>> reporter: residents say it has been years since anyone lived in this mobile home. >> when you look in the wind there is still couches. >> reporter: neighbors say the place attracted unwanted visitors. the question, who left this baby. for now she is called baby jane doe. >> i feel mad. i don't know how the people can do that. i feel so bad and upset. >> san jose police denot suspect foul play -- donot suspect foul play. -- do not suspect foul play. >> what happened? >> reporter: answers are hard to come by and now the coroner's office is taking over the investigation. >> i keep picturing the baby wrapped in the sweaters. ann rubin, live in the south bay. thank you. a san francisco

construction worker was injured this morning, struck by a tree branch brought down by rain and wind. it was one of several fallen trees that damaged cars and a playground. ktvu's david stevenson is live, it looks like there is a lot of repair work that still needs to be done. >> reporter: there is. this stump is all that remains of the tree that fell over early today and toppled into this fence at the playground. and three of the four incidents today, aging trees were the case. >> reporter: more than 50 years ago, just across the street from san francisco general hospital. >> heard noise. we came out and the police department -- [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: a construction worker emerging from an suv was

injured. knocked unconscious. his arm and legged pinned. >> they had to cut part of the branch, use air bags to disablize the vehicles and the tree. -- stabilize the vehicles and the tree. >> reporter: they worked all morning to repair downed lines. crews worked to clear another tree from damaged cars. neighbors say they have seen several trees fall here this year. >> it was pretty loud. >> like the third tree around this blog that done fell -- block that done fell. >> crews removed the ficus that crushed a fence. just over 8 months ago a ficus across the street fell after a storm destroying a van and two cars. hundreds of trees were planted decades ago. officials say they are now dangerously prone to cracking

and splitting. >> so we are looking at the best way to replace the aging ones. >> reporter: the cost to replacing the trees can be expensive, we will have that story at 6:00 p.m. along with the exact cost. >> thank you. trees are susceptible to falling and splitting as colder weather heads our way, coming up at 5:30 p.m. we ask about the warning signs you need to look for that could indicate a tree could soon fall or break. last time had work caused delays, now caltrans come up with a new plan to avoid back ups when they finish the work. steel plates were installed last month as part of a project to replace expansion joints on the bridge. the plates were removed after a few days because a lot of drivers slowed down to go over them and that reduced traffic

to a crawl. the new plan calls for the work to begin tomorrow night. it will be done between the 8:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. so the steel plates won't be needed however they are warning there may only be one lane open during those hours. >> we will do the weekend work, make sure everything works, the lane closures, make sure everything works with that, if there are no problems then we do the lane closures during the week. >> the project is expected to take about two months to complete. all lanes of 101 are back open affa big rig accident snarl -- after a big rig accident snarled traffic. this is the view from news chopper 2. the truck was traveling south when it blew a tire. you see it here. it toppled over and blocked three lanes. firefighters were called into extricate the driver who was trapped inside. no word on his condition. the back up stretched for miles

before the lanes were back open. friends of an airman with the international guard who was cept out to -- swept out to sea are asking for donations to help the family. he was washed off a rock tuesday morning. divers for the sheriff's department recovered his body yesterday. friends started a campaign on the go fund me website. within 15 hours they collected $6,000. that money will be used to pay for his funeral and a college fund for his son. he is from milpitas. tonight 2 investigates uncovers new concerns about mislabeled children forced into programs for students learning english as a second language. in october we told you about one parent's concerns that her children were misidentified. ktvu's eric rasmussen heard

from viewers and you have new information on this issue. >> announcer: is an issue that goes beyond one school or one school district. based on the responses we heard from parents all over the bay area. the parents of san jose student contacted 2 investigates. he was forced to take a state english test because they spensioned spanish was spoken in their home. even though english is the only language he speaks. >> i have gone to the district many times to tell them i am not a english learner. my english is my first language. spanish -- not so much. >> 2 investigates has been looking into this for two months now. we found a number of english learners in california increased to 1.4 million last year and there is a new formula

