before 8:00 a.m. wet concrete rained down, sending them tumbling down. >> eleavelen to having a large wall fall on them. >> reporter: they were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. a fourth carpenter was also hurt. >> three were very severe. everybody had some sort of breaks and stuff like that. they were all cons, which is a good sign. >> construction continued for almost 2 hours before remaining workers were sent home early. >> it is red tagged for cal- osha. the east side is open for work but no one wants to work when something like this happens. >> reporter: cal-osha shows no other records of accidents or violations and no significant incidents statewide with the contractor. reporting live, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news.

a line cook shot outside a san francisco restaurant has died. we reported the shooting yesterday on 2. today he was identified. police believe he was mistaken for a gang member. two men approach him yesterday morning as he was taking a moking break. police are still looking for the shooters. 24 hours after he was shot another man was killed 11 blocks away. police are looking for two suspects in the shooting death. a memorial has been set up where the shooting happened. his death brings the number of homicides in san francisco so far this year to 34. we have an update on a sexual assault story. robert hoffman faced a hearing

today in san francisco, accused of salting three women since march. his attorney says the sex was consensual. three women came forward accusing him of rape. barry bonds will not be tride again over whether he lied about using performance enhancing drugs. prosecutors dropped the remaining charges against the former star. yesterday a judge upheld the jury decision. the jury dead locks on three cants of making false statements. tonight we are learning more about hawthornes say a payroll manager stole a million dollars from other employees. ktvu's eric r tells us how it was a home loan application that led to her arrest.

the bank was questions where the money was coming from. we know investigators think this payroll manager used a team laptop that office and at home to redirect other salaries into her own account. >> there is. struck him out. >> reporter: when the giants won the world series even the team's payroll manager got a world series ring. but according to court documents it wasn't enough. over the last year she siphoned off large amounts of money. as much as $200,000 at a time, totally $1.5 million in all. >> i just thought it was unbelievable. >> reporter: before today's game some fans were surprise but not everyone was shocked that she was accused of steeling from a team with a

payroll of more than 117 million. investigators say she was caught when she aflied to a home loan and bank of america asked for a explanation of her income. she admitted of forging a letter from the giants that said, she was given two additional payments of compensation. no one came to the door at her home. investigators say she may have used some of the money to pay for the pickup and two bmws in front of the house. including one showing a giants employee parking sticker. she agreed to return $600,000, which is the amount she admitted to embezzling. she is due back in court at the end of mexico month. eric r, ktvu channel 2 news. hearing began on the

nomination of -- it will be up to the commission to confirm his nomination. he is afraiduate of stanford university. his parents are immigrants from taiwan. several people spoke today on his behalf. >> in the classroom he demonstrates patiences, clarity, organization, humor. a balanced temperament and good listening skills. all skills that will make him successful on the bench. >> president obama nominated him to the federal appeals court but he with drew. >> reporter: once the darling of silicon valley, solyndra is shutting down, 11ing 1100 stunned workers without a job. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar live in fremont with the four things that caused the company to fail. >> reporter: well, when the

president visited here last year he said these were the views of the future. unfortunately today the immediate future looks bleak, especially to the solyndra workers. >> didn't see it coming. just said they are close down all operations. >> very sad. unexpected. just -- sad day today. sad day. the company released a statement saying raising capital in this vice president was not possible. this was an unexpected outcome and unfortunate. that plus cheap labor, huge government support for its solar industry and changing technology did solyndra in. >> the product three years ago was state of the art. now the lower price products from china kind of made us obsolete. >> reporter: today vice

president joe biden said the obama administration remains committed. >> we are going to lead or follow. if >> reporter: head of uc berkeley says not fully grasping global warming doesn't help. >> there is real economic advantages of coal and natural gas. >> reporter: coming up at 6:00, more of the crucial factors. reporting live, consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. coming up at tiv 30:00. solyndra is the latest hit to fremont, the struggles and the silver lining for the city. unemployment rates are falling across the country. jobless rates jobbed in 193 large areas in july.

