complex where the story unfolded. we have another crew headed up by ktvu's lloyd lacuesta. he is talking to police and going to the school where the 11-year-old girl tended and we received information from a nephew of the woman who is missing, martha gutierrez there will be a vigil tonight at 7:00. this is a developing story with many parts to the story that we are following. as soon as we get more information we will bring it to you here and you will have a live report on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. to santa cruz to keep a river from causing potential daj to the santa cruz beach boardwalk. you can see here people standing at the boardwalk. it is on the coast near

downtown. ktvu's paul chambers shows us what crews doing and whether it is working. paul? >> reporter: we are taking you on the beach to show you what is going on. right here, 10-15 feet, we had that additional sa, that has now fell into the ocean. that is where they are working to dig a canal to reroute the river. >> reporter: the battle to save the santa cruz beach boardwalk came down to man and machine versus mother nature. >> we felt a sand berm, put sand up so the river would find its way to the sea. >> reporter: it appears to be working. look for yourself. as the pounding of the river eats away, chunks headed to the ocean. >> the power of the storms is

incredible. every year the bigger the storm the more fascinating it is to watch. >> that sand is not cooperative. >> reporter: all day long crews begin digging a canal to reroute the river. if it wasn't for the crews the management fears the water could have done more damage. >> early on we lost stairs. but the water isn't going under the boardwalk. it is looking good. we are pleased. >> reporter: i want you to look. see where they are standing, if it continues that rate it has been, that area will be all gone. as we said, 10-15 feet already let this area. officials will have people out here all night long monitoring the area. there are lot of people checking it out.

that story at 6:00. paul chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. a fallen tree set off a chain reaction crash killing a student from cal. a free came crashing down before 4:30 on the south bound lanes of highway 13. just south of the park boulevard exit. a car then drove right into the tree, everyone got out but then a truck hit the tree, flew into the air and hit a and killed the driver of the -- hit and killed the driver of the first star. >> it is best to stay in your car and restrained because you have a better chance of survival if you are in the car restrained than if you are outside, a driver doesn't see you, you are struck. that is going to be serious or fatal. >> the victim who died was 19 years old and sundaying university of california at berkeley after winning a gates scholarship. three other people were hurt. the chp says the tree fell

because the rain weakened its routes. bay area family is a step closer to closure. a man was convicted of killing the daughter of a former oakland raiders player. this is the second time he was found guilty and families had strong emotions. >> the outcome is what we hoped hoped for. >> there is no justice here. >> tracey biletnikoff was the daughter of former oakland raider fred biletnikoff. she was strangled in 1999 at a drug rehabilitation facility. her wildfire mohammed haroon ali was convict offend the -- boyfriend mohammed haroon ali was all convicted. while no comment rues were

allowed in the courtroom, the family whispered yes when they heard the verdict. >> thank you god it will keep a person like this off the street and keep him away from somebody else's daughter. >> fred biletnikoff wants everyone to remember his daughter was straightening out her life. mohammed haroon ali face as possible life term, senting is june 14. anti-domestic violence advocates demanded san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi be removed from his post. they asked the mayer and the board of supervisors to remove ross mirkarimi from office. one woman said it is a national embarrassment. >> do you want our chief jailer to be somebody who has been

convicted of false imperezzenment? thereat breaks -- imprisonment. >> that brakes my trust. oakland occupy protester last fall who was hit by a tear gas canister wasn't hit with one at all. >> swelling in my brain. fractured skull and neck. >> his attorney said he was actually hit with a bean bag that an officer shot during the protest on october 25. coming up, ktvu's maureen naylor will have details on olsen's recovery. . school teachers received pink slips today. by law today is the

notification deadline. school districts issued thousands of pink slips statewide. the step is required so districts can prepare for a worst case scenario due to budget cuts. many pink slips are rescinded when the cuts aren't as severed as fear. gas prices are skirocketting. in the bay area the rice has gone up 50 cents a gallon in one month. in oakland, and san jose, $4.34. san francisco $4.41. the prices took center stage in the presidential campaign. mitt romney placed the blame on president obama. in an interview today he said the president is not doing enough to develop america's energy resources. >> he held off drilling in the gulf, and he said no to the

pipeline from canada. the epa held off drilling in north dakota, texas, oklahoma. >> coming up, president obama responds to critics who say stepped up oil drilling is the answer. the real estate tracking say bay area home sales were up 14.2% compared to february a year ago. investors are buying up discounted homes. the median price dropped to $325,000. ktvu's sal castaneda will tell us about the one county outpacing all the rest coming up at 6:00. report on new unemployment applications pushed the dow to a four year high today. the s&p also wendt above 1400.

