>> the charges are extremely serious and the conduct is very scary. particularly for, you know, parents of small children. >> police say they are still interviewing children. they are making his legal fight an emotional roller coaster. >> it is hard to see him in this situation and knowing these are possible chargeles placed against him. we absolutely support the investigation of the police department. >> reporter: he is scheduled to return to court a week from today. coming up at 6:00 p.m. more on the investigation and the steps to protect children caught in the middle. live, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. police are investigating a possible case of child abuse. they opened their investigation one week ago into allegations that a staff member touched a student inappropriately. police could not release more details at this time but they

say the staff member has been placed on administrative leave. >> reporter: three straight days of protests over the george zimmerman verdict have oakland trying to regroup. business owners asked for and received a meeting with the police chief to talk about the police response. there is also new video of some of the violence. ktvu's rob roth is in oakland with more on this. rob? >> reporter: you can see all the effects from this. here is one example. this is a bank in downtown oakland with the wipedoes covered -- windows covered in plywood. the police chief spent an hour talking with downtown business owners about their concerns and what to do about them. >> reporter: this video shows what happened in downtown oakland. vandals smashing the window. the downtown business community asked to meet with the police chief to discuss what has been

going on. >> lot of vandalism. i love oakland. i hate to see what is happening to it. >> reporter: police were caught off guard by the protest saturday night but it won't happen again. >> we will make sure there is enough cops out there. >> reporter: police made a dozen arrests over the three nights of protests that turned ugly. police keep a hands off approach. this is how the district attorney sees it. >> i think they are overwhelmed. that is why we are having the meeting. >> reporter: police will be fully staffed. >> ideally we try to do it to have officers on both sides of the group as they march so that they are around the crowd. >> we will work with the chief to get him all his resources. >> reporter: chief said part of the problem is the police department is under staffed by 300 officers. he says voters need to help the

police department. >> if it is, you know, $100 parcel tax, $200 parcel tax, in the up coming election in order to fund more police officers we should do that. >> i think that, you know, the staffing of the police department is one of the reasons why this happens. >> police are expecting another protest march on saturday. those whose businesses who had their windows smashred also speaking up. -- mashed are also speaking up. rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. new details. the district attorney's office announced they charged three people in connection with the protest. they were charged with felony vandalism at frank ogawa plaza. and he has been charged with two misdemeanors, including assault on a police officer. police car was involved in a collision while chasing two

robbery suspects. the crash happened at 9:30. an officer spotted a car that matched the description of one used in a robbery. when the officer tried to pull the car over the driver took off. officers arrested the two people and also recovered the money stolen in the robbery. san jose police shot and killed a dog that attacked an officer this morning. the incident happened at a home on third street. as they spoke to the truck owner and attempted to interview another suspect a dog attacked one of the officers. >> the officer retreated back with the dog latched on and was able to go ahead and remove his fire arm and fire at the dog. >> a second officer also fired a thet dog. the owner was -- fired at the dog. the owner was upset and said

there are signs warning about the dog. crime is down in san jose but a report shows the most violent crime is rising. police say homicides are up 33% this year compared to last. despite highly visible foot parole that got 200 guns off the streets this year. and the number of less violent crimes is down. the police department says it is making an effort to crack down on gang activity. >> we got gang suppression details going out. those officers are incurring over time. is it sustainable? no it is not. but right now is when it is needed. >> police plan to dedicate 14 officers to gang suppression next month and keep them on duty till the end of jumar. decision today by board of regents. elected their first muslim student representative. ktvu's david stevenson is live

after speaking with the woman. >> reporter: a number of groups say she is the wrong person to lead uc students. >> congratulations. >> reporter: sadia saifuddin is making history. she became the first muslim student representative. >> it is important for us to come together. >> reporter: her nomination split. who say activism in the association and calling make her unfit to represent the students. >> [ inaudible ] >> i think it is irrelevant. what is more important is talking about tuition. >> reporter: they criticized sadia saifuddin for responserring a student

