decide to stay home and work at home for the day. >> reporter: he can take a bus tomorrow, all but two buses will be canceled. the reason for the shut down, the union says union members are upset about the increase in rising insurance rates. the contracts expired last july and they have been negotiating since. the iron workers local 347 is also shut down. the service is expected to resume in the afternoon after 2:15 tomorrow. a similar strike was called last year and that last minute it did not happen. we have been told service will be shut down tomorrow morning

and not resume till 2:15. jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> more details on the situation, union leaders say the rallies will take place at several locations, including near the golden gate bridge. they say a bridge shut down at this point is unlikely. the golden gate bridge labor coalition asked supporters to refrain from blocking the golden gate bridge. >> people who live in oakland are bracing for the mayday protests. ktvu's ken pritchett joins us live with the occupy oakland members say they will discerned on city hall. the rally, the protests tomorrow, as you can see there is plenty of activity here at frank ogawa plaza. what will it look like? how many people will be here? they are not sure because the

protests are so spread out. >> reporter: he is a worker, he shines shoes but he is not happy about the return of occupy oakland on mayday. he will stay open but the last event is still hurting his bottom line. >> killed me. i was making maybe $300 a day. i am down to $85. >> reporter: the city is prepared for many permitted and nonpermitted event. occupy oakland will gather early in the morning for strike actions through downtown before a noon rally back at city. at 3:00 a march for immigration rights begins at the bart station ending at city hall for

another rally. occupy oakland organizer says they will be working and and supporting organizations. she says this may draw as many people as previous rallies but it may not appear that way. >> so many actions going on it might not be a big spectacle like on november 2. >> reporter: occupy oakland is planning roving pickets throughout downtown targeting unnamed businesses. the chammer of commerce and city is encouraging businesses to stay oepien -- stay open, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >> workers plan to occupy city hall. union leaders and employees have been gathering outside city hall this afternoon.

some hospital workers handed out leaflets to get employees to attend the rally at 5:30. they plan to spend the night there. they are in negotiations for a new contract and the city is asking for too many concessions. they represent janitors, paramedics, public eltworkers and other -- public health workers and other cityome ploys -- city employees. >> in san jose, they don't accept any problems. they plan to gather at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow morning and march to city hall. here is a huge mayday rally in san jose in march of 2006 that took place without any arrests at all. police say caltrans and the

highway patrol are ready to help with traffic control. we continue our coverage on our website. we will bring you problems as soon as we learn about them. we will post them on www.ktvu.com. today mark as new phase of the doyle drive project. drivers are a temporary roadway. ktvu's david stevenson is live in san francisco with the two wrinkles that popped up today. >> reporter: just beyond this rubble lies the new doyle drive. news chopper 2 has the view. traffic moved well today although they were expecting congestion north of the new marina intersection. you can see the view right now. this project is getting rave reviews from those on the roads and those exploring it by foot. >> it brought more light and, you know, just lot more green and it is great. the new doyle drive made

its debut this morning with a caravan of engineers led by the california highway patrol. the project was clear, the old doyle drive, 65,000-tons of rubble next to a new by-pass. >> amazing they were able to do it in search a short time. >> they hit a home run with this. >> reporter: the chp says some drivers pulled into construction zones to take pictures. others were ticketed for exceeding the speed limit, which is 35 miles per hour. >> we have a couple more patrol units. we are just monitoring. >> reporter: caltrans is monitoring and using this median to funnel vehicles during rush hour. >> used to be three lanes and now it looks like two and that looks -- i don't know about

that. the demolition provided a new view, a welcome sight. >> you look that destruction. amazing to see how they worked together. >> reporter: crews rested today after a long week. at 6:00, what they will be doing tomorrow to remove the rubble. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. hundreds of people are making the new drive at this very minute and they are going slower than they did on the old doyle drive because there is a new lower speed limit. we took this video for you. as you leave the tunnel and approaching richardson avenue, a better look, we got this picture here from the parkway website. you can see the curve here. i will highlight it for you. a giant "s." there is something else to keep

in mind and that is the new speed limit. it is just 25 miles per hour. the sign tells you slow down. the speed limit is 25 miles per hour. elsewhere it is 35 miles per hour. on the old doyle drive, the speed limit was 40 miles per hour. let's check back in with the live picture from news chopper 2. travel is good in and out of the tunnel. it looked slow leaving the city heading to the golden gate bridge. we are continuing to follow how drivers are reacting to the new drive on www.ktvu.com. we have got a doyle drive tab for you on the home page and remember you can get traffic and transit up dates by going to www.ktvu.com and on mobile ktvu. dozens of hotel workers walked off the job today.

