the teen was -- britney silva had peer buds in and didn't hear the train. today, everyone who loved the soon-to-be high school graduate sat there with blank stares trying to process what is gone forever at 18 years old. >> i don't know how much stronger i can be. i really don't. >> britney's mother and little sister. >> she always gave me great advice about life. >> were excited to see britney go to prom, graduate, and then go to college. >> i just know she had the whole world in her hands. she had everything going for her. >> now the classmates are sending condolences to the family. an outpouring that's filled four banners so far. >> had this not hand, she would really be someone we were celebrating. >> instead they are memorializing britney. in words, in tears, in treasured moments. >> everyday, hey gorgeous. that's how i knew her. that's how i remembered her. i still have her voice in my head. >> by all accounts, britney was

a very smart girl, but her mother said she didn't heed one piece of advice that might have saved her life. tonight at 6:00, the call to kids to take out the ear buds. noel walker, ktvu channel 2. one of the biggist first atracks in san francisco is going to close down. lombard street. we first told you about the possibility last night. now, it is official. ktvu's paul chambers from the so-called crookedest street in the world. there is only an experiment, paul? >> reporter: it is something many of us have done lombard. a lot of congestion. that's why for 90 dayings this summer lombard street will be shut down. >> this is in order to keep people who are driving,

walking, and the residents safe as we believe. >> they say roughly 2,000 people drive down the iconic street every weekend. this does not include the hundreds of tourists that come from all around the world taking pictures at the top and boat tom. >> sfth spokesman said closing the street will give the agency an opportunity to collect data to show if there are safety issues. on top of that, residents say visitors have stolen rocks and flowers. >> people race, have drunken races in the middle of the night down the street toasty how fast they can make it. a lot of them wreck. we have had several cars upside down on the street. >> i will grant you, it's annoying. but you know what, don't live there. then you can go somewhere else. >> reporter: this is just a trial period. lombard will be closed from noon to 6:00 p.m. on june 21st, 22nd, 28th, 29th

and july 4th, 5th, 6th, 12th and 13th. again, this is only a closure for motorists. it will be open for people who want to walk up and down the street for that time period. we will be talking to some of the people out here to see how they feel about the possible closure. not the possible, but the temporary closure. that coming up at 6:00. i'm paul chamber, ktvu channel 2 news. ktvu has learned fire investigators are closing in on a suspect targeting a family in san jose s. it is not the first time the family has been victimized. ktvu's robert honda live in san jose. you have opinion at the scene all day now, robert? >> reporter: fire investigators have spent much of the day examining the scene here where the vandalism b took place at this home. you can see there is still ash and soot where a car was set on

fire early this morning. a praisen act caught on surveillance. you can see two people wearing hoodies checking out the cars on the driveway. one takes out a container of accelerant and starts dousing it on the acura. eventually, the flames grew. the family used a garden hose to soak trees to keep the fire from spread. firefighters arrived to put out the car fire. investigators found there have been several acts of vandalism in the past few weeks. just last week, surveillance captured two people who poured a gallon of pink paint on the car. last month, the tires on the acura were slashed. the head of the family who has five children says he fears for his children's safety. >> feelings like a hate crime. for someone to do this, and this is the thursday incident, that means this person is very hateful. >> one of the children told ktvu he believes someone is upset at him and is retaliating

against the family. he would not say why the person is angry. one neighbor also said she does not h believe the vandalism is random at all. >> i suspect that yeah, they were probably targeted because it is relatively at the quiet street and neighborhood. i'm not too concerned about vandalism throughout the street or the neighborhood. >> this is heart breaking. i hope they catch the guy that did this. >> reporter: fire officials would not confirm if the son is right about the possibility of retaliation, or if the dispute is over stolen cell phones. live in san jose, robert honda, ktvu channel 2 news. the family of a might who was killed in a horrible bus crash back in april filed a lawsuit toads against fed ex. the family of 18-year-old jimenez filed the wrongful death lawsuit against fed ex

