she worked in the hospitality industry. she was admitted on september 19th to deal with a possible bladder infection. she disappeared from her room saturday morning. the family launched a search campaign online and surrounding streets. tonight they are wondering if it is her and if so, why it took so long for her to be found. >> i think there's a lot of questions if that's the case that san francisco general will have to answer, not only for the friends and family but the people that come here expecting safety. >> reporter: it's unclear which floor spalding was staying on. relatives say she had a room thursday and friday night but none on saturday when she disappeared, leaving behind her cell phone. the sheriff's office is in charge of the investigation because they provide security at the hospital. just under about 20 minutes ago, the medical examiner's van left the hospital, bringing the body that was found in the stairwell to their offices where an autopsy will be

conducted and confirm the identity of the person found dead in the stairwell. we are waiting for an update from the hospital. we will bring you details as they come this evening. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >> to the oakland a's and the american league divisional series. the a's and tigers are in the 8th inning of game 4. tigers are ahead 5-4. fans are packing local bars to catch game 4 and everybody is on the edge of their seat. the green and gold is bringing in extra green. john. >> reporter: that's right, guys. we are in the district. this bar has been hopping since the game started with everyone cheering for the home team. the crowd is not as happy as they could be because the game has the a's trailing the tigers. a tuesday afternoon in oakland's rock ridge district. a tranquil shopping neighborhood. but today, it had a slightly different feel inside of the

bar. >> game 4. very exciting. >> reporter: a's fans took over the bar, cheering on the green and gold against detroit in the playoff game. >> we're all here for one common cause and that's the a's. go a's. >> reporter: the manager who is a descendent of the bar's founder says that the a's playoff run has been great for business. >> a lot of happy a's fans right now. we're hoping that they keep going. and for this, this is fabulous. we have rally towels for everybody. everybody likes that. >> reporter: and those rally towels saw a lot of action today. the bar which usually opens at 1:30 during the week was open for the 10:00 a.m. start of yesterday's game. >> it's a little weird being here this early in the day. but it's awesome. across the bay, they have had tension for the last few years. i'm glad we're getting love for oakland. >> reporter: either way, the bar is guaranteed more a's

baseball business with the team going to game 5 if they lose today. if they win, they go to the american league championship series. >> well, needles to say, a's fans have been on edge with all of the back and forth scoring here on game 4. our crew got out comerica park. some a's fans made the trip to detroit. >> my first a's road game. it's been exciting so far. i've loved every moment of it. >> if the a's win this series, they will face the boston red sox or tampa bay rays in the american league championship series. right now boston leads tampa 2- 1 in the best of five series. >> we're looking for your fan photos tonight. we will share some with you. veronica sent in this photo from a recent a's game. she is wearing her we own the west shirt. lisa dug deep into the archives

to pull out this vintage fan photo. it shows her cousins and she is in there too from 1972. we would love to feature your photos as well. e-mail your pictures to photos@ktvu.com or post them on our facebook page. highlights will be brought to you as soon as the game ends. >> just two days and counting until the threat of another bart strike becomes real. bart and its workers were back at the bargaining table today but still no sign of a deal. the lack of progress is worrying employers in the area that need their employees on the job. tom has the latest in the developments. >> reporter: let's put it this way. traditional courtesy notices of the strike notwithstanding, a strike could come any time from friday on. the bay area council of the

regions largest employees are asking its members and business groups to be super flexible in the event of a bart strike with telecommuting, days off and other ways to keep employees off the roads. >> this is an emergency situation. it's very possible that within a couple of days, we're going to have a bart strike. >> reporter: amy worth, mayor and chair of the transportation commission says that the economic damage from a strike will dwarf this summer's $73 million a day hit. >> we expect the cost will be even higher this fall in the event of a strike because people are back to work and they're back to school. so there are many more people commuting. this only addresses about 10% of the demand that is on bart each day. >> reporter: a survey of bart riders guarantees grid lock. >> of those bart riders, over 50% said they would switch from bart to their cars. >> reporter: and it's not just

the commute. >> we have to think also about what happens all day long. the trucks that have to deliver the foods and the groceries, the utility companies that have to continue to maintain their routes. all of the other things that have to go on in our lives. >> reporter: tourism workers will suffer greatly in terms of how they have serve. >> visitors how they are transported from the airport to the bay area. >> a strike is unacceptable to public safety and critical transportation infrastructure. >> reporter: and, again, the unions have absolutely no legal obligation to provide advanced warning, though they usually do. ktvu channel 2 news. >> happening now, union members and their supporters are rallying in oakland. they've gathered at the plaza next to city hall. the unions are calling it a unit rally and march. we will bring you any updates as they come in.

