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new information tonight about what caused this yacht to capsize while training. plus what we learned about the olympic gold medalist who lost his life in that race. good evening everybody, i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. the catamaran that belonged to

andrew simpson flipped. simpson was tramped for eight minutes or so. he had won two olympic medals gold and a silver. the team was in the bay when the boat capsized. jana katsuyama tells us how this might impact the races now just two months away. but we begin with deborah villalon on treasure island. deborah. >> reporter: julie, we're looking at it right now. the red flat form upside down on a dry dock out there. the sad right lane in -- the sad remnant of a sad day. flowers only hinting at the deep loss they suffered at the

white caps today. >> what were the conditions out there? >> normal san francisco condition. always tough here. >> reporter: conditions familiar to 36-year-old andrew simpson. >> we haven't been at the top three of any event this year. >> reporter: simpson sailings had won olympic gold for england. he moved his family to the bay area moving the strategist to the contender. the others surfaced, simple simpsons was submerged between eight to 10 minutes. >> the rest were trapped. possibly not able to get out from underneath the vessel. >> it's a tragic day, someone that's very well known. and well regarded as an expert

racer. >> these high performance racers, wind and surf today were not exceptional. but catamarans with their two hulls can and do somersault. >> the result can be a lot more difficult or catastrophic. >> reporter: san francisco his are investigating. but the artimus team says it's focused now to its people. >> it's shocking experience to go through. and we have a lot to deal with in the next few days in terms of assuring everybody's well being. >> andrew simpson is survived by his wife and infant son. the same marine police team that probed last year's fatal crash off the ferrelon islands will look into this. deborah villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. we talked with a british

consul general. she said condolences are pouring in from the bay area and around the world. >> well because andrew was such an amazing sailor, this is already hit the news in the uk and tributes are flowing in for him and what he contributed to the world of sailing. >> reporter: she said the consulate is doing everything it can for his family here in the bay area. today's i said -- incident is not the first time the team has suffered tragedy in the bay. six months ago a boat flipped over and broke apart and was eventually fish out of the water and no one was hurt. in june of 2011, another oracle catamaran capsized because of high wind in the bay. one crew member suffered a

minor injury. and ktvu's meteorologist bill martin is here to explain the conditions at the bay. >> the winds railroad relatively strong. the winds are probably 18, 20 miles per hour something like that. as the story goes though the tide is high and there's a lot of bump out there. race officials tell us the accident that occurred was probably a pitch pull the. the bow of the boat moves in and then it pitches. you can see how easily you can get in trouble here because the winds in the speed with this boat. this boat is going probably 35 miles per hour then it stops almost dead. if you're a sailor you know how deadly this kind of accident can be. with this situation you can see

a very dangerous situation out in the bay with speeds up to 35 miles per hour. the america's cup racing series is the world premier race. racing is set to begin in july and continue to september. the louis vutton cup is set to begin august 17 and the america's cup is scheduled for september 27. our coverage continues with jana katsuyama. she is live in san francisco and has been looking into what may happen now as race officials prepare to move forward. >> you know the america's cup was really heralded as a victory for san francisco winning the bid over other sailing towns. officials tonight are taking a very hard look at what's ahead. the thrill and excitement of international sailing coming to san francisco bay has quited in

the face of today's tragic death. and today they extended their sympathy to the sailing community. >> our heart and prayers go out to the sailors family. i think we all did hope there would be more teams participating. >> as the sailing community grieves tonight it is still unclear how the fatal crash may impact the event. >> too early to decide. the adams team had two boats. this was their first boat. it wasn't their race boat. we have to review. >> reporter: what is clear is the catamarans are built for

speed testing the limits. >> it is so fast and so light and you know you're constantly you know at the very edge of what is comfortable. >> everyone is looking at what happens whether it be the design of the boat whether it be something about the course. whether it be anything about safety or search and rescue, emergencies, whatever we can do to learn from this terrible day. so it doesn't get repeated again. we do expect to get more answers tomorrow. america's cup officials are holding a press conference at 2:00 p.m. reporting live in san francisco. jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. this is not the first death during america's cup training. a spanish sailor died 14 years ago in the mediterranean sea. he was hit in the head by a piece of equipment that had broken lose. our coverage continues at ktvu.com. you will find more on andrew simple -- simpson as well as

unedited video. new video tonight of a wrong way driver in vallejo. the man had to be cut out of his car after a crash in the sonoma boulevard ramp. according to the chp the man drove the wrong direction off the off ramp at 7:30 tonight. then he narrowly missed a honda suv. hit a sign and crashed into concrete pillars which support the inner pass. the drive was the only man in the car and was taken to the hospital. the chp is investigating whether alcohol and drugs were a factor. the search is on for an exconvict suspected of killing three. they found the victims tuesday night. today s.w.a.t. teams focused on the town of petrolia after they found miller's truck there yesterday. so far there is no known motive