along with volvo which manufactured the big rig as well as the charter bus company. five students and five adults were killed when the fed ex truck crossed the freeway and slammed right into their charter bus on april 10th. the students were from los angeles and were on their way for a tour of the university. new developments in the south bay college that suddenly closed its doors. stunning and outraging some of its students. we told you about the scrambling students last nigh at 10:00. today, we learn the school racked up more than $80,000 in back rent before it was evicted. tonight, though, there is new relief for students two have paid their tuition but now have no where to go. ktvu's rob roth with this update. >> no trespassing and eviction notices are taped to all the classroom doors at the san jose branch of the college. it is also small vocational school with primarily a health

care curriculum. it's also a school apparently having financial troubles. the attorney for winchester llc, the building landlord says they owe approximately $82,000 in back rent. rent is $30,000 a month. >> my client's trying to work with the tenant, for obvious reasons. unfortunately, it just didn't work out. >> the attorney says they have received at least two other eviction notices this year the attorney said the two sides had negotiated a payment plan that proved unsuccessful. >> they are not able to service their contractual obligations. even when we give them more time and terms they say they can work and they just don't. >> the school is in good standing with the accrediting commission of career schools and colleges. an official there told us the commission is surprised and troubled by what's happened. the official says that the closure is more than temporary, the commission will work on placing the 150 students in comparable programs. >> rob roth also reports that the other campuses in san

francisco and hayward are open. no one returned our messages. the landlord's attorney says he is working with them to see if the students can return to their education but there is no timetable. general motors is recalling more cars. this new recall involves 2.4 million vehicles in the united states. that sets a new record for gm. so far this year, gm has recalled 13.6 million cars, trucks, and suvs. the latest recall involves more than a million older model crossovers with defective front seatbelts and one million sedans where the shift cable can wear out. gm is also recalling 100 new escalades. walmart plans to hire hundreds of tech workers in the south bit. walmart struck a deal to release 100,000 square feet of

office space. it will be used to expand its digital operations. currently, walmart has some 550 employees providing online services in sunnyvale and san mateo whereupon no. tracking toxic materials. ktvu news crews spotted people with clipboards sitting alongside the road. we found out what they are doing is tracking hazardous materials that are trucked into the bay area. you could be driving right alongside those trucks. ktvu's john fowler with the new concern not even emergency crews know exactly what is coming in and out of the bay area. john. >> reporter: the question is do you know what's in that vehicle that is next to you on the highway. vehicles with hazardous materials are supposed to have placards. but no one is tracking that, as we've said, except marin county. they begin just yesterday. >> today, marin county

consultants sat by highways 101 and 37 watching trucks whiz by. >> we have had another one today. >> marin county just received a $40,000 state grant to do a hazardous material commodity flow study. how much and where hazardous products go on rails, pipelines, and roadses. >> we're looking specifically at hazardous materials placards. they are the diamond shaped placards that you see on some of the trucks. mostly gasoline. >> it will allow emergency responders and law enforcement understand the hazardous materials that are coming and out of the county. >> we learned there is no requirement to do such a study, even though emergency officials told me it is critical. despite having all five bay area refineries and many miles of rails and pipeline, we discovered they have an up to date study. >> we have trains coming the right through here very close to residence, very close to the school. and we don't know what's on them. >> activist sam punch says that

information should be publicly available. >> sufficient monitoring to make these folks comply with basic safety and health. >> reporter: i just got off the phone with the county emergency officials. they tell me they plan a hazardous materials study in a year or two. contra costa county told me they have no plans but officials acknowledge that their information is years out of date. reporting live, john fowler, catechin tell 2 news. crews are still on the port after a truck caused an outage prompting bart delays. the crash happened ant 9:30 this morning. it led to an outage on the west end of the port. bart briefly shut down service between west oakland and powell street as pge crews fixed a dangling wire at the station. >> originally, they told us a 30 minutes delay. by the time we got downstairs they said maybe 10, 15. >> no big deal. >> wasn't too bad. >> pewer was fully restored as

of noon. pge tells us all of the roughly 200 customers effect rod bangline. officials say a handful of commercial customers aren't expected to get their power back until tomorrow morning. the parents of a woman who was killed by a man who was mentally ill is in the bay area pushing for what's the called laura's law. their message. why wait until someone what is mentally ill has killed someone before forcing them to get help. david stevens has more. >> reporter: the county has declined to enact laura's law before. this time, they say visiters will have the final decision. >> california's laura's law is named for laura wilcox. the 19-year-old was shot to death in 2001 by a mentally ill man who resisted efforts by his family to force him into treatment. >> we wait until somebody commits a horrific crime and then we get them into treatment. that did not make sense to us.

