how many mistakes must we suffer as family before we get some justice. >> new outrage from the family of oscar grant who was killed. this time, the anger is targeted at someone else. >> i'm tori campbell.

oscar grant's family responding to a request for a new trial by johannes mehserle. the family is furious that he is trying to overturn his conviction. >> it's been three and a half years since oscar brant was killed but his family and friends stood on the courthouse steps and it was very, very clear that emotions are still very raw. johannes mehserle's new court appeal has stirred number again. former b.a.r.t. officer went to court this week to ask for a new trial but the family of oscar grant was not there because they say no one told them it was happening. frustrating for a family who traveled to los angeles for weeks for the mehserle trial back in 2010. >> as you know, we trawsmed and down the highway, 400 miles. >> that's right. >> never missed a day in court. never. and for them to allow this to come next door to our house and

not tell us that johannes mehserle is in court and not give us the right to be there angers us. >> reporter: mehserle's attorney says that his client is keeping a low profile now but if is conviction is overturns he wants to go back into law enforcement. >> to allow someone back on the force like that would be a disgrace to our community, to our society, and it would be a slap in the face to me and my family. and the community. >> reporter: the appeals court has 90 days to make a decision but grant's friends and family say they no longer trust the system. >> we were asked to trust the process. is justice prevailing? no. we are not getting no just cyst. >> if johannes mehserle is listening, the community, the family and friend of oscar grant, we are not going nowhere. we are not going nowhere. we're going to follow you and make your life miserable like

you made wanda's life miserable, like you made our life miserable. >> reporter: we could not reach the office of the district attorney. he said this could be a very long road. he he can expect the appeal to go all the way to the supreme court. here is a look at the timeline. he shot oscar grant. riots followed in oakland. mehserle was arrested on a murder warrant. his trial was moved to los angeles. the jury convicted him of involuntary manslaughter on july 8th. mehserle was released from jail six months later and was in court wednesday when his attorney asked that his conviction be thrown out. you can go to ktvu.com to see more video from this morning's emotional news conference. you will find it on the home page under the bay area news tab. uc berkeley officials say that time is running out for them to start planting crops at

a research farm where protesters have been camping for two and a half weeks. police have chained the gate leading into the land known as the gill tract. they allowed protesters to leave but not return. however, protesters were just hopping the fence to get back inside. protesters we spoke with did not want to give their names. >> we have the land. u c has been demand that go we leave the land in order to negotiate but we are calling their bluff. >> reporter: the unfortunate says it has been difficult to negotiate with the protesters because they have not one clear leader and one thing is not negotiable and that is who controls farming on the land. the list of possible witnesses was released in the last half hour for former sheriff ross mirkarimi's trial. >> mayor ed lee, his wife, i

willian ya lopez and the woman who took the video of the crying lopez, the mirkarimi's family neighbor. the ethics board is expected to meet again may 9th. the security and exchange securities are looking into a $2 billion loss by the nation's largest bank. j p morgan chase lost $2 billion. the bank ceo says it was due to a risky portfolio designed to hedge against a risk that the company takes against its own money. the chairman of the sec says it's too early to comment but confirms that regulators are looking into what happens i think it's safe to say that all the regulators are focused on >> this some lawmakers say this is evidence that banks are still making risky bets and the losses reinforce the need for more and heavier regulation. however, j p morgan chase's ceo is a critic of increased

regulation on the banks. gas prices are climbing here in california even though they are falling in many other parts of the country the reason ace simple case of supply and demand. new at noon, ktvu's paul chambers joins us live to tell us why this is happening and why prices are expected to go up even more. paul? >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. in our state, gas prices is 4.25. many people are depending upon their car which means that gas consumption is up and so are the prices. >> here in walnut creek, people are fed up with the ever rising prices at the pumps. >> that's a big bite out of my pocketbook. that's why i ride my motorcycle. >> aol a stay at home mother. i don't have a job and it takes $80 to fill number. >> the am price for average gas in the bay area is around 4.25 pairly cheaper than last month but nationally, gas prices are down since the same time last year by a little more than 20

cents a gallon. still, people we spoke with don't care because with the warmer weather comes an increase. >> 4.25 and the summer season has not hit yet. we know that the gas prices will get ramped up by summer and will be over 5 there are. >> actually, the prices at the pump may jump sooner than he thinks. gasprices.com said that refineries have been shut down for maintenance, that means that the special california blend is going to rise. >> it's too expensive. i hope we will not get worse because we will be investing in bikes. >> if i can afford it and if they worked efficiently, it would be nice to have an electric car at this point but unfortunately, there is so much focus on gas that it does not feel like they are really working on them. >> reporter: now, the possibility of gas prices going up any day now, people are hitting the pumps just in case that happens so they make sure that the tanks will be full for

