the danger is in what lies above heads. >> reporter: for some it is the best way to see san francisco. but now big bus tours are under investigation after a bus on friday struck a wire in san francisco. injuring five passengers. >> tragic. >> reporter: it happened outside his home. snapped cables mark the spot. he tried to warn the bus company after another bus struck and loosened the wire 90 minutes before the accident. >> one of your buses clipped the wire. you know, it is a safety hazard. >> reporter: police say the passengers on the rear of the deck were worried moments before impact. a woman nearly had her nose torn off and was transported to the hospital. police say she has improved and the other passengers are expect stood recover. the driver stopped outside a

fire station to summit help. >> the buses are restricted to certain routes that are safe to operate in and this is the exception. >> reporter: the general manager said the driver was drug tested and the route lined with wires is used to avoid heavy traffic. >> reporter: pg&e sent crews out to check on the cables. the public utilities commission was unaware of the accident till we informed them of it today. reporting live, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >> more details now on big bus tour. the company says it is the largest operator of tours in

the world. it lists 14 cities around the world, including san francisco. the san francisco tour has 20 stops where tourists can see the attractions. and in a separate case a driver accused of driving drunk on the job entered a not guilty plea this morning. he had a blood alcohol of .21 when police arrested him in san francisco earlier this month. he faces charges of dui and driving with an open container of alcohol. we know the names of the palo alto couple involved in a deadly plane trash at lake tahoe. ktvu's ken pritchett is follow the story. a womb might have saved one of the -- a woman might have saved one of the people's lives? >> reporter: the plane crashed after taking off from lake tahoe airport but it was based here at the palo alto airport. we talked to several people who

are familiar with the couple or familiar with their aircraft that was based here. the sheriff's department says this is what witnesses saw after that plane took off. >> it was see leaving the airport. headed towards lake tahoe and lost attitude. later it crashed in the woods here. >> reporter: this is the wreckage of the plane built in 1963. the pilot was dead when help arrived. the plane was upside down. the wife was trapped and the aircraft was leaking fuel. the plane was in a wooded area. but there was no trouble finding the plane as a nurse just happened to be in the area after the crash occurred. >> short time after the plane crashed an off duty nurse was

walking in the area with her dog and she arrived at the scene within minutes and provided aid to the injured woman. >> we talked to a man that palo alto airport who fuels the aircraft. he has been fueling this plane for five years. he was meticulous in his care for the aircraft. he just did a partial refashion the plane last year, paint -- refurbfurb of the plane last year. painting it. ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. the fire truck that ran over and killed a 16-year-old asiana airlines flight 214 crash survivor was not equipped with heat sensing equipment. they can't determine if the technology would have prevented her death, however, it is meant

to detect humors who were are covered by fire retardant home. all new rigs are required to have the new technology. the possible ban on ariel advertising over the city to display signs in air space over the city. this comes after complaints about noise -- complaints about noise. the city of honolulu had success with the ban. we are closing in on another possible strike by bart workers. there is still no agreement on a new contract. that leaves 13 days of negotiations to hammer out a deal. at this point it appears talks are derailed for the next 10 days. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar joins us live from

negotiation headquarters with the reason for the hold up. tom? >> the progress report, no progress. zip. nodda. zero. >> reporter: the union called a news conference today to bash bart's hired chief negotiator who went on vacation. today the union issued their version of his record. >> 47 national labor relations board complaints. 7 strikes since 2005. 450,000-dollar settlement. >> reporter: with no one else authorized to make a deal none of the issues can be discussed for another week. >> creating of a crisis for the intend of taking leverage at the bargaining table. unfair labor practice and is

illegal. >> the general manager said the vacation was planned and approved by the mediators. >> the schedule was set up by the mediators. >> reporter: negotiations are on going. >> we have negotiators at the table today and we will be here all next week. we are activelyning day in and -- negotiating day in and day out. >> the negotiators were gone 40% of the time from april to now as far as i know and same with the negotiators. >> reporter: the chief negotiator had only had face to face negotiations for less than 20 hours since may. >> we really demand we not put off for another week the resolution of this dispute. >> reporter: the president says the deadline in 14 days is indeed a real deadline.

tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. caltrans plans to replaces unwith hundred shock absorbers on the bay bridge. they were installed in 2004. they were out faster than expected but the bridge is still safe. they expect to spend $13 million to replace them over the next few years. today the coast guard investigated a sail boat a day after the captain led officers on a two hour chase out of the bay. investigators took photos and examined the boat today. the captain is charged with assaulting a coast guard officer who tried to board the boat. the coast guard is also investigating him because his boat had no identifying markers and he was carrying two different pass ports. trial got underway for a man who killed a hells angels president during a shoot out in

nevada. he is charged with killing the president two years ago. another member who was about to go on trial for injuring a man during the shoot out accepted a plea deal. he faces 15 years in prison. now that detroit declared bankruptcy some people worry california could be headed down the same path. the state could end up just like detroit because of california's long term pension obligations. >> most of the reform effect new employees. unfortunately that isn't enough to solve the problem. >> he says california now has $220 billion in unfunded

pensions pensions. california attorney general kamala harris urged the supreme court to reject the latest bid to stop same-sex marriages. a clerk in san diego friday filed a petition asking the court halt clerks issuing marriage licenses on friday. she argued the injunction over rides state law. a similar attempt was rejected earlier this month. the medical center was hit by a power outage this morning at the berkeley location but the emergency generators immediately switched on. no patient service awas effected -- was effected. it is a boy. prince harry and kate middleton welcomed a son today. the future king of england.

the announcements was placed outside buckingham palace. no word when his name will be replaced. experts celebrated with doubly today. >> she needs space now to enjoy time with the baby and i hope she gets that. >> the baby was born at st. mary's hospital, the same hospital where prince harry and prince william were born. live view to a crime. a tool helped catch a burglar in the act. >> potentially wet weather on the horizon. i am monitoring the monsoonal moisture. >> and more than 100 laptops stolen from a school. >> makes me sad when i heard the news. >> we explore how they were able toby-pass the security system. -- to by-pass the security system. it starts with something little, like taking a first step.

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new at 6:00 p.m. a live view of a crime right here. a business owner helped police catch a burglar as he watched it in real time. ktvu's eric rasmussen is live. one of the places that is seeing a spike in burglaries to explain what happened here. >> reporter: it is no secret this shop has surveillance cameras but the man accused of breaking in had no idea his every movement was captured on a live feed. >> reporter: this man may have thought he was all alone when he broke in friday night. but someone was already watching. cameras caught the burglar turning on the lights, looking for car keys and later backing a car out of the garage. but he didn't know the owner received a call at home from

his alarm company. the business owner was able to access a live feed of his surveillance cameras and saw the suspend inside his business and call -- suspect inside his business and called police. >> took time to get him out. >> reporter: they found him hiding. they arrested him. the business owner who didn't want to go on camera is grateful to police but they couldn't have done without his help. >> what we have been promoting. >> reporter: mese say this was one -- police say this was one of four arrests made in a 24 hour period. the trend is being felt all over the bay area but till now they never solved a case like this. >> reporter: across the bay police say burglaries spiked by 45% in the 1st quarter of this

year. police plan to hold an open house to educate the public on how to protect themselves and property. eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. police say thieves broke into a school over night and stole 100 computers. the school is k-8 grade. officials believe one or more thieves broke in through a window at 1:00 a.m. this morning and made off with 128 computers. >> devastating. our students rely on those devices to access the internet, do research and it has a tremendous impact on their education. >> officials say the alarm system went off but the police officer couldn't get to the campus because the officer was investigating another school alarm that went off at the same time. the same day delivery

service from ebay expanded to the peninsula today. it is part of a battle with amazon.com. ebay launched in san francisco and san jose last year. they deliver products from stores in as little as an hour. the expansion comes as amazon builds more warehouses for faster delivery. larger touch screens could becoming to iphones. apple suppliers are helping them test larger 4-inch phone screens and 13-inch tablet screens. this comes as competing companies make a shift towards larger screen screens. a judge has struck down a limit on salaries for hospital executives. aimed to limit anyone working for el camino hospital to earning no more than twice the

salary of the governor of california. he earned $174,000 a year but the judge said it was unconstitutional to limit salaries. water levels at a lake are so low some boaters forced to abandon -- boaters are force ad to abandon slips. they must take their vessels somewhere else before august 3. . >> it is exceptionally early. last year we made it still september. we consider october 1 is when we would pull boats off. >> we are disappointed. we look forward to a long summer on the lake. >> the low water levels are a result of a very dry winter. temperatures today were warm. despite the clouds. the fog at the coast. inland 89 fairfield. 87 antioch.