>> wilcox's parents came to can tran today to boost efforts to enact the law here. persons with a history of violence and failed mental health treatment will have to take treatment. >> this only ends when they are brought in by the police on a 51/50 or arrested for threatening or harming themselves or other people. >> public health officials say laura's law would only effect about 130 of the people currently effected. however, they are often extremely high users of ambulance services, price services and inpatient services. they are frequently incarcerated and repeatedly homeless. >> it will be more stigma and more hatred and more misunderstanding. >> advocates say laura's law ignores the demand for services. >> every mentally ill person we talk to are dieing to get into treatment. all of our programs are full. we don't have the capacity to

serve people. >> reporter: supporters of laura's law say similar ordinances nationwide have lored homelessness psychiatric evaluations and awe rests. backers here say they are leaving it up to voters in the fall. they will put out a ballot just in case supervisors here decide not to support it in the coming weeks. david stevenson ktvu channel 2 news. >> laura's law was adopted statewide in 2002, but each county has to pass it individually. $8 billion. that's how much the state comptroller says his office has identified in waste or returned to tax payers. he says some of the key audits include $39 million in pedestrians crystal overpayments to a provider in southern california. a celtment with 18 life insurers that returned $225 million to california families.

and an audit of the city of bell. that returned 3 million in property taxes to its residents. the bay area may be facing a bigger danger from a cluster of large earthquakes as opposed to the big one that experts have long predicted. this new study is based on digs at bay area faults, including the hayward and san san mateo andreas fault. scientists have noticed quakes that range from magnitude 6.6 to 7.8. usgs resergers say based on that evidence, the bay area appears more likely to see a cluster of larger earthquakes than assiege great quake next time around. new at 5:00, an expensive list with san francisco right at the top. it's how much you'd have to make to buy a home in this city, and it's more than new

york, la and chicago. the economy has come back in full force and has boosted the bay area's already strong housing market. ktvu's tom vacar here to break down the numbers. >> reporter: it is a fascinating story. let's look at. this in the san francisco bay area, if you want to buy a house, you have to have to pay for the taxes, the mortgage and the insurance about $137,000 worth of income. the highest in the nation by far. even if you go to new york city, well down the list, it's almost $90,000 a year for exactly the same kind of purchase. look at this. southern california, $86,000 a year for the house, the taxes, and, of course, the insurance. and, finally, if you take a look over here stick city, chicago, it's 15th on the list. about $53,000 for that. those are the numbers. but here is the human story. >> it's so competitive here.

>> wife and mother of twotts and an la transplant who has been renting this house is finally in escrow on another one close by. they have tried to buy four different homes. all of them over the asking price. >> here, it does sometimes scare me that we're in a little bit of a bubble with housing going multiple offers. >> when they move to san francisco and can't get a place. >> her agent says the bay area, is the nation's most expensive housing market is not just about sticker shock. >> but when they see the houses that they are going to get transference that price, that's when the shock really sets in. >> a third less space-wise as far as the house goes. e within that, there are updates that need to be done. so you're not looking at move- in-ready houses. >> so you have to be prepared to think about so to 20% premium over the price in order to be competitive and to win the bid, so to speak >> we didn't already have some equity in our home there, it might be hard to come up with a

