complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 news at noon. jurors moved to tears. the graphic shown today, linking a serial killer to four women he is accused of killing. the trial of joseph naso is now

under way. alex joins us live to let us know what was said during opening statements. good afternoon. >>reporter: good afternoon. in court, prosecutors are painting joseph naso as a sexual predator with a history of violence towards women. today, jurors were shown a key piece of evidence. >>reporter: the murder trial of accused serial killer joseph naso began today with an opening statement from district attorney rosemary slote. she slowed pictures of the women naso is accused of killing and dumping and also showed a note found inside naso's home in 2010. i was a list of locations that correspond to places where victims were found. police say that note helped link

naso to killings as far back as 1977. prosecutors say naso net women during his work as a self-employed photographer. the district attorney told juries about naso's past convictions for rains, showing diary entries about the assault. >>reporter: naso could be put to death if convicted. the 79-year-old is representing himself at this trial, also he does have a public defender advising him. naso is expected to give an opening statement this afternoon. christian is in court right now and will have a full report tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. >> all right. thank you, alex. meanwhile, the victim in the rich hand high school gang rain trial says she has no recollection of the attack. the victim, being identified only as jane doe, was a

16-year-old sophomore at the time of the 2009 incident. today, she said she only remembers waking up with a severe headache and aching body. she spoke in a soft voice and did not make eye contact with her alleged attackers. police say she was beaten, raped, and sexually abuse affidavit leaving the school's homecoming dance. if convicted, the two men could face life in prison. a girl fought her way out of an alleged kidnapping yesterday, by a man looking like this sketch. investigators say the man approached the 10-year-old girl around 4:30. he reportedly tried to grab her and told her she was coming with him, but he punched him and ran away. understandably, kidnapping attempt has some parents on edge. >> surprising. shocking. you have to look o

kid. you have to look out for your family. >> the suspect is described as a white man in his 30s about 6 feet tall with a stocky build. a teenagerer is behind bars after being involved in a deadly car accident. police say he is responsibility for his coworker's death. janine, you've learned the driver may have been involved in another crime before the crash? >>reporter: that's right. police believe there's a connection between the two men who were reportedly stealing beer from a convenience store about a mile from here. alcohol was involved, and they think there's a connection. you can see all lanes here are back open after being shut down. >>reporter: police are trying to figure out how fast the driver of this mangled toyota avalon was traveling when he crashed into a row of cars on foxworthy

drive at 2:00 this morning. a witness said the 18-year-old driver stumbled out of the car. a passenger, a 40-year-old man was trapped inside. >> when officers responded on the scene, they found a victim trapped in the passenger side of the vehicle. they had to call the fire in to extract the victim. he was pronounced dead. >>reporter: police say the driver had injuries to his face and will survive. officers on the scene found several beers inside the vehicle. they have arrested him. investigators are trying to determine if he is connected to a crime that occurred a mile away at the 7-eleven. managers here say two men stole a case of beer just before the accident occurred. officers were collecting surveillance video. neighbors say it's hard to believe that one car did all the damage. they say it makes them think twice about drinking and driving. >> that's pretty surprising, you

know. i was hoping nobody had gotten really, you know, hurt. it's really sad. >> it makes me not want to drink. >>reporter: police tell us the driver and passenger were coworkers at a local rest flaunt san jose. we went to that restaurant. the manager confirmed his workers are involved. he says they're in shock. you can see one of the coworkers stopped by here in the last five minutes and dropped off those flowers. he was pretty shaken up. even though it was his day off, he said he was going to be in and wanted to be around his grieving who coworkers. the coroner has not released the identity yet. >> thank you, janine. in the east bay, a driver is facing drunk driving charges after a freeway crash that injured four children and two of

those victims were the driver's step children. the accident happened at 10:00 last night near the a street onramp in heyward. the chp says the driver lost control of the car, hit a pickup truck and veered off the freeway and smashed into a large pole. >> the vehicle suffered significant damage, almost split in half. there were four children in th vehicle. two were ejected. they suffered major injuries. >> two other children suffered minor injuries. an adult passenger was not hurt. officers arrested the driver on suspicious of drunk driving. two sheriff's squad cars caught fire after a brief chase this morning. investigators say the driver led the deputies on an 11-minute chase that ended on interstate 80 in berkeley. the patrol cars caught fire. the deputies were not hurt.

the driver got away. in just about an hour, california law makers are set to consider limo safety bills from two state law makers. the legislation comes in response top last month's fiery limo tragedy that killed five nurses. a bill would require two doors and two emergency window exits in the back of all limos. a separate bill from democrat jerry hill would require all limos to carry all extinguishers. the supreme court did not issue a ruling on california's proposition 8 during its session this morning. it is likely that a ruling won't come down on california's ban on same sex marriage until next monday. the court issues five rulings on other cases but not prop 8. they're expected to rule before the session ends this month. an east bay lawmaker today

called on governor brown to take steps to take care of claims from military veterans. veterans who put their lives on the line in iraq and afghanistan are not being served here at home. skinner said return with traumatic brain injuries, ptsd or other problems but cannot get claimed processed. >> we can't hold our head up high, because these people fought for us, and they're not getting the relief they deserve. >> skinner said the numb budget includes funds to loan state staffers to alleviate the backlog and urges the government to face law. orchard supply hardware has

filed for bankruptcy. the company was spun off by the sear's corporation nearly two years ago. lowe's had maze an offer made an offer to acquire them. there's a new woman in charge of the group susan g. komen for the cure. jew death solerno is ceo. she replaces the current ceo, who stepped down. -- judith solerno is ceo. she replaces the current ceo. a messy situation at the home of the oakland a's. why the team was forced to share

