terms of memory abilities. so -- they were having good news. >> reporter: that changed today at the airport when appleton's plane took off and then at 100 feet as he tried to turn back crashed. he was flyingo loan and was known as an aviation buff. pictures online show himming with one of his 20 airplanes. he crashed in the a 2004 air show also. tj rogers was his friend. >> you know he worked his way up from being a photograph resist tech to -- it's an american dream. lived life to the fullest. >> reporter: today they sent a statement expressing sympathy to the family and saying his passion and energy left a mark on micron the idaho community and the technology industry.

>> their company is a manufacturing iconn. a time when everybody is griping about outsourcing he was a hero. he -- really big guy. he will be missed. >> reporter: trading of stock was halted when the death was confirmed. the safety board is investigating the crash. >> a surge in hiring pushed the dow to its highest levels since the crisis started. the dow gained 157 points and the nasdaq gained 46 points. tom joins us with the good news on the job front and the reason california is lagging behind. >> reporter: what a lag it is. here is the problem. let's just take a look. what we have here is the united states blown unemployment rate at 8.3. california is at 11.1. way higher than the national average. that is just numbers. let's look at the number of people we are talking about in

the united states, 1.8 million people but look at this. one out of six right here in california. so what is the pulse of the golden state? >> we did see throughout 2011, steady job gains, the toll was 240,000. >> reporter: but says the former director that's only a small portion of the 1.4 million jobs lost. he said moving forward the state's biggest jobs gains are likely to tom from small business. >> the tens of thousands of new businesses starting up in 2012 in california. >> reporter: folks like book dealer rick wilkerson. >> i think a lot of people perhaps, felt betrayed by what happened with the economy, their own securities was undermined and they started to realize they could only depend on themselves. >> reporter: many customers employees of start ups. >> a lot of tech offices near here they didn't realize

existed. it's better than i thought it would be. >> reporter: jobs would help a lot too. >> bring jobs back home. bring them here this is america. that's what got us in this problem that we are? . >> reporter: experts say we seem have to bottomedo. >> all the signs pointing toward the upturn. it's -- hard to say will that be sustained or what may happen. >> the economy is still weak. we have empty factories and buildings, empty homes. we have millions of people who are perfectly capable and willing to work. >> reporter: so, we still have a long way to go, though things getting better. ktvu channel 2news. >> and stay with us on ktvu.com where our business section will keep you up to date on wall street, the job market and the housing crisis. about a dozen protesters shut down a bank of america branch in concord today.

>> we have the only camera crew inside during the now is he protest. it was there -- they were duped by predatory lending. >> we will continue fighting. we will continue to fight against this bank. we refuse to leave our home. we won't give up this is our dream to get this house and we won't let it go. >> they finally left after the police were called. the demonstration caused the branch to shut down for about an hour this afternoon. >> it's a 20 million-dollar mortgage fraud case that we first told you about in 2008 and today in court three women and one man all plead guilty to the crime. only on 2, mike reports on how one of the victims was the defendant's own daughter. >> reporter: jet skis, homes, yachts, a 20 million-dollar crime laced wire fraud, tax evasion, harboring illegals and more. >> kind of a sickening

feeling. >> reporter: one of the victims and the map who ripped her off, her father. ronald nelson. >> three daughters and yet he doesn't acknowledge them. >> reporter: today in court three and a half years later nelson, his spend wife and two former mortgage brokers pled guilty to dozens of charges tied to a mortgage loan fraud scheme. >> i can't say i'm surprised. >> reporter: the nelsons and two others got more than 60 fake mortgages, here is the case file and you have to look at some of the numbers. $359,000, 208,000, 513,000 and the list just goes on. once they got the houses they turned them in to the senior care facilities and hired illegals to act as caregivers for the resident dents. >> doesn't just the fact that the people who are trying to do this, the facts, straw buy years, community that are being

affected by the foreclosures, it's affecting everybody. >> reporter: specifically kim who no longer speaks to her father. she said edith entered his life a decade ago and that's when it started and she said it still happens. >> he has picked her. he picked her all long over his own family. she is the main person and anybody who won't separate from her gets what she gets, just by association. >> reporter: they face more than 40 years in prison and owe millions of dollars in restitution. sentencing set for may 11th. >> police in oakland have yet another shooting investigation on their hands tonight. the latest happened less than three hours ago near the corner of 65th and international boulevard. police say the male was shot five or six times during a rolling shoot out that went on for several blocks. the victim was taken to the hospital in stable condition.

