see there is edward. ktvu interviewed him in 2004 when he was head coach at kennedy high school. we were doing a story about the grade point requirements. making it difficult for students to get accepted. >> hurts a lot of our kids. most of our kids are throttling around the 2.5, 2.6 average here. we've been having problems with our test scores. >> reporter: sheriff's department spokesman told us he was booked on 21 counts of sodomy with a child under 14 years old. we do not know how many suspected victims there are or if any were from kennedy high school during the time edwards coached there. edwards isn't just a football coach. he's a local musician. this is from february of 2010. edwards performing at kimbells. he brought his mo-town style

music review to mill valley last december. the booking manager seemed surprised to hear the allegations and told me his dealings with edwards were pretty standard. the same can't be said for the $21 million plus bail. a source in the contra costa county attorney's office -- it allows officers akan arrest while they are collecting evidence. we know the district attorney will likely file charges on tuesday. in the news room, noelle walker, ktvu channel 2 news. a palo alto man is said to be extradited after the fbi says he killed four family members and then fled to the united states. 20-year-old kevin dahlgren was arrested yesterday after getting off a plane near washington, d.c. the czech justice ministry said that dahlgren killed his aunt and uncle and their two sons in their home.

dahlgren had been visiting the family for the last few weeks. a third suspect in a triple homicide last february has pleaded not guilty. 65-year-old francis dwyer along with two others is accused of reugted killing of three people inside a home in forestville. dwyer faces three counts of murder and one count each of burglary, conspiracy to possess marijuana for sale and conspiracy to sell or transport marijuana. continuing coverage now on growing safety concerns surrounding the bay bridge. we're learning the eastern span of the bridge has a design similar to the bridge that collapsed after being hit by a truck up in washington state last night. david stevenson joins us with why both bridges are considered functionally obsolete but we're being told the bay bridge is safe. >> reporter: the investigation into the washington state bridge collapse has just begun. cal trans officials are talking

with officials in washington state and they're inspecting bridges, certain bridges here in the california state to prevent a similar accident. cal trans officials tell us they're talking with washington state transportation investigators about the possible cause of the i-5 bridge collapse. >> we know that the bridge was hit by a truck carrying an oversized load. what exactly caused the chain of events to occur, they're still investigating. >> reporter: cal trans is dispatching crews to check the measurements of some of the bridges. >> any bridge in california that has an overhead clearance of less than 15 and a half feet, we double checking to make sure all the bridges have the proper signage. >> reporter: engineers say it's a signature move because many -- significant move because many bridges were build with a clearance height of about 14 feet. >> it's hard to modify something like this and create more vertical space. >> reporter: an engineer

specializing in bridge collapses. >> you can make -- before the entry to the bridge. if there is an impact the impact occurs on the barrier. >> reporter: add have caste group says yesterday's collapse shows the urgent need to fix the aging bridges. >> 40-year-old bridges become 50-year-old bridges unless we make repairs and replacements. >> reporter: aging bridges are particularly an issue in california. many state bridges were built to last at least 50 years. many are at least 44 years old. some much older. reporting live on treasure island, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. more details on the bay bridge and its safety issues. work began yesterday to fix the broken bolts on the new eastern span. that is scheduled to open on labor day. a hearing on wednesday should determine if the date will have to be changed. go to ktvu.com to watch david stevenson's special report on

aging bridges. you can find it under hot topics. an elderly cyclist was hit by a school bus in the south bay. crash happened just after 2:00 this afternoon. the chp says the 82-year-old cyclist's legs were stuck under the bus. none of the students or the bus driver was hurt. in hercules, firefighters race to put out a grass fire that burned dangerously close to several homes. paul chambers ask here with how that fire also shed light on a bigger issue going on there in contra costa county. >> reporter: thankfully for this family the fire didn't reach their home. they were planning to have a graduation party in the backyard. as you can see, the fire destroyed their deck. >> got real close. >> reporter: kenneth shows us how dangerously close the flames came to his home. >> got close. >> reporter: contra costa

county fire district says around 11:45 this morning they got a 911 call for a grass fire. carson wasn't at home but is thankful to his neighbors for their efforts to help save everyone's home. >> his relative was spraying the water. as much as they can. trying to keep the flames down the hill. >> reporter: fire officials were able to get things under control. for those in the area who saw the fire station shut down last year due to budget cuts. >> reporter: this particular location -- >> this is about equally located between the two fire stations. normally we'd have two engine companies responding from those stations. >> reporter: in all, west county lost two fire stations. still had to serve 100,000 residents. officials say the fire danger is really high and the season started two months earlier than

