b.a.r.t.'s top cop has just announced he's getting some extra help. good afternoon. i'm tori campbell. b.a.r.t. is reviewing some of the rules put in place after the fatal shooting of oscar grant. claudine wong is live to explain why the person being tapped to review the rules is very familiar with them. >> reporter: good afternoon. i talked to the chief a few

hours ago. he said progress is being made. he said it's time for someone from the outside to take a look. this morning we watched as a b.a.r.t. police officer helped a rider. visibility and outreach, just one of the bowls of b.a.r.t. police. although -- goals of b.a.r.t. police. one rider told us he's not sure why he doesn't feel safe. >> i'm really actually not sure. i don't feel safe or comfortable. >> reporter: it's been more than four years since oscar grant was shot and killed by police. three years since rainy took over and promised change. >> we're further along than i expected. done some things that i didn't expect we would be able to do. but certainly, there's some things that i wish we would have made more progress on and we haven't. >> reporter: but the chief admits more can be done. some said police response was lacking when the naked b.a.r.t.

rider attacked passengers. >> based upon what i know right now, san francisco pd, san francisco sheriff's department, san francisco district attorney's office or the judge had nothing to do with any short comings on that response. the failures belong to the b.a.r.t. police department. >> reporter: and safety in general, a big topic. b.a.r.t. unions in contract negotiations say the workers are targeted. the chief said they are working on it. one rider wants to keep things moving in the right direction. >> just keep moving forward, keep on going. >> reporter: this will cover everything from training to policies and procedures. it will be done by patrick oliver, a man who worked on the noble report done after the grant shooting. it will start in july. it will cost $25,000. it should be done in a couple of months. live in oakland, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, claudine. the highly-praised new movie about the b.a.r.t. shooting of oscar grant is

being played tomorrow in oakland at the grand lake theater. the film was shot in the east bay and was directed by ryan kuglar. at the sundance film festival "fruitvale" was the big winner. a man accused of running a brother with his wife is due in san francisco this afternoon. agents raided the apartment on mcclelland drive. bags of evidence were removed with what authorities are calling a mulety-state prostitution thing. 35-year-old zhi liu and his wife are accused of trafficking women from boston and new york to brothels in sacramento and san mateo counties. >> tomorrow afternoon, there will be a hearing to examine the source of funds, such that a person cannot use ill-gotten gains to boat their own bail -- post their own bail. >> his wife is still on the run. authorities say the couple

operated a brothel from the san bruno apartment before moving it to south san francisco. a third girl is accusing a former coach of molestation. prosecutors have filed new criminal charges against 51- year-old barron edwards. a judge raised his bail to more than $34 million. edwards faces 39 felony charges. he coached for several years at kennedy high school in richmond. he's scheduled to enter a plea on july 2nd. two san francisco landlords are going to prison for harassing their tenants in a deal the district attorney announced this morning. in a story we first brought you five years ago, kip and nicole casey were accused of cutting the floor beams in one of their apartments and threatening the tenants' lawyers. >> i think some of you named this landlord, the landlord from hell. i think that was a very appropriate name. >> the couple will plead guilty to burglary, stalking and grand theft and each be sentenced to four years and four months in

prison and receive two strikes under california's three- strikes law. he was famous for the catchphrase, "you're gonna like the way you look. i gashty it." now now george zimmer has been out of -- now george zimmer has been ousted from the company he founded. janine de la vega is live with what employees had to say. good afternoon, janine. >> reporter: well, workers are surprised. they say that george zimmer used to come in the store from time to time. they describe him as very likable and friendly. used to see him on the dance floor at company corporate parties. now it's unclear if we'll ever see his familiar face on tv anymore. >> i guarantee it. >> reporter: zimmer has been appearing in commercials for men's warehouse since 1986. he founded the men's clothing store that specializes in suits in the 1970s, starting a small store in texas. it grew nationwide to more than 1100 stores. the company's executive offices

are in fremont. no one there would speak to us on camera about zimmer. the company released a statement saying zimmer is no longer chairman and the shareholder meeting today was being postponed. we just received a statement from zimmer which says, "over the past several months i've expressed my concerns to the board about the direction the company is currently heading instead of fostering the kind of dialogue in the boardroom that's been attributed to our success, the board has chosen to see rent me by terminate -- ter -- silence me and terminate me as an executive officer." >> that's gonna be -- that would be strange if the two are not connected, seeing him and the way he talks. >> i've always been very pleased with the warehouse. >> reporter: the company says