down payment. and i'm sure it's hard for many families. >> employment agent says the 20 somethings and 30 somethings she places tell her they are not even thinking homes. >> it isn't even on our bucket list of idea anymore of what they want to do. >> home owners will have to come from somewhere else saying things like this. >> i would be happy to move somewhere else where i could probably afford a house. >> uh-huh. >> so, you know, it does effect people planning. >> in fact, many of the folks who sell the homes usually exercise one of three optionses. >> they often move out of state or move north to a different county or something like that or down size. >> recall 29 cities and the income you'll need are posted on a website at web links. tom vacar ktvu news. let's talk about our weather. bring in our chief meteorologist, bill martin. certainly wasn't as windy as it was yesterday, bill. >> reporter: yesterday we had

up to 35 miles an hour in places. even more out at sea. the winds have dade down. we still have scattered showers out there on higher elevations. rain and thunderstorms showing up parts of the north central valley. for us, we have been steering clear. we have had a few sprinkles around here in the boulder creek area. you may have noticed a few as well. i have had no reports of thunder showers. live radar verifying nothing is happening right now. on 50 and 80 you have snow flurries and rain and a little bit of thunder shower activity still to come in the next few hours. that is why there is a winter weather watch in effect the next couple hours and thereupon 9:00 this evening. really be aware when you go up there you could bump into snow and freezing conditions at the higher elevations. fairfield lowing 24 miles per hour. nevada 25. still pretty breezy. it just doesn't feel as windy

because it is not all over the bay area. less wind today than yesterday. certainly, less wind tomorrow. that will continue our warming trend. because as we head into tomorrow, temperatures are going to go up a few degrees. less wind, more sunshine. that's basic trend for the next few days. over night lows will be chilly. because of the wind, because of that weather system that rolled through here, it is enough that the winds die down and you wake up to 49 degrees in santa rosa. that's really cool for late may coming into june. forecast model tomorrow morning. there is your fog. fog will come back. i have fog right now. half moon bay south towards the pacifica area. that fog will fill in tonight right along the coast. it will be a permanent feature pretty much for the bay area weekend. these are the forecast highs tomorrow. you see all the warmth. 80s, low 80s that way. most of our temperatures are going to be in the 60s and low

70s. if you look outside in san jose, right notums 71 degrees. a few clouds. a warming trend. 80 in fairfield tomorrow. 82 in fairfield. 70 in antioch. a slow warming trend continues right into the bay area weekend. it is a holiday weekend sit looks like you're going to get some really nice weather. with your bay area weekend always in view. you can see that saturday and sunday, warm up just in time for memorial day, which we got some rain out of this. looks as though we will be dry the next five days. >> we will try again. thanks, bill. it was different from anything they had i have seen. the lessons that local firefighters brought home from san diego to fight fires here. that's coming up at 5:30. first, though, a miraculous survival story. a woman crushed in this car and unnoticed for days. and now she's break her silence. >> i'm alive. i lose my feet, i lose my feet.

but, you know, people -- it's happened to other people. >> what she thought about the entire time that kept her going. now to our julie haener in the newsroom with what we're working on for 6:00. a bart worker killed on the tracks. for the first time, his daughter is speaking out. >> there is no response from them. there is none. what she says is going on in the control cab of that train that has her blaming bart for her father's death. plus, the draught is taking its toll on at least one popular bay area campground. the major restrictions that could have you rethinking your vacation plan. details and more coming up at 6:00. heat shields are compromised. we have multiple failures.

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the calls are getting louder to install kill switches on smart phones. fcc chairman tom wheeler testified today before a congressional panel. he specifically mentioned that 50% of all robberies in san francisco involve a cell phone, and that a quarter of those robberies involve guns and knives. cull switches on cell phones would give users the ability to remotely disable their phone if it is stolen. palo alto congresswoman agrees they should be required by law. >> this is something that american consumers support. it makes sense. it's something they can't do for themselves. >> critics of kill switch legislation say consumers should be able to decide what client of anti theft technology goes on their smart phones.

