. complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is the 10:00 news on ktvu channel 2. developing news, gunmen on the loose that sent a police officer to the hospital. >> anytime an officer is shot, we always fear the worst. >> geek i'm ken wayne. >> hello again everyone i'm heather holmes and we begin with that developing news that tonight spans two cities investigators say the police officer was shot at 24th and florida street in san francisco's mission district, but the search for the gunmen has shifted south to daly city, near interstate 280 and clarinda avenue where thoughts say they found the vehicle used in that shooting. more on the search and the

injures officer, patti. >> reporter: with the suspect so quick to open fire on an officer, now on the run, police evacuated these apartments and shut down these streets for hours. they re-opened them only in the past 45 minutes after they were certain the suspect wasn't here. s.w.a.t. teams moved into the neighborhood just before 8:00 tonight, part of a multiagency manhunt that shut down several blocks in daly city with a man abandoned his car after shooting a san francisco police officer. >> it's very scary, very, very scary. >> they don't know where he is at. he might be inside the apartment. >> reporter: the officer was shot miles away in the mission district around 3:00 this afternoon. >> on the stairs here, i heard four, five shots, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. >> are the witnesses race over toward see one officer trying to staunch the blood of his fellow officer. >> i saw blood on the squad

car and the policeman down right by his rear driver's side tire holding on and there was blood on the sidewalk. it was a bad sight. >> reporter: police chief greg suhr says the officer was shot as he walked to the car and the other officer shot back. >> the passenger officer fired upon the suspect vehicle in defense of his partner. >> reporter: police tell us that they know who they are looking for. >> there is a vehicle involved and we know who the register owner of the vehicle is. >> reporter: he they just haven't caught him at. at 9:00 street closures were lifted and people allowed to return to their homes, but the search for the shooter is still on. the injured officer is 28 years old and he a 6-year veteran of the san francisco police department. he is in stable condition at san francisco generality hospital and he expected to recover. live in daly city, patti lee

ktvu channel 2 news. on ktvu.com will you find the latest on the developing news:it's a top story on our homepage. our web team is moving updates on twitter and facebook. new information about a deadly crash in the east bay this morning. tonight we're learning the woman killed was a mother of five and her family tells us that the people responsible for her death left the scene. that woman's family says not one, but two hit-and-run drivers were involved in the crash. ktvu's debora villone is live in highlands hospital where the husband's victim is still in intensive care. >> reporter: his name is cory singleton and the family tells me that he suffered major injuries and was rushed to the hospital at midday. after the crash that killed his wife. >> everybody loved her. >> reporter: this it 38-year-old felicha ward, whose friends and family

gathered in the west oakland neighborhood where they grew up, as soon as they heard she was gone. >> i saw her dele days ago and just did her hair a week and a half ago. >> ward was the passenger when it collided in the intersection of plymouth and 98th avenue. she died on impact and witnesses say the other driver ran way and a third car involved also drove away. >> she whereas my best friend, my everything. we went through it all. whoever did it just turn yourself in, because that is the saddest tragedy we have ever. just leaving the scene, that is not right. >> she was a good person. everybody loved her. >> reporter: felicha had five children. >> she always had a smile and something nice to say. >> reporter:

relatives say cory singleton underwent surgery at highland hospital. oakland police haven't confirmed that they are looking for a hit-and-run driver or drivers, but the family says ward's mangled car speaks for itself. a mother, alive and vibrant one moment and her life taken the next. >> she just ran off and left my cousin dead like that, it makes me very angry. i can't do anything about it, but just give it to the lord. >> reporter: felicha ward worked as a home health aide, but she was into party-plan and more than anything, friends say had he she was proud of her kids. reporting live in oakland, debora villalon ktvu . we have new details on a deadly fire in oakland. fi was reported about 2:00 a.m. in the 200 block of santa clara avenue. fire officials tell us that the fire was accidental, caused by cooking. the victim was a 32-year-old

man who may have fallen asleep without realizing the kitchen was on fire . new developments as the search continues into the baffling disappearance of a malaysian airline flight over the gulf of thailand. tonight the search for the plan haze widen as members of the u.s. national transportation safety board are heading overseas to help try to determine the fate of that boeing triple-7 and the 239 people on board. within the last hour malaysian authorities say they are looking at the possibility that flight the could have turned back, expanding the search area. while the mystery of what happened remains tonightses we are getting a clearer picture. the flight manifest shows three americans, a 51 -year-old ibm executive and two toddlers, one 4 and the other 2, it's not

clear who the children were traveling with. two passengers were traveling with stolen passports. however, law enforcement officials say there is nothing at this point to indicate foul play on their part. the new york times reporting that pentagon surveillance data shows no evidence of an explosion in the air where that plane disappeared. for families of those on board, most of whom were chinese, this is agonizing. wracked by grief and fear they came to the airport in beijing, ushered into hotel rooms, family and loved ones, wait for word of explanation, words that so far have not been offered. >> some people are crying and some are taking information on their mobile phones. there isn't anything in the room beside water, biscuits and bread. >> the arrival board said that it was delayed, but in actuality it vanished. the plane lost contact two hours after it left kuala lumpur after it passed over the coastal town of kota bharu.

