Skip to main content

tv   News at 5pm  FOX  June 10, 2014 5:00pm-6:01pm PDT

5:00 pm
nonlife threatening injury. the child was treated and released o on the -- released on the scene. police arrested two people in that case as well. >> we have response teams available seven days a week. we were able to use them last night along with the help of our investigators quickly. >> we have to get the illegal guns and automatic weapons out of homes. >> reporter: police say they are still looking for people in those two shootings. these are candles and flowers for samantha alvarado. this shooting may have been gang related but there doesn't appear to be a tie between these two shootings. today a judge ruled
5:01 pm
california's tenure laws are unconstitutional. ken wayne is live now, this really could change how california teachers are hired and feared. >> reporter: when it's finally resolved gasia, today's ruling in los angeles isn't the final say on teacher tenure in california. but it has no doubt boosted critics of a system they say has unfairly rewarded bad teachers. >> do you want to play? i need to see some magic fingers. >> reporter: barred from the court, children continue their education oblivious to a judge's ruling that could affect their futures. >> nice. >> but their teachers know. >> if you don't do your job, you're going to have a problem. it's the same with the students. you're not doing your job, then we need to talk. >> reporter: california teacher tenure laws protect ineffective teachers and lead to poor education particularly in low income communities. >> i'm thankful that the court elected to hear this case and
5:02 pm
i'm exstatic for the decision they came down with to represent the children's rights and access to an education deserves their attention and deserves our priority. >> reporter: ralph true wrote there's no dispute that there are a significant number of grossly ineffective teachers currently active in california classrooms. one study shows over a five year period on the 91 teachers in california have been fired. >> this levels the playing field. >> reporter: west contra costa president says that the new law will help fire teachers. >> you have to have that flexibility if we don't we're going to constantly see the same results over and over again. >> reporter: the principal said he agreed with the judge's ruling. >> here with us what concerns me is we have people who want
5:03 pm
to be here at dr. king elementary. whether the teacher is tenured or not i want teachers that are committed to our children. >> reporter: this is not the end of this battle in many ways it's just the beginning. the ruling is already being appealed by the state's two major teachers union and the state. but it has gained national attention and it could be a ripple effect on teacher tenure across the country. live in the newsroom, ken wayne, ktvu channel 2 news. new at 5:00, the search is on for this man. police say he attacked and carjacked an 89-year-old woman. this is a picture of 28-year- old terrance james hardey. he has a distinctive skin tag on the left side of his head. you can see it on this picture. he approached a victim as she came out of a cvs car. she was already in her car when he punched her and took her out of her vehicle and took off
5:04 pm
with her vehicle. police do not believe that hardey is armed bud they do consider him to be dangerous. a bitter custody fight may have led to a shooting death of a san pablo father of three. oscar anguano was found shot to death in his backyard. anguano and cortez fought over who should keep the kids. cortez and a male companion are now in jail being held on suspicion of committing murder. >> reporter: a man is under arrest accused of starting a fire. the fire started around 10:00 last night in the eastern foothills outside of san jose. it ended up burning two acres. santa clara sheriff's depao -- deputies found tran. he was having trouble breathing and needed medical attention. authorities are looking into
5:05 pm
whether he had an illegal grow operation. livermore police say a 17- year-old boy has admitted to starting a string of suspicious fires. he was arrested yesterday at the scene of the latest fire which was in a vacant lot at elm and k streets. there were five other fires over the weekend all set in dry brush. the teenager is now facing eight counts of arson. a well known livermore coach accused of molesting and planing to kill some of his students was in court today. nisbeth appeared in court to claim he was not responsibility for trying to hire a hit man. he's been held without bail and is set to return to court july 9th. new developments tonight in a deadly shooting at a high school near portland oregon the day before summer vacation was
5:06 pm
set to begin. the teenage gunman killed one person before apparently committing suicide. law enforcement sources say now the gunman and victims were students. students say it all began just as classes were starting. >> everybody was freaking out. we all ran into the weight room and hid and locked the doors. there was a bunch of gunshots everywhere. >> reporter: one male student was killed, a teacher was grazed by a bullet. police used a robot and eventually found the gunman's body in a school bathroom. the high school went on lock down as s.w.a.t. teamed moved through the school room by room to make sure that the threat was over. >> we just saw people running everywhere. like people screaming. we didn't know what was going on. we just all went to the back of the classroom. we were all scared. >> reporter: and we have just learned moments ago that that shooter police say was only 14 years old.
