john fowler shows us h it's costing you and how the cost is growing all the time. >> after neighbors noticed water spurting up in the street we discovered more than a decade of repeated water main failures. several places on this block of harvard drive i ronically a crew replacing the pipe with new is just a few yards away and a couple of more days would have changed out the section that failed today. it was first installed 83 years ago. >> they did not know the fault line ran through here. we didn't have a freeway that ran through the area. >> the green line is being replaced with 12,000 feet of steel pipe much of it in steep unstable soils. for some parts they might use flexible pipe inside it. they are spending $86 million

this year to replace ten miles of critical pipe and repairing 42 miles on average two breaks a day. >> fix it as fast as possible because it's a waste of water and we want to stop leaks. >> they are raising rates a third of that increase to pay for new pipes. without new pipes they say the risk is in an earthquake you'll have no water. the crews here say they have found three leaks so work continues on harvard drive. john fowler ktvu channel 2 news. moving money from prisons into schools and mental health programs. that's the focus of new initiative. new at 6 mike with more on the criminals that could start seeing a difference. >> come the november election up to a quarter of a billion dollars on the line and it's up to you the voters if those schools and mental health programs should benefit from keeping low level criminals out

of prison. sand quinton state president from come some arriving. >> we have to be smart about the way we invest our public safety dollars. >> the sponsor what he calls the safe neighborhood and schools act and today the secretary of state announced it qualified for the november ballot. if approved certainly crimes would be considered not felonies but misdemeanors. >> when they get inincarcerated they are not getting the services necessary to break the cycle. >> the money saved by not sending the low level criminals to prison estimated $250 million a year and the money would be injected into schools and mental health programs. >> we have a lot of challenges that our kids come to school with. >> a problem is that-- >> superintendant of schools who's office is just about five miles from san quinton supports

the initiative that co-pay for programs in her schools. >> we know we do invest in our kids it could make the difference throughout their entire school career and into adult life. >> there is no organized opposition against the measure. violate criminals people convicted of murder rape and child employees pleases consideration will not benefit from the act. a south bay judge today ordered prosecutors to unseal the grand jury transcript in the torres case. he was accused of killing teenagers. her body has never been found. reveal the evidence the da has said to connect with the crime but legal experts say it could make too much information about the case public and forced the judge to move the trial to another county. >> we are going know a lot more about what occurred in the time

they were together. we are going to know more about the dna evidence associated with the case. >> the da has until july 11 to comply or file an appeal. a postal inspector is accused of stealing from the mail. he was once given an award of federal employee of the year but according to a criminal complaint he took cash, drugs and collectibles from mail. he is set for a detention hearing and could face 20 years in prison. it is a very busy night for san francisco by the bay. bicycle ride just got under way. there's a giants game at 710 and the trance gender march is about to kick off. that is the first major event of the gay pride weekend. the high school student is one of the grand marshalls.

she faced battery charges for fighting with fellow classmates but charges were dropped. >> with all the negativity and everything negative it got switched to positive and now i'm like on the top. >> this will be the 16-year- old's first trance gender march and her first time taking part in pride events. finishes touches are being put on all the floats. they are being staged at peer 54. this year's theme is fill the world with pride. more than a million people are expected to attend the pride festivities over the weekend. long awaited relief has finally arrived for the east bay. new lanes opened interstate 680 in danville. the southbound lanes will open july 1. it can be a nightmare during peek commute hours.

this is the last phase of 11 years ago. >> when people want to merge on and off they need to have that extra space to do so so we hope this would allow some congestion to ease somewhere. >> the $54.5 million project including the insulation of sound walls retaining walls and shoulder length widening. firefighters arrived the a home on tulip street about 2:45 this afternoon. crews say the detached garage was engulfed in flame. both are considered a total loss. one person was taken to the hospital and two others needed medical attention. no word on the cause of the fire. four homes burned when a fire spread through a condo building in san jose today. live where neighbors moved quickly to get everyone out

safely. >> it was a frantic few minutes as neighbors rushed knocking on coors and windows trying to alert the residents in that building. no one was inside and four units were lost inside that building firefighters say this could have been much worse. >> neighbors on the drive watched in horror as the flames lept from one unit to the next. >> it spread 15 minutes all four were on fire. >> he rushed across the street knocking on each door to make sure they were safe. luckily no one was home. >> a lot of adrenaline. i went over there made sure everything was okay and the firefighters came right away. >> a metal roof made it tricky but crews got the upper hand and evacuated. >> buildings on either side have not been effected. we made sure the explosives were protected. >> the complex consists of 608