>> we have not found any wreckage whatsoever. >> a massive multination search continues for oils slick were spotted. at this point nothing has been found. the chinese have not tightened security at the airport as investigators say two passengers boarded the flight with stolen passports. one italian, the other austrian, both taken in thailand. >> it could be some kind of clandestine criminal operation, smuggling, who knows, but they wanted to get into china without i'm chinese knowing their true identity. >> as for the plane malaysian airlines says it had no indication of malfunction and was flying in good weather and no distress call was made. >> it's too early to make any conclusive remarks. i just would like to say that

our thoughts and prayers are with the families affected. >> more details now, experts say that boeing triple-7 is known for a strong safety record. will you remember the deadly crash of asiana flight 214 at san francisco international airport. also involved a triple-7, but federal investigators blamed pilot error in that accident that killed three people last july. cnn took this video of the compilot of that missing malaysian plane last month as parts of a story on business travel, seep there on right. cnn reports that the 27-year- old was transitioning to fly the triple-7 following simulator training. flight no. 2 reportedly had problems with hydraulics the pilot landed safely in honolulu. officials say everyone got off the aircraft without problems, but they did not say if they

boarded another flight. japan airlines later canceled flight no. 1 from sfo to the international airport. now to our continuing coverage on the situation in the ukraine and the people of crimea are scheduled to vote later this month on whether they want to join russia. provo russian parliament already voted to do so, but ukraine says that move illegal. for the third day international peacekeepers and monitors were not allowed into crimea. troops fired warning shots at them. although russia still denies sending in troops and tanks. prime minister explains how he was completely caught off-guard by the invasion. >> i couldn't imagine that russian troops or russian leadership can make an order to send troops to crimea, being a friendly neighbor. >> president obama called several world leaders today

from his vacation spot in florida. he confirmed his modal's "unwaivering commitment to ukraine." >> this is a long-awaited connection to a system that will connect thousands of people every single day, making progress on san francisco's central subsway. subway. a look at construction underway. >> one bay area city working to fight crime and winning, the strategy that they are using and the statistics that prove it's work. accused of killing the competition. the extreme length prosecutors say one skin-care specialist want to keep her celebrity clientele all to herself. the news continues in 80 seconds.

. shootings, stabbings, robberies, burglaries, those are things that police in one east bay city say they are sisee list of these days and we wanted to know why. ktvu's cristina rendon describes how much crime has fallen many richmond in one year. >> reporter: the streets are a little quieter and safer thanks to a myriad of things happening between police and the public. >> things are getting better. >> reporter: josi moreno is a father of three and coaches a soccer team. he has never been a victim of a burglary has noticed less crime on north end of the city. >> i do look out for my neighbors if i see something suspicious, i keep an eye can be i have called the police on occasion. >> reporter: police say those kinds of calls

are helping. communication is key for crime prevention. in addition, to routine patrols, officers are passing out fliers at monthly neighborhood council meetings with tips on protection and safety and they talk about it online. >> the facebook page has been a huge hit and that has helped. we have blogs in the neighborhoods and that help. >> reporter: nicole abetkov says property crimes like murders, stabbings and shootings are done 27% from this time last year. home burglaries have dropped 50%. the city's police chief tweet tweeted about it the hashtag hr hr prevention works. >> the communication between neighborhood councils is definitely a help. >> reporter: there are some that want a stronger police presentation because they see things that police don't on a daily basis. >> the police should be coming by more often. yes, i would feel more safe. >> reporter: fighting crime is a never ending battle, but abetkov says things are getting better and

they keep hiring more officers while avoiding layoffs. >> i think that also plays into it, the fact that we still have officers on the streets and we still have officers that have getting hired and we're still actively recruiting. >> i hope it gets better, better than what it is right now. >> reporter: police know they have a long way to go, but hope things like this, mixed with their regular police work will continue the downward trend crime for the rest of the year. police may have caught the thieves that have stolen several ford work vehicles. police arrested 36-year-old ryan caragein of novato and 42-year-old. police say the two were spotted around an apartment complex in petaluma. officers say they found a shaved ford ignition key in the car one of the suspects was using. a woman who provides

