it could take several weeks for toxicology results. >> you are still relying on the company to give them to you. waiting for the information to come back can take time. >> reporter: back at the site a steady stream of community support continues to flow. >> i can't imagine what it would feel like to lose your family doing something so innocent. >> shows how quickly, you know, people's lives can change. often times there is only short distance between the sidewalk and the lanes of the traffic. >> reporter: his wife and daughter came to the crash site for the first time. this memorial has grown in a few short hours that we have

been here. we have seen people keeping the candles lit, a lot bringing balloons and flowers. the 17-year-old face involuntary a manslaughter charges. jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. fatal accident. it happened last night at 78th and we were there a few minutes later. the driver was seen walking around in a robe while investigators took pictures of the accident scene. she was backing up when she struck the bicyclists and alcohol does not appear to be factor. san francisco bicyclist hit and killed a pedestrian. that is the word from ktvu's david stevenson. coming up, the charges that bicyclist could face and the

reaction to what he wrote on the internet. police made an arrest in the killing of a man whose death provided the gift of life. charles butler, jr. was shot last december while driving his car. he was hospitalized but later taken off life support and his family donated his organs. police made an arrest. butler's sister wishes witnesses came forward sooner. >> it is not about snitching. it is about being responsible and caring. it is our duty. i am not going to sit back and let my neighborhood be turned into a war zone. >> butler just graduated from the merchant marine academy. police are offering a explanation about why many calls for assistance went unanswered on friday night. there were 110 calls for

assistance around 6:30. officers did not respond to 2 dozens of the calls because all they weren't -- because they weren't fully staffed. >> that is what we did, took all of the resources and applied them to the priority calls. >> this is not unusual. this is a symptom of the public safety crisis weave in oakland. >> they try to fill staffing gaps with over time but that was not possible friday. the man accused of killing his father can histor -- a father and his two sons was in court today. ktvu's rob roth was there in court. >> reporter: edwin ramos just concluded his testimony here at the hall of justice telling his

story for the first time. he said he did not shoot the family. >> reporter: edwin ramos spoke slowly and without emotion. he said it was the passenger in his car that fired the shots. he said he was agitated because another gang member was shot that day. with the wife and mother of the victim sitting in the courtroom, edwin ramos testified, he shot out of my window. i heard the shots. i got scared. i froze. >> we presented 100 witnesses in our case. very clearly indicates he was more than just a driver. >> he was the shooter? >> absolutely. >> reporter: killed where alvin -- where anthony bologna and

his two sons were shot. edwin ramos is expected to conclude his testimony tomorrow. also coming up, why edwin ramos smirks while he is in court, that is at 6:00, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. to oakland, oikos university is marking a solemn day. one week ago today a gunman opened fire, killing 7 people and wounding three others. the school remains closed tonight but every day this month there is a concert on camps to honor those who died. they will decide later this week on when to resume classes. one goh ko has been charged. he hasn't yet entered a plea. apartment of public works crews were dispatched to a san francisco neighborhood this morning to clean up graffiti.

ktvu's allie rasmus explains. >> reporter: on a corner bench, the front of a house and the side of an apartment, someone spray painted the word river followed by a racial slur. . >> i didn't understand it. i don't know what it means. it is just awful. >> reporter: this neighbor called the city's 3119 to report it. so did several people who drove by. by monday morning the department of public works reracedraced the dollar slurs. -- erased the offensive slurs. >> it is a priority. >> reporter: they get arrests to clean up graffiti about once a month but the wording of this tag was a first. >> this type of tag we don't

have any reports of this type of wording going up on to any of the walls in san francisco. >> reporter: neighbors don't think the people were targeted, especially not this elderly woman. >> who would have anything against a 95-year-old woman who minds her own business and she is a lovely person. >> reporter: san francisco police are investigating the graffiti as a hate crime. anyone who may have seen something give police a call. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. facebook announced its biggest acquisition yet. facebook will spend a billion dollars to buy instagram. instagram allows users to take photos with a vintage look and share them. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar tell us what this means

