that gunman remains on the lose at this hour. the man accused of killing three coworkers and injurying several more at a cupertino quarry was shot today. >> reporter: the ordeal isn't quite over yet for this neighborhood. the quarry has just confirmed it was almond who was shot and killed today. >> reporter: a loud string of gunfire brought a wave of law enforcement units to lauren way. the man on the ground was almond the focus of a three hour man hunt. about 30 hours ago the santa

clara sheriff's department gave us this surveillance video shows a gun toting almond and confirmed two investigators he was in the homestead area. it led to a massive search culminates this morning when three sheriff's deputies saw almond crouched behind a car. >> they saw the suspect and they fired. we believe he displayed the firearm in a threatening manner. a woman carrying a baby was one of several family members who lived at the house. one said they did not know almond but they alerted homeowners that the suspect was in their driveway. >> we figured it was gone at this point. i'm more relieved now. i'm sure my wife is even more relieved. >> reporter: the suspect's death will make it difficult to find out what he did after leaving the lee high plant and how he illuded the search.

>> we will continue to talk to neighbors, to friends, to acquaintances. >> reporter: back live you can see activity still going on. public safety is now investigating this as an officer involved shooting case. live in sunny vale, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. there may have been warning sign that is violence was on almond's mind. maureen naylor is live now at the quarry with new details and what the company told her for the first time about the tragedy. >> reporter: this afternoon the road up here to the lee high cement plant opened up. someone has since placed some flowers, a bouquet of flowers at the front. tonight we spoke to one friend who says almond told them. >> he said that they were racist at the place and that they were going to try to end

his livelihood and that, that it wasn't going to go down that way. and that if they were going to end his livelihood he was going to end theirs. >> reporter: she came to the latest sunny vale crime scene and said the san jose father had a permit to carry concealed weapons and that almond feared he was losing his job. >> the severance pay being taken away from him that he was going to do some damage basically. that if he was going to go out, and he was going to kill some people that was going to happen to him and his family. >> reporter: the company is not releasing almond's work history. a company executive said almond had not been fired and there were no plans to do so. adding the cement company

strongly insists racism was not a problem. now the plant remains closed and remained closed all day as sheriff deputy remains parked outside tonight. the company does not expect the plant to open tomorrow and today says they expect to be paying for the employees salaries during the closure. >> also the this afternoon lee high hanson released a statement saying our first priority right now is taking care of our people. we are working closely with grief counselors and making sure our employees are prepared to deal with this terrible day. family and friends are mourning the three lives lost in that quarry shooting. the mother of 59-year-old mark nunez said the quarry was his home away from home. >> he really loved his job. he said he had met a lot of nice guy, you know. and he said that he said mom, those guys are wonderful he says. he said my boss has been good to me too.

>> reporter: just a few miles away the vallejo's family is also grieving. 59-year-old john vallejo was killed and his brother jesse was wounded in the attack. >> i love you mi hijo and i'm going to miss you so much. and i know you're in a better place. >> reporter: jesse vallejo is reported as being in good continue tonight. the other victim was manuel pinon from newman. we have raw video of an interview with a quarry worker. just look under the tab quarry rampage. a spokesman tells ktvu there were four reported burglaries on monday and three the week before. they were all in the same area north of cutting boulevard near arlington boulevard. in a couple of cases homeowners

left doors or windows unlocked. memorials to apple cofounder steve jobs are popping up all across the bay area. and apple with a bite out of it sits among the bouquets of flowers left on the corner outside of job's home in palo alto. he leaves leaves behind a wife and four children. ken pritchett is live with the legacy that jobs left behind. >> reporter: you can see the number of bouquets that have doubled in the last hour. this apple store in palo alto is very special. when a new iphone came out steve jobs would be here to greet customers. i saw him on the i pad launch date and it was then on the long line of latest invasions associated with steve jobs. >> that white print on black is what the computers looked like. >> reporter: you can see the first apple ever made a 1979