this is the 7th shooting in oakland in just the past two days and two of those were deadly. police are also investigating a mysterious death. they say a woman was found dead this afternoon in a house on 98th avenue at c street. no word on who she is or how long she was there. >> hundreds of school children took part in a parade. a parade for peace. the students marylanded in the fruitvale district to wrap up athlete schools week. >> we are celebrating service, people in our community who make a difference, groups that make a difference, and we want to promote peace in our neighborhood as well as in our city and nation. >> today's event marked the 7th yearly peace parade. >> the coast guard is searching for a crabber who

disappeared off the coast two days ago. search crews found the capsized boat belonging to the 64-year- old of san ramone today. he launched from pillar point hear bonk on wednesday in good weather. the empty boat was found this morning. >> a judge refused to lift the stay away order for two protesters. yesterday a judge issued an order to a dozen demonstrators who were among hundreds arrested last weekend during clash was police. we have photographs of the protester who have been ordered to stay away from city hall. just go to ktv.com and click on slide shows. some oakland residents say they are fed one the movement and are planning a demonstration of their own. the group stand up for oakland will gather just before noon on monday. the same day occupiers say they plan to protest. stand up oakland wants supporters to wear white to show their support for the city. >> federal approximaters have dropped their doping investigation into lance

armstrong. today's surprise announcement ends a two year probe into if he used performance enhancing drugs. the united states attorney made the decision but didn't say why. armstrong has long denied any doping. >> a fairfield woman whose three children died in a fire won't serve more jail time for her role in the deaths. she received ten years probation. she was convicted of manslaughter and child endangerment. her children and a neice died in april of 2010. it started when james and her sister left the children alone with burning candles. inmate plead guilty today to killing a fellow inmate. he stabbed edward schaffer, the man accused of killing a 9-year- old during -- while driving drunk. the plea deal gives him life without the possibility of parole but spares him the death penalty. >> the governor signed a bill designed to help with the

state's cash flow until the spring. the bill would allow the state to borrow against itself up to $865 million until tax revenues start coming in. >> pg&e is helping students in northern and central california with a launch today of a million dollars in scholarships. it'll help as many as 40 students qualify, they must show they have given back to their community or have overcome great personal challenges. the mountain view school district is asking students to pay more for lunch. they just approved the increase on full prized lunches next year. the district said the move will help off seat the rising cost of food service. >> nevada voters get their say. we are live in reno with the reason ron paul could come out ahead of one of the frontrunners. >> bay area weekend and here. a nice spring like weather patter a five day forecast with

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spa the san francisco sheriff says he is crushed that a judge denied him the visitation order today so he could see his son. >> i miss my son terriblely and he misses me. >> he has not been allowed to see his wife and their son ever since being accused of domestic abuse. he is pleading not guilty to the charges. the judge set another hearing on the visitation issue for next wednesday. a trial date was set today for the lab tech accused of stealing cocaine from a san francisco police drug lab. the trial will start on june 18th on charges they on laned illegal drugs through fraud. she faces up to four years in prison if convicted.

>> the ko men organization reversed course and said it'll continue donating to planned pant hood. planned pant hood branches benefited. >> someone walked in off the street and gave them a 300- dollar check. >> a flood of support and donations after the komen foundation announced it would cut funding. >> all indications report a spike. >> reporter: they say they are still looking at the numbers for the bay area but nationwide they raised $3 million this week, ten times the amount they normally get. the public backlash led the komen foundation to reverse the decision. >> they heard what the american people felt and i think when women see their health being made political they get together. >> we are now going to be able to focus on the mission.

it it's just to get breast cancer service to low income women and political issues won't distract us. >> reporter: the firefighter's association raised $2,800 for the komen foundation and last night they voted to give that to the breast cancer fund instead. >> that was raised specifically to go toward awareness, education, and research to find a cure. we don't want that donation to be mired up in any of the political things. >> reporter: by not giving money to us they are damaging our services for low income women. >> reporter: and that was allie reporting. the director of the san francisco komen association said her group opposed the foundation's decision but fears they will pay the price any way. >> the nevada caucuses cakeoff tomorrow morning. it's the first test in the west for the republican candidates.

ken pritchett live in reno and said there could be a surprise second place finish. >> reporter: we are here at the republican head quarters in reno where they are discussing the final preparations before the cow sauce tomorrow. it's different from a primary in california. here the ground game is essential. for the better part of the day the candidates, campaigned in the las vegas area urging supporters to go to the caucus. >> these are people who are far more engaged in the process. they are willing to spend two hours on saturday morning. >> reporter: eric said that the caucus favors campaigns such as romney's and pauls that draw large crowds and rallies and have been active in nevada since 2008. >> gingrich and santorum, they may have a few staffers scattered around the state but it's just -- not going to pay off.