later. sony is preparing to lay off 10,000 people, that is 6%. the cuts will come over a two year period. they lost money in the past four years. the loves are part of a restructuring -- the layoffs are part of a restructuring plan. investors came back thinking about last week's weak job's report. stocks closed lower with the s&p and dow posting their first four day losing streak of the year. the dow is down 130.55 to 12,929. the nasdaq is down 33.42 at 3,047. solar power got a black eye over the weekend when news came out a major developer filed for bankruptcy. individual home and business

solar systems continue to drive, though. san francisco based one block off the grid says many residents who install solar sees -- anti-skid coating to the lefty odual bridge but the work is being put off because rain is in the forecast. they hoped to have it done before friday before the giants opener. it will now begin april 23. the golden gate bridge is getting ready to celebrate its 75th anniversary this year. danian brown worked there for half of the time, he started 35 years ago. he said suicides are the hardest thing to deal with.

>> we talk among ourselves, sometimes we go home, talk with our family about it and they help us get through these situations. >> he says one of the strangest things he saw was some guys pulling a couch across the bridge for a college film. when we come back, how a study is linking a mother's weight during preggancy with problems in the -- pregnancy with problems in the baby.

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. check this out. police are investigating this watery crash this morning. a pick up slammed into a hydrant and created that huge geyser. there are no reports of any injuries. this was the first day of a road closure as part of the

reconstruction project at the dam. a section of the road will be shut down on week days. that will allow large trucks to the dam. the new dam will replace a aging structure. it will serve as a back up dam. . the candidates are getting ready for primaries. rick santorum plans to return tomorrow. he took time off for the easter holiday and then to be with his daughter after she was hospitalized. it is the second time she has been in the hospital this year. pennsylvania is where mitt romney has pulled an attack add targeting rick santorum. that comes in response to rick

santorum taking time off to be with his daughter. >> president obama welcomed brazil's first female president to the white house. they discussed energy development, education and trade. the u.s. has a trade surplus with brazil and she expressed concerned policy could hurt the economies. 60 minutes plans to air a potential hour long tribute to mike wallace next sunday night. >> i am mike wallace. >> he retired from the program in 2006 after 38 years as perhaps the most pointed interviewing in television news. he died saturday in connecticut. he was 93 years old. the word on the pepper

spraying incident at uc davis could be released this week. the judge issued a stay. the university and the police union will ask the judge tomorrow to licht the stay. -- to lift the stay. school board is looking at a proposal that will raise property taxes. it would save $400 million. it involves issuing bonds sooner than anticipated to take advantage of the low interest rates, but that would mean they would have to break a promise to cap measure c taxes. the rate could go to $110 per $100,000. the easter bunny stayed dry yesterday. but we got changes in store. bill martin is here to tell us what is happening. >> rain and cooler weather. as we head into a spring break

period and the weather isn't going to cooperate. snow and rain in the bay area forecast through the five-day forecast. rain showers to the north of us. those showers will begin to slide south into the evening hours and early morning hours tomorrow. what that means is, 7:00 a.m., 8:00 a.m., showers and rain from redwood city north and that will have an impact on your morning commute tomorrow. tuesday. rain back in the forecast. right now, temperatures are mild, 70 in santa rosa. 60 in oakland. 73 mountain view. really nice out there. temperatures drop off tuesday. and they stay cool all week. not back into the 70s till early next week at beast -- week at beast. rain showers up north, here is

the spinner off shore. keeps us unsettled for innext 48 hours and then there is a another low that drops in, a colder one, brings us another period of wet weather. over night lows in the 40s. 50 in concord. 51 antioch. 51 in livermore. a good portion of the students, colleges, have spring break coming up and you want better weather than what i am offering. tomorrow doesn't look that great. tonight clouds increase. you are seeing that now. 10:00 tonight we are partly cloudy throughout the bay area. showers up north. here is the time. tomorrow morning, you see it moistens up the atmosphere, drizzle around 6:00 a.m. by 8:00 a.m., wet roadways from oakland, fremont north. drizzly. i am back, we will roll the

model through and the long range forecast. see you back here. >> thank you. florida officials make a key decision in the case of trayvon martin. hear what the prosecutor says she will not do and police release new information about the two men suspected of terrorizing neighborhoods in a series of deadly shootings.