more details now. bart last went on strike on july 1st. trains were back up and running four and a half days later after the unions agreed to send members barometer being to work while the negotiations continued. that was over a holiday weekend. if bart goes on strike again, it is expected to have a much bigger impact on the bay area because ridership is higher right now. and stay with ktvu for continuing coverage of the bart labor dispute. get updates any time on ktvu.com. we're also posting alerts on facebook and twitter. there has been another shooting on an ac transit bus in oakland. police say the victim was shot in the leg at about 1:30 this afternoon while on a bus near fontaine street. the details are still sketchy and there are conflicting reports that the gunshot wound may have been self-inflicted. the victim was brought to a hospital. no word on his condition. authorities say there were about 12 people on the bus at the time of the shooting and no one else was hurt.

you may recall last month, two people were injured when gunfire broke out on a bus also in oakland. >> continuing coverage now on the partial federal government shutdown. as we take a live look at capitol hill. the shutdown is now in its eighth day. today, new pressure from president obama to get something done. julie haner is in the news room with more. >> reporter: the president and congressional leaders continue to dig in. president obama held an hour- long press conference today at the white house. he said he will negotiate with republicans after congress reopens the government and raises the debt ceiling. but he says it must be done with no strings attached. >> the greatest nation on earth shouldn't have to get permission from a few irresponsible members of congress every couple months just to keep the government open or prevent an economic catastrophe. let's pay our bills and end the

shutdown. >> the president phoned john boehner this morning but they remain at odds. boehner hopes to meet with leaders and is demanding another conversation with the president. >> threatening isn't about me or republicans. it's about saving the future for our kids and grandkids. the only way that will happen is to have a conversation. >> lawmakers have until thursday of next week to raise the debt ceiling to avoid the government going into default. >> sooner or later we will raise the debt limit. how do we get there? if there is anybody that disagrees we're not going to reach that point, i would like to hear from them. why don't we do this sooner rather than later? >> democrats want a one-year increase with no conditions. republicans insist on spending cuts. reporting live in the news room, julie haner, ktvu channel

2 news. >> government may be shut down but feds are still buying things and they are things that some may consider nonessential. coming up, we investigate some of the purchases made since the shutdown started. amidst the shutdown, first lady obama has canceled a trip to california. >> president jimmy carter was in the south bay today working on affordable homes for a second day in a row. the former president and volunteers for habitat for humanity helped to renovate ten homes in san jose. yesterday the former president was in oakland helping to build ten newtown homes. after san jose, they head to denver to do more work for habitat for humanity. a souths bay man living at a child care facility is now

accused of molesting children. new at 5:30, what we're learning about the suspect and why that facility is still open. >> and later, a controversial camp out in one east bay city. why these protesters say it's all to protect the homeless. >> i'm back right after the break. the cooldown we have been talking about and chance for wet weather. details coming up. yea, let's do that! ikea. professional kitchen services at a low price.

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when crews arrived to towering flames, they discovered there were no fire hydrants nearby. it happened in the small town of coyote in santa clara county. ann has the latest on what firefighters faced. >> reporter: firefighters say this could have been much worse. there was a limited supply of water and a seemingly unlimited amount of fuel for the fire. neighbors in coyote recorded this cell phone video before the fire trucks arrived. >> you have to have 50, 60-foot flames. >> reporter: crews had their work cut out for them. there are no fire hydrants there. >> there is a poor water supply system in this area. but we know that. >> reporter: so they brought in water tenders and got to work. on one side is the lumber yard. on the other, three historic buildings according to their owner fran seen. >> this was built in 1870. and the building down there is

