thought this would be a part of a community gift and service. >> reporter: it's a gift neighbor don't seem to want. >> and as of today we have 171 signatures in our petition. >> reporter: some like mark mezara worry about property values, for other religious and cultural concerns about living near a cemetery may force them to move out. residents came to voice their fears. church officials say they are listening. >> we're in the process of taking it back assessing what we've heard from the neighbors and discerning where we might go with this project. >> i just saw what they were planning on building there and i thought it was kind of beautiful and tasteful. >> reporter: but for those like karen labarda who is looking to sell her home tasteful is not

enough. >> they have to consider that they are almost up against the entire neighborhood. >> reporter: neighbors hope to compromise with a memorial plaque without the urns. the witness to an armed robbery told us about they saw. >> i just heard a big bang go off. i was pretty scared. >> reporter: patel was in his store in the new park mall across from zena jewelers when the commotion began. >> one guy was smashing the counter top. the other man had a semiautomatic weapon. they were just going at it. they were just running out the door with a big duffel bag in

their hand. >> the robbers wearing dark hoodies covering their faces ran through jcpenney and got into two get away cars. they left behind jewelry cases shattered and the store turned upside down. >> it took a lot of guts for them to come in and do it in the middle of the afternoon in the middle of the mall. so that's really crazy. >> police were able to get descriptions of the get away cars thanks to mall security and they are following up on those leads right now. they are also reviewing surveillance video from the crime and police telling me a short time ago this is still a very active investigation. in newrak, cara liu, ktvu news? an unusual find in san francisco's mission bay neighborhood brought out the bomb squad today. police say a construction crew uncovered a 16-inch long artillery shell they were digging around indiana. a worker loaded the shell into his truck and drove it about a mile to channel street.

something police say was not a good idea. >> military ordnance tend to be more unstable adds time goes on as they are not maintained. >> reporter: police evacuated about a dozen people living in houseboats near by. bomb squad technicians from travis air force space determined the device that may date back to world war ii is no longer explosive. a traffic nightmare could be headed to san francisco's busy union square and the troubles are expected to last for the next five years. new at 6:00, ktvu's david stevenson in the city with the major transit update that's going to have a big impact. >> reporter: the construction equipment is at rest. but construction kicks into gear on monday with a closure that might cause some confusion. >> reporter: it's one of san francisco san francisco's busiest spots for tourism. >> the area is busy. i have never seen more people

come to union square. >> reporter: come monday it'll be a little more difficult to get around. >> short term pain for a long term gain. >> reporter: it's being close to building a subway. a tunnel boring machine will tear a path from san francisco to china town. >> we're rerouting all traffic expect for emergency vehicles on to grant which will become a two way conversion to allow for the detour. >> reporter: the stockton street closure is forcing al alandia to move his flower shop to prove. >> it's quite a shock to move after 66 years but we'll get used to it i guess. >> reporter: a crucial concession to merchants on the square. >> that is certainly probably our busiest time of the year. as people come down to shop for the holidays and enjoy our holiday tree.

>> reporter: cab drivers say the closure will make their jobs a lot harder. >> this is going to be a mess. a huge mess. >> reporter: everyone though who don't drive are feeling frustrated. the city's transit agency has rerouted some bus riders to makeshift stops on the edge of the construction. >> madness. it's terrible. but, what can we say. >> reporter: transit officials have posted maps and signs around the square warning people of what's ahead for the next five years. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu news. more details now on this fire yearlong detour in san francisco's union square. again stockton street between ellis and geary will be shut down on monday. what this means is that drivers that usually take stockton street will have to go around and take postto new montgomery

to get across market street. san francisco mayor ed lee defended a scathing tweet he sent out about chick-fil-a. major lee tweeted very disappointed -- mayor lee tweeted, very disappointed that chick-fil-a does not hold the same mind set of san francisco. the bishop of oakland is being named the new archbishop of san francisco. today he explained why he is opposed to same-sex marriage.

