incident. >> wrongful death. his rights were violated, constitutional rights violated. he was layed layed there to bleed out and day. >> the shot was self inflected from the weapon he possessed. >> reporter: live now, protests could disrupt the muni line. this afternoon, officials temporarily halted trains at third and oakdale shot and brought in shutting buses. we will monitoring activity here and bring you live updates, including information on how it may effect the commute. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. in a health decision the fda approved the first treatment for hiv infection. the drug is true vada, made by gilead sciences.

it has been used for eight years to treat people inspected with hiv now the fda approved it as a preventative measure for those at high risk, those who are sex with hiv infected partners. coming up, eperts put this -- experts put this in perspective for us and what this means for the future. >> four people appeared in court facing charges in a south bay abuse case. ktvu's matt keller is live. you heard about horrible conditions the victims were libbing in -- living in. >> reporter: yes, all four were taken into custody and brought to jail. the attorney tried to keep her client out of jail this

afternoon. but did not succeed. her brother, dad, and her mom were all taken into custody today during their hearing after bail was increased to $500,000 each. prosecutors say another suspect is expected in court soon. they are facing 18 charges, 15 elder abuse felonies for running a unlicensed care home. prosecutors say they neglected a dozen adults, malnourishes, beaten and forbidden to use toilet paper and they removed 40 dogs from the home. >> looking into the allegations. >> reporter: she made the report to police in may after the family would not let her see her uncle. >> feeding him, there is many

dogs everywhere. there is feces and pee on the floor. terrible conditions. only shower once a month before going to the doctors. all four suspects are scheduled to enter a plea on august 21. reporting live, matt keller, ktvu channel 2 news. a teacher today pleaded not guilty to charges he had sex with two underage girls. brock daniels is accused of meeting the girls through a social networking site and having sex with them. his bail was lowered to $250,000. he is a teacher and a football coach at vintage high school. jurors began deliberations in the suit against hans reiser. he murdered his wife in 2006 and serving 15 years to life in

prison. his children sued him for $10 million each. their attorney says he doesn't know if he has money now or come up with money. and we are waiting the results of an autopsy following the death of a man found in a hotel room. a worker found the body yesterday. police tells athey are treating the case as a suspicious -- tell us they are treating the case as a suspicious death. the man's identity hasn't been released. two dogs saved the lives of two people after a fire started at their home at 4:00 a.m. investigators say the two people in the home were able to escape thanks to their two dog whose woke them up. strong winds fueled the flames but crews kept the flames from spreading and no one was hurt.

the cause is under investigation. tomorrow cal state university officials will look at two budget cutting proposals. they will be considering tough choices tomorrow. they say without governor jerry brown's tax hikes, they have two alternatives. one plan is to raise tuition by $150 a semester and cut salaries and benefits by 2- 1/2%, another plan cuts enrollment by 1-1/2%. and in 10 minutes the impacts of rising tuition. the nation's largest public pension fund reported a disappointing 1% return left on its investments. it falls short of the projected. the return made prompt them to

impose higher contribution rates. the system covers 1.5 million state employees, school employees and government workers. two men hurt after they crashed a car trying to escape from police. officers spotted the men driving the car. they sped off and crashed and rolled the car. the driver ran away and tried to hide but officers soon found him and as you can see took him into custody. also in oakland the police chief sat down with ktvu to talk about a spike in violence. last week 7 people were killed in oakland. including a 15-year-old. today he said he was surprised at the level of violence and the brazenness. the chief admits the department is under staffed but he is

working on new strategies. >> we are not sitting on our hands and waiting for 150 cops to show up before we start working. we are looking at how to consolidate units, move people around, adjustment so we can effectively deal with the spike in crime. >> so far this year there have been 62 homicides in oakland. that is up from 57 last year. assaults, rapes, robberies have also increased. a navy ship fired on a small boat today killing one person and wounding three others. the navy says they warned the boat several times before they opened fire. it is a refueling ship. the navy said the boat was coming right that ship.

