machinery, the front loader was that officials say backed into a pedestrian on this walk way near the fine arts building. officials have not given any details of the victim but sources say it was a female pedestrian who was hit. but no one is saying anything else as if she was a student or incoming. workers understandable by shocked and one person said she wondered if the woman was walking where she shouldn't have been. workers were putting in an underground water valve. >> they could have been more cautious, but this is not an area you go through. >> how about for you? are you going to be more cautious? >> oh, yes, definitely i will be for sure. >> it's just a water line and it was just being drilled underneath the lawn and that actual part of it had nothing to do with any of this. >> what was the tractor doing

at the time then. >> he was just taking a load of dirt over to one corner of the job site. that's it. >> again the victim was taken to valley medical center after being given cpr at the scene but died at the hospital. the chancellor said they are working closely with investigators to determine what happened and if it could have been prevented. the coroner's office said it won't release any more information until the victim's family has been contacted. a drunk driving arrest led police to a woman's body in west paolo al to. there to tell us how officers were led to the victim's apartment and the circumstances surrounding her death. >> this is the apartment building where police found the victim's body. we talked with her devastated family this afternoon. the crime scene is in east palo alto.

>> all i know is what i seen today when my sister came out of her own apartment. to see like that, i really just keep asking why. >> family members say the victim was 47-year-old. >> she was a very nice person, community wise. >> anderson's sister seemed to be taking the news the hardest. >> i just wish god would have took me instead of taking my little sister. she was the baby of the family and always happy. >> police say they learned of the killing in an unusual way. it came after a drunk driving arrest last night of a man in redwood city. >> shortly after that he revealed that he had killed an individual and officers responded to this location. >> they say little else about the suspect other than he is now facing a murder charge. >> i met him before. i don't understand why he did it. >> anderson's family said she worked at a counselor.

>> she always helped everybody. she did everything she could. she was real real giving. >> she was my sister experienced as [ indiscernible ] to touch other people's hearts. >> just an hour ago police identified the suspect as richard slaughter. announce a motive for the -- said it happened in a domestic dispute. this afternoon oakland police confirmed the body found last week in vac aville is missing woman sandra coke. live at police headquarters where police have little information today about this case. eric. >> police even told us ahead of time they were not taking any questions about what happened to sandra cope. they simply said they identified her body. yet we found there are even more questions about the man who was last seen with her.

>> body search teams said the remains belonged to 50-year-old sandra cope. >> it was heart breaking. i never thought it would be her. >> today a neighbor left flowers at coke's door in oak lands. they are also talking about the man that may have been the last rson to see her alive. >> i have seen him a few times around here. >> was he with her. >> yeah. >> 56-year-old randy. friends say coke briefly dated him. despite three strikes for rape and robbery convictions he was released last year. police picked up up for probation. he said alain a had recently -- yet police aren't ready to call him a suspect. >> randy alaina is considered a person of interest only at this time in the investigation. >> a man with a long criminal

history, court records show he laina even called him a friend of convicted killer david mason. he was among those that petitioned unsuccessfully to hold off mason's execution in 1993. >> sandra coke's family made no mention of randy he laina today. instead they focused on coke saying she was a loving mother and sister. they went on to say. live in oakland, eric rase make son. relatives of a one-year-old boy who was shot an killed in oakland last week spoke out today. a group said it's added $10,000 to the reward for an arrest and conviction in the case for a total of $30,000. baby drew jackson and his 20- year-old father andrew thomas were shot to death at a

relative's home six days ago. >> ain't nobody going to feel what i feel until they go through it. to my son and my grandson, stop the violence. put the guns down. >> oak lands police who were also there to support the family and encourage any witnesses to tell what they know. the funeral for baby drew will be held on friday. city workers spent the day out on the picket line outside city hall. it's part of a planned 3 day strike, in response to the city's refuse al to bargain with the union. workers say they have given up more than $7 million over the past 4 years. some tense moments this morning just minutes after the picket began. the driver told us the worker bumped into the van. police are now reviewing surveillance tape. a live look now to the east

span of the bay bridge. now that they have received an approval of the quick fix. they had warned they might have to push back the opening for crews to seismically secure the bridge. joins us on treasure island with concerns about safety and the once touted opening gala. tom. >> we are going to know thursday for sure about when this bridge will actually open. and that's an important thing because it needs to open as soon as possible. >> the three member bridge oversight committee, mainly the heads of cal tran and metropolitan commission have reviewed all the documents. all reviewers have approved a so called quick fix. temporarily supplying. >> it provides the same level