built in 1868. >> reporter: one had been a train depot, the other a feed company and the last a bunkhouse for railroad workers. firefighters were able to save all by the bunkhouse. >> when i seen it an hour ago, it was there. and i thought they were able to save it. they said that only the roof had caught on fire but they took it completely down. >> reporter: two more buildings at the lumber yard burn but the lumber amazingly did not. >> i have a lot of stuff left, just me office is gone. >> i can't thank them enough. they saved this place. you saved this place. thank you. >> you're welcome. >> reporter: the cause of the fire is under investigation. coincidentially there was another fire at this same spot last year. ann ruben, ktvu news. >> pg&e has been ordered to keep this pipeline out of service until the safety is

verified. the utilities investigation will see if there is any danger posed by the pipeline. city leaders cited internal e- mails from a employee that was concerned that it was unsafe and could cause an explosion like the deadly san bruno blast three years ago. petaluma police and fbi agents have been on the scene of a home where they discovered explosive devices. a man was possibly in possession of a firearm on quarry street. investigators took him into custody. incompetent side the home they found a total of four devices with explosives inside of them. they were similar to pipe bombs. several homes in the were evacuated but the residents have now been able to return. >> investigators say a child's parents brought the baby to san francisco general hospital at about 12:30 this morning and he

was pronounced just a short time later. investigators say the medical examiner could not confirm that the infant died of natural causes and contacted police. the parents ' car was towed from the hospital. police are also investigating the family's home on monterey boulevard in the glenn park neighborhood. >> when a young child or infant passes away, it raises red flags. so the medical examiner was just doing their part. and we are doing our due diligence to make sure there's no criminal activity that occurred. >> police say they're also interviewing the baby's parents and others that have recently come in contact with the child. >> more people have been arrested in connection with the black market drug trafficking website silk road. the mastermind was arrested last week at a san francisco library. authorities have arrested eight more people in britain, sweden and washington state. more arrestsare coming. the fbi says that silk road

brokered more than a billion dollars in sales before agents arrested the mastermind and shut down the website. >> let's take our first look at the weather. let's bring in our chief meteorologist. just like you called it. >> yeah. they're going to drop further with a chance of wet weather tomorrow. mainly in the south bay, southeast bay. for of rest of us, it will just be cooler, breezy as well. there is the system up to the north. you can see dropping rain up near portland. the low usually goes this way. but it's going to drop down even further. digging like this. as it does, it's going to follow that line and bring a chance of showers to parts of the south bay. as we look at what is happening now, there is a winter weather advisory up in the mountains. they will see snow down to 6,000 feet. it's going to be winter up there even though it's fall. 78 in fairfield right now. 77 in livermore. temperatures cooler. a nice day though. and tomorrow, still a nice day. not a bad day.

just not as warm, obviously. and a chance of rain. here comes the low. call it an inside slider. it's not coming off of the water. it's coming down. these are cooler systems because they come off of land mass. the ocean is actually warmer in parts of canada. when that cool air comes down, the temperatures drop. we get lower snow levels and a chance of a shower. tomorrow in san jose, 71 and a chance of a shower. mainly around 10:00 a.m. oakland should be free of a chance of shower. you're further north obviously. you're going to max out at 72. despite the low being close to us, it's still not a bad day in terms of temperatures. your forecast highs tomorrow as you look at tomorrow, you will look at clouds increasing mainly from mountain view and into evergreen and up towards livermore valley. that brings you a slight chance of a sprinkle. when i come back, we will have the computer model and we will time out the showers.

thursday we clear out. friday we're mostly sunny and temperatures work their way back up. just in time for the bay area weekend, temperatures in the upper 70s. what has happened here, fire danger not a part of the program really because we've got much cooler weather and nicer pattern for firefighters. the bay area weekend in view. the chance of showers is really most of us nothing. won't notice a thing. if you're in eastern santa clara valley, you may see something. the latest computer model will time it out. mountains will get snow from this and it will be cool. winter is certainly coming. >> tom hanks reveals a secret about his health. now to julie haner in the news room for what we are working on for 6:00. >> reporter: she was almost killed when a hit and run struck her on the street. find out how this woman is

