now at noon, breaking news, a multimillion dollar plan to build a suicide barrier on the iconic span of the golden gate bridge has been approved. a lot of men on the bay area lookout for illegal fireworks as the fourth of july approaches. just made in contra costa county that left three people behind bars. plus, the controversial ruling out of the south bay about documents involving the murder trial of the man accused of kidnapping and killing morgan l. teen lamar. some say it will force the trial to be removed.

>> ktvu, channel 2 news starts right now with breaking news. >> good afternoon, i'm christina. the golden gate bridge officials approved multimillion dollar to build a suicide barrier on the iconic span. ktvu's tom vacar was there and he joins us now live. tom? >> reporter: very big decision. it was a unanimous vote. a unanimous vote after many emotional appeals from those who lost loved ones to the bridge. perhaps most relieved in the crowd was kevin heinz who survived his own jump from the golden gate to the bridge into

the ocean below. >> it's a sense of hope that when this happened, you realize that if we can do this, we can do anything. and if we can put out suicides in the golden gate bridge, we can fight suicides globally. >> reporter: because this was a major joint project of the federal government, the state government, the bridge district and all of that stuff, it's going to make years to complete because they'll have to be undertaken to actually install the stainless steel net that will be about two stories below where people will actually jump into the net. they won't be killed and while that's going on, the average for the bridge is about 21 jumpers per year to their deathsment reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> thank you, tom. move now to oakland, one of the cities that fireworks is banned.

the drought and dry conditions make it too risky. the same in contra costa county where they have just made an illegal bust. we go now to ktvu's tara moriarty who joins us now live with more information. tara? >> reporter: well, one city, fireworks are banned from in these dry conditions. very risky. in contra costa county, authorities seize add ton of fireworks, literally. >> this will kill you. this is like holding a grenade. >> 2500 pounds of illegal fireworks. >> these are not your normal run-of-the-mill fireworks, the kind of things you want kids running around with. they are dangerous and can hurt a lot of people. >> reporter: they were seized from two vehicles in a storage facility in pittsburgh. >> these are considered professional grade fireworks. >> reporter: full on explosives. it was bought from india

between $6 and $8 but going to be sold here on the streets of pittsburgh for $800. contra costa county found the sellers through craig list and set up a meeting. they arrested three men on fireworks charges 26-year-old ivan medina and 30-year-old luis medina from indiana. >> the sad part, the scratch is a drop in the bucket compared. >> reporter: the sellers began to yank on craigslist, and that's exactly what firefighters and police want. >> we want to remind people, we're in the drought, it is going to be a really bad fire season. fireworks are clearly much smaller than yesterday. they are labeled, but again, only in a dozen bay area cities. we'll provide a link.

live from oakland hills, i'm tara moriarty, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> thank you, tara. a warrant is out for a bay area man at the center of a prostitution and money laundering investigation. on wednesday, we showed you this raid of the mountain view home of erica murrow, later released on $500,000 bond. he was going to show up for a scheduled court appearance this morning. he's accused of running my red book and laundering millions of dollars in profits. just a few hours ago, a south bay judge ruled to unseal grand jury transfer of garcia flores, the man accused of kidnapping the morgan l. teen. janine de la vega joining us live to explain what this means. janine? >> reporter: we'll know a lot more evidence that the district attorney office has on garcia torres. now, one legal analyst says that he thinks that too much

information out in the public may lead to the trial being moved to another county. this is some trial video of the suspect of garcia torres present in court today as the defense attorney and the prosecutor argued against unsealing the transcript. morgan hill teenagers here, lamar two years ago. the defense argued more information of the public prejudices with the jury and seat an impartial jury. it would lead to a change of venue and delay it. the judge ruled in favor of releasing the documents after hearing the attorney for the san jose mercury news who argues the public has a right to know. >> we're now going to know what occurred between zero lamar and garcia torres. we're going to know a lot more about what occurred in the time that they were together. the defendant and sierra lamar. we're going to know about the

