these individuals are responsible for shootings and most of the violence occurring in the city of oakland. and today, they are off the streets. opd and federal agents teamed up to bring down suspected drug dealers and other criminals and this partnership is one of our top stories. good afternoon, everyone. i'm heather holmes in for tori campbell. we'll get to that major announcement in oakland. but first we have developing news. it's happening right now in san

jose. authorities are at a pond in south san jose. that's where a man's body has been found. robert handa following this developing story for us. he joins us live with what he just learned from police. robert? >> reporter: well, heather, san jose police homicide detectives are now on the scene here where a body was recovered a little more than an hour ago near almadan lake in san jose. here's the dive team. they pulled out a male body at 10:44 a.m., about a half-hour after they discovered the body, off blossom road, near where many people live. >> it's scary because we don't have this around in our neighborhood as far as bodies found. but the waterways here are just kind of -- it's beautiful, but, of course, people that are up to no good are gonna use the waterways, you would think. >> reporter: police say the

search began yesterday evening when some people called to report their friend missing in this area. this is property of the santa clara water district. and drivers -- divers are still in the water. san jose police say investigators have confirmed the bodzy a male but may not know the cause of death until the coroner's office conducts its examination. robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. now to oakland and the results of a recent crime crackdown in that city. dozens of arrests were made and the details they were just announced. new at noon, alex savidge was at the news conference and says o.p.d. had then. >> reporter: well, the o.p.d. teamed up with the feds. investigators say they dealt in drugs and weapons. as one prosecutor put it today, these are who carried around

guns like many of us carry around cell phones. right now, those guns have been seized. >> we hope we've accomplished and sent a strong message for those who choose to engage in violent crime. we will find you and prosecute you. >> this was a three-month long. >> reporter: along with the defendants picked up by undercover officers, there were also 92 firearms taken off the streets. agents seized several kilos of meth and marijuana as well. this operation targeted known violent offenders. many armed grews -- groups that robbed stash houses. the chief of police howard jordan says getting all of those guns off the streets goes a long way toward improving public safety.

>> they were very signature because these were violent people. we're gonna continue to target the ones that are left so we can remove them off the streets. >> reporter: the chief says this local federal partnership known as operation gideon 3 has already resulted in a 40% drop in crimes in may. oakland will continue to get this kind of help from the feds. as the mayor and chief of police put it, they hope to bring some relief to many neighbors here. back to you. >> major arrests there. thank you, alex. danville police are warning about a phone scan but a surfacing in that city, scan -- scam but a surfacing in that city, in one case, one person claimed to be a son. in another case, a grandson.

police say check with other relatives if you get a call like this and call police who can confirm if that person really is in jail. a man accused of three sexual assaults in san francisco's mission district pleaded not guilty to the charges this morning. 32-year-old frederick dozier junior was arrested in january. prosecutors say surveillance video helped identify dozier. they say he's responsible for three sexual assaults. he's being held without bail and his next court appearance has been scheduled for july. late this morning a state lawmaker threw a wrench into the pg&e plan. allie rasmus is live with more. >> reporter: behind us is the headquarters for the p.u.c. in san francisco. they are the agency that fine pg&e for what happened with the san bruno pipeline disaster.

the agency has not fined the utility yet. but if and when they do, they want the money to go toward rebilling the old pipelines. pg&e expects to pay anywhere from $2 million to $25 million. under california law, the money from those fines usually go into the state's general fund. but assemblyman hill filed a bill that would require the money from pg&e fines to repave the gas like systems in northern california. >> to me it's aren't the rate systems, the people within is the -- the people within the service area -- we're ones who have been the victims. >> we support the concept. we see this as an opportunity to improve pipeline safety. >> all of the fines. >> reporter: now, assemblyman hill says if pg&e is able to use the fine money to improve

the pipeline system right away, the utility wouldn't have to take out as much money alone and the cost of those loans wouldn't be passed onto consumers. representative told me any penalty peg has to pay for the pipeline disaster should be used to make sure a disaster like that doesn't happen -- pg&e has to pay for the pipeline disaster should be used to make sure a disaster like that doesn't happen again. back to you. >> thank you. the polls are open in texas where mitt romney is expected to clinch of the nomination for president. the delegate-hitch primary in texas has 152 delegates up for grabs. romney needs just 58 to reach the 1,444 delegates needed to become the nominee. romney is scheduled to appear in the bay area tomorrow for a big fund-raising event as the

