called this an incredible day. >> having the opportunity to offer the job back to some incredible folks who committed themselves to us and our

community and have agreed to come and do that again is an incredible feeling. >> i'll never forget the day when they had to turn in their stuff. i couldn't believe it. but real good to see them back. >> reporter: today's ceremony means his family is closer to being home. >> seeing the looks on their faces, i'm hoping that it's going to be permanent this time. >> and now that those 22 firefighters are back on the job, the department hopes to find a way to hire back the rest of them as there are still 27 other firefighters without a job. it is a different story in oakland where 56 city workers are set to lose their jobs over the next couple of weeks because of budget cuts. many of those receiving lay off notices are workers responsible for cleaning public parks or trimming trees. in additional the police department will be budgeted for 636 officers this year but just 588 next year and starting in july of next year, oakland's fire department will close two

fire houses per day on a rotating basis. one of oakland's biggest employers could soon have a new owner. carl icon has offered $10.2 million to put clorox private. icon already owns 9% of clorox stock. clorox says they are considering the officer. the stock closed at $74.55 a share today up almost 9%. a late rally on wall street with a local company leading the way. google was a big winner today up 13% on record revenues. that helped the s & p500 bounce back to modest gains today. the dow also closed 32 points higher and the nasdaq added 27. lake tahoe is filled to the brim and it's cramping the style of summer tourists. what you need to know before you head up there. it's going to warm up, but not a lot. i'll tell you how warm your

city is going to be on saturday.

the city of san francisco may have to move quickly on a new long term plan to shore up the storm battered ocean beach. california coastal commission has rejected the city's application for reto active approval for repairs made to the area last year and in 1997 -- retro active approval. panel's decision may mean the city may not be allowed to shore up the area the next time it gets hit by a powerful storm. bp says it's changing its safety procedures. this comes following last year's well blow out in the gulf of mexico. the worse offshore oil spill in u.s. history. bp says it will make sure the cement used to seal wells is

more reliable by requiring more periodic testing. and the girlfriend of the man who -- the space shuttle astronaut spent part of the day shutting with people back on earth including president obama. he thanked the astronauts and nasa workers. also ktvu's own jade hernandez was among the reporters who spoke to the astronauts. jade asked mission specialist rex welhime about the role the bay area will play after the shuttle program ends. >> and i think silican valley is the genesis. a lot of the technology we use here at the space station. i think it plays a very important role. atlantis is scheduled to return to earth one week from today ending the shuttle program. now to lake tahoe where this year something unusual is

going on with the beaches. ktvu's ken pritchett is live and tells us why a lot of the beach has disappeared. >> reporter: what we've heard is 23% of the beach that was here last year is under water that's because the water levels have risen. the waterfalls still roar, the rivers are still raging. and lake tahoe is still rising. >> this is the highest water i've ever seen at the lake. >> reporter: life guard cindy beaver says where the water was 9 feet deep the swimmers could still wade. >> we have a hard time finding a beach that we can take our boat and get out and enjoy the day. >> reporter: there is still plenty of beach to be found, but you may have to look to

find it. >> it's not that abnormal to be this high and to have small beaches. however it is abnormal to have surge a large rise in one year. >> reporter: john blanch says tahoe rose more than 5 feet this year and that is unusual. >> we have 111 years of record. >> tahoe should begin a slow decline in the coming weeks that's hard for some to believe. >> reporter: the run off is still going. you can see the waterfall still coming down. at 6:00 we'll show you the latest numbers on the snow pack which are beyond unusual for july. we'll tell you why the higher lake levels are good news for years to come. ken pritchett, ktvu news. boy it sure looks beautiful up there doesn't it. over now to our chief meteorologist bill martin. you said it was going to warm up this weekend but not quite that much. >> not as much as anticipated

on wednesday and thursday. looks like temperatures are going to warm slightly today as we go into the weekend. but not as warm certainly as last week or last weekend. you see what the fog has done and how it is lingered. that's right now. that push of fog and here's an interesting, we always talk about the san bruno. look what the fog did, it just pushing right through and gets into the east bay and hayward. it's been lingering in moraga. another natural sea level gap is right there at the bridge. but the san bruno gap, that's why it gets windy at the airport too. it funnels the fog into the east bay and that's where we are right now. and that's where we'll be tomorrow. we'll see more fog tomorrow obviously. here's the deal. as we go into your bay area weekend, a little less fog and a little warmer. i got some calls yesterday to the weather center and i said, we love the fog and i like the fog too. it's just when it's not a normal pattern, it's so much fog, so much below average that