dna associated with the case. all of that is going to become a lot more clear. >> reporter: sierra's body was -- they were in present in court today. their reaction to the ruling was mixed. >> i think it's awesome. i'm really glad to see something positive come out of this, not just for me but for the community as well. it's so important that they do release these transcripts for the simple fact that it just helps us for sierra. >> i'm so torn about this that it makes me sad. i do not want a change of venue. i want the case to be held here. >> reporter: the judge saved the ruling until july 11th to give the attorneys a chance to appeal so we won't get the transcripts until then. reporting live from san jose, janine de la vega, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> thank you so much. the first full day of jury

deliberations in this self-case filed on behalf of giants fan against los angeles dodgers got under way. brian stowe from santa cruz brutally beaten by two dodgers fans and suffered traumatic brain injuries. stow's lawyers accused of being negligent saying there wasn't adequate security. two men pled guilty to attacking stow. they seek $15 million in damages to pay his medical bills. a u.s. postal inspector in san jose wants a federal employee of the year is now accused of stealing mail. claude howard is facing several charges including mail theft and of destroyed u.s. mail. according to a criminal complaint, howard, who is a postal inspector was caught on surveillance cameras. the items he's accused of stealing include cash, prescription pills, marijuana, passports, jewelry,

collectibles, playboys and other memorabilia. >> when i hear something like this, it really pisses me off because mail is personal, you know? people send it out and expect to get where it's supposed to go and when something like this happens, authorities like this, it makes me mad. >> if convicted, he could peace up to 20 years in prison. preparation for san francisco is under way for floats to putting up traffic signs. more than a million people expected for the festivities. brian flores with how people are getting ready. brian? >> reporter: hi, christina. good afternoon to you. this is probably the quietest it will be around the castro district this weekend. as you mentioned, a million people are expected to be here for parades, parties for pride weekend and for many, this year will be a little bit different. for preparation, it's taken several weeks to get to this point. we're at pier 54 where we saw 23 floats about ready to be

displayed for the big pride parade. the route will go to feeds to the market but creator said she's been doing it for 7 years and the most floats she's seen in the parade's history. out of a crew of 12, they used 40 pounds of glitter, 200 cans of paint, 300 sheets of lumber and 200 boxes of staples. >> last year, gay marriage was made legal two days before the parade and it was huge. i think that's why we see such a huge push this year because it's been a full year where people are really embracing this is a change. the movement is really taking a new push forward and i think people really feel the excitement >> reporter: they hope to see a lot of green. they had a tough time recently because of ongoing construction

but hope increased foot traffic will increase bids. speaking of of it this weekend. >> it's impossible. >> reporter: pride preparation includes this afternoon, 1:00. they have the pink triangle display at the top of twin peaks. 175 pink tarps make up the triangle. they take it back out here live, this is just one of the stopping signs posted along the castro informing people that this will be a towaway zone. there is a lot of events on pride weekend talking about critical mass tonight and know, by the way, the giants hope stand, the officials say it's going to be. live in san francisco, brian flores, ktvu, channel 2 news.

>> for more information, go to our web site, ktvu.com and look under the hot topics section. officials were sent to vote on the final approval for the oakland a's. why that vote didn't happen this morning. >> plus, around the bay area, rosemary is going to be here to tell you about the warm-up in store for the weekend.

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we have to wait a little longer to see if the oakland a's stay at the coliseum or play somewhere else. there wasn't a quorum quote this morning because oakland city leaders boycotted the authority board meeting. they're upset over how the proposed ten year lease extension for the a's is written. the officials are not disclosing details of the agreement. >> they voted not to have them come today! the board did hear some opposition to the deal. one reader expressed concern of what it could mean to the raiders. any contract to release extension would have to be approved by the oakland city council and board of supervisors. in an hour, the uc berkeley

barbre can expected to announce resignation from the job. barber held the position for ten years. she decided it was time for a change in leadership. barbre plans to remain in sports and sources say an alum and student athlete interim athletic director. berkeley police search this afternoon for a person who shot and wounded a man along a busy street last night. it was just before 10:00 when neighbors reported hearing at least five gunshots from sinopia blow avenue. the 38-year-old victim found shot just behind a liquor store. he was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. and say the man was talking to paramedics. he takes classes at the community college. >> i was kind of surprised he would get shocked because he doesn't seem like the type of

person who would do that. >> the officers were unable to find that person. police have not yet said in this case. police hope surveillance video of a violent san jose taken at the time at the liquors and the customers say the violence -- >> the clerk is pushed to the ground and the suspect is on top of him hitting him several times. very shocking, you can ruin your life to jail. >> eventually, the customer broke up the side and took off with the cigarette and alcohol in hand. surprisingly, he only suffered minor injuries but the robber