1979 created of circuits. it led to the consumer friendly apple 2 years later. >> let's have it hook up to a regular television and have people use it. >> reporter: christopher garcia says they launched the computers at if home. then came the macintosh with its desktop icons and menus seen on virtually all computers today. >> this is what everybody had been waiting for. >> reporter: despite early contribution, jobs will likely be known for the i pads, iphones and i pods. >> reporter: technology analyst angeles says he believes jobs was too vital and expects the two years of products will see

a decline. >> unless they see a way to replace his resources we will see an erosion. >> reporter: he says the criticism of the latest launch the latest launch of the iphone is a suggestion that as he put that the magic would be slipping away. in palo alto, ken pritchett. steve jobs long time partner and friend wazniack says jobs helped apple succeed. >> it took a lot of privacy to help apple develop things the right way. he had really good control of himself. really good discipline. >> reporter: a tribute to steve jobs that was in the making before his death is now taking on new momentum. a group of fans had declared next friday october 14th steve jobs day. that's the day the iphone 4s is set to be released. since job's passing the group is calling on people to dress

like jobs in a black turtle neck and jeans and postremembrances. sailors and marines spent part of their day bringing toys to kids in san francisco. men and women from the u.s.s. rashard arrived. today they delivered books and toys to kids in the pediatric hospital. the sailors and marines say they are glad to give back to the city. coming up, a bird's eye view of fleet week. ktvu's john fowler takes us right into the cockpit with one of the world's most thrilling pilots. we have it all today. heavy rain, lightning and now sunshine. we want to give you a look as golden gate bridge, it's beautiful and it's a sunny sunset. bill martin join us now he's live in the weather center to explain the wild weather we had

today, bill. >> a little bit of everything out here. check out oakland about 2:00 this afternoon. the rain pouring down. if you have under one of these cells, it was wet. we got down to almost half an inch of rain in some bay area locations from today's wildly scattered showers. let's go to the radar. we're going to go through the morning. remember that big thunderstorms this morning up by san francisco. you can see the radar return just east of san francisco here. we go through time, here comes the next big boom here is the big thunderstorms out in the pleasant hill area where we suspect that we had a lightning strike near a car or on a car. watch what happens here, the weather in the last hour has cleared out. it's partly to mostly sunny out there. but a cold front went through. when they go through they leave cold air. it's been cold out here. i'll tell you how cold in a few minutes. facebook faces a big loss

from one of its users. they say facebook violated their security by storing information of users that left the site. a report issues today by the california charter school association says black students are enrolled in charter schools at a higher rate than in public schools. >> we believe that that is a product of the fact that charter schools are simply performing better with african american students. >> reporter: the report also shows african american students scored 19 points higher on the academic performance index. fleet week is coming to life in san francisco. the president defends a now bankrupt solyndra. why he say it is government gave the company more than $130 million.

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this afternoon san jose police say they are treating the death of a woman found yesterday as a homicide. police have not released the cause of death for casillas. she was last seen getting into a blue chevrolet tahoe or grand prix. during a white house news conference the president said the fremont solar manufacturer received the loan on its merits. congressional republicans have accused the white house of wasting millions. people fed up with wall street were left out in the

street in san francisco. early this morning police oversaw the removal of tents and signs from the front of the federal reserve building. occupy sf protesters say crews took their food and shelter but they are vowing to stay. this afternoon a different group held a rally outside the federal building, their demands went beyond finances. many called for troop withdraws from iraq and afghanistan. calls to reform wall street were heard. the california nurses association sent it members to the occupy sacramento rally and set up tents, police say the rally was peaceful. americans were encouraged by better than expected earners by target, nordstrom and

macy's. the nasdaq gained 46. the blue angels made their presence known other san francisco. the navy team practiced over the bay as onlookers came out to watch. the blue angels are spectacular but pilots say the small unlimited aeroba to the atic -- aerobatic planes pack the biggest punch. john fowler has the story. >> i got the greatest job above the earth. i get to dive in the arena and share the magic of flight. by tumbling and twirling and spinning. flight is about celebrating freedom. today i got to join the celebration in team oracle's extra 300. we fly out of san carlos airport to just west of santa cruz. >> i get to practice three time