people kind of throws you off a little bit. you expect it to be dry with the livermore and find temperatures in the 80s not in the 60s and 70s. at the coast you always expect 60s. there's still a low pressure center out there. you see the next one coming in and that's the mechanism for the fog. with the fog being so pronounced it's just pushing inland. we're in the same pattern, a little warmer today. i think we'll see some upper 70s and low 80s as we get out to brentwood. mostly 70s, and it's unusual. now the upshots are the air quality has been, we haven't had a spare the air day. we haven't seen any spare the air days. ocean beach tomorrow, upper 60s, low 50s. east bay hills, we're marching to the upper climates. we expect upper 80s, i expect mid-90s now and look where we

are. the microclimates definitely cooler than they should be. ill get specific with the city and we'll look at monday which should be the warmest day. world cup fever is heating up. as the world cup team prepares to play. alex morgan is part of the team that will take on japan on sunday for the world cup title in germany. now if you want to watch the game with other fans, san francisco is hosting a free public viewing. children's soccer practices will also be scheduled there at sunday's viewing. find out what a contention of gay soldiers will be doing this weekend. they were out in force again, the new move to find the missing nursing student michelle le. the next step in the casey anthony case. while some say she's going to need bodyguards when she walks out of prison. the feds just joined the fight against gang violence in

san jose. but could the tactic backfire? why critics say this could keep key witnesses from coming forward. promised a dream vacation. the story of a travel agent accused of stealing from customers.

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corp. murdoch top deputy announced her resignation. some people say casey anthony should be taken to a safe house after her release and be protected by bodyguards 24 hours a day. she accused her father of sexually abusing her and helping her cover up the death. that raised a lot of questions whether casey anthony will return to her parents home when she leaves prison. >> if she came to you and asked if you would let her come to your house would you allow her? >> oh, yeah. i surely would. >> reporter: gonzalez says casey anthony ruined her reputation. anthony has also been getting death threats from people believe she got away with murder. coming up at 5:45, hear from a

woman in oklahoma who says the outrage over the verdict nearly caused her her life. here at home, michelle le's family launched another search for the missing university student. today marked seven weeks since the 26-year-old went missing. she was last seen at kaiser hospital in hayward. investigators are treating this case as a micide le's family plans to ctinu the searchomorw. broken windshield wi cars a neigorhood coming up i' tellyou w ighborto fit ba. a 66-year-old journeends for ldier at the lden nionacemetery and it ded wi a surpris

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vandalized. >> our car was in the driveway. i have $2,200 worth of damage. >> reporter: bill dyre has lived in this neighborhood since 1974. he said he's never had any issues until he woke up saturday morning. >> they picked one of these bricks up and they struck it in the car. >> reporter: dyre says that the vandals scratched the paint off his car down to the metal. >> they took my stereo from the front. >> reporter: montenegro think the vandals are staking out the neighborhood. >> what they're doing is popping it out. then there's some latch in here they know how to get in. >> there's a good bunch of us that are thinking about getting security cameras and seeing what's going on. not just security cameras but security lighting too. >> it has to be kids. because some of occasion we've never had any problems during the other part of the time.

>> reporter: these crimes are happening overnight. police need your help. if you need anything about this they ask for you to give them a call. live in san bruno, i'm paul chambers, ktvu news. a pedestrian was injured today when she was struck by a bicyclist. the unidentified pedestrian is in her 60s and has suffered a life threatening head injury. police in danville are looking for a man who groped a teenage girl last night. he approached the 14-year-old as she walked past the tennis courts around 8:30. police say the man hugged her and touched her chest. when the girl broke away an ran the suspect ran into a wooded area. the suspect is described as an indian man about 60 years old. police say to call him if --

to call them if you have any information. we're just hours away from what is being called carmaggedon. starting tonight a 10-mile stretch is going to be closed through the weekend so crews can make repairs. authorities and drivers are bracing themselves for potential epic jams. and the current situation is expected to get worse in just a half hour when crews start blocking onramps and connectors. all of the lanes are expected to be fully closed by midnight. drivers in the highways here in the bay area are also get ago heads up to stay away from 405. check out this sign along interstate 680 in fremont. the notoriously clogged freeway handles 80,000 cars each day. and officials are trying to make sure people from outside the l.a. area are duly warned. members of congress introduced a bill to impose tougher measures on those who export guns to mexico.