the workers are staging a demonstration outside the hyet embarcadero they have been working without a contract since august 2009. >> we like them to come to their census and negotiate in good faith over real concerns the workers have about job security and the future. >> negotiate in good honest terms and offer the same contract they offered the other 25 hotels in san francisco. >> they represent room cleaners, cooks, servers and other workers. a judge in san francisco sentenced a executive to 22 years in prison for defrauding investors. the judge set a hearing for thursday to consider fines against samuel cohen that could total $60 million. a jury found him guilty about lying to investors. the fraud caused the collapse

of a nonprofit group. on wall street worries about a european economy drove stocks lower today. >> the markets were down after the government said it its economy shrank. the dow is down 14 to 13,213. the nasdaq is down 23 at 3,046. the s&p is down 5 at 1,398. president obama today refused to comment on whether or not whether he is hiding. he had been under house arrest after exposing the practice of forced abortion in china. the president told the press he was aware of the situation but would not make a statement. the anniversary of the

death of osama bin laden this week sparked a war of words from the white house all the way to the campaign trail. >> he took the harder and the more honorable path. >> president obama's recent campaign video featuring bill clinton has infureiated republicans. they say he is tarnishing the memory of the 9/11 attacks. today president obama denied the claims. >> i hardly think you have seen excessive celebration here. for us to use that time for some reflection, to give thanks to those who participated is appropriate. >> the president said take a look at other people's statements about going after osama bin laden, it was a slam on mitt romney who said it is

not worth spending billions trying to catch one person. mitt romney told reporters of course he would have gone after osama bin laden if he was president. >> coming up, the white house reveals the threat al-qaeda thoses one year after the death of osama bin laden. poll doesn't deliver a clear picture of mayor jean quan. the poll says 3-4 oakland voters believe mayor jean quan is doing a poor or november -- negative job. 57% said they oppose a recall effort to remove her from office. our camera was inside the courtroom as the man accused of killing 7 people at oikos

university enters his plea. >> in 10 minutes a cool down coming your way and the fog is moving in, i will have the details on your tuesday forecast.

police said a lamborghini owned by guy fieri that was stolen has been recovered. the $200,000 lamborghini gallardo was stolen last year from the british motor car distributors. the car was located over the weekend inside a storage unit. investigators say it belonged to a 17-year-old who is the suspect in a shooting earlier this month. the teen was arrested. the man accused of killing 7 people at oikos university faced a judge this afternoon. ktvu's rob roth is live where he saw curious behavior by the

defendant in the courtroom. >> reporter: our camera was inside the court this afternoon as one goh ko entered his plea on charges that he killed 7 people at oikos university. >> reporter: one goh ko was shackled. at times he appeared to be talking to himself. they entered a plea to 7 counts of homicide. >> not guilty. >> reporter: among the spectators was the brother of one of the victims. >> i lost my sister and other six people been killed. why not guilty? >> reporter: police say one goh ko told them he killed all 7 victims and shot three others. they say one goh ko no longer is refusing to eat. >> he didn't eat for a month at the jail, he started eating

over the weekend. don't know why but he just started eating and now he has been moved. >> reporter: he seemed to bow, perhaps at his father. earlier today family and friends gathered to say good- bye to a nursing student shot to death at oikos university. she left nigeria to come to the united states looking for a better life for her family. >> she wants mommy, you know? i told her mommy is with god. she said she want to go to god and be with mommy. >> reporter: and he says he is not thinking about what should happen to the killer that he is still grieving. rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news.