-- went above 1400. the dow is up 59 points to 13,253. the nasdaq is up 16 to 3,056. >> apple stock, one day before the new ipad goes on sale, stock topped $600 per share. it later lost and closed at $586. last month it topped $500 a share and morgan stanley is predicting the stock could hit a thousand dollars a share at some point. the ipad goes on sale tomorrow. although it is already selling in other countries. demonstrators are calling for an tend to the war in afghanistan. they are gathered right now on market street and this is a live picture of their gathering. you don't see too much action outside of people standing with signs. at this point organizers called for this demonstration in

response to the recent massacre of civilians in afghanistan. they want an immediate withdrawal of all u.s. and nato troops. afghan president met with u.s. defense secretary leon panetta today and he is calling for a troop withdrawal. the discussion was focused on the massacre and burning of qur'ans. he said nato should pull troops out of rural areas immediately and move plans forward for a year for troop withdrawal. the taliban broke off talks with the u.s. about the future of afghanistan. breaking news. the chp is reporting a helicopter has gone down 200 yards off of highway 101. happened 20 minutes ago. we are told it was an emergency landing and the helicopter flipped over. again, this happened 200 yards

off the highway. we have a crew on the way and we will update you as soon as we get more information. as soon as we get more information we will bring it to you. a san jose firefighter falls through a roof while battling a blaze. how badly he was injured and why presidents are calling one neighbor a hero. >> and rain back in the forecast for friday. i will tell you how long it will last. these newfangled wireless receivers. fangled? no, we watched march madness in the living room... that's where the tv outlet was. what is he talking about? and if mom was hosting her book club that day, guess what...you missed it! we couldn't just move the tv all willy-nilly all over the house. ohh! ohh! kids today have it so good. ok. [ male announcer ] the new wireless receiver only from at&t. get u-verse tv for $25 a month with free hd for six months. at&t.

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a san jose firefighter suffered serious burns when he fell through a roof this morning while fighting a fire. the dramatic picture that was taken before he fell. >> reporter: a dramatic of a photo of a firefighter before he fell through a roof and into flames. he burned his hand when his glove slipped off. >> this is where we were performing the ventilation hole and where the firefighter came in. we pulled him out quickly and saved him from serious injury. >> reporter: when the fire broke out a neighbor happened to be walking by. >> the window exploded and flames were everywhere. >> reporter: they rescued a woman trapped inside the bottom apartment. >> kicked the door in. and we were able to pull her out. >> he saved her life.

that is where the fire started. >> reporter: he knocked on every door of the complex. behind one of them a woman with a baby and a little girl. >> my daughter, she 7, i was awake, she woke up and yelled fire. >> reporter: she was grateful for the them. >> pounding on the door. >> reporter: this window that is boarded up is where the fire started. it scorched the building next door and then the flames went to the second story and through that hole in the roof. 17 people, including 8 children made it out safely and now working with the red cross. investigators believe it ignited because of a candle left burning over night. ktvu channel 2 news. the city of oakland held a ceremony to swear in the new

police and fire chiefs. howard jordan takes over the police job. drug rehabilitation facility is the -- teresa reed is the first african american woman, she comes from san jose. >> we are used to being on the cutting edge of civil rights and today is one more step in oakland's history of challenging the establishment and within city government making a difference and opening the doors for new people. >> the city counsel approved this february 1. george cloney visited with president obama. he has been calling on congress congress to do something about the crisis in sudan. he believe as civil war is likely without intervention. the president said the u.s. was committed to helping to end the violence but it would take the

help of many different countries. >> there is a very, very great possibility of a lot of people starving to death in the next few months if we don't act soon, finding a way to get the government to open a humanitarian corridor. >> president obama will meet with the chinese president later this month and the crisis in sudan is expected to be the topic of the conversation. california park rangers are warning people away from a beach because of a shark siting. a great white shark was seen. this happened on sunday. rangers posted signs at the beach and in the parking lot. we have an update on the developing news we have been following. police say a 27-year-old iraq war veteran andrew bogut killed

his sister and shot himself to death. the sister was a student at south valley middle school. police are looking for martha gutierrez, she is 52 years old. police fear martha gutierrez is wounded or dead. that is where the 11-year-old sister, school officials were shocked by the news. >> she sakind, gentle student. that is the -- she is a kind, gentle student. that is the hard part. >> a family member tells osvigil is planted tonight at this apartment complex where the shootings took place last night and where the family lived. ktvu's lloyd lacuesta will have a live report on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00.

