of leadership and characters. i hope those who disagree with the president will respect, and appreciate require do you see this -- rare do you see this presidential leadership. >> this send as powerful message across the country about a fundamental belief in equality. >> reporter: this is where the fight for equality, kicked off in 2004 when gavin newsom allowed thousands of couples to tie the knot. >> it doesn't feel like it was 8 years ago we put a human face on the issue. >> reporter: there has been a dramatic shift, more americans supporting same-sex marriage than opposed. people in castro district were thrilled to hear the president's wordoptimistic about marriage equality going forward >> it is amazing he expressed any thought on it. so, yeah, great he is in support. >> we are constantly evolving and progressing. back in the 30s or 40s no body

would guess african americans would have the rights they have. that is what we have to -- you know there are steps that have to be taken every single day. >> at 6 here more from john press who is himself, openly gay. live in san francisco, ktvu channel 2 news. shortly after president obama's announcement several state legislators in sacramento, praised it. john perez is the first openly gay speaker he issued a statement saying he was proud of the president. state senate president, issued a similar statement, however, save california did not respond positively. >> you have lib ram legislators that agree with -- liberal legislators that agree with barack obama but don't have any state that agree with barack obama. >> the president is taking a significant gamble by going against what he calls the values of the majority of

american voters. president obama said his new view on gay marriage came after a lot of soul searching. >> my feelings about this are constantly evolving i struggle with this. >> over the past four year it is president's support for gay rights has grown stronger leading up to today's historic announcement. at 5:30 p.m. we will hear more of the president's own words as he made that journey of conscious. >> his view promises to be a polarizing issue in this year's election. mitt romney today drew a firm line between his stand on the issue and the president's. >> my view is marriage itself is a relationship between a man and a woman and that is my own preference i know other people have different views. this is tender and sensitive topic. >> at a rally in oklahoma today, romney said he does support domestic partnership benefits, such as hospital visitation rights. in 2004 when romney was governor he unsuccessfully

fought against legalizing gay marriage in his state. you can see political analysis and other stories about the president's declaration logging on to our website, ktvu.com clicking on the same-sex marriage tab. the verdict announced late this afternoon in the trial of edwin ramos a gang member accused of killing his father and two sons after mistaking them for rival gang members, rob other was in court. rob. >> reporter: frank edwin ramos covered his eyes, three counts guilty of murder in the first degree with special circumstances. member offs the family were sobbing in court and gasping for air. they said justice is served, but it was a bittersweet conclusion. >> god answered our prayers. that is all i got to say. he answered our prayers. i miss my son and my grand

kids. i am never going to see them again. >> reporter: edwin ramos was convicted of murdering anthony and two of his sons michael and mathew. he testified he was a gang member but someone else pulled the trigger. he said a passenger in his car fired the shot and that passenger since disappeared. the jury deliberated four days and didn't buy that story. the son who survived the shooting testified he saw only edwin ramos. this justice today will not bring my family back. >> not at all. >> but helps a little. >> reporter: the jury also found ramos guilty of attempted murder and committing violence on behalf of a street gang, he could face life without parole. coming up at 6:00 p.m., we will hear from district attorney, george gscon. uc berkeley trying new

tactics to clear protestors off a piece of farm land owned by the university in albany. some protestors just learned they are being sued. >> ericizeen burg, marika gabriel silverman. >> reporter: we gave protestors their first look at the trespass lawsuit in the names of activists university of california is taking to court. the move came hours after police set up barricades around this farm land, taken over by protestors last month >> they then proceeded to announce anyone interfered with this process they would be subject to arrest and use of chemical agents. we are going to explore every possible avenue that will allow us to avoid a confrontation. >> reporter: those farming and camping on this land are interfering with faculty and student's ability to conduct research. the people known as occupy the farm are not budging. >> they continually threaten and create confrontation. they cut our water off the