5:07 pm
a freshman there at that school. >> reporter: hundreds of anxious parents gathered in the parking lot at a near by supermarket waiting to be reunited with their children. many students say they used their cell phones to send text messages so their parents would know that they were okay. police used the hash tag rh shooting to get information to parents and others in realtime on social media. they also say a recent active shooter training drill at that school probably helped save lives. defense officials are saying it could be one of the worse friendly fire incidents of the war in afghanistan. the u.s. led international coalition say nine american soldiers along with one afghan officer were killed. the defense department has not confirmed that account. >> the defense department is still looking into what exactly happened. it'll be their responsibility to determine what actually led to their death. >> reporter: the five americans and one afghan were reportedly
5:08 pm
killed during an allied air strike in southern afghanistan. if confirmed it would be one of the worse friendly fire incidents involving friendly troops since the start of the war nearly 14 years ago. new information on a story we first reported yesterday. technicians are trying to figure out what caused signal interference on police radios in berkeley over the weekend. on saturday, the berkeley police department reported that there were repeated drop outs and garbled audio on their police radio. the authority commission said officials are working today to determine the source of that signal interference and whether it was accidental or intentional. more than 40 agents used the same radio system but another this point only berkeley police have reported problems. environmentalists rang the bell warning unless we make major changes soon you may not have walter coming out of your
5:09 pm
tap. john fowler live now in livermore with how we can all make a difference here, john. >> reporter: gasia, you can think of the livermore valley as like southern california. it's hot, it's dry, and much of its water comes from the delta. >> reporter: environmentalists warned that we're up against the wall. using much more water than nature provides. >> yet we're still not taking our water problem seriously. it's going to come back to bite us. >> reporter: the pacific institute and the natural defense layed out a program for improved homeowner efficiency and water reuse. >> the good news is there's things that should be done by a lot of different actors, the bad news is we haven't gotten together to do those things. >> reporter: millions of the gallons a day are washed out to
5:10 pm
sea. the livermore plant recycles 3- 1/2 million gallons of water day. that's about half the waste water produced in the city. but recycling does have its draw backs. >> citizens that don't have recycled water or in areas that we don't have recycled main the water is not doing any good. >> reporter: livermore is now selling recycled water to their neighbor. we found half of household water goes to landscaping. environmentalists say lawns should go. >> you can still have a yard. not, just get the right grass for the area. >> reporter: homeowner joe bower showed us her low water dishwasher. and says he's catching gray water for plants. his water shows declining use but at 240-gallons per day it's seven times higher than what
5:11 pm
environmentalists say is achievable and now becoming necessary. >> some day we're going to turn on the tap and the water snot going to be available to us. then it's going to be too late. we're going to be past the point of opportunity to fix these things. >> reporter: back live, environmentalists are asking that people replace their grass for drought tolerant plants. and they say, we are all in this together and we need to wake up to a new water reality in livermore, john fowler, ktvu news. on ktvu.com we created a special drought section where you can check out the water restrictions in your area. san francisco voters will decide this november if they want to raise the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour. in a news conference at city hall, major ed lee says it's the right time to ask people in san francisco to increase the minimum wage.
