parents that school lets out around 3:00 p.m. so these were students in the after school program that goes till 6:00 p.m. police said they were taking precautions by having the school locked down. there is really very little information as to what the nature is of the reported assault. but we understand that the students were kept on lock down for about 35 minutes to 40 minutes. parents out here tell me they were worried. they called the school but didn't get answers about what was going on. one woman has three children and she wants to get inside and know her children are safe. we saw another police car pull up and a officer went in. we have not seen anyone come out yet. we will monitor the situation and give you more information on this as we get it. the lock down has been ended but we have not seen any of the children come out and none of

the parents have been allowed in. jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. to new information on what was a daring choice. faced with a raging fire in their apartment, two grandparents and their three- year-old grandson made a disparate decision. >> reporter: what happened last night? >> he said i jumped out the window. all three are recovering but they are rattled after making the jump out of a second story window. >> the fire broke out on 7th street. ktvu's rob roth is live at the apartment complex where that happened and has the very latest on the decision. a story only on 2. >> it took quick thinking and courage. this is the apartment building where the fire broke out last night and it was from the second floor window that two grandparents and their grandson

escaped the fast spreading fire. >> screaming come get the baby. >> reporter: from his hospital bed he described to us the moment he dropped his grandson out the window as smoke and fire was about to over take them. >> i hung out as far as i can to break his fall. to jump. to go down. i let him go easy. >> the window is 25 feet from the ground. his great aunt caught him. >> he said okay. that is all i needed to hear. >> reporter: he gave ossmile this morning. -- gave us a smile this morning. >> what happened? >> jump out the window. >> reporter: he, his wife and the baby were asleep about 11:00 p.m. last night when they heard someone yell fire, smoke and flames were coming from the kitchen. he knew the only way out was the window. his wife jumped first. she suffered a concussion and a

broken pelvis. for a while they couldn't find him but then found him. he then dropped him out the window. >> i closed my eyes and i hear -- boom. >> reporter: he broke his ankle. it hurts but he is relieved it paid off. >> at the end of the day going to be all right. saved our lives. >> we made it. >> reporter: at 6:00 p.m. what he says he plans to tell his grandson the next time they were together. rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. new at 5:00 p.m. a teacher pleads not guilty to molestation charges. the teacher was arrested at mira vista school on wednesday. we are learning about a new accusation that he went to great lengths to get closer to young boys on a field trip. ktvu's katy eustis is live.

last night we knew about the field trip but you have new accusations about the trip that was weeks away. >> that's right. first she held on $17 million bail. it is unlikely he will be around children anytime soon. we learned today that he was planning a field trip without the district's knowledge. an over night field trip. we spoke with the school board president today. he said he swiped permission slips and sent them home with six children for a over night field trip to a camp. that is the same place where prior abuse occurred. he says the trip scheduled for april 8 through the 11th was organized without the prince's knowledge. >> it is stunning. the forms would have been due today.

a lot of parents had already completed the form said and turned them -- forms and turned them in. there have been no claims of sex abuse from current students. he faced a judge today while he worked at making waves academy charter school. those allegations are said to have happened on over night camping trips. he pleaded not guilty to 8 felony charges with some 38 counts against him. those charges include kidnapping, lewd acts with a child, just some of the few. meanwhile the school district does admit his former employer was not called before he was hired at mira vista school because he already worked as a substitute teacher within the district. >> this did fall through had cracks but we are going to make amends and we will do better. fortunately he was apprehended before he did damage to our

students. >> i am told he was scheduled to take a field trip in may, that was school district sanctioned field trip, however the district will be reviewing its chaperon policy and also the hiring and background checks policies. katy eustis, ktvu channel 2 news. >> 2 investigates uncovered how the teacher was hired. the details of that report are on www.ktvu.com under hot topics. the camera angles from every direction this morning as a water fall gushed down the side of a building in san francisco. this was not planned. ktvu's mike mibach shows us what fire crews found once they got to the top floor. >> water. >> reporter: no trickle.