the weekend. >> thank you, paul. president obama has accepted the vice president's apology for forcing his hand on same sex marriage. biden pushed the issue to the forefront when he said he was comfortable with same sex marriage with a tv interview. immediately, reporters began hounding president obama for his position on the issue that forced the president to move up his planned announcement that he now supports the right of same sex couples to marry. now that president obama has announced his support for gay rights, gay advocates say that it's now time for him to sign a federal law. job discrimination based on sexual orientation is already illegal in d.c. and california. a federal bill would protect workers in 29 other state

republican mitt romney is trying to shift his campaign focus back to the economy as he continues to shrug off reports that he bullied a former high school classmate. five of his former classmates say that in 1965, romney and a group his friends tackled and cut the hair of a fellow student who was rumored to be gay. romney has apologized. he says he does not remember the incident but also does not dispute that it happened. president obama is in noon time after a record-breaking fundraiser in los angeles at the home of actor george clooney. the president raised nearly $15 million last night for his reelection campaign. that's believed to be a record for a one-night fundraiser. most of the money was raised through an online raffle for a chance to attend the dinner. the president is in reno today where he'll call on congress to take additional measures to help struggling homeowners refinance their mortgages.

we could not get back. we had no control. >> a big response late this morning when four people and a doing got in trouble in the bay. it's a story you will see only on 2. and rosemary says there is a great weekend in store with a chance of a change on mother's day. and a magazine cover that has a lot of people talking and some people are pretty upset about it.

train service along the murder caused major delays. a train hit a parked pickup truck around 5:00 a.m. near gillman street in berkeley. the train was headed from sacramento towards san jose. no one was injured. authorities say that it appears the empty truck was parked too close to the track. >> police closed the b.a.r.t. station around 4:40 after a stabbing inside a paid area. a woman as arrested and accused of stabbing a man. the victim was taken to the hospital. trains passed through the station without stopping for about 45 meant but reopened in time for the bulk of the morning commute. we checked late this morning with oakland police and they still want your help to find a missing 11-year-old boy. jerry walker ran away from his

west oakland group home wednesday night. he attends lahime school. investigators say that they think that jerry ran away because he was about to be disciplined at school. he could still be in west oakland or may try find his way to eastmont mall. if you have any information, you are asked to calloakland police. the continuing search for a missing teenager sierra lamar is getting attention. america most wanted will highlight the case tonight at 9:00 on the lifetime network. sierra lamar's family was interviewed last month. she disappeared on her way to school nearly two months ago. tomorrow, volunteers will search for clues again. rescuers are searching a kayaker who disappeared while kayaking. they are using scanning sonar

in the water. the search teams found the missing man's kayak and locate the his pickup truck and boat trailer but, so far, no sign of the firefighters. family members called the sheriff early yesterday when he failed to return from his trip and his name has not been released. a canfield college student who died in a sailing disaster will receive a college degree post humous degree. there will be a new scholarship fund in his honor. fromm is one of five people who died in a yatch race along the san francisco coast. large waves forced their boat to crash into the island. four people who got paddling in san francisco got into trouble and had to be rescued. this is video you will only see on channel 2. the victims got caught in a rip tide as soon as

they got past the golden gate bridge. one of the paddlers called 911 for help. by that point, they were as much as a half mile past the golden gate. >> yeah, the coast guard and firemen, they were amazing. we could got get back. we had no control. we were drifting further out into the ocean. they totally saved us. >> a fishing boat got to the paddlers before the fire boat. three of the victims are tourists, one from san francisco. the group brought along a dog but no one was injured. a squatser in the south bay is causing concerns for a nearby resident. the squatters have become increasingly aggressive. they set up an elaborate camp along coyote creek along with barbecue, entrance gate. they plugged into electrical supplies and using water from a nearby fall cement some accuse the squatters of break-ins and

theft. >> we call it in, 911 and they come here but there is nothing that they can do. >> you can see by the glass on the road. >> uh-huh. >> our neighbor just next door has a brand new truck and they smashed out the passenger side. all they took was cds. >> san jose police say the encampment is owned by the santa clara water district and it's their responsibility to clean it up. a lot of people are talk about the controversial time magazine. it shows a 24-year-old san jose mom breast feeding her three- year-old son. the headline reads, are you mom enough? extended breast feeding can create a closer bonds, some doctors say. here is what some parents say. >> i think to each his own, you know. people are social touchy people. i sleep with him still. he sleeps in the family bed.

