so many great young companies and companies that are changing the world that want to be a part of the game. >> reporter: a completely solar powered stadium with the latest in innovations was part of the equation. there was more. >> this will be the most philanthropic super bowl ever. 25% of the money we raise will go back into the community. >> we have $7.5 million raised. it'll be the largest legacy lefts behind. >> reporter: the bay area is full of special interests and highly competitive businesses. the 49ers and the bid committee are confident the whole region will benefit. >> usually you don't see these companies coming together for something like this. that's the key. getting everybody in the same vein to move forward. that's really when i saw when everybody was marching in the same line. >> reporter: the organizers

expect this to be a truly financial want benefits from the wine country to monterrey bay and every place in between. >> the 49ers and the city of santa clara nailed build a new great american parkway. robert handa is live with the super bowl celebration, preparations and problems the big game will bring to the south bay. >> reporter: anyone who has been driving by and watching the stadium being built has no doubt really that the stadium will be ready for super bowl l. while the community is celebrating today's announcement, it is also preparing for the problems that come with accommodating a stadium and a big event like a super bowl.

>> we won the super bowl. we got the super bowl. >> reporter: four santa clara leaders and community volunteers, today's super bowl announcement was a moment of almost pure joy with a touch of relief. >> we weren't sure until you hear the name. once i heard it, oh my gosh. it's like the best thing i've ever heard. >> i'm elated. i think i'm reflecting all the feelings in the room. >> reporter: some small businesses in the area treated the announcement as good news. they aren't sure if they'll be helped or hurt by the traffic. a local group that has questioned over the stadium financing and planning did not return our phone call. most people said the benefits of the stadium and the $300 to $500 million of possible revenue outweigh the expected traffic and congestion problems. >> they don't really have a downtown. this area will be built up. i think it'll be great.

>> we have been looking at it, studying it, sending people to look at other super bowls and learning by everyone else's mistakes. we're going to do it better. concern officials point out their super bowl bid did include having a good mix of freeways and transit systems. they plan to have on going public meetings. for now it's a time for celebration. the last time the bay area hosted a super bowl was 28 years ago in 1985. during the game joe montana and the 49ers beat the dolphins 38- 16. montana was named mvp. >> there have been a lot of promises made about hosting the super bowl. we wanted to know if the hype will live up to all the expectations. new at 6, tom vacar is here.

he did the math and joins us now. >> reporter: i got to tell you, in california's better than $2 trillion economy, even a super bowl is not a game changer. far from it. when the giants played the patriots last year, officials figured the metro area rang up an extra $325 million in league and fan spending. new orleans estimated $480 million there. that's got to be great news for santa clara's hopes because california hasn't hosted a super bowl in a decade, the bay area for almost three decades. >> we like to hope so. that's going to bring in a lot of people. hopefully they'll buy a lot of stuff. >> i think it would bring money to the area. yeah, i think it would be good. >> it's always a toss up. >> reporter: there is no doubt that a super bowl would bring a

new kind of fame and glory to santa clara. the question is, will it also bring a lot of money? >> i think in terms of what the bay area gains of one day's event, i don't think it's going to be tremendous. i think psychologically it's great. >> reporter: uc berkeley professor has studied the impact of super bowls on cities that host them. a lot of money will be made, but -- >> i don't think the workers of the bay area are going to see the economic wind fall whereas i think the owners of the nfl, the nfl itself and some top brass that are benefiting from this will certainly benefit. but for you and me, i don't think we're going to see any extra revenues. >> reporter: so his point, simply don't expect a lot of new jobs. some people always figure out how to make money, say those scalpers who will surely hit the mother load. ic will be here with his

take on what the super bowl means. >> it has been an emotional and grueling 24 hours since disaster struck in oklahoma. it looks like all of the victims and survivors have been found. the death toll stands at 24. including 9 children. a tearful reunion. her son. she's among the lucky ones. 7 children were killed at another school. a specialist from the oakland fire department andmen low park team on standby. today the national weather service upgraded the tornado to a rare ef5. that's the top of the scale.