lawmakers here in california are expected to pass kill switch legislation later on this month. a woman trapped in her car for almost a week following a crash off a colorado highway is telling her story of survival. kristin hopkins was rescued earlier this month after her car plunged 120 feet down at the cliff and she ended up stranded under a blanket of broken glass with no food or water. >> the back window was completely smashed out where i tried to crawl forward out of it and i couldn't get out. >> the car landed upside down. hopkin'sfeet were crosshead. she said she thought of her children as theys passed. she was discovered bypassing drivers who noticed glare coming her camp doctors amputated her feet and part of her legs. a bay area firefighter back

home. firefighters, that is, back home after battling the flames in southern california. >> while we were on the post there was additional fire starting. >> up next, what they tell us was their biggest challenge and fear. the same thing could happen here during these very dangerous dry conditions. a finding a missing man with special needs. >> i put out my hand to shake his hand. he took it. >> how husband experience with his own date helped save that man. outraged sellers and shoppers at a bay area consignment store. why the owner shut down with no notice taking sellers goods and shoppers credit with him. ut some frozen yogurt. i got this. you're so sweet. you got this, right? i do got this. from the shelf, and to your home. starting at $99.

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you a different perspective from inside a fire truck as crews are approaching the flames and you really get a good sense here of just how intense those flames were. finally, with this third picture, you will see all the speak. there was a lot of smoke. in fact, it could be seen for miles as you can clearly see in this picture. ktvu's john sasaki spoke with two of the firefighters who just returned. john is in castro valley now with what they are telling him about the situation. john. >> reporter: frank, just about anywhere you do in the bay area, you can see tall grass and brush quickly daying out foretelling a long, hot fire season. we talked with two firefighters who just returned from station where fire season is already off and running. >> it was a peaceful day in castro valley with cool temperatures and high humidity. not terribly dangerous fire conditions. but alameda fire and battalion chief john walsh just got back from san diego where the conditions were severe.

>> a little four foot bush was putting off 20-foot flame lengths annalist heat and spot about a quarter of a mile ahead of itself. >> he led a strike team to bat it will fire when it seemed like much of san diego was on fire. >> yeah. a lot of fires in a very small geographical area. while we were on the post, there were additional fires starting. i think about five or six during my time down will. >> photos envied yes, sir walsh shot showed outd photos and videos walsh shot showed how treacherous it is early in the year. engineer patrick kennedy was there for three days. >> when the real santa annas kick in later on in the year at the peak of the fire season in a september, october, it's going to be busy. >> firefighters shot this video as they drove around the fire scene. and, since this was a military base, they encountered

something unusual. that's the scary sound of ammunition blowing off because of the flames. as the draught continues, the bay area will have firefighters on guard. >> the buggest message with southern california, in a up complete months we will be facing the same situation. >> reporter: this morning someone who said they used to live in san diego dropped off this cake for alameda's fire station thanking the crew for helping to save that community. firefighters are using this occasion to call for everyone to have denseful space around their home. i am john sasaki ktvu channel 2 news. more details now on those fires in san diego county. crews expect to have the most drink of those southern california wildfires fully contained by thursday. the fire in san mateo marcos which has destroy the 40 homes is now 93% contained. firefighters say they have control over three other fires in san diego county that together have burned more than 23,000-acres. the former battalion chief

accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend was before cameras today for the first time since his arrest. the arraignment was postponed until next week. investigators say he admitted to stabbing 26-year-old sarah douglas in their home in south sacramento may first. >> i want him to plead guilty. i want him steve his family and our family the whole circus of a trial. >> a massive staid state-wide manhunt ended two weeks later when a detective spot him getting on pa bus in sacramento. he apparently hid in plain sight not far from his home in bushes. a worker at a construction site has died in a fall. cal osha said the accident happened at a residential construction site. that's where news chopper 2 is to brake us more. investigators at this point are trying to determine how the man foam about 15 feet to his death. cal osha says the employer is