designed to get more money to schools with large numbers of english learners or students from loincome families. -- low income families. we are looking into this at 10:00 p.m. >> is the assumptiontion some of thal -- assumption some of the schools are putting the kids into this because they get more money? >> reporter: there is some incentive for school districts to do it but there may be other factors that we are looking at. >> thank you. students were evacuated from the student center at san jose state university university after a bomb scare. san jose state university university police received a bomb threat to the book store at the student center about 11:30 a.m. this morning. a viewer sent us these pictures of the emergency response. san jose state university university said the rest of the campus wasn't effected. authorities gave the all clear.

biologist were removing dead fish from a poisoned san francisco lake -- san francisco lake. they have been rising to the surface since yesterday. they hired crews to pour poison into the lake to kill the enfacive fish. they expect -- invasive. they expect in six months after invasive species are gone they will restock the fish. we know the name of the man who was shot and killed by police in concord yesterday. police say the 26-year-old of bay point rammed a patrol car before the shooting and he has an extensive criminal past. ktvu's alex savage talked to people who witnessed the shooting. >> reporter: part of the parking lot at the shopping center was closed off to the

public last night after this deadly police shooting. investigators say officers shot and killed a man who rammed a stolen car into a patrol car. >> at that point i saw the cops get out of their cars and i heard a bunch of gun shots. >> reporter: she was working nearby and heard 15 shots. she says employees and customers got away from the windows and took cover. >> kind of just -- shocking. like slow motion going through it. i didn't realize what was happening. >> reporter: police say the situation started around 8:45 p.m. last night with a pursuit. contra costa county sheriff's deputies spotted this man driving a stolen car on highway 4. they chased him to the sun valley mall where the driver ditched that car and ran to the shopping center. that is where police say the man carjacked a driver and as he tried to get away officers

boxed him in. when the man rammed the car into a squad car one officer opened fire. employees nearby locked the doors and ducked down. >> get down. get down. i didn't know what to do. so we went on lock down. >> reporter: police say they were forced to open fire to protect both officers and members of the public. a team of investigators will determine whether this shooting was justified. that team will include the district attorney office, the sheriff's department and the police department. alex savage, ktvu channel 2 news. late today investigators said a gun was found near the abandon stolen car in the sun valley mall parking lot. police arrested 16 women and a juvenile at a human trafficking sweep. they worked international boulevard last night where they

made the arrests. police and the da office hope to offer them a way out of life on the street. >> in the past prostitution is looked upon as a nuisance. people fail to realize those are victims. there is a market that is keeping it going on. that is the johns or the buyers that come into the city that engage in this. >> oakland is one of the cities that post pictures online on men who buy sex. we told you about the rain bringing down trees. coming up, the warning signs that could help you spot whether a tree is in danger of falling. >> rain through the bay area. i will lay out the totals and when things will dry out. >> next a deadly accidentoon highway. -- accident on a highway. the accusations safety precautions were put off till it was too late. ♪

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a woman who lost her husband after crash went to court today and claims caltrans was negligence in the upkeep of highway 17 and it helped caused the death of her husband. highway 17 is one of the most dangerous roads in the bay area and her husband was killed along a curve on 17. ktvu's john fowler was at the courthouse today and tells us what the family wants caltrans to do. >> reporter: despite $100 million in upgrades over the years, busy and windy highway 17 remains nerve-wracking. >> highway 17 is petrifying.

