>> it's a warning sign with a safety message and it's the first thing to greet people at the airport. good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. it's a new warning about car thefts.

patti lee has the latest police are saying and they can protect themselves. >> reporter: the crime wave is the reason police put up the sign. this warning everyone to stash their valuables in the trunk. but soon a more specific message will be targeted to those targeted most. >> reporter: on the shuttle bus at oakland international airport. tarsha brown listens to the audio messages playing over head. >> please make sure you have all your personal belongings and watch your step. >> reporter: but soon, people will be greeted with something more than a warning to protect them from crime. >> we have seen an increase in crime in this particular area. mostly what we have seen is individuals that may have just flown into the international airport. >> reporter: travelers and rental cars are stopping for a quick bite and leaving valuables out in plain sight like this navigation system on the dashboard. >> this is probably a rental car, right. >> reporter: the problem, tourists are often tired and in a hurry. >> most people just jump out, i'm only going to run in and

get this one little thing. some people leave the car running with the keys in it. kids in the car and all kind of stuff but i know better. >> reporter: last month oakland police stepped up patrol and added this sign. statistics released yesterday showed marked improvement. >> we were looking at 37 now we're looking at 31. >> reporter: thieves are not waiting to the dark to smash and grab. this is why police say they need a little bit more of an incentive. and that message should be coming out soon. reporting live in oakland, patti lee. a man in a wheelchair was killed this evening when he was struck by a caltrain in the peninsula. it happened just before 5:00 in downtown san mateo. a caltrans spokeswoman says sh

the woman was in an electric -- this is the tenth train fatality. last year there were 16. we now know the identity of a woman who was struck and killed by an amtrak train tuesday night in union city. investigators say 45-year-old trudy james suza was walking on tracks between eighth street and dacota road when she was hit by a train. a slew of gloomy economic reports sent a chill through wall street today. stock prices nose dived. that's the second biggest drop of the year. nasdaq dropped 71 points or 2- 1/2%. new at 10:00, jana katsuyama is live in san francisco with a look at what caused the drop and what it means for investors and consumers, jana. >> reporter: well julie we're in the heart of the financial district. if you take a look behind me on that ticker board you see why

so many people are disappointed. a lot of red arrows pointing down. the cheering sound of the opening bell today quickly turned to doom and gloom. stock prices took a plunge. only 12 of the s & p500 companies saw gains and the dow dropped 250 points. >> i'm thinking about my 401k. the i'm thinking what is christmas going to look like. >> reporter: the cause, investors reacting or overreacting to a series of economic reports. >> manufacturing, we did have a big drop in one of the regional manufacturing services. >> reporter: other factors include lower than expected housing sales down 1.5% and a higher than expected number of jobless claims. >> i know a lot of people even with degrees they can't get jobs right now and that's really hard to see. >> we just keep cutting the government, laying off teachers, firefighters, cops, people who really made the economy go for the past 80 years. >> reporter: added to that

overseas a manufacturing slow down in europe and china and an audit showing spanish banks need a bail out. >> a lot of the extent, the market hates uncertainty. >> reporter: the mood could remain uncertain. moodies downgraded the rankings of 16 banks. including city bank and chase. some experts say that could affect consumers, as banks try to increase profits by hiking credit card rates and fees or by cutting internal cuts. >> that's a more important issue for the economy, because 2/3 of those cuts are labor. and that means restraints on hiring. one interesting note, wells fargo was not among those 15 banks that were downgraded today. reporting live in san francisco, jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. one bright spot, oil dipped below $80 a barrel today.