condos. the management has been having a difficult time reaching the tenant. >> she could reach two out of four people so where they come home it's going to be something else. >> crews believe this fire started in one of the lower units but do not yet know the cause and one firefighter suffered minor injuries and was treated here at the scene but chose to stay and keep working. fire crews do have the streets blocked off so one of the challenges with getting the fire equipment in to reach the scene so they have it blocked off while they clean up. fire investigators should be arriving and should have more information in the coming days. live in san jose ann reuben. a crane broke and killed two construction workers wasn't certified and should should not have been in use. the two workers fell from the basket on the crane while

building a bridge last month. they found the certification from the crane expired the day before. so far no citations have been issued to the crane operator dollars. the a final report of the accident is still months away. a bill that banned student success fees has moved one accept further. student success fees are imposed by individual campuses and presidents. in the past it was used for construction of a new student center. the education committee has approved the bill and can increase the cost of students by up to $2,000. >> recently they call student success fees success for whom i'm not sure but none the less campuses have begun to increase them and over half have these fees. >> san jose state considered implementing but backed down after students objected. three infants have died

from whooping cough and the number of cases is rising to 4500 this year. that's an increase of 1100. vaccines are the way to stop it. the race of the bay area cases are seen and napa county has 106 and 156 in the county. the jury in the civil trial has gone dollars home without a decision after it's first full day. the family is suing the dodgers and former team owner in l.a. to be about $50 million to cover medical cost and damages. the court argues the two men serving time on the assault that took place outside the state stadium. he says they are solely responsible. fireworks uncovered by the illegal fireworks got into the bay area and the easy way

authorities tracked them down. and trying to lure tourists to the sunny side of the bay. the public dollars oakland says are being put to good use to boost the committee. a big heat up that will certainly increase your fire danger. i'll let you know which days are going to be the hottest and when fire danger is going to be an issue. female announcer: when you see this truck,

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fans are remembering soul singer bobby wom ac k of course he was influence. he was diagnosed with alzheimer's disease two years ago. he was 70 years old. firefighters have busted a planned sale of illegal fireworks because they kept a close eye on craig's list.

2500 pounds of illegal fireworks were confiscated from two vehicles in pittsburgh. three men arrested. the fireworks were bought in indiana and brought here to sell for $100,000. the sellers threw an ad on craig's list and police set-up a meeting. other sellers began pulling their ads off of craig's list. firefighters are issuing a warning about the dangers of illegal fireworks. the drought makes things fire prone this year and though it may be very pretty illegal fireworks could easily and very quickly spark a house or grass fire. safe fireworks go on sale tomorrow in some bay area cities but they are only legal in those cities. you cannot set them off in oakland or other cities even though they are considered safe and sane. golden gate officials approved a suede barrier on the icon quick bridge.

>> yes. >> the decision is unanimous [applause] >> supporters cheered as the bridge approved putting up a steel net along the length of the span. kevin heinz has been an advocate after surviving his own jump from the golden gate. >> if we can stop sides we can stop to fight sides globally. >> authorities say barriers have greatly reduced suicide risks and has more than 1600 suicides since it opened in 1937. the project is expected to take about three years to complete. an investment of public funds that appears to be paying off attracting tourists to the other city by the bay. arts food and other activities that's the image they are trying to spread. takes a look at the $100,000

effort to bring tourists to oakland. >> great food. >> what makes oakland special. >> you can't describe oakland in three words. >> it's the question visit oakland asked for 18 months before aimed at drawing tourists towards the city. >> officially we saw a 302% increase of traffic to our site. >> san francisco is a big tourist draw from cable cars to the golden gate bridge but it has it's fog so they are trying to rebrand oakland for the sun eighty side of the bay. in april they placed billboards in portland and los angeles. >> portland is a great town but it's different than oakland. >> one highlights art and culture. >> i think the fundamental keystone was the fox theater reopening and bringing people back to the core of the city. >> another looks to nature as

describing oakland as wet and wild. >> i think people have an idea of wokeland being an urban city which is what we are but they don't realize we have lake front and water front and red woods. >> napkins or paper plates. raul garcia the head chef. >> there's a melting pot of culture just in this one particular area and the great thing about where we are at is we are in the heart of it. >> garcia says he serves tourists from all over but it's to say if it's part of the search. they are putting their measure hotel tax dollars to good use. when the billboards come down they'll determine the effectiveness of the campaign. in oakland katie ktvu channel 2 news. just in time for the weekend things are starting to

warm up. temperatures came up a couple degrees warmer still. 85 in fairfield. 85 in and 85 in rivermore. temperatures tomorrow upper 7080s and then sunday and monday the 90s start to show up. weather systems raining north of cape the last few days and even a few sprinkles here but that is all ending. 81 and the winds are pray brisk on shore and fog is going to be there nice be nights and mornings and tomorrow morning pretty far inland and the temperatures in the coastal areas warming a little bit but not as much in the central valley but the fog has less of a push in the inland bay valleys warm and heat up quite effectively and efficiently so temperatures in the valleys are going to be up there. take a look at temperatures.