5:12 pm
backers say the current minimum at $10.74 an hour isn't enough for working families to make ends meet. >> in the last two years in particular we've been seeing a widening income gap between our lowest paid workers to our highest paid workers. no one should be left behind. >> reporter: the proposal on the november ballot would raise the minimum wage in stages until it hits $15 in 2018. after that it would be pegged to consumer price index. several other cities have moved to raise their minimum wage. and california's minimum wage is set to go up to $9 on july 1st. however, if a bill that has already passed a state senate goes on to become law, it would bump up the state's minimum wage to $13 an hour by 2017.
5:13 pm
gunned down on the way home from a boys and girls club. >> i still can't get it through my head that you're gone. >> reporter: the donation that's honoring the eighth graders memory and helping to keep kid safe. >> we're until cooling trend. wind temperatures will begin warming up once again and how high they can climb by your weekend. >> next a 10-year-old boy find a tab of fireworks -- 10-year- old boy finds a stash of fireworks. >> i looked down and there was no hand. his hand was gone. >> the charges his father is now facing.
5:14 pm
5:15 pm
a broken fire hydrant kept fire crews busy in berkeley. you can see here water was surging several feed into the air. it flooded the street and hurt a worker as he tried to cap the hydrant. officials say they're not sure
5:16 pm
what caused the hydrant to gush but it may have been a car that damaged it. a 10-year-old boy nearly blew off his hand with fireworks he found inside his house now his father is under arrest. ktvu's katie utehs is live with a neighbor who rushed to help the boy and what he saw was horrible. >> help my brother, help my brother, help my brother. >> reporter: a 10-year-old boy had ignited fireworks inside his home in a mobile home park along lewis road in san jose. >> first thing i did i took my shirt off. i looked, at first i thought he cut himself with a knife. no i looked there was no hand. the hand had been blown off. blown off. blown off. and then there was a fire in the house. >> the father of the victim had stored a large amount of
5:17 pm
fireworks inside the residence which the child got access to. >> reporter: police arrested the father on possession of illegal fireworks. they say he had four pounds of fireworks. >> it looked like a war zone. like stepping on a mine. it freaked me out. it took me a few seconds to -- geez. >> reporter: san jose police say not only are fireworks incredibly dangerous they're also illegal within the city. in san jose, katie uthes. the great oyster company made its final bid to survival. in a final reply brief, the oyster company say it is case has national significance. it says it concerns the amount of reach by the government. the wife of embattled los
5:18 pm
angeles clippers owner donald sterling will be in court tomorrow to try to get approval to sell the team without his consent. this after sterling said he will not approve the sale of his team. he is upset because the nba said his lifetime ban will not be lifted after the sale of his team. now his wife shelley wants to be able to authorize the sale of the team without his approval. bay area, we're definitely feeling the cool down that our chief meteorologist talked to us about yesterday. >> it really dropped off. we noticed it big time. it was a lot cooler around here. 10 to 20 degrees cooler today than yesterday at this time. and temperatures are much, well not in the 100s they're in the 80s. herself take a look at what happened outside. we have plenty of high clouds and low fog. that drops the temperatures off. the fog is going to continue to
5:19 pm
push in again tonight. that means we're going to see another day tomorrow a lot like we saw today. look at the drop off. there's your big drop 106 in livermore to 86 degrees. san jose was 88. that's down a little over 10 degrees. hayward down by 10 degrees. santa rosa down almost 20. they're going to stay on this kind of cooling trend theme for a little while now. as we go into the weekend or toward the weekend. you have thundershowers showing up here around yosemite. we had a few lightning strikes but that should be moving off pretty quickly. along the coast we have fog to talk about. especially in santa cruz. take a look at the santa cruz area. we have plenty of fog and it's not clearing off. the west side of town has been foggy all day. fog and low clouds right now in the avenue. if you're in concord or livermore it's hard to imagine. folks out here in this area are wearing jackets and gloves and hoodies and just trying to stay warm out on john daly
5:20 pm