the bill gives law enforcement the ability to go after gun traffickers. >> this is no second amendment right to arm a drug cartel with the fire power of an army. >> the proposal for more gun control doesn't pass the laugh test. to give government more control over citizens guns, when the government has been putting 5,000 guns into mexican criminals hands. >> larry patt is referred to a botched program which federals allowed guns to go to mexican drug cartels in an effort to track them. lost at war for 66 years. tonight the remains of a man are finally back home. san francisco native edward otulle received full military honors. mike mibach tells us what happened just moments before the ceremony got under way that caught everyone in surprise. >> reporter: a procession for a

young private. draped with flags and salutes from fellow soldiers. thousands of strangers young and old were waiting with open arm. >> he did serve his country gallantly and honorably. >> to the honor and memory of this man here, there's no words for it. >> reporter: edward otulle was a soldier with the army's 84 division. a 23-year-old was killed during a world war ii battle in a small german town on november 20th 1984. peter davidson says he was there. >> that battle was a dusey. it was two hours long. >> reporter: ottule was presumed dead and two years ago, a man ran into remains with dog tags. they were later identified as

ottulle. and today, he was laid to rest. david ottulle's parents and siblings has passed away. that is until today. a man showed up and said not only is he related but lives in the same house that the young soldier. >> i flipped the page and it said eddy. i said oh my god. >> reporter: larry bird said he had not heard or read about his great grand uncle. larry brought eddy otulle his purple heart, and ottulle's flag was brought to him. veterans are expected to rest in san diego this weekend

for one of the largest gay parades in the country. it's believed to be the country's first gay active soldiers and veterans. it's time for the gay and lesbian community to stop hiding in fear, say the organizers. these 11-year-olds are part of oakland's cal ripkin-babe ruth all star team. they won the championship and now have the ability to play in the equivalent of the world series with teams of their equivalent from as far as guam. the problem is they don't have the money. >> you know how hard it is. we need as many proceeds as we can get. >> reporter: if you would like to help the team from oakland get to utah. you will find a link on our website ktv u.com that will tell you how you can donate.

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we have developing news right now, that hunger strike at several prisons is sparking protest right now in san francisco. these are the demonstrator, they began their rally at san francisco's un plaza. now they are marching down market street. the protesters say they want to show solidarity with the hundreds of prisons who are on a hunger strike to demand better conditions. we've learned that within the last hour the prisoners have unanimously rejected a proposal by corrections officials because they say the document gave no indication that any changes would be made. we will keep an eye on this protest. particularly because market street is such a busy street. right now they are on the

sidewalk. one of the concerns is they will start marching on the street. a man gets pulled off the flight when it landed in utah and arrested. one of his crimes, throwing pretzels at a flight attendant: the man was smoking an electronic cigarette. when he was asked to put it out. he pelted the crew with peanuts and pretzels. -- how much they collect for those charges. it would also require more specifics for things such as lost luggage. the transportation department says that would help customers compare airlines before making a decision on which airline to fly. at least four people who stayed at the area between june 21st and july 4th were treated

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starting this evening in oakland. this video is from wednesday night's final rehearsal from crucibal. you will find more images on ktvu.com under the slide show tab on the home page along with a link to get more information about show times. they call it the google effect. do you forgot things that you can easily look up on the web? we explore what this might mean. and you're weekend is here. it's going to warm up. but not a lot. i'll tell you which cities could see the most warming. the feds just joined the fight against gang violence in san jose. but could the tactic backfire? why officials say this could keep key witnesses from coming forward. promised a dream vacation but left with a nightmare.

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an oklahoma woman who's truck was rammed by an suv says she believed she was mistaken for casey anthony. seme blackwell says she just left the gas station where she worked when a woman driver hit her twice causing her vehicle to flip over twice. blackwell says the woman had been in the store earlier. >> she said, i was trying to hurt babies. i was killing babies and she was going to stop it from happening again. >> reporter: police arrested sharlie. blackwell has a daughter named caylee but says that's the only thing she has in common with casey anthony. and the web is changing the way we remember things, but not for the better. what some are calling the google effect, john fowler has the story. >> reporter: i spend a lot of time on the web every day and

searching for things that interest me as well as for work. but scientists today reported that we tend to forget things that we can find easily on the web. in tech savvy san francisco people told us they use the internet as a memory crunch. from online appointment calendars to bank accounts to shoe and clothe sizes. >> i don't have to remember anything, it's all self- contained. >> not if i can use the internet. you utilize the internet, i think i can remember everything. >> reporter: at this internet cafe we found teacher ale giovenelli she says she googles things dozens of times a day. >> i think it's important that we get things so accessible but people are getting lazy. >> reporter: and alienated. >> we become anti social through social networks, that's what i believe. and yes it affects your memory.