second day. they are the aggressors. >> reporter: what about that issue of trespassing. do you disbrie you are trespassing? >> uc mismanaged its land. >> reporter: both sides insist they are willing to work out a compromise but the university warns time is running short. >> we cannot have an outside self-selected group comes in when they decide there is a better way to conduct our research. >> reporter: back here at the edge of the property police are standing by just inside the gates but that is where they have been all day since they came in and set up the barricade. minutes ago we heard from some of the people named in this lawsuit they brought us back inside the property to talk about it. they called it a scare tactic they still do not plan to leave the property in fact they are organizing a march that will start over here at the north berkeley bart station at 6:00 p.m. we will follow that for you in the next hour. live here in albany, ktvu

channel 2 news. a deadline looming for one of the groups trying to recall the oakland mayor. it appears they will not get their petitions in by tomorrow. mayor kwan spoke out. >> all throughout this process i have tried to really just focus on being there. >> coming up at 5:30 p.m., jay hernandez tells us where things stand with both petition drives trying to get the recall on the upcoming ballot and why mayor kwan said she is encouraged by poll numbers. former bart police officer convicted of manslaughter back in court. meheserle is asking for a new trial. why his attorney says he was set up to fail. >> this phone book like stack of paper is one document filed in meheserle's appeal. his attorneys told me the goal is to get a new trial, get acquitted and get meheserle a job in law enforcement again one day. the family of the man he was

convicted of killing told ktvu they were blind sided and outraged by today's court hearing. >> reporter: only on 2, ktvu was outside the courthouse as convicted former bart police officer, meheserle took the first steps towards trying to get a new trial and clean slate. >> absolutely not. this was simply an accident. >> reporter: he said poor training caused him to reach for his gun rather than the taser he intended to use, new years 2009. we scanned through more than 100 pages filed in the appeal. in it the attorney general's office wrote quote meheserle cannot escape criminal liability based on a complaint his employer set him up to fail with a weapon he was not required to carry but actively sought out. the ags office wouldn't go on camera but his attorneys say new evidence should get him a new trial. >> there was an incident a year before meheserle's incident

where a very experienced officer in kentucky carrying the same identical weapon as meheserle having the same identical taser carried in the same position, same holsters did the same thing. >> reporter: for oscar grant's family the thought of a new trial is opening old wounds. >> outraged angered, totally disappointed and the system has shown us how racist it is. >> reporter: the court has 90 days to decide if jurors were justified in the conviction of meheserle. >> his attorneys toll me this case has wide implications how police officers do their job if they lose this appeal they will go to the state supreme court. ktvu channel 2 news. report of a person with a gun on campus forced authorities to lock down a san jose high school this morning. the report came in around 10:00 a.m. at independence high school. 30 police officers descended on the school and began searching for someone matching the description that the caller

gave. they searched some students but did not find anyone with a gun and finally the lock down ended 2:00 p.m. this afternoon after 4 hours since it began. >> santa cruz county sheriff's department is looking for a champion somehow dog stolen from a home in scotts valley. it is named night and is an 18 month old great dane the owner says he is worth $27,000. and night should be easy to spot he is 3 feet tall at the shoulder and weighs 175 pounds. his owner says the person who stole him might have known just how valuable he is. search for sierra he mar has changed since investigators found a car associated with the disappearence. a little bit of cooling out there again today. how warm it will be in your neighbourhood tomorrow and more about that fog which went away this afternoon but is coming back. ♪

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>> san francisco police arrested 38-year-old william onuses pension of drunk driving last night on treasure island after he drove his car into a parked pick up. the driver of the pick up and two boys one boy was in critical condition with a life threatening head injury. he had minor injuries. >> searchers were out once again looking for sierra he mar she has been missing since middle of march. robert honda is here to tell us how investigators are looking at other attempted kidnapping cases involving red cars. robert. >> reporter: well, all developments generated an up beat atmosphere at the volunteer center, lemar family and volunteers seemed rejuvenated by new clues. about 100 volunteers showed up and spread about around morgan hill area, searching for 15- year-old sierra le mar who disappeared friday march 16th and believed to have been kidnapped on her way to school. many of the volunteers have been on the search before, but