>> flowing. >> reporter: this was a down pour. a water fall. >> just watting came flying from the roof -- water came flying from the roof. >> gallons of water was pouring down. >> the action was taking place downtown san francisco. 12 floor of the building. >> i was walking to work. >> she an employee at the restaurant. >> it was a lot of water. pouring. >> going on for about 15 minutes. >> reporter: within minutes firefighters got the call. truck 13 loaded up and was on the move. crews went inside and found a broken pipe from the sprinkler system. the water blowing out of a window opening. >> like a water fall. >> the building home to a number of businesses remained open. the property manager would not

let us see the damage. no injuries were reported on this first friday of march. an unusual display of water 12 stories up in the city by the bay. mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. police in san francisco say a man is in custody after a chase and crash. police say they got the call at 1:00 p.m. this afternoon about a stolen truck. when officers tried to stop the driver he tried to ram their police car. during the chase the driver crashed at 16th and vermont. no one was hurt. family and friends of a teen killed in a tragic accident gathered today for a sad farewell. funeral services were held for 14-year-old jenna betti. she is the student killed sunday when she was hit by a train. she ran on to the tracks to pick up her cell phone. she was remembered as a girl

who warmed people with her life and smile. new developments in a cold case with a bizarre clue. this quilt was used to cover the body of a woman murdered decades ago. police tell us they made an arrest. ktvu's robert handa is live in san jose and investigators had just reopened this case. >> reporter: that's right. the murder was a cold case the district attorney wanted to revive and now 25 years almost to the day the prosecutor in charge said they believe they solved the case. i met with the prosecutor here and he provided some preliminary details that led to having her husband and his brother arrested. as we have been reported a mother of two disappeared while going to a class on march 8, 1989. two days later her body was

found dead inside her car. the case remained a mystery. the prosecutor displayed that quilt her body was wrapped in. but it would dern out to be dna evidence -- turn out to be dna evidence and financial information that would lead to the arrests. >> a combination of physical evidence, as well as other evidence has linked her husband and his brother to her murder. we believe that both her husband and his brother were involved in abducting and strangling her. >> he has already been charged and in custody and will enter a plea in april. he will be charged next week. at 6:00 p.m. i have court documents that detail what was the physical evidence that led to the arrests. live in san jose, robert handa,

ktvu channel 2 news. their job is to save lives but their own health was at risk, the toxic discovery. >> sunshine and temperatures into the 70s. how long you will have to enjoy the conditions before rain returns to the forecast. >> after the break a dangerous party drug sold at a convenience store the small change they are making to skirt the law and stay in business.

breaking news to tell you about. a missing boeing 777 disappeared. took off from malacia and bound for china. the flight has 239 people aboard and disappeared. they lost contact with the boeing 777 and now search and

rescue are trying to find out where it might be so they could start a search. 227 passengers, and 12 crew members. they are working with authority whose activated their search and rescue team to locate the aircraft. that is a statement. we will keep you posted throughout the newscast. investigators are calling a fire at a car port this morning suspicious. flames broke out behind an apartment building on 7th street. 9 vehicles were damaged or destroyed. investigators say heat from the flames caused minor damage to the apartment building but no one washeart. there is no word -- was hurt. there is no word on what caused the fire. classmates, friends and family mourning the loss of a teen today. the 17-year-old was killed when he lost control of his car and crash canned on the edge of

highway 24 yesterday. officials say he had many friends and that school had grief counselors on hand today. >> one of the students that hadn't attended for the last couple years, still strike as nerve. >> neighbors describe him as a good kid and he traded in an suv to get a faster car. police say witnesses told them he was driving too fast. they are sold under innocent sounding names but they are potentially dangerous designer drugs. the drugs are so dangerous the government is now cracking down on people who make them. >> reporter: this is video of police in north carolina raiding a store for selling

synthetic marijuana. they and other designer drugs, bath salts are a new class of party drugs. chem calls altered to mimic cake cane and heroin. the justice department is banning 10 new designer drugs. they are already illegal but they are tweaking recipes to skirt law. they are falsely marketed as legal, labeled jewelry cleaner or plant food when they are really dangerous drugs. >> they keep changing the ingredients so they are called different things and people don't understand the devastation associated with it. >> reporter: there is legislation they would give resources more ability to stay ahead of them. the packaging contains the warning not for human

