. complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is the 10:00 news on ktvu channel 2. a holiday weekend escape to the water ends in tragedy for an east bay boy and now authorities are warning people to heed the warning signs. >> good evening, i'm ken wayne. >> i'm heather holmes. >> there is heartache for an east bay family an that young boy drowned. he was with a friend when he suddenly fell into the water. ate hernandez is live in antioch, with what she has learned from authorities. >> reporter: heather, the canal has fencing on both sides and even a "no trespassing" sign, but it wasn't enough to keep two boys

from playing near the water's edge. with equipment in hand, contra costa firefighters couldn't bring good news to the family after he disappeared into the canal's water. >> the only thing i saw was a sliver, annobody was in sight. >> reporter: he says the younger boy tried to save the 13-year-old, but when he couldn't, he ran for help. >> ways outside on phone and i saw the little boy running and he was soaking yet. >> reporter: they were playing in a area where no swimming was aloud. >> looking for lizard and throwing rock and things like that and i guess maybe they got too close to the edge. >> it doesn't look like it's moving quickly, but it's moving very quickly. >> the murky waters run 6-8 deeps and currents running 9 miles per hour depending on the time of the day. more than two hours after falling in, they covered the 13- year-old's body a quarter of a mile away. >> everybody knows that the current under the top of that canal. >> reporter:

they do everything that they can to keep the kids out and barricade and do whatte can. >> reporter: the contra costa water district says patrols routinely check it. >> it was built for agriculture and now it's the primary water source for 500,000 contra costa residents. >> i think this canal needs to have more fences, newer fences. fences that are unable -- or difficult for kids to climb. >> reporter: we have been told that the boys were cousins and that the 13- year-old was visiting from oakland. in antioch, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. a bay area waterways can be tempting especially for young people, with deadly results even for older and stronger teens back in february of 2011 a 16-year-old and 17-year-old fromthth walnut creek drowned. new video tote an alleged drunk-driving

accident in vacaville. police say around 6:45 a 21-year-old fairfield man hit a 16-year-old walking across the street. police say the driver took off on foot after the crash. officers say his passengers called him up and told him he needed to return tot scene. investigators say that the driver turned himself in and was charged with felony drunk driving. pois say the teenaged girl is expected to survive of the one officer on the scene says he doesn't know how that girl survived the crash. that accident is another reminder why there is such a heavy police presence tonight and through the holiday weekend. happening now, dui checkpoints are in place in several bay area cities, ktvu's debora villalon is live in san francisco, where police are checking drivers to make sure they are legal and not impaired. >> reporter: ken, they are looking at driver's licenses and driving behavior.

this checkpoint is on the embarcadero at broadway. a major thoroughfare for city visitors. it's a traffic stop, first of many. >> did you have anything to drink tonight? >> no. >> reporter: this driven accidentally ran a light. >> i am sure he would be disappointed to get a ticket or hit a car. don't distract the driver. >> reporter: a warring, but so many calls this holiday weekend won't end so please. ly. last night on interstate 280 in san francisco a motorcyclist hit the guardrail and flew off his bike, plunging more than 50 feet to his death. possibly impaired, speed and overcorrection hallmarks of dui. >> they realize that they drift off the lane and they hit hard to the other direction. >> reporter: in the 12 hours since special essence formats started chp has made 58 dui arrests on bay area

freeways. down from 72 in the same period last year. and statewide numbers are encouraging, 375 arrests last year, dropping to 362 this memorial day launch. >> i would like to think that is part of the reason why we're here is to reduce the number of impaired drivers on the road and if the numbers are going down, hopefully it's because of our actions. >> san francisco is a year- round magnet for nightlife, but never more so than during holiday periods. the idea is to keep the impaired drivers from getting on the brings a moving menace. three weeksing into east bay a 20-year-old woman now accused of manslaughter drove the wrong way on highway 24 and drove headoon into a driver that was killed. >> law enforcement around the bay area is putting time and energy into sobriety sobriety checkpoints.