for the shootings but deputies say they did respond to a domestic dispute at that home last night. there are new questions tonight about the timing and the reason for the sudden departure of oakland's police chief howard jordan. the chief said he's taking medical leave but as eric rasmussen tells us political pressure may have been a contributing factor. howard jordan has said the decision was his to step down for medical reasons. law enforcement and other sources with direct knowledge confirm to ktvu jordan was suddenly called to a meeting at city hall before his announcement that he was seeking medical retirement. sources say it caused him to miss a 9:00 a.m. meeting with his officers it was only after that sources say the chief acceptability an e- mail to opds rank in file. >> was the chief called to a meeting before his announcement. >> this is about the youth conference. i would like to stick to that

focus today. >> oakland city investigator diana santana did not want to talk about it at an event. >> i personally was very saddened and surprised to hear the chief's decision this morning. >> reporter: yesterday mayor gene quan denied speaking to chief jordan and repeated that denial again this afternoon. today the mayor's staff said she did not communicate a request for jordan to step down. sources say thomas fraizer appointed by a judge to oversee opd was involved in discussions with the chief prior to him announces he was going to leave. >> i am going to announce the set of facts the chief has provided notice that he is on medical leave and taking steps toward a medical retirement. >> reporter: we reached out to chief jordan again and we have

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the school district is expressing their distress over a contract. >> is my job secure, am i going to have benefits for my family in the future. >> reporter: the district tells me it is paying 100% for teachers and their immediate family. they want to put an annual cap. >> i have two sets of twins.

i have a daughter with down syndrome. so you know medical benefits are extremely important to me because i have a child with special needs. >> reporter: it was standing room only as they filled the gymnasium. they say labor talks that started last week have yielded no results a state mediator stepped in two weeks ago. >> our spending pattern has to change. and that's why we're in the position we are. with the contract negotiation. >> reporter: teachers cannot strike unless the district imposes a new contract an action the district tells me is not planning to take. the next labor talks are scheduled for wednesday. live in san jose, amber lee, ktvu channel 2 news. the man suspected of keeping three women captive for 10 years inside his cleveland

home homemade his first court appearance. the judge set bail at $8 million. prosecutors said they may seek murder charges after castro forced one of his victims to have several miscarriages. prosecutors say the women were kidnapped between 2000 and 2004 then repeatedly beaten and sexually abused. >> the horrific brutality and torture that the victims endured for a decade is beyond come comprehension. >> two of the victims are back home with their families. the third victim michelle knight is still hospitalized in good condition. new video tonight of a badly injured san francisco man returning to his family in

georgia. we've been telling you about les rowe. he is a homeless man that was paralyzed. donations have made it eligible for rowe to fly from san francisco to georgia. a consultant just added salt to wounds. rob roth talks about the harsh words he had for the police department and his idea for slashing oakland's soaring crime rate. >> reporter: an outside consulting team all but guaranteed crime will go down if oakland follows the recommendations. >> i am not going to say. i anticipate i'm going to tell you when this is fully implemented this is going to have an impact on crime and reduced crime in this city. >> reporter: form emmett >> reporter: -- former new

york city police chief was not at today's press conference. the report found that one part investigator was assigned to 10,000 burglaries last year that robbery investigators were slow to respond to cases and analysis of bullet casings was also inefficient. >> we welcome the criticism because we want to get better and we've been working collaborately. >> reporter: they're working to make better use of resources. >> i hope the city will see more changes in the next week. we will have a more of crime trend down. >> reporter: mayor quan says even as the city searches for a new police chief, the

investigations will move forward. an oakland police officer killed in the line of duty 83 years ago was given special recognition today at an annual ceremony. >> ♪ >> officers were joined by the family members of fallen officers to pay tribute to their sacrifice. this year they added timothy dwayne to the department wall. he was killed in 1930 but somehow overlooked. the department received a letter from his great granddaughter asking that his name be added to that wall. oakland police say they have lost a total of 52 officers in the department's history. it's a few degrees warmer today. it's going to be a little warmer tonight. a little chilly. the rest of us are in the mid- 50s, low 50s. i think there'll be a lot of cloud cover when you get up for your friday morning. computer model lays it out like

this. a lot like this morning. even creeping into the delta. as we go through the day. sun comes out quicker. sunnier day, warmer day. these oranges are 80s. so we're going to see a warmer day tomorrow with temperatures a good four to 8 degrees warmer. it's the mother's day weekend. i'll show you which day will be the warmest and nicest for mom. i'll see you back here. we are getting calls into the channel 2 newsroom about a minor earthquake rattling the south bay it hit around 10:12 this evening about nine minutes ago. the epicenter is in the south bay. at this point no damage reported. bay bridge bolts put to the test. the work under way that will determine if the bridge can