in years past. this weekend they need you to be extra cautious. >> everything is tinder dry. we want everyone to be very safe while they're out there. your firefighters are working hard to protect you. but please help us. >> reporter: fire officials say preliminary reports state cal tran workers were mowing the grass on a hillside when the mower came close to a rock, it hit the rock, caus and started the fire. fire danger continues across the bay area. in about 14 minutes, bill martin tells us how warm it's going to get and also some interesting changes ahead that could possibly even produce some rain. memorial day weekend is considered the unofficial start to summer. more and more people will be pulling out their barbecues. june and july are peak months

for grilling fires. you should make sure you keep your grill clean, keep it away from your home and never leave it unattended. happening now, the memorial day holiday commute. you're looking live at interstate 80 and actually it looks slightly better than it did when we looked an hour ago. it is still pretty bad here. a lot of drivers making their way to their holiday destinations. aaa says 34.8 million people will go at least 50 miles away from home this memorial day. nearly 90% will be traveling by car. half dome at yosemite national park is open for business. visitors are being reminded about a deadly disease that some people came down with last year at the park. robert handa here now with the changes in place since the outbreak. >> reporter: well, we have already seen a lot of people arriving today. taking in the scenery and

getting the jump on the big crowds expected for a weekend that usually attracts more visitors than any other holiday. there are many spectacular reasons why memorial day weekend is often the busiest time of year. it's because this is falls are surging with melted snow. >> we planned our trip around that. planned about a year in advance so we could be here when the falls are in their glory. >> reporter: major roads and trails are clear. including glacier point. today rangers made sure is felt like the start of summer by opening up half dome. workers put in the handrails last night. >> it's iconic. it's one of the highest peaks out here. not many people know. just about anybody can climb it. if you're not afraid of

heights, just about anybody can come out and try their luck. >> reporter: rangers are anxious to replace bad memories from last summer when some campers were infected with honta virus. several people died. the signature cabins were replaced. rob and pat foster says new tents and updates from the park reassures them. >> i've been plenty of places where i had to be careful to keep stuff above mice level because it's always around. >> reporter: public health officials confirm there have been no new cases since the outbreak. rangers are advising visitors to leave early for the park and to consider using public transportation. live at yosemite national park, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. happening now, thousands of people are at great america to celebrate pride night. the annual event kicking off pride month in the bay area got started at 5:00 and it goes on

all night. tonight's entertainment includes performances by wendy williams and alex noll. new at 6, a california state senator says despite the boy scouts voting to allow gay scouts, he'll continue to push a bill that would eliminate the tax exempt status of a discriminatory youth group. the youth equality act. the bill would eliminate corporate tax breaks for youth groups that discriminate on the basis of sex, gender or religion. the boy scouts are heading in the right direction, but they they aren't doing enough. >> i think they will eventually get there to a point where we have a fully inclusive policy. there's nothing in statute from protecting lgbt youth from future organizations. >> the act passed the governance and finance committee last month. it's late may, but we might not be done with the wet

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people up in northern california are cleaning up after an earthquake last night. you see what happened there. it knocked things right off of store shelves and caused other damage as well. it was a magnitude 5.7 quake. it was centered near lake almanor. it was felt in sacramento, reading, reno, even in the bay

area. new at 6, elder financial abuse totaling more than $1 million. those are the accusations a bay area banker faced today in a courtroom. mike mibach with how this case is now crossing state lines. >> reporter: that's right. we found another alleged victim, not in the bay area. instead in the state of oregon. we did so on a day when linda foss entered a plea in court. didn't 112. >> it's tough being in jail. >> reporter: the attorney says his client is a 62-year-old east bay banker facing a stack of charges. >> we're trying to work it out with the da. >> the district attorney's office takes elder financial abuse very seriously. >> reporter: my request to get the camera into the hearing denied three times. -- >> i've seen dirty work happen.

>> reporter: she's one victim. today we found another one. >> going over everything at this point we seem to be out $140,000. >> reporter: speaking from grant pass, oregon. marty told me she once lived at this house for 30 years. when she and her husband moved to oregon, they left a lot of money with linda. >> you think you know somebody and you're friends for nearly 30 years. and how can a person -- she must get the oscar. >> reporter: back at court, her mother-in-law seen with foss treated her like her own daughter. now she's missing more than $600,000. >> her husband, my father-in- law, worked very hard for his money because he wanted to provide her with all that security. so i'm angry today. >> reporter: linda foss is in jail. her next court appearance is

set for june 27th. live tonight in oakland, mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. the head of the northern california tea party says she has seen an increasing number of threats toward her group since it announced plans to sue the irs. >> it accelerates at times. usually when we put on rallies i'll get nasty e-mails. they're always untraceable or phone messages onour answering machine. >> the norcal tea party patriots says the irs violated its rights. the irs has admitted to conducting added investigations of conserve tiff groups that were seeking tax exemption. a committee decided to put 144 bills on the shelf. measures requiring condoms for adult film actor and a 10% tax on bullet sales. the state senate put dozens of bills on hold yesterday.

