you understand the charges against you, mr. sanchez. >> yes, ma'am. >> mr. norwood. >> yes, ma'am. gl a development for suspects in the brian stow beating case. that is one of the top stories. i'm tori campbell. we'll go live to los angeles in just a minute. first, we start with breaking news in oakland. police are investigating a body

found in a waterway near the oakland colyseum. ktvu's mike mibach joins us live now. what can you tell us, mike? >> reporter: homicide detectives have been called to the scene. we just confirmed that with a lieutenant with theoakland police department. we are on the 5900 block of paulsi am way. this is a pretty big ditch that goes to the oakland estuary. about 150 yards is where all the activity is seen. a couple of members of the media are down there, also the alameda county coroner's van just arrived. it was about 10:30 when police received a report reportedly from a passenger on an amtrak train that saw a body in this waterway. when officers arrived on scene, they, indeed, found that body. they believe the body had been here for about one week. they did not say if that body is a male or a female.

they also did not say it was a homicide investigation. they just wanted homicide detectives to come here and examine the scene. the crime tape is up. we are being kept about 50 yards from the actual scene. the body has not been removed. that lieutenant that i was talking to earlier said that this waterway to my left sometimes goes four to five feet deep. obviously that's not the case. that's when the tide comes in. they are still trying to figure out if the body has been dumped or floated in from the estuary. we'll try to determine more in the next few hours. reporting live here in oakland, mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, mike. the two men accused of beating giants fan brian stow were back in court this morning in los angeles and said they were not guilty.

new at noon, ktvu's christian paxon joins us live from l.a. to let us know about a change in the legal team for one of the spo 2:00 suspects. good afternoon, christian >> reporter: yes, we were here earlier today for the arraignment. you can see some jurors coming back from the lunch break. luis sanchez has been represented by gilbert quinones who stepped down. he told me earlier that he always planned to represent sanchez in the preliminary phase but when that went to court, he would step down. the first order of business was to get the public defender to represent sanchez. both men were wearing blue jump suit. assault and battery for the opening day 2011 beating of brian stow and the most serious charge, mayhem. >> both of you are charged in count 1 with the charge of

mayhem and violation. >> reporter: sanchez faces enhanced sentencing because prosecutors say he was the one who inflicted great bodily injury on stow leaving him with permanent brain damage. both men entered not guilty pleas today. they are scheduled to be back in court july 24th. a trial could start as early as august. if convicted, norwood could serve nine years in prison, sanchez 11. both men still face a federal charge of firearms charges. that case will take place after the criminal case here in l.a. county court. they would face another ten years on top of whatever they face for the beating of brian stow. we'll bring you the latest at 5:00. for now, we are live in los angeles. >> thank you, christian. stay with ktvu channel 2 news for continuing coverage of the brian stow case. we'll have more at 5:00 p.m.

and you can find the latest video on ktvu.com. the parents of a girl charged with killing a man are back in court. we have more on why this couple is getting so much support. >> reporter: good afternoon. i just stepped out of a news conference with paul gascone. the defendants pleaded not guilty. this happened in the visitation valley of san francisco and meat avenue near jennings court just after 2:00 in the morning on june 4th. lupe mercado and barry gilton have been charged with the murder of calvin sneed. both say that sneed forced

their daughter into prostitution. the district attorney says that they understand the parents' frustration if sneed were the pimp. however, the defense says they have had evidence that others who wanted to kill sneed. >> there were bullet fragments in him as a result of prior gang activity. >> there were other people with motive to kill mr. sneed. and the evidence produced so far does not prove that my clients are involved in this crime. >> we have evidence that the parents were in l.a., they actually attempted to kilt victim in l.a. there was a shooting there. >> reporter: the two will be back in court on monday in this case. i will tell you we will have more coming up tonight at 5:00 when ktvu's rob roth will continue the story. live in san francisco, i'm paul

chambers, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, paul. oakland police are investigating a homicide. a victim with at least one gunshot wound was found around 1:30 this morning at mountain boulevard and joaquin miller road right near my way 13. it is believed that the victim is a woman. police have not released details of the homicide or the struck tim's identity. about 100 people are gathered at the san jose courthouse in support of a vietnamese activist. the protesters say that lee tong should be given leniency. they say he should not be sentenced for splaying a chemical sub sentence into the face of a ville napese singer. as can you see from news

