police don't believe this crash contributed to the other because they were taking their usual routes to their schools. whether the events are connected is secondary they are dealing with their grief. >> i hit me i was a daughter, 5 years old and like, that could happen to me too. feel bad for the family. >> reporter: the driver in the motorcycle collision was arrested. police questioned and released alisha whiteparker. at 6:00, more from the friends of the girl and what neighbors are demanding from police. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. >> authorities locked down bishop ádowd high school and barack obama academy late today while they searched for a man believed to be involved in a homicide. the search was around the he can, west of 580. officers found the man hiding.

and they took him into custody. he is a suspect in a homicide. the human suspected of killing nursing student michelle le wasn't well enough to apeer in court. medical conditions related to giselle esteban preggency prevented her from leaving her jail cell today. prosecutors believe giselle esteban killed michelle le in a fit of jealousy. she is expected to enter a plea on october 24. ktvu's david stevenson is live at at&t park, the giants had a record breaking year. >> reporter: the game ended an hour ago but you could till see the fans outside the park to say good-bye to the san francisco giants. fans and players told us they are proud of the records the

team broke this season. >> reporter: for fans and workers and the giants it was a bittersweet end to the season. >> see you next year. >> go giants. >> evidence of last year's world series run was all over the park. fans stocking up on souvenirs say 2011 was a great year for the team. >> they didn't make it but it was great. always a giants fan. >> reporter: for players regret the season ends here and now. >> i mean, it's disheartening looking at the teams now struggling if we would have been able to stay hot. >> you want to keep playing in october. i think next year is looking good. got a lot of guys that were injured back and we will be right there. >> let's go giants. the season disappointed some but it broke a record.

3.3million fans game this season, setting a new single season attendance game. joe is also marking a special anniversary. >> reporter: this year marks your 13th year in the business you don't speak so much, do you? >> let's go giants. >> reporter: fans filling the stands pledged to keep the world series fever alive for next season. >> i am not going to quit. i love my giants. >> reporter: the team lost 6-3 against the colorado rockies today but set another record, the 81 connective sell out game this season. reporting live, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. businesses near the park says it's been a nommal year for them as well. >> this year we have seen more people that never used to be fans and that's one area the giants last year, the capture was the casual fan or not a fan

at all, the people have come down on tuesday and wednesday nights when it's slow and they filled in and it made every night special this year. the union for faculty members at cal state campuses plan -- [no audio] the association says the november 17 one day walk out will also include another campus, dominguez hills. they plan picketing at all campuses on nevada 8 and 9. the -- on november 8 and 9. . a disability rights group filed a lawsuit against california by saying it didn't fund services for people with disabilities.

it brought protests over the past year. they say the state is exposed those with disabilities to health and safety risks. the lawsuit says the state frozen reimbursements since 2003. coming up on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00, we will have the details of another lawsuit over budget cuts, this one by california schools. ron paul wants a debate on a bill meant to improve pipeline safety and it comes in the aftermath of the san bruno pipeline explosion. harry reid says the billed with pass on a voice vote with bipartisan report but ron paul says it should be debated and it would not have to take more than a afternoon. president obama voiced his

support for immigration reform. the president said his administration is vokessed on illegal immigrants that crit crimes -- that commit crimes. >> we think it is very important for the federal government to beserious about border security, to go after companies that are taking advantage of undocumented workers and to provide a pathway for legal 4 immigrants. >> president obama also accused republicans of abandoning efforts to pass reform. unemployment fell in 2/3 of the areas last month. the jobless rates were lower than a year earlier. 262 areas. it was higher in 1984 and unchanged in -- in 84 and

unchanged in 26. the jobless rate was 9.7 in the east bay and 10% in san jose. a deal pays employees $5,000 signing bonus. most of the workers will not receive a pay raise but along with signing bonuses they will receive profit sharing increases and $9,000 in other payments over the life of the contract. she is the latest celebrity to join protesters outside of wall street. >> all change starts from the bottom up and people got tired of hearing the same little news quotes every day and it's time for a new. >> hundreds of protesters have been camped out for 12 days now protesting what they call a broken economic system. many are college grads that say it's time to talk about

building a economy that provides jobs opportunities for everyone. similar protests are planned for tomorrow afternoon in san francisco. wall street ended a three day winning streak. giving back many gains in a sell off. rising fears about a recession and concern leaders aren't moving quickly enough to deal with the greek debt crisis drove the market down. dowel fell 179 points. nasdaq off 2% falling 55 points. judge issued a injunction that ordered pilots to stop intentionally delaying flights. they accuse the pilots of taxing slowly, increasing paintness reports. the pilots are emboiled in a contract negotiations where they are trying to blend their