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firefighter are battling a wildfire this amp, afternoon. the fire is burning near mariposa near highway 140.

it started yesterday afternoon and is being fuelled by high wind. about 150 homes are threatened, and people in the area have been ordered to evacuate. we just checked, and 900 acres have burned. in colorado, firefighters are still bat tailgate black forest fire, but they're getting promises news from the front lines. some help from the weather gave firefighters the edge they needed to start making major progress on this blaze. >> i'm pleased to report because of the activity, both of the day crews, we're going to bump containment up to 65. >>reporter: the commander got a round of applause when he announced the progress. >> they have work sod hard. >> the firefighters in the field are doing a good job of hitting

those hot spots, starting to engage? creating hash mark. >>reporter: there was disturbing information about criminal activity including impersonate. >> which would be an individual impersonating law enforcement, government official, firefighter. >> i think it's despicable. >>reporter: there are man 800,000 gallons of water have been dropped. >> we had people calling, saying use my water. >>reporter: as the communities continue to say thanks, this woman, baking a cake for the fire commander. >> we were part of the waldo canyon fire. we got evacuated last year. >> i think it is the prettiest cake i've ever received. >>reporter: many look forward to getting their lives back on track. >> i'm going to try to get back

to work tomorrow. i have a couple of pair of pants. a plan to give people an extra day to fireworked is being considered. the group asked for extra days for sales. the non-profits operate the booths to raise money for the year. this is the second year they've asked for an extra day. new at noon, head of the federal immigration and customs enforcement agency plans to leave that job next month. john morton has been ice director since may 2009. before, that he spent 15 years at the u.s. justice department. he says ice has increased deportations by focussing on criminals here illegal. right now park police in the

liver moore area are searching for a missing kayaker. he's believed to have disappeared yesterday afternoon. the sister says her brother vanished after taking off his life jacket so he could swim about 75 feet to show. >> once he got into the water, he tried to get life jacket back. he witnessed him submerging in the water. >> divers searched the water for several hours. they are now back in the water for what is believed to be a recovery effort. a nasty sewage problem at the oakland coliseum backed up monday. pools of water forced both teams to move from their locker room to higher ground. officials say six straight home games overloaded the plumbing. the a's want a new stadium. cal officials are firing new

ways to help way for the nearly half a billion dollar debt incurred from the stadium renovation. officials had planned to special seats to help pay off the debt. but the latest figures show so far sales have fallen far short of the 2900. the chronicle reports some people have actually backed out of their ownership deal. the oakland police department's lobby is open for business again. it's been closed for most of the past two weeks after a toilet broke on the third floor and caused damage on that floor and the two floors below. the building opened briefly, but it was closed down again until the repairs could be finished. the san francisco mayor is

unveiling hybrid muny buses today. they are the first of the hybrids that will hit the streets of san francisco later this year. they will replace old buses. the biodieseled fuel engines are expected to require less maintenance and cause less pollution. it's a nice day for most around the bay area, temperatures on the mild side. it is a little cool at the coast with partly sunny to mostly cloudy skies. a live look here. if you look way in the backdrop, you can see the low cloud deck. outside of that, plenty of sunshine around the bay. storm tracker 2 showing you the system in place. it will eventually slide inland and drive our temperatures down

farther. tomorrow looks like the day numbers will bottom out. fairfield has a breeze of 25 miles per hour. it has been this strong all morning long and now gusting to 30 miles per hour at times, so brig in the cool pacific air into parts of the valley. the rest of us, an afternoon sea breeze will be with us. along the coastline, notice the clouds. we will remain mostly cloudy in half moon bay for most of the day. 55 half moon bay right now. santa cruz, mostly sunny. temperatures the around the bay area, 60s to low 70s and inland mid to upper 70s. today, mostly sunny skies away from the coast, an afternoon sea breeze and temperatures the on the mild side. upper 70s to low 80s over parts

of the north bay. inland, east bay, 72. along the peninsula, a nice day for you. 74 redwood city, upper 60s san mateo. going to see the giants play today? 54 degrees at game time.g along. temperatures will be on the mild side, turning cool tomorrow, upper 60s. then we begin a subtle rebound there. by thursday, friday, you'll feel the warm-up. summer arrives thursday evening, so just in time for summer we're going to see a nice warm-up. four tickets in this weekend's fantasy five lot toe matched all five numbers. one ticket was sold in frisk.

the winning numbers, 38, 39, 15, 16, 30. each of the ticks are around $188,000. the san francisco ticket was sold at w and k market. chris mullen could be taking on a new role with a different nba franchise. and why experts say rising interest rates on home mortgages may be helping home owners.

stocks pay gains, after rising more than 1% today. the federal reserve will reenforce this week it's excitement to supporting the economic recovery. that two-day meeting begins tomorrow. the dow is currently up 61. rising interest rates on moment mortgages could be good news. right now mortgage rates are hovering near the 4 % mark. that's up a half percent in the last month. some analysts say that could enforce some investors to step aside. currently many families are being outbid by investors. netflix is announcing plan to run original series from

dream works animation. a multi-year agreement is its biggest deal ever. it includes more than 300 hours of new programming, but no financial deals are being released. the series and hall of fame and formr chris mullen is going to work for the sacramento kings. the king else new owner has offered mullen a role as a consultant. mullen played for the warriors for 13 seasons and is the team's former general manager. today at 5:00, a heart breaking. the in the richmond high school gang rain trial. we have a reporter in court. . >> thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. be sure to join us again at

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