that is a change from june when unemployment rose in ninety% of the sitties. in oakland it rose slightly in from june to july. even though businesses added more workers to their payroll this month it wasn't as many as predicted. jobs led the increase, increasing by 80,000s. the good rose 11,000. the total payroll amounted to 91,000 jobs. they forecast they would rise by 100,000. this is a preview of the government's monthly jobs report. on wall street stocked finished on the up side for the fourth trading day in a row. a surge in u.s. factory orders pushed the market higher. orders were up in july, the

largest increase since march. the dow rose 53.58 points to 11,613.53. the nasdaq composite index rose 3.35 to 2,579.46. the victims of hurricane irene saw the light at the end of the tunnel today as floodwaters began to subside. but people are still coping with devastation and personal loss. >> the national guard used helicopter to bring food, water and other supplies to people in verm. rivers took out hundreds of roads and bridges, leaving a dozen towns trapped. rescuers reached one village. in north carolina some are still waiting for floodwaters to reeved. 170,000 homes and businesses are without power. amtrak trains are running behind schedule because of the flooding. in new york city hurricane victims came home to -- sorry, the state of new york,

officials assured people they are not alone. >> we are not here for the short run. we will be here under homeland security secretary janet napolitano. >> fema is bringing large trailers to the flood victims. fema officials say they will go road by road and house by house. keep in mind our coverage continues on www.ktvu.com. you can watch views of the flooding in vermand get the latest information on the recovery efforts long the east coast. look under the u.s. and world news tab. what she says about a controversy in her past. back here in 10 minutes with your forecast. the fog will clear from the coast and the ocean waves are going to increase. i will tell you what that all means.

. the red cross is helping 4 families displaced by a fire today. fire broke out after 7:00 a.m. flames damaged four condos. everyone got out safely and no injuries were reported. the cause is still under investigation. folks who live there say the fire started on a first floor patio. deputies made their third

marijuana bust in a week. the journal reports a dear hunter discovered 500 marijuana plants on private property. some of the plants seized yesterday were 6-10 feet tall. a week ago they seized 500 plants. an august 23 they found a few thousand plants in west marine. the father of a man suspected of killing a councilman says his son is schizophrenic and refused help. people are still looking for aaron bassler who is accused of shooting george lauve july -- jere melo on saturday. sheriff's officials are investigating whether aaron bassler is connected to the shooting of another person in that area. bart has a new leader tonight and she has a full

plate of issues to deal with. ktvu's rob roth has more. >> reporter: right now it's commute time for bart passengers. this system they rely on has a new boss, a boss many say has her work cut out for her. >> reporter: they voted 8-1 this morning. >> to appoint grace crunican as the manager. >> reporter: many people describe grace crunican as a straight shooter. grace crunican came under fire during a snow and ice storm that paralyzed seattle transportation system and for leaving town during the storm. this is what she said at the time. >> i don't operate a snowplow so i was looking that news reports. >> today she says she would have handled it differently.

>> reduce the use of salt and substitutes for that. so we didn't get all the ice removed in the beginning and it started to build up. >> i can appreciate somebody who learns from their mistakes and moves forward. that's what we have in grace. >> reporter: she faces challenges finding money for new train cars. she says she does hope to improve communications with passengers. >> i stop and talk to customers. kick the tires. >> reporter: grace crunican will earn $320,000 a year. bart director was the loan vote against herb appointment. >> you have got to sacrifice a little bit and take a lower salary. it should be in my opinion an honor to work for the government and the people. >> reporter: grace crunican is expected to start her new job

in about three weeks. reporting live, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >> grace crunican replaced dorothy dugger. she resigned in april. in february the board voted 5-4 to fire her but had to take back the decision because of concerns violated california's law. she left with a seferance package. california appeals court -- worked for elected officials. governor schwarzenegger ordered the furlough. officers, controller and attorney general ordered it violated their executive authority but the appeals court ruled it applied to all state employees. >> the bill allows local governments to get the okay from voters to raise fuel

surcharges that fund transit projects. the bill likely won't be voted on before the legislative session ends friday. bill to increase the amount of money oil companies pay is receiving a second chance. the tax on a barrel of oil would increase from 5 cents to 6.75 cents. it was granted reconsideration after senators rejected the bill yesterday. a spokesperson tells us lawmakers who didn't vote yesterday could help it pass. crews are getting an upper hand on the motor fire. it is 80% under control and expected to be contained by sunday. crews begun repairing the damage caused by the fire fighting effort. talk ability our weather now, over to our chief

meteorologist bill martin. weather here is beautiful. >> going to get nicer around here. fog clears from the coast. you see what is occurring. you see the fog bank and the north wind. a further north wind tomorrow. now, look towards fort bragg, north, northwest. that's a north, northwest wind. the buoys are changing wind direction, by tomorrow our buoys will be off north and that's enough to scour away the fog. the buoys are good in my world. we can look to the north and get real time data as to what is happening there. if i see a big gusty wind field up north, it's heading our way. i know you look that buoys anyway. fisherman and surfers do. 55 concord. fog there but barely. i suspect tomorrow morning in