chateau. tickets run as high as $50,000 each. tomorrow's fund-raiser is chaired by meg whitman who was also an employee of romney's at bain capital. facebook's stock is down down 20% since the ipo debuted less than two weeks ago. today the stock is down another 9% t was down more than $3 a share -- 9%. it was down more than $3 a share. that's the first time it's fallen below $38. tonight the menlo city park is set to vote on plans to allow facebook to expand. the social networking giant moved into the old sun microsystems campus on women low broad -- willow road. right now they are only allowed to have 2200 employees.

facebook would like to expand that to 6600. there are plans to expand and the mayor supports the plan. >> facebook has a very aggressive transportation demand system. that means bikes, shuttles, caltrains. city leaders in atherton are expected to threaten legal action if those eb issues are not addressed -- if those issues are not addressed. not only did they tape the bullying incident, but any put it on youtube. and the bay area's cool spell quickly coming to an end. our rosemary orozco is up in a few minutes to tell you how quickly the change is coming to your neighborhood. and while he did not win, he's still being celebrated as a champion and you will see

more of what happened this morning when this very smart young man returned -- runed to class. to-- returned to class.

a second powerful and deadly earthquake today struck northern italy, where thousands

already living in tents left homeless from an even stronger quake just a little over a week ago. today's 5.8 magnitude quake killed at least 1500 people and injured hundreds more -- 15 people and injured hundreds more. the region north of bow bologna, italian officials say the -- north of bologna and the italian officials say there's been that damage. syrian opposition groups have posted video that they say shows the city being shelled by forces shorting basher al assad. entire families were shot execution style in their homes. the state department

spokesperson says the syrian government is held responsible for this loss of innocent lives. concerns this noontime about possible radiation in tine na caught up the southern california coast. scientists say the radiation in the blue fin tuna came directly from japan's damaged nuclear power plant. this is a first time -- the first time the large migrating fish has been shown to rarey be -- to carry radioactive material like this. right now, police are searching for a suspect in a residential neighborhood. about two hours ago, officers spotted a stolen car near coggins and monument boulevard in pleasant hill. after a brief chase, the driver pulled into the parking lot of the iron horse park automatics. police say he jumped --

apartments. police say he jumped out and was last seen wearing jeans and a red shirt. it may be difficult for others to watch. a vallejo says it's proof her daughter was bullied in school. and she's using this to stop bullying. one of the kids videotaped it and it shows her being kicked and -- kicked an punched by a girl during a fight at hogan middle school. the mother says the school is not doing enough to stop the violence and bullying. >> not only did the bully tape the incident, they put it on youtube. you've already done this, we're gonna show this. >> the mother shared with us some photographs after the attack and they show a bruised and stolen eye as well as places in her daughter's -- places in her daughter's hair

where the head -- head, excuse me, where the hair was pulled out. we've left calls for schools but they've not called us back. rob rocket is working on this. he -- rob roth is working on this story. and he will be back at 5:00. the panel could issue the findal recommendation on -- final recommendation on whether ross miracle mirror cau rim -- ross mirror -- ross mirkarimi should be suspended. bay area motorists back on the dumbarton bridge today following the long weekend closure to strengthen the span. we were onhand when the crews opened the bridge again at 3:00 a.m. caltrans officials say the

crews replaced an existing joint with a newer joint designed to absorb and dissipate another. that will be happening later on this summer. if you ride caltrain, you can give your opinion on the company's future. riders will be able to weigh in on a new plan to add six more daily runs to the service schedule. this is a big turnaround from where the transit company was a year ago. that's when caltrain faced a $30 million budget gap. the company dug its way out of a financial crisis. commuters are being asked to attend that community hearing tomorrow. tomorrow's national spelling bee will include a history-making contestant. that is 6-year-old lori ann madison of virginia. she beat out 21 other -- 21