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>> a special ceremony was held for a new free hotel in palo alto for veterans. it's called defender's lodge and it serves veteran who's are

receiving medical care through the veterans affair palo alto health care system. >> we're gathered here today for one very important reason, to show our support for our nation's veterans. >> a ribbon cutting ceremony was held to open the building. the building was designed by a hotel architect. >> each individual will feel like they're coming to a hotel to stay, make their outpatient when they come for chemo or trauma treatment. they will have a relaxing place to stay. we have designed activity rooms and quiet rooms and plus we have all of the bedrooms of course ada compliant. >> the pen fed foundation said that it was built through private funding. the organization says that the defender's lodge will provide 20,000 free nights stay for outpatients from va hospitals and their caregivers. >> new details on the health

alert involving tainted raw chicken from california. the outbreak has been linked to chicken produced at foster farms at three plants. there are 7 antibiotic resistant strains involved in the outbreak. the outbreak has a high hospitalization rate of 42%. that's double the typical rate for salmonella. so far 278 reported cases in 18 states with most of the illnesses happening here in california. no deaths have been linked to the outbreak. >> actor tom hanks has just revealed he is living with type two diabetes. he grew up in the bay area. over the years, the 57-year-old actor has taken on roles that required him to gain and lose a lot of weight. some medical experts say that extreme weight fluctuation could have made him more vulnerable to developing the disease. people with the disease can lead a normal healthy life by exercising regularly and eating

right. >> a south bay man living in a child care facility facing allegations of child molestation. >> reporter: we found out this day care is still open for business. find out what the state had to say. >> also a dozen high school students in the east bay suspended after a fight involving the principal that was all caught on camera. why the principal says there's a lot more inform this story. >> celebrating a decade long land lark in san francisco.

>> complete bay area news coverage continues. this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00. >> a man who lived at a souths bay home day care center arrested, accused of sexually abusing children there. police are urging parents to have what could be a difficult talk with their own children. the arrest came as a surprise to at least one parent who was dropping off his daughter at the home day care center around lunchtime. we get more from carrie lu. >> reporter: we confirmed with the state this afternoon that the facility has a valid license but an investigation is underway. the man arrested is related to the owner who didn'ter search warrant the door for us.

but there is a note out front saying no comment. >> oh, my god. what is this. >> reporter: juan gonzales had no idea anything was amiss when he dropped off his daughter at the home. he has been happy with the facility for the last three years. >> it's really good. it's really good. she loves the kids. she loves all of the parents. it's really mine. but i'm in shock. i'm in shock. >> reporter: investigators say jose who lived at the home was arrested last week after a parent came forward with allegations of inappropriate touching. investigators say at least two children were abused. >> the children in this case are 5 to 8 years old. they're elementary school age children. and so the touching that was made was a sexual type of touching. >> reporter: neighbors tell us the 68-year-old was friendly and they sometimes saw him walking with the children to the park. >> he is a good man.

i don't know what happened inside. >> reporter: police want to hear from any parent worried that their child might be a victim. we obtained inspection reports from the last few years from the state. the most significant deficiency cited was about a dog that barked and jumped on people when they arrived. we are working to confirm from the state if the license is now at risk. live from sunnyville, ktvu channel 2 news. >> police a 66-year-old williams was arrested last friday after a parent said that williams had touched a student inappropriately. he was released after being cited on three counts of molesting or annoying a child under the age of 18. additional staff and councillors have been on campus to, quote, provide support to students and staff. the district says that williams

is on paid leave but cannot be placed on unpaid leave until he is arraigned. he will appear in court november 1st. investigators say there could be other victims as well. >> a rude awakening today for residents of a san jose apartment building. a driver fella sleep at the wheel and crashed into three parked cars and two poles and then slammed into the apartment building. it happened this morning. the truck hit a gas meter but pg&e says that it didn't cause a list. the driver was interviewed by police but not arrested. police have questions for an owner of a home found on fire near twin peaks reservoir. the bmw was discovered around 4:00 this morning. police searched the area thinking that somebody could have been ejected from the car and injured. they later tracked down the owner but haven't been able to question him left. a law school is charged after hitting a man in oakland with her car. she has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon

and hit and run. police say me and a friend confronted a group of taggers at the library early saturday morning. the taggers allegedly pushed them and grabbed his cell phone. she then got into her car and drove into 25-year-old james rhoda who was not part of the group. she kept going but was stopped by witnesses ai few blocks away. >> san francisco has officially ended a practice that facilitates the deportation of undocumented immigrants arrested for crimes. the mayor signed the due process for all ordinance this afternoon. last week the board of supervisors voted unanimously to prevent the police and sheriff's departments from detaining undocumented immigrants up to 48 hours past their release dates. that extra time helps immigration agents take custody of an individual for possible deportation. >> it's the fifth amendment of

our constitution and here in san francisco we uphold that and values should drive the policies. we have done that in this case clearly. >> the law will take effect in 30 days. it excluding violent offenders in some cases. despite technical difficulties, the health exchange says more than 16,000 applications have now been completed, thousands more have been started. officials say the covercalifornia website has had more than 987,000 unique users. the help centers have received more than 59,000 phone calls. and 430 companies registered for coverage under the small business program. >> a major reboot for yahoo's free e-mail service. the layout is similar to gmail. it allows users to

individualize their backgrounds. in the meantime google is unveiling a lower priced laptop. it uses google's chrome operating system and costs $279. it has an 11.6-inch display and weighs less than two pounds. unlike other laptops, chrome book rely on internet connections. >> the famous icon atop telegraph hill is 80 years old today. the 210-foot tall monument was dedicated on this date in 1933. cokt tower was built to beautify the city. despite popular myths, tower experts say it was not built as a beacon for firefighters. >> it was built just simply to be what it is, which is a tower. not -- not a fire nozzle and

not a medieval turret. it was to be a piece of art. >> an 80th birthday party and art show is taking place to feature rarely seen artwork from some of the original coyt tower muralists. >> the a's have fallen to the tigers. >> twitter or tweeter? some investors on wall street couldn't tell the difference today. what was done to prevent another mixup.

>> okay. back now to the oakland a's and the american league divisional series. the a's are coming back home for a decisive game 5. tonight's game 4 just ended in detroit. at one point the a's were up 3- 0 but ended up losing 8-6. >> mark ibanez is here with why a's fans had their hopes up for a couple times tonight. >> they had a 3-0 lead to start the game. bases loaded. nobody out in the 8th inning. it just didn't work out. the a's wind up in a situation where it's 2-2. but coming back to oakland.

as tower of power once said. 3-3 in the 7th. you're thinking that's all right. a's bullpen has been nailing it. but not for long. bottom of the 7th. it gets dicey here. josh leaped for that ball. he immediately calls for the umpires to review it, claiming a fan interfered. the umpires will collect themselves, look at the video and decide yeah it was a home run. no interference. key hit here. two-outliner to right. austin who had struck out nine times in the previous games comes through with a broken bat single to put home the go ahead run. got a little wild in the 8th and 9th innings as the tigers scored three in the bottom of the 8th. a's never give up, scoring two in the top of the 9th to make it close. the tying run at the plate in the top of the 9th before seth

smith struck out to end it. it will be a game # 5 in oakland and a chance for a's fans to get out there and rev it up big time. two of the best right-handers in all of baseball. it will be a thrilling night in oakland on thursday. of course they wish there wouldn't be a thursday night. this is a tough game to lose. >> that is going to be a great matchup. boy, the coliseum will be rocking. >> that place will be jumping. >> yeah. thanks, mark. >> the tsa and delta airlines say they're reviewing procedures after a 9-year-old boy managed to bypass security and board a plane in minneapolis without a ticket. it happened last thursday when he walked on to a plane headed for las vegas. it wasn't until the plane was in the air that they discovered they had a stow away. child protective services were contacted in las vegas. he was hoping to meet a video

game friend who lived in las vegas. >> president obama will nominate janet to be the next chairman of the central bank. a formal announcement is expected tomorrow. yellen would succeed ben bernanke. she would be the first woman to lead the federal reserve. a fight on an east bay high school campus leads to suspensions and it is all caught on camera. why the principal says there's more to it than just this picture. >> after the break, i've got the latest computer model that will show the chance for wet weather for part of the bay area tomorrow. back here with that.