let's talk about our weather. we are in between storms. you are tracking another storm? >> tracking yet another one. raining hard all day yesterday. rainfall accumulations yesterday 5 and 6 inches in some places. tonight a rest. live storm tracker 2. coming from north and that will give us acolyter air mass. perhaps -- a cooler air mass. perhaps less rain and the next system will be cooler. in the santa cruz mountains, the problems on the san lorenzo river. the rainfall accumulations nearly a foot of rain storm total for the last couple of days. all that rain funneling down the san lorenzo river causing problems at the santa cruz beach boardwalk. the side is going out right now. we are looking at a better situation. there is more rain in the

forecast for friday as the next weather system moves in. tonight at 10:00, showers north. cloudy for everybody. afternoon commute, few sprinkles. late tonight, early tomorrow morning, mark tamayo will be in here early and they recall be tracking the rain as it moves in friday morning. enough to glaze the roadways. as we get into the day, the system winds up. 10:00 a.m. from the north and friday afternoon get away it goes off. heavier rain in time for the friday afternoon commute. could see a winter storm warning in the mountains, friday night, heavy rain, heavy snow in the mountains. that is your tomorrow, your friday. when i come back your bay area five-day forecast with your

weekend in view. we have new information now on the helicopter crash we reported on. happened in the south bay. the pilot had engine problems. and had to make a hard emergency landing near highway 101. the helicopter went down, it is on its side in 4 feet of water. good news, news, the pilot is okay and no one else was on board. fire crews are on the seen and we will continue to update you as we get new information. new anti-smoking ads, one woman's story and how she hopes it will scare people into kicking the habit. >> move facebook is making next.

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the centers for disease control released a new service ad, one to get people to swear off cigarettes. >> she is a former smoker.

her story is member to scare smokers into quitting and persuade nonsmokers to never pick up a cigarette. . >> one ad features three people with holes in their neck for breathing and others show the risk for stroke, heart attack and asthma. officials hope a dose of reality will prevent meanty of those illnesses. >> these are real people's lives. the real effect of real people and what happens when you smoke. >> the director of the cdc says he hopes the ads will take the glamour out of smoking. investigators are raising the alarm about the possibility of availability of materials to

make a dirty bomb. hospitals are not doing enough to secure radioactive material. it at 25 hospitals nationwide the materials are often easily accessible. >> dangerous scenario. just not theoretical. very easy once they have to the materials to make a dirty bomb. >> they recommended security upgrades. family access to facebook accounts after a loved one has died is becoming a legal matter. oklahoma passed a law last year. facebook has a system that allows an individual page to go into memorial status but these laws make the site part of a

person's digital estate. facebook wants to expand its new campus. facebook is looking at space in newark in case menlow park rejects its expansion plans. facebook is not commenting on the report. when i woke up i could not speak at all. >> a iraq war veteran talks about his clash with police during an occupy protest. what his attorney says really hit him in the head. >> a 70-foot tree fell on top of this home and there could be more of this to come with tomorrow's storms. 0 cçrrú

complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00.

we were there as police clashed with protesters, how residue could change a lawsuit involving a injured iraq war veteran. he may not have been injured by a tear gas canister. ktvu's maureen naylor spoke with him and she is in the news room with the new evidence. >> reporter: we had a crew in downtown oakland when the iraq war veteran was injured. now his attorney claims it was not accidental but intentional act by the police and he has evidence that proves that. >> reporter: iraq war veteran scott olsen and his attorney showed us the hat he was wearing the night he was injured last october. >> next thing i know i am laying down on the ground and people are gathering around me trying to help me. >> reporter: his attorney says

police testing shows a ring of led residue, it was a bean bag round that hit him. . >> they are meant to hit someone. i think the only conclusion is that is the officer did what he intended to do, shoot this and hit scott olsen with it. >> reporter: video shows a group rushing to assist scott olsen. mese say they can't discuss what force is used because of the investigation. >> we want people to know what happened and why it happened. so i think a lot of the questions that are out there will have answers. but they can't be today. >> reporter: scott olsen says 5 months later his speech is still recovering. >> i am pleased with my progress because, you know, when i look back a few months ago i couldn't speak whatsoever. >> reporter: scottscott olsen's attorney plans to file a claim

in the next two days seeking what we will call substantial financial damages. maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. san francisco police are looking for three men in connection with a beating in january. they released this photo that shows the three men they are looking for. those are the three faces. two are believed to have been involved in the beating. they were harassing aume and when the victim intervened they kicked him and punched him and left him unconscious. new information tonight on the deadly accident on highway 13 when a tree fell over. the person who died was 19 years old, a student at university of california at berkeley. ktvu's ken pritchett is live and shows us what happened this afternoon and what is going on right now. ken? >> reporter: we had the heavy