skincare to the hollywood stars is accused of hiring a hitman to kill the competition. dawn daluise is charged with solicitation of murder. prosecutors say a few months ago a competitor moved in next door toe or salon and say daluise hired someone to kill the competition. >> it's farfetched. >> daluise website claims that she worked with celebrities including alicia silverstone and christianiia ricci. environmentals say the president obama will add more than 1600 acres of coast libe north of the town of point arena to the california coastal national monument. the area known as the stornetta public lands is home to several rare and endangered species. the president's official announcement is expected on tuesday. in the midst of current

drought there is reports tonight that more than 255,000 homeowners and businesses in california do not have water meters. according to an analysis bit san josi mercury news those who pay a flat rate for water use 39% more water per capita than the state average. currently more than 40 communities across the state don't have water meters and under current state law those communities have until 2025 to become fully metered. some people in the bay area took part in the nationwide campaign over the firing of the whole foods worker. volunteers passed out fliers at three whole food locations across the bay area, including one in berkeley. they say the grocery chain fired a chicago mother who took time off to take care of her special needs son during snow- day school closures. >> basically she was fired because she wanted to stay home and take care her kid and i believe that people should be able to stay home and take care of their children and not be fire order retaliated against. >> no team member would be

separated over a single absence. we give plenty of fair warning and lots of conversations that happen leading up -- it's never a surprise to a team member when they are separated. >> organizers of the protest also gathered signatures hoping to apply pressure to get the woman's job back. bay area anti-nuclear activists marked the upcoming 3- year anniversary refrigerate earthquake and tsunami that led to that disastrous meltdown at fukushima nuclear plant in japan. demonstrators said they were honoring the 16,000 people who died in the 2011 quake and tsunami and standing? solidarity with those forces from their home because of radiation. the march 11, 011 tsunami led to the meltdown in three of the plant's six nuclear reactors. following the meltdown 160,000 people were forced to flee their homes. about 5,000 people may never be allowed to return. women around the world are

majoring international women's day today in the philippines, thousands gathered to form a giant female symbol. event may become a world-record for the largest human formation. women in the bay area held protests including one that called for an end to labor trafficking and justice for victims of typhoon haiyan. thousands of bay area girls were able to pick out their perfect prom dress free of charge, the princess project provides dresses to high school students that might not others with be able to afford them. this year, they are expecting to help2,000 girls have special prom night without stretching their families' budget. >> it could have been difficult. i am a family of five and i have sisters and i don't know if we would have been able to do it. >> there is nothing better than seeing a girl leave with a huge smile on their face. >> that giveaway continues tomorrow from 8:00 a.m.

to 5:00 in the evening and the next two saturday as well. >> stander and uc berkeley rate in the top-ten of this year's list of the best universities in the world. times higher educations ranked universities worldwide according to criteria that includes the quality of teaching, research and innovation. cal tech in pasadena once again ranked first in the world stanford came in 4th and uc berkeley was rankedth. a saturday morning commute looks very unusual on one bay area bridge. check that out. what we have learned about the secret film shoot that caused a major traffic back-up near the bridge today. first a home-cooked steak sends a pregnant woman to the hospital. after the break, the hidden ingredient that had her hallucinating. . and in weather, the clouds already moving into northern california. coming up, we'll break down sunday's showers chance as and the timing of our next round of moderate rainfall.

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. a freak accident near tampa, florida hurt two people when a small plane collided with a skydiver. a witness captured the accident on-camera. you can see in the pictures somehow the plane's wing was tackled with the jumper's parachute 75' in the air. the skydiver was thrown to the ground and the plane went into a nose-dive before crashing. both the pilot and jumper survived with minor injuries, the 87-year-old pilot remains hospitalized for once. tonight on last night of the c pba pac newt gingrich warned his party against rallying too hard against president obama and hillary rodham clinton. >> if our movement is primarily anti-obama, we will in fact, reduce the number of victories this fall. if we spend the next three

years being anti-hillary we're virtually quarant her election. >> keynote speaker sarah palin ignored that advice and blasted president obama for problems with the affordable care act and the nsa and irs scandals. for the second year in a row kentucky senate rand paul won the k pac straw poll for potential nominees for president. the texas senator ted cruz took credit and blame for shutting down the government last year placedded a distant second. a first home-cooked meal in a new home turned disastrous for a florida family when it turned owe the steak that they ate was laced with lsd. police say the incident happened mobbed. the mother who is nine-months pregnant began to feel ill after eating the stake. she was taken to the hospital and the doctors induced labor.