like the curves and curves. the chp says many drivers go too fast. we drove it in the rain and saw this driver lost control. at the courthouse a widow's plea. >> i don't want anybody else to go through what myself and his -- our family has gone through. >> reporter: her husband killed incidentally on highway 17 when his car slid in the rain, skidding to a head on crash, through a break in the median. the lawsuit claims caltrans knew for years the curve was especially dangerous and the chp made a special request for are a median barrier 9 days before the fatal crash. >> the total cost was approximately $20,000. and caltrans was able to do that in two days. >> reporter: her attorney says the life saving barrier was put

up six days after the crash. caltrans denied our request for comment. the family is urging caltrans improve safety by lowering the speed limit. >> there is something about 17, people drive it aggressively. they have to be slowed down. >> dangerous. >> reporter: several officers are due to testify in the trial. john fowler, ktvu channel 2 news. police outside st. louis, missouri are bracing for a grand jury decision on whether or not to indict the officer who killed michael brown. today they heard from a doctor who performed a private autopsy on michael brown's body. he is one of the final witnesses giving testimony before the grand jury, he and the st. louis medical examiner say the teenager was shot at least six times by officer darren wilson. the family attorney made a plea

for calm as tension mounts. >> we realize that some people are anxious, angry and want incident answers however violet and rioting is not a responsible way of expressing those feelings. >> the shooting sparked protests after the shooting and stores are already boarding up windows incase the officer is not indicted. the governor said he is prepared to call in the national guard if necessary. the first pictures from the lander after the touch down on the surface of the comment. this shows -- comet. this shows the surface of the comet 310 million miles away. the european space agency say it bounced two times and it failed to deploy to anchor it. there are concerns the battery will be exhausted wain couple days because the solar panels

are not getting enough light. scientists e. sized the enormity of what has been accomplished. >> -- emphasized the efirmity of what has been accomplished. -- enormity of what has been accomplished. [ indiscernible ] >> tremendous. >> european space agency set up a twitter account to provide realime developments of the -- real time developments of the mission. >> that is so remarkable. you have this little comth and they are able to land something -- comet and they are able toland something on -- to land something on it. . here is the story with us. showers this morning. robbed. but it -- rained. but it wasn't enough. half inch in some places but we need -- with those storms, we

need an inch of rain. just enough to mess with the morning commute. it was messy. jumping on you -- i had to go to a doctor's appointment this morning. 24 was backed up. >> see? [ laughter ] >> karma. >> that was the deal. showers moved out of the area. action in the mountains. snow falling. but it is high. 7800 feet. 7,000 feet. something like that. a lot of clouds. the pattern remains fluid. that means the jet stream is at a low latitude. which is closer to us and there is stuff out here. next week, we will get into a progressive series of events. weather events. it could bring us rainfall. mountains, snow flurries. real high and light sprinkles. it will be gone in the next few hours. over night lows tonight, 40s.

the dew points are high. dew points tell you how much moisture is in the atmosphere. it tells us the dew point being high, there is a lot of moisture, temperature drops. you get fog. this is the time of year, the type of condition where fog becomes something that we will be talking about. we have been seeing it the last few minutes as well but tonight you will notice it because of the recent rain and the cool over night lows and the wind. that low-pressure system goes. a lot of cloud cover out there. this high pressure sets us up. into the weekend, right, nice around here. breaks down again. we get into showers next week. the clouds we see come up over this ridge and they will just -- you know, give us partly cloudy skies. just drop temperatures down a couple degrees. temperatures tomorrow mid-60s. plenty of mid-60.

upper 60s morgan hill and gilroy. tomorrow is friday. a lot of clouds. it is november. and as we get into next week, you will see it here, this is good news, when we get into next week, this is when things break down and become progressive in terms of rainfall in the bay area. that is what i am routing on. rain last night and i got to get more excited. but i know enough to know that we need way more and there is potential for that next week. >> thank you. a handy man gunned down. tonight his sister has a message for the killer. >> i am going to do my best to find out who you are and make sure justice is served. >> what he dawes doing as he -- what he was doing as he was killed. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> investigators say the child pornography downloaded was so bad the case got moved to the

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the workers were tethered to a platform for two hours before they were pulled to safety. facebook is trying to simplify its privacy policy with animated guides. today they introduced a tool called privacy basics to explain how users can control their conversation. facebook uses the information to display more relevant advertisements but has been criticized for the policy. a traffic stopped turned into a major bust in the north bay. that officer found $100,000 yesterday inside a vehicle. he pulled the driver over because the vehicle was driving erratically. he searched the vehicle and this shows you what he founduds. all that -- found inside.