boulevard. the fog is here and here to stay. tomorrow morning it'll spread inland again but it'll be another cool day tomorrow along the coast. forecast highs tomorrow these are the current temperatures. forecast highs tomorrow will be warmer. 10 to 12 today. still 93 in antioch. that doesn't look right does it. sometimes these automated sensors they might be off. that's down a good 10 to 15 degrees than it was yesterday. the winds are there so you have that strong delta breeze. that's why sacramento is cooling off. it's a 31-mile an hour wind out of the southwest and that's pushing cooler moisture air into the central valley. modesto is cooling to some degree. so it's doing what it's supposed to do. gets real hot like that. then the temperature grading becomes such that the moisture and the cool moist air has to
5:21 pm
flow inland. then there's moist cool air which is a higher pressure system pushes inland. you didn't need that lesson. but it continues the breeze through the summer months. 83 in antioch. that's it. your bay area weekend always in view. shapes up like this. kind of cooler tomorrow. kind of cooler on thursday. friday starts to come up a little bit. so i'm good with it. because i tell you i slept a heck of a lot better last night. i just did. i was grumpy yesterday. the car was hot. >> you wake up in the middle of night and it's boiling. >> i think it messes with people. 105, 106 in livermore it messs with you. the search continues for a cal student missing. the important clues rescuers found today. this 10-year-old is already finishing high school. how his brain works that he says makes him so ahead of the game. >> way ahead. now to julie haener in the
5:22 pm
newsroom with what we're working on for 6:00. >> paying more to use less. how much bills will be going up in one bay area water district and where that water is going. >> plus trains that respond before an earthquake happens. how b.a.r.t.'s early system is being used as an example for the rest of the country. these stories and more coming up new at 6:00. bulldog: you don't need superpowers to help someone. sometimes, all it takes is a warm heart and a cold nose.
5:23 pm
that's why mattress discounters good deed dogs is raising money to train service dogs for people with disabilities. i would never imagine a life without an assistance dog ever again. i relied on people a lot. he helps me live a more independent life. bulldog: but this drive is ending soon. give at mattressdiscountersdogs.com, or any mattress discounters. mattress discounters good deed dogs helping dogs help people oh i knew i forgot something... i'll just do it now. well, we're boarding. no, i'll use citi mobile. takes two seconds, better safe than sorry right? yeah who knows if we'll even get service on the islands? what! no service? seriously? no electricity, we're going to make our own candles, we're going to churn our own butter. oh, we lost one. can't leave a bag unattended. bank from almost anywhere with the citi mobile app. to learn more visit citi.com/easierbanking
5:24 pm
heat shields are compromised. weare those thrusters burning? that's a negative. what's that alarm? fuel cell two is down. i'm going to have to guide her in manually. this is very exciting. but i'm at my stop. come again? i'm watching this on the train. it's so hard to leave. good luck with everything. with the u-verse tv app, the u-verse revolves around you the u-verse revolves around you aaa says it appears that drivers are open to paying more
5:25 pm
for gas if it means smoother roads across the country. the study is coming out as the trust fund is about to reach critical low levels this summer. if congress doesn't take action, aaa says states may have to stave off future projects. >> potholes that aren't being filled. it's not just the mobility and a transit problem, it's a safety problem. >> aaa is endorsing a senate plan to increase the federal gas tax from 18-cents to 30- cents a gallon over the next 30 years. aaa says the average price for a gallon of regular is $4.11 that's down 7-cents from a month ago. around the bay area the average is $4.12. in san francisco it's $4.23. aaa says with ample supplies and no major refinery issues,
5:26 pm
prices should stay low. a man paying more than $2 million to eat lunch with warren buffet is calling him his inspiration. andy chua won a private lunch with buffet. chua said he didn't want to do any interviews but says the price he's paying to meet buffet is quote worth it. the proceeds benefit the glide foundation which help the poor and homeless in san francisco. in sacramento there's a 10- year-old who actually just graduated from high school. tenish has a 4.0 gpa and incredibly he's already taking college courses. >> the way my brain works is when you give me something, information about that topic, comes into my mind. i don't know what it is.