seniority systems. airline says the pilots used the tactic to use pressure. >> there have been two campus sexual attacks this months. the most recent was on sunday. ktvu's rob roth is live where students are taking action. the city here at st. mary's, there is concern about sexual assaults and this afternoon students spoke out. >> one, two, three. shout it.! >> reporter: 100 students at the college, long with teachers rallied to raise awareness about sexual assault. with two rapes since the start of school students says it's time for no more. >> her being your girlfriend -- [no audio] rape a girl. >> reporter: police are investigating two rapes.

the first was on september 11 and last sunday. the victims knew the attackers. police identified identified the suspects, but are still gathering information. >> it's not a stranger. these are individuals that are have a relationship with each other. probably casual but still a relationship. >> reporter: st. marries is stepping up its education on campus. they have been discussing it more. >> got to think about your actions as you go around. especially after this happened a couple times. >> you are doing that more? >> yeah. everybody is. >> we asked female students if they feel safe and they say they do. >> i do enforce safety. >> it's impossible to protect

or to eliminate every obstickle. >> students were encouraged to report problems and to continue speaking out. rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. advocates of medical marijuana launched a campaign to overturn san jose's new pot club law. cancer patients and leaders rallied outside san jose city hall today. they are angry about a law that was approved yesterday that limits the number of medical marijuana dispensaries to 10. dozens of clubs would have to close and apply for the slots. they say the law ignores the needs of patients. >> deprieves. it is beneficial. >> i am going to ask my fellow citizens to share compation. open your hearts and minds and look at this realistically. >> officials plan to open the

process in november or december. a deadly bacteria found in meat is now found in cantaloupes and turned up in california. today will be the warmest day of the week, mid-90s out there but it's cooling off fast and a chance for sprinkles. seven-day forecast, tell you when, see you back here.

. construction cruise hit a gas line this morning leading to an evacuation of three homes. happened at 10:15. pg&e capped the line and people were allowed to go back home. officials say that listeria tainted cantaloupe killed some and sickened more.

ktvu's john fowler has more. >> reporter: the worry is people will continue to get sick. >> i am very concerned about it. i eat a lot of cant lobe low pressure and now i am not going to. >> reporter: most deaths have been among the elderly. >> if you are pregnant, can cause still birth. complications from the pregnancy itself. and it can kill you. the bacteria can lay dormant in the body and then cause illness weeks later. >> may get transmitted person to person. >> although it is almost on the exterior of the cantaloupe but when you cut it open it gets into the flesh inside. it's important to wash the exteria of all your foods. >> it continues to be, u.n.,

every few months we have an issue. >> maybe this should be another warning and -- to reevaluate. the melons were shipped to 25 states. u.s. produce is among the safest in the world and hygiene is something people can ensure themselves. >> regulations in place but i don't expect them to do everything for me. >> solution of water and vipger works best for washing food. listeria will increase in vegetables. reporting live, john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the outbreak. the cantaloupe contamination raised new questions in washington. experts say there are not enough food and drug inspectors. they are calling on congress to

fully fund the food safety bill that was passed last year. >> we are going to keep seeing more and more outbreaks like this cantaloupe outbreak if funding is not provided. >> there is a $130 million gap over food funding that could set up another budget show down. recalling 131,000 pounds of ground beef of a e. coli scare in ohio. 4 children and one family in wildfire became ill after eating the beef. we are learning more about a fire that caused a apartment building to go up in flames. here are some of the pictures we showed you live yesterday from news chopper 2. it started

in apartment 26 on the top floor but how it starts hasn't been determined. the fire caused $1.8 million in damage. today is a spare the air day in the bay area. the air quality management district says we experienced unhealthy pollution levels. here is a live pictures. as a result the aqm md encouraged people to take public transit. this is the eight spare the air day this year. nice day. is that bee? >> yeah. they are looking at -- it's pollutant but also ground level

ozones. photoochemical thing. that's what triggers the spare the air day. it's going to change tomorrow. here is what is happening. you see the fog down here. the winds have been coming out of the north. that is an off shore direction. northeast wind. what does it do? shunts the fog to the south. the winds are starting to pull the fog up the coast. pressure changes. was going from north to south, now the winds, showing us the winds are out of the south. southerly surge of fog into the bay area tonight changes the air quality for the better. we will drop the fire danger for the better and reduce temperatures. some say for the better, very hot. 94 santa rosa. 96 livermore. those are right now temperatures. temperatures tomorrow at this