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officials revealed the cost of the gas tanker crash near los angeles. a car hit the rig saturday night on 134, that sent flaming gas over the roadway. no one was hurt. but the fire caused $250,000 in damage to the asphalt and guard rail. the connector ramps over 134 were not damaged. florida protesters calling for justice in the trayvon martin killing forced the shut down of the stanford police department for 5 hours. >> they ended the protest after reaching an agreement to hold a community meeting next week. it follows a prosecutor's decision to not take the case to a grand jury. it will be her decision and her decision alone on whether or not charges will be filed against george zimmerman. she said her decision not to go

to the grand jury will have no bearing on whether or not she will file charges. >> we have to finish our investigation and then decide inch what forum that will occur. >> there has been evidence to effect probable cause. >> george zimmerman admitted to shooting trayvon martin. in the past hour police in tulsa, oklahoma released documents showing the suspects in the shooting rampage confessed to the crimes. some members insists the killings were racially motivated. >> some of the things that were set believes me to believe that was a hate crime. >> they appeared in court. the judge set bail at $9 million each. both face multiple murder

charges. jake england confessed to shooting three people and alvin watts confessed to shooting two. jake england may have been avenging the death of his father who was shot to death two years ago by a african american man. prosecutors are not calling this a hate crime yet. >> if the evidence supports that and we can prove those elements of the hate crime, that will be considered. >> today a family friend esaid jake england was not in his right mind since his father's death and his fiance committed suicide. they are due back in court in a week. talks are set to resume friday in turkey over iran's nucleic program. the united states will be part of the tacks. they are urging israel to hold off on military action against

iran. >> we will continue to follow the talks. in order to ensure iran doesn't use the talks to gain time. >> the chief offed a compromise. his nation could stop processing the uranium and only process the type they can be used to generate power. the white house expressed outrage over a syrian attack. forces wounded 5 people when they fined into a camp. under a plan, troops are supposed to begin withdrawing tomorrow but the government does not appear to be backing the plan and the vilance got worse. 9,000 syrians died. a new study shows an

increased autism rate for a child if the mother is obese during her pregnancy. ktvu's janine de la vega has more. >> reporter: we are here at pace a school for children with autism. educators are curious to hear the latest findings on what makes pima tistic. -- pima tistic. -- peopla -- >> reporter: having a child with autism can be stressful. some worry the study could cause parents to blame themselves. >> i wouldn't put a lot of weight into it.

i would be aware of it and keep a good eye on this. >> reporter: in the past decade the rate of children diagnosed with autism increased by 15%. more research is needed to confirm the results. >> we never want to give parents reason to blame themival is but -- themselves but it is worth putting out there. >> reporter: the numbers from the cdc, 1-88 will be diagnosed with autism. >> i am very curious. i don't know if it will happen in my life time. i am all for research because i would like to know what causes it. >> reporter: april is autism awareness month. experts stress the importance of early diagnosis. reporting live, janine de la

vega, ktvu channel 2 news. this may be one of the luckiest buildings in america. it has been the home of three super successful start ups. i am consumer editor tom vacar, that story still ahead. >> a collision at this intersection, what we learned about that man's death.

complete bay area news coverage continues right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. facebook purchased a internet company for $1 billion. instagram has become a success in a few short months. made famous by the obama administration's use of it to

post campaign photos. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar joins us live from san francisco with the success of instagram. >> reporter: indeed. this start up is a point, shoot and share service where you can send pictures around. the latest acquisition of facebook. >> reporter: experts valued instagram at a $500,000. since photo sharing is what facebook is, he sees it as a strategic purchase. >> instagram really has great technology and filters and special effects that makes photo sharing more interesting. >> reporter: it has a double benefit of eliminating instagram as a competter. >> competter -- competitor. here in san francisco, it is

just another success story from this start up. >> i think it feeds off itself. the neighborhood is going crazy lately. lots of successful start ups out here. >> reporter: his company is housed in the same building where twitter and instagram was born. a social networking site for discovering and sharing personal resources occupies the same suit instagram did. >> it is neat. you hope you can capture that mojo a little bit. you have to be confident in your team and project. i don't think it hurts. there is something cool to have the history this space has. >> reporter: consider this, the billion dollars that facebook spent on this site, instagram, is only 1% of its value, which

when it goes public will be $100 billion. consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. yahoo employees could land new jobs. they launched an effort to recruit the layed off workers. they started a website valley to detroit where professionals can upload resumes. many americans are priced out of speedy internet access. there is now enough equipment, towers to reach 95% of american communities. a report finds a fraction of homes have enough money to afford a subscription.

