impausable that esteban drove dead weight alone. >> investigators have in the past dismissed the accountability of a suspect. >> with a knife or a gun or a blow to the head or something like that, it's easy capable. >> reporter: professor talbot says autopsy reports can clear up any lingering doubts, but given the body has been subjected to the elements, insects and animals cause of death may stay a mystery. we're going to hear more from the woman who found le's body and what she says helped lead her to the right place. patti lee. the president of oakland mariott university today expressed sorrow. president sharon diaz says sadness hover over the university as classmates mourn the death of one of their own fellow classmate and friends michelle le.

she goes on to say this kind of senseless violence is difficult to understand. michelle had so much to live for and sought only to give to others. her life was taken so senselessly. christien kafton live in san bruno where residents are saying their ordeal is not over yet. >> reporter: this is ground zero for that big explosion. you can see the road is still closed and you can see crews hard at work filling in that major crater down there. neighbors say filling in that crater is a major step toward recovery. lawmakers and city leaders say today was a day to rededicate themselves to make sure a disaster like this doesn't happen again. dozens of people who live or lived close to the blast got their first chance to see the crater and the now capped pg & e gas line up close today take their turn filling in the hole and closed one chapter in their

life. >> it's going to be covered. this is the only time i've come down here and i'm glad this is overwith. gretter lives a block from the crater, he says it's a day to look forward but also to look back on the massive fire ball that killed eight people and destroyed 40 homes september 9th last year. >> that inferno, i was looking like over that second story thing, that's where my house is. i was just watching the stuff go up. now that i can see it from where it was, i cannot imagine how high those flames were. >> reporter: filling in the hole and making this road passable is a good first step to help the city recover. >> this pipe is empty and will never be filled again in this area. >> reporter: lawmakers today rededicated themselves to improve pipeline inspection and prevent another neighborhood from having to see another gas transmission line explode. >> we have to rebuild the process, rebuild the structure,

rebuild the system that allowed this to happen. >> reporter: we talked with the city engineer today who told us this road which has been closed since september of last year could be reopened as early as two or three weeks. we're live in san bruno, christien kafton, ktvu news. another person was confirmed dead today from that crash at the reno races. he is a 50-year-old father of two. this as we have new video that's difficult to watch. it was taken by a spectator and shows the crash as it happened. >> no, no, no. >> there are now at least 11 people killed from the crash at that world war ii airplane that nose dived right into the crowd of spectators last friday. the crash has killed all those people including the pilot about 70 others were injured. coming up at 6:00, ktvu's eric rasmussen talks to a bay area pilot who has flown with that pilot who was killed in the

crash. what he says what the tragedy could mean to the future of air racing. today's high temperatures once again mean an increased fire danger here in the bay area. right now fire crews are still at lake shaboe regional park stomping out hot spots as we showed you live last night during our newscast. flames broke out in the north eastern ends of lake chaboy. we have live team coverage for you. chief meteorologist bill martin is watching the temperatures and the wind, while our lloyd blanco spent this day with the firefighters. >> reporter: as you can see on this sign right over here, the fire danger is high today. and because of these eucalyptus trees, fire crews will still be working on yesterday's fire for a few more days. calfire is still here at lake chabot 17 hours after this blaze was reported. >> relatively large fire but

it's in a large mature eucalyptus. they are 70, 80 feet high. >> reporter: when that happens they can fall across fire lines and start a new fire. on a day like today hot and dry, calfire has six engines on scene and more elsewhere just in case. >> today we have a lot of equipment, committed out here so what we've done is we've back filled our stations from other areas. >> reporter: to prevent more fires like sunday's, the regional fire district launched a decade long plan. targeting and clearing several thousands of acres of eucalyptus. >> the goal is to reduce the --