>> not more than a year. >> not when they can walk and stand on a chair. >> the cover mom says she was nursed until she was six years old. she says her parents are really into nutrition and her father is a uc berkeley trained nutritional scientist. she tells time that she nurses her other son who is five about once a month. things are back to normal as a vallejo elementary school after police checked out a bomb threat there this morning. a custodian found a threatening note in the stall of a girl's bathroom tuesday night. the note said bombs would go off friday in three locations at the school. police brought in a bomb sniffing dog, those and did not find anything. >> good afternoon to you. fair skies outside our doors and warmer. mother's day sunday will be a tad bit cooler and along coast for the weekend, starting with today, really. in and out of a little bit of fog and temperatures will be on

the mild side. giving you a look here at storm tracker, you can see the low clouds hugging the coast line down to santa cruz, making its way up to pascadero. meanwhile, in land, you can see a northeasterly breeze, meaning more of an offshore breeze. we have two tales to tell here. this search here continuing for today which means along the coast could be just as mild, maybe a little cooler than yesterday but partly to mostly cloudy skies at times independent land, looking at a warmup. our numbers at this hour, mid- 70s in san jose. mid-60s near san francisco and oakland. 78 for livermore. mid- to upper 70s for concord. temperatures warming to 69 at this hour. most of us, a few degrees warmer than yesterday. again, that ridge of high pressure bringing our temperatures up from yesterday for the inland spots. tomorrow, even warmer and then a bits of a cooldown on sunday. this is the reason here. this is what's bringing the

southerly sum ant coastal clouds to the coast. it's going to migrate closer to the coast, eventually sweeping over california. as it does. we will see a bit of a cooldown on sun day for your afternoon today, 84 expected for novato. upper 70s berkeley, observing oakland -- oakland, mid-80s. 84 san jose, 84 mountain vie an the coast, mid-60s in store for today. >> we have a game tonight. if you are heading to see the a's play, going to be a mild one, upper 60s at sen. sunset after aigd and we'll be cooling back to the low 60s bit end of game time. slightly warmer tomorrow. slight cooldown for sunday and we'll carry at that trend into monday and tuesday. >> have a good mother's day. >> happy mother's day to you. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. federal officials blame an

unruly passenger for a forced landing. the jet landed safely in boston yesterday afternoon. the passengers say in the middle of the satellite, 40- year-old michael ensaccalo got out of his seat and tried to open the cabin door. the lone flight attendant restrained him but not until he actually unhooked one of the latches. his family believes that he was having a seizure. he was exhibit viewed by federal officials and faces charges of interfearing with a flight crew. a study by the navy shows that its use of sonar could harm more wildlife than thought. it could cause more than 60,000 dolphins to lose their hearing. public meetings will be held next month in hawaii and southern california. ahead, another check on wall street after the j p

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thanks to intel. the dow down 19. s that dark up 7. s&p down 1. there is a new threat to the plans to restore the historic hangar one at moffet field. nasa says that the blimp are excessive to the agency. the general services administration should review the plan and see if they should be given to another agency. they have been working with nasa and the navy for 15 years in an effort to get google to lease and restore hangar 1. the amgen tour of california begins today. stage 2 will be in san francisco and will go through dali city, pacifica. stage 3 begins tuesday in san jose for the first time in the his drift race. riders will climb up mount diablo and bike up through

liver moore. drivers should expect two hours in delays in each of the cities where the race is taking place volunteers are still needed for stage 12 in santa rosa, 300 workers have signed up but another 50 are needed. if you would like to volunteer, go to the west america bank building at first and d streets between 6:00 and 9:00 a.m. on sunday. and some breaking news before we go. we just got word that san francisco's teachers union voted by 97% to authorize a strike in the future. the timing is still to be determined. david stevenson will have more at 5:00 and there is more at ktvu.com. also tonight at 5:00, more on the close calls of those tourists on the paddle boat we talked to you about. we showed you these exclusive features. the basic safety that he had on board ant moment they knew they had lost control of their craft. thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news.

we'll see you the next time news breaks. be sure to join us again at 5:00 and we are always here for you on ktvu.com and mobile ktvu.com. have a great weekend.

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