the arrival of a baby is always an amazing event but not like this. good afternoon. i'm tori campbell. talk about an unexpected arrival. a mother and her baby boy are now resting in a hospital after she gave birth on a plane bound for san francisco. new at noon, ktvu's tara moriarty joins us live from burlingame with this mother's amazing story. >> reporter: it really is a remarkable story this mother will have to tell her son some day. she did not give birth at this hospital, but rather hundreds of miles to sea and thousands of feet in the air. at 6 pounds, 1 ounce, the birth was a surprise. >> i'm not expecting it at all. >> reporter: just ten days shy of her due date, ada was flying from the phillippines when just four hours outside of san

francisco, she realized something wasn't wrong. >> my tummy get pain. oh, my god, why is this happening, i told myself. >> reporter: she had her son and brother both traveling with her -- with her and she went into lane. she nurses happened to be on board. >> they said just hold on and relax and breath in and out. i don't push. in and out. the baby is there and -- the baby's crying. and then i look up. >> reporter: passengers let out a cheer when the captain made the announcement. the baby boy had arrived. francis, named after his native city, san francisco. >> and when you heard him cry first time -- >> all of -- all of the pain is gone. >> reporter: ada and her two

sons will push onto boston where she will join her husband and two other children flying in to the phillippines. she said she did have her doctor's permission to fly. she says her birth place will be listed as san francisco. back to you. >> thank you. you can hear a lot more from the mother. we've posted her entire interview at.com. there -- at ktvu.com. there are still a lot of unanswered questions even after the nursing body -- the nursing student's body was found. >> reporter: it took nearly four months but the search for michelle le is over. authorities confirmed the remains belonged to the missing student. >> the one piece missing was finding michelle and our

investigation wasn't gonna be over until that happened. >> reporter: michelle le left her nursing class at kaiser in hayward and was never found. her body was found on saturday. a volunteer made the grim discovery. there was a search by her family and that's in addition to the other seven searches going on. >> it was to some degree a needle in a haystack. that's why it took 15 different searches in order a lot of ravi there's steep dropoff. >> reporter: the 27-year-old woman in jail is charged. investigators say she blamed le for ruining her relationship with an ex-boyfriend. experts say say finding her body will make her case stronger. now the next step is for the

academy coroner -- alameda coroner to determine the cause of death. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. and michelle le's family released this statement -- >> the family also asked for privacy. david campos will formally introduce a plan today to give free rides on muni to school children. campos wants to provide the rides to 12,000 kids who are between the age of 15 -- other rather, between 5 and 17 years old. he says it will help struggling families who cannot afford to send their kids to school. one mother says she know as

parent who relies on the kindness of one particular bus driver. >> he says, come on in. she says, i don't have any money and he waves her on. so she knows that that bus driver is sympathetic enough to turn a blind eye. >> the plan would cost the city $7 million a year. it's not clear exactly where that money would come from. critics say it's just too expensive. bay area transportation buses and union -- bosses and union leaders are standing together in an effort to keep congress from cutting fun fund -- from cutting funding to transportation. transportation officials called for full funding after federal transportation bill. congress proposed to cut one- third of the funding. the federal transit and transit programs. b.a.r.t., muni and a.c. transit say service will be seriously impacted if the bill is not fully funded.

>> services will be going up, fares will go up, contract jobs will be loss and passengers will be less likely to get to their jobs. >> transit agencies around the bay area and the country will be holding rallies this weekend to express their support of the bill. more criticism today about solyndra, this time it involves financial help the famed giant got -- the failed giant got from the state. they were given a a tax break that was farther of a subsidy law signed by -- part of a subsidy lupined sigh then- governor, arnold schwarzenegger. critics say the state did not look into solyndra's financial health for giving it the tax break. >> that's money from all of these people driving down the freeway. that's their tax money. they are on their way to pay money for this company they

closed up. they are paying on their jobs, for what reason? none. it's a waste. >> state senator alex padilla says he plans to hold hearings on the tax incentive within the next two weeks. today marks an important milestone for the san bruno community devastated by last year's pipeline explosion. new at noon, alex savidge joins us live to explain what's happening today and why it's so important. alex? >> reporter: this was a very important ceremony for those people who live in that part of san bruno, as they work to repair the neighborhood. i want to show you the focus, the crater down by glenview and earl. this is the spot where neighbors and city leaders came together early on today to help fill in this huge hole left over from the blast. one by one people dumped shovels of dirt into the hole. it marks a major milestone in the recovery and rebuilding process.

