controlling the boat. it was not in our hands. it was just taking us away. . >> reporter: they called the police, the san francisco fire and rescue boat rushed to the scene. about 100-yards beyond the bridge. >> the dog was smarter than the other four . none of them had life vests but for the dog. >> reporter: station 16 firefighters including a jet ski operator returned them close to shore. >> we give them a lecture. those continues are dangerous and can change in minutes. >> got under the bridge and come back before but today you have -- the current is always different. >> reporter: firefighters say today's rescue should be a warning to those enjoying warm weather to always make sure they have life saving gear on board. reporting live. >> all this hot, dry weather we are getting is pushing us cleoer to fire season.

we have team coverage. bill martin will say how hot it'll get. first robert honda who says why cal fire took early action though fire season hasn't been declared yet. >> reporter: we are high above most of the south bay and the san jose foothills where you can seat green hills are starting to dry out and some in place there is is plenty of fuel for a fire. today cal fire is putting more firefighters in position on the ground and in the air. cal fire has seen enough of the weather change to start beefing up it's staff. we watched at the pilot dropped water. cal fire said they will be in place today and through the

witness. the extra staffing wasn't prescheduled, it was made as the weather started to shift. >> as far as dropping weather i can stop maybe the progression, maybe keep it from going up, begin down into the canyon, we can slow it down. maybe corrall it. >> the wind conditions we have had over the last couple days and today, tend to lead to a progression or the ability for the fire to spread rapidly. >> reporter: cal fire said in about degree week itself it'll be staffed for fire season. officialsls say they have to decide whether to declare it but essentially for them it's already here. >> it's just ramping up getting ready for monday, for bringing on most of the firefighter was in the next two weeks and they will get all the refresher training. >> reporter: coming up at six more on on the staffing for fire season and while cal fire is putting out a warning appeal to the public. live in san jose. robert honda. >> bill martin said we are

coming off the longest stretch of dry, warm days so far in year. let's go to bill now and learn what's ahead. >> just a few weeks ago the hills were green but it's starting to dry out. we will go to the live storm tracker two and you can check out the current profile. notice the heat and that's what it takes to start to dry to out. the jet stream riding well to the north and that means no rain in the forecast at least for the next ten days and that means fire danger on the increase, it's that time of year. i'm back at 5:18 to talk about that heat and what you can expect for mother's day. >> family and friends of oscar grant express new outrage because of what the suspect is trying to do. the former bart officer shot and killed grant at fruitvale bart station on new year a day 2009 and more than three years later it's still very clear that emotions in this case are raw. >> we were asked -- we not get

nothing justice. >> reporter: grant's family and friends were furious today as they gathered onto courthouse steps. the former bart police officer went to court earlier this week to appeal his conviction. grant's family said they were not there because nobody told them it was happening. they say they attended his 2010 trial in los angeles every day and would have been there for the appeal had they known. they were also furious to learn that his attorneys say his client wants to go back into law enforcement in his conrick is overturned. >> 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: one family friend also had a blunt, clear message. >> we are not going nowhere. we will follow you wherever you go. we are make your life miserable

just like you made bobby's appeared a the community. >> reporter: at peals court has 90 days to make a decision but grant's friends and family say they don't trust the system. if the court rules against him he will appeal the conviction all the way to the united states supreme court if necessary. >> we looked in toe why the grant family wasn't told about the hearing and we found a mix up involving three agencies. at issue is a victim's forum in which the family requests to be told of any legal procedures in a case. thal media da's office said the family properly filed that form last year. the corrections department said they received the form and forwarded it onto the attorney general's office which is responsible for keeping the victim's family informed. the attorney general's office said they never got the form. now the at's office has promised to tell the grant family of any legal proceeding

in this case in the future. if you want to see raw video of the news conference today go to the website ktvu.com and look under top story. >> facebook ceo met with potential investors today in palo alto talking about his company's upcoming ipo. mike is here now and says the one main question they wanted him to answer. >> reporter: how are you going to make me money down the road? that was a big he addressed in a gray t-shirt and blue jeans, sew for about ten minutes and  then it was that question and answer with big time investors all asking about the future projections of facebook. the ceo, outside -- lined press from across the country asking questions to those headed inside. >> thank you. >> reporter: this afternoon