>> the people who have the money will get faster and faster connections and enjoy the new serves. the people who need it will fall further behind. >> 60% of homes use broad bands. 11ing 40% without. -- leaving 40% without. a pedestrian killed in a collision with a bicyclist. ktvu's david stevenson is live with what some say the bicyclist was doing before the crash. >> reporter: we learned new information about the crash and including what police turned over to prosecutors. >> reporter: sutchi hui died last tuesday after being struck by a bicyclist. today two sources told us the police investigation includes information from a motorist who

seen the bicyclist race through red light before the crash. sources say it is likely he will face charges. >> the bicyclists were watching out for cars more, and pedestrian is smaller and not as dangerous but you have to watch out for them too. >> reporter: prosecutors are looking at a website posted by the bicyclist. i hit a male pedestrian and he ended up with serious head injuries. i hope he is okay. i want to dedicate this story to my late helmet, she died today. >> i was very saddened and shocked and particularly in the tone of the writings. >> reporter: in a statement his attorney says chris is devastated by the accident and by the death of sutchi hui. chris believes he entered the

intersection lawfully. they say the intersection can be dangerous for everyone. >> very big intersection. i think it is one the city should look at. by no means though should that left off anyone off the hook who behaved dangerously. >> reporter: it will be weeks before we get the report on what killed sutchi hui. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. motorists are being detoured right now. old red wood highway is shut down at airport road because of downed power lines, near highway 101. a car ran into a pole after hitting a fire hydrant. the roadway may be closed for another 5 hours after crews replace the pole. investigators are looking for thieves who broke into a school and made off with equipment.

authorities in canyon say canyon school was broken into. thieves stole 50 laptops and two tvs. anyone with information is asked to call police. civic park is the new location for a sculpture. they recommended the hand of peace be placed near the entrance to the library. he taught at university of california at berkeley and installed it in an office park in 1967 and they offered to lend it to the city for the next 25 years. an update to a story about a bay area vet who was the victim of a theft. a reward has been offered offered for the return of his property. he speaks to schools and groups about his pearl harbor

experience. he uses newspapers, photos as propers. last week someone broke into his truck and stole those items. they offered a $1,000 reward for the return of the items with no questions asked. new research suggests a link between teen drinking and cancer. and hear what the navy is giving to the residents effected by last week's fighter jet crash. >> and a cyber attack target as federal agency, how they managed while they were unplugged for months. [ male announcer ] if you believe the mayan calendar,

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clean up is complete. oakland police are on the scene of a shooting along interstate 580. news chopper 2 was over head and from this view you can see the freeway has ben shut down at edwards -- has been shut down at edwards avenue. the back window appears to be shot out. we don't have more details but we are working to get more information. a division of the u.s. commerce department is back online after falling victim to a cyber attack. a e-mail virus left them unplugged. to make sure it didn't spread they shut down the computer system. that left staffers without e- mail or internet access. it was critical to protect the

system. >> it is a gateway to the other departments. >> they hand out grants to distressed communities. it left them processing funds by snail mail. women who drink moderate amounts of alcohol may be increasing their risk of breast cancer. for each drink each day they increase the risk of developing noncancerous cells by 15%. the changes can lead the breast cancer. researchers found people who stayed at a job because they felt they had no other options were more likely to suffer burn out. researchers say that might be because they see themselves as stuck in a job that doesn't

