now at noon, a mother accused of choking a boy she claims was bullying her daughter. we'll taking you inside the court -- take you inside the court hearing. the accusations against the drug companies that make oxycodone and per co sit. and you are look -- per co set. and you are looking at the body of a whale. how it ended up so close to the beach. good afternoon.

i'm tori campbell. a north bay woman headed to court this morning accused of choking a boy she believed was bullying her daughter. ktvu's cristina rendon is live outside of the courthouse with the first video of the mother. good afternoon, christine. >> reporter: afternoon. we can tell you when we were in there it was very brief appearance for the mother, surrounded by her family, friends and attorney. the d.a.'s office didn't file charges. that's because they don't have enough evidence to prove she did anything wrong, they say. she went before a judge only to have the d.a.'s office ask for a three to four-week extension so they can continue to investigate. then adams told me he hired a private investigator who told me the boy in the incident is making the story up. she was arrested last week after she allegedly grabbed the 12-year-old by the throat because she believes he was bullying her daughter. this incident happened at olivet elementary in santa rosa.

the sheriff's office said the boy had red marks on his neck and she may have targeted the wrong attorney. but her attorney said she did nothing wrong. the attorney is calling the boy a liar and blaming the call for not taking care of the situation. >> there shouldn't be anything on trouble. the school should do their job when it comes to bullying. so parents shouldn't have to protect their children. that's the real issue. >> reporter: in response, the superintendent says they've launched an investigation on all levels to look at the safety, security and bullying and meanwhile, she will be back in court on june 19th to find out what charges, if any, she'll face. live in sonoma county, back to you. >> thank you. a new morality clause in teachers' contracts to leading to an uproar in catholic schools. today's oakland tribune reports three teachers have quit over the clause.

there's also a growing number of parents withholding donations to the more than 50 catholic schools in the diocese. the clause requires teachers to abide by the teachings of the catholic church at both school and home. critics are concerned teachers could be fired for being gay, having section outside of -- sex outside of marriage or using birth control. a new suit has been filed against some of the nation's largest drug companies, they make some of the world's most potent painkillers. janine de la vega is live in san jose with the claims that both patients and doctors don't really know the real dakers of these drugs -- dangers of these drugs. good afternoon, janine. >> reporter: these are serious accusations being thrown at five big pharmaceutical companies. they say that specific pain medication is leading to drug abuse, not just here in santa clara county but across the state and it needs to stop. the santa clara county council

and the orange county district attorney's office filed a lawsuit in state superior court yesterday. they say over the past two decades, a handful of big pharmaceutical companies have been pedaling the benefits of prescription painkillers such as oxycodone and percoset. the claim alleges the drugmakers are profiting but there's no scientific evidence that these are effective for treating long-term cancer pain. the county county discussed the lawsuit and talked about the problems they've seen here in santa clara county. >> we've seen increases in overdose deaths. we've seen babies born with opiate withdrawal and crime associated with opiate abuse. >> reporter: county officials also said the pharmaceutical companies are it not properly warning about the addictive nature of these opiates and they say opiates are more

responsible now for more deaths than suicide and motor vehicle accidents and heroin and cocaine combined. the lawsuit is not limiting a doctor's'sabilitity to prescribe the opiates it just wants the deception stopped. janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. san jose want your help in tracking down an armed robber who stormed into a convenience store filled with customers in broad daylight. police released this surveillance video of the robbery. it shows the suspect pointing a shot gun at customers and the clerk at clyde's liquor store on capital and hostetter road. he orders everyone on the ground before striking someone in the face with a weapon. the suspect fled with cash. police are looking for a driver who ran down and killed a man in oakland at 29th and webster. alex savidge is at the scene. hail lex, we're -- alex, we're

getting a look at surveillance video that shows the crime? >> reporter: we are. i just saw that video and really, it's disturbing to watch. it shows the driver purposely veering their car into a man who was standing here in the middle of the street last night. this happened on webster near 29th just before 9:30. now this is a still image from that surveillance video that shows a silver car that was involved in this crash speeding away from the scene. oakland police haven't said what type of car this might be but this afternoon, detectives are trying to track down the driver who can be seen aiming their car at a 50-year-old man in the street and then plowing right into him and taking off. the motive is unclear here but just before the crash, surveillance video shows two people punching the victim while he's down on the ground. moments after that, a car comes racing up the street and then strikes the victim and leaves. the man's name is not being released. the victim of this crime. but we understand there is a