of seismic performance but it's just on a temporary basis until this larger construction project is completed. >> a labor day weekend opening is still possible. >> opening a bridge, getting the construction completed, dealing with the public notice, all these things are significant logistical details that they are making sure they have all the is dotted. >> but the shore to shore fireworks display, bridge run is not going to happen. >> we are getting the bridge open. we are focusing on a very modest event. >> so how do people feel about using a bridge that won't be fully complete. >> if they say it's safe, i believe them. >> i don't have a problem with that. >> i think that it's as safe as it's going to be. if we don't have a quake, we don't have that many quakes. >> if it's better than the old

span, that's certainly an improvement. every time you were on the old span you get a little nervous. >> a labor day opening is still very much possible if not likely but we will all learn thursday morning what the fate of the bridge will be. >> and more details now on the problems that started cropping up this spring with the construction on the bay bridge. back in march cal trance discovered that 32 of those foot long earthquake bolts had failed after they were tightened. tests uncovered the -- were made of poor quality steel. you can follow us on twitter for the very latest on the bay bridge project, including milestones of its temporary fix. new at 6:00, actresses halee berry and -- testified at the state capital today to push the limits of paparazzi that

they say harass their children. >> 15 to 20 cars are in a convoy behind us. they are close to our car, they are running red lights behind us. the price paid for picture of celebrity children is now absurdly high. they have a bounty on their heads. >> the bill moves to the. suing that sent a plume of smoke over the east bay. the houston based -- charges that chevron failed to shut down the plant after a leak was discovered. a lawsuit also claimed chevron didn't let county officials know about the leak until 2 hours after it started. gas prices are going down just in time for end of summer vacations. down nearly 10 cents since this time last month. in northern california the

price drop is 6 cents. and average price is $3.86 a gallon. in san jose, oak land, it's $3.91 a gallon. san francisco drivers are paying the most. crews are now working to repair 8 tsunami -- officials discovered 5 of the sirens weren't working properly last week. the sirens cover 30 miles of coastline between pacifica. those repairs should be done by early september. after the break, a puppy in deep trouble. >> he was found paddling in the middle of the bay. >> how this lucky dog was brought to safety and what's happening with her now. then this first day of school almost didn't happen. what allowed thousands of little ones to get to class. coming up, people around the bay area are starting to feel the warm up. what to expect in your

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a former math teacher was sentenced today to three years in prison for molesting a former student. 42-year-old marie johnson taught in liver more. in april she pleaded no contest to 9 counts of sex with a 14- year-old boy. police say the relationship began through the smart phone app words with friends. when released she faces 4 years of parole and must register as a sex offender. now to the story of a heroic rescue of a dog in the bay. you can see that black dog was surrounded by those wind surfers and here's the same dog this morning. as rob roth tells us the rescuer is a man with an unusual compute. rob. >> ken, he was on the bay about

3 miles from the berkeley shoreline. a man commuting home by boat rescued a dog swimming for its life. >> this dog was apparently close to drowning but she seems to be okay now. the wife of the man who helped rescue her brought her to the hospital to see if this pup has an id chip embedded inside. there's a good chance this dog wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for this man. >> to be able to help this poor lab, it felt really good. >> he was commuting home yesterday from san francisco to berkeley in his inflatable motor boat when he saw a group of winds surfers who looked like they were having problems. >> we spent 10 to 15 minutes trying to manure the boat

around. >> when he got closer he saw they were trying to get a dog. he hoisted her on to a surf board. >> we reached down and grabbed the little dog and pulled her up into the boat and she was just shaking and didn't do anything. just sort of collapsed in the bottom of the boat and just lay there. >> exhausted? >> yeah. >> he brought the dog home and he and his wife took care of her overnight. >> she was cold so we put blankets on her and she was really receptive. >> the dog had a collar but no tags. they hope they can find the owners. the hard part is over. the dog is safe. >> it was a great experience. >> the cones say they will keep the dog until they find the owner or find a good home for her. those who oppose a ban on the possession and sale of

shark fins will have their day in court tomorrow. the china town association and other groups have sued the state over the ban. say the ban is cut from the sharks and then the sharkers throw them back into the ocean to die. chinese say the charges are caught -- sharks are caught humanely. san francisco public utilities commission took up part of a plan that would move a clean -- several groups in favor of that program including the sierra club and lean energy u.s. spoke outside san francisco city hall. they urged the commission to approve the not to exceed rate which they call a step to clear power sf. >> through clean bauer sf the city has the ability to deliver on thousands of mega watts of