the u.s. increased its naval presence in the area. joe paterno's rejected the findings found in the louis freeh report. they somebodied to the report which -- they responded to the report. today the statement reads it can be asserted joe paterno could have done more but to claim he knowingly, intentionally protected a pedophile is false. cnn is reporting three more men have come forward claiming they were victims. jerry sandusky was convicted last month of abusing 10 boys. state treasurer bill lockyer has filed for divorce from his wife former xeriscape

botanicalbag -- wife, nadia lockyer. nadia lockyer resigned of a supervisor three months ago. san bernardino is considering declaring a fiscal emergency. the city counsel was to meet this afternoon. the city is facing a $45 million budget short fall. san bernardino could become the third california city in the past month to file for bankruptcy following stockton and mammoth lakes. retail sales dropped for the third straight month. the first time they have gone down for three connective months since 2008. consumers worry about news of a

soft job market and the european debt crisis. on cost cost -- on wall street, the dow is down 49 to 12,727. the nasdaq is down 11 at 2,896. yahoo maimed a top member of google to the ceo. marissa mayer was appointed to run yahoo. she was the 20th employee hired by google. yahoo hasn't had a official ceo since last year. the world's largest business software company still ahead. >> it did not feel like summer today, temperatures down 18 degrees over yesterday. is it going to continue? i will have the details. ♪

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. microsoft chose san francisco the backyard of competitors to introduce a new version of its software. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar joins us live with why the move is so important. >> reporter: even the ceo came to do it. whether you are making a powerpoint presentation or a spreadsheet, microsoft dominates the world and today it steps into the twenty-first century. >> reporter: you can buy or rent and share as you need in the cloud. >> this is the most ambitious relief of microsoft office we have ever done. >> reporter: today the software was transformed into a platform including video conferences anywhere on earth. >> people work in more social and collaborative ways.

>> reporter: working with the windows 8, it is cleaner than previous versions. it depends on users trusting their data. and for many users learning to use touch screens. we spoke to a couple of folks. >> i am not exaggerating this new system it is absolutely changed by business and changed the way i operate. >> feels like one solid system. it doesn't feel like excel is over here and word is over there, it is all together. >> reporter: more apple like. >> this is a very different project. it is a leap forward in terms of the features, richer experience, and you can do things with it that you couldn't do before. for some it may be too different. >> takes a lot of time to use

new software. and if microsoft office is working for you, why switch? >> reporter: one thing it doesn't operate on is the apple ipad. consumer editor tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. the ms is now gone from marco frommist -- msnbc.com. nbc paid $3 million for its 50% share of the joint venture. nbc renamed it nbc news and people go to marcomist -- people who go to msnbc.com will be redirected to it. a study says youtube is a major news source and providing a platform for a new kind of video journalism. the website is increasingly becoming a global news arena.

researchers say consumers are sharing news videos produced by professional journalists. the study found images of natural disasters draw the most viewers. california is the home of silicon valley and the high tech revolution but average for internet access. california ranks 78 in the country. the highest ranking state is new hampshire. the nation average is 75.9%. the rising price of college is having students save money. half of the students are living at home while attending college. a number of families are

deciding what college to attend based on how much it costs. half eliminated cool school -- schools because it was too expensive. tomorrow pg&e will test pipeline on the peninsula. they have been conducting safety tests in northern and central california. tomorrow crews will work on the highway 280 corridor near redwood city. pg&e says people might notice an odor of gas during had testing. the government missed a deadline for having all shipping containers scanned for radiation before they reach the country. almost all tests are screened but a 2007 law required them to ensure u.s. bound car go is

scanned in foreign ports. but homeland security secretary janet napolitano gave foreign ports another two years to commy. >> 100% scanning does not equal 100% security. >> janet napolitano said it will cost $16 billion to implement. congress joins officials to discuss the first ever federal safety standards for bart and other systems. official met in maryland to preview regguleses being developed by the -- regulations buying developed by the transportation department. >> our job is to make sure whatever we learn here in america we take it to all the

subways. >> bart says the fleet coming in 2015 will address many of the safety issues. they are designed with three doors instead of two. more than one person calling today's weather brisk. let's go to our chief meteorologist bill martin. this is lower than where we are usually. >> not talking about bad air quality, it is a cool day. we got this weather pattern. i talked about it last week, here we go. we are cooler than normal and drizzle, had it already and more drizzle into the next couple of days. it is hot, right? oklahoma, that is all the east coast is talking about, how hot it is. towards the west, it is cooler. yellows. look at this. the rest of the country, the lead story is the heat. for us, it has been unusual

