with their belts. >> he was walking around like -- and dude said something, dude went down. >> i saw him hit that dude in the head. i saw blood. can't have him hit anybody else. >> reporter: that walmart employee was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries. haamid zaid sin jail and expected to be in -- is in jail and expected to be in court tomorrow. live in san jose, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. the sheriff's department identified the man whose body was found burning last week and he is the son of -- [no audio] officers are still investigating the death. his father says he and his wife last heard from their son the night before and there were no signs of a problem. the search continues for the driver involved in a hit-

and-run crash that shut down a freeway for hours this morning. three cars were involved in the crash at 5:30 a.m. it started with a crash between a pick up and this minivan. the driver of the truck got out to look at the damage and that is when he was hit by an oncoming car. the driver of the car stopped, got out but disappeared when he saw the driver was dead. threeitateal shootings -- three fatal shootings over the weekend in oakland. investigators are interviewing witnesses and trying to determine if the killings are connected. first one happened yesterday morning and another at 4:00 p.m. and a third at 8:00 p.m. investigators are hoping to release more information about the victims tomorrow. police in san francisco

arrested two adults and a juvenile in connection with a string of robberies. police say travell council and eddie tillman both of san francisco committed several robberies on march 4 and 5. investigators also say the three were involved in a carjacking that led to an officer involved shooting. police say the suspects used a distinctive looking gun in their robberies. they have been booked on multiple charges. also in san francisco tonight the search for the gunman who shot and killed a college student visiting family on spring break. ktvu's jade hernandez has been following this story and today she spoke with the victim's grieving father. there are no words to describe what the family is experiencing. detectives are still hoping for tips from the community. >> reporter: he showed me photos of his son jacob

valdiviezo. in this one jacob valdiviezo he stands tall with his mother. today his father met with neighbors. he told us he was walking home from a get together saturday morning around 3:00 a.m. san francisco police say someone drove up, got out, asked him if he was in a gang and shot him near his parent's home. he found his son pleading grom gun shot wounds to his head and -- bleeding from gun shot wounds to his head and chest. the student at lewis and clark college was on a football scholarship. mese are hoping -- police are hoping for leads, someone who saw or heard something. >> he was a college student doing good, no problems with the police, no previous contacts. so it is a tragedy.

>> tragedy nares are handling -- are handling by keeping his memory alive. >> reporter: so sad. so sad is the neighborhood. he says his son is with god now. he has one surviving son and attends college in san francisco. reporting live, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. we are following breaking news right now. you are looking at live pictures from news chopper 2 over a fatal accident on 580. this happened about two hours ago when a car drove off the road and plunged down an embankment. according to the chp one person has died and another person has been airlifted to the hospital with serious injuries. federal judge today allowed stockton to become the biggest city in the country to enter

bankruptcy. the judge accepted the filing. this will allow them to repaying -- from repaying their debts. >> the city of stockton makes deals, we negotiate, we negotiated 10 deals. we have a handful more. >> by 2009 stockton accumulated a billion dollars in death. its biggest debt is to the retirement system, $900 million. in colorado prosecutors will seek the death penalty against suspected colorado movie theater shooter james holmes. last week prosecutors rejected a deal to have james holmes plead guilty to avoid the death penalty. he is charged for the july 20 shooting that happened during the screening of the dark night

rises. 12 people were killed, 70 injured. last month a judge entered a not guilty plea on james holmes' behalf. the white house said north korea's threats are all talks. he says north korea hasn't changed their posture to back up the threats from the leader. he declared a state of war with south korea and south korea's president declared to use military action. the u.s. sent fighter jets to south korea sunday for exercises after sending bombers last week. >> designed to reassure our allies and reduce pressure on soul to take action. >> the drills should keep north korea's leader from taking his threats too far. the a's hope opener is tonight at the coliseum and the

rain stopped in time. ktvu's fred inglis is there. >> reporter: win or lose they are going to be exciting. the weather is gorgeous. and if fans are still streaming in for tonight's 46th oakland a's home opener and it is a sell out. last year, 1.6 million in attendance but sales are up 33% this season. winning the american league west had something to do with that. when you combine winning with colorful characters you get loyal and loving fans. all this talk about moving to san jose, it is not spoken here. >> i am a die hard a's fan. i am tired of the bay area thinking there is only one team. the only team that matters is the team that wears green and gold. >> we are a's fans regardless