the shareholders meeting was drayed to discuss the -- delayed to discuss the zimmer man dismissal. analysts say the timing of his dismissal is strange and it is rare to let go of a company's founder. we'll have much more coming up in our later newscast at 5:00. reporting live from newark, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. the city of brentwood is cracking down on kids who cut class. brentwood is considering daytime loitering regulations for teens. the city council is scheduled to take up the measure during their meeting next tuesday. the vice mayor says instead of going to school, some teens are thanking out in different parts of the city, schools are now closed with classes presuming at the end of the summer. dozens of drivers on the peninsula got an expensive

lesson. they were caught up in a police- pedestrian string. in two and a half hours at one location, officers issued 50 citetations -- citations. tara moriarty explains why the police with vigilant. >> reporter: if you walk across el camino at 39th avenue, you better bet ready to dodge cars -- get ready to dodge cars. >> we don't want to catch people and give them tickets necessarily. >> reporter: the impetus for the crackdown on distracted drivers, the cities of san mateo, burlingame and foster city each had a pedestrian killed in the month of april. >> any motorist last to yield the right-of-way to a -- has to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian. >> reporter: officers dolled out tickets for cell phone violation, not wearing seat belts and other violations.

>> do you think it's fair? >> i think it's borderline. >> what are some of the excuses they give. >> didn't see her? she stepped out in front of me. >> reporter: some received tickets. other warnings. >> i was wrong. i get it. you can't look everywhere. i did see her when she was right there. >> reporter: this ticket is going to cost you. it's considered a moving violation which is equivalent to running a red light. the cost varies from city to city but it can run you in the hundred of dollars. >> if they need to raise awareness of that, there might be better ways than to hand out 50 different tickets. >> reporter: but joanne cook said she would have felt way worse if she hit somebody. for her and others, it's a great reminder to stop. >> president obama this morning called for further cuts in nuclear arms by the united states and russia. >> after a comprehensive review i've determined that we can

ensure the security of america and our allies and maintain a strong and credible deterrent while deploying our strategic nuclear weapons by up to one- third. >> >> that came in a speech in berlin. mr. obama held meetings with the happenslers during the -- chancellors during the summit. the federal reserve said they will maintain their pace with low interest rates. this has investors on age. taking a live look at the big board, the dow is down 1 had 1. the nasdaq -- 141. the nasdaq is down 4. s&p down 14. >> reporter: the union

representing concession workers here is urging fans not to buy food here when they go to the game. we'll tell you why and why they are so upset. it's still pretty breezy today. but mark tamayo will be here to tell you when you can expect warmer weather. the city turns down a federal grant that would have allowed it to open a fire station. we'll tell you why. [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t.

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the union representing concession workers at at&t park is urging fans not to buy food at the ballpark. they say they are fed up because they haven't had a raise in years. ktvu's brian flores joins us live to explain what's going on today. good afternoon, brian. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. well, it's much quieter than yesterday. you will recall from yesterday that 44 people were involved in a sit-in during the giants' game from yesterday. ten people were arrested. again, nothing like that, but the union representatives say the same message needs to be heard today. these are not concession workers here. some are members of unite here local 2. there are fans who support the efforts of the concession workers. about 300 people pictured outside of the -- picketed outside of the park. about ten people were arrested later released for not

following the fan code of conduct and not leaving when authorities told them to. but the day after the message is the same from the union. they want a raise which they say has not happened since about 2009. they are looking for job security protection and fair health coverage. >> we need job security. we need to keep our health insurance for these workers and we need a wage increase. gas has gone up, public transportation. parking here to come at the ballpark has gone up. >> reporter: we spoke with center plate. they say that the union who is not coming to the table in good cape and they say they've tried to bring the issue to the table and have can offered -- and have offered the union a fair contract. >> they've been trying to negotiation with local 2 to come to a contract agreement. what they have on the table does include a raise increase.

>> reporter: where do we stand right now? the union met last week with the employer but nothing came out of it. as fors the fans attending the game today, they basically will not see any effect as food and drink vendors are open. but the union says they will continue to pressure their employer for new contracts. we're live here in front of at&t park. i'm brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. redwood city police announced the arrest of three burglary suspects in a mini crime spree. the three were arrested on june 13th after a traffic stop. police say the stolen goods in the car and their homes link them to a series of burglaries in palo alto, redwood city and in san mateo county, all on that same day. the three suspects were booked into the san mateo county jail for residential burglary and conspiracy. san jose police are just telling us about arrests made in the deadly stabbing of a 56-

year-old man. robert alvarez, cassandra race and a third person were arrested on saturday. the three are accused of stabbing the man several times on checkers drive. he later died at the hospital. police say the attack was gang- related. the suspects face murder charges. fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of an early-morning house fire in berkeley. it started at the home on the 2800 block of milvia street. investigators say the fire started in the basement and quickly spread all the away up to the attic. one woman called 911 when she first smelled smoke. she called 911 a second time when she turned on the lights to her home. >> the first time i didn't smell it as much as i did. i hadn't you turned the lights on. when i turned the lights on, then i saw it.