cool and that pattern persists. the winds out there significant today. not, you know, 50 miles per hour, but temperatures -- wind speeds over 20 miles per hour. and that is how the cool, moist ergot into your neighborhood and that is why temperatures 5, 10, 15 degrees cooler than yesterday. that is the culprit right now. this low-pressure system spins down the coast, releases the high and allows the low cloud and fog to push inland. if this was winter, it would be raining. actually a snow event. but that system sticks around really into wednesday and thursday. looks like we will continue with this cool, mild pattern. over night lows in the 50s. fog and low cloud along the coast that is producing drizzle. we will see drizzle tonight and

tomorrow morning. the computer model does this. 5:00 p.m. tonight with the clouds and over night hours, a massive push of cloud. watch what happens here, a burn back in the afternoon. more clearing tomorrow. temperatures tomorrow like today, maybe warmer. more sunshine for tuesday afternoon. but that doesn't mean 80s. means 70s. when i come back, we will get more specific with the temperature where you live, more about that drizzle and the five-day forecast, which is unusual for this time of year. >> thank you. >> how the beach boardwalk is featured in a lesson on gravity. and the california supreme court tossed out a ruling, and we monitor what is happening at a san francisco protest. two dozen people gathered to mark the death of a young man

who was shot by his own gun. the marches may take to the streets. we will stay on top of this and bring you the latest at 5:30 p.m.

on the campaign train, in ohio, president obama said republican presidential hopeful mitt romney would give tax breaks to companies that out

source jobs. >> i want to give incentives to companies that are investing in you, the american people, create american jobs, making american goods that we are selling around the world. stamped with made in america. >> the president hosted a town hall meeting in cincinnati today and he stopped at a restaurant and sampled the chilly. he return to the bay area a week from today. as for mitt romney, he responded today he has a plan to kick start the american economy while he says the president run a desperate and negative campaign. >> the president has only one thing going, that is attacks on me. they are dishonest. misdirected and i think the american people recognize that as something as the past. >> mitt romney attended a

private fundraiser today with the louisiana governor. and mitt romney could name his running mate by the end of the week and he says he hasn't made his final choice. an unlikely land mark. the santa cruz beach boardwalk sets the scene for can we out live the sun. they used bumper cars to explain the concept of cravty in outer -- gravity in outer space. the episode can we out live the sun will air in 2013. >> the ranch that belonged to roy rogers has been sold. he lived on the ranch near victorville till his death in 1998. a retired social worker from

hawaii bought it last week. it has a 1700 square foot house, disables and a horse track. late word tonight involving a star player on the san francisco giants. pablo sandoval learned he will not face sexual assault charges. today the santa cruz district attorney said there is not enough evidence to arrest or charge him. a woman accused him of raping her last month. last week the sheriff said there was not enough evidence to arrest him. the district attorney reviewed the case and today said he agrees with the sheriff. hundreds of court clerks walked off the job, which courthouse services were shut down today. >> new concerns tonight about a fire burning in the foothills that forces dozens from their homes. why the weather has

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complete bay area news coverage continues right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. >> a 5% pay cut causes court workers to go on strike. 250 clerk walked off the jobs -- clerks walked off the jobs today. ktvu's allie rasmus has more. >> reporter: the people on the picket line are the clerk that work a-- clerks that work along the judges and they make up 60% of the san francisco superior court's work force. >> reporter: court clerks formed a picket line.

despite the strike, jury duty went on as scheduled. >> we had to stay and serve. >> reporter: even though it was short staffed. >> couple people doing a lot of running around. >> reporter: some people who showed up were turned away. >> they said it was shut down. >> the critical and essential services have been operational. >> workers who weren't on strike were reassigned to fill the gaps. 3-12 trials were canceled. >> we got the power. >> reporter: at the civil courthouse, the self-help center was closed. people used drop boxes in the lobby. at issue a5% pay cut. he won't know his budget till july 27 but expecting a $27

million budget cut. >> they could show us the books of the budget and there would be no argument. >> problem is, i don't have that information. that information hasn't been made public yet. it is not official yet. >> reporter: all other superior court workers accept judges agreed to the 5% cut months ago. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. a police cruiser is in need of body work after a officer slammed into a car. happened at 4:00 p.m. this afternoon as the charger was driving across foothill. witnesses claim the officers was driving fast and wasn't flashes lights. the officer was uninjured and the driver is okay as well. the supreme court over turned a death sentenced and it