at 10:45 what that means at the price pump. google shareholders agreed to an unconventional stock split at the company's annual stockholders meeting. the two for one split creates a new class of share that does not come with voting power. the decision solidifies the power of larry page and sergey brin so other shareholders can't overrule them. page missed today's meeting due to a throat problem. the stock split will cut the price in half, google first traded publicly eight years ago at $85 a share. we have new information tonight about a deadly motorcycle accident in eastern contra costa county. the crash happened in brentwood this evening on chestnut street near the byron highway. we first brought you these

pictures shortly after the accident happened. investigators now say a fed ex truck was turning left into a private driveway when the tráubg driver crossed into the path -- when the truck driver crossed into the path of the riding motorcyclists. the fed ex truck driver was not hurt. the lights are now back on at the hall of justice in san francisco tonight after a power outage forced several courtrooms to shut down. the power was out for about two hours this afternoon. the county jail, the d.a.'s office and courtroom, some inmate activities were restricted during the outage. pg & e says the hall of justice was the only building affected. the power outage is still under investigation tonight. we have new information about a fatal house fire in berkeley. the coroner has identified the victim. firefighters found the body of 26-year-old meredith anne joy.

crews responded at 2:30 on the home on lorena street. one neighbor told us he tried to go inside but the smoke was just too thick. investigators are looking for the cause, they are focusing on the back of the home. now to west oakland where investigators investigators are trying to pinpoint the cause of an outage. they hope to know by either sunday or monday whether that fire was deliberately set or whether it was an accident. and a reminder that you can get ktvu news to go on your cell phone. download the ktvu app, click the live icon and you can watch all of our newscast live that way you can be connected any time, any where. in san francisco, a ktvu news crew camera went inside the historic building at pier 29 today for an up close look at all the damage from yesterday's large fire. ktvu's david stevenson shows us

what it looks like and where investigators believe that fire started. damage to san francisco's historic pier 29 is now estimated at more than $2.3 million. but even as engineers began removing scorched timbers and concrete. port officials vowed to restore it. >> we're working with the city's preservation architects to ensure that we restore the historical part as much as possible. >> reporter: wednesday's fire burned through the front part of the building tearing holes in the roof and collapsing part of the facade. >> you can see it was blowing in here. that is all hardwood. >> reporter: investigators believe the fire began in this corner. >> that is under investigation. there were some workers working in the building yesterday at some point earlier in the day. so they'll take a look at that. >> reporter: flames raced from the floor to the roof charring the 97-year-old timbers. pools of water lined the floor. the fire took out an electrical

circuit that serves alcatraz tourists and pier 21 and a number of other businesses on pier 33. they are running on electric power. >> we were working very hard to get the electrical restored as quickly as possible. >> reporter: most of the damage was confine to the front of the building making this portion of the embarcadero closed down for now. >> we hope to have that reopened by this coming weekend. >> reporter: port officials insist the fire will not affect upcoming america's cup. the area is going to be used for storage and parking facilities. this is an artist rendering of what the america's cup village is expected to look at. the plan is to transform the area into a cruise ship terminal after the cup. a car slam right into a home tonight. we're going to show you the damage it caused inside. back here in just 10

minutes, a big drop in temperatures today and tomorrow a chance for some sprinkles. i'll tell you when and where. tesla revs up for a big move when this car is moving from the showroom to the street.

you ready buddy? you're probably not getting called up to the majors. but your fence? that's pro. finish like a pro with cabot wood stains. cabot...that's pro. new video tonight of a car that crashed right into a home this evening in san leandro. it happened around 8:00. the car for some unknown reason

ran right into the house and as you can see it slammed into the kitchen taking out the sink and cabinets. it also broke down a water line. two people were home but fortunately neither of them was hurt. the driver suffered minor injuries. new at 10:00 in just hours from now tesla motors will start selling its new model s. it is a different car than their first car the roadster. so much is riding on how much that model s does. matt keller has the story. >> reporter: come tomorrow these will be open to hit the open road. this model s sedan may look like the family car but it's getting the attention reserved for a span cy sports car. >> did you see the inside of it. did you see that computer. it had so many bells and whistles on it amazing to me.