resolution -- sponsor a student resolution. >> [ inaudible ] >> i am not going to apologize for saying it is not okay for someone to say i am part of a terrorist organization. >> the criticism prompted one to with hold his vote. >> i am not going to vote for sadia saifuddin but i am not going to vote against her. i am going to abstain because i am concerned and i haven't learned enough. >> i will do a lot of outreach to make sure all concerns are being heard. >> reporter: sadia saifuddin will have a two year run with the ability to vote coming up in her second year. reporting live, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the board of regents will meet tomorrow to concern choosing janet napolitano as the next president. she was recommended by a selection committee. and if she is approved she will

be the first female president of the uc system. the outgoing president announced he would step down next month. the most vulnerable, the developmentably disables. -- developmentally disabled. ktvu's ken pritchett with more. >> reporter: making their way through the hauls of the -- halls of the state capitals. they are here because they want the center shut down. >> enough is enough. we are in the middle of a human crisis. california has four developmental centers. housing 1600 developmentable disabled -- developmentally disabled residents. earlier this year the state decertified four for federal

housing that were deemed unsafe. they say abuse is rampid -- rampid. >> he says his brother died as a result of abuse from a choke hold. they say after reports of wrong doing little is being dune fix the system -- done to fix the system. they said patients are at risk, siting poor quality investigations of abuse. some of those cases evidence of abuse wasn't properly collected and some of the investigation according to the auditor took far too long. the state acknowledged problems with the centers assigning a task force. they dropped off a letter to the governor demanding he take action. they say after more than a decade of inaction.

ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. police arrested a transient in connection with a weekend fire that ed a business. investigators say they have video evidence showing him lighting matches and throwing them on hail bails. he is being held on $1 million bail. the fire did $2.8 million in damage. an out of control wildfire in southern california continues to spread and burned a half dozen homes. the mountain fire is burning in riverside county. more than 2200 firefighters are battling the fire. it surged to more than 14,000 acres since it started. dozens of families have been evacuated. six homes. a dozen outbuildings and four vehicles burned. a pet refuge had to evacuate 46 dogs and 86 expats the fire is

only 10% -- 86 cats and the fire is only 10% contained. new at 5:30 p.m. the foreign invader that has the potential to do millions of dollars in damage and what is being dune stop it. >> and the george zimmerman trial is still a hot topic. the heated discussion at the naacp convention. >> a national problem and what they are doing is clog up everywhere. >> after the break we will talk about the warm up. you noticed today. you will notice it tomorrow. back here after the break. medications?

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afternoon in berkeley at ashley and college. the car and truck involved were traveling in opposite directions. the truck ended up in the glass going through the windows of a star. the driver of the car was taken to the hospital. sewage treatment plants are being inundated with millions of hands, body and other wipes plushed down the toilet. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar is live with a look at the damage they are doing. >> reporter: these dropped in here cause millions of dollars worth of damage and emergency repairs and you are paying for it. this machine has wipes here. >> they don't break down in the sewer like toilet paper and what happens is they clog sewers, your home pipes and our treatment plants. >> reporter: here is the

problem, toilet paper once you flush it breaks down in 8 seconds. take one of these wipes. even the flushable kind, that takes 30 minutes. at least. >> they clog the pumps. we have to shut down our filts and take it -- facilities and take it out. >> reporter: they could clog your home pipes as well. >> this is a classic example of the marketing industry getting ahead of performance standards. there are no performance standards for these. >> the solution is simple and free, throw wipes in the garbage can. >> toilet paper. >> reporter: the wipes industry say the flushables are dissolvable but it is not a good idea to drop wipes into

pipes. tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. right now we have breaking news. live pictures from a helicopter over the sacramento state fair. you can see the monorail ride right there, for some reason it stopped in its tracks and what they are doing is evacuating people from the cars. we counted 20 people who have been removed from the cars. no injuries that we are aware of and we don't know what the problem is with the ride. you can see the rescue operations going on there. the mont rail stuck in its tracks right now at at the fair. the port remains closed after a death of a working yesterday. they stopped work for 24 hours after a show of soldarely.