for people who lived fire the deadly pipeline explosion, one year ago, this was an emotional step forward today. >> it was an obvious experience -- it was an awful experience. we were hoping this would be part of the healing process and close up the hole and look for a better life in the newture -- in the future. >> my neighbors couldn't be here so i did two scoops. i told the gomezs i would do their scoops for them. >> reporter: the pipeline at the bottom of the crater has been capped. it will never be used again. but the mayor of san bruno says even after this heel is filled there's still work on a political level to do a to make sure this doesn't happen -- to do to make sure this doesn't happen again. >> it's important to fill the hole. but i think the big story today is the holes that are not filled. they are the legislative holes

in washington and sacramento. >> reporter: and filling this crater in the ground also serves the very functional purpose for people who live in this area. they tell me it their make it a lot easier to drive around this neighborhood once that roadway is committed. work crews tell us they do expect to have the crater entirely filled in within the next couple of days. we're live in san bruno, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. president obama is at the united nations. ahead -- why all eyes are on someone the president is meeting there. and our meteorologist, rosemary, is up with the details about how hot it will get in the neighborhood today and when you can expect a cooldown. it's a huge burden lifted off my shoulders and by 1,000 other gays and lesbians out there. >> it's an historic day for the military who no longer have to

lie about who they are.

an unusual crash caused aen -- caused an unusual backup. the chp says two vehicles got into a collision in one car and ended he -- and ended up down the embankment. the chp says no one was injured

but the crash caughted two lanes, back up eastbound traffic fork miles. and normally at that time of the morning there is no backup in that direction. antioch police are investigating the mysterious death of a pedestrian. a man in his 60s was killed while walking on lone tree way around 9:30 last (the police say the driver, who was devastated about what happened, immediately stopped and is fully cooperating with the authorities. the it's military -- the u.s. military passed aen -- passed an healthcare -- the repeal of the don't ask/don't tell policy took effect at 12:01 this morning. it ended an 18-year policy that forced members of the military to lie about their sexual orientation. an active member of the air force who was instrumental in advising the pentagon on the policy offered his reaction just a few hours ago. >> no words can describe how it feels to stand up there and be able to say for the first time,

my name is first lieutenant josh and i'm gay. >> the president signed the repeal last year but the pentagon postponed it until new rules and training were in place across all branches of the military. we spoke to someone in the castro district about this this morning. >> very happy for the folks in the service soy they don't have to hide and get kicked out. >> at 12:30, a news conference is scheduled for the -- is scheduled at the war memorial building. the parties will continue this evening on market street at the lblgt center. the united nations formally recognized the rebels as the leaders of libya today by placing the rebel flag next to the u.n. president obama also

met with the rebel leaders before his speech to the general assembly. >> we stopped the regime in the tracks and saved countless lives and gave the libyan people the time and space to prevail. >> also at the u.n., palestinians are pushing for a membership -- for membership and they have the backing of roche. palestinian president, mahmoud ahmadinejad is expected to address the u.n. general assembly later this week. however, the u.s. is expected to veto the request unless peace talks resume with israel. the oakland city council will hear complaints tonight about what some say are excessive fines against property owners, trying to fix delap dated homes. people say they bought fixer uppers and were fined with blight. tonight's discussion follow as grand jury investigation that also cites unprofessional behavior by building inspectors

and a disproportionate number of cleanup jobs given to one contractor who later inflated the cost of the work. water will be more expensive for palo alto homeowners next month. the city council approved a 21% rate increase. the average customer will pay about $18 more. the city expects the cost to deliver water will double and this increase will help cover those costs. you are being asked to spare the air. it's the second day in a row that air quality issues have issued the alert in the bay area. you are encouraged to reduce energy use and use public transportation. air quality officials say conditions are unhealthy today because of the heat and relatively light winds. and today's warm temperatures also mean high fire danger in the bay area. crews are still watching for fires at the chabot park. it started yesterday on the

northeastern end of lake chabot. the park was closed for hours and dozens of campers were told to leave. good afternoon to you. giving you a live look there at -- well, clear skies. you can see a little bit of haze out there at this hour. temperatures up over yesterday by a few degrees in most cases which means another scorcher in store for many of us. as tori mentioned a moment ago, it's a a a spare-the-air-day. good to moderate for most of us. inunhealthy for -- unhealthy along the bay. if you suffer from asthma, lung disease, when it's very hot out there, limit your activity and you will be in pretty good shape. we're sit something in the 80s. some of us in the 70s. redwood city, 79 and oakland. take a look at all of these