5:27 pm
but that's how it is for me. >> abraham say set some pretty big goals for himself. he wants to go to medical school then he wants to find a cure for cancer. the key clue investigators found today and why they think it came from a missing hiker. and some memories of this south bay high school are tainted by anti semitism. we're going to tell you about an offensive high school prank and what's being done about it. and why a tribe from northern california is running a 16 second add during the nba play offs. why they're spending the tens of thousands of dollars to do it and the message they're trying to get across.
5:28 pm
woman: mmm. avocado bacon omlette. ooh, a blt with avocado... waitress: yeah. fresh avocado, creamy pepper sauce. it's delicious. and it's a great deal. woman: sounds amazing, but shouldn't that be called a blta? waitress: sweetheart, one bite, and you're not going to care what it's called. [ bell rings ] welcome to denny's. [ man ] it's big. responds in a moment's notice. supports in times of need. same with aladdin. aladdin became the biggest in bail by treating people right. no one has lower prices, is faster or more professional than aladdin. that's why more people turn to aladdin than anyone. aladdin bail bonds. bigger because we're better.
5:29 pm
5:30 pm
aladdin bail bonds. and that breaking news comes to us from the south bay. a major road is closed because of construction on east capital avenue between montegue expressway and tremble road. this scene is on the border of san jose and milpitas. this road could be closed
5:31 pm
through the evening compute. now we're not quite clear here on what exactly happened. but again you're looking at crews trying to fix what appears to be a big hole in the road. we haven't gotten any answers yet but we are making some phone calls. at this point computers are told be patient. vta says your best option for an alternative group is trade zone boulevard. we're going to keep working on this. try to get an answer but again right now, east capital expressway in san jose closed and it will remain closed for sometime because of the situation that you are looking at right here. a yearbook from a school in cupertino had an anti anti- semitic insult embedded deep in its pages. no one caught it until several hundred books were printed. >> reporter: they spent several
5:32 pm
days saying goodbye. but the anti semitic message in the book has left some unfinished business. a look at the book shows you it's a well collected memories. but a classmate changed the name of a student's last name to spell out jew. 1,600 books were passed out before graduation. and now people are hearing about the message. >> i don't think that it would be a nice thing to do. >> we were outraged by this incident. of the young man altering the last name of a fellow student. >> reporter: the solution, today the district sent out this e-mail to families apologizing for the incident and asking them to bring in
5:33 pm
their yearbooks to the school or district office so replacement labels can be put over the offender caption. some families came to the campus today and one student expressed the hope the labels lead to more diversity training and education. >> if we're using labels that's essentially saying that the next time if someone does a prank all we're going to do is put a label on top of it. >> reporter: the district's attorneys office is reviewing the case but aaron west says a sad and unacceptable the incident did not meet the
5:34 pm
measure of a crime. -- seen by some as a possible successor to the house speaker. we'll have more on this developing story coming up tonight. former oakland a's pitcher bob welsh is being remembered for his fierce competitiveness and as a fan favorite. welsh died last night at his home in seal beach. he was just 57 years old. welsh won the cy young award with the a's. and was the last major league pitcher to win 25 games in a season. he also played 10 years with the l.a. dodgers. the dodgers said that welsh suffers a heart attack. a's manager billy bean also released a statement saying this is a sad day for the entire a's organization. those of us who knew bob will miss him greatly. search teams in el dorado county returned to the back country for their search for a
5:35 pm
missing student. mike tesel has an update on what crews found and why cody's father is so concerned. >> reporter: over 150 search crew members began yet another day of searching. by midday investigators revealed that they had found a potentially key clue. a unique footprint in the area where cody matthews went missing. >> he's wearing a very distinct shoe. it's a five finger made by vibrum. looks like a human foot. we did find some sets down by the river that we do believe are his. >> reporter: at the same time, cody's father admitted this about his son's hiking tendencies. >> he is our risk taker. he's our daredevil. >> reporter: vern matthews also revealed that within the past week his remote mountain cabin had been broken into. his surveillance camera and clothes taken. he said had their son not