could effect other inmates. the court ruled in the case of the man convicted of murdering a woman. the court said the trial judge improperly dismissed a juror for her conflicting views on the death penalty. scot peterson is appealing his case on the same grounds. he claims the judge wrongly dismissed jurors. police said a 49-year-old man was arrested after attempting to steal copper pipes from a building. an alarm went off yesterday in the building. officers arrived and spotted a man making his way along the edge of the roof. investigators say he had cut off copper pipes that were on the roof. he was arrested on charges including vandalism. construction crews broke

ground today on the second tower of the development in san francisco. they are set to build the second of two towers at the entrance of the bay bridge. it will include a 52 story residential development. people are set to move in in the summer of 2014. good and bad news when it comes to a wildfire. on the positive side, not as hot as it has been. bad news, it is getting windy and the fire is far from being under control. a first hand look at the damage caused by the robbers fire. >> reporter: this is a look at 3:00 p.m. this afternoon. here along the fire line, i want to show you this, look at how the wind is blowing the smoke straight up canyon. the flames following. >> the fire is far from being under control. it is still active. >> reporter: it is because of that wind blowing in the

direction of the community that residents began self-evacuating after noon. >> they are afraid of it racing up the canyon. >> reporter: we captured these pictures. a first look at the burn damage. here a roof is all that is left. nearby, a car. give you a sense of how hot the fire was, it felted the glass on the window and inside the car, that is what is left. there are pictures of fire and damage that residents say are leaving them on edge for what may lie ahead tonight. >> tense. you know, anytime you are told to leave your house, very concerned. >> reporter: while we were standing where the smoke was, we could see spot fires that ignited on the other side of the canyon but none of those got out of control.

one firefighter said this fire is much tamer than it has been at this time on previous afternoons. we are following developing news from san francisco. a protest that might impact muni service tonight. these are live pictures here of the protests going on. this protest stems from the death of kenneth harding, jr. he was killed during a shoot out with police last year. it started with a fair dispute on muni. the protesters shut down muni service this morning. there is the thought they may try to do that again tonight. we have a crew there and we will keep you updated on the situation. ford issued aeral of 10,000 -- a recall of 100,002,013

escape suv. dealers will -- 10,000 2013 escape suv. the dealers will fix the problems for free. wedding wishes for everyone. why the new greeting cards from target are personal and political. >> and they are calling it 7 minutes of terror. what will happen in three weeks on mars. ♪

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s. donald j. sobol was the creator of the brown series. featuring leroy brown. he died last week in florida from natural causes. next year is the 50th anniversary of the series with a new book scheduled for release this october. donald j. sobol was 87 years old. and steven covey, his book sold 20 million copies, has died. the family said he died surrounded by family just like he wanted. his death was from effects of a bicycle accident last april. he was 79 years old. target will carry greeting

cards celebrating same-sex marriages. it will feature phrases with cards such as mr. and mr. and two very special women. target drawn criticism for supporting minnesotans for marriage. the food and drug administration is considering issuing a ban on a chemical. california banned banned the use 10 years ago. it has been banned from farm use in 160 countries. groups and lawmakers stepped up their calls to pull the chemical from pharmacy shelves. arguing if it is not safe on farms it is not safe on children's heads. >> it could cause headaches, nausea, there could be seizures and deaths. >> the manufacturer says the

chemical has been used for 50 years and is safe and well tolerated. how this material can bring a happy ending to 7 minutes of terror. i will explain. >> back here in 10 minutes, lots of fog, there is more fog in the forecast, and it will have a big impact on that five- day forecast. back here in 10 minutes.

nasa previewed an attempt to unravel the secrets of mars. ktvu's john fowler is here now with more. >> reporter: the space craft, half of mars missions survive landings. this robot, the size of a -- well, move this, the size of a compact car. the size of a compact car. it will keep the scientists waiting 7 minutes to know if their mars curiosity rover survived the trip to mars. >> reporter: it takes so long for radio signals to return. it is 5 times heavier than any other rover. made of this material developed by nasa in mountain view. >> the key to protecting the

space craft from burning. >> reporter: 76 rockets all have to work perfectly for the landing. it is the most sophisticated space craft ever. researchers began with a regrigerater size -- refrigerator size instrument. now that instrument is about to reveal the secrets of mars. >> they will rewrite the book, discoveries. >> reporter: they analyze soil at each layer as the robot climbs to the top of the mountain. >> reporter: he invented this shaker. it will reveal details of minerals to let them know if conditions were right for life to form on mars and organic