about 200 arrived for a closed door lunch. >> it's great. great >> reporter: facebook is gearing up fort public offering of what's expected to be ten billion dollars in stock next week. the top question --. >> we are trying to understand what it's worth. people trying to figure out the near term of what it's worth. >> reporter: on monday he launched the road show in new york and it continued today in palo alto. managers asked him about temperature questions, one of the biggest future share and the mobile advertising market. >> i think the future is now. hard to tell. >> you think you will make money as the investor. >> yeah. i think so. >> reporter: he left the hotel after about 45 minutes, another

question he addressed was facebook's billion dollar purchase of instagram. his response at six. reporting live outside facebook. >> there are new calls for tougher regulations after a surprise two billion dollar loss at jp morgan chase. the largest bank said it took the hit in the hedge fund meant to protect against losses in its lending business. several members of congress say the loss shows that the new rules are needed to keep banks from making risky investments, it's. >> the president is pressing congress to do more to try to help struggling homeowners to refinance. they visited a neighborhood where he said he wants congress to approve a proposal that would lower lening rates for millions of borrowers. here in california in factbeen a 63% increase in refinancing application since last november. about 30% of homeowners are

under water on their loans. >> on wall street stocks mostly fell as a rise in sentiment failed to out weigh jp morgan's trading loss. for every two shares it advanced three fell on the new york stock exchange. at the closing bell the dow was 34 points lower, nasdaq up just a fraction. the s&p500 closed down fine points. >> in san francisco union leaders announced teachers have overwhelmingly approved a pleiomery strike vote. >> 1, 824 yes, 56 no. >> 97% of the teachers who cast ballots last night voted yes. teachers would need to take a second vote before actually walking off the job. contract talks at a impasse. the district is proposing cutting $30 million in salaries and benefits and adding 18

teacher furlough days officer two years. >> it hurts everybody, it hurts our students, it hurts educators, this is a -- permanent harm, you can't give back a student 18 days of lost instruction. >> the teachers also want a 2% pay race but officials sate deficit they are facing is to large for that it. saturday for sierra lamar is getting national attention tonight. the tv show america's most wanted will highlight the case on the lifetime network. ahead, here on ktvu another south bay area was said for clues and we learned more about what investigators knew but didn't tell the public. >> and we are getting word that a campus scare was sparked by a student with a pellet gun. we first reported it on wednesday. independence high school went on lockdown after a caller reported seeing someone on campus with a gun but no weapon was found.

however during a follow up investigation yesterday police say a 15-year-old admitted that he took an airsoft pistol to campus. he was suspended from school and then released to his parents. >> there is a new deadline for protesters occupying this uc berkeley land. the choice the university is giving them and when protesters will have to make their decision. >> back in ten, we have the weekend forecast. juicy johnsonville sausage. made with only premium cuts of pork since 1945.

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officials say the tents and the camp inside this fence have to go by ten tomorrow morning. a tractor in the middle of the city, researchers prepare to sow4000kernals of corn, the same type of work that should be going on in another field in albany. >> apparently there is a lot of people in there. >> reporter: protesters with the group occupy the farm took over the track three weeks ago. they want the land to be a community farm. the land is owned by berkeley and by next week sciencists fled to plant for research. >> this is real, this is like the lab. >> reporter: he uses corn to study how genes work. >> what we study in corn can have applications for what happens during cancer. >> reporter: the dean came to the track to meet with protesters today. he told them about a meeting he host tomorrow with sciencists and officials to figure out how to create a long term farm here. university officials say

protesters can be part of that discussion to but they have to clear out first. the protesters skeptical. >> to leave this space and then feel like we have any baring power with the university. the fact that -- they are requesting that of us is i don't really honestly understand how they expect us to say we will leave and then negotiate with you. >> we put it in writing. we are serious about the urban agriculture effort and at this point they need to decide if they want to take that leap of faith. >> reporter: now you can see protesters have been coming in and out of this research field by hopping the fence. they have created a ramp there to make it easy for people to go back and forth. if the deadline comes and goes with no change university officials say they will consider other options to force them out. >> a homeless camp in the south bay is caution concern forested debts. they say squatters have a camp