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no word on what started the fire. people are worried about their homes and doing damage control thanks to many more gophers than usual. she learned the plan can lead to killing the animals. >> reporter: here is the problem, the gophers are digging tunnels and there are holes like this up and down this system and throughout the neighborhood. >> reporter: gophers left her garden riddled with holes. it is not the garden she is worried about, they are aggressively digging holes along the levy. >> it is a huge problem. >> this is a gofer burrow -- gopher burrow. >> reporter: right now it is

peak breeding system. workers aren't sure why the population is strong this year. left unchecked, it could be a problem for hundreds of homeowners. >> we are worried about erosion and anything that can comp mumize the levy. -- compromise the levy. >> in 1982 when there were floods and the levy broke down the community was canoeing down the streets, low the low land areas. we don't want that happing again -- happening again. >> reporter: they have been forced to ask neighbors for help setting kill traps. >> i am afraid the levies will fail some winter. >> reporter: this isn't the only levy with a gopher issue. mill valley is also dealing

with the same issue. ktvu channel 2 news. scientists figured out what is causing the deaths of millions of bats. a fungus from europe is behind the bat die off. white nose syndrome. it was accidentally introduced by tourists. it killed 5.5 million bats. a second hawk has been shot in the south bay and this one died. the hawk was found. it is illegal to shoot a raptor. the dead bird may be the parent of a young hawk that was also shot. that hawk is recovering. they may remove the pellet this week to avoid led poisoning. hate to see stuff like that. beautiful weather over the

weekend but we have rain coming our way. bill martin will fill us in. >> yeah. big story for me, many bay area kids and students are off for spring break and the weather isn't going to be very spring like. you can see it to the north of us now. the rain starts tomorrow morning early. and that is when it has the biggest impact in the north bay, wet roads for the morning commutes. the snow levels are up right now. as we go into thursday and friday snow levels drop. you can see, when you see the clouds like this, south to north, that is an unstable weather condition. usually when we are dry, clouds are going this way, from the north to the south. the pattern has changed. wet weather pattern.

clouds increase tonight. tomorrow, wee talking about rain showers back in the bay area forecast. extended forecast keeps it going through it the bay area -- first part of the weekend. we will get to that on the five- day forecast. that slides through tomorrow morning. showers, scattered showers, the main impact is 8:00 a.m. after that cool air. one of the main impacts of this weather system, wet roadways and chisels away at the high. here is how it brakes down, 5:00 p.m. tonight, here is tomorrow morning. morning commute, most counties will be wet. lunchtime, showers from north to south. light scattered showers. in the afternoon commute, scattered showers still.

into the over night hours, on wednesday, showers in the mountains. wednesday not too bad. wednesday evening, more sprinkles. thursday, 6:00 a.m. thursday. unsettled weather pattern through friday. we will watch it for you. right now we are looking at tomorrow morning, wet, especially in the north bay. forecast highs on the mild side as the storm is warm. five-day forecast with the bay area weekend in view, something every other day. looking for showers tomorrow morning, tomorrow afternoon and thursday again. snow in the mountains. not going to feel like spring to the kids. >> busy week. thank you. golfers in oakland set out to play 100 holes today. they signed up to raise money for first tee of oakland.

offers after school lessons to young people. >> a lot of the kids never held a golf club, never had an opportunity to be at a golf course and learn how to put. it is young people who wouldn't have access to the game. >> first tee hopes to raise $25,000, it will pay for transportation, clubs and lessons for 500 young people. the president and first lady kickoff a white house tradition and the lion king makes history on broadway. we will have details on a major milestone. hello! honey?

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the president and first lady kicked off the white house easter egg roll. thousands game for games, reading and music. they began the tradition back in 1878. first lady michelle obama and the vice president's wife talked about their program to help the families of military personnel and veterans. the program is called joining forces. and it lined up jobs for 50,000

veterans and military spouses. >> very exciting to see so many employers recognizing that these men and women are so talented and important resources. >> they will hit the road to mark the first anniversary of the program. we posted the interview on our website, log on to www.ktvu.com. a new king has been crowned, the lion king. it is the highest grossing show in history. lion king brought in $854 million since it opened in 1997. it got a boost from higher average ticket prices and a larger theater. a gang member is taking the stand, the trouble childhood he is sharing to convince jurors he is not a killer and the

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