and we love the players and most of them love us. so, you know, it is wonderful to be a part of, feel like you are a part of the family. >> i think everybody was ready to keep the season going last year. i think we have been going to the off season wanting to come back here since the last out was made. the fans didn't want to stop playing. we get together opportunity. >> this is our main event. >> the coliseum is a great place for tailgating. you will never know what you will see out here at the coliseum. the a's hope that is the only fighting that will go on here tonight as the a's host the mariners and a new $117 million pitcher, felex hernandez. . 9 innings of exciting

baseball, win or lose. reporting live, fred inglis, ktvu channel 2 news. how about this, 15,000 giant fans came out taat&t park to -- to at&t park today to see the giants play the dodgers. getting into the park was free and fans were given the opportunity to have their pictures taken with the world series trophies. unfortunately the giants lost to the dodgers. today and yesterday have been tough days for the family of bryan stow. two years ago yesterday, opening day when he was attacked outside dodger stadium. he suffered life changing injuries. his family said seems like a life time ago. at the time they didn't know if he would live. life is still a struggle for

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is. statistics on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder from the centers for disease control and prevention. >> reporter: i spoke with a mother, she said diagnosis and

-- diagnosis was critical for her son. attention deficit hyperactivity disorder diagnose is up over the last decade. >> you really are going to get a strike in the diagnosis. >> reporter: she says 7% of high school boys have adhd but three times that get a diagnosis. pressured by parents, teachers, just to get medication. >> they want it for the competitive high schools. >> reporter: 2/3 of those diagnosed take medications, they increase the action of the centers in the brain. but the drugs do have serious side effects. >> if the dose gets too high people see things that aren't there, paranoia, stay up, sleep

deprived. >> reporter: some children will sell their pills. >> kids get high off of them. that is not a good thing. >> reporter: he urges parents and teachers to tolerate a wider range. experts say a true diagnosis requires many hours but an accurate diagnosis can be life changing. health and science editor john fowler ktvu channel 2 news. a study concludes the chickenpox vaccine has reduced the number of cases of the disease. researchers followed 7500 children vaccinated in 1995. over the course of the study, 15 cases per thousand. statistics before showed rates as much as 10 times that high. in oklahoma the dental board is recommending criminal charges be filed against the surgeon at the center of a

public health scare. 7,000 patients could have been exposed to hiv or hepatitis. they found unsafe practices at his clinics. former patients lined up today to be screened for hepatitis b, c and hiv. security beefed up in texas today following a murder of a district attorney and his wife. the bodies of kaufman county district attorney mike mclelland and his wife were found saturday inside their home. at the courthouse in houston today deputies kept a watchful eye on people. authorities are looking into whether a gang is responsible for the killings. >> this, i think, is a clear concern to individuals who are

in public life, particularly those who deal with some very mean and vicious individuals. >> investigators are trying to determine if the district attorney's death is linked to inkilling of one of -- to the killing of another official. police are investigating another shooting in the mission area last night. this one took place on a muni bus around 10:00 p.m. last night. police say two men got into a fight while on the bus and as one of the men was getting off he opened fire on the man still inside. >> it is unknown what the argument was about that led to the shooting and that is under investigation. >> the bullet struck the man in his leg and sailed into a woman, hitting her in the

stomach. won't are in their 20s and police didn't say if they knew each other. the shooter ran and police only have a vague description. a jury cleared two oakland police officers of wrong doing in the fatal shooting of a salon owner. they shot and killed him in november of 2010. his widow filed the lawsuit. he reached for his waist band, the city settled a separate lawsuit. caroline kennedy has been asked to serve as the u.s. embassador to japan. a democratic source told cnn that she is being vetted for

the post, she is 55 years old and has degrees from harvard and columbia. umbrella lined the sidewalks as the rain game in. the national weather service released 48 hour storm totals. the oakland airport, a inch of rain. but the east bay and bay area now drying out. >> let's talk more about that rain. our chief meteorologist is off, rosemary orozco filling in. >> we are done with the rain for now. i see more rain in the forecast in a few days. fog will be an issue. we have a lot of moisture that will linger so tomorrow morning low clouds and fog, you can actually be prepared for that tomorrow morning. right now a look at storm tracker 2. you see the final rounds of showers over and

around the mountains, east of san jose. heading closer to i-5. backing it up, showing you this is the storm pushing off to the east. we are getting the final bits of wrap around moisture. into the evening, we will continue to dry out. a lot of lingering moisture. 45/100 in concord, inches here, 59/100 in areas around napa, santa rosa inch. oakland an inch. 11/100 in san jose. mountains 75/100. that is good news. we know we could use the rain as much as we can get. we have more coming. let me show you what happens here. for the afternoon and evening hours, partly cloudy skies at the coast, that is how we will be tomorrow morning. into the morning hours it will become more widespread.