more details on oikos university. it reopened a week ago but some didn't begin classes till today. we have been told oikos university is paying $1 to use the classroom. they are providing the space as long as it is available out of a mission of community service. in the mean time according to the times, oikos university's finance problems are so severe the president has gone without pay for the past year. the district attorney announced today a teacher who struck and killed a girl last year will not be charged with a crime. investigators say fern white- parker was on the way to work last september when she accidentally struck 6-year-old sioreli torres who was walking walking to school. today the district attorney called it a tragic case but a

investigation determined fern white-parker did not break any laws. three sailors confirmed dead and one missing. coast guard video sos the recovery of debris from the sail boat. lost early saturday morning during a race from newport beach to mexico. officials say wind condition at the time were light and it appears the sail boat collided with a large ship. preparing to send off a rescued sea lion pup. the pup was weak and malnourished but now that he is in good health he will be released into had ocean tomorrow. our weekend did not disappoint. >> beautiful. >> a lot of people were

excited. bill, things are changing? >> yeah. temperatures will trend down. stunning weekend. spring like weekend. temperatures are cooling off. you see the clouds and that is one of the main mechanisms for the cooling. you see the clouds lingering across san jose. more clouds off the pacific. high clouds right here. fog right there. underneath we have fog long the coast. you have coastal fog and then high clouds streaming in. as we go through the night, more clouds, and that will trend temperatures down. this is from the satellite. that was a visible picture. this show as weak system sliding through. that is cooling us off. high clouds filter the sunshine

and temperatures drop 10-14, 15 degrees today. temperatures cooler for most of us. over night lows cool, not as cool as last week, 45 in santa rosa. 50 concord, 49 livermore. 50 hayward. highs tomorrow, instead of 70s and 80s, we are looking at 60s and 70s. yellows are 70s. greens are 60s. most greens, upper 60s. and then lots of mid-70s. there will be a lot of mid-70s tomorrow. along the coast, temperatures will be in the 50s. maybe a couple low 60s. through the bay area, foggy in the morning. temperatures towards the panhandle, temperatures in the mid-60s. across town, south of market,

upper 60s. oakland, 68 degrees. towards livermore valley, antioch, mid-60s. when i come back we will look at the temperature for your town and the five-day forecast. officials say they are looking into the dects of a dozen -- deaths of a dozen while horses. someone shot the animals in california and nevada. a $10,000 reward for information leading to the rest and conviction of those responsibilities. it hit a milestone, the height the freedom tower reached today for the first time ever. >> and a plan to light up the bay bridge, what he wants to do and why he says his dream could become a reality.

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. there were cheers at the former sight of the twin towers in new york city today. 10 years after the september 11 attacks the construction of the new freedom tower reached new heights. the tower at one world trade ceter sored into the record -- center sored into the record books today. . >> today crews installed a  steel beam on the 100th floor

of the freedom tower, lifting it to 1271 feet. it is the tallest skyscraper. when it is completed in two years it will be the tallest building in the country and third tallest in the world. officials reached the milestone one year after the navy s.e.a.l.s. took down the man responsible for the 9/11 attacks. >> in becoming the tallest building in new york sends a clear message, they didn't win. >> check out this time lapse footage. shows you the scope of the freedom tower project. it began videotaping when the work began in 2006. we sped up the video even more. you can see it rising and how much they accomplished in six years. to watch the full length video

go to www.ktvu.com. he raised half the money needed to turn part of the bay bridge into a light show. he says he wants to put 25,000l extraterrestrial light ons -- led lights on the bridge. . >> it become as mirror of the activity around. i think it will work. >> he raised $4 million and needs about 4 million dollars more. plans call for it to start at the end of the year. yahoo plans to double its presence that summer olympics. they will send 25 people to

london as reporters. it was the number one destination for the past three games. a memorial is growing. family, friends and fellow students of a high school student stabbed to death this weekend. >> remember the surgery that separated these twins, tonight we check back to see how they are doing. >> happening right now, 200 union workers inside city hall in san francisco. we have a crew on the scene. what their plans are. coming up next.

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complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. >> a popular student and high school football star killed in a attack is mourned by friends and family this afternoon. >> we will get to that in a moment. first to a story happening right now. a worker protest going on at city hall in san francisco. ktvu's noelle walker is there, tells us what their plans are. >> reporter: these are union workers in san francisco. let's take a step up here on to city hall to give you a view of how many people are here. we are guessing about 200. these are union workers in san francisco who are in the middle of contract negotiations and they say over the last 5 years they have given up enough and they don't want to give up anymore concessions. they say the city wants to them to an extra $200 in healthcare

costs and they can't afford that. we spoke with several members today who said they were prepared to camp out in city hall all night if it need be to make their point. they are calling this a takeover of city hall. again, 200 workers from the largest union here in san francisco city hall. earlier today they were on the second haul, lobbying the -- second floor, lobbying the supervisors and then they came down here for a planned rally. this is expected to go on for at least an hour. we will bring you more on this throughout our newscast, throughout the day here on ktvu. again, 200 union workers in san francisco rallying at city hall. reporting live, noelle walker, ktvu channel 2 news. >> a developing story going on there. we will keep her on the scene

