half mile of the crime scene. >> i heard two shots. it was so close, i ducked down. >> reporter: she is grateful her grandson survived and that someone held on to him till she arrived. >> he is traumatized. he wouldn't say anything for hours. >> reporter: the supervisor told me day light shootings are becoming more common. they are offering a $10,000 in reward money. you can see in this neighborhood there are signs everywhere encouraging residents to reach out. you can see this is a well traveled street, killed with kids and adults and police are hoping someone will come forward with information. reporting live, patty lee, ktvu channel 2 news. san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi a step closer tonight to permanently losing his job

stemming from the scandal. this afternoon a judge ruled he will not intervene it stop efforts to permanently oust him. and he said ross mirkarimi is not entitled pay while he is suspended. this morning that judge decided the city attorney can aid mayor ed lee in the case. he pleaded guilty in a domestic violence incident. they are holding a hearing on the charges on monday. talk about cruel. someone hacked into the twitter account of the missing teen, sierra lamar and then sent a tweet that was a hoax. investigators told the news that someone posted a message on her twitter account. it was deleted but not before it sparked hope. the sheriff's dive team returned to the reservoir, and

they plan to search anderson reservoir. she vanished more than a month ago on march 16. it can be a struggle to find parking in san francisco but police say one driver bit another over a spot. ktvu's sal castaneda spoke with the woman who suffered serious injuries and joins us now. >> reporter: i want to show you what happened here. police say the argument was over a parking spot. that parking spot. when someone was asked to move her car, she became angry. tonight ktvu we have a look at the injuries suffered by the woman who was the victim of a biting attack over a parking spot. they were arguing when one asked the other to move her car because it was blocking her driveway. witnesses say the two began pushing and shoving and one

woman began biting the other repeatedly. >> i don't know why. i don't know why was she biting me. i don't understand why anyone would bite anyone unless you are hungry. i don't taste that good. i hope not. >> bit her a lot of times. she was locked. she just kept biting her. and my girlfriend was saying, help. >> reporter: police identified the suspect. police said she is being charged with adult with a deadly weapon. police say it is not uncommon to get into fights over parking lots in san francisco but for this, even this is a first. sal castaneda, ktvu channel 2 news. classes will resume next week at oikos university.

most classes will be in the same building but the president says nursing class will be held elsewhere to spare students the trauma. they are working on moving to patten university in oakland or in fremont. . dianne feinstein is looking to block votes on two bills. it would require all states to honor concealed gun permits issued in other states. she says most law enforcement officials oppose the bills because of the risk to officers. the national rifle association says it will keep working hard to get the bills passed. who's who of big names right now getting ready for a big party to celebrate the ground breaking for the 49ers

new stadium. ktvu's robert handa is there now. >> reporter: we are in the grand stands and down below in a few minutes it will start for the ground breaking ceremony celebration for the new 49ers stadium. to give you a look, you can see the big gold 49er helmet. in front is the main stage where the entertainment will take place, with cheerleaders, color guard units and music groups before jed york and jim harbaugh greet the 1500 invited guests. you can see the stadium replica. a version of the real stadium that will hold 68,500 seats. >> it is like we can't believe it but it is finally here.

it is going to come true. we are going to have a stadium. >> reporter: for many it is going to be a far cry from candlestick park. >> great to see the new technology in the new stadium. the way they put it together, lot of people came together with a lot of brains. awesome stadium. >> reporter: some people aren't as happy. >> they can celebrate all they want. i am not going to set braille with them. -- celebrate with them. >> reporter: again, festivities are just starting. the future 50-yard line of the real season. we will have more at 6:00. live, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. the real estate tracking firm says home prices are

leveling off. march, 7700 houses and condopes sold. that is the best march number in five years. the medium price last month was $358,000, that is down 1% of last year. wall street got mixed signals today sending stocks slightly lower. btig rang the closing bell on a day when several companies reported big profits. other than weakness in manufacturing and home sales. the dow is down 68 to 12,964. the nasdaq is down 24 at 3,007. the white house said the president was not referring to mitt romney in his remarks about not being born with a silver spoon. the comment came yesterday at a speech in ohio. >> i wasn't born with a silver