truck drivers weren't told about the shut down and showed up ready to work. >> i have sympathy for the family, you know? still if they meant to do something, have a benefit, do whatever they want, don't kill everybody in the port. >> they have not yet released the cause of the death but it doesn't appear to be a industrial accident. officials expect work to resume tonight. what do you want? when do we want it? >> the protests outside the headquarters of waste management today. they are working in dangerous conditions and paid too little. homeowners filed legal claims against lake county. the documents filed last month blame a leaking water system

for land slides that made 8 homes uninhabitable. each proper owner is seeking $5 million in damages. a claim is the first step towards a lawsuit. the county has 45 days to respond. >> reporter: yesterday our chief meteorologist bill martin told us about a warm up. i think we started to feel it today. >> temperatures did come up. they will warm up next couple days. mid-90s. we got the coastal fog. the marine layer got deep. 2,000 feet deep. that is why it was cool on monday and tuesday. now it is still deep. it is shallowed out a bit. down below 2,000 feet. temperatures inland warmed up. marine layer. high pressure is building out of the west. we will see fog along the coast. that is the constant player and we will see drizzle right here. the cool moist influence of the

fog will have a tough time getting inland. this is the low-pressure system that strigthered cooling monday and tuesday. -- triggered the cooling monday and tuesday. high pressure makes it tough for clouds to form. what we are seeing is a return to a high pressure pattern. packing the fog down. you can see it here now. in san francisco. big time. not as aggressive as last night. by tomorrow morning you will notice it tighter against the hills. it will stay 1300 feet but the fog will have a tough time getting inland. concord 83 right now. 85 fairfield. 82 livermore. tomorrow's temperature, upper 80s and low 90s. temperatures could come up 5, 10 degrees. the forecast tonight, coastal low clouds. thursday warmer. extended forecast, warming trend into had bay area

weekend. highs tomorrow, reds are 90s. you see them working their way towards the coast. lots of upper 80s. low 90s. 92 in fairfield. 93 antioch. 93 livermore. air quality has been great but air quality will become not as great and the fire danger will come up tomorrow into the bay area weekend. five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view, shapes up like this. tomorrow warmest spots, low 90s. they come up friday. and bay area weekend, looks like the warmest day is saturday. and sunday looks hot as well. you will find itriple digits. eastern edge of the valley, southern edge of the valley, you will find low 100s. hottest days are saturday. friday, saturday, sunday. there is your five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view. when i come back we will look

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a paypal slip up that gave one man a feeling beyond rich. he opened up his statement and found a 92 quadrillion-dollar balance. that is as much as the nation's gose domestic product for the -- gross domestic product for the next 5,000 years. one of san francisco's icons is celebrating anivorous today. for 100 -- anniversary today. for 100 years, the cliff house restaurant. >> as a child she watched the golden gate bridge being built

and ate at the cliff house all the time. now she enjoying the views of the pacific with her granddaughter. since 1863 several versions have been built only to burn to the ground. it was damaged in the 1800s when a ship crashed and crashed and exploded. many people came to celebrate in the remodeled cliff house. >> i said what is this bargain omelet. you tell us what you want and we haggle over the price. >> i started selling peanuts in the front. we have the wagon here. >> they be been running the cliffhouse for the past 35 years and they will be honoring the history with dining specials priced at $18.63. and they will host a history

day tomorrow from 1:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. john lewis said he was heart broken and nearly brought to tears by the supreme court last month. congress held hearings on the voting rights act. the supreme court over turned a section of the law. the law was passed after lewis and others took part in the civil rights march in the 1960s. >> the vote is precious. it is almost sacred and we all have a right to see that all of our people have the right to vote and the votes are counted. >> congress is looking into new voting rights legislation. a small pest but potentially a huge problem. >> they can be a huge problem. why one grower is concerns

about his tomato crop. >> both juries are in in the richmond high school rape trial, why you won't hear the decisions today. >> a battle between two giants. google and apple.

