complete bay area news coverage, starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 news at noon. >> -- my family. >> she lost her husband, a young daughter to a terrible crash. this morning she came to court hoping to find justice. good afternoon, i am tori campbell. a teen went in front of a judge for the first time this morning facing charges for a deadly

crash that killed a father and daughter. with continuing coverage we have been following since april alex savage is live with why the victim's family members are disappointed with prosecutors. good afternoon, alex. >> reporter: good afternoon. they are upset the district attorney's office is not pursuing adult charges against him but prosecutors said this morning the law limits them. that teen appeared in juvenile court here and pleaded not guilty to charges he ran over and killed two people. the teen, who we are not identifying, heard the charges against him. they include two felony counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence. prosecutors are not pushing for adult charges. something that is disappointing for her, who is husband and daughter were killed in this crash in april. >> -- i just want justice.

>> he and his daughter went for a bike ride when they were hit and killed. >> i lost two loved ones, it is not going to bring any of them back. and all i want is just justice, that is it. >> prosecutors say he was speeding when he lost control and jumped the curb. still the senior deputy district attorney said today this particular manslaughter charge must be filed in juvenile court. he said he has no immediate plans to petition a judge to bump the case up to adult court because the circumstances just don't call for it. >> you have to look at the individual's prior criminal history, look at whether or not they are sophisticated. >> whether or not they have been on probation before, a lot of things. >> the attorney for the victim's family said he asked them to push for adult charges but they refused. >> we asked the district attorney's office to ask the court to certify this to adult court and they don't want to do

that and that is very disappointing to us. >> also in court today prosecutors talked about two previous run ins the boy had with police before the crash. in one case police found a switchblade knife in his car and he was cited. he will be back in court for another hearing in two weeks. in the meantime he remains free. if he is found guilty in connection with this crash he would likely serve time in a juvenile facility until the age of 21. while the victim's relatives want him to face a stiffer punishment the prosecutor we talked with said his hands are tied. live this afternoon in martinez, alex savage, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. it was a chaotic scene there after two people were shot to death and 9 others wounded there. the shots rang out around 9:00 a.m. at 5th avenue and 34th street in a busy part of manhattan. the gunman, identified as 53-

year-old geoffrey johnson was laid off from his job a year ago. police say he returned to the office and shot and killed a former co-worker. he then walked away from the building, followed by a construction worker who flagged down police. police confronted him a few blocks away. >> he killed one person and at least nine other people were shot and some may have been shot accidentally by police officers who responded immediately and while confronting the suspect and fatally shooting him -- >> the nine other people who were shot suffered non-life- threatening wounds. the motive is not yet known. san jose city officials held an urgent news conference in the past few hours after the city recorded its 33rd homicide of the year last night. ktvu's tara moriarty was there and tells us what they say they are doing. >> reporter: it has been a bloody two weeks for the city

of san jose. last night a gang related shooting. an 18-year-old killed on his scooter there. >> the gang members in the city are feeling emboldment. the chief of police says there have been 33 homicides so far. 13 gang related. >> the message today is we will be there all the time 24 hours a day. we will stop you. if you have a weapon you will be arrested. >> this morning the chief, the mayor, the city council and the attorney made a show of force. >> you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. you will be removed from this community and sent to prison. >> the chief says the city is allocating $800,000 from its general fund so specialized officers can tackle gang infested areas but officers we spoke to said they already pull 15 hour shifts and overworked. >> it provides a source of income for them so we have not had a problem with that.

>> in the fall of 2010 the team which specialized in gang prevention was axed the homicide rate in 2011 almost doubled. they did merge with another unit but the number of officers was cut by more than half. >> yes, the fact that we have fewer people in special operations has made a difference. it has, but not in a good way. i will say this, those that are still there working are doing a great job and we need to supplement them with that that does that. >> many say it is a band-aid solution and it will be right back where it was. >> later this morning they released more information on the shooting death of a man there yesterday afternoon. responding to a 911 call there they found the victim there.

investigators have not released the man's name or many other details about how he died. they hope witnesses will come forward and help them find the killer. there are new developments in a story we have been following. some critical federal assistance is coming to the east contra costa fire district. they are receiving a grant from fema for their staffing for adequate fire and emergency response program, also known as safer. it was created to help fire departments increase staffing in their communities. east contra costa cut 16 jobs and closed three stations in june in brentwood, nightson and bethel island after voters rejected a partial tax measure. >> -- the grant -- morning -- and -- be able to -- back up -- that -- >> there is no word yet on which fire stations may re-

open. and some of those east contra costa firefighters were busy this morning. coming up in nine minutes the story of a house fire and how a family pet played a role in getting a neighbor to safety. an alarming discovery in one community. a growing number of dead bats with rabies. we have this report live from there to explain what is being done about it. good afternoon. hi. the city is putting out these warnings here telling people they live among bats and some of them are rabid. the last one was found here in the middle of the street. the call of nature draws people to san francisco's neighborhood but sometimes nature gets too close. >> we are on the lookout for anything -- >> they posted warning signs about rabid bats. 5 have been found here in the last another months. the most recent was last week.