>> marriage is is the union of the man and a woman because children can only come from the embrace of a man and woman coming together. so my stance is marriage can only be between a man and a woman and i don't see how that is discriminatory. >> reporter: cortilioni is expected to assume his position in october. the court says it wants to wait to see if the u.s. supreme court grants a review of the law requested by the obama administration. the federal law passed in 1986 bars more than a thousand marital benefits to same-sex couples even though legally married under state law. facebook shares sank to a new low. menlo park company late yesterday announced an expected slow down in revenue growth. that sent stock down nearly 12% today to $23.71. it's the lowest levels since

facebook's wall street debut back in may. san ramon based chevron released its own mixed bag of earnings report. profits that chevron's refinery business rose 80%. refining in california was especially strong but net income for the oil giant fell almost 7% to more than $7 billion and that still beat expectation. google is apologizing for keeping some of its street view data from york and australia that it had promised to get rid of. google angered officials after -- a judge in santa clara county has sentenced the owners of a foreclosure consulting firm to prison for defrauding

hundreds of homeowners. rene alvarez and mariano ortega were sentenced to five years in prison. they charged homeowners up to $5,000 and never provided service. hundreds of custodial workers marched through san francisco calling for a new contract. members of fciu local # seven say they are fighting for health care service for family members. their current contract expires next tuesday. they say if a deal isn't reached they could be on strike by wednesday. >> our work coming up for the 1% they got bailed out, they got helped out and we just want a fair shake at the table. the san francisco officials are taking steps to keep a wandering wolf at

bay. that wolf is known as or7. it's briefly entered tahema county. the county ard of supervisors formally opposed a petition to add the grey wolf to the california endangered species act. the board says it doesn't want the animal reintroduced and threatening livestock. this young man was an obese teenager until a new program turned his life around. the holistic approach to help that doctors say is saving lives. >> and temperatures outside today, warmed a little bit in some places. the weekend just around the corner. i'm going to let you know which day is going to be the warmest. >> our new ktvu app for the i pad is available for download for free from apple's app store. by using it you will get the most up to date news, weather and traffic. when you see a story you want to know about just tap on it and it will take you to the full story. it also lets you watch any ktvu newscasts live on your i pad.

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san jose police released new details about the suspect in a double homicide earlier this week. investigators say pedro castellon medina may be driving a black nissan maxima with license plate number 6tiw691. medina is thought to have shot and killed a couple. authorities today ruled the death of a teenager who opened fire at police was a suicide. 19-year-old brian akers davis shot himself in the head may second after a police chase that started in oakley.

during the chase akers davis shot at officers with a high powered rifle. no officers were hurt. >> today we look at new success in the battle of child obesity. john fowler joins us with the story of a young man that is offering hope to others. >> reporter: we want to you to meet a remarkable man. >> i had gone all the rails with my weight really bad. sugar levels, cholesterol, it was just a mess. i had gone through 10 diets probably. so this was the last chance. >> reporter: his last chance, this pioneering pediatric weight control program at lucielle packers program. >> we consider our program a

lifestyle change not a diet. >> reporter: it's a gradual six month whole family change in food choices. reduced screen time and increased activity. weekly meetings with behavioral coaches and diaries. about 80% graduate. hidalgo just joined as a mentor. >> because of him a lot of kids have joined the program and been very successful. >> this program not only thought me how to be healthy and exercised but thought me life skills and now i feel more enpowered. >> reporter: the program costs $3,500 not yet covered by insurance. there are scholarships for more go to our website ktvu.com. alberto who immigrated from el salvador credits his family and just wrote this book. an inspiration for any young person struggling with overweight. reporting live health and science editor, john fowler, ktvu news. new government figures show a majority of hiv infected patients aren't getting

treatment. the centers for disease control finds only 1/4 of people with aids are on the treatment. also that the youngest patients are the ones most at risk. and that 15% of those 19 to 24 had the virus decreased to desirable levels. of those getting treatment are 38% white. those who are donating to parks are worried their money is not going to the right place. the state was saying many parks would have to be shut down due to the budget crisis. one donor says he plans to send a letter to the state asking that the money he raised be given to the sonoma county regional parks department to run anadel state park in santa rosa. >> all of that effort was you know in many ways in vain is a real disappointment. we feel like we, it's hard to

recoop that. you know that energy could have been spent elsewhere. >> reporter: state lawmakers have called for audits and investigations into park funding. there appears to be an accountable gap when it comes to the amount of money in special funds kept by various state agencies. the state controllers office reported about $11 billion in state funds. but the department of finance says the actual number is about 9 billion. that's a $2 billion difference. the calculations come just days after the discovery of that parks and' recreation department was sitting on $54 million in special funds. and the fog is making its way back into the bay tonight. it'll be there in most neighborhoods tomorrow morning. a warmer weekend in store. the fog right now exists out toward the ballpark and san francisco. it's working its way toward the ballpark big game out there with the dodgers in the next hour or so. that's going to be fog, foggy and cool as the first ball gets pitched in the next hour.

