>> reporter: i met with him in march of this year when the 63 homes decided to hire private security. a rash of attempted burglaries in december prompted the idea. he says the presence of patrols seem to reduce crime by 70%. >> in the two years prior to -- we had 30 burglaries. in 4 months since we had one. >> reporter: he says my mid- september he expects 1,000 homes to be under prive patrols. he is on a fixed income and can't afford the private security but welcomes the extra eyes and ears. >> he would have some kind of deterrent. >> reporter: depending on the number of homes that join, the private security can run

between 5-$800s a year. with the recent -- $500 to $800 a year. paul chambers ktvu channel 2 news. in an hour concerned residents will gather for a community meeting in the same neighborhood where she was killed last week. that meeting is held at the recreation center in oakland. that meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m. local law enforcement and the fbi teamed up as part of a crack down on the sex trafficking of children. more than 100 children were saved in four days. ktvu's ken pritchett is in oakland where some of the children were rescued. >> reporter: police rescued two of the children on east 14th street as part of this operation. they were being sexually exploited and of the 105

children rescued in a nationwide operation led by the fbi, a dozen were here in the bay area. >> the fbi called it operation cross country. the fbi office in san francisco led 17 bay area sweeps. >> we were able to rescue 12 juveniles and arrest 21 pimps. >> reporter: 8 of the children were from the east bay, 3 from the north bay and 1 from the south bay. >> if we could get one off the street that is success. >> reporter: this is just the beginning. recovery is difficult and complicated. >> a lot of minors don't view themselves as victims. >> reporter: she a youth case manager, they provide services for victims of sex trafficking. she says victims will leave one unsafe environment and end up in another, often they are run aways. finding a stable home a major

challenge. >> a young woman said i would rather be abused by somebody i don't know than somebody i know. >> reporter: in addition to the 21 pimps arrested in the bay area, 64 adult prostitutes were arrested along with 12 johns. in oakland, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >> did the fbi have an explanation on why 10% were from the bay area? >> reporter: well, the fbi said it is just the size of the area. a large area, the bay area. the other thing had fbi has been working with law enforcement here for some time, dating back to 2007 when they held their first operation timed with the all-star game because the fbi had reason to believe the activity would spike. >> ken pritchett in oakland. thank you. >> one of the child prostitutes rescued is now 21 years old and

said former victims have to look within to regain their power. >> they can't hurt you anymore. you have a power now to wipe them out. the strongest thing we have is what we say, what we do. >> the fbi says she helped put away two pimps. to date the fbi says their program rescued 2700 children in sex trafficking rings. authorities are searching for clues in the killing of a 73-year-old transient. he was found yesterday near second street and parker avenue. he died later at the hospital. he died from blunt force trauma to the head. anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff's office. the possibility of another bart strike. we are 6 days away from the

expiration of the 30 day contract extension which ends on sunday august 4. today both sides met again but there is still no agreement in sight. >> workers shouted down the general manager during an event in san francisco. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar has been monitoring the talks and he is live from headquarters at the caltrans building in oakland. tom? >> reporter: the chief negotiator came down and said there was no progress. she indicated that whatever progress was made in 2-1/2 months produced only minor results at best. >> reporter: it takes hundreds and hundreds of specific negotiated clauses to make up a bart contract and so far few

minor issues have been agreed upon. >> we have dozens of agreements that have been reached with the unions. >> all of the tentative agreements we had we had for three weeks. >> reporter: these minor agreements have nothing to do with wage, pension and healthcare issues that remain far apart. >> we think the work we will do this week on the major issues could be fruitful. >> we should have spent the past 12 days trying to revolve them. >> the union says bart's negotiator remains on vacation till tomorrow. >> we thought he would be back today but we haven't seen anyone today. >> the rest of the issues are raised so they avoid talking about the important issues. >> strike increasingly likely looms for next monday morning. >> to extend the contract and

have no commitment is hard to do. >> plan a is to have a contract by sunday night but plan b is to check the website and know where the buses are. >> reporter: the union says bart's chief negotiator was here and made a brief appearance this afternoon. the governor can call a 60 day cooling off period but the last time a governor did that in california a bart strike happened anyway. reporting live, consumer editor tom vacar ktvu channel 2 news. >> bart management claims the unions demands of a pay increase would result in an 18% fare hike. bart says riders would face an 11% fare increase in 2014. 5% in 2015 and 9% in 2016. according to the chief