tripoint homes and that it would be sited if the company is found in violation of any safety rules. ewe can see here that yellow tape is up. as soon as we get more information, we will bring to you throughout this newscast and the 6:00 news. more breaking news now on a store ray that we've been following since last night. ktvu has just been told that briman college's location in the south bay will ray open tomorrow. the school suddenly shut down yesterday after evasion signs were put up leaving students wondering what was going on. today, ktvu learned that the school employed $83,000 in back rent. a school official just got off the phone with our reporter rob roth and says that the issue has been resolved and that classes will be in session tomorrow. right now, they are working to notify students as we speak. now, to a high pressure pictures ending for an east bay mother whose son with special needs went missing while take warmth turn out that a station agent notice the man and said

that something was wrong. new at 5:00, ktvu's ken wang live with more. >> reporter: frank, the mother tells me that she feared the worse that she might never see her son again. fortunately, the man who found her son knows all too well the sensitive nature of autism. >> if there ever was a time to panic, it was on may 7th, when stephanie jacobs' son vanished while returning a field train. >> he is development tally disabled and we were afraid that he would just wander off. >> b.a.r.t station agent got the word at the pittsburgh bay point station. >> i told my coworker that i was going to go down the platform and take a look. >> he knew exactly what to look for. he also has a child with autism. >> i noticed a familiar gate in the walk. it is a pace that most children with autism vacaville area >> it was stephanie's son but.

>> you have to approach them a certain way. it might frighten them. might set them off. i said hi. hi name is john. your mom is looking for you. i put out my hand to shake his hand. he shook it. >> i just praise his observation. it takes a village. it takes a village. >> reporter: stephanie hasn't met john yet, but he is likely to get a very big hug out of all this. she reminds people if they see someone withdrawn or confeuds, try to get help. people with autism often don't communicate very well, but they do wear medical bracelets. live in pleasant hill, ken wayne ktvu channel 2 news. golden state warriors introduced the bay area to steve kerr, the new head to ray place mark jackson. he was fire last week. k ear and his family were in

oakland for today's ceremony. he had been with the new york knicks before choosing golden state. >> so i have been preparing for this. i am well aware that i haven't done it. and i'm going to have a lot to learn. i'm planning on putting in the work to learn as much as i can and to put the people around me to help me be as good as i can. >> kerr and the warriors agree on a five-year deal worth about $25 million. a sinking feeling for businesses and homes. part of the bay area are now several feet lower than they cruised to be. >> water gets in, the ground gets up. at 5:45, a ktvu special report on what's causing the problem and how it can be fixed. e later, a big mess after a teenage driver slammed his car into a house. what the driver tells us happened right before he lost control jazz but first, controversial comments from a california mayor about bullying. >> people need to stick up for

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actor michael cace has been charged with the death of his wife after admitting to a 9011 operator that he shot her. he was arrested last night after his 40-year-old wife was found shot to death inside their home in los angeles. detectives are now investigating whether the couple's financial difficulties

played a role in the deadly shooting. he appear on the hit fx series the shield. he is currently being held on $1 million bail. after making what many consider outrageous communities about bullying, the mayor of the central valley city of porterville is defending what he said. >> i' against bullying, we'll getting tired of it being used as a man tran for everything. all most people have to do is grow a pair and stick up for themselves. >> the mayor hamilton was speaking there in response to a city proposal to create pulley safe zones. the peel began as an effort by teenage students who wanted the city to designate off campus locations where they could get help dealing with bullies after school. today on fox news hamilton said he sympathizes with bullies because he was bull lid when he was young. >> made every excuse not to go to school. was in fear of a gentleman that kept on pulling a knife on me. one day, i had to confront my

tormenter and therefore stood up for myself. >> no objection. >> the city council has not voted on the proposal. the mayor voted against further discussionings of the safe zones because he claims they would be costly and could expose the city to lawsuits. up next, a ktvu special report on land sinking beneath our feet. we investigate the hidden cost of pumping well water. all of this bay area land has sunk well below sea level. plus, a special message from hundreds of bay area children and the event it inspired today. right after the break, we're talking about that warm up. there is still a chance for a thunder shower in parts of the bay area. we will have the details on the warm up and that chance. we'll see you back here right after the break.