the temperatures muggy for sure with the humidities up there. 85 santa rosa. 65 in downtown san francisco. san jose 77 degrees. tomorrow's highs warmer. less clouds tomorrow. picking up green on the radar. i have reports of a few sprinkles showing up in pacifica, half moon bay. i wouldn't be surprised if we see drizzle on stenson beach right now. the system could deliver a few sprinkles over the next 36 hours. cloudy tonight. slight chance of a shower, maybe thundershower. tomorrow more of the same. clouds. partly cloudy skies. mild, humid. here is the high-pressure system. tub tropical. this weak low-pressure system off shore is pushing more moisture in. that could get the shower going

because it is enough to lift the moisture up higher. slight chance of a shower or a thundershower next 36 hours. tomorrow morning, sprinkles. anywhere in here you could get a sprinkle. tomorrow night cloudy still. most of the activity in lake tahoe. wednesday morning things clear out. wednesday afternoon activity in lake tahoe and then we clear out completely. tomorrow is like today. clouds. mild. warm to mild. muggy, humid, moist. chance of a sprinkle. 86 pittsburg. 88 brentwood. warm. 75 in milpitas. partly cloudy skies all day. along the coast, fog. fog at the surface. fog along the coast. tomorrow like today. wednesday starts to clear out. by the afternoon.

temperatures warm. not really hot. mid-70s in the bay cities. low 90s in the warmest inland cities. this is not a high fire danger five-day forecast. which is good. tracking the chance of a thundershower or shower into the next 36 hours. at 10:00 p.m. we will the latest. >> thank you. coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36 the bay area restaurant scene. >> restaurant is closed after a fire wipes out the power to the building. the clean up and why it appears arson. >> hard to believe video of a close encounter with two giants of the beach. join us for these stories and more on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36. football season is already here. >> we are there as the 49ers open training camp. colin kaepernick had quite the off season. hear jim harbaugh's assessment

of the star quarterback. look at 'em.

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with qualifying bundles. rethink possible. >> mark is here now. hard to believe it is here, time the football again. >> lot of a people ready for that and the 49ers open camp

today. not everybody expected to be there. lots of rookies, of course and a few quarterbacks as they gather to get reacquainted. off season is shorter. there is colin kaepernick. he was on hand. he will be the focus of plenty of attention and coach was happy with his quarterback's off season regimen. >> outstanding. outstanding off season. talked about it, what he does here in his preparations, top natch. outstanding in that record. >> meanwhile, eric wright, the cornerback acquired by the 49ers friday flunked his physical for unspecified reasons. he had problems, including a recent dui. could be the 49ers didn't know about that. when they found out they decided more trouble than he is worth, the trade has been nullified.

mean time what could be drug suspensions in major league baseball began today. former national league mvp ryan braun has been suspended for the rest of the season for performance enhancing drugs. ryan braun of the milwaukee brewers will live out that suspension. he decided not to appeal. there could be others to follow shortly. mean time the trading deadline close, matt garza, has been traded from the cubs to the rangers. in exchange they pick up four young prospects. garza has been pitching great lately. 6-1 record for the season and a 317 e.r.a. a's having problems, trailing the astros 3-0. giants tonight. that is the sporting life for

right now. >> all right. thank you. coming up tonight on the 10:00 p.m. news, a plan to put a new business is creating controversy and we will tell you why tonight at 10:00 p.m. >> we are always here for you on www.ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. thank you for joining us. hope to see you tonight at 10:00 p.m. good night. >> good night. [ music ] ñáçwçñ

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