across the bay, inland, livermore, concord, san jose, east bay, low clouds, patchy fog. 9:00 burning off and by 10:00 a.m. we will be clear from the bay. that is what we have in store for the afternoon. looks like it is hugging the coast around 3:00 p.m. rest of us sunny skies. 40s, few upper 30s around santa rosa, napa. 40 around the bay. noon time feeling good, sunny skies. low 60s. santa rosa, napa, concord, fremont, cool in san francisco, 50s. second half of the day, low 70s, fairfield, antioch. morgan hill, and 60s around the bay area. when i come back a detail of these numbers and the possibility of rain coming back

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imagine explaining to your insurance agent you hit the gas instead of the breaks and slammed into a building. that is what happened to him this morning. he plowed through two fences, a tree, and then into a stairway at oakland's stanford house. the building is along lake side drive. the driver and people inside the building all walked away unharm. no estimate on damage. tomorrow the national rifle association will announce their recommendations for preventing gun violence at schools. it was announced in december in response to the school massacre in newtown, connecticut. the report will include training recommendations to prepare armed guards at schools with proposals for congress.

new information that shows washington has been cutting funding to help schools prepare for mass shootings. just how much funding has been trimmed. >> reporter: grant programs that help schools prepare for the unthinkable dried up in recent years. since 2,010,000,000s haven't been renewed. the obama administration eliminated funding, union used to hire school resource -- once used to hire school resource officers. >> school systems need a balance between hardware, technology and school resource officers and the human side of training people. >> reporter: they say there is still federal money to hire officers. in the past two years the

program, providing $60 million nationwide, tomorrow the nra is expected to announce trailing tip and proposals. leaders in connecticut say they have reached a deal on what they call the toughest gun control measures in the country. the push for tighter gun laws came after a gunman killed 26 people in newtown, connecticut. they are expected to vote this week on the laws. the bills would ban on large- capacity ammunition magazines like the ones used in the massacre in newtown, a new registry for existing high- capacity magazines and background checks for private gun sales. leaders at oakland internationalie -- at an oakland university are planning a memorial. a gunman is in a mental

hospital after being declared not competent to stand trial. two concert will be held. police are looking for two suspects after a robbery went wrong. look at this video from a shopping center in australia. this is whatnot to do when attempting to get away. watch -- right through the glass. after snatching a purse the thief took off running and he forgot there was a sliding door and he crashed face first through it. he was dazed. five pedestrians killed in three months, the new move to make san francisco streets safer. >> marching for immigration reform, why students, and experts say this year will bring big changes. medications?

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complete bay area news coverage continues right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 p.m. >> san francisco, one of the most walkable cities in the nation but tonight there are concerns about pedestrian safety after a series of deadly accidents. already this year there have been five fatal crashes involving pedestrians. ktvu's david stevenson is live in san francisco and tells us there are plans to improve safety. >> reporter: that's right. pedestrian fatalities jumped over the last two years and some say the city isn't moving fast enough to save lives. >> reporter: san francisco pedestrians drive it as a daily battle. getting from point a to point b without getting injured or

killed. >> you have to watch out for cars. they think they have the right of way all the time. couple times i have been almost hit. >> reporter: that risk is rising. bringing more cars and more pedestrians to the crowded streets. there were 17 pedestrians fatalities in 2011. 20 in 2012 and 5 this year. >> we are trying to reduce injuries by 25% by 2016. >> reporter: part of a plan put forth but some say mayor ed lee's administration isn't moving fast enough. >> we need action from our leadership. >> reporter: she says the city identified 50-miles of the most dangerous streets. >> if we fix 5 miles of streets a year, week cut injuries and fatalities in half. >> the goal is to get drivers

to slowdown. the mayor's office points to initiatives that includes lower speed limits near schools, and requiring new buildings to include a pedestrian safety plan. >> we will fund next year in our plan in funding projects for pedestrian safety. >> reporter: the city says it plans to spend $600 million to make the streets safer. an action plan describing how the money will be spent will be released this week. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. investigators say a woman who died in a car crash last night was likely distracted by her cell phone's gps. they identified the woman as a 22-year-old. the crash happened about 9:15 p.m. her passengers all survived with minor injuries after the

car over turned into a drainage. >> you are on a cell phone. >> the california highway patrol is putting more officers on the roads to catch more drivers. officers will be looking for people who are texting or talking on the phone. the average cost for a first time citation, $160 but those tickets can cost as much as $300. four officials are on administrative leave for failing to report accusations of sex abuse at the lesher center for the arts. those being investigated include lesher center manager scott denison, walnut creek arts, recreation and community services director barry gordon, his assistant director kevin safine and city human resources director sally rice. they are all accused of failing to notify authorities about allegations of child sex abuse. it was a parent who informed