chopper 2, firefighters poured water on a one-acre fire. a battalion chief says this is the third fire at a homeless camp in san jose in a month the cool, damp weather may have helped those firefighters this morning. the clouds are causing some arriving flights to be delayed an average of three hours and 41 minutes right now at sfo. ktvu's meteorologist rosemary orosco says that there could be some rain later. she is up with the details on the forecast for your neighborhood. oakland police spent the night pulling some marijuana plants at an east oakland home. they were discovered and an electrical fire broke out at a house in oakland. police hauled 300 marijuana plants as well as fans and lamps from inside the house. they say the plant have an estimated street value of $30,000. the illegal grow operation was

pulling so much electricity, it sparked the fire in the electrical box outside the house. >> i had the smoke thing and came out here and put out the fire because we thought everybody -- because the poles were on fire. i thought everybody was going to go up. >> reporter: police have made no arrest and have not released information about who owns the house. this weekend, work crews hope to reopen the sidewalk area at san francisco's pierre 29. a ktvu news crew went inside the building heavily damaged by wednesday's fire. the fire tore holes in the roof and collapsed part of a facade. investigator looking for the cause of a fire are checking on construction in the building a few hours before the fire started. the fire took out an electrical circuit that serves alcatraz tours on pier 31 and other businesses on pier 33. they are now running on generators. this is going to be a busy

weekend for an elite team federal investigators, investigating the huge fire next to the b.a.r.t. station. investigators hope to know by sunday or monday if it was arson or an accident. attorneys are being told to stay close to the courthouse as jurors continue deliberations in the jerry sandusky child sex abuse trial. it is day 2 of deliberations. jurors stayed until 9:30 last night considering the 48 charges against the former penn state assistant football coach. this morning, they revisited testimony from two key witnesses who gave different accounts of an alleged assault in a penn state shower. sandusky is accused of sexually abusing ten boys over a 15-year period. yesterday, after deliberations began, one of sandusky's own adopted children stepped forward and said he was also a

victim. san francisco's ethics committee has released some of suspended sheriff ross america mirkarimi's texts with his wife. one message, america rimy said, quote, i-america rimy said, i think we need to organize our side. he called the case, a witch hunt protesters are trying to draw attention to the closure of five elementary schools. for weeks, they have been holding a sit-in at lake view elementary. the district says it does not have the money to keep it open. but former teacher says the answer is simple for a district that owes $120 million to its creditors. >> the banks got bailed out 16

trillion. we wrote wells fargo and said, you got bailed out $50 billion. that's 500 times more than the oakland school debt. the banks should step up. >> the protest hes are holding their own summer school focusing on lessons in social justice, arts and gardening. this, again, ace big deal. >> traffic relief is coming to a growing east bay suburb. you'll hear more about what happened today. it's hard to tell summer is in most of the bay area. we'll tell you if you need your jacket. >> and nascar his sonoma. this weekend, 100,000 people are expected to come here. we'll tell you what drivers say. we'll take a look at the course and how cool temperatures are affecting people.

in a little less than three hours, the bay area's electric car maker tesla is scheduled to deliver its first five-seat sedan for the mass market. tesla will hand over the keys to the car's owner at 3:00 at the company's factory in fremont. tesla will start taking

reservations -- started taking reservations in 2009. starting price is $57,000. we'll have live coverage on the rollout on ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. another long awaited phase of the east bay highway wide ening project is finally underway. ground is breaking for the new highway 4 sinned creek road interchange. >> one, two, three, whooo. >> it will complete a four-lane wide ening project in oakley. the highway will cross over sand creek road and will have new and off ramp. it is part of a wide ening project underway in pittsburgh and antioch. >> what's happening in the next three to five years, we'll go from quo lane roads to four- lane roads that can't meet the demands to eight-lane roads and, in this case, four-lane

roads that will change the commute appreciately. >> financing comes from voter- approved measures and federal and state funding. nascar is back. we showed you some of the practice laps earlier on morning 2. claudine wong joins us once again from the tracks to let us know what is in store. good afternoon, claudine. >> reporter: good afternoon. qualifying is underway. 100,000 people are expected to come here this weekend to see nascar's best. nascar is officially back in sonoma. 4444 racers taking on this: hope plly more competition, more side by side racing. in this track, you can't do it in certain sections.