complete bay area news coverage continues right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 p.m. >> a high profile crime that grabbed headlines. a teen brutally raped at high school and tomorrow we will know if two men will be headed to prison for the crime. both juries of the two men have reached their verdicts. ktvu's christien kafton is live at the courthouse and tells us it won't be announced till tomorrow. >> reporter: a rare move, beth men were tried at the same time before two juries. one of the juries returned their verdict today. the other jury came to their decision two days ago. we have video of them in court last month. both face the possibility of life sentences if convicted in the 2009 assault on a 16-year- old girl. the sexual assault took place on the richmond high school

campus during home coming. the victim had a alcohol of .35. two men have already been convicted. two others are awaiting trial on sexual assault charges. one verdict is set to be read at 1:30 p.m. ktvu channel 2 news will be on hand so check www.ktvu.com and our social media pages for updates as that occurs. live, christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. two people who were displaced by a fire are suing the owner of the building. the july 7 fire destroyed an apartment building. one person died. another was hurt. 100 people were displaced. two of the tenants have sued the owner. the lawsuit claims the building had inadequate sprinkles and other safe guards. the discovery of a few

guava fruit flies has them declaring a emergency. ktvu's noelle walker is live with more. . >> reporter: they grow things like this tomato that could double as a hand weight it is so heavy. this is a fruit and the fruit flies aren't so familiar. >> this is one of the fields. >> reporter: there is a salad bowl growing below the 101 freeway in san jose. >> this is the soil we have. >> reporter: six acre sight filled with fruits and vegetables. everyone is welcome except these guys. the fruit fly. >> i don't know what we will do if there is a quarantine. >> reporter: crews are in a slow speed chase with the fruit

fly. spraying trees and poles. today and tomorrow they are targeting a 13 square mile area trying to kill off the male flies before it is too late. >> the males are attracted to it. feed and they are dead. without the males the population collapses. >> reporter: last year they threatened a quarantine but similar efforts worked. >> there was larger potential and we would have to stop taking our produce off site. >> reporter: officials trapped three fruit flies so far. 5 more and they will declare a quarantine. they hitched a ride with over seas travelers who snuck fruit in their luggage. it takes more than scarecrows to keep them away. . >> reporter: officials say if they could catch it early they

could nip it in the bud before a quarantine is needed. reporting live in san jose, noelle walker, ktvu channel 2 news. >> more details on the fruit fly. they lay eggs in fruit crops. the eggs cause damage. they are likely coming over on a plane or inside a box of fruit. getting rid of them can be difficult sense california has no natural defense for it. out today a west nile warning. two dead crows tested positive for the virus. one was found in pleasanton, one in oakland. residents are asked to dump standing water that could breed mosquitos. this is the first time west nile is active this year. birds that have been dead less than 48 hours can be reported for testing. a new bike lane would run

from the boarder to sunnyvale. today's meeting to discuss the bike lane wasn't very crowdie. only one member of the public showed up. that is because the project isn't controversial. planners are hoping people will be biking to games at the new 49ers stadium. we are homing quite a few. several hundreds. >> more presentations are scheduled at officials move forward the project. google is sending out invitations for the launch of a new tablet. they are inviting members of the news for a breakfast with android chief. there is no indication for the purpose of the event but an experts say an upgrade is over due. the breakfast is next wednesday

in san francisco. apple may remain on the sidelines for now. there are rumors they will delay the iphone 5s till the end of the year. they reported a fall release previously but the newspaper quotes sources saying apple needs more time. a cheaper iphone is expected by october. ktvu with kicu are proud to host a discussion that will focus on improving awareness and accuracy of reporting on mental health and we hope you will join us for picture this tomorrow afternoon from 1:30 p.m. till 4:00 p.m. live streamed on www.ktvu.com. ktvu morning news anchor dave clark will moderate the forum. just go to www.ktvu.com, click the link at the top of the home page and watch it live. again that is tomorrow afternoon from 1:30 p.m.

