object at this man. kenneth malloy said he was minding his business and speed limit when he was attacked. >> trucker tailgating me, gives me the finger and i go around him, as i do, i heard a shot, loud sound, window shatters. >> reporter: the california highway patrol believes the driver through a small metal object at the van. >> next thing i knew his window -- >> reporter: he called 911 and trailed the driver to the port of oakland. >> we asked him to not follow, we don't want them to get into anything else. that is when he flagged me down. >> reporter: they arrested the truck driver. jeffrey cardoza. he is being charged. >> he did cooperate with the investigation. answered all of our questions.

>> reporter: they say he was found with a powdery substance they believe to be cocaine or methamphetamine. >> nobody was hurt. no weapons were found. very happy it turned out well. >> reporter: the chp is lead investigator on the case, even though the department of veterans affairs sent out three investigators to check out the damaged van. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. prosecutors say a man accused of shooting a customs agent planned to new thing. ktvu's jade hernandez is live with the judge's handling of the suspect. >> reporter: not only were no cameras allowed the suspect, dennis bagwell was placed behind a partition, which meant no one could see him. we watched as people filed

inside for his arraignment this afternoon. his sister asked the dep ate whether she could pass her brother a note. he said no. >> reporter: what did you want to give to your brother? >> i wanted to him we love him and support him. >> reporter: she said she is bothered by all the attention her brother received, now that includes an attempted murder charnel and assault with a deadly weapon. enhancements have been added because a gun was used with malicious intent. he is accused of shooting robert suplik tuesday morning. robert suplik is in critical condition. police wouldn't give a motive but his wife was one of his students at the bay area optical schools. the owner of the school told us today he saw no intimacy between the two.

>> student-teacher relationship. she is an a student and there was no problems at all there. >> reporter: the district attorney says he is being held without bail and expected to be back in court tomorrow morning at 9:00. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. searchers dug up a human skull today but it was not the remains of a girl who has been missing for years. they were found on a property. authorities say wesley shermantine gave them a map leading them to the body of that victim. there was some thought it might be mikhaila garrett who was kidnapped in 1988 but it wasn't the case. the remains belong to cyndi vanderheiden. police released an age progression photo of a woman

who went missing. she was 22 when she disappeared in 1993. she was hospitalized after a mental break down. investigators think she may have had another mental break down and left home on her own. he faces five felony counts in connection with a tuesday night plast. investigators say he was manufacturing drugs when the explosion occurred. she received minor injuries. the boy remains in the hospital tonight. several streets in san francisco's financial direct reopened after an underground fire in a pg&e vault. smoke was reported at 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. officials say the fire was sparked by a failed secondary fuse in the vault. no one was injured but customers will have brief

outages as they make repairs. five tents went up as part of the occupy cal movement. >> i don't see anybody camping. >> i don't either. >> okay. answer right the. >> this was the scene in berkeley. police were asking protesters to take down their tents, reminding them it is not allowed. police told us they have not removed the tents but officers are continuing to monitor the situation. in oakland, a man was arrested for walking in frank ogawa plaza after he was ordered to stay away. police say he was given a stay away order because of his violent acts during the occupy protest. he was arrested after officers spotted him walking in the plaza last night. the nation's biggest banks are being held accountable tonight. they agreed to pay for the banking abuses that contributed to the housing cries.

bank of america, wells fargo, chase, citigroup and allied finance reached a deal with 49 states. ktvu's tom vacar is live with a break down the relief coming to the bay area. tom? >> reporter: this settlement turns up the heat on the banks and lenders nationwide. >> reporter: this afternoon, she along with friends, marched on chase bank to save her home. >> i have been trying to get a modification for five years. every time i put in the application they tell me i didn't do it right. >> reporter: chase and four