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. complete bay area news coverage continues right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 p.m. a handy man who cared for his aging mother and visited her every day shot and killed in the street. family members say the 43-year- old victim was visiting his mother yesterday when he was shot and killed outside her home and his sister won't stop till she finds who did it. ktvu's cristina rendon is here now with more on what she is saying. >> the family is in mourning but again they are also very angry. he was his mother's primary care giver and now she is preparing to burry her son. >> reporter: candles mark the spot where he took his last

breath. hes death is the 73 homicide in oakland this year. his sister is angry about losing her brother. the youngest of 11 children. >> we lost a brother. we lost a brother to stupid crime. >> he collected cans and sold scrap. he traveled daily to care for his 85-year-old mother. >> cuts her grass. takes her to the doctor. >> reporter: he had just finished visiting her when he was gunned down. bullets pierced parked cars and houses but no one else was hurt. >> he was my baby brother. i am so mad because whoever those cowards were they deliberately did it and what is the reason. >> reporter: she has a message for his killer and she vowed to not let his death be in vein.

>> i am going to find out who you are and make sure justice is served. >> police are not releasing information on suspect those motive for the killing -- or the motive for the killing. crime stoppers is offering $10,000 for information that could lead to an arrest. members the command staff accepted tickets to 49 games last year violating the city ordinance. the police chief was among the member whose received tickets to games last year. the city of san jose prohibits most officials from accepting gifts worth more than $50. the command staff violated the ordinance even though they reported the tickets to the city. the staff reimbursed the 9ers. we didn't get a ton of rain but the wet weather caused a

few problems. in san francisco, 4 huge trees fell. one shot down a street. falling trees come during the winter amonths but -- months but how could you tell if a tree is in danger of falling. ktvu's tom vacar is here with the warning signs. >> reporter: just like people trees show signs of weakness and sickness. >> a huge branch, probable as wide as the tree over there, fell on the house. >> reporter: she wrote the book on tree safety. >> look for those particular characteristics that are associated with failure. >> reporter: first thing. look up. >> look at what is over hanging. if it fell, what would it hit. >> reporter: be wear of dead or

broken limbs or limbs without leaves. she advised where there is a v or a big branch, look for cracks and look for decayed areas. >> this is decaying. we can't tell from looking how extensive the decay is. >> reporter: the only reason this tree hasn't collapseicide because the can-- collapsed is because the canpy is light. -- canopy is light. . >> it has a big wound with decay present. dead roots here. dead roots here. dead roots there. the tree is constantly moving that way. >> reporter: very tall trees should be checked regularly. the danger from drought causes long term damage to the tree's

able to heal and remain strong. >> you want the weight of the tree going the other direction because it could be dangerous. >> reporter: if in down call in a tree company. tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. back to you. >> interesting information. thank you. more donations from a crowd funding effort. firefighters are trying to raise $50,000 to help pay for their new ambulance. they raised $5,000 so far. today they are at $5,800. voters rejected a tax to pay for the ambulance. monday boy fell down a cliff and was rescued. 2 investigates uncovered a spike in the number of people poisoned by nicotine liquid from the ecigarettes. >> why a fix that could keep it out of the hands of children is

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a big cat, possibly a tiger is on the loose in paris. a police operation was launched after a woman reported seeing the tiger in a town east of paris. there is a picture. police and firefighters set up a perimeter while people were warned to stay inside. the hunt was called off for the day and will resume tomorrow. talks turned to boots on the ground today in the fight against isis. they testified at a committee hearing. they said they are considering the deployment of troops to help security forces reclaim a city from isis and reestablish the boarder between iraq and syria. the leader of isis released an audio tape with chilling words.