molecules, it sets the stage for what could be the most profound discovery ever by humankind. john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. american idol may be getting a new super star. a source familiar with the show says mariah carey is being pursued to join the judging panel. randy jackson is the only judge left. jennifer lopez and steven tyler are leaving the show. jackson is the producer and a friend of mariah carey. >> if you are not getting enough sleep you could be putting your health at risk. the amount and quality of sleep could be linked to mental deterioration. it could age the brain by two years. those who sleep less than 5

hours or more than 9 hours have lower mental functioning. a leading group of cancer specialists issued new guidelines on whether men should have a test to detect prostate cancer. men whose life expectancy is less than 10 years should skip the test. this spring a task force recommended an end to routine testing and lead to treatments that could lead to incontinence. anglers were up early along the sacramento river, fishing also began on the american, feather and colony rivers. >> we are going to catch fish. we have been waiting for this for a while. >> getting ready all day yesterday. >> the salmon fishing runs

through december 16. new numbers tonight, 55% of the united states is in a moderate to extreme drought. according to a report by the data center. that is the widest area since 1956 when 58% of the country was covered by drought. 80% of the country is abnormally dry. it expanded last month with the 14th warmest and 10th driest june on record going back to 1895. in the bay area, feels like fall. let's go to our chief meteorologist bill martin on word when things might change. >> last week was cool. we talked about it. this week starting off cool and we will hang on like this. fire danger takes a break. cool in the mornings and mouth. it is windy out -- mornings and night. it is windy out there.

fairfield, pittsburg. wind gusting to 34 miles per hour. it is howling. we have got strong winds out there and they will be around tonight. what they are doing is transporting marine air and that is bringing temperatures down 15 degrees. tomorrow, like today. more sunshine but like today. extended forecast, it will warm up towards the weekend. that is not supposed to be there. that is an upper level low. dropping rain in the cascades. as it drops south, it keeps our temperatures cool. this looks like a march pattern. this pattern sticks with us. you will notice the pattern in the microclimates. low 60s tomorrow around the bay. mid-60s around the bay at best.

glowing to -- going a be a cool day tomorrow. but we will see more sunshine. we will get more clearing. it will lift the inversion and scatther clouds. today it did -- scatter the clouds. tonight, or tomorrow morning, 6:00 a.m., drizzle. sprinkles. drizzle, drizzle, drizzle. we will see it tomorrow morning. highway 1, you will see using the wipers. as the day goes on, showers go north and we get the clearing. tomorrow afternoon, more sunshine but we remain cool. you got less on the fire danger scale. helps out a ton for the bay area. you got cooler, moisture air. 72 in pittsburg. valley, highs tomorrow -- five- day forecast highs look like

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the los angeles police department is heading up the investigation into the death of sylvester stallone's son. he was found dead last friday. sources say the nature of the case propertied them to take it over. a number of prescription pill bottles were found in his room. authorities say there was no suicide note. a dog from the east bay has a new lease on life. the first dog to be saved with a treatment for death cap poisoning. >> call him the miracle dog. amazing. just amazing. >> he just survived an almost fatal case of poisoning. he was sick when he arrived at the clinic. >> the challenge for us, when a patient comes in sick they

don't tell us what they were doing the day before, they don't say they were out picking mushrooms. >> the doctor found a doctor who had success with a treatment on humans. it involves training toxins from the gallbladder and as you can see it worked. >> came home a week ago friday and by monday or tuesday he was back to his oldself. >> debt he ate the mushrooms this month. the first female super star of country music died at the age of 92. [ singing ] >> the singer's family says wells died monday at her home

after a stroke. her recording was the first number one hit by a female soloist on the country music charts. from 1953 to 1968 polls listed her as the number one female country singer. neighbors helped stop a home invasion in its tracks. coming up, the arrest and the possible link to a string of burglaries. >> one of the biggest public transit systems in the target of a protest. we are live in san francisco where we are monitoring crowds who vowed to shut down muni service again tonight. cçrrú

complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. >> good evening. i am. i am julie haener. >> and i am frank somerville. >> two robbers, stopped in their tracks are being investigated for other crimes. ktvu's robert handa is live where neighbors quickly reacted when they saw something suspicious. >> reporter: the detectives have been questioning the