>> reporter: tesla delivers the first signature model s car to customers tomorrow for about $100,000 each. ali put down $5,000 just to be on the waiting list. >> it's new, it's different and got a lot of luggage space. and it's just cool. >> this is the start of tesla becoming a real car company. actually producing cars in volume. so it's a big step. >> reporter: tesla's electric cars are friendly and still perform with a range of 265 miles per charge. but other car makers are producing electric cars for a lot less. the environmental protection agency says the model s gets the equivalent of 89 miles per gallon combined city and highway. the nissan leaf gets 99. the ford focus 85. >> the original test owners are going to be rich, early adopters, folks that think they are, they want a green card to

show off their green credentials. >> reporter: tesla has lost a lot of money creating electric cars. the model s could be its test. >> tesla failing will mean the support falling in california. >> reporter: reporting live in san jose, matt keller. the company was founded in july of 2003. tesla said it would build a plant to produce the model s. and last month tesla stocks surged when the company announced it would deliver the model s to it first customer in june. and the two men accuse of beating bryan stow is scheduled for tomorrow morning. earlier this month a judge

ruled there is sufficient evidence for them to be tried on felony charges including mayhem, assault and battery. both men remain in custody tonight. we'll have a crew in los angeles for tomorrow's arraignment and we'll bring you complete coverage beginning at 5:00. alameda county superior court judge paul seeman remains on the bench despite charges that he stole from a neighbor and lied about it. seeman has been moved to hear small cases. he has pleaded not guilty to the charges. a man who is a regular passenger on vta was struck and killed when a car that witnessed say was speeding jumped a curb at a bus stop in mountain view this morning. it happen at the intersection

of california street and escuela. the victim was known throughout the community. >> reporter: just before 9:30 this morning, mountain view police got a call about a crash involving a car and pedestrian. when they arrived they found the gruesome scene of a car on the curb and a dead pedestrian. guerra says there was no way that the pedestrian would have survived. >> reporter: the victim was identified as william ware of mountain view. police say the driver of the car suffered minor injuries and was taeugen -- taken to the hospital. these pictures show the amount of destruction from the bus stop to where the car ended up. the area is usually congested at that point. >> there were multiple witnesses of the accident. >> reporter: the crash drew people from the neighborhood many who say they knew the victim. >> he was a gentleman that

liked to take the bus every morning. doing things. would speak to people. would be friendly, he would be in wal-mart, i would see him in there. he just enjoyed life. >> reporter: drugs and alcohol are not a factor in this case. so far no charges have been filed and the crash is still under investigation. sal castaneda, ktvu. san francisco police have released the name of a bike thief caught in the act at the b.a.r.t. station. brett mayor has been identified. investigators say they found several bike parts at his home. and at ktvu.com we've posted a link with photos of the recovered bikes. look for the stories on the hot topic section. tonight at 10:30, iconic san francisco items on the

auction block. how supporters raised more than $60,000 for at risk teens in just a few hours. a lawmaker in hawaii said today that billionaire ellison is not planning any radical changes for the hawaii island of linai. ellison is buying 96% of that island. and they said that ellison seized linai as much more than an asset. about 300,000 people live on linai. it has one school and no traffic lights but it also has two resort hotels and two golf courses. and quite a cooldown from yesterday. these were the numbers yesterday, it was hot. numbers dropped a solid 15 to 20, 25 even 30 degrees over what we saw yesterday. we're not going to see a temperature drop tomorrow but we are going to see an increase in clouds. as we get into the early

morning hours, drizzle is going to start to show up along the coast. that's a real frontal system with showers showing up in the north bay and areas south. when i come back at 10:45, i'll run the model all the way through and i will tell you when we can expect rain. the weekend really is just about here. i'll see you back here in just a few. fireworks today in the trial of a man accused of beating a priest by whom he says he was abused. these pictures just in from the season developing news. the fire that has prompted police response tonight. this country was built by working people.