80s. even livermore checking in at 90 degrees. anywhere from 3 to 5 degrees warmer than where we sat. we will have mostly clear skies. high pressure is still in control of our weather pattern. this will be the case for the next couple of days. so the honey -- so the sunny and hot conditions not going away. some areas like santa rosa, concord -- concord you are within a couple of degrees of tying or breaking a record. 92 expected for sonoma, 92 for napa. 94 in santa rosa. 84 sausalito. 80 degrees for richmond. the east bay, widespread, mid- to upper 80s for oakland, hayward, castro valley. 90s once again for danville. pleasanton, you are looking at 95. 97 in livermore. 97 antioch. 95 degrees expected right around concord for today. santa clara valley going to heat up again.

90 degrees. along the peninsula, it's warm. 88 san bruno. 88 in the city. widespread 60s and 70s for the -- for the coastline. your extended forecast, temperatures will remain on the warm side. in fact, it may be a little miserable for you if you police officer inland for the next couple of days. take a look at that a very slow and gradual dropoff. wednesday, thursday and then fall alives on -- arrives on friday. and then low 60s for the coastline, partly cloudy skies. temperatures sitting in the upper 70s, low and mid-80s for the inland areas. finally going to get a break but between now and then it will be warm on the coast and hot in the valley. >> another scorcher. but we kind of expect it at this time of year and then it will swing cooler during fall. >> yes. >> thank you. probaseball is coming to -- pro baseball is coming to san francisco. last night, the council approved a minor league team to

use the park. last night's council decision follows months of heated debate. supporters say minor league baseball would bring family- oriented fun to downtown san rafael. but opponents are worried about traffic, noise, alcohol use, security and other issues. west hollywood could become the first city in the nation to ban the sale of fur clothing. the city council clouted -- voted unanimously to support a ban after heated debates that lasted into the morning. critics say banning the sale of fur will significantly hurt local businesses. the city council will meet again in two weeks to work out details of the ban before taking a final vote. construction on the new b.a.r.t. connector to oakland airport is causing a road lane closure. a lane to airport drive between

ron conway parkway and doolittle drive will be closed until friday. drivers are being asked to drive more slow slip during the construction zone and give yourself extra time. the washington connector should be -- the b.a.r.t. connector should be completed by 2014. we'll tell you how the bay area is bucking a national economic trend, especially in one particular place that you see here.

stocks rising tau r, at least the day -- today, at least the day is, carnival corporation is up and also the feds. the dow is up 62, at 11,463. however, the nasdaq is in negative territory. oracle will be reporting hearnings after the closing bell -- earnings after the closing bell. some of today aupward momentum from the dow is due to the beginning of a two-day federal hearing. investors are expecting the board to adopt new moves to stimulate the economy. there's also hope that whatever the fed does it will keep long- term interest rates low which could trigger growth and also hiring. well, despite slowdowns in other place, the bay area's job market is expected to grow, especially in silicon valley. that's according to a senior

economist with the ucla anderson forecast. the south bay gained 20,500 jobs in the first eight months of this year. the san francisco, san mateo, marin area, added 12,300 jobs. the east bay added 4600. researchers say technology and exports are helping to lead the way. job seekers are invited to attend a career fair in south san francisco that just got started. it runs until 4:00 p.m. at the south san francisco conference center on airport boulevard. admission is free. fed-ex, lawrence berkeley lab, afflac, and sleeptrain are just some of the companies participating in the job fair. people can get help fine-tuning their resumes. soon you will see coca-cola bottles. the company says they will sell for 89 cents each and they are catering to customers who don't want to spend a lot of money or

are concerned about the number of calories in big bottles. this year's grape harvest is expected to be smaller than normal. but wine lovers probably won't pay more for their beverage. they found kiss count -- they say they have found discount the is an attractive way to customers. and we could find out in a few weeks which city will host the amgen tour. the race organizers did announce that the 2012 race will start here in the bay area, in sore. as we told you earlier -- in santa rosa. >> as we told you earlier, we'll be live at parties in the castro tonight in celebration of the don't ask/don't tell repeal. that and more on the news at 5:00. thanks for watching.

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