rain yesterday but this tree, that 70-footer, that came down at 2:20 this afternoon. you can see the roots that are exposed after the tree toppled over. the tree crews cleared off the canopy but you can see the tarps where there are holes in the roof. while it is not just been a busy day for tree clearing crews. the one tree led to a fatal accident this morning. >> reporter: from the front of this home it is hard to see the size of the tree but from the backyard it is clear on this slope, the 70-foot pine had nowhere else to go but down. crews were busy today. this was their second downed tree. >> the water and moisture on the tree makes the tree heavy and the wind blowing on it.

>> reporter: what was a jube opportunity for crews and an in- - job opportunity for crews and an inconvenience for homeowners was more serious in oakland. a tree fell on the highway a car smash into the tree. they were okay but they left to car to seek shelter on the road. >> a second vehicle came through struck the tree, went air born and collided dine driver of the first vehicle. >> reporter: the dry weather made some trees more susceptible to falling over when we get these heavy rains. and we are specting more rain tomorrow -- expecting more rain tomorrow. ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. republican presidential hopeful rick santorum wrapped

up a trip to puerto rico today. he tried to calm the controversy he started yesterday when he suggested puerto rico shouldn't be granted statehood unless english becomes the main language. >> newt gingrich may be falling behind in the race but he staid on the campaign trail. he was in illinois and told students america must become a nation with big dreams. >> you will be astonished how much you will achieve and how much you are in the leading country in the world and all the worries about china will disappear. >> newt gingrich appeared in illinois where he accused president obama of attacking

the catholic church. mitt romney still leads the pack in the republican primary race. he is ahead by 5 points with 37% support. rick santorum second and newt gingrich third and ron paul. when voters were asked to choose between president obama and the other candidates, president obama leads mitt romney. and against rick santorum the president leads. breaking news right now. we have a helicopter above the helicopter that crashed or had a hard landing and flipped over in mountain view. these are the first pictures coming in to us. this is in mountain view off of highway 101. 200 yards from highway 101. the pilot was having problems in his helicopter and he made a

hard landing in the waterer and grass there. the helicopter flipped over. it is a small helicopter. the pilot is okay. that is the good news. you can get a sense. this is on the edge of the bay. again, not far from highway 101. the headline right now, the helicopter went down but the pilot is okay. if we get more information we will bring it to you. new information on a developing story in gilroy. a murder-suicide at the hands of a iraq war veteran. lloyd lacuesta just arrived at the scene. we expect to hear from him in a minute. >> plus a big clean up, crews have been cleaning up a home a couple days now. sweetheart. we need to talk.

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take a step forward and chase what matters. new information on developing news we have been following throughout this new cast from gilroy. ktvu's lloyd lacuesta is live in gilroy. you have been talking with family members there. >> reporter: we just arrived here a few minutes ago. there is a search right now for a 52-year-old woman who is the mother of two victims that were found inside these apartments. the victims, what police is

calling a murder-suicide is andrew bogut and his 11-year- old center. andrew bogut is a iraq war veteran who just returned and we talked to his cousin who said that she noticed that he was somewhat different. >> i never came around him when he came back but i knew he was mean to my aunt. used to blame her for her -- his dad leaving her. for him not being in his life. >> reporter: police are telling me that they found two weapons inside the apartment and that both andrew bogut and his sister were shot to death and he killed himself after shooting his sister. they are looking for 52-year- old martha gutierrez who is his

mother. she is either injured or deceased. they are trying to see if they can find out what happened to her, where she is and what set him off. we will be back at 6:00 with more. lloyd lacuesta, ktvu channel 2 news. today's winter weather is causing problem for air travelers at san francisco international airport. it is causing 2 hour delays on arrivals. departures are also being delayed. sfo is urging people to call ahead to see if your flight is on time. there are no cancellations at oakland or san jose. crews are wrapping up a day of clearing debris from a hoarder's home. the clean up began on tuesday. the clean up is expected to take 5 days.

there is a lot of debris. before they started the front and back yards weren't visible so they made progress. the owners of the home have been dead for years. coming up, a lot of excitement about apple's newest project. the latest information we have about ipad sales. i got the latest commute model ready to go into the bay area weekend. i will see you back here. getting ready to plant?