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oakland tonight, police tell ktvu news that a small fire resulted in the discovery of an indoor marijuana growing operation. the fire happened inside a building in the 7000 block of lacy avenue in east oakland. once inside authorities found 300 marijuana plants. police also tell us that electricity was illegally routed from a near by power pool. we're told no arrests so far and that the fire caused only minimal damages. one of sandusky's adopted sons says he too was a victim of child abuse. the 33-year-old said he had been ready to testify against his father. the news comes as jurors began deliberating the sexual abuse charges against jerry sandusky. if convicted he could spend the rest of his life behind bars. here in the bay area it was

day two of an emotionally charged trial that reinvolves around allegations of molestation and revenge. a man named will lynch is on trial for beating up a priest who he says molested him as a child. as robert handa explains, there was a destruction outside of the courtroom that resulted in the jury being sent home. >> reporter: it was deb lucas who got attention today. >> deb said look me in the eye and she was able to at last look father l -- linder in the eye as an adult. >> reporter: the priest has been accused in several cases. lindsay's mother was greatful for today's outburst. >> she needed to say it. you have to get it out.

these kids all need to have their story. >> reporter: when lidner testified yesterday she did not molest lynch, it start getting calls from other possible victims of lidner. >> i talked to at least two that allege it and i think they're going to come forward to this court. >> reporter: lidner's acknowledged lidner is a child molestic and might lie about it but lidner is not on trial. this night force the priest to take the fifth amendment and if it does. >> his testimony will likely be stricken and i think the case will have to be discussed. the attorneys will meet with the judge to discuss the perjury issue and the future of the trial. robert handa, ktvu news. advertisements for a new museum are stirring up a little

controversy. the crocker earth museum is being promoting art served straight up. they were created by mel ramos. the ads are drawing visitors and no one has complained but others in the state capital say they consider the picture a little too provocative. cutcher's production company had a deal with the dmv to produce a half hour show on the public safety. protesters testers gathered outside of a diner tonight. the delicacy that will be on the spotlight tonight. all these items were auctioned off tonight.

happening right now, joy in the streets of south florida, the miami heat won the nba championship and at this hour as you can see fans are celebrating. this is a live picture from miami where fans are going crazy. so far there are no reports of any mayor problems. although fans threw alcohol on the bus of visiting oklahoma. new at 10:00, pieces of san francisco history were on the auction block tonight. ktvu's amber lee is here and tells us among other things they included a typewriter used by a very famous san

franciscan. >> reporter: we're at john's grill and they auctioned items to benefit some of the teen in the area's toughest neighborhoods. former san francisco major brown was the auction near. the bidders were wealthy san franciscos including ron conway. >> it's a good cause. tax deductible. >> reporter: the cause is that the police chief knew some of the job problems for teens who pledged to not get involved. these two teenagers told us they just started their summer job at the police department. they say they are determined not to end up with some of their friend. >> it's even photographed by

him. >> reporter: mr. cain says her late husband would support this cause to save lives. >> getting kids to graduate from high school not onlies for a safer kid but a safer san francisco. >> i just feel like i can make a difference. >> reporter: cain's typewriter went for $25,000. officials tell us they raised $81,000. live out in san francisco, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. a youth program aimed at giving gang members a new start. the mayor's gang creation task force offers free tattoo removal who commit to a gang free lifestyle. as part of the program, participates must complete 30 hours of community service and extend a seven weeks jobs

program. >> i think it's pretty cool. participates must be a san jose resident and have tattoos on their hands, wrists, neck or face. the national association of the deaf filed a lawsuit today against netflix. the group says netflix does not provide captioning for most of its tv and lawsuit. he expects to have 80% of its screaming content captioned by the epbt of the year. after a day of multiple crashes, a cyber bug is to blame. some users had trouble logging on into the afternoon. the company tells me the probable has been stabilized now and it's assuring users that the sight was not hacked.