5:36 pm
called about them about the break-in they would have had no idea their son was going to go hiking and went missing. >> reporter: in the water dive teams in a 3-mile stretch of the river in hopes that the footprint they found might lead them to the missing man. meanwhile his father also confided there is something even more troubling about his son's disappearance. >> i've always had a really strong connection with him on the feeling level. on an uncanny level and i can't read him this time. and that's very unsettling for me. that's not normal. >> reporter: mike tesell reporting from el dorado county. the funeral is growing in washington, d.c. after the prisoner swapped a deal. many are upset that dozens of people knew about the deal to trade bergdahl. but the lawmakers were not
5:37 pm
consulted as required by law. white house officials said the deal was done quickly a day before the swap to protect bergdahl's life. >> it just is a matter of courtesy whether it was a law or not a matter of this importance should have been discussed with at least key leaders and the congress. >> bergdahl is still recovering at a u.s. army hospital in germany. chuck hagel will testify about the prisoner swap before the arms committee. the america's cup may not be coming back. the other locations that are in the running for that big race and why san francisco reportedly didn't make the cut. and a graduation ceremony with one student missing. >> some of us are still hurting today. >> reporter: how his classmates are remembering him months after he was shot and killed for no apparent reason. and what his mother says keeps
5:38 pm
her strong. it's a northern california tasty tradition. why the asparagus festival 29 year run is coming to an end. hey there.
5:39 pm
did you select these things on purpose? not a color found nature. there's nothing wrong with tha. i can hear your arteries clogging. ok. no. this is tap water. i can't let you buy this. oh. crystal geyser please. crystal geyser. bottled at the mountain source.
5:40 pm
welcoheyback. really? kiss your abs goodbye. cardiologist to check stand 1. crystal geyser alpine spring water? toucé. crystal geyser. always bottled right at the mountain source. if you didn't make it to the 29th annual stockton asparagus festival this year you may not have another chance. festival organizers said today that the long running event has
5:41 pm
come to an end. >> that really sucks. that's going to suck for the city of stockton. for the county period. just bringing in the revenue. >> organizers say their decision was based on several factors after this year's event in april. the festival was partially rained out on the first day and attendance was down dramatically for the entire festival. with stockton in bankruptcy, the festival would have to cough up more money for police and other services next year. >> our hearts are breaking over this. but you know the people on the board are all business people , we had to make decisions based on what was best for everybody. including the volunteers and charities we want to help. we don't want to give anybody false hopes. >> over the past 29 years that festival has raised thousands of the dollars. the mayor has pledged to do whatever he can to try to bring back that festival next year.
5:42 pm
an empty chair at a graduation for a 18-year-old boy shot more than 20 times as he was walking home. >> he didn't do anything wrong for what happened to happen. >> the emotional speech from the boy's mother and a gift donated today that could help keep other children safe. also, a controversial name gets major air time. the new television ad that is targeting the washington redskins and why it's making its debut tonight in san francisco. >> we had significant cooling today as much as 20 degrees in some places. a lot of fog out there. we're going to o show you where the fog is going to be tomorrow morning for the commute. for over 60,000 california foster children, it's a challenge to replace clothes that are too small or worn out. i grew 3 inches last year. i don't need anything fancy.
5:43 pm
i never had much to begin with. when i look nice on the outside, i feel better on the inside. to help, sleep train is collecting new clothes for kids big and small. bring your gift to any sleep train, and help make a foster child's day a little brighter. not everyone can be a foster parent, but anyone can help a foster child.