spoon in my mouth. michelle wasn't. but somebody gave us a chance. >> the choice said the president -- the white house said the president used the phrase many names. and they said anyone who takes the comment personally might be over sensety. >> mitt romney took aim today defending his success. he is the son of former michigan governor who was the head of america motors. he criticized president obama's comment calling it an attack. >> i am not going to apologize for my dad's success. i know the president likes to attack fellow americans. he is always looking for a scapegoat. >> he also said it is not a time for attacks but a time to

focus on solving the problems. the petter spraying incident at uc davis resulted in a new police chief. she resigned yesterday. her replacement was sworn in today. he was a lieutenant for 10 years and has been acting chief since november. u.s. army helicopter crashed in afghanistan today. no word on casualties. it went down during a mission in south western afghanistan with 4 soldiers on board. a official said there are no confirmed reports of casualties. whether may have been a factor but authorities say they are not ruling out the fact that enemy fire was to blame. search is going on at

spring lake, they are looking for a 15-year-old girl who has been missing since saturday. her name is charlotte anna molinari. she was last seen leaving on her like saturday night. there is some indication she may have been depressed. she weighs 150 pounds, 5'9",  curly brown hair. search crews going out and looking for her, this 15-year- old hasn't been seen since saturday. we will follow this story and bring you new information as we get it. the first time in 23 years that i left my family. >> remembering a deadly battleship daster, what happens on board the uss iowa. >> patchy coastal fog, but temperatures they are going through the roof. how hot it will get in your neighborhood.

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you might recall when the iranians were showing off this drone last december, now the country says the russians and chinese are pressing them for information about the drone and that otherropies asked for information as well. u.s. officials say it will be difficult for them to get useful information from this drone because of technical measures taken to protect the drones. explosion and fire board ause battleship. -- u.s. battleship, happened 43 years ago today. today people paused to remember the tragedy, including those who survived.

>> reporter: one by one the names of those killed on april 19, 1989, were read allowed. as those gathered on the uss iowa gathered to remember. >> we saved a ship that day and now we will save it again. >> reporter: michael is committed to preserving the battleship and the story of what happened. >> right after the ceremony i am going a go to work. because that is what they would want and that is what i want. >> reporter: he recalls standing when the gun exploded and being overcome by smoke. he too has vivid memories of that day. >> sitting and then suddenly everything broke loose. >> reporter: then president george bush responded to the deaths of 47 sailors.

>> it is a terrible tragedy. >> reporter: today was the first time many got back on board the world war ii ship. [ taps playing ] >> reporter: and the reunion was emotional. >> it is a process. >> reporter: you can get a look at the ship that port of richmond. tours are offered the next two weeks weeks and then it will move to the port of los angeles. a bart worker could lose his job for giving free bart tickets who was struggling to get to school. he admits he gave 300 dollar's worth of tickets to the grandson of a friend because

the boy couldn't afford the daily round trip. bart that canned its passengers for helping to save the environment. they hosted the blue sky festival in san francisco this afternoon to show case its initiative. >> we have nonprofit groups here that are promoting the bike accessibility on bart trains, groups promoting clean water. reducing energy use. >> bart also gave away freeh $6 tickets to 5,000 people. bart's move last summer shutting off cell phones sparked the creation of a new bill that would require them to get a court order before shutting down cell phone service in a public area. bart shut off cell phone

service at a san francisco bart station last august to break up a demonstration. a environmental group say americans will save after the obama administration's gas mileage standards are implemented 13 years from now. $68billion in five years. following the standard of 54 miles a gallon. the higher standards will save $4,400 over the life time of a new vehicle. one road is set to open tomorrow but another will stay closed. glacier point road will reopen tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. and tiolga road will stay closed. there will be limited services at glacier point. look at these pictures. a mother and her cub at a home,

she spent the winter hibernating under the deck and that is where she gave birth. an organization that educates folks about bears, say when the cub is old enough they will relocate and seal up the deck. >> very cute. when you see them that small you forget about the dangers. let's talk about our beautiful. let's go to our chief meteorologist bill martin. >> everything is blooming, everything is green. one of the prettiest times of year. i bet you notessed it -- noticed it. after the rains, plenty of sunshine, long days and temperatures into the 70s and low 80s. boom! it is spring time. coastal fog right now. it is not -- the fog is