now some told us they were inspired to come back by what they believe is solid progress made by investigators. the sheriff's department announced yesterday it recovered a red volkswagen jetta associated with her disappearence. even though officials won't say how it is connected some volunteers call it a symbol of hope. >> especially when searching and you have been here several times, something like this makes you feel like boy, you are going to get somewhere. >> reporter: today the sheriff's department revealed detectives examined two attempted kidnapping cases in san jose and walnut creek involving a red car. >> investigators recently contacted detectives from san jose police and walnut creek police at this time there does not guilty appear to be any similarities. >> reporter: her parents both showed up at the center and said they are also rejuvenated frodn t and talking to investigators. >> i was confident they have a lot to -- that they are working

on and following up with from the car. >> it is in their hands now they have a good piece of evidence i am hopeful, optimistic until sierra comes back we are all praying. >> reporter: another volunteer search scheduled for saturday. the sheriff's department is searching water waysay the car is still being examined. live in morgan hill, robert honda ktvu channel 2 news. students and staff at a liver more middle school in mourning for a 13-year-old boy killed yesterday evening when he road his skate board into the side of a moving pick up. it happened 5:15 p.m., cara place, they haitian was a student his -- nathan was a student and his mother is a teacher there. >> we have substitutes here on campus to relieve teachers and also our grief counsellors, and our crisis team has mobilized, so they are here, to help

students get through the day and help our teachers make it through today and beyond. >> people have been leaving cards and flowers at the intersection where the accident happened. number of people using car pool lanes on bay area toll bridges continues to go down. metropolitan transportation commission said the trend started two years ago when car pool driver had to pay a $2.50 toll within the week, the number dropped 26% so far this year it is down nearly 10%. at the same time the total number of cars crossing the 7 state owned toll bridges is up 1.5%. no letting up on yahoo!, one of the company's investors has issued another demand to get the internet company to get rid of its ceo, scott thompson for erroneously stating his academic credentials. he said his error was not guilty an inadvera -- not an inadvertent one and the company

has been left to flounder, he is lobbying to get himself and a new slate of directors elected. the company holds 5 .8% of yahoo! stock. a judge is expected to rule on googles request for a new trial in its legal battle with oracle. earlier this week, a jury found google infringed on oracle's java rights. turning now to bay area weather, our chief meteorologist, bill martin said things are going to cool down. it is a cool down we can file. >> 5 degrees. out of the 90s. today mid-80s but still nice slightly cooler. as we go through the next couple day we will stay with this weather pattern. outside now, fog clearing from the coast. see where the fog is way down here. you can see where i put the arrow. i want to come in closer see these buoy readings, these are

live. that represents the wind direction. that arrow and this one going this way. that is basically a north, northwesterly wind that makes the fog get pushed away. basically pushed it south, down to point conception, it will funnel back in tonight, as it did last night and you will have fog, when you wake up if you had it this morning and will continue with this pattern. the highs today, a little cooler. last night this time we had upper 80s low 90s. right now fairfield, 82 degrees, 82 concord and 81 degrees liver more your forecast highs tomorrow, about the same. not a big change but this is really nice weather. micro climates along the coast you have your upper 50s. cool weather along the ocean beaches because there was fog even though it is not there now. influence of moist, cool marine layer. s in one of the first week -- this is one of the first weeks i can remember this year we have had a straight run of warm weather. we have a nice little run here looks like it will be a nice,

mild, spring like weather pattern that lasts through the bay area weekend. there will be patchy fog from time to time and dealing with tree pollens off the hook right now. next couple days, they are staying high and will be high, probably right into the weekend. satellite image shows no weather in the pacific northwest, you can see everything is north of here, north up into the -- north of vancouver actually. we are under a high pressure domain. mean as really good weather pattern patchy fog developing late nights, early morning, overnight, chilly, these numbers, you know, i don't know, 50 fairfax. that is cool for this time of year, 49 san raphael, pretty soon numbers when we start getting more into the summer months i expect these to be mostly mid-50s upper 50s we are still 10 degrees away from that in some places so still cool. >> as you march through the bay area micro climates on thursday, 61, golden gate park, cliff house, 70 out towards

oakland and albany s mid-70s places like hayward and fremont, concord, walnut creek and 80s pop up in the big valleys places like danville, brent wood, out in evergreen and santa clara valley. when i come back, specific forecast for your city, i will see you back here with your bay area weekend in view. >> thank you. vidal sassoon being remembered as a hair care and fashion icon. he died today at his home in los angeles. his family was with him and he died of natural causes. he was 84. the hair styling pioneer opened his first salon in london 1954 and later brought salons and line of hair care products to the u.s. he created several wash and wear styles including the bob, pixie and 5 point cut. a woman sued honda over mileage claims on her civic hybrid. who now owns that oakland

based company. what will be built on land near pebble beach owned in part by a world famous movie star.