>> reporter: the gingrich campaign office in reno opened just laugh week. it's a bare bones operation. >> the people take the information they need. they take it home, they make phone calls, our lists covered in that way. it's a grass roots campaign. >> reporter: compare this to the fall campaign that drew more than a thousand people at a rally such as susan to help urge people to involve. >> i think a second place fin is in the cards. >> reporter: a new poll shows romey with 50% of the likely important, way ahead of the field but this isn't a winner take a state. for each candidate the better they do the more committed delegates they can receive and the more momentum they can claim. in reno. ktvu channel 2news. >> walnut creak may be the next city to put in an anti smoking ordinance. they are discussing a possible

smoking ban in public areas. the wall net creak downtown business association has already thrown its support behind the ideat. could take up to a year before the city council votes on the matter. >> new figures show android continues to dominate. google's platform has 47% of the market. apple has 30% followed by research and motion which makes the back berry. 98million have smart phones, about 40% of the market. >> new audit shows two cities lagging when it comes to using stimulus funds for home weather eyeing. san francisco and oakland may have to return the money because they are so far behind. officials in -- think say i they are focused on insulating apartments. >> and another beautiful dame friday turning out to be a lot like yesterday but cooler.

we go outside and look at the sunset. it was beautiful or is beautiful. you can see the high clouds, they kind of will be with us all weekend as we go through the saturday and sunday. they will thicken up on sundayw. see mostly cloudy skies by sunday evening and then rain in to the long range forecast. before that your bay area weekend is dry, mostly to partly sunny and mild and just a heck of a nice one. enjoy t embrace it. as we get into the extended forecast looks like we will return to winter at least toward tuesday of next week and perhaps beyond that. we will see. overnight lows chilly. as you get up to go do what you do tomorrow. if you have baseball, know a lot of people do with the little league, soccer or whatever are you doing 30 in napa, 34 concord narcotic will get you frost on the wind shield. it'll be chilly as you get going. daytime highs will go up nicely. they will go back into the low and mid60s. giants fan fest, tomorrow 54

degrees, 60 degrees at at&t park. act lunchtime and into the mid60s to about 2:00. that's -- could be a nicer day in san francisco for that event. as we go into the forecast, bay area forecast, dry pattern, high pressure, living over the top of us, high clouds on sunday and then look what shows up and it's about time we see this. not a big storm but it gets here. rain likely on tuesday. we will follow it four. computer model at 6:00 tomorrow has us clear. tomorrow is a nice day. sunday we go in to the afternoon. 6:00. clouds start to increasen. to monday there is rain off shore. that's monday afternoon and then monday night into tuesday morning, there it is. is it a big deal? could show up and be stronger than this. this long range model giving you the idea we have rain or wet on the forecast for monday night into tuesday morning. in the meantime the forecast highs shake out like this. tomorrow the beautiful day. sunday temperatures very

similar to these. these temperatures really very mild for this time of year. we are -- need i remind new february, when you look at temperatures in the mid60s and as yesterday we saw 74 degrees in santa rose a record high. very unusual weather but if you look at tuesday there, things start to turn around and the long range model suggesting the good opportunity. >> been a while. >> yeah. >> thank you. >> here is what's coming up on bay area news at seven on tv36. >> these democrat traitors go to the streets. how they too it inside as well. >> and a record price for a painting that absolutely shatters the previous record price. why has it take inso long for the world to find out about it? >> one of the biggest stars of the major league admits to a rel aps e. and media day for the giants. hear from buster posey about

what it was like to be out of the game so long because of his injury.

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the run down building was once the juvenile hall. now its being turned in to 75 affordable apartments for veterans over the age of 55. the project was funded with a grant. >> of force dear sir a big weekend because of the super bowl but also because of the fan fest going on for the giants. >> new york giants in new england on sunday. san francisco giants take the stage tomorrow. it's like a giants love fest really. just about got own of hand. 40,000 fans flocking out for a prespring training meet and greet with the giants. toyed, just a little over two weeks until spring training, little media event and tomorrow out at the ball yard fans and player also be there. giant was the fresh start. wants to erase the memory of that, the horrible collision

that ko'sed buster. posey looks for the silver lining in that play. >> being aqua from it and looking at it from a different angle. being able to compete and it's just pretty easy -- i guess now to see how quickly it can be gone and do my best to enjoy it. side product you are able to be with your twins. >> yep. that's the bet part. been a stay at home dad for six months and i have a new found respect for stay at home moms. 24-7. its been a blast. >> it's never the off season for recovering substance abuse. josh hamilton battles it every day. wants to spend it earlier in his career. for the most part clean for the last several years, he had a

rerel aps e early their week, had a few drinks but no drug, he apologized and said he had a weak moment. very best and continuous recovery for him. that's the sporting life. >> hope he is okay. thank you. >> and thank you for trusting us. stay with us on the westbound and mobile ktvu. >> and check out our special section dedicated to the chinese new year's parade. lue find a slide show from last year's parade. ♪

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