this is newly released video of the storm as it ripped through the oklahoma city suburb. >> our gratitude is with the teachers who gave their all to shield their children. with the neighbors, first responders and emergency personnel who raced to help as soon as the tornado passed. >> president obama met with his disaster response team today. the federal government is rushing crews to the city to help clear the damage and help the thousands left homeless. >> the town of moore is in ruins tonight. reporter david chandly is live with some of those homecomings today. >> reporter: yeah, we are live in moore, oklahoma. the sunsetting. it's picturesque. we're on the fringe of that ef5

damage. spent the day here and talking to people here, they are still very much in shock. everywhere you look in moore are scenes like this. tornado survivors walking with what's left of their belongings. almost in a daze. still not fully comprehending what happened. >> it's still like it's something that happened somewhere else. but it's happened hire. >> reporter: long time moore resident al boggs rode out the monster tornado in his bathtub. he survived. >> i just thank god he took care of me. there's a lot of people that lost lives here and all the children at the school and it's just a terrible thing. people all around are just devastated. >> reporter: throughout moore, emergency workers and k-9s are going through the process of searching building by building, making sure there are no

victims in the rubble. they have plenty of work ahead. this used to be a medical center. this used to be a 7-eleven. megan harris rode out the storm at work. then rushed home to see what was left. >> there's damage but it's still standing. i grabbed clothes really fast. i had to walk about two miles to get to my apartment. >> reporter: while victims salvaged their belongings, the process of cleaning up is just getting started. >> we'll get through it. >> reporter: >> reporter: that they will. talking to folks here they've had tremendous outpouring from around the community. too many volunteers. they said some of you come back in a couple weeks because all of this is going to take months to come back. good news is though is things are starting around here to get back to normal. in and around the tornado zone, not so much. live in moore, oklahoma. turns out a woman from

martinez is among those who lost her home and nearly everything else in that tornado that ripped through moore, oklahoma. eric rasmussen just talked to the woman's family members. >> reporter: katrina and her brother grew up here. they've been 1600 miles apart for many years now. never was that more difficult than yesterday when that tornado destroyed his home in moore, oklahoma. >> here's the entryway. >> reporter: this is cell phone video of what's left of the home in oklahoma. >> here's the living room. here's the kitchen. >> reporter: she sent the video to her family in martinez after first sending a text that she was a live. she was working in oklahoma city when the tornado hit. >> it's a lot of emotion to all kind of hit you at once. >> reporter: anthony is katrina's younger brother. >> i want to do something. if i have to go to oklahoma and

build her a house brick by brick i would do that. and all she can say is i don't know what i need, but i need to find my dogs. >> reporter: during this interview. >> whatever you do just is helpful. >> reporter: katrina called with sad news. >> what? you found gia? >> reporter: one of her two dogs did not survive. zeke on the right is still missing. >> i just want to hold her. i just want to hold her. >> reporter: in a disaster that killed at least 24 people, this family is grateful katrina and her family survived. even found inspiration in the rubble of her home. life is good. support for his sister has been pouring in here at home and online. he says she still needs all the help she can get. she is staying with friends in

oklahoma for now. live in martinez, eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. after a week of dangerous heat we're settling into a pattern of mild temperatures. big changes are on the horizon. i'll detail what it means. in 5 minutes, accused of embezzling millions. the 200,000 pieces of evidence that are making for a complicated court case. more power than 10 atomic bombs. >> showing you how strong a tornado can be. look at them kids. [ sigh ]

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we have more information tonight about a beloved long shoreman who died in a freak accident. today his union sent us this photo of manuel stimson. he was a resident of frank.

the union says the 78-year-old was in a truck helping direct container traffic when somehow that truck plunged right in. the richmond police chief says he found cash scattered across the sidewalk after dinner last night and is now looking for the owner. he put the money into an envelope and told us at first he thought advertisements were going around. he wants to get it back to its rightful owner. >> i hate to see anybody who is working hard for money lose it in a way like that. i'd want to return it and make sure it gets back to its proper owner. >> in order to claim the wallet and money the owner must be able to describe its contents to richmond police. an elementary school principal is on leave.

laurie james is on leave along with an unnamed teacher. brentwood police tell us their investigation cleared the teacher of wrong doing, but it wants to know if proper procedures were followed. school employees must tell authorities of any claim of abuse as soon as possible. in this case police were not contacted for 10 days. six san francisco school administrators accused of siphoning millions of dollars meant for students and classrooms. john sasaki was in the courtroom today where prosecutors said they're wading through hundreds of thousands of pages of evidence. >> reporter: this afternoon those six current or former school employees all appeared in court. it was an unusual scene in a san francisco courtroom. stood and faced a judge this afternoon in their criminal