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paypal is rolling out a smartphone device that will accept credit card payments. paypal is the blue device that prussian into an iphone and allows merchants to accept credit cards. they will champ 2.7% commission. amstock entered uncharted territory today, topping $600 a share. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar has more. >> reporter: for companies that once almost failed apple is on a roll. >> huge growth potentials. huge margin profit and great

marketing and they don't have that much of a penetration world wide. >> the halo effect, people will walk in buy an ipod, iphone and they get hooked. the idea of all in one infrastructure. i am going to buy a mac. just grows and grows from there. >> iphone is the first thing i bought. ipad will be the second. >> reporter: she is one of the folks we met on the streets who agree. >> just innovative and exciting. everyone wants to see what changes are made. i think right now they are blooming and everybody loves them. our kids and the generations, that is what they are loving. forcing us to be there too. >> easiest thing i have used.

computer, phone, everything. >> i wish i got stock. >> reporter: the new ipad goes on sale tomorrow and apple is the most valuable company in the world and some think apple stock could go higher up to a thousand dollars per share. social media can make us feel more connected to loved one and could damage relationships. when social media and social lives intertwine it creates jealoussy. it can cause stress in relationships and sharing too much information on your profile page, and tagging an ex- girlfriend or boyfriend in a photo. a man says angry birds helped him keep his senses. he was stranded for three days. he says he ate beef jerky and

played angry birds. when the weather cleared up, he walked six miles for help. the valley transportation authority put off opening new toll lanes because of the rain we are seeing. it is at 237/880 interchange. it has been pushed back till tuesday and that should be when the rain has blown through. it appears the rain stopped for now. as we go to our chief meteorologist steve -- more rain on the way? >> yeah. lower snow levels. the real rain is coming. let's go outside and you can see the rain. this action will drive its way south into had next 12 hours and that sets up rain for the morning commute. won't be heavy. it is the afternoon commute.

here is something interesting. the coastal air, moist air going up and dropping a foot of rain in the mountains. no wonder the san lorenzo river had problems. a foot of rain. check this out. 20s miles over the hill to san jose state university, not even a sinth of an inch. amazing. -- a 10th of an inch. amazing. little rain in downtown san jose. here is the next system. coming down the coast. sprinkles for the morning. by the afternoon, that is your best shot of rain. right now, wet in the morning, the afternoon will be messy. 6:00 a.m. tomorrow, light. tomorrow night, heavier. you can see heavier rain to the north. mountains, perhaps a winter

storm warning. 11:00, frontal passage. heaviest rain. saturday we get a break. maybe afternoon thunderstorms. popping up here, shower activity. sunday, further clearing. the next couple systems, cooler and not as potent in terms of rainfall accumulations. here are the highes for tomorrow. note the temperatures. look how warm they are. saturday and sunday the numbers drop into the 50s. your five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view. thunderstorms on saturday. morning commute, damp. afternoon commute, slow with a consistent rain. >> crazy week. >> crazy winter. >> first one in a while. thank you. troops around the world are getting free reading material courtesy of james patterson who wrote tick-tock and kill me if

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. there is a push for a new museum in san francisco dedicated to the district's colorful past of the 1960s. the goal of the museum would be to educate visitors. but the association wants more to be displayed. the hippy culture is not the only attraction. students around the bay area spent much of the day blowing bubbles. the teachers joined in to send a message. >> these students in oakland were happy to blow bubbles to keep budget cuts from hurting their school. a teacher's group organized the event to urge lawmakers to fully fund education. >> you have to just take it and

just blow it with -- with all your strengths. >> reporter: what do you think about your school, great? >> yeah. >> teachers chose today because march 15 is pink slip day. thousands of teachers were expected to get layoff notices. similar protests took place across the bay area tonight as students and teachers blew bubbles for their school. coming up, the progress being made in protecting the santa cruz beach boardwalk from being washed out and only on 2, a conviction for a bay area crab fisherman. the catch that got him into legal hot water. '

developing nize a community coming together after a iraq war veteran killed himself and his sister, the search to find the missing mother and a conviction for a bay area crab fisherman, how his catch was illegal. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. good evening.

i am julie haener. >> i am frank somerville. a search in gilroy. an iraq war veteran killed his 11-year-old sister and then turned the gun on himself and now his mother is missing. ktvu's lloyd lacuesta just spoke with investigators. >> reporter: let me tell you where i am at, i am at the apartments, that is the apartment where the bodies of the 27-year-old iraq war veteran and his 11-year-old sister were found. family gave me it this box, it is a donation box. she was killed by her brother who shot her and took his own life and police are calling this a murder-suicide. abel gutierre, the iraq war veteran, returned from the war zone and he was showing