the father and two children also started hallucinating and were also hospitalized. the family said they bought the steak at a nearbywal-mart. >> there is no indication that we know that the meet tasted funny and there is no indication of any involvement on the part of the family. >> wal-mart released statement saying, "it is disturbed by the situation and has pulled the product from the shelves and says no similar incidents have been reported." a 71-year-old woman is recovering after being stung by a thousand bees, a swarm africanized honey bees. the bees were stirred up by a verizon worker who opened up an underground vault. the woman was still covered by bee when the ambulance took her away. doctors even found stingers on her tongue. a bee removal company was called in to remove the swarm

of about 80,000 bees. "honey mooners" actress sheila maccrae placed the redwolve alice kramden replacing audrey meadows. macrae referred to herself as the lasts mr. kramden. she died in new jersey of natural causes. she was 92. making progress on a major project. >> we are 80' under san francisco right now in the central subway dig. how this project is progressing and when it should be completed? then a 2-year-old boy comes to his mom's rescue by picking up the phone, but he didn't call 911. >> he came over and proceeded to call my friend on facetime. >> how that called quickly got help on the way. [phones rings]

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. continuing coverage on a major project happening deep below san francisco's streets. today we got an up close work on the central subway system. massive digging began last spring and as ktvu's john sasaki shows us that the turns are more than halfway done. we rode the amusement -style transport 100' below the city's streets. >> there is about 40-50' of water pressure above us. so we're literally constructing a tunnel underwater. >> reporter: the central subway tums have been under construction since last may and already the sections stretch 9500 total feet. >> this is a long-awaited

connection that will connect thousands of people every single day to the main system and to other parts of the city. >> reporter: the tums are being bored with two huge machines nicknamed big alma and mom chung and big alma is currently under sutter and stockton. >> so the machine drills the hole and automatically digs the wall? >> they have got a remote and put these in piece by piece. >> reporter: line runs from 4 to been nan with chinatown with four stations including one in union square. >> the station is the largest station of the three. because it spans two blocks. >> reporter: the tunnels will be done by may, taking just 12 months to complete, but the project won't be ready to carry people until early 2019 because building stations will take the bulk of

the construction time. under san francisco john sasaki ktvu channel 2 news. the san mateo bridge was briefly shut down this morning between 9:30 and 10:00 for a movie shoot. there is a helicopter hovering above the bridge and apparently that was part of the film crew. the highway patrol says why we didn't get any word about the closure and we first got word from viewers about the unusual back-up on a saturday morning. in the north bay highway patrol officers arrested a suspected drunk driver after a head-on crash that happened this morning at about 9:30 on river road. police say 25-year-old joseph torres iii of stockton was speeding up to 100 miles per hour the nissan hit a toyota corolla. torres and his passenger and the toyota driver were all hoppized torres was arrested on suspicion of felony dui. a trial has been ordered for a man who allegedly killed

a nursing student. 21-year-old kristina chesterman of livermore was struck while riding her bicycle near the campus of chico state university. the contra costa times reporting that 20 -year-old riley dean of ohio was ordered to stand trial in her death. fibers were identified from the hood of his suh that experts say matched chesterman's clothing. the man who inspired the three strikes law is chasing a third strike himself. he faces a life sentence if convicted. walker was involved in the 1992 murder of a fresno teenager, but got a plea deal. the victim's father pushed for the three strikes law. walker pled not guilty to his current charges on friday, the 20th anniversary of that law. a pastor in upstate new

york is going to conduct a very unusual church ralph. pastoron koletas plans to give away a rifle during the church service two weeks from tomorrow. he says he wants to protect congregations a right to bear arms. >> we believe that legal gun owners and hunters have been attacked viciously attacked by politicians and the media. >> he does not represent christianity. he does not. >> what would motivate someone to do thats especially a pastor? a 2-year-old being called a hero for getting hem for his injured mother using the popular iphone feature facetime. laura toone tried to beat up two dogs it hit berhand nearly severing her finger. losing blood she thought she would pass out when little

bentley came to the rescue. >> here comes from my son from the kitchen bringing me our dishtowel and he came over by myself and proceeded to call my friend on facetime. all i could see was the little forehead and i was hi, bentley and was quiet for a little bit and i hear laura screaming. >> soon help was on the way thanks to her son's love of facetime. his mom says she has taught all three of her young children how to call 911. takes out the middle man in that case. after two days and dozens of rounds of marathon spelling bes finally come to an end, up next, if you can spell the world that came between a 7th grade speller and the championship? and looking at the light show from our camera in san francisco. it's 58 degrees in the city and while there was sunshine today, rain could return to the bay area tomorrow. meteorologist mark tamayo is tracking the wet weather system heading our way.