other banks will grant california $3.1 billion in assistance. >> hard hit areas of the state will get a substantial amount of benefits so all of the relief doesn't flow to los angeles. >> reporter: alameda will get $757 million. contra costa 651. santa clara 588. salono 344. sonoma 267. san mateo 214. san francisco 167. napa 79. marin 50 million. >> they ought to think twice about what they are doing. 3-5 u.s. mortgage holders will get no relief because they are mortgages are held by fannie mae and freddy mac who refuse

to do any principal reduction. >> reporter: so that is why it is important to understand who really owns your mortgage because so many have been sold off. tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >> find out if you qualify by going to www.ktvu.com, and watch more of kamala harris' announcement and listen to what president obama had to say today. the number of americans looking for work fell last week, reaching the lowest level in four years. 358,000 people filed. that is 15,000 fewer than the week before. it dropped to above 366,000, the lowest since 2008. wall street ended on a positive note today. investors reacted well on the word of the greek debt crisis. the dow is up 6.51 points to 12,890. the nasdaq was up 11 to 2,927. intel settled a action.

they agreed to pay $6.5 million to the state of new york. they claimed their marketing practices were unfairly designed. earnings for linked in, 12 cents a share today, that is double what was expected. and revenue was doubled. new developments in a public health scare. officials say two people confirm cases of creutzfeldt- jakob disease. officials ruled out mad cow disease. mad cow hasn't been ruled out for another person. only three human cases have been reported in the u.s. two bart stations top the list when

it comes comes to bike theft. they have the most bike thefts in the system. they found between 2006-2007, the two stations had 430 bikes stolen. that is 17% of the thefts in the entire bart system. business owners received a look at a plan to improve a shopping district. it recommends that business owners spun the improvements, instead of the property owners but that isn't sitting well with the business owners who say costs should be shared. mavericks surf contest surf goes face to face with two officials. muni driver accused of killing a pedestrian while behind the wheel of a san francisco bus. the unusual defense the driver

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two stars from the show of mitt busters are returning to the bay area. they sent a canon ball through a neighborhood and into a house. they will talk to students about their passion for engineering and science. muni bus driver accused of fatally hitting a pedestrian says muni is to blame for the accident. the victim was in the crosswalk when she was hit and killed. the attorney for the bus driver claims muni was negligence but

it put him on an unfamiliar route without direction. a grand jury indicted a man on two counts of man slotter for a crash last year. he was at the wheel when his truck hit a suv. he said he had a seizure that caused the crash. mavericks surf contest is becoming a battle ground afor regulations that some say hinder the safety of the world's best surfers. ktvu's mike mibach has more. >> reporter: mavericks surf contest, alive and well. today big time surfers charging big time sets. grant. >> i dedicate my life to it. >> reporter: what is your name? >> reporter: and so does ken.

seen here on youtube going after two special agents last month. he is part of a crew filming a movie about mavericks surf contest and many surfers rely on jet skis. on this day, they showed up to remind the surfers, jet skis are banned in certain areas and depending on conditions and time, one of those areas is mavericks. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: sense the act was retooled in 2008, a spokeswoman says 10 tickets have been issued. he sees it both ways because he understands the idea was to protect the animals in the

water but he says surfers should have the same rights and protections. >> they are breaking faces and we wouldn't have been allowed to have risk. with the drownings, that is not an anticipatable solution. >> reporter: if now, some will continue to test the law, pulling the jet skis out to use. mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. the e-p-a will release a ban next month, it prohibits discharges along the coast and around major islands. it will keep an estimated 22 million gallons of waste out of coastal waters. unions joined forces to file a complaint against officials. the firefighters union delivered the complaint this afternoon.