>> you hear of these horrible accidents that involve people that are just random victims of someone who has been impaired. >> reporter: so far two hours into this checkpoint, they have screened about 150 drivers, but pulled only one out of line for field testing and breathalyzer test and he passed, but as we all know the night is young. more details on the federal push to lower the legal threshold for drunk-driving. earlier this month the national transportation safety board recommended states adopt a blood-alcohol level of .05, as the maximum. instead of the current .08. there is no sign of action from the california legislature. investigators are trying to determine what sparked a grass fire in the alta monte pass that shut down parts interstate

580. that starts obone side of the westbound lanes east of livermore. traffic slowed to a nail's pace. a fire battalion chief tells ktvu news that the fireone point jumped the freeway and ignited grass in the center divide. nen was hurt. dozens of concord residents are back home after a brush fire prompted evacuations of three apartment complexes. this fire started behind the complex at the community park. fire crews contained that fire in less than an hour and say 8- 10 acres burn adyou been no one was hurt. six people are without a home tonight after a fire tore through a san josi home this morning. firefighters arrived at home on timerview court just before 4:30. a family of five and a guest were all asleep inside. they all managed to escape the flames. one was treated for a minor injury at the scene. family though was in process of selling the home. . >> the family is supposed to

have a show and tell today, an open house for the house today. all of their worldly possessions were boxed up in the garage at time of the fire. >> it took firefighters about an hour to get the fire under control and investigators say this fire started in the garage, but they don't know what caused it. rallies were held all over the world to raise awareness about genetically modified organisms, including several rallies in the bay area. >> we have spinach and kale. >> demonstrators including occupy the farm members planted feedling plant seedlings at justin herman plause. in albany, activists returned to protest a planned development there. they remain camped

there tonight. in portland an estimated 6,000 protesters held a peaceful march against monsanto, the st. louis company says it's generateical engineered seeds are safe and produce plants that are more newt risser and yield bigger crops and opponents say the gmos can harm the environment and the health of those eating those foods. activists call for labeling of genetical modified foods. turning to our continuing coverage of the disaster in oklahoma. families in moore are spending the holiday weekend going through the debris of their homes officials say about 1,000 homes were damage order deployed to moore and neighboring areas last monday. 24 people were killed, and about 33,000 people are directly affected by that storm. and the storm brought an abrupt end to the school year as classes were canceled early.

today students from moore's three high schools gathered for back-to-back graduates in oklahoma city. as andy rose reports today tonight it because a bittersweet day for those who lost so much. >> well, i never expected to end senior year like this. >> reporter: sharon liston is a math teacher at westmoore high school and liston lost her home in monday's devastating tornado and says dozens of students showed up friday to help clear the wreckage where her house once stood. >> it looks'd like a wall of students with trash cans and sacks and they literally picked up every stick within the three acres there. they did an awesome job. >> reporter: liston isn't thinking about our own tragedy. >> today is the kids' day. today is nothing about tornadoes. today is for those kids, who are graduating and hats off to them. >> reporter: graduating seniors sierra tumblson's farther also lost his home and her mother is a teacher at briarwood elementary, one of two

elementary schools leveled by the force of the ef5 twister. , but it's not getting in the way of the milestone. >> it's tough with all that is going on, but we have to just look forward and think of the best for everything and we happy that we're graduating and able to move on. >> seniors, please change your tassels. >> . [ applause ] >> reporter: and with the turning of the tassels the class of 2013 becomes a symbol of oklahoma's resolve to move forward. andy rose, ktvu channel 2 news. bay area volunteers are hoping a labor of love will help list of the spirits of some young tornado victims. organizers plan to send 100 superhero capes to children in moore, oklahoma. volunteers are kiss the toad creations gathered and worked all day on creations for boys and girls. the groups a founder says. q. children put on a cape, it sets their imaginations free. >> it's going to take they out of all of horror and what they

are dealing with even now in shelters. it's going to give them a preponderant to open up and say wow, people really do care. >> along with the capes the group is sending clothing and other necessities to storm victims. since 2008 involvements have made thor than 12,000 capes for children with disabilities and life- threatening illnesses. >> the head of the ntsb is, deby hersman says it's important to pinpoint what failed in thursday's collapse to see if similar failures could happen across the country. that bridge fell into the skagit after being struck by an 18-wheeler. a subaru and truck were plunged into the river and three people survived. >> one survive says when he saw the bridge falling he thought it was a dream. >> i just watched the bridge

collapse in front of my eyes going about 60 miles per hour and slam on brakes there is not much you can do. even though the car hit the water, the water was filling in so fast, i didn't think i would be around a who'll lot longer. >> bryce kenning was able to kick open the passenger door of his subaru wagon and escape. when he got him, his family cried, hugged and ate and calmed down watching a kweisi mfume of episodes of "the office." >> dozens of vunteers step up their search for a missing man. a dubious record reached this week at u.s. airports, the dangerous item found on dozens of passengers in just one week. also, celebrating the spirit of determination. thousands athletes reclaim the

finish line of the boston marathon after last month's deadly bombings mary gonzales had a cold, she also has asthma. so she sees her allergist who has a receptionist susan, who sees that she's due for a mammogram.