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yup, everybody knows that. well, did you know that some owls aren't that wise. don't forget about i'm having brunch with meagan tomorrow. who? seriously, you met her like three times. who? geico. . well, your weekend starting off on the warm side, lots of 60s and low to mid-70s out there. you probably noticed high clouds moving in throughout the afternoon and high clouds sticking around the rest of the weekend. san francisco looking at, that 71 degrees. lower 70s out towards napa, concord, fremont and san josi topped out 74. on the outline you see the storm track primarily heading to the north of bay area. look at all of this green, primarily focused up towards humboldt county, around cape

mendocino. this activity is approaching the region, but 12,000' above our heads. we could have a few sprinkles out there. just tracking clouds across the region for this saturday evening. current numbers concord 58 and walnut creek 57. and san francisco, upper 50s to 58 degrees. for tonight, we have scattered high clouds and our camera looking towards the bay bridge from the east bridge from the emeryville camera. tomorrow lots of cloud cover. is there say chance of shower in the north bay, primarily the northern portions of the north bay. mostly cloudy skies at embarcadero. temperatures will be in the 60. chance for basically tomorrow night into early monday morning, but in the extended we dry things out once again and also a bit of a warming trend

kicking in. overnight lows, upper 40s. oakland 51 and livermore in the upper 40s, 48 degrees and partly to mostly cloudy conditions. we'll continue to thicken up the high clouds and chances of showers in the north bay. rainfall focused to our north. look at what happens tomorrow night into monday morning. this gradually moves to the south and with that rainfall moving south for tomorrow night and overnight showers into monday morning. rainfall totals, heaviest amounts focused in the north bay foothills. for most of the bay area we're thinking about .1" in the south bay. could have amounts approaching .5". that is the overall range we're expecting for tomorrow in with the heaviest rainfall expecting in the north bay and coastal hills our foothill model put into motion 5:00 tomorrow afternoon. you notice the line up to mendocino county, but close

enough to the northern portions of sonoma county. most of your monday once again is dry. most of this activity moves in while we're sleeping tomorrow night. for tomorrow, mainly in the mid to upper 60s. warmest location approaching lower 70s. once again the chance for showers tomorrow and the highest chance is up in the north bay, san josi 73. here is a look ahead, your five- day forecast, and that lingering rain cloud into monday. after that, heather and ken, we're look for more sunshine and temperatures on track to reach the low possibly mid-70s. it will be great to add more rainfall to the creeks, but the week looks fairly quiet. things may change and we'll be watching out for that. >> one thing, it's time to spring forward for daylight savings time tonight. it officially begins at 2:00 a.m. in the morning so be sure to is

heset your clocks one hour ahead. fire officials say it's a good time to replace batteries in your smoke detectors and emergency radios. daylight saving time ends november 2nd. it took more than 90 rounds, but today kansas city has the new spelling bee champ. kush sharma beat out sophia hoffman when she tripped over the word "stifling." the bee started two weeks ago, but after 60 rounds it was stopped without a winner. the spelling began again today and it took 29 rounds before kush won. said the two have become friends and felt sad when she maid a mistake. both said they are look forward to a rematch next year. >> two very smart cookies there. >> the sharks shutting out one of the nhl's motte iconic teams sports wrap with joe fonzi is next.

. good evening everyone and welcome to this saturday night sportswrap with the roster back to nearly full strength the san jose sharks could be warming up to play their best hockey of the year. they played the montreal canadiens. couture with a shot that is stopped. 1-0 san josi after a fdr. antti niemi perfect for the sharks, one of 27 saves. he has three shutouts, two them against montreal. sharks with a pair of goal and led 2-0. unamade 3 on a pretty

pass by marlowe. niemi gets the shutout and san josi has won seven straight home-games against montreal. the sharks move within 4 points the first place ducks in the pacific division and no. slot in the west. >> when it comes to pac-12 basketball there with r-two teams atp top of the stands and then a logjam. seeding for cal, which hosted colorado, another one of those teams in the crowd. senior day at haas pavilion. cobbs and solomon and jeff powers all honored. this game tight from beginning to end. solomon with 2 of his 18 points. 57-all. jeff scott gets it started for the buffaloes. archia booker takes it the other way. in