the unions say the mayor has been promoting his pension reform mention by saying contributions would hit $650 million. and union members say that number is based on speculation and the mayor knows it. >> morale is at an all time low. the mayor has been beating us up with the number as if. >> announcer: was a baseball bat. >> it is still a reasonable ballpark number of what could happen if things don't go well. >> the unions want an independent investigation. there is a growing likelihood a state pension reform initiative won't make it to the ballot. the california pension reform says it couldn't raise the $2 million it needed to mount athe petition effort. miss china town paid a visit to seniors in san

francisco today. >> i am 19 years old from houston, texas. >> she is one of 15 contestants who dressed up their in beautiful dresses while visiting the center on bush street. it is an annual event. what a day today. our chief meteorologist bill martin joins us now from the weather center. >> big changes. today was outstanding. yesterday was nice. today was off the charts. mid-70s out there but now a weather system moves in. it comes in here. you can see the rain. that will bring a few light sprinkles. you will notice the clouds, and the big drop in temperatures. tomorrow is about cooling off. santa rosa was 72 today.

friday 59. down 12 degrees. 66 in san francisco today. big plummet in the temperatures. it is still an okay day. you will get your work done outside. there will be a few sprinkles. morning commute, few lightspriles and that will be it and you will get a glaze on the roadways. it is weak. up north it is rain and wind. we are on the southern end of this. it is clouds, cooler and light sprinkles. bay area friday, you know what? another one of these slated for saturday. it is not a deal breaker. not a problem other than cooler and sprinkles. we are spoiled. if this was regular february -- but we had a day like today. tomorrow morning, maybe sprinkle. here we are, friday, 10:00 a.m., maybe drizzle. scattered showers and maybe drizzle in the afternoon. the commute might be impacted a

bit. highs tomorrow, 50s. you know what? that is where they should be. finally. temperatures well above the average. tomorrow looks like you would expects this time a year. five-day forecast, before the chinese new year parade. are you going to this? >> i will be there. yes, i will. >> getting ready. bringing it on channel 2 saturday night. five-day forecast, might be a sprinkle in the morning but it won't stop millions to coming to the parade. >> thank you. [ talking at the same time ] >> thank you. a few project aimed at revitalizing store front windows. 10 art installations were created on market street between 5ing and 8th streets. they were inspired by art work and storeys of homeless

children liven in san francisco. coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. the story of a undocumented immigrant, a transplant was denied. tonight, a happy update and including how social networking helped. two vessels scheduled to stage a dual in the water, join us for these stories and more on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. all eyes on tiger woods, how tiger did today during today's first round.

caltrans is gearing up for a bay bridge closer for president's day weekend. the upper deck, the entire upper deck will be shut down for all westbound traffic. it is scheduled to reopen at 5:00 a.m. on tuesday, feb21. -- february 21. they will move lanes slightly south. >> by moving the traffic, we are able to put a team in between the new bridge and the existing bridge and remove a portion that is in the way. >> bart is planning on running

trains 24 hours aday at select stations and we know the eastern span should open by labor day next year. >> that is coming up fast. a lot of people talking about pebble beach and how tiger woods is doing. >> all about tiger. let's face it. especially considering he hasn't played down there on the peninsula since 2002 and it was picture perfect. arnold palmer on hand to check it out. a thumbs up for tiger's game. third holech 45 feet. 466. nice putt there. five back of the leader and the shot of the day has to be this right here. number 16. and this thing will find its home. that is what you call a beautiful eagle. he is 8 under par and one off the lead. this man, dustin johnson topped

the boards. this would have been a putt for eagle. just misses. taps in for birdie. 9 under par. plenty going on on the peninsula and clear and beautiful weather. in the ocean as well. mean time, the raiders, probably their biggest player move. get this, a year ago he signed a 5 year, $54.5 million contract, he was released today, hour 20 million of it was guaranteed. the raiders defense needs to make a few moves. the giants wrap up a deal with mota. 38 years old, rubber arm. very valuable to the giants bullpen at age 38. he can still do it.

one year, $1 million deal. hanging in in the major leagues. that is the sporting life, just a ton of college basketball tonight, including the big one. st. mary's and gonzaga. >> all right. thank you. police getting a new tool to track every emergency call an officer responds to. the new crime cameras. the benefits and risks. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news.