other kids to advance to the competition. by doing so, she will be the one to compete competing against 277 -- to compete against 277 other students. a 13-year-old received cheers and applause for his accomplishments in a national geography contest. [ cheers ] >> 13-year-old varoom returned to the luther an school after taking third place in the annual national bee last week. he beat out more than 50 state finalists. >> first i was a bit shocked and then i was really proud at well -- at how well i had done against so many other people. >> he was given a $0,000 school heship for his -- $10,000 school scholarship for his achievement and he was given a certificate from the school to

honor his accomplishments. if you are planning a summer vacation to a national park, you may encontinue youer -- encounter more trash. repeated funding cuts means fewer camp ground and sheriffs. some park advocates are trying to find private money to help compensate for the cuts. and these parks are not affected as much because they raise a lot part of their operating fund through visitation fees. a warmer weather pattern is taking shape around the bay area. partly cloudy across most of the region. we have low clouds lingering around the -- along the coastline. the blue skies will continue throughout the afternoon. we'll see the fog finally push back off the coast as well. our westerly breeze is a light one at this shower, it will

increase for the afternoon. a localized sea breeze is expected but mostly gray skies will continue over san francisco, pacifica down to half moon bay. 61 sfo, 56 in oakland, widespread low 60s 0l. san jose, areas around mountain view, palo alto into redwood city, off to the east bay where we're looking at the mid- to upper 60s right around concord and livermore. 63 napa. 67 in santa rosa. so this pattern beginning to change. a weak wave over the pacific northwest and behind our flat ridge finally beginning to build and strengthen with the warmest day still looking like thursday. here is your forecast for the clouds. it begins to back off a little bit. probably 3:00 in the afternoon we should be mostly clear. we do expect to wake up with it tomorrow. mostly sunny skies expected for today. slightly warmer.

the onshore breeze will be back. notice the trend. we'll see temperature temperature -- we'll see temperatures in the 80s. upper 80s to near 90 expected by thursday. afternoon highs for today, a few degrees warmer than yesterday. 74 for san rafael. 66 for you in sausalito. partly cloudy, mostly cloudy skies in oakland. 65 for the afternoon. 75 expected in danville. mid- to upper 70s for areas right around antioch, brentwood, into the south bay, 73 san jose. 77 expected in morgan hill. peninsula, upper 60s to low 70s. 63 degrees expected in the city for the afternoon. the extended forecast there, a spike in the numbers. wednesday, thursday. and then bebe -- we begin to see the highs drift again. >> a slower roller coaster ride than usual. >> yes. >> thank you, rosemary. >> you got it.

looking for work? we'll tell you which type of jobs are very much in demand. and we'll take tell -- we'll tell you about the mood for consumers when it comes to spending.

take a look at the big board, investors apparently liking what they are seeing as they head into the shortened week of trading after the memorial day break. home prices up next month. so that's giving investors something positive to look at.

some other economic news, not so good. take a look. >> the dow up more than 100 points right now. that bad economic news, american's confidence in the economy apparently fell in may. the conference board says the consumer confidence index now stands at 64.9. that's down from 68.7 in april. researchers say slow hiring and that big stock market drop as well as the global economy are among consumer's biggest -- consumers' biggest concerns. next month, 70,000 people will receive their final unemployment checks sooner than expected. federal extensions of benefits had run 99 weeks. but in a budget-cutting measure, the number of weeks they were eligible was cut as the state saw decreases in their numbers. here in california, the maximum number for claims filed is 79 weeks. so far this year, 500,000 people have had unemployment

insurance cut off early. the manpower survey shows one third of all employers globally are having trouble filling jobs because there are not enough people to do the work. that includes nurses, teachers, engineers, translators and accountantings. traffic -- accountants. traffic recognize say it could take you longer to -- engineers say it could take you longer to drive on the southbound side where this metering light is. this the southbound side starting tomorrow afternoon. experts say it will speed up traffic by 6% even though it could take longer to get on the freeway. coming up at 5:00, as we told you a few minutes ago, at the top of the newscast, the san francisco ethics commission fakes up the case of suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi. we expect to learn whether he will keep his job or lose it.

thank you so much for trusting the news. we'll see you the next time the news breaks and be sure to join us. we'll have much more on the search currently going on right now in south san jose. also we're here for you any time at ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. have a great day. see you back here at 5:00, everybody.