as that fog pushes across the bay into oakland and fremont. we have fog most of us. burns off more rapidly tomorrow. saturday and that increases your daytime high. less fog in the morning, warmer afternoon. so your saturday looks nice. warmer than today. then your sunday warmer still. these are the highs from today and you see antioch got to 87 that was the big spot. but most temperatures tomorrow are going to come up a good five, 6 degrees from the highs we saw today in the inland bay valley. budges ever so slightly this weekend. as it budges off this way the highs come in and temperatures come up a little bit. slightly warmer. we'll see some low 90s. it's not spare the air weather but the fog will creep in a little bit. there's your fog footprint moving north into the napa valley. we have some holes and when you start off with holes like that

the sun gets in there quick and it warms up more rapidly. tomorrow look for a quicker warm up and warmer highs. those are your 80s for the most part. we'll see some mid- and upper 80s in some of the warmer spots in the inland valley. 88 in clear lake tomorrow one of the warm spots. 90 out in antioch and brent wood. those are the spots that you expect to be that warm. 80 in san jose, 84, 85 in morgan hill. 86 in gilroy. then you have a 70 in san bruno and 77 in menlo park. with better air quality and mild temperatures the weekend last few days have been cool. the weekend is going to be warmer that's what we're shooting for here. daytime highs are going to be warmest on sunday. bay area weekend. it's going to be one of the nicer weekends and it's just not going to be too hot. expect that the coast is going to be really cool. the fog is going to linger there a lot. >> and a little fog at the giants game.

>> making its way in there right now. dozens of high schoolers got to be lawmakers if the day in sacramento. it was all part of an a conference. they learned about california's political process. today's program was sponsored by the california legislative black caucus. muslim and latino students have also held mock legislative sessions in recent weeks. coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. one south bay city is temporarily doubling in size this weekend. a look inside one of the regions most popular summer festivals. also details behind the rare and rather enormous find made today along the monterey coastline. join us for these stories and more at 7:00 on tv 36. the san francisco 49ers are hitting the practice field and ktvu's fred inglis tells us wide receiver randy moss did something today he hasn't done in a while.

illegal medical spas will face stiffer fines under a new law now signed by governor brown. those target spas.

those business must be owned at least 51% by a medical doctor, but the new law increases the maximum fine for violating that law from $1,200 to $50,000 or twice the amount of fraud whichever is greater. the new law takes effect on january 1st. our sports director mark ibanez has the night off. fred inglis is here and if it's july it must be football season. >> football is 365 days a year. t -- and the san francisco giants spoke to the press. everyone randy moss took part. after bouncing around with two different teams in 2010, moss took off the entire 2011 season. >> the reason you know i walked away from the game wasn't really to do with the game. one thing i have learned that

people don't like the truth. so i will just wait till my book comes out just to see why i did walk away from the game for a year. but my philosophy is, i do not like what the nfl does for me, i want to know what i can do to make the nfl better. and if that's coming out here you know teaching the young guys and showing my professionism and being a leader on and off the field that's what i want to do because i think that if we get that type of mind set it'll make it a better league. >> thank you president kennedy. things got frisky today during san jose during the weigh in for tomorrow's welter weight boxing championship between robert gosperel and alvarin. and they meet tomorrow. this 12 round bout will be a

true test. and oakland currently leads the orioles. the first place giants will host dodgers tonight. highlights of that game tonight at 10:00. >> see you at 10:00. >> all right. >> san jose's biggest and newest casinos can open its doors. tonight the special condition city leaders are requires before people ante up. >> thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. [ male announcer ] if you think any battery will do,

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