along coyote creek. they say its taking water from a nearby faucet and has tapped in to power. some who live nearby link them to crime. >> call it in, 911 and they come out but there is nothing they can do. you can even tell on the window, all the glass on the road. our neighbor just next door had a brand new truck and they smashed out the window and all think took was cd's. >> reporter: the camp is at least partly on santa clara water district land. the district said the city has suspended it's clean up program while it reviews the process for removing camps. >> in mountain view police are looking in to three robberies that happened at the same apartment complex earlier this week. the theft was reported report -- in two of three the people who live in the apartments said they locked the doors, the only way in when they left in the morning but when they got home the door was unlocked and computers and other electronics

were missing. there were no details on the third barry. >> the bay area congresswoman trying to stop when she called a disheartening development. she said she is troubled by word from nasa it may ask for another review of the reuse of the former air fieldn. a letter she called on nasa to commit to finishing the restoration rather than starting another long review process. >> a study by the navy shows its use of explosives and sonar could hurt more sea life than first thought. the report shows more than 1600 dolphins or whales could be hurt or loose their hearing every year and more than 200 marine mammals could be killed. earlier study indicated only about a hundred animals would be hurt. sonar and explosive testing is supposed to start in two years, next month public hearings will be held in hawaii and in

southern california. >> coming up on the bay area weekend in a lot of people have plan that hinge on what bill martin is about to tell us. >> it'll be a nice looking weekend. it's mother's day and the weather has been outstanding. it'll continue that way with temperatures back in to the 09's as we go into saturday. you can see the south hostage half of the united states lit up. temperatures in the valley 91 degrees, look at san jose, right downtown. 86 degrees, i'm sure the fountains are going. 75 redwood. 79 as you head south. more current temperatures, 84 santa rosa, the temperatures tomorrow are going to be warmer than this. saturday the warmest day on the bay area weekend, sunday it cools off a little bit as more fog come to the coast. you see the fog out there now. the fog has returned and that fog has cooled down the coast but the inland spots will stay nice and warm. high pressure owning the west half of the united states and

there is no rain in the forecast. we are dry, for at least the next five to ten days and that means increase in the fire danger but fire season it starts, when it stops raining which is about now. as we get into june and july you start talking about the high fire danger. as we go through tonight the patchy fog stays at the coast. stinson beach. then as we go into the weekend mild at the coast because the fog will keep the temperatures nice and mild. warm inland to hot. especially saturday. saturday is the warmest day. cooler into monday but next week looks nice as well and dry. that's how that shakes out. forecast overnight lows, mid40s, nice sleeping weather actually because it's still cool. 50 antioch and fairfield. 50 in pacifica and 51 in san mateo. 53 mountain view. this is how it breaks out. here is golden gate park. o season beach, tomorrow out at the beach 67 degrees, here in

stinson beach 74, as you go through the micro climate san francisco into the mid70's. berkeley the upper 70's. you get out toward livermore and toward walnut it creek into the midand upper 80s and we will see low 90s. what i did was -- the big, the obvious areas but there are a lot of little micro climates, when i come back we will go go to your city and give you the forecast lie for saturday and mother's day. >> thank you. if you have been to the pump you have seen it. gas prices climbing. we will show you what could happen in just the next few days. >> and coming up at 5:30 the mother's day message from the mother of sierra lamar, now missing almost two months.

. a slow down in china industrial production is pushing down the price of oil. it fell nearly a dollar today in new york to close at just over $96 a barrel. analysts say oil prices have been headed down for two weeks stemming slow job growth in the united states and all that economic turmoil in europe. >> gas prices are climbing here in california, even though they are falling in many parts of the country. the reason may be a case of supply and demand. look at any freeway in the bay area. you will know that gas is high in our area and so is the price. aaa reports nationally the price has dropped 20-cents in

the past month. in california the price has not budged. one year ago and one month ago it was about $4.25 and that's where it is today. drivers say they are getting fed up. >> we know that the gas prices will go up in the summer and be over five dollars a gallon. that's a lot. it costs a hundred dollars to fill up. that's a big bite out of my wallet . >> one mom said she spent $80 to fill up today. she said if the price goes higher they could be in for a big change. >> it's to expensive and i hope it doesn't gets worse because we will go investing in bikes. >> they may need to because according to gas buddy.com four west coast refineries have reduced production for maintenance. they say it'll cause a shortage and that could bring a price like as much as 20-cents a