on the ground. >> reporter: and that sure would make smoky the bear happy. crews will be out here controlling the blaze. thank you lorrane. now we want to bring in chief meteorologist bill martin. will any cities top over 100. >> we'll have temperatures warmer than this were yesterday at this time. we didn't see any temperatures over 100. looks like livermore will hit 100 degrees. we're waiting on the officials for that. another hot day tomorrow. fire danger stays high. here's what's missing, if yesterday had been a windy day it would have been a big deal fire. we don't have wind today, we didn't have wind yesterday, and we're not going to see wind tomorrow. let's look at live storm tracker 2. we want to show you a little bit of fog. the north winds are pushing it right by the coast. take a look at current daytime highs. about 100 degrees readings, you see upper 90s. when officials come in we could see 100-degree reading some where. but definitely a hot day out there. fire danger is out. air quality down, tomorrow we're looking for another spare the air day. that's the third in a row in

the bay area. we'll talk about that. i'm coming back with your specific forecast which includes a cooldown as we head toward the weekend, see you back here. and our coverage continues on our website there you can see how hot it is in your own neighborhood log on to ktvu.com and click on the weather tab. a 17-year-old law banning gays from serving in the military was implemented. defense secretary leon panetta today applauded the change. >> i believe we move closer to achieving the goal at the foundation of the values that america is all about. equality, equal opportunity, and dignity for all americans. >> president obama issued a statement saying quote as of

today patriotic americans in uniform will no longer have to lie about who they are in order to serve the country they love. the california senator dianne feinstein today welcomed the end of don't ask don't tell. senator feinstein said she voted against the policy 17 years ago and called it a bad law. in a statement issued today, the senator stated quote the criteria for serving in the armed forces should be courage, competence and a desire to serve. no one should be turned away for who they are. coming up at 5:30, celebration is getting under way in san francisco to mark the end of don't ask don't tell. the lawyer for two uc berkeley graduates jailed in iran was back in court today and it seems their release is being held up in a battle between the president and his judicial rivals. the president announced that shane bauer and josh fattal

would be released in days. one of the lawyers that is supposed to sign on the papers for the release is on vacation. president obama today told libya's new ruling council that the world will stand beside them as they rebuild the country. the president spoke at the united nations today as world leaders officially welcomed the new libyan government. the president said the u.n. security council came to the aid of the libyan people when they were threatened by troops loyal to gadhafi. >> our international collision stopped the regime in its track and saved countless lives and gave libyan people the time and the space to prevail. >> president obama also met separately with afghan president, the president his condolences over the death of a key leader.

that attack happened overnight in the city of kabul. at least three other people were injured in that explosion. robani play add crucial role in his country's the peace talks. and fremont solar energy company solyndra -- a tax break was the largest handed out under an alternative energy subsidy law signed by then governor arnold schwarzenegger. critics say state officials did not look into solydra's financial health beforehanding out the loan. >> that's a lot of their tax money. they're on their way to pay money to this company, they closed up. they're paying money working at their jobs for what reason? none. you know it's a waste. >> a hearing on the implementation of the state's subsidy programs is expected over the next two weeks.

google has struck a deal with visa in an effort to push the move on digital payments. on wall street today an early rally sizzled and stocks were missed at the close. >> analysts say early in the trading game it it starts now. international inspectors say they are still reviewing the nasdaq goals. some san jose state students are staying in hotels but they are not on vacation. students rally right now over the housing shortage. and they're asking for action, what these protesters

say governor jerry brown needs to do for their children. ?

antioch police are investigating the death of a pedestrian that was struck by a car. the pedestrian was hit last night. the man was not at the crosswalk. the man stopped at the scene and is fully cooperating with police. the victim has been identified as 61-year-old terry burkes of antioch. hotel living isn't all cracked up to be for san jose students turned away from on campus housing. rob roth live in san jose where a protest is underway right now with the two reasons behind this housing crunch, rob. >> reporter: san jose state students are still rallying in front of the administration building. the students are upset about a housing shortage on campus that

has moved some into a hotel. yates is a third year student, he says he has been crashing at a friend's crash in a dormitory room. >> not having a room where i can close my door and be secluded, it's not a good feeling. >> reporter: we ran into this student, he's one that is staying at a clarion hotel because there was no housing on campus. >> if i was living on campus, i can just walk to the building, it takes me 10 minutes. now it's going to take me 40 minutes to get there from the hotel. >> reporter: the freshman class is larger than the university had expected. most universities generally accept more students than they have slots. >> for any number of reasons, more students than usual accepted our admission offer. and enrolled here. we are in the process of trying