-- mid-morning we will see clearing long the ocean beaches in san francisco. 60s across san francisco. 70s towards the ballpark. upper 70s kensington. albany. 80s livermore valley. concord upper 80s and 90s towards the delta. next couple days a warming trend. fire danger comes up. something i want to mention to you, increasing swells. ocean swells. in livermore, showing you the high, 88 degrees. a swell from the south. southern hemisphere swell. why are they dangerous? any beach that faces south, around here doesn't get a lot of wave actions. but when you get a south swell they get hammered. we got it coming right now. it's on its way. divers be wear.

i wouldn't go diving. we will talk more about this. it's good size as well. we will talk surf and your forecast and how hot it will be tomorrow. oracle under investigation. the accusations of misconduct as they do business in africa. and the end of ramadan, the celebrations as a man hunt marches on.

. new report says the united

states loses $12 million every day in iraq and afghanistan was of waste and fraud. the report says there is poor planning and poor oversight and federal money is sometimes funneled to warlords. all of this dates back 10 years. >> it wasn't out of the question to be saying then there were billions of dollars of waste, fraud and abuse. >> the commission that investigated the problem is pushing agencies to reexamine and change how contracts are given and supervised. in libya recalls on advancing on moammar gadhafi home town and libya celebrated the end of ramadan in freedom. >> they gathered in martyrs'

square to celebrate. moammar gadhafi continues to allude them. there are pockets of support for moammar gadhafi. they are observing a cease fire till the surrender deadline. >> really nothing to negotiate. what we offered and still offering, they surrender, they will be safe, brought to court and that's the deal on the table. take it or leave it. >> there were conflicting reports on whether one of moammar moammar gadhafi's sons is trying to surrender. they say he called yesterday and asked whether his safety would be guaranteed but other reports say he sent out e-mails saying he has no plans to

surrender. investigators looking into oracle. the fbi and securities and exchange commission are investigating whether they broke federal laws. they are based in redwood city. one of the world's largest software companies. when a big company such as solyndra shuts down, it's tough on this community because it's been through this before. a decade later are we no better off? what has been done and hasn't been done to keep americaens safe since the 9/11 attacks.

. complete bay area news coverage continues. this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. first it was -- now solyndra. solyndra shut down is bad news for a city reeling from big economic losses. ktvu's robert handa is live with a silver lining there. >> reporter: that's right. it's not just solyndra workers reeling but fremont is looking for new companies to fill all this industrial space as the

city rides this roller coaster. >> reporter: solyndra's sudden closure took city hall by surprise but officials dealt with this type of crisis before. two years ago the collapse of the a's baseball stadium, followed by the shut down of the auto plant that led to the layoff of 4700 workers. solyndra's closure mean as loss of property tax revenue and jobs. >> thousand employees right now and reaching out to the programs to try to get them resources they will need as well. the city manager would like a program that offers job placement and counseling. >> deal with a client. >> reporter: it's not all bad news. city hall had been celebrating positive news from another company a commercial solar

plannal company with orders stacked up. >> provides a nice high brid of talent, where you have manufacturing sal minutes and solar talent. >> recruiter showed up at solyndra to recruit some of that talent. >> thankful. they are all looking for jobs. got hit with a brink this morning. >> reporter: officials had no idea the closure was coming. live, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >> coming up, more good news across the bay, how transforming this project could be the key to bringing back to bay view. >> hewlett-packard will crank out one last run of its touch pad. they unveiled it in february. but on august 18 it announced

it was canceling the tablet. the buying frenzy is what prompted another round of production, even though they are sold for less than cost. the times will no longer have a app for that. they pulled its ipad and iphone aps from the app store. it fought to maintain control of customer data but apple says the subscriptions must go through its own store. governor jerry brown signed a law to help consumers fight identity theft. it requires businesses to tell customers when a breach happens. they say it will make it easier for people to take a pro active role in protecting themselves. police arrested a man on charge said he abducted his