gallon in just the next few days. >> the high price of gas could affect what drivers putz into their tanks. lot of driver goss to the lowest priced gas but does that gas or the gas station that you pick make a difference when it comes to your car's performance? at 5:45 we will look at some of the mysteries of regular and high octane gas. the postal service is about to stop shipping oversea that contame lithium meaning people will be banned from sending package was smart phones, laptops and i-pads containing batteries. the service is doing it because the batteries when fully charged or wrongly starred can catch on fire. the change starts next wednesday. packageses with the batteries aren't banned by ups or fedex. a representative for whitney houston said a show feature her family is now in the works.

it would be called the houston family chronicles and appear on the lifetime network. it'll focus on her sister-in- law and manager pat. the show promises to feature her daughter and her mother. whitney houston died in february in a hotel room. >> the santa clara sheriff sad down to talk about what the department is and is not telling the public about the sierra lamar case. >> what do we spend the most for on mother's day in ? what's the best gift you can give mom ?

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waters of the guadalupe reservoir looking for any signs of her. we are also learning more from the sheriff about the newest evidence, that red car that was found. we are in santa clara county with answers to questions we asked the sheriff about if investigators were trying to mislead the public. >> reporter: we are near the guadalupe reservoir and divers have just finished searching. as you said earlier today i sat down with the sheriff to talk about what they are and are not telling the public about the case. this week what appears to be a promising lead in the case was released to the plead y on monday sheriff a officials said they identified a red car associated with her disappearance. what they didn't say until today was that they already had the car in custody. >> we had it before monday and when we realized that the public was looking for the car

instead of telling they saw it in the past we had to put out a clarification that we did have the car but were looking for information. >> reporter: she said the department didn't mean to mislead the media or the public. she wouldn't say if sierra was seen inside the car in any of the video they caught. >> the media is so helpful but we aren't going to release something that may hurt where we are going. >> reporter: the sheriff said they have about 80 different pieces of video, some show the car near the home, some don't but evidence and witnesses lead them to believe the car is tied to her disappearance. she revealed the crime lab is looking at hundreds of pieces of evidence collected in the field. the sheriff's dive team searched again today and so far none of the searches of any of the waterways they have looked through have turned up anything. reporting live, ktv channel 2news. >> more details now on the

story, sierra's mother issued a mother's day statement as the search continues for her daughter. in it she said the greatest gift that god has blessed me with is the joy of being a mom to two beautiful daughters, i love you and i'm so proud to be your mom. she also called sierra her miracle baby because she had her later in life. >> oakland police asking for the public's help in finding a missing 11-year-old. police say jerry walker ran away from his west oakland group home wednesday night. he attends a school in richmond but didn't show up for class. investigators say they think it he ran away because he was about to be disciplined at school. . anyone with information about him is asked to call police. >> obama went to the homeowners today. he held a rally in the middle a

residential area, in the driveway a of a family taking advantage of refinancing. i'm calling on congress to give every responsible homeowner to save $3,000 a year. >> they said they are saving about $200 a month. >> there was a brief scare as the president was about to depart. two jets intercepted a small private plane that had mistakenly violated restricted air space. a similar incident happened when the president visited in february. a plane entered the air space

and police found 40 pounds of marijuana on board it. the man expected to be the republican nominee for president campaigned in the key state of north carolina. he spoke at liberty university. he said that the president's policies have failed do mess i canly and around the world. he said the president has tried to divide the nation by pitting one group against another. >> tom is at a well known restaurant in walnut creek with how mother's day is also money day. >> reporter: you know whether it's a six dollar pillow or a 60-dollar dinner date it's not the price but the thought that counts. what's the a diehl gift? >> something special,

something fun, its meaningful like a breakfast,. >> breakfast in bed. i would always do that for my mom. always nice to give. chocolate. >> reporter: the national retail federation said this will be the best one in six years. they spent over $139 each. that hit rock bottom three years ago. since then it's improved this year should set a record of more than $150. dining out gets the biggest share. no surprise to the internet reserve vacations gurus. >> mother's day is normally up there with valentine's and new year's. after that flowers, gift cards, clothing and electronics most

notablely. finally spa visits. >> one mom and grandmother we met said she already got something better. >> i just got a call from my son who i haven't talked to in about two years. he just called me right now to wish me happy mother's day. to me that's very, very special. better than any flowers or any dinners or anything. >> reporter: total spending $18.6 billion. happy mother's day. ktvu channel 2news. >> and if you want free flowers head to the golden gate park on sun. here is the catch. have you to be one of the first 100 mothers to visit the gardens. if you are you will get free flowers. the two gardens open at nine. >> it's a hot spot.