and have more on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. also on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36 and complete coverage at 10:00. a popular student and high school football star was killed as he was trying to leave a party. ktvu's robert handa is live at the man's school with new information on the suspect and what is set for tonight. >> reporter: we are at the event center at newark memorial high school where behind this building a fundraiser scheduled to start at the football field. after that 7:00, 8:00 a candlelight vigil will be held. >> reporter: a steady stream of friends, students and family members made their way to a memorial. they spent the day comforting each other after he was stabbed and killed this weekend. the man was known as a popular student and football star at

newark memorial high school. >> always smiling. everyone was laughing with him. he didn't deserve this. >> reporter: police say he was stabbed. the friends say the weapon was a sord. police arrested three juveniles and an adult. >> his name is abraham hade. he is 18 years old. >> reporter: did he know the victim? >> i don't know. >> i am glad they got them and they are not going to do this to anyone else again. i mean, it is just senseless. >> reporter: the memorial was set up when his friend was stabbed to death in an unsolved crime and now they are both part of the memorial. >> show support for the family and remember a great guy. great brother.

>> reporter: again, another look. police say they expect abraham hade to be charged in court tomorrow afternoon. the candlelight vigil is at newark memorial high school between 7-8:00 and we will have details at 10:00. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. the white house advisories said one year after the death of osama bin laden al-qaeda is weaker but still remain as threat. he said al-qaeda intends to harm the united states special through loan wolf attack said but he said with osama bin laden dead the core leadership has been damaged. >> if the deck aid before 9/11 was the time of their surprise the decade after was the time of this decline. this will be the one that sees its demise. >> the united states launched its most aggressive drone

strikes every against al-qaeda. the public will be able to read some of osama bin laden's last writings. the navy s.e.a.l.s. seed the papers last may when they killed him. it included correspondence between osama bin laden and his affiliates. remember the twins who were separated six months ago? rita williams got so close to the family before, during and after the surgery the girls actually call her auntie and tonight rita williams tells us how they are doing. >> reporter: what a difference six months make. >> they love each other. >> reporter: they love each other but these twins' view of the world no longer have to include each other. this was what it was like

before their life changing surgery here last november. born in the philippines with their chest and bellies joined, doctors separated them in a 10 hour operation. >> they are great. couldn't have asked for better -- they are totally healthy. >> reporter: that was the goal. the girls were not sick, just different and now they are normal. something their mother prayed for. >> angels can now play normally like other kids. i keep thanking god for all his blessings. >> reporter: as before the surgery she is the quiet one. she is the talkative twin. >> they want to be the next american idol. >> reporter: they were looking

forward to turning three in august and having their first birthday party apart. as she did the day before her surgery, she kissed good-bye and the girls left the cameras behind. riding in car seats, something they couldn't do when they were joined as one. their doctors say now they can have an ordinary life. reporting live, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >> that is just amazing. they are adorable. more college budget cuts looming, but this time it is males. the fight for food on campus in san francisco. >> plus cutsing back on salt -- cutting back on salt, the move being proposed and we don't know what the government thinks of it.

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a push to try to keep the doors open at the cafeteria at the city college of san francisco. it is dealing with a $250,000 short fall because of budget cuts. today administrators held a forum for students. at the same time a group of restaurant owners kicked off a fundraising drive.

>> unless community donations can rescue it it is set to shun down in three months. criticizing the government on not acting on a request to curve salt in food. they said it estimates 100,000 lives in america could be saved every year if it was reduced in packaged and restaurant foods. the fda hasn't yet responded. when reginant moms are under stress the baby might suffer. it could lead to iron deficiencies. tests on blood showed 60 percent of the babies born to

the women were iron deficient. obese women may be discriminated against when applying for jobs jobs and they may also receive lower starting salaries. they selected job seekers based on photographers, they concealed the fact the photos were of the same women before and after weight loss surgery. the thinner women were select more often -- selected more often. still ahead, the high cost of helping the hard of hearing. you're going down!