>> eating fradua will be available on july 4th. tonight animal rights proserters showed up celebrating what they call a delicacy. members of the animal protection and rescue league chanted outside of a neighborhood as diners arrived. the attraction included six different dishes features the soon to be outlowed inyesterday cent. i'm a big fan of frog ua. if fan puts that in shake, he's making a big issue in france. proceeds from the tinner will -- ken pritchett tells us, the

deal means more cuts but a softer blow to californians most needy. >> we were resisting budget cuts to cal works. we made additional cuts in each of those areas. >> reporter: but the compromised announce by signburg does make deep cuts to child care programs. child care services will be cut to 80,000. cal works or welfare to work will limb recipients. and healthy families will be eliminated with over 8,000 children being shifted to medica. >> mark: if compromised plan relosing a budget gap.

supplies they are not beiging on the people of california passing a tax which may not actually happen. >> and if we pass those taxes in november, we will really be starting i believe a new chapter here in california. there will be more budget votes next week on bills that we protect this deal, the budget is expected to be ready for the tkpwoár -- ready to be on your toes, ready, rdd - - w i ll be able to stay only because of volunteers. that includes samuel p state park, capital state his the toric pant in indo these kwrao. a heartbreaking video was

duo value. how a large outpowers of support means seasonal help for a woman bullied by a group of students. barack here in just 10 minutes we have a shot for your tpreu days, pee why a climb -- but first, why a client who landed 3,300.

a climber fell hundreds of feet on mount hood in oregon but caught a lucky break. the 52-year-old man from michigan was rescued, taken off the mountain and taken to a hospital. he is expected to survive after being saved by a team of rescuers who happened to be near by. they were scattered the ashes of another climber who died in the same area just last week.

in placer county the sheriff's department investigating the discovery of a baby's body. a woman was walking near auburn when she noticed a trash bag that had a foul odor. detectives are can vanceing near -- participating in the art. a school bus monitor after a video of her being bullied by students went viral. several seventh grade old boys are heard daunting and haunting the bus driver. in familiar they were teasing her about her weight. people have created an online vacation fund for kline. kline says she does not want to pursue charges all she wants now is an apoll.

zimmerman gives his account of what happened the night he killed an unarmed teenager lloyd martin. it shows is systemmer man woo hacked. zimmerman says the teen tried to grab his gun. >> he reached for it but he reached like i felt his arm going down to my side. and i just grabbed it and i just grabbed my firearm and you're not in camp yet. a hearing sit is for next week this has thousands of supporters are gathering, they

are protesting the the new cabinet was sworn in today and is facing a monumental test of dealing with if company's debt. antoni sobara. and to start we don't even -- in japan, folks living near mount fuji were treated to an unusual site. it's a hard shaked cloud. the tpe nonknowledge -- a hanging crowd rarely appears this time of year and it was gone in about half an hour. potentials of the show have been shown around the world for years but has not been shown

since 1995. we have 35,000 continues with the names of 93,000 people. the smith son yap i'm going to stay here with you the case of a beating that was caught on camera. if you have filled up your tank. yes prices are down but will they stay down for your summer vacation? >> our chief meteorologist bill martin is back with your complete bay area forecast.

summer is traditionally a time when gas spices pike. but this time of year they're going down. >> reporter: it's about time, california gas prices are finally falling as they did in

most parts of the country months ago. >> down in palo alto i saw prices down as low as 395. so hopefully it'll lower the better. >> when i left texas i paid three it shall 3:15. we're paying an extra 1.50 a gallon than what we're playing here. >> the trek to have of the summer incity institute checks. we finleys wanted to place our former states. >> where 50 or 60-cents above the rest of the country and typically we're about 20 or 0- cents above the rest of the country. so there's still room for california. >> reporter: and just in time for summer vacation. >> it was a lot cheaper than when the four of us flying so

we decided to lori. while lower prices may have had the identity become commented. some us us send our industrial father to stay away from the picture. today for example in san francisco triple aaa a regular. this last 12. ed win and ramirez turned themselves in to the thourt

again or yesterday rather. they are accused of beating patterson. the attack was caught on video tape. they arrested dina. state regulators argued that the institute for medical education should be shut down. the school has compasses in both oakland and sa san jose. regulators shut down the institute in february pending today's hearing. the including miss leading students about the school's accreditations. members of the san francisco tourist sumny today, $56 million are prepares and ar grade are made. the upgrades include new information, efficient lighting, bathrooms, lobbies and kitchens and a $4.5 million wireless system. player ed lee says there is

more to come. >> these confessions are telling us and the listeners then. and there's a lot of wind out there tonight. up to 33 in places like livermore or much cooler tomorrow. there will be more clouds and a chance for showers. 34miles per hour out of the southwest. that mix is a -- of wet sprinkles we could see. there's a low pleasure center just offshore. as it moves in today i wanted to cool down. we had mid-90s in one places. here's the weather system you're tracking.