beautiful and folks that live out there love it but it is not as sunny as you see inland. over to livermore and conford, 77 degrees and clear. -- concord 7 degrees and clear. high temperatures into the next 24-48 hours touching on 90 degrees. the warmest weather we have seen and it will continue through the bay area weekend. tomorrow 80s. maybe even upper 80s. maybe low 90s. saturday, warmer still. i talked about this last night, look that jet stream, pushed up further and further and that means that there sadome of high pressure -- there is a dome of high pressure over us and that is a summer pattern. over night lows are not that

cool. we were doing numbers that were in the 40s. look at now, over night lows looks like day time highs in the winter. 58 in san jose. more patchy fog tomorrow morning. along the coast. and your friday will start off mild and ends up warm. push the kids off the door -- i don't mean push them out, nudge them, it will be nice. it is not a jacket day. oranges are representing 80- degree temperatures. we will see low 90s and warm into the bay area weekend. when i come back i will have your five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view. see you back here. the vatican is taking aim at america nuns and new information shows how the home

crisis is effecting children and is apple looking to take a bite out out of the tablet market? the new rumor swirling around.

rumors are spreading about a new apple ipad. the reports out of south korea do not have a clear source but they have apple have been

ordering screens. they have been successful fending off competitors. and now they may target the smaller tablets. apple has no comment on the rumors. a report says california is leading the country in the number of children effected by foreclosures. >> the loss of a house, home, has the same effect of missing a month of school. >> it comes from first focus. they say losing a home can impact a child's health, interrupt development and hurt their performance in school. >> problems that are all negatively impacting. >> the study finds over the past 5 years, 1-10 children in america have lost or have been at risk of losing their homes. that is 8 million children all

together and 1 million come from california. the vatican is cracking down on a group that represents nuns in the u.s. the vatican appears to reasserting its position. a report condemns the group, the leadership conference of women. the report was conducted by the vatican's watch dog which is led by the former archbishop of san francisco. the winningest coach in college basketball history is retiring today. tennessee's pat summitt handed over her whistle today. in 38 seasons she won 8 national titles and 1100 games.

the white house announced today she will receive the medal of freedom. she revealed last august she has been diagnosed with alzheimer's. it is high tech hooky, one school district says it is more stealing than hacking. the scandal uncoved.

complete bay area news coverage continues right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. hacking into the system to change the attendance records. the fall out from the scheme that has several high school students in trouble. the students are accused of devising a plan to play high tech hooky. ktvu's jade hernandez talked

with the principal at berkeley high school. >> reporter: it is the way that 50 students tried to get away with it that earned them suspension and more. >> reporter: playing hooky isn't a new violation but they put a new spin on it. >> there was technology involved makes like it seem like it sanew problem. >> reporter: pasquale scuderi said it is not a new problem. that is -- in this office he discovered a cover up in december. >> we noticed something was weird. then we looked into it more and more. as we teased it out, a string led to other strings. >> reporter: discrepancies dated back to last october. >> how could you get the codes to do that. >> i don't know how they did

it. it was shocking. >> reporter: administrators say it was more stealing than hacking with pass codes used to gain access. 32 high schoolers have been suspended. >> there has been a big crack down. >> reporter: past absences cost the school $100,000 a month. police have been contacted. word has gotten around now. the principal says 50 students will be implicated. in berkeley, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. a school was locked down today after police received a report of a armed man fighting with another man. police responded around noon

today. a short time later officers arrested the suspects nearby. witnesses reported seeing the suspects fighting near or on the campus of the school. one was armed with two guns. police set up a perimeter while they searched for the suspects. opening statements in the retrial overarminger clem -- of rager clemens. -- roger clemens. the lawyers wrapped up questions of jurors today. the final 12 jurors will be in place monday. his first trial ended when an attorney did not follow the courts' instructions. not a huge surprise but espn is reporting tonight that the indianapolis colts will take andrew luck with the first pick of the up coming nfl draft. there was some question about whether they will take andrew

luck or robert griffin iii. they were trying to keep their pick a secret but a source says they have known for weeks they will draft andrew luck. that nfl draft is set to begin next thursday night. gavin newsom is giving us clues on what to expect from his new talk show. today he said he hopes to promote and highlight what is happening here in california and bring fresh prospective to hot topics. >> someone said the show sounds like a search engine for solutions. >> he pointed out he had a radio show when he was mayor of san francisco. he says this will be an extension of that and he said his compensation will go to