he urged followers to erupt volcanos of gehot everyone. tripping -- jihad everyone. the firmination act was introduced today on capitol hill. the move followings an investigation that uncovered a loophole allowing suspects to keep their social security if they agreed to leave the united states. 38 suspected war criminals collected benefits and 4 of them were still alive. arrests uncovered stolen jewelry. now police are working to return the items. the police department posted pictures on pinterest. they are asking victims to look that photos and contact police

if anything looks familiar. police uncovered the items in a home in san jose. two people were arrested for possession of the stolen property. san francisco's old navy is under fire over claims they charge women more for women's plus sizes but not for men. she started an online petition. she says women's plus sizes costs more and men's plus sizes cost the same as regular sizes. the petition says old navy is discriminating. and some shoppers agree. >> this shouldn't be happening anymore. especially from a big company like that. yeah. it is surprising. >> old navy says women's plus sizes cost more to manufacture

due to features like contoured waist bands. 36,000 people have signed the petition. help from someone who knows what it is like to grow up in a tough neighborhood. [ indiscernible ] >> carrying concealed weapons. >> bay area poison control says they have seen a spike in people being poisoned by the liquid used in ecigarettes. 2 investigates asks why a common solution to keep it away from kids isn't required by law and how that may change soon. >> showers out there this morning. messed with the morning commute. we will see changes coming and then a return to wet weather. i will have the specifics right after the break. ♪

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2 investigates uncovered a disappointing trend about the number of people being poisoned by ecigarettes. there is a new push in sacramento to require regulation of ecigarettes. 2 investigates discovered the calls to poison control have doubled this year and the majority of those cases involve young children. now a law makers is going to propose a new law to prevent

these accidental poisonings. ktvu's melanie woodrow is here to explain the new effort that is under way. >> this afternoon he called me and planned to introduce legislation december 1, the first day of the session, to limit ecigarettes to minors. after seeing ktvu channel 2 news investigation showing how dangerous it could be to children he says he is updating his legislation to include child resistant caps. >> reporter: from its vape clouds to scents. >> candy flavors. >> reporter: ecigarettes and vaping are a growing problem and a problem in the wrong hands. >> eyes rolling back in her head. >> reporter: she says the 22 menth old nearly dayed after

drinking ecigarettes liquid ---month-old nearly died after drinking ecigarettes liquid. >> she was not like this. >> reporter: officials say the nicotine in ecigarettes could be toxic. so much so that employees who mix and package it wear protective gear but there is no law requiring child resistant caps to keep the liquid out of children. and the number of poisonings is on the rise. in 2012 there were 28 calls to poison control. in 2013, 4 times as many, 106. with two months still left in 2014 the number doubled to 233 calls. 60% of victims have been 5 years old or younger. >> 10-milligrams could be toxic

to a small child. >> reporter: jackie speier wants the food and drug administration to step in. >> the wild, wild west. it is so totally unregulated that we should be alarmed. >> reporter: she introduced legislation that would require the fda to establish labeling and child resistant packaging standards. >> there is no question they are targeting young people. >> reporter: especially with the liquids' flavoring. >> cotton candy, gummy bears. >> reporter: she doesn't sell to anyone under 18 without a parent's consent. and he uses child resistant packages. >> this is common. just a general proofing. one that has to be pressed down and then turned. >> reporter: we wanted to put child resistant caps to the test. stopped by -- we stopped by a

playground where children were eager to get in to the bottles. we brought two with us. one without a child resistant cap and one with it. they easily opened the bottle with the cap. with the cap. not one child could get it open. >> it keeps going down. >> they can get into closets, anything. the safest way is the best. >> reporter: with the number of poisonings from ecigarettes growing, proponents want to see manufacturers held to a higher standard before someone dies. >> i don't want to predict if it will happen but i hope it doesn't. >> reporter: a senator introduced a similar bill. if legislation passes regulation would be split.