consumption. 5 new forms aweir in the u.s. every -- appear in the u.s. every month. jacqueline felt, ktvu channel 2 news. it may be more safe and secure to make more purchases with visa and master card. the move follows a number of credit card data breaches. the group's focus is on adopting the chip technology. already being used in europe. the chip stores information rather than the magnetic strips. they said in october 2015 will be the deadline to switch to the system. grego is ordered to explain why it didn't include 2 million car seats in a recall for faulty buckles. last month they recalled child seats, now the federal

government wants to know why infant seats with the same buckle weren't included. they said there was no need because there is a second way to release them. the first faa fine against a operator has been thrown out. they initially fined him $10,000. yesterday a federal judge ruled the faa doesn't have the authority to ban drone use. the faa plans to appeal the decision. just sneaking a peak, look -- peek, looks like. bill martin is here now, bill? >> beautiful day. stunning out there today. spring like. temperatures today, we will look at them, 44 antioch today. yeah, not spring yet. boy feels like it. antioch 74. w numbers. 70 livermore. 70 concord. 75 san rafael.

temperatures tomorrow, same thing. sheer what is happening. a weather system out here that will start to move into the bay area saturday night into sunday. it is going to mess with the second half of the bay area weekend. drag. there is the radar. saturday night and sunday, mark tamayo will be here and they will have the rain showing up in the north bay as we head into sunday afternoon. i will show you the model in a minute. best part of the weekend is saturday. 67 right now in concord. 67 walnut creek. beautiful along the coast. beautiful inland. the winds are light out there. when the winds switch tomorrow they will come out of the north and that will help temperatures climb as well. tomorrow as warm as today. few clouds late in the day. over night lows in the 40. might be patchy valley fog. mostly clear and cool. i will show you that picture. that is the shot. you can see haze out there.

patchy fog well out there. most part a beautiful day. tomorrow we will duplicate this and sunday it impacts us. here is tomorrow. sunny and warm. patchy coastal fog. and then there is sunday. here comes this weak system. impact on northern california. sprinkles down to san rafael. nothing south of san francisco. we will watch it. more updates as the models adjust themselves. saturday morning, 8:00 a.m., there you are. wow! saturday afternoon, few clouds. day is great. here comes sunday. mostly cloudy at 7:00 a.m. mostly cloudy all day. rain wants to stay up here. over night sunday, pushes through. that is your chance for showers right there sunday night. that could easily change as we go into the next 24 hours we

will keep update -- keep updating it. saturday is your best day on the weekend. mostly sunny. temperatures into the low 70s. mid-70s. sunday is cooler because of the cloud cover, and the a.m. shower lines up therein. after mid-- in there. after midnight. there is the five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view. [ talking at the same time ] [ laughter ] [ talking at the same time ] >> beautiful week. sunday nice too. >> thank you. it carries the bay bridge's most creditical components but it is built -- critical components, but it is built to break. why it is designed to crumble. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> the impact the latest series of storms had on the water reserve and cameras splattered with pink paint, the worries and fears behind this act of

vandalism. these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m.

beijing. up to date on breaking news, the malaysia airlines from kuala lumpur to beijing. 239 people are above the boeing. they lost contact with the plane two hours after it took off from kuala lumpur. malaysia airlines is one of the largest air carriers in asia,

however it does not fly in to san francisco airport or any other airports in the bay area. again, authorities are still trying to make contact with the plane. we understand malaysia airlines will be holding a news conference later tonight, possibly tomorrow. to pictures that show the guts inside the bay bridge. inside the most important cables and connectors. ktvu channel 2 news took a tour of the leaks yesterday, engineers showed us a critical piece that keeps the bridge strong. ktvu's tom vacar shows us it is designed to break. >> deep inside the eastern span of the bay bridge we couldn't help but notice what appeared to be huge, thick pipes. they are pipes but carry no liquids. they are state of the art earthquake devices that give the bridge its capability to resist the largest earthquake expected in 1500 years. >> keeps it together and it is

hinge piping. the two sides, this is 60 feet long, 30 feet inside. >> between the structure and the causeway, the exposed middle parts of the pipes are designed to crumble, protecting other parts of the bridge that might be hard or impossible to replace. >> earthquake, all the damage we take in here that we could replace this piece and put it back in service. >> through the pipes many cables carrying data run the length of the bridge. but those cables have been installed with lot of extra slack. so in the event of a epic earthquake as the bridge expands and contracts they will not be stretched or snapped. that will maintain services, enabling the bridge to be put back in to service more quickly. tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. a mother's mission, her