looking like here at downtown san francisco. the one cater that's points to a real business boom. >> and we all use sun screen and you will recall the government came up with a plan to get them to clean up labels. why are they now backing off those demands.

. >> barbara boxer talked about

the push to extend low interest rates on some loans. the democrats and republicans agree they all want to keep rates at 3.4% but if they don't take action those rates will double as of july 1st. both parties have bills to keep them low but they can't agree on how to pay for it and the senator is blaming republicans saying they blocked the democrats that would have raised taxes to pay for it. >> we are learning it could be a year before officials correct a controversial writing on the martin luther king junior memorial. you may remember when. aout from the late leader in stone reads i was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness but his firemanly said that's a paraphrase and that's its insulting. officials say it'll be corrected. >> the one that will go on the memorial will be what the

family of dr. king believes is it so we will use the whole thing. >> but the secretary said money must braised to fiction it. >> to -- be raised to fix it. >> according to the san francisco business times demand for commercial real estate in san francisco is growing. sales agreements, so far this year have topped $1.2 billion and another one billion in office space could becoming in. experts say overall san francisco could see four and a half billion dollars in commercial real estate sales. >> the fda giving sun screen makers six more months to relabel. they were supposed to have new labels by june that included a warning that sun screen didn't block ultra violet a rays, the one linked to skin cancer. . the fda said though makers

have six more months it encourages them to get the labels out as soon as possible. a fda operation panel has approved a new diet drug. it's made by arena. it's the second diet pill to be endorsed by a fda advisory panel this year. if given approval it would be the first new weight loss drug in more than a decade. the company stock rose 74% to just over six dollars a share. that its bingest increase since the shares started trading publicly 12 years ago. >> gas line normally at a -- a lower cost station, five times and then on the 5th or 6th time one of the named stations. >> does quality matter? next what you are really get hug fill up. >> and the fog coming back to the bridge right now. it's foggy at the coast but does that mean it'll be a cool

weekend around here? i don't think so.

. >> a judge in boston arraigned a north carolina business executive who tried to open the door to an airliner in flight. the 40-year-old faces one charge of interfering the flight crew. he was traveling from portland maine to philadelphia. the pilot of the jet diverted the plane. the attorney said he has a medical condition and he believes charges will be

dropped. he was released on $500,000 bail. >> when you buy gas you go for what you think is the best quality or the best price? does it really make a difference which gas you buy? name-brand or discount. in tonight's special report mike puts those questions to an expert. >> reporter: chris said he usually fills up at shell or chevron so why spend 20-cents more a gallon than necessary? >> i don't know. i tried the circle k and it seems to be fine but it's -- a name like anything else. >> reporter: joe was filling the tathings at a nearby cosco. >> go to shell, chevron, you know got customers -- anywhere from 7-11 to cosco. >> reporter: when he was finished he went back to the shell refin are you and got

more gas for cosco. that begs the difference question, is there any difference? >> it's like medicine. you have your branded medicine and then the generic. >> reporter: the difference is the branded cleaning they put into scrub jets or on older cars. it also helps the valves. chevron called their heavy laitiesed additive techron. other gas has the same thing but it's a generic. we went to an engineering department where a profess ear spent career studies. >> i have a deep cherokee. >> reporter: what does he do when he fills up? pretty much the same thing it joe says he does. >> i buy gas, normally at a --

lower cost station, five times and then on the 5th or 6th time i go to one of the name stations. >> reporter: you can protect your vehicle with things like this that you can pick up at any store. just put it into the gas tank. >> job seekers went to goodwills heat quarters, some were on hand to talk to them to look for a wide variety of skills and backgrounds. they are able to get on and apply to any -- with the employ ears they have spoken to here.