pgh on wall street, worries about the european economy kept stocks down for the fifth day in a row. at the closing bell the dow was 97 points lower at 12,835.

nasdaq down 12 points 2,934 s&p 500 closed down 1,344. >> cost plus world market, is merging with another retail giant but cost plus managers say they are not going to lose their unique style. >> our culture will remain intact. we are a quirky business you are familiar with cost plus and we are very different than the way the bed bath stores merchandise and operate. >> bed bath and beyond announced it is buying oakland based cost plus for 4 -9d $5 million. cost plus will keep its name and function as a subsidiary head quartered in oakland. they have a rich history in the bay area, with the first store opening in san francisco in the 50s. since then the company pioneered a lot of products now nationally known. >> for example, altoid mints, wanted to bring french presses to the united states, you know,

many australian wines that are ubiquitous started in our stores. >> the merger isn't the first venture between the two companies they have had a co- operative relationship for two years with cost plus operating specialty store food departments in some bed, bath and beyond stores. cost plus world market said the merger will give it the capital to double the number of storegrow online sales. a judge over turned a small claims judgment of $10,000 against american honda motor company. heather peters claimed honda misrepresented the mileage her civic hybrid could achieve. on appeal the judge said epa mileage estimates are for comparison purposes and too many variances to hold the car maker responsible. after more than a decade of wrangling, state regulators approved a plan to build dozens of homes in pebble beach. california coastal commission

voted to approve 90 homes on about 56-acres, right near the famed pebble beach golf course. the company backed by clint east wood, arnold palmer has owned the property since 1999. the latest proposal eliminates plans to build a new golf course and polo field opposed by environmentalists. a woman's petition is gaining steam, all laid out at six flags discovery kingdom. calling for the park to find a roommate for the killer whale. marine mammals, must be housed with at least one compatible animal. so far shuka has been alone for 6 months. park officials say they are actively working to find a suitable companion. my feelings about this are constantly evolving. i struggle with this. >> not any more. up next we track the evolution of the president's thoughts when it comes to gay marriage

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>> and i have hesitated on gay marriage in part because i thought civil unions would be sufficient. president obama is hesitating no longer today he announced he supports marriage rights for same sex couples. the president said he came to that conclusion, after years of talking with gays and lesbians, friends and family. now that was today, but president obama's views on gay marriage have changed dramatically, evolving over the

past four years. in 2008 you may remember candidate obama said the country's division, distracted from bigger issues in an election year. >> we have a war that is bankrupting us and we are going to argue about gay marriage? i mean that doesn't make any sense. >> so then by december of 2010, at the end of the president's first year in office, that is when he said his support for gay rights had strengthened. mr. obama fought for and signed a bill to repeal the pentagon's don't ask don't tell policy on gays in the military. but he still was not ready to endorse same-sex marriage. >> my feelings about this are constantly evolving. i struggle with this. >> you will remember then in 2011 president obama pushed for the repeal of defenses marriage act and spoke out in strong terms. >> and i believed discrimination because of some body's sexual orientation or

gender identity ran count tore who we are as a people. i believe that gay couples deserve the same legal rights as every other couple in the country [ applause ] >> now a little more than 6 months before the end of his first term and as he fights to return for a second one, president obama announced today he fully supports the rights of same sex couples to marry. we will have more on his announcement and local reaction, coming up for you tonight on ktvu channel 2 news at 6. tomorrow is the deadline for one group trying to recall oakland mayor jean kwan the second has another month and half left to gather signatures. today the mayor went on the offensive, saying it is time to move on. jay hernandez is at a peace walk going on now and tells us what else the mayor said today. >> reporter: well, frank, we are live and as you can see a lot of faculty, parents joining on a peace walk. this is the community gathering together.