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. the queen has given her approval and same-sex couples will be able to get married next year. since 2005 gay cups have been able to enter into civil partnerships. the law prohibits the official church from performing same-sex marriages. nsa leaker edward snowden may be able to leave the maw cow airport where he has been held up. edward snowden's lawyer says he will be able to leave before a final decision is made. russian president said today edward snowden has been warned that doing anything to strain u.s.-russian relations would be unacceptable. new information about the lion that killed a volunteer at a wildlife park. the lion attacked a 26-year-old

as she cleaned another enclosure. the lion was shot and killed. officials have released the results of a test that shows no signs of a test. it is a disease of the brain that could cause animals to attack. >> the gold jewelry you wear may have come from the collision of dead stars in space. this is video from nasa. a gamma ray burst from a dying star. they show gold and other metals could be formed when two of the stars crash and merge. they have detected one of the collisions. one said when people wear julie they carry a piece of the -- jewelry they carry a piece of the universal. >> the george zimmerman trial boils over at the naacp convention. >> the law the group is setting

its sights on. >> and rolling stone magazine is creating a stir over its choice for their august cover. strong reaction this is generating. >> after the break, the fog. a lot. a bunch of it. temperatures are warming and they will get warm and hot in your neighborhood. some neighborhoods. i will have the forecast with the 5 day coming up.

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touched off public outrage by featuring the boston boston marathon bombings suspect. >> dzhokar tsarnaev looks like a rock star. the headline reads how a popular promising student was failed by his family, and became a monster. many called the use of the photo disgraceful. >> i don't approve. >> if they want to become famous, if they want in to make the cover of a national magazine, no problem, kill somebody. >> reporter: rolling stone magazine said the cover story we are publishing falls within the traditions of journalism. some people agreeing with the

decision. >> showing him as a human is a good thing because how could a human do this to other human beings. that is a big question. >> reporter: she accuse -- he is is accused of killing three people at the boston marathon and he killed a police officer. but dzhokar tsarnaev pled not guilty to all charges against him. massachusetts governor weighing in on the controversy. >> i understand the substance of the article is not objectable. it -- objectionable. but the cover is out of taste. >> reporter: some companiles announced they will not -- companies announced they will not carry the issue of rolling stone magazine. president obama today introduced his new chief of the consumer financial protection

bureau. richard cordray. president obama said it made huge bets with other people's many but they have helped protect many americans. >> families, many hard pressed, have money in their pockets. maybe saved a home. or were able to send their kids to college because of the work that his team is doing. >> one senator introduced a bill to create about a inspector general to over see the bureau. he argues they need policing. if you are a smoker your air way cells might be damaged even if you don't show signs of lung disease. researchers looked at cells lining the airways of smokers and non-smokers. they found smokers cells showed the same changes as in people

who have lung cancer. that doesn't mean the people will get cancer but they are showing the changes that could lead to it. former president bill clinton is being honored in washington, d.c. where a building is being named after him. barbara boxer welcomed him on stage for the remaiming of the environmental protection agency. it will be known as the william jefferson federal building. a severe heat wave hit the northeastern half of the united states today. from minnesota to massachusetts and washington, d.c., temperatures climbed above 100 degrees. the national weather service issued heat warnings for philadelphia, delaware and new jersey. new york city had dozens of heat related incidents reported. most of the area should see

relief today. we are going to really heat up according to our chief meteorologist bill martin. >> they heat up, we cool down. visa versa. you noticed it today. temperatures came up. the fog is out there. if you look at the fog bank, it is still thick, over 1,000 feet. the fog not as thick as last night. won't be as aggressive tomorrow morning. plenty of fog tomorrow but it burns back quickly. fog right now, pacifica, half moon bay. clearing at stenson beach. into had evening the fog fills in with quick burn off tomorrow. winds blowing west at the airport, pushing the fog inland. humidity is up there right now. next couple days as the high builds in, it will shunt the fog back to the coast. we have seen this already.

wednesday, today, high building in. tomorrow, next three days, temperatures increase. we will see upper 90s. low 100s. bay area, mid-90s friday, saturday, sunday. tomorrow as it warms up, upper 60s, low 70s berkeley. fremont 70s. mid-90s past the east bay hills. livermore valley. antioch. morgan hill. you will find the low 90s. those are the hot spots. most of us have temperature between 75-85. 85 napa. 85 novato. way warmer than what we had last couple days. monday and tuesday. temperatures were in the 70s. 60s. back into the 90s inland. 93 morgan hill. 84 san jose.