>> a report found 8th grade science rest scores barely improved between 2009 and 2011. a group is working together to learn the new standards, to better prepare students for college and careers. >> three space heros helped open the flight academy. mark kelly joined neil armstrong and gene armstrong. the new 33 million-dollar academy focuses on teaching math and science to children through a flying focused camp. supports say it takes space camp to the next level with many flights and interactive missions. >> back now to bill. he has been talking about warm weather all week.

tomorrow it'll be warmer. you can see the temperatures warm in the inland bay valleys and as we look at the fog majeure. golden gate bridge . clearing coast side. these are the highs today and warmer -- warmer tomorrow. 90 livermore. 90 antioch. saturday will be the warmest day on the bay area weekend. sunday slightly cooler but still nice. you will have more fog on sunday. saturday the best bet.

we get into sunday. more fog will pull in. saturday, sunday both really nice. tomorrow will be similar. 7:00 a.m. you can see goes back to the coast 90 out in clear lake, 89 fairfield. 82 vallejo, the forecast highs for cities where you live, above the average and nice for this time of year. its been a beautiful day tomorrow. the five-day forecast coming up. it'll show no rain and the fire -- it's we are basically into the dry period and the climate, wet in the winter and dry in the summer and feels like summer is starting. >> thank you.

>> okay. >> just a quick correction. i misspoke. it's gene sermon, not armstrong. >> coming up this just in, who may be forced to turnover their cell phone records as evidence in a ethics investigation. and the new tactics searchers about to use to continue to look for a missing firefighter from northern california. mom? hmm?

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. >> train service back to normal after an accident that caused major delays. the train was heading from sacramento toward san jose. nobody was hurt but it appears the empty truck was just parked to close to the tracks. >> we have new information just into the channel 2news room. the city of san francisco has just submitted a filing in the sheriff's ethics probe. it is 5 pages long and in it the city is looking to get the cell phone records of his former campaign manager. lynette haynes reportedly spoke to his wife the day she talked to her neighbor about her husband's alleged abuse. the filing accused him of then talking to the neighbor trying to get her to change her story. earlier the sheriff submitted the names of witnesses he wants

to call during the ethics probe. they include former san francisco mayor art agnos, current mayor, former san francisco chronicle publisher and a former girlfriend. tomorrow teams will redouble their efforts to find a sacramento firefighter who disappeared while fishing. the 58-year-old is a ten year veteran of the fire department. he disappeared though wednesday night while fishing from his kayak at camp far west lake. rescuers spent all day yesterday and today searching the lake for porter by boat, foot and by air. they found his kayak capsized on the lake and located his truck and trailer nearby. searchers are now using scanning sonar in the water and are planning to bring in special lyterianed search dogs tomorrow. authorities say two sisters from tennessee went three days without food or water after being kidnapped. the man who took them adam mays shot himself in the head as he

was told to give up yesterday. the eight and 12-year-olds were both found safe nearby. authorities say mays kidnapped them after he killed their mother and 14-year-old sister. the fbi said it was a tip that led them to him. >> a city council committee has recommended not outsourcing palo alto's animal services, this after backers packed the chambers. they had recommended the plan to save money after mountain view pulled out of its partnership taking it's $470,000 a year contribution with it. the final decision is up to the full city council. >> the first flight turns deadly. >> i'm home. >> coming up, how a man from oakley was on a russian plane that crashed into a volcano. >> and and the ballot mistake found in one bay area county.

. >> a plane crash half a world away is having an impact. how an oakley man ended up on the deadly first flight of a russian plane that crashed. >> all eyes on the ceo of

facebook. the investor fears he tried to help today days before the ipo. >> complete bay area news coverage. starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2news at six. >> peter was supposed to return home to the bay area today to celebrate his son's birthday. instead his family is in mourning after he was killed on a test flight a you new plane. he was reportedly the only american on board. john is in the area where he spoke to his wife. >> reporter: that family is san francisco stated by that plane crash. that man was among 45 people killed when the jet went down this week. randy of oakley is lost. her husband was killed in the plane crash on wednesday. >> i don't know how to react. we have been together since we were