to survey the students to find out why. >> what do we want? >> fair housing. >> when do we want it? >> now. >> reporter: students feel they are being punished for the miscalculation and are demonstrating late this afternoon to let the administration and public know. >> i want the president to change the housing policy. >> reporter: the university says it has offered housing options to any student in need but it also says it's taking steps to make sure that in the future the enrollment does not exceed the available housing. reporting live in san jose, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. governor jerry brown is drawing pressure from prominent bay area women and parents who say they want them to do more with child care. urging the governor to sign ab101. that bill passed in the willingture last week and would among other things allow child care workers to unionize --

that bill passed willingly in the past week. >> ab101 is about jobs, it's about jobs for the small businesswomen who run child care centers. >> opponents of the bill argue unionization will increase the cost of child care. former republican gubernatorial candidate whitman is talking about where money she raised is going and how it'll be used. now japan has an early

morning system in place and it's been credited with saving thousands of lives during the march 11th quake and tsunami. more birds have been found carrying the west nile virus. vector control officials say dead bird reports are an important tool for west nile virus detection. they allow them to determine higher risk areas. for the third day in a row air quality management officials have declared tomorrow a spare the air day tomorrow in the bay area. they are expecting high concentration of smog due to a combination of heat and low winds. to aoeu avoid adding to those conditions, you are asked to telecommute or use mass transit

to get around. it got warmer in some areas by as much as 5 degrees. it's a hot one out there. fire danger would be off the hook if there was wind. but we just don't have that much rain right now. there's a little bit of patchy fog off the coast. look at live storm tracker 2. you can see it right here. the northernly winds are going to blow right by the beach. i think we will see patches of fog right now. but no cooling from that fog. i think there will be some cooling. but no large scale cooling as we enter another day a third day straight with spare the air. really what that means, you heard frank talk about. it's ground level ozone when your car puts out an exhaust. what comes out of that exhaust pipe actually reacts with the sun. you get a photo chemical reaction, and at the surface you get ground level ozone. we talk about ozone up in the air and atmosphere. remember the ozone hole. it's the same thing but it's down at the surface. i noticed it's a long story. i am not going to be able to chalkboard it out for you.

tomorrow will be an unhealthy day for the inland bay valleys. especially the east bay and morgan hill. it's not a powerful offshore flow. this type of event can produce winds of 50 to 60 miles per hour we could get a nasty red flag fire concern. this isn't the case. the winds are strong but not that strong. the winds are subtle. north-northeast. a little northwest there with a slight on shore flow. temperatures tomorrow just like today i think it's almost the same deal. maybe a little cooler, overnight lows have been on the mild side in concord and in antioch. but i am picking out overnight lows in places in the inland north bay valleys that are in the low 50s and mid-50s. so it's kind of cool overnight. this forecast highs in the purples. that's a warm temperature footprint for sure. so when i come back, that's a broad brush for the

temperature, when i come back i'll give you specific temperature for your neighborhood. we'll look at the five day forecast with your weekend in view and on the weekend we have some changes. we'll see you back here. another bay area city is getting a probaseball team. when and where that baseball team is going to start playing. also, new results from an exclusive ktvu field poll. what californians think about the new law to tax online customers in california. one bay area transit agency could be giving away free rides to a select group of people. who would get them and why. meg whitman thinks some bay area high school students can't cut it in college. find out why she says they won't make the grade and what she plans to do about it. and thousands of nurses plan to walk off the job. the major changes they don't want to happen at bay area hospitals. and we talk to one man who once flew with the pilot killed