time, 88, 90 livermore. temperatures coming down inland. along the coast they are coming down a lot. around 65. around the bay we will lose about 8 degrees. this weather system i am tracking, noticed it a few days ago. that's where our storms are spawned. that's where they come from. the genesis of the storms. there is one up there that wants to get in here next week. it will get wet around here. we will cool off. today temperatures were the highest or warmest all week. temperatures tomorrow trend down. by the weekend cooler with a lessened fire danger. when i come back, we will look that rain chances for the weekend, and your forecast highs for tomorrow. see you back here. a team of engineers repelled down the washington monument today to check for

earthquake damage. four engineers descended on the washington monument. arm would amcrus, i pads and radios all to help to check for cracks. there is a large crack at the top but will examine each stone. >> now that it has been rigged the climbers can begin their survey and they will begin that today weather permanenting, of course -- weather permitting, of course. >> the team was forced to cut short when a lightning storm rolled in. gas for free, where in the bay area gas was given away. and a new poll shows what most people are thinking when it comes to the death penality. one city is cracking down, the move it's closer to making when it comes to smoking.

. there appears to go attention in the town of fort bragg as authorities continue to search for a man suspected of killing two people. they believe he shot a man and weeks later jerry mellow. he says his son is schizophrenic.

they live in fear he is still on the loose. poll finds that most california voters support the death penality. but that more and more people are favoring life in prison without patrol. all executions have been on hold since 2006. a judge ordered the state to address questions about whether california's lethal injection method was cruel and painful. voters supported the death penality as punishment for first-degree murder but the numbers are changing. 68% favor keeping the death penality. 27% want to do away with it. that's a big change from 25 years ago. when asked what they would prefer, 48% chose life in prison without patrol. 40% said the death penality. in 2000 they preferred the death penality over life in prison and there are more signs

voters are turning against death penality. how often are innocent people executed. 40% said rarely. this year that number dropped to 52%. the city of counard -- concord is moving closer to getting a smoking ban in a 17 block area. the counsel approved the ban. it's backed by downtown business and property owners who complained about smoke. a final vote set for october 18. jews are marking rajai shawna tonight. the jewish new year. it includes a time when jews repent their sins. that prepares them for yawn cupure that comes 10 days

later. motorcycle club that says it's against violence now lost one of its members to violence. looked at me and said can you help me. he is a bad man. >> chilling words from a mother whose toddler was attacked. what that man did next that has him hailed as a hero tonight. [ screaming ]

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police identified the man that was shot and killed last night. ktvu's rita williams is in oakland with a live report. rita? >> reporter: it's not the image most of us have of an michael -- of a motorcycle club. >> reporter: what does that say when a brotherhood of men like this who love and care for the youth of oakland finds violence at their door step. it has to stop. >> reporter: bullets riddled the club house. members gathered as they do every tuesday. >> we are a motorcycle club. let's have fun. >> reporter: he arrived after a minute after a gunman came in and started shooting.

killing hassan sayyid. >> i was crying all day. all night. >> reporter: last week the dragons joined the stop the violence march to city hall and they adopt poor people at christmastime. >> he was a good person. he did not deserve this. the crime has to stop. it's killing off whole communities. >> reporter: he was excited about being rehired by the city of oakland after being laid off two years ago. >> we are looking for anyone who has information to contact the oakland police department. >> reporter: police are offering a $10,000 reward for help in finding the killer of hassan sayyid. and they say he was the 88 homicide victim so far this year in oakland compared to 64

this time last year. reporting live in oakland, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. an update on a hazardous spill in santa rosa. it was reported this morning at the dollar drug pharmacy. we just got off the phone with the fire department. they sent a hazmat team that sealed off the room. officials say a technician was mixing two chemicals for a cancer drug when there was a chemical reaction and a spill. two people were sent to the hospital. the team neutralized the chemtuals and reopened the pharmacy. a police officer turns into a firefighter, then a lifesaver. another man takes down a sexual predator. both men today are hailed as heroes. >> reporter: this morning the red cross honored several

people for their exceptional acts. while on duty in may here and his partner found an apartment complex on fire and went door to door yelling for people to get out. he went in, wrapped a curtain around the man and pulled him to safety. this echoes all those who hailed him a hero. >> you know what, they said i am a hero. she said what are you do, i told her, she said you are a hero. not till then, i go, i guess i did. >> reporter: sammy was shopping at the doctor tree last december when police say a sex offender sexual assaulted a 2- year-old girl in one of the aisles. he saw the girl and her mother just moments after the attack. >> looked at me and said, can you help me. he is a bad man.