it affects your ability to pay attention. >> i know i'm missing tremendous amount of information and access for information. >> reporter: the reward of satisfying their curiosity on the web made things more memorable. >> there's a word i was trying to find out what the meaning was was in english, i typed, what does blah mean, and i remembered it because i looked it up. >> reporter: is that a good thing? the current generation of 20 somethings have really known nothing else. reporting live, john fowler, ktvu news. and mountain view based google is now being accused of locking several belgium newspapers from its search engine. the internet company says it is required to block the searches.

google lost a lawsuit in belgium court. a newspaper involved in that copyright infringement suit today said google was boycotting it. the south bay has a new crime fighting partnership. its mission coming up at 6:00, why that's raising a lot of concern among members of the immigrant community. also ahead tonight, nasa says it can't find these mirrors any where else in the world. we'll take you inside the richmond plant that's making them and tell you why they may never actually make it into outer space. plus, elementary students in the east bay put their smarts into action. the engineering challenge they face today at 6:00. an aggressive hive of bees is terrorizing people in a southern california neighborhood. the problem is in the river side county town of wildemar. a veterinarian says a labrador was stung so many times that it ended up dying. an exterminator estimates he's

killed thousands of bees but they come back because the queen was able to survive. a new exhibit in san francisco comes pretty close. the hyatt regency has teamed up with the aquarium to create an under water experiment right in the lobby. visitors can also experience a virtual game where participants create a scuba avatar that swims with sea creatures. and let's go to our chief meteorologist bill martin. >> temperatures were very warm, very seasonal last week, this week has been very cool. below average even drizzle. significant drizzle right along the coast. the fog is back. look at that, boy it's already pushing back into the avenues of san francisco. friends out here out in the sunset district who have been wearing jackets all week. it's not unusual to get fog in san francisco and at the coast. a little fun poking through would be nice.

that hasn't really been the case this week. these are the forecast overnight lows. right now i'm tracking low 50s. out in forestville the fog is everywhere tomorrow morning as it was this morning. and as it was all last week. it burns back to the coast. a little more rapidly than yesterday. there's your 9:00 a.m. and that should allow temperatures to come up a little bit. slightly warmer, and then slightly warmer again as we head into your sunday. and then monday, tuesday looks like we'll see upper 80s probably. this low pressure center close enough that creates this kind of a fog footprint. when you see fog, this is a good indication. this is a graphic, an animation. you see how the fog is shooting up. when you see that kind of a push it's not going to be a warm day in the bay area because that means all that cool marine air has basically infiltrated all bay area of valleys. that's just a good rule of thumb. high tomorrow in brentwood, 79,

80. it'll be noticeably warmer today but that's not going to be hard. right. it's been really a cool week. one of the coolest weeks we've had in a while consistently for this time of year. 75 in pleasanton. 89 in gilroy and 80 in morgan hill. when you go look for the upshots, we mentioned fire danger. this is high fire danger season or time of year. it has been a lot of rain, but you know you get into june, july in the bay area and we're talking fire. with this weather pattern, the fire officers are more relaxed. everyone is wild about harry. who was just named the greatest character of all time from the harry potter series. here's a hint. not harry. we'll tell you what people are saying tonight after seeing that final released film in the installment.

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the eighth and final harry potter film is now in theater. harry potter and the deathly hollows part two has smashed the record for ticket sales. we caught up with moviegoers who watched the midday screening. >> i love it. everyone before i had kids i was coming without them. i mean i think it's magical. it's fun, it's a chance to be a kid again. >> fans everyone put on their wizard bregalia for the midnight viewing. all eyes will be on the weekend tally. san jose want it is community's help to fight gang violence. one of the solutions is actually creating distrust in the community toward law enforcement. that story coming up. rising water, the good and bad news between the water

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are disappearing. members of the immigrant community in the south bay say trust is eroding between them and law enforcement. why they say a new crime fighting partnership is only going to make things worse. good evening i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. they're dealing with the highest crime rate, most gang related. but now they are getting some help. two immigration gang experts are coming to that city and why that's striking fear for some in the immigrant community. robert handa has the story. >> reporter: police are investigating a recent gang related stabbing. police say the spike in gang related violence crimes is why the department needs help from i.c.e. but some community leaders are suspicious of that helping hand. >> our message is clear, we don't want i.c.e. here. >> reporter: numerous south bay