molestation charges is accused of sexually abusing six boys on a over night trip and he was weeks away from taking another group of students on another trip. hello. i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> parents want to know why he was hired in january when he was already under investigation for sexual abuse. >> 2 investigates tonight the new details. ktvu's eric rasmussen is live where he has been looking into gaps in the process. >> reporter: i just checked with police again. they confirm prosecutors plan to bring felony charges against him involving sexual abuse. she now on leave from -- he is now on leave from teaching. he was preparing to take his class on an over night field trip. >> reporter: parents are still

trying to understand how a teacher could be hired while under investigation for sexually abusing kids. >> somebody dropped the ball. i mean, somebody needs to lose their job. period. >> police say he was still at the charter school when shoo he sexually abused several students. officers arrested him at his new job teaching 7th graders yesterday. >> something that wasn't disclosed in 2 weeks he was going to take kids on a field trip over night. >> reporter: 2 investigates compiled his teaching time line. hired as a substitute teacher in 2008, he took the job in 2011. he was fired last october when the school learned of alleged abuse and took that information

to police. yet he was considered a rehire when he started teaching again in january. that is why the school board president said the background check didn't include a call to his former school. >> we had a resume, a body of work on what he had done. good evaluations. principals liked him. >> reporter: some other school districts say that phone call to a former employer is part of their protocol. >> one of the main questions is would you employ this question again, if the answer is no, that is the end of that conversation. >> reporter: school board president said he will propose changes to the district's background policy, including calls to former employers. police are asking anyone who believes they were abused to come forward. eric rasmussen, ktvu channel 2 news. >> www.ktvu.com has resources

to help parents understand how schools happed -- schools handle abuse cases. safeway in a merger deal and ktvu's mike mibach is in perezenten for the headquarters -- pleasanton for the headquarters. >> reporter: one concern customers have is the safeway going to close, right now safeway officials say no. no stores will close because of the merger. for now. what the store says is it will make the shopping experience even better. >> reporter: safeway is headquartered in pleasanton. 266 stores across northern california. and is a favorite for thousands of shoppers. >> safeway brand is better than other brands. >> convenient. >> reporter: tonight it is off the market. safeway says it agreed to merge

with albertson's. >> it will become a monopoly and we are not going to have as many choices as we had before. the ceo said we will be able to deliver outstanding products at the best price. >> i don't like it. >> doesn't bother me. stays clean. prices are good. >> reporter: more than 1300 safeway stores across the united states. if it goes through, it will create a network of 2400 stores and 200 and 50,000 employees under one company. mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. the video is chilling. a robber pointing a hand gun at

the clerk and customers and fires into the air. the video is evidence of one robbery in a string of hold ups in san jose. ktvu's robert handa joins us live with the arrest police have made so far. >> reporter: san jose police arrested two men in these robberies but here at headquarters it is still an ongoing investigation, searching searching for more suspects, witnesses and victims. they held up 20 markets. a surveillance camera caught one man shooting into the air before taking the cash. they saw pattern to the crimes and staked out several stores. two men showed up, saw police and fled. one man was caught, the other chased down by officers.

>> there are civilians where on top of the clerks being victimized. it could have been your folks, my folks going to the store. >> reporter: police arrested angel rodriguez-leon a san jose resident who tossed away a hand gun during the chase and they arrested jesus beltran another san jose resident. both are held in jail facing armed robbery and investigators say they believe more charges will be added. live in san jose, robert handa, ktvu channel 2 news. the killings of six women are now being linked and people are hoping someone can offer

new evidence. the gypsy hill murders in 1976. five women all stand to death over the period of four months. today investigators announced a man's dna links several cases to the killing of a university of nevada student. officers will go to neighborhoods involved hoping maybe someone remembers details. >> we ask all members of the public think back to 1976 and if anything comes to mind notify us. >> investigators say they think the same person is responsible due to multiple similarities between the murders. san francisco is considering restrictions on the number of cars can have on the road in the wake of a death. he called for the hearing on the issue. people who use the ride sharing services praise their convenience but he says safety

should be the goal. the hearing was prompting by the accident in which a uber driver struck and killed a six- year-old girl. the family is suing uber over her death. >> uber and the other companies are denying responsibility for the harms their vehicles are causing. they are saying if they are not carrying a passenger we are not responsible. >> officials say they are also worried about the financial impact on the taxi industry. the attorney for the family of the girl killed says the family is devastated by her loss. and the mother is still recovering from her own injuries. the family filed a wrongful death lawsuit in the case. uber said it is not libel because the driver was not providing service however the lawsuit claims the driver was logged on to the uber app at the time. it might not look like much but the equipment on the platform secured to the eastern