charity. the obama administration announced plans to hire 1600 additional mental health professionals to help america vets. the government must make sure all veterans have adequate access to healthcare. since 2007 the va experienced a 35% increase in the number of veterans receiving mental health services. and relief may be in sight for some veteran whose are waiting for their defendants. they start deploying a program to speed up the process of disability claims. they have a back log of 34,159 claims in oakland and they are waiting on average 294 days just to get an answer. >> visited the seattle veteran's office where they process these claims and was stunned at the piles of paper

work, the people were thumbing through to figure out claims. >> the new program, which won't be deployed till next year uses an electronic system. the waiting list doubled during the obama administration as more and more return from iraq and afghanistan and more vietnam vets file claims. a painting is now back at the hands at the family who lost it during world war ii. it is 500 years old. he bought the painting in 1914 but died. the french government pawned the painting and that sale has been deemed illegal. they spent decades working to get it back. >> 70 years is a very long time but it shows that it is never

too late to right a wrong. >> the family plans to put the painting up for auction. tech giants are in trouble for making a secret deal. and a new microsoft store in the south bay, we learned the real reason for the crowd. what starbucks will no longer be using, it is something that is made from crushed bugs.

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. tech giants are facing a antitrust lawsuit accused of conspiring not to poach each other's employees. a judge is allowing the lawsuit to proceed and there is plenty of evidence to suggest they made a secret deal. workers say the deal resulted in competition and cost them the chance to make more money. it is one step in a series of actions. long lines at microsoft's newest bay area store today. hundreds of people lined up over night. but not everyone was actually waiting to see what microsoft

has to offer. a lot of folks were actually more interested in being among the first 1,000 people in line so that they could get free tickets to a private concert tonight by the group maroon 5. >> microsoft alone i probably wouldn't gut. >> microsoft already has another store in the area. hoping starbucks will stop using a red die derived from crushed bugs. it will replace it with a tomato extract. the bug based die is used widely in foods and cosmetics. new guidelines for target blood sugar levels for people

with type 2 diabetes. it encourage doctors to take a more individualized approach with their patients. the target for a young patient might be lower than with an elderly patient. after 5 years of work researchers developed 10 subclassifications for breast cancer. they hope eventually the groupings will improve, diagnose treatment and survival. live pictures of the california academy of sciences in san francisco. and a protest is underway. we will tell you why coming up next. >> back here in 10 minutes, looking at temperatures in the

80s, maybe no 90s coming up, i will tell you when and where.

four people were hurt when a car plunged off an embankment this morning. it happened before 6:00 a.m. the car was traveling eastbound east of highway 13 in oakland when it crash. one person was trapped inside

the car. gala has uninvited guests tonight. a celebration is start to start inside the california academy of sciences, protesters gathered outside. ktvu's cara liu is live to tell us why the party is being targeted. >> reporter: you can hear and see the protesters behind me. they are taking a break right now but they are trying to call out the hosts. specifically corporate leaders of walmart and hyatt. it is raising money for the california academy of sciences. their beef is with members of the walton family who are the hosts of the fundraiser, this is part of the 99% movement. they are trying to get executives to address questionable firing and labor practices they say is going on. >> there is abuses at the

hyatt, some are not unionized. for the people, myself and other workers, we want to stand in solid darety to give them a voice. . >> reporter: back here live, you can see them marching here. they are trying to get members of the walton family to come out here and talk to them. they are promising to be out here for a couple hours. live in san francisco, cara liu, ktvu channel 2 news. it is do or die tonight for the san jose sharks. they are trailing the blues 2-1 in the best of 7-series but the sharks are playing at the tank tonight and they have the best fans in the league and hopefully it will give them a huge lift.

fred inglis is live in san jose. >> last time i checked you have to win four. i don't know what that means to you but it means four to me. we are three away. >> situations you got to use that experience can leadership and it is important for the leaders to step up in times like this. >> we have games that we can win and there have been moments where we gave it away or taken it. it is important that we handle those moments in the correct way. >> we will find out what the sharks are made of. if they win the series is 3ed, if they lose -- tied if they lose they are down 3-1. they need this one. >> they do. >> best of luck. talking about something that is happening that is good today, that is our weather. let's go to our chief