negotiator those projections are false. she claims bart has a surplus that would fund the proposals. the faa is advising all foreign airlines to perform instrument landings at sfo. the recommendations were made yesterday in the wake of the asiana airlines flight 214 crash. two aborted landings. part of the problem is the approach to the runways that is over featureless water which makes it difficult to pilot whose are unfamiliar with the airport. >> what happens is we think we are higher from the ground than we are so we could be taken by surprise. >> the faa said air traffic controllers will assign approaches that use a gps system. an 18-year-old man is

accused of scamming more than a dozen people out of thousands of dollars and police fear there could be more victims. investigators say he placed a false ad on craigslist offer a condo for rent but would disappear after collecting the security deposit and first month rent. police believe he scammed renters out of $25,000. new proposal by the governor to fund unemployment insurance by raising payroll taxes isn't sitting well with some. california has one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation. it would raise taxes to pay back $10 billion it borrowed from the government. but business groups say it is a bad idea when businesses are starting to bounce back. >> businesses absorbing billions of dollars of cost this year immediately that they are going to have to figure out

how to pay. you know what that means. it is going to impact everyone. >> he says instead of raising taxes the government should crack down on unemployment fraud. we have breaking news right now out of the south bay. a fire is burning on 880. a viewer tweeted this picture. you can see how close the flames are to the road. the chp issued a sig alert. only one lane north bound on 880 is open. that could create a large back up because right now is rush hour so if you can avoid that area, 880, north bound lanes, you should avoid that area if possible. pope francis is making headlines today for very candid remarks he made on faith and home sexuality. during a press conference the pope spoke out saying if someone is gay and he searches for the lord and has good will

who am i to judge. catholics attending a mass in san francisco were talking about the comments. >> i think it is a major thing. a major shift. the beginning of healing with the gay community. >> some catholics believe the comments mark a major change in tone and could be a sign of greater tolerance towards gay priests in the catholic church. what do you think about the pope's comments? join the conversation on our facebook page. just search for ktvu channel 2. summer vacation suddenly canceled. why some travelers never reached their destination and today were stranded at sfo. >> we will look at the fog, when things will warm up. see you back here right after the break. look at 'em.

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contra costa county will hold a grun buy back -- gun buy back this weekend. they are working with several police departments police departments for the program. there will be three locations. the contra costa county fairgrounds, the pavilion and the police department. saturday from 10:00 a.m. to3:00 p.m. -- to 3:00 p.m. anyone who turns in a gun will receive a gift card worth between 50 and 200-dollars. family is about to receive the remains of a korean war veteran who was missing for 60 years. he was classified as missing in action in the 1950s. since then his family has been waiting for a proper burlier. they received a call a few years ago saying his remains

have been found. >> i am so grateful and so overwhelmed by the fact after 62 years that they are bringing my uncle home. >> he remains will arrive at san francisco international airport tomorrow morning. a funeral with full military honors is scheduled thursday. tropical storm flossie is putting a damper on vacation plans of many bay area residents. ktvu's jade hernandez reports from sfo, the number of flight cancellations is continuing to grow. >> reporter: he spent a lot of time on his cell phone while waiting today. >> it is supposed to hit tonight. and hopefully we will be over by morning. >> reporter: tropical storm flossie hasn't hit hawaii yet. the big island will get torrential rain even if the

storm weakens. san francisco international airport united airlines canceled six flights to hawaii. >> i feed to rebook -- i need to rebook my flight. >> reporter: finding another flight wasn't so easy. >> that is all for today. >> next couple days. >> reporter: united told passengers the next flight wouldn't be till saturday forcing her to cancel her trip to see her friend. >> i was bummed. cried for a bit. >> reporter: she wasn't the only one. >> another person in customer service line where their son is getting married and husband and wife were there and everybody else is trying to come. and now they can't. >> reporter: meanwhile he continued to push for another flight out of sfo. >> can you tell me if the 3:00 p.m. flight is still on or canceled?