5:44 pm
5:45 pm
more now on that breaking news that has closed a busy road in san jose. east capital expressway is shut downright now in both directions and it is going to remain shut down for sometime because of the situation that you see here. and we have gotten some answers on what exactly happened. apparently crews were digging in the area and they encountered some water that was seeping from the ground. they say that it was not a water main break. instead it was ground water. right now they're trying to figure out where that water was coming from and they're covering the area where it was seeping when the water started surfacing. this is happening on east capital near montegue expressway and tremble road. this is in san jose near the
5:46 pm
boarder -- border with milpitas. the roadway here is going to be shut down for most if not all of the evening commute. if we get more information we will bring it to you. i missed him every day, i miss my kids, i do really miss them. >> an emotional day as she attends what would have been her son's graduation dade. today he would have graduated from eighth grade at the alliance academy in oakland. ktvu's claudine wong here with the touching tributes at today's ceremonies, claudine. >> reporter: gasia there were 105 members of today's eighth grade graduating class at alliance middle school. but amidst the smiles and the cheers there was an undeniable
5:47 pm
sense of loss. >> we all suffered a loss. >> reporter: they lost their friend. lee weathersby the ii is gone. but every time someone took the stage on graduation, they reminded us that he is still not forgotten. >> i still can't get it out of my heed that you're gone. >> reporter: everywhere you looked there were fine ár sign -- there were signs that they remember. it was on their shirts. in the empty seat in the band that lee used to sit. the seat they refused to fill. no one has forgotten. not his friends and not his teachers. >> he kept telling us he was going to be on the honor roll. >> we know that our brother lee
5:48 pm
weathersby iii is with us. >> lee is a very emotional child. he would have been crying. i would have been crying along with him. >> reporter: lee's mother says she stays strong for lee and his older brother who was also fatally shot just weeks later. >> this is not going to kill me. i'm not going to bend or break. i miss them every day i get up i miss my kids. i real do really -- i do really miss them. >> reporter: while lee never got the chance to get dressed up. never got the chance to shake a hand. and take that promotion. today his participants celebrated that moment for him. >> i know they're seeing me and they're proud of their mama. they're really proud of their mama. >> reporter: a mother who cannot forget the loss but also
5:49 pm
chose today to remember the joy. >> reporter: and for the first time today lee's mother also saw a mural that now graces the law of the alliance academy just one more way to remember this young man. today also a shuttle bus was unveiled. it's been called the lee weathersbe memorial bus. it was purchased through donations. susan nicole rodriguez says they helped buy the bus so they could help get students to and from school and church safely. let's talk about our weather now bringing our chief meteorologist bill martin, temperatures cooled off. >> temperatures today not even close to that. temperatures tomorrow because of this extended fog is going
5:50 pm
to continue. livermore yesterday 105. so you're way down there. 69 in oakland cool around the bay cool at the coast. and we're heading for a cooling trend which is great news. obviously no spare the air day today. we had one yesterday and the day before. and the fire danger takes a little bit of a break. that's good news for this time of year obviously. we know too much heat generates a fire danger. the fog and low clouds you see here along the coast it's already got a pretty good push doesn't it. check it out. it's already pushing in over the marina district. here's ballpark over here. i would say in the next half hour or hour it's going to be across the ballpark. next two hours it's shooting across alameda and the district. big difference from what we showed yesterday. these are current temperatures. still pretty warm inland. 82 in livermore. the forecast highs tomorrow about what they were today and
5:51 pm
slightly cooler. san jose right now it's 76- degree. san jose as we head into tomorrow they're going to start off in the 50s. fog in san jose. as you head into your bay area wednesday, you're going to see 58. and this time of year it brings cool, maybe some drizzle as well. it just releases the inversion it allows the fog to stretch out over the coastal hills. not only does it cool us but it cools the inland valleys. cools in sacramento. that's how it goes the next couple of days. 73 in napa, it's much warmer because they're out of that cooling influx. they're going to cool but not like san jose and napa. 70 in castro valley. 84 in livermore. big difference to what we saw yesterday in livermore. 77 in gilroy and the temperatures across the coast are in the 50s and low 60s.