some of the bay area's most expensive real estate is facing a major threat. hand sinking right beneath our feet. and this year because of the draught things could get even worse as people pump more well water pout of the ground. >> some homes and businesses sit below sea level where consequences could be catastrophic. in tonight's special report, ktvu's john fowler tells us why saving watered to could help protect the south bay shoreline as we know it. >> frag yell south bailiff says

stand -- dozens of high-tech real estate threatened. you can see the problem dramatically here. that's the bay. this, a crucial levee, and all this land here as sunk 15 feet. >> that puts day land below sea level. so now that area has to be protected by an extensive system of dykes and levies. >> facebook could literally go under water. its headquarters only inches above high tide. this video shows red raising and blue sinking ground in the city of san jose. up in win terse down in summer. the sink has become worse in recent draught years. >> as water gets in, the ground gets up. when water gets out, the ground goes down.

>> and, without rain, water must be brought in from else where. >> there is no precipitation anywhere in northern california. the problem now, it's a problem to be able to bring in water. >> the santa clara water district charges those who pump a lot of well wear. >> we collect a fee. this fee goes into augmenting supplying for the county. >> but the district's say they are running out of water to buy. water rights lawyers say unlike most states, california jeanly allows land owners to pump all the groundwater they want. >> the ultimate incentive is simply if people do overpump, the water supply will not be there. >> and that would be catastrophic. she says we must conserve so there will be enough water underground to keep the surface high and day. john fowler ktvu channel 2 news. >> crew can see a more detailed map of the areas that are especially vulnerable. just go to our website

ktvu.com. let's go to our chief meteorologist bill martin. a lot of people will do their first camping outing of the year this week. >> reporter: yeah. we had snow in the mountains and lake tahoe at the higher elevations, and then rain and thunderstorms. but, yeah, the bay area holiday weekend, the california holiday weekend will be nice. started warm today. that warming trend continues as we head into your bay area thursday, friday, saturday, sunday. current temperature throughout much of the bay area during the 60s. here is the system i'm tracking now. you can see it rotating out of here. of course, lake tahoe is getting a little bit of snow. not a lot. it's definitely snow at some of the higher elevations. fog along the coast will fill in tonight. the live radar sweep shows that there is no shower activity in the bay area proper. but if you go to the mountains where that winter weather advisory remains in effect

until 9:00, you have stuff up here. we will be tracking. this it is migrate. it is going that way. this low is working its way out of here. so that should get it out of here by tonight and tomorrow. we go back into a warming trend. it will still be brescia tonight and co. showers beginning to move outpaces we go into the next hour or. so they're already moving out. but there is still a slight chance for a sprinkle. so, as we head into the weekend, warmer. it starts today. continues tomorrow, friday, saturday, sunday. by sunday, we're back up into the upper 80s. even some 90s showing up. hot weather especially inland. a nice bay area weekend coming. cold overnight though. that low is still over top of us. you will get temperatures in the upper 40s in some cold spots. i don't think mid 40s, but upper 40s. and that's chilly for this time of year. san jose, 71 degrees right now. san jose tomorrow, about 78 degrees for daytime high in

downtown san jose. sit's coming up. each day as we move towards the weekend, warmer stuff. a nice looking forecast. these a a bunch of numbers for ewe. 81 in clear lake. 81 in st. helena. then, here we. go wednesday, thursday, warmer, warm we are, warmer. kind of stabilizes on the bay area weekend. there is your day forecast with the bay area always in view. it will be a nice one. nice to get rain. some folks did get some rain droops today biovar little innovar sparse. not a lot of folks noticed anything. >> not at my house. >> yeah. not at my house. >> thank you, bill. more than 800 grade school students gathered today for a little spring cleaning.

kids from 21 different school took part of the kids adopt a beach clean up. after pick up trash, students sat in a formation of a giant bird desometime wow, look at. this organizers say the formation speaks to the message that the trash we leave behind is affecting wild life all around us jazz outrage over a bay area store. customers came to pick up their stuff or get money only to find the doors were locked. >> these people stole from my baby. >> why the store's owner tells us he had no choice. back to arugula haener in the newsroom with more upon what we're working on at 6:00 jazz a didly accident on the b.a.r.t track. >> it has been seven months overuse strags, sadness engraving for all the people. the daughter of a worker killed on the job breaks her silence. why she blames b.a.r.t for her father's death. then, a city clerk caught taking to;to wit,er when she was supposed to be taking notes.