the forecast high. 92 gilroy. the fog stays. that the the place that isn't going to heat up. mid-60s. low 60s. fog. ocean beach. you get breaks at stenson beach. the winds clear it out. five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view, warming up. right? temperatures on the increase. it stays hot inland through the bay area weekend. this marks an increase in fire danger. there is your five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view. i will be back tonight at 6:00 p.m. and we will update the latest for you. they are called stand your ground laws and it was at the center of the george zimmerman murder trial. they allow people to use deadly force to defend themselves, do the laws really detour crimes? >> identity thieves going after children, what makes more

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bargain quest. the costa concordia ran aground last year. the captson charged with abandoning -- captain is charged with abandoning ship and manslaughter. he could get 25 years in jail if convicted. the cirque du soliel show in las vegas reopened after a performer fell to her death. the mother died after falling 90 feet during the closing scene of the show. she was the first performer to die in a onstage accident in the company's 29 year history. they are investigating her death, that could take 6 months to complete. the man accused of kidnapping -- the man accused of holding three ohio women captive for a decade was arraigned today on 648 new charges. ariel castro pleaded not guilty to a total of 1,000 counts of rape and kidnapping. he stood in court with his eyes

closed. the judge asked him to look at her and asked if he understood. he said he was trying. he remains in custody on 8 million dollars bail. the naacp wrapped up their convention with strong words from two top leaders. in florida, 20 miles from where george zimmerman shot and killed trayvon martin al sharpton called the stand your ground law the worse violation of civil rights. he said this law allowed george zimmerman to kill trayvon martin and minorities must fight to repeal it. >> until he can over turn stand your ground law we risk other trayvon martins and what we must do is stand up and deal with a civil rights investigation and the end of stand your ground law at the same time. >> he urged the audience to attend marches across the

country this saturday. jesse jackson also spoke out about the supreme court ruling. 2 dozen states have stand your ground laws that allows deadly force. one group says the laws may encourage more violence than they prevent. >> we find george zimmerman not guilty. >> reporter: george zimmerman's attorneyps didn't invoke stand your ground defense in the shooting death of trayvon martin. it allows people to defend themselves outside of their homes with deadly force if they believe someone is trying to kill or hurt them. they say the laws is doing more harm than good. >> we have seen an uptick in homicides and justifiable homicides in the states that have adopted the legislation.

>> reporter: u.s. attorney general eric holder said stand your ground stand your ground laws under mine public safety. >> the laws try to fix something that was never broken. it has victimized too many who are innocent. >> reporter: the nra accused him of exploiting trayvon martin's death for political game. they said self-defense is a human right. the laws is new so there is little research on long term effects. one study found no evidence expanding stand your ground laws detour crimes and increases homicides by 8%. ktvu channel 2 news. another part strike could be 18 days away. how negotiations are going with time running out. >> crying and shaking in a courtroom as a ymca worker

faces charges of sexual abuse. >> whatchieve thieves -- what thieves are after and why some children are more vulnerable than others. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 p.m. hello. i am gasia mikalian. >> and i am frank somerville. >> it is now been 12 days since the bart strike ended but at this point it doesn't seem like they are closer to reaching angreement. -- an agreement. ktvu's john sasaki is here with more. >> reporter: 18 days left before another possible strike, probably worse than the last one. they are trying to avoid another disruption in service. >> the commute in oakland today saw people who depend on bart to get home and anywhere else they need to go. >> i don't want to see another bart strike. i had a heck of a time getting to work. >> the possibility of another

strike is weighing heavily on the minds of many. >> my home is that they come to a resolution. >> easier said than done. this is what it looked like when there was no resolution and bart workers went on strike. no train service and long lines for buses, ferries and drivers. >> we think there is plenty of time to get a deal done. >> reporter: management refuses to address our concerns says one. and on safety management rejected all of our proposals for improvement. >> we feel pretty strongly we work with our unions every day to come up with better safety procedures for riders and them. if you ask him, another strike wouldn't threaten safety but it could harm his health. >>