>> it took firefighters about an hour to get the fire under control. no one was injured. no estimate on the amount of damage. tension is higher today between pin nome officials and the -- pinole officials and the firefighters' union. the city turned down a federal grant last night to open the shuttered fire station. they cited associated costs and a pending unfair labor practices complaint by the union. the two have been engaged in a war of words with feisty exchanges between the union president and the mayor. san jose leaders are playing the role of firefighter in a training session called "fire ops 101." the fire department tweeted this photo. they are doning fire suits, doing a visibility search and using the jaws of life to rescue someone. firefighters want someone to

experience the sweat and stress that they experience every day. a lot of sunshine today across the entire bay area. the wind, still a factor in our forecast, we'll hold onto the breeze for this afternoon. here's our live camera looking out towards san francisco bay. san francisco out in the distance and typically this time of year we're talking about fog, at least in june. but that's not happening for today. in fact, you see clear skies up and down the shoreline. here is the satellite. the clouds are up to the north along the north coast, closer to cape mendocino. we have a lot of sunshine in the forecast for this afternoon. temperatures beginning to recover somewhat. we're talking about 70s out to santa rosa. downtown san francisco, 62. san jose in the upper 60s. latest on the wind speeds, not too much of a factor right now but by mid to late afternoon, the winds will pick up near the bay and the delta but the winds at this hour, nothing too extreme. sfo out of the west at 18 miles an hour and san jose wind out of the north at 15 miles an

hour. forecast headlines for today -- a lot of sunshine, thursday and friday will be warmer, the warmest weekend day will be on saturday and then we thicken up the clouds by mid to late afternoon. we'll cool off the temperatures. but as i mentioned today, we still have the pretty good onshore breeze with winds around 15, 20 miles an hour throughout the day. high pressure is strengthening offshore, it will build in over the next few days. you can see the end result. we warm things up for tomorrow, thursday, friday and saturday. so basically -- looking pretty good over the next few days. saturday will be the warmest day. temperatures inland on track to reach the upper 80s. as the system moves out, we cool things off by sunday. you will notice this -- clear skies. overnight the fog re-forms near the immediate coastline. this is thursday morning at 7:00 and then gradual clearing. some forecast models hinting at the possibility of some showers here in the bay area late sunday night and into monday

morning. still a ways out. it's something that we'll be watching. san jose forecast high, 76. san mateo, 72. a look ahead at your five-day forecast with your weekend in view, you will see temperatures trending up for thursday, friday, saturday. by saturday, the warmest locations will be in the upper 80s. we thicken up the cloud cover by mid to late afternoon on sunday and also bring a drop in the temperatureles. tori, your calendar might say summer begins on friday. but it begins at 10:04 to be precise. >> this is the last full day of spring. >> there you go. >> all right, thank you mark. >> sure. the alameda county fair is now open. what you can expect to find if you think you are thinking about going. and tesla is issuing a recall for some of its sedans. we'll tell you why.

stocks falling just over an hour ago, the federal reserve gave a slightly more optimistic outlook for the u.s. economy which investors took as a hint that the economic stimulus program would be reduced. the dow is down 134. the nasdaq is down 24. s&p down 14. tesla is recalling some of its model s sedans. the electric carmaker says it's discovered an incorrectly mounted bracket on a rear seat latch. tesla says all of the affected cars were manufactured between may 10th and june 8th of this

year. car owners will be contacted by tesla. the company will pick up the car, fix the problem and return the car in a few hours. they are offering loner doors who need them -- loaner opairs. near. the gates are open -- loner cars. the gates are open now to the fair. there's a new ride. and there are pippity hop -- hippity hops for the kids. there's krispy kreme hamburgers, mac and cheese on a stick. smokers will find a place to light up. >> it's so important for us. we're trying to create a comfortable environment for all of the guests and we felt by creating those areas was great for all of the guests here.

>> there will be concerts by the spinners, lover boy, air supply, kenny baby face edmonds and more. today it is only $1 to get in and $1 for rides. the fair runs through july 7th. it's opening day for the sonoma marin fair. it will run through sunday. the fair features concerts, live shows and also will have the world's ugliest dog contest. ktvu crews tickets being given away at the lake merritt station. fans had to take a picture with the giant elephant. the tickets are for next week's game when the reds come to town to play the giants. coming up at 5:00, a bay area couple accused of running a brothel out of their san mateo county apartment. one of the accused is set to

appear in court today and we are there. the latest on the investigation and the charges they are facing. that's tonight at 5:00. thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. we're always here for you at ktvu and mobile ktvu.com. thanks for watching. 0!ockñ?çóxo?ñ=çñññçvxqx?ñññ?óioy

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