new distributed local renewable power and bringing the new jobs that come along with that. >> the city first approved the sf plan last september. the official numbers are in from today. it was hot in the bay. warmer than yesterday. let's take a peek, you can see we had 94. 97 in liver more. so definitely a warmer day today. temperatures tomorrow very similar. the reason for that is the marine layer, see how it's been scoured away. you come in real close, there is some fog. it's basically cleared out of the bay area. so the fog kind of being scoured away. it comes back tonal and it's -- tonight and it's real shallow. 8888 in liver more and then you get to the coast and it's cool.

downtown tonight, 66. that's pretty warm this time of year. tomorrow, mostly sunny, just like today, warm to hot. the minor changes are just that, minor. this low pressure center to the north. really being bounced away by this high pressure. tomorrow another warm, the hot day a lot like today, especially inland. forecast highs tomorrow, those reds are 90s, lots of upper 80s. 70s and upper 70s for the rest of us, back to school wednesday. we talked about napa unified school district. they are heading back to school tomorrow morning. lunchtime for the kids, 84 and then on the way home, 95 degrees, it's going to be a warm end to the day tomorrow. 96 in clear lake. 95 in fair field. these forecast highs are kinds of like they were today, maybe

a little warmer and out along the coast, santa cruz 80 degrees. you will see some sunshine again tomorrow. 64 pacifica. so the 5 day forecast with bay area weekend in view, tomorrow pretty much the warmest day we're going to see for a few days. then temperatures will come down a little bit. friday, saturday and sunday. then sunday they come back up. there's your 5 day forecast. be back tonight on the 10:00 newscast and keep you posted on some more school. >> it's amazing to me. >> i know. seemed like it wasn't by like that, summer. >> thanks, phil. coming up on bay area news at 7:00, we will take you back to hayward which is now being impacted by a three day strike. what unions plan tonight to get their point across. also it might be a first for a first lady, appearing in a hip hop video, the message

she hopes to give to children. head start children starts back to school. how santa clara county stepped in to make sure children didn't lose out.

teachers and hundreds of head start students began a new

school year today, the super superintendent welcomed those preschoolers back this morning. the school district was facing cuts. but the county decided to put $1.7 million into the program to make up the deficit. the superintendent told us it's that important. >> it has been estimated and research would say that students who don't have access to pre-k can start kindergartener a year or two years behind their peers. >> serves about 2600 preschoolers. and a special section to help you get ready for the school year, just look for the tab on our front page to save on school shopping and more. among other times the giants are battling the weather back east. tell us all about it. >> a couple of teams, the nationals and the giants

extremely disappointing seasons for them. both were featured to at least contend for the playoffs. look at the nationals in the dug outs. jason werth and -- have words after the first inning. gonzalez said -- was not pitching enough. ramos with a shot back off his leg, it ends up scoring a run, then the rains came with the nats on top. they are in an extreme rain delay. however at last report, everything is clearing up back there and they should be playing by 6:45 our time. 49ers continue to gear up. alex smith and the chiefs will be their next exhibition game opponent but as we prepare for the regular season a lot of people concerned about the 49ers weapons. that receiver veteran on davis wants everybody to know, he's not just a tight end. >> i never really categorized myself as a tight ends, just a

play maker. >> i'm not here to get statistics. i'm not here to go to the pro bowl. i'm here to help this team get to where they are trying to go, that's the super bowl. we play for that moment. in the united states the president usually greets all kinds of athletic achievements. in rome, pope francis greeting the coaches and the players of teams from argentina and -- this is at the vatican, some interesting video you don't see every day, and the pope was presented with his own soccer ball. he reminded the players they have a great social responsibility and expects no violence from them as well when they play, no matter when. that's the sporting life at this hour and of course the as tonight. >> the people's pope, he's out there meeting people all the time. >> and they do that right here with the president greeting pro

teams but i've never seen that before. >> really cool. in the last hour the coroner left the scene of a deadly construction accident that killed an innocent bystander. crews are on the scene at san jose college where a woman was run over by a front loader. we are talking with people about what happened. we will bring you the very latest on this story coming up tonight on 10:00. and we're all here for you on ktvu.com and mobile. good night.

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