lawmakers cited high costs. a tax reform group thinks lawmakers want more public support before raising more taxes. >> i do think they want to see that it's not the legislature but that there's really a support and grass roots support for these measures. >> the 72 bills the senate held would have cost the state more than $3 million. the assembly bills could have cost $2.8 billion. the head of nasa was at the research center to see new technology that could reduce the cost of space exploration. nasa administrator charles bolden joined to learn more about the phone sat mission. engineers say they've taken regular cell phones and created small satellites for just a few thousand dollars each. >> when you normally send a spacecraft. with this you're just using

things that are commercially available that are millions and millions of these pieces around the world and just taking one more and send it to space. that's how it can get so cheap. >> three smart phones have been launched into space. all three have transmitted data and images back to earth. holiday weekend, basically here for most of us. as we look outside, we've got not a lot of cloud cover over the bay area yet. that changes sundand monday. temperatures today were on the mild side. winds not as strong. oakland at the airport is 21 miles an hour. that's a west wind. west wind in napa of 14. that's what you'd expect. fairfield, 21 miles an hour. santa clara valley, san jose. sfo, winds to 25. winds are going away. it has been the story about windy conditions. not so much. now it's more about cloud cover that's going to move in and temperatures that are going to

stay on the mild side. overnight lows will be chilly again. as we go into tomorrow, another nice day. temperatures generally are going to start to trend down. the high pressure that sets us up with nice weather on saturday is going to kind of bump south. this low comes in. gets close to us. that is your sunday and monday forecast. that system moves in. increasing clouds on sunday morning. maybe drizzle. some increasing clouds. on monday, mostly cloudy, partly cloudy. maybe wet weather too. very light. forecast model, 8:00 a.m. saturday morning, fog at the coast. 7:00 a.m. sunday morning, a few high clouds. a little bit of fog at the coast. sprinkles showing up. here's our monday concern. monday afternoon, this system is going to glide down. mostly cloudy memorial day. maybe some drizzle. this tail end drags through

monday afternoon, evening. don't change your plans. it's not going to be super sunny, super warm. it's going to be cloudy. forecast highs tomorrow, 77 in antioch and brentwood. 72 in san jose. 67 in san mateo. five day forecast. not a bad looking weekend. a little cloudy sunday and monday. just nice looking weekend. >> ready for it to begin. thanks, bill. coming up tonight on bay area news at 7, remember the tampering case? the new twist that suddenly leaves this case closed. plus. a family of foxes has taken a liking to living at facebook. an exclusive look at their new digs. we hope you join us. if that doesn't get you to, i don't know what will. we'll see you at 7 on tv 36. fred inglis joins us next with the sharks explanation for last night's lackluster performance. the happiest place on earth

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theme park opened bright and early today. the parks will continue to stay open until 6:00 tomorrow morning. the last time they were open for 24 hours was on leap day last year. mark is off tonight. fred inglis is here. sharks better step it up. >> coach said last night's effort was the worst of their playoff nine games. sharks lost just two home games they need to find a way to win sunday night or else the playoff party is over. the loss put the sharks on the brink of elimination. the when san jose was down 2-0 in the series they kept insisting we're the better team. the sharks gave themselves a game report from last night a d minus. >> i don't think anything was working. we don't fore check. power play wasn't good. our game was bad. everyone in this room has the ability to score goals. we need to start doing it. score zero you'll never win.

>> that's why guys were frustrate. we didn't bring the game we brought all playoffs. reset, come home. excited to play on home ice again. >> last night the bay area sports hall of fame inducted four more members. each spoke with humility and grace. brent jones recalls making the team as a walk on. >> i looked across the huddle and there was a number 16 staring at me like, who are you? and all i could think to myself was oh my gosh, i'm in the first unit huddle. and what i kept telling myself for about 10 seconds was whatever you do, do not ask for anybody's autograph. >> be sure to catch our legends of the bay special. we go in depth on those four inductees. sunday night, 11:00 p.m. on ktvu. a's are leading the astros in

houston. giants host colorado at 10. >> i want to see that. >> so many great inside stories about all four of them. they're all true guys. you can check that story on ktvu.com. the entire presentation is on there. >> thanks, fred. a gang of 10 thieves pull off a brazen robbery in livermore. what they were looking for and the connection it has to other crimes. >> thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we're always here for you at ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. thanks for joining us.

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