mary has one that day. that's when she finds out she has a tumor. she has a successful surgery and because her health provider has an amazing connected system, she has her life. i don't know what you have but i have kaiser permanente. kaiser permanente. thrive j-dozens of volunteers scoured san francisco's ocean beach area searching for a man who vanished during last weekend's bay to breakers race alex saffage. >> reporter: dozen of searchers were out today, passing out missing person flyers. this is part of a growing effort to find 27-year-old beau rasmussen, who

disappeared shortly after he finished wowing the bay to breakers. >> it's heartbreaking, it's someone's son, someone's brother and great guy and that is what friends and family are for. >> reporter: this weekend they attended a briefing that was turned into the command center for the search. the klaaskids foundation is helping rasmussen's family who has come down from oregon and his dad told me he is trying to stay optimistic. >> i go barton between back and forth between these amazing scenarios between the feeling that my son drowned. >> his clothes were found at ocean beach, along with his phone and credit cards. rasmussen lives in emeryville and works for an alternative energy company. >> he was working on things that he loved. he had co-workers that he valued.

i met them all when i got down here and it's like a big pavl. >> reporter: about half a dozen san francisco police officers took part in today's search, even though the investigation is heading up by emeryville police. so far, authorities don't have reason to believe there is anything criminal about rasmusence's disappearance. the family says they don't have plans for any more organized searches, but won't leave the bay area until they find beau. alex saffage, ktvu . we have new details in a shooting involving an alameda county sheriff's deputies. we know the name of the suspect who was killed. >> tell me who got hit! >> deputies have pulled ovan suv, when one deputy went to the passenger side, the driver sped off, dragging the deputy.

other deputies opened fire and 32-year-old brodrick huggins was shot to death. one deputy was wounded and authorities say a loaded gun was in the suv. an investigation is underway aftera man being arrested by sacramento police died after he was struck he repeatedly with with an officer's baton and sprayed with pepper-spray. police say they were called to this metro store last night by a clerk who says she was afraid of a man who was acting belligerent. police say when we re unae to subdue the plan, he end up getting physical and overpowering one of the officers. >> a police officer is being held down by the suspect and beaten? >> yes, sir. and that officer, she was behind him, the lady officer was hitting him from the back. but because the guy is a big guy, so he was just beating the police officer. not feeling any hits from the back. >> police say at least two citizens and a security guard saw the struggle and tried to assist the officers by kicking and striking the man. officers say when they took the man into custody they noticed as we unresponsive.

he was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. cause of death has not yet been determined. the tsa says in the last week agents have seized dozens of guns, many of them loaded at airports across the country. the agency says 65 firearms have been found on passengers trying to get through airport security. 54 of them were loaded. that beat a previous record of 50 weapons seized. one of the firearms discovered this week was confiscated at salt lake city airport. agents say it was strapped to a man's prosthetic leg. this season of graduation speech one of the shortest was among the most powerful. >> find your purpose and go for it. starting tomorrow, you can change the world, the nation is counting on you. >> that is former arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords speaking to graduates

at bard college. her speech lasted about a minute, but students say it will stick with them. gifford's house, former astronaut mark kelly also addressed the graduate and scissors his wife's shooting has redefined the word "courage" for him. >> thousands of runners and walkers finished the final mile of the boston marathon race. [ applause ] . marathoners said they ran and. >> they did a few surgeries to get the shrapnel out and the leg safely closed again and i can't run, but i can walk, so i am here supporting the whole cause and excited about it? >> the bombings last month

killed three pel and injured more than 26-0. bomber suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev is due in court. ktvu's patti lee shows us the obstacle facing drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. >> reporter: crossing highway 1 at the road takes patience and courage. >> well, i try to wait for not too many cars, because i don't want to get hit. >> reporter: this stop light is supposed to make it safe for pedestrians and bikers. it was added last fa and supposed to go live last december. >> amazed that they haven't gotten the light light on. >> the spotlight is part of a massive renovation that includes building paths that connect mill valley and sausalito. you still copyright cross had road safely to use it:there is a detour under the bridge, but it's unpaved and often marshy. traffic is another issue. >> it was a slow, slow ride.

