police made an arrest of the mother after witnessed called 911. they found an unattended baby in distress inside the car. >> all they heard was a baby crying. they looked in the car and saw her skin was flush with tears. >> the baby was sweating. police found the mother shopping. >> she knew the child was there and said the windows was down. >> reporter: in court today the lawyer said one car window was down 4 inches. the temperature 76 degrees. i asked san francisco state heat stress scientists for his opinion. >> 105 degrees. after just 20 minutes temperatures could be fatal for a child. >> reporter: the baby was

unhurt but 32 u.s. children died of heat stroke in cars. the baby was released to her father. the court ordered her to receive child safety counseling and she was told to return to court in three weeks. health and science editor john fowler ktvu channel 2 news. a 17-year-old accused of shooting a toddler in oakland has been ordered to stand trial. a judge ruled there is enough evidence for frederick coleman to face a jury on murder. he is accused of killing hiram lawrence, jr. when he shot at a group of people in november twenty 11. -- 2011. child molester who volunteered as a church was sentenced today. mark gurries was given permission by a official to volunteer at the festival in

october. but today he admitted working with the children was in violation of his probation. he was convicted of child molestation in 2010 and is required to register as a sex offender. san francisco's police chief is backing down from his -- down from his plan to arm police officers with stan guns. ktvu's david stevenson has more. >> reporter: he said it would be a waste of time and money because the officers would be limited on when they could use them. >> reporter: san francisco police chief greg suhr said today that for now he is giving up on a program to arm 100 officers with stun guns. >> we will go another way. >> the goal was to find a less lethal alternative but he said restrictions would keep them holstered. >> if you have a tool and you can't use it, why have it?

>> reporter: some groups say they aren't safe enough. >> the idea they are harmless is false. they carry a risk of injury and death. >> the chief will search for other alternatives. they use bean bag shotguns similar to these. there is also training aimed at keeping officers having from having to draw their guns. >> folks in crisis are a dangerous to themselves. >> reporter: he said a stun gun could have presented aed a death last year. he told us the police commission is to blame for the chief's decision. tasers do save lives. it is indefensible that san francisco can't figure this out. san francisco is one of the

last major u.s. sates does not -- cities that does not arm police officers with stun guns. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. happening now, protesters gathered in san francisco to demand that guantanamo bay be shut down. as you can see some of the demonstrators are dressed in orange jump suits. they support the 150 prisoners who have been on a hunger strike for two months. they gathered at 7th and mission streets before marching for a vigil. dozens of people will be without power after a water main break this afternoon. a viewer sent us this video of water gushing down the streets. check that out. the call came in before 1:30 p.m. this afternoon and crews had the water shut off in an hour,

however 67 are still without service today. they will take several more hours before the main is repaired. unemployment dropped last week. the number of people looking looking for work fell to 345,000. the decline comes after three weeks of increases. much of the volatility is due to the easter holiday but last week's drop in applications could signal that hiring is picking up in april. many veterans coming home from war are facing a new mission, finding a job. ktvu's jade hernandez spent the day at a job fair. >> reporter: more than a month since he got home from his deployment. >> really hard right now, the economy, i guess, is turning up. >> reporter: but if he doesn't

sound convince, it is because fellow veterans are not getting hired. it is not because they don't have skills. >> i am interested in it field. i working on my certification. i have background in communication. >> his resume overwhelms somebody in the civilian word. >> respect the chain of command, a lot of professional that comes out of that. >> the fact that they served in the armed forces, their morales are in place. they are honest. >> his business allows for a vet's easy transition. >> we designed this program for the veteran. >> reporter: it will take organizers six months to determine how many secured a job today but sponsors say the odds are good.

his chances of walking away with a job rose to 90%. >> since the program's inception we had 18,000 vets hired directly. >> once they come out if they get provided the opportunity they will sell. >> reporter: in san jose, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. foreclosures are down significantly. numbers showing they are down 56% from last year. a million are under water owing more than their home is worth. banks aren't doing enough to staff foreclosure abuse. -- stop foreclosure abuse. in richmond community members gathered to demand banks reduce mortgage principals for those under

water. 49% are in that situation. the report found 900 richmond homeowners lost their homes last year. >> we believe the banks are not doing enough to keep the people in their houses and also to -- it would benefit the city. >> the lost homes cost the city $216 million in lost home value and 1.4 million in declining property tax revenue. day after chevron announced the move of jobs, the ceo received a 30% pay raise. a filing shows his total pay for 2012 was $32.2 million. that is after he took a cut to his bonus and comes the same year as the fire. google may make a deal with

officials investigating it for violations. officials say they made an offer of concessions aimed at selling the two year investigation -- settling the two year investigation. a probe ended in january. investigators say there was no evidence the actions armed consumers. they will return $1 billion to share holders this year. the ceo said he is confident they will be generating more cash through new markets for gaming, workstations and data centers. stock closed down a half percent. 4 cities are on the list to be the permanent home to the paton office. they are looking at these

offices. it is unclear when a decision will be made but the new office is scheduled to be open by next year. university of california at berkeley officials showed us a newly renovated teaching lab. the new lab aims to give students a place to learn to make new products. officials would like to see more products. >> we need to develop better technologies. students need to be trained on the hardware side as well. >> it is part of the electrical engineering department. and paid for by a 50 from texas instruments. breeze out there and temperatures down 15 degrees in parts of the bay area. the rebound expected tomorrow and the warmest day this weekend. >> first, learning about mental illness from google. the insight researchers gained.