>> reporter: so he could make a business meeting. >> still on? >> reporter: finally. >> 3:00 p.m. >> that was jade hernandez reporting. oakland has five flights departing each day. three left this morning without a problem and two others were canceled. >> current look at what is tropical storm flossie right now. just a click away from being a tropical depression. 39 miles per hour winds it gets down graded. it is dying out quickly as it moves to the north and away from the big island and on its way tomaui. looking for -- to maui. lots of rain. they will get 10, 12, 13 inches of rain. that causes problems. the winds are dying down. it is a wet storm. fog along the coast. moist.

cool today. temperatures below average and we will stay in this cool fire friendly weather pattern. increased humidity and cooler day time highs. temperatures outside right now are in the 60s around the bay. hot spots like fairfield are in the low 70s. into tonight, look for drizzle. into the evening hours the fog is going to push inland and breezy condition ins the delta and bay will continue. it was breezy this morning as well. fog in the morning. up into had it delta. highs come out and they are 70s. you will see 80s. when we look at the bay area map, they were the east of us -- high pressure to the east of us and low pressure here tomorrow, wednesday, thursday. the low dominates and friday things change around. these are the highs tomorrow.

80 in danville. 86 brentwood. 82 livermore. it is warm in brentwood. 82 in livermore is warm but below average. 71 fremont. air quality getting better with the strong winds. fire danger gets better as well. still smoke that has been transported into the bay area from the oregon fires. into the contra costa county valley as well. the smoke will get a break as it gets blown around tonight and better tomorrow. the five-day forecast there it is. heats up on the bay area weekend. not hot, just warmer. >> been mild and weird. >> it really has. the summer has been cooler than you expect. >> we are not talking about fires -- [ talking at the same time ] >> thank you. new at 6:00 p.m. two good will distribution

centers centers discovered bedbugs. ktvu's rob roth visited both sides today and explains the measures being taken to exterminate the bugs. >> reporter: good will san francisco is in bad straits. workers are wearing protective clothing and tossing away 15 huge dumpsters full of donated clothes, books, you name it and the shelves are bear on mission street in san francisco. >> i think is tragic for our organization. >> reporter: they found bedbugs like these in the warehouses last week as workers were processing donated items. an employee spotted the dugs on -- the bugs on friday. what they don't know is whether they spread to this part of the

warehouse. if so all this will have to be thrownp out -- thrown out. >> we are a job training and job placement organization. we help local people in need find jobs and learn how to work again. >> reporter: they are not surprised there was a problem. >> bugs and parasites are all over the place. so you don't have to go to good will to get them. >> reporter: rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. coming up on bay area news at 7:00 on tv 36, doctors talk about a survival story from a newborn. the circumstances that may have saved her and she was the girlfriend of glee star cory monteith, now she is making comments since his stunning death. her message at 7:00 p.m. on tv 36. the san francisco giants cuvisitted president obama at

the -- visited president obama at the white house today. mark will have more in sports.

mark is here now with sports. the giants are having a horrible season yet being honored that white house for last season. >> hard to remember, there were

good times with regards to san francisco giants baseball. they are the world champions last year despite the fact they are in last place. much of the giants team and president obama had glowing praise for the defending champions. >> the giants still won behind stellar pitching, smothering defense, timely hitting and even though they used a different closer down the stretch, this one still had a beard to fear. [ laughter ] >> there is no longer a beard to fear in the person of brian williams. mean time we had another meet and greet session. this with the three big major college football programmers represented. of course.

stanford getting a lot of attention with their rose bowl success. first time ever as a result all of their home games are sold out. >> people are just going to come just to come. you have to give them something to see. something exciting. and that is been something we could establish, an exciting style of play. a team that has a chance to be successful. >> you will get your season tickets sold every year. >> think fast, react fast, play fast. we want to recruit fast kids. everything happens fast. that is why by design everything is simple. >> i believe it is important to instill a culture of embracing challenges. if we can stress our football team and challenge them as much as we can during august they will be better prepared for those challenges coming their way come the season.

>> college and pro, giants are off and the a's play tonight against the jays in oakland. >> baseball. the little league baseball. lets play ball. world series kicks off tonight in the east bay. coming up tonight at 10:00 p.m. what the tournament means for players, the teams and the city of livermore. >> we are always here for you on www.ktvu.com and mobile ktvu. thank you so much for joining us. we will see you at 10:00 p.m. >> good night. look at 'em.

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the thing i don't understand about the suicide person is the people that try and commit suicide for some reason don't die, and then that's it. they stop trying. why? why don't they just keep trying? what's changed? is their life better? no. in fact, it's worse 'cause now they've found out here's one more thing you stink at. that's why these people don't succeed at life to begin with-- because they give up too easy. i say pills don't work, try a rope. car won't start in the garage, get a tune-up. you know what i mean? there's nothing more rewarding than reaching a goal you've set for yourself.