that she said in her resignation letter that is getting so much a the these stories and more coming up in about 10 minutes at 6:00.

a tired driver and an out of control door caused a lot of damage to two vehicles. all happened about 3:00 this morning. the 19-year-old driver tells us he fell asleep and then drifted off the road. his nissan altima plowed

through the front yard of a home, took out a white picket fence, then slammed into a subaru that was parked in a driveway. that subaru then hit a neighbor's parked car which crashed into the house. no one was hurt, but the driver said he learned a valuable lesson. >> stay awake. not get relaxed in my car when i'm tired. i feel really thankful for no one being hurt. >> there were no signs that the driver was under the influence of either drugs or alcohol. controversy at one east bacon signment store after customers say they showed up with store credit and were turned away. hundreds of parents are furious after one east bay consignment store shut down with their items and store credit locked inside. ktvu's melanie wood row spoke to the owner. melanie, why didn't hi tell his customers the store was closing. >> he says he feared for his employee's safety. this might be in part why. check out this facebook page that's been created by all of

these angry parents. it was created yesterday and already there are nearly 530 members. they are all furious that they weren't given a head's up this consignment shop would be closing. >> for five years loyal shoppers flocked to this consignment store. the owner says business was tight. the he had to close his doors for good on sunday. inside, hundreds of customers' items and thousands of dollars in unused store credit. >> these people stole from my baby, pretty much. >> jessica herndon someone of hundred parents furious. he knew he was closing his business but didn't tell customers. >> i would have been down here and i would have spent my money. >> he says he decided to close nearly a beak in advance. >> why not extend that 6-day notice to your customers. >> the ran he didn't give them a head's up is it would have been dangerous for employees. all of the people with credit

would have piked us clean and then we wouldn't have done any business or created any revenue to even fund their paychecks. >> was it deceitful? >> no, it's not deceitful. i don't feel like i had any other options. >> most were paid for their children's clothing and toys with store credit rather than cash. >> i feel like i just donated my stuff. >> it is like a gift card. if you have a target gift card, i think you can use it. >> he says the yams will be sorted and returned to their own. a small consolation for parents who plan to spend the money they earned at the only store it had value. >> reporter: i spoke with an attorney who said it's unlikely these customers will be able to recoup that store credit. of course, loot of them are venting here and discussing it on facebook but the store's owner said he would like for

them to be emailing him. melanie woodaow ktvu channel 2 news. now at 6 can, these two b.a.r.t workers were killed on the job during last year's strike. tonight, one of the family members speaking out for the first time. >> he was the guy who was never going to cut corners. >> what she says b.a.r.t didn't do to properly protect hereafter. it's official. san francisco's most famous street is being blocked to traffic, at least temporarily. when it will close, and why the city is doing it. also, a city clerk accused of forgetting to do some of her basic duty resigns in an email. the choice words she had for the mayor that are getting so much attention. and, how the mayor is responding. these duo men were killed while they were on the -- two men were killed while they were on the job during the b.a.r.t strike. tonight, one of their daughters says it was a lack of

supervision that is to blame i am frank summer value. >> i am julie haener. for the first time the date of one of the two b.a.r.t workers killed last career is speaking out on camera about the loss of her father lawrence daniels on the left and christopher shepherd on the right were killed while doing maintenance work on the track in walnut creek. now the daniels flame as filed a wrongful death lawsuit against b.a.r.t. tonight, ktvu's eric rasmussen is here now with what daniel's date had to say and what her family is demanding. eric. >> reporter: julie, amber daniels isn't putting a dollar figure on her father, but he says the accident happened like you said, when workers were on strike with an operator in training at the controls. for months investigators have been looking into every detail of the crash. now his daughter says she is finally ready to talk about it. >> i am so rang ray that i don't have the opportunity to say good-bye to my