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only on 2, ktvu's rob roth heard about a string of home burglaries in san francisco and someone may have spotted the culprit. he joins us live now in the city with the picture police are passing along. >> reporter: two homes have been burglarized in the past two days and there have been several other break ins but investigators may have a lead thanks to a fast thinking gardener. >> they popped this open. >> reporter: she showed us how one burglar got into her home

yesterday afternoon. >> went upstairs, started opening drawers. >> reporter: that is where police dusted for finger prints. >> invasion of your property and then it makes you feel insecure. >> reporter: her laptop is missing. her gardener saw a bag in the backyard so he ran to the front and took this picture of three women walk away. police now have it. >> it will be given to all police officers throughout san francisco and that picture will show body descriptionsbe passin in that area looking for those women. >> reporter: investigators say there have been five burglaries since february. it is a small neighborhood. we spoke with a resident who says her home was burglarized tuesday and thousands thousands

of dollars are missing. it appears their neighborhood is a target. >> really late i will notice a car driving up and down and casing the area and stopping at different points. >> putting a cut off broom stick in the track of a sliding glass door. whatever it takes to hardthen target -- harden the target. >> reporter: if this picture looks familiar give police a call. recording live -- reporting live in san francisco, rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. we heard about this story from a viewer, you can send us your stories, just e-mail us. new information involving the investigation that uncovered employees of the san francisco public utilities commission sharing pornography and gambling on the job.

two of the 17 supervisors involved no longer work at the p.u.c. the rest were demoted. >> the action we are taking was fair. >> the gambles involved office pools. music programs are returning to some schools in west contra costa county. last night 7 schools were chosen to have their programs restored after budget cuts eliminated them four years ago. two full time teachers and a part time teacher will be hired. it will cost $200,000. two san francisco schools received a special honor today. the superintendent named them as california distinguished schools. it is given to schools that demonstrate a strong commitment

to improving academic achievement. these two schools have gone the extra mile to provide high quality education and put students on a path to college. dozens of people protested today calling on lawmakers to shut down the developmental daycare centers. >> the protest follows reports of poor conditions and abuse at the centers. these facilities care for the developmentally disabled. >> we have to set up a society of zero tolerance. >> they are calling for the state to create an independent office to look into the abuse allegations. researchers are using google to look how mental illness are linked to seasonal changes. a study analyzed data from

searches. they found google searches for certain mental illnesses surged 14% during winter months. they included anorexia and schizophrenia and bipolar disease. it was nice out there today. it did cool off 10-15 degrees in some places. 78 in fairfield. 77 in antioch. 72 in morgan hill. 70 in san jose. right now it is warm outside. san francisco, you get a sea breeze coming in. sea breeze at san francisco international airport. away from the sea breeze, 70s but that will change and temperatures drop into the 50s. over night lows will be chilly because this weather system slid through. over night lows tonight will be

in the mid-40s. upper 40s and low 40s into the north and east bay counties. chilly as you get moving around friday morning. cooler than this morning. highs tomorrow come up a couple degrees. it was a brief knock down in the temperatures and then they will climb bag up. tomorrow clearing skies. warmer. couple degrees. weekend, dry forecast, with cooler weather into sunday and that is the main weather feature, sunday night and monday period, might get a weak system and might create strong winds on sunday night into monday. not dissimilar from last weekend. here is a system off shore. the high pressure that has been owning this. as it gets closer to us it pushes clouds in and fog. but temperatures going to warm up. 78 inland tomorrow. maybe 80. north into fairfield. the computer model shows fog showin along the coast.

and then it goes away. a few clouds filter in friday afternoon. not a big deal. these are the highs then for your friday. and you got 72 in san jose. 76 in morgan hill. 77 livermore. warmer than today and next day will be warmer. not as warm as yesterday. yesterday was the day, right? mid-80s. a record in santa rosa. five-day forecast, nice looking weekend, sunday night and monday might have wind, drops temperatures on monday and might be a sprinkle too. >> thank you. coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36, when it comes to distracted driving in san francisco, not just cell phone they are talking about, the extra mile authorities are going to improve safety. and a business owners impires

his employees -- inspires his employees. join us for these stories and more on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. >> high-speed rail hits a new skid. what could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.

there is new criticism that high-speed rail officials are underestimating travel times for the system and that could result in financial losses. the report found that if the high-speed rail is not as fast as promised fewer people are likely to ride it. that means losses. >> this is a bad finance plan, bad business plan and this report demonstrates it. californians are going to pay subsidyies forever. subsidies forever. >> it will cost $68 billion. mark joins us now. on sunday this is the color. >> somebody wants that jacket that color some sunday. most would be happy to get a

hole in one on a putt putt court let alone opening with an ace. that is what he did. first ace at a masters since 2004. par 3, 780 yards. can't do it better than that. 2 over 74 for the day. tiger woods? hasn't won a masters since 2005. lays it up nicely. not quite a hole in one but a bird. looking for his first major since 2008. the co-leader is sergio garcia, 6 under 66. beautiful birdie putt there. he never won a masters. he had plenty of trouble with his past masters. the san francisco giants moving these days with a swagger. doesn't matter if they get behind they feel they can win. early enough to make a baby cry the way san francisco is

performing. down 5-0. key play right here. two outs. grounder that allows hunter pence to score and it opens the flood gates for san francisco. pablo sandoval goes down and gets it. to left center field. the giants tied it 5-5 and a little icing on the cake. slicer to left center field. adds another, 7-5. here is your play of the day. check it out. pagan, angel pagan with a beautiful catch to rob the cubs. not overly impressed with the catch. but it doesn't matter cub fans because the giants won it 7-6. a's trying to continue their win streak tonight, we will have highlight said at 10:00 p.m. but that is the -- heights at 10:00 p.m. but that is the sporting life.

[ talking at the same time ] >> long season for the cubs. i tell you that. >> thank you, mark. the debate on gun control prompted people to load up on ammunition the impact this is having on bay area police agencies who are running into shortages and thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we are always here for you on www.ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. thank you for joining us. good night.