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this afternoon members of the san jose city council have been discussed ways to stop graffiti. the annual survey comes at a time when the city has outsourced it's graffiti abatement program to save money. high school students looking for thrills are probably responsible for most of the damage. an exclusive ktvu field poll shows california voters sharply divided on the so called amazon tax. earlier this year, a bill was passed to collect taxes from californians when they buy items online. the field poll asked voters if it was good policy to require brick and mortar stores to collect sales tax but not

online retailers from out of state. 51% said it was a bad policy. 40% thought it was a good policy, 9% had no opinion. but when the poll did not mention the brick and --voterss differed slightly on the ballot initiative depending on their political party. 69% of democrats favored limiting those measures to the general election. compared to 52% of republicans. officials say they are ready for inmates to be let out of prison and sent to county jails. it is set to happen in two weeks. it's part of governor brown's realignment plan to save the

state money. the change will also reduce the inmate population. inmates will be shifted to the custody of city jail. the state's inmate proplation must be reduced 35 -- inmate population must be reduced by 5,000. military men and women are gathering right now to celebrate the end of don't ask don't tell and a new era for gay and lesbian service people. cuts in federal transportation funding could affect every transit system here in the bay area. here in oakland people are rallying to stop that from happening.

military history was made at 12:01 this morning tonight they are still celebrating in san francisco. the ban on gays in the u.s. military is now over. and david stevenson tells us the story of a woman who used to be in the military and how she felt this morning. >> reporter: it was an emotional morning for gay and lesbian veterans in san francisco, celebrating the end of the don't ask don't tell era. former u.s. navy commander zoey

dunning came out 12 years ago. she was the only active openly gay member. >> i no longer have to be a spoking person for those who are serving. they can speak out for themselves on behalf of themselves. they can tell their personal stories. >> reporter: some of those personal stories and pictures were shared for the first time at 12:01 this morning posted online by active gay and lesbian military members. gay and lesbian vets talked to us about serving under don't ask don't tell. >> it's a soul killer, it's hard to face. >> it makes you a little paranoid. >> reporter: retired general keith kerr served from 1954 to 1995. >> today i think society has changed. you know practically every tv show has a gay character on it. >> reporter: u.s. navy petty officer joseph rocha was discharged in 2007 under don't ask don't tell. he now hopes to rejoin the

military at the marine candidate school. >> i've been asked why i would want to go back in and i referred to it as it's sort of like a religious calling. >> reporter: rocha says he's awaiting a court ruling on if he will be able to reenlist. but they're hoping that this will be a new era for gays in the military. jackie speier says america has ended an ugly period in its history. she says thousands of americans were discharged and countless others were forced to hide. an arrangement was delayed

today for a suspect accused of taxi cab drivers in san francisco. he's accused of several robberies. in each case police say blake would ask taxi drivers to take them to the western neighborhood and then pull a gun and demand money when he got there. free rides could be coming to children in san francisco who take munni to school. david campus introduced a plan to the board of supervisors today to provide free rides to 10,000 kids. he says it'll help struggling families who can't afford to send their children to school. >> three passes to school will be a huge thing. it's becoming their yellow school bus. >> reporter: the plan would cost the city $7 million a year and it's not clear exactly where that money could come from and critics say the idea is just too expensive. getting around could soon get a lot harder with some

federal transit funding at risk. ktvu's sal castaneda with how people who take mass transit and those who don't could both be affected. we're in oakland here, the reason why we're here is this is the corner of 14th and broadway. a very busy transit hub where people were handing out fliers like this earlier to oppose federal cuts in transportation funding which could be dramatic. >> reporter: transit systems all over the country will be affecting a bill pending in congress that would reduce federal transit subsidies by as much as a third. >> doesn't surprise me in the least that they are not going to fund public transportation. >> reporter: for caltrans and agency that relies heavily on subsidies, funding cuts could mean millions less. money used to modernize for the future and improve infrastructure. >> we have some bridges in our system that are more than 100 years old and they need to be replaced, they need to be up grated. this project in san francisco is on schedule and