case. >> it's about embezzlement. it's about fraud. >> reporter: they are accused of creating a slush fund of $15 million of public money. >> trish strongly believes her innocence and believes the innocence of the other women. >> reporter: prosecutors say trish was the ring leader and she is facing a total of 94 felony charges. >> she did not set up a slush fund and steal money. the board of education signed off on every transfer she did. peel people were aware. >> reporter: prosecutors accused women of diverting money. adding there are 200,000 pages of discovery. >> once we review the evidence and review the discovery, i think a better idea of what this case is about. >> reporter: parents were

disturbed by the accusations. >> if it's true then it's really a shame. sort of undermining everything that the parents are doing for the school. >> horrible to do that to children. you're taking money away from children. future of san francisco. >> reporter: the accused are out on bail. they and their attorneys are due back in court in july. noto in oklahoma. experts upgraded the storm to the highest ranking on the scale today. it's a tornado capable of actually lifting buildings off of the ground and tossing cars right through the area. >> this is about 55 miles an hour. the wind in oklahoma was 200 miles an hour. that's 15 sometimes stronger. >> that's john fowler. he stepped into a wind tunnel in moore dan hill. he had to brace himself against the winds that were much weaker

than the ones that devastated the city of moore. >> part of the country has called tornado alley for good reason. >> since 1999 there were three major tornadoes that essentially took the same track through the same town. >> the energy was greater than 10 atomic bombs. >> still tornado watches and advisories in that area. what you'll see are those boxes indicating tornado watch and thunderstorm warnings. we have strong weather. most has moved east of the oklahoma area. for us we've had a big cooldown via this weather system. it's a big spinner. if this was early march we'd be

getting rain out of this. the system is just going to be enough to bring in those winds to stretch out the marine layer. today to the tune of maybe 20 degrees in some places these strong winds. look at san francisco airport. that's 35 miles an hour. that's a very strong wind. winds are coming on. it's continuing to cool temperatures. want to is going to be chilly. daytime highs today. saw some in antioch. remember yesterday? we hit 90s. big drop off today. the winds drop off a little bit. they're there tomorrow morning when you get up. in the afternoon, 20, 25 miles an hour. not as strong as today. the major cooling was today. temperatures tomorrow kind of flat lined for a while. bay area fire danger has taken a bit of a reprieve because of

the strong winds. this moisture and the cool air has increased the fuel moistures out there and the humidities in the atmosphere. that's helping at least with the fire situation. helping with your allergies too. greens are 60s. forecast highs for tomorrow. not as warm as it was. like tod tomorrow. cooler out there. temperatures take a trend down. this low pressure sticks with us. it kind of lingers for a while. that's why we stay in this mild weather pattern. 72 in frank sonoma. yesterday will be the warmest day of the week by far. 72 in morgan hill. patchy fog returns to the coast. we're in this pattern. real hot, had issues with fire danger. everything just a 180 in terms of weather. we're into a mild pattern that starts to warm up in time for

the holiday weekend. monday we'll see 80s showing up again. >> thank you, bill. coming up on bay area news at 7 on tv 36. santa clara is far from the only bay area city celebrating. why charities are cheering the announcement. closer look at apple's big day on capitol hill. where the company pays taxes and does business. the excitement is already building for super bowl l. >> mark ibanez is coming up next with his take on all the hype. ♪

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mark was there the last time the super bowl was in the bay area in 1985. what can we expect when the big game comes around this time? >> i was there in a professional capacity while working for channel 2. traffic is not going to get any better. in the lead up to the week, a lot of fun. you have major players in town. a lot of excitement. you can't even explain the atmosphere. great reaction when the commissioner made the announcement. the stadium will host. the pressure is now on the 49er

players as a team. to bring home a super bowl trophy. that's according to the head guy. >> coach and trenton know what the expectations are. i think they've done a great job the last two years. we expect them to keep working tirelessly. i don't expect anything less from either one of those guys. but again, we like to keep raising the bar on each other and hopefully. i won a super bowl. now they need to win a super bowl. >> yeah, he won a super bowl all right. giants play later tonight against the nationals. a's in action against one of the best pitchers in all of baseball. there he is, the big right hander from japan. so far oakland getting the better of him. unleashed a big swing. ninth of the year. a's leading in the 5th inning 1- 0. we'll have the full

highlights of that game tonight along with giants trying to win a couple in a row. that's the supporting life right now. we'll have fun come 2016. >> a lot of fun. >> thanks, mark. botched surgeries, deadem l virtually impossible to find out about your doctor's mistakes and the new push to change all of that. >> thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we're always here for you at ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. good night.

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