span of the bay bridge is a crucial components to keep the bridge from curoting. although the exterior is protected from the elements, interior leaks are a concern with critics. only on 2 ktvu's tom vacar takes us inside the bridge to show us how protection was built into the design many years ago. >> reporter: see this hanging from the eastern span of the bay bridge? it is one of several machines that protect the parts of the interior. that is because engineers are always concerned about water collecting and corroding. today we went inside the decks, and well into the causeway. in chambers dehumidifies protecting structures and equipment. in here the heart and soul of

the bridge, the 17,000 strands that make up the cable, they are anything but exposed -- >> we have taken measures to have dehumidifiers, 5 of them, in different locations to keep the humidity down. grabs the moisture and blows it outside. >> reporter: minimizing moisture and low humidity is an excellent way to prevent corrosion, that is why airliners are stored in the desert and why this bridge at dehumidifiers. they have censors that reports to the monitoring system. >> as long as we keep it below 45 there should be zero corrosion. >> reporter: outside that chamber this wall of bolts hold the able to the bridge -- hold

the cable to the bridge. all passed the test. tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. 150 soldiers with the california national guard stepped on to american soil today for the first time in a year. [ cheers and applause ] >> cheers and applause greeted the soldiers as they made their way off the plane at san jose airport. they held signs welcoming them home. the company had been deployed to afghanistan. and this is a day the soldiers say they have been dreaming about since they reported to duty a year ago. >> wonderful. i love it. can't wait to spend time with them. >> the company that arrived home today is based out of san jose. for some this is their final stop, for others they will

continue on to cities throughout california. and more national guard members will be returning home throughout the night. ktvu wolf be there. we will -- will be there. we will bring you more coming up tonight on the 10:00 p.m. news. criminal prosecutors say rape kits provide the most damming evidence, but half a million are languishing, the bay area fight to eliminate the back log. >> back after the break. which areas tomorrow morning will have the denses fog and which is the warmest day on the weekend? i will answer those questions coming up.

the chp identified two boys accused of throwing water bottles at cars on highway 12.

they threw the bottles from a truck during a 2 week period last month. the owner of the truck is not cooperating but the chp says he may have loaned the truck to the boys. the case of a 16-year-old accused of setting an agender teen on fire is headed to trial. prosecutors say richard thomas set sasha fleischman on fire while they were riding a bus last november. it was all caught on surveillance video that might have been played during a preliminary hearing but this morning he waved his right to the hearing. he pleaded not guilty, he is tried as an an adult. police are crediting social media for helping them track down a man for soliciting tex from teen girls. a girl said the man approached

her and asked for sex. two girls saw the picture on facebook and told school administrators. police arrested the 41-year- old. he was booked on a variety of charges including assault with the intent to commit a sex crime. new at 6:00 p.m. there are half a million rape kits across the country that have yet to be tested and the kits provide critical dna evidence for prosecutors trying to put rapists away. one is putting pressure on the white house to eliminate the back log. ktvu's john sasaki is in oakland where he spoke with the district attorney, one of those who is leading the fight for federal funding here. john? >> reporter: the da is trying to get all the kits tested. >> reporter: the district attorney helped convince the president to include $35 million for testing back logged

rape kits in his new budget. >> focuses on the police evidence rooms where so many kits have been placed and never retrieved. >> reporter: there are 400,000 untested kits across the country, including 1900 here. most of which involve cases in which the rapist was convicted without the need for dna. what is important is determining if those samples match people who committed other rapes, including rape murders. >> the value of dna is remarkable and we have to get this evidence into the database so we can compare them against suspects. >> reporter: i spoke with a resident who was raped while in the army. she is appalled so many are untested. >> you have neglected everything the victim has given you as far as evidence. >> reporter: she says victims will only benefit. >> if they had dna matches and

found out there were other victims, that would be justice for those people. >> reporter: advocates say huge numbers of untested rape kits could discourage other victims from reporting crimes. >> very damaging emotionally. >> reporter: with a $1.5 million grant the county has they should be able to get all 1900 kits tested by next year. john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. apple lost its request to block the sale of some smart phones in the u.s. the judge in san jose said apple did not provide enough evidence that the the samsung phone features that violates pattens are a big enough draw to warrant a permanent sales ban.