daughter committed suicide after she was sexual assaulted and pictures were passed around school. what is being done to make sure this tragedy never happens again. >> a bay area fire house condemned. the firefighters forced out. the problem that made the place unlivable and lingering question about what the safeway merger means. digging for answers about how it will effect workers, the economy and shoppers. when i was living without insurance, it was very scary. charles not having coverage stressed me out. knowing that i have an insurance card in my pocket gives me a sense of reassurance. i'm in because nobody deserves to be without health insurance. i'm in because my coverage can't be denied. i'm in so i can protect my family and my future. i'm in because she wouldn't take "no" for an answer. i'm in. [ both ] we're in. i'm in. [ female announcer ] everyone deserves health insurance. are you in? go to coveredca.com before the march 31st deadline.

new bill will make sure another child does not. >> crimes were revealed in secretacy. no public conviction. no knowledgesment or remorse. >> the three boys who sexually assaulted her daughter and took naked photos of her while she was passed out in 2012.

>> the law needs to be changed. >> reporter: the boys received 45 days in juvenile hall. two serving on weekends. >> families are no less devastated because the offender or offenders were juveniles. >> reporter: she teamed up with the da to create audrie's law. >> if a group of young men rape her they could be charged with adult charges. but if the same men instead supply the woman with alcohol and then rape her they must be tried in juvenile court. >> reporter: audrie's law would make cyber bullying a crime. the photos were shared via

text. that week she said >qpyhmy life school knows. my life is over. she smitted suicide well after. >> what kind of message is that sending to all the boys? >> reporter: she graduated from high school years ago and was shocked by the light sentences. >> how do i explain that to my son that these boys did something horrific and nothing was done. >> the bill must pass by a 2/3 vote to become a law. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. continuing coverage of the merger between safeway and albertsons. ktvu's tom vacar exams the best and worse outexamines. -- outcomes. >> reporter: remember this, the

private equity firm want to take over safeway, mean to down size it, maximize profits and sell it off. pleasanton is not so plent about losing safeway. >> in our conversations with safeway it is too early to tell. if safeway departs california would lose the inment and tax of a major -- income tax of a major economy. >> reporter: they hope safeway will stay, it knows it could attract other employers. >> pleasanton has a robust business community and we will be able to weather whatever happens. >> reporter: she knows how these things usually go. >> it appears boise will be

where the carpet headquarters will be -- corporate headquarters would be located. >> now there will be two of every executive and corporate position so that can't continue in a cost efficient way. >> reporter: but safeway and albertsons could be good news for shoppers. >> the power to negotiate with your suppliers to get low -- the lowest possible cost because you are competing with the walmarts and the costcos of the world. >> reporter: where safeway and albertsons are in competition around the country some will have to close and that will cost more jobs. reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. >> more details now on the safeway merger. the deal between safeway and albertsons means some changes are in store. but for now what shoppers can

expect is more of the same. they consistent of 2400 stores. they employ a quarter million people. they have no plans to close stores but a business experts tells us she does expect layoffs. 19dui convictions and now a repeat offender has been arrested again. police say the 60-year-old -- 68-year-old was arrested today for driving on a suspended license. his 19dui arrests happened over 30 years. police took him into custody during a special dui operation. an update on the old eastern span of the bay bridge. look at the video from news chopper 2. used to be the open deck, it is all gone. they replaced the base of the lower deck with mats to lighten

the weight of the bridge as more equipment is brought in. this is in preparation for the separation that is set to begin in the next three or four weeks. bandits go after a historic arth fact and made it into a -- artifact museum. the system that stopped them in their tracts. >> what do people in san francisco tweet about most? the topic that was the subject of a million tweets. >> one of the bay area's biggest employers throws itself a big birthday bash. [ sports announcer ] here's another one, alyson dudek.