daughter. an ancient artifacts was issued yesterday. marcelino ramirez. a driver spotted his car on i- 15 in san burr nar dineo county this morning. the daughter was in the van and unharmed. the mother reported her missing yesterday afternoon. >> three people treated for rashes today after a package was cond at scott air force base today. 13 people were decontaminated on site and didn't appear to be sick. officials didn't know what was in the package and they didn't believe it posed a further danger. general david putras. >> after 37 years he is ending his career and starting a new one with the cia. a ceremony was held this

morning in virginia. while in that role he planned the strategies. he starts his new job at the head of the cia next week. the government is beefing ufsecurity around the september 11 attacks. a new report shows this country is still not prepared for another major terrorist attack. >> reporter: the folks who wrote the book on how the country could avoid another attack gave another status report. >> we are safer. >> we are where we ought to be? no. i don't think we are. lot of improvementdize still be made. >> reporter: out of the original recommendations they said 9 really haven't been addressed. giving first responders their own radio to communicate with each other. >> 10 years we still can't talk to each other when disaster strikes. >> reporter: the panel is

frustrated most states haven't beefed up requirements and the tsa lacks technology to detect explosives. >> if it takes us 10 years to deliberate and consider those pending recommendations, how do we stay ahead of the terrorists. >> reporter: while family members say they are please would the progress, they are fight continues. >> make sure my mom's murder is not in vein. >> reporter: i asked the members where the next threat could come from and they said probably within the country. but they also tell me al-qaeda is still a threat. ktvu channel 2 news. president obama will reportedly be headed back to san francisco in late september. he will make a west coast swing

that will take him to seattle, san francisco, and los angeles and san diego. with unemployment over 9% the president plans to plans to lay out a job's plan next week. asking to speak to a joint session of congress september 7. he is expected to include tax credit said and infrastructure projects. the government tells at&t not so fast. a daily indulgence with serious health implications. the one group of american whose drink more shugry drinks -- sugary drinks than the rest.

. today the justice department moved to block at&t's move to buy t-mobile. the government says the deal would reduce competition and the merger would result in americans facing higher prices, fewer choices and lower product. at&t will fight the lute and ask for a hearing. at&t is prolling to return 5,000 jobs to the united states if the merger goes through. right now the jobs are outsourced to other countries and they say it would not

result in job loss at at&t or t- mobile. he is recovering from emergency brain surgery. he had a small abnormal artery removed from his brain. he is expected to make a full recovery. half of all americans indulge in a soda or sugary drink every day. the report says 5% of americans drink the equivalent of four cans soda a day. teenage boys drank the most. vaccinating infants from rotavirus is paying off. the nation's saved $40 million in healthcare cost said by

preventing the illness. fewer older children and adulterize being infected by the virus. a large victory for what san francisco housing developments means. without the federal government's help this would have just remained another promise. i got a forecast with less fog and increasing temperature. see you back here.

. we learned the rainbow flag in san francisco will fly at

half mass on september 11. the group oversees the flag. it has come under fire for when and if it should be at half mass. he and other passengers brought the plane down in pennsylvania to keep the terrorist from lying it into the capital. it will remain on september 12 when the city will hold a memorial for ruth brinker. it is a massive project and the hope it it will give a boost and transform the lives of people. ktvu's jade hernandez tells us how the government is stepping in. >> reporter: hours ago leaders filled this area.

today the neighbors are filled with hope won a large victory. as a resident she was tired of taking the drugs and crime this area served up. >> in order for us to move we got to change our mentality. >> reporter: moving more than 1,000 residents into a new development. today mare ed lee detailed the plan in front of the community center. hud only granted the funds once they could determine if residents wanted to change. >> one thing to have a great application but we are going to get out of this building and walk this whole place. talk to the people who live here. >> reporter: the money includes job training and school help. the superintendent says the school is only one of his

schools that will receive some of the $3.5 million pledged. this is only part of the beginning. now comes the real work. >> how we allocate and spend the money. >> reporter: construction is a year and a half or more away. >> i need all the residents to work so when they move to the new neighborhood they are not going to tear it down. >> this is part of the larger redevelopment project. the city has five areas it's targeting to transform like this one. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. the white house is considering unveiling a new plan to help homeowners stay in their homes. details are still being worked out but president obama is expected to announce the plan next week. it is said to include help

certain refinance their mortgages. the plan will help avoid lawsuits while providing a boost to the economy. julie haener is live with some of the stories we are working on for 6:00. new at 6:00, there is word tonight a new iphone was left at a bar again and a shock for parents. a worker busted for child porn. the special task force that brought the man in and the search is on for a man who did this. where it's happening and the big reward to find who is responsible and after two days of school and lock downs, is what being done to make sure students feel safe in the classroom. the second part of the california dream act is waiting the governor's signature. allowing students to get state funded scholarships and aid.