$10,000 reward on the table for any information that can lead to an arrest in this crime. we're live this afternoon in oakland, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, alex. a salinas police officer is recovering from injuries he suffered during a violent protest. police say the officer was struck in the head with a bottle while responding to a gang shooting in east salinas yesterday. investigators say the officer was performing cpr on the shooting victim when he was attacked. several police cars were damaged by rocks, bricks and bottles thrown during the melee. earlier in the day, several hundred protesters gathered in the same area to protest two deadly police shootings in salinas during the past two weeks. hundreds of muni riders in san francisco say they've been unfairly ticketed for skipping out on bus fare because of broken clipper card readers. the chronicle reports 55,000

people have received the ticket since july. many riders say they tried to pay the $2 fare but couldn't because the ticket readers were broken. muni officials say if a reader is not working, passengers must either pay with cash or use the second card reader on buses. muni estimates they lose $20 million a year to fare evaders. drivers in san francisco could face a big traffic mess starting at 9:00 tonight as a major freeway will be partially shut down. we're talking about southbound interstate 280 between king street and the onramp near cesar chavez street. that's where sal castanedo is live with a warning to drivers this weekend. good afternoon, sal. >> reporter: tori, good afternoon. that warning is to allow extra time, think of another way, don't come down here if you want to use that little back door exit to the peninsula as a lot of us who have grown up here, 280 is the back door. you don't have to use 101.

well, 280 southbound will close tonight as you mentioned at 9:00. all of the ramps north of cesar chavez will stay close until tuesday morning at 5:00 a.m. caltrans needs the long weekend to replace bridge expansion on the viaduct portion of the freeway before cesar chavez. northbound 280 will remain open. got that? the best way to head south is to use the 4th or 10th street ramps to 80 and 81. already people are predicting delays and congested streets south of market. >> we ask that people plan accordingly. if they have to travel down down, look ahead of time, mapquest navigation to try to plan out stit routes before they make it down here -- alternate routes before they make it down here. >> reporter: some local businesses say they are expecting fewer customers but at the same time, there will be

a lot of people to attend the giants' games. giants are on the road but they come back tomorrow to play memorial day weekend here at at&t park. now, everyone we heard, we talked to today has heard about the closure. >> people will use all of the side streets and it will be conjessed and anything that's discretionary that i can postpone i plan to do that. >> i have to take another route. that's dwoo that be kind of inconvenient. >> me personally, i catch public transportation and i don't work on the weekends. >> reporter: again, 280 will be closed starting at 9:00 tonight. best way to get around it is to go to 101 or if you are in the south of market area, you happen to find yourself down here after a giants' game, you can go down to third street and then head south on third, make a right on cesar cesar chavez and there you have access to

280 and 81. sal castanedo, ktvu channel 2 news. new information just moments ago involving a womaning claiming she's been a kidnapped victim for ten years. the lawyer for the suspect is now telling a much different story. it is starting to worm back up. mark tamayo will be here to tell you when you can expect the warmest day for the upcoming holiday weekend. and how a san francisco gay rights pioneer is being honored right here in the bay area and in washington, d.c.

the man accused of kidnapping a 15-year-old girl and holding her against her will for a decade said she made up the whole story. the attorney for garcia says the woman is garcia's wife and she fabricated the story because the couple was breaking up. last night the woman told a los angeles tv station she was allegedly taken by her mother's boyfriend at age 18. she felt afraid and alone saying "i couldn't do anything." santa ana police say it was only after the victim found her sister on facebook that her mother persuaded her to go to police. investigators say garcia told the victim that her family had given up looking for her. >> changed her name, usually the middle name, date of birth

so they could get married. there's a lot of things that he had control of, of her life. >> the suspect is charged with kidnapping, rape and other charges. he could face 19 years in prison if convicted. the house today passed a bill aimed at ending the national security agency's sweeping collection of telephone records. it's the first legislative response to the disclosures by nsa leaker edward snowden. the so-called usa freedom act was proposed in january by president obama. it requires phone companies to keep records for 18 months and allows the nsa to search for connections to terrorist plots only after receiving a court order. the bill now heads to the senate. three high levels veterans affairs officials were no-shows for a meeting on capitol hill. the meeting was looking into allegations of secret wait lists and coverups within the veterans healthcare system.

the committee gathering comes one day after president obama broke his silence and promised swift actions if allegations prove to be true. an investigation is underway at 26 v.a. facilities around the country, including a hospital in phoenix where long wait timeses for appointments may have led to the deaths of some veterans. >> what is taking place today in american -- in america's veterans administration may be the most egregious case of friendly fire in the history of the united states of america. >> the senior officials called to say they were not given enough time to get to the meeting. the chairman says he plans to subpoena the officials to ensure their testimony before congress later this month. the reverend jesse jackson is at facebook's shareholder pushing for more diversity in the silicon valley. last week, he and members of his rainbow coalition attended meetings at ebay and google.