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a birthday party for san francisco's largest techcompany took over justin herman plaza today. how the company celebrated is one step in reversing the belief that tech companies are taking over san francisco. >> reporter: no cake, just thousands of cans, donated as party. one of the goals was to collect 15,000 cans for the food bank. another was topackage 15,000 -- to package 15,000 meals. >> giving back, paying it forward. just such a positive way to

celebrate 15 years of success. >> i love it. it is a good cause. nothing better than giving back. >> fantastic to watch the company i work for give back to the community and to know i am working for a company that cares about san francisco. >> reporter: tech companies come under fire lately. he said it is true, tech companies don't do enough. >> we can see the back lash. and they have not stepped up at the level they could. we need to change that. >> reporter: his company had a culture of giving back from day one. the mayor said more they give -- >> you get back. and we will give you the greatest city in the world to live, to work and to play.

>> reporter: after the speeches -- [ music ] >> reporter: a singer took the stage for a free concert. a flashing endy for a party where the -- ending for a party where the presents came in cans. >> a $10 million fund is fueled by leaders to be used to fight poverty in the bay area. $5million has been committed already. they smashed the glass and got into the building. why they did not walk away with a historic artifact. >> moving day for firefighters, and mold is the reason why. >> i am here after the break. clouds out there. they will increase and for part of the weekend there could be showers. we will be you back here.

new at 5:00 p.m. news chopper 2 is over head as fire crews packed up and moved out after the discovery of mold in the fire house. they just found the mold in the treasure island fire house this week. according to ktvu's john sasaki, firefighters told him this has been going on a lot longer. he is live now with that. >> reporter: station 48 is now vacant. firefighters moved out today to get away from the mold problem. >> reporter: this san francisco fire station is no longer safe for firefighters.

>> we are closing station 48 on treasure island and moving it 4 blocks away. >> reporter: mold put crews here at risk. >> we have a report we have mold in the building and so they don't know what the extent is till they open up the walls but they recommend not having the people here. >> reporter: firefighters in the department differ. >> we called in a consultant, they came in and we got the report yesterday so the department acted immediately. less than 24 hours. >> some members have been complaining about mold for years. >> there have been statements and comments and rumors that, you know, there have been mold issues in the building. >> reporter: they would not let us see the damage but i got these photos from firefighters that show mold in the pink and carpet. >> maintenance has been deferred for a number of years.

>> reporter: firefighters say the conditions that caused them health ushues -- issues. >> to my knowledge nobody has gone off on those injuries. >> the working conditions in which our members work in are important to us. especially with the spike in cancer cases. >> reporter: station 48 will operate out of this nearby training facility. how long will depand on how extend -- depend on how extendive the damage is. john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. a child care worker pleaded not guilty today. he was arrested for sexually assaulting four young girls in his care. this is video from previous court appearance. he faces a number of charges,

including lewd and lascivious acts with a child. he will be back in court in may. earthquake in union city this afternoon. the u.s. geological survey said the earthquake was centered near mission boulevard. it hit before 1:40 p.m. this afternoon. the website shows people in oakland reported feeling the earthquake. there were no reports of damage or injuries. to the california drought. despite the rain the water district is considering enforcing one of the toughest restrictions in the bay area to date. thursday the board may declare an emergency water shortage and impose restrictions, including limiting irrigation and banning homes and businesses from watering homes. people who violate the ban could be fined. sunshine guilt, when the sun comes out we know we need the rain but it is nice out there. >> we are sneaking up on spring. the days are getting longer. mid-70s out there in the

warmest spots. well above average. easy to see how you could split into a spring time feel. antioch 74. tomorrow's temperatures right there. close. numbers just like this. systems i am tracking. you can see the cloud cover. this is the one that will move in into your -- into your saturday night and sunday, sunday night. impact is northern california. we could see a few sprinkles. there is a few clouds off shore. coastal fog wants to reform tonight. tonight into sunday, coastal fog. santa rosa 67 degrees. 67 concord. let's do a forecast. here is tomorrow. 11:00 a.m. concord. 64. 2:00 p.m. 71 degrees. concord. for your saturday. san francisco, 59 now. cooler than concord. right? still mid-60s in san francisco. downtown. nice looking day for your bay