livermoore on 85 degrees. san jose so sunday is the warmest day on your bay weekend. monday warmer still but it's monday it doesn't have the same impact. sunday is you want to be the heat. as you know this time of year this is the thing we watch out for. higher fire danger sunday through monday. as we go through the period the humidity is going to drop to 25% and winds north. i don't know about fire advisory but just be forewarned through sunday and monday fire danger will rach yet up so we keep an eye on that too. the forecast for fog the fog product and as the fog burns off quickly temperatures warm and they do start to come this way but they don't make it all the way. they are going to be in on the eastern fringes with fog right along the coast where it will be cool all day.

if you get too hot you are going to be in the mid 60s and partly sunny. 83 out towards livermoore valley and right along the coast it's foggy and cool and the sun will break out a loyal bit and inland in a daily city 63 degrees with a little bit of sun. five day forecast with the bay area forecast always in view and the big warm up sunday and monday where the fire danger increases and that will be the big story on monday when we come back in here. we talk about brushfires because this time of year there's no way we are not going to see a couple of fires pop up. >> how's the wind look. >> very typical northwesterly wind. it's going to blow but not going to take much. it's been so dry. this is our driest year on record ever. >> monday is the day we are

worried about yes. >> hundreds much people offered free health screenings as well as job information at a fair in east oakland. the east oakland community job and health fair got underway at the center of hope community church. in addition federal accepted job applications and resumes. events like these are vital to east oakland. >> i think they give a lot of information valuable to the community that people didn't know about i think it's a good thing. >> the fair was sponsored by the community services and health communities. this is the fifth year the group has put together the fair. the as continue their road trip in miami. >> and another incredible throw ibanez will have sports next.

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mark is here to tell us about the as who started strong but are having a tough time. >> it's strange we are so spoiled about their success you figure they'll cruise to victory however they find themselves trailing. you got to see this. another incurrently throw.

the base hit left center field by garrett jones look at the throw to the plate. carlos is called out. they did tag him right there before his land got on the plate. incredible right there. however a big five run six inning for miami and the beau ahead run delivered by jeff baker rbi single so late in the game and the as find themselves down 5-4 so team u.s.a. kind of on hold until tuesday when they tale on bell gum. following the one fill loss to germany. nice try taking to get a good job of producing scoring opportunities. might get some help. he may return. meanwhile their goalie tim howard has been top notch in front of the net deserves a lot of credit. he was asked if he's feeling like he's in the zone.

>> the zone isn't sports specific. i think it's when you are a competitor and the game starts to slow down and you read things quicker. i think you feel like you are in the zone. i felt like you may season i've been in good rhythm with my club team and i feel like it's carried over so hopefully it can last a few games longer. >> true to his word tiger said he was going to be rusty after a 12 week lay up with his back issues and he was. trying to get off the beach there he wasn't able to. he misses the cut for only the 10th time on the pga tour. cannot handle it seven over for two rounds par four no. 8. he can't hit that par put pulte and tiger is out of it so over the weekend golf rating will surely faulter. that's the sporting life. when tiger is not involved golf television rating plummet yet and we should action giants

trying to find their way out of a slump. tonight on the 10:00 p.m. news festivities have begun and it could be the biggest one yet. we are in san francisco along with thousands of party goers as the celebration is underway. we are always here for you. thank for joining us tonight. we'll see you back here at 10. heat shields are compromised. we have multiple failures.

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claire: mmm, those pancakes smell great. what are you doing with those? luke and i are doing a recycling drive. if we collect enough bottles, they build a school in africa. luke: wouldn't that be so cool to go to a school made out of bottles? that would certainly be a special school. did you hear what i said, parents -- "special school"? okay. nobody make a big deal about it, but i just broke up with dylan. no! oh, my gosh. are you okay, honey? yeah, i'm fine. i just -- i need to date someone who has a clue, instead of an idiot who bangs his head every time he rides his bike out of his garage. every time. i'm sorry, honey. i'm sorry for both of you. i'll have to text him later. mm. i got to jump in the shower. i'm gonna be late. where are you going? i'm going to meet my friend valerie. i haven't seen her in 15 years. we used to work together.