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>> an off duty new york police detective has been arrested in connection with this videotaped attack of an suv who had the a motorcyclist. he will face riot and criminal mischief charges. there is another video that contradicts his story that he didn't participate and drove away to avoid blowing his cover. four bikershave now been charged in the case. a chemist has been ordered to stand trial on weapons and

explosive charges. david snyder is accused of setting off an explosion back in january at his apartment complex. he was injured by the blast and dozens of people have to evacuate their homes. he was in possession of chemicals which are ingredients found in blasting caps and c-4 explosives. he is free on $2 million bail and expected to enter a plea next month. the pilots of the deadly flight 214 are reportedly blaming the crash on equipment failure. they have told investigators that a problem with the plane's speed control system malfunctioned. so far the ntsb has not found any mechanical problems with the plane. vallejo police are investigating the shooting of a motel clerk that happened early this morning. the shooting happened at about 2:00 this morning at the roadway in along interstate 80. the female clerk was shot in her upper body.

it's believed she will survive. at this point police don't know what the motive was. >> protesters camped out on the sidewalks of albany after being told that the homeless will be evicted from a waterfront park. people set up camp last night. they're fighting the city's decision to enforce no camping laws at a park known as the albany bulb. >> if they want to kick out the homeless people from where they told them they could live for years, they should have other places to have them live. >> this is an ongoing situation where we're trying to find caring and do passionate solutions for. >> city leaders are looking to relocate the homeless with the berkeley housing project. >> the fifth generation ipad is expected to have a thinner,

lighter design and also a better camera. apple is expected to unveil the new mac pro and its osx maverick desk top operating system. it's unclear where apple will hold the event. >> weather today slightly cooler than yesterday. that's exactly what bill martin told us to expect yesterday here at 5:00. >> it heads that way. continuing to cool tomorrow with breezy conditions. maybe a little bit of wet weather. these were the highs from today. it was still nice even though it cooled off. a nice looking day out there with temperatures in the 70s. there's the system i'm tracking. as it works its way down, you can see where it's coming from. it will drop all the way down here. the cooler air comes with it. the green up around portland will come with it as well. overnight lows kind of chilly, like they have been. lots of 40s. 48 in napa. 46 in santa rosa. and you get low 50s.

clear and cool for wednesday morning. the headlines, some clouds tonight. breezy tomorrow. a slight chance of a shower. mainly in the south bay. but it would be light. you will see that coming up in the model. these are the forecast highs for tomorrow. the micro climate, seeing all 60s. this time of year in fall, the micro climates wash out. even from the coast to inland. we may see a couple low 70s. but mostly in the 60s tomorrow. here is the computer model, the system we've been tracking. 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, showers showing up off of monterey. no big deal. about 1:00 p.m., do you see it wrapping in here? lake tahoe has the winter weather advisory. down here, south down around morgan hill, we have shot at showers. everybody north, no big deal. wind and cooler. down here, you've got a shot of something. then it spins out and it's

gone. and things warm up again. it won't get hot. we're going to stay in the mild weather pattern. forecast highs continue the downward trend in temperatures. still a nice day. we're going to see a lot of upper 60s and low 70s. it might be more 60s. but you get the idea. cooler still as the system tracks through the bay area. here is the 5-day forecast. here is the opportunity. you saw it in the model. after you go he to work in the morning, activity around the santa clara valley, southern area. thursday clears out. and then friday, mostly sunny. the bay area weekend, slightly warmer. so it's a good forecast considering the high, high fire danger we had friday, saturday, sunday last week. that's off the table right now. that's nice. we will update the model and forecast as we come into the 6:00. >> feeling more and more like fall. >> it feels a lot like fall, yeah. >> thank you, bill. >> los angeles is looking to

san francisco for help in toughening some of its earthquake standards when it comes to the soft story buildings. the bottom floors of those buildings are susceptible to collapse during an earthquake. los angeles is considering legislation similar to that passed in san francisco last spring. it requires owners of soft story apartments to make structural -- make the structures safer. l.a. officials are meeting with san francisco earthquake experts this week to get advice on how to deal with the risks associated with those buildings. >> a government shutdown is underway. we have learned that the feds are still buying things. >> the american people are tired of it. they want washington to focus on solutions. >> our washington bureau investigates the purchases that some might call nonessential. >> back to julie haener in the news room with more on what they're working on for 6:00. >> a major development concerning a grocery store attack. we are getting details about a break in the case. then she fought to survive. now she is fighting for change.

we reveal what a young hit and run victim wants done to keep pedestrians safe. these stories and more coming up in about ten minutes at 6:00.