area saturday. here is how it looks, model forecast and the temperatures. here come the clouds. here come the temperatures. clouds stay north. these are 70s. yellows. lots of 70s tomorrow. lots of upper 60s. a day tomorrow, just like today. here is the cloud and rain forecast. clouds. saturday morning. saturday afternoon. and clouds come in in response to this. good day. saturday is money. sunday morning is cloudy. sunday, right, santa rosa rain by 8:00 a.m. cloudy. you will get stuff done, just not in the sunshine. we get into 3:00 a.m. monday morning or late sunday night, right? this is so reminiscent of the last few systems we had. the weakness, heaviest trine the north. -- rain into the north. mountain a little bit of snow. which is good. saturday is your best day on

the weekend and sunday the system pushes in a little bit. there it is. turning cloud ascenders. highs 72 in fairfield -- cloudy. highs 72 in fairfield. san jose 71. 33 morgan -- 73 morgan hill. tomorrow is a great day. really nice day. just right. the five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view then not enough trine make a big deal out of but enough that it could slow down your plans sunday in the north bay. for most of us just cloud cover. >> okay. thank you. following breaking news. reporting in oakland, we have more information on a reported assault at world academy school on 28th avenue. we know that it was a report of an assault on campus. a 7-year-old girl, student there told officers a stranger

approached her and touched her inappropriately. she said the suspect ran away from the campus. school called police and police searched the grounds putting the school on lock down. the order was lifted before 5:00 p.m. this evening. in the end they have not found the person who touched the girl inappropriately. officers are still at the scene there investigating. thieves try to steal california history but they never got what they were after. the added security that left them empty handed. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> coming up, three storms in the past 10 days, how much more rain we need to get the water reserves back to normal. plus -- >> controversy over surveillance in cun city -- in one city. >> these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m.

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the murder trial against oscar pistorius wrapped up for the week with an ex-girlfriend taking the stands. o op pleaded -- oscar pistorius pleaded not guilty to murdering reeva steenkamp on valentine's day last year. he says he mistook her for a burglar. today in a courtroom she said oscar pistorius kept a gun with

him at all times. >> he placed it on the table or nextish to his legs on the -- next to his legs on the floor. >> also a security guard who work in the community, he said oscar pistorius told him everything was fined when he reported reports of gun shots the night reeva steenkamp was killed. san franciscans love to tweet about muni. f muni was tweeted 650 time the most out of any hashtag in san francisco. behind that was #muni with 370 tweets. the information is based on a study of tweets by 1.6 million people. they found new yorkers like to

tweet about the weather, with 82 tweets using #cnywx. central new york weather. it wasn't the great train robbery but there was a crime at the railroad museum in sacramento. someone tried to steal one of the most prized positions. the thieves managed to get in, close to the target but left empty handed. >> shattered window shows where they broke in and curtains surround a glass case that was smashed. >> that houses during the day the lost spike. >> reporter: the lost spike is 9.5 inches long. weigh as pound and made of solid 18-carat gold. >> rotten thing to do. >> reporter: the state parks department that operates the

museum says the thieves damaged the display case but security measures kept it out of their reach. >> with the glass broken the spike is unaccessible. it is a twin of the last spike. few people even knew it existed till the museum acquired it in 2005. >> they steal everything nowadays. >> reporter: the museum does have an alarm system and says it worked perfectly in this case and says the break in wasn't discovered till this morning. >> this morn morning they note -- this morning they noticed it. >> strange. [ laughter ] >> one would think it is telephoned out somewhere. wouldn't you? >> at 6:00 p.m.

a public display of defiance. why this camera was specifically targeted. >> flames racing through their apartment and this family had no choice but to jump. >> scream and hauler, come get the baby. come get the baby. come get the baby. drop him down. >> this little boy's leap of faith and the family members that followed. >> university of california trying to reduce violence against women, the changing they are making to stop sexual assaults. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 p.m. back lash against big brother. a public display of defiance on traffic cam rues. part of the controversy surrounding the domain center, set up to be housed at the port

of oakland. >> new at 6:00 p.m. ktvu's cristina rendon is live where one of the cameras was vandalized. >> reporter: yeah. the cameras have nothing to do with the port of oakland. you can see the group who targeted them put paint on the lenses. they did it because it is a big money maker for the city. >> reporter: it isn't an attempt to beautify the city, it is an attemptf to make a -- attempt to make a statement about privacy. it is courtesy of a group. the group claims responsibility for vandalizing three red light traffic cams. the attacks come hours after city counsel gave a green