police. the ceo of safeway saw his pay check dip. he made $9 million last year. that is down 1% from the 10 million he made before. safeway announced that he will retire in may after 20 years with the company. new housing development will be the topic of discussion tomorrow night during a city counsel meeting. the city counsel is set to hold a study session. the development proposed by safeway is a safeway store, retail space and senior housing. a study will be carried out after they submit a formal proposal. on wall street today, the dow is down 5 to 14,572. the nasdaq is down 28 at 3,239. the s&p is donw 7 to 1,562.

after reaching its all time high last week. it was positive news for tesla. they say they sold more than 4700 of its cars in the 1st quarter. that is more than predicted and that means they achieved profitability for the quarter. officials decided not to make a version with a smaller battery. the ceo hinting he has more good news that he will reveal tomorrow. airlines must continue to display the total cost of a ticket including tax in their advertised fairs. it requires airlines to display the total cost in ads. under the rule airlines are able to show the break down of the price, including taxes and fees. they think this will be their year.

a group calling for immigration reform celebrated with a rally and march. ktvu's allie rasmus is live in oakland and tells us why there could be changes to immigration law this year. >> the march wrapped up a couple hours ago and the people say the event was a warm up for a bigger rally in washington, d.c. next week. >> reporter: we are here and we are not going away was the chant repeated by protesters this morning. these students spent the last day of spring break paying tribute to cisar chavez. they say it is their issue, immigration reform. >> i came to the united states when i was like six. >> reporter: she wants to go to college but he needs to be a u.s. citizen first. >> my brother and sister were born here, i am proud of them but i want to be proud of me

too. next week she will head tee the u.s. capital to rally for immigration reform. >> we raised 50 tickets. we have been doing a lot of fundraising. going door to door. >> i think since the election this has been on the top of the agenda. >> reporter: she believes 2013 will be the year congress passes immigration reform. leaders reached a deal on a program. under the plan immigrant workers would get minimum wage pay. >> reporter: next week the u.s. senate will unveil a immigration reform package, that includes the program and other measures. live in oakland, allie rasmus,

ktvu channel 2 news. well, there is no sequestering as spring time tradition, what the easter egg roll at the white house today. >> and he returns to the same jock that nearly killed -- job that nearly killed him as he responded to a call. $4 doesn't really buy you much these days, huh?

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federal budget cuts didn't stop the white house easter egg roll today. a budget agreement kept it in tact. all part of the first lady's campaign to promote healthy living. >> over all we want you to have a good time. and keep moving and be healthy and kids eat your vegetables. okay? [ music playing ] >> the children that white house took home souvenir eggs. a teen accused in a crash that killed five members of a family this weekend is held on $3.5 million bail.  he is facing 7 felony dui charges. investigators say he was drunk when he rear ended a van

saturday morning. 80 miles northeast of las vegas. four adults and a 13-year-old girl from southern california were in the van and they were all killed. two others were injured. i am not happy about it. >> this is no joke, the highest taxes in california. >> partly cloudy skies outside, the stormy weather exits the area, as it does i see a new storm, when we expect the rain and what you could expect for your tuesday coming up.

many shoppers in the bay area are paying the highest sale taxes in the state to try to boost revenue. ktvu's cara liu looks at where you will be paying more. >> sales tax went up to 9.5%, one of the highest rates across california. >> the concern is we would lose business based on shoppers wanting to get the best value. >> i am not real happy about it, yeah, nobody wants to pay extra taxes. >> reporter: he says it will make a big dent in his bottom line, especially for large projects like this one. the coast of materials on a rebuild, that 1% translates into over $1,000.