in fact, chief howard jordan is here. he just waved to me. they had time to speak and to gather, they wanted this as a community event. mayor kwan also here discussing how she and her supporters stand together. major jean kwan stood in oakland's preservation park saying the recall effort focused all eyes on what she is doing for the city. >> being a big city mayor is a tough job i don't get much sleep. >> reporter: supporters among them central building and trade councils wanted her to ask the community to move forward, and farther away from another effort's july deadline. she emphasized efforts began when she was in the office for only 9 months >> i work really hard i don't thing it could change much. >> reporter: across the bay, we caught up with james castro he said today's solidarity stance could have been used to address what slipped away from oakland.

>> from driving out to one of the most popular police chiefs we have had to one of the best city attorneys we ever had, john russo to the way she mishandled occupy oakland and shut down of the port of oakland. >> reporter: he is concerned with fill millions -- with the millions the city will lose if they can't use the henry jay kaiser building, to balance the city's budget. >> it will not cost the city of oakland a penny. >> reporter: the mayor said the city only used $4 million of reserves last year and knows what will replace it. >> all of those increased taxes we got when i gave citizens saying oakland is on the rise, more sales taxes that will probably go to them. if that is not allowed that $4 million is not allow that had will be used to balance the budget. >> reporter: mayor jean kwan was here for this peace community march tonight. in fact she spoke, prior to this march. now the group recalled mayor

kwan needs 20,000 verified signatures to solidify a spot on the november ballot by july. i have been told they estimate they have between 12 and 15,000 signatures. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. mitt romney today slammed president obama over domestic oil production. romney rallied supporters in fort lupton colorado. saying the president is taking credit for a rise in oil production. romney says that was accomplished through private leases on private land. >> i would like to take credit when i was governor the red sox won the world series but beneather one of those would be the case. >> romney said president obama plans to cancel 75% of energy development leases on western land. this afternoon romney campaigned in oklahoma city where governor fallen welcomed

him to quote the reddist state in the nation. obama campaign spokeswoman issued a statement today defending the president's energy record she said the president helped quote, expand domestic oil production, innocent vise research and development for clean coyle, nearly double production of renewable -- coal, nearly double reduction of renewable energy. >> passengers on a united airlines flight from toronto to san francisco had a scare in the air the pilot of flight 867 noticed an unusual vibration in an engine. the plane landed safely in denver. passengers were transferred to another plane and headed on the san francisco. >> gas prices are high. suvs generally don't get very good gas mileage. why are so many people buying used suvs. tom uncovered the answer. doing any sort of remodeling can get expensive. now why owners of certain buildings in the city are about

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breaking the bank. used suvs have become a hot item. why people want them so much even though they don't get very good gas mileage. >> at gm dealer, vallejo, big suvs are not white elephants. >> not at all. we are probably shorter on full sized suvs for our used car inventory than anything else. >> reporter: the dealer says it is a healthy market. >> more second cars or families expanding and having the first child, second child and needs some times may dictate more than mileage. >> reporter: edmunds say they sell for 23% more than a year ago good news for those trading them in. >> good resale value. >> reporter: even so many buyers review them as a bargain. example a new gmc acad yeah will run $45,000 this 5-year- old low mileage acadia will cost $30,000. that is a heck of a savings. >> in upscale walnut creek certain suvs are in demand.

>> lately it has been japanese su vs. acura, honda, path finder. >> reporter: even here, where big american suvs don't sell as well, prices picked up. >> all cars are worth more than a year ago. >> used is the way to go. >> reporter: shopper chris chris cosays they have their place. >> safe car for my family and to haul kids around for sports and is stuff it made sense. >> reporter: but ... >> no one is going through the shock we all went through when gas prices made their jump. >> reporter: federal cash for cloningers program sent many still good suvs to the scrap yard. movie maker george lucas moving forward with plans for affordable housing on a site where he hoped to build a film studio. he gave up effort it is to construct the studio last month citing opposition by neighbors. marin community foundation said

it is working with lucas film on potential development of low income housing. mark suker burg coming under a little fire for what he wore to his first meeting with potential investors. he had to battle crowds of photographers in new york city as he headed to meetings monday he wore his trademark hooded sweat shirt some wall street experts say he should have worn a suit. silicon valley is fighting back saying suker burg's hoody is like apples ceos black turtle neck. most online brokerage firms, e trade and fidelity will let customers recrest facebook. demand is expected to exceed the number of shares available pushing prices up. facebook stock will go public a week from this friday.