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he has been called one of the bay area's most wanted men but today he is behind bars accused of dozens of crimes. the capture of demetrique storm and the peace it brings to several counties. >> berkeley resident bruce lee says it was tuesday when his 1978 silver porshe caught the eye of storm.

the location grizzly peak. the police got the call of a suspicious subject grabbing handles and they responded. >> he became violent and resisted our officers at first and tried to run. the officers were able to take him into custody. >> reporter: storm is accused of conducting dozens of crimes. he managed to escape a massive man hunt where he crashed a stolen vehicle. he allegedly pointed a gun at a woman during a botched burglary. >> it's a great relief he's caught. finally now i don't have to sleep with a handgun. >> and deputies and the residents are excited to hear of his capture. his most recent booking photo will not be released at the time. storm's first court appearance

set for tomorrow. a teacher was arrested this morning. bobby chambers works at jepsen's middle school. police say he was found to be in possession of a loaded gun, ammunition, cocaine and a small amount of marijuana. engineers are testing bolts at the new bay bridge to make sure the bolts are strong enough. the bolts are cut and machines down to precise test pieces. the lab then tests sample after sample to see what gives and what doesn't. these tests can help determine if the bay bridge can open up as planned on labor day weekend. the last original judge on american idol is call it quits.

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department demanded the owner of a gun that can create a 3d blueprint to take it offline. it was made on a 3d printer. the sacramento public library has one of those printers and it's been used to make all sorts of every day items. but yee says he is alarmed by a gun that can be made so easily. >> you can have terrorist, you can have criminals getting access to this committing rather horrible crimes and getting away with it and there's nothing police can do. >> reporter: and he plans to introduce legislation to ban the production of those 3d guns. the santa clara city council voted unanimously this evening in favor of the naming rights to the naming of the new

stadium. the niners announced that the the stadium will be named levy's stadium. san francisco's recreation and parks department is working on plans now to sell seats or something else from the old stadium. candle stick which is owned by the city has been home to the niners since 1971. candle stick is slated to be demolished once the niners move into their new home. atlantic aviation is once again trying to halt the construction of a private jet. the company filed a lawsuit against the project. the city awarded the project to a competing company and last month atlantic aviation filed an appeal with the city which was rejected. now, atlantic is seeking a restraining order with allegations that the project violates the airport's master plan, safety standards,

planning law, environmental rules and even the city's own municipal code. boeing's 787 dream liner is returning to the united states on june 1st. on sunday, the jetliner began its service but then it was grounded because of lithium battery problems. more now on our breaking news. if you are just joining us. we had a minor earthquake in the south bay about 20 minutes ago. that quake hit at 10:12 tonight with a preliminary magnitude of 3.4. the u.s. geological survey says that quake was centered 9 miles east of san jose on the calav era s fault. no damage has been reported.

ktvu's viewers are sharing their conversation on ktvu's facebook page. and a local law to protect consumers fromom toxins will so get a shake up. as ken pritchett reports some feel this vital protection is being weakened. >> reporter: should the simple act of kicking a cheese burger be reason enough to force a restaurant owner to put up a cancer warning sign or face a lawsuit? >> it's kind of ridiculous. that's the problem with us. we're sued for anything these days. >> reporter: some restaurant owners and even coffee roasters say they are being threatened by lawsuits because of natural fumes from grilling foods may contain s toxins. proposition 65 requires signs

at businesses. the signs are almost ebiquitous. but attorneys are abusing the law. >> this statute was never intended to harm small business owners who sell things like coffee and french fries. >> reporter: we found stacks and stacks of proposition 65 complaints filed by lawyers against restaurants and coffee roasters but none of those establishments we talked to wanted to speak on camera for fear of drawing more attention from lawyers. gato's bill would protect restaurants that grill food or serve alcohol or even parking garages that must have the warning sign. >> if you're going to sue a business owner and say a sign is not up. you're going to claim you're sign is going to be put up. let's give them 24 days to put

them up. >> reporter: chandler's firm has issued many prop 56 concerns cases where he's uncovered lead in lipsticks, classic rubber duckies. >> part of our settlement, burger king agreed to change all of their grills. every single one. >> reporter: chandler does more than file a complaint. they test products and when violations are found they seek changes in an effort to protect the public. chandler's concern is that goto's bill will allow regulators to place the sign with no consequence. >> they could simply speed down the highway and then be given a warning ticket. >> reporter: his target is lawyers taking advantage of a prop 65 technicality. >> a small business owner should not be penalized $12,000 for failure to put up a $2