will replace this bridge with this one. but funding cuts could stop similar projects in their tracks. cuts could also reduce service. >> we're talking about one of our trains just doesn't run anymore. it's just gone. instead of running five trains an hour we run four trains an hour. >> reporter: which could he's to overcrowding and delays. >> it's already sitting around for 30 minutes, 40 minutes, an hour, it's already a long time. if i have to wait three hours for a new train, that's kind of inconvenient. >> reporter: less freak or less reliable service would affect everyone. >> if half of those didn't take the trains because the cars aren't broken down, they get that their car. that's going to affect our freeways. >> reporter: cuts in federal transportation funding could affect every transit system in the country from the new york subway to b.a.r.t. trains. especially caltrain says they can't afford to lose that kind

of funding right now. sal castaneda. coming up on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00, b.a.r.t. and other local transit agent cys also re -- agencies also react. rick perry today slammed the middle east policies of the obama administration. perry met with jewish leaders in new york city today and pledged his support for israel. the texas governor said america fumbled our greatest opportunity for regime change. >> iranian citizens were marching on tyran in the green revolution in 2009, america was wasting precious time on a naive policy of outreach. >> perry said the administration should have

provided those disdents with moral support. in iowa today bachmann demanded that president obama stop iran's president from attending the united nations gathering in new york this week. the iranian president arrived in new york today and is expected to address the general assembly on thursday. >> this administration tried and failed to do -- >> while campaigning, bachmann toured a meat packing company. hundreds of job seekers attended a job fair. it was held at the south san francisco. one organizer we spoke to said there was something there for everyone. >> we have technical jobs here today. we have engineering jobs, we

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we'll soon know which cities will play host next year for the 2012amgen tour. the race will be starting right here in the bay area in santa rosa. professional baseball is set to arrive in san sra female. san rafael city council has approved a plan to allow a minor league team to use the field at albert park. the decision comes after months of debate. a team from the new north american league will play 45 games at albert park starting next year. the team is expected to bring $20,000 in revenue. a little girl in the east bay is seeing the world in a

brand new angle today thanks to the generosity of ktvu viewers. she can't walk without an expensive custom walker. as we reported someone stole her original walker last month. david joe wisebart a father and son saw the story and they called to find out how they could help. well they dug deep and they raised money to buy this new walker for cambria. and they gave it to her today. >> i think it's sad to see a girl having these problems and for someone to steal her walker. it helps her interact and communicate with other kids. >> it's really wonderful, it's a great day. scientists are reporting what may be significant news in the fight against aids.

they say they found a way to disarm the virus. laboratories in several u.s. facilities and in london say hiv is unable to damage the immune system if cholesterol is removed from the membrane of the virus. it's not killed but it's like an army that has its flags but no weapons. if they figure out how to deactivate the entire virus it may offer a whole new approach to developing a vaccine against aids. two separate studies suggests breast milk makes children smarter: higher levels of polysaturate fats found in breast milk can helps make children smarter.

coca-cola is introducing a new 12.5 oupbdz bottle. it's cutting the price by about 20% on its eight pack of 7.5- ounce mini cans. he wasn't born in the hospital like most babies, but rather thousands of feet in the air, hundreds of miles out to sea, meet the miracle born on a san francisco bound flight coming up. in just about 10 minutes i'm back here, we're going to learn specifically on the forecast tomorrow. it's another hot one, it's a spare the air day. and fire dangers will be up. i'll have the specific forecast for your city. new at 6:00, meg whitman thinks some bay area high school students can't cut it in college. find out why she says they won't make the grade and what she plans to do about it. thousands of nurses prepare to walk off the job. the major changes they don't want to happen at bay area hospitals. and, we talk to a man who once flew in the same plane

with the pilot who died in the reno air races. tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00.

it's a normal commute this evening in oakland, but a late commute crash this morning caused traffic to back up for miles on interstate 580. the two car crash blocked two eastbound lanes right near goslin road for 45 minutes. one car ended down an enbankment. the chp says no one was injured. a mother and her newborn baby boy are now resting in a hospital. that woman gave birth in-flight on a plane bound toward san francisco. >> reporter: at 6 pounds one oupbdz the birth -- 6 pounds 1