left behind thousands of dollars in damage. the fourth of july holiday is still a week away, but not for congress. they've already left washington and won't be back for more than a week and as justin gray reports, congress is running out of time to pass any new major legislation. >> it's quiet and looks like a holiday here in the office building because for congress, a july 4th holiday is already under way. >> congress' work calendar looks different than yours or mine. they'll only be in session 12 days until the november elections. >> we have very few legislative days left in the year. >> most of september and october, and then a late duct congress unlikely to tackle big issues on election day. it's running out of time like comprehensive immigration reform and the clock is ticking for like the highway trust fund. >> we've got to act, i believe, in the wake of july the 7th. >> reporter: the fund pays for big chunks of the road and

bridge construction. tied to more than 700,000 jobs and it begins to run out of money this summer if congress doesn't act. >> we need more work this week while we're back in our states getting feedback from constituents who don't want their bridges falling down. unsafe roads. >> reporter: members of congress tell you even though they're not here in the office, they're working back in the district but still yet, the limited schedule really leaves a small amount of time left for the legislative agendas. reporting in washington justin gray, ktvu, channel 2 news. >> a great day shaping up around the bay area. we want to give you a live look and you can see for yourself. plenty of blue but pointing towards the west there in the backdrop. those low clouds awfully close to the coast. reported at half-moon bay and pacifica. elsewhere, the sun is shining, temperatures are warming as the warming trend gets under way today and lasts through your

bay area weekend. mostly cloudy and cool, half- moon bay, 63, 66 in san francisco. partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies. go inland and temperatures warmer by a few degrees. 80 degrees outside the door and 82, walnut creek. concord and fairfield, you check in at 74. santa rosa at 76 degrees and south bay under mostly sunny skies. the winds are on shore, so we'll continue with the on shore breeze and may crank up a little bit for the second half of the afternoon. 10 to 20 miles per hour across most of the bay area. right now, novato reporting 17- mile-per-hour gust and concord reporting 18 and fairfield 20. the on shore breeze is going to show up this afternoon. what's happening now and what's about to change. we do have a system that remains right around here with the westerly flow through the

area. patchy fog remaining at the coast going to be there. inland area, mostly sunny sunny, warm, afternoon breeze in the forecast. sunday will be the warmest day of the weekend and hottest days on monday an perhaps lasting into tuesday. here's a look at the numbers for today. low 60s remaining at the coast. 60s and 70s around the bay. low to mid 80s for the inland cities. that's a good looking day. if you're going to see the giants play this evening, cool and breezy. mostly sunny at the start of game time. low 60s in the forecast and the westerly breeze to about 20 miles per hour. the extended forecast always in view showing you, again, temperatures on the upswing and monday and tuesday, triple digit heat will be a possibility.

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and he's a look at the dow which is down about 38 points. >> the definition of a heavy drinker is now changing according to the centers for disease control. women who consume 8 or more drinks a week now fall into the heavy drinker classification and for men, it's 14 or more drinks a week. a drink is considered five ounces of wine, 12 oz of beer or 1.5 oz of liquor. it's different for women because they're typically smaller than men and more alcohol ends up in the bloodstream. today, the state is set to announce new rules on taxing food purchase from food trucks. right now, food truck operators include sales tax as part of the menu price or figure out the tax separately. starting next tuesday, july 1st, vendors should always include the prices and change the prices at different locations because sales tax can vary from city to city. team usa is gearing up for

the second round of the world cup and this time, it's win or go home. the team lost to germany yesterday but still made it to the knockout round as the second place finisher in the  group. they play the tough belgium on tuesday with the u.s. sounding confident. >> we've always said we wanted to get to the next round and anything could happen, and so here we are now. and i think we can get pretty far in this. >> although the games are being played in brazil, we see world cup fever across the u.s. here's the empire state building lit up in red, white, and blue to celebrate the u.s. advancing to the next round. san francisco's golf course is reportedly about to make a big announcement. golf digest magazine reports the championship in 2020. harding park has had several big tournaments featuring some of the stars of golf and in 2008. thank you so much for making

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