others don't mind paying extra since it will help improve roads. >> i am in favor of it. >> reporter: 3 bay area counties, including santa clara, marine and san mateo county. 24 cities across california started paying higher taxes as well today. albany went up to 9.5%. for big ticket items, such as a car, $140 more in taxes, that is worth 2-3 tanks of gas. cara liu, ktvu channel 2 news. the white house said it put 480 employees on notice about potential furloughs. workers may have to take unpaid days off. he said pay cuts are also a possibility for other employees

if a deal isn't reached. new york city began shifting through debris from the world trade center today trying to identify more people killed. 1600 of 2800 people killed have been identified. this new work is taking place on staten island and will continue for the next 10 weeks. they will shift through 60 truck loads of construction debris from the twin towers and will work to identify remains with dna testing. dog steps into had role as david as he takes on a pitbull the size of goliath to save a 8- year-old girl. the dog jumped into action when the pitbull broke into his yard and attacked a girl. the dog took the girl down by the knees. that is when the dog got

between the girl and the pitbull. the owner said this little dog saved her life. >> they say she has a few hundred stitches up here. the eye was split open. [ talking at the same time ] >> and then another one here on her head. >> the girl is going to need hours of surgery to repair the wounds. the owners agreed to put the dog down. one of the first female grades of princeton is offering advice to female students. >> start thinking sooner rather than later about having children with a man who will support your curiosity, applaud your achievements, who won't be threatened by you. >> she wrote an op-ed for the

paper. to avoid marrying a man who isn't as smart as her. the falcons that live on top of san jose citiy haul have neighbors. -- city hall have neighbors. they are the parents, this is a video on youtube of the newborns. the parents had three eggs hatch on easter sunday last year. in san francisco today they held their 35th st. stupid's day parade. [ music playing ] >> the group describes them as a light hearted poke of religion and the religion of business. >> as you see there, no rain in san francisco then. but it was raining when i drove

in this morning. let's check in with rosemary orozco. more rain is headed our way but we will get a break between now and thursday. the final bits of shower pulling out of the area and all i could find is clouds over the mountains as well as parts of the east bay hills. if you look it is tough to find a few bits of moisture. it is right here, does it look familiar? it will take the same path and bring us rain thursday between now and then, we have sunny skies for the afternoon, mild conditions. i believe fog will be a factor tomorrow morning with the moisture. let's look at the forecast here. clouds over the mountains, mentioned that. tomorrow morning, you can see it is widespread. low clouds, fog across the bay, inland, south bay, north bay.

9:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m. burning off and out of here. tuesday looks good into the afternoon. wednesday afternoon, these are the high clouds associated with the system. if the storm stays on its path we are now into thursday morning, during the morning rush, we have wet weather. that is the next time we will see that chance of rain. bring it on. for tonight, temperatures in the upper 50s, 60s into 6:00 p.m. hour. 8:00 p.m. 50s in the forecast. evening, partly cloudy skies, fog develops late, 52 degrees around the region into 10:00 p.m. tonight. tomorrow morning, temperatures a cool one. 40s. 43 santa rosa. 49 oakland. 46 morgan hill and for the afternoon, a few low 70s with sunny skies for the second half of the day. 72 fairfield.

73 antioch. 70s morgan hill. 66 oakland. 63 san francisco. mid-60s for the north bay. 67 santa rosa. extended forecast there, we have the morning clouds, we get past 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., sunshine for the afternoon. wednesday sunny and showers thursday. friday looks partly cloudy skies, and we may see rain return over the weekend. we will track that, of course. >> thank you. back on the job. >> the job is, you know, has its dangerous moments. >> he suffered heart attack while responding to a fire. he will hear from the firefighter as he returns to work for the first time in several months.

san jose firefighter is back on duty after suffering a heart attack on the job. >> i feel healthy. i feel strong. and it is great to be back. >> he suffered that heart attack last august while battling a fire at st. patrick's. quick action by his fellow firefighters saved his life. he was placed in a coma for six days. this morning there was a

special breakfast and lots of hugs for him as he returned to work for the first time in 7 months. >> the job is, you know, has its dangerous moments. but i think the rewards are more than the dangers of -- i was looking forward to getting back. nothing really changed. >> san jose firefighters never left his side while he was in the hospital for three weeks. they also raised money to fly his family to san jose to help with his recovery. >> how about that? don't be alarmed if you see police cars and fire trucks because all week long they are cutting training -- conducting training exercises. they will include the city's hostage negotiating team and some people dressed up as victims. fake smoke may be used in some of the drills. >> coming up in 2 minutes,

police are raising eyebrows with a map showing homeless people where they are welcome and not. >> hear why experts say more and more seal pups are being found stranded and starving.

the city's plan targeting the homeless, why it is not sitting well with many living on the street and two san francisco police officers have a plan to lure young people out of gangs and we are there as they put it in action. complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 p.m. >> good evening. i am. i am julie haener. >> and i am frank somerville. >> police have implemented a new plan that directs homeless people into certain zones of the city. telling them where they are welcome and where they are not. ktvu's rob roth is live with what prompted this plan. rob? >> reporter: we are in downtown where we have seen few homeless people here today, because many have received this map discouraging them from coming to areas where police get complaints