they would regulate the packaging and the fda would regulate the contents. he will introduce the bill on december 1. if it passes it will be illegal to sell the liquids without a child resistant cap. melanie woodrow, ktvu channel 2 news. >> if you have a story that you would like us to look in to e- mail us. many of our investigations have come from tips from viewers like you. as expected the rain made a mess of the morning commute. the rain is gone but there is something else moving in. >> we have nice weather coming back in to the forecast but there will be plenty of clouds. dry weather into the weekend. and things line up next week for a succession. hopefully. for more weather. we showed you the rain totals. quarter inch. some areas half inch. in the hills. see the clouds? they will be around the next

few days. not mostly cloudy but partly cloudy skies. really right through the weekend and next week. radar showing something out here by livermore. just sprinkles. light stuff. winding down now. all about the morning commute. it was messy. temperatures on the mild side. the temperature in napa right now is 59. the dew point temperature, which is how much moisture is in the air, it is not a number, a temperature, 57 degrees. when that drops to 57 degrees, dew point temperature matches, boom, you have fog forming. we are expecting fog in the valleys tonight and tomorrow morning and it will be up in marysville, modesto. this is it, right? rain, cool over nights and boom, there you go. morning commute. here is the next weather

system. down the road, right? tuesday, 4:00 p.m., this is the long range model. there is more knocking at the door and more behind this. more impressive. this deal, something, maybe. it look goods. deal leg that in as we get going. down the road -- dealing all that as we get going. down the road. upper 50s, low 60s. temperatures tomorrow in the mid-60s in the warmest spots. the five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view, got a little rain. just enough to -- man, the morning commute was messed up. yeah. i went to look at the traffic, red lines everywhere. >> must be laughing at us back east. all right. thank you. stepping up to help stop a surge in violence. >> we need to work together create safe places. >> how one woman is helping young children in richmond stay

on track. >> julie haener is here now for what we are working on for 6:00 p.m. >> a 16-year-old girl headed home from school is grabbed from behind. >> he was big. choking me. i thought i was going to die. >> how she got away and the reason she is sharing her story tonight with others and the drought isn't just putting the squeeze on the water supplies, it is making the air we breathe worth u worse. -- breathe worse. these stories and much more coming up new at 6:00 p.m.

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lightning strikes in the u.s. could increase by 50% by the end of the venchry and they are -- century and they are blaming climate change. scientists say the world may get 70 degrees warmer by the end of the century and that could hold more moisture which is a key elementary for lightning strikes. police and community leaders are looking for a way to create a safer future. 8 people were shot in the last week. ktvu's john sasaki talked with leaders who are looking for change, including one woman who speaks from experience about crime and violence. >> the meeting came one day

after a vigil for one of the individuals that was killed. >> reporter: she is taking a different path than the one she was on as a teen. >> selling drugs. carrying concealed weapons. you know, enforcing. >> reporter: she went to prison and lost her brother to gun violence. >> my family is still here in richmond. those that are not incarcerated. or victims of gun violence. >> she is helping people transition from prison back into the community. she met with leaders in response to having six student fall victim to gun violence last week. >> we need work together to create safe spaces. >> we are trying to make this a safe haven for kids.

>> reporter: another participate, founder of peace keepers who just opened this teen center. now she trying to get -- he is trying to get the facility off the ground to give kids a place to go. it will help bridge the divide between youth and police. >> we took them to the aquarium and law enforcement drove us out there. >> reporter: there is good cooperation in place but they are hoping to improve the bond to stem the cycle of violence. >> we are like the blockers on the football field. we are trying to block and provide a hole for them to run to so they can do something different with their lives. >> reporter: despite the spike in violence, richmond had 13 homicides this year. on pace to match last year's 16 homicides. john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. now at 6:00 p.m. a child pornography arrest that

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a suspicion, a possession of child pornography. >> a large amount of child pornography and bad images involved. >> reporter: images so bad the case jumped to the top of the to-do list. officers got