5:52 pm
pretty good run when we had it. temperatures trend down now as we go into your bay area thursday and they start to ratchet up as we go into your bay area weekend. it's what you expect for this time of year. that heat is not what you would expect. you can get that but it was above level temperatures. >> that's more of an august, september thing for us. >> you can count on that october 2. but it was really hot and we're going to get the break we need. >> thank you, bill. looks much better. looks like the next america's cup won't be returning to san francisco. last night the perspective sites were narrowed from four down to three and it appears san francisco was the odd man out if you will. it's believed that san francisco didn't offer as much as the other three locations that are still left. those three are san diego, bermuda and chicago. the america's cup plans to
5:53 pm
narrow their search to three cities by the epd of the month. a new push to change the name of the washington redskins. the california group behind this new ad and how it's reaching out to sports fans in san francisco. and back to julie haener with more on what we're working on for 6:00. >> severe droughts but no severe pay cuts. the investments that are being cut. plus continuing coverage of a bay area woman accused of killing her ex-husband. what we've uncovered about their troubled relationship and new information on a second suspect arrested in connection with the homicide. these stories and more are coming up in about 10 minutes at 6:00.
5:54 pm
5:55 pm
5:56 pm
new at 5:00, using major sporting event as a platform for change. a native american tribe from northern california is paying for an expensive television ad tonight that will air in san francisco and several other mayor markets during the nba finals this evening. their message, change the name of the washington redskins. ktvu's allie rasmus explains why tribal leaders say now is the time. >> forgotten. indian. >> reporter: the 60 second ad features a montage of native
5:57 pm
indians and old photographs. >> native americans call themselves many things. >> reporter: and ends with this condemnation. >> the one thing they don't -- >> the change the mascot ad is a shortened shortened version of a video produced by the native american council of indians. >> in my opinion the r word is as much a slur as the n word. >> reporter: paid for the tv spot to air during the nba finals. >> it seems that right now people are willing to listen and to see our point of view on these issues. >> reporter: in this interview provided by the tribe their chairman explains the brutal or -- oár -- origins of the word the washington team came to be. >> it was a vehicle for people
5:58 pm
to bring the victims into an officer so they could collect a bounty. >> reporter: tribal officials did not tell us how much the ad would cost. a 60 second ad in the san francisco market could cost from 25 to $30,000. the ad aired in the miami market during halftime of game two on sunday night. it'll air in seven other markets across the country including chicago, dallas, los angeles, new york, sacramento, washington, d.c., and right here in san francisco. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. even though native americans group says the redskins name is racist the owner of the team daniel schneider has called the name a badge of honor. you do not have to watch the game to see the 60 second commercial we have put it on ktvu.com. stricter rules on
5:59 pm
cigarettes on e cigarettes. that means electronic cigarettes are now banned. the new rules require businesses who sell e cigarettes to have a tobacco warning. and what today's ruling could mean for your child's classroom and teachers who don't do a good job. a mother accused of killing her ex-husband who is also the father of their three children. now we've learned more about the bad blood between the two. a bay area city is looking to raise its minimum wage to a record high. the realities that some say require $15 an hour to make ends meet. and we begin tonight with breaking news that we have been covering since 5:30. an emergency road crow hue -- closure. there's a big hole on east
6:00 pm
capital avenue. this happened between montegue expressway and tremble road right on the san jose milpitas border. we've learned contractors working on the b.a.r.t. extension found water seeping from the ground. they said it wasn't a water main break but it was some sort of ground water crews are now trying to find the source. there's about a dozen road workers trying to fill that large hole right now. they hope to have it opened by about 9:00 tonight. advice from police in the area be patient. the other big story that is making news tonight, a judge has found that california's teacher tenure program is fundamentally flawed and knew the fight over how teachers are hired and fired is really heating up. good evening everyone i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. teachers unions are denouncing the judge's ruling today as a threat to their profession. but others say it's about time to end the tenure's program. ken wayne is live with the flaws the judge found unconstitutional.

196 Views

info Stream Only

Uploaded by TV Archive on