believed to be mexican free tail like this. she found one. >> i saw the ears moving and stuff and like moving away, so okay i think it is alive. >> she did the right thing not touching it and calling animal control. today they put out warnings to be aware and where bats are concerned be overly cautious. >> sometimes people will wake up in a room and find a bat in the room and even though they -- the think they may not have bitten they may have been bitten so we recommend they actually receive what we call post exposure vaccine. >> that is critical because rabies in humans is almost always fatal. >> now are you dodging bats? >> totally. i am so scared. >> so again they do that. they say again not all are

rabid. 12% are found to be rabid but it is always better to do that. >> thank you. they are cleaning up after a water main break there. it happened last night on crest avenue near golf links road. the water main break caused a mudslide and sent water into garages and left homeowners scrambling to get their belongs away from the water. >> we live in oakland on top of a hill. we have earthquake insurance and fire insurance but needless to say, we don't have flood insurance. >> that homeowner said they have been working there for days. water has been shut off to the neighborhood. oh. >> it ended with a bang. ahead you will hear what started the evacuation of a bay area hotel this morning. mark is up in 10 minutes with the weekend forecast and news about subtle changes that

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police there are still looking for men who robbed the

store in daylight. video shows them wearing those and rush into the jewelry store there after 10:00 a.m. they pointed their guns and started marking glass cases filled with watches and jewelry and got away with a half million dollars worth of merchandise. authorities are now looking for the get away car, a gold 4 door sedan with no license plate night. you can go there to view the entire clip, just go to the link under the hot topic section on our home page. dozens of people are back in their homes this noontime after an early morning bomb scare in san francisco's tenderloin district. 75 people were evacuated for an apartment building there around midnight after some suspicious devices were found inside. the bomb squad removed 15 pieces of capped pipe from the building. police say some ammo was also found near the pipes. the bomb squad denotated them and determined they were not a

threat. >> yes, it was a misunderstanding but you have to understand whip you see sections of pipe capped off the first thing that comes to mind is the potential that it is an explosive device and that is why we did that. >> police are still trying to determine that. the red cross provided shelter for them overnight. they were allowed back in around 6:00 a.m. thousands of people in shasta and those counties who had to evacuate because of the ponderosa wildfire are now being allowed to return home. the fire is 61% contained with full containment expected next week. more than 900 homes are still threatened, 64 homes and 20 other buildings have already been destroyed by the flames. a 4 alarm grass fire along internety there last night is under investigation. it started around 8:00 there. it burned 50 acres but firefighters managed to keep it from homes. multiple fire agencies were called to help. it took firefighters two and a half hours to put it out.

the firefighters are investigating the cause of a house fire in brentwood. this happened in the 500 block of second street. we are told no one was inside the home when the fire started after 5:00 this morning. a neighbor credits her dog with waking her up and alerting her to the fire. >> she pullinged my -- she -- my -- you know my blanket and my face and i said what happened, what, and i -- i follow her and then i -- my window, my living room, the fire, the next door and then we get up on the house. she say our lives. >> 1 firefighter was treated for heat exhaust fighting the fire. the latest polls show the race for the white house narrowing in the past week with mitt romney leading slightly in two of the three most recent polls and a tie in the third. barack obama does not have campaign events scheduled today. the washington post reports the obama campaign will intensify

its efforts to solidify its support among women. mitt romney held what they called a victory rally there. he made a joke about no one ever having asked to see his birth certificate, a reference to the controversy over weather mr. obama was born in the united states. the obama campaign immediately accused him of joining the birther movement. concerns about isaac and possible protests in florida are affecting plans for the republican convention in tampa. forecasters say isaac will probably head toward alabama, but tampa could still be hit by heavy rains. the former presidential nomination process at the republican convention will start early because of the weather. delegates will begin the roll call vote to officially nominate mitt romney on monday there instead of wednesday. they are starting early because of the concerns about disruptions from protesters and isaac. starting sunday night on

