obama's approval on the -- arrival on the peninsula. >> and a huge geyser making a mess out of a street and we are learning this isn't the only water break in the city right now. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 p.m. >> good evening. hello. i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> 10-15 minutes ago president obama arrived in the bay area. we saw him get ought of air force -- off of air force one. ktvu's patty lee and ktvu's cara liu at moffett field where air force one just touched down. >> we saw the president greeting a group of 50 folks here, invited guests by the white house. we see a number of families with children. we saw him saying hello to him.

there is so many people here, i am having a difficult time seeing. hopefully you can see our picture. the vehicle is starting to roll at this point. the folks here, we heard a loud cheer from them as the president arrived and said hello to folks out here. >> the president arrived early, didn't he? >> he did. air force one touched down around 5:40 p.m. this afternoon, 15 minutes ahead of schedule. that is something that folks here were not expecting. >> all right. cara liu live in moffett field. thank you. and on the agenda tonight, the fundraiser in palo alto. the president is headed there right now. ktvu's patti lee is standing by outside that event with what people are staying about this

visit. >> reporter: the president is expected to arrive in this neighborhood in less than an hour and you can see here to greet him is a crowd. a band of protesters. they finished playing. thishowed up an -- they showed up an hour ago. they want to let the president know they want him to reject the excel pipeline and two blocks away are a group of supporters. 100 guests who paid $2,500 and up to meet the president. >> feel so lucky. >> reporter: he never dreamed he might play host to the president. >> i didn't go to college. my mom raised six of us. to attend the reception cost $2,500 a ticket and a dinner later, more than $34,000 ahead.

two steep for many. >> it is a great president. he has a lot of support here but it -- you know, doing a public aexperience wouldn't heard -- public appearance wouldn't heard. >> do you have open space? >> no. >> he tried to catch a glimpse on the president. >> every time he comes here he comes for fundraising. but we are here to just see him. >> protesters are an indication that president obama's popularity lost some luster. critics hammered the president about stopping in california only to raise money. it is clear president obama still has a lot of fans.

we walked over to show you protesters. they are also with the excel pipeline. there is a group protesting anything. police are treating folks. game over for different types of environmental issues. i would say there are 150 people on this side of the protest line and the barricades were put up at 2:00 p.m. this afternoon. they give a two block radius before the protesters and the home. patti lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >> and we caught up with the hostess of the fundraiser earlier today. she says it is not every day the president visits your home. she spent the day making sure everything was in place, the house was spotless. she admits it is nerve-wracking having the president as a house

guest. >> you do all the things you wanted to do. paint your bath room, change your flowers, that is what you do. >> she says she is hoping it is a memorable night for the 150 who are attending the fundraiser. we will have more coverage on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. he will be in palo alto. after that the president will head to the valley for another fundraiser and at 10:00 p.m. a complete wrap up. the weekend is almost here and temperatures are expected to really heat up. mark tamayo is in for bill with a look at how hot it is expected to get. mark? >> we start to warm up today. a big range in temperatures. lower 60s towards the coast line. 70s around the bay. warmest locs inland -- locations inland, 85-86

degrees. fog keeping things cool as you can see. the fog hugging the shoreline. this will become compressed and dense fog for the shoreline. temperatures right now, lower 80s to report towards concord, fairfield, antioch. tomorrow morning, the fog a factor once again. dense tomorrow morning, 6:00 a.m. near the coast, highway 1, around the bay. into the afternoon, reds link up with mid-90s. coming up the highs for your neighborhood and we will highlight the hottest day of the weekend. the warm weather is expected to bring big crowds to the beaches this weekend. ktvu's health and science editor john fowler is live at ocean beach with a warning about big waves and strong currents. john?

>> that's right. it is chilly right here. even though it will get warm tomorrow. peach here have abandon. a few surfers right now. the swell is getting bigger. now surfers say they are excited about tomorrow's big swells but on ocean beach today life guards were warning warning when the waves get big from the south, and with the tides, even wading can kill. >> chillychilly at -- chilly at first. >> rip current could pull you quickly way from shore so stay in shallow water at this beach. >> he was warning that things can get riskier tomorrow. the next two days the risks go up, the swell increases to 10 feet, from the south and strong tidal currents. that increases the risk of rip

currents that sweep people out to sea. he took this video today. 10 people have drowned here in the last 15 years. they are urging people to be safe. keep your eye on the water and children and unless you are a surfer here is the best advice, keep your knees dry. reporting live at ocean beach, health and science editor john fowler ktvu channel 2 news. we are following developing news that we told you about in the past hour, crews are dealing with four water main breaks across the city. water gushing out of the street. another break is confirmed at web street. the fire department received several 911 calls about sidewalks buckling. we will get more information for you and we will bring it to you as soon as we get it. a muni passenger is in the hospital after a gunman opened

fire about 2:15 p.m. this afternoon on the 19- polk/bayview hunter's point line. investigators say three men got off the bus and began shooting into a rear window. the driver drove immediately to san francisco general hospital. the man who was injured is expected to survive. police are looking for the gunman. a senators ties to a water district in california prompted the fbi to raid his office. >> at capitol hill protesters called for a wider look in the wake of tuesday's fbi raid. he has not been seen in public since the raid. the fbi has questions about a bill that he authored benefiting a water district where his brother was a consultant. new details about a bay

area credit card fraud ring. ktvu's david stevenson learned why credit cards are more vulnerables than other parts of the world. >> the man -- vulnerable than other parts of the world. >> reporter: he bailed out of jail this morning. ktvu channel 2 news learned he was released pending an investigation of theft and forgery of credit cards. the investigation came after bounty hunters tracked him down tuesday night at this apartment building. >> i saw california i.d. didn't look real. looked like their first one. >> reporter: he took him into custody and says they found credit card numbers and gift cards that came from save mart stores. he says cloning the cards is simple, using devices found

online. >> usually they recall buy a device, which you can run and record the information and a device that writes that information to another card. >> reporter: the sis a billion dollars industry and most credit cards in the vulnerable. >> most countries switched to other cards. >> reporter: police aren't saying much but we know he will be in court next week on a domestic violence charge. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. the oakland police department remains closed following a flood earlier this week. they are still cleaning up the water damage from tuesday's leak at the headquarters. police expect to resume services monday. trip to the beach, be wear, who could be behind a scare