earlier he signed a bill approving private scholarships and undocumented students. bill to give seizure medication to stud cents only a proceduressal vote away. the measure allows nonmedcon school workers to administer the drugs to students having a seizure. the bill's author thinks those groups will step in to help when the time comes. >> the worst thing they can do is to know they could have made a difference, stand by and let a child have a seizure. >> the senate passed the bill. back to the bay area weather, if you like it warm, according to our chief meteorologist bill martin, you are in luck. >> you can see it right now.

these are thecuse here, clues if you will. back a couple hours ago. watch the fog bank. eroding. that's the north wind. tears it apart. gets compression as well. it's not a strong high. north winds up here, northwest around fort bragg. that's the beginning of a warm up. looks like we will get warm. i will have the five-day forecast in a few minutes. warmer weather, especially inland. less fog coast side for the weekend. big swell coming, big side. ocean peach beech, friday, saturday, sunday, you got 750,000 people that want to flock to the beach. dangerous for rip tides so be careful. the south swell don't hit ocean beach heart. but if you get a lot of people -- so. we see that every year. not unusual. patchy fog overnight.

this low-pressure system tracks north and east. the high builds in and temperatures go up. that's where we are. is it a heat wake? well, no, but for this summer, yes, i guess you could say. we haven't had that many warm days. you see how limited the fog is? got enough day light hours. we are going to get warm tomorrow. is tomorrow a beach day? i think so. i think so. i am going. 90 degrees. 86 napa. 84 vallejo. 76 richmond. 89 in danville. 89 walnut creak. 90 livermore. as we come up on the five-day forecast, you will see that bottom tear of numbers, take note of that, that's the hot spot. top numbersriments the coastal temperatures. what you will see here, coastal

temperatures, mid-50s. upper 50s, low 60s. nice warm stretch coming. i talk about the waves. be careful. swells dangerous. that will be with us for the next 3-4 days. >> i live by a fire danger sign, looking ahead -- >> time of year, it's extreme but the weather isn't going to cooperate. it will be extreme because we haven't had rain in a long time. heat wave, no, records, no. warmer than it has been. a judge gave the green light to a housing development. a group challenged the village subdivision in nevada. opponents say it makes it bigger than rules allowed.

the judge said the rood is exempt. now one of its space craft turned its camera on us. we will show you a picture of the earth. the picture was taken by the space craft 6 million miles from the earth. they t launched on august 6 to jupiter. >> san jose is ready to crack down on speeding near schools. the action taken to keep children safe.

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. a popular chain of food stores is eyes pleasanton for a new location. new leaf community markets is in negotiations. we contacted the city's development office and it only confirmed it has been in discussions with the owner. it currently has six branches. proposal to lower the speed limit around schools made progress today. they point to statistics to show if a car hits someone the death rate goes down if the car

is going slower. it t lowers some down to 15 miles an hour. >> they really speed down this street. it's a good idea. they have these lights here that turn on for people that cross and that's all we have. >> a 2008 state law allows governments to lower speed limits around schools on two lane roads where the posted speed is 30 miles an hour or less. last year the city took advantage of the law to lower the speed limit around three schools. 1/3 of all child traffic deaths occur when the victim is walking or biking to school. coming up in 90 seconds. an employee is arrested on child pornography charges. and pay attention, the walkways on the golden gate bridge are changing again. when you won't be able to walk across that icon.

. new at 6:00 a working at a place for kids busted for child pornography, how he was caught coming up. pleat bay area news

coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. good evening, i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. an employee in concord is in jail, arrested today on charges of possessing child pornography. ktvu's janet is live with how police found the man and how parents feel about the arrest. >> reporter: that employee was arrested this morning at pixy land and we understand that from several sources it appears he is a relative of the owners. >> reporter: paxyland has been a popular park for decades and today children were enjoying the sunshine but today investigators arrested a employee for