>> reporter: the stop the is supposed to make it easier to turn to the popular beach. drivers have the same problems as pedestrians and bikers, trying to get across the highway without getting hit. margin county engineers and caltrans were unavailable to comment, but saying that their concerns about the crosswalk being ada compliant are and should go live by july. a flex soldier stabbed while on duty. the questions being raised about this brazen attack. first two trains collide that causes an overpass to buck. and federal investigators are now on the scene. flooding in texas leaves two people dead and what people are warned not to do ahead of of more rain. and clouds are moving back into the bay area. we'll break down rain chances for your memorial day. i'm going to dream about that tiramisu.

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. in missouri all seven people injured by a train wreck are now out of the hospital. early today a freight train broad-sided another train, derailing it. those railcars then smashed into an overpass, support pillar causing it to publicly. most of the people hurt were passengers. national transportation safety board is on site, investigating the cause. french police are investigating today's attack on a soldier, that is connected to the brutal killing of a british soldier earlier this week. french police say a man with a nigh for perhaps a box cutter stabbed the soldier in the neck near paris that soldier is expected to survive.

a spokesman for the french police union says the attacker appeared to be north african. scotland yard arrested three more suspects in the case of murdered soldier. the 25-year-old soldier was tacked by two men with knives. video foot autoage shows one of the suspects telling bitake the standers he was acting in retaliation against british forces for killing muslims. the two suspects were shot and wounded by police and arrested soon after the killing. they remain hospitalized. in other news of the world, the radicallic lebanonize hezbollah have been fighting along side pro-azad pro-assad fighters. fighters hezbollah is regarded as a terrorist group by the

u.s. government. in the ukraine, about 100 gay rights advisits march in the country's first gay rally with the protection of police. a religious activist broke through the police line and started to slap down banners held by marchers. in all 13 people were arrested for trying to break up the march. gay-rights activists called today's march a victim victory in the fight for equal rights. food waters are receding in san antonio, texas, but more rains are forecast after flash floods left two women dead. the area was hit with 10" of torrential rain. one woman was swept away after climbing tot roof of her car. in another case, crews tried to save a woman trapped in her vehicle. >> we had firefighters in the water, on a boat, trying to save a 60-year-old lady in leon creek. broke the window, one of the firefighters ended up cutting his hand and ended up in the

midst of getting her out and the currents changed and washed the vehicle away. >> they rescued more than 200 people today. the mayor is asking people in san antonio to stay home tonight and avoid driving if they can. an openly gay athlete makes history again. the major announce from soccer star robbie rogerses. we're not being rude . >> coming up in three minutes giant fans crossing picket lines and why food vendors walked off the job at it's game at at&t park. and putting up quite a show in the state of yo. the event that brought the best yo-yo performers to golden gate today. you kids should count yourselves lucky.

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get in, ktvu's lorraine blanco reports that concession workers walked off the job over stalled negotiations. >> surround the silhouette of a hall of fame pitcher, a battle, between workers and concession centerplate. >> we want our wages and pensions and we want job security and respect. >> reporter: the workers including cashiers, prep cooks and bartenders have worked without a new contract sin 2010. union says the average worker makes $11,000, not nearly enough for julie nordman to live in the city. >> one stand clears at least on a day game about $25,000 to $30,000 per stand and maybe more. so there is a lot -- and we haven't seen any of that. >> we're not being rude, but don't buy the food. >> a hot dog and garlic fries might be standard at a giant's game, but today union workers want fans to refrain. as you can see, that might be too much to ask.

>> they have to do what they have to do and i guess the people that come to the game have to do what they have to could. that is part of the game is having a beer and hot dog. >> centerplate offer a 1.7% annual wage increase that they say on top of the best compensation package in the industry and think that the timing of the strike on a holiday weekend is bad. >> it's an unfortunate and possibly illegal strike by and we think it's a slap to in the face to veterans on memorial day. >> they plan go back tomorrow hoping to return to the bargaining table. >> in san francisco, lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. long time talk-show host gene burns has died. he debated political issues often with a libertarian

viewpoint and hosted a weekly food and travel show. in 2011 kgo changed formats and bushes along with other radio hosts was laidost. burns was 72. today president obama asked americans to remember servicemen and women. because of that courage, because of that america endures and that is the purpose of memorial day, to remember, with gratitude, the countless men and women who gave their lives so we could know peace and live in freedom. >> mr. obama will lead ceremonies at arlington national cemetery including the traditional laying of the wreath at the tomb of the unknowns. >> boy and girl scouts spend their holiday weekend honoring veterans, placing flags on the graves of veterans. and openly gay athlete is

about to make history again. robbie rogers is returning to soccer as a major league player, becoming the first to play a major sport out of closet and told the associated press he will join the l.a. galaxy. rogers retired in february when he announce his sexual ownerration in a blog. he says he is touched by the support of family and friends and adds that being day is "not that bill of a deal." >> some of the top yo-yo performers wowed the crowds at golden gate park today. the moves there, dozens of people competed in the 16th annual bay area classic yo-yo championships. crowds gathered to watch elaborate yo-yo twirls, twists and loops. a panel of yo-yo judges happened out of the awards and turs out there was a tie for the main category. gentry stein and luis enrique shared the top honors. congratulations. >> pretty cool.