it's a great track to watch a race. >> we got out of the course before the drivers did to take a look at the elevation changes, the blind turns and the tight corners that make this road course so challenging. >> i would call it infamous. it is so challenging you can't just come here if you have never been on here and expect to win a race. >> reporter: cars couple down here at about 120 miles per hour. you will see the most passing and most accidents here. last year's race, tony stewart got knocked out by brian vickers and ended up on torch these tires. turn 8 is where drive gave gillaland says he will make the move. he is also taking on 64 and the can am through sat day he seas the more laps, the better. >> i feel it hems me personally. that's a busy day. we are on track probably six hours. that takes a lot out of you.

but it's worth it for you. >> reporter: something else new this year, the food. this is one of several gourmet trucks out here. as we come back here live, we have to talk about this weather >> it's crazy. it was not. how it is cool and drizzling. these temperatures lead to better grip on the raceway which could mean higher speeds. claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, claudine. san francisco already getting ready for this weekend's gay pride celebration. police say they are taking steps to reduce the kind of violence that plagued the celebration. those steps include banning alcohol. the parade will start at beale street and head down market to 8th street. the year's team is global

equality. there is more information on everything happening this weekend on our website. go to ktvu.com and look for the weekend tab on the home page. we are knocking on weekend's door >> it's going to be a cool, breezy weekend. at this hour, for some of us, drizzle, even a little bit of light rain. giving you a live look outside our doors and over the bay. we have mostly cloudy skies. tori touch on it earlier. if you are over the north bay, you are dealing with a few light scattered showers. take a look here. santa rosa reporting light rain. you can see some light rain falling over part of the coast there. we have a few light sprinkles as well. out into hillsburg. i should point at guernville. sonoma, now vacaville and fairfield perhaps seeing a few scattered showers. you get farther east inland,

parts of antioch, partly clear. 62 in concord. 56 in san jose under mostly sunny skies. storm tracker 2 forecast here again showing you, we do have a weak wave moving through. that's what's bringing a few showers. this trough will hang off the coast the entire weekend. we are not going to see rain or saturday and sunday, we're going to be partly cloudy to mostly cloudy and we're going to be cool because that system will continue to pump in the marine layer. you can see just a little bit of light rain, looking mainly north of i-80. as we get into the evening hours, there are a few scattered showers as part of the north bay as well as the north day bay. if you have some evening plan, maybe bring a jacket. giants and a's playing tonight. if you head to tahoe, no rain

there, but there is a lake wind advisory lasting through this evening. the gust of 35 miles per hour. here at home, numbers well below average. anywhere from 5 to 10 to 15 degrees. 60 around the north bay with mostly cloudy skies, drizzle, light rain. 58 for walnut creek. headed to the alameda county fair there, it's actually a pleasant afternoon. 67 san jose. 67 in sunny vale. 58 snity. upper 50s along the coast. getting into the weekend? those outdoor weddings, we have birthdays so we are not going to be wet but we're going to be cool and we're going to be breezy at times. >> all right. find a sweater. >> yes. >> thank you, rosemary. >> you got it. graduation, big part of climbing the ladder to success but how about the pole of success? pg&e students finished with the pole climbing course.

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today, the movie studio based in emeryville is releasing its newest release film. >> this means war. >> brave is the story of meredith, a head strong young girl who wants to do things her own way. pexar says that the mooy is stronger than unusual but kids will be better to hand i will. the bay series will resume today between the giants and the a's. >> a's coming off a three-game sweep of the dodges. this was accomplished on cespedes' walkoff home run. lincecum will go on the mound today. today on ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00, a big day for

tesla as it rolls it latest electric car. we go behind the hype and see how this could be a make or break moment for the bay area company. 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. we are here for you on ktvu.com and mobile ktvu.com.