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environmental impact report. the complex covers 176 acres. apple needs to knock down several buildings. the deadline for public comment is july 22. apple finds itself in another legal battle. they have joined a lawsuit filed by a dallas company. the suit alleges apple's technology imfringes one of its patents. the plaintiffs are seeking monetary damages from apple. property taxes are on their way up for 130 down homeowners. they reduced reduced the value of many homes but now that the market is recovering home values are going up. that is good for homeowners but that means property taxes will be going up. they are calculating the average increase but some could expect a bump of 13%.

the oil spill is paying off for sausalito. the ship struck a bay bridge tower in 2007 spilling oil into the bay. the owner is paying $40 million to repair the damage to the environment. some of the money allows them to rebuild their public fishing dock. the peer will open next january. new at 6:00 p.m. fake shark warning signs in santa cruz. some say surfers are putting the signs up. ktvu's ken pritchett with the sign that caught many people by surprise. >> reporter: when the surf is good the water is thick with surfers and that may explain the motor of this phony sign. >> parks didn't make the signs up, we didn't post them. >> it fab ruicates three shark

encounters. some were surprised. when you read the flier things get fishy. >> i thought it was real till i saw the last line. >> it ends with surf, 5-miles to the west is another surf spot. atis the punch line. >> reporter: it suggests surfers go to another beach if not stay out of the water for 48 hours. >> apparently the surf -- >> good. >> good. >> wow! >> big swell is coming in and will last for the next two days. many believe the person wanted the waves to themselves. >> it is a big ocean. i think there is room for everyone. with that i am going to go put my wet suit on. [ laughter ] >> reporter: there is a serious side to this. the parks department says just

posting this flier is the same as filing a false report. there was a radio station that reported the flier as news and then had to issue a retraction. ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. looks like lingering fog got in the santa cruz area. fog hugging the shoreline. different to the east. showers and thunderstorms developing in the sierra with lightning strikes to the east, and south of lake tahoe. we have this. the fog. the fog out there. over cast conditions for monterey bay, half moon bay, golden gate bridge. away from this clear skies. setting up with a big temperature range. winds speeds still on shore. fail field, 22 miles per hour -- fairfield 22 miles per hour.

oakland 20 miles per hour. san jose 15 miles per hour. half moon bay 8 miles per hour. tonight coastal fog, breezy out there. tomorrow we warm up, especially inland. sun and cloud mix. tomorrow morning, 50s. dense fog hugging the coast line here. be careful driving highway 1 but clear skies inland. today high pressure started to rebuild. temperatures up 3, 6 degrees. we will take this into friday and saturday. as a result inland spots on track to reach the upper 90s, fire danger as well and beaches 60s, approaching 70s. mid-70s in santa cruz. sunday, showers and thunderstorms developing to the east. and to the north of the bay

area. showers on sunday. we are watching the slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm for the second half of the weekend. you can count on a cool down for sunday. tomorrow, lots of 90s inland. antioch, brentwood, livermore. oakland 76. san jose upper 60s. san francisco most of the day in the 60s. here is the look ahead, five- day forecast with your bay area weekend in view, the two hotters days friday and saturday. especially inland. upper 90s. cool end of the temperature range, 60s coast side. cooling off on sunday. thunderstorm chance, and cooler weather for monday and tuesday. >> what a difference between the coast and inland. >> that time of year. big change. >> thank you. coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36 live where president is just arriving at a

private fundraiser and the battle over a fine while a san bruno neighborhood tries to rebuilding the story of the big cheesecake up at the -- shake up at the california public utilities commission join us for these stories and more on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. oracle was back on the water today, what could lead to a change to america's cup on san francisco bay.

there are new questions about whether the america's cup competition will start next month as planned. there are also reports the number of races could be reduced to five because it is unclear if one of the four teams competing will be ready by july 8. artimus is still building a second catamaran following an accident last month that killed a team member and destroyed their byte -- their boat. mark is here now with sports. >> the baseball draft doesn't get the attention the nfl and the nba draft does but to everybody in baseball this is a big deal. little extra focus because it

is a stanford man going as the number one pick, he goes to the worse team in baseball, the astros select him. 6'4" right hander, 200 pounds. a 95 mile-an-hour fastball. funny story, he turned down $3.8 million last year after his junior year, decided to play his senior year and he will get 2 million more. worked out for him as far as hanging around for college. meanwhile a scary thought. serena williams is playing better as the french open continues. played like she was double parked. 46 minutes to win. 6-0, 6-1. number one serena williams against the number two seed.

i guess it doesn't pay to win the nba coach of the year award. george karl after 8 years with the denver nuggets is out. the nuggets won 57 games but eliminated by the warriors and carl in the last year of his contract wanted an extension. the team wasn't ready to do that so he is out and no replacement is named. a's trailing 3-1 in the fifth. giants are off till tomorrow when they go to arizona and the nba final is underway. a close one. that is all i am saying. >> not going to give it up. >> it is early. >> loses his job. >> weird i didn't ask in the nba, you win coach of the -- weird jinx in the nba, you win coach of the year and then you are out. not the first guy. one of the good guys in the nba. [ talking at the same time ] >> warriors.

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