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>> convicted drug dealer back on the witness stand for cross- examination at the roger clemens purgery trial in washington dc. the former baseball star accused of lying to congress, in 2008, when he denied using

performance enhancing drugs. the dealer is a former new york mets bad boy who provided drugs to several pro baseball players. also today a juror ruse dismissed for -- was dismissed for falling asleep. one day after the judge told the attorneys to move the trial along because they were boring the jurors. owner of the ship dubai star will pay a settlement of $2 million after the tanker spilled hundreds of millions of gallons of oil into the bay. live from san francisco. >> reporter: a relatively small fuel spill in these waters three years ago is proving to have a lasting legacy. dubai star spilled 420-gallons of fuel oil in san francisco bay in 2009. today bay area environmental and law enforcement officials said lessons learned are now paying off. >> this settlement is really a victory, for environment restoration and for the citizens of the bay area. >> reporter: owners and

operators of the did you buy star will pay 1 point -- dubai star will pay $1.96 million for the spill that began during a fuel transfer in san francisco waters but fouled 200-acres of coastline. >> many, i think 150 wildlife birds that were lost. >> there was really delayed notification, the ship that was taking on the fuel, didn't notify anybody for a long time. >> reporter: at least half the money will go towards wildlife restoration and new recreational activity. more importantly state officials say the spill signaled a drastic drop in similar accidents. >> in 2009 we had 43 spills more than one barrel in 2011 down to 22 spills, more than a barrel. >> reporter: fuel ships are training crews how to deploy oil booms. state environmental officials said the dubai star prompted hiring of more spill response specialists and a change in how fuel transfers are done.

>> standard practice had been the person on the barge would yell to the person on the ship now they put a ladder down and the person on the barge goes up around the ship and discuss transfer procedures. >> california game is producing a pam net explaining -- pamphlet explaining fuel transfer in these waters. a young dolphin that got trapped this week in long beach is now free. it managed to swim back to sea today after port workers cut a hole in a metal wall, at a harbour construction site. officials say that dolphin may have been chasing some fish, earlier this week on monday when it swam into the area at high tide and then got stuck as the tide went out. turn our thoughts back to bay area weather. cooler than it was yesterday. let's see where things are going. here is bill martin. i think things will go like this. they dropped off but next

couple days temperatures stabilize. they will start to warm as we head through the weekend. we go outside fog cleared from the coast if you saw fog earlier, out around san francisco's ocean beach this was gone. fog returns late tonight as it did last night. official recorded highs today, cooler than they were last night we had a strong push of marine air today. 89 degrees, antioch down a couple degrees. low 90s inland today. 82 santa rosa, down 3, 4 degrees. 62 pacifica, highs from today. highs tomorrow down gain, so, more low 80s mid-80s not a big change but subtle change. maybe a little warmer in some places, just going to be a flat line. tomorrow watch for patchy coastal fog it will be there and most areas along the coast and try to push through the gate. mostly sunny and warm through the bay area weekend. if you are look most of us you are looking at the 5 day. the system is north of us as it flies through late tonight it just sort of sets us up, with a

day similar today. as we get in towards the end of the week and weekend high pressure establishes itself further. upper 80s in some inland valleys, low 90s as we head toward it is bay area weekend. computer model sees fog like this, wednesday at 5:00 p.m. patchy fog, the fog is still south wants to bring the fog back to the coast as you get into 5, 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, it does what it did this morning. if you have business along the coast, you will need a sweat shirt, hoody or jacket that is how it works this time of year. fog will be a player next couple days it does burn off again tomorrow, gets pushed away with that north wind. set up with plenty of sunshine coastal sections, plenty of sunshine inland, and a nice weather forecast. numbers are down from yesterday, but very similar, to what we felt today in some places like 83 liver more, 83