meteorologist bill martin. nice out there. >> stunning. the hims are still green. the perfect magical time in the bay area. explains why it costs so much to live here, one of the prettiest places in the world. today you see the flowers blooming, the trees blooming, stunning. tree pollen is off the charts. we have more nice weather ahead. there is the golden gate bridge. patchy fog off coast. we had a little this morning, we will have a little tomorrow morning and then it will be out of a here. wind on the hill there, towards the transamerica pyramid. beautiful day. i love it when the hills are green. after three weeks of heat we will be dealing with brown and fire danger. right now, it is perfect. there is the north tower, south tower. swells are small, winds are

light. warmer into the bay area weekend. there is a little weekend. we are just that golden gate bridge. this is a live report, winds 24 miles per hour. towards daily city, pacifica, fog. brakes out there by the park, golden gate park. the highs tomorrow, warmer than today. boom! these are your highes of today. look that numbers. tomorrow, upper 80s. some places, antioch increase 5- 10 degrees. yellows is 70s. oranges are 80s. morgan hill could trigger a 90 tomorrow. tonight, beautiful. mid-50s. warming trend continues as we go into the bay area weekend.

nice. very nice forecast. computer model, thursday, tonight, coastal fog. that is the model. and then it plays at the coast, like it did today. friday morning. you see. the fog, that is the game. it doesn't take much, a puff of fog over your house and it is 58 degrees and cool. you go inland and you are dealing with 70s and 80s. most of the coast will see clearing. thursday warmer. friday warmer. saturday the warmest. the weather is what you would expect for this time of the year, except above average temperatures. 86 in santa rosa tomorrow. i went high on the numbers because that is what i wanted to do. this kind of weather can easily pop a 90 easy. five-day forecast, like this,

no rain. cloud cover on monday and tuesday and that trends temperatures down. really nice, might be the nicest weekend -- i said that last weekends too. >> can't wait. thank you. today is the second and final day to register to audition for the x factor. many people, hopeful stars arrived in daily city today to sign up. some of them showed off their talents for us. [ singing ] >> you can watch more performances by hopeful stars by going to www.ktvu.com and look for the hot topics tab. 40-foot gray whale is still tangled up in fishing line in

southern california. and they are worried it could starve to death. it appears to be going south instead of north. on tuesday we showed you live pictures of them trying to remove the line. they are very worried about whether the whale will survive. it is opening noth, which movie -- night, which movie is kicking off the film festival. next. [ glass clinks ] i just wanted to say a few words.

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. it is opening night at the san francisco international film festival. the first screening is set to take place an hour from now. ticket holders are inviting to the party after tonight's movie. it features 200 films from all over the world and runs through may 3. selling the retail entertainment and restaurant complex. they have spent $30 million to make it over. now a connecticut firm will pay $1.15 million for it. expect to pay more if you are planning to buy a ticket on any of the three biggest

airlines. they are all increasing prices by $20 per round trip on the routes more popular. other airlines are still considering whether to go along with the price increase. discovery is at its new home tonight. >> it takes on a new mission, less dynamic but nonetheless important. >> that is john glenn to deliver discovery to its retirement this morning that smithsonian's national air and space museum in northern virginia. thousands showed up and got to see the discovery meet enterprise nose to nose. >> today we turned discovery over to the smithsonian. nasa will continue to inspire

the young people of today and tomorrow to dream of space, of uncovering the secrets of the universe and pursue the careers that will make them the leaders of tomorrow. >> discovery goes on view at the smithsonian as part of a permit collection beginning tomorrow. enterprise, the same jet that brought discovery to washington, d.c. will fly it to new york city. 17 packed into a car when it crashed. coming up, what we learned about the 15-year-old driver and why the crash could have been much worse and leaders accused of stealing from the people they were supposed to be helping. the cruz that were already there at macsa.

. complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. >> i am. i am julie haener. >> and i am frank somerville. 7 teens packed into a car when it slammed into a tree.

the 17-year-old driver was going north shortly after the serve she lost control and slammed into a tree. ktvu's ken pritchett is live in napa with the poor adjustment police are blaming for the accident. >> reporter: this is the curve here, the chp said a 15-year- old girl was driving a car loaded with teenagers and the chp says due to speed the teenager failed to make the turn and you can see down there the skid marks heading into the tree. the scar in that tree will remain, shoes and socks discarded. the impact so great. six taken to the hospital, three with major injuries. >> all three passengers were not wearing