all right, how about buying a piece of the king? i know this guy would love it. this is from elvis' estiate. >> that is a hunk a hunka house. how much somebody was willing to pay for a very old computer. and our meteorologist mark tamayo is up next and will let you know in showers will put a damper on our memorial day plans ♪

♪ [ engine revs ] [ female announcer ] small... [ engine revs ] wicked... ♪ and now... ♪ topless. ♪ the fiat 500 abarth cabrio. ♪ . well, temperatures have been cooling off this holiday weekend and that trend will continue, even a few more changes that could include a few rain cloud as we do approach monday for memorial day. right now on live stormtracker, the fog is making a comeback

coast side and already patches heading into the bay. the low cloud deck will increase in coverage over the next three to six hours across the region. all being transported by the wind, still a pretty gust winds out there, fairfield sustained sought identity of out of the southwest and more reports of half moon bay, 13 miles per hour. and you can see san josi out in the northwest, at 8 miles per hour. forecast headlines for tonight, partly cloudy skies, fog will be increasing. tomorrow some morning drizzle and once again gusty winds. for memorial day you can count on more clouds. santa rosa, 47 and san josi starting out sunday morning, 50 degrees. the overall weather pattern is this, quite a bit of activity to our north. this slides a bit closer for tomorrow. as a result morning cloud cover and could have drizzle around

the coast and near parts of the bay. then for monday, memorial day, definitely more cloud cover and as rain line is close enough that there is a fairly good bet of rainfall in the north bay develop big mid to late morning, into the afternoon hours. showers will gradually work south into the evening hours. so you will notice with the forecast model, drizzle tomorrow morning, lots of cloud cover and into the afternoon hours, skies becoming partly sunny, but remember that brisk wind still pays us a visit, around 20-30 miles per hour. monday morning starts out dry, lots of cloud cover and as i run this through monday, by 2:00, best chance of rain in the north bay, but still scattered showers towards oakland and concord. this begins to increase in coverage by monday night.

temperatures for tomorrow,60 and 70s. 60s towards oakland and san leandro and hayward, san josi forecast high of 68 and san francisco warming back into the upper 50s. carnival for tomorrow, temperatures as you can see mainly in the mid to upper 50s. a look ahead, your five-day forecast with your weekend always in view and heather and ken, there is that rain cloud for memorial day and we'll gradually clear things out and warm up especially by wednesday and thursday. at least at this point, good idea to think about a plan b especially for the north bay. >> thank you, mark. well, with the auction of a rare apple one computer was a record making today in germany. it was built in steve job' parents palo alto garage by

apple co-founder steve wozniak in 1976 and comes with the original tape player and keyboard along with a letter signed by jobs. only 46 of 200 apple one computers made still exist and, in fact, this is one of just six that is still in working condition. speak of big bucks there is a report that elvis presley's surviving family is supportive of the possible sale of much of the presley estate. core media group is selling the operations that oversees the tours of graceland as well as the music copyrights and royalties for more than a thousand of presley's songs. the buyer who have film rights as well as costumes and cars, if you are interested, it's $200 million and graceland itself is not for sale. the a's and sportswrap is next

. good evening everyone and welcome to this saturday night edition of sports wrap a 162- game baseball schedule is a long haul. sometimes in the middle of that stretch, a game become and instant classic and giants played one of those today at home against the colorado rockies after winning ten straight over colorado, the giants fell behind 4-0 and they were in danger of dropping five in a row. tied at 4, they can take the lead, lemahieu throws to the plate and bell is called out at plate. it's obvious bell got to the

plate before the tag of torrealba. the ball drops and marco scutaro keeps running and the throw comgoms into comes into arenado and bruce bochy reminds marr questions minds marquez he missed two calls and he is thrown out. tulowitzki with homer no. 1 on year. angel pagan at plate and crawford at 2nd, 1 out. >> pagan hits one high and deep to right. cuddyer back. it kicks away from everybody. pagan is being waved in! here is the throw to the plate. it is noin time! and that is the ballgame !