i tackled him. >> reporter: after the tackle he sat on the man and held him there till officers arrived. >> the real hero, those victims that have to go through this every day. we have 15 seconds of fame. but they have to deal with this for the rest of their lives. >> johnson got so emotional talking about what happened that day like it was yesterday. even though it happened a year ago. he said he hopes the girl will have no memory of what happened. republican presidential candidate michele bachmann told students quote, not to settle for it easy political choices. michele bachmann spoke to 10,000 people at liberty university in virginia. she said theirs could be the first u.s. generation that will not do as well as their parents.

michele bachmann also crit sized president obama healthcare reform measures. >> stunning level of power grab that he would order every private insurance company in the country to provide the morning after abortion pill free of charge. >> michele bachmann is the second gop candidate to speak at liberty university this year. rick perry spoke there two weeks ago. new poll show as big shake up in the republican primary race. 23% of voters back mitt romney, putting him back on top. 19% support rick perry. but herman cain tripled his support to 17%. and with a marger of error of 3 percentage points that puts herman cain is a three way tie for first place. the department of energy approved a billion dollars in loan guarantees today for two

solar projects. 737million goes to the solar energy in nevada to build a solar plant like this one that uses sun light to boil water, spin a turbine. 337million goes to a plant in arizona. 5billion in funding must be allocated no later than tomorrow. >> a company that needs a lot of electrical power announced it is locating its farm in washington state. advantage data hopes to take advantage of green power from dam ons the river. the data center uses enough electricity to power 67,000 homes. amazons takes on apple, what it hopes will compete with the ipad. where drivers got free gasoline today. mark zuckerberg declared he

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since safety improvements the number of suv fatalities have fallen. suv drivers are the least likely to die in a crash. they gave away free gas this morning in san francisco. people lined up at this shell station to get 15 gallons each at no charge. it was part of a promotion for their gas. they gave away the gas in four cities today. and it will rer peat at 4 different cities on october 13. amazon demonstrated a new product today [no audio] the ceo unveiled the new kindle fire tablet in new york city this morning. it can be used to listen to music or play videos. it's smaller and cheaper. going on the market for $199. anyone who friends facebook founder mark zuckerberg may be

surprised at his later undertaking. he vowed to only eat meat he killed himself and he since slaughtered his own. now he is taking up hunting and shot a buffalo. which he had a budger turn into buffalo burgers. the political catch phrase referred to a healthcare reform proposal to pay for end of life counseling for the six. a study of those who left instructions on care that they should receive found doing so didn't increase their chance of dying. the number of children partnershipped stimulants for adhd has grown in the last 5 years. 2.9% of 4-17-year-olds took the drugs by 2008 that climbed to 3

million americans. it is the preferred treatment for adhd. it's an old pill but a new weapon to stop smoking. the drug is effective in helping people get off cigarettes. it was developed in bulgaria and cost 1/twenty of prescription and patches in the united states. it is unlikely to make it to the market in the u.s. have to be determined. it means you got to work as hard as you know how to awork. >> it came at a pep talk. the confession the president made to american students today. and back here in 10 minutes, temperatures are coming down. it will cool off. and we got a shot at showers in the forecast, when that could

occur and your five-day forecast, all in about 10 minutes.

reports in newspapers here in the u.s. and israel say the family of one of the university of california, berkeley graduates went to great lengths to keep their jewish religion out of the news. when joshua fattal was in prison his mother called for release but his father stayed out of the light because he is

a iraqi israel and they were afraid the situation could make things worse [no audio] president obama held a back to school pep rally. acknowledged school can be tough. >> if you promise not to tell anybody i will let you in on a secret, i was not always the best student that i could be in high school. >> president obama jocked his favorite subject was baseball. he spoke at a washington d.c. high school and his remarks were live online. he said they must work hard and set goals and take risks now and then. >> try new things. work hard. don't be embarrassed if you are not good at something right away, you are not supposed to be good at something right away. that's why you are in school.