as s a day. i want to give the best dramatic performance. the only way you can do that is get your butt in the airplane and practice. >> reporter: there are strict rules boiled down to this. >> we're not allowed to point out noise at the audience. >> reporter: tucker lives near monterey. runs an aerobitc school. travels the world doing what he loves. >> to fly in front of millions of people. they get it. we share something very joyful and that is a fun thing. >> reporter: you can see the magic yourself. team oracle perform at fleet week friday, saturday and sunday. health and science editor john fowler ktvu channel 2 news. and the blue angels will practice again tomorrow between 1:00 and 5:00 p.m. and the air shows begin at 12:30 p.m. on saturday and sunday. the blue angels are scheduled to perform from 3:00 to 4:00

p.m. both days. it was a wet and wild day around the bay. bursts of heavy rain scattered across the region here. umbrellas weren't even enough to keep folks dry during this downpour in downtown san francisco this morning. our chief meteorologist bill martin is here now with what we can expect next, bill. >> reporter: san francisco nearly a half inch of rain on this downpour. it really came down early this morning. some folks didn't see any rain. others up to a quarter to half an inch. right now we have the showers moving out of the area. they rapidly, i mean we're clearing quick. when we go to the live buoy reading i have northwest winds at 22. so that's a wind direction like this. in a northwest winds is a clearing wind. that's the only way the instability is blowing out of the area. things are changing around. but what is going to happen is that cold air pulls in tonight it's going to be one of the coldest mornings of the season. especially in the north bay. freezing, no? frost maybe from forestville. certainly temperatures like we've seen this season.

that means kids going to school, you going to work. you will notice it tomorrow morning. that's a wintertime temperature. it's a very cool 48 in oakland. that's chilly the kids at the bus stop are going to need jackets tomorrow morning. it'll warm up rapidly tomorrow. there goes the weather system. the cold air behind will allow for a couple of mornings then it will modify and warm up. as we move this low out which is happening right now. the high moves in. the air begins to sink and the temperatures begin to warm up. when the air sinks it warms. when air sinks it warms, when air rises it cools. your forecast highs tomorrow with the air that's sinking. 74 in san helenas. it's going to be a nice day tomorrow. very good visible, good air quality and warmer still as we go into the bay area weekend. if you're sitting out at ocean

beach tomorrow and you look out across the pacific you will probably be able to see point rays and pacifica. you know if you live out at the coast you know what that means, that means you have really great air quality. visibility is going to be good. like we get in the wait in the winter around here. if you were to go up to the top of the diablo you're going to most likely be able to see the sierra nevada with all the snow on there. here's your five day forecast with your weekend in view. this is going to be a distant memory tomorrow. but it was kind of a crazy couple of days it felt like the summer. >> it did. it's nice that it's warming up in time for the weekend. >> i'm glad. >> thanks, bill. coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. bay area cannabis clubs may soon face closure after what seems to be a sudden reversal in federal policy. we'll explain how one simple letter is sparking a lot of questions. our crew was the only one

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the rain and cool weather didn't stop more than 100 bicyclists from raising money to fight climate change. >> a lot of cheers and horn honking welcomed the riders to san francisco city hall. the 320-mile journey started on sunday in eureka. they raised $120,000 for organizations. all 111 bicyclists who started the ride, finished the ride. mark is off tonight, fred is here. tiger woods first round today and wow, not a good day. >> it's not to be expected. you know tiger woods finished

in third place today in his own threesome. many people expected it to be tiger's return. but tiger is tied for 80th. the rain affected everybody in san martin. come on girl. this is just the ninth tournament of the year for woods. tiger birdies the first hole. but then on second, stays in the bunker. woods shot at two over 73. six shots before the leader. the ucla graduate shot a 269. tampa bay lost eight straight games at candle stick until last november. it was the buck's first win at

the stick since 1980. and it was during the time that former coach singletary benched smith. >> any time you play a team back to back years, yeah they came in here and beat us last year jumped us on us pretty good. so they're good. they're disciplined on defense. they know what they're doing, they're well coached. they are young on the defensive line and really good players. we're just try to find our match ups in in a mild upset, high school game of the week is a royal versus bishop. ktvu will be live at that game tomorrow. and highlights at 10:00. should be a good one. >> we like toe find those or get those friday night high school football of the week match up. thanks fred. >> ktvu is on online always all the time right now on our

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