sign. >> reporter: it's the end of easily lawsuits that this new bill intends to stop. ken pritchett, ktvu news. and if you have an idea for a ktvu special report e-mail us send your tip to i reports at ktvu.com. in our special report, last night we told you about the growing trend of prank 911 calls known as s.w.a.t.ing. now state senators have approved stricter penalties against people who make those phony 911 calls that send s.w.a.t. teams to a person's home. the measure goes over to the assembly. today in the assembly, a bill to protect transgender students is being released. it also clarifies the

definition of gender identity. the assembly also passed a bill that would make it easy for transgender people to change the name and gender listed on their birth certificate. daly city police are looking for a man who cashed a fraudulent check with a fake california i. d. the right imagine was taken from a surveillance photo and they say he walked into the first national bank on mission street about 5:20 yesterday evening and cashed a check that didn't belong to him. he presented a california i.d. with his photo and the victim's personal information. anyone who recognized him should call daly city police. missing at sea. in news of the world, the search for a couple last seen falling from a cruise ship >> chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking a system moving in for the weekend.

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investigators are looking for louie garza. garza and gomez were reportedly cousins. garza remains at large and may be headed toward the central valley. a house committee opened hearings on the boston marathon bombings and the gap in information sharing between federal and state officials. today's hearings are the first to be held by congress. boston police commissioner ed davis says the fbi did not share the information they had about tamerlan tsarnaev. >> before the bombings were you aware that the fbi opened an investigation into tamerlan. >> we were not aware of that. >> would you have liked to known about that? >> yes. davis added that its hard to say if having that information would have helped uncover the plot or even

disrupted it. three people were killed and hundreds of others were injured. in news of the world tonight in afghanistan. president karzite say they're ready to let the u.s. have nine bases. in return he want it is u.s. to commit afghan security and economic assistance. the u.s. added it doesn't want permanent american bases there. it's not clear if they jumped or fell accidentally. they were traveling with family and friends. it was only discovered they were missing when passengers disenbarked. and in mexico. a volcano erupted. everything and everyone was cover with that fine gritty ash.

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praising its sport like handling. >> it goes immediately. it responds. like in other car there's no shift changing. >> reporter: so seen here we went zero to speed ticket speeds. >> it's like having your own amusement ride. >> reporter: customers told us that rating has a lot of weight. >> it does make a difference. it make it is decision a little easier, yeah. >> reporter: consumer reports the car is not for everyone. the model they tested is expensive about 90,000 tkars and 90,000 -- $90,000 and needs to be charged every 2,000 miles. the long time challenge will be replicating its success. >> the car business is what have you done for me lately. you have to have a new model out regularly.

>> consumer reports did not give the model s it's recommended by rating saying it's hard to judge the reliability of the car which just came on the market last year. maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 news. and more details now tesla stocks soared on the news of the review. it was actually up 24% to close at $68.85. today we got a look at that massive drilling machine for the first tunnel of san francisco's new central subway. major -- mayor ed lee and other city officials dawned hard hats. drilling for the tunnel for southbound trains will begin next month. the system is expected to open in the next six years. cool out there tonight. fog and low clouds visiting your neighborhood as you head into your friday morning. tomorrow will be a little warmer than today. these are current numbers, 54 out in concord. as you head south you have 56.

hayward 55 and san jose 55 right now. daytime highs today were a little warmer. daytime highs tomorrow a little warmer still. as we get through the day, we're going to have this fog burn off very rapidly. we're going to see numbers easily in the mid- and upper 70s and plenty of low 80s warmer than it was today. warmer tomorrow, warmer right into your bay area weekend. that's the headline really is this warming trend that continues as you march through the bay area microclimates. mid-50s, upper 60s. get over the hill you're into the 70s. mid-70s, upper 70s up toward danville. and low 80s start popping up in the livermore valley. the forecast highs for tomorrow warmer. a nice looking weekend ahead as well. high pressure is building in. that's why today was nice. that's why tomorrow will be

nicer. this weekend it really plots itself down and gives us numbers into the upper 80s. coast side there will be some fog but plenty of clearing as well. still coast side mid-50s. around the bay, upper 80s over the weekend. 82 in brentwood and 89 in livermore. grass pollens are coming up. the moisture the humidity starts to come down a little bit. five day forecast then for the five day weekend in view. nice and fog at the coast. saturday and sunday it's in the sweet spot for upper 80s. sunday looks like is going to be the nicest day.

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