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a california tax payer is getting over billed for hearing aids provided to medi-cal patients. the system is flawed and as ktvu's ken pritchett reports, they admit they are making a profit but say they are providing a much needed service. >> reporter: there are sounds we need to hear. and sounds we would rather not. butthe silence or the suffering of hearing loss. what price for a hearing aid? he says california taxpayers are paying too much. >> we need to do much better. >> reporter: they conducted an audit. perch ashearing aid from --

perching a hearing aid for $120 and billing the state for $1,400. >> people work hard, they want to provide services for those in need but we have to build trust. we are asking them to do better. >> reporter: he says the state of california could save $27 million over three years if they change how it reimbursing the providers. the department says they are working on making rule changes. but she says the issue is more complicated than the price of a device. >> you are buying a service. it is not about the product. >> reporter: she can obtain hearing aids cheaper because she has many medi-cal patients and she bill said above the cost -- bills above the cost to make a profit but the state is still getting a deal. >> i can hardly hear the man.

>> reporter: he is a private pay patient and he would pay $2,000 for a hearing aid. more than what the state pays. >> less than $1,500 they are getting two. >> reporter: the already scarce providers that help the recipients will switch to better paying private patients if the profit margins are slashed. >> reporter: what is the fair profit? >> reporter: now there is little accountable and a sound balance -- creatal and a sound balance. someone bought a winning lottery ticken in danville. someone person matched 5 numbers but not the mega number but that ticket is worth more

than $312,000. 2, 5, 45, 46 and 47 are the numbers. no one matched the mega number of 37. that means tomorrow's jackpot is $102 million. the avengers hasn't hit the united states state yet but international fans like what they see. they have took in $185 million since last week, including $25.5 million in great britain, $17 million in mexico. it opens in the united states friday. nice warm start, let's go to our chief meteorologist bill martin. we are relaxing still from the weekend. >> it will not be as warm. temperatures come down 10-15 degrees. high clouds and fog have become the cooling. as we look at the mechanism for

cooling the wind, golden gate bridge, that is by doyle drive, we have done a lot of stories about doyle drive, doyle drive. 26 miles per hour. when you get south in the wind, there is a weak disturbance in the area. there is. weak disturbance. dropped temperatures today from yesterday. today's highs, not bad. tomorrow's highs coming down more. looking at 70s. right now temperatures 74 in concord. 75 fairfield. further cooler tomorrow, upper 60s. as we head into tomorrow, cooler. next couple days cooler. and a chance for showers thursday-friday. right now it looks minimal. at 10:00 i will have the latest updates and we will look at it. last model has been sketchy on the forecast with the rain.

it will be cooler. through this week with the low pressure off shore, wind are south. temperatures trend down. low pressure comes in, temperatures goes down. you get the picture. mild. by wednesday temperatures in the upper 60s. tonight at 10:00, you see fog and clouds along the coast. tomorrow morning, fog around pillar point. ocean beach as well. and in the afternoon more clearing. more sunshine tomorrow than today but temperatures cooler. 76 antioch. 78 brentwood. low 70s. along the coast, low 60s. fog in the forecast there. five-day forecast, with the bay area weekend in view, nice one. we are into spring, this is

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a group activated a new mobile app today allowing air travelers to complain immediately. the group says it develops the fly rights app to fight back against racial profiling. it allows you to submit reports protectly to the federal aviation administration. -- directly to the federal aviation administration. noise complaints need san jose airport are on the rise. the report looks at noise and air operation curfew problems. 431 noise complaints last year. that is 45 more than the year before. it logs curfew intrusions, there were 533 of those last year. 160 more than in 2010. the airport says some were due to weather or mechanical

problems. a san jose neighborhood said farewell to their mail carrier after a generation on the same route. he is known as the friendly mailman. after 25 years of delivering the mail, he is hanging up his mail bag. we had a hard time catching up with him. he said the best part of his job was his customers. >> a tight bond. a real friendship that we have. they make me feel like one of the family. >> he says he plans to take a photography class, do traveling and get work done around his house. he is not leaving his best customers, he plans to go fishing and games with some of the friends he made on his route.

coming up, the san francisco giants ehonor a sailor, how they -- giants honors a sailor, how they paid tribute to the girl killed in a sailing accident, and we will have more on on ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. dñañy

. an emotional day at at&t as the san francisco giants pay tribute to a former bat girl last at sea. >> 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. the giants took to the field to join friends and family and the bay area sailing community to remember alexis busch who was killed in a boating accident. ktvu's cara liu is live from at&t park where the family and one player shared their memories. >> reporter: a friend described her as enthusiasm, she considered the park a second home. it was clear during the service this afternoon this was