you got to wonder, question, explore. >> the president told them each one needs to aim for post high school education, a community college or a four year college. the president also gave a public nod to a bay area teen. coming up, we will talk with the teen and hear about the small start he made. rebox agreed to give $25 million in refunds to customers that bought the toning shoes. they agreed to the deal as part of a settlement over the easy tone and run tone smutches rebox claims the design caused microinstability which gave users a minor work out. anyone who bought the shoes after 2005 can apply for a refund. julie haener is live with some of the stories we are working on for ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00.

newspaper is sparking a controversy, the discussion about this cartoon and the unusual place it was published. plus one place to look for a job might be the port of oakland. they big impact they made. also we are just learning new information about the driver involved in the deadly accident where a six-year-old girl was killed on her way to school. we will have these stories in about 10 minutes. major overhaul of public pools across the nation. the consumer product safety commission man daded pools with one drain must be able to shut off quickly to avoid accidental drownings. they expand on a law requiring a special grid over the drain. public pools have till may next year to comply. a typhoon killed 35 people when it hit the philippine

islands yesterday. it caused major storm damage and flooding. 150 people are left homeless with damage to housing and crops expected to rise in the billions of dollars. >> here in the bay area the sun is out and it's been warm. bill, what is happening? >> this is our time of year. it is warm, hot, dry but we don't have the fire winds. no fire concerns. off shore, the indication of whether systems, high clouds. they are precking towards the north right now. as they kick in over the next 36 hours we will see a cool down, the cooling starts tomorrow. increasing clouds, coastal and high and by the weekend much cooler in some -- and a lot of clouds, clouds sunday. hottest day of the week, spare the air day. that's it. shouldn't be a spare the air day tomorrow. cooler on friday, saturday,

sunday. and by sunday, monday, tuesday, we will get into rain. i know that's down the road but all the models are lining up for this to be a pretty significant for this time of year rain event with winds. 45 miles per hour winds. that's next week. fog coming back up the coast. down south attempt ray right now. comes up through big sure and ocean beach by tomorrow morning. that fog, of course, will begin the cooling, certainly coast side. fog returning and by the morning pushes back towards the coast and the 90s today are pushed this way because the cool, moist air pushes. 70s, 60s and pushing the moist air in. fire danger drops off. air quality gets better. the trend and temperatures will be down as we go through friday and saturday.

not going to get cold but it will come out of the 90s and we will end up back into the 70s for the weekend. tomorrow we are 90 and clear. they are out of it. not going to feel a sea breeze. 88 fairfield. down 5-6 degrees. 90 antioch. 90 livermore. 87 pleasanton. these highes, technically you could gate spare the air day tomorrow. either way, it's good to carpool and take it easy. you will see gunk in the air tomorrow. some of that brown haze, that's particulate. you could see it out there today. five-day forecast with your weekend in view, if it transpires towards monday, tuesday, wednesday, we might see a real early end to fire season. if it rains on the napa valley, last thing they want is rain. >> they are racing to get the

grapes off. thank you. >> fewer gate characters on television this season. the number of characters fell from 3.9% to 2.9% sis thesen. -- season. fox leads the number of networks. call for change. a bay area senator, what he is worried about when it comes to passengers planes.

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. the secret service sued by the owner of this airport in massachusetts. he said he gave them permission to land air force one. he said the ground vehicles used tore umtarmac causing damage. new reports find thousands of missles are missing in libya and there are concerns they will be used to attack passenger planes. >> if a terrorist was able to get a shot off, even if it wassa miss that might terrify the public so much it could have the same effect that 9/11 did. >> more than 40 aircraft world

wide have been hit by missiles since the 1970s. barbara boxer is prosing defense systems be installed on major planes. >> it's something that the airline industry cannot afford to do. they are barely making money if they are making money at all. it would become the responsibility of governments. >> barbara boxer septa letter -- sent a letter asking them to support the proposal. coming up in 90 seconds, new details about the driver who hit and killed a six-year- old girl in east palo alto. also, a campus meeting at a college, why this comic strip sparked so much anger.

praying, you know, that she make it. >> shock and disbelief as a girl is struck and killed on her way to school. the new information we learned about the driver involved in that crash. cartoon controversy that is no jock. the anger at a student

newspaper's decision. complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. i am ken wayne. frank somerville is off. >> and i am julie h. a student -- julie haener. a student newspaper. ktvu's john sasaki joins us now where the outrage spilled over today. john? >> reporter: this is the school newspaper, and on the most recent page 2, this comic strip was the topic of a heated campus meeting. >> reporter: it was quit today but not inside the campus theater. the school held a meeting ability this strip that that accuses black men of being sellish and stupid. >> for you ay