he's pushing high-tech companies to hire more minorities and appoint member to board positions. google's share meeting last week, google said it would release a report on the diversity of its work force. this noontime, a postage stamp is being dedicated to a san francisco icon and civil rights leader who stood for equality, hope and pride. a ceremony is taking place at the white house marking the official release of the harvey milk forever stamp. we were in the castro district as people lined up to be the first to buy the stamp. activists launched a campaign for the stamp three years ago to honor the late san francisco supervisor who was one of the first openly gay elected officials in the u.s. as a country, as a culture, we put our heroes, our great heroes on stamps. people who are spreading the american tradition, spreading freedom. you know, it's great to see

harvey milk on a stamp. >> it's quite extraordinary to reflect on the advances that we've made in the year since we've passed. i don't think he could have imagined the kind of victories that we're seeing. >> today is also marvy milk -- harvey milk day in california and today marks what would have been his 84th birthday. diane fine fine is fastracks a bill in congress to get more -- feinstein is fast tracking a bill in congress to get more water to farmers. some are against it saying it would divert water water from the delta. feinstein said the bill is meant to be modest and hopes it foot it passed -- hopes to get it passed by the end of the week. not a drop of rain in our forecast. in fact, temperatures will be trending up as we head into the holiday weekend. outslide right now, after some areas of fog this morning, you

can see back -- clearing back near the shore line. clear skies over the oakland estuary. but foggy conditions. almost likes like a summer day with the weather pattern in place. a live stormtracker2 a few leftover showers in the southern sierra. here is a closer inspection of the fog from -- it looks like from point bonita, the golden gate bridge, half moon bay. a solid deck of overcast. it will break up a lot billion -- little bit near the coastline. current temperatures, as you can see, san francisco, 59 degrees. san francisco, 65. warmest locations in the 70s on track to reach the 80s. santa rosa reporting 68 degrees. we have an onshore breeze. a bit of a breeze out there. most areas between 5 to 10 miles an hour. some more out to san jose, a calm wind and out towards sfo, winds out of the northwest checking in at around 12 miles an hour. so the overall weather pattern

is this -- yesterday we were tracking this area of low pressure producing showers to the east of the bay area. this is moving out. we'll warm things up. we have patchy coastal fog and drizzle from this morning. high pressure returns so we'll warm things up a little bit into friday. saturday we'll call it nice and sunday temperatures that will be the warmest day, temperatures around 90 degrees. and then for memorial day we'll shave off a little bit but pretty nice numbers out there. aner i look at the temperatures. santa rosa, 85. san francisco, 71. upper 60s near the coastline and mainly the 80s for san jose and livermore could be right around 90 degrees. we'll go with 89 for an afternoon high. that is on monday. here is the forecast model in the short term, still showing you patchy fog for the beaches. as we head into the afternoon hours, the low cloud deck regroups near the coast and around the bay. 7:00 tomorrow morning, not a big change tomorrow. skies with patchy fog near the

coastline. only 61 in pacifica. the warmest location, the other end of the spectrum, low to mid- 80s out towards concord, antioch and brentwood. san jose, 79. half moon bay, 61 degrees. here is a look ahead to your five-day forecast -- you will see temperatures warm up a little bit into friday and saturday. tori, sunday we're claiming to be the warmest day of the weekend. that will translate into a few low 90s. beaches maxing out around 70 degrees. on monday, a little bit cooler but overall, good news, a nice forecast as we can see into the weekend. >> in case anyone is interested in heading to the beach, the bay area received overall good marks in an annual report card on water quality. the group heal the bay released it's 24th annual assessment of beachside water equality, 95% of the ocean side beaches in san francisco received a grades during the summer dry weather. beaches on the bay received slightly lower marks with 86%

receiving a or b grades. heal the bail says california's cowt -- bay says california's drought helped keep things relatively healthy. >> there is a lack of rainfall, urban runoff and pollutants and debris and everything that's put in and washed into the beach water and that elevates the elf wills of bacteria. if there is a drought, we see better grades. >> heal the bay gave two beaches grades of c or lower. they were baker beach and windsurfer circle. a dead baby humpback whale that washed up on the coast near half moon bay is drawing big crowds. we told you about the whale last night at 10:00. rain. >> ers say the whale washed up yesterday afternoon in pillar point harbor. want to show you live pictures from the harbor. the whale has been bobbing back and forth, floating back to the water. right now, you can see it's out in the water a little bit. a little bit away from the beach.

just out there with nobody else around it. we want to show you video from last night. the marine mammal center is investigating the cause of the whale's death. we do have a crew out at the beach today learning more about what the plan is to deal with the whale and we'll have more in our later newscast. coming up -- sir paul mccartney is in the hospital at this hour. what his doctors say is making him so sick and what does it mean for his concert tour.

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stocks holding onto modest gains in afternoon trading on wall street building on yesterday's rebound. investigators encouraged on reports of chinese manufacturing, u.s. home seams and positive earnings from retailers. taking a live look at the big board, the dow is up 14, the nasdaq is up 29 and the s&p is up 6. the number of people applying for unemployment benefits jumped last week. it's not all bad news. the labor department says applications rose 28,000 but still remain at a low level. that means hiring should remain steady. two weeks ago, new applications fell to their lowest level since may of 2007. paul mack cartny is now in the hospital. we reported he had to cancel the remainder of his tour in japan and south korea. he's learned in a tokyo hospital with a viral infection. he has a number of concerts lined up this summer, including

candlestick in august and those performances are still on. a fire risk on planes. three days after we showed you this video of batteries failing critical tests, the ntsb says there needs to be more testing to make sure they are safe. the five specific recommendations they want to make before the batteries -- to make sure the batteries on board planes tonight on the news at 5:00. thanks for watching. have a great day. &c&c1

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