pleasonton. santa clara valley, air quality, mid-70s. and 63 pacifica, 77 mount view, and 69 san francisco. the 5 day forecast, i said this earlier, this 5 day is clean we don't have any big dips, the most uniformed 5 day we have had in a long time. we are not dropping off or getting rain or clouds just a nice 5 day forecast. >> looking ahead to sunday, mothers day that looks nice. >> it will be great. >> a lot of people happy. >> thanks bill. not to be forgotten the powerful tribute to all the officers from one bay area police department killed in the line of duty. ouncer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to keep from driving all over for the best deals. you don't need to run around. safeway gives you real big club card deals each week. right now, a sweet price on honey nut cheerios, just $1.88. starbucks coffee is only $7.77. that's less than a quarter for a great cup of coffee. and fage greek yogurt is just a buck. real big deals this week and every week.

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like soap is for showers. everyone grows with miracle-gro. governor brown took part in the 2nd annual, memorial for cal trans workers killed on the job, 11 killed on california's roadways last year. the governor declared this work zone awareness week. pointed to a little enforced california state law that requires drivers to move over when they see workers along the side to have road. police officers pride themselves on protecting and serving the public while on the job. today, an emotional tribute was held to honor oakland police officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice on the job. ♪ [ music ]

officers family and friends walked to a gathering this morning for the 16th annual, police officers memorial. >> officers here, the families of those who passed away, want to remember and acknowledge, the sacrifices these officers have made for the department, for their fellow officers and also for the citizens of oakland. >> 51 oakland police officers have died in the line of duty since 1867, and all of their names are etched into a special memorial wall. it is now 3 years since the oakland police suffered a loss. the last time it happened was in march 2009 when a convicted felon killed four oakland police officers. scientists launched a new fleet of high tech sensors into the sacramento delta. engineers from uc berkeley tossed 100 floating sensors into the river and georgiana

slew. the sensors can transmit live data through gps technology. >> we hope to be able to see new features in the hydro dynamics which explains how salt moves, how salmon migrates things previously unseen. >> scientists say they can be rapidly deployed as low cost tools in response to emergencies such as levee breeches or oil spills. twitter is looking for how thousands of user names and pass words ended up posted on another website. 55,000 names and pass words was posted on pace thin a site where hackers show off the result of their work. twitter says much information listed does not appear to be valid, but it still is sending out messages to users to change pass words because of this recent hack attack. apple won a victory in its legal battle over the ipad

name. california judge throughout pro view electronics lawsuit claiming apple tricked it into selling the rights of that nickname ipad. apple agreed they agree to settle disagreements in a hong kong court. they are suing apple over illegal use of the ipad name in china. gays and lesbians are celebrating tonight. coming up in 2 minutes, live pictures here of a celebration, that is just starting to get under way, just hours after the president said, he now supports in no uncertain terms, same-sex marriage. >> concord girl recovering tonight after a hit and run that happened right outside her home. her family's plea to the driver who lit and dragged the little girl down the road. cçrrú

>> good evening. it is an issue that has dogged his presidency even when president obama ended the military's don't ask don't tell policy, a lot of gaylesbians were asking when was he going to come out and support same- sex marriage. well, today he did. in no uncertain terms. >> for me personally, it is important for me to go ahead

and affirm that i think same sex couples should be able to get married. >> that one sentence is sending ripples across the country tonight. john live in san francisco, where the whole gay marriage movement burst on to the political scene. john. >> reporter: frank we are inside the lgbt center where people are starting to come together to celebrate. they are getting ready to toast the president for his decision to come out in support of same- sex marriage. in castro district some people had not heard of president obama's support for same-sex marriage. >> he said he supports it? i think it is great. >> amazing, it is a giant step. >> reporter: at city hall, gavin newsom and john perez appeared outside to praise the first sitting president to come out in support of gay marriage. >> he did it because he demonstrated what we always knew, that he is a person of conviction and courage, and he nd