they won a adjustment against samsung over technology in older smart smart phones. both are headed back to court to fight over new phones. a nice day today. temperatures back into the mid- 60s. weather systems stay to the west and north of us and south of us. we will have a nice weekend. warming trend through time here. a few scattered showers right now. north bay. a look at this one cell. a light cell. not getting reports from anybody on the ground. you can see the showers showing up. what is thought road? silverado trail. hillary partly cloudy skies ugtonight. valley fog the stor-- skies

tonight. valley fog the story tomorrow. 40 napa. patches of fog. chilly friday morning. valley fog tonight. as the high builds in things get dry and clear. the fog, it rained. 40s. dew points are high. fog forms. fog tomorrow. especially north bay. towards sacramento, davis, fresno. and warming begins with temperatures in the mid-60s. friday and saturday you are back into the upper 60s, low 70s. nice looking bay area friday and saturday. sunday the clouds come back. this is friday morning. right? there is your day. nice. really nice. here is your friday afternoon or evening. nice. saturday looks real good. morning. saturday afternoon, hazy sunshine. 4:00 p.m. sunday. what is it going to do? not much.

sunday morning. sunday afternoon. rides up here. cloudy. with the clouds -- wouldn't be hard to kick south and throw sprinkles up. right now i am not changing my plans on sunday but has the potential to get wet. highs for tomorrow, friday. 70 morgan hill. 71 gilroy. the five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view looks like a good one. hope it works out. going to be a missed deal. on saturday it is that time of year, setting the clocks -- springing forward, right? the weather looks like it will be nice for that. feels like a longer day. maybe something on sunday. i think it will be light. >> good reminder about the clocks. >> thank you. the city of san jose is making another legal run at bringing the a's to the south bay. >> the exemption they need struck down in order to do it. [ sports announcer ] here's another one, alyson dudek.

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the city of san jose moved forward today with its appeal to bring the a's to the south bay. attorneys for the city filed a petition seeking to over turn major league baseball exemption from the antitrust laws, that

would allow a's owner to move the team, something bud selig stopped him from doing. an attorney for the city says she ready to take the case -- he is ready to take the case to the supreme court. fred is in because mark is watching the a's -- or the giants us play the reds today. >> he saw a good ball game. let's remember now, it is early, just exhibition baseball but the giants pitching staff is dominating in arizona. the startards allowed just one -- starters allowed just one run in 20 continuings. today tim tossed three scoreless innings. less is more, pablo sandoval belt as homer. giants win it 3-2. hunter pence likes this ball club. >> i believe in the group

around us. the players as well. we have a unique group of characters. a great chemistry and we have fun every day and we enjoy competing. we love coming to the bark every day -- park every day. >> the a's went 8 innings and set tool a 8-8 tie. moss and fold homers for oakland. 6 of 67 golfers finished today first round of the championship in miami. tiger woods with drew last weeing because of back spasms, he is fine today. he is 2 over. 5 players sit on top at 3 under par. the only one who finished is english. 46-foot putt. you got to like that. a thunderstorm caused a 2-1/2 hour delay preventing most from

finishing. sharks host the penguins tonight. >> thank you. coming up tonight on the 10:00 p.m. news, we told you about the news of safeway being part of a huge merger. tonight the concerns that that deal is raising for employees and customers. >> and we are always here inyou on www.ktvu.com, facebook and -- we are always here for you on www.ktvu.com, facebook and twitter. thank you for joining us. >> good night.

haley: oh, my god, mom! the party is, like, around the block. i'll be gone for two hours. yeah, that is two hours you could spend studying. i have been studying all weekend. no friends, no phone -- just me alone with books. [footsteps descending] i feel like alex. you're never alone when you have books. really? is that what you want me to turn into? sweetheart, listen to me. this is the s.a.t.s. okay? it is not some stupid science quiz. hey, if science quizzes are so stupid, why do you put mine up on the refrigerator? because we feel sorry for you, 'cause books are your friends. yeah, she wasn't studying last night. she was video-chatting the whole time. shut up! i knew it. i knew it. you are such a tattletale! girls, take it down a notch, because i -- whoa, whoa, whoa! what's the hot topic on "the view" today, ladies? dad, can you just please tell mom that i can take a two-hour break and go to a party? no, ma'am. i'm not stepping into that one. we're not playing good cop/mom.