you can see in the pacific north where we're in the side of it. this is the peninsula day view. good saoeupl of year. we're not going to get a ton of rain. but if you go north of san rafael you're going to get a shot at sprinkle and drizzle. the cool weather pattern hangs with it as we go through tomorrow and if weekend. of course we did a lot of friar stores this week. most likely won't be doing water sorries had the. it helps the fire danger. cool off tomorrow continues. the showers in the north bay are a bill shower, in the morning and in the more than. the computer model as 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. there's your drizzle. that's 8:00 a.m. i think you can see drizzle down toward peu hrar point. as you get into the i shaly

afternoon. here's the front. that's actually that napa grant. so why they scattered sprinkles shouldn't be enough but enough to wet your roads on friday. you see right around here more drizzle. late in the afternoon hours, late evening commute and you see him around 8:00 or 9:00. we'll watch it. >> right now this is where we stand. steve paul son will be live, with our animal planners is a deal woeurer. as soon as you're going to see him on the forecast the weekend is good to lieu. there's your five day forecast with your day been any bits. education pearly if you're trying to bar-b-que. blowing winds in concord

knocked out powers to hundred there has. there's word tonight that vector control fishes are confirming a dead bird was in fact, infected with west nile virus. the bird was found in wood side. there's no way of telling if the bird was infected with the disease in the county or some where else. celebration on the streets of miami tonight. the nba's new champion. how the heat pulled it off. sports is next.

mark is off tonight, fred is here with a whole lot of celebrating going on in miami. >> that might be the only place. because you remember last year lebron james said miami would win multiple championship. and that humbled him. the heat wanted to end the series tonight. lebron ready for game five.

james scored 15 points, five rebounds and five assists in the first half and they led the thunder by 10 at intermission. 6miami players scored in double figures. dwayne wade making a sidestep forcing two of his 20s. kevin durant knew it was already over. the heat made 14 three pointers. lebron wins both the regular season and the nba final mvp. miami wins, lebron gets the last laugh as they win the nba championship 4-1. australian travis blackly was signed by the a's. he went from last resort reliever to a promising new pitcher. today travis blackly with cy

young pitcher clayton kershaw. neither one batted the decision. and watch norris nail it, nice inning to keep the game tied. now to the bottom of the ninth. josh lindlum puts it in front of cespedes. that's a walk off home run for cespedes. l.a. gets eight hits, one run. oakland has won eight of nine. cespedes remember he was nursing an injury, so no injuries please. back in 2009, when he was 19 years and 35 days old, two weeks ago he won the pocono400. and logano is finally earning the respect of the veteran drivers. >> they're not going to give

you respect until you disrespect them. there's going to be bad until you earn the respect from them. that takes time and it takes a couple of years to get through that. driver by driver. and eventually you start getting the give and take you had hoped for. that's sports as we see it this thursday night. miami wins the nba title. giants at the a's. >> they're on a roll right now. >> they're actually hitting well. they've always had a pretty good pitching staff. they have a good relief staff. starting to play some defense and all of sudden they're saying we're only a few games below .500. >> what was it like being nasca >> it was pretty exciting. brutal. i ended up commenting, i thought i had been beat up.

they are always taking shortcuts so they're hitting every bump. it's violent. >> all right, fred, thank you. >> thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news, we'll see you the next time news breaks. >> the ktvu morning team will be here at 4:30. they'll be keeping an eye on the markets and they will let you know if the sell off continues.