>> the new $100 billsare now in circulation. new security features will make them harder to counterfeit, raised printing, color changing hollow grams and a security

ribbon. the new bills took more than a decade to develop. it cost $437 million to mass produce the 3 and a half billion new bills. >> several high school students in pittsburgh were suspended after a picture of the principal went viral. the senior high school principal todd whitmar was trying to break up a fight when the picture was taken. that's not why the students were suspended. he suspended the students after the picture went viral on social media. >> it is not a description of what actually happened. i think that the disappointing aspect of it is the comments that associated the postings ranging from racist comments. >> the girl involved in the fight was also suspended. hear her side of the story tonight on bay area news at 7:00 on tv36. >> back now to the partial federal government shutdown. despite the furloughs and cuts

to services, some agencies haven't stopped spending. justin gray reports from washington, d.c. on new purchases that he has uncovered since the shutdown began. >> reporter: trips to the movies and fancy office furniture. i dug through government databases and discovered even though the federal government is supposed to be shut down, agencies are still spending. >> that new movie gravity looks good but is it essential? an ohio va clinic put in a request since the shutdown for prepaid movie tickets. >> it gives the american people that washington doesn't understand what is going on. >> reporter: he says that this kind of shutdown spending is out of line. but our investigation shows it's far from an isolated incident. the orlando va medical center put in a request for 71 office chairs. they want graphite construction mesh and something with comfortable arms. and the air force is shopping

for furniture. they are looking for desks and hutches for an ohio medical center. >> when taxpayers hear the wordy sensual they're thinking fbi, paying the troops. >> reporter: you have seen advertisements for rosette astone on tv. they want to start the program right now while the government is shutdown. >> the american people are tired of it. focus on solution snooze we found dozen of purchase orders and requests forbids still going out every day in every state ever since the shutdown began. reporting in washington, justin gray, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the fallout from the government shutdown continues and is having an effect on a lot of veterans. the department of veterans affairs closed all regional offices and have furloughed 10,000 employees nationwide. the latest blow to veterans waiting for the va to process a back log of disability claims.

>> with claims processors furloughed and a skeleton staff operating inside, this government shutdown threatens to reverse the progress that we have made in addressing the back log. >> the secretary of veterans affairs will testify on capitol hill about the impact of the shutdown. veterans are planning a large protest of the shutdown at the nation's capitol this weekend. stocks were down once again today. the nasdaq was down 75. that's its harmingest drop in 6 weeks. and the s&p closed down 20 points, also its largest drop in six weeks. twitter stock for a penny? a symbol mixup had some investors thinking they would get rich quick. but the one cent stock wasn't twitter which isn't even available. it was a stock for tweeter, a bankrupt electronics chain. it shot up to 16 cents a share last friday but now back down

to a penny. they have changed the symbol to avoid further confusion. >> one mystery solved. sources tell ktvu a missing woman's body has been found in the hospital that she disappeared from more than two weeks ago. the new mystery, how did she end up at the bottom of a stairwell. >> there's a lot of questions that san francisco general will have to answer. >> we're working to get the answers about what happened to lynn spalding. >> the a vespa to one win more time to get to the championship series. >> a vicious punch sending a safe way manager to the ground. there is a big break in the case tonight. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. >> she disappeared from her room in a san francisco hospital more than two weeks ago. friends and police mystified about where she could have

gone. putting up flyers, setting out searches. today her body was found in a stairwell in the very same hospital she disappeared from. good evening, everyone. i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. there are a lot of questions tonight about what exactly happened to lynn spalding. sf general will only say a woman's body was found this morning. but sources tell us it is the body of the missing woman. ktvu david stevenson is at the hospital working to get answers. david. >> reporter: julie, that's right. early on a source involved in the investigation told us it is the woman who went missing at this hospital 17 days ago and now a spokeswoman for that missing woman's family remains here, waiting for official confirmation that she was found in the hospital stairwell. just before 5:00, a body found in the stairwell of san francisco general hospital was taken away to the medical examiner's office. the body of a woman was found at about 10:00 a.m. in what