the 10:00 news we begin live coverage of the republican national convention in tampa. our coverage will continue through thursday when gop candidate mitt romney speaks to the delegates. ken will be there live when it begins. the former navy seal who wrote a book about the osama bin laden raid is no longer anonymous. the book was written under a different name and purports to be a first hand account of the killing of the leader in may of last year. fox news and other organizations are identifying the author as a 36-year-old man from alaska. he could face prosecution if the book contains classified information. petalooma's little league team is celebrating a win that secured them a place there. they beat the texas team last night 11-1, the slaughter rule in 5 innings. it puts them in the

championship game tomorrow there. [ cheers ] >> -- tennessee. a lot of people are expected to pack -- [ cheers ] >> -- little leaguers. >> i think they are doing great. last night was an amazing game -- >> -- no voice left. >> i -- it is. it is speechless of me. >> it is unbelievable. i went to to the movie theater and did that and it is so great it is almost unbelievable. >> the winner there will play in the final and face the winner of the international final game between japan and panama. more details now for give you an idea about how special this team is. only 14 teams from northern california have reached the little league world series. the last squad was that one 10 years ago. the team from danville won the american championship in 1991. san jose won the interworld series in 1962 but foreign countries were not a part of

the series then. throughout the weekend she will file reports from there. as expected the u.s. anticipate doping agency this morning issued a lifetime ban against 7 time tour de france champion lance armstrong. it came after armstrong said he would not contest charges he used performance enhancing drugs. he also will be stripped of titles. armstrong says after spending two years fighting the charges, enough is enough. >> well the sunshine beginning to break out this afternoon, even near the immediate coast. a strange sight out there for the beaches at least for parts of it. here you can't pick out here haze across the region but still shaming up shaping up to by a fairly nice friday afternoon. right now you can still see those there. that is tighter. you can pick that out

especially closer there. reports of sunshine around there and there and also look at that also there. so they are enjoying sunshine there right now. this has been a departure for the pattern over the past few days. it seems like that. you have to go a little north there, north of there still fog to contend with still there on that part. as far as current numbers san francisco that is -- warming up, look at that, 60s there, oakland 66, warmest locations currently 70s approaching 80 out to our fairfield and livermore. forecast headlines today partly to mostly sunny, this weekend overcast and a cooling trend. the extended forecast does feature warming but no major heat waves. in fact this is pretty much that over the next few days so with that as we break out our

calendar for that we have that and will be tracking that and below average temperatures for that so no major heat there, we will hold on to that over the next few days, in fact temperatures as we do head into the weekend will be cooling off. sunday will be the coolest day of that. here is our forecast model showing you still that near there this afternoon especially toward there. but more sunshine inland, lots of 80s with that -- with that showing up. warmest locations around 90. with these numbers san francisco will go to 69 this afternoon, oakland 70s, pacifica enjoying sub sunshine right now, 64, san jose right around 78. here is your five-day-forecast with your weekend always in view and your weekend rapidly approaching. they are doing that then. we will begin to do that slightly monday and tuesday. in fact by tuesday warmest locations on track to reach the

mid to upper 80s. victoria will kind of feel like fall out there with that cooler breeze out there into saturday and this time sunday and this time of year we do be talking about 100 degree temperatures -- >> -- woo -- >>-forecast -- >> -- mark, preparations are underway for that then. this year's event will run then there. city leaders hosted a fundraiser for it at city hall last night and it was also used to honor her. she served as a openly gay member of the military for years and was prosecuted for violating the don't ask-don't tell law. ahead a closer look at why the stock markets may end the week on an upnote. the driver of this suv has an unusual tie with clint eastwood. wow,

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stocks are up on news about that. also he said the fed has room to deliver additional stimulus to boost the economy. a live look at the big board the dow up 96. nasdaq up 17, s&p up 8. we have breaking news right now. there is an overturned vehicle on the eastbound lanes of the san mateo bridge. these are live pictures from news chopper 2. the accident is reported near the hayward side of the causeway. it happened just about a half-

hour ago but 11:50. no word on how long it will be until the scene is cleared. you can see traffic obviously slowing down significantly heading eastbound on the san mateo bridge. new reports today say the man who drove his cadillac escalade into the ocean at pebble beach is a member of the singing group overtone, according to the tv station there. witnesses say the escalade was traveling at a high rate of speed where it careened off 17 mile drive yesterday morning. the driver was able to escape but arrest on suspicion of, being under the influence. that will do it for us. thanks for watching. have a great day. send comments to comments@captioncolorado.com captions by terry james, caption colorado, llc. ask me what it's like when my tempur-pedic moves.

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